The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-01
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, sEPTEMBER 1, 1899.

trusts? in these later days "do men
gather grapes of thorns or figs of
/ thistles?"
We charge that the trusts of the
country own this administration, and
that their title to 1t was acquired by
purchase, and, until Mr.. Hanna is oe-
throned, we insist that the trusts viii
continue as now to be in possession of
| their property so acquired That the
| trusts can be controlled by the states
only, and not by the general govern
ment, is a matter of no consequence to
us, If they can be controlled at ALL
the Republican party is in fault. So
long as the encouragement of the
United States is selected and induced
Into office, because he is a trust law
yer, and so long as the encouragement
general of the state of Ohio Is retired
to private life, bcause he has under
taken in this respect to do his duty, the
Republican party must fail in it's
declaration that it is opposed to trusts.
In 1888, a New York lawyer wrote the
first law text book on "The Modern
Trust" and closed the volume with this
prophecy: "The same national charac-
teristics which sustained Jackson in
his overthrow of the United States bank
| can be relied upon to deal with the
modern trusts. They have never exist
ed together The modern trust has yet
to meet this tendency of the race. 1t
may accumulate millions of money, des-
troy hundreds of competitors and defy
the press, the legislature, the courts
and all the avenues of expression of the
popular will; but sooner or later 1t will
| feel the heavy hand of the people laid
upon 1t, and when that time comes,
| it will come with power that cannot
be withstood. Such will be the result,
| or l mistake the character of the
American people," We join Mr. Cook
-, III 4 tt,N,. ,N1
today the active and continued oppos-
| ton of the Democratic party to the
| organization or operation of trusts in
any form.
We charge that the Republican party,
as at present controlled, stands for, If
indeed it has not already entered into,
an Anglo-American alliance. For that
party, it seems that in these Hanna
days allegiance to one flag is not enough.
| The single flag-the starry banner-has
| to them no undividend claim and, over
our heads, from every Flagstaff, they
want to fly without matchless ensign,
the Union Jack. Sirs, for an American
citizen, one flag is enough. Many of
our citizens, in the hope to be Free have
raised their hands and foresworn all
Allegiance to England's crimson ban
ner, and all that it stands for and
having done so, it is not now their de-
sire to don again the rags of British
subjects.
The Democratic party has no desire
to adopt for the United States, upon
any subject of governmental concern,
any but an American policy. We have
no desire, we perceive no necessity to
aid Britain in the maintenance of
British policy anywhere, and with full
confidence in the strength of our cause,
and country, we ask no aid from Britain
in maintaining an American policy any
where that 1t is necessary or desirable
to maintain one. We adhere to the
Monroe doctrine. We are loyal to the
councils Of Washington's farewell ad-
dress. We are not prepared to accept
the ancient antagonisms of England as
our own, nor to participate with her
in her new found hates or envies; and
at this juncture, when England sees it's
power slipping away and perceives with
alarm the great advance of German
manufacture in the worlds trade, we
have not discovered any reason why we
should side with England and oppose
the advance of Germany. We oppose the
Anglo American alliance we would
equally oppose any other alliance, and
our motto will continue to be, in the
future as in the past, "One flag, one
country and one allegiance"
If the question of this alliance is of
concern to our people, the dropping
away from the prestine traditions and
practice of our country may well ex-
cite our interest. We denounce I'm
perialism in all it's forms and under
every disguise, and we call in question
the right of the executive to over
throw the uniform practice of more than
q century and we deplore his want of
Difference to the principles laid down in
the great fundamental law of this
Republic, the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
We perceive no reason why at this
time, we should mince words upon this
question. The new found doctrine of
Imperialism was ingrafted by the
administration upon the Spanish war.
That war was waged in humanity's
name and in sweet liberty's cause; was
urged upon an unwilling and reluctant
administration by Democratic as well
as other sentiment; 1T was supported
by Democratic as well as other states
men, and sustained by our Democratic
fellow citizens and by the masses of the
people Our promises to Cuba have
been or must be kept and we insist that
the same policy must be carried out in
the Philippines.
In condemning the doctrine of I'm
perialism, we in no manner abandon
our soldiers in the field. Wherever our
flag is carried in battle, whatever the
occasion or whatever the question, it
Will be followed by an array of citizen
soldiers the best of any on earth, and
wherever and whenever they go, the
heart of this great nation will be with
them and the patriotic plaudits of their
fellow citizens at home will attend them.
But at the same time, whenever purse
proud, trust controlled administration
dares array our flag or forces against
people fighting for the God-given right
to rule themselves, whenever the sum
total of peoples offending is that they
desire to be free, 1t will be the duty of
ri W m hn h1snx
enough to expose the pretense, to tear
the mask from the covered face of
fraud and greed and avarice, and pro-
claim that the recognition of such a
war for such purposes is un-American
and must be brought to a close
We proclaim that there shall be be-
meath our flag no slaves, no subjects,
no colonists who cannot be citizens, and,
lest we be late, we proclaim 1t now.
Commercial empire must not be placed
before principle; the doctrines, the
recognition Of which made us a great
free people, must not be ignored, de-
parted from or limited, and we profess
our lasting adherence to the doctrine
| that all men are created free and equal