Iron County register., 1899-08-31
A MACHINE MAN.
Mckinley Is Wanted by the Profess
sfonaI Politicians and
Pap Suckers.

| We know whom the politicians want
They want Mckinley. He has given
| them their hearts desire to its full
measure. In every state their machine
is his. They have been given the of
| fees and in return they viii give him
! delegations at the national convention.
| Pretty much everything the administers
ton could lay its hands on has been
| turned into provender for the bosses
and put into their crib for them to
MUNICH at their leisure.
| The first scramble was for Alaska.
| It's slender yield of patronage was
snapped up in the twinkliEg of an eye,
and the result is national scandal.
Then the wolves howled for more.
The Spanish war was their opport u
nifty. Did they overlook It? Not they.
| They redoubled their cries. And they
| were heard. The army was turned over
to them AlgerS, Eagans, Heckers, Duf-
fields. Blaines, Briees, Quays, Mitchells.
Platts had their sway. and had it as
long as the offices held out.
Next there was the census. Politi-
clans demanded these places, and to ask
was to receive. No sooner said than
doEe. The necessary qualification.
Merriam candidly said, was pull
So there is no doubt whom the pol
iticians want. They want Mckinley.
Theirs he is now, theirs he will be next
time, if elected. For him delegates are
already selected in many states. For
him the federal brigade everywhere
is girding on its armor, preparing TO
raise assessments and pack conventions
as IN the good old days of ''pernicious
activity
But how about. the people? They
ought to be stronger to-day than they
were four years ago. Then they forced
Mckinley on unwilling bosses, because
they believed in him. His identifisS-
ton with high tariff had persuaded
them he was fighter. They loved him
for the free trade enemies he had made
Powerful enough then to prevail ovec
the bosses who opposed him, are they
powerless now 10 prevail over the bosses
who have combined with him? Then
they loved him for a fighter, now they
distrust him for shifty opportunist.
If the head of the American people has
not been sobered by the worldwide re-
sponsibilities into which the Spanish
war has thrust US, if its heart has not
been ennobled at the sight of its best
blood freely and heroically shed on
foreign soil. then ii is 10 be despaired of.
The indirection of Mckinley's treat
ment of Alger, the iniquitous conse-
quences of his equivOcal course in max
ing war in the Philippines, have un-
deceived many who have been believ
IN ba his
weakness of conviction, his desire TO
placate populiSm and ''anti-imperial-
ism his want of conception Of states
manship except in the terms of political
intrigueS-
No one need delude himself with the
false hope that these incontestable
truths can be kept from general knowl-
edge or successfully denied before the
people They can be resisted. and, we
believe, successfully resisted, if Bryan
is nominated against him. But there
is time now to escape the necessity of
an unenyiable and difficult position.
VIII the people take neart, or will
they remain supine under the admins
tration's alliance with the spoilsmen?
OF one thing they may be assured-they
IEEu MOI Dt tAcIEIiSt y 40d1 - tEAS
conpact's irrefragability. Rats do not
desert the sinking ship with half the
the bosses will show in de-
sertion of their whilom ally once they |
are convinced of his unpopularity.
Will a senator or a collector forsake |
the man who has given him his every |
demand. once he is persuaded he can |
ally himself with stronger candidate? |
Ha. Will duck swim? VIII eat eat |
cream 2-Portland Oregonian (Rep.1.