St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-06-03
M'KINLEY IS PROFITABLE.
An Administration That Does Not
Interfere with the
Trusts.

A number of prominent, but SO far as
party control goes, uninauential repub-i
icans are promoting q movement
toward electing some nominee of their
party, other than Mckinley, for presi-
dent in 1900.
Some s'back number" republicans
such as .Bilp' Mason and Tom Reed
labor under the delusion that intel
lectually, oratorical gifts, zeal for the
public welfare according to their light,
and such old-fashioned craftsmanship
still constitute valid claim for leader
ship in the republican party.
To the extent that Mason, Reed and
kindred politicians revolt from the
s.Hannaism' Of their party, and hope
to defeat Hanna's representative, they
will encounter certain disapp ppointment.
| The position of the republican party is
clearly defined and its stand is firmly
taken. It is the party of ntraiization
Of commerce, wealth and government
powers. It is the partisan of trusts and
the patron of large aggregations Of
wealth that are dependent upon the
noninterference of the government
| with their processes Of 9plundering the
people.
The republican party of to-day pre-
ssents the largest, closest and strongest
compact between business men, that
theworld has ever known. BY business
| men, is not meant the legitimate mer-
chants and manufacturers, but that
| class of men whose minds and souls are
wholly swayed by insatiaole greed for
money, and who are endowed with al
most superhnman genius for gaining
| money through inscriptions methods.
| Nowhere else on earth are SO many of
such men to be found as in this country.
Never before has there been country
with such enormous wealth open to
plunder.
But little consideration is necessary
to make it perfectly obvious that Nc
Kinley is the most profitable y which
to the real republican leaders means
that he is the only available candidate
of their party in 1900.
In marketing their securities, the
trust managers confidently promise inn
munity from government interference
during McKinley's tenure of Office.
As the events of the recent war
tended toward crowning Mckinley
with faetitious glory, and suggesting
his reelection, trusts multiplied and
their stocks were easily foated.s
It may be noted that the damaging
disclosures brought out by the board of
inquiry and the recent slump of prices
of industrial stocks were coincident.
| II these stocks are so sensitive to a
slight waning of McKinley's prospects
for reelection, it is easy to foresee the
| panic in such stocks that would follow
McKinley's defeat, involving as it would
the confession that "Hannais1n' had
lost its grip on the government.
| There are fully two billions of dollars
| of trust" stocks, and the estimate is
conservative that these stocks would
| decline in value from 25 to 50 per cent.
in the event of Mckin1ey's defeat.
From the view point Of the trusts
1.-THE business interestspof the country
demand AfcKinIey's s denomination. The
trust managers rely upon the fact that
this nation has expanded. to silence
/ inquiry about the disgraceful e-secu-
tive nlismanage1nent that has accom-
panied this expansion: They hope to
get Mckinley before the people. with
some kind of q crown of glory
4 iam1ned down over his head. They will
then rely on their peerless capacity for
using money where it will attract the
i most votes to insure his election.
I Mckinley is the ideal candidate for
the trusts. If he were subjected to the
s.x''- Sx ''-ray, no object would be seen ex-
cept the figure Of Hanna. The trusts
have absolute control of the republican
party and Mckinley is its inevitable
nominee III 19oo Chicago Democrat.