Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-30
A BLOWN-UP BUGABOO.
The Uob-GobIin Policy of "Anti-Im-
periaIism" Snuffed Out mt
the Polls.

It is generally admitted that the anti
expansion or anti-imperialist movement
was generally condemned in the cleo
tions. Wherever hostility to the presi-
dents policy was made special issue
the president held his own compared
with his remarka BILE vote in 1896 or his
party vote in subsequent years. Some
claim is made that the president was
not sustained in Massachusetts because
the republican plurality was not as
large as it was last year. The demo-
Gratis in 1898 nominated more popular
man for governor and the silver issue
was ignored. The gold democrats de-
clared for him, and anti-imPeriaIism
was made the chief issue, yet the demo-
cratic candidate received about 1000
fewer votes than did the democratic
candidate a year ago. The republican
vote fell off more thousands because
congressman were not voted for. In
Maryland, where the democrats won,
anti-eXpanson was not limited at by
the democrats. In Ohio 100000 men
voted for Mayor Jones, who previous to
the election had not said word on the
question of expansion.
1t is claimed that Mr.. Bryan and eZ-
Gov. Altgeld carried Nebraska on the
anti-eXpansion issue and on general OPP
position to the presidents policy. Such
seems not to be the fact. Altgeld de-
clared in his first speech that he was
not opposed to expansion, but was OPP
posed to an increase of the regular
army and the alarming growth of mill
tarism under the president. In Ne
braska there are many voters who came
to this country to escape military serv-
ice. Many of them do not read English,
so the litera ture setting forth the dan
gers of militarism and the speeches as
sailing the increase of the army and the
use of the military power were a real
terror 10 them. On the other hand the
republicans of Nebraska did not have
speakers nor the means to refute the
fallacies of Mr.. Bryan and his friends.
The expressions of the anti-imperial-
list press in the east, with one or two eX-
ceptions, are TO the effect that the OPP
position to the presidents policy did
not make itself apparent in the cleo
tions. The New York World, one of the
EXTREMIST and most inveterate organs
of the anti-imperiaiists confesses that
the elections mean victory for i'm
periaiism in a majority of the states vot-
| ing" adding that there is neither non
esty nor profit in denying this" The
| New York Post, the ablest and most
| strenuous opponent of the presidents
| policy, expresses itself as follows:
| although no federal officials were chosen
| yesterday, except in four congressional dis
| trcts to fill the vacancies in the house o1
| representatives., a national aspect was
| given to the campaign in so many state!
| that the result may be accepted as Yer
! dict of the country on the Mckinley admin
| istration, and especially on its policy of eX
| panson. The judgment OF the people was
| so clearly expressed that no room is lef
| for doubt as to the attitude of the nation
If the voters in the states which spoke
by their ballots did not render a YER
dict in favor of the presidents policy
as declared by the New York Evening
Post, they have seriously refused TO re
gard the bugaboo of fimperialism.-lnd
| annapolis journal.