The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-28

sees and hears only the worst side. ana
it is often exaggerated In the hun
dredS of homes here, in The churches,
among the officials the majority are
God-fearing and charitable. Tney are
not known To the visitor, and their good
deeds ctYe NOT published from me + Juse-
tops. but they are felt in the homes Of
sickness, of aftictiun. of poverty. There
is vice here, too, plenty OF it, So there
is everywhere Ii there is as much in
Washington as in other cities (Which |
do not believed. il is to he attributed tO
the fact that this is a cosmopolitan city.
full always Of visitors or officials who
have no home ties. The countryman
who comes here from his simple home
has stock of health and robustness of
character which generally enables him
to escape the vices that ruin so many
young men in all cities, and in Wash
ington to-day many of the most success
full men are country boys who came
here 10 seek their fortunes.
| started ont to write about the tranSi-
ton of the government from Republic
to an Empire Personally Mckinney
would not he selected as the man 10
make the radical change. \ man of pure
private life, timid and dependent
man. left to himself he would walk in
beaten paths. But never was President
so completely the creature of conditions
which shrewd and unworthy men
scheme to produce in order 10 get his
acquiescence to their policies of empire,
gain. knavery. He was saved from
debt 10y Hanna in a day OF dire extrem-
ity. He is a grateful man and has
shown his gratitude in every way to
his friend Hanna has used hon to
further every scheme and job thar has
sickened the American people. y srn-
tleman here, who is not . Democrat
and who enjoys exceptional privileges TO
know the inside facts. said to me yes
terday: If all the truth about the war
scandals and jobs and contracts could
be made known to the people, McKn-
ley couldn't carry ten States in the
Union. ] do not believe ne is a party
TO them. but they exist and have existed
all along. Parts of his administration
tester with corruption and rottennes>
beyond the imagination of the people.
Those who are feathering their nests
must have an imperialistic policy to
keep them from exposure. They have
the money and the influence to preyen-
amy investigating committees finding out
the truth" There is no doubt that the
colonial policy nrnn which we have en-
tered opens the door for stealing and
| jobs. Who doubts that it will follow
| here as in India and elsewhere? The
same venalty that disgraced Grants adj
ministration will be inseparable from the
conduct of the new empire by men OF
the Mark Hanna mould. If man or
Hanna's gross corruption here at home
can be elected to the Senate from a
State like Ohio what may we not ex
rect Of Hannas creatures in the Phil
| ippines and in Porto Rico:
| In the meantime the policy Of impeI-
iaiism gees merri.y on. A Senator intro
| duces a resolution asking for informa-
ton that is not denied the people
even in England. At the behest of the
| administration. it is voted down. Con
gress knows no more than the most illit
crate voter in Kansas, though under
the Constitution Congress alone can de-
clare war. The executive (which now
| means Hanna and the New York finan-
ciers and the trusts is everything, and
| the representatives elected by the peo-
| pie are net even consulted except to
vote for billions of dollars to carry on
| the war that is being waged against
| the principles upon which the Republic
was founded. The business world is
| promised immense trade expansion and
open doors in the Orient and many shut
their eyes to the destruction of the prin-
/ ciples upon which the Republic has
rested for an hundred years in the hope
Of increased business. VIII it come!
| And if it comes, will it be worth the
sacrifice of the government founded
| upon 1.-THE consent of the goyerned?"
| / started out to say that, left to him
| self, Mckinley would hardly have made
| this an empire. This is strange
world Here we have Mckinley, the
| high-priest ut the affairs OF protection,
| bending every nerve to fasten policy
on the country which must result in
a destruction Of the protective tariff, and
! give an open door" TO commerce. The
| chief Protectionist is tearing down the
| temple Of Protection which he has de
| voted so many years TO erect. 1t has
a recent parallel in Cleveland's destlmc-
/ ton OF the last vestige of real State
/ rights" Proclaiming himself a disciple
! Of Jefferson, elected by the party that
has never ceased to contend for 1.-THE
reserved rights of the State" it remain
ed for Cleveland to violate the basic
creed OF States rights, to-wit: that the
President could not send troops into Il
| State to quell trouble unless requested
50 to do by the Governor of the State.
| When Cleveland sent troops into Hi
| ncis, over the protest of the Governor
| Of Illinois, he tore down in so far as nc
| could one Of the strong pillars upon
| which the structure of his party rested
and undermined the Republics mud-sills.
He had no more right to do it than Nc
Kimley had to annex the Philippine is
| lands. Cleveland acted in response to
the demand of the Pullman company
in order to help them coerce their EN-
ployes. Mckinley is controlled by SINH
| lar reasons. The great corporations,
letting rich from special privileges, know
that the day is near at hand when their
employees will demand higher wages.
They wish the government to have so
large a standing army as to make la
borers afraid even so much as to make
a united demand for better wages. They
| saw months ago that Congress would