The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-08-25
TRYING 10 AzsLEAD GERMAN
AMERICANS.

TIE Tisnes-Hsr1ii ATL -thSrs arr
Ealtssying Agna q a zen-dsvelopea
movement on the part x ths silver
ties 70 capture the votes q the
Csrmaa-AnneFscAn ciiisesS f0r BrT-
an b. gsisgAslng he silver susstiaa 70
the rear and bnng.ng impertAlisrn- 70
me frunt a. the sarAnouni issue
Thar FIRE colaAge a, sixteen 70 ons
IL 70 Be releEa:ss Is plaialy disosrnibis
from recent pssiie stteraness q Rry-
an. AitgeId and Croker. Realizing tae
impaaahlHsy q lasng uD tbs German
Arn~stezns 10 fATnr a rotten money
and sepuslauOn. an attempt Is 70 be
made 70 array thsn agzins, President
MeKiaiey ~ apReAilng 2 thssr veil
knswn ana aesp-seaied pre3sdioe
aeaaHas anything that savors sf ~in-
pefasrnp m government
To assume that such q movement
win b success Is 70 alssrsait TIE Ia
teiKgrncs ana the patriotism of our
Amsrean clilzens d German birth.
The Germans are a sensible and fair-
minded people. Let Us apply to this
sinister appeal to German preiBdice the
tests Of fairness and common sense
The sntip4ihy Of the GermAn-Amer-
lean toward imperialism Is natural
==s Sssis=worthy he came to this
repphiie to enjoy the blessings ard bea-
eap d = free government, and IN doing
% renouneea allegiance to the most
-ImpeEtAlEtie~ form Of s0vsrnm@nt--
NEXT 70 that Of Razzia-that is nov in
existence. He ought, therefore. TO b
the ruest, the MOST loyal and the non
Btea5fast Of Americana
But there can b no such issue ~
imperialism" in this country in 1890 or
in any other year. The cry Of i'm
persalism" Is oeing used to deeoy the
Germans Into the ranks of those wso
would debase the currency with cheap
money and destroy the national credit
There Is not the fainiest shadow Of
"impe1alism9 in the present policy Of
the administration with reference 20
any ~ the lnsuIar dependencies that
have come under opr nag. The Presi-
dent himself could not inaugrate such
a policy. even though he were as great
an "impenahst" al heart a. Emperor
william. The president has repeatedly
declared n public addresses that be
would hold the Philippine islands ''in
trust fOr the American people" Hav-
Ing taken the Islands az q necessity
Of war be has declared his purpose az
a patriotic American 70 meet the ma
tiOnsl obligation thus imposed to es-
tablish the authority Of our flag and
rest0re order In the archipelago. ieav-
ing their final disposition or control 10
congress. which has sole authority un-
der the constitution 70 give govern
mental policies the validity Of law
The Bryanltes will not press the IS
sue u expansion" +" FOR they know that
the history of the nation from the time
Of the thirteen colonies down to the
admission of Hawaii has been a his
tory Of expansion. They know that the
word expansion" has the true Ameri-
can ring and that II would appeal with
irrcsiHuole power TO the progressive
spirit Of American citizenship. They
prefer the red-eyed bob-goblln Of i'm
perlalism" because Of It's terrors for
Americans Of foreign birth who left
the land Of imperialism for the land
OF the free.
Why should German-American
hold mass meetings 70 denounce an
issue that does not exist In this coun-
try? Are they any less Americans
than are the swedes the Norwegians.
the English, the Irish or the scotch?
Do they wish 70 come under Mr. Bry-
ans classification Of foreign yoters2'
Surely any policy that is injurious TO
citizens Of German birth IL equally In
furious 70 Americans Of all other ma
tionalities.
Instead Of allowing themselves to
be dragooned by a fatuous issue into
alliance with the rotten money crowd,
the citizens Of German nativity should