The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-10

1t is easy for Mr. Hanna 10 say that The
magnificent and magnetic speech Of Mr.
Bryan at indianapolis pleases him. Words
are cheap: but, in this case, the desperate
effort which the Republican managers are
making to revive and revamp the silver
issue, which they have repeatedly declared
TO be res adjudicata, dead and buried, be
lies them. It is fact from which escape
is impossible that the clear and complete
announcement of the Democratic policy
and purpose regarding the paramount is
sue of the campaign by the Democratic
candidate. has put the trust and monopoly
Administration and the organization be-
hind it ON their defence. and that they viii
have 10 fight ground selected by their
opponents and not by themselves
It is made evident by the editorial com
ments and correspondence in newspapers
throughout the Union that Mr. BTyaH-s
ringing challenge 10 the Republican ma
chine has struck home, and that It has
solidifed all important elements of oppo-
sition 10 the Hanna regime in national af
fairs. It disposes of any doubt concern
ing the sincerity Of the Democratic fight
against carpetbag Imperialism and mill
tarism. II settles the course alike of an
ti-imperiaIists and Of the powerful Ger
American element in the Central
West II determines the main issue OF
the battle, and the other side must meet
it squarely or suffer defeat without a fight
Mr. Bryan has said that he is not IN
mindful of secondary issues and that he
will discuss them fully in his formal letter
of acceptance which is as yet unwritten.
The great and burning question of national
enslayement- by the trusts and the means
to check its growth will not be passed over
lightly, by him and We are greatly mis-
taken if the presentment of this subject
in the forthcoming letter viii not stir the
country quite as deeply as it is now stirred
by Mr.. Bryan's arraignment of imperial
ism. Indeed. trusts. Imperialism, and the
protective tariff form together a triplet
monstrosity With single heart, but with
three brains filled with a common purpose
The plutocratic oligarchy of which the Con
stitution-defring Administration of Hanna
and Mckinley is the visible expression and
agency. is the foundation Of all these evils
It stands for the oppressive taxation Of the
American consumer that trust products
may be proftably sold in competition witt
the products OF Europe IN Europe, I
stands for the denial of sacred constitu
tionaI rights to the peor'e of Porto Rico
that they may be exploited for the benef
of the trusts. II demands a carpetbag co
lontal system. that the footing of our insu
lar possessions for the enrichment of
combination of trust magnates with Re
publican leaders may be accomplished.
demands large standing army. that sub
jecl populations may be terrorized int
submission and domestic opposition to it
designs and methods put down with tn
strong arm of the military.
Victory over the corrupt and tyraunizin
Administration. at the polls in November
will involve the Suppression of this new an
destructive governing power in the Unite
States. Failure to overcome it. and t
place the party of the people in ofT1ct
viii fasten il upon the country and posi-
bly, for the next generation. or until il
agressions aud crimes become fragrant an
intolerable enough to produce revoiutio
and perhaps the breaking up Ct the Re
public
Mr.. Mckinley and THE men VINO suroun
MIN ant act with him" may deplore III
necessity of fighting rear guard actio
on the issues of imperialism. militarisn
and the criminal trusts whose eaaEIpio,
they are. It is matter of course ths
they should much peer to dig up the ghcS