The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-04

triOtic effort to keep the peace aud pre-
vent England showing the cloyen foot
and at the same time losing thousands
of English lives. That done Mr.. La
bouchere says editorially:
When gold was discovered in Mexico and Peru.
it was all up with the natives. On the plea that
the pope had granted the countries to Suain
Cortes and Pizzaro destroyed the governments
that had existed for ages, slew the Inhabitants.
tortured the rulers of those countries and. having
laid hands on all the gold that was visible prp.
ceeded to force such of the inhabitants as had not
been killed off for the crime Of defending their
country to work in the mines for more Until most
Of them persisted. This they called Christiapi2lng
and ciyilizing savages. The world moves on. but
greed and hypocrisy the same We are
Staying Ashantees because they would not give up
to us the golden STOOL" We are workiI : them
in some gold mines, and are using I'D the tax
payers money in enabling the owners of the
shares in these mines to get 1000 or 1900 per
cent by vending the shares
The Washington Post indorses these
remarks and says:
He might very well have added that the de-
struetion of the Dutch republics in South Africa
was originally instigated by the discovery of gold
and diamonds in that unhappy region.
Dollar Above the Man,
The Post seems to condemn in Eng
land that which it indorses when done
by the Mckinley administration. That
paper has supported continuously the
administrations policy in the Philip
pines, Wanting much the speech of
senator of the United States, one AL
bert J. Beveridge, when that gentle
man, with watering mouth and greedy
heart, held up between his finger and
thumb a little bit Of gold, picked up
on the shores CT LuZoa. That was the
climax of his argument to show that
the United States is justified in its
warmaking in the Philippines. 1t was
the same old idea carried out in those
distant islands that holds good with
Mark Hanna and neutrality-suspicious.
the dollar above the man, placing that
little piece of gold above the lives of
our soldiers, placing it above the prin-
ciples Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the constitution.
Again, The Post says:
Mr.. Labouchere can point to no parallel in mod
ern times Of the wckcdness and cruelty of Eng
lands course in South Africa during the past IS
months.
Is that true? If we compare the
course of England in South Africa
with that Of Mckinley in the Philip
pines, will we not find the parallel?
Will not Mr. Labouchere be quick to
point it out and hold US up beside the
English butcher?
The Washington Post concludes it's
editorial uttcrance with these two SEN
tences-apply them either in Africa or
the Philippines; while intended to Gov
er one case, they fit BOTH
1t is true that the world moves on and that
greed and hypocrisy are ever the same, but our
esteemed contemporary must admit that the abo-
rginal pirate is less politely disguised in England
than elsewhere in the civilized world.
Calling For Harrison.
The Philadelphia Ledger loudly be-
means the fact that Bryan and Cock
ran are soon to speak in Madison
Square Garden from the same plat
form and that Croker is getting up the
meeting. The Ledger calls attention
to the fact that in 1896 Croker sulked.
that Cochran answered" Bryan and
that there was then such harmony as
is found among the Kilkenny eats.
The Ledger urges that something must
be done and can only suggest a speech
by eX-PreSident Harrison, then in the
next breath tells us that this will not
do, as the venerable eX-presidents
voice is too weak for the work.
Why will not The Ledger tell the
I To -T.iCn M
would not speak for Mckinley if he
had the power of lung to roar like the
bulls of Bashan or to take the English
language by the butt end and crack
it around the ears Of his listeners like
cattle whip. The gallant little gen
eraf is not OF the Hanna stripe.
From the day the campaign opened
down to the present hour the prospects
of the Democrats have improved till
at this writing it seems reasonably
certain that we will elect Bryan and
carry the house-a double consumma-
ton devoutly to be WiShed-this aft
err making due allowance for the con-
sciencelesS and universal use of Mark
Hanna's Doodle and for the application
Of the process OF coercion. Take away
from Republicans their Doodle and the
power to cccrce and the chances are
that Bryan would have at least 100
majority in the electoral college, and
we would carry the house by Is ma
jority.
New York For Bryan.
The Washington Post, independent
pro-administration newspaper and from
it's location naturally well informed on
political topics, gives us this refresh
ing paragraph in a special dispatch
from its New York correspondent, who
is one of the best newspaper men in
the east:
Richard Croker dogmatically asserts that Great
or New York will give Bryan 1890 majority.
He reiterates the assertion with emphasis day after
day. There is doubling his sincere determine
ton in the matter The Republican managers are
privately admitting that the city is likely to go
for Bryan by $4,000. They fully expect Cookers
prophecy to be three-fourths fulfilled. His organ
ization is conceded TO be perfect and his methods
irresistible by the rank and file of the party.
More than this, the Republican managers recog
nize and do not privately dispute the fact that
the great bulk of the labor vote in the city is
with Bryan. So likewise is the Irish American
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