Washington sentinel., 1900-09-08
President Nc
Kinley, in his
swing around
The circle last
Cbe full
Dinner paiI.

tall, referred more than ono
in glowing terms TO the full Dime
pals of the workingmen assemble
to hear him. HIS reference was Il
that unctuous tone and msnne
peculiar to himself and Pecksnifi
and left no doubt in the minds o
his hearers that he telt that they
ought to be the happiest and mos
content of mortals. Moreover
they were in the presence Of tht
author Of their unparalleled pros
peritY.
We did not at the time speak o.
the vulgar taste, OF the undignifieo
behavior OF the President OF the
United States in peeping into the
workingmen's dinner pail and
subsequently calling attention to
it in a public speech. But now
that the National Republican
Committee has adopted the iull
dinner pail as a device for a cani-
paign button with the view Of con-
vincing workingmen that they are
receiving their fall share Of the
Hanna. Mckinley prosperity, we
believe that it is time to expose in
the name OF common decency this
hypocrtIcal pretense Of anxiety
for the welfare OF the working
classes.
II there was ANYTHING lacking to
conclusivelY prove the insincerity
and hypocrisy of the Republican
party it is amply supplied by the
full dinner pail argument. And it
is as insulting to the intelligence
OF the laboring classes as it is de-
grading to their manhood. 1t re-
duces them to tie level of the beast
OF burden whose wants are definite
and fixed and when satisfied slum-
bers in satisfactio
When the workingman's pail is
full, in the opinion Of our amiable
President, all his wants are salts
fed. He has no cause Tor com.
plant as he has no higher aspira
tions; no desire for the leisure es.
sential for the development OF his
higher powers and nobler quail
tiesi no desire to bring increased
comforts to those he loves; no de-
sire tor a comfortable home. with
music, good books and beautiful
pictures, nor IN fact Tor any OF the
opportunities Tor culture and the
Qualifications OF refined taste.
Mark the prediction and let the
9th OF November bear US witness:
Before Mckinley is a year Older
he will learn that a workingman
is something more than a beast OF
burden and that he has hopes and
aspirations that iull dinner pail
cannot crafty. Blinded by the
greed of gain and lust OF power he
assumes that sel6shness is the
strongest OF human motives. False
indeed is the philosophy that re-
CARDS selfishness as the strongest
motive OF political sction.
1t is unmindful OF facts of which
the times are teeming. 1t knows
not the present and reads not the
past Alright. Sell interest is a
potent force capable OF marvellous
achievements. 1t is, as it were,
physical force. But there is in
human nature v hat may be. lIkened
to a chemical force-a force which
is the electricity oil the moral uni
verse, that dissolves and subdues
and over vhelms, to which nothing
seems impossible. "All that
man hath will he give for his life"
that is self interest. But IN obe-
dience to noble impulses and Tor
the success oi a holy cause men
will give even life.
1t is to this noble sentiment that
Mr.. BRYAN appeals. And he knows
that it is a force before which all
others are weak. In every age
and every cline it has shown its
power, and today as ever the world
is full oft.
This was the spirit of Arnold Won
Winkelreid. gathering into his
bosom the sheaf OF spears, making
his dead body the bridge for mis-
coun rYmen to pass to victory;
that caused Joan Of Arc TO raise
the sword from the altar, Such
was the spirit OF the immortal EN-
met when he gave his young life
for his unfortunate country. Such
was the spirit Of our own Nathan
Hale, grieving that he had but one
life to give for his country.
In language pure and forcible,
with a heart thrillinp with sympa-
thy, Mr.. Bryan appeals not to the
pockets but 10 the hearts OF his
hearers; not to their selhshness but
to their love OF humanity. Does