The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-10-13
"A BUGABOO ISSUE"
Senator Hanna Thus Denominates
imperialism"
Chairman OF the Republican National
Committee Pays Ills Respects
10 Croker, Brynn. and the
Democracy.


OF the republican national committee,
taking hold OF the MONDAY meetings OF
the Illinois Commercial and Industrial
league and the Commercial Men and Re-
tail Salcsmen's Mckinley and Roose-
welt club, now being held in Chicago.
In speech on Tuesday. October 2,
Senator Hanna said:
This campaign, my friends. Is narrow
Eng down to but "A few weeks, and yet II
IS growing In Importance every day. be-
cause every day brings fresh to our minds
these issues which underlie all our per-
sonal interests, as well as the best in
terests OF our country, i say II Is encour-
aging for me to see that the business in
tcrests and the working men of the United
States are awakening to the importance
of these issues. / sometimes believe that
they have been waiting until the demo-
cratic party brought In all their issues
before they decided to bring them UP at
all. They are narrowing down now so
that with the short time left l am won
dcring what other Issues they can pre-
sent. Every issue that has been presented
10 the American public thus far has been
for the purpose of leading astray the minds
of the people from the real issue There
is but one issue, only one, and that issue
affects our material interests entirely. !
mean the issue of prosperity and the con-
tinuation OF IL. That prosperity Is n result
of "A policy. the practice and professions
OF the republican party. That policy has
not changed since the foundation of that
party. IL has stood the test In the bat
ties that have been fought. and with the
exception OF two instances have always
won The issue to-day Is just what II
was In 1896, only more so. The question Is,
do the American people want as n founda-
ton for their interest sound money and
protection to American interests and
American workingmen. That Is all there
Is in II. Because experience has taught
us that upon that foundation we can build
not an empire but the greatest CONNER
.cial country In the world
81 do not want to talk about Imperialism,
my friends. That is layed out. 1t is bug
aboo. 1t was intended to be Il bugaboo.
1t was intended to deceive the American
people. And, as l said before distract their
attention from the real issue. 1t Is an
impossible; IL Is a fraud; 1t is numbug
to talk about the American people resolv-
ing themselves into an empire. or that
man with the reputation, with the char
acter and ability of William Mckinney
would be emperor. And that Is where our
friends. the democratic party, so called,
have made n grievous error. They have
placed their faith upon this fact that
the American people are unintelligent
enough to understand these great qucs-
lions. Think of appealing to citizen of
the United States that he should change
his mind, change his whole career as a
public man, change the record of life-
time, his life work, to build up an empire
or even the theory of an empire In such
u country as this, and the letter of Presi-
dent Mckinley has settled that question
in the minds of every man who has intel
ligencc and patriotism enough to under
stand these questions. What the people
wanted, II they did not fully understand
all there was In that question, was simply
the facts. and they got them In that let
ter. And every fact stated there Is truth.
Therefore i say do not care to discuss
Il any further and l am waiting to see
what the next move will be on the check
er-board. There was a conference In Chi
cago recently Of all of the head chiefs
Of the opposition, and the New York people
are anxiously awaiting to know what VIII
b. the Issue when Mr.. Bryan comes east.
lie has been summoned there by his en-
pcror. Dick Croker, and he will be told
that he must not talk free silver in New
York. I have seen Inv the newspapers, and
] believe every word of 1t, strange to say,
that there was deal made. that puts
Mr.. Croker above even Mr. Bryan as far
as power Is concerned In this campaign,
and want TO know OF our western friends,
whether democrat or republican, whether
they propose In view of present condition
of affairs in our country to follow any
man who Is dictated to from Tammany
hall.
"'rhose arc all personalities, but under
lying that let us see what this man stands
for. Everybody knows what politics Is In
New York. Everybody knows the power
OF one man in the rank of the demo-
cratic politicians in New York and If
there Is anything approaching Imperialism
I'm this country, IL Is the power of the boss
of Tammany. 1t was under his power
hnt Ia IN la q
pound OF ice upon the docks of New York
without his permission, and that permis-
sion was given to only one company You
hear about trusts. The ice trust of New
York affects every poor man who lives
within the limit of that great city and
IS the worst trust that ever was, and II
could not be made efficient unless, as was
the case, the power governing the city of
New York would not permit any other
company TO land "A pound of ice upon n
single dock of that great city. That Is
the power which is the motive that gov
ems the men that are now debating the
policies in this campaign. Now, my
friends, from the standpoint OF business
men, II Is idle for me TO discuss In this
presence what would be the result OF a
change In these conditions-of this admin
istration. You all know that when bust
ness Is In a normal condition what makes
the volume of prosperity in business. oper-
ating for the future, not from hand to
mouth. Every man who lays out his bust
ness successfully must have confidence in
the future that whatever policy he adopts
he will be on the safe side In short, he
must know there will be no radical changes
that will overthrow our financial condi-
lions. or sap from the foundation that con-
fldence upon which II rests. We had four
years OF that policy of from hand to
mouth and we all know the result. No
manufacturer. no merchant, no laborlng
man knew from day to day what would
come the next day. And therefore he man
ufactured only that which he could SELL:
the merchant bought only that which he
could sell Immediately, and the working
man was compelled to work only hours
Il took to manufacture and dispose OF those
goods. Under that policy the fires burned
out In our FORCES and factories; the wheels
of industry slowed down and almost
stopped, and what was the result? Dis
aster. almost despair. And II was under
the influences of just such conditions that
the people of this country arose in their
might In 1896 and put their foot upon the
policy which threatened our prosperity
and Industry. BY their almost united voice,
as far as the electoral vote was concerned
in the northern states. said: We do not