Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
RANK IMPERIALISM.
A Specimen of the NonarchicaI Pre-
affections of Mckinley
Boomers.

It has come at last. Il this freq
country, the republic founded by
Washington and upheld by Thomas
Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, a
public print OF republican Of course, is
openly advocating the establishment
of a monarchy. Here is an excerpt
from the Des Moines 0a.) Globe of re-
cent date:
"We believe it is better and will be
safer if we admit that practically we
have passed the period when this
publican in form"
Here is another quotation from this
anti-American sheet:
"For a long time thinking people
who have large commercial interests
nave felt unsafe with our present
form of government and now is a goot
time to do away with our obsolete
constitution and adopt a form of gov
eminent that will be logical with e
pansion ideas and give ample p~rotec-
ton to capital"
st%itutional monarchy is the most de-
sirable plan we could adopt"
Is not this a near approach to trea-
SON? But is it not the natural re-
suit of the imperialistic ideas and
tendencies of Mckinley and his
bosses?
A few days ago the firm of Bent
ley & Olmstead, shoe manufacture
ers and dealers of Des Moines,
announced that if bryan was elect
ed they would close their place
| of business on the morning of No
vember Z. This bold attempt to
coerce their employees into voting for
Mckinley was checkmated the same
day when J.. K. Laycock, a retired
boot and shoe man of Des Moines,
announced that he had organized a
corporation of Iowa capitalists to en-
gage in the wholesale boot and shoe
business, the same as is now being
conducted by Bentley & Olmstead. in
the event of Bryan's election. Mr..
Laycock also guaranteed to hire every
! employee of the firm of Bentley &
Olmstead at an advance of ten per
cent. over the wages they now re-
ceive.
In commenting on this effort to in
timidate and dictate to w~orkingmen,
the Globe, the ultra imperialistic pa
per published in Speaker Henderson's
state, not only Endorses and warmly
applauds the bulldozing tactics of
Bentley & Olmstead, but advocates the
election of Mckinley as the best way
to establish a monarchial form of
government in this country. The in
ference, of course, is hat under King
Mckinley T., or Emperor Mckinley,
the poor downtrodden capitalist would
not have to persuade and intimidate
the laboring man into doing his bid
ding-that is too humiliating-for his
majesty, the first monarch of the
United States of America. would COM
pei by force of arms the common peo-
pie to bow in mute subsection to his
will, which of course would be that of
the moneyed classes.
This republican organ, the Globe,
says hat Bentley & Olmstead's action
is what nearly all large corporations,
manufacturers and business firms will
do before election day, namely: "Prac-
tically force their men to for Nc
Kinley."
It then asks: "And why not? Men
who furnish the brains and money,
the great strain necessary to compete
in business, should not permit, know
ingly, the men who get their support
from them to so vote as to greatly in
iure their business, and further in
crease the difficulty of doing business.
This threat by manufacturers, rail-
roads and money lenders was what
elected Mr.. Mckinley before and it
will do it again this time.
1--WE have no objection to what Mr..
Olmstead did or what the railroads
and manufacturers did in 1896. In
fact, it is the only way McKinley's
election can be assured"
Frank, isn't it? Yet the editor of
the Globe is simply voicing the
wishes, ideas and plans of Mckinley,
Hanna ct al. The common people
must be subdued, the masses must bow
down in alteration before the classes,
a small coterie of men. Americans in
name only, must rule over and dictate
to millions of their countrymen. That
is McKinleyism. It is also despotism.
National Democrat.