The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-22
BY the unwi,dOm of their management.

bave, BY the unwisdom OF their management,
driven an enormous amount OF indiElduhl cap
ital out Of productive employment What !
mean Ia Illustrated IN Pennsylvanid to-day
There are concerns there that practise up"n
their EMPLOYEES extOrtlon In IL meanest FORM
There are others, like the Marklrs. against
whom their employees have no compliant. i"'
under the domination Of tho union thoS' VINO
deal fairly by their men receive no advantage
from that fact. Instead Of rowardlng ana en-
couTaglng their friends. the unions tTeat an
alike. To protect themselves the unions loTco
even these who deal fairly by theit men To
make common cause with the others pool thcIr
issues and form II trust.
When "a man with capital seeking It's Invest
ment buys shares in a powerful corporation or
In a great trust. he puts his money there be-
cause 1t win be controlled by u board OF dlroc-
tors whose personal interests arc Identical with
bis own. II he attempts TO 60 into manuiaci-
urlng himself, the chances are that he VIII ma
his Investment at the mercy OF a toard OF walk
ing delegates whose personal interests are op-
posed TO his own. II IL time the workingmen
OF this country awOke to u realization of this
fact.
All trusts. manufacturing trusts, labor trusts
and distributing trusts, should, In the Interests
Of all, be under the fair. careful and strict regu-
lation of the law.
All these questions relating to trusts, and
through them 10 the tariff. might have been In
a fair way Of settlement by this time, Lad 1t not
boon for he dramatic appearance -four years
ago Of the boy Orator u the Platte" nor need
we look for thor satisfactory settlement untl
his permanent subsidence The sooner that
comes the better for the permanent improve
ment OF labor.
A.fnx, tha ,nttpfTU
to-day. is there one that Mr.. Bryan has Shown
himself competent to solver
Whatever MIR. McKinley's faults and he has
many-ho has carried the country through a
successful war and It's prestige + greater among
the nations Of the earth than ever before.
In his management OF the various territories
that have come under our control. there Is
more 10 commend than 10 criticise. The deal
lngs Of his Administrative with China have been
characterized. thus far, by the highest degree
Of tact and statesmunship.
He has also given US. not a perfect bill, but
the best currency bi we have ever had
During the -four years now drawing 10 "a Close
the country has attained 10 IA creator degree
Of prosperity than ii ever reached before.
These are facts Of history and II is fair to give
to MIR. Mckinley credit for thcm.
Could Mr.. Bryan have done as well? 1 think
not. While Major Mckinley relies too much.
perhaps. upon the opinions Of others, Col.
Bryan's vanity. too. dangerously ovorbalauccs
his Judgment. HI very title Is a proof Of that.
A man Of good common sense would never
have accepted the responsibility of the colonelcy
Of a regiment. a. he did. That Is a place that
every boy Of intelligence knows can he safely
filed only by a man who has had years Of quail
flying training and experience.
With all my experience as a Democrat, with
my loyalty TO the Democracy Of the pnst, II Is
hard 10 write as | have. against the candidate
who nominally stands for Democratic IDEAS and
principles. There are questions for the wise
solution of which It il vain TO look 20 the Re
publican party. Their solution must remain IN
allegiance during the prevalence Of Bryan and
Bryanism in the Democrat party.
Let rs at the coming election got rid ~ Bryan,
his perpetual candidacy and his theories, once
and forever. and bark back ere it be TOO late to
that true Democracy. the foundation OF our
liberties, that IS not for the rich, rot f1r The
poor. but seeks zeslously and inteligently the
common welfare OF all.
SEPT. 20. ANOTHER FOLD DEMOCRAT.