The Jamesburg record., 1900-08-04
Danger of Imperialism.

OF the National Democratic Committee.
was recently interviewed by the New
York World concerning the plan of cam
paign of the Democrats, and said in sub
stance as follows:
1--WE shall exhaust every effort to
awaken the people of the United States
TO the headlong course of the Admins
tration toward imperialism"
-Four years have opened the eyes Of
every Gold Democrat and of countless
Republicans to the dangerous and unwise
policy that was at first covertly followed
but is now openly pursued.
cit was hardly credible at first, even to
Democrats. that man had been placed
in the White House who would accept
the dictation of England; who would per-
NIT his Secretary Of State to allow a
British Ambassador to draw treaties for
him; who would take upon himself the
power to inaugurate colonial policy re-
garded as utterly repugnant and danger-
Gus by the trainers of the Constitution;
who would openly pander to the power OF
the great commercial trusts for the sake
of financially strengthening his party and
securing his return TO office; who would
involve the country in heretofore unim-
agiDable mp]ications with European
powers, and who would calmly turn over
to Great Britain strip of our 4 Alaska
territory half as large as Long Island. on
;nl~
our flag had foated since Russia sold the
land to US.
'These are all the acts of greedy,
ambitious Chief Executive, and the
American people are alive to the fact.
1.-The Gold Democrats will vote for
Bryan-all of them who are not fatten-
ing on the toiling millions through own
ershi p of trust St curities. 1t doubtless will
be pretty hard to convince trust mag
nate that this Adm Illustration is not the
real thing. 1t suits him. II is made for
him. 1t serves him. But the rank and
file of the misguided Democrats who four
years ago turned their backs on their
party now see the danger that menaces
the country.
"There's material enough for a CAM
paign alone in the NAL administration OF
the War and Post-office departments.
Alger, Egan, Nicely and Rathbone are
only types OF this arrogant, utterly
unscrupulous management of national
affairs. The Executive branch of the
Government already can do without Con-
gress. How would it be at the end OF
four years were matters to go on as they
have moved since the Administration
took the bit in its teeth?
I'VE shall wage a very different kind
of campaign from that liz 1885. The
people are suspicious and doubtful of the
good faith of this Anglo.A merican ad-
miDistration. The outrageous act in
Alaska cannot help arousing storm of
condemnation. But that is no worse than
the Nicaragua Canal shamelessness.
which even Republican Congress
promptly repudiated.
Fin reply to further questions Chairman
Jones said:
"Tbe Democratic national headquarters
will be in Chicago. l don't know what
we shall do here. Mr.. Bryan will speak,
hut he will not travel so far or make So
many speeches as in 1896. He will pro
badly visit New York in October.
IL expect to remain in New York
several days and become familiar with
the situation in this and other Eastern
States. know of no present troubl.
between ex-senator Hill and Mr.. Croker.
Both men are working for Mr.. Bryan.
II do not wake predictions, but am
hopeful Of several States in the middl.
West that went Republican four year,
ago. Indiana is one. Wisconsin another
Stevenson carried Illinois in 1892, ami
can doit again, we think. Kentucky will
return to the Democratic fold, where il
belongs"