The Penn's Grove record., 1900-11-02
XIII. PENIS GROVE, n. J., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ?. 1900.
MKINLEY A WEAK MAN.
INDIFFERENT TO PUBLIC INTERESTS.
PARTIAL TO CORPORATE GREED.

INDIFFERENT TO PUBLIC INTERESTS.
PARTIAL TO CORPORATE GREED.
we Have Never Had an Administration
So Thoroughly Un-American as the
Present One-Thoroughly Permeated
With Monopoly Influence.
Personally and at heart Mr.. Nc
Kinley is not a bad mar. Governed
by his own impulses, severed from the
co~nscienceless coterie which seems to
contaminate every part of his Admin
istration, Mr.. Mckinley would make
fewer mistakes and would make a
better record than he has made and
is now making,
But Mr. Mckinley is a weak a
and since he has assumed the Presi
dental office he has been governed by
strong men
We have never had an Administra.
ton that has been SO Indifferent te
public interests, 81 partial to corpora.
ton advantage, so and petty II
the attitude toward men whom il
could not control, as the Administra
ton over which William Mckinley
presides.
We have never had an Administra
ton SO hypocritical az the Mckinley
Administration.
We have never had an Administra
ton so thoroughly un-American as the
Mckinley Administration.
We have never had an Administra
tion that so persistently defes the best
traditions and the best sentiments VI
the American people as the Mckinley
Administration has done.
Under this Administration trusts
have so rapidly multiplied that thou,
sands of men who supported the Re.
publican ticket in 1896 on the trust
question alone feel compelled to desert
that ticket.
Pretending to favor civil service re.
form, the Mckinley Administration
has almost destroyed it.
Pretending to be a business Admin.
istration, it has SO arranged the war
taxes that those least able to pay
them, while those upon whom the load
should have fallen have avoided the
burden.
Pretending to represent the party OF
Abraham Lincoln, William Mckinley
approved a treaty that recognized
slavery and polygamy, Lincoln's twin
relics of barbarism," in territory sub
ject to United States jurisdiction.
A Republican Senator, Hale. is re.
sponsible for the statement that a con.
spiracy is on foot whereby this Admin.
istration shall violate the pledge made
by the United States to the people OF
Cuba.
On a certain day the President sent
a message to Congress in which be
advocated free trade for Porto Rico,
and within six weeks he was quietly
working for the passage of a bill thai
directly conflicted with his recommer.
dalton to Congress.
Under the Mckinley Administration
the people Of Cuba have been plum
dered and robbed by men appointed to
Office by that Administration.
Under the Mckinley Administration
Great Britain has found good rea-
son to believe that the American Coy.
eminent was partial to the empire.
while the people of South Africa have
had no reason to think that the Ameri
a Government was partial to the
republic.
The Administration has relentlessly
assailed Winfield Scott Schley, the
hero of Santiago, and Dewey likewise
has come in for his share Of insults.
We are willing to concede that viii
liam Mckinley is simply a weak man
but be is so preposterously weak thai
he is not the man to be intrusted with
the reins of government for four years
more. His Administration is thorough
" permeated with monopoly infu
ence. SO completely un-American, sc
entirely unbusinesslike. so wholly dis
honest. that the American people have
learned to detest it.
Nothing is to be gained by persona
assault upon a candidate, such as the
Administration press is in the habit
of making upon Mr.. Bryan. News
papers opposed to Mr.. Mckinley will
not indulge in those personal attacks
At the same time they cannot avoiG
calling things by their right names
While conceding to Mr.. Mckinley per
sonally good intentions. they cannot
overlook the fact that he is the weak.
est mar who ever occupied the White
House. and they would be- false tt
their duty If they failed to attack the
monstrous wrongs that have grown III
and fourished under this weak an6
~vacillating Executive.-Hearst,s Chi
cago American.
Roosevelt Despises Mckinley.
On the third day of last April Presi-
dent David Star Jordan, Of Leland
Stanford University, said in an inter.
view, when asked which view Of the
issue Of Imperialism, McKinley's OF
Bryan's. was gaining most among the
people:
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