Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-07-12

Because His Candidacy Represents
the Spirit Of American
Institutions.

Institutions.
President Mckinley will win
in the coming presidential cleo
ton because his candidacy is IN
accordance with the spirit of
American institutions and Of
American progress, and also be-
cause he represents the material
interests of the American people.
The democracy is on the wrong
side, it is on the unpro6tab BILE side
and it is on the untruthful side.
There is not one of the main
issues presented by the democ-
racy upon which it ought to win,
and there is no better proof of
this than the fact that it does not
state any one Of these issues fair
| ly, clearly and honestly.
What tissue of fraud and mis-
representation is the cry Of ''im-
perialism." There is no impe-
rialist in this republic. The re-
publican administration is work
ing out the problems which have
been brought before 1t with rare
skill and success. The difficult
ties are great, the dangers many,
bit the failures are few. In the
great majority of cases It is do
ing not only the right thing, but
the only thing possible under the
circumstances.
And under the general title of
imperialism" there is a lot Of
minor issues upon which the atti-
tude of the democracy is just as
unreasonable and just as insin-
cere as upon the main point.
What utter folly to exalt Aguin-
aldo as a patriot, what ignorance
/ to claim that the Filipino ma
| tion'' is fighting for its liberty,
what a disregard for facts in
denouncing the civil government
Of Porto Rico as an injustice and
! a cruelty to that island. What
demagoguery there is in picking
up every trivial shortcoming of
administration, the small amonnt
|of spoiled supplies, the defalca-
ition of a post Office subordinate
lin Cuba, the rash act of some
-llieutenaf1t in Luzon, and making g
these the basis for an attack up
I on the Character and the inuno1
of the American War Departmen,
or the people of this country.
In the attitude of the demo.
va ID the trusts the
same insincerity is apparent
They are fertile ID wholesale4de.
nunciation and threats, but the,
propose nothing that IS practi
cable and that would stand the
test of court decisions. The
careless citizen who would take
their, invectives at face ,valu,
might suppose that democrati,
success would be followed by til,
punishment of trusts from ths
laid, If lie did not stop to thinl
: that such a wholesale revolution
4 OF economic conditions and meth
: Iods is impossible, and If it wer,
possible it would be destructlv,
land calan1itous beyond measure
! lIBut democratic speeches an,
5 platforms are not intended 70
the voters who stop to think.
The attitude of the democrati
party on financial matters is ab
solutely insincere. The mem
], bers of the party are greatly a
variance upon this iinportau
! matter, and it is impossible 70
them to present a coherent an
! honest policy. To the west the
y l II i ~.
must presenta silver shield wit
a steady disregard Of facts an
& possibilities; to the East the 81
yer side must be carefully COZ
i, Icealed or treated as Of small in
e portance; while at the same tin
r the populists must be conciliate
e1 with a tolerance Of their fanta'
Ell tic theories ofan irredeemable p;
,-lper currency and the uselessne:
q Of metallic money of any kind.
"a To y far greater extent tha