Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04
"leae4lev has the blessing and hearty

"leagAle" has the blessing and hearty
support OF the Republican National
Committee. Nobody who can possibly
be levied upon is to escape.
Mark Hanna is not exactly popular
in Washington even among the alem-
bers of his own party. He is too bru-
tai and coarse in his methods. There
has been an uEusua. amount of Atum-
bling about his methods lately, but
Hanna only chucklcS and serves rotice
that he has spent the last four years
constructing macaine which nobody
can operate but hiSself and his bench
men. His Campaign of alton"
consists in the libe<al use of money to
buy anybody whe can be bought or
bribed and the coacealment or mlsrep-
resentation of the facts to those who
want to know, hoy the government has
been managed. llama will stay right
with the party. Ut cannot get lid of
its Old Man of tsle Sea.
The wage workers in the big INDUS
trial centers airs inclined to BIZ very
suspicious over the refusal of tie Re-
pub!icans to print 10000 copies of the
testimony in the Occur d'Alene iavesti-
CATION. The Republicans overlooked
the fact that working men, whether
members of unions or not, We're iStense-
ly interested in the rumors th6t they
heard from Idaho during the year that
martial law Has in operation They
looked to the Congressional inrestiga-
fjn,, IN ncto l,itc1 tha factc
The net result of the investigation
are two committee reports. The Repub-
lcah majority approves the Spplica-
ton of martial law, and records itself
in favor Of forcing free men to leg for
military permits in order to get an
opportunity to look for employment.
The Democratic minority of the COM
mittee severely censures the conduct of
the United States troops, AMI de-
nounces tho institution of the permit"
system as a dangerous infringement on
the constitutional rights of citizenship.
Up to this time the workingmen of the
large cities have not made the matter
partisan one. They have desired to
know the facts in order that they might
judge for themselves. But whe, the
REPUBLICANS back up their report with
a refusal TO have the testimony pint
ed. the presumption is strong one
that the facts do not warrant theif re-
port.
The Democratic minority of the com--
mi!tee accompanied their report with
recommendation that 10000 copies of
the testimony be printed for general
distribution. The refusal to do this has
put the Republicans in bad light and
already one very large and influeAtial
trade union has pledged itself to tote
against an administration that farors
the permit system. The very eto.ts
of the Republicans to suppress the
whole matter have made it a national
issue with wage workers, and their
votes will largely determine the resule.
AS the time of the Democratic M
tional convention draws near the. indi-
cations multiply that principles and not
personal or sectional differences, Will
control. The recent news that the Pill
iIpinas are farther than ever from
being conquered. makes, an energetic
protect against Imperialism and MILL
tarism probably the leading plank in
the DlatforIa. The failure of the Re
pUblicans TO even attempt any restraint
OF trusts forces that issue to the front.
and there is no doubt but the prln-
ciples of 1896 will be reaffirmed.
IT becomes more evident daily that