The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29
ThanLsrivinr Dan.


gold handle to carve the regal bird whose
incense already rises from the kitchen to
the family banquet hall: while he who,
on other days, tolls peTspiringly in the
,aaI mine, or pounds the resoundiHg anvil
in the blacksmith shop. watches his
champagne cooling in its nest of coin sill
yer and crystal ice, it is well for him and
for ali of US to enquire into the nature
and extent of the mercies and blessings
for which we, as individuals and as
nation, are presumed TO give thanks GA
this special occasion
Eefore proceeding to consider the list Of
grounds for thanksgiving, it is proper 20
state that they each and all result from
the wisdom, generosity, -benevolence, and
piety of the Hanna Mckinley Administra-
ton. So the people have been told, so
they have believed. and SO they have
voted. Did the crops turn out we'll? It
was the work Of that modest man in the
White House. We're there shortages Of
production and wars - other countries.
which created an abnormal demand for all
or fcedstufs, cotton, wool, horses,
mules. and our timed and eInbaImed
eees2 Your Uncle William did that also!
Twas he Who gave US AIger, and increas-
I'd doses of Eagan and Sampson, and led
Us in that glorious war with Spain, when
Il e Democrats in Congress drove him into
It. Cnder his mild and smiling reign
Porto Rico the Isle OF Pines, Hawaii, Tu-
tuila. Guam, and the Philippines dropped
iuto our lap like ripe cocoanuts thrown
at Us by the monkeys. He is solely re-
zponsible-he and Hanna-for these opu-
lent additions to our real estate account.
We owe much 10 William the Conqueror.
The American people ought to be happy
today They have the sweet assurance
that. IN the last days Of the nineteenth
century. they have effected a radical in
stiutional revolution without resort 70
mora. violent means than wind and money.
They have pulled up the ancient land
MARKS OF the nation by the roots, and
used them Io1 a bonfire in honor Of the
new political disposition They have
dgcreed an order of things of which the
Far.,srs of the Republic never dreamed,
or they would not have taken the trouble
70 separate from Great Britain. With
their eyes wide open, the voting masses
OF the country at the polls ca the sixth
day of this present month, distinctly
and finally endorsed the overloTdship OF
trusts and monopolies, the abolition Of
petition in trade and industry, the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty. abandonment OF
the Monroe Doctrine, the surrender Of
American territory IN Alaska to Great
Britain, the subsidy steal, the Panama
Job, the violation OF. the Constitution in
Porto Rico, carpetbag colonial Crown
Government, and all and singular tIIcse
y. .ncinIes, policies, and practices which
have marked the course Of the Hanna
Mckinley Administration from its begin
ming. The people, therefore, have pre-
scented to them both the opportunity and
duty OF giving thanks to themselves for
what they are about to receive. They
have earned it with their ballots.
Having deliberately decided that trusts
are a good thing ard established their
absolute power beyond recall, the people
ought to be thankful for them They will
save the community a great deal of trou-
Bile in the matter of running the Govern
ment They have had four years of ex-
perienee which viii be valuable during
their second term of unbridIed power, and,
unlocked for accidents aside, they will
WELD it for the next four years without
any Of the hesitation or conceaIment or
fear of consequences that have hampered
them until now. With firm control of
the executive and legislative branches of
The Government. they have now only to
reconstruct.a pack the Supreme Court
in order 10 render their dominion com
plete.
Trusts indeed are a good thing. particu-
Iarly for their magnates. and for the emf
nent politicians who do their bidding for
valuable considerations. They monopo-
lie public utilities where they can, and
will have them all under collar before
long They monorolize the production,
manufacture, and sale CT the prime neces-
sites of life. To the farmer they dictate
The price Of his crops. TO the 1aborer his
hire, and 10 the consumer the cost to him
Of what he must eat, drink, smoke, and
wear. The trusts are rapidly driving the
merchant, trader, and manufacturer of
small or moderate capital into bankrupt
cy The salesman, broker, commission
merchant, and middlemen generally are
fast disappearing Opportunity is a thing
OF The past. The middle class is dying
out Shortly there viii be but three
castles in $his country-the trust mag
mates, their industrial serfs. and the
peasants IN novels and sod huts. 1t may
take some time to complete this evolution,
but the concentration of all wealth and
al property into a few hands, If not soon
arrested, viii bring it about. Then, oh,
Iet Us be thankful Especially let the
RoekefeHsrs, Havemeyers, Carnegfes.
Dukes, FIiEts. Morgans. aud Hannas be
thankful, fer theirs is the earth and the
fuIiaess thereof
Again. the American people should give
thanks TO themselves for the blessing Of
a Constitution, the trampling upon and
disearding Of which they have enthusias-
ticaIly justified at the recent election.
When, early in the present year. Mr.. Nc
Kinley decided to depart from "our plain
duty to Porto Rico and to exclude the
Constitution from the island, setting up
in its stead Crown Government, there
vas much popular outcry against such an
assault upon our basic law But the oil.
sugar. tobacco, and ram trusts de-