Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06

The leaders of the republican party,
who unmasked their thoughts in speech
at the banquet of the Hamilton club in
Chicago last Wednesday evening, made
no concealment of the future purpose of
their political organization to trample
upon the principles of Jefferson aud
adopt those OF the man who declared
| that 'the model government was that
of England"
This determination to adopt Hamil-
tonism instead of Jeffersonisn as the fu-
ture framework of their party policies
was voiced in an inferential manner by
two United States senators, Davis of
Minnesota and Dolliver of Iowa, and
plainly declared by Speaker Henderson
of the American house of representa-
tives, who had been hidden to the feast
by the invitation committee to repre-
sent the president of the United States.
The declarations of these expounders
of the present day gospel of republican
tism were listened to and enthusiastic-
ally applauded by other noted republi-
being the governors of Indiana, Him
ois, Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin and
| a number of senators and congressman.
Hamilton's theory of government
was lauded by all speakers, and Speak
er Henderson emphatically announced
that this doctrine, rejected first by the
people of the United States when they
| took up arms against the tyranny of
| England and again when, under the
leadership of the peerless author of the
Declaration of Independence, century
ago, they enunciated with their ballots
that this is a government of the people
by the people and for the people, is to
be followed by the republican party in
shaping government for the Ameri-
can people.
Alexander Hamilton asserted in the
constitutional debate of 1887: 81 be-
Iieve the British government forms the
best model the world ever produced;
and such has been its progress in the
minds OF the many that the truth grad
ually gains ground"
David B. Henderson, speaker of the
house and representing President Nc
Kinley at the Hamilton club banquet
the other night, said: 1.-The name of
Hamilton suggests three thoughts that
may be appropriate to 1900: First, a
strong government; second, a just gov
ernment; third, a protective govern
ment. In this great world of ours, full
of powerful, massive, aggressive govern
ments, this nation as a government
must be strong to take care of our peo-
pie and their interests"
Nothing can be clearer than this ex-
position of the republican imperialistic
plan. We must be strong like Russia,
Germany and England, by having big
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people who object to the tyranny of a
favored class at home,' and hold in SUBJ
| lection the colonies abroad; we must
have a 'sjust" government on the "Eng-
lish model" whose ..justice" is exempli~
fed by that nations treatment of rack
rented Ireland famine and cholera
scourged India, and by the assassina-
tion of self-government in South Africa.
We must have protective" govern
ment, which will legislate for the
enrichment of class to which all other
classes in the country shall Pay toll
and tribute-or, as Alexander Hamil-
ton himself has put it substantially, we
must enable the wealthy class to ac-
cumulate riches so as to be the better
enabled to take care of the unemployed,
Iimprovident and and unfortunate poor.
How do the American people like
this gospel of Hanna-McKinleyism as
preached by Political Evangelist Hen
derson?
He and his associates have declared
in favor of government that will take
care of the people and against peo-
who shall take care of the government.
The latter is Jefferson's theory. His
teaching and the teaching OF the de-
mocracy is that all men, both rich and
poor, shall be equal before the law,
possessing equality of opportunity and
an equal share in the selection of their
public servants.-Kafasas City Times.