Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-09
BUT ONE WAY TO DO IT.
The war Fostering Administration
should Ne Driven from
Power.

should Ne Driven from
Power.
Are the American people weary OF
wnri Have they had enough ye' OF
the extra penny on the telegram ana
the express receipt, the two cents on
the bank check, the multltudlnous'
eXnc,ons-fallIng not at all on the
corporations, lightly on the very rich
and most GENEROUSLY on the people OF
slender means-'which 60 to make up
the war taNY
Are they sick Of the daily bulletins
Of the dgld and craacd sacrificed In
Luaon 10 keep down an nsurrcctlon
officially reported rs suppressed q
year ago? Do they count the cost OF
the Philippine experiment and con-
slider what SlOO0O0,0O0 u yenr could
do here at home, expended In irriga'
ton to make the western deserts BIOS
som like the rose, employed TO eslnb'
llsh government telegraphs, u parcels
post, great national university n
ship canal from the lakes to the sea,
government railroad which would
act ns check to the eXtortlons OF the
privately owned monopoliesP
II the people have become thus
weary, II they are thus questioning,
they are ready to consider the vciled
menace in this utteronce by Col DICK
IInnnn's campaign manager and one
Of the men who Is growing rich from
the pickings Of the Mckinley admin
istratlon'
"The status in China Is very threat
enug. aud events there may change
the whole political situation here ]
suppose ON one denies that this gov
crnmcn, ought to protect Americans
in China, and II In doing so we should
be brought into war with China or
any other power there would be but
one party in this country os long MS
the trouble lasted, and that would be
the administration party"
There stands out the wish that Is
ruthcr to the thought With what
2cal viii Hanna and Dick and Brother
Abncr and Nccry and the rest Of the
vulturcs that f0ttcn on the fruits OF
McEinlcyism rush to the defense OF
Americans In China II by so doing
they viii hold the profitable control
Of government for years to come
Protect Americans in China? on
course, and Americans everywhere
else as wrn, But q president who has
rushed MS into long, costly and
bloody war in the Philippines with
out the consent and scarcely with the
knowledge Of congress cannot be
trusted TO cope with this Chinese
situation alone, when his own close
advisers admit that his personal polit
ical interests would be greatly ad
vanced by a war,
The country stands to-day at
point more critical than any 1t has
occupied since 1SGl A lingering wa,
In the Philippines sops its strength
It's soldiers and sailors are enyclopcC
in the storm and the intrigue Of tn,
colossal Chinese field of battle, Al
Washington Is a merccnary, imperial
istic government, which has profiet
vastly already politically and 6nan
cialy, by one war; and whicl
sees in second and greater ont
hope of indefinite continuance II
power. With true imperiolistit
sclf-asscrtion the president refuse
to call congress together and an,
day Americans may find that th,
inWigucs or the Incompetence Of
gang Of schcming politicians have
dragged This nation into war will
half Of Europe
What is the defense Of the people
First compel the president TO cal
congress in extra session,
Second, drive an administration
which can't be trusted from power II
Noyrmbcr,-WiIliS j, Abbot, in Chica
go American,