Little Falls herald., 1900-09-14
tessed in r.@thod before ths Republi-
cans Of Minnesota today" ~

his Labor day address in Chicago which
Republicans do not like TO- have men,
toned. He discussed the rights of the
wage earners, and this is regarded az a
secret attack on the Republican party.
He denounced the trust evil and i'm.
perialism and thereby hurt the feelings
Of some Republicans. By constituting
his remarks as an attack on their party
the Republicans really plead guilty OF
imperialism and of subserviency to the
interests of the trusts. The situation is
much like the oae which obtained in
Minnesota at the time when Governor
Lind declared, in speech at Minneap'
oils, that the American volunteer sol.
der was not the proper man to carry
on a war Of aggression and conquest.
The Republican organs then set up a
howl because the governor had at.
tackled the Mckinley administration.
Without intending it they. entered the
plea Of guilty to the charge that they
were engaged in war of aggression
and conquest. In like manner they
now take the position that an attack on
. the trusts and an endorsement of the
self-evident truths of the Declaration Of
independence are equivalent to plunging
dagger into the vitals Of the Republi.
can party.
The recent declaration of Richard G.
Olney that he will support the Demo
cratic platform and candidates was a
body-blow to the Republicans in the
East. Mr.. Oiney would have been
worth more to the Republicans than all
the other converts together, about
whose conversion they have been boast.
ing. -Four years ago he was one Of the
strongest Of all the opponents Of Bryan.
Now Mr.. Olney's vigorous American
ism has brought him back into the
party which stands for American ideas.
He will be tower of strength in New
England. When Bryan gains such
supporter, who was the soul of the
Cleveland administration, he is indeed
advancing far into 1.-The enemy's coun-
try" 1t is about time for the Repub-
icans to admit defeat.
Some of the Republican organs are
denying that the Des Moines Globe,
which openly advocates the establish
ment of constitutional monarchy for
our present form of government, ex.
presses the sentiment Of tho latter-day
Republicans. In measuring the value
of this denial it should be remembered
that until recently these same Repub-
ican organs were equally emphatic in
denying the purpose of their party to
establish the single gold standard, de.
manded, as is imperialism, by organized
capitalistic greed.
THE Republicans say we cannot haul
down the flag where it has once been
hoisted. If that is true, how are you
going to get the flag away from Pc
king? Our soldiers are there and car.
ried the Stars and Stripes with them,
and if your doctrine that whenever the
flag floats over land the land cannot
be given back is true, you cannot get
your soldiers away from Peking, and if
you follow the doctrine that you fol-
lowed in Manila, you have got to take
the whole Chinese empire, because we
took all the islands Of the Philippines,
and if that doctrine is true we have got
to take the 400,000,000 subjects over
there. It is thousand times better to
haul down the flag in the Philippine
islands and raise the flag Of the Phil
ippine republic than to change our flag
from the flag Of the republic to the flag
of an empire. Nv. J. Bryan.
These are some Of the things which
such an independent Republican as
Hazen s. Pingree of Michigan, who
does his own thinking. says Of the pres
ent Republican party:
"There should be general cleaning
out Of the gang that has betrayed the
republic at Washington.
II am a Republican, but honestly
believe that, with the Ohio crowd in
control, the best thing that could hap
pen to the Republican party this fall
would be the success Of the Demo-
Gratis"
Il have always contended that Nc
Kinley's backbone did not reach far
enough toward his neck to support his
brain or will power
"How long will the American people
tolerate state of affairs like that in
the Philippines and China? How long
will they suffer to be controlled by
such enemies Of the republic as HANNAH"
Republicans are trying to disown tha
Des Moines Globe, because it is honest
enough openly to admit that it wants
our country changed from republic
to monarchy. The fact remains, how.
ever, that the Des Moines Globe is a
Republican paper, published and edited
by one of the Republican committee
men in the Republican county of Polk,
Ia. And his is not the only paper
which has lost faith in the republic.
The Chicago journal, straight Re-
publican organ, says, Aug. 2l:.
"What, after all, is the Declaration
Of Independence or the constitution?
Who created them? The people of the
United States. Who has the right to
throw them overboard2 The people Of
the United States. Men invoke the
past to dictate to the present. Absurd
Any tyro in political science will tell