Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-10-04

been the foremost Republican Ie=5nr
of Monroe county.
There are two parties before the
country to-day, and your own voters
are to determine between these two.
parties as TO which you viii intrust
the further management Of this coun-
try. II you vote for Mckinley, you
vote to ratlty his every act Of treach-
cry, his every act OF fraud, bis every
act OF violence toward these people
whose crime il only that they love lib
eFty and are willing to die for Il. You.
vote to ratify his every crime against
the laws Of the land, against the deep
and abiding principles laid down in
the Declaration Of Independence, and
his violations OF the principles OF
human rights. The only v~indication
left TO the American people 10 to say
TO this man: "You have been I'M
worthy OF the trust we have reposed
In you; you have betrayed this coun-
Try; you have caused its flag to be
dragged In the mtre of degradation;
You have caused 1t TO be q mark OF
oppression to the people Of the Phil
ippine islands; you have caused the
abandonment of hope in the minds Of
9 large part Of the people Of the earth
who have believed in the constitu-
ton and the government Of the Unit
ed States &c q model of free govern
ment."
he has caused these men to lose
hope, and the only rebuke we ran ad-
minister to him is to turn him down
completely. That can be done in only
one way effectually. 1 do not indorse,
and cannot indorse, all the principles
laid down in the platform Of the DEM
ocratic party, upon which MIR. Bryan
stands. While i do not support, and
do not believe, in many things thai
are incorporated in that platform yet,
to make the rebuke ~efectnal, that
should be administered, l shall not
only appeal for MIR. Bryan, bat l shall
vote for q man to send to Congress
that will stand by him. Iwant Mr..
Bryan backed by Q Congress that vii
repudiste the policies Of Mr.. Mckin-
ley. The treachery to the constitu'
ton rests stiIl on the heads of thoss
who permitted IT on the head Of Nc
Kinley, and those who support him
You are the ~sovereigns who must sci
the seal and make IL the act OF the
people Of the United States.
/ do not know whether there is
colored man In the house or not. II
. there IL, Ilsay to him who was eman
: cipated and brought to his present
> condition OF freedom that be owe
I whatever freedom he enjoys to thu
spirit OF the constitution, the consti,
, tuition which the Republican party
, has % shamefuIly violated, Do yoI
3 want to take up the idea that no fail
. man has . right to III -government
D that he must be subject to 3 superior
q power9 The government as now ruI
is characterized by q syndicats con
troll.
For thirty years we have had M
. question come before as which involv.
cd the fundamental rights Of man
There have been only questions o
2 finance, tariff and currency, and mel
had learned to revere q good gov
eminent. In the mind OF Mr.. Hanna
who is really President OF this coun
try, the Gag which we hold sacred !
0 regarded as n Of the grandest com
9 mercial assets that the world knows
: This spirit Of commercialism Mi
Bryan has well exposed in his variou
0 communications to the public pres
. and in his speeches. He has q mos
o lucid and clear conception and under
standing; he has set forth most ad
mIrably the contest between thl
spirit Of commercialism and the rea
interests of the American people.
hi Mr.. Mckinley never had convic
tions upon any questions that ! know
of, except the tariff question, and b
has abandoned that. II he has con
victions upon any other question
never heard Of it. His highest con
ceptions and aspirations are to b
President of the United States, and h,
Is willing to put himself In the hand
OF any commercial management tina
: VIII secure to him the Presidency
n Mr.. Bryan may have aa much ambi
ton to be President as Mr.. Mckinley
but he makes no appeal to CONNER
n cialism for 1t. Mr.. Bryan appeals Il
4 the nobler sentiments of the people
B He has the Independence Of his con
= victions, and, although I believe bi
\ convictions are wrong On some ques
J tons, yet he had the courage to say
! 10 the party; "If you cannot incor'
4 poFate my principles In the platform
you must have some other candidate
n than myself" he lie not q represen.
a tative Of any ring. He is the repre-
, sentative of . free and Independent
people, and II he is elected President
a. i hope and trust he win, be vii
enter that chair as free Of the spirit o
commercialism 81 any man who hal
entered It for years, in my Judgment.
/ win most heartily support NO
only Mr.. Bryan, but 8 Congressman
who will uphold him in his policy. NJ
support may not be necessary, but ths
situation demands that / give IL, ant
every other man In the country II
required to vote as be thinks b
ought 10. Each must determine fol
himself and for the national vote lie mol
q private thing, II is = public function
and as great g function &c any mar
performs on earth. There is no sov-
ereign who * 5rcises . greater power
than the individual voter Of the
United States. Each voter lie > over
eign, with the privilege Of q vote Al
10 what shall be the Law OF the land
and what its policies shall be. 10
this view I AJAX you 70 look well to the
situation and stand By the principles
our forefathers established 60 that we
may stiIl hold out 10 the world the