Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-07-12
Senator Hoar's Altitude.

Senator Hoar's opposition to expan-
sion are now abusing him in the most
bitter terms because he proclaims his
unwavering allegiance to Republican,
election of William Mckinley. He re-
piled to those critics in a speech at
Marshfield. Mass. the other day, that
has covered them with shame and con-
fusion. He is not deceived by Bryan's
rant about the paramount" issue. He
knows that Bryan stands for the Bry-
anism of 1896, nothing more nor less, and
he will not trust him and his party now
any more than he would then. He has
faith in Republicanism and in Repub-
lican leaders, and is willing to trust the
| expansion issue and all others before
the country, to their hands.
| Senator Hoar declares that the coun-
try is lat the height of prosperity and
glory" and that only Republicanism
can keep it there against the serious
menaces Of Organism. He admires and
respects President Mckinley, and
knows that his defeat would be a
warrior sets an example that the in
dependents and anti-expansionsts will
be wise if they follow. He resents the
| insinuation that he is thick and-thin
partisan. putting party success above
principle. He utterly denies and re-
| jects it. He said at Marshfield:
Either Mr.. Mckinley or Mr..
Bryan is to be President.
Either Mr.. Hay and Gov
ernor Long and Mr. Gage, or men like
them. are to WELD the affairs of the
great executive departments, or Mr..
David B. Hill. Mr.. Tillman, Mr.. Teller,
or men like them. Now 1 support the
candidates of the Republican party be-
| cause of the things l think they will
do, if they can, for the prosperity and
honor of the country at home and
abroad; and I oppose Mr.. Bryan and
his party because of the things | think
| they will do, if they can, against the
prosperity and honor of the country at
home and abroad. Mr.. Bryan said, last
Monday, that he is so devoted to the
principle of the free coinage of silver,
at a ratio of 16 to l. that he will fight
for it even if Colorado shall fOrsake
it. If its father and mother forsake it
still will Mr.. Bryan take it up. Now
these newspaper critics OF mine have
declared again and again that the free
coinage of silver by this country alone
at the ratio of 16 to l. means national
dishonor and the destruction of bust
ness They agree with me and with
you that if that thing be done every
workingman's wages. every savings
bank deposit is to shrink in value more
than one-half, and that chance and
gambling are to be the rule of business
for the future with this fluctuating and
dishonored currency. Now do not Will
| liam j. Bryan and his secretary of the
treasury-if he gets one-mean busi-
ness in this matter? No matter what
the platform says, you know well
enough what he says; and if as I be-
leve, Mr.. Bryan'S financial policy is to
dishonor the country, to take Mr.
Bryan as my candidate for the presi-
dency. or so to vote for any other can
loT TIE dS W uclp "
| elect him, is TO dishonor myself"
No populistic attack on the sources
of prosperity, for Senator Hoar! No
| attack on the federal courts; the tariff;
the political rights of the black citi-
| zens. No turning over of the new
problems to Mr.. Bryan. either. In the
Marshfield speech the senator has
again asserted positively, as an eye
witness, that but for the personal
| lobbying of Mr.. Bryan the treaty of
Paris would have been beaten in the
Senate. He believes and says that Mr..
Bryans motive was simply to keep
| the question for an issue in the com
ing campaign" The senator likes the
| Philippine part of that treaty as little
| as he did when he fought it in the
| Senate. "The past is irrevocabe," he
said at Marshfield last Friday. I'VE
have a very different problem before
us now. What has been done is done.
The past cannot be undone. For one l
| Noull AttthVi II uSl tut AuthIc VI llDcitS
in the Philippine Islands-if that We're
the only issue before the country-to
Judge Taft than to any agency that
Mr.. Bryan is likely to command
| Then here is this momentous and ter
| rble explosion in China. 1t may mean
a great war-an alliance of Christen-
dom against the fanatical Mongols
The time does not seem to the senator
| opportune for confidng the chief mag
istracy of the United States to de-
claimer who has never performed ex-
ecutive duties, and would have to sur
round himself with untried cOunselors
Who. looking back over the history
of the republic. can be willing" asked
Mr. Hoar at Marshfield. ito trust its
interests and honor and welfare in the
| hands of the political party which in
sixty years has never been right once,
rather than in the hands of that party
of which it's severest critics must now