Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

time when the people began to see
the monopolistc effect Of class in
dorsed tariff. He advocated a tariff
that would enable monopolists to fry
fat from the people without danger Of
competition from abroad. Under the
fostering influence of the Republican
tariff our country is now in the throes
of industrial monarchy. The trust
pagnates have laid strong hand up
on the independent American producer
destroyed him, and are now crushing
the manhood and liberty out of the
American workingman. Mckinley
has observed this but not one warning
word has he uttered or dared to utter
in favor of industrial liberty aud hon
est commercial policy. Is this the
course of an honest man?
AS the apostle of protection McKin-
ley was picked up by the men benefit.
ted by protection and carried rough
shod into prominence and Office. His
debts were paid his Inconsistencies
overlooked Mark Hanna, Lyman Gage
and Baker Kohlsaat helped Mckinley.
Kohlsaat had brother, probate
judge, in Chicago. This man has
been elevated to the seat of federal
judge, and now returns the compli-
ment to Mckinley by decision worthy
Of a police court shyster to the effect
that the constitution does not of lis
own power apply to territory held by
the United States. Lyman Gage is
secretary of the treasury, and Mark
Hanna is collector of the revenues from
all the trusts!
But Mckinley was bred in Ohio and
must have imbibed some of the spirit
of liberty and patriotism that inhcres
in our soil, he has had honest opinions
in regard to the effect of the gold
standard the same as Sherman, Wade,
Garfield and others, he knows that II
is robbery and reputation to pay the
bondholder in money more valuable
than he gave, but the same class of
monopolists who have fattened by the
tariff are the holders of bonds and
loaners of money, their interests de-
mands the gold standard, SO Mckinley
declared for it. Is that the course
of an honest man!
We have had war with Spain, under
Mckinley and the offices and cmolu-
ments We're distributed among the
American tariff created nobility, and
the beef trust permitted to unload its
death dealing product upon the COM
missary department. Victory was won,
not by Roosevelt, but by the bravery
and intrepidity Of the men in the
ranks who were not to be daunted
by any mismanagement from Wash
ington. Porto Rico came under the
flag. The President saw chance to
be honest once again, and declared ii
his plain duty to apply the laws of the
United States to the liberated people.
But the trust magnates issued their
edict and McKinley's plain duty fad
ed into thin air and disappeared. Was
that the course of an honest man?
The American people and their rep
declared that Cuba was
to be free and that the war with Spain
was for liberty and humanity and not
for territorial aggrandizemcnt. But
and his unfecling advisers
laid plans for securing the WORKOUT,
defunct sovereignty of Spain in the |
and against the express |
declaration OF the people paid twenty |
million dollars for the right to tyran-
nize and are now waging cruel and |
war for aggression |
against the people of those far away |
isles.
Cuba is not yet free. She is ex
periencing carpet-bag policy at the
hands of Republicans that is little
better than the robbing system of the
Spanish. The Filipinos are being |
killed by McKinley's orders faster than
,vor tnoy waro Inv Snanish tvpauts |