The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-31

\ him. AS SOON as we EdCeltttA Su 1s,.eS.
If Porto Rico, Mr. Mckinley said : IS IS
orr. main duty to give free trade to ITS
| neople. The entire press Of the country
| voicinr the sentiments of the American
people, applauded this declaration OF eies
President. In less than two Weeks .tel =
after Mr. Mckinley signed a Dill III,
"A tax of Is per cent. on all importa eio li
| from Porto Rico Did he do THIS oae ~ :,
anxiety 10 obey the will OF tile pso s'.,,
| or was it done at the dicth t i
sugar and tobacco trusts OF his cotn.
I1,st t,efore our trouble with the -tlil-
ninos. This good and benevolent man s sali
| that ..tbe forcible anneNa ion OF TIE liiiiip
mines would be criminal aggression, aliu
| was not to be thought OF. me liil'.iios
I; dfd,,t want forcible or any other SORT OF
annexa tion-theii wanted liberty anu iiiue-
| erendence and yet TO-DAY we Inv INV ti,s
! Mckinley administrations trying 70 ioIee
| our sovereignty upon the fiii'iiios
| noint of the bayonet Was there ever
such another lHStance-s$soi s ~ -
I ton?
Can we believe that the American people
have SO far forgotten the fundamen,ai
| principles of their government, ana .iie
| history of our Revolutionary war DIS "
| believe that Mckinley is doing thelr VIII
| in the Philippines to-day?
regard Mr.. Mckinley as the mos
l
| the head of affairs in this, our national
| crisis. because he knows the right and has
| not the courage of his convictions, or me
| manhood and backbone TO do the right as
! he sees it. lztiS
/ Mr.. Williams says: 81 recognize and
| sympathize with the fear Of immense &C
! cllmulations OF capital in a few hands, put
| | believe that American inteiiect ana
I honesty will find {: way to avert the dan
! \ ~. IC-y--, md
I followers seem to me. from their utter
/ ances, to believe that the only way to
/ oppose these dangers is to assail all cor
| rorations and all accommodations and rep
| resentatives of capital.
| In this declaration Mr. Williams. much
| to our surprise, admits the great dangers,
| and the j,rstitiabe fears of the people
| from immense accumulations Of capital
! in the hands of the few.
| The Democratic party proposes to avert
! these dangers by preventing the abuse
| of such power in the hands of the few.
The Republican party is in absolute
| control OF the government. Have they
| taken any action in regard to the immense
| accumulation of capital in the hands of
| the few, calculated to allay the fears of
! the people? On the contrary, we know the
| Republican party is the party Of the
| trusts and syndicates, that it is from
i
| mense accumulation Of capital it re-
| ceives its vast campaign funds for cor
| ruption purposes, and it dareS not do any
| thing to antagonize them.
| The Democratic party declares itself OPP
| posed to monopolies and this abuse of
| power in the hands OF the few. and in OPP
| position to the statement of Mr.. Williams
| that Mr.. Bryan and his followers believe
| that the only way, to oppose these dangers
iS n lSS oil f/, - | IL
| quote the utterances Of Mr.. Bryan him
! self In his speech of acceptance we ind
| this declaration: The Democratic party
| is not making war upon the honest acQui-
l sition of wealth; it has no desire to dis
! courage industry, economy and thrift On
| the contrary, it gives to every citizen the
| greatest possible stimulus to honest toll.
| when 1t promises him protection in the
| enjoyment of the proceeds of his labor.
| Property rights are most secure when
| human rights are most respected Democ-
| racy strives for a civilization in which
/! every member of society will share ac-
! coding to his merits
| mir. VILLAINS tells us that he is opposed
to any change in the administration. be-
! cause, says he, Il can foresee in the event
OF MI Bryan's election, successive periods
| III "hlch every man who has a spare dol
! lar VIII hold to it awaiting events'' We
might infer from this statement that Mr..
| NlillanS IS IN direct line of succession to
lhe fhophetS OF Israel, who foresaW and
| predicted all the evils that We're to befall
| that ancient commonwealth II I remem-
| Der Alright, there We're good many of the
| class OF MIR. Williams. who foresaw and
| predicted the calamities that would come
! upon us If Mr.. Cleveland should be elected
| in 1854. Mr.. Cleveland was elected and the
prophets of evil We're put TO confusion.
! w h
and foresight, presumes to designate the
| character OF the meu who Will compose
! Nhr bryan's Cabinet, and that when the
| CABINET has been formed and the policy of
| the bryan Administration formally an
| nounced, the forces of the evil will be let
! loose Mr.. Bryan has repeatedly insisted
! IN his public speeches that the followers
/ OF Mckinley should not select his Cabi-
! net, as they seem determined to do, bur
| on the contrary, says he, ''if elected l shall
! appoint my own Cabinet, and select such
| men as will make my administration a sllc-
! cesSful one
Mr Williams does not hesitate to proph-
eSy q panic in the event of Mr. Rrvan's
| election. From his business associations
and connections we do not doubt that he
! speaks with authority. 1t is not an I'M
| common thing for the syndicated interests
| OF wall Street to make pan:cs TO order
anu hoid them up as a bugaboo to frishten
ana 2ntim!date the American citizen from
the exercise of his convictions. and voting
| against an administration which is their
tool, ever ready to do their bidding. and
under whose policies they are the exclu
| sive benefciares.
! Ny Williams tells us, with great com
| placency, that no war in which we couId
ensage would cost as much as a manic
| Even granting that a panic is probable,
! this view, depends upon which a man re-
! CARDS as most inlportant-material things
or principle and character. From this
declaration We are forced 10 the conclu-
| sion that Mr. Williams is more concerned
about economics than he is about greet
fundamental principles, and regards the
former of more Importance than The lat
Ter.
At this moment our country is engaged
in war of conquest. and the pursuit. Of
policy that is destroying our moral s,l
premacy amongst the nations of the. earth
\ poEcy that Senator Hoar a RepufIican
| sad If persevered in would change o,lr
government from republic into an EN-
pire, a policy THAI repudiates the pr;nci-
pies OF our Declaration OF fndepanti.a,,ce
and that stultifes the faith ana profFs,
SONS of this country Of oy-s,. ., l,t,,-4y,.-5I