The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-06-28

tile to the New Yorker. In the days
preceding the convention he gave fire.
quent indication of his seeming opposi-
ton to Roosevelt's candidacy. but his
protestations of disapproval taken in
conjunction with his unrepressed JOY
when the nomination was made, il sig
nifcant Interpreted it means that
Hanna, while having his own way, real
lied the voters dislike too much Hanna
ism, hence, with the snbtelty of a wiz
ard, he made it appear that Roosevelt
secured the place despite of the nabob's
prediction The boss chuckled at this
presumed master stroke but his scheme
is not sufficiently complex, for it can be
dissected and the motive clearly recog-
nized.
Hanna wanted Roosevelt and demand
ed his nomination.
Why, then. should it be imperative
that Roosevelt take second place on the
ticket? He is in the prime of aggres-
sive intellect, with II probably long fu-
ture reaching ont before him, yet the
managers Of the Republican machine
felt constrained TO force him into posi-
ton, which of itself, IL successful must
result in producing inertia and relegat-
ing him to an environment 50 essential
" Mt variance with the strenuous life. y
In other words his political future il
sacrificed to the needs Of party expedi-
ency The Republican leaders in con.
vention like King Belshazzar, read plain
" the handwriting on the wall
Roosevelt is sacrificed in the vain hope
of bolstering mp Mckinley.
No fact can be clearer than that the
Republican party managers are ayerse
to the New Yorker but they think he
will act ~ an antidote He will be tax
on around the country and exhibited in
the full panoply of military glory Epic
poems will be penned and circulated in
eulogy Of his intrepidity while in battle
array In the glittcring paraphanaia
of war Republican stump orators will
seek to hide the rceking infamy Of mill
tarism and the rotten core of Repnbl
can prosperity.
II looks well for Lodge, Foraker,
Thurston and WOlcott to hold mp to
public wonder the rosy apple they call
f,;. -. L. I.
upon. but what Of its Interior Behind
the blush upon its cheek The Democrat
ic knife shall expose the inside and then
behold what This beautiful prosper
ty which the enemy claims credit for
will hc seen 10 be spurious. Even non
political evidence is now revealing how
wanton il is. Cod and calculating
trade reviews assure us that an over
production, resulting primarily from
the unparalleled advance in the price of
all material VIII have its legitimate fin
ale in commercial stagliation, in
industrial depression and Il col
lapse al along the line The Mckinley
prosperity il Of that order which allows
the dishonest bank president to live aud
thrive for time on the savings of other
people while covering mp his populations
in the garb Of observation-disclosures
So, Roosevelt * made Mckinley run
ming mate to blind the voters from the
paramount issues. He is the stool pig
con Of Republican trickery; he is the
lamb led To- the slaughter but the Demo
cratic party shall save him from innocu-
ous d"suctudc by cl"ctng TO the high
office Of chief magistrate of this nation
Il man who already sits euthroned in the
people, affections who Is the liural sue.
ccssor in statcscraft of Thomas Icffcr.
son; gifted alike in character, elOqncnco
and ideals the idol Of the people the
certain nominee of the Kansas City con
yeutiun,