Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-03

fendS the war upon the ground of ma,
tional pride, coupled with an exhibl-
ton of philanthropic craftsmanship.
Others sustain the war because we
are in the war, while they admit its
unwisdom and injustice on our part.
Others sustain the war because the
Philippines appear to be valuable as
u property possession.
The laboring population ought not
to heed any of these considerations.
Let your demand be this: Prove to us
that this war was just and necessary
in the beginning; that it has been just
and necessary at every stage of the
proceedings; that its continuance is the
demand of justice, and that an honor
able peace is not attainable. These
demands will not be answered. You
are invited to accept promise of pros,
perity, and the invitation is rendered
in form of offensive grossness The
invitation says to the workingman Of
America, "Your only interest in govern
ment is a full supply of your physical
wants" The proffer, such as it is, car
ries with it certain conditions. With
the promise of prosperity and a supply
of your physical wants, you are to ac.
cept President Mckinley. You
are to furnish the recruits
| for the army, and each year every
head of family is to yield to the gov
ernment in war taxes an amount equal
to the weekly earnings Of a laborer.
These are the inevitable results Of
policy of war. Can policy of peace
be more offensive, more disastrous to
the industrial and producing classes Of
the country? And this, whatever may
be the circumstances incident to con-
dition of peace, what Is the measure of
prosperity that is promised to you?
The country is now in war. Is the
prosperity which you now enjoy ade-
quate to the demands of family life
with something over for the contingen-
cies of age and sickness? With war
before you and before the country, is
any improvement in your condition pos
sible? Is not the promise vain prom
Use? And where is the security?
The evils and burdens of which we
have spoken are not conjectural, they
are actual; they are evils and burdens
which now rest upon the country, and
shall last. Without your Endorsement
of President Mckinley, his reelection
is so near an impossibility that the
contingency does not merit considera-
ton. His reelection can be secured
only through your support Thus,
your own fortunes, and the fortunes of
the country are in your hands. BY his
reelection you guarantee the continu-
ance of the war until the Philip
pine islands are in fact, as well as in
form, a part of the possessions of the
United States.
We ask you to consider this ques-
ton: Are not the products of your
industry to come into competition with
the products of their industry? The
Supreme Court may decide that the
Philippines are of the territories of the
United States. In that event trade
must be free; legislation cannot inter-
rupt freedom and trade between the
several territories, and states of the
union. Your security must be
found in ending the war and in aban.
doning the islands. Otherwise, you
stake everything upon the opinion of
the Court whose record leads to the
conclusion that there must be freedom
Of trade between the States and terri.
tories of the Union, whatever may be
the tenure by which territories are
held.
Assume now, you vote for Mr.. Nc
Kinley, assume his election, the war
prosecuted, the Filipinos subdued to n
condition Of peaceful servitude, and