Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-03

''leagAle'' has the blessing and hearty
support OF the Republican National
Committee Nobody who can possibly
be levied upon is to escape.
Mark Hanna is not exactly popular
in Washington even among the aem-
bers Of his own party. He is too bru-
tai and coarse in his methods. There
has been an unusual amount of tstum-
bling about his methods lately, but
Hanna only chuckles and serves rotice
that he has spent the last four gears
constructing a machine which nobody
can operate but hiEself and his bench
men. His campaign of educa ton"
consists in the libe<al use of morey to
buy anybody wig can be bought or
bribed and the coacealment or mlsrep-
resentation of the facts to those who
want to know hog the government has
been managed lfanna will stay right
with the party. 1t cannot get lid of
its Old Man of TIE Sea.
The wage workers in the big INDUS
trial centers ars inclined to be- very
suspicious over the refusal of TIE Re-
publicans to print 10000 copies of the
testimony in the Occur d'Alene iavesti-
cation. The Republicans overlooked
the fact that working men, whether
members of unions or not, were Intense
heard from Idaho during the year that
martial law was in operation. They
looked to the Congressional in1astiga-
ton to establish the facts.
The net result of the investigation
are two committee reports. The Repub-
lican majority approves the Soplica-
ton of martial law, and recorA itself
In favor of forcing free men to leg for
military permits" in order to get an
opportunity to look for emplo5me
The Democratic minority of the COM
mitfee severely censures the conduct of
the United States troops. ana de-
nounces the institution of the permit
system as dangerous infringement on
the constitutional rights of citizenship.
Up TO this time the workingmen of the
large cite; have not made the matter
4 partisan one. They have desired to
know the facts in order that they might
judge for themselves. But whes, the
REPUBLICANS back up their report with
a refusal TO have the testimony pmnt-
ed. the presumption is a strong one
that the facts do not warrant theif re-
port
The Democratic minority of the ccm-
mittee accompanied their report with
recommendation that 10000 copies of
the testimony be printed for GENERAL
distribution. The refusal to do this has
put the Republicans in bad light, and
already one very large and influestial
trade union has pledged itself TO tote
against an administration that fxtors
of the Republicans to suppress shs
whole matter have made ii a national
issue with wage workers. and the!S
votes viii largely determine the result
AS the time of the Democratic Ea-
tional convention draws near the indi-
cations multiply that principles and not
personal or sectional differences. VIII
contrul. The recent news that the Pill
iTpines are farther than ever from
being conquered. makes an energetic
protest against imperialism and mill
tarism probably the leading plank In
the platforms. The failure of the Re
publscans TO even attempt any restraint
OF trusts forces that issue to the frcat.
and there is no doubt but the prfn-
gipses of 1896 will be reaffirmed.
II becomes more evident daily that !