Evening journal., 1900-04-26
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Don't Swap Horses While Crossing a
Stream, Abraham Lincoln.
From the New York Herald.

dent is not a difficult one
60 an. All he has 10 do
is 20 carry out the wishes
OF Congress In accord
ance with the Constitu-
tion. Admiral Dewey.
With sailorlilxe candor admiral
Dewey provided his political opponent,
Mr.. Mckinley. with a crushing argu-
ment for reelection when he said.
"The position of president is not diff
ficult one to fill. All he has to do is
to carry out the wishes OF Congress
in accordance with the Constitution"
No one can accuse Mr.. Mckinley OF
ever having done anything else. He
has done Il faithfully, and the country
has prospered in consequence. Why,
then, should the people change a presi-
dent who has proved that he can and
that he does carry out the wishes OF
Congress in accordance with the Con-
stitution for another who only thinks
Il is easy, but who may change his
opinion about it later, just as he did
about no running for president? Don't
swap horses while crossing a>stream'
is a pregnant motto for an expanding
country that has several problems on
hand which demand for their satisfac-
tory solution continuity of policy
breadth of views, a friendly disposition
toward foreign nations and freedom
toward all forms of anarchical foolish
ness, whether IL be populism, free sill
verism OF socialism.
The greatest menace to the progress
sive evolution of the United States
moral and material welfare lies I'm Mr.
Bryan, or rather in Organism. To de.
feat him should be the object of every
American, for his election means Off.
cial Endorsement Of anarchy, deprecia.
ton Of currency. reputation of the ma.
tons obligations and the fomenting oi
dissension in the two branches of the
| lAnglo-SaXon race by mischievOus ant
lunwarrantable meddling in matters
that do not concern the United States
either directly or indirectly.
The victory of such an attempt q
promote discord between England an6
America cannot be faced without anx
b iety. United. the two countries ma,
I live tranquil and confident free to pur
, sue with unhampered course thei
commercial development and their civ
ilizing mission, but divided their ef
forts in both directions must be in
evitably minimized by the necessity 70
> each to keep an eye upon what tn
I other Is doing
The hollowness OF Mr.. Bryan's rea
sons for foreign intermeddling I
proved in so far as his bid for the Irisl
3 vote is concerned by the hearty an
\ chivalrous welcome extended to tn
queen in tire "ould country" and b.
. the cheerful eagerness displaye
among the Irish regiments in Sout
I Africa to receive even more than thei
o fair share of the knocks which tn
IS hardy Beers are dispensing with sue
Impartial liberality. This should be SUI
fcient to prove to the American peopl
that antagonism between Saxon an
v Celt is not bitter enough to warran
{ Mr. Bryan in entangling the Unite
r States In diplomatic complications.
. no worse. for the sake OF rightin
wrongs that only exist in his pOlitica
+ imagination.
r Nor is his appeal for the German vot
o likely to bring much grist to tn
A Bryan mill The American citizen &
!, German origin is too sensible. too we
u balanced mentally to take the free sill
n lver apostles Oratory for anything NOR
II than its true frothy value What
: wants is an honest dollar for a dol
+. lars worth OF work. opportunity to eS
. tend his adopted countrys foreig
e trade, which necessitates peace abroa,