Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-30

the Modern Master of Materinlism,
McIkinIeyism, Mark Hanna
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July 29.--
Hon. M. C. G. Church, of this city, who
was one of the founders of the Repub-
lican party, who established and edited
for many years the State journal, and
then presented it to the Republican
party, who has been one of the most
liberal contributors to the campaign
funds of his party, and a life long Re-
publican, has announced in an open
letter that he will support Mr.. Bryan
and the Democratic ticket this year.
In his letter Mr.. Church says:
''The beginning and history of the
Republican party present many inter-
esting features for study. 1t is the the
first party ever organized in America
which embodied the two principles
which are represented in the American
Republic: Capitalization and State
Rights.
when the old parties came to an
end by the conflict of the Civil War
the law of evolution unified these two
principles in the Republican party, led
by Mr.. Lincoln. In the formation Of
his cabinet he emphasized this new
feature by his selection of persons as
follows: Seward, Bates, Dayton, Uin-
coln), Judd, Chase, Blair, Welles.
The first four names were Wings.
the last four were Democrats with the
exception of Mr.. Chase. He had new
er identified himself with the Dem
ocratic party but he accepted the prin-
ciple of strict construction in the inter-
probation Of the Constitution. He was
the leader of the anti-slavery move
ment in Ohio, and, as Governor of that
State, was strong in the maintainence
of State Rights. Thus was the Repub-
lican party equipped for its great work
OF saving the Union, finally freeing four
million of slaves and the re-birthing of
the nation. This nation, under God,
shall have new birth of freedom
IF l have made my thought clear in
the brief form above, the reader will
see that the Republican party in the
beginning, embodied the principles
Capitalization and State Rights which
before that event, had divided the po-
litical sentiment of the people into po-
litical parties. We have had enough
Centralizallon-now taking form as
Imperialism
Let us return to States Rights and
a strict construction of the .onstitu-
ton Let us restore Lincoln 4tepubli-
cans by electing Mr. Bryan. The old
= emocratic party came to its end in
l860-61. Mr.. Bryan does not represent
that party. He is the representative
OF democratic Republicanism, the same
as Mr.. Lincoln. l know, because was
a member of the Republican party in
the beginning. Although Southerner
by birth, l was, at the time, an aboli-
tionist-a sympathizer with those who
supported Fremont. When the party
was fully organized under the reign of
Mr.. Lincoln, l gave to the party my
time, money and soul-energy. With
two exceptions | have always voted
-
the Republican ticket when the oppor-
tunity was presented. These exceptions
were Grant apd Harrlson-the first be-
cause he was an imperialist, and the
second because he approved the Nc
Kinley tariff imposition.
81 have remained a member of
the party because there was none
better to claim attention. Now all
is changed. There is no Republic
can party In the old sense
in the sense when joined it. i'm the
beginning. Its cycle of use closed
with the ruling power back of the
throne, the modern master of ma
sterialfsm, Imperialism, Mckinley
Ism, Mark Hanna
"Thcrc IL no reason why true Re-
publicans, who know the origin of
the party and its principles, should
not vote for Mr.. Bryan-the chosen
leader of the peopIc-in this crisis
OF our country's history. He calls
himself a 'DemOcrat.' Let the writ.
er add another word, sRepubIican
and ii will stand for all he renre-
sents-a Democratic Republican. the
same as MIR. Lincoln,
There is but one issue in This cric;s
and that is Imperialism. A high pro-
tective tariff and the gold standard
are simply correlated parts of this one
issue; trinity in unity. Whoever is
opposed to that intrusion should vote
for Mr.. Bryan, the prophet, statesman
and, what is above either, an honest
truthful man. He has the wisdom of
washington, the courage of a Jack
son, and the unfaltering patience of
Lincoln. He is the man of the hour.
providentially chosen to save the
American republic from the perfdy of
pelf and the selfish corruption engen-
dered by soulless. office hunters under
the reign of bossism.
If Mr.. Bryan is defeated then we
may prepare for Imperialism in its
full meaning and purpose. The Amer
lean republic will go, as old Rome