People's voice., 1900-07-26
Imperialism, RepubIicanism, Monarchy.


While Cleveland was president the
last time, at a bankers meeting in
southern city, prominent speaker ex-
pressed wish that our government
might be a monarchy and that Cleve-
land should be that monarch. The
speech was cheered to the echo. That
the great moneyed interests that con-
trolled Cleveland and that control the
present administration desire, and are
working earnestly toward this end is ap-
parent to any candid, thoughtful student
of current history. From the editorial
page Of the Globe, Republican paper,
of Des Moines, Ia, the following is
taken:
''If anything was needed to demon
strate the inability OF our present form
of government, to cope with the new
conditions we have entered into, it is
the disgraCeful frauds of the Cuban
postal department. For a long time
thinking people, who have large COM
mercial interests, have felt unsafe with
our present form of government, from
the fact that we are controlled BY the
little cheap John politicians and ward
healers. Now is good time to do away
with our old obsolete constitution and
adopt form of government that will
be logical with our new expansion ideas
and will give ample protection to capital.
Weshould not be diSgraced in the sight of
civilized nations by such sight as the
violence and killing that accompany
the operation of street cars in St. Louis
now. A constitutional monarchy is
ripe for the change. We have a
large army and it can be increased
under almost any pretext without caus-
ing alarm to the masses. This country
has been so prosperous that the voters
have lost that spirit of patriotism and
honesty that are necessary to the sue
cessful operations of republics. The
strong iron hand of discipline will have
to be used to bring the masses to a
sense of proper behavior. We take it
that the great farming interests of our
land will readily adapt themselves to
the change. The farmer is great lover
of law and order and under monarchy
these results will follow. Our constitu-
ton is largely the expression of French
revolutionary ideas; ideas suggested by
hot-headed theorists. Jefferson and
Paine found American soil suitable for
the promulgation of Voltaireism and
Rousseauism. Now the church is strong
enough to go back to biblical teachings Of
hngship. 1t need take but few years
to convince our political rulers to make
the change. Certainly it must have sug.
geSted itself to the mind Of the states.
men in Washington"
This editorial expresses the wish and
the intent of the coterie for which Han,
ma is the mouth-piece and of which
Mckinley is the tool. The great mil
llonaire trust interests that absolutely
dominate the Republican party. The
mask Of hypocracy is thrown off in this
as it is not 2olitic to do, but as it ha.
been done many times in editorials il
leading gold bug papers. This from tht
New York World is a sample: "Greasy
mechanics, the mud-sills of society, vii
no longer be heard in their frienzied erie.
by legislative bodies nor by the courts o
this country only to summarily silenc,
their rage in manner they are not ask
ing for" Pages could be filled will
such quotations from the New Yorl
Tribune, the Commercial Advertiser anC
others Of that class. That the moneyet
class fully intend subverting our govern
ment and in the end making of it
a monarchy and that the Republican
party is taking it rapidly in that direc
ton there can be no doubt.