The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-12
PRUDENCE
SHOULD GOVERN.
And Justice Prevail In the Pres
ent Presidential Contest.
REPUBLICANS DON'T AGREE.
SNOW You See 1t and Now You Dou't"-
Were the Fllipinos Patriots When
They Were Fighting spain?--
As to Trusts.
(By A. McGregor.)

(By A. McGregor)
Cicero says, Every state is to oe
governed by prudence that it may be
lasting" And justice is prudence, for II
renders to everyone his due. And In
public, as well as in private affairs, peo-
pie should know how great a revenue
economy is. Cicero's prudence meant
peace, not wat.
Republican leaders seem to have no
fixed political principles, except those
that tend to the establishment of plu-
tocracy, these to be the ruling element
and the rest Of the people the enslaved
toilers and drudges. Hence they want
distant conquests that they may have
an excuse for a large standing army
and a costly, burdensome taxation. All
this shows that our so-called Republi-
can party follows more and more in
European royalty ways. With them a
public debt is a public blessing and the
government bonds are so handy to bank
on. and bond the people and all their
holdings and values. 1t is needless to
say the Democratic party Is not in that
line.
This Republican campaign shows the
g. o. p. to be a shifting, wriggling af
fair. Mr.. Hanna says, "There are no
trusts" while other Republicans say
otherwise. Mr.. Mckinley says, There
is no such thing as Imperialism" and
admits bad trusts, and Hoar, yelling
ton, Carnegie and others say II is i'm
perialism. Mr.. Roosevelt says, II am
not afraid Of militarism, because there
isn't any militarism." Valiant, yapor-
ing Roosevelt! Not long since they
claimed their congress last winter had
established the gold standard for good
and all; but now Secretary Gage says
that Bryan, If elected, can knock out
gold and give us silver. So the Republi-
can spellbinders chorus: Now you see
1t and now you DON'T" Mr.. Hanna's
juggling and Mr.. McKinley's lightning
changes" must tend to confuse the hon
est Republican voter. Britain's Boer
war is ended and Chamberlain and Sails
bury are sustained by the parliamentary
elections just held. Our Philippine affair,
however, continues and Cuba and Porto
Rico are under our rule as yet.
If our lot is prosperity, is it
prosperity for the Filipinos, Cubans and
Porto Ricans?
Ifthe Filipinos were patriots in seeking
independence from Spain, they cannot
be rebels by continuing their struggle
for freedom against power substituted
for Spain. The American people al
ways claimed that Spain was tyrant
power, and now we are called on to
continue in power the Republican party
that they may continue the Spanish poi
icy in the Philippines and the worse
than Spanish policy in Porto Rico. The
army worm which occasionally destroys
field Of wheat is less dangerous to the
farmer than large standing army that
invades every field of industry and takes
toll from every crop. History shows
that 1t is easy for a republic to become
a monarchy or to adopt despotic ways.
And large standing army Is step in
a dangerous direction. A king claims
that he gives his subjects a good gov
ernment, and in a republic the people
may secure for themselves a good gov
ernment. 1t cannot be possible that the
American people will endorse the plots
and schemes which the Hanna syndi-
Gates have in hand. In this land young
men should remember that monopoly
curtails opportunities and that the Re-
publican party is the party of trusts and
monopoly.
The Repository Of October 8 gives the
report of a mastery address" at Mas
sillon by Hon. William A. Lynch. It
seems that Mr.. Lynch regards as "a
mistake the making of trusts a politi-
cal ISSUE" Is 1t not very natural
mistaken" Are not trusts organized
monopolies under the law? why are
they not, then, properly political
issue? Besides the protective tariff law
by cutting on competition favors and
permits these trust arrangements, all
of which are therefore the result of the
monopoly policy Of the Republican party.
This Republican administration has
failed to enforce the anti trust law, al
though some 400 trusts have been form
ed during the past three years. The
United States attorney general does
claim he has commenced all the way
three antitrust suits. It is not likely
the suits have interfered with campaign
contributions to Mr.. Hanna's funds.
The Standard Oil trust bank in New
York city has been favored with millions
Of dollars Of government money on de-
posit and no doubt contributes now for
the Hanna campaign arrangement as
1t did four years ago. 1t Is consideration
for consideration, and corruption grows
on what 1t feeds. There Is no mistake
in making trusts a political issue, for
they make 1t themselves. In fact, they
are part and parcel of the Republican
fabric Of
''Blest paper credits rascally supply,
That lends corruption lighter wings to
fy."
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