The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-07

Every American citizen should bear
in mind that the common good Is his
individual good. Our constitution was
formed Ito establish justice, promote
the general welfare and secure the
blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity." We Democrats do not |,
believe the general welfare" means !,
favoritism that makes millionaires and
paupers.
A statesman looks to and works for
the common good, that is for the coun-
try A politician Is one who seeks his
own emolument at the expense Of the |
country. Where the people generally |
are tenants and not owners of homes, |
they are not in the shape they ought
to be in a free country. And during the
last thirty years or so, under Republi-
can rule, the people of this land have
been rapidly becoming homeless peo-
pie. A few have been getting enor-
mously rich and millions wretchedly
poor At times armies of tramps have
been on the march, all under blessed
Republican protection" and yet they
claim to be the party that brings pros
.perity," when the truth Is the policy Is
Injustice, iniquity and calamity. Cen
sus returns show how wealth has been
getting into few hands, and all
through evil legislation.
Republican party policy is founded
on the idea that public debt and tariff
and other taxations are blessings.
They establish banks on the former
and robber trusts by the latter, and
claim these bring prosperity" In
campaign they are profuse in promises,
to which they pay little heed when IN
power. They promise economy when
out, but practice extravaganza when In.
The Republican party has become
war party, and so favors Imperialism.
1t is aping Great Britain financially and
imperially. Republicans do not seem to
know that the British government is
not the British people. There Is no
doubt that ayvote of the people of Great
s Britain and Ireland dozen years or SO
ago when home rule was up, would
have carried and sustained Gladstone
and the Liberal party. But the house
Of lords is block, and the nobility
also control the lower house, as was
seen on the home rule question. We
should not forget that royalty and
aristocracy rule there. Can that be
the reason things in Great Britain are
so acceptable to our Republican
friends? No American will dispute
that the purpose Of the war in South
Africa Is imperial and 1t will puzzle the
most astute Republican to show where
in our position in the Philippines is diff
ferent. They do not like the term
"imperialism," and prefer to call II
- progressive patriotism" No doubt
British tories prefer the phrase PRO
gressive patriotism" also, but a skunk
by any other name would be quite as
odorous. 1t seems that Mr.. RooseN~
in his speech at st. Paul a few days age
denounced the members of the Kansas
City convention as anarchists and in
cendiaries for using the term 'impe'
rialism." If these gentlemen will con
suit good dictionary they might learr
the meaning of imperial and imperial
ism. But in the west Mr.. Roosevelt ca
vorted no doubt as COW boy and pat
riot. 1t is not the first time the gen
tleman has SO demonstrated. His way
seem to be imperious, and he is irritatet
&, at the serious charge of imperialism
and shows temper. 1t cannot be SAT-
that an empire is republic, any NOR
than is kingdom ruled by royalty an
lords. Military rule Is imperial, an
this we are trying to establish in tn
Philippines, having been trying TO
about two years at an expense of som
$400,O00,O00, and not yet through.
This self-styled Rough Rider" Roos
eyeIt, on his late western tour, seems t
have let himself out. He is reporte
to have denounced the Democracy !
the following rough-ian terms: "The
stand for lawlessness and disorder, 70
dishonesty and dishonor, for license an
disaster at home, and cowardly shrink
ing from duty abroad" When we con
slider that the Democratic party const
flutes good majority of the white pee
pie Of this country, we may properl
estimate and appreciate this Fifth ave
une trough rider" of New York, who
the Republican candidate for vice
president. Our candidate, Adlai ST.
yenson, proved himself a gentlemal
when, as vice-president he preside
over the United States senate. and al
suredly in all his speeches and az
dresses in the last four years, Mr.. Br!
an never applied such epithets to II
members of the Republican party. Ar
we take pleasure in saying that M
Mckinley Is not a Roosevelt. Can
be possible that Mr.. Roosevelt WI
nominated to do rough work? Estes
Rathbone, recently director general
posts in Cuba, was arrested on July
and held in $4,000 bail on the chars
of embezzlement and unlawful draN
ing of money. Rathbone was one
Mark Hanna's hustlers in the senatori
campaign. Rathbone escaped ARE
by leaving the state and his where
bouts was not known for some tim
OF course Mr.. Hanna cared for hill
These late acquisitions of ours are
pensive affairs thus far one way or a
other. Even Cuba is costing somewhf
especially when we add to the ofiic'
and army expenses the embezzleme
of Rathbone and Nicely. According
Mr.. Bristow's report Neely's amounts
s13l, ,OO0 These are some Of the bea
ties of Imperialism. And when we
clude Porto Rico and the Philippines
already runs up to four hundred m
lions or SO. and the end is not y