Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-06
gonkey published Mr.: Bfyaa's hfst
book he had a large union Office aid

declared way upon organized labor.
Immediately upon being Informed Of
this fact I teiephohed to His ONCE de-
manding that the letter which had
been obtained of me Utmost under
false pretenses should be returned,
but for some reason IT. seemed to be
impossible eyer to find MIR. Conkey or
any responsible member of his firm
in. Since then Conkey has rushed a
fae=simile Of my letter Into print, auu
has issued an advertisement OF his
book giving an entirely unjustifiable
to my communication.
have sent him formal letter tos
day demanding that he feturh the
original and cancel his advertisement.
l wish to give this statement the ut=
most publicity, that tepudiate the
book in every possible way, have no
interest in it, and am absolutely OPP
posed to any printing house which is
hostile to labor organizations"
Nfntk Hnh":.'s Wall.
The wild. whuoping enthusiasm. 6f
the republican spellbihder is filling
out. Not daring or honest enough to
defend Imperialism or militarism, or
the policy of trucking to England
the only excuses republicanism can
now offer for-its existence as a party
the leaders have TO resort to shouts
ing that the country is iii danger.
This was the plight of Mark Hanna oil
Tuesday last, when he opened the
New Jersey campaign at Asbury park,
where people go to battle in the sad
sea waves and get baptized in the
blood of the Lamb II want to say"
he said, "a few words to sound note
of warning which the importance of
this campaign justities me iii saying.
not only to the fepublicats of New
Jersey, but the republicans of the
whole country" This surely is most
significant, for the danger to the
party must be great when the Wai-
wick of the trusts, the boodlers and
the fat friers deems 1T urgent to pub
licly sound the, note of alarm. The
fact is that the great speech of Bryan
and the aggressive and hostile a;ti-
tude of the people have spread con-
stefhatioh among the ilnperialistic
and corporation schemers. They are
ratified and Respondent. They are
handicapped by their own treachery,
fascality and broker, pledges.
ut is your duty continued Mr..
Hantin, twhile the sea waves sadly
thutmnred ''bosh" OH the beach) "and
the time lis at hand when every man,
no matter how low or humble, how
prominent or influential, is called
upon to contribute all the efforts, all
the influence in his power to per-
petuate this administration" Note
the fact that 1t is "this a1ministra-
ton" Hanna, the trust magnate,
wants perpetuated-ho the liberties
and rights and happiness of the peo-
pie, not the principles of the consti-
tuition, not the great truths Of the
declaration Of independence. Note,
also, that the low and humble'' are
asked to contribute call their efforts"
to save this t1mit,istration"--m mean
Ing the harpies and syndicates that
fatten on it's weakness and unscrupu
lous morality. In 1896 Mark Hanna
had "the low and the humble" travel
ing as hirelings to- the front porch at
Canton, or yelling through mega
phones for mckinley and prosperi-
ty." Now he plaintively pleads with
them that it is their duty to "perpetu-
ate this administration and it's bot
ties full of hungry and greedy leeches
which have been sucking the life
blood out of the worker and producer
for yeare.
Language of IL Gambler.
Mark Hanna, in what he calls his
sincerity and honesty, tells his New
Jersey friends that sit will not do to
take anything for granted nor to neg
lect single effort or to miss trick.
This is the language of a desperate
and hopeless gambler who knows that
there is nothing much more than a
two-spot in his partners hand. He
emphasizes his appealing wall in the
following words: perhaps better
than any man in this country, know
the nature of the contest which is be-
fore u.s." Probably he does, and that
and trembling.
The doleful and warning Mark call.
the democratic party a Cuckoo" and
betrays his ignorance of the bird in
his definition. But nobody expects
much ornothologic or other scholarly
information from him. He knows
better the price of senatorial votes.
Every crank, socialist, nihilist is ar
rayed against us in this fight says
desponden: Mark. Describing the
honest masses of the people, who re-
volt at the enthronement of imperial-
ism, militarism and pauperiZing
trusts in such words, makes a COM
panion picture for Roosevclt's decla-
ration at ST. Paul, when he character.
lied democrats as standing for dis.
honor at home and cowardice abroad.
For this thoughtless speech Mark, il
is said, told Teddy he put his foot in
his mouth, and foolishly showed the
chasm of imperialism into which the
people were invited to rush. Mckin-
ley ought now to close Hanna'n
mouth, for n Jeremiah makes poor
campaigner
The truth is the republican orators
are i'll tight place. Lately they
have depended on war for their elo-
quence, but as the people begin to-
look at the cost and results and crime
of causeless bloodthirstiness, they faii
to read into them the meaning of
manliness or patriotism. 1t is not an
easy task to make an American citi.
zen believe that it is his duty to en-.
gage in the slaughter of people who
never did him any harm just bccauea
this administration" orders the
slaughter. Mark Hanna should imi-
tate Mark Tapley and try and be
happy despite of circumstances.
Republican Argument.
Omaha World-Herald: In speech
before the Omaha Patriotic league