The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-24
Expert Contrast
OF fhe Nominees
BY President John II. Barrows, Of oberlin Col.

BY President John II. Barrows Of obcrlin Col.
legc.
~ HE TRIUMPHANT reelection OF President
Mckinley Is demanded on grounds OF pa.
4 trotisr,. good sense. national honor.
agree heartily with DIR. Albert Shaw that
Mr.. MCKINLEY is the best equipped man In
America for the presidency Of the Republic.
He has gained in public estimation, and grown
in wisdom much after the manner OF Abraham
Lincoln. Ills temper is very much like that
OF Lincoln, and the criticisms which he has
borne are precisely those which were made
against our martyred president.
We have already expanded the nation is
out OF its shell. We must adapt ourselves to
new responsibilities. agree heartily with
those who regard imperialism as a false issue,
u bugaboo, n ghost, a meaningless phantom.
America has destroyed imperialism in the East
and West Indies. The talk about militarism Is,
of course. the shcerest nonsense, and known
10 be such by those who are guilty OF such
reckless speech. Every sensible man knows
that Mr.. Mckinley is peace lover and peace
maker, and not a Dictator lie has none OF the
qualities or ambitions OF Caesar. The New
York Times has we'll said: "The man on horse.
back cannot keep his ear to the ground"
am in hearty sympathy with the cry, -Four
more years Of the full dinnerpail' 1t was
said. "Man does not live by bread alone" But
he must have bread or he cannot live. Jesus
Christ made bread for the mutitudcs. When
the contest is between full dinnerpail for the
working man and an empty or half'flled dinner
pai, such as the Democratic administration
helped to provide a few years ago. every bene.
VIOLENT and sensible man should prefer the full
dinner.pail. l am persuaded that an empty
dnner.pail Is utterly unnecessary In America, and
that the most emphatic condemnation should be
pronunced upon those policies which heretofore
have worked disaster to the working men.
full dinncr.pail means much physical wcll'bcing.
II means the possibility OF comfort and happi-
ness at home. il means education, it means the
preparation for higher and better things
have had warm admiration for the cour.
arc and many intellectual powers of Mr.. Bryan.
lie is man that has kndlcd generous enthu.
siasms and no one has regretted more deeply
than that his great powers are given to the SER
vice Of false and misleading theories. have also
regretted that d'iiing the present campaign he
has allowed himself TO indulge in much clap-trap,
which may and does capture tho crowd, but
which makes the l,diccus grieve. Few men
in the country sccrn to me so poorly qualified
for the presidency OF the great Republic as Mr..
Bryan. lie has wrong ideas, he lacks balance
and good Judgment he couchcs his lance against
almost every windmill. do not believe the
nation is TO suffer the unspcskable calamity and
dishonor Of his election.
America has never been so proud name TO
my mind and heart as during the last few years.
The path OF national greatness and honor Is
marked out plainly before US. We must con-
tinue the policies which have given us prosperity
at home and have made name symbol OF
enlightenment and liberty TO the nations of the
earth. The paramount issue is not the bogus
ism Of imperialism. To mo and to most Others
who have followed closely the facts in regard
to American occupation of the Philippines, the
antiimperialistic pamphlets belong to the de.
parrent of comic literature.
The real and paramount Issue Il "Shall the
Republic he deceived by false leaders. or con-
tinue in the presnt path Of national greatness
and honor?"