The Portland daily press., 1900-10-02
CARNEGIE FOR MCKINLEY.
Gives In the ssNorth American RevIew''
Reasons Why He Can't Support
Bryan.


Andrew Carnegie, Richard Croker,
Adlat E, Stevenson, and Senators Platt,
Hoar, Stfnman and Stewart are among
those who discuss the topic "BFyan OF
MeKinIey?7' In the October number of
the North American Review, out tomor-
row. An abstract of Mr.. CaFnegie's con-
tribution has been furnished to the press.
He is for Mckinley.
In its pronouncements upon questions
arising out of the results of the war. Mr.
Carnegie finds the Republican platform
open to no serious objection, except that
he cannot consent to the claim that
through the payment OF $40, 600, 900 we
have acquired sovereign rights over the
Philippines. The important point, In
his Judgment, is that the platform
pledges the Republican party to
give Cuba independence and self gov
ernment and he finds in that pledge
reason for entertaining the hope, If not
the belief, that the Republican party
will eventually deal in the same spirit
with the inhabitants OF the Philippines.
But it is not enough to consider the
platform only. Much depends upon the
man who is to steer the ship of state un-
der It's provisions.
1t would be unfair, in Mr.. Carnegie s
opinion, to judge Mr.. Mckinley upon
his actions during his first term, as many
embarrass1nents have hampered all Pres
fdents during their first terms. Had he
followed his own Individual Judgment,
the result would have been happy, since
he has shown remarkable insight and
faculty for grasping the true bearing of
public affairs. He was sound upon the
question of war; he was right In regard
to the Philippines, as is proved by his
instructions to the Peace Commissioners;
he was right in regard to Porto Rico, but
he allowed himself to be OVerbOrne by
the party leaders. He was eminently
right in China.
OF objections to the Democratic plat
form MIR. Carnegie says:
The most serious objection to 1T is
not the proposed lowering of the standard
of value, serious though that be. 1t lies
in the insidious attack upon the Supreme
Court, which strikes at the foundation of
human society. 1t saps the roots of peace
and ORDER and, If successful, substitutes
license for law, and throws US back to
barbar1sm, even to saVagery. 1t is not
possible to support a party whose plat
form contains such an attack; better, far
better continue for a time the wrongful
effort to force our government upon the
FiIipinos, in total disregard of Republi-
can Ideas than fall to repel this covert
attack upon the reign of law at home.E
The silver issue Mr.. Carnegie regards
as a back number. Nevertheless. the
election of Mr.. Bryan would undoubtedly
cause apprehension to the timid, and this
would be sufficient to prec1pitate a panic.
If he were elected we would have
President with all Presidents influence
III the Senate and in the House, deter
mined by every means in his power to
throw the exchanges of the country into
chaos.
Mr.. Carnegie critiGises severely the
part of the Democratic platform which
favors an income tax. Mr.. Gladstone
declared that this tax tends to make
nation of liars, and ME-. Carnegie is sur
prised that any true nation could favor
the miserable espionage required to en-
force 1T, Nothing could be more un-
American. Mr.. Carnegie believes in col
lecting the revenues as far as possible,
from the rich, and to that end he favors
heavy death taxes upon estates in lieu
of an income tax. "COstIy foreign wines,
tobacco, laees. silks, linens, brOadclOth,
and the Thousand and one luxuries we
import should be made to pay excessive
ly high duties, says Mr.. Carnegie.
Mr., Carnegie expresses lack of conf
dence in Mr. Bryan understanding Of
affairs Mr.. Bryan is typical Ameri
Gan, but he seems not to have studied
down to the roots of things, and he has
yet to learn how often the theoretical and
practical effects of leg1 Station differ. Had
he duly considered the effect Of dragging
the judicial decisions of our final coure
OF appeal into the arena OF party politics,
Mr.. Carnegie feels sure that MF. Bryan
would not have attacked the Supremt
Court.
Summing up, Mr.. Carnegie tInds in
Mr.. Bryan 8 success these dangers: Lii
| censa instead Of law at home, through
political denunciation of judicial decis-
| ions; second, silver as our standard,
since an inferior drives out a superior
currency, which means defrauding labor
and robbing the people of one-half OF
their savings; third, tax upon the In
come Of citizens, inaugurating an un-
American system OF espionage demoraliz-
| ing to the national character. Against
Mr.. Mckinley the argument is the
threatened continuance OF the costly at
tempt to suppress the aspirations OF the
| Fihp1nOs for independence. He con-
cludes:
''The party Of protection of American
/ Industries, of internal improvements,
the party of the Union, of emancipation
and of the highest standard Of value for
the money of she people, the party of
| Cuba free and independent, is not to be
| deserted for its failure so far 60 perform
this sacred duty to the Philippines. On
| the contrary, the party which has been
for a generation the guardian of our
country, and whose wise legislation has
secured its present commanding position,
may wisely be trusted to find the lost
| Dath and rAf1rn tn it. fhUS ratri6VinC IFS