The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-09
NOT AN ENDORSEMENT.

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while probably not entirely unexpected,
|'gretted It was not question Of per-
sons, but of principles and the over
whelming victory of the Republican
ticket is too likely to be misconstrued.
That this misconstruction is already
apparent, one need only refer to the
brief speech made by President McKin-
ley Tuesday night to demonstrate.
He thanked the people for the endorse
ment of his official acts. AS we view
the result, 1t may not self-consciously
be taken as an endorsement Of tho
policies that have been pursued by the
administration. There Is not a Repub-
lican today, who has a heart and q
conscience, who Is not opposed to the
conduct of affairs in the Philippines
and to the subjugation, by brutal force,
of a race of human beings There is
no justice and no right in 1t, as all
thinking men agree. The danger, there
fore. of taking the result Of the elec-
ton as an endorsement of that policy,
cannot be too seriously considered. 1t
means a continuance of the warfare.
1t means continued drafts on the blood
and treasure Of the nation. 1t means
lust of conquest accentuated. Taking
the view that It is endorsement of the
Philippine policy means that the Re.
publican party will come to rude
awakening. No party can long sur.
vive such policy, or II the party sur
wives the republic cannot. The con-
duct of that unholy war against allies
is as much a crime after the election as
1t was before. The American people
have not endorsed that crime. They
will not endorse it In the future.
The policy of the administration has
been to favor trusts. Does anyone
contend that the mass of the Re-
publican party endorses trusts? Yet
President Mckinley states from his
front porch, to his townsmen, that his
policy-and that includes his trust
leanings-has been endorsed. The Re-
publican platform declared against
trusts. If the policy has been endorsed
the platform has not. If the platform
has been endorsed, the presidents
policy has not been endorsed.
An attempt was made to lead the
people to believe that the money ques-
tion was the issue of the campaign, but
this failed. 1t still had some potency
in the east. no doubt. but in itself was
not the issue that decided the election.
After all was said and done, the full
dinner-pail was the paramount issue.
1t is true that men have been more
prosperous during the four years or
such matter that Mr.. Mckinley has
been president, but only on the sur
face can 1t be made to appear that Mr..
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Taxes are higher, the country is not at
peace, great plans for conquest have
been undertaken at immense expense
and without consideration of the moral
law, but the bigotry of the average Re-
publican suggested the full-dinner-
pail theory as the excuse for out
raging his conscience. The country
could not long stand still, as it had
been doing in the latter part of the
Cleveland regime, and a favorable
reaction for business was a natural
consequence and governed solely by the
law of supply and demand. The con-
dition was taken advantage of by the
Republican managers and the good
sense Of the voters was made dormant
by the constant attention bestowed up
on the distended stomach. That is
what caused the landslide for Nc
Kinley. 1t was not because of an en-
dorsement, but because Of a feeling OF
comparative satisfaction with the pit
tance that is the portion of the wage
Garner. On the theory expounded by
Mr.. Mckinley from his front porch the
trusts may now operate with impunity
and may see that the workingman In
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