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OUT FOR M'KINLEY.
President Eliot, of Harvard, Sup
ports Republican Ticket.
Personal and Political Histories of
Candidates Make Them Prefer
abIe-DepIOrcs Actions of
Democrats.

ward university, contributes to the
Outlook for October 30 an academic
article on political Principles and
Tendencies" in which he supports the
republican national ticket. He says
he regards the election next month
not "as a supreme crisis, nKe the sec
ond election of Lincoln, but only one
indispensable act in a long drama"
DR.. Eliot takes the hopeful view. lie
points out that "the American peo-
pie have long had a Characteristic po-
litical and social enthusiasm. Their
two steady, passionate sentiments are
for the security, prosperity and honor
of the republic. and for the spread
among the white races of free insti-
tutions and of the good social con-
ditions which grow out of them
Sentiments of Americans.
At the outset DIR. Eliot says that it
seems to him "those men and those
parties that suppose the American
people likely to be permanently guided
in their political action by any sor-
did conmercialism or ether form of
national selfshness are grievously mis-
taken. Some party managers and all
mercenary voters are governed by
mean motives, but the mass of the
people is never much influenced by
pecuniary consideration in politics.
"The American people have lorg had a
Characteristic political and social enthusi-
asm. Their two steady. passionate senu-
ments are for the security. prosperity and
honor of the republic, and for the spread
among the white races of free institutions
and of the good social conditions which
grow out of them. Whenever the people of
the United States are to be called on for
great eXertions and sacrifices they have
first to be persuaded that such eXertions
and sacrifices will contribute TO one or
other of these two causes which they have
at heart. The various policies whether
domestic or foreign, of political parties
should always be considered with reference
to these fundamental national passions and
sentiments"
Puts Sound Currency First.
He then takes up the three principal
subjects in regard to the domestic
policies which have engaged public
attention during the last 35 years, and
puts first the establishment of the
gold standard and sound banking sys-
TEN, regarding which he says:
"l'he important gains which have lately
been made on this subject are due to a ma
jority of the republican party and minor
fly of the democratic; but a this moment
the great cause of sound currency is par
tcularly defended by the republican party
alone"
The second fundamental topic of po-
itical discussion, in Mr.. Eliot's opin-
ion. sis a public service based on
merit only" The most competent
statesmen of both parties have pro-
NOTED this reform, but the mass of
neither party is as yet to be trusted
with it, He asks how this reform
can be promoted at the present mo-
ment, and replies:
The personal and political history of the
candidates of the republican party should
cause them to be preferred on this issue to
the candidates of the demoCratic-populis
party; for of the two candidates nominated
by the latter party, one is notorious
spokesman, and the other. being a civilian
without military experience, accepted
colonelcy in time of war That act speaks
louder than orations Moreover, recent eX-
perience shows that neither party can as
yet be trusted to forego spoils debauch
at complete change Of the national ad-
ministration."
Believes In Reciprocity.
The third important subject of po-
litical debate during the last 30 years
has been the protective tariff, and DR.
Eliot inquiries which of the two par
ties is likely, on the whole, to be able
to adopt Legislation tending toward
freer trade. He thus answers his
questions:
''Since the democratic party has absolute
ly thrown away the low tariff position,
which such leaders as Cleveland, Carlisle,
Wilson and Russell won for il, the reci-
procity doctrine of the republican party
seems to afford the best immediate oppor-
tunity for liberal legislation, although it
must be confessed that progress toward
worldwide trade is more likely to come
through the logic of events than through
legislation-that is, through the increasing
superiority of American industries and the
manifest insufficiency of the home mar
ket.
Against this chance of improving COM
mercial and industrial conditions in reci-
procity treaties must be set the strange
subServiency OF the republican party lead
ers to small groups of capitalists. who
having made great sums of money by
means of high tariff legislation are willing
to make large contributions to republican
campaign expenses in the expectation of
preserving their special privileges. The
machine or boss is, however, much the
same corrupt and corrupting agency in both
parties, Messrs Quay and Plat being well
matched by Messrs. German and Croker"
DepIores Attacks on Judges
Another ''portentous" subject which
has attracted much attention since
1893, he says, is the frequent outbreak
of popular disorder and violence in
various parts of the country. conspic-
uousiy the Chicago railroad strike of
1894, in which local mob rule was sup
pressed by the democratic national
executive and the United States
courts, with the approval of both po-
litical parties. Dr. Eliot concludes his
discussion of this matter by saying:
THE striking thing about many re-
cent ou tbreaks of mob violence has been
that they have not been effectively dealt
with by any public authority, national or
local, republican or democrat. This
alarming phenomenon is probably due in
some measure to the absence in many
parts of the country of an effective pub
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