The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-06-28
league" has the blessing and hearty
support Of the Republican National

league" has the blessing and hearty
support Of the Republican National
Committee. Nobody who can possibly
be levied upon is to escape.
Mark Hanna is not exactly popular
In Washington even among the men,
bers of his own party. He Is too bru-
tai and coarse In his methods. There
has been an unusual amount of grum-
bling about his methods lately, but
Hanna only chuckles and serves notice
that he has spent the last four years
constructing machine which nobody
can operate but himself and his hench-
men. His campaign OF education
consists in the liberal use of money to
buy anybody who can be bought or
bribed and the cOncealment or misrep-
resentatiOn Of the facts to those who
want to know how the government has
been managed. Hanna will stay right
with the party. 1t cannot get rid of
its Old Man of the Sea.
The wage workers in the big indus
trial centers are inclined to be very
suspicious over the refusal of the Re-
publicans to print 10000 copies of the
testimony in the Occur d Alene investi-
CATION. The Republicans overlooked
the fact that working men, whether
members Of unions or not, were intense
" interested in the rumOrs that they
heard from Idaho during the year that
martial law was In operation. They
looked to the Congressional investiga-
ton to establish the facts.
The net result of the investigation
are two committee reports. The Repub-
lican majority approves the applica-
ton of martial law. and records itself
i'm favor of forcing free men to beg for
military permits" in order to get an
opportunity to look for employment.
The Democratic minority of the COM
mittee severely censures the conduct of
the United States troops. and de-
nOunces the institution of the permit"
system as a dangerous infringement ON
the constitutional rights of citizenship.
Up to this time the wOrkingmen of the
large cities have not made the matter
a partisan one. They have desired To
know the facts in order that they might
Judge for themselves. But when the
Republicans back up their report with
refusal to have the testimony print
ed, the presumption is strong one
that the facts do not warrant their re-
port.
The Democratic minority of the com
mittee accompanied their report with.l
recommendation that 10000 copies of
the testimony be printed for general
distribution. The refusal To do this has
put the Republicans in bad light, and
already one very large and influential
trade union has pledged itself 10 vote
against an administration that favors
the permit system. The very efforts
of the Republicans To suppress the
whole matter have made it national
Issue with wage workers. and their
votes will largely determine the result
AS the time of the Democratic na-
tional convention draws near the indi-
cations multiply that principles and not
personal or sectional differences. will
control. The recent news that the Phil
ippines are farther than ever from
being conquered, makes an energetic
protest against Imperialism and mill
tarism probably the leading plank in
the platform. The failure Of the Re
publicans to even attempt any restraint
Of trusts forces that issue to the front,
and there is ro doubt but the prin-
ciples of 1896 will be reaffirmed.
1t becomes more evident daily that