The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-16

After nearly four years of Hannaism.
applied by the Mckinley Administration,
the American people are called upon to
say at the polls. on the sixth CT Novem-
Der. whether or not they have had enough
of it. II. by their action on that occa-
sion. they register declaration that they
have not. but. on the contrary. want four
years more of the same sort of thing, it
will not lie in their mouths TO howl and
shrek, when they find themselves hurt in
consequence.
He must have been deaf and blind who
has not learned since March 4. 1897. that
a vote for Mckinley next month will he
vote to re-establish in power the
oligarchy of which Hanna and Mckinley
are but the creatures and agents, and
which owns and operates the Government
through them. One may appear as the
boss of the National Legislature. and the
other as the boss of the White House, Tut
they are but shadows of the actual trust
magnates who dominate both, including
the national organization for the pr-secu
tion CT criminals, and who, if su ccessful
at the polls in November, will enlarge.
pack, and own the Supreme Court. and in
effect suppress the Constitution before
another Presidential elsc.fcn can b. held.
No American can be forgetful enough
not 10 have angrily IN mind today the
blunders, insincerities, corruptions, aod
defiance of fundamental law which have
marked the course Of the Hanna-McK n
ley Administration from its tie inning TO
ttis time. Who does not remember the
disgraceful alliance with Spain acainit
Cuba. with which it opened? Who does
not remember the sullen reluctance with
which it went to war, driven by the ire
sistible sentiment of the country led by
Democrats in and outside CT C sress?
DO not the voters of this country re-
member the fifty million-dollar cner-
sency fund which was cheerfuliy and IN
reservedly placed in the hands CT the
President to prepare for a war which
while not certain, seemed to be immi-
nent? No report Of the expenditures from
that fund has ever been rendered. al
though the Senate has twice called for an
accounting. This is worth noting in cen
nection with the army transport p;rchase
scandals; with the peculiar relations Of a
supply officer to a civilian who. then be-
ing poor but highly connected, has blcs-
somed into muti-millionaire; with all
the filthy scandals Of Algerism. and the
unsuccessful effort to whitewash them:
with Sampsonism and with the cpl and
impudent loan of hundred million dol
lars q Government money to the Stand
ard Oil bank. without consideration!
Can the public now shut their eyes to
the infamies Of the Hay Pauncefote
Treaty and the surrender to England OF
two thousand square miles of American
territory in Alaska? Do patriotic citi-
zens approve Of the oppression of Porto
Rico. an American territory with rights
guaranteed by the Constitution, at the
dictation of the oil, sugar, tobacco, ard
rum trusts? Do they wish to continue
in Office an Administration which has
shown itself ready TO sacrifice our plain
duty" Justice. and the Constitution to
the selfish interests of the Rockefellers
Havemeyers, Dukes, and Morgans? Dc
they wish to further the Hanna design Il
loot the Treasury through the trust shir
subsidy bill, and thus put ninety million
dollars Of public treasure into the peck.
cts Of ten or a dozen transportation mag
mates? Do they wish to kill the Nicara
qua Canal project, assist the Administra-
ton syndicate to exploit the franchises
of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines
and continue the carpetbag regime Of
plumber and rascality in the colonies
The American people will answer al
these questions. afiirmatively OF negative.
ly. by their votes three weeks from to.
day. 1t will be final answer. They arr
never likely TO have the opportunity L
express a free opinion on any suci
subjects again. Indeed. they will be han.
dicaped badly enough this ycar-what
with thirty million dollars of corruption
money. and intimidation, fraud and crime
against the suffrage to overcome Blu
the chance is theirs this time after all