The evening times., 1900-10-08
POLITICS Tn CALIFORNIA
Democratic Prospects Bright in
the Far West.
4 Hanna and Mckinley Newspaper
at Oakland Sounds Warming.
Many Converts TO Bryan-The PeO-
pie Rebcl Against the Trusts.


never carried before. They say that Mr..
Bryan is stronger everywhere than he
was III 1896. and when the votes are
counted there will be some painful sur
prises for the Republicans. Nowhere in
the country is the situation more en-
coura ging than on the Pacific Coast,
section which has been confidently
claimed by the Republicans and as con-
fdently conceded by the general public
to Mr. Mckinley But the people are
taking the campaign IN hand themselves
and quietly making up their minds to
vote for the peoples candidate Ext
month. The vote on the Coast Will be
shock to the Administration, and the
Chinese issue. whieh-is just beginning
TO be understood in that section, Will
clinch the situation.
The following editorial from the tCak-
land (Cal) Transcript" bearing date
Saturday, September %, 1900, leading
Republican organ on the Coast, shows
the trend o: public opinion there. as
even the Republicans see il:
There is Disgusting the fact that the
Republicans have a campaign on their
hands which will require more than ordi-
nary effort to make the party victorious.
The arguments advanced by the Democracy
for change of Administration, tho whoop-
up against the trusts. and the yell of i'm
perialisln and the TRADE against English
influence are all having an effect in bring
ing votes to the Bryan column, Here in
Oakland. the banner Republican county OF
the State, there has been big change OF
opinion from that of two and four years
ago. This change has been quietly effected
and it is not uncommon thing to hear
Republicans OF lifelong standing announce
their intention to vote for Bryan. Particu-
larry is this the case with voters of for
o. ion h=r~Th i, 1--1 A.
the country Will go Democratic, but its
majority will be greatly lessened unless the
Republicans arouse themselves to some
form Of activity. The writer had reason
the other day TO visit West Oakland, and
II was surprising to note the change OF
heart on the part of many who in the past
had been stanch adherents OF Mir. McKin-
ley. imperialism was the reason given by
some, trusts and the friendliness of the
Administration toward England by others
These arguments are being used with good
effect by Democratic missionaries, and il
the Republicans do not combat them and
show their falsity they will be treated to
surprise OF an unexpected kind
The Republicans Unmasis
Democrats in Washington are declar-
Ing that the Republican party is disre-
garding all constitutional limitations
avoiding all reference to Congressional
action, assuming the acquieseence of the
American people in the scheme for the
extension OF the sway of the Republic
over helpless peoples and remote terri
tory, has cast aside all concealment of
its intentions and has boldly inaugurated
a campaign of education for the purpose
CT persuading the voters that the hold
ing Of colonies results in great good. not
only to the colonies but to the mother
country.
King George utilized the same argu-
ments when urging the British Parlia-
ment to make additional grants for the
purpose Of hiring Hessians for the sub
jugation Of Hberty-loving Americans
George " and his ministers and large
proportion Of the English people firmly
believed that the benign rule OF Old En-
gland was the best that could be devised
not only for the thirteen colonies them
selves but for the mother country. 1t is
somewhat strange that such arguments
did not appeal to such reasonable men
as Washington, Jefferson. Franklin.
Madison, and Monroe. For some reason
they believed that the thirteen colonies
were capable OF guiding their OVID des-
TIMES and were SO oblivious to<the wish
es and the welfare of the mother ooun-
try as to desire to construct and conduct
a government of their own. Yet they
were children of Englishmen, as the
ain They were not an alien race, a
nominal title to whose lands had been
purchased by foreign country. They
were bound to England by every tie
social. commercial, and political
1t is pointed out that if the children
refuse to accept the arguments of the
parent small wonder should be expr5 SIS ed
when the bondservants, the purchased
subjects, decline to receive the same ar
guments from their masters. Reason
ing from EHglishmen which fails to con-
vince Americans cannot be depended
upon to win the heads or hearts Of Fill
pines when advanced by Americans.
Fit to Rule ThemseIves.
Just as the Republicans contend that
only portion of the inhabitants of the
Philippines are in revolt 50 King George
pointed cut that 1t was cn1y a part of
the people of America who cent tested his
sovereignty. Beyond the borders CT the
thirteen colonies lay magnificent do
mains peopled with savages who had n )
quarrel with the English King. But in
the case of America. as in that of the
| Philippines, those who were in revolt
We're the educated classes, the people fit
to rule themselves. They held the cities
and the seacoast, and were gradually ex-
tending their Government into the inte-
rior- No city on this continent was as
populous or as wealthy in 1776 as Ma
Mia is today. The Tagalogs hold but
/ the towns and the coast. In the interior
| are savage tribes but they are no more
| savage than the redskins who were not
| fully subdued for century after the col
onies had acquired their independence
In the Republican textbook which is
published by the National Republican
| Committee as guide for the stump
speakers, is found treatise On colonies
and colonialZation. 1t is made up large
| ly from statistics furnished by Treas
| ury officials and from articles prepared
| by them and published in magazines.
| The first section deals with the effect Of
| colonization upon the people of the c0un-
| tries colonized. This section fails to re-
| veal any statements as to The effect OF
! colonization upon the Indians of the United
| States or of Mexico; of the benefcent rule
! of the Spaniards over Peru and other South
American countries; of the .forerunners of
| civilization and colonization in Africa. In
| vain the reader searches for the record of
| Englands course of butchery, robbery, and
| treachery by which the Empire of India
was added to the British Crown. Nor does
! it speak of the means by which two bright
| jewels were added to Queen Victoria s
| crown in the shape of the Transvaal and
| the Orange Free State. It contains no in
| terviews with subject peoples on the be-
! nign effects of colonization upon them, but
dilates upon the fact that the British kave
/ built railroads and installed postal sys-
| TEN IL india, as well as installing a system,
OF canals strong point is also mace
/ that the standing army in India is sup
| ported by the Indian Government and not
! by England, just as Great Britain once at
| tempted to make the colonies hear the eS-