The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
McnNLEpsH HIGH HORSE.

Mckinley is vary happy in the belief
that his course il completely indorsed
by the election. AMI 1t really looks that
way for his charaxer and acts were
under full review. H even thinks that
his tariff n Philippine performances
meet with public sanction. So we may
expect both the huge roeber tariff tax
to continue in undated FORCE. and the
war 10000 miles away. to be pushed
with fiercer assaults. Mckinley finds
himself Endorsed by the populsr vote TO
extend American sovereignty hence
forth and forever over the Philippines.
and no doubt to make them a part of
the American Union IL he so elects.A He
even goes so far that the McEin-
ley plan OF an open door in China is
included In the general approval He
does not refer to the giant, m~ultituduf
nous trusts, the offspring of his hugA
tariff. Mckinley's oratorical fourisheS7
he other day before the Union League |
was a demagogical display OF a politi-
clan full of insincerity and buncombe. /
He 20 worded his talk a TO make all
viz opRbStd HIS IS-GAGNblVA aASo op-
posed to all he enumerated among the
important things approved. The Phil
adelphia Record. an expansion suppor-
ter, says OF his greed OF statement:
1T is necessary to look among the
supporters OF the president for the
only enemies OF the open door policy.
But does il well become the president
of the United States TO minister To
party spirit with the broad intimation
that millions of his commemorative
less than half the nation-are opposed
to industrial independence, broader
markets.. commercial expansion. recip-
rocal trade. the authority OF the judic-
larry. and peace and beneficent gov
eminent in the Philippines? Eve IL
this had been true of a considerable
portion OF the American people, the Of
fetal head of the government should
" been among the last TO noise IL
abroad"
with thanksgiving and praise in the
north by his henchmen, and by some
of the half and half in the south. are
spiecious and deceptive, and no doubt he
intended they should be SO. for he is
a master of the art Of making his
words conceal his thoughts. and using
language to cover up his
Did he believe all he said? What did
he really mean when he said that the
election was an Endorsement "of indus
trial independence, broader markets
and commercial expansion" III Mr..
Bryan were to use those words all fair
men would see in them a declaration
for a much lower tariff. for a great
razeling of the republican Chinese Wall
in trade, in 'commercialism." We
again quote from the Record:
These words in the mouth OF the
chief of the government in France,
Germany or Italy would nave been
readily interpreted as foreshadowing
the dawn of an epoch OF commercial
freedom in which the protective tariff
barriers that restrict markets and OBJ
struct expansion would be lowered il
not wholly swept away.
But the protectionists who surround
ed President Mckinley at the Union
League the other day knew that his
words had a very different
Not very long before they had beard
the author of the Mckinley act and the
signer of the Dingley act speak with
contempt of the poor markets OF the
outside world and aud the home MAR
ket' as alone worth considering. They
could not imagine for a momen that
the president had a desire to reverse
the malignant protective policy: nor
could they believe when he spoke OF
industrial independence that he meant
the relief of the industries and labor OF
the country from the oppression OF
Trust monopoly"
No one who knows McKin'ey's lad re-
cord can possibly believe that - had
in mind any Interference with the rob-
Der system. the father and fosterer OF
greedy monopoly. and great trusts. or
with the destestable. Infamous subsidy
scheme of plumber.