Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-21
LOGICAL REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE

Customs Collector Hoey of No
gales, while fitting through thi,
town yesterday, expressed himself
as favorable to the candidacy o.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, fol
the Republican Presidential no
mination in 1904 Mr. Hoey, be.
ing an Indiana man, his preference
under ordinary circumstances
would be considered natural and
proper; but being an official of the
Mckinley administration, we are
somewhat surprised that he did
not wait for orders before giving
expression to his sentiments.
There is every reason to believe
that Mark Hanna hes concluded to
seek the Presidential nomination
of his party, and if this should
prove true every federal official
will be compelled to support him,
or get out of Office. For the in
formation of Mr.. Hoey, who is n
very nice young man, we will say
that Hanna does not like Fair
banks. The Indiana Senator was
one of the western Republicans
who obstructed the passage of the
ship subsidy steal during the SEES
sions of the last Congress, and
at that time Hanna gave no.
tice that he would "see" Fair
banks in 1904.
But Hanna is the man who will
capture the nomination If he seeks
it. Whatever objections may be
made to his candidacy it must be
acknowledged after a full and
thoughtful consideration of the
subject that he is the logical can
didate of his party.
Hanna is the embodiment of all
for which the degenerate Repub-
lican party stands at the present
time. He is the accepted apostle
of the first article of faith in the
Republican creed, which holds
that the dollar is superior to the
man. He is the expounder of the
doctrine that rich men must be
made richer by making poor men
poorer. He is the teacher of the
demoralizing belief that American
politics should be run on the huck-
ster basis of barter and sale. He
is the incarnate illustration of the
right of the strong hand. He is a
temperamental antagonist of popu-
lar government and scoffer at the
idea that victory of honest prin-
cipie is more to be desired than
the gaining of material and selfish
ends.
Hanna has shaped the Repub-
hcan party of his day into the like
ness of his own image. Since that
ominous moment when he first
emerged from the obscurity of his
money -grubbing private occupa-
ton to take personal charge of
McKinley's political fortunes in
behalf of syndicated capital, the
Republican party, from the ethical
viewpoint, has been commercial
lied party. 1t ceased, under
Hanna's captainship, to weigh the
right and wrong of any public
question. 1t took the sordid side
of every issue. 1t retired from
places of authority in the party
councils the conscientious men
who could not subscribe to
Hanna's creed. 1t put forward
the bold and unscrupulous politi-
cal adventurers who hailed Hanna
as a leader after their own hearts.
1t became an opportunist party,
with the dollar dominating all else
as establishing the standard of as
pixation.
The Republican party of to-day
will be false to itself If it fails to
nominate Mark Hanna for the
Presidency in 1904. II will not
have the courage of its convictions
IL will confess in effect that ita
chosen leader and master is of per.
sonality too evil to make win.
ming appeal for the support of the
American people. This would be {
humiliating attitude for the Han
naized party Of the trusts. I
should brazenly accept the logic d
the situation and name Mari
Hanna as it's standard-bearer IL
1904