The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-12-19
THE MESSAGE

the worst element of his party anC
give reign to a broad Americanisn
born of days and nights spent or
the prairies and ranges, sleeping un
der the stars where his mind coulC
soar and his soul become imbueC
with principles untrammeed by the
plottings of the vile and the schemine
of the mercenary. The things he
could do, and which seemed that his
out of the ordinary characteristics
might lead him to do, were outlined
at the time. His message destroys
that hope and shows that the bronco
rider is being rapidly tanned by the
influences surrounding him The
exhaustive document presented to
congress contains some expressions
that are really American and sug-
gestions that are fully endorsed, and
will be of great benefit if carried out,
such as the continuation of the
Chinese Exclusion act and govern
ment aid in retaining the arid west.
These are minor matters, however,
when compared to the great sweeping
policies of greed that are condoned
or openly endorsed. The president
takes an evasive position on many of
the towering questions, except the
financial issue. and on that he is fatty
for the permanent gold standard ;
and to become the hope of the
American people for the overthrow
of evils it is necessary for him to be
right on the fundamental point.
None of the big evils can be cured
effectually until the financial policy
which fertilizes their growth is rem
edied. Being against the people on
on that, to start with, there is no hope
in him on its attendant wrongs. The
message is very evasive, and while
studied language is used to conciliate
the mass OF the people, care is taken
not to tread on the toes of the syndi-
Gates that hold the campaign barrel.
The temper of the Hannas or the
Morgans cannot be ruffled by any
thing in the document. A pretense is
made of touching upon the public side
of the trust problem, but at the same
time he admires captains of industry"
and thinks modern conditions have
brought to us enterprises of magni-
tude too great TO be handled by IN
dividual enterprises. That Ia owing
to the manner in which it is to be con-
sidered. We see nothing in the way
of individual units making up the
great total of trade. A hundred
factories operated by individual en-
terprise might produce the output of
farm implements, rubber goods,
crackers, barb wire, etc., each sup
plying a section of the country and
securing customers in the usual
channels, Of course if these ssmod-
ern conditions" mean that, under new
commercial laws, the cracker con-
sumption of great land must con-
stitute single enterprise in itself,
then of course, it becomes a rather
large job, too heavy for individual
enterprise and requires few cap
tains Of industry to manage. He is
thoroughgoing, whooping, rough
riding imperiliast, and, while willing
to let the standing army remain at it's
present size Of 100, 5000 men, he is
for fatherly coercion of the Philip
pines, in order to allow the islands to
be exploited by keen Cuisines men"
for the good of the Filipino. He
voices the sentiments of monopoly in
suggesting the introduction of indust-
rial enterprises in the islands. When
the defeated party in the last elect
ion opposed the Philippine conquest
on the ground that those people were
not desirable for citizens and could
not be held as subjects without an
overthrow of the foundation princl-
Piles of our government, it was asserted
that the chief desire of the conquest
was in order that the syndlcates
could establish factories there, to