Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-03-22
TWO VIEWS OF Mr.. m'KlNL5Y

President Mckinley, the Spring
field "Bepublican' declares, is a
"masterful' President, who molds
| Congress 70 his will and secures any
Legislation he desires. The New
York Evening Post" instead, dis
covers that an "excessive amiabili-
ty'' is the Presidents chief fault.
Hard days these are for the pro-
fessional critics ofthe Administration.
For years the Springfield "Republi-
can" was assuring its readers that
President Mckinley had no back
bone, mere wax in the hands of the
politicians. Now, il appears, he is
'masterful President Mckinley.
the "Evening Post" has been trum-
peting for months, was laying the
foundations of empire, exercising
brute arbitrary power, setting law at
defiance. To-day, "excessive amia-
bility" is his fault. He is "too good
natured"
Facts are rather in the saddle and
riding their critics The Cubans
were to rise in revolt. The island is
quiet Porto Rico was oppressed by
10 per cent tariff Its Legislature
continues it to the last legal date and
the property holders of the island
want the present system continued
The Filipinos were to maintain resis-
tance They are surrendering whole
sale Military tyranny was to re-
main in the archipelago for a genera
tion A civil government is near.
They are crossing the Pacific by
brigades. The river and harb0r bin
was to plunge the country i'm eXtrava-
gance under a corrupt bargain to Sc
cure the passage of the Cuban and
Philippine amendment to the army
appropriation law These we're pass
ed and the eXtravagant appropria-
tions defeated, by and with the adj
vice and consent of the Executive
The machine was to defea Colonel
w G Sanger's appointment as As
sistant Sec'y Of War 1t was made
There is nothing left but for a pa
per which has been for years together
denouncing President Mckinley as
weak to call him "masterfur' and
"eXcessive amiability" is the final
charge against President for months
charged with subverting the Consti-
tuition and "erecting an empire" on
its ruins What nonsence all this isl!
Why not see the truth? Why not
admit the facts plain to all the
American people?
President Mckinley has been call
ed to discharge new duties without
full precedent in our history. So far
as past precedent exists he has anx-
iously followed it Where there was
none he has sought analogous princi-
pies In reaching war, in seeking
peace, in acquiring territory and in
governing it, he has at each stage
gone no farther than the situation re-
quired Where the peoples will was
clear he has followed it, Where
it was not clear he has waited until
the popular voice could be heard,
distinguished and obeyed Where
other Presidents fought Congress or
accepted legislation in which they did
not believe President Mckinley has
remembered the rights Of both Con-
gress and the President and, remem-
bering them, has been able to reach
mutual concession and compromise,
honorable to both,
The plain man I'm the street sees an
this. He understands the President
The President understands him. Be
tween the two wea are having "A sound,
conservative, prosperous Administra-
tion, under which the path of the
critic is uncommonly hard and public
support steadily grows.-Philadel-
phia Press.