Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-01

its consequences that our party right.
fully declared il to be the paramount
issue. without abandoning its posi-.
ton on the tariff question or on the
money question 1t again espoused the
peoples side of great issue. That
1t did not win that year was due to a
conjunction of causes, any one OF
which would have been insufficient to
have accomplished defeat The ad.
ministration having carried on brief
and successful war, fell heir to the en-
thusiasm which usually attends vic.
torious conflict; an unexpected in.
crease in the supply of new gold and
an unexpected influx of European gold,
due to large crops here and a famine
abroad. increased prices, relieved the
stress of hard times and gave to the
people the benefits that always flow
from a growing volume OF money.
While the advantages which followed
a larger volume OF money indicated
the principle contended for by bimet.
allists, they were appropriated by the
party in power and those who were in.
fuenced by conditions without at.
tempting to realize the conditions gave
the Republican party credit for an in.
creasIug prosperity.
Protected Manufacturers.
THE protected manufacturers, Of
course. stood by the administration
which had given them Dingley law.
Trust promoters and trust magnates,
recognizing in the Democratic party
an lnveterate foe, and numbering
among their stockholders many of the
most influential Republicans, threw all
their strength to the Republican par.
ty and by their support purchased i'm
munity from punishment. The Repub,
liCaRs were greatly aided by another
influence, namely, the influence of the
fnanciers. who, not yet having com.
pleted their schemes, were willing to
risk trusts, Imperialism or anything
else rather than forego the advantage
which they expected from a gold stan
dard and bank currency. In spite OF
all these obstacles the campaign OF
1900 only showed a net change of l50.
900 votes In favor of the Republicans
out Of a total vote OF over 1900. 900
And what Is the situation today? Since
the election of 1900 Imperialism Is
more openly avowed and imperialistic
methods more boldly entered upon be-
cause the administration can point 10
that election as an apparent indorse,
afthnnul hn a,t,, "a
that time vehemently denied imperial.
istlc intent. Those who expect to make
a profit out of a colonial system favor
| 1t on the ground that II will nay; those
who think that II opened up the Phil.
ippines to PROSECUTING insist that 1t is
provldentlal, while those who are
simply seeking some reason for sup.
porting their party's policy fall back
upon the doctrine that circumstances
got US into the trouble, and that we
must stay in until circumstances get
Us out.
, The Flourishing Trusts.
| since the election OF 1900 the
trusts have grown and fourished un.
der the Republican administration, as
might have been expected. Almost
two years have elapsed since the last
Presidential election, and no legisla
tive attempt has been made to inter.
fere with them, and the executive eli.
forts, instead of being directed toward
the enforcement OF criminal statutes,
are confined to the equity side OF the
court, and these eoffrts have not In the
least retarded the formation of new
combines.
How can the opponents of aristoc.
racy and plutocracy be united for a
successful attack upon entrenched
privileges? Not by making peace with
the enemy; not by initiating their
works. their methods or their phrase.
ology but by honest, straightforward
appeal 10 the American people upon a
platform that can be understood and
with an organization that can be trust.
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