The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-28
WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC LETTER
FALL ELECTIONS, THE THERMoM
ETER OF POLITICS.
Trust Prosperity Means the PiIing Up
OF Millions in the Pockets Of the
Favored Few-Speaking Mem
bers 10 Stump ohio.


Special TO the Ardmoreite.
Washington. d. c.. oct 2G.-The
coming fall elections are important
as showing the drift OF public opinion
lon political issues, and especially now
The voters OF the states in which cleo
tons are held view the erratic course
10. the Republican administration. II
| the Republicans hold their own, it
must be taken for granted that the
majority OF the voters of the United
states are satisfied 10 continue the eX-
tortiou Of the trusts through the pro
tectlye tariff and the continued high
prices of the cist of living BY en-
dorsing the Republicans, tne voters
will sanction the program that the
leaders Of their party have agreed up
on, Of allowing congress to take no
action other than to pass the appro-
priation bills and adjourn at the earli-
est day practicable.
That would mean the transconunen-
tai railroads have sufficient influence
with the Republican leaders to prevent
the building Of the Panama or Nicara-
qua canal; that no action will be ia
ken upon treaties which President Nc
Kinley so ardcntly wish to see rati-
fed to ward off the inevitable reform
OF the tariff which he foresaw must
come unless some relief from monOp
oily was granted thar the mucn agi-
tatcd labor legislation Is again to be
postponed. and that the promises
made in the Republican platform are
again TO be broken; that no investiga,
tion Of the frauds in the departments
IS to be undertaken, that the financial
| legislation that has b en- declared so
necessary - prevent a panic will not
be attempted and that the secretary
be attempted. and that Secretary
Shaw can continue to loan the sur
plus. without interest. to favored
| banks and continue to disobey the
law for the protection Of the United
States by receiving doubtful security
in place of United States bonds,
which the law plainly commands. Why
Is this Republican administration
afraid to lcgislate on these and 9th
er matters? Being in league with
| the trusts and combines, they dare
not legisatc against them. They fear
the people.
| If the Democrats show gains in the
elections this fall it will Indicate that
the voters are determined to turn
out the Republicans, with their numer-
| Gus scandals, and inaugurate the re-
form that is necessary for the public
welfare. Equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none is the Demo
cratic slogan, and as the voters are be-
ginning To see that trust prosperity
means the piling up of millions in the
pockets of the favored few and no
| fair share to the many II is only rea
sonabie TO expect that voters will de
mand "A change in political conditions.
That the Republican leaders ans fright
ened to the point of desperation is
plain enough CT President Roosevelt
would not have authorized the speak
ing members of his cabinet to take
| the stump for the Lodge machine in
Massachusetts. and to aid the disrep-
utable crew in Kentucky that call
themselves the Republican party in
that state.
The disagreement between Russia
and Japan and the utter breakdown
of the much.heralded open door in
| Manchuria has alarmed the export
merchants of the United States, and
they have sounded q note OF warning
| to President Roosevelt and the Re
kpublican leaders that instead Of aiding
the enlargement of our business in
Asia, they have virtually closed the
door that was at least partly open.
That Russia will ever withdraw from
ManchurIa is not within the realm Of
probability; she owns the railroads
and the banks there; the Chinese au-
thorities are subseryient TO the Rus
sian representatives; in Il word, Man
chun is Russianized The boast OF
the administration that the treaty just
concluded with China gives us two
open ports in that country is, there,
fore, worthless, unless Russia opens
their doors, for she has the keys to
both of them. Even If these two ports
were open, are they OF value? Nook
den, one OF the two, is ON small
, river 100 miles from the sea, access
able by scow, and Niu Chwaug, a
, the mouth of the stream, is occdpio(
by the Russians The other village il
= on the coast, but there is no harbor
and so shoal is the ofTing that no man