Evening journal., 1904-02-17

twas legitimately his own.
1t Is inconceivable that Lincoln would
have favored a policy to ruin mis- friends
'the plain people, as he aGectionately
called the working men-by removing the
protective tariff wall and allowing our
home markets 10 be flooded with the pro-
ducts OF the half paid labor of Europe
and Asia. reducing American wages to
the foreign level, or closing American
industries altogether, so that American
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS go hungry or
lemigrate to Europe to get a job
Black ruin stalked abroad in the lanl
just so long as the Democratic cleveland
brand) free-trade law remained on the
statute books. but was quickly driven
back to its dismal and suiphurous retreat
by .he Mckinley protective tariff law, re-
inacted in 1897. since which the sunshine
/ OF increasing prosperity has shown en-
lcouragng down upon both capital and
labor and will continue to so shlne-un-
I'm Democracy supplies another total
eclipse
Lincoln would have approved the Repub-
llican Philippine policy-liberty, freedom,
schools, teachers, churches. Industry.
sound finance. good government and civil
izatlon, under the protection Of the Amer
ican flag, as enjoyed by the people Of
those Of our territories which are not yet
prepared for complete control OF their
local affairs, for the hundreds of tribes
of ignorant and inexperienced human
children scattered over more than
thousand islands.
He would not have embraced the Demo-
cratic policy-unrestrained and unregulat-
ed' liberty" better known as license"
for cruel and barberous. or semi-barber-
Gus savage chiefs to wage cxterminating
war upon each other until the survival OF
the strongest determined which should
be the slaves OF the others; bloody road
leading irresistibly to complete anarchy
in everything pertaining to civilization;
a policy proposing to steal the sacred
name OF liberty" from the immortal
declaration of American independence.
and nail it 10 the mass-head Of the black
painted piratcal craft launched by De
mocracy under the lead of Captain Bryan
and his hydra crew. for the dual purpose
OF result of melting insurrection and war
against the legally established Amori-
can authority. sometimes called treason
or Of crminally encouraging sesni-civil-
zed people in acts tending only to their
own destruction, becoming the willing
cause of the slaughter Of hundreds OF
brave American soldiers and thousands
of misguided FAiplnos, that some doubt
ful partisan advantage might be obtained.
Democracy is again attempting the same
thing. and for the same purpose in lhe
Panama matter. And 10 insu!. She nam,
of Lincoln by claiming that he would have
approved the bloody. bungllns course OF
llatter-daN Democracy!
"With malice toward none and chauts
for an are his own words. which besl
describe ouI 5incoln.
with malice toward an ana charity foi
lnone." correctly defines the everyday
practice Of modern Democracy
j When # can be conclusively proven thai
either half Of Democracy should be IN iai
by simply letting the other half testify. q
is a condition which would hardly have
attracted the great noble, honest klndl,
land generous heart of our first martyres
J president that salnted apostle Of har
mony union forbearance, genueness an,
iove-Abraham Lincoln.
Republican.