Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1905-10-13

81 c 1nt presidential campaign Decam
n quite familiar with the appeal 'let we
B enough alone" According to the elet
ton returns the people did not exactl
q know what well enough was at tha
4 time.
They have better Idea now.
They did not know that men wh
posed as captains of industry were,
f act, cOnspirators in restraint of trade
n Tney did not know that the men wh
claimed to be 1.-THE trustees of God
h were, in fact. seeking the opportunit
q to oppress the people. They XII ow j
d now
They did not know that Chaunce
NJ. Depew, who pleaded for the defea
of the Democratic party in the nam
of national honor" was then engaged
in connection with the Equitable Life
Assurance Society in questionable
transactions. They know it now.
They did not know that Andrews
the Detroit banker who charged The
|
ing ''the dishonest leader of dishonest
men" was an EN- bezzler to the extent
of 81, 500.0 900. They know it now.
They did not know that Bigelow, the
Milwaukee banker, who, as conspicu
Gus official of the American Bankers
Association, pleaded for the election
of the Republican ticket In order to
save the business interests of the coun-
| try, was a defaulter to the extent of
more than three million dollars. They
| know it now.
They did not know that men anx.
ious for the opportunity to organize
great trusts for the purpose CT prey
ing upon the people had contributed
millions of dollars to the Republican
campaign fund, and that during the
closing hours of the 1896 campaign in
the language of Thomas W. Lawson
hurry up call for five million dollars
in behalf of the Republican ticket was
made and promptly responded to- They
know it now.
They did not know that thespurpose
of the ruling spirits in the Republican
party is antagonistic to the Declara-
tion of Independence and not in har.
mony with the faithful protection of
the Constitution. They know it now.
They did not know that the party |
which pretends to have a monopoly |
upon devotion to American ideals |
would adopt colonial policy, would |
repudiate the right of trial by jury, |
and would enter upon an agreement |
that upon territory subject to United
States jurisdiction ''any slave shall |
have the privilege of purchasing bis |
freedom by payiug to the master the
usual market price" They know 1t
now.
They did not know that the Republi- |
can party would repudiate the purpose
of its founders and turn its back upon
the principles of the fathers of the Gov
ernment. They know it now.
They did not know that a Republi-
can administration would exert every |
possible effort to humiliate such faith
full men as Dewey. Schley and Miles.
They know it now.
They did not know that party |
which pretends to be thoroughly bust
nesslike in it's methods would engage
in such q reckless expenditure of the
public money that during year when
the revenues were greater than during
any year in the history of the Govern
ment the deficit amounted to 1924, 600,
000 They know it now.
They did not know that under the
administration of party which as
sumes, as the Republican party does,
monopoly upon the honesty, the in
teligence and the patriotism OF the
country such scandal and fraud could
exist as characterized the temporary
administration of the Postoffice OF De-
partment the Government Printing
Office, the Agricultural Department
and the Interior Department. They
know it now.
They did not know that a party
| whose representatives had so much to
say in favor of "a square deal' would
heap disgrace upon an honest official
like Bowen, while bestowlng new hon.
ors upon a discredited official like
/
They did not know that party
whose leaders claim for it the title OF
party of progress would at the In
stance of the transc0ntinental railroad
companies reject the Nicaragua Canal
route and adopt the Panama route,
thus paving the way not only for end
They know it now.
They did not know that when the
people with practical unaDimity de
manded relief from extOrtiOnate freight
r ttes the corporations would be so in-
tf1uential with the Republican Congress
that such relief would be denied. They
know it now.
| They did not know that while the
Republican administration was pre-
tending 10 wage campaign against
the trusts Republican commissioner
of education would have the temerity
tn issue a clean bill to ] ohm d. Rookie
Teller, the most conspicuous represen-
, tative of the trust system. They know
it now.
When the BurtOns and the Mitchells
and the Depews pleaded for the cleo
tion of the Republican ticket in order
that business interests might be pro
tected and national honor preserved
and the Government at Washington