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The business of the country was never in better condition, and it is not char- acteristic of the American people to change a sure thing for an experiment that promises nothing but disaster in the upsetting of values and the prostra- tion of indus- try. Nopres- ident has had more to con- tend with and moredif- ficult’ prob- lems to solve than William McKinley, and he has come through every emer- gency with additional honor to the flag and further prosperity for the people. ‘The Spanish war and the saving of the Philippines to the country to which they fairly belong have cost millions, but the power that pays the bill has shown its capacity and patience in behalf of a proper enterprise and the vindication of its mili- tary and judicial honor. The firm hand that has guided us has hesitated at no proper sacrifice, and the record of these eventful four years has won the respect of the world, Whether Mr, Bryan would have left the Americans in China to their awful fate rather than encounter the cry of imperialism is not exactly known, but we do know that President McKinley didn’t. Whether our money would have been worth fifty or one hundred cents on the dollar with Mr. Bryan as the executive cannot be accurately told, but we know that under President McKinley the dollar of-one hundred cents prevails. Whether populism under its new name is statesmanship is extremely doubt- ful; but that the rule of the Republican party is wise has been shown most of the time for the last forty-four years. It is the party of the union, of justice and fair play, of the law and the courts, of the people regardless of cliques and combinations, of common sense and of courage, of peace when peace is possible, and of war when war becomes the only road to honor= able peace. That is the party of McKinley and Roosevelt, and the docu- ments to show for it are embodied in every page of its glorious history. THE RIDICULOUS MR. BRYAN. se[F WE HAVE the gold s andard,” said Mr. Bryan on August 8th, 1896, “ prices are as cert 1 to fall as the stone which is thrown into tie we.” On that day wheat was selling at its highest ia New York at sixty-eight cents a bushel. Un June 21st, 1990, it was da half cents a bushel in New York. Beef, family, in the New York markets at the date of Mr. Bryan's nomination, was nine dollars per barrel, on June 21st, 1990, twelve Collars per barrel, Olio xx wool on August 8th, 1896, the date of the above assertion. was, in the New York market, seven teen cents per pound; on June Ist, 1990, it was thir pound ind a half cents per THE RIDICULOUS JOURNAL. HE NEW YORK JOURNAL is talking with all its voice against imperialism. It is so frightened by imperialism that it can’t sleep ‘hts—or days, Mr. Bryan says his first act as president, after cheapen- ing money to the extent of about fifty cents on the dollar, will be to call congress together in extra session with the purpose of hauling down the flag in the Philippines and withdrawing the army from that part of the world, regardless of the sacrifice that has been made and the cost of its work as far as that has gone. The Journal indorses that, though it said August 17th, 1898, “The capture of Manila has made us masters of the Philippines, and the American diplomat who would give them up would find it advisable to stay abroad for the rest of his life." Again it said, August 12th of the same year, “The American flag is up at Manila. Let it wave there until the people of the Philippines, under American protec- tion, have grown into capacity for full self-government. ‘That is the just, the American, policy. Nail the flag to the mast!" January 6th, 1899, it vigorously chara action and ta this policy as treasonable opposition, addi If the Democracy shall once be thoroughly identified with opposition to American progress it will be the most hopelessly beaten party that has ever been known in the United States since the days of the federalists.” February 8th, 1899, it said, “ Now that Aguinaldo has chosen to appeal to force he will get all the force he wants, We shall give the Filipinos real liberty—not a gold- whistle dictatorship. The first step ought to be the capture of Aguinaldo and his shipment to this side of the Pacific.” The paper was very careful to oppose every suggestion of imperialism. “It is hastily assumed,” it said June 13th, 1898, “that any carrying of the flag away from home means imperialism. That is a mistake. ‘To con- quer and colonize distant lands for the sake of glory and profit is one thing; to secure outposts, the possession of which will better enable us to preserve peace and be more efficient for attack when war does come, is another.” And here, in the Jour nal of July tst, 1898, is a particularly strong vindication of what is called im- perialism : “Men who use their brains to think with are fot to be bullied by phrases. * Iemperiatism,” for . That word comes down like a portcullis before a good many minds, and the Blows of fect and argument beat against it in vain, The Philip- pines are in A splendid naval victory bas mae us masters there, Should we keep them or ive them up? An ‘imperalism” which means the spread of American power, (ree institutions and human happiness is ant an ‘imperialism” to be feared by anybody who has faith 12 the vitality of this republic and conf.sence in the democratic prin- ciples on which it is founded." rized “We remember,” says the Journal of June 2d, 1898, “that Jefferson bought Louisiana, but the names of the constitu- tional lawyers who opposed the purchase are buried with their empty skulls, We shall always identify Andrew Jackson with Florida, Sam Houston with Texas, and Seward with Alaska; but to find the names of the men who opposed these extensions of the sovereignty of the republic we must tum to encyclopedias or dusty archives.” And on June 12th it points out the beautiful geography to result from the new posses- sions, “The Ladrones,” it says, “together with the Carolines, should be ours. They lie midway between Hawaii and the Philippines, and in our possession, together with the Hawaiian group, would give us a chain of naval stations clear to Asia. Hawaii, the Ladrones, the Carolines and the Philip- pines will insure us strategic and commercial supremacy in the Pacifi While it is true that on the whole the Journal is ridiculous, in its brighter moments it must be confessed that it has a great deal of good, practical common sense. It ought to have let the crazy-quilt gotten up at Kansas city alone. To take that seriously is to send almost anybody to bedlam, ++ GOVERNOR ” BECKHAM of Kentucky said in a recent speech, “1 want you Democrats to come out in force this year so as to overcome the Republican majority of last y Apparently it was the Republican majority that elected “ Governor " Beckham. HE KAISER rather got the cart before the horse in his demand for the punish- ment of the guilty Chinamen as a preliminary to negotiations for peace; but is there a soul in the world not in sympathy with his demand for the divest punishment, and without any nevessary delay? comicbooks.com