Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1896 — REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SONG Hanna, Put the Kettle On, We'll All Take Tea. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN SONG Hanna, Put the Kettle On, We'll All Take Tea.

REPUBLICANISM TO BE REBUKED

The Democracy Is tlie party of the people. Its purpose has ever been to advance their Interests. It may have had its errors of procrastination and its sins of omission. But the sins of commission against the pimple of this country have ever rested with the Republican party and with its ancestors of the Know-Nothing, Whig aud Federalist parties. During the ninety-six years in the government of this country, 6inee party lines have prevailed, Democracy has been in control sixty years. They have been years of the fullest prosperity Business depression has come in rare Intervals and then from natural and not from the government causes. The depression that now prevails, however, flows from the efforts of the McKinleyites, partly successful, for making the rich richer and the poor poorer through tlie successful demands for a tariff that could benefit corporations and the manufacturers only. ■ It Is now Sought to place at the head of this nation the tool of the coal barons, and of the iron kings, who dictated the tariff of 1800 for their own personal advantage and for tlie subjugation of labor. In this brazen endeavor it Is in the logic of Republican consistency and of supreme selfishness that for a captain In the McKinley campaign such an unscrupulous leader should be selected as shall be under tlie complete domination of the iron interests—Mark Hanna, eff Cleveland. Are the people ready for such a surrender? We can understand the feeling of unrest that prevails from causes having their origin with the very leaders that arfe no)v rushing McKinley to the front. But the people, will revolt against the recurrence of the McKinley, the Carnegie, the Cameron, the Quay, the Foraker, the Elkins, and the Platt dictation that is intrenched behind the movement to put another Ohio timeserver in the Presidential chair.

He Ha 9 Spoken. Soothed and sustained by the presence and advice of his backer and trainer tliq oracle of Canton lias at last op’d his ponderous jaxys and emitted a delpliie utterance on the currency question. It was when a delegation from Evansville, lud., with brass bands, tin horns and other outward evidences of enthusiasm had been admitted to tbe slnipe. When silence had been secured Mr. Hanna turned on the calcium light, tlte apostle struck his right hand into the bosom of his frpek coat, rose upon his toes, slowly settled back upon his heels, cleared his throat and began to open his mouth. The delegation stood entranced. Mr. Hanna turned on another limelight. There was a raucous, grating-sound, a buzzing as of concealed machinery nnd then these never-to-be-forgotten words: “My countrymen, there is another thing the people are determined upon, nnd that is that a full day’s work must be paid in a full dollar.” That was all, but it was enough. The oracular lips had been unsealed; the dumb had spoken; the mandarin had decreed that twelve should constitute a uozen and that the multiplication table was not inconsistent with republican institutions. It was a day of sweetness and light in Canton.

Groveling at Mark Hanna’s Feet. No more remarkable spectacle has ever been witnessed in this country than Is presented in the prostration of the Republican party—an organization which was once and still claims to he the champion of liberty—at the feet of a self-constituted autocrat, who has never been, in any sense, conspicuous In the counsels of the party; who was unknown a year ago outside of the narrow commercial domain in which he has achieved the fortune which renders him puissant, and who has set out on a purely “business’’ basis to acquire a President of the United States.— Kansas City Star. No Inspiration to Enthusiam. Enthusiasm for McKinley is lacking everywhere outside Ohio. The leaders, from Platt to Lodge, fail into line, as a matter of course. Bu: the average Republican doesn’t relish the success gained by the silent mill of Ohio. He realizes that while old “bosses’’ may have been sent to the rear, a new boss has forged to the front,'and that Republican sucebss next Xove:u.H*r means Hanna rule, with all 1 that it Tnplies. No wonder that thinking itepublicaus are hot jftsplr'ed by their Presideatiaf ticket—" Boston Globe. 1 ' " Chickens Coining Home to Roost. It Is the irony of fate. The Republicans made Utah a State for ihe express purpose of having it give them two Senators, one Representative and three electoral votes. Yet in the very first Republican conveutiou in which Utah ever participated as a Stare one of her Senators, her single Representative and half her delegation have abandoned the party, repudiated its platform and joined in a bolt—New York World. Statesmen Conspicuously Absent. The most notable feature of the Republican National Convention was the conspicuous absence of statesmen of great abilities, attainments and achievements. The man of greatest power in the convention and who represented the nominee was a successful money maker. The McKinley campaign was run by money makers od

a business basis for a business purpose. Its managers were as ignorant of statesmanship as schoolboys, and knew no politics above the manipulation of primaries and conventions.—* St. Louis Republic. Labor Is Offended. There is such a thing as a labor vote In this country, and it cuts an important figure in a Presidential election. It Is not a vote to be offended openly and deliberately, at any rate. Among tbe persons who took a prominent part in the proceedings at St. Louis was Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin. He was reelected National Committeeman from his State, in accordance with the wishes of Mark Hanna, so it was stated in the newspaper dispatches at the time. Now it Is reported that Mr, Hanna Is very likely to give added evidence of his approval of Mr. Payne by apjiointing him a member of the National Executive Committee. Mr. Payne is probably as objectionable to organized labor as any man in the country. As manager of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company he fought stubbornly to crush out organization among his employes, refusing under all circumstances to recognize the right of those who worked for his company to belong to a union. Conferring honor' and position on this man, who Is a bitter enemy of unionism, Mr. Hanna will find to be a poor way of making votefi for bis candidate among workingmen. The Same Idea as In 1892. There are other interests at stake beside those of Mr. McKinley’s millionaire friends who have grown Insolently rich over McKinley’s outrageous protection ideas. Once Mr. McKinley’s extravagant ideas were sat down upon by the American people. The issue will be tried again and if we mistake not the temper, the same emphatic treatment will be given him this fall.—Burlington Gazette.

D How Teller and McKinley Differ* There is a significant contrast between the action of Senator Toiler, who lias severed his relation with his party because he could not agree with its position on the silver question, and with that of Mr. McKinley, who will accept the nomination for the Presidency on a platform which he sought to defeat.—Philadelphia Record. Gold Cxporta and McKinleyisin. “European gold was flowing toward us,” said Temporary Chairman Fairbanks in describing the “high-water mark” of McKinleyism in 1592. We give him the credit of not knowing that the net exports of gold from this country to, Europe in that year reached the enormous total of s3B,o7o,s3C.—Springfield Republican. Owned by the Plutocrats. If ever a party was dominated, controlled, owned bodily by money rings and plutocratic combination, that at St. Louis takes the cake, so to speak. Any hard-working, toiling son of the nation who follows its flag deserves no sympathy whatevevv—Arkansas Gazette. AVasres and Votes, i If every man votes for McKinley whose wages were raised during the existence of the McKinley act, anil every one votes against him whose wages were lowered, he will not carry a single one of the manufacturing States.—Kansas City Times. Cheering to Democrats. There Is nothing in the nomination of McKinley that should not cheer the hearts of Democrats. It was the McKinley idea and the McKinley platform that defeated the Republican party in 1892. It will be McKinley that will lead It to defeat in 1896.—Peoria Herald. Will Not Grow Upon the People. It is our best judgment that McKinley will not grow upon the people in the fierce light of the campaign. Ills election means another siege pf tariff tinkering, and the people do not want any more legislation on this subject for some time.—Nashville American. Combining Colors. It is not given to all to detect as many shades of colors as that Swiss ribbon manufacturer who is said to be able to discern 2,700 different, shades; therefore the following suggestions Which he makes may be useful: Black combines well with almost all colors, except those which are so lack--1 ing in brightness as to be too nearly like it. Black and pole pink, blue, yel- . low, green, red, lavender and even rather dark shades of blue, clear brown and green are excellent combinations. Brown combines well with yellow, gold and bronze if it is the shade of brown which lias brightness. It is effective also with black and with certain tones of green. A chocolate-and-mdlk brown combines well with old rose and the dull shades of pink. Very dark green is effective when brightened by linings of narrow trimming of pale blue. A. medium shade of green unites well with old pink. Brownish greens look well with bronze and copper color. Dark blue may be brightened by lines of bright, rich red, by lines of old rose or of clear yellow. Blue of the “electric” and “cadet” varieties is best combined with black or with figured silks in which the same shade predominates. Never turn the misfortunes of others i.ntn ridicule.