Show A A REPUBLICANS VIEW OF Patriotic Attitude of Hon Charles Crane Former Republican State Chairman 5 V and Corruption at the National Capital V non Hon Charles jarles Crane who was wag chair chairman man I V of t the Republican state committee of or this state during the years i and under whose leadership the Re Republican Republican Republican publican party in Utah grew from a avery avery avery very Insignificant minority to a major majority majority majority ity entertains some very ery pronounced views concerning the present political situation Mr Crane declares that he heIs heIs Is 19 still a Republican of the Abraham A raham Lincoln school and has not changed his l s views since he be aided in up Republicanism in this state sta but the th V national organization has departed so widely dely from the traditions of f the party that his duty as a patriotic citizen and anda a true Republican compels him to op pose its present politics When re requested requested requested quested to give his bis views concerning the present situation he mentioned the th fact that he had recently written sev several eral oral letters to United mUted States senators with whom he enjoys personal ac acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance and consented to the pub of a communication sent by him to Senator Lodge which fully sets forth his attitude toward the present administration The letter is as fol lows Salt Lake Utah Feb 14 1900 United States Senator Lodge Wash ington in n D C Dear Senator Replying ng to yours of recent date will say I dont desire to intrude my opinions on you or occupy your very valuable time I assure you It will be a pleasure to peruse your contemplated speech and I trust profit profitably profitably ably But sir while you and all ad administration administration administration ministration senators endorse the pres policy polley you must not forget the president is but human with no more patriotism and much less statesman statesmanship statesmanship statesmanship ship than you possess You must also be aware that he has never been a rich richman richman richman man and now when surrounded by b sycophantic adulation and monstrous wealth he is not the McKinley of old for every measure he ever advocated Is 19 now flOW thrown aside He has assumed a new garb new apparel and the in interests interests interests of the masses are no longer heeded V Corruption and Toadyism The Declaration of Independence is V brushed aside as obsolete the coast constitution constitutIon trampled in the mire of J party politics polities Trusts corporate greed gr ed and the national banks have so debauched and corrupted the chief executive that he has become becom like wax wat In their power The war tax which compels rail railroads railroads railroads roads express and telegraph compa companies companies companies nies to place V a stamp upon every bill bilI of lading and every dispatch they ig ignore ignore nore fore and the poor pay it The increase of the standing army with its attendant evils mils and great ex expense expense pense pease the poor also pay for forThe forThe forThe The evasion of every tax by cor corporate corporate corporate greed the usurpation of p by the chief executive the imposition of the gold standard the cowardly ac acquiescence acquiescence acquiescence quiescence to England in the Hay treaty regarding the lath isthmian isthmian mian canal the intimated alliance with England which is using American toady officials in high places to pull their from the fire the co coquetry coquetry coquetry if not absolute of the secretary of the treasury treasur in inV V the th custom house deal with the National City bank of New York the venality of the United States supreme court COUlt whose decisions are largely political and dictated by trusts the robbery of the public domain and the treasury treasur by railroads which are debauching not only state Judiciary and legislatures but the national legislature also these and many other great wrongs are slowly but surely sureh being understood by bythe bythe bythe the masses and senator there will come a time when the great burdens must be lifted and 2nd corruption and toa toe toadyism which now permeate every avenue of government will be swept away and destroyed Senator you know that not in the last ten years has hag hasa haga a single statute been enacted for tor the people or to uplift the masses but ever for their burden and taxation People Held Up Senator you know these are facts and yet the Republican party once the party of the poor permits the people to be beheld held up and robbed by trusts and combinations of ot capital without a pro protest protest protest test and openly assert that the gov government government government is powerless Senator you know that our party Is slowly surely but insidiously sowing the seeds ot of despotism and destroying the spirit of liberty The imposition imp tion of a So tax ta upon th the Porto Ricans without t representation is destructive of the Declaration of In Independence Independence Independence dependence for it says For quarter quartering quartering ing lag large bodies of ot armed troops V us for cutting oft off our trade among V V with all aU parts of ot the worlds for imposing imp ing lug taxes on us without our consent for these acts we waged a seven years yeatS war for liberty libert our OUn patriot fathers fath S went down to death by the thousands V suffered most damnable tortures In prison ships until at last we wrung a s reluctant right from the old oppressor of every people struggling straggling for liberty to govern ourselves Yet sir we W are ass deliberately committing the same wrong upon a people who received our army anny with open arms The Great Question Senator never before in all II our his history hi bi tory were greater questions before the people for solution The money mone question was of o vast importance a step which we will yet retrace in hu humiliation The trust question V is 15 an another another another other of deep interest and concern to the people but the greatest of ell all la Is whether or not this great republic shall be preserved preserve and thereby preserving our liberties or shall perish from the t face fae of the earth The people who wh in intelligently i understand this question que will not be recreant td td their ther duty We hold the Declaration of Independence and the constitution sacred sacre and an in to come If faith faithless faithless trust tt for generations cm I fth less to the trust we commit a a a crime cri against int ourselves and against posted posterity D ty t Senator Sento surrounded as you eon con constantly cn are by the same se element tho the same atmosphere you ou are ae sey scarcely aware of ot the great get doubt hesitancy V and interest among the te people people Ag Aggregated Aggregated wealth contributed to Mk Mark Maik MarkHanna Hanna Hanna for purposes purpose of corruption may V purchase another lease lea of power powe but rest assured the leaven is working and a V his then thun thundering S he who would have name go seo thul dering down the ages must mut resist ri op oppression op oppressIon and ad defend deed the helpless helle Yours truly V CHARLES CRANE C |