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TH E NEWS.
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IIM M I.
ISSUES DISCUSSED BY
MEN OF ALL PARTIES.
McClellan’s Tribute to the Sol­
diers of Our Smail Army.
Process of the Campaign Commented
On by Per «on» of All Shades vi
Political 1 hoa<ht — Imperial«
lam No l»suc.
A mliwilonnrf w h » «cut to convert
D ew ey to Deaoocracy ut M a n ila .
11«
reprcHmiteil the moat potential polilleloiiN
In Un* ItoiiioerMtIc party I I i o m * who could
have given him the nomination if lie
would liuve ciiii»i*nti*il Io H few -line nonti-
uieiitN nod glittering iii*iii*rulilii*».
If
D<*wi*y hud eotiaenteil ut Munila to he a
Dem ocratic candidate he would un­
questionably have ta*en tile cuudidule.
li e would bHve been an Im perialist some-
thing like; an imperialint wo.iidn’l huve
hurt the Democrata a hit. T lie Demo­
cratic party wouldn’t huve cured a rap
about imperialism nor uluiut «ilver at Kt
to I or at 33 to 1. T hey would have
gone in on the heroic». They would have
celebrated u conqueror u h their candi­
date, and Itoen glad and proud and «tuck
wp aud happy to support n man who hud
■tied blood. conquered territory and »or*
roundiil the world with Ilia glories. T h a t
4a wliat the Democracy w anted.---M urat
M aUleud.
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•
W hoever attem pts under w hatever pop­
ular cry to »Huke I in- stability of the pub­
lic currency and bring on diatreaa In
money matters. »tali« your interest mid
your linppiucaM to tin-
heart. Daniel
W ebater, in the Senate Jnu. 31. IX W
th at party I h a w nothlug In Common, and
(he history of my country shows that its
power and its croaking prophecies of evil
have been disregarded, defied and spum­
ed by the cliivHlroiis spirit of Anglo-
Saxon blood, manifest destiny, American
progress or whatever you may choose Io
cull it. Daniel W . Voorhees of Indians,
a Democrat, at W ashington, D . C., F ib .
1-1. 1859.
W hile I wish M r. Bryan no III fortune,
I deem ills election ns President would
be a misfortune to him mid to tlie coun­
try under present conditions. 17 elected
lie would have such
a heterogeiieoua
mass of discordant Democrats, Populists,
free silvi-rites, greenhnekers, anti expan­
sionists. ihoswbacks and dissalistied die
untiling* to contend w ith that nn harmo­
nious or settled policy, legislative or ad­
m inistrative, could is- established
Col.
Geo. W . W ard er, Kansas C ity, Mo., a
Democrat who nffed for Bryan in 1896.
Im perialism Is m i Issue at all. There
is only one issue in tills campaign, end
that concerns the loisiuess interest»—the
pocketbook issue. W h ile the people are
tlireateneil with another financial panic
and business depression their thoughts
are uot going to be concentrated on any
cry of iiiiperialism . I t is folly to assert
that n little w ar over in the P hilippine
Islands is of more importance to tlie peo­
ple of the United Stutes than their indi­
vidual mid collective interests nt home.
Tliere la nothing like imperialism in tlie
policy of any political party in lids coun­
try. und, therefore, it Is an Impossible is­
sue. - D r. George L . M ille r of Om aha, a
sound money Democrat.
<»ur F o r e ig n T r a d e in
C o n i.
T o ta l exports of corn to nil foreign
countries were, in 1890, 99,902.835 bush­
els; in 1899. 174,989,094 bushels.
The
following shows the value of the exports
of l«*ef and hog products in 189(5 and in
1899:
18(81.
i Silfi.
Beef .....................»211.72(1,258 I28.csl5.ft44
Pork .................... K M 539.727
4,017,200
Hucou and limns <52.331,151
4«. 112,(510
Lard ................... 42.208,4(12 33,589.8ft!
To China, .latían, Asiatlc Russia. Anís
tra lla , H a w a ii and Ihe Philippine l’ai-
m ilis, exports of tlie follow-ing tw o cora-
derived producta were iu 1800 and 1800
respeetively iu value:
1899. .
Provisions .................... »9(50.775
Fertilisera .................... 730,531
1890.
»518.100
114,088
.'‘DEAR BOY” LETTERS— Ho. 6
V
My Dear Boys
Ho your employer, M r. Hklnuer, anya
that " l'lie_j*'illpiiio» ought to have their
liberty nnu United Mtntes soldier* ought
io lie iu better business than making w ar
ou an Innocent people mid strangling the
life out of a new republie.”
Kiuce M r. Mklnner has put ia a nutshell
the substance of M r. Bryan's speech. I
shall dispone of M r. Brynn mid the whole
m irl-ini|ierialist crew in answering M r,
Kkinuer. I know that you have but little
time to rend and shall use the fewest
words possible, as I shall endeavor to
give you a clear, intelligent view of the
situation over in our new possessions.
1. O u r soldiers are not strangling tlie
life om of a new republic, for the very-
good reason that there never waa any
republie in the Philippines. A republic
is n government by the people through
their eho'cn representatives. The people
of the Philippines never were consulted
about the so-called Filipino Republic.
Its head was a tricky young Tugulog
named Aguinaldo, who proclaimed him­
self dictator and endeavored
to make
himself ao by force of arms. Republics
are not governed by a dictator. The form
of government which took tlie place of n
constitution in the so-called republic was
s lengthy pi-rsoiinl decree of Aguinaldo
himself.
I t was not a republic but a
despot ism which he sought to establish,
'rile people of the P hilippine Islands are
made up of many different tribes, N egri­
tos, Tugulog*. Moro», Visnymis, and more
than fifty others. These trilles are sep-
»rate in blood, sympathies, mid to a large
extent in language. In addition to them
there are thousands of Hpaniards, G er­
ma us, Americans, ami people of other na­
tions who are resident there, ami whose
persons ami property are to la- protect­
ed.
In addition to all these are- large
numbers of Mestizos, people whose moth­
ers were native Filipinos, hut whose fa th ­
ers were Japanese. Cliiuese or Bpaniurd«.
T liere Is no probability that one-half
or one-third of all these vast numbers of
people would consent to lie governed by
Aguinaldo and the Tngnlog tribe which
he represent». M any of them would cer­
tainly fight HgainHt it.
T he abandon­
ment of the Islands by the United States
army would mean, not lilierty to the peo­
ple. lint w ar among themselves, result­
ing in either despotism or anarchy.
2. T he United States has never made
w ar upon the Filipinos.
W e have not
even been engaged in w ar, offensive or
defensive, against the Filipinos as a peo*
pie. The Filipinos number probalily ten
millions ‘it people and two million» of
men capablt of hearing arms.
I f they
were united in war against us, tbe little
army which we have tliere would scarce­
ly la* a circumstance in their way. B ut
tlie m ajority of the Filipinos are a quiet,
docile people, not disposed to tight and
not engaged in the insurrection now prac­
tically quelled. Aguinaldo hail compar­
atively few supporters outside of his own
trltic, the Tagalogs, 'who comprise prole
ably m u-tenth of the whole mass of F ili­
pinos. H e, in his mad effort for abso­
lute rule, attacked the forcea of tlie U n it­
ed Míale», and we were compelled to quell
the insurrection.
3. The United States troops are In the
Philippines for Ihe protection of the peo­
ple from murder, rapine and misrule, and
for the preservation of law , order and
pro|M*rty rights. For many years there
have been robber bauds in the mountains
who would from time to time light down
upon the villages mid roti anti murder the
people. The Kpaniurds paid no attention
to the interior, hut protected only the
const. Last spring one of these hands
attacked a Filipino village anil, in addi­
tion to tlie robbery and killing, carried
away th irty Filipino women to the hills.
T w o róm panle* of I'n ite d Slates soldiers
pursued them, attacked and dispersed the
hand, and restored tlie women to their
friends. W p are bringing to the*e islaiuls
true lilierty, “ Liberty protected by la w .”
4. The possession and control of these
islands came to ua providentially, unex­
I
pectedly and unsought. They are ours
by treaty, mid a treaty which M r. B ry ­
nn approved. W e are responsible to the
nations of the earth and .to the Judge
of all the earth for their care. W e ac­
cept the responsibility in tbe fear of God
mid the love of hum anity. I may not live
to see it. my boy, but if yon live tw enty
years you w ill see the most marvelous
development in the world's history in the
Philippines. Good roads, good schools,
the development of agriculture, m anufac­
tures and mining, the introduction of
American push mid energy among the
people, railroads, and a hundred other
means of transformation. You w ill see
there tw enty millions of contented and
prosperous people who w ill rejoice In
their lilierty and their privileges and ba
proud of their relations to the greatest
of all nations, the United States of A m er­
ica. And then, my boy, every Democrat
in America w ill swear that he always
was in favor of that thing and th at he
was ever an expansionist o f the first
water.
YOUR FA TH ER .
“ M ilita ris m ." "Imperialism," are lerina
liked by newspaper», politician» and p la t­
forms to acare the people and catch
votea.
They
are
weapon#— utterly
gtmitidlcKH one» ot tlie moat demagogic
im port need to atir the |ieople which no
vcll-tialnnccd atuteainnii or newspaper
w ill use. There ia no more danger of
either condition in thia great intelligent
acveuly million freemen mid great aggre­
gation of S tate* fortitied by those Slates*
nghLs recognised by our eonatiliitiou und
sustained by our court». Ilian there la of
Kuglund becoming an absolute despot lam.
—Onutun (M ias., Tim es, Detu.
A ll the incidents of the past prove that
the arm y w ill never have tlie disposition
to jeopardise the free insiitiitions of tlie
country. O ur nation would be safe in­
deed, for all time, did tlie mass of its c it­
herns place n,iou its institutions the same
intelligent appreciation ns that in which
they are held by the arm y, mid were
tumor. Integrity mid res|M*ct for tlie laws
ns much the rule ftinoug the people ns
they are in the arm y, which lias given too
many proofs of heroism, of integrity, of
devotion to the country, to be regarded
an s source of danger. On the contrary,
be who understand* its history must re­
gard it w ith pride and satisfaction us one
of the chief ornaments of the nation, as
"a school wherein are taught und prac­
ticed the virtues v f valor, self-denial,
obedience mid patriotism, mid as nn in-
etilution which has never called the blush
o f shame to the face of an Am erican.—
George B. M cC lellan. Democrat,
and
Woavinee for the pri*»ijeucy ia 1804.
«
—
There are 6.000 people connected with
.the glass business in Indiana alone and
their votes will make the Stale go for
McKinley. We are only protecting our
Interests. Our wages have been raised
1ft per cent in the past two years, 8 per
cent lost year and 7 per cent this year,
just restoring the cut that was made un­
der the Democratic administration in
1803.—William Peck , Glass Workers’
Uniou.
Bryan’s name is a household word in
every Philippine hut. They are thor­
oughly familiar with his nnti-espansion
views. and In him think they see their
-“deliverer.” His nomination and candi­
dacy alone meHU the loss of much prop­
erty mid many lives, for it will infuse
new life Into the insurgent cause and
cause them to break out anew.—It. M.
Shearer, Inspector of Customs, Mauban,
p. r.
Imperialism is a false cry. Never have
1 seen a Republican who wants to he
a king.
I am a military man, but I have
never been able to find out what they
mean by “militarism.” If by “mllltar-
iam” they mean they are opposed togtur
young men learning the things that will
•nable them to uphold the flag, then they
are opposed to patriotism. One of my
sons. Col. Guy Howard, was killed in
tbe Philippines while fighting for the
flag, and another one is fighting over
there now. Don’t tnlk to me about tak­
ing down our flag and giving the Philip­
pines away. It. is an insult.—Qen. Oli­
ver O. Howard.
The Republican party in Wyoming Is
In excellent shnpe. The State is quite
prosperous. This is particularly true of
the wool industry, which has been stim­
ulated by the tariff and the general bus­
iness revival throughout tlie country.
The woo) growers all realise that their
future depends largely on the continu­
ation of the prosperity which now pre­
vails mid I believe that they, to a man,
will support McKinley. Our people are
paying little attention to the so-called
Imperialism, but lire content to think se­
riously of tlie financial and tariff qnes-
, Inns, Wyoming will give a handsome
majority for McKinley and Roosevelt.—
IS. A. Slack, Cheyenne, Wyo.
We all know that there has ever been
« parly in this government, since its foun­
dations were first laid nt Blinker Hill
and Yorktown, opposed to our territorial
• x pension and agginudlzemauL
With
W H A T IS A T O R N A D O ?
HUGO DENKÉNSPRUCT.
replied: “No. money not good enough to
buy sheep won’t buy a horse: perhaps you
pay your note with such a bill.”
Well, Jonathan, I think of that cattle
dealer when I read what Mr. Bryan says
of the independence of the German vot­
ers in his recent speeches, and especially
when his subject is “sixteen to one” and
the sturdy independence of tbe German
voters.
COUSIN GERTRUDE’S YOUNG
MAN.
Perhaps you don't remember, Jonathan,
when your cousin, my Gertrude, used to
huve calls from a dandy young man. He
sometimes sent her fine roses by his little
brother from the village. I got suspi­
cious of that young man, Jonathan, and
hy anil by he stopped all at once coming
to see Gertrude. You want to know
why, Jonathan? Because one day he
wns driving b.v, down the road, and I' said
very kindly and sociable like to him:
“My young friend, I guess you neednt
trouble to bring or send any more rosea
to Gertrude because she says she like*
’em fresher than when you send ’em—
she has permission to help herself."
You see, I watch that young man when
he goes home late one early morning, and
I saw him steal my roses on the way out
of the front lot, and in the evening u«xt
following he sent 'em to Gertrude. If
he only keeps the roses for his partikler
friends in the village it wouldn’t so much
matter; but when he steals them to make
himself solid with my little Gertruda, he
reminds me of Bryan quoting from Aba
Lincoln’s speeches to try to make the peo­
ple think how much his party loves the
people—when all the time before, tbe
Democrats had no use for Mr. Lincoln.
Lincoln wns a great Republican, whom
to love is fashionable, even with Demo­
crats now. But when their great man,
Mr. Brynn, offers Republican voter*
roses out of Lincoln’s garden they nat­
urally feel like Gertrude—they like ’em
fresher, and they have permission to help
themselves.
WILLIAM E. ANDERSON.
What la a Tornado? is the question you
will hear
A W isconsin F a rm e r and Ex-Justice
Asked by every one you meet at this time
of the Peace to H is Nephew.
of the year.
It seems so awful stupid, that I often feel
Yes, Jonathan, that
Indianapolis
inclined
To Cyclone with my intellect the whirl­ speech as you say, is very fine and lots
of it. Mr. Bryan is a schmart man
wind of their mind.
enough, hut I kvit him for the sake of
Now, a fuli-grown Tornado, It Is very his "sixteen to one” humbug, and the
demonstration at Indinnapolis makes me
seldom seen.
It leaves its tracks behind it, and you kvit him more. H e says he was right
then nud the people wrong, and that be
know where it has been.
It comes so very sudden, and as quickly is right now and the good people must
now apologize by electing him President.
doth depart,
That its coming and its going ia Impress­ The other fellows in the convention at
Kansas City have not so much faith, but
ed upob your heart.
they have hopes, so they compromise
Now, I’ve told you all about It, there Is with Mr. Bryan and raise a crop of ca­
lamity imperialism mixed with the "six­
nothing more to know.
Until early in November, when McKin­ teen to one” old seed, saying to them­
selves, “Where one don’t grow the other
ley's sure to show
A Monsoon and a Typhoon, with a whirl­ will."
Did you ever try to drive in the barn
wind on the side,
Gallvnnting through tbe country, tanning with your ha.v-load too big on one side—
too much haw on one side and too much
Democratic hide.
wheels on the other? Yes, you did: and
—James L. “Bromleykite” Pilling.
you didn’t say, “Uncle Hugo, we needn't
B ry a n o n P en sio n * .
unload, all we do is to hack out and
Mr. Bryan’s utterances about the sol­ paramount another big lot of hay on the
diers of the Civil War are worth repeat­ other side; then we drive in the barn all
ing. Mr. Bryan, as editor of the Omaha right."
I will tell you a little true story which
World-Herald, passed this Nov. 18, 1892:
“The next session of Congress will reminds me of this loading up at Kansas
have to wrestle with one deficiency of City with the reaffirmation business -tnd
»30,000,000. This is on account of pen­ the “paramount imperialism” on the top..
GERMAN INDEPENDENCE.
sions. The appropriation for next year
A very nice talking man called on my
must be not less than »150,000,000. It is
therefore easy arithmetic to perceive that father one day to enkvire for sheep and
the appropriation that Congress must calves to buy. They soon struck a bar­
make must aggregate not less than »186,- gain in which he was to pay tventy dol­
000,000. This tremendous sum would lars for two calves* and six sheep. That
in itself be enough to run a reasonable was before greenbacks. He offered my
government. One would not complain father n tventy dollar bill, but as he was
If it were an honest debt, but a large pro­ afraid of “wild cat money” (there was
portion Is not a debt because it wns nev­ plenty of it in those days) ni.v father said
er enrned by any act of patriotism or he wanted hard money. After much nice
heroic service. The government is held talk from the man my father said: “No,
up and despoiled of uo mean portion of r rather have the sheep and calves."
this and it seems helpless to defend it­ Then the man went on with his fine talk
G old Supply N ea rly D oubled.
self. One cannot help being enrious to and complimented the Germans, saying
Mr. Brynn said In 189(1, “We want tha
know how many more years it will take pleasant things about the “German inde­
free coinage of silver because there is
to exhaust the generation which feels pendence of character.”
So they were about to part on friendly not enough gold in the country to run
itself injured by the war. It is safe to
say that .never did a generation display terms when the dealer took an awful the finances.” When he said this the
kvick fancy to one of our horses. Pretty amount of gold in circulation was »498,-
su'eh remarkable longevity.”
Isn’t it nbout time that Mr. Bryan was soon a bargain was struck for one hun­ 449,242. Since then the amount of gold
dred dollars. When the buyer came to in the country has increnserd to »814,-
attacking the Spanish war pensioners?
pay, however, he pulled out eighty dol­ 0(53,155 in May, 1900, and is almost dou­
lars in silver and gold and that same bled. Is thia "enough” for Mr. Bryan,
R a ilr o a d B u ild in g I* A c tiv e .
We built 5,100 miles of railroad in the tventy dollar bill. Then there wns talk or has free silver some peculiar super­
United States in the year ending June 80, till you couldn’t rest, but my father said natural power over human aaffirs, that
1900. We Imllt 1,(150 miles in the year at last: “No, I rather have the horse ’’ ' Mr. Bryan still insists on the 42-cent
ending June 30, 1895, when free trade The stranger answered: “Well, I g ■ * ' dollar? A cloud “with a allver lining”
befogs Ida l»«*a.
you my note for the bill,” but my f
had it* disastrous trial.
eiat'c party bad not declared Itself on
this subject In It* last national plat­
form; and (hat In auy event they were
decidedly opposed to tbe dragging of
M E A S U R E H A S B /’ D L Y O IS C O N
the shipping question Into partisan po'
C EH 7EO THE DEM O CRATS.
Itlca. They (old him that the wh'pp ng
I question was a b na'nos prupoiltlon a
I n A t t e m p t in i f to M » E * P a r t y C a p 't a t ! ( ommerelnl question, ami of great amt
pre«« ng natiunal Importance; that
i u t o f th e 8 h ip p .n K H i l l T h e y b b o w
they h o considered it. and that they
'I lie m -e l vtM to He A b o u t E v e n ly 1H-
were quite ready to defend their posi­
v i le il F >,r
A g a in s t I t .
tion at any time.
In these very favoratde ctrcum-
Tlie Democratic leader* In Congress | »tanecs. for the Republicans to defer
h ate been making elaborate prepara­ ; action ori tiie ship subsidy bill until th>-
tions t'> make (lie sliippiiig hill a oou- 1 Democratic National Convention can
pulgu issue. Tliey have attempted to be whipped Into adopting an expression
terrorize the Repulilleau* into the aban­ In Its next national platform, opposing
donment of tlie tiili ut t lie present sea- ' Government aid for the upbuild ng o f
aion at least. It Is not known how much American »hipping, will make It Influ-
tin- foreign shipping lobby is willing to j Itely more dltlicnlt than ever for cour­
contribute to the Democratic campaign ageous and patriotic Democrats to su p ­
fund If tlie bill's consideration is defer­ port the measure. It means io grave y
red until tlie short session. Postpone­ impel il. If not actually defeat, its final
ment, say tlie foreign shipping lobby, passage.
means tlie bill s ilcfeaL
The pre-tige of Democratic success
A 4>2(M».<agl,(SMi a year business Is the In eonqielling the Republicans to defer
stake. If Démocratie threats of Ulilius- action at this seas on on the ship sub-
terinjf are effective enough to induce i »'<ly b'll -since postponement wl l bo
Republicans to postpone tlie considera­ regarded tiie country over as a Dem o­
tion of tlie shipping bill, the foreign cratic, free trade, foreign shipping vic­
shipping loliliy. tlfelr free trade allies tory—will make It all the easier for
amt Democratic dui>ea will each liavc them to defeat action at tlie next Sea
carried their point.
«ion. and all the harder for Repahllcan«
I emocratic success up to this time to seenre favorable action.
Is tin- more amazing, as their own dis­
The opportunity of a generation I»
organization on tills question is dis­ with n ti e grasp of the Republican
closed. It would lie imagined tiiat tliey bailers in Congress If they have Un
would is- united In opisisltion ty the courage to grasp It by passing tbe
bill, if intending to make a campaign shipping hill before adjournment at
Issue of it. Just tlie reverse Is tlie case. this session.
7 bey are atxrat evenly divided for aud
P O R T O R IC A N S P L E A S E D .
against it. This is shown by the two
minority reports that have liven filed
l T h e r e A b o u t th e O n ljr
by tlie D em wratic meiul*ers of tlie B r it i s M h a n C o W n su
h o W a n ts F re e T ra d e .
House Merchant Murine aud Fisheries
A private letter received from an
Committee. The first re,x»rt filed waa American In I’orto Rica indicates that
sigut-d by Messrs. William Astor Chan- iaik of the hardships prcil cied to fail
ler. of New Yo(k: John II. Small, of upon the I’orto Utcuns following tho
North Carolina, and Josejdi E. Raus- enactment of the tariff and civil gov­
dtril. of Ixndsiana. Theh* rejiort advo­ ernment laws for the island is moon­
cates government aid and opposes free shine. In his letter he says:
sliijis. Their suggested amendments to
“The people here, irrespective of
tlie bill are not of a character to aerl- caste or condition, hail the passage of
ou: ly minimize its effective nest.
tlie Foraker Dill with the greatest de­
Tlie other four Democratic member* light, anil are now lieginning to prepare
of tile House Merchant Marine and for a revival of bus.ness and good
Fisheries Committee who signed tbe times. Tliere seems to have been a
other re|s»rt are Messrs. John F. Fitz­ very grave m lsiep r.si ntation of fait.-
gerald. of Massachusetts; Marion De­ made in the Vnittd States concern ng
Vries. of California; Thomas Speight, tlie wants of the natives and business
of Mississippi, and Win. D. Daly, of men of this island in so far as it re­
New Jersey, 'I’lielr supjMirt opposes lates to the tariff. It is a mistaken
subsidies mid In effect advocates free
idea that free trade 1« wanted here. On
ships. Their report, aflid to have been the contra:y the merchants (99 out of
written by an attorney of t lie foreign every hundred) want a small tariff In
steuinsbip Hues, is largely an attack preference, and in fai t did not at any
u|siu tlie only American steamship line time object to the 25 per cent, first,
engaged in tlie transatlantic trade.
talked of. Tliey are bright enough to
Thé odium attaching to tlie Demo­ prefer a small indirect tax to a heavy
crats who arc lighting the battle of tlie
•ditect form of taxation, to raise the
foreign sliippiiig lobby in Congress, and
revenues neces.-ary to conduct the gov­
! wlio advoi-ate tlie purchase of ships ernment of tlie island. About the only
built ahroail. instead of their eonstruc- ones desiring the benefit of free trade
! tioii in tiie I’nited States, presents them are a few foreigners like Mr. Finley,
in a tory sorry figure. Tliey will be
the British consul at San Juan, who-
infinitely more busy in defending their have bonght*up all the sugar and to­
own attitude on this question than they
bacco in slgiit at a low figure, and have
< au lie in assailing that of tlie Repub­
been holding the same In anticipation
licans and a large contingent of their
of a free eutry to tlie States, thereby
own party associates. The Democratic
enabling them to realize more largely
leaders had made desperate efforts to
ou their Investment.
prevent a public disclosure of their dif-
ferencea, but tlie courage of nearly one-
P e a r l H u tto n I n d u s t r y .
half of the minority made further con­
Pearl button-making was first made
cealment of their condition impomible. possible iu the United States by the
The Democratic members of the com­ McKinley tariff of 1892.. Of course the
mittee who advocate government aid industry was nearly destroyed by the
by independently filing their report In fiee-trade Wilson bill of 1894. After
advance of the' submission of the other further protection was given the Indus
minority report, forced the signers of try hy the Dingley tariff of 1897. the
tiie latter to lamely limp last into tlie eighth biennial report of the Bureau
piddle eye. Their hopeless division of lailior Statistics for the State of
show s how utterly imiKissible it will be Iowa says:
for them to make a successful cam­
“A remarkable development of the
paign issue of tiie shipping question.
business was witnessed in 1898, no less
If Democrats attack a government- than thirty-six factories being estab
aided shipping. Democrats who have llsiitd during the first six months o f
tlie best of tlie argument may lie quoted that year.”
lu a us wer. Republican ummundion with
Seven towns in Il'lnois and six in
which to refute Democratic attacks of Iowa are centers of button-making. It
this character need not be used—It is supports ati important fishery, and as
furnished by the more honest aud cour­ the report says:
ageous of tlie Democrats tliemselves.
“Besides the people thus directly con­
'I h s is a situât ou which seems a l­ nected with the business, many others
most prov.dentinl for the united Re­ In more than a score of towns are bene­
publicans. They seem to l e assured of fited, including merchants, machinists,
the votes of a large coat ng. n t - p ssb boatmen, draymen and transfartation
bly one lia.f—of the Democrats in tbe companies.”
House in favor of the ship subsidy bill,
Democratic free trade will kill tbe
if it is brought up for passage now. pearl button bus'ness. throw lots o f
Such an opportun ty lias uot been pre­ people out of employment and injure
sented in a generation, and may never local trade aud transportation.
again occur so favorable.
T h e E n e m y ’s C o u n tr y .
•
The same situation exists in the
Tbe Republicans have captured the
8, nute. The Democrats tbeie a ie un­
able to prepare, much less present, a Bryan kopjes In Nebraska, the boy ora­
minority report in oppo Itiön to the tor’s own State, and are lining up it>
ship subsidy b.ll. It is well and pub­ great shape for the big tussle next fall
licly known that a number of Demo­ They were successful In many munici­
crats will speak and vote for the bill. pal contests, and carried Lincoln. Bry­
What the D em o in tic leaders d site to an’s home city, by the largest major
avoid, at all hazards, is tlie effect It Ity In years. Is Nebraska becoming
will have upon tlicir party followers also "the enemy’s country?”—Troy (N.
that will surely result.from the discus­ Y.) Times.
sion In the Senate of the ship subsidy
F e w e r T r a d e F a i lu r e * .
bill at this sesslou, to disclose a sub-
Only «06 trade failures last month.
a:aut al cent.uzent of their own party
with liabilities of »7,214,787. Compare
associates in advocacy and voting for
s n ip
SUBSIDY BILL.
that with the April failures in the two
Democratic years of 1895 and 1896-
If Republicans can be coerced, Intim­
Thus:
idated or cajoled Into postponing the April.
Liabilities
Nnmber.
cons deration of the ship sub-i dy b l
»13.605.76«
1 8 9 6 .. • • • • • » • • e s s l»080
nt the present session, the Democrats 1 8 9 6 .. • • • a s a s a e e e 1,0*50
14,920,714
may lie able to conceal tlicir own weak­ I 9 6 0 ..
7,214,787
that til!.
ness iu divided opposition to the ship
subsidy bi 1 in the Senate. A little in­
cident lias clenriy demonstrated this,
and shown the desperation of the Dem-
jeratic lend rs.
Tlie Chairman of the Democratic Na­
tional Committee, In ids rage at the
filing of tlie Chnnler-Small-Rausdell re­
port, sent for these gentlemen and be-
,nn to angrily upbraid them as traitors
to their party, so tlie report goes, aud
he told them that hy their ill-timed ex ­
hibition of Independence and honesty
tbe.v hail sacrificed a splendid Issue
upon which the Democrats Cou d have
»tracked the Republicans in the com­
ing campaign. The Democratic Chair­
man. so It is said, was reu ic ed almost
speechless when he wns very emphatic­
ally toid by Messrs. Chauler, Small and
Ransdell that he had no authority to
deuounce tlielr acticu: that the Deino-
W h e r e la t h a t S lu m p ?
We would humbly inquire of the Min
nenpolis Journal aud some other gboat
danciug contemporariea where they
find tlie great nntl-Republloan slump
that was to punish the perpetrators of
the I ’orto Rico bill? The election re­
turns show heavy Republican gains al­
most everywhete. Sioux Falls (S. D >
Lender.
D e m a n d f o r C o rn m e a l.
The foreign demand for cornmeal la
becoming quite a factor, thanks to ths
efforts of the Department of Agricul­
ture. under this ndmlnl-tratlon.
N o t C o n v ln c ih le .
This year the Democratic orator wlU
he charged with the ditllciUt task ot
trying to convince tlie man With tbs
full stomach ’fcst he Is liu u v /»