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Hamilton (0.) Sun: Evor seo such
a roalllont boom us that ono of Undo
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ahapo ovory time no stops on 01 11.
1 Malad (Idaho) Advocate: Begin
ning with tho now year tho steel
trust will mako a 10 per cont cut in
tfio wages of its employes. You know
during 1004 thero will bo an extra cx
pohso tho republican campaign sack
must bo filled.
Sponcor (la.) Herald: Senator Man
ila finds his weight and game leg vciy
convenient. Tho republican presi
dential nomination ovldoncos a desire
to play tag with him. When the game
begins ho does not want to bo able
to movo with such dispatch as to
Itcop from being it.
' Bucyrus (0.) Forum: The ontry of
Judgd Taft into tho cabinet as secre
tary of war is interesting. As a mat
ter of eliminating tho governor
gonoral of tho Philippines from
tho list of presidential candidates it is
not important. Tho judgo never was
moro than a remoto possibility in that
lino.
Colfax (Mo.) Commoner: The re
publican statesmen who thoughj; it
would be such a dangerous policy to
xocognlzo tho independence of tho Fili
pinos and declaro a protoctorato over
thorn, aro now tho foremost champions
of tho recognition of tho Independence
of Panama and tho establishment of a
prGtoetorato over it.
Hollalro (O.) Democrat: "With the
full dinner pall empty, tho wonderful
prosperity gono glimmering, our in
creased confidence scattored to tho
Winds, tho trust tightening tho hold
on ovorything and local, state and
national taxes soaring skyward, with
wages In an oqual ratio going tho oth
er way, tho jingoes will bo all too
ready to rush Into n war with Colom-
Ma as a last means of holding tho
unthinking element up for another
four years .of trust rulo and looting.
Harrodsburg (Ky.) Democrat: Poor
little Colombia Is being told by "tho
powers.' that she need expect no sym
pathy if sho goes to war to regain
hor lost torrltory. Of course not. Tho
Boors gp,t no sympathy from "tho
powers" when they went to war to
prosorvo tholr Independence. Tho
sympathy of "tho powers" cannot
reach tho Armenians and Macedon
ians who aro boing murdered by the
Turks. As a matter of fact the "sym
pathy of tho powors" usually goes to
tho party that has tho largest army
and tho longest purso.
Wilmington (O.) Democrat: Tho
comblnos and trusts have been hand
ing out Christmas prosents to their
employes In tho shape of reductions
in tholr wages. About a year ago tho
trust organs were commending the
steel trust for selling preferred slock
or tho United States steel corporation
to employes nt 82 conts on tho dol
lar. But today, slncQ, sorao of tho
"vvator has been squeezed out of tho
stock, it is soiling at 52, tho em
ployes thus losing $30 per share on
the stock thoy purchased. Not boing
able this year to bunco employes by
dumping watered stock upon them,
tho steel trust has made a 20 per cent
reduction in wages.
Don't Scold.
Irritability is a nervous affection.
Strengthen the nerves with Dr. Miles'
Nervine. Sleep better, eat better,
Work better, feel hotter, and be better!
told nil nnnMii.AA 1)i. ' . .i...i..
DEMrffiiJt?!
Glasgow (Ky.) Times: Tho fact
that tho democratic party has for sev
eral years been short of pio, is no rea
son why it should now Gormandizo
itself.
Stromsburg (O.) Nows: In Ne
braska tho prico of coal continues to
go up, in Pennsylvania the prico of
labor continues to go do'wn. Mcan
whilo, wo aro all admoalshed by St.
Mark of Ohio to "stand pat."
Youngstown (0.) Vindicator: "Re
adjustment" is a now word for a heart
rending reduction of the wage ques
tion. If you don't believe it, ask
any of tho employes of tho Carneglo
S'teel company. "Readjustment" does
not sound so vulgar.
Medicine Lodge (Kas.) Index: Wo
would llko for some wise republican
to explain how Mr. Roosevelt can be
opposed to trusts while ho favors ev
ery measure which fosters and pro
tects them. By their works, not by
tholr noiso, shall ye know them.
Whatcom (Wash.) Blade: Collier's
Wookly says that Cleveland and
Roosevelt aro tho only presidents
since tho time of Lincoln who havo
been the people's president, but fails
to designate what people. Cleveland
and Roosevelt! Wouldn't that ex
asperate you?
Chillicotho (0.) News-Advertiser:
Senator Hanna is to solve the labor
problom in a magazine. We thought
ho had already solved it in a speech
when ho was made chairman of a
strike-stopping organization. Solv
ing tho labor problem by Hanna Is
getting to bo as monotonous as tho
yearly burning of mortgages in Kan
sas. Clarksvlllo (Mo.) Piker: There is
no reason why the nartv should be
confused, except that a purchased me
tropolitan press, constantly distorting
things, has a most unwholesome ef
fect. Tho party wants none of the
men as its leaders now who betrayed
it then. It has plenty of men of prin
ciple and ability who may serve as
its leaders, without asking the con
sent of traitors to anything.
Medicine Lodge (Kas.) Index: If
laws and administrations have noth
ing to do with Gnhancing the values
of trust properties, how does 'it hap
pen that all of these interests and
men representing them are so active
in tho elections? How does it happen
that they have representatives in the
lobbies of congress and legislatures?
The man who .says that legislation has
no effect one way or tho other is
sadly In need of a head regulator.
Rockvillo (Ind.) Tribune: A few
years ago we heard considerable talk
to tho effect that tho "government
must go out of the banking business "
The same men who were shouting this
slogan were sneering at tho "wild
oyed" populists who thought the gov
ernment should loan its surplus mon
ey to the people at a low rate of inter
est on good security. A republican ad
ministration is now in power by vir
tue of the money and votes of the
men who ridiculed the populists, and
what has it doue? It has loinpri
$158,000,000 to favorite banks without
one cent of interest. A million dollars
of such money went to the banks of
Indianapolis; one hundred thousand
to Brazil. This money will be loaned
extorted by unnecessary taxation, at
G per cont interest. The banks will
then havo a fund of $9,000,000 per
annum- clear gift-from which to
contributo tn th ,i.u. "" " LO
Itionfund. u corrup-
Tnfnr. turn Tfntrintor: When VOU
seo a thing that you want, but have
no right to, just take it. 'Tis true that
this would be, as a rule, denominated
stealing; but thero are convenient ex
ceptions to all rules. Take, or hire
somo person to -take it for you, and
call the taking an exception. K This
mends all, and makes your act right
eous. Only, you must be bigger and
better "fixed" than tho fellow you de
spoil. In support of my contention I
refer you to the president's Panama
canal message.
Howells (Neb.) Journal: The talk
that is being made by a part of the
republican press of the land to the
effect that the great trusts are striv
ing in vain to bring about the defeat
of Roosevelt in tho next national 10
publlcan convention may deceive a
few who aro blind to reason, but any
man who has watched tho trend of
affairs will not be deceived. In tho
first place tho trusts own and control
tho republican party they furnish
the means necessary to carry on the
campaign. If they did not desire the.
renominatlon of Roosevelt all they
would have to do is to say the word;
but the truth is they are well suited
with tho president. To be sure, he
has denounced them upon numerous
occasions, but he has taken good care
to do nothing to interfere with their
plans. Under his administration
trusts have multiplied at an alarming
rate. There is every reason to believe
that the trust magnates will support
Roosevelt both in the convention and
at the polls.
Mattoon (111.) Star: One peculiarity
of tho Roosevelt administration is
that it requires an extra staff of offi
cials to explain the actions of the
other half. In addition to this large
army of men, it has been deemed nec
essary to employ some six hundred
able citizens to draft reports and
prosecute those who have been caught
stealing. It is estimated that the cost
of these extra officials will aggregate
as much in a year as it required to
run the Cartagenian nation in its
palmy days, or as much as the wealth
of the known world prior to Solo
mon's time. The future reader of his
tory, when he reads of the corruption,
extravagance and despoilation of the
Rooseveltlan administration will un
doubtedly wonder what sort of fools
comprised this nation on account of
there being so much as talk of nomi
nating Mr. Roosevelt to succeed him
self. And yet we boast of our en
lightGnment, our virtue and candor,
whilst the public plunderers continue
to eat up tho moneys wrung from the
body politic.
Rockvillo (Ind.) Tribune: Hon. John
W. Kern in his address at the Jack
son club banquet showed conclusively
that the financial question had not
been sealed in 1896, that it is now an
issue and that its aspect is worse for
the people than eight years ago. Hav
ing established the gold standard and
proclaimed that they had made "ev
ery dollar as good as every other dol
lar tho devotees of the gold stand
ard proceed to discredit their own act
by compelling bonds and notes to be
paid in gold coin. Three great cities
n the United Slates have a bonded
ndebtedness payable in gold coin that
Is greater than all the gold in the
United States, not to mention the mil!
ions of private indebtedness payable
n gold. The condition of affairs can
he imagined ' when another panIc
comes and gold goes into hiding. The
hanks that have exacted a gold obll-
SSnf.0f (!ebt0rs ar under no such
obligation to pay depositors in such
TT Rivers (Wia-) Chronicle- The
nomination of Grover Cleveland bv
irjendly Mutation anfmt bTgaybolf
coin hence they will pay silver or
paper. As Mr. Kern says, .the "un
speakable asses" who have voted for
such a contingency will have no right
to complain when the crasji comes.
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Tho Gain.
Littlo by little we gain - V-
In clearing the wrongs away:'
Little by little we push along,"
Though gold is mighty and greeds la
strong ' - .-
But, God, what a price to pay!
Little by little we cleavo
Tho mountains of selfishness:
Littlo by .little we puEh ahead, .
But, O, the innocent lying dead ,. .
And the past that is pitiless!
Little by little the ones
To whom we are calling heed:
Little' by little the madness dies,
The madness that look3 out of selfish
eyes;
Tho merciless plague of greed.
Littlo by little wo gain,
But scattered along the way,
The awful way through which we
have como,
Are the heaps of innocents, still and
dumb :
O, God, what a price to pay!
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Tho Right of tho Case.
First we paid $20,000,000 for tho
Philippines in toto. Now we pay
$7,210,000 for the friar lands. And no
one has yet been able to show what
right we had to meddle with the land
of the Filipinos in the first place, or
tho lands of the friars in the second
place. Columbus Press-Post.
Why, we have the right which
comes from might, of course. We were
there as the friend of the weak. We
concluded that we might take the
Filipino and oppress him. T,here.is
that old feeling of oppressing the. man
with a dark skin still lurking' in the
plutocracy which is running things
in this country at present.
So we paid $20,000,000 for the right
to steal something We bought off
some one who had no title and who
never could have gotten one.
Spain having no title of course tho
$20,000,000 was wasted. We got noth
ing for it, except a right to prosecute
a war interminably.
But the people who are running
things at Washington have learned
nothing by experience. That is plain
from what is going on in the isthmus.
Cleveland Recorder.
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A Noted Doctor of Atlanta is Curing
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Treatment
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JFi os who 1,ftV0 lonS doubted whether thoro
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glad to learn that a southern pnyslSan lr J
m;thii8Sl'ir Atl"nta,a., lias severed a
method whereby catarrh can bo cured to ihS
vory last symptom without regard to SSmf to o?
condition. So that thero may be no mfflvinM
about it, ho will send a froo samp e 1 to a5v 2
or woman without expecting payment y Tho
stopned up feeling in nose and throat couffiS
toms of a bad case of catarrh. y
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