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LET INCENDIARIES BEWARE
.slanderous , Firebrand Methods Again
Coming Into Vo : ; : ; ue.
[ Baltimore Americ-an. ]
It would seem to the per : : on of a fair
I -deree ; of per - ; picaeity that the lesson
"taught lIy the incident of Leon Czolosz ;
three years ago was sunlcientl forceful
to have lasted longer than the present
.Jlctions of certain persons and publications -
tions would lead us to believe it bas ast- ]
o.d. A hue and cry was raised against
President McKinley along the line of alleged -
eJed militarism The absurdity ol that
' cry was admitted hy everybody even
before the great t.1tesmm had been in- ;
.atlJurnted. But the seeds of sedition lived :
r .and throve in the poisonous soil ot : an-
archy. In the soul of Czolos7. and his
murder < YUs advisers the harm was done.
'The crop grew ; and bore fruit. Ill' had
read the papers which falsely ! ! ; ! and traitorously -
- ' torously ! declared that : Prcsil1ent McKiu-
Icy ] was a mere puppet in the hands I.1r
those who would turn the republic into
-an empire. lIe had listened to those who
fanatically professed to believe this pal-
: flablc lil' Murder was born in his little
"Juine ! \nd they whose deliberate amid
-crafty lying ! ; had nerred him to the Iced
were more guilty than he who did that
i which would have been almost justifiable
bad : their words been true. These peollle
olio incited the murder were properly :
and thoroughly ; castigated at the time.
Btu the lesson has not lastI1. Now ,
that the heat or another camllain : is
upon us the old slanderous firebrand
: method is again coming ; into \'ogue. Cer-
p " taut : newspapers md certnin periodicals
,3re picturing , : 'heodore Roosevelt as an
emperor ; as one who is i itching for an :
opportimiity to exercise tyrannical power
mill take away the dearly bought and
dearly heM liberties of this people. They
who make these claims know far better
l.hnn many who arc influenced by their
treason ! how false these representations
lre. They know that Theodore : Hoose-
'elt is the embodimcnt of patriotism vnti
loyalty to their government ; they
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] now he has fought / throughout ; his ca-
l'l'er to secure for the people broader < < and
better privileges ; and has stood between
them allli those who would have robbed
them of the full enjoyment of those - prerogatives -
rogatives that Americans hold slercII.
They know he has done this unselfishly
and bravely and regardless of the effect
they might ; have : on his political pros-
'fIects. They know , furthermore , that he
, will continue to do these things to the
end < < or the chapter and that he seeks to
/ have about him ! only such men as arc
I true to the cause of the great common
. Iollle ns allied against the classes , po-
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f Jiticnl ] tricksters and demao ; ues.
' If some weak-min indi\'idual should
1 accept seriously their preaching and feel
. : Jlimself called upon to prl'\'en the yoke
from falling upon the neck or his fellow- I
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: : lIeiugs- ! < hould follow in the footsteps of
the iII.starred Czolosz ; and take tIle life
i of the President , , either before or after
his ; re-eleetion-those papers : and period-
period-
cats would hypocritically drape their
columns in mourning and fulsomely prate
of the man'elous"irtues of the deceased
statesmen. They would tell to the world
the truth they not _ r concealed , but
f brazenly denied , dt , the lifetime of
: the man in whose lllurder they assisted.
"The ' would heap anathema -upon the
ilCmI or their poor dupe , who knew no
, a ll"tter than to believe their traitorous
-f , catch-llenny mouthings , and insist that
J.1e lie given ; a speedy quietus.
Now is a good time to have a care.
1 It is a good time for rim llUlllications
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"to call a halt and th { a moment of
what might lie the results of someone's
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. accepting / as truth the exaggerations ; and
barefaced lies they : arc now eagerly and
* 1ruthlesslllromulgatin ! : .
Ha\'e a care , incendiaries , have a care.
UNWORTHY OF TRUST.
- ' Gold Democrats Shnnnlns the nill-
Shcchftn Combination.
The Gold Democrats of Indium : are
unwilling to trust Judge Parl.er's SllOn-
t'ors. They arc willin ; : . to contribute $ 1O-
000 to the campaign fund , but the money
will not be sent to the HIII-SheehlIl :
cClmbination. They have asked Parker
. ] himself to take the money. If the Democrats -
crats arc unwilling to trust their leaders.
bow can the mass of the people be ( ! : c-
Ilected to take any stock in the professions
ions amid promises ; or the party : : ? ? If tIll !
Golil 1 Democrats are CQ1'l'ect in their estimate -
mate of l'u'ker's mauaers ; , the latter
are no better than a gang of saHlI-ba- ;
gers. Sterling U. Ilolt one of the leading -
ing Gold Democrats of Indiana , , said a
few days ago ; : "The Gold Democrats
are not going ; to be coaxed behind a
barn null relieved of their money and
taen driven to the polls and voted. "
It is gratifying ; to learn that such a
um as ) [ r. lIolt entertains the same
view of Hill and Sheehau that Republicans -
Jicll1s do , hut it is somewhat remarkable
that \Ir. Holt does not realize that Par-
ler is merely the creature of his man-
, , ngers , and that any money given ; , to the
judge will find its way , through some
channel , 10 Democratic he:1c1qlartcrs.
, Parker' Neighbors : Against lI m.
Congressman George J. Smith of the
Twent ' -rourth New cork District , in
which is Judge Parker's home , told
President Roosevelt a few days : ago
that he had made a tour of the district
and found no Republicans who would
vote for Park r. if the Democratic i
candidate gains no Totes among his Uf'-
publican neighbors , he certainly ! should
Rain none elsewhere. In other words ,
if his popularity is not sufficiently great !
to draw votes from those he daily comes
In contact with , he need not expect to
t : the support ot Republicans who
I.now him only by what he has said and
doue. ,
Pl1rkoritca Alnrmcil.
There are a large ; : ; nl1JHher of Bryan
Democrats in New York State , and
their present attitude is viewed with
alarm hy the HiII-B lmont-Shet.hm or-
; : ani7. . < ltion. It is aid every follower of
" . J. Bryan will rote the Populist National -
tiomll ticket. The Populists have put
a : State ticket ilthe field , the first in
manr : years , and a Bryan Dl'mocrnt has
been plated 3t its head The Parlerites :
are charging : Bryan with bad faith , as"
Mrting that the defection of the Bryan
Democrats ! will cost Parker at least 2- ; : )
000 ( ( ) votes.
The Real Qne tion ,
On the day of the issue i of President
noo"enlt's ! " letter ] ot acceptance-tlie l dar :
oi the Maine election , bt e Wl-tl\u
press reports noted K Ion : - visit to Judge
l'arbr by David : Bennett llill
It iR probable , if not certain , that the !
two friends who have drunk from thl'
same canteen" throughout ; more than : one
- campaign , digcusfed , tRoroullll : , OnA im-
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mortal saying : of their well-helo\"ed
Thomas Jefferson , namely :
: hIP.\ . DUE PARTICIPATION OF
OFFICE IS AMATTDIt OF RIGHT ,
I HO".Im VACANCIES TO BE
FILLED ? THOSE BY DEATH ARE
, FEW ; BY RESIGNATION , NONE. "
This is , indeed , for the Democrats , "a
hard saying ! "
THOROUGHLY EXPOSED.
The Wenkness of arker and Davie
Grows l'lalner Each Day. .
It appears that Judge Parker of.
Esopus is going ! to New York City to
run his own campain. ; The revelation !
I has come , but it has come more swiftly I
than most of us cxpectel1. The revelation -
I tiun is simply tbis-that the idea of the
country that the Democrats : bad nomi-
umted : a fine old judge whose character
led up to tile st:1I1Il:1rd of what a judge
should be is shivered into splinters. Two
years ago ; the country knew nothing of
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York ,
mill . little of henry Gassawa Davis of
West Virginia , two men picked up , for
a purpose by the men who controlled the
IleUlocratic national con\'ention. How
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clear to everybody now must be the situation - .
uation ! Instead or this stately judge
who sent the stately ! telegram to St.
Louis , appears , and for all permanency ,
merely a decent creature of the famous
New York politician , David Bennett
Hill.It ) . .
It is all queer. It appears so unsub-
tantial and indifferent that 11i11 could
have nominated one of his creations for
the Presidency !
As the days pas ; ; in this autumn of
WO-.1 : the eves of the American pcollle
Ire opening ; as to the political situation.
There is no anguish following the open-
in ; ; . It is practically III over , save the
exhibition of a certain exuberance next
XO\'Cl1Iber.
It is impossible that such a people
as are : the voters of the United States
could vote generally to place the ; ; 0\-
I.'rnment in the hands or Tammany and a
weak but crafty Democratic leader ,
whose aims mill objects have seemed
ever to he for himself alone one who
has never heard or thought of the expression -
llreion , "the greatest good for the
greatest number , " and who , above all ,
seems : incOmlHtent ! for the best manage-
ment of the United States.
RAILWAY MAN'S VIEWS.
Country Is Pro..pcroult , and Roosevelt
Will nc lectcd.
E. H. Harrinman one of the best informed -
formed railway officials in the country ,
says a continuation of national pros-
perity is assured Recently he said tea
a New York Herald reporter :
"Conditions whi h in other years
caused panic and national distress do ,
not now exist. In all 10C:1lities-in Nebraska -
lIraska . aIIII Kansas , in the East and the
I'ar , .ct-the local moneyed interests
arc conser\"ath'e. It is possible to in-
C esti g. ote " , ; .h nccur a " . . a . . . . r."o".1 " "
, , , . . . . . . . . . nu"hn. . . . . . ny u.- . . . . or
industriul que tion. The small money
centers as well as the large ones are
well supplied with funds , and this fact
insures careful investment and mini-
mizes risl There bas been a slow ,
steady enhancement of values , and it is
still oiJig ; on. "
When asked ! for his opilltoh on the
probable outcome of the election , he said :
"It will be Roosevelt and irbauks.
Every one wants them. Xo ; can af-
ford to chane. ; " /
Democrats Admire Roosevelt.
Radical Democratic newspapers are
forced to admit that President Hoose-
\"elt's letter of acceptance is a strenuous
presentation of the issues from a HellUb-
licau . starHl11int. ( E\'en the . New York
World and pen\'Cr Times commend thc
President's "ke 'note , " The fact is , there
is not a Democrat in the land who docs
not admire Mr. Uoose"elt's direct way of
going ; at thius : and all would vote for
] him if they could at the same time rc -
taro their party organization. There
will be no real regret among Democrats
when )11' Roosevelt is ejected. lIe is
tea times mare popular with the mass i
of Democracy than Judge Parker is. I
Retail \lerchanh Uu y.
Reports from every city in the country
tell of great activity mnong the retail
merchants , who arc laying in stocks and
llrellariH for a lively fall and : winter
tral1e. When the retail merchants arc
busy the country is prospering , for they
depend largely on the working people ] for
cnstom. Dmllocra who arc howling ;
calamity and hard times should retire
to the Halls of Silence at Esopus and
immure then selves until the camnpaigum
is over lest they be engulfed by the Republican -
publican wave of prosllerit
Parker's Political Conferences
It is lnnouncel1 : , with a flourish of
trumpets , that Richard Olney , who was
in President Cle'I"Clan cabinet , bas visited -
ited Judge ; Parker , spending two hours
with him at Rosemount Nothing is
said about the visits of "blue-eyed" Billy
Sheehan of Tammany fame , wimp is a
near neighbor of Judge Parker , and who
can run in any 'time. It would take many
pounds of Olue'ism to cure one ounce
or Shechanism. .
)11' Parker , Democratic nominee for
President has never journeyed west of
Buffalo , X. . y ? Walt docs be know of
the great West , itm ! people , their achievements -
ments , their , possibilities , their needs ?
How CUl he reconcile the demands of
the different sections , and decide great
questions properly and for the rood of
the whole country ? Of limited experience : : -
ence , a narrowed horizon , he is not com-
parable with Theodore Roose'elt1'ho
has traveled the country over , lived east
and nest , knows the people the country ,
and is a President of the people not con-
trolled by Wall street and its inlJuences.
" \\"e arc not unmindful of the im-
nteamrablo contribution which our
f.rciln-b-.rn population Has made t.
the l1pblliJtlil1l of the RQPnbllc. Its
work ; nail influence kayo been fit
throMrhollt the cOM.try and Dlnca of
aU that h. great and splendid : . about ns
is the fruit of ih :3nl. and ilulDs-
try.-Sauator Fairbanks In the Senatu , January -
ary 11. IS S.
Democratic claims of carrying Nero
York this fail do not appear to lpelll to
the class of men whose money talks in
ue betting ; ring. The looOOO hung UI'
ty a wctlthy Broad street broker to
stager that Roosevelt ! carries New York
has scarcely received a ten per cent . nib
bie.
If Democratic promises were of raI e
it would ) bo proper to insist : upon less
expression el " ' ! TOO" and a little more
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PROTECTION OF CITIZENS.
: No Discrimination in Treatment of
Native Born and Naturalized.
Dispatches from St Petersburg repre-
sent the Russian press as commentin in
a dazed manner upon the efforts or the
United States goernment to protect its
Jewish citizens in foreign countries. Th
Journal de St Petersburg editorial !
characterizes as "stupe.ing" an article
in a recent French paper which professed
to explain President Roose\'elt's desire
to gain more liberal treatment for Uus"
sian Jews naturalized in the United
States and revisiting Russia with pass-
ports as American citizens.
In his letter of acceptance President
Roosevelt gave an authoritative account
of the ground taken by his own adminis-
tration and that of President McKinley
as regards ; the protection of \.merican
citizens or foreign birth , or of particular -
lar creed , who desire to travel abroad , "
the phrase is quoted from the letter of
acceptance. It is alone as an example
of condensed and accurate meaning , in-
structh'e. Continuing , President Hoose-
.elt says :
"Russia , for instance refuses to admit
and protect Jews. Turkey refuses to ad-
mit and protect certain sects of Chris-
tians. This government has consistently
demanded equal protection abroad for all
American citizen : , whether native or , ,
naturalizell. Ou March ° _ 7 , lSDD , Secretary -
tary Hay sent a letter oJ : instructions to
oil diplomatic and consular officers of
the United States , in which he said :
'This department does not discriminate
lotwecn native born and naturalized citi-
zens in according them protection while I
they arc abroad , equality of treatment i
being required by the laws of the United
Stat ; : , '
"These orders to our agents abroad ,
have been repeated again and again and
arc treated as the fundamental rule of
conduct laid down for them , proceeding
upon the theory 'that all naturalized citi-
zens of the United States while in for-
eign countries are entitled to and shan ;
receive from this government the same
protection of persons and property which
is i accorded to native born citizens. ' ' '
lIe further declares that in issuing :
rassport:3 : : the State Department never
discriminates or alludes to any man's religion -
ligion and that "in granting ; ; to every
American ! citizen , native or naturalized ,
Christian or Jew , the same passport , so
far as it has power it insists that all
foreign governments shall accept the
passport : : : as prima facie proof that the
person therein described is a citizen of
the United States and entitled to protec-
tion as such It is a standing order to
every American diplomatic and consular
officer to protect every American citizen ,
of whatever faith , from unjust molesta-
tion ; and our officers abroad have been
stringently required to comply with this
order. "
This enunciation of a : course of action
is backed by time cause of justice. The
reception recently given ; the American
idea of religious liberty in certain quarters -
terR on the continent of Europe attaches
additional pertinence to tile criticism
with which \11' Roosevelt : closed that
section of his letter which he devoted ! . to
the discussion of the theme "Its , a
striking evidence , " he says , "of oii + ip-
ponents' insincerity in this matter that
with their demand for radical action by
the State Department they couple a demand -
mand for a reduction in our mall : : mili-
tary et.'lhlishment. ; Yet they must know
that the heed paid to our protests agninst
ill treatment of our citizens will tiex-
actl proportionate to time belief iJr , cur
ability to make these protests effective
should the need arise. "
PARKER'S DEFICIT SCARE.
It Is Easily Exploded by an Appeal
to Facts and FJJurcs.
The Ulster Count candidate , labor- I
immg ; hard over Judge ; Parker's speech to
the faithful Democrati editors , scissoreil
out some statistics with which to hammer -
mer the Republican admini'tration. But
while the judge was toiling over his
empty sentences , .
"IIls cogitative faculties immersed
In cogllJUndltr : of cogitation "
his aptitude for figures went on a : Vlca- :
tion and he prepared , or accepted , some
very queer conclusions , which he gave
to the admiring editors with much pomp
nIH1 circumstnnce.
The trouble is that the Ulster County
politician's deficit is not a deficit at
all , when it comes to realities. The Republicans -
publicans delightedly accept the challenge -
lenge of the Democratic candidate , for it
gives them a chance to show a few sta-
tistics themsel\"es.
.Judge Parker asserts , " says a Washington -
ington dispatch to the Chicago ; Chron-
icle , "that there is now n deficit of $42-
000,000 , instead of a surplus of $80,000-
000 , which ) [ r. Roosevelt round on becoming -
coming Presil1ent. Both statements are
reckless , as a careful examination : : or
die records of the treasury will show.
In regard ; to tile deficit , the receipts and
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1904 , show un apparent deficit
I or -10,000,000 in round numbers , but
during that time the United States paid
iOOOOOOO for a Panama canal and ad-
\"anced $4,500,000 to the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition : : , which latter amount is
to bo returned to the o\'ernment. ; It
) Ir. Parker will deduct his apparent defi-
cit of $ ! .OOOOOO from the -.1,500.00e
paid for the purchase of the Panama
canal and the
encouragement of an exposition -
position of worJ -wide scope and impor-
tlI1ce. ho would find a balance of $12-
000,000 mid upward on the other side of
the lel1er. ; "
' coo Hllve Our Tronbles.
This is time tttitud of the Republican
party in the present campaign
It is "spohlin' for : fight ; ; ' it is "blue-
nouldy for want of a batin' ; " it ig the
"Crestel1 Jayhawk of the Iountain" and
can find no "Bald-heaI1ed
Snipe of the
Valley. " I want to "take tlme bull by
the horns " and can't find the bull ; i is
train its coat-tails on the ground and
can't find anybody to step on them. I
yearns for a Kilkenny Fair and has discovered -
co\"ero only a "sociable. "
'Ye hare our trouble !
1lr.t Y ter ! ' Club.
Roosevelt and Firbl : . s First Voters -
ers Club are being organized in every
State in the Union. I ' you are : first
voter and intend to cast that vote for
Uooso\"olt and Fairbanks this fall , you
ought to join one of these clubs. For
detailed information apply ! to the Chair-
maim of your State Central Comiinmittec.
Why ?
The last four yeas or Democratic
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rule that tie hd ' llmld b. : wrirr
ti the people not to repeat the : per-
ment. At the end of Mr. Clenland's
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I' had been 10\\"ere the revenues were de
, clining , the public debt was growing , hater -
1111' was unemployed and business was
Imral .zed. The election of McKinmley
in lSDG transformed this condition ino
one of un1'eral prosperity which Its
continued till the present time. Why
invite another period of business depres-
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CONVENTION OF CLUBS.
Low Rate of Fare Secured by Leaguers
for Indianapolis Jtcetu .
At the request of the officers ol the
National Republican League , nho . arc
working ! up interest in the convention of
Republcan Clubs at Indianapolis . Oct.
5 and G , the Central Passenger Association - -
tion bas conceded a rate from all points
in the territory of the association of one
fare pus ] 2 ; cents for the round trip
The selling dates arc Oct. 4 , 5 and G and
the return lmit Oct. 9 , , thus enabling ! a
isit to St. Louis. It was agreed that
these fares should be tendered other associations -
sociations cast and wcst Xo card or-
ders or certificates arc required on thE
dates mcntioned.
President Moore of the National
League . , after consulting with President
C. " . McGuire of the Indiana League ,
and representatives of the Illinois organization -
iation , returned to Philadelphia. He
said the organization of Republican
clubs was being : pushed with vigor and
that an attendance of at least 1,000 dele-
gates from the various State and terri-
torial leagues was expected at Inl1ian-
apolis. Headquarters will be opened at
the Denson hotel in that city at once.
The League men arc especially pleased
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with the low rates of fare secured and
anticipate large audiences to hear Secre-
taries Shaw and Taft mid Senators Fair-
banks , and Be\'erilge ] , and lion. George
A. Knight of California.
DEMOCRAT'S ADMISSION.
Parkcr' Party Afraid tD Stand on Its
Past Record
i John B Stanchflehd , one of the leaders
. of the New York Democracy , said in a
speech at Schenectady :
"Tll y ( the Dcmocrts ) do not stand on
theIr past , but they present a live Inter-
prltatol of lire Issues "
Truly , the Democratic party does not
stand on its past. I dares not staml
, its its ' . of free
on it past-on is advocacy
coinage of silver , on its demand for the
hauling down of the Hag in the Philippines -
pines . on , the business paralysis that
marked the last period during which the
Democrtic part was iu control of the
government ; on its declaration that the
war for the preservation of the Union
was a failure ; on all the blundering opposition -
position of which its history is a con-
tinuous rocord. '
The Democratic party doe not and
dares not stand upon its record , because
its record would ] discredit the most en-
ticing promises that it could make.
As to Maine .
And did you heal thc news from Maine ?
From : Inine , .lbdne . .lIalucl !
She went hell bent for Governor Kent ,
And Tippecanoe , and Tyler , too.
And so in this year ! O she has gone 'I '
-this Maine of ours-on the side of the
HC'lmblcan party , and oh , hasn't gone
half way yet ! I is good to contempiiitc !
the manner in which she will con"t
herself in ovember. !
Maine is peopled with Americans , wi h
the descendants of those who wrenched
the wilderness into civilization 01 this :
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continent. Very acute and sensible arc
the great-gra11childrcn voters of Maine.
They have expressed themsel\"es.
A Roar Guard Action.
Already in the presidential campaign
of this year the Democrats are fighting
a "rear-gn3rl aetion. " The Russian
, Gen. Kuropatkin has his troubles and
has been fighting ; rear-guard actions for
some time , but his condition is good as
compared with the condition of the pres-
ent leaders I of the Democratic part ' .
The Democracy is fhting a : "rear-
guard action " and about the only bou-
ble the Rcpublicans have iu the premises
ig that there will not be fun enough in
the eaumpaigu. Even thf "rear-guard ac-
tion" appears to be abut oyer.
Flocking to the Populist Candldatc.
Un.an's bitter denunciation of Parker -
ker is bearing fruit. Dispatches from
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se\.erl States report that the Xebras-
kau's admirers arc flocking to the Popu-
list stn\lreJ Some of Judge Parker's
core ] friends arc accusing ; Bryan of directly -
recly inspiring ! the desertion of such
men as Melvin G. Palser , the New
York leader of the Bryan forces.
Thc Astute Mr. Watson.
Candidate , Watson knows a thing ! or
t\o , He calls Roosevelt the "genuin
article" and Parker the "spurious sub-
stitute. " Rollicking Tom need not bH
alarmed for the republic. The voters
twill never be fooled by somethin/ "jus
as good" from the pack of the Itinerant
statesman of 'Yolfert's Roost.
Sure Sign of Confidence.
The price of railway shares on the
New York Stock Exchange is steadily
'd"nncint which is a sure indication
that railway traffic ii gool1. It also is I
sin that holders of stocks ue confident
there will he no change in the national
policies which have made goo times
for the whole country.
A sound and stable currency , good nt
par . in all countries , is a badge of na-
tional , honor and : a source ff individual
profit. For this condition the American
people arc indebted to the party that has
always stood for maintaining the public
credit and sound .
: n currency.
Under the Republican policy ot pr- '
tertion our manufactured products have
become oue-third or those or the civilized -
icd world and American workmen
; ( , andmeric.1 secure -
cure almost double the pay for their
labor that similar labor receives in oth-
er countrie
" young man about to cast his first
vote should idemitify himself with the
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party or progess , Why should he ally
himt with a party that has to bO
buck n b1drel1ears , to find something
to talk about ?
Experience : : has shown that the public
credit and time national currency arc
absolutely sate in the hands of the Republican -
publican pnrty. Why risk entrusting
them to a party that bas never shown
any cllciF for managing them ?
The record of the Republican party
is one fr thing done and pledges fulfilled -
filled ; that of the Democratic party hon I
of thc things promised and 'pledges
one tlins ! 11t ;
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I , : BROKEN \ l PROMISE CASES.
Have ' Not the People Grounds for
I Damages Against Democracy ?
A Denver man has sued a restaurant
for damaging his stomach. He says the
. restaurant solicited patronage on the
grouted that it served goo ted , but
that the promise was not fulfilled. The
fee 'e asserts , caused stomach trou-
ble , from which he suffered greatly , and
he fixes his damage at several thousand -
sand dollars.
This case dill be watched wit inter-
est , for it opens a new field ] in the dam-
suit line. It is to -
age I usually easy se-
cure compensatory damages for losses
caused by broken promise ; , when the
plaintiff has f written contract to back
up Ws demand , or it he has witnesses to
a verbal contract , but it is not always :
possible to secure redress when the
promise is or such a nature as is alleged
to have been made by the Dem"et restaurant -
taurant
Suppose the Denver man had won his
ase. .n a\'alancle of damage suits
might follow. Business m'u who forget
engagements . girls who wait vainly - for
lovers that fail to comae borrowers who
neglect to repay small loans politicians
who promise and forget and political
parties which bid for votes amid never
meet their obligations-all these might ;
be liable for damages ; ; if the Denver
plaintiff's suit is sustained. '
And what a mountain of cases might
he piled np against Democracy if the
statute of lmitations did not prove to
be .a bar ! Who . will ever forget the
! . woe and misery , the distress and starvation -
tion that came with the Democratic days
of lSD3 to 1SD ? Industries languished
and trade and commerce generally ! were
paralyzed.Iillions of wage earners
were either rendered idle or put on short
time. The streets of the cities swarmed
with unemployed , and soup-hou were
established to feed the hnn ry. Once
happy homes were turned into places of
squalor where hun er.pinched mothers
sat trying to still the cries or i-nour-
ished b.1bes. and where gaunt , sunkcn-
eyed men brooded over their inability to
obtain work.
And . what caused these distressing
conditions ? In the campaigu of 189 2
Democracy was lavish with promi.es.
The Republican policy : of protection was
n great evil , the Democratic platform
said. The people were . urged to try free
trade or a tariff for re\.eule only. Great
blessings would follow abolition of a
protective tariff , Democracy saW. The
people were misled by these promises
and Grover Cleveland was electec1. Then
came time Gorman- \Yison tariff bill and
vsith it general depression and panicky
conditions. These conditions prevailed
until the Dinglcy act went into effect ,
and a : hug wave of Republican pros-
.
Jerit began to engulf the country.
If the Del"er man has grounds for
redress , have not the millions who suf-
fered by reason of Democracy's vision-
a- and brken promises just grievance ?
'fhcir monetnry losses were enormous
nnd their sufferings beyond financial
reparation.
And Democracy is again making prom-
ises Will the victims of 1803- listen
to the political sirens who arc singing
the song of ruin , in honeyed words and :
beguiling tones ? Not if ' they stop and
consider the past.
Democracy has nothing but its past
record to stand on , and that record is
strewn with heaps ! of broken promises ,
basted ] hopes , dismantled factories ,
throttled industries of all kinds , bankrupt -
rupt stores and wrecks and ruins
. sores rins gener-
al .
Xo candidate : ; greater than his party ,
md it is a certainty that if Parker
should , by any chance , he elected his
.administration would ] be Democratic , and
Democracy nc\'el has conferred a real
benefit on the people. '
Jlany People "fronl Missouri. "
I is now said the Parker gold tele-
gram is a myth , that Parker sent no
such message to St. Louis , and that it
was concocted by Sheehan and Hill in
the hope of winning the support of gold
Democrats. There arc a great many
pcollle "from Missouri" who will have
to be shown the original telegram before
they . wm believe it was genuine , but
they are mainly Br 'anites. However ,
; l the telegram was not it
: a myth : , cer-
tainly was an afterthought.
The Policy of Silence .
A German proverb says "speech is
silver , silence is 0111. " The Democratic
party : certainly has come out for g-ol
if that means silence on the money ques-
tion , and it certainly has gone back on
silver , if that means any speech positi\"e-
-
Iy committing it to friendliness to any
sane system ol finance
When we increase our population we
increase our national revenues in pro-
portion. Unless we reduce the rate of
taxation we would double our national
revenues i we doubled our population.
As President Roosevelt sad in his mes-
sage : "The western half of the United
States would sustain a population greater
than that ol our whole country to-day , if
the waters that now run to waste were
sand and used fox irrigation. "
The annual report on the coal industry.
of Illinois , furnished IIY the state bu-
reau of statistics , shows that miners were
never so prosperous : S under the fcKin-
ley and Roosevelt administrations. The
coal output of the Sttte now is nearly
twice what it was under Cleveland ; 15-
0 more men arc employed thl six
years ago , and wages ue fully 50 per
' ent. higher than in 1S .
"It may wen be that sr opponent
have no real intention nf uttins their
promise lto JITe FIJpllo independence -
ence ] into effect. If this Is the case , if ,
in other words , they . are insincere in
the promise they make , it is only ncc ;
c81Rry to Bay again tlat it I. unwise to
trust men who arc false in one thing
to deal with anythiDJ. " -I.oseTelt's let-
ten or acceptane.
When the industries of the country
prosper coal is in demand and miners
get their lull share of the general pros-
perity. When the mills and factories
close or work on short time for lad of
orders , railway traffic falls off and the
mining industry snf rs. Miners are a :
mudl interested in maintaining th Re
publican policy of protection a6 any other
class or workinmen. .
ThQ value of far lands has bee materially -
teraly enhanced by rural tee dehirery.
This increase of value bas ben estimated -
mated : s lib as f : pct acre in some
States. A moderate estimate is from
$ _ to $ per cre. For the rapid . development -
velopment of rural tree delivery the
farmers are in. Lid to thc Rpnbl n
1' rty. 1
-
.
.
THE UNDERGROUND LINE ;
Virtue reigns supreme to-ay abut .
Eopus ; a
It is purged ol all that jars the proper
mind. t
The thing that's mot conspicuous 'round t
E opus j
Is the absence ol the peanut eating a
kind ;
And in mount all the air tat circulate 3fRs . :
Not a plutocratic odor can be found ; i
nut the public still suspects tbere's
something doing
I the subway : t Espus , under ' . ' , -
.
ground. . : '
In the cold and shady distance they're t
, . :
remaining ! ; ,
Wily Dave and wicked August all .
alone. :
Their base presence no more casts a dark :
refection
In the limelight that descends around - . , ,
the throne ;
For the candidate's declared he never
knew them ; f
He repeat it while the white robed are . . '
around
;
Then he coyly ! turns one ear to earth and f
listens
To instruction from the subway under r
ground.
And August smiles serenely o'er at
Davy
And Dave looks back and winks the ,
other eye ; ,
And all the while they keep right on ar
ranging
The place and style ol each plum i
the pie. .
"Yes , it is a trifle lonesome , this seclu-
sion , "
Sass August , "but you bet the plan ' is
sound.
For Dare doos. and " I aia't longil' to be boo
Then they hit the tri for Rosemount
Rosenount
under round.
-Garrct Smith in New York Tribune.
SUGGESTIONS TO DEMOCRATS
"
Great Tlmuuchte of Great } ) cmocratl
Should Be Widely Circnlnted.
The Democratic party is boasting of
the fact that in this campaign it is .
sending : out a great number of tons or
literature wb - literature shoul
lterture , though why lterture
be sent out by the Democratic party no .
one can understand. Upon second
thought . though , it must be admitted ,
as a matter of fairness in speaking or'
people who vote Democratic - ticket , .
that quite a number of them can read.
however , this is merely ! a suggestion
to the men whose business it is to handle
the Democratic campaign of education
To he consistent they must keep up
the cnmpaign lies. In their tons of literature - I
erature they must first reiterate the
falsehood of Senator Bailey of' Texas : : ,
when ] he declared in a recent speech "
that the President advocated Iyncbn : ' 1 t
- -
as a punishment for stealing. i
They -shoulc issue a few million
pamphlets advocating ! the attitude ol l ,
Democrac , great representative ,
Champ CI in assuming that when
some one in the audience disagrees with
the speaker on the platform it i the
prerogative of the speaker , his .
speech is tPer , to cut the throat of the
objector from ear to ear. - - :
There is an old saying that a 4e wel
stuck to' is as good ns the , It :
is not a sound proposition , but there is ,
in it a suggestion : : mis to what the Demo- t
crts mih ; ; ' with their money in cir- .
culating cam . , 1in literature. ; d 1
It is to bu hoped that they will be
grateful for these suggestions , but tha s
chances are ten to one that they won't f
CATHOLIC PAPER BOL T5 '
e
C
Sunday Democrat , of Now York , Pre.
fcrs Roosevelt to Parker - :
The Sunday Democrat of New York i
one of the oldest Irish-American and
Catholic journals of the United States
has declared for Roosevelt. I says editorially -
torialy :
"For more than thirty years In political'
poltcal'
storm and sunshine. the Sunday Demucrt
has sUortlt te Democratic party , 3d\0
cated its
principles and
sustained its
Is prlnclIlcs : is caim-
didates. During all that period It CU- has
rendered . . valuable service to the party.
"To-day , 'lh'lug that courage to carry
out the Ctlsttuton and laws of thIs carr
try 11 I fearless and just manner shoul1 COUI- ,
le rl'.lzl.1 and appreciated , and feeling
conlll'lt from his actions In the past that
the Intlrnts of our people will be best : .
served by hIs election , thIs jour l has
coulllcel to lend Its supper to Theodore
HOOSI\'plt for President of the United :
Unlei
Statcs "
Thc Party for Young Ien. I
- - - - - - -
Edward Heel , Hepublcan nominee for
Governor of Kansas , in an address , at. ,
Marion , in that State , Slid : _ 0
"But , now these vociferous gentlemen ] ' '
hare sucdenl ' discovered that the gold. ; ,
standard is all right , and their candidate . -
date for President blandly announces.
that that question is 'irrevocably. set-
se-
tled. . Voting ; men should join a party
that espouses good principles and poll- ,
pol-
dies at the beginning , and not a part .
that opposes . every good timing until it is
'irre\'oeaLI settled' against it , and then
tags along with a belated approval of , all
that it had stubbornly opposed. . "
The Issue is a Syllogistic Nutshell.
In one crisp sentence of eight words
of his letter of acceptance President
Roosevelt bas given the first premise lora
a conclusive syllogism :
First Premise-"A PARTY FIT TO .
GOVERN MUST HAVE coxnc
TIO S. .
.
Second PremiseTbe Democratic .
party from Judge Parker down to Tom"
raJ art has no convictions.
CLUSIOX-Tbereforc the Democratic . .
ratic party is not fit to o\"ern.
And there you have the process of '
reasoning that will decide this election.
Trnt Magnates for Parker.
_ \ billionaire club ' \Ti raise a : Parker
anti ] Davis silk campaign banner at.
Great Neck X. y The club is com-
posed of Wall street and trust m : na tes :
Cord Meyer , chairman of the New York
Democratic State Committee . is a resident .
dent of Little Xeck I
He Hasn't Loafed. . I
The American Secretary of State has
accomplished about ail that has been at- '
tuinct by the great diplom2ts ol the
world within the last four or five years.
In other words John ' "
, Hay hsn't done
any "loafin' 'round the Throm "
Democrats Believe UOO : Tel.
During the last session or Congress ' !
Democratic Senator arose in : his place' ;
lnd Fid : 'Yhen the President affirms j
that this government had 10 pt in the :
revolt or Panama that Sttc it , so fa f
as he is conccrnd. I believe hi'
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