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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1904)
- - AS THE" FARMER SEES REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES I AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS , They Have Never Deceived Nor nee + tra.ed ! Ih Interests aOlI have At litrcash'cl Favored Lelslation fc IUs Benefit. - Each national camJ.in ; ; ; : emllhasizc [ , the fact that the "farmer" vote must hc 1 rcckoncd with and catered to , and nil parties put forth their beat nrnmcnts then addressing the farmer. Away : fmm ; the madding : ; : crowd untrllnme1e(1 ( by the prejudices and false cries of the pout clan the farmer ea huly reads IUIII thick , lUll thinks and read , and decides tIte question with a discernin ; judgment that : leads to' a decision which is honest ami dlt. : ! hi lSG ! it was generally feared thJ.t the farmer would IJc deceived by tLe ; ; neat : promises made of the beneficent re- . f'nlts to he attained by voting for free' silver but this was not so ; the farmer might he deceived when away from home , J'ut at his own fireside , with plenty of time lo weigh ; the question , he decide for the gold standard : , AND TII ) DlDl- OCItATIC PAIt'rY AND ITS CAXDI- DATIS ON TIlE NATIONAL .rICK- ET NOW SAY TII AT'TII'E 1.UDlEI ] { DECIDED HIGHT. In lOO ! the cr ' 'was illlperialislII , and with his Ion ! of frel'tlom it wm stud that the farmer might he stampeded , hut again ; he olInw- cd COIIIIllOU sense :11111 calm consh1cratiou to decide the ql\estion , and , seeing 110 danger Jf militarism or overthrow of thc estahlished government by the new ortler of thillg , force upon us by the " 'ar with Spain , thc farmer again cast hi ; : ballot for the Helmhlican ticket , : tnd . time has graved that his judgment was good and his decision right Chaff \YHI Not Amnvcr. b the present campaign : 110 lIew 01' striking ; issue is preentel1. The Democrat - crat arraign : the Republican party \'iify ! ; the President and hall forth glittering ; ; generalities , hut definiteness is lacking. tad what would he gained hy the clec- tint of a Democratic I'rl'"idcnt is not apparent - parent A general ; "ctluuit howl" i is uo nrguuieut , and to secure the farmer yote it is neeessary to present more than chaff. ! One term of a DCllloerttie President , . ' of Ih . elute Demoeratic two ) ear ; : only : wlministrltion , was su1lleient tn practically - tical1y paralyze 1 nsiuess throughout the + m\toa : deprive the worker ; : cS thc chlIlce : to earn :111 honest living ; , elreSS'alnes mill III'it" + , , . 11I111 make ns the lJ.uhin ; ; : stork ; : and subject of ridicule of the nations - i . tions IIf the world McKinley was elected , a Helmhlican COIIre ; enacted ! a consistent prutective tariff iHlnstr was revived , factorieo q < tarted , uucnployel given ; work ot the t 3.lhe.t : ; wes ever known , consulllltion , , 1 f'timulated'altles restored , Spain defeat - ed. Cuba freed , order .Jtablished 111 the Phililliline blalllls aiu14e people given civil liberty in its fullest sense atHl the OII nu . unity of heeomin ; a creditable parr of t"ft'r. ' greatest nation on earth. The sta- hilit tlf the currency has been , assured , , . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , I II ; the public debt reduced and ii'st charges ; lowered ; laws passed ! that will kill , the arid lands under eul- tivatia11 , antI ! th\t too , without tax 0- Cost t. any person e pt the one directly - rCt'tl.r benefited he the ' ) urchase ! or the land from the o\'Cl'IImcnt. ; .rhe secllrint of the route for an isthmian - mhm canal the construction of which is I nosy asurcd , is i a crowning triumph for I fi UellUhlican President and the party : , and no one class will receive a greater benefit from the conncetion of the At- llIItic and I'acific by this great w'tterwa ' than will the flrml'r. - The apjOBitiOIt ( to the Cuban reei- prneity bill on account of the reduction or the tariff 011 1'1 WIuar : , canine lareb' ; from a miscOllt'I'lltion of what the result would he In-ltead : or retarding ] Ilrol1uc- tie : ! : 11I1 lowering ; the price of sugar ; het'L . the opposite has bent the result amid the produetion has been stimulated and profits increased. Ilufito of I'rotction. 'Ihe policy ! of proteetion which guards ; Sad develops the industries of our country - try , cardinal with the Hellllblicm party , is neressI1' to the prosperity of the flrl11t'l' A tariff on agricultural products may nut int'I't'Ii't' : the price ir the de- nand dues not equal the supply but a . tariff whit'h protects American labor and : JIOIIIC industries insures work at hhh ' \ \\'aes Ilnty } of money allll increased cousllmlltion ) , insuring high prices for - farm prodnl'ts. " The farmer is indebted to the Helmh lieai 1 party ' : for the rural free delivery s "stcm. First suested : hy the editor of a leading : ! flrlll paper himself :1 He- pullica , the idea was reported upon and l'l'eomlll'ulletI by a HClluhlicm Postmaster - ter Genera ! . adapted and enlarged upon by the Hepl1hlican party ) , appropriation made by a Republican Congress for m investigation ; and trial of the proposed s'stem lemocratic Postmaster General - oral supported by a Democratic Presi , dent , refused to expend the appropriations ) . tions and 1'l.'llUrted not only adversely to the system . but that the scheme was impracticable Not until the HClmbli- cans ! were again in full power was the system given ; a fair trial and its entire practicability , \s well as thc great benefit to he derived by the rural population , fully demonRtrnted. From a $ lOOOO al- propriatioI for the , trial of the system it has growth ; to all appropriation of over under the friendly encour- $ ° : O.OOO.OOO 3t'mcnt ; tIlll agressive ; business policy of Ht'lIuhlican allministratiolli' Xo other die thing : could have been of such great : benefit to time farmer : it has placed : hm : in dally : cOlIHnunieHion with the world , tllll \ from the seclusion of farm life he emerges : and ht'cont'i a part and parcel or this great natioll and is not only able to read of the doings ; throughout ; the world , but the facilities ffortlc.l for frequent and prompt 'ommlmieation en- able him to take ; : part in its affair" The farmer is now recognized as a big ; , broad minded business man , and the discover is due to the rural free deliver system . etahlished1111 fostered by the Hepub Hean part ) ' . Time Republican party has always been aegressively ; in favor of legislation ; for the benefit of farmers amid the record will he cOlloidered ! Hul remembered when the farmer cast his " , > te. The platforms Qf the Republican lUll : Democratic parties are so similar on important subjects that the conclusion is i inevitable that the latter foilo red tae : former , for vote'teliimmg ; purpo e ; : . and that the Democratic pntis ; nsincere . mill asking support : under false reps sentations amid : the farmer never favorer 1' : ; or lIpports insincerity or fraud. "MUD.SL.lNGING : ' Dcmocratlo 'cIarCr8 Are Herr : fid When lo'acts Are Stated. ' [ New York Tribnue.J ) Tn charge ; that the President of the United States is so reckles'l and uu- Eol"l'upulous that 1m means , ir elected , to t grasp Mexico , the West Indies , Ceatr:11 \II1'rica and South America , and cot - H.lidatc ] all in one huge American em- Iirc-that ) i'l moderate and proper polite ical discussion. "The candidate : is the , issur . " To recite , with scrupulous mo:1eration , the historic : facts concerning the entry into public life of the opposing : candi- te-fll'ts \ that : no man disputes or dare di.putc-thtt" ; : is "mud-turowing ; ! " 1'0 mention that : hi , ; : first ( politic friend and creators were the balot-box ! stuffers or Stony Hollow and .Toekc ) hill ; that , his dehut as a political lIIan , aer was , while a surrogate jude ; : , as tile State chairman for and personal representative : of David : B. Hm , who ill i ; gratitude made him : l Supreme ) Coot Justire i ; and' that , when he needed a close friend 1.0 illtrn-lt : with his hid to Bryanites : for the Oilief Judgeship : of the Court of Appeals on the ground that he had voted for Ur.rallhe chose as such confidential representative the election - lion , thief Danforth-to mention these llIIllislluted and indisputable acts , it i scents according to the JlOrrified Demo- cystic organs : , is "lIllid-slingin-g. " 1Yell , shivering : souls , if those facts imply " 'muds' then that is the sort of "mud" your candidate lives in You invoice - voice in vain a east-off judicial robe to hide it. "The candidate is the issue. " ' ROOSEVELT GOOD ENOUGH. The People Like the Presidcnt's Democratic - ocratic \\'a's. . [ John S , Wise , of Vir inia. ] The people ) have seen more of Hoose- ' \'l'lt-now IS youth and' cowboy and I'portm\I1 : amid naval secretary amid police - lice COllllllis1'iollel' and : soldier and gO\- manor and President to think .themseh'es fait' judges ; of his ingrain democratic and republican II erSODa lit ) " . They believe he would spring ; ; at and grapple , with a usurper or a monarchist as fiercely as he would lasso n n lid hrmcho or fight a HII:1I1iard. : And they like his demo- era lie ways . more democratic far in itc- HOIl than : the aristocratic and exclusive nos of Parker , with his colorless democratic - eratic lllatitudes. " Talk does not settle popular estimate ' of public mell. Tholisalllls-U1l , hum Ilrel1s of tholli'ands-of Democrats see moe real dcnocmcy : in the rigorous , aggressive - ' gl'ess'e , widetwlle : ; : Theodore Roosevelt Ih:1I1 : in the colorless , secretive Alton B , Pa1'lwr. The platforms ue mighty near , l-f'ther. ! ; The men arc going ! to he a m , more decisive feature of this ' campaign : than ] usual And with lilY knowledge ; ' I of the American people and the things ; I . which plea e their taste md fancy and . fill their ideals of what real American mlI1hool1 : ; is I would , if I were a betting , ; : man , stake ; : all I had that Rooseve't will be m easy winner , I Cheap nllrricndcs. ; , _ . [ 1. is ( Iron , the attitude of the Demo ° : t1'ttic party in the present campaign . I It has nominated candidates of naodj ! ( mate talents M Jinre-heuls : for the yen- tnres of the discredited party , and ex- pects the people to sujiport them , while the Democratic National Committee al1l1 Tnnlllan are expected to buy or steal success. 'rhe Democratic lllrt : , with its n11' s01l1111 views , fiinaneial and economic , lies hopefully behind Parer : ; : and those un- namell eXl'ectande'oicell hy'illiams. . Bryan : and other De:11oer:1 : \1111 Bryan promises ' to reorganize ; the party : after the election ! How ? Evi- dently on lines of socialism , government / : mad 1Il11l1"ipal : ownership of telegraph ; ,11111 railroad lines , with all the sequence. What vagueness of thought and prom- i ise : How may so-cll1ed leader ; of nay party expect to get ; : the votes of seasi- bb mom upon n proposition ! so dim as this ! The fault with the Democratic party , this rear : , i1' that it docs not even furnish a good ; dissolving view Take Your Choicc. David U. Hill , tIle sponsor of the Democratic ctllllitlate for the Presidency , aid : at St. Louis that he "ditl not Imow mow Parlcr ; : stood on the money IIne- ; ; tjrll1 For thirty year , Hill and l'tI j - . .1' have been intimately associated , so- ( "ia11) ) :11111 political1 If the statement made by Hill is to he believed , then . [ 'artier ; : is too ecret'e a mall to elect : t t. ) the Presidency : if j false , then it was' ' f'I'itll'ntl $ ' made for the Im-Ilo or mis- eadfag : ; the people ; and if the people arc L. m he deceived in cue timing ; , why not in all the acts of the Democratic leader ? Would It nc Wise ? It is conceded that the Democrats are mot on record 011 the t:1l'iJ : question. This heinr : the case , would it not he unwise t'l trust tariff revision .to the party 011- I\ecl to the priucillle of protection , the rlhmlt being : practically ) : free trade , bring mar industrial depression , hard time curd the inevitable lowering of prices on farm ) roducts ? _ Tom Watson acknowledge ; , that fire cmdition of American workingmen ; is IIOW- vastly imllrved ( , and that iu their h'lI11es they enjoy conveniences of life whieh a king ; : ; could : not commmd sonic huudrecl years ao : Ir the ' Democracy hall its way we would reverse the wheels of IIro:1.s so that the workinmen ; night enjoy ) ' the privations of life that wore the common lot in the grand oM lays of Jefer50nian scarcity of hath tubs , Thc hlpfnle" ' or the Oermn" to- card each other hai heen one of thc tplcul1t ics'ons they have tnubt. l ' idclty is aws an admirable trait. The fidcltyof Gcrmans toward each other has been to me always one .r their strikinalt I ndlnirablc chnrac- cristics.-SeUatr FatrbanksstIndianapolis , eitemLer 3 , 183 Luder tIe Republican policy of pro- ' tection our home market affords our 1:1UftlerS : and producer tba bet 1a.lct ; : in the worl7 . e\'CI if we did not : ell any uf our product ahloall Rut lrocet 1 hs also made lS the greatest exportg na'on in the world. I Chin and India arc "cheap" countr s. Huum tabor is held very low ill thc : ands :11 : the result is that the masses .He cOlstantb" steejied iu poverty : amid aenaced 1 by starf tion. In spite of the 1..llell cheapness the people do not get nlings. THE PHILPPINE ISSUE Marked Modification orJnde Jarker' ' . I'oaItion. Nothing in the conduct of the Demo cratic party is more conducive to the public weal than the case with which [ it abandons untenable issues after pled ; - ing : eternal fealty to them. For eight years it was indissolubly wedded to the free and unlimited coif ' ae of silver at an arbitrary rationly ) ; , the behest of its candidate , at telegraphic hclet it to accept the gold standard as "final and irrevocably ] established" by the R + publican party. From time beyond the memory of the oldest voter the Democracy has been ( ul. : urinating against ; "protectionism as a rohuer ' " -only to have David B. I i , waive the tariff issue into the back 'ard . and abysm of time , "bccause it is : quern tin on which very few of us ( Democrats - crats ) aree : " Nothing t'onl have been "more beautiful - tiful to ee" than the sham frenzy with which Democrats and "anti.imperialists" denonneed the prompt action by which the United States seized the opportuni ; ' and hecame possessed of thc authority to 10 esset dig and control the Isthmian canal-ex-I cellt the avidity with which thc Pemo- crtic convention swallowed all its vociferous - ciferous ! scruples and resolve that , "when entrusted with power it will con struct the Panama canal speedily , bon " , " Xo wonder the estly and onomical\ mocking echo "whe entrusted with ] power , " reverberated through the rcpub- lc.And And now comes Alton B. Parker and draws the pen of antc-clection cxpdieuc ) ; " through the Phippine plank of his par t , " , "W insist " reads that sibiant document , Iment , "that we ought to do for the Fib - pubs what we have done already for : the Cubans , and it is our duty to make that promise NOW. " .t the first opportunity Jude Parker : was . given to unburden his soul over tw wrong perpetrated in substituting Amer- can jltstice liberty all security for Spanish - i1'h cruelty extortion and oppression in the Philippines . he modified the "now" in the above quotation with these Ese IHm word : "The accident of war brought the Phil - ippines into our possession and we are not at liberty to disregard the respomisi I hit " which thus came to us , but that . responsibility will he best sub'er\ed by ' the islanders rapidly as - preparing as possible Bible for self-go\"ernmen and giving to them assurances that it will cOle as soon as they arc reasonably prepared for it , " , 'heu ii ; 'roated ; by John G. ) I- ) burn of nuf10 ( ] as to whether the Dcl- phic phrase , "self'o\"crnmcnt ; , " in the foregoing senteee was to be construed as "identical with [ : , : iependece political and territorial , " he replied : "I am in hearty accord , with that plank in the Democratic platform which advocates treating the Fipinos precisely as we did the Cubans ; and I also favor making thc promise to them NOW to take such action \8 SOON AS IT O.L' PUU- DENTLY BE DONE" Ave , there's the numb ! Give the prom' ie , and a Democratic proIse [ at that , i now , and redeem it "as soon as it cams prudentl ; ' he 110ne. " Was there ever a more flagrant case of ' i'that : juggling with words that gives the , yord of Promise to the ear , but puts its fulfilment ) beyond thc pale or living - . -hope ? Why Iromise , now what in thc expediency and wisdom of the future it nay never be prudent to fulfil ? Xo wonder the Democratic New York . Times scornfully declares that "the only percepUhle difference between the Demo- cra : tic position and the Republican posi- tion j is that Jutle : Parker wOlild tell the Fipinos now what is in store for them. ald President Roosevelt would not , There is nothin ; either ili his speech or il his letter to : \1' , ) Ihun which would in any other than a heelless [ anti-impe- rialst mind lead to the conclusions that were he iu the White Iou e he would Ilrsue toward our possessions in the far East a policy different from that pursued b y President P.ooserelt4" The Times further expresses the opinion - ion that "If the American people were tusked to vote t -day upon the question of immediately granting independence to the Philllines. they would vote the' ) reposition down ten to one , perhaps wenty to one , certainly by an exemplary : mJ.jorit They would vote it down be- canse ' they are not insane and because hey are' not heartless. I they were eked to vote upon the question whether wc should 'make the promise now' they , could laugh in the faces of those who I asked them to tale ; : the trouble to express ! their will up6n a mere question or cxpe aienc . " I . A promise now to do something which it may he prudent to do fifty or two hun- drcd years hence , possibly never , would ell to almost reach the unscaahlc ] h'jhts ; of Democratic folly. Certainly Jude [ Parker's promise now with its "as non as it can prudemrtly be done" contli- tion , eliminates the Philippine issue front the Democratic category or Republican trmsgresions , imperialism of Steel. Wren the great iron and steel indus- try of the United States tbri-c other . \eicm industries thri-e. The Dcm- ( 'ratic party could not legislate to de troy the protection to the iron . and , steel indu try without leis1atinJ to destroy thc prosperity of the United States. The . millions or additional profit and wte3 that have come to the iron and steel industry under Republican rule would have been earned . i at all , by foreig nations : , , had Democratic policies flreyaiet + during the last ; yeus The gigantic ; rise of -Hli5 inll1'trdur - rig the last eight added I ir years Cno mous- l ' to the wealth of the Lnied State I :11 every branch of American industry mud aricnltul 'has been stimulated by it. 'Prosperity at home and prestige .hroall has indeed been intimately con- I Cte with the increasing imperialism or steel , which once was Pauper but now is Kimig. : I P.o'Jerit : nt Unme , Prestv Abroad. ! "Prosperity at Home and Prestige throad"-was campaign that Abroall-\Tas : cmpaip ! phrase : ppealed with great force to the Amer- icm PO + ) p1e in moo I should appeal : t e them with still greater force i 10. for timing ' the las four rears of fur- thtr 'Uclu lcan rule ther have been sti further great gains hI the prosper- itY of tine United States , and still fur- her great . imme cze in the respect eter- t ined for the Ur.te States ; b-y all the . nathmr ft the worfd. De.cratic ? arty DIite . Time Democratic campaign managers an trying , to hoodTpak thr nmass of tb" arty , , raying all Democrats Pre work- rg earnestly . for tee election rf Parker. The truth is i , there is now more dig- affection jn the Democratic party than there was when Bryan was nominated the first time Neither Bryan Demo crats nor friends of \Y. R. Hearst wi flpor Parker In New York State the Bryanites have put a. State P"lUJ8t ticket in the field and will vote for \\at- son , the Populst nominee for the Presi- dency. In New Jersey the Hearstites Jerse'te have organized , the Pcople' Demo ; CI.tic ) art ) ' " and will fight the regular , ranization. In Indiana and other St.'te the free silver and Bryan Demo- I crats are in arms and ' will .wPIY te . ; Parker . Ptrt\ I THE WORKINGMAN'S FRIEND Railway Fireman Pay a Notable Tribute - ute to President Rooc.elt. , Xo President ever received n morc notable tribute from a labor organza ton than Theodore Roosevelt did at the convention of the Brotherhood of Loco - motive Firemen held in Buffalo. A pul lie meeting was held on the night ; of Sept 13 Fully i.OO persons were in attendance. Grand Master Hannah , in conclll- ing ; an address , called attention to the fact that a New York newspaper had criciset the President because he ha accepted an honorary memhership iu the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen "l.et me say , " said )11' . HannahJ.n , "that i the P.esident of the United States or an ) other of its citizen docs nothing worse than accept membership in this organization hc \\"i neither merit the i will nor deserve the censure of any ; of his feHow-men. ( Cheers. ) "If the rest or the public , and particu- laxly those who are intrustcd with the direction of our government and the management of the nation's greatest enterprises - terpriscs would do as the President aud meet us upon a common level , there would he fewer strikes ' 'nd less strife and more or peace and goo-wi in the industrial world. " " " 'hat has the President done for ) "ou' shouted an intoxicated man , who ) slot near the stage door on the right , " ' 'hnt has the President done ' repeated - peated Grand Master Hannahan "The President has proven to the organized ; workingmen of this country that he has an interest in their welfare by accepting m honorary membership in an organization - tion of men whose faces are begrimed by smoke and dust , and who daily and hourly ' face the gravest dangers " , The monster audience burst into deafening cheers. The tumult rolled from wall to wall and hack again Men stood up on the benches , wildly waving their hats and cheering ; for the Prcsi- deut. The demonstration was spon- tmeous : and was general all over the hall. Finally it died down and some one in the audience shouted : "Iurrah for Theodore ToMe\"el ! " And again the crowds burst into cheers and when the second demonstra- ton died out the intoxicated man was nowhere to h seen. During the demonstration the men on the stage sat silent and made no effort . ! jther to cheek or urge on the remark , lle ovation which the President had re- , ' ivc. The Brotherhood does not per- nit politics to influence its action , but its members , regardless ; of part , enter- ain : a ugh opinion President . Rose .elt mId will stand by him as firmly as he stands by them , .o , MR. DAVIS' - CONTRIBUTION Dcmocratlc 'trice-Presidential Candidate - date Draws the Line at $50,000. A press telegram dated Cnmherland , II" , Sept. 7 , says : . . "I is stated on reliable authority from Elkins that thc campaign contribution of Hcnry G. Davis will not be anything [ lLe the amount the Democratic managers - ers : had cxpectcd. He has fixed the amount for all purposes at $50,00 antI his brother , Col Thomas B Davis of Keyser , Yo Va" , gave a similar amoun " )115 , 'Elkins ant ) Irs , Arthur Lee , tauhters ; of )11' Davis are known to have objected to their fatlll coutrihut- in/ / ; large : sums , amid , his SOl , .ToItn T ) axis , is said to have done likewise. "Four years ago John T. Davis spent a large sum in four counties when his Judie Tom was a candidate for Con- Unce .om ; : rcss , hut 10 results were obtained Col ) avis being defeated : . by : large \"ote " have little faith Since then the Da\"iscs ltc in politicians' " judiciously expending ' , monc ) Therc's some sense in the Davis fam- i ) ' , it appears The ex-Senator himself has always succceded in hang-ing Qn to his dollars. How much better it wH he to use some of papa's money to buy prety' bon- nets and gowns with , than to throw them to the mockingbirds of the Democratic campaign commitee ! And all for nothing , too ! laRd IcaPPld. ) lnrshal P. Wilder's most successful eke of the season has a political tang o it that is calculated to make even : t. Democrat with any sense of its eternal : ptness laubh. He tells of a teacher whe : sks a class or boi whether tie would like to he President of the United States. Observing that : amid the gen ernl enthusiasm or assent one boy was sient and disconsolate , she said : \"hat's the matter , Willie ' Don't 'ou wish to be President ? " "Yes'm , but I can't , " replied the boy. "How do you know you can't ? " she n kel1. "Because Im I Democrat" That let him out. n tlb1cR' TS Democratc Policy. mush to maintain Organization does the wages of labor , but organization of . 'agenmers docs not provide consum- ers. Cnumpion or coal is always reate when Kkls myid factories ue run- ; Sing ; full time I 18' time PO'lcs ' of the 1 tImhcm ! party to protect all indus- lis hI wise and beneficent laws , while it : in ( len thc policy of the Democratic arty , ns ufdfnctd by the last Cleveland : d uinistration , to provide as much work l possible for the artisans or other coun- tries hy removing the protpctou ! the tart - i affords American workingmen. The Democratic part has been ftaI. Tong ou every liuse of the money \UC3 tion from the resumption or specie payments - ments dtU the war to the establishment - ment of the gold standard , both of which it : oppo.e : It 1f ceiatitationaly ! unfit to dead with fnancla quetons , . nc story or the t1'u:1 on the edge is record of hort- of du and belts a o : hrrtn ; df ointments and ot failure . Qr causes utterly Nfad individual eml- t111 Cfk t : tioJ irrigation t2ee , ( i recur happily ! : ere. - i NOTHING TO TAKE ( BACK. Hon Will Bryan Explain ' li Ios- tinny to Parker ? tiit , William Jennings Bryan has been om- daily engaged ; by the Democratic Xa- tional Committee to make speeches in Xe\ York , Indiana and other place , The former candidate for the president has something ; of a reputation as an agile political contortionist , but he wi have the time of his life eqllainil : .is ' . record during the present campaign. )11' . Bryan bas been on a good many sides era t a good many different questions and y hc lives to tel tie tale. nut just It\ he proposes to advocate the election of t Parker is " " , a m\"sten" Bryan was opposed to Parker heore the convention let at St Louis. le was apposed to Parker every clay during the sessions of that inharmonious gathern ; ; When Parker sent his teler:1 ; SUllple menting the Democratic platform )1r. Bryan rose from a bed of sickness to de- flounce ' the nominee as a traitor amid : t dictator . and his dramatic appearance on that Saturday night was ole of the mOt e extraordinary ) ' episodes of an extraordi- nary convention. Bryan laslied. Parker amid he , dared the COl'entiol to send a telegram to the nominee temmdil ; : his honest opinion on other well-known Den ocrtic prleiple : Later 01 )11' Bryan , iu his own paper , the Commoner , while the e\"elt il the convention were fresh before him , open ) " charged that Judge Parker was a part ) ' tl a corrupt attempt to deceive the con - vention and that his nomination had been secured by improper means. I was then that the former candidate for the press dency put himself on record by saying in i the Commoner of July 13 , less than a week after the nomination : "I have uetb- big to take bad ; : " I seenns a curious thing to find a man who has "nothing to take hack , " appear big on the stump favoring the election of . \Itol l Parker for the , IIresidenc I Mr. Bryan has "nothin to take back. " he should in common honesty when he appears on the tnmp in Indiana and elsewhere ! , repeat to his audiences exact ] ; " what he said ! il the Commoner of .Tnl ; - 13 , which was printed exactly one week ] after the Democratic convention was called to order and only four days afer , Tlhln ; Park was nominated for the presidency and had sent his telegram ; ; repudiating the Democratic platform In this issue of the Commoner Mr , te Bryan said : "I was a plain and deliberate atenwt to deceive the part " . .rhe New York platform was vague and purposely so , because the advocates of Judge Parker were trying to secure votes from anon ; ; the people who would have opposed his \'iews had they known them. The nomination - nation was secured , therefore , by crook : d and indefensible ! ; methods " e As exhibition of political - an poltica gymnas- ; ics Br -au's campaign speech for Par ker ought to he worth going miles to rear. If , as he says , he has "nothin ; take back " how will he matters to : , wi explain - era to the people ? What did he mean when he said in the Commoner : "T . nomination of Jude ; Parker virtually nullifies the anti-trust plank ? Was it i true ou July 13 that Parkcr'H nomination had been secured "by crooked means " ? I it was true then is it not true now ? : f'r 'an in the Commoner said : "I 1 hall for for the ticker shal : , appeal votes ; : on f : rounds" " How can he appear on tl , stump therefore , , and seriously ask the workingmen of the country tt rote for the Democratic nominee [ afer the Commoner had declared that "The label plank as prepared by Judge Par ; er's friends 01 the subcommittee was a I straddling . meaningless plank : " ' 'as ) Ir , Bryan lying when be said in his paper , " . \ Democratic victory wit mean very ' little , if any , progress so lon ; : as the part is under control of the Wall street clement " I the part was under the control or the Wall street element when )11' Bran wrote that editorial , is it not just as much under the same control while he is 01 the stump ? Perhaps Mr. Bryan can explain away these thin s. Perhaps he can answer these questions. Perhaps not. TAMMANY "TAR WATER ' \11 It Prove an Acceptable nC''crn > ± e to Respectable Democrats ? Judge Parker's "a maitiou , " addressed - dressed to his waning supporters , , in his SII meechm to the visiting editors , has in it ror all its rhotlomontade , : shadow or the pathetic. I is little wonder that there are dis- scn ions in the Democratic camp , .as staid gentlemen from the South , East and West , men who have certain tradi- : ions of respectability t < reckon with , fnd that their candidate i and always has been cheek hy jowl with David Bonnet Hill and hand in glove with ' , 'ammany Judge Parker , recognizing the dangers of his position , but unable to shake off the political associates and methods by which he has risen , pleads fervently for time elimination of personal , factional nd unimportant differences involving no ' . " Such elimina- surrend or prucpIe. - tion , he declares , "is essential to suc- " co s. But will the Democrats rink the Tmman ' "tr Rater " There ig something to be said-or there WAS-in . favor , even , or "tar water. " Bishop Berkeley in his famous ' ulogy that old-fashioned but mm- eulog upon : < I u- . pleFant mixture declared : "LT IS OF A NATURE S MILD . AND BENIGN .XD PROPORTIONED TO THE IU [ . L\ ) CONSTITUTION AS TO " .ARI WITHOUT HEATING , TO IiJER BUT NOT IXEBRIATE. " . Still , tr water went out or fashion ! A men who i. week encash to pnt his sndi4acr iR theIr ( Pill' . and Jei- InoRt's ) hands before the convention wonld not bo .arofs eneuEk to resist their Ilfnoc after election , if he . . were by any pc.ibUit , succeesful.- W UI.un J. lrYA Forty years of practical control of the = overnsaent by the Republican party COTer the whole period of modern pros reS3 , Th only intervals or reac- tion or failure to progress were when te Democratic party was in power . History shows that R Democratic trf hs always been followed h. . bU5i- ICf1lrity md . a nCItnhlcm . .trl HY busfuess IroSltr t , , tVhy not ae cept the verdict or hi-roy- 'l'he ' Democratic : party is i like the man - lit in favor or prohibition but . ) 21 "or p hibito : " : ; in" the enfnrcee1t , It favors n PaMM : Canal bat 005t' the mrasures , I neL'ssry to obtain it - - - , , . " , . ' 'J" ' " - . . " , AS MAINE GOES. : , t In each campaign - . They look to Maine j i To make the future outcome plain. I For each one knows . That as Iaine goes . The tide of public judgment flows. : .he tite publc judgent fo\s. i One time Maine "went , bent for Kent : ' a I Anti every one knew what that mean ' " ' This year the State - . 'f \ Has struck - gait . : . " , That set Republicans elate. ' . : , " At E50PUS . . There is a fuss , - r Because the votes are going thus ; And Gas5J.way , So blithe and gay , Must write checks till election day. : The Texans shout j And . jeer and flout Because their State is not in doubt ; a But D. B. nm , Has had n chi Amid thinks that he had best keep stilt. . ; Much pain is felt .1 Beneath the belt i i Of those nppacel to Roosevelt ; - . They have the blues " At this great news- ) They know that Roosevelt cant lose. . . i The record shows * That as Maine goes ; The tide of public judgment flows- f The fight is vain , i t For all explain - . al f That they will have to"ote with " , ' % Iaine. x 4 PENSION ORDER , NO. 78. l' - . President Rooscyclt's Acton Is In Line with Law and Precedent. The groundless character ot the charge s that President Roosevelt has exceeded his constitutional powers is shown clearly - h' by examination of the facts and the laws concerned in the executive action ' known as the "age pension order" issued , last March by direction of the President. Anyone who will take the trouble tt. , tend the act of June : , IS90 , ns amended - cd May 9. 1900 , will find a clear basis . to begin with I directs who shall have I pensions , and low the amount of the pension , iu each case , snail be determin- cd , as follows : " All persons who sel'ed 0 days or more In the mltan' or naval I service ofthe United States during the late war ot the rebellion and who have been honorably discharged - charged thlr'trom. and who are now or who may hereafter be s"tcrn ) from : mental or physical disability ot a perma- lent character not the result Ilf their own vicious habits , which Incapacitates them from the IJerorlnnce ot manual labor II . t such a degree as to render them unable to earl a support , shall , upon making due proof ot the fact according t. such rules amid regulations as the Secretary or the J interior ; lay pro'le. IS be placed . the list ot Im'uld pensioners of the United States and he entitled to receive 1 pen'J slon not exceeding $12 per month , and not . Ics than $ 6 per month proportoned'to the , degree ot inablty to ear : support and In determinh.-'uch inability each and ev- t , cry : disability t ; be duly eousidet&l . at 6 the ngregntl"oe disabilities shown shall r b rated. - : I Thus , as plain as words can make it . i5 authority given to the Secretary of the , Interior to determine what pension shall Lc paid 10 any applicant for pension who ' : - served ninety days in the War of Re bellion , was honorably discharged , and m 4 who is disc . i' for the performance of manual limbo " by any cause other than I the results or his own vicious habits. , , i The Supreme Court hs decided that ! upon the point of establishing the rte of : pension to he' paid , within the limit pre scribed hy the law the Secretary of the . Interior . has entire contrl The only check or supervision upon him is from upn \ , . the President of the United States , whom the general laws specifically direct shal have control of , the Commissioner of Pen- sIons and the administration or the pen- ' sion 5stem. J ; Therefore , it was directly in line with the duties imposed upon him according to section 471 , U. S. Revised Statutes , that President Roosevelt gave the cele- Lrated order which has been called an evidence of "usurpation , " "imperialism ; ' " override the constitution , " "a desire to \ consttution a "Iootin or the treasury , " amid other hard naves . by excitable Democrats The section of the Revised Statutes referred to : reads as follows : "The Commissioner of Pensions shl perform , under the direction ofthe . Sec- retary of the Interior , such duties jn the execntion of the various pension and bonnty-Iand laws as may be prescribe b y the President. . " President Roosevelt , in his pension or- der , did no more than his plain duty act- in ; strictly within the powers conferred upon him by the Congress or the United States. Parker's Election Would Unsettle ' UUineS8 Eugene A. Merrill , president Or the # ; J ) Hnuesota Loan and Trust Company ot ) Inueaplis , iu an inter.iel" in the Com- mercal Rest of Minneapolis says : " iuch has been said concerning the In- sIgnifcance of the coming election so far ns It relates to ) , ulnlss , I hag been urge that the maintenance of the gold Itand- nrd Is assured , etc" , but , while the theory of the case h excellent , yet ns : r.ter ff fact the man with money to Invest doe not want to be monetarly In\ol\cl In unsettling of .ondltons through a change d ndmlnlstrt6 , Tlie policy ot the party In power Is pretty well knows and its con- ( nuance in ofce will precipitate no dUn- cultes , The policy or the opposition may be ever :0 clearly conjectured , but its ac- cesIlon to control would , 1 thInk , cause 10mI contraction In business and tnanclal uterprises . at least temporarily until the afety and conservatism nor ; talked or shoufd . " be more substantial ! } demousrt- e. TaCQrt Is Fascinated. Tom Taggart is so. fascinated by the in rutable mystery behind Judge rnr- ers speech or acceptance that he can- not lay it aside lone enough 1 take his mels , le pores over it from mom tm Ill'r. He : e reads it in his bath at French Lick SJnRgs and drops to sleep r'1ding it in bed. He declares that the easi"e mystery of what it all means becomes clearer with every perusal , and that by the close of the campaign he con- . fiieltly epect that it will be IS dear s me water of his own PInto sprin A Sure 5hn. : Noa we know that David B Hill in- ten to quit polities , net Jannary ; . for " , e has disclaimed - calling President toosevelt "a ! r ud , " That A little fn- r.oentu : fling like that when h. has ex- the vocabulaxy of vituperation hau5tMI te Tobular o Tiupatn ul.n die Republican half or the .mer- cm peofile 1 for "nigh on 40 1far" i I ; rfly : sign that David is setting hiS ' , uv in order and want. + to repar p J h : . lfe 3t ; eei with all men-
