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' , ' such a collection. It is , however , obvious - ,
ens that the workingman docs not buy I
hIs food at wholesale. It is , therefore ,
clearly wrong , to compare the worldn-
, man's wages with wholesale ; prices. The
Democratic Text nook learnedly d-
courses on the stability ot : wholesale
prices , while as a matter of fact , it is
recognized by all authorities ou prices
that wholesale prices are exceedingly
sensitive and that retail Ilrices are more
stable , never reaching relatively as high
or 68 low levels .as the former But , I
- - leaving aside the question of stability , it
1\ , is the retail price which the ordinary
consumer is compelled to pay , and which , I
therefore , discloses the more accurately ,
( the cost of living. Further , it is stated .
In this Bulletin of the Bureau of Labor
, that these retail prices were secured '
directly from the books ot sales or over
800 retail mcrchants-ihat these prices
represent actual sales to consumers extending -
tending ever each month of the fourteen-
year period covered-that they represent
every important center ot industry in the
countr--ulll that the 'stores contributing -
ing the data are such as are largely
patronized by the working classe9. It is
understood that these prices will be pub-
fishcd in the greatest ) detail for each city
vo1 . ere'l I in the Eighteenth Annual Re-
port or the Bureau , now in press-m
evidence that the officials of the bureau
e have no doubt as to the integrity of their
data.
data.As the final court , thc Democratic
managers suggest that the whole mat-
ter of cost or living be left to the housewives -
I wives of the country. They do not per-
, haps recall the statement made in the
criticised Bulletin that over 2,000 ; : ; ram-
ilic.'J contributed to the report-that the
bureau ] ins practically done already what
Js suggested-left the matter to the
rives of over 2,000 ; representative work-
" mgmen.
Full of \1i8statemcnts. !
The criticism of the wage data appears -
, pears to be quite as futile as that of thc
figures for cost of liTing. It is full
or misst:1tcments : of tact , as may be seen
by reference to the Bulletin itself. The
method of averaging imputed to the
bureau was not used. Even the most
cursory examination of the Bulletin
could not fail to disclose the falsity of
the premises upon which the entire criti-
cism n.s to method is based. It has been
charged in some quarters that the increase -
. crease of 18.8 per cent. in wages shown
by the bureau Is greater than is actually
the case , because the wages which form
. the basis "f tile report represent highly ;
unionized centers , where wages haTe
been increased most r:1pidly. This charge I
i
18 readily refuted by comparing the Bul-
letin wages with the average of the mini-
mum union wages shown for the same
occupations , J.S compiled by the Secre-
tary of the Building Om tractors' Coun-
cil or Cbicago. III. , and published by thc
Building Emplorel's' : Association of New
York City. Bearing in mind that the
union wages'quotetl are minimum wages
and that the actual union wages ; would
average considerably higher , the comparisons -
parisons in n few occupations arc as fol-
, lows : Minimum union wages of masons
In 20 cities average ra cents per hour ,
while the average of the bureau is not
, i quite 45 cents ; uininium union wages : -
, of bricklayers i.20 cities average 5714
i : . ' cents per hour , while the average of
: ' : ; the bureau is 544 ; , . cents ; minimum
" ' union wages ! of trlH'tural iron workers : ,
In 23 : ; : eWes average 464 cents per hour ,
while the avert - of the bureau is less -
than 41 * Ceti minimum union wages !
of plumbers itS . . . cities average .17 *
cents per hour , while tile average of the
bureau is i 43 % ccnts. These examples
, might be multiplied , but those given ! arc
'luillcieaL ! kJ how that the averages of
the bureau arc considerably lower than
the atterage ot minimum union wages ,
and ailp , therefore , fairly representative
of both union and non-union labor in the
occupations covered. The charge that
, an unjcstifiahle increase in wages is
. , secured hy the bureau by the collection
ot its filures from strongly unionized
centers is readily refuted by the above
tacts.
.
' The principal charges have been men-
tioned-the minor ones are equally unwarranted -
warranted and unsupported by the facts.
The report of the bureau represents the
sum Of 11 patient and painstaking investi-
gation of nearly ! three rears ; , and its permanent -
' mnnent value cannot be lessened or obscured -
, scured by partisan attacks. Its value
as a scientific study of economic conditions -
tlons and as a contribution to the some-
" , What meagre statistics of wages and cost
of living has already' : : been recognized
both at home and abroad. The accuracy
And excellence of the reports of this
bureau of the government ; have never
been seriously ! ' questioned during its eighteen -
. , teen years of existence. Under the able
and conservative management of CommIssioner -
mIssioner Wright . it has always merit-
, ed' its reputation ot being a non-parti-
ann office for the collection and presen-
; tntion of facts , and so far as can be
seen from a careful examination of its
latest report the charges ) made for par-
tisan effect will not warrant the withdrawal -
. , drawal ) of the confidence of the public.
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Olney and Cleveland' . Monumental
Uras '
. ; The Democratic donkey is trying to
dance into power over the graves ol :
, United States soldiers who died for the
. freedom or Cnba. The result is already
J apparent Gross stupidity could go no
" . further than Richard Olney ventured in I
; his recent speech Grover Cle\-cland's :
" .
laudation IIf thc "experienced , undrama-
tic Buch:1nan" was a record-breaker in ,
the way of dull ! imperviousness to the .
. feelings of national pride , but Olney , insulting - :
sulting the soldier dead , . went beyond
Iala chief.
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The Trump Cord :
"When in doubt , play trumps , "
Thus ! lasIr. . Iloyle ,
Parker's chance still slumps ,
' Spite of ot ! his to'l.
Why will Parker get
J Such terrific bumps ?
. . In this game , you bet ,
Roosevelt is trumps.
Bryan's r4ons : : Look Abend
Bryan declares that be is still ! "in the
. , ring , " arid that his "heart is true to
. Poll. " As David Bennett Hill has
I . < . . ' promised to retire from politics next :
J'llluary. Bryan thinks there may be a
chance for the Bryan craze in 19 . . . . But I
does he believe Hill ? IA
Ir the fut ! Republican Tote be polled :
there will be uo doubt about the elt. < ' . - ,
tion. It a few men in every precinct
stay at : home. Democracy and hard : time ! '
may gain control.
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- The Republican who does not vote this
. year is' not a Republican. Republicans
DO binls.
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PARKER AND BUCHANAN ! I
Jr. Cleyeland'a Comparison Canoes a
Nation-Wide Slnlle
When a ponderous person plants his
feet in a shallow puddle there is likely
to be a mighty splash. This is precisely
what has happened as the result of
President ; Cle\'elanrs discovery of the
"slhht rescmblance" between the candidates - .
dates in 19jr ; and 100-1. i
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The comparison of Roosevelt with Fre-
mont because or their fancied resem-
blmce a.s appealing to romantic senti-
ment and popular love for the spectacular -
lar , scarcely produced a ripple on the
surface of political thought. But the
likening of Judge Parker to James Buch- :
, anan as the model of what a : "mature ,
undr"J.matic and experienccd" candidate
for the Presidency should be , has pro-
\"oked flcoruful laughter clear across thc
continent .
Ir ex-President Cleveland had searched
the roll of prominent Americans for a
name less likely to arouse popular enthusiasm -
thusiasm than that of James Buchanan
he would have had to look among those
whose records were positively odious to
find it. There was nothing actively vicious -
ous or , what lIr. : Cleveland would call ,
"perniciously active" about President
Buchanan. He was not what , accord-
inb to the sage ! of Buzzard's Bay , would
be called :111 "offens \.e partisan. "
But in the vital emergency that low-
ered above the Republic ' during his administration -
ministration he was tried in the balance
and found wanting. Where a man
worthy to be President ' would have
grasped the nettle of secession with tile
firm hand of American patriotism and
crushed it in its incipiency , \Ir. Buch-
anan dallied with the question. IIe held
that Congress was not competent to deal
with the anti-slavery agitation , that it
was a qnestion for the individual States ,
lnd that it WiS better for all parties ,
including the slaves themselves , that it
should remain so
As President he deferred to pro-slav.
cry leaders and quailed before their
threats of secession. While he 'tempor-
iT.ed the secel1ers perfected their plans.
Instead of meeting their threats with
the words and measures of an Andrew
Jackson he took the illogical and impo-
tent position that , while thc States had
a right to secede the nation , with a
little n , had no power to prevent them
doing so.
And this is the man of "mature , un-
dramatIc experience , " who , in \lr. Cleve-
land's judgment , is the prototype of
Judge Parker. Irresolute and ineffective
a'S Ur. Buchanan was , ve are not so sure
hut injustice is done him in comparing
him with Judge Parker. IIe was certainly -
ly a man of greater maturity than the
man from Esopns , not only in years but
in experience with affairs and in knowledge .
edge ; of men. Everythin \ that experi-
cnce could teach of politics and state-
Buchanan the intrinsic
craft kne\v--only
capacity - to master them was lacking.
Judge Parker hats bad absolutely none
ot the experience and training that seem-
ed to fit Mr. Buchanan for the Presi-
dency. 'In 1377 , at the ac ; of tWC'Ilty-
five , he was elected surrogate ; of Ulster
County , New York , and under the shel-
tering wing of David B. Hill he has
vegetated in some judicial position ever
since. That there is a certain' , parallelism -
ism between his weak , undramatic and
vacillating utterances and those of \Ir.
Buchanan cannot be denied. Their views
upon the unconstitutionality : - ; of the power -
er of self perpetuation in the Union and
of the folly of an army and navy commensurate -
mensurate to the dignity . and necessities
or a great nation , are strikingly similar
and equally false , barren and reaction-
ary.
ary.Bucbanan
Buchanan lived to repent the "undrt-
matic" moderation that warmed seces-
sion into life. He supported Lincoln's
administration and lent all ! his influence
to the prosecution of the war. But it
does not appear that either , Judge Parker
or Henry G-.lsawa Da\"i i who also
harks back to the days of 'Bucbanan ,
follow his precept and example when ,
in thc fierce name of civil war . h\ saw
n bright light that taught him that the
Union must be saved at nil hazarels
'hen he came to the conclusion that his
country was more to him than his own
interpretation of its constitution , Judge I
Parker and \Ir. Davis quit his company
and continue to steer their courses by the
chart that ran his administration on the
breakers.
The American people will never elect a
counterfeit replica of Jitmes Buchanan
to the Presidency , it they are warned in
time ; and , thanks to ex-President Cleve-
laud , they recognize that Judge Parker
has all of the failings and none of thc
redeeming qualities ot President Buch-
suan
Invention of the Enemy
Lacking material from which to create
issues upon the past and present conduct
or the Republican party , the Democrats
have been taking a.long and soulful look , ,
into the future , this rail , and their re-
ports ot what they see there in the dim
time to come are fearsome.
But nobody is scared. The dreamer
alone is disturbed by his nightmare , ex-
cept for a chance neighbor who may hear
and wonder at the awakening shrieks of
the retching of indigestion. The visions
If delirium portend nothing outside of thc
sufferer's personality. The conjured
wraiths ot the trance medium are visible
only to the contortionist , and perhaps a
few dupes at the contrived seance.
The country is not going to lIthe dem-
nition bowwows " The people of the
United States have no desire to start
an empire upon the ruins of their republic
I ' . They wilt not \ " listen
public even seriously -
ously to the suggestion of such - a thing.
The : Philippine Islands are going to be
taken care or. They will be free in the
best sense of the word. The Panama
canal has been started fiy honorable
means , and it will so be finished.
"God rules and the government at
\Yashington still lives. "
While the election of Roosevelt and
Fnlrbnnks ia a.nred if nIl Republl-
cans vote on November 8 , the lower
branch of Congress maT be uncom-
fortably close. Xo Republican sbonld
be inducrd , becnnle of local or other
Influence , to vote for any Democratic
cllndidnte Vote for the Republican
nominee for Congress , becBn"e he will
a..silt the " President In carrying out
Republican pollciea.
The thing for Republicans to do this
year is to VOTE. The Democrats have
the rDlon y or the trusts and can brine
out to the polls all the ignorant pun'has-I
CI ble' element. But they cannot bring : out I
enough under any condition to bent
Uoos \'elt. if Republicans YOrE. :
It used to be said of President , Harrison -
son that when one saw him close at
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hand he seemed larger than he seemed
l.t a distlIl'e. Of Grover Cleveland it I
'f'as.said that be was much more impres-
si\'c at a distance than he was close nt
hand. President Roosevelt is the same
seen near or seen f,1-alwa's : alert and . '
wide wale , always cnerctlc ; and busy ,
always doing something : and accomplish-
ing results , always ; master of the situa-
tion. This is the kind of man the pea- '
pIe like. Hc has node a great Presi-
dent , and it would be rank ingratitude
on the part of the people" not to re-elect
him.
ANTI-TRUST LAWS
They Have Been Enforced Wherever I
Proper Cases Hove Been Presented.
There are in the Unite ] States over I
800 industrial trusts and organized mo-
nopolies. Their aggregate ; authorized !
capital amounts to $ 21,79S.547,321 ) : , such
11 stupendous sum as to make the petty ,
capitalist asp ; in nstonishment. Hut it
is not all ! tangible ; a good deal is mere
figures 1 , scratches on pap'r. Many of the I
companies are playthings for financiers I
who require toys ; others are dummies ;
others comatose aff.1irs. These corpora- I
tions are born in every State , and State
laws are responsillc for their creation-
laws with which the national government
has nothing . to do , and could not have ,
unless by usurpation ; but it does take a
hand when these concerns undertake ht-
terstate transactions ! in restraint of trade
or foreign commercc. It is nothing .
against ; the Republican party that such -
corporations have a being ; their own
parents , the States that gaTe them birth ,
are the parties responsible for their
wrong ! doing in those States. No federal
court or officer can enforce the common
law of a State ; as for the United States ,
there is no common law , as Mr. Roose-
velt has said.fr. . Parker takes issue
ttith this dcclnratin : and dismisses it
from his discussion h- saying it is a
question "not to be determined by the
President or b- a candidate for the pres-
idency , " but by the judiciary , and it has
been judicially decided that common law
principles could be applied in United'
States courts iu interstate commerce
cases.
There are United States statutes for
such cases , 80 that Judge Parker's prom-
ise to "fa\"or such further legislation
within constitutional limitations as will
best promote and safeguard the Interests
ot the people" is entirely gratuitous un-
less he meditates a repeal of the laws
already existing. These laws are of Republican -
publican creation and safeguard the interests -
tercsts ot the people so far as State stat-
utes will permit. .A Republican Con-
gress passed the Sherman anti-trust law
and a Republican President approved it
July 2 , 18JO. ! III lD03 a Republican Con-
gress passed and a IHtbliC'n / President
approved an act expediting anti-trnst liti-
gation. In the appropriation bill for
lD03 wa a paragraph : providing funds
for prosecuting such suits , and the deficiency -
ciency bill for the same year authorized
legal ; ail1. The I'JIkins-Roberts ' law , pass-
cd and approved in m03 , bore upon this
trust question and was thc work of a
Republican Congress and President. .
The government has not flunked. in enforcing -
forcing the anti-trust laws where ro-
per case could bo made lut. It kho , ked
the financill sawdust out of the Northern
Securities Company in 1003 The \us-
souri "beef truS'l. ' " case in lD03 ended
with heavy tines 1 against the defendants
who were found guilty of violatiie
anti-trust law. In 1902 the President
ordered the prosecution Of certain Illinois
packers for violating the Sherman anti-
trust statute , and a permanent injunc-
tion was 'thc result. These anti-trust
suits arc not the justice-ot-the-peace af-
fairs the Democrats are trying to make
them out to be. The government must
lie sure it is right and able to carry its
points before it acts ; thc best legal tal-
ent of the country is put up against It ,
and defeat fpr it would involve ruinous
cOIl'equences.
What the Democrats might : . do in these
trust matters no one , not even them-
selves , can guess ; they can't do any bet-
ter ; they are likely to do worse.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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Ail hail to the snail of clear vision
Whose lllcntal and moral height
Gives , for outlook , a boundless horizon ,
Who , seeing , dares face the ligbt.
Three cheers for the man who can do
things !
While others are wondering how !
Who , pledging himself to the truth and
the right ,
Has never forgotten his vow.
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An hail to the man of true courage !
Who , never shirking the fight ,
Would 'choose the paths that lead
through peace ,
By a calmer and loftier sight
Three cheers for the man who can see
things !
With vision strong and fine ,
Who has led the land , with erring .
band
To the Nation's foremost line.
To him , alone on the mountain ,
Came the word that gave him power .
To consecrate the Nltion ,
In the Nation's darkest hour.
All bail to the man G appointed
To do what our hero bas done !
God bless to the Nation the glory
Which he , for the Nation , has won !
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Repetition of Falsehood. -
Candidate Parker keeps right on asserting -
serting that "we have wasted more than
8t.'rtng waste
$ G O.o.OO of the people's money in the
Philippine , " notwithstanding the repeated -
ed demonstration , from actual figures , of
the falsity of the statcment. Anything
to keep up the appearance of actirit- !
And the father of lies is ever busy.
Too Dear at Any Price
That the go'-ernrent's expenses : are
greeter than they were in 183 is true.
But the expenditures are all for the
work the people want done. There are
things that are too dear at any price.
One ot these was the experience of the
American people iu 1S ! : . .
line to Stand for It I
Poor Parker ! With a sudden wrench
He jumped from the judicial bench
And sought the Presidential chair ,
But Iwe will no let him sit there ,
and now he' asks , with puzzled frown :
" 0 , where , 0 , . where , can I sit down ' "
In the Backgronn ' 1.
For instance , now , who knows when
fate
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Will bunch : man straight into fame ?
The Democratic canUdate
Say , what the dickens i Ws name ?
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LABOR PROSPERITY . I
Tanzlble Re3nl That Are Traceable ! !
to lepnblcan Policies. '
The Democrats are silent as to the'
alleged benefits their party bas brought
to America workmen ; this silence is
something workmen should seriously con-
sier , turing the matter over and over :
in their minds before they cast their
ballots. .
In saying "benefits" the word is meant
to cover the most substantial god obtainable -
tainable as a result for laborthe best
wage and the fewest hours ot work.
Such result are not within the power of
the President to directly produce , but
they do . come from wise legislation-the
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conception and enactment ot national J
laws that are to bring prosperity.
Democrat are "mum" because what
they might show would be s much to
their discredit as to at once turn all
classes of laborers way from the Dem-
ocratic party. The mos they venture : to
say is in their national platform ; and
that utterance is to suggest the enact-
ment of impartial laws for both labor
and capital ; but the Republican platform
is wider , longer stronger and more com-
prehensive. Neither of those documents
promises the laborer higher wages or that
be may work fewer hours to get them.
But what the Republicans do promise in
.platform , and speech , and documents ,
showing how it will be doe , backing it
with forty years of incontestable proofs ,
is the maintenance of the government on
such economic foundations as experience
has given . assurance are for the prosper-
gn
i ' of the country ; that promise is for
.
legislation first and administration next
that shall be wise and comprebens - as
to publC interes't. The Republicans have
established themselves as a power capa-
ble of producing and maintaining n con-
( ltion in national affairs or the greatest
benefit to the working classes ; but in
showing this is also demonstrated the
fact that the Democrats have hurt labor
in all its various lines by laws create
and conditions established that have
brought disaster for which there was
neither avoidance nor remedy under their
management of federal affairs.
Since the Cleveland administration of
1S3 to 1807 the Republicans have
changed labor maters wonderfully for
the better. Take the wages of 1SUt , the
last year of his term , for a basis. Last
Sear (1W ( ) , as : result "of Republican
finances ant laws , n blacksmith got over
12 per cent. more wages per hour and
worked 3 per cent. less hours per week
than in 18DG ; carpenters received over
31 per cent.increase per hour and worked
over 9 per cent. less hours per week ;
painters' wages increased nearly 26 : per
ccnt. per hour , and their hours of labor
were reduced nearly ! per cent. or the .
hours per week ; bricklayers were gainers
by an increase of 26 : per cen't. iu wages -
per hour and ba reduction of 7 per
cent. per hour for labor time ; unskilled
labor went up 18 per cent. per hour , with
a gain also in the reduction of almost 5
per cent. in thc number of hours of work
per week. Other occupations-iron molders -
ers , machinists , masons , stone cutters ,
etc.-al have had their wages per hour
increased and their time for thc week
decreased as among the appreciable happy - ,
py results of Republicans in power at\
1Vashington. Another feature of thiS ]
labor condition for the period mentioned
was in the increase in the number or
workers. Thc Republican prosperity
following \r. Gleyelan administration'
was such that , in W03 as against 1S0G ,
there was over 40 per cent more black-
smiths , 26 per ccnt. more bricklayers ,
21 per cent more carpenters , 26 per cent
!
more laborers , and 1t 0 ) per cent. more
painters. Everywhere more work , mon
men , higher wages and fewer hours of
la bre
Does not that show that a Republican
administration of the government stands
for labor prosperity ? Such an administration -
trton had first to get the country out
o'f the quicksands of Democratic inetS-
ciency , which - took more than one year.
After that the possibilities for getting
work and the wares for doing it were increased -
creased for working people , until now the
United States is the golden land for the
rest of the world : If the Republicans
have accomplished this great good for
labor , and the Democrat have made a
botch of the attempt whenever they had
a chance , common sense and the pocket-
book should keep the workingmen with
the Republicans , who have . put up the
proofs of well-doing.
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The Uan who advocates the destruc-
tion of all trusts aul l corporations is a
political quack and , Iema ogue. Large
- hundreds of thousands
corporations gmploy tou-
sands of men. To destroy them would
throw an army of workingmen out of em-
ployment. The thing to do is to enforce
the laws against corporations and trusts
which arep-iolating ) them and thus put
all on a law-obe-ing basis. That
has been President Roosevelt's policy
and will continue to be.
Kuopatdn and Oyama between them
have not yet succeeded in sacrificing . 100-
00 lives in the bloody struggle over
Manchuria , hut Juke Parker , with one
snap of his freetrade jaw , has added
over ma.o to the death list in the
Philippines It is evident the Judge
needs an automatic air-brake on his
mouth or he , may decimate the universe
before the American voterS get a chance
to relegate . him . to innocuous oblivion.
It is estimated that this year's har\"e
is i the mot valuable ever gathered on
American fal'ms. A rough estimate
shows au aggregate value for corn.
wheat , oats rye barley . buckwheat : . hay ,
potatoes and cotton of 10 less than 3-
200,000,0 against ! 3.0 3O last
-ear. These enormous figures suggest
3,200,000,000 reasons why the American
firmer will vote the ' Republican ticket
this fall.
A man must think he has a sure thing
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when he is i willing to bet - 4 to 1 on Roose-
\elt. and :1 mal must be willing to say
good by to his money when he takes the
small or Parker end of such ol1ds. But
! lal
these are the odds to-day that paralleled
the odds on McKinley at the close ot the
campaign . in 1000.
Judge Parker has not yet announced
whether he stands with David B. Hill
01 the alti-go"ernmcnt-by-injun tion is-
sue or adheres to the principles he main-
tained as a sitting magistrate.
"it's aU over but thc shouting , " sounds
well , but the fact remains that no elec
tion is decided until the ballots are cast
Don't forget to vote early on November
? th.
Sth.I
I a large vote be cast for Watson , the
Populist candidate . , in communte where
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Bryan sentiment is strong , it' will be
e\'idencf that the friend' of ) lr. Bryan
resent the Hill-Sheehan-Parker : telc-
gram trick. But if Bryan Democrat
wish to more : strongly resent the trick :
played on them : t Esopul awl St Louis
they can f'otl far Roosevelt. au\l jf they !
do not care to .1. that there is a third i
course opcn-they may stay at home on ,
election day.
PARfER'S ( FAILURE ,
Inability . to Arouse Hither Interest or
Enlhn + inm. I
Alton B. Parker nude an unfortunate
Alon B :
impression I ) ' his : speech of acceptance. I j
This impression was deepened by his :
long-elart : and much-correle letter. '
By these two efforts the Demoratic ean- I'
didate must bc judged , for he has never
done anything noteworthy - nor sid any-
thing to be remembered , either before
or since his noulinatial.
nominaton.
Upon every point raised by the candidate -
date in his two utterances Mr. Parker
has failed to carry the sympathies ; or
the judgment of the pe ple. In the first
place the lack of mental grasp revealed
by the man named for the highest otce
in the gif of the people is painfully evident -
dent to the most careless reader of his
formal statements of pinion and con-
yicons upon national issues.
Thc effect is tat of a narrow intelligence -
expectation
gence laboring to meet
founded upon an estimate it cannot ful-
upn
fill. The absence of : anything like broad
views of national questions is felt , nat-
urally , when one remembers that the I
utterances under examin.1tiol are put
fOrth for the set purpose of gaining thc
sulrage or the entire people of this im = .
mense conutry.
"WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING -
lNG , " is the verdict already passed upon
\lr. Parker's intellectual Ihake-up , b- the
intelligent , instructed , thoughtful then
and women of his own .par ' , as well : S
those of the Hepublcan peruaion
With the emotional , the enthusiastic I
and more or less irrational masses oC the I
people , ) lr. Parler's failure is still more
conspicuous. He has none of tile fire of
sentiment , the eloquence , the magnetism
which drew the proletariat irresistibly to
Bryan in the early days of the free silver -
t'er mania. Parker repels.
And , so , the Democratic candidate has
failed. He has neither , the powerful
individuality ) . of the last President elect-
ed by his party , nor the popular qualities -
ties of that party's candidate in WO
and 15G. Dull , secretive , cold , Mr. Par-
ker is utterly unable to arouse enthusiasm -
asm , or even interest , in his candidacy.
No shuffling . no shifting ot ground such
a' he has attempted in the mater or thc
pension order , thc trust suits , the Philippine -
ippinc and other problems . could for one
moment hoodwink ( a 'wide-awake peoplc.
His defeat was written in the book of
fate long before David Bennett Hill had
fixed : upon him that baleful glance whiCh
sees only wh.l can be of use to the mot ,
selfish and unscrupulous master of polit-
ical wire-pulling in existencc.
LINCOLN TO SCHURZ.
Letter Written Thirty-1 light Years
Ale that II Appropriate : ow.
11r. ] Carl Schur made a long speech
at Cooper Union in October , 1000 , in
which he assailed President McKinley
and denounced thc policy of his adntin-
' ; stration.
I is appropriate , therefore , that this
letter Abraham - rr - _ 3lu to this same
Mr. Carl Schur shoa , J now be read
again by the people. I was written
. havin been dated .
thirty.eight years age , having ;
Xov. 24 , 18G2 , or in the second year of
the ' war for the Union :
1 have Just received and rend your letter
of the 20th. The purport of I is that we
lost the late clectlons and the administration -
Uon Is failing because the war Is unsuccess-
{ Il , and that I must not flatter myself that
I am not justly to blame for It.
I certainly know that If thc war falls ,
the administration falls , and that 1 will be
blamed for it , whether I deserve It or not.
And I ought to he hlUlfel ! If I could do
hetter You think . 1 I'ouhl not do better ;
therefore 1 blame you for blaming me
I understand you now to he will : to ac-
cept the help of men who are nut L'epubil-
can" , provided they have "heart In i"
agreed. I want no others But whd Is to
be the judge of hearts . or or "hart In its"
! .
I I must discard my own jtdmtlt antI
take yours I most also take that of others :
and by the time 1 should rejl'e : I I should
be advised . to reject I "lwuld have none
len. Republicans or others-- not "cu your- ,
self.
self.For be assured , my Vicar sir- there are
men who have heart In It" that think you
-
Ire pt'rfolnlnyonr put : s .oorl.r , 3 : you
- ; ( mIne.
think am er1rI111
This has ( heel printed before , but it
bear reading many tiles as an exhibi-
ton of the spirit or the patient , for
bearing , humorous Lincoln under the jabbing -
bing of a chronic fault-finder who owed
to him only gratitld ' and profound re-
spect. Besides , it has a special application -
the . Ir. Carl
tiou to long speee. of (
Schutz.
Edward Atkinson , one . of the socaled
anti-imperialists J recently prepared a
newspaper article' which he attempted
to show tat the Phillpine , ' may have
cost , indirectly , over a billion ollaI
The letter probably was prepared for the
benefit of Judge Parker , for the Demo-
cratic candidate gives Atkinson as authority -
thority for the statement that thc taxpayers -
payers have paid nearly a billion and a
quarter dollars for the islands What
was Atkinson paid for his misleading ; ,
article ?
.
What kind of a President would Par-
ler make if he should not prove more
accurate und reliable as n chief ex\"utive
than he does as:1 ctlliu : : talker ! ?
Parker ; a ; . the Phlppiles ; cost $ I "
.07 . u00.0O l. ; but the records . show that
the total amount paid out fet the islands
is only $ 159,000.000. I is becoming apparent -
parent that \nanias , " instead i of "AI-
ton" should be the first name of the
Democratic candidate.
"If a tariff laws passed under whicb
t\e country prospers , ni the country
has prospered untlcr the present tariff
law , then aU classes will share In the
prosperity. . jf a tariff law is passed
ainl at preTentin the prosperity
ofsomeof our people , it i. nl Crtain
nl anything can be that this aim : win
be achieved only by cutting down the
prosperity . of all of our IJeople.- Roe
velt.s letter or acceptance
Judge Parker says he is in favor of
the Panama canal . , but opposed to the
methods by which its con. truction' 'wa :
secured. No method that :1 Republican
administration could have adopted would ]
have met his appro\-al The only method
ever pursue by the Democratic party
was one or trifling and dety.
Don't nullify your vote for Roosevelt
and Fairbanks : bf failing to support the
n candidate for Congre A
Republican Congress i8 as necessary : as a
Republican Presideut
Reoublcan Preidenr
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AN ABSURD BUGABOO. a
DEMOCRATIC CRY OF "IMPERI-
ALISM" AN INSULT ;
- - -
Porker's Expressed Alarm Over the
Power of the President and Fear at +
What Republcans 'VII Do I. ) lere-
. . ,
1 , Awnsin Twntd .e.
- .
Or all the absurd buabO in politics
the mot rh1cu10lL" ! one is that produced
by the Democrats and labeled "imperial-
ism , " which , as applied at present . is
designed to car the idea of : Repubhi-
can being "Dkt:1tor" instead Gf Prcsl-
dent. 'h suggestion is of itself chid- 1 ; ,
ish ; still , when uttered through human s"
megaphones of the DcmoCr"J.tlc p.rrty , Jt
acquires a hearing i not an importance. sr
Jude Parker in his letter of acceptance
ance , declares imperialism "s vital is- ft
sue" arid or "o erwelmilg imprt'wee.
simply because the Irow1.h of the n.1- '
lion under successful Republican administrations -
istrations has been s vast and rapid : $ , t
to require system in its management-
business-lke conct.'pton and ueeltio : ;
of pnrposes. This is an inexorable con- It
ition for success in national as well as
naton.al a wel I
in individual affairs ; but the Democrats j
cannot or will not submit tu iL Centra i
ization of power dogs not mean usurpation - If
tiol , but doC show the Republicans are
not leaving "Ioosc enl : " around in : heir
sagacious management of public matters.
Xo State can truthfully complain that 1'
their rights or dignities have suffered
from federal interference ; that would b } 4
usurpation to be instantly resented by 9
each and every State in the Union a a
matter of st.'I-preservation.
Why Deaincrats Arc 1Vrotti.
Because a Republican Congress an S g
Republican President , managing the Re 1
public for a Republican majority of the
people , conducted the government a a ;
business proposition of the vastest mag- 1
nitdc , using no means except god com-
mon sense and the powers delegated by
the national COItitutiOI , and because
the Democrats never have and never ' will ir i
dO the same , however much they may
promise , is the plain reason for their
outcry of "imperialism. " This conservation
tion of utilities for public geol and em-
ployed by the nation'g business
mans ;
muna.-
ers maddens the Democrats . because . they
have ben impotent with their opportu- .
nities. Jude Parker is alarmed at the
power of dIe President. "It almost
equals that of lany monuc : ' be de- 1
lares. Why should It not ? It is under
constitutional limitations , and cOl.led - I a
by a cordon of f'ltes and the will of the ;
people. I a Dl'ulcratic President i were 1 t
up-to-date and regarded the welfare oC 1 ,
the. nation as more important than that ref
01 his part . would he not be likely to tlO
as thc Republicans have done ? H hI l .
failed to try ire would be recreant to , his
trmt , hut not , perhaps , to his prty.
nut.Jud , ; e Parker gee farther in his
fear of lat Republicanism ninny do , for i
the.l' - . In doing ; this 1M deliberately - Ii °
Iy . s that majority or the people '
who nave believed in the ncpubIca .
party , whose principle and pr ice
have , in the lat fort--Ies eight-y& s a
made the United States , ' what it L' to -
da ' . le wrics : "l - - - - - v '
country and its diversity of interest t t r ,
population"--di\"lrsit ) , of population , applies - -
plies to ltgnest-ideacd foreigners who'
plcs hQll t-ideael forei1"ler wbo
hay come here to be rid of dictators and
iml lists , to men who should resent
at the polls this imputation agait their
! patriotism-"would enable a deermined ,
. ambitious , and able executive ( that do "
not mean a Democrat , but J1r Itoose-
vlt ) unmindful of constitutional limitations -
tions and bred with the lust sf power , to
go far in tbp usurpation of authority and 1
the aggrandizement of personal be-
aggandlzc'ment If personl : power -
Core the situation could be full appre- 1
cated or the people he aroused. " Such t
al utterance is twaddle ; there is not a it i
sin of stltNlanship about it. I is : '
tvoraout Dcniocratic echo from .
worout D"Docratic GC.
Grant's political Compai ns. I might I /
not be worth thinkin about had not ' , the - ff i
( 'hairmU : of the Democratic State Cen- 4
tml Committee o Connecticut brought .f
out the saute : sentiment in saying ot the i
ConnL'Ccut : Democrats-"they fear be ,
( Hose\"elt ) may become ambitious to If
carTe out for himself : place in history , r
and that in doing this he may embroil us
with . foreign nations. " 'Phis indicates i
unity of echo : but no one h seared- '
but the Democrats. Lint they insult i
those of our citizens of alien descent by t
intimating that Mr. Roosevelt might i
steal the government without their sus- ,
pectin ; anything ; of the killb asserting - j r
ing that it is i . even now , sugiported as !
it is fordn-bJr and natveoers , . , 1
" "
a "heneficent de. < potism. f !
Mr. Roosevelt does not agree with this
view of the situation. lie has written :
'Ve have striven both for chic right- , M
eolsues and for national neatness ; and N
.
we have faith to believe that out handy
will he upheld hy all who feel love or
country and trust in the uplifting er man-
kind. " Mr. I to e\.elt'g .sentiauents are ,
all or them , thee of a patriot ; against
him are those or political tricksters . and
_
demgoles
" . .
& . " The Real n tnrn.
When . the returns are in at lat !
The1 show Democracy' i spurned
and that l- , a percentage . vast i
Thc lrc ient has been returned. z
. A Question for B. Gn.woy
"BIh:1tn' : , time ; ' you say . were best
Of all . the timl'i you ever saw.
Is not your memory uppresel- +
Sow , how about Methuselah
In Wall street the Democrats say
President Roosevelt ; is to strenuous )0
big attitude towards corporations , whi1
in the West they chare tat he i a i
frIend of thc trusts. They 'ougt to try
and get together.
Avote for .Jndge Parker ia A Tote ot .
censure on President Ro evelt 1
any patriotic _ \mcric.1 willing t take t
that position toward one of the best
Presidents and host administrations . . the j
has had ? t I
country . ever :
- '
I- you hitch up your erse to drive
to the voting ; : place on elect n day you _ . ;
may as well take alone with you one , ;
0 : more Republican voters who might i
not care to walk to the pol , { . .
\ , now look to Judge Prke t take ;
up the cry against government by in- ' h ! + :
junction t which his David B. Hill has . : : ' r !
given vociferous uterance , . 1 . '
Be sure . to cast your Tote 1onmber ! . ; I
! 8th. IYou'1 never be sorry if - you do ; : : 1
I sou may be sorry it you don't
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