6
The Norfolk Hetus
George Devvoy is i no danger f
xvoaring out 11h welcome
Silouco is not Koltloit whoa n ama
ufucs to say a word about bis business
ia piltit
Kvon Kipling has topay tho penalty of
greatness Aa Ohio poslotlleo lias Ikmhi
named for blai
Tho mail who blames others most Tor
his condition in generally tho aiaa who
jh niost to blame himself
Tho country oilltom of Amotion will
boycott tho Paris exposition Tho rea
son why need not bu stated
Tho farmer who imit good business
maa iH Hablo to blniuo providence iitid
voto tho straight popoeratio tickot
A Pittsbuig aiaa owns what 1h prob
ably tho aiost valuable hat la tho world
It In aiado of noun Klaus nml Ih worth
J 1 SfiO
A Chicago bahor hiij h Ins plo t ratio
has iiuioiiMotl caouaouHly tho past year
Pooplo doat oat jiio unless thoy aro
piospoiing
RovOhnrols M Sheldon tho author
of Ia IUh Htops has declined aa ollor
of 1 5000 u year to goto Now York olty
iiudxviito for tho louraal Ho prcfors
to Iho la Topulia
Honolulu proposes to bo eaily and
avoid tho rush It wants its harbor
widened and deepened My wont
that nver and harbor bill bo a hummer
with all our new possessions
Mr Bryan learned ono thing a good
many yeats ago that is that it is
mighty poor policy to mguo politics when
you aro getting nothing out of it Tills
is homethiug that lots of men have
never learned
Time is money and ia theso busy
ropublicaa days it is ao trick at all to
convert it into cash but in tho days of
Grovor Cleveland tune was not trans
teiriblo for cash and a good many
people paid their debts with It
Them is a shudow but it is not as big
as a mans hand There is said to bo
great danger of a diamond faoiiao but
it is not thought that it will cause any
great amount of sutleriag among the
members of tho aewsp ipor fraternity
For tho olllce of county survoyor a
rutin is wanted who is thoroughly con
versant with tho country as well as a
good civil engineer W II Lowo is all
of this and aa old lomdontofctho county
as well all leasoas why ho should bo
elected as county surveyor
Thomas Balloy Aldrich who wrote
popular poems and storieh a few years
ago is not giving much time to literary
pursuits any longer A few yeais miico
he tell heir to an estate of half a million
dollais and since that tlmo ho has been
traveling mound the world enjoying
lite w lth his laiiuly Ho is a conspicu
ous example of the blighting power of
wealth What was his gam is the
win Ids loss
lleary T Oxaurd president of the
American Hoot Sugar company has
called a meeting of tho American Hoot
Sugar association to bo held ia Omaha
on tho JOth hist Tho Unity factories
of the Ualtod States aio invited to send
ono repiesontutivo onch to tho meeting
Tho object of the meeting is to elect
officers for the ousuiug your aud tako
up such matters for tho protection of
tho sugar industry ia tho futuro as amy
couio
Tub Nkws is sooa to havo another
namesake Tho Omaha Daily News is
to bo started m tho metropolis of tho
state uoxt week It will bo mi indepen
dent afternoon paper modolod after
tho well known newspapers of tho
Soripps Mcltuo loaguo with which It
will bo in a way ldoiitillod H D But
lur will bo tho oditor Tho Omaha
News will bo wolcomed in at least ono
particular and that is that it is not
likely to bo mixed up with tho Hitch
cock Hosowater light with which the
two Omaha papers have beou allhotiug
many of thoir leaders
Phil Bauch is uot only an otliciout
man from a clerical standpoint but ho
is a man posscssod of a largo amount of
common sousa an essential lequisitot r
u county clerk Ho is an old resident
of the county and mauy of those who
xvero hero with him in au early day
sharing with him tho trials aud tnbula 1
tious of life on tho frontier will givo
him their votes ou election day w ithout
stopping to ask tho complexion of his
politics And whoa elected he will
mako ono of tho best county cleiks Mad
ison county ever had aud that oillce has
for many years been iu tho best of bauds
It is reported that thero aro candidates
iu tho county who aro attempting to
tvado tho provisions of tho uew law pro
hibiting the use of niouey for election
eering purposes by loauiug small sums
to workers with theiuteution of forget
tiug the names of tho borrowers This
class of candidates is being closely
xvatobed aud if they succeed to aa elec
tiou through tho use of money in any
form or under any pretext whatever
their offices will bo contested before they
cau take charge of the game The new
law Is just as fair for 0110 side as for tho
othnr and if any cnmlhlnto attempts to
take advantage of tho Hltuatioa ho will
probably succeed ia losing KlHoMeoovon
though he Is able to buy too most votes
O hris Sohuvliind has liaulo ono of tho
lxst lecoids ever made by u clerk of
tho district court la this state His
books are absolutely correct he isalwayfl
on duty mid ho Is pleasant and obliging
to tho m who have business with his
allien By re electing hlni to the posi
tion ia whioh ho has served ho well dur
ing the past four years tho county known
that it will have a good olllcer for tho
coining term while if a new man is
elected chances aro being taken with
no prospect of having a better olllcer
at best The records of tho ollico of the
CierK 01 1110 tllHlucii coin i aro iuihiiik
most Important of any la tho county
and It is a good business proposition to
letaiu the mna there who has kept
those records correctly
Thi Sioux Olty louraal has iniprovod
wonderfully within tho last few mouths
The amount of matter has been in
creased the paper used is of a better
quality the mechanical and piess wink
have been iniprovod and itsnows service
which has always been of tho best Is
coasideiably bettor If that is possible
Not only Is this aoticeablo ia tho lour
aal but It gives indisputable ovidonco
that it is appieoiated as its columns are
well lllled with good live neat at
tractive buslaoss llko advoitiBonionts of
tho nietchants of that city who can evi
dently distinguish a live udvoi Using
medium from a fence board A paper
may bo willing and ready to furnish tho
best and most readable matter possible
but it takes such substantial oacourug
niont as tho louraal is receiving to
prompt the publisher to persist ia his
ell arts
It sounds strange to read democratic
piaiso of Devvoy in one column and in
tho next an elloit made to cast disci edit
on the glorious viotoiy ho attained
How is it possible How in the name
of the lihetty tho justice mid tho fioe
dom they claim to ospouso can they
honor a mini as a hero who not only
Failed in and plaved havoc with the
capital city of tho Philippines but took
possession and oponed tho way lor tho
army to complete his victory It would
seem that tho horo theso people would
delight to honor should bo a man who
would wade in and give a pooplo an
ovoilnsting drubbing mid then retire and
allow his onoinioH or other foreign
pooples to reap the fruits of his victory
Tins would bo justice This is tho way
Hryau mid his cohorts desire thoir sol
diers to tight Thoy would go on mid
drive a man off his property and thon
surrender it to tho lirst follow who
wanted it This is human nature in
a pig s oyo
The fusion press would like to cast
Chaplain Mailloy into disrespect because
he has the coinage of his convictions
and believes in speaking out in meeting
despite thoir gibes and taunts It is
exceedingly btuingo that ono member
of a roginiont can bo a hero nndunothor
not simply because ho stands by las
guns at home as well as abroad Tho
question is do those papois really be
lieve that tho Fighting First would
would have made tho record thoy did
mid covored thoinsolves with glory while
lighting for a ciuso thoy doomed uujust
Impossible To mako a tighter a
soldior must believe in tho justico of his
cause aud country aud
ishmout of his ouennes Othenvit o tho
authority of olllcors and rigid discipline
would not prevent mutiny or at least
libtlcsuioBS on their part The fact that
thoro was none of this goos to provo
that at least tho vigorous lighters wero
convinced that they woro fighting for
the light and not to oppress a sturdy
band of patriots as tho fusionists would
bo ploasod to havo thoin boliovo
R O Milos tho republican caudidate
for county troasuror is a farmer of
Kmerick product fully capable of taking
core of tho dutios of tho ollico for which
ho is eandiduto He is well educated es
especially nlong commorcinl lino and
the success he has made at farming
shows that ho is a careful llgurer In busi
ness transactions Ho is a nativo Now
Yorker ha ing beou born iu Wyoming
county whoro ho grow to manhood
Ho passed through tho high sohool of
Castile Now Yoik mid then attended
tho Oonnaorcial college of Cleveland
Ohio Ha learned tho blacksmith trade
at whioh ho xvoiked with his father
until lstii when tho family removed to
Iowa mid ho engaged iu farming Iu
lssl Mr Miles emno to Madison county
mid settled on his farm iu Hmorick
precinct where ho now residos and
where by honesty sobriety mid closo nt
tent ion to details ho has accumulated
cousiderablo proporty It is seldom
that a caudidato ha the heuity support
of so many of his neighbors as Mr Miles
is having during this campaign which
certainly means that those who know
him best mid uro best qualified to judge
of his fitness for the position beliovo
that tho republican party made no mis
take iu nominating him as its candidate
for tho olllce of county treasurer The
only publio position that ho has ever
hold was that of supervisor from Km
erick preciuct when Madisou county
was under township organization iu
which capacity he served his constituents
faithfully aud well
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY OmORER 12 MM
America noil I ho Philippines
Ohuplaln Mailloy of the returned
First Nebraska logiiiieat said some
grod tilings before tho inciting iu Mil
coin called to nitify tho nomination of
Judge Heoho which upset the stories
that are being told by tho popociatic
piess that tho soldiors who served la
Manila do not sustain the administration
in its course in the Philippines The
following quotations are taken from
tho chaplains addiess Tho world
belongs to the highest civilization
Tho Philippines boloag to that nation
which has brought to them order and
freedom In that archipelago we are
lcspoiisible for these for the piosorvn
tion of order tho maintenance of lib
erty The responsibility enuio to us
unsought having come we must
accept it If the people of those Islands
weto themselves nblo tocroatomid per
petuate theso to Insuro tho most
lioi feet order to maintain tho highest
liberty if thoy had that self control
that balance of iidguiout that high
executlvo ability opsentlal la the appli
cation to practice of tho theory of gov
ernment tho most dillloult of all prob
lems then might they bo entrusted
with their fato Hut to lcavo thoin to
misrule to diso der within and spoli
ation from without to do that would
be a crimo Wo destroyed tho only gov
ernment they had we must provide
abetter If you think that Agutnuldo
can govern the Philippines better than
MoKlnloy thon vote for Aguidaldo
Personally prefer McKialoy and shall
voto for him
This then is the issuo Not tho elec
tion of this man or that to ollico but tho
croation of a freo pooplo Never sinco
tho civil war will your voto count for
so much Hvory voto cast ia your state
has a significance far beyond tho limits
ot Nebraska It has a national mean
ing it lias a wouu meaning it
says whether or not tho tidnnnistru
tion shall bo supported in this hour of
trial ia its efforts to meet the obligations
thrust upon it by tho unforseen exigen
cies of war It says whothor you will
give aid mid comfoit to tho onomies of
your oountiy and seo your Hag trail
fioni tho ftld of battle in disgrace I
havo seen Old Glory bond to tho battle
stoini and 1 would not dsoit her then
Shall 1 dosort her now No I followed
tho old Hag over the lice ridges of
Luon and shall follow tho old Hag
here I cannot speok officially lor
my old roginiont but if you
watcn tno Jlgiiting v lrst l tiiiaic yon
will Hud thoin voting horo as they shot
in tho Philippines No man can allord
to bo nn obstructionist wheu his country
is at war
Ia timo of peace I am for the ad
ministration when it is right in time
of war so long as n rebellious gnu is
aimed nt the stars aud stripes I nm
for tho adiiiiaistiation rightjor wrong
This is not a timo forcritioisin it is a
tuno for united action Tho war is
upon us wo havo only to fight it out
to tho bitter end and discuss poUtics
afterward But tho war will bo fought
out not iu tho rice swamps and bamboo
jungles of tho Philippines but nt the
ballot boxes of Amoiica The triumph
of republicanism w ill do nioro to crush
tho iobellio1 than all tho troops in
Luzon Hut your ballot is your own
and you alono aro responsible for it
You cm voto if you will to foster
class spirit to create social antipathy
to foinont iudustiial unrest to gonorato
mutual hato and distiust iu the hearts
of your couiitryinou to belittlo tho
genius of your statesmen and tho
courago of your soldiers to obstruct
your countrys present with criticism
and becloud her future with pessimism
you can voto for that or you can voto
for a party that beliores iu that mutual
respect and confldouce botwoen classes
that industrial aud financial stabillity
that reciprocity of esteem betweea fol
low citions that uutrammoledj free
dom iu tho presont and that subllmo
trust for tho futuro upou which aro
founded all progress and prosporlty
for a party that bolleves not only iu
the integrity of our own people and iu
tho stainless honor of our own ting but
in tho political redemption of tho world
Nor shall wo bo without our roward
The lands discouruged by theciudo un-
progressive mothods tho rack routing
the confiscations of Spam theso lauds
when touohed by tho mngio wand of
modern entorpriso and breathed upon
by the warm breath of modern life shall
leap with th quickonings of an
oxhaustlossfertility shall blossom as the
roso shall pour into our storehouses a
stream of golden wealth God never
mudo a more glourious land than tho
Philippines
Aud the people crushod and bled by
Spanish misrule who had sunken into
tho apathy of despair whoso industry
had been pamlyed whoso intellect
had been boiiumbed those pooplo
foldod to tho warm mothor bosom of
this great hearted uation vitalized by
her magnetic life shull rise up iu
renowed vigor into a now fresh ex
isteiico their arms made strong their
minds and hearts thrilled by tho eleotrio
current of our national life till they
shall say Wo too aro Americans
and their strength mid industiy mid
thought and patriotism shall help to
swell the flood to freedom destined to
sweep autiqunted monarchy from its
throne and till tho world
If you prefer to see the Filipino re
main such to see him struggling
bliudly amid the shattered ruius of
baseless hopes seeking for freedom
mid finding anarchy for independence
and finding subjection to tho powers
of Kuropo sinking Into tho oblivion of
European colonies if you prefer this
to seeing him raised to the dignity of
a free and enlightened American then
voto for un expiring democracy but 1
havo faith to believe that the Ameiicnu
people tho people who fought to freo
Cuba will not voto that way
When President McKinley ordered
Downy to luocood to Manila aud destroy
the Spanish fleet and when he clinched
that Hplendid victory by sending mi
in my to capture the city and unfurl
over it tho stars and stripes when ho
did that ho set tho world ahead ono
hundred years
Ho has uot only oponed tho Hood
gates of prosporlty at homo but ho has
sent AmeiicauiHin half around tho
world Tho wholo rieo is bettor today
because ho has filled tho presidential
chair Our country has taken her
place among the nations of tho earth
Tho administration has said that while
other flags graco tho triumphal pro
cession of civilization ld glory shall
not hang dejected at tho flag stall of
bnurbonisin in disgraceful isolation A
splendid career of woild influonco calls
to us from boyoud tho soa and wo shall
heed tho Macedonian ciy From tho
day of its birth this nation has oxpandtd
and it still expands And its expansion
means tho spread of Americanism of
American culture American comnierco
Anieiican aspirations Amoricau
ty
People generally tluoughout the coun
ty feel that Geo W Losov has hold tho
ollico of Hhorill long enough ovon those
who maintain that ho has mado a good
ofllecr ngoooing that no nuiu should
have a life lease of any position within
tho gift of tho pooplo Tho better plan
witn places oi puniic trust is to pass
them around It is very seldom that
a republican asks for n nomination more
than twice and whon ho does ho gener
ally tails of election but when a man
comes boforo tho people asking for their
votes on tho fifth nomination it would
scom that tho limit had been reached
especially when n new man equally as
well qualifiod to fill the place is his op
ponent No ono doubts that Samuel L
Gardner is fully conipotont to preform
tho duties devolving upon the sheriff of
Madison county and his election will bo
passing tho honors around While
Sam Giuduor is a now man as an aspi
raut for a county ollico ho is by no
moans a now man in tho county Ho
was born at Minor Illinois in 1800
but ho has been a resident of Madisou
couuty sinco ho was ton yoars old His
pareats moved here in 1870 and settled
on a farm two miles north from Norfolk
whore he grow to muahood Sinco
casting his first voto he has been a
consistent republican Ho has uover
hold a county ollico but has been elected
assessor of Norfolk preciuct several
years onch timo by mujoritios of 200 to
HOC votes thus demonstrating that ho
is not only popular at homo but that he
is considered a good ofllcer
S A Mackny tho republican candi
date for county judgo was born at Ban
gor Maine April 10 1811 Ho camo of
old Now England stock noted for its
iutorost iu educational matters and tho
namo is a familiar ono iu tho annals ot
Williams college Whon two yoars old
his parents removed to Milwaukee Wis
whoro ho spent his school days At tho
ogo of 12 years ho went to Rock Island
county 111 with a married sistor and
four yoars later he euterod tho employ
of tho John Deero plow company where
ho romaiueduntil the breaking out of
the civil war wheu ho onlisted iu the
37th Illinois infantry In 1870 ho re
moved with his wife to Ropublio county
Kausas whoro he lived 10 yoars After
a short rosldonco In Van Bureu county
Iowa ho came to this couuty ten years
ago aud has boon engaged In farming
over since Ho is n man of studious
habits having a wide range of general
information and if elected as county
judge ho has ovory qualification to fill
tho position acceptably aud woll
Tho loading editorial of tho popocratic
contemporary this morning appears
under the sorrowful heading A
Wondorful Curo of Diarrhoea Wo
know all along that tho popocratio
managors xvero in a serious condition
but wo did not roalizo that thoy woro
iu so bad a fix as this editoral xvould
soom to indicate
Growth of Pi ban Population
In n monograph on The Growth of
Cities In the Nineteenth Century
published under the direction of Co
lumbia university In New Yoik Dr
Allan Pel rla Weber who Is attaining
piDiulncncc as a statistician mid politi
cal economist exhibits the change
which u bundled jwiis have wtought
by the following otlgtunl ami effective
compaiison
1710
Population f tho Unlti d Htntrs Otrtisn
Population of citiisuf lOUWunil x
mom 1j1
Proportion lt iiii In cities ot
10000 nml inoi o 0 14 pur cunt
1811
Populntlim of tlio flv un colonies
of Austinllii ObOJBM
Poptlliitlon of eltlcH ot 1UM or
moro 12042S3
Proportion living In cities of
lUUUJur moii ill O por cent
The population of Australia la ISO I
was almost exactly that of tho United
States a century cmller The condi
tions of i ace cllnuitu and polities me
pel haps mote nearly Identical than Iu
any two cases of natlonnl development
Iu the whole history of the world Vet
while in the United States a hundred
yeais ago only one thlitleth of the en
tile population was iiibaa la Austin
lln one thlid of all the people me gath
oi ed la cities This change has gone
on dining the past ceiituiy nil over tho
woild and the results piesent ono of
the most significant facts In the statis
tics of model n civilization
Tho locontly icported agieeiiieat be
tween this country and Germany for
the Intel change of put eels by post
nw akens Intel est in the paieel post
system which has for some time been
In operation In that country which
may piopeily be regmded as the patent
of this International agreement and sug
gests the lnquliy whether It would not
he piotltuble for us to adopt such a
system lu connection with the domestic
adininistiatlon of our postal depart
ment The Get limn sj stein divides tho
tenltory of the country into ones
and legulntes the charge aceoullng to
the distance the package Is can led Por
small packages those weighing not
more than 11 pounds there me two
zones Packages sent less than 10 miles
aie chmgod 0 cents and those for a
greater distance 22 cents For pack
ages exceeding 11 pounds thoie are six
zones mid the chiuges aio piopoitlon
ed to the weight nnd distance The
piovlslons for the small pa i cols aie tho
most inipoitant however as these aie
the packages most commonly sent by
post The system has according to the
statement of Gorman postal authori
ties proved to bo of special value to
the small tradesman and farmer by
whom It Is freely patronized By means
of It the small mei chant and the single
lino dealer are almost put on nn equal
ity with the great department stores in
the delivery of goods The paieel post
seems to offer an absolutely fair meth
od of placing the small dealer upon a
more nearly equal footing with his
grent ilval It Is believed that weio
the system adopted heie at the Ger
man iate of 0 cents for paicels not ex
ceeding 11 pounds cm i led for a dis
tance of not exceeding 40 miles the
postofllce depm Uncut could peiform
the service with piomptness and at a
pi oil t
People generally will hold that Sec
letniy Hoot acted wisely In giving un
qualified Indoisement to General Lud
lows suppression of nn objectionable
newspaper publication in Havana The
sheet In question as General Ludlow
charged was conducted on disreputa
ble lines and was an affront to decen
cy Its owners and conductors appeal
ed the case here on the allegation that
General Ludlow had acted In a spirit
of oppression and In violation of tho
tights of a fiee press Secretary Hoot
after Investigation finds for General
Ludlow nnd declines that tho freedom
of the press lias not been violated
While the governmental suppression of
newspapers Is u decidedly delicate
matter and ought not to be resorted to
except In flagrant cases tho action lu
this Instance seems to bo fully Justi
fied The legitimate piess of Havana
far from being menaced by the sup
pi esslou of a scurrilous and unworthy
publication Is benefited as a source of
shame to It as to the community nt
large has been lemoved
In Haltlmoie icceiitly a deceased pet
monkey was given a very foimnl burhil
lu a satin lined white casket Theio
We aro really sorry V0I0 bx ImilueauSi a eulogistic ml-
for them and hope the Wonderful
Cure will havo tho desired effect
Kdvvard Tanner has made a good
coroner and tho ollico under his super
vision has been ecouoinically managed
This is a position to whioh ordinarily
very littlo importance is attaohodJnad
yet it is in reality n very inipoitant of
fice Mr Tanner having given good
satisfaction will withont doubt bo re
electid
Geo W Snider is in every way com
petent to stand at the head of the publio
school system of Madifou county be
sides ho is a soldier boy who has fought
for the Hag under the tropic suu at
Manila mid nothing is too good for the
soldier boys theso days
Chris Smith is a successful farmer of
the interior of the couuty who will
biiug to tho ollioe of couuty commis
bioner the benefit of a wide experience
iu the practical affairs of every day life
Hi ess cmiiages for
levei ul lloml deslfj
empty chair and
Tho missing link
the moiirueis aud
us including the
the gates ajar
was not present
though It Is evident that the paitlel
pants in this peifoimaucc mote closely
lesemblo the supposed antecedents of
the missing link than Its nlleged sue
tessois
The Siunoan kings who not long
nback weio adding to the gajety of
nations should do something to iccall
themselves to the popular mind or
they will not even bo eligible to dime
museum engagements
Ono of the unhappy features of this
whole Timisvnnl business is that If
theio U a war and Gieat Britain wlus
Alfied Austin will have to write some
poetry about It
The pie trust Is tho latest If Mr
Octopus hasnt n cast Iron stomach
this Is likely to give him indigestion
MR- MZOOT 1I
Mr WHIcn n I filer to Aunliiiililo nnil
ConllilMilliill InfiiniiN llltn of llio
ncinncrnllc Iolllliiil Situation In
the Inllcil Stiitcn
Buno rv IvrnnMAStrr
Wasiiinuion D O
Tit the IlillUir
In ordei tu better kno wluire we ore nt
dooiin the gittln icdily part uv the next
prcslilensluil tniiipane I hev felt It tu be
ml dooty to nihil ess a letter tu Mr Agui
nnlilo htm z diiin nil lie kin tu ninlk our
success possible lie nnd the Dlinierntlo
pnity air engaged In trjln tu oveithro
the presont ndmlnlstrnsliun nnd nil con
nected with It and tu that extent nt
leest shoml be regarded ez ntlles boo nm
label la In u common cause We kin be
uv iniitnoitl help tu each uther nnd mi
objeck hi iltln him vvuz tu tell hlni how
Inipoitant It wuz fer hlni tu keep peggln
awn at the Anieiikin forces In the FI1II
peens If he expected enny help frtini this
quai tor This Iz whut I rote tu hlni
BtJItO U IMKKMASIION
Washington D 0
Tu Mr Aguhialdo boo Iz Hinnwlinre In
tilt Fllllpeen Islands
Mi great nnd Good Fiend this Is the
vva Giover Cleveland told me tu address
finrineis boo didnt feel right towards
us I tnlk nil pen In hand tu let yu kno
thet I nni ez well as cood bo expected bl
won boo hez mulct Inkin n thuiulerin biff
job thet alnt likely tu pan out very well
nml hone these fu lines vvlll find yii the
snlni I nm a Dlmlcrnl hum the Stnit
uv Noo Gersey hoo lives nt Applejack
Farm in said Stnit wen I iiint nwa
fiinn home and I hev been selected ez a
pcrninboolntlii mlssliunnry fer the pur
puse uv helpin to reorganize the Dinii
cratie party for the ciimpane uv next
year nml tu try tu put it in condishun tu
make n respectable lite I hev found out
nlicddy thet tluire iz plenty uv fite left
in the old party but it Ir mostly between
the different fncshiais uv it anil bi the
time these quarrels iz settled it dont look
ez tho we wood hev much fite left tu run
a four months enmpane ugin the Kepub
likius
I hope j u know enuff uv the general
run uv Ameiikiu pollitix tu onilei stand
the tlte fix we air in and how inipoitant
it iz thet j i shood du suinthin tu help us
1 feel thet I Kin confide in yu enuff to sa
thet we nil shoit uv wiunui issues fei
the giale caiupaiie uv 1000 The tniiff
issoo ft urn vi hull we expected so much
hez hin a boomerang wieh he nockt the
stutlin out in us from wuu end uv the
kouutij tu the uther We expected the
custom house levenoos tu fall off dooiin
the last liscnl jeer and tha hev incieast
nioi o than niillyun dollnis We
lied expei ted thet the pieple wood kick
agin pnjin a cent on telegrams 2 cents
on bunk cheeks nml an inci eased tnx on
beer w hisky cigars tobacco and uther
Diuiiciiitic necessiines but tha hev cum
up without grumblin and maiilc the in
fernal revenoo retains foot up t a total
of nioie thun a hundred mllljuiis doorin
the jeer The free silver Issoo iz in the
hands uv the undertaker and the one we
air Iiopin tu raise ngin the Trusts iz
hev in the w ind taken out uv it hi the dis
koverj thet nil the Tiust companies ev
eijvvhuie an full of Dimiciats Upon
none uv these issoos kin we reezonnbly
hope tu mink a w iuiiin fite The people
air tu intelligent not tu see thru om lit
tle game Thet iz vvim tiubble we hev
in this kouutij we ail all the timo run
iiin up agin peeple hoo kno tu much
With yu it iz difleient Yu dont hev no
intelligence woith menshitnin tu buck
aginst and whatever ju sa goes among
juie follow eis I wood it were possible
tu hev ju cum ovei tu this kouutry anil
jino the Dimieratie piutj I feel thet ju
air won uv us in hint and iicshun and I
tiust the da will cum wen ju kin cable
us an mquay coiiseinia whut Dimiciatic
majority we want letiuned on the into
uv the elecshun
Wen this ciooel war Iz over if ju find
jureself iinpuuLtiiretl cum over and we
will find sum place whnre yure talent fer
akkumulntiu uuinney nnd gittiu nwa
with it kin hev full swing At present
we hev a beeleef thet ju kin be nv servls
tu us Yu nlr a smart and eloosiv little
cuss nnd if yu kin keep out uv the vva uv
our soljeis fer a fu months lougci wo
expeck tu profit bi it polltiknlly speekin
We air givin vu n grnto send off in this
kountry and the Dimicrats air holdln off
wile tlie Itopuhlikin Pillipeeno70 frum
Massiichoosetts air enterin yu in tho
snnie class w ith Geoi gu Washington We
shall full in with em mid tugether we
shall tell the peeple uv Hie Yoonited
Stalls that ju air the grate exponent uv
koustitooshunal libeity in tho Fillipeens
and thet Fieedom will git it iu the neck
figgeratively speekin if mi thing hap
pens tu ju Senator Hoar will gladly
take the stump fer yu and IMvvnrd At
kinson kin figger out tu the fracshim uv
a cent how mutch better it will bo fer us
tu suppoit ii than tu stand hi our own
race and buck up our soljeis hoo air car
rjin the Anieiikin ting intu iire hot and
unhelthy kouutiv
Wo hev ah eddy sot sum bale fires in
vnrious places We hev secoored the
services uv sum Lollegu profTossors nnd
sum third rate pieecheis nnd sum old
mniils tu hold konvenshuns or confei
ences ez thu call em iu sum uv our cities
tu make speeihes fuo off praeis and
shed sum teeis nnd puss icsoloosiiuns la
yuio beluiff Thu hev klckt up quite n
iiimpus kousltleiiii the weight uv ma
terial and hev sot ii up ez n grnto man
hoo iz leeding biz pieple tlno fno and
bind nml inserts tu vlctoiy and Inde
pendent c Tha hev abused the Piesi
dent and Dewey and our geneials boo
hev innile It onplesant fer ii ami hev
stigmatized our soljers ez inunlereis
This will bo gintifjin nooze tu ju and
it will put more ueive intu ii tu tepel
the iuvuileis uv mi re jungles
Iu konelooshun let me asshoor u thet
ju dont kno how much we air ilepeudiu
upon u fer nde nn ciiinfeit Our only
hope nt piesent seems tu be iu yure
cunning bed ami nimble leg Whatever
j u du dont tliMippiut us I kiiinot innku
It eniij htionger thun tu exiiinue in the
lungw iilge uv mi immediate Applejackers
Dont innik n mux uv It Affeckshuu
ntely ours
Frum Applejack Farm wlch iz nevt tu
Graver Clevelands u the stait uv Noo
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