The JSlot oik Jleuis
llnvnua is rapidly becoming olvillzod
It Is to havo nil American brewery
Thoro nro 100 colleges In thin country
lmviiif total valuation of 0000000
Govornor HtiRitll of North Carolina
is tho only republican govornor In tho
ponthorn stntos
Tho publishers of tho Unitod Stuuw
will have a Bpooinl tlinplny In a special
building at tho Parln exposition
Tills Is an era of rising prices Urn
brollas wont up last ovoniiiK antl it looks
as If thoy would oontiiiuo to go P fr
Homo time It is still raining
A promotor has boon vory aptly do1
lined as a man who hasnt iiiuoh moiioy
and who goos around trying to ropo in
othorn who havo
David B Henderson Speaker Heeds
successor was born at Old Door Snot
land Protldontiul impirnntH will havo
no cause for jealousy with him
Tho now svstom of rapid tologrnphy
was tested this weok and unilor adverse
cirouinstanoos the lines not working
woll messages wore sent at tho rate of
1000 words a minuto
Bocuuso of its frequent oppoaranoo in
ohuroh collections tho uieklo has come
to bo called tho chookol of tho sanc
tuary but this doos not provo by any
moans that It is tho ooln of the realm
otomal
Tho owners of tho Gripplo Crook min
ing proporty havo recently boon offored
15000000 for It That was just tho
amount that JotTorRon paid for tho
wholo Louisiana purchaso And yet
some men are opposed to expansion
Eugono V Dobbs says wo aro on tho
ovo of tho worst panio tho country Iuib
evor seen James J Hill says that wo
can conlldoutly look forward to a groat
prosperity for tho next 20 years Mr
Dobbs makos a busiuoss of dealing in
panics whilo Mr Hill makes a business
of business You pay your iiiouoy and
tako your choico
Rot S V Dickinson mi agent for
tho American Hiblo sooioty has just
brought to light tho interesting fact that
tho ilrst book printed iu Minnesota was
a bible It was printed in 18I0 about
11 yoars boforo tho llrst issue of a news
paper iu St Paul Tho bible was
printotl in tho Ojibway lauguage on tho
mission pross at Lako Pokognma in
Pino county
Thoro is a groat ileal of commout de
ploring tho absence of Thomas B Hood
from his former placo iu congress with
tho iutimation that his party and tho
country havo mot with an irroparablo
loss Whilo Mr Hood is boyond ques
tion ono of tho brauiost of publio mon it
is well to rowembor that iu cougross as
olsowhoro the iudispensablo man docs
not exist Publio affairs will coutinno
to bo conductod with ability and sagaci
ty oveu with Mr Rood a private oiti
zon
Mr Bryan says ho has no fear of the
outcome uoxt your Why should ho
havo Tho elootion this yoar indicates
uumistakably that tho Amorioau peoplo
havo confldouco in tho present adminis
tration of national affairs Everything
is favorable toward tho continuation of
tho ropublioan party iu powor by hand
Bomo popular majorities in 1000 excopt
Nebraska and this state will bo in lino by
next Novombor Mr Bryan is intelli
gent enough to know that this menus
continued prosperity and progross
With such an assured outcome fear on
tho part of Mr Byran or auyono else
would ho the heighth of absurdity
Postofllco Iusoootor Sinclairs criti
cism of tho sidewalk conditions of this
city nro in direct lino with what bus
teen Baid tiuio and again by this paper
and simply emphsizos tho fact that as
Been by au outsider tho side wall 8 of
Norfolk are a disgrace to a civilized
community Tho question of better
lighted stroots is also ouo that must soou
bo met by the city Every street corner
should have au electric light if not au
aro light then an incandescent of at
least t2 caudle power Thoro is room
for lots of improvement along tho side
walk and lighting lino nud it must be
done bofore the city will bo given a freo
delivery system by tho postollloe depart
ment
Tho silk industry in tho United States
has growu at nn amazing rato Statis
tics show that iu 1600 87 perceutof
tho silk goods usod in this country wore
imported Iu 1898 only 15 per cent of
the Bilk goods used were brought from
other lauds Thia Bhows a most re
mnrknble dovelopmout in this industry
but evon those figures do not tell tho
whole story because they do not show
the tremondous increase iu the consump
tion of such goods caused by tho gain in
population With tho steady improve
ment being made iu the manufacture of
silks nud tho inoroased capacity iu our
mills and machiuory each year will un
doubtedly show a decrease in the per
oentago of imported silks usod
The quostiou still agitates the public
mind as to what is to be done iu tho
way of bettering the condition of
tho sldnwalkn of this city and of having
it lighted in a ninnnor that would do
credit to a town with say half tho popu
lation Norfolk is now ready for a freo
dollvery systom tho postofllco rocoiptR
aro enough to warrant having loiter
carriers and tho department Rtauds
ready to Inaugurate tho norvico whtm
tho city placoR its walks mid lights in a
resectable condition Tho quoMlon
again roverts to tho original propo itlon
shall wo havo a froo dollvory Hystom or
not Shall wo tako our piano among
tho cities of like oIiim or bo rologatod to
tho rear becauso of lack of ontorprlso
It Is up to tho city connoil
Tho benefits of tho pant half a oontury
which havo resulted in labor Raving
machines that can do tho work of many
hands havo wronged none of tho toilors
but havo on tho contrary improved his
condition Thoro nro many families who
at tho bcglnlng of their family llfo woro
obliged to livo In tho crudest and most
unsatisfactory way and who failed to
meet with business success which could
lift thorn out of thoir narrow environ
ments who havo by tho moor forco of
universal inprovomout boon immeusuro
ably benefited Peoplo nro bottor fed
bettor housed and better clothed than
they woro 50 yoars ago Tho number of
books periodicals and nowspapors in tho
vory humblost homes havo boon multi
plied many times Nearly every homo
bus Its musical Instrument and tho homo
llfo is brighter hotter nud hnpplor for
all thoso improvements Tho ohildron
of tho lnboring man of today oujoy ad
vantages and lnxurloR whioli in thoir
grandfathera day could only bo pur
chasod by tho fow who woro blessed
with wealth All this is duo to tho
onward inarch of civilization
There is n wholo sermon in tho state
ments of tho two national banks of this
city which woro published last wook
Tho combined doposits of tho two insti
tutions amount to -155000 n cousldorn
bio portion of which is on timo doposit
indicating that tho owners havo no
placo whoro thoy can put tho money to
better ndvnutago than to draw tho small
per cont of interest that tho banks allow
on this class of doposits Contrasted
with throe yoars ago tho ainouut of idle
mouoy on doposit in tho Norfolk banks
now is botweon two and thrco times as
much as it was thou And tho straugo
feature of tho matter is that uoarly all
this surplus cash is owned by tho
farmers very fow business mon having
any 11101103 over that which thoy uso to
carry on thoir busiuoss Tho sumo con
dition prevails not only throughout tho
state but iu tho nation as woll Tho
number of bank doposltors in this
country iB now estimated at llOOOOOO
twico as mauy us thoro woro ton yoars
ago Thoso conditions do not indicate
that tho poor aro growing poorer but on
tho contrary thoy signify thnt they nro
becoming inoro prosperous ovory dny
Tho statomout of tho city olork pub
lished today shows that tho oxpousos of
tho city havo exceeded tho recipts dur
ing tho fiscal year ouding August 131801
in tho sum of 418761 It is not diffi
cult to discovor whoro thia mouoy bos
gono to The item iu the water fund
which reads For repairs and exten
sions C04iD0 tolh the wholo Btory
Most of that money was invested in a
nolo in tho ground at tho wator works
which did no moro good to tho city than
did tho money whicli somo of our mis
guided neighbors invested iu a rain
maker a fow yoars ago iu fact from
the start it was just about as practical n
Bchoiuo Outside of this item tho ex
penses havo not been moro than iu ordi
nary yoars and if tho olty roally had
that much money to burn it might far
bettor havo put it iuto work on stroots
and sidewalks which aro actually in
need of the legitimate expenditure of
cousidorablo mouoy Tho wisdom of
tho council however said that wo did
not noed much iu the way of stroots and
sidowulks But that holo iu tho ground
wo must havo Lord yos and wo got
it 1 Tho tax payers will now walk up to
tho proscription case and tako thoir nied
lolno
Would Menu Aimrohy
The Omaha World Herald has gone
into couvulsious on account of tho kill
ing of a dosorter from the regular army
at Fort Crook Tho samo papor warmly
oimmouds a bank clerk for killing a
highwayman who tried to hold him up
in a louoly pnrt of South Omaha A
comparison of tho two cases is interest
ing Soldiers aro governed by a set of
vory strict laws tho samo as any other
body of civilizod men When n civilian
is killed in tho act of committing larceny
or murdor thoro may bo somo oxcuso for
him on tho ground of insanity or igno
rance of tho law But not bo with tho
Boldier ho lias to bo mentally as well ns
phytic illy souud before ho is token into
tho army nud ono of the first things ho
is required to do nfter enlisting is to
familiarize himself with the regulations
Several offenses aro made pnuishable by
death and oue of them is desertion
There are no excoptions and overy sol
dier who tries to ruu away knows that
ho is taking his life in his own hauds
Tho only way Deserter Morgaus guards
could havo spared his life was for them
to ignore their explicit orders as well as
the regulations aud permit him to os
capo Should both civil and military
authorities adopt such a course iu deal
ing with law breakers we would soou be
in a condition of anarohy Perhaps
tlmt is just what the World Herald
wants St Paul Republican
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY DECEMBER H 1899
Tho United Statos mint at Phila
dolphin in to soon issuo tho most uniqno
nnd Hignidcont coin of modern times
It is tho Lafayotto dollar authorized by
congress iu aid of tho Lafnyetto monu
ment This coin which is a legal
tendor dollnr boars upon Its faco In baa
relief n double medallion of tho heads of
Washington and Lafnyetto and upon its
roverso a mlnaturo reproduction of tho
equustrinn statuo of Lafnyetto used for
the monument Tho Inscription on tho
dollnr explains its purpose strnok in
commemoration of monnmont erected
by school youth of Unltod States to
Gonoral Lafayolto Paris Franco 1000
Thoro will bo 50000 struck and tho first
of tho issuo will bo prosonted by Presi
dent MoKinloy to tho President of tho
Fronoh ropublio Popular subscriptions
aro now being ontorcd for tho coin
which will bo sold for 2 onch and as
thoro Is but ono coin to onch 1500 peoplo
tho subscription will closo on tho 15th
Drafts currency or money ordors will bo
accepted in payment nud all orders
should bo payable to Edwin A Pottor
treasurer of tho commission Inquiries
nud subscriptions for coins should bo nd
drossod to Hobort J Thompson secre
tary In caro of Amorlcaii Trust Sav
ings bank Chicago Tho commission
reserves tho right to limit tho number of
coins alloted to each subscriber
Studonts of schools nnd colleges who
wIbIi coins should combine thoir ordors
iu ouo subscription nud soud if possiblo
through local bnuk
In nn nrticlo on The South Afrlcn
Question In tho Decomber number of
tho North Amorican Roviow Mr An
drew Carnogio nrguos with Bplrit that
tho BritlshGovornmontghnvo made a
blunder iu forcing hostilities upon tho
Truusvaal which mny eventually on
danger tho vory oxistonco of thoir
powor in n part of tho world in which
thoy now claim nothing less than pur
nmountcy Mr Carnogio insists that
Mr Gladstones policy of conciliation
was based upon wise prudent states
manship Says Mr Carnogio
M Gladstones critics today describe
him as haviug acted under tho influouco
of sontimont ns opposed to prnctial
politics aud giving way to tho natural
disliko of a great empire to push mutters
to extremes ngniust n fow Boers In
this tho writor thinks thoy do Mr Glad
stone gravo iujustico ns n statesman
Much to this great mans credit ho was
moro open to tho charge of magnanimous
treatment of other untious thnu most
British statesmon but Mr Gadstouo
hnd tho ndvico of tho ablest mou conver
sant with tho situation in South Africa
when ho docidod that forco in thiscaso
was noremody that far seeing states
monshlp required thnt tho Dutoh elo
mont bo conciliated not destroyed if it
woro ovorto bo nmicnbly morgod into
tho British
Sonntor Wm P Frye of Maiue who
succeeds Vice President Hobart ns tho
presiding officer of tho sennte delivered
a speech boforo tho Bencou club of Bos
ton last week which was significant as
dofiniug tho views of an avowed and ar
dont expansionist coucerniug tho duty
of the American people and government
toward the Philippine islands He said
First you will fight until there is
pooce there and it will make no differ
once how long it takes either Thon
you will give them a good government
you will construct railroads aud high
ways aud givo them access to the sea
You will open up and devolop tho nat
ural resources of tho island Yon will
soo that labor is fairly paid You will
protect them in all their rights of prop
erty in nil their social civil and relig
ious rights You will build school
houses and churohos You will seud
teachers to teach thorn tho English lan
guage nud just bo far aud so fast as iu
your judgment it is safo to do it you
will eutrust to thorn a local aud munici
pal government gradually teaching
them how to assume and carry on tho
responsibility of government And it
is this kind of imperialism that the
World Herald nnd others of liko class
fear will subvert the liberties of the
peoplo 1
Nebraska industries nro enjoying
with thoso of tho eastern states the
gateway that has boon opened up in tho
orient for thoir mar ufacturos An ex
ohaugo contains tho following item
Tho Kearney cotton mills aro consign
ing thoir goods direct to tho Chinese
ompiro A cnrlond of brown Bheotiug
was recontly billed from Kearney to
Hong Koug and an order hns just been
received from Shanghai China for ouo
quarter million yards Tho niauagor
Chas Brown says tho quality of goods
ordered is tho very best The cotton
mills havo beon running constantly
since tho fall of 1890 and employ 225
operators
Lieutenant Nlblaok has written an
article in which ho advocates tho ex
change of tho Sulu islands with Hol
land for the island of Garacoa in tho
Carribean soa Ho thinks this course
would tako a white elephant off our
bauds aud at tho same timo give us a
good neighbor iu tho Philippines
There are as charged bigamists in
other states as woll as iu Utah Tho
difference is this other Btates send them
to the penitentiary not to congress
Emma Goldman a noted anarchist
has left this country in disgus Good
riddance to bad rubbish
Thoro is ono publio trust thnt Is still
popular a publio postofllco
If yon nro not nlways longing for tho
unattalnablo you will bo reasonably
uuppyt
Since Dowoys oxporionco men will bo
moro careful about giving anything to
thoir wives
Is it posilblo that Agulnaldos raco is
nearly run How disappointed tho
antls willbo
Now is tho timo to pay debts stys
nn oxohungo Yos nud thnt now should
bo mndo porpotual
Why wouldnt Aguinaldo mako a good
domooratto candidate for tho presidency
His running quulitios aro certainly ex
cellent
Germany Is going to incrooso her
navy Thoro Is n demand from tho
German peoplo that it bo socoud only
to Englands
A woman in St Paul had tho milk
man arrested bocauso she found a fish In
tho milk Somo peoplo got moro than
thoy bargaiu for aud still nront happy
Tho CliinoBO govornmout cannot man
age to run its nflulrs without tho ndvico
of Li Hung Chang Tho vonorablo old
goutlemnn now turns up ns miuistor of
commorco
Mr Bryan is preparing to spend the
wiuter in California resting It is ex
pected ho will return in tho spring with
lung powors increased and tonguo thor
oughly limbered for tho campaign
Secretary Root says that there is no
obstuclo iu tho way of our providing
Porto Rico with tho best government
we aro capablo of giving thorn Tho
pooplo nro rendy for it
Ian Mnolaron puts it pretty roughly
whou ho asks iu a magazine article
Shall tho Old Olorgyinau bo Shot It
would not soom uecossary to disposo of
them in this maunor in Scotland ns long
as thoy can como over to America nnd
scoop in the silvor cnrt wheels for lectur
ing
Thoro nro uow 091510 persons draw
ing militnry ponsious from tho Uuited
States treasury who duriug tho past
yoar had paid to them tho sum of sJHW
ilmOOO But tho United States can
well afford to pay a largo sum of mouoy
to thoso who in the nations uoed rushed
to its defence
It is reported that a portion of tho
troops stationed in Cuba aro to be re
called by tho recommendation of Gen
Wood This is a cause for most sincere
thaukfuluos8 by this country as it proves
that real progross is being modo toward
tho ultimate civilization of the Cubans
so earnestly labored for
Talk about expansion 1 In 1800 there
wore only 200 publications in the United
States ono for every 24000 people
Today there aro over 20000 ono for
every 850 persons Then thoro were
little poorly printed sheets Today a
well couduoted newspaper rural or
metropolitan is a thing of beauty and
a joy forever
It is argued by membors of the city
couucil as a reason why the streets and
sidowulks can not be put in bettor condi
tion at this time that there are no funds
iu the treasury Had tho council not
thrown over 4000 into n holo in tho
ground during the past summer the
publio would have moro sympathy for
that kiud of an oxcuso but as it is people
generally foel very much disgusted with
the situation The councilman seemed
to be ablo torMn money to pour into
that hole in the ground and thoir ex
perience iu that direction then should
now mnko them capable of securing tho
wherewithal to placo the stroots nnd
sidewalks in a respectable condition
That tho editor of tho Plainviow News
has more conscience and justice than
others of liko politics is evidenced by
tho following According to tho News
idea tho nowspapors that aro agitating
tho question of what Gov Poynter will
or will not do in regard to appointing a
senator to fill the vacancy iu caso of
Souator Hay wards death aro exorcis
ing very poor judgment aud their
course is revolting in the extremo Sen
ator Hayward is not dead and overy
houost man hopes that his life may bo
spared for many years aud nil sympa
thize with his family iu thoir doop gloom
This hustling after dead mans shoes
especially before thoir owner has pas6od
away is revolting aud is a spectacle
which has become much too common
Admiral Dewey is human nfter nil
nud mndo of common clay like uuto the
rest of mankind aud the least that can bo
said of his immediate transfer of the gift
of a gratoful peoplo to tho hero of Ma
nila is that it was shockingly bad taste
His new wife would havo had all proper
rights to its occupauoy but it was not
desigued by tho peoplo as a gift to her
nor to her possiblo heir but to Georgo
Dewey aud to bis son aud bo 011 iu the
Dewey uame It was a vory nnfortu
uato transfer but we all mako mistakes
aud it is not wise for tho nation to turn
their adoration into scorn because their
idol has a flaw Ho is Btill Admiral
Dowey tho hero of Manila bay nnd as
such should havo the honor of his
countrymen whom ho bo bravely served
Tim TlinnkujflTlnK Now
WinsldoTribuno Tho Thunkflgiv
lug odltion of Tun Norfolk Nrws wbb
n hnmmor
Omaha World Herald A thirty six
pngo edition and n daisy ouo at that
wns iBsuod by tho Norfolk News
Thanksgiving dny
Lyons Sun Tho Thanksgiving issuo
of Thk Norfolk Daily News was a su
perior production and n credit to Nor
folk and its publisher
Tildou Citizen Tho Norfolk Nkws
got out n i0 pago Thanksgiving number
liibt Thursday which would bo credltablo
to any city in tho stato
Wakoflold Republican Tho Thanks
giving numbor of Tun Norfolk Daily
Nkwh was a hummer IIubo always
sots tho pace and its a fast 0110
Nowmau Grovo Herald Tho Norfolk
News wan a mammoth on Thanksgiving
Day with its thirty six pages aud litho
graph cover It is a handsomo edition
and shows Colonol Huso to bo a hustlor
D II Croniu odltor of tho ONeill
Frontier Ronds Thk News his personal
opinion of a rocout issuo as follows
Accept congratulations on your
Thanksgiving edition It was a peach
yoa a pair of thorn
Ponca Journal Thk Norfolk Daily
News came out on Thanksgiving with
10 pages of bright interesting readable
mattor and attractivo advertising matter
It was by all odds tho best Thanksgiv
ing numbor that reached our desk
Battlo Creek Republican Tho Nor
folk News issued nu elegant special
numbor In obsorvauco of Turkey Day
It was tho largest papor overissued from
that office replete with good reading
matter and timely illustrations in fact
a niodol of up-to-date newspaper work
Plainviow Republican Tho Thnnks
giving issuo of Tire Norfolk News was
ouo that reflected credit on tho manage
ment of that papor It containod 40
pagoi filled with news relating to tho
advantages offered by Norfolk as a
business location aud a gonorul write
up of tho city It was a beauty
Stautou Picket Thnt wns a great
paper wns tho Thanksgiving number
of The Norfolk Daily News Such
effort is highly commendable aud
materially benefits tho city county and
stato Norfolk people should appreciate
and give a liberal support to The Daily
News Tho paper merits it
Fremont Tribune Tho Norfolk
News issuod a 40 pago Thauksgiviug
uumbor that was a thing of beauty
When tho News undertakes such a
stroko tho business men of its town nil
hammer at its gates for n slice of ad
vertising spaco and it makes a joyful
Thanksgiving for Editor Huso
Plainviow News The Norfolk
Daily Nkws of Wednesday Nov 29
was an elegant Thanksgiving souveuir
number of 36 pages filled with good
reading and artistically display ads of
Norfolk business men Editor Huse
is a hustler and a newspaper man in
every sense of tho word aud deserves
success
Wayne Herald The Norfolk Daily
News issued a thirty six pago Thanks
giving edition that was a hummer
Bro Huse as a hustler and as a genuine
newspaper man both as an editor and
as tradesman has no superior in the
state and he is twico over deserving of
the splendid success with which he
seems to be blessed
Battlo Breek Enterprise On
Wednesday the Norfolk Daily News
issued a Thauksgiviug edition which
eclipses anything ever issuod in the
state outside of tho metropolitan cities
It consisted of SO pages with an illumi
nated cover was ropleted with things
of interest to tho reading public aud
typographically it was a thing of
beauty Brother Huse his reporters
printers nnd pressmen comprise a force
worthy of praise
Grand Island Republican Tho
Thanksgiving number of the Norfolk
Daily News issuod last Wednesday is
ono of the most creditable productions
ever put out by au iuterior daily in the
state of Nebraska In fact it is doubtful
if its equal has ever been Been outside
of Omaha and Lincoln and but few of
its class iu thoso cities The papor con
sisted of WJ six column pages in a pretty
colored cover All tho work except tho
latter wa9 dono in tho News office ami
speaks volumes for Publisher Husos
facilities aud enterprise
Dodge Criterion The Norfolk
News got out an illustrated forty four
page Thanksgiving edition that is a
hummer It coutains fourteon pages of
display advertisements by homo nior
chants aud manufactures besides sever
nl columns of local advertising The
NEWsevidontly believes in hustliug nud
the business men of Norfolk in advertis
ing It is ueedless to say that Norfolk
is n thriving town and it nowspapors
good ones Further comment is unnec
essary the moral is evident to all who
read
Norfolk Times Tribune The Thanks
giving number of tho News issued last
Wednesday would have been a credit to
the city of Omaha as far as size aud
typographical oxceleuce are concerned
but in tho modest opinion of tho writer
the gamo was hardly wc rth tho caudlo
or in other words the advertising did
not warrant the sizo of tho papor as
thoro were only about 01 columns in
tho 40 pages All tho same however
tho Times Tribuue cougrutulates its
contemporary on haviug issued tho
largest paper iu tho state outside of
Omaha
- 1
MR MOOT WILMS
11b Wrllra Tlint the Klcctton Ilranlta
IIktc Prevented the DcmocrntlB
Ilrntldimrlern rrtim Ileln Turned
Intn i llcehlvc uv Joolillnnhnn ntitl
rcnnlln
BURO UV iNFEnMASIHJN
Washington D C
Tu the Edltur
These hedqunrtcrs air In a stalt uv
kroulc crupshun In consequence uv tho
exchange uv oplnyuns goln on between
kongrcssmen consernln tho reazuns
why wo got llckt In tho November clec
shuns Tha bed nil predicted n grate
Dlmlcrntlc victory a regular landslldo
thet wuz tu bury tho Hepubllkin par
ty so deep yu coodnt find It bl dlggiu
down with a steam shovel and wen It
turned out tu be tho Dlmlcratlc party
thet got planted tu deep to sprout agin
our Buro wlch wuz tu bo the beehive
uv Joobllashun nud feastln hez bin
turned Intn a house uv mouruln nnd
lamentashun Thuro hez bin uo peeco
or cutnfert for enny uv us doorln the
Inst mouth All hez bin riotln nud
ciiBsln nud kahoss generally Wen a
Dlmlcrntlc kongroHsmnn cuius In tu
give us hlz ldees ho iz Instantly pounc
ed upon hi a dozen uthcrs boo want tu
give thelrn nnd it iz umklu deep In
roads Intn ml stock uv cousolln npple
jnck tu keep cm frum brnkelu each
uthcrs beds I hcv nbout couclooded
tu let cm llto It out aiming themselves
nnd wen tha hcv talked each uther out
I kin cum In cz a general puclilkatcr
boo hez the welfare uv the Dlmlcrntlc
party at hart nud then I klu propose
sum sort uv a plan hi wlch we kin
gather up tho remancs nud hcv cm
embalmed in sootablc resolooshuus
Thnro Iz one pint upon wlch we nil
kin ngree nud thet lz thet wo dldut
gain nothln hi glvln up tho old Dlml
cratlc doctrine uv cxpanshun nnd let
tin tho Uepubliklns snatch It awn frum
us Wo tried hnrd tu swnllor ourselves
aud becuni Filllpoeuoze but wo made
n sorry mess uv It nnd lost n good
menny uv our best voters It wuz tu
big n dose nnd It woodnt do gown
Tho crl uv imperialism wuz also a
flat faleyuro and we didnt fool no
buddy but ourselves We bed raised hi
hopes and wuz glttln quite enthooslas
tlc over tho prospeck uv baggln the
German vote wlch Carl Schurz sed
cood bo captured bl payln him five
hundred dollars npeece for a duzzeu
speeches but we didnt take Intu kon
sldorashun whut It wood cost tu hire a
crowd tu llssen tu em nnd tho experi
ment didnt pay Mr Schurz bed as
shoored us thet all hlz kountrymen
wood tumble over each uther In their
hurry tu git tu tho poles and vote agin
militarism whutover thet iz wlch tha
lied seen and hod declins with befoar
tha left the fatherland and grandfa
thered in pursoot uv liberty lager
beer nnd limburger cheese on Amerl
kln soil He scd a German cood never
forgit thet ho bed bin obliged tu carry
n gun nnd eat black bread and bologna
sasslgc In order tu hold up a guver
meut thet warnt wuth holdln up and
tha only wanted the oppcrtoonlty tu
sho us how tha wood vote agin enny
party thet wood prodooce slch kon
dlshuns Iu tho land uv the flea aud tho
home uv the Amerlkln eagle Well
tha got the oppcrtoonlty thet Mr
Schurz sed tha wanted and neerly ov
ery son uv a gun uv em forgot tu vote
the Dlmlcratlc ticket We hov bin
cussln the Dutch ever senco nnd the
only man boo got enny consolashuu
wuz Mr Schurz wen ho cashed hlz
checks Wo shall not munkey with
Imperialism enny moar or at leest
ontll we find out L about It and git
on moar famllyer tc hs with It It
wuz nu Issoo thet wo coodnt bundle tu
advnntlge for the most uv tho Dlml
cratlc voters didnt kno whut our
stump speekers mont wen tha tnlked
nbout It In Kentucky tha thot It wuz
sumthln deslned tu redooce tho suppll
uv whisky nnd In Noo Gersey the rank
aud file uv tho Dlinicrats thot It ment
tu dubble tho revenoo tax on apple
jack In tho south wo tried tu scare
our people bl tellln cm thet Imperial
Ism mont tho reign uv tho karpetbag
ger agin nnd In Noo England espe
cially In Massachoosetts cverybuddy
wuz told tu look out fer a file uv sol
gers at the back doro with loaded mus
kets nnd flxt bagnets Ontll we kin
ngree upon tellln whut kind uv n thing
Imperlnllsm Iz nnd git our stump
speekers better Instructed In hnudlln
It I am uv tho oplnyun thet wo hed
better let It alone ez n polltlknl Issoo
fer It nppcers tu bo londcd at both
ends
It put us In n bad attitood tu appeer
tu bo ngln the guverment In time uv
war nnd tu bo found glvln ndo nnd
cumfert tu n lot uv furrln hoethen boo
dont npprcshlnto whut we hcv tried tu
du fer cm The Fllllpconozo air wuss
generals in politics than tha air In
war fer tha lire at the rong time Jest
wen we hod our campnne In good
shnpe nnd wuz pnwlu and bellerln like
a bull and klckln up n dust tu blind tho
eyes uv the peoplo gosh durnod If
them rice gobbleln hoethen didnt Issoo
a proklamashun thet queered the wholo
bizness bl callln upon their followers
tu hold out ontll nfter the Amerlkln
elecshuns In November wen tho Im
perialists wood rip tho gizzard out uv
the Republlkln party nnd Bryan wood
bo worthy tu bo put In tho same class
with Aguinaldo No doubt tha ment
all rite and tho Dlmlcratlc party bed
ncted In n way tu leed em tu beleove
we wuz their friends but It wuz n bad
break and cost us a good menny thou
san votes Tho first dooty uv our
Dlmlcrntlc managers ohood bo tu send
em word tu handle tho trooth moar
ekonomlcally In the future nnd never
tu Are it oft wen It lz likely tu hit their
friends
Frum Applejack Farm wlch iz next tu
Grover Clevelands iu tho stalt uv Nou
Uersey
