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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1904)
ELYOB'SCOUECTIONS IfcoJaile of lb Post Office Department null (he DeparlniDnt of Commerce. M. ROOiEVELT'S TO THOUGHTS. ICvrrj Ifarinbr's Private Aflalra Re ported and. Corporation Secrets Mado Useful lCKh-rtOrillnary Pcr voraion ot tho rcirjMs of the ?ovornod. sjfci'o nrp rare!? tfep y interested Mlip fTrtimes ot fiollllcal parties, con fident that the CuithlHuitou nml thr l'v ot tholainl wIIIjhihuI, wbnlevei "u principles of the ijvccutho: men 'lifl neldoin Rive utterance to their jtv ''iniil opinions save when ; crisis Is im l'luicMl now discuss wilu treat earncM " ''is the remarkable etiolation pre'cnl- ' by Ohnh'innn Corlrl.utu in collecting .r (he Republican putty President Nusovelt's defiance eff public opinion hi inaknig "use of lliu Dtp.irtiucut of tVunmprce In bin effort to be elected Ci.'Kblcut Is one of the most niun.lu! p h foj nmiice.s of Hid. attentions mid i.peetseulnr citizen. It abodes the so ber minded. It toveabt ,u fi measure Hip deaths to wlilclwun-atubitlous ninii III f-'uk when hp ciids nside restrain ing influences to reach out ror a covei ! pn.e. ' Urptihllcnns know U.V President iSijftPvclt has, since he became Presi ded, been controlled h? one- thought iieiiuii.itlon. He whipped prirt; leaders mlo line With palionngf an u club be IliumpiMl .Senators nml h!..te lenders until Ihey promb.ed a giunec. In Wuluugtnn his handing, of the ma dmipry of government. . that oer.v bimdi becnine a tool Vivj v cJl under .lcl Old politicians wtve amazed, ito.ts-vell developed iuO t .Napoleon of lubber. His usurpation cu" governmen iM iit;hls wag fio, ftppeitdous that old- iine Republican!. wbispeiul among ibeniseJvos: "Will the ceple tolerate ll'i.. man?" Master of tie niachinr, lioovwclt arranged (he .detail of the Hiic'ro convention, wioIp the program 'lid ht it go through lite iaoieinent-' of nan mating him for (be 1 residency. K ininated, Mr Hooi-vnt bee.unc pj-vued by a second contiolllng Jn. ;bl election. Mi Roosevelt bad unwed -nory pawn on I lie chessboard before bis Humilia tion, .iihI now he is moving c-vory pawu .nut piece to bo elected m No; ember. Rtfurc bis iioniiii.ttton Mr Uooscvclt "i.ipi need of ijifjriiniUoii On the ( or county Htjul Htale conventions In every Stale n'mr 'J'errn'or.v Mr. Roinsc-vi-ll Lnew better than Hip I odtis what (Meggies would be olcPit. This in loipMlion was secured fov liim by the I'o.sioJliri Depai lineal Every inral deliveiy postinau bad fu'Uifully done hi:, work. This craud inou sltorlal sys tem ban been reduced to .science by 01 dor of the President '"be .Secret Ser vice is ;t farce comedy .iir'Huli? of (lie 1 'resident's rural delivi An neeur iiie'rcpurl of every farmV.v'i family is ni.ule by the po.slninn t1- would be "i,' for the Prerddeid to tell any far mer in the United .'Jtalcs iiow many men live on bis farm, wlieu they voted )M. tiovv they voled and bow tliey will vole He can tell him whom op owes and vho owes him; whether bs props were i;o ul or bad, his linliils. etc , ete. E ory ibiiiKfcvhlch may aifeel a vole is noted and nptiorted. .Such-is the svfctem built up by Mr. Hoosevelt, v. bo believes in th'Mixioiu, knowledse m power. hv. Hoosevelt belieeii n tlte spy sys tem. When the President KVih-d that the r.o called "molded powers of Wall iSlreel" did not regard bun with favor be r."i'ured from a loyal and complacent Connies the power to Mart an inquisi torial cfdablishinenl enpeelaliy devoted to investigating the doings of corpora tions, Over-.tlielJejiRitmeat of 'Com merce he placed the failbful Cortel you To give a special bi'rcau, that of (viponillons, n projier' tii.ivi, he ob tained a Bpeclal appropriatoa ot u00. (KUi to bring the trusts to toe the mark. '"'he lamentable bislory of trust prose cution is one of the scandals of the Ad ininisiratlon. Hut it bad Its effect. A scenilue activity by the Department of .nistice gave dramalic coiui to the lu ve.'.liKU lions of Mr. Corlelou's bureau. 'I'ltie, no 1 eport Jias ever ..pi the light. Hal O'irtelyou lias been . .i.ht kuowl edge i.. power. And now comes Mr C&i.-!you. os I're.adenl's secretarj, e Secretary of ditiiinifrce and )abor. clothed in the official robes of Oli&lrma of the He tuililic.tn National OoinuMtfc.-. with a botvstiiug In one baud and a bubbcrip tion list, for cainp'imn Uu d.- in the oiber. Did a Grand Vi-iee of a Sultan In 'I'll r. most palmy day. tr neck a j;if(,for bis Serene Mapsiv 'inder hap pier auspices? What the t'oslofliee De partment did and doei to uv( lire lufot ii,.iiii,iUun1.iuh1...-i.i.uui..." tieth year of service in the navy re-isonimi-ice has done and u, clo.ug to he- CPntIv .,wl toost.;eu condescended to cure information abaci coi.fibutors. t(MU, hlm a ,,01iqui.t )f ov,er.s from K'o wonder grave men look gravci ; ; j tm, W1U(I UoUM, coni)ervatorIes. Ad no wonder thp pi'ci.. the vaanllim 01 1 1 lljlral Sl.hkiy ,ins (.omI,oto.i forty-five t-rojrieh lllicrllcb cci"h against Jearb ot llUl. M.7Vlc(l f0l. ilis country tiiPHP oatrnRCSl I without receiAing any recognition at Sul thft people will der.ue Avl.eltier from tlu i.lvudcnt-didnt oven 1 'jii'tHitii-e iiooseveiri. nu-r-out. 01 gov- I'iniiieiil are a usairpatio. of govcrn inenlnt functions of 1 c;tvernment itimIciI to corcrn Willi (!'? cousent of 1 lie governed or iud liow can Corteliou'.r t r plPdgVj 01 of ihe iniMi."lr toproiicn(c vio' toi jnter.d'ilo coiuuiercp ict, . sonvo the Pk'ii avjj'n 01 corrupt ami '.n-Jug c.11 T'''UJl !,,S,IT," '"" n,1:ll,u. ilwy iiutrtrlouh c'SIoiIkmis v.hi Oirtcl . you. thehorvant, iscv.-ii m n-A aln-olu- iKinii lor chpe'-j. among tt.t- wall stseei money chnnger.s Truly -trtt :;. 011 Ik a wiird. Those who a v 'ir nso de clared Hoosevelt "a clangorous man" muv e-epress inemseive 11. inn lag con- brieucc in liim. A gjiiiie of confidence all aroiwd. Omi the ni6my of TVr ..scions' fc conlro) iinlIomit;elecliaiif-iii ihegi-ar "oice 01 wie people vn n t,v-ard oniv btfiicutli the ruins of I'm- Coi tltutiu.i and llw curtailed libetip.. -: tho elti- KCU? Onn fiie man wlio citv." d the He iiublion party, who usli,td it and onehaiiia. ktrlimi'd off it.-, c'd rime anu liniiorwJ tinflUloiih. iU. capture il ciihlnv tu deciding vU m il" u;itUm? prosperltj- producer the tariff-Is that Tli H"pi5j'.5c;alh:n of Iin.'tali. of U-' (ftilff-fofetored trusts sell cheaper to Kiulfcr o( rUwm and of Hoar iuu forelvnwi. than to voUn of this poun PiiMd '. 'i,lltl lriallni of try who iy the taxw. to prerre tho Wvtt. dUgillMd n tbi? luHilpott rolie s.pporled by inquisitor!' system, whldi iiiciilgate" for Us own piotlt the nfi'nlrs of tho private citizen ami the public corporation, now eeks to ctnblisb Itself permanently on a soil hallowed by the blood ot those who died for liberty. The people must decide between Im perialism nnd the Constitution, be tween Hoosevelt, the strenuous Napo leon of politics, with the Constitution under foot, and Parlur, the learned and patriotic citizen, summoned from bis dlmilfled and elevated position on the bench by the voice ot the people, hold ing high the Constitution as a beacon. Ilashlug liberty and equal rights to all men and to their posterity , STRONG CASE IN I'OINT. Atlantic Seaboard Workmen Oct No Advantage from increased Cost of Tbctr Productions. ,. Frederick J'cymour. a Democratic lawyer. inuntiiatMl for Congress In New Jersey, in his letter of acceptance I makes a practical plea for the issues i.iised by ids party, addresslug himself directly to tradesmen and working men of New Jerey. With the statement that tho Interests of New Jeispy are largely manufactur ing bo asserts that "In commin with all tho seaboard States it is hard lilt by our present tariff on raw materials which enter Into the vatious processes of domestic industry and on articles P'irtly wade up. which aro virtually raw material, nnd on animals and food-. After pointing oul the various arti cles luhersely ufteeted by the tariff hp turns to the relations or the tariff to the labor o.uestlon, fiUre and simple, with this interesting and irrefutable aigument: "The labor question and the tarifx are closely connected, but In a very differ cut way-from what our opponents say. While no Federal law can directly raise uagc'i, the redernl Oovornmout can as c.rtaln the facts, and can make plain the general principles to be derived from them, and can settle to the ac ceptance of all men that raw materials and coal are dearer on the Atlantic const than In the great Interior manu facturing centres, that the seaboard Is the best place to manufacture for the (port trade, that the-cost cf labor In manufactured products Is less In tho t'nlted States than anywhere else In tho world, that the tariff on most man ufactured good" is twice and. In many instances, four times the cost of labcr in tlie product, that the tariff Is exces sive and Injurious, that it is tho direct ( ause of part-time work in our factor ies, that the coih of living Is incrcared by the tariff, and Hint tho Increased cost of manufactured goods- does not go to labor, and haIng established these facts may publish tlu m.' WARS fOR GREED. Stirring Words or tho LJlshop of Hereford Pertinent to Ci:i" Situ ation. The admirers of cur White Ilouce war lord should dtrive otue timely cd IPcatlon from the Individual dellvcr auecs at the i;o-;o.i peace conference. Hspcclally apposite to the trend of the timet- and tlr. fell vilrlts who are strlv- i 1,7 to fo.-c" that aPiid were the words 0: Hlght Ilev. .1. l'crclval. Bishop of Hcrcfo'M. 1:1 ." sermon preached i.i Bos ton bi'-tSuHda;.. He made a powerful plea , for u.dvua.il peace, and con demned wars lionght about by polltl lians or ndcrr. to Jtisfy pride and per sonal ambition. "Loaklug aroiad." said Bishop Per elval. "? see Christian nations my own Included sf vuulcjriugthelr wealth and their mar.uoud 0:1 armies and na vies and all their accompanying iuple ments of destruction, in my own country last year we spent nearly $3CO.GW,000 on the rrmy and navy. During the last ten years we have. 1 think,, doubled our e::peuditures for thesu ' purpoLe. of warfare. Such, brethren. !,- Christian prog.-ess i.i Chris tian Kurope. "if we turn U listen t the pro phetic voices ain.mg our countrymen, wherever avc livi no fanatical enthusiast!-, but men of sober thought what have they to say? Every nation, they : ay, seems to be striving not to be as beneficent, as tender ti the poor and ufferlng classes a. it is possible to be. but to beeoue as big and strong and powerful as may be, and to lay greedy IlukIs upon every available bit of terri tory. "A Icaioti that we have- to learn Is that a s.elllsh war, a war of treed, t war to sutlsfy the pergonal pride and ambition of a politicly n or ruler, uu un necessary or ill-ordered Avar, Ik a great crime In the sitht of Cod. Our great ("uty I ti put good will above Jealousy and reed." Roosevelt and tho Heroes. Admiral Dewey completed his flf- , .ot. i,,,.,,,,,,. n.u.,-.ii Atn... nttov fc-V I'UH.Ubl. -. ... ... .-... .'f H.. more than forij- yerrs 01 active ser vice in the army, rising from the lowest to tho bl';Uit rung of tho lad der, was lisinl-'. il with the curt an nouncement Oi h. ret;rp!nnt, coupled with the equally cur: ortter, "General Miles will pioco'd to his home." The r,.a.it 1 i,t.f,.k n Viu -nifl'l1. nrno nnt first, luiaelf, t-t-a'tti u i.-j tr.r'd Wood . .1 (.,,., 'C,.i ., ' "" " . ' for olera to Decide. Profcs-or Wyekotr. of Princeton Unl- 1 versify, called President Roosevelt to i accouut for ins turui vagarius aim ue- clnros that the industrial prosperity of this country has been achieved lu .pile of protection, and at the cost of incalculable evils consequent upon pro- tection The voter should decide if lio la sat--.tiMl with the greatly increased cost of living, which the protective tariff and its moufctoi child, the trust, have brought about. Another anomaly over which thoughtful rotera should ponder , which thought in the Avorl;lns of this Avondorful I rry thing that gi t r.f al! bnrsaiut. vc tlism the worst NO MORE EARTHLY EXCUSE FORMER REPUBLICAN SHOWS PROTEC TION IS NOT NEEDED NOW. Col. A. S. Bacon Troves by Unanswerable Arguments That the Protection Tolicy lias Outlived 'its Usefulness. Colonel Alexander S. Dacon, of New YorJ. In a recent address before the Commercial Travelers' Club, said In part: "There are two arguments In favor ot the partial monopoly known as a protective tariff; one military, the other economic. "We are taught In the science of war that the only strong nations aro those homogcaaous In population and diversified in Industries. A nation of farmen migiu appear to be strong, but in fie event U' war, when block aded, the;, mlv'lu be slaughtered for want of arms and ammunition, or frozen i.i winter for want if adequate clothing. A nation of doctors would physic then elvcs to death, and a na tion of lawyer would soon expire In the horrible agonies of endless elo quence. The vcionce of war tenches, therefore, that every" nation s'.nuld foster agilculture and Us uianuffictures of steel, explosives and clothing, he that lu tho event of war, It may have wltliii lis own boundaries everything necessary to arm, clothe and feed Its armies. "On this theory, It Is the duty of every patriotic peoplo to endure oven the limit of taxation that It may be strong in the crisis of war which may determine the nation's life. Patriot ism would require ua to suffer In times of peace and thus prepare for the emergency or war. While It would Lc much cheaper for a nation to supply Its own military needs In ItH own fac toriey. we arc not disposed to object to a tarilt that should foster Infant plants so long as they nrc.Infants and unablo to withstand destructive com petition from abroad. "The economic argument in favor of a protective tariff is, that every nation should foster lis Infant industries until they .are suillclcnlly strong to with stand destructive competition from abroad, and 1 ntil domestic competition shall lower the price to consumers at home, the theory being that a rich for eign competitor might occupy tho home market for a lew years at a loss, until the home factories wera destroyed, then lalse the price and recoup nil former losses in a single year. The. only basis ot tills economic argument Is ttia ultimate benetit to tho peoplo nt home by reason of lojver prices thrdugli domestic competition. "Up to and fcr some years after ISI'iO, vhere is no dout that out Indus tries were not sufficiently diversified to uako us strong In a military sense or i protect V.ir peoplo against high prlcea of foreign manufacturers in an economic cense, and on both grounds 11 protective tarit:',' although very x pensive to the ccisumer, ulght be jus- tilled on l-jinds of patriotism and ex pediency. "What are tjie conditions in 1004? We have plants that aro able not cr.ly to supply orr own wants, but in one year, working night and day, wo could supply all the armies, both active and reserve, of nil Kuro.ie. with ilrearmc of tlie highest precision. Wo could feed them by. oi-.ttlvating our waste lauds and fence corners. Wo could furnish theu with unirorms and un derclothing without Increasing our plants, and In the event ot a great foreign Avar, like the Napoleonic Avars, we would sell everything to both sides, and at the cr.d of ton jears, would OAvn all tLoir bonis and then sny, 'Peace, be still; go to Avcrk and pay 1 p. " Will T111.Y GUY ROOSEVELT? Cortelj oil's Sbainclcl Jletliods nt the. IustlgatJou or Senator Aldrlch l'ftt-Krylii;- tlio Trusts. The New York liMnics. In a triple leaded editorial, attacks Chairman Cor telyou, of tho Hepubllcan Campaign Committee, for Lis fat-frying methods and declares that, with tho aid of Sen ator Aldrlch, tlie foremost representa tive of the trusts lu the Senate, and declares- the trusts mean to buy the President. Says the Times: "Concrete lmtance arc more impres sive than statements of general prin ciple. Hero Is one: Chairman Cortel you goes to one of the officers of a large corporation, and informs liim that the republican .National Committee ex pects a substantial contribution from Ids company. The otlicer in question is surprlhsHl; he Is not of Mr. llnosc belt's party; neither he nor his corpora tion has been accustomed to meddle with politico; Iks asks for time to think It over. In the .solitude of his office his thoughts run in this Avise: I do not Avnnt to give money to the Hepub llcan National Committee. But I am trustee of the interests of tho stock holders of tills corporation. I may soon have to appeal 'b-foi'o this man as a represeniatnc of my corporation In a matter attVf.Ing its business, as to which ho will havo, "U" not official dis cretion, nt least very great personal and oL'Iclal influence, which I Avouid dislike, tp have used againnt.me. I can not let my personal disinclinations stand In the way of the company's in terests. 1 avIII mak" thih foeed contri bution to Mr. Coitei.vou's fund-? Responsibility Kor Panics. 'To charge the panic of ISOa to the Wilson tariff of 1SIH Is not only a wil ful suppression of facts, but Is a mani fest perversion of the truth. It would seem as if even a klndergarton would rise in protest against an argument like this, wnlcli yet Is seriously ad vanced by statesmen supporting tho platform of the Republican parly. That panic Avns caused by tho administra tion of President Harrison, and result ed directly therefrom, and but; for the action of Prekldeut Clovolnud In call lug a special nsion of Congress and procuring the repeal of the Sherman SiUer act the eousu,uencos would have been even more dliaatrous tusn they actually were." William B. Hornblowor's p2$to at Saratoga, September 20. NO HUD SLINGING. Judge Parker .-ppil'n Out For n Clean Camiuilgii. That .Turigo Alton It. Parker, the Democratic nominee for the Presi dency, Is a man far above the small things ot llfp and a man of rock-ribbed principle, Ids famous gold telegram to the St. Louis convention was in It self sutllclent evidence, but a more striking illustration of his absolute hlgh-mlndcdncss Is tho following letter to Mr. George I Parker, Chnlrman of the Literary Bureau of the Nntlonnl Democratic Committee, nnd n number of the eomtnttteo which prepnred the text-book. Tlie letter follows: Hoseinount, Kopus, Now York. August 17, 11)01. My Dear Mr. Parker: The Times of this morning says that the parly text-book Is about prepmed, nnd that It avIII go to the printer lu u J. 1...,. Mil. .... T l. 4,. t..,.. , 1 icv, oaj.-. i.i-i.i...i- 1 miri.-n . ." you to sec to it that there is no tlUlU 1 itfii i In it that reflects upon the personal honor and Integrity of President Hoose velt. An livening Pot editorial Indicates that but little care aviis tnken in that direction townrd myself by the com piler ot the Hepnbllcnn texl-lnok. but let there bo no rejoinder In kind or otherwise. t feel confident that you need no re minder, still my anxiPty impels mp to send this cautlou. Very truly yours, ALTON H. PAHKI1H. Mr. Georgo F. Parker. It avIII bo remembered that many pages of the Hepubllcan campaign book Aero devoted to an attack upon the personal character of the Demo cratic nominee; especially in regard to his motives In tending the "Cold Tel egram" to tho party convention at St. Loul?. That the Avlshes of .Bulge Parker that them be "no rejoinder in kind or othenvlse" have been scrupulously ob served avIII be apparent avIipii tlie Dem ocratic text book, now about t'o be Issued, Is read. The book will have as a sort ot preface a full copy of the Constitution of tho United States, as cmphasl'.ing tho Democratic contention that the "return to the Constitution" is one of tlie principal lssuen in tills cam paign. The greatest amount ot space in tlie book is devoted to tho discussion ot tlie tnrltr. HEARST TO THE CLUGS. From tho Hinging Addross of the President of tho Democratic Association. Air. William It. Hearst; In an address to the members of the National Asso ciation of Democratic Clubs, of which association he was the founder and Is uoav tlie President, says: "I hope that every ofllela! nnd every individual member ot every club In our association aa'III do all that lie can and more Jinn ever before to pro mote and expound the Interests and tho beliefs of genuine .Toffersorlnu Democracy. I call upon all members of the clubs to begin earnest campaign Avork immediate;, to reorganize where reorgmlzatton Is necessary, and espe cially la respond promptly and ener getically to every suggestion tlm limy enmo from the National management of a'.ic Democratic parly. I have offered my services and those of my news papers to the managers of the Democ racy, and In so far as 1 have felt jus tified as your President In so doing I have offered the much greater lultu onee of tho National Association ot Democratic Clubs, pledging tho honest co-operation of all the members to further effort on tho Hncf of that gen UI119 Democracy in Avhlcli a majority of the American people believe." Mr. Hearst concludes his ringing call to the" clubs to get Into line and work hard for the success of the Democratic National ticket, in these Avprds: "Wo Democrats hold uoav, as Ave did one hundred years ago, to the doctrine of equal rights for all and special priv ileges Jo none; while Mr. Roosevelt's parly and Mr. Hoosevelt, Avlth every appointment In his gift bestowed 011 souio trust puppet, hold to the doctrine of special favors for those who can and will pay." TOOLING THE FARMER. Roosevelt's Letter Drop Into the '; Old Republican Pretense. s- The Republican party has for a pars been trying to delude the farmer and the workinginan into the belief that tlie present tariff makes them better off; that Is, that it makes the American wage earner or farmer richer lo pay heavy taxes taxes on all that be Avears, bis tools, on ills agricultural machinery, on the nails and wood that go into his house, his bed, his tableH and his coffin, on his swaddling clothes, Ids wedding garments and his shroud. It Is pure pretense that fifty-two pur cent, of the American farmers' crops aro used as tho manufacturers' niAV material. It Is characteristic of the President's letter of acceptance that ho docs not say Ilia4: raw cotton makes mora than half ot the products of the farm used In this way, and there Is no reason Avhy this fact should have been omitted miles.-, the assertion would have made tho whole statement ridiculous. ROOSEYIiLT'S LATEST BHEAK. Gives tlio Coiisrcss oT Arts nnO .Science a cav Namo For Im perialism. In further emphasis of Ids ImperiaJ Ifetlc f pudencies. President Hoosevelt. who lias hitherto during tin- f ampalgn been kept avcII muzsled by his inuu agers, broke loose in Washington on Sept. 'J7th, AVkeu ho received at the White House about saventj-llAe-jucm-bars of the International Congreus of Arts and Science. In the course of a brief addro23 made to them Mr. Hoose velt said: "Perhaps th" happiest feature of our modern life is the steadily increasing recognition of the fact that it must lu a world life; that no nation can hope for the fulles' development it It confines Itself cseliulvyly within lu own boundaries." Teddy ovlttontty lent bis bis "tick to (luorgo Rrue Cortlyi rr ue eu th corporations. BUILDING TRADES MASSE!) TO FIQHT Rctcnt Insults by Pennsylvania Rc publiran Machine. HOPELESS 01- FAIR TREATMENT All Trades Unionists Called Upon to Atd Wltli Tliclr liniuuiiso Power in 11 ItobitKo of Their Persistent ICneinlei. Tho Uuildlng Trades Council of Phil adelphia, after being dallied with for w eks by the Republican 'machine ot Pennsylvania, have finally been driven to realize that there Is no intention on II"' I'm I "I HIP oil the part ot the machine to mako the ,..,, I,,,!!,!!,,,, 1f,.rlU,iir.f 11 iintnn " "'" ' r- " -! " r - ... 11 . Job, but on the other hand that It Is in tended to flout the orgaulr.id trades of tm State, relying on their iilnoluto con trol of the election machinery to .secure whatever majority ntaj be neei'ssary by the methods customarily employed. The Building Trades Council has de termined to resent this attitude of the machine, and to administer a rebuke by demanding that every trades union ist In the State shall participate lu an effectual boycott of tho machine by re luslng to support at the polls any can didate put up by It for any olllee Con gressional, State, legislative or county. Thai tlie trade unionists of the Statu may uuder.'Staud the situation, the Building Trades Council submits tlie following statement of facts: The Hepubllcan State Capitol Build ing of Pennsylvania. "For downright nerve, audacity, gall, graft and corruption of the most vi cious sort nothing equnls or compares Avlth that ot the machine Republicans lu the State of Pennsylvania. "A noted British divine, a careful stu dent of conditions both lu America and Murope, after years of study and a most painstaking and conscientious investigation of our social as avoII as our political conditions, once said In discussing the criminal class ot Lou don the crooks, thieves and black legsthat 'whenever one aviik arrested, Indicted or charged Avlth crime, the po lice authorities In looking up the rec ords of these crlmlnnls never failed to lnqutro If the prisoner had ever been connected av.Hu the Republican Ma chine hi Pennsylvania, or If ho had any relatives living lu tike State.' "Less than four months ago the rec ognized leader of the Republican ma chine In Pennsylvania admitted tas per Associated Press dispatch front a Florida resort) tho terrible corruption of tho Republican Machine In Penn sylvania, and then qualified tho state ment by saying that 'tlie p -ople of the great Commonwealth avci'p satisfied, know of II, and were perfectly willing to continue It.' "What a deplorable state ot affairs lu a Stale vhlcfl boasts of having over three hundred thousand men enrolled in the trades union movement! Tills corrupt, vicious Republican ma chine proposes to crept in fact is this very day erecting - a State Caplldl Building with stab labor. What a Milium and disgrace to Hip organized tollers, their friends and their families? o o o "The Capilol building liming been classified as an unprofessional job by tho American Institute of Architects as per Architect Huston's statement--It avub necessary to secure the services of a business house lu preparing the de tail work for the building. "Mr. Du Quelln. according to Ids own statements, wprked for. Avceks. his salary amounting to hundreds of dollars, lu Architect Huston's office, with tlio opeciflc understanding that lu the event of Payne & Co. securing the contract for the Capilol which ap peared to ben foregone conclusion Mr. Du Quolln (the Tiffany Company, of course), Avouid get a certain sharo of the work. "To bind the maUor, and to avoid misunderstandings, a contract was en tered into between Mr. Du Quelln. thu George F. Payne Co. and Mr. Hus ton, granting to Mr. Du (uellu (the Tlfi'auy Company). In consideration of oervlcac rendered, a contract for the decorating, painting, art gla-s, plaster ing, modeling, in fact, cnno ten or twelve branches of Interior work. This contract aviis signed by Georg F, Payne and Mr. Huston, anl is in pos sesMon of the Tiffany Company "But when the Republican politic ians discovered that the Tiffany Com pany was a first-class union firm, pay Ing union wages, employing Brother hood Painters and Decorators, under union conditions, It was at once de cided that some other concern should dc the work. The Hunelcer and the Chapman Decorating Companies cf Philadelphia, being brotherhood firms also, both on excellent terms with the union and paying at least SO to 75 cents per day higher than any Phila delphia firm not employing Brother hood men, these firms were discrimi nated against and robbed out of the contract by the scheming, vicious and corrupt Republican Machine of Penn sylvan'a. "During July a protest was made agalust giving this Aork to a company or firm unfair to tho Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhang ers of America. Mr. Huston, tho Cap itol architect. In ids ofilco made tlie following statement: 'I compelled tho general contractor, Ceoru'o F. Pajne .V Co., to give this sub-contract to tho firm agalust whom the complaint Is made.' Isn't that a remarkable state ment? People cf the great State of Pennsylvania, just think for a minute! Tlio architect, Mr. Huston, the sup posed s.-rvant of the people Inste-nd of a vile, corrupt machine dictating to the general contractor who shall be the sub-contractor. "Listen to tho statement of Mr. George 1'. Payne, thu general contrac tor, Jitbt thirty minutes later outside of Mr. Huston's office, made voluntarily and without prosmre being brought to bear. Mr. Payno said; 'I avus opposed to giving this contract to this firm. I had decldt'ft on a different firm. What can Ave do Avuen the architect demands otiierwlfcai' "Is it uotftrange that tbeae sub-contracts under the supervision of Mr. Huston the mail avIio oatfrulns nolltl- clans In royal stylo -always sees to It that the right firm (a non-union firm, of course) gets tho sub-contracts on tho Capitol building from Mr. Payne, tlie general contractor? Will Architect Huston explain or avIII the corrupt, vi cious machine in Pennsylvania toll Avhy tlio sub-contracts for tho metal lathing, tlie elcclrlcnl work, sheet metal work, elevatorconstructlon.thecmploymontof laborers, hoisting engineers and others, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, wcro glvon to notorious scab firms, companies constantly nt AA-nr AVlth union labor, everlastingly entitling the Avorkers7 - -t "Appeal upon nppeal was made to Matthew Quay before ids death. Hen ntor Penrose was appealed to time and ngaln, Petitions Avero sent from the miners nnd the carpenters, hun dreds of letters found their way to tlie 'lenders' In the Republican pnrly, from Senalor Penrose and Governor Pennypneker down to Hip smaller con tingent of Avhat Is known as tlio Re publican Political Machine tho most corrupt PAer known In tho history of, the world. Regardless of all tlicso appeals.' tin- many committees and delegations front Pittsburg nnd Phila delphia and tho entire. Stntc, repre senting thousands of union men, tlie Hepubllcan leaders, by their actions, have openly declared against union labor, union hours nnd union pay, in favor of the labor-crushing corpora tion, tho employer of scab labor, long hourc, unfair conditions, short pay, tho sweat shop and slavery. "What are you going to do about it? The Republican political Machine of Pennsylvania has deliberately snubbed and Insulted the trades union movement. It has placed ltsolt on record against union labor; It has placed its seal of condemnation upon our employers because those employ ers recognize the union and willingly pay union Avrtges and observe union conditions. "Not only wero the leaders of tho Re publican party In Pennsylvania content with Insulting 0110 national union, but they o'.tended their persecution still further until It Included six great na Itonnl organisations, namely, the Inter national Union of Wire, Wood and Me tallic Lathers, thp Brolliprhood ot Elec trical Workers, the Hrotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, the Inlernatlotrl Union of Rlcvntor Constructors, the Amalga mated Sheet Metal Workers' Interna tional Alliance and tlto International Union of Hod Carriers and Building Laborers. "These six national organizations IniAP thousands ot members In Penn sylvania and thousands ot friends, rela tives and co-workers. These six build ing trade crafts have a right to aslf, aye a rluhl to demand, that In their fight agaliiEl tills political machine in Poun sjlvanla the whole strength, of union labor, the solid vote, shnll bo massed in overthrowing this daugerous foo to union labor. "Let union labor assert Itself at tlio -polls, let us boycott the .Machine In Pennsylvania as effectually as tho machine Is boycotting union lnbor and harboring as well as protecting the em ployers of scab labor and unfair condi tions. "We can successfully s'carch and cvpose the favoritism Avhlcli Is extend ed to those conlractors and others when nro a part of tho graft system which has made the Republican mnchino ot Pennsylvania the banner Republican State of the Union il stench In tho nostrils of all respectable and decent mep. "Trades unionists, arise! Aid tho building trade workmen to rebuke this most dangerous foe to human liberty and the most corrupt machine tho w orld ever knew. "To the union men of Philadelphia we say, 'prevput or cut down the frau dulent vote of that city at least 50,000 votes, and the union avIII gain a Idg victory over tho enemies of union la bor,' " sunrms and deficit. Coinpnrlsoti by Hrynn to the Credit of Cleveland's Administration. Speaking of the panic of ISiKl. Wil liam .1. Biyan says In tho cut rent is mr nZ ihc Commoner; "The first Indication of Its coming appeared November 11, 190, when the New York Clearing House Asso ciation voled Its certificates to banks in need of assistance. November 17 the Boston Cleaiiug House did llke wih. Barker Bros. & Co., bankers, of Philadelphia, failed Avlth liabilities of So.000,000. Mr. Bryan then gives a long list of failures, beginning with the United Rolling Stock Company, of Chicago, November 22, 1S90, and end ing Avlth that of tlio Spring Garden Hank, ot Philadelphia, May 8. 18P1. Theu came the Homestead and other gieat lnbor tioubles. followed by tho election of Cleveland to the Presiden cy. In May, ItfJ.'J, there Avere moro failures, and finally the raids on tho United States Treasury. January 17. JS01. the Administration ordered a $"0,000,000 bond Issue. August 1, ISM. tho Wilson tariff Aveut Into ef fect." Continuing avHIi his most Interest ing und timely retrospect, Mr. Bryau says: "It avIII be observed Ihat Hip Cleve land Admii'ifatratlon ordered the $50A 000,000 bond issue January 17, 1804. That Avns seven mouths before the Wilson bllt became a laSv. Perhaps It Is not significant, but In vIcav of Mr. Roosevelt's claim, it is at least interesting, that the first Indications of tlio panic occurred November 11. 1MJ0, a little more than thirty days after the McKluley tariff bill became a law. From that date the panic raged and while Its effects Avore felt for several years, it reached Its AA-orst stage lu 180.'! and during the early day or 1801. during all of which tlmo the McKinley tariff laAV Avas in effoct. "It may not be out of place to point out that AVhon the Democratic Admin istration surrendered tho reins of gov ernment, March 4, 1880. there Avas in tlio Federal Treasury tho largest sur .plus in history. When the Republican party Avent out ot power, March 4. J81CI. there aviis a largo deficit and the Incoming Administration Avas fin aliv persuaded to mnke the bond Is sues which its Republican predecessor had at one time thought to bo nec essary, but had skillfully avoided." h f-