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Citizens. It UOeS :
rot believe that Urn government has any
rixrht to demand of China anv Trivi!fM
for Aoj-ri -an citizens there, or any trade j
! fraocbii, that it i not willing to grant '
to the feabj?u of the Chtoese empire.
Vh-n we get our citizens out of China, 1
and indemcity for their los-scs paid, then
let China alone. If the European power-
want to trr the iob of slieins China
tnd diridiDg the pieces among them
li e-, let them. We will be neutral and
uf ply the contending forces with all
the cm.! thev want that are not contra
band of
war.
McKicley's imerialism in the Philip
T ices ii turning into the mo-it horrid of
butcheries. Tale of the slaughter of
whole village-, men, women and children
keep coming, in ?pite of the strict cen
rhip that in maintained. A recent
Ktory, o terrible in its details that Gen.
Oti- had to come to the rescue with a
roninendation of the officer in com
tuand, related how eighty people were
killed in revenge for the 'death of one
woidier. and that after that the little
tuwn was shelled by a gunboat until it
i reduced to asbe.' The whole occu
pation of those islands, the demoraliza
tion of the army, the increase of crime
whereeverour loldiers are found, the
continual murder of the innocent inhab
itants, everything connected with it. is
rvtf!ting, un American, un Christian, in
human and devilish.
t. vtick to their first
pendence or death."
TheW people seem
declaration iniie-
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The Taft commission is proving a fail
ure. McKinley" amnesty proclamation
: of no e2Tect, as will be teen by the fol
ynz pre cablegram:
Manila. July J. 11:10 p. m. (Edited
by the Censor.) The two days' fiesta in
Manila organized by Secor Paterno and
his jiolitiral followers to commemorate
the amnesty resulted in a fiasco. The
people were passive, unenthusiastic and
not e en interested. Failing to see any
tangible eilective results from am.ne.stv
they i-ay they can isee no re a sua for cef
ebra'iiig. Judge Taft and hi- colleagues of the
Oiroi-i-ion felt constrained to decline to
attend the banquet, as they had been in
formed that the peecbes would favor in-dej-ndence
under American protection,
and they could not passively lend their
ac uie-enee by being present.
hrnor Paterno, fore-eeing the susp&n--.i
jti of the banquet without the American-,
frantically appealed to thera to at
teii i. t romisin that there hould Im r,
"pfe-eke. The ;-rovo-t"i
precautions
were extreme. The guards were doubled
b:h day and the authorities forbade
the di-play of Filipino flags and of pic-tun--,
of Pre-ident MeKinlev and Aciiin.
aido fraternally framed. The fiesta
is
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ww.iuin rrniiif, Kr tbe to$itir
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s Usu i, trritatfoaaa&d ulcerations of the wu-
-" aiibbraive. An internal remelj with in--r:
c rwbiad. warrantei to rure worst case
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Hu-tlinj young man can make f(X
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' nle 1UIC or particulars. Clark &
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generally considered to have been - pre
mature and unfortunate. - : -
Daring last week's scouting ten Amer
icans were killed and fourteen wounded.
One hundred and eighty Filipinos were
killed and sixty taken prisoners. Forty
insurgent rifles were captured.
King Humbert of Italy was assassin
ated last Saturday by an anarchist who
went from Paterson, New Jersey, for the
express purpose of committing the crime.
There neems to be a nest of anarchists at
Paterson who keep up a secret organi
zation, the object of which is the murder
of rulers. Not long since one of them
committed suicide and left a note saying
that he had been chosen by lot to mur
der the king of Italy, and that he pre
ferred to commit suicide rather than to
go on the mission. .It seems that an
other was chosen in his place and has
done the deed. He fired three shots, all
of which took efl'ect. Humbert was the
best of the monarchs of Europe. Per
sonally, he was a man of the kindest
heart and spent most of his time in
t efforts for the benefit of the poor. That
j Italy is overburdened with debt and the
i poor taxed beyond endurance, was no
1 fault of King Humbert. He had little
! to do with shaping the policies of the
government. That he was a brave man
is proven by his heroic conduct when the
cholera broke out in Italy. He and his
queen refused to flee, although the great
est pressure was brought upon them to
do so, but instead he spent his time in
the hospitals caring for the sick and
dying.
Steps should be taken to prevent this
country from being a harbor for anarch
ists. Two of our presidents have fallen
by the hand of the assassin and one gov
ernor, the trial of whose murderer is
now proceeding in Kentucky. No good
can ever come from the work of the
fnUA Vi I 1 n mnA tha f Arm rf fmrftrn
assassin, it a King is murdered, anoiner
,,mH Thorn rn n K
i nothing at the bottom of suchtwork but
tne love or murder.
The very latest news from China is to
j the effect that the foreign legations in
Pekin are still safe. Telegrams by the
; various governments have been received
from their representatives there. They
all agree that no assaults have been
made on the legations since the 18th of
July. Gen. Chaffee has landed and gone
to Tien Tsien. The colonel of the Ninth
Infantry telegraphs that there are 257
; sick in the regiment, and the first -requi-j
sition he makes is for ten doctors and
: lUO hospital corps men. That shows
i what we may expect in China, a country
; inhabited for G.OOO years, and every foot
j of soil and and every drop of water alive
i with germs of all manner of horrible
; diseases. It is said that there will be an
j immediate advance on Pekin.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications.as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only one way to cure Deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf
ness is caused by an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube gets inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the in
i flammation can be takenoutand this tube
reswrea to its normar condition, neanng
ucn iiicctj, uiu a.-ico uuv
of ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
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HARDY'S COLUMN
Going Home Hauled Down the Flag
No More Bryan Senators Minneso
ta Doubtful Drying Up Quee
Way of Taxing Journal Gone Over
Cleveland Caused It All Foreign
Credit Export of Corn Hard to
Please Present Congress They
Talk Rates but Mean Less Dollars.
Three weeks outing. Good time every
! day. If any one should ask where to go,
we would advise Minneapolis; there
inquire for Chisago City, on Chisago
Lake, and there inquire for Schlemmer's
Island, where they have good boats, good
fishing, good eating and good beds, all
for seven dollars a week. Either my
clothes have shrunk or I have filled up
with fun, politics or fat
It appears the president has hauled
the flag down from over a long strip of
territory in Alaska. A territory about
which there was no question until gold
was found there.
The reason the republicans do not
want Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa admitted as states is because they
would bring six more Bryan senators in
to congress. The slave drivers used to
oppose the admission of free states be-
a a a 11 a
cause iree siaie senators would oe in
creased.
Minnesota is more of a doubtful state
than it was four years ago. The Scandi
navians, and there lots of them, are not
in love with imperialism and militarism.
The governor is of Scandinavian descent,
was elected two years ago, and will un
doubtedly carry the state again and Bry
an with him. Leading republicans ac
knowledge doubt
The Minnesota lakes are drying up,
about one foot a year. They have al
ready sunk away four or five feet in the
vicinity of the Twin Cities. To keep
them up in their parks they have dug
wells and put in huge pumps. The cause
must lie in the plowing of the soil and
the soaking in of more of the water that
falls,
They have a queer way of taxing big
corporations and. millionaire mining
plants in this state. The ore is taxed a
cent a ton while the mines and machin
ery worth millions are not taxed at all.
The earnings of railroads are taxed in
the same way and not the roads.
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It looks as though the Journal had
sold out to the middle-of-the-roaders, at
any rate it manifests more interest in
that political division than in any other,
judging from the sweet medicine mixed
for them. Even Bixby stiffens their
backs with poetic candy. The Journal
hopes to call Joe Bartley from the VexK
and the only way to do that is. to draw
over from Poynter fifty thousand votes
to the mid roaders. The reason the
Journal does not mix medicine for the
other small parties is the fear of loss to
the republican party.
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If we have heard it once we have doz
ens of times that Cleveland caused all
the hard timqs all over the world. If he
had never been president; Argentine
would have had no trouble, Baring Bros,
would never have failed, the common
people all through Europe and America
would have had prosperity right along.
There would have been no bank failures,
no receivers for railroads, no mortgage
foreclosures; every factory would have
run at full capacity, and all laboring men
would have had all the work they could
do night and day. Cleveland cursed the
whole world and anybody who claims to
be a democrat would do the same thing
if he should get a ciance. ' On the other
hand, McKinley has blessed the whole
world, especially the millionaires, and
will continue to so do should he be
counted in again.
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They howl about our foreign credit.
Foreigners are not our ' creditors; they
are our debtors and we their creditors.
The gold bug scare about credit and its
boast about the balance of trade being
in our favor do not go well together. If
I am selling a man property I look after
his credit; but if I am buying of him,
what do I care whether he is bankrupt
or solvent? We pay for everything we
buy of foreign countries with our own
goods and they pay us a good big bal
ance in money, so what has our credit to
do with trade anyway; or what has our
money to do with it? European money
balances the account. -1
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We are a little surprised that we ex
port more dollars' worth of corn than we
do of wheat or flour. That really means
we export as many bushels of corn as we
do of wheat, counting the flour with the
wheat. As cheap breadstuff, -corn is
bound to take the lead and Nebraska
will be on top.
It is a little amusing to see how hard
it is to please the moneycrats of the east,
Bryan has too much backbone and Ste
venson has too little. They call Bryan a
dictator because he said he would not
run on a McKinley goldbug platform.
Nine-tenths of them worfld vote for him
if he would only flop over for gold, as
McKinley did. In '92 McKinlej's
speeches were as strong for silver as
Bryan's are now. He lashed ClevelarJj!.
tor nis opposition to silver as nara as
Bryan now lashes McKinley. But when
Hanna and the eastern millionaires told
kim they would make him president on
his tariff record if he would only flop on
the gold question, he at once flopped.
Now they call Bryan a dictator because
he will not flop in the same way. Do
you suppose Lincoln would have run on
a slavery extension platform if his party
had made such a platform for him? Not
much. Stevenson they say has nd back
bone at all beeaae he did not stand up
with Cleveland to knock silver out That
is just why we now stand up so straight
for Stevenson, because he'did hbt stand
up with Cleveland." The' man who" has
no opinion at all is a poor stick." "Honest
men do not often change their opinions
on the same question. They often drop
old patties and stand with new ones on
new questions.
The present congress has established
the gold standard, as they call it The
people demanded it at the ballot box
they say. Now they are scared half to
death for fear the people will say to Mr.
Bryan, tear it down. Why should they
be so scared as long as they have anoth
er session-in which they can patch it up
and nail it up to the mast This -con-
i gress has decided that the - constitution
I does not go with the flag, when protect
j ed sugar and tobacco trusts don t want
; it to. The constitution has always es
! tablished free trade among and between
j the people under the government of the
i United States. But not so any more,
i when the trusts want to make the faf
! mer pay two prices for their sugar and
htobacco. Ten war craft have been or
j dered and next session will order the
i army to be increased fifty or a hundred
! thousand, we presume. But Bryan will
be commander-in chief and he can re
! duce the army. The way they are go
ing on, this congress will be the most ex
pensive congress ever elected. The tax
payers will be made to pay near a bill
ion and a half dollars. There are other
bills they intend to pass, but did not
dare to do it until after election. One
is the ship subsidy bill. The farmer
will have to pay the same price for car
rying his produce to niarnet, then on top
of that, pay more taxes that the ship
owner may be paid the second time for
doing the same work. The rich ship
owner must have a law so he can get
more than half the farmer earns. They
shut Clark and Quay out of the Senate
and Roberts out of the House. But
they did not dare to shut out all who
bribed their way into ' the Senate, for
Hanna and enough more would have to
go to spoil the republican majority.
Neither did they turn out all the mem
bers of the House who cohabit with
more than one woman, for the republi
can majority would -go there as well.
They did not reduce the war taxes and
yet the surplus is piling up about two
millions a week. The only use they can
make of the surplus is to pay subsidies
or let the bank have it without paying
interest They did not press the reci
procity treaty bill with France and Ger
many because the high protected fel
lows did not want it
To read eastern republican papers one
would think there was no objection to
using silver for money, but the ratio
was the question to be settled. They
talk that way but they do not mean it
They do not care for the size of silver
dollars or of the gold dollars,"" but the
number of them is what they- want to
control. They know that many dollars
will make cheap dollars, no: matter
whether made of gold or silver and that
cheap dollars make dear property. As
dollars increase in numbers property in
creases in price, providing the demand
is the same. The French and the Ger
man ratio is 15 to 1, while the English
ratio is 14 to 1. If 16 to 1 is distasteful
to the gold bugs why did they not give
us the ratio in their platform, that
would suit The fact of the case is they
do not want any silver at all,, only for
dimes and quarters and if ' McKinley
should be counted in again every silver
dollar will be melted and sold as bullion
or for horse shoes. - Every ' greenback
will be burned too. Anything and ev
erything will be done to lessen the num
ber of dollars. Then i the bankers will
have everything in their own grip. Sup
posing we make the ratio 32 to 1, the
American people alone . would lose not
less than four hundred millions of dol
lars. If they had not meddled with sil
ver by law or by dropping the coinage
it would be worth as much as gold dol
lars today. A pound of silver . will buy
as much today in one half of the world
as it ever would, of anything , excepting
gold. If gold could be increased as fast
as the population, property and business
of the world increases, the gold stand
ard and no other legal tender money
would be all right, but it does not and
never has. " Hence the purchasing pow
er of gold will steadily increase and that
is what the moneycrats want. If the
rest of the world should adopt the gold
standard tomorrow gold would go up
half and silver would go down half as
compared with property. Half of the
world trades their gold for silver and has
no other money in circulation. It is
well remembered how"" silver dropped
when India dropped free coinage. Let
the same foolishness prevail ail over the
world and where would we be at?
Can't Go McKinley
Editor Independent: 1 send you in
closed six campaign subscribers, the
best I can do in this old fogy town.
The sentiment for Bryan is good here,
considering this always has been a
strong republican town. Two of the
names that I send aro old republicans
and several more have told me that they
can't go McKinley.
S. J. Boies.
Ostego, Michigan.
BERGE OPENS THE FIGHT
The Slippery Mr. linrkett Has Made no Re
ply to the Challenge for a Joint Dis
cussion In Benadom's hall in the Seventh
ward of Lincoln, three miles from the
business section, George W. Berge last
Friday opened hisi congressional cam
paign. The meeting was early in the
season, the night was dark, there was a
band concert down town and a neigh
borhood social but two blocks away.
And yet, withal, Benadom's was filled
with one cf. the largest and most appre
ciative crowds that ever assembled there.
And the people heard one of the most
sensible, most logical and most convinc
ing speeches ever delivered m the city
.Lincoln.
It was such a meeting as could not
fail to inspire a candidate with confi
dence. It demonstrated the general in
terest and alertness of the fusion forces,
and was big with promise of a great and
successful campaign.
Mr. Berge, in this, his opening meet
ing, amply demonstrated to his hearers
his abilities as a campaigner. His ear
nestness, his fairness, his clear reason
ing and never failing courtesy, won him
the friendship and respect of every per
son in the audience, as it will of every
one who honestly listens to him through
out the campaign. -
The Bryan Home gaards, resplendent
in white duck suits and red, brass-tipped
helmets, accompanied by a fife and
drum corps, marched to the hall and
materially added to the effectiveness of
the meeting.
When Mr. Berge entered the hall every
seat was taken and many people were
standing, and stood throughout his
speech; Loud cheers greeted his ap
pearance. Mr. Berge wds introduced
by E. Seiler, and made a hit with the
first sentence: '
'Judging from this audience," he said,
with a gratified smile on his face, "I
won't need the assistance of any repub
lican candidate to get crowds to hear
me this fall."
And from the shout that went up it
was evident that the slippery Mr. Bur
kett will, this year, have to find some
new excuse for refusing" to debate with
his fusion opponent
The first challenge that was sent to
the republicans of this district was re
fused on the ground that they did not
want to furnish audiences for fusion
speakers. The second time they re
fused because, as they said, all their ap
pointments had been made and they
could not change them. This time the
fusionists took time by the fore lock, so
to speak, and sent a challenge for a joint
discussion a long time ago so that the
last excuse would not apply. This time
the republicans have made no reply at
all.
With this evidence of their cowardice
staring them in the facethe making of
any sort of a campaign in this district
by the republicans will be a very diffi
cult operation. They may take the
Dietrick plan and visit the saloons and
dives, shake hands and distribute their
cards, but that will be about all. Mean
time Mr. Berge will go from place to
place discussing in his able way the
pending problems with eloquence and
force and when the votes are counted,
Mr. Burkett won't be in it
He Took a Flop
Editor Independent: Inclosed you
will find the names of sixteen of my
neighbors and money to pay for their
subscriptions during the campaign.
These with the four I sent last week
makes the required number to obtain a
watch as a premium. Please send me a
ladies watch.
The picture of Mr. Bryan is very nice,
please accept thanks.
The pet hobby of the republicans now
is that Bryan ruled the convention be
cause he said he would have free silver
mentioned in the platform or he would
not be a nominee for president
He was man enough to tell what his
opinion was and then stick to it, at least
he didn't have to get Mark Hanna to
tell him what he thought
McKinley was very much in favor of
free trade with Porto ' Rico until the
sugar kings informed him he would lose
00,000 votes by continuing in that opin
ion and he suddenly took a 'flop.'
In fact McKinley has no opinions of
his own, they are all Mark Hanna's vote
and money grabbing schemes.
Some have the same opinion of Mac
that the Irishman had of his "neighbor;
they were talking religion and the neigh
bor was telling what Dick, Tom and
Harry thought ,but he didn't say what
he thought himself. The Irishman's re
ply was: "It's a poor fool that don't
know fur himself what he thinks."
Nelle Dawes.
Independence, Iowa.
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as GRS. M. H. AND J. 0 EVERETT, MANAGING PHYSICIANS
Facts and Prosperity.
It is a fashionable feature of campaign
argument just now to talk of 'republican
prosperity," although legitimate pros
perity ended with the dawn of the new
fiiscal year.- ' - "
The effects of inflation, although still
visible in many quarters, are gradually
subsiding, and by next October our re
publican friends will be ready to talk of
"democratic adversity J' ;
During the past month the following
labor items have been noted: The Wash
ington Mills, one of the plants of the
American Woollen . Companey, employ
ing 5,000 hands, have been closed down.
Eighteen mills of the American ,. Steel
Company have discontinued wdrk., .In
the iron mines of the lake nplfior" and
Menominee regions wages h&vd been cut
from 10 to 15 per cent Outputs have
been curtailed 2,500,000 tons,, and labor
will suffer.accordingly.
. The rail mill billet mill and' furnaces
composing the plant of the -Lorain Steel
Company, at Lorain, Ohio, have closed
down.
The Clinton Cotton Mills, of Clinton,
La., have ceased operation, and the out
put throughout the ' south has . been
curtailed. . -
All over the country the railroads re
port decreased earnings.-.' This shows
more plainly than anything else that the
tide of prosperity is on the ebb.
The St Paul, the Rock Island and the
Burlington showed a decrease of $500,000
in net earnings for 'one month. , The
Louisville & Nashville earnings decreas
ed 131,521 and the Southern Pacific
$177,720: S, "
When talking of prosperity for cam
paign purposes republicans should not
fail to mention these things, as they may
find occasion to forget later on and at
tribute them to the effiect of democracy.
N. Y. Journal!
Feeding Sorghum
A great many letters have pome to the
Experiment Station asking for advice as
to pasturing sorghum. . The publicity
given to the injurious effects of sorghum
through the investigations carried on by
the station to ascertain the cause has
moved people not heretofore acquainted
with the occasionally exhibited peculiar
ity of the plant to become suspicious of
it While no further information has
been obtained on the subject, there yet
remains a word or two that may be prof
itably spoken. . ,
The records of , this station do not
show any cases
of sudden death from
sorghum occurring in the eastern por-j
tion of Nebraska, with the exception of '
a few which occurred on second growth j
sorghum. There is also reason to believe
that plants , producing this disastrous
effect have not made a healthy growh,
and are yellow and wilted, a condition
easily detected by the farmer. It would
therefore seem reasonable to conclude
that no danger is to be encountered in
pasturing sorghum of healthy growth in
eastern Nebraska.
Again it would appear that no danger
is incurred if the sorghum is fed after
cutting and allowing it to lie for some
time. A sample of sorghum was recent
ly received by the station with a letter
accompanying it stating that the plants
were parts of a very few partially eaten
by cow which was killed by them in two
minutes. The sample was fed to a cow
on the station farm without injuring her
in the least This together with the
fact that no poison has been detected in
samples sent to the station for analysis
would indicate that any toxic substances
which the plants : might " have become
diasipated after cutting. The length of
time required for this is not known, but
it is certainly . accomplished in a few
days. ;
As sorghum is undoubtedly -the best
annual midsummer forage crop for this
region, it is important .that its limita
tions should be well defined. The use
of healthy, sorghum for pasturage with
the ordinary precautions in eastern Ne
braska, . and of sorghum hay, may be
considered safer v v T. L. Lyon,
Nebraska Experiment Station, Lin
coln, July 21,1900.
A Republican Legislature
Editor, Independent I wish through
your columns to tell Mr. Hitchhcock, of
the World-Herald, how to carry the leg-
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islature for the republicans next fall. In ,
the first place, he must claim a tremen
dous majority for Bryan, say 25,000. In
the second place, a great majority for
the state ticket, all the way from fifteen
to twenty thousand. ' In the third place,
five out of the six congressmen, if not
all. And in the last place, claim the
legislature by a good majority in both
houses say four in the senate and -twelve
in the house. lie" must then'
have some reporter interview M. F. Har
rington, of O'Neill that demo-pop
"shining light" and have him go those
figures 10 or 15 per cent higher. Tie
must keep it before his readers, and es
pecially for the country editors to copy,
that there is going to be a roaring fusion
victory. Then, when this has been done
say about two weeks before election
it will be time for the republican strikers
to do their work. They will . tell , the
fusionists that since the state is .so
strongly fusion some of them those
who need money can safely go to Da
kota, Iowa, or Minnesota to harvest, etc.,
and they will offer other men a dollar tor
two to work for them on election day, or
to work, at home, or -to,,;go.off on some
trip and not" vote. Most, ,of .the ' fusion
ists do not know that four or five absen
tees in each precinct make a tremendous
loss in the state, and they will be Jed to
go abroad to work or to stay at home
and not v6te, since victory is certain
anyhow, for has not the World-Herald
continuously claimed a large majority?
I will guarantee Mr. Hitchcock that the
above plan will carry the legislature
for the republicans, and if he still yearns
for a seat in the United States senate ha
can figure on getting there about 19 j7.
Ashford, Neb. x N. II. B.
HE WONT DO IT
Captain O'Farrell Declares He Will Not
Play the Idiotic Game Announced
by Senator Hoar.
The following copy of a letter written
by Captain O'Farrell to an old army
comrade was'sent to the Independent
from Washington with the captains perr
mission to publish it:
"Washington, D. C, July 20, 1JKXX
Col. J. P. West. Chicago, Ills. My Dear
Colonel: Your letter of the 6th inst re
ceived. I am glad to hear from you and
I appreciate your courtesy in writing
and criticising my present position. You
asked me to hold on to the old party and
do as Hoar did. This is to denounce Mc
Kinleyism and support McKinley. Sen
ator Hoar says that if tba administra
tion is able to carry out its colonial or
j imperial policy it will surely destroy this,
republic. He calls the roll of past states
men on the floor of the senate, and calls
up Aaron Burr with Wm. McKin.'ey,
and yet in the same speech he invokes
his friends to support Wm. McKinley
for president I am very proud that I
don't think or act like Hoar. I could
not denounce highway robbery and then
invite Jesse James or Dick Turpin to
tea. ' '
"You don't know how hard it is for me
to leave my old political friends, where I
made an honored name, and, in a. small
way, acnievea distinction as a public
sp'eaker. My change is prompted by the
best interests of my country. I would
rather be right than to preserve the
friendship of yourself and many friends
and comrades.
"Dear Colonel, I could earn big money
on the stump this time, if I were to
prostitute my honest convictions to im
perialism. Bryan and his party are poor,
so I propose to give them my services for
nothing. It is not for Bryanf it is for
America that I do this. It is lib preserve
the liberty for which you and I .; fought
and risked our lives, and the principles
enunciated at Gettysburg in the immor
tal speech of Lincoln.
"I cannot support a policy which is to
day making a second Ireland cut of
Porto Rico. Our flag there floats over
our subjects, and in the Philippines over
our slaves.
"No matter, my dear colonel, how you
ard I may differ about politics, I would
earnestly hope for a continuance of your
friendship. I believe that if Mrs. West
had a vote, h would support the prin
ciples which I advocate. Your old com
rade. PATRICK O'FARRELL.
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