President's Annual Message.
Devoted Largely to the Spanish War
Results Growing
Out of it.
Peace Waits Upon Congress
Declaration as to Acquired Territory to be Made
After Peace is Permanently Settled
The president devote? a large pan of
the message to i lie war ns incept on
aid resui:. The unpre pareliicss oi Ihi
coun ry f r hostdi les and ihe rand
achievement of the army an 1 navy in
the tin- oi ditlieu net nnke the victory
stand out as. one of the 'ea est achieve
Hie i's in liiulory
T. e i rcsi 'nf n ft tha luH fai'h
h II le 'ho rut,!!) ;u the Jt-poM-tion
ol the island.
Tin' poli-y ! t'.e adtn'rvstr-vion in
regard to ac. i feriory will find
expression in i ' r rues-tige when
the peace tr a y h - .i si:n d.
One i fleet of the wa ..-en t" th w
the mad- qu.it y of ti e pit wit s'a'ul.ng
army anl i 8 im-re ise to lO.f.OtM men is
urged. Tb firtii-r rehab I'tttion ..f the
navy, along the lim 9 aiiggefied by Sec
retary Loiik, is re o iiiiiku le 1.
Reeent expansion, notably in the ac
quirement of ttic 8i.iilw.cu maiula,
shows the need of New niataliiue iau.
Lezir'athn soUng to ti c wirac
t on of theNicaraguau canal is . pj.r.iT
ed. Asidis fro n t'n ciash wi b Spain rela
ti its vr.th foreign in: on are harinon
lo i, and the closer b mil of union with
Or-ai BiiU'.u is a iaus for cungiaiula
tion. The oru'nn' m? 1 ol er-enry legisla
tion ia stiowii. d I pr sileni renews
hit previous lecuiuiiicii datum on the
subject,
T.ieie is a hearty concur, ence in the
V ws of cabinet olhceos aa lo I be need
of the vario'm de.pa tmrnls
Tit IT Of MKSSUIC
To the Senate anl -Home of Repre
entatives: Notwi hs auding the ai
ded burden rendered necessary by tbe
war our peop.e tejn ce in a very satis
factory an I tat adit y increasing degree
of prosperity, evidenced by the largest
volume .oi business ever reported.
Every manufacture h ts been productive,
srricultural pureti.ts tmvtf y. elded
abundant leturns, labor in ttn Beld oi
industry is oelter re aniei, revetm-
legislation paased by the present con
gress baa increased the treasury's re
ceipts to the amount ettima'ed by Kb
authors: the finances of'the government
have been successmlly administered
and itt credit advanced to the tirst rank;
while its en rei.cy has been mniitaine J
st the world's highest giandaid.
Military eetv.ee nn ler the common
flag and for a righteous can e has
itrenL-theued the imtionil spirit and
erred to cement more closely ihan ever
the fraternul bonds between every c
l;on of the coun'ry.
In my last nnu.it mewage. every full
Cunisideralioit was ifiven to the question
of duty Ol the Kovermuuiil of the L'lU'ed
Stales toward r-pain and the Cuban in
inrientibn, as nvtg tiy far thn mot
fmpO'tant problem with which we were
then called then upon to deal, i ein
eluded it was bonus! y due to our friend
ly rclationo with Spa n that tsl.e shoii d
o (jlven a reaMona'de c'mnce to realize
l er expectations of rdonn, lo which
S'.e had become irreioiKbly couunitted
Within a few weeks previoua'y rhe luv)
announces) C'.uiprebiiive pi huh which
it w( cinfi Jeiilly aanerieii wou d he ef
fieaciou to remedy the evils so hply
affect ini; our own country, so iujurMus
to ihe true inieres of ibe mother
country, well a to those of Cuba and
so reiUKna it o the universal seiitiment
tfbuuianitv.
SPANIHU I'SOSIIHES I'NKBUITKtL
The etmuinir month br )Ui(ht. little sittn
of prorefs toward the pacification of
Cuba The ant in imous adraini'tration
set up in the ca .i'al, and a ine of tbe
princiial ciiiea, ap eand not to pain
the favor of the inhabitants nor to be
able to extend their inflienc to a large
itenl of territory held by the insur
dent', wlnle the military arm, ohviou--,
ly unable t rone with the atill active
rcMh"ii, continued many of tbe most
object onabe and offensive policies a'
t e government that had preceded ft.
No tangible re ief wa ufforled tbe vest
number of unhappy reoonuentradns.
By tb end o! December the mortal
ity aiuo'K them had frightfully in
creased. Cou'ervative estimates from
fgpaniou ounis placed tbe deaths
among these distressed people at over
40 per cent, from the time General
Weyler's decree of reconcentrntion was
enforced. With the acquiescence of
the8ianith authorities, a scheme was
adopted for releif by charitable contri
botions raised in this country and dis
tributed under the direction of the
ooasal general and the several consul-,
ky nob e and tamest individual i-ffort
ihmucb the organised agencies ol the
, Aaserioaa Red Croe. Thoasan Is of
Uvea were thus saved, but many thous
ands more were Inaccessible to such
loratt of kid.
luTO' rur jfSTica slvAtlKr
At tin- j lrictiire. on tli . 15th of Feb
ruary la-t. 'M t urre l the de -true on of
th- ti.itti--up Ma. ne. a h e rightful y
lyiusr in the harbor id Uanum, on a
nttsf.on of ;i.t. rt:atio-al mr'eay and
io. li, a cat;-.3.r. p e. th HU-ij icioug
nature i f vb ch tirrl the nation's
heart pr--f.,.i!.dy. It it rriK ng vi
dence ,(ili- po " au l sturdy good
geu-e di iiijiiiHhuii o r nutional
cluract-r ttiat this fhockiiu' hoii fj.it
in upon it-nerou-i people, a n-i iy
de-ply torn h d by the preceeding even
in Cuba, did not move them to an ins
tant (le per. i e resolve to tolerate no
longer t;i - exitence of a cori liti n of
d:i' ger and iisorder Ht our doors that
made po-- b e such a d ed by whom o
ever wniitiit. Yet the ti.eiiuit-oi
justic-i prevailed and the nation a lxious
It a wated tlie result of the searching
invi-atigit n atone aet on dot Tue
firidnu o the naval board ol inquiry
eHtabh-lie.l ih t t he or giu of ti.e ex
plosion vas ex ernal, by a Kin-marine
mine, and -nly tialted, thr iuh la k of
posi ive U- tt:n -ny lotii the responsi
bility id iu authorship.
All these iln n carried conviction to
the luof. tho iLhlful, ri n b. fore the
finding of Civ n;i.al Ci utt, ilial a crisis
in o ir leldlion with Spain and toward
CubiwK.a hand So slron was thn
be ief t tint it mc led but a brief execu
tive fUL-gegfon to he co.igre-a to re
ceive imui'-dia e answer to the duly r(
making iimiant proviai-.o fir tbe po si
hie and perhaps speed. ly p obabl.;
ein -r.'isiicy of ar, and th - rema k.ible
:nd a in -Ht unique spectacle wis pre
ented oi a u atiim in vole of uolh
bouse, on the 9ih of March appropri
ate lot) i)K.(R) "for the national de
fense a.dfireach and every purpose
conne td i herewith, to beexpen-ied at
l lie dwcr-t im i f the president.
Still 4'iim itl by tbe hope oi a peace
ful nolu'loii, and obeying the dicta es
of duty, o i effort a- r In d to bring
about a epeely ending of tl,a Cuban
struggle.
Spam, having tlen. ed the demand of
tbo Uiiitel States and initiated that
complete f rm of rup'iire ..f relations
which a'.tend-f state of war, the execu
tive power e au homed by the resolu
tion, were at ot.ee empl .yed by aie to
meet (he enlar -ed contingency of actual
waifaie between Spain and tbe United
Slates. On Auril 22nd, I proclaims! a
blockade of the northern coast ol Cuba
including ports on said coast between
Cirdeias and Baeta Honda and tbe
port o,' Cieefoegos on the south coast of
Cuba: and the 2,5 1. I called for volun
teers 'to executed the ournose of th
resolution. By my m-jusje of April 25,
the congress was informed of the situa
tion and I recommended (omul declara
tion of (be existence of a stale ol war
betw. en the United Hate and Spain.
The congress, accordingly, voted on the
s.me dy the act aporove.l April 25,
li!)B, declaring thu extension of such
ar, from and inclnd ng ihe 21st day of
April, mi. I ru-electcd the provision of
the restitution of April .'(!, directing the
president to use all the armed lorces of
the nation to carry that net into effect.
Due notification of ihe existence of war,
as afore'Ki.l, was given April 25, by
telegraph nil the governments w'ub
which the United Sta'oi mam ained re
lations, tu order that their neutrality
might be aaniiied during the war. The
various coverninenrs responded with
proclamations ol.neutra ity, each after
its own methods It is not in thre least
gratifying incidents ol the sniggle that
the obligations oi neutral ty were impar
tially disfharg-d by all. often under
delicate and dttlicult circumstances.
Meanwhile, naval demonstration
were made at seve'al exposed point".
On May II, tbe cruiser Wilmington and
torpedo boat Winitlow were unsuccess
ful in an attempt to silence the ba-terieg
at C.trdenas, a.aiust Matsnzaa, Worth
Ha,(ley and four seamen falling. These
grievous fat allies were, atratgely
enough, among the very few which
occurred during our naval operations
in this extraordinary conflict.
Meanwhile, the Spanish naval prepa
rations bad bean pushed w.th great
v;gor. A powerful squad, under Ad
miral Cervera, which bad assembled at
tbe Cape Verde Inlands before the out
break ot hostilities, had crossed the
ocean, and by d erratic movements in
the Caribbean sea, delayed our military
op-radons, while buffing the purauitof
our fleets. For a me fears were felt
lest the Oregon and Marietta, then near'
ing home, after their long voyage from
San Francisco of over 14,000 miles,
might beeurpri-ed by Admiial Cer-
vera's fleet, but their fortunate arrival
ll'pwlied the apprehensions and brought
the mueb-aeeded reinforcements
Sm until Admiral lrver ti-oa rel
oge in the' baito of Hantiaito de Co' a,
about May V, a it pa ticol ti pla"
a systen atic military attark up t e
Anlilleaii pobseffionf oi Spain.
With Urn catastrophe of Santiago
Spain's effort up n u ts oreau virtually
ca ed. A spasmodic effort toward 'he
end of June to send her Me liter uneau
fleet under Admiial Camara t relieve
Manila a at) ndun d, tue expedition
being recalled after it hud passed
through tbe tiuet can 1. The capitu
ation of Santiago followed. The city
was closely besi-ged hy laud, anile the
entrance of our h:ps into the harbor
cutoff all relief on that side. Altera
truce to allow of tbe removal of non-
ombatai.ts protracted n go iations
c ntiouffi mm July 3 until July 15,
then under menace of immediate as
snlt tbe preliminaries of furreni'er
were agreed upon. On the 17th General
Shafter occupied the city. The capit
tdttioii embraced the entire eistem
end of Cuba. The number of spaniHb
fo diers surrendered ag 22,000, all of
whom were tubst-quently couveved to
Spain at the charge of ihe I'nitei
States. The story of this fwecemfu!
Camp igu ig told in t e report of the
se.reary of wtir, which ill be laid
liefore you.
AT TEACE WITH ALL THK WOKI.O.
With the esc prion of the rupture
wit i Sp.wn the intercour.-e of the Unit
etStat a with the great famlyof na
tions has been marked with cordiali'y
and thr doe of the ev. ntful year tindo
moft of the isue that t eceiar ly arise
in the complex relations of g vereign
sta es "djtiated or presented no serious,
obst clestoa just and bono able solu
tion by amicable agreement.
ABOUT KXIioKITIONS
Exhihirions of this international
chanu-erar- h-co, ng nioe frfqucnt
as tl e evchangeg t commercial conn
tries trr w more intimate and varied,
Hardly a year passes that this govern
ment is not invited to national parti
cipation at some important foreign
tenter, but oten on too short notice
to permit of recourse to congress for
power and means to Ho so. My pre
duressors have suggested the advisa
bility of provi.lins by a eenral enact
np'Ut ai d a standing appropr ation for
acvp'ii.g such invitation and for rep
tesen a ion oi th s .ountry bv a com
mission lbitlan has my cordial ap -
provai.
aaaiatcMoK os carrt.it exfokt.
T .1. Dl
-i ,uc uciifiHn restriction on the
imp rtanons of cattle from tte United
States, nriginslly adopted as a tatii-
lary precaution, will at an early date
be satisfied so as to admit live cattle
und- r due regulation of their slaughter
iter laniling. I am hopeful, too, of h
favorable charge in the Belgian treat
ment of our preserved and salted meats.
Tl . r -
ruu'ei oi airect trade between the
two countries, not alone for Belgian
consumption and Belgian t r.,dncts,b nt
by way of transit to and from other
w..-.. ru,,-, -im-H, nas oeen tiotM en
couraging s.nd beneficial. No effort
will lie spared to enlarge its advantages
by seeking tbe removal of reed less im
pediments and by arrangem nt for in
cretsed coimu'erci .1 exahaoge.
iKimmso lf TRR OatBNT.
The United States ban noi been an
indiffe ent spectator of the extraordi
nary events transpiring in the Chinese
mptre, whereby portions of the its
maritime proviac.es are passing under
control of various European powers;
but the prospect that the vast con
merce which the energy of our citizens
and the necessity of our staple pro
ductions for Chinese uses, has built up
in those rexions may not be prejudiced
through any exclusive treatment by the
new occupants, has obviated the need
ol our country becoming an actor in the
sccue.
RELATIONS WITH GRRAT BRtTAIS.
Our relations with Great R;.in
have
continued on the most friemllv
footing.
Assenting to our request, the
protection ot Am-ncan and their in.
t-rests in Spanish jurisdiction was as
sured by tbe diplomatic and consular
representative" of Great Hritain, who
fill til led their delicate and arduous trust
with tact and teal, eliciting hiuh mm.
mendation. I may 1 allowed to make
fitting allusion to the instance of Mr
Ramjden, l.er majesty's consul at
Santiago de Cuba, whr.ee untimeiv
death, alter dietinguished service and
untirog effort during the siege of that
city, was sincerely lamented
THI HAWAIIAN COMMISSION
Following tbe further provision of
the joint resolutions, I appointed the
Hon. Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois,
John T. Morgan of Alabama, Roliert r'
Hitt ol Illinois, Sanford B Dole ol Ha
waii and Walter F. Grear of Hawaii as
commisaione.s to confer and recom
mend to congrest such legislatl-n con
cerning the Hawaiian islands as they
should deem necessary and proper.
The commissioners have fulfilled the
mission confide I to them, their report
will be laid before you at an early day.
It is believed th it their recommenda
tions will have the earneat considera
tion due to ihe magnitude of the res
ponsibility resting npon yon to give such
bane to the relationship of those mid
Paoiflo Islands to onr home union as
will benefit bnh in tbe highest degree,
realising the aspirations of .the com
munity that has cast its lot with us and
elected to share our political heritage,
while at tbe time justifying the for
tight ol those who for three-quarters of
a tenmry nave looked to the aasimila
tion of Hawaii at a natural and iaevit
able consummation, la harmonv with I
onr needs and ia fulfimeni
of
cherished traditions.
imm i.i mir.ui r.
The cniuplinih-r rLiten that he dot
not revh w iu their details the p ans for
the modi fications of tbe currency acd
ha king systems, which are now th
subject of economic and general discus
Hoii throughout the country lint con
fines In 1 iscneeii.n lo the general priu-ciplt-t
underlying all of idem, becaaut
tie y seem to -gnora the iutere ts oi
back depositors, witu whole pro. action
tbe com ,i roller is peculiarly chaiged
He states that t' o;e p ans wb cb are
now most generally discussed amy lie
considered as taeed upon the following
p oponitions:
"Fir-t Tnat the disproportion be
tueei. ihe outstanding currency liabil
ities of tbe government pnyable in gold
and the gold held for their redemption
should bn lesBen d by a contraction it
the amount of these demand currency
liabi itie. '
"Second That the void in circu a' ion
cans d by sip h contraction ehou d be
fi 1 d by n eutenaion of tho circulation
of national banks, which circula i -n,
rede, ma'ile in gold, is ult.m Uely to t'e
end for as chief security up n a tiisi
lien u on the com mere al lo-sets of th-is-'uin
liaoss."
He sUtea that t; e ar-gutnp'iona which
see, ii io und. rlie then pi n- are these:
Fire T-iist unless we a e to have a
cur-ency conir.iction, me racical ex
ter.Mioti oi baiiknot" iH ue in ab-olutel
l ecosary to tue securing of the propel
adjUsitll.elit ol tiovei iimeiit. currei.cy
liabi ,ii. a to its g dd reS'-rve, by wh en
adjustiient the greater sale' y of ti.e g tld
tt.:n.ltt:d ia sub ved ; and,
"hecoiid That through the rad cal
ext'-iiriou a-iid charge in tbe p-esent
fotui of bannote issu s alone is elas
ticity to be secured in ur currency."
It is the lelief o' tlie couiptroller that
tl e propostd prelerence of the note
holier over the depositor, which is a
fundamental banis of all these plans, is
not onty inherently wrong and unjust -tied
by any erounds of public policy, but
thai its pract.Cal effect upon the present
re.atiou of deposit rs to banks in tue
smaller communities of tbe Unit-d
Mates would be so revolutionary as to
bring about the most injurious condi
tions in the general bus ness uf the
country.
THE NEEDS Of AI1RICUI TUKg.
The deptrtment of gr culture has
'rfe'
active in he past year, bxilofre
h.ve bee., sent to Uiany of the cou'.iiei
of thn eas em and western hem spheres
for ceei. a..d plants that may be useful
to the Uuiltd States and with Ibe fur
ther view of opening up mark.td for ojr
surplus products. The forestry d. vision
of the depart ment is giving special at
tention lo the treeless regions of our
country and is introducing species spec
ialty aiapted to smei-arid regions.
Forest fires which seriously interfere
w.th production especially in irrigated
zones are being studied that the losses
from this cause may be avoided. The
department is inquiring into the use
and abuse of water in many states of
the we t and collating information re
garding the lawt of tbe state, tne de
cisions of the courts and the cusioms of
the peopla in this regard, so that unifor
mity may be secured, Kxpriiiient
stations are becoming more effc ive
every year. The annual appr priation
of I7-U.U00 by congress is supplemented
i.y HOO.O-O fr-ui tie st-tes. Nation
wid experiments have be.n conduct. d
to a.ce-tain the suitiblene-s as to soil
and tl iL e and eta es for urowing sugar
beets. Tbe number of sugar fact res
has been doub e i iu the past two years
and the ability of the United Sutee to
produce its own sugar from this source
has been clearly demonstrated.
The weather bureau forecast and ob
servation stations have been extended
around the C- ribean sea lo give early
warnicgoftbe approach of hurricanes
from the s.ontb 8 mis to our flet-ty am)
mercba: t mar ne. ,
WASHINGTON CRN fKNNfAL,
In tbe year 19X) will ocuur the centen
nial anniversary o; the foundi g of the
city of WaHbinglO'i for tne nei manen
capital of the government of the United
Sta'es byauthoity of an act of con-
greg, appr oved July 10, 1790. In May,
I81'0, the arch.vpH and general olli es
of tbe fede.al government w re removed
to this place On he 17th of ovember
IrtOO, the national co gre.s met here (or
the fust time ami assumed exclusive
control of the fedeial district and c ty.
l itis interesting event assumes, all tbe
in re Bignilicanen when we recall the
circumstance t attending the chonsicg of
the site, the naming of the capital iu
honor of the father ot his country, and
'he interest taken by him in the adop
tion of pla ts for its future development
on a mag ificent scale.
These original plans have been
wrought out wi'li a constant progress
an t a sunai succe
x s even beyond any- I
era could have foreseen
thing their framers could have foreseen.
The people of the country are junly
proud of the distinctive beauty and uov-
ernment of ti e capital and of the rare
instruments of science end education
which here find their natural borne.
A movement lately ingurat. d by 'the
the citizens to have the anniversary
ceremoniet including perhaps tbe
establishment of a haodsome pur ma
nen memorial to mark s i historical an
occasion and to give i . more than local
recognition, hat met with tteneral favor
on the part ol the public. I recommend
to the congress the ranting of an ap
propriation cm- this purpose and the
appointment o tbe committee from itt
respective b dies. It might also le
advisable to authorize the president to
appoint a committee from the country
at Urge, which, acting w.th the con
gressional and District of Columbia
committees, can cmplete tbe plans for
an appropriate national celebration.
The alien contract law is iiriwn by
experience to need some amendment, a
tnsasure providing better protection lor
teamen ia proposed, the rightful appli
cation of the eight hour law for tlx
benefit of labor and of the principle ol
arbitration are suggested f.,r considera
tion of the congress.
The several departmental reports will
be laid before you, They give in great
detail the .-ondnctof the, affairs of thi
government during the past y, a- and
di,CUM B,"n7 question upon which thi
1 congress mav ba calls! imn. in
v .i William McKinlcv.
' rCxcativt Mansion. Jkmmhur f, im
THE FALLING MIGHTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY TOTTER
ING TO ITS GRAVE.
The Long Cam pa tern of the Money
Power Against the Liberties of tbe
American le'iple 111 Meet Final
nil Complete I efest.
Tbe Republican party is totter'ng to
Its fall. It Is uuMiuud in every jo nt
and limb. It ao longer draws its sus
tenance from the source of life a id
health the usplralions of tbe honest
hearts of the toilers and producers of
the land. It has fallen under the con-
trol of the money power, trusts and
monopolies. It Is manipulated in the
interest of the world's pawnbrokers
,-l.t.. .... .K...
and extortioners. Its future reliance Is
upon the cohesive power of public plun
der supplemented by boodle.
I'resldent McKinley on his recent
stumping tour made lavish but Incon
gmi.us use of the word ' destiny." From
tin; v;:gue gi neralizal ions indulged in
by th" Piesident, what he meant by
t: e tirui Lestiuy s eft. involved in mys
tery. The only impression he left upon
t e i ,.'. that of an undefinable
so net liing of unknown dimensions or
w!it i-'- f. The use of the te.m.
ho vever, recalls to tie mind the events
of tbe last few years and KUggcsls. the
possi!-:ilty of the fnUs working In be
half of a broader liberty, a brighter
day, und a glorious future for the toil
ers of earth. For thirty yeai'S the
money power has with cnuiion and
subtlety made gradual advancement In
the work of undermining the liber :y
and Independence of the American peo
ple. They long since secured control
of the machinery of the two great po
litical parties, and dictated all nomina
tions for the Presidency. The masses
of the people steeped in party Idolatry
were blind to Its presence or Its pur
pose, and at each recurring Piesidi-ntlal
election donned the yoke prepared for
them, and shouted themselves hoarse
for the candidates labeled with the
name they traditionally followed.
At last, euitioldened by success, the
money power forgot its caution, mada a
brutal exhibition of Its power, and
awoke (suspicion In the minds of the
people. Grover Cleveland, their servile
tool, with brutal Instinct, did their bid
ding I J ndiy and slavishly. Alarmed by
the strength of the silver sentiment
among Republicans, as shown by tbe
pasage of the Sherman law In 18',0 by
Republican votes alone, the money
power resolved In 18M2 to make Cleve
land Tresldent and under his adminis
tration deal a final death blow to silver.
The confederated bondholders and
bankers of the world bad thus far play
ed tbelr game with a strong, steady and
cautious hand. Their success In all na
tions caused visions of a conquered
world to riot In their Imaginations. The
mental intoxication resulting from the
confidence with which they were Im
bued now begot Indiscretion and led
them to excesses.
The subjugation of the United State
wae not complete. This was the only
obstacle obstructing the path of bond
ocracy to universal empire the com
plete subjugaitlon of nil governments
aud the enslavement of mankind. Hero
ic measures were determined upon. In
the drama to be enacted the Pretldent
of the United States and the British
ministry were each asslgped a part
President Cleveland was to use the
power and patronage of the Federal
Government to wipe from the statutes
of the nation all laws recognizing sil
ver as a money metal and to so recast
the policy of the Democratic party that
henceforth It would be the bulwark of
the gold combination lu American poll
tics.
The plans Were nerfeetpd and the
work undertaken according to program.
President Cleveland called Congress to
gether In extraordinary session and de
manded the unconditional repeal of the
silver-purchasing act of 181K). He held
up all appointments to office and made
obedience to his command on the part
or Democratic Senators and Congress
men the price of sharing In the fruits
of party victory. The Uothschilds raid
eu ms uunea ruar.es treasury ana ex
tended the gold standard to Austria.
The banks of tbe United States inaug
urated a panic that swept a thousand
millions of wealth from Its rightful
owners Into the hands of the rich to
drive the American people to the sup
port of Cleveland and gold. The com
"'" , uaw' was mae
to i,hrlek for 8old. anl petition In fa
mercial press of the country was made
vor or the gold standard was held out
for the signatures of American busi
ness men at the counters of the princi
pal banks. The British mlnsltry acted
Its part In closing the mints of India
to the free coinage of silver. Tbe busi
ness of the country withered and
shrunk as tbe displeasure of the money
power spread havoc and ruin on all
sides. Under such pressure the Amer
ican Congress yielded. The Sherman
law was repealed and sliver no longer
remained a money metal at the mints of
the United Slates.
Now the triumph of the money power
seemed complete, and Ibe faites or des
tiny, or call It whatever mystic name
you will, atepped In. and what seemed
defeat for the people proved to be only
tne necessary pretention to arouse the
American people and quicken the con
science of the nation. Call It destiny,
If you please; but the American people
will solve the money question, and aet
the world free from the thraldom of
bondocracy.
The plain people In the Democratic
party rebelled against Cleveland and
rescued Ihe party from the clutchet of
the gold combination. A million and a
bnlf Reptiollcani and Populists united
with them on the Chicago platform.
These are the forces that are propelling
the ship of state Into tbe harbor of des
tiny. To bear a lUoubllcan Pretldent who
has repudiated tot tradlfloMef fcUgxtfw
ty. irsmpled upon Hi platform and
dreased the party of Lincoln la Um as
clean rslmenta of CIvUndlam. cant
ing about deetiny Is a sickening but
lestjue. Silver Kulgbt-Watchman.
I lowing; with Ihe Other Man's Heifer.
There Is a phase of the curincr
swindle now uuuer atU-uipled exploita
tion which has uot been sufficiently Il
luminated. It Is statistical fact fact
beyond the ponsibillty of the leatt qufB-
tion, that tbe national banks, consider
ed as a unit, do not possess aa their
very own one single unencumbered dol
lar In coin or paper; tbelr combined
capitals are locked up in real property
aud paper get-uiltieg; every coin ot
other form of legal-tender money held
by the banks of America is specifically
; h nrf)..,.,v af .,.,. ciient. being held
...
by the bauks subject to demand cnecst.
As a matter of business fact which
every oue is supposed to know Indeed,
considerably over three times aa much
as the total "cash .in hand" Is the
amount for which they are liable npon
demand check, and this of course ac
centuates our polut that the modicum
of legal tender money-gold, allveT,
greenbacks, nilvi r ce tlflcates which
they do hold is not their own money,
but is distinctly the property of the de
positing clients of the banks.
Well, now. this being so, see what It
is that tbe "financiers" are contemplat
ing: Thi-y propose to take this exist
ing legal tender money this money "aa
good as" its basis (the majesty of the
nation and the combined wealth of all
our citizens) can make it, this good
money, which does not belong to them
and convert It Inio Interest-bearing
bonds against the whole nation.
But, stop! Grasp the fact right here,
that they do not propose to buy these
bonds, in the rational acceptation of the
fact of a sale and purchase; for they do
not propose to hand over, the ritoney (so
to be perverted from Its legitimate use)
to the nation, to be used as capital,
wherewith the nation may create
wealth and get tbe means to eventually
redeem those bonds. Ob, no! The na
tion Is to endow these cunning rogues
with some five to six hundred million
dollars' worth of property In exchange
for "other people's money," and then
the nation shall ihv ihe proposed con
tract) destroy the said money.
Do you gi asp the peculiar enormity of i
this proposition In thlt program of prl-,'
vate theft and public plunder? 1
To cap the operation, How do they
propose to meet the checks of their
"confiding" constituents when the spec
ific money of the "deposit" contract
shall have been thus stolen and destroy
ed? Simply by promises to pay, which
could not possibly be honored If put to
adequate test. Ah, well! It Is your
own fault, fellow-sufferers. "It never
troubles the wolf how many tbe beep
be." New Time.
Growth of tbe Trusts.
Tbe question of trusts seems to be a
knotty problem for our law maker.
Tbe Industrial combinations In thlt
country are capitalized at more than
$2,700,000,000. The anti-trust law la
openly defied. Only the other day
Judge Elbert H. Gary, a leading mem
ber of tbe Illinois bench, went to New
York to preside over tbe destinies of
the Federal Steel Company, which was
recently Incorporated under the laws
of the State of New Jersey, with a
capitalization of $200,000,000. The re;
cent decision of the United States Su
preme Court has pronounced tbe ' Ha 1
road Pool" Illegal. And yet these vast
monopolies not only continue in exist
ence, but their power is multiplying.
In spite of the fact that there Is a
federal law prohibiting trusts, new on
are being formed every day, and those
now in existence have an aggregate
capitalization of $2,702,768,900. !
The tendency to concentrate special '
industries and bring them under the
domination of monopolistic corpora
tions gathers force steadily. Almost
every branch of the manufacturing
business now has Its combination, or
trust, which controls both output and
prices. Competition is crushed out by
the big aggregations of capital. Tha
small manufacturer finds that be must
either join the combination or go to the
wall, and in many cases be does not
even have a change to Join the com
bination. '
Within the last six months articles
of Incorporation have been taken out by
more than one hundred companies of
abnormal capitalization, which are de
signed to "take over" and concentrate
the business of scattered companies In
the various fields of Industry. And this
In the face of the fact that the United
States Supreme Court has now pro
nounced even the railroad combination
known as the Joint Traffic Association
to be a violation of the federal anrj.
trust law.
Protect-on find Kxpnnalnn Don't Mia.
Ihe beet sugar men and the tobacco
manufacturers have formed a combina
tion to besiege Congress for a protect
ive law against admitting goods free
of duty from our foreign provinces,
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines. This Is the flrst'tlme that om
part of the United States has asked
for a protective tariff against another
part of our own people. Now let onr
Legislature memorialize Congress ta
put a special tax on Louisiana sugar
to protect our beet Industry and let Mc
Kinley ask for protection against tha
tobacco raisers of North Carolina. Im
perialism will raise a whole lot of lew
questions.
Employment Hants Labor-In Hera I
President McKinley In his speeches
on bis Western electioneering tonr old
that Instead of labor banting emplty
meat, employment was hunting labs.
Tea, and a Job was banting a mai la
Chicago last week, but the man dial
of starvation before the Job coavld tJ
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