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HARBISON. - - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
Geneva has organized a Bryan club.
Belgian
York has caught the
fever.
hare
Th old settlers' picnic at Humboldt
great success.
Traveling men were the "whole
Works" at the Grand Island fair.
. BRYAN'S SPEECH
Of LABOR DAY
GREAT ORATION CIVEN TO THE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER.
The democrats and populists will con
vene at Clarkson on September 19.
Beatrice observed Labor day by clos
ing all the banks and public offices.
Harvard was struck by a cold wave,
the thermometer dropping to 44 degrees.
Clinton Konkrlght of Hastingj is un
to arrest, charged with statutory as-aeuit.
Reed Newton of Beatrice had his
hand bandly lacerated at the Derap
ter mill.
THOUSANDS LISTEN
TO HIS ADDRESS.
Mr. Bryan Reviews the Great Labor
Day Parade In Chicago Dem
onstrations are Significant and
Show the Universal Condem
nation of the Administration
Imperialistic Policy,
Fred Hartwiek of Firth fell from hu
horse and injured his spine so badly
that he will die.
Ministers of the Chiistian church have
begun a ten days' series of revival
meetings at Trenton.
lira. Chris Hendrickson of Kelso com
mitted suicide by drowning herself In
six inches of water.
Fred Brailey of Butte, who is charged
with rape and wh. escaped from the
Jail, has been reoccured.
Chicago. 111. Special.) For four
hours William J, Bryan and Governor
Roosevelt stood on the portico of the
Auditorium hotel and reviewed the La
bor day parade. The friends of Mr.
Bryan will be gratified to know. that
the incidents of today have given great
encouragement to the Bryan forces in
Illinois and have given a correspond
ing amount of discouragement to the
McKinley forces.
Although this was presumed to be a
non-partisan gathering, from the be
ginning to the end Mr. Bryan received
ovation after ovation from the laboring
John Plum, an old settler livlne near men of Chicago, and democrats every-
Ootumbus, was run down by a train at
where are Jubilant. As the labor vote
that place and severely Injured
John Plough
or William Brown of Chappell,
been arrested for horse stealing.
J of Chicago goes, so goes Cook, county
as Cook county goes, so goes Illinois.
a farm hand working and It may be stated as a solemn truth
has
Herman Kaufman of Norfolk took
carbolic acid with suicidal intent, but!
prompt measures saved his life.
N. J. Keyes, the Surprise jeweler who
awjcidentaHy (shot himself with a tar
get rifle, is In a precarious condition.
Little David Edison of Wolbach ate
toadstools, which his mother mistook
for mushroom, and died in frightful
agony.
Councilman John Schmahling was
brutally assaulted by Archie McManl
gal at Blair and is in a critical condition.
J. L. Stanley, who was shot by Geo.
Bevers of Eagle is reported to be dying-
The sympathy of the popuiace is
srith Bevers.
well supplied table forget the man
whose toil furnishes the food? Wny
should the man who warms himself
by the fire forget the man whose labor
in the forest or in the mine brings
forth the fuel? Why should the ma
clad in the best products of. the loom
forget the man whose calloused hands
make fine clothing possible? Both the
consumer and producer are necessary
but of the two the producer comes first
in point of time and in point of im
porta nee. Shall the rosebud, blooming
in beauty and shedding its fragrance
the air, despise the roots of the bush
because they come in actual contact
with the soil? Destroy the bud an
leave the roots and a second bud will
appear, as beautiful and fragrant as th
first; but destroy the roots and bud
and bush will perish.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
How can the wage-earner secure that
share of the earth's bounties and' the
government's protection which he de
serves? The associations formed by
workingmen have been productive of
mucn good.
The labor organization as we now
find It. is the product of industrial con
ditions. The individual found himself
at a disadvantage when dealing with
the corporate employer, and the organ
izatlon not only enables him to con
tend for his rights upon terms more
nearly equal, but it stimulates him to
study and understand the conditions
which surround him.
The labor organization-has been fore
most in advocating the reforms which
have already been secured. Several
yearg ago the secret ballot was dt-
manded by the wage-earners fur their
own protection. That ballot has been
obtained, and through its operations
those who toil for individuals or cor
porations are able to prot?ct their po
liticai rights and to use the ballot ac
cording to their own Judgments. This
is a long step in advance.
The labor organization has done
much to lessen the evils of chiid labor.
No one can visit the factories where
children are employed without con
templating the crime which is being
perpetrated upon posterity. If there
is any temporary economic advantage
in the employment of children of ten
der afe, it Is insignificant when, meas
ured against the permanent injury
done to present and future generations
To rob a child of Its school days Is bad
enough, but to bend it back by a load
for which only the adult Is fitted Is
even worse.
that many practical politicians who this
mornig might have regarded Illinois
as a certain republican state, this min
ute believe that it Is very likely to go
for Mr. Bryan.
There can be no question but what
the events of the day made a profound
impresgion upon the Chicago public,
and nothing has happened to give the:
s'catci ciivuuraseineni inan SHORTER. HOURS
toe scenes ana inciaems of Labor day. j ne JaDop on4aI)lMUon has alm eon.
Every democrat In Chicago Is jubilant j tributed toward the shortening of the
and republicans who are devoted to im- I hours of toll, and it should not cease
perialism and the special interests of ffc'rt nlSl the eight-hour day Is
,v. rr, , . . i secured. Approximately, one-third of
the McKinley administration begin to thlf twenty-four hours must be glvon
suspect that after all William McKln-! to iefp; If another third of the day
ley may not be the special agent of ' dwted to manual labor, only eight
Providence '" ' : hours are left for eating, for going' to
R ' . and from the place of work, for the
xir. Bryan said: i reading of current news, for mental
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: improvement, recreation, social intor
I am greatly oblige dto the committee course and domestic life. Since th
for the invitation which enables me to hours occupied in eating and travl
participate in the celebration of Labor cannot be encroached upon, every hour
day at this place.
gainst those charged with violation
of the laws, and, third, to sit in Judg
ment upon the case. Government by
injunction is so indefensible that the
anti-injunction bill, indorsed by th
Chicago piairorm, passed the senate
without a yea and nay vote being de
manded, and since that time no party
platform has speclncally indorsed gov
ernment by injunction and no proml
ni-nt member of any party has entered
upon a defense of the system; and yet
corporate Influence is so strong that it
has thus far been impossible to secure
any remedial legislation
The fact that United States senators
are elected by legislatures, rather than
by the people directly, lessens the la.
boring mans Influence in securing fa
vorable federal legislation. When the
action of a political convention must
be submltetd to the voters for ratlfi
cation at the polls, the convention is
constrained to nominate a candidate
acceptable to the people; but when
senator Is chosen by a legislature the
Individual voter is far less considered
Even when direct bribery is not em
ployed, the indirect Influence which
corporations can exert Is resorted to,
and more frequently still money is se
cretly used to aid legislative candidates
in close districts. Such obligations are
usually repaid in the caucus and, as a
rule, the majority in the caucus con
trols the party which has the selection
of the senator. If this question were
submitted to the voters, the majority
In favor of the election of senators by
direct vote of the people would be over
whelming, and yet partisanship has de
iayed the adoption of this amendment
The people submit to policies which
they do not like rather than secure im
prnvement by a change In party atlill-
a lions.
DIRECT LEGISLATION
The laboring man favors direct legis
lation wherever practicable for the
same reason that he favors the election
of -senator by popular vote. Direct
legislation brings the government
nearer to the voter. There is more
virtue in the people than ever finds ex
pression through their representatives.
To hold that a representative can act
for the people better than they can
act for themselves. Is to assert that he
is as much interested In the people a
they are In themselves, and that hi
wisdom Is greater than the combined
wisdom of a majority of the people.
Neither proposition Is sound. Most, if
not all. of the evils complainwl of in
government are traceable to the fact
hat the representative of the people
has personal interests at variance with
the interests of his constituency. Cor
ruption In ..municipal, state and feder
al governments is due to the misrepre
sentation of the people by public ier-
ants, who u?e their positions for pri
vate advantage. The people fchould
have an opportunity to vote on public
questions when those questions can be
submitted without too great inconvf-n-
ence or expense.
But the lsborii-g man Is even more
nterested in the proposition to estab
lish a labor bureau with a cabinet
oitsrer at its head. Such a bureau
would keep the executive in constant
touch with the wage-earners of the
country, and open the way to the re-
recs of their present and future griev- j
ances. If labor is given a place In the!
pre Fluent!? official household, the roan
This dav has been added to the days labor must be taken
isely set apart by law to emohasize from the time available for intellectual
The Superior reunion apd coursing J the dignity of labor and for the consld- development, recreation and the family,
sneet is being held this week and pre- eI"ation of those subjects which especi- The labor organization has been a
any euru me niLrieiHs oi ine wage- rtfuiwm. arm persistent advocate oi
earner. The laboring men constitute the doctrine of arbitration, although
folly of attempting to prepare people
fro self-government by denying them
the right to participate in their own
government.
"Many politician of our time are in
the habit of laying It down as a self
evident proposition that nj people
ought to be free until they are fit to
use their freedom. The maxim is
worthy of the foul in the old story who
resolved not to go into the water until
he had learned to swim. If men are
to wait for liberty til! the become
wise and good in slavery, they may
Indeed wait rorever."
When I say that those who distrust
the capacity of the people for self-gov
ernment tend directly toward mon
archy, I am only repeating what Lin
coln deliberately declared in hia first
annual message. He said: .
WHAT LINCOLN 8AID.
Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted
at as a possible refuge from the power
of the people. In my present position
I could scarcely be Justified were 1 to
omit raising a warning voice against
this approach of returning despotism.
It is not needed nor fitting here that
a general argument should be made in
favor of popular institutions; but there
is one uoint. with its connections not
so hackneyed as most others, to which
I ask brief attention, it Is the etiort
to place capital on an equal footing j
with, if not above, labor, in the struc
ture of government t. . No
men living are more worthy to be
trusted than those who toll up from
poverty; none less Inclined to take or
touch aught whirh they have no hon
estly earned. Let them beware of sur
rendering a political power which they
already possess, and which, if surren
dered, will surely be used to close the
door of advancement against such as
they, and to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them till all of liberty
shall be lost.
WARNING MORE NEEDED NOW.
The warning is even more needed
now than it was forty years ago. The
.Vrmy and Navy Journal is already
ustifying the colonial idea, and us
iarlng that fate has decreed for us a
leMlny in which an imperial executive.
rce from the restraints or a written
oiistitutlon, will govern subjects ac
cording to his own pleasure. The Unit
ed states Investor, published at Bos
ton, in its issue of July 2S, says;
"Only a blind person can fail to see
that remarkable transformations of
one kind or another are In store for
the race; hence the folly of asserting
hat the policy of this country, which
is destined to play such a leading jmrt
in human affairs of the future, onall
be governed for the most part by polit
ical maxims uttered more than a hun
ted years agj. The greatest evil which
now confronts this republic is the clam
or raised by a certain faction for a set
tlement of our problems of state by
ust wh a method as we have been
eprecatlng. Considerably more than a
eittury ago a certain notablo declara
on was made in this country to the
effect that all men ought to be free
nd independent. This is merely a gen
eralization of the Fremiti hool of Vol-
aire and the encyclopaedists. It is a
dictum absolutely lacking fuunda-tion in
tory and incapable of pylloglsuc Juk-
HlcBtmn. It waa. however, a handy
phrase for us to employ when asst-rtms
SHED.
JOHN SHERMAN DENOUNCES
ADMINISTRATION POLICY.
CONDEMNS THE WAR
Former Secretary of Star Takas
McKinley to Task for His
Policy of Imperialism.
e!tMi will necessarily be' a worthy i our right to break away from the moth-
parstion.s have been made on an ex
tensive scale for the events.
Tarelve-year-old William Wreston of
Holmesvllle had his right hand badly
Injured in a corn shelter and narrowly
ped losing his whole arm.
J. Limans of Holmesvllle found a
burglar in his room, and before the
fellow could escape he fired several
hots, none of which took effect.
'4SV'" ttrtttt" rtrmK tvuaoti irr ttiv
ssonth of August was 1:07 Inches. This
Is a record breaker, the greatest p revi
vals rainfall for this month being 5.51.
so large and so indispensable a portion
of the population that no social, eco
nomic or political question can be treat
ed without an investigation of their
connection therewith. But there are
some questions which touch them Im
mediately
it is difficult to see why the burden of
this reform should be thrown upon the
laboring man. Surely the employer,
if he would take a comprehensive view
of his own interests, would be as much
benefited by arbitration as the em-
while others oniy operate ; ploye, and because every prolonged con-
cesi oecween moor ana caoltai brings
Isaacs Wood, an Omaha Indian, was
cut to pieces on the reservation
tr Lyons by a white man with whom
became involved In a drunken quar-
? Oeorge Kroblln of Norfolk took a tea
stseonful of carbolic acid by mistake for
ssedicine. This is the third accident
ft oaf carbolic acid in Norfolk and vi
cinity within a week.
supervisors of Knox county have
special election to vote on the
TCteretlon of the county seat for Sep
taanber 25. Niobrara, Bloomfleld and
Tbe Center are in this race, being the
highest at the first election.
the killing of August Housha
t Schuyler by a Union Pacific trsin,
R has come to light that the Union Pa
Me train runs through the town at
ftmea forty to sixty miles per hour,
taasead of eight miles, as per the lew.
burglary was commltteed at Be-
nd when bloodhounds were put
mm tbe trail they piloted the posse to
tbe boose of a hitherto respectable and
upon them In a general way
THE LABORER'S AMBITION,
The first thing to be considered is
the laboring man's ambition; what are
bis alms and his purposes; for what
is he striving? The animal needs only
rooa ana sneiter Decs use he has noth
ing but a body to care for; but man's
wants are more numerous. The ani
mal complains when It is hungry, and
Is contented when its hunger is ap
peased; but man, made In the image
of his Creator, is a three-fold being
and must develop the head and the
heart as well as the body. He is not
satisfied with mere physical existence;
neither will he be content unless all
avenues of advancement are open to
him. His possibilities must be as un
limited as his aspirations.
In other countries and in other civ
ilizations, men have been condemned
by birth to a particular occupation,
piace and caste; In this country each
man, however or wherever born, can
strive for the highest rewards In busi
ness, state or church, and these ave
nues of advancement must be kept
open.
SHOULD BE NO ANTAGONISM, j
No civilization can be considered :
perfect which does not plant a hope
In the breast of every child born Into
the world; the nearer we approach to
this Ideal, the better Is our civiliza
tion. Those who complain of exist
Ing conditions cannot be put aside as
disturbers of the peace. TO seek a
remedy for every abuse of govern
ment is more patriotic than to profit
by Dad systems and then frown down
all criticism. There should be no an
tagonism between those engaged In
Ihe various occupations, and there will
be none when all recognize the mutual
obligations which are due between cltl
sens. Our desire should be, not to sep
arate the people into warring factions.
.but to bring them Into better acquatnt-
citizen. They were drswn on
started again, but pulled up at snce and rreater svmnathv with a-h
bouse. other. The enmity which the poor
sometimes feel toward the rich and the
contempt, which the rich sometimes
manifest toward the poor would be
avoided If esch knew the other better
. BELAYING HIS JAWS.
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y:. C2mmmf received with Incredulity. A by the strict rules of Justice "
'j- .C3 utksntlcated anecdote, however,' The extremes of society sre really
'.'-T'CJI tsa of Dr Frederic Hill, an English "? p,rt lhey "Wr- rha'!
'"'f- rfiatlnntlMi WW Winn wr wngra uj'iay may, on-
M. mam fell overboard In tbe Indian
t mmm almost Into m shark's mouth,
1 "wis was standi n close to tbe
MM a belaying pin and without
zZm Jemped In to save the sailor.
?i' treat brute was Just turning on
' - K to Mte. when Hill drove the
-j fta right through both jaws.
) K"3 were got on board again un-
der a good government, be employers
In a few years, snd the sons of those
who are employers today msy in
short time be dsy laborers. Since no
one can save posterity from the evil
effects of s bsd law, all should strive
for legislation which will protect each
cltlsen In his rights and In the en
joyment of the fruits of his own genius,
bis own Industry snd his own Integrity
It Is of sdvsntsge to the rich ss well
s to the poor thst th children of all
i have an opportunity to secure an edu-
haw mntt't wrmit . r nro.-ii widens Tne IB-
i Pi. VT dividual" horliou. Increases bis c.
'tyZ&t. Haw r on got tcMr for usefulness, multiplies his en-
iZ2i tm leif Tarn ' was my loyments and makes him In every wsy
'r - rx emir words ar the nor services We to society. Victor
yj - er wore ei iae rea- Hnf( hu ncHbed the mob as tbe
' ' " 1 ; human Mee t MlMir. TaosV wno are
V " " 11 I well-to-do have a selfish Interest, and
1&svri m (mmtk Og noM feel a moral concern. In. remov
- Vi-J to ism l" Vr from every human breast.
TT rrTz zL As mieery is 'lessened tbe security of
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interruption to business and pecuniary
loss to those who sre In no way respon
sible for the disagreement, society In
general is even more interested than
employers or employes. The edsire for
Justice la so universal that the public
can oe oepenaea upon w support the
finding or an Impartial board of arbi
tratlon as certainly as it can to support
trie successful contestant in a law suit.
The court of arbitration is one of tbe
certainties of the future, and when it
is secured and perfected, we shall won
der why its coming was delayed so
long.
BLACK LIST AND ASIATIC LABOR.
The blsck list, by means of which
employers combine to deprive the dls
charged workman of re-employment, is
one of the more recent menaces to the
laboring man. The independence of the
wage-earner decreases as the difficulty
of obtaining employment increases, and
the skilled workman, whose life has
been spent In acquiring efficiency In a
certain trade or occupation, becomes
practically the chattel of the employer
If evc-ry opportunity to make use r.f
his experience Is closed by agreement
between employers.
The laboring msn Is also Interested
In legislation prohibiting orients! im.
migration. It is unfair to the Ameri
can workman, who Is the foundation
of the nations wealth in time of peace
and its defense in time of war. to sub
ject him to the danger of having his
accupatfon given to an oriental laborer
often brought by contract,, who has no
permanent Interest In our government.
If the Asiatics come here, work for e
few years, live on a lower scale, and
then carry home the net proceeds of
their toll, the drain upon our mnn
supply will be similar to that caused
by landlordism in other countries. The
political objections to oriental labor sre
scarcely less weighty than the econom
ic ones. Itace prejudice cannot be dis
regarded, and we have seen how. In
every industrial depression, race ani
mosities result In riot and bloodshed
We cannot afford to bring Into this
country those who cannot amalgamate
with our people.
USE OF INJUNCTIONS ALARMING.
The attempt to use the Injunction of
a court to deprive the laboring man
nf trial. by Jury should alarm all our
people, for while the wage-earner Is
the first to feel Its effects, the principle
which underlies government by Injunc
tion Is so far-reaching thst no one csn
hope to escape ultimately. The thing
forbidden by an Injunction would, with
out the Injunction, be either legal or
lilegsl. If It would be legal, the Judge
usurps the function of Ihe legislature
when be forbids It. If It would be lite
gal the Injunction of the court Is un
necessary, for any one who violates
the law can. upon conviction, be made
to suffer the penalties prescribed for
such vlolutlon. The meanest thief snd
the most brutal murderer are entitle
'o trial by Jury; why should this right
be denied the laboring men? Those
wno oppose government by Injunctior
are not in tnvr of lawlsssmss; they
art, on the contrary, th best fiien4
of law and order. They deny the right
of sny man to violate the taw la an
effort to advene his own le tercet, but !
their Insist that It le tatoesssltteat wftlt
eer Mens of govemaeent and trou
to at1 Imm to NrnMt gy t-'l wltn
th' tte4j(4 fW, I V
nd trusted representative of the peo
pie for whom he speaks, and his pres
ence at cabinet meetings will give to
hone who toll for their daily bread as
surance' that their Interests will be
properly guarded.
Mr. (rompers, the chief executive of
the federation of Labor, has. In bin
correspondence with the secretary of
the treasury, so ably presented the la
boring men g reasons for opposing a
gold standard and a national bank cur
rency that it is not necessary to discuss
those questions at this time.
REASON TO FEAR TRUSTS.
The laboring man has abundant rea
son to fear the trusts. Mr. Charles R.
Flint, in a speech delivered in Boston
more than a year ago in defense of the
trusts, frankly asserts that one of the
advantages of these combinations is
that "in caFe of local strikes or fires
the work goes on elsewhere, thus pre
venting serious loss." is it possible
that any wage-earner can fall to see j
iiuw wiitpiriety- tnc -trust - pinces em
ployes at the mercy of the employer?
LABOR BEARS THE BURDEN.
The resolutions adopted by various
labor organisations in condemnation
of militarism and Imperialism Justify
me in making a brief reference to those
questions. No class contributes more
than the labor class In proportion to
its members to the rank and file of
the army; no class contributes more In
proportion to its numbers to the ex
pense of the army, and no class is
more menaced by the existence of a
large army. Most of the countries in
Europe which maintain large military
establishments collect an Income tax
which adjusts the burden of the gov
ernment to tbe Income of the citizen.
Here our federal taxes are largely col
lected upon consumption, and while
they Bre Income taxes In the sense that
they must be paid out of the income of
the people, yet the exactions are not
proportionate to the incomes. The
taxes upon consumption bear heaviest
upon the poor and lightest upon the
rich, and are. In fact, graded income
taves, the per cent collected decreas
ing ss the Income increases.
If this nation adheres to the doctrine
that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned, and the people have an easy
and ready means of correcting ail
abuses, the government will not need
to be supported by a large permanent
army for every citizen will be ready to
derena men a government from attack.
The only domestic use for a large
standing army Is to suppress by force
that discontent which should be cured
by legislation.
To support s permanent army of
100,000 men require approximately one
half as much money as is ennuaily ex
pended for education In the United
States. How much cheaper It is to
uplift people by the gentle and peace
ful process of intellectual development
than to blow them up with powdei
and dynamite!
A RADICAL DEPARTURE.
. Imperialism Involves a departure
from principles which were universally
accepted in this coantry until within
two years. To know that all men are
created equal one needs not the wis
dom of a sage or the learning of the
schools, It wss declared to be a self
evident truth; It wss evident to those
who pledged their lives to the main
tenance of the Declaration of Independ.
ence, and It Is evident still to those who
sre not blinded by the glsmour of
wealth and Ihe glittering promises of a
colonial system. If all men are created
equal snd endowed with Inalienable
lights. It follows as a logical and nee.
esMtr sequence that governments were
instituted for the welfare or ail and de
rive their Just powers from the consent
of fl governed. On Ihe preservation
of Ibis doctrine our nopes aspen; ir
It la abandoned there Is no foundation
upon which a government like curs can
be MMtructed.
DO not allow yowaelves to b de
er country; it suited the exigencies of
our Fituation In J79 admirably, tcijush
in itself but a bit of sublimated dema
giiRism. 'ihe declaration was a ser
viceable means to the end that was at
that time desired. To bring forward
this declaration in this year, law, in
connection with oar treatment of the
Filipinos and the Cubans, is as gros
an absurdity as ever was practiced.
To do so is to offer an Insult to the
intelligence of the people who first sub
scribed to the declaration in question."
But why quote from newspapers as
to what may be dons hereafter in the
presence of a law already enacted
which makes subjects out of Porto
Ricans, withdraws from them the
guarantees of the constitution, and as
serts the power of the president and
congress to gwern them without their
consent and tax them without repre
sentationa power as unlimited and
tyrannical as was ever asserted or ex
ercised by any ruler in all the history
of the human race. This doctrine hu
ncrt - yet WKtt nplwuvtru vytire iuMr(
it furnishes the supreme question of
the present campaign. In the pres
ence of these perils the laboring man
has a responsibility commensurate
with his opportunity. Without a large
tiercentaae of the laboring vote no par
ty can win an election in the United
Ktates. The men who work fjr wages
can, by throwing their votes on tho
one side or the other, determine the
policy of this country. They need not
march In parades; they need not
adorn themselves with the Insignia of
any party, but on election day their
silent ballots can shape the destiny of
this nation, and either bring the gov
ernment back to its ancient land
marks or turn It Into the pathway fol
lowed by the empires of the old world.
PORTO RICO FEELS THE OPPRESSOR.
! by those who 'question th ca
f tnla people or that people
air itfHtTrBmeiit Mnosuiey, in hl
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McKlnley's Evasion of Congress'
Will Is Deliberate Fraud,
(By James Creelman.)
Cleveland, fO- Sf4clal.) Thr cold
u.ooded fraud practiced by the McKin
ley administration upon the helplcsr
people of Porto Rico was revealed today
by an American gentleman who has
Just returned from the Island, and who
has had greater opportunities for know
ing the facts than any man outside of
Governor Allen and General Davis.
The representative government pro
vided for Porto Rico by congress docs
not exist, and the administration of
the Island Is in a state of anarchy. No
attempt to elect a legislature has been
made. The executive council has only
met once, for tbe sole purpose of tak-
iig the oaths and organizing. Thete
Is no law-making body In existence.
Governor Allen is simply carrying out
government under the authority of
.u military orders Issued before the
so-cslled civil government was estab
lished. New tX'- are Imposed upon
the people by the mere order of Treas
urer Hollander. Leading Porto Ricani
who hsv demanded that Ihe legislature
should be bt once elected to provide
for taxation and appropriations havs
been told Governor Allen finds all thq
authority needed In Ihe military law,
which Is binding until the Porto Rlcan
legislature modifies ur repeal it,
otner words, the pretended civil
Washington, V. C (Special.) John
Sherman, secretary of state in Mc
Klnley's cabinet, In an Interview, con
demned In no uncertain terms the Im
perial policy of the administration.
With his old-time vigor he denounced
the acquisition of countries far from
our shores and the useless sacrifice of
the lives of our young men and the ex
penditure of vast sums of money.
Sherman has been In the past ac
cused of changing his politics for pop
ular opinion, but In his retiring years
shows a stiff adhesion to the tradition
of old conservative republicanism.
In talking of the Philippines Mr.Sher.
man said:
STOP .KILLING YOUNG MEN.
"The wealth we are taking out of our
own country now to fling after those
Philippine Islands Is fabulous. W
have taken sway the miners and agri
culturists to subdue the Philippine na
tives. Depend upon it, the other na
tions do not envy us, but think us fool
ish. ;
"Above all, we are not a monarchical
people, but a republican people. We
should stand by our own lines and
continue the example of our country.
Instead of becoming another Kngland
or Germany, using up our young men
and our treasure to get a foothold in
unhealthy and unproductive lands.
"1 see not the slightest sense in our
long excursion of 12.6W1 milts to the
Philippine Islands. There we have no
as I am, I would be willing to take a
stand against our expeditions and sac
rfices In those far-away islands, which
do not promise anything material or
acquaintances or affinities, or anything
which gives promise of a happy solu
tion of a most fo.Ush undertaking. Ohl
moral to reimburse us. The climate S
deadly. The natives show they do not
want us by the courage with which they
fight us. They ore mttking a str n(j
fight."
"Seine think, Mr. Shearman, that, there
Is no way now but to go on, and that
to turn back would be a dlfaraee,"
SHOULD RETiUKVE MISTAKE.
"I do not think so. We cannot too
soon retrieve a profound mistake, Thi
Philippine Isi.inda never were consid
ered when we resolved to drive the
Spaniards nut of Cuba. When we at
tacked their fleet out there and de
stroyed it we should have come away.
"The Philippines have been no help
to Spain In developing her own coun
try and keeping out of foreign trouble.
The Philippine native had about taken
those Inlands from Spain when we went
there, and we appeared to the natives
In the light of a faithful ally. Now we
are fighting the natives as if we were
the Spanlh. The Chinese trade we
can have by arrangement with the Rus
sians and the English. We are. In fact,
right upon the Pacific Ocean, and our
natural base of trade with China is
from California and Wsshlngton state.
How can that trade be helped by form
ing another base away from China?
"I fear that perseverance In this im
perial policy will ruin the republican
party. I was willing, when In the cab
inet, to drive the Spanish out of Cub.i.
I had followed the president In stta;k
ing the Spanish. He changed his pol
icy, and did not consult me, and I re
signed from the cabinet."
Mr. Sherman snid, concerning Prert-K-nt
McKinley, that he wondered how
man of his general want of public;
deas or public policy had become pres
lnt In tbe first place.
"He was a congressman that we had
hold up and assln." said Mr. Slier
'an. "There was nothing in his course
xcept trimming to the wants, as he
supposed them to be, of his Immediate
constituency. As McKinley wss ar ex
pansionist on the tariff, he became an
expanKlonlut spalnst Ihe views he de
clared to us In the mntter of these
distant possesions. And still his pur
pofS are not clesr or determinate, ancl
f suppose that the great Activity In
business has dropped the public atten
tion from the far-reaching consequences
of these amended and still vague pur
ookcs of Mr, McKinley."
In
government Is really a military gov
ernment carried on by civilians In plain
definance of the Intent of the will of
congress.
Governor Allen has caused It lo be
understood thst no change will he
made In the situation until sfter the
presidential election In the . United
States. He Is exercising the power snd
applying th methods of s military des
pot and renders no account of Ihe reve
nues or scprndltures of the government
to lb people. .
SENATOR SOMAN FOR BRYAN.
Maryland Leador Will Support the
Democratic Cand'dat-.
Washington, T). C (Special. )EJt.
Benator Arthur Pne Gorman of Mary
land was In communication with friends
In Washington l duy and not only con.
firmed the report that he Is going lo
become one of the active managers of
Mr. Bryan's campaign In the east, but
expressed the belief that Mr. Rrysn will
be elected. He Is satisfied beyond
question, so he told a prominent local
democrat over the long-distance tele
phone,, that Mr, Rryan ha already
won Msrylsr.d, West Virginia and Del.
wari three State that c-twt hlr
electoral votes for McKinley in 1NM.
snd that h stands better than a fight
ing chance of canylng the state of New
York.
Hens tor Gorman believes that It rn'r
requires hard and conscientious work
m the part of the democratic national
committee and s sufficient. Insight Into
urrent event to uke advantage of ev
erything thst I favorable to the dem.
eratki ticket to win complete victor).
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