Nebraska Newspapers

    RURAL MAIL SERVICE
STARTED BY M’KINLEY.
History of the Daily Dcliv^y
in the Country.
Democrats Said that the Plan Was Im
practicable, bat the Republicans
Have Thoroughly Demonstrated
Its Value to Farmers.
Rural free delivery of mail is the off
spring of the McKinley administration
of the l'ontoffice Department. Its de
velopment from an insignificant begin
ning of forty-four routes and an appro
proation for the fiscal year which dosed
in 18b 7 to its present magnificent pro
portions with the rural routes numbered
by the thousands and an appropriation
of $l,7ri0,<>00 voted for its further exten
sion during the present fiscal year, has
all Itccn brought about by the McKinley
ad ministration.
A movement to broaden the free deliv
ery of the mails was started by Post
master General Wnnatnaker under the
Republican administration of Gen. Har
rison. It took the form of village free
delivery, and wus more an extension of
city delivery to smaller communities than
a free delivery to farmers, but limited us
was its scope and successful though it
was in increasing postal receipts and
postal facilities, it encountered Demo
cratic opposition. When Mr. Cleveland
came in, his Postmaster General fearing
its effect in popularizing Republican prin
ciples and disseminating Republican lit
erature, ordered it dropped.
It was a Republican administration
that conceived and executed the ideu of
brightening the home of the farmer, edu
cating his children. Increasing the value
of his land, compelling the improvement
of the roads, and bringing the news of
the markets and the weather so as to se
cure him a better price for his crops by
delivering daily bis mail to him on his
furin. Every Democratic House of Rep
resentatives since the idea was first
broached of carrying the mails into the
rural districts, has declared against it.
The Forty-third Congress, with a Demo
crat from North Carotins us chairman of
the committee on postoffiees nnd post
roads, proclaimed the plan impossible,
sud turned it down. Postmaster Gen
eral Bissell, Postmaster General Wilson
and First Assistant Postmaster General
•Tones in the Cleveland administration,
all took up the cry of extravagance and
impossibility of execution. Consequently
little or nothing was done to give the
farmers access to the mails until Cleve
land went out of office.
Wh on Pi.-t Ac«ii«fnnt
General Perry S. Heath took up the
rural service under the direction of the
President nud the Postmaster General in
March, 1897. it was languishing to the
point of extinguishment, und in a few
months more would have hern starved to
death, like Mr. Wnnaniakcr's village de
livery. The official reports of the Post
office Department record that it w as with
surprise that President McKinley and
those to whom he entrusted (tie adminis
tration of postal affairs, learned that
there was such a thing as an experi
mental rural free delivery mall service
in progress.
They at once grasped its possibilities
and advocated its immediate development
and a Republican Congress generously
seconded their efforts. Under this vivi
fying touch, it has grown until there is
not now a .State in the Union that has
not felt the civilizing and educational in
fluence of rural free mail delivery, and
not one that does not desire a further
expansion of the service. On the 1st of
June, 1900, there were 1.200 rural ser
vices in actual operation and 2,000 up
plications for an extension of the system
in process of establishment by special
agents appointed for the purpose.
The appropriations for the rural free
delivery service have been increased from
150 000 in the fiscal year 1IS97-9H to $150,
000 in 1S98-99, and then to $450,000 in
1899 19<S), and lastly to $1,750,000 for
the present fiscal year 1900-01,
Three years’ experience has shown that
in well-selected rural district* the mails
can be distributed to the domiciles of the
addressees or in boxes placed within rea
sonable distance of the farmers’ homes
at some cross roads or other convenient
spot at a cost per piece not exceeding
that of the free delivery iu many of the
cities of the United States. In the vast
majority of communities where it has
been tested, the rural free delivery ser
vice has obtained so strong a hold that
public sentiment would uot permit Its dis
continuance. It lias been a revolution,
and revolutions do not move backward.
It costs very little more than the old
colonial style of postal service which It
supers<-des, and it invariably briugs n
targe and compensating increase in the
amount of postal receipts turned into the
treasury. Hut even if it does cost more
than the obsolete old plan, are not the
farmers entitled to some of the l>eiiehts
of the government which they help so lib
ernlly to support by their taxe>! The
country can well afford to continue and
extend n a)stem which makes better citi
zen* aud happier home* and contribute*
largely to the mental, moral aud material
advancement of nil the people.
Ilura! free delivery of uistt ha* corn*
to stay, und the lte|>utdi**au sdrninistra
fion which brought it into being will stay
with it.
Trade liipanslun tit Sunlit Anirrt* a
Aecvrdiog io the Manufacturer, the
present disturbance* in I’biltit have eut
phasired the n. e.stttr **f American man
iif,uturer» developing an outlet fur their
go,at* in t’eiitral and Mouth America
above »tint they now control, l*r,».pi,
tUut bis reached a |adnt of development
that Manufacturer* aft treking etery
fiatlet for the production of ittsoz mills
and works Wide » number of the lend
tag exporter* are looking south 1st new
ftsttU uf entvrpriai I M» b a* t» should
he, f«r the more f»«i* that ar» mattttfv*
lured and exported the ftfslci that pt<»
pertly and -haa-< !■*» * sudio at
I,m» i h of foreign I .outlier* e
iH»r foreign eomtwerce un br • W‘*pwWi
ran admin at n *a 1**4) wax worth
jo o.|4 |t* 51 tool i . 1 x *t fi*•
tra*4e aslmtntstraiMw trt I *" *'< it waa xsttl
ugly J* yut aWt. I.m an t»«zesse *1 xev*u
buAtlzed ntilib « dollar* a feat W favwt
of Ike M* p »t *'• p«'
MANUFACTURERS HAVE
A VERY BUSY YEAR.
Exports Under the Dinglcy Law
Show Vast Growth.
Tbe Demand for Raw Material Is So
Great that Imports of Manufacture
era' Material Have Also
Greatly Increased.
The manufacturer* of the United
State* are making their greatest record
in this closing year of the century. Huajr
workshops, smoking chimneys, factories
running on double time and, in some
cases, the full twenty-four hour* with
three shifts of bunds, are an evidence of
this: but exact proof is found in the re
port of the chief of the bureau of statis
tics, just issued, which shows an enor
mous increase in the importation of the
raw materia!* which they use in manu
facturing and an equally enormous in
crease in the exportation of finished man
ufacture*. Importations of manufactur
er*’ materials in the fiscal year 1900
were more than double those in the fiscal
year 1S!I4 arid, during the three fiscal
years in which the Dinglcy law ha* been
in operation, have exceeded, by more
than $100,000,000, the imports of raw
materials iu the three years in which
the Wilson law was In operation, while
the exportations of finished manufac
tures, in the three years under the Ding
b\v law, have exceeded, by more than
saoo.oon.oon, the exportations of manu
factures In tbe three years under the
Wilson law.
lCviilence from Official Sources.
Here are the official figure* showing
the importation of manufacturer*' ma
terials and exportation* of manufnrtnre*
In the fiscal year* 1895, 1890 and 1897,
nil of which were under the Wilson low
tariff, contrasted with those during the
fiscal years 1898, 1899 and 1900. which
were under the Dingley tariff. Tbe Wil
son tariff, it will he remembered, went
into operation Aug. 28, 1894, and the
Dinglcy tariff on July 2(1, 1897, so that
the fiscal year* ending June 30, 1895,
1890 ar.d 1897, were practically all with
in the operation* of the low tariff and
those of 189*f 1899 and 1900 wore prae
BORROWING.
LENDING.
_ 1906 ^
<£.EL
Junta AND HIS COTTON BALE.
IIow Did He Hot Ills Trust Stock and What Did I£e I*ay for It?
I he composite chnirmnn of the Popu
list Democracy, Senator Joucs of Arkan
sas, is still resenting with considerable
heat the charge that since he is such an
important officer of the American Cotton
Company (capital f7,000.000; John K.
Searies, lately treasurer of the sugar
trust, grand mogul), it must be that be
is n high priest in the trust temple, or.
at least, that he is a reckless, ubandoned
plutocrat. To do Mr. Jones entire jus
tice, we suppose that the American Cot
ton Company is not a vicious trust which
deserves to be destroyed, any more than
a number of other corporations of $7,
000,000 capital in the hands of former
officers of more monopolistic trusts. Pre
sumably the American Cotton Company
will make all the money it can. will make
dividend*, indeed, upon its 97,000,0**1 of
stock. Mr. John E. Searlcs can i>e trust
ed to look ufter a little thing like that,
even If Mr. Jones devote* all of his at
tention for the next three months, or for
the next three years, for that matter, to
Populist Democratic politics exclusively.
The phase of Mr. Jones' connection
with the American Cotton Company
which we would like hitn to explain is
this, rather; How much of the $7,<**(,
000 of the stock of the company has he
got. how did he get it. and what did he
give for it? Is iiis name, undoubtedly
tin eminent one in some quarters, used in
tlie board of directors as a bait to catch
Investors? I>id Mr. Jones himself pay
par In “cash money” for tin* stock that
be bolds? Is his possession of it, or any
purt of it, due to the fact that he is in
fluential in tlie finance committee of the
United States Semite, and by virtue of
liis position there could do his company,
or Mr. Henries', or utmost any company
of the kind in which he dr Mr. Hcarlos
might have an interest, a very important
service at a very critical time?
We have never known a gentleman of
Mr. Jones' financial prospects to grow
rich suddenly except by some means of
this kind. In other words, and to be
plain, it is fair to infer, until Mr. Jones
denies it, that he is "it,” neither on ac
count of his cash, nor his property, nor
some invention of demonstrated value,
but rather on account of his "pull” or ids
swing. We say that it is fair to infer
this until Mr. Jones denies it, because
Mr. Jones, by reason of his unjust at
tacks upon leading Republicans puts
himself very much in the public eye and
invites attack from any quarter. Mr.
Jones has no business to live in a gluss
house with perfect safety if he is going
to keep throwing such large stone*.
THE POLITICAL SITUAJIO>i
tically all withiu the operation* of the
Dingiey turiff.
Imports of manufacturers' materials
and exports of manufactures under the
Wilson and Dingiey laws, respectively:
Import* of maierlal* Exporta of
for manufacturing. manufacture*
Eer <*t. Per ct.
Wilson law of total of total
1b95 >191.119.*10 28 11 *183.393.743 23.14
1X98.. 209,3(18,717 2885 228,371.178 28 48
1X07. . 214,918,823 28.10 277 2X3,301 28.87
To' -1 *«15.405,152 $8*9,432.312
ldt, cy law—
It 294,543,917 33.20 290,697.3M 24.02
It 9.. 222 913.239 HI 87. 3.3*.673.53* 2*13
1900 . S02.284.198 35 57 432.2X4.3*18 .31,57
rout 872MS1.352 It.Ml,657 278
The ab*ive tuldo 1* worthy of careful
study. We have been hearing, for years,
from Democratic orator* tir*t, tliat free
raw material* would help the manufac
turer**, and, Keeoud, that a protective
tariff destroy* our chance* it) foreigu
markets, yet it will 1* seen by this table
that the importation* of "Article* in a
crude condition for use it) domestic In
dustrie*" amounted, in the threw years
under the Wil*ou free iriide law, to $'*1\
40ft. 152. while in the three year* undi r
tin Diugley protective tariff they amount
io *T'Js.XJ 1.12*2 l.ook ai«o at the natrow
column, which luillcafe* the percentage*
of the total import* which them raw mi
terials form, uud you will see that they
form a touch greater proportion of the to
tal import* under the Itcpubiicuu *>>teiii
of protection than under the Democratic
»y*teoi of free trade. Why? The an
• w e* is simple * n*> Igh I 'nder the Deni
m ratic low t.it ill abfcotnte free trade in
• otoe purlieu!*! * mm.) maim fact tir*‘rs
were compelled * It her to Piii*e theif
work* *** reUu.e their output owing to
the * J istp Hal t! of maiiufaettire* !
ffuiu ahrowtl under the low tariff rate* |
Hen** the small c**o**itot*ti o of raw i
material in luai.ofaetunng Tklt differ
erne of noM'e than f itst.igsi is»i in the
■ in iltlity of rata maierlal* imported III the .
threw yens ttaitiv a tltffeieiii-e of several
h*.ndr**l an I lion* **f dollar# in the am mut
of good* Manufactured and hundfe*!* of
millions m the anmiint f money paid to
wage earners la the ii*«mi* tnanwfa tor
•>• lige*
I'sllute* hre fewer.
ilSc total liabilities **t arms *ha f»i >d
in the vear et.d.wg Tin* Ml i:*a*
; |ta),N?n,M0 It lb is. r |M«d the r*(|
I ng Iran owed l.’.3ltunv I It wtU *ho*
Ue seen that the am I*ial est la oaly
ikusl mw *hird ski' (> wa* la IMA It
| >*■'.# *ha tier) «f pi •(* * *t
WHO IS MARK HflHNA ?
Who is this Marcus Hanna, ua.
That people call him great?
Is he the man who holds the helm
Which guides the ship of state?
Is he like old Goliath tall—
Like some steeple In the sky.
Or, Is he that awful wicked man
Who winks the other eye?
Tot, tut, my son, he's just a man
Like good old Iteuben Blue,
Who has hi* way of doing things.
And "knows a thing or two!”
But why does Bryan hate hint so.
And Bopocrats berate?
Is It because he’s old and slow,
And Isn't up to date?
Oh, no, tny son. you let your life
lie's not so scry slow.
For w hen his shoulder's to the wheel
The curt is bound to go.
The reason why the Boom-raU
Now tremble at hi* name.
Is 'cause In- dot it to 'em once
Au's goto' to do the same
Again tM» full, nnd bury deep
Bill Bryan and hi* host
In some dark place w here Tag*) clans
Forcrer lliorv will roast,
k\ here boiling oil, bob** and -posts
kin) Aginiiatdns dwell
A place my *oti, so but and bad,
It* nano- l must hut tell
M I.. G
Blent* of Money l'lr< ululliig.
I'rroidcnt M-Kltih)'* letter of accept i
anew railed attention lav Ky l.-d effect it.
ty to the pee (api'A . if. elite u . f money
la the I ailed States Ihi- per -Spill
rlnulntton marks the h.gh water of
kmrrit-au pres|>eril| It l« u-w |gU V.
for yyen wan. woman and chlid ttt the
country To show It* growth, ta *ptta
of thr pfrdo tious of It* • alanttlt free
• dyer till this table Is append**!
I'ltnlaitM
Year par -aptia
1*IM .... . . . |lt
»<*T» ... ... . IT It!
IMstt !• t!
‘At «J
>*’•» • . ...... _ £4 *4
. . ....._ sum
I***' .. , .. ..... J*. l*i
M'KINLEY ON THE WAR.
The (lovemincnt Will Carry Liberty
Into All Its Du. mu in.
At the exercises in connection with the
presentation by the Navy Itcpartmcnt to
the city of Canton, Ohio, of a cannon
captured hi Santiago, the President, af
ter repealed calls, responded ns follows
on .Inly -1. 1000:
"My Fellow Citizens 1 will not con
sciit to prolong these exercises beyond
making acknowledgment for your gen
erous coll and expressing as well the
pleasure which I hnve had in participat
iug with iny neighbors and fellow citizens
«n the observation of this anniversary—
■ me of the most significant, if not the
nui-t significant, in American annals. The
ured principles proclaimed in 177<> in
the Hty of Philadelphia, advuneed Iri
mnphantly at Yorktovvn. made effective
hi the formate n of the Federal I nion in
17*7. sustained by a united people in
every war with a foreign power, upheld
by the supreme sacrifices of the volun
teers of 1*01, scaled iu solemn covenant
at Apfiotnaiioa Fourt House, sanctified
within the 1a«i two years with the best
blood of* the tnefi of tlie North and the
men of the Mouth at Manila and Man
It igo and hi Porto lllvti still nnuuate
the Vmeriean heart, and still hnve their
force snd virtue. < Isold and enthusias
ti ippinii i i And adhering to them a*
yye line always adhered to them at any
• tel, or at am sacrifice, we find ourselves
after *.»;«• hmiilr*<t an«l *w«*ii!t fmir
inlu A ifiurt* union, llrnii
an him! frr**r limn i»fpr hifiiw,
i llfni iti «*f |t| |fr« f|t fill**!*
m* Mill i»u| mtffMlrf In lu
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rMiiti* i t dt k im iin) F»rf> it* hrlrBti
mill ta» Umi I* mH> MlllflPt |*u***>««) i^i
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PROTECTIVE TARIFF
APPROVED BY BRITISH.
Crockery and Glassware Manu
facturing Stimulated.
The British Consul at Chicago Makes a
Report to His Government Indors
ing the Republican Protec
tive Policy.
Advantage* of the protective tariff sys
tem accruing to the workingmen of tld*
country I* shown in a report of the Brit
ish vice consul at Chicago to III* govern
ment, in which he deal* with the china,
earthenware and glass trade of Chicago.
He point* out that the higli tariff on
good* of this character has cuuldcd
Americans to start factories for the man
ufacture of these goods, and more will
soon he built, tn his report the vice
consul says:
“For year* the Briti-h potter ha* been
the supplier of the American market.
an<l lie still continues to lead, but with
the general increase of the production ill
the United States, anti the rapidly grow
ing competition from Japan, this lead
can only be maintained by a strict watch
being kept on the market mid the nature
of the good* demanded, ns well ns the
prompt tilling uf order*. Chicago buyer*
go over once or twice a year to Ktiropc
to buy for the local market and the large
district supplied from that city as a dis
tributing center, and it should lie tin- aim
of producer* to get in touch witli them.
Imports increased 13,05 per cent in IKti'.i,
a* compared with 1808, and the value
£1,518.508 from £1,357.452.
"There are no potteries in the consu
lar district of Chicago, the chief ones
being in New Jersey and Fast Liverpool,
Ohio, and the output last year was £2,
000,000. The sale of American crockery
has Increased immensely, mid is only
cheeked by the winks having all they
can do. The improvement* in the last
few year* In American pottery, especial
ly at Hast Live'-pool, have been great,
and there arc now sixty factories, but of
these only ton are turning out lintt class
work, and none can equal the best for
eign products, but it must tie remembered
that the demand for the more expensive
article is limited.
“The high tariff. (Ml per cent, which
assures tin* American product of a mar
ket, has had the effect of increasing the
number and size of the American fac
tories. and with a rise in the price of the
British article they will still further in
crease.
"The American earthenware take* a
place near that of the Ungliah and is su
perior to the coarse Herman earthen
ware. and the product of most potteries
is heavier than the former and is more
durable than the latter. The eo|.>r* are
nut so well put on ns in the British, and
tiie whole article is. as n rule, coarser,
and yet underglazcd pattern* and Moat
blue have not been made successfully,
and, with the process ih<- same, purchas
er* will not take the American article.
Kvery manufacturer in the United States
procures specimen* of each new British
design, and copies are made if it is
thought likely to take in the market. The
manufacture of china in the United
State* i* not yet competing with the
United Kingdom, but is improving rap
idly.
"Cut glass, for the manufacture of
which there are one or two small fac
tories in Chicago, has a large sale, and
the American article is said to be vastly
superior in design, cutting, shape, polish
and luster to any other, and it 1* claimed
that the polishing by acids has a g ' *t
superiority over the hand polishing. Bo
hemian glass still has a good market, but
it is found that the British glass is made
too fine, and the thin stemmed goblets
are not good for the rough treatment they
receive in the United State*. American
or Belgian cut glass is preferred, ,lvhe
demand for gins* which formerly came
from Leith and Kdinburg, has now turn
ed to the United Slates, which also ex
ports cut glass to Great Britain and Ger
many.’’
Demand for Ifojt ami <'attic Protlni'U.
Through the Republican policy of open
ing the mills awl of restoring confidence
to general business, practically every
workman in the I'nited States has be
come able, since lHfiti, to have nil the
fresh meat he wants. The fuel thut the
city workman can afford to cat more
roast beef, chops, hams, veal cutlets,
bacon, pork, sausages, etc., than he could
in lblMi means of course (but there must
be more money in the farmer’s business
of raising corn to feed t*• cattle Hud hogs.
Take the many other products derived
from cattle niul hogs, which had been
raised on corn, like lard, glue, gelatine,
isinglnss, curled hair for mattresses, etc.,
brnsb bristles, felts, soap, glycerine, am
monia, fertilizers, hoofs for button mate
rial, cut bones for knife handles, etc.,
poultry food* from dried meat scraps, al
hitmen for tiling color* and Mulshing
leather, nratsfoot oil, etc., nil these have
naturally more extended use* when time*
are prosperous than wiicti they are not.
For Instance, lard nearly every cracker
made ia about one eighth of It lard. In
prosperous time* the families of work
men go on picnic*, travel, eat oyster
stew*, and d« other things which great
ly Increase tire consumption of cracker*.
A* a result of such increased demands
for the products front slaughtered hog*
and cattle, which in turn means better
demand for com. there h.t» been ait ■ n
bancsnunt in the value of live hog- and
cattle a* follow*
Jate |, IHP7 Jan |, ll**»
fatlle .. . 9WT.Htffl.43t WMI IWkVoO
lings .. Idd.„’7’„* 1~,\* •Jtil'J.'.ias)
Total .. WII.'-tf.’.lfM «NU41l.aw
dairrlcan Hallway Nap|Jlr< \Iim«iI.
V I t*s» ton stt-e! rad contract ht* pm
b#en Wadv*d in tV»n*vlv*i|la far the
Cape t’niutty government railway* Ibis
folio*** aaolher arrive >f Ittaat i -ns rtf
rad* delivered lot >«r the «m I* am %n
Ollier twiVI • ItipMMsM i* >,ts*t ions,
which hits town sent Is llorntst I at*
U growl COtUUO tCI*l I ||ll)|li l*
I- i ■»-» -• SI
IHh* • Uetlr It, Now • Ihtlsar *.
IVts to t •atpla* »r (*l •'.'h III t* lb* j
l altrd Mi*te* treason fir* !*••* s*•-•. !
wader the la*.'«t*tl< fna 11*0* ► dlvy I
ihtif v|i * 4s*> t af lUMb.iJJ
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SCUTTLE ANO PANIC
ARE BRYAN’S POLICY. >
Why Richard Olney Supports
the Nebraskan.
lie Always Ha* Been a Believer in Haul
ing Down the Flag and Shirking f
Responsibilities Falling to
the Coun ry.
.Mr. Uichurd Olney hii* done a public
servin' lo the entire country by forcing
every voter to face the fact that Mr.
l>t>!iu'« election mean* scuttle.
Mr. Olucy was one of an administra
tion which withdrew from the Hawaiian
islands, lie would repeat the act. We
are iu the Philippine*. Mr, Olney would
leave. President McKinley’s itdminis
trillion lias protected American citizen*
from massacre urn! American women
from outrage in China. Mr. Olney de
nounces its nets us the act* of the
"weakest and silliest of administra
tions." The administration Ims demand
ed the open door in China, and when
Manchti reuetioti and massacre threat
cued to dose mid bolt the door i'lvii
dent McKinley bus thrust in the wedge
of victorious American troops to
keep the door open front t'hinese into! ^
craws* or European aggression. But till*
is a part of that policy on which Mr.
Olney urges Mr. Bryan's election, I**
eause "so fur us the injurious conse
ijtiences of past courses can be averted
or mitigated something may be Imped
from those not primarily responsible for
them.”
"From their official authors and jusfi
tiers nothing Inn persistence iu these
courses can reasonably tie expected/'
says Mr. Olney. He is right. If re
sistance to American authority comes
on American territory President Mc
Kinley will suppress it. Wltere the flag
lias been hauled down, a* in Hawaii,
he will replace it. and the American jm>o
pb* will vote to keep it there. Where 0
citizens are iu peril President McKinley T
will protect them, in all lands. Where
their claim* to ju«t indemnity, ns in
Turkey, have been systematically peg
lected by a previous administration, of
which Mr Olney was Secretary of State,
President McKinley will insist on pay
meat.
Mr. f fluey objects to this policy. The
American people approves, Vermont
demonstrate* It. That New England
State land* for the ting and all it pro- r
toots. Mr. Olney demands n policy of
scuttle. To him this "outweighs” all
else, lie admits that panic will come
with Brynn: but bitter, he says, in
suii• tance, "Scuttle ami Punic" than
“Sovereignty and Security."
We accept the issue. We trust Mr.
Olney can be induced to accompany
Mr. Brynn on lit* platform campaign to
urge scuttle with n vigor und plainness
of -,leech his e|j . f. bis fender und Id* ^
guide dodges. Mr. Bryan talks of a
"stable government" in the Philippines.
Mr. Olney objects because wo "forcibly
expelled Spain from her Philippine pos
sessions.” Mr. Olney returned the Ha
waiian islands to one tyrant. He is
ready to return the Philippine* to an
other.
I lie American people Is not. Mr
Olney is jj lawyer, lie Known tbnt the
legal choice lay between Spanish sov
ereignty anil ours. He prefers Spanish;
American voters tin not. Mr. Olney
talks of much else, but hi* heart Is In
a policy of scuttle. He denounces the
INiigley tariff. Perhaps tie thinks voter*
prefer the tariff liis chief signed and
which brought depression, desolation
nud deticits. He complains of "the
most, intimate relations between the
I’lilted Stales treasury and the money
market.’’ As be looks at our credit on
a 2 per cent Imsis and British bond*
seeking a market in New York he per
Imp* hopes to persuade the country that
those were better and more prosperous
days when Mr. Olney approved secret
contracts with money changer* dictating
their terms at the White House, whet*
our bonds had to be sold in London at
usurious rates to buy gold and prop the
sinking credit of the treasury, which
cowered before bonkers who today have
no word in its policy.
Mr. Oiney has done well for the Re
publican party. He ha* recalled to the
public those dire days of a Democratic
administration of which he wus a part
when our railroad* were iu the hands of
receivers, our factories closed, our treas
ury empty, our credit guile and our flag
disgraced, lie demands again days of
panic, of a free trade tariff, of crash and
failure, of breaking batiks and bankrupt
tinn*. These "calamitous possibilities,’'
which were calamitous certainties under
the C'leveland-Olncy administration, are
“nntui igliril,’ says Mr. Olney, by the
certainty of a policy of "scuttle" from
Mt Bryan. I’nder him citlaen* will no ,
longer, iu peril, see the llag < tuning with /
salvation in it* folds, brought to Pekin
by "the weakest ami silliest of adminis
trations," the this will couie down in the
Philippines, and it will ln> withdrawn, a*
Mr Olney withdrew it iu Hawaii, though
iu Cuba Mr, Olney is willing to break
uatiouul faith and protests against this
i-ianil l*ing ‘'alien territory." Trust s
proslsvery Democrat to grab Cuba ami
to insist, a* lie does, that it must I*
coon an "integral part of the Putted
Hutu," which the Iti publican parly did
not accept as to mutevcd teriitory when
urged for slaie-y and will tint when urg
i <| for sent tie
Mr Olney is ■ Democrat, lie needs
a parti IL> ha* no oilier, ll would be
sIPHtlge if be did toil Vllppnrl a lb ms
••rail* candidal' note-* he were a public
peril A public peril be admits Mr,
llryao l*. but since \|r Olney most sup
p-.rt hnvi. in -pile of «n, it la of grave
public service ibat He l.«i made plain |#
ah Mo n th.it \| Plan ic t unit mean*
disaster at hot,** but ite grace abnsot •
policy of scMttb surrender and retreat,
Philadelphia IVe*a
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it a|-|M 41 s ih ti pie, deni \| Hairy «
letter of acceptance has met with a levy
treat V fwr)«M *1 >11 Prance |‘re» it#at
M KisIry • g ‘Ub4 v it respect |„ I
I'Mi,* d<o< Hot tweet the approval
of the f rtnsH p>sr*s. Ml the toiler ■*«
sow f*r *o-mnng hr»d**i,
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