. DEMOCRATIC RECORD OR THE TRUST QUESTION. Every Line of Legislation Now on Our Statute Books l Was Placed There by the Republicans, and the Democrats Voted Against a Consti tutional Amendment to Regulate Them Only Four Months Ago. Uow the Democratic National Chairman Tried to Help the Sugar Trust—Facts from the * Congressional Record. Every line of legislation now on the stHtute books of the I'uited States directed Against trusts and unlawful trade combinations wus placed there by the Repub licans. That there is not more stringent law against them is the fault of the Demo cratic party. The last occasion on which the pnrties. as represented in Congress, went on record on the trust question was on June 1, 11WW. — On that day n tinnl vote was taken on a constitutional amendment to grant / Congress power to “define, regulate, prohibit and dissolve trusts, monopolies and combinations, whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise.” It requires a two-thirds vote of Congress to submit a constitutional amend ment to the State Legislatures for ratification. 'Pile question to so submit it was lost by a vote of lot yeas to 132 nays. OF THE YEAS 141) WERE RE1M HLICANS AND ONLY o WERE DEM Of RATS. The five were Campbell of Montana. Naphen and Taylor of Massa chusetts. Seudder of New York and Sibley of Pennsylvania. OF THE 13” NAYS, ONLY TWO WERE REIT ELM ANS, Lour ami Mc Call. Richardson, Lents. Suiter, Rtippert, Salmon and all the other profeaalonal “trust killers” voted NAY. They declined to give Congress the power to grap pie with the Trusts. The Democrats indulged in spasms of virtue for two days, denouncing the trusts, and then voted to continue them. In one of Mr. ltryan’s recent speeches he gave the Republican remedy as the final one he would adopt, in case he w as elected nmi nil other means failed. In other words, Mr. Bryan ndmits the value of the Republican idea, but wants to try other measures first. He has uot said what those measures are to be. Some trusts operate all over the country; others, like the New York lee Trust, operate in a single city. The requisite power to reach each Hint all and bring them within the Federal law, WAS DENTED B\ A MAROIN Ol1 .(H VOTES, ALL DEMOCRATIC. Denouncing is one thing. Doing is another. Mr, Bryan's trust denunciations. In view of his party's record, promise no better than the prophecies lie made four years ago; and as a prophet Mr. Bryan has not succeeded. Il Senator Jones and the Sugar Trust. The Democrats made another brilliant pro-trust ... during 1ho same aession of Congress Itepreaentative Richardson or Tennessee, Democrat, tried to assist the Sugar Trust by offering u joint resolution to admit Cuban und Porto IUcan sugar free of duty. The remission of that duty would hnve amounted to at tout $-o,000,. Havetneyer, Demo crat. Mr. Richardson's proposed gift to his friend Mr. Iluvernteyer wits smoth ered in the Way* and Means Committee of the House. This was done by the Republican member* of the committee. It was also proposed by Senator Jones, Democratic national chairman and . Mr. Bryan's manager, to return the duties paid on Porto Rican sugar and mo T lasses, not to the Porto Ricans, but to the persons who paid these duties. This amounted at the time to $1.4N7,Ht;ti. Had the scheme succeeded. Hie American Sugar Refining Company and A S. I.asalles \- * °^_a I’j11'1 of game concern, would have benefited by a direct gift of $1 ,‘J.itt.i (4. I his is the first instnnee on record where a direct gift was intended to he made to a trust, and the Democratic manager. Senator James K. Jones, wished to make it. '1 his was also prevented by the Republican*. The money wots not to be* returned to the Porto Hicnus, as the duties puid now are, but to the Sugar Trust. All the fucts are primed in the Congressional Record and are a part of Amer ican history. • DEAR BOY’ LETTERS, NO. 9. My Dear Boy: You uny thut you are tins! of working for old man Skinner, and are thinking of going Went this fall, where wages are higher. You ask what I think about It. Well, I have no objection to your going West, but I’ don’t want you to go till after the election. This is the tirst time in your life that you ever had an opportu nity to exercise your right as an Amer ican citizen in voting for a President of the United States. I don't want you to lose your vote for the following reasons: 1. The only possible chance of the elec tion of llryuu comes from the over-conii donce of Republicans, it makes me sad to hear a man say. “Oh. McICinley is going to he elected, anyhow. There is no danger. 1 have arrangements made to lo in California in November, but you wou’t need my vote." Especially do I regret to hear talk of this kind among some of the railroad ii. if any class of men ought to come up unanimously to the support of Me Kiuley ami the Republican party, that class is composed of the railroad men of this country. Four years ago there were * i thouftand* «»f rnr* aUUMnu’ktHl, no biiild* • jug and but little repairing going on. and general ataguatiou iu the railruud ] buMueaa. Now uew roada. new roadbed*. | new eara, the roada rruwded with train*, j full time and lartter pay bleea the rail j & road men of th!» country. Anti it vr*e* | inc itt hear a railroad man any, "I would j have to lay off a day to vote, and I gue»» I'll not do that. There will la- (dent) to ele. t McKinley without me." Well, if |,y any poasibility McKinley ahowid l« i : defeated. juat auch men a* that will have ) I tbem*elvca to blauie : No American v.t.T li t* te nght ' atay away from the poll* or to lu*e hi* | vote If It ran p.»»»tdy In av ndtd My »on. you are one of the mvervign* j of (he I'nited Mtate*. and you have ao more right to neglect the duties pertain ! mg to your high ratting than the Kmper»r •f tlermany ha* to neglect the govern ! meat of that mighty empire To vote it a matter uf iheat.iwalde privilege, and ! * gl*u * matter of e«rne»t const lentcon* • | dd a 1 • ' bit I want you to re*H«e that you ottr v«. ■<» j J..WI a* *1 |ou n*r. a a 1 . in [ A k field. Perhaps you can do more good ' with the ballot than you could with the gun. Your country did not seem to need you as a soldier, but your country does need you in the realm of citizenship. No matter how long you may live, you will never have an opportunity to vote for better men than this year. We have a magnificent ticket. McKinley and Itoosevelt! What a sni»erh combinu tion! They are troth statesmen and both heroes, one of the great Civil War and <»ne of the war for the deliverance of Cuba. McKinley, steady, earnest, thoughtful, calm, kind ami faithful; Roosevelt, impetuous hut ettbieut, brave and dashing, with both moral and physi cal courage. Was there ever a better ticket or one which more thoroughly com mands the respect, the confidence and the affection of the American people? If you don’t stay and vote you will he sorry for it twenty years from now. Make some sacrifice for your country’s sak<. tilt, my hoy, you must not go until the election is over. And when in November the hullols fall "As snowflakes fall upon the sod. And execute the freeman's will. As lightning does the will of tiod,” Cast your vote and then sleep sweetly that night, with a sense of duty faithfully done. YOl'R I ATIIKR. The I'oolixil Calf. WIii-ii Menu tor llntinn apoke nt Young* town, Ohio, reeently' he tuld a »tor> of u ealf that left itn mother tu run after a -teer Heeretary Heath hat taken tip thi« idea ami developed It into a runt puign pie^ei whh-h tery artiutieally de pieta Senator llanua'a idea The • alf i* •men t'liaiiug the •her in the dlntaUee; the eott i* ill the foreground naUHIering • tutetiy home, tthiie I he hot nlattdn with upiifted tint nhuking it at the ealf. »ay ill«. "X'oil little f ed. toll little ftxtl, you d d fvxd. t oil'll he xtri’J tt hen *U|>|>er time eomen “ The pietllte in entitled “The I'uulnli Calf, ur a I'- o> to l.,ii«*r, and ntand lug by a feme tu ft .lit of a 'ullage are a farmer and a a “Mian, lb. man with a fu'i dinner pad in bin band Thin |xmter in •ttre lo t-a*eb on and in likely »« be a pnni tote gi ller When Senator llanxa arrived ,n i'ki 040* It tke rt | ten* on of It* maihel ll .m .r. k it* j • hat Ik* tNlttl nil uf a -mpit.king J I tun w ta through "rtiMtuua u lleme, tlermixyn agg>* »**e • n oxtl !>' *tv y N ■ * , neteta n oen of XI ' “ t, part uf kxu>o. ... tt, .* »*i * It 14'* t 04*4 it* Ch.»4 i tag It tt eager 1*4 gat *k* l‘ »t etmM and > auned tt t» pat Spam a J log prr * fun the ftod**# i»i.n.|. n he h ike I n.ted S»4l*4 hr ft la Ikat o.'tnlty by Ike treat) wf l*#» * AGRICUL TURAL EXPOKTS $553,210,026 In 1900 $835,912,952 EXPORTS’ OF MANUFACTURES In 1895 $183,595,743 In 1900 $432,284,366 "It Sort o’ Looks a:; if I’d Have to Kxpand." HOW SHALL I VOTE THIS FALL? Am I a Republican, Democrat or Popallst? l.et me reason with my*-If ami you. Suppose for » moment Inin a farmer anil I own or rent land. Five years ago I farmed loo acres oat west. Times were bad, crops were pour, my wheat brought only IO cents a bushel at the farm and my corn only IN cents. It was cheap -r to burn corn in the stove thus to buy wood or coal I *nvi (I enough wheut for seed und sold tlie rest, but dldn t get enough to pay the storekeeper what 1 owed him, and could Let no more credit. I owed u big payment on my farm machinery. 'Thunk heaven, the ne is tunny times what it once was. The incoming cargoes are much wliut they formerly were, but the exports in elude every conceivable article of Auicti cuh produce mid manufacture cotton goods, electrical good*, bicycles, cotton literally by the trmnload. alcohol by the traiuloud fur use in the manufacture of smokeless powder in Japati. agricultural Implements, canned fruit*, canned *ege tables, canned meats, almost everything that the mind can conceive. And the de mund mi the steamship companies is at ways for room and then for more room. What is true of the Asiatic trade is eitnally true of the Australian, The Oceanic Steamship t V>!n|mity Is about to add three li,IM> ton Vessels to its the! and to in «traai«*r *'ihh#n 11.»« nith Tahiti I mu a**»ir« »l thut th«* avatUMe freight «'arr>)vig fm tfttU** *»f fur \ti*tr4 hin itfiiiku «ri* rHgiig* i| bn ThW hfv lln iHMtrtial r% ».f ifftil* fhr •rfeliiiirii' **f tUi« 1*4* ill' fp*il ii uVFrwbfiwiiigti ih Ntitf i»f »lt»«rr bldlHrt* With ilk oft •Hi \V«* 4«i H'*t liiiMg lb IU H UUH K*)4InU tbit Ik b«l«> bri «b bi I ‘ititfaf HI4 4m tint f Mr Htuti % t“** - ) m9 HrtttMbfbi ib |*t» *ii**»* ukmihu; • i*m lb* I )MiA i«4 b'i * hi ig«, w*th tb Mbi l||| ffWtlt I'rf M Ksbt ... li««« s. , ,.s , Jm| f it|| tvtfW »l thw tNlt mini 49^ BLUM. GERMAN-AMERICAN FOR GOLD STANDARD. Is the Paramount Issue of the Present Campaign. Bryan's Bogies, Imperialism and Mili tarism Cut No Figure with the German-Born Voters. (An Interview with August Blum.) Mr. August Blum, cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago, intends to vote fur the re election of President Mc Kinley. Mr. Blum is one of the best representa tives in Chicago of the type of Germans who have gained, in this country, the re -peel of fellow American citizens, for in tegrity, industry and ability. He was cashier of the Union National Bank; but after the recent absorption of that insti tution by the First National, he was made cashier of the First National. He is generally recognized throughout the West as a leading banking authority, one whose judgment in connection with the various complex questions that come be fore every banker is almost infallibly cor rect. In politics he is a liemoerat, and was always a prominent supporter of Grover Cleveland. The following are questions put to Mr. Blum, and the replies he gave: y Would the election of Bryan benefit the business interests of Chicago, of the whole United States, and tin* German American citizens particularly? A. The election of Mr. Bryan would, in my opinion, bo a great misfortune to this country, und therefore to Chicago, and therefore to German-Americans and to every other kind of Americans. Amer ican citizens of German birth are not a eluss by themselves. (j What, in your opinion, is the para mount issue of this campaign? A. The paramount issue is that which is In the people’s minds, not in the party platform nor in the speeches of leaders necessarily. There is one thing in which we are all vitally concerned, and that is the inviolability of the country’s standard of value. For a quarter of a century we have battled for it. At the last moment to surrender to the enemy would lie tlie height of folly. I know of no other is sue (-omparalde to lliis one in importance. Talk of imperialism is disingenuous. Much as we may differ about the desira bility of the Philippines ns a colony, we occupy them now and largely through the help of Mr. Bryan. The thing is done. tj Wlint do you think of Bryan's statement about the recent ficrtnaii loan? A It is very difficult to follow the tor tuous road of Mr. Bryan’s utteran vs. Four years ago 1 tried persistently to uti derataiid his utterances nlsiiit the stand ard of value, hut I gave it up at last in despair. To construe our ability to ab sorb a foreign loan, as evidence of had tlnn-v 1* decidedly Bryunesque. We could not loan money to foreign govern ment* if We were not ill u prosperous con dition When Mr. Bryan undertake* to prow the contrary it may give Sit i p|. is ure. toil it w it not convince any one. rj l*o you think that thi* country has prospered during the last four year* as a res til' of ltcputdh all policies? A Ye*, the country ha* pros pc red dur ing tl*e last four yearn. The best, in tuy opinion, that ran Is- legitimately said of the policy of any party ia that It docs Hot aland ill the wav of normal Hiniiirw development which would mean prosper ity, T itl can he said of the UcptiMtcsn parly I'uriug the la«t four year* free play l * been given *»» industry, frugality and i" the natural produetlvenesa of the • onntry There ha* licet! no attempt at taletfi tence hy tampering with the stand | ard t f value, which would have meant i des, tract ion of prosperity.’' 11 vou think Bi I4H h II hlfv, I It* ltt» } \ I lH(« tkilll l| III •*( tu*|r|»4! NO II 4 '1“ %*•*• V u* s it i • 1% % »'«**•. Ik lit ImI# ill Ik# |*fV44 I* #f 14* #I##t*M«l llu (kUI «% I H* | «%lil lult 4* * » rtltHft It# Ik# ill | tftlvft *1 Kk#»f • *B*iTrwY» I k4># I«m #&<#* k I • kK «•# IA tk# bikir «#| ki| I 1 f i >*##• t| i# k ft# *« Ik# ritrmiir I REMEMBER! the I'afty |h se» mism M«*dt where it dl>l • I won n the Mow y yarn ■ vv J it ye Paw trill* tl, «ep» * SHOUP. MOUNTAIN STATES TURN TO M’KINLEY. Prosperity the Cause 01 the Welcome Change. No One I ear* •'Imperialism," While All Are Proud of the Record* Made by the Army and Navy. (I$y (Jeorge I,. Hhoup, I'liltcil Stntes Sen ator from Idaho.) There are many rensons which impel the voters of the mountain Slates to sup port tlie nominees and the policy of the itcpublicuu Party this fall. One word more than any other explains the position of our people in this support and that word is confidence. The record of the Hopublieun party is a record of fulfilled promises. The first uet of the party after its re turn to power was the enactment of the lHnglcy tariff law, which again placed us on a protection basis. Take for example the benefits which have accrued to my own State, Idaho, Among our principal industries are min ing, cuttle ami sheep growing and farm ing. The great lead mines of the Stale are working every man possible at wages of $,‘{.50 per day of eight hours. I Miring tin* three years of President McKinley's administration the value of the lend pro duced in the State was $14,114,005, while during the lust three years of President Cleveland’s administration the total value was only $7,800,151. Our sheep have advanced in price from $1.15 to $2.50 per head, a gain to the lieople of the State of over three million dollars in the vulue of the sheep alone. In the year 1800 the wool clip of Idaho was valued at $442,085. while for the year 1900 it is estimated thnt it will bring to the wool growers of the State $2, 320,000. A very conservative estimate of the number of cattle in the State is 500.000. They have increased in value on an aver age of $15 per head, making the cattle men at least seven and one-half million dollars richer than they were three years ago. The Increase in the price of horses of $10 per head has also added between one nnd two million dollars to the. wealth of the State. The voters of this Stnte ami of the other mountain States are twit blind to these facts, and on election day they will give earnest evidence of their confidence in the party whose policy has so enriched nnd prospered them. We of the West are proud of the achievements of our army and navy in the war with Spain. The patriotic posi tiou of the Republican party in declaring for the retention of the territory so gal la fit ly won from Spuin appeals to our people. They do not fear ''imperialism," for we have never met an American who was nn imperialist. I am in ris-eipt of let ters from ninny nun who have never vot ed anything but a Iiniioeratic ticket, but who will vote for McKinley and ltooi fur McKinley and pro. peril t. I i KO I. 811011*. H i..-, Idaho, Kept 23. tlaal. PACIFIC COAST PROSPERITY The facile roust has had a full tm- e ! ur.- of prosperity in the pa.i four vc .rs I and the ratatuio cry raised by ibe Itry [ amir, only rvellc ridicule The buliki tti.au paper of th. roast j U the M an fictmcoi f i.iunn.-t win, h i« I under the «au>< is.ulr-4 r« the S, w \ rk ! J irual aiel itn fbo u i Am. «• ft. I "Mam t-itum. sh-o that lb* w **• nilioi the bat.- peaty ,.f t ail I their service* On Kept. I, the Kiato i tarf'a Help v\ •&!#•$ * i ttlniitMh bit»| «i| j t i*i>in»itU f *f lib III; 14* W WTKU M4i# . . V - . ear y.att*.,,. . &X\4 I'flMlr it tt 11«ttitti t. t it t tm • *<\) I f r4*l « , , | • • bit i Ibt H«|il a I Ihr MRM1 |N||Wi b.h‘l •tibcf ( fill* * ft ill t if ( t I t* I »f «h . Hal Mate help f tail I» uiai* help **«*..«* «»««.«« «. .’ha. T>«al . . ... ... t,U\ I’nepilttl has VtMled th* . **< to earn | •at. HEWITT. tX-MAYOR SQUARELY FOR REPUBLICANS. Supreme Court Would Nullify Any Imperialistic Ideas. Every True Democrat Can Taka No Other Course Except to Vata the Republican Ticket. (By Abram S. Hewitt of New York, for inerly Mayor anil Member of Congress.) The political situation at this time i» of a very different character from that which presented itself four years ago. At that time it seemed possible to maintain u distinct Democratic organisation, based upon tin* fundamental principles enun ciated by Jefferson, and which had con tinued to govern the party in all previous presidential elections. The recent con vention held at Kuusns City Inis, how ever. rendered nil sneli expectations hope less. The party which culls itself Demo cratic is in reality Populistic, and bused upon doctrines which, if carried into ef fect, would produce political anarchy. You ask whether 1 believe in the coin age of silver ut the ratio of 16 to 1. Yon might as well ask me whether 1 be lieved that an ounce should be made to pass for a pound in the ordinary transac tions of commerce. 'Hie ratio is a false ratio. The value of silver measured by gold is, as every one knows, not 10 to 1, hut III! to 1. The proposition of the plat form therefore is to declare that fifty cents shHll by law be made equal to on* dollar. You ask me whether the present admin istration is likely to establish au imperial istic form of government over this coun try or in its new possessions. I answer that the Constitution of thp United States is too strongly intrenched in the affections of the people to permit its possible violation by the administra tion, and that if such an attempt were made, the Supreme Court of the United States will surely interpret the (loustitii lion in tile spirit of its founders and fop tlie preservation of the constitutional gov crunicut, to which we owe our stability and our prosperity. You ask whether a Democrat, by voting for McKinley and Hoosevelt, could lie considered false to the interests of Dem ocracy. r answer that I do not see how a Democrat who is true to the interest* of Democracy can in the present exigency take any other course llino to vote for the Itc|hil.licaii ticket. I propose myself so to Vote, and I do litis because I am * Democrat who feels that llryauism and all that it stands for is diametrically op posed to the principles of the Democratic patty, us they were enunciated liy JelTer “••n and us they have been eonstrned by all tile great men who have led Ike Detn nrratie party tip to the time of the hold ing of the unhappy convention of IKIIB, when the obi organisation was broken up. It i» certainly a lesser eyil to contitine 'he government in the hinds of the Hr publican party for the text four year* than to encounter the peril. vhicli would confront ns in case Itryau a ad his follow ers should lia\e tile oppni (unity of pnt I mg in practice He Insane iwdicy f* which they are committed A Illt.WI X II KM ITT. EUROPE FUR BRYAN. %•••> pit SOS Hi | tie pls.ts.il lit tear* that the I rrin h | r. has fulluasg the leal wf Itanlua Iroih, sail I* sttltsl foe I e««H Meet* It, > tie lop t, eu i* i of Hr 'I hial r will ha •teas'll best Iwtfli •• pwtittsa taw y-ars tu • » aie I its* l**r,le g«*s (wether, *a|ls| "the results in the rtsithata la tha I o Itr I aisles os the Mh ,.t ksiiai hrr iai> ra.t war fntate linitai I* I. top as that tti is* ts » rkiaa Mi1* a eritatwat tn uup, rtstism. Mi htatet i i>».|iir«* ig tlssl t rises ** kit itae tawrhiss shwaM sms ihsi It* * aw ts sioilag ht* the ta ter ss«a at I Mep* W 't at tha I sll*4 MtMh