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r -- M W w ti I i , The (Commoner. VOLUME' 4 NUMBER 14. 14 Walsh quoted it na an ovidenco o Cleveland's courage, and nino yeais aftor it was published in book form, Mr. Olovoland makes a flat, insulting doninl. , "And yet wo romembor that thcio woro fow loaders among the demo crats of tho south who stood 'closer to Mr. Glovoland than that faithful Irishman, Pat Walsh. "Now, if thoro was one point upon which Mr. Cleveland was moro coarae ly emphatic than another it was as to tho attendance of Fred JDouglas upon tho reception which was held after his marriage. "Mr. Cleveland was married at tue White houso on Juno 2, 1886, Jn tho prosonco of a fow personal friends, umif linnn liln hrlrlnl tour nnd IlLUn his return held a grand reception tho first slnco his wedding, and, thereforo, aljludod to as his wodding reception. "Tho Washington Post gavo an elab orate account of that rccoption in Us issuo of Juno 16, 1886. "Tho list of guests included some of tho most distinguished people in tho world. Thoro woro present Prince Leopold of Brazil, tho celebrated Archibald Forbes of England, Commo doro Schley, Colonel Bonaparte and General Shoridan. There were also tho justices of tho supremo court and tho senators of both parties, and many othor eminent citizens and social leaders. "Amid this glittering throng, min gling with it on terms of social equal ity, moved Frederick Douglas and his wife. "Now, Mr. Cleveland, was this your wodding reception? If it was not, you held no wedding reception at all, and you should have said so. If it wan, then you should have admitted that Fred Douglas and wife woro there. This reception of Juno 15, being tho first which was held aftor your return from your bridal tour, and being an especially brilliant affair, came to be known as your wedding reception, whothor correctly or not I leave to 'society' exports to say. "In conclusion, having established by convincing testimony the truth of overy statement made by mo and de nied by him, I leave it to the inteM gont, fair-minded reader to make his own comments. "THOS. T. WATSON. ' " . Mr. Bennett's Mistake. Philo S. Bennett is dead and his widow is hostllo to tho plans which hor husband had cherished with re spect to tho uso of a portion of the money which ho left. Mr. Bennett was an ardont champion of democratic democracy. Ho spent his money free ly while alive in promoting tho cause to which ho was devoted. Ho wanted to seo this cause prospor and ho be lieved that in Mr. Bryan it had a champion of the highest ability and tho most unflinching courage. And In order that Mr. Bryan might tho moro uninterruptedly dovoto himself 'to tho work of propaganda, that ho might bo unhampered as an advocate by lack of means, ho provided out of his ample fortuno a sum that ho be- ' liovod sufficient to onablo Mr. Bryan to keep up the agitation which Mr. . Bennett felt to be so important to his ' country. His' mistake was in entrusting tho fulfillment of his wishes to his wife. He did not realizo that sho might be less interested in promoting the ends Which wore so much to him than he SmSShfPswdidnot ImagIne that his bequest to Mr Bryan could become a R?i ' l attack against hls Wend on tho part of rancorous devotees of mo- , nopoly and privilege. Yet the evt has shown that Mrs. Bennett was Tr from feeling that sympathy with the ideals of her husband that he periiap? believed sho felt? Sho was obviously ready to listen to tho suggestion of partisan enemies of Mr. Bryan that she had boon badly used by her hus band and that Mr. Bryan had plotted to rob her of a portion of her hus band's estate. It made no difference that sho was amply provided for-in tho will. It mado no difforenco that others had In llko manner been re membered perhaps even beyond what kinship demanded, Tho fact that Mr. Bryan had been left a portion of tho estate as an aid to him in spreading a hated gospel of human brotherhood and freedom and equality. was enough to oxcito the wrath 6f bitter partisans and tho widow was cajoled into a con test which reflects Infinitely moro unon herself than it nossihlv can unon tho boneficiary of the will whom she is seeking to shut out. Had Mr. Bennett given Ufa ?50,000 to Mr. Bryan while living no one could have challenged his act. His fortune was his own and ho had tho same right to dispose of it as Mr. Carnegie has to dispose of his fortune in build ing libraries and in providing: churches with pipo organs. But ho delayed tho gift till death and then It was open to his widow and to others to defeat or seek to defeat his wishes, Johns town Daily Democrat. v Democratic Features of ' Tho Truth About the Trusts." 1. The introduction points out the purport of tho book, defines tho trust, and also the investing public and the trusts. Tho general discussion of the subject in the introduction is further amplified in Part VII. of tho volume, beginning page 483, where the trust movement is reviewed as a whole. 2. Part I. of tho volume is devoted to tho greater industrial trusts, of which there are seven, with a capitali zation exceeding $2,660,000,000. These greater industrial trusts are all de scribed in detail and their histories are given at longth and their general positon analyzed. Part II. is dovoted to the lesser industrial trusts, giving brief but accurate descriptions of more than eighty of them. Following this are the industrial trusts in process of reorganization, including full stn fo ments of those which have created the greatest amount of public interest, such as the shipbuilding trust. 3. Tho articles on the greater fran chise trusts and the greater railroad groups treated in part IV. and V should create much public interest as many facts are embraced which have never been presented in this form be fore. This is particularly true of the chapters on tho greater railroad groups. 4. in tho general review of the trust movement, there are chapters on the magnitude of the trusts, dominating influences in the trusts, the chief char? acter sties of the trusts, and review of so-called remedies. The first two of those chapters are of great value to the general public, as they give a pano ramic view of the entire trust move ment as it exists today. 5. The charts and maps, which supplement the test, are well worth close examination. They bring 5 v iv Idly many Important features The elaborate statistics on pace 451 tn as? give details of tn,sts ofn aggJega?e catal Jwtlon of $20,379,162,511 g ?Zuns Co- k Na Cleveland "Queers" parker Grovor Cleveland in a statement to the New York World has given his unqualified indorsement to the pros! dentlal candidacy of Judge Parker of New York. Mr. Cleveland's indorse ment of the New York candidate has been received with great satisfaction by Judge Parker's supporters, seem ingly unaware that it is a blow to his candidacy from which he will find It difficult, if not imposible, to recover. Outside of New York and the ofllces of those newspapers the managers of which have been devoted to the Cleve land thirll-term movement, the effect of tho "stuffed prophet's" indorse ment is likely to be exactly the oppo site of what it was intended to have. A WoailiiiTfr-rHQnntnh lr lllG ChicaCO Itecord-Herald states that "it will help Parker in tho east and south, where ho stood in need of help, and will in jure him in tho west and northwest, whore it will do his candidacy the mnvimnm nf hnrm." The Record- Herald's correspondent reports that "in tho opinion of a majority ot tho demo crats in Washington it is a most In opportune declaration. . . . Some of tho congressmen who take this view of it have been pronounced Parker men, but they are very chary about attaching themselves to any move ment that bears the Cleveland brand. One of them had prepared a Parker, interview for distribution throughout his state, but as soon as he saw the Cleveland indorsement he recalled it." This attitude of the democratic repre sentatives at Washington is indicated by an interview with Representative Burleson of Texas, who has been out spoken in his support of the Parker candidacy. In commenting on the Cleveland letter, he said: "In my opinion, the fact that Cleve land has come out for Judge Parker weakens him by fully 25 per cent in the south and west, and strengthens Hearst by just that much. The loyal democrats are strongly opposed to Cleveland as they ever"were, and they do not want his advico upon this or any other matter. Parker has been hurt by his fool friends in New York, who seem unable to realize that there is any part of the country except their city and streets." In view of the fact that the larger part of tho democratic representation in congress is from the south, the attitude of democrats in Washington toward the Parker movement since it has received Cleveland's indorse ment does not indicate that Mr. Cleve land has strengthened Judge Parker in ma soum 10 any greater extent than his indorsement has commended the New York candidate to the democrats of the west and northwest. in fact there is every indication that Cleve land has dissipated whatever chances Judge Parker may have had of obtain ing the nomination and that the nam ing of a compromise candidate will i, absolutely essential if the democrat party is to enter tho campaign wih any hope of success. Milwaukee News & WW There aro morp than a hundred reason why folks who try it like tho Empire Cream Separator better than any other, but the reasons may all bo summed up in this : TheEmiire Joes better work, tnveslest trouble aHd makes more vtone for the farmer. 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