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The hny crop nround Fremont la of
very flno quality and KencrnuH qtian
Vty. liny, year by year, Ih,o:io of the
moat profltntilo crops. Home grower!
will rcallzo (15 nn aero gross, this bo
Jhk Tor tbo best ttirno liny.
Artlclcfl of Incorporation havo been
filed with the secretary of Ktnto by tho
Ornliam Stock Farm company, of Hill
ililo precinct, with an authorized capi
tal Rtock of 120,000. Tho Incorporators
nre John R. Qrahnm, N. P. McDonald
und J. LcdIIo Graham.
During a rnln storm lightning struck
ono of a bunch of five oat stacks bo
longing to Ed. and Will WllllamB, near
Norn, and tho entire bunch was de
stroyed. It Is estimated that tho five,
stacks contained about 700 bushels of a
very fair grndo of oats. ;
Hurrah) county Is a world beater on
crops this yenr. There hns never boon
nnyttilng Just like It, taking everything
Into consideration. Wheat and oats i
are panning out far better than tho
moRt Bangulno had predicted. Corn Is
simply beyond all expectations.
Tho Chicago Ranch company of
Dawes county has placed nrtlclcs of
Incorporation on file In the ofllce of the
secretary of state. Tho authorized
capital stock Is $30,000. Tho lncor
IKirntorR aro W. H. Coleman, Frederick
8. llalrd, Joseph Wolf, William C. Mil
ler anil Charles F. Hey wood.
MIbo Mnry 13. Campbell, aged 73
yenrn, fifed nt tho homo of her brother,
Tiidgo M. S. Campboll, of Nobraskn
City. Mien Campbell had not been well
for some tlmo. For many years she
was superintendent of the Old Soldlors'
Orphnns' homo of Now Jersey, but for
tho pant sixteen years she niado her
homo with her brother.
Two boys named Smith and Rldgley,
wIiobo homos nre near Cortland, left
homo, taking a team belonging to a
relative of ono of them. Thoy told
their p.ircnth that they wore going to
the I)luo liver on a fishing trip and
nothing has bcon hoard of them slnco
their disappearance. Shorlff Trudo has
been requested to Join in tho search for
them.
Fremont has prospects of two arti
ficial mono plants. A. M Holt and a
number of prominent uiimuceji men
linvo organized nnd leaBcd n lot on
which thoy propose to construct a
building. Oloson Bros., of Waterloo,
In, J.otifled tho Union Pnclflc ngent
that they would closo a deal for a lot
on the iallroa.1 right of way near tho
new mill.
John Scdllnk was arrested in Fre
mont on tho charge of brisking into n
Union aclflo freight car. Ho says tho
sen! was off nnd ho got In to ride, but
the :nllroad authorities think ho may
have disposed of It himself. Ho Is
held awaiting Investigation. Nothing
has been missed from the oar as yet,
but an Invoico has not been completed.
John Wiggins, for thirty years a res
ident of Columbus, in lying- at his homo
lu a critical condition as tnu result of a
stroke of paralysis. Ills physicians
nay that ho has practlcaljy no clianco
to recover. Mr. Wiggins in G5 years
old, and for many years was engaged
In the llvo stock business. Ho bolongs
to tho Masonic, order and lives with
his pon nnd daughter nt tho family
homo, his wife having died some three
learn ngo.
A wholesale Jnll delivery nt Colum
bus was averted Just In tho nick of
time. Tho prisoners nnd een left In
the corridor during tho day tlmo on
nciuiint of tho hot weather und when
Jailer Itoslter mndo his rounds JiiBt
beforn locking tho prisoners up in their
tells ho discovered that three boltu
holding tho grating over ono of tho
windows had been sawed In two. Only
ono bolt wna nil that prevented tho
Hprlnglug of tho grating nnd giving
liberty to tho Inmates. Tho shorlff In
vestigated tho matter and tho Inmates
laid the blame on W. F. Carter, who
is awtttng trial on tho charge of horao
stealing. A strict watch will bo kept
over tho Jail from now on.
It Is not often that a modest little
town llko Tablo Uock can boast of two
golden weddings within two days. Tho
golden wedding of Mr. nnd Mrs. Mark
Wlddineld occurred lately. Mr. Whldl
tleld was born Novombor 20. 1829, In
New York. Mrs. Wlddltlold. whoso
luuldan name was Sarah K. Dowunll.
wus born January 17, 1839, In Illinois
nnd the couple wcro married at Peorln.
HI.. August 2ti, 1854. Thoy have lived
ut Table Rock only about three years.
They havo threw children, ono n son
living at Tablo Rock, n son In Iowa,
und it daughter lu Illinois. A purse of
$40 in gold wns preaonted tho couple.
On the following day occurred tho
goldon wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Wll
ltnm Talbot, who have lived at Tablo
Rock slnco 1881. Mr. Talbot was born
In Maryland. March 17, 1829, Ills wife,
whoso maiden name was Harriot
Mnun, was born In Manchester. Eng
land. August 22. 1837. nnd tho couplo
were mnrrlod In Illinois, August 27.
3R.11. They havo flvo children, all of
wlioi-i llvo In that vicinity, thero being
t)no sons and two daughters.
Tho state hank of Talmago has
nni. tided Its articles of Incorporation
lengthening Its Hfo to September 1,
ItcM.
Hugh Scbllley. superintendent of
agriculture for tho Standard Sugar
innipnuy reports that several prelim
inary tests of boots have Just been
mndo of tho crop around tho factory.
They nro highly satisfactory nnd prom
ise great things for factory and grow
et. None of tho tests showed under 13
IK". cent of .iiigar and the best woro
H. with n co-cfflcloncy of 82. Tho crop
will bo heavy and tho beot3 rich this
yenr.
Tbfl wheelmen nt Fremont uro talk
ing of organizing a protective associa
tion, There seems to be an organized
gang thore for tho purpose of stealing
bicycles.
I Tlcbraska ticks. !
DISPUTE OVER SHIP
United Stnto3 and Japan May
Have Disagreement
WASHINGTON IS NOTIFIED
Ilotli Ttiiatliina anil ,tapnnpie Are Airnko
to Waililngton'i DncUlou
Other News
No ropresentatlvo of the United
States hai yot boarded tho Russian
cruiser Lena nt San Francisco for tho
purposo of substantiating tho claims of
Cnpt. A. T. IlerlliiHky that tho warship
put Into that port solely for tho reason
that tho boilers were In such a condi
tion ns to render her absolutely tin
seaworthy. Tho Russian warship has
now remained In poit long over tho
twenty-four hour limit, and prominent
members of tho local Russlnn nnd Jap
anese colonics mo evincing great In
terest In what they uto pi one to dCBlg
nato a "serious complication."
It has been learned that local United
States Iuscctor of Hulls nnd Rollers
John K. Utilger will leave on tho
Unltod States revenue cutter Hartley
for tho Letin. Ho will make a thor
ough Inspection of her bollcrB and ns
tioon ns posslhlo will submit n written
roport to Collector of the Port Strnt
lon. Upon this report may depend
whether or not the lcnn Is ordered to
put to sen or whether she will bo al
lowed to remain until such titno as the
repairs deemed necessary inny bo
made.
Tho Japanese were the first to bestir
themselves when they lecrned of tho
presence of tho Russian ship. Promi
nent members of tho Jnpnncso colony
called on Klshaburo Uycno. Japanese
consul general, und a long conference
was held. What took place nt thl3
cession Is told by u prominent Jap
tinesc. Ho said that it wns decided to
luive tho Jnpaneso consul general call
on Collector Strntton und mnke tho
domnnd thnt the Lena leave port im
mediately. In tho event of tho refusal
of this request tho consul general wna
advised to demand of Collector Strnt
ton thnt ho (tho consul) bo allowed to
bo tho solo Judgo of tho fitness of the
Russian cruiser to put to son.
In accordance with these plans, the
Japanese consul called upon Collector
Slratton short.! after ho entered bis
office. Tho two gentlemen woro closet
ed for nn hour nnd n hnlf. Neither
principal of tho colloquy would dls-cp-,80
what had been said, but It wns
learned that nt times the discussion
was most animated.
HARVESTER PLANTS CLOSE
The Kniployima Ulnlm llnrvrster Trust
Iloes Not WhiiI Agreement
Nino thousand men havo been
thrown out of employment by the clos
ing down of threo big branches of the
International Harvester company, tho
McCormlek nnd Dcerlng divisions in
Chicago und tho plant nt Piano, III.
Following tho announcement that tho
McCormlek plant, had closed camo tho
information that tho Deering nnd Pia
no plants had also been shut down.
Tho notlco posted in each of the plants
stated tho shut down would continue
for nn indefinite period.
Ofllclals of the company nsserted that
tho only slgnificnnco in tho movo Is
that tho dull season In tho harvesting
Implement business has arrived and
tho extonslvo Improvements are to bo
mado while tho big properties aro not
In operation.
Trudo union lenders, howover, nssert
thnt tho movo wns mado by tho Inter
national Harvester company becnuso
its ngreement with tho organized
trades employed will oxpire Boon, tho
union bcllovlng that tho company does
not wish to enter Into another ngree
ment. JETTING BUSY IN CHICAGO
Nearly fl.000 Union Mm Co tit Work In
One lny
It Is estimated that about 12,000 men
applied for work nt tho Chicago stock
yards. About 4,800 of tho applicants
were taken back by tho puckers. Many
of tho non-union men failed to report
lor work, but a number nppeared on
tho Lake Shoro and Michigan Southern
und other railroads, giving rlso to
much dissatisfaction among tho union
mon.
Fow clashes, however, wero reported,
chlotly fisticuffs between negro strike
breakers und white unionists. About
14,000 non-union men are still at work
In tho yards.
Maine (Ion Itepubllcan
Tho republicans carried Maine In the
biennial election, returns Indicating a
plurality of about 33,000 for William
Cobb, tho republican cnndldnto for
governor, compared with 33.3S4 for
Hill, tho party cnndldato four years
ngo. In the first and second election
districts the returns Indicate tho re
election of Allen and Llttlofleld by tho
enmo majority as four years ago. In
tho Second, Ilurlclgh ran ahead of his
vote four years ago,
IMPORTANT TAX DECISION
Church Mown mid Others lnl Ilrclsltin
Agalnm ItevriiiKi I.avr
Judge Kellngor, of Nemnhn county,
rendered his decision in tho enso of
Church Howe nnd other taxpayers vs.
ChaK. It. Hacker, aunty clerk, grant
ing tho order perpetually restraining
him from placing the flvo per cent in
crease of taxes upon the assessment
rolls ns ordered by the htate board of
equalization.
Tho following is tho record: "Tho
court finds geneinlly for the plaintiffs
and against the defendants. The plain
tiffs nro entitled to Uio relief prayed
for in the petition. The court finds
that tho stnto board of equalization
noted In good faith nnd without fraud
in making tho five per cent Increase"
A motion for a new trial was filed
nnd overruled. Forty days was given
to serve a bill of exceptions. Testi
mony was taken regarding tho assess
ment of personal property nnd real
cstnto In Nemnhn county this year,
and the court and attorneys went to
Lincoln to tako the testimony of the
members of the state board of equali
sation. .
Tho decision rendered by Judgo Kel
lagor will effect twenty-four counMes
In tho state In which tuxes wero rnl.-cd
by the state bonrd of equalization.
WOMEN ARE A POWER
Vole of Fair Sex May Carry Three Doubt
full Statu
Ono hundred thousand registered
women voters aro expected to decide
the fato of tho two old parties in Colo
rado, Wyoming, Utuh und Idaho this
year. Should sentiment Influence
them, and they he Induced to vote for
Judgo Parker, the democrats probably
will carry all four states und udd four
teen electoral votes to tho number re
corded for the democratic candidate.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, president of
tho women's national republican asso
ciation, hns been sent west by the na
tional committee to labor among the
women of the four states. The num
ber who will vote this year may be
more than 100,000 because of the Mor
mon question, which Is to play a prom
inent part in tho campaign of Utah,
Wyoming and Idaho. General Miller,
formerly United States marshal for
Utah, was In Chicago and told
Chnlrmnn Cortelyou thnt Utah wns nil
right so fur ns tho national ticket wns
concerned, but he wns anxious regard
ing the stnto.
BEATEN TO DEATH
Sidney Yard of Union Pacific I lie Scene
of n Murder
Union Pacific. Night Watchman
Frank Wiser was murdered nt Sidney,
Nob. It Is supposed thnt Mr. Wiser
wns trying to drive tramps off the
right of way nnd that in tho alterca
tion that must havo ensued tho tramps
beat him to death. The ground where
tho slugging took place shows indica
tions of a fierce struggle and tho body
of tho wutchman wns very badly
bruised. Tho po.st nun tern examina
tion shows that ho must have been
trampled to denth. The body wns
found near tho llurlington viaduct and
soma distance from where tho murder
wns committed. After nn ull night
search every effort Is being mado to
find tho murderers and Sheriff Lee has
fairly accurate description of one of
them. All tho men in tho vicinity havo
been run in ponding an Investigation
and nil nearby towns have been noti
fied to bo on tho lookout for the mur
derers. There Is considerable excite
ment over the matter und n determined
effort is being made to locate the mur
derers. NEBRASKA WOODMEN MEET
They ltd urn From St, I.ouM With a lilt
lluiirh of Vrlzei
Drill teams from Nebraska camps of
tho Modem Woodmen fared well in the
drill contests held nt St. Louis. The
following Biimmary shows tho principal
wlnnlnga of Nobraskn tennis:
Omaha camp team, No. 120, second
prlzo in tho senior class, winning $330.
Kennard camp, No. 1347, Kcnuard,
Neb., won third prize lu tho pony con
test, $90.
Hebrew enmp, No. 434 1, Omaha,
Neb., won fifth prlzo In pony contest,
$C().
Pansy enmp team, Royal Neighbors
of America, Omnha, Neb., won first
prize, $100.
This makes in all $(i00 lu prizes for
Douglas county, besides Borne prizes
for enmp inspection and sentry duty.
Heroin Treatment llext
Mnny elm trees nnd others through
out tho stuto are infested with nests
of worms. Some hnve been noticed
with branches heavily laden with tho
pests. Those owners of property who
dislike tho filmy decorations aro using
heroic treatment of fire. Rags at tho
end of a polo, saturated with coal oil
and lighted, servo as tho admirable
fuel of destruction. Tho treatment
means.
Is recommended as the best aud surest
PRSD.il MiTKLtUtt
Policy of tho Republican
Party Defended by
Its Leader.
Says Democrats Are Lack
ing In Settled Con
victions. National Welfare Demands
Continuance of Parly
in Power.
Long Document Addressed to Speak
er Cannon Deals Exhaustively With
tho Great Questions Before the
Country Public Dutleo Ably Per
formed by Republicans Democrato
Not Worthy to Be Placed In Charge.
Oyster Hay. Sent. 12 Pri'sldont
RoOBOvelt this mornln;; Issued his let
tor ncccptlng tho nomination for tho
Presidency tendered him by tho Re
publican National Convention. In
part tho document is us follows:
Oyster liny N. v.,
,. , September 12, 1WH.
Hon J. fJ. Cannon. Cli.llrin.iii or the
Notification Committer:
Mv Ucnr Mir; f ri.i,...it it... .in,ni.M,i
for the presidency tendered me y tho
'.''tumui'im omnium i .invention, ami cor-
i illv mtnrnvii tin. Tilitrni-,i ,,fiiiii.,i i.. i,
lh'.t principles which wo prolcss 'nro
thou- In which we believe with lie.ut and
soul und strength. .Men may differ from
us; hut they cannot nccu os of shifti
ness or Insincerity. The policies wo have
iiuinurii nro inose wnicn wo earnestly
llold IIS CSHcntlltl ltl tilt. liMlf.inril ,f..lr..eu
nnil reputo. Our actions Hpeuk even
louner uinii our worm roc the inlth that
Is lu us, Wo h:iM our appeal upon what
wo havo done and aro doing, upon our
rneill il .if rwl,n(,ilM,rfif l,t. ti.i. I lnnljt.i.l.tn
1 , It I"iui.,l II t'hiniMU'ltl
during the hint HvM-n onn. In which we
havo had complete control of tho kov
crnnielit. Wo Ijitcnil 111 tho fulliio to
v.iiij mi inu overiimeni in xne name
way tl'at wu havo cuirlcil it on in tlio
past.
Tho acts of the Administration In
connection with the wnr with Spain.
tho Isthmlnn canal und tho unholdlnii
of tho Monroe doctrlno the President
defends nt length, nnd declnres tho
party is prepared fully to accept the
issue on these questions. He con
tinues:
In addition to those actH of tho admin
istration which they en: lire to aciuill
aftor nilfircnrcHcniliu; them, there mc
otln-r.M whirn tiny dare not overtly or of
ficially attack, nnd yet which they cov
ertly tiring forward as iciinon lor the
overthrow of tho parly. In certain great
centers and with certain Krcat Interests
our opponents make eveij orloil to show
that the settlement of the anthracite
coal strlko hy the Individual act of the
president and the micicpHttil salt analnst
tlw Northern Hccuritlci Company the
merger suit nndei taken by the depalt
nicnt of justice, wcro acts becaueo of
which th prcucril administration Hhould
hr tin own from power Yei they dare
not openly condemn either act They
dare not in any authorltntlvo or I'm trial
inauner s.iy that In cither cno wiong
was done or error committed in I he meth
od of action, or In the cholco of instru
ments for putting that n tlou Into eftect.
Hut what they dare not manfully asett
In opon day, they ick to ue furtively
and through special agcnlH. Sonic of our
opponents complain hecaus under tho
anti-trust and Intondnto comnnice lawn
sultH were undertaken which have been
succewful; others, heviuse stilts wero not
nuclei taken which would have been un
successful. Th Democratic stuto con
vention In Nuw York dealt with tho an
thracite coal strlko by demanding In de
liberate aud formal fashion that tin- na
tional government should take possession
ot the. coal Iletds; et champions of that
convention's caun' now condemn the fact
Mint there was any action by the presi
dent at all though they niuit know that
it was only this action by the president
which pi evented the movement lor na
tional ownership of the coal Holds from
g.ihtug what might well have been an Ir
resistible Impetus. Such mutually de
structive ctltlclsms furnish an udeiiuate
me.ihiiio of tho chance for coherent ac
tion or constructive legislation If our
opponents should be given power.
So iuuc.li for what our opiMiaenls open
ly or covertly advance in the way of an
attack on the acts of the administration.
When wo come to consider the policies
Jor which they piolcss to stand wo are
met with the dltllculty always ailsing
wnen statements or poiuy are so maiio
that they can he Intcrpteted In different
whvs. Oh some ol tho vital (lUestions
that havo confronted tho American peo
ple hi the last decade our opponents tako
tho position that silence Is the beat jios
Mblo way to convey their views They
cnntcuil that their lukrwuim attitude of
p.ittliil ncqulesenco lu what others havo
accomplished entitles thrri to be made
the custodians of tho tinancial honor
wid comme.tclal Inlensts which they have
but leccntty sought to ruin. llelug un
able to agree among themselves as to
whether tho gold stainlnid Is a curse or
a blessing, and as to whether we ought
or ought not to have free and unlimited
coinage of silver, they have apparently
thought It expedient to avoid any com
mittal on these subjects, and Individually
each to follow hi" particular bent. Their
nearest approach to a majority Judgment
seems to bo that It Is now Inexpedient
to assert their convictions one way or
tho other, and that tho establishment
of the. gold standard by the Iteptiblican
p.ilty should not be disturbed unless
there Is an alteration In the telatlve
ipiaiitltv of production of sller and gold.
Men who hold sincere convictions on vi
tal iUi'KtloiiH can icspect eipially sincere
men with whoso views they radically dlf
fei : and men may confess a change of
faith without compromising their honor
or their Mdf-respi ct. Hut It is dlttlcult
to respect an nttltude of mind such us
has Ihvmi lalrly described above, and
where thine Is no respect there can be
no trust. A policy with k slender a
IiufJs of principle would not stand tho
strain of a single car of business nil-
We on the contrary, believe lu the gold
standard as llyed by tho usage and vor
dlcl of the business world, ami In a
sound monetary system as inatteis of
principle; as matters not of monetary po
ll'lcil expediency, hut of permanent or
ganic policy, lu 1VM nnd ugaln in 1VM
far-sighted men, without icgaid to their
pnrty fealty In the past. Joined to work
againFt what they regarded as a doluised
monctnrv system, The policies which
they clumiiloned have been iiti-idfastly
adhered to bv the administration: and
bv the act of Match II. !!). Congress
established the single gold standard as
tho measure of our monetary value. This
nut reoehed the support of every Kepllb
llcan In the house, and of very Hepuh
lleuii except one In the senate, of our
opMinents. eleven suiiporlcd It In the
house and two In tho pollute; nnd one
hundred and llfty opposed It In the house
and twenty-eight In the .senate. The rec
ord of the last seven years proves that
tho pnrty now In power can bo trusted
to take tho additional action necessary
to Improve and strengthen our monetary
system, and that our opponents cannot
bo so trusted. Tho fundamental fact Is
tint In a popular government such ns
ours no policy Is Irrevocably settled hy
law unless the people keep In control of
the government men who believe In that
policy us a matter of deep-rooted con
viction. Ijiws can alwnys be revoked: It
Is tho spirit and the purpose of those
responsible for their enactment and ad
ministration which must he fixed and
unrhnngeable. It Is Idle to say that tho
monetary standard of the nation Is Ir
revocably ilxed so long ns tho party
which nt the last election enst approxi
mately forty-six per cent of the total
vote, refuses to put In Its platform nny
statement that tho question Is settled.
A determination to remain silent cannot
bo accepted as equlvuknt to a recanta
tion, t'nill ntir oprinrtitn ni a party
explicitly adopt tho views which wo hold
and upon which we havo actid and nni
acting, In the matter of a sound cur
rency, tho only real way to keep the
uutMlon from li'tmnlng unsettled Is to
kcip tho Itepubllcan patty lu power.
As for whnt our opponents sav In ref
erence to cipltal nnd l.ilsjr. Individual
or corporate, here again- all we nis.nl by
way of answer Is to imlnt to what we
havo actually done, nnd to say that If
continued In power we shall continue to
carry out the policy we havo been pur
suing, and to execute the laws ns reso
lutely and fearlersly In tho futuro as
we have executed them In Die past.
The action of the nttorney-gcncral lu
enforcing the antt-trust and Interstate
commerce laws, and the action of tho
last congress In enl.it glng the scopo of
th" Intotstnto commerce Inw, and In
crentlng the di'ixirtment of commerco
and labor, with u bureau of corporations,
have for the llrst tlmo opened a chance
for the national government to deal In
telligently and ndep.iately with the qties.
tlons afrecllng society, whither for good
or for evil, bis?ause of tho accumulation
of capital in great corporations, and l
catise of tho new relations caused there
by The laws nre now being administer
ed with entire elllcleney; and ns. In their
working, need Is phown for amendment
or addition to them whether better to
secure the proper publicity, or better to
guarantee the rights or shippers, or In
any other dlreetlon-thls need will bo
met It Is now asserted "that the com
mon lnw, us developed, nffords a eom
pleto legal remedy njcnlhst monopolies."
Hut there is no common law of the Unit
ed States. Its rules can bu enforced
only by tho stnto courts and officers. No
federal court or otllcrr could tako nny
action whatever under them It was this
fact, coupled with the Inability of tho
states to control trusts nnd monopolies,
which led to the passage of the federal
statutes known ns the Sherman anti
trust act and the Interstate commerco
act; and It Is only through tho exercise
of tin- powets conferred by thesu nets,
and by the statutes of the last congress
supplementing them. Mint tho national
government acnulies any Jurisdiction
over the subject. To say that uctlon
against trusts and monopolies should be
limited to the application of tho common
law is equivalent to saying that the na
tional government should tako no uctlon
whatever to regulate them.
Undoubtedly the multiplication of
trusts and their Increase in power has
been largily due to the "failure or ofll
clals chatged with the duty of enforc
ing the law to tulte tho necessary pro
ceduie." Such stricture upon the falluio
of the otllclals of tho national govern
ment to do their duty lu this matter Is
ceitalnly not wholly undeserved ns far
as the nlminlstration preceding Presi
dent McKlnlcy's In concerned; but It has
no application at all to Itepubllcan ad
ministration. It Is also undoubtedly true
that what l most needed Is "oiuelals
having both the disposition and the cour
age to eufoici: e.vlstliig law." This is
pieclsely the need that has been met
by the consistent and steadily continued
action of the department of justice un
der the pierent administration.
So far as the tights of the Individual
wage-worker and the Individual capital
ist arc concerned, bath as regards one
another, as regards the public, and as
regards otgnnlzcd capital nnd labor, tho
position of the administration has been
f clear that there is no excuse for mis
representing II, and no ground for op
poking It unless mlsrtpresented, Within
the limits ilellued hy the national consti
tution the national administration has
sought to secure to each man the full
enjoyment ot Ids right to llvo his life
and dispose of his property and his labor
ns ho deems best, so long as ho wiotigs
no one else. It has shown lu effective
fashion that in endeavoring to make good
this guarantee, It treats all men. rich or
poor, whatever their creed, their color,
or their biithpl.ice, as standing alike he
roic the law. Under our form ot gov
ernment the spheiu in which the nation
us distinguished front the state can act
Is narrowly cliciimscrlhed: but within
that sphere all that could lie done has
been done. All thinking men nro aware
ot the restriction upon the ikiwit of ac
tion of the nntloual government In such
niHlters. Helug ourselves mindful of
them, we have been scrupulously careful
on the one hand to Is? moderate in our
promises, and on the other hand to keep
these promises lu letter and In spirit
When we take up th" groat ouestlon of
the tailff wo ato at once confron'cd by
the doubt ns to whether our opponents
do or do not mean what they say. They
say that "protection Is robbery," nnd
promise to carry themselves accordingly
If they arc given power. Vet prominent
persons among them assert thnt they do
not leally mean this and that If they
oomo Into power they will adopt our
policy as regards tho tariff; while others
seem anxious to prove Mint It Is safe
to give them partial jsiwer. because the
power would be only partial, nnd then
fore thev would not bo able to do nils
chief. The last Is certainly a curious
plea to advance on behalf of a party
seeking to obtain control of the govern-
At the outset It Is worth while to say
a word as to the attempt to Identify the
question of tariff levlslon or tariff re
duction with a solution of the trust ques
tion. This Is always a sign of deslto
to avoid iinv real effort to deal adf
iiuately with the trust qustlon. In
speaking on this point at Mltui'.MpoUs.
on Apt II I. 1H03. 1 said:
"The question of tariff revision, speak
ing broitllv. stands wholly apart from
tho iiCHlnin of dealing with tho trusts.
No change lu tailff duties can havo any
suhstiiutl.il effect In solving the so-called
trust problem. Certain great trusts or
great corporations aro wholly unaffected
bv tho tariff. Almost nil the others tb.it
nr'- of unv Importance have as a matter
of fact numbers of smaller Ameilcan
competitors; and of roun-o a chango In
tho Uirlff which would work Injury to
the largo corporation would work not
merely Injury but destruction to Its
om,,tl..r ,omtell(lirS! II lid eOUIlllV Of
i course such change would mean dlsas
J ter to all tho wage-workers connected
i with either the largo or the small cot-
notations, l-rom me sianopomi oi iim-c
interested In the solution of tho tiust
problem such a change would therxtoie
merely mean that the trust was rellovt.il
or the competition of Its weaker Amer
ican competitors, and thrown only Into
competition with fonlgu competltots.
and that the llrst effort to meet this new
competition would be made by cutting
down wages, and would therefore bo pil
murllv at the cost of labor. In tho case
of some of our greatest trusts such a
change might confer upon t hem a pos .
tlve bonellt. Speaking Willy. It is ov
dent that the changes In the tariff will
affect tho trust for weal or for wis) slue
plv as they affect the whole country.
The tariff affects trusts only ns it af
fects all other Interests. Jt makes all
these Interests, largo or smull. protit
ublii; and Its benellts can Im taken train
the large only under penalty of tukluv
them from the rmall also.
There Is llttlu for mo to ndd to this
It Is but ten years slnco the last attempt
was made, by means of lowering tho
tariff, to prevent fihiw people from pros
piling too much. Tho attempt was en
tirely successful. Tho tariff law of that
year was among the caascs which In
that vear and for somo tlmo nftiirwards
effrctnnlly rieventcil anybody fiom pros
. ling too much, and labor from pros,
perlng at ull. Undoubtedly It would bo
posslblo at the present tlmo to prevent
any of the triwls from remaining pui
Istous by tlw simple expedient of mak
ng such a sweeping change In the tar
ff as to paralyze liio Industries of tho
country. The trusts would ceaso to puis-per-
but their smaller compel tors wou d
bo ruined, and Mia wage-workers would
starve, wnun u woum ni ij -or
to haul his produce to market. 'I he
evils connected with the trusts can bo
. ime urostiere
Iff law. then all classes will share In the
nrospetlty. If a tariff Inw Is passed aim
ed at pi eventing tho prosperity of some
of our people. It Is ns certain as any
thing can bo thnt this aim will lie achiev
ed only by cutting down tho prosperity
of nil of our people.
Krom tlmo to time schedules must un
doubtedly be rearranged and readjusted
to meet tho shifting needs of tho coun
try; but Mils can with safety bo donn
only by those who nro committed to tho
muse of tho protective system. To up
root and destroy that system would bo
to Intfuru tbo prostration of business, tho
closing of fnctorlos, tho Impoverishment
of tho farmer, the ruin of tho capital
ist, and tho starvation of tho wage-worker.
Yot, If protection la Indcisl "robbery."
nnd If our opponents really believe wluit
they say, then 11 la precisely to the de'
reached only oy ritiioiint vn. , n..,. ..j
step, along the lines tnken by congress
and the executive during the past three
yours. H n tariff law Is passed under
which Mm country prospcis. us the coun-
u unnor tno preM-ni inr-
structfon and uprooting of tho tnrlff. and
therefore of our business and Irulustw..
that they are pledged, When oar ucl'l
tti'iit last obtained power It waSvPZi a
..I,. f . .t...l.lHH n ....... ,1... ''TTlr
I'lfllllll in iieeuiiiMU 11 IIHL'C11VI
unconstitutional; anil in
luirtinr lllllll I culler UIICllllSUUI-
tlnn.il" or "robbery," then It hi Juet as
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.M..,,.rt,
wiiiuiiainuiiuriiii, jiim as mucii rontsTj .
to revise It down, still leaving It pi elec
tive, ns It would be to enact IL In other
words our opponents have committed
themselves to tho destruction of the pro
tective principle In the tariff, using words
which If honestly used forbid tbem fiom
permitting this principle to obtain In
oven the smallest degree.
Kv'ry class of otir people Is brntntc-d
:y the protective tariff. During tho last
fow years the merchant hns pwn tho
exisirt Hade of this country grow faster
than evor In our previous history. Tim
manufacturer could not keep his factory
running lr it wero not for the protectlvo
tariff. The wage-worker would do well
to remember that If protection Ih "lob
i "y'li."?'1 '! to ,IU Punished accordingly,
ho will be tho first to pay Mm penalty;
for either he will bo turned ndrlft entire
ly, or his wages will bo cut down to Mm
starvation no nt. As conclusively pIiovmi
by the bulletins of tho bureau of Ulsir.
the purchasing power of the overage
wago received by thu wnge-wnrker has
grown fas or than the cc-st of living, nnd
this In spite of the contlnunl short nlng
of working hours. The accumulated sav
ings of tho wiirklngmon of the country,
as shown by the deposits In Mic savings
J ,,n.Yu I,lprpu"'-1 by lenpji and
bounds. At no time In tho history of this
or any other country hns there born un
!!ifl8? Productive of material benefit
alike to workliiirman nnd employer, as
piHHcS BCVt'n CnrS tlmt ,iavo Just
The farmer hns benefited qnltn ru much
as tho manufacturer, the merchant, and
tho wage-worker. The most wokiomo nnd
Impress ve fact established bv the lust
nV'VIV,".! ? tnp wlle nnrt even distribution
flvSi.."'"11"?!" ' classes of our conn
in?r . V. iih.e..CM,of uRoncles In produc
ing this distribution nro shown by Mm
census to be tho development of manii-
,,ZZ' .""'1 V" "('Plication Of new In
ventions to nnlvirsal use.
intni t!!i,fnr,vr V'"1" "-'"ding la ism the
total value of larm property Increased
rMV,P. Ilni !' 1""f WHIoiih iif flollars; he
farmer gaining even moro during this pe
riod than the manufacturer. Uons ago
in xv:hlCt "? ,wou,l, hnvu ch.ke'd "he
m.u velnus development of our national
agriculture, but for the steadliV lucre s
f ? ft"? ,f American manufactured
ror rnrm products required as raw tnn-
0Poi?iltfiJr.",P,i,,",jr l''llng indiwtr es
be mod lied from time to time to lit new
exigencies, Hut the genuine utJdcrlyliig
principle of protection, as It bus been '
emboli ed In an but ono or the America
tariff laws for the last forty years ,a"
y"rand M'",lU" " -nelleo,HoVc "
L"n' fwi'jTly "PrV"'1- "o, ndvntitiigcous
i.,,n,? 'rmo,s '""I capitalists and work-
L no ti.n .t'i"mm' rco. ,md ,rn'! "" even
Kind. Mint th" American poopki. If thev
wfflV, LVi1; Ur,"a! """' business hcVmc
will Injlpt that when these lnwu nie
unSISS t,l,,y "hn" lM' modllUMl wTth th
h,m7,Lc'.,ru "V1 '""servntlsm. i nd bv
the friends nnd not tho enemies f t e
nn,uunh7 mV",-.,, T,,!oy ca"" "kord
)?. .. l M"', modlilentlon to thorns whe
moil, 'termT'0" alMl rl'bCry "'
ii.In.e,os'nB.w"at T nve to say about
rv tty'mT :,f, rr"n",,lnK Amcrlnm In In"!
tr let jno add a word of cordial airi-ic
meat with the policy of In Vom i wnv In
eluding within its benefits, by npuwirlair
..,.u,r ."''I'onents contend thnt the govern-
ZrXlT' ln tho -rP,tlhS!
T. i ,1,n'u, '1, Imnglnnry. nnd Is oh
tallied by Including In the ojiMrmrv cur
rent expense Mm sum of iftty million
which wns paid for the right of Tny of
he Panama onnnl out of th" ncetmi
ate, surplus In the treasury. K
L"K " ;"rrent or ordinary oxrunfllt re
for the two years, there was n mirn hi,
;l,nenr,Iy ,"lK,.,,J' " """for tho yr
1!XM nnil of only a little moro than eight
millions for' the vear that 1kV i,,.
eloped. Hut this Olmlnut o of Urn mv
nual surplus was brought about ilcslif .
edly by the abolition of tho war fax !
Thn 'rt-'n"!1 1',;tV',n.t,W "
I ho acts of March 2, 1P01. anil Aurli i"
1902. cut down the internal r"w,uo faxV,
and live millions a yenr, in othc.r words
lhi' ,?;I,".c,"m l,f '?ntlm Huston .
sderably greater than tho reduction lr
tho annual surplus. Slnco the r.Ios ol
substantial change In t he rate of nnuim'
expenditures. As compareil with the is-
pie. the fiscal year that haa Just ".fas",!
showed a rilatlvi'ly small Increaso In ex
penditure (excluding the canal p.ivmeul
a ready .referred to) while tho year pie
vlous showed a relatively small 'locreVs.
I ho c'xpcwilturis of the imtlan hav
been managed In a spirit of economy n
far removed from waste ns from nlt.-i-.ii ,.
Iness; and lu tho ruture every effort wll
bo continued to n-cure an economy n
strict ns Is consistent with efficiency
..Ouof.'P0n.,'ll,,V!r,""'!'0 Indopoiirtunre it
the Philippine Islands. Here again vv
aro confronted hy tho fact thnt their Ir
reconcilable dlffcren.-cs "if opirilor
imoug themselves, their proved Inability
to create a eonstnictlve policy when It)
powur. and their remllness. for tho saki
of momentary i.olltlcal oxpcIIncy. ti
ibandon the principles upon which thev
haro InslMted as .ssenllal, coimplre i"c
puzzle us us to whether thoy do or il,
not Intend In good faith to vnrry mil
this promise if they nre given control ol
Mie government.
If our opponents came Into power nml
attempted to cany out Mmir promises in
tho Ullplnos hv giving thorn ludepend
eucn. and withdrawing American contr...
from tho Islands, the result would In
a lrlghtrul calamity to the !1llnhio
themselves, and In Its larger nskct wool.'
amount tr. an iiiteruatl.iunl crtmo. n
archy would follow; and tho iwnt via-
"eat anarchic rones would U) iilrrctci)
partly against the i Ivll government, nan
ly against all forms ot religious und edu
cational civilization moody i.-onfllcl
wood Inevitably ensue In the nrchliiolHgo
and Just as inevitably the IslaiidH would
become the piev of the first power whlii
lu Its own selfish Interest took up tin
task wo bad cravenly abundonrd.
During the last live ytars more ha
been done for tho material ninl moral
well-being of the Vlllplnoa than evi i
before since the Islands llrst came within
tho ken of civilized man Wo have open
ed before them a vista of orderly devel
opment In their own interest, und mil
a policy of exploitation Kvory effort h
being made to lit the islanders for scir
government, and they havo already in
largo measure received It. whlkj far Mm
llrst time lu their history their iwrnonal
rights and civil llbciths havo liecn guar
anteed. They .no being educated; thev
have been given schools, they hav lieeii
given libraries; roads aie being built foi
their use: their health Is being cared
for- they hno been given courts in which
they receive Juntlco ns absolute na It l
In our power to guiinutist. Tlmlr In
dividual rights to life liborty nnd Mm
pursuit or happiness are now by net ol
congress Jealously pafegnnrried umfer Mm
American flag; and If tho protection of
tho flag wero withdrawn tlmlr rlghti
would bo l.u:. nnd the Islands wool, I In
plunged hack mulct some form of vicious
tyranny.
Tho letter concludes:
Alike ns lawmakera and as adminis
trators of the law wo have endeavored
to do our iiiuy In the Interest of the
people as a vvlioi-. We mnko our ap
peal to no class ntn to no section, hut In
ull good citizens, ir. whatever iart ot
tho land they dwell, nr.d whatever mav
b their occupation or worldly condition.
We havo striven both for civic light
eousntss nnd for national greutniuot; am'
wo havo faith to believe that imr huuilf
will be upheld by all who feel love ol
country nnd trust in the uplifting nf man
kind. Wo stand fur enforcement of tin
lnw nnd for obedience to the law: our
government Is a government of order l
liberty equally ulleiil to tyranny and ti
anarchy; nnd Its found'itlon stono Is tb'
observance of the Uw, allko by tho poo
plo and by tho public servants, Wi
hold ever before us as the nll-lmporian
end of policy and adminlsttlon tliarelgk
of peace at home and rougnft th
world; of peaco, which cotnoa only bj
doing justice.
Fnllhfully yours,
tiii;ui01i: KOORBVElr.
