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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1904)
. iiinii in i ii ft rrn ' ttth- vn i mrr qMS.vk- KKMMM.jJ . KJJaLU" I i till. -tr LEV WCENDIARIES BEWARE Blnmlefiiiio, rircbrntul Methods Again Cninltiir Intci Vomie. I II.iltinit.ru Amcilcin. It would ni'i'iii t the person of a fnlr degas' of perpioui it) tli.it the lt'tnon . tnugbt J 'j the incident of Leon C.olgosz ' three .tears ago was suillm-nlly forceful to hitc lusted longer tli.iti tbi present actions of certain persons iitnl piibllcit tiun would lc.ul ii to believe it bus last ed. A hue mill eij was raised against President Mclvinle.t along tin- liiu- of al lecid militarism. The iili--.i(lit.v of that Cf.v was admitted b.t everybody oven Ifloie the groit st.Uesin.lll had been In fligi'l'.ilpil. Hilt tin seeds of sedition llvi'il Mi'l throve in the poi-oimits soil of an nrchy. In ilit soul of t V.oluicc mill his murderous nth Net's the harm was ilone. The crop grow mnl bore fruit. Hi' had rind the papers which fuNel.v it ml trill toiottly (lci'hiti'il tli.it Plesldent Mi'Klu Joy tins n men1 puppet in the bunds of thue who would turn the republic into nn empire. He hml listened to those who fmi.itii'nll.v profes-ied to helieve this pal pable lie. Murder was born In his little mind. And they whose deliberate mnl ir.ifty lying hml nerved him to the deed Mere inore guilty th.in he who did that -which would have licen almost justitlnble bad their words been true. These people h'i incited the tnui'di-r were properly mid thoroughly castigated at the time. Rtu the lessen h.is tint lasted. Now, th.it tlio heat of another campaign is upon us the old slanderous, firebrand method Is again coming into vogue. Cor tuiu newspapers and pertain periodical lire picturing Tlieodore Roosevelt as mi emperor; as one who is itching for mi opportunity to e.ercisp tvr.miiie.il power mnl taK( away the tle.irly bought mnl ile.irly held liberties of tills peoph. They vim make these claims Know far better than many who are intlucm'cd by their lieiisou how fnNe these representations re. Tlie.v Know Unit Theodore Roose velt is the I'mliodiuieut of pitriotism and loyalty to their government: they know he hii (ought throughout bis ca leer to secure for the people broader mid better privileges and has stood between tin in and tho-o uhii would have rolilied them of the full njovment of those pre rogatives that Aniericmis hold sacred. They know he has dune this unselfishly mid Iravely and regaidless of tin' effect they might hate on ills political pros pect. They know, furtberinnre. that he will continue to do these things to tlm end of the chapter and that be seeks to have about him only such men as arc true to the cause of the great pommon people as allied against the classes, po tUnl tricksters and demagogues. If some we.ik-mimhsl iudiviiliial sliould accept seriously their preaching and feel lilnisidf culled upon to prevent the yoke from falling iimui the neck of bis fellow beings should follow ill tile footsteps of tin- ill-starred Czolgo. mid take thu life of the President, cither before or after liis re-election those papers and period pais would hypocritically drape their columns In mourning and fiiUniucly prate of tlie marvelous virtues of the deceased MnteMlieli. They would tell to the world the trutii they not only concealpil. but binrenly ilenieil. during the lifetime of the man in whose murder they assisted. They would heap anathema upon the bead of their poor dupe, who knew no bitter than to believe their traitorous fulcli-pcuuy mouthing-, and insist tli.it lie be given ;i s dy quietus. Now is a wood time to bate a care. It is ii ptod time for such publications to cll a halt and think a moment of what mit'lit Ii' the results of someone's accepting as truth the cMini-'crno'is ami barefaced lies they arc now eagerly and ruthlessly priinnilpitinj:. Have a care, incendiaries, hate n care. UNWORTHY OF TRUST. Golil UomncrntH Blum nine the Hill Slicclinn Comliliiutlnii. The (Jolil Democrats of Indiana are unwillim: to trust .ludj'o I'.irker's simii i.ors. They are willius to contribute !?10. 000 to the campnimi fund, but the iuoiip.n will not be Mmt to the IIlllSheeh.ui 'ombiliation. Tlie.t bate asked Parker himself to take the money. If the Demo crats arc unwillim; to trust tbolr leaders, liow can tho mass of the 'people be ex pected to take any stock in the profes moiis and promises of the part.t V If the Jold Democrats are correct in their esti mate of Parker's managers, the latter arc no better than a kiiuk of s.iml-li.ic-UPrs. Sterlin! it. Molt, one of the lead iim Cold Democrats ( Indiana, said a lew days iiihi: "'i'he (lold Deinocrats arc not piiuu to Ih coivcd behiml a bam and relievisl of their uione.t and alien driven to the p. ills mid voted." It is rntir.vitis to le.irn that such a inmi as Mr. Holt entertains the sauir tiew of Hill and Shceluiii (lint Repub licans do. but it l( soniewh.it remarkable ilint Mr. Holt doc not realize that Par ker Is merely the cicatlllo of his man liters, and that any money iven to the judc will liml its wny. tliroiik'h .some ibauuel, to Dciunt-rutic lieadiiuarttTS. l'urlccr'r Noiuhl)or Annlnst Him. t'uncressinan "!eor:e ,1. Smith of the TttPiity-fonrtli New tork District, In which Is .Imlxe Parkor's lnune, told President Itcmsetelt a few days mm tliat be had iiimle a tour of the dlstiict iiid found no Itepublic.ins who would vote for Parker. If the Democratic candidate cuius no votes iiniom; ids lie publican neighbors, he certainly should cnlu none elsewhere. In other words, if his popularity is not Mitlleleutly ureat lo draw votes from tbo-e he d illy conies in contact with, he need not epect to (euro the support of Republicans who Know him only by what lie has said and done. 1'orkcrlte Alormeil, 'I'horo are a Inrse iiumber of I'.r.tan Deuioerats in New Yoik State, ami their present attitude is viewed with ilurm by the Hill-Itclniont-Shieli.in or minlzatlon. It U Mild every follower of W. .1. Hryun will tote the Populist Na tional ticket. 'I'he Populists have put u State ticket in the Held, the lirst In many years, mid a Itryiin Demoi rat has been placed at its lirad. Tlie Parkelltes are cliiirdnc lirjiin with bail faith. a senium that the defection of the Itrynn Democrats will cost Parker nt least 'S, 0(X voles. 'T The Heal Oucitlon. Ob the day of the Issue of President Roosevelt's letter of ucceptanee the day of the Slulne election, by the way tlie prciw reiortH noted n lout: visit to .IiiiIko Parker by David Jteimt'tt Hill. It is prolwble, if uot certain, that the tw friends wbo "have drunk from tho ame canteen" Uiroutbout more than one BtmpMgii, discussed, thwrouubly, one Jul mortal s.i.tlnj; of tbir u Thomas .Icffprson. iiani-b OVl'd "IK A Dt'lJ PAHTI'lli,,, DP OKKK'i: IS A MATTll: or wii.HT. IU)V AKI'J VACAN',1 I,) up, KlI-liP.DV TIIDSl'2 m I'l tin vkk KDW: HY ItP.SIUNAT lis Nmni;.- This is, indeed, for tb I' ;n . i ,t, , hard sa.tlui!" N THOROUGHLY EXPOSED. The Weakness of Parker unit Davis (rnvTi I'lattior Inch Dmt. uppe.irs that .Itile I'.nkfr of It Ksopus is jjoini: to Ne ik I'm- to i mi Ids own cMinp.iimi. Tln retcl.itiou has come, but It has colic inne s fily tb. in mo-it of us expectid The repl.i tioil is simply Ibis that Pie ide.l of tl" country that the Deinoirnis h.ol n.,uu nateil n line old jildKO vh-se . li.ir.n ' r led up to the standard if wli.it a judge should be Is shivered into splinters Two .tears njro the country Incw nullum: of .ludtfo Alton It. Parker of New York. and little of Henry iii.iuiv D.ivis of West Virginia, two inei puked up, for a purpose, by the men tvio (uiitrnlleil the Democratio national coiteiitioii. How clear to everybody now tun-t be tlie sit uation! lnste.ul of ths st.itel.t judk'e who sent the stately 'detrain to St. I.oiils, appears, mid for nil permanency, ineiely a decent creatine of the famous New York politician, D.iud Bennett Hill. It is all queer. It niie.ir o unsub stantial and indifferent tliat Hill could have uomiuated one of bis creations for the Presldelic.t ! As the days pass in this autumn of IIIOI the eyes of the Anieiicau tM-ople .ire npcnini; as to tlie political situation. There is no anguish fi lion in-: the open Ivk. It l practically .ill over, save the etliibitloii of a ccrtnii. eMilierance next November. It is impossible tint such a people n :iie the totcrs of the I'nited States lould tote p'lietally To place the -"ov eriililelit ill the bauds of Taimii m.t and a weak but crafty Democratic leader, whose uiius and objeds hate seemed ever to n fur hiinseli alone, one who has netcr heard or thiiitflit of the et pression. "the greatest ptod for the m'e.itesi niiinber," and who, ilote all, seems incompetent for the best iiiiiiiiij inent ot the I'nited Stltes. RAILWAY MAN'S VIEWS. Country In I'rospcrotu, mid Kooievelt Will lie Kltctiil. K. II. Ilarrimau, one of the lMst In formed railway otllciaN in tlie country, says a continuation of national pros perity is assured Recently lie sjd to a New York Herald reporter: "Conditions winch m other years caused panic ami national distress do not now exist. In all localities in Ne braska and Kansas, in the K.ist mid the Par West the locil moneyed interests are conservative. It is possible to in te-.tij,'nto with acciiniey any tiuaueial or iuilitstruil iiuestiou. the small money centers us well as the larce ones ore well supplied with funds, and this fact insures careful investment mid mini inl.es risk. There has been a slow, steady enhancement of values, anil it is still Koiii-r on." When asked for his opinion on tlie piobable outcome of the election, lie said: "It will lie Uoo-cvclt and Kalrbanks. I'.very one wants them. No one can af ford to change." Democrat Ail in Ire Roosevelt. ltmlic.il Democratic newspapers are forced to admit tliat President Ronsp telt's letter of acceptance is a strenuous presentation of the issues from a Repub lican standpoint. Uvea the Ne- York World and Denver Times commend the President's "keynote." The fact is, there is not a Democrat in tlie laud who does not admire Mr. Roosevelt's direct way of iroim: at tilings, iitnl all would vote for him if they could at the sump time re tain llieir party organization. There will Im' no real rexret iiiuoui; Democrats when Mr. Roosevelt is elected. He is ten times uioiv popular with the mass of Democracy than .Indue Parker is. Ifctnit Merchant?! Ilusy. Reports from every city in the country tell of meat activity atnoiiK the retail merchants, who arc laying in stocks nud prep. inn-' for a lively fall nud winter trade. tVhen the retail merchants are busy the country is prnsperiu;, for they depend largely on tin. workiuj; jicople for custom. Democrats who are howlinc calamity and haul times sliould retire to the Halls of Silence at l'.sopus and iimuiire tlieuuelves until the campiiiuu I- over lest they lie ciiuulfcd by tlm Re publican wave of prosperity. rarlter'a I'olitlcnt Conferenccn. it is aiiiioiiu I, with a (loutish of tiuiiipets, that Richard Oluey, who was In Piesideiit Cleveland's cabinet, lias vis ited .Indue Parker, spemlim; two hours with him nt Rosemouut. NotliiiiK is said about the visits of "blue-eyed" Hilly Sheehau of Tammany fame, who Is a near iieiuhbor of .Indue Parker, and who cm run in any time. It would take imtny pounds of Olueyism lo cure one ounce of Shcehanisin. Mr. Parker, Democratic uoiniiiee for President, has never journeyed west of Ituir.ilo, N. Y. What does he know of the rfieat West, its people, their achieve ments, their possibilities, their needs? How can he reconcile the demands of the dillereiit sections, and decide m'ont ipiestious properly and for the cood of the whole country? Of limited experi ence, a narrowed horizon, he is not com parable with Theodore Roosevelt, who lias traveled the country over, lived cist and west, knows the people, the country, nud is a President of (lie ptsiple, not con liolled by Wall street and its influences. "We arc not nnniliiilfiit of the tin niciniirnlile contribution which onr fiireluii'lnru population linn made to lliu iiitiiiililiiiK of the Kcpiibllc. Itn work mnl liilliicuce have been felt tlirouirliout the cuuiitrj', unit uiuch of all t lint in uroat noil splendid about us i the fruit of its Keiilus anil iailna try."- Si'iiuiur l''ulrb.inKl in tlie heuute, Junu nry II, IW3 Deiuocratic claims of eurryiiiK Nitv York litis rail do not appear to appeal to he class of men wiiusn money talks in tie bettim: rbiK. The KllHi.OCKJ hum: up liy a wealthy Ilrouil street broker to wiiK'er that Roosetelt carries New York lias scarcely received a ten per cent nib ble. if Democratic promises were of value it would be proper to Insist upon lesb expression of "woe" aud a little more "llflit." PROTECTION OF CITIZENS. nincrlitilnntloit tti Treatment of Nnttvc Horn ntnl Nnturulleil, DIspnMios fmin St. Peters! urc repre pint the Russian press as coniiiieutiui: In ii dared maimer upon the efforts of the I'nited States ptertiment to protect its .lewish citixen.1 in foreign couutiles. Tho .loiimal de St. Petersburg editorially chai-actPiics us '.stupofjinc" nn article in ii recent Kretich paper which professed to explain Presidi'iit Roosevelt s desll to smIii more libcrtl Irentineiit for Rus sian .lews naturalized In the I'nited States and revisltliu; Russia with pass ports as American itieiw. In his letter of tcceptanee President Roosetelt Kate nn iiithoritative m count ot the croiiuil taken by his own mlminis tr.itlou and that of President Mi Klnley ns icunnls tlie protictlon of "Aineriean citizens of foreicu lirtb, or of particu lar ci red. wbo desire t travel abroad," the phrase is minted from the letter of acceptance. It is aline as an e. imple of condensed and ne urate iiiennim:, In structive. Continuing, President Roose telt s-iys: "Russia, for liitnuo refuses to admit nud protect .lews. TuMiey refuses to ad mit and protect oertii u sects of Chris tians. Tills pivernmeat has consistently deniaiiileil eipial piiiteeion nbroad for all American citizens, tviether native or naturalized. On MnriM U7, 1SK, Secre tary Hay sent n letter of instructions to all diplomatic and consular ollloers of the Cnited States, In which he said: 'Tills department does not discriminate between native horn ami naturalized citi zens in nccorilim; tiiein protection tvinie they arc abroad, eipinh y of ireatnient IsOiik reipilre" by tho laws of the United Stall".' "liiese orders to our ncents abroad have been repeated acain and iiKain. and are treated as tlie fuiiibiineutnl rule of conduct laid down for tbi'in, pmeeoillns upon the theory 'that -cill naturalized citi ens of the I'nited State while in for elcn countries are eutltlel to and shall receive from this Kovernuieut the same protection of persons nud jroperty which is aceoriled to native born citizens. " He further declares tint ill issulnc passports the State Department never discriminates or alludes to any man's re lim'on. nnd that "in crautm; to every American citizen, native ot naturalized. Christian or .lew, tlie same passport, so far as it lias power it lnssts that nil loieicu Koveriiinents shall accept the passport as prima facie pnof tliat the person therein described Is a citizen of tlie I'nited Stales and eutltb J to protec tion ns such. It Js a stiindliK order to every American diplomatic mil consular nlllccr to protect every Anicrcaii citizen, of whatever faith, from unjust molesta tion; and our olllcers abroad have been stringently required to coniplj with this order." This enunciation of a cours. of action is backed by the cause of jllMiic. Tlie reception recently siven the American idea of religious lilieiiy in certain nuiir tprs on tlie continent of Kiu-op' attaches additional pertinence to the criticism with which Mr. Roosevelt clised that section of his letter which he devoted to the discussion of the theme. "It is a strikinc evidence." he says, "of our op ponents' insincerity in tills matter that with their demand for radical net ion by tlie State Department they couple a de mand for u reduction in our small mili tary ctiihlislimciit. Yet they must know thai the heed paid to our protests iiKaiust ill treatment of our citizens will lie ex actly proportionate to the belief ill our ability to make thes protests effective should the need ariie." PARKER'S DEFICIT SCARE. It Is Knsily I'.xplodcd liy an Appeal to Facts anil Figures. The L'Kter County candidate, labor inj: hard over .Indite Parker's speech to the faithful IK'iiioeratle editors, scissored out some statistics with which to ham mer the Republican administration. Hut while the juilce was toiliiiK over his empty sentences, "Ills eocltallve facilities Inimi'ised In ciiulliiinillty ot cogitation," his uptltude for limtres tveut on a vaca tion and he piemns, or accepted, some very queer iimiinslons, which ho cave lo the admiriuK islitors tvitli much ltoinp ami lircuuistaucc. The trouble is tliat the Ulster County politician's deficit is not a delicti at all. when it comes to realities. Tlie Re publicans delightedly accept the dial leiiKe of the Democratic candidate, for it :ives them a chaiicu to show n few sta-tlstb-s tlipinselves, ".lude Parker asserts," says a Wash iliKtoii ilispitcli to the Chicago Cliroii iele. "that there is now a delicit of 11. IHHMXNI. Instead of a surplus of $SO,U0O. IKK), tvhicli Mr. Roosevelt found on be comim: President. Roth statements are reckless, us a careful examination of the records' of the treasury will show. In rcmird to the deficit, tlie receipts ami expenditure for tlie liscal year cudiiic .Iiiiip ."., 1!0I. show an apparent tidbit of JflO.tMMMXJO in round numbers, but dminc that time tlie United States paid ,."0,(MKMMK for a Panama canul and ad vanced 'i'l. ."00,000 to the Louisiana pur chase exposition, which latter amount Is to be returned to the Kuveriiment. If Mr. Parker will deduct his uppaiPiit deli cit of if 12.000.000 from the .?.-.. .-.00,000 paid for the puriiuie of tlie Panama canal mnl the encouragement of an ex position of world-wide scope and impor tance, li would liml a balance of .si", (Miii.fMK) and upward on the other side of the ledger." Wo Have. Our Troubles, This is the attitude of the Republican parl.t In the present campaign. It is "spoilln' for a light:" it Is "blue, mouldy for want of a batln';" it is the "Crested Jayhawk of the Mountain" and can liml no "Ilald-hended Snipe of the Valley." It wants to "lake the bull by the horns" nnd can't liml the bull; It is trailing its coat-tails on the ground ami itin't liml aiiyliody to step on them. It .teams for a Kilkenny Knlr ami has dis coveied only a "sociable," We have our troubles! First Voters' Clubs. Roosevelt and Kalrbanks Klrst Vot ers Clubs aie being organlzisl in every State in tlm Union. If .ton urn a lirst voter and Intend to cast that vote for Roosevelt and Kairbnuks this fall, you ought to join one of these clubs. Kor detailed information apply to the Chair mun of your Statu Central Committee, WUyr The last four years of Democratic rule that we bad should bi a warning to the people not to repeat tho experi ment. At the end ot Mr. Cleveland's second mlnilnistrntioti the public credit bad been loitered, the revenues were do clinlnj:, the public debt was crowing. ! bor was iiucmplo.tcil ami business was paral.ted. The election of McKlnley In Ih'.Hi tinusfoimcd this condition into one of universal piospcrit.t which has continued till the present time. Wilt Invite another pet hid of business ilepreis lion V CONVENTION OF CLUBS. I.on Itnteof Fare Secured by l.enijiicr for ItiitliiiinpoH Mcctlnu. A I the icipti'st of the otllccis of the National Republican l.e.icue. who are woikluc up inteiest in the convention of Republican Clubs at Indianapolis. Oct. ." and 11, the Central Passencer Associa tion lias conceded u rate from all isilnts In thu territory of the association of one fare plus '," ceuls for the round tiip, Tho spIIIiik dates are Oct. I, ii and l! and tlie trtiiru limit Oct. !, thus cnnbliiiK a tisit to St, Louis. It was n-ji-eeil that these fares should be tendered other us nidations east nud west. No card or tiers or certitleatfs mo leipiired on the dates mentioned. President Momv ot tho National l.eauue. after consultim; with President C. W. McCiilre of the Indiana Icamie, and representatives of the Illinois oiynn ization, ictiiiued to Pliilmlel)biii. He said the organization of ltepulillcnn clubs was behiK pushed with vljtor and that an utteiuhiuee. of at least t.lHK) dele Kates from the various Stale nud terri torial leiiKUes was epected nt Indian apolis, lleailipiarters will be opened at the Denlson Hotel in that city at once. The Lc.ie.ue men ale especially pleased with the low rates of faie secured, and anticipate larise audiences to hear Secre taries Shaw and Tuft and Senators Kair- baiiks and ItcvcrhlKc, mid Hon. (Icoi'in A. Knlsht of Callfoinia. DEMOCRAT'8 ADMISSION. I'nrkor'a Party Afraid to Htnuil on Its I'll rit Hecoril. John It. Stnnehlield. one of the lenders of the New York Democracy, said in a speech at Schenectady. "Tliey (I lie tlemiierats) do nut stand en their past, but lliey tiresent a lite luter oietiltinll of llle Usui's." Truly, the Deiuocratic party does not stand on its past. It dares not stand on Its past on its advocacy of free colnnce of silver, on its demand for the liauliiiK down of the tint; in the Philip pines, on thu business paralysis that marked the last period dining which the Democratic party was in control or the Kov'eriiiueiit; on its declaration thai the war for the preservation of the I'lilon was a failure, on all the bluuderiiiK op position of which its history is a con tinuous record, Thu Democratic party does not and dares not stand uikiii its rccoul, because its record would discredit the most en ticim; promises that it could make. Aa to Maine. Ami did you hear the news from Maine? Kioin .Mn Inc. Maine. Maine! She went bell bent for Uoteruur Kent, And Tippecanoe, anil Tyler, Km. And so in this year 1IMM she has cone this Maine of ours on the side of the Republican parly, mid oh, hasn't gone half way yet! It is good to conlemplate the milliner in which she will conduct herself in Not ember. Maine is peopled with Americans, with the descendants of those who wrenched tlie wilderness Into chili. itlon on this loiitineut. Very acute and sensible are the Kreat-Krhnilchlldreii totcrs or Maine. They have expressed themselves. A Hear (lunril Action. Already in the presidential ampalgu of 'this year thu Democrats arc lighting u "rear-guard acilon." The Russian icu. Kuropntklii has his troubles and has been lighting rear-guard actions for .some time, but bis condition is good us compared with the condition of the pres ent leaders of the Democratic party. The Democracy is lighting a "rem guard nption." and about the only trou ble the Republicans linve in the premises Is that there will not be fun enough in thu campaign, liven tlie "rear-guard ac tion" uppears to be about over. Vlocktnic to the I'oputlst Candidate. Hryan's bitter denunciation of Par ker is beating fruit. Dispatches from several States report that the Nebras kan's admirers nro Hocking to the Popu list standard. Some of Judge Pniker's close friends are accusing Itryuu of di rectly inspiring the desertion of such men as Meliiu (J. Palliser, the New York leader or the Itryau forces. Tka Astute Mr. Watson. Candidate Watson knows a tiling or two. He calls Roosevelt the "genuine article" nnd Parker the "spurious sub stitute." Rollicking Tom need not be alarmed for the republic. Tim voters will never he fooled by something "just as good" from the pack of the Itinerant statesmun of Wolfert's Roost. Bore HIrii of Confidence. The price of railway shines on the New York Stock Kxchange Is steadily nilvanclng, which is a sure Indication tint railway tratllc is good. It also Is n sign tliat holders of stocks are coulideut there will be no change in tlie national policies which have m ado good times i or the whole country. A sound ami stuble currency, good nt pur in all countries, is a badge of na tional honor and a. source of individual profit. Kor this condition the Ameilcau people arc indebted to tile party tliat has a I ways stood for maintaining the public credit and a sound currency. Under the Republican policy of pro tection our mnniiftictitrcil products have become oiie-tlilrd o'f those or the civil ized world, and American workmen se cure almost double the pay for their inlxir that simllar cr countries. labor receives in oth- A young mini about to cast his vote should Identify hiiuselr with party of progress. Why should he lirst the alb- himself with a party that has to go back n hundred jears to liml something to talk about.' Kxperienco ban shown that the public credit and the national currency arc absolutely safe in tho hands of the Re publican party. Why risk entrusting them to it party tliat lias never shown any capacity for managing them? The record of the Republican party is one of things dune und pledges ful filled; that of thu Democratic party Is one of the tblucs promised und pledge I broken, BROKEN PROMISE CASES. Have Not the People C.rnmul" for Ibttuniics Aantnst Democracy? A Denver man has sued a restaurant for damaging his stomach. He sats the I ipstaur.iut solicited palromigu on the ground that it sertcd good food, but that the promise was not fnllllleil. The fiod, he asserts, caused stomach trou ble, from which he suffered greatly, and he fixes his damages at several thou Hind dollars. This case will be watched with Inter est, for it opens a new Held in the dam age suit line. It Is usually easy to so lum compensatory damages for losses caused by broken promises, when the plaintiff lias u written contract to back up his demand, or If be bus witnesses to a terbal contract, bin it is not iiIwii.vm possible to secure redress when tlm promise is of such a nature as Is alleged to have been made bj the Denver res taurant. Suppose tho Denver mini had won bis cave. An utalaiicbe of dauiage suits, might follow. Rusiuess men who forget engagements, girls who wait vainly for levels i hit fall to come, borrow pis who neglect to repay small loans, politicians who promise ami forget, and sililiciil parties which bid for totes ami never meet their obligations all thcM' might be liable for damages If the Denver plaintiff's suit is sustained And what u mountain of cases might lie idled ii ugaiust Democracy if the statute of limitations did not ptote to be a bar! Who will ever forget tho ttoe nnd misery, the distress and slnrvn tlou that camp with the Diuioeratle ilajs of IN:t to IMI7? Industries languished nud trade ami commerce generally weie paralyzed. Millions or wugo earners wcie fit In r reiiileted idle or put oil short time. The streets of the cities SMIII'lllcd with Ulieinplii.ted. and soup-houses were (stablished to feed the hungry. Once happy homes were turned into plnccs of squalor, where hunger pirn lied mothers sat trying to still the ciies or ill-uour-lsheil babes, and wbcie gaunt, sutikeu e.ted iiicii hroodtsl titer their iualillil) to obtain work And what caused these distressing conditions? tu the campaign of IH'.IU Demoi racy was latish with promises. The Republican polity of protection was a great evil, the Democratic platfoim said. The people were urged to try flee trade or n tut 1 IT for leteuue only, liicut blessings would follow abolition of u protective tnrllT, Democracy said. The people were misled bj these promises nud .rover Cleteland was elected. Then came the (lormau-Wilsou tariff bill and with It general depression nud pimick.t conditions. These conditions prevailed until the Dlngiey act went into effect, and a huge wave or Republican pros perity began to cngnlf the country. If the Denver man has grounds for redress, hate nut the miliums who suf fered by reason of Deinocraey's vision ary and broken promises just grievance? Their uioiiPtary losses were enormous and their suffeiiugs hc.tond financial reparation. And Demoerac.t is again making prom ises. Will tho victims or l.S!i:t-7 listen to tlie political sirens ho are singing the snug of nilu, in houe.M'il words nud beguiling tones? .Nul if they stop and consider the past. Demoerac.t has iiolhiug but its past 1 1 cord to st.md on, and th.it record is st i civil Willi heaps of broken plomlses, blasted hopes, dismantled factories, throttled industries of all kinds, bank nipt stores and wrecks and ruins gener ally. No candidate 1 greater than his party, mid it is a eeitiiiuty that If Parker sliould. by mi) chance, bo elected his aduiiiiistrutiou would be Democratic, (mil Democracy never has conferred a real benefit on the people, Mnuy People "from Missouri," it is now said the Parker gold tele gram is a my til. tliat Parker sent no such message lo Si Louis, nud that it was concocted liy Sheeluiii ami Dill in the hope or winning the support of gold Democrats. There are a great iiiaiiy people "Iroin Missouri" who will have to lie shown the original telegram before they will believe it was genuine, but they are mainly Itryauites. However, if tlie telegram was nut il injth, It cer tainly was an afterthought. The Policy of Kllenrc. A fiernian proierb says "speech Is silver, silence Is gold." The Democratic party certainly lias come out for gold if that means silence on the money iiues tiou, and it certainly has gone back on sliver, if that means any speech positive ly committing it to friendliness to nuy banc system of liniiuce. When tte increase our population we increase our national revenues In pro portion. Unless we reduce tlie rate of tat.ition we would double our national revenues if tte doubled our population. As President Roosevelt said in Ids mes sage: "The western half of the United States would sustain a population greater than that of our whole country to-day, if the waters tliat now run to wuMc were saved ami used for irrigation." The annual report on the coal industry of Illinois, furnished by the State bu reau of statistics, shows that miners were never so prosperous as under tlm MeKiu ley nud Roosevelt administrations, Tlie pual output or the Slate now is nearly twice what it was under Clevelaiul; l.", (KM) more men are employed than siv years ago, am) wages are mily ."10 per cent, higher than in ISP7. "It may mell be that our opponents have no real intent ion of putt In i; their promise to ulve Filipinos Independ ence! Intoed'ect. If this Is the case. If, In other words, they urr Insincere in the promise ther make, It in only nec essary to Hay ugnln that It Is unwise to trust iu?ii wbo lire false In ono tliluif to (leut with anything." Uooseteli's let. tor of uccrpt ince. When the Industries of the country prosper coal Is in demand ami miner's et their full share or the general pros-peril-. When the mills nud fiietories close or work on short time ror lack or orders, railway trallle fulls oil' and the mining industry suffers. Miners are us much interested in maintaining the Re publican policy of protection as any other class of tvorklngtnen, The value or tiirm lands has been ma terially enhanced by rural free delivery. This increase of value has been esti mated as high as .$, per acre in some States. A moderate estimate Is from $1! to ?ll per acre. Kor the rapid de velopment of rural free delivery tlie fnrillt'u ura In, lull. ,u1 .1... 1, j.....l.t - '""'"'"i is . "VDUUIICUU 1 party. THE UNDERGROUND LINE. Virttio relgua supremo to-day about l'.sopus; It Is purged of nil thnt jnr the proper mind. The thing thnt'a most conspicuous 'round Ksopus Is tjwj absence of the peanut tatlnjt And vm the air Hint circulates nt Hose mount Nut a plutocratic odor can be found: Hut the public still .suspects thcre'a something doing In the subway to ground, Ksopus, under In the cold and shady distance they'r remaining, Wily Davu and wicked August nil nlone. Their base presence no more casts a dark relied Ion In the limelight that descends nroiiml (he throne; Kor the candidate's declared he ncrcr knew ibeiii; lie repeats it while the white robed nro around; ; Then he coyly turns one ear to eai'tli anil listens I To Instruction from the subway under ground. Ami Angust Willie' serenely (ocr at the iMvy, Ami Dave looks bark ami wiiiks other eye; And nil the while they keep right) on nr- ranging Tlie place aud st.tle of cadi nj In m in the pie. "Yes, it Is a trllle lonesome, till seelu- nlon," Says August, "but you bet the plan i wound. ) Knr Dave and I ain't longin' In be Imo dium. " Then they lilt the trail for Ros. .mount under ground. (.arret Smith In New York Tri SUGGESTIONS TO DEMOCR Orcnl Thniiuhts of Orent Deinucri Should lie Widely Circulated. The Deiuocratic parly is Isiasting the tact that in this ciitiip.iign it sending out u great number of tons of litcialure, though why literature should lie sent out by the Democratic parly no one can umlerstauil. Upon second thought, though, it must lie admitted, as a in a I let- of fairness in speaking of pi oplc who vote tlie Democratic ticket, that ipilte a number of them can read. However, this is merely a suggestion to the men whose business it is to bundle the Democratic campaign of education. 'I'o he consistent they must keep up die camp, i gu lies. In their tons of lit er.ilure they must lirst reiterate the falsehood or Senator Hailey of Texas, when Im dcelareil in a recent speech that the President advocated lynching as a punishment for stealing. 'limy should issue a few million ' pamphlets advocating the attitude of Democracy's great representative, Champ Clark, in assuming that when some one In tlie inidlen Ils.igrces with tlm speaker on the platform it is tlm prerogative of the speaker, after lilt speech is over, to cut tlie throat of tho objector from ear to ear. There is an old saying that a lie well stuck to Is ns gimil as the truth. It is mil a sound proposition, but there is in it a suggestion as to what the Demo crats might do with their money in cir culating campaign literature. , It is to be hoped that they will be grateful for these suggestions, but the chances are ten to one that they won't. CATHOLIC PAPER BOlTS- Sunday Detnocrut, of Now York. Pre fers Itonsevalt to Parker. The Sunday Democrat of New York, one of the oldest IrlNh-Ainerlcan nnd Culliolic journals of the United States, has ileelnreil for Roosevelt. It sayn edi torially; "Kor more limn thirty years. In polltlm! Htoiin ami sunshine, tlie Sunday Democrat bus supported the Democratic party, uitro caled Its principles and siistulued Its can didates. During nil that period It lma rendered tiibuilile sen Ice to the party. "To day, billeting Hint murage to entry out Hip const Ii hi Ion and laws of this coun try In a fciulcHH mid just manner sliould lie realized mnl iipini'cluted, and fppllDK ciiullileiil rioin Ills netbiiiH In the past tlist Hie luleiests of our people will be best served hv Ids election, this Journal has ouebiiled In lend Its support to Tlu'odorc ItiioM'ielt for I'uslileiit of the Unl(ct) Slates." The Flirty for Tounc Men, Kdward Hocli, Republican nominee for (Jovernur or Kansas, In tin address at Marion, in that State, said: "Rut now Ihesn vociferous gentlemen have suddenly discovered that the gold" standard Is all right, and their candi date for President blandly uiinounccB nun innt iitestiuu is "irrevocably set tled.' Young men should join a party that. espouses good principles and poli ties nt I lie beginning, ami not n party Hint opposes every good thing until it in 'irrevocably settled' against It, Bud then tags along with a belated npprovul of all that it had stubbornly opposed." I sine. Us The Issue In u Rylloulstlc Nutshell. In one crisp sentence of eight wonl or Ills letter of acceptance President Roosevelt has given tho lirst premise for a conclusive syllogism: Klrst Premise -"A PAHTY KIT TO COVI5RN MUST I1AVK' CONVIC TIONS." Second Premise The Democratic parly from Judge Parker down to Torn Taggart bus no convictions. CONCLUSION Therefore the Denio- rath- parly is not tit to govern. And there you have the process of reasoning mat will decide this election. Trust MiiRiintc for Parker. A billionaire club will raise a Pnrkcr and Davis silk campaign banner at ( I rent Neck. N. Y. Tlm pint, i. ...- poM'd of Wall street and trust niagnat Cord Meyer, chairman of thu New Yt weiiiocriitle suite Committee, is dent of Little Neck. He Hasn't Loafed. The American Secretary of State ban n eco m pi I shed nliont nil thut has been at tained liy tlm great diplomats of the world within the last four or live yearn. In other words, John Hay hasn't doue any "hmuu' round the Throne." Democrats Jlclicve Roosevelt. During tlie lust session uf Congress Democratic Senator arose in Ills plac nud said: "When the President nfnruji that this government had no part in Uia I revolt ot Puuamn, that nettles it, ho fM u lie Is concerned. I beliert klso," I otgjflA ill en. ork rcai- 'jA.mw -a f ytM V" I liau sv 4, V .