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FOR REVENUE ONLY
A DEMOCRATIC POLICY AND
HOW IT WORKS IN, PRACTICE.
The Wilson Tariff' I.rnr and It Bin
pen4olia unit Dlsnatrntii Failure,
with Four Yenra of Accompany lint
liualneaa Disaster,
The Democratic policy ha often been
announced n 1r "A TARIFF FOU
REVENUE ONLY." Arid what thl high
sounding policy always In practice has
produced Is DIMINISHING REVENUE
AND INCREASING DEFICIT.
Tho great business ilttirrtiloii which
overtook tho country during the lr.t
Democratic administration wni due not
merely to -the mitl-protectlon features of
Democratic tnrlrf tinkering, but to the
very aerions falling off In government
revenues which It occasioned.
WJien there Ik n "condition of uncer
tainty nml Instability" In business, which
Mr. Parker himself hn ndmltted follow
ed past attempt In the tnrlff tinkering
line, the import, of certain clnses- of
J dutiable goods re always sure to fall "ft
even with the decreased tariff, for the
reason that the people consume less for
lien luxuries iu hard times than in good.
With the foreigners Hooding tho Ameri
can market with articles that cm just
as well be produced by American labor,
our own people naturally have less linair
clal moans with which to buy foreign
laces, silks, teas, wines, perfumes, dia
monds, workH of nrt, etc.
A n revenue-producing meanre the
Wilson tariff law was a stupendous fail
ure. Ub author showed colossal busl
lie. lneoiiiMtcnce In their failure to
make it supply nnywlicrc near the
amount of revenues required to meet the
expenses of the government. The reve
nue from the Vllon bill fell short of the
estimates of it Democratic frnmers by
"no less n sum than $87,000,000. und
this, including its sugar lmiort tax. to
which many of the Democratic (ciders,
Including President Cleveland hiiuclf,
liad been bitterly opposed. This Mil not
only did direct damage to manufacturing
' industry everywhere throughout the
country, but It had disastrous effects on
tho nation's credit, because in causing
the revenues to drop heavily below the
expenditures it forced the government to
draw for Its routine expenses on the
treasury gold reserve, which was needed
to preserve the gold standard of value,
nnd this shrinkage In the gold reserve In
turn necessitated the enormous Isind Is
Plies iu which syndicates secured their
notorious "rake-offs."
All through 1801 trade demoralization
Inci eased, nud the government revenues
for the lirt six months of the year turn
ed out to be nlwut $10,000,000 less thnu
tho Democratic Secretary of the Treas
ury, Sir. Carlisle, had estimated they
would be In his resrt of December,
18911. Nevertheless the Democratic lend
ers failed to heed the. warning, but went
ahead with their free trade tariff bill
without pajlng the slightest nttcntlon to
whether or not the bill could produce
enough revenue for running the govern
ment. Davis Looks Out for Ilia Ovrn Revenue,
The House of Representative not only
etruck off the Import taxes on coal. Iron
ore. and wool, which were exclusively
protective duties, and therefore logical
subjects for revision, from the Demo
cratic stnndpolut, but it refused to con
tinue the sugar duties, which were a
revenue tnx of the most productive char
acter. The Sennte, through the Influ
ence of II. Q. Davis, now the Demo
cratic vice presidential candidate. hoe
vast fortune was represented chiefly in
coal lands, replaced the duty of 40 cents
per ton on coal, which was nn utterly
insignificant source of national revenue,
but it restored only such part of the
sugar duties ns could play directly into
the hands of the sugar trust. Consid
ered merely ns n law contrived to pro
duce sufficient revenue, the Senate bill
was undoubtedly superior to the House
bill. The Senate sugar tariff, It I true,
products! eventually hardly one-half as
much revenue as had been yielded by the
sugar tnrlff of 1883, but there was never
theless collected from this source, iu the
first full year under the amended Wilson
net. the sum of $20,800,000, none of
which revenue would have been obtained
by the government under the House bill's
free-sugar provisions. Hut the public
refused for very obvious reason to give
the frnmew of the Sennte amendments
iiuy credit for this achievement. On the
ve of the passage of the Wilson bill
in tho tipper house it wns discovered that
several Democratic Senators, whose
votes controlled action on the sugar du
ties, wero speculating In Wall street in
sugar trust stock. Tho angry public
clamor over these disclosures was follow
ed by nn open letter from President
Cleveland to IiIh supporters iu the House,
declaring tho senatorial change to be
"outrageous discriminations and viola
tions of principle" an assertion which,
In view of the platform of the majority,
was certainly not unwarranted. From
tho floor of tho Senate, the Democratic
leaders retorted publicly with much
abow of indignation. When, finally,
lifter a long and stubborn struggle, the
Beuato tariff bill prevailed uitd passed
both houses, President Cleveland refused
to put his name to it, and left tho bill
to become o law without his signature.
From Unit to Worse,
Tho result of this haphazard reckoning
on the rcvenuo was u law which never
produced a surplus. Kvcn with Its sugar
Import tar the yield of the Sennte bill,
Jn tho succeeding year, fell short of tho
estimate of Its authors by no less a sum
than $87,000,000. For thla exceedingly
ill-timed miscalculation, tho Democratic
Kitty-third Congress is properly held re
sponsible for the necessity of subsequent
boml issues, It is true that both houses
Jind added to tho 1)111 n tax of two per
cent on Incomes over $1,000, and in n
vague, indefinite, way had reckoned that
tho-product of this tnx would make good
whatever deficiencies might arise from
other schedules. Tho income tux did not
etninl the test .or examination by tho
United States Supreme Court, ami no
public revenue was ever derived from it.
Even after the Income tax was knock
ed out bi tho Supreme Co.irt, nnd even
after it was fully demonstrated that the
Wilson law was a stupendous failure as a
producer of revenue, the Democratic par
ty in Congress refused to amend It so
that It could produce enough revenue.
The saying, "Millions for defense, bnt
not una cent for tribute," in this case
might have been expressed, "Mlllloiia of
cost to the country in increasing deficit
nud loss of credit rather than one cent
of protection to any industry In which
Democratic lonlrrs themselves did not
happen to hare some personal financial
intercut, like .il and sugar."
WHEN NERO PliAYEI) A FID
DLE WHILE HOME BURNED HE
SHOWED NO MORE UTTER IN-
D1FFEIIENCE TO THE INTERESTS
OF HIM COUNTRY THAN THE
LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY IN CONORESS DID IN
THAT DISTRESSFUL YEAR 1801
WHEN THEY PLAYED PETTY
POLITICS. AND ALSO THE MAR
KET FOR SUOAR STOCK. AND
WITH 1ILIND INDIFFERENCE TO
A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT
WAS ALREADY DANGEROUS,
PUSHED 'IX) ITS PASSAGE A
RILL THAT IN TURN WAS TO
PUSH THE NATION TO THE VERY
VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY.
Tha Mono Instead of the Loaf.
The one single proffer of relief from
the Wilson bill deficit during tho entire
session of the Fifty-third Congress, Dem
ocratic In Uth branches, was a bill ill
lectlng the treasury to coin and uso the
?."."i,(KH).000 "selgiilorngo" theoretically
acquired by the government iu buying
slUer at the market price and paying it
out in nvr-v-lued silver dollar.
This bill was a case of offering to the
financially distressed nation a "tone
when n loaf was askod for, for with the
gold reserve crumbling to pieces owing
to the increasing desire of persons ap
picheiidlug a slump to the silver basis
to exchange paper and silver money for
gold, nud owing to the encroachments of
the government Itself uxu tho gold re
serve because of tho increasing deficit,
It was obviously a case of trying to sup
ply the straw to break the camel's back
to furnish this additional load of silver
for the gold reserve to carry at a parity
with gold.
Hut what did the Democratic Con
gress care IT the seigniorage bill was to
further divuiigc the credit of the coun
try? Ncer for a moment did the Dem
ocrats are to go back on free trade,
even to prevent a deficit ill the treas
ury, mill never for a moment did they
care to go back on free silver, even to
prevent the fatul consequences to the
patiuunl credit that the increasing dehclt
Involved.
The selunlorage bill, however, wn for
tunately vetoed by President Cleveland,
who on Hit; silver question at least was
right while his party Was wrong, nnd to
whom credit Is duo for refusing to con
cede anything to the free silver senti
ment during the same period when Al
ton II. Pinker and Henry O. Davis were
both actively aiding and abetting free
silver with their money and with their
votes.
Vindictive Treatment of the Pros
perity (loose.
The Democratic party during those
four years acted us If it delllierately
sought to kill the goose that lays the
golden egg of prosMrity. It was a case
of give the goose n hit In the head with
u big stick, then iu order to ward off
iiuy returning sign of animation, a more
severe hit, tills time iu the heart; and
then, lest there should be a few sparks
of vitality left, a violent kick with the
foot, and then another, and then another.
And there Is nothing iu the Democratic
platform this year, or Iu the personal
records of the Democratic candidates,
Messrs. Parker and Davis, to suggest
that lh Democratic party would not
again attempt the killing of the prosper-
It goose, if it gut the chance.
The Democrats want reduction Iu the
tariff, but unhos they should pursue a
niggardly, drastic policy of cutting down
present expenditures iu furtherance of
the honor and prosperity of the nation,
they would need every bit of the present
revenues from the tariff to make both
end meet. However, even by pursu
ing n policy of ultra niggardliness in ex
penditures for the miblic good, extrav
agance iu other ways, coupled with their'
tariff revision jsilicy, would probably
more than neutralize such saving nud
necessitate large bond issues. Why should
the Intelligent voter of the United
States give the Democratic party the
slightest chance to allow history to re
peat itself in another doleful chapter of
incompetence, scandal, business disaster
and hard times for all classes of people?
Parker nud Davis leloug to the same
school ns Cleveland as regards free trade,
except that Davis has been a protection
ist when protection to himself through n
high tariff on coal was involved. Hut
as regard free silver, neither of them
showed the moral strength thnt Cleve
land showed In trying to prevent the
prosperity of the country from being ut
terly crushed for while Cleveland
fought free silver, nnd fought It hard,
Parker mid Davis both voted for it.
Parker nml the Trusts.
Trust magnate having furnished the
funds to carry on Parker's campaign,
will now lie relegated to the rear. How
ever, Cord Meyer of the sugar trust and
other representatives of grasping corpo
rations have such u hold on the Demo
cratic candidate that they will continue
to control him. Their relegation to the
rear is merely a "blind" to deceive the
people. When Parker visited New York
lie told his managers he did not wish
his remarks on the trusts "queered," nnd
that during tho remainder of the cam
paign the magnates who have been pa
rading nnd jubilating over his nomina
tion should be less open iu their demon
strations of Joy. He further said he
could not get close to the people ns long
ns tho trust magnates openly shouted for
him. What the Judge meant wns that
his wealthy sponsors should "keep dark"
until nfter election, when they could
come to the front again.
Probably tho i;rcntcHt It arm ilona by
vnat wen till la the hiirni thnt wo of
moderate mean do ourselves whea rrc
let tho vices of envy mid hatred outer
deep Into our own iinturc." Krora
Itjosevelt' pcoti ut Prutldvnco, it. I,, Austut
23rd, 1002.
Under the lend of the Republican
party nearly nil of tho time for over
forty years the United States, from be
ing n third-class power among the na
tions, has become Iu every respect tlrt.
The poorer clnssoaof frotuiv llllt
crnto are used to condition with
which, happily, our worlcineii nro nn-fnmlllor."-jnBlur
Fairbanks lu '.Ijo Souate,
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BACKED BY THE TRUSTS.
Tlio Democratic Cnah-Iinx la Receiv
ing Liberal Contributions.
The trusts long ago recognized Presi
dent Roosevelt us a dangerous foe to ille
gal monos)lies. If the money power of
the United States could have defeited
Roosevelt's nomination nt the Chicago
convention it would have hastened t do
so. It naw-, iu time, that the peoplelhad
set their hearts upon Roosevelt's cjndl
dacy, nnd, leaving the Republicans oit of
the case, they turned to the Democrats.
Iu .Tiulgo Parker they found, apparently,
a man of that cast of mind which toler
ate questionable behavior, procrasti
nate decisive action, nnd leans to prece
dent so strongly as to balk ndvuneeJ-the
ey man for the giant trusts to play
with.
When Judge Parker's speech of accept
ance was read, his remarks upon the
trusts wero anxiously senned by the peo
ple. DIiipMliitiucut came to'those who
were not already awake to the actual na
ture of David Henuett Hill's manipula
tions In connection with tho nomination
of Parker.
"Walt till we see where the trusts put
their money," wild one wavering Inde
pendent, not yet willing to give up the
hope of a Democratic fiflit upon illegal
trusts.
There was not long to wait. It is n
matter of public knowledge that the
great trusts are pouring money into th
Democratic cHiupaigu treasury. The to
bacco trust, the sugar triit. the oil trust,
tho New York trnuspor itlon trust, nil
are known to have contjlhuted liberally
to Helmont's treasure cht. These com
binations of cup! tnl well! know how and
when to he liberal, itiey see In the
election Df Parker thelrionly protection
against a straightforward, courageous
clilef executive who Mill enforce the
United States laws for the control of
combinations of capital nud illegal mo
nopolies. The trusts do not wjnt Roosevelt for
President. The great combinations of
capltnl have delicato siiMeptibllltles when
it comes to their Immsllnto or remote
prospect for gain. Hit money cannot
carry the presidential eectlou. The cer
tainty thnt the trusts, are working for
Parker will only semi luudreds of thou
sands of voters to the jolls to cast their
ballots for Roosevelt, i Their own em
ployes will vote ng'ilnw the cnmlidnte of
the trusts. Judge Parlor's shuflling sen
tences about a iioij-xlsteut "common
law" and Its possible Healings with the
ti lists gave the American people their
first "jar" as to tho iition of tho Dem
ocratic nominee on tils question. Tho
heavy contributions tho trusts to the
Parker campaign fujd havo completed
the awakening ns to the attitude of the
great combination (ml monopolies in
this presidential elecoin.
rarkcr may wen
fiy, in this connec-
tlou, as well a in t
c cnntemplntlon of
most of his close niociates, "Save me
from my friends! "
Per Cnpitn Coatlif (fovcrnnient.
Democrnt nro cjculatlng tho state
ment that the per fiplta cost of main
taining the government of the United
States is greater tljui iu any other one
of the leading coilitrles. This is not
tine. In New enljud, tho cost of gov
ernment to each liiiabltant Is highest,
it Is $S.;8. Iu Australia it is $;17.00;
in the United Kligdom, $21.30; in
France. $17.81; Haitlum, $17.-10; Para
gnay, $17.S0; Austiia Hungary, $12.08;
Argentina, $l2.tW; Cuba, SILVIO; Neth
erlands. $11.10: Piftugnl, $U.ir; Spain,
$10.00; Sweden, $951; German Empire,
JSl.l.'i: Canada. $'J30. In tho United
States the per etaita cost of govern
incut is $7.0 1.
Tho Fnvlijjs-ltatik Teat.
Iii 1W10, wlicij MeKlnley wns first
elected, there wqja OSS savings banks;
now thero nro 1J78, an Increaso of 10
percent. In 1S0I1 lie number of depositors
in savings bankfcwa f,00r,-l0t and tho
total dcuoslts S1J07.000.000: in 1003 the
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number of dojKisitors had Increased to
7,.':or,.SS. and the deposit to $'MWn,000,
000, an Increase in round numbers of
$l.O'JS,OOO,O0O. As deposits in savings
bank nre mainly by wage earners and
persons of moderate mean the great In
crease in the number of depositors nnd
the aggregate desists indicates general
prosperity the result of Republican pol
icies and administration.
ASSAILING THE TARIFF.
Democrats Seem Determined to Force
a lllaturhina lastie.
Sign Increase that the Democratic
leaders are determined to force the tariff
issue to the front iu the presidential cam
paign. Willie Republicans will welcome
the discussion of this question, well
knowing that It Is sure to add iuan
thousands of votes to their majorities,
they cannot but regret the selection of
the tariff ns the main issue, because of
the unfortunate influence it will have up
on the business Interests of the country.
So far this year the presidential cam
paign has not blocked business nud finan
cial activity. Affairs proceed as usual.
In all lines of business there Is n hope
fulness nnd confidence which is most en
couraging. Hut if the country Is to be
confronted with iniother visitation of tar
iff revision agitation, with even a re
mote chance of success in the election,
there Is Innind to be a great slump in
the industrial world nud a corresponding
depression In nil business interests.
It is well remembered what happened
ten years ago, when, ns President Roose
velt puts it, "the last attempt was made
by means of lowering the tariff to pre
vent sonic people from prospering too
much. The attempt wns entirely suc
cessful. The tariff law of that year was
among the causes which in that year
and for some time afterwards effectually
preveuted nnybody from prospering too
much, and labor from prospering nt nil.
Undoubtedly it would be possible nt the
present time to prevent any of the trusts
from remaining praK;rou by the simple
expedient of making such n sweeping
change in the tariff as to paralyze the
industries of the country."
The people of the United State will
not soon court again the destruction and
panic of 1&0JI. Once Is enough for one
generation. There will be a tremendous
vote against tariff legislation by the
Democrats.
The confidence of the country may
stand even throughout a tariff revision
campaign, but It is risking a good deal
to raise that issue in the manner con
templated. They, however, have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose. They
liave got to havo something to stand
upon, nnd complete fnlluro iu every other
attack made upon the Republican pod
tlon has driven them upon the tnriff ns
n standing outpost of Republicanism
wlilch can always be assailed, when
nothing else affords n convenient target,
Ilryan'a Nnme Cheered.
It is not believed the Hon. Charles
A. Towne was very much humiliated at
Fort Wayne, Ind., when his audience
Wildly cheered mention of Hryoii's name
and remained silent when Parker's naiuo
was spoken. Mr. Towne was once a
leader of Sllverites who went to New
York from Duliith, beenmo counsel for
corporations and is now campaigning iu
behalf of the candidate of the trusts.
Though Towno ostensibly deserted Hryun
for business reasons, ho is believed to
bo still an ardent admirer of tho Ne
braskau. Ono of the Incidental benefits of Re
publican rule is tho general Improvement
In tho condition of tho roads traversed
by rural free delivery carriers. This is
particularly truo in Western States,
whero the Improvement was most
needed.
Tho New York Herald has printed n
facslinllo of Judge Parker's gold tele
gram. It should furnish n companion
pleeo by printing n facsimile of his silver
ballot Iu 1S00 or 1000.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
A Man of Action, Who Cr.n lie Relied
on In Kmeruenclcs.
Theodore Roosevelt occupies a unique
position In the estimation of the Ameri
can people. It is not that other men in
public life nre not honest, or earnest or
incorruptible these qualities arc not
rare. It is that Mr. Roosevelt comlfiues
them in an unusual way. He is possess
ed of great physical vitality and mental
energy; he h.i.s of his own taste nml Ills
own motion entered into various occu
pations that have put him in touch and
sympathy with nil classes of men, high
and low. When he was n ranchman he
made the cowlsiys his friends so that
when he became a soldier they clamored
to be of his regiment. He became Police
Commissioner in New York, not for "the
money there was iu it." ns was the cus
tom iu New York, but to pp that certain
abuses wrre remedied. They were rem
edied in spite of the opposition of other
members of the Itoard. He became As
sistant Secretary of the Navy iu order
to carry out certain plans of naval pro
gtess. He enlisted III the Spanish war
from pntriotic motives nnd made a roe
ord. He was elected Governor of New
York on account of his public services
and wns nominated for Vice President
against his own wishes for the same
reason. In nil these positions and as
President of the United States he has
done his duty fearlessly nnd honestly.
The people have learned to regard him
ns n man of action; ns a man who does
things, and who can be relied on in nn
emergency, in common phrase he is
regarded as a man "who will 'do to tie
to."
Against such a record as this the neg
ative record of n man who 'has done
nothing but write legal opinions nnd In
dorse Democratic platforms amounts to
nothing. As a man of executive ability
and of action Judge Parker is "not in
it."
Legislative I.unJraarks.
Some of the lnndmnrks of historic
legislation created during President
Roosevelt's administration nre: (1) Tin
law for the civil government of the Phil
ippine: (2), Corporate legislation, chief
of wlilch I that creating the Department
of Commerce nnd Lnlior, with broad
power, which, iu the nature of things,
must steadily grow; CD. Cuban reciproc
ity, conferring material benefits on both
Cuba and the United States; (-1), The
treaty and Inwn that make the Panninn
cnnol a certainty: (TO, The law for the
Irrigation of the arid lauds of the great
West.
Against thee accomplished result dur
ing one administration of the party that
does things, the Democratic party lias
nothing to offer lnt empty words and
high-sounding promises.
If our opponents enrtio into power
nnd attempted to carry out their
promises to the Filipino hy tjlvlnn
them independence, and withdrawing
Amerlcnii control from the islands,
t'ie result nuld he frlRhtful calamity
to the Filipinos themselves, and In Its
larRsr aspect would amount to nn In
ternational crime. Anarchy would
follow) and the moat violent anarchic
forces would bedlrccted partly aualnst
the civil Bovernmcnt, partly naninst
alt forms of religions and cdiicatlonul
civilization, liloody conflicts would
Inevitably ensue iu tho archipelago,
and Just as Inevitably the islands
would become the prey of the first
power which In its own aslflsh interest
took up thotnak wc had ernvenly ubnu
tloilcd." Koowvell'i letter of iicreptuLce.
Tawart'. Prophecies,
A tiji to Republicans: Don't be scared
by Chairman Taggart'b prophecies or
claims regarding the political outlook. In
1S01, when he was chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee In In
diana, he claimed tho State by 10,000
votes up to the night before tho elec
tion. The next day the Republican, cur
ried it by -10.000 plurality.
YOUNG MAN !
Youaf man, what makes the natiiMi
great?
Not mart or boundary or state,
Not argosies that sweep the sea
'Tis none of these that make ns free;
Tis none of thwo that keep us grand.
What is h makes and builds the land?
Tis YOU!
Ynng man, who i the country's guide?
Who'stauds her guard ou every side?
Not men of war that ride the foam.
Nor mountains piercing heaven's dome,
Nor rivers rushing to the strand.
Who has the sure and guiding baud?
Tit YOU!
Young man, who is the nation's guard?
Not sullen gate with c.itiiiou barred,
Not harbor mouth or mountain pass
Nor fortrenses where warriors inas.
Whom does the nation choose for guard?
Who o'er her fate keeps watch und
ward?
Tis YOU!
Young man! Yonng man! The emllesv
fifht.
The endlcs stre of wrong nnd right
Wherein tho ballot tells the talc
Is on again you must not fail!
Start right, vote right, think right, younf
wan
Who keep the land Republican?
Tis YOU!
MR. FAIRBANKS'S LETTER,
A Clear and HtTectlvc Statement of
Itepnbllcaa Principles.
Senator Fnlrhhk's letter of accept
nnco is. a document which appeals direct
ly to the business men nud workers gen
erally. It states clearly some of the most
important, but perhaps not sufficiently
understood, tenets of the Hepuhllcau
purty In its conflict with Democracy.
In calling attention to the service done
to the entire country by the establish
ment of tho Uureaii of Commerce and
'Labor, with a special department to deal
with corporations, the Senator points out
the first real attempt by the government
to deal with the trust problem. He clear
ly sees that the regulation of the great
combinations of capital by law Is pos
sible, is necessary, and he shows the
consistent course of the Itepublicau purty
Iu this regard.
Ah to our foreign policy Senator Fair
banks rightly considers that we have
much to be proud of in the firm, conser
vative and thoroughly broad nnd Chris
tian policy which has been adhered to
during the years of Republican ndmluls
nation. The tremendous expansion in
our trade, our foreign interest and in
fluence has bei'ii accomplished by peace
ful methods, and no remote sign of wnr
has appeared upon our hori.on In the
j ears following the establishment of new
National relations or our acquisition of
a vast territory In the far East.
In his enunciation or the Republican
idea of the desirability of closer trade
lelatlous with our great neighbor, Can
ada, the candidate for the Vice Presi
dency Is peculiarly happy. lie is plainly
for a liberal movement for reciprocity
between this country and the people just
over the line to the north. He nlso
emphasizes the value of the "open door"
secured for us Iu China, and promise a
continuance of the benefits of that re
sult of our recent foreign policy.
As a whole, the letter of the Vice Pres
idential candidate is a strong paper, one
which commands respect nnd confidence,
'eiintor Fairbanks is meeting the Ameri
can people face to face, from one end
of the country to the other, In his very
lively campaign. It is well, however, to
have iu haifd his written opinions nnd
aspirations ns a public man on the great
questions at issue at this moment.
Pretty Girl Gone Itcpiiblican.
The Washington Star is perfectly right
in intimating that all the pretty girls
have gone Republican when it nays:
Hotter cut rendy-inadc clothing and bet
ter made slioes uml lints me going on tlie
shelves of the country store. It unit ninlu
ens read the fashion notes nml the aids to
beauty, nml the girls ulth a home-made
look ure becoming scarcer.
One of the best pieces of work of tho
Republican party fortunately for the
party in power lias been its building up
of the rural delivery system. It lias ac
complished a tremendous work In tho
extension of the work of the Postofllce
Department.
Candidate and Platform.
This year's presidential election will
not lie won by any formal platform. The
Republican platform is good, but the Re
publican candidate is better. The truth
Is Mr. Roosevelt is the real platform
for both parties. He is the main point
of attack by the Democrats and the main
source of strength for the Republicans.
He would be elected without any plat
form except the record of tho party and
his own.
Democratic Trifling.
The Democratic party professes a
most sacred 'reverence for the constitu
tion, yet by nominating an octogenarian
for Vico President it Iins shown utter
disregard for the provision of tho con
stitution which, in case of tho death or
inability of the President, devolves his
duties upon the Vice President. No
party has a right to triile with greal
public interests in that manner.
The bill to endow agricultural colleges
by land grants nud to cstnbl'sh agricul
tural experiment stntlons was Introduced
ninny years ago by a Republican Sena
tor, Morrill of Maine, and was passed
by a Republican Congress and signed by
a Republican President. These colleges
nnd experiment stations have been of im
mense benefit to agriculture. They ow
their establishment to the party that
"does things."
This country is now in n high state ot
prosperity. Never before did all the
economic forces work together so united
ly for national welfare nnd prosperity
us during the last few yeirs. Would it
be wiso to exchange that condition for
one not merely of uneeitainty but of al,
most certain disaster?
It is tho amount of feed a farmer
can raise for his stock nud not tho num
ber of acres ranged over that will gauge
his profit for tho year. All ihlujcs equal,
legation insures tho nnuiuiuni prodiiit
for each acre of ground. " Q
Tho question la now being discussed ss
to whether n shadow can occupy space.
The nnswer must be in tho nOlrmallvo
to those who bellevo thero is a mouy
plank in the St. IajuIs phitfow
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