Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, October 18, 1900, Image 7
THEJBUST QUESTION. Every Line of Legislation Now on Our Statute Books Was Placed There by the Republicans , and the Democrats Voted Against a Consti tutional Amendment to Regulate Them Only Four Months Ago , % , > V 4 t now the Democratic National Chairman Tried to Help the Sugar Trust Facts from the Congressional Record. Every line of legislation now on the statute books of the United States directed against trusts anil unlawful trade combinations there licans. was placed by the Repub That there is not more stringent law against them is the fault of the Demo cratic party. The last occasion on which the parties , as represented in Congress , went on record on the trust question was on June 1 , 1S100. On that day n final vote was taken on n constitutional amendment to grant combinations , whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise. " It requires n two-thirds vote of Congress to submit a constitutional amend ment to the State Legislatures for ratification. 1 The question to so submit it was lost by a vote of l.'l yeas to 132 nays. OF THE YEAS 149 WERE REPUBLICANS AND ONLY 3 WERE DEM- OORATS. The five were Campbell of Montana , Naphen and Taylor of Massa chusetts , Scudder of New York nnd Sibley of Pennsylvania. OF THE K2 ! NAYS , ONLY TWO WERE REPUBLICANS , Lour and Mc- Call. Richardson , Lentz , Sul/er , Rupport , Salmon and all tlio other professional "trust killers" voted NAY. They declined to give Congress the power to grap ple with the Trusts. The Democrats indulged in spasms of virtue for two days , denouncing the trusts , and then voted to continue them. In one of Mr. Bryan's recent speeches he gave the Republican remedy ns the final one he would adopt , in case Ho was elected and all other means failed. In other words. Mr. Bryan admits the value of the Republican idea , but wants to try other measures first. He has not said what those measures lire to be. Some trusts operate all over the country ; others , like the New York Ice Trust , operate in a single city. The requisite power to reach each and nil and bring them within the Federal law , WAS DENTED BY A MARGIN OF 30 VOTES , ALL DEMOCRATIC. Denouncing is one thing. Doing is another. Mr. Bryan's trust denunciations , In view of his party's record , promise no better than the prophecies he made four years ago ; and as a prophet Mr. Bryan has not succeeded. Senator Jones and the Sugar Trust. The Democrats made another brilliant pro-trust record during the same session of Congress Representative ) Richardson of Tennessee , Democrat , tried to assist the Sugar Trust by offering a joint resolution to admit Cuban and Porto Rlcan sugar free of duty. The remission of that duty would have amounted to about $23,000,000 a year , nnd the Sugar Trust would have benefited to the amount of at least $15,000,000 per year. The controller of the Sugar Trust is Mr. Henry O. Ilavomeycr , Demo crat. Mr. Richardson's proposed gift to his friend Mr. llavermeyer was smoth ered in the Ways nnd Means Committee of the House. This was done by the Republican , members of the committee. It was also proposed by Senator .Tones , Democratic national chairman and ' Mr. Bryan's manager , to return the duties paid on Porto Rican sugar nnd mo lasses , not to the Porto Ricnns , but to the persons who paid these duties. This amounted at the time to § 1,487,800. Had the scheme succeeded , the American Sugar Refining Company 'and A. S. Lasallos & Co. , n part of the same concern , would have benefited by a direct gift of $1,230,774. This is the first instance on record where a direct gift was intended to be made to a trust , nnd the Democratic manager , Senator James K. .Tones , wished to make it. This was also prevented by the Republicans. The money was not to be returned to the Porto Ricans , as the duties paid , now are , but to the Sugar Trust. All the facts are printed in the Congressional Record and arc a part of Amer ican history. "DEAR BOY' LETTERS , NO , 9. My Dear Boy : You say that you are tired of working for old man Skinner , and are thinking of going West this fall , where wages are higher. You ask what I think about It. Well , I have no objection to your going West , but 1' don't want you to go till after the election. This is the first time in your life that you ever had an opportu nity to exercise your right as an Amer ican citizen in voting for n President of the United States. I don't want you to lose your vote for the following reasons : 1. The only possible chance of the elec tion of Bryan comes from the overconfidence dence of Republicans. It makes me sad to hear a man say , "Oh , McKinley is going to be elected , anyhow. There is no danger. I have arrangements made to be In California in November , but you won't need my vote. " Especially do I regret to hear talk of this kind among some of the railroad men. If any class of men cu/jlit to come up unanimously to the support of Mc Kinlcy and the Republican party , that class Is composed of the railroad men of this country. Four years ago there were ; - ing and but little repairing going on , i * k ' k nnd general stagnation In the railroad business. Now new roads , new roadbeds , new cars , the roads crowded with trains , full time nnd better pay bless the rail road men of this country. And it vexes me to hear a railroad man say , "I would have to lay off a day to vote , and I guess I'll not do thnt. There will be plenty to . elect McKinley without mo. " Well , if N by any possibility MeKinley should be defeated , just such men as that will have themselves to blame. 2. No American voter has any right to stay away from the polls or to lose his vote It it can possibly be avoided. My son , you are one of the sovereigns of the United States , and you have no more right to neglect the duties pertain ing to your high calling than the Emperor of Germany has to neglect the govern ment of that mighty empire. To vote is n matter of Inestimable privilege , and also a mutter of earnest , conscientious duty. Two years ago you enlisted to fight for your country as a soldier , but the sur geon turned you down nnd would not let you go. I sympathi7d with you in the bitterness of your disappointment. I knew that love of country led you to enlist , and 1 * was proud because- you wanted to go. .And I think that the sur geon was a little over-particular. You would have made a good soldier. But I . " , . 1 1 ' " want you to realize that you serve your country as truly when you cast an honest ballot us if you were a soldier in the field. Perhaps you can do more goo ( with the ballot than you could with the gun. Your country did not seem to necc you as a soldier , but your country does need you in the realm of citizenship. 3. No matter how long you may live you will never have an opportunity to vote for better men than this year. Wf have a magnificent ticket. McKinlrj and Roosevelt ! What a superb combina tion ! They are both statesmen nnd botl heroes , one of the great Civil War ani one of the war for the deliverance o Cuba. McKinley , steady , earnest thoughtful , calm , kind and faithful Roosevelt , impetuous but elllcient , brave and dashing , with both moral and phyt > i cal courage. Was there ever a bettei ticket or one which more thoroughly com mands the respect , the confidence nnd the affliction of the American people ? If you don't stay and vote you will be sorry for it twenty years from now. Make some sacrifice for your country's sake Oh , my boy , you must not go until tle election is over. And when in November the ballots fall "As snowflakes fall upon the sod , And execute the freeman's will , As lightning does the will of God , " Cast your vote and then sleep swoetlj that night , with a sense of duty faithful ! } done. YOUR FATHER. The Foolluli Calf. When Senator I Inn mi snoke at Younirs town , unto , recently , lie torn a story of a calf that left its mother to run after a steer. Secretary Heath has taken up this idea and developed it into a cam paigu poster which very artistically de picts Senator I lamia's idea. The calf is seen chasing the steer in the distance the cow is in the foreground sauntering quietly home , while the boy stands will uplifted fist shaking it at the calf , say Ins , "You little fool , you little fool , yet d d fool , you'll be sorry when supper time comes. " The picture Is entitled "The Foolisl Calf , or a Lesson to Labor , " and stand ing by a fence In front of a cottage are a farmer and a woman , the man with a full dinner pail in his hand. This postet Is sure to catch on and is likely to be i good vote getter. When Senator Haiina arrived in Chi cage this week it was shown to him am surprised him. lie had no idea that Mr Heath had been developing his story. Ct'riiwny'H Need of KxpnnMon. The vital nocd of Germany is the ex tension of its market. Bismarck ei\\\ that the surest way of accomplishing this was through "expansion. " Honci Germany's aggressive "colonial policy , ' which has already given it Now Guinea several slices of Africa , part of Samoa the Solomon group , Kino Chan in China made it eager to get the Philippines , 1 it could ; and caused It to pay Spain a big price for the Caroline Islands , whicl the United States left to that country b ; the treaty of Paris. l/'m ffKSfJi m jK& i jowMSk * % zz/ I L w. Mfii'i ' 'Fwfm-i\ > $ - ' l n\"CRRft = * U x. 1 . AJ J % EXPORTS I. H ] OF Ml . - ' . . .crtftS.S * MANUFACTURES In 1395 J'ico r.oP : 710 > loJtvOrl > > In 1900 1 $432,284,806 " It Sort o1 Looks cs If I'd Have to Expand. " PERKINS. CALIFORNIA SENATOR ON OUR EXPANSION. AstoundingQrowth of the Trans pacific Trade. Reasons Why the Pacific Coast Will , Cast Its Electoral Votes for McKinlcy and Roosevelt. ( By George C. Perkins , United States Senator from California. ) No portion of the country Is more im mediately concerned in sustaining the ex pansion policy of President McKinley than the States of the Pacific coast. While the South produces the cotton which is being shipped in such enormous quantities to the orient , while other sec tions are sending manufactures of every description , the coast is sending across the Pacific its own Hour , fruits and man ufactures. .Besides this , we are handling the ships in which the exporting is done. Our own manufactures have ranged from mining and other machinery to n com pleted five thousand ton steel man-of- war for the Japanese government. Every line of Industry has benefited and wo ex pect by the establishment of closer com mercial relations to incrcas-e both our population and prosperity. The Pacific coast has long been on the edge of the country. To-day it is the pontnr nf tlir Aiiloric''in trnnsliaoifio trinln. We have reached out beyond for busi ness. We can control the trade of the Pacific. That is why we are all expan sionists. The growth of the transpacific trade is a matter of very recent years. Not more than ten years ago the Canadian Pacific Company established its first line of transpacific steamships. Prior to that there were six steamers plying from San Francisco in the Japan and China line. They brought from the orient tea , mat ting , silk , rice and the endless line of articles that are imported from Japan and China. They carried back silver in the form of Mexican dollars and bullion , some provisions , and Hour which was tak en along for ballast as well as to fill up the cargoes. The establishment of the Canadian line primarily for military purposes nnd secondarily for tnilllc , throw a good many Sun Franciscans in to mourning. To them , they thought , the end had come. San Francisco was to lose its Asiatic business. Then followed in rapid succession the establishment of new lines from Portland , the 1'uget sound ports nnd San Diego. Our merchants awoke. Instead of six steamers plying from San Francisco the number has been added to. The demand now is for larger boats and better boats , and the trade from the Pacific slope is many times what it once was. The incoming cargoes are much what they formerly wore , but the exports In clude every conceivable article of Amerl- goods , electrical goods , bicycles , rotten literally by the trninlond , alcohol by the tralnlond for use in the manufacture of smokeless powder in Japan , agricultural implements , canned fruits , canned vege tables , canned meats , almost everything that the mind can conceive. And the de mand on the steamship companies is al ways for room and then for more room. What is true of the Asiatic trade is equally true of the Australian. The Oceanic Steamship Company Is about to add three ( ! ,000-ton vessels to its lleet and to begin steamer connection with Tahiti. I am assured that the available freight carrying facilities of the Austra lian steamers are engaged for months ahead. These arc- the material evidences of trade expansion. The sentiment of this Pacific coast Is overwhelmingly In favor of closer business relations with tlu > ori ent. We do not favor giving up the Ha waiian Islands , which have been devel oped by California capital ; we do not favor Mr. Bryan's policy of surrendcriiis the Philippines. GEORGE C. PEPJtlNS. San Francisco , Gal , Poll on the Illinois Ontral. On an Illinois Central train a few days ago a poll of voters was taken before the train reached Chicago , with the follow ing result For McKinley 215 For Bryan 20 Total voters on the train 235 BLUM. GERMAN-AMERICAN FOR GOLD STANDARD. Is the Paramount Issue of the Present Campaign. Bryan's Bogies , Imperialism nnd Mili tarism Cut No Figure with the German-Horn Voters. ( An Interview with August Blum. ) Mr. August Blum , cashier of the First National Bank of Chicago , Intends to vote for the re-election , of President Me- Mr. Blum is one of the best representa tives in Chicago of the type of Germans who have gained , In this country , the re spect of fellow American citizens , for in tegrity , Industry and ability. He was cashier of the Union National Bank ; but after the recent absorption of that insti tution by the First National , ho was made cashier of the First National. He is generally recognized throughout the West ns a leading banking authority , one whose judgment In connection with the various complex questions that come be fore every banker is almost Infallibly cor rect. In politics lie is n Democrat , and was always a prominent supporter of Grovcr Cleveland. The following are questions put to Mr. Blum , and the rcnlies he gave : y.vouiu tlie election or isrynn nonciit the business interests of Chicago , of the whole United States , and the German- American citizens particularly ? A. The election of Mr. Bryan would , in my opinion ! be n great misfortyne to tills country , nnd therefore to Chicago , and therefore to German-Americans and to every other kind of Americans. Amer ican citizens of German birth are not a class by themselves. Q. What , in your opinion , is the para mount issue of this campaign ? A. The paramount Issue is that which is in the people's minds , not in the party platform nor in the speeches- leaders necessarily. There is one thing in which we are ail vitally concerned , and that is the inviolability of the country's standard of value. For a quarter of a century we have battled for it. At the last moment to surrender to the enemy would be the height of folly. I know of no other Is sue comparable to this one in importance. Talk of imperialism is disingenuous. Much ns we may differ about the desira bility of the Philippines as a colony , we occupy them now and largely through the help of Mr. Bryan. The thing is done. Q. What do you think of Bryan's statement about the recent German loan ? A. It'is very difficult to follow the tor tuous road of Mr. Bryan's utterances. Four y ars ago I tried persistently to un derstand Ills utterances about the stand ard of value , but I gave it up at last in despair. To construe our ability to nb- times , Is decidedly Bryanesquc. We could not loan money to foreign govern ments if wo were not in a prosperous con dition. When Mr. Bryan undertakes to prove the contrary It may give 'liui pleas ure , but It will not convince any one. Q. Do you think that this country Im.i prospered during the last four years as a result of Republican policies ? A. Yes ; the country has prospered dur ing thp last four years. The best , in my opinion , that can be legitimately said of the policy of any party is that It does not stand in the way of normal business development which would mean prosper ity. That can be said of the Republican party. During the last four years free play has been given to Industry , frugality and to-the natural productiveness of the country. There has been no attempt at interference by tampering with the stand ard of value , which would have 'meant destruction of prosperity. " Q. Do you think Bryan is a safe , solid , wise enough man to be President ? A. I answer this with a most emphatic NO. NO.Q. Q. How do you think German-Ameri cans , as n class , will vote in the presi dential election this fall ? A. They will vote according to the dic tates of their conscience. I have too much confidence in the good sense of my coun trymen to be doubtful ns to the outcome. The Party ( Democratic ) ) ntnncl * where It did In 1HUU on tlio Alou y Question. W. J. Uryau , O , , Sept. 4. HOW SHALL I VOTE THIS FALL ? Am I a Uo | > ulllunti , Domourat or i'opullat ? Ijot mo rcnoon with IT inyn nntl you. Bnppoflo for n moment 1 nm n I'lvo Inrmnrnnd I own or rrwfi Intnl. yonrH nvro I funncil 1CIO Huron out . west. Tlinoi were Imtl were poor , injr whont , crops brought only 40 coiiln n busho ! nttho fnrm 11 ml my corn only t oonin. I2vn * cheaper to burn corn In tbo ntovn than to liny wooil or oonl. 2 waved - i-nough wheat Tor need and sold tlic rc t , Inn illtln't. not raoitali to p y tlio utorukccpcr wlmt 1 owed blin , nnd onulil or no more orrdlt. 1 owcil a blic pnyitiont on my fnrin -oliln-ry. . Thank heaven , the agent of the Harvester Company extended tbo tlino ' on my note 1'or another yonr. Tlmt waved mty homo ami ttio lives ofmyNolf nnd ramily. 'Hint WUH nndor Clcvcl ntl'.t Hum luratlo AdinlnlHtrntlon. Koiir yi-ars a > o .MuK nlry wns nominated for I'reuldont. It n happy omen lor the ' wns iiltui-H ol'tho soil all over the country. In 181MI my crops w ro jjooil. flly whom iind corn , onttlo nnd hog * brnimht oud prlu n. 1 paid oirtho nt rukocp . Holllcd with tlio Harvester Company , took tip tlio mnrt ugn on tlio hninvnt ad nn.l commenced to live. Another year and tluvn nioro yuar.i have ( fona by , and I am still ( iroipcroiiH. Ho prosperous , In Taut , that I IIHYO almost n > r ollcii the hard tlmoN buforo \ \ illlntn Aloltlnloy outno to bo President of the greatest Kopnhllo In tlui world. Ititt 1 h vo not forgotten that 1 have a piano In t. . hou c , that two lioy have UJOK flttod for col- lejj ' , that myvlfo and daiiirliturn nrowall dros.iod , and that the old man him.soirls inklni * MI'o mighty ua-y. Prosperity haa lnoroasotl the nlzo of my waistband , nnd 1 guess lam Ju.t good enough llupubllcan to vote onoo more 1'or Major niclvlnluy. WHAT SAY YOU ? SHOUP. MOUNT/UN / STATES TURN TO IWINLEY. Prosperity the Cause o ) the Welcome Change. No One Pears "Imperialism , " While All Arc Proud of the Records Made by the Army and Navy. ( By George L. Shoup , United Slates Sen ator from Idaho. ) There are many reasons which Impel the voters of the mountain States to sup port the nominees and the policy of the Republican Party this fall. One word more than any other explains the position of our people in this support and that word is confidence. The record of the Republican party Is n record of fulfilled promises. The first net of the party , af ler Us re turn to power WHS the enactment of the Dingley tariff law , which again placed UH on a protection basis. * Take for example the benefits which have accrued to my own State , 1'dalio. Among our principal industries are min ing , cattle and sheep growing and farm ing. ing.The The great lead mines of the State are working every man possible at wages of $ : t.r > 0 per day of eight hours. During * * administration the value of the lead pro duced in the State was ? M,1M,005 , while during the last throe years of President Cleveland's administration the total value was only $7,8i,151. ( ( Our sheep have advanced In price from 91.15 to $2.50 per head , a gain to the people of the State of over three million dollars In the value of the sheep alone. In the year 189(1 ( the wool clip of Idaho vjiis valued at $4-12iS5 ( , while for the year 1000 it is estimated that it will bring to the wool growers of the Slate $2- : J2(5,000. ( A very conservative estimate of the number of cattle in the State Is fiOO.OOO. ; They have increased in value on an aver age of $15 per head , making the cattle men nt least seven and one-half million dollars richer than they were three years ago. The Increase in the price of horses of $10 per head has also added liutwm. one and two million dollars to the wealth of the State. The voters of this State and of the other mountain States are not blind lo these facts , and on election day they will give earnest evidence of their confidence in the party wlioso policy has so enriched and prospereil them. We of the West are proud of the achievements of our army and navy In the war with Spain. The patriotic posi tion of the Republican party in declaring for the retention of the territory so gal lantly won from Spain appevlu to our people. Thev do not fear "imperialism. " for w hove never mot an American wlio was an Imperialist. 1 am In receipt of let ters from many men who have never voted ed anything but n Democratic ticket , but who will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt velt on this issue alone. You can count on the electoral vote of Washington , Oregon , Idaho , Utah , Wyo ming and perhaps Montana nnd Colorado for McKinley and prosperity. GEO. J < . SIIOUP. Boise , Idaho , Sept' 2.'I. lf)00. ) PACIFIC COAST PROSPERITY The Pacific coast has had a full meas ure of prosperity In the past four years and the calamity cry raised by the Bry- anltes only excites ridicule. The leading Bryan paper of the coast is the San Francisco Examiner , which Is under the same control us the New York Journal and tlio ( Jhleago American Its "NVant" columns show that the wage earners there have plenty of call for their services. On Sept. 1 , the Exam iner's "Help Wanted" columns had ad vertisements for the following : HELP WANTED. Male 2r > 51 Female 2 , " > 1 Total 2Mr. ) On Sept. 21 the name paper had adver tisements calling for the following : Male help 2.01 ( ! Female ht-lj JUKI Total 2.-127 Prosperity has visited the coast in earn est. HEWITT. MAYOR SQUARELY FOR REPUBLICANS. Supreme Court Would Nullify Any Imperialistic Ideas. Every True Democrat Can Take No Other Course Except to Vote the Republican Ticket. ( By Abram S. Hewitt of Now York , for merly Mayor and Member of Congress. ) The political situation at this time Is of a very different character from that which presented itself four years ago. At that time it seemed possible to maintain a distinct Democratic organization , based upon the fundamental principles enun ciated by Jefferson , and which had con tinued to govern the party in all previous presidential elections. The recent con * vention held nt Kansas City has , how ever , rendered nil such expectations hope less. The party which calls itself Demo cratic is in reality Popullstic , and based upon doctrines which , if carried Into ef fect , would produce political anarchy. You ask whuthcr 1 believe in the coln- You might as well ask me whether I be lieved that nn ounce should be made to pass for a pound In the ordinary transac tions of commerce. The ratio Is a false ratio. The value of silver measured by gold Is , ns every one knows , not 10 to 1 , but Jlli to 1. The proposition of the plat form therefore Is to duclaro that fifty cents shall by law be made equal to one dollar. You ask me whether the present admin istration is likely to establish an impcrlal- istlc .form of government over this couu- triior ( , In t\te \ nejv , pgsscssipns. I answer "that tljc Constltdtlon' of the United , Statps Is , too Btrqpslj" Intrenched In the affections o'f the 'people to permit its possible violation , by , the administra tion , and that If sucli an attempt were made , the Supreme Court of the United States will surely Interpret the Constitu tion in the spirit of its founders nnd for the preservation of the constitutional gov ernment , to which we owe our stability and our prosperity. You ask whether a Democrat , by voting for McKlnley and Roosevelt , could be considered false to the Interests of Dem ocracy. 1' answer that I do not see how a Democrat who is true to the Interests of Democracy can In the present exigency take any other course than to vote for the Republican ticket. I propose myself no to vote , and I do this because I nm a Democrat who feels that Bryanlsm and nil that It stands for Is diametrically op posed to the principles of the Democratic son and as they have been construed by all the great men who have Jed the Dem ocratic party up to the time of the hold ing of the unhappy convention of 1SOC , when the old organization was broken up. It Is certainly n lesser evil to continue the government in the hands of the Re publican party for the next four years than to encounter the perils which would confront us In case Bryan nnd his follow ers should have the opportunity of put ting in practice the Insane policy to which they are committed. ABRAM S. HEWITT. Ainorlcnnn will l > o plenficd to learn that the French press hns followed ttm load ol * London Truth , nnd ia solid for Itrynn. IIMirI Kooholort , editor of Ij'lutrnnsltroiint , dcolnrod cd'torlily on September iiOth that If Mr. Hrynn ho nlcutod the expan sion policy of Mr. IMoHlnlfy will bo KtruoU from American politics for yi-ars to come. Uhre Parole gees further , hnylnc : "Tlio results In tlio oleatlonn In the Unltoit .Stilton on Mm (1th of Novem ber Interest our futiiro dostlny. it IH for us thnt Rryun IH Working. Mn 'e a criminal by Imperialism , .MoKlnloy conspires against Franca. " All true America MB should note that Ilrynn IH working for the inter ests of Europe not of the United titates.