Y.
Revolutionary Utterances oi
the Democratic Candi
date for President ,
What the Nebraskan Threatened
to Do in His Campaign
Speeches of 1896.
The Issue Now as It Was Then ,
Prosperity and National
Honor.
Attack on the Gold Standard and Defi
ance of the Supreme
Court
Secretary Gage has shown clearlj
the power which Bryan might use as
president to nullify the gold standard
law , if so disposed. Mr. Bryan has
pledged himself in public speeches to
use every power , regular and irreg-
-Jular , direct and indirect , to force the
country upon a silver basis , if he is
elected president.
Brymi ghes in his book the full texl
of his speech in the campaign of 1890
to the business men of Chicago. In the
report of this speech , since cooly am ]
deliberate- ! embodied in his book , on
page 5S7 , he knys :
"And then I propose that we shall
&ay to our foreign creditors that we in
tend to pay our coin obligations in
tMther gold or silver. 1 propose that
we shall say to them : 'Gentlemen , ii
you conspire to make that silver dollar
lar less than the gold dollar , we shall
pay you in that silver dollar.
Bryan proposed a policy which waste
to be followed , not because of any
supposed benefit to the country , but
solely to secure revenge upon the for
eign bondholder. He did not stop to
consider the question of sawing off
the limb on which the country is sit
ting and starting it down toward a sil
ver basis by paying interest in silver.
In view of Mr. Bryan's threat to
liave it out with the bondholders it is
significant to know that the threat of
striking them over the shoulders of
labor and industry was not confined to
one speech or one occasion. Many
times in the campaign he reiterated his
determination to resort to extreme and
even circuitous and irregular measures
to attack the gold standard. Thus in
liis speech at Philadelphia ( report on
page 477 of his book ) he boldly de
clared :
"I have said that if there was any
body who believed the maintenance of
T the gold standard absolutely essential ,
he ought not to vote for -me at all. If
I can prevent the maintenance of the
gold standard , you can rely upon me
doing it upon the very first opportunity
that the people will give me. "
It Avas no mere slip of the tongue
which caused Mr. Bryan to speak of
attacking the gold standard by irreg
ular and extra-legal means. In an ex
traordinary speech made at Ottumwa ,
la. , where he spoke of "the people tak
ing the reins in their own hands , " he
said also ( page 590 of his book ) :
"If I have behind me the hearts , as
well as the votes , of the American people
ple , you may depend upon it that no
power in this country or any other
nation will prevent the opening of our
mints to the free coinage of silver on
equal terms with gold and at the pres
ent ratio. "
A moment later in that same speech
he spoke of the people waiting until
patience was exhausted , then arous
ing themselves and taking the reins
of government into their own hands
a course transcending the law and ap
pealing to the forces of revolution.
The full significance of these utterances -
ances is only to be understood when
they are considered in the light of the
still earlier and more formal one made
at Madison Square ( Bryan's book page
' \ 320) where he said :
"I shall always refuse to apologize
for the exercise of the right to dissent
from a decision of the supreme court. "
rvThese doctrines
rv/-
/ * ' arc revolutionary ,
*
O one and all. There is no lawful or con
stitutional power in this country com
ing from "the hearts of the people" as
distinguished from their ballots. It
takes a three-fourth's vote to amend
the constitution. Equally certain is it
that holders of our bonds cannot be
discriminated against and paid in a
depreciated coinage. The supreme
court would be bound to prevent any
such action. Bryan , of course , knew
that and hence the significance of his
threat and warning to that tribunal.
Mr. Bryan knew as well in 1S96 as he
does now that some able lawyers have
persistently claimed that , as a matter
of mere legal duty , the supreme court
would be compelled to declare against
a change in the obligations of con
tracts from a gold standard to a silver
basis. Bryan" , of course , denies that ,
but is not content to stop there. He
plainly means to "dissent from the de
cisions of the supreme court , " not only
fn that instance , but in many others
where that tribunal might feel bound
to uphold the gold standard and the
obligations of the law , as against the
invocation of irregular and unauthor
ized powers derived from "the hearts
of the people" and not from ballots
cast in accordance with the constitu
tion and the laws.
It would no doubt be dangerous for
"Bryan to nullify the gold standard law
by paying the interest on bonds in sil
ver , but he would have to belie his own
P\ utterances if he stopped there. The
Iv revolutionary programme which he
proposes goes much farther than that.
What is to be the response of law-abid-
- and law-respecting voters ?
A PUNCTURED ARGUMENT.
Sjirinprn Cnii liny More with Their
Produce Than They Could
Four Yearn Ajro.
The calamity press has lately copied
rather extensively a series of so-called
advances in prices on articles that
farmers buy. The democrats an.1 using
the list in an attempt to show that the
farmers pay the cost of prosperity.
Of course there is nothing in this
when the statements are analyzed. It
is true that there has been advance
in certain articles , cleverly picked out
by the democrats to urge their point ,
but in no instance has the advance been
as great as the advance in price of what
the farmer has to sell. In other words ,
the farmer is able to buy more with
what he produces than he was four
3'ears ago , and he has the certainty of
a first-class home market for every
thing that he can possibly produce.
Let us analyze these statements of
the democracy.
If the Wilson bill was such a good
thing for the people , it seems to .us
they should compare the 1900 with the
' 90 prices , and in all cases average
prices should be the rule. The demo
crats say :
"Stoves have increased 30 per cent. "
Corn has advanced 50 per cent , and
wages 40 per cent.
'
. "Wages have increased from four to
five dollars. " Mules have advanced
$25 to $30. "Nails have doubled in
price. " Wool has trebled in price
since ' 96.
"Fourteen-inch plows that sold for
ten dollars now sell for $14. " Before sil
ver was struck down it took $23 to buy
that plow.
"Ropes that sold for five cents per
pound now sell for 15 cents. " Sheep
that sold in ' 96 for $2.60 now sell for
four dollars.
"Binder twine which cost seven cents
in ' 96 now sells for 11 cents. " Poultry
that sold for four cents in ' 96 now sells
for eight cents.
"Barb wire has doubled in price. "
So has the Missouri mule ; so has the
raw material from which wire is made.
"Hoes , rakes , shovels and all such
articles have gone up 40 per cent. " Old
iron from which these articles are made
has advanced 150 per cent.
"Cultivators have increased three to
four dollars. " So have horses advanced
$15 to $25.
"Common stove pipe which sold for
ten cents now costs 20 cents. " Hops
which sold for seven cents now brings
a ready sale at 16 cents.
"Bolts and rods have gone up 75 per
cent. " Flax has gone up 100 per cent.
Since 1897 there has been a general
upward movement of commodities in
this country , and this was the cry on
the part of the silverites in 1896 : "Give
us free silver and prices will advance
all along the line. "
Statistics furnished by Bradstreet
upon the basis of 100 staple articles in
common use in this country shows that
the average prices of these are now at
the highest level known for years , and
there has been a stead } ' advance with
an increase of 33 per cent , over the
prices of July. 1896.
It is a notable feature of this advance
that , whereas American farm and
manufactured products have advanced ,
so has the price of labor , the prices of
many staple articles in general use
have declined.
HOW SOUTHERN EDITORS FEEL
Sentiment of Lending Journals Re
garding Brynnlsm and Ex-
Little by little the sentiment of
the leading southern papers toward
Bryanism and favoring expansion
come to light. The Memphis Commer
cial-Appeal recently likened Mr.
Bryan to a "blabberer , " and now the
editors of the Nashville Banner and
the Atlanta Constitution have this to
saj- about the facts :
"The thinking people of the south
know that 16 to 1 was a concession
to populism , and they know that Mr.
Bryan's "imperialism" is a phrase to
juggle with a campaign cry. Intelli
gent people in the soutli want ex
pansion , and they believe in protec
tion. Mr. McKinley has made no
mistakes , except in a few instances
n the appointment of postmasters. "
Leland Rankin , Editor Nashville
American ( Dem. ) .
"The south will go for Brj-an. We
are not imperialists , but we favor
expansion. The south realizes that
: he retention of the Philippines will
make for her profit more than for
any other section of the country. I
will say that President McKinley has
many warm friends and admirers in
the south. " W. A. Hemphill , Editor
Atlanta Constitution ( Dem. ) .
THE MILITARISM BOGY.
Size of Our "Large Standing1 Army"
of Which the Demo
crats Rant.
Our "large standing army" of which
the democracy is in such a state of fear
consists of 65,000 men. Switzerland
ceeps nearly 2 % times as many in her
standing army of 14S.OOO men , and be
sides has 361,000 men in reserve.
The United States proportionately
las the smallest army in the world.
The ratio of soldiers to total population
s shown by the following :
Soldiers Per 1,000 Population
France 14.05
Germany u.05
Austro-Hungary 6.07
Russia 6.01
Turkey 7.01
Great Britain 5.03
Italy 7.01
United States O.S6
We do not have one soldier for every
housand people.
Knnia Has Good Timed.
The deposits in the state banks of
lansas on December 24 , 1895. were
516,190,789.18. The deposits in the same
aanks on June 3,1899 , were $33,505,101.
lansas , under the McKinley adminis
tration , has paid its debts and has
money to lend.
Population.
1870.
38,558,371
1880.
50,15583
1890.
m 62,622,250
wv $
1900.
( Estimated. )
T8,000,000
"It Sort o' Looks us if I'd Have to Expand. "
STRAWS.
There is an old saying all know It ,
'Tis not out of place then to blow it :
To find out the course
Of the wind , or its force ,
A straw will successfully show-it.
The old proverb , I'm happy to say.
Is illustrated apt day by day ;
For in every newspaper
Desertion's the caper
From the party of mouthy Bill J.
The result of these straws , be it known ,
Is that the G. O. party has grown ;
And as it has done before
It will do once more ,
Which next fall will be very well known.
I am free to confess the great fact
The believers In which there's no lack-
That the coming election
Will be the selection
Of Teddy and our own Billy Mac.
Then we'll forward ! with never a break.
For we very well know what's the stake ;
It Is honor and fame
Or a dishonored name
For our country that's why we're awake !
The Republican party remember
And know when their beefsteak is tender ,
So let the Demos , and Pops.
Continue their flops
The verdict will be right next November.
Then rally once more for the right !
We still have the same foe to fight ;
Never look for a calm
Till we carry the palm ,
And victory brings daylight from night.
The forthcoming election by all
Will bo an almost unanimous call
For our worthy president
To continue a resident
Of the While House , by endorsement next
fall !
WILLIAM. M. PERKINS.
BRYAN ON THE FARMERS.
An Emphatic Refutation of the Pop-
ocrat Oracle's Insolent
Assertions.
"Republican tarmers , look at your
wives , beset by 12 months of incessant toil
each year. You can't take them to sum
mer resorts and resting places. You ought
to be ashamed of yourselves when you
look at them , to vote the republican ticket.
W. J. Bryan , in his Fort Scott Speech.
So long as farmers are willing to al
low themselves to be gulled by such
political demagogues as you are , and
pay you from $500 to $2,500 for a speech
that is not worth 25 cents on the dollar ,
so long they will eat corn bread and
wear wooden shoes. But what are the
facts in the case ? In our little bank at
Walnut the individual deposits are $43-
988.25 , which is nearly twice as much
as they have ever been since we have
had a bank. And what is so at Walnut
is so in everj- bank in the state , and
in every state in the union. In the last
two weeks two farmers near Walnut
had sales to pay the mortgages on their
farms coming due next spring. The
sale of the one amounted to $1.275 , and
$800 of it was paid in cash. The other
one's sale amounted to $907.50 , and he
received $800 in cash. When the sale
was over they had nearly all the money
in their hand and could deposit it in
the bank and be ready to meet the
mortgages when due. The rate of in
terest was low. At sales several years
ago the rate of interest was high , and
frequently there was not enough paid
in to pay the auctioneer and for print
ing the sale bills. When the notes be
came due it was very difficult to make
collections. This illustrates the dif
ference in the times then and now
among the farmers. The farmers come
to town in buggies and carriages. They
drive fine horses , have comfortable
homes , plenty to eat and wear , and
many of them have a nice bank ac
count to their credit , and are not the
paupers thai you represent them to be.
Walnut ( Kan. ) Eagle.
BRYAN FOR FREE WOOL.
Figures Which Answer the Demo
cratic Candidate's Bold
Declaration.
"It Is immaterial , in my judgment , wheth
er the sheep growers receive any benefit
from the tariff or not. * * * I am for free
wool. " W. J. Bryan , in Congress.
The sheep raiser can answer Mr.
Bryan's argument by quoting these
figures :
Boston Quo- Wilson Tar. DIngley Tar
tations. ( Free Wool. ) ( Protection j
Ohio 17c 30c
Michigan 14c 23c
Terry , nneDe'aine.cleanSOc 57c
Terry , fine med. clothing
clean 27c 50c
Ken. V blood , clean 25c 43c
"I am for free wool , " says W. J.
Bryan.
What say the wool producers ?
Carlisle Supports McKinley.
Hon. John G. Carlisle , who was sec
retary of the treasury under President
Cleveland , and was speaker of the na
tional house of representatives , has be
come the president of the Lawyers'
Sound Money club , of New York. The
club will support the reelection of Pres
ident McKioley.
NOT A LOCAL ISSUE.
Bryan's Off-Hand Remark About
Trusts and Hln Connection
with Them.
At Pittsburg , Kan. , while Mr. Bry
an was discussing the trust question ,
some one in the crowd shouted an in
quiry about the New York ice trust.
Mr. Bryan replied that the ice trust
is a local affair and concerns the people
ple of New York.
Can he mean by this that a trust
may be of the worst possible criminal
character , like this ice trust , but so
long as it is a "local affair is none of
his business , nor does not concern the
American people ?
In other terms , is it that the people
of every community in the United
States may be criminally squeezed by
"trusts" and he will not care so long
as the squeezing is only localized in
each and every locality ?
The principles of such philosophy
are certainly broad enough to chari
tably cover not only every trust which
specially oppresses one locality , like
the New 1'ork ice trust , but also every
one which localizes its operations tea
a particular section , like Senator
Jones' cotton bale trust in the south.
According to this idea a trust like
the Standard Oil company , in order to
be like the ice trust and cotton bale
trust , has on 13to go by different
names , and take out different charters
in different states or groups of states ,
so that its national operations ari le
gally only a sum total of its local op
erations. Bryan will , however , in the
case of the i < ew York ice trust , find it
as difficult to localize interest in it
to New York as Senator Jones finds it
difficult to localize interest in his cot
ton bale trust to himself. The na
tional democratic party made the "ice
" when it delegated
trust" a national issue
gated Van Wyck , one of the largest
stockholders in it , to write the anti
trust plank. Bryan himself increased
national interest in it as an issue by
the recognition which he has given to
Ice Trust Stockholder Croker , instead
of to the non-ice holding element of
New York democrats led by Hill and
Coler. In similar manner , the cotton
bale trust has been given a national
interest by the fact that Senator
Jones , who made out of this trust the
money which puts him in the St.
Louis Globe Democrat's list of "Six
teen millionaires of Arkansas , " was
made chairman of the national demo
cratic party.
Finally , it would be well to remem
ber that Gen. Hancock , a splendid sol
dier , said in 1SSO that the tariff was
a local issue. He was buried beneath
an avalanche of votes in consequence.
ARMY INTERFERENCE
Some Facts for Democratic Snell-
Ulmlcr.s to I'cruHe ami
Ponder.
While all this speechmaking is going
on about the army and the danger of
"militarism. " it would be well to besr
in mind the facts given below :
The army has never interfered but
twice in labor troubles , and then after
state resources were exhausted.
The first occasion was in the Debs
trouble in Chicago in 1894.
The city government was powerless
to stop the rioting , and John P. Alt-
geld , then governor , would not let the
state militia be used.
Grover Cleveland , democrat , sent
troops to Chicago , and the rioting was
ended.
In the Coeur d'Alene district in Idaho
mining troubles precipitated the rule
of the mob.
The county authorities were help
less. Frank Steunenberg , twice elect
ed as governor by the democratic-pop
ulist fusion element , called on the fed
eral government for aid.
It was granted.
In neither case was there any in
terference by the national troops , who
are in reality the national police , until
the power of the local authority was
gone.
Prosperity for Svrlne Raiser * .
Live hogs were worth $2.50 and 53.70
in the Chicago stock yards in July ,
1896. The price on October 3,1900 , was
$3.50 and $5.60. The farmer is paid
$1.90 per hundred more for his choice
hogs than he was in 1896 , when the dem
ocrats were in control of the national
policy.
REMEMBER !
"The democratic party stands where
it did in 1890 on the money question. "
William J. Bryan , at Zanesville , 0. ,
September A.
i.S TO THE ISLANDS.
fonstitunoiml P ? er to Alienats
Territory Is Doubted.
No Provision .Made liy the Prnnivr
for ( he Alleviation of the Phil
ippine * Kven If IJrynii AVniited
to Aiil Agiiliinldo.
"There is no power under the law
or the constitution by which congress
or the president can dissever the Phil
ippine islands from this nation. Con
gress cannot give them away , sel
them to a foreign power or set up ai
independent government on these is
lands , us Mr. Bryan proposes to do
I have not seen this point raised ye
by anyone , but Mr. Bryan , as a law
yer , ought to know the constitutior
of his country , and there is no author
ity anywhere in the constitutioi
where an acre of our country can bt
dissevered from the jurisdiction of the
United States. Such a thing never
has been done , and it would take ai
amendment to our constitution to do
what Mr. Bryan proposes.
"This is my opinion as a lawyer am
I will put it against Mr. Bryan's or
any other lawyer. This is a matter
never yet passed upon by the supreme
court , and depends wholly on the con
struction of section 3 , article 4 , of the
constitution , which says : 'The con
gress shall have power to dispose o
and make all needful rules and regula
tions respecting the territory or other
property belonging to the Unitec
States. '
"I contend that this section does
not give congress any authority to
part with the jurisdiction of a single
acre of our national territory. Con
gress has no right to sell or give awaj
or convey a single acre to a foreign
power , nor to set up an independent
government on any acre of the public
domain. This gives only general au
thority over our territory to dispose
of them by dividing and naming them
surveying them , selling them to set
tlers , providing for local government
and the enforcement of the laws , the
protection of timber , locating of town
sites , admitting them as states and
exercising all ac-ts of ownership and
control and national jurisdiction , but
absolutely no authority to part with
national ownership and jurisdiction.
It may exercise all acts of ownership ,
but cannot part with that ownership.
"Space will not justify an extended
brief on this question , but I will put
my opinion as a lawyer that our su
preme court will so construe our con
stitution. That congress has no right
to dissolve this union , or part with
the jurisdiction of any part of otir
territory when once acquired. Success
ful revolution only can accomplish it.
"This is not an imperial government ,
though Mr. Bryan's ideas would make
it so. Imperial governments dispose
of their territory in that way when
they please , but the territory of this
country is held by and for the people ,
and jurisdiction once vested in our na
tion must forever remain until our
constitution is amended , giving some
authority for the dissolution of its ter
ritory.
"Every patriotic democrat should
support McKinley in preference to
Bryan. First , because every issue is
virtually settled , and settled by the re
publicans on old democratic princi
ples. The tariff and the money stand
ards are not fundamental questions ,
but questions of policy , and the gold
standard will likely stand the test of
experience , and is , therefore , perma
nently settled. All parties now agree
on a tariff sufficient to pay the ex
penses of government , laid lightest on
necessities , and in such a way as to
give the best protection to our own
products and commerce. The only real
question between the two parties is
the fundamental one of expansion or
anti-expansion. And on this the re
publicans stand on the old democratic
principles of .Teifersonian expansion.
Second , becatise McKinley has made
the best president since Washington
and Lincoln , and that under the most
trying complications and difficulties ,
and shown himself a careful and able
statesman. Third , because Bryan has
proved himself to be a selfish politi
cian , using his oratorical gifts at $500
an hour or the gate receipts , and act
ing the part of a walking delegate of
the labor trnst in appealing to the rest
less , idle and dissatisfied elements , and
flattering the workingmen and plain
people which is inconsistent with true
dignity and statesmanship. Fourth ,
because his position on the Philippine
question is inconsistent , unstatesman-
like and undemocratic. Fifth , because
he is more of a populist than a demo
crat , and by the populist platform is
bound to support the "initiative and
referendum" and otherwise revolution
ize our government. Sixth , because he
represents such a conglomerate mass
of discordant democrats , populists ,
greenbackers and extreme elements
that he is not strong enough , and no
man is strong enough , to control them ,
and if elected his administration would
produce endless wrangling and discord
and be worse even than Cleveland's last
term. Respectfully ,
GEORGE "VV. WARDER.
Kansas City.
Railway 3Ien Know Good Time * .
The EailwajEmployes' and Teleg
raphers'Political league has announced
that the organization will drop the
nonpartisan feature and will support
McKinley and Roosevelt. It is expect
ed that the organization will reach a
membership of 350,000 before election
day.
Farmers' Gain and L.OXK.
Farmers lost $4,238,000,000 in the
value of their crops in the years 1893-
97 under iree trade , or more than
enough to pay the national debt
twice over. The gain in value from
1897 to 1899 under the McKinley tariff
was $6,355,000,000.
5
buLTJIERN CLUB SETBACK.
talk < if I'on xi-lit of the ( Jovcrncd In
( > fv
the Philippine * hy -morrnt
In All Cliiit.
James S. Kvnns , a well-known mer
chant of Chicago , formerly of the
couth , has declined to join a "South
ern Democratic club , " now forming
in Chicago. Helow will be found his
reason for declining to join :
Chicago. Sept. 25. 1900. My Dcnr Sir :
I tliunk you for your Ittvltntlon to Join In *
Southern Democratic club , the headquar
ters of which arc at the Sherman house.
At the same time I must respectfully de
cline to become u party to an organization ,
the purpose of which Is to a.shltU Mr. Wil
liam Jennlnss Urynn In reaching the highest -
est olllce within the gift of u sovereign
people.
" 1 come of a long line of democrats , many
of whom have been conspicuous In the po
litical history of the gulf states. From
them I was taught the cardinal principles
of true democracy ; and , remembering
thet > e , I cannot subscribe to the teaching *
of Mr. Bryan and those camllilates who
are advocating them. Dollcvlng them to
be dangerous to the people , and especially
detrimental to the Interests of the south , I
shall cast my ballot against the Kansas
City nominees and lor the llrst time In
the history of a member of my family vote
the national republican ticket.
"The cry of imperialism ruiheil by Mr.
Bryan and his adherents , to my mind.
la a canting hypocrisy. And It seems to mete
to be the very acme of Insincerity for a
southern democrat , such as you profess
to be , to preach about individual liberty1
the right of the governed to be consulted
on matters of state issue , when all of us.
long ago agreed that the negro's place Is
Inferior to the white man's on election days.
Is It your wish to concede to the rebelllouh
Tagalos greater individual liberty than we
permit half of the population of the states
of Louisiana. MI.ssiMppi. South Carolina.
Tennessee. North Cniolina and Arkansas ,
to enjoy ?
"At this moment , as you well know , every
.southern st.ite that hub not made pre
vious provis-lon lor the ilh > fraiiclilseinent
of the negio Is arranging to do so ; and.
no one of our section \\lio bi'Ileves In the
right of the Anglo-Saxon to rule. Is op
posing.
"Were I to assist in a movement seek
ing to destroy the Interests of the Amer
ican government In the Philippines , placed
there by a combination of circumstances
this country could not honorably have cir
cumvented ; and subsequently consecrated
by the blood of my kinsmen who fell fight
ing for the honor of their Hag , 1 should feel
as if I were a common traitor.
"A southerner by birth. In politics a dem
ocrat , an American by the grace of God , 1
shall. In the absence of a democratic nom
inee , vote for Mr. William McKinley , be
cause he is something more than a man
after an otllce. Very truly yours.
JAMKSS. EVANS.
Mr. T. E. Powell. President Southern
Democratic- . Chicago.
CONTRASTED WITH MEXICO.
Laborer * in the Free Silver Republic
L'liulile to lluy Pro-
Free silver and its effects are best
seen in contrast with conditions that
prevail at El i'aso , Tex. it. F. Camp
bell , who was one of the few repub
licans ever elected mayor of El Paso ,
supplies these comparative prices ,
which show how labor fares under
free silver. It must be remembered
that -the Mexican prices are given in
Mexican money :
United States. Mexico.
Daylaborers $1 23 to ? 2 00 $ 19 tot CO
Miners 1 50 to 700 SO to 1 50
Bacon , per pound. . . . 11 20
Ham , per pound. . . 15 CO
Salt , per pound 1 7
Molasses , per gal. 55 250
Candles , per Ib 4 9
Sugar , per pound. . 6 15
The Mexican laborer receiving- such
small wages is unable to buy little
if any provisions. In the words of the
late Mexican minister Romero , "he
will live on ten and twenty cents a day.
Of course , he will have his little patch
of corn , beans and chiles planted near
his hut , and tJie.se form the largest
part of his bill of fartj three times
a day for T1G3 days in the year. Five
or ten dollars per year will clothe
him , except perhaps his hat , and for
that he will , if he can get the money ,
pay from five to twenty dollars. "
Farmers know that with laborers
living in that manner , the home mar
ket will be cut off. Free silver means
a condition of distress among the
working people of this country never
before known. As long as the farm
er knows the city wage-earners are
satisfied , he knows that there will be
good prices for all farm products.
And that is why the farmers of this
country arr with the McKinley admin
istration.
GLORY OF THE ARMY.
Some of the Hollow Phrases L'ttereil
hy Hourke Cockran at
Chicago.
As a purveyor of nothings , Bourke
Cockran is second only to Mr. Bryan.
In a recent speech at Chicago he said :
"The glory of American soldiers has
not been in the greatness , but in the
smallness of their numbers. "
That sounds well in a speech , but
what are the facts ?
In the war of 1S12 we had 83,000 reg
ulars and 471,022 volunteers in the
aeld.
In the Mexican war we had 30,954
regulars and 73,776 volunteers.
The civil war called for over 2,000,000
men.
The Spanish war brought out an
irmy of 216,029 men.
There is nothing small about these
figures. The glory of the American
irmy , at all times , has been its un-
linching courage , its high morale , its
levoted patriotism. Its recent record
n China is the last laurel which it has
, von.
Iron Production Douhlen.
The production of iron , always a re-
iable trade barometer , has doubled
since 1894 , when free trade ruled the
: ountry. In that year we produced
i,637,388 tons. In 1S99 the furnaces
; urned out 13,620,703 tons. Who would
jo back to the old scheme ?
Hay Imports Dwindle.
We imported 302,652 tons of hay
n 1896 under the Cleveland regime.
: n 1899 the imports were 19,872 tons.
[ Tiat is the difference betwean protec-
ion and free trade.
