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AS THE" FARMER SEES
REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES I
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS
, They Have Never Deceived Nor nee +
tra.ed ! Ih Interests aOlI have At
litrcash'cl Favored Lelslation fc
IUs Benefit.
-
Each national camJ.in ; ; ; : emllhasizc [ ,
the fact that the "farmer" vote must hc 1
rcckoncd with and catered to , and nil
parties put forth their beat nrnmcnts
then addressing the farmer. Away : fmm ;
the madding : ; : crowd untrllnme1e(1 ( by the
prejudices and false cries of the pout
clan the farmer ea huly reads IUIII thick ,
lUll thinks and read , and decides tIte
question with a discernin ; judgment that :
leads to' a decision which is honest ami
dlt. : !
hi lSG ! it was generally feared thJ.t
the farmer would IJc deceived by tLe
; ; neat : promises made of the beneficent re-
. f'nlts to he attained by voting for free'
silver but this was not so ; the farmer
might he deceived when away from home ,
J'ut at his own fireside , with plenty of
time lo weigh ; the question , he decide
for the gold standard : , AND TII ) DlDl-
OCItATIC PAIt'rY AND ITS CAXDI-
DATIS ON TIlE NATIONAL .rICK-
ET NOW SAY TII AT'TII'E 1.UDlEI ] {
DECIDED HIGHT. In lOO ! the cr '
'was illlperialislII , and with his Ion ! of
frel'tlom it wm stud that the farmer
might he stampeded , hut again ; he olInw-
cd COIIIIllOU sense :11111 calm consh1cratiou
to decide the ql\estion , and , seeing 110
danger Jf militarism or overthrow of thc
estahlished government by the new ortler
of thillg , force upon us by the " 'ar
with Spain , thc farmer again cast hi ; :
ballot for the Helmhlican ticket , : tnd
.
time has graved that his judgment was
good and his decision right
Chaff \YHI Not Amnvcr.
b the present campaign : 110 lIew 01'
striking ; issue is preentel1. The Democrat -
crat arraign : the Republican party \'iify ! ;
the President and hall forth glittering ; ;
generalities , hut definiteness is lacking.
tad what would he gained hy the clec-
tint of a Democratic I'rl'"idcnt is not apparent -
parent A general ; "ctluuit howl" i is
uo nrguuieut , and to secure the farmer
yote it is neeessary to present more than
chaff. !
One term of a DCllloerttie President
, . ' of Ih . elute Demoeratic
two ) ear ; : only :
wlministrltion , was su1lleient tn practically -
tical1y paralyze 1 nsiuess throughout the +
m\toa : deprive the worker ; : cS thc chlIlce :
to earn :111 honest living ; , elreSS'alnes
mill III'it" + , , . 11I111 make ns the lJ.uhin ; ; :
stork ; : and subject of ridicule of the nations -
i . tions IIf the world
McKinley was elected , a Helmhlican
COIIre ; enacted ! a consistent prutective
tariff iHlnstr was revived , factorieo
q < tarted , uucnployel given ; work ot the
t 3.lhe.t : ; wes ever known , consulllltion , ,
1 f'timulated'altles restored , Spain defeat -
ed. Cuba freed , order .Jtablished 111 the
Phililliline blalllls aiu14e people given
civil liberty in its fullest sense atHl the
OII nu . unity of heeomin ; a creditable parr
of t"ft'r. ' greatest nation on earth. The sta-
hilit tlf the currency has been , assured ,
, . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . .
, I II ; the public debt reduced and
ii'st charges ; lowered ; laws passed !
that will kill , the arid lands under eul-
tivatia11 , antI ! th\t too , without tax 0-
Cost t. any person e pt the one directly -
rCt'tl.r benefited he the ' ) urchase ! or the
land from the o\'Cl'IImcnt. ;
.rhe secllrint of the route for an isthmian -
mhm canal the construction of which is I
nosy asurcd , is i a crowning triumph for I
fi UellUhlican President and the party : ,
and no one class will receive a greater
benefit from the conncetion of the At-
llIItic and I'acific by this great w'tterwa '
than will the flrml'r.
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The apjOBitiOIt ( to the Cuban reei-
prneity bill on account of the reduction
or the tariff 011 1'1 WIuar : , canine lareb' ;
from a miscOllt'I'lltion of what the result
would he In-ltead : or retarding ] Ilrol1uc-
tie : ! : 11I1 lowering ; the price of sugar ;
het'L . the opposite has bent the result
amid the produetion has been stimulated
and profits increased.
Ilufito of I'rotction.
'Ihe policy ! of proteetion which guards ;
Sad develops the industries of our country -
try , cardinal with the Hellllblicm party ,
is neressI1' to the prosperity of the
flrl11t'l' A tariff on agricultural products
may nut int'I't'Ii't' : the price ir the de-
nand dues not equal the supply but a
. tariff whit'h protects American labor and :
JIOIIIC industries insures work at hhh
' \ \\'aes Ilnty } of money allll increased
cousllmlltion ) , insuring high prices for
-
farm prodnl'ts. "
The farmer is indebted to the Helmh
lieai 1 party ' : for the rural free delivery
s "stcm. First suested : hy the editor
of a leading : ! flrlll paper himself :1 He-
pullica , the idea was reported upon and
l'l'eomlll'ulletI by a HClluhlicm Postmaster -
ter Genera ! . adapted and enlarged upon
by the Hepl1hlican party ) , appropriation
made by a Republican Congress for m
investigation ; and trial of the proposed
s'stem lemocratic Postmaster General -
oral supported by a Democratic Presi ,
dent , refused to expend the appropriations ) .
tions and 1'l.'llUrted not only adversely to
the system . but that the scheme was
impracticable Not until the HClmbli-
cans ! were again in full power was the
system given ; a fair trial and its entire
practicability , \s well as thc great benefit
to he derived by the rural population ,
fully demonRtrnted. From a $ lOOOO al-
propriatioI for the , trial of the system
it has growth ; to all appropriation of over
under the friendly encour-
$ ° : O.OOO.OOO
3t'mcnt ; tIlll agressive ; business policy
of Ht'lIuhlican allministratiolli' Xo other
die thing : could have been of such great :
benefit to time farmer : it has placed : hm :
in dally : cOlIHnunieHion with the world ,
tllll \ from the seclusion of farm life he
emerges : and ht'cont'i a part and parcel
or this great natioll and is not only able
to read of the doings ; throughout ; the
world , but the facilities ffortlc.l for
frequent and prompt 'ommlmieation en-
able him to take ; : part in its affair" The
farmer is now recognized as a big ; , broad
minded business man , and the discover
is due to the rural free deliver system .
etahlished1111 fostered by the Hepub
Hean part ) ' .
Time Republican party has always been
aegressively ; in favor of legislation ; for
the benefit of farmers amid the record
will he cOlloidered ! Hul remembered when
the farmer cast his " , > te.
The platforms Qf the Republican lUll :
Democratic parties are so similar on
important subjects that the conclusion is i
inevitable that the latter foilo red tae :
former , for vote'teliimmg ; purpo e ; : . and
that the Democratic pntis ; nsincere
.
mill asking support : under false reps
sentations amid : the farmer never favorer 1' : ;
or lIpports insincerity or fraud.
"MUD.SL.lNGING : '
Dcmocratlo 'cIarCr8 Are Herr :
fid When lo'acts Are Stated.
'
[ New York Tribnue.J )
Tn charge ; that the President of the
United States is so reckles'l and uu-
Eol"l'upulous that 1m means , ir elected , to t
grasp Mexico , the West Indies , Ceatr:11
\II1'rica and South America , and cot -
H.lidatc ] all in one huge American em-
Iirc-that ) i'l moderate and proper polite
ical discussion. "The candidate : is the
,
issur . "
To recite , with scrupulous mo:1eration ,
the historic : facts concerning the entry
into public life of the opposing : candi-
te-fll'ts \ that : no man disputes or
dare di.putc-thtt" ; : is "mud-turowing ; ! "
1'0 mention that : hi , ; : first ( politic
friend and creators were the balot-box !
stuffers or Stony Hollow and .Toekc )
hill ; that , his dehut as a political lIIan ,
aer was , while a surrogate jude ; : , as
tile State chairman for and personal
representative : of David : B. Hm , who ill i
; gratitude made him : l Supreme ) Coot
Justire i ; and' that , when he needed a
close friend 1.0 illtrn-lt : with his hid to
Bryanites : for the Oilief Judgeship : of
the Court of Appeals on the ground that
he had voted for Ur.rallhe chose as
such confidential representative the election -
lion , thief Danforth-to mention these
llIIllislluted and indisputable acts , it i
scents according to the JlOrrified Demo-
cystic organs : , is "lIllid-slingin-g. "
1Yell , shivering : souls , if those facts
imply " 'muds' then that is the sort of
"mud" your candidate lives in You invoice -
voice in vain a east-off judicial robe to
hide it. "The candidate is the issue. " '
ROOSEVELT GOOD ENOUGH.
The People Like the Presidcnt's Democratic -
ocratic \\'a's. .
[ John S , Wise , of Vir inia. ]
The people ) have seen more of Hoose-
'
\'l'lt-now IS youth and' cowboy and
I'portm\I1 : amid naval secretary amid police -
lice COllllllis1'iollel' and : soldier and gO\-
manor and President to think .themseh'es
fait' judges ; of his ingrain democratic and
republican II erSODa lit ) " . They believe he
would spring ; ; at and grapple , with a
usurper or a monarchist as fiercely as
he would lasso n n lid hrmcho or fight
a HII:1I1iard. : And they like his demo-
era lie ways . more democratic far in itc-
HOIl than : the aristocratic and exclusive
nos of Parker , with his colorless democratic -
eratic lllatitudes.
" Talk does not settle popular estimate '
of public mell. Tholisalllls-U1l , hum
Ilrel1s of tholli'ands-of Democrats see
moe real dcnocmcy : in the rigorous , aggressive - '
gl'ess'e , widetwlle : ; : Theodore Roosevelt
Ih:1I1 : in the colorless , secretive Alton B ,
Pa1'lwr. The platforms ue mighty near
,
l-f'ther. ! ; The men arc going ! to he a m ,
more decisive feature of this ' campaign :
than ] usual And with lilY knowledge ; ' I
of the American people and the things ; I .
which plea e their taste md fancy and .
fill their ideals of what real American
mlI1hool1 : ; is I would , if I were a betting , ; :
man , stake ; : all I had that Rooseve't will
be m easy winner ,
I
Cheap nllrricndcs. ; ,
_ . [ 1. is ( Iron , the attitude of the Demo
° : t1'ttic party in the present campaign . I
It has nominated candidates of naodj !
( mate talents M Jinre-heuls : for the yen-
tnres of the discredited party , and ex-
pects the people to sujiport them , while
the Democratic National Committee al1l1
Tnnlllan are expected to buy or steal
success.
'rhe Democratic lllrt : , with its n11'
s01l1111 views , fiinaneial and economic , lies
hopefully behind Parer : ; : and those un-
namell eXl'ectande'oicell hy'illiams. .
Bryan : and other De:11oer:1 :
\1111 Bryan promises ' to reorganize ; the
party : after the election ! How ? Evi-
dently on lines of socialism , government /
: mad 1Il11l1"ipal : ownership of telegraph ;
,11111 railroad lines , with all the sequence.
What vagueness of thought and prom-
i ise : How may so-cll1ed leader ; of nay
party expect to get ; : the votes of seasi-
bb mom upon n proposition ! so dim as
this ! The fault with the Democratic
party , this rear : , i1' that it docs not even
furnish a good ; dissolving view
Take Your Choicc.
David U. Hill , tIle sponsor of the
Democratic ctllllitlate for the Presidency ,
aid : at St. Louis that he "ditl not Imow
mow Parlcr ; : stood on the money IIne- ; ;
tjrll1 For thirty year , Hill and l'tI j -
. .1' have been intimately associated , so-
( "ia11) ) :11111 political1 If the statement
made by Hill is to he believed , then .
[ 'artier ; : is too ecret'e a mall to elect :
t t. ) the Presidency : if j false , then it was' '
f'I'itll'ntl $ ' made for the Im-Ilo or mis-
eadfag : ; the people ; and if the people arc
L. m he deceived in cue timing ; , why not in
all the acts of the Democratic leader ?
Would It nc Wise ?
It is conceded that the Democrats are
mot on record 011 the t:1l'iJ : question. This
heinr : the case , would it not he unwise
t'l trust tariff revision .to the party 011-
I\ecl to the priucillle of protection , the
rlhmlt being : practically ) : free trade , bring
mar industrial depression , hard time curd
the inevitable lowering of prices on farm
) roducts ? _
Tom Watson acknowledge ; , that fire
cmdition of American workingmen ; is
IIOW- vastly imllrved ( , and that iu their
h'lI11es they enjoy conveniences of life
whieh a king ; : ; could : not commmd sonic
huudrecl years ao : Ir the ' Democracy
hall its way we would reverse the wheels
of IIro:1.s so that the workinmen ;
night enjoy ) ' the privations of life that
wore the common lot in the grand oM
lays of Jefer50nian scarcity of hath
tubs ,
Thc hlpfnle" ' or the Oermn" to-
card each other hai heen one of thc
tplcul1t ics'ons they have tnubt.
l ' idclty is aws an admirable trait.
The fidcltyof Gcrmans toward each
other has been to me always one .r
their strikinalt I ndlnirablc chnrac-
cristics.-SeUatr FatrbanksstIndianapolis ,
eitemLer 3 , 183
Luder tIe Republican policy of pro- '
tection our home market affords our
1:1UftlerS : and producer tba bet
1a.lct ; : in the worl7 . e\'CI if we did not
: ell any uf our product ahloall Rut
lrocet 1 hs also made lS the greatest
exportg na'on in the world.
I Chin and India arc "cheap" countr s.
Huum tabor is held very low ill thc
: ands :11 : the result is that the masses
.He cOlstantb" steejied iu poverty : amid
aenaced 1 by starf tion. In spite of the
1..llell cheapness the people do not get
nlings.
THE PHILPPINE ISSUE
Marked Modification orJnde Jarker' ' .
I'oaItion.
Nothing in the conduct of the Demo
cratic party is more conducive to the
public weal than the case with which [
it abandons untenable issues after pled ; -
ing : eternal fealty to them.
For eight years it was indissolubly
wedded to the free and unlimited coif '
ae of silver at an arbitrary rationly ) ; ,
the behest of its candidate ,
at telegraphic hclet it
to accept the gold standard as "final
and irrevocably ] established" by the R +
publican party.
From time beyond the memory of the
oldest voter the Democracy has been ( ul. :
urinating against ; "protectionism as a
rohuer ' " -only to have David B. I i ,
waive the tariff issue into the back 'ard .
and abysm of time , "bccause it is : quern
tin on which very few of us ( Democrats -
crats ) aree : "
Nothing t'onl have been "more beautiful -
tiful to ee" than the sham frenzy with
which Democrats and "anti.imperialists"
denonneed the prompt action by which
the United States seized the opportuni ; '
and hecame possessed of thc authority to
10 esset
dig and control the Isthmian canal-ex-I
cellt the avidity with which thc Pemo-
crtic convention swallowed all its vociferous -
ciferous ! scruples and resolve that ,
"when entrusted with power it will con
struct the Panama canal speedily , bon
" , " Xo wonder the
estly and onomical\
mocking echo "whe entrusted with ]
power , " reverberated through the rcpub-
lc.And
And now comes Alton B. Parker and
draws the pen of antc-clection cxpdieuc ) ; "
through the Phippine plank of his par
t , " , "W insist " reads that sibiant document ,
Iment , "that we ought to do for the Fib -
pubs what we have done already for :
the Cubans , and it is our duty to make
that promise NOW. "
.t the first opportunity Jude Parker :
was . given to unburden his soul over tw
wrong perpetrated in substituting Amer-
can jltstice liberty all security for Spanish -
i1'h cruelty extortion and oppression in
the Philippines . he modified the "now"
in the above quotation with these Ese
IHm word :
"The accident of war brought the Phil -
ippines into our possession and we are
not at liberty to disregard the respomisi I
hit " which thus came to us , but that .
responsibility will he best sub'er\ed by
' the islanders rapidly as -
preparing as possible
Bible for self-go\"ernmen and giving to
them assurances that it will cOle as
soon as they arc reasonably prepared
for it , "
, 'heu ii ; 'roated ; by John G. ) I- )
burn of nuf10 ( ] as to whether the Dcl-
phic phrase , "self'o\"crnmcnt ; , " in the
foregoing senteee was to be construed
as "identical with [ : , : iependece political
and territorial , " he replied : "I am in
hearty accord , with that plank in the
Democratic platform which advocates
treating the Fipinos precisely as we did
the Cubans ; and I also favor making
thc promise to them NOW to take such
action \8 SOON AS IT O.L' PUU-
DENTLY BE DONE"
Ave , there's the numb ! Give the prom'
ie , and a Democratic proIse [ at that , i
now , and redeem it "as soon as it cams
prudentl ; ' he 110ne. "
Was there ever a more flagrant case of
'
i'that : juggling with words that gives the
, yord of Promise to the ear , but puts its
fulfilment ) beyond thc pale or living
- .
-hope ? Why Iromise , now what in thc
expediency and wisdom of the future it
nay never be prudent to fulfil ?
Xo wonder the Democratic New York
.
Times scornfully declares that "the only
percepUhle difference between the Demo-
cra : tic position and the Republican posi-
tion j is that Jutle : Parker wOlild tell the
Fipinos now what is in store for them.
ald President Roosevelt would not ,
There is nothin ; either ili his speech or
il his letter to : \1' , ) Ihun which would
in any other than a heelless [ anti-impe-
rialst mind lead to the conclusions that
were he iu the White Iou e he would
Ilrsue toward our possessions in the far
East a policy different from that pursued
b y President P.ooserelt4"
The Times further expresses the opinion -
ion that "If the American people were
tusked to vote t -day upon the question
of immediately granting independence to
the Philllines. they would vote the'
) reposition down ten to one , perhaps
wenty to one , certainly by an exemplary :
mJ.jorit They would vote it down be-
canse ' they are not insane and because
hey are' not heartless. I they were
eked to vote upon the question whether
wc should 'make the promise now' they ,
could laugh in the faces of those who I
asked them to tale ; : the trouble to express !
their will up6n a mere question or cxpe
aienc . " I .
A promise now to do something which
it may he prudent to do fifty or two hun-
drcd years hence , possibly never , would
ell to almost reach the unscaahlc ]
h'jhts ; of Democratic folly. Certainly
Jude [ Parker's promise now with its "as
non as it can prudemrtly be done" contli-
tion , eliminates the Philippine issue front
the Democratic category or Republican
trmsgresions ,
imperialism of Steel.
Wren the great iron and steel indus-
try of the United States tbri-c other
. \eicm industries thri-e. The Dcm-
( 'ratic party could not legislate to de
troy the protection to the iron . and , steel
indu try without leis1atinJ to destroy
thc prosperity of the United States.
The . millions or additional profit and
wte3 that have come to the iron and
steel industry under Republican rule
would have been earned . i at all , by
foreig nations : , , had Democratic policies
flreyaiet + during the last ; yeus
The gigantic ; rise of -Hli5 inll1'trdur -
rig the last eight added
I ir years Cno mous-
l ' to the wealth of the Lnied State
I :11 every branch of American industry
mud aricnltul 'has been stimulated by
it. 'Prosperity at home and prestige
.hroall has indeed been intimately con-
I Cte with the increasing imperialism or
steel , which once was Pauper but now
is Kimig.
: I
P.o'Jerit : nt Unme , Prestv Abroad. !
"Prosperity at Home and Prestige
throad"-was campaign that
Abroall-\Tas : cmpaip ! phrase
: ppealed with great force to the Amer-
icm PO + ) p1e in moo I should appeal :
t e them with still greater force i 10.
for timing ' the las four rears of fur-
thtr 'Uclu lcan rule ther have been
sti further great gains hI the prosper-
itY of tine United States , and still fur-
her great . imme cze in the respect eter-
t ined for the Ur.te States ; b-y all the .
nathmr ft the worfd.
De.cratic ? arty DIite .
Time Democratic campaign managers
an trying , to hoodTpak thr nmass of tb"
arty , , raying all Democrats Pre work-
rg earnestly . for tee election rf Parker.
The truth is i , there is now more dig-
affection jn the Democratic party than
there was when Bryan was nominated
the first time Neither Bryan Demo
crats nor friends of \Y. R. Hearst wi
flpor Parker In New York State the
Bryanites have put a. State P"lUJ8t
ticket in the field and will vote for \\at-
son , the Populst nominee for the Presi-
dency. In New Jersey the Hearstites
Jerse'te
have organized , the Pcople' Demo
; CI.tic ) art ) ' " and will fight the regular
, ranization. In Indiana and other
St.'te the free silver and Bryan Demo-
I crats are in arms and ' will .wPIY te
. ; Parker . Ptrt\
I
THE WORKINGMAN'S FRIEND
Railway Fireman Pay a Notable Tribute -
ute to President Rooc.elt. ,
Xo President ever received n morc
notable tribute from a labor organza
ton than Theodore Roosevelt did at the
convention of the Brotherhood of Loco -
motive Firemen held in Buffalo. A pul
lie meeting was held on the night ; of
Sept 13 Fully i.OO persons were in
attendance.
Grand Master Hannah , in conclll-
ing ; an address , called attention to the
fact that a New York newspaper had
criciset the President because he ha
accepted an honorary memhership iu the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
"l.et me say , " said )11' . HannahJ.n , "that
i the P.esident of the United States or
an ) other of its citizen docs nothing
worse than accept membership in this
organization hc \\"i neither merit the i
will nor deserve the censure of any ; of
his feHow-men. ( Cheers. )
"If the rest or the public , and particu-
laxly those who are intrustcd with the
direction of our government and the
management of the nation's greatest enterprises -
terpriscs would do as the President aud
meet us upon a common level , there
would he fewer strikes ' 'nd less strife
and more or peace and goo-wi in the
industrial world. "
" " 'hat has the President done for
) "ou' shouted an intoxicated man , who )
slot near the stage door on the right ,
" ' 'hnt has the President done ' repeated -
peated Grand Master Hannahan "The
President has proven to the organized ;
workingmen of this country that he has
an interest in their welfare by accepting
m honorary membership in an organization -
tion of men whose faces are begrimed
by smoke and dust , and who daily and
hourly ' face the gravest dangers "
,
The monster audience burst into
deafening cheers. The tumult rolled
from wall to wall and hack again Men
stood up on the benches , wildly waving
their hats and cheering ; for the Prcsi-
deut. The demonstration was spon-
tmeous : and was general all over the hall.
Finally it died down and some one in
the audience shouted :
"Iurrah for Theodore ToMe\"el ! "
And again the crowds burst into
cheers and when the second demonstra-
ton died out the intoxicated man was
nowhere to h seen.
During the demonstration the men on
the stage sat silent and made no effort
. ! jther to cheek or urge on the remark
, lle ovation which the President had re-
, ' ivc. The Brotherhood does not per-
nit politics to influence its action , but
its members , regardless ; of part , enter-
ain : a ugh opinion President . Rose
.elt mId will stand by him as firmly as
he stands by them
,
.o , MR. DAVIS' - CONTRIBUTION
Dcmocratlc 'trice-Presidential Candidate -
date Draws the Line at $50,000.
A press telegram dated Cnmherland ,
II" , Sept. 7 , says :
. .
"I is stated on reliable authority from
Elkins that thc campaign contribution
of Hcnry G. Davis will not be anything [
lLe the amount the Democratic managers -
ers : had cxpectcd. He has fixed the
amount for all purposes at $50,00 antI
his brother , Col Thomas B Davis of
Keyser , Yo Va" , gave a similar amoun
" )115 , 'Elkins ant ) Irs , Arthur Lee ,
tauhters ; of )11' Davis are known to
have objected to their fatlll coutrihut-
in/ / ; large : sums , amid , his SOl , .ToItn T
) axis , is said to have done likewise.
"Four years ago John T. Davis spent
a large sum in four counties when his
Judie Tom was a candidate for Con-
Unce
.om
; : rcss , hut 10 results were obtained Col
) avis being defeated : . by : large \"ote
" have little faith
Since then the Da\"iscs ltc
in politicians' " judiciously expending
' ,
monc )
Therc's some sense in the Davis fam-
i ) ' , it appears The ex-Senator himself
has always succceded in hang-ing Qn to
his dollars.
How much better it wH he to use
some of papa's money to buy prety' bon-
nets and gowns with , than to throw them
to the mockingbirds of the Democratic
campaign commitee !
And all for nothing , too !
laRd IcaPPld.
) lnrshal P. Wilder's most successful
eke of the season has a political tang
o it that is calculated to make even
: t. Democrat with any sense of its eternal
: ptness laubh. He tells of a teacher whe
: sks a class or boi whether tie would
like to he President of the United
States. Observing that : amid the gen
ernl enthusiasm or assent one boy was
sient and disconsolate , she said :
\"hat's the matter , Willie ' Don't
'ou wish to be President ? "
"Yes'm , but I can't , " replied the boy.
"How do you know you can't ? " she
n kel1.
"Because Im I Democrat"
That let him out.
n tlb1cR' TS Democratc Policy.
mush to maintain
Organization does
the wages of labor , but organization of
.
'agenmers docs not provide consum-
ers. Cnumpion or coal is always
reate when Kkls myid factories ue run-
; Sing ; full time I 18' time PO'lcs ' of the
1 tImhcm ! party to protect all indus-
lis hI wise and beneficent laws , while
it : in ( len thc policy of the Democratic
arty , ns ufdfnctd by the last Cleveland
: d uinistration , to provide as much work
l possible for the artisans or other coun-
tries hy removing the protpctou ! the tart -
i affords American workingmen.
The Democratic part has been ftaI.
Tong ou every liuse of the money \UC3
tion from the resumption or specie payments -
ments dtU the war to the establishment -
ment of the gold standard , both of which
it : oppo.e : It 1f ceiatitationaly ! unfit
to dead with fnancla quetons , .
nc story or the t1'u:1 on the edge
is record of hort-
of du and belts a o :
hrrtn ; df ointments and ot failure .
Qr causes utterly Nfad individual eml-
t111 Cfk t : tioJ irrigation t2ee
, ( i recur happily ! : ere.
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NOTHING TO TAKE ( BACK.
Hon Will Bryan Explain ' li Ios-
tinny to Parker ?
tiit ,
William Jennings Bryan has been om-
daily engaged ; by the Democratic Xa-
tional Committee to make speeches in
Xe\ York , Indiana and other place ,
The former candidate for the president
has something ; of a reputation as an
agile political contortionist , but he wi
have the time of his life eqllainil : .is
' .
record during the present campaign. )11' .
Bryan bas been on a good many sides era t
a good many different questions and y
hc lives to tel tie tale. nut just It\
he proposes to advocate the election of t
Parker is " " ,
a m\"sten"
Bryan was opposed to Parker heore
the convention let at St Louis. le was
apposed to Parker every clay during the
sessions of that inharmonious gathern ; ;
When Parker sent his teler:1 ; SUllple
menting the Democratic platform )1r.
Bryan rose from a bed of sickness to de-
flounce ' the nominee as a traitor amid : t
dictator . and his dramatic appearance on
that Saturday night was ole of the mOt
e extraordinary ) ' episodes of an extraordi-
nary convention. Bryan laslied. Parker
amid he , dared the COl'entiol to send a
telegram to the nominee temmdil ; : his
honest opinion on other well-known Den
ocrtic prleiple :
Later 01 )11' Bryan , iu his own paper ,
the Commoner , while the e\"elt il the
convention were fresh before him , open ) "
charged that Judge Parker was a part ) '
tl a corrupt attempt to deceive the con -
vention and that his nomination had been
secured by improper means. I was then
that the former candidate for the press
dency put himself on record by saying in i
the Commoner of July 13 , less than a
week after the nomination : "I have uetb-
big to take bad ; : "
I seenns a curious thing to find a man
who has "nothing to take hack , " appear
big on the stump favoring the election of
. \Itol l Parker for the , IIresidenc I
Mr. Bryan has "nothin to take back. "
he should in common honesty when he
appears on the tnmp in Indiana and
elsewhere ! , repeat to his audiences exact ] ; "
what he said ! il the Commoner of .Tnl ; -
13 , which was printed exactly one week ]
after the Democratic convention was
called to order and only four days afer
, Tlhln ; Park was nominated for the
presidency and had sent his telegram ; ;
repudiating the Democratic platform
In this issue of the Commoner Mr ,
te
Bryan said :
"I was a plain and deliberate atenwt
to deceive the part " . .rhe New York
platform was vague and purposely so ,
because the advocates of Judge Parker
were trying to secure votes from anon ; ;
the people who would have opposed his
\'iews had they known them. The nomination -
nation was secured , therefore , by crook
: d and indefensible ! ; methods "
e
As exhibition of political -
an poltica gymnas-
; ics Br -au's campaign speech for Par
ker ought to he worth going miles to
rear. If , as he says , he has "nothin ;
take back " how will he matters
to : , wi explain -
era to the people ? What did he mean
when he said in the Commoner : "T .
nomination of Jude ; Parker virtually
nullifies the anti-trust plank ? Was it i
true ou July 13 that Parkcr'H nomination
had been secured "by crooked means " ?
I it was true then is it not true now ?
: f'r 'an in the Commoner said : "I 1
hall for for the ticker
shal : , appeal votes ; :
on f : rounds" " How can he appear
on tl , stump therefore , , and seriously
ask the workingmen of the country tt
rote for the Democratic nominee [ afer
the Commoner had declared that "The
label plank as prepared by Judge Par
; er's friends 01 the subcommittee was
a I straddling . meaningless plank : "
' 'as ) Ir , Bryan lying when be said in
his paper , " . \ Democratic victory wit
mean very ' little , if any , progress so lon ; :
as the part is under control of the Wall
street clement "
I the part was under the control or
the Wall street element when )11' Bran
wrote that editorial , is it not just as
much under the same control while he is
01 the stump ?
Perhaps Mr. Bryan can explain away
these thin s. Perhaps he can answer
these questions.
Perhaps not.
TAMMANY "TAR WATER
' \11 It Prove an Acceptable nC''crn > ± e
to Respectable Democrats ?
Judge Parker's "a maitiou , " addressed -
dressed to his waning supporters , , in his
SII meechm to the visiting editors , has in it
ror all its rhotlomontade , : shadow or
the pathetic.
I is little wonder that there are dis-
scn ions in the Democratic camp , .as
staid gentlemen from the South , East
and West , men who have certain tradi-
: ions of respectability t < reckon with ,
fnd that their candidate i and always
has been cheek hy jowl with David
Bonnet Hill and hand in glove with
' ,
'ammany
Judge Parker , recognizing the dangers
of his position , but unable to shake off
the political associates and methods by
which he has risen , pleads fervently for
time elimination of personal , factional
nd unimportant differences involving no '
. " Such elimina-
surrend or prucpIe. -
tion , he declares , "is essential to suc-
"
co s.
But will the Democrats rink the
Tmman ' "tr Rater "
There ig something to be said-or
there WAS-in . favor , even , or "tar
water. " Bishop Berkeley in his famous '
ulogy that old-fashioned but mm-
eulog upon : < I u- .
pleFant mixture declared : "LT IS OF
A NATURE S MILD . AND BENIGN
.XD PROPORTIONED TO THE
IU [ . L\ ) CONSTITUTION AS TO
" .ARI WITHOUT HEATING , TO
IiJER BUT NOT IXEBRIATE. "
.
Still , tr water went out or fashion !
A men who i. week encash to pnt his
sndi4acr iR theIr ( Pill' . and Jei-
InoRt's ) hands before the convention
wonld not bo .arofs eneuEk to resist
their Ilfnoc after election , if he
. .
were by any pc.ibUit , succeesful.-
W UI.un J. lrYA
Forty years of practical control of the
= overnsaent by the Republican party
COTer the whole period of modern pros
reS3 , Th only intervals or reac-
tion or failure to progress were when
te Democratic party was in power .
History shows that R Democratic
trf hs always been followed h. . bU5i-
ICf1lrity md . a nCItnhlcm . .trl
HY busfuess IroSltr t , , tVhy not ae
cept the verdict or hi-roy-
'l'he ' Democratic : party is i like the man
- lit in favor or prohibition but
. ) 21 "or p hibito :
" : ; in" the enfnrcee1t , It favors n
PaMM : Canal bat 005t' the mrasures ,
I neL'ssry to obtain it
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,
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AS MAINE GOES.
: ,
t
In each campaign -
. They look to Maine j
i To make the future outcome plain.
I For each one knows
.
That as Iaine goes
.
The tide of public judgment flows. :
.he tite publc judgent fo\s. i
One time Maine "went ,
bent for Kent : ' a
I
Anti every one knew what that mean ' " '
This year the State - . 'f \
Has struck - gait . : . " ,
That set Republicans elate. ' . : , "
At E50PUS . .
There is a fuss , - r
Because the votes are going thus ;
And Gas5J.way ,
So blithe and gay ,
Must write checks till election day. :
The Texans shout j
And . jeer and flout
Because their State is not in doubt ; a
But D. B. nm ,
Has had n chi
Amid thinks that he had best keep stilt. . ;
Much pain is felt .1
Beneath the belt i
i
Of those nppacel to Roosevelt ; - .
They have the blues "
At this great news- )
They know that Roosevelt cant lose. .
. i
The record shows *
That as Maine goes ;
The tide of public judgment flows- f
The fight is vain , i
t
For all explain - .
al
f
That they will have to"ote with " , ' %
Iaine. x
4
PENSION ORDER , NO. 78. l'
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.
President Rooscyclt's Acton Is In
Line with Law and Precedent.
The groundless character ot the charge s
that President Roosevelt has exceeded
his constitutional powers is shown clearly -
h' by examination of the facts and the
laws concerned in the executive action '
known as the "age pension order" issued ,
last March by direction of the President.
Anyone who will take the trouble tt. ,
tend the act of June : , IS90 , ns amended -
cd May 9. 1900 , will find a clear basis .
to begin with I directs who shall have I
pensions , and low the amount of the
pension , iu each case , snail be determin-
cd , as follows : "
All persons who sel'ed 0 days or more
In the mltan' or naval I service ofthe
United States during the late war ot the
rebellion and who have been honorably discharged -
charged thlr'trom. and who are now or
who may hereafter be s"tcrn ) from :
mental or physical disability ot a perma-
lent character not the result Ilf their own
vicious habits , which Incapacitates them
from the IJerorlnnce ot manual labor II . t
such a degree as to render them unable to
earl a support , shall , upon making due
proof ot the fact according t. such rules
amid regulations as the Secretary or the J
interior ; lay pro'le. IS be placed . the
list ot Im'uld pensioners of the United
States and he entitled to receive 1 pen'J
slon not exceeding $12 per month , and not .
Ics than $ 6 per month proportoned'to the ,
degree ot inablty to ear : support and
In determinh.-'uch inability each and ev- t ,
cry : disability t ; be duly eousidet&l . at 6
the ngregntl"oe disabilities shown shall r
b rated. - : I
Thus , as plain as words can make it .
i5 authority given to the Secretary of the ,
Interior to determine what pension shall
Lc paid 10 any applicant for pension who ' : -
served ninety days in the War of Re
bellion , was honorably discharged , and m 4
who is disc . i' for the performance of
manual limbo " by any cause other than I
the results or his own vicious habits. , , i
The Supreme Court hs decided that !
upon the point of establishing the rte of :
pension to he' paid , within the limit pre
scribed hy the law the Secretary of the
.
Interior . has entire contrl The only
check or supervision upon him is from
upn \ ,
.
the President of the United States , whom
the general laws specifically direct shal
have control of , the Commissioner of Pen-
sIons and the administration or the pen- '
sion 5stem. J
;
Therefore , it was directly in line with
the duties imposed upon him according
to section 471 , U. S. Revised Statutes ,
that President Roosevelt gave the cele-
Lrated order which has been called an
evidence of "usurpation , " "imperialism ; '
" override the constitution , "
"a desire to \ consttution
a "Iootin or the treasury , " amid other
hard naves . by excitable Democrats The
section of the Revised Statutes referred
to : reads as follows :
"The Commissioner of Pensions shl
perform , under the direction ofthe . Sec-
retary of the Interior , such duties jn the
execntion of the various pension and
bonnty-Iand laws as may be prescribe
b y the President. . "
President Roosevelt , in his pension or-
der , did no more than his plain duty act-
in ; strictly within the powers conferred
upon him by the Congress or the United
States.
Parker's Election Would Unsettle '
UUineS8
Eugene A. Merrill , president Or the #
; J
) Hnuesota Loan and Trust Company ot
) Inueaplis , iu an inter.iel" in the Com-
mercal Rest of Minneapolis says :
" iuch has been said concerning the In-
sIgnifcance of the coming election so far
ns It relates to ) , ulnlss , I hag been urge
that the maintenance of the gold Itand-
nrd Is assured , etc" , but , while the theory
of the case h excellent , yet ns : r.ter
ff fact the man with money to Invest doe
not want to be monetarly In\ol\cl In
unsettling of .ondltons through a change
d ndmlnlstrt6 , Tlie policy ot the party
In power Is pretty well knows and its con-
( nuance in ofce will precipitate no dUn-
cultes , The policy or the opposition may
be ever :0 clearly conjectured , but its ac-
cesIlon to control would , 1 thInk , cause
10mI contraction In business and tnanclal
uterprises . at least temporarily until the
afety and conservatism nor ; talked or
shoufd . " be more substantial ! } demousrt-
e.
TaCQrt Is Fascinated.
Tom Taggart is so. fascinated by the
in rutable mystery behind Judge rnr-
ers speech or acceptance that he can-
not lay it aside lone enough 1 take his
mels , le pores over it from mom tm
Ill'r. He : e reads it in his bath at
French Lick SJnRgs and drops to sleep
r'1ding it in bed. He declares that the
easi"e mystery of what it all means
becomes clearer with every perusal , and
that by the close of the campaign he con- .
fiieltly epect that it will be IS dear
s me water of his own PInto sprin
A Sure 5hn. :
Noa we know that David B Hill in-
ten to quit polities , net Jannary ; . for "
, e has disclaimed - calling President
toosevelt "a ! r ud , " That A little fn-
r.oentu : fling like that when h. has ex-
the vocabulaxy of vituperation
hau5tMI te Tobular o Tiupatn
ul.n die Republican half or the .mer-
cm peofile 1 for "nigh on 40 1far" i
I ; rfly : sign that David is setting hiS
' , uv in order and want. + to repar p
J h : . lfe 3t ; eei with all men-