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trgygJJI THS COUJtl. THE PALACE BEAUTIFUL, HOW THEY WOULD VOTE. Hon Q KTe-w- Line o BIGYCLE CURLS Sorosis Ladies On Presidential Politics. A.ivr i I When the members of Sorosis, who are here, were asked to state, in The Courier, whom tey would vote for, they were ready to dc it, with two exceptions, after explaining their comprehension ot the futility ot a woman's expression of a political preference. Those ladies whoso judgment and matrimonial asso. ciation would incline them to vote for McKinley were especially emphatic in their expressions or affection for Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. M. D. Welch. Mr. Bryan would be my choice, because I believe, first, in the sincerity and integrity ot the man; and in the second place, in the princi ples which he advocatas. I believe that the working out ot these principles would bring the greatest good to the great majority. The example of morals, social purity and Christian fidelity in home, church and state would approach the ideal if Mr. Bryan were to receive this highest gift of the people. Mrs. G. M. Lanbertson. Were I a man, I should certainly cast my vote for Mr. McKinley. I am opposed to any measure that tends to debase our cur rency or impair our national credit, and therefore am opposed to the free coinage ot silver except by some international agreement, and with tho concerted ac tion ot all the great commercial nations of the world. Until such arrangement can be made, I favor the maintenance ot the parity between golJ and silver and the present national banking sys tem. I favor, also, such an equitable tariff on foreign products as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the necessary expenses of the government, but will protect American labor from "degradation to the wage level of other lands." For the furtner protection of American labor, I favor the strict en forcement ot our immigration laws. I favor a firm, dignified foreign policy .and the creation of a national board of arbi tration for the adjustment ot interstate and international differences. I consider most menacing and dangerous to the welfare of our country the spirit of turbulence, ot discontent, of opposition to all the existing order of things, viz.: The spirit of anarchy that pervades tho entire democratic platform. Mrs. A. J. Sawyer. To ask women to express their choice for president, is like tiring blank cartridges in a sham battle efficacious only to amuse bystanders. The present combinations suggest the old puzzle of the "fox, goose and corn." A platform whish confederates honest money (corn) and protection (the goose) is, to say the least, suspicious; while free coinage (the fox) fattens on protectionists (geese). As it required three trips to cross the river, so tho present political puzzle will be solved by a third platform uniting honest money and honest principles, and the selection ot a nominee who will not rat tle around, either in the shoes, or the hat, of the present incumbent. Mrs. John Miller. I would vote for Bryan rather than McKinley, because I think he believes in silver, while no one knows that at heart McKinley believes in gold. The Chicago platform is a strong one, but I shall have space to emphasize but three points of superiority over the St. Louis platform. It gives the only prac ticable promise of bimetallism. Its at titude toward the great monopolies is frank. Its object is to deal just'y with them and the people. Its income tax offers a fair moans of raising revenue. "In my judgment," to quote an oft used phrase in a much read pamphlet, an income tax is the least discriminating of all taxes. Mrs. C. L. Hall. If I had a vote I should vote for Major McKinley. While I recognize the high character of both candidates, the memory tf the heroes who nrtrched away in Gt has, for me, made republicanism mean patriotism. Mrs. E. R. Guthrie. I would vote for McKinley, because: 1. He represents protection to home industries, and protection to home in dustries means the employment at liv ing wages of all American labor. Much the greater part of our imports is immediately consumed and adds noth ing to our permanent wealth, and the money paid for it is lost to us, while, if these supplies were produced in this country by our American labor, the money spent for them remains a part of our national wealth and is reinvested and circulated here, so that, though I may pay more for what I buy, I am con tributing to a general prosperity which , mujt inevitably include me in its bene fits. 2. Because he advocates a continu ance of the sound money basis upon which the country now rests. While the single gold standard may not be the best, our coming to it has been so grad ual that the intervening years were called a period of phenomenal prosper ity. But for this country to attempt to return at once to the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1G to 1, without the co-operation of any other large commer cial nation would entail upon depositors in banks, pensioners, holders ot mort gages, wage earners, holders of govern ment bonds aad all other kinds of securities, an immediate live, greater in amount than the entire cost of the war ot the rebellion, creating 6uch general distress that I could not escape it. The following lines were enclosed in Mrs. Guthrie's reply to the editor's re quest. They were written by a child and the internal evidence indicates that the author's name U Guthrie. INTHESAXD PILE. Say! don't expect that mamma'll Do a thing for us today. She's thinkin who'd be president If she could have her way. 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