DemorraE Hatdpu, Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 20, 1899. P. GRAY MEEK, : - - Error. a vem Terms oF Susscr.tioN.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates : Paid strictly in advance....eeerseereenns $1.00 Paid before expiration of year. 1.50 Paid after expiration of year........... 2.00 mesma The Democratic State Ticket. FOR THE SUPREME COURT: S. L. MESTREZAT, of Fayette county. FOR THE SUPERIOR COURT: C. J. REILLY, of Lycoming county. FOR STATE TREASURER: W. T. CREASY, of Columbia county. The County Ticket. For Sherif —CYRUS BRUNGARD. For Treasurer—W. T. SPEER. For Recorder—J. C. HARPER. For Register—ALEX ARCEEY. For Commissioners— DANIEL HECKMAN. For Auditors— {You a, For Coroner—W. U. IRVIN. Did Commissioner Fisher Tell on Him 2 The effect of the exposure of commis- sioner RIDDLE’s overdrawn salary has been so disastrous to the present official’s hope of re-election that he has been leaving no stone unturned in the effort to find the hole through which his secret leaked out of the commissioner’s office. As is well known the minutes of the sessions of the board of commissioners are private or, so far as this county has been concerned, they have been considered so. Now as it would only have been possible to have discovered that Mr. RIDDLE had overdrawn his ac- count to the amount of $309.50 by means of the minute book some one having access to it or knowing of the private business of the office must have betrayed the fact that commissioner RIDDLE was using unearned county money to relieve his private neces- sities. In looking around for a channel through which his secret might have escaped Mr. RIDDLE will certainly not fail in a proper analysis of his case. First he must find a cause and it is our opinion that after he has found that cause his search need be carried no further. Someone whose interest would be served by it gave Mr. Riddle away. While we have nothing to say regarding it there is a rumor afloat that it was Mr. F1sHER who whispered about that RIDDLE had overdrawn his account. For some time FISHER had been made the scape- goat of the office and after the renomination of himself and RIDDLE it was openly stated that “FISHER would have to go down, if anyone did.”” RIDDLE, everyone knows, was the HASTINGS pet and for that reason he held the upper hand and FISHER got all the abuse for the mistakes that were made in the office. It is now stated that in order to save himself he let a few of his friends hear of RIDDLE’S short accounts and the secret, once out, has been working like a charm. FISHER is probably very happy over the coup, for it looks as though he will be the minority commissioner, as RIDDLE is in such a hole now that the administration friends will hardly be able to pull him out. If Mr. FISHER did betray his colleague in this way he has a right to the fruits of his duplicity, but RIDDLE’s friends swear that they will see to it that the fruit is of the Dea Sea variety. Lying About Good Democrats. The efforts of the Republican county papers to aid JAKE HERMAN’S frantic ef- fort to get into the sheriff’s office, by try- ing to cast a doubt on the Democracy of such men as Mr. ELLIS SHAFFER, of Miles township, will fall far short of their expec- tations. There is no more loyal Democrat in Centre county than ELLIS SHAFFER, and there is no one anywhere who is, and will continue giving Mr. BRUNGART a more earnest and zealous support than he will. He is not one of the kind who can be ca- joled into doing a treacherous act, and he is the last man in the county who would think of putting himself in the position of being discriminated a sore head. Evi- dently these papers do not know the man or are intentionally attempting to do him an in- jury because’ they cannot use him. Mr. SHAFFER is not only for the whole Demo- cratic ticket, but he is working for it from top to bottom, and the returns from Miles township will show how little of truth there is in the charges of the Republican orgaus. ———The Commissioners apologist is out this morning with a startling (?) expose of the manner in which the WATCHMAN rob- bed the county in the ticket printing sev- eral years ago, all about which the WATCH- MAN has already told the people several times. The apologist, seeing the futility of trying to defend its crib any longer with that little target rifle, has bought a whole package of penny crackers and is shootin off in every direction. Its course reminds us very much of the old judge BURNSIDE story of the bear and the sapling, which you need only to hear to appreciate the point. We haven’t heard whether the distinguished editor of the ‘Pennsylvania Dutch book ran over town with this article in his pocket, reading it to everyone, ag evidence of his brillianey, or not. state offices. party. act. for Senator. platform of Pennsylvania. tution. publican party. machine. Senate. machine chosen candidate. Republicans. as a defeat of the Republican party.’ Everything Running Our Now. Way Just famous swindling operations, made by the North American, has aroused a feeling here in Centre county. On every hand we hear disgusted Republicans declare that they cannot vote a ticket with such men upon it and scores of them believe that the proper thing to do is to vote against the whole outfit, from top to bottom. Unless this matter is cleared up, and that very soon, Mr. ADAMS reputation along with Mr. QuAY’s bossism will lose to the Re- publican ticket in this county, this fall, hundreds upon hundreds of votes. Every day things are getting worse, and without some intervening Providence or a wonder- ful presentation of the ‘‘real thing,’’ such as was shown at the Republican primaries, there need be no surprise if the Democratic majority in the county is nearly as large as the entire Republican vote. At this time everything is running our way. England is Always Prepared for the Worst, From the York Dispatch. Great Britain, it seems, is not to be caught napping by the powers of Europe who are hostile to her. Fearing that they might take advantage of her more or less vulnerable condition because of the Trans- vaal war, a flying squadron has heen formed to protect the‘‘snug little island’? from attack. Such precautions may seem ridiculous in the eyes of some, but the tone of the newspapers in Russia and Ger- ‘many is so rabid in denunciation of Eng- land’s policy in South Africa that the gov- ernment wants to be on the safe side, and wants to, at any rate, allay any fears which the people of England may feel. among reputable members of the Republi- | gio the Jatter part of the month. Ad- can party, hereabouts, that threatens the | mira] Dewey accepted the invitation, complete demoralization of the ring forces | | He will leave Washington at 2 o'clock on Repu blican Business Men Declare for Creasy! STINGING REBUKE TO QUAY AND QUAYISM.—ADAMS DENOUNCED AS UNFIT FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. The following address to the voters of Pennsylvania has been sent out by the Phila delphia branch of the Business Men’s Republican League of Pennsylvania : ‘The unswerving efforts of the Business Men’s Republican League, since its organ- ization in 1896, has been to improve the character of our state government by opposing within party lines the selection of improper candidates by the Republican party for ‘‘It has never embarrassed its party by attempting to dictate nominees and has not urged the selection of particular individuals for office, but has restricted itself to sug- gesting types of men, always Republicans, fit to be standard bearers of their great ‘“The league has invariably, actively, or by its silence, aided the election of Repub- lican nominees, firmly believing that the rising sentiment against the abuses in the management of state affairs by the corrupt Quay machine would become strong enough within the party to overpower the machine, in spite of its high-handed methods and the frauds through which its has maintained control. ‘Notwithstanding the machine’s great power, the trend toward better government has given such promise of speedy trinmph that, in a last desperate effort to avert its overthrow it has taken away from the Republican voters the only remaining means by which it was possible to remedy existing evils by action within the party. It has destroyed the power of the citizens ballot at the primary elections by the adoption of Rule No. 7, which practically disfranchises anti-machine Republicans in congressional, senatorial and judicial districts. “‘In the past this league has suffered unfit candidates to go unopposed for the sake of party regularity. But the time for such compliance is gone. “A corrupt candidate for United States Senator, after being repudiated by the chosen representatives of the people, is appointed by a servile governor in violation of the constitution and the party convention is packed to endorse this unconstitutional ‘‘Candidates of conspicuous unfitness are thrust upon the ticket. “Members of the Legislature are offered bribes to vote for the notorious McCarrell jury bill in the interest of a criminally indicted Senator. ‘Members of the Legislature are offered bribes to vote for the machine candidates ‘“The head of the machine is forced to the degrading necessity of pleading the statute of limitation to save himself from the penitentiary. ‘In the interest of the tax escaping corporations and the brewers, the appropria- tions for the public schools are cut down by unconstitutional acts. ‘‘In the interest of the tax escaping corporations and brewers the State's insane wards and hospital patients are cruelly deprived of the money needed for their care. ‘In the interest of the tax escaping corporations and the brewers, the tax burdens of all unfavored citizens have been made heavier. “In the interest of the spoils-hunting machine, the cause of civil service reform, to which the Republican party is committed, is abandoned in the machine-made state ‘For the maintenance of a system of repeating at the polls, by which in the city of Philadelphia alone more than 50,000 fraudulent votes can be counted, constitutional amendments in the interest of an honest ballot are vetoed in defiance of the consti- A state chairman is appointed who was dismissed from office for aiding in an at- tempted treasury loot, and who is notorious for complicity in the wrecking of a state financial institution—a man who has declared through resolutions prepared by himself and adopted by a county convention under his control, that those who oppose the ma- chine and his shameful acts, are ‘cowards and traitors.’ ‘For these and other crimes against the Republican party and the State, this league refuses to accept the ticket of the Quay machine as a ticket representing the Re- *‘Therefore, The Business Men’s Republican league of Pennsylvania, while declar- ing anew its faith in the principles and policies of the Republican party, emphatically indorsing the wise and patriotic administration of President McKinley and unequivocally supporting his candidacy for re-election to the Presidency of the United States, and sup- porting the candidacy of Hon. J. Hay Brown, Republican nominee for the Supreme court of the State, who is believed to be an upright and able man, personally and pro- fessionally, does, in defense of Republican honor, appeal to the Republican voters of Pennsylvania to oppose the election of the unfit candidates put forward by this Quay Their election, if accomplished, will be construed as an endorsement of the machine’s pledge toaid to its utmost in an effort tojelect M. S. Quay to the United States “And we further declare that the professional standing of candidate Josiah R. Adams renders him unfit for any public office, especially for a judicial office where learning and integrity are essential qualifications. “William T. Creasy, Democratic nominee for the Treasurership, is known as an honest man, beyond the reach of the influences which must necessarily surround any We commend his public record to the consideration of all The time has passed when the defeat of unfit candidates for office can be construed Business Men’s Republican League of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia BRANCH. WILLIAM SELLERS, President. WiLLiAM T. TILDEN, Chairman Executive Committee. —— mrwane. en Dewey Accepts Invitation. — . He Will Be in Philadelphia on the 31st of October. The awful exposure of the connection of ° JosAH R. ADAMS with a lot of most in-. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Admiral Dewey to-day meta select committee of the mu- nicipality of Philadelphia, headed by Mayor Samuel H. Asbridge, who ten- dered him the hospitality of Philadelphia naming Oct. 31st as the date of his arrival. that afternoon, returning on the night of Nov. 1st. At the request of admiral Dewey, his visit will be made to cover the many other invitations that have been extended to him by the Union League, the Clover club, Five O’clock club, Manufacturers’ league and other organizations which were anxious for his presence. The arrange- ments for his entertainment in Philadel- phia include one banquet and a short mili- tary parade, during which the admiral will traverse one of the principal thorough- fares. The general reception and hand- shaking features have been eliminated. Double Murder Plot Discovered in Potts- ville Jail. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Oct. 16.—A timely discovery of a plot to-day prevented a wholesale jail delivery and the murder of George Seiders, assistant warden, and Mi- chael Shoneman, turnkey, at the Schuyl- kill county prison here. Three prisoners, it was planned, were to assault them in the corridor, take the keys and escape. The plan was concocted by men who are serving long terms of imprisonment. Soldiers Immersed at Camp Meade. HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 16.—For several weeks evangelistic services have heen held at Camp Meade under the auspices of the railroad men’s branch of the Y. M. C. A. Yesterday they culminated in the baptism of eighteen soldiers of the Forty-first and Forty-seventh Regiments, which wiil start for the Philippines on the 1st of November. The hanks of the Suosquehanna were lined with people to witness the immer- sions. aom—— Making Their Trip Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Loventhal are at the Layfayette hotel, Philadelphia, says The North American. They haven’t been married long—only about five days. They do not look any more like a bridal couple than the usnal ‘happy pair,’”’ yet they hadn’t been in the hotel five minutes be- fore every clerk and bell boy knew that they had only recently joined the great majority—or is it a minority ? As soon as Mr. Loventhal had regis- tered Saturday the clerk handed him a huge envelope. It was ornately inscribed with references to newly married couples. Mr. Loventhal grinned and jammed the missive deep in his pocket. ‘‘Another !’’ he said, and made some re- marks about ‘‘folks who think they're funny.” Practical jokers are making the wed- ding trip of Mr. and Mrs. Loventhal very interesting. They were married in Lock Haven last Tuesday evening, the bride be- ing Miss Leanora Simon. The couple left on the midnight train for the east. Just before the train started, one of the guests went through every car and distributed a circular, of which the following is a copy : ‘To whom it may concern: We take this means of introducing to you Mr. and Mrs. Martin S. Loventhal, of Nashville, Tenn., who have just been launched on the sea of matrimonial bliss. Any cour- tesies that may be shown them during their honeymoon will be greatly appreciated by DE GANG..” Of course, the passengers bestowed all manner of courtesies. A soldier from Oil City, on his way to Camp Meade, sent a circular back to the bride and groom with the words, “Have a soda on me,’’ written on the back. It was accompanied by a new silver quarter. The attention became so marked that Mr. and Mrs. Loventhal left the train at Williamsport. The next morning they proceeded to Washington, and took up quarters at one of the prominent hotels. The polite clerk solemnly handed over several letters, the envelopes of which, in addition to the name and address, were literally covered with inscriptions relative to the conple he- ing newly married. The work of these practical jokers has been so embarrassing that Mr. and Mrs. Loventhal are seriously thinking of aban- doning their proposed bridal trip and pro- ceeding directly to Nashville, Tenn., where they will permantly reside. The joke is being carried on by some of their personal friends in Lock Haven and they have the route of the proposed trip, with stopping places, so that there is a welcome at each hotel. Doctor’s Costly Error. Jury Awards His Victim $13,000 Damages for Maltreatment. The largest verdict probably ever award- ed in a damage case against a physician was given by a jury at Reading on Saturday against Dr. John Ege. The amount was $13,000 and the plaintiffs were Charles W. Schaffer and wife. It was charged that Dr. Ege performed an operation on Mrs. Schaffer, which left her a physical wreck, and the suit was for malpractice. The wife claimed $25,000 and the husband $10,000 for loss of her services. The case was on trial five days, and among the witnesses were physicians from Philadelphia and Reading. While Dr. Ege was on the stand he was asked what medical schools he attended. Under oath he said he was a graduate of the Tuebingen University, in Wurtemburg, Germany, graduating in 1876, and he so registered in the Berks county prothono- tary’s office in 1881. Affidavits were then produced by the plaintiffs from the Ger- man university, saying that an examina- tion of the records showed that no person by that name had been a student there since 1836. In addressing the jury Mrs. Schaffer’s attorney called district attorney Rothermel’s attention to this, saying that a prosecution for perjury would follow. His Life Was a Failure. VINCENNES, Ind., Oct. 15.—Leslie D. Sinclair has committed suicide here by shooting himself to-day through the tem- ple while sitting in a restaurant. He was worth $100,000 and belonged to one of the most prominent families in South- ern Indiana. The coroner found a note Sinclair had written to his sister, in which he said his life was a failure. Sinclair was 28 vears of age and unmarried. He was one of the principal heirs to the half mil- lion dollar estate of the late William J. Wise. Special Excursion to Philadelphia, Ac- count National Export Exposition. Low Rate via Pennsylvania Railroad. The Pennsylvania railroad company has arranged for special excursion rates to Philadelphia on October November 9 and 23, account National Export Exposition. Round-trip tickets, good to return within ten days, including day of issue, will be sold on above dates from all points on the Pittsburg Division, Monon- gahela Division, West Pennsylvania Di- vision, Cambria and Clearfield Division, Altoona, Division, Tyrone Division (ex- cept Lock Haven), Middle Division, Bed- ford Division, and Frederick Division (ex- cept York, Hellam, and Wrightsville),land from all points on the Philadelphia, Wil- mington and Baltimore railroad, at rate of single fare for the round trip, plus admis- sion to the exposition (no rate less than one dollar.) For specific rates apply to ticket agent. The National Export Exposition has surpassed all expectations in the extent and variety of its exhibits, and in its gen- eral excellence and attractiveness. The implement building, containing a marvel- ous display of farm machinery, is particu- larly interesting to agriculturalists. The band concerts and diverting midway fur- nish delightful entertainment for all. 44-41 tf Elopers Brought Back. Couple Who Reached England Must Face Charges at Wilkes-Barre. John Stephenson and Mrs. Alice Jones, who eloped to Europe some two months ago from Wilkes-Barre were brought back last week. Previous to their elopement, Stephen- son, it is said, impersonated the woman’s husband and secured a mortgage on a property. The elopers received $600 and then fled to Europe. The authorities at Liverpool were called to arrest the run- aways, which they did. Governor Stone asked for extradition papers. which were promptly granted by the State Depart- ment at Washington. Armed with these papers, County Detective Johnson went to England and took the elopers into custody. ~—Subseribe for the WATCHMAN. May Make Taggart Governor. Friends Pushing the Mayor, Bright Young Man of Indianapolis Astonishes His Party by Winning a Third Election in a Republican City. Mayor Taggart is in line for the nomina- tion for Governor of Indiana on the Demo- cratic ticket next year, and his friends say he must also be chairman of the Democrat- ic National Committee. This comes about as a result of his re- markable success of Tuesday, when for a third time he was elected Mayor of Indian- apolis. Indianapolis is Republican on par- ty issues by from 2500 to 4000 plurality. Yet Mr. Taggart was elected for a third term. That he should have been elected at all was a triumph for himself and party. Mr. Taggart was nominated for Mayor the year after the great Republican land- slide of 1894. His candidacy was regarded as a forlorn hope, but the straight-laced Republican administration, the result of the Governor’s and his own personal pop- ularity, elected him by 3700 plurality. FOOLED THE PROGNOSTICATORS. He was generallg regarded as a ‘‘one-term- er,”” but two years ago, after a bitter con- test, he was re-elected by 3814. This year he refused a nomination, but was forced to accept. The campaign was fought on local issues. Republican voters were appealed to on the ground that Taggart’s success would make him the Democratic nominee for Governor next year, and the anti-third term sentiment was also fostered. No man has been elected Mayor three times for many years, and only two in the history of the city. PROVED TOO POWERFUL FOR THEM. The natural and artificial gas companies, the Indianapolis brewers and the railroad influence combined against him. Every newspaper in the city, except the Sentinal, opposed him vigorously. He was elected by 347 in a total vote of about 42,000. The result insures Mr. Taggart’s nom- ination for Governor by the Democrats next year, he being conceded at least 10,- 000 votes stronger than any other man, the Democrats could name. His personal friends, including both gold and free silver Democrats, have not started a movement to make him chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and the work is to be pushed vigorously. OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. Mr. Taggart is a native of Ireland, and therefore not eligible for a place on the Presidential ticket. He is 43 years old, and although of humble origin and entire- ly self-educated, is a man of exceptional ability. remarkable executive capacity and extraordinary skill as a political organizer and manager. Opposition to imperialism is very strong all over Indiana, especially among the Ger- mans, who supported McKinley almost to a man in 1896. The antagonism to trusts is also widespread, and upon these issues, with Taggart at the head, Indiana is al- ready being counted upon to give her elec- toral vote to the Democrats in 1900. Wanted— Facts From Manila. That beautiful and alluring fairy tale, bestowed upon the American public a few days ago, to the effect that Aguinaldo was burning to lay down his arms and surren- der to the potent and irresistible Otis, has received a rude and brutal shock. Perhaps we were a trifle quick to take it in and coddle it. Considering the frequency with which Aguinaldo has’ befooled our over credulous authorities at Manila, and in view of the deadly regularity with which the so-called ‘‘friendlies’”’ bave turned upon us at every promising opportunity, it might have been wiser to discount the alleged anxiety of the Filipinos to yield to the siren songs of Denby and the hell- roaring prowess of Otis. The fact remains however, that the Manila bulletin was accepted by many well-meaning people, and a glorious termination of the Luzon drama noisily proclaimed. As we say, though, the rude and brutal shock has followed fast upon the heels of the melodious fairy tale. We now per- ceive that the Filipinos, so far from intend- ing to succumb to Otis, were merely plan- ning fresh and deadly tricks upon that in- nocent commander. They had scheduled a wholesale outbreak of violence, arson, and no doubt assassination, within the walls of Manila itself, and meanwhile they reoccupied points which Otis had evacu- ated, and, generally, revealed a new and additionally vigorous campaigh along the line. As a matter of fact, we seem to be making no progress whatever. The re- ports of fresh assaults and captures are offset by the relinguishment of other ad- vantages previously gained—advantages quite as important as their successors—and so the see-saw game goes on. The chief of the bureau of military intelligence changes a few of his flags on the map of Luzon from time to time, and that is all. If we ex- pand in one direction, we shrink in an- other. Weassault and capture this little town and it is heralded as a famous victory, and soon we hear that some other little town, of about equal consequence and mo- ment has been abandoned. One day we are told that the Filipinos have at last recognized the hopelessness of their cause. Next we hear that they have arranged to blow up Otis in his own palace at Manila, and that a vigorous renewal of hostile ac- tivity is evident in a dozen different quarters. The country is beginning to ask, in the case of Otis, the same question it has long been asking in the case of Brook : What is his pull? What hidden but potent in- fluence keeps him in a position for which he is manifestly and notoriously unfit? The American people can no longer be amused and diverted by these mellifluous romances of the Manila censor. They long for a few facts, even though the facts be disagreeable.--From the Washington Post, (Administration Organ) Blaming it on the Almighty. From the Pittsburg Post. In aspeech in Dakota the other day President McKinley said : ‘‘In the Provi- dence of God, who works in mysterious ways, this great archipelago was put into our lap.” Then why did we pay $20,000,- 000 for it, with resulting expenditures five times that amount? Is the ‘Providence of God”? or McKinley responsible for over 2,000 dead and the 5,000 in hospitals ? The ‘““World’’ declares that in the President’s 46 speeches up to Sunday since increased to 51, his favorite words have been ‘‘Pa- triotism,”’ used 193 times; ‘‘The Flag,” used 176 times and ‘‘Providence,”’ used 104 times. It urges that he uses them as synonyms, aud all three as marks for his own modesty. As for instance : ‘‘Dis— guised as ‘Providence,’ Mr. McKinley bought the Philippine war from Spain, dis- guised as ‘The Flag,’ he has been and is ‘assimilating’ Filipinos, with the soil of their native land. Disguised as ‘Patri- otism,’ he is shouting for the confound- ing of all traitors who dare to murmur against his performances as ‘Providence’ or his deeds as ‘The Flag.!”? STAND BY THE PEOPLE. The Only Way to Secure Party Harmony.—No Trimming to Catch Votes.—The Democratic Party Must Stand on Its Own Merits and Not Look for Victory Through the bad Government of the Re- publicans.—True Road to Success. It is well to be harmonious, but. where there are conflicting personal interests there can be no harmony. Some principle of universal application. is apt to be lost sight of or swamped in an unseemly scramble for local con- trol. % We have two great controlling polit- ical parties now standing face to face, and the great mass of the people ure aligning themselves with one or the other, according to their conceptions of which will best subserve the private as well as the public good. It is well enough to plead for har- mony in the Democratic party. Dur why should there be any disharmony? Why is there any disharmony? The plea for harmony is a confession of disharmony. Is it true, as some say. that the great body of Silver Repub- licans, Populists and others who stood with the Democratic party in 1896, on. account of the silver plank in the Cli- cago platform, are now abandoning their support of that party and re- turning to their allegiance to the par- ties they left? If it be true, then there must be something in the man- agement of the Democratic party that is no longer attractive, or, rather, something that repels them. Of these two great parties the Re- publicans claim to be the party of progress, and it makes no apology whenever it deems it expedient to ride over the Declaration of Independence: or strains the constitution to the breaking point. Its managers know that the drift, the trend, of the whole. earth is toward what is called prog ress, and whether that progress be of any benefit or not is beyond the ques- tion. It offers a hope, and, whether any man or people ever realize upon their expectations or not, they always hope to do so, and the sentiment keeps their blood in circulation. On the contrary, a large part of the Democratic party stood for success in the mistakes, misgovernment, wrong financial policy, imperialisin and unconstitutional acts of the Re- publican party, which, it is openly ad- mitted, is now the Federal party re- vived, with the royalist, Alexander Hamilton, as its patron saint, and uisc by clutching the dry bones of Thomas Jefferson, who is a rabid goldbug in’ Chicago and New York and a silver crank in Colorado. All this can never bring victory to the Democratic party, although it is the party close to the hearts of the great mass of the people, for, as in a case of ejectment, the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title and not on the weakness of the de- fendant’s title. So the Democratic party must stand on its merits. It must show what it can and will do for the people. It cannot survive the blasts of every wind of doctrine which makes it a goldbug, a silver bug, an expansionist, an imperialist or an “gunty” in various localities at cone and the same time. » It is all very well to stand upon the principles advocated by Thomas Jef- ferson, but the question is, What would Thomas Jefferson do now un- der our changed conditions? He can- not be converted into an insistent, ir- repressible crank, blowing both hot and cold, proclaiming the gold stand- ard in one locality and the remonetiza- tion of silver in another. What he did do is one thing. What he would do is the important thing to be determin- ed. That nobody has yet told us. The Republican party does not shed tears over the remains of George Washing- ton. It goes right along doing what-, ever it thinks will keep its retainers in office and enable them to control all the money in the country. It rolls its Juggernaut of progress over the bones of American citizens, dangles the bau- ble of prosperity to the few before the eyes of the suffering many and wipes away thelr tears of despair with a shirt of patriotism. In the mean- time the many of the Democratic party are weaving garlands for the grave of Thomas Jefferson. 4 The people know very well that we have always denounced the demone- tization of silver as a “crime,” and we either meant what we said or we prevaricated for the sake of a few. paltry offices. They (the people) are quick to perceive political inconsisten- cy, and they are perceiving it now. when there are so many who want of- fice of some or any kind and are will ing to advocate gold, silver or the devil in order to get it. If we are not “trimmers” and will show by our acts that we are standing by the people and the whole people, the people will stand by us, and we shall have harmony, and not until then. We must drop the proud conceit of a well known Demo- cratic governor who said last July in the city of Chicago, “The question is not what we are going to do for tho! bimetallists, but what the bimetallists are going to do for the Democratic pir- ty.” This is pothouse local politics and is driving out of the Democratic party a host of thinking men who will not follow after the band wagon of any office seeker, whether he wants to be a senator, governor, mayor or cou- stable, whose sole idea of harmony is that which will land him in the covet- ed office.—Charles H. Robinson in Living Issues. y Demand For Silver. Prosperity has filtered all the way down. The demand for small silver coins has exhausted the treasury's available bullion supply, and the clerks are hunting for some provision of law authorizing purchases of silver with which to make the dimes, quarters and half dollars that are clamorously called for from all parts of the country.—New York World.
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