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Suicides Last Year.
Both suicides and murders were few
er in 1899 than in 1898. The total
number of suicidits in the United
States during the year now dosing
was 5,040, as against 5,920 in the pre
ceding' year. A noteworthy item in
the suicide statistics of the year, saya
the Chicago Tribune, is the dispropor
tionate number af physicians who
took their own lives as compared with
meunbers of other professions. Thirty
eight doctors committed suieide.
Twelve ministers of the Gospel have
left their names on the list. The to
tal includes seven prominent attor
neys, seven bankers and seven jour
ral.ists, while only two actors and
two college professors took their own
lives. The murders for 1599 come to
a total of G,225, as against 7,840 in
1898. There has been a steady de
crease in the number of murders each
year since 1890. As that date also
marks the beginning of the present
era of business prosperity there ap
pears to be a close connection between
the two facts. I'robably the increased
opportunities for employment and the
decrease in business failures and
financial reverses will also go far to
ward accounting for the fact that
there were 580 fewer suicides this year
than last. It would be a false anal
ogy, however, to try to account for
the increase of suicides among- doc
tors on the theory that there has been
less sickness. The suicidal tendency
of that profession is largely due to
the familiarity of physicians with
subtle poisons, notably opium in its
various forms.
Every true Yankee should look with
a great deal of quiet, internal pride
upon tlie Yankee-evolving south, sajs
the Criterion. That an Englishman
under a southern sun should ever be
come a genuine Yankee has often been
despaired of.it is now a swelling
fact. When the Spaniards called Lee
a Yankee a year ago it pleased the
whole south, though there is as yet a
comparatively small spot on the south
ern map where the Yankee, sprung
out of the very soil, threatens to out'
strip his own blood elsewhere. This
soH out of which the southern Yankee
is springing with such robust energy
extends from Lynchburg, Ya., on the
east, and Bristol, Tenn., on the west,
to Eufaula and Birmingham, Ala., o>
the south. it is about 500 miles in
length, and from 200 to 300 miles in
breadth, it embraces the iron, coal
and cotton mill site, and decidedly
the most interesting phase of all this
energy here is the cotton mill, for this
phase is the latest and is developing
more of the genuine characteristics
of the Xew England Yankee in the
southern man than elsewhere in the
country.
Hartford, Conn., has had a inan with a
marble heart. The heart was partially
covered with a deposit of calcium salts,
of which marble is composed, it feit
like stone, and when sturck gave out
a sound as of stor.e. It offered the
same resistance a piece of stone or
marble would. Calcareous deposits
about the heart are common, but ease
is known here where so much of the
heart was turned into a substance re
sembling stone. The man who had tiiis
marble heart died in the Hartford hos
pital. He would cot tell where he was
in pain. Little is ksown of the history
of his case. He was a tailor, 50 years
old.
If you are at a loss to know what to
give for a wedding present to some one
you like very much, follow the example
of a well-known New York merchant,
whose granddaughter left him to set up
a home of her own the other day. lie
made the bride hold her dainty hands
together and then filled them brimful
and flowing over with S2O gold pieces.
You will not find that those philanthro
pists to the newly wed, the purchasers
of duplicate wedding presents, will ever
be called onto put your gift to same
practical use.
The year 1900, according to the Gre
gorian rule of intercalation for ceii
turial years, is not a ;eap year because
it is not divisible by 400 without a re
mainder. The object of this role is to
make t\e calendar year coincide with
the solar year. The last leap year was
3890. The next leap year will be 1904,
.February of 1900 will have only 2b days.
AN ISSUE IS WANTED.
The Democracy l« Still FloniKlrrlDg
About In the Slou|{h of
Uncertainty.
There is a melancholy contrast be
tween the predictions of the whirlwind
democrats who acclaimed Bryan as their
Moses in 1890 and the doleful sugges
tion of the democratic senator who ap
proves the approaching nomination of
the silver oracle as the only means of
getting rid of him. He w ill be defeated 1 ,
says this true prophet, but as we must
lose anyway it is best that we should
lose under his leadership. That will
clear the decks completely and give us
a chance to reorganize. On the other
hand, if we should beat him in con
vention we might have him and his free
silver populistic retainers on our backs
in 1904.
This question of expediency as re
gards the candidate is interesting, but
more interesting still is the general col
lapse of a party without issues. De
mocracy as a whole is no longer an ad
vocate of any principle. It is divided
on expansion and worse than divided
on the money question. Xot. only is
there active opposition to silver, but
the very men v\ ho raise their voices in
its favor despise it in their hearts.
They recognize that they have been
chasing an ignus fatuus, that the prop
er inscription for that buoyant con
vention of 1890 would have been
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
Every man who is at once sincere and
sane must see that the gold standard
has come to stay, and though the die
bate about our new possessions still
goes on "anti-imperialism" is becom
ing weaker every day. That it has
caused no break in the republican ranks
is shown by the vote in Massachusetts
and lowa. That it is promoting a fur
ther disintegration among the demo
crats is proven by the declaration of
such leaders as Senators Morgan and
McLaurin, Gov. D. \Y. .Tones, of Arkan
sas, and' ex-Gov. Stone, of Missouri.
Throughout the south and west the re
volt is spreading rapidly against a
cowardly confession of national im
potence to deal with a "colonial policy"
as it is called.
The only possible hope of the practi
cal politicians of the party is that we
may meet with some reverses in the
Philippines that will check the rising
tide of popular opinion. A contingent
issue resulting from a national misfor
tune or disaster is, however, a sickly
source of inspiration. And it may be
added that even if the Filipinos should
be troublesome for another season or
many seasons Americans are not of
such a fiber that the v will be daunted
by difficulties. Their determination to
put down the rebellion would increase
rather with increased existence.
As the anti-trust agitation is not and
cannot be taken seriously in politics de
mocracy's "final hope is flat despair."
and it is no wonder that some relief is
sought in the thought, of getting rid
of Bryan. There is a poetic justice in
clearing away the architect along with
his rickety and decaying platform. —
Chicago Times-Herald.
A YEAR OF PROSPERITY.
The I.list Twelve Month* n Splendid
Testimonial to Kepnhlie
«n Snceens.
It has been a most prosperous year in
all lines of business, and the reports
that are now being compiled furnish
some very interesting information.
During the 12 months ending with the
first day of this month, there have been
1,984 manufactures who failed, :.s com
pared with 2,475 during the year before.
That would not seem to indicate that
republicanism closes up the. factories
and ruins business. During the year
there have been 7.400 traders who failed,
while last year the number was 9,785.
The banks have done well, too. and the
failures this year have been but 5", com
pared with 8s last year. Exclusive of
the banks the aggregate number of
failures for lhe 12 months is 9,700, and
this is the smallest number recorded
since 1887. In aggregate amount the
failures were $89,292,750. and that is the
lowest it has been since ISBI. There is
some difference between that report
and the one which was made in 1890.
That year, when the whole nation was
in an uproar bordering on a panic, and
the affairs of the country had reached
a serious crisis, the aggregate of the
failures was $220,090,5i1t. It is a mag
nificent triumph for the late Mr. Ding
ley, of Maine, the great statesman who
was slandered. The New York World
has always been one of the most bitter
enemies of the Dingley protective tariff,
and it is now very gratifying to the
friends of decency that that paper has
to eat its crow. After maintaining from
the very first day of its passage that the
Dingley law would not furnish sufficient
revenue, it predicted last July that by
the end of 1899 we would have a df ficit
of $45,000,000. Instead of that deficit we
have millions in surplus, and it is still
piling up. It has been a prosperous
year, and we shall have many more of
them if the republican party is kept in
power. Republicanism stands for pro
tection, progress and prosperity.— lowa
State Regist':r.
P"l'o the watchful mind of Col. liry
an the gereral increase of the wages
cf cotton iTii 11 operatives in Xew Eng
land and the south will be additional
proof of the shameless conspiracy of
the money power. There is no real
prosperity outside of the lecture busi
ness, as the colonel klio'.vs. but the
plutocrats seek t'i deceive the people
nnO to flustrate the hopes of human
ity bv raising wages. Such is the in
herent depravity of gold.—V. Y. Sun.
Mr. Bryan said at Austin,
Tex., that the present financial bill
was simply a part of the grihl stand
ard tusiness- tli;it it was a bad meas
ure nnrt ought not tr> be passed. That
settles it.it is all right nrul it will
go through with a whirl.—Cincinnati
Com m ere ia 1 Tz'ib un e.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY n, 1900.
PLAN OF DEMOCRATS.
Policy of Deiniierstlc I.piulith In
House Hvjtnrdliijt the Phil
ippine*.
In the house of representatives a
few days ago Mr. Williams, of Mis
sissippi, presented a resolution which,
to use his language, is "the result of
consultation among a number of dem
ocratic leaders in the house." The
resolution declares it to be the pur
jKise of the government to withdraw
its land and sea forces from the Phil
ippines upon the. establishment, of
peace and the organization of a gov
ernment or governments by the peo
ple of the islands, provided the Fili
pino government or governments re
fund to us the $20,000,000 which was
paid to Spain. The Filipinos are to
give us a naval station and coaling
stations, free access for our merchan
dise and our missionaries; but. for a
period of ten years they are to sur
render into our keeping "the entire
question of foreign relations" and to
pay the expenses of any troops we
may keep on Philippine territory at
the request of the island government.
The foregoing, according to Mr. Wil
liams, is the policy <>i the democratic
leaders of the house in relation to the
Philippines. That this is the demo
cratic declaration of the house has
been doubted outside, but no demo
crat in the house protested, so it is
fair to assume that the resolution re
flects the sentiment of the party in
that branch of congress. It does not
seem that Mr. Williams and his asso
ciates asked Mr. Bryan if this shall
lie the democratic policy, but the hasty
zeal of Mr. Williams in behalf of gov
ernment by the consent of the gov
erned must lie pardoned, since he lives
in a state which has deprived 110,000
voters of their right to express con
sent or dissent regarding their gov
ernment by taking from them the
right of suffrage. He evidently de
sires to make amends for the outrage
in which he participated by giving to
men bearing arms against the United
States the right to do as they please.
There can. be no doubt that if Mr.
Williams' friend, Aguinaldo, could be
overtaken and presented with a copy
of his joint resolution he would ac
c»pt with thanks, provided the Amer
ican congress would adopt it. Under
such freedom as the resolution gives
Aguinaldo would return to Manila and
go about governing without regard to
the consent of anyone—the work of
governing, in his vocabulary, being
synonymous with robbing the natives
with dispatch- and neatness. Nor
would he stop with the natives; he
would turn upon the foreigners and
compel them to empty into his strong
box the profits of their commerce,
since Mr. Williams' resolution gives
Aguinaldo absolute ]>ower without re
sponsibility. The plundered English
and German merchants would appeal
to their respective governments, and
their respective governments would
call upon the United States, having
entire charge of the foreign relations
of Aguinaldo's government, to reim
burse their subjects for property taken
by him and his associates. Having
charge of the foreign relations of the
Filipino government, we would bo
obliged to pay the damages. We
might send our ships to bombard Ma
nila until Aguinaldo should disgorge,
but it would be very expensive and
unsatisfactory. It would be much
cheaper to let Aguinaldo rob the for
eign merchants at his sweet will and
for us to foot the bills without a word.
Aguinaldo would appreciate that sort
of thing.
It is unfortunate for Aguinaldo that
this democratic resolution cannot
reach him. It is just what he has been
having his friends killed for. It gives
him all he has ever asked for and all
that he desires—the undisputed right
to rob everybody in the Philippines.
In fact, it is more than he has asked
for, since the United States govern
ment must protect him against intru
sion while he plunders. This resolu
tion must gladden Edward Atkinson,
Andrew Carnegie, Carl Scliurz, Wins
low and most of the democratic lead
ers in the north who have expressed
opinions on the Philippine question.
By all means bring the house to a vote
on the resolution in ease it receives
the approval of Mr. Bryan.—lndian
apolis Journal.
PRESS OPINIONS.
Cl'.ryan thinks of spending - the
winter in Texas. That state may yet
go republican.—Chicago Times-Her
ald.
(T-7*Tlie democratic party in Nebras
ka is still applying raw beef and pro
fanity to the black eye it won iu its
recent victory.—Chicago Tribune.
ID"It is announced that Mr. Bryan is
going to write another book. In oth
er words, like history, lie is going' to
repeat himself. —Albany Journal.
Cf'The calamity liowlcr is getting
his voice again, but it's no use. Things
aren't going to the bow-wows on ac
count of a panic among the reckless
speculators.—Boston Herald (Intl.).
(COnc of the silver leaders saya that
that if the Transvaal war lasts much
longer it will mean victory for his
party. It will be admitted without
debate that the free silver cause
thrives best on calamity. Chicago
Tribune.
icy The real purpose of any sound
monetary measure is to remove as far
as possible the danger 1 hat distrust
may d.y up the sources of financial
credits. What congress may do to
plrt'-e beyond question the redemption
in gold coin of every note or coin is
sued by lhe government whica any
body wants to have redeemed, and to
abolish forever the notion that there
can be i:i circulation any two things
called dollars having different values,
will be of service only because it wilj
help t > fortify public confidence nno
prevent injury of credit.-—N. Y. Trib
une.
SENATOR CULLOM SPEAKS.
Address of the Veteran Stntemiian
at SprliiKtlflil on >iitlonal
ttui*atioii«.
At the republican convention at
Springfield on Friday, December 2!.',
Senator Shelby M. Cullom addressed
the meeting, speaking in part as fol
lows:
"As we are nearing the end of the nine
teenth century it is but right to recall the
progress of our country during the 110 years
since the American constitution was adopt
ed in 17N!t.
"As a nation we have passed through
wars, foreign and domestic, in which our
flag has always been borne to victory. We
have steered between the rocks and shoals
of monarchy on one hand, and the cyclones
and whirlwinds of anarchy and unrest on
the other. With tach succeeding year we
have grown into new responsibilities uniil
the- glory of our manhood has compelled
the wondering nations from the equator
to the pole to do nomage to the genius of
our firm and steadfast republicanism.
"We early adopted an American policy
of our own by which we unflinchingly
maintained that our course was justified
by the honesty of our purpose and the
friendship and humanity which we exhib
ited toward every rival. We brought to
our service such minds as Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, in the early day, and
later we enjoyed the wisdom of Monroe and
Madison. We put a wreath of honor upon
the brow of Lincoln, and placed the burden
of our responsibilities upon his shoulder,
while he, with simplicity and wisdom, took
to his aid the mighty arm of Grant, where
upon the nation came steadily and triumph
antly into the harbor of safety.
"The state of Illinois became a factor in
this government SI years ago. She has ever
held her own during that period and has
always stood in the front rank with New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the other
great empire states of the union.
"These fourscore years have seen Illinois
grow into a giant commonwealth. Her
growth in every material interest has been
steady and she has been true to the na
tional union whenever the .storm of wrr
has darkened the nation's horizon as well
as in peace. Always true to America, al
ways leading in everything right and just,
Illinois has dedicated and devoted her fa
vorite sons, and all her material resources,
to the nation and its welfare.
"Look over the names of the great men
who have honored Illinois in the past.
Have we forgotten the historic names of
Shadrach Bond, Gov. Edwards, William
11. Bissel, Klijah P. Lovejoy, Daniel P.
Cook, Abraham l.incoln, Ulysses S. Grant,
John A. Logan, Richard J. Oglesby, John
M. Palmer, and many more? But, fellow
citizens, let us not eonfine our remarks
to Illinois, our great commonwealth, and
its history. As the soldier takes pride in
recounting deeds of heroism on the field
of battle, so we republicans take delight in
telling the story of republicanism in Illi
nois and the country. The republican par
ty, founded on liberty, equal rights, a free
press, free speech, a pure and free uallot,
stands before the world to-day at the acme
of its giory. With the union saved, slavery
abolished, credit the best of any nation
In the world, vvc are to-day a country re
united and a happy, prosperous people,
having the doctrine of the republican party
enacted Into laws.
"These vast results are due to republican
pluek, persistence and intelligence. Here
after the political party which fails to
establish and build up our industries, as we
have demonstrated 'tis possible to build
them, will be unable to create more than
a ripple on the surface of the political
world.
"Mr. President, the republicans of Illi
nois have during the 40 years of the exist
ence of our party, traveled into the prom
ised land as led by Lincoln and Grant,
but they were occasionally relegated to
the wilderness by the evil spirit of de
mocracy. Thank the Lord, th> party of
protection and honest money has now come
into its own. Kvery promise made by the
republican party has been fulfilled from
the tirst great convention at Chicago in
lStlo, when Lincoln was nominated, and at
Baltimore in when he was renomin
ated, and in 1 vf;n, when Grant was nomin
ated, and in 1872, when hi- was renominated,
and Hayes, in 1876, and Gartield in 1880, Har
rison in 1888, and finally to McKlnley in
1880.
"To-day President McKlnley, as the time
of his renomination approaches, has be
come .so strongly intrenched in the affec
tions o).' the people that, under the lead of
our beloved Illinois, he will be unanimously
selected for liMiO. The trend of events has
constantly proved that most of the oppos
ing parties have come squarely out for
republican nominees, thus justifying and
approving the principles of our party.
"My friends, the republican party has
outstripped every prophesy, and under the
management of William McKlnley has
compassed the restoration of Americanism
to our nation. The blasting influence of
free trade has been destroyed, ar.d we are
entering upon a new century uneler the
most wonderful experiences of national
growth. We have demonstrated that
America, as a world power, has been sim
ply slumbering until the signal came for
her self-assertion. The cruel act which de
stroyed the Maine and its American sailors
in Havana harbor less than two years ago
awakened the American people, and from
that day the influence of the United States
has expanded across seas, islands and
countries, until this country is no longer a
provincial experiment, but a world power.
"An exhibit of the wonderful prosperity
and success which have been achieved by
the republican party is shown in the last
annual message of President McKlnley.
In that message is presented in a plain,
modest way the most wonderful showing
ever made. Not only every republican but
every American citizen has a right, in view
of the unparalleled story of American
thrift, to feel his stature increase to a gi
ant's height.
"For myself, as an American republican,
I feel that the country now experiences
the justice atiel the truth of the predictions
we have always made. Lvery citizen can
verify the truth of recent history. We all
feel inspired by an enthusiasm and love
for our country which has never been
known before.
"American valor has dared the heights
and depths of monarchical, as well as unciv
ilized, warfare, ar.d has swept the navy of
our antagonists from the sea. Prom the
West Indies to the Philippines the open sea
is now the pathway of American ships.
The stars and stripes are as much at lionn
and as highly honored in the waters of the
Caribbean sea and in the southern Pacific
as in the bay of New York. But the great
satisfaction anel value of our two years
of new life is found in the enlargement
of our domestic establishments all over
the United States. Scarcely a feature of
our trade and commerce, or our relations
with the world abroad, but has increased
anel doubled, or perhaps ejuadrupled, dur
ing th« same brief period. President Mc-
Klnley truly says:
" 'The Fifty-sixth congress convenes In
its first regular .a s.-ion with the country*
a condition of unusual prosperity, of uni
versal good will among ih. people at home .
and in reiatlc, . of peace ar.d friendship
with every government in the world, our
foreign commerce has shown grt at increase
in volume and value. The combined im
ports and ( xporis for th> ye ar are :l larg
est eve r shown by a single yi ar in all our
history. Our exports 112. r 1889 atone ex
ceeded by more than a billion dollars our
imports and i xperts combined in 18T0. The
in: ports per < a pi: a are 20 per cent, less than
1870. while- the exports pr capita are .",8
p*r ceil'., mo: than 187'.', showing tin larg
est capacity if the United States to satisfy
I he- wants o! its own increasing population,
as well us to contribute lo those of other!
nations. '
TANNER RETIRING.
The Governor of IIIIIIOIM* I'n.rtliif
Worila to 111 M I'arty at
SprliiKileld,
In his closing remarks to the repub
licans of Illinois in convention at
Springfield Friday, December L'd, Gov.
John K. Tanner said:
"Fellow Republicans: I greet you to-day
as representatives of a political party on
which rests, and has long rested, the great
burden of responsible political action for
the state and the nation. There has been
no other responsible party in American
politics since 18fi0. Even when a democrat
was in the presidency he was compelled to
appeal to the patriotism of the republican
party to prevent dishonor and disgrace in
the management of the national finances,
and he did not appeal In vain. And now
the democratic party has degenerated into
a noisy horde of guerrillas, without order,
discipline or principles. They are mere
political ghost dancers, who have actually
mistaken little Billy Bryan for the true
M< ssiah. The great sachems of Jefferson
ian democracy are discredited and can find
no resource but to vote the republican tick
et. Those now in charge of the party are
not true democrats, but are populists, with
all that odious name implies.
"Nothing is so painful to the leaders of
the populist wing of the democratic party
as the fact that their country is now pros
perous. They are like the old negro who
answered all inquiries after his health by
saying: '1 am quite poorly, thank God!'
How ungrateful and mean is task
which now devolves upon politicians of the
Bryan-Altgeld-Harrison stripe! They are
actually compelled togo out bifore a pros
perous and contented people, through a
smiling and happy land, where the banks
are all bursting with money and where
every factory wheel is turning, ard all
labor employed, and try to expTain away
the splendid prosperity of their country.
Politicians reduced to this extremity
should flee from a land of which they are
unworthy and join one of Aguinafdo's guer
rilla bands in the mountains of Luzon,
where they may meet congenial company.
"Such men are colleagues of calamity
and pestilence. They are sworn allies of
the cut-worm and the weevil. Th<y are
full partners of the Kansas hot wind and
the hog cholera. Nothing suits their style
of campaign better than an early frost.
They want 40-cent wheat, 13-cent corn, and
10-eent oats, and if all the bins were empty,
even at that price, so much the better for
them. Nothing disconcerts these men so
much as a full savings bank, and the sight
of a workingman carrying Christmas gifts
home to his waiting children is enough to
give a populist politician the cramps. Such
men have only one use for laborers and
mochanics, and that is to have them sitting
idle and ragged in a row upon the curb
stone, cursing the administration
"But our country is through with demo
cratic calamity times. The 'holy year' will
dawn in three days more, so the pope says,
and it Is going to be a republican year.
In spite of the fact that we committed the
'crime of IK73' and that we have subverted
the declaration of independence, establish
ing a despotism upon its ruins: in spite of
the fact thut we have sorely outraged the
historic tenderness of the democratic party
for the down-trodden of the earth —partic-
ularly for the black man—l say, in spite of
all these things, the political highways are
just now all converging towards the re
publican party.
"Seriously, there never was such cause to
congratulate the country upon the outlook
for business and commerce as now: and to
no statesman since the days of the im
mortal Washington has the business of the
country owed so much as it now owes
to that superb Christian statesman, that
sagacious and incorruptible patriot, Wil
liam McKinley. His administration lias
not only given us prosperity at home, but
it has raised our flag in the midst of a new
empire of trade and commerce in distant
seas, and all the democrats in Christendom,
assisted by our own dyspeptic college pro
fessors of the 'and, can never pull that
flag down.
"But a painful circumstance for Mr.
Bryan to consider is that a great many
better democrats than he ever was don't
want to pull down that flag. They have
caught the national instinct for national
growth, and trade and expansion, the moss
is gradually peeling off from their demo
cratic backs, and Mr. Bryan is now finding
out that he jumped into the arms of Carl
Schurz rather prematurely. The annexa
tion of the Philippine islands is now an
accomplished fact. Only madcaps and .-•m
pletons can talk of giving them up. Even
the south wants them; the west feels It
must have them, and the east Is rapidly
learning that a few emaciated, dyspeptic
and egotistical college professors, who eat
red meat only once In 12 months, are not
safe counselors for a growing nation. If
such men had controlled the policy of Eng
land she would to-day he of less conse
quence than Denmark or Belgium.
"Gen. Law ton and Gen. Young. In dis
persing Aguinaldo's army, have knocked
the last plank out of the democratic plat
form. Free trade died forever with the
revival of business under the McKinley
tariff, and free silver at the rate of 1C to i
got itself hung in the selfsame noose.
Then, with the Instinct of a drowning man
who grabs at a straw, Mr. Bryan seized
upon anti-imperialism and tried to make il
a new issue. He went around quoting
Scripture and told how the wrath of God
came upon King Ahab because he stola
Naboth's vineyard. He declared that Pr<.--
Ident McKinley was daring the lightnings
of heaven and riveting chains upon ou'
own people because he insisted upon ex
tending a benign American rule over a ter
ritory which had been acquired by treaty.
"He pictured the usurper and despot
Aguinaldo, who hasn't even a tax title t<?
the presidency of his bogus republic, as a
second George Washington: but now, alas!
his George Washington has taken to the
woods! The Philippines are ours by pur
chase, by conquest, by treaty, and by the*
cheerful acquiescence of the best part of
the population. Mr. Bryan's new Georg*
Washington can on longer pose as a hero
Nothing remains for the 'new democracy'
but to take to the woods with their leader,
for they have not an issue left with which
togo before the American people.
"If the people of the country at large
are to be congratulated upon the success
of our national policies, no less are the
people of Illinois to be congratulated upon
the success of the party policies in this
state. Illinois has been redeemed from
democratic misrule and bankruptcy. The
deficit left in its treasury by the retreating
A'.tgeld has been made good, and nobody
has crept stealthily into the treasury vault,
at the dead of night, in order to secretly
falsify its condition during the present
republican administration. The credit of
the state, which did not suffice Mr. Altgeld
to borrow money to keep the wheels turn
ing at less than from six to ten percent.,
has been redec mi d, and the state bor
row money at 2',i per cent., the state insti
tutions are all flourishing and there is not
one of them that is not to-day living withia
Its appropriation.
"The record of Illinois hi the Spanish
war was not surpassed by that of ar.v
state in the Ours was the first .'tate
to offer Its ser\ ici s ko the president in that
war. It was the first state to muster into
the service a volunteer regim< nt. It was
the only state that iquippel and sent for
ward a full regiment of cava ry, ai d it was
the only state to I quip a la!! \f
colored men and officer thr>t rtglmei.t. from
the colonel down, with men of thiir own
race. The army now ir. the Philippine.',
which is the target of Mr. Bryan's'fite Pi
the rear,' contains a large per ct nt. cf mm
from this state, ant! ! < I.- gratifying to know
that nil our voluntfers. in field and in
camp, have fol!owtd the guiding star of
duty whithersoever it 'od.
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Miss Kostique—Yes, I notice those who
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Money talks, but unless you have plenty of
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