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THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., OCTOBER 4, 1900,
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article
republican she
from d
par with the mi
by that pag
democratic
swoners’ office in
proved comple
side
follows
cratic «
develo;
cratic
openly announced
the democrat
McKinley
fledged repu 314
the st
made
The Gazette
which he
in bold
Democra
foot the
Wor
total of 45
and missing. For th
7 the casualties amount
62 officers and 1, wf
indicate the cost of this unholy conqu
to great Britain, It will be a damnable
inheritance for that empire, which
for maintain an
of 50,000 men in South Africa,
years occupation
A similar showing is being made by
the United the Philips
»
Our war against those people is
Slates in ines
Cost
over £500 OOO A day
The latest report
: s
are that the Mohammedan hordes of the
great island of Mindanao
against giving ) ugly
that of Luzon. And all because McKin
ley will not declare peace w ith those peo
are arrayed
us, Us A © as as
ple, instead of war. One stroke of wise,
beneficent
all,
statesmansh end it
p would
. - -—
CHAIRMAN James K. McGuire, of
Democratic of
York, is in the hardware business, and
he relates some of his experienees with
the Trusts. He says that when the
Steel and Wire Trust was organized the
price of wire pails was $1.35 a hundred
pounds. The Trust
price to £3.75 a hundred
Lamber Trust raised prices to such a
height as to necessitate a stoppage of
building operations,
the hardware dealers had a large sup-
the
State Committee New
advanced the
Then the
soon
ply of nails on hand, the Trust dropped |
firm lost between §7000 and $5000.
experience is like that of many other |
hardware merchants. Still Chairman |
Hanva and Senator Depew assert that |
there are no illegal Trusts in the United
States !
Of a sudden, when |
FACTS FOR GRANGERS.
The Grangers had an opportunity of
the the
state authorities bave permitted the food
They
now
learning something about way
laws to be violated, can readily
the
Harrisburg have no special interest in
see that faction in power at
the farmer, except to try and hoodwink
them occasionally, about election time,
\
For years the manufacturers of pleomar
were permitted to
garnne }
mitation of butter wholesale
state without the fear of arrest because
they had the assurance from the politi
they
instead
would
of
they
cians that for a certain sum
yf
and
prosecution,
paying regular license to the state
paid tj { republican politicians
at Harris The
with such double-dealing
Hamilton, has been duping the far
} rt 1" ne
nrg Quay machine,
men John
us
mein
right along. Such things will continue
is the
of
in public human nature
same, There is a certain amount
corruption in most men and the oppor
tunity is all
it. And
hat is necessary to develop
when a
nley d
He burried
evening by cable, » ed
Ll
al mines into hiss
them over, planted
Penpsyivania before mor
day the coal famine was
There was nothing for the sur
turtopeans to do but to order coa
from Ameri
for it
a and pay such prices as we
asked
That is
and it makes McKinley's e
why and how and a
Kansan
HANNA THI
DICTATOR
Hanna thinks democrats should not
criticise the McKinley war policy as that
Is not a matter of politics
Hanna does not want democrats to
talk about the trusts, as they have noth.
to do with politics, and are only private
business concerns
Hanna says imperialism is not a ques.
tion to be discussed in a presidential
campaign, that being a question that has
nothing to do with politics
Yet the Me.
Kinley war policy, and lauds the trusts,
and favors imperialism. Hanna is a big
Hanna bimselfl extols
old granny, proved every time he says |
| something.
the price of nalls without warning to |
$2.75, and as a consequence McGuire's |
His |
ETERNAL vigilance is the price of
victory. We helped to defeat Quayism
in the last legislature, The final blow
must be given this year,
—— ———
Is J. K. Thompson for or against M, 8.
| Quay ? That is the question.
|
OPPOSED TO McKINLEY.
| Carl Schurz's Eloquent
Against Imperialism,
Argument
Carl Schurz is one of our most distin.
guished American citizens; a German
land because
loved
by birth he left his native
hated monarchy and freedom,
oted
nd
author, distinguished re.
famous political leader—a
1 conscientious man in all
ds a wonde infla
bars
irs ago he
d for McKinley
speech Mr,
downright
fal
tion of history the assertion made by the
territorial expan.
that such
ng
¢onlinuance
Republicans
of Cuba Porto
what
ced by this republy
He said that until
than a
ule over vassal provinces and sub
populations such as we have now
ect §
begun
I" LD { ’ NOW
The speaker declared that the efforts
to stop imperia should not
He
them being this
sm cease
now KAYE many reasons, among
Said he
H
There is but too much ground for be
Heving that the party in power is largely
controlled by strong and grasping inter
t ploit the RON
ned
the
ernment for
the
characteristic
their profit, and inc 10 make
American flag, in
phrase of the famous Cecil Rhodes, "a
»
ASS commercial asset, such in-
terests have not yet thrown large finan
lependencies
But
cial means into our *'¢ for
pecuiative venture ur present
rulers be continued in power speculative
moneyed syndicates extensive settle
of
Americans being out of the question
ment those trupical countries by
will be much encouraged to go there re
lying upon their influence with the gov-
ernment the
As soon as their
for furtherance of their
operations, money is
| largely engaged there we shall witness
| attempts by them to control the govern.
ment in its different
parison with which
branches,
the
in come
infloence exer
cised by railroad and other corporations
over State Legislatures, which we know
| from observation, will pale into insifinl.
cance. The efforts to break the imper.
{ lalistic policy will then have to meet a
power the resources and skill of which
will immensely increase the difficulties
to be overcome,
FILIPINOS BRING EXTERMINATED.
Auvother reason is this: We are en. |
gaged in the awful buisness of killing
people because they continue to fight for
This
American
their freedom and independence.
30 far 2,712 brave
“y/
has cost us
soldiers, killed in the field or by disease,
and 2,374 wounded in the hospitals ; in
They
ympathy, especially as they have
all 5,106 men, deserve our pro
found
been sacrificed in such a canse
read also such terrible stories a
more than eighty having been
indiscrimin 1 he
of our killed in
wedding
among |
1
them. Several have not
contradicted u
they
the
constantiy
been hope
may be may remember
papers,
recurring for many months, of fights i
F
the Philippines
American
wour
in which one or two
ed and a few
of Filipi-
or
soldiers were kil
the number
nos illed amoun 100 150 OF
towns burned
ent
BANK CONSOLIDATIONS.
“ re voral Now
Y y un whi he Btaa feed ON
I iy Jar proved so
the ex
will
fter the first con-
(ritarpatar
[3 ‘ 1 a1 ent rise
An to be wed. It
3. at
mmated the secre
wury practically
ern with a matter of
f dollars. That
pre
p
king that
ry {f revenue re
’ The pre
ently augmented by the 1)
bank of the
A eust
ne below its real
ut
a for
has a
irge operations and
t ne It is believed hy
t was Influenced to favor
rd O01] bank because it had a
in the
created hy the
twa iargest con
1 dovetalling In two or three
ones No doubt its eollossal
na had something to do with
but not all. It ean hardly
tten that in a letter to
the secreary of the treasury soliciting
the favor the president of the bank re.
minded him that in the last presiden-
tial campaign he and the other officers
of the bank had been liberal eontribu-
tors to the corruption fund
The new bank i= to be oalied the
Dry Goods bank, and will be capital
fred at $2.622.700, will have a surplus
of $1.680.100 and deporits aggregating
$15.376.900, The Individual banks to
be merged are the Ninth National, the
National Citizens’, the People's, the
Pacific, the Mechanics and Traders’
and the East River National. The new
concern thus created will certainly be
substantial, and it is belleved may be
big enough to command the favor of
the administration. That result is cer.
tain If its ofMcers are generous in mak.
ing campaign subseriptions for the
pending contest, Senator Hanna has
| practically sald that liberality in that
| direction will be rewarded.
we ——
administration
3
other
WAR
n f the
fore
But we |
that of |
ause two
be re.
is, |
bank |
fits of |
§ were very large, and they |
m
IN OUR
FALL AND WINTER
PRODUCTIONS ==
J
The same great standard which we originated and
established is maintained. Our business principles
for Fall and Winter will be the
ii
3X70 haerp
€ Nave con
same
preceding season.
in such a 1
H: YW CC
SUCCESS.
airness and
quatreness
S In
argest & Mos
omplete New
We cannot show them to you be-
fresh from the market.
buy
us a call we shall con-
You can profit if you can new. goods cheaper
than old ones. By giving
vince you that these assertions are true.
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