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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1900.
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SCKANTON, JULY 13, 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
I'resldent-WII.MAM McKIKLF.Y.
Vi(c-I'rrililcnt-TIIK01)Oni: ltOOSEVKl.T.
State.
ConcfessmerfaMjrijr- OAI.US1IA A OliOW,
iionritT 11 Koi:nni:nr.n.
Auditor l!encral-li II. IIAltUKSIlEIlOIt. ,
County.
ronzres-Wt.UM roSSF.I.L.
TuoVi woum: m. watsov.
Mtcrlff-JOIIX II. KEM.OWS.
Trf.Ttiier-J. A. FCItAXTO.V.
District Attnrnev WILLIAM n. IXWia.
rrr.tlionotaiv'-.lOIIV rOt'i:i.ASM.
f'Icrk cif Cmirti TlinitAS 1" OWIEIA
Itecordcr of Itoedi-M'.MII. IIOSN.
Itesislcr of Wlllt W. K. ni'.CK.
Jury Commissioner limVAM) 11. STUnOES.
Legislative.
I'lrst District 1 HOU ! .1. 11EYN'0I.T)3.
Second Dlstilct JOHN RCIIEtTn. .111.
Third I)ltrlrt-i:nWAni) TAMES. JR.
Fourth Djstrlct P. A. I'lIILBlN".
Three months' easy 'vork for a
chance to earn a four years' free
course; of Instruction In an excellent
school, with the certainty of jrenerous
liny In case the flrt reward Is missed,
Is n pinpoHltlnn In business HbenMIty
wlilch no bright anJ nmbltlous boy or
Klrl In XorthcaHtorn Pennsylvania
might to iRiiore. The Tribune's Edu
cational Contest has no fake features.
It means every word It says, and It Is
worthy of every parent's attention.
The treasury holds $tr.n,r,oo,000 as a re
servo for tho redemption o United
States notes, under the now currency
law, while It also holds In gotd coin
and bullion assets In excess of the re
serve to tho extent of $43,315,175. Kour
years nun the $000,009,000 of sold In
the country was mado up ot $453,000,000
outside of tho treasury, $100,000,000 held
In reserve for the redemption of United
States notes, $13,000,000 for tho re
demption of Rold certificates, and tho
treasury's nssets In sold above tho re
servo were only $1,571,711. There has
been tin Inciease of gold In circulation
during this petlod of more than $300,
000,000, while the holdhif-'s of the rov
ernmont has Increased from less than
$102,000,000 to almost $200,000,000."
These tlRures are ofllclnl and we
think they settle tho matter.
Mr. llrynn. of course, will never bo
president, but he has at least demon
strated thnt so fur as Democracy is
concerned ho can bo boss.
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Roosevelt's Wny.
-IIE THOROUGHNESS with
which Theodore Roosevelt
performs his public duties Is
Illustrated In his treatment
)f the ohnrtres recently preferred be
fore him against Hlrd S. Coler, the
Democratic comptroller of New York
city. Those charges, It w 111 be remem
bered, were sprung shortly after Mr.
Coler had uttered public criticisms of
Tammany dishonesty In municipal af
fair.s, and nlleged, in effect, that Color
had on a certain occasion used his
official position Improperly to influence
an award of city bonds to a firm in
which a relative of his was financially
Interested.
Here wns what upon Its face looked
like a nasty scandal calculated to do
Injury to a political opponent. Some
men in Roosevelt's place would have
worked it for political effect for all It
was worth. Roosevelt, on tho con
trary, gave the whole matter Into tho
hands of the attorney general for re
view, nnd quietly Instituted an Inde
pendent investigation on his own ac
count of which nobody at the time
knew nnythlng. The attorney general
leported that Inasmuch as the whole
matter had already been passed upon
by n supreme couit Justice, the gover
nor in any view nf the merits lacked
Jurisdiction. He also reported as to
the met Its of the charges that they
had no foundation. Tho same report
was mado by the governor's unofficial
Investigators, and the result Is that
Comptroller Color is vindicated abso
lutely. Of course, this Is nothing more or
less than ordinary justice; but It Is
tho lack of that In matters involving
partisan politics which constitutes one
of tho greatest evils of the times; and
it is Theodore Roosevelt's unswerving
honesty alike toward friend and foe
that, more than any other attribute,
glvesOiim his present commanding hold
upon the public esteem.
One thing in reference to Nay Aug
park needs to be made clear early In
the park's history. The park Is a place
of decent and seemly recreation and not
a place of business speculation or dissi
pation. It is n place where good or
der is essential at .ill times and on
Sundays especially. Those who Ignore
-these tacts may expect trouble.
I low to Squelch Him.
WHEN A littYANITC ora
tor undei takes In this
year of amazing grace to
repeat tlv scare asser
tion of four years ago that the gold
standard means a shrinkage In the
volume of money, with lulnous effect
upon wager and prices, Just quote to
y him the following extract from As
distant Secretary of tho Treasury Van
derllp's address before the Pennsyl-
vajilaj Hankers' association:
V, There Is more money In circulation
y.prJr'rilplta In the United States today
.tliiiji 'uver bofoie In tho history of the
cquntry,. On July 1 tho circulation
Kper rsrriim stood at 125.50. This Is an
'inttvaps-of $1.50 for every man, woman
iiwj;ciili(l In the country since July 1,
,189!;, The total money In circulation
ori the 1st of this month was $2,002,-
000,000, and during the year, for tho
flryit time, the $2,000,000,000 mark was
' reached and passed. There has been a
' ?re"at Increase In the volume of the
j' :lriuIntlnK medium since 1898. On
y luljr.t-Pf Uiat year the total stood at
K $l,vO,W)00.000, which represented M per
. capita circulation of $21.10. In the four
years there has been an Increase of
$558,000,000, representing a per capita
Increase of $5.40. It will thus be seen
that the Increase of money In circula
tion has kept pace with the expanding
ltvdiwUles and commerce of the coun-
"Tho most gratifying part of the
r.galn which has been made lies In the
x.fact that tho greater rart of the In
crease haB been In gold. $430,000,000
"having been added to the gold stock
jof lh United States since July 1, 1896,
,'tlip Increase being from $000,000,000 on
jfthR latter da'tu to $1,030 000,000 July 1,
, 1900. Of the $l,038,O00,0('O of gold now
.Jn tho United States more than $815,-
- O0O.C0O ks in 'circulation, that Is, held
- by the' bank' and among the people.
Worth Remembering.
(From tlii President's Acceptance Addrcss.i
JUST AVAR has been waged
for humanity and with It
JLyji&t. liave come now problems
" and lesponsibllltles. Spain
has been ejected from the western
hemisphere nnd our flag tloats over
her former territory. Cuba has been
liberated and our Guarantees to her
people will bo sacredly executed. A
beneficent government has been pro
vided for Porto Rico. Tho Philippines
are ours and Ameiloan authority must
be supremo throughout tho archipel
ago. There will be amnesty bioad and
liberal, but no abatement of our lights,
no abandonment of our duty, 'fliers
must be no scuttle policy. Wo will ful
fill in tho Philippines the obligations
Imposed by tho triumphs of our aims
nnd tho treaty of peace; by interna
tional law; by the nation's sense, of
honor, and, moie than all, by the
rights, Interests and conditions ot the
Philippine people themselves. No out
side Interference blocks the way to
peace and a stable Government. Tho
obstructionists arc here, not elsewhere.
They may postpone, but they cannot
defeat the realization of the high pur
pose of this nation to lestore order to
the Islands and establish a Just and
generous government, in which the in
habitants shall have tho largest par
ticipation for which they are capable.
Tho organized forces which have been
excited to rebellion have been dispersed
by our faithful soldiers and sailors and
the people of the Islands, lifted from
anarchy, pillage and oppression, iccog
nlzo American sovereignty as tho sym
bol and pledge of peace, Justice, law,
religious freedom, education, the s -curlty
of life and propel ty and the wel
fare and prosperity of their several
communities.
We re-assert the early principle of
tho Republican party, sustained by un
broken judicial precedents, that the
representatives of tho people In con
gress assembled, have full legislative
power over territory belonging to tho
United States, subject to the funda
mental safeguards of liberty, justice
and poisonal lights, and are vested
with ample authority to act "for th
highest Intel ests of our nation nnd the
people enttusted to Its caie." This doc
trine, llrst proclaimed In tho cause of
fieedom, will never be used us a
weapon for oppiesslon.
I am glad to be assured by you that
what we have done In the JVw east has
tho approval of tho country. Tho sud
den and terrible cilsls in China calls
for the gravest consldciation, and you
wilt not expect fiom 1110 now any
further expression than to say that
my best efforts shall bo given to tho
Immediate put pose of protecting the
lives of our citizens who are In peril,
with the ultimate object of the peace
and welfate of China, the safeguard
ing of all our treaty lights, and the
maintenance of those principles of Im
partial Intercourse to which the civil
ized world Is pledged.
I cannot conclude without congiatu
latlng my countrymen upon the strong
national sentiment which tiuds expres
sion In oveiy part of our common
country and the increased respect with
which the American name is gieeted
throughout tho woild. We have been
moving In untiled paths, but our steps
have been guided by honor and duty
There will be no turning aside,
system of official examination such ns
Is exorcised by state nnd federal gov
ernments over banking Institutions,
Insurance companies nnd many other
quasl-publlo corporations. It wilt be
romemlercd thnt ho caused his Idea
on this subject to bo drafted In a
bill which was Introduced at Albany,
a bill that left hnrdly a loophole open
to the trust manager btnt on crooked
ness, lief ore the presidential cam
paign Is over, we shall doubtless have
from Governor Roosevelt some
stinlshtforwnrd common sense upon
this subject.
The most serious charge which has
yet been brought against the Demo
cratic presidential nominee Is made
by Senator Hoar when he nsserts that
Mr. Uryan used his Influence to secure
for ratification of the Paris treaty of
peace enough votes of Democratic sen
ators to decide tho fate of that treaty,
and that he did this "simply to keep
tho question for an Issue In the coming
campaign." Our Dsmocrntlc friends
have lately piofessed to take a large
nmount of political stock lnSenator
Hoar. It will be Interesting to notice
how they will receive his latest utterance.
notification of
mr. Mckinley
(Concluded from Page 1
AVhat the world knows about China
Is In a fair way to be something more
than guesswork In the near future.
Sam Jones' Uieu) of
the Triisf Question
T
Prom the Minufacturcrs' ltecord.
HE LAUfiE trusts and combinations already
formed and lielni; formed by .ijrtjTcKations of
1aplt.1l ore 1 considered hurtful to the maws
and the common people. This Is a theory.
When wo tpcah nl trust and combine we think
ot the SUndirrt Oil Trust, the oufar TruH, the
Tobacco T'ni't, Mc. When the Standard (hi
Trust was formed I wnspniliiK (0 cents a gallon
for Lciocnc oil; I am trettltiif It now for 10
idits a t'.ilKni. I was pajinir l'lt cent for
nigar dcural jeirs ago, but when tho comlilnei
cot in we got It at f.'.i. When the Whiskey
TriKt was organized I was in hopes it would
put up whiskey wliete the poor devils couldn't
Kit It, but they half seemed to cheapen that ilnn
to where they can pay the Rovcrnment $1.1.1 a
gallon niuiue on It and yet fell It for ?1.274,
v. lilcli iluncmstrjtis that they are making it and
letting the public haie It at about 121,; tints a
gallon.
0
There is no doubt about the airqrreeatlona of
wealth, with brains controlling it, that they
tan manufacture any article cheaper than it is
in has been manufactured on a unall scale.
The preat railioad combinations, many think,
will iat us up blond rare Occasionally I art
on a little jerk-water road tint is not in the
combination, nnd 1 want to double my accident
politics and be Mtintled with a IB mile-andiour
Knit nnd lonnolc mist If with the idea that I
tan ridu all da) for a dollar, but when I get
on the lYniH.ihania or Vanderbilt sistcni of
roads, with ihelr scheduhrt fort.i miles an hour,
M'stibule trains, with parlor iar, sleeping cars,
dining tars, I bale .1 hotel on wheels carrying
me ton.ird tuv distillation, and all this for about
i cents a mile. (liic me the road that is In
the combine to carry me where I Jin Ronij,-.
Public sentiment Is the safeguard whkh Is
tlncMii around all asiireisallnns of weilth and
all combinations ot Interest. The Standard
Oil, the lailroid combinations, the Suiur Trust
are as tcmitlvo to public Fentlment as the
mow -hank to the r.iys of the Min. Trust and
lomblncs will not hurt the public, but slock
hohhis and bondholders may suffer latir on,
wlun tlMKe uriat bulky Institutions become un
wlehly and fall with their own wel;ht. Eifly
thousand mi n In the I'nlted States, perhaps not
more, are inlerei.tid In the preat trusts of the
lountri. Tlm-e fiO.OOO nun know that there are
70,i,j00 ot other people in Ameiita, and their
wMom ti allies them whirc lmundary linea .ue,
over which they cannot go without pirll to them-t-ehes
and disaster to their business. No combi
nation now s.i.s "ilimn the public," but they
haie their weathercoiks out on eicry prominent
iiipola wjnhiutf how the wind hlone.
Roosevelt la so popular Is because he
was a cowboy. This was the first men
tion of Roosevelt's name, and evoked
great cheering. There Is a Democratic,
party In Hawaii, Colonel Parker said,
also an Ice trust. The Hawallans wcie
glad to be admitted us a state. He had
heard a great deal about Imperialism,
but when he came to Canton yester
day he wag admitted without waiting
a minute. When he was a cabinet ofll
cer of the late Queen Lllloukalant, In
Hawaii, one would have to wait a week
to see her. He was glad that the king
of Imperialism was not over In Hawaii.
This closed the speechmaklng, nnd the
party sat down to luncheon In the bift
tent.
After the luncheon had been served,
the party leaders went with the presi
dent Into the house. There were a
number of Informal conferences, but
the time wns devoted almost wholly to
giving the visitors an opportunity to
become personally acquainted with tho
president. While there wns a consid
erable discussion ot politics and future
policies, this was confined largely to
the members of the national commit
tee. As the afternoon wore on the
crowdu about the president's home
gradually dispersed. At 4.10 p. m. tho
last of the Cleveland party, Including
Senator Hanna, Mr. Ullss, Mr. Payne
and others, left the MoKlnley residence
to take the train for home. President
McKlnley accompanied them to their
carriages and bade them good-bye. The
people who still lingered about the
premises cheered the president. He re
turned to the house, and tho notifica
tion ceremonies were over.
I
VISIT TO GOV. ROOSEVELT.
Of course, political raplt.il can be mule out
of suth foim.itions of uiallh, and hoctal ordetg
imj rjlso the blaik flair to flaht Hum; but I
an a thousand times mere afraid of detna
vogues and politicians than I am afraid ot
trusts anil combines. Oood poiernment which
means not only the well-lielnp of the citi7en, but
the mei throw- cf all that will hurt the citizen
depends upon pood men In ofllee, nnd we had
better pay Icks attuition to whit we call trusts
and combinations and more attention to those
whom we ibct to ottlce in tho municipal, state
and national poiernnunts. Mr. Stead, In his
book "If (hrikt Tame to Chlcapo," speaks ot
the "Hip Pour of Chleapo," and says of them
that "their methods a're clear and their trins
anions are honest, hut that In the road ot tin lr
success lies the blood and bones of the "Ictlmi
over whom thev he run to success" The
siicctsful mm or combination means the doin
till of other inn and othr combinations.
One preacher Is prcachlmr to fi,K, twenty
pieachers around him consider seienty-flie a
full house, nnd a hundred a perfeit Jam; me
pli sli Ian m.iklnp $19,ono a car, and forty
llltle doctors in the neighborhood not niaklm;
their crub. A W'anamaker sellinp $50,fs),n00
a car means many little merchants sppljinp
for clerkships in his toro It Is the survival of
the finest. It nuv be. Whin find made this
110 ' world He made mountains towering into the
wavering, no retieat. No blow has
been struck except for libeity anl
humanity, and none will bo. Wo will
perfonn, without fear, overy natiotnl
and international obligation. Tho Re
publican party was dedicated to free
dom forty-four yenis ago. It hns b 'en
tho party of liberty and emancipation
from that hour; nut 'of profession, but
of performance. It broke the .shackles
of 4,000,000 slaves and made them free,
and to the party of Lincoln has come
another supreme oppuitunlty which it
has bravely met In the liberation of
10.000,000 of the human family fiom tho
yoke of imperialism,
Tho old ndago to tho effect that "no
news is good news" foils to afford
eoinfoit in the ease of the unfortunato
legations nt Pekln.
Concerning Trusts.
-VM2 ARTICIsE by Rev. p.im
Jones on trusts, reproduced
on this page from the Man
ufacturers' Record, Is true
ns to one phase ot thp subject and
readable throughout. 1,'ndoubtedly tho
country has reached 11 period In Its
economic diveIoptnent when without
largo Investments of capital such a
only great combinations can afford,
tho immense processes of modern
manufacture and commerce could not
be carried on successfully. No outcry
can turn the ago back to the business
methods of fifty yeurs ago, Tho so
called trust Is hero and here to stay
until something better takes Its placo
and the practical problem Is not how
to abolish, a thing Impossible, but how
to regulate It nnd ke.p it within tho
limits of public usefulness mid pub
lic safety.
Amidst tho volumo of suggestions
looking to control of tho trusts that
has been poured forth In the publlo
discussions of the past few years we
recall none more directly to the point
than Theodore Roosevelt's proposition
to subject every one of those large
Incorporations of capital to a vigilant
clouds and sallejs below the lei el of the sea;
lie mid" lakes and oceans; He spread out the
prairies of the West and piled up mountains
around the little lalleis alonp the ranpes of
the Itoclies and the Alliphcnlcs. In the o.ein'8
wateis we find whiles and some iry small fishes,
and when the whiles come alonu the little fish
The Committee Cordially Received at
Oyster Bay.
Oyster Hay, N. Y., July 12. Governor
Roosevelt wns today olllclally notified
of his nomination for the vice presi
dency at his country home, Sagamore,
near Oyster Hay. ihe notification
committee appointed by tho Republi
can convention nt Philadelphia, left
New York on a special train at 10.39
o'clock, and made a quick run to Oys
ter Eay, whore carriages were in wait
ing to convey them to Sagamore.
There were a number of the members
of the notification committee not pres
ent. A number of Invited guests ac
companied the party, most of them
prominent New Yorkers.
It was noon when the party nrrlved
at Its destination. Oovernor Roosevelt
received them on the wide vine cov
ered porch of Sagamore. Standing on
the lower step under tho portico he
ginhp3d the hand of each gentleman
as he alighted and then, turning, pre
sented each to Mrs. Roosevelt, who
stood on the veranda, behind him. As
the straggling procession was rather
slow In arriving tho early arrivals dis
persed about the breezy verandas and
grounds and chatted Informally beforo
the formal ceremony of notification
commenced. Shortly after 12 o'clock,
Senator AVolcott, of Colorado, called
the committee to the porch. There In
the cool shade of tho awnings and
vines ho read the formal notification in
his clear and rcsonait voice. He said:
Senator Wolcott's Speech.
Goiernor Ilooseielf.-The pleasant duty lias
deiolied upon this onimlttee, appointed by the
national llepubllcan eomentlon and le-prcfcenting
tC,j MillU 111 II1U I mull, lu ,iiar.u ,iiuii ."--
oltUtallv. the aitiun of the eomentlon and to
hand to you a copy ot the platform it adopted,
which embodies the principles of the party.
The representatives of the Republican party in
contention tsscmhled nusniniouslr and spontan
eously selected tou a the candidate of the party
at the next eh-ctlnn for the hiirh and dignified
oltlce of vice pceeldcnt of the Unllcd States. ou
were so selected and named, through no wish of
our own. but bee ansa the cuiiiention believed
that sou, amonir all th Republican In the land,
were best fitted and adapted to he the associate
ot our pn-iddent, in tlw Important ard stirring
campaign upon which ivc are enterinp. The
contention realized that ou were needed In the
preat Empire state, whose executite ton now ale
and whooe people will dellcht still further to
honor, but it Is belieted that )our path of duty
lav for ihe future In the field ot national use
fulness. 1011 re Mill a young man, as jcars are count
ed, but the country knows more of you than
of ino-.t of its citlzins You weic idrntltled
and ftlll ever be associated with those efforts
toward reform in the civil sertice which coin
mend the approval of intelllireiit men of all po
litical parties. Your stlrrinp lme of adieu
tine has made 5011 a more familiar flEiiro In
western camps and on western plains than on
the atenuen of tour native city, oiir stirlinp
Americanism has led joii to the mastery of eiur
earlier history, and jou have told us of the win
ning of the west with a chaun and a spirit that
lute made us all better Inters of our country,
while our tales of western hunting and adtcn
ture hate filled the breast of etery lad in the
land with cmv and emulation, and whatever
doubts may hate existed In the past, now that
tou are our candidate thev will lie belieted to
be true by etery pood Republican,
Tire is no man whose privilege it was to
know you, to arsoclate with jou while vou were
the as.is.tant secretary of the naty under Presi
dent McKinlet's appointment, who Is not caper
to testlfv to the great ability and fidelity which
1 haracterlred your incumbency of that otllce.
Of your sertlccs to our country during the late
war with -Spain it Is not necessary for me to
speak. Your name will ever be identified with
the heroic aihietement of our army and jour
warme"t frlendi. and most devoted admirers arc
the gallant band of Itoush Riders whom you led
to tlttort. This brljht and glorious record.
however, did not lead that great convention at
cltlrena, no matter what may have been their
party ainnaticni in ine past an 1 ie asx unin
on the strength of the record that President Mc
Klnley Ins made during the past three years
and en the strength nf the thriat cmplojed In
what was done In Kansas City a few daji ago
to aland shoulder In shoulder with us, per
petuating the conditions under which tie have
reached a degree of prosperity revet befori! at
tained in the nation's hlstcry snd under whlih
abroad tte hate put the American flip on a level
where It ncter before In tho hlsliry of the coun
try has been placed. For these reasons I teel
we have A right to look forward with confident
expectation to what the verdict ol the people,
will be next Not ember and to ask nil men to
whom the well belnir ot the country anJ the
honor of the national latnc arc dear to stand
with us as we tight for prosperity at home and
tho honor ot the Has abroad.
The Postscript. "
A round of applause broke out as the
governor concluded, but he checked It
Instantly by saying: "Gentlemen, one
moment. Here, Ned," ho cried to Sen
ator Wolcott. "This Is not to the na
tional committee, but I want to say
this to my friends, friends of my own
state who are here. Just let me say
how I appreciate seeing so many of
you here today. I want to say I am
more than honored and pleased nt hav
ing been mndo n candidate for vice
president on tho nntlonnl ticket, but
you cannot Imagine how badly I feci
at leaving the men with whom I havo.
endeavored and worked for civic do
coney and righteousness and honesty
In New York."
This little postscript to his formal
speech was heartily applauded, and ths
governor retorted:
"I phall ask you gentlemen please to
step this way, as some misguided pho
tographers wish to take our pictures."
The crowd followed him to the east
veranda, where the photographs were
taken.
Refreshments were then served on
the porches and In the dining room,
and a half-hour of general conversa
tion followed. At 1.15 p. m. the party
loft nnd slatted on the return dtlve to
Oyster Hay, where tho special train
awaited them.
Mr. McKlnley Notified.
On reaching the railway station the
following telegram was sent to Presi
dent McKlnley:
The committee appointed to notify Ooternor
Roosetelt ot his nomination to the tlce presi
dency hate fulfilled that plcarant duty and Join
in this tncsxugc of congratulation and pood will.
(Signed) Editard O. Wolcott.
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Lewis & Really
Established 1888.
1 J4-JH6 Wyoming Ave.
POLITICAL NOTES.
anu w III 11 I ue ssiiuc", ,oim- unnis uic uitiv usu i oowcter. cnu liui ii-au Mini fcir.ii. i-iii,.-ioiuii ui
hate to hide out. I hate trateled oter this Philadelphia to imlst upon tou as Ita randiilate,
'lintry fiom ocean to ocean and from Montreal
to Oalveston, annually for twenty .tears. I have
watched the progress of etents and the proces
sions as thev marched. I have jet to know of a
single Instance where, combines and trusts hurt
the masses or permanentlv raised the price of
any product. I am a thourand times more will
ing to dial with tho trusts and combines and
puirhise t lie sr products than I am to put my
miney into their Institutions and imperil mv
holdings, conscious of their want of stability
and fearing their final downfall.
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Of course these preat combinations affect leg
islation, If they do not control It In many In
stances, but while they may procure legislation
In their own Interest, jet they have one eje
upon the public sentiment all the time, conscious
that tln'i can go Just so far and no farther.
Hire and tin re- they haie shut elown a manu
factory or closed up an institution and affected
some inilltiiluals, but we are not lonkln' 1mm
that standpoint. When we look at the TO.ncVi.nno
of our population, we say they are only piocur
Inc clieiiwr and bujlnp for less money these
intuitu t than they could hate done under other
circumstances.
With the final disintegration of trusts and
combines width will Inetilably come when
financial disaster nnd shrinkage of values shall
rninei of course, the mrplui of their product
will be thrown upon the market, and only the
stockholders in these trusts and combines will
mlTer. As sure as tint the ann shines, when
etcr .my institution becomes unttlrldly because
of its sire and bulk, it will finally fall of Ita
own weight.
I am an cparslnnlst. at d I believe tint ono
of the causes of the stringrnry and shrinkage
of values In this country la became we hate
not jrotio out oter th" seas with our products
as we should hate done. While their is a de
mand for our products of the farm and manu
factory of tills country tlure will always be
plenty of money; hut when wheat and corn
and cotton and all kinds of manufactures are a
ill ii? on the matket, and no ele-mand for them,
then we hate stringency and hard times. Put
when the highways oter the seas shall be laden
with our products Into foreign countries, and
tho gold Is brought back In the ships, thn we
shall flourUh perennially. These prut comhlna
tlons ore the onlt jiotvers In this country that can
do this thing for us. A negro and an old mule
can make corn and cottoni a Mlotv with a 200
dollar saw mill can make lumber; but only at;.
fregatlons of r alt li can build ships and ojien
mukata in foreign lands.
although It fill" with pride the heart of etery
true merkan The Republican patty has chosen
jou because from your earliest manhood until
today, in whateter post jou have been called
upon to fill, and notably during jour two jcars
of splendid service aa chief executive ot the
state of New Vork. J'ou hate eterynlure and
at all times stood for that which was dean and
uplifting and against everything that was sordid
and base. Vou have shown the people cf the
country that a political career and gotid citizen
ship both go hand In hand, and that deto
tion to public welfare was consistent with partv
inemberMilp and party organlratlnn. There is
not a young man In these t'nlted Stales who haj
not found In jour life and Influence an Incenttie
to better things and higher ideals.
With President McKlnley jou will lead our
ticket to victory, for jou hate both been tested
and in j-our honor, jour patriotism and jour
civic vlrtuei the American people have pride and
confidence.
Senator Wolcott's address was fre
quently applauded, his reference to
Governor Roosevelt's hunting stories
evoking & hearty laugh. "When he
stepped forward he stood In u clear
space on the crowded porch, facing the
doorway of a reception room, In front
of which the governor stood In erect
military attitude. To the loft wore a
number of ladies and other guests of
the house, while Mrs. Roosevelt stood
among them, the three children of the
governor looking on wun wide-eyed In
terest. When Senator Wolcott con
cluded, Governor Roosevelt stopped a
pace forward and replied. His voice
was clear and fltm, and as he pro
ceeded there were Beveral Interruptions
of applause. He said:
lloosevelt's Acceptance.
Mr. Oluirmant I accept the honor conferred
upon me with the keenest and deepest appiecla.
Hon of what it means and above all of the re
spons'olllty that goea with It. llterj thing that
it It in my power to do will be done to secure
the re-election of President McKlnley to whom
it has been given In this crisis ol tho national
history to stand for and embody the principles
which lie cilosr.t to the heart of eterj
American worthj' ol the name.
Tills Is very much moie than a mere party
contest. We stand at the parting of ttto wajs
and the people hat now to decide whether they
shall go forward along the path of prosperity
and high honor abroad or whether they will
turn their backs upen that haa been done during
the past three jcars; whether they will plunge
this lountry Into an nbjss of misery and dlsas.
ter or what is worse than cten misery and dls.
aster, shame, I feel that tte have a right to
appeal not merely to Republicans but to all fc'ood
No man lu the cast has stood higher In Dem
ocratic circles than James M. Heck, who has
just announced his resignation of the office of
L'nlted State-s district attorney for the P.astcrn
ilistilct of Pcnnsjb.inla. Mr. Reek is a nat
ural orator of exceptional nictit, a clear thinker,
a student and a gentleman of pleaslm? man
ners. The announcement of Ids open espousal
of Republicanism Is decidedly significant. He
sajs: "I publicly opposed Rrjan and llrjanlsm
four j ears ago, and am ettn more opjMiseJ to
both now, for the reason that four jears ago the
Chicago platform was adopted In a moment of
trenrj and demoralisation. I had hoped, in
common with many others, that after the Inetl
table elefeat of K-'iil the Democratic partv would
abandon the policy of repudiation necessarily In
tuited in the free allier ilogma, and I ccnld
then return tu ita ranks In which I 1.1 1 fined
for fifteen jears. After four J ears of discus
sion and deliberation, however, the Democratic
partj-, so-called, has deliheratelj- and unanimously
adopted the same policy of filiJlicl.il eiUhonor,
and has added a new test of party allegiance In
a declaration as to foreign a-Talrs, wnich can rr.lj
gite aid and comfort to the arme-d enemies ot
the l'nlted Stairs. On the great e;ucstlons which
hate come up since the late ttar, touching the
fotelpn policy of the l'nlted states anl i's tine
position among the nations, my s; mpathlcs nre
wholly with the Republican part)-. Why should
I longer cling to a name, when my rcison re
jects the substance of this latter-day Democracy!
I hate not left the Democratic party, for mere
Is none to leate. It died an unnatural death
in Chicago In lS'.sl, slain by a Populist orator
from Nebraska, aided hi- an Altgeld and n Cro
ker, and while the Populist party today uses
the name 'Democratic,' it haa nothing In com
mon with the Democratic party of Jefferson,
Jackson and Cleveland. Those of us who, In
the hope of wiser counsels, called ourseltcs
'(old Democrats,' begin now to pee that we
cherished an illusion. There can be no such
thine as a 'Gold Democrat' or a 'Slltcr Repub
lican.' A man Is of that party with which lie
sjmpithlres, whatever he may call himself. If,
therefore, one belleiea in free slltcr and In
hauling down the American Pap In the Philip
pines, he is a Democrat, but if he believes in
honest money and In the supremacy of the Hag
In our territorial possessions, he is a Republican,
between those I hate no hesitation in ehooslnp.
I am no longer a Democrat; I am a Republican."
"I think you will find," savs Attorney ficncr.Y
P.lkln, "that since the adoption of the 1 to 1
plank by the Democratic natlonsl contention
there will be a decided di If r toward stalwart Re
publicanism, and that the opponents of Ilryanism
will conclude that there Is but one way to stamp
out the fiee slltcr fanaticism, and that Is to
tote the full Republican ticket this fall. Here
in Pennsylvania we lust seicn congressmen
through the fusion movement In the last con-
grcudonal election There should be no chance
pit en the Democrats to make these gains this
jear. With the dinger of the election of a house
of representatltcs that would be Inimical to the
policy of the Republican national administration
ue must and will elo our pan 10 insure a con
gress emphatlcal.y Republican In both branches.
The fusion schemes will not be permitted to keep
Pennsjltatili In the background this fall. When
the roll ot states shall be called the sturdy Re
publicanism of Pennsjliaiila will be heard from
with practicallr a solid delegation to tho house
of represcntatites at Washington."
There ii manifest common sne in this advice
by the independent t'tlea, N. V., Press: "flic
fiiends of free slltcr are petthu together and
rallying around one. standard. The friends of
lionet money might profitably follow tiut ex
ample. It I'll! be lietter to maae this ssu
as idearly defined as possible and to ft slit it out
to a finish. The Kansas City platform and can
didates do not reprosctit what was understood
only a few jears ago as Dcmocraij-. If the
adiocatcs of 30-ccnt dollirs combine, why ahou'd
not the supporters of the gold standard and hon
est monev pull unitedly together for the defeat
of tlib fallaoj ?"
To the
The reccut fire having de
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penu avenue,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
IjCSAll repair work left
witli us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
MBRCERMU MCMEILi
The Hoot &
CoeeeH Go.
Omir
Julyf
of Ladies'
Fiee Munslie
Uederwear
Opems Today
And for one week we will
give you special inducements
for laying iu a supply at
much less than the season's
prices.
Our lines being bought
with the greatest care, and
always with the interests of
our customers as a first con
sideration, you can thereforo
depend on picking from what
is left of our early selections,
at greatly reduced prices, the
only difference being that all
sizes are not now included in
the assortment.
Exceptioual values in Fine
Lace Trimmed Skirts and
Night Gowns. The last call
on colored Shirt Waists at
prices to close them out quick.
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
510-512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
04 iackawaiM AveiiK
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
Uencrui Agent for tuj Wyoiataj
District j.'
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THCS. FOltD.
JOHN D. SMITH & SON,
W. E. MULLIGAN.
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And It is not dllllcult to decide why.
There Is somethlnc about each piece
which catches the eye and Invites a
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We started in together to take them. My appetite soon came back and I
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