THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1900.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
Prcsldcnt-WIIIIAM McKIM.nY. .
V'.ce-l resident -Till-Ol With HOOSl.VrtT.
State,
foriffressmen at large OAMJPHA A. CHOW,
iiohiiit it KhiiPFnin
Auditor Oeneral-i:. I). HAIlinNnniGll.
County.
Contre VV It T.T M TONM l.fi
Jii'lLr GMIIKIK M V, TbOW
Sheriff 101IN II I FI.IOUS
Tr.rfurer I A SC It VS TON
IMtrit Atlornev VWI.IIAM 11 I.KWIS.
Prithiintir 'oils fOI'H.ASIl
Clerk nt Courts IHtlMAS P IlWiniA
Ifecorder ft Perils I, Mil. HOW.
llcirlsfcr of VVIIIs-U K HICK
Jirj Ccniinlssloncr-r.liWAltl) II STt'nOI S
Legislature,
rirst )itriit tiiomas i nn oi.n.
Sionil l)istrlt-IOIIS M.IIUTII. JIl.
Third District -FIlWAtll) ,tMIS, Jit.
I Mirth District-1 A. l'lIll.HI.S.
Efforts nn tho iart of mission
l)o,n fis to mippreos the awful stories
of Chinese cruelty to helpless Amerl
an women who have been nwssa
creel nt lnliiml posts In the cmplfc,
nro not commendable, although well
Intended. It Is well that the world
at law, nml cspeclilly those who en
rmirntre the sending of women to
China us missionaries, Mrould undcr
btand the risks.
Dangerous.
UIl JiSTEEMDD contempor
ary, the Truth, will better
understand the lmorobabll-
Ity of a sympathetic strike
In tho bituminous regions should the
nnUuaclto nilneis ro out when it
learns that In the bituminous retjlons
tegular conttaets have been made be
tween operators and workmen, which
hold alld foi one jear. Most of these
contracts hae jet several months to
tun. A strike in the bituminous reg
ions for the put pose of preventing com
petition hurtful to the anthracite
trade cannot honorably be called dur
ing the life of these contracts. The
contracts, wo aic reliably Informed,
contain no clause defining where the
soft coil sales agent shall And a
market. He is at llbetty to sell where
he can.
In other woids, should the output of
anthracite now be constricted by
means of a strike in our mines, the
shortage In supply would be filled by
bituminous lntciests and it would be
come a question for future deteimlna
tlon how much of this lost anthracite
ttado could bo tegalnod Past experi
ence has shown th it vheie soft coal
once displaces the hard, it Is dilllcult
for the latter to gut back Into Its old
place. This is a matter for both oper
ators and nilneis to consider for If
anthi.iclte is crowded out of its natu
i.il maiket by bituminous the los will
be felt keen! hereabouts in the com
ing je.us. No man and no organiza
tion cm preent the bituminous fiom
cuttlnsr into the anthracite market
when It gets the opportunity. A tie
up of anthracite production vviould sup
lily an opportunity.
Mr. Htan now states that man can
not be satisfied with lining plenty to
eat. William Jennings will do well to
have a cue or he will scare the "Jef
fiTwinltn slmpllclt" Demociats out
of camp.
A Peculiar Suggestion.
SEtMlETAIlY 5A5E pointed out
tho other day that Mr. Hryun
if elected could older his soc
ietal y of the tieasur, who
would piobably be Mi. Tow no, to make
pa) mom In siher of all the public
debt pajable In coin, as well as for nil
cuiient disbursements of the govern
ment, which amount fiom $1 SOO.OOO to
M,7."pO,000 a day, and ho quoted from
a speech made by Mr. Jlrynn In 1SPG
which shows that Mr. Ill van wou'd
gio such an order as soon as possible,
thus Indlioctl but very dlsastiously
establishing tho slher basis.
Call Sciuitr, who In 1&80 fought
Hryan most hltteilv but Is now sup
porting him, makes a icply to Secro
titiy Hage which contains one of the.
most pocullai pioposltlons eer tecord
ed. He admits all that the societaiv
says as to the dlsastious consequences
which would follow the nrhltiary use
of silver In p.ijment of go eminent
noln obligations; but lie follows with
the "amazing suggestion that if Bryan
Is elected the present congiess, before
ft adjourns, and while McKlnley la
.still In tho chair, pass a law forbid
ding Mr. Uryan to pay silver where
coin- Is .specified.
Consider what this means. It Is
equivalent to asking on outgoing ad
mlnlstiatlon to Ignore a verdict of
the people at the polls and to try to
tie the hands of the people's Incoming1
servants. Though it should be done
the next congress, If in sympathy with
Uryan would promptly undo It. No
congress can bind Its successor save
In the matter of contracts. This la
not u conttact. It Is oidlnary legisla
tion, open to repeal whenever a ma
jority of congress shall so order.
Hut apart from that, look at the
ethics of Mr. Schurz's suggestion. He
vlitually asks tho Itcpubllcans to riv
et down the gold standard so that a
fiee sllscrlte president elected on a
10 tp 1 plank would be powerless to
Jear U to pieces. If Uryan Is not a
safe man to exercise the full func
tions of his ofllce, why should ho be
elected? Is the presidency to be giv
en to a man with his hands tied? Are
the people to give their votes to a
candidate, not for what he can do for
them( but for what it might not be
possible for him to do?
The election of William Jennings
lirm as president would be a trav
o
esty and a farco If It should not mean
a stralghtforwnrd public Indorsement
of what he stands for. Among tho
things that ho stands for Is the free
nnd unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold, at the ratio of 10 ounces of
silver to 1 ounce of gold, without wait
ing for the nld or consent of any other
nation. This was llryan's paramount
Issue four years ago and It 'Was ex
plicitly re-Iterated at his direct sug
gestion nnd command by the conven
tion which nominated him at Kansas
Cltv. The man who wnnls to elect
Uryan nnd nt tho same time tie his
hands Is dishonest nnd unjust.
The decision of the colored con
gressman, Mr. White, of North Caro
lina, to try his fortunes In New York
city can scarcely be considered an
exhibition of good Judgment. Judging
from all tepoits, a negro Is as safe In
the South ns In New York under Tam
many protection.
Tee Trust Leadership.
OP COURSE, now that Mayor
Van Wyck, his brother tho
Judge, nnd a scort ofsub
ordlnate Tammany leaders
or officeholders Implicated In the Ice
tiust scandal have been found out,
the Scranton Times "has no npoloey
for them." Yet It was this same Judge
Van Wyck, holding nt tho time ice
trust stock In his Inside pocket, who
wrote the Democratic party's furious
onslaught upon tiusts and who, ns
Now Yoik state's ropiescntativo on the
platform committee helped to secure
tho adoption of that plank by tho
Kansas City convention. And It Is
this same Tammany gang of tiadlng
trlcksteis that Is furnishing a laige
part of tho sinews of war for the
Uryan pi evidential campaign
Humor places the Tammany contri
bution at $2,000,000. We have no means
of learning what the figuics nre, but
William E. Curtis, the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record,
who Is one of the best Informed men
In tho United States concerning cur
rent affairs, especially of a political
nature, writes fiom New Yoik to his
paper, which Is Independent with
Riyanlstic leanings: "The Demociats
seem to be well supplied with fundi
everywhere, Tho Republicans cannot
even euoss where the Democrats get
their money. Cioker can get all the
money he wants and can furnish the
national committee with an nbun 1
ance of means If ho really takes an In
terest In the election of Tlryan, for
Tammany hall has methods of raising
campaign funds that are not within
tho reach of ordinary political organl
zatlons. Through tho police of this
city millions of dollars can be raised
in a few das. Every saloon, every
gambling place, cveiy disreptuable
house, eeiy pool room, ocry quack
doctor, evety crook and every other
Individual and Interest that Is exposed
to police persecution or piosocutlon
can be assessed for any sum Mr.
Croker thinks necessary, and he has
the machinery to collect It. livery
giocoryman who puts a basket of po
tatoes on tho sidewalk or exposes a
tray of radishes or lettuce In front of
his shop can be made to pay for the
ptlv liege. Eveiy corporation In New
York and theie aie thousands par
ticularly those who furnish supplies
to tho city government, and others
that are dependent upon police pro
tection or can be pinched In any way,
know by experience how easy It Is for
Tammany hall to get campaign funds.
"It was less than two veats ago
that the city authorities made a iald
upon the Manhattan Railroad company
from several dlffoient directions be
cause the management refused a com-piesscd-ali
company controlled by Mr.
Cioker nnd his friends permission to
hang their pipes from the arches of
tho elevated Hacks. Tho board of
health condemned tho railroad cats
as unsanitary nnd forbade their use;
tho same body condemned tho struc
ture of the elevated tallroad In seveial
Important places and ordered It ie
moved nnd teplnced, uhlch would cost
a million or more dollnis. Tho boatd
of public works passed a resolution
dlieetlng the icmoval of tho elevated
tracks and stations from Hatteiy park,
which Is city pioperty. and vntlous
other ordeis were Issued for the em
barrassment of tho company although
they were never obejed. Tho company
declared that these attucks weie
Intended for blackmail; tho news
papers took them up, the stock
of tho Manhattan elevated went
tumbling clown the scale on
the stock maiket, until the Tam
many people, who weio 'holding up,
wero compelled to ab melon tho light.
There have boon, howevei, a good
many reports of a compromise between
Mr. Croker and tho elevated-railway
people on a financial basis "
This Is tho crowd which is backing
Hiyan most energetically In Now Yoik
state. Even tho local Domociats.whon
tijlng n few weeks ago to ratify the
Kansas City nominations, were not
content to call on local oratorical
lights but had to send to Tammany to
forwnul speakers for tho occasion,
thus endorsing Tammanj methods and
morals. Can nn outcry against ttusts,
emanating from such a souice, seri
ously alarm the thinking people of
the United States? No one Is defend
ing the evils of bad trusts nor saying
that legislative lestilctlons and super
vision should not be increased over nil
forms of capitalistic combination. Hut
Is tho Van Wjck tpe of anti-trust
snorter a type that It would be pru
dent to elect to olllce or put In a posi
tion to control or hamper a national
administration? We think not, and
the Times, we'll wager, In Its own
heart thinks not too.
Sentiments expressed by Mr. Hill
and Mr. Croker Indicate that there
Is but little concert between the Em
pire state powers,
Agulnaldo's long silence has moused
the fearful apprehension that ho may
be engaged In writing a book.
Mr. Wellington frankly admits that
ho could not was the administration,
Lord Roberts continues to have dif
ficulty In annexing Oom Paul.
McKinley on the
"Paramount Issiie"
Wn AMI! IS the Philippines Our dig Is
there) our hoys In bljc arc there. The)
are not there for conquest) they are not
there (or dominion. They are there be
came, In tho providence ol Clod, who moves mjs
tcrloinly, that great archipelago has been placeJ
In the hands of the American people.
Duty determines ilestlnj. Destiny which
results frmn duty iwrtnrnwl may bring nnxie
tj ami peril, but never (allure and dishonor.
Pursuing ilutj may not alwajs lead bj smooth
paths Another course may look easier and
more attractive, but pursuing duty (or iluty's
take Is alnnjs sure and sate and honorable.
The sovereign!) of the Pnlled States In the
Philippines cannot be given aa) b) a presi
dent fhit sovereignty belongs to the people,
and so long as tint territory Is ours the presi
dent of the United States has but one duty
to perform, and that Is to milntaln and estab
lish the author!)) o( the United States in
those island
The bnis who earn our llig in that distant
coa nil! be sustained by the Amcrkan people.
It is the Mag ot our faith and our purpose;
it Is the flag of om love it represents the
conscience of the country, and can lea with
it, wherever it goes, education, civilization,
and liberty. And let those lower It who will!
The obstructionists are here, not elsewhere
They niny postpone, but the) cannot defeat
the realization of the high purpose ot this na
tion to restore order in the islands and estab
lish a Just and generous government In which
the inhabitants slnll hive the largest partici
pation of which they are capable.
We will fulfill in the Philippines the ohll
gvtions Imposed by the triumphs of our army
and the trcit) of peace, by International law,
by the nation's sense of honor, and more tlnn
all, bj the rights. Interests, and conditions
of the Philippine people themselves.
Slnll we distrust ourselves, shall we pro
ehlm to the world our inahillt) to give kind
Iv government to oppressed peoples whose
(uturcTiv the victories of war Is confided to
us? We may wish It wero otherwise, but who
will question our duty now?
Our soldiers carr)Ing our flag In Luzon will
be supported by the people ot the United
Stitcs and hostilities will stop In tint dis
tint lhnd ol the sea when tho men who
assaulted our flag and our soldiers shall lay
down their arms.
The pvlrloti.m of the American people
takes the place of i large standing armv
W e do not need sue h an army in the I nlted
States We nn have an armv on an) notice
if the nation Is in peri! or its standard 3
threatened
No terms until the disputed authority of
the United States shall be acknowledged
throughout the nrchipelagol After that con
gress will make a government under the
sovereignty of the I nlted States.
The Philippines ore ours, and American nil
thorltv must le supreme throughout the archi
pelago; there will be amnrsty broad and
liberal, but no abatement ot our rights, no
abandonment ot our dulv
n imperial demands lurk In the American
mind The) are alien to American sentiment,
thought and purpose Our priceless princi
ples undergo no change under a tropical sun.
The) go with the flag.
It Is no longer a question of expansion with
us; we have expanded. If there is an) ques
tion at all, it is a question ot contraction;
an 1 who Is going to contract?
Not .1 blow his been struck ejeept for
libcrtv ami liuminltv and none will Ik; we
will pirform without fear every natiosval and
international obligation.
We have been moving In untried paths, but
our steps have been guided b) honor and
Tvits ; there will be no turning back, no
vTaverlng, no retreat.
There cin be no imperialism Those who
fear It are auainst it Those who have faith
in the republic arc against it.
No political outer) can abrogate our treaty
of peace with Spain or absolve us from Its
solemn engagement.
There must be no scuttle policy.
THE GRAND ARMY.
rrom tho liochester Post Evpress.
The following figures show the membership
of the (irand Arm) of the Itepublic on June
30,o( each of the last tvvent) four )cars:
HT7 27,171 1SR1 SWfiTt
178 81,01(1 lsN) tol.iny
1S7U 41,752 1601 107.7S1
16h0 Wi.'kU ls'J I'M.aiO
lSl KR,"i(. H-i 397,2.!1
lSSi HI, ltd 1p9I 3GO,0M
1SS.J 213,I1H ISOj JJ7.WT
lt-M 271,1(8 lrKl .110,710
ie5 20I.7S7 1S17 J10 458
ISSel 32.1071 H'tS Stti f 0.1
is7 .raoiii tfiw a.tsi
1S-S 37.1,074 PiOO 270,602
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Tlic maximum membership was readied In 1S90,
ten )eirs ago, when there were 401,461 membirs
In each ,ear since, there has been a falling of,
The piescnt membership Is 270,002, a decrease of
11.827 since 1S10. The membership Is snuller
than In any jear since 1M4 Losses by death
Ust jear were 7,7!) The death rate, which
was 1 33 in 1500, Is now 2 so. The vtterans aie
passing rapidly away. Theirs Is a dlsappeailng
armv As tlnw goes on, the death rate will in.
creae The average age of ex soldiers In 1S03
was 2fl )ears, accordingly it Is now 01, U is
not likely that there will be 150 OiX veterans to
tike part in the semi ccntenniil o' tho close
of the war of the. rebellion In 1015, nnd probably
not 30,000 will bo alive to celthrate the lWth
mniversary ot the signing of the Declaration
of Indepimlence In 1020.
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The following table shows the cities In which
national cncimpnunts of the Grjnl arm) of
the llepiibllr have been held, with the comman
ders In chief:
1W1- bull tnapolls Stephen A. Hurlbut, 111
1W- Philadelphia John Logan, III
1M" f inclnnatl John A Logan, III.
p7 v-W ashlngton John A Logan, III,
lS71llojlon . II. lluniside, It I.
Is72 ( level ind llurnsiele, II. I
Wl New lliven Charles Devens, jr , Maos.
U7I- llurlsburg Charles Devens, Jr , Mas.
lS75-('hle.ago John K llartratift, Pa
1870 Phllaitclplila John I' llartranft, Va.
177 Providence J O. Robinson, V Y,
1878 Springfield J. C. Itobinson, N. Y.
le7U Vlban) -William larnshaw, Ohio.
USO I)i) ton louls Wagner, Pa.
l'Sl Inellanapolls George fa. Merrill, Mass.
ISW-llaltlmorc Paul Van Der Voort, Neb.
1SW- Denver Robert U. Heath, Pa.
ISS4 Minneapolis- John S Kountpf Ohio.
1"SS3 Portland S S Hurdette, Wash
1-S0 San Francisco Lucius fnlrchlld, Wis.
16- Columbus William Warner, Mo
lbi-9 viilwaukee llusicll A. Alger, Mich.
1SJ0- Iloston W heelock (1, Vcaiey, Vt
1S"1 Detroit John Palmer, N Y.
1Vj2 Indianapolis John (1 U dams, Mass,
1S11- Pittsburg Thomas O laiwlcr, III.
ISMS LouUvllle Ivan N. Walker, Ind.
lMel St Paul-rhaddous 8 Clarkson, Nell.
1807 HulTilo-John P H Oobln, Pa
1S03 Cincinnati Jamcj A Sexton, III
IbJO Philadelphia Albert D. Shaw, N. Y.
1000 Chicago I eo Ijittleur, Mo.
Tluro have been thirl) fjur elections. An
Illinois veteran has been ebcted six tinus, a
1'innsylvanla tcbran five times, a Massachusetts
vettran (our times, and a New York veteran (our
tinus. The states from which a commander In
chief has been elected twice are Rhode Island,
Ohio, Ncbiaska, Wisconsin, and MUsomi The
states from which ono commander In chief has
been chosen aro Washington, Minnesota, Michi
gan, Vermont and Indiana In the early yeais
It was customary to re elect a commander in
chief, but that custom was wisely abanlnnrd In
order that the highest honor might be shared by
more individuals.
New Yoik has more members of the Orand
Army of tho Republio than any other state,
33,(110, Then come the following t Pennsyl
vania, 30,203; Ohio, 2S,7J4; Illinois, 22,811; Mai.
sachusctts, 10,731: Indlini, 10,(11!; MlchlrAi,
12,31; Iowa, U,S!0 Kansas, 10.4S1; Wisconsin,
HOW MANYF
Prom the New York Sun.
How many persons In the United States really
nnd truly believe that their liberties will be in
danger If the Philippine remsln In tho posses
sion of the United States?
How many persons In the United States really
and truly believe that Its form of government t
so weak that It would fall or be radically
changed In consequence ol undertaking to gov
ern the Philippines?
How many persons In the United States really
and truly believe that the Philippines would be
better off left to their own devices and the ten
der mh-clea of little dictators like Afrulnalda
than kept under the sovereignty of tho United
states?
How mnay persons In the United States really
and truly believe that an army ol 100,000 lor a
nation o( 75,000,000 Is militarism?
How many persons In the United States really
and truly believe that it Is patriotic or right to
svmpsthlte with the armed enemies of th Unit
ed States and to give them aid and comfort?
Gorilla War on
Th?o. Roosevelt
From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
NOT OI'TrN does a candidate for the vice
presldenev receive al much attention from
the opposite pari) as has been accorded to
Theodore Roosevelt b) the Democrats this
)car That the Democrats nre engaged In a
desperate, organized effort to smothci him In
mud Is obvious The only result of the effort
has been the production cf a general impres
sion that the Democrats regard Mr. Roosevelt's
candidacy and campaign activity as full of
mensce tor the success of their schemes.
The Democratic campaign against Mr. Roose
velt Is, necessaril), a campaign of misrepre
sentation And, as there is not a single act
of Mr. Roosevelt's public career that can be
successful!) misrepresented to his discredit, it
is, necessarily, a campaign of misrepresentation
of Mr. Roosevelt's character and words. The
Democrats can only point to some trait of Mr.
Roosevelt's character that don't exist or to
some sentiment o! his that he never felt or ut
tered, In their efforts to diminish his popularity
and influence Mr Roosevelt's connection with
the lirst Volunteer cavalry during the recent
war wiih Spain was merely a very creditable
Incident In the extended and creditable public
career of a man who, long before tho war with
Spain, was known and admired throughout the
conntr) tor his ability, Independence and fear-leM-ness,
The DemocrUlc piess, perfect!) aware
of this, has thought it good policy to speak of
him as If his only claim to consideration was
his brief but very distinguished military ser
vice and then to belittle by mean little devices,
o( which the Democratic press Is naturall) fer
tile, even his militar) service.
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Here is one specimen Roosevelt Is exceed
ingly proud of his regiment, as he lias a right
to lie, and Is Insistent upon claiming credit (or
it. The Democratic press has taken advantage
of this to falsel) accuse him of self glorifica
tion Herp is another After flie fighting In Cuba
was over Roosevelt wrote a letter to tba then
secretarv of war requesting that his regiment
might be included in the force then atiout to
be dispatched to Porto Rico, where fighting
was expected To induce the secretary ot war
to grant his request he referred to the fact that
his well armed regiment was more efficient than
volunteer anl militia regiments "armed with
archaic weapons" tint is to say dlscardtd
Sprlngflclds, using black powder, whose worse
than uselessness in battle bed leen full) demon
stratcel In Cuba Tills the Democratic press
falsely construeil as a slur upon tho volunteer
and militia regiments in a dirtv attempt to
anger the members of these regiments against
Roosevelt. The trick was tried when Roose
velt was the Republicin candidate (or govennr
of this ctate and was completely unsuccessfu'
The Democrats seem to think, though, that it
is worth another trial In the present campaign
Here Is another' Th" advance on Guaslmas
was made by a column of troops, headed by the
"Rough Riders," pursuant to orders Issued bv
General Whecle- as the result of a riconnois
eance directed by him and after a consultation
of all the officers conceined The probable lc
cation of the Spanish force wa.s known when
the column started and the Spaniard s were
foend just where they were lookeel for A fight
took place and the Spaniards were badl) beaten,
the attacking force suffering considerable loss
heme ill informed and excited newspaper corre
spondents, two miles in the rear, In some way
got it into their rattled heads that the Rougn
Riders bad been "caught in an ambush" and
telegraphed this )arn to their newspapers. The
story lasted Just about twenty four hours, that
Is until other correspondents, Richard Harding
Davis, Fdward Marshall, Stephen Crane, etc ,
who had been at the front, had seen tho fight
and knew what had happened, got their stories
on tho wire. There is not a Democratic editor
or oritor in the countr) who does not know
that the story that the Rough Riders were "res
cued from an ambush" at fiuaimas Is a nonsen
sical He And )ct there arc precious (cw o(
them who have decency enough to refiain frcm
telling the lie for campaign purposes, l'ven tho
Immaculate Mr. lovvnc told It in the course of
a speech at Duluth the other day.
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Another favorite and persistent falsehood about
Theodore Roosevelt is that which represents him
as an impractical enthusiast and a reckless and
Irresponsible talker the falsehood which Mr.
Townc was endeavoring to promulgate whn he
spoke of Mr Roosevelt, at Duluth, as "a pre
destined and luconigiblc eccentric" Mr, Roose
velt Is intensely practical; no has Tecn excep
tionally suceessful in achieving results witness
his enforcement of a law- that notody belore
him had been able to enforce when he was a
New- ork police commissioner, Ids vork ns as
eistant secretary of the navy, the pt'ck or.
ganization and equipment of the Rough Rider
regiment, the appointment of the present slate
superintendent of insurance, the eoiporatlan tax
law, etc. He is no tiiiuuier. His convictions
are strong, and lie has the courage of them
nut the) arc founded on reason, not on preju
dice I IU decisions are quickly reaLhcd Hut
thev aie reaelud logical!) Ho speaks his mind
plalnl) and "tulls u spade a spade," but he
knows exactly what he is aa)ing and fa) a exactly
what he means Mr. Roosevelt Is distinguished
(or exceptional ahllltv, earnestness, frankness
and courage It is not surprising that theso
traits are regarded as "eccentric" by admirers
and supporters of Mr. Dr)an
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The latest misrepresentation of Mr Roosevelt's
words Is the misrepresentation o( a statement
o( his that "the Democratic purty now 6tands
(or a policy of dishonesty at home ami a policy
of dishonor abroad " The statement is entirely
true. For proof of the truth of It one need enly
refer to the Democratic platform There is A'
reason why It should not be made. There is
every reason why it should be made In th's
campaign as often and as rubllcly as possible
It has been made thousands of times recently,
especially bv Democrats who have turned their
backs on the present Democratic platform and
Democratic candidate avowedly 1 ecause by
adopting that platform and that candidate the
Democratic party put Itself on record as stand
Ing "(or a policy o( dishonesty at home and a
policy o( dishonor abroad." 0( course nobody
who has made that statement, in an) (orm, has
said anything whatever about any individual
Democrat's personal honesty, or courage, or other
personal characteristic. But the Democratic
press and Democratic orators have affected to
believe that Mr. Roosevelt, by this statement
has charged "six and one halt millions of his
fellow countr) men with lawlessness, dishonesty
and cowardice" The affectation and Its pur
pose arc ridiculously obvious. Particularly
laughable Is the tender solicitude shown (or tne
(eellngs of tho "gold" Democrats snd "expan
slon" Democrats, supposed to be "Insulted" by
the statement of a fact that no one recognises
more clearly or announces more emphatically
thin they.
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This campaign of misrepresentation Is a tac
tical blunder, like most other political maneu
vers of the "distracted Democratic campaigners
No public man In the United States has a wider
or more widely distributed body ol personal
friends and acquaintances than Theodore Roose
velt. Kverjwhere there are men who know him,
not merely as an official, a politician, a public
speaker, but as a man. All these men are ac
ttve antidotes to the poisonous humbug ot the
Democratic press about the man they know.
You can's fool them or their friends about The.
odore Roosevelt. In brief, Thcodoro Roosevelt
Is too well-known and too well-liked a man to
be successfully lied about
POLITICAL HOME-THRUSTS.
The gold Democrat! aro being urged to vote
for fir) an on the ground that the silver plank
In tho platform does not amount to much attir
all, because "the Democratic t"tly )ou know,
never keeps Its promises." Those Democrats
who love Brian because he U "slnccte," and who
also say he is "harmless' because ol his sup
posed Inability to fulfill his pledges, are giving
themselves tip to worse logic than flrjan hint
self has ever been guilty of.
The pressure of public sentiment has compelled
the New York police to close some of the most
notorious dives In that city. Thus I Tamman)'s
source of revenue for campaign purposes mate
rially contracted.
Prosperous rallwaja Indicate a prosperous coun
try. No nation can thrive whrn Its commer
cial arteries are clogged.
Anarchy Is but the result of the work of those
politicians who labor constantly to array Idle
ness against thrift.
ALWAYS DUST.
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school shoes.
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All letters of inquiry should be addressed to "Editor of tne
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ten (10) per cent, ol all the money he or
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Points.
One Months' Subscription ..$ .50 1
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the list of special rewards, the contestant
ullh the second highest number of
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maining rewards, and so on through the
list.
Tach contestant falling1 In secure a
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of all money he or rho turns In.
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vance. Only new subscribers will be counted.
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o'clock Saturday evening, September 20,
1900
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