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SreoneMIUin Mall Matter.
Wlin'i fmct ulll liftmlt, The Tribune ! lway
(tlatl to print abort te-ltrrn from lit friend lnvir.
in on turroiit tnpli's, Imt lis nilt Ii Hut Himo
must lie Hlgnnil, (or publlcaHon, ty tlt wrltir s
real names ami the roiiilltlcm precedent to nf
rcptnnco Is Hint all mntiluiitlons) thall e null
Ject to rtlltoilal rellon.
SC11ANTON, OCTOHKR 25, 1S00.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
I'rcsldent-Wll.i.tAM MrKINM'Y.
Vice. President Tl 1 1 .OUORi: HOOUYIXT.
, State. i
eiiinrirwncn-nW.arBe (1AUISIIA A. flllOW,
nonr.nT ii. I'or.itDi'.itF.it.
Auditor Gcnernl-i;. It. liAlllll.Nlil'lHllt.
County.
pr.cie(M-'lt,MAl COXNTM..
.tdrfse nCOItfli: M. WA'l.sOS.
Mirrlir-JOII.V II. 1'KM.OWS.
Trrmmei .1. A. SCItAXIOS.
Hilrlct Aliiiiiry WII.MAM It. t.l.WIS.
I'rcillionnt.iit-.10II.V COI-MAM).
Irrk of Courts THOMAS P. IrANTIXS.
Itricrtler of Deeds KMII, IION'N.
ItrKlstrr of Wl 1-V. K. I1P.CK.
Jury Commliloner KDWAItl) B. STUItOP.S.
Legislature.
I'll-l ltlilct-TIIO.MAS .1. ItEYXOI.nS.
.Vionil District JOHN SCIIi:!'''.!.. .lit.
iiiini i)i5tiict-i:mvAni) .iami:.-, .tit.
lourth District 1. A. I'llll.UIN.
"If there is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing,
or that it must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, becauso I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I nm able to get rid of
it." William Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1896.,
"The party stands where it did in
1806 on the money question." Will
,am Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, O.,
September 4, 1900.
The Real Test.
TIIK DUTY or Republican?)
must not be obscured by In
dividual bias directed
against this, that or the
other nominee on the tickets; it must
not be forgotten under the spell ot
blandishments used by those who are
seeking personal revenge.
The duty of Republicans is to stand
loyally by Republican principles. It is
the duty of Republicans to vote for
electors representing McKlnley and
Roosevelt. It is the duty of Republi
cans to yote for a Republican con
gressman. Tt is their duty to vote
the whole Republican ticket.
So far as Pennsylvania is concerned,
McKlnley is safe. He will get Penn
sylvania's electoral vote, no matter
what else may betide. But the fight
for Republican congressmen in Penn
sylvania Is a fight complicated by all
kinds of local factors, and it is on the
question of supporting the adminis
tuitien by means of a Republican ma
jority in congress that the real test
of party loyalty presents itself.
Unless you vote to send to congress
a man in sympathy with Republican
iMiiii-ipius iinu policies; a man upon
whom the chief executive can always
depend, you do not support William
McKlnley, even though your vote may
bo cast for the McKlnley electors. A
vote taken from the Republican nomi
nee for congress in tills district is :i
vole taken from Protection, a vote
taken from Sound Money, a vote of
censure upon Republican prosperity.
Republicans cannot afford to bo led
astray on this point. The issue at
stake is too far-reaching and -too Im
portant. "We Want a President Like Lincoln,"
is the title of a Democratic campaign
song. A Democratic glee club would
havo' been mobbed had it dated to
warble such sentiments Inline 'tlOs.
An Unfortunate Disagreement.
THE DISAGREEMENT of the
Jury In the cat,e of tht
i oininonwealtli against
ff Clrler, while not unexpected,
Is 'unfortunate In many ways. It is
unfortunate for the defendant In this
case, over whose head ll still leaves
suspended the ugliest charge which
cun be made against a man In public
position. It Is unfortunate for the
prosecution, which, with motives the
most creditable, lind at great personal
expense, and with exacting care, col
lected a mass of testimony, deprived
by the verdict of Immediate effective
ness. But most ot all It Is unfortu
nate for the great mass of citizens
who hail hoped that the corruption
believed to exist In the councils of
our city could be so clearly traced
an without a particle of doubt to In
dicatv...t,hoe Innocent and those
guilty.
The""eHk point In. the prosecution
Jay-ffi-Trtn- nver-uctlvlty of tho prin
cipal detective In tho case In his en
dejivors to entice the defendant Into
corrupt lelntloiiH. Less of eagerness
In this direction would, from tho
standpoint of Die average juror, have
presented a more effective case, This,
however, offers no defense for the ac
ceptance by any public, olJlelal of
money, meant as the purchase pi Ice
of .dishonor, In the public mind there
is Juo doubt whatever as to long con
tllfued barter and sale of municipal
legislation. Men who In personal re.
latloTis" would scorn lo defraud each
other of a penny, when In the at
mosphere of publle olllcu not Infre
tiupntly appear to lay aside their
mdrnls aortrto regard every oppor
tunity for"prbf1t as n legitimate spoil.
Tlfc lesult has registersd Itself In the
cajeless transaction of city business,
which continually cnjls for increased
taxation without offering results to
Hhjw for It. Valuable franchises have
br-fr. rattled away; city debt has been
piled on c$y debt; Interest charges
have grown even more rapidly than
population, and as our city approaches
the second eluss, It la confronted by
the necessity of a house-eleanlngl
which shall rd lo the bottom of these
abuses, lite only alternative being In
i' itabte bankruptcy.
Tit his remarks in the Jury .venter
tiny inoi'iiliip.-when It ll fit reported1 lln
Inability to nrroi Judge Kiiwnrtl
spoke nr I lie costlliii'i's of, the trial,
and used It ns u rcatinti for urging
the Jury to make another effort to ur
ilvo at a definite verdict. The tiie
tlnu of ton Is not unimportant; but
tin question of establishing guilt or
Innorenri' 1st of Inlltiltely greater Im
portune:?, When one trial of this
character 1ms ntlseariled, there must
be another. Tho work of pufllpallnn,
once begun, must ba completed,
If a calamity candidate on a calam
ity platfnim could not be fleeted In a
calamity year, how can he veasonably
expect to have better success In a pros
perlty year?
Here You Have His fleasure.
F
Ot'R YKARS AflO It was
planned for Rryan to deliver
his great effort of 'he cam-
t palgn ut Washington on the
one hundredth anniversary of Wash
ington's Farewell Address. The speech
was delivered In Wasnlngton Septem
ber lflth, but there are some doubts
whether the effort will live us long
as the one that pive.-Ml'd It by a hun
dred yeats. Among other things
Jiryan said:
Talk about monopolies! Talk about
trusts! My friends, they propose to
establish the most gigantic of all
trusts a money trust and let the
few men who hold the gold dole it
out at such price as they will to all
the other seventy millions of Ameri
can people. I denounce the policy as
more cruel and heartless than politi
cal domination of a foreign power. I
would rather, as some one has said,
put our army in the hands of a for
eign general, or our navy in com
mand of a foreign admiral, than to
put the Treasury department in the
hands of a secretary who would run
it upon the European plan. I would
lesist such a financial policy with as
much earnestness as I would resist
the progress of au invading army
coming to attack our home.
Do not think that my language is
harsh. It is not harsh. These men
are the public servants of the Amer
ican people and they have no more
right to betray the people into the
hands of the financiers of London
than Benedict Arnold had to betray
the American colonists into the
hands of the British.
Out ot his own mouth "Bryan is con
demned as a false prophet in 1S9G.
When four years ago, he declared the
supposed gold trust the worst of all
and said it would bring speedy ruin
to the country, he was, as events have
proved, either ignorant of the truth
or dishonest in asserting something
which he know to be unfounded. The
gold standard has been maintained
and, instead of cruel suffering and
misery, we have had unexampled pros
perity. Wo never had as much money
In the country as now. Europe Is
coming to us to borrow.
We still continue to hear that numer
ous traveling men ate going to vote
against McKlnley, but nobody ever sees
one.
Do You Want It?
R
KM EMBER the panic, the
depiession, tho Idleness and
want of lS!t3-. That was
the result of a change of
policy In only one great factor of our
national welfare.
The election of Bryan would mean a
letuin to all the causes which led to
that panic. It would also add to them
two other equally potent causes for
panic a change of currency and a
change in our foreign policy.
Do you wnnt these changes?
Do you want u panic In 1901-4 far
worse than that of lS'l.l-PG?
Dr,ynu want Idleness and starvation
and millions subsisting on charity Just
as they did In 1S83?
If so, vote for Bryan and you will
get it.
Adlal Stevenson now says that
President McKlnley could have pie
vented the Boer war If lit had so
doshed. This Is but another Illustra
tion of the shocking influence that
evil company will often exert upon
men of good moral character and mild
address,
There Is a suspicion that the fre
fiuent accounts of the delightful ell
mate of the Klondike which appear
in the .press those days have been
promptel by ambitious piomoters who
hove town lots for sale.
t'nndldaie AVooley Is becoming con
vinced that It takes a vast amount
of lung power for the representative
of n modern side show to attract the
attention of spectators headed for the
big lent.
Tito oratois of dlsctuitrnt havo given
up trying to rotluc the bulge on the
full dinner pall and are asking tho
voter to hnve mercy on the Filipino
cltl.en who Is not allowed to vote.
Mr. Hryan'H sneers at the full dinner
pall will not efface the memory of the
time when as a framer of tho Wilson
bill he did his best to empty It,
The Bryanlles may decry the full
dinner pall, hut they have not been
able to ptovlde anything that will ae.
ceptahly take Its place,
Admiral Sampson would doubtless
prefer that the admiration of Jlepfi
Uobson should at all times he of the
breathless varlsty.
Tho Bryan predictions are not hr
monUIng with the price the South Is
receiving for Its cotton.
Mr. Cleveland evidently proposes (o
mark his ballot behind the screen
this year.
For a cheap martyr zlonlsl Dowle
Is one "of the best advertised upon
record.
Roof Speaks
flf Canton, Ohio
ttWInclul from pane 1,J
wi.iUimini'11 Ml, mifl lirltili'M. (luum
mini lint nut ihiKp nil pi pi Lei Imt uUi pp.'
cirniipiil MiAn niorpili In- Urn rrrtiiltit.J l
rcuiml fur In aillWiy, Omnium nl iip"t n it
iMo-it c.ipliiil; Iml hso tMrrrmi'iil shn In
(jpltnl llmt dii.Nniu In (.cinrlty Inr lit lie
tMlmriit wlili h ilnm II (nun tin tilftiir l!i''H
ot dMimt urn I tiiiiwmiti'i It Into tin pln:
nml hiiifrrhl mil ulilili lilmr in.ili'i pinv
polity. Ilnirrinuriil ilnr tint 'jlic nupl ijnvnt
tn liilinr, Imt wlvp Kolptniiii'iit iir.ilr tin' ioiiill
tli'iN iiinlir vlilili Imlii-lrljl .utility rnipl'i,,
l.ilinr. Piiupcilty iIom rml romp liy ilmi.-A UN
tor) N full, or r,iiupp n( r.irlli' (,iIipI i
hliim iioiiiMiIiik mill pnipity, niherj nml ilrtu
il.it foil. Iiicjih of ic folly nml liKuiupcti'iit y
or (uiiuptloii of it'iMTiimriit, Y me ii.a with
out llliHh.illniis In niir own Innl, f tin- mill
wMili can In- wioiirIiI fiy iinwlip Koiriiiinriil
!"l tin iilli'inptH or inpn In imwir to iipply
mute nml linm.u tli.ilil,. HhmiiIm t 1 1 lonmll
cite I nml ilclli.Hi ln.ii liltirry of liulililrlill life.
I'mlT lo.l to li'Mi'iit tin fprtlllty w i.ll lit,
Unlit w ,iuii,.(i uf population, urn lirlnu p.n
liilty l n p((pp. .Vtm liy, oppoitiinllj, i.v
(Hli'iii'C uitl ly of Ir.nlp unit l.itior. .in II.p
fi ii-4 if uooil i-iiirriiinriil ulinit. .l! litest ll.e
Ai'ipf'r.in paplt ouiipiI for Hi in -s i!i,n
111 Hip I'ltilion of ISWI they loin'ti ltil I'e t iw
pit of Koiiiimipiit to tin li,tmli nt I'rntlilriit
McKlnlry ami n Itppitlilldin ioiiripi.
In Foreign Fields.
'IIipip U iimitlii-i llphl In wlililt llio ilpiUloil
tSf 1MI Ii.h jnstllli'il ltolf. 1 .mi mm no I Hilly
p.iliiolle Aniprlt.iii wlm Imps IiIh nuinliy tnoip
lli.ui In tlclip oillip urn li.ni fallnl to lie
Mi.illllcil liy ii rprliiln i oinpi'tinry anil ptlpit
Itpupss In Prpolilont MiKIiiIij'h tlonlliim with
ntliiT powi'iH. .No .'tiltnliilslulloii ilnrliiff IliN
Koiirrut Imi nt le.iit iu lippn ronfiimlpil ttltli
"ntli a Hiirpsilon of illlllcnll iimlirt,ililni;t nut
lip of our own rnutitry. TIipii ih.iv lie Jnt
piltlilni In ilct.ilN, nml there coitulnly li,ii
Iippm lnucli tli.it w.it tllljll-l, Imt wlm t ore the
results?
In April. IS'is, Spain hml an aimy ot 400,1X11)
letrraii liooin, ami a luiy wlilth in niniiht'H
nml allium! nppr.nerl nml w.n 141'iii'rally hi"
lli'Uil lo lit at leat equal to ourp. 'I'lio whole
lontlnpnt of Kiiiopc mtlolpatpil that Spain
Woulil holtl Hip I.1111I ami w'ppi tin si'.K, lilaik
ailp our ioil, .iml fiusiiiilc our alius until
Kurti)p.in liitpittiilloii glioiilil pai.ilye our su
ptrior ultimate ipsmnep-i. Hut ulin-i ships were
le.uly ami slaunili nml humid? Whose aniline
iilllon was holiest ami eltet'tlie? Whose sol
illeis ami sallnis wile tialmil? Who swept
the .oas? Minii flj llo.its oier SantlaRO ulnl
Sail .I11.111 nml ll.it. 111.1 .mil Manila? rim! If
joii fan mitwlipie in liNloiy sn great U'ults
.etini'il .iKalnt su eoushlet.ihh1 a foe hy foiee
of aims on lam! .mil sea In so hiief a time, and
with so 'in. ill a loss of life
The attack of the TairaloR iti-.ni (tenia upon
out tioops at M.mil.i. In Ylniury, IS'.i'J, lequiieil
the iiieshlent, itiuler tin iiutlioiity of roiieri-., to
raise ami eiiiip ami tiain an aiitiv, anil tians
pnit it half way iniind the world for the defente
of Anu'iit.iii sott'ieiKiil'. against the forte of
anus. Winn tli.it army airiteil In the fall of
list ,ear, .1 Tayiiloir h.Miipathizer tleelaied eull
Jttjjjly lint we held no nioie telritory in the
l'hilippines than 11 iiii.Mli lidei toiihl sm
rouiitl In a slnnle day. Within thiee liionths Hie
iii-m (tent .iiiny and the iiiMirfjent government
teased tn exist, ami we hold all the islands
which weie Milijert to Spanish lult without
opposition, save fiom fmdtiip liaml". lnlf buoi -lill.i
and half lumllt. who an shootlni; our
men fiom amlmsli, and hlael.malliiit; mid plll.il,'
IiiK and imud.'iinir their own countrymen until
that happv day when thpir prnyris may he an
sneied hy the'eleetion of an Ameriran piesidtnt
who will lipid Aintiiean noieu-ignty to s.ivat
tuin and tlelher tin ieactful and uuresUliuir
pinplp of the I'hlllpin'nes ant! tin weilth antl
roimiipico of Manila oer to thpir iniel and
hloody domination.
In China.
When the Uemotiitie coiiipnlluii met at Kan-
s.is l itv 11: .inn i..si, tin i.tnope iieiipM u in.iL
tht.idful in.is.ic'ie h.id .swept into oblliion all
the ministeis .mil lcg.ititxis of the piiilied
woild in I'ckin. The ndiiiiiuls of the Hniopein
powers .it T.iKu lutl .iKieetl upon tiO.OOtl troops,
lis the number iieirin.iry to march lo Pekin,
and they weie :i.liliiiK the slow rolled ion of
that fm t e fiom 1I10 lour quarteis of the (tlolie.
I.omlon had anantjed a memorial ter:te in
incnioiy of her thud. A fiisihtful war of iPtrilm
tion, tin tlestuiLtion of the tl; nasty, the p
iniiMil of all lestiaint 01 law- owi lOU.HOU.UUU "t
people. Hit partition ot China, the destruction
of oui in.itKels and our liatle seemed ineit.th!e;
lull Aineiitan tliplomaty opened Hip sealed iraUs
of the T.ular Oitj and iciealrd to the woihi
Hie iepiesentatiie.s of iiili-.ation lliimr, defentl-
UK themsehes aRiin-t almost niniwhelniiinj
liprile-, under tmistant file of shot antl shell,
wilh .iiiiiiuilii.il .mil food ue.uly gnuo, liopinir,
hut nlmrst desp.iiiipir, for tlie leliet whith neier
would h.ne come brtt for Anieiiiau faith and
111e1itau ppisisfeiipy. 'I hen iniiie.in soldiers
and Amerei.n sailors piesMMl for lectin, for im
mediate inoiement. and 17,1X10 men nude the
111.111I1 ami tlid the woik of the no.WO, ami
I'rt.in fpll and Hie Iterations weie saietj anil Hie
'vtuld lejoiiid. 111l row tin legation-, sued,
we I'ontiiiiiilly mess ior ieup ami ie."-ouaiile-nes
ami jutite I think we nuv safely say that
1111 Iiilt all this ti,iinif time in China not one att
of wionir, 01 iuiii'lice, nml not one moment's
tdlteili'sr in Hie a---eition of Ameriean liithl'i
loan our leeoul.
All this and 111.1111' other les conspicuous ,uul
-llikin- thinss tit in fm the henellt and honoi
of our rountiv liaic not happened hy chance.
Mich icdit, honest cpcndittuc, sountl mateiial,
ships in tcadlncs, iruus ami amumnitioii ctlVcl
he, s.iilois and soltlieis well armed, equipptti,
hained and disi iilined, tousistcnt mi'l etrpetitc
dlploiiiaey. pionipt ami ihrisiie attion, ptospei
Ite and f'ltier at hoitu. rcspcit and honor ahioatl
.lie the infitlihlf (tioofs of a stiontr. wisp, h.itc
and honest admlnstiatlon. It Is easy to tarp
and eillitise. It is east In point tn fiilmes of
uoieii mcnl lo le. 11I1 the itleal standiul of pet
ft 1 1 nut, Iml as itiinpatt'd with all Hie iroteri..
inlets theie ale 01 tin It. up heeii In this fan -
ptifeet and enlns 11-oild the adnii'ilsti.itlon now
tlr.iwlntr tn p close shoulil awaken the satis,
faction antl pii,l of lip Aineiitan iieople to
whom It lpiitleis its r.ctount.
Personal Character.
nd has not our pii-iiltnt o home liliuself In
his Kitat otliip tint his liilues 11le.nl liiiiiipi'l
loiiKued; Mho shall psiimile the lalue to Aiuet.
lean tli.u.iclii .if Ii.iu'iik In this 11l.u1 of liilf.
est honor mid power this man of iilameless lite,
ot simple and imoslenl itious piety, nli'jse clia.
niter is faiily lCsplciidtiit with Hip neanty ot
pute and mistlllsli domestic liilues,' How ripe
is the wistiom trained fiom his lou ppetieme
III lallhful and ilistlnuiiisht'il puhlic senile a a
tniiKiessmaii, as leailt'i ot the house, as oicriK.r
ami as picsitkut. What .1 ppipttual ientlniouy
hcfoic all the woiltl of Hie liilm; llillh ot pop.
iilar tcoierimipul in Ids tier anxious d"iotou tn
the piuplc' will a tieiotiou 111 which lie stands
I1.1 l.iutolu's side, sulijt 1 1, as was Lincoln, to
the siieeii. of the tliiiii,lille.s, hut ceitain, as
was l.lutolii, 10 win the ultimate ineetl cf pulse
thai jIa.ivs waits on lo.t.llly to irieat ideals.
'I he loitlc ot el 'ids lias pinied that the Amor
It 1111 people wen light when tlipy lejected Ml,
lll.t.ill and the tlcoiles of his false lleiuueiaty
hi Is'Ni. 'Hie people .lie toiiliiied ill tlielr jinln'
nieiit, and Kit.it uimihirs who honesll. lielleivd
tint Hit. ill was 1 milt (lull li.lt e tome tn a
ileum lisliui in the llulil of espiiienci and fol
low' him no loiiKir,
lll,l.ili ami his iissiiilatp le.nleis, who would
make up his adiiilulstiailuii if he weie tleeted,
in not loinliiceil. They do not accept Hie ei
tilt I of "."1. The.i Intend now, as llie.v Intended
I I it'll. In put this loimliy 1111 ,1 sllicr kisls hy
the fne ami iiiilliuiteil tolnaifc of silver at the
latin of slitieu In one; tn ninlllce our national
lioniil and tleillt, and Mihstitite in the waires of
lalioi, and the p.i.luient of honest dilil.s, tl.e
liil.t-tcnt dnll.11 In place of the ikillar woilh one
liiimhed cents Hit woiltl niei, under which all
our piospiijii Ins. Ijccu attained, 'Ihey intend
now, as tliei' Ii.teiideil then, In destroy the pro.
In itip l.nlll, whith I hey tit 1 laic to he union
slllillliill.il, ami tuhjret our lii.inufjt ttirlne; III,
thistries attain lo tint fate which befell theiii 1111.
tin Hie Wilson till lit. 'Ihey intend now, ns they
Intended thin, to tlepilie of power that Kiiat
Imlwaik of loiisli'iitlou.il llhnl), thv fedeul
jiulM.11,1. 'Iliey sell, now, us they wiiiglit llien,
In 1 mip aulinoslties ami foment cliscoitl muonir
the perplej to dcceiic liy f.ilsp iiroiulse, of tliu
iluiiiKoKiip, and In pioht Iheliisihes liy cipj(.
I11K a waifuie of tl.i-s against tl.iss. 'I he Issues
of 1SIH) lenulii open, aiowetl, Insl.led upon.
The New Issue,
'llity haic Ie.iiiieil iiolliintr ami hcv have
aluiidcned 110II1I11,', hut they lute despaired of
siLi'.rimr fiom Aineilun pcuple u Judmiiit upon
those Issues ierrliii the decision of 'uti, and
they luu Imrntiil 1 new l,tu wliltli they call
"iiiijcii.ili.-m," antl upon this is.tic ihey ask
He people to ttiic Hem flip puwer lo do ull thai
Ihu people icfiisitl In Wi 10 let tliem do.
''lids," sajs tin Kansas City plalfoini, "wo le.
Kaul ai Hie i.ii jiiiount iue of I he lompalgii."
Tn this Jlr. Jli) an punk-ally contineil hlmsell
III Ids speech of .lit 1 plant c.
What is Hie ineanlni; cf pii.iinoiiiit is,uo!
What berunim of ntlitr issues wliui one is paia.
mount? W'u should uatuially .siipposo that to
liC.it one paitluilir issue as paiaiuounc Iniolietl
leaiins all other qui-stioin In aheanci and tin
deleimlned, In In taktn up ami deilded ft some
fuluic time when Hie, one jll-lmpoitaiit antl litirn.
it'g questlo'i lus lipcii tlispiisi'U of. Is tliat what
Mr, llryan means? lloes he mean to lcaU the
other Issues of his paily In ahejmitp, awaiting
fill nil- decision? Does he decl.lli'-s-iij , does lie
leaie tlie possibility of liifcrciiic that his parly,
if nit, into power ut the coming election, will
nol rt upon (he silver nuenllnn, will not el
mi Hip tiiiltT ipieslhiti, will not act hn the J11;
illelary nupstloiif .Sol lie iropnsei tn act, ami
lit Jilll nil, If elected, clal a Urinopiallc tonarp.s
will net, If plntel, to ipier'p Hip Jutluiiient nl
in; upon pv,iy iMI0 Hn.,1 i,pfie Hip ppople. Im
pi rl.ifini Is not paramount piioubIi for lilut It)
iilii.tidoii .111,1 liilinr, It s tint paramount Ini lilm.
It Is piiaiiioinit uidv lor thotc who wpip op
.i'Mil In him In ltniti,' aid t lit eltiit of lt lieliiK
pJlaininuit Is Imrrli' that Hie Koiuid moiiev
iiipii, the proleitlip t'atlit intn, the liw nml or
lei men uf ptin ,lrp tn iilnmloii tlielr piinclples
11111I t In Ir com h I Ions, .itni stuii'iider npuit elciy
lsiip ot the llenitiiiatlp platform nf Ih'in.
All Ancient Scare.
tiiiiii!u!lsiii! 'Hie wnril hfn J familiar kuiiihI.
Hip ny Is i.iio uf the ihriipisl ulnl wost lliii.nl
ban of the iltmiieuiip's iloik, ilwas tertaln
In pi-othiip 11 iciis.ulon ouionfr a people aleit for
Hip proteelloii ,t( H..r liberties. Jrltn'on nils
tliliouiiteil us mi liupiilallsi; l.lncolii was ile
itMii'teil ns an linperliillsti fliant was tliliounied
as nil 1 111111 1 hills t; .u.tl as In nil tlnee ut Ihe-c
mini unci llheitidoiliii.' nun the p.uty ol op.
pt.sitloti iniitle the inunliy ieoiintl Willi loml
I'liiupalitli utitules tluit tliev were about to
flrni.nlp Hip llbntles of the lutinli.i liy iiillltmy
lour. Just ns Ihey nip now ilaiuorlns ngnlti-t
riflilint Jit Klnlev. Is there" am tnorp In the
uy now Hun then was In the tl.i.n of Jefferson,
ot Lincoln and of tlrant? Is Hie cli natter uf
our Institutions trallr nlmiit tu liiehaiiReil; nic
wu, niriii.i iraiiy 111 tianirprc
I will not s.iv that Hie men who are rntour.
nnlni! Hip I'lUpIno hohlitrs help are tialtois to
Ihelr ic.iuitii', I tin not think they know what
It is they do. Hut I Mill .say, ami I think with
justice, that tin men who imp leilllnir mid be
Uttlliiir Anieilin heie, nml the men wlm are
drooling tic in ainhu'li theie, are alll's 111 the
name cause, and holli are rneiiitrs to trie inter
tsts ami credit of tur country .
In the plaie of the old inotln "My louutrv,
llltht 01 iironir," w an tohl that we should
adopt tlut other inotlo, "My lountiy when tlttht,
nntl wlicn wiontr to be put rlulit." Hut who Is
to bp Judge as between voti and jour rounti?
It It the full lueasuic of pnlilotlc tltlrelishlp
to bp for .loin iniintri' when it tiKleec with J on,
and acalnst It when 'It docs notV I catiuot to
estimate the Impulses nf lovalty. In Hie great
trllmii.il of public opinion I shall stilie nlwa.is
tn brin? inv counliinitn to the adoption of my
liens, but if their jiiiuuiip'it, differing fiom inh'e,
becomes flip lial.s of national action In the tri
umph of her foe; neither logic nor piltle of opin
ion will soften the piln Willi which I reet the
ilcith of her tl-fendeis; with all my heart and
mill and hepes and prajers l nm alwajs for my
cnuniiy anil iter iitiery, and in no outer npiru
do I sec aught but ilisionl. the dissolution of
allegiance and the death of loyalty.
The Case of Porto Hico.
It is .said tliat i"c baie not acted fahly to
wauls Hie people of I'orto Itlco. The iliaigc hai
no foundation, unless in ignoianic or in.tlitc.
W'e liaie giien to tlie people ot I'oito III10 the
most lmiiiilhciit gift cm contend! upon one
pmple by .iiiollipi" the flee markets of the
t'nltetl Slatps. The picsldent lecominentleil that
the customs duties hetwitn Hit I'lillPil .States
and Porto Him should he icmuied, and con
Kipss (lassed nlaw proiidlnt; for Hieii removal, it
pi elided for ttis Iminedialc retnoial of 35 per ce'it
of the duties under the Dingier tariff, and for
ine leiuoini nl the eniaiuintr jr, per cent, wnen
eler tin people of I'orto lllio sliotihl lie utile- hy
any other foiin of taxation to pay for Hie sup
poit ot their own government, with the iro,Io
that at the mil of tin, year- tills icmiiant ot du
ties should case absolutely, whether the Potto
Iticans suported thpir own itoiernmenl or not.
W'e iccclie lion of the duties. The duties tol
leiled at both ends of the line aie paid Into Hie
ticasury of the island. I know of no le.tsuti why
tin Porto Illcans .should not pty for Unit own
1 units and schools and polite. It is ltiuelt bet
ter for them than to be tteated as p.ntpeis.
'Ihpy do not complain of it! They liaic no riiclit
to complain of it! 'the reason why this tnnpo
ray pioihsion for the pa.uuent of tlieii es
pcnj.es is made is tliat thev hup no lcasonahle
and fair tat laws, anil it is neicssary to deiise
new and fair laws in the pimp of the oppressiie
and unieasunahlp old Spanish laws which were in
existence. It takes time to chantrp n s.istem of
taxation! It affects eieiv Industry ami eiery
interest in the lountiy! Timp had to bp takm
for tin people of I'oito Hito to be heard upon
the kind ami the amount's of taxation to lie
leiietl upon tlie dlffeient tlassps of property antl
of industry in their island. W'e liaie Rot the
best men we could tlnil in the counti.i theie
heliing them to detise ,1 ond tax law, and when
it has been tleiised antl adopted by their lesls
l.ittne, which will be clectid next month, Hien
it will take more time to impose tin taxes and
rpalip money upon them. In the nip.intimp their
means of Mippui Hug their go! eminent is this
tempoaiy 15 per tent, of the llinglev duties
which was left on bv coitRiess for not exceeding
two jeai.s for (hat express ptnpose.
Concerning Trusts
.Mr. Dtian says that trusts liaie giown to an
uiipiecedented dcRice dining- the ptcsent admin
isliation. Yet, the gieat iudtistiial cnterprisea
which ate opening the whole woild to Aniciicnn
maikets, which aie sending near file hundred
millions of American luanufactmes ahioatl dur
ing this yen, to pay the wages and Miell the
savings bank .'iccounta of Aineiitan lahoreis,
hale grown beyond precedence. Some of tin in
art monopolies ami ought to be suppiesieti. Most
of them bait no element of monopoly what
otpr pxcept that wlilth comes from selling cheap
er than othei compelitois, ami thai is not
inunopolv but competition. Most of Hum aie
contlutting the business which is fiee to any olio
on caitli who has the intelligence and the skill
to iuiducL a in inufactinc. Would he clestioy
Hum all? Would he close all the furnaces ami
all the faitoiiis and all the mines because lie
stcs no iliffcicnce between those entcipiisos wlm Ii
ate, antl those whiih aie not, monopolies, or
would he consent thai some one should sit
dim 11 and sciuliiure Hip different entpiprtsrs and
astertain whith aie good and which aie had and
attack only the bade lie has been tiling to
tin 11 whit he tails "Tbp Standi Tiust" out of
N'lhtaska. 'I lieu tail no more be .1 monopoly in
the tuaiiufattuie of .hI.iuIi than theie can lie a
monopoly in the consumption of com. Vobodv
t.111 make stall h who does not know how, and
any one tan make sl.iich who knows how and
1.111 get 10111 to make it with. Thp trouble with
Mr. liijan's ti cat incut of trusts Is that he Heats
Hem not as .1 nutter of business, lint as a mat
ter of politits, ami he thinks tliat a gencinl antl
indiscriminate de1mnci.1t ion of these gieat Indus,
trial enleipiises which .lie employing Hie labor
.iml int leasing the wealth of Auieiita is a good
campaign ciy.
Bryan's Quack Remedies.
He lias ptoposcd two remedies for tiuslii; one
is an amendment to tlie loiistitutinu of the
I'ldted Maes placing the tontiol of 1 1 it til in the
Inler. il goieiiiment; the other is a law foiliiil
ding any husnes.s loncptii !nanufactinln' 111 one
statp fium selling 01 tiail-aitllig btisimss con
iiciled Hieiwith ill anoiher state without a II
ccl'sc fiom .iiitlicilties in Washington, Shade of
Jcfttisuu! What I'oitiiii'S .lie ihese tn lie
Picichcd lit thy iLiiiifi This is "luipciialisni,"
iiit'ied. 'J'lils would conct'iitiale in the goieui.
mi tit at Washington rut lie nml absolute tontiol
niei liny business iuleiist In the ouutty, tor
lu business aluuc the dignity uf the let.ill sloie
is coilii'cd wilhlit Hie limits ut My slate. The
simtuaiv Jutlgiiiint nf the oltlier who must issue
or withhold the liieiisp woulil constitute .1 power
fm f.iw I'ltl-ni and opptes.sliui nppalliiii; in 1011
liniil.ile, htuli di'structioii of statp lights, such
ct'litpilug t.f puwei in the feilel.ll giiicriiiuciit,
has lieler bcfitc been suggested. I'limlng from
Hie Demociatlc patty it is giotcsipie nml nhsiud.
No puly ivill eler seiloiisly coiishler it. II is
bill the ciude and iucoiisidtiatc suggestion uf a
i.iiupaigii tn.ilui- designed for 6ialurii.il uses
only,
Militarism.
r
iliaigcd tlut the Picscul admluisii.itioii
Is III (.nut of im leasing the icgular nun, anil
litis is said to be iiillll.tiUu, a tiime that en
tlaiigeis the libi-ity of the lepublic, H Is salt!
thai the p.cslduit, in bis message to toiigrcss
in the fall of Is'iS, asked Hut Hid number he
tixttl ut one hunilieil ilioii-aiiu. mat was a ic.
iluttloii, not an iiiiiease, On Hie MM 01 Mptem.
Im, 1S1K, we Iml -JTJ.UtH) suhlhih iiudti amis
Sii.ucXi legiilai ami 'JUl.UtW lultiuteers, When
the pn-slili id's niessagit was suit tu inngiess the
pioloiol bad him signed, but the luaty had
Imt been signed, peaie had nut been made,
Spain had pot eiaiuatetl Cuba, u hostile nimy
sinioiuiiled fin liuops in Manila. It woiltl bale
hull tolly In ilisluud our Jim,! as Hie pieliiu.
iiiuiy tn negotiations, nntl the piusideiit 101. Id
hue tel.iiiiiil that entile Jiniy iiitill .illei- the
intlhcaHon of the 1 lea I.v of pcne in Apill, ISiet.
TIip oltituii is wnu anxious ami Insistent upon
being peiiiiltlttl In let inn to tin ir limit's, ami
what the piisiileut itskcd of loiigicss was to
autlioilre the eiilislmeut of 11,000 in the icgular
aimy tu take tlie pl.uc of 'Jpl.tWI itiluutcers- ills,
iluiged; that his adiiiu was not iiuieasoiialde
is aliuwn by Hie fact Hut congicm at Hut xeiy
session, by the totes nl huth pailles, autlioileil
.111 iiimy ol the pii'iise tmiuhei for wlilth the
pieslihiit tailed, making it im,uOO rtgulur ami
a'l.uiHI iiiw Miluntieis,
W'hal Is Hit legtil.ii' aimy of tho United Slates?
II is u body nf Anient an citieus proiitled for
by the coiisliiilluii, and oigauized In tlie cur
list! mult i- 'ho Itrst pri'shleiicy of (icorgo Wash.
Iiigton. Its duty is in man tho siatuasl foitifi
cations, which piotrit nur hatlinis ami guut
lilies against hostile attack, ami to gatrisoii the
militaii- pusls along our fiontirrs, and ut uuili
stuteglc polutu in Hie couutiy us cougicsi de
It'imlnes In be suitable: to be always leady to
light fat llicir count ly tit any sudJeit ruiergpucy
nlilcli may conn upon us befuu then is time
to rain a volunteer fence, and dtiiiug the time
whllo smli .1 foiio U ln'iug ralsedj to constantly
study, expciiiiient upon, and cxeulse witli ull
tlie inipiov. inents n mllitaiy tik'iice, both in
aims, ammuiiitiori, eiiulpineiit, supplies, sauita.
Hon, tranipoilatloii, Ui ill and tat tits; to fuiulsli
u iiuclrih; of oillteis and men thoroughly familiar
with lite biislnus, for the strengthening and
more lejilj- liisliuction ot a voliiiiteir army when,
ever that shall beiome necessary. The 1,1ml of
emc rgmcv wliiih the legular aimy has in meet
it well Illustrated by recent events In llilna. Kur
from us as China is our troops weie sent there
and tlid their business-, and, are coming away
again, in less time than it would have bien
possible to raise and equip and prepare a single
regiment of volunteer. This was because tho ,
troops ami (lie transport nml mnletlal were
ready lb tunic cm the Instant.
Our Army la Small,
The nullioilretl number ol tho retciil.ir nrniy
today Is tVJ.umi, Imt l.n the Mlth ot June next It
Will, unless there lie further leRlslallon In tlie
liipiiiillmp, hp nduieil iti J?iViii, mlistantlnlly
Hip number nt width II 1 1.1 stootl fm the past
twinty.seien Jriimi hut nsj Hit nunitry has giuiin
111 lis popiihitluu nml Its multitude ut lnli'lfd",
iw our Kenetiasl fortlfliatlons haip been liiueasid,
limit r thti leadership of Samuel J. Tlldeti, ami
upon plans ptrp.licil hy Hip llrst iiihnlnl'tliitloii
ut Cleielntitl, ns the art ot war has lieioine mor.'
ttrntltlr and iniutilltnteil. tiiuii nun ale tiec
ps.ny to pprfouu Hie samp tlutlps than Wen ublp
tu perfoim them Jp.irs ago. Tin nimy nf J7..Vm
Is only about ntio-tlilul as Luge In propoitlon
to 0111 population as nur nimy was thlily .lean
ago. The ttiestloii how lame Hip nrniy should
be 14 n simple biisinpss itiestloii as to limv many
men are hcpps.iry In jierfoiiu ceitain sperlllc
ihltles, 'Ihi Inst I'oiiKiPss lixeil upon UlO.IIOt) III
ilew of Hip cuiidllinns then exlstlmr, The next
ips'lun of eoim 1 ess will pioli.ibly iletpimlui Itotv
many are icipilsltp iimlei I lie couilllloiis then px
Isllng. Specially belligerent pi utile will pieb
ald,' ask for too inniirl spi'ilally ctniiniulial
coiigressiiien will probably Insist upon lot, few, I
think we cm assume that nhiiilt the light con
clusion wilt he rent lied,
Viiiv does any unlie American honestly believe
that this thiealciis the lllieitits or the lit'titti
tlons of nur country? Why, l'u sklent MiKlnley
had 'JTajXAl men in arms al the closp of the
Spanish win-. (Irant had an army ot l.nvj.twu on
Hit With of April, 1W.5. and they melted away
Into Hip peaceable hotly nf people like snow.
Hikes In May. tint Ihese arc volunteers, 11 will
be said. Well, all Ihp noldlers uf the regular
nimy aip lolunleers. Never In the hlloiy ot thp
niinV has then been a man drafted or forietl
Into" It against Ills will, Their term of pulist
inpnt Is but three years, and at the end of t lult
time they go back to the occupitlons of pit II
life. They are all American'. They are lntclll
Kt nt Ainei leans. Ix'one are admitted wlm cannot
lent .ind 11 rile. They art sound, xiholesonie
Ameilciiis, of sood habits and regular lhe, for
notip nrp admitted who aie not In perfect health,
Nineteen tliimsiml Hip hundred and forty-nine
men weip enlisted In the, tear ending tin1 With of
last June tn take the place i,f those whose terms
had pxplicd, and those lll.fllfl were (.elected out
of 81,21.1 nppllcnntsl!),5l!) accepted and Wl..
I'll lejeited as not up to the sliintUril intellec
tually or phj sic ally. They all swear allegiance,
not to a monarch or a president, but to Hie
I lilted States of America. They, like tlie vol
unteer, come fiom American homes The flag of
tlielr countiv floats always oier them. They are
.1 ,-Mtil,l Ii,' II, n iitnnin, !ia nml tttp f rilllltlflllS
of comrades who hue died for it. Tlipy IitimI ne
the ntmosphcio of probity and splf-respect; tor
I call joii nil lo witness tliat wherever In all
lt Idstoiy tlie American army has gone, whether
In the statpsi or the territories, whether in Mex
ico or Cuba, or I'orto Illeo, or the Philippines or
China, therp Hie American people hale relied
with coifldenci and with reason upon tin iidniln
I'tratlrn, both military ami civil, mirkcd liv
integilly and honor. They nrp conspicuous in
the aitH of peace. Where they bo law ami circlet
ami jii'llcp anil clniity and education and ie
Union follow. They are not onlv enduring- under
liJid'hip unci braie in danger, but thev are pa
tient under prowication and rmgnnnimoits afltr
ilctim-. Dining these last seals in the Span
ish Islands thev li.'tvp been nclinlnsterlntr the til II
law with Justice and moderation. They liaic
been feedlnff Hip liunery nntl clothing; Hip naked
antl proteellntr Hip weak antl elennlnd Hip foul
cities antl establishing hospitals and or.'nnmng
and opening: schools and btilldincr roads and en
couraging tonunertp and tcaclilng people how to
take Hip first steps In self-government with
cheeiful Industry and ?eal. I challenge their de
Ir.iilois to say whether, in any community wheie
llie.v line been. In all the .scam nf tlie rctrnlir
army, the cfliccis and men haw not alwais borne
themselves ns simple, unassuming, impre'entious
Anipilr.11: cit7Piis. T challpngc them In point
to a single att of oppression, in all these one
bundled and eleien jeais, to a single act of ills,
loyalty on the part of the icgular armv, to the
supiemacv of eiiil law and the principles nf our
free e0nstllntirn.1l go'. ei nnient.
The Matter of Army Po3ts.
"1 believe," says Mr. H1y.u1, at New Yolk,
"that one of (lie leasons Hut they want .1 lame
army is to build a foil in this city ami use the
urtiiv to suppress by force tlut discontrnt tliat
ought to be cured by legislation." What w.u
rant has he for that belief? When or by whom
has such .1 thing been attempted? Docs he not
know that it is expressly forbidden by tlie
statutes ot the United States? Does lie nol know
that then is a constant effort on the p.ut of
the war tlepaitmcnt to prevent establishing of
aimy posts and .1 constant piessuie liy the peo
ple of our cities to sccuie their establishment?
Let him undertake the remoial of Koit Crook
fiom the city of Omaha and sie what lesponse
lit would icceiie from its people, i.el him ask
why Iowa, just castwatd of him, obtained the
passage of n bill by congross ut tho last session
for tlie establishment of n post at Des Moines.
Let Ii J 111 inquire why Taconia and Seattle ato
contending as to which city shall have the es
tablishment of a new post now; why the people
of i'rescott, Aiirana, arc protesting against the
1en101.1I of Foil Whipple; why the lcpicseiita
Hies of Texas aie urging the inciea-e of the gat-
lison at Fort Sam Houston; why the people of
Atlanta are sending delegations to secure head
quarters there; and he will leain tliat tho people
of the United States, instead of feanng, desire,
tin establishment of aimy posts in their neigh
borhoods because they know that this pretended
appiehension is but the idle vapoiing of a cam
paign oi.itor.
"The glowing practite of using the ainiy to
lpprcss iaboi," says Mr. Uiy.tu. When and
where has the armv been used to repress laboi ?
Never anywhere. Twiio only in Hie past twentv
years it lias ben used in anv domestic aflair.
Once in IMiti when a Democratic president, Mr,
Cleielaiul. sent troops to Chicago to protect the
11 ails, and again in IS!).'), when, upon a (01 in., I
requisition by tlie Democratic goictnor of Idaho,
certifying in accordance with Hie constitution
and the laws, that insurrection cxistml, widen
the state authorities weie unable to rcpiess, the
ptesident, in the performance of his loiistitu
tional duty, sent (ii.i oibceis and men into the
Coeur D'AIenc to ahl rhe civil olllcers of tho
statu to protect life and property.
"Idlers," Says Bryan.
"'ihey aie iillcis," says Ml. Hiyan. "i lie lee.
ords ut the war tlepaithineiit show that sine e Hie
oig.iiii.Himi of the icgular army it has (ought
.',ul. separate engagements, in lite wai of ttl",
ill the Mexican wai, in Hie Hill wai, 111 lite In
dian wjls, in the Spanish war, in the Philippine
war, it has eiiduied haidships anil piivallous
and wounds and death. It has been the safeguaitl
and piotcctlon of the settlers: as they spread out
oier tl.e west. Its men have faiultd nutlet the
toil ill heats of stiiniiiei, nntl fioeu under the hit
lei colli of winter, .iml nowhere have they fal
tcied or been faithless to their tnisl. Jt has
given Hie lountiy Hiaiit and bin 1111.111 and Shell
dan ami Thomas anil Mead and Hancock. It
has giien to our l.itci memories I.awton ami Lis
111111 and llilcy. It ditl not idle in Mexliu. It
sfi.l not idle wlc-ii (he union w.13 thieatcned. It
never idhtl on the plains when the fientici set.
Ilelnt'lith vv em tu bo listuid hum saiage lues.
'I lieu was no idleness at San Juan and III Ciue.v,
Then was no Idleness in bawtou's swift, icsisi.
lens ni.iich that Inoki the power of Tugalog ittle
in 1. 11011. Did I. hi 11111 idle befoip Hip walls of
'lieu Tuin? Did Hiley upon the walls ot Pi kin.'
'I he women of tho legations 1 lie I not deem Chaf
fee and his battalions idle whin they wipt oier
their thilihiu in Hie Joy ot list lie. jieal sol
illeis wlio have learned their business ami nlttml
tu il, lit peace and in wti, woik haul, woik
long, woik eaily ami work late.
I pou Hip imdhpuiulili.' pinof of iiiutp than .1
cenliny's falthlu! service, the; Aineilcin soldier
Is not a danger 10 liberty and law and pe,u -, bin
their defiiidei', lit has rained honor and court
ileiue ami gialitude 1 1 mil the Aineiiiiiii people,
ami I ihalltngp the Just judgment nf the people
.H between him and the 1111 11 who, for theit own
sillish piupose, an aspeising and maligning him
while In distant lauds he is iuuiliig li.inisliip and
disease and wounds ami death In detenu of our
iiiuutiy's tlig,
Are These Men Sincere P
Ale cur opponent.! slnieiei Is Mi, Ititnii, wh.i
four yiais ago 111 tile his lampalgii upon the
mutiny issue and talked ol nothing but iitone.t,
mid su eloquently bewailed the tiupty diutiei
pall, really siucer. in pioiiuuntliig tlu lull tliu
her pall to be a undid issue? I's the parli
wlili Ii is gLinilii' .im! atoux Us intention In
still giiwiii ten millions) of Id ui il?ui,- In Hit
south, without their ion-nit, wli tliu hv law or
ftittid 11 folic, teally ilisluibed about imperial
Ism and tin Di'ilaiallou ot Indepedintt"' W'us
that distluguishiil uniip.iiit whhh gatheied Ir,
Hie l.ouls MV. loom nl the lloluuaii House and
ale their tui-Ue-dull.il iliiinei, with Miyor un
Wyike, of Hit lie 1 1 ttl, asqitcsiiling ntlicii', ami
llliluid-t 'lukti, of the he tuist, as piesullig
genius, ami iluliuuii of the lliiuoi 1.1th naiioin,!
luiuinitlie, .louts, of the tutuii bile 1111,1,
Hit tliiiitor ol thp campaign- weie Ihey ically
sulliilims about II p eiils of tiu-,1, and .ittoniliii.
fur I he tlillii'iy uf thi-ii loiiniiimeu bom iheir
cnects?
What I'lhlen.c have the.-e nun glim of 1 1.
p.nity tu goieui? What waliaut Into wt hill
their own htisliitss that the tutu who would 1011
sl.ltllle the l.ext ailinliilstialiou, ol the iluiilie
he made, ate loinpelent in ptiforiu the gieat
and tlifhciill ilulles ol guteiiiini'iii What pinof
has thell iho-in (eatlei eur giliu of capanly
in public uflair? lie lus cloitieutly expounded
many theories, lias nuy ihioiy uf his width
has comii to the test cur pioicil u hit light. Hi
eloquent!! denounced a piultilitc tarill 'J he
right? He rlmiueiiily declaicil that it Im minis
weie not immediately opened In the lice and un
limited cciu.i'sie of slliei, mill and ,k'solaliiu
woulil be the fate of Aiueili.t diiilug lui Inur
yeats now tlosing. Was ho light? liming all
lis history tliu Ameriean people has at letted for
its picshlciils men of tllttl ami puncd publle
tiivuc, whose capacity tin safe, lon-eiiatllt
and ixpeiieuicd adniiidstialtun lutl been deium,.
kln.teil to the kliuwledge o ull lite people. Now
they aie asked In put the lei lis of gott-ililiielit
and ull the i.ist iiitncsts upon which 0111 hap
piness depends, in the bauds of a man who
never did anything but talk, and neier wu right
in any tiling that he said.
When, during all tlie yrais that Ml. Ho an
las been x leader vt opinion, lus ho lifted a
hand lo nttl lil country In am one of the hntd
Insks with wlilth It has been urtlpplliiKt When
bus theie been one word of prnlsp nr tipilll Jnr
America, or American Insllliitlonc, ur Atucrlciiji
guv eminent, nr (or any of the men who reprp
suit the dignity ol the people bv Hip people's
ihnlcp? When h.vs then hern from lit 11 iiuuht
but ileprcc Iilllon 11 lid tllipiwgcmelit ami ills
eipillt tor eirryllilng that Is. and pverithlug that
Ic iIoiip In our lountry? When has there innip
firm him one wurtl of riicntiraKrinenl nr liopt",
nm word tn cheer thp pith of labor, In lap thp
iiti.blllon of youth, to iniihrtii or In Increase Hip
American people's I otiflili nee In their Institutions
nml loyally In theli ling?
lively business Is hest managed by Us friends,
piny untie linking Ii best piuscciitcd bv those
wlm haip faith In It, Is It not Hip whest inurp
of Hit American people tu leiip the condticl of
their nllalu In Ihp hands nf those who h.np tnlth
In It, Is It lint Hip wisest coitrso of the Ahiell
call ppiplc In leaie Hip innduit of llieli nf
falls In the hands nf thosp who bellfip Hwt this
Is not Ihp worst, hut the best gmellilliint on
r.ntli! Hut It I, not the most miserable, hut tin
11 list happy nf limit: thai we have before us not
the il.iikest, but the most brilliant ami Klnrlmi'
future of all the peoples who Inhabit thp earth?
Prophets of .Discontent.
To whom Is Hip American people ruieilcd to
commit the tnouiintmis Inlrusis whiih II Is
tiskcil to take aw.iv finm I'lpsldent McKlnley,
but lo n motley and Int nngriioiis crowd leathered
from three parties, iigiceing upon no single prin
ciple or policy except tliu free coinage of siller,
ond held together only for campaign purposes, hy
sympathy of loninioii detraction against all the
glorious nrhleicnicnW of American progies tinder
both political turtles during Hip past genera.
Hon? Tlipy are peddlers ot political discontent
vvht', with shifty eyes for the prejudices- of each
community, draw fiom their pack, anti-trust nr.
guineiils for expansionists, anti-expansion argu.
nicnti of sound money men, nntl anti-gold ar
guments for sllier men; ami always ami every.
hIipip seeking to stir up bitterness antl hatred
by Americans ugaint Americans. They reck to
substitute for the old and liippllveiiiled con
lite t nf section against section, a new ronllht
of class against class. They strike nt the root
of fiee govrinment, with Hip delusive pronihos
of the demagogue, leading tin poor and thp un
fortunate to look tn Koiciinnent rather than to
intetllgeiirp and thrift to make them rlth ami
strong. They strike at the life of enterprise by
challenging the light of Hie successful to the
fiults of cnteiprisc. 'Hip strpiigtli of fiee In
stitution in AtiiPilf.l lias rested for till Ihese
ipiittirlcs past upon Hit fact Hint therp wen no
il.is.scs In America: that all men were equal he
fore the 1.ivv-iiiiil in the rights of citizenship,
equal in Hie dignity of manhood, iinfettried in
the pursuit of Utilities., opportunity: that the
poor and humble todiy, having; Hip qualities of.
Intelligence and enterprise, are Hit 1 ic h ami'
powerful tonurow; tliat the rich and powerful to
day, lacking these qualites, r.re the poor ami
humble tomorrow; tlut all over tlie lantl Hi"
VlOnrruf 1lnpll,,r.,,ii. ., l,rt ..,,. nn Inn.n. c.ti.L'
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to thaiige their own condition me looking with
pride ami hope upon their boys stalling oil;
upon their tarceis with niliaiitnges their fathcis
never had, with open pathways to distinction and
wealth. Willi Hies? conditions, which have al
ways pxlstcd, and which exist today, theie is no
such thing as class. No gulf diiitles American
citizens fiom each oilier. 'Iheie is but one Ideal,
one title of honor, of pride nntl of mutual ip.
spect Hie itleal ami tlie tllh of Aniprlcin citl
rciishlp. All this these men would destiny in
older thai Ihey may ilcle inln power as the
goieinnis of an unhappy and cliscoriant people.
ALWAYS BUSY.
Ladles know, all admit they know, how much
they saic when Ihey can buy Edwin C, nurt's
Shoes at 4:i.fi0 per pah, in turns and wells,
patent leather and kid tips, button and lace.
Styles they all admire.
Lewisc&ReMIy
Established 1SS3.
Shoes for all the walks of life.
flercereaiLii
& CoiMeM
Now open for business at
our new store, 132 Wyo
ming avenue.
We are proud of our store
now, and feel justified in
doing a little talking, but we
prefer to have our friends do
the talking for us,
A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to call and see us,
1E1RCEE1EAU & CONNJEIX
Jewelers and Silversmiths.
AB ,'- .
ML. MfMwm
Brokkr. I wish I could et hold of something that would
help this distress I feel after eutiiig.
Merchant. I think I have here the very thing you want.
I keep a supply for my own use and for jur t such cases as yours.
Urokek. What is it ?
Merchant. A Ripans Tabule. Swallow it with a mouth
ful of water, or without if you can.
Next morning the Hrokcr reported lilmicK as under a ilonbb obligation. IS'ot only hit
he got relief liim.elf, but a brother tinker, to ultoni he c-shlbitctl hi. tuppl) bousltt at tho
coiner drug itore, hut! tuflrretl frmn trouble ol the tame sort unci in 111) catg Uo It wai
round that ONE GIVES RELIEF,
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Ilks for
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Silks, mostly in
lengths of OiC Waist
Pattern, all exclusive
designs and no du
plicates. The de
signs are choice, neat
in effect, and prices
t
range from 75c to
$1.75 per yard. '
We are also show
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line of
New Laces,
Laces Ties
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If you haven't the pioper office sup
piles. Come In and give us a trial.
We have the largest and most com
plete line of office supplies In North
eastern Pennsylvania,
If It's a good thing, we have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
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Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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