REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM. CHABLES L WING, Editor. — :Z gg= Published Every Thursday Afternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTE, PA. VV <'. Mason, I'rcsidon. E. M. Dcnham Trcas TIIUS. J. INGHAM, Secretary. Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, an Reeomi-cIaRS mail matter. A CRAZY QUILT PROGRAMME FOR THE. CAMPAIGN OF 1904. Effort to Amalgamate the laeapable, . the Tliriftleaa, the Despondent and the Revolutionary Agulast the I'arty of I'ronperlty and Patriotism. Tho Democracy is determined that the issues of the next national cam paign shall be those of the capable against the Incapable, the thrifty against the wasteful, the industrious ;igainst the idle, the reasonable against the unreasonable, the hopeful against t lit« despondent, the people of the coun try against the people of the cities, cap ital against labor, class against class, and in the contest which it thus seeks a groat portion of the Democratic press already proclaims the party the cham pion of unreason, discontent and de spair. While this has the outward ap pearance of a campaign of generous emotion it in reality is based on as cold blooded statistical figuring as was ever made by the rankest political dema gogue. The reasoning is something like this: For any attack on organized so- ; eiety there can always be counted the votes of th,e vicious, the criminals, the cranks, the anarchists and the social i is. While these have 110 possible : point of agreement as between them selves, they are always ready to join ! In any attack on constituted society. ! Among them these classes can deliver a very .substantial block of votes which the radical Democracy can count on as j a foundation upon which to wage a ; campaign of hate. To those votes, con- [ sidered sure, the Democratic statisti- i clans proceed to add the Democrats, I the union worldngmen and the free j silver followers of Bryan. The column j 112 >ots up a satisfactory majority which seems to assure Democratic possession of the offices, which is to be the only ! genuine object of the campaign. As a matter of fact the figures are 1 illusory. To begin with, the Demo cratic votes cannot be delivered for j such a programme. There are certain : principles and doctrines which since; tlie da/s of Thomas Jefferson have re- j eelv.od the name of "Democratic.'' They j are held and maintained by a great j number of American citizens as sound •principles and profitable doctrines. ! These people, however mistaken, are not anarchists and not socialists, and. I while they would by no means be j averse to a hodgepodge platform to! catch the hodgepodge vote, they would assist in such a campaign only under conditions which, in case of success, should assure absolute control to the old line Democrats. If the control was to rest with the Bryanite wing, they would bolt the ticket en masse. An other miscalculation is in regard to the union workmen. The calculation as sumes that union workmen are void of intelligence, which is as gross a mis conception as could be entertained. It is true that socialism is getting a strong hold on many of the unions, and it is also true that socialists as a class are intelligent and would, as socialists, but not as ynion men. join any attack on society, expecting to profit as there suit of an upheaval. But the artisans who are not socialists would no more support a ticket pledged to class war fare than the regular Democrats. Nei ther could Bryan hold his bucolic sup porters, who are more solidly opposed to union labor than the most grasping monopolists on earth. And as for farm ers and substantial citizens generally, nothing would suit them better than a square vote on the issues of stability, order and prosperity as opposed to un certainty, disorder and calamity. And the quicker and clearer this issue is made up the better.—San Francisco Chronicle. Our SblpitinK. The newspapers of the country are sounding an alarm over the recent agreement of the Cunard and Morgan 'companies binding the Atlantic fleet more tightly than ever to the British government. For two years no new keel has been laid in this country for the Interocean business. All but 8 or !) per cent of >mr ocean carrying trade is monopoliz ed by foreigners. We are continually losing our merchant navy. An influential committee of the new board of trade and transportation has !<e»>n appointed, composed of merchants, not shipbuilders or shipowners, to urge upon the country the imperative need of the revival of American ship ping in the foreign trade. The com mittee will undertake something more, probably, than mere agitation. Talk and discussion will not induce ship builders togo to work on vessels for foreign commerce. Legislation may as sist the project. The exporting inter ests themselves may possibly be inter ested to enter Into competition with the foreign vessels that are now handling their business. Something surely ought to be done to prevent this important business from disappearing altogether. —Worcester Spy. You Can Trunt Your I'nele. Uncle Sam is keepiug a sharp eye on tlie situation down in Panama. He has not the slightest intention of interfer ing in any family dispute, but he is i■■umd by treaty to keep the railroad running and to preserve order along Ihe line. And there isn't the least doubt that he will do his full duty in that respect.—Troj Times. Through Cleveland's Ryes. Mr. Cleveland sees hope for his party In the recent elections because "the out come seems to indicate n long step tak en In the direction of sane Democracy and party unity." Doubtless ho was thinking of the results In Ohio and Ne braska, which knocked Bryanism and Tom Johnsonism out of the running.— Pittsburg Times. The Democrats and I'anamn. Of late years the Democratic party ' has never failed to tackle the wrong end of every public proposition. The determination of the senate steering committee to combat the negotiation of a canal -treaty with Panama is a case so clearly in point as to need no argument. Public sentiment is prac tically unanimous In favor of the propo sition. and nearly every Democratic paper in the country has gone on rec ord in the same manner. The editorial retreat in the face of the astounding stand of the steering committee will be neither graceful nor dignified. Neither will it l>e good humored.—Terre Haute Tribune. MANAGER WANTED! Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage business in this County and ad joining territory for well and favorab'y known House of solid financial standing. S2O straight cash salary and expenses, paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address Maxaoeii, (110 Monon Bldg., Chicago. 111. I ■ Capital and Surplus, $450,000.00 No Manly Man j will leave his family unpro- j k vided for — . 112 He will feel it his duty to save 112 a part of every dollar he makes We help you to accumulate money by paying 3 per cent, interest on every dollar you deposit with us. Write for thofo»oklet telling how'to Bank by Mail. J ! LACKAWANNA COMPANY 404 Lackawanna Avenue SCRANTON, PA. U > 9f o A question for your Comfort, A consideration lor your Cash. 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Come to this store to do your shopping and you will be at once relieved of your troubles From the multiiude of suitable articles you can easily make a celection at once pleasing and satisfying. Wouldn't a Pretty Dress Pattern 1 Gloves Are Always Acceptable and Make a Good Sensible Christmas Gift? Useful Holiday Presents. A volume —you know —yes, a whole library, could be written They are always appreciated when tliey come from us. Our upon Christmas Gifts and giving—the appropriateness and in- gloves always lit and wear, and possess a refined, stylish appear appropriateness thereof, Fancy the utter absurdity of giving a ance that is admired by women of good taste. Our line of gloves cigar holder to the man who does not smoke, or the "Treasury is complete, comprising Ladies' Dressed and I ndressed Kid of Song" to the woman who dots not sing. 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