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Koontz and Kendall Win---Party Organization Solidly in the Hands of the Anti Scull People. The Scull Machine is Dcomed—Its Fake Convention Declared Illegal by Dauphin County Court. True Republicans are Jubilant, but Scull Feeling Ringsters Blue. are Sanner’s and Dauphin Common Rowe's ( Pleas, 385 June Nominations. y Term, 1900. Koontz’s and ) Dauphin Common Kendall's he leas, 482 June Nominations. ) Term, 1900. y the Court: “These cases originated in counter- objections filed by the respective par- ties elaiming to be the legal nominees of the Republican party in the county of Somerset as candidates for the office of representative in the general assem- bly to the certificate of nomination in favor of others. ‘The questions raised concern the le- gality of rival primary elections held in some of the precincts, and the valid- ity of the certificates of nominations made by rival conventions of return judges; and as the legality of one of two elections held in the same precinct, or of one of two certificates of nomina- tion made by rival conventions for the same office necessarily implies the ille- gality of the other, they can be most conveniently considered together. “The rules of the Republican party in Somerset county, which are printed and were offered in evidence, provide that the chairman of the county com- mittee shall furnish the election officers of each election district prior to time of the election with suitable blanks for holding the election; that the polls shall be opened only at the usual places of holding elections fixed by law; that, in the absence of the judge of election at the opening of the polls, the inspec- tor present, who had the bighest vote at the previous primary election, shall act as judge, and in his absence, the clerk who had the highest vote, and in the absence of all of these the voters present shall elect a judge of election; that the judges, inspectors and clerks of election shall be sworn before pro- ceeding to hold the election, the form of oath being given in the rules; that in addition to voting for econdidates for nomination, the voters shall also vote for und elect at the primaries a judge of election for each of their respective districts, who shall be the committee- man for said precinct for the ensuing year ; that the polls shall close at seven o'clock r.a1., when the election officers shall proceed to count the votes for the several candidates and make out a cor- rect return of all the votes cast; make two lists of names of the persons vot- ing, three return sheets, and two tally papers, one of each to be delivered to the judge of election, who shall be the returning officer of that election. one of each with the tickets to be placed in the ballot box, and one return sheet to be sealed in an envelope addressed to the chairman of the county commit- tee to be mailed by the inspector or clerk as soon as possible after the votes are counted. “That it shall be the duty of the chairman (inter alia), with the approv- al of the executive committee, to ap point members of the Republican par- ty as committeemen to fill vacancies, and to remove committeemen for in- efliciency and disloyalty to the Repub- lican party. “That the judges of election of the several precincts shall assemble in con- vention in the court house in the bor- ough of Somerset on the Tuesday fol- lowing the election, at one o’clock p. .; that the chairman of the county committee shall preside, assisted by two vice-presidents elected from the judges present, and four clerks, and after the convention shall have been organized, the judges shall produce the returns from their respective precincts, which shall be opened and counted,and the candidate having the highest num- ber of votes for any office shall be de- clared the nominee of the party for such office. “Provided that in case there is any allegation of fraud in any pre- cinet of the county the result shall not be announced,if the fraud alleged would affect the same. But it shall be the duty of the convention upon a particu- lar statement being made, verified by oaths, setting forth wherein said fraud consists, a copy of which statement shall be served forthwith on the oppos- ing candidate to the party alleging said fraud, to adjourn for a period of ten days, during which time testimony can be taken, by the parcies in interest up- on due notice.” “That in all cases of a tie vote in the election of officers, it shall be the duty of the contestants to decide the ques- tion by drawing lots, or, in their ab- sence or refusal to do so, it shall be the duty of the judge of election in case of a tie vote of election oflicers, to draw lots for them. “The primaries for the nomination of candidates for members of the house of representatives were held on April 21, 1900, the legal day. It is agreed by the parties that no question arises as to the election in thirty-six of the pre- cinets. In the precincts of Benson borough, Casselman borough, Garrett, Jefferson, Larimer and New Baltimore rival primaries were hell, giving rise to the question which was the legal election in each precinet and who was the return judge entitled to sit in the convention. We shall, therefore, ex- amine these in their order. “In Benson borough there was a va- cancy, caused by the resignation of the regularly elected judge of election Thereupon, the county chairman ap- pointed Henry W. Holsapple to fill the vacancy, and he held the primary. Some of the voters, claiming that the appointment of Holsapple had not been approved by the executive committee and was therefore illegal, held an elec- tion at the opening of the polls and elected G. P. Benson judge, and he also held a primary in the same election room. Both Holsapple and Benson mailed a return sheet to the chairman of county committee, as prescribed by rule eleven. “In Casselman borough = tie had oc- curred in the votes for judge of elec- tion at tlie primary in 1899, and neither of the candidates, nor any one in their behalf, as prescribed by rule twenty- three, had drawn lots, and consequent- ly there was a vacancy, and on January 6, 1900, the chairman appointed Charles Barnes judge of election, and he held the primary at the regular place and time. In this case also, some of the voters claiming that this appointment kad nct been approved by the execu- tive committee, elected a judge of 1:ction, who also held a primary at the same tm» and place, and both of these eleven. “Garrett borough was created by de- cree of court, January 19, 1900, and there was, therefore, no judge elected judge of election for that precinet was vacant, and the chairman appointed Dr. R. T. Pollard, who held a primary at the time and place prescribed. In this precinet also, some of the voters claiming that Pollard’s appointment was invalid because not approved by the executive committee, elected Frank Phinecy judge of election, who there- upon held a primary in a corner of the same room. A return of each of these elections was mailed under rule eleven. “In the precinct of Jefferson, John Schlag was elected Judge in 1899. Some time thereafter the chairman without giving him a hearing notified him that he was removed from the of- fice of committeeman “for disloyalty and inefliciency”, and appointed Noah Bruner in his stead. Bruner and Schlag each held an election in this precinct,and each mailed a return sheet to the county chairman. “In the precinct of Larimer, J. P. Smith ofliciated as inspector of election at the primary of 1899, and at this same rimary was voted for and elected, judge of election. Claiming this elee- tion was invalid because he acted as in- spector at his own election, the chair- man declared the office vacant and ap- pointed G. W. Tressler. The written notice to Smith, informing him of the alieged invalidity of his election and the appointment of Tressler, was not received by him until the evening of April 21. after the hour for closing the polls. Smith and Tressler each held primaries at the legal time and place and each mailed return sheets to the chairman under the rule. “In New Baltimore, the regularly elected judge having resigned, Ross G. Hillegass was appointed by the chair- man to fill the vacancy. At the time for opening the polls, some of the vot- ers claiming that Hillegass was not a citizen of New Baltimore borough, and that his appointment was therefore il- legal, elected Norman Long judge of election and both Hillegass and Long held elections and mailed return sheets to the county chairman. “The testimony offered to show that Hillegass was not eligible was the testi- mony of Norman Long, who, in answer to the questien ‘Was he on the twenty- first day of last April a citizen of New Baltimore borough?’ answered ‘I do not think he was. He taught school there, and his home was in Allegheny township.” No dates or facts were shown from which we could determine that he had not a legal residence in the precinet. “In the precinet of Ogle township, S. G. Wittaker, who had been duly elected committeeman in 1899, remov- ed from the township in the autumn of that year, and on January 6, 1900, the chairman appointed J. I. Bomgardner to fill the vacancy, and he accepted and held the February primary without ob- jection. On April 21,1900, when he was about to open the polls, a paper signed by a number of the voters of that pre- cinct was served by a constable upon Bomgardner, declaring that his ap- pointment was illegal because it had not been approved by the executive committee, and influenced by the ser- vice of this paper, and the statements contained in it, he turned over the clection supplies to D. G. Menges, who was elected by the voters, held the election and mailed a return sheet to the county chairman, which, however, was not received by course of mail un- til the evening of the following Tues- day, after the convention of return judges had ajourned. The paper serv- ed on Bomgardner was typewritten, and was evidently prepared beforehand, elsewhere than in the precinct. “A primary election was held in Elk Lick precinct, number two. Whether there is such a district or not is disput- ed, the objectors to the Rowe and San- ner certificate claiming that there are only fourty-four precincts in the coun- ty, while their opponents claim that Elk Lick, number two, makes the for- ty-fifth precinct. The evidence shows that primaries were held in this pre- cinet in previous years, and we hold that there was a precinct known as Elk Lick, number two. “The claim made in the several cases above stated that the appointments of judges of election by the chairman were not approved by the executive committee is based on the fact that they did not meet together as a body and formally approve the several ap- pointments. The facts are that some time in 1899, when the committee were in session, they agreed that where va- cancies should occur during the year the chairman should make the appoint- ments and send the papers to the sev- eral members who would sign them; and this was accordingly done, the committee not having been in actual session at any other time during the year. “An examination of rule thirteen will, we think, clearly show that it does not require the formal approval claim- ed to give validity to the acts of the chairman under it. All the acts of the chairman except presiding at meetings and conventions and convening the committeemen must have by the terms of the rule the same approval of the executive committee as the making of an appointment to fill a vacancy, and we think that no one will contend that (for instance) such approval would be necessary to make his action valid in securing ‘the printing and distrubu- tion of tickets and election blanks, or in making ‘arrangements for general campaigns.’ “Even if these appointments were not legal, it does not appear that any of the several elections to supply the alleged vacancies were legal. When a vacancy exists rule ten permits an elec- tion by the voters at the polls only in the absence of the inspector and clerk having the highest vote at the previous primary election, and it has not been shown in any case that the inspectors and clerks were absent. “We cannot believe that it would have occurred to any one to doubt the validity of these appointments if there had not been a contest for the control of the party machinery of the county. We think that the agreement of the committee when in session to arprove appointments to be made and the ac- tual approval by each of the members of the committee afterwards made these appointments valid. “On the facts as above found it is our appinion that the appointments of the judges of election for Benson, Cassel- man, Garrett, New Baltimore and Ogle were valid, and that the appointments for Jefferson and Larimer precincts not valid. And we have found nothing in the case to impeach the title of E. C. Davis the judge of Ursina precinct. “The convention of return judges met, as required by the rules, on April 24. The county chairman had pre- viously made up a roll of members on which he had placed the names of the thirty-six members from the undisput- ed precincts, and from the disputed precincts the names of those whom he claimed to be the regular judges of election, namely, from Benson Bor- ough, Henry W. llolsapple; Casselman Borough, Charles Barnes; Garrett Bor- ough, Dr. R. T. Pollard; Jefferson Township, Noah Bruner; Larimer Township, George W. Tressler; Con- fluence Borough, V. M. Black, who had given a proxy to George R. Seyll; New | one on which different opinions may Ursina'Borough, Edgar C. Davis; Ogle Township, J. I.. Bomgardner, and New Jaltimore Borough, Ross J. Hillegass, making. with judges of the undisputed in 1900, and consequently the office of | precincts, forty-four, and leaving un- | represented Elk Lick Township No. 2, | and not placing upon the roll the rival | claimants, G. P. Benson, for Benson | Borough; Austin Phillipi, for Cassel- | man; Frank Phinecy, for Garrett; John | Schlag, for Jefferson; J. F. Smith, for | Larimer, and Norman Long, for New Baltimore. “He had also made up a table of re- turns from several precincts, leaving those from which there were double returns blank. The double returns were from New Baltimore, Jefferson, Jenson, Larimer and Casselmen. All | these returns were taken by him into the convention, but only one from each precinct was counted. “The convention was called to order by the chairman, who announced tha | under the rules the first order of busi- ness would be the election of vice-pres- idents from the return judges present. | Nominations were then made for two | vice-presidents, and a vote was taken. | While the vote was being taken, or af- | ter the result had been announced— about which there is conflict in the testimony—other nominations were made for vice-presidents. The chair- man ruled that these nominations were made too late. There is conflict in the testimony whether an appeal was or was not taken from this ruling. “The names of the precincts were then called in order, and all persons having election returns in their posses- sion were requested to come forward and place them upon the convention table. To this call twenty-six return judges from that number of undisputed judges mailed a return sheet to the Centerville Borough, Leroy Scott, who reasonably he held, and, therefore, we county chairman, as prescribed by rule | had given a proxy to John R. Scott: cannot assume that the ruling of the chairman was arbitrary or unreason- able. “Another objection is that the chair- | man refused to entertain a made under Rule 186, alleging fraud. The provision in rule sixteen is, ‘That in case there is any allegation of fraud in any precinet in the county the result shall not be announced if the fraud alleged would affect the same. But it shall be the duty of the eonvention up- on a particular statement being made, verified by oaths, setting forth wherein said fraud exists, a copy of which state- ment shall be served forthwith on the opposing candidate to the party alleg- ing said fraud, to adjourn for a period of ten days, during which time testi- mony can be taken by the parties in- terested upon due notice.’ If the parties who presented and read the paper containing allegations of fraud in the convention had filed it and had followed up the procedure by serv- ing a copy on the opposing candidates, protest as required by the rule and had take | their stand upon their right to have the rule enforced, it would have been the duty of the convention to adjourn for ten days, and a refusal so to do would have rendered all its subsequent pro- ceedings illegal. This was the plain simple course to be pursued by those alleging the fraud. Instead, however, of pursuing this course and standing on their rights, the person who presented the paper, and those in sympathy with him, withdrew, taking the paper with them without any offer or attempt to serve copies on the opposing eandidates who were present, and without there- after taking any further action in the matter. The convention was, there- fore, not bound under the terms of precincts responded and produced their returns. undisputed precincts did not produce their returns. precincts, claims were made by George R. Scull and John R. Scott to be recog- nized as members of the convention on the ground that they held proxies, and the chairman ruled that proxies were not admissible. Rule 18 to adjourn, and this abortive attempt to proceed under the rule could not suspend the action of the convention. “As we have heretofore held it is the duty of a minority to claim their rights in the convention, and if they are legal- ly out-voted to submit to the will of the majority ; if they fail to obtain their rights under the rules to stand upon the illegal action of the majority and The judges from the other During the call of these After the call of the districts had been completed, the chair- man, announced that the convention was ready to proceed with the election of a chairman, and placed the roll of members, which he had previously maae out, in the hands of the secretary. Henry I. Barron and James M. Cover were nominated for the office ot chair- have it set aside. They cannot gain rights by simply withdrawing, and if they fail to bring themselves within the terms of the rules, the courts are powerless to aid them. Brown’s and Walton’s Nominations. 18 C. C. 232. “The election in Ogle precinct was man, the vote was taken by roll eall and forty-two votes Black and Mr. Scott from Confluence and New Centreville, respectively, who had given proxies, not voting. 3arron received not held by the legal judge of election, and he was prevented from holding it by having served upon him a paper con- taining a statement that was false both in fact and inlaw. The executive com- mittee had, in fact, approved his ap- pointment, and the approval was legal. were cast, Mr. Henry twenty-six votes and James M. Cover received sixteen, whereupon the chair declared Barron elected. “According to the testimony on be- half of the objectors to the Koontz and Kendall certiticate, while the roll was being called, Mr. Witt, one of the re- turn judges, moved to substitute a roll which he then held in his hands for the roll from which the names were be- ing called, and the chair said that he had made up an official roll and would be guided by it in this convention. Mr. Witt appealed from this ruling, and according to the testimony of these witnesses the appeal was seconded, while the witnesses for the objectors to the Rowe and Sanner certificate testify that no appeal was taken. The roll was not produced in the convention, nor was it shown by whom it was made. The testimony is conflicting whether appeals were taken from the refusal of the chairman to recognize the proxies; if taken they were not entertained by the chairman. “During the call of the roll for the election of chairman, a paper, which was given in evidence as ‘Exhibit No. 22? and is a claim of fraud in the elec- tions under Rule 16, was offered and read. The witness says, ‘After I had concluded the reading of the paper i offered it to the chairman. He declin- ed toreceive it. I offered itto Mr. Lam- bert, the secretary of the convention. He declined to have anything to do with it. I then offered it to Mr. Mey- ers, and as I thought it too precious a document to be lying around the court house, I put it in my pocket? No copy of this paper was served at any time upon Messrs. Koontz and Kendall. There is a direct conflict in the testi- mony on the question whether an ap- peal was taken from the refusal of the chairman to receive this paper; if there was it was not recognized by the chair- man. “About this time a number of the delegates left the convention and or- ganized another convention in another part of the courtroom, the first action being to pass a resolution deposing the chairman, Mr. Berkey, and electing Mr. Cover chairman of their conv tion. Of those who thus withdrew, six teen were undisputed return judges and members cf the convention, and two were proxies of undisputed judges. Of those who remained, there were eighteen whose title was undisputed, and eight others—namely, Henry W. Holsapple, of Benson; Charles Barnes, of Casselman; Dr. R. T. Pollard, of Garrett borough; Noah Bruner, of Jef- ferson; G. W. Tressler, of Larimer; Ross E. Hillegass, of New Baltimore; J. L. Bomgardner, of Ogle, and E. C. Davis, of Ursina. All of these, as we have above decided, except Tressler, of Larimer, and Bruner, of Jefferson,were legal members. Adding these six to the eighteen, makes twenty-four—ma- jority of the whole number of possible memebers, assuming the legality of Elk Lick Precinet, No. 2. “It necessarily follows those who withdrew could not organize a legal convention, being less than a majority of the whole number, even assuming that the two proxies claimed should have been allowed. It is, therefore not necessary to follow the action of the second convention any further. “The only question that remains is whether there was anything in the con- duct of the chairman, or of other mem- bers of the original convention, which would warrant a decision that its pro- ceedings were illegal and void. “It is claimed that it was not a legal body for these reasons: — “Kirst, that it did not have a major- ity of the return judges who were en- titled to seats. We have found, as a matter of fact and of law, that it had twenty-four legally elected and ap- pointed members, which was a major- ity of all the possible members, and must, therefore, hold that it was a legal convention. “Second, because its proceedings were in violation of the rules of the party in that the chairman arbitrarily refused to entertain montions except those of his partisans. The testimony is conflicting on this point, but we as- sume that the action of the chairman was in some respects arbitrary, and that motions and appeals were made and taken which he refused to put to the convention. This was a palpable evasion of his plain duty. But every act or omission of this kind on the part of the presiding officer of a political or even a legislative body does not enable a court to decide the otherwise legal action of the body invalid. “Third, because the chairman arbi- trarily refused to recognize proxies. As the case does not turn on the ques- tion whether proxies were legally ad- missible we refrain from expressing an opinion on that point, but content our- selves with saying that the question is counseled the usurpation as certify counting of the returns. In He had held the IXebruary primary without objection and without its legal- ity being questioned. He was holding the office by color of a valid appoint- ment, and it cannot be questioned that the election, if held by him, would have been legal. His action and the tenor of his testimony show that there was no reason whatever to fear that he would not hold the election honestly. And if he had been permitted to hold it, no one can doubt that he would have re- turned the vote fairly, and in that event it would have been counted in the convention. For the fact, if it had then occurred, that the return mailed did not reach the chairman until after the convention had adjourned, would have been no reason for not counting it, and if the convention had failed to count it we would have corrected its mistake. But this contingency would doubtless not have arisen, as Bomgard- ner was present in the convention and if he had held the election he would have had the return with him. And this vote when thus legally cast, so that it could be counted, would have changed the majorities and would have nominated Mr, Sanner instead of Mr. Koontz; a result which has been made impossible by the act of those who well as those who actually usurped.the place of the legal judge of election in Ogle precinct. “Whether the inspector and clerk of the preceding primary were absent or not we do not know, but in any event the election was not held by the legal officer, and, therefore, the return can- not be counted. “It results from the conclusions to which we have comethat all the returns counted by the convention except those from Larimer and Jefferson precincts were legal, and that they were illegal and should be rejected, and the returns of the rival elections in these precincts should be substituted, and that to the numbers thus obtained should be add- ed the vote of Elk Lick No. 2, and the six white votes in Addison precinet. “When this is done we find that Messrs. Koontz and Kendall each have a majority of the legal votes over both their opponents, and therefore their certificate of nomination was not only made by the body legally entitled to nominations, but they were elected by a majority of the legal votes. “It is creditable to all concerned that there is no evidence in the case of actu- al fraud in the elections, or in the view of this, it would have given us pleasure if, in accordance with legal principles, we could have counted all the votes given at all the elections, with the result that one on each of the opposing tickets would have been nominated. “The certificate of nomination of W. H. Sanner and Frederick Rowe is ad- judged invalid; and the certificate of nomination of William H. Koontz and Samuel A. Kendall is adjudged valid, and the prothonotary is directed to cer- tify these judgments to the secretary of the commonwealth.” (Signed.) J. W. SinoxTox, P. J. ——— Poor old “Tim”! Judge Sm inoton didn’t care a durn for him. —— Noropy had to wait until they saw it in the Commercial, for it was so just as soon as Judge Simonton said it was so. Lou Smith is a dead failure as an ad- vocate of a dead cause. a “Jonxxy” Scorr and his political rot mattered not when before the court he got. Same way with old Hen Walker, the great Scull talker. They didn’t cut much ice before Judge Simonton, and when they die they will not need to shovel any snow down below. ea “TrvmMre” and his fake county chair- man are feeling sick, I ween, as they flounder in the soup tureen. Poor lit- tle grinning, sneaking-countenanced “Tim!” Poor hatched-faced squeak- ing-voiced, elastic-conscienced “Jim!” How despairingly they look, flounder- ing in the soup tureen! ee Ler us see, didn’t J. 8. Cunningham, the thing over at Windber that isn’t ashamed of its name, say before the last Republican primary that Kendall would look smaller than 30 cents after the pr We think that is the re- mark Cunningham made in “Timmie” Scull’s “Bolters’ Bazoo.” How about it now, Mr. Cunningham? ary? or had only osition he made ’s bar room on the day nt , when he pro- cutting h—l1 out of the anti-Seull men” if they tried | Ir desperate Vi { carried out that in Hotel Vi of the con posed “just shooting « to run the convention to suit them- selves, Judge Simonton’s decision might not now be in the way of the dirty methods of the Seull bolters. But such . il beers up, shoots off his mouth and then lets i t at that. The band will now please play a politi- cal funeral dirge for poor old Virg. is fate when Vir - —-— Tue Scull ring organs are now pro- claiming between their sobs that Koos- er didn’t get anyway. Well, | we’ll see whether he didn’t. The con- | test between Kooser and Berkley was not brought before the Dauphin county court for a decision, and the conven- tion which Judge Simonton decided was the only le Republican conven- tion has issued a certificate of nomina- tion to Mr. Kooser. as the same body decided that Mr. Kooser had a majérity of the legal Republican votes cast. Berkley can get no certificate of nomi- nation from any one who has authority to issue one, and he is not entitled to one, as he well knows. Squeaky-voic- ed “Jimmie” Cover’s fake certificates of nomination are not worth the paper they are written on, and neither is “Jimmie.” Kooser is entitled to a seat in the District Conference, and we think he will get it, too. a there, Bryax is first a Populist, and second a Democrat. He is running on a Popo. -Dem. ticket. SAC RE Tie trouble in China is all due to desperate agitatorsfusion. They have their Pettigrews in China. Hox. Dox M. Dickinson says the so- called Democratic party “is nothing more than the Populist party now.” Mg. ArvGeELp has announced his in- tention of retiring from politics after the Kansas City convention. He will not wait for the November ejectment. ee Iris true that President McKinley has not utilized the veto power in an indiscriminate manner. Excessive ve- toing is a Grover Cleveland specialty. a Tre Republican majority in Oregon was over 11,000, and it was piled up against complete. What will it be in other states? a i oh Boss Bryan's silver plank demands “an American financial system.” We have it by order of the 7,104,778 people who voted for McKinley in 1886. — ean Mg. ITearst has started a newspaper in Chicago. If there are Democratic officials in that town interested in ice trusts it may be well for them to get to cover. i Exrorrs of provisions from American farms last year were worth $180,000,000 or $47,000,000 more than in 1896. Tb’, sort of epxansion is what the Demo- crats call “imperialism.” ee Berieviye that our most cherished institutions are in great peril—Demo- cratic platform. The poor-houses that were crowded during the last Democratic administra- tion, are indeed, empty end going into decay. ee Tue calm, wise judgment of William McKinley appeals to the solid, mature element all over the country, while “Teddy” is the idol of the boys every- where. The combination can’t be beat and it already has the country going its way. aT Tie production of spelter increased more than 50 per cent between 1894 and 1898. In the Galena-Joplin dis- trict the value of the product was $2,- 400,000 more in"1898 than in 1897. This was due to Presidet MeKinley’s policy of opening the mills ~ ee a Tie Republican policy of expansion is to secure footholds by which our commerce will be protected and ex- tended. The Democratic policy was to acquire slave territory and additional power in Congress through an increas- ed number of slave States. = Lin Tue issue on the shipping question between Republicans and Democrats as defined by their respective plat- forms this year, is that the Republi- cans favor American-built ships for our foreign carrying and the Democrats favor foreign (chiefly British) ships. Sen Orb soldiers should remember that in 1894, under President Cleveland’s Democratic administration, the pension roll was reduced by $16,820,000. Dur- ing the fiscal year just ended the Pen- sion Bureau has issued 100,000 certifi- cates, and payments for the year on ac- count of pensions will exceed $140,000,- 000. 2 ERE EvERYTHING grown in the soil of the Western States and everything dug from their mines is needed in the Ori- ent. The Pacific is to be the ocean of the twentieth century, and with a con- tinuation of the Republican poliey,that ocean will be white with American ships carrying Amerizan products from the field, forest, shop and mine, thus furnishing remunerative employment to unnumbered thousands of American workmen and insuring a continuance of Republican prosperity. - — Tue Kansas City Democratic plat- form accuses the Republican adminis- tration of forming an alliance with England, which is untrue. But the same platform opposes legislation for the building of American ships for our foreign carrying trade, preferring to leave the business in the hands of for- eign (chiefly British) ships $200,000,000 year that the Republicans are anxious to Keep a the ion American our forei construe
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