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v;--; Topics of the Day
t
cotton- has
tiiriied
traitor to the calamit j: howl
ers, atidgpn e.-b dutiding S tip i
ward in price; Benton , 111
;:No use of lying jn order i
: tninisxraiion . 'x:ne
truth
; need onlv: - be r told.
V; Kan rHerald. . i
Clyde,
-:.:'i;';-Po6 i 'Thofflas3 1 Jefferson .
VlpEKHs held1 responsible for
fool idea entertained
aiiy man calling himself a
:emqcrt--':'" j Sp -iiigfield;
3Mass.Y Union. ' ! ' '
, , Wi t h MciKinley and . Bry
i?xin Smsi Presidential ; ; candi
, r . dates, President JMcKinley
K yas figured as a five to one
; chance in New Yor i. Wor-
V,:cester Mass; Spy:
tMjll vBryan says that prosperi
llllftyjas yet is only a Iream. If
- r he wants to be I hoi .est-, why
- doesn't he admit tl at.it is a
; nightmare to K him-'Sioux
City la. Jou rnal ;
fef :!.fe w ' sporadic
tr ikes are
j'pall thef democratic barty can
if-ifiiid now to be giad over.
lC;;:-f;. T?h"e prosperity canker is on
Ifin the leaves of th iir rejoic
. ing. New York Press.
Brooms cost n ore than
ISilthey did ; f nevertl eless -the
publican party ilias : not
; ; given up its idea of" making
aclean sweep. Rochester,
:-.;..-; iN . x . , democrat s
nd Chron-
: , ; lCJe. .-v"k. , -; :
iv ;vi:. Wool and sheep
a re worth
1 twice as much now as they
; were in 1896. But the Dem-
f ocrat who has no sheep and
rv;.';v' -C ' ' '' v:. - .1.. . . '
: . no wool can fsee
; :encet rTrenton
tr' izetter'''; " 1 "'
the differ-
ttsr. j. Gi-
4 ' :
The farmers who aire .for
tunate enough to have .hogs
'7. ;to sellfattthisltime ,(andt,the
fifMbountry . Jias a goc d many; of
them) have a rigt t to wear
fAthat contented look. OnSV
vva Democrat . . : i '"
This is, a I. fur ny, worlds
One year ago he Bryan i
k ;GDemocrats were , crazy; to
lilhave Dewey; say he was a
Nbvvj It hey 4 don't
like td hear him say it. Da-
llPyeripbrt la. Rept blican.t
:3frBryan' wl o says he-
- V represents the eternal prin-
rlSljeep on -; reesentingl them
i H ith rough all eternity and nev
( r come any nearer the Pres
Sldential:cHair than he was
&Jur:fe' years 's ago Topeka
Kansi, Capital. i - ?x iy-j
if -v It. is but natural : for the
democratic party to, oppose
: " the buudins: up I of . the A-
V -iv niericah marine Jr- It will : be
5farty
Scan tin iplatelwas an iinboss-
If the Nebraska1
reflects ; Mr.; fl Bryan's pur
poses' and convictions---and
we.are bound ' to suppose
that it j does-tbatf gentle-:
man cannot possibly ibe cho
sen ,bjr: the American people
to be w their I ...President:
Washington Post. i 5 i
Yearsjago the burden of
the wails ; t fiat came ' from
Cleveland and JBryan f "was,
that they wanted to . restore,
tliei country to prosperity.
They did restore it to pros
perity, but they did it byre
tiring from , office. Chey
enne County1 Rustler. . ; ,
Mr. Bryan; has duly pro
mulgated the platform .upon
which he dqsires'to run. A
similar performance on the
part of a Republican- would
very promptly be - termed
"bossism' You see, it
does' make a migh ty sight of
difference whose ox is gored.
Nor walk O. Reflector.
, Will some of . the Demo
cratic -admirers of , colonel
Bryan. -please inform the
"Republican" what bill he
introduced or what- measure
he supported during his two
terms in Congress that was
for the good of the country
or in the iuterest of the
masses? Davenport la. Re
publican. ; '
CHRONICLES OF THE
LATTER DAYS. .
A Parable of Dear Uncle
Samuel.
(By One of His Boys.)
-
American Economist. 3 , ,
CHAPTER II.
Pettigrew Groweth Pettish
Israelites, and Philistines
Battle over Porto Rico.
1. And it also came to pass,
inv the fourth year of the
feign of William, who is al
so called McKinley", that the
Sanfiedrim , yere .gathered
together at Jerusalem, :whicb
by interpretation . s Wash
ington. V i , -ly.l
v2. And, lo, their tongues
were hung! in the, center - and
wagged flopped arid tintil
latedfatjboth ends, and there
was a great gab; yea, so
iriuch- so that men " marveled
fiow men5 could "sling such f : a
multiplicity tof words and
their several vocab-
ularies, yet say so little.
f i 3. (Albeit I Pet tigrew . grew
exceeding f pettish, U and fl in
fierce and to w,lf slander or
the H First n South-; Dakota:
iput that the
soldiers had no f patriotism ,
arid this did fie because tfiey
were' mostlyvwae ' earners
7 4."; Ho wbeitv tfiis abuse was
also uttereq oecause 01 vjyjlc-
s lust praise for their
amotism; tor, oenoia,
our Chief ; Magistrate 's ;'pa-
xnotic soui reaiizetn ana ap-
preciaxetn inef patriotism i;pr
the : people, and especially of
the! splendid ma terial of
iichth
fnationrs srlonous
army and nav is com
S.i And it came to pass falj
scHhat the mi
v- T,' , ,i
Philistines knd, the iibattle
iwaxed sore. u
6. .And 1 led -byi McKinley
the Israelites oright for,
Porto Rico s
inhabitants'' ifiM
taxed 'enutc
irig thafclncane and ' flood
had sore visited them, But
that merely a nominal aver
age ar-ifl: d tvty of 4per cent .
should be levied upon them .
cent, duty meaneth 15 ; per
cental of the average Dingley .
Tariff; for, lo,. 8o per cent,
was stricken off the 26 'per
cent, ay erage Dingley duties .
8. Then the Philistines a-
rose in great wrath and
shouted as those that shout
by reason of wine; because,
forsooth , they pretended to
love th e Porto Ricans with
a love that many waters
could not quench.
. Moreover, they said one
to another in classic Philis
tine lingo: Now we've got
'em! And we wiU smite
them hip and thigh from the
rising of the sun even unto
the going down thereof .
10. Nevertheless, while the
lords of the Philistines jubi
lated and moved in the joy
ous contillion with all the
grace of the dancing! bear,
there came a message froin
William, saying,
11. Give yejrom our over
flowing: treasury two mil
lions of dollars for the relief
of the stricken , half -starved
Porto Ricans, and let it be
recorded in letters 6 f golden
hue, as iti were, that - Ameri
ca is a Christian nation .and
delighteth in mercy ; : yea re
member to whom is lent that
which is given' to ; the pbor;
verily-, let love be without
dissimulation, forget riot the
golden rule arid bear iri mind
that ye loeu n6tx in (jwbrds
only ; as the Philistines do ,
but in deed arid in truth .
12. , Then the men of Israel
sent up a; great shout, and
the lords of the Philistines
tried to shout , but the sound
thereof was as thesoundof
a great wail - mingled with
sobs; and beirig greatly a
shamed many of 7 them fled
from the if ront of the battle
and skulked; u wh ile t a i f e w
fought for the Porto Ricans
arid' joined the 4 mighty :rnen
oflsraeir
thetf.. Philistines JWught a-
inst.relieving hepoor
Porto Ricans; , yea, verily,
they fought; in shane - and
humiliation ;;rf or itheyi ;inust
have xiespised ;.themselyes
for their; lack ot;cha rity : r
'5 14. Andtthey d owlingr
3
ty tucu j jairs , n o w 1 mg ; 11 Ke
Irelidthesou
yowl still ecfioetfiindye
berateth !-Sf wfiey rev
r-ppdinfr wroth lithat& theyf
Ricans
tfiffiBanjaia:
Pi!Mhos are not comings o-
ver -to cut tfie ; wages, of
wage earners m tw
.r:;ii.'sr, i.H-1 v
15 :7 And for ;hareasbiii;
ree-Traders'and ex-
t that wage earn
ers have 'plenty of york .and
fair wages , they .still ; gp , a
bout like roaring lions peek
ing whom they r may eat up
somebody. clK-f
Here . endeth the second
,(To be continued.)
The Party of Negatio 11 .
. , , 4 1
Sll.UcLl.Km ill t UC,UUi.cuvjta.v.o
. -r-r ; i j j) ,
, - , . : -, .
ments severely upon me a. l-,
titude of the democratic parr.
ty, which it characterizes as
a party of negation andsense
less oppositfeh. ; Since- tlie
death of Jefferson aiid Jack
son, it asserts that the, par
ty has been doing, nothing
for the country save . to ; op-
Lpose the attempts of the) re-j
publicans to - further-a the
growth of the republic. Gro?
ver' Cleveland; it; declares,
was turned dbivn by the tim
id ouls of his party because
he showed an inclihation.to
make progress , andit sums
up the, attitude of the; demo
crats as follows: "The.dem
ocrats do not maket the : big
republic grow. , They, used
to do so, but they have be
come intellectually rusty.'
And the attitude of the dem
ocratic 1 party e ver "since ; the
war bears out this sii mma ry
It has ho t b ffig to bflFer ; piit
puerile complaints and de
huhciation . Its efforts have
consi sted in trying to array
class against - class, . to ; stir
u p .race pre j udice and oppose
th e nation . , As a p rominent
New Yorker stated, had the
republican platform declared
for 'free silver the Membcra
cy would be found opposing
it. Even the probable plat
form of that party . ibr ' t he
comingcaWpaig
this estihaate . ' Gathered
from the utterances of -its
leaders.it comprises: . .
Denouncing "imperialism' and expan-
SlOn. - ; V.v; . .yr 'V, -: y -. .y: y
Denouncing the war in the Philippines.
Denouncing the government, establish
ed in Porto Rico and Hawaii. - . . '
both these:iislanlsi?&''-:
iA:nuuncing uie revenue measures m
Denouncing the gold standard and the
currency-bill.,,: Si
with Spai'ri.
Denou
y i
uusxnes. , '-'v",-:. -.hv- -r
Denouncing trusts and accusing the i
pubiican partyof fostexinor tliem V
re4
' 'Denouncing McKinley berause he hai
not done something more in the ' interest
of theBoers.
v Denouncing the republicans ; for disol
buying the CdnAtltutibti.'
criminateVaenun
tration has done in the past
;tfarefe;'rs is
there discernibie an intelli-
, ora state-
ainder , like
conditipns:rIt is a pg.rty of
mere negation, and at this
period of America's greatest
grpwth the people will reject
its .j
Grand .Rapids , Mich . , . Her
aid grumble
because tinies are too good
arid iprices of -products too
highr they say ( they would
have things different if they
were? intrusted with power.
Arid there is no doubt in the
world about it; they . would
cnarige things in the twink-
of an eye t to ruin and
UevilSLdtlUil JL 1ICIC III)
, , - . i i
( jUav mat vvao turn , m iii AU1
earnest after the democrats
1 every
thing? wenti to smash ; when
staryirig 'workingmen applied
for work to get something
to eat, they were told to eat
tfie "roosters; they had parad
ed.on their bats. Salt Lake
It is said that money talks,
Kbutit won ' t do a lot of things .
Mr. Clarkioft Mont , has three
times borigh t a seat in the
US. Senate, and still is not
in-
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