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ROOK SLAM) VOIi. It. NO. 15. BOCK ISLAND. Hili.. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1900. PAGES 9 TO 10. R ARE SILENT Refrain From Saying How They Are Going to Vote. BOUT WANT TO IHVITE GOEBOIOIT. Republicans Are,Uvrronfidrnt an Claim Intr Kvrr-thlB; Lriioa a the Miners Strik Bryan') Klee tlon Will Insure a Cabinet OlBce Far Labor The Outlook. Special Washington Letter. i Overconfldenee has taken the place of the cautious anxiety which the Re publicans displayed during the ear'y IKjrtion or the campaign. They are claiming everything. Yet not a single Incident has hap pened to Justify the change of attitude, On the contrary, the drift la entirely Democratic. Never In the history o the country has' there been such au outpouring of jH'ople as that which greeted Rryan on the occasion of his - recent visit to New York. He was but duplicating on a larger scale the expo rierice which has leen his during tlie entire citiniaign. liryau is talkiug common sense and justice. The plain iM-ople appreciate that. His audiences do not have tj be attract ed by reduceil railroad rates and red lire and brass bands. ' It has been admitted all along that the election hinges on the vote of the great Industrial centers. The Kcpuh lic:il.s are pr"tend!ng that they foresee an easy victory for tlieinselves. yet they are using every variety of coer cion ,n sklilcil wagcworkcrs and clerks In all lint's of business. There has been no recent develop ment which would Indicate that the in dustrial vote Is going to be Republic an. On tli contrary. It linds I'.ryan Its clian,Iv!i and the- mouthpiece of ltd protests against trust doinlnation. The workingincn are nt saying how thev are going to vote. To do this would be to Invite more active meas ures of coercion from their bosses They have had too many severe les sens, however, not to fear another four years of trust control. The set I lenient of .the miners strike has dragged lu afashIon which" robs It of any value to the Republicans. After the miners held their conven tion and accepted In good faith the of fer of a lo per cent advance In wages It then appeared that the ojwrators had not actually meant to give even this slight advance. They have been quib bling for ten days, saying that the ad vance lu wages must be computed as a factor in any reduction In tlie price of blasting powder. The price of powder was one of the things which the miners offered to sub mit to arbitration. They waived recog nition of their union, but they stand for a straight advance of 10 per cent lu wages if they are to go back to work. Whatever inconvenience the public feels In the future over the price or amount of coal must be charged to the operators. The miners "have acted In good faith, and their conditions have been reasonable. Perry Heath made himself ridiculous by hurrying to grab credit for Hanua for the alleged settlement of tin-strike. There has tx-en no development so far which has been at all creditable to Hanua. The public Is still paying the advanced price on coal and will do no Indefinitely. The coal combine has made at least JHi.inmi.imk) in extra prof Its ;!iiee the strike lcgan. The miners are no better satisfied than they were the day they weut on strike. The Dem ocratic press has called attention to the conditions of employment forced upon the miners by the coal combine, and as a result wageworkers all over the couutry not only ridicule the Repub lican plea of "prosperity," but they l.ar that practically the same treat ment will Ik' meted out to them If the trusts continue to grow during the fi i r.re s'tuplv fcMney disorders. The kiin.-vs t:tT the blood of all that rhoukln't be there. The blood passes through the kidney every tliree minutes. If the kidneys do Jhcir work no impurity or cause of ihsurdcr can remain in the circula tion longer than that time. There fore, if your blood is out of order yo-.ir kidneys have failed in their woik. Th?y are in need of stimula ti :i. strengthening or doctoring. One medicine will "do all three, the u.-:t au.! nost imitated blood medicine U:ere is .. ' a. fa Z a. J WO 11 f'jMH KW FY J uuuu nest four years as they have grown since IS!!, v vThe miners strike has also been a reminder to the general public that It is dangerous to allow trusts to so com pletely control an article of general consumption that they can defy both producer and consumer. No Improvement In this condition can lie expected unless Bryan is elect ed and the Democratic programme of trust restraint Is put Into operation. . The bureau of statistic which is an adjunct of the treasury, has just is sued a campaign bulletin In which it asserts that a long list of trust manu factured articles have fallen in price since last January. It falsities -the record about most of them, and where it gives the correct price it falls to add, in explanation, that a consumers' boycott, which began last January, has forced prices down on iron, wire fenc ing, nails, lumber and a few other articles. The farmers concluded that they would go without' fencing and lumber and machinery until the trusts f-nt prices. 'When goods piled up liv the warehouses, the trusts did reluctantly reduce prices. The bureau of statis tics also claims that the prices of farm products have greatly advanced this year. So they have In some lines where there is a short crop. flood prices are not of much benefit to the farmer who has scarcely any wheat to sell. There Is not much ditlleulty in Judg ing whether trusts have increased prosperity or not. Each farmer knows whether he can buy more for his produce tliau before trust prices went luto effect. Koch workingman knows whether hie wagus will buy more than they would three years ago. He knows whether the trusts have advanced his wages or not. The Republicans know that each Individual is likely to settle tills question for himself, so they are trying to scare the voters by prophesy ing dreadful ills to follow the election cf Rryau. Rryau's election wilkjncan an era of real prosperity for the whole people. The settlement of the Philippine ques tion will cut off the enormous expend iture for military purioses and make the continuance of war taxes unneces sary. The country need not fear the menace of a big standing army if Bry an Is elected, and the trusts will not have I'll! ted States soldiers to enforce their conditions on employees. Forcing the trusts to conform to le gitimate business methods or quit will render all business and employment that much more secure. If I'.ryan Is elected, lalior will for the first time have Its needs voiced In the cabinet. Unions need not fear legislation which will deprive them of their very exist ence. The election of McKInley will mean not only a continuation of the present policy, but many radical departures from a free government. The. trusts are getting ready to enact hostile leg islation which will force all lalor un ions out of existence. They propose to cut wages all around and Import large quantities of cheap labor. The stand ing army will at once lie increased so that a contingent can le kept at home to overawe labor, besides what is need ed In the Philippines or in China. There will be enormous expenditures to crush the Filipinos Into some sort of submission, so the trusts may ex ploit the new iKissesslons with an in dustry that Spain never displayed. The Republicans dare not discuss the record made by the present adminis tration, but It is only the basis for something much worse if by coercion or corruption the voters can lie made to give it the indorsement of a re-elec tion in November. The Indications are all In the direction of an over whelming and deserved popular rebuke to McKInleylsm. I- A. White. tv l.lxirtnff man tin mor than appetite. -V i The-lalwrina: man. male in the irr.aue of hil Orator, uania mire man iuii umner im ml a nlxv to rii-en. The laborer wants nhortrr. hxir ef latr that t,e may be u'lth his family mie. He want protection from 'V the Walk ltt anil mini irovernmeni dt in- ( in-flnn. He vanta arbitration of liia dif- i frrrmva with capital, and he want rrpre- ij: irntative in the prosl.lrnfi cabinet, that la- ii bor'a oii may be always heard in the ofll- eial hotischold of the chief executive. W. J. 4 2' Brj an. In health the American elttsen pnya tribute to a hnndred traatai atrlcken by alrkneaa. he la taxed by drnar troili If he dtea. the roffln trnat nrlng trlbate from hla nldn. The Silent Grant. Thomas B. Reed, the master of mas ter minds, tlie orator whose eloquence leaves like the ax of a woodman in the forests of Maine, whose sarcasm scorches like the breath of a prairie fire ' and whose arguments sweep on ward In Cashing, foreful. Irresistible rray like a charge of Murat where Is he? R,eeck who never uttered a dull word ro his life, who is brimful of brilliant ideas, has not one word, one Idea, for McKinley. Whom the God Weald Deitrar." The fact that Iioss Hanna loses his tenqicr whenever he essays to make a political sjecch and takes to jersonal abuse and vilification of his opponents shows quite conclusively that he Is dis couraged by the poor progress of the Kepubliean.campaign. New Orleans States. Lift the People I p. My friends, if we want this nation to be what it has been we must teach people by love and lift them up by kindness and not drag them down br the force of a large army. W. J. Bry- n A FEW WORDS TO THE VOTER. You Have It In Your Power to Defeat Trust Despotism. You love liberty and hate despotism; you opiose monopoly; you want gov ernment by the people and not by a class; you wish the flag to be the em blem of freedom: you are convinced that the Republican leaders of today are the agents of the trusts and that. In obedience to the commands of the monopolies, they are betraying the people and establishing despotism. What can you do to save the republic? Listen. -.The ieople are sovereign. The ballot is omnipotent. Three re form parties are in the field under the leadership of Bryan, and. with a con- THE M'KINLEY "Uncle Mark, why am de Republican party represented bj an elephant? "I'm sure I can't say, Theodore. Why is the Republican pflrty represented by an elephant?" j "'Cause it's thick skinned, it can't be trusted. its always reaching out for everything in sight, and it costs an awfid lot of money to keep it.". "Tlie Smoke brothers Messrs. Tobacco Trust and Match Trust will give their rattling musical selection entitled "We-Love to See the Common People Squirm.' " New York Journal. gress" such as will come with his elee- J tlon. the great jiowers of government will uo tiiKen out or ibu nanus oi friends of the trusts and turned against qiouopoly that Justice may be done to all. The platform of the three parties in the 'main declare for the reforms you favor and oppose the wrongs which are Injuring you. These platforms advo cate all the fathers fought and bled for. all that Lincoln lived and died for. Read these platforms and see if this is not true. They speak In no uncertain tone, and the man these reform parties name for president Is W. J. I'.ryan. the greatest living exponent of the princi ples of the reiorm platforms. No man doubts Mr. Bryan's sincerity, n man questions bis courage. If you cannot agree with him in all things, you sure ly do in most things. In this supreme struggle you should make your vote and Influence felt. One thing Is cer taln either McKInley or Bryan will le elected. Which shall it be? Behind McKinley Is Mark Hanna. and' behind Hanna is the plutocracy. All the trusts are for McKInley; every trust Is against Bryan; every Inqieiiallst is against him. Bryan's reliance Is upon the peo ple, and yon are one of the people. Will you be for Bryan and tlie republic or for McKInley and the empire? We draw the line between honest wealth and predatory wealth. We draw the line between that wealth which ia n Jnst com pen an t Ion, for rrvlrra rendered and that wealth which almply menanrea the B'lvnn taare which one eltlzen has taken over many elt Isena. Wll'lam J. Bryan. Hoar Denounces McKInley. But they tell you that a great mis take has been made in the matler of the Philippine Islands. I think so too. My opinion is well known or If it be not well known I am willing to make it known that I thought we thould have done In the Philippine Islands exactly what we have done and mean to do in Cuba. I think that in that way we should have saved the .war. we should have had the love ef that people Instead of their hatred, we should have had everything heart could desire in the way of glory. In the way of trade aye, and In the Ameri can sense of the word. In the way of empire. One of Moody's Jokes. D. L. Moody was always full of fnn. lie satr the comic side of things, and as a boy enjoyed putting practical jokes upon any one whom he well knew. In the rear of his Uncle Sam uel's retail .shoo store In Boston was' a cobbler's repair kit scat, tools, awls.' etc.. and the seat was. as usual, a piece of leather concavcly shaped downward at Its center. One day the workman on this saucer shaped seat felt It becoming uncom fortably damp, then really moisf He rose and saw a damp spot on the acat. Supposing that a few drops of water had been accidentally dropped upon the scat before he eat down, to his work. Le folded an olj newspaper and placed It and sat comfortably down to resume his work. But the moisture seemed strangely persistent- Rising again, he found the paper becoming soaked with water, and he stood perplexed, his hammer In one hand and the soft, wet paper in tie other. Looking this way and that In his perplexity, he soon heard a half chuc kle, half snicker, which could no longer be repressed, and there behind the door was the country boy, learning how to be useful In a city shoe store, as he really and rapidly did, but tak ing his fun as he went along. He had placed a shallow dish of 'water close up to the underside of the center of the leather seat, which only touched the water when the weight of the oc cupant was upon It, so three or four small awl holes served his purpose for that time. Congregatlonallst. Oar Endaranoe. life each member of tha Durlnir MINSTRELS. human body produces poison to itself. When this poison accumulates faster than It can be eliminated, which al ways, occurs unless tae muscle has 'an, Interval -of rest, then will come fatigue, which Is only another expres sion for toxic lnfectloi. If the muscle is given an Interval of rest, so that the cell can give off Its waste product to keep pace with the new productions, the muscle will then liberate energy for a long time. This latter condition ia what we call en durance. Like any other ponderous and In tricate machine, the body requires time to get in harmonious working order. The brain, nerves, heart and skeletal muscles .must be given some warning of the. work they are expected to perform. Ignorance of this fact has broken down many a young man who aspired to honors on the cinder path The necessity of getting all the parts of the body slowly, in working order Is well understood by trainers and Jockeys on the race track, as Is evinced by the preliminary "warming np" they give their horses, although, It is doubtful If the trainers could gtvo any physiologic reason for their ' custom. Popular Science. Witchcraft. "The sixteenth and seventeenth cen turies," said John Fiske, "were the flourishing ages of the witchcraft de lusion. Witchcraft, la' the early ages, was considered one of the 'greatest of crimes, as much so as mjirder, robbery or any other - serioua offwnse against the law, and the belief in if was shared by the whole human race until the lat ter part of the seventeenth century. "In England, in 1004. two women were tried before Sir Matthew na!e. charged with bewitching several girls and a bnby, and they were put to death, for at that time the evidence seemed perfectly rational. In 1015, In Genoa. "j people were burned to death on tbs charge of witchcraft. It was the proud boast of a noted execu tioner in northern Italy, at this time, that in l." years he had assisted in burning fn0 persons charged with sor cery. In Scotland, between lotA) and liJOO. S.fN) people were put to death. an average of 2DO a year. The last execution for witchcraft In England took place in 1712. in Scotland ia 1722. in Germany in 1740 and In Spain In 1731." ' What Ke Waited For. An inspector of Irish schools tells a good story, says the Newcastle (Eng land) Chronicle. At a school where he made a surprise Tlslt a little boy hap pened to come In for the first time and btepped up to the inspector at once. "Sit there for the present." said the Inspector, Indicating the desired spot. The boy obeyed readily, and when the inspector had finished his multitu dinous inquiries Into the knowledge of geography, grammar and arithmetic possessed by the children be found that the boy still sat In the name spot. "What are yon waking for. my boy?" -Please, sir, I ani waiting for the present. - ,' ABOUT THAT FULL DINNER PAIL. What Abraham. Lincoln Said ' Relative to the Subject. Mr. Hanna has repeatedly declared that the full dinner pail argument is suflicieut to lead the working masses to vote for the re-election of Mr. Mc Kinley. He holds that so long as the dinner pall Is full the workingman has no Interest in Inquiring Into the meth ods by which Mr. Rockefeller and oth er trust monopolies pile up millions of dollars in profits every year. To this sort of argument, which is much older than Mr. Hanna or Mr. Rockefeller, Abraham Lincoln replied In a speech as pregnant with homely truth as an .lsop fable. This speech was delivered Sept. 17. lSol, at Cinr clunatl: ' "I hold, if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and If he had eve made another class that he Intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands. But. Inasmuch as he has chosen to make men in the way he has. If any thing Is proved it Is that those hands and mouths are to be co-operative through life and not to be interfered With. Thjat they are to go forth and Improve their condition Is the In herent rliVht kItpb to mankind dl-i-eetly hy the Maker." The president has not enforced ez latlna; laws about the trastaf MeKln lei'a attorney icenernl has not earn ed his salaryi Roosevelt talka abont the lee trnst while away from home, bi:t he doesn't destroy It at home. William J. Bryan. Campaign Flapdoodle. All this talk about a ballot for the country's honor, all this flood of bil lingsgate and Imprecation, all these shrieks of "liar," "coward," traitor," "thief," etc.; all these fairy tales of patriotic gentlemen who propose to go out of business aud discharge their em ployees until such time as the triumphs of the Republican party shall have been assured these stupidities afflict rational and well informed persons and detract from tlie dignity of the cause they are vainly employed to serve. Our institutions would be In a sad predica ment Indeed if their safety and perpet uation depended upon any one Individ ual. Washington Post.- i The Democratic party today Is not ninde up from the ranks of aociety IKMiple. The poor man is In the par ty because he wants a chnuce In life find demands riiinl rlarhts for nil. The Democratic party Is for him. and the Republican party Is arrayed nuuinat him. William J. Bryan. Baalc Prlnelplca. There are but two kinds of govern- M WARM RECEPTION" Is ready for any man, youngf or old who will take the trouble to come to our store and look over our elegant line of Overcoats. We show by far the best values. See what we offer for $10.00 to $15.00. No one in the three cities can match our price. Plenty of. Aferd Benjamin L. AderBros. Co's Fine Suits and Overcoats. YOU KNOW US. THE LONDON ment In the World one, government by the few of the many, based on brute force: the other, free govern ment, based on the consent of the gov erned. The question of imperialism raises the issue between these two kinds of government. The principle at stake is whether the tremendous powers of gov ernment shalTbe used by the few rich for private ends or by agents of the people for the public good. Trusts Moat Re Crashed. Ten men in America control the busi ness of the Unitd States. At their Joint word or command the country would experience the horror and mis eries of a national "tie up " This hand ful of ten men have It In their giant power, whenever the whim or caprice should seize them, to paralyze and stop permanently the wheels of industry iu nearly every staple or commodity of the country, a near and growing per il, ever Imminent, a reality which hour ly threatens the life of the nation. Five of these men who rule the Indus tries of the couutry supported Mr. Cleveland eight years ago in that pres idential campaigu; the other five sup ported Mr. Harrison. That all ten are now supporting President McKInley for re-election is a sinister coincidence and a significant fact. Hanna declares that we mast keep our mills rannlnK conatnntly to sup ply Roods to the markets of the world, bnt at the same time We must maintain a hlo-h protective tariff to prevent the mannf actarers of other nations from ateallnar onr home trade. Mr. Hanna may aicaln fur nlxh nn explanation. t'eoria lleraltl- Traaseript. McKlnley and His Moral Code. The president on Dec. 0. 1S97, said that forcible annexation meant crimi nal aggression and was contrary to our code of morality, and every Republic an Said, "Hurrah for our president, who knows a code of morality when he sees It!" Within two years the president had violated his own code of morality, and now we have 05,000 sol diers, 7,000 miles away from home, forcing annexation upon an unwilling people, and the Republicans are hur rahing for a president who does not let a little thing like a code of morality stand In' the way of progress. It is tough. From Itryan's Speech in Madi son Square Garden. New York. The Mxcult trust mast pay the flour trust's price for Its raw material, but the man who rain the biscuit pays tribute to both the flour and biscuit trnat. Hideous and" I'selcas War. American troops darken the shores of the Philippines, hospital ships la den with sick soldiers are returning, other ships with fresh recruits are go ing over, passing ships with dead men returning; great sums are being drain- ed from the people to pay for It, and what it Is all for and what good it is all going to do no one can tell. "V - ' ' - - - nm v - ,A ' :.-sr .-. I . . ill m ' K ffa V ( ! M - -. . " - ,zt? CRUELTY OF TRUSTS Starvation the Weapon of Thes 1 Modern Tyrants. , WOMEN AND BABES THEIR VICTIMS; How the Fusion Forces t'nder Bry an's Leadership Will Flttht These Knemlrn of Kauai Hlghta-Freight Discrimination to Be Abolished,' What the Republican Party Offers, The most remarkable thing In connect tlon with the trusts is the unblushing statement by the McKInley Republic aus . and Its acceptance ly so many that the only way to handle the trusts) Is through an amendment to the cuiw stitution of the United States. This Is remarkable in several things; First. It is admission that prlvatt monopoly in industry has come to stay. In so far as tlie individuals are con-j eerued who make this admission. For, (a) It is certain that an amendment such as is asked for would not 1m granted, and (b If granted it would lmtj result in a restoration of competitive) prices nor lu a public regulation en trust prices. ! One reason why the amendment would not be graDted Is that it taken from the state legislatures and cityj councils the right to control monopoly and lodges it lu congress, the president; and the federal supreme court, bodic that are tlie furthest removed from thu people's will. i Second. But the most remarkable of nil Is the bracennesa of the claim that an amendment Is needed, for it in known to every Intelllatent man and woman (a) That there are discriminational In freight rates on the railways, and (b) that thla advantage tends t centralise (monopolise) each busi ness that uses the transportation lines, except those which ship their) goods through the iwstoftice the only) avenue where there are equal rights. i Practically all the national organizs tlons of Industry have passed resoliH tions demanding that congress restora power to the Interstate commerce coin mission and that Its power be extend ed iu order that freight discriminations shall cease. 1 In this way the remedy has beer pointed out and is known to a great mass of our most active and Intelligent business men and farmers. Will they) lose sight of this fact? And the fur-, ther one, that the Democratic party backed by the. People's partyand thu Continued on rage Sixteen. Co's and, 1 1