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ESTABLISHED I854.
LEON REPORTER.
O. E. HULL, Publisher.
LEON, IOWA
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Leoi\ Jova, Pottofflce.
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"TtoFUgaf tin Republic Foreveri of
Emplr* Never.''
"Tli* Constitution tnd the Flag, one
u4 Inseparable, Now and Forever."
J^ftOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
For President,
^M. JEN^INpP BRVAN.
PoyYlce.Pwsldf.iit.
^ULAI E.STEVENSON.
C0K|5RESSipNAL TICKET.
rpr Metier, of Congress Eigbtb District
V. R. M'GINNIS,
of Decatur County.
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For Secretary of State,
S. B. CRANE of
Polk Comity.
For .Auditor et State,
X.-M. GIBSON, of Delaware County
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For Treasurer,
H. L. WILLIAMS, of O'Brien County.
For Attorney General,
C. J. HA RPER, of Des Moines County.
For Judge of ISupreme Court,
J. W, FKEELAND, of Wayne County.
For Railroad Commissioner,
'v J. E. ANDERSON, of Winnebago, County.
F»r Electors at. I arRfe,
JOSEPH EIBOEOK, of Polk County, .w,
U. H. MAi.KEY, of Wapello, County
or D}strtpt Electors
jeirst—F- R.HlLLtjR.WastiflBtoii.
F. D. KEISEY. Jaokson.
fit
TWrfl—JOHNELWANGER. Dubuque.
Fourth—M. CARTER, WlnneBhtek.
ftfth—H.TO. REBOK. Tama.
sixth—J. c. WILLIAMS. MAHASKA.
Seventh—C. G. LOOM
18, Polk.
Elsbth—M. B. MAKING,Appanoose,
Nihyh—J.J. SHAY, Pottawattamie.
Tenth—L. J. ANDERSON, Carroll.
Eleventh'— W. W. 8TOWE, Dickinson.
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COUNTY TICKET.
KiKOfVf'i
For Auditor
V.
GEO. CARTWRIGHT
of High Point.
For CJprk of District Court,
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AfSpppR p. M'QQRP,
pfDepfttur.
Kor County Attorney. Jr'S*?
MARION WOODARD,
-JM of Leon.
For Recorder.
CHAS. H. BROWN.
of Bloomlngton.
Per Member Board of Supervisors
WM. H. HAZLKT,
of Center.
Every day brings out new supporters
of Bryan from the prominent men in
the republican ranks. ©•!&«/•*
Republican newspapers anil republi
-:can speeches in congress during the
past year have, punfainpc) not a little
spoking talk about the Peciaration of
Independence and American* principles
—not a little In defense of the policy of
governing people as subjects, without
.^ regard to their own rights or wishes, but
fortbe glory and profit of the governing
~potfer.—Hartford (Conn.) Times.
If congress had never made the spe
cific pledge that Cuba should be free
and Independent we would still «tiave
ftegnflpepiflcally pledged to that'policy,
fh® DeclaiaJon qf Jndeppndenpe js
iuu
ppepiffc'pledge formal!* timtf t#
seiftgovernmen find
pgainst.wbat, Mr. McjjCinley so aptly
palled "criminal aggression." The Cur
ban resolution was' :only a e#ffirmav
Ion, an illustration of our true nation
I polieyfar %nd near, in Cuba and in
fbilippfnteys —Mew York World.
...
Some of the ttel^inley dailies which
avpJ)eepi dedt4i^ing «bont populiiis'
light tell us something of" that fusion
,!di££oNj*wI. ^ve,
Appawntty a pop. is
when he aSijliates with a rep.
THE JOUBNAL EDITOR IN A RAGE.
The editor of the l^eon Journal at
tended the recent democratic county
conventionin this city. The enthusiasm
manifested by the delegates and^ the
many hot shots poured into the repub
lican party by the speakers, has very
much the effect on him that waving a
red flag in front of a wild bull has on
the animal.
He retired to his den and sucked wind
through his teeth until lie was inflated
like a monster balloon nnl then pro
ceeded to work ofl the wind in a column
tirade of personal abuse against the
editor of THE REPORTER.
He is welcome to all the glory and
profit he can secure by such a course.
Personal abufe from such an editor is
high commendation. He has our per
mission to abuse us as much as he likeB.
The people of Decatur county know
him too well to pay any attention to
what he says, and we do not propose to
turn THE REPORTER into a smut mill in
replying to him. Did we care to pursue
such a course we certainly would have
a splendid subject in the man who poses
as the editor of the Journal.
The Journal editor is greatly wrought
up over the manner in which THE RE
PORTER published the proceedings of
the recent republican caucus in Leon
and also the republican county conyen
tion. We Bimply gave an absolve ac
curate account of the proceedings of
these bodies which the Joqrnal editor
did not dare to print in his paper.
Leading republicans have called at our
office to secure copies of THE RII'IIRTER
saying it contained the only real and
true report.
The Journal accuses T«TE REPORTER
editor with lying whefl we charged the
I-eon ring with attempting dictate
nominations and controlling the repub
lican party, and says, there is no ring.
Of course noti in the Journal editor's
imagination Why should there be?
Is be not the ri^ler and' dictator of the
party? Should any coupon every day
tepublicaq eve^ dare to question his
right as tlie Qqpreiqe ruler, the Mark
Hanqa ot (Jecatur county? If be does
Stookey will see that he is read out of
the party.
The fight is now on in the republican
party and a majority of the voters of
that party have made up their mind
that the famira^l^oii ring^ of jrbicb tbe
be turned down and allow the party to
rule itself, instead of a select little ring
which resides in Leon.
This little ring got in some of its dis
trict work when it defeated B.W.Garrett
for chairman of the county committee,
accomplishing its purpose by disreput
able and underhand methods in the face
of the fact that a majority of the com
mittee were in favor of Mr. Garrett |o{
chairmai), '^he {eon rjrig ba^e sub
servient tools in racist of the townships
and through them, at the request of the
Lpon ring certain proxies were secured
in a questionable manner and the
proxies voted in direct opposition to
the' wish of the actual township com
mitteeman. That is how the Leon ring
defeated Mr. Garrett.
The Journal editor says rings cannot
thrive where there are factions and
fights. That the factional fight which
prevailed in Leou among the republi
cans makes it imposs|b|e tq organise
and operate a ring, fbe Journal editor
will find before he is through with the
factional fight that his little ring is
doomed to defeat and that new leaders
will supplant the old gang who have
controlled the republican party in this
county, and the Journal editor will be
forced into retirement.
We hope the Journal editor will con
tinue his policy of personal abuse of
the editor of this paper. He has our
permission for unfortunately for the
Journal editor a yast majority of the
people of this county will not believe
any statement he makes, he ^eoq
.Journal js a liucl?' number.' There was a
tiipe when it WAS ft power in politics,
but that day has passed, and the poor
old Journal is now an objeot of pity
Itbas lost its prestige and is losing" its
patronage. That is what hurts the
Journal editor. It makes Him green
with envy at THE REPORTER'S prosper
ity. 4.
At this rate of decAdcnce, it may con
fidently be expected that the republican
party will before long come to realise
that the a|jolitjop of Blaypr'y WW ft 'pq
(ossa) mistake apd oqr polfireJ fel)ow
pit!gens and piljpjnog wiU be auctioned
jft (di slftvefe tfl.pnrphaaers. Such is the
trend?** goiog back on the declaration
of independence and on the I5th amend
uient, In a few years the republican
ideal will awing back to the: old notion
that slavery is a "divine institution."
Much interest tnriip on -the Maine
^leptiq^i on September 10. It will be a
ireat.indipi^or of the trend of-the gdd
democratic yote. In 1890 MaiiJe gave
over 48,000 plurality for^tne rep^blhmn
nominee. Normally, Maine yield^' 20,
^repnbliciti B0W
^democratic votes are largely"democratijc
wili'tlll the atory. of tie return of Uije
iltidembcr^ta 16 tb^ larger
LEON. IOWA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1900.
Griggs'
Unconditional
Surrender
United States Attorney General John
W. Griggs has written to J. U. Boira
daile of No. 3910 Girard avenue a letter
dealing with trusts and the workings
of the "Sherman act." Mr. Borradaile
has property interests in New Jersey,
and the letter is in reply to one from
him in which, after stating that the
people are opposed to combinations in
restraint of trade and expressing the
hope that the republican party would
meet that issue by nslituting prosecu
tions under the "Sherman act," he asks
information as to the attitude of the
attorney general.
Mr. Borradaile's letter'of inquiry and
the answer received by him from At
torney General Griggs are appended.
MP. BORRADAILE'S QUESTION.
Philadelphia, March 17,1899.
Hon. Johp W. Griggs, Attorney Gen
eral U. S., Washington, D. C.:
My Dear Sir:—As a property owner
and resident of Qcean City, Gape May
county, J-* as a stalwart republican
who worked and voted for you for gov?
eri^of of our state, as weM as for Mr.
Londenlager for Congress, I now, as a
Fellow Jerseyman, beg to ask you ifr
in your o^cial capacity, yow propose
to take any action toward the syipprps
sion of the trv^sts'tUat arp springing up
With mushroom rapjdity throughout the
country in utter defta^ce of the Shergian
anti-.trust law, the ponstit\itionalUy of
wbipii was a(Bruied by the Supreme
Cov\rt of the y. 8. last fall? am trav
eling a g^eat dpal over a. large part of
ihe country, fiud the masses of the
peopip greyly ftropsed upon this sub
|ept, and wish to be able to assure them
that our party will enforce the law and
afford them proper protection.
Please answer to above address and
oblige, yours respectfully,
J. C. BORRADAILE.
MR. 6RI66S' REPLY.
Tbereply of Mr. Griggs read" a?
"Office of the Attorney Genieral
Waishington, D. C., March 20.—Mr. J.
C. Borradaile, No. 3910 Girard avenue,
Philadelphia.—Dear Sir: I have your
letter of the 17th inst., and because it
is evident that you are under serious
apprehensions as to the force arid effect
of the federal law relating to trusts ca^-.
ed the "Sherman act,'-' passed ity 189$,
deem |t proper to fa|j yo\^r attention
to so^p aspects of this matter which
you are obviously ignorant of.
600D CHANCE FOR M'6INNIS.
Says the Creston Advertiser: In all
classes over this district the fact is rec
ognized that Hon. V. R. McGinnis has
a most excellent chance of election to
congress at the coming election. For
over twelve years W. P. Hepburn has
been the alleged representative of this
district in congress, at feast be drew the
salary and answered to roll call.
After Hepburn's first term in congress
he foolishly (for him) accepted a chal
lenge from his opponent, A. k. Ander
son, to discuss the issues jointly before
the electorate of this- district. Discus
sion of railroad freight rates was then
being indulged in. Railroads had been
running things With a high hand, charg
ing any rate they saw fit. Two bills bad
been introduced in congress known as
the Reagan and Cullom bills, for the
regulation ofinterstate freight rates, the
Reagan bill favoring a maximum, {ixec|
jate of law, t^ie Ctyllo(Q bijl favoring
regulation' «f rate by a commission.
The roads favored the Cullom bill as
preferable, as a commission could be
worked, while' specific rates oould not be
avoided.
Hepburn championed the Cullom bill,
as all agents of the corporations did.
Anderson championed the Regan bill.
They diseussed the issues over the dis
trict jointly. Although Anderson was
no orator and Hepburn was uis superior
in ability, yet Anderson bad the rigjit
side, was smart enough to UfWP o^t the
points that" toot wHl» the people and
Hepburn was defeated by over 1500
votes.
When Hepburn was again nominated
he would not accept any challenge for
joint debate, and never has since,
though challenged by every democratic
nominee for congress from that day to
this, He went before the farmers of
the d^trlct making a humiliating spec
tacle of himself he acknowledged he had
been wrong and^had not looked after
their interests, but promised if they
would elect bim agaiu to look, closely
after the interests of his farmer con
stituents. He was elected, and has
been several times since, but has he
kept biB word with bis constituents, the
farmers
the district?
he ever done what act hag
aed of interest to the farw.efQ'
What I
ofn pf ioy power it was sup
have, and has bebotnean ex
witbout power to nuke
tbeoi, and tbe railroads
jpeb
tbej aev.
••ft*"-.-?-
Attorney- Gener
al of the United
States says
that Trusts Cannot be
S up re
Federal Courts.
"In the first place, the constitution
ality of this matter war not affirmed
last fall, but-was affirmed almost imme
diately after the passagel.l the act, in
the first case, which arose, ami has been
regarded as settled so' far as the con
stitutionality is concerned for many
years. "r
"In tlie next pltlce, the Sherman
trust act does not give to the federal
courts jurisdiction over any combina
tion constituting* a restraint and mo
nopoly of trade, unless such trade is
what is known as interstate or inter
national trade or comnpierce.
"A combination or trust for the pur
pose of maintaining a monopoly in the
manufacture of a necessary of life .is
not within the scope of the Sherman
act and cannot be suppressed by the
Federal Courts.
"This was decided in 1894. in the case
of the United States against the com
bination of sugar companies?
"As a matter of fact all of the compan
ies which you refer to as now organic
ing for the purpose of securing com
plete or pairtial monopoly of dit'erent
branches of manufacture, are similar to
the sugar combination, and are not
withiq the jurisdiction '-)f 'the Federal
Courts. If amenable to any law tbey
are apienable to the laws of the respect
ive States.
"This department qever hesitates to
prosecute unlawful combinations which
effect interstate commerce, and if you
will examine the reports of the federal
courts you will find very many cases of
such prosecutions, some effective and
some ineffective. It is a popular error,
nursed by such newspapers as the New
York World, to assert that the attorney
general of the Uiiited States has $ont*ol
of the corporations or combinations
which engage in manufacture in the
various states. This is entirely a matter
of state control, and unll«a the fonctiwur
M$tb,°l ifoold be supei^officieu^o^iCtJ
tempt a crusade ^agrinst affairs with
which I have no business.
"With reference to those large com
binations of capital which are now
forming, my own judgment is that the
danger is not so mqcb to thp pommuni
^y at large as \t to the people who
are induced to put their money into the
purchase of the stock. s. A ni
Very Respectfully,
"JOHN W. GRIGGS.
For years Hepburn has been chairman
of the interstate commerce committee of
the house, yet he has never raised his
voice nor reported a bill enlarging the
powers of the interstate commerce com
mission, He was not there for that pur
pose, but at the request of the corpora
tions ^ntpfeated, to tpake the commission
as useless as possible and as little ob
jectionable to the railroads as pos
sible.
What has be ever done for the inter
ests of the farmer constituents of the
district? He voted for a tariff on lumber
which makes it cost farmers $2 per 1000
more than it should. He is a.supporter
of the iniquitous robber protective tarifl
which raises the price of every article
tbe farmer buys but does not help the
price of what he sells, and its bastard
offspring, the trust, a menace to the
commercial interest^ of the country.
Thpre are hundreds Of good, loyal re
piiblipans in this district, much more
able to represent the district in congress
than Hepburn, who are heartily tired
of Hepburn holding this position for a
life time. They know his subserviency
to corporate influences and would like
to see him beat, but lack the courage to
come out and openly oppose him tor
nomination. They have been waiting
an opportunity to Vote for a good,
clean, democrat who would honestly
represent this district, t? beat Hepburn,
and flow thpjr opportunity is at hand.
Each pannty in the distriot has them,
and. they will quietly vote againftt tbe
agent of the railroads in congress tbi*
fall and retire Mr. Hepburn to private
life and make it possible, thereby, for
some good, republican of the -district to
get a chance at this good position.
Word from all portions of the district
brings flattering reports of McGinnis'
prospects.
The Democratic World ii edited at
the lively town of Shenandoah, in the
county of Page, where Hepburfi former
ly lived. The World disowns him as a
eitizen, and says be only returns often
enough and stays long enough- to re
tain a legal residence. That paper sees
victory ahead for McGinnis, and com
ing from Hepburn's borne county, the
following from the Shenandoah World
is d^niQcant, t^nd s^oQld' be reassuring
io deffpwatq ip otber eouffties of the
'dlstnotv
"It is our firm and *ettf«U ««*victlon
tbatiD sp\v« pi *11 tbe wafMMei «nd
tbe aisorance of tbe repubUcans of thi*
coonty. tbit Uw defoocrats -of Page
county atlastaaveanopport unity to
vote for the uen'they hat
4BSQIiUICiyURE
1
Makes the food
more delicious and wholesome
to believe V. R. McGinnis, our candl
date for congress, will be elected and we
wish to assure our democratic friends
that there is only one reason that he
may not be. That is to be feared and
it must be allowed to happen. 'Nothing
can defeat him except our voters stay,
ing at home. If we can poll the full
democratic vote in this congressional
district Mr. McGinnis is our next con
gressman. There is a large element
among the republican party who are
tired of Mr. Hepburn. Mr. Hepburn
comes into this district often enough,
attd remains long enough to hold his
legal residence and that is about all.
When here he sees a few of his personal
friends, meets a small number of the
aristocracy in his rooms and retires
to his home in Washington City. He
represents his constituents about like
Hanna does the republican party—he
represents the part of it that suits him.
We say there is quite a large element in
his party who are ready to retire him.
All the democrats are quite willing and
we want to urge every democrat to cast
his vote this fall no matter how much
he hates to spare the time. It is vital
to our cause. It is your duty and you
must perform like a man. There is
an army of democratic voters in Iowa
this fall that can fulfill an obligation to
themselves, to their party, and to our
nation, the neglect of which would be
fatal lo our cause, and almost criminal.
Don't forget it new. There is no ques
tion but that we pan elect V. R. McGin
nis to congress if you will each one do
your duty."
In theory, perhaps, tbe McKinley
idea may be the more lofty, if we could
believe in its sincerity but Mr. Bryan's
idea is surely the more patriotic as well
as.jjie niore practicable.
,1ff
eyery Filipino," says Mr. Bryitf,
"were to die the world should go on,
but if this nation, the greatest republic
of the world's history, puts out its light,
if this republic turns its back to the
doctrines which we loyed a century and
a quarter ago, then to what nation of
the world can the people look for hope
and inspiration?"
The paramount i,s0up in this cam
paign is the preservation of our own
republic, which is worth more -than all
Asia to the causeof man kind.—Boston
Post
su
Mr. Roosevelt is the Alfred Jingle of
the republican party. He has hurt the
cause of republicanism vastly by his
foolish intemperance of speech. He
has insulted more than half the voters
of the United States because they do
not think as he thinks that he thinks.
1V*
The bluest blue makes the whitest
white, that's Russ' Bleaching Blue.
Refuse fraudulent imitations.
HowTo
Gain Flesh
Persons have been Known to
gain a
pound day
SOVAIUKIM MJWOCR CO., NEW YORK.
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUES l|
r,
11
President McKinley wants the United
States to keep on fighting the Filipinos
for the sake of the brown man. It is
our holy duty toward pilose misguided
people, he thinks, to kill them off until
isalion and happiness.
Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, prefers
to regard the welfare of the American
people rotber than that of the Filipinos.
"You tell pie," he says, "that a man
who lifts his voice against the doctrine
of imperialism is pleading the cause of
the Filipino. I tell you he is pleading
the cause of 70,000,000 of American citi
zens, Aye, he is championing the rights
of the struggling masses of the world,
who look to America for example."
by taking
an ounce of SCOTT'S EMUL*
SION. It is strange, but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop
eny, so that the patient is able
to digest and Qtapfb ordinary
food, which he couM not do be
fore. and that the
W«v
th« gain
is made.
A amount of flesh is
necessary for health if you have
not got it you can get it by
taking
REPORTER SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 2
MR. BRYAN ONlTRUSTS.
From an Address to Republicans
atWahoo, Neb., Aug. 21.
The republican, party is, trying to
day the very same policy on these other
questions that it tried on the money
question in their platform, and yet you
cannot find a republican paper and
read it, if it is a daily, for a week, ,and
if it is a weekly paper for a month,
without finding a defense of the trusts.
Tbe republican platform denounces the
trusts and republican editors are
spreading before the public arguments
defending tbe trusts. You will be told
what a liberal man the man at the head
of the trust is. You will be told of the
great advantages to be deriyed from the
corporations because of the permanencyof
employment. Now, why is it? It's be
cause the platform is hypocrisy. The
republican party does not intend to
destroy the trust, but, under the cover
of a platform denunciation of the
trust, the republican leaders are trying
to quiet the minds of the people and
make them accept the trust as a good
thing. 1 want you who have been vot
ing the republican ticket to ask your
selves how the republican policy is
going to help the people of this com
munity. Let every man ask himself
how the trust is going to help him, I
would ask that, but I would be accused
of appealing to selfishness. The man
who stands at the head of the trust may
be selfish, while the man being gouged
cannot be selfish. It is. all right for the
head of the trust to vote the republican
ticket and contribute to the campaign
fund, but if I tell the man who pavs
the dividends that he ought to look out
for his own interests the. republican
party says I am bringing the appeal
down to too few it level. The man who
bftys a truBfcmade jrrtide ^M as much
right to look arrer bh
the campaign as th«^^ who sells a
trust-made article. Suppose you want
ed to .buy barb wire—haven't you a
right to inquire why it has gone up?
Suppose you wanted to buy oil—haven't
you-a right to inquire why it has gone
up? You know the republicans for
years told us what a great jjlessing tbe
Standard Oil Company was to reduce
the price of oil. That was because tbey
were trying to secure all the properties.
Yet tbey haye declared dividends so far
of 40 per cent.
RECQRp OP THREE YEARS.
There are republicans who were de
nouncing the trusts until the republican
party got in and then there were more
trusts organized under the republican
administration during the last three and
a half years than were organized in the
previous history of the country, and
they are now trying to make themselves
think it is good. They have had to
change their opinion as fast as the re
publican party changed its position.
Let me give you a recent illustration.
When Mr. McKinley sent his message
to congress saying it was our plain duty
to give free trade to Porto Rico those
republicans walked on the streets and
echoed "plain duty." Then something
happened. Some power behind the
throne began to work. We have never
been able to locate it exactly, but we
know of this power, just as we know of
a tornado, by its effects. This power
overrode the recommendation of gover
nor general of Porto Rico this power
overrode the petition of the people of
Porto Rico this power overrode the
chairman of the committee on ways and
means and compelled him to bring in a
bill directly the opposite of the bill he
first introduced this power overrode
the president and made him sign the
bill when he said it was our plain duty
to do the opposite, and the' republicans
have to turn somersaults and say "It .is
our plain duty tq. dieny what was our
plain duty before""^ It was last Decem
ber when tlie president skid "plain
duty," and it wop -after tiiat you men
were shouting "plain duty," but a
power greater than Mur administration
controlled shcNAaf^cret^pofctt was
great enough to tea£ the flag from the
conStitutidgB alj.d to pssert the doctrine
that the president and congress are not
re*trainnjf by the coqstitntton when
dealing with peppl,e "of the Unifed
States'.
ttepnblioans, are you willing to turn
«yer oil' this question just because youi
party, has done a thing.that' you know
.is not right. Tbe young republican
whose back is so strong and supple that
he can turn sorhersauits easily may keep
on, but the old' men are gettiiigf stif)
andM do not Relieve they can turri'much
longer. Men like Governor Boutwell ol
Massachusetts and others who have re
ceived honors at the hAnds of the 'Re
publican party^ 'Men who have been
jKotnlneiit in its Affairs,. but wlib bold
their oonsciehce fboye party ailegfciice,
declare that they tfiirfiot turn merely
the repijJ^caiittarty ifcilnrn
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ABOUT HON
SIS
RL M'dlNNIS
The Sidney Herald in its write-up of
the big Patriots of America meeting at
Riverton, speaks thus of the principal
speaker, Hon. V. R. McGinnis, our next
congressman:
Mr. McGinnis is a young man of the
most sterling qualities of mind and
character. He impresses one, whether
he is engaged in public address or quiet
conversation, as a man of the strongest
conviction. He not only appears to
have his own mind stored with truth,
but also leaves the impression that he is
utterly above all chicanery oi* political
cunning. It is our firm conviction that
if he is spared for many years he will
be found to be a true friend of the pure,
the good, the beautiful and a champion
of the people. At the close of, his ad
dress, those who heard him expressed
the hearty opinion that he is
man who should represent this
in congress. If the voters of the dii
will allow themselves to vote :for
own interests, no matter how mui
tVust and imperialistic influences ma'
seek to prevent them and lead them
astray, they will neyer regret that they
used their elective power to seat V. R.
McGinnis in the house of congress.
WHAT BRYAN WOULD NOT HAVE.
The McKinley organs are busy con
structing a cabinet for Mr, Bryan. No
one knows exactly who Mr. Bryan
would call into his- cabinet, but every
one knows the kind of cabinet he would
not haye.
He would not have a secretary of
state who would lick the boots of roy
alty.
He would not haye a secretary of the
treasury who would give to a coterie of
national bankers control of the public
finances and free use ot tbe public
monies.
He would not have an attorney gen
eral who was owned by trusts.
He would not have a secretary of the
interior dominated by land grabbing
corporations.
Ae would not have a postmaster genk1:
eral who would conceal facts like those
perpetrated by ltathbone and Neeley.
He would not have a secretary of the
navy controlled by the armor plate
trust.
ould not have a secretary of war
'ed by tjie beef trust.
It is our firm and' settlM. ^n^aifidi
that in'Spite of all the confidence and
the assurance of the republicans of this
county that the democrats of Page
county, at least have an opportunity to
vote for the men they have nominated
and elect them, We have every reason
to believe that V. R. McGinnis, our can
didate tor congress, will be elected and
we wish to assure our democratic friends
that there is only one reasomi that be
may not be. That is to be feared and it
must not be allowed to happen. Noth
ing can defeat him except ooor voters
staying at home. If we can poll the
full democratic vote in this congression
al district Mr. McGinnis is our next
congressman. There is a large element
among the republican party whi are
tired of Mr. Hepburn. Mr. Hepburn
comes into this district often enough,
remains long enough to hold his legal
residence and that is about .all. When
here he sees a few of his personal
friends, meets a sm$U number of the
aristocracy in his rooms and retires
again to bis home in Washington^ity.
He represents bis constituents about
like Hanna does the republican party
He represents the part of it that suits
him. We say there is quite a large ele
ment in his party who are ready to re
tire him. All the democrats are qiuite
willing and we want to urge
every
democrat
to cast his yote this fall no
matter how much he hates to spare the
time It is vital to our cause. It i»
your duty and you must perform it like
a man. There is an army of democratic
voters in Iowa this fall. that can fulfill
an obligation to themselves, to their
party, and to our nation, the neglect o£
which would be fatal to our cause, and
almost criminal.
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Don't forget It nmr.
There is no question but that we can
elect V. R. McGinnis to congress if you.
will each one do your duty..—Shenan
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