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I Mil WAR VETERANS Hi PENSION LEGISLATION Republican Parly Wholly Responsi bio for Caring lor Old Soldier. Democrats Opposed All Friendly Aid Damning Record Taft Great Friend of Q. A. B. The I'epnblicnn party has Just caup 1i Ih proud of it pension record. With l hp mil of imtrlotlt' men from other parties It waged to a successful con elusion, t ho greatest war tf modern tillM'S. It bus never censed to honor 1 1n1 oHicrr mill men who romsn'd the victorious iinny. livery Itepuhlienii Pro-blent elected since tlio close of Hint war had Ihvii h conspicuous olti tr of tlio Federal iinn.v. with tin ev ivptioii of President Hoosovelt. whose brilliant ivmvil ill tlio Spanish war is it 111:11 tor of Just pride to tlio American N1lplo. HrnnMIra Pension I.eaUlallnn KiMiiililli'iin legislation for tlio o'.il soldier, hi widow iiml hi minor ehil Iron ha I m generous niul bountiful I'lic Inviillil Trillion Law of July II 1 :;. unit tlio Iii'iN-nilont Ijiw of June Ii". Is. i". are iiioiiiimoiits of Itepubll ran ii' -hlovomeut niul tienr witne P tlio eoiinlry' tender cure of it soldier nnd It sailor niul tliolr families. Tlio A. t of Juno 17. IVMi. Is a fitting Illustration of tin- generosity of tin 1!, Mii.M. .-in natty t-nvrirtl tlio veteran of tin' CMl War. Till law wa passed hy 11 Iti-piililli'iiii emigre, vw signci liv a lCcpiihlh an President, niul through It iiilinliiNtmtioii there uui xh-iiiH fliint v tht next fiscal your n total n mi' of Sr.s.T'.'V S."l. The number of vi. I. In ri receiving tho lienctlt of till net 1 mitr.l to 4i:.7-l. while tho mini bcr of tin- iloiK'niloiii relieved hy tbi Act was '71."J't. Tlio gain III tho tmiii I'rr of ix'IihIi.imt nmlrr till Act. ovc tho prcvioii year was .t;i.'t mnl tin1 ciiln from Juno an, istsi. to January ", P.4. wax 4.!i!i:i. Tho Kcpubllonn party passed tho Art of April l!. t!no, increasing pension nf nil widow from its to tlJ 'r ii:i-ntli ntnl granting pension without rof 01110 to tho valno of proporly or in come. Tho Itepuhlienii party nl mi passed thr A't of rcliruary ti. V. granting tension to soldiers ly reason of t?e alone, wit hunt regard of (II utility. Ilrmiirralll Onpnaltloa Hrrnrd. Tho lM'iiiiK rntio party, a such, hn oiM.i'il every incaHiiro voting 1 ir pniitloiiH for (xiisloii. It ivconl for tlio pat forty year I 0110 of oppo sition to those moil who In. it tho hard ship of war mnl Jeopardized their livcs that tho I'nlon might. U proscrv id. Here Is a brief list of tholr oill rial, a.lvorw A't ill fniinrotw towanla thr votonin of tho t'lvll War: Iti lTs n hill patwod tho II01110 ro poiillni: all limitation of timo In whl Ii iippllciillon for arroar of poii.-loii Khoii'il ho maile. Till wim oppooil hj 11 majority of tho I icnioi rat. Tho hill iiirroalii tlio ont.loii for widow from i'li;lit to two'vo ilollaiH i r ni'.iith wan oppoi'(l hy tho ItoniiM'Mt. Tlio Amputation I'.lll pnsoil AiuiihI 4. 1!Hi. :ik iipHiwil hy tho I icnioi rat ami vol pl for Kolhlly hy tho Itopiil.lii'iin in tho Ilono. Tho Widow' Arroai Hill, tho liisahility ViiIoii Hill wi 10 In. Ill foiiclit hlltorly hy tho I (oiiiorrnt. In tho Koity-ililrd t'oncro a I pendent I'l iisloti Kill wit voted on In tho Senate. I lie Itepuhlienii sill irt ii'it it Milldly mnl tlio lioininrat oppoinu it hy a two-thiiil voto. hi tho llou-o till hill wa Mited for Hoililly hy Co puhlieaiiM and oppovd hy a majority of tho I louioei'iil. After it had pni'il tho IIouko mnl Sennto It wa vetoed hy President t'levelanil, a I ioiihm tat. An eflort wa made In the Iloiine to pa km the hill over Cleveland'; veto, the Ko puhlliaiiH volini; i: for It and the iK'liioeratK VotliiL! nvulnl it. Thl vote sliowcd that twenty nine lieiinHT.il who had originally voted for Hie Mil hnti'lied to avail theliiM'lve of tho opportunity nlTorded hy tin- prei llellt veto, to Vote li'alllNt it. tllll te. tiflii'.' their real Heiitiiiient. while twenty other llenioifat who had (1'i'ln ed tho first vote eaini up promptly and Mipported tho veto. The I to pendent Tension hill was hitterly opir.oil by tho li'iii'M iMt. the lteiiilil!' an pilltlni: it tlnoiilt doKpito the opposition. Tl.ls hill, lis the old Hldio"fc well Know, will promptly xluneil hy I'tisident ilar- 1 Isi.ll. IKiiiocrnX lllIIU Vftprun. To sum up, the foiloivliu: cive tho total 'f lolllleell Vole of ('ollu'less iipmi t1,.' most important of the viuloii pension iiHasiins p:'s"iit"d sime the war. : 1 l.'llio' I :is lor the hill I li iiiik l-.it" HL'ali:sl I he liills. . !ep'.l.ln an l"f the hlils Hepill'liiatis ir.'aiust the hi' is 1 hi' ollirial rei-ord of natio hilioii -Iim, tliat of all ill" I!' presi'leiit siiee tin' war, only ;:hl.o!il his M'-' at ui'e from si. .11 Mil. an I ilial n.is lienor .... 417 .... ;ts .... lo'i'i None i.al l"-is I 1 1 1 i i : 11 olio ll.i any pcii al i.r.i: f. 1 i.pprove Mis have W-lO WHS folli In dec 'ne t five of these bills. The ilelli'l niilv been In power for 11 11 few brief years since the war. nnd tl.eii- pr. ! dent, tirover Cleveland, veticd p'-n Men 1.111. The records sh nv 11. .it every pension law lias be.-11 pissed by lli';ii!ili-nn votes, nnd every pension defeated tin born defeated hy Hern- oerntle votes ovory HMiion hill ve toed. '.'! In nuinlMT, wii vetoed by lV tnoenitli' pretdiletlt -oX(l-t tlvp. Th Old oliltrra 'rlil. The lteiuhliean party ha kept Its promise. Tliroui;h It legislation there ha boon (lishtirscd In tho pn.vnient of 'onsloii on neeonnt of the 'lvll war. to Juno :, I'.hih. j3,r,:t;i..i!i:i,o.'.i.!n. ana there were on the pension roll on tho it date ti:i.'I.:i:i.H veteran of the t'lvll vr mid a total of IHlT.Il"! iienaUmera of all war and classon, nnd on June 11, llMi.l. them were approximately on the pension roll. lVJl.i") surviving rrf- mint. All the elvllb.ed nations of the oiirth omhitied linvp not tspialed tho l lllteil Stall- III lllwrality In urantinu jienslons, bounties, homestead and land war. rant, providing homes, etc., for war veteran. The appropriation for thp present tlseal y(sir. for paying ts-nslon, Is ,ir,j.iKiii.tn--mom wian otip-nrtii of tho entirp revenuo of the govern tueiit. No man who was not old pnoiiRh to Ih a fin tor in that great strmttflp could tilve hi heart and soul more oomph tely to the welfare and wellls-lug of the vet emus who foiurht for llls-rly and right in the d.iv of 'I'll to 'tl.1. than Mr. Taft lie I the reeoL'tilzed mid distinguished friend of the old soldier nnd Is pledged to oiutv out Itepulillean policy in Celiero'i manlier lowarn tne iiiiiiki Army of tlio Kepuhlie. lie has never Ims'H t busy to tho veteran nun listen with sympathetic Interest to hi inst ileniMiiils. Taft. n President, will ls mi al.iiline fast friend to all the survivors of all our wars. BRYAN AND TILLMAII. Hold Identical Views on the Oues tlon of Negro Disfranchisement. On Hie (pnstlon of netrro dlfran ehlsenieut Itiyan, of Nebraska, and Till man of South Carolina, stand shoulder to shoulder. Mr. P.ryan ha dellned hi altitude in the following language-: The w hite man in the south ha ill rr.iin htsed the neirro In self protection. The white men of tlio south lire dc terniiiied that tho negro shall be (II fraiiililsed everywhere if necessary t nrevent the recurrence of the horrors of cariM'thag rule." s..n:iior Tlllmaii has spoken even inure frankly, n witness the followln "We stutTed ballot boxes and wp shot . . t . .0 i negroc. p are noi asuaiuen 01 u. In the south Mr. P.ryan Ke a the special friend of the negns-a nnd as sures them that his election as presi dent will be greatly to their advantage. Senator Tillman alo lnll Unit be Is their best friend. Iloth of these emi nent lX'iiiocrats would prove their friendship for the negro by robbing him of his constitutional rights. That the Intelligent negro citizen of northern state should vote for Mr. Itiyan In spite of hi ots'ii approval of the (llc-rralichlscnient of their fellow-iiegr-s of the south I simply unlip llevnhle. A well might they be ex- 1. ..I 10 vote for tho restoration of slavery. Tsf I mril I'nluulaM Whenever tho is-ciision lias made it moor f ir him to do so, William How ard Tail lias Invariably shown hi be lief in the wisdom of Justice of organ ized labor. Not only a a Judge on the biii.li but as governor of the Philip- nine Islands niul a secretary of war 1, nil trot of Howards of .'H'.'""' bi!.ii"is eniiiloved III the Panama fallal I... has rrio'-llizcl tlio right of workiic.'uien to oig.inio for their own protection and advantage. A govern or of the Philippine Mr. Taft stt g iv urged the native workinginen to f,,ii,i l,i I, nr unions, partly as a mean of inculcating correct Ideals of the dig nity of lalsir and partly In order to 1 -'a I list the nerll of a vast in flow of cheap laUir from t'hina l.a hoi- World. tiiiiniier'i ml 1 mIosj l.sbor. me iiivdlct ion that union hilmr would l-csi lit the lltteinpt of PfesliS'llt coolers ..f the American I'eileratlon to drag it into the Itryan catnp was freely ventured early in the campaign, .-now I! Is coming true. Hardly a day passe without Irish advance from some par ..r the .1 trv of serious friction I ium'Ii the leader of the l edeiiit ion and his former supporters. i.-ii.i..iiilv ii ners will not I alili lo i-nrrv out his undertaking to ilellvi r o.ioii liihoi- voto to llrvnu. I'uioii lalioi- is li."lligent enough anil I111I1 , ,..1,1,11 1 eiio:igli to Insist upon doing 1 lii Hi thinking tor 11011. mhw.ui kee K veiling Wisconsin. iitlii'n rlei'leil. n I ciecl In lo-, I Inlen.l lo einill.iuo m Interest In labor. I ItHinu liiloir Its rluht lo lv pill oil H level "llll elili.loj Inn Hint oilier -lse. iifllher nloitv nor lielo. I m for ullnu Inlior n miuai-ti ilesl " W illiam II. 'i'aft ut t lileuuo. (liliilon n( an lnili-iK-nil. nl. Tlio ol rs of the I i':t .1 Slates ceriainly urn!' TMaud Mr. Tail b.i t Ion ihi.v, and w e shall w hoi Iter desire wii' h an orderly aihaii'-ing o iiiier. sis of good governincnt, of h will eloe they f the .iiest line. fcllt- the I nnd ' ami progns an acng mo 1 as p.- proii.iscs- ti r he is a trans-m ! Iv honest man. amply couimi t le I t !! o.evell I l.l for ellUih. ies. nnd can be trusp lorn le.lll. d to and III 'III with w i springlli Id Kcpubl II r a lililn't l-.n. l-crtior ll-U'll' s e!oi -I tne '. ller rule 1.1,1 be. HIM' a state . 11 app iiiieil for tlio p-.'ipos. cent pi: 1 1 1 i .- I lie ,11 "Iter iitla'vs I 1. 1!.. A 1 1 . t i. n r.ut 1 liter 1 iider iil'.cslic.llloli. Ill' tg'ies witlmiit nppan i :il there is such a . omin.s-tin- idea of Investigating nilii snug hhn ollC llellloi'l'Ul. anyway. St. Lonls EXPERIENCED WORKMAN DON'T VOTE YOURSELF DUTY 0 F THE FIRST VOTER May Change keaults in Certain Doubtful States. Should Carefully Examino Record of Two Leading Parties and Start Right Real Americanism. It I not beyond the range of pos billty Hint Hie tlrst volet in Ibis pro-' delitial election may hold the balance or power In a few of the doilbttul States. It I dllllcillt to as.-ert:ilu Hie exa.t slrelgth of this vote, hence It otiers a fort ili Held for speculation. An intelligent estimate armed at by Hie onlv authentic data available would ... . , . 1 ..r .1... seem to estaniisii me iiiinosr 01 iui voters ill the rnited Slates at this pr' nit nt lal election somew here near three million. These young men are to east their llrst ballot for I'lcsideid In earl NovemlM-r. There is also no accurate way of knowing Just how these voles ure pro- ated lo the ilincrolit Mates. 11 is probably true that the safely iN-mocrat- Stale mid l lie saieiy iiepiinie-110 State liave houietnmg 01 u souoai ipiota. ami lo that extent, of course, the votes III the electoral college wn 1 he liillileliced either way. hut how about the efieot of Ihl unknown vole in the doubtful Slates'' Past experience shows that in these Slates 1111 Increased suttrage ill iaor f one party or Hi her. from 1 to per cent, may change I lie results nun mark the defeat or victory 01 einier party. It Is Hie lirst voles III doubt ful Slates that I or supremo lin.r taii.c. I low will they be cisi': I 'or I ciuiMTiiey, negation a policy destruc tive of all' that I good, and obstructive of all thai Is progresslvo-Hir shall they be for Tuft and Sherman, who repre sent the great constructive business league in America, known us the IH- piililieiin parly? I'lTforinnneo m. rromiw. The iH'i'foniuince of the lb-publican party may well Is- eoiiirnsieii wim me .listiiiciive luetics of the party of slav ery. Stale rights, secession, aliti expall- 111. free silver, free trade, government ownership of railroads, nnd numerous other foolish and Impossible makeshift epeilieni cs. I rolll llie iiuiiiiii iai coin to the renowneil I art. mere 1 one lorn? Ii f brilllatit achleveiiicnts to Ihe credit of the llcpnhlloan party l oi'ciuost mnoiig these many victories Kill foi'owr stand Ihe abolition of human slavery. Lincoln gave Ills life thai four million of human being might I' set free, lie washed the slain of human slavery forever from the star and stripe. The lb-publican par ty saved the I'iiIoii and made this u free republic forever. Thlt ly si veil j ears later the cry of the oppressed went up from 'nba; her people had been ground into the dust for lour centuries by Spanish greed and oppression. Another Ib pnblii 1111 Presi dent, another American inanyr. came to the rescue of the Juocn of the All- liiles. and William McKlnley. acting for ihe Ibi iililicau parly, ti I Tuba and nut her feet ntxill the solid lock of neaoe nnd hope. Invincible in war. Hi Itcpulilican party lias neconipllshi d er, :il 1hlins 111 lime of pence, only a generation ago a ItopilhU an Secretary of Slate i.iii'i hnsod from despot le Kits- sla its oniv possession 011 Ihe North Aineiiian coi.ilneiil -Alasl.11 and 111 ste.ul i f it being a menace. ? it for nicily was. to tne peace 01 our num. k now stands as a sentinel guarding Aioirioaii interest in the Northern I'a- . i:;.- and Allantl ai,s- Another glelll liepllbl .'all Secretary i f Stale sc iiiid for the I'lillel States the mien iloi'i policy In ("aiiia and thil gil.iraiili -ed ispial comiiiei-cl.il rights for Aliieli a ill the t'elesiial Klcgdolil for all time. Through a lb p'.il li .111 Pros i.ji in mnl .1 great Secretary of War the Hon. Williatn llowanl Tal'l -Hie I ul'cil State is today buil.l.ng the r.iii.,111.1 canal the rcalr'atioii of Ihe illea'u o a .'e. Wii.'ii we aeiiiicd the I'iillippines an. I 1'i.rlo ltieo we set aluit to i-slali-listi pulilie schools and maUe education pe i ilile 1,1 all those k, r.( 1 1 people. - .llvl Now luin'M-'ils ol thousand of l lllpino an I Porto It.ciio chihlicn are sj e.iklli'j the llngllsli language and singing the songs of patriotism and treed iiu with their faces turned to the future una A LESSON TO ITHST VOTEM. their eyes resting oomplnn'litly Uo the "Star Spangled Maimer." I'or all limp these matchless victories in war. and constructive statcsman-hlp In peace, will stand to the credit of the Itepulillean party. Knumm br Ha Krnlta. The Itepublleail parly never ha bud factions within Itself ooii.-ornlng Issues. It lias been uuaiiiiiioii In knowing what It stood for. There i something alsnit the Itepulillean party that send thing up als'Vp par. and something almt the Iioiiks ralle party that scisls thing down llow par. AIoe par I sun light, summer, hop nnd plenty. Above par I the tire light ih nig on the wall of contentment, to the song of Ihe l.etlle singing on Ihe liearih or pleiuv. Itclow par. Hunger and Want and P.ankrnptcy sit brooding by dead ahe. while Ho caudle of life gutter down to the shape of a winding shoot. A lninln Hci-orH. The people of this oouniry only once In nearly n half century have listened to lieiias ratie promises, followed lem 01 ratio ud vice, and placed that party In nowcr. Imrlng that I icniocratie ad- tnlnlstratloii our national debt Increased a half million dollar eadi day. Kadi day we lost a half million dollars in foreign trade; farm pruluct decreased more than .. n . Kear. distrust and iiimic naraLvxed the great Industr.sl svstem (r our ontiiitrv: hank closed their iliMir; business house iisiiiihi; Ihe balance of trade wa against us; bonds were Issued, capital withdrew from the Held of legitimate enterprise In'o secret phnvs ; lalsir wa fon-ed In to unwilling Idleness; we had deserted mill, smokeless factories, silent nui chlncry. What has the I mo rntie party done to coiiimaiiil coiillilenee that give it a l ight to assume to advise the American iMsmle. The 1 S'lies ratie party ask lib wav to ! judged by the future and not by the past. II always ak to ! .ludgisl by it promise and not by It 'performance. Why should a t'arty that brought uui u the horrors of the Cleveland administration, that went historical over fns- silver, a party that ha learned nothing In fifty year, that ha forgotten nolhlng ill fifty year, a party that hn not kept n promise In ilftv vear. n tmrty that ha not lvn rigiit In tirty years why should this imriv assume that with It wisdom shall lierlsh from the eartliV The I h'tiiocrat ic party alw ays has it fan to the past and it back to the fut.irp. It never see 1111 oppirtunity until It I passed, and never gets 011 tin light "hie or any Issue until It Is set tled. Mich I a portion of Hie record of thi self i-onsilllt(Hl kei'lHT of Hie country's eonscicni-o. and I lie country' welfare. H M -defeated, discouraged. disorganized, disannul, divided, dc ei'init old lienioeratle party. It stand to day without an Issue, wiuiout a priu- Iple. without a policy, without a plat form, without a leader, anil wiinoui loe. The lirst voter should vote and vote light. lie will vote light hy voillig for Taft and Itepulillean pros-rlty. .horn roerl ol t ti Ions. "I'hey are not gone." replied Mr. T.i ft. "The lalsir 01 ganljit ion tislay are more liinspi-roiis. have more lutlil- .., have more lawful control than they ever had In their live l'fore. The American I'eil-rntloii of Labor has lu 1 leased It iiiiiiiImt l' 1 r cent. The Inli ruallouiil Tj--sigr.iphic.il union In It .'tioiiial report showed an increase from '.'Viiim to l.-i.iiiui. They paid in live millions of dollar; Ihey had "fjo'i. cm in their treasury and Ihey never Iiml sueli pross'rily or influence in their live and the basis ii which those A'l ganizatl iis have 1 11 con structed are the local line which I laid dow n in iiiv l -.tal opinion. I lu re! t 1I.1I111 lhal tin re is uoboilpy III public life lhal has done mole lo legalize and -he fi :( ai d standing In lalsir union than I have." Mr nn. His I '11 safe I'.nnliiPer If vol! can Idol ure the prosi I'lf.V o.il wi'lt'ale of II. l.l M ll 1,1 K ( I 'ople. car lis.) 111.0:1 a groat engine, v illi a eloe II., 11 or one of two engineer, both III lent 111,011 reaching a certain o'lieetivo 1,. .int. both honest, both determined. believe the selection of Willl.isu II. Tall would ! the select loll ol' the engineer who. earncstlv intent 1 ; hi mission would consult the clement of s.ilety ,,i- it.iioier of truck and would arrive In safety at hi destination. Mr. P.ryan IT selected, woiiid throw the throttle w ide open and with his Impatience 11111 enthusiasm, would lie a. likely to land 11 in the ditch us at the station." lletil'V l' Coclicnn of Wisconsin. OUT OF A JOB. PATRIOTISM. Brynn Opposed to Olvlng Nebraska Volunteers Praise. It has Im-cii charged ill the Capital that on the subject of IM'iisloii I ol William J. P.ryaii wa not patriotic while a liiemlHr of emigres. Ihl' friend of the colonel dispute Ihe state an nt. Hut there I another record. I'verv one remember the great career of the Vlrst Nebraska volunteer ill Ihe I'hlllni'ine Islands. That regiment made a reputation which thrilled tin country. The Nebraska legislature In !! ml 'lited the follow ing Joint resolution He it resolved by Ihe legislature of the Stale of Nebraska. That the thanks or the State ! hereby extended to tin olhccr and men ol Ihe Kirst Nebraska legilnent of the I'nlted States volun tier for their gallant conduct on tin Held of battle, their roll rage in tin presence of danger and their fortlliib1 in the liard-hlp of camp ami cam- naigii. "liesolved. That wo ackliowhslge with gratitude ami Joy the debt the Slate owe I belli hv reason of the honor eon ferred upon it by their valor while de fending In the far-off Philippines the principles of our government and lidd ing new glory to our ling wo pieugc tin. honor of Hie State that to the liv ing snail be iieeordi! worthy dlstnu tioii. mid to Hie dead nil that call I1 uiveii to the dead-a filling memorial of their fame." The governor of Nebraska nt that time was a ltemocrat and he vct'd this n solution, nnd later It w as chin gist Hint ihl wa (one 011 the ailvlce or Mr. ltrvan. tin the .'kl of May. lsir.i. in 1111 oneil letter to the editor of the State Journal, published in Lincoln. Mr Itryiin denied that tiovernor I'ojnter discussed the iiielion with liltn prior to llie publication of the veto, lie said "1 knew nothing of the passage of the resolution until 1 read the Veto message in the iiewspns'rs. 1 approve of the governor's action, however, and iH-lh-ve that he did right In thwarting a partisan nttenipt to make political capital out of the bravery of Nebraska soldier." We call the attention of Captain Clark nnd oilier veteran of tin civil war to thi partisan action on the part of Colonel p.r.vau. In no Slide in the union, except X br.iskn. could such a veto and sm n a letter have appeared. And it could in.f have occurred ill Nebraska eX'-epi for II artisan leadership of Colonel IlrvaM. looking on the matter n history that is made and cannot Is' undone, one can not reiili.e that the governor of Ne braska would lake the action which he did, nor can it he realized that Colonel P.ryim would approve it. lies Moines Capita:. THE NEMESIS. HY JAMI.S '. klo.MAI.l E. Itryan had a little Past lie thought had l.ei n forgot. Hut everywhere he w.inleled il was Johnnie oil the Spot. When I rh'd. "I'm strong for honest men '." Ill Past rose up nnd wildly yetted. "Kali! Kali: Sixteen to one: When he said. "Ijibor ought I" have a a fair ami limn st chalice. The Past biiwlisl, "le. but Working- men are public mendicants : When he said. "How 11 with I rusts that would the ii uuiliice despoil . Ills Past observed, "Save lla-lo ll anil his friend, the Standard nil . When P.rvan V'-lled. li.illioad are a thing lhal men should spurn. His Past reiuai ke.l mited ingiy. 1 ue te might v good to Kern. When he said. "I hav ver sought my private purse to till '." His Past obseiMd. i:cepl. of course from Mr. Meiinett's w ill !" "I stand upon my re wold declare. And then hi I'll! "Hoys, there ord," often Itryan would whisper, liu't no recoil there :" Ili He dodged about ntnl lu and nut. w lien men saw ll 1 111 last still was vainly seeking to esetipi ft 1 little Past llrvnu iusi-as that hr Is ratitiin iicainsi two Iteinihtii-an. Worse lliiin ilint. lie's running against about S.issv IKK) ut LLfin. tiuiulm Ul-s. REPUBLICAN PARTY FRIEND OFTHE WORKER Statlatlct Compiled by President ! Bookbinders' I'nion Ptava the Atscrtion. Striking; Contrast Between the Deeds of the Republican Lawmakers and the Democratic Leg islators. Oni of the Ismk-s in every campaign is Hint of labor legislation. All nriies In i 111 In he llie friend of labor, anil it is but naliiriil that tins would bring out the fuel. Tlii year Hip licmiicratio party I do ing; more claiming Hum ever Ix-fore nloug rlns line, anil tin tin led .lamra ktiicv, president of Wn-liiiiKlon l iiinn No. 4. internal 1011111 llrollierliisul nt llooklunil- cr. lo (nnipile some "tnllsiu-s which, sM-nk for themselves. Mr. iceney is one of tin Im-sI known nnd most higlily re-l-etid lalstr lenders ill Hie nniioiinl cp- llul. slid Ills word Is nlws accoi'lea with lliosi' wlii know him. Many lleeurd 'I'akrn. Mr. I'eeney has taken the record of tlie vntion sinle for 1 lu nirmsp of tinil- ir.g out Inn laws luivi 1 11 ised mnl li wind parly lln-y were cnacled. lie hn taken tell laws, including limn cn-aung lalsir hiiri'iiu. public eiiiiiloviii'-iil ag"H- ii st. stale Ih.-ii iIs of ni hil n 'i.u ; also rig-lit hour laws, child labor lie 1 1111111- iniiin iigel, eliild tutur law fniglil "iKI. women' liilmr law. i-nts for simp girl law, nnli swciil shop laws nnd law for pmieciioti of unions. In every one ol nnse uiw rnr isir union tins 1 1 r 1 1 1 -1 -' I llie imviiiivc ior 1110 nassnuc, II being llie inosi viinlly nil'i- (sted. Majority I llrnlllrnn. Mr. I'eeney show Hint in Ihe ense of enc'.i law the gi'i-ni iiiaioriiy in no- s oi wiiicli have passed lliein nre Itepiililienn. Tlii is true to a remarkable dcgi ror instance, in tin cno ol nn ec'iii- liour law. eiglit 1 stal(s have tlnni. six- tis-11 being Kepiibliciiil stun- und two eiiiiHriitie stnle. Another iiisini i ill tl" cnsi (if law pl'oleetmg latior llllloll. Iliere is'llig sn.11 laws in lifteeii sliitis. foiirlcen of wlii'-lk nic Uepiililieiiu. ; Tin follow ing are Jlr. I reneys ng- np s : Labor Murpiius :i:t Siai's Inn tliem. 'Ji lire Iti'piiblieau sintr. 7 ure I'einoi rntie sinle. ublie KinployiiK nl Agi le ie States Inn i' tliem. Ill nre Itepuhlienii state. 'Jt are I h-inis rntie slntes. State Itosrds f Arbitration g'J Slate linve I In 111. 14 are Kepuhllciin sIiiip. 4 nre I leniis riitic stuK s. Klglil Hour Ijiws - is Sinle have them. Id nre ltiiihlican states'. o urn Ih.llKM-rillll stale. Chihl Ijilsir Uiw ( Mi 11 nun in Age) 17 Si nte have I hem. .'.'I nre Itepulillean states 4 nre lieiiKM-rnlie "tntes Chiltl Ijilsir Ijiws (Xiglit Work! ." Klnle have them. 1'J nre lti'piibliniii sinte. :t are I leiiKHTiilie stale. Women's IJilMir Law L'l Stales have them. 1.1 an ItMpiiblicaii states. (I nre I ii nm riilic stale. S.-ni for Shop tiirt jw It.'t Stale linvp Itiem. J.'l ure ItepuhlicAii states. Kl nre leiiiocintie slates. Antl Swcalsliop Ijiws- I 'J Slate have them. Ill an ltepiiblte.nl stati-s. 'J are I leiniM riit ie Male. Law for Protection of 1'iiiona l.'i Slates have lllelll. 14 arc Itepiibliian state. I is a lleiiiin iiilie stale. srrklnu Id Mislead l.lcr. I'roiii the very iN-glnnlng of the emu p.iigli there hn been a eoncerl(l lieino eratle elTort lo misrepresent Judge Taft. on ipiestiou tM-rtaluilig to labor inter ests. Ill Judicial decisions have been distorted, niul falsehoods Invented. Ill Ills canvas of the Wesi Juilgo Taft has devoted coiisldcrable attention lo this subject with good etTect. II" lias not been llHilogetle. for Iliere Is nothing in hi record that need apoi- .1... .(..?.... -it-. OgV. IK IIIIS 1IOI OCCll OK (111- urirusor because 110 01 1 Ihe IhiicIi who dis'S uly what Ihe law reipiiics hlin lo needs (lel'clise lie hns ma tear 111s posit loti- made It dear that ll was helpful mid not Ii Art fill to labor--and turned back falsehood and misrepre sentation. It Is one of the ninny illusion of Mr. Itryan that he I the special mid otuj lianipl f labor. Whin ha he ever done for It ; When In 1 oiigress lie helped to frame a larifl bill which kept hundreds of thousands of people out or employ lit until a Unpuhllenii iidinln- ltrallon wa elected and a Itcpiiolienn tarilf act was passed. lie mulil not nt that time have hit htl"'r a more par alyzing blow.- Philadelphia Pivss. All I Itrlwht .Indue. The attempt to liiake tin1 I'cpiiiillcait 1 iiiidldate out the enemy of Inlvx '.alii in the light id the facts. Judge I alt lias demonstrated that as a Jud.re lu did what the law rcipilred hlin to do. anil If he hail d therwise lie vnulil have been entitled lo no respect from, ihe labor or any otlor Interest. .''iiii of his decisions ha,e pfiohliil tin ground upon which labor organl illou have protected t hclli'i'lvi . iind have I u cited on the labor side of siibso ipiclil cases before other 'oilft.--I'll lldel.hia Press. 'aa,4ilH(es should l ompar" Xoie. .lob. Worth Kern, the 1 ( rath (iindic.. e who lost III railroad pass. It it! e','orl. telling piople Hint IJoose veil's "1 .. ..jference lu the campaign liaf Iii'l d Hn- Jv rats," w hile i i.. in Ne braskil Wllf'..iin Jennings Itryan, lh oilier I leino'-r.il ic candidate, is tuakli roity-seveu spiechcs a day pleailinv with Koosevelt to keep out of the light Some misunderstanding Istween tht liemoeratie candidates, upl al'ently. IhlladclyUlu 1'iibS.