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THE DEMOCRAT W. J, H. v HOUSE, IIIXSON Editor. City Kditor. TERMS S1.CX) PER YEAR. Kntercd it the pout office st Monroe City, ns tii-cond -class mnttcr. THURSDAY. Mo. MAY :i. 1900. Stand up for our grand republic. The trusts will dictate the Republican platform. Select true Democrats as Del egates to all conventions. America cannot exist part It-ipublic and part. Empire Let all our people do what they can to make Monroe City a better city. It is none too soon tobejrin to work for a big Democratic vie tory in November. Every Democrat in Monroe County should attend his pre cinct meeting May 12. Ha una is not to be a delegate to the Republican convention. He will be the. entire show. Among the names of the Ma rion County candidates we no tice the uame of our friend, Sid J. Roy, as a candidate for Pros ecuting Attorney. We do not believe Marion county could se lect a better man tor the posi tion. As a lawyer he ranks with the best lawyers of North east Missouri. He is an honor able, able, approachable man and in his hands the affairs of the county will be in safe, com petent hands. He is city attor ney of Hannibal and in that ca pacity has proven that he is a good man for prosecuting attor ney. Mr. Koy is always iook ing out tor something wnicn will benefit his people. He was influential in securing for Han nibal the many manufactories. To his energy and hustle is largely due the sum which Han nibal raised for the Feeble Minded Colony. Because of his works Mr. Roy has the confi dence and support of the best business men of Hannibal and in his boyhood home, Round Grove township, there you find strong Roy supporters; in fact, you find them wherever Sid J. Roy is well known. Democrats will make a strong platform for right and then for will continue io stand up for the people. On account of uniust laws Americans have to pay more for American made goods than people in Europe have to pay for the same American made goods. It our Kepublican congress really desires to do anything for the people now is the time to ao the worK. ino one is hindering the Republicans from doing what they please. The people must not permit the shackles of slavery to be strengthened. The shackles must be broken and the people made free. Do this by electing Bryan and a Democratic congress. Taxation without representa tion was what caused America to fight for her independence. Now tlie Hanna crowd are giv ing Porto Rico the same medi cine King George tried to make our fore-fathers swallow. America cannot afford to con tinue in the imperialist busi ness. It has been tried too many times before and in every instance has ruined the nation engaging in it. Let us get back to the Declaration of Independ ence and the Constitution of the United States. We must break loose from the trusts and run America for the best inter ests of the masses. MARION CO. REPUBLICANS Palmvra. Mo., April 28. A county Kepublican mass meet ing was held in this city today. T he following delegates to the various conventions were se lected: Congressional Convention James W. Treat, T. C. Wilson, Adam Thies, O. C. Queen, T. B. Morris, D. L. Spencher, W. T. Loudoo, H. M. Howard. W. H. Powers, Sherman Manning, J. B. Jeffries, J. W. Northcutt and J. W. Turpenning. The same delegates were named for the Macon convention. State Nominating Convention T. B. Morris, J. H. Pelham, J. B. Jeffries. I. R. Huggins and T. C. Wilson. Judicial Convention P. W. Neeper, John Perry and J. J. Henderson. The national administration was indorsed and the County Central Committee was author ized to nominate a county tick et. MONKOE COUNTY REPUBLI CANS. - I Paris, Mo.. April 28. The' Monroe County Republican Con-j vention was held here this af-1 ternoon. J. S. Walters of! Stoutsville was elected clu'ir j man and F. C. Holdsworth of Paris secretary. Delegates to the State Con vention at Kansas City : W. S. Wood and W. R. Benson. Con gressional Convention at Chilli cothe, May 3: J. P. Sollinger. P. C. Holdsworth, Horace Kent, Frank Craver. Judicial Convention at Jeffer son City: H. H. Fields. The convention adjourned to meet August 11 to nominate a county ticket. The County Committee organized by elect ing J. S. Walters chairman and W. E. Flanders secretary. 4 Don't Fail o See Several people in this are wearing sore arms. city Over L'OO workmen perished Monday by an explosion in a mine in Utah. The estimated cost of the equipment of the new Burling ton trains from St. Louis to Portland is half a million dol lars. It will require eight com plete trains. The distance be tween the two ends of the run is 2,570 miles. This service not only puts St. Louis within di rect touch with the great North west, but is a great conven ience to the people along the line. The Burlington system now has a mileage of 7,850 miles of road. General Manager How ard Elliott and General Passen ger Agent L. W. Wakeley de serve great credit for the ex cellent service the Burlintrton is giving the people. The First Missouri Congres sional District had in Congress a man who had ever done his duty, who was fully equipped to fight for the best interests of the people, who has ma.de a brilliant record, who stands squarely on the platform of right against might, who is among the ablest men in con gress and consequently the Democrats of the district Lave Congressman James T. Lloyd a big majority Tuesday. HANNIBAL DEMOCRATIC. At the city election held in Hannibal last Tuesday the Dem ocrats elected Archv Robards mayor and John Totsch record er and three aldermen. The Re publicans elected the city attor ney, marshal and three alder men. The Journal says: The Journal's barn yard fowls are not very frisk this morning. It was a drawn battle, the score being 5 to 5, but than good ness the city is still in the hands of the Democrats. A Demo cratic mayor will preside over a Democratic council, and while a Republican marshal has been elected he will captain ten Dein- locratic policemen. Several from this city will go to St. Louis to see Dewey. The railroads have made Da re duced rate for the occasion. CARSON'S! Line of Summer Dress Goods, All the latest things in Wash I Goods. Come and see us, It costs nothing to look. J Yours for trade, W. V. CARSON & CO. I Rev. J. A, Wailes is attending district conference at Macon City. He preached a sermon on missions as 11 a. m. yesterday. William Sidener was shot by W. B. Priest at the home of the latter near Stoutsville Thurs day. They had some trouble over a settlement. Priest gave bond for $1000 for his appear ance. t The preliminary trial will be held to-morrow. Sena tor E. W. Majors, of Pike Coun ty, will assist Prosecuting At torney Rhodes. Mr. Priest will be represented by Geo. W. and J. H Whitecotton. Secretary Root has divulged the administration's secret. It wants a big standing army, not, as was thought., to promote the plans of imperialism, but to de fend the Monroe doctrine. It would be impolite to call Mr. Root a prevaricator, but he has a wonuertul tacultv for dis figuring the truth until it defies recognition, all the san.e. K. C. Times. 'Ok magazine of the Century" Self Culture That is what thousands of readers have styled this monthly, and justly so, for it has 1 THE LARGEST NUMBER OF READING D PAI1PQ THE BEST QUALITY OF READING MATTER AND THE MOST SUPERB ILLUSTRA TIONS. The magazine is thoroughly American in tone and spirit, and treats instructively Amer ican history, art, literature, science, com merce, and government. In early issues will appear papers by some of the most eminent writers on the following subjects: American Ratlwsy Passenger Traffic in the 1 9th Century. Tiie New Province of the Trolley. Public Playground, in Chicago. Do the People Choose Their Own Officials? Mediaeval Life m Modern Germany. Glimpses of a Notable Life Oliver Crom well. Irrigation in the Great Weal. The Saxp Cdltukr Maoaxinb will main tain its prestige and continue to give the largest return of taiuable in high-class reading-matter for the money expended. Why pay three or four dollar, a year for a publi cation when the Sblf Culturb Maoazinb may be had for One Dollar ? Trial lubtctiptiont thru months for ic. Reminiscence, of a Member of the Con federate Congreaft. The Weather in the Revolution Wash ington'. Beat Ally. The Ameri:-n Seal Fisheries, Provincialisms, North and South. An Episode of Louis iana. The Crisis tn the Eng lish Church. Great Sea Fighters. Zb Self Culture Ittagazfne AKRON, OHIO A QUESTION OF MIGHT. Secretary of War Root's startling declaration that the time is near at hand when this Government will have to fight for the maintenance of the Mon roe Doctrine seems to have been justfied to a certain degree by a growing German desire to gain a territorial foothold in the Western Hemisphere. Both in Brazil and in the matter of the contemplated sale of the Danish West Iudies to Germany there is an indication of this yearning on the part of the Kaiser's Government. In the one case there is the hope of establishing German posses sions capable of infinite expan sion on the South American mainland. In the other there is the likelihood of gaining a most important naval post in American waters. It is a small wonder if the German Govern ment is in reality working to se cure both these, advantages. This activity is due, of course, to the fact that the Monroe Doctrine may not now legiti mately be invoked as forbidding European acquisition of terri tory in the Western Hemisphere. The United States Government may resent by force any Euro pean effort in this direction, but its one-time unanswerable claim of right under the Mon roe Doctrine has been volunta rily surrendered. It was sur rendered when the McKinley imperialists announced to the world that they proposed to establish an American colony in the Eastern Hemisphere by whipping the Filipinos and taking their country away from them. It is just as well to face these plain facts. If imperialism is to prevail as an American Doc -triue the Monroe Doctrine must be put aside. We must meet Europe with armed hands now if we forbid her interference in the Western Hemisphere and yet insist upon our right to es tablish colonies in the Eastern. For war is the only argument left when a nation abandons its duties. Republic. Chairman Sam B. Cook has j called the State Democratic I Committee to meet at the Mid land hotel in Kansas City on May 9. It is believed that the Committee will re-locate the State Convention and that it will go to St. Louis and be held in the Coliseum. The reason for the change is that Kansas City does not now have a room large enough for the convention. WRITING A STORY. Hon. R. F. Roy. cf New Lon don, ex circuit judge of this district, is engaged in writing a story on the early settlement of the French on Salt River. It will be published as soon as it is completed. Mr. Roy has acquired some very good infor mation in the past few years and his story will dovbtless be a very interesting and histori cal one. Hannibal Journal A farmer: '-If you bore a qual-ter-inch hole into the heart of a fruit-tree, that is infected with insects, and fill the hole of dry sulphur, plug up the hole, it will cure blight, make the tree strong and healthy and in no way injure it. This is a valuable boon to fruit-growers, as the sulphur goes through all parts of the tree, being absorbed from the heart, and makes a food health, color." Harry A. McClintir i.ac bought the famous standard bred trotting horse Serious, formerly owned by A Mc Conachie, but was owned and handled last season by A. C. Handley. This horse is a full brother to Miss Deal, the famous trotting horse owned by J. M. Nickell and sold for $1500 a year or so ago. He will make the present season at Harry A. McClintic's barn on same terras as his jacks. See hand bills for terms. Lewis Lear had quite an ex perience Thursday evening while out driving his father's single-footed racking horse to the surrey. 'jThe horse ran away just for the fun of it. On Vine street the clips ot the hubs of the surrey came iu contact with a telephone post and tbey flew to the four winds like a set of nine pins. The fender was also pretty badly jammed up. , Do your part toward making Monroe City more beautiful. Pakis, Mo. May 1. 1900. This is. to certify that the jack I sold Harry A. McClintic is the same jack that stood at Mr. Samuel Sparks' in 1898 and any report different to that is false. This jack also stood in Paris last season and proved himself to be one of the best breeding jacks in the state His colts are here to show for it. S. T. Cuhtkight. W. L. Penn. LLOYD WINS. In the First Congressional primary held Tuesday Hon. J. T. Lloyd carried 9. out of 10 counties in the district Eld. Richmond earned only Macon, bis home county.