Valentine Democrat., September 13, 1900, Image 2

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VALENTINE NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
Geneva has organized a Bryan club
York has caught the Belgian hare
fever
The old settlers picnic at Humboldt
was a great success
Traveling men were the whole
Works at the Grand Island fair -
The democrats and populists will con
vene at Clarkson on September 19
Beatrice observed Labor day by clos
ing all the banks and public offices
Harvard was struck by a cold wave
the thermometer dropping to 44 degrees
Clinton Konkright of Hastings is un
fler arrest charged with statutory as
sault
Heed Newton of Beatrice had his
band bandly lacerated at the Demp
ster mill
Fred Hartwick of Firth fell from his
horse and injured his spine so badly
-that he will die
Ministers of the Christian church have
2egun a ten days series of revival
meetings at Trenton
Mrs Chris Hendrickson of Kelso com
mitted suicide by drowning herself in
six inches of water
JTred Brailey of Butte who is charged
-with rape and whn escaped from the
jail has been recaptured
John Plum an old settler living near
Columbus was run down by a train at
that place and severely injured
John Plough a farm hand -working
for William Brown of Chappell has
been arrested for horse stealing
Herman Kaufman of Norfolk took
carbolic acid with suicidal intent but
prompt measures saved his life
N J Keyes the Surprise jeweler who
accidentally shot himself with a tar
get rifle Is in a precarious condition
Little David Edison of Wolbach ate
toadstools which his mother mistook
jfor mushrooms and died in frightful
agony
Councilman John Schmahling was
brutally assaulted by Archie McMani
gal at Blair and is in a critical con
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J L Stanley who was shot by Geo
Severs 6f Eagle is reported to be dy
ing The sympathy of the populace is
with Bevers i
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The Superior reunion and coursing
meet is being held this week and pre
parations have been made on an ex
tensive scale for the events
Twelve-year-old William Weston of
Holmesville had his right hand badly
injured in a corn sheller and narrowly
escaped losing his whole arm
J Limans of Holmesville found a
burglar in his room and before the
fellow could escape he fired several
vhots none of which took effect
The total Nebraska rainfall for the
month of August was 907 inches This
is a record breaker the greatest previ
ous rainfall for this month being 551
James Wood an Omaha Indian was
almost cut to pieces on the reservation
near Lyons by a white man with whom
ie became involved in a drunken quar
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j George Kroblin of Norfolk took a tea
spoonful of carbolic acid by mistake for
medicine This is the third accident
tfrom carbolic acid in Norfolk and vi
cinity within a week
The supervisors of Knox county have
called a special election to vote on the
relocation of the county seat for Sep
tember 25 Niobrara Bloomfield and
The Center are in this race being the
-three highest at the first election
Since the killing of August Housha
at Schuyler by a Union Pacific train
it has come to light that the Union Pa
cific train runs through the town at
from forty to sixty miles per hour
instead of eight miles as per the lew
A burglary was committeed at Be
atrice and when bloodhounds were put
on the trail they piloted the posse to
the house of a hitherto respectable and
respected citizen They were dniwn on
and started again but pulled up at
the same house
BELAYING HIS JAWS
Shark stories with some reason are
commonly received with incredulity A
well authenticated anecdote however
Is told of Dr Frederic Hill an English
surgeon of distinction
A man fell overboard in the Indian
ocean and almost Into a sharks mouth
Hill who was standing close to the
tail grabbed a belaying pin and without
hesitation jumped in to save the sailor
The great brute was just turning on
his back to bite when Hill drove the
belaying pin right through both jaws
Both men were got on board again un
harmed
Perhaps that fellow wont want an
other toothpick Has any one got a
clean shirt to lend This was my
last were the only words of the res
suer
The biggest orchard t in - South Da
kota is owned and managed by Mrs
Laura A Alderman It covers 150 acres
-and containJJOOO trees besides currant
and gooseberrfebushes and grape vine
and three acref strawberries
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BRYANS SPEECH
ON LABOR DAY
GREAT ORATION GIVEN TO THE
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
THOUSANDS LISTEN
TO HIS ADDRESS
Mr Bryan Reviews the Great Labor
Day Parade In Chicago Dem
onstrations areSIffnlflcent and
Shows the Universal Condem
nation of the Administration
Imperialistic Policy
Chicago 111 Special For four
hours William J Bryan and Governor
Roosevelt stood on the portico of the
Auditorium hotel and reviewed the La
bor day parade The friends of Mr
Bryan will be gratified to know that
the incidents of today have given great
encouragement to the Bryan forces in
Ililnois and have given a correspond
ing amount of discouragement to the
McKinley forces
Although this was presumed to be a
non partisan gathering from the be
ginning to the end Mr Bryan received
ovation after ovation from the laboring
men of Chicago and democrats every
where are jubilant As the labor vote
of Chicago goes so goes Cook county
as Cook county goes so goes Illinois
and it may be stated as a solemn truth
that many practical politicians who this
mornig might have regarded Illinois
as a certain republican state this min
ute believe that it is very likely to go
for Mr Bryan
There can be no question but what
the events of the day made a profound
impression upon the Chicago public
and nothing has happened to give the
democrats greater encouragement than
the scenes and incidents of Labor day
Every democrat in Chicago is jubilant
and republicans who are devoted to im
perialism and the special interests of
the McKinley administration begin to
suspect that after all William McKin I
ley may not be the special agent of
Providence r
Mr Bryan said
Mr Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen
I am greatly oblige dto the committee I
for the invitation which enables me to
participate in the celebration of Labor j
day at this place This Jay has been
wisely set anart by law to emphasize I
the dignity of labor and for the
eration of those subjects which especi
ally affect the interests of the wage-
earner The laboring men constitute
so large and so indispensable a portion
of the population that no social eco
nomic or political question can be treat
ed without an investigation of their
connection therewith But there are
some questions which touch them im
mediately while others only operate
upon them in a general way
THE LABORERS AMBITION
The first thing to be considered is
the laboring mans ambition what are
his aims and his purposes for what
is he striving The animal needs only
food and shelter because he has noth
ing but a body to care for but man
wants are more numerous The ani
mal complains when it is hungry and
is contented when its hunger Is ap
peased but man made in the Image
of his Creator is a three fold being
and must develop the head and the
heart as well as the body He is not
satisfied with mere physical existence
neither will he be content unless all
avenues of advancement are open to
him His possibilities must be as un
limited as his aspirations
In other countries and in other civ
ilizations men have been condemned
by birth to a particular occupation
place and caste in this country each
man however or wherever born can
strive for the highest rewards in busi
ness state or church and these ave
nues of advancement must be kept
open
SHOULD BE NO ANTAGONISM
No civilization can be considered
perfect which does not plant a hope
In the breast of every child born into
the world the nearer we approach to
this ideal the better is our civiliza
tion Those who complain of exist
ing conditions cannot be put aside as
disturbers of the peace To seek a
remedy for every abuse of govern
ment is more patriotic than to profit
by bad systems and then frown down
all criticism There should be no an
tagonism between those engaged in
the various occupations and there will
be none when all rec ognize the mutual
obligations which are due between citi
zens Our desire should be not to sep
arate the people into warring factions
but to bring them into better acquaint
ance and greater sympathy with each
other The enmity which the poor
sometimes feel toward the rich and the
contempt which the rich sometimes
manifest toward the poor would be
avoided if each knew the other better
and both were content to -be guided
by the strict rules of justice
The extremes of society are really
not as far apart as they appear Those
who work for wages today may un
der a good government be employers
In a few years and the sons of thse
who are employers today may In a
short time be day laborers Since no
one can save posterity from the evil
effects of a bad law all should strive
for legislation which will protect each
citizen in his rights and in the en
joyment of the fruits of his own genius
his own industry and his own integrity
It is of advantage to the rich as well
as to the poor that the children of all
have an opportunity to secure an edu
cation for education widens the in
dividuals horizon increases his ca
pacity for usefulness multiplies his en
joyments and makes him in every way
more serviceable to society Victor
Hugo has described the mob as the
human race in misery Those who are
well-to-do have a selfish interest and
should feel a moral concern in remov
ing despair from every human breast
As misery is lessened the security of
property is increased human life is
protected in proportion as happiness is
promoted
Whv should the man who eats at a
well supplied table forget the man
whose toil furnishes the food Why
should the man who warms himself
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in the forest or in the mine brings
forth the fuel Why should the man
clad in the bast products of the loom
forget the roan whose calloused Hands
make fine clothing possible Both the
consumer and producer are necessary
but of the two the producer comes first
in point of time and In point of im
portance Shall the rosebud blooming
in beauty and shedding its fragrance o
the air despise the roots of the bush
because they come in actual contact
with the soil Destroy the bud and
leave the roots and a second bud will
appear as beautiful and fragrant as the
first but destroy the roots and bud
and bush will perish
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
How can the wage earner secure that
share of the earths bounties and the
governments protection which he de
serves The associations formed by
workingmen have been productive of
much good
The labor organization as we now
find it is the product of industrial con
ditions The individual found himself
at a disadvantage when dealing with
the corporate employer and the organ
ization not only enables him to con
tend for his rights upon terms more
nearly equal but it stimulates him to
study and understand the conditions
which surround him
The labor organization has been fore
most in advocating the reforms which
have already been secured Several
years ago the secret ballot was de
manded by the wage earners for their
own protection That ballot has been
obtained and through its operations
those who toil for individuals or cor
porations are able to protect their po
litical rights and to use the ballot ac
cording to their own judgments This
is a long step in advance
The labor organization has done
much to lessen the evils of child labor
No one can visit the factories where
children are employed without con
templating the crime which is being
perpetrated upon posterity If there
is any temporary economic advantage
in the employment of children of ten
der afe it is insignificant when meas
ured against the permanent injury
done to present and future generations
To rob a child of its school days Is bad
enough but to bend its back by a load
for which only the aduit is fitted is
even worse
SHORTER HOURS
The labor organization has also con
tributed toward the shortening of the
hours of toil and it should not cease
its efforts until the eight hour day is
secured Approximately one third of
the twenty four hours must be given
to sleep if another third of the day
is devoted to manual labor only eight
hours are left for eating for going to
and from the place of work for the
reading of current news for mental
improvement recreation social inter
course and domestic life Since the
hours occupied in gating and travel
cannot be encroached upon every houv
added to the days labor must be taken
from the time available for intellectual
development recreation and the family
The labor organization has been a
consistent and persistent advocate of
the doctrine of arbitration although
it is difficult to see why the burden of
this reform should be thrown upon the
laboring man Surely the employer
if he would take a comprehensive view
of his own interests would be as much
benefited by arbitration as the em
ploye and because every prolonged con
test between labor and capital brings
Interruption to business and pecuniary
loss to those who are in no way respon
sible for the disagreement society in
general Is even more interested than
employers or employe The edsire for
justice is so universal that the public
can be depended upon to support the
finding of an impartial board of arbi
tration as certainly as it can to support
the successful contestant in a law suit
The court of -arbitration is one of the
certainties of the future and when it
is secured and perfected we shall won
der why its coming was delayed so
long
BLACK LIST AND ASIATIC LABOR
The black list by means of which
employers combine to deprive the dis
charged workman of re employment is
one of the more recent menaces to the
laboring man The independence of the
wage earner decreases as the difficulty
of obtaining employment increases and
the skilled workman whose life has
been spent in acquiring efficiency in a
certain trade or occupation becomes
practically the chattel of the employer
if every opportunity to make use of
his experience Is closed by agreement
between employers
The laboring man is also interested
in legislation prohibiting oriental im
migration It is unfair to the Ameri
can workman who is the foundation
of the nations wealth in time of peace
and its defense in time of war to sub
ject him to the danger of having his
accupation given to an oriental laborer
often brought by contract who has no
permanent interest in our government
If the Asiatics come here work for a
few years live on a lower scale and
then carry home the net proceeds of
their toil the drain upon our money
supply will be similar to that caused
by landlordism in other countries The
political objections to oriental labor are
scarcely less weighty than the econom
ic ones Race prejudice cannot be dis
regarded and we have seen how in
every industrial depression race ani
mosities result in riot and bloodshed
We cannot afford to bring into this
country those who cannot amalgamate
with our people
USE OF INJUNCTIONS ALARMING
The attempt to use the injunction of
a court to deprive the laboring man
of trial by -jury should alarm all our
people for while the wage earner is
the first to feel its effects the principle
which underlies government by injunc
tion is so far reaching that no one can
hope to escape ultimately The thing
forbidden by an injunction would with
out the injunction be either legal oi
illegal If it would be legal the judge
usurps the function of the legislature
when he forbids it If it would be ille
gal the injunction of the court is un
necessary for any one who violates
the law can upon conviction be made
to suffer the penalties prescribed for
such violution The meanest thief and
the most brutal murderer are entitled
to trial by jury why should this right
be denied the laboring man Those
who oppose government by injunction
are not in favor of lawlessness they
are on the contrary the best friends
of law and order They deny the right
of any man to violate the law in an
effort to advance his own interest btit
thely insist that it is Inconsistent with
our ideas of government and dangerous
to all classes to invest any judge with
the three fold power first to make
the lawn second to bring accusation
against those charged with violation
of the laws and third to sit in judg
ment upon the case Government by
injunction is so indefensible that the
anti injunction bill indorsed by the
Chicago platform passed the senate
without a yea and nay vote being de
manded and since that time no party
platform has specifically indorsed gov
ernment by injunction and no promi
nent member of any party has entered
upon a defense of the system and yet
corporate influence is so strong that it
has thus far been impossible to secure
any remedial legislation
The fact that United States senators
are elected by legislatures rather than
by the people directly lessens the la
boring mans influence in securing fa
vorable federal legislation When the
action of a political convention must
be submltetd to the voters for ratifi
cation at the polls the convention is
constrained to nominate a candidate
acceptable to the people but when a
senator is chosen by a legislature the
Individual voter is far less considered
Even when direct bribery is not em
ployed the indirect Influence which
corporations can exert is resorted to
and more frequently still money is se
cretly used to aid legislative candidates
in close districts Such obligations are
usually repaid in the caucus and as a
rule the majority in the caucus con
trols the party which has the selection
of the senator If this question were
submitted to the voters the majority
in favor of the election of senators by
direct vote of the people would be over
whelming and yet partisanship has de
layed the adoption of this amendment
The people submit to policies which
they do not like rather than secure im
provement by a change in party affili
ations
DIRECT LEGISLATION
The laboring man favors direct legis
lation wherever practicable for the
same reason that he favors the election
of senators by popular vote Direct
legislation brings the government
nearer to the voter There is more
virtue in the people than ever finds ex
pression through their representatives
To hold that a representative can act
for the people better than they can
act for themselves is to assert that he
is as much interested in the people as
they are in themselves and that his
wisdom is greater than the combined
wisdom of a majority of the people
Neither proposition is sound Most if
not all of the evils complained of in
government are traceable to the fact
that the representative of the people
has personal interests at variance with
the interests of his constituency Cor
ruption in municipal state and feder
al governments is due to the misrepre
sentation of the people by public ser
vants who use their positions for pri
vate advantage The people should
have an opportunity to vote on public
questions when those questions can be
submitted without too great inconven
ience or expense
But the laboripg man is even more
interested in the proposition to estab
lish a labor bureau with a cabinet
officer at its head Such a bureau
would keep the executive in constant
touch with the wage earners of the
country and open the way to the re
dress of their present and future griev
ances If labor is given a place in the
presidents official household the man
selected will necessarily be a worthy
and trusted representative of the peo
ple for whom he speaks and his pres
ence at cabinet meetings will give to
those who toil for their daily bread as
surance that their interests will be
properly guarded
Mr GomperS the chief executive ot
the Federation of Labor has In his
correspondence with the secretary of
the treasury so ably presented the la
boring mens reasons for opposing a
gold standard and a national bank cur
rency that it is not necessary to discuss
those questions at this time
REASON TO FEAR TRUSTS
The laboring man has abundant rea
son to fear the trusts Mr Charles R
Flint in a speech delivered in Boston
more than a year ago in defense of the
trusts frankly asserts that one of the
advantages of these combinations is
that in case of local strikes or fires
the work goes on elsewhere thus pre
venting serious loss Is it possible
that any wage earner can fail to see
how completely the trust places em
ployes at the mercy of the employer
LABOR BEARS THE BURDEN
The resolutions adopted by various
labor organizations in condemnation
of militarism and imperialism justify
me In making a brief reference to those
questions No class contributes more
than the labor class in proportion to
its members to the rank and file of
the army no class contributes more in
proportion to its numbers to the ex
pense of the army and no class is
more menaced by the existence of a
large army Most of the countries in
Europe which maintain large military
establishments collect an income tax
which adjusts the burden of the gov
ernment to the income of the citizen
Here our federal taxes are largely col
lected upon consumption and while
they are income taxes in the sense that
they must be paid out of the income of
the people yet the exactions are not
proportionate to the incomes The
taxes upon consumption bear heaviest
upon the poor and lightest upon the
rich and are in fact graded income
taves the per cent collected decreas
ing as the income increases
If this nation adheres to the doctrine
that governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned and the people have an easy
and ready means of correcting all
abuses the government will not need
to be supported by a large permanent
army for every citizen will be ready to
defend such a government from attack
The only domestic use for a large
standing army is to suppress by force
that discontent which should be cured
by legislation
To support a permanent army of
100000 men require approximately one
half as much money as is ennually ex
pended for education in the United
States How much cheaper it is to
uplift people by the gentle and peace
ful process of intellectual development
than to blow them up with powdei
and dynamite
A RADICAL DEPARTURE
Imperialism involves a departure
from principles which were universally
accepted in this country until within
two years To know that all men are
created equal one needs not the wis
dom of a sage or the learning of the
schools It was declared to be a self
evident truth it was evident to those
who pledged their lives -to the main
tenance of the Declaration of Independ
ence and it is evident still to those who
are not blinded by the glamour of
wealth and the glittering promises of a
colonial system If all men are created
equal and endowed with inalienable
rights it follows as a logical and nec
essary sequence that governments were
instituted for the welfare of all and de
rive their just powers from the consent
jf the governed On the preservation
of this doctrine our hopes depend if
it is abandoned there is no foundation
upon which a government like curs can
be constructed
Do not allow yourselves to be de
ceived by those who question the ca
pacity of this people or that people
for self government Macauley in his
essay on John Milton points out the
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folly of attempting to prepare people
fro self government by denying them
the right to participate in their own
government
Many politicians of our time are in
the habit of laying it down as a self
evident proposition that no people
ought to be free until they are fit to
use their freedom The maxim is
worthy of the fool in the old story wno
resolved not to go into the water until
he had learned to swim If men are
to wait for liberty till they become
wise and good in slavery they may
indeed wait forever
When I say that those who distrust
the capacity of the people for self-government
tend directly toward mon
archy I am only repeating what Lin
coln deliberately declared in his first
annual message He said
WHAT LINCOLN SAID
Monarchy Itself is sometimes hinted
at as a possible refuge from the power
of the people In my present position
I could scarcely be justified were I to
omit raising a warning voice against
this approach of returning despotism
It is not needed nor fitting here that
a general argument should be made in
favor of popular institutions but there
is one point with its connections not
so hackneyed as most others to which
I ask brief attention It is the effort
to place capital on an equal footing
with if not above labor in the struc
ture of government No
men living are more worthy to be
trusted than those who toil up from
poverty none less inclined to take or
touch aught which they have no hon
estly earned Let them beware of sur
rendering a political power which they
already possess and which if surren
dered will surely be used to close the
door of advancement against such as
they and to fix new disabilities and
burdens upon them till all of liberty
shall be lost
WARNING MORE NEEDED NOW
The warning is even more needed
now than it was forty years ago The
Armv nnrl Navv Journal is already
justifying the colonial idea and de
claring that fate has decreed for us a
destiny in which an imperial executive
free from the restraints of a written
constitution will govern subjects ac
coi ding to his own pleasure The Unit
ed States Investor published at Bos
ton in its issue of July 2S says
Only a blind person can fail to see
that remarkable transformations ot
one kind or another are in store for
the race hence the folly of asserting
that the policy of this country which
is destined to play such a leading part
in human affairs of the future Snail
be governed for the most part by polit
ical maxims uttered more than a hun
dred years ago The greatest evil which
now confronts this republic is the clam
or rnisprJ hv a certain faction for a set
tlement of our problems of state by
just such a method as we nave Deen
deprecating Considerably more than a
century ago a certain notable declara
tion was made in this country to the
effect that all men ought to be free
and independent This is merely a gen
eralization of the French school of Vol
taire and the encyclopaedists It is a
dictum absolutely lacking foundation in
history and incapable of syllogistic jus
tification It was however a handy
phrase for us to employ when asserting
our right to break away from the moth
er country it suited the exigencies of
our situation in 1776 admirably though
in itself but a bit of sublimated dema
gogism The declaration was a ser
viceable means to the end that was at
that time desired To bring forward
this declaration in this year 1900 in
connection with our treatment of the
Filipinos and the Cubans is as gross
an absurdity as ever was practiced
To do so is to offer an insult to the
intelligence of the people Who first sub
scribed to the declaration in question
But why quote from newspapers as
to what may be done hereafter in the
presence of a law already enacted
which makes subjects out of Porto
Ricans withdraws from them the
guarantees of the constitution and as
serts the power of the president and
congress to govern them without their
consent and tax them without repre
sentationa power as unlimited and
tyrannical as was ever asserted or ex
ercised by any ruler in all the history
of the human race This doctrine has
not yet been approved by the people
it furnishes the supreme question of
the present campaign In the pres
ence of these perils the laboring man
has a responsibility gommensurate
with his opportunity Without a large
percentage of the laboring vote no par
ty can win an election in the United
States The men who work for wages
can by throwing their votes on the
one side or the other determine the
policy of this country They need not
march in parades they need nbt
adorn themselves with the insignia of
any party but on election day their
silent ballots can shape the destiny of
this nation and either bring the gov
ernment back to its ancient land
marks or turn it into the pathway fol
lowed by the empires of the old world
PORTO RICO FEELS THE OPPRESSOR
McKinieys Evasion of Congress
Will is Deliberate Fraud
By James Creelman
Cleveland lO SpciaJ Th cold
oooded fraud practiced by the McKin
ley administration upon the helpless
people of Porto Rico was revealed today
by an American gentleman who has
just returned from the island and who
has had greater opportunities for know
ing the facts than any man outside of
Governor Allen and General Davis
The representative government pro
vided for Porto Rico by congress does
not exist and the administration of
the island is in a state of anarchy No
attempt to elect a legislature has been
made The executive council has only
met once for the sole purpose of tak
ng the oaths and organizing There
is no law making body in existence
Governor Allen is simply carrying out
te government under the authority of
ne military orders issued before the
was established
so called civil government
lished New taxes are imposed upon
the people by the mere order of Treas
urer Hollander Leading Porto Ricans
who have demanded that the legislature
should be at once elected to provide
for taxation and appropriations have
been told Governor Allen finds all the
authority needed in the military law
which is binding until the Porto Rican
legislature modifies or repeals it
In other words the pretended civil
government is really a military gov
ernment carried on by civilians in plain
definance of the intent of the will of
congress
it to be
Governor Allen has caused
understood that no change will be
made in the situation until after the
presidential election in the United
States He is exercising the power and
applying the methods of a military des
pot and renders no account of the reve
nues or expenditures of the government
to the people
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JOHN SHERMAN DENOUNCES
ADMINISTRATION POLICY
CONDEMNS THE WAR
Former Secretary of State Takes
McKinley to Task for His
Policy of Imperialism
Washington D
state m Mc
Sherman secretary of
condemned
Kinieys cabinet in an interview
imperial
the
terms
demned in no uncertain
perial policy of the administration
With his old time vigor he denounced
the acquisition of countries far from
our shores and the useless sacrifice of
and tne expenditure
the lives of our young men
penditure of vast sums of money
Sherman has been in the past ac
cused of changing his politics for pop
ular opinion but in his retiring years
shows a stiff adhesion to the tradition
of old conservative republicanism
In talking of the Philippines MrSher
man said
STOP KILLING YOUNG MEN
The wealth we are taking out of our
own country now to fling after those
Philippine islands is fabulous w
and agriculturists
the miners
have taken away
the Philippine natives
culturists to subdue
it the other nations
tives Depend upon
tions do not envy us but think us fool
ish
Above all we are not a monarchical
people but a republican people We
should stand by our own lines and
continue the example of our country
Instead of becoming another England
or Germany using up our young men
and our treasure to get a foothold in
unhealthy and unproductive lands
I see not the slightest sense in our
long excursion of 12600 miles to the
Philippine islands There we have no
as I am I would be willing to take a
stand against our expeditions and sac
rfices in those far away islands which
do not promise anything material or
acquaintances or affinities or anything
which gives promise of a happy solu
tion of a most foolish undertaking Old
moral to reimburse us The climate is-
deadly The natives show they do not
want us by the courage with which they
fight us They are making a strong
fight
Some think Mr Sherman that there
is no way now but to go on and that
to turn back would be a disgrace
SHOULD RETRIEVE MISTAKE
I do not think so We cannot too
soon retrieve a profound mistake Those
Philippine islands never were consid
ered when we resolved to drive the
Spaniards out of Cuba When we at
tacked their fleet out there and de
stroyed it we should have come away
The Philippines have been no help
to Spain in developing her own coun
try and keeping out of foreign trouble
The Philippine native had about taken
those islands from Spain when we went
there and we appeared to the natives
in the light of a faithful ally Now we
are fighting the natives as if we were
the Spanish The Chinese trade we
can have by arrangement with the Rus
sians and the English We are in fact
right upon the Pacific Ocean and our
natural base of trade with China is
from California and Washington state
How can that trade be helped by form
ing another base away from China
I fear that perseverance in this im
perial policy will ruin the republican
party I was willing when in the cab
inet to drive the Spanish out of Cuba
I had followed the president in attack
ing the Spanish He changed his pol
icy and did not consult me and I re
signed from the cabinet
Mr Sherman said concerning Presi
lent McKinley that he wondered how
i man of his general want of public
deas or public policy had become
dent in the first place
He was a congressman that we had
hold up and assist said Mr Sher
lan There was nothing in his course
except trimming to the wants as he
supposed them to be of his immediate
constituency As McKinley was ar ex
pansionist on the tariff he became an
expansionist against the views he de
clared to us in the matter of these
distant possessions And still his pur
Doses are not clear or determinate and
I suppose that the great activity in
business has dropped the public atten
tion from the far reaching consequences
of these amended and still vague pur
poses of Mr McKinley
SENATOR GORMAN FOR BRYAN
Maryland Leader Will Support the
Democratic Candidate
Washington D C Special Ex
Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Mary
land was in communication with friends
in Washington today and not only con
firmed the report that he is going to
become one of the active
managers of
Mr Bryans campaign in the east but
expressed the belief that Mr Bryan will
be elected He is satisfied beyond
question so he told a prominent local
democrat over the
long distance tele
phone that Mr Bryan has already
won Maryland West Virginia and Del
awarek three states that cast thir
electoral votes for McKinley in 1S3S
and that he stands better than a fight
ing chance of carrying the state of New
York
Senator Gorman believes that it only
requires hard and conscientious work
an the part of the democratic
national
committee and a sufficient insight intA
current events to take
erything that is favorable advantage to he of ev
ocratic ticket to win a complete Tictory
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