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Show PROSPERITY in BRYANS DOPQES. IDAHO. l ' " il-- 'iM'i.i; ls . oi.,v.) rr '( n t i Ffni.) the gnat wave that has swtpt ovi r ihe n i oi it 1 T IDMJO duimu-s- t ls-e- n pol-ttii- U-e- er - half-hearte- 'WjP'-a'tltl- out-dd- c s aditlin-lhtralfc- p 4sf-a- : re i. c - - up-ete- k d; Pit-tigiev- v; J j .- s J anti-trnstis- I w-c- kx 'is .X jl -- III i II 111,, - i ; lli . 1 m's In !aj vir ,i "'u i:fC5LD. '' amt, os particles of ted m a i .1. stje.r null n i m.i ii l,.i, e -- ic-- . Jihai j ar-- s. 11 o the f One of otegeii and Noun Carohut- lv.isnns of fii, hi.j m.A Viuii tl 's ini, nil ,u Mai, mi, Indiana, Mr. i i, i j i i an vi ii i m man i .lie nmviiou W an hot am gmicr to U'K him about iivi 1 1 the eoiivtitut.oii of the reillbileuu stal 1 wdl read a provision oi that constitution. It su.vs: diameter, but tt observed vo mui Ii Sis lion 35. No film negro or mulatto of this eta disM,sliion In his siittv, tty of time nut lesidtng in tilts state at the attitude lu tins campaign that It feds whnlj the adoption of this constitution, forced to tlie isfiulusion that he is aleuote, 4 sole or- - be w nil iti this stale, together unreliable aud dangerous. conhold any real estate or make any Idaho Kiatcvinan. tract or mamta u any such therein, and ihe ligislative assembly shall provld EX- by peual laws fur rite removal by pubor mu lic ottieers all sm h I ON. PANS lattoes, or for their effectual exclusion from the state, and for the puuishnient GREAT FUTURE BCTORE THE of persons vv ho shall bring them Into ARID W EST Wl I H REPUBLIthe state or employ or harbor them. That amendment was adopted before CAN SUCCESS. the civil war; It makes It unlawful for and the Into state, a flee neg'ro to go What Expansion Means to Fs The It authorizes the ofilceis to put him Rocky Mountain Matos Will Be old. ts Iet out. But you say that it Among tlie Fit st to Profit by the effort au me remind you that last June Great Ttaile of the Pacitle, and the was made to reoil that mrtion of the RepublUau Party Will Help Them constitution, and the effort to repeal to Do It. was defeated, although the atate went Republican. National aid to Irrigation nnd the deMr. Bryan 1ms a habit of answering velopment of Amcrhau titide lu the hard questions by taking up some other Paeitie are the sure foundations upon real Which matter that has no bearing on the difll-cuwill Lie built the rapid growth point at- issue. When asked a and dig permunetit piiwqierity of the om- he smiles, expresses satisfacwestern Flitted Statiw. tion then asks the Inquirer about someBoth the national party platform de avoid to a is clever way thing elec. It dare In favor of irrigation, but while to Is It dangerous making a reply, but the Democracy contents Itself with an the man w ho dodges, for it always Indefinite and empty statement In favshows tlmt he can not answer candidly or of au Intelligent of Improvor is afraid to venture on the subject ing the arid lands ofsystem storithe West, of If it were granted, for the sake the waters for purposes of lrrigg-tlong what argument, that Oregon Is doing and the holding of em-- lands for Is being done In the south, it would not actual settle) s," with no direct pledge 1 aid Mr. Bryan In this matter, for It of national the Republican platrule that two wrongs can form commitsaid,the a party to a "further not make one right. Mr. Bryan sought pursuance of the constant policy of the to leave his audience under the Impres- Republican party to provide free liomis sion that Oregon is in exactly the same on the by adequate that was national public ilomuiu" category-ato reclaim the and legislation to was his It 'Intention. purpose his lands of the United States, reserving convey the idea that a Republican state control of the distribution of water for a wlih respect had done as had thing states and Irrigation to the to the negro as has Ihicu done by any territories. -- As respective bet ween the simple he, southern state, and tliattherefore, deciaratlou In favor of and as the leader, of the Democracy, should the pledge of nadount irrigationthere legislation not le asked to express an opinion Is no ground for hesitancy it) making a that one party had done the same as choice. The attitude of the Republican the other and that the fact removed party Is Incomparably better for westthe matter from the flelil of contro- ern interests. Tlie Democratic party peoIhe mislead to -intended lie versy. the Republican atti- proudnctt nothing; the the at meeting ple ail that enn be reasonably tude of Oregoq anil by that means ex- promises cape from the point of the question ad -- lf 1,ut Irrigation Is not all that the West dressed to him. It wa a purpose tip i nds or needs. U Is not sufficient worthy of any man a high position as I" "'" lu to as he sought Ruunke the peep 1. of a dense poptila the fnre prosperity leatio ns not stand would It Just lieve. of varied Industry to secure a of the attitude of any other st ste; and (ion for Its products. The natural Market Mr. than better no one knows that any Market western America lies to the for Brvan. west. Tlie narrow Atlantic Is already Hint provision was Inserted In the bridged by numerous lines of swift but On gon const it nt ion liefore nnd whatever tnay he is lias been and Is a dead letter. It Is sailing steamers, future readjustments of its com-an- d f;;: ' '!! America, land states. There la no state In t!w 8 ust nnd not to Union where the negro is treated more the west will the American share of fairly than in Oiegon. Tltc (teople of It belong. Jlanv of our products can Oregon have no desire to deny to the not compi t; with those of the east for negro a single right or privilege lie en- many and others will years toja-meIs stands the While provision joys. In competimake their hut slowly way the constitution. tion with thp established lines of trade. Let ux for a moment consider (he But to the west lies a field broad and point raised by the Inquirer nt Marion, undeveloped. - The possibilities of its it was this: Mr. Bryan and the Detne-trntl- commerce are commensurate with the party are opposing the policy of possibilities of our and Ihe administration In tlie Fhilippinw nowhere else can weproductivity, find what is Imon the ground th.-tlie people I'111 peratively required for the proper and everyw here lse have ail Inherent, of our opportunities. and inalienable right to govern themThe of the West Is now as greatness thrir selves ns they see fit and that incalculable ns wctYjliejiossibllltk-- of rich's are living Invaded aud trampled North America to tlie first settlers under fpot by the United States gov-- ; the Atlantic coast. We only erfimer.t. This attitude of the Dem- along know that west of the hundredth meocratic party In this campaign Is baxeu ridian, the-linjmpulnrlv accepted as the of consent tcrij'tjJ pn.tjm ptlndplp ihk 'division of the arid region from Mr. contended it by being governed, the rainfall area, lies the lit best lu Bryan nnd his party that, under our natural resource, the most withagreeable In be can no governed flag, people productive part out their consent. While the party and climate, nnd the most 'Hed States nr d the one whl Its candidat.s stand for tlie stnriiMl h prliteipK'" ef that possible application Fbul;,,i,ttlie Democrats ef the smith hav- - takes .1 from the negroes the right which 1 J&hn, Finlg .Arizona,. voice peeviewM enjoyed ef hmei- shlngton make house nnd herthe south, which gives the national bage of lnimcMxuiablo Democracy its main support, follows ithln those eleven states proportions. might easa Riley width is in direct opRi-dtia population larger ily lie to the constitution that all pifple. ao than thesupported - total of tlie Fulled matter what their capacity or training States, andpresentthem might 1h fou tabhave a right to determine what their id a power upon suftleli nt to dominate (tie dot's be. shall Not only government Pacific in the interest of the policy of the southern Democracy, freedom and honest trade.civilization, Add to thus belie the professions of the na- these a single cotton state, Texas, and tional Dtmoeracy, but the latter dare Tithln their limits everything might be not attempt to explain the incongruity. or manufactured that Is es-- s Mr. Bryan dares not attempt to offer prodneed commerce of the Inciflc. ntial to the an explanation, and when he is asked And this all he accomplished a question bearing on the matter he without auymight deviation from republican refers his questioner to this provision alueip.les, without any sacrifice of our of the Oregon constitution that ha IIlK'rtlcs or deterioiatlon of our d been a dead letter during all tills genor civil Institutions, and as dead as IB the sylitlcnl eration nnd that is i. gltimate pursuit of that plan Julius Cnesar. of development which has been purMr. Bryan knows' there is not a man sued foundation of our naIn Oregon who would nsk for enforce- tion. since the ment of that provision, and yet be seeks to make an Indiana audience be- ofThat litis will he the ultimate destiny western America no one who Is lieve that the case Is similar to the with Its resources and the charcases In the south In which tlie negro Is now in this year 1900 denied the acter of its people can doubt, but to It within a spate of time rights which lie fortnetly enjoyed, the accomplish with Atuerhuu Ideas denial being based on the claim tltat (posiKtent Intelligent and earAest policy he ts not fit for participation In the ef western expansion of trade and nt. To pour men nnd money Into Mr. Bryan knew perfectly well that there was no similarity. hi tween ihe tlie Wert without providing an outlet southern cases and the case of Oiegon. for ftg surplus piodncts is a rejieKtlori lie resorted fo a paltry subterfuge to of tlie Mormon polity, width would escape from the query propounded to milt in establishing a eomnimdty producing little except whnt was rehim. The Oretroninn, In dismissing tld quired for its own needs, buying nothing front the ont'-idexcept tho most matter, calls attention to tlie fact that absolute necessities, fiflrarilve neither of constitution the theprnv'sion Oregon Dotpit.il nor immlgtation, and glow- was Inserted by tlie old Irg tinly slowly nnd with a partial and party, from which Mr. Bryan sprat1 llti Red development. nnd from w hioh he has draw n It's 'Ten tho Pacific to American trade; and his poltUia! fStabllKh lpiraion and maintain American methods. It adds; in eastern Asia; hold Hawaii. Ye needsnot remove these blemishes and the Philippines na pti (OH frcn th constitution of Oregon; for. Guam of future greauiewi; they M'long to a pn,st that Is utterly ke of Oregon. b.-i- irrigation and lt well-know- n s NoHlv-Farohna- j -e ,',-"'- "i-l-- T tin-wa- d-;;- - , c s - Y chor-tohe- to-d- ar gov-ernt- y poll-tlc- -- ICE 1 Rl ST A "LOCAL A I FAIR, HE SAYS. It evstw-nHesetie diTldeprt vnttFtnunrjpfrllrS in to good Eiy4lxa.ls- molh. xdas and bid uioui polios will' never make any progress towards th oil i tlauw of ti lists But Rn.tn doi s not s.iy a word against any monopoly, however criminal, WHEN Ills FRIENDS AR1C IX IT. He Mivs th.- be TDM ts "A LOCAL AFFAIR." is Not i ta i: The con pany tiaiisuitt a wholesale and retail Imsines lu the city of Gtenter New loik. New link; in Philadelphia, lVnusy Ivnula; In Baltimore,. Mai.viand; lu asliiUgiou, DistrUt of Columbia; In Caiudeu, New Jersey; In l.ak. wood. New Jersey, aud nt Atlantic City, New Jersey. ilie tru-- t, therefore, having its home In New Jersey, tlie business it trans-uct-s can lie loeal only In Caimleu, Lakewood and Atlantic City. ' It cannot he local In Greater New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore end Wash- - j, ' lugtoti, where It tiausacts au Interstate wholesale and retail business, Its interstate docks aud plants In Malue, New York, Mary lund aud District - of 'Columbia nre not JiHalixcd in New Jersey. To say that the lee Trust is a local affair is a lie made out of whole cloth. If Mr. Bryan wants proof of this, he can find. It in tlie following portion of the official report of the American Ice Company to the New York Stock Exchange at the time its dim-torapplied for the listing of $12,440,000 preferred stock aud $22,030,100 common stock to the dealings of that exchunge. .(For we would refer Mr. Bryan to the report la full on pag convenient reierem-793, volume 09 of the Commercial aud Fimtuclul Chronicle.) "Incorporated lu New Jersey on March 11, 1890. " Plants aud their location; (a) 11 docks situated In Greater New York; 2 Ice manufactories situated lu Greater New York; (b) plants for housing Ice, situated on the Hudson river; (c) 4 docks, situated lu the city of Washington, D. C.; 2 sale depots; 1 Ice house on the Potomac river; (d) 1 pluut at Prince George county, Maryland; to) 3 plants for bousing Ice, situated on the Kenne- bee river; 1 pluut for housing lee at Booth Bay, Maine. 'mis ii, d iu ti.iv u ..inn r; My Ii! lid 1 am glad wait you avki of mie 1, u 1 am I pa.ed f r ,VU. I am licit the Republt mg n -- B DISTINGFISIIIT? BETWEEN. HOOD AND BAD MONOPOLIES AO CORDING AS HIS FRIENDS ARE HR ARE NOT INTERESTED IN - 1.1 me itl i, BRYANS INCONSISTENCY. 1 HEM the Alt. i n in, a II Uuniig the Mi Kiuh v the peupic tn nolle of the btatc have profited to a gn liter U sm' than those who reqnle iii those jtnat s of the qoithweot. Let us look for a minute at the benefits that have accrued to the Stale of Idpjnx Anions our h ineipal ludtiitilrs sinning. i attic ami sheep glowing amT fanning Malm is one of the producing states iii the vvoihl; in faff, ve puslute of all the h ad iniuctl tu Hut I luted States. I thft. free trade administration of President t'lev eland, lead mining was 'Unprofitable, ns we had to compete with the piodmer of Mexico, who employed i heap labor and was therefore Side to undersell the Aineriean producer who paid Ahum han wages. the great had mines of jhe state are working every man possible at wages of $3.50 er day of eight limns. loin. I luring the last ttiree years of PresiThe strong right arm of anti-silvdent Cleveland s admiulstiatioii the to-- - Bryanlsm of 1900. Colorado- Springs la I valueof the lead produced Itr this Gazebo. state was $7,rik.151. while during the three years of Piesideft McKinley's THE UTAH CANVAS5. adimmrtration the total value was $1 on ineiease of between six and Results Point to a Republican Victory seven ihillions of dollars. Can any A feeding of discouragement seems to in view of these fai ts, miner', lie gradually creeping over the Demovote to have the unit reduced on e el cratic jioliticians here. It shows itself and for what would naturally follow In many ways. Their workers linve Our sheep have Ira need In iriee tried by every agency known to them from ?J.J5 to $2.50 ler head a gait', to to stem the sentiment within the party the iifvplo of the state of over thiee toward the Republican ticket, and in iuillioh dollars in sheep alone. In the almost every case failure has resulted, -year Sittl tin'- - wool clip of Idaho Avas nicy are still plugging away, but in a valued j4 $U2, iH5, while for the year manner little more than ItH Misestimated it will bring to the One of the phases of the situation w k agrowers of the state $2,32d,0'i0. here vv hii-helps to discourage the file people who depend up- party leaders is the nature of the re'aii$njf-d- t on by their vnnvassers. front uidtisu y vole I'm the '1pents submitted float Into headiiuarters he canvassers tarn party xUnch stands tor a low a CtticytyVent decrease'll! our e day after day roimrting unusually large numbers of voters classed as doubtful and Riqfctuic in our imMirts? liidum i y 1ms also profited turgor numbers, it Is stated, than In greauy during these years of Eepublt-iva- a any campaign since statehood was obadministration. Many of the cat-tj- tained. This of Itself Would not seem men who supported Iiryan In Ml Hi so bad were it not know n that when t McKinley this rear fir approached by Republican canvassers the reasons herein given. A conserva- the voters classed ns doubtful by the tive estimate of i'p number of tattle Democrats usually promptly announce s.a .) They have in- - themselves as Republicans. The deof $15 per fections from the Democratic party ' rfWst'ii in rattle an averaga head, making the cattle met of tlie which have been noted from time to state at least three million do' law tidi- time seem to be steadily increasing in er than they were throe years ago. volume and among them are observed Horses have ini tensed $10 per head, men whose names linve heietofore ah whiih has added nt least one iitUliou ways lion regarded as synonymous dollars to the wealth of the state. with Democratic yob's. The winltli of Idaho lias been tlie city are to Reports from A.hjnriig t'u e three years of 'the same effect as those from within in tnest;' salt I.ak RepubUiaq udminis't.uhiu Kepulduan sis'akers talk four Items; ns follows; to full and enthusiastic houses ns a From tlie mining of lead. . .$ 0.253,854 rule, while the Democratic speakers Ft mil 'the .Increase in tlie are not so sneet Njifnl, In some Instances vulnii-.ocattle 3,000,000 being compelled In their desperation to From the im'rease In the assert that ttieir Influence has been v ill IHV 3,000,000 iisis! to further Republican measures. (if 'sheep e Riero-iFrom tlie. In, the Salt Lake Tribune. 1,000,000 vaijie of hoi sis, Fichu-- . Hie inetea.s.sl price IS, 04.980 efvither Industries BRYANS CABINET. Tile .total for the four in- :aasR-ieThese the Men You Want for is $24,30 i.ft st; One might go through the entire inAdministrators? dustries tf Malm and show how eaeli If William J. Rrynn should be electhas been benefited bv the wise of President McKinley; amt ed president, who would be Ills coun-s- i Tors? Fmlotihtcdly the men who whajt of Idaho is true of every have been most loyal to his rising forstatiVCiy lids intci mountain count) y. most effectyoung state and undevel- tunes, towho have striven Idnhjf ively promote his ambit loim who oped! m ' To' 'ilei-id- i 'niid iiti!i.e the great re- MiYO 'Iifouglir to' Ids cause the most poweiful aid. This vvoi'ul be Just and sources which nature 1ms given us the investment of miliums nf dol-Ia- right. Moreover, it would lie in accordDuring the four years of Demo-crati- ance with the traditions and precelulmiiiistrntiim very little fore'g-- i dents of Ainencati poiitus. Who. then, beV eapilid- was iim sted in our pinpoints, would Mr. Ilrynn's counselo'-Iul .New.. England.-Cleas Fred Wilbut liming the pa4. the. e- yea i s millions of doil.us hive Iieen 4'pi ndiHl In liams; in the middle states. Richard .Cm bur; n, f B '4'j luu Wieg asldv.il-- . upeJiiUg mines, niul many other lines man; in the middle West. John P. Alt-glin the Northwest. Richard F. of business. Tlie capitalists of the In tlie Southwest, James 1C country have had confidence in the and have sought to em- Jones, in the far West, William U. ploy their money productively. This II curst. has addl'd toour population nnd to our Home of these men are intelligent, wealtii. The voters of this stale are not some not. Some of them are sagablind to these facts, and on election cious In their personal affairs, some day. they will give earnest evidence of not. Some possess great personal virtheir confidence in the party whose pol- tues, some none at alL But all these icy hhs ko enriched and blessed them. things are Irrelevant to the present question, because that question has to do wholly w itli public men and not priAN EFFECTIVE CONTRAST. vate citizens. It Is: Do the American people - wish to If Mr. Bryan wished to bring into place Amerjean trade and cobmerce, most striking contrast the difference American law, Justice and order, Atnor-am- l American destiny in between Democratic profession practice, he might hay two things. He might have goue to Raleigh, Jones and Hearst? North Carolina, and before an assenpj In other words are they anxious to blage of Southern Demoirats, he mjlrliVbave tlie affairs of the republic consent ofthbtered for the four years after next th govcBiiid and i x listed on Hint phftik Match 4th Under such auspices as in tin; fusion Repith-- t platform which these; comjtirs the wholesale system of! President William J. Bryan. disfrasKlHsemnit by coercion and in of State William It. Secretary tiniid(fwii' adopted in siXiue states as Hearst. undemocratic. wnre.foWiun and Secretary of the Treasury Richard Or b might have gone io New Y'ork Croker. . ., city, and .before the assembled hostsSecretary of War Richard F Fettl- -.r. the patron-igrew.---1 ofTaatftnny Hall,, under. Coker, In the glare of j Attorney General John P. Altgeld a splendor made possible only by etcPostinns'er Gejjrai James K Jones tortioiXifrora.tbe vilest and most de-- i Secretary of the Navytleorge Fred graded classes of a great city, have Williams. Secret :Myof the Interior BcnjAvtin proailn'd the gosiet of and r. Tillman, and xirgedbek hearers nja defense against The difference he daRjiea that the Republican party Billy ami might mAcrthrovv the I.berties of this ' Teddy appears moie and 4r,ore os tlie to over the roll by. Teihlysye, country to turn themselves to know ' greater, Tammany of the United States. tho answer to all the i miuidpinm tltat If he wished (or do the tiling nmst Billy asks hint while Billy fallen Impressively and effectively he would dnwn every time that Teiidt1 haa'pro-bav-e selected f New Yoik, and Hot j pounded him one in exelia To-da- y s I , oiie-thif- tl . ti -- o ration Crlt.i'.nly the Republican national Willing eommii,ee ought to have to eolitnbute liberally to secure tins impressive evidence of what Mr. Hry-ameans by I lie woids be lias been using so fteely. We liave beard of the danger of the trusts, the consent of the governed, thesev ils of brtbiry ami intimidation, the love of pure the chance ttiat should be left ojieu to tlie American boy, and the objection to the boss" in imlities "and in business, as they have portrayed with unfailing words bjr Mr. Uryau. And now he leads Ills followet s across the continent to show them his ideal of vvlmt tlie American statesman ought to lie like, the tinislied product of those foiees of political reform of which he lises ns tlie most louspleuous advocate. InRheodgltt ofdhe qiattoa the "veil Is drawn Bud we Ilck Croker, The lioss of Tammany Hall, The head blackmailer of the tender- iuteiuioim-tdiu-VcgTon- lh. tl It. I Ills t i 1 IS MOKE 'i HAN Ralegh. as the theater of I 41 Ml m:ks ago of prosperity v liule nation tv 1 - ad ft: unit. m ii: .s tn eroded or i:i;n bi.R'an Ain.n.'ii.Atiiix-- vt 1 o" I n-- nt H- - v tii:s Ill s SHOW AN" i:it u; u mi 1 't u 1 - AND TAkEN-- tT i.riLY 1 IKKvGL ra IDEM ONE OK Great Wave of McKinley Prosperity Is Over the Rockv .Mountains. ixDt s i ;;n s ' -- e The favoritism and protection extended by Emperor Dick Croker of Greater New York to the Ice Trust has been shown lu the granting of valuable dockage privileges which no competing Ice tfoncern can get. Two of Croker's dock commissioners, J. Bergen ut Cram and Charles V. ... Murphy, were on the recently published list of stockholders, The Ice Trust was given valuable contracts with the city of New York, through the official aid and consent of Croker, Mayor Van Wyck and other, Interested stockholders. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL RECORDS THE FOLLOWING! WERE SOME OF THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC STOCKHOLDERS A FEW WEEKS AGO; MAYOR ROBERT A. VAN WYCK, $525,000; RICHARD CROKER, $100,000; HUGH McLAUClILlN, $30,000; CORPORATION COUNSEL JOHN WHALEN, $50,000; JOHN F. CARROLL, $407,000; AUGUSTUS VAN WYCK, WRITER OF THE ANTI TRUST PLANK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, $175,000; F. A CHOKER, $3,J00; E. D. CROKER $3,500; L. J. CROKER, $1,000; E. IF CARROLL, $10,000, At the Chicago Trust Conference, September 10, .1899, Bryan said; .. I 1 want to start with tlie dccUtnrtUm that a monopoly lu private hand indefensible from any ktiuulpoiut, and intolerable. I make no exceptions to . the rule." t NOW LET MR. BRYAN DENOUNCE TIIE DEMOCRATIC ICE TRUST. -- -- - - American ascendency over the greatest ocean of the globe, an ocean to which the United Statis alone of the gieat nations of the wotld possesses diiect access from Its own const Rue; maintain this ascendancy iu the spirit of Justice and lilieny with due regard to the rights of other and the steadfast purpose to protect our own; and having entered upon this policy let the nation extend to tlie state of the West that assistance iu Internal development whkh they have a right to expect as due to their welfare aud tho feeueral Interest of the nation. Do this and the innrvelons story of tiie growth of Ihe East will be outstripped by tlie development of the West, and no state will surpass Colorado in tho triumphal- man b. The' Republican party alone has recognized the greatness of thV npisirtun-lt- y that . destiny has given to our hands. That party Is committed to the policy of natlounl aid for Irrigation of the utid lands. Upon this Democracy is evasive and The RepublUau party Is the author find the champion of western expansion consistent with republican Institutions. To this Democracy etands opposed. No election ever presented to the people of the West au issue of such importance as the present one. The success of tlie Republican pnrty means the continuance of a policy which will hasten a most marvelous growth and development of the Rotky Mountain and Iacitlc states. Tiie eHci-e- x of the Democratic "party would according to Its dclibcintely announced purpose, mean the closing of the door of opportunity, tlie abandonment of the great advupbtgiv we have pained In the riiilipplucJi, the paralysis of ottr enterprise, tlie prMIponeineut of our grow Hi. It would close the gate of tiie.M et and throw us la'k Jijn ourselves to W"ik out the problem of a surplus of natural resources and energy In a land already abundantly supplied with tlie various products of agriculture and manufacturing; it would, according to the Democratic policy of free trade still cherished In theory by that party, open the gate of the East and share our home market with the cheaper labor of Europe. Beyond all question this is tlie paramount Issue of tlie campaign so far as the West Is concerned. What lias lieen gained for us during the past twd years at no cost to us would hs well worth a dozen years of concerted effort and earnest agitation. To keep It, is required only an Indorsement of llie pnrty that has gained this and Intends to proceed along tlie same line. To throw It away Is a piece of such monumental folly that It Is only possible through a gross Ignorance of what Is Involved, or a wilful disregard of the welfare of the Interests of the people of the West -- lower than this. What sort of people does he think he Is talking to? What 1 hi notion of the intelligence of the men for whose votes lie plumps down into the dirt so readily ? Does he suppose Hint Farmer Doe aud Labored Roe are such niunj hammers that h can throw them into fury by telling them that Uivy.sr antoridiiiw sm body else U? If Doe and Itoe are Industrious aud thrifty, they are too busy paddling their own canoe to curse somebody else because he happens to own a steam yacht. If, on the other hand, Ioe doesnt know how to farm and Itoe had rather muke faces at botr, ter men than work, they are clay for Brjaus hands. Such men, however, embittered fall-uiea class toward which, politically, speaking, Mr. Br.vau himself seems to be tending, cannot be very numerous , or tlie community could not endure. Mr. ltryan seems to imagine that there may be enough of the lucapables, full of blind anger ngatrist sueci-ss- , to elect him. lie bids for the foolish and the disgruntled. "You are Just as good'a man a that trust magnate. Why hare not you as much money? That Is what Mr. Bryan's argument. If such It can be Cnlled, amounts to.1 Its purpose Is to inspire in those to whom It Is ad- dressed, pity for themselves as men bilked in some mysterious way by the plutocrat, and hatred for tlie bl!kers.L A Trench annnhlst putting dowti the bourgeoisie, a Hyde 1nrk Socialist of a Sunday talks 111 about this strain. You may hear It, for that matter jfronj the imported Kochi lints anil Anarcbista of New York aud Chicago. But It 1 not calculated for American latitudea.1, Ilcro the door to wealth Is open to -i y body who has the brains, the self. . denial, thp steady purpose, tlie foresee- - , log eye; and It Is vaiu to blow up hatred against a merit or good fortune wliiiJi .few of ots.iH mo ascetic a to despise. The millions of potential mill- - ' loimlre eant lie drummed into wrath ' against the few hundreds or thousands' wtio have actually taken their degree of A. M. If t he farmer and laborer feel called upon to contra-- t their condition with that of somebody else, they are not re- strictest to trust magnates. They can contrast Mr: Brjan, for If he fares I letter than they,, then It their duty not to live In the same pnrty with him, By the way, into what party would a . fanner or laborer unwilling to live in the same party with a trust magnate go? Delis, we suppose, or that of some " other of tlie little fellows. Certainly ' not Into .Mr. Bryan's, which 1 well' speckled with monopoly. s, ev--i- 1 ' A SOLDIERS MESSAGE. We have drilled the Boxers, rank and 't file, To a lively Yankee tune. And left Ins Frkln line or march , ith broken China atruwn. "(SiW thury ' from tlie dragon's home " the morning ray, baluti An.l my tliourhts at last are free to tara Toward election day. Th purjile city's palaces Around me I behold. Its liitt 1 likes and marble courts. And domes of shining gold. Is homesick now l or my native village gay , With ton i trigs and band . election dav. ! For I tell you on November sixth . Whin the eagle Hups lla wings, Tim Inutile voter proudly stands 'the pci r of erowrod kings F i t hug a a v. old f good advice , VV BRYAN AT HIS WORST. Sample of Ills More Recent Wat Tyler 'tanner. Mr. Ttrjuu continues to be tiie most effective stump speaker for the Republicans, for his attempts to set against the wtll hwlo man tlie man who is nt present less well to do, provoke the Inutility of the one and the contempt or the other. His speech at Marion, Illinois, Monday, Is a sample of his bert Wat Tjler manner: If the farmer or laboring man will compare his own condition with the condition of (lie trust magnate he will find out w ho fares tlie best, and he can then decide whether lie will Rye iti the same pnrtv wiih the trust mnguate," Mr. Reran has a wonderful alacrity In sinking, but he can hardly get much A ' lioney-sntiher-hea- turn-out- s, vu. of fir 'iulu.j : kysure to vote vour UiJtet straight Upon elictlon dav. Be Oh, e !dlt r tn tlie r. iUon-- chair! tmr nrc all with jou. V ho fated the ti hden tempest ouca lake us tn army btue. And so we draw our ringing blades , -i rd o r And agues of spray cheer to 'rip M y in ' I pen r!t ttou Hay, Abwnu Irving. In Leslie' Weekly. 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