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Show TRU T H 6 TWENTY-FIV- YEARS E BEFORE THE PUBLIC Young Bros. Co. are sole agents for the following well known y PIANOS Voso & Sons Crown Richmond Royal Blasius AND PACKARD ORGANS BOTTOM PRICES. EASY PAYMENT8. 38 MAIN ST. THE NATIONAL SITUATION. last weeks issue, Roosevelt and Ilitt will be the ticket, As was stated in so far as the Republican party is conThe selection of these two cerned. will be the best that can be made, not only on account of geographical situation, but by reason of ability. To discuss the president is unnecessary, because the country knows all about him, but a few words anent Mr. Hitt may not be out of place. To begin, ho Is an able man and has for many years represented his district in congress with great ability for a conThe sole objection that gressman. can bo raised Is, that be is old, Mr. Hitt being In his seventy-firs- t year. But other men of that age have manifested ability and virility, and from what we gather from the history of Mr. Hitt he is no exception to the rule that governed in the cases of Gladstone and Bismarck, who grew abler Mr. Hitt will as they grew older. bo regarded as a safe man to succeed Roosevelt, in the event that he is elected, and In view of the ever present possibilities of death. Mr. Hitt began public life early. He was the expert stenographer who reported the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. For seven years ho was secretary of the legation at Paris; for about a year he was assistant secretary of state and since 1882 he has represented continuously his district in the house of representHe was, from the outset, a atives. member of tho committee on foreign affairs, and for many years has been its chairman. Those who oppose him contend that he is a man who lacks the faculty of mingling with men and point to the fact that he Is unknown to many of the voters of his district; that he is a quiet, studious person and lacks the magnetism that makes the successful Truly this does not seem politician. to be a reasonable argument against any man. There are a large number of the citizenship of this nation who would very much like to see the quiet of advanced to positions man loud the than trust rather and honor and noisy politicians who force themselves to the front, and there is little doubt but that the republic would be the better for it. William Randolph Hearst is not riously in the race for the presidency It is true that Mr. any longer. Hearst witl be voted for in the democratic convention at St. Louis, but his most sanguine friends do not expect He will get he will land the place. between 100 and 200 votes on the first Mr. ballot and will then retire. Hearst will support the ticket and the Who will be nominated? platform. After looking over the situation care-fuiland reading the opinions of the most astute and able editors of the country; after noting the forces that are behind the movement, we believe at this writing that Judge Parker is going to be nominated and 'that the effort to elect him will be as strongly made as was that to place McKinley in the chair in 1896. It is true that Gorham, Olney or McClellan may be mentioned; may be put in nomination before the convention, but right now it appears as if they, like Hearst, will get only a limited number of votes on the first ballot and that the succeeding one will settle it. There may be a condition arising that will dispense with a second ballot. Alabama controls the situation so far as that Alabama is condition is concerned. first on the roll call. That state is goto her vote, solid ing give for and Parker there then will be something doing. Presuming that Arkansas and Arizona and California do announce their votes for Mr. Hearst what matters it. The big states come together in a bunch. Indiana, with her big delegation precedes New York, New Jersey, Maine and Pennsylvania and if Parker should get their votes on ballot No. 1 it will be all over but the shouting. It locks as if the moneyed interests were determined to nominate Parker. If they do, the country will be treated to the very strange spectacle of a se- - T PROFESSIONAL CARDS. mammoth campaign fund being handled in the interests of the DemocratThat ought to be glad ic candidate. tidings of great joy to a lot of the Anton Pederson, PIANO, VIOLIN, faithful, who for years and years HARMONY. have trailed at the pole. Studio, Clayton Mmlo Oo., Main Street. That question Will Bryan bolt? has been asked many times. We beWhat could he Monsieur a.nd Madam de Loerv lieve he will not. to achieve? Hearst, the man hope VOICE CUL.TUBE with the newspapers, has said he will and French Conversation . Breathing mri support the candidate, and what re- CoachlnR for Opera a Specialty. Commercial Club Building. sults could Bryan accomplish with onMr. to him? back ly the Commoner 250-2- 80 Hearst, by the way, surprised the enemy by that statement he made to the Washington Post, in which he said he would support the nominee of the Miss Nora Gleason. TEACHER. OF MVS1C St. Louis conventicn, whoever he may Mr. Hearst said he had been be. 'PHONE 1239 z. BTUDIO. fighting for the nomination, not in m. Fimmr to. iif the name of Populism, but progressive Democracy and if the conservatives win he will bow to the decision of the representatives of the masses be nominated as the standard bearer and reserve for himself the privilege of his party in Missouri he is eliminThere was some talk that an of making a progressive fight here- ated. attempt would he made to stampede the national convention in his behalf, Jft ft is to be noted as a significant but his declaration knocks that plan in the head. fact that Harpers Weekly, which is A always Republican, except when the Who the Democratic candidate for state of New York has a business inwill be is an open questerest candidate to offer, is very glad tion. Not much consideration has there is no chance for a bolt by Bryan, been given the matter, hut there is assuming its information to be accu- plenty of time, after the head of the rate. This remark betrays the posi- ticket has been decided upon. The to is so be to as able equipped tion Harpers will occupy In the com- party furnish an man available for that ing campaign. If Parker is the nomfrom several of states. the place or even if Olney, Gormah, or inee, Cleveland are either one successful, A Harpers will be for the Democratic Whether or not the temporary candidate and against Roosevelt. Mr. Folk, of Missouri, has disap- chairman of the Ohio state convenMr. tion, which met on pointed a few of his friends. Wednesday last, Folk was mentioned as a candidate knew it, he was sounding the Demfor president in many quarters. But he comes out and declares he is not ocratic slogan for the coming cama candidate and as he will doubtless paign. It has been said that the after. vice-preside- nt . speech made in the lower house of congress by W. Bourke Cochran was CALL AND EXAMINE OUR. NONPAREIL KRANICH BACH GRAND Baynes (Si Romney Piano Co. 40 RICHARDS STREET. Tan Oxfords a.nd Tan Shoes are just the thing this summer. We have the new shapes and colors in blucher or straight lace, all at $3.50. Our No. 379 is especially attractive, being on the flat Fenway last, with blind eyelets; just such a shoe as others are. asking $5.00 for. Come see them WALK-OVE- R. $3.50 SHOE STORE 259 MAIN STRBST the real battle cry, but Chairman Starr has gone him one better. The war cry is going to be Turn the rascals out. The address alluded to Is in part, as follows: Where is the Democrat whose cheek has not burned with anger or whose head has not hung in shame, as he reads or listens to words of vituperative villification, libel and slander bandied between warring factions, whether they be of Hearst, Parker, Cleveland, Bryan or otherwise. Is the mere preference of a man a crime? Is it a greater crime for a Democrat to have a preference for Parker, for Hearst, for Cleveland, for Bryan, than it is for United States senators to sell the influence of their office for gain or for the administration to suppress the investigation of the postofflee scandals lest it should injure the party, or for the president of the United States to disrupt the republic of Columbia in the interest, of the Panama canal grafters? "We want the yeoman service of Parker and his friends in the coming campaign; we want the energy and dash of Hearst and his friends in the coming battle; we want the oratory of Bryan and Cochran, the political management of Hill and Gorman and the mature Judgment of Cleveland the impending. struggle.- in - A common danger and calamity, a common spirit and patriotic duty should make brothers of us all. and here in Ohio we want the united efforts of Johnson, McLean, Lentz, and the great Democratic party to Join in one gigantic effort to turn back the flood of Republican corruption that threatens to overwhelm the Kil-bour- ne state. Democrats, cease your envyings and contention and stand shoulder to shoulder in our common cause against this fearful, stupendous and appalling |