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Show PITHY, POLITICAL, PARAGRAPHS. IA Hang Chang will doubtless jcra Aguinaldo in hoping fur the success e the Democratic ticket. Find an American who deprecate the presence of our troops in Pekia and you find an American whose neighbors neigh-bors are ashamed of him. . Protection, prosperity and patrietlaai form the pleasing picture painted aa every promise, pledge and policy af President McKinley's adiniuistraaea. If Bryanlsm can deprive Omaha aad Lincoln of twenty-sevea per cent, ef their inhabitants in tea years, how mac will It tike him ta depopulate the state? The Populist who finds hiiaseK clasp lug hands with Adlai Stevensoa aad Richard Olney must be both Area ta tell whether the Indiaa ar the wigwam wig-wam is last. Ur. Jones hasn't yet said his steak la the American Cotton Compaay; aaa W you ask our caadid epiaiea ia tne natter, we must say that he la act likely te do so. The Illinois Central's ten per eeat raise of wages must be aaether phase af the conspiracy ta keep up general prices in this country. Mr. Bryaa aught ta look into this. It Is a wise observer of histery waa says that the short cut ta Imperialism would be through the anarchy of a government by Bryan, Altgeld, Weaver, Wea-ver, Tillman and Pettigrew. Mr. Bryan has requested the Silver Republicans to notify him by letter and not personally. He seems to have given up the West, and the facts la the case seem to warrant that course. Thls year Oregon increased its Republican Re-publican plurality five fold. Between Vermont and Oregon the Democratic arithmetic man has nothing to say except ex-cept that he awaits developments. Carl Schurz advises the American people to say to the Republican party: "You are discharged with a reprimand. But before you go be sure to pass the laws necessary to prevent Bryan from wrecking the country." We-'ll tn!fv it all back, Mr. Bryan dld KtaKe ame predictiohl"n 189G "that has been fulfilled. He said: "We intend in-tend to sto-i borrowing money In Europe." Eu-rope." And we have. Minneapolis Journal, The members of the G. A. R." keenly regretted President McKinley's inability inabil-ity to attend their reunion. But they are men who appreciate the importance import-ance of the comamnder in chief remaining re-maining at his post of duty when there . is an enemy In the field. The beauty of Tammany government Is illustrated by the manner in which the Dewey arch is cared for. The hoard of aldermen made an appropriation appropria-tion of $2,000 to repair and clean the arch. The money has disappeared and the arch continues in its dilapidated condition. The Tammany toll-gate has a rapacious appetite. Does anybody suppose that John B. Searles, lately the dominating spirit la tiie Sngar Trust of New York, would have made J. K. Jones rich and prominent promi-nent in the Cotton Bale Trust if the aaid Jones had not been a member af the finance committee of the Senate? "Should Mr. Lincoln be re-elected the revolution will be accomplished. This will be no longer a republic of the United States, but a consolidated empire." em-pire." The language looks familiar, except the name. It appeared In the leading Democratic paper of Indiana la 1864. The chances of Nebraska being carried car-ried by the Republicans grows brighter each day. One' seldom hears of a man who voted for McKinley four years ago saying that he will vote for Bryan this year, while you hear of dozens who voted for Bryan declaring they will cast their ballots this year for McKinley. McKin-ley. In this county the slump to Me-! Me-! ' Kinley will be quite large. North Platte Tribune. "Mr. Bryan finds proof of "imperial-Ism" "imperial-Ism" in our alleged "purchase of the Filipinos at 2.50 a head, like slaves." Then we must have bought the people of Detroit. New Orleans, St. Augustine, Augus-tine, Santa Fe. and Sitka like slaves, at so much per head. Will Mr. Bryan dare to suggest to any able-bodied de-' de-' scendant of an old settler of one of those towns ttiat his ancestor was bought as a slave by the United States? Let Mr. Bryan advance that Idea In person to the gentleman of French descent now Democratic mayor of New Orleans or to one of the Lunas or Oteros of New Mexico. Mr. Bryan x would not be likely to make any speeches for the next month. When Mr. Bryan's "slave-buying" argument Is reduced to concrete and personal form its absurdity is apparent. Bryan excuses his urging Democratic senators to vote for the ratification of the treaty between Spain and the United Unit-ed States, by saying that he urged and hoped the Senate would at the same time pass a resolution pledging Independence Inde-pendence to the Filipinos. The gentleman gentle-man surely does not wish the public to believe that he Is so densely Ignorant as to believe that a resolution of that kind would have any force or effect as against the provisions- of 'the treaty. The excuse Is of itself an insult to the intelligence of the American people. They are fully aware of the futility of any such resolution and It was an afterthought af-terthought of his, an explanation of a political blunder that don't explain. In 1890 many gave Bryan credit for being "' sincere, but mistaken in the theories he advocated; to-day they are forced to ' conclude he is either an ignoramus or a demagogue, and they certainly do not believe him to be the former. Wayne Republican. |