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Show Ten Living Questions. According to the local organ of opposition, op-position, the New York World says there are ten living, burning questions ques-tions In this campaign, and "the only" proceeds to quote them. It's probably sacrilegious to question cither the World or "the only" in matters political, but Thk Iti'.runu-can Iti'.runu-can bcllecs that the questions are as follows rather that as these two old chestnuts state. 1 A MAN Oil MAKESHIFT? Shall the people of the United States have for the next four years at the head of the government a man strong enough with the whole people to be nominated despite the schemes of polltlcans and unlawful capitalistic combinations whom he has antagonized, antagoniz-ed, or shall we have a servant of such corrupt polltlcans as David 11. Hill and August Dclmont a man who If he has any convictions is afraid to talk lest he make a mistake. 2 I'KOSPKMTY on sour? Shall the tariff be cut and this prosperous pros-perous country plunged Into such scenes of terrible disaster, want and soup house times as existed under the Cleveland administration? Or shall we give tho tariff friendly revision by its friends? 3. CUItlt Oil KILL TIIK TIlUbTS? Shall this country accept democracy and assure the breaking of the trusts by the breaking down of everything else? Is It better to have the trusts and prosperity, or no trusts and poverty? 4. KNOWLKIH1K Oil 1QN0UANCK? Shall this country turn over its highest olllcc to a man who has never yet been tried in office higher than district Judge or shall It remain In the hands of a strong man who has already grappled successfully with every great question before the nation and a man who has surrounded himself him-self with sucli men as John Hay, Ellhu Root, and Secretary Taft. 5. HALT IN MID&TltEAM? Shall the machinery of tho government govern-ment be placed In entirely new hands, hands unused to public affairs and not in sympathy with great projects now being carried out successfully? Shall present policies that of the Isthmian canal, Irrigation and Philippines be transferred to unfriendly hands? 0. NKCEbSAIlY UXl'KNOITUIti:. Shall wo accept democratic assurances assur-ances that this billion dollar country can be run on a thousand dollar policy? Can we accept Democratic assertions mat they can run this country to athantage under any circumstances, cir-cumstances, when figures show that eight vcars of Clcvclandlsm the public debt increased $450,000,000, and with nothing to show for it but a ruined country? 7.- SHALL WK UPHOLD HONKSTY Shall we continue In olllcc a man who has been big enough to unearth frauds in government departments and feat less enough to proceed against the criminals despite their standing and threats and their republicanism i Shall we unseat the one man who is big and stiong enough to use his effoits to cleanse the gocrninent and his own party? 8. THAT "1110 hTK'K." Shall we continue that policy that sacrifices none of our just claims in our relations with the world and jet arouses no leseutment, or shall we accede to the wish washy demoeiatic Volley that Invites trouble and is never prepared for It? Shall we continue con-tinue to assort our rights with dlgnlty.honor and strength, regardful of the rights of others, or shall we lay down nnd let other countries goad us Into action? Shall we stand behind the Monroe doctrine or forsake It.? I). TIIK PIIILIPPINKS. Shall the republican administration be permitted to govern the Philippines Philip-pines until such a time as they shall be able to govern themselves, or shall the democrats be placed in power so that they may give to the slanders their lmmediarc independence and thus lose for them their civil rights, liberty and public order? Shall this country carry out the present wise policy of teaching the Filipinos what liberty is, and educating them as to methods of self-government, or shall these barbarians be given the liberty democrats now harp about? 10. THE NEOIIO PItOIILEM Shall we turn down a president who Is enough of a common man, who Is sach a noble example of the common citizen making up this country of, by and for the people, that he recognizes and uses his efforts to uplift the black man whom the north fought to free fioni slavery? Because Theodore Roosevelt refuses to accept the dictation dicta-tion of the social rank In which he moves and shows a friendship for the negio In his Ignorance, shall we accept ac-cept the democratic war cry that the President Is reviving sectionalism that Is dead and burled, cr shall we believe as has always been known that democracy Is against the negro at any and all times? |