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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

The consistency Of the free-trade
Democrats is something remarkable.
The Democratic platform denies that
our country has prospercd. Edward
Atkinson, a distinguished Democrat
ic f%ree-trader, says that it was never
so prosperous before. The Demo-
cratic platform asserts that prices are
higher and wages lower since the
new tariff law passed. Two Demo-
Garlic Senators, Carlisle and Harris,
agree with the other members Of the
committee that prices are lower and
wages higher since the enactment of
that law. But, then, what consist
ency can be expected from a party
whose sole claim to power has rested
on the howls of calamityitcs and the
vaporings of cranks?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

TIE free trade Chicago Times
says: "Thc iron production of the
United States still continues larger
than that of any other country in.
the world. Two years ago we passed.
Great Britain for the first time, and
we are certain to now hold the lead,
While the production of the world
has increased % per cent. in the last
decade, that of the United States has
more than doubled, and almost the
entire gain in the total has been in the
production in this country" That is
a truthful statement, but the free
trade Times forgot to add that the
protective tariff has been the only.
method by which the United States
could have cxcclled England in the
production of iron.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

If Chairman Carter had dared to
hold on to the Office of Land Com
missioner while engaged in directing
the movement of the Republican
campaign, the Mugwumps and other
hypocrite rcformcrs would have
sprained their Threats in dcnouncing
his action as wicked and subyersiye
of good government. The spectacle,
however, Of Chairman Harrity cling
ing with a vise-like grip to the fat
Office of Secretary of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania while he de-
votes nine-tenths of his time to
booming the cause of Cleveland and
free trade, strikes these pious souls
as being eminently proper and cor
rect. The Mugwump ear is SO large
and SO finely attuned that it can de-
tect a difference between tweedle.dee
and tweedle-dum without the aid Of
an audiphone.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
That Conleacratc Plunk.

The Democratic platform contains n
plank that was taken almost bodily
from the constitution of the de. unct
Southern C~onfederacy. 1t is its tariff
plank, which declares that u protective
tariff Is unconstitutional, and that this
Government has no right to protect its
home industries and the workingmen to
whom they afford employment.
This means that the Government has
no right TO forbid the entrance of con-
tract laborers from abroad, or of the
product of their labor, by the imposition
Of legal penalties ON the first and of n
tariff on the second. 1t is fair to saw
that the tariff plank. as originally pre-.
sented at Chicago, distinctly provided
for the protection of domestic industries
and the wages Of American WORKING
men. and that 352 members Of the con.
vention voted for the original plank,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

Lightning plays some queer
pranls," said William Cathcart. to
the writer. Il was travelling through
Coles County, H., some years ago,
and sought refuge from IL thunder
storm in farm house. Tho farmer
undertook to build Il fire in the
kitchen stove to dry my damp gar
ncnts. He was down on his knees
blowing the Goals vigorously. when
there was a terrific clap o; thunder.
and Il bolt of blue fire shot ont of the
stove into his face. He fell back us
limp as Il wet newspaper. The light
ming tore all his clothing OF with the
exception of II boot and trousers
leg. There WAS q; strca!, elown
through his beard. across mis- breast
and down his Ice as though made hy IL
rcd-llot poker. ! suprosel liz was as
dead as Il door nail. His wife picked
up a large crock of milk that stood
on the table and dashed ii nver him.
and in less than three minutes he sat
up. surveyed himself and mournfully
remarked: Maria. you ouglltcn To
are;lt lne that erway aforc Strangers"
ST. Louis GlOlc-DemOcrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

while nearly 600 stood for that which
was taken from the rebel constitution.
That constitution declared that no
duties or taxes Oh importations from
foreign nations shall be laid TO promote
or foster any branch of industry" Tho
Democratic platform ut Chicago declares
it to be "a fundamental principle If the
Democratic party that the Federal Gov
ernmcnt has no constitutional power to
impose and collect tariff duties except
for the purpose OF rcvenue only" The
close resemblance between the purpose
OF this plank and the declaration of the
secession constitution on this subject is
readily seen.
DO the people of the United States
propose to vote for candidates who adopt
Us their tariff principle the notification
declarations of the Confederate consti-
tution?-Mail and Express.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
Abandoned Farm. i'm Tie nuS,.

There are not now so many .'alDan-
tloncd farms i'm the New England
States as people who have heard of
them. without examining the facts
regarding them. may think there
must he. Official reports about the
abandoned farms of Vermont. Massa-
ehtlsetts. and New Hampshire have
recently been made by the Boards of
Agriculture of these States. There
were only 4o6 of them i'm Vermont
last spring. and . good many of thcS.
have been taken up since that time.
There were 900 OF them i'm Massa-
chnsctts at the same period of the
year, not a few of which have been
purchased and brought under cultiva-
tion since then. There were LAP of
them in New Hampshire two years
ago, hut hundreds of buyers have
gone to the State and made sclec-
tions from them within these years.
New York Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
Free Trade Editors Challenged.

There is not q Democratic editor in
the land from Cape Cod to San Francis
co, from Lake Itasca to Key West. who
is not to-day buying the very paper on
which he prints his Mckinley prices
f~alsehoods for less money than he paid
before tho Mckinley bill was passc1l.
We know of our personal knowledgeth that
it is true of the New York free trade
dallics-onc of them is saving SEQ, 900 q
year in the fail of the price of it's paper
below the price actually paid for it, be-
fore the new tariff was enacted.
The American Protective League will
pay Sl,OoOto that Democratic editor who
Will show that paper of the quality and
kind used by him to publish his McKin-
ley prices falsehoods IAN not be pur-
chased in the open market from 5 to 90
per cent. cheaper than it cost under the
old tariff,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
TIE WORK IN THE WEST
REPUBLICAN, MANAGERS ARE
ACTIVE.
They Know All About That Proposed
Democratic Crusade In the Upper Mis-
stssippi valicy-Dclnocrats Will Find
Our Line Well Guarded,
Democracy and the West,


1t will be we'll for the masses of the
Republican party of the country ut large
10 understand that the Republican cam
paign managers in tho West are fully
informed as to the necessities anil re-
quirements of the situation. They
know I'LL about that proposed Demo-
cratic crusade in the upper part of the
Mississippi Valley and on the other side
of the Rocky Mountains. The posi-
bility OF such u movement us this has
been foreseen from the beginning, and
has been intelligently and adequately
guarded against. Doubtless the Re-
publican campaign managers have no
expectation that this Western crusade
will reach formidable proportions. In
all probability they are convinced that
it will collapse before election day ar
rivcs, Notwithstanding the boasts of it's
promoters and the confidence. or
pretended confidence. reposed in it by
the inner circle of the Democratic mag
mates. They arr treating it seriously,
however, and making all necdful prepa
rations TO defeat it. In every Western
State the local Republican managers
are getting the party into effective fight
ing shape, and the National Committee
is doing its part toward making the
party's position impyegnable. All the
machinery of the organization is being
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
Tho Tariff and strikes.

Drowning men catch at straws!
Probably that is the reason why the
Democrats are making such desperate
efforts to show that the Mckinley bill is
the real cause of the labor disturbances
in Pennsylvania and Idaho, and that the
only possible relief is by restoring the
Democrats TO power and SO obtaining
he much vauntcd blessings of Free
Trade"
The natural inference from this would
be that under Clevcland's administers
ton there We're fewer strikes than under
Harrisrn's.
What are the facts?
In the first half year of McKinlcyism
We find two strikes in mckinley pro-
tected" textile industries in Connecti.
cut.
In the corresponding six months of
Clevcland's administration there wcre
fout strikes in tho clothing factories,
six IN the cloth mills and thirty-nine in
The soundrics OF tho same State.
In New Jersey during the same period
there We're two strikes in -MciNinley
protected industries"
In President Clevcland's second yeat
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
Tint Dreadful neficiA

Four Years ago it was the surplus that
troubled the Democrats. Ii it had been
the traditional man on horseback, y
they could not have been more thor
oughly frightened. President Cleve-
land wrote a message about it, in his
most ponderously e%lephantine style.
pointing out the grave dangers to which
it exposed the republic.
This Year it is not IL surplus, but n
deficit tina. the Democrats are fright
ened AZ. They say there is danger. that
there will not be money enough left in
the Treasury to pay current bills, and
that u deficit stares the country in the
face. Surplus and deficit seem TO be
almost equally terrible 10 them. they
do not know what TO do with either.
III there should be IL deficit OF a few
millions-that is, if the expenditures of
the Government during the fiscal year
should run a few millions ovcr tho re-
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

The speech of Senator Aldrich, in
answer to that of Senator Vest, is
the most noteworthy defense of pro-
lection, and especially of the McKin-
ley bill, that we have seen since tho
great speech of Gov. Mckinley on
reporting the bill that bears his name.
1t bristles with facts and is eloquent
with the elolucnce of experience. If
ever a mar was squclched in an ar
gument that man was Senator Vest.
Mr.. Aldrich's speech will be a strong
campaign document for use in the
coming fight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

AS let there is no evidence that
Mr.. Cleveland's large and justly cell
ebrated personal comfort" is going
to play any prominent part in the
campaign. This is indecd gratifying,
and it indicates steady progress in
the right direction. Nevertheless,
IT has taken Mr.. Cleveland eight
years to discover that there is not nor
ever will be any personal comfort in
a political contest.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

'fiist six months, New Jersey reported
twelve strikes in it's silk works. eleven
III the building trades, nine in leather
and eight i'm machinery.
During the first six months of Me.
Kinlcyism New York had one strike in a
Mckinley protected industry"
Tie first six months Of Mr.. Clcve-
lands second year witnessed five hum
dred and thirty-thrcc strikes in this
State.
In Ohio during that period the ratio
WAS three for "McKin!eyism" to eighty
n for Cleveland.
In Pennsylvania during the first half
year OF the Mckinley bill Democratic
authorities charge up strikes in eight
iron and steel works in PENNSYLVANIA
and in several Philadelphia carpet fac
tories to that measure.
During the corresponding six months
oil Cleveland's administration thirty
nlne carpet works and twcnty-seven
steel works in Pennsylvania We're under
strike, not to mention the IL, 900 miners
in 143 coal mines,
In our issue of July 20 we showed
that while the population of the United
States was nearly double that of En-.
gland, yet within the last twelve months
there Were over 1,5OO strikes in Free
Trade England, affecting over 3,O0O,-
600 of workers-the Durham miners'
strike alone involved half a million.
while in Protection America scarcely
2oo,O00 persons We're affected in tho
same period.
1t seems to us that this is Il subject
til" Democratic papers had better leave
most carefully alone.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

SOME of the Democratic papers are
evidently getting alarmed at the eff
fccts of the extreme declaration of
their party's platform against the
policy of protection, and they arc re-
sorting to the poor and absurd device
of working their candidate against
their platform. They are trying to
make Mr.. Cleveland out to be "a mod
crate protectionist Democrat" Now,
if he is that sort of a Democrat, what
sort of views would a moderate free
trade member of the party of Jefrcr-
son. Jackson, Pierce, and Tweed en-
terrain?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

long ago made. His speech at Spring.
geld is evidence that the Republican
party has been n%cglcctful of its duty in
not calling him to the rost:um years ago.
His speech was IL logical, masterly
effort. c%minently suited 10 the occasion
and the audience, and presenting Re-
publican doctrine in IL clear and forcible
manner. Every line reveals the close
thinker, the logical r~easoner, and we do
not see how any man of Intelligence
could listen to Mr.. Rcid's effort and
not have his faith in Rcpublicanism con-
firmed and strengthcncd.-Toledo Bale.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

The negroes of the South may get
q chance to vote this year. They
may not all vote the Republican tick.
ct. In fact, it is petty certain that
many of them will support the Poo
pies party, and some of them will
cast their ballots for the Democracy.
This little detail, however, is of mi
nor consequence. The big fact is that
they are likely to vote and to have
their votes counted.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

ceipts-it would not be matter for any
alarm, and the Government OF the
United States would not have to 90 out
OF business; but as IL matter of fact
there is no Immediate danger of any
deficit at all. During the fiscal wear
ending June 30, lS92, the receipts of
the Government We're S35G, 1881, 3O2, and
It's expenditures We're 1851 ,3lS, $50. The
net cash balance in the Treasury Mt
that date was S127. $50, 2sG. IS, or, ex-
Guiding the gold reserve of SlON. OOO. 900.
S27, o50, 2G6. 3S. The customs revenue
during the year was S177, 81, 1914. an
average of ST., s23. 5SG.17 per month.
During tho month of June the customs
receipts We're Sl4 ,61S, 435, or more than
S2OO,O 600 less than the average. Durin.
the month OF July the customs receipts
lose to l7,205 Lob, an increase over
June of over 81. 100, 400. The receipts
Tor August and the fall months will in
all probability be still larger Than those
for July. The customs rev. nue. fo- the
fiscal year ending June so, 1898, is not
likely TO he much less than 5000, OOO, 900.
Not all the appropriations Will need to
be expended during the year, and SEN
ator Allison, vino is IA safe and on
authority, says that at the
end OF the year there will be n small
surplus.
\ Democratic House of Representa-.
tlves, with a knowledge that the csti-
mated revenu of the Government of the
fiscal year is about SS455.0 OO, 900, has ap-
pioprlated sums amounting in the agyre-
gate to over 500 900, 400. Its only excuse
for this is that the Republican House OF
Representatives of the Fifty-first Con-
gress made permanent appropriations
amounting to nearly $50, 0gO, ono which
ms House had to pay: SO that left to
themselves the Democrats would have
appropriated about S42s, 900 900. Now,
the emocra We're perfectly free TO
repHalthesc appropriations ii they chose.
forty-eight millions of them were tor.
pensions, S9.500,000 for redemption OF
national bank notes. $40, GOO, 900 was for
sugar bounties, and S3,29i, $50 was app
propriated for the Worlds Fair.
These appropriations We're not re-
pealed nor rejected by the Democrats,
bu now they seek to repudiate them.
There is no telling, of course, what tlev
might have done il left 20 themselves"
AS they had only 15p majority in the
House they We're, of course, hampcred
by the opposition and were unable to do
as they chose.
1t is perhaps natural that the Demo-
Gratis, who have had little experience in
public business, should b. incapable of
dealing with either Il surplus or a deficit:
y" he Republicans are frightened by
nei..-.. and will, we suppose. adminis-
ter the government safely and
ically for at least four years and q half
more.-New York Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

placed in good working order. The mis-
q OF Understanding the ability and
the resources OF II ncmy is not being
committed. All the documents needed
to set forth the record OF the two parties
on the chief issues of the day are being
distributed. Some of tho most effective
stump speakers in the country are COM
ing to spread Republican doctrine and
revive and quicken Republican zeal
throughout the Western States.
The Democrats will find when their
assault on the Western Republicans be-
gins that every part OF the line is we'll
guarded. They can make no conquests
IN Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min
nesota or Iowa. The interests OF the
Republicans in those States seem TO be
adequately defended l. 1t is altogether
likely that the party's lead in none of
them will be as broad as it was i'm 1888,
yet undoubtedly it will be sufficient for
all practical purposes. In Kansas, Nc
braska and the Dakotas the Democrats
and third party men appear to believe
that victory is within their reach.
but to the Republicans the situu-
ton is not Mt all discourage
ing. The prospect at this distance
from h election is that the Republicans
Will secure the electoral Votes of all
these States. Colorado is no longer
doubtful, for the silver men are more
hostile to Cleveland than they are to
Harrison. Nobody need be surprised il
the Republican majority in that State
this year is larger than it was in 1885.
Wyoming and Idaho, which are also in
iluenced, to some extent, by the silver
issue, are safe for the party. So, OF
course, are Oregon. California. and Ne
vada. The only Northwestc.N State
which the Republicans have much
chance of losing is Montana. But in
that State, as we'll as in the older and
larger ones, the Republicans will make
n vigorous They will nowhere
and in no particular trust TO their pre-
%ponderance in tho past for victory in the
present. They will. all through the
West, go to work with the same earnest-
ness and activity in the campaign as il
every State vas doubtful, and as ii the
result of the election would depend
upon the vote of each.-Globc- Demo-
a,n
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

Mr.. CLEVELAND has informed a
friendly letter, of course-that he
expects to carry New York, Massa-
chusetts, one or two Western States.
and in short enough electoral votes to
make him President. Everybody will
be glad to know that Grover is in a
cheerful frame Of mind at this stage
Of the campaign, for the Lord knows
he will have enough grief later on.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

CLEVELAND LEADER: There is only
one road to a safe and permanent BIZ
metallic monetary standard, and that
is by an international agreement COW
ering the principal countries of Eu-
rope as we'll as the United States.
President Harrison and his party are
seeking the goal of all true and in
telligent friends of the silver dollar
by the only sensible road.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
Enormous Wealth of the country.

When Mr.. Porter of the eleventh
census gets around to it he may he
able to show that the capital invested
in commercial enterprises i'm this
country is not far from $780, 900. O0O.-
600. In 1850 it was something over
100000, 600, 600. 1t has been esti-
mated that Mr.. Portcr's figures would
show the present amount to be $780,
600, 600, 600, but some estimates indi-
cate that it will be $40, 600. 900, Oo0
above these figures. England can
show nothing like it. This is an
enormous increase in ten years and
shows the earning power of the
money which is invested i'm business
enterprises in the United States
Cleveland Plaindcalcr.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
wonderful feat Of dancing a jig on

wonderful feat Of dancing a Jig nm
the top of the tree. Few people,"
says MIR. Myers, "likc to go up so
high. but l have never yet seen IL
place too high for me. 1t is no trick
at all for me in these great red woods
to climb a tree, cut off the top. and
stand on it. / have stood on the en-
IRENE top of an electric tower in Tip
ton. Iowa. The tower was l59 feet
high. and ! stood on a onc-inch rod
with one foot. or this you can get
proof from Upton. l was Il stranger
there. but you can find that | did so
by asking the people of Tiplon."
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

SINCE the passage Of the Mckinley
law there has been an average in
crease Of 1867 per cent. in the selling
price of agricultural products. The
farmers know this, and they will be
slow to believe lies told by Democratic
newspapers and orators to the effect
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

1853 and 1864 a. T.. Stevenson was a
rank Coppcrhcad, politician and candi-
date for Office in Woodford County" y
E~N-tiorrrnor Hamilton of Illinois, who
lived AT Bloomington during the war.
Strvcnson's name appeared on the
record of membership of the knights of
the Golden Circle, which l captured. =
Statement of Major j.. Olmstcad, now of
Los Angeles, Cal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

WILL the epistolizer of Gray Gables
kindly tell us whether it is not an
exhibition of "ghoulish glee" when
f%rce-tradcrs gioat over the destruc-
ton, by fire or otherwise, of Amcri-
can tia-platc factories?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
s,o, relcphone ,r.cn,ne.

Two California inventors have de-
vised a toll-collecting apparatus for
telephones. 1t consists of the usual
coin-in-thc-slot device, with the adj
dition of a clockwork apparatus that
automatically cuts out the telephone
when the time for talk has expired.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

IT makes the Democrats mad to
have the Government redeem it's
Treasury notes in gold, but the Re-
publican policy of financial honesty
and good sense will not be changed
on that account.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

EX-GOVERNOR GRAY. of Indiana.
whose boom the Tammany tiger
clawed into carpet rags at Chicago,
announces his readiness to do my
thing he can for the ticket. Evi.
IDENTIFY Brother Gray feels that mono
but a mighty mean man would raise
a disturbance at a funeral.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07
white,aw Reid. speech.

Tho Illinois League convention Of
Republican clubs is to he counted for
tunate in that 1t introduced to the Amer
lean public Whitelaw Reid in the. TO
him. new role OF a political orator. AS
q writer on political topics his fame was
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

TIE Democratic party has never
since the war placed on a presiden-
tial ticket a man who volunteered to
fight for the Union.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-10-07

THOSE who have heard Jerry Simp-
sons reckless assertions upon the
stump will not pay much attention to
his alleged discovery Of Republican
assessments upon cattlcmen. Jerry
Is probably talking through his socks.