Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-09-21
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most deserving ofpity will be the
one who gets that coveted republi-
can nomination..
Senator Jones, of Nevada. is doubt
less very able man, but he cannot
fool democratic silver men into aid
ing the republican party by his pre-
tended flop to the populists.
Going around your elbow to get
to your thumb isl t in it with the
flop of Senator Jones to get silver
support for Don Cameron's Pres
idential aspirations.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is
confident tat the antitrust section
of the tariff law, of which he is the
author, is sufficiently stringent to
break up every trust dealer in i'm
ported articles. 1t is a a great pity
that we haven't a law equally strin-
gent to deal with all trusts.
Verify, wonders will never ceas e.
Mr.. Sovereign now says that he is
and always has been opposed on
| principle to strikes. How this great,
good and wise man must have
been misrepresented in the past.
Morton delegates with Chauncey
Depew's railroad passes in their
pockets may find themselves in an
unpleasant position.
The republi cans are having their
usural difficulty in trying to APP
pear surprised at the republican
majorites in Vermont and Maine.
Big Tom Reed seems to have inn
bibed the belief once held by anoth-
er aspiring republican-that their
is another successful campaign in
the bloody shirt. Hold your car
down, Thomas, while we whisper:
There is, there is, but it is for the
democrats.
Gov. Mckinley is making his
canvas for the Presidential nomlna-
tion as a calamity waller, thereby
makinga mistake which he will
realize later. The people like even
the shouting boomer better than
they do the croaker.
Prosperity for the country will
knock the bottom out of republi-
can expectations, and prosperity is
coming: is almost here.
Rainbow chasing seems to have
become the principal occupation o.
the republican bosses. Think of tho
claim that North Carolina will send
a republican to the Senate.
The activity in the canal bust
ness-on paper-5egins early this
year. A new company is about tC
rush the Panama canal to compile
ton, and Nicaragua is trying to ar
range it so that the canal bearing
her name shall be at once built by
Great Britain. Ascrap book of cana
items for the last five years would
IN addition to being very interes
ting, furnish strong proof of the
: versatility of the gentlemen who
have engineered the attack on
Uncle Sans strong box.
Great Scots! How they are run
ming the price of that nomination
up on old man Morton. Suppose hi
stops bidding?
Warner Miller having got hi,
t head out Of the waters of oblivion
long enough to let off a yell or two
Frank Hiscock may be expected to
do the yell act in the near future
Does that republican organiza
teon know as the Wool Growers
Association wish the country t.
understand that its protest i
against the increase in the price OF
E wool, which has promptly followed
the new tariff?
! Chauncey Depew is givinga gooy
, imitation of man who would lik,
q to be- nominated for governor.
How many people can name
: oif-hand in their proper order the
|, three States which produced the
: finest iporsesP The first-Kentucky-
{ would be named by almost every
t one, but the other two-Californis
and Missouri-only by horsemen.
Everybody viii wish the ex
Pullman employees success in theii
I. cooperative scheme, but that doe.
not blind usto the fact that tht
record of such schemes Is anvfbin,