Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-21
HOW THE FIGURES TALK.
Two Important EIections-A Spanish
War.
Especial Correspondence. 4

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE signs
Of returning prosperity are above the
horizon and even above the dark
murky clouds of Cleveland Demo
cratic adversely 1t is not the food
which man eats that makes him
healthy and strong, it is what he di-
gests. So it is with nations, it is not
what is produced but what is export
ed, that makes nation rich and
prosperous.
The largest exports in any fiscal
year, previous to the last, of home
products, was in 1892, the year after
the Mckinley law went into effect
and they amounted to $r,oIs,7s2, 900.
Last year exports of home products
amounted to $o63, 200, 900, a falling
of of $I52, $50, 900 and during the
three years of Clevelandism and De-
mocracy, never went over $500, 2os, :
900. The imports of gold in 1899
exceeded the exports OF American
gold over 81, 900, 900.
1t was we'll understood on the first
of July, 1896. by everybody abroad
and all at home. except the deluded
followers of Bryan and Free Silver,
that Mckinley would be elected in the
following November. The result was
that the exports for the last fiscal
year were the largest ever known,
exceeding those of 1892, by over $40, :
900, 600. And it is further noticeable
that from November /, 1896, to July
I, 1897, the exports of American
! products are 500, 600, 600 greater than
they We're in the same nine months of
the preceding year
Do not then figures speak louder
than any words from the blatant
tongued, free-silver, free. trade blath-
erskites. They tell the story of what
"McKinleyism," as these shriekers
call 1t, will do for the country. And
the language is one that the farmer
and the workingman can understand
for it means more money for them.
The Ohio and Maryland elections
are topics of great interest in political
circles. Two prominent figures in
American politics are interested in
these two political battles, that is,
Senators Hanna and German.
Senator Hanna is new light in
the political horizon, but he became
prominent at once as most success
full manager. He now has fight on
his hands for himself and there is
hardly doubt as to the issue. II
there had been any doubt it was set
tied by the action of the Populist
Convention which shows that the
81, 900 men who voted for Coxey in
1895, and for Bryan in 1896, are not
going to give their votes for John R.
Mclean, the nonresident, Democratic
candidate for Senator on the Demo
cratic side. 1t seems little singular
that Ohio Democrats cannot find a
man in their own State as a candi-
date. They chose Mr. Brice, from
New York, and are now trying to Sc
lect another from the District OF Co.
lumbia. They will not succeed how.
ever, as Hanna will win.
Political matters in MARYLAND are
very much mixed. The action of
German, the shrewdest and most far
seeing Democrat in the Democratic
party, makes it look bad for the Dem
ocrats. German would not have
withdrawn if he felt confident OF
success. His platform, which mistat-
ed both the National platforms Of
1896, was a clever dodge to try and
capture the larger body of influential
Democrats who would not support
Organism and all the vagaries Of the
demo-pop convention, fell fiat. and
German stepped aside when he saw
that his dodge was a failure. The
Republicans of the State are not in
harmony but as the day for the cleo
ton approaches they will see the fol-
ly of throwing away a Republican
Senator and will get together.
There is we'll grounded belief here
that the Spanish authorities may find
the only way to preserve the mon
archy is to get up war with the
United States. The Carlists are ready
to move on one side. the Republicans
on another, while the Conservatives
and the Liberals in the Cortez (Parli-
ament) are ready to jump at each
others threats. But if the pride of
the "Don" could be aroused bv a
foreign war all home com OBLIGATIONS
would cease.