Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-12-15
a5RE loss Ta1S fFoTrIT.
What mperiaii.rn 4, Costing the Peo-
.IiIs 6ttGSEakSd states.

Ill: 6tt6SEakSd states.
The treasury statement OF receipts
and expenditures u the government
FOR TIE uiputh piIO 1850. and
tie four months of the current fiscal
year, shows that the people of the
United States, at present.. are paying
~ thc tas Q. si2I0O1. 900 2 year for
the keeping up OF & toreign estabiish-
r,ent. In other wosdsywe are throw
Ing uHayou Sentiment 10 save the in
div;dual |iilism MCKINLEY The pain
end porhicalion OF hayinS to az.
knowlsige mistakes dangerous TO tie
nssioa, made b. him IS President.
Mr.. Mckiuisy hiss personally thank
Ell the settlers. ami the widows sna
or phans o: "A unnsSSAry war, for
their sacrifices - the grand OLD flas,
all OF HLieh : trcS aid Sumeou,bs,
and ne has sTsn declared :. Sn act of
heraSn Tor one o- @Eouulser OF
nsntal lay d9En &sir are%upon The
Altar % issir country ioz2 the oepeti.
OF Others, the suEvivotS But Mimic.
kinisy has not made any sacrifices, IS
ne wiling &c make the slightest sac
nice Ee even demands that AmeH-
can citizens fan 2nwo and worship
his policy: be insists upon his person.
ALT! beng the tcs: OF patriotism, and
wrappet in tie flag which is not his
property, but the emblem OF the ma.
ton, poses 50 a man who is leading
the nation to greatness and prosper
i.!.
Mr.. Mckinley, as a man, in Judi
vidual, Is not entitled to any more
respect or consideration than the
humblest american citizen. The
high Office he fills merits both. AS
an individual and as an official, the
servant OF the people. what has he
done, what is he doing that be Is
bound to DO under the constitution
which ne accepted and ratified when
he took upon himself the Jflice Of
chief executive? When he shall give
information OF the state OF the Union
TO Congress in his annual message, as
be must do, how can he limit himself
to the state of the Union? His whole
message beyond platitudes
concerning prosperity. which he has
repeated So often that he actually be-
llcyc5 them, must specify matters not
OF, or concerning the Union; matters
not in any manner connected with
the Union. Out entirely foreign to the
Union. lie viii say that he has
wrung from the pockets Of the peo.
pie Of the Union the gigantic sum OF
SlG3,UCO,OGJ per annum, which will
be doubled il his policy is pursued.
For the first time IN the history OF
the nation. lie President will be COM
PEELED TO travel outside OF tho nation
and place before the Congress Of the
people a foreign policy which has in.
creased the burdens OF the people in
the direction Of an extravaganza not
contemplated 10y the instrument
which made him President. Perhaps
he will call his policy business en-.
terprise,- IL 80, whose is the profit,
whose the loss? Upon whom does
the loss fall when millions OF cheap,
Grass laborers are added to our al
ready few opportunities for American
citizens to gain their daily bread?
Who gains III sugar. tobacco, rice
fruits and other products when COM
petition Is on with millions Of cheap
products! Who pays the taxes on all
this stupendous departure from our
national existence? How shall wo be-
rewarded for our sacrifices. our blood
and orr treasure poured ont to rec
tify the mistakes Mr., Mckinley is too
ehamefaced TO rcotify himself? The
only answer is: y second term OF
Mckinley. Is the game worth the
candle?-Ex.