The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-28

of Chicago, through it's secretary, >:
to request all u. 8. Consuls in
Europe to respond to a series OF
questions as to the existence and
workings of trusts and trade COM
binati< ms in the countries in which
they are stationed.
That President Mckinley will
be reelecced is AS certain as any
thing in the future can be. Even
if there had been no war with
Spain, this would still be certain,
on account of the prosperous con-
dition of the country. The mat
ter is thus briefed by resident of
Washington: "All elections in
this country are carried by the
laboring vote, the men who follow
tho pillow and the mechanics and
artisans are the ones who e]s 1t
presidents. This class of votsr.
are not yet ready to again embark
upon the sea Of approximate free
trade, which is the chief corner
stone of the so called democratic
organization. The laboring man
! is too near the time when he walk
ed the street, looking for work,
living in souphouses that were
maintained by public charity,
while his wife and children were
at home without the necessary
food to- sustain = life, and without
fuel to keep them warm, to be yet
| ready to join the party which
closed up the factories and threw
them out of employment during
the last Cleveland administration.
If William Mckinley had nothing
to rely upon except the fact thai
he had given employment to every
laboring man throughout the
length and breadth of the land, he
could rest assured of reelection. u
Mr.. r. j. Vincent, of Califor-
MIA, who thinks Senator White Of
his state would be- the strongest
man the democrats could nomi.
nate for president, said: "But
there is no use expecting any such
good luck. Bryan is already
picked out, and it he hasn't any
more show in the rest of the Un.
ion than in California, he will
make a worse race than in 49,"
The fourth treaty for reciprooi-
ty with British colonies was this
week signed by representatives OF
the U. s. and Cheat Britain. Thew
provide for trade reciprocity with
Barbados, Bermuda, British
Guiana, and Jamaica. The text
of none of these treaties will be
made public until they have been
acted "pon by congress, the Ding
ley law, under which they were
negotiated, requiring that they
shall be approved by the house as
we'll AS the senate before becoming
effective. The time within which
reciprocity treaties under the
Diugley law could be negotiated
expired this week, but that will
not prevent resumption and
completion of the negotiations for
similar treaties with France and
Germany, which were begun some
time ago, but never completed.
The constitutional authority of
the president enables him to nepo-
tiate commercial treaties at any
time. .s.:,.s.
Hundreds of private letters
from soldiers III the Philippines
give the lie to the claim that the
military censorship has resulted
IN misl representation of the situa-
ton over there. Hare is an ex-
tract from a letter just received
from an officer in the regulars :
.'The insurgent army is demoral-
lzed and very much scattered. II
has been frightfully slaughtered
and conservative estimates place
their killed at from six to eight
Thousand. It looks as though the
bottom might drop out OF the re-
bell'on ut any moment, through
thes'! little devils are persistent
and sccm bent on keeping the
bal ROLLING. They are undo,.bt-
edly hard pressed for grup and
ammunition, aud sooner or later
must give in.''