The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-09

Is
essary pleged to vote for him at
this early in the race. His popu
larity for the position has oansed
some Of his opponents to with
draw from the contest. and those |
il the feld will be lost sight Of i'll
there is 40 change Of sentiment
before the assembling Of Con-
gress. He Possessed al Of the
qualifications contained j in 9
staunch republican and will up-|
hold the dignity Of the Office.
Col. Bryan is losing no 2oppor-I
tunity aud putting forth every
effort to keep his ideal before the
people. In a recent address at
Louisville he clearly and distinct
ly declared that in 1900 the dem
ocratic party would have to fight
for the free silver ratio of Is to /,
ard that.it would be one Of the es-
sential features of the presidential
platform: There was no hating
nor blinking. He remarked that
the entire Chicago platform Of
1896 must be re- affirmed with
such additions as new necessities
demand. - -. -.
It begins to appear more clear
ly than ever that the two promin-
ent candidates will be William
Mckinley and William Jennings
Bryan. The former for the main
tenance of the existing gold STAN
dard and the latter for breaking
it down, and coming silver dollars
which are worth only fifty cents
in the markets of the world. These
dollars may be used to pay dol
lar of gold indebtedness. We
welcome this issue, as the defeat
of Bryan in 1900 will forever set
tied by a vote of the people that
tho United States will not volun-
tarily sink to the financial condi-
ton of Mexico.
I It is conceded that the Tariff is
responsible for the mills. With
out the Tariff we should still be
} supplying the mills of England
with raw material and buying
back the finished products, still
be country of agriculturists, q
country thinly populated, unable
to have helped the Cubans, tc
have defeated Spain, or to have
acquired the Philippines, a coun'
, try in debt to the old world, sub
|iected to it's needs in all financial
!: ways, and practically an industrial
: and commercial colony serving thu
!: precise purpose which the mother
: country so long attempted to com
pei US to serve. To abolish the
!: tariff would send the people bacl
!: to the country, from which it il
i: obvious they would never have
!: come if the life in the mills hat
;; not been preferable to life in thu
): New England hill towns.--Phila-
!: delphia Enquirer"
: There is a clamor from SOM
!: quarters for free trade on tn
: grounds that it will kill the trusts
The :'Citizen" admits that Their
i is nothing more effectual for Kill
o ling any industry than Free Trad
It but fails to see just how Ere
o Trade would kill the trusts par
d ticularly. England has no Pro
y tective Tariff, yet trusts fouris]
- there. Capital is remarkably cos
70 mopolitan, recognizing nationa
n prejudices very little, and it is
fond conceit to think there woul'
!. not be a combination of capita
n under any other economic policy
3 In fact two of the most powerful
!" and equally hated trusts in exis
q tence are the Standard Oil Com
9 pany and the coffee trust, and ye
% neither is aided by PROTECTIVE
+ Tariff. A world trust would no
8 be any better than any American
t trust anyway Macon (Mo. Cit
?. izen.
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