The sun., 1900-08-24


and his implied threat TO interfere with
our currency and the present policy of
the government"
silver Miner For Mckinley.
In 1896 Bryan carried the state of |
Washington by 12,500 in total vote
of 94,00O The Bryan managers are
confidently claiming Washington. Here
is what Mr.. Wilson Aipcrson of Spo-
kane, WASH, one Of the best known
mining men in the far west, said
Wednesday:
II am now in the silver mining bust
ness. have been in for years. am CON
vnccd that silver will take care of it.
self if demagogues will quit talking |
about it. The free silver sentiment |
has been on a deathbed in Washing
ton for four years. On the other hand
we are prosperous as we never were
before. Some Of the biggest flour mills
of the world have been built in Wash
ington and are daily grinding for eX-
port to Asia. Everybody out our way
is an eXpansionist. The opening up of
the orient is going to furnish us with
new life. The open door in China
policy is sneered at by some Demo
Gratis in the east, but we know what it
means to the Pacific coast, and we are
for it. We have a big town out our
way called Seattle. You'll hear more
of it when the thousands of American
ships are going to the orient loaded
with export If the business men of
the east do their duty Mckinley will
be elected by an overwhelming major
ity."
why Should We Change:
Mr.. G. ]. Norris of Galesburg, Ills, is
a prominent business man of western
Illinois, engaged in the department
store line. He said:
II am sure the election of Bryan
would prove disastrous to our business,
but like most business men of Illinois,
| have little fear of a Democratic vic
tory if the business men of New York,
West Virginia, Indiana and other so
called doubtful states do their duty. 1t
seems to me that the business men all
over the country are waking up; have
noticcd this especially within the past
week. They are saying: Why should
we change? Times are good, and a
change from good times will in all
probability result in bad times. We
are going along all right and let us
keep in the middle of the prosperity
road That is what hear every day"
Fostering Race Antipathy.
John Mckinley of Duluth, Mimi,
president of the Great Lakes Copper
company, is one of the best known bust
ness men in all the great lake states
and among the men of the east engag-
ed in copper and iron industries. lie
said Tuesday:
ut IS pretty well understood by the
population of our state that the cleo
ton Of MIR Bryan would be Il calamity.
The copper business is of great inn
portance to the upper lake states. 1t
will be badly crippled if Bryan is
elected, more so than when Cleveland
was elected Most consumers of cop
per do business on borrowed money.
If capitalists lose confidence and do
not advance money, our business is
ruined. 1t is nearly the same in all
lines, especially in the iron industry
! The Democrats in Minnesota are still
talking a good deal about silver, flank
ed by arguments against imperialism
and an alliance with England. They
have always, to some extent, tried tc
foment race hatred. They are now ap
healing to the Scandinavians as enc
mics of England and appealing to Ger
mans because Kaiser Wilhelm is al
enemy Of England. 1t is dangerous t6
orr country when a great politlca
party appeals to foreign citizens as
Foreigners and not as Americans. Bu
the Scandinavians, who constitute the
bulk of Minnesota's population, are
strong conservative people and are op
nosed TO free silver. Minnesota is al
right, but apathy in other states ma.
endanger Republican success.
II. r. Wade of Toledo, o.. promote
of mechanical and electrical hVen
tions. who has travelled recently iron
California to New England, was ais
heard from Tuesday. He said:
Il don't belong to any party. IN
times are certainly good-better thal
we have ever seen before. shall Vot
for Mckinley want none OF brval
and his prophylactic free silver a.
surdity. ON my way from Califorhl
5 TO New York l heard business men as
this self answering question: Wn
I should we change the admlnlstratlo
/. and our own condition? 1 hear thos
Z who were the most rabid of Brya
v men four years ago just as earnestl
: shouting for Mckinley now. GoU
l. times is the simplest as well as u
h hest argument for workingmen.
hear ten times as much Mckinley tai
IS these days as l heard in 1896"
IS Illinois Men Not to BE Fooled.
a. O. M. swank of Toulon, Ills, in Ne
* York for the Swank & Walker ID
he Goods Co., lives in central limo
lie about go miles from Ell Paso. hegar
ing rno attitude Of the Gold Dem'
1T Gratis in his section, nc says:
at "The Gold Democrats who voted nc dT
I'd Palmer and Buckner in our state Iol
III years ago are unanimous for Mchn
1e ley. They talk to us great deal aDo'
n imperialism. secret alliance with Ell