The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-29

same cable comes the report Of a
pitched battle between American SOL
diers and a force Of 1000 well armed
Filipinos. in which 40 American sol.
diers We're killed or wounded. What's
the matter with McKinley's censor?
OF all of England's troubles there is
not one that hurts and worries her
half as much as the present wonderful
prosperity and commercial expansion
of Germany. In the rapid progress of
Germany and Russia England sees the
handwriting OH the wall that foretells
her doom. Germany's prosperity has
been mainly in evidence during the
last four years. Why don't Mckinley
claim the credit for that, too?
No wonder Mark Hanna got worked
up over Bryan's antitrust speech.
That speech hit Mark right where he
lives and he simply couldn't help but
squeal. s @
Isn't 1t amusing to see Republican
editors, writing on trust-made and
trust-priced paper, assert that there
are no trusts?
A 1O-year old daughter Of Coal Miner
Tom McNeill of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company at
Shamokin, Pa, said: Eyes, sir,
know father is going to win. Why?
Well, because he must win; because
we're SO poor and they're trying to
make us poorer, SOS we shouldn't be
able to live at all. We will win be-
cause we all know that God is good"
In logic Hanna is daisy. In his
trust speech at Chicago he asserted
that there are no trusts, and in the
same breath accused Senator Jones of
being member of the cotton bale
trust.
While Bryan was discussing the
colonial policy of the government,
some one asked him about North Caro-
lima and the race question in that
state. II am glad you mentioned
North Carolina" said Mr., Bryan.
'Now I want you to read the Sulu
treaty and having done that, think
you will blush until election day."
The attempt of the Republican party
to make capital out of the North Caro-
lima election law Isl very thin game.
That law applies to white and colored
voters alike and is essentially the
same as the one which the administra-
ton has itself introduced in Cuba.
II would like Mr.. Bryan or any
other Democrat to tell me what trust
is. l believe there is not a trust in the
United States. There is national
law, and in every state there is law
against trusts. They cannot exist, and
every law against trusts, national or
state, has been the product of Repnb-
lican lawmakers and the credit is due
to the Repub lcan party" said Mark
Hanna In his speech at Chicago. Does
Mark take the people of the United
States to be idiots or gullibfg infants
to treat them to such buncombe? If
Mark really wants to know what u
trust is, perhaps some Of the half
starved, striking miners in Pennsyl-
vania might tell him.
The following is an extract from a
letter received at this office: 81 saw
P the other day. was on the
Great Northern train and lie got on at
Graceville, where he had just heard
Teddy try to make speech to those
awful people at Graceville. say try,
for that is all that he did there; they
actually gave him the laugh and broke
him up. to such an extent that the
speech was Il dismal failure, a regular
fiasco. l would like to hear him ex-
press himself in private about what
he thought of Graceville."
If, as reported, Congressman Eddy
(Rep) pins his faith to the support OF
Canadian and English-born voters, he
may get very much left. At least
French Canadians as rule are not as
much in love with their English mas
tiers and McKinley's toadying to Brit
ish interests is far from meeting with
the approval of French Canadians In
this country. In Minneapolis a French
American Democratic club has been
organized with $50 members.
sRaw material, if bought in large
quantities, is secured at lower cost" is
one of the arguments urged in favor OF
trusts. The point is certainly good
one. When, for instance, one man
buys all the wool, the price of wool
will be lowered and all who produce
wool will he forced to sell at the price
fixed by the trust, and the same will
be true of every other kind Of raw
material. AS large proportion of our
people are engaged in producing raw
material, they are naturally very much
interested in trusts.
The following Is an extract from a
letter received by Secretary Garfield:
Roosevelt is doingra vast amount of
good for the Democrats by his ranting
in South and North Dakota. You re-,
member what this rough rider said
four years ago: Even if he Bryan is
elected we may not turn the reins OF
government over to him. Remember
he was secretary of the navy. No
anarchist ever spoke with more de-
fiance to his country than that"