The Republican journal., 1900-06-28

war; where would we get the ships to
carry our exports?
The Democratic party always was OPP
posed to those millionaires who don't
contribute to it's campaign funds.
EX-Gov. James E. Campbell appeals
to the Democrats to drop the issues of
1896 and turn their faces to the front.
The chances are that the party will con-
tinue to face gloomward ,
The possibility of a great European
war draws public attention to our al
most entire dependence upon foreign
shipping for our foreign carrying. Such
war would deprive us of ships and
strike a frightful blow at our export
trade.
Gen. Joe Wheeler is finding it hard
work to serve his country and maintain
his place in the Democratic party.
Ohlo's Republican encouragement is
''tSetSNNi III lN plooVNuUlOHO VI llC UluS lS
and New York Citys Democratic of
ticials are striving to shield them
Here is another illustration of the diff
ference in methods.
III publicly advocating the passage Of
the ship subsidy bill, Hon. Arthur Sew
all. four years ago the Nice-P Presidential
candidate Of the Democratic party.
says: Every year the American nation
pays foreigners 5000, 0o0,0 600 for the cost
ot freight on our exports and imports.
Fh4t money. if paid to American ship
oWnecs, would annually employ more
Shan 1000 skilled workmen and sup
port Il million of our people
M. lillman pitchtorked Just once too
often When he attempted to bulldoze
Mt Hanna.
BetWeen the Tammany ice-trust and
he eXoIhitant charges of the Kansas
i'itv hotel men the Democratic leaders
are having quite a time with the octo-
pms,
let lis be consistent" says Arthur
NeNait ot Maine who WAS DeInocracy's
irr-Fresllentjal nominee four years
ago. and protect every American ship
tl.at sans the seas" Naturally there
fore, lie urges the passage OF the ship
subsidy BILL
Ii vii be Waste of time for the Hon.
David y. Hill to remind the Kansas
i'ity convention of certain precedents.
The gentlemen in the Democratic sad
die openly boast of their progress as
precedent destroyers
The lMSlnceTty of the Democratic
leaders ON the trust question was de
monstrated in the House of Represen
tatiyes when they declined to vote with
the Republicans for a constitutional
amendment which would have taken
the evil in hand in an effective manner.
Tie Democratic leaders don't want the
trusts destroyed. They need them for
campaign material
IF tile ship subsidy bill was passed."
says Arthur >ewall of Maine, who was
nominated in Chicago in 1896 as Democ-
racy's candidate for the Vice Pres
idency. the days of the early tifties,
when We We're the leading maritime ma
tom OF the world, would be with us
AGAIN.
James II. keene and Oliver H. p. Bel
mont are predicting Democratic sue
cess this year Mr.. keene is the Wall
street bear who thrives on commercial
depression and has accumulated mil
lions lIy reason of the past financial dis
treSs. Mr.. Belmont inherited his mil
lions. Yes, the Democratic party is
terribly opposed to the millionaires.
The removal of Mayor Van Wyck is
asked for by the leading Democratic
newspaper of New York. The looting
of the poor of that city by the ice trust
is too much even for the partisan Jour
mails
Recent developments in the Cuban
postotiice troubles show that the re-
trenclments made by Fourth Assistant
a'ostmaster-General Bristow were i'm
peratively demanded by Postmaster
General Smith some months ago, when
he ordered that system of reform
should be Immediately commenced in
order that the expenses might then be
reduced. President Mckinley has or
tirred both the Director General of
Posts and the Governor General of
Cuba to obtain the approval of the Post
masteI-General upon all acquisitions
which showed a deficiency in postal
management there. While reports have
been made monthly to the Governor
General, not single report ever reach
ed Postmaster-General Smith, so in
January last he began to investigate
matters on his own account, finding
that the expenditures We're far in ex-