The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-05-17
Fresh Items Of Interest Upon CUES
tions Nov Before the Amer
lean People.
RUIHoUS RESULTS OF REPUBLICAN RULE
The rabIIc Deceived urERrdIuE the
philippine situation Workman
Throun out ofEmpioJ Hrnt- sm"r-
team :, n,paths FOE the iiorrs-nrm-
ncTHts Are GhipiuE.

the Philippines have rendered their
rcriruatiuu-. They don't like war.
nor the climate. and oI, any
inus "a come home. II this b. true
regarding The officers, IL ~ doublN iru"
| regarding the rank and file. Could tho
| soldiers have their way about IL. prdc-
| rcaily the entire army would be back
! In the United States as fat as the
transports could bring them. II is no
reflection on the patriotism 81 thcs'
men hat they have lost heart and In
trrcst In an unpatriotic war.
The second fact referred iu h. the
statement Of Edwin Wildman, % broth
rr uf Ruuusc,ilc Wildman. former
/ United states consul NJ Singapore, and
/ prominently connected with affairs IN
| the Philippine Mr. Wildmnu declares
m the highest authority that the pub
lie IS grossly deceived regarding the ~.
uation in he Philippines. that the in.
,urgruts are active In every direction,
conducting raidiEg parties almost
within sight 81 Manila. and that VI viii
take - large increase Of force go make
amy serious impression on the si'Ha.
! ton.
! These statements coincide exactly
with other reports reaching Washing
! ton and made public through these
lrticrs. The American people are get.
| ting Thoroughly tired ~ Mckinley
wnr in tkc Philippines and nrc sure 10
| give expression to their feelings at
the pollsucNt November
workm~H TbTown cot.
| uuc uf the largest Of the federal steel
/ plants. the one ot Joliet, H.. has shut
down indefinitely, throwing 5000 hand
/ ont Of employ Almn' the entire
/ output ~ The plant had formerly been
shipped to the plant NJ ~" American
/ steel q Wire company. in the same
city That concern having shut down
| the federal steel plant had 10 follow
! suit There viii he more plants shut
! down within the next 800 days. IN,
/ iron and steel output g. nov thousands
~ tons weekly In excess ~ the demand
| Following the steel shutdown will
come the closing Of blast furnaces
/ and mine less freight will be- hauled
/ ou 'hr lakes and on the railroads The
| demand for cnlyr and coal viii lessen.
| md in core 81 direction, thousands
n lahorcrs will he thrown ont of or.
| pluyment This comes directly BOO M,
| fac" Of recent statement, that thu iron
| and steel interests had ORDER ahead
/ that would keep them busy Tor u,rr @
/ year That statement b. now seen tp be-
| false.
~, believed %, good judge that the
| daNs Of he old financial panic IN which
everything comes down with crash.
nrr guur Nowadnys the great trusts
! and corporations which control 80
/ largely the manufacturing business ~
! the country control the banks. end are
| therefore At no time embarrassed for
| funds hut when their market fails
them. they simply have To stop pro-.
| duciug The result Is lcthargN and dry
rot. Such q condition is now rapidly
/ approaching. Irforc November husi.
ness in many industries will be- at "a
,tandr'ill and the republican cam
/ pHign orators will I've preaching pros.
| prriiN' +" thousands Of wurkmcn out
II EMPLOY meut
The Boer aH-stion.
'Fhc arrival Of the Bocr delegates In
| a. United States will give emphasis
to two matters Of great importance.
/ First they viii demonstrate that Amer.
lean sympathy is Overwhelmingly with
the Beers aud against Great Britain
Secondly, emphasis will be given 10 the
! fact that the opinion that Great Erit.
| ain is successful administrator Of col.
| unirS Is not well founded. Crcat Brit.
| aims white colonies are sucrys.ful be-.
| cause they have no homo rule. British
administration Of India IL failure he.
cause India has not n home rule nor
anything approaching Il.
Information received in Washington
/ relative 10 the famine aud cholera stu
| alton IN lndia contains the sevcrest re-
| Elections ON the british administration
| of that unhappy country. The June
monsoon ~ 1899 failed to bring the ex.
| peeted rains over territory ~ large
as the state 0f Texas and containing a
population Of iO,0OO,OOO people II was
| then known a. absolute certainty that
| that whole region would he famine
stricken by the first Of january follow.
ing. and that millions of people would
starve to death unless they were fedb
the government. Thus. with over six
months warning, the British govern
msnt failed To provide the necessary
relief machinery TO avert starvation.
although in other parts of India there
were. and are to-day, sufficient food
| supplies to meet the emergency. The
| British government Is to-day spending
shout $4,000 day to relieve these 40
100000 people, but is spending over a
million dollars day IN an cndeavnr 10
exterminatc or conquer 100000 people
| In South Africa.
This awful indictment against tho
British colonial policy In Indla should
be a sufficient answer to tho imperial
lists who claim that the United States
have only 10 take lessons from British
administration in India to conduct a
successful government of the Philip
pines.
Democratic Gatnn.
All signs point toward a tremendous
democratic victory next November.
The republican leaders are asiounded
at the reports which are reaching them
from every section of the country Of
the apathy and indifference of the re-
publican masses. In many states the
reports come that II was with great
difficulty that enough republicans
could he induced 10 come to the poIls
Ia elect delegates 20 the various repuh-
lican state conventions Federal and
local Office holders had TO be relied np.
on TO make up the delegations. N this
condition cannot be overcome, million
Of republicans win stay away from the
polls next November. The gains In the
locaieieetionsin Indiana are so general.
" In favor of the democrats and 70 ex.
tensiye that good political Judges pre-
diet thai II will vote for Bryan by the
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