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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
ROOSEVELT IN THE WEST.
r.. p. ClarksOn Describes His Stand
ing With the People.

r.. p. Clarkson Describes His Stand
ing With the People
Theodore Roosevelt has the affection
of the people of the Western states.
Each step in his career is watched and
followed with a depth of interest only
accorded those h have a fixed place
in our hearts. In thus establishing
himself with the Western people, in his
life in the West and as a leader Of the
Rough Riders during the war with
Spain, he came into what was his own.
He has within him the qualities which
are possessed and admired in the
rugged West, and hi has them in such
a degree as to naturally make him a
leader loved of all.
Roosevelt is a man of action. He is
direct, honest and courageous. He is
practical and resourceful, and proves
himself the master of every situation
in which he is placed. With intelligent
and well directed effort he surmounts
every obstacle barring the way to
achievement of desired ends. And
withal he does not stoop or cringe, but,
respecting others, he compels respect
for himself. OF such stuff are made the
men who have advanced the West to
its present position of power and in
fuence. These qualities in combina-
ton have wrought the greatness Of the
West, have brought material wealth
and prosperity to it's homes, and made
its voice a controlling power in the
halls of national council and legislation.
Theodore Roosevelt cannot rest on
duty done or laurels won. With him
life is not lived until the last day is
done. Accomplishment only invites to
preparation for other fields of useful
ness. This is the best Western spirit.
It is the spirit that is building our
cities, laying our railroads., sinking
mines in our mountains and reaping
and marketing our great harvests.
Theodore Roosevelt is not alone popu-
lar in the West for what he has done,
but he is popular for what he is and
for what he will do, for the uncon-
uuerable spirit that stirs and moves
within him.
Since the Spanish war Roosevelt has
moved steadily forward in a new field
Of responsible civic duties. BY his adj
ministration of the affairs of the State
of New York he has increased his fame
as a we'll rounded statesman. The boys
whom he led up San Juan Hill are
watching his course with affectionate
pride. They and their fathers and.
brothers and friends are for him for
vice president, just as they would be
for him for president were he running
for that Office of mans highest ambi-
;tion. He has demonstrated his capacity
and they know him thoroughly. so their
hats are off for him.-R. P. Clarkson,
Des Moines, Iowa
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
DEVILS LAKE INTER OCEAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1900
RAILROAD RATES REDUCED.
Heavier Travel Has Resulted In q
Steady Decrease of Rates.

Heavier Travel Has Resulted In a
Steady Decrease of Rates.
The railroads are a type of the large
organizations against which the DEM
ocratic party is now waging What
effect have these corporations had in
the cost Of service to the public? On
this point facts are stronger than
phrases. In 1893, with relatively small
md u~nintegrated railroads, It cost the
public 2.21 cents a mile to ship a ton
Of merchandise, but by the steady en-
.argement Of system and lowering Of
cost without reducing, and in many
instances raising wages, the freight
charges were reduced from 2.21 cents a
mile to 75-1OO cents a mile, or about GA
ger cent, as shown by the following
table,:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
Savings Have increased.

Since the Democratic days Of 1894,
there has been an increase Of 2,1O9, SAT
bank depositors in the whole United
States.
This number more people have had
money to deposit during Mckinley
prosperity. Il
The total amount of money deposit
ed to the credit of the people was ST.
S74, $50, 406 in 1894.
In 1899 it was s4,6os, os6, oo5, showing
an increase Of almost n and three
quarter billions of dollars to the cred
1t of the people who had bank ac-
counts in the five years since the coun-
try was suffering the agonies of a
Democratic administration.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
H. H. GRACE RENouNcEs BRYAN.
Patriotic and Timely Utterances OF
a. WiscOnsin Democrat.

Patriotic and Timely Utterances of
a Wisconsin Democrat.
H. H. Grace, candidate for attorney
general on the Democratic ticket in
1898, vice president Of the American
Exchange bank, vice president of the
State Bar association, and one Of the
eading Democrats Of Superior, Wis.,,
md h gentleman that introduced Mr..
Bryan on his visit to hat city in 1896,
n a public letter has given his reasons
:or supporting Mr.. Mckinley this year,
Ind in substance stated:
First-That,. although the election Of
Bryan and free. coinage of silver in 1896
might have permitted many debtors to
nave saved their property, Jour years
lave made great changes, most debtors
have been freed from their obligations
oy foreclosure and bankruptcy, and the
necessity for free silver does not now
exist. Increased production Of gold and
balance of trade in our favor gives us
ample money to carry on the business
Of the country n has made us the
great creditor nation of the world, and
t is unwise to disturb or try to dis
.urb the present financial conditions.
second-Expansion is true Democratic
doctrine; it has always been the policy
IF Democratic administrations, and it
IS necessary to find foreign markets for
manufacturing and agricultural
surplus products. AS the present adj
,n~inistration is endeavoring to secure
foreign markets for the products of the
United States, there is every reason for
Democrats to support the present
;egime unless party is paramount to
country.
Third-The Democratic issue Of i'm
perialism is manufacturers; there is no
such question to be voted on this fall;
the question that now confronts us is
this. Shall the United States carry
out the obligations imposed upon it by
the treaty Of Paris? This treaty con-
tains eleven separate. obligations, and
each one compels the United States to
retain possession Of the Philippine
Islands until peace is restored and a
stable government established; and it
expressly provides that congress is to
determine what disposition will event.
TALLY be made of the islands.
Mr.. Bryan was instrumental in Sc
curing the. adoption of the treaty, and,
by every principle of law and equity.
N is e%stopped from criticising the ad,
ministration for using the army appro-
priations granted by congress to re-
store order and carry out the obliga-
tons of the treaty.
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
LONG STATES THE ISSUE.
What Is Involved Is the Prosperity
of the People.

! What Is Involved Is the Prosperity
of the People.
Nobody to-day in his sober senses
questions the honest purpose and fidel-
ity to the principles of his party either
of President Cleveland or of President
Mckinley. Nobody doubts that the
-four years of the former were the best
that the Democratic party could give
us or that the -four years of the latter
exemplify it's spirit, it's enterprise, its
humanity and it's helpfulness to every
interest Of the people; and yet n was
q period of increasing financial and IN
dustrial depression and the other Of
good times and prosperity. 1t is SIM
ply a question which sort of admins
t%ration, which kind of policy, which
application of principle gives h peo-
pie the best results.
I do not believe they are going to
determine this question on the ground
thai a postal clerk stole money in
Havana and has been punished for it;
or that the secretary of the treasury
distributed the surplus money in the
treasury so that the people could have
the use of it rather than keep it in his
vaults; or that in the tremendous ex-
tent of administrative work during the
wal there may have been a mistake in
the amount or quality Of the purchases
of canned beef. On the contrary, they
will ask: Is labor better employed?
Are more men at work? Are wages
higher? Are our factories and work.
shops idle or busy? Have we more
money to spend? Are we finding a
better market at home and abroad for
the products Of our industry? Is our
commerce charging? Is the balance of
trade for or against us? Is our flag
seen oftener on every water of the
globe? Is our navy growing to be
commensurate with our national needs?
Are W. meeting the responsibilities and
opportunities opened to US by the re-
suit of the Standardization war? Are
we according education and American
institutions to the islands of the sea
that are ours? Are we sending to them,
upon the commissions charged with
their welfare and representing the
United States, men of high character,
competent and faithful? Have there
been four years Of plenty and pros
perity or four years of neither? Have
there come up out of the river four
well-favored kline, fat-feshed, or four
other kline, ill-favored and lean-feshed?
Are the ears of corn rank and good, or
thin and blasted with the east wind?
These are the questions which will
determine the issues of the campaign.
It will not be a campaign of person.
alities or quips inc partisan criticisms.
but of the general well being of the
republic.-John D. Long, Washington,
D. G.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
No Pay, No Talk,

Even at this stage of the campaign,
MI. Bryan adheres to the doctrine Of
"No Pay, Nc Talk" He was at Chilli
cothe, Ohio, the morning Of the 14th
of October, and delayed the meeting
there for at least half an hour, until
the necessary $75, to insure the wag-
ging of his jaw, was forthcoming.
When the necessary sum had been
raised, he spoke for about eighteen
minutes. which is a very liberal rate
Of a little over 81 per minute, and he
had considerable trouble in inducing
the people Of the old-time city Of
Allen G. Thurman to give up the
needful coin.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
Hearst to Bryan.

1--WE trust hat Mr.. Bryan will yet
range himself in line with the national
aspirations for expansion. The time
has come, as it comes at intervals to
every vigorous nation-as it has come
to urs on several occasions-when the
old boundaries are too contracted for
the pulsing life within them, and when
the health of the body polite demands
that room. The popular instinct I'M
derstands the need for these periodical
expansions, and every genuine states
mar understands it, ~too."-From the
San Francisco Examiner, April q, 1899.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
Bryan's Filipino Allte..

"Good Doctor" Bryan's "civilized
allies" in the Philippines will persist in
getting him into trouble.
According to the Chicago American
Of Oct. 10th, Marcellus Marcus, a
wealthy Filipino, has offered a reward
of $100 for the left ear of each member
of the Forty-seventh infantry. A son
of Marcus was killed in a fair fight
with a party from this regiment.
The recent activity fomented in the
Philippines by the candidacy Of Mr..
Bryan is bad enough, but the offer for
soldiers ears is worthy Of a Conan
che.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
Bryan on a Lower Scale.

1.-THE truth is that Mr.. Bryan has
descended on a lower scale. He seems
to be unconscious Of the fact that
when he speaks to ever the remotest
and most provincial audience he is
really speaking to the entire country.
He appeals to one community on high
grounds and to another on low
grounds At one point he is is an en-
heightened statesman, at another he is a
shallow demagogue."-Ex-Congr
man Beriah Wilkens, in Washington
Post.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
Pathetic.

Whats the matter, Pennington? I
thought you claimed that it was q
mans duty to always look cheerful, no
matter what was going on?"
eyes; I used to put forward that
theory; but I see it's unreasonable. I
published a book of poems three weeks
ago."
"Oh! And you've been reading some
Of the criticisms, eh?"
INC. I've been looking for some."-
Chicago Times-Herald
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
WILLIAM B. HORNBLOWER.
New York, Sept. Is.

"What l denounce is a Protective
Tsr1n. 1t is false economy and tho
most vicious political principle that
has ever cursed this country."-WiM-
am Jennings Bryan in q speech in
the House of Representatives, 1894,
advocating the passageof the Wilson,
German Free Trade Tariff Law.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
No Shirt.

Such was her extreme misery that
the wife fell into the vernacular.
you are not the only shirt in the
laundry" she cried, bitterly.
The man, her husband, shrugged his
shoulders.
IT am not a shirt at ALL" he retorted.
"If I were a shirt, you wouldn't have
done me up so nicely!"
Now she cursed the day that she
was born.-Detroit Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02

"Dabney Diggs can't make n
Roadway with his counting"
"Why not?"
His rival is a railway man, who is
always giving the girl a pass to 20
somewhere. indianapolis Journal.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02

Lie p1OSIOSo VI IllC Wal WILL oIoAAA
flung into our hands Porto Rico, Guam
and the Philippines. By fair and open
treaty they passed to u sovereignty.
That sovereignty laid upon us vast
questions and launched us, with new
responsibilities, into the affairs of the
larger world. 1t set us into the ORR
ent at the very hour of the tremend-
GUS and awful Weakening Of the dor
mant Fast, close to the shores of
China, that hive of innumerable peo-
pies. 1t lays upon us the question OF
the Philippines, with a sense of re-
sponsibility which no man with a con-
science can shirk. We could, like cow
ards, have turned these fair islands
over to anarchy and blood, or to be-
come the prey of the greedy powers Of
Europe, a bone of endless conflicts.
But we could, we can, undertake the
sublime experiment Of the ages. We
can put u energies, and
genius to the splendid task of giving
security to life and property, educa-
ton, the reign of just laws, civil and
religious liberty, industrial and COM
mercial thrift, the whole structure OF
modern civilization, to the ten millions
of the Inhabitants of those rich and
fertile islands.
This latter magnificent undertaking,
under circumstances not Of it's own
choice or foresight, has been the cleo
ton of our administration. Its pur-
pose is to protect the eighty tribes Of
the archipelago from each other, weld
them together in peace, give them as
complete liberty as own states en-
l4.v - - ~,,{olpt,1 - = has.fn mt thnrN
in the way of such q career as no Orb
ental-Tropic has ever had the chance
to dream of. We have not bought
the Filipinos at 81 a head" With a
magninimity worthy of the rich re.
public, we paid Spain for her public
buildings and public property. For
her sovereignty we gave out the buff
fets of war. In all our procedures
there neither, has been or is to be, any
element of Imperialism.
There is no swerving from the basic
principles Of Republican government
nor any disloyalty to the interests of
liberty. We are in the Philippines
Justly, humanely and to stay for the
grandeur of the future of the archi-
pelago, and for hand in the great
movements of the Orient that shall
emphasize the Twentieth century.
Already u unquestioned footing in
the islands has given us a grand and
beneicent leadership in the worlds
problem Of the Chinese empire, such
as to be nigh the only hope Of it's
| peaceful solution. Now it is the Amer
leans business to look fairly in the
face of this vast and p~rovidential at
tude Of world affairs and determine
whether it is wisest for us, in the
greatest crisis Of modern time and
world to scuttle out Of the position of
magnificent power and glorious OPP
portunity into which, without our own
devisings, the republic has been mani
testify thrust Of God. I am discussing
now not a political but a profound and
solemn moral and spiritual question,
in which the whole world and all fur
ture times are concerned.-Rev. A. s.
Fisk, D.. D.. Washington, D. C.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
RAISE THE STARRY BANNER, BOYS!

Tunes "Marching Through Georgia."
Raise the starry banner, boys, and
wave OLD GLORY high,
Mckinley and u Teddy, boys, will
make the Demmies fly.
The sixth of November they will find
it is no lie,
For we are marching to victory.
Chorus.
Hurrah! Hurrah! Well rally for the
fight!
!: HHrrah! TT,lrrah' h =. neonlle know
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what he will do,
But he's not marching to victory.
Chorus.
Bryan did his best to have the treaty
ratified,
Now he's bowling terribly on the other
side, ~.
But with all his bowling he can never
stem the tide
That will give us the victory.
Chorus.
You can bet the Philippines we intend
to keep, '
Though one William Bryan says the
thought most makes him weep.
Billy you will never find your Uncle
Sam asleep,
When he is marching to victory.
Chorus.
M. c. Grattan.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-11-02
AND
HOMESTEAD LAWS
THE PARTY CARRIED OUT ALL
THE PROVISIONS AIDING
SETTLERS.

1T Is now admitted that the free
homestead law Of 1862 was one of the
most benef1cent IS well as one of the
most successful measures ever adopt
ed in any country. It opened to i'm
mediate settlement millions of acres
of the public domain, carried to the
West thousands Of ~high-spirited
Americans from the Eastern states,
and drew from Europe millions of
wealth producing citizens. More than
any other legislation or influence, it
contributed to the development of the
Western states and to the rapid
growth Of the nation in population,
producing capacity and wealth.
The homestead act was distinctively
a Republican measure. The first bill,
introduced in 1859, passed the house
by a vote Of 120 to rs. All of the Re-
publicans except one voted for the bill.
They were supported by some of the
Northern Democrats, but all of the
Southern Democrats except three vot-
ed against the bill. The senate was
Democratic, and no vote was taken OF
the bill in the upper house.
: In March, 1860, Mr.. Lovejoy reported
the Grow homestead bill, and it was
passed by a vote of lis to IS. All
the affirmative votes except n were
from the free states. The senate
passed a different bill, and there was
a conference, which finally agreed
upon a modified bill. This bill was
vetoed, June %, 1860, by President Blu
chanan.
In 1862, when the Republicans had a
majority Of 80 in the house and - in
the senate, a new homestead bill vas
passed and signed by Abraham Lin
coin. The measure was framed by
Republicans and passed by Repub-
lican votes. At the same session were
passed the acts establishing a de-
partment of agriculture and providing
for agricultural colleges.
Later on, in 1864, 1870 and 1872, bills
were passed by Republican votes CIV
ing ex-Union soldiers special home
stead privileges. These acts encour-
aged thousands of soldiers, discharged
in 1865 and 1866, to emigrate from the
East and the Middle West to states
like Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, and
the latter. came to be known as great
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-31
In His Fight With George McFadden
in New York Last Night

In His Fight With George McFadden
in New York Last Night
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW
YORK, July 3O.-George McFadden. the
local lightweight boxer, administered
a severe drubbing to Jack O'Brien, for
merly of Halifax, ~ S., but now a res
ident of this city, before the Twentieth
Century club at Madison Square Gard
en-, tonight. The pair met for a TWEEN
ty-five round bout at the light weight
limit, 1873 pounds, but there were only
II rounds of fighting. O'Brien was so
badly punished in the twelfth round
that he was forced to give up when
the bell rang for the beginning of the
thirteenth and instead of putting I'D
his hands for attack or defense, he ex-
tended his gloved right hand to Nc
Fadden, giving the latter the bout.
In the early stages of the fight,
O'Brien did fairly well and with his
rushing tactics kept McFadden block
ing on the defensive but as the battle
went on Mcraddens superior strength
began to tell and it was plain to be
seen that O'Brien was in difficulty. In
the tenth round, O'Brien began to give
out, and it was only question then
how long his pluck and endurance
would carry him.
In the twelfth round, O'Brien was
sent to the floor three times with lefts
and rights over the heart and was in
such bad condition that when he went
to his corner at the end of the round
he was advised to give up. He COM
planned of his left side, but he insist
ed on going on. However, better coun-
sci prevailed, and he was induced to
shake hands with McFadden, who
wou-> certainly have put him out in
another round. When O'Brien was ex-
amined by physician after he reach
ed his dressing room, it was discovered
that the seventh and eighth ribs on his
left side were broken.
There were about 5000 persons in the
house.