Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-06
EDITORIAL rIENTiON.

Mr.. Bryan owns a farm, but the mon
ey he paid for it was earned by the sweat
of his larynx.
In contemplating the result of the Ken
lucky murder case it should be borne in
mind that the prosecution had the per-
nicious assistance of partisan trial judge.
Among the many exhibits in Kansas
prosperity is a potato field forty miles
long 1t is not believed that even the
Hon. William Vincent Allen can out-tak
this showing.
Will Colorado hang back and decline
to approve Of the prosperity the country
is enjoying? Cooradopeople are believed
to be manly and enterprisins enough to
acknowledge mistake.
1t is not necessary to abuse the Demo
cratic leaders in this campaign. They
regard the liberal employment OF quotation
marks as the very worst form Of chastisc-
ment.
Gold to the amount Of S25, 100000
was brought into this country from the
Klondikc this year. Here is another
text for prolonged weeping spell by
Senator Teller.
"The gold standard" declared Mr.
Bryan in his Minneapolis speech in 1896,
would destroy the opportunity to work. ="
Is Mr.. Bryan depending on the votes of
idle this year?
After surveying all the predictions ne
made a less vain man than Mr.. Bryan
would, emulating the example of the par
rot, come to the conclusion that he mad
talked too much.
"It is only skin deep" declares the
Democratic editors in their attempt to ac-
count for the Mckinley prosperity. Yet
they are vigorously opposing every policy
calculated to send it deeper
The Supreme Court fell under the dis.
pleasure Of the Democratic party because
it would not declare constitutional piece
of partisan legislation, and their party
vented its anger by trying to befoul the
Before going any further with their
arguments the Democratic leaders should
explain why it is that, if President Nc
Kinley has no backbone. he can 90 ahead
shattering the republic and establishing
an empire.
Chairman Hanna has not been COM
PEELED to attempt an explanation Of his
connection with trusts for the simple
reason that, unlike Chairman Jones, he
is not a beneficiary of such organizations.
The efforts to introduce foreign issues
into the campaign have come exclusively
from the Democrats The Republican
platform appeals directly to the American
voter and his welfare and doesn't evade
single issue
The Hon. George Fred Williams an
nounceS the arrival of the empire. Geo
Fred is always little ahead of time. 1t
will be recalled that last year he took the
precaution to select the Massachusetts,
delegates to the Kansas City convention.
With the Hon. Ben TiIlman protesting
against government without the consent
of the governed" and Dick Croker fu!-
minating against the ignorance Of the
people, the Democratic party backs into
the campaign with its accustomed dignity
and plausability.
The Democrats are very careful in their
campaign against the ship subsidy bill not
to say that foreign governments subsidize
their merchant ships to the amount Of
more than S26,00G,000, and against
which ships unaided American ships can
not compete.
The general prosperity of the farmers
in all parts Of the country, north, south
east and west, resulting from good crops
and good prices is legitimate vote max
er for the Republican party. The Lord
gave the good crops and the Republicans
gave the good markets and no amount OF
political misrepresentation can deprive
either Of the credit due.
If Mr.. Bryan cared to be candid he
could discourse more learncdly upon the !
art Of accumulatin@ wealth than any Of |
the other candidates in the iold MIR. |
Bryan is the wcathicst candidate before
the people to-day and he has made his !
money since the Inauguration Of the poll
cies against which he deeIaimed so vigor-
ously. Yet Mr., Bryan is selfish enough !
to decline to give the Republican admin |
lstration the proper credit for his good |
fortune.