The Republican journal., 1900-04-12


fault. finding follows the flag.
There is one thing quite certain. Pres
ident Mckinley's Administration is not
swayed by New York bubonic journal
ism
The Republican party will receive valu-
able assistance this year from the good
Orator Puff, who speaks from the top of
the factory slnokestack.
The city of New York was turned over
to Tammany by the hue and cry of ''home
rule" There has been a reign of plain
larceny ever since.
Municipal reform in New York has
reached that point where the officials of
that city tremble all the time that grand
jury is in session.
Feeln. sure that be has cornered the
Kansas City nomination, Mr.. Bryan thinks
that it is safe Tor him to go about the
country talking about the wickedness of
monopoly.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
IS running on double time. This has been
rendered necessary by the example set by
the manufacturing institutions of the
country,
All of the great newspapers of the
country are opposed to the principles con
aimed in the Chicago platform. But this
act is explained by Nj. Bryan with the
9ne word conspiracy"
It is confidently believed that the next
potable thing in the South Dakota divorce
Inc viii be the legal separation of the
hon. Richard Franklin pettIgrew from his
ottiCa position.
When Mr. Bryan gave his unqualified
endorsement to Goebelism in Kentucky he
placed a marked impeachment in his ia
vol7c speech about government without
thy consent of the governed"
The activity of the Hon. William Sulzer
and tie Hon. john j. Lentz as Congress
siona leaders must be pleasing to tie
voters Of party which was at one time
able to boast Of its Randalls, its Coxes, its
Ca1lsles, and its C1isps.
The Bank Of Peru and London announc-
es chat all current pay meDt will be made
III Sterling OF Peruvian pounds The ad-
vent of the gold standard in the republics
20 he south Of Us means the retirement
OF Uncertainty and revolution.
The Hon Eugene v Brewster, one of
tAe Chicago platform Democrats of
Brooklyn, has written a letter in which
lie tIansfels himself from the ranks of
bllalism to the party Of which the Hon.
Eugene V. Debs is the shining light. The
JaicIous feature of this transfer is Mr..
GI,wstel complaint that Mr.. Bryan
talks too much.
Ile action Of the Indiana gold Demo
tIa> j. resolving To continue their fight
Oh blyanSm is rather wet biaukety to
,hosc politicians who have been declaring
hat the passage of currency bill would
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from Nebraska more palatable to that
great class of Democratic voters who
have refused to accept the 45c. dollar is
Sue
Tie Hon. William Joel Stone of Mis-
souri, fears that the gold Democrats may
capture the Kansas City convention. If
such a thing should happen the Bryanites
in the Democratic party could simply fall
into line with the Sioux Falls crowd. 1t will
be sure to make Mr.. Bryan its nominee,
see the Chicago platform, and 90 it few
points farther on political skyrocketing.
Wisconsin wave of prosperity was rep
resented in 1897 by an increase of 50, 951,
327 invested in dozen of the principal
Industries of the State, with an increase
If upwards Of S13, 600, 900 in the value of
goods made, and gain OF 81, 1872, $50 in
cages. This was s. y per cent. more
nan was paid to wage earners in 1896,
and tle average yearly earnings of each
worker were increased by ST. 81
Nav that the gold standard is an as
sured thing, explains the Democratic
editor, ''the country need not be afraid of
of the silver plank we propose to place in
ON platform" In other words, this
plank win be added for the purpose of
deception and BOT as an evidence of good
faith. There is no discount upon the per-
aistency and consistency of the Demo
cratic party when it comes to plain and
fancy humbugging. But do the people
of the United States want to place in
power party whose hands must first be
tied before they can be trusted?