The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-10
POLITICAL NOTES.


"Whcn the Democratic platform declares the
Porto Rican government II departure from prece'
dent and inconsistent with republican institu'
tions,' it makes" says the New York Tribune,
"an absolutely false statement, which we dety
Mr. Bryan or any other Democrat to prove true.
| The Porto RiCan government no more governs
without consent or taxes without representation
than did the Louisiana or Florida government,
| and Democrats know it. In fact. the law IS
modelled on the laws passed to govern those
| territories after their annexation, with modlhca
! tions giving the Porto RcanS a larger voice in
| their government than the people OF the earlier
annexations received. II il no answer TO this
| historic fact TO say that Louisiana and Florida
| subsequently obtained a large measure oil self
| government The question raised by the plat
| form is concerning the first step in governing
Porto Rico compared with previous first steps by
| congress in governing annexed territories. Opln-
| ions right or wrong other points are no eN-
| cusc for falsehood on this. And the Democratic
platform is deliberately false on this. Florida
| and Louisiana were both taxed without repre-
| scntation. They were both ruled without as
much voice in their affairs as Porto Rico has
| in its. Their people were both denied personal
guarantees Of the constitution In Louisiana tho
constitutional right Of trial by jury was abridged,
| and in Florida the writ Of habeas corpus was
contcmptuously disregardcd by the civil gov.
crnor Will Mr.. Bryan please consider this false
| charge made in his platform and explain it
| without jugglery2"
| Within the last few days something like s10O,.
| 900 600 in the form Of dividends has been dis
burscd from the offices of the big industrial en-
| tcrpriscs that have their headquarters in New
| York city. A large part of this sum went to
| people in moderate circumstances. For in
| ILL tIa
tral and the New York and New Haven rail
way corporation are paying nearly S3,OOOOoO in
| dividends. A part of that goes into the pocket
| Of the Vanderbilts, the Rockeicllers and Pier
pont Morgan, but the treasurer Of the New Haven
railway corporation says that considerably more
| than onc.half of the dividend goes to holders OF
| blocks Of stock of from ten to twenty shares. 1t
goes into several thousand Connecticut and Mas
sachusctts homes and is of the chief means
of support of many families in comparatively
| humble circumstances. That is also true OF the
New York Contra. dividends, and it is esti-
| mated that Of the S23 OOO,00) earned by the in.
| dustriaS or the corporations that commonly
! known as trusts fully one-half go to people of
moderate resources and are depended upon by
| themselves and their families" 1t is hardly
necessary to add that these people will not be
attracted toward Organism.
Ex-senator Edmunds is a rcsoute ant.eSpan.
sionist but he is opposed to a third party and
will support Mckinley. lie says: 81 am ayerse
| to another Republican nomination, because it
would in effect he helping Mr.. Bryan. His
election would he very unfortunate in all re.
spoctS. The present condition is such as | do
not like but as it is also whether Mr.. Mckin'
ley or Mr.. Bryan will be president, then, as
every practically wise and just person is com.
PEELED to determine which of those two he will
| support il he sets up independent ticket,
being a Republican, he is half supporting Mr..
| Bryan and wholly opposing Mr.. Mckinley. Inas-
| much as it is a question Of preference between
| the two vote direct is one that is effective. II
l wanted to beat Mckinley would vote for Nr.
| Bryan TO make the attainment of the end dOu5ly
certain. II | wanted to prevent Mr.. Bryans
election would vote for Mr.. Mckinley. Taking
the Republican party with the faults am sorry
to say we have fallen into, and the Democratic
party that is always at fault, ! choose the one
that has the less faults, inasmuch as l must have
one or the other"
So far as known only three Democratic news.
papers which exert any apprecable influence, and
which holted Bryan in 1896, will support him
this year. These newspapers the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, the Chicago Chronicle and the
Louisville Courier.Journal. OF the Independent
newspapers the Springfield Republican alone Is
any less emphatic in its denuncation Of Bryan
than it was four years ago. To Offset these few
defcctons the Republicans gain the support OF
the Louisville Post, the ablcst Democratic news.
paper in Kentucky, and probably Of the Louis.
Vile Dispatch also. In the far West the Re-
puhlcans have gained the Salt Lake City Trib.
une, the st. Paul Globe and the Denver Times,
and certainly the good wishes il not the open
support Of the Denver Republican. Bryan will
be almost as barren of newspaper support in
New England as he was in 1896. What he gains
10, Ia, &, ,,.1,
good, while his newspaper losses in the far
West are in states where n few deiections may
be fatal to hm.-Phadelpha Press.
$50 far as heard FROM not a single Democratic
business man in this city who boltcd Bryan in
! 1896 will vote for him this year" writes the
New York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger. "There may be a few anti.imperalists
who will swallow 10 to l a bitter pill, IN
order TO defeat Mckinley, hut they are yet 10
| declare their position. Among the more promi.
ncnt Democrats who publicly announce their in.
tontion Of voting for Mckinley or for a third
party candidate are eX.Mayor Hewitt, ex.Secre
tary Fairchild, Alexander y. Orr, 4. Elery An
dcrson, Henry Hcntz, President Borne Of the
Colonial Trust company; eX-Comptrocr Thco
dore W. Myers, Ex-Governor Hoadley, OF Oh o.
Oscar Strauss eX.District Attorney De Lancey
Nicoll, G., G.. Williams president OF the Chemi
. cal bank; Nico-Prcsidcnt Nelson, of the sea
board bank, and Everett +. Wheeler. met I
prominent member Of Tammany Hall and Crok
er's Democratic club today, and he said privately
that he would have to vote against Bryan. Their,
are others"
Says the Washington Post; "The time an,
tho only time, for intelligent and hopeful oppo
sition 10 expansion was when the expanding
treaty was before the senate. That was tn,
time when German, Iloar, Hale and their fellow
nt.cXpansionists Of both parties might hav
7 been successful had the leader Of the Dcmocra
tie party given them his support or even tha
, out ot the fight, But that was the time whci
he went into the fight, aud aided, with all hi
cloquonce, in accomplishing the unalterable fac
J Of expansion" And now he is bowling about it
Nearly fourteen million votes were cast in tn
campaign Of 1896, and these were divided a
: follows:
! Mckinley, Republican ....,,....,....,,. Tlq,77
Bryan, Democrat and Populist ..,....,. 6,5O2, ,92
| Palmer National Democrat ........,.. l33,I2
Leyering, Prohibition ,,,,,,,.,.,,.,,... 1870
I Matchett, Socialist Labor ...,....,..,,. S6,27