The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-04-21
POLITICAL.

TICKETS TINS year
If the Hanna Mekinle5-craNd gs'
much more scared than they arc now
the campaign will become STAN
pede.
Teddy is said to have asked Boss
Hanna to help him get renou1ihateu
for governor of New York, instead o.
forcing him to become the tail 81 the
Mckinley kite.
When republieanjudges admit that
the Kentucky democrats have the
law on their side It is time for
small fry to stop kicking again
the inevitable.
Our flag does not mean one thf
here and another in Cuba or e
Rico '-President Mckinley
10000 Methodists at Ocean GroN
August %, 1899
Democrats are glad to know tina
Admiral Dewey has always beer q
democrat, but they have already se-
lected Col. Bryan to be their eand
date for president.
Residents of Manila can hardly
expected to regard American rule as
a blessing when they have to pay
higher prices for food than were paid
when the town was blockaded.
George Dewey can prove his DEM
ocraey more convineingly BY sup
porting William Jennings Bryan
than by acting as catspaw tor the
republicans and a handful Of demo-
cratic malcontents.
A circular letter has been sent to
the managers of the largest trusts
informing them of the amounts they
are expected to pay into the republ
can campaign fund Over 6,000,-
600, the largest fund Of the kind ever
raised, is asked for.
The New York Herald is as rule
not good authority on politics,
it made bulls eye when it assert =
that the candidacy Of Dewey was
tended to serve the same purpose I'll
Palmer and Buckner ticket did
9o-=a division Of The demoa
vote and the election Of Mckinley,
If the republicans wcrc assosass,h
as they pretend to be that the constiA
tion does not follow the flag they
would not persist in throwing obsta-
Giles in the way Of getting test case
before the Supreme Court. They are
afraid to allow decision to be made
in advance of the presidential cleo
ton.
The administration denies knowI-
edge of the news cabled from China
that our minister is acting inconcert
with European ministers to bulldoze
China into furnishing an excuse for
the landing of European and Ameri-
can troops, which will be the first
step.towards gobbling up more Chi
nese territory, but the news is IN
keeping with the imperialistic pro-
gramme Of the McKinleyites.
When the South African republics
shout Independence or war to the
death, they recall that famous say
ing of Patrick Henry, ''As for me,
give me liberty or give me DEATH !"
Yet there are administration repub-
Leans who denounce the Beers and
cheer Britain on to imperial ends.
Were Patrick Henry alive today
Hay and his friend Pauncefote would
stamp him traitor as, King George
did.
Perish Puerto Rico, throw "plair
duty" to the winds, surrender pc,
sonal convictions, and let justiceanda
righteousness be passed by on The
other side, but let the party ofgani-
cation be dominant, and let Che ma
chine do its work without check Or
interruption. To defeat the ma
chine would be death to the hopes
and aspirations OF small-iry parti-
sans, and therefore the machnemust
be kept to the fore though the heas
ems fall.-Phiiadelphia telegraph
| (RepubLican.)
IT is supected that desire to in
crease the republican campaign fund
for this year is behind announcements
that the Cabinet is considering ths
feasibility Of recommending to Con
gress, reduction of the war taxes,
which are piling up surplus in
Treasury, in spite Of the fact that
the receipts from the Dingley tariff
are many millions below the advance