Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-10-11
n eep the flag flying.

all that thou hast. put ,hv money into The
lamniany lee Trust vote for Willinm Ion
nlng> Bryan and you will l,. :, nice fellow
AND when he heard this he WAS very Sorrnv
ful for he was Standard Oil nl;,yuatr. >au,.
book. Chap. II. verse l. ii slv>: "lf auyou,
hate not President Mrl>inley Theodore
R">rNrt. Mark Hanna. the rypuh!i,.;,, marry
yea ana himself also. Inc cam not ne a good
"i BRYAN We a so read: Il am liz, of the 81, ,>>
"t gold and the crown of i!iUrn>. the hrujn-
hilS and 1i'" end. the first and the last, TIA,
"llH p"hhlr ON the beach and lhr whole
works Blessed are they than Vote for nae.
'lial they may have II right loill the office,
and may rnter in through the gates into TIA,
city of Washington. For our>id, of the demo
p"puii>tir party are dogs. and >orcrrrr>. and
murdcrer>. and trusts. and rich men. and
"h">""Ner l"veth and ma>c,h :. lie
But "" digre>>. Mr.. Bryan say, there i, q
paramount ISSUE second the motion
ne issue Is tins: do We ;t> Il rvililrd people
want I" pul Il party into power that is mot
'"Ei me o' sell government. DO We Us u law
hhidlilS p'"pl" want L" turn this whole ruun-
TRY mt" Il Colorado "r Il TEXAS. again | ash do
We the people OF th" state. of North yaIln1;.
!" >'al' IN which thrr" is less illitrra,N than
amy "thrr state in ,hr union. wish 10 I,oi :,
party INTO power. Il party that has deprived
thousands of negroes HE right OF suffrage. i'm
the state of North CarulinH Bu, uur l,nnuli,,
friends tell ll> that tir>, nprro,, cannot read
nor write. " tao is 10 blame for this: saw
the democrats, The Democratic, ,,arly na,
been in power in tir south ever since. rI,rr,
has been Il Democratic party |, wa, "A rri,nr
I" tr;'rta sian, u read or write. 1t is T., .
Gai'''o ;t> mortal >iil 10 educate 1t mtml,rr
ol lhr down tr"d'irn race AT The present ,t;!N
u Is h"W OVER Ihirly-tvv Years since TN,
CLOSE OF the war. thirty three years is TN,
average duration of human life. therefore n
"h"!r generation of negroes has been born
ana passed away and Vet the democrats haN,
h"Iit nothing Ior t!IrM,. If the state of North
Caro!!iia wanted l'e negroes To bc educated
the negroes would have been educated eve,
II il WAS necessary To accomplish i, at ,li,
mu/llr of Winchester orr IN the ,l;nc Tin,
republican party is Il party of progress IN,
democratic party is Il party of >upprv rvssu,
and rrtr"grr>>iun. The republican party is ;
party of hope and confidence in the future
l'hr democratic party is II party of the part
there is NOT Il single plank i'm all of their part,
and they nave nothing left to ruo>t upon b,
1hc ragged edge of uncertainty
'!he silver quest ion is not new. ii has l,rrl
tried by nearly every nation of the earth am,
| each time and always it has resulted il
Il fiat failure. What good is i, going to do ,l,,
farmers or abnring man To have. two dollar
in place of one if he must pay twice a
much for what he buys: Wha, good is i, 90
ing TO do the farmer or lalOring man to ii:,v
wheat AZ one dollar per blshcl where now il
| is say 90 if Il binder will eos, two huudrr,
and fifty dollars where now ii costs one hun
| drrtl and twen,y-tivc orif a sack of flour COS
| five dollaL> where now it costs bat TWO and ;
| half or such Il matter. How nice it would h,
| to be compelled to pay back one ,hou>;nt
dollars where now you owe five hundred ;int
| how enroura sin@ il would hr to pay intcr,>
| on two dollars where now you pay inlrrcs, on
lu, one.
! We have been informed hy the learned AN,
| a>tutc apo>, lc of populism tina, the imperial
i>,ir policy of President Mckinley and tn
republican party i, new thing. Mr. RrynI
| knows that il is not new and Ii
knows that he> disappearing ,G
| facts when he declares tina, i, is
In the year 1904 there was n bill passed i'm ,h
| nitcd states congress and created in1o
+, United states law by the signatur of 'r!4oma
Jefferson democrat. then pr,.>'rn, of ,hr>
| L nitcd states which provided for the divi>io
of 'n,ed States territory into three GLASSES
!. states of the union. ;. Territories of ia
| United states 3. Count rics subject 10 til
| jurisdiction of the 'ni1rd states.
The congress which enacted this imprriali>
tic ella >iti'ati"n was providing Il, the tim
| for the authorization of local acts of puhli
| records introduced h> evidence in the FEEDER;
| courts and i'm all other 'oart> within the |
The second section of tho act WAS a> follows
| -\li the provisions of this act and the az, t
which i, is a supplement shall apply n> we'll {,
| the public acts. records. office books iudci;
proceedings. courts and offices OF the res pee
tive territories OF the L :. and countries sui
ircl to the jurisdiction of the T.. :. as to Tia
public acts. Records office books judicial pr,
| cecding>. courts and offices of the sever;
| states" Here is. law 9G vcaf> old pruyidin
for the government of countries subject To TN
L. :. Here is imperialism pare and si,upl,
Here is wha, Bryan calls "A new thing 1t
| still the law of the land. The CLASSIFICATION
| was preserved in the revision of the statute
in l>1:' Icy ihr nprrialis,> of the I'D ron-r,.>
and will be found on page III of the rrvi>c
| STATUTES S,t,.. @Aj reads: The act, of ,hr leg
| i>laturc OF amy state or territory or of AN
country subject To the jurisdiction Of ,II. : :
| shall he authenticated by having the seals %
such state. territory or country ntfiNcd there.
to. etc. and the next see, ion. hM. reads: "A
| records and rXtnlpiiticat ions of books wiIr
may he kept in any public office of any stat
or territory Of amy country sub i,rl to the inr
isdiction of ,hr L. :. no1)appcr1ainng to
court or Office in any other state or ttrritOr
or in any >ucI, country Ivy the nttcstatiur o
the keeper of >t,'h records or books etc no,
once more let M. draw your attention to tn
classification: L. \ state of h. union. ,. i.
territory of the l'nitcd states ,. \ countr,
subject tothc Jurisdiction of the lnite> stat.
| What then is a count r!' subject to the iuris
dicton of the L. :: 1t is II colonial possession
and no, hing else. When Lieut.. lldrcth mad
! the assert ion that rnunizing vas always
| failure be showed ii lHmrntHhlr disregard fol
the facts. If rolonzn= is a failure. this com
| Try is failure. but we all know that these {
states is th" grandr>t mpnuinrn, To the intel
| liyence and energy OF man that the world hH
ever seen. The learned gent icmHn told II
| that Grte,c rs ACCIDENTAL pow"; failed. he toi,
US that coloniZin@ ruined Rome. he told IT,
| that attempt toroionZr the western world in
|