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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
SAMPLE DEMOCRATIC PRETENsE.

SAMPLE DEMOCRATIC PRETENSE.
you must not credit Cleveland to
the Democratic party" said m or the
leading Bryanites to me the other day.
Whom did you vote for in lSS4?' l
asked.
Cleveland" he replied.
whom did you vote for In 1Sss?'
Cleveland"
Whom did you vote for in 1922"
cleveland"
And you were a Democrat all =
while?"
Eyes. I was a Democrat all the while,
hut I don't consider Cleveland a Demo-
crat."
Well. a man who has been the stand
a~rd-bearer of the Democratic party Tor
three successive times, and elected
twice. has got a pretty good title to
Democracy. But the hard times OF
Cleyeland's administration were not
due TO Cleveland as a person. they
were due to the Democratic party, and
the general distrust which the people
had of that party. Capital became
fearsome and industry stopped; gener-
al depression followed the announce
ment in November, 1892, that the DEM
ocratic party was in controi OF all
branches of the government.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

morning. No details of the affair have
been learned, but the British officials
have received a dispatch announcing
that "the temples were taken accord
ing to arrangement" 1t is expected
that Gen. Wilson win move on San
Hal Tien (San Tai Tin) and destroy
the Chinese arsenal at that place. The
Germans moved westward to-day and
II is doubtful IL they co-operated in
the taking of Pei la Chu. JaJpanese
scouts report that the surrounding
country is free of the enemy. No word
has been received from the Sixth Unit
ed States cavalry column which is p
Grating in the northwest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
BRYAN AS A PROPHET

One Of the characteristics Of tho q,
sion eader is the cock-sureness with
which he announces his conyictions
"nen ne has jumped at the conclusion
Ior ne seldom seems to reach one by
careiul and hard thinking-he speaks
Win absolute certainty-indeed, as il
he should say 40 a
Il am Sir Oracle,
AND when | open nv mouth LOT M doc
bark" 7
IN THIS style he said, in the coursa
oI a speech at Newton, Ia, four wears
ago: ~
III you throw a stone In the air Won
know that it will come down. Why?
1t Is drawn towards the center
OF the earth. The law upon which we
pase our night is as sure as the law OF
graVltation. If We have a gold stand
ard prices are as certain to fall as the
stone in the air"
Quod erat demonstrandum. Mr.. Brv-
an had the presumption to stand IN
before an audience and claim that
hnance and political economy were ex-
ACT sciences and could be demonstrate
viii a problem in physics or mathe-
rimLlcs. Every one of the predictions
andmade in his 1896 campaign in refer
thee 10 the efects OF the retention o,
inc gold standard has been fals,ied.
am especially the prophesy that prices
DIRE certain to fall under it. On the
tbatrary, from 1896 to 1899 this coun-
for experienced n Of the most re-
beyrkable advances in prices ever wit
yoSsed In any country withcat the in
~IorVention of some special cause, such
! war or famine. Prices advanced on
the re-establishment of confidence
through the triumph of Mckinley and
sound money, and on the general re.
sumption Of business activity. 1t may
be claimed that the war with Spain
was a stimulating factor, but that war
was too small to cut any material
Mr.. Bryan is just as cock-sure now
that the American republic will come
to grief through Imperialism as he was
In 1896 that the retention of the gold
standard would bring about falling
prices. He Is just as likely to be a
prophet now as he was then.
The trouble with Mr.. Bryan is that
he is gifted with such a flow OF Ian
guage that he never stops to do any
thinking. He Is also gifted with a
powerful imagination, and he fire.
quently permits 1t to run away with
him. These two facts account to a
considerable extent for his failure as a
reliable seer, or wen as a skillful fore
caster Of events liable to eur In the
near future. " - .-..-..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
THAT SECRET ALLIANCE"

The Kansas City platform especial
ly condemns the ill-concealed Repub-
lican alliance with England This is
one Of the complaints made in that
platform about which Mr.. Bryan has
as yet had nothing to say. He has left
to his associate on the ticket the dis
cussion of this particular form of Re-
publican iniquity.
Mr.. Stevenson has said in various
speeches that the foreign-born voters
are leaving the Republican party be-
cause they are opposed, among Other
things, ito the secret alliance with
England, which it Is now generally adj
mitted exists in connection with the
war being waged upon the burghers in
South Africa"
Cannot Mr.. Stevenson, who Is so well
satisfied that there is such an alliance
go a little more into detail about 1t, ex-
planning its nature. and what England
gains by It? An alliance open or secret
which benefits neither Great Britain
nor the Republican party is OF no great
Importance. and is most unlikely to be
entered into. II pressed for informa-
ton on this point Mr.. Stevenson will
be apt to say that a Republican con
gress refused to pass a resolution of
sympathy with the Beers. 1t did re
fuse to do so and acted wisely therein.
For Mr.. Stevenson cannot show how
the adoption of such a resolution
would have helped the Beers or harm
ed Great Britain. Furthermore, 1T IS
now generally admitted" except by
Democrats when on the stump, that
the passing Of such a resolution wouli
have been a most indiscreet perform
ance, It would have been looked on by
Great Britain as a distinctly unfr.end-
" act. while it would not have added
one iota to the fighting power or the
Beers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
IA, LOANS MADE
not
,'u' ON CHATTEL
anc
,u' AND
ikREAL ESTATE
qcn on Ed6au6,I

speqcn on EdNtaIIOh,' IN WufCn DE
says:
I'VE may erect buIwarks against for
eign invasion, but what power shall
we find in walls to protect the people
against themselves
Then, again Bryan quotes Jefferson
as saying, If there be one principle
more deeply rooted than any other in
the mind Of every American, 1t Is that
we should have nothing to do with
conquest and Conquest Is not in our
principles; it is inconsistent with our
government
THE first quotation was never ut
tered by Jefferson at all. 1t can be
found in a special message Of Presi-
dent Monroe to congress on May 8,
1920, dealing with the treaty with
Spain. The second quotation cannot
be found anywhere. 1t has neither
father nor mother. Jefferson, now
ever, did say:
81 know the acquisition of Louisiana
has been disapproved by some from a
candid apprehension that the enlarge
ment of our territory would endanger
the union. But who a limit the ex-
tent to which the f~ederative principle
may operate effectively? The larger
our association the less it will be af-
fected by local passions
"As bearing on the attitude of the
United States toward the Philippines,
Mr.. Bryan quotes Jefferson as saying:
4 know of but one code of morality for
men. whether acting singly or col
l%ectively.'
Jefferson did say this, but it was in
speaking of the actions Of Aaron Bur
and his friends, then plotting treason
against the United States. Bryan,s
further statement that Franklin said:
"A highwayman is as much of a robber
when he plumbers In a gang as singly,
and a nation which makes IA unjust
war is only a great gang is as bold a
falsehood as ever a literary ~pretender
uttered. Franklin never used even
kindred language at any time.
"He even quotes Admiral Dewey as
saving: The Filipinos are more cap
able of self-government than the Gu
hans and in all of Dewey's reports
there is nothing of the kind. Mr.. Bryan
also misauotes Henry Clay n even
his Biblical references are incorrect"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
THE NJ MAKER.

Rrvan has been identified with three
emo ramount" issues, to which he has,
with all due solemnity dedicated MS
life, and pledged his powers to engralt
upon the national legislation or the
country.
When in the F~ifty-second congress,
nine years ago, he was an ardeat
champion of free trade, in a speecn'
long and brilliant, he declared that a
ineffective tariff was conceived In gree1
and fashioned in iniqulty, laise III
and the most vicious pollt.cai
principle that ever cursed inns couh-
try" Yet a protective tariff Dill was
passed by the first congress ana APP
proved by Washington. Bryan 1urthSi
declared that he would fight the pro
tectiye system as long as there was
ANYTHING to remedy. The struggle De.
tween protection and free trade went
against him. The people ~repudlateu
free trade and Bryan dropped II. II
uas not wise to paramount Tree
trade when it would not make votes;
-Four years ago, realizing that ne
must paramount" something else, ne
took up silver and worked II win an
the force of his eloquence. Ihat III
turn was ~repudiated by the people anu
dropped by Bryan. All his wild prom,
asias have been proven to be false, by
the prosperous facts of recent exper-
fence. ,raa
This year, he concluded to let r
trade alone, touch lightly on iree sn
YER and paramount imperialism, ana
he is working 1t in the same ~
promising. reckless fashion. In OPUS
ing protection he denounced washi rsr
ton, in advocating free slIvei IN
oo,ntsr RI ali financial experience. in
@onnosing expansion he reflects on Iel-
sarson After a few more campaign
he NAV possible get into line and strike
something that is right. but at present
there IS a big dent in the public n
dence as to the accuracy OF ms proa
phetic powers and as to his ieaderiiho
ability.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

Washington, Sept. 90. - The United
States government has made fun ana
complete answers 10 the various I'M
portant Inquiries that have been ad-
dressed to it by the powers relative to
The Chinese trouble. Moreover, 1t has
rome further and has made a disclosure
of all of it's purposes, and as a nembe
Of the administration puts 1t, 1t a
thrown it's hand open on the table.
This action was taken after the cabinet
meeting Yesterday, and a luncheon at
he White House hat followed served
to reduce the decision 10 the ultimate
form. At $1,000 o'clock Minister Wa
called by appointment upon Acting
Secretary Hill and was handed a mem
orandum
Embodying the Response
Of the United States government to the
request of Prince Ching that MI
Conger or some other person be imme-
diately empowered to begin negotia-
lions with the Chinese authorities for a
final settlement. The minister came
away With a dissatisfied expression on
his face. Next came M. Thiebaut, the
French charge. A. few minutes con-
yersation suficed to impart to him
orally an answer TO his W verbabi In
curry. Then Baron ~Sternberg, the
German charge, who had been notified
of the readiness of the state DEPART
ment to make answer to the German
note, called and was given that an
swer. He FASTENED away to cable TO
his government. The department then
sent the answer to the Russian inquiry
forwarded by messenger, and wired
eablegrams containing the
Substance of the
to it's diplomatic representatives
abroad. Thus closed one OF the most
interesting and important phases OF
the Chinese ENHANCEMENT. The state
department absolutely refused TO make
any statement as to the nature of the
answers. taking the ground that to do
so would be a violation of the diplo-
matte proprieties. The ministers and
charges who received the messages
here adopted the same secretive atti-
Itude. The president, himself, 1t seems,
had given instructions that every eff
fort should be made to maintain Sc
crecy in this matter until the official
disclosure. With all this, * is known
that the German proposal that nego-
tiaticns with China be deferred until
the Chinese responsible for
The Pekin Outrages
have been surrendered to the allies,
has failed OF approval by oar govern
ment. The d~eclination has been con-
veyed in a manner that can not give
offense. 1t is believed that the out
come, from a military point, OF yes
terday's action will be the withdrawal
of all but one regiment of h Ameri-
can troops from China TO Manila,
where they can be held ready to re-
turn in an emergency. Gen Chance
probably will remain in China In COM
mand Of the force tAere, which viii be
regarded simply as a legation guard.
One fact concerning the United States
answers that was not learned officially
is that they contain no new PROPOSE
tons. They simply clear away the
debris of unanswered inquiries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
RUSSIANS FALL ON LIS NECK.
Suspicious Reception Accorded the
Chinese NicerOy.

Suspicious Reception Accorded the
Chinese yiceroY.
London, Sept. %. - 1t seems to be
generally believed throughout Europe
that Germany ~purposely proposed her
demand that the anti-foreign leaders
should be surrendered before negotia-
lions We're commenced with a view of
delaying and general acceptance of
her proposal until Field Marshal Count
Won Waidersee should arrive In Pekin.
A dispatch TO the Daily Telegraph
from Washington asserts that the
United States government has politely
declined to agree to Germany's pro-
posal on this very ground. In any
event, with Count o Waldersee
jo%urneying n~orthward and Ii Hung
Chang conducting negotiations from
Tien-tsin matters must soon each a
crisis. The manner of Earl LIS reoep-
ton seems to confirm the suspicious
existing in Shanghai regarding his
close understanding with Russia.
About 1000 Russian troops and all the
principal Russian officers met him at
Chung LANG Chen. halfway to TieD-
tsin. A long conference was held at
which no representatives of any other
power was present. This remarkable
friendship exists at the time when the
two continents are ringing with the
story of massacres by the Russians In
Amur.
The Moscow correspondent of the
Standard, reverting to the subject OF
tie massacre this morning, says:
FRAN a recent visitor to the Amur re,
gion / learn that massacres are exc
cuted by the troops that are overrun-
ming Manchuria. The orders are issued
by Gen. Grodokoff. But it is quite
certain that Emperor Nicholas must be
ignorant OF their nature. My inform
ant has seen a series of kilograms from
one manchurian commander, every one
OF which beseeches that he be allowed
to spare ~peaceable citizens. but the
Russian indifference to the lives of the
common herd is still of a truly Oriental
type"
Kaiser VIII Send More Troops.
Berlin, Sept. 23.-Emperor william Is
evidently making ready 70 SEND more
troops to China. All the regimental
commanders in their farewell speeches
10 soldiers who have finished two
years service make a point OF declar-
Ing hat such an increase Is necessary,
and OF expressing confidence that there
VIII be volunteers enough to meet ali
demands of the situation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

"Rehold a republic" said Mr. Bryan
IN his indianapolis speech. resting Sc
curely upon the foundation tones
ouarried by reyolut onary patseti
from the mountains of eternal truth
Yes and the foundation and sup
structure were established despite the
penedict Arnolds who would have be-
traved the patriotic builders just as the
admirers of A~guinaldo are now trying
en- hard to do.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

ne that Bryan in his In
ippaach of acceptance in
Us spd deal in poetic license.
sv ,gsly on his imagination
l arss and declarations which
aisiu a. the Democratic view OF
O,ditions and accreditins
. sO Among those to whom
Iors the credit for utterances
gn avn were Abraham Lin
!, webster, Thomas Jener,
even the scriptures.
.,.oes an attorney in the Roa'
El.,s,ng.is not only a man OF
! ~ , literary reasearcn, but ne
" ap an interest in politics. This
J. IN what Mr. Bryan proDa'
NJ no one would take the
wen to attempt, to verify the
.1sged quotations in the In
~ a sneech, The result Is inter
soowing not only many mis-
- hut an absolute disregard
n and figures. Speaking or the
;, his Investigation MIR. Jones
|sterday:
! hing which first struck me In
|,ysn's speech was his statement
n philippines are too near the
/, mr. white men to live in, ana
s.tions had tried to COLOMBO in
IL latitude and failed. He in
h lava. which, he said. Holland
rrtrolled for 300 years, and yet
mere are less than 10000 people
rousan birth scattered among the
natives =.
linz no attention to the fact that
almost insanely erroneous in his
|, As to population, the fact is
lava did not become a Dutch
u until 1880, and now two states
led by native princes. AS to
men living under the equator,
passes through Ecuador, Bra
/ the United States Of Colombia
n America, and these states are
II dominated by the whites The
/ Manila Is Is 1-2 degrees north
i. while Australia, the largest
England has excepting Canada,
i from 10 to 80 south latitude,
largely inside the tropic Of Cap
II has been entirely colonized
ite people.
Of this led me to look into the
ey of Mr.. Bryan's quotations
Jefferson and others,
re 4 found some curious things.
rays partly protects himself by
to quote literally, and thus is
b give a sentence a meaning
the author never intended it to
For instance he says:
1859 Lincoln said that the Re-
IN party believed in the man
3 dollar, but in case Of conflict 1t
d in the man before the dollar
Lincoln never said that or any
Ike 1t In 1859, but in 1860 he did
lat Mr.. Bryan has probably
to serve his purpose. In argu-
i the traffic in slaves was inner
wrong, Mr., Lincoln said he did
in weighing the dollar
haman life.'
) was in an answer to the de
Of the slave owners, who
! that to do away with slavery
destroy property rights, and
net for these same save own
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
R%ECKLESSNESS
WITH HIS QUOTATIONS..
.aaass1ses aaasess aessmaM;

ers and their descendants Mr.. BRYAN
would not now have the slightest
chance of election.
Again, in defending his advocacy
or ratifying the treaty with Spain, he
quotes Lincoln as saying, Can aliens
make treaties easier than friends can
make laws?'
Lincoln never said this at all. The
language Is that Of Napoleon Bona
parte after the battle of Marengo, the
greatest imperialist who ever lived
sin - ne Caocor onJ AI.u.-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
ANS PREACHING NOT HIS
PRACTICE

khaps Mr.. Bryan would like to
e some too out-spoken Democrat
lpers until after election. 1t must
foyoEing for him, while engaged
Is In defending the principle of
consent OF the governed" and
ls what he calls "the staggering,
lng, brutal doctrine of imperial
and calling on his countrymen to
me commandment Thou shalt
my neighbor as myself" to see
Oh the editorials concerning the
" OF man" which appear in
aern papers that are supporting
une OF them-the Macon Tele-
a-says with utter disregard of
|bryan's feelings:
Is all sweet and nice enough to
se on Fourth of July occasions In
ssneralities about the consent OF
soverned,' about 'inalienable
about the equality OF ali men at
ana SO forth, just as our fore
as ala who owned slaves and who
II inc Indians of their land, but 1t
E..aer matter when you try to ap-
70 me negro, the Indian, the
III, and the Filipino"
OF the colored citizens of
the Telegraph says: THE
! mas no land, no birthright, no
Ease,nothing but a right to help
- which was given wrongfully TO
"aen We take the ballot from
- ieave him in a far better con-
mar ne found himself when he
among us as a result of Yankee
: ana speculation" This right to
sosern" which Is to be taken
ue blacks, is that "inalienable
the taking away of which
sns f1lipinos by the Americans
y mr.. Bryan's opinion. though
nat of the Georgia paper.
= 'le Republic into an empire.
s,priVaticn OF the negro of his
>. ana constitutional rights by
s.!ans friends does not grieve
ieman. but undoubtedly he
prefer that Southern papers
! ~, sheer at "the consent of the
Inoa and say it is too good for
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
A BE DECORATED.
Amanioau oaau-IaaIauars

French Government Not Ignoring
American Commissioners.
Paris, Sept. 23.-The American COM
m~issioners who recently left Paris, dis
appointed at not having been included
In the list of those who received deco
rations from the Fernch government,
will, perhaps find satisfaction in the
knowledge that the government has
certain names under consideration in
connection with an additional list OF
decorations which will be published
when the approval of the Washington
government has been received.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

We would just as soon have Eng
land Russia and other foreign coun-
tries. that are a little hard up at the
present time, borrow ten millions or
one hundred and fifty million OF us
Whenever we happen TO have II handy.
And we would just as soon continue In
mower and in force the kind OF people
md the kind OF policies that mako
these things possible and easy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

In his Topeka speech of acceptance
Mr.. Bryan neglected to allude to the
name in which his North Carolina
Democratic supporters put on their red
shirts and beat his North Carolina
Populist friends out Of the recent cleo
ton. Mr.. Bryan understands that the
less his friends know OF each other the
better 1t will be for him,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
ni.nute End. In Murder

Warsaw. KY, Sept. 2S.-An old dis
pute between John Common and his
nephew, Martin Devereux. and John
Sisson and his son. eliminated yester-
day when John Sisson killed Conner by
shooting him twice. Devereux was
held to the ground by Sisson. who
called his son TO shoot. The boy. who
Is sixteen years old, came up with a
gun and shot Devereux. killing him in
stantly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

They Are to settle Disputes Between
Labor and Capital.

Labor and Capital.
London, Sept. pa dispatch to the
Times from Paris says: A ministerial
order of interest to Americans in view
of the strikes in Pennsylvania has just
been issued by the French minister Of
commerce. creating labor councils to
settle disputes between labor and cap
ital. The councils are to consist of an
equal number of workmen and m
ployers. but the workmen must belong
to the recognized labor unions. This
clause Is likely TO create difficulties, as
the majority OF French laborers do not
belong to unions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27
KRUGER
T~rnnsvnnI President to BE Warmly
Welcomed at Antwerp.

Antwerp, Sept. ga committee OF
Dutch and Belgians in Antwerp Is ar
ranging a grand reception for Presi-
dent Kruger when he arrives here
from the Transyaal. Delegates will go
to Flushing to meet him when he
lands. The Antwerp and Brussels com
mittees are combining for the purpose
of home fetes in both cities In honor
of the Boer president.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

Ia oeiieved that Mr.. Bryan has
more perforated predlc-
sn any other man in public life.
y summation of Mr.. Bryan has
ue leadership OF the Democrat
the hands of the Hon. John
|, u' the Hon. George Fred viii
Hon, William Sulzer, the
ram ). Lentz, the Hon. Joseph
II. and the Hon. Webster Da-
enc;na any wonder the party Is ex-
lftnen,, weakness In its following
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-27

In 1864 the Democrats were charslns
Abraham Lincoln with being an lm-
perialist and a republic wrecker. nv
indianapolis Sentinel was papt.c ;s
vigorous in this work. Mr.. Bryan -
not quoting from the files OF ms III
dianapolis organ.