New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-01


driven by the party lash TO vote for Mr. Brysn %
A LUDICROUs FEATURE.-'Ths Cinei,p,.,
Commercial Tribune" says;
Perhaps the most ludicrous feature Of the can
papers which claim that notwthstsadiE ne ~;
that Mr.. Bryan paramounted the IS 70 I PLANK -
IL doesn't mean anything, and thar the Rspu5Iicars
demagOgues when they accept the chalienEs
party sets up declaration OF principles and 80.
attempts 70 run away from il. there Is sure 70 -
confusion
ANOTHER ERROR OF BRYAN-Is b,4
speech "a Topeka. an. Farmer Bryan said.
The I~rmer. kao'.s tha- the much Wanted pros
the wane in spite Of the unusual and Unaaf1,rsii
stimulus it has received during the last three
years
Farmer" Bryan should have submitted bss
speech for revision to John " BreidsnthaI thu
Demo-Pop candidate for Governor OF Kansas vho
recently said:
OF the fifty and more millions Of dollars On d.
poslt in the Kansas banks. a great proporuoa g.
farmers. too I know Of hundreds 0f PoPqiist
to ssOO COO When YOU ,aKe out he Wsa,s 800 e
resented by the railroads packing houses and othsr
is in the Populist party.
II might have been profitable for the Nebraska
farmer candidate for the Presidency % have also
consulted o. B. Stevens, president OF the Cotton
states Association OF commissioners OF AETlc
who. in mis- annual address. on August 2s. said:
The farmers Of the South are happier and uo-s
prosperous than they have been in many yssrs
with the certainty that the cotton crop OF 100 vi
bright for the farmers Of the South.
They do not know that their prosperity a ~oa
the wane."
A NOCTURNAL VISITOR President Grove
Cleveland appeared 70 Democrat OF Morgaatoa
N c.. the other night clad IN ghostly garb and
said unto him. Young man. don't vote for Bryan
This is a thing in politics. but so Ear as Il
goes ii Is not a bad thing. The advice givss a
all right, at any rate. az the young man proposes
TO follow It. Mr. Cleveland might continus hs
BRYAN an ryanisra Ia the same rerasrlSshs rss
ner.
BRYAN's CONSISTENCY The Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune" says there does not seem %
be any pretencs to consistency IN Mr. Bryan's can
paign OF 1900 He talks without reflection and d.
nounces without reason Take FOR instance hls
statement:
I would not 1Ade the life OF one American BOY
for all the trade OF the Orient
No one has asked Mr. Bryan 70 trada ia Ia
of American boy for the trade OF the Orient Or
anywhere else Americans do not trade their boys
for profit But American men and boys are ever
ready 70 lay down their Ives for Americas honor
and Americas rights.
VIEWS OF A GERMAN DEMOCRAT
tavus a. K5rner, OF BeTevtIle III prominent
Democrat and Of great influence among the
voters OF German descent in Illinois. has declared
his opposition to Organism and his intention %
vote for Mckinley next November. Mr. K5rnsr s.
the OF a former Lieutenant Governor OF m
nois and Minister TO Spain and IS one OF the ms
Influential Germans OF Illinois. In his letter de-
claring his purpose to support Mckinley NJ
K6rner said:
I know OF no party that has expressed wish to
Cnange the FORM OF government from a republic
an empire, and no act Of the Administration o
would allow a reasonable to harbOr a suspicion
a su3h thought bas 5onnd 90 @ there Ts
idol set up in 1895 could not bow 10 il then and
cratic platform Tor the disposition o.: the PSiS-
pine question does not command my unqualified
government be established for the Islands After
the stable government is secured the Democrats
platform proposes independence OF the Islands Thar
means an entire withdrawal OF our forces and an
ever they may be Judging from the past The
stable government when We are to introduce a. 50
enormous cost OF Ike ana treasure vii rot as,
long after this withdrawal and I reason
MY we s'ouL sn5tss N ms sls5S.C s. 80
goes much further. 1t intends that after We have
or rather granted this independents We shall enter
upon the Quixotic scheme OF ever after protecting
seems to me that we must, II We adopt this policy
thousand years. and all TO purpose. without
interest to US, without any possible advantages %
be gained.
SPRINGER ON, THE CONSTITUTIONAL
Democrats campaign textbook which Is soon 20 "a
published will be altogether dull reading. for t
Will contain amusing chapter on The Consti-
tuition Follows the Flag." BY thar eminent states
man and profound jUrist. William " Spr-nser, o.
Illinois The compiler OF the handbook was Georgs
c. Gorham. formerly secretary OF the United states
Senate. who appears still 20 be living in Washing
He has devoted seventeen OF the fifty chapters
under the general title The Republic the En-
pire2' Mr. Gorham is California forty miner.
and he Mortified eyewitness OF the ds-nOral.-
Zing and destructive effects OF Imperialism ol
the Pacific Coast in his early days
DOCUMENTS BY THE MILLION.-Ths Rspuel-
can National Committee will spend $4,000 This year
/ on campaign literature. The different publications
now number hfty, and the list is CROWNS every day.
with a probability that there viii be one hundred
before the printers stop. These publications vary
in size from leaflets OF eight pages TO pamphlets
/ of thirty-two and sixty-four pages Every issue
of the campaign is covered by from two 70 a dozen
| different publications. The Republicans make 10
OF the large quantity OF reading matter they
/ handling. and heavily laden teams ara drfvns
/ to and from the building at all times % the day
/ For the last two weeks from 100000 20 7 a.vv
/ documents have been shipped out 70 different
States every twenty-fOur hours. \ careful syslsIl
same as would be employed IN any large wholesa-e
/ house. Documents received are credited as -
much stock ana the slips Tor distribution al pass
/ over the superintendents desk There are olanss