The Lamar register., 1900-10-17

SUPPLEMENT TO THE
LAMAR REGISTER.
PITHY POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS. |
Wear the flag.
Keep the mills open.
Don't haul down the flag.
Things are coming our way.
Prosperity, patriotism and victory Srs
"a the air.
Those who uphold law and order
wear the flag.
The Democratic party is consistent
IN that 1t Is keeping up its record for
Inconsistency.
The western country has also become
the enemy's country for the advocates
IL reputation and free trade.
The Republican party is the party
that performs. The Democratic party
Is the party that promises only.
By shifting his position from one par
amount issue to another, Mr.. Bryan Is
going to give his competitors a lively
chase for the scattering vote.
As long as Bryan's speeches keep the
soldiers in the Philippines hiking"
after the insurgents the patriotic vo-
ters of the country, will not hike" to
his standard.
Bryan would have the men Of this
country believe that it is far better to
haul down the flag in the Philippines
than to keep the wheels of commerce
turning in the United States.
Bryan despairs of the future of the
country because voters insist on per-
hitting business to influence their poll
tics, and yet he himself has grown
wealthy by making politics his busi-
ness.
1t is safe to predict that free silver
will never again find place in Demo-
cratic platform, but it will take the
party long time to overcome the stig-
ma of having adopted such financial
heresy.
Bryan claims to be the re-embodi-
ment of the spirit of Jefferson, and in
sists that he wears the mantle of Lin
coin, but as yet has made no claim to
have belted ON his manly thigh the
sword of Jackson.
The Democrats try to poke fun at the
laboring man because he is asked to
vote for n full dinner pail. But they
cannot point to Il single measure they
have ever passed for the benefit OF the
American wage-earner.
One of the amusing things of the
present campaign is the statement
maA by Mr.. p;str''''>i-,,,'s 3 Fort Wayne
had tar. as~-
Customs receipts for the United
Sta<Ds under the free trade Wilson tar
iff Sill amounted to S131, ,S1S,J31. during
the fiscal year ending June IL, 1891.
They increased by more than S1OO,OOo,-
900 during the. fiscal year ending June
80, 1900. when they amounted to S233,-
S57. .95S. Protection and prosperity are
better for the national treasury than
are free trade and adversely.
The Democratic defeat in November
should not be charged against Chair
man Jones, Bryan. or even Webster
II I,n Ina tn
the policies advocated by the party are
wrong, while those advanced by the
Republicans meet the approval of the
free, thoughtful voters of the country.
A multiplicity of paramount issues
has not been productive of harmony
in the Democratic household. Even
those who desire to follow their lead
ers have had to "about face" so often
that they cannot for the life of them
etell whether they are coming or going.
The foreign commerce of the United
States was as follows:
Year. Amount.
1900 .................. S2,244, l93, o43
1895 Observation-Disclosures. 1885, sos, 13O
Republican increase =. .S104 .6S5, ,413
The condition of the United States
treasury was as follows for the fiscal
years mentioned:
1S94-Deficiency .......... $69, 500, ,2GO
19OO-Surplus ............ S1.229.7T6
Republican increase. :. .$151 ,O33 O36
Values have increased in Nebraska
since 1896. as follows:
Per cent.
Hogs, increase. .......... .45