The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-12
VIC DoLLIvER IN THE SOUTH.
Brother of the Senator to Talk Repub.
licanism to the Planters.

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The following is an interview
with Vic Dolliver published IN a
New Orleans paper. Mr.. Dolliver
gives reasons why the southern
planters should vote for Mckinley,
and the reasons are good in the
north as we'll:
please" said Mr.. Dolliver, "get
my name right. 1t insn't fair to my
brother, the senator, to confound me
with him. You can confound me all
you please, but keep us separate. Now
fire away
SWELL" said the reporter, ''can you
conscientiously give one good and suffi-
cient reason why any citizen of Louis
lana should vote for Mckinley and
Roosevelt
"Can WHAT" exclaimed Mr.. Dolli-
yer. well, I should say could.
That's what l came here for. There
are abundant reasons why every man
in Louisiana should vote for them
The first is because they stand for the
protection of American industries. and
Louisiana is more interested in such
protection. perhaps, than any other
southern state. Second. they stand for
the extension of commercial advant-
ages and the people of Louisiana are
large sharers in the importations and
expectations of this country. They
stand for sound money. the only effec-
tual guarantee of continuance of the
commercial prosperity such as you are
enjoying at present. | could go all
through the lists but don't believe it
is necessary"
'Do you believe, Mr.. Dolliver, with
Mark Hanna. that there are no
trusts?
81 believe that Mark Hanna is entire
ly capable of taking care of himself on
that question or any other. But ! will
say know of one trust ran across
it in New York and Maine. 1t is call
cd the American Ice company. OF
course every sensible man knows there
are trusts, and Mr.. Hanna never said
otherwise"
Haven't they been fostered under
the republican administration"
"You might as we'll say that soup
houses were fostered under the Cleve-
land administration because they
flourished under the laws that Mr..
Bryan himself helped to frame. Trusts
seem, by the way, to flourish in free
trade England as we'll as in protected
America. l don't believe that bust
ness men care TO go back under the
democratic shield of poverty to get rid
of the trusts"
"Do you believe in the acquisition
of territory on the other side of the
world and it's government by brute
force without the consent of the gov
erned?"
81 do not believe that the present
administration is engaged in any such
enterprise. We came into possession
of the Philippines without seeking
them, and they we're merely legacy
of the Spanish war. We are now en-
gagged in the work of getting that ter
ritory into such situation that we
can determine the future policy of the
government toward It,"
"And does the way in which the re-
publican administration has treated
Puerto Rico meet with your APPROVAL"
"rhe temporary settlement of that
question-mind. say temporary--was
both wise and just, and believe it is
proving beneficial to the people OF that
country and this too. 1t certainly has
not hurt the Louisiana planters"
What possible result do you expect
to achieve by making republican can
yass in Louisiana, Arkansas and
Texas?'
SWELL, ] am here at the invitation