The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-11-02
o"'y 10 Cuba has made this country
'"o '"ughing stock Of nations and our
postal service by.word Of reproacb

'e' 'ice Dy-Word OF reprOach.
cannot support president who has
sen. thousands OF our youths to the
.n'pp'nes, there to die fighting a ma.
''on struggling for freedom, that the
words OF a United States senator m;ob+
oe made true when he said. .such
'hing as the constitution should not
stand between friends when there is
money in it,"
cannot support president whose
'nouthplece and master says there are
no trusts and every intelligent person
III the country knows that trusts control
the prices Of the food We eat, the clothes
We wear yes, even the bibles we try to
console ourselves with when we see the
'nfamy and injustice Of monopoly and
up-to date repubicansm, the collins
wherein we are laid when dead. and the
tombstones that tell who we were.
cannot support president weak |
enough to aspire to become the emperor
OF collection Of islands that would re-
quire cement made with the blood OF
our youths to hold them together nor
one who would for an instant allow the
word imperialism to he whispered into
his ear without reprimanding his adyis
or. nor one who would impose upon
every workingman at home the support
OF an unwilling soldier abroad.
| No. No. | cannot vote the republican
ticket this fall The full dinner pail"
argument i, an insult to the people.
filled a it i with food earned by the
labor OF eight year old slate picker- at
the coal mines, the tears Of wretched
miners wives, Seam-trc--es who toll by
Standard Oil lights. and workers in
sweat shops filled, indeed. with the
signs Of small merchants bankrupted by
the trusts and the hearts blood Of those
who must add 10 live not only the
sweat Of their brow- but the shortened
years Of drudging lives.
Let the republican party have four
year. more of power and they will 50
fa-,cn Imperialism. miifar~m, tru-tism
and the other curses Of their policy up
on the people that not even revolution
could undo their work.
The old Roman cmpcrorS were elected
land pcrpetuatcd in power by the armies
over which they had previously been
commanders. The people Of Imperial
Rome lived not through their own exer-
;ion-. but upon the ruins OF plundercd
provinces. When Rome had three mil
lions inhabitants there were within its
walls less than three hundred thousand
; free men and women. and all this came
about through the same policy now be
ing advocated by the republican party:
and vet. like America, Rome was in It's
beginning the refuge Of the oppressed,
the home Of the homeless, a sanctuary
Of safety.
lam afraid OF imperialism: in fear OF
, n policy leading 10 the formation OF a
large standing army. Military discipline
makes OF every soldier an unthnkins
machine subject only to the will OF the
commander. With commander-ln
, chief with men behind him. who would
q be Pompcys and Caesars: he would not
only menace the liberty Of the countr!
. but destroy il.
!, With trusts controlling everything
. produccd. bought or sold with the de
, struction OF small stores through the up
o lhuildinr of mammoth trust owned con
n Germs selling everything from needle t'
the furniture Of mansion. the cloth II
n which the needle is used. and the provis
). ions TO stock the palace: with small con
9 Germs bankrupted and larger ones crush
. cd by refusing to join trusts. the day l.
h near, under existing circumstances ah'
q they are Of republican parentage whe'
r the youths of the country Will De eithe
forced to work for corporations at Starva
l,;o, wages or accept the "king's shilling
I land become SOIuIcIS w u'""
q ace still further the liberties OF 'h
country and be n burden upon those a
home whose toil-earned dollars VIII u
y used to support them.
!. To conclude | will support hrs"'
because ! believe him to oe an ho.ee
m,n with the courage of his conviction
q and the good of his country al hear''
"a man who will not allow Wutot'''' .
\ rule him: man who will make IT p'sS'
.s hle for voter Of this republic to PROUD
* boast that "hc isan American c'''~'"'
For the above and for many o'he
- reasons, will support and vote lor M
~ Rryan, and will not vote Tor Mr' "o,'.
: Isv nor for vice presidential candiaa'
who calls "Kcttle Hill "san Juan an
/, wbo naunts his sombrcro plum'o W"
|, o,o,c feathers stolen from the wa, '''
:. ,.ts Of the brave "Nigger NlnIn' ''
:. dramatically poses as SECOND h'"''
Navarro. Yours very truly
~ ID. FRANK PowfLL