Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-21

that policy in the past. He charac terized imperialism as the biggest bogie ever introduced in national politics, and said that he felt conf dent that the great heart of the American people, regardless of par ty affiliations, would relegate that nonsensieal issue to the rear. He paid glowing tribute to Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and Senator Sullivan. of Mississippi, for their courage in declaring for expansion, and declared that with the compile ton of the Nicaragua Canal, Manila would become the gateway to the east through which our heecy staple and other products would find ready markets in the Orient, and the south would become the greatest and most prosperous section of the country.
 Remmel said his opponent would have much to say about pumping civilization and Christianity into defepseless and unwilling people with rifles, but he would remind him that Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Polk and other Democratic presi dents had so pumped civilization into the native aborigines, and that the consent of the governed was never taken into consideration in the Louisiana purchase, the aeqoi- sition Of Florida, Texas, New Mexi- co, California. or other additions to our national domain.
 He then began on the money question and spoke at some leng gth upon the =16#te1 issue, which ads claimed Bryan and his party weM endaavoring to relegate to the rear, despite the fact that 1t was not only reaffirmed but specifically demanded in the Kansas City platform. He illustrated his remarks with Mexi can and AmerieAn silver dollar- saying that whife the former con tained more silver than the latter, the former was worth only 45 cents, and the latter loo because it was re deema5le in goId,s the standaad money of the world. He declared that the money question was settled when the gold standard law was passed, and as cors quence the government had oeenk spabIed to refund 3 large portion tofAts deot at per cent-the cheapest interest rate known to the world-that $400, 900, 900 in gold was now piled up in the treasury, the endless chain broken and the credit of the govern ment firmly established. Davis claimed that God Almighty had fixed the ratio at 16 to Ia proposition from which be begged to dissent. There were five ways of getting money-to work for it, sell some thing for it, or steal, borrow or beg it-and be illustrated his idea of free silver by referring to the free aud unlimited coinage of scrip. and aroused some merriment by telling the story of the confederate soldier who refused an offer of g, 900 for his horse just after the war, because be had just paid $1 300 to haye blm curried.
 After the money question, MT. Remmel took up state matters, aud said that four years ago the cotton planters of Arkansas realized $16,- 900, GOO for their 800, GOO bales of cotton, while the same crop last year had netted them $32, 900, 900. He was in favor of amending the state constitution, so as to permit cities to issue bonds for the estab- lishment of public improvement, and exempt manufacturing indus tries from taxation for a period of years. He understood there were 1,750 men employed in the various manufact- uring enterprises in Pine Bluff and he believed this numb Der would be largely increased if Arkansas would follow tue example of Georgia, Ala oama aad the Carolinas, and exempt cotton and other manufacturing enterprises from taxation for a term of years.
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