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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30

and protesting against any debasement OF
the country's coin, will aid aud abet
such proceeding because Of belief in
any injustice done by Great Britain to
some affiliated race ten thousand miles
away.
II Mr.. Bryan was a statesman and not
a mere declaimer, and dealt in a states
manlike manner with American problems.
we would not be treated TO the floods of
petulant fault-hnding and appeals to pre-
judice which are manifest in all that he
says, but would have instead suggested
solutions, grounded upon principles, and
in accord with the facts of national his
tory and national experience.
Distrust HE Wisdom.
| am sure the American people rightly
distruSt the wisdom of one who thus far
in life has been n living expression, in
every address he has made Of that best
definition of the essential elements OF
stump speech, namely, to claim every
thing and denounce well.
l am not unmindful of the fact that
there are many conditions in this country
requiring careful, thoughtful and states
manlike dealing with. There are many
evils to which labor is subject that need
to be remedied. Likewise there are many
prejudces unjustly entertained against
capital. but in neither instance can they
be dealt with to the good Of all by any
one who brings to them none Of the ele-
merts OF statesman and all OF those
which wholly make up the successful
stump speaker and campaign orator.
Where Rem edies Lie.
I believe that more OF the remedy lies
without the pale OF enacted legislation
than within it, and that neither labor
nor capital is benefited by public utter
ances on the platform, in legislative halls
and through the columns OF the press to
the effect that there is an irrepressible
conflict between them.
l do not believe any man benefits his
country by being a preacher of discon-
tent, strife between classes, social and
political pessimism, financial disorder and
continuous financial gloom, despite sur
roundings and widespread prosperity, and
therefore do not believe in Mr.. Bryan.
There are some things In President Nc
Kinley's administration and official acts
l am not in accord with. do not accept
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30

The evils and burdens of the present mo-
ment growing out Of the Spanish war
are to be laid as much at the door of Mr..
Bryan and his party as at that of Mr..
Mckinley and his. His explanation OF
his reason for wishing the treaty ratified
is wholly superficial and does not bear
analysis.
Policy on Philippines.
| imagine that government will
come quite as readily through the admin
istration OF Mr. Mckinley as through
that of Mr.. Bryan. 1t will not come un-
der either until the Philippines are fitted
for it. property rights safe and personal
ones protected. | hardly believe Mr..
Bryan could do more than send com-
mission there, as the President has done,
in order to take steps looking to sup
planting the military government with a
civil one.
The country will not sanction the i'm
mediate abandonment of those islands to
disorder and pillage. When a time comes
that there is safety in constitutional
home government, only remaining within
the sphere of the influence Of the Unit
ed States, and public sentiment is TO this
end, it can be put down that Mr.. Nc
kinley's administration will readily grant
it, for l believe it is generally admitted
that no one is more ready to put himself
i'll touch with public sentiment than the
President, or act in accordance there
with with more alacrity. If Mr.. Bryan
means an immediate abandonment of our
control in the islands he must certainly
fail Of support, for no thoughtful person
will sanction a policy which will make
the country ridiculous in the eyes of the
world.
Would Not Trust Him.
If Mr.. Bryan and his party had stood
out as they should have against the Span
ish war and had opposed instead of as
sisted in ratifying the Paris treaty, they
would be in a better position to confront
Republican plans and purposes, for they
would at least be consistent with their
action. AS it is now, they urged the war,
but now wish to avoid the consequences
in order to gain political power by SO
doing. AS it is, / don't see that Mr..
Bryan is less Of an expansionist, through
force Of circumstances which he assisted
in creating, than is Mr.. Mckinley. The
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30


difference is certainly not great enough
to make any man surrender his convic-
lions on other great questions to accept
him upon one.
1t may also be fairly doubted whether
a man with so many erroneous ideas as
to the conduct of the domestic affairs Of
the nation can be trusted to have right
ones when it comes to managing our
foreign properties.
As to Porto Rico.
AS to the question growing out of the
Porto Rican tariff, l believe the admin
istratiOn made'a most egregious error, but
as Democracy is now constituted and con-
trolled it stands for nothing so far as a
tariff policy is concerned. 1t has aban-
dOned all the advantages Of its position
on this question, by advocating in its sill
yer policy the very worst kind Of prOtec-
ton. Mr.. Bryan stands responsible for
making it party unable to manfully
advocate a Democratic tariff doctrine.
1t is to-day under Mr.. Bryan's leader
ship, a party emphasizing a desire for
special privileges and class legislation, APP
pealing for the support of every element
of discomfort by falling in with and ad-
vocating the particularly special legisla-
ton which such element stands for. Its
demagOgy is manifest on every hand.
Raising the Boer Issue.
What thoughtful and inquiring person
can possibly believe that either Mr.. Bry-
an or the delegates at Kansas City are
really deeply solicitous to the extent
which it is made to appear that they are
as to the alleged wrongs of the Beers in
South Africa? Is it not manifest, through
the thin disguise Of love OF human
freedom, rights and republican form Of
government, that Mr.. Bryan and his fol-
lowers hope for the German and Dutch
vote as a determining factor in the cleo
ton because of racial affiliations with the
Beers and a supposed race prejudice
against Great Britain. and not because
the question or the integrity of the BOer
republics is so dear to them?
1t is absurd that the great questions
with which we have to do affecting the
vital interests OF the United States shall
he overlooked in a debate upon how Great
Britain shan conduct its own affairs, es-
pecially in the face OF a proclaimed reaf-
firmation Of the Monroe doctrine, which
means, properly interpreted, that the
people of the United States shall attend
to their own affairs and let European ma
tons look after theirs.
Confidence in Germans.
Having voiced such a sentiment, the
Kansas City convention, under the in
spiration OF Mr.. Bryan, Immediately pro-
ceeds, for political effect, to express a
wish to interfere with a European gov
eminent in matter strictly its own.
think such politics cheap, and unstates-
manlike, quite beneath the dignity Of any
great party or leader.
shall be surprised II any German vot-
er, heretofore the bulwark of the coun-
try, against every assault upon the in
tegrity Of the country's currency system
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30

who stood out against them then ought
not on some new issue, which does not in
any degree lessen the danger of these for
harm, fail to denounce and defeat them.
do not think that the fact that here
and there may be some elements more
conservative in the party than seemed to
be the case in 1896, makes any difference.
Mr.. Bryan still gives official voice to the
party's views, maps out its campaigns
and writes it's platforms. Mr.. Bryan's
intimates and advisers are still Populists
and self-seekers, with the added contin-
gent of Tammany bosses. He has neither
use nor care for any man who Is con-
sentative in his views or careful in his
utterances.
Effect on Gold Basis.
If elected President the public must be
prepared to see Mr.. Bryan as chief execu-
tive and those associated with him as
cabinet counsellors cOnstrue every law
bearing upon the currency and the pow
ers Of the Treasury Department in such
a manner as to nullify as best they can
it's provisions in so far as they bear upon
the question Of the maintenance of the
gold standard. His POpulist allies boast
that they seek power that they may bring
about the repeal of the existing laws and
to this end they are Mr.. Bryan's cham
pions and defenders.
He can and will keep the country in
state of ferment and uncertainty in an
attempt to bring about the larger use of
silver as redemptive money. The ex-
pertinent is too dangerous one to be en-
tered upon by any on the grounds that
the gold standard is so fixed in law that
it cannot be disturbed, no matter who
may be President or Secretary of the
Treasury. The law ought to be executed
with a construction favorable to it to
fully carry out its provisions and not in
manner antagonistic to them. 1t is
not perfect law, but can be made so by
its friends. 1t can be made abortive by
its enemies once firmly entrenched in
power.
Bryan and Recent War.
1t will hardly do for any sound money
Democrat or Republican to support Mr..
Bryan because of a supposed better po-
sition he occupies than Mr.. Mckinley on
the question OF colonial possessions de-
spite his worst position on the question
of the monetary standard, the Supreme
Court the enforcement of law and the
right of private contract. Mr.. Bryan's
position can hardly be as satisfactory
one on an analysis growing out of the
Spanish war.
He and his friends, in order to put the
administration to a political disadvan-
tage, urged on the declaration OF war
with Spain, and when it was over Mr..
Bryan, personally at Washington,
through personal advice and solicitation,
brought into line sufficient number of
Democratic Senators to ratify the treaty
Of Paris, despite the fact that it provided
for the purchase and taking sovereign
possession Of Porto Rico. and the Philip
pines. without any provision for giving
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Labor Prosperous In New York.

In New York State the Bureau Of La
Dor Statistics shows that the number OF
employees in 1858 OF the largest factories
in the State has increased in the last
three years by 56,321, or 1877 per cent,
while the increase in wages is SCI, AGO.
S04, or 1872 per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Labor I'm MiChigau.

Labor Commissioner Cox. OF Michigan,
says in his 1899 report: Wages show a
decided increase over those of 1898, and
an average of more than 10 per cent in
crease over 1897. The greatest gain is in
the fact that all idle labor is now steadily
employed at remunerative wages"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Farm Mortgages and Interest.

In 1890 the farm mortgages OF the
State OF Kansas amounted to the vast
sum Of $24O, 900 900, much of it bearing
the exorbitnnt interest OF IL per cent,
was reduced in 1899 to less than SAL ,OO0,-
600. certainly remarkable evidence OF
the prosperity OF the farmer. The pres
ent rates Of interest on Kansas farm
loans are the lowest ever known.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
w.~.. nm IN. ar..tI,.I..

Wages of employees Connected with the
shipping on the Great Lakes have been
generally advanced.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Pro.peritx Proof in Money Order..

Postoflice statistics are significant
From June 30, 1895. to June 30, 1899.
there was gain OF 100000 in the num-
Der of money orders issued, while their
value increased by $55,OO00 900. and tho
average amount OF each order from 800
to $40. This is another proof Of the
existence Of Mckinley prosperity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Sheen Worth Money Now.

Sheep are higher than for twenty years
and worth about double what they were
four years ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
what Cow. Are Worth.

The total value of the farmers and
dairyman's milch cows u 50 per cent
greater than In 1896.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Advice to Democrats.

1t can live under defeat without com
plete and ultimate destruction. but vic
tory gained by it with a candidate holding
the views OF Mr.. Bryan and a platform
pledging the party to carry out the things
advocated at Chicago in 1896. and in
Kansas City this year, would work such
results to the country that 1t would pass
out of political power at a recurring cleo
ton, without the smallest minorities to
do it honor.
"Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
The Democrat who wishes to save his
party's future will only aid that end by
defeating Mr.. Bryan and burying his
platform. Its ultimate recurrence to pow
err and prestige lies In the independence
Of Democrats who are such on principle,
and not through eIpediency.
JAMES III. ECKELS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
is NOT FOR BRYAN.
eCKELS TELLS WHYHE'S AGAINST
THE NEBRASKAN.

Ex-Com ptroller of the Currency Under
President Cleveland Will Vigorously
Oppose the Election of the Demo-
cratic Candidate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
To Vote for Mckinley.

| am going to vote for President Nc
Kinley, and do whatever | consistently
can to aid in his election, not because
favor all his policies or approve Of all his
political acts, but because under all ex-
listing conditions | believe the affairs OF
the country will be better off in his hands
than in those of Mr.. Bryan.
| hope some time to see the Democratic
party re-created. advocating Democratic
candidates and Democratic principles,
but it cannot be more than a disturbing
force in the country's daily history until
it rids itself OF leadership which has
brought it to it's present low estate and
ceases making itself the lying-in asylum
of those elements OF discomfort which,
il once entrusted with governmental pow
er would work injury at home and loss Of
standing abroad.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
Denies His De

the channel OF Organism, prefer RepuD-
licanism.
Denies His Democracy.
There is no Democratic doctrine pre-
scented this year and no Democratic can
didate. Mr.. Bryan was first named by
the Populists because he best stood for
Populistic doctrines. He was only in
dorsed by the convention at Kansas City,
called under alleged Democratic auspices,
because Organism, Populism and Democ-
racy as now made up are synonymous
terms.
The combined forces Of the elements Of
discomfort Of the country having gathered
in one fold and found without dissent
ing voice a candidate so many -niucu as
to respond with an equal degree OF salts
faction to each ones peculiar ism, it
seems to me the part Of wisdom to meet
them in another election. and again dem
onstrate that the electorate Of this coun-
try in every critical time always stands
ready to do that which is wise. putting
down the wrong thing and putting up the
right
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30

Republican doctrines as against pure
Democratic ones, rightly interpreted and
incorporated into the administration OF
public affairs. But as between Repub-
licanism and Populism, filtered through
the channel of Organism, prefer Repub-
licaniSm.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
HISTORIC GROUND.
FavnsAble Report ON fredericksburg and
Other Park Projects.

kcvOE OA SICuCIACAoUuE8 ouO
Other Park Projects.
WASHINGTON, March 21. -Representa-
tive Hay of Virginia has filed the report
of the house committee on military Of
fairs on Che bill establishing a national
battlefield memorial park Of 5000 acres
on the sites of tina battles Of Fredericks.
burg, Charlottesville, the Wilderness
and Spottsylvania Court House. The
report states that more men were here
engaged than in any battle in the
worlds history, aggregating at least
500, 600, with losses in killed and wound.
ed on both sides amounting to
129,S3S. The Entertainments over the
entire field are said to be
in a remarkable state of preservation.
AT Fredericksburg, also, is the home of
the mother of Washington, still intact,
and a monument erected by the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution. Here,
too, Captain John Smith anchored his
little bark and fought the Indians in
1908, and within sight Of the city were
born Washington, Monroe, jefferson,
Madison, the Lees of both the Revolu-
ton and the Civil war, and Zachary
Taylor. The report adds that in Vir.
ginia the great "a began and ended,
and not an acre of this soil, where more
men fell than on all the other BATTLE
fields of the war, has yet been dedicated
a national park.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
NEWS AT
Quite a Stir Caused by the Report of the
Alleged Confession.

Quite a Stir Caused by the Report of the
Alleged Confession.
FRANKFORT, KY, March 21.-The
news of the alleged confession of F.
Wharton Golden of Barboursville in re.
gard to the assassination of William
Goebel produced a sensation here.
Golden was formerly a guard here in
the penitentiary under the Republican
administration and is well known. 1t
is known the police and detectives have
been watching his movements since the
day Of the tragedy, believing he knew
something Of it.
Attorney Polegrove declined to dis
cuss the confession, as did others who
r assisting in the prosecution, al
though n went so far as to say that
Mr.. Golden is one Of the most impor-
tant witnesses to be introduced by the
state.
Caleb Powers, the Republican secre.
tary Of state, who is in Jail charged
with being an accessory to the assas.
sination and who is alleged to be impli-
Gated by Golden, refused to discuss the
confession in any way.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
CLOSELY GUARDED.
Man Who Is Said to Have Told the Story
of GOebcl' Murder Hard to See.

Ma Who Is Said to Have Told the Story
of Goebcl's Murder Hard to See.
LEXINGTON, KY, March 2l.-A tele.
phone message from Winchester, 10
miles from this city, says that F. Whar-
ton Golden, alleged to have made an in
eliminating statement with reference to
the Goebel murder, is in Winchester,
where he arrived Sunday. Late Mon
day forenoon he went south on the
Kentucky Central railroad and then re-
turned at 2:45 and went to the hotel,
where he is now. He refuses to see any
one. The Goebel men are keeping
strict watch on his movements. He is
not registered at the hotel. 1t is re.
ported that he is in conference with the
Goebel men at Winchester. An uncon.
frmed rumor there says that he has
given the name of the man whom he
says shot Goebel.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
Much Wheat In Store.

DULUTH, March 21.-Stocks of wheat
in store here increased 1880, 900 bushels
last week and are now II, 671, 900 bush
els. This is 5000, 900 bushels more than
a year ago. There are nearly II, 900, 900
bushels Of all grains here, and they are
increasing 100000 bushels weekly.
So far no charters for spring shipment
have been made, though usually mill.
ions Of bushels have been taken at this
time. Grain men say the European de-
mand for northwestern wheat is unus.
ually light.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
WOOD FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

Warm Boom for the General Develops in
Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-There is a
sudden boom for General Leonard
Wood, governor general Of Cuba, for
the Republican nomination for vice
president. 1t was first mentioned in
double-leaded type by Postmaster Cen
eral Smiths paper and is being en-.
dorsed by administration attaches in
language both warm and luxurious.
General Wood meets the desire for a
military hero as McKinley's running
mate, and, besides, he is an Eastern
man. He was born in New Hampshire
and was appointed to the army from
Massachusetts,. He is a great favorite
with the president.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
TO WARN Beers
Wyndham Tells Parliament That
Chamberlain Is Preparing
a Manifesto
10 Inform Beers What They May
Expect If They Destroy 10.
hannesburg.
Bird es North of BlOemfontein
Blown Up-.-President Kruger
interviewed.

LONDON, March 21.-In the house Of
commons, the parliamentary secretary
for the wal Office, George Wyndham,
said the secretary of state for the colo.
MES, Joseph Chamberlain, was about to
issue q proclamation on the subject of
the alleged threats Of the Beers to de-
stroy Johannesburg, and as to what the
Beers may expect in the event of wan.
ton destruction Of British property.
CAPE Town, March 20.-The Beers
have blown up the bridge north Of
Bloemfontein, including those at Win
burg and Kroonstadt, and are now re-
treating to the north.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23
KRUGER INTERVIEWED.

Transvaal President Talks to New York
Herald Corrcspondent-Not Giving Up.
NEW YORK, March 21.-The CORE.
spondent Of The Herald at Pretoria
sends the following under date of
Feb. 10: I have just had an interview
with President Kruger who received
me on the piazza of his house.
81 nm glad" said the president, 'to
welcome the correspondent of The Her.
aid, as your presence insures that, what
ever may be the result of this unhappy
war, the world will eventually learn
the truth. This war was forced upon
Us by England, misled by Cecil Rhodes
and the mining millionaires who want
the country. The Beers yielded as far
as possible, until they saw nothing but
complete surrender of their indepen-
dence would satisfy England. Having
been forced into the war, the Beers will
conquer or die.
The Transvaal is willing to make
peace at any time, but we want no more
conventions-only absolute indepen-
dence is possible. We do not want more
territory, but are content with our pres.
ent frontier, if we are permitted to live
peacefully. This is all we ask.
II recently learned that some Of the
Cape Dutch had been captured by the
British and were being tried in Cape
Town charged with treason. This gov.
eminent cabled Salisbury stating that
if such men were not treated as prison.
ers Of war, we would make reprisals on
the British soldiers held here. Sails
bury replied lodging the real point and
threatening, if we injured a single
British prisoner, to hold me personally
responsible. I suppose he meant the
British would hang me. Such threats
are contemplate and cannot prevent me
from performing my duties to my coun-
try. The Transvaal replied today in
forming Lord Salisbury that they des.
pise his threats.
1t is too early to prophesy the out
come of the war or it's duration. The
Beers are in Gods hands, and he will
not let us perish.
"Our total fighting strength is about
10000, but with Gods aid we can pre-
vail. I have about rs blood relatives
fighting, and would rather see them all
perish than yield to England's unholy
aggression. This time it is liberty or
DEATH
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-23

The state committee will pass upon the
rights. Of those entitled to participate in
the preliminary organization, and will meet
for that purpose ut 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon Of the day previous to the dates of
the respective conventions-in Fargo at
the Hotel metropolitan Grand Forks at the
Hotel D~akotah-to hear all contests. The
c%feuemtlats OF an de aeg esq ana az notices
Of this committee on or before the hour
designated herein for the meeting of the
committee to pass upon the rights of dele
gates, and notices Of contest must be ac-
companied by a written statement Of the
grounds for contest. Preference In the or
der of hearing and determining contests
will be given by the committee in accord
ance with the dates Of filing of such notices
and statements with the chairman.
BY order of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee at a meeting held in the
$780, f!tS OF Grand FORKS tuesday Feb TO-
w. H. ROBINSON,
Chairman.
NJ. H. JEWELL,
Secretary.