La Junta tribune., 1900-10-17

SUPPLEMENT TO THE
LA JUNTA TRIB UNE.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Il. 1900.
PgThY POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.
Wear the dag.
Keep the mills open.
Don't haul down the flag.
Things are coming our way.
Prosperity, patriotism and victory sre
- the air.
Those who uphold law and ordsr
wear the nag.
The Democratic party II consistent
= that It u keeping up Its record Tor
Inconsistency.
The western country has also become
the enemy's country for the advocates
q reputation and free trade.
Tho Republican party II the party
that performs. The Democratic parry
= the party that promises only.
BY shifting his position from one par.
amount issue to another. Mr.. Bryan -
going to give his competitors Lively
chase for the scattering vote.
Al long n 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 1t Il far better to
haul down the nag 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
mitting business to influence their poll
tics, and yet he himself has grown
wealthy by making politics his busi-
ness.
It Ii safe to predict that free silver
will never again ind place In a Demo
cratic platform, but 1t will take the
party long time to overcome the sttg-
ma OF having adopted such financial
heresy.
Bryan claims to be the re-embodi-
meDt of the spirit Of Jefferson. ana 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
hborIng man because he Ii asked to
vote for a full dinner pail. But they
cannot point to single measure they
have ever passed for the benent Of the
American wage-earner.
One Of the amusing things OF the
present campaign is the statement
made by Mr. Bryan, In his Fort Wayne
speech, that his. military experience
had taught him that the life Of . col
der was dangerous one.
Customs receipts for the United
States under the free trade Wilson tar
n bill amounted to $131 .S18,6S during
the fiscal year ending June u. 1s94.
They increased by more than 500, ,OOO,-
600 during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1900, when they amounted to $23S,-
e57 1853. 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
Davis 1t will be due to the fact that
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
err have had to 'about face" SO often
that they cannot for the life of them
tell whether they are coming or going.
The foreign commerce Of the United
States was a. follows:
Year. Amount.
1909 ................... $2,244, 1873, SAB
1895 1859, sos, 13O
The condition Of the United States
treasury was as follows for the fiscal
years mentioned:
1804-Deficiency .......... 500, ,S03. .26O
100O-Surplus ............ S1,229,7
Republican increase. ;. .$151, ,0S3. .O66
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