The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-25

q. z. Smith, farmer, near Ottawa,
Kan: II voted for Bryan and all the
other fusion candidates four years
ago, but If / live I shall support the
straight Republican ticket this year.
I haven't voted the Republican ticket
since the days before the Greenback
party, but you can count me this time
sure
ST Hughes, Populist. Ottawa, Kan:
@The Republican party has done what
we Populists have been striving to ac-l
complish, and that was to bring good
times. 1t would not be wise to change
now VIE
James +. Davis, lifelong Demo-
crat, Chillicothe, Mo-, who has
stumped the state for the Democrats
for thirty years: Mr.. Mckinley has
done nothing more than his duty un-
der the treaty of Paris. For every>act
in his administration Mr..
Mckinley had ample authority from
precedents established by Democratic
presidents who preceded him.
Attorney j. r. Robinson, Fargo, S.
u, who is known throughout the state:
MANY Populists who once voted for
Bryan now propose to vote for Nc
Kinley We never vote to haul down
the flag, and we never vote SO as to
encourage armed rebellion. The gem
uine Populist must be patriot. We
voted for Bryan as the honest and
able champion Of free silver coinage
land monetary expansion. Conditions
have changed; there is no longer
dearth Of money. That has been well
relieved by the discovery Of rich gold
mines, which yield an output of about
$100, 100000 year, and by the bank
ing and currency act, which add large
|ly to the circulating medium. The
circulation is now larger than at any
other time in the history OF the coun-
try. The Mckinley administration.
has been such as to inspire and retain
the confidence OF the nations and the
confidence OF the business world, and
the result has been period of COM
mercial expansion, of trade balances,
Of thrift and prosperity, such as was
never recorded in the history Of any
country"
Judge e. H. Norton, OF Platte City,
Mo-, ex-member of the Missouri SUI
preme Court, an old-time Democrat,
did not approve his partys platform
on the money question in 1895 and he
has not taken UP the cry of imperial
ism in this campaign. He regards it
as false issue and says: i regard
Eit as a mere blind behind which to
hide the real issue, viz: the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver at the ra-
Ito of .16 to l.. The charge OF imper-
|ialism Is based by Mr.. Bryan upon the
action Of President Mckinley, in en-
deavoring to maintain the authority of
the United States in the Philippine
islands, by putting down by force the
armed rebellion Of AguinaldO. re-
gard the silver plank in the platform,
together with the assailment OF the
integrity of the courts, as revolution
airy in the extreme-as freighted with
evil-promotive of disorder and blood
shed-destructive to the best interests
OF the law-abiding- war with good
government, and an invitation to the
Ilawless to commit unlawful acts with
Eimpunity.'''
J. B. Dozier, District Attorney Of
Shasta County, CAL, and leading
Democrat of northern California:
"The great civilization which we have
achieved and our great development
| is due to the spirit of expansion.
believe the action taken by the gov
ernment OF the United States in regard
to its foreign policy Is right, just, pro-
gressive and proper.
John B. Rhoades, proprietor and
operator Of the cotton and WOODEN
mills at Aston Mills, Delaware Coun-
| ty, Pa, several times chairman OF the
Delaware County Democratic Com
mittee: II am still Democrat but
cannot give my support to Bryan. He
is man who is always trying sto
cause a dissatisfaction between the
laboring classes and the capitlists, and
in my Judgment these two forces
should always be harmonious. con-
slider any man who endeavors to make
these two forces clash, Is nothing
short of a demagogue and not a safe
man to be entrusted with the import
ant position of President OF the Unit
ed States.
John Warren Hardenbergh. Jersey
City, N. j.: Sound money"
Judge r. J. Graham, a well-known
lawyer of Ottawa, Kan, was one Of
the strongest Bryan men Of the city In
1895. He served as justice of the
peace by appointment Of Gov. Leedy
and was nominated by the fusionists
for the same Office year ago. Judge
Graham has campaigned all over
Franklin county for fusion. "The
only question of importance to me in
this campaign is the question OF 'ex-
pansion,' or as the Democrats are
pleased to term 1t, imperialism On
this question am fully in accord with
the present administration and have
been from the beginning. We have as
much right to own, control and gov
ern the Philippine Islands as we have
the territory embraced in Texas or