Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-13


do this and upon whom snch state
mcnt might have the effect Of prosiuc
ing wrong Impression. The Repuh
iscan therefore deems II important Il
| publish 3 fall reply to nat famous ad
dress delivered 3. Spokane on the soi !
~ March.
II will be remembered thai Mr.. Fry.
an spoke several fIuTifs ami tiiti iiFii ii;
great deal of suffering during that
time, and while IL is true THAT he gave
atierFance 10 4 great deal or nonse nse,
i iie sisa said much nn subjects Of ma
tia;iai importance and Interest, aad
| lIst IS the part OF his address which
needs 10 b. rcguicd. The Spokane
Ouibnrst took stenograr'ii;' report Of
Mr, Bryan's speech and divided II into
six IaTfs. tiIaf is-itig ai,rtr 's.:;ia:eis :he
number ~ subjects dealt with under
general heads. rs follows: bryan and
donatciis. Matters % Taya;.on. =
the Puerto fsigau Thrift, ttia 's'on
e. Question. trusts and Corpora
tIonor and Expansion. +" These parts
wrrp gisea suit che each. Ia six repub-
lieans from among the younger mem
bers of tile party In Spokane for answ-
er. Tie Republican is,iirscs the "a
sponse 10 be complete and incontfo-
yeriihle.
As above stated. BRYAN said great
deal In his address and these replies
under their various heads are neccssa-
riiy long, and our limited space will
not admit the publication Of more
than one each week. For this week
.e hnye chosen the puerto i,ican
Tariff. We decided TO start with
this subject because il is the ,nu,i
Timely, being an ai,oihing topic among
The people nj present. 1iiis reply Is
by Horace kimball;
''Thc bill known ms the Puerto Rican
tafiff bill Ill. Il. No. $40 has brought
forth In congress the most interesting
debate ~ the present session, and one
III the most spirited since the discus
asoIs during the memorable WAR cn,,-
gress' Two years ago. Generally speak
lng the niii. rs amended, provides for
the !eyylng Of a duty Of Ii per cent of
the bingley tariff on al goods shipped
from Puerto isirs, II, tic United states,
and upon all goods shipped from the
United states Ia Puerto Rico, the en-
tire fund, both that collected here and
that collected there, 10 be turned over
70 the government of Puerto Rico and
IL he specially devoted 10 public uses
In connection with the local govern
mcnt OF Puerto Rico and for the
building of roads aud school houses.
II ~ only intended AZ temporary eX-
pedient, and il limited In It's operation
"a two years, It's purpose being 10 pro-
vide an imincditc working revenue for
the necessary uses Of the Puerto Rican
government.
~ had the pleasure of hearing Mr..
Bryan deliver his speech in this city,
anu II was a pleasure, and against this
most Important measure, and IN favor
OF ftee trade with Puerto Rico he thus
addressed himself. The governor of
Puerto Rico had said thai the island
must have free trade, the secretary of
war had declared the island must have
TREE trade, and that the president had
said " Mas our duty a. give free trade
~ tilal island, but that power
mlghlicr than the governor Of Puerto
kico, mlghtier than the Seereta-
~ 81 war, yea. mightier than the
president, had arisen and the repub.
hchn party WAS compelled To turn am
other somcrsault; that Mark Hanna
and the trusts rot Ia their work and
- the republican purity had beeH com
PEELED 20 do their budding and flop.
NOW, that's IA very strong, logical,
dignilied aud convincing argument
against the BILL isn't IT. i}nt we
must bear In mind this Is no cmmissa.
~ who Is addressing lls. but the Gross
III Gold himself. nor should we ex.
poet, nor would We bc satisfied with a
leSS all-conyincing argument from a
man who is asking lis to elect him
president Of the nitcd States.
FRANKLY and candidly. | was amaz-
81 ~ such cheap ntteranee from Mr..
hrlan upon 81 important subject,
anu consequently ! WIS not surprised.
SO llitle did he preach the measures OF
policies proposed hs the democratic
patts oh that iasne. ar any other issue,
aud - fully did he pour into his dem
EFatie hearers the doctrine Of tap,
that eight 1T hts heretofore ardent
demnrratie admirers, after hearing his
address, still imbued with that doc.
tfinc ~ 'flpp' 80 vigorously preached
by him. and With tin sound 81 Ii SIN
ringing Ia their ears, actually hunted
up the secretary of the Mckinley club
and tiapned Into that organization.
Truly i has h'cn said of ,hia dlstln.
guistcd gentleman. that oven IL ne
doth Ia, trum night 10 night shaw
know ledge, he certainly from day to
day uttereth speech. Tut that's an.
other story, and long nne
wow, under the decision al the
tsafd of general appraisers at New
\ nFk CITY the people OF Puerto Rico
ARE a present and were NJ the time ~
the president : annual message, plyiug
tnli btnRley rates upon al gtsais stipl,-
81 "a the United states not free under
the Dinghy act, The president. in
ais annual message, recommended that
abolish MI customs tariff be.
tmesn Puerto Rico and the United
STATES The argument upon which
tttv pFessdents message WAS based