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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-22

Dainty Shirt Waists.-A glance at
them will tell more than we can in
thousand words. Such style and
quality are not looked for in goods at
these little prices. The assortment
contains white and colored waists
and worth at least double what we
ask for them. We are selling all our
colored waists at just half of the
original price-5oc waists 25c, SI.oo
waists soc, $3.50 waists 75c, $500
waists $I.oo, etc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-22
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You Must Keep Watch
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-08-22

Our Embroidery Department is busy at pres
ent supplying the demands for Embroidery Silk,
Doylies, Center-pieces, Battenbery Designs, Bat
tenberg Braid, Thread, etc. Are you aware that
we carry the largest line Of these goods to be
found in any store in Lamoille county? We
also have the Down Pillows in three different
qualities and sizes.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
DEMOCRATS TIRED OF BRYAN.
They Will Bury Him So Deep He
VIII Never Be Heard Of Again.

The firm OF Young Su1yth. Field s.
Co. represents the leading dry goods IN
terests OF the city. No line OF business
perhaps is more materially effected oy
general depression than dry goods ana
notions. nor more correspon3ingly pros
The upward trend. Ex-Posrmaster John
Field. the head of the above firm. has
this to say on the subject OF the contrast
between Mckinley prosperity OF the
present day and the Cleveland depres-
sion OF four years ago.
My conviction is that the men who
are truly Democratic OF the old conserVa-
To be termed Organism that they will
march TO the polls and vote so as TO
bury him deep he will never be heard
of again.
THE difficulty we had TO contend with
under Cleveland was the uncertainty as
to maintaining the gold standard of
values and the radical changes caused
BY the Wilson tariff bill supersedtng the
Mckinley tariff bill. The trouble was
not so much with President Cleveland
a with his party, which he was unable
TO control. l have been all my lifetime
engaged in mercantile business, but ia
king that quadrennial from 1892 to 1895
i. was the most unsatisfactory period.
leaving out the Civil War period OF all
my experience IN business
Surely the year 1888 can never be for
gotten. This city was dotted all over
with souphouses. to relieve the wants
not ind employment. The last four
years, forn 1886 to the present time, has
been a period of steady and continued
prosperity. Business reached the normal
level, and there has been, on the whole.
universal prosperity, ample employment
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

employed until quite recently. and the
present lull in business can only be at
tributed to the Bryan spparition with
its theories of Governmental proce-
7ure Before Mr.. Bryan aspires to
the Presidency of great country
like the United States he should
travel among the commercial nations
of the world with which we do business
for he shows BY his numerous speeches
A vast amount OF ignorance regarding
international trade and why any business
man in this country be his enterprise
small or great, can vote for Mr.. Bryan
with his Wild theories against eStab-
lished facts. 1 am at loss TO compre-
bend
1 have been engaged in business here
for twenty years and have had enough
Of Democratic national control; during
the four years prior 10 Mr.. Mckinley's
inauguration we suffered severely fuau-
ciaily. and for one whole year during
MI Cleveland Administration our es-
tabhshmsnJ did not pay expenses and
losses through failures We're immense.
| hope no business man viii support
other than Mr.. Mckinley at the coming
election. for should Mr.. Bryan be cleo
ed we shall see the great business of
our country dwindle to insignificant pro
portion. our mills idle and the great army
OF labor starving.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
BRYAN's PoPULIsTIC DOGMA.
A Silver President Could in a Day
Glass Us Among the Silver
Nations

President Henry NJ. Dechert, Of the
Commonwealth Trust Company, occupies
3 foremost position in the financial world
and his valuable statement will COM
rnand attention and consideration. He
saES
ted for President Mckinley. either di-
rectIy or indirectly, in 1896 have found
no cause for regret for that vote We all
remember the anxiety and gloom which
and Fall Of 1856 When the clock struck
II upon election night the telegraph an
rounCed TO the country the election Of
President Mckinley, and thereby struck
the first hour Of prosperity. At once
business in every department began to
revive. and that happy condition has
continued from that day TO this The
dread Of the country going upon a silver
basis undoubtedly caused the depression
CT 1895
The expectation of sound financial
legislation during President McKinley's
term caused the revival OF business, the
recent action Of Congress has cemented
the solid walls OF prosperity. built upon
q gold and silver coinage in proper
ratio to each other and not as Mr.
Bryan's special plank of the Kansas City
platform demands, an unlimited silver
coinage at the arbitrary and untrue "a
Popuistic dogma which would compel
the Government to buy silver az that
rate although the market rate Is 81 10
!. 4 silver President with his Score
s-al. Notwithstanding existing legisla-
ton could in day cause the country
to stand at home and abroad in the ella s.
of silver nations comprising China. IN
American States
Mr. Bryan and his direct representa-
tives in July last demanded of the Kan
sas City convention the adoption OF this
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
INCREASED oNE-THIRD.
The Link Belt Engineering Company
Have More Men on Their Pay
rolls Than Ever Before.

The Link Belt Engineering Company.
OF Nicetown. which manufactures ele-
waiting and conveying machinery power
transmission machinery. and supplies
much Of the machinery necessary for
preparing and storing coal and handling
freight. Is one of the important indus
tries Of Philadelphia. and an opinion
from them carries weight corresponding
world :. Howard Smith. vice president
and treasurer, said
The Link Belt Engineering Company
i occupied with designing. manufacture
plants for economiZing hand labor and
thereby increasing the output OF manu-
featuring and other Industrial enter
priSes. The character OF the work makes
of depression, when the necessity for the
reduction of expenses is forced upon
them, while In times of prosperity their
business shares the general demand for
increa sed efficiency and larger output by
manufacturers.
II would not be expected therefore
that this particular business would be
Immediately and radically affected by
is somewhat remarkable that the four
years of the present Administration has
brought an increase of fully one-third 10
the business OF this company, resulting
men in its manufacturing work. with
the consequent and relative increase in
their payroll
The officers OF the company see in this
increase of their business a direct and
positive consequence of the general pros
perity which has followed the adoption
BY the country of the well-known policies
of the present Administration. and are
deeply impressed with the convfctiou
that only a continuance of these policies
viii permit the maintaining OF their
present scale or the possibility of Its In
crease and the retention In their employ
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
THE PRESS" PLAN APPROVED
II Is Doing a Distinct Public Service
in Disseminating Views of
Cifizens

George Tucker Blepham and A H
Wtntersteen. eminent members en- o. we
Of facts demonstrating that natural pros
perity demands the continuance Of the
policy governing the nation since Pres4-
dent Mckinley assumed the duties Of
Office.
George Tucker Blspham writes
Ii Is quite plain that the Importance
ing Presidential election cannot be e1-
agger8teG. for they involve the honor
and welfare Of the nation and the pros
perity Of its citizens In my judgment
the honor and prosperity of our coun-
try can only be preserved and main
tanned by the election Of Mr.. Mckinley.
the one and ruin the other I therefore
cordially approve the efforts which are
being made by The Press to bring the
minds Of voters ia doubtful States TO
proper realization Of the character Of
the existing issues
A. RI. A4ntersteen says
The plan Of The Press" Of dfseer1fnat-
ing throughout toe country. by proper
publication. the views Of citizens Of the
various sections upon the current ma
rfouaE political issues deserves the f5af.
ma 5orirv u the people Of the United
States who have the best good If the
country at heart regard the possible efsc-
ton Of M Bran IS traughf WIKI
danger. IN my judgment the continu-
ance Of our present condition Of national
sper1ty viii be dependent 20 a large
election Of the Democratic candida t.
and the final discounts ma nee b. the pee.-
pie Of his theories and polhies- To the
extent that The Press wiki IT'S enter
Prise shall gain votes for the Pe1uF1ff-z
can ticket by circulation throughout tbs
country, and especially throughout ths
d2uotfgl states. q he above View.
who have no personal political end 70
gain BY the election Of either candidate.
1t Will 6s doing DISTINCT public ssxyscs.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

was repealed the terrible conflict CT
tS61-d settled the matter by eNtlns9lshihS
slavery and establishing the Federal
Government on a broader and nrmCr
basis of Capitalization than had been
deemed possible, The right on tne me on
ulatIons respecting the Territories az
quirpd BY purchase up TO TINS time lis aS
not since been. and no doubt never VIII
ne again, called in question :,
The great Western Territories We're an
purchased. either from France or SPAN IN
hid we purchase the Philippines, or did
We acquire them by conquest Ihey
certainly became the property Of the
United States and Dewey victory We
no doubt the cause. twenty fnlIlloHs
of dollars was the sum paid 10 spain
and the treaty OF Paris giving us the
islands became part OF the supreme law
of the land as much the Cons tu-
ton This treaty was made oS Ion
gress. not by President Mckinney; As
Stunning then that the Philippine Islands
were conquered and the CONSTITUTION
gave Congress the power to make All
needful rules and regulations respectins
the territory or other property belonging
To the United States. and there was no
other power able 70 do II, we must say
that in this respect the Constitution did
Has the civilized. or uncivilized. inhaoi-
tant of any of the philippine ISLANDS any
knowledge of the United states Govern
ment TO enable him 10 act intelllSehtiS
in regard to any question OF citlzehship /.
Has he become by ine t msrs s, Us az me
islands in which he was born citizen
Of this country equal to one born on
American soil under the rule Of the Con-
stifution and laws Of the United states?
The answer must be no, and IN thlS re
snef,t rhe Constitution does not follow
the flag :. .
territory acquired by the United States
either by purchase or by conquest, must
not be questioned. That this right ought
10 be exercised in the interest OF hui
manttv and TO advance civil ana re-
ficfouS liberty. all Americans Will dc.
rranS and aS soon as the condition OF
m subjects I'm the philippine Islands will
admit of their receiving the rights or
Arnsrican citizens under the Consti-
t,3tfan there can be no doubt they VIII
receive them. whether our country Is
governed by Republican or Democrats
administration.
+fo-9 anS "a suggest doubts and ciTficut-
-ses more esueciaIIy u regard the pres
en- administration under President Nc
Kfnlsy a being guilty Of imperialism or
r1iiftarisr1i is Indicative Of mental weak
rsssS and want of knowledge or the true
st15arior Of affairs in which our country
q ~ nrasenr involved. Those who 50
charge the administration are certainly
~ he regarded a. unfit 10 be trusted
with the government Of our nation
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

silver plank. namely. The immediate
restoration Of the rree and unlimited
coinage Of silver and gold at the present
legal ration OF Is 70 l without waiting
for the aid or consent of any o.her ma
ton
The Democratic delegations from IN
diana Ohio. Pennsylvania. New York
New Jersey, Maryland and Connecticut
resisted its adoption. urging the Demo-
Gratis OF the South and the Populists Of
me Northwest 10 be content with a re-
animation Of the Chicago platform. in
Guiding its silver plank. but Bryan.
through the Nebraska delegates. Senator
I1llman. of South Carolina, John P
Altgeld, OF Chicago. and Richard Crok-
err OF New York. compelled the adoption
OF that separate and distinct silver plank.
a41though the present market ratio OF
SILVER TO gold i about g. to /
-, me Kansas City platform also calls
notes, the clause referring 10 1t being a.
Io4lows; we demand the retirement Of
the national bank notes as fast as this
Government paper and silver certiil-
Gates can be substituted for them This
seems 70 bring US back 10 the remote
posed an unlimited issue Of paper cur
rency by the Government The transit
ton from a well established bank note
system. whereby the notes are absolutely
secured 20 the holders by the deposit or
Government bonds, 10 unlimited is
sue OF greenbacks ard silver certffcates
together with the transition from the
gold to the silver standard would shock
business interests everywhere. No one
can conceive its disastrous effect upon
trade manufacturers and labor These
questions are al the root OF all individual
and public business and are the para
mount issues OF the Presidential cam
paign.
The real issues OF the campaign are:
First, Shall our present standard OF
money be debased? Second Shall the
present financial system of our nation be
changed in ACCORDANCE with the domestic
of the Kansas City platform whereby
our financial institutions, our mills and
factories and our business interests OF
every kind would be exposed TO great
loss, and IN many cases to certain ruin
Defeat of the nominee of the Kansas
City convention Will enable the Demo
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

were in power. when vast manufacturing
districts We're turned into charity organt-
nations and soup societies. viii rally
To the banner OF Mckinley aud Roose-
Welt, and thus lend their aid 10 make
present pros perity permanent and make
the early years OF the new century the
most prosperous. expanding and progress
sive the country has ever seen
As some evidence as 20 wAaV may Ia
expected in this direction there Is now
pending 3 shipping bill, which. II adopted.
Will give employment 10 thousands %
hands and make work for hundreds 81
branches Of industry. Mckinley and
Roosevelt are enthusiastically in favor
Of such d measure. and their active and
cordial help can he confidently relied
on. while both Bryan and Stevenson are
on record as opposing national aid 70 cur
depressed merchant marine.
II there were no other Issue involved
than this question 81 the building up
OF our merchant marine IL should he
sufficient to make the workingmen OF
the country move In one solid phslanS
In favor OF the party who would build
UP the vessels for foreign carrying
trade in our shtpNards and retain at
home among our own people the mil
lions now paid 10 foreign nations for the
transp ortation on the ocean OF cur own
products
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
One Thousand Houses to be Built
Should There be No Change of
Admin ST ration

The extensive interests Of William
Whitrner q Sons. Inc. manufacturers
of and wholesale dealers in lumber, Cir
ard Trust Building. brings the firm into
contact with industries in many sections
Of the country. Martin Lane. treasurer,
says
We can say candidly that our business
vas without exception, the most pros
porous during the last few years that
ii has ever been. The great difficulty has
been IN many cases to get sufficient lum-
Der manufactured TO MI our orders, and
we fud that this has been the experience
Of people in other lines Of business Not
only business has been good. but money
to carry on enterprises has been plenty.
AT the present time know Of one
small town nearby where there is need
ed eco houses which will be built without
doubt should there be no change in the
administration With prosperity on
! every side we think il foolish for any
reasona bic business man. except ne II
politician TO do anything else but let
well enough alone, and not lend his In
nuenCe or give his vote to party whose
Predictions and prophecies by our pros
perIty have proven to be false In every
particular
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

larger savings and the larger invest
ments ~ those who labor with their
brains as well : with their hands,
The accommodations ct men who work
with both are just as much entitled 70
security as those Of men who Work VITA
their hands alone. and YET 50 soon a. a
mans savings get beyond the po-nt
where they are cared for him by others,
and ne puts his brains 70 work 70 2tsltze
his savings and pertorcS combine win
others, then he loses all right 70 respeet
tr1gEten the class OF workrnsn from Rnom
every American came The existence %
trusts l. 10 my MIND net . PoitlGa4 34ss-
ton. except that history shows The en-
ployment Of capital 70 have been az"ays
more marked under the Republican
party than under Democratic RUE De-
postts in saving funds do not increase
when the Democratic party Is in power,
II seeks safety only.
To- DEVELOPMENT OF this idea q comb
nation is a natural one. II Is The growth
Of the worlds trade; i cannot be cred
tied 70 or charged against any political
part Of the commercial growth O the
world II exists in every country Of the
world TO a greater or less degree II Is
the same growth which brought the
looms OF single cottagers into one fac
tory, and the separate hand FORCES into
one mill where combined power could be
ed capital could market their products.
The same cry against oppression of the
yidual looms and FORCES were thus COM
bined under one control. The next step
10 combine the smaller factories into
one larger com bination or trust i logi-
cal one and has been forced upon manu-
faCturerS because their market has SO
broadened in recent years by the growth
of international trade that a single fac
tory or = single mill cannot command
enough capital TO promptly handle its
business any more than the individual
weaver or individual ironworker could do
a century ago.
The market for the products of any
country can no longer be limited to its
own borders; the whole world IS open
70 all its inhabitants. not only 10 dwell
IN but TO trade in. Time and space are be-
ing annihilated but the process requires
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
CONSTITUTION AND THE FLAG
Those Who Charge Us with Imper-
ialism Are Unfit to Be Trusted
with the Government.

Robert II. Hfnckley, an eminent law
yer says
The Constitution OF the United States
provides in Article ~, Section 3, as fol-
lows: THE Congress shall have power
to dispose of and make all the rules
and regulations respecting the territory
or other property belonging TO the Uni
ted States.
For some time after the adoption OF
tne above provision applied only to the
ted States at the time of the adoption Of
Of opinion. however, on the subject. and
acquired the possession of the land in
GUIDED in the Louisiana and Northwest
ern Territories the question became one
Of vast Importance and was not easily
settled The admission of Maine and
Missouri into the Union raised the dues-
ton suuarely In 1920. Bryant's History
OF the United States" says
THE right of Maine to admission as a
part of one of the thirteen original
States with a republican form of govern
ment was absolute under the Constitu-
ton. The question with regard to Mis-
souri, was. whether under the Constitu-
ton Congress had the right to create
new State out of purchased territory
and admit IT to the Union without re-
publican form of government"
John Adams doubted If under the Con-
stitution Congress had the right TO pro
mott Slavery in a Territory where 1t
already existed
The question was postponed by the
Missouri Compromise. and when that
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24

In making our laws and shaping our
- cial conditions. 1T is our duty 10 pro-
teet by tariff our immense and diverse
manufacturing interests: but we owe a
greater duty To ourselves TO see that the.
honest. Intelligent, self-TespecfinE and
Industrious men and women who labor
In this country are protected from COM
petition with the degraded form which
Il Dor unfortunately takes on in the
Philippines II we hold the Philip
pines without endangering ourselves and
our Institutions they are OF suffi Gent
Importance 10 us to hold them. but If
The Constitution should force upon Us a
recognition of the f1lipinos' rights and
powers upon the same level with our
selves we should turn from these islands
as from a pestileuce. Our political obIi-
cations at home are serious enough with
cut increasing the difficulties incident
to the participation In our Government
of two distinct races. We should, there
fore not increase these difficulties by
adding TO our voting popula ton the
rernicivilized millions of the Philippines
What has been said of the Philippines
In IT'S conclusions applies 10 Porto Rico
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
L. G. FOUSE'S OPINION.
Money Cheap, Farmers Paying Of
Mortgages and Balances Piling
Up-Miners Making Money.

As president of the Fidelity Mutual
Life Insurance Company. an institution
delphia and with interests extending
into every section OF the country Presi-
speak upon national topics Discussing
financial and economical conditions OF
to-day and contrasting them with the
period of financial distress which pro-
ceeded the advent Of the Mckinley adj
ministration, he said
5iEani f6ngh 6ssfuT ne Of the 99ndtt9nS
is the chsa pness Of money Prior to the
change from the Cleveland adminiStra-
tional destiny securities yielded from 5
TO : per cent Because Of the national
prosperity money IS 50 cheap that 1t is
sometimes difficult II make the same
class Of securities yield more than 81
per cent. II has been found that the
IrortSages made during the Dem0crafic
striugency are being paid OF and during
a recent tour through the West { was
told BY 8 number Of bankers that as
much as 70 per cent OF their cIearances.
representing money deposited by farm
erS, had been used in paving of mort
cages and that balances were piling MP
This condition Is an evidence Of the pros
perity OF the country and is sufficient
reason for not experimenting with a
change of policy In the national admins
\ tour Of the Western States-KansaS
Colorado. Utah. California oregon and
WashinEton-gaVe opportunity to
learn that great change Of sentiment
had taken place since the campaign or
lSSn As an II0>tE 2blDEl- 4E1EE3S0 from
the proprietor OF large and prominent
apartment hotel in Denver that the re-
suit of a straw vote which he took in
1885 was foTty-SsEeu votes for Bryan
and eleven for Mckinley. This FAN he
took a similar vote and the result show
ed fifty-four for Mckinley and seven for
Bryan And then my informant pointed
TO a house opposite him and said that
there resided in il fifteen persons. men
and women. who lived there In 1895. that
a that time fourteen OF the fifteen votes
were cast for Bryan and one for Nc
Ninley. but that in November next there
would be fifteen votes for Mckinley.
In the mining camps. Leadvilfs. Victor
and Cripple Greek. ! spoke with many
silver mine owners. and without excep-
ton they admitted making more money
at the present price OF silver than they