The Republican journal., 1900-08-02

Old soldiers should remember that in
1894, under President Cleveland's Dem
ocratic Administration, the pension roll
was reduced by SIG, $4,000. During the
fiscal year just ended the Pension Blu
reau has issued 100000 certificates, and
payments for the year on account of
pensions will exceed $40. 600, 900.
Bryan is first Populist, and second
a Democrat. He is running on Popo.-
Dem. ticket
Under Mckinley prosperity the Ne
braska delegation to the Democratic
convention was able to pay 500 day
for headquarters at Kansas City, in adj
dition to paying board at the tirst-class
hotel.
The Kansas City Democratic plat
form accuses the Republican Admins
tration of forming an alliance with
England, which is untrue. But the
same platform opposes legislation for
the building of American ships for our
foreign carrying trade, preferring to
leave the business in the hands of for
eign chiefly British ships that earn
$500, 900, 600 year that the Republicans
are anxious to keep at home through the
construction and employment of Amer
lean instead of foreign ships in our
foreign carrying
With an additional $1,000 900 to in
crease the Navy, we should see some
good results i'll that branch of the
United States defense force. of which
the American people are so justly
proud.
-Four years ago. without dollar and
in debt to-day worth 5000 600 in cash,
is the record of one family through
growing wheat in Oklahoma. They
We're not scared by Bryans gloomy pre-
dictions.
The calm, wise judgment of William
Mcki nley appeals to the solid, mature
element all over the country while
Teddy" is the idol of the boys every
where. The combination can't be beat.
and it already has the country going its
way.
Voters Will have no difficulty in de-
termining the position OF the two great
pa rites on the question of building up
our mercantile marine The Demo
Gratis favor the purchase of foreign
built ships, and the Republicans favor
the construction of American ships.
Repubica rs are for American employ
ment and construction. Democrats are
for foreign employment and construc-
ton. Republican success will mean the
retention of the 5000, 600, 900 in the
United States that we now annually
pay to foreign shipOWners for doing our
foreign carrying. Democratic success
means the continuation of the foreign
chiefly Britishl monopoly of our for
eign carrying
Since Mr. Bryan began to tell the
people four years ago that what they
wanted was more money, they have
added at the rate of $50. 210. 600 annual
ly to the circulating medium.
Five hundred and forty thousand dol
lars an hour more than 80, 600 minute,
or $50 per second is the rate at which
the people have increased the circulate
ing medium of the country in the last
four years, if we count the actual work
ing day of eight hours duration
On the shipping question, the Demo-
Gratis at Kansas City confined them
selves to ''denouncing" pending Congress
sional legislation. They have no rene
dy to propose for our lack of shipping
upon the sea. They indicate preference
for the present foreign chiefly British)
monopoly of our foreign carrying, rather
than effective legislation that will give
the carrying to Americans.
More than 40 per cent. of the total
money in the country, and more than
half the aggregate in circulation is spe-
Gle
There has been considerable expan-
sion in the amount of money in circula-
ton since the campaign of 1896.
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson says the So
called Democratic party sis nothing
more than the Populist party now"
Potatoes sold at % cents bushel in
Chicago on J une l, 1896, under the threat
of 16 to 1. They sold at 40 cents on the
same date this year. The increase was
43 per cent under the gold standard.
We condemn and denounce the Philip
pine policy of the present Administra-