St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-03
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Letter 10 Young Men.

OFOCAeE|s Actter 10 Dung Men,
, Richard Croker has written to tn
}. Young Mems Democratic League lette
4 which is another of his addresses tt
young men. Following is the letter:
MY Dear SRI am pleased to hear o
$ the good work being done by the Youn&
Mems Democratic League of Greater
New York. One of the most encouraging
5 signs OF this great political fight is thu
{ intelligent activity Of the young men
They realize that a continuance of the
republican policies means that theii
. future employment will depend upon the
will Of the trusts They must choose as
their master either Mark Hanna or the
men he dominates on the one hand, or a
; government elected and controlled by
themselves on the other Trust govern
ment means unemployment, distress,
beggary and despair and will inevitably
result in the loss Of our liberties.
advise all young men, irrespective OF
party affiliations, to read, think, talk
and act. 1t is they, and they alone, who
are to decide whether they will live under
a trust'controlled empire or a republic
founded upon the consent of tree people.
In other words the vital issue of this
campaign, as tar as the young men are
concerned, is whether they will crush the
trusts or whether they will permit the
trusts to crush them.
will gladly cooperate in every possible
way to make effective the work of educa.
ton IN which you are now engaged. The
weapon OF the people against trusts, i'm
perlal1sm and militarism is the ballot,
and predict that organizations of your
kind will rally an army Of patriotic
young Americans that will render loyal
service to thwart those who seek to
make us nation of trust dependents,
subservient to the will of a military
plutocracy. Very truly yours,
Richard Croker.
Contest i'm Indiana.
The claim of Chairman Jones that
Bryan will carry Indiana does not rest
on anything more than did like claim
by Jones in 1896. H. S. New, the
Indiana member of the republican ma
t1onal committee, who is also member
OF the executive committee, in conversa-
ton, said:
II think that you will find Indiana all
right when the votes are counted, but it
is close state and always has been so,
and every inch of the ground has to be
contested. | saw in an interview in
some of the Chicago newspapers with
Chairman Martin, of the Indiana state
democratic committee, in which he
claimed 25O 600 majority in the state for
Bryan. That is rot. No candidate for
president since the war, at least, ever
had such majority in Indiana. Grant
had % 900 in 1872, and the largest since
that time was the plurality of IS 900
given to Mckinley in 1896. McKinlev's
majority IN the state over all the other
presidential candidates was only 97S3.
Harrson's plurality in 1888 was only
2348, while Cleveland had 1925 in 1892.
Garfield had 6641 plurality in 1880 and
Cleveland 6512 in 1884. Such small
pluralities in state which cast $4,000
votes in 1896 is, of course, close state.
But the state is in good condition.
There is no weak spot, except it be some
local county contest. There are four
close congressional districts, but l think
the republicans will carry three of those
districts. the Sroppage OF work IN the
gas belt, owing to the disagreement be-
tween the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers and owners of
the mills, has caused some anxiety; but
that dispute has been settled and the
men are to resume work at once. The
farmers are prosperous, and the republ-
cans are in better condition than in 1896.
Some of the gold democrats, who look
for future preferment in their party, and
want to be regular, have gone over to
Bryan, but they are small percentage
OF the total gold democratic vote. In my
opinion Indiana is safe for Mckinley,
but we have to make fight for it,"
pRign Document.
The republican national committee
have issued the following statement:
The fourteenth annual report Of the
Massachusetts Bureau OF Labor furnishes
forcibe rebuke to the calamity howers
in this campaign. The report deals
with 4,74O establishments, representing
eighty eight industries. and shows that
the amount OF wages in these establish
ments was on an average nearly 2 per
cent. greater in 1899 than in 1898.
Some of the leading industries show
much larger increases-for example, car
petings, nearly 10 per cent; worsteds,
nearly IA; metals, nearly Is; machines
and machinery, nearly 25. The increase
in capital, in number of employees, in
value of goods, etc, also range from to
II per cent. in 1899 as compared with
1898. The republican campaign mana
gers point to these figures as illustrating
the beneficial effect of the republican
policies of protection and sound money.
Ever since President Mckinley was
elected and the Dingley tariff law enacted,
wages have been going up, and business
has been increasing. Under Bryan and
free silver doubtless the very reverse
would have happened, and the condi-
lions would have been even worse than
they were under Cleveland and the
Wilson tariff. There can be no impeach.
ing the force OF these statistics. Massa-
chusetts has always led the country in
regard to completeness, thoroughness
and reliability of statistics. In view of
facts and figures such as these it would
seem incredible that any wage-earners
should vote to discontinue the policy
which has produced such results, and to
inaugurate the opposite policy, which,
even IN comparatively moderate and
conservative form, worked such mischief
and produced such misery in the black
years of panic Immediately preceding
President McKinley's administration.
Carnegie for McKinIev.
Andrew Carnegie has come out for Nc
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