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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
MOUNTAIN STATES
TURN TO M'k|NLEY.
Prosperity the Cause of the
Welcome Change.
No One Fears ''Imperialism," While All
Are Proud of the Records Made
by the Army and Navy.
(By George L. Shoup, United States Sen
ator from Idaho.)

(By George L. Shoup, United States Sen
ator from Idaho)
There are many reasons which impel
the voters of the mountain States to sup
port the nominees and the policy of the
Republican Party this fall. One word
more than any other explains the position
of our people in this support and that
word is confidence.
The record of the Republican party is
a record Of fulfilled promises.
The first act of the party after its re-
turn to power was the enactment Of the
Dingley tariff law, which again placed us
on protection basis.
Take for example the benefits which
have accrued to my own State. Idaho.
Among our principal industries are min
ing. cattle and sheep growing and farm
ing.
The great lead mines of the State are
working every man possible at wages of
$3.50 per day of eight hours. During
the three years of President McKinley's
administrat ton the value of the lead pro-
duced in the State wars $14 ia 00J. while
during the last three years of President
Cleveland's administration the total value
was only $7,S6o.151.
Our sheep have advanced In price from
$1.15 to $3.50 per head. a gain to the
people of the State Of over three million
dollars in the value of the sheep alone.
In the year 1896 the wool clip Of Idaho
was valued at $40. GSo. while for the
year 1900 it is estimated that it Will bring
to the wool growers of the State S.
$4,000
n<.ti, ,,nfn of tIc
number of cattle in the State is 800 600
They have increased in value on an aver
age of $50 per head. ma king the cattle
men at least seven and one-half million
dollars richer than they were three years
ago. The increase in the price of horses
of $40 per head has also added between
one and two million dollars to the wealth
Of the State.
The voters Of this State and Of the
other mountain States are not blind to
these facts. and on election day they will
give earnest evidence of their confidence
in the party whose policy has so enriched
and prospered them.
We of the West are proud Of the
achievements Of our army and navy in
the war with Spain. The patriotic posi-
ton Of the Republican party in declaring
for the retention Of the territory so gal
lantly won from Spain appeals TO our
people.
They do not fear Imperialism for we
have never met an American who was
an imperialist l am in receipt Of let
ters from many men who have never vot
ed anything but Democratic ticket. but
who will vote for Mckinley and Roose-
Welt on this issue alone.
You can count on the electoral vote of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Wyo-
ming and perhaps Montana and Colorado
for Mckinley and prosperity.
GEO. L. SHOUP.
Boise. Idaho, Sept. %. 1906.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
EUROPE FOR BRYAN.

Americans will be pleased to learn
that the French press has followed
the lead OF London Truth, ana -
solid for Bryan. Henri Roohefort,
editor OF L'Intransigeant, declared
etiitoris lily on September 26th that
If Mr.. Bryan be elected tho expaH-
sion policy pr Mr.. Mckinley will DO
struck from American politics for
years to come. Libre Parole COOS
further. saying:
"The results in the elections in tho
United States on the 9th OF Novem.
Der interest our future destiny. IL
is for us that Bryan IL working.
Maze criminal by Imperialism.
Mckinley conspires against France"
All true Americans should motto
that Bryan is work ing for the inter-
ests OF Europe-not Of the United
States.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
The Foolish Calf.

When Senator Hanna spoke at Youngs-
town, Ohio, recently, he told story OF
a calf that left its mother to run after
steer. Secretary Heath has taken up
this idea and developed it into a cam
paign poster which very artistically de-
picts Senator Hanna's idea. The calf is
seen chasing the steer in the distance;
the COW Is in the foreground sauntering
quietly home, while the boy stands with
uplifted fist shaking it at the calf, say
ing, "You little fool, you little fool, you
id fool, you'll be sorry when supper
time comes"
The picture is entitled. 'srhe Foolish
Calf, or Lesson to Labor" and stand
ing by fence in front Of cottage are
farmer and woman, the man with a
full dinner pail in his hand. This poster
is sure. to catch on and is likely to be a
good vote getter.
When Senator Hanna arrived in Chi
cago this week it was shown to him and
surprised him. He had no idea that Mr..
Heath had been developing his story.
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DEAR BOY" LETTERS, NO. 9.
My Dear Boy:

My Dear Boy:
You say that you are tired Of working
for old man Skinner, and are thinking Of
going West this fall, where wages are
higher. You ask what think about it.
Well, have no objection to your going
West but don't want you to go till after
the election This is the first time in
your life that you ever had an opportu-
nifty to exercise your right as an Amer
lean citizen in voting for President of
the United States. 1 don't want you to
lose your vote for the following reasons:
l. The only possible chance of the cleo
ton Of Bryan comes from the over-conti-
dence of Republicans. 1t makes me sad
to hear a man say, ooh, Mckinley is
going to be elected, any how. There is no
danger. 1 have arrangements made to be
in California in November, but you won't
need my vote"
Especially do l regret to hear talk Of
this kind among some of the railroad
men. If any class Of men ought to come
up unanimously to the support of Nc
Kinley and the Republican party, that
class is composed Of the railroad men Of
this country. -Four years ago there were
thousands Of cars sidetracked, no build
ing and but little repairing going on,
and general stagnation in the railroad
business. Now new roads, new roadbeds,
new cars, the roads crowded with trains,
full time and better pay bless the rail
road men Of this country. And it vexes
me to hear a railroad man say, Il would
have to lay off 4 day to vote, and guess
I'll not do that. There will be plenty to
elect Mckinley without me-" Well, if
By any possibility Mckinley should be
defeated, just such men as that will have
themselves to blame.
2. No American voter has any right to
stay away from the polls or to lose his
vote il it can possibly be avoided.
NV SON, you are one Of the sovereigns
Of the United States, and you have no
more right to neglect the duties pertain
ing to your high calling than the Emperor
Of Germany has to neglect the govern
ment of that mighty empire. To vote is
q matter Of inestimable privilege, and
also a matter OF earnest, conscientious
duty.
Two years ago you enlisted to fight for
your country as soldier, but the sur
geon turned you down and would not let
you 90. I sympathized with you in the
bitterness of your disappointment.
knew that love of country led you to
enlist, and T was proud because you
wanted to go. And think that the sur
reon was little ovcr-particular. You
would have made good soldier. But
want you to realize that you serve your
country as truly when YOU cast an honest
ballot as il yoa were soldier in the
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Germany's Need OF Expansion.

The vital need Of Germany is the ex-
tension Of its market. Bismarck saw
that the surest way Of accomplishing
this was through Expansion" Hence
Germany's aggressive colonial policy
which has already given it New Guinea,
several slices Of Africa, part Of, Samoa,
the Solomon group, Kiao Chau in China ;
made it eager to get the Philippines, if
it could; and caused it to pay Spain a
big price for the Caroline Islands, which
the United States left to that country by
the treaty Of Paris.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
0UO1S0U V EhhIANS
San Francisco, Cal.
Pol on the Ilinoia Central

On an Illinois Central train a few days
ago poll Of voters was taken before the
train reached Chicago, with the follow
ing result
For Mckinley 215
For Bryan 20
Total voters on the train 235
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Senator Jones and the Sugar Trust.


of
$25O0O0O0
The controller the Sugar Trust Mr. Henry Havmeyer Demo
the Ways Means Committee House This by the
Republican committee.
was also proposed BY Senator Jones' national chairman and
asses not the Porto Ra but the who paid these duties
This amounted time $14S7S Had succeeded
American Sugar Refining Company and A. asahes Co. part of the
benefited $oO174
o
nowa but to
"a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17

The Party (Democratic) stands
where It did in 1896 On the Mon. =
Quest.on.-W. J. Bryan, GAINESVILLE,
@, Sept. 4.
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HOW SHALL | VOTE THIS EALLp

Am la Republican,. Populist?
Lot with
a 1 i'm . farm o
bushel
ana only ID burn corn In the
sold didn't
owed him. and could big payment
Thank OF Harvester
Company extended the That
saved home and the lives of nc
That under Ceveland's Administration.
-Four Mckinley
a he
In 1906 wheat ndc
brought prices.
paid on the storekeeper settled
homestead
by am
of
Republic
m
just good enough Republican
Mckinley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
How the Democratic National Chairman Tried to
Help the Sugar Trust-Facts from the
Congressional Record.

United States directed
Of the Demo
b rustq i,
define regulate prohibit and dissolve trusts monpes and
twothid of Congress to submit constitutional amend
ito the State ratification
to subm
WERE REPUBLICANS AND ONLY WERE DEM
Montana Naphen and Taylor Of Ma
of Sibley Pennsylvania
TWO WERE REPUBLICANS, and Nc
Sulzer Salmon and all the other professional
Congress the
denounc the trusts, an
elected and all other failed
In
to said those
like the New York
WAS DENIED BY MARGIN OF SO
VOTES, ALL DEMOCRATIC
years a prophet Mr. Bryan has not succeeded
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-10-17
PACIFIC COAST PROSPERITY

The Pacific coast has had full meas
ure Of prosperity in the past four years
and the calamity cry raised by the Bry-
antics only excites ridicule.
The leading Bryan paper of the coast
is the San Francisco Examiner. which is
under the same control as the New York
Journal and the Chicago American Its
want columns show that the wage
earners there have plenty Of call for
their services. On Sept. 1, the Exam
iner's Help Wanted" columns had adj
vertisements for the following:
HELP WANTED.
Male 2,554
Female 251
Total 2,SO5
On Sept. p the same paper had adver-
tisements calling for the following:
Male help 2,OG1
Female helm 366
IT,, 1917
Prosperity has visited the coast in earn
est.
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the mission in hand. he was still in no.
wise prepared for the shocking state of af-
fairs he encountered.
'.One-half Of India today" said he in an
Interview with a representative of this
paper. is great charnel house, in which
countless thousands have already per
fshed Of cholera. plague. dysentery. and
to like fate. How to describe it so as to
bring 1t within the grasp Of the human
mind, know not. Twenty thousand new
cases OF cholera weekly, with Is per cent
mortality. representing fifteen thousand
deaths every seven days; plague on every
hand, dysentery moving down It's victims
right and left, and starvation staring mill
lions boldly and defiantly IN the face reap
ing harvest Observation-Disclosures tell the
horrible story as accurately as a brief
prose summary of Millions Paradise Lost
would convey a sense Of its poetic sublisn-
ity. The shelton may be there, but the
soul is wanting.
ION the day Of our arrival IN Bombay
the streets were literally crowded with
walking skeletons. Every step Of the WY
We were beset and besieged by men, wo-
men, and children in the last stages Of
destitutfon, piteously begging for a mite
that they might eat and live. They pros
trafed themselves before NJ. calling upon
No 40 INC PIVtcClO16 " Tue POoE, VQE
father and mother. our king and our God,'
to save them from starvation.
They lifted up their hands In earnest
supplication and uttered their petitions
while vigorously Shaping their naked hall
low stomachs to indicate that for q long
time they had had nothing to eat. They
held out their hands with q beseeching
look. hoping that we might drop a coin
that would purchase at least enough food
to satisfy their hunger Just for an hour.
Gaunt men, emacisted women. with
parched bosoms nursing dlminutive, hol-
low-eyed. siclly babies; children with legs
and arms like clothespins, and every rib
plainly visible, all ran toward rs and after
"a, completely surrounding tho carriage
and entreating US every step Of the way.
was tempted to giye them all had, but
= missionary who accompanies me begged
me not to do it. fearing II We gave to some
the rest would become frantic and endangsr
our safety.
Where did these unfortunate people
come from? asksd They come from
the villages In famflies and groups to the
larger cities. hoping there 70 BE- able to
beg enough to keep them aiive,' was the
reply. How many Of them are In Bcmbay?'
Tens Of thoussnds.' responGul my co..
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for the poorhouse. tha ether coming from
it. On the cot bound for the poorhouse was
man about twenty years of age. long and
thin, using his hand to shelter his eyes
from the sun. He was fever patient, and
he was going in for treatment. On the
other cot was a man who had received
treatment, and was now bound for the
funeral pyre. where fourteen were to be
burned that evening.
we went into the poorhouse, where
over q thousand people in various stages
OF nudity and cancellation were seated on
the ground waiting to be served. 1t was
time for the evening meal. We left them
for the time being and, taking turn
sidewise, we entered the hospital section,
which was the worst, with one or two ex-
ceptions. that had occasion to visit. We
first went through the cholera wards, and
there in every ward we found dead bodies
on the cots or on the ground. Every
nth or sixth cot had q corpse in 1t. l
asked why they were not remo-ed and an
attendant replied that the victim had
died after II o'clock noon, in which case
there was no removal until the time for
burning. which Is In the evening. It was
Q grewsome sight to see these dead men
and women, with expressions of intensest
agony on their faces, lying there and the
only comforting thought was that they
were beyond suffering and that the famine
in India with its plague. its cholera, its
smallpox. and Its fever, could no longer
anect them.
Down In the corner Of one Of the
wards, In which we had found three dead
bodies lay tall. broad shouldered man,
stone dead. He had died during the after
noon. Back Of him was his littls four
year-old girl tenderiy fondling him and
vainly endeavoring to attract his atten-
tion. Her face seemed to indicate that she
was beginning to realize that something
was amiss; and yet there was her father.
and what she Appreciated vaguely could
not very well be 90 long as he was there.
We stood looking on, our haarts almost
breaking and the tears coursing down our
cheeks, when . little commotion at the
entrance to the ward claimed our atten-
ton They word bringing In the patient
whom We had seen on the cot outside. and
who required medical treatment. The At
tendant lifted him up and raised him ON
his feet. then supporting him on one side,
he walled him to the corner and placed
him down on the ground, face to face
with fha dsad man, Whose little child Was
lending him. The thing took but few
nomentsy but the hosror of The situation
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Speeding the Bride and Groom.
From the Chicago NewsN

NEiOui the SulCa2O EstWsI
The party of merry young girls entered
the station and wendell their way in the
direction Of the baggage-room. Each car
ried mysterious parcel. A few words of
explanation in the dusky ear Of the porter.
followed by a CLEAN. Of silver. brought
them before the towering heap OF outward
bound baggage.
Here they are" cried one of the gir's.
pointing to two trunks q little aside from
the rest II am sure these are the we'd
ding trunks" Then the parcels were OPP
ened and old shoes and white ribbon
brought into view. II did not take
the trunks with old shoes, bound securely
with the white ribbon.
Where Is that card, Eva?r enquired the
girl who was winding the ribbon around
the sides.
Here 1t is;'' and she handed over 4
square card inscribed THE SUGAR
Then they an fled out.
Ten minutes later there was big COM
motion in the direction Of the baggage
room.
is!" shouted q little, perspiring man.
..what Is the trouble. sill. 'enquirod a
.What!.
But II thought 1t was drns In this
station ] would sue the company. Yes, sir;
would sue the company"
what u the matter with you? Has any,
one offended your
Yes. sir: they have. I am travelling
salesman for Bootman q Co, the largest
shoe manufacturer in the State. To injure
me. soma scamp has bedecked my sample
trunks with old shoes. But TIT nnd thu
euiprit and make II hot for him."
A few feet away the uniformed post-r
srinued.
Laws. dem ladies dun went en- got Do
wrong trunks. But An hes had keep
quiet 4 All values nah joh.~
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panion. The municipality sent 1000 by
rail to the relief camp at Thana, twenty
i've miles away, the other day. but 5000
left in one night and returned to the city,
walking the entire distance
"All along the drive Of over two miles,
between our hotel and the Marathi Mis-
sion, doorways, stoops, and curbstones
were occupied by these helpless unfor-
tunates, many Of them more than three
fourths naked, and all Of them miserably
clad. The most persistent In their en-.
treaties were the nursing mothers, and
nearly every other woman belonged to that
class, and the saddest sight Of all
was the poor child-mothers, them
selves in need of maternal attention, hug
ging their emaciated, hollow-templed, and
sunken-eyed babies with an intensity Of
affection that almost broke our hearts to
witness. particularly in view OF our utter
helpfessness to relieve their distress.
''Houseless and homeless. these UNI
fortunates sleep in the streets Of Bombay
at night. They lie down Just where they
happen to find themselves when tiredness
overtakes them and II Is no exaggeratfon
to say that 1 have seen as many as 500
sleep on the sidewalk Of a single block,
lying 30 closely that It was almost impos-
stble to thread ones way through the
maze. In the less freguented streets they
sleep also in the driveways. and in order
to drive through without accident 1t IL
necessary to send an advanced courier to
wake up the sleepers. OF course, they
have neither bed nor covering. and to see
the little ones cuddle up to their mothers
II one Of the most pathetic, touching
sights that have ever witnessed
Every effort has been put forth by the
city to dispense the hungry crowds and
return them to the country, but necessity
recognizes no Law, and desperation yields
to no entreaties. What they want is
bread, bread. bread for themselves and
their loved ones. and the city y their last
hope. II that fails them they must perish,
and II die they must, they may a. well die
there as elsewhere.
"One experience which stands out clearly
from all others most distinctly In my
mind IL our visit In Amedabad. We Rots
there about 5:3e IN the evening, and With
out waiting TO Whit the Recommendations
provided for our entertainment We hasteu-
ed to the poorhouse.
'-0u the shadeless plaza before the nate
were nearly $50 buadles q rass, containinx
a. many human beings In various rtaees
Of emaciation. some standing, soms IN
Oriental fashion squatting On ths ground.
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SO appalled, US that for the moment we
were stupefied. II seemed impossible that
anyone could permit so unnatural an act
We called the attention Of the man to
what he was doing. We asked him why
he did not make room elsewhere for the
patient He replied that within an hour
the dead man would be removed and the
patient then could have the whole corner
to himself.
On the journey out DR.. Kopsch stopped
day In London. to confer with Lord
George Hamilton, Secretary Of State for
India. who spoke in terms Of the warm
est approval Of the benevolent work Of
the Christian Herald'' and its proprietor.
II had no conception till now" said he,
'of the magnitude Of the phfianthropic
work done by your paper. can conceive
Of no Christian work more likely 10 bind
the two hemisphere3 together in bonds of
fraterna1 sympathy than the relief you are
organizing in America to counteract the
terrible effects Of drought in India I am
sure that in the journey you are undertake
ing through the famine districts you will
receive every assistance you may require
from the local authorities. Your work
speaks for itself, and it Is hardly necessary
/ should say word in its favor. ! wish
you all success"
W0eu LII. AfOpScu vISb " AuutS vi :"
to . close, Lord Curson. the viceroy. who
was at Simla. hearing Of his intended de-
parture, telegraphed to him on behalf Of
Lady Curzon and himself hearty thanks foI
the services he had rendered, and express
ing thorough appreciation Of the charity
Of the American people which DR.. Klopsch
had been the means OF bringing. The Vice
roy said he hoped that every facility had
been extended, every assistance rendered
by Government officials during his stay,
and regretted that he had been unable to
meet hira personally.
Lord Northcote, the Governor Of Bonn
bay, also teiegaphed, Wishing him safe
voyage, and added: Nay again thank
you and your countrymeD most warmly
for all you are doing, and assure yea that
India win never forget tke blindness and
generosity Of the American people"
Since the beginning q the famine In
India, tragedies have been enacted in South
Africa and China. and still India remains.
unhappily. the scene u the greatest tras-
edy Of all the century. Since the Let Of
last January the deaths b. starvation IN
india In any one month outnumbef an the
British losses in the Boer war TO date. The
number Of famine Victims who have died
since the nrst OF the year exceed the total
Of $4,000, 1t which figure our lass n
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others lying dat on their backs, and still
others lying with their faces to the
ground in order to screen themselves from
the burning rays Of the evening sun. The
thermometer rangd at about 10 degrees in
the shade. not a breath Of air was blowing,
and the heat and stencil contributed to
make US physically as Ill at ease as the
sad scenes Of restitution, misery, pain. and
helplessness made US SO mentally. It
seemed impossible that any part Of the
human family could reach such depths Of
misery as was here depicted.
ION ENDURING why these people were
exposed to the relentless rays Of the sun
without shelter or shade. was told that
they had been brought in from the neigh
boring villages on carts and were to re-
main under observation for twenty-four
hours in order to determine whether
symptoms Of contagious disease developed.
They had come In during the afternoon,
they had lain there for three or four hours,
they were to remain there all night and to
stay there all the next forenoon. Possibly
the evening Of the next day they would
be admitted to the inhospitable shelter
Of the Amedabad poorhouse. Myriads Of
flies were lighting on each individual bum
die, and their .eyelids, mouths, and ears
were all besiesed with battalions Of flies
gorging themselves on the helpless victims
Of the famine.
1.-THE most distressing phase Of all this
Undesirable misery was the little chill
dren who seemed to be in constant agony.
internal and external. They did not cry
aloud, because they lacked the vital inner
force for such effort: though their faces
were constantly crying, no sound was
heard, and as we looked at these innocent,
III