Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-21

yards to dead carcass.
Political Potpourri.
The Republicans want ''the support"
Of Wall street, but they wish Mr.. Nor
gan and Mr.. Rockefeller would not be
so ELUSIVE about 1t as to attract at
tention.
Senator Lodge wishes he had al
lowed those reciprocity treaties to
come to vote in the Senate and the
business men of Massachusetts would
take more stock In his present pretend
ed reciprocity sentiments.
feddy has met the terrible Turk and
vanquished him without even smell
of powder. and IL some other country
does not give our navy job there will
be nothing for it to do but come home
and dance attendance on the -Four
Hundred at Newport.
Secretary Shaw has started out on
his spell-binding tour, and wilI5tell the
voters that high trust prices are sure
sign of prosperity, and that Ii the
Democrats are allowed to push him
away from the official trough there
will be dire disaster for everyone.
The nows from Oyster Bay is of
very contradictory character. 1t IL
given out daily that President Roose-
welt will not interfere in New York
politics. In the same breath 1t Is de-
clared that about all the leading poll
tcians have been invited to come and
"talk 1t over
Another concentrate order has been
issued by Governor Wright in the Phil
ippines, and yet President Roosevelt
tells us that everything is moving
along peacefully there. If old General
Weyler were alive how he would laugh
at our efforts and our adoption of his
Cuban system of benevolent assim-
ilation."
Flour has gone up one dollar bar
rel, but the price of radium has de-
creased one million dollars pound.
Carroll D. Wright. of the Labor Blu.
reau, will have to get out another bull
letin and show that living expenses
are stationary, for flour and radium
will Offset each other, according to his
way Of figuring.
There is great rejoicing in delaware.
Addicks has announced that he will be
candidate until he Is elected or dies,
and that every Republican, especially
the colored brethren. should register
and be prepared to vote. There is
rush to register, but the voting will not
proceed very lively until the cash is
produced.
The Republican campaign book
might be called an official document:
It should be entitled to free distribu-
ton through the mails under frank.
for 1t was prepared in government
department. 1t is wonder the Re-
publican National Committee did not
have the gall to print the book at the
government printing Office
The Filipinos may be getting all the
freedom they are capable of enjoying.
but the Americans In the Philippines
would prefer having Jury trial in
stead of being tried by Spanish
Judge. If the Constitution had fol.
lowed the flag to the Philippines. the
editors lately convicted of SANDER
would possibly be enjoying more COM
Portable quarters.
A press dispatch says special agent
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor is investigating the beef strike.
If President Roosevelt would use the
mass Of information already gathered
to criminally prosecute the beef trust
he would help the beef consumers and
the strikers at the same time. One
beef baron in Jail would bring the
whole crew to terms.
The Republican campaign text book
is out. and for the asking anyone can
learn the real truth about Teddy and
the trusts; bow to have reciprocity
without reciprocating; how the door
has been opened In China. but we can't
get in; how honestly and capably tho
administration has run the govern.
ment without fraud or guile; and how
the Republican party has put up the
price Of wheat for the farmer and re-.
duced the eest Of lying 70 the balance
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