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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Imperi.lism Of Steel.

When the great iron and steel indus
try of the United States thrives, other
American industries thrive. The Dem
ocratic party could not l~egislate to de-
stroy the protection to the iron and steel
industry without legislating to destroy
the prosperity Of the United States.
The millions OF additional profit and
wages that have come to the iron and
steel industry under Republican rule
would have been earned. il at all. by
foreign nations. had Democratic policies
prevailed during the last eight years.
The gigantic rise OF this industry dur
ing the last eight years added enormous
ly to the wealth of the United States.
and every branch OF American industry
and agriculture has been stimulated by
it. prosperity at home and prestige
abroad" has indeed been intimately con-
nected with the increasing Imperialism Of
steel, which once was Pauper but now
is King.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
1AMMANY "TAR WATER"
Will 1t Prove an Acce ptable Beverage
to Respectable Democrats?

Judge Parker's '~admonition," ad-
dressed to his waning supporters. in his
speech to the visiting editors. has in it.
for all its rhodomontade, a shadow OF
the pathetic.
1t is little Wonder that there are dis
sensions in the Democratic camp. as
staid gentlemen from the South. East
and West, men who have certain tradi-
tons Of responsibility 10 reckon with.
End that their candidate is and always
has been cheek by jowl with David
Bennett Hill and hand in glove with
Tammany.
Judge Parker, recognizing the dangers
Of his position. but una ole to shake off
the political associates and methods by
which he has risen. pleads fervently for
the elimination of personal, fractional
and unimportant differences involving no
surrender Of principle" Such elimina-
ton, he declares, lis essential to sue
cess"
But will the Democrats drink the
Tammany "tar water:"
There is something to be sailor
there WAS-in favor. even. of tar
water" Bishop Berkeley in his famous
eulogy upon that old-fashioned but I'M
pleasant mixture declared: 1T is OF
A NATURE so MILD AND BENIGN
AND PROPORTIONED TO THE
HUMAN CONSTITUTION AS TO
WARM WITHOUT HEATING, TO
CHEER BUT NOT INEBRIATE."
Still, tar water went out of fashion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
"As MAINE GOES"

In each campaign
They look to Maine
70 make the future outcome plain.
For each one knows
That as Maine goes,
The tide of public judgment flows.
One time Maine went
- bent for Kent"
And every one knew what that meant
This year the State
Has struck a gait
That sets Republicans elate.
At Esopus
There is a fuss,
Because the votes are going thus;
And Gassaway,
So blithe and gay,
Must write checks till election day.
The Texans shout
And jeer and tiout
Because their State is not in doubt:
But p. b.. Hill
Has had a chill
And thinks that he had best keep still
Much pain is felt
Beneath the belt
OF those opposed to Roosevelt: :
They have the blues
At this great news
They know that Roosevelt can't lose.
The record shows
That as Maine goes
The tide Of public judgment flows
The fight is vain,
For all explain
That they will have to vote with
Maine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
PENSION ORDER, NO. 70.
President Roose ve1t's Action 10 In
Line with La w and Precedent.

The g%roundless character of the charge
that President Roosevelt has exceeded
his constitutional powers is shown clear
ly by examination of the facts and the
laws concerned in the executive action
kilown as the age pension order" issued
last March by direction Of the President.
Anyone who will take the trouble to
read the act Of June y. 1890, as amend
ed May 3. 1900. will find a clear basis
to begin with. 1t directs who shall have
pensions, and how the amount Of the
pension. in each case, snail be determin-
ed. as follows:
All persons who served 9O days or more
in the military or naval service Of the
United States during the late war OF the
rebellion and who have been honorably dis
charged thcrefrom, and who are now or
who may hereafter be suffering from a
mental or physical disability of a perma-
nent character, not the result of their own
vicious habits. which incapacitates them
from the performance of manual labor in
such Il degree as to render them unable to
earn a support. shall, upon making due
proof of the fact according to such rules
and regulations as the Secretary Of the
Interior may provide, be placed upon the
list of invalid pensioners Of the United
States and be entitled 10 receive a pen
sion not exceeding SD per month. and not
less than ST per month, proportional to the
wv y w hbiIit ~ an q ShBBtlis oIA
In determining such inability each and ev-
cry disability shall be duly considered, and
the aggregate of the disabilities shown shall
be rated.
Thus. as plain as words can make it,
is authority given TO the Secretary of the
Interior to determine what pension shall
be paid to any applicant for pension who
served ninety days in the War OF Re-
bellion, was honorably discharged, and
who is disabled for the performance of
manual labor by any cause other than
the results of his own vicious habits.
The Supreme Court has decided that
upon the point of establishing the rate of
pension to be paid, within the limits pre-
scribed by the law the Secretary of the
Interior has entire control. The only
check or supervision upon him is from
the President Of the United States, whom
the general laws specifically direct shall,
have control Of the Commissioner of Pen
sions and the administration of the pen
sion system.
Therefore, it was directly in line with
the duties imposed upon him according
To section All, L. s. Revised Statutes,
that President Roosevelt gave the cele-
brared order which has been called an
evidence of "usurpation," imperialism"
IA desire to override the constitution"
a footing of the treasury" and other
hard names. by excitable Democrats. This
section of the Revised Statutes referred
to reads as follows:
The Commissioner of Pensions shall
perform, under the direction Of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, such duties in the
execution of the various pension and
bounty-land laws as may be prescribed
by the President"
President Roosevelt. in his pension or
der. did no more than his plain duty. act
ing strictly within the powers conferred
upon him by the Congress Of the United
States.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
THE W0RKINGMAN'S FRIEND.
Railway Firsmen Pay q Notable Trib-
ute to President Roosevelt.

. 10 1H0OlUOht NOOOGVSkt
No President ever received a more
notable tribute from a la Dor organiza-
ton than Theodore Roosevelt did at the
convention OF the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen held in Buffalo. A pub
lie meeting was held OH the night OF
Sept. ID. Fully 5000 persons were in
attendance.
Grand Master Hannahan, in conclud-
ing an address, called attention to the
fact that a New York newspaper had
criticised the President because he had
accepted an honorary membership in the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen.
"Let me say" said Mr.. Hannahan, that
if the President Of the United States or
n other Of it's citizens does nothing
worse than accept membership in this
organization he will neither merit the i'll
will nor deserve the censure of any Of
his fellow-men. (Cheers.)
If the rest Of the public, and particu-
larry those who are intrusted with the
direction OF our government and the
management Of the nations greatest en-
terprises would do as the President and
meet US upon a common level, there
would be fewer strikes and less strife
and more OF peace ard goodwill in the
industrial world"
What has the President done for
you?' shouted an intoxicated man, who
stood near the stage door on the right.
What has the President done?" re-
peated Grand Master Hannahan. THE
President has proven to the organized
workingmen of this country that he has
an interest in their welfare by accepting
an honorary membership in an organiza-
ton Of men whose faces are begrimed
by smoke and dust. and who daily and
hourly face the gravest dangers
The monster audience burst into
deafening cheers. The tumult rolled
from wall to wall and bach again. Men
stood up on the benches, wildly waving
their hats and cheering for the Presi-
dent. The demonstration was spon-
taneous and was general all over the hall.
Finally it died down and some one in
the audience shouted:
"Hurrah for Theodore Roosevelt"
And again the crowds burst into
cheers and when the second demonStra-
ton died out the intoxicated man was
nowhere to be seen.
During the demonstration the men on
the stage sat silent and made no effort
either to check or urge on the remark
able ovation which the President had re-
eeived. The Brotherhood does not per-
nit politics to influence its action, but
its members. regardless of party. enter
tain a high opinion of President Roose-
welt and will stand by him as firmly as
he stands by them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

The truth is. there is now more dis
affection in the Democratic party than
there was when Bryan was nominated
the first time. Neither Bryan Demo-
Gratis nor friends Of w. K. Hearst will
support Parker. In New York State the
Bryanites have put q State Pvpulist
ticket in the field and will vote for Wat
son, the Populist nominee for the Presi-
dency. In New Jersey the lIearstites
have organized the Peoples Demo-
cratic party" and will fight the regular
organization. In Indiana and other
States the free silver and Bryan Demo
Gratis are in arm and will worry the
Parker party.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Take Your Choice.

David B. Hill, the sponsor Of the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency.
said Mt st. Louis that he did not know
how Parker stood on the money ques-
ton" For thirty years Hill and Park
er have been intimately associated, So
cially and politically. Ii the statement
made by Hill is to be believed, then
Parker is too secretive a man to elect
to the Presidency: If false. then it was
evidently made for the purpose OF mis-
leading the people: and il the people are
to be deceived in one thing, why not in
all the acts of the Democratic leaders?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Parker's Election Would Unsettle
E~usiues

Eugene A. Merrill, president Of the
Minnesota Loan and Trust Company OF
Minneapolis, in an interview in the Com
mercial West of Minneapolis says:
"Much has been said concerning the In
significance of the coming election so far
as it relates to business. 1t has been urged
that the maintenance OF the gold stand
ard is assured. etc, but, while the theory
OF the case is excellent, yet as q matter
OF fact the man with money to invest does
not want to be monetarily involved in
unsettling Of conditions through a change
Of administration The policy Of the party
in power Is pretty well known and Its con.
tinuance In office will precipitate no dim
culties. The policy Of the opposition may
be ever so clearly conjectured. but its ac-
cession to control would. l think, cause
some contraction In business and financial
enterprises, at least temporarily until the
safety and conservatism now talked OF
should be more substantially demonstrat.
ed
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

Organization hoes much to maintain
the wages Of labor, but organization of
wage-earners does not provide consum-
ers. Consumption Of coal is always
greatest when mills and factories are run
ming full time. 1t is the policy Of the
Republican party to protect all indus
tries by wise and benefcent laws. while
it has been the policy of the Democratic
party. as evidenced by the last Cleveland
administration. to provide as much work
as possible for the artisans Of other coun-
tries by removing the protection the tar
if affords American workingmen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Handicapped.

Marshall p. Wilder's most successful
joke of the season has a political tang
to it that is calculated to make even
a Democrat with any sense of its eternal
aptness laugh. He tells of a teacher who
asks a class Of boys whether they would
like to be President Of the United
States. Observing that amid the gen
eral enthusiasm Of assent one boy was
silent and disconsolate, she said:
What's the matter. Willie? Don't
you wish to be President?"
"Yes'm, but l can't" replied the boy.
How do you know you can't!" she
asked.
Because I'm q Democrat"
That let him out.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Taxgart IL Fascinated.

Tom Taggart is 50 fascinated by the
inscrutable mystery behind Judge Par
ker's speech OF acceptance that he can.
not lay it aside long enough to take his
meals. He pores over it from morn till
dcwy eve. He reads it in his bath at
French Lick Springs and drops to sleep
reading it in bed. He declares that the
elusive mystery Of what it all means
becomes clearer with every perusal. and
that by the close of the campaign he con-
hdently expects that it will be as clea,
as the water of his own Pluto spring.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Would It Re Mise?

It is conceded that the Democrats are
not on record on the tariff question. This
being the case. would it not be unwise
To trust tariff revision to the party OPP
posed to the principle OF protection, the
result being practically free trade. bring
ing industrial depression. hard times and
the inevitable lowering Of prices on farm
products?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

Forty years Of practical control of the
government by the Republican party
covers the whole period Of modern prog
ress. The only intervals Of reac-
ton or failure to progress were when
the Democratic party was in power.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

China and India are cheap countries.
Human labor IL held very low in these
lands and the result is that the masses
are constantly STEPPED in poverty and
menaced by starvation. In spite Of the
so-called chsapnses The people do not get
things.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

Now we know that David B. Hill In.
tends to quit politics next January. for
he has disclaimed calling President
Roosevelt "a fraud" That a little in.
noeuous fling like that when be has az.
hausted the vocabulary OF vituperation
upon the Republican half Of the Amen.
can people for nigh on 40 years" b
surely a sign that David 10 setting he
house in order and wants to depart -
hdcal life At peace with all men,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

The helpfulness OF the 0ermans to-
ward zach other has been one ef the
splendid lessous they have Taught.
Fidelity 10 always an ad mirabie trait.
The fidelity OF Germaas toward each
other has besn to me a1ways ono Of
their strikiux aud admirable charac-
teristica.-Senator Fairbanks 81 indianapolis.
Septeuber & 1874
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Tom Watson acknowledges that the

Tom Watson Acknowledges that the
condition Of American workingmen is
now vastly improved. and that in their
homes they enjoy conveniences Of life
which q king could not command some
hundred years ago. Ii the Democracy
had its way we would reverse the wheels
OF progress 50 that the w~orkingmen
might enjoy the p~rivaticns OF life that
were the common lot in the grand old
days OF Jeffersonian scarcity Of bath
tubs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

Prosperity at Home and Prestige
Abroad"-was a campaign phrase that
appealed with great force to the Amer
lean people in 1900. 1t should appeal
to them with still greater force in 1904,
for during the last -four years Of fur
Their Republican rule there have been
still further great gains in the prosper
ity Of the United States, and still fur
Their great increase in the respect enter
tanned for the United States by all the
nations Of the world.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

The Democratic party has been fatally
wrong on every phase of the money Ques-
ton from the resumption Of specie pay
ments after the war to the establish
ment of the gold standard. both Of which
it opposed. 1t is constitutionally unfit
to deal with financial questions.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

History shows that a Democratic
tariff has always been followed by bust
ness adversely and a Republican tariff
by business prosperity. Why not &c
cept the verdict Of history7 4
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

A man who 10 weak snsuxh to put his
candidacy In their (Aill's and Bel
mont'sl hands before the convention
would net be stroug enough to resist
their influence after election, If he
were by any possibility successful.-
William J, BRYAN.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

The Democratic party is like the man
who was in favor OF prohibition but
"agin' the enforcement. 1t favor a
Panama Canal. but opposes the measures
necessary to obtain it
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

The story Of the struggle on the edge
OF the arid belts is a record Of heart
breaking disappointments and OF failure
for causes utterly beyond individual con-
troll. Under national irrigation these
win occur happily no merA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

Under the Republican policy OF pro-
lection our home market affords our
manufacturers and producers the best
market In the world, even If we did not
sell any Of our products abroad. But
protection has also made us the greatest
exporting nakion in the world.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
Democratic Party Divided.

The Democratic campaign gers
are trying to hoodwink the mass OF the
party by saying all Democrats are work
ing earnestly Tor The election q Parker.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30

and asking support under false repre-
sensations, aud the farmer never favors
or supports insincerity or fraud.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
THE FARMER SEES
REASONS WHY ne BELIEVES ~
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
they Have Never Deceived Nor Be-
traysd His I~nterests and Have Ar
gressively Favored Liquidation for
HE Benefit

Each national campaign emphasizes
Che fact that the farmer" vote must be
rsckoned with and catered to, and all
parties put forth their best arguments
when addressing the arme Away from
the madding crowd. untrammeled by the
prejudices and false cries OF the politi-
clan, the farmer calmly reads and thinks,
and thinks and reads. and decides the
question with q discerning Judgment that
leads to q decision which is honest and
right.
In 1895 it was generally feared that
the farmer would be deceived by the
great promises mad. Of the benefcent re-
suits to be attained by voting for free
silver, but this was not SO; the farmer
might be deceived when away from home,
hut at his own ireside. with plenty OF
time to weigh the question. he decided
Tor the gold standard. AND THE DEM
OCRATIC PARTY AND IT'S CANDl-
DATES ON THE NATIONAL TICK
ET NOW SAY THAT THE FARMER
DECIDED RIGHT. In 1900 the cry
wal imperialism, and with his love Of
freedom it was said that the farmer
might be stampeded, but again he allow
ed common sense and calm consideration
70 decide the question, and. seeing no
danger of militarism or overthrow OF the
established government by the new order
Of things, forced upon Us by the war
with Spain, the farmer again cast his
ballot for the Republican ticket, and
time has proved that his judgment was
good and his decision right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11
WALL STREET. REVIEW
IRREGULAR MOVEMENT OWING TO
 PROFIT TAKING.
Stocks Move In Hesitating Manner. though Undeniably the Undertono 1s Firn-Mauy Issues Tend
 to Higher Levels.

NEW YORK. Sept 10.-As a result large iy of heavy profit takings, stocks moved rather irreguiarly today, ugh the under tone was undepiabiy firm. The tendency of many issues was toward a higher level Indeed, several of the more active issues such as United States Stee! preferred and common touched new high records for the session was unusually heavy, though not widely distributed. Southern Railway was the feature of the railway group in the early trading. Later St. Paul. Union Pa cific, Atchison and other standard railway issues became very strong, but elsewhere Tn tho list the activity was confined chiefiy to the minor railway and Industrial shares
 The Tobacco issues were but little at- fected by the proposed merger, though some realizing followed the carly advance Tn Consolidated Tobacco 4s; Metropolitan Se- curities, concerning which there was many new and improbable rumors made an early gain. but closed practically unchanged. The of the bank statement. which showed an un- usually heavy increase in loans and a cash loss which almost exceeded the highest es- inmates The grand total of loans and de- posits Is now at the highest in the history of the association banks Reports that the Government report corn would be quite reassuring gave added stimulus to the list active and strong in spite of further heavy profit taking A feature of the day was the heaviness of Reading. which failed to move up with the other active railway stocks and closed with a net loss of h per cent. very substantial advance in Colo rado Fuel was not accompanied by any spe- cifio explanation
 Total sales of bonds were $3,375,000.
 NEW YORK STOCK LIST
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Uncertainty as to the showing of the Government erport stricted trading in the grain markets today, resulting in featureless market. Decem- Der wheat closed Ike higher; corn F e @c lower: oats off # Ac and provisions 5c lower
 Wheat opened a trifle easier on lower cables and continued favorable weather. December being off B@Ac at 1.Osh 0 1.0SA. The demand soon improved, com mission houses being fair buyers. Fears of frost in North Dakota tonight had some in- fluence in stimulating purchases. Decem- Der went to 1 E. Trading the remainder character. The fact that the Government report would be issued late in the afternoon prevented any new business, traders pre- ferring to hold off until the announcement of the official figures was made. Shorts were fair buyers the last hour and Decem- Der went up to l 09, but some reaction cured on profit taking. the market closing firm with December at LOSE 41. Os 7s. Clearances eQualed 143.900 bushels. Pri- mary receipts were s1s4Oo bushels against 1.oSO.3oo year ago. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported 23s cars against 294 last week and BOP year ago
 Favorable advices from the maturing crop and fear that the Government report would be bearish caused weakness in corn. Easier cables added to the selling pressure. The market closed rather weak. December opened a shade lower to shade higher at 5l # @519s sold between 501s 950% and 51% and closed at 51. Receipts, 5s2 cars. 59 contract grade.
 Oats were steauy Wtn onIy neht traoe- The market was influencst largely by the action of corn Decembe.' opened b 9Ac higher at 32a to 32% 932%. sold between 32A and 32A and closed at SPA 932%. Re ceipts. 135 cars.
 Selling by pit traders due to prospects of increased hog receipts was the chief reason for small decline in provisions Trading was light. January pork lard and ribs were all 5c lower. closing at 12 47lA, 7.121s and 6. 55 respectively.
 Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, "A cars: corn, 7S6 cars; oats, 159 cars; hogs, 59,00o head.