Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-31

great fullIndH CdI Wolho az "ii~
ILL.,, everyone of whose 1000 employees
has been thrown out Of work
Mr. Rooseyelt's statement that the
Philippine Islands will be neld Tor the
benefit of the Filipinos, is merciless'
ly criticized by Bourke Cochran IN
great speech delivered recently at
Tammany Hall. How about the
action of Congress in extending the
coastwise laws to the Philippine
islands," asks MIR. Cochran. This
action means that hereafter every
pound of produce coming from the
Philippine Islands into the United
States must come in American ships.
There are only a few ships available
for that traffic, hence the owners OF
them banding together can take from
the unfortunate F'ilipinoS every penny
that their produce is worth over and
above sufficient to keep them alive.
An old lawyer in Pennsylvania was
asked what he thought Of the Presi.
dents letter Reminds me of a de
PENDANTS motion III arrest Of judgment
and sentence" was the quick retort.
Ii the Democratic position in this
campaign were not a strong one, Re
publicans would not be SO persistent
in their efforts to misrepresent it.
"Do they intend to abolish Rural
Free DeliVery?' y?'-Roosevelt' letter.
Well, hardly Having created that ex-
cellent extension of the postal system,
Democrats are not likely to abolish
it. Very likely, however, they will
overhaul it at the first opportunity.
After eight years of Republican rule
it has become necessary to root out
the grafters.
1t is one of the Presidents ideas
would count for nothing in the Far
East if we had abandoned the Philip
pines" He seems to think that the
greatness of the American Republic be-
gan with the organization of his
Rough Riders and will end with his
retirement from the White House.
Mr.. Roosevelt's attempt to inject the
sectional issue into the campaign is
the heaviest contributors to the Re-
publican campaign fund. The men
who have no sympathy with this
feature OF the Republican programme
are Northern capitalists who have
large investments in factories, rail.
roads and banks, in the South. They
are Republicans, for one reason or an
other, but they will not support a
policy which will unsettle political con.
ditions in Southern States, causing a
shrinkage in their own incomes while
serving no good end whatever
1t is just beginning to dawn upon
many New York Republicans that Tim
Woodruff has lost prestige by his
action in Withdrawing his name from
consideration by the Republican State
Convention without a fight, thus plac-
sponsor, Thomas c. Platt, in an en-
barrassing position. 1t was Sam Fes-
senden who turned savagely upon Joe
Manley at st. Louis, in 1896, after the
Maine boss had deserted Thomas B.
Reed, and exclaimed, Joe, God Al
mighty hates quitter."
Hon. D. H. Perry, National Com
mitteeman from Utah, says: at is
pretty nearly certainty that the nine
votes of the three States of Utah.
Montana and Colorado will be cast for
Judge Parker. In my State, since the
formation of the American party by
Senator Kearns, the prospect for the
Democratic party are growing hourly.
The new party is made up almost ex
clusively of Republicans, so there are
now two Republican parties in the
State. A triangular fight, therefore,
must rebound to Democratic chances"
Hon. T. E. Ryan, National Com
mitteeman from Wisconsin, says if the
Democrats do not carry his State he
will be very much mistaken man
"The campaign out our way" said Mr.
Ryan, lis warming up on both sides
and l look forward to the most ex
citing contest that Wisconsin has seen
since 1892. The vote will be the !arg
est ever cast and l honestly and sin
cerely believe that Judge Parker will
win out. Conditions in Indiana and
Illinois are improving right along and