Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-20


duced is the claim made by some of the
leaders Of that party that the blessings
of the rural free delivery system were
conferred oil farmers by Democracy. No
more patent untruth was ever uttered.
INSTEAD OF PROMOTING RURAL
FREE DELIVERY. A DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATIONS FLATLY RE
FUSED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO
Do WITH THE MATTER. EVEN
AFTER CONGRESS- HAD APPRO-
printed MONEY TO ESTABLISH
ROUTES.
The fact is. DEMOCRACY ALWAYS
HAS BEEN A STUMBLING BLOCK
IN THE PATH OF PROGRESS.
Every great national policy that has
proved to be boon to the people has
been bitterly fought by Democratic Con
gressmen. urged on by Democratic news
papers.
Democracy has been well named the
party of obstruction" Two-thrds of
the Congressional Record Is taken up
with speeches and debate in opposition
to wise Republican measures. and near
ly half of every session of Congress is
wasted by Democrats either in openly
filibustering or in talking against time,
with the view Of delaying or killing bills
that would benefit the people.
VIII of Congress Defed.
And Democratic opposition to bened.
cent act does not always cease when
Congress has passed the law. as was the
case with rural free delivery. Near the
close of President Harrison's admins
tration Republican Congress APP
propriated $4,000 for the purpose Of
establishing experimental rural free de-
livery routes. and Postmaster General
Wanamaker began experiments on six
routes. Before anything material could
be done. however. Democratic admin
istration came into power. Mr.. Bissell
was appointed Postmaster General, and
he, with Mr.. Cleveland's consent, de-
-clined to carry out the law. Congress
appropriated money again, with the same
result--A DEMOCRATIC ADMINS
'TRATION THE SECOND TIME DE
FLED THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
AS EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES, IN CON
GRESS. AND REFUSED TO IN
AUGURATE THE RURAL FREE
DELIVERY SYSTEM.
Mr.. Wilson followed Mr. Bisscll as
Postmaster General, and he also decided
that rural free delivery was imprn cti
cable. President Cleveland was of the
same opinion, bHslng his objection to the
scheme on the ground that 1t would cost
millions Of dollars.
IL is thus shown that Democracy did
the very opposite of ipaugurating rural
free delivery, Members Of that party
IL In hpt ,T
and President Cleveland and his cabinet
officers put themselves above the legis-
lntive branch of the government, and
virtually told Congress that 1t was sub.
ordinate to Democratic admnistra-
ton. Ii was case of the servant die
Eating to the master--an unwarranted
usurpation of power for a harmful pur-
pose.
What Republicans Did.
To further show how utterly false Is
Democracy's claim to the honor of giving
farmers free delivery of their mail. fig
ures from government reports are here
reproduced. The first appropriation for
rural free delivery was $4,000, In 1894
The same amount was allowed by Con-
gress for 1898 and 1896. hut the money
was not used for the purpose intended.
"a has already been stated. In 1897,
when the Mckinley administration came
into power, only half dozen rural mail
routes had been estn blishod, and these
had been partially put into operation
four years previously under President
Harrison. Democracy did nothing dur.
Ing the Cleveland administration. except
TO block the wheels of progress
Now mark the difference when the Re
publicans came into power Postmas ter
General Smith, unlike his predecessors,
urged the establishment of many new
routes, In his annual report he said:
The benefits accruing from the extension
OF postal facilities to the rural conlmunl-
ties may be summarized as follows: In
creased postal receipts making many OF
the new deliveries almost immediately
self supporting, Enhancement " the value
of farm lands reached ny this service aud
better prices obtained for farm products
the markets aud rrempter Information Of
their state, Improved means ~ travel
some hundreds Of miles OF country roads
especially In the Western States, having
been graded specifically In order to obtain
rural free delivery Higher educational In.
nusnces. broader circulation ~ the means
OF public intelligence. aud closer daily rou-
tact with the great world OF activity extend
ed to the homes Of heretofore isolated rural
communities
what Mckinley said.a
President Mckinley, in his message
TO Congress in 1900. speaking Of the
postal service. said
It's most striking new development Is the
extension OF rural free delivery.
This service ameliorates the isolation OF
srm NE. conduces Ia good roads. and
uuickens and extends the dissemination os