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The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Parker's Election Would Unsettie
Business.

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. II has been urged
that the maintenance OF the gold stand
ard is assured. etc. but. while the theory
Of the case in excellent, yet as a 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 diff
culties. The policy Of the opposition may
be ever so clearly conjectured. but its ac-
cession to control would. / think. cause
some contraction in business and financial
enterprises, at least temporarily until the
safety and conservatism now talked Of
should be more substantially demonstrate
cd p"
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Take Your Choice.

David b. Hill, the sponsor of the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency,
said at st. Louis that he did not know
now Parker stood on the money ques-
ton" For thirty years Hill and Park
er have been Intimately associated, So
cially and politically. If the statement
made by Hill is to be believed, then
Parker is too secretive a man to elect
- the Presidency; if false, then it was
evidently made for the purpose of mis-
leading the people; and if the people are
t. he deceived in one thing, why not in
all the acts OF the Democratic leaders?
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Repub1ica, vs.. Democratic Pelicy.

Organization does 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 apd factories are run
ming full time. 1t is the poAcy of the
Republican party TO protect all indus
tries by wise and beneicent laws, while
if has been the policy Of the Democratic
party. a. evidenced by the last Cleveland
administration. to provide As much work
ais possible for the artisans of other coun-
tries by removing the protection the tar
if affords American vorkinsmen.
The Falls City tribune., 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. L. Hearst will
support Parker. In New York Stare the
Bryanites have put 4. State Fvpunst
ticket in the field and will vote for Wat
son, the Populist nominee for the Presi-
dency. In New Jersey the Hearstites
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 arms and will worry the
Parker party.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Tarxart Il Fascinated.

Tom Taggart is so. 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
devy 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-
fdentIy expects that it will be as clear
as the water of his own Pluto spring.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Wnuld 1t Re WiaeS

1t is conceded that the Democrats are
not on record OH the tariff question. This
being the case, would it not be unwise
Ia 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 Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
HaRdicapped.

Marshall 2. 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 Il boy was
silent and disconsolate, she said:
What's the matter, Willie? Don't
you wish to be P~re,ident?'
"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 Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Property at Home. Prestige Abroad

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
10 them with still greater force in 1904.
for during the last our years OF fur
Their Republican rule there have beea
still further great gains in the prosper
ity OF tse United States. and still fur
Their great increase in the respect enter
tanned for the United States, by all the
patisnf sf the world.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
a Cuve Sign.

Now we know that David B. Hill in
tends to quit politics next January. for
he has discIaimed calling President
Roosevelt "a fraud" That a little in
nocaous fling like that when ne has ex-
hausted the vocabulary of vituperation
ur@a the Republican half of the Ameri-
can people for nigh on 20 years" IS
surely 4 sign that David is setting has
house in order and wants 20 depart po
hticsl life at peace with all men
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Tom Watson acknowledges that sle

Tom Watson acknowledges that The
condition of American w~orkingmen is
now. vastly improved, and that in their
homes they enjoy conveniences Of life
which n king could no command some
hundred years ago. If the Democracy
had its way we would reverse the wheels
of progress so that the workingmen
might enjoy the privations of life that
were the common lot in the grand Old
days of Jeffersonian scarcity of bath
tubs.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

The helpsulne,s of the Germans to-
ward ZACH other has been one of the
splcndid lessons they have taught.
Fidelity is always an ad mirable trait.
The fidelity of Germans toward each
other has been to me always one eff
their striking AMI ad charac-
tcristics.-Senator Fairbanks a. indianapolis,
Ser temher 3. 1880.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

4 man who il weak enough to prt his
candidacy in their (Hii1's and rei-
mont'sl hands before the convention
would not BIS strong enough to resist
their in~fiueace after election, if he
were by any possibility successful
William J. Bryan.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

The Democratic party has been fatally
wrong On every phase Of the money aues
ton from tho resumption Of specie pay
mcnts after the var to the establish
ment Of the gold standard. both of which
it opposed. 1t is colstitutionslly uEat
to dead with financial questions
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

History shows that Democratic
tariff has always been followed by busi-
ness adversity and a Republican tariff
by business prosperity. Why not ae-
ce;t the verdict of his.o-y?.
The Falls City tribune., 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 Rot
sell any of our products abroad. But
protection has also made us the greatest
exporting nation in the world.
The Falls City tribune., 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 Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

The Democratic party is Ike the nan
whs was in favor of prohibition but
-a-in" the enforcement. Il avo-s a
Panama Caa.l. but opposes the asasurs,
necessary to obtain it.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

China and India are cheap" countries.
Human labor is held very low ia these
lands and the result is that the masses
are constantly stepped in poverty and
menaced by starvation. In spite of the
so-called chcapness the people do not get
things.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

The story of the struggle on the edge
of the arid belts is a record Of heart
breaking dissproi.tnnents and OF failure
fe- GAUGES utterl. seyend individual cen
trail. Under national irrigation these
will occur happily no more.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
p.~.cr,,ie Party Divided.

The Democratic campaign managers
ara trying to hoodwhk the mass OF the
party BY saying all Democrats ere work
ing sarRsFtly for the election Of Parker.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
Benefits of Protection.

The nolicy of protection which guards
and develops the industries of our coun-
try. cardinal with the Republican party.
is necessary to the prosperity of the
farmer. \ tariff on agricultural products
NAV not increase the price If the de-
n,and does not equal the supply, but 4
tariff which protects American labor n
home industries inSures work at high
wages. plenty of money and increased
consumption, insuring high prices for
farm products.
The farmer is indebted to the Repub-
lican party for the rural free delivery
system. First suggested by the editor
of a leading farm paper. himself n Re
publican. the idea was reported upon and
recommended 10y a Republican Postmas-
ter General. adopted and enlarged upon
by the Republican party, appropriation
made by a Republican Congress for an
investigation and trial of the proposed
system. \ Democratic Postmaster Gen
eral. supported by a Democratic Presl-
dent, refused TO eNpend the approprla-
lions and reported not only adversely to
the system. but that the scheme was
impracticable. Not until the Republi-
cans were again in full power was the
system given a fair trial, and its entire
practicability. as well as the great benefit
90 be derived by the rural population,
fully demonstrated. From a $4,000 APP
propriation for the trial of the system
it has grown to In appropriation of over
So0.0O0.000 under the friendly encour-
acemen and aggressive business policy
of Republican administrations. No other
one thing could AVE been of such great
benefit to the farmer; it has placed him
in daily communication with the world,
and from the secluSion of farm life he
energies and becomes Il part and parcel
of this great nation and is not only able
to read of the doings throughout the
world. but the facilities afforded for
frequent and prompt communication en-
able him to take part in its affairs. The
farmer is now recognized as a biz, broad
minded business man, and the discovery
is due to the rural free delivery system.
established and fostered by the Repu5-
lican party.
The Republican party has always been
aggressively in favor of legislation for
the benefit OF farmers. and the record
will be considered and remembered when
the farmer casts his vote.
The platforms of the Republican and
Democratic parties are 50 similar on
important subjects that the conclusion is
inevitable that the latter followed the
former for vote-catching purposes. and
that the Democratic party is insincere
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

and asking support under false repre-
seat3tions. and the farmer never favors
or supports insincerity or fraud.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

fsS.ttIon; The public debt reduced ana
iJOst charges lowered; laws passed
that will bring the arid lands under cul-
tivation, and that. too, without tax or
cost to any person egypt the one di-
rectly benefited by the purchase of the
land from the government.
The securing of the route for an 18TH
milan canal. the construction of which is
now assured. is a crowning triumph for
a Republican President and the party,
and no one class will receive a greater
benefit from the connection OF the At
lantic and Pacific by this great waterway
than will the farmer.
The opposition to the Cuban reel
procity bill. on account of the reduction
of the tariff on raw sugar, came largely
from a misconception OF what the result
would be. Instead OF retarding produc-
ton and lowering the price of sugar
beets. the opposite has been the result.
and the production has been stimulated
and profits increased.
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30

l. the present campaign no new or
striking issue is presented. The Demo-
Gratis ~arraign the Republican party, Willy
the President and hold forth glitteling
yeneralities, but detiniteness is lacking.
and what would be gained by the cleo
ton of a Democratic President is not ap-
parent. A general calamity howl is
no argument. and to secure the farmer
vote it is necessary to present more than
chaff.
One term of a Democratic President,
two years only of absolute Democratic
administration, was sufficient to prac-
tically paralyze business throughout the
nation. deprive the worker Of the chance
to earn an honest living, depress value
and prices and make us the laughing
stock and subject of ridicule of the ma
lions OF the world.
Mckinley was elected, a Republican
Congress enacted Il consistent protective
tariff. industry was revived, factories
started. unemployed given work at the
highest wages ever known, consumption
stimulated. values restored, Spain defeat
ed, Cuba freed, order Established IN the
Philippine Islands and 1Se people given
civil liberty in its fullest sense and the
opportunity of becoming a creditable part
OF me greatest nation on earth. The sta
bility of the currency has been assured
The Falls City tribune., 1904-09-30
THE FARMER SEES
REASONS WHY HE BELIEVES ~
AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
They Have Never Deceived Nor BE-
trayed His Interests and Have Ag-
Sressively Favored Legislation for
His Benefit.

Each national campaign emphasizes
the fact that the farmer" vote must be
reckoned with and catered to, and all
parties put forth their best arguments
when addressing the farmer. Away from
the madding crowd, untrammeled by the
prejudices and false cries of the poHti-
clan, the farmer calmly reads and thinks,
and thinks and reads. and decides the
question with a discerning Judgment that
leads to a decision which is honest and
right.
In 1896 it was generally feared that
the farmer would be deceived by tie
great promises made OF the beneficent 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 fireside, with plenty of
time to weigh the question. he decided
for the gold standard, AND THE DEM
OCRATIC PARTY AND ITS CANDI-
DATES on THE NATIONAL TICK
EFT NOW SAY THAT THE FARMER
DECIDED RIGHT. In 1900 the cry
was 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
10 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 Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01

Railroads to Cooperate I'm Aid.
ing immigration Convention.

George 0. Somers, assistant to =.
w. Blabon, fourth vice president of the
Great Northern, in a letter to the COM
m1ttee OF the Commercial club of St
Paul, having charge of preparations
Tor the immigration convention which
is to be held in this city June Ia and
ID. says that the railroads will Coop
crate heartily with the business men
Of the state in furthering interest in
the gathering. To that end he SAYS the
Great Northern will give special rates
to delegates. He intimates that other
roads in the state will make a similar
concession.
Heretofore the railroads have had
the entire burden Of developing the
Northwest, and we are pleased to see
that the business men have put their
shoulders to the wheel to help along
the movement which is Of vital i'm
portance to them" says Mr.. Somers.
He suggests that North Dakota and
Montana be included in the propagan-
Ola of the convention as those states are
tributary to the Twin Cities and Du-
luth, and that their DEVELOPMENT will
result in benefit to those cities. Mr.
Somers also suggested that representa-
t1veS of the railroads be made mem
bers of the convention committee.
Mr.. Somers' letter was read at
meeting of the immigration and state
development committees Of the Com
mercial club yesterday. His sugges-
ton will be considered at the next
meeting which will be held next week
Secretary E. J. Westlake, of the Min
neapolis Commercial club, assured the
committee in charge of the convention
that the Minneapolis club will work
with the st. Paul club to make the
project success.
H A. Merrill has been appointed
chairman of the transportation COM
mittee; Gen. NJ. D. Flower, committee
on programme; E. Vanish, finance; E.
o. Webb, press. President T. T.
Smith and E. w Randall will repre-
sent st. Paul on the committee on in
vitations. Representatives from Min
neapolis and Duluth will also be on
that committee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01

So Says State Grain Inspector
Eva, Who Denies Charges.

Senator McCumber has been gross
ly imposed upon, either through fgnor-
ance or with intention to mislead
him." declared F. w. Eva, chief grain
inspector of the state yesterday in
denying the charges reported to have
been made by the North Dakota sena-
tor in a speech in the senate in support
Of his bill providing for the establish
ment of a federal grain inspection
bureau.
1 am not able, on SO short a notice,
to furnish the actual facts and figures"
continued Mr.. Eva, but will have a
statement prepared from the records
of the state weighing department
which will show that Mr. McCumber
is entirely in error when he says that
the official records of the elevators at
Duluth and Superior will show that
during the past ten years $3.50, 900
bushels more wheat went out Of the
elevators than came in. He asserts
that this was simply dishonest weigh
ing and that by it the growers of the
grain have been robbed of $4,000, 600,
but it can be shown that Mr.. McCum-
Der has been wrongly informed as to
this.
THE other statements imputed to
him are equally unfounded and absurd,
and are simply a rehash of charges
which have been published several
times before, but never substantiated.
1T all grows out of the controversy
between the Superior Board of Trade
and the Minnesota Grain Inspection
department over the question of Min
nesota's right to inspect grain at West
Superior. If the alleged figures could
be secured in a specific form, 1 have
no doubt that their absolute fallacy
could easily be shown"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
UNIONS NOT POOR
Few Members Apply to Poor
Departments for Aid.

Results of unique inquiry con-
Quoted by the state labor bureau have
just been announced in a bulletin is
sued by Labor Commissioner O'Don-
nell. 1t has been found that members
Of labor unions and their families have
not, contrary to newspaper report, been
applicants for relief to any extent in
the Twin Cities and that the unions
have cared for their members in ad-
versity. The investigation was con-
Quoted by Deputy Commissioner Ellis,
and Minneapolis was the first city
given attention.
From June /, 1903, to and including
the month Of January Of this year,
there were 971 applications for aid filed
with the Associated Charities of Min
neapolis. OF this number eighteen Of
the persons claimed to be members or
wives of members of organized labor,
but inquiry developed that in the ma
jOrlty of cases persons making appIi-
cations had miSrepresented the facts
as to their union Affiliations.
Investigation in st. Paul shows that
during the fiscal year ending Sept 80,
1903, there were not more than a dozen
applications for aid from members of
total of Lip cases treated, and not a
single application from a member in
good standing with his organization.
The record for the five preceding years
is similar. OF 943 cases since Oct 1,
1903, but three claimed to be members
of unions, and Secretary Gutridge
writes that he had no doubt these men
were individually responsible. Inves-
tigatiOn by the labor bureau disclosed
that the applicants had either been
assisted by the unions or had not af-
filiated with the unions for some
months prior to making the applica-
tons. It was shown to be the policy
of the unions to aid their members to
the fullest extent possible with their
means.
Duluth reported that for the year
ending Feb. A, 1904, Of a total of 1858
applicants for aid but three were mem
bers of a union. Statistics were also
shown for WinOna, saltwater and Man
kato, and out of a total Of 5,127 appli-
cations for aid in the larger cities Of
the state but twenty-four were mem
bers of organized labor unions and
numbers Of instances are cited where
unions have assisted by voluntary con-
tributions men who were incapacitated
by illness or accident and who had no
claim on the unions, as the beneficiar-
les were not members of the unions
coming to their aid.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
PLUNGE OVER A HIGH
CATARACT TO DEATH
Young Woman and Two Men Victims
of a Ferry Accident.

BOISE, Idaho, March 31.-Three
persons plunged 210 feet to their death
over the Shoshone Falls of the Snake
river last night. They were Miss
Marie Willis, Samuel Graham and a
man whose name in unknown.
Miss Willis sometimes ran the ferry
boat at this point. Last night she took
the boat across in response to a call.
On the return she found the guide rope
was not working properly and put
back. Graham and the other man
seeing from the other side that there
was trouble, took their skiff and cross
ed to the ferry boat. They took Miss
Willis off and started back to the
south bank.
AS the boat neared the bank it filed
and went down. all three being lost.
No trace of the bodies had been found
today. Splinters of the boat were
found in the river below the falls and
it is supposed the bodies were car
ried over the cataract.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
GOV. HERREID, OF SOUTH
DAKOTA, STOPS OVER
Says There Is but Little Politics in His
State, as People Are Prosperous.

Gov. c. n. Herreid, of South Da-
kota, spent yesterday and last night
in this city, en- route from Sioux Falls
to Aberdeen and other points in the
northern part OF his state. Last even
ing he attended the grand opera and
when seen by r h Glob e after the
performance, he said:
Il am just returning from Sioux
Falls, where the Democratic state con-
ventiOn was held. There was some ex-
element at. times, although for the
greater part, things went smoothly. 1t
was quite expected that there would
be Hearst delegation elected to the
national convention, but there was a
marked ant-Hearst sentiment and a
vigorous contest.
In the choice Of a national commit
teeman there was a lively fight and
both Of the men who were candidates
are strong throughout the state and
highly esteemed. r. S. Johnson who
was chosen, is a banker at Armour and
is a fine fellow.
For two years past there has been
but little activity in politics in our
state. We have had two very prosper
Gus years and people have been too
busy to think Of politics. but now l
suppose things will pick up some"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-01
MOTHER MUST PART
FROM HER CHILDREN
Deserted Wife Goes to North Dakota;
Little Ones Sent to State School.

Deserted by her husband, Mrs. AIDE
line Young is compelled to permit three
of her small children to be sent to
the state school at Owatonna, as she
has been unable to provide a home for
them. With her baby she is now about
to go to North Dakota to prove I'D on
a homestead, and Judge BazilIe has
promised her that if she is able in
year to properly care for the others
she may again have them with her.
The order committing Ethel M
Young, aged thirteen years; IdyII Clara,
ten years, and Howard Edward, six
years, to the state school was signed
yesterday by Judge Bazille. who has
had the case under consideration for
number Of months. In his investiga-
ton Of the case Judge Bazille has
learned that the father Of the children
Edward Young, has deserted his family
and the mother has been unable to earn
enough to properly support her little
ones.