Decatur Democrat, Volume 46, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 30 October 1902 — Page 5

Chairman O'Brien on the Outlook When asked for a statement regardI i U g the outlook in the state, Chairman of the Democratic state central committee "The campaign has progressed so far without friction in any quarter and there is not a county in the state where the organization is lacking in any essential particular. The Democrats are inspired by a common purpose to redeem the state from Republican misrule, and I look forward with the greatest confidence to a substantial victory at the polls. I base this prediction upon the following facts: "First, the party is thoroughly united on all questions that are present in the campaign and the ballots, when cast, will represent this unity in a degree that has not existed since 1892. Second, the Republicans are dissatisfied with the record of their party both in state and nation in respect to the trusts, and many of its most substantial voters will either stay away from the polls or vote for the Democratic nominees. Third, the people of the state irrespective of party are alarmed over the aggressions of organized capital and see no hope for the country but in Democratic success. Fourth, every wage earner in the state has had his wages reduced by an abnormal increase in everything that goes into his living, and the Republican party promises nothing better for the correction of this condition than a constitutional amendment that would require from two to four years for its adoption. Fifth, the Democrats, when in power in the legislature, enacted general laws for the benefit of the masses, .while the Republicans, when trusted with similar power, legislated only for the few. "The dissatisfaction is widespread, and I am convinced that it will result in Republican defeat. There is no doubt but the Democrats will elect their state ticket, a majority in the legislature and a majority of the congressmen. and secure county officers in a large number of counties which have elected Republicans in the past four elections, if every Democrat will cast his vote on Tuesday.” — The Fairbanks machine has made the legislative nominations of the Republican party and has selected men in many counties over the protest of lifelong Republicans. Competency for the performance of legislative duties has had no place in the counsels of the machine, and the only question asked in making nominations was whether the nominee would support Fairbanks for the senate. In the Huntington-Whitley senatorial district a well known Fairbanks henchman was forced upon the people and a Republican who had served in the legislature was turned down because he jvould not wear the Fairbanks collar. The indorsements of such methods is an indorsement of the machine and an invitation to go to still further extremes. It should not be forgotton that the new tax law, which has enabled the state to pay off more than half of the public debt was a Democratic measure, passed by a Democratic legislature over Republican opposition, and that the Republican party in state convention in 1892 denounced the law and did everything in its power in the campaign to hamper its administration. The same party encouraged the railroads and other corporations to resist the law in the courts, and openly promised to give them relief if given control of the legislature. And now the Republican leaders are declaring that their party has reduced the state debt one-half. John B. t Cockrum, chairman of the election committee of the Columbia club at Indianapolis, has sent out a begging letter to members of the club, calling attention to the need of money and saying that the election of Senator Fairbanks is in the hands of the Indianapolis Republicans. In other words, Mr. Cockrum admits that Fairbanks will be defeated if the Marion coun'y candidates for the legislature are not elected. A few weeks ago the Republicans were going to have a large majority in the legislature, but it now seems that their only hope is in Marion county. The Indianapolis News, after inveighing against trusts and the ship subsidy steal, has the effrontery to ask Its constituency to vote for men who will return Charles W. Fairbanks to the United States senate The News seems to have an idea that the memory of the people Is as short as the News’ conscience is pliable. The reason The News is for Fairbanks is, perhaps, because he has voted for everything that The News has opposed. That is, It is that or something else. The Republican state central committee is • sending out an eight-page folder to Democrats, quoting Mr. Bryan and praising him for steadfastness to principle. Two years ago tho same committee was abusing Bryan and appealing to Democrats to vote against him. When a Democrat reselves the folder he will know that It Is an enemy of his party that is spending money for postage on such stuff. • The ono thing necessary to carry the state on Tuesday is for every Democrat to come out and vote. E’ection day places a responsibility upon every voter, and It is one that he cannot shirk. The closer the county or district in the past the more necesawry It Is for him to go to the y.lls and do all In his power to get out a full Tote.

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LABOR ORGANIZATION AND REPUBLICAN LAW. While the Republican stump-speak-ers are professing such disinterested and philanthropic interest for the laboring man, while the president himself is telling the people that the party he represents is a friend of labor, it I might be well in order to get at the bottom of the matter to take a glance at the Congressional Record for June 2, 1900, when the Littlefield anti-trust ’ bill was pending. On that day. as recorded by the Congressional Record, i on page 6,994. the Democratic minor- j ity introduced the following amend- ■ ment to t b e Littlefield anti-trust bill: j “Ncthing in this act shall be so constituted as to apply to trade unions or j other labor organizations, organized j for the purpose of regulating wages, hours of labor, or other conditions under which labor is to be performed." A yea and nay vote was taken on the amendment at the request of Hon. James Richardson, the Democratic leader in the house, who voted for the amendment. On the other hand the nay vote shows that the Hon. Charles E. Littlefield, who framed the antitrust bill, voted against the amendment. His bill was so framed as to include the labor organizations in the list of "unlawful combinations.” Representative Cannon of Illinois voted against the amendment, as did Congressmen Aldrich, Allen of Maine, Bailey of Kansas. Caldorhead. Hitt of Illinois and I.ong of Kansas, all Republican leaders of more or less prominence. When Republican leaders vote to make labor organizations un lawful does it look as if the Republican party is the friend of labor? The Republican text book says that the Republican party has increased the wages of American workingmen by protecting the product of their labor from competition abroad. That is a Republican campaign statement. But let us see how well it groves in with the truth. "Protecting” typewriters adds $45 to their cost, "protecting” sewing machines adds from $lO to S2O extra to their cost. And so with the carpenter's tool box, the bricklayer s trowels, the blacksmith's kit, in short, the tools of every workingman’s trade. And not only does it make their tools cost them more, but their beef, their coal, their bread, everything that Is necessary for their well-being and their happiness. They have to wear shoddy clothing because the tariff keeps out pure wollen goods. On a thousand and one articles of every day consumption the trusts, through exorbiant profits made possible through the tariff, force the money out of the consumer's pockets with which they declare big dividends and grow stronger in their oppression of the people. Fetters have been forged for the striking miners by some who would ravish a right, who would persecute a principle. The denial of a just wage to those who produce wealth will only serve to strengthen their purpose, and will arraign on their side the sympathy of that vast army of people who

believe in justice instead of tyranny; and they compose 90 per cent of the American people. There comes a time in the affairs of men and nations when the moral force of right cannot be inclosed in prison bars or subject to the bayonets of capitalistic Hessians. The brazen assumption that Republican politicians can adjudicate the differences between the mine owners and the miners is a flimsy political subterfuge that would not be uttered only by a partisan who falls to comprehend the difference between politics and statesmanship. When the river and harbor bill was before the committee of the whole house for debate and amendment March 21, 1902. Mr. Hemenway asked Mr. Burton this question: Mr. Hemenway—Mr. Chairman, I move to strike ou the last word for the purpose of asking the gentleman, the chairman of the committee, a question. I see there Is $5,000 appropriated for the Wabash river. I desire to ask him if there is $15,000 in addition to that appropriation? Mr. Burton—l think there is at least that amount. Mr. Hemenway — The gentleman thinks that will be a sufficient amount? This is the whole of Mr. Hemesway's record relating to the improvement of the Wabash and the Ohio. It is a great record. "Wo arraign the Democratic party of Indiana for enacting an unequal and unjust tax law.” This was one of the declarations of the Republican state platform in 1892, but the same party is now claiming the credit of paying off the state debt which this law has enabled them to do. And Mr. Fairbanks, as the presiding officer of that convention, declared that “The present odious tax law is a Democratic measure, passed to rescue the financial credit of the state.” But the Republicans now claim that they have rescued the credit of the state. O Consistency, surely the Republicans make your way rough. The Washington Post makes an emphatic denial of the Republican assertion that that party has exhausted its resources in efforts to diminish the extent and force of trust evils, but asserts that “On the contrary. THAT party, in the Fifty-sixth and thus far in the Fifty-seventh congress, HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CAREFUL TO AVOID ANYTHING INIMICAL TO TRUST INTERESTS." The Post Is anything but Democratic In its policy and this statement cannot but carry conviction. Too Cautions. "I have the greatest confidence In Dr. Slocum as a physician.” said one of the doctor’s patients. “He never gives un opinion till he has waited and weighed a case and looked at It from every side.” “Um ml” said the skeptical friend. “That's all rlgi|t If you don't carry It too far There have been times, you know, when he’s been so cautious tljpt his diagnosis has come near getting mixed up with the postmortem." —

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BEVERIDGE’S OGDEN SPEECH. It occasionally happens that a statesman, not before a 'cused of familiarity with finance, suddenly blazes forth into an amazing display of facts I and figures. Such displays are impressive to the untutored public, which has not been supplied with the latest "Trade Bulletin" of the bureau of sta-1 tistics. But these documents contain pitfalls for the statesman; because the bureau often takes for granted some elementary knowledge of the former trade conditions, and therefore leaves a few salient facts untold. Into j this pitfail Senator Beveridge abruptly , descended in his speech at Ogden,; Utah, yesterday, when he demonstrated how our appropriation of the Philippine Islands was the cause of the whole expansion of our recent trade in the Orient. "Since we acquired these islands. American exports to Asia and Oceanica have risen from $43,000,000 to $120,000,000.” Certain-1 ly; that is, if we acquired these islands in the fiscal year 1596, which is the period selected by Mr. Beveridge for his comparison. Had he taken the trouble to inquire, the bureau could have supplied him with other bulletins, showing that $24,000,000 of this increase, or nearly one-third of the total gain between 1890 and 1902, occurred in the two years before the war with Spain. The regular monthly publications of the bureau would have further shown that of the $54,000,000 increase since that war began, $12,000,000 has occurred in exports to Australia, and $15,000,000 in trade with China, neither of which, it would seem, has yet been annexed to the United States. Another interesting field of inquiry, which it might have been safest for Mr. Beveridge first to traverse, is the problem how much an American army of 72,000 quartered in an Oriental archipelago and supplied by this country with its necessities and luxuries, is a factor on which mature statisticians rely in drawing conclusions as to permanent trade developments. But all this, we suspect, is caviare to the general, and possibly also to the learned Beveridge.—New York Evening Post. Former Mayor Charles A. Schleren of Brooklyn, N. Y„ made a mysterious trip to Europe some time ago. and when he returned he announced that he had arranged to beat the beef trust. He said that, for obvious reason, he did not care to have his business abroad known before he left, but he was free to admit now that it was to purchase hides, he being one of the largest leather manufacturers in tho country. He continued: "The beef trust has so Increased the prices that we manufacturers have to do something to obtain other sources of supply. 1 am now in a position to obtain hides at less cost than I could here, even though I add the du|| upon them to the price 1 pay abroad? It is my opinion that the duty on hide* should be removed, so that manufacturers may use the foreign product. Such action on the part of congress 9

would compel the beef trust to reduce the price of hides considerably.” Mr. Schieren is a Republican and, it will be seen, declares that the placing of hides on the free list would bring the trust to book. This is the Democratic idea, not only as to hides but as to everything else that the trusts have controlled to the detriment of the people. Democrats in all parts of the state are greatly encouraged by the auspicious conditions under which the campaign is being prosecuted, and there is little question but the efforts which have been made for organizing and unifying the party will bear substantial fruits in November. The Republicans confess that they are handicapped by divisions on the tariff and the trusts, and that there is great restlessness on the part of the voters throughout the West and Northwest. The people generally feel that no relief can come through a Republican congress for its members, even if in a majority, would be so divided as to the correct policy to pursue that discordant counsels would follow and nothing in the end be accomplished. On the other hand the Democrats are agreed that the tariff is the parent of the trusts and that substantial and immediate relief can be secured by putting articles which have been brought under trust domination on the free list and thus permitting foreign competiti -n to come in and bring down the price. The people need relief and will get V through the Democratic party if it comes into power in the approaching election. One of the peculiarities about the tariff is the tact that tne manufacturers themselves are not agreed upon it. For instance, former Mayor Schieren of Brooklyn, one of the largest leather manufacturers of the country, thinks hidea,ought to be placed on the free list, but he would be far from thinking that leather, the manufactured product, should also be relieved of the prohibitive duty. What he uses in securing his product he wants to get as cheaply as possible, but he wants also to sell the manufactured product at the highest possible figure. It is Just such selfishness as this that the paternal system of the Republican party is encouraging throughout the country. And the worst trouble is that the tariff protects that class which is best able to protect itself, and gives nothing to the absolutely needy. In other words, it reverses the law of charity and robs the poor to bestow its plunder upon the rich. Imporiant Arrest. St. Petersburg. Oct. 27. —The police have captured an accomplice in the reported plot against the dowager Empress Marie Dagmar of Russia, which was recently unearthed at Copenhagen. An AdrqiiM<c Supply. “Henpeck has glvetki* smoking, eh? That takes a good dctu of will power.” I "Yes. His wife has lt."-Puck. * ’“T

Trying to Hoodwink the People. A New York financial paper, which Is in partnership with the tariff and the trusts, is sending out blank petitions over the country addressed to the president and members of congress, asking for the appointment of a ‘'bipartisan” tariff commission. The petition reads as follows: “We, the undersigned, citizens, taxpayers and business men of the United States, believe that any wholesale re vision of our tariff schedules is inadvisable, as such action is sure to serf ously disturb business conditions and cripple many business enterprises. But realizing, as we do, that it is only a question of time when some changes must be made in these schedules, to provide for such changes, we respect fully and most earnestly petition you to enact, without unnecessary delay, such legislation as may be necessary for a bipartisan and permanent tariff commission whose duty it will be to intelligently assist congress to make such changes in our tariff and reciprocity laws, from time to time, as may be found necessary.” It will be observed that the first proposition to which the signers ol such a petition are called upon to assent is that any wholesale revision ol the tariff would disturb business conditions. In other words, the tariff barons. if the subject is touched at all, would have it handled by a commission composed of a majority of their own ilk, and thus a guarantee would be given at the start that nothing like substantial reform would be recommended. Os course, the Democrats would be in a minority on such a commission, if appointed by a Republican president, and the commission would thus be a one-sided affair. There is little probability that con gress will take any forward steps in such a matter at the coming session and, as the next congress will be Democratic, it will proceed to give the people some relief from existing burdens. The proposition to appoint a tariff commission is in line with other suggestions that emanate from Republicans, who are now engaged in a desperate effort to hoodwink the people and get another two years’ lease of power. Senator Fairbanks was so hard put for something to say in his speech at Warren last week that he revamped that old lie about the Republican party having paid off half of the state debt. But he did not say that he denounced the law at the Ft. Wayne convention in 1892 that has been the means of reducing the debt. He steered clear of the great fact that a Democratic legislature enacted the law and in suppressing an important part of the truth lie stooped to the arts of the machine politician which he is. A halt truth is the most contemptible of all lies. When James S. Bareus was a candidate for the congressional nomination the Indianapolis News abused him like a pirate, virtually accusing him of theft in connection with the sale of certain books. When he was nominated for the state senate through fraud The News was mum. The reason was that as a state senator Barcus would have a vote for United States senator, and Mr. Fairbanks ordered his organ not to antagonize Barcus further. It is a good thing to have an organ whose voice is silent when occasion demands it. Secretary Lessie M. Shaw spoke at Oakland City last week and the only politician of prominence that was out to hear him was Congressman Hemenway. Mr. Shaw complained of the apathy among the Republicans and was seemingly surprised at it. Mr. Hemenway could have told him why If he had been so inclined, for no man knows better than he that the people are determined to repudiate the First district congressman and don’t care to give much time to politics till Nov. 4. The Republicans promise to adopt a constitutional amendment that will enable them to enact laws for the curbing of trusts. The Democrats ask that present laws, which are ample, shall be enforced and promise to enforce them if given control of congress. One postpones the remedy Indefinitely and tho other offers it now. i When such propositions are presented there ought not to be much difficulty in choosing between the parties that i offer them. Every laboring man. who Is paying more than ever before for the necessaries of life and is receiving only the wage paid two, three or four years ago. knows that his money at the end of the week does not buy as much by one-fifth as It did then This 20 per cent Is the tribute that he Is paying the trusts, and the trusts are fostered by the tariff, which Is fostered by tho Republican party. United States Senator Fairbanks has found his cause so desperate with the people and his re-election In such Jeopardy by reason of his poor record for six years, that h<> has ordered tho Indianapolis News to throw aside *ts pretense of serving the people and openly advocate his reelection. And The News does precisely what Mr, Fairbanks commands it to do. Tho work of th<- campaign Is practically over and it only remains for Democrats to go to the polls and vote to gain a pronounced victory. And If every Democrat does his duty, the state ticket will he elected: the legislative majority will be Democratic and there will be a gain of four or five congressmen.