Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1900 — POLITICS OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLITICS OF THE DAY

DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINEDemocratic leaders of the House of Representatives have formulated a series of resolutions which give a terse expression of Deipocratic doctrine on the iritiestion of expansion. It Is quite probable that this expression will be accepted by the Democratic; paj-ty as the best presentation of Democratic thought and that the issue against imperiailsin will 1 be- joined on it. Condensing these resolutions, they may be given as follows: < “The independence of the Philippine republic,” . < r ,* . “Home .rule under American counsel and< protection. . >*'. ;>I • i , “No -slavery on polygamy., as guaranteed by McKinley In the.Sulu islands, with pensions to Moslem despots. < ’Naval and coaling stattfins to be ceded’to-the United States.; ,f<t r “The Flitplnio republic t> ; repay to the Uiilted States the twenty millions we -phld Spain finder the'Paris treaty.” ' Those propositions coatain in a ntit*ahell fhp; broad ,; Americanism which should characterise all expressions of opinion concerning the question of expausidn- ui- • ' There is no imitation of British imperialism, no greed, for territorial enlargement at the expense of justice and no aptagpnism to the doctrines laid down in. the declaration of independence. I! , This expression of opinion follows the teachings of Washington and .Teffer son. is opposed to McKinley and his base imitation of European methods and .furnishes’ -common ground upon which all men who love liberty and desire justice can stand in the campaign of 1900.—Chicago Democrat.

Evading the Trust Law. XVben the Addystone case was de Hided by the Supreme Court of The UniStates if was believed that a severe blow had been given to-Hie trusts. It now develops that the trusts have devised a method of evading the taw. That the Sherman anti-trust law affects commerce has Been stuply demonstrated and the Supreme Court rule cannot safely be defied, but it can lie eyaded. This fact has lieeu taken advantage of by the Tobacco Trust, which proposes to go out of interstate business, but to continue to do business-just the same. If jobbers in tobacco want to deal in the Continental brands of tobacco at the old rates, they can do so. although the trust annoiiuces that it lias gone out of interstate business. A circular announcing this decision has been sent out by the trust, but the same mail brought with it a circular from an agent who offers to till the orders at the usual rates.

This circular adds that in order to obtain the needed supply it will be necessary for the jobbers hereafter to order through him. The Tobacco Trust has its headquarters in New York. So has the agent. The trust turns its whole product over to the agent, that is to say. should the trust be asked it will tell ,»u It doßs no business otltside of the State; that it sells its whole product iu the State Of New York, and Is therefore not amenable to the interstare commerce laws and regulations and incidentally that the decision in the Addystohe'Case’ does not concern it In the least, as it does no business outside of New York. State. Certainly this is an ingenious scheme, but it remains to be seen whether it will work successfully. There can be no doubt that a plain evasion of the law is attempted. XVill the courts sustain it?

Concerning Currency. Let the Republicans in Congress do most of the talking. Democratic members ean place themselves oh record, but they can’t change the vote, and if the Republicans an* let alone they wtfl get into a .first-Hass row among themselves. , , In addition to a Republican fight in Congress the Republican newspapers will have a combat and out of it all will come light and assistance for Dernocracy. Already has the New York Sun thrown its hat in the ring and asked Reptiblicaji currency tinkers to step on the tftll of ite eoftt. And yet the Sun Is a gold advocating journal ami an organ of the administration.. The Sun overhauls Congressman Overstreet for ignorance on the subject of money. Overstreet made the report of the <*ommit,tee which,produced the currency bill at Atlapto dity ami opened she discussion of the Subject in the House. Mr, Overstreet said that the Secretary of the Treasury, “by a single order directing the use of wilver in the discharge of our obligations, may completely destroy the parity and shift the standard to the metal bd used.” »• “This is sheer nonsense.” says the Sun. “The Secretory of the Treasury has no more use the metgl silver to the discharge of our obligations than he ba.s to use the metal goldHe can use only gold coin or sliver eo|n. I ®‘ ' 'Nothing but unfiinlted free silver coinage can reduce the value of ote silver dollars to their Value as metal,, and Mr, betrays on tje sub ject an ignorance of fact and of law, which to a leader in Congress is ludicrous, n 0 to s«y. disgraceful.” Twfe is ajl and quite lovely. The Repumicanstbave ockled bruin tn h!s oi^Ztey to “hold the - Work McKialey ? I j ’Advocate* iof “sound money” do not the. silver dollars in circjilation are a hindrance, to-trade

sion. Rut tbey -d* ctai« lilial It is #Wf policy to overUuMiw htoetallliisin m every form and shape and fa«w» tike gvfil standard uiam tbe icwujrtry ■cxarttly as Ihe Lon*® Govemmens baa fat*a<fwM it upon Giest Britain. It wvwM be interesting 1* know wbatt tbe atrs»ment of London was that -etmvimorl the President that ate CaiwA Saa«« should ad ofit England's werrit'«rial «- pansion polity aiad awmecauy sys®«n>but that be has «r m tayteg ®* <oanfi«raa to them there is not the shadow ass » doubt.— Kansas <Csiy Times. Ok*ec* La**— «*r F— m*r*. Last spring, says the Criouaha Yi’wiMHerald. a Nebraska tanaer, baGmg some wheat in Ms baas and »eeEas some barbwire ta fence ia a gMtaame. went to a hardware -dtaler ih bls market town and said: I want to get AM jreimds es bMtal wire, J>ut have ■» meady toasb. However. I have some wheat, wSdcb 8» won h 50 cents per bushel. H>ow unx®r bushels of wheat must I bring W wra to sell for >e&oagh tto pay JV» -cash Car the * ire 2“ “Barb wire is worth S2SMI per taqtdred. If you want t® trade wheat for that much wire yon mast hanfl iia twea-ty-seven and £ix-scmite bmsheSs <*f wheat.” Circumstances over whkh be La-d a» control prevented the farmer ffinsm hauling out the wire al that ttan. Bat last week the same farmer w«-az t» ihe same hardware dealer and sasl: “1 couldn’t get arwasd t® that wure deal last spring, turt Tin ready far It now. I’H ha ni in the t wenty-swen amd six-tenths bushels of wheat to-3»«rrsw and get that pounds -of wire.” “Ah. but yotrtl have to baail bi xmcv wheat than’ that,’’ replied the hardware dealer. “Wliy?” queried the farmer. “Wheat is worth just as much n»w as 3t was last spring.” ’ < " ‘T’ery trne.” replied the dealer., 'ribmtr the wire is worth mere. It has gone from ,$2.20 per hundred io iXIUK p® hundred.”

“XX-iro has gone trp -and wtoeratt setualned down?” asked tte farmer. "Ttoe wire trust The farmer walked eat ai a ito«ngto(ful mood. He was think tug tew jtrosperons be was when what te sc'ffls <emains sratianaty ar teerosse* 3n Brice, while the price as what toe nanst ter keeps going np.

Root's Very WMrrt " - n - . Secretary of War Rowt 4k*es »M for much. He desires ffutr a Pacific caKle. so that MeKSaftey and Otis may conduct their wnrtwal admmiration society with lees ireHrile; ate establishment of a war etfllttge. and a large appropriation in eaten ittei ate army may have evdtatio**s siianaaT a* those of France, tirernrany and Rmesaa. And despite all this Ite McKiußtyiine* disclaim any idea of mSßtarisan.—Jakson (Ohio' Herald. Not So Young M He (ted te Be. It is said that Mark Hantta as bhw ateman he was in 3896. er «<en a ytear ago. He was full <®f ginger then; tetive. energetic and ■dteaauaait. TWdtaqr li e fe descrilH’d as listless .and wiittai little interest in things. StiH. a p«Ettical leader who lias teen savaawfly aatacked by the rhernnattsm and lit* ffirflowers. as if with eemcerted aetten. may reasonahl.v be excused f«r Btekanj; like sixty.- Binghamton Leader. Sal tea «ts Snta Stebted. The Sultan of Sniu, being new a pars of our system «f govemwm. wW jptrobably not be satisfied with the Bsriirf allusion to him in President McKiinfcy** message. Cincinnati Enqwrrcr. s#:'.Cteeart** Cte Ftete. The UepuKHcaiis said in MH9G otea a rise in prices would nert toe Soißowfd toy a rise iu wages. Bat ate ffavus now spread liefcu-e them—Aifltamtta Oa>st inn ion.