Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Meanwhile, it might be just as well to turn the searchlight on Porto Rico and the Philipines. Both democrat and republican papers are scoring Gov. Mount for his attitude in harboring criminals. “Republicanism does things,” says a recent party platform. It does. It does. Witness the Havana postoffice. Hon. Webster Davis paid McKinley a left-handed compliment when he declared him to be all right, but controlled by bad men. No president is all right whois controlled by bad men. So far, the offices and the crimes in Havana seem to be confined in Indiana men. The administration should try some other state. There is Ohio, for instance, which we all know has been shamefully neglected since McKinley took office. Trusts advance prices to consumers ICO per cent, and the republican spell-binders call the promoters “captains of industry.” The labor unions attempt to advance wages 10 per cent, and the same people call the latter a curse to the country. The entire blame of the wrong doing in Cuba must rest with the administration. The President listened to the cry of the hungry horde of office looters and tore down the bars of Civil Service Reform, and must bear the burden of his act.—Fowler Leader (rep ) Even so good a Republican ns Senator Hale has denounced the postal methods in Cuba, declaring that such power was never given even to a Roman pro consul as was bestowed upon Rathbone. And yet the author of the postal code under which he acted hangs bashfully in the background. Justice, in Cuba is a funny thing. Postmaster Thomson has had his bail cut downito SI,OOO because he couldh’t furnish a larger sum, and has been released, while twostampeellers who are charged with altering the books at his request, are in jail, their bail having been fixed at $1,500. Thompson must have a down hill drag with the administion. * .