Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1900 — NATION IS IN PERIL. [ARTICLE]

NATION IS IN PERIL.

Jonly A s JiMH&? DEMocmflgg SAVE llg|| r -rs .>. A utcrieaMflftfejgftK’ A pproachffigOTffi Period as Deep atftS >r ® tta WW wl "^^Bt:-^^ c Roman ® ' correspondence: “ The Cuban frauds grow in size and every day. There does not to be an honest man in the ser-x-jVice. From the beginning the departement at Washington declared with ab-i ■Solute positlveness that there was cer-‘ fttainly one honest man, and that was u Postmaster Thompson of Havana. The ■” Senators from Indiana and every one ®from Postmaster General Smith up and ftdown fright. Tb mWH’ ‘‘who “that if oKhl|t t||p i|h gitlie Cuban fl|K bKliould not Alas! TlioiAm M JhdyfifaljE ! n "Me 'w i> W is WP raWt he ’WT crowed” money from the money-order refunds" that he -tastrnetetF4H» subordi“nates to Juggle with the stamp accounts teid tibalFftHhenever an iribpecth* ■nt o^Ftbj|n^x|da< Alas! Aodjr Th&npfeonr*< s '>i Tar dcin of sympatlly is expressed for him in administration origans, seejnimjijrttecause they expected j ■him to Ik lidmwt, Bough he hastumed 1 Bout likOeTs|^hem.' hep® frytjfc of the Cura, I ftlff acnninWration wnlTidw c3n■sider Itself lucky if the extent of his does, not reach $400,000. Navax sucli'a close" corporation" -worked for the benefit of the insiders “as the Cuban ft As for the while with gone a aunished, ■with the next xfeaata orchaarirre issued

Bln every .direction, tn atlininistratioaor. ►gans in Tmconntryandto the"officFals 5n Cuba to minimize the whole affair ‘Sg’asS BPostriVasTer newspaJ»b i IftttftftUT Preft, TuiS saftftF "ny menijonca The fact tnat there has Qfs. hanging like a millstone of corrupiioaTfflg? ,ba °«=* ’ef “Dipt Iranimlstrpuon. ■ ■ 11 v Title Michigan Platform. • B That the Democracy Is advancing in direction of a -better government J !l ' isuitJs Bhent from theplatform adopted by the the Demqaracy jigrslsts ■maintaining the ftbur system of government was based, ftby the maintenance of which it alone ta*an be successfully perpetuated as a Srovernment of the people, yet it finds Rhe more we progress in the direction ft)f the solution of the human problem, ftihat the ills to which all flesh is heir <an only be cured by a close study of he wants, the demands and the necesBkltiea of the whole people, and that ShosCueretiSltles' can~t>nry~be" supplied >y the people themselves. Hence municipal ownership and di□n stHCT. 11 db with ine most advanced observance and the practical adaptation of the principles specified in the Rieclaration of Independence, enacted ftnto the United States constitution as rfh<‘ tttganie htm and aiwajs im forced and Impressed upon the peoftile as their only salvation, until the McKinley (overboard, the DemmfllnTrjmrtv 2 ffiiS ftold that the government has outgrown ghe principles which it has always porno close ■te-Ue-hoaH, andte+teetf “ore Tncdmpefent to handle the affairs ft>f the government as UuxJuue proKresiftd. . In the light horostaE of the C'O&Sd B iSiKTL ous w nts iiwi win>w*i!fl<i itwTerfcrno nwm ftnr Bay that this charge |s true. The Democratic party does not carry its bag of rfraln to mill with the wheat in one end "nd a big rock to balance it in the Bther. It, in common with nil AmeriBau except tha Rennhlb.gn j.„ r rfy. inta oattrown tnw w fogyisih. The aftc* all is. howfaw we R■n* nd w’andering away [ the principles of government which have made the nation groat? ■ low are the people to be drawn out ftrom under 1 the crushing weight of monnleas they are based upon

Rthe AolM |of tIJL U»|>l4iilutiai ‘ Woiift WW K'', »ue-tho»»4uul tnUllMNfilo ohslv -e-toiMv-the Ujjid of fcauntetHffßpcft <w ff<&. In-oueTfmfr-|t<>r the^M4h><^i pegnlemjem.. f :, "'■** fl "' %w-nmkffi£ power 7’tsould Mark Hanha> *' <h * ***** * iHwl-l wW>w behind the Pre.iddentlal chair and .dictate l*-«%jexpen<bf«reß Jor W U?»etfc tbhlsJHH*llffbc»l tunfc Bf the people atood.between hflh nnd lentlre circulating medium, gold, silver |«nd paper money. If they owned, eon* jtrolled or regulated the means by wlflWthin money is diverted from their own 'pockets for tlyti claaavriasady lallnded to? Z*‘iF 1 mi.. f -| r f A I ..- Ing closer and closer to the people, as

apdybttiier 'platforms, iu tbe dally iw» t SMIVHkw reftaßto tfflwßSßuition ot* affairs. It is declared that the war has degenerated into a massacre, In which hundreds of Filipinos are being shot down weekly, whether armed or unarmed. The Filipino soldiers are now find a eonvement for the ttfe o£, and ••tte<sneles > Nojpbnlyjhave over fc>ur hjfaidr??FwVbitinttter offWters ttf&r resignations, but hundreds of Ameriar^MKl fK>D for nbsol ßHK ffijjMfeiigEdiTs to shoo|W|lg I Tl ‘^S HUrioCt '2Mr b i' tz i ng flom 4E |end ogfiie arcWoßrgo to the other. Es taud Siund .largeßfcds anly hiring, EHERs whenever *■ slightest advantage is to be gained? -The Filipinos are net well equipped with anus:- The natr oFToTa" is their principal weapon, but a hpndred meft a week are iy tjssapon. The t«| the rainy season IwM)t yet four weeks old. Neither the correspondents at &lanila nor the loett newspapers there sere peri^ttod. >» h{y i bWawtw Wojm |ihe jYefcip IjgrrupgonVs even the dtigtlis - ofAmerlcan soldiers and Filipions alike are compelled to pay, tribute to the ghouls who thriveamid death and uestilence. It is hard to conceive that the Amerimji iSlJubllc is rautylv a- -

grading as that which preceded the downfall of the Roman Empire. But the Philippines. The rottenness of -Ronre-was Tin greater than the rottenness prevailing in Washington. Rome jfftht ffffcugh thh-farce of popular elecpowerful oligarchy at Rome. Here in Washington the Influence of less than a hundred men outweighs the sentiment of ten million voters. Worse yet, there are strong signs that every important piece of legislation taking mon4»y- frmn 44y qHiblk' ivt-o-UHy, ii.om-thr-t all ip subsidy bill and the rr is made to pay a tacit tribute to Mark Hannahs Republican campaign fund. This is a fearful charge, yet the signs are only too evident that the favored interests are the ones which furnish «j^ rlllSl gre vjtfory next November—overwhejnlu2.v -t? e. countrfftwin Itk perlk initcly lost to the people, and that If kanbnulil bn n|....i».l |„ VywyiMllTSr TllWl the almost certn!n Democratic gain*7 , the J&V-W'T the wous ; «e&ilj|»y be {kifesMT it. the end decisive. The St. Louis Globeliemocrat, a tnbld gold Htandard"qrgan. tl:if Mr,< FBryah’s election wttl Tie a lerlous bunch In the gold standard - wo Id iJiya r lifl to brftiif l ”Mieifr i completely. The majority against silverjn_the exlstlngjScnaft, Isnot qvgr t|»-mtT ; aimTjt [Jki m-e Republicans, including one each I from Montana West Vlnunlaj

S s »c® crats are likely to fill Ivacancies, those in Dcli«|||b land Bryan's election a (Democratic Vice (vote in case of a tie. St r i'SBRSPIobe-Demderat. fesMffifurtber cxlMMing tO'W-'t the of the s|ft|E ■WKhed the eomJmfftm thtiPWtey are® misrepresented in tWsenate. Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Montana, Idaho and'Nebraska are Senators, who were -elected- on <th§i Retense of being blmeiallists, and who Kohl standaxdftifte placing of taper mffhey jfcflie banks And tie creatioft of' trust controlling sgj the bi#nessjfft|e cofintry. There guy tie orWch and ewn, onSof these six States are absolutely opposed to the RicQTWI sWmSeflßMh are t 0 a IRRI|jWW x •epiTBSO’ II e E£^Wj*wr c mnge |R-h<'j^i™y:W s ! ’ 11: i Hfi iEn Ee - W°l»' count gains that may be made in other -parts-04-tbe-eou»u-y. --Kentueky Itaeaf- ' ready“eTecfFa a silver man to succeed LJndspy. laXoulsianp Caffrey dhfejtetf fc /e>rfii-= ari/bf a jfeviSwipf feenfofe B r - a pea£ ts ftp i*ie V *grfijttSiopg*« HPeDemocracy and to the cause of the people. and that the election of Mr* Bryan wuljhot be, as ha* been allejMjff a aMthe however, can only be attained by constant efforts to abide by unity of purjiflge. TiigEAjggarEaA the hlstdry of the Country when the lines haye_been so clearly defined beof ' t lutta I J... ■- a”"

General Otis on the FilipTnos. An interview' given out by Gen. Otis ■ fJimkJjfttare ftopi ofWpQal id (iXiulr “ftp W>m cvel of of Spanish Engllsh primers. I told S “X |l ffi ll J*f ,ut Filipinos that English instead of Spanish books, declaring that the children would learn very quickly.” This is encouraging, but even more significant is the following: “At pres»ttle understanding of a “real republican- govern men I, brrt the HAfiE3®a they recognize Ute beneficence of our Institutions, these people will quickly adopt them, adapting themselves to Lp changed conditions.” If all this is true policy of the ftfflimwffl»'mß.imnuuttHauuaM by iu v^'ll wft in jß‘^3ty'‘ uclHnUon nnd rec * jUtnllJouW .Wx-nifin principles kliuklu. ii:ci*4jxevSJu!jt(U war • MMIHW. rate, I* -h*«A>au-tmfcfiaUu?4l).d. (fee Filipinos exnot apply them?-St. Louis Post-Dls- . The 1 nnd serfs have created the Presidential issue of “the trust* against the constk and '^ b< 2 U 4 lll .^ Ot n s k ' ’ lV 'T^ l 'TL" 4jpcompetent leadership could be certainly assumed, the situation the the last hope of Republican success th Wasldngttm Jlmcsc