Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1902 — The Political por. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Political por.

Gen. R. A. Alger, ex-Secretary of War. has announced his willingness to be a candidate for the Senate, tn succeed James McMillan. The Tranamlssisslppi Commercial Congress, In session at St. Paul, adopted resolutions asking the President to oppose the growing power of the trusts. Attention is being directed to an overlooked plank in the Vermont Democratic ptatfoym favoring a law to enable a woman to vote on all questions pertaining to taxation of property of which they are the owners. In reply to Senator Allison's remark that a special session of tho Senate would be called, Senator Hanna said: “It does seem that In view of the promises made something should be done for Cuba, -but the logic of events is annexation.” The press of the country has commented generally on the declaration of W. J. Bryan in the Commoner that we have “a bloodthirsty President.” This criticism was based dn the President's recent West Point speech, in which he said: “A good soldier must not only be willing to fight; he must be anxious to fight” Evidences of serious friction in the management of the American Protective League became public when it was announced that Cornelius N. Bliss, former Secretary of the Interior in the McKinley cabinet, and one of the league's governors, bad resigned, it being understood that his resignation was caused by tho antagonistic attitude of the league toward the Cuban reciprocity policy of PreMdent Roosevelt.

Representative Eddy of Minnesota, speaking of the West’s desire for tariff revision, said: “Every Republican State convention west of the Alleghany mountains has declared for it, and every congressional candidate is pledged to it.” Ho said the Western idea of a protective tariff waa not that It should give protection to monopoly or any form of business we desire to discourage, but to all independent industries, to enable them to compete with similar ones In foreign countries, and when port tariff laws fail in these particulars they should be readfisted.