Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1904 — FROM BRYAN’S COMMONER. [ARTICLE]

FROM BRYAN’S COMMONER.

The gentlemen who complain that presidential campaigns unsettle business are finding difficulty in securing the proof this year. Republican leaders are explaining by saying that Mr. Roosevelt wrote those books long years before he ever entertained an idea of running forAhe presidency. Speaker Cannon’s touching reference to “Pilgrim’s Progress” seems to indicate that Uncle Joe has arrived at the “Slough of Despond” stage of the campaign. Of course Statistician Wright will not overlook the fact that on the day that dressed beef in Chicago went up 2 cents a pound the price of beer came down $2.50 a barrel. The outlook in Indiana and New York is such that Mr. Addicks grows more confident of being able to fix up a deal for Delaware with the managers of Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign. Of course those disgruntled Filipinos must understand tnat the expressed desire for peace has no connection with those who object to the g. o. p. policy, of imperialism. “From Lincoln to Roosevelt” Is the title of a pamphlet just Issued by the Republican national committee. The pamphlet is a short one, but the distance covered is immense, and down hill all the way.

It is reported that Mr. Cortelyou will succeed Mr. Payne as postmaster general. Mr. Cortelyou is much more successful as a successor than he w-as as a public official charged with the duty of investigating and prosecuting illegal trusts and combinations. The Topeka Herald says that “every strike settled before election is a blow to Democratic hopes of success. How about the packinghouse strike? The g. o. p. is welcome to all it can make out of that. Secretary Shaw couldn’t see a $41,000,000 deficit with a microscope, but he managed to see the little surplus of $6,000,000 with his naked eye at a distance of 1,800 miles. The g. o. p. optics always were in need of a firstclass oculist’s services. It is noticeable that the papers clamoring loudest for the policy of “teaching the people self-government” are also loudest in their support of the party whose policy is to let the trusts do all the governing in this country.