Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 September 1900 — Page 5

DANGERS OF IMPERIALISM

Extract P*om Gcorjse WnnkiigtvB'a Farewell Addreaa, 1706. Avoid the necessity of these overgrown military establishments which under any form of government are Inauspicious to liberty aud which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty? The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little connection ns possible. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore; it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties In the ordinary vicissitudes of her polities or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendship or enmities. Our detached aud distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, we may defy material Injury from external annoyance. Why forego the advantages of so iR'culiaf a situation? Why entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, iuterest. humor or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. ^ It gives to ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens facilities to betray or * sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes ^ even with popularity, gilding with the appearance of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion or a laudable zeal for . public good the btfse or foolish compliances of amhition.'SpQrruption or infatuation.—George Washington. WALL STREET FEARFUL. Speculator* Nervous About the Reelection of McKinley. Trust stocks are depressed. Speculators are timid. And why? In the Wall street gossip of the Chicago Tribune the explanation is made that it is due to uncertainty. “It must be admitted," The Tribune's Wall street correspondent writes, "that politics is regarded with more seriousness by Wall street .than Wall street Is willing to confess. However coniideut speculators may be of a continuance of the political party in power they are not willing to take risks on their judgment, had thus the apathy -(in trust stocks) that lias prevailed during the last fortnight.” I In other words, while the Wall street 1 spectators are confident that McKinley will lie re-elected and the trusts continue unmolested their confidence in his election is not of such a character they are. willing to risk their money on it by investing in trust stocks. It also is an admission on the part of Wall street t^:at it does not doubt Mr. Bryan's sincerity in antagonizing the trusts. •To recapitulate: Wall street is eonlident that Mr. McKinley, if re-elected, will not molest the trusts; it is just as coniideut that if elected Mr. Bryan will enforce the existing antitrust law and do ail within liis power to secure additional legislation to repair the defects of tiic present statute, and. the wish being father to the thought, it thinks McKinley will he re-elected, but it does not think so hard enough to risk any .money iii trust stocks. WhiAi indicates that both McKinley and the trusts will go.—Milwaukee News.

J 'ARING THE LIMIT WhKtffiorerninpnl by Injunction la A federal judge in Arkansas has grnyely admonished some street ear strikers at Little Itoek that the use of the term "scab” as applied to nonunion employees of a receiver is perilously near to contempt of court and must be stopped. What next in the growth of this fungus called “government by injunction*'" If it progresses much further in Ibis.direction, we shall not improbably rend in the future of injunctions prohibiting the use of such epithets as “goldbug” and “plutocrat.” These disrespectful terms are exceedingly offensive to those advocates of government by injunction and other plutocratic pleasantries who see uo impropriety in calling their adversaries “ Popuera ts.” ,'d‘opulist s,” “uiobocra Is,” "repudiators.” “cranks,” “demagogues,” “anarchists” and so on, and whose pie- * torial pripts picture farmers as fools, and organized workingmen as pluguglies.—Chicago Public. When a political party declares Its opposition to trusts and yet receives the solid support of the trust element not only in votes, but in financial aid. one of two things is true, either the trust element is self sacrificing or the political party is dealing in gold bricks. And when that party nominates a trust man on its antitrust platform the whole affair becomes as ludicrous as a poorly written comedy.—Indianapolis Sentinel. Would Vindicate Stealing;. It is said that the president lias given out orders that there must be no real Investigation of the Cuban scandals until after election. Should the president be re-eleeted that would be a vindication of Neely and ids associates, and they would be statesmen instead of thieves.—Bloomington (Ills.) Bulletin. W Neely, late of t»»e Havana postofCet*. pleads “lint guilty” that hurt* us. it is the fact that the American people must plead “fbsHty” to the charge of i-nvlr - vn it po.odble for such a man ...: <;;» :iu pit a <;f “Innocence.” Mi* __.t. . ' V .. Lending t'p To. Hypocrisy. It Is not Hu* fact that Mr. Charles F. Keely’s Innocence

BUNCOMBE POLITICS. Republican Attempt to Shelve the Trust Issue. ,

CONDEMNED BY G. 0. P. OBGAHS. The Amendment- Proposed Would Place All Private Business In the Power ot Congress nnd Wipe Oat State Right* — Cheap Campatfftt Trick to 4‘Pnt Democrats la a Hole.** The absolute dishonesty of the Republican action in presenting ami supporting an illegal antitrust amendment to the constitution in the closing hours of congress is so tlagrant as to call forth condemnation even from Republican sources, says the Atlanta Constitution. It is the cheapest kind of political buncombe and nothing else. The New York Sun, a dyed in the wool Republican organ, Is not sparing In the severity of its criticism of the Republican house leaders. The Sun declares that this Is “the most dishonest ami therefore the most discreditable piece of work achieved during the present session by the leaders of Republican policy in the house” and adds that “the dishonesty of the performance lies in the fact that there was no expectation on the part of the author of tills resolution or of the Republicans on the judiciary committee who favorably reported it or of the Republicans of the house who were willing to vote for it that the proposed sixteenth amendment will ever amount to more tluin a campaign trick of the cheapest and unworthiest description.” “Buncombe politics,” says The Sun, and adds: “It is deserving of the contempt of all citizens who value a great party’s reputation for sincerity of purpose or hold that good faith is a matter of consequence in the individuals intrusted with the responsibilities of political leadership. With cynical indifference to every consideration except the desire to ‘put the Democrats in a hole’ ou the trust issue this farce has been allowed to proceed to the point which it reached in the house yesterday. It is a mere trick for temporary advantage on the eve of the national conventions.” With regard to the amendment itself Tlie Sun says: “Its revolutionary character, the sweeping change it would effect in the entire system of our institutions, the bestowal upon congress of an unlimited and arbitrary power over all private business in all the states and without regard to state lines or state rights, need not ^e)i be discussed. There is no more prospect of its adoption by a two-thirds vote of both house and' senate and of its ratification by the legislatures of three-fourths of the 45 states than there is of the adoption of a constitutional amendment vesting in the federal government the direct management of all the myriad industries of this land.”

On the same line the' W ashmgton Tost, in congratulating the~Democrats upon coining out squarely against the amendment, says: “Mr. Hay’s proposition is obviously impracticable and. as many believe, was intended to be so. By supporting it the Democrats would have deliberately connived at a virtually permanent retirement of the trust issuewithdrawn it from the campaign—and thereby robbed their party of one of its most powerful engines of war. They express their utter disbelief in the sincerity of any representative Republic-* an effort to curtail the power of the trusts. It would have been..therefore, suicidal on their part to commit themselves to an arrangement most palpably calculated to serve the alleged purposes of their antagonists.” While at first blush it might seem good politics for individual congressmen to vote for any measure whose professed aim is the restriction of these trust combinations, it is very evident that the Democrats could not support this particular proposition without stultifying themselves in every respect. They knew that this proposition was brought forward solely for the purpose of partisan advantage and that if the Republicans thought such an amendment would injure the trusts lu any way they would not be supporting it, therefore both from the standpoint of principles and of party politics they are right in opposing the adoption of the amendment. The Right to Rob. The trusts possess some curious ideas coneern»ng-“r4ghts." An Indiana law requiring factories to pay their employees weekly has just been declared constitutional. The tin plate, shovel and plate glass trusts resisted this law on the ground that the state had no right to legislate against their “rights.” The “rights" they meant were the “rights” to pa'y when they got ready and such wages as they deemed right.—National Democrat. Plagae Take It I With the bubonic plagueiin San Francisco. the black vomit in Rio Janeiro, tariff in Pprto Rico, the Neely scandal in Cuba, contract labor in Hawaii, bribery and corruption in the Philippines. shiploads of Japanese coolies on their way*, trusts, monopolies, a multitude of strikes and other evils too numerous -to mention the people of the UniU-ik States etaud in great need of a change of doctors.—National Democrat. The Flag: In Danger. If the McKinley officials keep on utilizing the shade of the flag to exploit their villainous schemes in our “outlying dependencies,” the probability is that the flag wilfhave to be hauled dowu to keep it from spoiling. =£5Sf

- '— -- ■ j — CONTRACT LABORERS.

Hordes of Japanese Coolies Belas Imported by the Trusts. It appears that the horde of Japanese contract laborers pouring? into the United States has attracted the attention of the government, which has information that about 50,000 are being thrown in by way of British Columbia. which is under the dominion of our friends the British. The government officials have a theory upon which they are working, and that theory is not based upon the injury to American labor, but is based upon almost certain facts that these orientals are being imported by one of the gigantic trusts. A rigid search of the country is being made to learn where these Japs are at work. Suspicion runs all the way from the Standard Oil company's miness in the Cceur d'Alene to Carnegie’s new steel trust, and the theory is that one of these big trusts will turn up with a full complement of Japanese laborers and cause prodigious scandal In the campaign, one that will do Incalculable harm to the Republican cause. The matter is serious enough to justify President Gompers in calling the attention of the public to It. He says, speaking of the Japanese: “They are coming into this country in droves. It is pretty near time something was done in this matter, as the first thing you know you will be overrun with cheap Japanese,, labor, which will supplant you as the Chinese attempted to do.” Things ore comipg to a pretty pass under the Republican regime of the trusts, and it may not be going too far to say that a continuance of the McKinley administration will leave very little for the American laborer except a miserable existence. THE ATTACK pN GERMANY. Continual Insult* Heaped on Our ^ Citizen* of German Blood. For a long time past the Republican administration has made it its business to Indulge in spiteful flings and threats atnhe German empire from the circulating of unfounded reports that Germany is continually importing arms Into Luzon and other islands in the Philippine archipelago to aid the insurgents in killing American troops to the Root and Lodge rodomontades over the danger of German aggression and conquest in South America. It looks very much as if our small statesmen, intoxicated with the imperialistic brew of their own fermentation, had in mind the idea that our American citizens of German descent need the same kind of lash to keep them in the ranks of the Republican party as that laid upon the bayks of the Irish people by Lord Salisbury to prevent them from becoming too boisterous in their demands for home rule. Perhaps there are very few GermanAmerieans who will submit to the continual insults heaped upon their blood relations, compatriots and friends, and ir may be that they will no longer permit the specter of silver to goad them into maintaining a further alliance wth the far worse and more pernicious methods and policies of the Republican party.—National Democrat.

Republican Frozen Truth. The good blue law Republicans of Connecticut have administered a righteous rebuke to their brethren In other states who have made pretense of opposing the trusts. The platform just adopted by the Republican convention of the little state is honest enough to say that the trusts are pretty good institutions. This is.the language: “So far as those great corporations strive to lessen the cost of production without lowering the standard of wages, to the end that they may successfully enter and command the markets of the world to the advantage of the American commoner and wage earner, they may be well endured.*] There is a good deal of verbiage to wade through in getting to the gist of that sentence. It means, however, that the trust is a good thing on general principles. The Connecticut Republicans deserve a oliromo for their exceptional honesty.— Los Angeles Herald. Labor Men Condemn McKinley. The conventions of the Western Federation of Miners and of the Western Labor union recently in session in Denver adopted resolutions strongly denouncing Governor Steuuenburg of Idaho for his action in the Coeur d’Alene trouble and urging the voters of the state to refuse to support him or any one who upholds him. The labor 'unions’ resolutions also denounce President McKinley, General Merriam and others who are held responsible for the hardships endured by the Idaho miners and demand that the president “either withdraw the troops from Shoshone county or cause the liberty of the citizens to be restored.” Doing What the Monk Did. Perhaps if there existed a higher conception of duty in Washington there would be a higher conception of honesty in Havana. Thompson and his confederates probably thought it was no worse to “borrow” government funds than—if the president’s friends ! will pardon the suggestion—to indorse notes for more money than you can possibly pay in a lifetime.—Chicago Chronicle. , Their Own Fanlt. There are so many officers returning from the Philippines with broken health after their arduous army labors that one wonders why they should go | to a foreign country in search of ill health when they can avoid ft by remaining at home. Worrying Bryan. The G. O. P. organs are fond of saying that Bryan Is being “worried.” The very statement is proof that he is not worried, for no man attempts to worry another man unless he himself is worrying.

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SEPTEMBER SUIT SALE r We have just received the las, shipment of Men's Fall and Winter Suits;, completing our Clotti ng Stockjor the coming sea* son. To surt the ball rolling we place on &le for the month of September two special values in Men's fine Suits. AU we ask is a personal inspection. Your judgment will tell vou that these suits are bargains beyond a doubt. HEEE THEY < Men's blue black heavy Cheviot Suits, four mutton sack, Italian (hA PA lined pockets, well stayed, a first class F* I! and Winter Suit, JO.QU worth $8.50, during September. Men’s black Clay Worsted Suits, absolutely .ill wool, straight or round cut sack, style perfect in nvjtke and good fitters, other stores get $10.00, our September price. Buying early gives you a better assortment to select from. We have a fine line of Men’s fancy Double Breast Vests made in a vgrietv of patterns at from $1.75 to #2.50 each. The newest, effects in Collars, Suspenders and Men’s Hosiery. -Give us a call. S\at CVo\\va\.$ « PETERSBURG, INDIANA. Sellers of the Famous Jane Hopkins’ Suits for Boys.

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Has moved into the new Osborne building,where it was located previous to the great fire, next door to Adans & Son’s drug store, with afbig, new, fresh stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Carpets, Oilcloth, etc. We will sell you goods cheaper than ever. We will beat any “bait” prices, not only on socks, shoestrings and O' * collar buttons, but on everything n our line. MAX BLITZER. Next door to Adams & Son’s drug store.