Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1900 — Page 7

SUPPLEMENT TO The Rensselaer Republican, RENSSELAER, IND.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1900.

Nail It Fast Forever.

THE "IDLE" SOLDIERS.

From the Baltimore American. (“This country has a hundred thousand toldiers walking around in idleness.”— W. J. Bryan.) Walking around in idleness. Wherever the flag's assailed; Meeting the foe with an idle might That never yet has failed. Lawton, and Liscum, and Logan, too— Capron—the list is long— Went to their death in “idleness,” And their “idleness” was wrong. Grant and Sherman and Sheridan-^ Why should we call the roll? They idled away in the idle fight— In fights that tried the soul. “Walking around in idleness”— Braving the leaden hail; What of the glow of a nation’s pride? Is that but an idle rale? “Walking around in idleness.” Over the Pekin road; Scorched and worn by the galling sun, Lugging an idle load. Fighting with idle energy. Cheering with idle breath— Thinking, with idle love, of home, And dying an idle death. Private Smith, with an idle groan, Gone to a home above; And idle tears mark the idle woe And the idle mother’s love. “Walking around in idleness”— Lawton and Liseum, too: legions more will come idly when There are idle deeds to do.

SOME DEMOCRATIC TRUSTS.

(From the Chicago Inter Ocean.) Merely to expose the sham of Mr. Bryan’s present anti-trust campaign, we cite below a few of the trusts—-only those with $lO,000,000 or more capitalization — organized before Mr. McKinley’s inauguration, and protected and nurtured by the Democracy between March 4, 1893, and March 4, 1897: Shares When and formed, bonds. Am. Sugar Co 1887 $37,936,000 Con. Icr-eo 1895 11,255,000 National Salt C0...1889 12,000,000 Nat. Starch Co 1890 11.605,900 Sperry Flour Co. (Cal.) 1892 10,000,000 Chi. Beef Combine.lßßs Unknown Am. Spirits Cd 1887 36,935,300 Cal. Winemak’s C 0.1894 10.000,000 Chi. Brew. & Malt. Co 1891 22,080.000 Mil. & Chi. Brew. Co 1894 25,050,000 Am. Tobacco .... 1890 51,080,000 Nat. Wall Pap. <'0,.1879 35,431,500 Standard Itope C0..1596 22,412.000 U. S. Leather C0...1893 130,388,000 U. S. Rubber Co. . . .1892 52,191,000 Am. Sob'! Fur. C0..1892 11.500,000 Central Lumber Co. (Cal.! 1896 70.000.000 Am. Win. Glass Co.. 1890 30.000,000 Pgh. Plate-Glass C 0.1891 10.090.000 Am. Cotton Oil Co.. 1883 33,593,700 Am. Llns'd Oil C0..1887 28,500.000 Agr. Chem. Co 1890 50,000,000 Stand. Oil Co 1872 97,250,000 Fuel & Iron Co. (Coi.) 1592 20,857,000 Coal, Iron & R. R. Co. (Tenn.) 1887 30,000,000 Lake Superior Con. Iron Mines 1893 28,722.000 Am. (Sewing) Mach. Co 1895 10.000,000 Union Xvpewriter Co 1893 18,015,000 Am. Elec. Heat. Co. 1893 10.000,000 Elec. Stor. Bat. Co. .ISSs 18.450,000 (Jen. Electric C 0.... 1892 26,543,000 West. Electric C0...1891 16,483.950 Abac. Copper C 0,.. .1891 30,000,000 National Lead C 0... 1891 29.822.003 Brooklyn Wharf A Warehouse Co 1895 30,000,000 West. Elev. Assn... 1887 15,000,000 Diamond Match C0..1889 11,000.000 Aggregate capitalization $1,093,881,353 Here are thirty-seven great corporations price-fixing combinations or trusts—-with aggregate capital of more than $1,000,000,000, all of which lived, prospered and waxed fat—unopposed and unassailed—during one to eight years of Democratic rule. l’et Mr. By an has the impudence to tell the American people that trusts are fostered by the Republican party and fought to the death by the Democracy.

Didn't Keep McKinley Huttons.

' Up in Wisconsin the other day a tray , * elinf salesman walked into a little newspaper store at Janesville. While get- ■ ting his paper he looked around him and 1 noticed a large number of Bryan buttons • tor sale, but no McKinley buttons. •' He asked the storekeeper if he did not keep McKinley buttons for sale, and was told • "No, 1 don't keep 'em, I sell ’em. Ihey sell as soon as 1 get ’em. I stocked up at first with the same number of both, bitjt have replenished my stock of McKipley buttons four times now, while all these Bryan buttons you see here are the first lot T bough 1 . There are no Bry-

A CENTURY’S GROWTH OF THE COUNTRY.

History of National Expansion from Jefferson’s Time. The Life of the Nation, Like That of an Individual, Depends Upon its Ability to Develop and Grow. An intelligent youth, fifteen years old, who reads the daily papers, said to his father, who is a student of politics: “Father, what is the meaning of ‘imperialism’ as used in the Democratic platforms and by Democratic speakers, particularly Mr. Bryan; and what do you mean by expansion?” The father answered: “My boy, ‘imperialism.’ correctly defined, means ‘pertaining to an empire.’ The use of it, as they intend it to apply by the party you speak of. is pure demagogy—a clapeffort to catch votes in the coming election. These men have erected an air castle and are pelting it with words. But few of the men of brains who use this term, as applied to the conditions in this country, believe it to be true or correct. They have, a mistaken idea that they can scare tbe American people by proclaiming against a bugaboo of their own creation. In this they are mistaken. The American voter is quick to detect humbug and is not easily scared even at the threat of real evils. It is possible that some of those men really believe what they say on this subject. If they do, they are in the unfortunate position of those of whom it is said, ‘they believe a lie to be damned,’ for these men will be politically damned at the election in November. Outside of these parties there are some declaring against ‘imperialism’ who are misled by diseased imaginations and who, while being honest, are simply foolish.” “Well, father, what do you mean by ‘expansion?’ ” “I use the word iu its ordinary sense, my boy, which is the ‘enlargement of surface.’ ” “Yes, 1 understand that, but this is a political term as used now. Does it mean the ‘enlargement of the surface’ of the country ?” “Certainly, and'but for expansion this country would have been very small indeed.”' “When did it begin to expand? Who was the first expansionist?” "Look at the map of the United States and you will see that the colonies of Great Britain which revolted in 1770 were Massachusetts, which ‘included Maine; New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, which with New Hampshire included Vermont; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, which included Kentucky, North Carolina, which claimed Tennessee; South Carolina and Georgia. All these colonies, with the outlying territories claimed by them, had only 482,361 square miles, with a population of about 3,000,000. Just before the Revolution George Washington, then a colonel of Virginia militia, was the first expansionist. He aided iu driving the French out of Fort Duquesne, where Pittsburg now stands; helped in annexing to Virginia all the territory which now comprises the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. There were no white inhabitants save a few French on the lakes and in Illinois. These States cover 283,361 square miles, about three-fifths of the area of the colonies. At the taking of the census of 1890, ten years ago, they had a population of 13,461,846 and wealth valued at $15,041,635,522. Washington’s expansion proved to be a very valuable one.” “Who was the next expansionist, and what did he do?” “Thomas Jefferson was the next. In April, 1803. he purchased the territory of Louisiana from France. Look at that large map. All the States and territories which you see west of the Mississippi

river to that irregular line which extends from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border, near the Pacific ocean, were included in this purchase. At the time the purchase was made it was declared valueless, and Jefferson was denounced as bitterly by the opposition at that time as McKinley is now—in fact, more bitterly. lu 1810. the first census after the purchase, the entire civilized population was 77,401. The area of this purchase was 974,873 square miles, more than double that of the original colonies, and comprised what is now the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, lowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas, part of Colorado, nearly all of Wyoming, nearly all of Montana, the Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma. In 1890 the population of these States was 12.053,898 and their wealth was $11.595,352.540, eleven billion five hundred and ninety-five million three hundred and fifty two thousand five hundred and forty dollars. These States in 1898 furnished over one-half the wheat and nearly one-lialf the corn crop of the country, and this year will do still better. They have nearly onethird of the total railway mileage and are great producers of cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Aud yet their productive capacity is in its infancy. When irrigation is established,' as it soon will be, the products of these States will be doubled or tripled. And there is one advantage of this purchase that can never be estimated in money, which is the control of the Mississippi river. Jefferson’s purchase has turned out to be a good one, notwithstanding the hitter opposition to its consummation.” (To be continued.)

Measure of Coin.

Money is measured by troy weight, \n which twenty-four grains make a pennyweight, twenty pennyweights one ounce and twelve ounces one pound. The silver dollar weighs 412% grains, and SI,OOO, as near as It can be expressed intelligently in print, weighs 71,014 pounds, or a fraction over sev-.enty-one and one-half pounds. In avoirdupois the same would weigh 58.928, or nearly fl/ty-nJne pounds.

PARDON ME, BUT

Pardon me, but- —- If you were going to rent your farm to a man; joa would feel surer of getting your money if that man had had some experience in farming, wouldn’t you? If you have a job, a steady job, and you knew there was going to be a change of managers of the business, factory or whatever concern it is that hires you, you. would feel safer if you knew that the incoming manager had had experience in managing your line of business, would you not? You’d feel more certain of his running the business successfully, wouldn’t you? You’d feel surer of holding your job, wouldn’t you? If you are hustling around for a job, you’d rather get one if you could, on a farm, in a factory or in a business that is run by an experienced manager, wouldn’t you? For you’d figure it that your job would be more likely to pan out, to be a steady one, wouldn’t you? And_; » When you take a ride on a railroad train, you wouldn’t feel particularly comfortable if just before the train was to start you saw a young dry goods clerk climb up into tbe engine cab and begin to yank the lever. Now would you? You wouldn’t want to be working at the mouth of a mine and know that a poet was running the hoisting engine, would yon? You’d be afraid of vour corpus, eh? Now, when it comes to politics, don’t you think ts man ought to try to show just as good sense in voting as he does in his trade or business? Bryan is long on wind, we can all agree on that; but Mack has got the engineer’s license. He’s been over the road. But Bryan claims he has an entirely new method, a method of his

A MISCHIEVOUS DONKEY.

RAILROAD ACTIVITY PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY.

t MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT. X Year. Miles. ♦ 1892 4,441 X 1895 1,650 ♦ 1899 4,500 ± 1900 *5,100 X * Estimated by Interstate ComX meree Commission. X NUMBER OF RAILROAD EMT PLOYES. X 1899 928,924 ♦ 1895 785,034 ♦ Republican increase 143.890 t THE WAGES PAID THEM. ♦ 1899 $522,967,896 X 1895 445,508,261 X Republican increase.. $77,459,035 X GROSS RECEIPTS OF RAIL- ♦ ROADS. X Year Amount. ♦ 1892 $1,169,036,840 X 1N94 1,066,943,358 X 1899 1,313,610,118 X Decrease of $102,093,482 between X 1N92 and 1894.

own, for running the government steam boiler. He's crazy to try his new method—and if she busts, she can bust. Mack maintains, though, that you can’t monkey with a steam engine. ’Twont do to let the water |get too low. aud you’ve got to shovel something besides air into the firebox. Bryan said in I89(i That jitst as sure as Mack got into the cab the boiler would explode, the road would become foreclosed at auction, the right of way given over to foreign nations and the inhabitants of the territory along the route would become paupers. But, Four years have passed away aud the old eugiue is still doing biz. They’ve lengthened out her boiler some aud hitched on several new coaches. The eagle still sits on the cowcatcher and has both eyes peeled for obstructions. There was a foreign critter got on the track ouce, but the eagle screeched and Mack, he . turned on fifty million dollars of extra steam. They didn’t hold any post-mor-tem because the foreigner was so cut up and scattered they couldn't find the remains. Because of the fact that the foreigner, however, did undertake to cross the track, there have been several important branches added to the road. JOHN LIVINGSTON WRFGHT.

Bryan's Election and Flock Owners.

Gooding Bros, of Idaho have seen a contract for sheep which is ..typical of the feeling among Western wool raisers. The contract calls for the payment of $85,000 for a band of sheep in case McKinley is elected and $50,000 in case Brynn is successful. McKinley’s election represents an Immediate difference of $35,000 to one flock owner.

BRYAN'S LITTLE BOY ASKS SOME QUESTIONS.

A Colloquy that Boded in Talk About the “Goblins.” Mr, Bryan, the handsome Democratic candidate, was on the Lincoln train today. A bright little boy, his son Georgie, sat by the candidate and was asking childish questions. “Papa,” he said, “what did the Hungarian miners out in Colorado mean when they shook flags marked 16 to 1 iu Roosevelt’s face?” "Why, my son,” said Bryan, as he beamed on liis boy with loving smile, “why, the miners meant that they wanted our money to be 16 to 1. That is, they wanted it so that 16 ounce? of silver would be one ounce of gold.” "But, papa, 16 ounces of our coined silver will buy one ounce of gold now, won’t it?” asked Georgie, opening his eyes wide. “Yes, my soh. Congress did a law making that ratio. Sixteen ounces of our coined silver will buy one ounce of coined gold now.” “Then, papa," said Georgie thoughtfully, “if gold and silver are now 16 to 1 by act of Congress. What more do they want? What do they keep yelling for ‘l6 to 1’ for?” “Well, my son,” said Bryan thoughtfully, “ ‘l6 to 1’ is all right for the farmer. mechanic and business man, but the miner wants more for his silver. He wants to sell his 16 ounces of uncoined silver, which is really worth in the mar-

Increase of $246,666,760 between 1894 and 1899. TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED ONE MILE. 1899 123,667,257,153 1895 85,227,515,891 Republican increase. 38,439;742,262 NET EARNINGS OF RAILROADS. 1899 $456,641,119 1895 349,651,047 Republican increase. . $106,990,072 Gain in number of employes, amount paid in wages, tonnage and earnings during McKinley’s administration over 1893: Gain of 143.899 in number 'of employes. Gain of $77,459,635 in wages. Gain of 263,002,412 in tons. Gain of $238,238,656 in gross earnings. Gain of $106,990,072 in net earnings. Gain of 2,750 in miles built.

ket less than eight dollars, for sixteen dollars’ worth of gold.” "Why, papa, that would he paying a fifty per cent bonus on silver, wouldn’t it? It would be buying it at twice its value. It would be just like the government buying all the hogs and corn and cotton at twice their market value, wouldn’t it? That would he nice for the farmer, papa, but the miners wouldn’t, be in it. would they?” “Georgie, hush,” interrupted the boy’s father. "But, papa, I will hush in a minute, but say, if the government should buy all the miners’ silver at twice its market value the fanper and the mechanic wouldn’t be in it, would they, and——” “Hush, Georgie, don’t talk so much. You don’t understand that we are using the ‘Hi to 1’ to fool the miners until after election.” "Oh! I see, papa,” said Georgie; “if we should give an.ounce of gold, worth sixteen dollars all over the world, for sixteen ounces of silver only worth eight dollars, we’d have to buy all the silver in the world —billions of dollars and ” “Hush, Georgie! hush!” interrupted his father. “And, bye and bye. papa." said Georgie. “the rest #f the world would have all our valuable gold and we would have their cheap silver worth 50 cents on the dollar. I see. papa, it’s ail a joke. It’s what they call the ’bogie.' It’s like plutocracy and Caesnrism and imperialism. rt’s a scarecrow and ”, “Georgie,” said the loving father, “you must hush. r J#»ey will overhear you.” Then the fond father put his arms around Georgie and gave him a big banana to eat. v “Eat it, Georgie,” said the bogle candidate. winking one eye, “or the goblins will get you.” ELY PERKINS.

SIMON GREY'S FAMILY.

BY ALMA L. PARKER,

CHAPTER VI. —(Continued.) “Cynthia, you are not the loyal Populist that you used to be, I’m sorry to say. You seem to think that everything grand and good comes from McKinley. You seem to have the impression that he was the hero of Manila, but I tell you that man's name is Dewey. Now, Dewey, no doubt, is a great man. I’d just like to know what his politics is. I’ll bet he's Populist.” “Well, I suppose that “when Schley or Sampson sink that other fleet we’ll have another hero.” “Yes, if they ever do, but they haven’t found theAf yet. «.They don’t seem to be in any hurry about it, either. They’re drawing big pay, and they’re not anxious to And the fleet very quick. I haven't any faith in them or McKinley, either, but George Dewey is all right so far as I know.” Political Simon got very impatient, and spent most of the time fault-find-ing.

CHAPTER VII. Vinuie Grey’s Remarkable Speech. Another autumn arrived. The Span-ish-American war had ended. Cervera’s fleet had been slink in almost as miraculous a manner as the Asiatic fleet had been. We were now a bigger nation than ever before, for the war had extended our dominions, by Spain ceding to us Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Also the Cubans had been given their freedom. We also had avenged the Maine! What a blessing it had been to those islands to exchange Spanish rule for American! Simon was glad we had been at war, because, he said, it had made better prices for farmers’ products. He had never accumulated money faster than since McKinley’s election. The reasons he gave for good times were the scarcity of farmers’ products and the late war. Instead of going to the poorhouse they enjoyed luxuries in their own remodeled home. Boonsville had just given Glen Harrington and the other Soldier boys, just returned from Cuba, a reception. Vinnie’s term as Superintendent of Schools was almost over and the Greys wondered if the Populist convention would renominate her. It seemed evident that they would, for she had given perfect satisfaction. ****** It was time for the convention, and Simon was once more a delegate. He was as enthusiastic as ever, and eager to know whether Vinnle would be renominated or not. Vinnie herself was interested and determined to attend the convention. It had been whispered to her that she would again receive the nomination, and for this reason she wished to be present. She had no desire to have her name printed on another Populist ticket. Vinnie viewed the convention of Populist delegates with keen interest. It seemed to her that they were lacking in the Qld-time enthusiasm. Was it possible that they, like herself, were beginning to realize that Republican times were not so bad after all, and were not anxious for a change? The chairman called the meeting to order, and after the necessary introductory business liad been attended to. they proceeded with the nomination of the several candidates. Finally the chairman anuonneed that a nomination for County Superintendent was in order. "Will some one make a nomination for Superintendent?" the chairman said.

A man from the Boonsville delegation arose. "I believe,” he said, "that it is the will of tills convention to give our present Superintendent tlie nomination agaiu. 1 make a motion that we give Miss Vimnie Grey the nomination for County Superintendent.” And then the crowd yelled. The motion soon was secouded. “Any one else wish to make a nomination for this office?” said the chairman; hut the crowd was silent. “Then 1 suppose It is the will of this convention to choose Miss Grey unanimously by acclamation. Will some one kindly make a motion to riiui effect?” Instantly Yinnle had arisen in the rear of the room and said in a clear voice; “Mr. Chairman.”' • . '‘Miss Grey," said the ehalrmtfh. "The gentlpmeu of tills convention have been very kind to me. I thank them very much, hut 1 cannot accept the nomination.” declaration was a surprise to all. aud was followetl by a laugh. “She's Just gasluV’ said one. "Wants to be coaxed,” said another. •Nominate her anyway." said a third. “What's the reason you won’t ttccept It?" said a fourth. "Order!" shouted the chairman, hut his voice seemed to he unheard. To pacify them Vlnnle rose again. “Miss Grey,” said the chairman. "Mr. Chairman, the gentlemen of this convention seem anxious to kuow the reason why I will not accep.t the nomination. May l have the privilege of telling t hem V”

A Story of Country Life.

GUIDE ROCK, NEB.

The chairman, seeing that everyone, was eager to hear what she wished to say, gave her that privilege. Vinnie’s remarkable speech was as follows:' “To begin with, gentlemen, I have lost all faith in the Populist party. It has ceased to be a party of reform, if it ever was one. Ido not wish to criticise the gentlemen of this convention, but I mean .the Populist party as a whole. It is almost entirely composed of fault-finders, men who are never satisfied \vith anything. You know aa well as I do that we are having good times, yet how many men in the Populist party are willing to acknowledge it? If you find one, ten chances to one lie will say it is because of ‘supply and demand,’ or the late war, or something else; the Government has nothing to do with it. Now, suppose this is true. Just trace that same man back to a few short years ago, before our last presidential election. He would then -have told you that ‘supply and demand' had nothing to do with the regulation of prices, and that nothing could bring good times with gold for our standard money. You know as well as I do how they told us that the rich would get richer and the poor poorer; that we would all be slaves if McKinley was elected. Now we know that was not the truth, for no man is more independent to-day than the farmer. • "The laboring man has no excuse for being idle now. There is plenty of work and good pay. Factories by the hundred have opened, giving men employment. They earn plenty of monej, and can now afford to biiy the farmers' beef and pork. Ah, yes, it. is supply and demand, but there wouldn’t be such a demand were it not fouour new protection law enacted by our Republican Congress, Those men who traveled over this country, persuading men to join their so-called reform party, were false prophets. Would you continue to believe them? You had better trust the sure captain, who never lost a ship. When this People’s Independent party started as a party of reform we were all anxious to join it We were honest enough to wish to be on the side of reform, but, all, gentlemen, time has proven that we don’t need free silver. "Free silver will soon cease to be your hobby, for we all now know that we don’t need that. They can’t deceive us that way any more. 1 hope the gentlemen here assembled will reason in your minds that the man who deceived you once may deceive you again. Many of those who voted for free silver didn’t know what free silver meant, and, believing that these Populist speakers and papers toid them, thought it. was their only salvation. They have been very pleasantly saved without it, and ought to know hetter now.

“Suppose a foreigner caine to this country and he didn’t understand the English language, and some people told him that he was a slave; that he’d never get rich until a cyclone struck him. "Why, if he believed what they told him, he’d probably pray uigbt and day for a cyclone to come. If he was wise, he’d first find out what a cyclone meant, then he might come to a different conclusion: but if he made no study of the subject, no investigation, of course he would never understand until a cyclone did strike him; then he would learn to his sorrow what it meant, and he would curse the men who deceived him. • ' “Now, these men who deceived us by saying we couldn't have good times without free silver, were false prophets. Let’s not believe them any longer, but change our politics. Let’s treat those gentlemen right who have brought good times to our door, and who have saved our country’s honor in time of war. “You, gentlemeu, who are favored with the power to vote, I beg of you to vote sensibly. There b» no one more contemptible than the hypocrite. If you believe one way and vote another Vou are committing a sin before God. I beg of vou to reason for yourselves and theu vote as you conscientiously believe to be right, no matter what others may think. Some people if they find they are wrong, won’t acknowledge it, but a truly honest, upright or Christian man Is glad to confess his mistake. ••We should not be foolish like the old woman, that owued a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Her neighbors told her to kill the goose and she would find It full of golden eggs. Now this old womnu was prospering, but she wasn’t satisfied, so slip did as they advised her. She killed the goose, but to her sorrow there were no golden eggs to be found: so she didn't even have the goose left, because of her foolish greed. “Let us not do as she did. but let us be satisfied with the good times we now have. “You all know now why I will not accept the nomination so kindly offered me. I thank yon,” she said as she resumed her seat. (To lie continued.)