Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1900 — SHOUP. [ARTICLE]

SHOUP.

MOUNTAIN STATES TURN TO M’KIHLEY. Prosperity the Cause of the Welcome Change. No One Fears “Imperialism,” While All , Are Proud of the Records Made by the Army and Navy. (By George L. Shoup, United States Senator from Idaho.) There are many reasons which impel the voters of the mountain States to support the nominees and the policy of the Republican Party this fall. One word more than any other explains the position of our people in this support and that word is confidence. The record of the Republican party is a record of fulfilled promises. The first act of the party after its return to power was the enactment of the Dingley tariff law, which again placed us on a protection basis. Take for example the benefits which have accrued to my own State, Idaho. Among our principal industries are mining, cattle and sheep growing and farming. The great lead mines of the State are working every man possible at wages of $3.50 per day of eight hours. During the three years of President McKinley’s administration the value of the lead produced in the State was $14,114,005, while during the last three years of President Cleveland’s administration the total value was only $7,800,151. Our sheep have advanced in price from $1.15 to $2.50 per head, a gain to the people of the State of over three million dollars in the value of the sheep alone. In the year 1896 the wool clip of Idaho was valued at $442,685, while for the year 1900 it is estimated that it will bring to the wool growers of the State $2,326.000. A very conservative estimate of the number of cattle in the State is 500,000. They have increased in value on an average of sls per head, making the* cattlemen at least seven and one-half million dollars richer than they were three years ago. The increase in the price of horses of $lO per head has also added between one and two million dollars to fbe wealth of the State. The voters of this State and of the other mountain Stales are not blind to these facts, and on election day they will give earnest evidence of their confidence in the party whose policy has so enriched and prospered them. We of the West are proud of the achievements of our army and navy in the war with Spain. The patriotic position of the Republican party in declaring for the retention of the territory so gallantly won from Spain appeals to our people. They do not fear "imperialism," for we have never met an American who was an imperialist. I am in receipt of letters from many men who have never voted anything but a Democratic ticket, but who will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt on this issue alone. You can count on the electoral vote of Washington. Oregon. Idaho. Utah, Wyoming and .perhaps Montana and Colorado for McKinley and prosperity. GEO. L. SHOUP. Boise. Idaho. Sept. 23. 1900. ,