Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1900 — YOU GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASKED FOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

YOU GOT EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASKED FOR.

(From the Colorado Springs Gazette.) 1 To the People of the United States, Greeting: Four years ago— —„ - iL—rrr-rrr. You demanded work for your idle sons. You got it. You never had so many people employed as now. You wanted your idle capital to be employed. You got it. You wanted to see the army of tramps mustered out. They are gone. You wanted your soup houses closed. They are closed. You wanted to get rid of the receivers of your railways and banks. They are gone. You wanted to see the smoke coming from the stacks of your smelters, mills and factories. It came. Many have since been kicking about the smoke nuisance. You wanted the savings bank deposits to increase. Never so large in your history as at present. You wanted to see interest rates decrease that year people could borrow more cheaply wherewith to develop your resources. You dot it. Interest has never been so low as now. You demanded more money. The circulation must be increased per capita. You got it. Got it so suddenly it almost dazzled you. You demanded that one dollar be just as good as another. You got it. That is the kind we have now. and you can get all the silver or paper you want at any bank. , You demanded the markets of the world for your surplus products and goods. You got it. Got it so suddenly it almost dazzled you. You wanted us t.o stop borrowing money in Europe. We stopped it. and* Europe is now borrowing money from us. Yoh wanted the government to collect every dollar of the Pacific railroad debt, instead of a PORTION, as Mr. Cleveland proposed. Mr. McKinley made iliem pay every cent, principal and interest. You wanted Cuba liberated. It was done. You wanted the rights of our people maintained at home and abroad. It lias been done. What vott really wanted the worst was what Mr. McKinley promised: • AN HONEST DOLLAR AND A CHANCE TO EARN IT.” You got both. Not from the Bryanites, but it was none the less acceptable to the man behind the dinner bucket. If you want more things of this sort you can get them from the same source. Yours devotedly, AMMI PETTIGREW.

THE FANGS AND THE TAIL.