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How did he improve his op­ portunity? He complained that we were treat­ ing Porto Rico better than the Pltflip- pines, forgetting that the Porto Ricans are Bryan's pet example of "impe­ rialism" at its worst. He applied to the gentle Tagals a term used only of savages, when he asked: "What are you going to do with that horde of 10,- 000.000 Filipiuos? Will they be our neighbors, the same as the people of Kansas and Missouri? Every Repub­ lican would say with unanimous voice: •You are not going to bring them over here!' Then Alschuler insulted all Christian ministers and missionaries by declaring that they favored trust exploitation of the Philippines. "As my ministerial brother would say," he concluded. *Yea. they will keep reach­ ing out to monopolize the golden har­ vest beyond!' " This is a free country and Mr. Al­ schuler is at liberty to expound Mr. Bryan's jingle-headed Philippine pol­ icy as much as he pleases. But Mr. Alschuler is candidate for governor of .Illinois--not of Luzon--nominated on a platform denouncing "the corruption and extravagance of the Tanner ad­ ministration." Therefore, the people of Illinois expect from Mr. Alschuler the specifications in support of these charges rather than flights of rhetoric- oil the foreign policy of the United States. Did he furnish them at Col­ chester when he "surpassed all his previous speeches?" Did Mr. Alschuler give these speci­ fications? He did not. He was as dumb about Tanner's "extravagance" as he was about the sacred ratio. He maintained the same discreet silence about Tanner's "corruption" as he did about the glories of the Altgeld re­ gime. For the only Democratic ad­ ministration in Illinois for forty years he had no word of praise or defense. No wonder that the Democratic Chi­ cago Chronicle dismisses Alschuler's best effort with seventeen lines on the sporting page, and that the Bryanite Record gives his great thoughts but fourteen lines in its "Political Notes." Samuel Alschuler is an eloquent man, but, unlike his Peerless Leader, he is also an intelligent man. and his Intelligence tells him tliajt all tlje rhet­ oric at his command would not suffice to conceal the gulf that separates the present Republican administration from the last Democratic administra­ tion in this state. THE MEANING OF SILENCE. '*Sixteen to One" Not Eliminated from the Issue of Politics This Year. "Sixteen to one" is not eliminated from the issue of politics because of Mr. Bryan's silence concerning it in his Indianapolis speeches. The facts that cannot be eliminated are that Mr. Bry­ an. ambitious as he Is of achlevng the presidency, would not accept a nomina­ tion from the Democratic convention without an emphatic avowal of the su­ premacy of "the sixteen to one" dogmt. in the platform of that convention, and by his imperious command the opposi­ tion of the delegates of thirty-three states and territores was disregarded, and though the Democratic party in Indiana. Illinois, Michigan. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Tex­ as, the two Virginias, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Maryland. Lousiana, Ore­ gon, Georgia,* California, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Dakota. Louisi­ ana, Connecticut, Florida and the ter­ ritory of Alaska protested in the Dem­ ocratic national convention against a reaffirmation of the "sixteen to one" heresy, they were overruled and si­ lenced by the voice of Mr. Bryan. But between the day on which he was nominated by the Democrats and the day on which he was notified for­ mally of his nomination, Mr. Bryan had learned something. He had learned that if "sixteen to one" was made the prominent feature of his campaign the Republican majority of 1900 would be greater than that of 189H. So he en­ deavored to hide it under the verbosity of "Antl-Imperiallsm." It is absurd to suppose that Mr. Bryan is converted to monometallism. If elected he will do all he can to revolutionize our monetary system. How can he do It? Partly by th^ agency of the supreme court, which the Democratic platform of 1896, and that platform Is "reaffirmed" by that of 1900, declares to be an Institution that should be a mere reflex and enun- ciator of the opinions of the president. The members of this court, without ex­ ception. are old men. It is possible that a majority of them may die or resign within the n^xt four years. A supreme court composed of Bryan's nominees- would be a revolutionary body instead of a judicial assembly. It would be an institution created to do what the gentleman from Nebraska told It to do. and what he would tell It to do concernng ©ur currency is not difficult to Imagine. • _. Judge Hobllt for McKlnley. Judge James G. Hoblit of Lincoln, one of the most influential Democrats In Logan county, will this year vote for McKlnley and Yates. In an inter­ view he said: "I believe that the at­ titude of Mr. Bryan and his followers on the money question is full of peril to every interest in the country exeept that of silver mining, and I fear the civil service law would fare very ill at his hands. Mr. Bryan appears-to me to have more zeal than discretion and to be possessed of more isms' than solid attainments. In my view, we must choose the lesser of the two evils and vote for McKlnley. G McHenry County In Line. Fred G. Renich. editor of Das Volks- blatt, a German paper of Woodstock, says: "The Germans of McHenry county are in line for McKinley, Roosevelt and Yates, and they may be counted upon to a man. Never were our German farmers as prosperous as they are today and they ate content to let well enough alone." What to Do With Them, "Just before Montana became s dtate," said a citizen of Helena, "the Clark-Carter contest occurred, and most bitterly was it fought out. Any­ thing that could be turned or twisted into a campaign argument was sought out and brought to the front. Commis­ sioner Sparks, at that time head of the general land office, had made a ruling that thereafter no trees less than eight Inches in dianwter should be cut down for agricultural or mining purposes in territory belonging to the United States. "This ruling had aroused a storm of indignant protest in Montana and had straightway assumed a prominent place as one of the main issues in the Clark-Carter campaign. I was speak ing one night at Bozeman, and, as was natural, I attacked this ruling of the land commissioner and showed, at least to my own satisfaction, what In­ jury and Injustice It did to both farmer and miner, and so I worked up to what had always previously proved an ef­ fective peroration by asking the ques­ tion, 'What, my fellow citizens, can the farmer do with eight inch trees?' "The answer to this had previously Invariably been silence, but this time a shrill voice in the rear of the hall blurted out, 'Why. split 'em, of course, ye confounded fool!' and I sat down amid the ribald and derisive jeers of that vast audience."--New York Trib­ une. .. Adjourned hy Reporters. "Well, that bumps me!" said the colo­ nel. "I know that the cheek of those newspaper reporters is always In full flower, but I didn't know that they as­ sumed to legislate for the state." "All I know Is," asserted the judge again, "that two newspaper reporters once adjourned a session of the Illinois senate." "How'd they do it--choke the speak­ er with copy paper?" "No; they were very civilized about it. It was one day when everybody ex­ pected a dull session, and only two of us senators put In an appearance, counting Dave Littler, who was In the chair. " 'I want to get an Interview with Littler when this thing's over,' said one newspaper man. " 'So do I,' said the other. 'I move that we adjourn!' he shouted at Littler. " 'I second the motion,' said the first reporter. " 'It is moved and seconded • that we now adjourn.' said Littler solemnly. 'Those in favor will signify it in the usual manner.' " 'Aye!' shouted both of the report- ers. % " 'Carried!' said Littler."--Chicago In­ ter Ocean. ^ Speaker Reed's ftetoPt. Growing tired of his chair one after noon, Speaker Reed surrendered it to another member and sat down beside a western Democrat. "My, what a large hand you have!" remarked Mr. Reed, looking intently at the enormous paw of his Democratic friend, who was writing a letter. "Yes, sir," said the member, "and 1 am proud of it. I worked on a farm for so many years that my Jiands grew large, as you see them." The speaker held up his small and shapely right hand, smooth and white as a woman's, and said: "Well, I thank the Lord I hever worked on a farm." The member replied, "You are prob­ ably going to run for the presidency some time, Mr. Reed, and if you do I'll placard that statement all over the country. And what could you do about it?" The big fellow mused awhile and said: "Nothing--except to brand yon as an infernal liar!"--Success. A Frank Confeaalon. An old Ulster woman who had made money by selling whisky in a village on fair and market days was visited when she lay dying by a minister, to whom she spoke about her temporal as well as her spiritual affairs. "And so, Molly," said the minister, "you tell me you are worth all that money?" "Indeed, minister, ram," replied Mol­ ly. "And you tell me," continued the minister seriously, "that you made it by filling the noggin?" "Na, na, minister." exclaimed the dy­ ing woman; "I made maist of It by not flllin the noggin!" • J • Force on the Piano. * It has been calculated that a mini­ mum pressure of the finger of one- quarter of a pound is needed to sound a note on the piano and that at times a force of five pounds Is thrown on a single key to produce a single effect. Chopin's last study In C minor has a passage taking two minutes five sec­ onds to play that requires a total pres­ sure estimated at three full tons. Ia a Bad Fix. Gadzooks (in a restaurant)--Don't let us sit at that table. I gave the waiter a tip yesterday, and he will expect an­ other today. Zounds--Well, how about this table? Gadzooks--Won't do. I have never feed the waiter, and he would doubt­ less expect me to begin today.--New York Tribune. Hl*h Life. When a man who lives in a boarding house has gout, the landlady assumes an air of gceat importance.--Thiladel- phia Record. You can't make a girl with a new en­ gagement ring believe all men are alike, and after she has been married ten years you can't make her believe- they are not.--Chicago News. } *** 9, *** We never know what we can do un­ til we have failed to make somebody else do it for us.--Indianapolis Journal. PROSPERITY_AT STERLING What R'tpuhlican Times Have ilone for Industrie* in That City. Thv Sterling Standard has taken the trouble to interview the' head of every manufacturing industry in the cities® of Sterling and Rock Falls, with a view to finding out how and In what way the change of administration four years ago affected them and whether or not a change this fall would be ad­ visable. Among the men interviewed, who preside over big manufacturing concerns, were E. LeRoy Gait, George M. Robinson, W. M. Dillon, Isaac Brimmer, Hon. Thomas A. Gait, E. H. Reynolds, Charles Presbey, George Becker, A. Z. Harshman, Jo­ seph Schmitz, W. N. Harrison, L. D. Wyun, John Ilutton, Moses Dillon, John pirschberg, Henry Brelding, John R. Johnson, Peter France, J. A. Brubaker, John Peck, C. H. Ives, John Ilarphan, Frank Cochran, H. J. Bressler, E. Bauder, E. Limon<l, JIli­ ber Bros.. J. B. Gilbert, F. R. Taylor, E. F. Lawrence, L. C. Havward, E. J. Cook, F. W. Ulrich and R. K. Swift. In "every factory, whether under Dem­ ocratic or Republican management, there was a bustle and activity which was astonishing and the managers all had the same story to tell of the past lour years, prosperity-, orders doubled • nd trebled, more men employed, wages increased and-behind with or­ ders. Everywhere the workingmen seemed contented and happy. Several of them in talking to The Standard reporter said: "We have all the work we can do. We are getting good wages and part of the timfe are working over time. Eight years ago we voted for a change and we get it. For four years we worked half time and at scarcely living wages. We do not lay the blame on our bosses, for there was no de­ mand for their goods, while collections were poor and slow. The fact re­ mains, however, that we got the change and when at the end of four years we were given a change to go back to the old rule, we did so. Yes. we got the change, but you riiay be assured that we do not care for anoth­ er one like It." ALL REC0RDSARE BROKEN. Illinois Steel Employes Receive the.Hlgh- < *i Amount Ever Paid. In the last paj'-roll of the Illinois Steel company, at South Chicago, could be found an object lesson in prosperity as significant to the Ameri­ can workingman as dollar wheat is to the American farmer. All day files of employes passed through the offices of the works and when the last ac­ counts were checked up the largest pay-roll in the history of the conipan;-- had been distributed to Its t»,000 work­ ingmen. The amount disbursed was $218,000, which constituted a two weeks* wa>e. This sum, howver, is said by the officials of the company uot to exceed greatly the average pay­ roll that has been maintained through­ out the year. Comparing the picture at the works now with one presented four years ago the figures given be­ come filled with significance. Almost four years ago to a day less than half the uuinber of workingmen were giv­ en employment. A part of the plant was closed down and employment was uneertaiu. At that time the best daily wage paid to experienced work men was $1.20. Today not a laborer from the humblest furnace man to the expert mechanic draws less than $1.50 a d«y for his labor. These figures, however, jdo not reveal the Increase in wages that have been made throughout the different grades of workmen, but computed upon the low­ est basis a raise of more than 25 per cent . Is shown. Three times the Il­ linois Steel company In recent months has given Its employes a raise in their wages, until today the entire force of laborers receive the highest pay It has ever received In the history- of the company. In addition the company Is now planning extensive and costly ad­ ditions and improvements which will give greater facilities and increase the pay-rolls. The company Is looking for­ ward to a busy season. They See the Difference. The Democratic farmers are begin­ ning to see that it is to their (uteres! to support McKlnley. A sample case is that of Frederick B. Cannerford of Pana. In a recent conversation he de­ nounced Democracy and Its leaders. He says that he has made more money in the last four years than he ever did. He has never before supported a Re publican ticket, but this year proposes to vote for McKlnley. Roosevelt and Yates. Albert and Fred Weber, two successful farmers of the same neigh­ borhood, mak& the same declaration and say there are hundreds of farmers in that vicinity, who formerly support­ ed Bryan, who will now be for McKin­ ley. They are perceiving that the Re­ publican party Is extending their mar­ kets, while the Democratic party Is trying to Contract them. Bryan's Old Instructor. Professor S. S. Hamill. of Jackson­ ville many years ago. has renounced Democracy and come out for McKin­ ley and the Republican ticket. He it was who instructed William Jennings Bryan in gesticulation and inflection while the latter was a student at the Jacksonville college many years ago. He has always been s warm friend and admirer of Bryan, but recently informed him he would vote for Mc­ Klnley. , - ~ Republican Women to Meet. A meeting of the Woman's Repub­ lican state committee of Illinois will be held in the Marquette club rooms, J 14, Great Northern hotel, Chicago. Monday. Aug. 27, for the purpose of placing the committee in active opera­ tion and to receive reports from con­ gressional districts as to work per­ formed and projected. Was Easily Forgotten. The crime of '73 stands without a parallel In the history of the universe. It took the Democratic party twenty years to discover it, and precisely twenty minutes (at the proper time) to forget it. ' . General Wheeler Sound. General Joseph Wheeler says: "We are now a great world power and tho destiny of the human race is in the future to be largely guided by the in­ fluence exerted by this government." ' Not a Democrat In R The Loda Times has found the ban­ ner Republican district in the state. It is the Swick school district in Loda township, there being not a pemocrat In tke district. i Clothing! '• ' "•-! . We have mentioned clothitigf to yott be- f fore in these c6luinns, and you can rest assured that you can find the best as- f sortment herei It certainly is to our 1 *' v*' *%'" s advantage to name you prices right. :j • Hot Weather Suits from $3.00 up. H ' 'I'lfifii* - njiir. itiim Hurt 01,-^r > il'i, i Jl|M V ° \ ^ j > Should you want*a new pair of Shoes | we ^ r* ,.S jj West McHenry, III, pOHN J. MILLER § I 1 • * 'M I ( the market you can find it here ! t WHAT? ^ ' , fj Wit '4$ ' :«&3pijr Everything in the line of fresh Vegetables and Fruit. Our stock of Staple and Fancy Grocef* ies is always complete and fresh. > We Sell Strictly for Cas r ' *1 ' & • an The CYCLONE GROCERY • West McHenry Long distance telephone 303 Citizens' telephone & Illinois (Ceremonial Chop Extra Choicest Japan Cea Cry it! ?v, 1 Put up in % pound Packages ^ < GILBERT, BROS. McHenry, Illinois ^ , • We guarantee to duplicate Chica­ go's lowest prices for the same qual­ ity of goods - - - t t t t t $4 Pants, French cut, for $2.50 Pants worth $2.50, for 1.50 All Wool Coats, worth $3.50, for 2.25 Fine Black Suits, worth $12, for 8.90 Men's Shirts, farmers' satin.... .45 Best Boys Shoes in the county, worth $2.00, for....; 1.50 Boys'Waists and Knee Pants. . .20 Shoe Strings, per pair 01 Boys' Suspenders, worth 25c... .15 Men's White Hdkfs... .5, 10 and 15c E. Lawlus, Tailor, McHenry Opposite Riverside Hotel -- Thirty-five years in the business -- H Si CHARLES (L FRETT Wholesale and retail dealer in I an In t Market For Beef Veal riutton Hogs and Poultry 0,lve me a call ifld DO YOU OWN! A HORSEP V If you do, just bear in mind that I have on hand a complete line of FLY NETS " I t*; and all kinds of summer goo ,̂' "i-;.s at reasonable prices ' WM. 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