BRYAN'S MANAGER, JONES.
ON "IGNORANT FOREIGNERS"
He Said that "Ignorant Foreigners" Com
prised Fully One Half of the Number cf
Votes Received by McKinley.
Milerab Ass rtion of Democratic Nationil Chairmai Jas. K. Jones,
tbat "He Believe! Devoutly that Bryaa Hal Been Elected
ani WasSwinilel dot of tlis Pres dency."
"He BelieTEd tbat in 1900 tiie Bimetallic Fore s Would Win a Great Victory
His Declaration That tne Principles of 1896 Are Absolutely
Essential to tne Welfare cf tne Conntry."
(Extracts from the address of United States Senator James K. Jones, chair
man of the Democratic national committee, before the Legislature of Arkansas.)
. Bryan's manager, J. K. Jones, said:
"Hundreds of thousands of ignorant
foreigners, who were here taking bread
ut of the mouths of honest labor, voted
at the last election at the dictation of Mc-
Kinley's supporters. These foreigners
comprised fully one-half of the number
f votes received by McKinley."
These are the words of the man who
eonducted the Democratic campaign in
1890. The same man is the present chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee, lie ones his position to the wish
f Mr. Bryan.
The language quoted above was used
In a speech. It Is no remembered scrap
f Idle conversation. It was uttered in
ao heat of discussion. It was a deliber
ate expression.
"Hundreds of thousands of Ignorant
foreigners." said Chairman James K.
Jonca of the Democratic national com
mittee, "who came here taking bread out
f the mouths of honest labor, voted at
the last election at the dictation of Me
Kinley'a supporters. These foreigners
comprised fully one-half the number of
votes received by McKinley."
And then on this basis that the Re
publican party owed success In 1806 to
"ignorant foreigners," Chairman Jonea
proceeded to hold out the hope of success
tn 1000.
"Can there be any doubt," ha asked,
"as to which shall prevail, the six and
ane-half millions of intelligent Bryaa vot
ers or the three and one-half millions
Ignorant foreigners' who voted far Mc
Klnleyr It will seem to sensible people almost
Incredible that the chairman of the
Democratic national committee could
make such statementa In a public speech.
But the Honorable Jaa. K. Jones did it.
More than two months after the elec
tion of 16CKJ he uttered the assertion
quoted.
The occasion was no fess serious than
an address before the Legislature of Ar
lansns. Senator Jones bad just been
elected to his third term In the Uulted
Ftnfes Senate. On the 20th of January,
l.97, the Senator appeared before an in
formal joint session of hi State Legisla
ture nt the cnpitol in Little Rock. He
returned his thanks to the people of Ar-kiiti-a
through tlioir representatives, tlie
Legislature, snd then he proceeded to dis
cuss the defeat of Bryan, speaking as the
chairman of the Democratic nationul
committee and the head of the manage
ment of the Democratic campaign. He
said that he "believed devoutly tbat Bry
aa bad been elected and was swindled
ant of the presidency."
He declared his belief "that In 1900 tha
bi"ii'til!ie f.ir- twt:A win grmt vb
tory." This still makes 10 to 1 the para
mount issue.
lie reasserted his conviction "that the
principles he spoke for were absolutely
essential to the welfare of the country."
That is 1(1 to 1.
JONES ABUSES FOREIGN
-. ti"rv -'-v. lf"H
The Senator spoke for over an hour.
Running through his speech were two
principal thoughts. One was this idea,
that Republican success bad been achiev
ed through the "ignorant foreigners," a
result which the Seuator resented in the
name of the native Southern population
which was "more American."
The other central idea with the Sen
ator was the injustice of the unequal
distribution of wealth. Upon this be
dwelt with almost the emphasis which
he gave to the "ignorant foreigners."
"What has been the cause of this
great struggle?" the Senator asked. "The
people are as honest and as industrious
as they ever were. What, then, was
the matter? The last census report shows
that the wealth of the country was $U5,
000,000,000. or about $.1,000 to each fam
ily of five members." The Senator quot
ed figures to show the inequality in the
distribution of wealth. "Why was Mas
sachusetts so much better off than Ar
kansas? Were tbey more Industrious
and more deserving?" lie considered
that the Southern people rank fully up
to. If not ahead of, the people in the
balance of the country. The Southern
people are more completely Anglo-Saxon
than those of the other Statea and there
fore more American.
At this point the chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee made one of
the most remarkable of this series of
startliug statements for Arkansas con
sumption. He illustrated bis assertion
that the Southern people are "more
American" than the rest of the country,
in this way:
"It took the people of the combined
North and East four years to conquer
the Southern people, and the latter had
built for them a pension list that was
appalling."
The Senator's speech bristled with as
sertions intended to incite the spirit of
class prejudice. lie said:
"Millionaires and paupers grow on the
same bush. When you make s million
aire you make dozens of paupers."
The men who advocated the gold stand
ard the Senator described as "no better
than a vile thief."
The argument by which he led np to
this conclusion Is interesting. The Sen
ator, said that in ISti.1 the national debt
"amounted to $2,S20,S3:,000." He show
ed "how many bales of cotton would have
paid this debt then and how many now."
Then he proceeded:
"The men who took the bonds then
gave greenbacks worth about TjOc in gold.
Now they are paid in gold, thus doubling
the burden upon the people. While IV
Oini.iniO li iles of cotton would have paid
the debt when it was contracted, it would
take !50,000,HM) bales now to pay It.'with
cut Interest." Senator Jones said "that
he who undertook to make the people pay
more than tbey had contracted to pay
was no better than a vile thief."
"The rich Northern Stares," tha Sen
ator said, "yet after this sort of a contest
Bryan received more than a million votes
In excess of what Cleveland received In
inrt it. hlieTe d"Tut' that Brv.m I
bad been el-ted ani w ewlnfW writ
of tli presidency. He told how the rail
roads, the bunks and the bondholder, ar
rayed against Itrysn with a campaign
fund the like of which was never before
seen in this country, and which a u-ed
larishly. Business men were Intimidat
ed by the threat of the money power.
The Venator said, with great prid. lie
would uever forget t!ie liberal responses
from the people of Arkansas to the Dew
oruti" campaign fund."
Predicting that tlie Republican party
would .h'op the idei of the g'ld standard
and endeavor to ! about bimetaliirui.
the S.-u itor said "tne McKinleyiU- saw
the handwriting on the v ail.'
What has become cf the protni.-fd
prosperity?" the Senator asked.
"Mr. McKinley seem to be advanc
ing, but the prosperity is uot coming
with him." Scualor Jones snid "the gold
ites bad been put on notice." lie b.-liev-ed
"that ill BRIO the bimetallic forces,
would win a gre-.t victory. Rising prices;
always bring prosperity, declining pi ices
adversity. The repeal of the Sherman
act had b.-en followed by a decline of 10
per cent in price. The cause of it was
the striking down of one-half of tl
metallic monev of the world." Senator
Jones concluded by asserting hi bel.c
"tbat the principles he spoke f r were
absolutely essential to the welfare of lb
country."
l'u the midst of the enunciation of mirli
views as these the Senator accouuled for
the electiou of the Republican ticket by
declaring:
"iir'ircurs ok thousands 01
IGNORANT FOREIGNERS, Will)
ARK II KICK TAKING THE BREAD
OUT OK THE MOUTHS OK HONEST
LABOR, VOTED AT THE LAST
ELECTION AT TIIK IUCTATIOX
OK M'KIN LEY'S SUPPORTERS.
THESE FOREIGNERS UOMI'RISED
ONE-HALF OK TICK NUMBER Or
VOTES REC'El'VED BY M'KIN LEY
On the day after delivery the Sena
tor's speech was reported in Arkansas
Gasette, the principal Democratic pape
of the State and the organ of the Demo
cratic party. From that report, the ac-
curacy of which has uever" been que'
tinned by the Senator, the above is
taken.
VOTERS
DEMOCRATS UNFIT TO GOVERN.
Why Ex-Senator W. A. Peffer la Sup
porting McKinley.
In a published letter Issued at Topeka,
Kan., ex-U. S. Senator Peffer of that
State says one of the principal reasons
why he leaves the Demo-Populist party
is that it is not Ct to govern the coun
try. His exact words are:
"The Democratic party is not fit to
govern this country uiider modern coudi
tiotis of universal freedom. Look buck
upon the second administration of Presi
dent Cleveland. Upward of $250,0tX,0)0
in United States bonds were sold with
out special authority of Congress to pro
cure gold for the redemption reserve,
Most of the bonds Were sold to or through
syndicates of speculators at enormous
profits.
Ihe Republicans were wiser. The
war with Spain made large expenditures
necessary; Congress authorized the bor
rowing of money, and $200,000,000 of 3
per cent bonds were sold to our own peo
ple In sums of $25 to $500. This is the
fourth year of the McKinley administra
tion, and not one dollar of gold has been
bought or borrowed. The treasury now
holds nearly, if not quite, $400,000,000
in gold coin and bullion, and there is
plenty of money in the coutitry for tha
transaction of the people's business."
On the Philippine question Mr. Peffer
says: "The insurrection of Agninnldo and
his followers must be completely and per
manently suppressed before civil govern
ment can be permanently established, l'n
the meantime the Pies-dent is exerting
every effort to preserve order and protect
all peaceably disposed persons.
"As before stated when one sovereign
power cedes territory to another the al
legiance of the inhabitants is transferred
to the new sovereign. 'The same act
which transfers their country transfers
the allegiance of those who remain in it.'
That is the language of the Supreme
Court of the United States In the case of
the American Insurance Company vs.
Canter, 1 Peters, Ml.
"Our national title to the Philippines
is as good in law as the titles we bold
for our homes; and the allegiance of the
Filipinos to the United States is due the
same as that of the people of Alaska or
Hawaii or New Mexico, Arizona or Okla
homa. "A commission of able and conscien
tious men, headed by Judge Taft of Ohio,
an eminent Jurist, is now at work in the
Philippines, opening the way for free
government and collecting Information
for the use of Congress when that body
tnl.es up the work of determining the
'civil rights anil political status of the
native inhabitants,' as provided in tha
treaty.
"We got Into the Philippines as aa In
cident of war. We are holding them be
cause, after due deliberation, the Ameri
can people concluded that that wss the
best thing ta do for the Filiplnoe and for
"sctrsa."
BSTJUrS THEORIES
AND PRACTICES.
Shoutlrz About the Consent of
the Governed.
Bryan's Utterance Wholly Inconsistent
wl.h the Practice of Democrats, Who
Have Invarlaby Suppressed
the Colored Vote
The verification of theory la practice.
the tet of sincerity is conduct. When a
person or a party preaches one thing snd
practices snother, there 1 no excuse for
being deceived as to his honesty. Four
years when Mr. Brysn captured tha
diiii-ago convention by his eloquent "cross
and crown" speech on the free coinage
it silver, there was plenty of room for
Joubtiug the soundness or even the sanity
jf his proposition, but it was dillicult to
question his sincerity or the sincerity of
the party which nominated him. How
ever bad their logic, their theory accord
ed with their practice. The party as
then organized, so fur as it bad the pow
er bad practiced what it was then preach
ing.
The Southern States are the backbone
and body of the Democratic party iu
practice. They are the States where
the party is most completely devoted to
Mr. Bryan and his doctrine, and they are
also the States where the party in and
lias always been iu most supreme control
It in these States, therefore, that we
must look for the practice verify ii.g par
ty principles. These Stales were the
home of the greenback movement, of the
wildcat banks, and they were and are
the hotbed of free silver; therefore in
tdvocaling IU to 1, Ciovernmeut paper
money and the overthrow of the national
banks, Mr. Bryan is entirely consistent
with the practice of his parly as at pres
ent organized
In his speech accepting the nomination
tor President, at Indiana ptdis, however.
be preaches a new gospel for Democ
racy. It is not money and banking this
time, but it is "Liberty," the consent
)f the" governed," and "equal political
rights," regardless of race, etc. Ileie
ire a few extracts. How do these pro
lessions accord with Democratic piao
ace, where its control is supreme?
TIIKOKY. I I'UACTH K.
"It was Uod Illtn Tui'ii why doi's Mr.
lelf who place! lni Hryau's parly resuri
jvcry human hcariito force and fraud to
Hie love ii nii.-rt.v. disfranchise the col
tie has never uuiile a ored "race" la this
raee of people so low couutry i
u me settle or civir.
imluu or liitcllijjeiicej
lust It would wet
Mine a furelgu uius
ler." We cannot reptnll- N'or can we "ronudl
ite the principle ofate" the prlnelple of
i e i r-governmeni in seir-goverumeut Iu lne
lie I'ulllpplue Willi .South, wlitaout weak
Jut weakening tbat eulug thai, nrluelole
principle uere. tnrouguou the reptio-
Jie.
A republic e a nl Yet Mr. Rrvan'a oar-
bave no subjects. A;ty hns msile millions
luliject Is possible, of citizen Into " sub
July In a government Jects." practicing gov
esttng upon force; he! eminent uy force
la uukuuw ti In a gov ! without the "eouaeut
trumeut derivliiK lis
of the governed.1
lust powers from the
cuuseut of the gov
erued."
" T h e Democrat!)
While "the Demo-
party disputes this;
icratic party disputes
loctrine lot 'vassal
tins doctrine" in
word It I enforcing
Ige') and denounces
ll ss repugnant to
ii iu practice lu a
quarter of the States
of the Union.
Very true, but In
both the letter sml
spirit of our organ
Ised law."
"If Koveruments de
rive their Just power
what Ststes where
from the consent ofj.Mr. Bryan's parly has
the governed. It Is, Dower to nrevent if
Impossible to secure do "governments rte-
title to people elllier;
rive their Just power
from the consent of
by lores or pur
chase." the governed?" When
and where did It try
:o practice this pre
edit ?
"Men msv dare to Then Mr. Rrran'a
do In crowd what party I an orvaiilxeil
they would not dare irauil. for It unre-
to do as Individuals,' nincy In msnv Slate
but the moral chsrac-l has been obtained by
ter of an act 1 not iioliia "In i-mvili
determined by theiwhai they would not
number of those who ilure to do a lu llvld
Jo'.n In It. Koree csmi uhIs." Its "rlht" to
defend a right, bm rule I "created" by
force has uever ret, force.
crested a rlcht."
"Klabt aever eon- Of course nnt v.
II I c t ; duties never Mr. Itryau party Is
clash. Csan It lie onri"uurplng poll t leal
duty to usurp polltl
cal right whleh be
rights" of hundred of
ttiousRiiiI of Ameri
can cltizn.
True, the "Creator"
never "denied to any
people the capacity of
self government," but
despots and U e ni v
crais always have.
long to other'
"there are deirees!
of prollulency in the
art or self govern
ment, hut It Is a re
flection upon the Cre
ator to say that He
denied to any people.
m eupneuy ot aeil-I
government."
unce admit that While Mr. Rrvso
ome people are caps- was siiylng this his
bfe of self govern-psrty was using fraud,
ment and others sre' force ami leulalatloii
not, and that the'to deprive a who
capable people have al raee of their political
nK'ii m flpize upoiii rijriirs, sun ctaniin
sn.l govern the in ll.is "the reluu i,r ih.
capable, and y o ii; despot." In this coun-
imise fores n r u t e try,
roree tne only foun
dation of government
snd Invite the reinti
of the despot."
oiu we tresd m
Tea; and the Konth,
which has been af
flicted by Democratic
rule, Is pyin "the
the path of tyr
anny. Nor reckon the tyr
nt cost r tyrant s cost" In nor.
Who tnketh another's erty, disorder and o-
ant s cost?
tyrant's cost" In
"oeriy, cisi insecurity. In
Ills Freedom Is also taking the liberty of
lost. Iiltlier It tills suxrl.
Would we win ss the'flcpd Its own progress.
mmng oi evsr verny, "tne Uod who
won I reigned over
Make ready to pay Rahrlon
the debt. I I the f'.,i,l . h.. i.
For the (Jod who! reiaulnx ret."
reigned over
Itabyloll
Is the find who I
reigning yet."
"If we are to gov- How true this I of
ern them w'.thont the practice at i.
heir consent and alvei llrvau i. r i r..
them no voice in ile- thirty rears, li m-r.
tertnlnliig the tsv slsts br rile m
they must dsv. wefsml f.u'il In iti,....n.
9 s r e not e!ucitil;orrn!ng nearly sli
-ii,, ,.-T I'-nru iiiiiiioiis or people
to read the llerlnis "wttlinnt iiiotr
tlon of Independence! sent," and It "dsie
nd the Constitution' not educate tbr-m lest
of the Cnlted Klales'they lesrn lo re.id the
snd mock ns for our' Declaration of In le
Inconsistency." hieiidence and t ! e
'institution of t h
t utted States, a n d
mock ns for our lu
consistency,"
A eery brief glance at Mr. Bryan's elo
quent ntterances ami the thirty je.irs'
racnee or nis party conclusively demon-
s one or two fiiinv ".. ..,
a-KflFttTS ABOUT THAT
votes where political ngms are uiur
Tanced than in the Democratic Statea,
or elsa be does not represeut tha Demo
cratic party at alL The party's practice
for generation apeaks Infinitely louder
than Mr. Bryan'a words. What -the
party bas always done and Is now doing.
It may be relied upon to do if elected to
power. UntU the States where Mr. Bry
an's party reigns supreme show some in
tention Of practicing these "golden pre
cepts," their declaration In national
platforms snd candidates' speeches, may
properly be tsken ss ouly so much mate
rial for political deception.
It Is not a question of whether the en
franchisement of the negro was a wise
or unwise policy, but it is a question of
common political honesty. If the patty
believes, as Its practice shows, that the
negroes are an Inferior race and cannot
with safety to our institutions be admit
ted to political rights, to proclaim the
doctrine that the "Creator never denied
to any race of people tne capacity or
aelf-government. Is obvious Hypocrisy.
Some of the Democrats in the South
who are more frank and honest than Mi-
Bryan, are already repudiating auy pre
tense of seriously living up to bis etiie
real political declarations. The Macon,
(!., Telegraph, for Instance, frankly de
clares its unwillingness to take Mr. Bry
an seriously in this "consent of the gov
erned'' talk and says:
"It Is sll sweet and nice enough to Indulge
on Fourth of July occasions In the generali
ties sbout the 'consent of the governed,"
aliout -Inalienable rU-bls,' about the equality
of all men at birth, and so forth. Just a our
forefathers did who owned ulave snd whn
robbed the I ml la lis of tbelr laud, but It is
another matter when you try to apply It lo
the Negro, the Indian, the kanaka and the
Filipino. We of the South sre contending
for our own. sud we are going to have It.
The Negro has nothing that we want that
was not taken from us by force and given
to Ii I hi. lie bas no land, be has no birth
right, no heritage nothing but s rk'ht to
help govern which was givpn wrongfully to
hlin. When we take the ballot from him we
leave liliu In a far better condition tbttn he
fof.nd himself when lie came among us ss
a result of Yankee thrift aud speculation.
The Macon Telegraph, with real South
ern frankness, tells the simple" truth
about the Democratic position on this
subject. Its statement is supported by
both the theory and practice of the party
wherever it is in power. - Moreover the
Democratic party has never been dishon
est enough to pretend to believe iu the po
litical enfranchisement of the Inferior
races, and Mr. Bryan's sudden admira
tion of Lincoln and advocacy of tiarri
souian principles is a personal flight in
political oratory, which has no relation
to the past practice or future intern ion of
the present Ivinocrnttc pnrty. If Mr.
Bryan should be elecled the olllces would
be tilicd and the lioveinim nt conducted
by people who, like the Macon Telegraph,
jeer at these "equality phrases" as empty
generalities. They evidently regard these
utterance ss so much verbal bait for
new votes in the "enemy's country." But
here Mr. Bryan's cunning is not as wise
as the Telegraph's frankness. Honesty
is always respected and such cheap cun
ning ns Mr. Bryan's Indianapolis speech
reveals will fail to deceive. The Ameri
can citizens are not ignorant Filipinos,
they are too well informed on the policy
and practice of the Democracy on this
subject to be caught by Mr. Bryan's
rhetorical if not hypocritical phrases. The
name of "Lincoln" and "political liberty"
are too sacred to be flippantly used in
such a cause. The American people have
some itense of tb,e fitness of things.
HALUCI NATIONS, HOBGOBLINS.
Penator Stewart Telia What Alia the
Nebraska Colonel.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, the stnl
wart silver leader, will vote and work for
McKinley thin yeur. He is tired of Bry
an and Bryanism and here is Why be has
left the Puiiocrst fold:
"Mr. Bryan's unparalleled campaign
for the principles of the Chicago plat
form and his insistence on the adoption
of that platform at Kansas City," said
Senator Stewart, "induced the people to
suppose the campaign of .1000 would be
conducted on the issues of 1S!M. In this
way they were mistaken. An hallucina
tion induced Bryan to make war on an
army of ghosts and hobgoblins, which s
diseased brain created. His instinct.
which hns formerly led him to consider
realities, departed. He sought his closet
in pursuit of phantoms, and strung to
gether ten .thousand words, which he
gave to the public at Indianapolis. He
omitted all mention of the issues of 181HI
and summarized the paramount issue of
the present campaign iu a pledge to the
lagal titierrillas.
Whatever the direct result of Senator
Stewart's secession from the fusion alli
ance in Nevada, the rapid spread of the
Western revolt against Col. Bryan's In
dianapolis program introduces an element
of iloubt into the canvass in Nevada,
Colorado, Montana, Idaho and Utah
which was wholly lacking four years
ago. Put on the defensive in one and
all these former strongholds by an at
tempted change of issues, and gaining
no material strength elsewhere bv the
sudden about face of his acceiitanc.
speech, it is easy to see the stamn of
genuine inspiration on Sir. Stewart's
prophecy tbat the Nebraska leader's pres
ent "anti-imperialistic" CanVahS la rlunm.
ed to defeat.
Nevada silverites, what are left nf
them, are bothered about the determina
tion of Senator Stewart to support the
policy of the administration. Surveyor
General Kelly says: "I think Jones will
go next," and Ssm Davis, the acrobstic
humorist who conducts the Carson Ap
peal, is State controller and engages In
various occupations, meanwhile expresses
his Ideas in the one sentence: "The Ap
peal will blister Stewart."
WHY CORN PRICES ARE HIGHER.
Kcpnbllcau Policy lln Enabled tha
Worker to But More.
In 1S1M there was a record-brenkln
crop of corn, amounting t0 2,2H:i,.V"5,li;5
bushels. The highest price, however,
corn reached that year in Chicago was
', cents tier bushel, during the month
of April. During no other month did the
price touch 3D cents. In Septemlr, at
the height of the Bryan boom. It rot ..
low as l!)Vi cents, and through tlie rest
of Ihiiil it nt touch higher than 2'ti
cents, the record for the second half of
the year being made shortly after the an
nouncement of McKiuley's election.
in there was the largest cron of
corn since IS.'Hl. It amounting t 0(i?.
1 l.'!.irt: bushels, which was a.-i 7:tl m'i
bushels, or about 9 tier cent nn.l., ' tl,.
crop of 1SIMI. Tlie Chicago price of coi n,
however, during the whole of 1H!M did
not touch below .10 cenla a bushel, which
. ... Uf rrf K (WhB, Mw
BRITISH ALLIMCf
Investigation by Father Malone,
the American Priest
Lord Salisbury's Dip'omatic Pltt
President McKinley Independest
Policy Our Course Rcftrduj
China Tells the Story.
BeT. Thomas II. Malone of Dw
writes from London hi informsti m
opinion on the relations betweea tk
United States and Great Britain. Th
letter is the more significant becaaat four
years sgo Father Malone's lympttliie,
were strongly with the free silver ciu,
and his influence was cast on thnid
Bryan. For some time this widely inowt
priest has been abroad and his facilitfe
for judging of what are the actual tr.
tions between the two governments bits
beeu exceptionally good. The letter a
addressed to Mr. B. C. Kerens, the Mis
souri member of the Republican natlinil
committee. Father Malone writes:
"Mr. McKiuley's attitude during ths
present crisis In China must be tore!;
disappointing to such men ai Hot,
Bourke Cockrtfn snd others who hare I
special object in making it appear tint
the President has really if not nominal
ly entered Into an alliance with England.
"Mr. Cock ran aud those who tbiuk
with him are well aware that if the pup
ular niiud can be led to believe Mr. Mc
Kiuley's administration is committed tl
the fortunes of England the Irish md
Germans of the country would rejoat
his attitude to the exieut of throwing
their votes against him at the polls,
"But in considering this question om
should be actuated by higher uiotivti
than partisan advantage, for the welfare
of our country, regardless of party, must
depend upon the patriotic impulses of tha
people.
"I, too, would resent any alliance be
tween the United States and Ktiglandh
but I would equally resent tie charge
that xiicli an ulliunce exists until it shall
have been proven beyond the petailven
tine of a doubt. Now, what ire tlit
facts iu the case as demonstrated by re
cent developments? The Chinese trou
bles, which at tlie present writing are ll
a most acute stage, rtirutsh the key to the
position of the United States Government
in so far at least as any nllcged alliance
with Kngltiiitl Is concerned.
'Mr. Hay's note to the powers sets
forth clearly the President's policy, and,
looking at it from this side of the ocean,
I confess that it seems to disarm tie
critics who for the past year have beet
profligate in charging undue sympatb;
for Kngland on the part of our Uovers-
tuent.
From the English point of view this
policy, it is frankly admitted here la
London, hns been keenly disappointing.
It was assuredly the desire and intentioi
cf tlie British Government to so use the
United Stales and Japan as to conserte
its own Interests at home and abroai
This would readily have beeu done br
throwing these two countries betwees
China and Russia so as to thwart and
weaken the latter, and thus gain a timely
advantage over the allied powers.
"Indeed I speak advisedly when I say
that it was confidently hoped that Mr.
McKinley. in consideration of Fngland'i
attitude during the Spiiulsh-Amerirai
war. would readily acquiesce In Isird Sal
isbury's welldaid plans for action ii
China aud allow our Government to be
pushed to the front and thus shield tM
British Government in an hour of trying
need. Had the Piesidciit conseuted
commit tha United Slates to a policy of
joint action with the powers Englsn
would have been highly elated, tor is
that case we would soon lind ourselves ll
... kiU
open opposition to isussia, aim, "
nominally protecting American lives and
interests, we would ill reality be fluting
the battles of the. British Umpire.
"But Mr. McKiuley's more ftnimt
courKC, ss outlines! in sir. iinj
bas not been received with cordinl t1
will in Englaud, whose position may be
inferred from a paragraph In today!
Globe which expresses amajienieiit in"
the United States will suffer tne wu.
campaign to be rendered abortive in w
der to gratify what it is pleased tr
the cold and calculating designs oi
sia.'
"One foe! from the atmosphere tbat
the United States Government l I"
mood for an alliance of any kind '
England. That 'Barkis is willin' on this
side of the ocean there Is no hado
doubt. , .
"Hence, looking st Ihe President I P
Icy from the point of view atTordea m
England, I am convinced that be mi
what he said at the dinner of the W
Society in New York when he afnrniet
that bis policy was both to svoid entas
gllng alliances with as well ss boHtiniy
to any other nation. And T am morrow'
convinced that the British Empire is re
ceiving neither encouragement nor
psthy at this time from the OoverBiaeni
at Washington.
"THOMAS II. MAL0X
"London. England."
i mint ic.ir sis ninntl
fiui u r,l,x vk i'?.c.
the year It did not get below Z.k "
bushel. After Sept. 1 the range w
between 81 V and 3. cents
which was over 10 cents S bushel WJ
or from 2.1 to 30 per ceut Wtier.
the range for the same period in
That the farmers in 1S!I could get "
one-quarter to one-third better priws
their corn than In 18IMI, with only sw
one-tenth less corn to sell, h0",,llI1(j
greatly they lienetiled by the broad f
markets the Republican poli'7 ' v .r
the city workman's diuner P" i,.ni
en them. The spokesmen of th a
cratic parly contend that I he P
prosperity bas come from tha ltT'. jt
of the last four years, snd Is D ,f
sny measure to Republican P 'M
1WMI, however, with s record-bres
bumper crop of corn there were
times, not prosperity, In the cor
In Will, with a 10 per cent
crop thsn In 181M. there wssji'W
heaped down and running