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In All Sections of tho Country MANY VOTES And Ail Indica tions Aro that Ho P 9 EATE CLERGYMAN. BRYAN POPULIST. B05S CROKER DEHOCRAT. SOLDIER. "God Has Expanded Us," Says Bishop C. H. Fowler. Bryan's Pretensions Dissected by a Former Supporter. Warmly Supported Expansion in the New York Journal. No Thoughtful and Responsible Gen. Anderson on the Character Will Destroy Gold Standard it Man Can Hesitate. of Our Filipino Allies. nrsi upportunity. A Powerful Sermon en Expansion and the Duties of the Hour, Preached by the Noted Methodist Divine. He Is Not BeKln or Votes of U'h. R.i;.. . n..ia . '") Democracy's Death Is Prerequisite to Any Political Reform, Says Georje Rutherford, the Populist Vlewt of the Tammany Leader "Aa Insult lo Surest that We Aban don the Peoples Rescued from Bondare. John S. Williams, Virginia Democrat, Theodore Sandlco Issued the Proclama tion Orderinj the Extermination of All Foreigners and Filipinos Started Fires. Fearfully Rends the Cangeroua - Platform and Protram of the Bryan-Demo-Popocracy. ... uv..i. vjuiu .-laoaard tut, till to Welfare of This Coaatrv. IS BRYAN LOSES Geo. W. Kutherford. one of the pion eer of the Fopullst party lo Marion County, 111., Bryan' home county, 1 out gainst Bryan. Mr. Rutherford hnt been a TopulUt ever alnce that party waa formed and las quite a following- in thta State, a be la well and favorably known as a man ef high Integrity. When giving hie rea aooe for not voting fur Bryan this year, a he did in 139'!, Mr. Rutherford said: "I aeTered my connection with the lte cblicun party solely on the question of finance, votiug fur Peter Cooper in 1870. lnco then, till lS'.fci, 1 uniformly voted, When voting at all, for the presidential Candidate of the third party. "I supported V. J. Bryan four years becnuse: "1. He stood for bimetallism at the ratio of 10 to 1, demanding also In the platform 'that the standard silver dollar chould be a full legal tender, eiiul with fold, for all debts public and private. ' "2. The Democratic party, for the first time since the Civil War, took the affirm ative side of the live Issues, and we Popu lists duped ourselves into the belief that Mr. Bryan and his party really meaut It (or, at least, as ninny years as five. "3. That party actually named a can didate for President outside of New York, a political heresy they had not dar ed to be guilty of but twice lu thirty nix - years. T cannot support Bryan anil Steven eon this year for various reasons, some f which are: "1. They stand for a 45-cent silver dol lar. By purposely leaving out of their liver plank at Kansas City the legnl ten der clause, their so-called silver dollar brinks to its bullion value. "2. Mr. Bryan said in accepting the Populist nomination: 'It is true that the Populists believe in an Irredeemable greenback, while the Democrats believe In greenback redeemable in coin.' "Tom Merrit of Salem says: 'In fishing for Populists you need no bait. Instead throw In the linked hook; they will bite at anything.' Bryan aud Tom attended the same school. "3. Bryan's party relegated to the rear the silver question by 'paramouuting' the bogy 'imperialism,' which is a child of Bryan's begetting, he acting as accouch eur In securing the one majority for the Spanish-America n treaty. Then he took the place of wet nurse, having the child dressed at Kansas City, afterwards car ried to Indianapolis, and holding the pub lie weakling up before the gaze of his auditors, he attempts to justify his lial 'oo by the following self-convicting testi mony: " 'I believe that we are now In a better position to wage a successful contest gainst Imperialism than we would have been had the treaty been rejected.' "lie, not like St. Paul, would do evil that good to his party might come. "His actions in urging the members of Sis party in the Senate to vote for the ratification of that treaty, and his Ian guage In justification convicts him be yond doubt, to say the least, of duplicity. That treaty provided for the payment of f'JO.lXMj.OOU to Spain for the Philippine, the United States agreeing to certain stipulations, the performance of which requires ten years from the date of the ratification of the treaty. A fight had occurred between the American soldiers . and the Filipinos two days before the treaty was ratified; aud that treaty con tains the following section: 'The civil rights and political status of. the native Inhabitants of the territory herein ceded to the United States shall be determined iy Congress.' "All of this Mr. Bryan knew, yet he poses as the champion of the ratification that spawned Imperialism as well as the champion anti-Imperialist. "4. The Kansas City platform charac terizes the Philippine war as 'a war of criminal aggression.' Mr. Bryan running upon that platform said in substance at Indianapolis: 'If elected President, my Brst act after luauguration will be to con vene Congress In extraordinary session and give to the Filipinos a stable and la- dependent government.' "If Mr. Bryan Is a friend of the Amer ican soldier, as well as a friend to the Filipinos, how can he be consistent In the Indorsement of that clause of his platform knowing, as be does, that it can save no other effect than the encourage ment of the latter to fight on till after November 6? "He may be able to reconcile It with lis superabundant love for humanity, es pecially the Democratic portion of it, on the theory that It puts him and them In better position to wage a anccessful war against imperialism than If It was Dot In the platform. "Tho Democratic party has the bold ef frontery to talk about 'the consent of the governed,' when they are the only party In the United States that has been and Is guilty of governing people without their consent, snd not long since believed In the divine right of one man to own another. "Had it not been for the transfusion f oxidized Populist blood Into the veins of the Democretle party In ISM the 'old Reminiscence' would have ceased cheating the undertaker, and a sandstone slab would now be marking the spot of Its everlasting home. Its death Is prerequi site to any political reform. It Is the veritable dog In the manger. It stands to-day as It has always stood, asininely nd stubbornly across the pathway of progress1. "The party with which I have been Identified for nearly twenty-five years has committed suicide, and I am, metaphor- (Continued at bottom f second columaj (From the New Tork Journal.) Every man, in my opinion,- should ex press himself clearly on the great ques tion of the day. That question is na tional expansion, which has been the mainspring of this nation aud he policy of the Democracy since the nation's birth. The views which tallow are mine personally, sod I write t lie in as a private individual: I believe in expansion; I believe In holding whatever possessions we have gained by annexation, purchase, or war. This policy is not only patriotic, but it Is the only safe one to pursue. Any other policy would show weakness on the part of the United States and invite for eign complications. This must be avoid ed, hence our policy must be vigorous. Every patriotic American, and every Democrat in particular, should favor ex pansion. Jefferson was an expansionist, other wise he would not have favored the ac quisition of Louisiana, with its foreign populutiou, which in Jefferson's time was quite as remote as the Philippines. In this age of steam and electricity, dis tance Is no argument against expansion We spend millions annually for mis sionary work lu foreign countries. Now we have a chance to spend this money in our own possessions, and make the people of our new lands good, law-abiding citizens, who in time will be loyal to our Constitution and our flag. Take Kngland, for example. The people of this little Isle come pretty near owning the uni verse. Are not our people as Intelligent, as powerful and as patriotic as the Eng lish people? The United States is the only country on earth superior to the English. Why not illustrate to the world that we are fully able to cope with great er problems than we have had occasion to in the past, and lu the future dominate any emergency? We have a population of eighty mill ions of people; the country teems with young men full of. life, hope and ambi tion. Why not give these young men a chauce to develop our newly acquired possessions, and build up a country rival ing in grandeur and patriotism our own United States? I say by all means hold on to all that rightfully belongs to us. If the great country west of the Rocky Mountains was filled with wild Indians at the present moment, how long would it take us to suppress them and make them respect our laws and our Consti tution? The same thing applies to the Philippines and any other country that may fall Into our bands by the province of peace or war. It Is an Insult to the American peo ple and to our flag even to suggest that we abandon the peoples we have released from bondage, or, what would be more disgraceful, that we should offer to sell them to the highest Didder. Such a proposition places the American people in the same category with the Chinese, who have neither patriotism nor a foreign policy, and are in consequence utilized as a doormat by the powers of the world. This is too great a question to be con sidered as a mere matter of dollars and cents. Our people want their rights pro tected; they will not figure on the cost Bring It down to local government in the case of street cleaning the cry is. "We want clean streets," regardless of the cost. They demand them as their right. Just so with our possessions the people want the properties acquired by war protected. They will pay for a standing army, a powerful navy, and the protection of our flag the world over re gardless of any monetary consideration They have proved their willingness to sacrifice their blood for the honor of their country and their flag! and when the question is brought to an Issue they will arise as one man and demand ex pansion as a citizen'a sacred right! RICHARD CROKER. New Tork, Jan. 6, 1899. POPULIST. (Continued from first column.) Ically speaking, a political orphan. As an American citizen I claim the right te do my own thinking and to cast my ballot for the right as I conceive It to be. I am not lo accord with the Republican party on the finance question. In think ing that other people are mistaken I have on all questions thought thst I", too be lng human, was liable to err. "I have never claimed that the kind of money which ahould be coined and used by the people of the United States Is specified In the 'Bill of Rights,' but Is a question of expediency. The fold stand ard has been adopted and Is on trial. If It proves to be the best for ns, well and good. If not, our only appeal Is to the people. I consider that question set tled for the time being. "It therefore becomes me, as an Amer ican citizen, to put my vote where I think, all things considered, It will do the most good. I shall therefore support the party of emancipation and progress. "Who dare say that the Inhabitants of Hawaii and the territory ceded by Spain to the United States are not on the high road to education and civilization, and even now enjoying a greater degree of freedom than they ever dreamed of -while nnder the domination of Spanish rule and that of Queen Lilloukalani? "President McKinley'a administration has received no word of commendation from the Democratic party for Its exalt ed statesmanship In our critical compli cation with China. For that. If for noth ing more, he deserves the everlasting gratitude f all true Americans." The word "Democrat" with as has cov ered all shades of opiuion among respon sible people, and has. meant, generally. opposition to negro rule and social equal ity. Outsiders can never know the losses, humiliations and outrages to which we have been subjected in our struggle to regain our rights snd to re establish white supremacy We have been, politically, under virtual mnrtiul law; and means and methods have been resorted to and made familiar which only the exigeucy of our situation could justify. At last white dominion Is being effec tually established lu the South, and we will have the ways of peace and free government The present phase of the negro problem Is convincing the North, and the whole world, of the folly aud din-fulness of the effort to place the negro above or on an equality with the white. Sufficient amends can never be made for the Insult and harm done to brothers of a common stock and household. Hut those who com muted it are dead and dying; and a new rare and a new era of Americanism Is upon us.- Forgetting and forgiving are the order of the day. We of the South have reached our level of citizenship. Absolute unity is no long er necessary to avert a dire danger. We can participate iu public questions, and share iu government for the common good. Moreover, with our minds and muscles and manhood, we have in spite of dan gers, in every department of human ef fort and industry in our land, brought forth wonderful resources and achieved wonderful results. For agricultural, mineral, manufactur ing and commercial advantages -mid promise, our section stands as the fav ored land of the world; and our domestic and social standards and ideuls are of the best and highest. With our history in the past and latest present, from our immediate standpoint, and with our bright outlook, what we want most is peace and stability in our public affairs. And this is the want of our whole country. Uncertainty in our standards of value, duplicity in our obligations, want of char acter In our public men, and mere strife for party supremacy and spoils In our elections, must, each and all, point the way to general confusion and ruin. Un der such conditions our best hopes and promises may come to nothing. That's the lesson of history. As between the present administration and a possible Bryan administration, I can hardly see how a thoughtful and re sponsible man can hesitate. Those of us who still cherish old sectional animosities have but one old idea, thut of opposition to Republicanism, and they go for Bry an. On the other band, men of business and enterprise, responsible and thought ful, are almost unanimous against him. To me, Mr. McKinley represents, large ly, stability in general management, and improving financial conditions and sound principles. He is trying to do his duty. Under his administration our country has encountered problems and difficulties of Union in 1801 but for the aid and corn immense importance. The Spanish war fort given them by ,he Comerneadl, of mraa airoin a.t Kla will Kvth naotiuj oiiuh- " " w sJatii.T aaso nun 'uiu ai nca auau- ed into it and he could not withstand them. But in that our country, under the guidance of himself and his cabinet, organised a great army, and, by the fa vor of heaven, achieved a speedy and overwhelming triumph over a great em pire, to the admiration of the world. We were at once approved as a great power among nations. fJuban and Filipino en- brink of the awful abyss. I bey loved tanglements are unhappy consequences, the Union and hated the Abolitionists. They can be settled only by experiment The Union was a "theury" entwined with and in time. beautiful and patriotic sentiments. Slav- The Chinese difficulties have been man- ery was a "condition" In which was in aged with temperance and wisdom and vested the bard earnings of a lifetime, general credit. . At the supreme crisis came the promise Our financial matters are progressing ' of Northern Democrats that they would without Dsnic or trouble. Time and not let us be hurt: their bit perience will cure them. Free banking tions of the Republican party. The South nelp Poorer and more Ignorant races alone will settle the currency question. . made the leap. j a ever. St. Psul was to go "for hence As things are, it la plain wisdom to let Dnring the war we saw Indiana regl- t0 tho Gent ilea"; but we stuck to our At well enough alone. Our case calls for ments and brigades march through the 'nDt'e waters, coasted by our shores, we temperance. As to Imperialism, that Is nothing but a party cry. We have ten thousand tiniea more to fear from the despotism of par- ty leaders and the demoralizing means and metbods or lammany and the minor clubs throughout the country, and polit- j leal machinery generally, than from the enlargement or expansion or exertion of the strong arm of our government fol lowing aud protecting the enterprise of our citizens. ia mr. urrin 1 can oniy recognize toe champion of change, the leader of the outs against the ins, the mouthpiece of fault-finders, the bead center of malcon tents, the mirror and kodak of every phase ef politics and fanaticism, an India rubber man, and an Infant phenomenon. In his last canvass he spent six months In scattering heresies snd kindling social antagonisms, and feeding envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness. I regard him as very a pestle of con fusion. He has covered np free silver. with which he was identified, because it did not seem to take. Whst else he has reserved In bis pandora's box no one knowa. I am no Republican. I claim my right te think for myself, and own my respon sibility to vote for the best Interests of the commonwealth. And I think the ssfety of our country depends on every man claiming thst right and owning thst responsibility. JOHN 8. WILLIAMS. Richmond, Vs., Aug. 20, 1900. Were any confirmation needed that the Aguinaldo party intended the massacre of all uou-Filipioos in Manila and to burn the city itself, it has been supplied by Gen. Thomas M. Anderson (retired). He was lu command of the troops at that critical time iu Manila, and in regard to the wild statements of Senators Petti grew and Allen be says in a signed com munication: "Sir In the report of Senator Spoon er's speech in relation to the suppression of the Philippine insurrection, it appears that Seiiutor Pettigrew denied that lheo- dore Ssndico issued s proclamation or dering the extermination of all inhabit ants of Manila men, women and chil drenexcept Filipino families. I was then in command of. the district south of the Pttsig river, and found the proclama tion posted in conspicuous places in my part of the city. I bad them torn down and one translated.' They were signed by Sandico. "I hud received letters from blm and knew his signature. Moreover, soldiers of my command arrested two Filipino nieu in women's clothes setting fire to the houses in the city. They were brought to me and I had them turned over to the provost marshal general. 'Senator Allen also asserted that Senor Torres came into the city under a flag of truce to ask for a suspension of hostili ties. As I know that Torres was within our lines when the fighting began It is not apparent bow he came in, when it seems almost impossible for him to have gotten out. On the 5th of February white flags were hung out from every Filipino house in Manila, and the few Filipinos who ventured Into the streets carried little white flags as an evidence of submission. Senator Allen's reliable informant seems to have forgotten to mention this circum stance in saying that he saw Torres going to headquarters under a flag of truce. Torres naturally inferred, without con sultation, that Aguinaldo would like a suspension of hostilities, for in front of our first divisiou alone the insurgents had lost in one day 700 killed and drowned, 400 prisoners and seven cannon. r send this communication to correct, so far as my testimony is relevant, a very erroneous impression. "THOMAS M. ANDERSON." EX-CONFEDERATE. Thos. H. Baker on Moral Sup port in Modern Warfare. Aguinaldo Would Have Been a Peaceful Citizen hut tor the Encouragement Given H m by Sentimental Traitors. I do not believe that the Southern bor der Stutes would have seceded from the . u. tl J I . , . ',wrlu- eu .ue uisunguisnea ora- tor declared that the Lmon army would! have te march ever the dead bodies of 40,000 Indiana Democrat before they reached the South, the magnificent utter ance electrified Tennessee with hope. Thousands of men hesitated upon the Mate or Kentucky. "Tramp," "Tramp " "I ramp," they passed through Tennes- see. Georgia and Seuth Carolina. We never did learn how the poor fellows got ' over those 40.hhi dead bodies of their I I'emocratic fru-tuls and neighbors. We were fully persuaded they killed and made a corduroy road of them, because the anti-Imperialist of Indiana said they ! would. Our next hope after we got mixed un together was that Kiiglaud snd France " neiii us nr -iiuiiiu'r Iril reason vailitnuigiiam. rMeveiion uul a thousand other Copperheads like tlie good brethren who hold up Joshua's arms, lndd ours up by enconragng us to hold out a little longer, by denouncing the war a "fail- ': ore" and keeping us posted as to the j movements of our enemies. j This Is sll ancient history,, but I, an old ! Confederate, can see very readilv how i the antJ-lmperialist league can materially aid Aguinaldo and bis crowd. Kverv .M soldier. North and South, understands the force of moral suprtort. Our war would not have lasted three months but for Northern Democratic encouragement, and I believe Aguinaldo would have been peaceful a citizen as Gomes but for the encouragement he has received from the sentimental traitors of the Anti-Imperial League. THOMAS n. BAKER. United States Marshal Western District of Tennessee. Memphis, Tena.. Aug. 27, 1000. AH men now begin to recognize the providential character of Abraham Lin coln. We see him as one of God's prophets. History repeats itself. One generation stones the prophets, and the next, their children, build them monuments. Only a few souls hare the intuition to recog nize a living prophet. - These prophets neither dress nor act like the old proph ets; that would be mere charlatanism, Every prophet must be fitted into his own time, suit his own environment. One comes as a pilgrim, like Abraham; an other aa a hired man and herdsman, like Jacob; another aa a leader and lawgiver, like Moses. Another as a warrior, like Joshua; another as an executioner, like Elijah; another as a scholar, like l'aul each man fitting his own age. To find a prophet, we must not take the grave clothes of the dead seers, and run through the mart, trying to find some man whom they will tit. We must so read events as to recognize the man who fits and fills his time. He must be in league with events. Napoleon on St. Helena said: "At Waterloo events desert ed me." He dropped out of the nick of time. The prophet must be a history maker. To find our prophet, we must find the trend of events; then we can easily find the band that is making the bend In the stream of history. This hand we find iu the White House. President McKinley may not lit tue clothes of the old prophets, but he is fitting the trend of events in this age. He so stands In the midst of the world's forces that he reaches results in civiliza tion. He is bending the streams of his tory In the right direction. Sink down into the undercurrent, down below the party strife on the surface, down into the great stream that sweeps on through the sea of the centuries bearing the races up to higher latitudes and levels, and catch the moral forces that are evolving the world s destiny, and you will find that this statement is not politics, but relig ion God's religion, that moves always on in one direction. The three greatest missionary events of the Christian era since the crucifixion of Jesus sre: First, the conversion of St. Paul. This opened the door to the Gen tiles; this was our chance. Second, the firing on Fort Sumter. This made the Saxon race fit for evangelical uses. Third, the blowing up of the Maine. This mil fied the nation and sent us out about our work. It melted the American elements in the furnace of war, and made all Americans one. The son of Gen. Grant an'd the nephew of Gen. Lee marched side by side under one flag and against a common en emy. These Saxons are said to be bad neigh bors. We have some dark snots in onr history. The Saxon sometimes has made a bud record. Yet it must also be said that we have never enslaved a race, with out leaving it freer than It was before we enslaved it. For the ages through and the world around, there can be found no such liberties anywhere cle as are found under the Stars aud Stripes. The blowiug up of the Maine was an eye-opener to us, and soon to nil the world. Our great Washington (we should never speak his name but to honor it), our great Washington said to us, as a little strip of Atlantic colonies, "Beware . " - - " of foreign entanglements." It was the height of wisdom. It suited our infancy like a bib. He pinned this bib unon us and said, "Keep in the middle of the lot, or the boys on the next lot will throw mud on your bib." So we kept In the middle of the lot, and grew till we out prew the lot. We grew from three mill ions to seventy-five millions. The bib was too small for us. It looked like a cotton patch on the breast of our uni form. We had more beefsteaks and silk dresses, more spelling books and New Testaments, to the thousand people, than could be found anywhere else in the world. We were as much under obligations to i urm. on lo our "ltle big, contented, ex- P"""1 to stay always In our western , nn' 'nT tn Spanish touched off a ,nnK"7-lnP unuer ns. Then the jig was up, Come what might, we must fight to the ..uiu. ,i weix up tuto the air, and come down everywhere to stsy. This scut us out about our providen tial job; this made missionaries of us. We ore in Manila. We are ready to help' Chinn. God has expanded us; we can't help It. Ion might as well try to eafrh P'rched on a crag of the mountains, pluming his pinions to wrestle with the wh"iwinil, and then try to crowd him 1,''k '",0 ,he li,tl eggshell out of which ," '"V" l,r"k''n " to try to throttle this American roce and crowd it back luto "lil',,'rn original colonies. Some of tllp 0,(1 K'-nUcmen on that old soil of some l" oiu thirteen colonies, who have never left It. may think It would be a good thing for our great continent-embracing people to come back home. Hut It is impossible, God has expanded ns. Long years ago, back In the forties, Thomas H. Itenton, United States Sena tor from Missouri, standing In his place In the Senate, pleading for a Pacific rail road pointed toward the setting sun and t"ne 'L.r ,h"'' . there Is To-day we catch np our papers and .a il is... iy I am begging fc, all. I neve, ai)ke1 a me. Ia fact, I have tow Not at a cl l have told aoau people to vote against me. ThT more than most candidates do. i have said that ir there was anybod who believed in the maintenance w the gold standard until forei . tions came to ns and graciously p, mined u. to abandon It, I ,.ii anybody should believe that the tola standard waa absolutely humi.i the welfare of this country, he ouga, not to vote for me at all. do ao want any man to vote for me ana then oltfect to my doing what I M. pect to do if you elect me, and If " can prevent the maintenance of Us gold standard you can rely npoa n. doing it the very first possible oppo,. tuuily given me. WILLIAM JKN'XIXCS BRYAN. Philadelphia, Kept. 23, 18o. DEAR BOY" LETTERS N0.5 My Dear Boy You ask why the Dc ocrats insist that imperialism aud mill, tarism are the "puramount issues of ttli campaign." The reason, my son, is very plain. 0 Democratic friends are pushing theM tilings to the front becaune there iin't anything else for them to talk about this year. All the rest of their powder hat been burnt once and won't even fiiilt thli year. Their platform denounces the Dinglcy tariff bill, but they do uot wiik to meet us before the people on thai issue. The hard times under the WiUoa bill and the present prosperity under wi protective tariff furnish an object leatoa which makes it uphill business td trim free trade this year. Their platform also denounces the gold standard legislation and demands fret coinage of silver at the ratio of IB t L But that powder was burnt four yirt ago and events have shown the falsity t their predictions. They arc like the boy who when beatta playing marbles says, "Let's play lome thing else." Beaten on tariff and th money question, they waut to play "ai itarism" awhile. Their lack of any other issue Is responsible for the conjuring ui of the spectre of "Imperialism." But while they are not talking about free trade or free silver, the people art not going to forget that they are tba free trade and free silver party. And, as Mr. Lincoln used to say, that remiads me of a little story. One of our excellent miisionariea n4 his good wife went to an island In Pair nesia about fifty years ago. They atajel there sixteen years and their work wia wonderfully successful. They found I tribe of savages. They left a tribe tt civilized,. Christian people, industrlsua and temperate, "clothed and ia their right minds." The Incident which illustrates my pel" occurred during the first year of their residence on the island. A chief clothed In sunshine and nothing else called on tho missionaries. They treated mm pouieiy. but as be loft the bouse the misafbnarf followed him and aaid: "Chief, we art glad to see you and want you to com again, but In my country mea wear clothes and my wife is not arcustoaiea to see men without clothing. The sell time you come to ace us, wou't you pleaM put on a little clothing, one or tws fir ments at least?" Th. nhlAf n.nmlwit enninliflnce. A tew days after, be entered the missionarier" home with satisfied smile on his f saying. "Me all right now." He had on a shirt collar and a pur socks. Mr son. Mr. Brvsn and bis frim" re badly deceived If they think tul their "Imperialism" collar and "miliar ism" socks will bide the free trada aa free silver nakedness of the Democritll party from the gaze of the Americas people. , By th way, apeaklng of "militarlsaa. I advise you always to watch with plcion any man or any party that sf afraid of the United States srmy. 0" army is a volunteer army of aa I""' men as the sun ever shone upon. TMJ are our defenders and the protectors our persons and property. H'w.'.rT ing, uncomplaining, brave and faitnnu, they follow the flag through summtri suit and winter'a storms, through tropi cal Jungles and the dangers of fever of battle for you and me and for tnw country's sake. If a man Is s good, ' abiding citlren he has no reason t " afrarid of an American soldier. I was one, my father was one, w grandfather was one, and my F " grandfather was one, and I feel like Ing off ray hat to every soldier I b" And whenever I find a man afraid of the "tyranny" of our !' littie army, I feel like asking him w' he has been doing. It is a smsl for so greet a nation, and the Intro tlon of "militarism" in this rmP, shows that our Democratic friends ar hard up for an Issue. YOUR FATUEB. CLERGYMAN. rii....i frin fifth columa.) look through the Golden Gate ,, . Kast. the far East. The ages sre roue. together at our feet. 1U , W. ,re standing by the cr Chins; ahe is asking ns bar, She has esught the vision of a" Bear "that walks like a man, " Is asking America to save her. They say I CHARLK3 II. F0WLL.K. -Dsffaio, N. T. .(Continued at bottom of sixth column.)