THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, 'APRIL' 13 1900. NO POLITICS IN IT Work Ahead of the Philippine Commission. MEMBERS TENDERED A BANQUET Whltelair Held Gives Tliem Some Ad vice About Governing; the Island What the People Expect. SAX FRANCISCO. April li A banquet was tendered the Philippine Commission ers tonight by the merchants of this city. The principal address was made by Hon. TVhltelaw Reld. After referring to the nonpolltical significance of the occasion. Mr. Reld said In part: "What do the Amercan people In gen eral and without distinction of party look to yoqj for? If the truth must be whis pered in your cars, there are here and there very sincere, capable people who are growing a bit weary of a multiplicity of commissions. They say so cynical are they that In all ages and countries, tho easiest method of evading or postponing a difficult prob lem has been to appoint a commission on It. and thus prolong tho circumlocution. For a first thing, then. In which we are united, we wish to redeem the character of this mode of government by commis sion. For we assume that you are sent out to the archipelago to govern; .and Just at present we don't know of any jiart of our possessions that seem more in need of government. "We all unite In adjuring you to remem ber that you are setting sail, not only charged with the National Interests, but dignified and ennobled by a guardianship of the National honor. We all unite. I venture to think. In earnestly wishing - that you may make the best of a situa tion which none of us wholly like and many dislike with all their hearts the best of It, for the country, which by good management or bad, rightfully or wrong fully. Is at any rate certainly, and In the eyes of the whole world, now responsible for the outcome; and the best of It. no less, for the distracted people thrown upon our bands. We cannot well help uniting in the further hope that your first success will be the re-establishment of order throughout regions lately filled with violence and bloodshed; and that you can then bring about a system of Just and swift punishment of future crimes of disorder. "In the Interest of the Islanders, you will roon seek to raise the revenue they need in the way least burdensome and most beneficial to them; but in the Interest of your country, we cannot expect you to begin by assuming that the only way to help the Islanders Is to throw products of their cheap labor Into unrestricted competition with similar products of our highly paid labor. In the Interest of the islanders, you will secure and guarantee to them the civil rights which belong to the very genius of American Institutions; but In the interests of your country, you will not make haste to extend the privi lege of American citizenship, which on the one hand will enable those people of the China Sea, Chinese or half-breed, or what not. to flood our labor market In advance of any readiness at home to change our present laws of exclusion; and on the other hand, would open the door to them as states In the Union, to take part In the Government of this Con tinent "If, In the providence of God and In contempt of past Judicial rulings, the Supreme Court should finally command It. you. like every other branch of the Government, will obey. Till then, we may be sure you will not, in sheer eagerness and Joyfulness. of heart, anticipate, or. as Wall-street speculators say, 'discount' such a decree for National degradation. But la their own land, and as far as may 1 "be. In accordance with their old customs and laws, you will secure to them. If you are to win the success we all wish you, every civil right we enjoy, and next the fullest measure of political rights and lo cal self-government they are found capa ble of sustaining, with ordered liberty for all the people. "There, then. Is the doom we expect you to Inflict on these temporarily turbulent wards of the Nation. First, order; then Justice: then American civil rights, not for a class, or a tribe, or a race, but for all the people: then local self-government. And may God help you to fulfill this task.. "Above all. If there Is a trace of poli tics In your work, or of seeking for po litical effect at home, you will gain and deserve to fall." Professor Moses and Judge Toft, of the commission, spoke briefly. The Commissioners" expect to sail for Manila on the transport Hancock about the 16th Inst. They are accompanied by their families. The clerical force to ac company the commission consists of a secretary, assistant secretary. Spanish secretary, translator and a private sec retary for each member. There will be 43 people In the party. The ladies and children are to be left at Yokohama for a month, until the Commissioners have secured houses and made everything ready for their comfort. CUBAN POLITICS. Democratic Union and Federal Par ties Striving: for Supremacy. HAVANA. April 12. The Democratic union party held a meeting to discuss the question of the advisory board referred to In the recently published programme of the party, which has been attacked by the opponents of the movement. As a result of the meeting, a circular 'was Issued explaining that the advisory board was Intended to be transitory In nature nnd only designed as a means to helD the Cubans secure some voice in the manage ment or arrairs while the period of inter ventlon lasted. The circular emphatically disclaimed any Intention by the Institu tion of an advisory board to assist In 4 prolonging the Intervention period. Senor Plerra. one of the leaders of the Democratic Union party, has published a letter In answer to the persistent at tacks of the Discussion upon the mem bers of the Federal party. He says: "The same men who are now attacking the advent of the autonomists In the po litical field were recently endeavoring to persuade tho autonomists to Join them In forming a party." Gualberto Gomez and Manuel Sangullly, leaders of the Federal party, have pub lished a retort to this. In the course of which they say: "In private conferences which took place, between ourselves and the leaders of the Democratic Union party, the lat ter expressed themselves es being very distrustful of the Americans, as doubtful regarding the fulfillment of the Joint res olution of Congress, and as confident that. In any event, the Intervention would last many years. The Democratic Union leaders said it would he better to form a party charged with the care and develop ment of the resources of the -country and with bringing about civic reforms. In or der that the people and country should not remain neglected, especially as every thing might end In Cuba not getting In dependence, after alL As for ourselves, our position consists In loyally accepting the promises of tho Americans, and we shall work for Immediate Intervention, considering every postponement unjusti fiable." The leaders of the Democratic Union have rejoined with this: "We have not doubted the sincerity of the Americans, but we have doubted their ability to es tablish a stable government in Cuba with the existing lack of order In the political world, and the general anarchy that pre vails among the people, and therefore we have advocated the formation of a com prehensive party to aid the American in forming a stable government." Xsatcrday was the last day for the Spaniards to register In order to pre- I serve uicir uuuuuaui. mcic bb uu particular rush of applicants, and conse quently no need to have recourse to the Issuance of tickets entitling the holders to return for registration at some later day. All who applied bad an opportunity to enroll. CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR Fowerfal Viceroys Protest to the Empress DoTracer. SHANGHAI. March 7. A. full account has been received here of the meeting on March S at Peking between the Empress Dowager and the Grand Council. Protests were read -from the Viceroys and Govern ors of nine of the 18 provinces against the policy of the Empress Dowager. These officials are the greatest provincial au thorities in China. They declared unitedly that, if the Empress Dowager persists In persecuting the reformers and continuing her reign of terror policy, the Chinese under them will rebel against the Man chus. The Viceroy at Nanking saye he has 140,000 Hunanese troops who are anxious to fight the Manchus, and he fears he can not control them. The Viceroys- who united in this remarkable step represent the provinces of Klang-Su. Annul. Kionc ti. Hunan, Hupeh. Cheklang. . Fooklen. Quangsl and Kwangtung, with an aggre gate population of lSO.OOO.OM. Until this protect was made, the Dow ager Empress had ben having things quite her own way. Though she has de sisted from her purpose to set up a new Emperor, yet her wrath toward those who opposed her has shown no abatement. It la unbounded. Kin Lien-Shan has been captured In tho Portugese colony of Macao, oft the South China coast. Dy r nuns Chang's detectives. Mr. Kin fled from Shanghai last month. He Is the manager of the National System of Telegraphs In China, and headed the petition signed by 1200 notables against setLng up a new Em peror. Probably he will be decapitated. An English law firm here has been re tained to defend him. Tho government has trumped up charges of defalcation against Mr. Kin, who la really a very able and enlightened man. On March 1 instructions were wired from Peking to Soo Chow, capital of Klang-Su, to arren ana put to death the reformers Weng T"Ung-Ho and Shen Pong. These men had been in very Important positions in Peking, but were easily captured In Soo Chow. The chief reformer, Kang Yu wet. Has nea to Singapore. The Empress Dowager has offered 1100.000 for his body, dead or alive. Kang WI, who ia the Dowager's "High Extortioner," has announced his purpose to visit the Yang-tso porta at an early date. We shall probably hear that many a reformer who cannot buy his freedom will be killed. Old Chang Chi Tung. Vice roy of Wu Chang, has recently been pub licly reproved in scathing terms by the Dowager, and he may lose his VIceroyalty on the arrival of Kang Wl. It is aid that there Is an official list, prepared by the Peking government, of the names of SOO reformers who are proscribed. A special list of over 35 names exists of those who are -to bo killed as soon as they are captured. Tho Chinese correspondent In Peking of the North China Dally News writes as iouows: "We. in Peking, think this Indifference of Western nations, especially Great Brit nln and the United States, during a crisis like this. Is a shame. The subjects of these two Western nations have been most earnest and .energetic in trying to intro duce Western civilization and education Into China. They have succeeded glori ously. They have obtained most illus trious converts from the Emperor and some of the younger princes of the Im perial house, downward. Yet now they shirk from making even a mild protest against the actions of the Empress Dow ager." i i WASHINGTON J4EN SURPRISED Supposed Orevonlnns Knew Their Intent sis to Portna-e Scheme. WASHINGTON. April l-An item In The Oregonlan regarding the surprise said to have been occasioned among mem bers of the Oregon delegation because Congressman Jones and Congressman Cushmon. of Washington, had appeared before the House committee on rivers and harbors In favor of the portage railway at The Dalles, in turn somewhat sur prised the members of the Lower House from the north side of the Columbia river. Itta authoritatively stated that Con gressman Tongue, of Oregon, was spoken to regarding the appearance before the committee, and, as faras can be learned, he was not at all enthusiastic about tak ing up the portage railway question at this time. Congressman Moody was not present, and bis attention was not called to the desire of the Washington delega tion to appear before the committee pre vious to the meeting at which they sub mitted their arguments. The position taken by the Washington delegaUon Is merely that a- portage rail road would help to open the river to through freight, and, possibly, and svery likely, reduce freights. This portage rall Toad could. If a boat railway were finally deemed desirable, be used In making ad ditional Improvements. From many sources In Oregon the Washington delegation Is being encour aged In Its efforts on behalf of the port age railroad. The War Department Is quite favorable to such a proposition, and, besides, there seems to be a disposition to spend the money available for this pur pose. Representative Jones bill, allowing Ab ner S. Crawford, of North Yakima, a pen sion of 124 a month, which passed the House some time ago. has also been poised through the Senate by Senator Foster, and It only remains now for th President to sign the bill before Mr. Craw ford will be In the full enjoyment of his pension. Jeremiah Btranr nwiu tm.. r ty. has been allowed an original pension ui a monm irom October 1. 1594. This will give Mr. Strange a neat little sum of JOS. Representative Jones has been working with the Commissioner of tho General Land OffleA fnrxnm tlm Kanfe ..-.... lng to get an allowance for clerk hire for the land offices nt Walla Walla and Wat ervllle. and. whllehe has not succeeded In having this allowed at present, he ha received the promise from the Commis sioner that after July 1. when the new appropriations nre available, he will do all he can to have this allowance granted. Commissioner Hermann's reason for not granting Mr. Jones' request at this time was the fact that the appropriation for the expenses of local land offices, from which the salaries of clerks are defrayed, was so nearly exhausted that It was Im practicable to Increase the present ap portionment during this fiscal year. s Elcctrle Power In E-njrlnnd. Philadelphia Press. A fever of electrical power building has broken out at last In England. Several companies are hammering at the doors of Parliament to build plants and lines to generate, transmit and sell electricity. The schemes Involve the furnishing of power and light to all the great cities of Eng land. One company asks for a monopoly of all South Wales, another of Surrey, an other of the whole of Middlesex, Hertford shire and Essex. Dr. Andrews Surprised. CHICAGO. April 12. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, Superintendent of Chicago pub lic schools, when sen at the Hotel Nor mandle In regard to his election as chan cellor of the University of Nebraska sId: "The offer Is a surprise to me, though there was talk of some such movement lent Bummer. Until officially notified I do not care to discuss the subject." BRYAN AS A "FLOPPER" SO POLITICIAN CAS DO A BETTER -TORX." Samples, Also, of Bis Misrepresenta tion of Abraham Lincoln en Greenbacks and Banks. tor.) Mr. Bryan has come and Mr. Bryan has gone, and opinions vary as to whether or not the sum total of human knowledge In the Northwest is greater than it was 10 days ago. A cat may look at a King, and the humblest citizen of the State of Oregon Is not debarred from the privilege of criticising even the "peerless orator of the Platte." Mr. Bryan's position as the head of nls party entitles him simply to fair treatment, and respectful consid erationnothing more. It may be diffi cult to understand how a man of his ca.1- THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Principles Adopted In for The Republicans of Oregon, In convention assembled, reaffirm their belief In and loyalty to the gold standard. We commend the Republican Congress for its recent legislation making the gold stand ard a part of the statutory law of the land. So long as either of our great political parties advocates the free coinage of silver, the main tenance of the gold standard Is the most Important political Issue, affecting, as It does, the value of the farmer's crop and the la borer's wages. We call upon all who believe In sound money to unite with the Republicans of Oregon in the important elections of this year, la order that a victory may be won for the gold standard so decisive as forever to preclude the debasement of our currency by the free coinage of silver. We heartily indorse the policy of the Administration, and par ticularly In securing the Philippine Islands, and we demand that they shall be retained as American territory. We have confidence that tho American people, without departing from their traditions, will give security to personal and property rights, justice, liberty and equality before the law, to all who live beneath .Its flag. We Indorse the policy of the Administration In suppressing the insurrection in the Philippines headed by Agulnaldo. We point with pride to the honorable part played by 4he Second Oregon Regiment In this war. They met with victory In every combat, and covered their state and country with glory on every Held. We condole with the families of those members of the regiment who lost their lives In the conflict, and extend our congratulations to the survivors of the regiment on the brilliant and honorable record they have made. We regard trade with the Orient as one of the great sources of. our National wealth in the future, and an open door in China is an Important aid to the growth of our trade in the Orient, we com mend tho successful efforts of the present Administration, and espe cially of its Secretary of State, to secure by treaty with the several European powers, the right to the free introduction of American goods into this great empire. The. Republican party in Oregon recognizes the vital necessity of control of the organization and curtailment of the powers of trust and combinations of capital by the state within its borders, and pledges its support In the approaching Legislature to laws de fining and carrying out those objects. We are in favor of retrenchment and reform in the expenditure of public money. We pledge the Republican party to favor the enact ment of all legislation looking to an economical administration of public affairs.' We favor the pending Constitutional amendment for an Increase in the number of Supreme Court Judges from three to Ave. We point with pride to the legislation adopted by the last Legis lature. It abolished the railroad commission. It reduced the legal rate of interest to 6 per cent. It passed an act for the submission to the people of a Constitutional amendment providing for the initi ative and referendum. It enacted a registration law for the protec tion of the purity of the ballot As experience demonstrates this last act to be cumbersome in some particulars, we pledge the Re v publican Legislature to make effort for Its amendment, to the end that the registration" of qualified voters may be f acllltated. We are unalterably opposed to any measure looking to the leas ing of the public domain, believing that such a system would have an undoubted tendency to hasten th,e concentration of land owner ship in the hands of a few Individuals and against the long-established American policy of encouraging home-bulldlng. We favor an amendment of the Constitution of the United States so as to provide for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and we instruct our Senators and Representa tives in Congress to use every effort to secure such an amendment to the Constitution. We are in favor of the immediate construction of a canal be tween the Atlantic and the Pacific at the Isthmus of Panama, and we instruct the Oregon delegation in Congress to labor earnestly and continually for the enactment of such legislation as will lead to the construction and operation of the canal under Governmental con trol. We urge the immediate passage of the bill now pending In Con gress to pension Indian War Veterans, and we pledge the .support of the Oregon delegation in Congress to the same. We heartily Indorse the administration of Governor Geer, and the state officials of Oregon, as economical, wise and creditable to the state. ber can control such a following, but that his following exceeds that of any other Democratic leader must be conceded. Mr. Bryan has been in turn a lawyer, a Jour nalist and a soldier; but In none of these has he attained the slightest distinction. He was never able to Invest any money In Government bonds until after he had sprung his famous speech upon the 'Demo cratic National Convention in 1896, and se cured the Presidential nomination. With the prestige of that nomination, and with two or three set speeches, to the prepara tion and delivery of which he has devoted the whole of the past four years, he has maintained his prestige as a "peerltss orator." The successful Journalist must give us fresh editorials every day In the week. The successful preacher must give us at least two good sermons every Sun day. The successful lawyer must pre sent a new argument with every case. But a single speech suffices to give Mr. Bryan an audience at every Important point on 'the Pacific Coast, from Sacra mento to Spokane. In every address Republicans have been abused, denounced and ridiculed, and Mr. Hanna has been dally exhibited as a political monster with hoofs and horns and a bifurcated tall. At every point Mr. Bryan has assured us that Mr. Hanna was the Republican party and the dictator of National legis lation; at every point the Lincoln and Hanna toboggan slide has been recon structed; at every point we have been told that the Republican party places the dollar above the man, and that Republi cans everywhere pray to Mark Hanna for their dally opinions. At every point lis teners have Been regaled with the thread bare stories of the sick baby and the doc tor. the darkey and the chicken, and the boy and his grandmother and the pie. Ii It unfair to suggest that there la nothing In all of this above the grade of an ordi nary stump speech, or anything that com ports with the dignity of one who aspires to the Presidential office? Is there any thing In all of this reiterated repetition that approaches In strength. In versatil ity, in lofty jsentlmcnt or In compact and logical statement, the platform utterances of Garfield or Harrison or McKlnley? The 7.000.000 men who In 1S36 voted for McKln ley are not knaves or tools or pliant hench men, or wanting In any of the Impulses which characterizes the loftiest patriotism, and their faith cannot be undermined or their numbers lessened by mere abuse or ridicule or dogmatic assertion. It ill becomes one who freely consorted with the Hon. BUI Goebel or the Hon. Dick Crokcr to shy nt Marcus A. Hanna It 111 becomes an orthodox Democrat to make merry over the political "flop" of any Republican or to refer to the Repub lican party as an "association of ath letes." In view of the coarse vulgarity and malignant virulence of the abuse which the Democratic party showered upon Abraham Lincoln when he was alive, it 111 becomes any Democrat to quote Lin coln In support of any Democratic pre tense. If Mr. Bryan should hand to a stranger not Versed In our political history a few sample Democratic editorials upon Mr. Lincoln, written during the Civil War, and a few samples of Democratic editorials of the present day upon Mr. Hanna, to be used as specifications to guide him in the construction of the Llncoln-Hanna tobog gan slide, no mortal man could predict which way the completed slide would tip. ! Tho student of history, one hundred years hence, with these Democratic editorials as his only guide, could never determine whether Lincoln or Hanna was entitled to the distinction of being the most In famous character of the age. When Mr. Bryan comments upon the Republican party as an "association of athletes." ready at any time to "flop" on any political proposition, he forgets the tremendous "flop" which the Inexorable logic of events compelled the Democratic party to make on the questions of state rights and human slavery. He Ignores Oregon State Convention 1900. the recent expansion flop of the Democ racy, which has always favored and prac ticed the doctrine of government without consent of the governed, and is now stulti fying itself In refined distinctions about internal and external expansion. He lec tures us on National banks, and tells us "Abraham Lincoln signed the bill that provided for the greenbacks." and that "today the Republican party is trying to retire the greenbacks, and you men who used to advocate the greenbacks have got to flop, for the leaders demand It," and further ho says: "No Republican, unless connected with a bank or under the thumb of a bank, ever asked for retirement of the greenbacks." Now what was Mr. Lincoln's position upon these questions? In his message of December 1. 1SG2. after commenting on tho necessities which required the Issuance of greenbacks. President Lincoln says: "A return to specie payment, however, at the earliest period compatible with a due re gard to alt Interests concerned should ever be kept In view. Fluctuations In the value of currency are always Injurious, and to reduce these fluctuations to the lowest possible point will always be a leading purpose In wise legislation. Con vertibility, prompt and certain converti bility, into coin la generally acknowledged to be the best and surest safeguard against them, and it Is extremely doubtful whether a circulation of United States notes payablo In coin and sufficiently large for the wants of the people can be perma nently, usefully and safely maintained. Is there, then, any other mode In which tho necessary provision for the public wants can be made and the great advan tages of a safe and uniform currency se cured? I know of none which, promises so certain results and Is at the some time so unobjectionable as the organization of banking associations, under a general act of Congress, well guarded in Its provisions. To such associations the Government might furnish circulating notes, on the se curity of United States bonds deposited In the Treasury. These notes, prepared un der the supervision of proper officers, be ing uniform In appearance and security, and convertible always into coin, would at once protect labor against the evils of a vicious currency, and facilitate com merce by cheap and safe exchanges." In his message of December 8, 1K3, Mr. Lincoln says: "The enactment by Congress of a National banking law has proved a valuable support of the pub'.Ic credit, and the general legislation In relation to loans has fully answered the expectation of Hi favorers: some amendments may be re quired to perfect existing laws, but no change In their principles or general scope is believed to be needed." Again, in his message of December 8, 1844, President Lincoln cays: "The Na tional banking system Is proving to be acceptable to capitalists and to the people. On the 25th day of November; 584 National banks had been organized, a considerable number of which were conversions from state banks. Changes from state systems to the National system are rapidly taking place, and it is hoped that very soon there will be In the United States no banks of Issue not authorized by'Congreaa, and no banknote circulation not secured by thi Government; that the Government and the people will derive great benefit from this change In the banking systems of th country can hardly be questioned. The National system will create a reliable and permanent Influence In support of the Na tional credit, and protect the people against losses In the use of paper money." The foregoing extracts from President Lincoln's messages show that he believed that a nation. like an individual, should some time pay Its promissory notes, and that the greenback was not to be per manently retained as a part of our cur rency system. They show, too, that he thoroughly believed In the National bank ing system. Will Mr. Bryan-, whose plat form of 1S96 "denounce the Issuance of notes Intended to circulate as money by National banks, as In derogation of tne Constitution." explain wherein Mr. Lincoln agrees with him. or wherein ht was an tagonistic to the present policy bf the Re publican party? Mr. Bryan tells us that the Republicans In 1892 wanted bimetal'sra without quali fication, but that they turned a. somersaui. In 1S9S In demanding the gold standard. Will he tell us what the Democracy warn ed In 1S92? They expreJaly refused to adopt a free-coinage putfurm, because Grover Cleveland would not stand on "t; but they demanded that "the dollar of unit of coinage must bo of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, or be adjusted through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as shall Insure the maintenance of tho parity of the two metals." Here the Democracy Invented and embraced the "international agreement" humbug. Havic? adopted that platform, they nominated Mr. Cleveland, the most radical and conspicuous goldbug in the country. Mr. Bryan complains of the speech of Mr. McKInley In Toledo In 1891. denounc ing Cleveland for discrediting sliver. But Mr. Bryan in that year did not denounce him. and the next, year he and all the cohorts of Democracy were proclaiming Mr. Cleveland the foremost statesman ot the age. Has Mr. Cleveland "flopped." and Is that why he Is in nad odor with the Democracy? Indeed, hi has not Ho Is one man at least who does not belong to either the Democratic or the Repub lican "association ot oih'etes." In his annual message to Congress on December 8. 1SS3, President Cleveland said: '.Those who do not fear any disastrous consequences -rom the continued compul sory coinage of slUcr. ns now directed by law, and who suppose tfcat the addition to the currency of the country Intended as Its result will be a public benefit, are reminded that history demonstrates that tho point Is easily reached in the attempt! to uoat at the same .time two sorts of money of different excellence when the better will cease to be In general circula tion. The hoarding of gold, which has already taken place. Indicates that we shall not escape the usual experience in such cases. So, If this silver coinage be continued, we may reasonably expect that gold and Its equivalent will abandon the field of circulation to sliver alone. This, of course, must produce a severe contrac tion ot our circulating medium, instead ot adding to It. We have now on hand all the silver dollars necessary to supply the present needs of the people, and to satisfy those who, from sentiment, wish to see them In circulation. ... That disaster has not already overtaken- us. furnishes no proof that danger does not' wait upon a continuation ot the present silver coin age. We have been saved by the most careful management and unusual expedi ents, by a combination of fortunate con ditions, and by a confident expectation that the course of the Government in re gard to sliver coinage would be speedily changed by the action of Congress. Pros perity hesitates on the threshold becauss ot the dangers and uncertainties surround ing this question. Capital timidly shrinks from trade, and Investors are unwilling to take the chance of the 'questionable shape in which their money will be re turned to them, while enterprise halts at a risk against which care and sagacious management do not protect. As a neces sary consequence labor lacks employment, and suffering and distress are visited upon a portion of our fellow-citizens especially entitled to the careful consideration of those charged with the duties of legisla tion. No Interest appeals to us so strong. ly for a safe and stable currency as tha vast army of the unemployed. I recom mend the suspension of the compulsory coinage of silver dollars, directed by the law passed In February, 1878." In his message of December 6, 1SS6, Mr Cleveland said: "I havo seen no reason to change the views expressed In my last annual message on the subject of com pulsory coinage, and I again urge Its sus pension on all the grounds contained In my former recommendation, reinforced by the significant Increase of our gold ex portation during the last year, as appears by the comparative statement herewith presented, and for the further reasons that the more this currency is distributed amongst the people, the greater becomes our duty to protect it from disaster." Again, In his message of December 3. 1SS8, he says: "The Secretary recommends the suspension of the future coinage of silver, and In such recommendation I earnestly concur." In 1891. In an open letter, issued about a. year before his third nomination for the Presidency, he reiter ated his opinion of what he called "tho dangerous and reckless experiment of free, unlimited and Independent silver coinage." Twice after he had repeatedly published to all the world his unyielding and deter mined opposition to free coinage, he was nominated for the Presidency by tho Dem ocratic party, with a unanimity and an enthusiasm that nothing could repress, and Mr. Bryan was out in Nebraska, help, lng with might and main to swell tha chorus for Cleveland and "btroetallsm by International agreement." In a very brief period he developed his own capacity as an athlete by "flopping" over to frej silver, while Mr. Cleveland, the Idol ot Democracy In 18S8. and 1892, for refusing to flop, and for holding consistency above expediency, and principle above every otb. er consideration, became the ."traitor," the "Judas' and the "apostate" of 1836. From tho foregoing considerations It ap. pears that Mr. Bryan might enlarge the compass of his address on "flops" and "Hoppers" and greatly Increase the scope of his "political association of athletes." To those who regard Mr. Bryan as the foremost statesman of the century, and the Democratic party as "the whole thing." we commend the words of Oliver Cromwell. "I beseech you. brethren, by. tho mercies of God. to believe It possible that you may be mistaken." C. B. MOORES. A Se-rr Ua-ht Comlnp;. Philadelphia Press. j, There Is a new light coming the Kugel light which is simply gas furnished under sressure. By applying 1 to 1-10 atmosphere gas pressure It Is claimed better than Welsbach light Is produced. The improve ment is due to the high pressure and velocity of the flowing gas. It causes the greatest Intensity of the flame to be transferred to a higher position. The light Is an agreeable yellowish light, and gives a very high Illuminating efficiency. s Failure of Application. Washington Star. "What Is your Idea of success?' "Success," answered the man who has realized a few ambitions, "Is merely the attainment of a condition which causes people who knew you years ago to look at you and smile and say 'A fool for luck!' " Would Rather Be Snre. She Mother says there Is a rumor that you are quite fast. , "My darling, would you allow a thing like that to make any differences She (doubtfully) N-no. Still. I would rather have It confirmed. Life. AN ANGLO-DUTCH VICEROY STROKE OF SIGSAL BRITISH SAGA CITY SAID TO BE DECIDED OS. Proposal to Trut the "Whole of Booth Africa to tho Administration of Lord Rear. No appointment more nearly. Ideal can be conceived than that ot Lord Read to the office ot Viceroy of British South Af rica, which it Is intended to create as soon as the present war with the Transvi.il has been brought to a close, writes "Ex-Attache" In the New York Tribune. Ac cording to authoritative reports, the cab inet In London has already determined the broad lines of the future policy to be adopted with regard to South Africa. This provides for a system of government al most Identical with that ot the Dominion ot Canaca. the various English colonies in that portion of the Dark Continent, as well as the Transvaal and the Free State, after a period of political probation, having each their provincial assemblies and additional legislative representation in a species of federal, or dominion, par liament at Cape Town, the whole ot the British Empire In South Africa, Including the present two Boer Republics and Rho desia In fact, the entire English territory up to Zambesi being under the control of a Viceroy In the person of Lord Reay. The mere announcement In South Africa of the intention to nominate Lord Reay as the principal representatives ot the Crown at the Cape is certain to go far toward the pacification ot that part ot Queen Victoria's empire, and to restore confidence not only In the good fattS ot England, but likewise In her resolve to protect the vanquished, that Is to say, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, from becoming the prey of what la known as "the Rhodes gang." In fact. Lord Reay"s appointment will be equivalent to an intimation not merely to the Afrikand ers but Hkewlw to the world at large, that the originator of the Jameson raid la to have no further finger In the Afri can pie. save as the chief of one of tho staple lndustrtess. For it is known in every European capital that Lord Reay has never entertained any sympathy for the so-called "Colossus," and that Jie has repeatedly expressed In the strongest terms his disapproval of the unscrupulous methods and policy of the man. added to which he Is so rich that there Is no danger of his ever being Impressed by the Immense wealth of Mr. Rhodes and his partners. White men of Dutch race In South Af rica will welcome Lord Reay's nomination by reason of the fact that he has cham pioned their cause in the past, and like wise because he has the same blood fts their own in his veins. For before be coming a British peer he was an Under Secretary of State In the service of the crown of Holland, a member of the Dutch house of Lords, and a -Chamberlain to the late Queen of the Netherlands. Irlh goodwill Is due to him as one of the leading members of Mr. Gladstone's home rule administration, and as a statesman who sacrificed many political and private friendships In order to serve the causo of Erin. His house In London has for more than two decades been the trystlng- place of the diplomatic corps accrecuteu to the court ot St. James, as well as ot every foreign statesman of distinction vis iting London, and mere is prooaDiy no roan In English public life today who Is so widely and so favorably known abroad. In the eyes of Englishmen he standi deservedly high by reason of the adminis trative ability which he displayed as Gov ernor of Bombay, as Under Secretary ot State for British India, and ns a singular ly progressive president of that unwieldy Institution known as the London school board. To the "cannlnera" of a Scotch laird he Is tho chief of the clan ot iiac- kay he adds the traditional caution of a Dutchman ana tne reluctance u) come io any decision until after careful delibera tion, while with the sound English com mon sense and loftiness of principle he combines, French brilliancy and graceful wit. acquired as a young man during a prolonged residence In Paris as a secre tary of the Dutch legation there. Lord Reay presents. Indeed, a rare and striking combination of qualities, and tho fact that In England. Scotland, The Hague, Paris, Berlin and India one hears nothint: but praise and admiration ex pressed whenever his name is mentioned, constitutes an eloquent and convincing de monstration of his fitness for the dimcult nnd delicate position of the first British Viceroy of South Africa. Frlenua of the Chamberlains. It may seem odd at first sight that a peer who was to such an extent Identified with the Grand Old Man and with his policy In South Africa and Ireland should be selected for an office of such Import ance as Viceroy of South Africa by a Conservative and Unionist administration. But Lord and Lady Reay are among tha oldest and closest friends of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, who never forgets that to Lady Keay ne n Indebted for his first Introduction to Lon don society. Long before the one-tlma Mayor of Birmingham had come to the fore in political life. Lady Reay. a woman of remarkable foresight and shrewdness, had made up her mind that Mr. Chamber lain was destined to become the leading statesman of the day. Accordingly she took him under her wing, made him ac quainted with "the right people." and in fact acted as his social sponsor. 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Lord Reay Is a Dutchman, and was born at Tha Hague In 1833 as the eldest son of that Baron Mackay of Ophmert who was Minister ot State and President of the Privy Council to the late King of the Netherlands. He was educated as s Hollander, his succession to tho Scotch peerage of Reay appearing at the tha remote. In course of time he was gradV uated from the famous old University of Leyden.' taking the degree of a Doctor ot Civil Law, after which he entered tb Dutch Foreign Office, and served as Seo retary of Legation in London, and mors especially In Paris before returning t The Hague to take up the post of Under Secretary of State for the Dutch Indies and Chamberlain to the Queen. In 1S7IL when Baron Mackay was therefore 31 years of age. his father became, througk the death ot a distant cousin in Scotland, 10th Lord Reay In the kingdom of Scot land, and chief ot the celebrated Scotch) Clan Macleay. On his death in the follow lng year, his son, the present peer, auo ceeded not merely to his Dutch titles ana estatec, but likewise to his Scotch digni ties. Aliens being debarred from exercis ing legislative functions In Great Britain, the new Lord Reay proceeded to secure naturalization by virtue of a special act ot Parliament. It was la the following year that I mad his acquaintance, and In the meanwhile he had married an English wife, tha widow of Captain Alexander Mitchell. M. I'., of Stow, Midlothian, a most brilliant and gifted woman, remarkable for her sound Judgment, wit and extraordinary tact and social experience, which have not only placed her In the front rank ot the leaders of the London great world. but have likewise contributed In no small measure to her husband's advancement. They had Just returned from a long Con tinental tour, which had been fruitful In a number of amusing incidents owing to his change of name. He himself was known throughout the length and breadth of Europe and at most of the principal hotels as the Dutch Baron Mackay. acd he was never, therefore, asked to regis ter his name on arrival at any hostelry, the manager or clerk putting his name down on the lists of guests as Baron Mackay, of The Hague. When subse quently they discovered that the lady who was traveling with him as his wife boro the namo of Lady Reay, they Immediate ly Imagined that something was wrong until the necessary explanation was made. An Accomplished Diplomat. Lord Reay, whose Scotch barony was transformed by Mr. Gladstone In 1SS1 Into an English peerage, carrying with It a seat In the British House of Lords. Is a tail and spare and as well dress-Hi and well groomed as the ordinary Englishman of birth and breeding. His features aro finely cut, the shape of the face being ovaL His black hair and short-cropped bra.rd are now tinged with gray. His complexion is dark, and this, with his dark and penetrating eyes, gives him the appearance of a native of Southern Eu rope rather than of a countryman of William of Orange. He Is at home In al most every European language, and talks with equal fluency Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, whllo Lady Reay Is one of the few wom en in London society who, in addition to other accomplishments, has mastered Russian. In England Lord Reay" has ac quired a good deal of popularity as a pub lic speaker, the only trace remaining ot his foreign birth being the somewhat un usual correctness of his grammar and the perfection of his enunciation. He la equally eloquent in French, and In the many addresses which he has delivered In his capacity of president of the Franco-Scottish Society at Paris, he has shown that he possesses a perfect mastery ot all the "finesse" and Idiomatic graces ot the Gallic tongue. It was Lord Reay's Influence with Mr. Gladstone, who entertained a profound regard for his abilities and for the sound ness of his Judgment, that contributed more than anything else to the restora tion of the South African Republic in lSSfl and to the repeal of Sir Theophllus Shepstono's annexation ot tho Transvaal. In fact, the Boers may be said to have been largely Indebted to Lord Reay for the recovery of their Independence, and there Is not an Afrikander in South Afri ca who is not aware of the fact, since he championed their cause In every way possible and gave the most valuable as sistance and support to their delegates la London 20 years ago. But Lord Reay's action in the matter was restricted to the restoration of Boel autonomy In the Transvaal. When Pres ident Kruger and his associates begaa their agitation for freedom from all Brit ish control In their relations with the for eign powers of Europe. Lord Reay de clined to Indorse their views, and op posed them, on the broad, statesman like ground that -England could never permit Pretoria to- become the headquar ters In South Africa of foreign political Intrigues against herself. In fact. It was Lord Reay who prevented Mr. Gladstono and his successors In office from yielding on this point and who caused John Bright and other equally influential Eng Itshment to decline to give their signa tures to a moniter petition asking that tho Transvaal should enjoy entire Inde pendence in her Intercourse with foreign nations. In 1S36 Lord Reay again showed himself In tho light of a true-friend ot the Boers, and It wat due to him that Mr. Chamberlain, then as now Colonial Secre tary, and the British Government came out so flat-flooted against the Jameson raid. - v.l it I HAVE purchased the right and title for the sale of the Dr. Sanden Electric Belt. This I guarantee on a $5000 bond to be the gen uine, original and only pat ented Sanden Belt. 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