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.
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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.
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Washington Star.
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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
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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. Mr.
Chamberlain possesses the rare virtue ot
gratitude, and remains to this day one of
the most constant habitues of Lady
Reay's salon q salon of European ce-
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her with a freedom sufficient to dumb
found regularly trained officials and ad
ministrators. The scheme for the future
administration of South Africa Is ascribe
to Mr. Chamberlain, and bears striking
evidence of bis breadth of view and free
dom from official prejudice and red tape.
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
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