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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JrtTXB 20
Rev. Alexander Blackburn, of Port
land, in letters to the Watchman; (Bos
ton), and to the Baptist Common
wealth (Philadelphia), speaks very
disparagingly of Portland, of Oregon
jand of the Pacific States at large.
'Brother Blackburn evidently is in a
field that he thinks unworthy of him.
Buch as he would do well to move dn
"Rod give place to men of higher faith,
men who think less of the "comforts"
and the "wealth" which he complains
axe lacking, and more about the work
that ought to be done and must be
done, even if it bring no personal re
ward. Dr. Blackburn thinks this a
very poor country, and contrasts Port
land with Boston and the Pacific
Northwest States with New England.
His tone of disappointment and regret
bears resemblance to that sigh for the
lost flesh-pots, in the camp between
Ellm and Sinai. We haven't Indeed as
much wealth here as there Is in Bos
ton, but wo have always known how
to do with leys; and Brother Black
burn's predecessors in the ministry in
the Northwest States, during the long
years of ploraeer life, when the means
of living were far more scanty than
now, were men of cheer and hope, not
of querulous pessimism.
It is much to be regretted that Ore
gon did not enter Binger Hermann for
tin. Vice-Presidency, or George Mc
Bride, whose term in the Senate is
about to expire. These men are profes
sional oflice-holders; and the Idea of
existence to them, and to the. likes o
them, out of office, is intolerable. When
provision can be made for a man of
this kind, or there is a chance of mak
ing provision for him, his state ought
not to neglect It.
Through the possession of the Philip
pines, we stand at the southern gate
way cf China, with an excellent army
of 60,000 men) and a strong naval squad
ron, within five days steam of the
scene of hostilities in China. Whatever
the future of China may be, we are in
a position of inestimable advantage for
enforcing such rights and advantages
as are properly ours in the interest of
our commerce and the protection of the
persons and property of our citizens.
The present moment is likely to prove
a cold day for the fulmlnation of antl
expans'on dogmas through the Na
tional Democratic platform. Unexpect
ed events are emphasizing1 the argu
ment of the Republican statesmen- who
claim that our sovereignty in- the Phil
ippines is to be defended both as a tem
porary and as a permanent condition.
The Silver Republicans had a state
convention at Seattle last Saturday.
Nine counties were represented, and
less than 100 delegates were present.
Delegates were selected to the Kansas
City Convention of the Silver-Republican
party. The attendance was dis
couraging, the outlook gloomy, and the
proceedings entirely perfunctory. Yet
some few persons, with greater pride of
opinion than Intelligent Insight into
the situation; felt so completely com
mitted to a lost cause that they went
through the farce of trying to maintain
a party organization. All Silver Re
publicans, however, are not alike. For
example, the secretary of the sta-to
central ccmmlttee has seen a great
sight. His name was signed to the call
for the Seattle convention; and now
he declares his signature was made
without his knowledge or authority.
He had previously resigned and written
a letter declaring that he was going
to return to the Republican parfy, be
cause he is a "firm believer In expan
sion In all Its particulars." The name
of the secretary is George S. .Courter,
of North Yakima.
Jackson was renominated by accla
mation by the Democratic National
Corventlon in 1832. Fremont was
nominated ore tlie first ballot in 1856
by the first Republican National Con
vention. McClellan was nominated on
the first ballot by the Democratic Na
tional Convention in 1S64. Lincoln was
renominated by the Republican Na
tional Convention in 1SC1 without oppo
sition!, except that Grant received the
vote of Missouri. At the Democratic
National Convention of 1868, after
wenty-one ballots, Seymour was nomi
nated for President by acclamation. At
the Republican National Conventions
of 1S6S and 1ST2 Grant was nominated
unarimously. At tine Democratic Na
tional Convention of 1S72 Horace Gree
ley 'was nominated on the first ballot,
receiving CSS votes to 15 for Bayard, 21
for Black and 2 for Groesbeck. Cleve
land was renominated by acclamation
w ithout a ballot by the Democratic Na-
Ijnal Convention in 1SSS, and was
lie inated on the first ballot in 1S92.
In 1S32 Pierce was nominated for Pres
ident on the forty-ninth ballot. The
Democratic National Convention, which
met at Charleston, S. C, in I860, after
tire fifty-seventh ballot adjourned to
meet at Baltimore, where Douglas was
ncninatod on the second ballot, while
thw n.nrf.Tknuirlas Democrats nominated
Breckinridge without opposition. Lin
coln -a as nominated on the third bal
lot by the Republican National Con
it r Ion of 1SC0. Hayes was nominated
en tht seventh ballot by the Republican
National Convention of 1S76; the Demo
crats nominated Tildei In 1S76 on the
second ballot. Hancock was nominated
ly acclamation after the second ballot
by the Notional Democratic onvenuon
in. 1880. Garfield was nominated cm the
36th ballot by the Republican National
Convention of 18S0. Cleveland became
the PreslcT-entlal candidate of the Dem
ocratic party in 1884 on the second bal
lot. Blaine was nominated for Pres
ident by the Republican party in 1S84
on the fourth ballot. Harrison was
nominated by the Republican National
Convention on thie eighth ballot, and
was renominated on the first ballot in
1892.
THE THREE DIRECT QTJESTIOXS.
The Democratic party's managers
will try to obscure the real issues be
fore the country this year. The real
issues are thiee, viz: (1) Are we to
maintain the gold standard? (2) Are we
to retain the Philippine Islands? (3)
Are we to maintain and enforce law
and order at home?
In general terms the Chicago plat
form will be reaffirmed. But there will
be an effort, especially in the Eastern
states, to make It appear that there
can be no' danger that the monetary
and financial conditions of the country
will be disturbed. Yet what will the
platform mean'? It will renew the de
mand for free coinage of sliver. Will
the Democratic party, if it go Into
power on this platform, enact free
coinage, or try to enact it, or not? It
win be pledged to do it, or at least to
try. Is not the country to take Its
declaration of purpose as a declara
tion made with serious Intent? The
country will want to know whether the
party is lying, or whether it will enact
free coinage If it can, or when it can.
As to the Philippine Islands. The
Democratic platform will be loaded
with exclamatory platitudes on the
iniquity of trying to "govern acquired
territory Independently of the Consti
tution." From this It will proceed to
denunciation of "militarism" and "Im
perialism." But it will try to dodge
the vital question whether we are
to keep the Philippines or net:
whether we are to abandon- them, or
not. Yet this will be the direct ques
tion before the country. In the debate
from now till November it cannot be
evaded.
Finally, as to peace and order at
home. The Democratic platform of
1896 was a platform framed to invite
the support of rioters and destroyers
of property. It was a pledge to them
of support, protection and Immunity.
It was framed expressly to meet and
condemn the action of President Cleve
land in putting down rioters and de
stroyers of life and property at Chi
cago, Sacramento and other places; and
it attacked the Judiciary because It is
sued injunctions against violent and
riotous acts. This platform of free riot
is now also to be reaffirmed. Of course
it will mean exactly what it meant in
1S96. It could mean nothing else or
nothing less.
These are the subjects that are to be
uppermost in the political contest of
the present year. Are we to have free
silver and financial disorder, or not?
Are we to retain the Philippine Islands,
or not? Are we. to have a bid for'free
riot, or not? On these points there
can be no equivocation or evasion.
THE BATLE-CROUXD AT THE EAST.
The Chicago Chronicle, the only
Bryan organ in the city, confesses that
the result of the Oregon election "dem
onstrates the impracticability of carry
ing for the Democratic candidates this
year the class of far Western states
in which the silver sentiment was sup
posed to predominate." The Chronicle
then frankly announces that the Demo
cratic plan of campaign will be to re
gain, if possible, the great states for
merly Democratic at the East. Mc
KInley cannot be defeated by the solid
electoral votes of the "mountain states"
and the coast states, so long as the
Republicans retain New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and In
diana. Colorado, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada and Utah are reasonably cer
tain for Bryan, but their combined
electoral vote Is only twenty-one, while
Bryan is likely to lose Kansas, South
Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, and
possibly Idaho, all of which states he
carried in 1S9G, with twenty-four elec
toral votes.
With these impending losses in the
far West, with no gains in the South
possible beyond Kentucky and Mary
land, Bryan's only prospect Of success
rests In his ability to make gains in
the East and Middle West, so that the
Democratic strength will be concen
trated for battle in the States of New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and In
diana. It is only at best a fighting
chance, but it is the only hope of vic
tory, so that it is certain that the bat
tle of 1900 for sound money and expan
sion will be fought in New York and
Indiana. Indiana gave McKinley only
about 18.000 plurality In 1S96. In the
Presidential election of 1876 Indiana
was Democratic; In 1SS0. Republican;
in 1SS4, Democratic; in 1888, Republi
can; In 1892, Democratic, and Republi
can In 1896, and New York makes an
Identical showing. The two States of
New York and Indiana, one in the
East and one in the West, have been
pivotal states in National elections.
The study of the political conditions in
the great State of New York promises
to furnish a correct forecast of the
probable results of the Impending Na
tional campaign of 1900.
What is the present outlook in New
York State? New York was carried
for McKInley by more than 250,000 plu
rality in 1896, but in 189S the Demo
crats carried the state in the Con
gressional contests, and Roosevelt, in
full flush of his war popularity and still
popular with the "Independents" and
civil service reformers, obtained only
1S.OO0 plurality for Governor. Today
the New York Press, a Republican
newspaper, and prominent representa
tives of the ''Independents," are appre
hensive that New York will swing this
year into the McKInley column only
after hard pushing and ceaseless en
deavor from the first until the last
hour of the campaign. The platform of
the recent New York Democratic State
Convention was dictated by David B.
Hill, and first among specific issues is
placed the tariff. "We hold to the doc
trine that public taxation shall not be
Imposed for private purposes, and ad
here to the principle of a tariff for rev
enue only," is the view set forth In
Mr. Hill's platform. "We are opposed
to Governmental partnership with pro
tected monopolies; we repudiate the
doctrine that it is the province of this
Government, by the exercise or abuse
of the power of tariff taxation, to build
up one man's business at the expense
of another's." Mr. Hill's platform
strikes boldly at all trusts which have
tariff protection, and he will be able to
argue plausibly that the Democratic
contention that cur American indus
tries are already strong enough to hold
the home market has been vindicated
by events. He will be able to quote
j the great expansion in tne .Vmencan
export trade as proof that an American
product that can hold Its own against
the world's competition in a foreign
market is secure at home and no longer
needs the extreme protection of a tariff;
that the perpetuation of high duties on
all such articles is injustice to the
American consumer. From the vantage-ground
of the tariff plank of his
platform. Mr. Hill can deliver a sharp
blow shrewdly at the trusts, and thus J
far he will move in line with the Bry
anltes, whose favorite shibboleth is the
denunciation of the high tariff as "the
mother of all trusts." On the question
of Imperialism and the tariff, the Hill
platform is identical with the views of
Bryan. On the silver question it is
nothing more than the enunciation of
bimetallsm, and, while Bryan is more
radical by far than the sliver plank of
the New York platform, nevertheless
he could accept It so far as it goes and
stand upqn It.
On Hiirs platform Bryan would be
dangerously likely to carry New York
and New Jersey, for the Democratic
masses in both these states who "bolt
ed" Bryan in 1896 no longer consider
free silver at 16 to 1 as a live issue. It
Is no longer a bugaboo before which
they tremble; it is doubtful if the Pop
ulism or state socialism of Bryan would
repel the Democratic rank and file in
New York or New Jersey, as it did In
1896. The strength of McKInley against
Bryan is the natural reluctance of the
average American to replace an ad
ministration under which prosperity
has come with a new administration
headed by men who would be sure to
upset all present conditions of pros
perity, so far as possible, by a revolu
tionary Executive and legislature.
A XEW CHAPTER OF AX OLD STORY
Perhaps the most impracticable of all
adventurers who take their lives in
their hands acd plunge Into unknown
conditions and surroundings is the for
eign missionary who penetrates the
populous solitudes of the Chinese Em
pire, and, closing the doors of retreat
behind him, addresses himself to the
task of making the stolid, immovable
followers of Confucius transfer their
emotional allegiance to Christ. Throw
ing themselves bodily and spiritually
against a wall of tradition, the contact
with which can only bruise them, these
people excite scarcely the compassion
in their lives cf isolation and: dangeT
than in tho death by violence that so
frequently overtakes threm. The home
government would be glad at any time
to protect them from the extreme con
sequences of their Imprudence, but,
havingso situated themselves as to ren
der this Impossible, the best that can
be done is to secure such indemnity
from China or other so-called heathen
power as money f urnishtes for life taken
and property destroyed. The records
of the missionary societ'es, It is true,
contain wonderful ace junta of the
good done by foreign missionaries in
China and Turkey. But the impression
that has been made upon the real life
of these nations is not discernible to
any except the zealous ecclesiastic,
who, as he expresses it, has "thrown
his whete soul into the work," to the
eclipse, as the practical man plainly
sees, of Ws judgment.
The people of the Pacific Northwest
do not have to go far for an object-lesson
In missionary zeal as pitted against
savagery and tradition. The Whitman
monument stands for as heroic, im
practical, unselfish and futile an effort
as ever was made in the missionary
cause. The counterpart of the brutal
massacre in November, 1847, will, per
haps, be enacted, has no doubt al
ready been enacted, very recently, at
the mission stations In the more remote
places of th Chinese Empire. It Is the
old story of missionary zeal in its at
tempted warfare in the name of peace
and good will against the traditions of
a religion much older than that of
Christ, and against the rock-ribbed
customs of the ages, among a people
who neither desire nor appreciate
change.
Whether it throws a Judson in prison
in farther India, gagged and bound,
and lays upon the sacrificial altar in
due course of events his three wives
and a number of his children, as in- the
early years of the century; scatters the
mutilated bodies of the members of
the Whitman mission over the Walla
Walla, plain in its middle years; or in
its closing year records the massacre
in China of men and women who had
given years of unselfish devotion to
the missionary cause, the jrtory Is the
same in Its essential facts. It lo es
nothing of horror or pathos by repeti
tion, and. saddest of all, though a
chronicle of wasted effort, of death and
of outrage worse than death written
in blood, it has been and doubtless will
be powerless to temper missionary zeal
with prudence. '
THE HORSE REDIVXVTjS.
When the bottom fell out of the horse
market a few years ago, it was very
generally supposed that horseraising
as an industry fn the United States was
a thing of the past. The herds on the
ranges of the great table-lands were
abandoned to inbreeding and deteriora
tiow; the family buggy horse was pet
ted and grieved over as the last of his
race; the street-car horse was sold to
the glue factory and the fertilizing
plant and later the range horses of our
own state were rounded up, huddled
Into stock cars and sent to the can
nery. Only the plowhorse, the cavalry
charger, kept largely for show, and
horses for the use of fire departments
and small delivery needs, maintained
theSr place in the industrial world. The
commercial value of these sharply de
clined, owing largely to the disfavor
into which horseflesh was thrown by
applied electricity.
A few years, and the changes that
they have wrought have, however,
caused the horse to be reinstated in
public favor, and today the careful
breeder of horses finds a good market
for his animals, with a demand in cer
tain grades that he has not yet been
able to meet with Adequate supply.
This Is especially true of the grade of
horses required for cavalry service and
other uses of the Government; or heavy
draft horses and strong, well-bred
farm horses. The market for such
horses, so far from being overstocked,
is never full. The depression in prices
of a few years ago had the effect of
allowing the ranges to become over
stocked with a wild, worthless breed.
This was followed by a reaction that
cleared them out as a measure of self
interest, and the business of horse
ralslng In the state may now be said
to have resumed the normal condition
that follows and supports demand and
supply. The industry will soon revive
under this condition, and, while the
cayuse of the ranges will De worthless,
still the Intelligently bred product of
the stock farm will meet ready sale In
the future at prices that will make
horseralslng profitable. Thus is an
other proof given that commercial val
ues are adjusted to commercial demands.
A notorious New York paper has long
been endeavoring to create ill feeling
against England by conspicuously
printing stuff like this:
Without explanation or apology . . . .
England has built tremendous fortifications at
Esquimau, practically at our very doors. Were
war declared -tomorrow with- England. Puret
Sound would be practically defenseless as far
as this coantry Is concerned.
The Esqulmalt fortifications do not
command the entrance to Puget Sound.
They are, in round numbers, seventy
ani more miles distant, at the widest
point along the Straits of Fuca, the
American shorebelng more than twenty
miles away. They were built and are
maintained "solely as a naval base and
defense, and to protect a great
drydbek. Esqulmalt is just as near
American soil as Marrowstone Point
and Point Wilson are to Canadian
soil, and England has as much
right to protest against our defenses at
these points as we have to raise an
uproar about Esqulmalt. Puget Sound
would not be at the mercy of Esqul
malt; but it might be helpless before a
superior English fleet. That is one rea
Bon why the United States Government
has recently been somewhat active in
construction of Its Puget Sound de
fenses. We have heard no protest from
Great Britain that we are preparing, in
the always possible contingency of war,
to take care cf ourselves.
Great Britain can bring 5CO0 soldiers
from Calcutta to Tien Tsln in fifteen
days. As many French troops can, be
sent from Frencn Indo-Cbina in twelve
days: as many from Manila in five
days, and as many in two days from
the Russian garrison In Port Arthur,
to say nothing of the smaller contin
gents furnished by Germany and Hol
land. That is to say, within thirty
days 25,000 trained white troops can be
brought to the gates- of Pekin, an army
large enough to scatter easily any Chi
nese force that can be possibly
brought against It. Pekin, with its
million of inhabitants, has a garrison
of not over 8000 In the guards of the
imperial palace, and there are, besides,
about 25,000 men about the city; but
they are armed with the obsolete
weapons of a century ago, and prac
tice in archery and physical strength
touted by lifting weights leads to com
mand. Ll Hung Chang, during the
Japanese War, tried Jn vain to organ
lze an efficient force out of the army
corps of the Province of CM la, in
which Pekin is situated.
The California Democratic platform
is a most useful document. It dis
closes plainly the trepidation of the
Democratic mind. It recognizes the
"splendid ability" nnd "unswerving In
tegrity" of William J. Bryan, but Is
dumb on the real principles for which
he stands. It says nothing about sil
ver. It takes safe ground In pronounc
ing against "imperialism In any form."
So say we all of us. It reaffirms the
"principles of the Jeffersonlan Democ
racy as enunciated in the platform
adopted by the last National Demo
cratic Convention" a Delphic utter
ance that would seem to exclude those
principles in the platform pot Jeffer
sonlan. The plain truth Is that the
California Democrats see the trend of
events. To oppose expansion in that
state is to Invite disaster. To raise
great clamor about silver Is useless and
even dangerous. There is -nothing to
do but climb a tree and see the pro
cession go by.
The beet-sugar Industry has passed
beyond its experimental jjtoge in Grand
Ronde Valley. Farmera who began
beet culture three years ago In doubt
as to its practicability as a paying
proposition, and having everything to
learn in regard to It, have steadily
increased their acreage and output.
From 8000 tons as the result of tfoe first
year's planting, the bulk has increased
until the La Grande sugar factory Is
now assured of 20,000 tons of beets
from which to manufacture sugar this
Fall. The record of this Industry is
one upon which all concerned .may well
be congratulated.
Mr. Bryan is opposed to "imperial
ism' because it means "militarism."
Our free institutions are in- danger from
the power of "militarism." With
nearly all our regular Army and our
provisional Army busily employed ben
thousand miles away, trying to subdue
some of Mr. Bryan's allies, the threat
of militarism would appear to be
somewhat remote. Even Mr. Bryan
ought to admit that an army Is useful
in its way a real army, made up of
real soldiers and real officers, not poli
ticians and agitators, who enlist be
cause they must.
The present rain, though hailed as
seasonable when it first began to fall,
is regarded with anxiety by farmers
who have their hay crop exposed.
Very little hay In the "Willamette Val
ley was cured and stored before the
rain began, hence the. Impatience with
which the continuance of the gentle
downfall is regarded. I2xpericnce has
proved, however, that apprehension- of
disaster to any crop in Oregon has gen
erally far exceeded the reality, and
very probably it will prove so in this
instance.
Any objection to UdcKlnley and
Hanna as running mates, on- the ground
that the President and Vice-President
cannot come from the same state, is
trifling. What is the Constitution
among friends?
Roosevelt doesn't wacrt it, and Hanna
doesn't want him. If the first reason
Is not enough, the second may perhaps
be conclusive with, the Philadelphia
convention.
The Chinese powers have undertaken
to defy civilization and overthrow
Christianity. The same thing has been
tried before, with disastrous results to
all Boxers.
The President is not particular who
it is, but he wants a good man for
Vice-President. Will McKInley kindly
provide Mr. Hanna with a lantern?
As Seen In Wcuihlnfirton.
Takjraa Republic.
The Oregonlan Is a favorite "subject for
denunciation with two kinds of Repub
lican papers In this staff the eodden par
tisan organs and the personal organs of
certain would-be Republican bosses. The
Oregcciian criticises the President; it oc
casionally roasts a party leader to a done
brown, and there are some lines of policy
and certain ancient Republican doctrines
for wiich it has no ihigb regard. As it
has not the habit of hiding its light un
der a bnrfiel, everybody in three or four
states knows where It stands, and Is con
stantly reminded that It Is i?Ull there.
The organs don't do business that way,
and hence they kick, eoroo of them In
their ignorance and some of them in their
meanness. For our own part, it is a mat
ter of pure delight occasionally to stro:i
out of oar way to pay tho old reliable
Portland sheet a modest tribute. The
Oregonlan is a Republican paper, clear to
the core, as well as an inspiring example
of waat may be dono on the Pacific
Coast by honest and capable newspaper
men. The political status of The Ore
gonlan la sufficiently vouched for by the
size o? several consecutive Republlcar
victories in tho State of Oregon. These
victories axe Irreproachable testimony for
the wisdom and intelligence of The Ore
gonian's policy. As to the alleged here
sies wh!ch have caused so much -complaint,
there Isn't an editor of an organ
in the Northwest, who has enough of the
newspaper instinct to wad a eihotgun, who
wouldn't give bis earthly possessions, in
cluding his last suit of clothes, for nerve
and brains enough to run a paper Just
like The Oregonlan.
A MOTE FOR BETTER POLITICS.
National Committee's Action in Ex
cludlnK Office-Holders.
Indianapolis News. j
Yesterday the Republican National
Committee heard the evidence In several
cases of contested delegations from the
South, the most Important contests being
those from. Delaware and Louisiana. Dis
cussing this matter, the correspondent of
the Journal says:
By common concent, many of these
contests disclose about as putrid a con
dition of affairs in the rotten boroughs
as has come to light in many years.
In Louisiana the quarrel was between
the Warmoth delegation, and the Wlm
heriey delegation, of which William Pitt
Kellogg was a member. Theae names
have a familiar sound, carrying us back
as they do to the old carpet-bag days.
Wlmberlcy is the Collector of the port of
New Orleans, and there were nine other
Federal offlce-hoWera on his delegation.
The National committee did well to ex
clude this crowd. Probably the other men
were not much better, but it !s well that
the Collector who Is also a member of
the National committee and his tools la
office- should meet with rebuke.
Incidentally this aotlon is something
of a rebuke to President McKInley, who
allowed 10 Federal office-holders thus to
participate In politics. We doubt wheth
er the National committee was animated
by any specially high motives, but it
nevertheless did a good stroke of work
when it threw out the Wlmberley-Kel-logg
crowd. For years there has been an
effort to build up a Republican party In
the South by a distribution of the of
fices among them. That it has failed is
apparent to all. Parties can not be built
up in -this way. And no political organi
zation can be strong that does not com
roaiyj the respect and confidence of the
people. This the Republican party of the
South has never done. With eome honor
able exceptions, it has been composed of
political adventurers, corrupt and greedy
spoilsmen, ignorant negroes who were
made the pliant tools of designing white
men, and generally the worst elements
of the population. At National conven
tions the Southern, delegation? have for
a generation been notorious.
The political situation in the South is,
indeed, ominous. Strictly speaking,
there is no such thing as party politics
in the Southern states. Whatever may
be the issue in other parts of the coun
try, the Southern people vote simply on
the Issue of "negro domlnutlon." No
election held in a Southern state for
years has really helped to decide any
National question. To be sure, the vote
counts as much as the vote of a North
ern state, but there is no moral force
behind it, no Intelligent element Is it.
And this Is because the Southern people
do aot care what is done about the tariff
or finance, provided only they are allow
ed to control their own affairs. It is a
sad condition. Probably It can not be
much bettered until there Is a political
breakup, and an entire readjustment of
party lines.
BRYAN'S CHEAPEST TRICK.
Claims He Never Corresponded With
Filipinos.
New York Mail and Express.
Bryan, also, it seems, thinks it neces
sary to assure the public that he never,
never corresponded with the "FillpCno
government" or with Aguinaldo, or any
other Filipino. But who on earth ever
said that he did-? Isn't the Ktntleman
from Nebraska setting up a man of straw
merely for the fun of knocking him
down? Giving full credit to his denial,
however, does not change tbe fact that
ho is openly Ira sympathy with the armed
enemies of his country who believe and
are taugnt to believe that he is thelrH
iivena anr tmat his election to the Presi
dency would lead to their political inde-
penaeince. Bryan s sympathetic speeches
are circulated among the Tagals; they
call him tinelr "Great Friend" and Aeul-
noldo loves hbn. To alterant to sauaro
himself with the country by protesting
that lie never wrote personal letters tn
tho Tagal chief Is about the cheapest
trick fee has ever performed.
Garland's Queer Attack.
New York Sun.
Hamlin Garland, the novelist of the
prairies, made a queer attack on the pio
neers the other day. There was a meet
ing of old settlers at West Salem, Wis.,
where Mr. Garland spent h's peg-top
days. Asked to speak, he aaid that he
had been among the Indians in Indian
Territory, and that the Indiana were right
and the white men very wrong in driving
them from their lands. In his opinion
the name of Black Hawk would perhaps
be remembered longer than that of Lin
coln. He then sailed Into the pioneers
of Wisconsin and all ether pioneers. There
was a great hullabaloo, and "a hostile
demonstration was threatened." but there
was no more trouble. Probably Mr. Gar
land Is a sincere antl-impcriallst, and will
never forgive the subjugation of the In
dians by the brutal Caucasians.
Populist Defined.
New Tork Mall and Express.
Senator Spooner describes a Populist as
a man opposed to everything that '.e and
in favor of everything that is not. But t
Populist Is also a man who spells prog
ress backward, measures the greatness of
the Republic with the length- of his whis
kers and believes that drought and chicken-pox
can be prevented by act of Con
gress. Uryan'ii Many "Ifs."
El Paso Herald.
Bryan lfs over the campaign, "If we
hold what we had in 1S96. If we brlrg
back tho Gold Democrats, If we get Ore
gon." nnd so on, over the whole area of
Demo-Popullstk: weakixs. but an of tho
lfs can be summed up 4n one if he only
could get enough votes he could win out.
Altgcia WIH Be There.
Kansas City Journal.
John P. Altgeld is billed for a big speech
at the Kansas City Convention. This 13
as it should be. A convention which te
going to nominate a class agitator and
adopt a business-destroying platform
would not be complete without an ad
dress from- the leading anarchist sympa
thizer of the country.
Commended to Mnion'x Sympathy.
Denver Republican.
TInless he has successfully overcomf
the Ingrowing sympathy habit. Senator
Mason might shed a few fears over the
poor tramps In Kaneas who are com
pelled to help harvest the crops for $2 30
a day and board.
The White Man's Bnrden.
New Tork Mall and Express.
Figuratively speaking, the white man's
burden Just now appears to conset of
about 4.000,000 murderous Chinese "Box
ers" who need boxing.
GOSSIP OF NATIONAL CONVENTION
PHILADELPHIA, June 19. There has
been a great deal of talk among Republi
cans here about history repeating Itself,
and, somehow a great many superstitious
individuals have got it into their heads
that because the convention is held In
Philadelphia, as was tho convention in
1ST2, and that McKInley is going to be
nominated by acclamation, as Grant was
2S years ago. that the campaign is going
to be almost on the same lines, and the
victory Just as complete. More than
that, we hear delegates and prominent
politicians everywhere- talking about the
fact that, besides the same similar con
ditions as to the holding of the convention
and the renominating of the candidate,
that the Democrats are obliged to Indorse
and nominate a Popnllst candidate, just
as the Democrats in 1872 indorsed and
nominated Horace Greeley, the Liberal
Republican candidate. While this may
be sentiment or superstition, or whatever
It can be called, there is no doubt of the
confidence with which the Republicans are
going into the campaign. They under
stand that there is going to be a hard
fight in Indiana, and that there may be a
disposition In some of the other states to
break away from the party moorings; but
at the same time they cannot possibly
figure out how Bryan can be successful.
There Is a great hope expressed, and from
what delegates from those states say,
there Is almost a certainty of carrying
South Dakota, Wyoming and Washington,
which followed Bryan four years ago, and
a probability of carrying Nebraska and
Kansas, which were swept Into the Bryan
camp by way of Populism In 1S96. Even
hope Is expressed by some delegates that
Montana and Idaho will be ccrried, al
though It would seem that there is little
reason to expect so much.
Tho only possible concessions made by
Republicans here to the Democrats are
that Kentucky, which gave 12 votes for
McKinley, may go to the Democratic
party, but the Kentuckians themselves
say that, with half a show, and with prop
er care, the state can bo carried for Mc
Kinley as it was in 1S35. They assert that
tho Gold Democrats are as bitterly op
posed to Bryanism as they were four
years ago,, and that no amount of pick
ing up in the state. Goebel law and all,
will enable the Democrats to win a vie.
tory this Fall. While this fort of talk
is rather encouraging. It is not safe to
put too much confidence Into It. Mary
land, however. Is decidedly debatable
ground. The sound-money sentiment is
auchas to make it very doubtful about
the state voting for the Democracy on
National Issues, although It was can-fed
last FalL Of course, Gorman's willing
ness to assist Bryan, together with the
fact that John Walter Smith, the present
Governor, has been elected a delegate to
the Kansas City convention, and will prob
ably cast his vote for Bryan Governor
Smith being known as a stanch believer
in the gold standard may result In turn
ing a great many Gold Democrats into
tho Bryan camp. The Republicans who
aro here from Maryland say that this I3
impossible, and declare that local and
factional fights were the cause cf the
Republican defeat last year, and that the
Republicans will triumph in Maryland 0.3
they did in 1S9C.
Roosevelt and Greene.
Tho impression prevails that Senator
Piatt Is very anxious to get rid of Gov
ernor Roosevelt, and would be pleased
to seo him placed on the ticket with Mc
KInley, because it would take him out
of tho Governorship of New York. Piatt
realizes as well as anybody eke that If
Roosevelt is again elected Governor, he
will conduct his office as much In har
mony as possible with the Republican
machine, but when he differs with that
machine he will have his own way. Piatt
can easily find another candidate for Gov
ernor in tho person of General Greene,
who distinguished himself In the Philip
pines, and whoso reports upon the con
ditions in those islands had a great deal
to do In Influencing the American peace
Commissioners at Paris to insist upon tho
retention of the islands. Greene Is a
Now Yorker, and a first-class gentleman,
and has been suggested as a possibility
for Vlco-Presldent. but he has not enough
National prominence to entitle him to
any such position. If by any possibility
the convention should be stampeded for
Roosevelt for Vice-President, and he, sit
ting as a delegate, should be forced to
accept the nomination, Greene would
probably be the candidate of the Repub
licans for Governor of New York. Roose
velt's emphatic declarations regarding the
Vice-Presidency ought to have sufficient
weight to prevent the nomination, but
there still seem9 to be a desire among tho
leaders to have a New York man named
for Vice-President, in tho belief that it
will strengthen the ticket a great deal.
This desire for a strong New Yorker
on the ticket with McKInley might indi
cate a fear that there Is some danger In
New York. But it can be stated very
positively that there Is not the least dan
ger of failure to carry through the ticket,
state and National, and it is also claimed
that many Congressional districts will be
redeemed from the Democrats when It
Is shown that Bryan and the Chicago plat
form still hold the fort In the Democratic
party.
The South African War.
One of the difficulties that the Republi
can managers are experiencing Just now
is how to deal with the subject of tho
South African War. There Is quite a
strong sentiment in favor of some eort of
resolution on the subject, but It has not
yet taken definite shape. Possibly it will
provide for an indorsement of the course
of the Administration, and that It will
at the same time express the sympathy
which has always gone out from the great
Republican party in favor of people strug
gling for independence everywhere. There
is some doubt whether It will even be as
strong as this, or even whether it wilj
have a place in the platform at all; yet
It seems probable that a resolution mean
ing little more than what has been done
by the National Administration may bo
adopted. It Is a very delicate question to
handle, because every sensible man knows
that the United States has no reason
whatever to take a hand In the South
African situation, and whatever feeling
there may be in the country at large In
favor of the South African republics,
there is a distinct aversion among the
Republicans here to embroil the United.
States in any way whatever.
The Fight In Idaho.
Hidden away among the greater Issues
of tho present campaign 13 a quiet little
fight that is going on for the Idaho Sen
atorshlp. The Hon. W. D. Heyburn, of
Idaho, has been on the ground for some
time, and It Is an open secret that he has
been endeavoring to secure some National
indorsement of his candidacy for the Sen
atorshlp of Idaho. The Republican lead
ers are beyond all question friendly to
the re-election of Senator Shoup, of Idaho.
Shoup Is not a talkative man, but he has
earned the reputation of being a man of
brain, strength of character, and hard po
litical sense, and this kind of men are
appreciated in the United States Senate.
Consequently the Senators who- are In evi
dence here are not giving much encourage
ment to the boom of Mr. Heyburn, and he
has not met with much success. The Re
publicans really hope that Mr. Heyburn
will see his way clear to the concentration
of the Republican forces In Idaho upon
Senator Shoup, in the hope that he can
be elected and carry the state, with the
view that Mr. Heyburn will have a splen
did opportunity to succeed Heltfeld when
the wave of Populism and Bryanism has
been severely crushed In the United States
J by the coming election.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
n
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v Thero 13 no denying the fact that Itf
looks like rain.
Today's weather About the same, only
a little more so.
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Richard Croker's next private yacfct
will probably be an iceboat. .
The dark horse eeoms to be the favorite
at the Philadelphia convention.
Cape Nome, it appears. Is really as rich
as Montana during a session of the Leg
islature. A New York man took carbolic acid:
and then played the piano until he felt
dead. He must have had it in for him
self. Emperor William is having another
play written, and the weather propheta
In Germany are hanging out the frost
warning.
Colonel Jack Ohlnn says that every
man in Kentucky that needs hanging will
get it. The eensus enumerator should
hurry up and get to Ms work down there.
From east and west and south and north, fxoca
east sou' east by north.
Vlce-Presldentlal candidates now faro In hun
dreds forth:
From where the streams in old Kentack ax
running red with blood.
From where tho great Missouri builds Its
sand-bars out of mud.
From where the ostrich sings at evo oa Texas
burning plain.
From where the Summer girl disports alenz
tho raging main;
And all of them aro pulling like the dickens
for the place,
And all are out of It because T. Roosevelt's m
the race.
Full many a million votes they bring to boost
the G. O. P..
Full many a doubtful state they'll swing, as
easy as can bo;
With military honors won on many a field of
fame.
With many a brilliant record and with many a
well-known name.
They stand In the convention hall and only
ask that they
Be put upon the ticket on tho nominating day.
But each must take the train for homo with.
sorrow on his face.
For all are out of it, because T. Roosevelt's In,
the race.
And while the leaders are engaged la tumlnar
these men down.
A man there la -nho sits apart, and frowns a.
savage frown;
And round about him pouring forth a stream
of argument
Are men who strive, and strive In vain, to get
him to consent
To take the very Job that all the mob Is howl
ing for.
And all they get Is ley eyes and words that
make them sore;
And thus It seems they'll argue till they're
purple In the face.
Before they honestly can claim that Roosevelt's
in the race.
The youth of the charming suburb of
Woodstock aro afflicted with an almost
unquenchable thirst for soda water, which
Ieat'j them to resort to measures of
doubtful propriety to oecure a supply of
this weak imitation of champagne. A
few days ago a Mr. Twtgg purchased a
house in Woodstock, and naturally moved
into It. The thirsty youths of the burg
spread a report that the newcomer had
Just been married, and soon collected a
gang to treat him and his bride to a
charivari. The ringleaders In the move
ment knew that Mr. Twlgg was a bache
lor, but they thought he ought to ba
married, and doubtless wanted to be,
and they felt sure that he would be com
plimented by being taken for a married
man and would respond with unlimited
soda water, which forms the material for
the wildest orgies possible in Woodstock.
Shortly after dark tho gang gathered in
front of Mr. Twlggs house and proceed
ed to serenade him with a chorus of tin
pans, tin cans peugags, hauboys and other
noise-producing Implements. Mr. Twigg
was taken by surprise, and was dum
founded for a time, but at length carr.o
out on the porch 'and endeavored to ex
plain to the gang that he had not been
married, and that they were wasting their
sweetness and music on the desert air.
His, explanations and expostulations were
drowned by the redoubled efforts of tho
band, and be finally proposed to treat the
crowd, if they would leave him in peace.
The proposition was accepted, and all
bands proceeded to a peanut stand, where
amid a saluto of popping soda water corks
the health of Mr. Twlgg and his wife in
presentl or in futuro was drunk with
great enthusiasm and he was congratu
lated till he was tired, and when the
youths had secured their fill of soda, they
dispersed tb their homes. Mr. Twigg
having paid his "footing," can now com
mit matrimony as soon as he pleases
without any danger of being molested
again, and may consider himself lucky
that he got eff with a soda-pop treat.
PliEASASTIUES OF PAKAGHAPHERS
Teacher What do you know of the jnicroba
family? Little Maudle Please, ma'am, mam
ma has forbidden us to gossip about other
people's family affairs. T!t-Blts.
"Since old Smltii died the family ha3 lost its
good old nome." "Why?" "That's It. ex
actly." "What's It?" " 'T.' The young folks
call themselves 'Smyth' now." Philadelphia
Record.
Jess I don't believe Mrs. Sweet has any too
much confidence In her husband. Bess Why?
Jess Before 3he went away for the Summer
she engaged board for him In Brooklyn. Har
lem Life.
All Ther Wanted. "Our amateur theatricals
wcro a great success, weren't they?" "Oh,
ya; every one of you had enough particular
friends to convince you that you were the best
one in them." Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The Heavy and the Light. "Alas!" we
sighed, moaning to seem very sympathetic
"ou have felt Britain's heavy hand."
"Heavy?" exclaimed the Boer with some heat;
"Britain s the most light-fingered nation w
ever met up with." Puck.
Looking Forward. They were discussing tho
new play with whlcfc the sea?on of 1900 bad
been opened. "And what did you think of
Jack Napes; did you like his comedy busi
ness?" "Comedy business! Huh! It was the
merest automobile-play! Ah! even there th
horse was but a memory." Philadelphia Prcsa.
The Wonder Who Went Back.
8. E. Kiscr In Chicago Tlmes-HeralS."
He went away
One day.
From. the little, old. quiet town;
He needed a wider field, he thought.
And he went to the mighty city and sought
To win renown.
"The fool may hide his light,"
He said as ha started out.
"But I shall gain the height s
And be talked about."
He marched with tho busy throntr
Along i
The crowded way,
And a few around him there -
Became aware .
Of things he had to Bay,
And, hearing
Tho noise mode by the crowd. , t
He thought the world was checrlnff
For him. and he was proud. '
He returned to the quiet town one day
An old man met him by the way,
Said: "Howdr. John."
And then passed on.
"But stay!" he said who had gone to rlso
Where the crowd was great and tho peopl
wise.
And Riled him with questions thtcle and fast,
And talked of himself until, at last.
The old man said, with a foolish laugh.
And a shako of hl3 head: "Well, coir, Z
swan!
Tou've been away a year and & half T
I didn't know you'd gone!"
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