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"JS?51 "3jy - 'iS? "vroyTN'G OTCEGOttlAST, THtfBSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900. its reflonxcot, Entered at the Postofllee at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Booms ICC Business Office.. ..OCT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By Mall (poetagA prepaid), la Advance Doily, with Sunday, per month... $0 S3 Daily. Sunday excepted, per year 7 W Pally, -with Sunday, per year............. 9 00 Sunday, per year 2 GO The Weekly, per year 1 60 The "Weekly. 3 months W To City Subscribers Xai:y, per week, delivered. Sundays exoeptea.l3c Ztaliy, per -week, delivered, Sundays lncluded.20c Newe or dlocusslcn Intended for publication In The Oregonlan thCuld be addressed Invariably "Edl'or The Oreconlan," not to tb name of any Individual. Letters relating to advertising, jubvsrlptlons or to any business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not bhy poemo or stories from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re. turn any manuscripts sent to It without TOllclta tlon. Ko stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, WUce at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 9K, fccoma postomoc. Eastern Buslncns Offlcerrhe Tribune build Inc. New York city; 'The Cookery." Chicago; Ifce S. C Beckwlth special agency. New York. For eale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper, M6 Market street, near he Palace hotel, and t Goldsmith Bros., 236 Sutter strert. For eale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 17 Dearborn street. V ' TODAY'S WEATHER. Showers: westerly winds. SRTLAXD, THURSDAY, JUKE SI. The Republican platform Is a hum drum and commonplace production. There Is too much of the rumble or Erind of the machine In it. The Repub lican party is not the faultless, organi sation -which this platform assumes it "to be. But the merits it lacks are not to be found in the Bryanlzed Dem6- jratic party. The Republican campaign will not start off with any enthusiasm. It has been "set up" by the active politicians for McKlnley, ami nothing has "been left to awaken interest or expectation. Such strength as the Republican- cam paign may devekra.durlng the Summer and Fall will have ite origin mainly in distrust of the Democratic party and thfls distrust, which really amounts to iear, is profound. The country doesn't "want a new panic, or atrophy of busi ness: it doesn't want encouragement of disorder and riot; It Is unwilling to be subjected to humiliation through abaJr donment of expansion. These will be the underlying forces of the contest. The Philadelphia platform thunders In the index, and winds up with a dis appointing1 Philippine plank. There Is a spiritless assertion of American sov ereignty, an acceptance of enr in tlerntatlonal responsibilities, and a promise to the Inhabitants of liberty, civilization and the largest possible measure of self-government. These tlungs are all matter of course. But we are still in the daTk as to any Bpe clflc National policy, and the way seems deldberately left open, when In surrection is quelled and order restored, to keep the islands, give them away, make them independent, or to abandon them, as we may then determine. The very word "expansion" is avoided. The gold standard is supported in terms sufficiently plain: but there is weakness "the declaration that no measure for the free and unlimited coinage of silver "could be considered which was with out the support of the leading com mercial countries, of the world." It was not necessary to make this par tial concession to the promoters of the International blmetallsm humbug. The leading commercial nations of the world are on a gold basis; and there they win stay. They could not estab lish and maintain the parity of the metals at 16 to 1, or any false ratio. It they would; and, under present condi tions, they would not If they could. This one sentence is an utterly unnec essary ' apology for the fact that the world has progressed, and the Republi can party with It, and1 that the promise in the platform of 1SSG to promote in ternational blmetallsm was not suc cessfully fultllled. Mr. Bryan has his two-thirds of the Kansas City convention already pledged to him. There will be 930 dele gates, and it takes 620 to nominate. With the Ohio convention, the roll of pledged delegates reached 650, and other states since that time have fallen Into Hne. New Jersey and Maryland are free to do as they please, but with out Question they will please to inter ject no Inharmonious note in the great Bryan concert on July 4. Nothing but death or tire intervention of Provi dence in some other calamitous form will prevent Bryan being the nominee. The only thing that remains, as one prominent newspaper supporter eapi ently remarks, is to elect him. Senator Butler and Senator Pettl grew are said to have gone in person "to warn Mr. Bryan that he must not yield an inch, and that the platform of 1900 must be as strong as that of -3-S?6, or the fusion bargain will be broken." They seem to lrave had some unaccountable fear that Bryan would take a backward step, and consent to jr-odlueatlon of his radical and revolu tionary principles. They need not have worried. The Nebraska leader bus involved the Democracy In over "Wbelmlng disaster. He does not pro pose to pull it out, because he knows he cannot. The only course is to 63g through. This Is what Bryan and Bry anisxn have done for the Democracy in four brief years: Lost the Presidency; lost thirteen United States Senators: 'lost the House of Representatives; lost every Northern Governor but two; lost three Governors In the South; and lost the support and sympathy of almost the whole body of Intelligent and con servative Democracy. What a record oi acmevement m tne wrong direction! Tpon the fusion and silver Issues in 1S")3, Mr. Bryan made some gains over .1832. They were the States of Colo- tdo, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Ne- araska, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah, rashlngton and Wyoming, with a total f forty-fle electoral votes. But he lost California, Connecticut, Delaware. .Ulnols, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan. New Jersey, New York, kWest Virginia and Wisconsin, with 146 totes, an adverse balance of 101 votes. Ct was fatal policy, ruinous to him and his blind followers. In- the elections kof 189S, the States of Wyoming, South akota, Washington and Kansas aban- "doned the Democratic column, and Maryland was regained. So was Ken tfcucky, by. violence and theft. This was exact exchange of twenty-one votes. "he former will without question be icpubllcaa In 1900, the latter may be Democratic It is clear that the ob stinate Democratic adherence to silver has not had beneficial results In the Middle WezJ. and Pacific Coast; nor does anybody pretend that it will be helpful In the Bast. In other words, every state that will go for Bryan with the silver issue predominant will go for him without it. No other state can be gained unless lis fears are allayed and its people can be made to believe that other questions are more important.' So we find that trusts and imperialism and the money question are to repre sent the trinity of cardinal principles upon which the Democratic party this Fall is to base Its claims for public confidence and support. The two for mer are to be pressed In the East, where silver is to be tolerated or ig nored; the third is to be agitated in the West because of a mistaken belief that the masses demand It. MOSQUITOES AXD MALARIA. In -our Pacific States we are very lit tle troubled with, mosquitoes. These insects are -generated in stagnant water, in malarious districts; and our mountainoui, and sea-coast country is almost free from them. Swampy dis tricts have always been regarded a3 malarious; but now it is asserted that the mosquito is the cause of the ma laria, and two English physicians are undertaking to prove that malaria is contracted only through inoculation by the mosquito. Nov.- it is true that mos quitoes and malaria exist together, and only In marshy regions; but it will bo most interesting to discover that the one produces the other. The two English physicians aro to make the experiment on themselves. They are going to the Roman Cam pagna, the most fatal of malarial dis tricts, where, to be out after sunset, is to contract the deadly Roman fever. At this place they are to take up their residence, from June to October, in a mosquito proof hut, taking greatest care that the Insect shall be excluded-; and If, with this exposure to the air of the place, yet protected from the an noying insect, they escape malarial fever, .they will hold it proved that their immunity from fever was due to their protection from the mosquito. The theory they hold has often been broached, yet there has been no suffi cient test of It; and this test these physicians will now supply. The British Medical Journal supplies the description and particulars of their undertaking, and the British Colonial Office is taking special interest in the experiment, with the Intention, If It seems to be successful, to order such huts for Its men in Africa and India. Since It 1b known that the bubonic plague may be spread by rats, and that other diseases are propagated through th-a activity of flies, the assumption that malarial fever may be dne to mes qultces cannot be regarded as wholly fanciful or absurd. If it be established, even with probability, that mosquitoes are the scrurce of malarial fever, the next step will be general effort to ob tain protection agalnGt the Insects, of flndSng means for their destruction, or of prevention, as far as possible, of their generation. Of course, their ex termination never can be looked for so long as the conditions under which they may be generated shall be permit ted to exist. It seems to be ordained that man is to destroy everything that annoys Mm on the face of the earth, so as to make life worth living and to protect himself against the insidious approaches of death; and It looks, too, as if the mere advanced races of men had to deal with the Inferior races in the same way at least to the extent of rendering them Innocuous, through subjugation. , A OJVE-EYED PHILOSOPHER. The Rev. George S. Meniam, a lead ing "Independent," a friend of the gold standard, writes a long letter to the Springfield Republican, in which he confesses that the perusal of Bryan's article in the June North American. Re view has increased his respect for the apostle of free silver as a man of "seri ousness and breadth of thought." Mr. Merrlam closes his letter by substan1 tlally admitting that, if the Demo crats at Kansas City make "the war of conquest In the Philippines the central point of attack, that it must be stopped, they win. with Mr. Bryan as their candidate, deserve and may fairly hope for success." This Is the present mood of feeling which possesses a highly edu cated clergyman of New England, who voted against Bryan in 1S9C. This cler gyman evidently believes with Carl Schurz that If Bryan is put forward as the champion of the cause of "anti Imperialism," he would prefer his elec tion, even on a platform which Included a free-silver plank, to that of McKln ley, as the champion of our Philippine policy and the gold standard. Are there many educated men of abil ity, like the Rev. George S. Merrlam, who would be willing to vote for Bryan, standing for Populism, state socialism, fiat silver and fiat paper money, on the plea that his opposition to "imperial ism" condoned with them his allegi ance to the theory of folly and fraud in finance and tlie lawless subversion of the rights of property? Probably there are not a great many such men, for they are seldom found among edu cated men outside of clergymen, super annuated pedagogues and other repre sentatives of the schcol of one-eyed philanthropists masquerading as states men When these excellent persons become interested in politics they gen erally become reformers of visionary and impracticable character. If they are "temperance reformers," they are always prohibitionists. They are eas ily captured by specious political or economic facts. They are so optimistic in their progressive philosophy that they not seldom have an open or sneak ing sympathy with "Christian Science" as the ultimate healer of all diseases, and look forward Joyfully, to the time when all the filthy vices of society will be stifled beneath a falling snowstorm of female ballots. They are always sure that their sermons would, if en acted, make excellent reform statutes. It has passed Into a proverb that the worst possible legislator of honest in tent is a so-called educated man of the sort that has been defined as "out of touch with life, aside from the stream of daily struggle and needv in- the world but not of It." It was the clerical cranks In Crom well's day that most sorely tried the spirit of that great man through their utter lack of sound common sense in dealing with human affairs. It is of the notorious credulity of the average clergyman in politics that Macaulay says: "The stories that the great Are of London was kindled by the. Papists and that'Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was murdered for his religion are not alto gether exploded. They have been aban doned by statesmen to aldermen, by aldermen to clergymen, and by clergy men to old women." Scratch & cler gyman in politics and yon are sure to find a one-eyed crank or a dogmatic doctrinaire. t WILL BECOME CROWK COLONIES. The Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic are sure to fiecome crown colonies, since the official voice of the British Government has already announced that the same reasons which made war necessary require that the two republics" shall be disabled from renewing it. In the language of Lord Salisbury, "Not a shred of reaMy Inde pendent government should be left them." This means that the two re publics will he Incorporated as crown colonies, and for the present adminis tered under martial law. To permit trial by Jury where the Interests of Great Britain are concerned would be surrendering the fruits of victory to the vanquished. All questions affect ing the rights of loyal citizens in Natal and Cape Colony, who have been plun dered by their Boer neighbors, and all questions relating to taxation, war in demnity and public property, must be settled by the conqueror, even as oar Government settled them temporarily for the conquered Confederate States before they were fully reconstructed and admitted into the Union and the enjoyment of home rule. Before the outbreak of the war the Orange Free State was an absolutely independent commonwealth as regards Its Internal affairs and Its foreign rela tions. The Transvaal Republic was at liberty to negotiate and conclude treat ies with any foreign power, but these treaties would not be valid provided within six months after their conclu sion Great Britain, under the conven tion of 1S84, should exercise her option of protesting against them. With this exception, the Transvaal was as abso lutely independent as the Orange Free State. This degree of independence, of course, cannot be allowed to continue, since the Boer Republics might again employ their revenues lit preparation for another war with England when ever England's difficulty became the Boers opportunity. The Boer Repub lics cannot expect to become British colonies, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Cape Colony and Natal, for these colonies have a responsible government and enjoy an almost un limited measure of home rule. The Canadian and Australian common wealths have the right to accumulate military stores and organize militia on a large scale. This right, of course, could not be granted to the citizens of the annexed republics. Their local gov ernment will be that applied in the crown colonies In which the crown has control of 'egislatlon, and which are administered by officers under the con trol cf the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Among the examples of the crown colony class are Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong. Out of a total population of 3,000,000, there are but 8000 Europeans in Ceylon. In Hong Kong there are but 10,000 Eu ropeans out of a population of 250,000, while in the Straits Settlements the Europeans are but a very small frac tion of the whole population. At the head of such crown colonies there is a Governor appointed by the crown on the nomination of the Secretary of State. The Governor Is assisted In the administration of affairs by an Execu tive Council, which consists of the Gov ernor, the general officer commanding the troops and five or six of the chief executive officers of the civil govern ment. Appointments in the Executive Council are either held ex-officio or are made personally by the crown on rec ommendation of the Governor. There is also a Legislative Council composed of official and unofficial members, the former always having a majority. The official and some of the unofficial mem bers are appointed by the crown. A few of the unofficial members are elect ed by the community, but their ap pointment must be confirmed by the crown. In Hong Kong there are four mem bers appointed by the crown, two of whom are Chinese. One member is elected by the Justices of the Peace and one by the Chamber of Commerce. The Legislative Council votes supplies. The estimates of the supply bill are duly considered before Its passage by the Council, and then It Is forwarded for confirmation to the colonial office. The Legislative Council makes all the laws cf the colony, but the crown re tains the right of amending or vetoing all laws. Of course, the government of a comparatively intelligent popula tion of white stock as a crown colony will not be administered en the same lines as to details that would obtain in a crown colony, like Hong Kong and Ceylon, where the vast majority of the population are Asiatics, and ultimately it Is expected that there will be a union of Natal, the Orange territory and the Transvaal in one colony, with the larg est measurft of local autonomy which is compatible with the Interests of Brit ish rule in South Africa. THE SANTIAGO PRIZE MONEY. The Court of Claims has finished the allotment of the prize money due to those who took part in the naval bat tle off Santiago, on account of the de struction of the Spanish fleet. Owing to the superiority of the American force, the court decided to allow bounty money of $100 for every officer and man under command of the Span ish Admiral. Of the aggregate thus created, Sampson gets something over 5SOO0 and Sen-ley about $3000. The court. In order to do this, was compelled to go back of the returns, so to speak, which It did by finding that Sampson was in command during the battle, and that his flagship New Xork was en gaged. The public is now In duty bound to correct the impressions fur nished by the facts of the battJe, and divest itself of the idea that Sampson was too many miles away to be in active command, and that the New York was engaged chiefly in getting to the scene of action, which she was able to reach too late for any share in com pelllrrg the surrender of the Spanish ships. Favoritism aside, however, there wa no other way In which the matter could have been decided. The battle was un questionably fought on lines laid down by Admiral Sampson, and, though in his temporary absence Admiral Schley directed the movements of the fleet, be was merely executing orders, as he was in duty bound to do. Two men could not be in command at the same time, and clearly the fleet was under Samp son's command. The latter, had he been disposed to be magnanimous or even just, might have divided the hon ors and the spoils evenly, but the Court or Claims could not do It, and, as it is the court of last resort in the matter. It will be well to abide its decision with out criticising Its motives, and consider the Sampson-Schley controversy a closed Incident. O. P. Austin, chief of the United States Treasury Bureau of Statistics, has contributed to Money a valuable article on tho increase of gold produc tion. Its purpose is to show that there is gold enough tor the world's commer cial needs, and for that reason -alone nation after nation hes adopted it as the bffiBis of- its currency. The world'B production of gold since H92 by half century periods is as follow: m Gold production. Years. Coining value. 102-1650 f 350.002,000 13M-1C0O ....?. .'.. 2,S50.000 1B01-1G50 2S1.SW.000 1C51-1T00 324.4i0.000 1701-1750 637.5S0.00i) 1731-1600 i 075.240.000 1601-1850 . i 787.400.000 1S3M898 ,4 a665.C32.000 Total , .$0,823,634,000 The great activity in gold mining be gan: about the middle of the present century. The entire gold production o the "world from 1402 to 1850, a period of 357 years, was 53,158,000,000, or an average of less than $9,000,000 per year, while for the period 1850-1899 it was $6,665,632,000, Or an annual average. of bver J135.0O0.000. The world's produc tion in 1897 was $238,813,000; la 1S9S, $237,428,000. and in 1899, $315,000,000, a total of ?8,O0O.OO0 in three years. Ex cept for the South African War, it would have been still greater in 1900. There is enough gold to do the world's business. The Liverpool wheat market with- ap parent great reluctance has Joined the Chicago market In a long leap toward a higher level of prices, and there, is much, evidence of considerable under lying strength in the situation. High ocean freights have absorbed much of this advance abroad, which otherwise would have been added to the farmers' profits in the Pacific .Northwest. Not all of it has been taken up in this man ner, however, for the advance locally. If it is maintained through the new sea eon, will add upwards of J2.000.000 to the value of the wheat crop of the Pa cific Northwest. Sentiment undoubt edly playB an important part in the violent changes in the Chicago mar ket, and before this "bullish" feeling has run its course the price may be forced to still higher levels. , The uncer tainty regarding the exact proportion of this phenomenal advance that Is to be credited to legitimate crop-damage news is now causing the Liverpool mar ket, which is 'cur market, to follow in the hesitating manner which it has dis played up to the present time. When the European buyers are convinced that this is no Leiter deal, they will undoubtedly meet the situation and paj' just as little as they can, and just as much as they are forced to by the In exorable law of supply and demand. The Springfield Republican considers the Oregon election a fact of great Im portance to the silver theorists that it proves that the cheapmonoy agitation is losing strength even among these who began it and forced it Into National politics. In Colorado it is admitted by the Democrats that the question no longer has tho power with voters it onco had. The agricultural Interest, which in 1895 was strongly convulsed by the silver agitation. Is no more faithful to free silver at 16 to 1 than Is the min ing interest. The South, with cotton at 9 cents, cares no more about sliver than dots the agricultural and mining West. Free silver at 16 to 1 never had any strength north of the Potomac and Oh'lo and east of the Mississippi. Up holding the silver standard will win no votes for the Democracy, so the Repub lican urges them to retire the sliver issue and bring to the front the issue of opposition to expansion. Bryan must have 224 votes to be elect ed. The solid South, outside of Ken tucky, will give him 112 votes, which, with the votes of Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada and Utah, 34 Jn all, will bring his total up to 146. Giving Bryan the 24 votes represented by Ken tucky, Maryland and Delaware, he would have 170, or 54 short of the num ber to elect. To gain this number it is essential that the Democracy carry New York, with 36 vojes, and Indiana, with 15, besides one other state, or Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, These states canncrt. be carried upon a Democratic appeal that has any admixture of free silver at 16 to 1 in it, and Bryan Is sure to be nominated on a platform authorizing the free coinage of silver. The thousands who, impatient of de lay, started north in May for the pur pose cf picking gold from the grass roots and washing it from the abound ing sands of the beach, will soon begin to realize their dreams or suddenly to awake from them. The ebb of the hu man tide will doubtless be as great in September as was its flow in May. With this important difference, that It went out bearing anticipation, and will re turn bringing disappointment. This is the history of all rushes to mines, and there is no reason to suppese that it will not repeat itself in this Instance. The possible nomination of Tim Woodruff as Vice-President can be fairly met by the Democrats only with" Jim Ham Lewis. The one Is the glass of fashion, the other the mould of form. If we are to have a war of the fashions, let us put forward our most ornamental knights. Without Roosevelt, what would the convention do? It would be a cpld and' unenthusiastlc affair. He is the sole inspiring and commanding figure. He is no dummy. As for the Vice-Presidency, Mr. Hanna seems to be taking an uncom monly long time to make up the con vention's mind. Piatt has gone home; but Hanna la still there, and the country is safe. What Hanna Told "Woodruff. New York Evening Post. Senator Hanna appears In a novel role when he urges approved statesmansblp as a qualification lor high office. How over, it Is fortunate that a man who ex erts sb much Influence at Philadelphia should take the stand which -hy does re garding the Vice - Presidency. When Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff told him about his ridiculous ambition to become Vice-President, Mr. Hanna asked whether he thought himself fitted for the Presi dency, and even Mr. Woodruff had to answer no. T&o Senator then said that Mr. Woodruff should not aspire to the Vice-Presidency, "because only a man's life might stand between him and the Presidency, and the Vice-President should Lbo a man of great statesmanllk capacity." j.nis was en argument wnicn must aavo been hawl to meet. In fact, the whole Woodruff movement Is based upon the as sumption that McKlnley will live out a second term. Tfce Brooklyn rjo'JticIan J could not get a single delegate outside of thA purchasablo element to support him if the possibtity of his filling the highest office were kept In view. A NOTE FROX DR. JUjACKUXJUS. He Tklaks Injustice Tta Done Him fey'Tbe OresoalaB. PORTLAND. June 2a (To the Editor.) I wa3 certainly surprised at the editorial this morning. If there te any One char acteristic that has came to attach Itself to me it Is an undue optimism. I came to the West because I "believe in It, and its wonderful future. I have come to stay, and by the grace of God and the good will of the peoiSn I hope to do tho best work of my life. I submit the letters to you with he request that you print such parts of them as you ea fit and thus let -the public be the judge as to whether I have slandered my adopted home which I lovo loyally and where the people have given me such welcome and support as to relieve of the least feeling of home slckness. There are no flesbpots la New England or anywhere else for which I long. Oregon is good enough for me. ALEXANDER BLACKBURN. Dr. Blackburn says that his object was by no means to belittle Oregon, but to call attention to Its wants. The Oregonlan Eas not the copies of the papers contain ing the articles, as they were not ite own property, and had sent them back to the owner. Dr. Blackburn furnishes one of the articles (the one printed to the Baptist Commonrwealth), but tho ono printed In the Watchman (Boston) was tho article whose tone and statements seemed most open to criticism. Here is a. passage from the article In tho Phila delphia paper: There is employment for strong men and those who are skilled in certain departments, but too little for tho class of people who form the operative class In mills and factories. Tounff women and boys find little to do, so that the condtUon Is not as favorable as It would seem from the fact that fal wages aro paid. The family that In a, manufacturing town would represent from three to five vago earners has to depend wholly on tho father, and his wages, even If large, does not maEo cosy times in the home. This condition vitally affects church work and mission collections. An audience here will not glve'half the money in basket collections that we git in an East ern city. Hundreds of well-dressed young peo ple put nothing- In the basket for the simple reason they have nothing to put In for the same reason It is hard to raise money in the weekly offering envelopes. We have no pen nies In general circulation- here, so that "the little red brother" cuts llttlo figure In church work. Often when taking a collection for missions, I long for my old Lowell. Mass., congregation, two-thirds of whom drew wages the day before and havo their own money in their pockets. The Oregonlan thinks the people cf the Northwest States would prefer that such matter were not written about them for publication In Eastern journals. Their protest Is like that of the person in the old play: "Sed hoc mini molestum est; nam lsthaec conrmemoratio quasi expro batlo." (But this annoys me: for this sort of reminder Is in the nature of a re proach.) But the Oregonlan is unwilling to be harsh, and it certainly does not wish to be unjust to Dr. Blackburn. WHY DOXOHS ARE CMCXOWJf. They Aro Anxious to Avoid Receipt of BeKRinp Lotters. Chicago Tribune. A curious feature of the long record of charitable and educational donations In the United Stance Is the growing frequeucy of cases In which the tforicrs withhold their names. Since the beginning of the present year the total given by unknown donors Is 11,158,005. Two anonymous don ors in New York have given a total of SjSO.OOO to charitable entorprlse3. Unknown benefactors havo given $100,000 to Colum bia College, JM.O00 to Cornell, ?50,000 to Harvard, $102,500 to the "University oi Chicago, $100,000 to Barnard College and 0,000 to the Illinois Manual Training School. Other donations of smaller amounts bring the total to the figuro named above. It ia quite evident that a desire for gjory Is not one of the motives lead ng to the generosity of these donors. Whether tho Increasing tendency to keep thefr Identity unknown Is caused altogether by modesty and by the desire not to let the left hand know what tho right Is doing, Is not so certain. Apparently the wsh to avoid an Inundation cf begging letters and Importunate callers has something to ao with fostering a retiring disposition on the part of donors. Whenever anybco) gives a few thousands to any charity or-. school he or she lo at once made the target for hundreds It not thousands of appeals for money. Probably the wish to escape this undeserved penalty for a good deed has led many donors to keep their names unknown. Th!a theory is confirmed by the experi ences of Miss Helen Gould, who proba bly receives more requests for pecuniary assistance than any other woman m tho country. Great as her wealth Is, If she were to comply with all these re quests the would be penniless In less than a year. Few of these begging letters ever reach her bands, for they aro read and answered by two secretaries, who toy before her only such as they think may interest her. Lately the secretaries havo taken to Inclosing k each letter of refusal a. statement of the appear received In a single week, with the sum asked for. The objects for which money la asked range through tho whole field of human wants, frivolous or otherwise. In all there were 1303 letters during tho week, calling for a total of JL548,502. With perenolal persecution of th!a kind stat ing them In tho face, It Is not strango that ome wealthy persons with a desire to do good in their own way should pre fer to do It anonymously. Ovex-Zenl of Missionaries. Wu Ting Fass?, the Chinese Minister at Washington, makes these statements. among others, on the present troubles In China: Ignorance and superstition are at tha bot tom of the present outbreak, rather than malice aforethought. Animosity has sometimes been manifested against Indiscreet missionaries. As a rule, missionaries havo been unmolested when they have not Interfered with the beliefs of the people. They ore perfectly free to promulgate any faith they wish, provided they cost no contumely on religions already established. The Chinese cannot understand the eagerness of the Christians to make proselytes. The mis sionaries- come and say: "Oh, you Chinese! Tou ore all wrong. Tear down your temples. Destroy your idols. Do as we do." The Chi nese resent this attitude. Imagine how you Americans would feel If Chinese were to come to this country, and not merely try to inculcate the teachings of Con fucius and Buddha, but even decry the Gospel Of Christ. Gold Democrats Still for Gold. New York Tribune. Some of the Gold Democrats of the East may be so tired of their principles that they are ready to embrace Bryanlsm, but they get no comfort from men like Gen eral Buckner, their candidate for Vice President four years ago. He declares that through the country at large tho Gold Democrats- are stronger now than they were then, and that the cause of sound money has made many converts from among those- -srho voted for free sliver In 1S9S. At the same time "ho does not expect that the Sound-Money ,Democrats will hold any convention or nominate any ticket. Tho clear4 infer ence Is that if the Kansas City Conven tion persists in reaffirming the monetary doctrines of the Chicago platform, the bulk of this vote will go to Mr. McKlnley. More Expansion. Troy (N. Y.) Times. More expansion. Many of tho schools in this country, which never before taught the Spanish language are adding It to their lists of elective studies. They want to be up with the imes and turn out grad uatcs who will be useful both at home and h "Uncle Sam'a dependencies. GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHTNGTON. "June 16. Al consider able effort is being made to show that the Intervention of the United States in Cuba has not been successfuL Some well known men pronounce it an absolute fail ure. Probably these pessimistic views are due larcelv to the discovery of frauds m the postal system, and the consequent dis gust and humiliation which every Ameri can .citizen feels as a result of that dis graceful affair. But It is absurd to de clare that the intervention of tho United States is a failure. The people of Cuba. are better off now than they ever -wgere under Spanish rule. There la now no re bellion against organized authority, nor Is there starvation and murder ana op pression, which was characteristic of the Spanish rule in the Island. It 13 absurd to say that tho United States Government is not giving the island of Cuba a better government than it had In the years gono by. If anything were wrong in that Island, or If- the people were complain ing and sought Justification of wrongs In dicted by the United States, it would cer tainly come to the surface, as there is one feature of the United States vGovern ment that is unlike Spam the news of wrongdoing cannot be suppressed. The activity of the United States authorities in ferreting out and getting evidence against all who havo been looting the Cuban postal revenues is a guarantee that peculation and plunder will not be tol erated. This was something unknown in tho days of the Spanish regime, while add- j ea to au oi tne lauits or spamsn ruie m civil government was the military des potism, which resulted in the otarvation of thousands. The peoplo of this country have not forgotten tho reconcentradoes or 'the complete devastation of the Island, and any stories or assertions to the effect that the intervention of the United States has boon a failure will not? be believed. At the same tlmo It would be much bet ter if the United States authorities would hasten their efforts to bring about abso lute Independence of the island and the withdrawal of the United States author ity, so as to give the Cuban peoplo am opportunity to determine whether they should like to engage In the revolutions which would certainly follow, or whether they would be. willing to seek -annexation to the United States, in order to afford themselves peace and tranquillity, which has followed the Intervention and the Spanish War. Of course, nothing of this kind would have been necessary, had It not been for the absurd proposition that the United States went to war with Spain simply to establish the independence of the Island of Cuba. The Congress and the President having accepted that Teller ad denda as a part of the Spanish War reso lution, we have got to make ourselves ab surd In carrying it out. The result may be frightful, and it may cost the Island of Cuba very dearly, but there will never be ultimate satisfaction in the island un til they have had an opportunity to go it alone, and to show that they are not ready for any such self-government. The only reason for claiming that the Inter vention of the United States Is a failure Is because we are not hasten!ngto with draw from tho island. Hill and Vice-Presidency. Xew York seems to be a fertile field for putting for.h Democratic Vice-Presidential posslblljtles, especially those of the freak class, foremost among whom is the Hon. William Sutaer. Belmont and Guggenholmer are also of thki clas3, if In a more modified form. Then, lately comes the suggestion that David B. Hill would make a good running-mate for Bryan, on the Democratic ticket. While the suggestion of tho first three names may havo been a joke of one variety, that grim sort which Dick Croker so much enjoys, tho suggestion of Hill is about as ridiculous, but In another way. There Is this to be said for Hill that cannot be oald for the dthers: Ho has the ability to make a Vice-President. Mr. Hill's public career has easily fitted him for such an office as that of Vice-President, but, as In the case of Allison, to offer a man who has so long aspired to the Pres idency tl second place on the ticket is adding Insult to Injury, and It is not be lieved for a minute that Hill would accept tho nomination for the undesirable shelf. ICU's name was undoubtedly suggested by Democrats who realize that the Demo cratic party needs Eastern strength and Eastern support, and tbey hopethat by putting Hill on the ticket to carry the vote of New York, which would prove so beneficial In the coming election. But therein comes the rub, for It is not believed "by serlous-mlndeu poIItlc:aTis that HJ1, even If he were named for Vice-President, would be able to swing New York or any other Eastern state Into line for the De mocracy, without that state could be car ried by Bryan, regardless of hds running mate. The curious fact remains that while Hill has pledged himself to support the Kansas City platform, which will in clude the reaffirmation of the Chicago platform of 1S0S. his position as regards free silver 13 yet well known, and it is understood that he will stand by Bryan, not heartily and enthusiastically, as they might hope, but rather because ho knows that Is the only course loft open to him. And, because of this very fact. Hill would be unable to command the respect of the East; but would rather be the object of ridicule, and havo a tendency to weaken rather than strengthen the ticket on which he was named. Tho Democratic leaders are cognizant of this, and will look rather for some man who Is an out-and-out be liever In. free silver and an advocate of the Chicago platform princlpleL', rather than a man who accepts them as a com promise, and not freely and heartily. Tne 'Boer Stamp Boom. London Daily Mall. There Is a big boom In South African stamps. Tho war has enhanced their value and has enormously Increased the demand for them. Several dealers whom a Dally Mall representative consulted agreed that there had never been such a rush on South African Issues. F. K. Ginn, of the Strand, said: 'The great demand Just now is for Free State stamps, com mandeered by Lord Roberts when he en tered Bloemfonteln. and converted with the letters V. R. I.' stamped upon them In black. They are rare at present for the curious reason that moat of them were lost In the Mexican. "The soldiers in Blomfonteln bought them up as soon as they were Issued, and wre sending them to friends in Eng land. There were all sorts, from half penny up to five shilling stamps. I have 60hi one of the latter, unused, for 3. The 'Darie Pence Oranje Vrij Staaf con verted into a V. R. I. two and one-half penny' brings 7 shillings 6 pence. Possi bly these stamps will soon bo worth as many pounds. "So far no Mafekfng stamps have got on to the market, but they will bring high -prices when they come here. The V. R. I. Free Staters are in huge de mand, and so will the converted Trans vaalera be when Lord Roberts issues them. "A complete set of Transvaal stamps would cost over 1000, for a great varlety has been issued. The Free State, on the other hand, has kept much in the same groove all along." Some of the old Transvaal stamps of tho British regime of 1S77-S0, and of the" first Republic, now fetch from 20 to 30. Offered to Fnrnlnb a Subject. Washington Times. The Shah of Persia, who Is making a tour of Europe, will pay his respects to Queen Victoria early In July. Th.s is the monarch who, on a former visit to Eng land, expressed a desire to witness an execution at Newgate Prison. Xo subject being on hand, tho Oriental monarch courteously offered any member of Ms suite toserve as ar object-lesson. He was disappointed, because the officials of the Jail declined with thanks his cour teous offer. IVotlilng: in a Xame. Minneapolis Tribune. The Goebelltes of Kentucky find Gov ernor Mount, of Indiana, hard to ride. NOTE AND COMMENT.' ) Today's weather Any old thing. And tho Vice-Presidency still pursues iihim. . TTrrar rnruitA -.. ftl.. .. JL l!. w.v Uprophet? The Cubans are at present occupied In nailing down their real estate. ' It doesn't take nine Taylors to make a man In Philadelphia, but In Kentucky Kit's different. Tho powers seem to think that the best I way to got at the partition of China 'la Xby way of the ground floor. Has any enterprising European Com mander announced that he is going to eat h!s-Christmas dinner In Pekin? Tho political situation in New Yorls City Is a littla strained, but It Is believed that the ice will soon be broken. The class graduating at Yale thl3 year has spent about $1,250,000 at Yale during Its four years' course, and the class aura- bers S27, out of a total enrollment of 2517. Only 2,O0O of that sum was expended In tuition charges, the bulk of it going into hoard, rent, books and Incidentals. The college year, moreo-er, is but nine months in length. In this Yale class only a few worked their own way without help from relatives or friends. Fifteen report that they have been entirely dependent upon their own exertions, while only have done something to help pay their expenses. As between students, of courso, the widest variation In personal expenses is reported. One student spent only 573 in a certain year; another spent 53670. "When the rolling clouds gather In battal ions overhead. And the sunshine of tho Junetlmo to some other clime has fled. When tho streets aro raging torrents, and tha splashing, plashing rain Plays a kettle-drum cadenza on the singing window-pane, 'TIs a Joy to read tho paper, and to get along with news A soul-comforting synopsis of tho weather prophet's vleys. He con analyzo conditions In a most amazing style. Ho con gauge ihe shifting pressures at a dis tance of a. mile. From the wilds of, Tatoosh Island, where the bounding billows roar. From Fort Canby, whero tho breakers beat upon the shelving shore. He receives by wire dally messages which bo can use In compiling a synopsis of his most Important views. "Well ha knows that when low-pressure areas get cast adrift. Then the chances aro tho rain clouds soon will either fall or lift; "Well he knows that when he sees the shift ing of the weather-vane. That the sun will soon be shining; that Is, If It doesn't rain. So he sets forth his conclusions, and we're happy to peruse Every morning a synopsis of tho weather prophet'3 views. By tho dainty mechanism of his many instru ments He con toll us If the atmosphere Is either thin or dense; He can tell us what the rainfall was soma thirty years ago. And a. hundred other figures that are very good to know; But don't bet upon hU forecasts If you can't afford to lose. For they're not the best of pointers, these same weather prophet's views. PLEASANTRIES OF PAItAGRAPHERS A Satirist is a man who discovers things about himself, and then soys them, about some one else. Life. Appropriate. "Has China, any national mot to'?" "I don't know of any; but she might adopt. If you don't Geo what you want, ask for it. "Puck. Might Bo the Reason. "My wife," he said proudly, "has been known as tho queen of hearts." 'No doubt," they answered, "it was because sho took the knave." Chicago Evening Post. A Question of Funds. "My doctor ordered a trip to Europe for met" "Did you follow his direction?" "No. Ho presented his bill, ana then took the trip to Europe himself." Washington Star. Effect Slarred. "Fellow-cltlxens," tha Impas sioned orator exclaimed, waving his band aloft, "I stand right by the platform." "What's the matter with standing on it?" piped, a thin voice in the crowd. Chicago Tribune. Losing No Time. "Bixley 13 working like a dog over fhero In New Jersey." 'What's he doing?" "Training Jersey farmers to look liko Chinese Boxers for a series of biograph battle pictures taken on tha spot." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Teacher John, what are your beets made of? Boy Of leather. "Whero does tho leather coma fromT" "From the hide of the ox." "What animal, therefore, supplies you with boots and gives you meat to eat?" 'ily father." Tlt Blts. Equivocal Comment. "This;" said th funeral director, "Is the very latest la Caskets. What do you think of It?" "Well." said the cigar man from next door, after a long study of tho article, 'Td hato to be seen dead la It." Indianapolis Press. The Difference. 'Tm glad," eald the green delegate, "to be one of those who will nomi nate a. President." "My son." said the old Senator Impressively, you err. You will not nominate; you will participate in a ratifica tion." Philadelphia North American. Going on the Staee. Baltimore American. "Professor" Patsy Poundem Has been knocked completely out By another "fist professor" In a pugilistic bout. ... So now "Professor" Pounflem Will a manager engage; For, of courso, like all the others. He is going on tho stage. Mrs. Vera Glddelgh Flirtera Has been granted her divorce; So she's posing for her pictures For the lithographs, of courso. She Is trusting her press agent To exploit her grace and ago, And she's pcroxldlos dally For she's going on the stage. Thero is Angelina. Shootem. .Who Vas winged a lover bold. And has shot a. few relations. As the papers oft have told Has a thirst for footlight honors That nobody can assuage So she's bought a new revolver. And she's going on the stago. Miss Ima Daisy Whlpper, Who is reckless with ttje lash. Has a fancy for the footlights. And for histrionic cash. She has quarreled with her sweetheart. And horsewhlpp'ed him in a rage; And Hiss Whippcr -finds she's ready For a season on tho stage. There are others many others Who will eloquently spout. For they've reached the shrine of Thespus By the whip and pistol route. , They've divorced and fought and quarreed Till they ask for patronage For their laudable endeavor While they "elevate the stage." 1 No Imperialists in Country. Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. It will be very hard for the Democrats to make an Issue of imperialism when, as a matter of fact, there are no Imperial ists in the country. We all believe in re publican institutions, and some of us are in favor of extending the blessing as near as may be t6 all corners of this mundane sphere. If It Is a good thing, why not push It along? Great Political CIpIier. Denver Republican. Ignatius Donnelly's happiness can only be accounted for .on. the ground that in November it will be proved that he is one of tho greatest political ciphers.