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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.