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If the Democratic convention, to be ield at Kansas City, July 4, would .formulate a platform approving the Sold standard and declaring that it must be maintained; proclaiming the rightfulness of the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine Islands and asserting the purpose of the American people to maintain It; declaring that peace and order must be preserved at home, and mobs and riots quelled by authority and force, direct ed when necessary by the Federal Gov ernmentif the Kansas City convention would make these declarations, and make 'em plain and strong, there will be vast numbers of Republicans, and others, throughout the country, whese chief objections to the thought of giv ing their support to the Kansas City nominees would be removed. Why should these reasonable proposals be rejected? Be-electlon of Senator Hanna to the chairmanship of the Republican Na tional Committee was an act of very questionable Judgment. There are two reasons. First, It virtually asserts a claim to bosship, or ownership of the party, by the small coterie of which Hanna is the head and Mckinley the Instrument. Second, It throws into the faces of the wage-working classes of the country the one man of all men most objectionable to them. Hanna is associated in the public mind with the trust forces against which there is so loud complaint, and his name will be used by the opposition throughout the campaign as synonymous with them. There was no need to give the oppo sition this advantage. The real issue this year is prosperity against prostration. It Is the full ex pectation of all Informed and unpreju diced observers that the Republican party will win this Fail. Therefore we shall not have widespread disturbance of business, or any alarming halt in cur National progress during the cam paign. The workman is employed at fair wages, and capital finds no cloud greater than a man's hand looming up over the financial horizon. Both are measurably well satisfied. They have found not cmSy that they can get along very well together, but that they can not get along at all If they are sep arated. They will vote to continue con ditions that make it possible to give every man his due. If these two pow erful forces are a majority, they will carry the country in the Fall. If the indolent, the vicious and the dissatis fied and their dim-vlsloned allies are the more numerous, we shall have a Democratic victory. It takes no great mental effort to renifmber the situation four years ago, ami the wonderful contrast it presents to thrt present. The country was agi tated, alarmed, vastly excited. The forks of the road had been reached. BuFlress was depressed, labor was Idle, capital 'n hiding, our National progress at a standstill. Public credit was low, private credit on the same level. The gaunt ske'eton of repudiation stalked abroad. Every Industry had been pros trated by the panic of 1893, and the un essy and uncertain menths that fol lcwed. FoHtlcal quacks convinced the patient that his vlta'ity was ebbing, his recovery Impossible unless he ac cepted free silver as his remedy. He listened, hesitated, and declined. Com mercial and financial health was re stored. The Nation's record since has been one of uninterrupted Industrial d-?vepment. An accurate index is found in the Imports and exports of the past eix years. The Bureau of Statistics has Just is sued its table of Imports and exports f"r eleven months of the fiscal year. Th? imports for May were $71,555,S61. The exports were 1113,503,577, an excess of $41,917,716. The expoits ate nearly twice as great as In 1S95. Here is a table cf the imports, exports and excess of exports for the past six years (eleven months In each year): Excess 11 rcsos. Imports. Exports. Exports. 1N.W ... $rtii W7.H21 $ 7rcr.70.335 S S2.2ft2.414 im .... Trs.r.oo.03 s15.001.oa7 112.340,133 1M7 C7B.r.47.X91 7.fcX.K2! 28S.2Kt.131 1SS! .... 5G4.7M.423 1.130.BO3.C07 571.710.1S4 1SJW C35.S01.lfiO 1.13U!2.075 405.237.bH5 1D-X) ... 7Si,7n2,S4S 1.2Sa.214,534 497.421.0) The total volume of our foreign trade is thus shown to have increased In six years from $1,500,000 to $2,500,000 in round numbers. The balarce- of trade In our favor is now greater by six times. The Republican platform attributes this unexampled progress to a protec tive tariff and to the gold standard. The first is fictitious, the second the real source and permanent guarantee cf prosperity. Our industries did not need protection. Six years ago, when all business was depressed and Indus try stagnant, manufacturers and pro-lucei-s completely possessed the home market. They struggled, laboriously and persistently for an outlet for their rurp'us. Even then we 'find that there was an excess of exports over Imports. The disturbing money question was settled, commercial order was restored, and Industrial expansion was accom plished. Clark and Daly propose to wash their dirty linen at the Kansas City con tention. It will be Interesting to note If that body of high-minded patriots receives Into its councils the plutocrat and corruptlonist whose methods were too Infamous for the United States Sen ate; or, if they will accept the alter :i native and take Daly. The dilemma is embarrassing. Naturally, the conven tion win not care to offend two such ardent Democrats and Bryanites, whose party orthodoxy cannot be questioned, and who are able to do the right thing by the campaign fund. Some compromise must be reached. How wou d it do to admit both on terms (cash) alike creditable to all and val uable to the sack? A SPEECH THAT IS A PLATFORM. The honors for effective speech be fore the Republican National Conven tion were easily won by Senator Fora ker and Governor Roosevelt. The speech of Senator "Woicott was too long and labored for platform eloquence, and- the address of Senator Lodge reads like an elaborate oration before the Senate. Senator Foraker and Gover nor Roosevelt are very different men, and yet they have certain identical temperamental traits. They are both men of intense mental energy and pug nacity. Such men never make dull, languid speeches. They are men of brilliant record for martial spirit and boiling courage. It was Lieutenant Foraker that volunteered to ride all night through the Confederate lines to bring word to General Sherman that General Slocum had been attacked by Joe Johnston's whole army, and Gen eral Slocum at once put this gallant young officer of 19 on his staff and lived to see him Governor of Ohio. If Sena tor Foraker had written the platform, he would have cast it In nervous, en ergetic, eloquent language, full of point and marked by power of condensation in expression rather than dilution long drawn out. Foraker was easily the finest orator before the convention, but his speech nominating McKinley tested only his powers as anartistlc, tasteful speaker making what to him was a perfunctory utterance, for he does not belong to the inner charmed circle of the Presi dent's friends and admirers. He had a most difficult and thankless task to perform, and he executed It with extra ordinary grace and' felicity of language. But when It came Governor Roose velt's turn to speak, it must be con fessed that, while he is not on ordinary occasions as a practiced orator equal to Governor Foraker, nevertheless his speech was so Intensely earnest and im pressive that it is not too much to say that it was a platform In Itself. Roose velt did not trifle with his time by wasting words upon the personality of the President, but passed at once to the defense of our policy and present atti tude In the Philippines. He succeeded in saying splendidly on this subject what the platform In its lame and im potent conclusion tried to say in the mumbling acceni's of a toothless old woman. It is clear from the Intense earnestness of Roosevelt's speech that he was angry with the platform be cause it had utterly failed to say the right thing In the right place, and was determined, if possible, to voice the popular heart, and he did It with noble impresslveness. In the ordinary accep tation of the word, Governor Roosevelt is not a man of exceptional oratorical gifts; but he is always terribly in ear nest, and his sincerity of manner never falls to command and hold the atten tlon of an audience. He is not a man of wit. He does not deal In anecdotal Illustration He is not a man of im passioned poetic imagination, but as a forceful, rugged, virile speaker he is powerful with a popular audience be cause he looks as If he believed every word he uttered and stood ready at any moment to step forth and die, flag In hand, lighting for his opinions. Such an orator, backed by his record for ex ceptionally heroic, patriotic courage In battle. Is always sure not only of an audience, but Is sure of a very large and enthusiastic personal following. The man who believes In himself so absolutely that he will follow his flag up to the gates of death and hell in battle for it Is sure to become a leader in war or politics. And this Is the se cret of Roosevelt's rapid rise to repu tation and Influence. His sincerity wins respect and attention, his courage ex cites admiration, and his absolute pub lic Integrity and frankness turn the edge of malice and discredit envious tongues. Such a man need not be an artistic orator nor a very subtle reasoner to become a most powerful leader of pub lic opinion. Creature pugnacity, moral ccurage, personal purity, unsullied pa triotism, unselfish valor for the glory and honor of a great state, are repre sented by Governor Roosevelt, and are represented In an equal degree by no other leading figure In American polit ical life. "When a great audience listens to De pew, they feel that there Is more of FalstafTs worldly wit than Prince Hal's heroic quality in him; but when they listen to Roosevelt, they feel that he would die cheerfully, sword In hand, for the honor of the flag, rather than see It suffer shame. In his peculiar combination of pugnacity, fervid patri otism, moral courage, frankness, truth fulness and executive talent in politi cal affairs, Roosevelt is without his double in our day. It has been said all the world loves a lover, but It is aso true that all the world loves a lighter, if they deem his quarrel Just, and he behaves like a manly fee. A unique figure In American politics Is Roosevelt; unique he seems, even as his hero Cromwell seemed unique In the piping times of peace, but when- war came, he easily rose to the port and bearing of victorious majesty. If our future policy stands for further expan sion, there will be much need of warlike statesmen, like Roosevelt, who will ac cept uerly responsibilities, not seek to dodge them. MEDDLESOME INQUIRY. It is said the Industrial Commission created by Congress Is to Institute of ficial Investigation Into what is known as the "servant girl question." This Is certainly going far beyond the limit of even meddlesome Federal inquiry, and can scarcely fall to fix the attainder of absurdity to this governmental func tion. The craze for collecting labor statistics has grown until it has as sumed a phase of public Intermeddling In private affairs that ought to be dis couraged. It was probable that this craze would come Into full flower dur ing the census-taking year, but no such absurd fruitage as this was expected from it. The relations between servant girls and their employers are wholly with out the domain of legislation, hence without that of Congressional Inquiry. The hours of labor of domestic help and the wages that they receive are con trolled by a dive'rsity of conditions that render prescribed rules for their goy- emmeot wholly Impracticable. They are. Indeed, -matters that concern enly the persons engaged in household serv ice and those who hire them. A wom an's congress' may deal with them in a discursive and perhaps helpfully sug gestive way, but for the lawgiving body of the Nation to discuss them Is folly that bears the stamp of the meddler. There Is very little evidence that the costly Industrial Committee, with its equipment of secretaries, clerks uneV stenographers, has achieved results of practical value in any industrial field Into which It has pushed Its inquiries. Investigation cf the Coeur d'AHne trouble, for example, was pernicious rather than beneficial in effect, since it elevated murderous rioters to the plane of laborers with a Just grievance, and encouraged them to assume the pose of Injured innocence before the Nation. If this Is the standard of work to be done by any Invest lgatlmj com mission, its abrogation might well be demanded-, especially as it now threat ens to invade the domestic realm and lay down rules for Its government. THE PACIFICATION OF THE F1IIL IPPIXES. The proclamation of amnesty issued by General MacArthur to all Filipinos who have not violated the rules of war will doubtless, from the extreme liber ality of its terms, be largely accepted by the Insurgents. The truth is that the power of the Insurgents has been killed. The remnant of irreconcilables have Joined the marauding companies of outlaws and swelled the bands of brigandage, which has been a feature of the conditions In the Philippines for many years, just as It continues today to be In Mexico, Italy and Greece. There was a time la this country when our military forces were employed to suppress the road agents In California and the train robbers in Missouri; and our troops In the Philippines will for some years doubtless be compelled to wage war upon the ladrones of the islands, Just as the British troops for several years carried on a vexing con test with the Dacolts of Burmah. These robber bands have always existed in the Islands, but will not be able to offer perpetual opposition to the establish ment of American civil government. The moment the insurgents, to the number of some 20,000, accept the terms of amnesty and surrender their rifles, there will not be any formidable re sistance to our authority. Outside the robber bands, the insurgents are natur ally an industrious, thrifty people, fond of peace and the opportunity for secure trade and industrial prosperity which It affords. The Filipinos are quick to learn, are anxious for the establishment of American schools, and altogether are described by our officers of high Intel ligence as a promising people. It does not seem probable that our Government, beyond the accord of am nesty and absolute personal liberty, would Immediately accept the terms of peace drawn up by the Filipino leaders at Manila. Ultimately these terms may see fulfillment, but "the establish ment of civil government at Manila and In the provinces" could hardly- be granted immediately with prudence. The prospective 'speedy pacification of the Philippines is welcome news juEt at this time, when It may be necessary to send a considerable body of troops to China In addition to the Ninth United States Infantry, already dis patched thither under Colonel E. H. Llscum. After Luzon Is pacified, it will take a considerable time to disperse the hostlles in Mindanao, Cebu and the other southern Islands, in which, with the exception of Negros, It is not now possible to travel with safety. The expulsion of the friars is called for by the Tagals, who are all loyal Catholics, because they believe that the friars as a rule were Identified -with the Spanish tyranny that formerly ruled the Islands, just as political distrust once induced Roman Catholic sover eigns to persecute and expel the Jesu its from their dominions. It seems doubtful at this distance whether our Government, without discrimination, would expel the friars. So far as they stood for any unjust burden upon the people, their suppression as an organi zation hostile to the state is compre hensible, but they undoubtedly Include in their ranks many excellent men who had no responsibility for or sympathy with Spain's tyranny. THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY. The stock of which Governor Roose velt comes has been distinguished for hereditary public and private virtues, political and business talents, more than any family in our country, unless It be the Adams family, which from President John Adams down to the latest generation has maintained its reputation for high public capacity and private worth. The ancestors of Gover nor Roosevelt were men of distinction in the colonial history of New York, conspicuous in the provincial Legisla ture, able merchants and men of public affairs. One of the family, a merchant, was a distinguished inventor, to whom Fulton was greatly indebted for his steamboat. Governor Roosevelt's grandfather, Cornelius Roosevelt, was a successful merchant for forty-seven years, and made a large fortune, much of which he devoted to the organization of pub lic charities. Governor Roosevelt's uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt, was a Dem ocratic Congressman of great ability for many years, who stood firmly by Lincoln and the TJnlore during the Civil "War. After the war he was a leader of the citizens' revolt against the Tweed ring, founded the Committee of Seventy and was first president of the Reform Club. He was at the head of the New York Fish Commission), secured the es tablishment ot a paid fire department for New York City, was an admirable writer, enthusiastic sportsman, and au thor of "The Game Fish of North America." and was appointed our Min ister to the Netherlands in 18SS. An other uncle of Governor Roosevelt was a notable lawyer, who rose to be Judge of the New York Supreme Court, The father of Governor Roosevelt was a successful merchant and banker, who was appointed Collector of the Port of New York by President Hayes, but was refused confirmation by the Sen ate. Like all the Roosevelts, he joined to superior capacity for money-making the disposition to expend It in sup port of organized public charities, like tbe Newsboys' Lcdglng-Hcuse, YoUng Men's Christian Association, Ortho poedlc Hospital. He was a director of the Board of United Charities; of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; of the Museum of Natural History. An aunt of Governor Roosevelt, who long survived the death cf her husband. Governor Van Ness, of Vermont, was distinguished for her devotion to the cause of the Union during- the Civil "War, giving her health to support of sojdiers relief associations of every description. The. deportation of Joseph Mullett and James Fltxharris has been Justly ordered by our Government. These men were privy to the brutal murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Sec retary Burke In 1882, and were con victed and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. On their recent release these felons came to New York City and attempted to land In this country on the plea that they had been impris oned merely as political offenders. One of them, it was proved, drove the car from which the assassins alighted and upon which they n.de away the moment they had finished their bloody work, and the other had equally guilty knowl edge of the murder. Our Government, as a matter of self-respect, could not treat such convicts as merely political offenders, for even Mr. Parnell and Michael Davltt and all 'the Irish home rule party in Parliament denounced the killing of Burke and Lord Cavendish as a frightful crime. No civilized country in the world treats acts of cold-blooded murder as merely political offenses. The killing of Lord Cavendish could no more be condoned than the murder of Lincoln or Garfield, the murder of Pres ident Carnot or the Empress of Austria. The matter of National Irrigation is likely to be pressed upon Congress vig orously In the next few years, and un ceasingly, until some general plan for reclamation of the vast areas of the Natlon'B "unwatered empire" is ma tured. "Wastage of the water supply by meanp of quick and ttevastating drain age through floods may be stopped by the construction and use of storage res ervoirs, but the scheme Involves an expenditure so vast that It cannot. It Is claimed, be inaugurated without Gov ernment aid, or operated successfully outside of Government control. Though urged upon Congress with plausible plea by representatives of the arid land states, the proposition- to engineer and construct these reservoirs and systematically dispense the water sup ply at the expense and under the di rection of the Government is little less than appalling to the Eastern members of the National legislative body. They see in such action a wastage much more serious than that of water In the stream of irrigation officialism sluicing through the public treasury, which, once the headgates are opened, it will be difficult If not wholly Impossible to check. The lynching of an innocent negro has horrified the South and brought the whole system of summary justice un der reproach where Us Inherent wrong had not been so clearly and so brutally made manifest. The Mobile Register seeks to excuse the crime, and declares that the natural antagonism of the races makes it necessary for white men to presume a black man guilty until his Innocence Is proved. Other papers de nounce the murder. Lynching is a confession by the South that Its system of Jurisprudence is a failure. As it Is administered by whites, its break down Is an indictment of their own efficiency. The South pleads In exten uation that evidence cannot be pro cured, because no black- will give credi ble testimony against another of his own race. They put the cart before the horse. The negro cannot get Justice, properly and legally administered, and he knows it, and. is silent, or lies. The troubles between Governor Brady and Ms Alaska constituency grow out of radical differences of opinion as. to what Is best for the territory. Their diverse views are founded on the Ir reconcilable conflict between the old Presbyterian missionaries and the large new population that has Invaded the northern country and Intends to control its affairs. Brady 13 a minis ter, the friend of Sheldon Jackson, a long-time Alaska resident, and a stead fast partisan of the church. For the most part, the people of the territory are strongly opposed to Jackson, and discredit his educational methods and missionary work. They think that the time has come when civil government should cease to be a mere appendage to church government. It has ceased, except that Brady and Jackson are sur vivors of the old church regime. Joe Bailey won his fight in the Texas Democratic Convention, and the party Is on record against what it knows to be the state's best interests. Texas has cotton to sell, and the Orient is becom ing an attractive and profitable mar ket. It has an important port in Gal veston, and a growing commerce, for eign and domestic. It wants the Nica ragua Canal built because It sees clear ly that It would vastly benefit all Ita Industries. Yet the Democratic party permits itself to be led around by Joe Bailey, a llliputlan statesman, whom the Democratic minority In Congress had to reduce to the ranks for cause. Mr. Hanna takes the. Republican chairmanship at great sacrifice of his inclinations and comfort, in order to help out his old friend, McKinley, and to see tbat Republican principles and a Republican government are per petuated. Falthfuh "Warwick! How would the country be saved If It were not for our Homras and other great and noble men? It looks this time as if the convention mountain had come to Colonel Roose velt at full charge. Now he knows how the Spaniards at the top of San Juan Hill felt when they saw him coming. Now Kansas City must decide be tween Clark and Daly. How happy 'twould be with either, were fother rich boodler away. The St. LouIh Boxers. Chicago Journal. A crowd of "Boxers" chased a woman through the streets of St. Louis yester day, pelting her with sticks and stones. Her offence was riding in a street car. Terror lent the woman speed, and she kept In advance of the hooting savages until her strength failed. Then she sought refuge In a saloon. But this was an appeal from cowardice to cowardice. The saloonkeeper Joseph A. Bene was h!s name; it deserves pub licity thrust the woman back into the street. He feared a boycott if he shle'ded her. Tins mob would likely have proceeded to tear the clothes from its prey and daub her with paint as Is the St. Louis practice had not Mrs. Mary Buck ar rived on the scene. She struck one "man" in the face, overawed the others, and carried off the hunted woman under her protecting wing. Now, as between that outrage and the sort perpetrated by the Boxers of China, how long must one hesitate before decid ing which, is the nwre atrocious? which displays a greater degree of barbarity? Which stirs our Indignation the more? Not very long. The balance of barbar ism and nearly all the cowardice and meanness belong to the "Boxers" of St. Louis. WHAT ARE TOAVXE'S CHANCES. It Bryan Dqes Not Object, He "Will He Strongly Cretl. Chicago Chronicle, Dem. Information has been received from pri vate sources in local Democratic head quarters that the Democratic delegations to the Kansas City convention from Cali fornia, Nevada, "Washington and other "Western States are preparing to force the nomination of Charles A. Towne for sec ond place on the Democratic National ticket. The "Western Democrats who are taking up the cause of Towne are quoted as saying that If the Minnesota man ia nominated the Democrats can carry Colo rado, California, Nevada and "Washington, and can give the Republicans a hard race in Minnesota and Michigan. Minnesota has nine and Michigan 14 electoral votes. In 1S9S California gave Bryan one electoral vote and the remain ing eight to McKinley. Thus .far, how ever, the Towne movement has been con centrated in the extreme "West. The Sliver Republicans, later christened the "Lin coln Republicans," will hold their Na tional convention simultaneously with tho Democrats at Kansas City, beginning July 4. It is reported that the Lincoln Republi cans are planning to nominate Bryan and Towne in advance of the Democratic nom inations with a view of forcing Towne upon tho Democratic convention. The Sil ver Republicans and the Town Democrats of the "West are working in unison and both factions are awaiting word from the Democratic leaders. Mr. Towne and Colonel Bryan are dis cussing the Vice-Presidency over fishing nets on Rush Lake, Mlnocqua, "Wis. Mr. Towne Joined Colonel Bryan and party Saturday night, and information received here indicates that Mr. Towne is willing to .abide the decision of Bryan. If the lat ter concludes tbat the persistence of Towne would embarrass the party and an tagonize the Democrats of the Southern and Eastern States, the information is that Towne will withdraw from the race. In personal letters written to a Chicago friend. Colonel Bryan says that although ho regards Mr. Towne as an excellent man, a great many Eastern and Southern Demo crats would regard his nomination or in dorsement by the Democrats as a suc cessful effort on the part of tho Fusion Populists to dictate to the Democratic party. In any event, however, the report is that Mr. Towne will abide the decision of Mr. Bryan. If the opposition to Towne Is decided, It Is said Towne will withdraw and save the Democratic party from a clash with the Populists and Silver Re publicans. Meantime "Western Democrats who favor Towne are preparing to make a sensational demonstration at Kansas City, and to show why Towne's candidacy would strengthen the Democratic ticket. The party leaders, however, although regard ing Mr. Towne as a strong personality, do not seem to be disposed to give him credentials as Bryan's running mate. The disposition seems to go as far east as possible, consistent with 'Western senti ment. One of the most promising of tho new possibilities 6eems to be James Kil bourn, of Ohio, who was defeated for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio in 1S99 by John R. McLean. Kilbourn failed of the nomination by a half vote, and refused to take second place on the ticket. It IS reported that "Golden Rule" Jones, of Toledo, Informed the Democratic managers that he would not make the race for Governor If Kilbourn were nom inated. McLean captured the nomination, however, and was defeated by Judge Nash by a plurality of 49,023. Mr. Jones polled nearly 100,000 votes. Accordingly it is fig ured by some of the Democratic leaders that Kilbourn might have carried the state had he been nominated. President Mc Kinley carried Ohio in 1S36 by a plurality of only 48,497.- and Mr. Kilbournfs friends are Inclined to the opinion that if he were nominated on the Democratic ticket Mc Kinley might lose Ohio and Indiana. GOIXG BACK TO BRYAS. Mr. "Wntterson's Strange Apostasy From Sound Principle. New York Tribune. Mr. Henry "Watterson announces his re version, to Bryanlsm. Four years ago he was a leader of -the Democratic revolt against the Chicago platform. Now he professes his willingness to support Mr. Bryan, knowing quite well that Mr. Bry an is committed to a re-enactment of the Chicago platform, and that there fore Bryanisro today means just what it did in 1896, phis some additional here sies and fads. His defection from tho ranks of the Honest Money Democrats will cause perhaps less surprise than re gret on the part of those who ore al ways scary to see a blemish upon a bril liant career. There will be seen in It by the judicious observer more of senti ment or of impulse, or of mere restless ness, than of that sanity of logic and earnestness of conviction which should characterize a leader of a great party m National affairs of great moment. Bryanlsm, if successful this year, either would or would not mean free silver at 16 to 1. If it would, then Mr. "Watterson Is now offering to accept that which four years ago he regarded as a heresy so dangerous as to menace the honor and life of the Republic, and so monstrous as to Justify him m severing the politi cal connection of a lifetime- in order to oppose it. He must therefore choose be tween being deemed recreant to Democ racy In 1896 and being deemed recreant to the Republic in 1900. Or else he must explain how free silver could be wicked and rulnlous in 1E96 and good and bene ficent in 1900. On the other hand, if Bryanlsm would not, if It could, mean free silver, and if the 16-to-l plank is abandoned, what are wo to think of It? Four years ago Mr. Bryan and his col leagues were declaring that to be the supreme lssuo of all Issues, never to be abandoned until settled in accordance with the demands of the Chicago plat form. Mr. Bryan put forth innumerable appeals and arguments to that end, with all the suporsolemnlty of sacrilege. If now he should cast that Issue overboard and abandon that sacred cause, is it such a leader and such a party that Mr. "Wat terson would follow and support? Mr. "Watterson once, with characteris tic fervor of rhetoric, protested against "morchmg through a slaughter-house into an open grave" Can it be that he now deliberately choose such a path, not only for his party, but for his own reputation as a sagacious political leader and as a whole-souled patriot? A Plantation Revival Hymn. Atlanta Constitution. O sinner, wbar yon gwlne ter be "Wen Gabriel trumpet soun'? No use ter climb de bis pine tree, Caza Satan cut j-oa down! Sinner, sinner. What you gwlne ter do? Bey alit no hill kin hide you, Fer Satan he dar, too! O sinner, whar you gwlne ter go Wen de saints fer Jedgmlnt shout? Ne use ter hide In de huckleberry busb, Kaxe Satan smoke you out! jSlnner, sinner, "What you gwlno ter do? Dey ain't no bush kin hide you, Koze Satan he dar, too! Ham Garland's Silver Tongue. New York Press. Hamlin Garland has been getting him self hissed In St. Paul by a speech in which he glorified the Indian and attacked all pioneers. There are enough pleneers left in Minnesota to call even the strad dlebug historian to book on such a state ment. But didn't the same silver tongue formerly vibrate In praise of the Alaskan trail-hitters? Has the pioneer changed since Ham was n 1he KlondlKe? GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON. June 17. Rumor now reaches Washington to the effect that a movement is on fot which will termi nate the Senatorial career of Hon. S. B. Elklns, Senator from West Virginia, at the expiration of his present term, anl place In his seat Hon. John T. McGraw. Tho scheme, as outlined, is to render the Legislature Democratic on Joint ballot, but the Republicans take little stock In the rumor. Notwithstanding this, tho Democrats are very confident of success, and are Inclined to let the state ticket go, for the sake of capturing the Leg islature, In other words, they hope to accomplish the defeat of Elkins through a trade. The dicker Involves many side Issues in the local situation. Including more or less local patronage, and the en tire matter is quite complicated. But this very complication is a large point in Elkins favor. As a manipulator and a manager, he has few equals, and when a situation becomes complicated, Elkins is right in his element. His clear head and sound judgment give him on advantage over most men on such, occa sions, and when he sees the efforts that are being made to defeat him along complicated lines, he will undoubtedly stir the matter up a little more, and car ry his antagonists beyond their depth and leave them to scramble out as best they can. There 13 no denying that El kins Is a strong man, but he has a strong element against him. But other things being equal, Elkins will undoubtedly win out. In spite of the combined efforts to bring about his downfall. His loss would be greatly felt in the Senate, where ho has become one of the dominant factors in many ways. That Speech, of Tore Carter's. Quite an amusing discussion has broken out relative to tho political speech which Senator Carter delivered the night before Congress adjourned. There ar several orators In the Senate, the best being Woicott, Depew, Beveridge and Lodge, on the Republican side, and Vest and Daniel, on the Democratic side. Of course. Vest has reached a stage of health which prevents him from Injecting Into a speech his old-time fire and in tensity, but no man uses better lan guage or delivers more beautiful orations that tho feeble Senator from Missouri. Senator Daniel belongs to the old school of Southern orators, whose speech reads well, and who makes a very good Im pression, but he Is far behind the others mentioned as a Senate orator. As a matter of fact. Senator Carter does not pretend to oratory, but he is a good, smooth talker. No man in the Senate states a proposition as well as he. He has acquired deserved recogni tion as an able man. It appears, how ever, that a number of the Senate ora tors, and especially those of the Repub lican ranks, came to the conclusion that Carter had carefully prepared the speech which he delivered that night, and had committed it to memory. Now there are a number of men who do that. Woicott commits his speeches to memory. Beveridge delivers his speeches word for word, and Depew does nearly the same thing, speeches which they prepared weeks In advance, and even furnished the press that length of time In advance. "When Senator Lodge prepares a speech In advance, he usually reads it. Some of these Senate orators, it Is said, after hearing Carter's speech, and noting the effect it made, rather decided that it was a carefully prepared argument, and that Carter had been waiting for day& for an opportunity to spring It. As a matter of fact. Carter does not prepare his speeches in advance. He has on oc casions dono so, but on those occasions he has to read them, as he cannot com mit to memory any extended remarks. He took for the text of his speech that night a remark of Senator Hawley that the amount of abuse heaped upon public men In the Senate of the United States would, no doubt, pervert the public mind and make people believe that this coun try was worse than It really is, and that Its high officers were unfit for any sta tion in public life. This remark of Haw ley's was delivered some time in the afternoon. In the evening there was a lull of busi ness. The galleries were packed with people who had come to see the night session, besides the friends and families of Senators, who filled the private gal leries, as they really believed an adjourn ment was possible by 10 o'clock, at least, and an adjournment of Congress under such circumstances would be rather an Interesting event to observe. It was the intention of those who had the business of the Senate In charge to take a recess of an hour or two. This would have been very disappointing to the crowds In the galleries who would have been compelled either to withdraw or sit still doing notn ing and listening to nothing. It was then that Senator Carter reached the determi nation to make a speech on the Oregon election, and It was such a speech as to give him a great deal of credit, and which will be circulated by the hundreds of thousands In nearly every state of the Union this Fall. The fact was. Carter was pretty shrewd in seizing the opportunity and making the best of It. It was impossible for him to have foreseen an opportunity such as occurred. In the first place, it was be lieved that the conferees on the naval bill would report, and tb chances are that tho discussion would then turn upon that report, and It was when there was nothing else going on In the Senate that the Montana man took the floor and made his speech. He was listened to intently by the Senators on both sides of the chamber, which is something that does not often occur in Senatorial speeches. Besides this, the galleries were thoroughly Interested, and once in the midst of the speech broke out In thun derous applause, and would have done so again, had not the presiding officer threatened to havo the galleries cleared if there was any further applause mani fested. 3IBX AXD WOMEX. Colonel Baden-Powell, the defender of Mafe klng, has always ben something- of a Journal ist, and during the Matabele war was the London Chronicle's correspondent. The Shah, who Is expected to arrive In Eng land about the middle of the Summer, will stay at Buckingham Palace. His Majesty will spend a counlo of days- at Windsor as the guest of the Queen, and. besides being entertained by the Prince of Wales. Lord Salisbury and the Lord Mayor, thero will be a gala performance at the opera In his honor. Newspaper correspondents had a hard time of It In the Boer war. G. W. Stevens, of the Mall, and Mr. Mitchell, ot the Standard, both died of fever at Ladysmlth; E. O. Parslow, of of the Chronicle, was murdered at Mafeklngr. Alfred Ferrand. of the Post, was killed at Ladysmlth. and the Australian, Mr. Lamb I e, was killed at Rensburg. One other l03t an arm and four were captured. The late Dr. Isaac M. Wise published a series of letters some years ago on the subject of his early experiences In the United States, which reached comparatively few readers because they appeared In the German supplement of his paper. These reminiscences have been translated, and are now being published in the American Israelite, and are Interesting to students of the subject of Judaism In America. Sir Charles Tupper, who ha3 announced his Intention of retiring from Canadian public life. Is verging on the 80s, and Is the sole survivor of the makers of the Dominion. Ho 13 a na tive of Nova Scotia, and took his M. D. de gree at Edinburgh In 1343. He was for 12 years a. physician with a large practice In Nova Scotia before ho thought of entering Par liament. He became Premier of his province in ISTrl. and Vas the chief lieutenant and trusted adviser of Sir John Macdonald. For a doien years he was tlw High Commissioner for Canada in London, and his services -were rewarded flrst by knighthood and afterward by I a. baronetcy. NOTE AND C0M.ME.YIV j . Speaking of the weather, wo will keej the change. It begins to look as If the nomination ot McKinley was a put-up job. If Agulnaldo should die tonight but tot us not deal in wild improbabilities. The disappointed speakers at Philadel phia couldn't even ask leave to print. When Europe's hosts, -with half & million mes March In Pekln, they'll not march out ngain. Isn't It possible that General MacAr thur is reckoning without his Agulnaldo? If keeping everlastingly at It brings success, the Boers are on the royal roa& thither. Some fans are so enthusiastic that they would wear golf links In their cuffs ari baseball diamonds in their shirt-front. They say that oft a woman's "nrf Means "yes"; It this Is truo. It's only fair to add that so Did Teddy Roosevelt's too. The embargo on Bryan's mouth will b removed Ju.y 4, and then he will be gin to make himself enemies by roastlfig Teddy. The man who built the Oregon, Although he may feel sore. Will have all kinds of time on hand To go and build some more. "Thank heaven." said tho proofreader on the Congressional Record, as ho g anced over the convention returns, "thero are somo speeches I don't have to read." The American exhibit In Paris Is not satisfactory. Liberty, who enlightensUh world from the land of the free and the home of the brave, seems to he hidlcs her light under a Peck In France. Many serious automobile accidents have recently happened in New York. A doc tor's assistant was killed- by a head-oa collision with one of tho machines whiler riding his bicycle, and a prominent citi zen met his death through his automobilo running away. It refused to answer to tho controlling lever, reached a speed of 30 miles an hour and then struck the curb, throwing out its occupants. The machine continued its erratic course down tho street and was finally stopped by peopla who threw obstructions in front of it. The wheels kept on turning juht the samo till the power was exbaused. The ma chine was not hurt. Even a cat may lead a double life. A! story Is now going the rounds of a felino who divides his favors between two fam Hies living on Fifteenth street, above Jef ferson, and his fickle disposition has caused a serious rupture in their erst while friendly relations. One morning ho walked into the back yard of one of the premise?, and proceeded to make hlmselC at home. The cook fed him and named him Jim, and he soon became an acknowl edged member of the household. One day; last week, while Jim was affectionately rubbing against the legs of the master of the housa in the back yard calling! "Here, Moses! Here. Moses!" Jim pricked, up bis cars. Then a woman's head ap peared over the fence, and the owner of it suggested that Moses be sent home at once. "That Isn't Mo.es; that's Jim," said the man, "He Is no Jim; that's Moses." retorted the woman across the fence. "Come home Moses, and get your cream." The cat clambered over the fence. "Hero, Jim! Here, Jim!" called the man. At thia juncture the cooks of the two famine appeared on the scene, and the Jim cat's cook expressed her opinion of the Moses cat's cook. It turned out that the cat; with the aliases took breakfast at 7, din ner at 1, and supper at 6 m the house where he was known as Jim, and breakfast at 8, lunch at 2. and dinner at 7 next door, where he was known as Moses. Maud Muller ana the Mohile. S. E. Klser In Chicago4 Times-Herald. Maud Muller on a Summer's day Went out to rake the fragrant hay. She glanced up toward the distant town To see If the Judse was riding down. - Then she leaned upon her rake to rest. And a nameless longing Ailed her breast. A blue fly buzzed around "her and Got smashed upon her soft, white hand. Again she looked, and her round cheek glowed : A speck appeared far up the road. Maud raked the hay with all lx-r might. - ' Still keeping the growing speck-In sight. In his automobile the Judge satvjiroud. Leaving behind him a thick dust cloud. He'd never been out until that day In the splendid thing, and his heart was gay. O'er his features played a contented smile As ho ran over dogs In a lordly style. Maud saw him come, and her heart leaped hlgi As sho dropped her rake, sayln3T.'My, oh, myl" Then sho rushed where the cool spring bubble up. And stooped to fill her little old cup. , Sho sped to the tree beside the lane Where the Judge's mare with tho chestnul mane Had gnawed the rails and pawed the sod. While the Judse had been saying things' Maud. , On. on ho came like a fast express! She gave a hitch to the back of her dress- And straightened her hat and Jabbed her hair To be sure the frlz2les and all were there. The Judge gave his gray mustache a twirl ,rA smiled, as he spied tho waiting girl. And gazed at the sky, as if wondering whether The cloud ia the west would bring weft weather, And noticed the grass and flowers and trees And the grazing kino as he cleft the breeze. Then he grasped a handle somewhere, at last, To stop himself from going so fast; But It seemed to stick, and he gave a Jerk. And was dazed to find that It wouldn't work! And. In his hurry, he steered at Maud. Who dropped her cup and yelled "Oh. Lordl And tried to climb the fence and got Half way across, when like a shot From a cannon, the Judge arrived and went On. after the manner of Gov. Kent. At last Maud rose from the -wreck and gazed Around at the scattered rails, amazed. She saw the cow3 rush o'er tho mead. Developing awful rates of speed. She heard hens cackle and people call. And then, at last, she remembered all. Looking atvay o'er the fields, she taw . Tho undulating expounder of law. As ha skipped tho valleys and hit the hills And smashed the. fence and Jumped the rills. Clutching her brow, she sighed, "Ah, me!" Which the mock-bird echoed from his tree. i Then she took up her rake and mused awhile, Saying. "Blast the automobeel or byle! "Why didn't he stick to the sorrel mare? Ah, where Is he now!" Echo answered, "Where?" Maud's rake Is hanging unused today; In a horseless age what's the use of hay? And oft in her palm she rests her chin And thinks of tho Judge and what might bav4 been If he only had stuck to tho old maro'3 bac& I Alas! Alas! Likewise alack Ak o