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POItTLAXn, SATURDAY, JUXE 23.
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
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