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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1000 The most savage speech ever made against the Bryan platform of 1896 was made by Hlli of New Tork In the con vention of that year. The speech made it impossible for Hill to accept the nom ination of the Vice-Presidency this time; for the platform which he so ter ribly arraigned has been reaffirmed. We are for expansion, says the De mocracy, but the territory must be de sirable, and its people willing and lit to become American citizens. Then we shall never expand, and we never would have expanded, under that doc trine, beyond the original limits of the thirteen states. Jefferson bought Lou isiana not only without the consent of its inhabitants, but against their will. When the American flag was raised over New Orleans, the residents wept. Louisiana was purchased by Jefferson without Constitutional or Congres sional authority, because It seemed to Mm best for the United States to have it, and only for that reason. The best policy of a government is its highest duty, and on that safe and prudent principle Jefferson proceeded. The Bryan platform declares that the war in the Philippines Is "criminal ag gression," founded on "greedy commer cialism." This Is a gross libel upon the American people. Suppose Spain had, before the war, offered to sell us the islands. "We should not have bought them. Suppose Spain had of fered to give them to us. It is doubt ful If any strong voice would have been raised for their acceptance. Every commercial advantage that is apparent now would have been apparent then. Then why have we taken them, and why do we propose to keep them? Be cause there is nothing else to do. We cannot help ourselves. Bryan himself was party to the ratification of the Paris treaty, and is estopped from crit icism of our motives In demanding and receiving title from Spain. Our plain duty being to retain and to pacify the islands, to guarantee their Inhabitants personal liberty, and the largest possi ble measure of self-government, it is not unnatural that the benefits and ad vantages of doing our plain dutybe emphasized. What has become of those other para mount Democratic issues, tariff reform and the income tax? They are not in the Democratic platform, except so far as they are indorsed by the vague re affirmation of the Chicago platform. Have they become of so little import ance that they do not even merit spe cial mention? How about civil service? No room for that, either? The Democratic platform: The voice Df Tillman, and the hand of Bryan. Why was Towne rejected? The Sil ver Kepublican platform is a mere echo of tjie Democratic. It was framed with design to permit Towne to stand on both. He Is not more radical on the silver issue than Stevenson, who was a .greenbacker before he was a 16-to-ler. His age was not against him, for he is as old as Bryan. His ability Is as great as that of his successful com petitor. What, then, was the reason? He was not a Democrat. The Democ racy wants the votes of the -Populists and Silver Republicans, but not their candidates. We hear from Kansas City that lib erty is being strangled in Africa as well as in America. The patriots late ly assembled there "view with indigna tion the purpose of England to over whelm with force the South African Republics Is the militant Democracy content merely to view with indigna tion, and thus discourage the sanguin ary Sulzer from leading an armed host to the Transvaal for the purpose of ex pelling the brutal English? Orr if Bryan were President, would he break the "entangling alliance" with England and make another with the African republics? He must, if he is to make this bold declaration effective, and not utterly ridiculous. How would that be for militarism? The Spokane Spokesman-Review gave the late convention some advice which it did not follow. But it is worth repeating as showing that a strong advocate of 16 to 1 is making lively progress away from one great error, although it may lead to another. The Spokane paper says: What the convention ought to do, in all prob ability it will not do. It ought to declare em phatically for blmetallsm, and pledge the party, If entrusted with power, to restore the country's finances to the bimetallic prlnclplo adopted by Washington and Jefferson, and ad here to by Jaokson and Lincoln. And this without asking the consent of any other coun try But In the next sentenpe the conven tion .should make it plain that the party is not wedded to the specific ratio of 10 to 1, or any other ratio, and that if entrusted with power the point of ratio would be determined by a commission of ablo and scientific men. In the dark lexicon of Bryanlsm there's no such word as free coinage without 16 to 1. If the God-given ratio is given up, all is lost Webster Davis was out this Way two years since, and left a gleaming trail of oratory behind him. He was the voice of the McKlnley Administration, and made two or three hectic speeches tell- ing us what we must do to be saved. The whole duty of man at that time was to elect a Republican Congress which should stand at the back of a Republican President and uphold him In sustaining the gold standard and keeping the American flag flying In the Philippines. The Missouri Patrick Henry was showing his entire good . faith at that time by holding down a fat Job as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He waved his arms in elo quent gesticulation, and worked him self up into a fine frenzy over the traitors who were aspersing the mo tives and opposing the policies of our noble President. Some of the "traitors" were within the Republican ranks. Where are they now? They expect to go right ahead in their work of teach ing and promoting sound principles, and correcting the party of its faults, and relieving an overburdened ship of state of its superfluous cargo by Jetti soning the Davises and Pettlgrews. TVnAT IS ACTUALLY PARAMOUNT. The Bryan party has presented what It calls "imperialism" as the "para mount issue." It Is an attempt to in vent an issue, in the hope of capturing the votes of a class of men who oppose free coinage of silver, with its conse quences of National dishonor, destruc tion of public and private credit and ruin of prosperity. Tet this money question, with its concomitants, is In) fact and after all the paramount Issue. It Infinitely exceeds In importance the question whether we are to retain our newly acquired possessions, or not. The leading issue is again on the questions of 1896. Abandonment of the Philippine Islands by the United States would be possible, without National disaster how much soever we should lose by ill advised retreat from our responsibili ties and opportunities. But reaffirma tion of the platform of 1S96, with spe cial insistence again on the proposal then rejected to force free coinage of silver at a false ratio a measure which necessarily would reduce and debase our money to the silver level suggests again all the perilous conditions which the country feared in 1806, and from which it was hoped It had made perma nent escape. This, not the bugbear of imperialism, especially in the great in dustrial states, will be the paramount Issue. It goes to the very vitals of the well-being of the country. New York, Indiana, New Jersey, Maryland the states which hold the key of National politics cannot afford to permit the success of Bryan electors. Any chance of it would All them with inexpressi ble dread, and they will take measures to avert the chance. The trumped-up Issue of imperialism, purely fictitious and factitious, will be disposed of long before the contest Is over. It is really an Insult to the In telligence of the people of the United I States to tell them that their system of government, their own personal lib erty, their ideals of freedom, are endan gered by the National expansion achieved as 'a result of the recent war with Spain. The good sense of the country knows this Is a false alarm, in vented as a campaign cry. The asser tion that a republic cannot have colo nies Is a mere catch-phrase. It is a play upon a word. Our territories have been In fact but colonies. We can gov ern Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, under our familiar territorial system, and need never admit them as states, if we do not want to do so. This, too, Is perfectly consistent with liberty and local self-government Besides, all great republics have had colonies. The Ro man Republic was the greatest colonial power of the ancient world. The "Vene tian Republic, the Dutch Republic, were great colonial powers, and the French Republic is a great colonial power today. And the greatest colonial power of all England is a republic in fact The crown is but a political and social Action, and all power is with the people. Moreover, nowhere in the world is there more freedom, or more complete self-government, than under the British colonial system. The good sense of the country will estimate this forced cry of "Imperial ism" at its proper value. The cry is, moreover, an impeachment of our own National expansion at every 'stage.of It It will become stale, flat and unprofit able, long before the end of the cam paign. The general mind will turn away from these Actions to considera tion of what Is real in the Bryan plat form namely, Its reaffirmation of the Whole line of mischievous and danger ous declarations that so alarmed the country four years ago. PLAYING WITH EXPLOSIVES. The practice of celebrating Independ ence day with flrecrackers, toy cannon, giant crackers and other forms of ex plosives has passed all bounds of pru dence, and is fast reaching the' limit of toleration. On the day succeeding the celebration this year, when manifestly the casualty returns must have been Incomplete, the Chicago Tribune re ported 30 persons killed and 1325 in jured from the use of these explosives, the data having been collected from 125 cities. This casualty list exceeds that of many a considerable battle, and yet It elicits little notice beyond Its record, as a news event or passing censure un der the head of "carelessness." A lit tle reflection must convince any one that the act of throwing lighted fire crackers, singly or In bunches, from high windows into the crowds in the Btreet as was repeatedly done in this city during the festivities last Wednes day evening, is worse than careless, if worse In connection with placing hu man life in jeopardy could be. It is criminal, and no pretense of patriotic enthusiasm can excuse or make any thing else out of it While fortunately no casualties resulted in this city from pressing the license granted to the day in the name of liberty, many narrow escapes were witnessed and much Just indignation was excited by it Fortu nately, in this connection, rain fell at intervals throughout the day, and many women and children forebore to wear their Summer dresses, so that a slight scorching of garments followed in many cases where, had these been of light and gauzy material, serious burns must have resulted. The conse quences, however, were distressing enough, several little girls becoming hysterical from fright as the hissing, popping crackers fell close to, around and upon them. This reckless use of explosives is in every way reprehensible, and It is high time that it was checked. When, on the day after the Fourth, the death list reaches 30, and that of the Injured 1325, with a wide area to hear from; and when added to the casualty list is a loss by fire aggregating several hun dred thousand dollars from the care less., effusive and Indiscriminate use of explosives, set oft -with the sole pur- pose of maklnf a noise, it is high time that the police power was invoked or laws were enacted Jo put an end to such folly. The toy pistol and the toy cannon, which are responsible for not a little mlsohief of the maiming sort, could easily, it would seem, be eliminated from the Fourth of July proposition by parental authority. As to the rest the cannon crackers, the "Dewey chasers' and the enure list or infernal, sputter ing, hissing, exploding things could at least be forbidden the streets and sidewalks during the hours given to the parade and other festivities attend ing a Fourth of July celebration. In deed, since it is Bhown that the deadly cannon firecracker was responsible not only this year, but for two or three years past for most of the maiming and death due to Fourth of July cele brations, it would be well to prohibit the explosion of these within the city limits, just as the discharge of firearms is prohibited. This thing of playing with explosives In crowded streets should certainly be no longer toler ated. TTHAT TVIIjIi THE "WAGE-WORKERS DO Four years ago McKlnley carried Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and West Virginia. Republicans of conserv ative temper do not expect to win these states in November, save West Vir ginia. Delaware may be carried If Re publicans reconcile their differences. These losses will be more than made up by the probable return of the States of Kansas, Washington, Wyoming and South Dakota to the Republican eltc toral column. Bryan must have 224 votes to be elected. The solid South will give him 112 votes, which, with the 34 votes likely to come from west of the Mississippi, will bring the total to 146. Kentucky, Maryland and Dela ware would add 24 to the 145, making 170, or 54 short of the number required to elect. ' To gain this number, the Democrats must carry New York, with 36 votes, and Indiana, with 15, besides one other state; or Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, or some other equally formida ble combination of three or four North ern States east of the Mississippi. The Democratic fight will be in New York, Indiana, New Jersey, Illinois, Wiscon sin and Michigan. In all these states McKlnley will lose something of the so called "independent vote," something of the Gold Democratic vote, and he is threatened with a serious loss of the German Republican vote, which, while still earnest for the gold standard, Is said to be opposed to McKlnley as the executive of the so-called "imperialist" policy It is altogether too early to de termine how many of these Independ ents, Gold Democrats and Republican Germans are sufficiently hostile to Mc Klnley and the Republican party to vote for Bryan, standing on a plat form of dishonest money, state social Ism and ultimate anarchy. Not many, it may be, will stand up at the last mo ment and be counted for Bryan. United States Senator Hoar, the most influential leader of the anti-expansionists of Republican antecedents, an nounces that he will heartily support the Republican nominees, and so does United States Senator Hale, of Maine. Leading Gold Democrats seem to be di vided in opinion. Ex-Secretary Fair child, of Cleveland's first Cabinet, will not vote for Bryan, and will probably vote for McKlnley. Ex-Mayor Hewitt Will not vote for Bryan, does not believe that "the Administration had desired the Philippines or had consciously en tered upon a course of empire, but that It had been gradually forced into its present situation by currents of events which could be neither foreseen nor re sisted." This Is exactly the view urged In defense of the Administration by United States Senator Spooner, of Wis consin, an exceedingly conservative man. Spencer Trask, another Gold Democrat, agrees with Falrchlld and Hewitt, and will vote for McKlnley. There are other Gold Democrats, like Henry Hentz, E. C. Benedict, William Everett ex-Governor Chamberlain, who are for a third ticket, while there are some Gold Democrats of 1896, like Carl Schurz, who is such a frantic anti-expansionist that he deems it of more consequence that McKlnley be defeat ed and his policy checked than that the gold standard be maintained or re pudiation oT any sort of financial ob ligations be prevented. The leading Gold Democrats, who are men of high business Intelligence, wilt doubtless follow the lead of Falrchlld and Hewitt The doctrinaire literary anti-expansionists will probably follow the lead of Professor William Everett and Professor Charles Norton and vote for a third ticket while the remarkable oratorical and critical powers of Carl Schurz will probably be employed In turning the German vote against Mc Klnley. Nevertheless, the fate of the election will be decided, as it was in 1892 and 1896, by the workihgmen's vote. If the workingmea generally are disposed to be content with the high degree of prosperity that has been maintained under the present Administration and rule of the Republican party, Mr. Bryan will be disastrously beaten In every Northern State east of the Mis sissippi. Naturally the worklngman's vote would be cast for the policy of "ex pansion and the upholding of the Amer ican flag. The signs of the times favor the party in power, but the signs of the times favored the party in power in 1892, and yet Harrison was beaten for re-election on a record of exceptional able Administration made during "good times." A USELESS PETITION. A petition was recently presented to Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, signed by 14,000 Dutch women, praying her to use her best endeavors with Great Brit ain to effect an honorable peace in South Africa, based upon the retention of the independence of the two Boer Republics. These petitioners, if intelli gent enough to sign their own names, should be aware of the fact that there are now no "Boer Republics," and that the peace which Great Britain has con quered at Euch cost in blood and treas ure will not be ptit in jeopardy in the manner suggested. Moreover, there Is not the slightest reason tosuppose that the young Queeh of Holland has any influence, politically speaking, with England's rulers. A little enlighten ment upon a very plain matter would have saved 14,000 Dutch women the trouble of signing this petition and their representative .the task of pre senting it Naturally and properly, the Dutch women of Holland, including their Queen, sympathize with the suffering Dutch women of the Transvaal. But woman's sympathy never yet, was a factor in the- settlement of questions that had been submitted to the arbltra- l ment of war. A Queen has no more In fluence in a case of this kind than her meanest subject norr for that matter, than has a King. The real rulers In these days of constitutional liberty are the powers behind the throne the men who dictate the policies and shape the destinies of nations. It is the power behind the British throne men of Iron nerve and far-reaching discernment with which and whom the defeated Boer rulers will have to deal. Sympa thy, except as it may operate at long range In preventing a recurrence of war between Briton and Boer by com pleting the subjugation of the latter, will not be an element in the agree ment by which peace in South Africa is again assured. The new Council starts out with evi dence of harmony, that, if properly di rected, should insure a good and rea sonably economical administration of city affairs for the next two years. Visions of clean streets, of an efficient police department, of protective fire ser vice, of equity in Imposing licenses, and of parks systematically improved, are conjured by the perusal of Mayor Rowe's first message. While orily the optimist, who forgets the lessons of experience and finds pleasure in "hom ing all things, believing all things," has supreme confidence in the ability and purpose of an Untried body of men to give the city a clean, economical and thoroughly business-like administra tion, it may be said that our new Mu nicipal Council starts out well, and may, if It chooses to do so, redeem its promises to the people. "A solid eleven" may not always be a good thing.. That manifestly depends upon circum stances. The overwhelming majority in a lawgiving body is not always a safe majority. A good working major ity much more wisely serves the inter ests ot the public The leaders of the, Chinese uprising In Pekin pretend that the Chinese troops did not becorte allies of the Box ers Until the Taku forts were attacked. Thla is hot true. The Taku forts were taken on June 17, after having .been given an ultimatum on June 16. But at that time Admiral Seymour's force of 2044 men was under Investment by the Boxers and imperial troops north of Lang Fang, and the Imperial troops had joined forces with the Boxers as. early as June 12, five days before the Taku forts were attacked. Admiral Seymour left Tien Tsln on June 10 to relieve the legations, and as soon as he started the Chinese commanders at Pe kln and Tien Tsln took measures to block his advance. On June 13 he was Isolated at Lang Fang, half-way to Pe kin, and in order to relieve him the at tack on the Taku forts was necessary, but It was not executed until the com plicity of the Chinese troops in the anti foreign demonstration was clearly in evidence. The nomination of Adlal E. Steven son for Vice-President ought to satisfy both the PopullBt camps, for he Is an old-time "greenbacker," who was the "cheap-money" tail of the Democratic National ticket of 1892. Cleveland, the apostle of sound money, the open en emy of flat silver, with a frantic fiat paper evangelist of 1874-75 as running mite, was "a pine dog with a pdplar tall"; but Bryan and Stevenson are the Alpha and Omega of dishonest money. The Populists are all really "green backers," who consider flat sliver only a long step in the direction of flat pa per. Stevenson is a man of no high ability; a man without angles, like an egg; He would have accepted a nomi nation for Vice-President upon any Democratic platform, yoked up With any candidate. He was the running mate of an inflexible Gold Democrat in 1892, and now lie Is the running mate of an inflexible free-silverlte in 1900. OurAmerlcan naval forces first came Into collisidn with the Chinese in No vember, 1856, when Commodore Arm strong, who had under his command the San Jacinto, Portsmouth and Le vant, having been fired on and one of his men killed by the barrier forts be low Canton, ordered Captain A. H. Foole, afterwards the famous Admiral Foote, of Fort Donelson renown, at once to destroy the forts. On the 16th, 20th and 21st of November, 1856, Captain Foote attacked, reduced and occupied the forts. In the conflict seven Americans were killed and twenty-two wounded, while the Chinese losses were over 300. The guns in the forts, to the number of 176, were de stroyed and the seawalls blown up. . Because the Republic is doomed, Sen ator Teller dropped a tear or two at the Silver Republican convention. The Senator sobbing over the corpse of lib erty was one of the incidents of the St Louis convention of 1898. Yet the country seems to be getting along pretty well without free silver, and it might even manage to thrive without the gloomy counsel of the Colorado Jeremiah, or his quadrennial lamenta tions about things that don't happen. He shouldn't worry, anyway. What ever happenB,. it won't happen to him. He Is reasonably sure of re-election. The chromatic candidacy or Jim Ham Lewis lost its crimson radiance when it came to the test of votes. But it ac complished all Jim Ham expected. It gave him an excuse td appear before the convention and with mellifluous voice and graceful gesture decline that which never was or could be bis. Mr. Hill comes, away from Kansas City with a low opinion of Imperialism in nations and a lower opinion of im perialism in any monarch whose throne is at Lincoln, Neb., and whose domain is the great Democratic heart with a few exceptions. Where was Sulzer when his light went out? Bryan anil the Klnetosoopc. Brooklyn Eagle. Tho kinetoscope man has gone to Ne braska and has taken pictures of Mr. Bryan in the fields. These pictures he will unroll in a Btercoptlcon before tho gaze of thousands and much applause will be elicited. For Mr. Bryan prepared himself for the occasion. He is to be seen as a man with a hoe, and also a mowing machine. He comes before the people in a hickory shirt and trousers of blue Jeans. As he climbs Into his seat on the mower, tho neglect is easily dis covered of a llttlo needlework be fore the camera man arrived, though It may be that they are a new kind of trousers and are Intended that way. The boots are tall and decorated with knobs, not that such things promote comfort, but they look more agricultural and cre ate sympathy, and sympathy is con vertible, on occasions, into votes. The subject of the picture has violated one rule in wearing whole suspenders. Tho proper thing, to go with hL, uniform, is to wear a suspender only over the left shoulder, but this is a detail, and in view of tho shirt and boots and jeans and the tent it may be forgiven. It is the ia- tention to exhibit the moving pictures In which Mr. Bryan sows and Hoes and mows and poses at political gatherings all over the land. Wherever honest labor masses Itself It will admire and shout The contrast between Its candidate and tho candidate of the trusts,, imperialists and aristocrats, going about Washington With polished shoes and no obvious rents, will be too plain to need any ac companiment ot oratory. It is the turn of the Republican National Committee to do as much for its candidate as has been done for Mr. Bryan. WHAT JEFFERSON DEO. "Consent of the Governed" Cnt So PIsnre in Louisiana, New York Tribune. There were meri In 1803 whose mighty shades might with azif-respect talk to us about the "consent of the governed" and about "dependencies ot a crown." Thom as Jefferson, however, was not one of them, and anybody who studies history and Is not merely sending forth a voice from the depth of his own Ignorance knows perfectly well that Jeffereon ruled Louisiana as a dependency without self government and without regard not merely to the political, but even the personal guarantees of the Constitu tion. Against the will of its Inhabitants he bought sovereignty from a foreign na tion. Its people were not strong enough to resist the power. Having established his rale over Louis iana "without the consent of the gov erned" by an. exercise of power which he himself frankly declared he believed was a usurpation of Executive author ity and unconstitutional, Jefferson pro ceeded to obtain from Congress authori zation to govern It as a dependency out side the Constitution. A teritorial govern ment was established, which was de nounced by many of even the President's own partisans In Congress as being "roy al" in Its character. Its supporters were frankly told that it did "not evince a slngio trait of liberty," but was a viola tion of tho whole spirit of democracy and the establishment of an empire. And no wonder! Tho law gave to the President the appointment of a Governor and Leg islative Council without confirmation by the Senate, regardless of the rule of the Constitution on that subject It put all powers of government in the hands of creatures of the President thus making him an absolute despot It set up courts which had no warrant in the Constitution, and even deprived the people of the trial by jury so sacredly guarded In the Con stitution. Yet Thomas Jefferson signed that law, and under it proceeded to exer cise his royal powers. In time this dependency became self governing. So, too, after suitable tute lage, may the Philippines. So Is Porto Rico now on the way to become self-governing under laws more liberal to the In habitants than Jefferson gave to the Louisianlans. True, ho promised the ter ritory equal participation in the affairs of the republic and was told by Congress men that ho had no authority to make any binding promise on that subject, and that such participation would come only when Congress saw fit to grant it, and the people of one part of that territory, namely, Oklahoma, aro still asking that Jefferson's promise of nearly ICO years ago be kept and that they be admitted to equal participation In the affairs of the republic So much for Jefferson's empty promise of equality, which was followed In practice by hl3 treatment of the an nexed people as subjects. Perhaps that was more honest and democratic than Mr. McKInley's plah of not promising an equality which he cannot confer, but giving tho new territories as free govern ment as circumstances will permit, and freer than Jefferson gave his vassals. But, with all due respect to the inspired medi ums of Jefferson's communications with this world, we doubt if Jefferson himself would say so. The Chinese Hatred of Foreigners. The hostile outbreak at Pekin against the foreigners there gives pertinency to what Henry Norman, the famous Eng lish journalist said about the Chinese population of the city in his book on "The People and Politics of tho Far East," published In 1S93. This Is one In teresting quotation: To learn what the Chinaman really thinks about the foreigner you must so to Pekin. No other city In China will serve so well. And the discovery will be far from flattering1 to your National pride. Fekln is the only place I have ever visited where the mere fact of being a foreigner, a stranger In speech, dress and manners, did not of Itself secure a cer tain amount of consideration, or at any rate mako one the object of useful Interest. Here tho precise opposite Is the case. Tho foreign devil Is despised at sight not merelyhated, but regarded with severe and profound contempt "If the Tsung 11 Yamun were abolished," said a Pekin diplomat to me, "our Uvea would not be safe here for 24 hours. The people Just re frain from actually molesting us because they have learned that they will be very severely punished if they do." Ho states a number of experiences of himself and of the foreign residents con nected with the legations, showing the bitter detestation and contempt In which they hold the foreign devils, and this feeling he ascribes to the entire popula tion, men, women and children. Many other travelers have made note of the same deep-rooted feeling of hatred of foreigners entertained by the Chinese in general, but which appears to be roost intense at the capital and in the con tiguous districts. "Old Gong" at Pekin. St James's Gazette. There is not a semblance of an under standing among the powers as regards China. No wonder, then, the Empress makes merry in her Summer palace; and the country speeds with accelerated pace to the brink of anarchy. For our part we can only say that the present Is a case of union or war. What is wantd is a firm policy and concerted action. Mere ban daging of tho rotten parts of the Chinese body politic will effect nothing. The powers must unite to make a clean sweep of the "old gang" at Pekin. There is a moderate party in China, with able lead ers like Prince Chlng and Jung Lu. Would It not be better to give them a chance than to Invite the cataclysm which would inevitably descend upon us with the sudden collapse ot the fabric of Chinese government? . The So-Called Paramount Issue. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. Unless many observers are in error, the election will turn on the expansion ques tion. Many believe that the popular support of the right and duty of the Nation to hold against rebellion what it won by war will be greater than that which Jackson received for his stand against nullification, or Jefferson for his Louisiana purchase, or Lincoln for hl3 devotion to Union and to liberty. An is sue with manhood In it and With the bap tism of bravery and of blood on It has rarely been a losing one in any country of tho English-speaking world. LetTls Boiled Down. Kansas City Special to Pittsburg Dis patch. James Hamilton Lewis, of Washington State, lawye'r, Chesterfleldian, formerly a stevedore and Congressman, an ex it quisite who dotes on white spats, robins' egs blue vests and pink whiskers parted in the middle, is another of those who will not be much of a figure. Lewis knows that and therein he is unlike the foolish Sulzer. However, his lightning rod Is up, and Lewis has a speech of ac ceptance. Svreet Consolation London Telegraph. In respect to the Queen's Christmas gift df chocolate to the soldiers In South Africa, It is notified that those men who were invalided home before January 1, arid the next-of-kin bf those who died In the campaign before that date, are enti tled to participate In Her Majesty's prea-ca, GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON, July 6. For the third time the Treasury Department has failed to make an award of tho contract for building the new lighthouse-tender Heather, for the North Pacific stations. Bids were to have been opened today, but none were submitted. The board has not determined what action it will take,. but It is probable another advertisement will be Issued. At the time of former openings the funds available for tho tender were but tlOO.000, to which $30,000 was added at the recent session of Congress. All of the bids formerly received, Including one of 524,000 from Morgan Brothers, of Seat tle, were above the amount then available but below the $130,000 now appropriated,. Department officials believe that the crowded condition of shipyards every where, and tho excessive demand for this class of work, is responsible for today's developments. There is no desire to change the plan of tho Heather, and if it cannot be built by contract the work will be taken up at some Government yard and done by day labor. Bid for Quarantine Station. The Treasury Department has adver tised for bids for the construction ot de tention barracks and a hospital at the Astoria quarantine station, to cost $25,000. Bids will be opened August G. Division of Oregon. The Washington Post today discusses editorially the question of dividing Oregon into two states, and agrees with Tho Oregonlan in pronouncing the project im possible of accomplishment Continuing, the Post says: "The first step would, be to get the consent of tho Legislature. That would be impracticable, because Western Ore gon, which opposes the scheme, contains a great majority of the population, and is likely to be largely In the lead for many years. But I that obstacle were over come, a still more serious Impediment might be encountered In Congress. There are enough sparsely populated states al ready. The contrast between such states as New York. Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, and some of the recent additions to the list, is not contemplated with satis faction by the average American, because it has added to the disparity between p6pulatton and power In the Senate and in the Electoral College. There are enough states where one voting citizen has as much influence In the United States Sen ate as 100 of his fellow-citizens In more populous regions. This we are sure Is the feeling prevailing in Congress. It Is go ing to be extremely difficult for candi dates for statehood to gain admission un til they have grown to large proportions and show the best prospects for continued growth. Oregon is a good state as she stands, quite too good to be cut in twain, oven though her division might promote patriotism by increasing the number of offices." Xeeds of Onr Navy. One of the mo3t intense workers on the naval committee of the House during the last session of Con gress was Amos Cummlngs, of New York, and. though a Democrat, he is an earnest advocate of a larger and more adequate Navy. Mr. Cummlngs was recently interviewed on the subject ot tho naval appropriation act which was passed in tho closing hours of the ses sion. "For four years," he said, "Con gress has been authorizing tho building of ships and then refusing to provide for their construction upon the ground that the armor manufacturers wanted too much for their armor. This Congress has settled that dispute, and the matter has been fixed for all time. Now that we have a way of procuring armor, I am satisfied that work on the 17 ships that Is held up will be pushed forward and that they will be finished as rapidly a3 possible. It will take seven or eight years to complete them, even as It Is, but It Is exceedingly gratifying to know that at the end of 10 years the Navyt even without the authorization of another ves sel, will equal that which Germany will have at the end of 15 years. "Another Important point is that these vessels are all to be sheathed, which means that they will require much less docking, as sheathed ships preserve their speed four times as long as those un sheathed, and need docking only once in two years, while unsheathed vessels need docking every nine months." Mr. Cummlngs regrets that Congress did not authorize the 12 new gunboats asked for by the Secretary ot the Navy, but regards the construction of new docks at New York and Norfolk as very wise moves, as that gives us eight docks, two on the Pacific Coast and five on the At lantic, with one on the Gulf of Mexico. He also discusses the advisability and wisdom of appropriating funds for having ocean surveys conducted by the hydro graphic office of the Navy Department Cummlngs being a strong friend of tho Navy Department In this factional fight as well as at all other times. The approj priation of a fund of $300,000 to be placed at tho disposal of the President for use in case of emergencies he also regards as a discreet move on the part of Con gress. In speaking ot the provision for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, ho gress. In speaking of the providion for said: The Naval Academy. ""We ought to have the finest naval academy in the world. Within 30 years we will be the greatest maritime nation on earth, and have a navy corresponding In strength, of which all Americans will be proud. Men may talk about the era of peace, but there will never be any such era. There are apt at any time to be international complications, In which wo may be Involved. We are bound to suffer If we are not prepared for such wars. For that reason our naval acad emy ought to be the best money can af ford, and I have no sympathy with the carping of those who are striving to be little it." Mr. Cumming3 places great faith in the future of the submarine boats, and thinks the appropriation for nve boats of this type is peculiarly gratifying. In con clusion, he said: "All I want Is that the reconstruction and increase ofthe United States Navy, begun under such favorable auspices by Secretary Chandler and Secretary Whit ney and continued under Secretaries Tracey, Herbert and Long, be persistently continued until the American navy be comes worthy of the American nation Even as It Is, Its prowess has alrcady been recognized by the nations of tho earth, who appreciate its strength and Its worth, and no longer evince a disposition to encroach upon our rights and our pre rogatives. I have been, an ardent advo cate of the increase of the Navy ever since I have been in Congress. The peo ple hot only want but demand a power ful navy. Money spent for this purpose 13 money well spent A strong navy is practically a guarantee of peace." '3 3IEST AND W03IEX. Congressman Uttleneld. of Maine, is physic ally one of the strongest men In the House, and exercises with iC-pound dumb-bells every morning, A statue of William E. Gladstone Is to be erected at Athens. In the gardens of the Zap pelon. In recognition. 'o his services to Greek Independence. Lieutenant Brisson, under whom last year French and German soldiers fought side by side against the natUes of Dahomey, has been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Dohnanyi. the Hungarian pianist, who made such a fine impression in tho United States lastseason, will return in the Autumn for an other tour. He will be heard In the principal cities in orchestral concerts and in recitals. John Clark Rldpath. who has been 111 xn New Tork. is 00 years old. He began his career as an author with the publication in 1874 of his ''Academic History of the United States," and Is best known for his "History of the World" and his "Life and Work of Garfield." The House ot Commons will lose one of Its celebrities when Sir Henry M. Stanley retires. He has announced that he will not seek 're election. As a member for North Lambeth, he lias not played a distinguished part, -as his ef forts consisted mainly in voting, for he 81- dom spoko on current questions, , NOTE AND COMSIENT. , Anyway, tho Democratic ticket ha3 oneh Democrat on it Brlgfaam H: Roberts is getting alntaat as obscuro as Oom Paul. Sulzer, who couldn't be stopped, waa not even also nominated. Perhaps Mr. Bryan may now be pre- vailed upon to say a few words. The Oreson was not so hard and fast aground as the man who built her. David B. Hill has found that not every man can have an honor thrust upon hlo in spite of his protest Natural gas cannot be taken out oC Indiana, but there Is no limit 10 the amount that may be taken out of Ne braska. With a million dollar campaign fund from Senator Clark, the Democrats would stand art excellent chance of carrying Montana if the Legislature could control tho vote. The Honorable Richard Croker, repre sentative of the ice trust, is suspected! of authorship of this sentence in the Democratic platform: "We pledge thai Democratic party to an unceasing war fare in Nation, state and city, against private monopoly in every form." Theodore Roosevelt, as a Civil Service Commissioner, devised the plan by whichx veterans of the War for the Union who hod been dismissed from tho public serv ice with good records could be reinstated. Under that rule hundreds of veteran who were dismissed between 1SS5 and 1S&3 were restored to the public service. It was under this rule, devised by Gov ernor Roosevelt, that scores' of Republi can veterans havo been restored to tho sorvico since 1S07. The Vermont Republicans havo turnect down Congressman Powers for renomlna tion and replaced him with David J Foster, of Burlington, a lawyer, and Rail road Commlsslo -tr oy the appointment of Edwin Smith. Judge Powers, whea elected to Congress in 1S90, hod been foe 15 years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont. Ho has won a high reputa tion for ability during his 10 years off service in Congress, but Is now replaced by a mediocre lawyer about 43 years oC age. Julian Ralph, in his letters to tho Lon don Dally Mall, stigmatizes tho Brltishi officer as an amateur, going to war for sport; he is superb as a man, will do his duty, and Without fear, and "&ets the. finest example of unwavering patience and manly courage to a body of private already richer In those qualities than any; others in Europe; but he is thinking of, the hounds, of polo, of cricket, of Good wood and Ascot of anything except o making soldiering his llfework and tha ladder to a career." . The spectacle of Hon. James Hamilton Lowl3, of the State ot Washington, la search of the Vice-Presidency Is referred to by the New York Sun's Kansas City dispatch of Juno SO. It follows: "The dread news reached here today that the Hon. James Ham Lewis of tha State of Washington had started from. Lincoln, where he had been in confer ence with Mr. Bryan as to tho possigllity of J. Ham becoming the candidate for Vice-President and also on the platform. Tho news was brought hero by his chief agent Moloney, who has his boom with, him for the Vice-Presidency. J. Ham la to come along in the morning. He and Mr. Sulzer had a terrible wrestling match with Bryan, and even those who are not political friends of Mr. Bryan have pitied him for the ordeal of being compelled to receive the two together. J. Ham's plat form is printed on a button, a supply of which Mr. Maloney brought. The button has a picture of a book supposed to bo tho Constitution of the United States and an American flag in colors. Below them, i3 printed in black: 'They Go Together.' " . PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGItArHERS "Where shall we live after we are married?" said Memory to Gratitude. "In a man?" "No," was the reply. "In a dog. I hato to change." Life. A Shaker. Doctor Did you shake well be fore using? Larry iwho has hdd chills) Phoy Dochtor, Ol tuk' th medicine to kapo from shakln'. Chicago News. Little Elmer Papa, what Is a polltlcianr Trofessor Broadhead A politician, my son, la a man who hungers and thirsts, to sacriflcte himself for his country in times of peace. Puck. His Dally Duty. "And they say you drov that rich man to drink?" 'Yes, air. but I couldn't help It." "Couldn't help. It! What do you mean?" "Ho made me, sir. I was his coachman." Harlem Life. Profanity. Young Wife When I asked Harry If he couldn't take me to the Paris exposition this year, he talked dreadfully. Ho almost swore. Elderly Aunt What did ho say? Young Wife He said he'd see me In St. Louis xlrst Chicago Tribune. "What makes the Armless Wonder so surly this morning?" asked the Living Skeleton of the Fat Lady. "Tho Snake Charmer got bim to go and have his fortune told, and after ha had paid his fee at the door he discovered that the fortune-teller was a palmist." Balti more American. "Uneasy Lie the Head." "Gee, whist What's the matter with you?" exclaimed tha trainer. "You certainly don't look fit to com pete In today's games." "No," sadly replied the champion athleto. I absentmlndedly wore my laurels to bed with me last night." Phil adelphia Press. Boxers in Bo-vreravlllc. Josh Wink in Baltlmoro American. Wo'vo got a Chinee laundry runnln here h Bowersvllle The feller's got a little room acrost from Griggsea mill. He says his name Is Wun Lung, an he looks as If 'twas right, Fer a thinner yaller heathen never come acrost your sight. But sence this Chinee trouble got to ragin at Chee Foo, We didn't know but what Wun Lung might bo a "Boxer," too An so we Jest decided that we'd mighty soon find out. An' we took the necessary step to satisfy all doubt. Young Bill McCue. he went j- see the slant eyed laundryman. An told him quite politely of the Just-adopted plan. He told the Chinee that the folks was anxious for to know If ho ralcht he a "Boxer," an' the Chinee, he said: 'o." But Bill, ae wasn't satisfied. He says 'It seems to me I've read somewheres that Chinees are decelt- frj as can be. I eue the only way fer us to git onto you? style Is JVest to make you don the gloves, an box a little while." Thoy drug the Chinee to tho street, an to tha blacksmith shop. An he was skeered, an hollerin fer them to let him stop. They Jammed the gloves upon his hands an husky BlU McCue Says: "Look hero. Mister Chinee, I'm a-goln to box with you." Well the Chinee ain't no Boxer, fer Bill land ed Just one punch. An the punkln-colored pagan was a limber yaller bunch. So we are not much worried here in peaceful Bowersvllle, Fer our Chlneo ain't a ''Boxer" they're Uu kind that shoot an. kill. 1