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PORTLAND FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1000.
The eternal fitness of things was
never more accurately apprehended
than by the Democrats of Idaho In the
casting: out of Governor Steunenberg.
The reasons why the Governor Is not a
Democrat are as plain as the nose on
your face. Chief and most cogent of
them Is the fact that he believes In law
and order. The effrontery of a man
who thinks property should be protect
ed and riotous strikers restrained, nay,
even punished the effrontery of suoh
a man in calling himself a Democrat
Is difficult to characterize with sufficient
severity. But Mr. Steunenberg's dis
qualifications as a Democrat are more
fundamental even than this, for he con
ceives Government as existing for dis
charge of those functions and only
those which the state alone can per
form, and he regards the desideratum
of Government as the least possible in
terference with private undertaking.
This was once Democracy, but it is so
no longer. When John G. Carlisle
stumped the West for Cleveland In 1884
and converted thousands of young men
from Republicanism and helped effect
ually In the defeat of Blaine, one of his
most convincing appeals ran about like
this:
What does it mean to be a Democrat? To be
& Democrat Is to believe that tho powers and
duties of the Federal Government are only
such as have been expressly delegated to It by
the Constitution; that all powers not so dele
gated still reside in tho states; that all pow
ers not expressly delegated to the states still
reside in the people; that while the Repub
licans believe In a paternal government that
shall do everything possible for the individ
ual, the true theory Is that government should
do the least possible for the Individual and
leave the largest possible measure of Initia
tive and performance to the people themselves
In their prU'Rte capacity.
Sixteen years have passed, and how
things have changed! The men who
believed with Carlisle then and believe
the same things still find themselves
without the breastworks. Some of them
have been thrust out, others have de
parted of their own accord. Democ
racy, once the foe of paternalism, is
possessed of socialism. Countless clam
orous suppliants for Government sup
port, including poor old silver, must
be taken care of, and if any helpless,
hapless no-account failure or weakling
Is not commiserated and promised aid
by the followers of Bryan, that Is be
cause his case has been overlooked in
the pressure of other requests and compliances.
The struggle In Idaho epitomizes the
struggle in the Nation. It is the death
grapple of two antagonistic conceptions
of government. In Idaho, especially in
Northern Idaho, have gathered from all
over the country devoted adherents of
the communist, collectlviat doctrines to
which the Democracy is rapidly capitu
lating. The determination of these the
orists to conquer the state for their
schemes is the underlying fact that ex
plains the so-called labor troubles of
the Coeur d'Alenes. It was against
these undemocratic notions that Gov
ernor Steunenberg, old-line Democrat
that he was, threw himself with such
vigor and success. When he got to
Washington as a witness before the
committee of inquiry, he found that the
party that once knew him knew him
no more. He found his stand for law
and order, for freedom of private en
terprise and against communism and
paternalism, hooted at and denounced
by the exponents of the new Democ
racy. He came home and appealed to
the party in his own state. And he has
his answer. There is no place for him
in the Democratic party. The Gover
nor has been a long time finding this
out, and his awakening will be rude.
But he has good company. There are
others, and many of them.
So wholesale a creation of orphans
has seldom been witnessed In the an
nals of politics. Disowned by Democ
racy and unfitted by nature and train
ing for the fare of Republican pater
nalism, the Clevelands and Carllsle3,
Palmers and Buckners, Wattersons and
Hewitts, Lindsays and Grays, Bynums
and Falrchllds, Hoadlys and Dickin
sons, wander homeless over the 'dreary
wold of American politics, fit subjects
for the Probate Court or the Societies
for the Prevention of Cruelty. Unfor
tunately, there Is no place where the
old-school Democrat may lay his head.
Not to mention the Prohibitionists,
whose only dream is a paternalistic reg
ulation of the individual's beverage, or
the unveiled purposes of the socialistic
parties, the two great organizations
themselves fairly seem to vie with each
other as to which can promise the heav
ier raid on Thrift Tor the enrichment of
Incompetence. They differ only In their
estimate of appeals for aid. The Re
publicans would scorn to subsidize the
silver mines or the Idaho communists,
but they have no ccruples when it comes
to fraudulent pensioners or the ship
yards. If a man really believes social
ism is wrong and cannot vote for di
version of taxes to private uses, the
only way he can satisfy his conscience
election day is to stay at home. Large
numbers will do this on November 5.
They will do wrong; of course, in neg
lecting the duty of every citizen. But
that is not wholly their fault. All that
our far-sighted and benevolent leaders
have left us Is a choice of evils.
Th nlfl Tnn-rlm alinnt i cnf.it n
civilization lying in the inability of the j
barbarians to combine against it, Is
reversed in the case of China. The al
lies are working at cross-purposes in a
way that would do credit to the densest
heathen. If Li Hung Chang is really in
touch with the Boxers, the antithesis is
complete.
UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY.
The vast sum of $1,119,368,816 is the
ostlmated value of the mineral and
metal production of the United States
for the year 1899. It is an amount un
exampled in the history di any coun
try. In the year 1899 the United States
led every nation on earth in production
tf coal, iron, salt, copper, silver and
lead. Its product of gold exceeded 570,
000,000, and it is doubtful if that of any
country equaled it. To our vast total
of mineral productions crude ores con
tributed $580,836,032; metals reduced from
our own ores contributed 5496,057,320;
secondary products, like alum, soda,
etc., contributed 563,996,969; while the
value of such metals as were smelted or
rofined from foreign material was only
570,471,540. The extent of our produc
tion is shown by the figures, which in
clude 252,115,387 short tons of coal, 1S,
400,735 long tons of pig iron, 581,319,091
pounds of copper, 217,085 tons of lead,
129,675 tons of zinc, 57,126,834 ounces of
silver, and 570,096,021 in gold.
Coal is first in value of our mineral
products. It contributed about one
quarter of the value of the total of
1899. Iron was second with SO per
cent, copper third with 8 per cent,
clay products fourth with 6 per cent,
gold fifth with nearly 6 per cent, petro
leum sixth with 4 per cent, stone sev
enth with 3 per cent, and then came sil
ver, lead, cement, zinc and natural gas
in the order named. A moment's exam
ination of the figures will remind any
body that precious minerals are not the
most valuable of our earth products in
totaf bulk, and that fuel and the ma
terials of construction are most im
portant factors in our mineral output.
Stone, clay and cement are not to be
despised, even when brought Into com
parison with gold and sliver.
Commercial statistics for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1900, are equally
surprising in their magnitude, the value
of our exports exceeding by 5160,000,000
the best previous year. The total we
avoid broken numbers reached 51,400,
000,000, and was nearly double that of
1896. Manufactured goods never before
made an item in our exports compara
ble in magnitude with the return of
the past fiscal year. Of these products,
foreigners bought 575.000,000 more than
In 1899. In agricultural products there
was an Increase of $50,000,000, in mine
products of 510,000,000, in forest prod
ucts of 510,000,000, and in fisheries of
52,000,000.
It Is In these prodigies of industry
that the country finds Its unexampled
prosperity. How Is this, when read In
the light of the Democratic platform
of 1896 now reaffirmed that the gold
standard means "prostration of Indus
try and the Impoverishment of the peo
ple"? N
WAR RUMORS DISCOUNTED.
The report 'that LI Hung Chang is
playing a double part is probably not
well founded, for In that case the Brit
ish authorities would never have per
mitted him to leave his province of Can
ton and go to Pekln with the exceed
ingly valuable knowledge in, his posses
sion concerning the actual strength of
the allies before Tien Tsln. The great
talents and superior intelligence of LI
Hung Chang forbid the theory that he
is a secret conspirator against the for
eigners. LI Hung Chang has visited
every country in Europe; he has vis
ited the United States, and he knows
the military power of united civilization
as thoroughly as possible. He im
pressed General Grant, Bismarck and
other able European statesmen as a
man of very high native endowments,
and such a man is far more likely to
have been called to Pekln as a mediator
and negotiator than as a conspirator.
Itlsnotprobable that Prince Tuan has
a million soldiers of a formidable char
acter. In 1894-95 the war with Japan
found China without any modern arms
or any army worthy of the name, and
five years is too short a time for North
ern China to organize and place in
formidable fighting trim a million of
soldiers. It Is not probable that the
Chinese have In the field a well-organized,
formidable fighting force of more
than 200,000 men. If they have this
number, they have accomplished won
ders in less than five years. Neverthe
less, It Is clear that the Chinese have
today a considerable number of sol
diers, armed with modern rifles and
cannon, who have learned to shoot with
accuracy and to behave with courage
under fire. These troops have been in
structed and organized by German offi
cers sent to China after the last war
with Japan, and England has sold
China an enormous amount of arms
and war supplies, which are now turned
against all foreigners alike. These
arms and war supplies China cannot
replace when exhausted, for she has no
armories, arsenals or foundries equal to
the reproduction of modern arms and
ammunition of first-class quality.
An important question Is, What willbe
the attitude of Japan? It Is not likely
that Japqa would consent to the parti
tion of China among the powers, or con
tribute the majority of the troops for a
prompt movement on Pekln without
some pledge from the powers that she
will be permitted to occupy Corea, To
this Russia will never, consent, and there
is danger in the future that Japan will
suffer the allies to get to Pekln without
her help, unless she sees her way clear
to the acquisition of Corea or a foothold
in the Llao Tung Peninsula. The Jap
anese are a cross between Chinese and
Malay. They are not Christians, and,
except from the standpoint of self-interest,
probably feel more sympathy
with China than with Europe. Japan
will not feel any sentimental sympathy
for the powers. She will be governed
by self-interest alone.
The reasons why the Administration
can load no transports at Portland are
the very embodiment of cogency. There
is no use sending a vessel here because
no cargo has been gathered, and It is
impracticable to gather a cargo here
because the Government has sent no
vessel. Fairer they couldn't say. There
is a relief to suspense In knowing at
length that whatever prejudice the Ad
ministration holds against this unsur
passed harbor and fully equipped com
mercial metropolis survives in undimin
ished vigor. It is abundantly Justified
in the belief that nothing it can do will
weaken the loyalty of this community
to the Administration and its policies.
The "double-cross" it gave Portland
in 1898 was affectionately acknowledged
in the June election of that year, and
Increased majorities last month testi
fied to our supreme satisfaction with
the kicks and'ouffs, broken promises
and transparent excuses offered in the
interim. A first-class war between the
United States and China, with constant
transport service at San Francisco and
Puget Sound and none at all at Port
land, would make Oregon unanimous
for McKinley and Roosevelt Colonel
Bird Is most appropriately named. He
has the key of Oregon politically. The
fact that the Lennox was sent here In a
moment of temporary Insanity is the
orily thing that kept the state from go
ing Republican in June without a dis
senting vote. Colonel Bird, you are not
only a bird, but a whole aviary. Take
another regiment of our boys, please,
load them for China at San Francisco,
on a ship chartered here and taken
there because it couldn't enter the "Co
lumbia River, take their horses and
forage by rail to Puget Sound and ship
from there because no forage or horses
can be had in Oregon, and we can guar
antee you Bryan and Stevenson will
not get a vote in all Portland.
FORMIDABLE FACTS.
The repulse of the foreign troops by
the Chinese forces at Tien Tsin Is of
far-reaching Importance. Admiral
Dewey was clearly wrong In" his re
cently expressed opinion that 25,000 men
could march right on to Pekln with
out difficulty. Today. the allies have at
least 25,000 men at Tien Tsln, and they
can barely hold their own. Two most
significant facts are in evidence: First,
that the "Chinese, when well led and well
armed, are neither cowardly nor stupid
soldiers; second, that they are well
armed and have been taught how to
use the improved weapons of modem
warfare fairly well. The Filipino, even
when he happened to have modern
arms, could not shoot straight. Neither
could the Chinese during the Japanese
war. Since that war the Chinese have
been taught how to handle modern rifles
and cannon by the officers of the Kai
ser's army that were detailed and sent
to China as instructors and organizers
of the Chinese army, after its defeat.
Up to a very late date, nearly all the
armaments of the Chinese were Intro
duced under the direction and super
vision of British officers. Sir Robert
Hart, British Collector of Chinese Cus
toms, shut his eyes to the immense Im
portation of armament and supplies Into
China, deeming them a good thing to
have in event of Russian aggression,
not to speak "of the benefit accruing to
British firms from the sale of these
arms to China. Ohe thing is clear that
the Chinese, who were utterly worthless
as soldiers In I860, against a European
army of less than 6000 men, and who
were not much better than an armed
rabble during the Japanese war, are
today able to put up a stiff and skillful
fight against a mixed force of British,
American, Russian and Japanese regu
lars, that cannot be less than 20,000
strong. Those who know the remarka
ble imitative powers of the Chinese will
appreciate the far-reaching significance
of the fact that there are thousands of
Chinese troops today well armed and
drilled in the use of modern arms. If
there are but 10,000 such troops today
In China, they are enough In a very
short time to teach all they know to an
army of 500,000. Add to this the small
value that the Chinese place upon life,
and it is easy to understand that Lord
Wolseley, an experienced soldier, who
served In the English-Chinese war of
1857-60, is credited with saying that the
Chinese are more powerful and danger
ous than they have been believed to be;
that with proper organization and lead
ership they could overrun Asia and Eu
rope as they did in the fourteenth cen
tury, when they penetrated as far as
the middle of Russia. Lord Wolseley
knows that Gordon made splendid sol
diers of the Chinese nearly forty years
ago, before the days of repeating rifles
and cannon, and no wonder he looks
with apprehension upon the prospect of
the Chinese millions converted Into a
disciplined military machine. If a single
province of China in a state of Insurrec
tion can make It difficult for 20,000 to
25,000 regular troops to hold their own
at Tien Tsln, what would be the result
if the other provinces should Join In the
revolt and arm against the foreigner?
It would be a war that might last ten
years before the united powers of Eu
rope could by force of arms bring It to
a victorious conclusion.
The only way to prevent such a war
Is for the powers of Europe to adopt the
policy of the United States, which limits
its military interference to the protec
tion of our citizens in China; to hearty
support of any native government which
stands for law and order; to indemnity
for damage done; and pledges itself,
when these results are obtained, to
favor the withdrawal of foreign forces
and the preservation of the territorial
Integrity of the Chinese Empire. Eng
land favors this policy, and Russia and
Germany will be glad to do so, for the
conquest and partition of China are Im
practicable. The only sane soheme of
Intervention is to find or create some
local native authority, under which do
mestic order can be maintained and In
ternational obligations fulfilled. The
powers of Europe can do as our Amer
ican Government did in 1858-59, when it
recognized the Juarez Governments, in
Northern Mexico against the reaction
ary government in power at the capi
tal. The powers can support the anti
Boxer party of Prince Chlng and the
conservative Viceroys against the re
actionary movement headed by Prince
Tuan, and bring back peace and order
to China.
The expected has happened. Russia
has virtually declared war against
China, thus Inaugurating the slow be
ginning of a far but not uncertain end.
Contrary to all of the expectations of
recent years, China was the aggres
sor, and not Russia. With this guar
anty of the world's Indorsement, the
Czar will pour his armies into the field
seeking to overwhelm with Russian
valor, endurance and skill in the man
ual of arms the millions of Chinese
soldiers who will swarm to the fray
with all the fury and recklessness of
fanatics. Frugal, enduring, reckless of
danger, the Chinese hordes will prove a
tremendous factor in the bloody reck
oning that they have forced upon civ
ilization. The war that the nowers are
about to enter upon with a zest that'
aamiis or cue one result win oe a long
and bloody one. The sum of Its suffer
ings and losses will be frightful. But
springing full-armed into the field,
China forced the issue, which we may
well believe Russia- accepted, nothing
loth, and by her treachery and her
barbarity placed herself at the begin
ning outside the pale of legitimate sym
pathy. There may heretofore have been
more than one opinion about Russia's
attitude toward China; there can be
but one now. And so with the other
powers Germany and France, Japan
and England that are llkeiy at any
time to have grievances equal to those
of Russia to redress. With famine
decimating the myriads of India and
the dogs of war act loose upon the
hosts of China, they themselves hav
ing slipped the leash the "yellow peril"
is likely to be speedily shorn of its nu
merical proportions, and the "white
man's burden" to this extent be lightened.
Judge D. W. Standrod, nominated by
the Idaho Republicans for Governor, Is
a man of courage and character. He
came to Idaho from Kentucky about
twenty years ago, when quite a young
man, and was a pronounced Democrat
until the Mormon question became the
line of cleavage in Idaho's politics. The
Mormon Church held the balance of
power between the Republicans and
Democrats, and the latter were bidding
for its support. There was Intense bit
terness all through the southern part
of the territory as a result of efforts
to break the church's power, overthrow
polygamy and punish polygaraists. One
feature of the struggle was the famous
"test oath" drafted by "Kentucky"
Smith, a Democratic lawyer, to which
young Standrod gave his support. On
the Morm6n issue many Democrats
went into the Republican party, be
tween 1885 and 1890, and Standrod was
among them. In the heated statehood
campaign Standrod was a supporter of
the Republican party, and helped to
overthrow what was then character
ized as the "Mormon-Democratic coali
tion." To men of his quality, who put
principles above partisanship, is due
the fact that Idaho was held to sup
port and enforcement of anti-polygamy
laws. If Governor Steunenberg is to be
relegated to private life by his Demo
Populist party as a penalty for his en
forcement of laws against murder and
anarchy, Standrod ought to prove a
satisfactory successor. Idaho Is rapidly
developlng, and no surer means of re
tarding her growth can be devised than
to permit the antl-Steunenberg forces
in the Demc-Popullst party to gain
the ascendency. It would be notice to
the country that life and property are
not to be protected, and that crime is
to go unpunished. Idaho's fitness for
an American state is on trial, and her
law-respocting citizens may be depend
ed upon td know how to vote in the
crisis which confronts them.
The governments that can cope with
the Chlneso situation In, the shortest
time are Russia and Japan. Japan
could land many more troops in China
In ten days than Russia could, and
Japan should have been promptly told
to go ahead as rapidly as possible. Rus
sia finally gave her consent to allowing
Japan a free hand In the military solu
tion of the situation. Japan has a reg
ular army on a peace footing of 125,000
men, with a first reserve of 115,000 and
a second reserve of 75,000 men, Japan
can therefore throw an army of at least
50,000 men on the road to the Chinese
capital more quickly than any of the
powers of Europe. It Is better that
Japan should take the lead, for Japan
is herself Oriental and non-Christian,
and the presence of her army in Pekln
would arouse far less apprehension
among the Chinese themselves. The
Japanese understand the Chinese. They
are known to be In favor of preserving
the Integrity of the Chinese Empire as
far as possible, while they believe In the
application to China of the same forces
of reform and regeneration that revolu
tionized their own country without de
stroying Its national life.
The Administration Is Justified on the
grounds of ordinary prudence in sta
tioning guards around the Chinese Le
gation in Washington. Of course, no
American who is wholly sane would
think of inflicting injury upon Minister
Wu Ting-fang, but a Nation of 75,000,
000 necessarily contains many who have
a wheel loose in the brain, which the
breath of prejudice easily sets In mo
tion. Minister Wu has shown great
discretion and tact during the trying
times of the past few weeks, and has
made many friends. Urbanity, modera
tion and discretion are not qualities,
however, that commend a man in the
estimation of the semi-Irresponsible,
and it would not be unprecedented If
some one of this class should seek to
distinguish himself by attempting vio
lence against the Chinese Minister. If
such danger does not now exist, it
might be precipitated by authentic
news that the United States Minister
and his family had fallen victims to the
Pekln mob. It Is doubtless to preclude
the possibility pf such an outrage that
detectives have been directed to scan
carefully all persons who seek an in
terview with Minister Wu.
Bank deposits In Kansas have in
creased 20 per cent in the past year,
and the state Is now harvesting the
biggest wheat crop in its history. Kan
sas now has money to lend to the effete
East, and local capital, supplied from
accumulations of the farmers. Is tak
ing up municipal and county bonds
throughout the state. In Kansas, once
the chief of calamity states, it raises
a smile to hear the preacher of calamity
now.
Senator Lindsay will follow the exam
ple of John G. Carlisle and open a law
office In New York. Silver has driven
them both out of public life. No man
who has not bowed the knee to the sil
ver Baal and who has not the mark of
16 to 1 on his forehead can dwell in the
Democratic party. Its brains and char
acter lie bound under the wheels of the
Boy Orator's triumphal chariot.
In his remark that this Is the "great
est political contest since the Civil
War," Governor Roosevelt is carried
away by his own exuberance, etc The
campaign is not a circumstance to that
of 1896, and Is not likely to be. The
prospect of Bryan's election is, unfor
tunately, too remote to excite alarm or
sell extra papers.
The opportunity of a lifetime awalt3
the enterprising medium that will open
communication with spirits of the de
parted Ministers at Pekln. If It is put
off till the news Is confirmed, skeptics
will be mean enough to point out the
delay as a suspicious circumstance.
The art of modern politics is to de
vise means by which the impecunious
and indolent may vote away the prop
erty which others have accumulated by
Industry and labor. He is the greatest
political leader who can show how this
may be done with moat effect
Two millions in gold, probably more,
go to Europe tomorrow. What with
our gold payments and our balance of
trade, our debt to the rest of the world
must be dwindling considerably.
The general cessation of war seems
to call for a special session of the Uni
versal Peace Society.
Hurt by Their Convention.
Beaton Herald' (Ind.).
It would have been better- for the Dem
ocrats this year 12 tho could haije-en
gaged in their campaign without holding
any National convention. It was not nec
essary to hold it in order to name Bryan
for the Presidency, or to fix the feature
of free silver coinage at the ratio of 15
to 1 In its platform. It has injured their
prospects for the canvass. No observer
of political affairs can fall to appreciate
that the party stands worse now than it
did before the convention was held. The
proof of It Is In the number of men pre
viously uncommitted who have since de
clared themselves against its ticket Their
number Is every day Increasing. Nor Is
it the principles of the party alone that
are Injuring it It suffers, In addition,
from the character of the men who exhib
ited themselves on this occasion. The con
trast between them and the delegates
who nominated Cleveland was so great
that the prevalent feeling in the minds of
observers was: How are the mighty fall
en! While they had confidence sufficient
in the previous class of men to Intrust the
Government to their hands, they had
doubt and disapproval of the others. The
Democrats wrought a serious Injury to
their prospects by showing themselves In
convention to the voters. This was simply
to parade the degradation of their party.
1 .
The St. Pnnl Bolt.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
The only Democratic morning paper in
Minnesota, the St Paul Globe, in its Issue
of yesterday, comes out in a double-leaded
editorial, squarely and boldly repudi
ating the 16-to-l plank of the Kansas City
platform and the candidates who stand
upon It Its reasons for this action are
stated with sufficient posttiveness, clear
ness and force. It deserves credit for the
courage and candor with which it resumes
its attitude of four years ago on the same
question. It unquestionably represents
the views of a great many Democrats In
this state, and, for that matter, in all the
states, comprising In their number nearly
all the oldest most loyal and steadfast
adherents of tho party. They probably
Include not only the greater proportion of
the Gold Democrats of 1806, but a good
many more. There are many Democrats
who openly declare that they will not
vote for Bryan, and many more who do
not openly say what they are going to do
who will silently record their votes
against the hereslarch who has achieved
the dictatorship of the Democratic party,
not only because of his free-silver foolish
ness, but because they are equally op
posed to the unreasonable and unpatriotic
attitude to which the candidate and his
platform commit the party on expansion
and other vital issues.
Chicago Tribune.
The St Paul Globe refuses to support
the nominees of the Kansas City conven
tion, for they stand on an aggressively
free-silver platform. It says: "A body
claiming to be deliberative In character,
which will submit without protest to co
ercion Into the pursuit of a policy which
has already proved fatal, and which is
openly repudiated by the intelligence and
enlightenment of the country, presents no
valid claim to having Its decrees respect
ed, even though It purports to give voice
to the convictions of the Democracy."
The Globe does not hesitate to say that
the control over the convention exercised
by Bryan, to which is due the reiteration
of tho free-coinage heresy, "points to a
pathway already traveled over in the
Journey to Democratic defeat and disas
ter." There are many other Democratic
editors who have the same opinions about
the evil consequences of the submission
of the convention to the will of the "earn
est and sincere" Mr. Bryan, but who do
not deem It advisable to give expression
to those gloomy views.
Trouble Ahead In China.
Baltimore Sun.
If the Boxers should be able to expel
foreigners from China It Is not unlikely
that a similar movement might be in
augurated in India against the British.
Judge Tachereau, of the Supreme Court
of Canada, says there is a feeling of
intense resentment in India against Brit
ish domination. If this feeling should
take the form of a rising against British
authority "humanity" would Indeed be
"staggered." Inu.a Is held in subjoctlon
by a British army not exceeding 70,000
men. In addition to a large native force.
Whether the latter would be loyal In the
event of an uprising Is a matter of con
siderable doubt. If the natives were not
divided into castes, which will not co-operate
with one another, the British could
scarcely maintain their positions as mas
ters of 300,000,000 disaffected people. A
little less than half a century ago the
natives revolted and attempted to threw
off the British yoke. There were scenes
of horror then which the world will never
forget, and the revolt was subdued only
after hard fighting which taxed the re
sources of Great Britain to the utmost
A movement in India similar to that of
the Boxera In China would give Great
Britain a great deal of trouble at this
time, when the English army In India has
been drawn upon to supply troops for the
campaign in South Africa, and when the
loyalty of the native troops cannot be re
lied upon. It is significant that the
troops which arc now being sent from
India to China aro native regiments.
Great Britain cannot afford to reduce the
number of British troops in the Indian
Empire, for her power In India, as Judge
Tachereau says, Is held by a very slender
thread, and the natives are even now
ripe for a revolt They believe the Brit
ish are responsible for the plagues and
famines with which their country Is af
flicted. "If they were united," declares
Judge Tachereau. "they could with ease
sweep the British Into the sea." Who
knows but that Great Britain may soon
hav,e to face a Boxer movement in her
Indian Empire.
One of Bryan's Gems.
In various newspapers a collection of
"gems" from Mr. Bryan's recent ora
tions appears. Tills Is one:
There are two ideas of government There
are those who believe that If you Just legislate
to mako the well-to-do prosperous, their pros
perity will leak through on those below. The
Democratic Idea has been that If you legis
late to malce tho masses prosperous, their
prosperity will find it way tip through every
class, and rest upon it
A writer In the New Tork Press sub
mits this "gem" to examination, with
this result:
Can you put 2000 of the masses at work in
a mill before the mill Is built? Can you build
a mill without capital? How can you legis
late to make the masses prosperous In any
other way than by opening up the source of
their prosperity? Is capital deposited in vaults,
or capital Invested In mills and other business
enterprises, the source of their prosperity?
Whloh comes tint, the Investment of capital
or the employment of labor?
It is incomprehensible how an Intelligent man
can talk about the prosperity of the masses
Independent of or as anteceding the prosper
ity of capitalists. Open mills, not closed mills,
give prosperity to the masses.
If John Wonamaker's millions were distrib
uted among the poor, it might help a few
thousand for a few days, but It would thru
several thousands out of permanent employ
ment Bryan's "gem" is counterfeit It sparkles
only when be is "rubbing" it.
Tio Third Ticket.
New Haven Register (Dem.).
As a supporter of that t!cket(gold Dem
ocratic) four years ago, for the reasons
we have stated, we should question tne
revival of the movement this year. It
could but repeat the experience of 1S96,
which, at the end. when the vote was
counted, revealed something of a loss In
dignity. As the campaign progressed and
calm reason took the place of Indigna
tion, the need for holding old-fashioned
Democrats together disappeared, and the
necessity for defeating new-fashioned
Democracy enlarged. The events of this
year show that there is not the slightest
danger of old-fashioned Democracy dls
nncpjrintr. ,Ia Xfiftj tb? vgjy. Democratic
chanre noted is that in the regular organi
zation, which has already, under the
steady fire and resistance of old school
partisans, practically abandoned every
one of the rabid Issues of four years ago,
except silver. ThlB fact has shaped a new
Situation and removed the excuse for a
third ticket It has made the duty of the
so-called Democrats, as we look at it
clear. Having gained so much in com
paratively so short a time, by stout and
determined resistance, it may safely be
left to them to settle how best the last
traces of Popullstlc leadership shall be
driven out of the party. It is less Irritat
ing and many times more effective. The
fight is directed against Populism, in be
half of true Democracy, and, even though
a party to which both are instinctively
opposed becomes the temporary benefi
ciary of such a course, so great is the
need and so bright the promise, of reviv
ing the old Democratic party, that those
steps are alone warranted which insure
the defeat of Bryanlsm.
Popular- Vote of 1890.
McKinley.
Alabama 54.737
Arkansas 37,512
California 14C.170
Colorado 26.271
Connecticut 110,283
Delaware 18,804
Florida. 11.2S3
Georgia G0.091
Idaho 6.324
Illinois C07.130
Indiana 323.764
Iowa 280.233
Kansas 159.541
Kentucky 21S.171
Louisiana 22,037
Maine 80.465
Maryland 13G.069
Massachusetts 273.07G
Michigan 233.5S2
Minnesota 103.501
Mississippi 5.130
Missouri 304.940
Montana 10.404
Nebraska 102.304
Nevada. 1.033
New Hampshire 57.444
New Jersey 221.367
New Tork 819.838
North Carolina 165,222
North Dakota 20,333
Ohio 525.P01
Oregon 48.779
Pennsylvania 738.300
Rhode Island 37,487
South Carolina 0,231
South Dakota 41.042
Tennesseo 148,773
Texas 107,520
Utah 13.4S4
Vermont 51.127
Virginia 133.303
Washington 39.153
West Virginia 104.414
Wisconsin 203.135
Wyoming 10.072
Totals .7.104.779
Bryan.
130.307
110.103
143,373
161.153
66,740
. 13.424
32,736
94.232
23,192
4C4.632
305,573
223.741
171.810
217.800
77,173
34.688
104.733
103.711
23G.714
139.628
G3.S50
363,007
42.537
115.SS0
3,377
21.630
133.075
551,360
174,483
20.686
477.494
46.662
433.223
14.450
CS.7D3
41,223
166.288
370.434
64.517
10.687
154.709
51.646
92.927
165.523
10.653
6,502.025
Plurality for McKinley over Bryan..
603,01
What of ilie WoriclnjyxnenT
New Tork Evening Post
Three factors contributed to McKln
ley's great majorities In 1S95 the Gold
Democrats, the business element, and the
worklngmen. It is already apparent that
the overwhelming majority of the Gold
Democrats will oppose Bryan again this
year. The business element appears to
be quite as strongly against him now as
before. The attitude of the labor vote
Is not so clearly discernible. Indeed, it
Is never easy to estimate the political
tendencies of this class of men. .Whan
one finds out how some dozens of Gold
Democrats who were active In the cam
paign of 1896 stand now, ho feels as
though he had a sufficient basis for Judg
ment regarding that element as a whole.
So, too. If he can learn how business
men In a number of places, who are not
Ropubllcan partisans, regard the Kansas
City candidate and platform, he is war
ranted in forming an opinion as to voters
of this typo throughout the country. But
It is altogether different with the vast
army of worklngmen. They have scarcely
any recognized leaders, and It Is an al
most hopeless task to interview enough
of the Immense body" to Indicate the pre
vailing tendency.
Salvation In Defeat.
New York Times. Dem.
The election of Bryan dooms the Demo
cratic party to extinction and Infamy. It
Is only by sending the perverted organiza
tion onco more through the fires of defeat
that It can be purified and made fit for
salvation and a future life. It was made
plain at Kansas City that the party has
grown tired of Bryan. One more defeat
will break the deadly spell he has exer
cised over the Democracy and relegate
him to Ignominious obscurity. The party
can recover from an eight years' debauch
of shame and folly.
He Won't Play.
Nebraska State Journal.
Bryan says that If we don't elect him
there will be no more Fourth of July
In this country. That day, he thinks, will
be as unrecognized In Nebraska as It Is
now in the Gulf States, where everybody
votes for Bryan, or at least Is counted
that way, no matter how he votes. Which
merely means that, William Jennings and
about 4000 men who expect to be In his
Cabinet will refuse to shoot firecrackers
any more.
Fonglit in Fancy Uniforms.
London Dally Mall.
The present war In South Africa Is
showing the nearest approach the British
Army has ever mude to rational dress In
the field. It seems almost Incredible In
theso days of easy and serviceable khaki,
for instance, that the Life Guards fought
at Waterloo In scarlet coatees, light blue
overalls with gold stripes down the sides,
and heavy brazen helmets of old Roman
pattern, with a black bcarshln crest and
a red, yellow and blue "hackle feather."
Hard Luclc in Kansas.
Kansas City Star.
Populists whose political stock In trade
Is denunciation of the money power for
depriving them of the right and oppor
tunity to work had better stay away from
Kansas until the crops are all In. The
farmers are going out with shotguns,
rounding up all the tramps they can find
and compelling them to work In the har
vest fields for J2 EO a day and board.
MEN AXD WOMEN.
General Cronje, on hearing of the capture of
Pretoria. Is reported to have remarked: "It
had to end so. I saw it from the first, and I
think we all did."
Mrs. Theresa M. Boles, a colored woman,
has received permission from the Board of
Health to conduct business as an undertaker
in Cambridge Mass. Her husoand is In the
same business in Boston.
Senator Caffery's inariable Summer rig is a
suit of linen homespun, topped off with a Pan
ama hat and be generally carries a huge,
green-lined umbrella. Thus arrayed, the Lou
isiana statesman's squat, fat figure presents a
rather amusing appearance.
August St. Gaudens, the sculptor, who is
now In Paris, where he has been at work tor
over two years on a statue of General Sher
man, will return to this country next month.
The statue, which Is to be placed, in Central
Park, New Tork, will soon be completed.
Baron Mumm von Schwarzensteln. the new
German Ambassador to China, like his prede
cessor. Von Ketteler, has an American wife.
Although born in London, the Baroness is the
daughter of New York parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Le Vlnsen. and on her mother's side "Is de
scended from tho Roosevelts. Both Von Ket
teler and Von Schwaraonsteln have been con
nected with tho German Embassy In Washing
ton. Paul Loubct. son of President Loubet. has
Just taken his degree of doctor of laws In the
University of France. His doctorate theala
was on "The Bank of France and Discount,"
and ho is said to have treated the subject so
brilliantly that the Jury complimented him and
the Faculte de Droit retained his paper to con
sider the advisability of including it In the
number of theses to be rewarded at the end of
the year.
Major-General Alfred Edward Turner la .the
first holder of the new post of Inspector-General
of the auxiliary forces, which has been
created by the British War Office. General
Turner Joined the Royal Artillery in I860, and
has seen varied service in the 40 jeors which
he has already spent in the army. He was for
two years military private secretary to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but in 18S4 wont
out to Egypt to take part in the Nile expedi
tion as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General.
NOTE AND COM MEN r.
I- i- b-t en-gh f-r y-u?
It looks as if Agulnaldo's last death
proved fatal.
Bryan is still talking. The next time ,
he say3 anything the facts will be given
to the press.
McKinley would better remain in Can
ton, although 14 Hung Chang has found
it necessary to leave there.
Kansas City has no more need of her
convention hall, but it will outlast the
platform that was slapped together In it
Like all silver countries, China has
been trying to run things without the
aid or consent of any other nation on
earth.
The gentlemen who are sending the
news from Chipa could get lucrative em
ployment writing circus advertisements.
If they only knew it
Bryan needs a rough rider for a run
ning mate, and it will be easy to tako
Adlal down to Texas and give him a
few instructions In ostrichmanshlp.
Lord Arthur Wellesley, who by the
death of his brother has become the fourth)
Duke of Wellington, would be a poor
nobleman If he had not Inherited a largo
fortune from his mother, who was a
Pierrcpont by birth. Tho Wollesey fam
ily at one time possessed Immense es
tates in Ireland, but these were sold early
in the century by the first Duke's elder
brother, that Marquis of WellesTey who
was one of the first English Peers to
marry an American girl namely, Mari
anne, daughter of Richard Caton. of
Philadelphia, and widow of Robert Pat
terson, whosa sister Elizabeth waa the
first wife of King Jerome Bonaparte of
Westphalia, and tho ancestress of the
existing family of American Bonapartea.
Wo like to cuss
And make a fuss.
And say the weather's getting hot.
But though we scowl
And growl and howl.
"We really know that it is not.
The mercury
Each day we see ,.
Crawl tortoise fashion up the line
And think it's hot
Becauso It's got
Up somewhere close to 89.
"We purchase ice
At any price.
And plan to Journey to tho shore.
And loaf and shirk
And say that work
Has got to be an awful bore.
And all the while
"Wo slyly smile.
To hear our neighbors grunt and groan.
And gravely vow
That It is now
The hottest they have ever known.
For well w know
That all this woe
And agony Is spread on thick.
Because all men
Are best pleased when
They get a half a chance to kick.
The leading "Independents" and the
Gold Democrats of tho East are by a
very great majority against Bryan. Ex
Unlted States Senator Edmunds, Ilka
United States Senator Hoar, prefers Mc
Kinley to Bryan, and will vote for Mc
Kinley. Even Edward Atkinson favor
McKinley, holding Bryan responsible for
the ratification of the Treaty of Paris.
Horace White will not vote for Bryan.
He will not vote for McKinley. Ex-Governor
Hoadley, of Ohio, Gold Democrat
will vote for McKinley, and so will Oscar
S. Straus, Minister to Turkey under
President Cleveland. Ex-Governor Wal
ler, of Connecticut, one of the 'most In
fluential Democrats of the state, will not
vote for Bryan. The New York Evening:
Post says that nobody of any political,
senso believes, as the situation looks to
day, that Bryan stands any chance ot
carrying New York, New Jersey or Con
necticut, and It thinks that Oregon,
Washington, California, are safe for Mc
Kinley. The New York Sun says that
there is not the remotest chance oC
Bryan carrying the Empire State. The
leaders of the Republican machine In New
York are confident that New York la
sure Republican, and that McKlnley'a
majority will be so large that It will carry
any state ticket along with It
PLEASANTRIES OP PARAGRAPHER3
Much More Likely. "Is there anything about
golf In the Old Testnment?" "No, you'll have,
to road up In profane history for that."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evidence Against Him. "Is he a drinking
man?" "I Infer so. Ho Is said to bo passion
ately fond of yachting and goes on many lonz
cruises." Chicago Evening Post.
Reasonable. Husband I don't see why yoa
have accounts In so many dry goods stores.
"Wife Because, my dear, it "makes the bills so
much smaller. Harper's Bazar.
"There Is a rumor on the bourse." sold the.
chamberlain, "that the Circassian peach crop
has been destroyed by the hard Winter l" "A
roorback!" said the Sultan. "Somebody Is try
ing to Inflate the price of wives In Constanti
nople." Detroit Journal.
Whore Indeed. "Whoever runs this paper,"
remarked the wolrus, who had picked up an
old copy of the New York Diurnal, dropped by
a Rolar relief expedition. "Is a lobster."
"What's the matter?" asked his mate. "Why,
ho says: 'Under no circumstances should you
go Into the water after a meal." Where aro
we to get It then?" Philadelphia Press.
At Rest.
Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves Into tho deep.
She sleeps a charmed sleep;
Awake her not.
Led by a single star.
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her pleasant lot.
She left the rosy morn.
She left the fields of corn
For twilight cold and lorn
And water springs.
Through sleep as through a vail
She sees the sky look pale.
And hears the nightingale
That sadly sings.
Rest, a perfect rest.
Shed over brow and breast.
Her face Is toward the west.
Tho purple land.
She cannot seo the grain
Ripening on hill and plain;
She cannot feel the rain
Upon her hand.
f
Rest, rest for evermore
Upon a mossy shore;
Rest, rest, at the hearths core.
Till time shall cease;
Sleep that no pain shall wake;
Night that no morn shall break.
Till Joy shall overtake,
Her perfect peace.
Chrlstlna.Ro ase ttL
Riches.
Whnt to a man who loves the air
Are trinkets, gauds and Jewels rare?
And what Is wealth or fame to one
Who is a brother to the sun;
Who drinks the wine that morning spills
Upon the heaven-kl3slng hills, ;
And sees a ray of hope afar
In every glimmer of a star?
What to a man whose God is truth
Are spalls and stratagems, -forsooth
Who looks beyond the doors of death
For loftier life, subllmer breath;
Who can forswear the state of Kings
In knowledge of diviner things.
Tho dreams Immortal that unroll
And burst to blossom in his soul? i
.. Christina RosssttL