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PORTLAND, THURSDAY, JULY 20.
A VERY GRAVE MATTER.
Crime Increases In our country be
yond the proportion of Increase of pop
ulation. There can be no question about
it The tendencies of modern society
seem strongly In the direction of en
couragement of crime, not of repression
cf it. The reason Is not far to seek.
The socialistic tendency encourages the
Uea that it is the right of the individ
ual to live, and to have what he -wants,
without effort of his own, out of the so
cial organization. One side of the
Christian religion for the Christian re
ligion on one side tends strongly
towards the doctrine that the worthless
have a right to be supported at the
expense of the industrious and efficient
gives to this view powerful Impulse
and support.
The doctrine is virtually taught that
it is hard, even wrong, to expect people
to work for a living, so long as others
have plenty, or appear to have plenty,
that can be got at by hook or crook.
Our politics, under universal suffrage,
are organized on this basis. Business
is beset by this spirit, which is organ
ized Into action, from every side.
So much Is modern life. under this in
fluence that it is hard for employers to
hold employes, in positions of trust, up
to the requirements of honesty. The
jury will tell you that the employe is
poor and that the employer can stand it
In most cases the money has been
siuandered in dissipation; but why
shouldn't the poor fellow have the In
dulgences he wants? He gets little
enough, anyhow. Virtue and industry
can stand this' tax for support of vice
and Idleness. Tou may not be told this
in plain terms; but it is what it comes
to. Moral severity, once the rule of so
ciety, now gets little encouragement
from, it Yet it is no kindness to delin
quents. On the contrary, it Is "the
flowery way that leads to the broad
gate and the great Are."
Our economic writers are not mis
taken. They support their position
with undeniable statistics. The late
David A. "Wells, in his classical work,
entitled "Recent Economic Changes,"
showed that within recent years crime
had greatly increased. Henry M. Boles,
in his book, "Prisoners and Paupers,"
declares that there has taken place of
late an abnormal Increase In the num
bers of the criminal class. "William
Douglas Morrison, the noted English
criminologist refers to increase of
crime, particularly In the United States,
as a fact recognized and attested by
every authority.
And what is the reason? Relaxation
of moral severity. Pity for the offend
er. Instead of punishment These fig
ures are taken from the United States
census of the past five decades:
Prisoners
Pris- per 100.000
Census. oners, population.
1850 0.737 29
I860 10.083 (51
1870 32.001 85
1880 . 53.609 117
1890 82,329 132
It is believed that the census figures
of the present year will be even more
startling. It Is decay of the individual
moral fiber, relaxation of the moral
forces of society, that produces these
results. It is held by large numbers
and almost advocated as an axiom by
a political party, that the man who has
made accumulations by intelligent and
painstaking industry may be despoiled,
with or without form of law, for sup
port of indolence. Inefficiency or needy
worthlessness. The doctrine Is pro
foundly socialistic, and it is the source
and the sign of the conditions that
make so strongly for increase of crime.
If not checked through revival and
growth of better morals, it will land
our political and social system in terri
ble conclusions. Look at the figures
that prove the enormous Increase of
crime, and Judge, if you can, how long
this burden can increase at such ratio
and yet be carried by the country. The
root of It all Is that men want things
without working for th.em; and the po
litical order, the social organization,
religion Itself, not only encourage the
want but support il as a more or less
rightful claim.
IGNORANCE OP THE BIBLE.
President Thwlng, of the "Western
Reserve University, at Cleveland, has
recently made somewhat startling dis
closures of the defects of the rising
generation in knowledge of the Bible.
He is in close personal touch with a
multitude of college students, men and
women, is qualified to speak concern
ing what they know, and has strong
opinions concerning what they ought to
lenow. Suspecting that they did not
know as much about the Bible as they
should, he proceeded to test the matter
by preparing an examination paper
with twenty-two simple Biblical allu
sions from the poems of Tennyson
which he submitted to the freshman
class of his own college and after
ward to the freshman class of a wom
an's college in the East The allusions
were to things very familiar, such as
the manna in the wilderness, the strik
ing of the rock, the branding of Cain,
Jacob's struggle with the angel, the
miracle of Cana, the crown of thorns
and the angels at the tomb of Jesus. Tet
not half the, answers were right Forty
out of eighty-five students examined
knew nothing of the story of Esau or
of Ruth, and sixty had never heard of
"Joshua's moon in AJalon." This show
ing softens somewhat by comparison
that made by Marion Hill in the cur
rent number of McClure's Magazine in
which the methods of teaching patriot
ism in the public schools and their effect
upon the juvenile understanding are Il
lustrated by a bright little mind of ten
years who. thus rendered, in neat chl
rography and faultless spelling, a verse
of America:
I love the rots and chills,
The woods and tempered 011s,
My heart with ratcher thrills,
Like that abeve.
jCJpon being asked why she loved
"rots and chills the child promptly
replied that she did not, "it was only
the poetry that said that;" being asked
what "ratcher" meant she -answered
that she had looked in the dictionary
and falling to find the word had con
cluded that It was a disease similar to
chills, since It said "like that above,"
and chills were a sort of thrills any
way. This child makes a good show
ing both in knowledge and instruction
beside the college students who had
never heard of the gentle Moabltess
who gleaned an ancient field and found
a husband, nor yet of the angels "one
at the head and the other at the feet
where the body of Jesus had lain."
DISTINCTIONS "WITHOUT DIFFER
ENCES. It Is to the credit of both the head
and the heart of Chicago that the Jour
nalism of the true yellow variety has
hitherto found no lodgment there. It
is also to Chicago's credit that the en
trance there of Mr. Hearst's new paper
has so far failed to capture any note
worthy material support But the pa
per Is making strenuous efforts to be
heard. There was a chance to get in
on the building strike in favor of the
strikers, and the desperation with
which the chance was clutched at Is suf
ficiently discovered In this passage:
The contractor's profits so Into Investments,
or pictures, or foreign travel. Government
bonds or gowns from Paris. Every dollar that
the worklnrman earns ros at once Into the
pockets of his fellow citizens. Pay a working
man, two. four or six dollars a day. All of
It goes to the butcher, baker, department store,
etc If he saves a little it Roes the same way
when the rainy day comes, or when he dies
and his family fall back on his hard savings.
Observe more specifically the Iniquity
of the contractor and the service of the
worklngman. "Why does the abandoned
contractor spend hl3 money for clothes,
pictures, travel or anything? Why
doesn't he dig a hole In the ground and
bury it? Fine clothes, we all know,
grow on trees in Chicago, though in
France they are gathered from the lus
cious mulberry, and In Georgia they
affect the habit of the subterranean
peanut Their production gives no em-v
ployment to weavers, factory hands,
seamstresses, furriers, miners or shop
people. If the contractor would cease
his pernicious habit of buying pictures,
thousands busy now in making canvas,
pigments, oils, brushes, cords, hooks
and frames could drop into a life of
leisure. If he would forbear the disas
trous practice of travel, an army of rail
road and steamship employes could quit
work whether they desired to do so or
not If he would resolutely refuse to
buy Government bonds, we might be
spared the trouble of resenting any and
all Indignities foreign nations might put
upon us.
How different with the worklngman!
He also spends and saves. Every dol
lar he makes goes at once into the
pockets of his fellow-citizens. Instead
of buying food, clothes and Government
bonds, he accumulates "hard savings,"
clothes and food. The dollars that go
at once into the pockets of his fellow
citizens remain Intact somehow for his
family to spend after death.
Here, perhaps, Is the most striking
contrast of the whole array. "Who ever
heard of a rich man's widow and chil
dren eagerly grabbing his estate after
his death and scattering It broadcast
upon the just and unjust alike? Who
ever heard of a rich man's widow
touching a cent of her legacy, or of
a rich man's sons becoming profligates
or spendthrifts?
It is well enough, perhaps, to work
and spend and save up to a certain
point But If you are unusually quick
witted, or Industrious, or self-denying,
beware of the yellow Journal. It will
hold you up to merited scorn. Alas,
that any should be so hardened in this
bright and beautiful world as to be a
contractor! Alas, that the rich refuse
to make humanKy happy by living In
tenements, wearing overalls and eat
ing only black bread and codfish balls!
There ought to be a law against a mil
lionaire's making "investments" of hun
dreds of thousands in yellow journals
in New York, San Francisco and Chi
cago. VARIOUS MONOPOLIES.
One of the telling hits of the new De
mocracy is Its arraignment of the Gov
ernment for giving National 'banks a
monopoly of issuing credit banking
currency. The offense against the toll
ing masses could not be graver if the
Government should Issue marine engi
neer licenses only to trained navigat
ors or make mall contracts only with
persons in the transportation business.
The law provides certain conditions
preliminary to embarkation In the
business of banking in its complete
sense. A bank is a place for the "cus
tody, loan or issue" of currency (Web
ster), "an institution for lending, bor
rowing, issuing or caring for money"
(Standard). One of these functions
Is spouted by the new Democracy, stren
uously though the old Democracy used
to defend state bank notes. The issue
of credit currency 'is a. recognized func
tion of every civilized nation under the
sun, and always has been.
In the United States a man can start
a private bank, where he Is amenable
to no law but his own sweet will; or a
state bank, where an effort, more or
less pretended, Is made to hold him to
account with the public welfare; or a
bank of issue, In which the Federal Gov
ernment itself reserves the right to
prescribe conditions under which, he
shall receive the money of the people,
lend it again, and Jssue notes bearing
his own signature.
To withhold arbitrarily from banks
the right to issue circulating notes
would be an act of tyranny such as no
absolute monarchy would be guilty of.
If the United States attempted It under
a Republican administration, the De
mocracy would promptly ride into
power on an appeal from the outrage.
But the Government does undertake to
say under what conditions you shall
Issue notes. There is the National
bank act and as it stands today any
man or set of men with the requisite
capital (525,000 in small towns) can start
a National bank. The Government will
do Its best to protect depositors and in
sure safe management- of the bank, and
it has put Into effect a system which
absolutely guarantees to all noteholders
the value, of their money. A National
bank note is as good as gold. Nobody
has ever lost a dollar from that source.
Yet the Bryanlzed Democracy de
nounces these provisions for enabling
banks to do a banking business and for
protecting' the people against loss It
denounces these provisions as the crea
tion of a monopoly.
The State of Oregon provides that a
barber must pass an examination and
pay a fee before he can practice his
trade. That creates a monopoly of the
barber business, precisely as the bank
act creates a monopoly of banking. The
state provides aa examination and li
cense for all doctors. That creates a
monopoly In medicine. Before acting
as Postmaster a man must get an ap
pointment There's a monopoly of post
masterships. There is a monopoly of
banking enjoyed by the whole tribe of
bankers, and a monopoly of National
banking by the National bankers. It
makes no difference to the Bryanltes
that banks are constantly giving up
their National charters and others are
taking out new ones. That Is the fact
and upsets their pretense, and they
want nothing to do with it
All there is In the cry against Na
tional bank monopoly is the fact that
the Government prescribes conditions
under which banks of Issue may be
established. Every separate $25,000 in
the country Is at liberty to go In or stay
out If It goes In, It must comply with
the conditions. Every man has the
privilege of being a steamboat pilot
open to him. But he must comply with
the conditions set by the Government
When he is accepted he will be a mem
ber of the monopoly of steamboat mas
ters, a menace to our liberties of pre
cisely the same gravity Involved in the
monopoly of National banking by Na
tional bankers.
XO PARTITION OF CHINA POSSIBLE.
Details of the terrible, fighting and
severe losses incurred before Tien Tsln
at the hands of the Intrenched Chinese
not only justify the conclusion that an
army of at least 60,000 men must be as
sembled before the allies can hope to
fight their way to the occupation of
Pekln, but they make It plain that
the partition of China Is not to be
thought of. The Ninth United States
Infantry lost nearly a third of Its entire
force, a greater per cent of loss than
has been recorded since the most de
structive battle of our Civil War. China
Is In no danger of partition, for China
clearly Is not a corpse inviting dissec
tion. Gordon, who fell at Khartoum,
predicted in 1880 that when the Chinese
saw that their only means of meeting
the aggressions of foreign powers was
to organize an army with improved
weapons, then they would buy gunB
and rifles and ships, and with the aid
of educated European drillmasters and
organizers would create a formidable
army. The day predicted by Gordon
has arrived. Europeans can no longer
march up to Chinese troops In position
or In defense of a position and sweep
them away like files, as 5500 British and
French regulars did forty years ago.
The powers of Europe began casting
lots for the garments of China before
its crucifixion was executed, and today
China declines to be crucified and Is
likely to wear Its own clpthes a good
many years to come before they are
stripped from its dead body. The fight
ing population of China consists of
the Manchu tribes, who are originally
ITartars. "They are still hunters, trap
pers and fishers. Their average of size
Is larger and they are more robust
than the peace-loving Chinese. They
retain their pride of race, and have a
warlike bearing. They hate the for
eigner. Prince Tuan Is reported to
have summoned these tribes of Man
churia to arms, and he has shown de
cided military talent in putting them in
motion against Russia's center of com
munications on the Amur River, and
thus seeking to postpone the Russian
advance from the north. Assuming
that Prince Tuan's Insurrection will be
confined entirely to North China and
the military caste of the Manchus, nev
ertheless the work of crushing his up
rising will be very difficult if all his
forces are as well armed, as skillful
and steady under Are as were the Chi
nese troops before Tien Tsin.
The foreign army of Invasion not only
will be compelled to encounter an en
emy that is disposed to fight with des
peration, but the difficulties of trans
portation and commissariat which are
enormous. The Pel Ho River Is very
shallow; the railroad has been utterly
destroyed by the enemy; the wagon
road Is In an execrable condition. The
surrounding country has no beasts of
burden that can be collected for trans
portation service. Unless Prince Tuan's
Insurrection breaks down suddenly of
Its own weight, he is likely to prove a
very hard nut to crack. But even his
temporary success will prove of far
reaching consequence in its Influence
throughout China. It will not soon be
forgotten by China that her troops were
able to give battle with credit to an
army of 20,000 European and Japanese
regulars before Tien Tsln. The knowl
edge that China is in possession of this
fact makes all further thought of the
partition of China among the powers of
Europe as baseless as the fabric of a
vlBlon.
The powers of Europe will be obliged
to employ craft as well as force. If they
expect to keep their present footing In
China. They will be compelled to rule
at Pekln by making common cause with
the Chinese faction opposed to Prince
Tuan, prop up the crumbling imperial
throne with their bayonets, and place a
puppet of their own upon It and keep
him there, Just as Great Britain was
obliged to do In Afghanistan in 1881.
General Crook's Indian policy was to
"make dog eat dog" by playing one
tribe against the other, and along these
lines the foreign powers will be obliged
to move to restore China to peace and
preserve her vast body of trade and
commerce to the world. It is easy to
raise a force of Chinese in one place to
fight Chinese in another. There is no
Chinese nation or people in the sense
that we speak of the United States and
Its "people. Bitter lnter-hatred is con
spicuous when Chinese from different
parts of China meet
Over the heterogenous and conlllctlnj
masses of China there has never been
any effective control; there is no na
tional army" or navy or civil service.
If there were, every foreigner in, China
would be driven Into the sea In ten
days and her ports sealed against their
return. To divide and govern China as
Great Britain governs India would be
Impracticable through military force,
and even if transiently successful, it
would be Impossible to keep her pinned
to the earth with foreign bayonets.
Only through native rulers resting for
security on foreign support can the civ
ilized world hope to restore peace In
China and preserve her vast body of
trade from destruction. Division of
China among the powers defies execu
tion by military force. Preservation of
her vast body, of present and prospect
ive trade with foreign markets will be
a victory of statesmanship rather than
of war.
Eastern Democrats of candor and in
telligence admit that if Bryan Is to be
elected the West and South muit do It
It is reported hat the Democratic man
agers do not oxpect to carry any state
cast of, the Alleghanles and north of
Maryland; that they believe that their
best fighting chance Is In Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Four years
ago the leading Democratic newspapers
of Detroit were supporting McKlnley
and the leading Republican newspapers
Bryan. Governor Plngree, a nominal
soclaHst Republican, has been elected
largely by Democratic votes. Four
years ago it was acknowledged that
without the Gold Democratic vote Mc
Klnley would have lost Michigan, which
gave him over 56,000 plurality. Daniel
J. Campau, the Democratic National
committeeman, Is confident that Michi
gan can be carried for Bryan this year
upon the "general dissatisfaction Is
sues," chiefly In regard to the lumber
industry, In which Canada has success
fully trumped the Republican tariff
trick. Many Germans in Michigan are
antl-Imperlallsts; many Hollanders are
aggrieved because the Republican party
did not openly declare sympathy for
the Boers. There are many old-time
greenbackers In Michigan. Don M.
Dickinson, Postmaster-General In Pres
ident Cleveland's second term, supports
these predictions of Mr. Campau.
Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, says that
the Germans hold the balance of power
between the parties In Wisconsin, and
that If 75 per cent of them vote for
Bryan he will carry the state. In Min
nesota, the present Governor, John
Llnd, Is a Democrat, and It Is expected
that his support of Bryan will carry
with him the Scandinavian vote.
"What a commentary It Is upon Dem
ocratic mismanagement that while
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
Congressional committee, claims Mc
Klnley's election by a majority as large
as that of 1896, he half expects the loss
of the House of Representatives to the
Democrats! Why? Because while free
sliver will drive the Independent-minded
to vote for McKlnley, dissatisfaction
with Republican methods will nullify
that consideration In the vote for mem
bers of Congress. If the Democratic
party had righted itself on main Issues
at Kansas City, It might have swept the
country. It is in the hands of a rule-or-ruln
faction, who would rather support
Bryan with his dictatorship' at the
price of defeat than nominate a man
like Olncy or Cleveland, who could 'be
elected.
The Deutschland, the fastest steam
ship In the worlds brokejtnother record
on her first outward trip from New
York, by crossing the Atlantic In a lit
tle over 5 days, after encountering a
"heavy fog for two days" of the voyage.
There were no luckless sailing ships in
the path of the big flyer, but had there
been, they would undoubtedly have
found her proceeding under "third
steam," or "half steam," as was the
case with the Campania when she
struck the Embleton. It Is to be hoped
that the Deutschland will have a few
clear days on some of her passages, In
order that she may show the world
what she can do when It -Is unneces
sary to proceed with caution under
light steam.
The wages of some of the striking
dock hands In this city are reported
to have averaged from $60 to 565
per month for the past year, and with
the amount of wheat In sight there Is
steady work for another year at least.
Here seems to be an opportunity for
some of the Industrious and faithful
bridge-tenders who are about to lose $55
and $60 per month positions. The
bridge-tender must spend a good por
tion of his time exposed to the weather,
but the dookman works under cover,
and can worship any kind of a political
god he sees fit without fear of dis
charge. The Constitution confers on the Pres
ident of the United States the power
enjoyed by the "crown" In England to
use the Army and Navy when and
where it was needed In emergencies
which call for fighting but are not war.
President Cleveland used this power In
his first term when he landed marines
at Panama and Asplnwall and held the
port and the Panama Railroad and pro
tected American property against any
plunder by revolutionists or through
"contributions" by the regular authori
ties. For a number of days the United
States did all that it Is dolps today In
China.
The assurances from Pekln may be
correct, but it Is worth noticing that
this second word from Conger also
speaks of the besiegers as "Chinese sol
diers." There is no government there,
he says, but the attacking army. Cer
tainly this doea not look much as If the
throne were in control or even a for
midable "Obstacle to the anti-foreign
forces.
The Administration's luck has not de
serted it We shall come out of the
China episode with added prestige
abroad and with exceptional friendship
with the empire Itself. The graver the
situation Is In November, the more
votes will be cast for McKlnley and
Roosevelt.
NUTS FOR J. HAMILTON.
To Be Shown Up as a Scrub In Decent
Papers Fills His Achingr Void.
New York Tribune.
For a long time certain "anti-imperialists"
have been charging that at the be
ginning of our war with Spain, the Pres
ident pledged the nation not to acquire
any territory as a result of the war.
saying that to do so would be "criminal
aggression." Of course, they know, and
have known all along, that the President
never did anything of the kind, and that
their statement that he did-is a violent
distortion of a statement of utterly dif
ferent meaning.
Now comes James H. Lewis, formerly a
representative In Congress from Washing
ton and a candidate for the "Vice-Presidential
nomination at the recent Demo
cratic National Convention, and declares
that the President Is responsible for the
attacks upon Americans in China, be
cause of "the announcement made by
this Government, through Its different
spokesmen, that the United States intend
ed to enter Into the division of China,
participating in its distribution." Of
course Mr. Lewis knows perfectly well
that the exact contrary Is the truth and
that all the ''announcements" made by
this Government on the subject have been
to the effect that it did not intend to Join
in the partition of China, nor to par
ticipate in Its distribution, but that on
the contrary, it proposed to stand as
strongly as possible for the maintenance
of the integrity of tho Chinese Empire.
Mr. White, our Ambassador at Berlin,
speaking in the4German capital on Inde
pendence Day,, said there were laid upon
his table every 'day J,piles of cuttings
from the European Continental press
which, taking up calumnies manufactur
ed for the home market dish them up
for the market abroad." The evil of
which he complained Is a monstrous one,
as the cases we have cited, demonstrate.
In the present critical state of affairs
in China, while American soldiers are los
ing their lives to save American men.
women and children from worse than
death, what will be the effect of publish
ing in China, on the authority of a great
American Mandarin. who has been a
member of Congress and a candidate for
"Vice-President that the American Gov
ernment means to enter Into the partition
and . spoliation of China? Tho Chinese
populace will not understand that it is
merely a "calumny manufactured for our
home markets." They may believe It to
bo truo just as the Filipinos believed It to
bo true that as the "antl-lmperlallsts"
told them. If they would hold out until
after election tbey would be allowed to
have their own way.
What a patriotic thing It is to embar
rass and crlpplo the- hands, of the Gov
ernment abroad by inventing and circulat
ing such calumnies concerning it!
GOOD CAMPAIGN DOCU3IENT.
Favorable YIew of President's Re
cent Speech of Acceptance.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
President McKinley's speech In reply
to the formal announcement through
Senator Lodjre. the chairman of the Re
publcan National Convention, and the no
tification committee associated with him,
of his unanimous nomination for a second
term by that convention, will arrest pub
lic attention by Its concise and telling
presentation of tho Issue .before the coun
try. One of Its most striking passages
is that wherein he quotes from his speech
of acceptance made on the same spot
four years ago, in which he outlined the
weighty tasks which the Republlcim
party bad before it in rescuing the honor
and tho credit of tho government and
tho currency of the people from the perils
which assailed them; in establishing
them upon a sound and enduring basis;
In winning back our domestic and foreign
trado which had been lost by unwise
legislation; in restoring tho industrial
prosperity of the country and giving em
ployment to tho millions of workingmen
then Idle as the consequence of Demo
cratic threats and policies, and then In
showing how the Republican party had
not only accomplished all, but more, than
all it had promised or set out to do. It
has given the people sound money, estab
lished the. gold standard, and thus raised
the credit of the nation to a higher pitch
than that of any other nation on the
globe, bq that we are refunding our debts
bearing 5. 4 and 5 per cent into 2 per cent
gold bonds at a premium on the latter,
and have already refunded $300,000,000 of
these at that rate.
Meanwhile ample revenues have filled
to overflowing the Treasury! which, under
Democratic rule, yawned with repeated
deficits, which could only be filled by
selling United States bonds at high rates
of Interest The millions of unemnloyed
are now at work with high waives. Money,
instead of being scared into hiding places
by the threatened debasement of the
money standard, has become plentiful at
lower rates of interest than were ever
known. Panic and depression have given
place to confidence and to a decree of
nrosDeritv never known before. But. the
Spanish War was not foreseen when Mc
Klnley made his speech of acceptance in
1SS3.
Tho President says very little of the
war Itself, and which, though reluctantly
undertaken, he prosecuted with such
vigor and marvelous success that In little
over three months our flag floated tri
umphantly over the West Indian and
Philippine Islands, which we had rescued
fromthe cruel rule of Spain. But he
leaves no room for doubt as to his policy
and that of tho Republican party In re
gard to the responsibilities entailed upon
us as the result Of that war. "Cuba,"
ho says, "has been liberated and our
guarantees to her people will bo sacredly
executed. A beneficent government has
been provided for Porto Rico. The Philip
pines are ours, and American authority
must be supremo over the archipelago.
... We will fulfill In the Philippines
tho obligations 'Imposed by the triumph
of our arms and bv the treaty of peace.
. . . The people of the Islands delivered
from anarchy, pillage and oppression,
rccojmlze American sovereignty as the
symbol and pledge of peace. Justice, law,
religious freedom, education, the security
of life and property and the wealth and
prosperity of their several communities."
This Is the President's Imperialism tne
Imperialism of the Republican party
the Imperialism of tho American people.
The President goes beyond the words,
although not beyond the implications of
the platform when he says that the Re
publican party reasserts Its early princl
plo that Congress has full power over ter
ritory belonging to the United States,
subject to the fundamental safeguards
of liberty, justice and personal rights.
Upon this Issue and upon the issue of the
policies based on this doctrine, the Presi
dent has full faith that ho can trust the
American people. On the 6th of November
next the American people will show that
they are willing to trust him.
A SOUTHERN LYNCHING.
And a Southern Democratic News
paper Comments on It.
Memphis Commercial (Dem.).
A feeling of horror that amounts to a
shudder is produced by reading the re
port of the lynching of a negro at the
usually peaceful town of Ripley, Tenn.
In the lynching of the negro named
Louis Rice we read in vain for any Justi
fying, or even Irritating, cause. The
story as It comes to the Commercial-Ad-peal
la that a white man named Duncan
Goodrich had been playing in a crap
game with some negroes when a row
ensued. Goodrich drew his pistol and
some one took It away from him. When
disarmed Goodrich ran toward a whisky
boat that was moored at Plum Point
and, while running, some- one shot him,
and a negro named Henderson House
was arrested, convicted of the crime, and
sentenced to bo hanged. Louis Rice, his
partner. Interested himself very much in
House's defense. He drummed up wit
nesses. He talked. He endeavored to
Influence public opinion. He worked to
save hl3 friend's life, as did the able
white lawyers for the defense. When his
partner was convicted he procured new
evidence, no doubt with the indorsement
of the lawyers for the defense, and when
a hew trial was refused and an appeal
had to be taken to the Supreme Court
Rice began to drink and express his
opinion about the trial, and the next
morning his body was found hanging
from a limb four blocks from tho town
square of Ripley. This is tho gruesome
story, shorn of all Its dressing. It Is not
a pleasant story. It Is not a creditable
story. It is nothing of which tho mob
that operated In Ripley should be proud.
It is a story of which the good peoplo of
Ripley should bo ashamed, and they
should bestir themselves to seek out and
bring the culprits to justice. They can
not secure the conviction of any one, but
they can vindicate the good name of their
community by making an effort to do so.
The lynching is so unprovoked and cause
less' that It should stir the community
to action.
Sqnnres From the Crazy Quilt.
New York Journal of Commerce.
The more the Kansas City platform Is
examined the more It looks like a crazy
qullt. The denunciation of what Is called
Imperialism, with which the document
starts out Is most Impressive until Its
force is broken by a declaration In favor
of all the expansions that have been com
pleted, leaving the opposition only to ex
pansion which Is progress as to which
no substantial change In the actions of
the Government Is promised In the event
of the election of Mr. Bryan. An exten
sion Is given to the Monroe Doctrine not
at all warranted by the text of the docu
ment or tho conditions under which It
waa formulated, or the expositions of It
by Its contemporaries. And then the
platform prdcreds to meddle with affairs ,
in a distant part of the globe by declar
ing sympathy with the Boers, and It was
said on the platform of the convention, by
men who put Mr. Bryan In 'nomination,
that If he had been President" of the Unit
ed States last year that precious pair of
South African Republics would have been
saved from the rapacious British Hon.
What kind of a Monroe Doctrine Is it
which withholds us from the Philippines,
but sends us to South Africa? As the
vital principle of Boer Government poli
tics was the exclusion of "uitlanders"
from participation in the government the
sympathy of the "uitlanders" In the
United States with the Boer oligarchy Is
one of the things that give pleasure to
persons who do not wish to take serious
vieW3 of public affairs.
THE HALF-CENT.
How It Would Compare "With the
Small Coin of Other Nations.
Washington Star. Ind.
A report has gained currency of late
that the Treasury Department Is con
templating the renewed issue of the half
cent piece, discontinued as part of the
metal money output about 50 years ago.
This project Is in response to a demand
by both the offerers and the purchasers
of the "bargains" which form so large
a part of tho retail trade la large cities
at present
In many European countries these
small fractional coins are In wide circu
lation among the lower classes, eomu
of them very artistic in design. Among
these of current use are the bagattlno,
Venetian, worth one-eighth of a cent of
our money: the Italian centeslmo, worth
one-fifth of a cent; the deneshka, Rus
sian, worth one-third of a cent; the Rus
sian kopek, worth two-thirds of a cent;
the polushka, also Russian, worth one
sixth of a cent: the maravedl and cuarto,
Spanish, worth respectively, two-fifths
and three-fourths of a cent; the ore,
Danish, worth one-quarter of a cent; the
Moorish floos, worth one-sixth of a cent;
the grano of Malta, worth one-sixth of a
cent: the heller and the kreutzer of
Austria, worth one-quarter and one-halt
a cent, and a large number of tiny Per
sian coins of varying denominations.
There might be difficulties In the way of
re-establishing the American half-cent
as a practical coin which are not pre
sented in the currency system of the
older countries.
The present penny is . considered by
many as small as a coin should be, and
a coin half as large would be of Incon
venient size. The manufacture of the
penny of a different metal than bronae
and the half-cent of a baser metal, with
a slight difference in their sizes, might
suffice If the colors of the two were
sufficiently distinct to prevent confusion.
There need be no argument against the
Introduction of the small bit of money
on the ground that it would encumber
the pockets, for It would probably never
find its way Into tho pockets that would
not welcome It as an evidence of econ
omy. Much Ado About Little.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Mr. Aster's case shows how hard it
Is to pick up good breeding when you
aro getting on In years, even though you
are a millionaire with social ambitions.
No matter how long and expensive the
training, tho natural man is apt to break
out A man whom Mr. Astor did not
know appears at an entertainment at his
house by Invitation of one of the guests,
a woman. Mr. Astor promptly turns him
out The man writes a letter of apology,
but Mr. Astor Is not to be balked of his
revenge. He exposes him In tho Pall Mall
Gazette as having come to his party with
out an invitation. But the man happens
to be the friend of Dukes and Princes,
and society knows him, and society gets
angry. Appeal Is taken to the power that
holds the destiny of millionaires with so
cial ambitions in the hollow of his hand.
Tho power decides against Mr. Astor, and
Mr. Astor apologizes in. a. sulky, -Peri.
functory way, but only In regard to tne.
man. Not a word yet about his dis
courtesy to tho woman who had brought
him. They are now wondering if society
will forgive. It certainly will. Society Is
reasonably Indulgent toward the occa
sional slips of the millionaire in his ef
forts to pick up good breeding. Our
newspapers aro very severe on him. They
think It Is a sort of retribution for hl3
leaving us. "That's what he gets for go
ing away," they say with some bitter
ness. One heavily sarcastic article tells
the English people they may keep him
now and welcome. Another rejoices to
seo him struggling "In conspicuous mis
ery," and says he was right in recogniz
ing that he was no fit person to remain
in this country, where men are not afraid
to be real men. The comments on both
sides of the water show what a surpris
ing number of people can become intoxi
cated" on very small beer.
A Distrusted and Unhappy Citizen.
The New York Evening Post talking
about McKlnley and Bryan, gets vltroioUc.
Evidently It thinks each of these candi
dates worse than the other. Look over
this and see If you think It could be
beaten for "hot stuff":
On the one sldo we have Mr. By-Ends rein
carnate, smugly asserting, like Bunyan's pro
totype, "I will never desert my principles,
since I find them to bo both harmless and
profitable." For leader of the people wo have
offered us. In him, a man whose pole-star Is
the party caucus, and whose conscience is
party regularity; whose one rule of private
action is that a rich man can do no wrong;
who swallows hl3 own words with the gustc
of a gourmand putting away a dainty, and
who invents moral sentiments only to trample
upon them, when the time comes, without the
flicker of on eyelid. Opposed to this com
pound of gelatine and hypocrisy is a firebrand.
Without personal dignity; cheapening the au
gust office which he seeks by his clamorous
pursuit of It; Inconstant as the moon; a pro
fessional agitator; a. sllverite, and heaven
knows what else; a President In whose hands
the civil service would be looted and the per
sonnel of the public service degraded. Mr.
Bryan would drive thousands of voters to the
arms of McKlnley did not that gentleman's
Imperialistic policy deter them.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Admiral Dewey proves the falsity of the old
belief that a sailor is not at home on a horse.
The Admiral is an excellent horseman, and
rides often.
Both John D. and 'William Rockefeller carry
comparatively small sums In life Insurance,
Frank, who is not nearly 60 rich as his two
New York brothers, carrying moro than either
of them.
Dr. George E. Morrison, the Pekln corre
spondent of. the London Times, has lived in the
Celestial City for nearly three years. In 1832,
when only 20 years old. he crossed Australia on
foot
"When Robert Herrick. the novelist and pro
fessor of English In the University of Chicago,
married bis first cousin he had to go to Mil
waukee to have the marriage performed, the
Illinois laws forbidding the marriage of cousins.
There has been found In London a letter
written by Gladstone which leads to the belief
that the only reason tho former premier did
not accept a title was because he Insisted upon
becoming the Earl of Liverpool, which was
successfully opposed by tho Jenklnson family.
ProfesEor Stuart, of the University of Syd
ney, Australia, has made an artificial larynx
for a man who lost the use of that portion of
his anatomy through disease, and has suc
cessfully Inserted the same In Its proper place.
The new larynx can be so regulated as to
make tho voice soprano, tenor, contralto cr
boss at the will of the owner.
According to the London "Woman's Woekly.
Ll Hung- Chang's wife, the Marchioness J.J, Is
reckoned a great beauty, and she is oilw one
of tho cleverest women In her cou.itry. She
must be considerably over 50 or iVJ tears of
age, but she looks scarcely a. day aver , and
her toilets evoke the admiration ot ail Tiho
see them. Her garments are calculated to be
not less in number than 3000 to 4000. Her
fur robes are wonderfully beautiful, and com
prise 600 made from the finest skins. Not the
least extraordinary and varied part of her
toilets Is ber halrdreszlng, 'which can be ac
complished in at least CO modes.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
ThoiBoer war "is almost out of print
How would you like to' bo the Boxer
man?
It Is nearly time to begin to bet on Port
land's population.
Just remember that you haven't bought
that monument button yet
Perhaps men now living may yet read
tho dispatch which tells what Is doing In
Pokln.
If the British will not Kive Admiral
Kempff enough guns, he ought to make
up the -deficiency with his own.
"Thero is no place like home, thank
heaven," observed Governor Taylor, as
he laid down the handbill offering a re
ward for his capture.
When hotly shines the sun on high
We wish tho clouds would fill the sky, ' : I
But when the sky Is cloudy, then
We wish to seo the sun again.
Sportsmen are much interested, in the
question discussed at tho last meeting of
tho Fish and Game Association, in regard
to whether It Is advisable to favor tho
Introduction of black bass into the waters
of this stato or not There is a wide
difference of opinion among sportsmen
In regard to this matter. Those who have
been brought up in sections where the
black bass was the most gamy fish, and
the best of game fishes, are still Inclined
to consider them so. The few who have
had any experience with these flsh hero
acknowledge their gamencss, but see no
other specially good points about them,
although they fairly bristle with pointa
and sharp ones at that Some suggest
that the boss be planted int Sucker Lake,
at Oswego, connecting with the Tualatin,
and also in the slough In the old mill
pond at Mllwaukie. Others abject to
their introduction into Oregon waters
at all, alleging that they win destroyj bet
ter flsh than themselves. In view of tho
fact that a fine four-pound black bass
was captured In a shad net atOregon City
a short time ago, It is too late to talk
about Introducing them Into the Willam
ette. They were Introduced In a small
way a dozen years ago, and are here
llko tho carp and the catfish to stay.
The committee to whom this matter was
referred will make its report at the next
meotlng of the association, and will also
report on the matter of allowing salmon
trout to be fished for with hook and Una
at all seasons, and the limits within
which this should be allowed, and this
report will serve as a guide in efforts to
secure legislation on those subjects.
PLEASANTRIES OP PAnAGItAPHERS
First Attendant at tho Restaurant. That's,
a funny looking duffer that just cans in.
Second Ditto Yes: alt things come to thoso
who wait. Boston Transcript.
Indisputable. "I tell you the "Weekly Ban
ner Is dead right on the Chinese situation."
"How many men does It say we ought to
send?" "Says we need an adequate, force."-
Puck.
Moro Information. Tommy Bay, paw. Mr.
Figg Well? "What Is a flopperJ" "A Hop
per, my son. Is a man that leaves his party
because he cannot take It with him." Indi
anapolis Press.
"Most children," said the old schoolmaster,
"are very much llko postago stamps." "In
deed?" said his friend. "Yes; they havo to
be licked to make them stick to their let
ters." Philadelphia Record.
"I speak for the 'Solid South,' " cried tho
Democratic orator. "On election day Bryan
.wlJL havo all tho. whites wlth him. "And
the next day," cried a voice In the crowd,
"he will have the blues." Philadelphia Press.
Surprising Information. Old Lady (pointing
to elevated railroad) Where do them cars go
to? City Man (hurriedly) Almost anywhere
you want ma'am. Old Lady Land sakes! I
thought they had to stay on the rails. New
York Weekly.
Tho Golf Fever. "So you can't play with
me on the 20th?" said one young golfing man
to another over the telephone. "Don't sea
how I possibly can. old man. But. I say, leave
It open for a couplo of days. Between you and
me, I have an appointment to bo married on
that date, but she may be willing to make a
change, so that I can have a. round with
you." Tlt-Blts.
The Unusual. "Close the doors of th air
tight bulkheads I" shouted tho captain, foi tha
ship was sinking. A moment later a sailor,
ashen pale, 'with starting eyes and chattering
teeth, came staggering up the companlonway.
"The doors!" he shrieked. In abject terror.
"They are actually all right! They closa
readily." "Merciful heavens!" gasped th
captain, and lost his head. Detroit Journal.
Lots of Liars.
Baltimore American.
Thero aro thrilling tales from Shanghai,
And some yarns from Tien Tsin. too.
Then, again, comes word from Pekln
That tho stories are untrue.
But the fakers aro not always
In some foreign country born.
We have read some first-class flbblnff,
Telling us of Kansas corn.
All the cables aro kept busy
Bringing news from far Hong Kont
First a rumor, then another
Saying that the first 13 wrong.
And we talk of "Chinese liars
While our truthfulness wo boost
Till we read of big sea serpents
Splashing on tho Jersey coast.
Canton, China, keeps us guessing
Wlth Its contradicting news.
All the rumors are so varied
We bellevo which e'er we choose.
Every Spring from old'Now Hampshire,
Or the region of tha lakes.
Comes the tale that some backwoodsman
Finds a ball of frozen snakes.
All the world Is full of liars.
And their tricks are just the sama.
And their stories only vary
With the bigness of the game.
We should give a. chance to China,
For her liars are Just found.
While our home-grown native liars
Keep In trim the whole year round.
Hip, Hip, for McKlnley and Teddy.
T. Martin Towne In Chicago Tribune.
Throw up your hats with a shout, boys.
Shout for McKlnley and Teddy;
This is a team well matched, boys
Spirited, splendid and steady.
McKlnley the trusted and tried.
With Teddy the brave by his side.
Will sail the old ship with never a slip.
Hip! Hip! For McKlnley and Teddy.
This Is a ticket to win, boys.
We're longing to vote it already;
We'll make Bryan dumb vhen the tlma shall
come
To vote for McKlnley and Teddy.
Cheers for McKlnley, the statesman,
Roosevelt fearless and dashing:
Remember the tireless "Rough Riders,"
How Into the fight they went dashing.
McKlnley tho trusted and tried.
With Teddy the brae by his side.
Will sal! tho old ship with never a sllp,-
Hip! Hip! For McKlnley and Teddy.
"I Hoped These Girls Would Jangle.
R. K. Edwards In Chicago Tribune.
By what vile method of Intrigue,
What dark work, underhanded
Was this sweet bimetallic league
So bitterly disbanded?
Why could the women not be kind.
In caucus and convention,
And work with slncleness of mind
Sans weakness and dissension?
It srleves this tender heart full sore.
My soul It fairly blisters
To think that wo shall hear no more
From our free silver sisters.
In fierce debate from now to Fall
I hoped these girls would Jangle.
But silence will pervade the hall
Whore they were wont to wrangls.