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THE MOANING" OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900. he vzQpmm jXSitered at the FostoSce at Portland. Oregon, &s second-class mailer. TELEPHONES. iEiitori&l Rooms 3 GC i Business Office., --C37 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATKS. Br 3au fnofetam nrpnalv in Aflra&rv Dao. w ttiundar, per month . $0 S3 Xiu , sat.lay excepted, per jear.... ...... 7 60 X-a tf.U- bac4ay. per J ear.. 4. 9 00 EunJay pe- year ........................ 2 00 T-je Weekly. ier irar 1 50 fffce Week'y 3 manths... M ? T JltV Suhritrx Ia.y. per wtek, delivered. Sundays excepted.l5c l2JsL..y, per wrtt, delivered, Sundays includd.20c POSTAGE RATES. T"'-:,"l States. Canada, and Mexico: 3.3 o I'y-ctce thibst .. ......!c llfl 3 JZ T'air iapr .........................2? Foreign rate double Vcwo -or -discussion intended for publication In itTbe '"regpr.lah should be addressed Invariably I "Editor The Oreeonlan." sot to the name of icrr .-dividual. Jttrrs relating to advertising. 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Having established these phenomena beyond dispute, let us for the present say no more, but commit Mr. Zlegler and his phantasmagoria to silent and solemn meditation. Such fidelity to principles and high-power, triple-expansion imagination deserve a more re spectful treatment than their subjec tion to comparison with the facts and figures of a cold and dreary world. ALTGELD AT TOLEDO. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, ACGCST .1, 11)00 fCONSES,TV' T.VDER LIMITATIONS. It does not lie in human nature, anti- irnperlalist or otherwise, to remain for ever silent under the reproach that it I criticises what is going on, but has no definite alternative programme to offer. :This old argument against the infidel was a taking one in many quarters. 2Ir. Bryan himself was very loud and confident in his charges that the Re publicans declined to announce Just what they proposed to do in the Philip-J pines. 2ow it so happens that a Bribe of this sort has a'lso been directed at the antis. If we turn this thing over to you, the inevitable inquiry Is, How will jyou manage it? Bryan's answer, formulated practi- Ically in his own words at Kansas City, lis; First, a stable government: second. 1 independence; third, protection from SoutSide interference. This is very gen- feral in its terms, and suffers under the I objection that even the Bryanite party might be tempted to prolong the stable government period indefinitely. But it lis not specific enough to suit some of jthe antis, who have amended the dec flaratl jn by inserting the word "republi- ican." "What we must first do, they say, lis to establish a "stable, republican If3rm of government." Wo submit to the candid examiner whether such a programme will com- IpTt with the doctrine of the "consent cf the governed." Suppose the Fili jr r os want a dictatorship, such as Ag- Jtil. alilo has already proclaimed. Sup ipso they want a constitutional mon- farchy, even a limited monarchy, lor an oligarchy, or a first-class jCrFp.jtism. Suppose they want a dlrcc t rate, or a commune, or a triumvirate, cr decemvirs. How shall we sustain Icur performance if we go into the Old jV'crld, whose people have long been Ifm.Har with Kings and Emperors, Sul fta.r.s and Khedives, Pashas and Maha- jrajahs, and force upon their unwilling greeks our "Western machinery of Presi dents and Cabinets, Legislatures and ir ; rachments? Obviously, if we are to Tx-evj Folely upon "consent of the gov- IcrreJ," it ill becomes us to prescribe Ithe form of government of any of these p.umerous embryo republics, from Cuba lewn to Guam, that we have brought f rth. "What hollow mockery it were, Ito be sure, to say to the Philippines, for fxample, "Choose your government, but it must be a republic; you are to have ?e choice, but we will do the decid ing:" How do the antis know, to come at Icnce to the heart of the matter, that Ithe Filipinos want a "stable govern ment," to which all Bryandom is com mitted? There is little evidence In sup port of such view. There are no pro posals to ascertain their desires. The fact is thrt as soon as the antis set idown one single stake of definite policy they Will pursue with the archipelago. Itfcey throw away their whole case for "consent of the governed." If they say, "A stable government is good for vou. independence is good for you, a protec torate Is good for you," they repudiate gat once the doctrine that the Filipino is to be the sole arbiter of his own des- Itlr.y. As Mr. Horace "White epitomized le sentiment ofl-the celebrated Chicago inference, "self-government is better than good government" T,hat dogma tie Bryanite proposals irreconcilably Icontravene, It is of no possible inter est or concern as to the quality of gov- lernmcnt, more stable or less stable in -ature, republican or monarchical in term, protectorate or independent. Brv- lardcm will force upon the Filipinos itluut asking their consent. "When a rregramme is determined on, and :hCices made, in that identical act itself lis the "consent of the governed" over- Ithrown and "imperialism" set up. "Anti-Imperialism's" original demand ras that we drop the Philippines like hct potato and run home. Now near ly every noted anti will swear he said 10 such thing. So they will do with fV-'l. TirOCOft mVt.n-OWt.nn n .T.. ....- af time. They are sure that what is krclng on Is wrong, but their proposals r.ever get very far in discussion before Itfcey hasten to disown them. A RESl KE TO B AClCSLTDEUS. In another column Mr. J. B. Ziegler, it Orcgcn City, attests his loyalty to ic sacred cause of 15 to 1, and thus sffectuai'y rebukes the former cham bers ..f t'ie cause for their lack of Idellty. It is no art of our Durnose to iswcr Mr Ziegler's arguments, cun- ilngly arraved In interrogatory form. 3Ut we desire merely to establish the fact that if the Bryanites of this section rant to abandon silver for more con genial Issues, tliey will have to reckon trithout Mr Ziegler. fie Is not the man to desert a standard because it is un- scpular or because it has become a 30urce d. weariness or even hilarity to Its former devotees. You can find In Mr. Ziegler's letter 1 the old, familiar faces and one or two aew ones There is the diabolical ime of T3, the demoniac policy of Dvernments everywhere to make gold ! Igh and silver worthless, the fabled circulation of gold and silver under free Jlnage everywhere at a time when our 3n.y money was paper, the duty of the rvemment to do something for silver. fhe new acquisitions of the menagerie ire the Imaginary withdrawal of legal Governor Altgeld makes a point in his Toledo speech where he rebukes Roosevelt for his uncivil accusation against the Democrats, and probably another when he touches up xhe admin istration at Albany. "Very few men who do things and talk bluntly are proot against criticism, and Roosevelt has not yet demonstrated himself to be an exception. As much cannot be said for the arraignment of events. Altgeld is sadly astray In h'is epitome of history and his diagnosis of our perils. After the manner of his tribe, Altgeld locates the panic of 1833 before Cleve land's inauguration, and attributes it to almost anything but Its true source, the overcolnage of silver. He clearly Implies that it was due to the crime of 73, which was merely a coinage act, passed to do away formally with our silver dollars, which were undervalued In the coinage and never seen in circula tion. He ignores the plain circumstance that 1873 was the climax of the sil ver regime, and that for twenty years following the celebrated crime business was prosperous. He reiterates the fic tion that Great Britain has dictated our financial policy, and the only man he can find on earth who gets more for a dollar today than 20-odd years ago is the English holder of United States bonds. It makes Altgeld wild to think we "carefully omitted" from the treaty of Paris a clause admitting the Filipinos to full United States citizenship, and we are left to conjecture what his rage would have been if so foolish a provis ion had been made. "What were we to do? Bryan himself urged ratification of the treaty. "We had either to grant or deny them full citizenship. If we had granted it, the antis would have object ed to them, and correctly, as unfit. But we did not, and now they complain at the omission. "We have had trouble to "meet in the Philippines. Should we send an ade quate army or make a fool of ourselves by sending one ridiculously incompetent to the task? "Well, we increased the army. Some think it wasn't made quite large enough, and Congress certainly did what it could to keep It from being efficient; but it was enlarged in the hope of efficient service. And Altgeld is justly incensed. It would have suited him to death to see 22,000 to 25,000 troops those are his figures sent to the Phil ippines and slaughtered bj' the Tagals. Why? Because the Army stands for law and order, whether at Chicago or Manila. To Altgeld and the rabble he seeks to please, anything that secures property and suppresses riot Is subver sive of our liberties. It must take a good deal of nerve for a man of Altgeld's moral and intellec tual equipment to get up In public and offer seriously reflections on "princi ples or systems of government" Give him credit for decision of character in that respect, and yet he should have had the grace to inform himself some what on the subject A "principle" of government Is not synonymous with "system," though Mr. Altgeld seems to think so; and his classification is fit for nothing but the most crude and igno rant partisanship. This is what he says: There are only two principles or systems of government known to renn sovernment by brute force and government by consent of the governed. Thft one Is applied from without and Is repressive, and, in tho end, destructive, because It arrests crowth; while the other works from within. Is evolutionary and pro gressive. The whole thing Is pure invention. It is unsupported and unsuggested by anything in governmental science or human experience. All government rests on brute force, no government can survive loss of the consent of the governed. Force, potential or applied, is all that keeps angry men from wreak ing private vengeance every day on the streets of Portland, or makes them pay thelr blankety blanked taxes. And when the governed really give up their consent they rise up and make the government look like thirty cents. Turn and overturn "has been the pro cess of governments, from the heyday of the Nile and the Euphrates down to the Cuban revolutions and the Uitland er's appeal from Boer oppression. It is a very pretty conceit of Altgeld's that "government by brute force" "arrests growth " He has forgotten apparently how vigorously the little mustard-seeds of protest had been maturing before Caesar fell in the capltol, or Louis XVI Trent to the guillotine, or Charles I lost his head at Whitehall. The law of evo lution works everywhere, in physics or in government and the outward forms are the most Imperfect of guides to the nature of the structure. One of the neatest hits In Mr. Alt geld's speech Is his pen-picture of the panic of 1S93. "Debtors," he says, "were ruined." Nothing at all, ob serve, about the creditor. The man who owed money and couldn't "pay he lost But the man who couldn't collect what was due him and saw his securi ties swept away In the twinkling of an eye he lost nothing. "Would It have been asking too much for John P. Alt geld to say that creditors lost In 1S93 as well as debtors? Yes, it would. For there is a man who has no higher aim in this life, no summit of achievement upon which he hopes to look back with devout satisfaction and gratitude at life's sunset, except that he was able to stir up discontent among the lowly and unsuccessful, except that he was able to employ the brain and voice Na ture had given him for some Inscrutable purpose, to set the masses on fire with rage and anarchistic hatred for every thing that stands for peace and dignity and public faith. All that -we need to get a despotism in this country is suffi cient fertility in the race of Altgelds. "When they are numerous enough to make it seem worth while, the Nation will call upon some man on horseback to gather up their rebellious heads in one capacious basket cruisers of 13,800 tons displacement and 2000-tort bunker capacity are potent in fluences for peace, no matter in what part of the globe they are steaming. Men and money have always been plen tiful in the United States, and we soon can add "ships" to our list of war col lateral. ' WHAT Willi BE DONE AT FEKIItf. The authorities at Pekin, panic stricken by the capture of Tien Tsin and the gathering storm of foreign jus tice, have been endeavoring to prevent an advance on Pekin by offering to de liver the Legations safely within our lines. This scheme has failed. Our Government with all the rest refuses to be duped by this transparent trick, and insists that free access to the legations must precede any other action or arrangement with the Chinese authorities. The Chinese Government, as represented by the Empress Dowager, has been the guilty party from the start according to the latest news, and has only de sisted from Its atrocious assault on the legations from prudential motives, hoping to obtain a general amnesty for Its crimes by a death-bed repentance The foreign governments could not af ford to grant this blanket amnesty even to purchase the absolute safety of the beleaguered legations, for punishment of the guilty officials of the Chinese Government is indispensable, if foreign ers hereafter are to obtain any protec tion from massacre in any part of Asia or Africa. The appalling crimes which the Pekin Government has permitted and ap proved call for justice and condign pun ishment of the guilty officers, high and low, at the Chinese capital, who delib erately turned Pekin over to the mob and have given up four provinces to their ravages. The day of reckoning is at hand, and civilization cannot afford to grant wholesale aimiesty for this carnival of blood.i even to save the Le gations. When the relieving foreign army occupies Pekin, one thing is in evitable the deposition, exile and im prisonment of the Empress Dowager. Her connection, direct or indirect, with the rising is too clear to be explained away. Her sex may be perhaps plead ed to save her life, but the male chiefs and executives of thi3 conspiracy and massacre deserve death as completely as did the Afghans who were responsi ble for the murder of the British Envoy, and who were hanged by General Sir Frederick Roberts when he captured Cabul, In 1880. When stern justice has been Inflicted on the Empress and her guilty confed erates, high and low, the next step was suggested by Lord Salisbury when he said that if the progressive Emperor is alive he and the party that supported him when he was deposed should be established and maintained in power at Pekin. If he is dead or unfit, then the next best representative of the dynasty should be taken as the nucleus of a stable and responsible government ac ceptable to both natives and foreigners. This was the mode of procedure when the British in 1880 brought order out of chaos in Afghanistan by placing on the throne at Cabul the present Ameer, Abdur Rahman Khan. When order was restored at Cairo in 1882, the British sent the leader of the insurrection, Arabl Pasha, prisoner to Ceylon, and made the Khedive a mere puppet sov ereign of Egypt banks. This makes a net gain for the state system of eight since the new cur rency law took effect. It Is not improb able that a similar state of affairs would be disclosed in Oregon if We had any official records of state and private banks, which come and go at their pleasure. Only two additions to the National system have been made under the new law. Though this is the "dull" season of the year, there Is little evidence of dullness in the Northwest The lumber business is booming, the building trades are more active than they have been before for at least eight years, harvest hands are getting the highest wages paid since pioneer days, transportation lines are crowded with freight the mines, are worked with unprecedented Industry, ttfe salmon catch is. picking "up, and there is general prosperity. The grain fields are not verifying early esti mates of a prodigious yield, but it will not be an unmitigated evil if farmers are driven to break: the wheat bond and diversify their crops. Wheat and wool are moving slowly, but there is plenty of money to be had on pledges of either. The fruit crop Is fair, in many places excellent. The mercantile trade shows slight seasonable dullness, which really means that people are busy taking care of the harvest or on vacation at the Summer resorts. Unusual activity char acterizes most lines of Industry in this "dull" season. verltes to continue their fight They realire, too, that as lens as one of the great parties stands or. record as Indorsing 10 to 1 It gives rise to an uncertainty about our currency, and business of all kinds Is bound to suffer. Replying: to Roosevelt's St Paul speech, Anarchist Altgeld, inveighs bit terly against any increase of the per manent Army of the United States, and wants to know what good reason there is for it. Well, for one reason, there is now and then an anarchist Governor like Altgeld. This gentleman, while Governor of Illinois, permitted a mob to have its own sweet way in Chicago, in holding up the traffic of a continent, with accompaniments of riot, fire, dyna mite and murder, till President Cleve land had to send United States troops to restore order. The United States Army comes handy, on occasions of this kind. Besides, we are grown to be a great Nation, and have need of more soldiers than fifty years ago, and our international relations are wider. But if we had a regular Army of 100,000 men the proportion of soldiers to pop ulation would be much less than In former times. CREATURE PUGNACITY. The stupid assumption that the Chi nese are an unwarllke people, who could not be converted Into steady sol diers, recalls the fact that the oppo nents of the organization of negro troops during the war spoke contemptuously of the fighting capacity of the African race. This contempt was silenced by the conduct of the Fifty-fourth Massa chusetts at Fort Wagner, and the be havior of our colored regulars at San Juan Hill was so gallant that hereafter none but Ignorant men will doubt the pugnacity of the negro. The truth Is that some of the negro tribes In Africa are peaceful, non-warlike races, while others are conspicuously warlike. The Mandingoes were peaceful negroes, and for this reason were warred upon and sold as slaves to the white man by their warlike negro captors. So in South Af rica. The Hottentot Is a peaceful, non warlike negro compared with the Kaf firs, Zulus and Matabele. In the 250,000,000 of people that in habit British India there is the same difference of natural warlike apti tude. The Bengalee Is not a fighter. He was never able to hold his own against the invasions of the warlike Mahrattas, and the flower of the Se poys in the Anglo-Indian army are re cruited from the Sikhs, the Rajpoots the Jats and the Goorkhas. So In China; her 400,000,000 include some na tive Chinese who are conspicuously more warlike than others. The native Chinese of Hunan are fighters, and so are the men of Shan Tung. So are the people of Yunnan, whose "Black Flags'" gave the French In Tonquin a very gal lant battle; and so are the Chinese Mo hammedans on the western frontier. The truth is that the vast majority of sane, healthy men make excellent soldiers, when well armed, well disci plined, and above all when well led. Colors and races don't count nearly so much as leadership. Napoleon's armies Included many thousands of men who were not Frenchmen by blood or even birth. The army of Hannibal was a mixture of all colors and qualities. If the Chinese ever find a great military leader, they will not fall in war for lack of fighting quality. People who rushed to Cape Nome ex pected too much. They expected to scoop up gold by the hatful. They were disappointed when they found the place to be but one of many on this old mun dane sphere, in no wise more sheltered than the rest of the world from human greed, from man's inhumanity to man. Late reports indicate that it Is a very promising mineral region. But it must go through the process of development before its richness is available. This rational industrial development the rushing throng has no patience for, and the unreasonably disappointed are dis posed to damn the country wholesale. Most of these might have saved them selves trouble by going back to their primers and chasing the ends of the rainbow for gold. FAIR QTOESTXON OR NOTr Awlrvrard Dilemma in "Whlcli an In quisitive Clubman Put Bryan. St Paul Pioneer Press. In Lincoln, Neb., there Is a "Round Table Club," organized for the discussion of political and social questions. Mr. Bryan is a member. At a recent meeting the question related to the retention or giving, up of the Philippines. The rule of the club is that each speaker shall be limited to five minutes, but Mr. Bryan was voted all the time he desired in which to present his peculiar vtews. At the close of the atcus-slon, a member nav lng asked and received permission from Mr. Bryan, put to the latter the fohowlng query: "Mr. Bryan, we are of but little import ance here, only an atom in the country, but there are millions who are interested in your views. Would you, sir, if elected President as Commander-in-Chief of the" Army, order our soldiers to paok up and leave? Would you, sir, as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, order our ships of war to steam away from Manila?" Mr. Bryan at once became excited and replied: "You have no right to ask me such questions, sir." The Washington Star (Rep.) Is inclined to think Mr. Bryan was right in his re fusal to reply, even in the face of the fact that he had previously invited a question. It says: "The questions in the circumstances were unfair. He was present as a mem ber of the club, and not as the Demo cratic candidate for President. The at tempt thus to draw him out purely for politfcal purposes was against good tasto and good fellowship." But the fact remains that It was only because he" Is the Democratic candidate for President that Mr. Bryan was allowed 'to take up the time of the meeting; also that his speech was a political one purely, defending the ground on which he ap peals to the voters for support The question was germane to the subject he had been discussing, and called for In formation of Importance to every voter, Democratic or Republican. Furthermore, tho orators of Mr. Bryan's party are vo ciferously proclaiming that if Bryan shall be elected he will do the very things named In the question put. If Mr. Bryan feels that he Is being misrepresented by his orators, he should have been willing to make the fact known. If, on the con trary, he really proposes, if elected, to "scuttle out" of the Philippines, the peo ple have a right to know It. Mr. Bryan is not entitled to gain votes on the one hand from Americans, who believe In keeping our flag afloat In the Philippines, and on the other from those who believe In the scuttling policy, by a refusal to make known his real Intentions In case he Is elected. It has heretofore cost him no effort to declare that he would pay the bonds of the United States, principal and Interest, in silver dollars, regardless of consequences. Why shouldn't he be equally explicit on the question of scut tling or not scuttling from our island dependencies? tion any more easily from his friend, Mr. Bryan, than from his oppressor, Mr. McKlnley, and very soon the Democratic party will discover that they have to face the dilemma "either we remain In the Philippines, or else the Islands re lapse Into anarchy and barbarism. But to that there will only be one answer from America, whether it is being ruled by Democrats or Republicans. It will be the same thing In Cuba. The Demo crats may talk, and talk quite sincerely, about evacuation, just as Mr. Gladstone and his friends quite sincerely talked about evacuation in Egypt, but they will find the task too heavy for them. The moment America made up her mind that Spain was Incapable of ruling her colo nies, and that she should be forced to admit It by means of war, that mo ment America undertook Imperial respon sibilities from which there was no draw ing back. Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, Is a lifelong Democrat. But he was compelled to vote against Bryan, on the money issue, in 1896, and now says he "will be forced to vote against him again, on the same issue. He makes the following observations about the future of currency, credit and bus iness, and about the Philippines also, In case Bryan should be elected: A President hostile to a sound system of finance could, If so disposed, even with the laws as they are at present, bring about finan cial convulsion and work almost irreparable calamity to the business Interests of this coun try. If Bryan were elected tomorrow he would find himself confronted with conditions in tho Philippines which would make It Impossible for him to withdraw American troops from the Islands. The Seattle dispatches indicate that spectators of the Republican convention yesterday got a run for their money. The Governorship contest from King County is evidently to be carried to the state convention, and whichever side wins, the other will know it has been in a fight. "The Oregonian will try to p"rlnt the news of the trouble, merely express ing meanwhile its approval of all legit imate newspaper undertakings and all statesmanlike candidates for the United States Senate. Little mystery is left about the cause that drew Li Hung Chang out of Can ton. He was wanted to keep the allies from marching to the relief of their be leaguered countrymen in Pekin. And he has performed the service with rea sonable fidelity. Thirty-flve days have elapsed since Sir Robert Hart sent his appeal for rescue. The reluctance exhibited In New York and New Jersey to aid in prosecution of Bressi's American accomplices, If there are any such, it looks like needless and unbecoming devotion to technicali ties. Perhaps the assassination of a King is a political offense, but does the fact of his position prevent it from be ing murder? Up to the Supreme Conrt. New York Journal of Commerce. It is quite worth while to have the opinion of the Supreme Court on the question whether the Constitution Is In force wherever the sovereignty of the United States exists, and the General Ap praisers have passed along to the tri bunal of last resort the question whether tho United States can collect duties from imnorts from Hawaii between the an nexation of the Islands and the establish ment of a territorial form of government. The question of duties since the terri torial form of government was estao llshed Is not Involved In the case at bar, but it is involved logically, and it is the only question of much practical value De causo -the territorial government will probably last a long tlmo and Is likely to bo extended over Porto Rico also. On tho main point at Issue the General Ap praisers say the decisions of the courts are at variance, if not In Inextricable con fusion. This Is rather to strong. The decisions aro not In accord, but It has seemed to us that a very large preponder ance of the judicial decisions as well as the executive acts of tho Government support the view that the Constitution does not extend to territories acquired by the United States until Congress so or ders. Tho action of the Polk Administra tion In the-case of California was not judicial but executive and political, and in accord with the theory of the pro slavery party, and the basis of the Dred Scott decision, that Congress could not exclude slavery from the territories be cause the Constitution, which recognized It, was in existence in the territories. But since the Civil War the Dred Scott decision has not ranked very hlsh as a Constitutional construction. The speed, dimensions and equipment of the new armored cruisers for which bids are now asked will apparently make these big fighting machines the equal of any vessels of their class afloat The United States has suddenly become a world power, and Is meeting" her In creased responsibilities by providing tnficr from silver, the enslavement of for contingencies. Twenty-two-knot j The new National currency law has not had the effect on Kansas banks that was predicted by National Bank Examiners when it was passed. They declared that within six months more than fifty state and private banks of Kansas would nationalize. Up to date only six have changed to the National system the Bank of Commerce, of Gar- nett; the Stock Growers' & Farmers' Bank, of Ashland; the Caney Valley Bank, of Caney; the Northrup Bank, of Iola; the Bank of Nortonville, and the Citizens' Bank, of Lyons. About thirty state and private banks made applica tion to the Controller of the Currency for charters, but many of them with drew their applications before they were approved, and several whose ap plications were approved decided, after Investigation, to stick to the state sys tem. Two new National banks were chartered last month the National Bank of Mount Hope and the Cedarvale National Bank. The first-named is now a private bank, while the latter is an entirely new institution, with I. T. Brad ley, of Sedan, as the main backer. While the state system has lost only six banks up to date, with a promise of one more the Mount Hope going over to the National system, it has gained fifteen by the organization of new According to Altgeld, the sufferers in 1893 were debtors. Didn't they have any Portland Savings banks in Illinois? Altgeld gives Bryan a popular vote of 11,000,000 in 1900. Why not make it unanimous? A German-American on Imperialism and 10 to 1. Oswald Ottendorfer, editor of the New York Staats-Zeltung, is perhaps as fair a representative of the German-American Democrats as it would be possible to find. He was until recently disposed to sup port the nominee of his party in this election if he could do so consistently, 1 but now he says he finds himself "dis couraged and disheartened." He has studied the Kansas City nlatform and tried to convince himself that it is his duty to uphold It but his judgment will not be pushed aside by sentiment, and he Is forced to confess that he cannot honestly advocate the election of the Democratic ticket In this connection he says: I believe that, while German-Americans dread imperialism more than anything else, they have an idea that it will take years to Incul cate Imperialistic notions of our Government. They also think that the rabid expansionists will not dare to so too far. But with free silver It Is different. German-Americans al ways feel uneasy when the financial question is before the country. They are a saving peo ple, and the uncertainty of the value of their savings Is bound to-acltate them. They Insist upon a dollar of any kind of money being worth 100 cents no more and no less. In fact, while they may know that free silver is dead for at least some years to come, they fear that Bryan's election would encourage the free Ell- Electoral Vote o J SOU. Alabama & McKJnI- Arkansas s (Jaiirornia 1 Colorado 4 Connecticut Delaware Florida 4 Georgia 13 Idaho 3 Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas io Kentucky 1 Louisiana 8 Maine Maryland .. Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi 9 Missouri , 17 Montana , 3 Nebraska s Nevada 3 New Hampshire New Jersey .. New York North Carolina 11 North Dakota Ohio ; ..- Oregon .. Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina 9 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 Texas 15 Utah 3 Vermont .. Virginia 12 Washington 4 West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming 3 8 24 15 13 12 6 8 15 14 9 PASSIXG OF THE PRAIRIE DOG. Picturesque bat Destructive Crea ture Wliose Days Are Numbered. Chicago Tribune. ' The Agricultural Experiment Station at Lincoln, Neb., has just issued a bul letin which seals the fate of that pictur esque little fellow, the prairie dog. the only object that gives vital interest to the monotonous plains of the far West It is always a relief to run past a prairie dog town in the interminably dull expanse of cactus and sagebrush, but his time has come and he must speedily become an ex tinct animal, and the holes which have once known him shall know him no more forever. The industrial forces of civilization are leagued against the prairie dog, and It is his own fault, for, innocent as he looks, he is bad. Like Artemus Ward's kanga roo, he is an "amoosln little cuss," but he is destructive. He kills out the grass, and as that part of tho country frequent ed by the prairie dog is almost entirely used for grazing purposes, his extermina tion has been ordered to save the land from his ravages. The bulletin gives the fatal prescrip tion In minute detail. First, dissolve three ounces of strychnine and one-half pound of potassium cyanide in one quart of boiling water. Then add two quarts of molasses and one teaspoonful of oil of anise. Stir. Then Dour the solution over a bushel of wheat and while mixing it together sprinkle in four pounds of finely ground corn meal, which enables the grains of wheat to carry a larger amount of poison. It is a tempting menu for Cynomys Ludoviclanus, but one teaspoon ful at a hole ends the career of the whole family, and the proportion given above will dispose of a town of 500 acres, the number of families to the acre ranging from 90 to 150. The bulletin further says that -this year the poisoning is being done over a large range of territory, and with gratifying results, so that It Is not Improbable in a short time the last prairie dog will have disappeared. The railroad traveler, as he crosses the great plains will ml3s the sight of the little fellows who have added life and gayety to the otherwise monoto nous scenery. But they should not have been bad. It Is to be regretted that the learned bulletin was not sufficiently ex plicit It does not tell what becomes of the pfalrle dog's boarders, the owl and the rattlesnake, who, though never seen, were once popularly believed to share with him the comforts of a home and to dwell together In delightful concord. Do they also partake of the tempting meal left at the door and pass away with the proprietor and his family, or do they ex pire of grief as they witness the sad tragedy? Prohibition In a. Maine Town. Lewiston (Me.) Journal. A Calais (population of the town by the last census, 7290) store was vacated lately, and Immediately five applicants bobbed up and asked for permission to tenant It And the astonishing statement is made that each man wanted to start a barroom. No, sir; the owner wouldn't let any of those persons have that-store. No, sir! You see, within half a mile of the postofflce there are 17 places where liquor Is sold, and the owner was afraid that with business cut up that way he wouldn't get his rent Totals 176 271 The Transplanted Snob. How Mr. Astor. the naturalized Eng lishman, Is regarded In the land of his adoption appears in the following public comment on his conduct In the Milne case by the Earl of Hardwlcke, a representa tive of the smart set: " "It is a gross violation of the etiquette and respectable traditions hitherto governing the iirmsn press, ir the owners of newspapers were to Imitate Mr. Astor by using their prop erty to insult the individual with whom they have quarreled and advertise their own want of breeding and hospitality, our Journals would sink to the level of the organs of the boule vards. We only regret that this Knllant ofllcer 80 far forgot his dignity as to accept a second hand invitation to the house of a purse-proud American, whose dollars could not save him from the contempt of his countrymen. If Jir. Astor wishes his entertainments exclusive, his desire Is likely to be gratified In the future be yond his expectation. MEN AM) WOMEN. Jean De Reszke Is to try the effect of hot sul phur springs for the benefit of his throat. Eall Calne's new novel Is called "The Eter nal City," and Charles Frohman has bought the dramatic rights. President Loubet. of France, according to Parisian rumor. Is to pay a visit to St. Peters burg early In tho Fall. 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 wo all did." Ex-Governor William J. Stone, of Missouri, Is to take a Trans-Atlantic trip on a cattle steamer. He Is overworked, and thinks tho long voyage will be of greatest benefit to him. Sarah Bernhardt is to revive a former play by Rostand, which, when acted before, met with but little success, but which will now try to shine with reflected glory from Its successors. Colonel Aaron S. Daggett, who Is in com mand of the Fourteenth Infantry, has the rep utation of being one of the most pious men in theArmy. He does not smoke, drink, swear nor ramble. He Is 63 years old, and Is a na tive of Maine. A copy of "Thomas' New England Alma nack, or the Massachusetts Calendar, for the Tear of Our Lord Christ 1775," has been pre sented to Nathaniel Wells, of Ogdensburg, by Lott Hall, of Gouverneur. It has been In the possession of the Hall family ever since the year of Issue, and is in good condition. Thirty-five yeare ago all England was ring ing with the name of Governor Eyre; now he has completely passed out of public memory. This former Governor of Jamaica, whose sup pression of revolt In that island created such a ferment In the England of the '60s, is not only alive, but hale and hearty, in his Devon shire retreat. He Is S5, and has been enjoying the pension of a retired Colonial Governor for 2C years. In the last five years that he has been In of fice Lord Salisbury has created 20 new peers, and of theEe 10 have been taken from the ranks of the lawyers. They are Lord James of Hereford. Viscount Llandaff (H. Mat thews), Lord Eathmore (D. R. Plunket), Lord Klnnear (a Scotch Judge), Lord Ludlow (the late Lord Justice Lopes), Lord Brampton (Sir Henry Hawkins), Sir R. "Webster, 3Ir P. O'Brien and Lord Morris, an ex-Lord of Ap peals, who is now made a peer In the United Kingdom. A Friendly Old "World. St. Louis Republic It's a simple and childish old world. And good, when Its weakness you learn: It likes to be liked, more than anything else. And It's willing to like in return. "We've called it hard names for so long. And told of Its faults without end. That It's Just a bit hardened and crusty on top. But It's glad to be friends to a friend. And, come to take stock of the world. You've really no cause to stand off; You're Just like the rest of It, full of the faults At which It's so easy to scoff. And you'll find, when you're lonesome at times, As along on life's Journey you wend. If you'll warm your own heart and be eood to the world. It's glad to be friends to a friend. NbTE AND COjmENTV That mob thai attacked Jerry Simpson, probably thought he ought to be socked. Of course the price a man pays for a phonograph or a megaphono is sound money. If Emperor William keeps on at this rate, the Chinese will berecitlng "Hoch der Kaiser." Not being handicapped by Alfred Aus tin. England ought to do soma great things In China. "I have just Invested ?10 in change,'" said the man who returned for a brleC excursion to the seaside. Tacoma is not looking for a victory over Seattle in the matter of population but she will make the moat of her chosen few. Oom Paul Is said to be worth $3,000,000, r but he will find If ,he gets Into the hands of his pursuers that he Is not worth 20 cents. Lord Roberts dined the other day wltia the wife of General Botha. As It was not Christmas, General Buller was not bidden to the feast Chicago Is a radically expansion city. She hopes some day to annex Manila as a suburb, take Havana Into the corpora tion, and make a park of the Hawaiian Islands. O LI Hung Chang, you foxey chink. These messages you're sending out Don't say exactly what you think; They leave us, so to speak, in doubt. You say that you're attempting now To get down to Pekin to try To stop this bloody Boxer row. And we. of course, believe you Lt You say it fills you with regret That China should be torn with war. That you can stop It If you get That march postponed Just five days more. But we are not Inclined to stop. Or let a single day go by. To give your Boxer friends tho drop. Because, you see, we know you Lt. It is not generally known that Senator Mark Hanna has a strong vein of super stition in him. Living m Cleveland Is art old German woman. Frau Gutekunst by name, who has wide local renown as a. soothsayer. She does her soothsaying by means of a glass of clear water, and many remarkable prophecies are attrib uted to her. However that may be, it is well known in Cleveland that Hanna is one of her mist constant patrons and consults her very often on matters of great Importance, as do many other prominent business men of that city. Frau Gutekunst Is most sparing in her favors, and it Is a most difficult matter to get her to tell one's fortune if he ba unknown to her. The Duke and Duchess of York are en thusiastic cyclists and ride about thn country roads near their lodge at 3and rlnghnm In very democratic fashion. Once while seme distance from home ono of the tires of the Duchess' machine got punctured. A young man. also on a. wheel, was passing at the time and of fered assistance to the party. He put matters right and the Duke, thanking him, said: "No doubt you would like to know to whom you have dono this kindness. This lady Is the Duchess of York and I am the Duke." The young fellow stared at them fixedly for a mo ment, and, with a smile on his face, re plied in a Jocular manner: "Only too. pleased to be of service to the lady. Per haps you would like to know who I aro, too; I am the German Emperor!" Ami with a somewhat knowing wink and a twirl of the head the cyclist jumped on. his machine and rode off, no doubt under the impression that he had scored by hi3 smart attempt at repartee. PLEASANTRIES OF PAHAGRAFHERS Farewell. Great Actor I propose making a farewell tour of tho provinces. What play would you advise? Critic "Much Ado About Nothing." Detroit Journal. Mr. Flyhlgh Of course, you're well acquaint ed with tho country round about hero. Do you know Glen Accron? Native Ave. weel. Mn Flhigh (who has Juat bought tho estate) What sort of a place Is lt. in your opinion? Native Well, If ye saw the de'il tethered on't, ye'd Just say, "Puir brute." Glasgow Evenlnc Times. Safe. "Well. 8lr " remarked the observant passenger after watching the conductor collect eight fares and ring up five, "you need never be afraid of being struck by lightning." "Why not?" asked the trusted employe. "Because," replied the otrcrvant passenger, "it 13 evident you are not a good conductor." Philadelphia Press. Tho Outwnrd Signs. The passenger In tho sleeping-car, awakened by tho stopping of tho train, pushed aside the blind and looked out. " 'Blitz & Schlatz, "KumpfC & Donnerwet ter 'Schligel & Knopff 'Lropold Schwartzen helmer. " ho said, reading the business signs that met hl3 eye. Well, I see we'vo got to Milwaukee." Chicago Tribune. Flank Movement. "Say," said the man with tho hobo appearance, "could you put some thing In the paper for me?" "What 13 it?" asked the easiest man on the force. "Well, let's see. You might moke It a cheese sand wich, half a cold chicken, an a quart of heer. If you don't feel like the trouble of wrappin all them things In the paper, Jls glmmo tha price an" I'll tend to it meself." Indianapolis Press. His Assets. "Yes, sir," said the colored citi zen, with a wave of his hand toward tho cabin. "I'se done broke. I reckon'a I' whut dey calls a 'bankrup'.' " "What aro your as sets?" "Lemme see. Dor's me an de three boys, an " "You misunderstand; your as sets are what you have hopes of realizing money on." "Dat's what I's gettln' to. My assets aln nuffln' but fo' votes an a mule." Washington Star. BACHELOR. HYPOCHOSDRIA. British Opinion. London Spectator. Mr. Bryan, should he be elected, may possibly begin by telling the people of the Philippines that he means to make them a free republic under the protection of the United States; but that we venture to think, will not get him out of the islands. While he Is thinking of evacu ation some Incident or some piece of native treachery will require corrcctinn. The native will not tolerate that correc- Yellovr Prince of Lies Cleveland Platndealer. Of all the liars of tb East Prince Sheng Is easily the great high priest, Is Sheng. " The bones of liars dead are stlrretf When his mendacious tales are heard; In falsifying he's a bird. Is Sheng. He has a style that's rather neat, ( Has Sheng; Each lie Is rounded and complete, Per Sheng. But fate will catch this yellow bloke. His gods in vain he will Invoke; A bunch of lies the throat will choke Of Shenz The woman who tries to be Interesting makes quite as big a fool of herself as the one that doesn't. The only reason we can ascribe for Swiss or cheese-cloth over decollete Is that perhaps lt keeps off the files. Wo may have seen a more ecstatic spectacle than black corsets under white organdy, but our folks don't remember it. When girls are confabing and a man Is In hearing proximity it does beat alt how loudly and confidentially they do talk. A girl who wants to keep her fiance, for sundry and diverse unmentionable reasons, never lets him visit her at the seaside. When a woman speculates In values, sho is wondering Just how much Mrs. Smith next door paid for her luminous sealskin sacque. If a girl wants high-topped boots, she doesn't have several sizes sent home for election, but goes to the store herself, secretly, and alone. Whenever an ass of a man makes a sumpter of himself and bears driftwood to the fire, you may be sure a dear enticing siren Is singing to the waves. When a woman has so far ceased to be a nymph that she needs must be buoyed up with, corsets In the surf, it's precarious to tempt disaster and exposure. There Is one woman, it lea3t, who believe3 man can do thlnzs and do them right. That Is the old maid whom a clergyman has Just metamorphosed Into a blushing bride. It's not a bit nice of papa to send his dar ling to that same rtay old resort again this Summer. Last season it was Just perfectly awful, but this year there's not a new man around the place. As often as you happen upon & woman In a hammock reading a novel of racy morals, al though you may be too much taken with tho blrdls to notice the book, she always b la a hurry to call your attention, to lt and to an- I notata that she Just plckd lt up In absence of I anything else to do. NAMBY PAMBY.