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POB-TLAMJ, TTjnSDAT, AEGTJST T
STRICTLY TEIiliERrAJr.
3L characteristic pleca of Tellerlan
'crookedness Is this:
I have urffd ever Blnce the "war began that
Tre lake etoss to convince the Filipinos that
r axe not going to deny them participation in
their government.
It is seldom Indeed that Senator Tel
ler rises to the high plane of bold and
sincere mendacity displayed when he
said the other day that nobody had ever
advocated abandonment of the Philip
pines. It suits him much better to pre
varicate by indirection. It is so much
more statesmanlike, Bryanlstic and al
together Senatorial. So he says by In
direction that we propose to deny the
Filipinos participation in their govern
ment. That is the idea he seeks to con
vey. Observe, he does not say we pro
pose to deny it. He "will not even say
the Filipino thinks so. He stops short
of saying that we ought to convince the
Filipino of his error. The positive as
sertion he makes Is the extremely cau
tious observation, on Its face harmless
whether true or false, that ever since
the war began Senator Teller has been
urging so and so. He simply says he
lias urged such-and-such a course. But
that is not the impression he wants to
make. That impression is that we are
g-Ing to deny the Filipinos participa
tion in their government.
This latest bogy of Teller Is made of
.very flimsy straw. Nobody has ever
proposed to deny the Filipinos partici
pation in their government. From the
beginning they have had the full meas-.j
ure of self-government that could in
sense and reason be entrusted with
them, and they will have more as soon
as they can use more. The Aguln
a!dists are not asking for "participa
tion in their government," but for in
dependence. They are not asking,
ether, for participation In the United
States Government, though the Aunties
demand it for them, on the cogent
grounds, first, that it is inescapable,
and, second, that It is ruinous. The
able 'anti-Imperialist" will demonstrate
to you the long train of woes that are
certain to follow admission of the Fili
pinos to full citizenship. His assurance
on that head is only equaled by his
certainty that such is our logical and
inevitable course.
Every wise and promising thing that
Teller conceives the Government should
do, it has done. He fiercely arraigns
the Administration for its neglect ofN
what it has been constantly doing, and
lmpasslonedly calls upon It for the In
auguration of the identical policy It has
fallowed from the first His point is as
relevant and startling as If he had
boldly championed the establishment
of a sun in the sky or arraigned the
water for running always uphill in
stead of down.
ELEVATIOX OP POLITICS.
There are still campaign blackguards,
but the breed is passing. Old methods
of conducting National campaigns have
been replaced in late years by newer
and better ways. The day has gone
when it was a sacred duty to He to
help one candidate and hurt another.
Among newspapers, political managers
and the electorate, the tendency is
towards alignment on the Issues, the
great questions whose settlement affect
the material Interests of the country.
Personal calumniation of candidates is
in disfavor.
Personal bitterness marked nearly all
our National campaigns from 1795 to
1SS4. "Washington escaped personal at
tack In 17S9. Yorktown had settled his
tlle to the Presidency, but the anti
Federalists, the ancestors of the pres
ent Democratic party, made several ef
forts to defeat him, not, however, by
personal assault. The Jefferson-Adams
contest of 17FG was the most defama
tory campaign In the history of Ameri
can politics, unless the second struggle
between the same leaders In 1S00 be
accepted as its equal. Jefferson was
roundly denounced as an unscrupulous
demagogue, and Adams as a "kingly
despot without sympathy with the peo
ple, and opposed to every principle of
popular government" Adams accepted
defeat most ungracefully in 1S00. He
deserted the Executive Mansion at mid
night March 3, 1801. and left It cold
and vacant for Jefferson to enter the
next day, without a host to meet him
at the door
The Louisiana purchase, the War of
1S12, the Mexican War. the Civil War,
reconstruction of the Southern States
and many other questions entered into
the campaign of 1S04 and subsequent
contests, and provoked bitter quarrels
between the champions of the candi
dates. Johnson did not remain at the
White House to receive General Grant
but was excusable from the fact that
Grant had expressed the purpose not to
have Johnson accompany him. For
genuine vileaess, the campaign of ISSi
is paramount Both Blaine and Cleve
land were the targets of flagrant scan
dals. "When the Blaine scandal was
submitted to Cleveland, he properly de
clined to permit It to be drawn Into the
fight Blaine, whose long experience in
p titles should have endowed him with
beter judgment promptly sent the
Crvelard scandal to the Bepubllcan j
National Committee, and it was ivenj
publicity. The mudslinger and politi
cal liar was in his glory that year.
Four years later the lines were sharply
drawn between protection and free
trade, and there were no personalities,
except a feeble echo of Maria Halpln,
which General Harrison did not coun
tenance. The campaign of 1832 was
fought out on Its merits, and Harrison
and Cleveland exchanged friendly social
courtesies at the parting of the ways In
1833. In 1S96 it was gold and silver,
and, though tremendous force was put
into the fight by both parties, there
was no abuse, and, when the result
was known, Bryan generously congrat
ulated McKlnley. This year the issue
Is again gold and silver, though in put
ting "imperialism" to the fore the Dem
ocrats seem disposed to attack McKln
ley personally. They will not gain a
vote by abusing McKlnley, nor will the
Republicans gain a vote by abusing
Bryan. It Is not a question of men, but
of issues. These are expansion and
gold, and there will be no obscuration
of them. Talking to the point is the
thing that will gain the votes.
Honesty and fairness are best in poli
tics. The campaign liar and black
guard has been driven out of the news
paper offices, and he Is worse than use
less to campaign managers. The high
est compliment that can be paid to
The Oregonlan Is that It is impartial In
the publication of Republican and Dem
ocratic news, reserving to Itself, of
course, the privilege of Independent edi
torial discussion. It published Bryan's
attack on It last April, and has time
and again pointed out in its editorial
and news columns the strength and
weakness of both Bryan and McKlnley.
It gives as much space to Altgeld's
.speech as to the speech of Roosevelt, to
which Aligeld replied. This fairness
and honesty in the contests for offices is
a healthy and progressive sign, for It
betokens th.e approach of the time when
we shall have greater falrtiess and
more honesty In the Administration of
the offices. In this respect, at least,
neither newspapers nor people are any
longer the politician's plaything.
Alf EXTRA SESSION UNNECESSARY.
Senator Teller's demand for the im
mediate assembling of Congress is su
perfluous. There Is no need at present
for the calling of an extra session. The
Constitution confers on the President
all the powers necessary to protect
American citizens at home and abroad.
The law also gives him the right to
borrow money in an emergency without
consulting Congress. The present po
sition of our Government is that, how
ever much fighting there might be,
there should be no formal declaration
of war until the official complicity of
the Chinese Government has been
clearly proven. This policy has been
acquiesced In by the other powers, none
of which has declared war yet against
China, but all of which continue to
work together for the restoration of or
der and responsible government at
Pekln.
If the Chinese Government, being re
established In the control of peace and
order, should reject our claims to in
demnity or refuse us satisfaction for
the Indignities imposed upon our Le
gation, and other American citizens res
ident in China, or if a new government
should be established in China holding
an attitude of hostility to us, it would
be time enough to consider the calling
of an extra session to declare war
against China. But at the present time
this Government is not at war with
China, any more than we were at war
with the United States of Colombia in
1SS5, when President Cleveland main
tained by armed force for weeks on the
Isthmus of Panama the rights guaran
teed us by treaty with that govern
ment President McKlnley has the constitu
tional power to maintain treaty rights
in China, and to protect the lives of our
citizens there. Such an emergency op
eration as sending troops to Pekin to
protect our Legation Is not "war" In the
sense contemplated by the Constitution
when it vested in Congress the war-declaring
power. The French chastised
the hostile "Black Flags" of Chinese
Tonquln without declaring war against
China by sending passports to the
Chinese Ambassador, thus terminating
diplomatic relations with the Imperial
Government Because we have been so
careful to keep within our treaty rights,
even to refusing to bombard the Taku
forts, the Viceroys of several of the
great provinces of China have been
nominally friendly to Americans within
their jurisdiction, and nominally re
spectful of our treaty rights. But If
war shquld be declared and the Chi
nese Minister given his passports, the
treaty rights which we are now trying
to enforce and safeguard would be ab
rogated or suspended, for war usually
abrogates treaties between the belliger
ents. Our Government has from the
first stood strictly upon its treaty rights
Instead of needlessly risking their loss
through a declaration of war against
China, and today we are only co-operating
with England, Russia, Germany,
Japan and other nations in helping to
put down a local insurrection In one or
two provinces of the empire.
An extra session of Congress Is both
unnecessary and undesirable until a
formal declaration of war seems neces
sary through some clear change In the
situation. Our Government deserves
and obtains the warmest praise for Its
determination to postpone and If possi
ble avert the formal recognition of a
state of war with China In general, but
its determination would be defeated If
an extra session were called before such
action is demanded by a crisis In the
affairs of China that does not yet exist
There Is no popular demand for an ex
tra session, and both Congress and the
people are opposed to one at the present
time If It can be avoided. It surely
would be used by the Democrats for
demagogic purposes; they would delay
action, and if the President did any
thing while Congress was In session
and without authority, the democracy
would cry "usurpation."
Of all the powers of the world, the
United States, thanks to the wisdom of
Admiral Kempff and Secretary Hay, is
in the best position to avoid a general
war with the Chinese Empire. The
United States has never acquired or
sought to acquire a foot of Chinese soil.
From the start of the present trouble
it has disavowed any intention of seek
ing territorial Indemnity for wrongs
wrought upon our citizens by Chinese.
It has distinctly declared In favor of
preserving the unity of the Chinese Em
pire. Had an extra session been need
lessly summoned, its outcome probably
would have been a premature declara
tion of war, the loss of treaty rights
without a single compensating circum
stance In the new situation as com
pared with the present No extra ses
sion is needed until war becomes inevi
table, but the sure way to make war
Inevitable would he to call an extra
session, with its usual current of inflam
matory talk on the part of Congres
sional blatherskites playing to the galleries.
TO "REHABILITATE" THE STATE
FAIR.
Professor Withycombe, vice-director
of the State Agricultural College at Cor
vallls, has made a pertinent and timely
plea for the state fair. This plea Is
based upon logical grounds, and should
appeal especially to the farmers of the
"Willamette Valley, without whose loyal
support and united, effort it wiil be im
possible to "rehabilitate the state fair."
The term "rehabilitate," as used in this
connection, calls to mind what may be
termed the "other years" of this insti
tution, far-away years, as measured by
the rapid shifting of events, yet years
that still live in the memory of many
who participated In its festivities and
shared its triumphs. Of late years, as
is well known, the garments of useful
ness and friendly competition; of simple
pleasures and friendly reunion, have
fallen away from the annual fair, leav
ing a sort of "store show" In pavilions
as the exhibit, and events upon the race
course as the chief attractions.
In distinctly later years, it Is true,
much meritorious effort has been shown
in some of the departments, looking to
a revival of the old-time Interest there
in. This was particularly noticeable in
the poultry and in some lines of the
stock exhibit last Fall, but If the fair
Is to be, as Professor Wlthycombe says,
"not only a tangible evidence of sub
stantial progress In the various lines
of husbandry, but one of the very best
mediums for attracting and causing de
sirable emigrants to settle among us,"
this rehabilitation must extend to the
farm, orchard and garden In detail; to
the wool industry, the timber and the
mineral exhibits, and to all lines
summed up In the term "diversified
agriculture."
Tills has been an "off season," so to
speak, with Oregon farmers in many
respects. From a combination of Cir
cumstances, well known and not neces
sary to enumerate In detail, the wheat
yield is not likely, in the Willamette
Valley to be up to the standard, .either
in quality or quantity; late frosts min
imized the yield In certain kinds ol
fruit and an army of worms has
moved relentlessly over some sections,
cutting a wide swath in vegetation. Yet
in the face of all this there is abound
ing plenty throughout the state, and
In no branch of agriculture will it be
found difficult to secure splendid speci
men products for exhibition. The mam
moth squash has long been a feature
of Oregon fairs. In other years It was
flanked by sturdy battalions of roast
ing ears, and a magnificent showing of
turnips, rutabagas, cabbages, potatoes
and beets. This year, without abating
any of Its former train, it may rejoice
In the presence of stately flax stalks
and fine flax fiber; of golden hops, loose
and baled for commerce. The old-fashioned
timothy, veteran stand-by that it
is, may keep company with alfalfa and
clover and grasses of rampant growth,
while grains and fruit, specimen woods
and gorgeous flowers, may be readily
grouped into such a showing as will
delight alike the eyes of old Oregonians
faithful to pioneer traditions of Nature's
largess in this favored land, and new
comers skeptical before in -regard to the
possibilities of Oregon agriculture.
The state fair to be held at Salem
next month will be just what the farm
ers, the stockmen and the artisans of
the state make it. If It is given over
to the sporting fraternity, it will mani
festly be the fault of those who should
push the agricultural features of the
exhibit to the fore and maintain them
there by their excellence. The races
are all right as a side show and a
source of support to the premium list.
That they have long held first place at
the state fair is the fault of farmers,
stockmen and artisans, who have held
aloof and given the owners of fast
horses not only a clear field (to that
they were and are entitled), but an ex
clusive field. There are good reasons
why a state agricultural fair may be of
great benefit to the Interests of the state
along wider lines than those embraoed
in farming. These reasons Professor
Wlthycombe stated succinctly in his
communication. There are also grave
reasons why it may be a public menace
to morals and a useless parasite upon
public bounty. These reasons are given
in the history of state fairs In some
former years, the record of which was
not only that of utter uselessness, in
dustrially and agriculturally consid
ered, but of positive viciousness from
a moral point of view. This dark and
dreary page of Its history, It may be
hoped, will not be repeated. Certainly
all good citizens may well join Profes
sor Wlthycombe In the desire that the
State Board of Agriculture may be suc
cessful in the laudable effort that it Is
making to rehabilitate our state fair
in Its former garb of usefulness and
seemly attractions, adding such feat
ures as the growth In the state and the
development of Its mineral and timber
resources has so bountifully furnished.
CULPABLE NEGLECT.
One of the pleas offered by the Pat
erson anarchists should not pass with
out more attention. The female orator
of the other night put It on this ground:
We are not considered human by Americans.
We do not starve, but there Is a worse death
than starvation. It Is neglect.
Here we have the unique spectacle of
people complaining of the Government
because It lets them alone. Here Is a
little pillow of comfort for several large
and representative groups of our popu
lation, none of whom have ever viewed
Governmental interference as a thing
to be thankful for or to be pined for If
withdrawn. Here are our department
stores, groaning under a license of $500
a quarter; the clothing houses, grum
bling at increased assessment on stocks,
the peddler ordered by a policeman to
move on, the sot disturbed in his slum
bers in the gutter. All these people will
open their eyes on receiving the intel
ligence that Government is expected to
meddle with them and is censurable if
it neglects them.
Perhaps the Paterson outfit ought to
be assured that the Government Is In a
fair way to rouse Itself from its leth
argy In their regard. They have, in
truth, been too long neglected. There
are numerous prison cells and scaffolds
throughout the country which they
would most- fittingly and beneficently
ornament These are places they would
greatly prefer, doubtless, to neglect
which they say Is worse than starva
tion. The Government should hear
their prayer and ameliorate their con
dition by shutting off their food supply.
The army of the allies now advancing
on Pekln cannot be less than 40,000 to
45,000 strong. Of these, the Japanese
number about 25,000, the Rusj-Jujs about
10,000, while the Americans and Brit
ish troops must together make up at
least 6000 men. The Ninth and Four
teenth United States Infantry must
have together an effective force of 1500
men; the British troops from Hong
Kong and the reinforcements already
landed from India are not less than 5000
strong. This was the force ten days
ago, but since that date more troops
have arrived, and another brigade has
been ordered from India of 6000 men.
The, bardest fighting will be encoun
tered in the first general engagement
If the Chinese troops fight behind in
trenchmnts, as they did at Tien Tsln,
they will doubtless flght well, as all
troops do that are well armed and
bravely officered. The history of war
shows that Turks, Indians, negroes,
Spaniards, Boers, all flght well behind
Intrenched lines against the bravest and
best troops, but the test of the Chinese
quality will come when they are forced
to flght In the open. The allies lost se
verely at Tien Tsln because they un
derrated the Chinese as to their, arms
and their ability to shoot straight, and
it is fair to assume that they will not
make this mistake In their present ad
vance. The loss in the battle reported
this morning is 1200 killed and wounded,
or a little more than 8 per cent of the
attacking force, which is estimated at
16,000 men. This loss is about as se
vere as the British suffered when Gen
eral Methuen charged the Intrenched
lines of the Boers at Modder River and
Magersfonteln.
The distance by road or rail from
Tien Tsln to Pekin Is about eighty
miles, which could be covered, by an
army meeting no serious opposition in
a -week. In September, 1S60, the allied
British and French armies marched
from Tien TEin on Pekin, fighting two
battles, at Chang Kal Wan, thirty-five
miles north of Tien Tsln, September 18,
and at Pa LI Kao, thirty-five miles fur
ther on, and about twelve miles from
Pekln. The time occupied in march
ing and fighting from Tien Tsln to
Pekln on that occasion was about three
weeks, but at that time - there was
neither railway nor wagon road of any
description. The river Pel Ho from
Tien Tsln to Tung Chau, twelve miles
east of Pekln, Is navigable for vessels
drawing very little water, and the road
from Tung Chau to the capital is a
paved stone causeway. In 1860 the al
lies had nearly all their transporting
done for them by native carts and
boats.
Six nations are now pounding away
on China the United States, Great
Britain, Germany, France, Russia and
Japan. There are six commanders, all
no doubt very able men. China may
be able to defeat six able commanders
more easily than she could meet one
poor one, in command of the whole
force. When Bonaparte was told by
the Directory that the command in
Italy must be shared by a colleague, he
offered his resignation. "I may be a
poor sort of General," he said, "but
one poor General is better than two
good ones." He was left alone in the
command.
The Chinese Government is still play
ing its game of duplicity. It gave out,
August 2, that the foreign Ministers
had been notified that they might com
municate freely with their respective
governments. But it hasn't permitted a
word from them. to come through. For
the last two months there has been
Incessant lying on the part of Ah Sin.
China's treatment of the Legations
makes her the world's outlaw. No re
liance is to be placed on the word of
any Chinese, and Li Hung Chang is as
little to be trusted as any.
It will be In order, so long as our
Democratic brethren pursue their cant
about "Imperialism," to remind them,
without ceasing, that what is good
enough for the negroes of the United
States Is jood enough for the Filipinos.
The latter, as a whole, are far less fit
ted for participation in government.
"Where is McKinley's prosperity?"
is a question asked by the Baker Demo
crat, in a political artic.e. In another
article (not political) the same paper
says: "There Is not an idle man in
Baker County who wants to work."
The Declaration of Independence was
not circulated as a Democratic docu
ment In the North Carolina campaign,
and no Democratic orator there waxed
eloquent in denouncing government
without consent of the governed.
WHAT BRYAN CAN DO.
And the Effect of That Potentiality
on the Business Mind.
New York Times.
As we have frequently shown, and the
statement is nowhere contradicted. It
would bo within the strict legal authority
of Mr. Bryan's Secretary of the Treasury
immediately to begin the payment of in
terest on tho bonds and the payment of
the principal as it becomes due, la silver.
That Is beyond all doubt what Mr. B-yan
can do to put the country on a silver ba
sis if he Is elected. Whether he would
do it is an op:n qufst'on. It has been
said that there will be only a relatively
small amount of free silver dollars in the
Treasury, and that he would hardly start
in to. pay the interest In silver solely to
produce the panic that would surely fol
low. Possibly not. But ho Is a man of
apparently strong and even fanatical
convictions. He stubbornly refused to
omit the explicit redec'aration for free
silver from his platform, though all his
shrewdest advisers urged that It would
bo expedient so to do. He will dominate
his own admlnlstiatlon, if el;ctsd. and
shape Its policy. It would be a bold man
who undertook to say that he would, for
the sake of expediency, refrain from es
tablishing at once by a single act that
equality between silver and gold at 16 to 1
which he believes to be not merely best
but eternally right
It will be said that the law of last
March establishes the gold standard, and
that little or no harm can be done unless
that law can be repealed, and that this
will be prevented by the Republican ma
jority in the Senate and by the Demo
crats who will act with them. Unfortu
nately, the gold standard was not estab
lished by the law of March U. It was
only, In the words of Mr. McKlnley, "re
affirmed and strengthened." Had the
House bill been passtd, the gold standard
would have been firmly established, and
could not have been evaded without re
peal. But It was not passed. It provided
that gold should be the standard of pay
ment for the public debt The Senate re
jected that It provided that silver dol
lars might be exchanged for gold If nec
essary to maintain all kinds of money at
par with gold. The Senate rejected that.
Then the Senate Inserted a special decla
ration, that nothing In the law shcu'd be
construed as impairing the legal-tender
quality of the standard silver dollars. So
it will be seen that not only is the gold
standard not clearly and absolutely estab
lished by this law, but that the Senate
deliberately refused the provisions that
would so have established it
Here, then, is th situation. By law the
Interest and principal of the bonds of the
United States rov be nald in silver dol
lars worth by weight only EO cents. Mr.
Bryan is pledged formally and by his
deepest convictions to secure and promote
the equality of silver with gold In, law
and In practice, and to promote the un
limited coinage of silver without refer
ence to its' market value or the policy of
other nations. Is it worth while to Incur
tfce obvious and great risks involved -in
his election? For. plainly, the risks can
not be measured by a calculation of what
specific action he would take or try to
take. The mere fact that a man so fully
and honastly comml t d to the policy of
reducing the currency of the country to a
silver basis had s r u-ed the Pre lacmcy
would upsett e all business calculations,
would spread doubt ard uncertainty
through the count-y and through the
world wherever we trade, and wculd In
a'l human probibillty bring on a disas
trous rcactlm, the cost of which cannot
be estimated. We do not for a moment
believe that the American people will be
guilty of such monstrous fol y.
. . i t
FROM PROPHET GROSYENORt
The Wealc Point in the Republican
Colmnn Is Mnryland.
Chicago Times-Herald.
In the campaign, of 1893 Congressman
Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, earned
the reputation of the great political pre
dictor. Before the meeting of the St
Louis convention he issued bulletins at
stated periods giving a resume of the
delegates as elected, with their cholco
for President These early indicated tho
nomination of McKinliy. and the event
in he convention, coincided with Gen
eral Grosvenor's predictions. His subse
quent forecast of the division of ths
electoral vote clinched his fame as a
forecaster.
General Grosvenor has now issued his
first official forecast of the resu t of the
election next November, which is as
follows:
CERTAINLY REPUBLICAN.
California 0'
New York
.38
Connecticut 61 North Dakota 3
Delawsre 3
Illinois 24
Ohio ., 23
Orccon 4
Pennsylvania 32
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Verpjont . 4
NVashlnton 4
Indiana 15
Ion-a 13
Kansas 10
Maine 0
aiaryiana
Massachusetts 1C
West Virginia iJ
Mlchiran HI Wisconsin
1-:
Minnesota 9
New Hampshire 41 Total
.27S
New Jersey 1Q
CERTAINLY DEMOCRATIC.
Alabama 11
Arkansas 8
Florida 4
North Carolina 11
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 12
Texa3 15
Virginia 12
Total 132
Georgia 13
Louisiana 8
Mississippi 0
Missouri 17
Nevada 3
To these certainly Demcc atlc rtates
General Grosvenor adds tho 10 votos of
Colorado, Idaho and Montana, brinsinr
Bryan's total up to 142 and leaving tre
27 votes of Kentucky, Nebraska. U ah
and Wyoming In the doubtful column.
From these doubtful states he thinks
McKlnley will get 14 votes to 13 for
Bryan, thus leaving his final approxima
tion McKlnl-y 202, Bryan 1 5
General Grosvenor nckrowled-es thtt
the only wetk link in ths Republl an
chain of states Is Marylard. But tho
trend of the campaign seems to weaken
Democratic chances of carrying Mary
land without strengthening thei- hopes of
making a breach in the Republican
stronghold In the Central West
3Irs. Eddy Can't Possibly Be Sick.
Commenting on the ever-rcCurrlng and
as o'ten d;nled rumcr that tho hstid of
the Christian Science sect Is either dying
or dead, and that it 13 a mysterious un
dTstudy of wrom the faithful are per
mitted to cttch occasional distant
pllmpse?, the P'Ml delp'-ia Medical Jour
nal makes a very interesting rolnt. "As
thce impostors," it says, "claim not to
believe in disease, they, Of course woul I
not hesitate to deny its insistence in M's.
Eddy, even though she were at tho Inst
pasp This would be a caiulsty of which
they wculd be quite canable; therefor',
their testimony on the subject would be
most untrustworthy." It Is certainly well
to rem'mnor that, whfn c-nsldcrln-' toe
statements of Mrs Eddy'-, followrrs in rc
dftrd to her physical condition. Of cou'e
they must assert teat s-e is In Llromln:
health. To admit anythi-g else 13 to con
fess the utter emptiness of all her pre
tensions and to relegate her doctrines to
the rubfcish heap, where so many Iden
tical delusions to use a charitable word
arc already decaying. The Medical Jour
nal's article concludes: "The health of
this woman Is, of course, not a matter of
public conce'rn, except as she and her fol
lowers have chosen to make it a test for
the validity of her foolish doctrines. In
the order of nature she will some day
die, and then, porhaps, her cult will grad
ually die out; but even this is by no
means certain, for this country is such a
hetbed for crude, half-baked doctrinaires
that possibly some orie will be found to
perpetuato the scheme of the defunct but
rt'll immortal prlsstess of p-eudo-rcliglous
quackery."
Austin's ExaperntinB Persistence.
"Quousque Tandem?" is the sugges
tive caption which Mr. Archer has
chosen for an article in the August Critic
in which ho frees his mind rather ener
getically regarding the present poet
laureate.
Is it not time, he asks, that some one should
gently but ilrmly remonstrate with Mr. Alfred
Austin, author of "MafcUtng" and other
verses, whose indiscreet utterances in the
newspapers are becoming' a National scandal?
1 have an uneasy sense of cowardice in advert
ing to this matter. It is poor sport, certainly,
to attack a friendless and defenseless man,
who Is only too assiduously doing his best in
that station of life to which malicious fate
and a cynical Prime Minister have calld him.
But it is in no snortive humor that I ap
proach the subject. If ridicule- and parody,
if elbos and Jeers, could bring homo to Mr.
Austin tho pathetic absurdity of his position,
he would long aso have learned to minimize
it by a resolute silence. Fortunately for him
self, unfortunately for his country, a sense
of humor has been denied him. Praised by
hone, derided by all, he pipes on Imperturb
ably. It Is this very doggedness, in Itself
sublime, which makes the Nation ridiculous.
Wherefore, I ask: How lonff are we fated to
grin and bear It?
"What German-Americans Think.
Now York Staats Zeltung.
While German-Americans dread "Im
perialism" more than anything else, they
have an idea that It will take years to
Inculcate Imperialistic notions of our
Government They also think that the
rabid expansionists will not dare to go
too far. But with free silver it is dif
ferent. German-Americans always feel
uneasy when the financial question Is
before the country. They are a saving
people, and the uncertainty of the value
of their savings Is bound to agitate them.
They insist upon a dollar of any kind
of money being worth' 100 cents no mora
and no less. In fact while they may
know that free sliver is dead for at least
some years to come, they fear that as
long as one of the great parties stands
on record as indorsing 16 to 1 It gives
rise to an uncertainty about our cur
rency, and business of all kinds 13 bound
to suffer.
The Author of Today.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Business activity has revolutionized
both publisher and author. The popular
writer of today is not found in a garret,
unless he premedltatedly seek It for se
clusion and quiet; he dines at his club,
and not off the proverbial crust. He Is
a somewhat skilled machine, with a gift
for turning out a ware that glitters. He
reflects the past or peer? Into the future
with equal facility. It is true that his
fame may be transitory, but hl3 emolu
ments are immediate, and It may be said
for him that if he does not r.cqulre the
historic prominence of Oliver Goldsmith
neither does ho acquire creditors. Ho
does not write ywhen tho mood moves
him, but when tho publisher demands
copy, and in this production he is assist
ed by his highly capable corps of sten
ographers. And. although Dickens and
Thackery were fairly prolific and indus
trious, the strictly modern methods of
book-writing and book-making, to say
nothing of book-distributing, are amaz
ing beside the methods prevailing In their
days. It remains for the 20th century
to prove that authorship Is not an, art,
but a branch of business.
"Imperialism" in the South.
New York Evening-Post ("Antl").
The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph is candid
enough to declare that It is the purpose
of the South, to govern the negro, tho
Indian, the Kanaka and the Filipino
"outside of the Constitution." which
means that those races are to be gov
erned as subjects, and not as members
of the American commonwealth. There
is a certain degree of consistency In this
declaration, although it is in deadly con
flict with the Kansas City platform, on
which the South is supposed to have
taken its stand In, the present campaign.
The colored people have been disfran
chised In most of the Southern States,
and the same work is now going on in
North Carolina with ferocity. It Is quite
consistent for those who take part In It
to apply the same principles to the Ha
waiian and the Philippine Islands, but
under such circumstances the Bryan
campaign in the South Is a campaign of
hypocrisy.
Sapience and Jndcnnen.
Providence Journal,
Senator Jones, who Is conducting tho
campaign of the paramount Bryan, Is
incensed because there are persons
sapient enough to see that, even If the
Nebraskan should be elected to the office
of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, he
could not at once withdraw our armed
force from tho Philippines. Tho Senator
argues th! way in rejjard to the recall
or our soldiers:
Why not? Thev were orderrd to tho Philip
pines. Why can't thoy be ordered back? They
wero taken in boats. Why can't they be
brought back in boats?
There's statesmanship, with a big S.
If Bryan Is chosen President, he
should continue to pin his faith to Jones.
A man who can settle tho Philippine
question so eacily would adorn the Cab
inet Why Amnesty Failed.
New York Times.
Why should the people in and around
Manila be Interested in amnesty, except
to lot It alon. to steer clear of It en
tirely? They know very well that a mis
take In that matter would be costly. If
they should too precipitately swear alle
giance to the United States, give up sym
nathlzlner with Its Filipino enemies, nnd
announce themselves as of the American
party before it was entirely certain that
the American forces were to remim and
tbo American authorltyto be established,
they would run a srave risk of getting
their throats cut by Apulnaldo. They
itnir!tand that, and for that reason ex
hibit no present eagerness for amnesty.
In Illinois.
Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic candidate for Governor
is a sensible, level-hpaded man, who
knows that neither of the two grim
specters of Issues raised hv th Kansas
Cltv platform deserves a thought It Is
hnrd for him. therefore, to srrnw hvterl
cal over those issues, as some other Dem
ocrats do. He must have smiled Inwardly
when he said at Peoria that in the event
of Brvan's election "the Declaration of
Independence will again be be brought out
from the charter oak, whero the people
have rcverentlv concealed It until the
-orm of Imperialism shall have passed
over."
MEN AJ.D WOME7T.
MonMcnor Kavier. the Roman Cathollo bishop
of Pekln, hold, bv virtue of a decree of tho
Empercr, the local rank of mandarin of the
grade enual to that of tho Governor of a
province.
Alexander Berger, of Lincoln, Neb., has of
fered to build a public library building for
Burlington. WW., to cost ?r000. Burlington Is
Mr Borger's birthplace, and the library build
ing Is to be a memorial to his wife.
Mltsuzlro Harada. of Japan, Who Is studying
tho cotton Industry in this country, tells the
New Orleans Times-Democrat that Lafcadlo
Hoarn. now professor of English literature in
Kobe University, is "the best-liked American
scholar In Japan."
The Rev. William Patterson, who has Just
accepted tho call to be one of tho pastors of
Bethany Presbyterian Church, in Philadelphia,
leaves In his former church. In Toronto, the
largest Christian Endeavor Society in the
world. It numbers over 5000.
Our Minister to Brazil, Charles Page Bryan,
must hcreattsr believe in the theory that
"there Is a destiny which Shapes our ends."
Ho ardently deired the Chinese mission, and,
indeed, he has been nominated for that honor,
and the transference was a keen disappoint
ment to him.
In New Tork tho Trinity Church corporation
is having the dates corrected on the tomb of
the widow of Alexander Hamilton. It is sup
posed that in rechlsellng the Inscription lately
the stonecutter unknowingly made the year of
birth read 1737 instead of 1757. and the year
of death 1834 Instead of 1854.
Queen Victoria, it would seem, is a collector
of old manuscripts referring to Windsor and
the neighborhood. Frank Murray, the Leices
ter bookseller, has Just sold such a manu
script to Her Majesty for $125, It Is nearly
300 years old, and Is altogether a quaintly set
out page In the records of Windsor. Tho man
uscript turned up in a, casual way.
M. Massenet has left Paris without awaiting
the lOOdth performance of "Le Cld " Ho has
bought an estate which belonged to tho painter,
Berne-Bcllecour, at the other aide of the For
est of Fontalnebleau. It is an old chateau.
one tower of which dates from the time of
Francois I. Three facades of It aro In ruins,
but one of the porches has preserved all tho
grace of the Renaissance period.
Tho Mormons have at present 1C23 young
men employed as missionaries in America and
Europe. Their greatest successes are In tho
slums of large cltle3, where the miserably poor
hear gladly the Mormon cospei of thrift In
this world and etsmal blessedness In the next.
The leaders are jubilant over the 22,000 new
converts rained for their church the last
year, and prophesy that within a few yars
they shall control the entire West, and the
western provinces of Canada.
The Dancing of Sister Ca'llne.
Frank L. Stanton In Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly.
Br'er William play da fiddle Sister Ca'lina
hoppln' light.
En do room a-gwlna 'roun' mo, ez I swing her
lef an' right.
All up en down de hall;
"Swing co'nersl" is de call;
"Bless God. Cat Sister Ca'llne is outdancln'
cr 'cm alii"
D flo' wur des a-creakin' en da frosty win
ders shake.
En de ol' folks sorter fidget at de music what
wo make;
En betwlx' 'em dars a scuffle
Fer ter dance de double shuffle.
Sister Ca'llne gwine 'roun wld de flounces en
do ruffle.
"Sister Ca'llne Sister Ca'llne, ain't you danc-
ln' mighty much?
I mighty 'frald de preacher gwine ter ta'n
you out de chu'chl"
But I tu'n en see de preacher
De solium gospill teacher
A-swlngin' Sister Ca'lina ever time dat ha
could reach her!
"Sister Ca'llne I is tired, en de fiddle tired,
too!
Can't atop untell de preacher take en marry
me en you?"
But de preacher kick de stubble
F'um his shoes, en swing 'em double:
"I ain't gwine marry any folks dls ain't no
time fer trouble!"
But w'en we gwine hom'ords 'bout do break
in' er de day
I see de preacher huggln Sister Ca'llne all da
way!
En hit sho' did take my breaf
Des lay me on de she'f.
When he Mow: "She bop so lively, I'll des
marry her myse'fl" '
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Perhaps the news from China Is toe
true to bo good.
The Boxers will be out more than 10
seconds when the flght is done.
It will not be very heard to prove wblcH
Is the Boxer party in Kentucky.
This Is the kind of weather when wa
need our calendars to tell us that is Isn't
April.
"They'll find, that Bryan also ran,
Sings some new campaign bard
But if ho ran at all they'll find
It wasn't very hard.
You will notice that the people who are)
kicking about the rain are the samo
who were growling about tho heat ktaft
week.
"I die that Luzon may live." cried!,
Agulnaldo. "and," he added, "that she
may live to a ripe old age, I do It very
frequently."
She bought some Summer nevete.
Ami skimmed them o'r in haste.
But omul that though "light readins.'
They left a dark, brown taste.
Imprisoned in the dusty town.
"We cry, O gentle rain, oemo down!
And at the beaeh they sigh and pine.
Because they want the sun to shtae.
In town we get what they beseooh;
Our prayers are answered at the beaeh.
Cincinnati's population Is given by th1
census officials as 325",02, an Increase from
236.903 in 30. This will probably be a
great disappointment to that elty. It
represents a gain for the decade of
2S,S!M, or less than 10 per cent against art
Increase between 1SS0 and 1S0O of 4l,7i8, oc
over- IS- per cent.
Six of the more prominent Gold Demo
crats In Buffalo Franklin D. Locke,
George S. Field, Spencer Clinton. Harrtf
D. Wllllnms, Frank M. Loomls, and Ans
Iey Wilcox have declared agatnst Bryan,
tho Express of that city reports, and
some of them have announced their pur
pose to vote for MoKlnley.
General Pingloo. who recently surren
dered his command of some rlOCO Boers to
General Hnnter, was the commander off
the force that captured General French's
rearguard and convoy on his advance to
Klmberley at Deklels Dxlft. on the Hlet
River, and was afterward court-martialed
for not having followed him up and re
inforced General Cronje. Instead, he went
away to Bloemfontein with tho captured
wagons and stores, where they were af
terward retaken by tho British. Ho waa
sentenced to a heawy punishment but
was subsequently pardoned and restore
to command.
Nothing much has of Mate been heard
of J. M. Barrle. or "Jlmmle" Barrle, aa
he Is called by his friends. Jlmmle is aj
noiseloss sort of a character, taciturn and
unable to stand the" glare of much-advertised
life, and he likes, after the fashion
of Scotsmen, to "gang his aln gait" Ho
is rather partial, however, to a gamo Of
cricket, and to aee the popular novelist
ploying is a sight for he gods. So far
as batting Is concerned, Jlmmle might aa
well not be on tho ground, as far as his
sldo is concerned.
In the press vs. authors cricket match,
an annual event at Lord's, after a press
bowler had got rid of Barrle with tho
first ball bowled, the Journalist, who
know not James, asked, "Who's that?"
"That's James M. Barrio." was the re
ply. The bowler rubbed hi3- hands anI
said:
"I'd like to carry him around in my
cricket bag to bat against me In every
match. I'd have a glorious average
and he wouldn't be heavy to carry,
either."
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGItAPnEIia
His Fate. Penner What has become ot
Sourgall, the critic? Author He wrote a boot
and was found out. Llfo.
At Times A Tour wifa dresses plainly,
doesn't she? B Well. I'va seen her consider
ably ruffled. Philadelphia. Bulletin.
A Grammatical Form. "Will you love ma
then as now?" "You evidently think my Iov
for you Is in tense?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Some men," remarked Uncle Eben, "haa
Jcs' enough activity in 'em to keep 'em f'um,
beln" any good fob. hltchln -posts." Washing
ton Star.
Not Surprising. Clara Arthur says he finds
it hard to tear himself away -when ho calls on
me. Mamie I'm not surprised. He lives la
Brooklyn. Harlem. Life.
Up to Date. I suppoie your business is in
creasing daily?" remarked a lost soul to
Charon. "Oh, dear no!" laughed tho ferry
man; "raoit people prefer the bridgo cars.'
Brooklyn Life.
"This youth," announced Charon, "was on
lnsrata." Tha Imp smiled diabolically. "Ha
will bo in-grate very soon." Then the furnace
opened and the pokers rattled. Philadelphia
Becord.
in
A Word for the Moment.
Julia Ward Howe in tho Boston . Transcrlpt
Art-angel Guldo hangR?pon jnyrfwall.
A movlnr picture ot tho Tempter's fall.
Michael, bright champion of the heavenly host
Treads under foot the loader of the lost.
Busklned with light, with faultless weapon
armed.
He stands above the prostrate foo. unharmed
The groveling wretch no counter-blow essays.
Pinned down to earth, in impotent amaze.
This vision, oft encountered, seems to say:
The brute on earth shall never mora hold sway;
While, glorious a3 a. seraph from tho skies.
Freedom makes good her deathless victor!
IT.
The legendary flght grows pala
Before me. as I hear the wall
Of men on noble errand sent.
And held with murderous Intent
By frantic legions they essay
To stifle Europe in Cathay.
My Journey shows each pallid face.
True lovers, locked in last embrace;
Parents who to their bosoms strain
Tho babes they guard, but guard la vain.
And as I kneel In prayer. I cry:
Father! send rescue from on high!
The ways of human help are barred;
Bo thou. O Lord! their watch and warfll
Alas! alas! their doom is sealed!
No source of succor Is revealed.
But still, beyond the bounds of sense,
Prevalleth God's omnipotence.
This seraph messenger may come.
E'en to that flend-beleagured home.
And unto those who perish give
A crown denied to those that live.
Ruler of all to each bravo heart
The Joy of martyrdom impart!
Upon thy "scroll of deathless famo
Write them with those who overcame?
Who. folded la the blessed lleht
Of Christian faith and Christian right
Unto the bitter end aboae.
Sealed in tho armory of God.
Teddy at San Jnnn.
Chicago Times-Herald.
They tell us Teddy didn't flght
(They were here at home);
They say he crawled in out of sight
(They were here at home);
They say he flunked, as cowards will.
Instead of charging up the hill;
They say he played tho craven still
They were here at home!
They say he quailed before tho foa
(They were here at home):
They say he squawked ot course, they kaovt
(They were hre at hom0:
They say he threw his sword away
When Soanlsn bullets flew that day
Why should wo creation what they say?
(They were cere at nomay