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Letters relating to advertising, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addreiFOd simply "The OreEonlan." Puget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 850, Taeotna postofflce. Eastern Business Offlee Tho Tribune bond ing. Jfcw Tork City: "The Rookery." Chicago; the S. C Beckwlth rpeclal agency. New Tork. Pot ea!e In San Francisco by J. X. Cooper. 7te Market street, near he Palace hotel, and at Goldsmith Bros.. 230 Sutter strett. For oale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 21T Dearborn street. TODAY'S WEATHER Generally fair weath er; winds mostly northerly. PORTLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. THE INDIANAPOLIS OMISSION. What doea Mr. Bryan mean by his tragic loyalty to silver at Kansas City and his sweeping repudiation of it at Indianapolis? Was the passionate fidelity of the one case assumed for a purpose, or was the cold neglect of the other case reluctantly adopted under pressure? The backbone of the Kansas City convention's plot was Bryan's unswerv ing stand for 16 to 1. He stuck and hung: to it like a dog to a dead possum. He ate and slept with the long-distance telephone at Ills ear, and with his voice continuously insisting on a spe cific restatement of the free-coinage demand. He Implored, he cajoled, le threatened. He said if Hill had his way, the Candidate himself would come to Kansas City by special train and from the Auditorium's stage address his personal appeal to the delegates. And he had his way. The convention weakened, the silver men rejoiced with a great and frantic Joy, and men in the East who had held aloof from the Ne braskan said at last: Here is a man who believes in something-. He has a Cause. He is faithful to it. Maybe he's right But! Here are 10,000 words on the issues of the campaign, and no word for 16 to 1, no Impalement of this ac cursed gold standard, no arraignment of the disobedience of 73 and all our ensuing woe, no sympathy for the toil ing masses pressed down under the conspiracy of the money power, no pledge of relief from hard times and crushed Industry through an American financial system established without the aid or consent of any other nation on earth, and without regard or concern for economic law or historic truth. What did he want of free coinage In the platform if he meant to discredit it with this high disdain? Was it for any faith that In "blmetallsm" lies the only hope of a sorrowing land, or was It merely for low-gTade political motive of showing- what he could do as an autocrat or sparing himself some sub sequent Inconvenience? When Bryan was in Congress he rested his case on free trade. To read his fervid sen tences on the Wilson bill, his passion ate appeal to Cleveland to go even far ther for free trade than the radical recommendations subsequently toned down in perfidy and dishonor by a saccharine Senate, you would suppose the gifted Nebraska Congressman could never prove recreant to the sacred cause of tariff reform. Yet we went through the campaign of 1S96 without a word from Bryan against protection, or a syllable from the Democratic organi zation, coquetting with Silver Republi cans in favor of free trade. Bryan forgot his free-trade convic tions in a day, and filled their place with equally absorbing and portentous claptrap about the gold standard. Is he going to execute another lightning change of costume and appear clad wholly in the garments of anti-imperialism? The proposal to haul down the flag in the Philippines and skulk homt. is not one to excite great apprehension among the opponents of Bryanism. But there is a hint of mobility of convic tion here that falls joltingls upon cer tain lofty estimates of Bryan's char acter. TII13 OTHER ALTERNATIVE. If there is no danger to the gold standard in the election of Bryan, cither he does not know the meaning of words or else he is of all men the most insincere. If there is any one thing for which Bryan has a fixed and determined ani mosity, it is the gold standard. Put aside the wearisome differences about blmc:.illsm" In its various forms and disguises; the one fact about which no possible doubt exists 1 the Bryanlte artipathy to the gold standard. Be tween these two camps there is eternal war. Now, the gold standard means the maintenance of gold values of all our currency, that is, what the Bryanites call the 200-cent dollar. The gold man says wo have now a 100-cent dollar, and the silver men want to make it a 50 ctnt or a 45-cent dollar. The Bryan ites say we have a 200-cent dollar, and they propose to reduce it to a l$0-cent d 'liar. Bui while "the figures in the ex ample differ, the principle is the same. The gold standard Is u- be destroyed and the gold value at which our cur rency is maintained is to be taken from It. This is the policy to which Bryan is committed. He will destroy the gold sandnrd if he can, unless he is a liar, and that, unfortunately, few are any 2 mger able to believe. If we don't lose the gold standard when Bryan gets in. It will not be his fault. It is urged in Mr. Bryan's behalf, h iwever, that he ought to be elected, ! cause, if he ?rets in, ilo his worst, he can't destroy the goW standard. It is s.vure now, thiuiks to Prcsldcni McKln h and the Republicans. Therefore, vte for Bryan and the gold standard, b cause he can't hurt it if he tries. If Bryan is elected, he can, and d 'UbtV-ss would, refuse to issue bonds f r . Itl wheM the reserve is danger . uly low, and that would wreck the gold standard in a day. He can pay er outstanding bond except the new 2 per cents, in silver, and that would wreck the gold standard in a day. He could insist oa paying out the green backs aocruias in the reserve fund, fir thus restoring the endless chain, and that would wreck the gold standard in a day. He could send to Congress, the Democratic Congress elected with him, a free coinage bill and ins st upon its passage, and that would wreck the gold standard in a day. The law of March 14, 1300, expressly provides that the sil ver dollar shall be a legal tender for any amount; so that Mr. Bryan, through the Department of Justice, could enforce unlimited payment of pri vate obligations, not secured by gold contracts, in silver, and that would wreck the gold standard in a day. So, take your choice. The only safety for the gold standard m the event of Bryan's election lies in the hypothesis that he doesn't mean what he says. The only safety for the maintenance of the parity and escape from the silver basis lies in the hypothesis that he pretends one thing, but will do an other. He is either a fraud or else a determined enemy of the gold standard, certain to lay his hand to every weapon within reach to wreck it The more sincere he is, the more dangerous he is. Whoever can establish Bryan's hon esty beyond doubt gives him an unim peachable title to defeat. A CRITICAL HOUR FOR CHINA. The present is a critical hour for China. It is for its government to de cide at once whether she will have war declared upon it by all the powers, with its far-reaching consequences to the permanent Integrity and unity of the empire, or whether it will accept the warning of Secretary Hay and welcome ' the advance of the allies on Pekin as a friendly effort to do what it has pre tended it was not able to do itself, viz., protect the persons and property of foreign Ambassadors to Its court. The recent battles and victory of the allies makes It impossible for the Pekin Government longer to wear a mask. The Chinese soldiers that are resisting our advance either acted in obedience to the orders of the Pekin Government or in defiance and contempt of orders. If they acted In obedience to the orders of the legiti mate government at Pekin, then it is a clear cause of war against that gov ernment, or any government that may have replaced it. If 'our advance was resisted in defiance of the orders of the Pekin Government, then that govern ment must hasten to disavow the act and welcome our advance or be held to responsibility for the act and Incur the penalty of war with the allies. The allies are proceeding entirely within their treaty rights in advancing on Pekin for the protection of the Am bassadors. The right to send 500 men for the protection of the Legations is not more clear than the right to send 5000 or 50,000 if the weakness or wick edness of the Pekin Government makes it necessary. The Ambassadors are not prisoners of war. They cannot be held as hostages rightfully under the law of nations, any more than they can rightfully be sent to execution. The PeTcin Government has reached a point when it must either "fish or cut bait." Secretary Hay swept away all the Chinese duplicity when he said that the responsibility for the protection of the envoys rested on the Pekin Govern ment Their persons and property are sacred under the law of nations. If the Pekin Government cannot protect them, then under our treaty rights it Is our privilege to do so, and if the Pekin Government is sincere in its profes sions, it should welcome our advance. If it is not sincere, and will not protect them, then this outrageous duplicity is a cause of war. There are signs that the Pekin Gov ernment is weakening, for it has al ready yielded to a part of the demand of Secretary Hay that it put the diplo matic representatives of the powers in full and free communication with their respective governments. It has only to yield to the rest of his demand that the Pekin Government "remove all dan ger to their lives and liberties" to avoid a declaration of war, which Is Inevitable if the Pekin Government as sumes responsibility for the resistance to our advance or by any connivance continues to threaten the lives and lib erties of the Ambassadors. The Pekin Government is behaving today just as it did in 1S5S, when Lord Elgin wanted to go to Pekin to complete the negotia tions incident to the treaty of Tien Tsln, when it insisted that the turbu lence of the people was such that it would be dangerous for him to come to the capital. This same old pretense that "the people cannot be controlled" is now once more doing duty for the Pekin diplomats In an international crisis, but Secretary Hay has bluntly exposed its obvious falsity, for he says. In substance: "If you cannot control your people, we will come and help you, and we expect you to welcome our coming; if you can control your people and will not, then we certainly shall go to Pekin, and we shall come not as friends, but as armed and indignant foes." No civilized state can permit its citi zens, and above all its envoys, to be assaulted or killed, or their property destroyed, by the violence of a mob or the connivance of a foreign govern ment. The Pekin Government begins to weaken in its attitude of duplicity, for it sees that on the security of the Legations depends the lives of the lead ing officials of the Pekin Government, who are really, today in the position of hostages for the safety of the foreign envoys. The hour Is past when respon sibility for further assaults upon the Legations can be shifted to the leaders of the mob and the insurgent Imperial troops. The recent Imperial decrees, vice-regal telegrams, diplomatic com munications, etc, unite in declaring that the regular authorities are again in full control at Pekin. Secretary Hay, in his various replies to Li Hung Chang, uses words that leave no doubt that the failure of the Chinese Govern ment to continue Its protection to the Legations would be regarded as a cause for war, actual war, waged against the Imperial Government, not merely to restore order and protect the Legations, but a war of punishment. The Chinese Government must co-operate with the allies, not oppose them, if it expects to escape such a war a war that will not end until the high officials of China, who are directly or indirectly responsible for the frightful massacre of helpless foreign citizens, are brought to most exemplary justice. Since the head official of Damascus for permit ting massacre was hanged by the French Army of occupation in I860, no European has been killed in a Turkish massacre. The capture of Tang Tsun is an Im portant success, as It is the point where the railway crosses the Pel Ho River. The obstructions in the river cannot prove a very formidable obstacle, for the military engineers with dynamite can soon blow up the sunken junks and make a passaje for light-draught transportation, and "the railway can be repaired in a reasonably short time. The line of march "taken by the allies was thoroughly mapped by the English and French when they advanced from Tien Tsln against Pekin in i860, and plenty of native spies are easily ob tained in China. The natural difficul ties of the country until the low marshes along the river are crossed and the hills reached, are considerable, but they are not worse than have been met and easily solved time and tigain by the English in India, the French in Tonquin and the Americans in the Philippines. The march of the allies moving their supplies by both river and railway transportation cannot be half so difficult as they were in I860, and thus far the resistance of the Chi nese troops does not seem to have been of a very stubborn character, consid ering that they fought behind an in trenched position of natural strength. The City of Tien Tsln was, of course, left In a condition of defense, and the fact that the assaulting force of the allies did not exceed 15.0C0 men indi cates that an ample force is guarding the communications with the city. There could not have been less than 40,000 men at Tien Tsin before the ad vance began, and this number must be constantly augmented dally by. the ar rival of reinforcements. A GREAT RECKONING. From the accounts received from day to day of the famine in India it would really seem, so dire is the distress de pleted, that it would soon complete its work by depopulating vast provinces of the stricken empire. A total of about 65,000,000 people are in the famine area, and the suffering and need among them is said to be steadily increasing, though how that could be surpasses the un derstanding of those who some months ago took an Inventory of the situation and found It appalling. The prospect of relief, except from outside sources, which at best must be totally inade quate to the dally recurring needs of so vast a multitude, is remote, since eyen If the monsoon rains come in full measure, there will be no relief until the new crop matures. The only reas suring feature of the situation, and that cannot reach the wretched suffer ers of the present famine, is in the les sons of prevention that are being in culcated by It. "The terrible visitation under which the country is suffering" said the Gaikwar of Baroda, on the occasion of laying the corner-stone of the Orsang irrigation works, on May 3, "points with terrible emphasis to the disastrous economic condition of the people, on which all progress and government ul timately rest; it warns both govern ment and people that this great prob lem must be speedily grappled with; if from indolence or ignorance they neglect It, it will be oa peril of stag nation, deterioration and decay." Self-help under such ingrained con ditions among the masses is an un known quantity. There are but two vocations inlndla government service and agriculture. They are pursued by two classes, the lines between which are sharply denned the educated and the uneducated. The latter receive the terrible lessons of experience which famine has brought stolidly; the for mer, secure from famine in the pres ent or in repetition, receive them for the most part unheedlngly. Ifature is tolerant, and permits millions to grow to maturity and come to old age under these conditions, but there comes a time when even she is pitiless and a great reckoning follows. Her edict, though slow in delivery, is final in execution. Man must wage constant, systematic, intelligent warfare for his existence, or he must perish. The bounty of nature is only for those who know how to secure it, and, knowing, make use of their knowledge, not intermittently, but with persistence and courage. In another column is a pertinent reply made by the Pendleton Commer cial. Association to the perennial "common-point" wall from Astoria. The Astoria proposal to set the Oregon Leg islature upon the railroads is one that will seem attractive to many, and is not, if the truth be confessed, without some provocation in more than one section of the Pacific North west, but one that should be received with extreme caution. The Oregonian does not say that Legislative rate bills should never be enacted; but it will say that they should be resorted to in rare cases, and only after the natural opera tion of supply and demand, self-interest and competition has failed most sig nally to effect relief. So far as the particular case of the O. R. & N. Rail way Is concerned, it must be remem bered that while this company is mak ing heavy earnings, both per ton per mile and in the aggregate, it is also expending enormous sums in better ments. The improvements going on be tween Portland and Huntington are In cessant and costly. Permanent road beds, straight and durable, are recog nized by practical railroad men as the essential preliminary of low rates. We are now in this stage. The other is to be expected in due time. Railroads do not like maximum rate bills. They are apt to anticipate them as far as they can with the best possible tariffs. Self interest, working with competition, usually docs the work more scientific ally than Legislatures can do It. What Populist statesman would ever have the temerity to propose a 25-cent pas senger fare between Portland and As toria? Mr. Bryan says that the independence of the Filipinos is to follow the effort to establish a stable form of govern ment in the islands, and at least im plies that even when independence comes our Government Is to retain and exercise the right of protecting the in habitants from outside interference. The Atlanta Constitution confesses that this right Involves the right to prevent the Filipinos from inciting or challeng ing outside interference, and involves just such a protectorate as the United States Government exercises over the rest of its territories. This is the con struction that this able Bryan organ puts upon the Kansas City plank on anti-imperialism, and it is the construc tion, too, that Mr. Bryan puts upon it according to his declaration of his In tentions. Mr. Bryan rises very near to the level of an "imperialist" himself, for all the Republican Administration or the Republican party has insisted upon doing in the Philippines has been to discharge faithfully the National duty and responsibility that became ours when we obtained sovereignty in those islands Chief Justice Snodgrass, of the Tennessee Supreme Court, is a Democrat but an expansionist, and he explains his position by asking: "How can any one undertake to say when 'the stable government' can be established? Long before it is estab lished the people of the islands will come, like the Hawailans, clamoring for annexation." It is very evident from Bryan's declaration of nis intentions that he perceives the Democracy are divided on "expansion." Bryan emits a great deal of heat lightning, and pumps forth a great deal of stage thunder about the Declaration of Independence and the consent of the governed, but he made no reference to the fact that the men of his party in South Carolina have just carried a con stitutional amendment the avowed pur pose of which is to disfranchise illit erate negroes without disfranchising illiterate whites. This amendment was adopted by resort to "shotgun" meth ods of terrorism, which persuaded the blacks that it was not safe to oppose it. Gangs of armed ruffians in red shirts have prevented white men from speaking against the amendment, in cluding Populist United States Senator Butler. Free speech does not exist In North Carolina, and the right of self government has been taken away by terrorism from the colored voters of .that state, and yet Bryan, the Boaner ges of Liberty, the Declaration of In dependence and the consent of the gov erned, has not a word to say about snatching the right of self-government from the Southern negroes. The foun dations of self-government were laid in the Philippines by the United States as early -as last March, and Bryan to day purpleg with indignation over what he terms the "crime" against the Fili pinos. Bryan does not appear to know, however, that the Bryanite Democracy of North Carolina has just taken away the right of self-government from the colored voters of North Carolina. The visit of President Mellen to Port land today, accompanied as he is by other officers of the Northern Pacific and persons of influence, is of no little importance to Portland at this time, when it is anxiously scanning the signs of the times for hints of its1 future and suggestions as to promising courses of action. The Northern Pacific is primar ily interested in Puget Sound, but Mr. Mellen has shown a desire to strengthen the bonds which bind it to Portland. If there Is anything that Portland can do to encourage or assist the Northern Pacific in increasing its facilities here, that should be done. The same deter mination and sagacity that have made the Northern Pacific a model of effi cient operation and have handled its rivals with such effective skill, would do wonders for Portland if they could be enlisted in behalf of Its export and distributing trade. This may not be so impossible q. dream as one might at first suppose. The Oregonian offers its columns to President Mellen for any announcement he may desire to make as to the purposes of his company toward Portland, and bespeaks for It generous consideration at the hands of our citizens. The allies are moving on Pekin as fast as possible, regardless of the im plied threats of Chinese officials that it would be safer for the foreign Minis ters if the movement was not made. The common-sense answer to these threats is that they afford no argu ment for delay. The allies propose to go to the rescue as fast as possible, and In the meantime to hold the Chi nese Government responsible for their safety until the Legations are rescued. Failure to protect the Ministers when by their own admissions they can now do so would mean the waging of a war of punishment upon Pekin and its pres ent government by all the powers. The threats of the Chinese Government are only a "bluff," and our prompt answer was to move at once on Pekin and "call its hand." The commission appointed by the Na tional Government in 1897 to examine available routes for deep-water commu nication between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic recommends the construc tion of a waterway through the Hud son River, the Mohawk Valley and Lakes Ontario and Erie. Two water ways are suggested, one of twenty-one feet and the other of thirty feet "in depth. The estimated cost of the for mer is, in round numbers, $206,000,000, and of the latter $326,000,000. Through the thirty-foot waterway vessels of the largest size could pass. THIRD PARTY'S REAL INFLUENCE. Political Significance of Mid-Road Movement in Different States. New York Sun. The National convention of the Middle-of-the-Road Populists, which put Barker and Donnelly in the field on May 10, was participated in by 975 delegates, the rep resentation of the various states and ter ritories being based upon the demon strated voting strength of the Populist party at the 1S9C election and not upon the division of electors among the states. New York had only 13 delegates, Penn sylvania, from which the Presidential candidate was chosen, only 14, and New Jersey C, but Texas had 123, Kansas SG. Alabama C2, Minnesota 48, Nebraska 46, Iowa 21, and South Dakota 17. In the Presidential election of 1S96 the "Populist" vote for Bryan and "Watson was separate from the Democratic vote for Bryan and Sewall in only 17 of the 45 states, and in these it was nearly 250, 000. In most of the other states the Democratic and Populist electoral tickets were the same under a division whereby one party had the choice of some and the other party of the balance to which the state was entitled. Thus in Iowa the Democrats got 10 and the Populists 3; in Nebraska there were 4 Democrats and 4 Populists, In Wisconsin there were 9 Democrats and 3 Populists, and in Cali fornia 5 Democrats and 4 Populists. The arrangement under which this fusion was made provided that all the electors, If chosen, should vote for Bryan for Presi dent, but that on the Vice-Presidency they should vote for the candidate, of the party to which they owed their selection the Democrats for Mr. Sewall and the Populists for Mr. Watson. Under this arrangement Mr. Sewall re ceived 149 votes In the electoral college and Mr. Watson 27, an arrangement which in no wise reflected the division between the two partnes, for in Arkansas, in which Mr. Sewall received 5 votes and Mr. Watson 3, the division of the two parties on the vote for Governor In the same year was as follows: Democratic, 91.0C0, and Populist, 13,000. and in Georgia, of which Mr. Watson was a resident and In which the Populist candidate for Gov ernor polled In the same year 85,000 votes, all the electors were for Mr. Sewall Wat son received none. Since 1S95 many of the former Populists have directly joined with the Democrats, and the estrangement between the origi nal Middle-of-the-Road Populists and the Fuslonlsts has Increased steadily. The Middle-of-the-Road men have their Presi dential ticket in the field, and they have determined upon separate state nomina tions in Nebraska, Kentucky, Illinois and a number of other states. What makes the Midaie-of-the-Road Populist move ment more formidable than that of any, of the other "outside" parties this year is the fact that they are more numerous in the doubtful states. It is different with the other parties, outside of the regulars, for the Gold Democrats, so-called, showed in 1S06 that their supporters were nearly all In the strong McKlnley states. This condition of things ruled with the Prohi bitionists as well, who received the larg est vote In 1H3C in the two states of New York and Pennsylvania, which gave re spectively 2SS.O00 and 295,000 plurality Fo. McKlnley. The Middle-of-the-Road Populists arc most numerous in the belt of states where heretofore Bryan has been strong est, particularly in Nebraska, Kansas. South Dakota and Minnesota. They arc very numerous, too, though that Is of much less political importance, in the State of Texas, and in Ohio four years ago they polled 26,000 votes, and in Cali fornia 21,000, the number of straight-out Populists being in the same contest 46,000 in Kansas. An active campaign by the Mlddle-of-the-Road men would be of little import ance probably in the states of the East, regardless of the fact that their Presi dential candidate has been chosen from this region; but In close states, such as Kentucky or Indiana, for Instance, the activity of the Middle-of-the-Road men brings no encouragement to Democratic leaders, and in Nebraska and Kansas is a distinct and serious menace to any prospect of Democratic success. The Mld-dle-of-the-Road men in Maine were much opposed to Arthur Sewall four years ago and polled 2C00 votes for Watson. THE "PARTITION" OF CHINA. Next to the Greatest Ghanse, and Would Cost Fnlmloosly. New York Times. The actual dividing up of China' among the powers could be accomplished only at fabulous cost. It would be next to the greatest dynastic and territorial change in the history of the world, second only to the changes that followed the discov ery of America, and the status of parti tion and ownership could be maintained only by a use of men and money that In a few years would reduce the richest of the beneficiary powers to the condition of exhaustion and bsnkrupty that Italy has reached through her participation in the Triple Alliance. , The cheapest Way, and in the long run th only practicable way ,is to let the Chinese govern themselves. The firm and enlightened policy of the British Minis try, as announced in the House Of Com mcn3 by Mr. Broderick on Thursday, is reassuring, not only as to Great Britain, but as? to all thn powers now co-operating in China to csll the present fa'thless Pe kin Government to account for its m's dcing. Certainly those vlW3 are such that every intelligent Americ3n will be confident that they are in harmony with the policy and intentions of our own Gov ernment. We quote from tho press report of Mr. Broderick's statement in the House of Commons: The Cabinet. Mr. Broderick said, was com pletely unanimous against the partition of China, 'which, would bo fraught with infinite dancer, and the Government had no reason to believe it was at variance with any of the European powers in that respect. Further, the government would do nothing to set up anything but a Chlneso administration In China. Tho government had not in con templation the idea of organizing the Chinese Army under foreign officers. What form the Indemnity should take must be left for future consideration. Mr. Broderick thought it was a time when tho less that was said the better. Great changes might result from the recent calamit ous events, but he hoped tho European powers would discover rome foundation uron which to build up a Chinese government which would insure civilizing rule to a population forming one-third of the human race. The outlook would be gleomy, indeed, if there were not reason to beiieve that the powers could, as Mr. Broderick puts it, discover some foundaticn upon which to bui d up a stable and responsible Chinese Government. There must bo guarantees, of course, that the flagrant vio.ations of international usage and treaty obligations that have occasioned the present troubles shall'jiot b repeated. It would hardly be thought prudent to conclude the business of the allies in China and withdraw with mere lndemni its. Reasonable assurancss of future security and protection for en voys and foreigners sojourn.ng in China for lawful purposes will necessarily be exacted, and the ball bond must be of such a character that Its forfeiture will not be easy. The empire is known to be in an unsettled state. The allies will very likely find It wise to maintain for a time a considerable force of troops at the seat of the government as a protection for tho new government, whatever may be its nature or compos'tlon. The empire may be, as It were, kept in leading-strings for some years by the powers. But it must be manifest that it will be kept together. Its very bulk is a safeguard against par tition. Nobody wants or can manase slices of such imperial magnitude, either as colonies or as spheres of influence. There, are a great many million Chinamen to be taken Into account. It will be bet ter for them and better for the peace an.d purse of Christendom that the Chinese shall be governed by Chinese. Pnlmer for McKlnley. Cmcago Times-Herald. John M. Palmer will vote for McKlnley, not because he is in accord with the principles of the Republican party but because there is no ticket representative of the Democracy as he defines it. The principles of the real Democracy, to which" the aged ex-Senator is as devoted as ever, were thus succinctly stated by him in an Interview at Springfield: To pledge equal and exact Justice to all men of whatever creed and condition; to give the largest freedom to the Individual consistent with good government: to preserve the Federal Government In Its Constitutional vigor and ths states In all their just rlshts; to the practice of economy in the public expenditure; tho maintenance of the public faith, opposition to paternalism and all class l'gislat on. Mr. Palmer regards Bryan as the high priest of Populism, which has grown "strong enough to menace the best inter ests of a safe government." He scoffs at the cry of Imperialism as a "false alarm" In which no one believes, for no one be lieves that "McKlnley or any of his fol lowers are believers in imperialism." He pertinently asks, "Pray, what would Mr. Bryan have this country do with the Islands?" And there is no answer from Lincoln except the echo of the question, "What?" There Is a whole volume of sound, pa triotic sense in his four-word tribute to McKlnley: "He Is not flighty." The American people will never elect to tho Presidency a man who Is "flighty." Don't Stand With Yonr Baclc to Snrf. Brooklyn Eagle. A wdman bather at Asbury Park is suf fering from concussion of the spine and is in grave danger as the result of a blow In tho back of the neck from the crest of a big wave. She was standing with her back toward the water when the wave tame up and struck her so violently as to throw her forward upon the sand. Her injuries are altogether too serious to be. the result of her fall, even if, as some observers thought, she struck a post as she fell. They must have been caused by the blow of the wave upon the spine. Surf bathing is one of the most exhilarat ing and "exciting sports, but Its danger is best appreciated by those v longest fa miliar with it. Such swimmers take no chances of being struck In tha back by breakers. They face the sea and know what is coming. When a big wave Is about to break over them they either dive under it or rush at it face foremost. The worst result of a blow in the latter po sition is having the breath knocked out of your body and possibly swallowing a good deal of salt water before you get your bearings. This accident to Mrs. Thwing shows what the risks of a blow in the back are. The best place, wh& a big wave breaks, Is outside the surf line. It is the timid bather who hugs the sands who comes in for the worst buffetings, just as it is the too adventurous one who is oftenest drowned from a sudden cramp. In bathing, as in most things except poli tics, the middle of the road is the safest way. . Civilisation's Mna Dog. Philadelphia- Inquirer. Anarchism the mad dog of civilisation. While it is. preached and acted no man is safe. No executive, however humble or powerful, is immune. It Is a common danger that threatens aristocrat and re publican, autocrat and democrat, mon arch and president alike. Under these conditions, it would seem that all countries could combine on some common ground for safety. Political of fenders are not given up under present treaties, and were the assassin of Hum bert to escape to this country there would be no way of surrendering him to the Italian authorities. It would be well for all treaties of extradition to provide for the apprehension of assassins who aim to strike down the heads of government, and the United States might very well become a party to such arrangements. As to the nest of anarchists in Pater son, there most certainly Is some way of breaking them up. If it is found that the plot against Humbert was concocted by them, then the general laws against con spiracy ought to be broad enough to in clude their crime. In some way or an other every last one of the anarchists ought to be drfven out of Paterson out of the country, for that matter. Tha Constitution protects free speech, but threats to kill do not come under that head. What Would Reasonably Follow. Salt Lake Tribune. We believe that Bryan could ials a great deal of mischief; we believe he could paralyse every Industry In the country that leans at all on credit, and nearly all the business In this country Is done on credit. It tells us "that ho will givo us an administration in every department that will benefit the people and not the financial sharks." To judge that, we have to judge who his friends are. We do uot believe that this coun try is anxious to put its financial and business management in the hands of General Weaver. ex-Senator Pettigrew. ex-Governor Altgeld, Webster Davis, Senator Wellington or Mr. Croker, of New York. That Is the class of men that are telling this country of the vir tues of Mr. Bryan and what he would do. Wo believe that the candid senti ment of the strong men of this country, the strong men intellectually, the men of affairs, the men of business. Is that the election of Mr. Bryan this year would mean pretty nearly chaos, and such un certainty as would more than restore the depression of 1S93 and cause more doubt as to the ability of the American people to govern themselves than anything that has happened in a century. IVages and Cost of Living;. Kansas City Journal. Bryanites now admit the presence of prosperity, but attempt to offset the advantages that prosperity brings in the form of better wages by the disadvan tages arising from increase In the cost of living. All that Is gained In larger wages Is consumed by the higher prices, they say, and then snivel and whine and shed hypocritical tears about the poor, down trodden laboring man. It is generally accepted as a safe rule that the showings of the savings battles denote the condition of the working men. In 1S94, under a Democratic tariff, the deposits of the savings decreased $37,159,677, as compared with those of the preceding year. Since the revision of the tariff, the passage of the gold standard law and tho consequent return of goOd times, the savings deposits of the United States have increased $4S2,403,674. The Bryanites are would-be deceivers, but their representation on this subject will deceive no one. No, the prosperity of the McKlnley Administration is an unqualified prosperity, for it Is one that benefits all classes, is continuous, and bids fair to be greater in the second than in the first McKlnley term. Introduced the London Cab. New York Commercial Advertiser. Though obviously not for the reason we observe the day. London has a quiet celebration on July 4. On that day 74 year? ago a Mr. Schllllbrer Introduced the omnibus in London and thus founded an institution which the British capital could not abolish without a severe wrench. He also founded an occupation for his family, as one cf his grandrons Is today an engine-driver In San Francisco, and two others are motormen. A day or two after the first omnibus appeared in Lon don a cabby brought out his vehicle with "cablbus" painted on the side. 31EN AND WOMEN. John Fowler, the United States Consul at Che Foo, China, has been in the Government service ever since reaching manhcod for 21 years. Ex-Senator "William A. Clark, of Montana, has preserved the first dollar bill -which he made when starting life as a poor quartz miner In Colorado In 1S5!. Mrs. McKinley's favorite drive In Washington is that shady lane near the Soldiers Home, a drive usually designated by Washingtonlaus as "that whero the bridge is." Senator Heltfeld, of Idaho, Is probably the largest man in the United States Senate. He Is only 41 years old, and is of evjn greater pro portions than Jeffries, the pugilist. A bust of Sir John Thompson, ex-Minister of Justice for Nova. Scotia, was unveiled in Hall fax the other day. It is the wcrk of PhTllppe Herbert, a Canadian, now resident In Paris. Samuel R. Van Bant, Republican nominee for Governor of Minnesota, left 3chool to enlist as a private in the Ninth Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. and was frequently mentioned In dispatches for bravery In action. M. Pichon. the French Minister to Pekin. in his youth Intended to be a physician, but wa3 prevented by his failure to pass tho examina tion for a decree. He drifted into the diplo matic service from editorial work. Princess Mile. Barese, of Xarles, i3 the founder and head of that city's branch of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals. The organization has done much through, her efforts to check the cruelty which so shocked visltora to Naples only a few ycaro ago. The Czarina of Russia has formed a plan for aiding women of gentle birth but reduced circumstances, whereby their talent for em broidering, which is common to nearly all Rus sians, will be used In tha making, at a good price, of court dresses and ecclesiastical robes. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, according to his personal property schedule, does not wear a watch, and now Chicagoans are wondering what he wears at the end of the watchchain which is so prominent a feature of the official photograph which appears on all the municipal saloon licenses. Adlal E. Stevenson has a great fondness for the theater, and takes advantage of every op portunity to see a good play. Of works of a higher clas?, his favorite is the highest. Shakes peare, and during a visit of Henry Irving to Washington, carried a declination of every Invitation to an entertainment of another kind. His favorite light performances are the Gilbert and Sullhran operas at which he will laugh as heartily as any "gallery god." If Thinsrs "Were Not an They Are. Chicago Times-Herald. How glad how contented would mot of us be If things were not Just as they are If the mountains loomed up from the depths of the sea ' And the plains were not Just as they are! If the nlzht could be day and the day could be night. If the rirht could be wrong and the wrong could be rlht Ah, wouldn't the world be a place to delight It things were not Just as they are! Yet would we be slad tf our tasks were all play. And things were not Just as they are If the smiles of the Then were the sighs of Today And things were not lft as they are? Oh. if thing3 we possess were all taken and those That we want were all given to us, and the woes That we have were all Joys, we would still, t Eupposc, Wish that "thlnss were not Juit as they are:" NOTE AND COMMENT. Just beVrefhl, Brother Scorcher. With, that "devastating whl. How you grind up little, children Underneath your steed ot steel; You are taking awful chances; You'll be pulled without a deubt. And tha court will reprimand you It you don't watch out. People sometimes have objections ' When assaulted In the baoJc, An occurrence which is frequent.. If they happen In yeur track; And they'll warn fame fat pelteeraan,. On tho beat, that you're about. And the court wHI reprimand you If you don't watch out. There are even folks so cranky. On the things they call their rights, That they think that in tho night Uma, Wheelmen all should carry lights. Maybe some such chap wlH see you. And to call a copper sheut. And tho court will reprimand you It you don't watch out. Murderers get hut tho gallows. For their dark and bloody ways. Thieves and. thugs and footpads only Get a, jaltry ninety days. But the Judge has now determined That he'll put your kind to reut. And he'll surely reprimand you. If you don't watch out. The army worm is without doubt aredS tapeworm. What a smashing candidate Roosevelt! would make in a Kentucky election! Mr. Bryan and the Democratic party are now out of Towne, and they seem to be enjoying the change. After the trusts and the anarchists wa may be justified In inquiring: Can any good come out of New Jersey? In the Democratic South the consent of the governed has not been consulted very largely In the matter of the fran chise. Perhaps now the campaign is opened Bryan can be persuaded to say something- occasionally on the issues of tho campaign. It begins to look as if It wasa good thing for the world that not Jill tha nations were represented at the peaca conference. William Waldorf Astor has been de scribed as a man without a country, but it must be remembered that man is a pretty complimentary term. Is Mr. Hurst losing his grip? Why hasn't the Bxamlner-Journal-AmeScan force of jallbreakers rescued the Minis ters In Pekin long before this? . Why send clear to ShanghnI for war news, when the witnesses In the Powers trial could send us just as extravagant articles without any cable tolls to pay? Somebody has suggested naming a sleeping car after Bryan. If the car is so named, it will be like the boy orator In the respect that It will need an. air brake. We do not Question. Pluvius. The faet that life crows tame. When weather of a slngli yort Continues JuHt the same. But still we think thte month.perhapa. We may say with propriety. It's roslbte for even you To overdo variety. Altpreld and IClnpr Humbert. New York Press. While this anarchist question Is up again, we shall drag It into politics ju3t far enough to advertise our loving friends that the man whom the Democratic party has put up to vouch for Its loyalty to American institutions and "'answer" Theo dore Roosevelt is John P. Altgeld, of In delible record as the patron, protector and pardoner of the Bressis of Chicago. Bryan's Goltlnp: Lot. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The fact that Colonel Bryan's CO-acro lot is being used for golf links will not' strengthen him with the farmers, al-j though it may gain him a few votes' in the Shinneycock Hill district. PI.EASANTRIES OF PAltAGHAPHEIta Ho Reflects "Destiny." said tho pensive boarder. "Is like a chicken It Isn't everybody who can carve it to his entire satisfaction." Puck. Probably. "I see that somebody was badly injured in a. game of golf the other day.' "What was the matter? Did he insist oa calllns hte brassle a 'stick ''-Chicago Herald. A Life Lesson. James My rejection taught me one thing. Harry What was thnt? James That a fellow never 3hould make his maiden proposal to a widow. Philadelphia Bulletin. Just One Thing. "Even the General that never wins a battle can b-at sometimes," re marked Beachwood. "What are you- driving at?-' asked HomewctJ.-w"He can beat a. re treat." Pittsburg Telegraph. A Fair Kxplanatton. "Bridget." said the lady, "you sleep too much." "Faith, ma'am,' retorted Bridget, "ye'rt? mlshtaken. "Tls not thot Ot slape too much, but Oi slape very slow, ma'am." Philadelphia Press. The Cheerful Idiot. There Is no show for tha downtrodden poor man in this country," said the dysn-ptle boarder. "That's a fact Tho man with only one suit of clothes haa no re dress at all." said the Cheerful Idiot." In dianapolis Press. Glllis missed hln pocket-book the other morn ing and at once advertised for It. When ha returned home in tho evening he found It la hi3 pockets of his other trousers. "Mela craclous!" he said. "It bays to atvertiee Ilka de teflle!" Chicago Tribune. An English tourist, who had left a water proof on a train, went back to look for it. Oa asking the occupants of a thlrd-ela com partment whether they had seen anything ot a. "mackintosh, "Na, no." one of them replied; "we're a Macphersons here." Glasgow Even ing Times. At the Literary Reception. Old Hand There go two authors; Snooks, the author of "The Harp of the Passions." and Saddler, who wrote "The Carriage Painters' Manual " Enthusiastic Young Lady Which in the one. with the flashlns eye and the dark locka clustering about a marble brow? Old Hand That's Saddler. Boston Transcript. After the StrnKKle. Pearson's Weekly. Two rivals tried to win her hand She said them nay. But bade them prove their mettle. aid Return some day. "When you have gone and doae your best. Come back to me. And I between you then will cheos I'll give my hand unto him. whose I fain would be." One went to war, and fought and bled In many frays; His fame was widely heralded. Great was his pralfse. t The other went In seareh of wealth. He tolled and planned With honor for hia stepping-stone He rose until his name was known Through all the land. Upon a day they bent their ways. Back whence they came; One with hfo wealth, one with his bay Their breasts afiam But neither won the lady's hand. A titled cad Had got her while they were away. And. being men who knew things, they Were slad he had.