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RAILROADS AXD RIVER.
A Word Of exnlanntlnn ahrmlrt iwr.
g&aps, accompany the statement of As
sistant General Freight Agent Fulton.
hct the Northern Pacific, printed else
1 "where. It -will be remembered that
I Traffic Manager Campbell, of the O. R.
h& X., in the article to -which Mr. Ful-
I ten makes reference, introduced the
Smaller of switching charges from Port
Oar.d to the grain docks at Albina, and
extended to the Northern Pacific the
-offer of a rate of 55 per car for that
service. This offer, it appears, is not
satisfactory to the Northern Pacific.
VLlch submits that 53 per car is suffi
cient, and instances its own charges
.sewfcere in evidence. As The Orego-
Jiian remarked in connection with Mr.
Campbell's statement, this offer con-
f-ccrr.lrg switching cars from Portland
to Albina introduces a new element into
the controversy; and as the Waliula
tarrai.gement has manifestly ceased to
operate, the whole controversy practl-
l-caTy simmers down to the difference
between ?5 and ?3 a car.
T2-e strategic purpose of the Northern
3?:lfiC in this matter is obvious. It
eccks to place the O. R. & N. in the
J B.tl-in t keening Its Albina craln
I Sards practically closed to the North
ern Pacific, and therefore to such ship-
jjxrs as may desire to use the Northern
I Pacific into Albina by way of Kalama.
ft! rjuch a tax iff of $5 per car for switch
fine service across the river. The gen
ital Tublie is not, perhaps, fully ln-jf3".-l
that the last few years have
w"n- s d the practical concentration of
F.T inuH grain docking facilities in
I AIL Ira, where they are reached by the
JO It. & N trarks. Within a year past
I err firm has been doing business satis
Itc rl'y in Wtst Side docks reached
l.o Northern Pacific. But the bulk
Icf tfc business is done at Albina, where
pearly a'l ihe facilities are. Such grain
as or.ies to Port.and, therefore. Is in
It'D ratural course of thimrs destined
If r .Vlbina. It is the desire of the
IN rthorn Pacific, tlierefore. to reach
itho Alllna docks as cheaply as possl-
L.c, v,hether via "Wallula or across the
k'eel brluge in Portland harbor. It is
the desire of the O. It. & N.. on the
c her hand, to haul as much as possible
icf the Eastern Washington wheat over
its own lines to Albina.
It is not The Oregonlan's intention
it iUs time to render a decision as to
tfce rr.erlls of the controversy, partly
aerarsa the evidence is not all In, and
partly because railroads should be al
lowed to run their affairs without nub
ile interference except when they plain
ly contravene the vita! interests of the
cammm'tj'. It has endeavored to ob-
Jn the? opposing views of the two
oa Is, and to set their testimony before
its readers with completeness and im-
?art.allty. Each of these roads is very
Jealous of its reputation as a friend of
?orLs.nd. Each should receive credit
Cor 'to good it does, and censure for
the Lad. The O. It & N. is anxious tn
reia'n for its own lines the traffic of
ro ccuntry it touches, and in that
rr.BC it may truly be said to be work
ing t r Portland's Interests. Tet the
aeration may arise when Portland's in
terests and the O. R. & N.'s Interests
.ash, and when that occasion arises
the management of the O. H. & N. Trill
sta.nl L1' the road, for that is its dntv.
The Northern Pacific, on the other
ir.r.1, ! interested In building un its
:ct Sound terminals, and would be
nor. ? in pocket if it could ship all the
r-Etcm "Washington wheat to Tacoma
Jr i1 irmfnt. without the neeessitv of
:ring:r.g ar.v Qf it on to Portland or
pa" ! tribute In any way to the O. R.
N. It would Mke to do this in such
way as to tlirow the odium of the
redaction upon the O. R. & N. If the
It. & N. says that $5 per car Is as
;rcup as it can handle grain across the
r:cr lu'h.uif a loss, the Northern Pa-
f.;? whl reply that it Is the duty of the
It. & N, to stand by Portland and
-f "p It s! lp grain, whereas the North-
en Pafl- is under no profession of
(Lys.:tv t i Portland, and thinks its dutv
Kb 2.r.i when it makes the same rates
-ere that itjnakes to Tacoma.
J-Qr-iirg up belilnd all these ques
ts Is the portentous background of
m cpen river to the sea. The crreat
fcx?t f r Prtland to beat into its hard
r' J head every day is that a deep, onen
plxmcl the 3 ear round is the sine qua
; 1 or shipping here. It makes little
ilff-renee to grain exporters whether
x.ey oad wheat here or at Tacoma. If
:e Ehlp is at Tacoma, the wheat must
3e hauled there somehow. If it is at
'crtland. the railroads must haul the
rheat to Portland. As to rates, they
II he the same. Whatever price the
X R, & N. makes down the Columbia I
k Portland, Just that price the North-
Paeme must make to Tacoma. The
Sfc'ps tvill go where they can do the
st. The sure way to force the North-
ftm Pacific to bring grata to Portland
to make this a cheap port, so that
he ships will insist on coming here.
Then there will be docks enough. East
3ide or "Wst. If the O. R. & N. can
ycllO. & dock at Albina, the Northern
Pa'Ifio can build, docks on the West
31 wle. And maybe it will.
Kr Stevenson, ef Colorado, and Lee
T&c'le, upon resigning their places as
chairmen of their respective Silver Re
publican state committers, In order to
support McKinley and Roosevelt, pro
nounce "free silver at 16 to 1" an utterly
dead issue. "Silver," asserts Mr. Man
tle, "Is no longer the paramount issue;
the real issue is the supremacy of the
flag wherever it is floating."
PROSPEROUS GERMAXY.
Numbers of .people in this country
have imbibed a philosophy of trade
that will render them dumb with sur
prise at hearing that Germany is pros
pering mightily, notwithstanding the
tremendous volume of goods she Is
buying from the United States and
other countries. How a land can be
well fixed which we are continually
'despoiling with exports of foodstuffs
and manufactures will seem str.. ige to
followers of extreme tariff apostles. Yet
such is the painful and oppressive fact.
Germany not only buys heavily from
us, but she actually seems to grow fat
upon the drastic medicine. Her,, Im
ports are increasing in marked degree,
and, like our own, they tend to show a
decrease In fully manufactured goods,
the growth being mainly In raw and
half-finished materials for use in the
process of manufacture. Thus, In 1897,
the Import of iron amounted to 31,S56,000
metric centners, in 1898 to 55,166,000
centners, and in 1899 to 41.654.000 cent
ners. TJndyed woolen yarns rose from
24,287 centners in 1897 to 27,496 centners
in 1898, and 32,314 centners in 1899.
These and other useful things Ger
many Is able to afford from the world's
market-places she pays for "with in
creased production of various sorts. Be
tween 3872 and 1879 the value of Ger
man exports increased about ?82,000,000,
or equal to fully 13 per cent. Between
18S0 and 1S88 there was an increase of
about $115,000,000, or equal to nearly 14
per cent. Between 1SS9 and 189C there
was an increase of $124,000,000, or equal
to over 15 per cent. That is to say,
there has not only beeri a steady in
crease from the early '70s, but the ratio
of Increase has been growing more
rapid. There was a slight Increase in
j 1898 over the values of 1S96, and In 1899
I the value advanced $60,000,000 over that
of three years before.
j In the great staples of coal and Iron,
Germany Is doing great things. In coal
the average annual production of the
'years 1870-7-i was 32,278,000 tons, equal
I to 0.79 ton per head of the population.
! Ten j'ears later this production had
risen to 52,182,009, ;or 1.15 tons per head
of tho population. By 1890-94 the aver
. age annual production of coal was 73,
1 184,000, or equal to 1.14- per head, and in
1 the three years '1895-97 inclusive it
j reached an annual average of S5.290,
' 000, or 1.61 tons per head of the popu
lation. Comparing the annual produc
tion of 1S96 and 1897, there is a growth
I of 29 per cent, but if the comparison
be extended further, covering the latest
decennial period between 1890 with an
j output of 70,238,000 tons and in 1S99 with
j an eutput of 101,622,000 tons, there Is a
1 growth of 44.7 per cent. The growth in
I the production of pig Iron has been
sun more remarkable. The average
annual product of the years 1S70-74 was
1.818.000. while by 1SS0-S4 it was 3,219,000,
and for 1S90-94 the average had reached
4,920,000 tons. But this is very much
below the production of the last two
l years, which shows for 1893 a total of
7,313,000 tons and for 1899 of g,142,000
tons.
The empire's chief dependence, how
ever, is on textiles. This Industry em
ploys nearly a million of persons, as
against 640,000 In the manufacture of
metals. On textiles Germany depends
for the volume of her exports more
than upon any other branch of her
j trade. It appears that In Rhineland
j and Westphalia the number of spindles
In the cotton mills was 717,000 in 1888;
it was 1,636,000 in 1897. They consumed
226,000 metric centners of raw cotton
in 1SS5 and 470,000 In 1897. In the Ger
man carded woolen mills In 188S there
were 685,000 spindles, and in 1837 1,850,
fl spindles. In the most Important
Iron works and collieries in Germany
the rate of dividends has shown a
steady Increase. There was an aver
age distribution of 10.86 per cent in
1836-97, as against 7.59 per cent in 1895-96
and 3.45 per cent in 1894-95. The divi
dends paid In 189S in a number of typi
cal industries iron, cement, etc ex
ceeded by 1 per cent or more those paid
In 1897. The growth of banking reflects
these industrial activities. The busi
ness of the Relchsbank rose In value
from 1,834,000,000 marks In. 1S76 to 6,066.
000.000 marks in 3895, an Increase of 231
per cent In twenty years, and the profits
of the same institution showed an in
crease from IS.496,000 marks in 1893 to
2S.01S.OO0 marks in 3898. As between
the total issues of German banks.
amounting to 1,419,000.000 marks in 1S94
and 2,697.000,000 marks in 1S9S, there is
certainly an enormous expansion. It ap
pears, also, that of the issues of 1894
96,000,000 marks represented Invest
ments In industrial shares, while out of
those of 1S9S the same kind of securi
ties accounted for 477,000,000.
ANOTHER IX THE RACE.
Attention has frequently been drawn
In these columns to the systems of di
rect primary nominations In use at
Lincoln and Minneapolis. An effort
will be made at Salem this Winter to
provide such a system for the State of
Oregon. One important state, however,
is pretty sure to give us a close race
for the first legal adoption of direct
primaries. That state is Wisconsin.
The character of Wisconsin's citizen
ship is celebrated for its high standard,
intellectually and morally. Its party
organizations have vied with each other
in putting forward worthy candidates
and advancing sound measures. They
are now declaring for direct primary
nominations. The Republican nominee
for Governor this year, Robert M. La
Follette, is a man worthy the best tra
ditions of Wisconsin public life. What
he says about the Republican declara
tion for direct primary nominations is
so pertinent and vigorous that we re
produce it entire. Mr. La Follette said:
But. centlemen of th convention, with all
of your cood work, nothing which jou have
done, nothing which has been done by any
convention In a Quarter of a century, will give
to every man who has had a share In the
work euch enduring honor when It shall have
ripened Into statutory law, as the declaration
made here today for the nomination of all
candidates by direct vote at a primary elec
tion under the Australian ballot. The tests Of
experience will doubtless be required to per
fect all the working details of a primary elec
tion law. It would be stranre indeed If it
ere not . But your great achievement Is In
having established the principle, and begun the
overthrow of a system that Is undormlnlng
representative government throughout the
land. Ko longer In Wisconsin will there stand
between the voter and tho official, a political
machine with a complicated system of cau
cuses and conventions, by the easy manipula
tion of which It thwarts the will of the voter
and rules official conduct. No valid reason
can be gives for continuing the caucus and
convention another day. It the Toter la com
petent to cast his ballot at the aeneral elec
tion tor the Official of his choice, be la equally
Competent to vote rtlrectly'at a primary elec
tion tor the nomination- of the candidates of
his party. It Is his right as a. citizen and tax
payer, and who will dors to gainsay or deny
It?
Inspired with confidence by the great refor
mation accomplished In our general elections
through the Australian ballot, we advance the
standards of reform and demand the applica
tion of the same method in making nomina
tions, together with tho sovereign right that
each citizen shall for himself exercise his
choice by direct vote, without the Intervention
or Interference of any political agency.
Direct primary nominations consti
tute a forward step in self-government.
The maintenance of conventions with
delegates is no more necessary than is
perpetuation of the exploded fiction
that Legislatures can choose Senators
or that electoral colleges can choose
Presidents more -wisely than the peo
ple. It is a reform that Is coming in.
Oregon should be at the head of the
procession.
SPIRIT, NOT BLOOD, MAKES THE
MAX.
Mr. Bryan, on the 15th Inst, at Chi
cago, addressed a crowd of "Irish
Americans." So eloquent was his trib
ute to the Irish race that some one on
the platform yelled, "Your name ought
to be O'Bryan." Mr. Bryan replied that
the original name was Bryan. Thus
proclaiming his Irish descent, Mr.
Bryan won the favor of his hearers and
was roundly cheered. This Is all very
shallow stuff, but It Is not a whit more
stupid than the tiresome controversy
between correspondents that has re
cently raged In the columns of the New
York Sun as to whether President Mc
Kinley is of Scotch ancestry, or what
Is termed Scotch-Irish, or of plain Irish
lineage. Of what sort of consequence
is it of what lineage a statesman is?
The question is not one of blood, but
of spirit; not whether he is Scotch or
Irish, but whether he is a true Ameri
can. Examine the list of the public
men who organized the American Rev
olution; who fought it to a victorious
close, who framed the American Con
stitution and governed the country un
til, 1824, when the younger Adams was
elected President, and what do we
find? We find men of various lineage
but identical spirit. Washington, Ad
ams, Madison, Marshall and Franklin
were of English, Jefferson of Welsh,
Monroe of Scotch, ancestry. John Jay
was of Huguenot lineage; John Rut
ledge of Irish descent, as were Charles
Carroll, George Clinton, Generals Knox
and Sullivan. Alexander Hamilton was
half Scotch and half French, born in
Nevis, one of the West India Islands.
Albert Gallatin, Jefferson's Secretary of
the Treasury, was born and bre-d in
Switzerland. William Wirt, Monroe's
Attorney-General, was cf Swiss parent
age. Martin Van Buren was of Dutch
ancestry. Calhoun, Jackson, Clay,
Polk, Buchanan, Arthur, were of
Scotch-Irish stock, that is. descendants
of Scotch who settled In the Province of
Ulster, consisting of the nine northern
counties of Ireland, and who In the
middle of the seventeenth century be
gan to emigrate to America.
This Scotch-Irish emigration settled
in Maine and New Hampshire In con
siderable numbers, but its great bulk
settled in Pennsylvania and the Caro
linas, and the overflow from these
states settled Alabama, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Many
of them became pioneers In Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois. General Anthony
Wayne, Commodore Perry. Sam Hous
ton, Winfield Scott, Patrick Henry,
Tom Corwin, Tom Ewlng, Robert Y.
Hayne, McDuflle, Blaine, Robert Ful
ton, were all of this stock. But what
of it? It is of no more consequence
than the fact that Thomas F. Bayard,
of Delaware; Chauncey Depew,of New
York, and Hugh S. Legare, of South
Carolina, came of Huguenot stock, or
that Stephen Glrard, the American mer
chant and philanthropist, was of
French blood. It Is of no more conse
quence than the fact that Commodore
Vanderbilt was of Dutch ancestry,
while Collls P. Huntington, his alter
ego In vast brains for business and in
dustrial combinations, and generalship,
.was a Connecticut Yankee of English
stock. It is of no more consequence
than the fact that Admirals Farragut
and Dupont were of French blood,
while Admiral Dewey is of Puritan
Yankee descent. It Is of no more conse
quence than the fact that Grant was
of Scotch ancestry, while Sheridan was
the son of Irish immigrants, or than
the fact that Governor Roosevelt is half
Irish and half Dutch, while General
Sherman was the child of a long line
of Puritan Connecticut Yankees of
English stock.
The names that stand for glory and
the names that stand for shame in the
history of either Great Britain or Amer
ica are the exclusive property of no
particular race lineage. Benedict Ar
nold had as good a line of Connecticut
Puritan ancestry as General Sherman.
Aaron Burr was of English stock.
Thomas A. Hendricks was of Scotch
Irish stock," but then so is A dial E.
Stevenson, and just here we find the
origin of the discord between orators
who speak of the Anglo-Saxon race and
those who dispute the propriety of such
language. There is no such thing as
an Anglo-Saxon race today in either
England or America, but there Is such
a thing as the spirit of Anglo-Saxon
civilization and Institutions, as exhib
ited by both England and America.
We are not Anglo-Saxons; we are
Americans; and Great Britain is not
Anglo-Saxon; her people are English
men, whether they are born north of
the Tweed, on the banks ot the Shan
non or in the heart of Yorkshire, so
long as they are loyal upholders of
English institutions, law and govern
ment. Without reference to mere lin
eage, both America and England stand
for what we mean by the spirit of Anglo-Saxon
civilization, which predom
inates In both countries in distinction
from the spirit of Latin civilization
represented by France, Italy and Spain, j
j-ojiu nouerus is an insuuian uy uiriii
and yet he is every bit as loyal an
Englishman as if he had been born and
bred in Devonshire. It is the spirit and
the environment, not family descent,
that make a man a true American or
a true Englishman. The blood that f
courses in his veins may date back to
the Latin race, but if his environment
has made him a legitimate growth of
American institutions, then he Is a true
American. One of the songs of the
Grant campaign of 1868 Included the
lines:
And should men ask his birthplace.
Our sole reply shall be
Ho comes from Appomattox and Its famous
apple tree.
This was enough certificate for Grant,
without examining his genealogy. He
had proved) that he was a true Ameri
can. It Is of no sort of consequence
whether Bryan is of Irish descent with
or without the "O"; it is of no conse
quence whether McKinley is of Scotch
or Irish descent; the only question 13
whether he la a true American.
The latest news from China seems to
establish the Important fact that the
whole outbreak was a governmental
one, wearing the face of the Boxer In
surrection as a mask. The government
troops made a desperate effort to force
the defenses of the Legations the day
before the army of relief arrived, and if
the relieving force had been a day
later the foreign envoys would either
have been massacred or obliged to sur
render. The confidential adviser of the
Emperor was the leader of the Imperial
troops that in eleven days threw 2000
shells at the foreign defenses. The let
ters of Generals TungFuSian and Yung
Lu avow the deepest hate for the "for
eign devils" and the determination to
murder them all with the assistance of
the Boxers. General Tung Fu Slan
says that China possesses cannon and
rifles and plenty of welUtralned troops,
and that he does not fear the foreign
ers, whom he considers cowards of
small populations and "entirely de
pendent on Chinese productions." Of
course, this language is expressive of
Chinese ignorance and conceit Never
theless, it makes clear the guilty re
sponsibility of the Generals of the Pe
kln Government. The flight of the Em
press under the circumstances is the
most natural thing In the world; she
knows her guilt cannot be denied, and"
fears to submit to the consequences.
It is certainly a pleasant thrill of ex
citement that visits the community In
prospect of a railroad from Frankfort
to Ilwaco, and perhaps another from
Portland to Frankfort, by way of a
bridge at Vancouver. It Is not at all
Improbable that the future will see two
railroads, one on each bank of the
Lower Columbia. Whatever becomes
of the Astoria Railroad, those interests
not represented In Its ownership will
want a separate outlet down the river.
Supplemented with realization of all its
building plans in the upper country, a
railroad to the mouth of the river would
give the O. R. & N. perfect facilities
for marketing the products of the Co
lumbia basin and distributing merchan
dise throughout it from Portland as a
center. The preliminary wbrk of such
projects is not likely to be delayed until
plans are. frustrated by rivals. Henco
It Is under way now, in good season.
Competitive railroads are desirable in
more places than one. When the
Northern Pacific has its own tracks
down the Columbia and ampie terminal
facilities at Portland, it will not be so
anxious as It is now to build up its
Pugec. Sound points.
The application of the fugitive Pekln
Government for peace will be treated
with no respect by the allies until they
are in full possession of the whole of
Pekin, and have taken into custody for
trial the guilty members of its govern
ment, who are responsible for the re
cent outbreak of hostility against for
eigners and its consequent murders and
massacres of innocent, unoffending per
sqns. The promise that the Empress
and the Emperor will not be treated
with personal indignity ought not to
mean that the Empress will not be
dethroned and severely punished.
Cromwell did not treat Charles I with
personal Indignity, but nevertheless the
King was arrested, put on trial and
beheaded. While the Empress Dowa
ger richly deserves death, It probably
would not be good public policy to exe
cute her, but she ought not to be al
lowed to continue to remain at the
head of the central government of
China.
Elsewhere We print the result of ex
pert Government inspection of Oregon's
coal deposits, including that of the Up
per Nehaleai country. It Is earnestly
to be desired that Portland might be
interested in the development of Its out
lying coal fields. Here is a substantial
deposit of coal, only 30 miles from Port
land, susceptible of successful working
only through a railroad. There is a
possibility that the coal is not a com
mercial proposition as to quantity and
quality. But the facts ought to be
known. Cheap coal near at hand Is
one of the foundation elements of a
great city here at Portland. If neces
sary, Portland should test the coal, and
if It is good enough and plenty enough,
Portland capital should buy the prop
erty, "build a railroad to it, and de
velop the mines.
The death of C. P. Huntington re
moves one great obstacle to the con
struction of the Nicaragua Canal. Be
cause of his Pacific railroad Interests,
which he erroneously thought would be
Injured, by a canal, Mr. Huntington
always threw his powerful Influence
against the construction of one. He
had for years employed a former chief
of, statistics in the Treasury Depart
ment, Joseph Nimmo, to write and lec
ture against the canal, and he expended
large sums In his opposition to it. His
successors are young enough to appre
ciate the folly of wasting money In a
useless effort to prevent the construc
tion of a canal that would benefit the
entire Nation, the Pacific railroads in
cluded. The news that the wire between Pe
kln and Tien Tsin has been cut, and
that Chinese troops are moving against
the communications need excite no
alarm, for the first German contingent
of troops has arrived, which ought to
prove ample reinforcements to secure
the position of the allies at Pekin.
Lieutenant Wood's activity in behalf
of a ransom for Arthur Venville re
flects a public spirit and state pride, the
more commendable from his being a
newcomer. His example might well be
emulated by many of the oldest inhab
itants. The Point of View.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The humbug business of trying to make
it appear that by talking for ten col
umns on anti-imperialism instead of free
silver Bryan has transformed himself
froma reckless and dangerous charlatan
Into a thoughtful and eloquent states
man, does not' appear to be attractive to
healthy and vigorous minded Gold Demo
crats here and elsewhere. Wheeler H.
Peckham waves the nauseating dose aside
with characteristic lack of ceremony, say
ing: "I have not read the speech, and I
do not propose to slander any moments'
leisure, as Shakespeare puts it In read
ing such stuff as that" Senator Lindsay;
of Kentucky, Is equally unmoved. "By
ignoring silver," he says, "Bryan will not
gain the vote of the Gold Democrats, and
in my opinion he will lose support among
radical sliver haen." There are no signs
that any Gold Democrat who had not
decided to vote for Bryan before "this
speech was made has' been influenced by
it to go over to him now. It would be
fctrange if any man were to be so in
fluenced, since Bryan himself declares
that his sliver views have not been modi
fied In" the least by his views on im
perialism. The average Gold Democrat
Is far less emotional 'and Impressionable
than the average anti-Imperialist, for the
latter needs only to hear his own views
pouring back to him out of the mouth of
Bryan to clasp his hands in admiration
and exclaim, with moist eyes: "How
eloquent, how beautiful and how true!
How Bryan has' grown in mental
stature, literary grace and moral
grandeur!"
BRYAN'S BID FOU IMMORTALITY.
Cae of the Ehonoerrapb. In Politics,
Dispassionately YicTFed.
Chicago Tribune.
No matter what may be the result of
the election In November, William Jen
nings Bryan Is assured of Immortality so
long as "the phonograph remains In use.
For the greater part of Monday after
noon, the Nebraska orator thundered Into
the business end of a phonographic re
corder. These records are to bo multi
plied Indefinitely and sent abroad all over
the country, so that the faithful every
where may listen to the inspired voice of
the "peerless leader." It now remains
only to start out a moving picture exhibi
tion, which shall show Mr. Bryan reaping
his five acres of wheat in overalls and
big straw hat to complete the Illusion.
And even when the election day has
passed- the records made on Monday will
not lose all their value. Long after the
second term of President McKinley has
gone into history one can Imagine the
"barker" In front of the phonograph ex-hlbltlon-room
shrieking, "Come In and lis
ten to the ravings of John McCullough
and the Indianapolis speech of William
Jennings Bryan. Only 1 cent."
Incidentally, the mechanical campaign
orator seems to possess many points of
advantage over the usual article. It will
never suffer from a cold in tho head, for
instance, or get hoarse from too much
speaking. It will never get "mad" and
refuse to speak unless It is given the best
place on. the programme. Most important
of all, It will never wear out an audi
ence by continuing its speech after the
people have reached the limit of their en
durance. Hereafter when the first symptoms of
impatience appear the chairman of the
meeting win simply turn off the machine,
remove the Bryan cylinder, and insert in
Its place an Altgeld or Webster Davis
cylinder. Possibly before tho campaign Is
entirely over It will be possible to get
phonographic records from Aguinaldo and
other Democratic spellbinders who are
prevented by circumstances from taking
any more active part in the campaign.
Altogether the phonograph departure in
campaign methods is one of the most in
teresting made In recent years. It offers
endless opportunities in ther hands of an
ingenious campaign manager. But it
would hardly be fair to Judge of Its use
fulness by the effect of Its work in the
campaign now beginning.
Does Tills Sonnd Familiar?
The Indianapolis Journal reproduces ex
tracts from the Indianapolis Sentinel In
1864. Here are three of them:
"Have not the people dally evi
dence that Abraham Lincoln is a
BTirninp; the power the despotic
po-rrer to enable lilm to pay his
lebts and replenish his overdrawn
cotters, exhausted by extravagrance
and ambitions strife for power f"
"3Iore than eighteen hnndrcd years
afro Rome was froverncd by three
men at the end of that republic. One
was Caesar. They were all of noble
blood. And we. too, have our trl
nmvlrate Lincoln, Stanton, HallacU;
bnt, nnfortnnntcly, neither of them
can. boast a very high descent. There
succeeded an Emperor, who could
fiddle when Rome was bnrningr. We
also bnvc onr Emperor, Lincoln, who
can tell stale Jokes whilst the lapil
Is rnnnlne red. with the blood of
brothers."
"Shonld Mr. Lincoln be re-elected
the revolution will be accomplished.
This will be no longer a Republic of
the United States, but a consolidated
empire. Every safeguard must soOji
er or later pjlve Way. The limita
tions of the executive power will
not be in the Constitution, but In
the pleasure of the President. "We
Implore patriotic and intelligent
men to pause and reflect and give
their verdict on Tuesday next. If
the people will not save their price
less Constitution nnd Union it is
lost."
These extracts were reproduced as an
Illustrative commentary upon similar at
tacks now being made by the same paper
on William McKinley, In which he also
Is classed as the same sort of a Nero
that it called Lincoln 36 years ago. In
a tenth part of the time It has takn
the Sentinel to learn that Lincoln was
among the best embodiments of the spirit
of liberty, and of the highest republican
Ideals, Instead of the tyrant and monster
It depicted him, It will learn to be equally
ashamed of tho hard names It now be
stows on MoKlnley, and to recognize him
as worthy to stand In history side by side
with Lincoln as one of the great liber
ators of downtrodden races from tyranny
and oppression.
"What Bryan Stnnds For.
Carl Schurr, at Chicago, Sept. 5. 1800.
And at what price will the ultimate re
sult be gained in case of Mr. Bryan's
election? At tho price of the most vio
lent and destructive crisis on record,
such a crisis as can only be brought on
by a sudden subversion of the standard
of values and of the whole business
credit At the price of indefinite business
paralysis and distress. At the price
Of the ruthless spoliation of the saving
accumulated by the tolling masses. At
the price of robbing our war veterans of
half the value of their pensions. At the
price of greatly Increasing the number
of unemployed by discouraging enterprise
and of curtailing the value of wages of
those remaining at work. At the price
of the respect of the world for our In
telligence and practical sense. And
worse, far worse than all this, at the
price of something that has never been
forfeited since this Republic was born
at the price of the greatest good a na
tion can possess and for the preserva
tion of which it should shed its last
drop of blood at the price of our Na
tional honor. For the Nation, so rich
and powerful, would stand before the
world as a wanton, reckless repudlator,
as nothing better than a fraudulent
bankrupt. This will be the cost of the
experiment Aro you willing to pay this
price?
Fellow-cltlaens, it Is a grave matter, a
matter of vital Import to the existence
of this Nation. The public men who
teach such moral principles to tho peo
ple educate the people for the contempt
and abhorrence of mankind. The na
tion that accepts such moral principles
cannot live. It will rot to death In the
loathsome stew of its own corruption. If
the Nation accepting such moral princi
ples be this Republic, it will deal a
death blow to the credit of the demt.
cratlc Institutions, from which the cause
of free government will not recover for
centuries.
It Was Huntington's Offer.
New York Sun.
The death of Collls P. Huntington
makes It proper to say now that he was
the "Responsibility" who offered through
the Sun a year ago the prizes of $700
in what was widely known at the time
as "The Man Without the Hoe" compe
tition. The shallow and meretricious philoso
phy of Edwin Markham's verses pro
voked in Mr. Huntington's mind a de
sire to see the true dignity of manual
labor asserted with poetical strength
and grace of expression. He believed
that no calling was more honorable than,
that of the man with the hoe. Himself
a great captain of industry through many
years of his extraordinarily active and
successful career, he understood the op
portunities open to the American who
la not afraid or ashamed to work with
his hands, when work for the hands
is all that offers.
It will be news to many people that
Mr. Huntington concerned his mind with
questions like these. There is no parallel
that we can recall to his generous otter
to the poets; an offer Inspired by a deep
and genuine Intellectual and moral In
terest in the suggested theme, and made
under the express condition that the Iden
tity of "Responsibility" should not be
disclosed, that he might not be sus
pected of any desire to advertise him
self, or to seem to poso with patronage
of any sort
That Mr. Huntington's prizes did not
elicit any- poetical production adequate
to his own Ideal was to be expected. The
Incident, however. Is not the less honora
ble to his memory.
A Fable for Editors.
London Academy.
By way of practical Joke, a typewrit
ten copy of Scott's "Ivanhoe" was re
cently sent round to the publishers under
the title 'When John Was England's
King." It was returned in every case,
among the letters of rejection being the
following:
"Messrs. Macmlllan & Co. regret to
have to return 'When John Was Eng
land's King';, -but they fear that Interest
In historical fiction Is diminishing. Their
reader's report of the story Is In the main
favorable, but he points out that tho
charge of imitating 'The Forest Lovers,"
one of Messrs. Macmlllan's recent publi
cations, might perhaps, be difficult to
rebut In his opinion, the author of
'When John Was England's King' would
perhaps have made a better and more
readable book had he studied Mr. Hew
lett more carefully."
"Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton must
decline 'When John Was England's
King in its present form,but if a few
modlficatlonswere made, they feel that
the story might be very popular and
profitable. The author, they would sug
gest, might advantageously substitute a
Christian girl for the Jewess, Rebecca,
Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton having no
ticed, in their long experience, that there
Is more money in Christianity than in
Hebraism, at any rate In books. They
would also recommend an Infusion of
Scotch dialect; and a pathetic scene be
tween Ivanhoe and his mother if it could
be arranged would, thoy feel convinced,
add to the story's vogue."
"Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co. would will
ingly publish 'When John Was England's
King" If the author would make a few
alterations. They beg to bring to his
notice the accompanying works by Mr.
Guy Boothby, an acceptable writer in
their employ, and suggest that he should
adapt the story to the minds of Mr.
Boothby's numerous readers. By giv
ing Ivanhoe more dash and address, by
modernizing and accelerating the style,
and removing much of the antiquarian
padding, this effect would, they feel sure,
be attained."
"Mr. John Murray begs to return tho
MS, of 'When John Was England's King
and to quote a passage from his reader's
report thereon: 'I do not recommend this
novel, although it Is painstaking ana
thorough. The author would, I think,
have been wiser had he chosen another
name for his hero. Ivanhoe has already
been used by Sir Walter Scott."
"Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co. thank the
author of 'When John Was England's
King' for the offer of his story as a
serial for the Cornhlll Magazine, but are
obliged reluctantly to return It, having
made arrangements for a number of
serials by Mr. S. R. Crockett"
P. S. The foregofng correspondence is,
of course, absolutely fictitious.
Couldn't Believe It.
Chicago Tribune.
"Who Is this Lincoln that Bryan is
talkln' about so much In his speeches?"
inquired the grizzled old fellow who had
come In from Snake River Bottom to
hear the news.
"President Lincoln, of course," replied
the country grocer.
"Not Old Abe?"
"Certainly. Why?"
"Nothin," said the grizzled old party,
taking a big bite of plug tobacco and
crunching it savagely In his Jaws, "only
I've lost a shoat on It"
And Mr. Bryan probably has lost a
vote.
A Gift to the Chinese Empress.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tho Dowager Empress o'f China was the
recipient on the occasion of her 60th birth
day of an interesting presentation from
the Ministers of England and America.
This consisted of a copy of the New Tes
tament bound in silver covers and en
closed In a chased silver casket, sub
scribed for by the Christian women of
China. On one cover was a gold plate
bearing the words, "Holy Classic of Sal
vation." The subscribers numbered about
10,000, and the cost of the presentation
amounted to $1250.
MEN AND WOMEN.
The little Kins of Spain prefers bull-dshtlnff
to any Imported sports. Some ono recently
asked him if ho played eolf. "I do not," he
replied, "and I thank Heaven that I prefer the
amusements of Spain to those of Scotland or
any other country."
President Loubet. of France, Is a musician
a fact scarcely known even In his own coun
tryand not only plays the piano and violin
with remarkable skill, but composes, so It Is
said, some music worthy of men who have
given their life to that art.
A "Washington stenographer who is often
called In to assist the "White House corps says:
"President McKinley is the Ideal man for a
stenographer. He speaks Just fast enough,
with a perfect distinctness, and never hesi
tates for a word. Unllko most men, he evi
dently knows eiactly what he is golns to say
before he tries to say It."
The Emperor of Austria Is one of the most
democratic of sovereigns, so far as his own
personality is concerned. "When In a city in
other than his official capacity, he insists on
walking: about a great deal, and has thus made
many friends who have to this day no idea
that ho Is tho ruler of the Austrian Empire.
Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, tried to
run an electric automobile recently, with re
sults that were almost disastrous. Ho Inad
vertently turned on all the power, and the
wagon dashed away at a terrible speed. For
tunately, however. It brought up safely against
a telegraph post before any damage was done.
A pretty story Is told of the late King Hum
bert and Queen Margharlta. The Queen. It
seems, had a strong partiality for white
dresses, but with tho advancing years she
feared that they looked too girlish and affect
ed, and asked the King what ho thought about
It. Ho replied that he would think it over.
A few days after she received a box contain
ing half a dozen white dresses fresh from
Paris, with her husband's compliments.
Professor DuBoIs, one of the leading negrors
of Atlanta, who Is a doctor of philosophy at
Harvard, and who has been collecting statistics
of the education of the negro, says he found
that there are -414 negroes in the country who
have received degrees from an educational In
stitution of some kind. Including 235 women.
Reports from these show that they have an
average assessed valuation of property of
$2500.
The Hayloft.
Robert Louis Stevenson. '
Through all the pleasant meadowslde.
The grass grew shoulder high.
Till tho shining scythes went far and wide,
And cut it down to dry.
These green and sweetly smelling crops.
They led In wagons home;
And they piled them hero In mountain tops.
For mountaineers to. roam.
Hero Is Mount Clear, Mount Rusty JIall,
Mount Eagle and Mount High:
The mice that in these mountains dwell.
No happier aro than I!
Oh. what a Joy to clamber there.
Oh, what a place for plar.
With the sweet the din. the dusty air,
Tho happy hills of hay!
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Closer time and shorter connection to
North Beach are reasonably certain for
next year.
Yes. Maudle. your friend in the Naval
Reserve is quite right The spar deck U
where they box the compass.
The Milk Producers' Exchange of New
York may fall down in its arrangemeats:
with the Milk Exchange. If such a ca
lamity should happen it might strain the
milk.
Goebellsm Is on the wane in Kentucky
Last November Campbell County gava
Goebel 61 majority for Governor
On Angust 6, at a special elec
tion, it gave the Republican can
didate for State Senator a majority of
170. Tho Blue Grass State is waking up
to the deep-laid Democratic plot to rob
It of the ballot.
February 14, 1S0L will mark the cen
tennial of the day when John Marshall.,
of Virginia, the first Chief Justice of the.
United States, took his seat upon tho su
preme bench. It Is to be commemorated;
at the Initiative of the Bar Association
of tho Districts Columbia, with the help
of the American Bar Association, and ex-Attorney-General
Wayne MacVeagh has
been chosen to deliver the oration.
It Is stated the Board of School Su
perintendents for the boroughs of Man
hattan and Bronx has secommended th
abolition of the vertical system of pen
manship. The objection against the sys
tem is that It makes slow penmen. Tho
advantage of the vertical penmanship
Is said to be that the attitude in which
a pupil produces the vertical writing Is
far more healthful than for slanting writ
ing. Roundness and legibility of vertical
writing, as well as the usual angle in Its
execution, are asserted to be much mora
favorable to the eyes. If abandoned later
for a more rapid style it is thought to
be beat to teach the chila vertical writing
as a foundation for his futuro chlroar
raphy. The weekly competitions of- the Acad
emy elicit good poetry occasionally. Wit
ness the following sonnet on "China":
The eyes of many nations turn on thee.
Dark land Of sleep! gauge-polst of coursing
Time!
For thou art dormant while towards their
prime,
The younger peoples, better-nursed and free.
With swift steps move. They shape thy des
tiny. Assail thy borders, bid thee awake. andcllmb;
Or rlnj thy knell with loud, world-echq'd
chime
Either to be renew'd or cease to be.
But in tho womb of chance what ml3cha.c
lies.
For thou art cruel in thy strength of sleep.
Inert as death; yet In this seeming death
Mayhap are hidden menace and surprise.
To those who venture on an unknown deep
And call up storm3 with one united breath.
The Democratic State Convention which
recently met at Waco, Tex., refused to
admit this bit of flamboyant rhetoric
Into its platform:
"Looking back upon the political crisis
of 100 years back, we see tho Immortal
Jefferson, like a Colossus in the midst
of a storm of wrath, injustice and hate
striking for the right and liberty of Amer
icans to control America upon the princi
ples of self-government, Independently of
the wants and wishes, of the demands or
dictates, of the entanglements or In
trigues, of either or all the foreign na
tlons. And today we see Bryan, the sec
ond Jefferson, at another crisis, leading:
the millions of patriots through the laby
rinths of sllma and slander, against
countless pelf and plunder, on to victory
over the combined cormorants of greed
and gain of Europe and America, to re
vivify and establish eternally among us
the principles of human liberty that this
Government as a Republic shall live forever."
PJLEASAXTRIES OF PARAGRArilERS
Amicus So you have another baby at your
house. What is he like? Eminent Critic
Well, he Is not very interesting, but ho is
mighty convincing. Life.
She Of courae. you have heard of the theory
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays? Cholly
Aw yes aw the idea Is that Shakespeara
was Bacon's nom de plume. Is It not? Puck.
Good Suggestion. "I wonder why they don't
name one of the new ship1; the Mayflower?"
"What for?" "Why. to that future genera
tions can say that their ancestors came over
on It." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Thermometer Proof. "Little Jim. how can
jou rush around and play so hard In hot
weathtr?" "Aw, ma. 'tain't hot at all: mo
an' Tommy TIbbs has bin a-playing camp-out
In a blizzard." Indianapolis Journal.
Brushe Who Is that solemn-looking Individ
ual? Penn That's Graves. He writes patent
medicine "ads." A clover chap he is. too. Ha
can describe a disease so that the healthiest
man alive will think he has got it Tlt-BIts.
"Pa, why do they formally notify a man
that he Is nominated for President?" "Well,
mainly. I think, so that he can't get up after
he fails to be elected in Xovember and vow
he wasn't In politics at all." Indianapolis
Journal.
The Rational. "Run away and go swim
ming!" whispered the Tempter to the Modern
Boy. "Rationally or unratlonally?" a3ked the
latter. "Unratlonally, of course," said tho
Tempter. "I don't know how." sniveled ths
Modern Boy. and turned again to his books.
This slves you some Idea of the great work
the Frocbel associations are doing In the Inter
ests of the higher morality. Detroit Journal.
There Are Others.
Denver Evening Po3t.
Dear, delightful little dude. If a. man should
be so rude
As to snicker at your charming girlish ways.
Don't waste an airy sigh, don't go oft and try
to die
In some quiet spot remote from public gaze.
If the fates were full of fun when they built
you, little son.
Try to be resigned and patient for, you
know.
If you look around you'll find many others of
your kind
Tou are not the only monkey in the show."
As you strut along the street looking raven
ously sweet.
In tho motherly protection of your cane.
As your dreamy larboard eye peeps so baby
like and shy
Through the crystal clearness of Its window
pane,
If a brute should send a jeer to your pinky
little ear.
Don't you stagger 'neo,th tho heartless, cruel
blow.
But remember as a freak you aro not at all
unique
You are not the only monkey In the show.
'TIs a selfish world, dea boy; every measur
of our Joy
Is polluted with a dash of cutting- pain;
There are clouds In every sky, sadness lurks la
every eye.
Into every life must fall some chilling ralnr
Bear your trials Hko a man, struggle on th
best you can.
You were made for some wise purpose, don't
you know?
Do not feel cast down and sad, there are oth
ers like you. lad
Tou are not the only monkey In tha show.
When you see more manly youths honeylnx
'round the beauty booths.
And their attitude Is that of sneering churls.
Don't you seek a. chawnca to flee, they or
Jealous, cawn't you see.
Just because you are the Ida! of the girls.
Though you never may achieve fame and for
tune, don't you grieve.
Don't you flood your tender breast with rosy
Nurse tho thouzbtlet in your brain (If you
think 'twill bear the strain)
That you'ro not the only monkey in tha
show.