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PORTLAXD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24.
GOTEnXMEXT OF TERRITORY.
, Tour Bryan orator or editor is seldom
teure of his facts; or, if sure of them,
lie likes, when .his partisan Interest or
feeling- is enlisted, to- give them a color
or shade that obscures the actual truth.
tThus, we find the Albany Democrat
teaylng:
The Oregonlan attempts to show that tho
acquisition of territory under JefTemra. Mon
roe and Polk -was on the same line of pollry
cs that adopted by McKInley. These Presi
dents looked out for the rights of the inhab
itants of the Territories of Florida, Louisiana
and the territory secured by the treaty -with
Mexico in a vitally different way. for It was
j-artlcularly cpoclflcd In each of the treaties
tl.at the inhabitants thus ceded to the United
States should be entitled to all the privileges
and Immunities of the citizens or the United
States, and further that tho territory thus
ceded should be admitted as states Into tho
Tnlon as soon as they could be tinder the Con
stitution. We suppose this statement, though it
appears in the Albany Democrat as an
editorial, is not in its substance original
with that paper, but was taken from
the weekly maund of Bryan literature
supplied from headquarters to the
country organs. It cannot, Indeed, be
Imagined that the, editor of the Albany
Democrat ever examined the treaties,
or really gave a thought to the matter
he was publishing about them; else he
could not have said that in the treaties
under Jefferson, Monroe and Polk, it
was provided that "the territory ceded
should be admitted as states into the
Union as soon as they could be under
the Constitution." The absurdity of
such an assertion is too glaring to re
quire refutation.
The treaty wUhFrance under which
we acquired Louisiana stipulated that
"the inhabitants should be admitted as
soon as possible to the enjoyment of
all the rights, advantages and immuni
ties of citizens of the United States, and
be protected in the enjoyment of their
liberty, property and the religion they
profess." Rights of person, property
and religion are equally guaranteed it
the inhabitants of the Islands we have
received from Spain. The political
status of the islands is in the hands
of Congress, just as that of all other
acquired territory has been. No doubt,
"as soon as possible," as in the cas
of Louisiana, Congress will define the
political status of the Philippines. It
began by defining that of Louisiana
thus:
All the military, clUl ard Judicial powers
exercised by the oKlccrs of the existing: govern
ment (that of France) Phnll be vested in such
person and .person and thall bo exercised In
euch jnanner as the President of the United
States shall direct. Stat. U s , Oct. 31. 1S03.
How does that strike you for "Im
perialism"? The great imperialist, ob
seive, was Thomas Jefferson. Had it
heen propasod to deal thus with the
Philippines, and to confer on President
McKInley such powers as were con
ferred by this statute on President Jef
ferson, freedom would have shrieked,
indeed!
The action taken as to Florida was
precisely similar; that relating to Cali
fornia differed only in detail, not at all
in iwlnelple. Even ret large pari of the
territory taken from Mexico is held un
der authority of Congress, and may
never he made into states. Part of it,
as Nevada, that has been let In, never
ought to have been.
There will be no difficulty in holding
the Philippines, Porto Rico and Hawaii
under our familiar territorial system.
There Is no anomaly, nor any
thing in the least degree unjust
in it. The people will have all the
rights of citizens in the territories,
where, however, the power of Congress
always has been supreme. There Is no
danger that the Congress of a great
and free people will be disposed to op
press the inhabitants of territories un
der the National flag. The people of
the United States, through frequent
elections, will always have the business
in their own hands. In the acquisition
of new territory acquired from Spain,
and in the policy of governing it under
the direction of the Congress of the
United States, there is nothing at all
anmaloue, nothing at all inconsistent
with the familiar system which we
have followed so long. All rights, prlv
il ges, immunities and advantages of
citizens of the United States In the
National territories will come to the in
habitants of the Philippine Islands as
soon as the faction In rebellion ceases
resistance to the National authority.
The whole power is in the hands cf
Congress, just as always in the terri
tories, heretofore and now. And plen
ary pewer over Congress remains as
heretofore in the hands of the people
of the United States.
TUB "I1AL.AXCE OF TRADE."
"We are told that it is unscientific to
point to the excess of exports over im
ports during sevoral years past as
proof of National prosperity. For, we
are toW that we import only those
things that we want and those things
that enrich us else we should not lm
port things at all.
"WTlle it Is true that material of error
lurks In the doctrine that the more a
country exports and the less it- imports
tha more prosperous it must be, yet in
fact, situated os our own country is,
there -unquestionably is wealth in our
excess of exports; for we are paying
our foreign debts with them. And
there is no way by which a country can
make money faster than by paying-its
debts; and the same is true, in general,
of individuals.
It is hot improbable, however, that
as we grow richer we shall invest more
and more in foreign countries, and our
wealth and prosperity will then be in
dicated by importation of a larger
quantity of merchandise than we ex
portthat is, the tribute money which
creditor nations will then pay lis will
take the form of surplus Imports Into
our own country. This is the course
of trade in Great Britain, which long
has been the richest commercial na
tion in the world. Her imports exceed
her exports by hundreds of millions
every year.
OXE RE3IEDY FOR RIOTS.
What is the meaning of these riots
against negroes that hang like a pall
over our Northern civilisation? There
is in Ohio or in New Tork City no dan
ger of negro' domination, so that ex
cuse i3 wanting. There is no danger
that the courts will screen the negro
offender and so defeat the ends of Jus
tlce. Such palliation as exists in racial
and social circumstances for the lynch
ing bees of Southern States is alto
gether lacking in the cases of Northern
riots.
This outbreak at Akron is as wanton
as the one in New Tork City, as unrea
soning, as baseless. The labor troubles
out of which sprang1 the St. Louis
atrocities of June and the Chicago and
Sacramento riots of 1894; the menace to
employment involved at Rock Springs
and Homestead are altogether wanting
now. These are not labor riots.
Not only this, but a ready excuse that
has often served us under similar cir
cumstances will not now apply. "We
are wont to regard our riots as the
crazy ebullitions of foreigners "cast like
scum upon our shores." There are the
Poles and the Huns and the Italians.
As we gather up the dead and wounded
we mutter an Imprecation on French
and German socialists, Irish agitators,
the generic "south of Europe," which
conveniently seres In many cases. Stop
undesirable immigration, we say, and
all will be well.
At length we must put these Phari
saisms by. The New Tork and Akroh
mobs are to the manner born. Their
ancestors came over in the Mayflower,
they are the product of our great Amer
ican common school system, our illus
trated press, our public libraries, ou.
political machinery, our Sunday
schools, world's fairs and women's
clubs.
It Is proven, therefore, that our Amer
ican populace takes Up the law as a
very little thing and holds society in
low esteem. Order can be defied with
impunity, the Government is a negligi
ble quantity. It is a vicious condition,
and dangerous. It shows us that in
truckling to discontent and defiance of
law and order we have been playing
with fire. It shows us how empty and
hollow is all this pretense of subversion
of popular rights under the Iron heel
of military despotism.
"We need less liberty and more law;
less palaver about the wrongs of the la
boring man and more wholesome disci
pllne for offenders against correct con
duct; less sentlmentallsm about gov
ernmental Interference with the rights
of man, and more executions of anar
chists and well-aimed volleys at Incipi
ent mobs.
The men who have been dangling the
Chicago platform's nihilistic mlschiet
before the country these four years
must be driven to earth and buried
beyond hope of resuscitation. The first
fruits of their sowing are seen In the
New Tork and Akron atrocities. The
property of the country will see the
point and ,be governed accordingly.
THE BOJfEIiESS GIANT.
The warlike operations between the
Pekln Government and the army oi
the allies have had hardly two months
of life, and yet the events of that short
period have furnished the civilized
world with subject for serious thought.
The details of the fighting before Tien
Tsln from the 17th of June until the
middle of July, when the enemy were
finally beaten and expelled from the
city, prove that the Chinese are capable
of using modern guns and small arms
with skill and effect. The losses of the
allies at Tien Tsln July 13 prove this
beyond a doubt, and the losses of the
allies at Pelt Sang of 1200 killed anc
wounded out of an assaulting force of
not more than 14,000, including 4000
Russians and French, who were not
seriously engaged, prove that under de
cent leadership and behind lntrench
ments Chinese troops can make as
costly resistance as did the Boers al
Modder River and Magersfonteln. Con
trasting the fighting of the Chinese and
the losses they have been able to inflict
at Tien Tsln and Peit Sang upon an
army of 15,000 regulars, with the feeble
resistance and the trivial losses experi
enced by an allied army of but 5500 mer
in 1S60, in its march from Taku to Pe
kln, we cannot deny that the Chinese
from a military point of view are a
much harder nut to crack than they
were forty years ago, or even fivo years
ago. In other words, the Chinese have
learned something of the value and uge
of the improved weapons of modern
warfare. If this is a fact in the green
tree, what will it be in the dry? L
the Provinces of Pe Chi LI and Man
churia can make this snowing, without
any aid and comfort from the remain
der of the eighteen provinces of China,
how formidable would be the situation
today if all China had become as abso
lutely Europeanized in the art of
war and all modern knowledge that
bears practical relation to the art of
war as are the Japanese today?
"What might be expected of Chlnr
may be judged from the performanct
of the Japanese. All the Japanese has
wanted of Europe he has obtained, viz.,
an Increased power of military and na
val defense, and he has obtained this
so thoroughly that by the unanimous
confession of the trained soldiers oi
America and Europe who have wit
nessed the performance of the soldier
of Japan from Tien Tsin to Pekln, the:
are equal man for man In arms, skllL
discipline, military hardihood anc
steadiness to the best trained soldiery
of Europe. As a mere formidable mili
tary machine, the 40,000,000 of Japan
are equal to any 40,000,000 in Europe.
The only criticism made upon the Jap
anese is that they are too impetuous
in their valor, but their pluck and en
durance rank them, with the finest sol-
1 dlers of Europe. They are like French
regulars; tney are tne ngntmg Latins oi
the far East, All the brunt of the
j fighting from Tien Tsin to PeHln has
fallen upon these Japanese regulars.
This efficient military machine owes
something of its superior military qual
ity to the fact that the Japanese are a
cross between the Chinese and the Ma
lay pirates who were the original In
habitants of Japan. The ferocious
pirate Malay blood makes the Japanese
pre-eminently a fighter, and makes it
easier to convert him. into a Eiiropsan
Ized military machine. Nevertheless
with the improvement In modern arms,
the difference in the individual fighting
temper and prowess of races diminishes
in value, or rather becomes equalised.
For example, the Boers fifty years ago
could not have defied the power of
England to crush them, but improved
modern rifles and cannon have made it
possible for the Boers to compel Eng
land to send an army of 200,000 men
to South Africa to crush 50,000 mounted
riflemen.
Now the Chinese are not all as pug
nacious as the Japanese, but in the
eighteen provinces of China there are at
least 50,000,000 of people as pugnacious
and warlike in temperament as the
Japanese. The Tartars of Manchuria,
the Mohammedans of Kaneuh, the peo
ple of Hunan, Shan Tung and Tunnan,
are of fighting spirit, and sturdy phy
sique. The immense resources of China
in men, if used by a predominant
power, would form the basis of a mill
tary force of enormous strength and
size. Along the seaboard of China,
with its sturdy maritime population, is
the raw material for a great navy.
Now, this Chinese "boneless giant," as
General Wilson calls him, if he remains
an Imperial entity, will not always be
boneless. He will some day repeat the
object-lesson of the Japanese and show
the world what a powerful defensive
military machine can be made out of a
people who are Europeanized as to the
art of war and the means of military
offense and defense.
THE JfdRTH BEACH t A THRENODY.
The elimination of the old Ilwaco rail
way management from the seaside re
glme will give a violent wrench to the
feelings of Summer habitues of the
North beach. Probably nobody real
ized, while complaining all these years
at the primitive and lackadaisical
methods of locomotion there In vogue,
how closely after all the simple, quaint
and kindly order was weaving itself in
and out of the heartstrings. It was ex
pected to be a great and a glad day
when "Will Carleton's old couple moved
"Out of the old house, Nancy, and up
Into the new," but It turned out to be
pathos and even bordering oil tragedy
Everybody has been impatient for close
connections, quick time and modern
service along the Ilwaco line, but he
who has a tender reverence for the an
cient landmarks will be apt to heave a
sigh If he meets next July some dap
per conductor in uniform with a snappy
business air Instead of dear old jolly
Egbert, with his fatherly bearing to
the entire feminine population, and his
soirees at every stopping-place.
The old things have passed away, and
behold, all things have become new.
Here is a new dally schedule for the
Potter, adapted to the tides, and the
promise of connections at Ilwaco and
actual railroad management all the
way along up to Nahcotta. A man
can leave here In the morning: and get
to the beach the same day. Trains will
run on schedule time. Doubtless we
shall soon have to contemplate a beach
cleared of driftwood, with broad walks
and electric lights, modern hotels, band
concerts, life-saving appliances, and in
general the conventional air and creat
ure comforts of Eastern seaside resorts
instead of the familiar regime of ease,
sloth and good-fellowship. This Is well
enough In its way, but it is death to
the idyllic pastoral of the North beach
lotus-eaters. No more rapt flirtations
at the station platform, in charmlnt
uncertainty as to the arrival of the
train. No long pauses up the line while
distinguished ladles stop off to pay a
call. No hilarious excursions to the
Ilwaco dock to greet Incoming steam
ers. No more sweet and precious calamity-howling
over the decline of the
beach, and laudation of its rivals, and
frenzied prayers that the O. R. & N.
would buy the property.
Business will be business hereafter at
North beach. But the tender grace ol
a day that is dead will never come
back. The Iconoclast will be there in
uniform with time-tables and peremp
tory orders. The world will thrust lt
Eelf in where all has been peace and
solitude. Pity the sorrows of the oldest
Inhabitant when he gets to the station
half an hour late to find that the train
has left on time. Imagine the sense
of indignity felt by the leading; citizen
whom the obliging conductor will nr
longer stop the train to put off with his
luggage at his own door. Great times
are in store for North beach; but love's
young dream and sloth's rapt reverie
are over, and in their devastated habi
tat there is an aching void.
While there is room to doubt the lit
eral truth of the assertion that Harney
County contains the most extensive
stock ranches In the world, there Is no
room to doubt that Eastern Oregon is
a "country remarkable for its physical
features and its Industries. Ice caves,
subterranean lakes, boiling springs
scalding hot, rivers leaping full-sized
from clefts In the rocks; borax, gold,
silver and copper mines; ranch, range
ahd forest products all these contrib
ute to the story of Eastern Oregon,
giving to industrial truth the flavor of
romance. Vast cattle ranches that in
cidentally support large herds of deer
and elk that have merely drifted in
from the wilderness may be regarded
as novelties, at least, in the prosy
walks of ordinary affairs. The story
of Eastern Oregon today is filled with
absorbing Interest from every point o!
view. The world should know it better,
not merely as a curious aggregation oi
geological wonders thrown together
when nature was in careless or violent
mood; not merely as the scene of thrill
ing adventure, of fantastic frontier
tales; but also as a country of rich
and varied resources that will well re
pay development It is a habitable
land and is capable of yielding richly
to the demands of man.
Bradstreet's, In its weekly publication
of bank clearings, now indicates by a
mark those elites In which balance's are
paid in cash. Portland is one of these
cities. On the Pacific Coast only Port
land and San Francisco are marked in
this list Tet payment of balances in
cash Is the Only way to show the actual
business. Through the other method
balances are carried over ahd added In
the next day's clearings; and In this
way the totals are often raised 50 per
cent and sometimes doubled. This is
now getting attention everywhere, Not
long since this matter came up in a
meeting of the bankers of Portland, and
they decided to adhere to the honest
method. In fact, you can't tell what
the clearings of the banks of a city arfc
unless the balances are paid dally in
cash; but if they are not so paid, you
may know the return is a stuffed one.
It is a habit in many cities, moreover,
to include In the total othef items than
clearings.
Bryan thinks the iniquity of the gold
standard is sufficiently attested by the
duplicity shown at St Louis in 1836.
He thinks that the evil of expansion Is
shown in Republican maladmlnlstra
tlon toward Porto Rico. He thinks the
trusts are sufficiently pllloried'if he can
shbW that dome Republicans have de
fended certain, of them. He thinks
abandonment of the Philippines is
proven desirable if President McKIn
ley referred to forcible annexation as
"criminal aggression." They are the
methods of a narrow partisan and a
shallow but shifty debater. National
policies are not to be determined
through captious arraignment of party
shortcomings, which are numerous and
ridiculous enough, goodness knows, on
both sides of the hous,e.
Alas, how hard it Is to please every
body! Some of the Bryan organs de
nounce our Imperialistic Interference In
China, and the Bryanic Chicago Chron
icle complains because we didn't send
over a whole army corps from the
Philippines at the first sign of trouble
and enter Pekln alone and glorious. It
is reason enough not to have done this
that the Bryan party, including the
Chronicle, would have howled With de
light at the spectacle of militarism In
China, and at the insurgent activity iii
Luzon resultant from the departure ot
the Army corps. As the Bryanites are
sure to Complain anyhow, there Is no
obligation to follow their advice.
Summit County, Ohio, in which the
City of Akron Is situated, is thfe next
adjoining county to Cuyahoga, which
contains the City of Cleveland. For
merly the county had but a small
"rough" element of population; but the
growth of AkrOn as a railroad center
and th rapid rise of Cleveland to met
ropolitan proportions have produced
great changes, and there is now a riot
ous element which it requires Vigilance
to hold down. Summit County contains
a population of about 60,000, and the
voters are almost evenly divided be
tween the parties. In 1896 McKInley
received 8584, and Bryan 79S3. Cleve
land had a majority in 1892.
Mr. Bryan says that Admiral Dewey
declared that the Filipinos are as fit
for self-government as the Cubans.
Perhaps Admiral Dewey said that; but
the statement, as we remember, orig
inated in a newspaper report, and is
not in any authenticated document. Ye
if such statement were made, it might
be true; for who in fact believes thai
the Cubans are capable of self-government?
A long" time must yet elapse
before that will be proved. The United
States is not done with Cuba yet, and
few persons of political judgment imag
ine that our authority will ever be
withdrawn from Cuba.
"Greater New Tork" that Is, the en
tire city contains a population of 3,437,.
202. The growth of Brooklyn, incorpo
rated with it, is a marvel. Its popu
lation is 1,166,582 an increase of 39.12
per cent for the decade. Brooklyn falls
only about 100,000 short of Philadelphia.
If New Tork could take In the jersey
cities, which in reality are parts of it,
the total would fall not .much short of
4,000,000.
In the hands of Bryan, the act of no
tification has long passed beyond the
simple, formal ceremony it was origin
ally conceived. Its overworked use now
Is to enable him to be seen and heard.
This Is Jeffersonian dignity and sim
plicity with a vengeance.
Not improbably the howl of the Bryan
organs against the Associated Presa
will soon begin again though in fact
the Associated Press is giving three to
five columns of Bryan material to one
of Republican.
Pharisaic denunciation of the South
by the North will not result in satisfac
tion. Now here Is the record at Akron,
Ohio. A few days ago there Was the
incident at New Tork.
The Aanllnniiteu' PuesIo.
New Tork Commercial Advertiser.
What shall be the nature of the bond
that Is placed upon Bryan to make him
keep the peace; that Is, refrain from
executing his pledge to ruin the country,
in case he is elected? This Is the ques
tion that Is dividing the antl-lmperiallst
forces Into nearly as many separate fac
tions as there are members. . . . And
all these conflicting and discordant
voices come from the only men we have
whose consciences are In -healthy condi
tion! They can agree no better with
ach other than they can with the rest
of their fellow-men as to the details of
the work their consciences tell them
mUst be done, but they can agree on the
broad general principle that Bryan's
election, either openly or sneaklngly, Is
a consummation most devoutly to be
wished. They are ready to put in
charge of the Government of the country
a man who is pledged to acts that they
confess would ruin It, and to rely on
Congress to keep him from committing
them!
A Futile Phrase.
Chicago Journal, Ind.
Among the many futile phrases that
have seen service in this campaign, the
phrase about the consent of the governed
has contained perhaps the least magic
and has influenced perhaps the fewest
Votes. Ethically tho consent of the gov
erned Is a beautiful proposition; actually
It doesn't amount to a hill of beans that
synonym for hopelessness.
Mr. Bryan, weeping for the brown man
at the other end of the earth, is a touch
ing and uplifting spectacle; but if we
let our eyes stray toward North Caro
lina, we see the colored brother deprived
of his suffrage, with not an orator to
voice-a protest. While, North and South,
many men know, at first hand, how the
consent of the governed theory was shot
to pieces in the troublous days that fol
lowed '6L
A itfevr "Paramount Issue."
Dudley Township, Haskell County, Kan
sas, the only township In the United
States which gave a majority for the
Palmer and BUckner ticket in 1S96. pre
sents a new "paramount issue." A let
ter from there to Topeka states that
James Bradley, Republican, and Willis
Williamson, Democrat, both stockmen
and both suitors for the heart and hand
of Miss Mary Klncald, a schwl teacher,
were sent for by .the young lady and
told that she Would marry the one who
carried Dudley Township for his candi
date for President. In 1ES8 the total
vote w?9 3lS-three fgf Palmer, tWO tor
McKInley, and one for Bryan. Two more
voters have g6ne into Dudley Township,
but their politics are unknown. Only one
of the Palmer voters has declared for
McKInley. The uncertainty surrounding
the result and odd contract entered Into
by those three young persons has caused
the people of tho state to term this a
new "paramount Issue."
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REAL- DANGER OF IMPERIALISM.
Most Direct Road to It la Tlironsu
Anarchy.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Democratic orators are so fond of hold
ing up the fate of Rojme as an awful
example of republics becoming empires,
preaching the shortness of life of moat
republics and appeallhg to history gener-'
ally, that there Is a serious a&iness in
an article in a recent issue of the Out
look showing ih what direction the teat
danger lies. It Is pointed out that tho
claim the republics have generally given
place to empires Is historically true.
"But," adds the Outlook, "he who would
take warning from history should ex
amine it sufficiently ib learn what its
warning Is; he should not be content
with the general fact that republics
have been short-lived; he should con
sider what is the process by which they
have been transformed into empires." It
then goes on to point out that it would
be difficult to cite a single case in which
absolutism has been a gradual evolution
from democracy and that democracy lias
rarely, if ever, passed into an empire
except through anarchy and revolution.
It cites the republics of Greece, with their
Internecine wars, the civil wars of Marlus
and Sulla, which prepared Rome to ac
cept the Caesars: the Jealousies of the
Italian cities and the rivalries of their
families that made the rule of the ty
rants a grateful relief; the Red Terror
in France, ending in tho strone rule of
Napoleon, and the factional fight Under
tho Encllsh commonwealth that made
possible the restoration of the Stuarts. It
then goes on to say:
Thesa historical Events nil point In ona di
rection, tfhe danser of Imperialism In Amer
ica Is not from a paltry standing army of
100,006 men; It Is not from tho adoption of a
colonial policy extendfns: Over other free coun
tries ths protection of our flas protection
allko from foes without and disorders within;
It is not from gradual usurpation Of power by
the President of the United StatM; It Is not
from centralization In any form. The danger
Is to be looked for In exactly the opposite di
rection. It Is threatened. If at all, by decen
tralization, by excessUe individualism, by
weakness In the Government, by paltering with
the mob; by the forces of discontent. Incited
sometimes by demagogues, sometimes by hon
est enthusiasts, Into pajslon, and united for
factional ends. ... Of all law, mob law 13
the worst Any rovemment la better than
no rovemment. Tho despotism of a Russian,
bureaucracy is better than that of" a Parisian
commune. 1?fa8 Napoleonic empire was a re
lief after Robespierre. If democracy has not a
government strong enough to put down the mob,
tho mob will be strong enough to overthrow de
mocracy. . . . We are antl-lmperiallsts; we
are therefore In favor of a strong government
strong In tho city, strong in the state, strong
In the Nation. The chief danger of imperial
ism comes from those who would weaken tha
power of government In a land where faction
Is so strons and where not Infrequently the
mob is rampant.
To say that the lawless and the discontented
.are generally supporters of Mr. Bryan Is net
the same as to say that the supporters of llr.
Bryan are generally tho lawless and tha dis
contented. Tha latter -would be false. The ma
jority of those who support Mr. Bryan and will
vote for him next Fall are self-respecting citi
zens who love their country and tholr fellow
men, ahd mean by their action to render it tho
best service they can. But tho former state
ment Is truo. We do not identify tho Bryanito
with the revolutionist in saying that most rev
olutionists ara Bryanites. But we ask thoso
thoughtful citizens who honestly fear Imperial
istic tendencies in this country, and who are
thinking 6f voting for Mr. Bryan in order to
check those tendencies, to consider carefully
the question whether a vote for Mr. Erjan
will not strengthen them. It would not bo fair
to say that Mr. Bryan has been nominated by
the revolutionists, but they have accepted him
as their candldato and they Were present In
considerable force In the nominating conven
tion. He is the representative of Croker In tha
East, Tillman in the South, Altseld In tho
West. Doubtless he represents other and much
better men; but the classes whom these men
represent are an Important element in Mr.
Bryan's constituency; and no chief executive
In a republic Is or can be Independent of his
constituency. Tho question for the voter Is not
merely does he wish Mr. Bryan to bo Presi
dent. It Is also. It is even more, does he wish
the elements In America which are represented
by such men as Croker, Tillman and Altgeld
to be. we will not say dominant factors, but
oven Important factors In the government ot
tho Nation. The danger of Imperialism would
be far greater from passing the control of the
Government into the hands of these men than
from leaving It ift the hands of McKInley, Hay,
Root, Gaga and Long. A Democratic reader
may ask. Why not say HannaT Very well.
Tho danger of Imperialism from Mr. Hanna. at
his worst would be nothing comparable to the
danger of imperialism from Mr. Croker at his
best.
COURTSHIP UXDER. INJUNCTION.
Suggests a Universal Panacea for
Human Difficulties.
Baltimore SUn.
It will not be long before the legal
process known as the Injunction may be
reduced to an absUrity if tho course pur
sued by an Ohio Judge finds favor with
the Judiciary A few days ago Judge
Dlsette, according to a Cleveland dis
patch to the New Tork World, Issued an
injunction restraining Junius W. Cobb,
an Ohio swain, from "making love to Allsg
Agnes c, smith, from calling on lier,
from telephoning to her, and from linger
ing about her abode." Miss Smith dl
leges that Cobb Insisted upon forcing his
attentions upon her, despite the fact that
she did not care to receive them, and had
so informed him. He persisted In visiting
her, although she had repeatedly request
ed him not to do so. He was In tho habit
of calling her up by telephone many times
during the course of the day, and at
tempting to carry on conversation with
her. Cobb, In fact, became an intolerable
nuisance, and Miss Smith finally asked
the protection of the court In order that
her llfo might not be made miserable
by his attention. The court cheerfully
and promptly complied with her request,
and Cobb has now been enjoined from
pressing his attention upon the unfortun
ate lady.
If the injunction applies to such a case
as this its use may be extended to miti
gating almost all of the evils to which
humanity is subject. The boro, for in
stance, could be robbed of his prey by or
der of the court, and the long-suffering
man who had hitherto been compelled to
tolerate his presence could secure a re
straining order which would enable him
to live in peace. The bill collector whe
calls too often with a request for a set
tlement could be enjoined from repeating
his visits too frequently. The milkman
and the huckster who make the early
morning hideous with their cries could be
hauled Into court and restrained from
speaking louder than ft whisper, and be
compelled to use mUffled gong3 and bell3
with noiseless clappers. The frugal youth
who takes his best girl out for a walk
on moonlight nights and carefully avoids
all streets on which there are Ice cream
and soda water retreats might be en
Joined from such parsimonious practices.
The man who asks you whether It Is
hot enough when the thermometer is
working overtime could be summoned be
fore a righteous Judge and compelled
to remain forever dumb on the subject
of the weather. The man who button
holes you on the street ahd inslpts upon
telling you all he knows, and doesn't
know, about politics might be enjoined
to eternal silence by a restraining or,
der. The neighbor who has cats which
are addicted to nightly concerts( or the
musical family next dcor which novpr
gIVes the piano a rest, might be brought
under the civilizing Influence of the In
junction. The man who doesn't appre
ciate your mighty intellect might be en
joined from saying disparaging things
about ytu. The girl who bestows her
smiles upon your hated rival could be
called to a?cwnt through an injunction
and restrained, from practicing pernicious
partiality.
In fact, there Is no reason why tha In
junction might not becomo the panacea
for all the ills of humanity. If we are
hungry we may enjoin the butcher and
the baker from refusing to give ss
bread and meat without consideration.
We may restrain the clothier and tha
shoemaker from withholding credit from
us. We may enjoin the- landlord from
collecting rent, and the coal dealer from
demanding pay for fuel. We may get a
restraining order against the preacher
for giving us sermons either too long
or too short. There Is no condition in
life to which the Injunction may not be
made to apply, and perhaps tho time may
come when some fearless Judge will issue
a writ restraining tha angel of death
from demanding tribute. All hail the in
junction, the sovereign remedy for all
our woes!
A GERMAN PAPER'S VIEWS.
A Protectorate the Worst Kind of
Imperialism.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Cincinnati "Volksblatt Is probably
tho ablest paper published In German
in the United States. It certainly com
mands more influence than - any other
among the German-American residents
of the great Central States of Ohio and
Indiana. It a few days ago published a
strong editorial on "McKInley, Bryan
and Imperialism." It traces the history
of events down since Congress forced the
declaration of war upon Spain- It sees
no symptoms of the jingo on the part of
the President In regard to Cuba; it notes
the chaos that existed at the close ot
the wflr In the Philippines, points out
that there was nothing to do but to keep
those islands. If Bryan had been Presi
dent, the Volksblatt believes that the
same policy would have been adopted,
since it presented itself as a necessity.
As for the difference between uphold
ing the sovereignty over tho Philippines
or Upholding a protectorate, the Volks
blatt maintains that both would require
the backing of the. Army and Navy of
the United States. Ownership Insures a
civilized, disciplined government. But
with a protectorate, it Is forcibly argued,
tho Filipinos would embroil us with for
eign powers, compelling us to be the
sponsor for and defender of Filipino fol
lies. That would make the Filipinos, in a
baleful sense, arbiters In the destiny of
the United States. "It is an idle at
tempt," says the Volksblatt, "to fasten
the charge of Imperialism on Mr. McKIn
ley when we see that the events of every
day disprove It. If Mr. McKInley were
possessed with an Insane desire of aj
gran.dlzement, he could obtain a big slice
of China for the mere asking. But, far
from making such a demand, we find the
United States at the head ot those na
tions which most strenuously oppose a
partition of China. Surely imperialistic
ambition is made of different stuff."
The hope of Mr. Bryan and his friends
is to carry three or four of the great
Mississippi and Ohio Valley States by
capturlng the German-born -voters. It
will be a good deal of a task. Our advices
aro that the Germans there are divided
on party lines, and that no marked
change will be discernible In their vote
this year from what it generally 13 in
Presidential years. We still can think of
only one state in the great valley north
of the Ohio that will vote for Mr. Bryan.
Tlllmnn an Imperialist.
Charleston Post.
From the soul-stirTlng spectacle of Col
onel Bryan smiting "Imperialism and the
trusts" let us turn for a moment to tho
alluring spectacle of his chum, Tillman,
smiting for Imperialism and his own par
ticular trust. We behold the Senator
prancing over South Carolina and mak
ing welkins ring In favor of the most no
torious trust, whisky tru3t. in the known
world. This trust of the Senator's bold
ly seizes legislation as its Instrument, and
crushes out all competition in the perfect
ly legitimate business of selling intoxi
cants. Far in advance of all other trusts,
this mode3t one has grabbed the reins
of government and merged Itself Into one
ness with the state so that even, now
the state government and the state dis
pensary are an entity. AS for "militar
ism"' denounced in the platform which
Senator Tillman helped to promulgate
at Kansas City, this trust of his Is
backed by a standing army of armed
constables, and Is perhaps the single and
singular example in the United States of
a bufllness concern with its trade pro
moted by men with guns paid with money
wrung from the taxpayers" pockets.
Columbia State
Tillman's practices are In startling con
trast with Democratic principles. He 13
chief spokesman for a great whisky trust.
He Is the embodiment of bosslsm. He
practices militarism: he illustrates and
practices Imperialism. What Democratic
issue of the present campaign does ho not
antagonize? Bryan is trying to stop the
slaughter of another race in the Phil
ippines; Tillman has been boasting of the
slaughter of another race In South Caro
lina. Bryan is seeking to put the Gov
ernment on the high plane of New Testa
ment morality; Tillman Is stumping the
state ridiculing and insulting the teach
ers of that morality and preaching a gos
pel of liquor-drinking.
Women to Work for Pence.
Harper's Bazar.
Tho feeling is strong ahd Unanimous
that the unfortunate wars in which Eng
land in one part of the world, and the
United States In. another, are engraged,
far from excusing the council from an
active propaganda for peace, emphasize
the necessity for its Inauguration of an
educational propaganda for peace in all
parts of the world. The Impending war
In China Is an additional reason for
propaganda.
Discouraging as it must seem to the
advocates of peace and International arbi
tration to see the active and prospective
embroilment of nations Increasing on ev
ery hand, these unhappy facts must quick
en the consciences of women to realize
their share of responsibility in interna
tional relationships. The sehtiment of
the executive committee was that sel
fishness and ignorance, the greed that is
the fruit of the one, and the prejudice
which Is the result of the other of these
sentiments, are the causes of wars. The
eradication of selfishness from the Na
tional conscience is as certainly the work
of education as Is Its suppression In the
Individual conscience.
This idea Is the keynote of the Interna
tional Council of Women's work in be
half of peace and arbitration.
i
What Is the Difference T
New Tork Times.
The policy of the American Govern
ment in the Philippines, which its oppo
nents call "imperialism." is to establish
order under the sovereignty of the United
States, and to develop self-government
among the natives as fast and as far
as practicable.
The policy of the Democratic party and
of Mr. Bryan Is, "1, to establish a stable
form of government in the Philippine
Islands; 2. to give Independence to the
Filipinos; 3, to protect the Filipinos from
outside Interference while they work out
their destiny "
What is the difference between these
two policies? What Is the difference in
their character, and what Is the differ
ence In the consequences to the Filipinos
and to ourselves?
Change ot the Earth's Surface.
Boston Globe
Islands go and come so constantly that
hone but the Admiralty keep count ot
them. Submarine volcanoes are respon
sible for most of these disappearances,
but others are harder to account for.
Metis Island, for instance, in the South
Pacific, bore ho sign of volcanic action
about It. It was charted In 1SS0, its high
est point being iaO feet. Last year It had
gone vanished utterly without leaving a
trace. On the site of another small guana
island off the coast of Southern Call
fornja recent soundings showed 50 fath
oms of water.
NOTB ASD COMMENT
Omaha has found out that staffing
census Is bad business.
Consul H. B. Miller has not yet con
ferred with the merohants of Chunff
King in regard to the market fer apples
In the interior ot China.
The mania for riding on railway trains
is now known as chuchultte. A phy
sician has invented a -word to describe
a patient whose mania is riding upon,
the trolley cars. He calls him a trolllac.
which Is a very expressive term. The
doctor says that trolleyltia is becoming
very prevalent.
Enos Rosebery. of Bowmanstown, Pa.,
owns a lemon and white bulWog, named
Nettle. Nettle is the mother ot an Inter-
estlng family of young puppies. The oth
er day an old hen which had just hatched
nine Brahma chicks was accidentally
killed in Mr. Rosebery's yard. Nettle saw
the accident, and at once teok the moth
erless little chickens under charge. She
even neglects her own pups In order
to see that her fluffy little foster-ehlldrcn
are well taken caro cf. The dog is per
fectly willing that even a stranger shall
pet and fondle the little puppies in her
kenrtel, but sha will allow no one but
her master to even come near her broodl
of ohlcks. She follows the chickens
around the yard, and If they try to
leave tho boundary she carefully rounds
them up and drives them back to a plac
of safety. Towards dusk, when the chlck3
get sleepy. Nettle lies down and tha
chicks, which are apparently greatly at
tached to their strange foster-mother,
nestle close up to her with perfect confi
dence that she will take caro of them.
Several months ago tho Tuberculosis
Congress of Berlin offered a prize ot 400
marks for the best essay on "How to
Fight Tuberculosis ns a Disease of tho
Masses." As already announced by cable,
the prize wa awarded to Dr. Adolph
Knopf, of New York, whose essay writ
ten In German was sent to Berlin last
February. Altogether there were 81 com
petitors. Dr. Knopf did not discuss meth
od of treating consumption, but lalcl
particular stress on an exposition of the
meins of warding off and preventing tha
disease. He advocates plenty of sunshine,
fresh air, and out-of-door exercise. He is:
also in favor of cold baths, as they de
crease the tendency to catch cold. He
advises gymnastics for children and
thinks tuberculosis In children may gen
erally be. prevented by taking proper
care of their mothers. Above all, he in
sists that people with a hereditary ten
dency to consumption lead temperate
lives. People With weak constitutions
should avoid tobacco and liquor.
Thousands of copies of Dr. Knopf's es
say are to be printed by the Tuberculosis
Congress and distributed among the peo
ple of Germany, especially among tha
inhabitants of large elites where the -disease
Is especially prevalent.
MUX AND WOIIEX.
The home In Richmond, near London, ia
which Georse Eliot Wrote "Seenes From Cler
ical Life" and "Adam Deder" Is about to ba
torn down.
Though Stephen Crane is nkl to have dlcdl
poor, he left books and manuscripts that will in
time be ot considerable valuo. lite will ha
lately been probated in Enslnnd.
General Florentin, the now Military dow
ner of Pari", is a distinguished offleer. and 1
known cot only for gallant work in tha field,
but has also won hlf?h reputation among mili
tary men through various scientific works hw
has published. He is from tha artillery H
presided over the court which reeommendp4
tho dismissal of Esterhaiy from the army.
The only other Pennsylvania Chief Justlc
besides tho late Judge Green, who died on tha
bench in the last 40 years was Ulysses Mereur.
In 1S8T, wtthlri a few months of the expira
tion of his term. The only Asoc!itte Justices
who died In the same period were Judges War
ren J. Woodward, in 187!), John Trunkey. lm
1838; Silas M. Clark, in 1S01. and Henry Will
iams, in 1S09.
Lo Fens Lu. the Chinese Minister to Eng
land. Is a man of more than ordinary literary
attainments. He has translated Blaekstone
Commentaries into Chinese, and only a few
months since-finished the tranrlation ot "Th
One Hundred Greatest Men In the Western.
World." a work ot eicht volumes. He is
Shakespearean student, and purposes to found
a public library In his native city and. to
present to It a complete translation of th
English poet's works.
A letter written by Carlyle In 1821 was sold
in London a few weeks ao. It contained this
characteristic passage "Literature Is llke
money, the appetite Increases by gratlflcatlon
Tho mines ot literature, too, nro unwholesome)
and dreary as tho mines of Potosi. Tet fronu
either there is no return, and. though little
confident of finding contentment happiness f
too rroud a term I must work, I believe, lib
those damp caverns tilt once the whole mind Isl
recast or the lamp ot life has ceased to burm
within it."
PLEASANTIUES OF PAKAGUAPHBR
"The men are all alike " This 1 supposed
to have been what Eve said when her spousa
tried to Ia all the blame ot that apple Upon
her Boston Transcript
"I hear sh"'s wrltlnpr a story about the Geor
gia 'Crackers Yes; but she's getting 6C
awfully English lately she insists upon calllns
them 'biscuits ' " Philadelphia Record
A Fortunate Fellow Kelly Who was It hit
ye Caysldy Shure. Ol dunno! 'T was In a.
crowd Kellv Thin ye are In luck! Now yei
won't have to get licked ag'ln thrylng to lick:
th' fellow thot hit ye' Puck.
Time. 2 a M Husband arrived from lodga
(second meeting in one week) Wife I'm Jlst
past speakln tae ye' Husband Od. Jean, I'ttt
g-g-glad tae hear that. I'll ken whan tae coma
hame after this Glasgow Evening- Times.
Jones Going to send your wife to the sea
side this season? Galey No; can't afTord It.
Jones Why. she isn't extravagant, is she?
Galey Not tho least; but last year while sha
was away I spent 100 m racing. Tit-Bits
Stage Name. Tess So your friend May Gid
die Is going upon the stage I suppose she ex
pects to make a name for herself Jess Sho
did think she'd have to do. but she found a,
lovely one In an old society novel. Philadel
phia Press.
The Only Loss. "I believe," said the well
meanlns man. "In giving jour friend a llttlu
wholesome advice when-vr the occasion arlsos.
It doesn't .cost you anything." "It costs you
your friend very often." said the Wls man.
Philadelphia Press.
T-rrlnn.
Eismarck Tribune.
What's th difference a-twlxt 'em? -
Ain't none at all. I can see;
One of 'em Jes same as t'other.
An' fother's th' other, to me.
Like as th breath o two roebuds.
Same as two strokes of a bell.
An 'th ain't any way In their voices
Or their eyes or their Aggers to MX.
What's th difference a-twltt 'em?
Ain't none whatever, thero 'pears.
Smiles Jes like two rays o sunlight.
Same as two deWdrops their tears.
Lips like two pairs o red cherries,
Swlngln down from the ame stem.
Eye like two stars, twlnklin. twlnklin.
What s the ainerenca m lumui
What's th difference a-twlxt 'em?
Jes' ain't no difference at alt.
Heads bobbin' 'round my ol' armchair.
Like yellow leaves floatln' in Fall.
Two pairs o feet paft'rln 'roun me.
Like raindrops on th grasa in a shower.
Could ye tell if I showed ya two roses
Which perfume exhaled from which flower
What's th' difference a-twlxt em?
Th ain't any that yo can tell-.
Janle could Jes' well be Mamie.
An' Mamie be Janie as welL
Th' good Lord that made 'em Jea hunted
Th Kingdom of Heaven right through;
Picked out the brllllantest sunbeam,
And fashioned it up Into two.