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J'OHTLIMJ, WEDM2SDAY, AVGrSr 28
HIPS FROM A SOISV WORKSHOP.
ilr. Bryan paid there could be no
7, Sjjfitj under the gold standard.
Nw he says imperialism is the para
rr unt issue.
He twits the Republican Administra
tion wi'h Us continued coinage of sil
ler doUars at 16 to L He knows that
tLis concession was forced upon Con
sul ;s by the sliver harpies he controls,
c I hr- also knows that this is only
"(.'nagf f sliver already purchased
nitl. which notes are taken up as fast
z.s h Ilver is coined.
Hin makee fun of the Wolcott com
v -'mers. though he knows full well
iiiflt oveiy mother's son of Jhem was
a oilier mita.
Ilr f,'s lie advocated ratification of
hr. p.ris treaty because it puts us in
1 1 tf r ;hap to tight imperialism. That
!, h bought ft a cute trick to put the
. publican party in a hole. This is
I is do, of statesmanship.
TI w.d thai 16 to 1 must be reaf
firm rl at Kansas City, he said he
wouldn't run unless it was, and he
"ryatf md to go down there and ap
ical to the convention from the chair
man's platform. Yet the first cam
paign speech he makes he ignores it
,,'f r i her.
He aFSures the silver men that there
' no reason why they shouldn't be for
U n now UV-hey were for him in 1S3G.
II - is just us strong for silver as he
wjs then, and silver is just as impor
ts , Hut he thinks the Eastern gold
ctJi cizi vote for him without damage
t i Lis money convictions. If a man is
f r -iler and not for anti-Imperialism,
Ji n siler is the main thing. If he is
f r ami-Imperialism and not for silver,
'bf'i anti-imnerialism is the main
t1 'ng.
IIr Bryn is much moved by the
vrorgF of th Filipino. lie has never
n i?rJ f the wrongs of the negro.
IT, js incen&ed at the iron and steel
-'.uM, but he has never heard of the
TiTnm.inv ice trust.
Ht sas a reublic can't have colo
i ii , and seems to think his unsup-p-rttd
assertion outweighs the history
jf Home, Athens, Holland and France.
ITo hays there Is no authority for an
rxition of the Philippines, but he
ghts no authoiity for a protectorate
,fv them.
He says the Filipinos are fit for self
f eminent, but unlit for participation
in this Government.
II faors establishment of stable
o eminent la the Philippines, but he
criticises and denounces every effort
Jiitdt in that direction.
Ho Mould withdraw Army and Xavy
1 r m ho PhittpiiKs, yet he proposes
t pruicvt tliein from foreign interfer
cr o
H' sas If Cotipress had promised
' ii- ptTidenoe to theTagals there would
2 a . been no revolt. The treaty of
Psus Mas ot ratified till February 7,
an I (he attack on our lines at Manila
3? n.xde February 6.
IXk uic Alcianiej- every man who
1 s Lad his share of prosperity, and
r - res only for himself those that
1 a. i not had their share. Bryan paid
tax is on $339 in 1SW, and on $4450 in
I" His place is in the McKinley col
12 r
Ho sos the Filipinos should be per-
ri d to choose their own govern-
r r and thn he profwses, if elected,
nst vipon them not only a stable
4 ri mem, but a republic.
1 1 nounees the Republican policy
- 1 lMiilitpine. yet he declares the
II-pul'Un have no policy.
"I 5as that contentment is the
F tt thing in the world, yet he
. s r opiHrtunlty to inflame discon-
and arouse class jwejudices.
II- Manti us to i'eturn to the simple
- " of the? rathers, yet he scur
r s , 1 .Hit th country to receive su
X' ''u. us nominations, and spouts his
c u s into a phonograph.
lr inxmtocs autocratic rul, yet he
1 'tis if b mot dictatorial of liv-
c liticums.
,T Vo.da p "Washington and Lin-
. s . xampleg, and yet he has done
irm tor four years but pursue with
bina; wu4 MMM-oaried ambition
Imocrartc nomination lor Presi-
is continually saying that there
1 show in thte country for a poor j
t 'ot, thouat a poor actor, a poor j
' ". a poor iaw"-, he has made big
out politics, and invests it j
'lie G overt: rwnt bonds whose very
rue ht denounces.
n as a public man, public to a
t is the living indictment of the
i loan people for sfeattow thinking j
,iamtratKn of the mountebank.
E.
. umim-: Nion-s jvv veii we line 1
J huntbuRged.
Tre rfcnt arrival of SW German
if-s in Pdt is not a subject for
i."-.v- The German contingent of
t o!dir was due in Tien Tsin
jc :h middle of August, and by
1 time must be nearly all landed.
T p.rmai ie sufficient to aHay all
.3 j ' , hrnetoit eonoeruteg the ability of
,,!ii'ti forces to maintain themselves
l' km and oufctMt their commu-
-ur.6 with Tien Tsin. There can
- - U lese Chan 2MM foreign troops
j itOul Pekin, and there must be
at least as many more at Tien Tsin
and guarding the communications by
rail and water between Tang Tsun and
Pekin.
HIS HOPELESS TASK.
Mr. Towne's speech discovers him as
a statesman of mobility almost equal
to the head of the ticket. He is as
alarmed over imperialism now as he
was scared over the gold standard in
189C. He neglects to inform us how
we have escaped the dangers of the
gold standard, or to commiserate us
if haply we have unwittingly been
overtaken by them, and he gives no
hint of what has become of his charts
showing wheat and silver in parallel
lines across the page.
These embarrassments aside, Towne
is interesting. He talks like a book.
He almost raises the suspicion that the
Democratic ticket is upside down.
But comparisons, as Mrs. Partington
truly observed, are odorous. What does
Towne say? He says, and says with
much skill and spirit, that we are all
wrong. Show me anything that is, he
says, and I will show you something
that should not be. Show me what
has happened, and I will show you
what should not have happened. To
point the proper course, I require only
to be assured beyond a doubt what
course has been taken. As for error,
its name is every act of the present
Administration from March 5, 1897, to
August 27, 1900. As for imperial des
potism, there is the United States. As
for an emblem of oppression, there are
the Stars and Stripes. As lor a ty
rant of the first magnitude, there is
William McKinley.
If Mr. Towne proves anything, he
proves that this country is all wrong
and the Tagal forces are all right
Take up the acts of the United States,
one by one, and he will show you how
erroneous they are in policy and how
base in principle. Take up the acts
of Aguinaldo, one by one, and Mr.
Towne will array them in the togs
of heroism and virtue. He would not
for a moment entertain the assertions
of Dewey, Otis, Anderson or Lawton,
if he could obtain those of Aguinaldo
and his advisers. Much as we may
admire Mr. Towne's address for its
skill and force, he is discredited out
of his own mouth when he bars out
partisan prejudice and then goes on
to find every act of the Administration
equally and exactly wrong.
We have nothing to do with Mr.
Towne's quarrel with Candidate Roose
velt. There is doubtless an actual, if
wofully inadequate, basis for his criti
cism of Roosevelt's St. Paul speech,
though there is very little for his ex
travagant and, as it seems to us, very
ungracious, attack upon Roosevelt's
reputation as a soldier. Mr. Roosevelt
may be vain or flighty, or both, but
Mr. Towne is impolitic as well as un
mannerly when he throws out insinu
ations against Roosevelfs qualities as
a brave man and a gentleman.
Mr. Towne rehashes all the old ar
guments of the ant'is, and does it with
a semblance of thought and dignity
that Is certainly in refreshing contrast
to the indirect and crooked methods of
Bryan. But "they are the same old
arguments still which have been an
swered by the testimony of our sail
ors, soldiers and civilians there and
by the official records. It is unneces
sary to go over the whole field again
at this time.
We can only say to Mr. Towne, as
we have said to the critics of the Na
tion's policy from the start: The thing
is awkward, embarrassing, costly. We
don't like it, wouldn't have chosen it
but how are we to get out? Grant that
McKinley made mistakes. Grant that
Dewey and Otis, Schurman and Ander
son made mistakes. How" does that
help us now? How can we abandon
the islands to internal anarchy or ex
ternal force? And if you say we must
establish stable government and admit
the islanders to self-government as
rapidly as they grow in capacity for
It, we can only reply that that is just
what is being done. We don't see how
it could be helped by a policy of scuttle,
by cutting down the Army, by promo
tion of riot, by descent to the silver
basis.
We must do Mr. Towne the justice of
wishing his undoubted talents were
associated with a nobler cause. But
for his heroic effort to make the worse
appear the better, and the Kansas City
absurdity appear sound sense, we can
only offer him our distinguished com
miseration and a sigh of sympathy.
The better his speeches, the deeper will
be the Indignation of his Western
friends at his sacrifice in favor of Ste
venson. XO EXTRA SESSIO.V.
The anti-imperialist press is denounc
ing the President because he does not
withdraw our troops from Pekin, say
ing that with the rescue of our Lega
tion from peril our Government cannot
keep our soldiers at the capital without
calling an extra session of Congress
and an authoritative declaration of
war.
The criticism is not well founded.
More than a month ago President Mc
Kinley replied to the Emperor of China
with demand for immediate communi
cation with our envoys and co-operation
with the relief column as an Indis
pensable preliminary to peaceful ne
gotiation. This prerequisite to peace
ful negotiations was not furnished by
the Pekin Government, which contin
ued to permit its soldiers to assault
the defenses of the envoys and to re
sist the column of relief. Pekin was
occupied by force, the guilty Pekin
Government is a fugitive, and our Gov
ernment has again notified L.I Hung
Chang tbat peaceful negotiations can
only begin when a government exists
which is equal to the task of maintain
ing order, protecting our citizens and
giving us our treaty rights. On these
treaty rights we landed troops, and our
use of force must continue until our
citizens and treaty rights are once
more guarded by a responsible govern
ment at Pekin adequate to their pro
tection. Our troops were not landed merely to
rescue Minister Conger, but to protect
all our citizens in China and all our
interests there. There is no more ne
cessity to call Congress together today
in extra session than there was when
we landed our first detachment of ma
rines and "rushed" them to Pekin to
guard our Legation. Congress, and
Congress alone, can declare war, but
a declaration of war is not necessary
to the execution of, the President's
sworn duty to protect American rights
and enforce treaties, which are part of
the law of tbe land. Our treaty rights
to diplomatic relations with China, to
free and secure residence of American
citizens, to the collection of only a
treaty tariff on our imports into China,
are suspended in four, provinces, where
our citizens have been murdered and j
their dwellings burned, or else are fu
gitives denied a return. Our trade is
completely Interrupted in the northern
treaty ports, and is greatly impaired in
the ports of Southern China. The Pe
kin Government has ,fled the city, be
cause it has directed or'abetted the at
tacks on the foreign legations. There is
no "open door" today in China, because
it has been closed by the hostile action
of the Empress and her fellow-conspirators,
who have proved utterly faith
less to our treaties.
It Is the duty pi the leading officials
of China to establish a stable govern
ment, and our duty in China will not
be over until such a government is es
tablished, which will protect our citi
zens and enforce our treaty rights.
The President keeps our soldiers in
Pekin today for the sa'me reason that
justified him in originally sending them
there, and he will not take fhem away
xmtil our future rights are guaranteed
by some government that is strong
enough to enforce its own decrees and
willing to do so.
CIVIL WAR IX MEMORY AXD HIS
TORY. The Grand Army of the Republic,
whose first National "encampment was
held at Indianapolis, November 20,
186G, is in session at Chicago. This
gathering of veterans Is likely to be
exceptionally large in 'numbers, and
to include the most conspicuous and
influential members of the order. These
veterans of the G. A. R. stand for the
gieat majority of the survivors of the
armies of the Union that answered
,the successive calls of Lincoln for
troops from April 15, 1S61, to Decem
ber 19. 18G4. In January, 1861, before
the firing on Sumter, our Army was
but 16,000 strong, and March 31, 1865,
there were 9S0.08G men on the rolls of
the Army, or an effective fighting
strength of 650,000 men. This war be
tween the sections cost the country
600,000 lives and over 82,000,000,000; it
destroyed slavery, forced legislation
of far-reaching Constitutional conse
quence for the future, and was an
event that radically changed the spirit
of our form of government and prob
able fate and destiny of our people
for weal or woe. The extinction of the
right of secession, the extirpation of
slaveiy, made us a Nation, and our
country is not likely to see In another
hundred years a civil or a foreign war
of the vast and overpowering conse-.
quence of this war for the Union, of
which the G. A. R. form probably a
majority of its surviving soldiers. Ex
President Hayes, an esxeptionaUy
stout and daring soldier, an Jllustrious
representative of the first million of
men that answered Lincoln's call with
out waiting to be'lurpd into service by
the glittering bait of a big bounty,
called it "the great event .of ,the age.
the sacred and stainless war for the
Union." Ir is "sacred" because its
memories run back to nearly every
hearth and hearthstone in this broad
land, and it is "stainless" because it
was fought to maintain and perpetu
ate free institutions against a Confed
eracy whose corner-stone was avowed
by its founders to be buman 'slavery". J
Of the sincerity of the Southern -people
ther is no mere question than., of
their abounding valor, .but sincerity of
conviction does not establish the ex
cellence of faith, since the pilgrims to
tlecca are as fervent 'and sincere , in
elief as those who moitgaged their
estates and spent their blood like water
to win the Holy Sepulcheri. The war
for the Union was not only stainless
in moral, but in legal and Constilu
tional equity, and with Lee's sword the
South surrendered the false theory of
state supremacy and secession, which,
invented by Jefferson, adopted, elab
orately articulated and expounded by
Calhoun, -was invoked as the inspira
tion of rebellion by Yancey and
Toombs.
This great war the greatest and
most far-reaching event -in the-history
of pur country, is but thirty-five years
distant, and yet the veteran soldiers
on both sides to the famous battle are
superficially viewed as not objects of
much political or social consequence to
the generation of today. The boy -who
was but 15 when Richmond fell is 50 to
day, and these figures remind us what
a vast number of our citizens have no
clear, intelligent memory of even the
last campaign of that tremendous
struggle, when the North and the
South wrestled for life and death, and
whose conclusion had only this conso
lation to the vanquished that it
proved what every intelligent mart
knew when the fearful battle began,
that the South, right or wrong, would
fight bitterly and unflinchingly until
its exhausted military power dropped
dead in its last ditch. The correct his
tory of our war enters so little into
our school-books that the average grad
uate of our Northern high schools
knows as much, and probably more,
about the details of the Napoleonic
wars than he does about the "war for
the Union He may not know very
much about either, but his ignorance
of the history of our Civil War Js sur
prising when we remember that every
great soldier or statesman on either
side of the conflict, with the exception
of Lincoln, Stanton and Lee, survived
the war long enough to write and pub
lish the history of his military or po
litical experience. There is no lack of
authentic histories on both sides, but
the pedagogues never read them, and
the best place to hear ignorant talk
about the Civil War and its great
actors is the average soldiers' reunipn.
The orators on such occasions never
appear to have read with any care,
if they have read at ay, the personal
military memoirs of the great military
and political actors on either side.
They seem always on the subject of
the war for the Union to resort to their
imagination for their facts. The aver
age address before a soldiers' reunion
today is about as authentic and
veracious a resume of historical facts
as are the tales of a party of enthusi
astic anglers who have returned from
fishing a stream so distant that It is
perfectly safe to lie about their catch.
Some of our school-books leave the
pupil in doubt whether there wus any
right or any wrong to a war that cost
us over 500.000 lives and hung a mill
stone of debt upon our necks that it
would have bent us double to carry,
nad we been a less rich and vigorous
people.
All the leading actors on either side,
to the great contest are gone, both in
war and politics, save Schofield and
Longstreet. The youngest veteran is
nearly 60, and the majority are nparer
65. The day of sentimental memories
is over; the day of selfish, ignorant
warfare between classes has taken Its
place at the Jorth as well as the
South. And yet, if those dread days
should come again, when the majority
of our sons were suddenly summoned
to battle, we could count safely on the
warlike manliness of the Xation to do
and dare as nobly as before. Under
equal stress, the Union of 1900 would
not degenerate from the Union of 1S61
65. We should exhibit again the unity
that all brave and patriotic people ex
hibit under the press of grinding ne
cessity; the unity of the colonies
against the King, the unity of freedom
against slavery. Put us under equal
stress, and from, the glowing ashes of
those who restored the flag our chil
dren would be sure to light the torch
of liberty and patriotism.
The Walla Walla Union, in comment
ing on President Mellen's letter, which
appears Jn another column, says:
To sum up, his letter pontalns no ray of
hope, and the. Inhabitants of the grain belt are.
In the Elans "phrase, "up asralnst" the propo
sition that there are not enouch vessels to
carry away the crops, and. further, that Port
land, Tacoma or Seattle are not good grain
markets. If present conditions continue, there
Is no alternative but to reduce grain acreage.
TJiis comment is mostly erroneous.
There are -vessels enough to carry
away the crop, and the fact that rates
are excessively high is ' due to the
"hold-your-wheat" policy of the farm
ers in past years, which has prevented
exporters from securing ships early in
the year, when they can be obtained
at lower rates. Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle are good grain markets, be
cause a mathematical calculation will
show any intelligent man that the
prices paid at these points Is always
fully up to the Liverpool price, less
the freight, exchange and other actual
expenses incurred In handling the
crop. Lower freight rates and attend
ant better prices for wheat would be
of material benefit to all lines of busi
ness in Oregon and Washington, but
they cannot be secured by misrepre
senting facts and figures. Neither can
world-wide conditions be changed by
limited local action, pcean freights,
like wheat Itself, are subject to the
law of supply and demand, and when
ever the .supply exceeds the demand;
rates will drop back to normal figures,
regardless of the price of wheat.'
Nothing better illustrates the curi
ous mixture of astuteness and absurd
ity in the Chinese character than the
fact that for more than a hundred
years the United States has been ship
ping its entire product of ginseng to
China, and during that time the Celes
tials have consumed not less than $25,
000,000 worth o a root that Is abso
lutely without medicinal use in any
civilized country in the world. In 1822
theUnited Stated shipped 753J17 pounds
of ginseng to China, but the supply
has fallen off so that the shipments for
1898 amounted to 175,000 pounds, valued
at $500,000, and for 1899 to 125,000 pounds,
worth, $600,000. Physicians and' chem
ists in this countfj- who have made a
study of ginseng agree that about its
only "Virtue! Is .the fact that it will
brjng in China from $S to $25 a pound,
the same being iwortlMn--this' country
from $1 75 to $P. 50 a pound, dry. 'Ken
tucky, Tennessee: West Virginia and
North Carolina are the chief ginseng
producing states, although it is found
in New Englandand Canada, and was
o'ne of the primitive industries of Ver
mont at an early day. There is a law
protecting the ginsengfarmer in Can
ada, where it has been cultivated to
sorrreextentisincq 1716., The general be
lief is ""that Ihe use of ginseng by the
Chinese is influenced rather by super
sti,t1on,tan.by science.
In 1860 the allies found the fugitive
Emperor of China represented by his
brother. Prince Kung, 'who was fully
authorized to T make peace. In I860
China lost in territory nothing "but a
small strip Oh the mainland opposite
Hong Kongbut she had to pay heavy
mqney indemnities to Great Britain
and increase largely the number Vf her
treaty ports'. lnT I860 there was no
change rin government or dynasty, but
the provocation given ,by China then
was comparatively slight, and she had
but iwo great powers to deal with
Great Britain and "France.
"Bryan is fond of quoting Abraham
Lincoln. Bryan, was brought up in op
position to Lincoln, and that is the key
to his political principles. Bryan's
father was an intense pro-slavery
Democrat and sympathizer with seces
sion. The boy was taught to detest
Lincoln, and this! made ? his -politics
what -they, are. " There could be nd sub
limer cheek" than, he now exhibits in
quoting Lincoln. Hi's father talTce'd of
"Lincoln's- war," just as he talks of
"McKltilejs war" riow. To all who
know the Bryarr family, this is known.
There are few forest fires this year.
Perhaps that is a consequence of the
purchase 'df' tImteV tfa'cts'ofvast1 ex
tent throughout Oregon and Washing
ton. The purchasers of this timber,
whether in great or 'small "tracts, natu
rally are' anxious to keep down forest
fires, and may be expected to employ
means of prevention.
This, indeed, is a hard question:
How can the alleged alliance with
England be a secret one, if Webster
Davis and Bryan- know all about it?
THE QUESTION OF MEX.
What Has IJrynnlsru to Offer for Good
t Cabinet Officers ?
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The slmplfe truth about the matter is
that th6 McKinley administration is a
very strong and a very capable one.
What President in recent years has had
a stronger on more capable cabinet than
McKinley's? What recent President
had In his cabinet a stronger or
mor6 capable quartet than Hay,
Root, Long and Gage? The ghost-seeing
anti-Imperialists would have great diffi
culty In answering these questions to
the detriment of the Administration.
Steadiness ,and trained ability are the
common attributes of all these men, and
they constitute the controlling force of
the Administration.
In Secretary Hay, the President has at
the head of the foreign affairs of the
country the most thoroughly trained-diplomat
that has ever held the office. He
has spent virtually his whole life In prep
aration for Its duties. He had just been
admitted to the bar when he became one
of President Lincoln's secretaries, and
from that time to the present he has
been almost continuously In some form of
public service, calling for the exercise of
qualities most essential to a diplomat. He
was secretary of legation for several
years in Paris, was next charge d'affaires
at Vienna, and still later secretary of le
gation at Madrid. In this service he be
came a master of the leading modern
languages of Europe and familiar with
the politics of Its chief nations. He was
subsequently Assistant Secretary of State
undenMr. Evarts, and finally Minister to
England. When he was recalled from
London to take the portfolio of the State
Department he approached, more nearly
to the stand -rd of a trained European
diplomat than almost or quite any other
man in our public life. Combined with
his experience he had not only large but
brilliant Intellectual attainments. His
career as the American Minister in Lon
don had shown him to be- the worthy fel
low as well as the sucessor, of Motley
and Lowell In that capital In which Intel
lectual abilities are perhaps more accu
rately gauged than in any other city in
the world.
Surely Here was placed at the head jot
the most Important department of the
national service an expert of the first
rank. The value of such ability, in a
time of the gravest importance, has been
demonstrated by the outcome of the Chi
nese negotiations. Secretary Hay has
not only done his country service of in
calculable; value, but he has exalted the
American name before the world. After
what he has done ur diplomacy cannot
be sneered at successfully as merely
"ahlrt-sleeved." In open competition
with the leading nations of the world we
have, with Secretary Hay as our repre
sentatlve, carried off the leading honors
in a manner worthy of the best tradi
tions of any of them.
Is it not to the credit of" the Presi
dent that he selected Mr. Hay for this
position, and having -placed him . there,
sustained him and co-operated with, him?
Is It not to the credit of-the President
that he selectetL forT'o"ther cabinet; posi
tions such men as Root and Long and
Gage? If it be tjo his credit, why do
his critics not admit It, if. they be fair
minded? Do they think tha't Bryan would
give us a more- worthy cabinet? Just
let them imagine what would happen if
Bryan were President and a crisis like
this in China were to arise. Where
would Bryan find a Secretary of State
equal to Mr. Hay? Is" there, in fact, in
the whole Bryan party today one man
who can by the most liberal stretch of
veracity be pronounced a fit man for Sec
retary of State? No matter about the
other places in the cabinet, try to find
a Bryanlte who Is fit for first place.
WHERE IS THE EMPEROR 1
If They Menn McKinley, He Certalnly
Doetm't Fit tlie Part.
New York Times.
Imperialism Implies an Emperor. Our
friends who are so sincerely and so labo
riously alarmed about imperialism as an
impending evil in the United States will
admit that. As yet they may not have
projected their fancy far enough beyond
the object of their immediate excitement
to grasp the fact; but if their attention
is called to the point they will doubtless
pause In the predictions for a moment
and take note of the obvious conclusion
th'at Imperialism without anEmperOr or
his equivalent would be unthinkable. We
cannot call up an Intelligible image of
Caegarlsm without a Caesar or of the
imperialism of France without either the
First or the Third Napoleon. -Even In
the Celestial Empire, which is the most
conspicuous Instance In modern times cf
what our friends think that we are com
ing to, though there Is a very' feeble .Em
peror, his functions are effectually per
formed by the Dowager Empress, .with
out whose stern will and despotic tem
per nothing" at all satisfying to the antl
ImperialJst Imagination would-exlst.
Who Is the Emperor, the thought of
whom makes every Individual hair on
the gray heads of the antl-imperlallsts
stand on end like quills upon the fretful
PDrcuplne? Logically It should be Major
AVIUiam McKinley. He it is who has
been at the head of the Government dur
ing the brief period. in which the threat
ening cloud of imperialism has been gath
ering swiftly on our horizon. It Is he
who has Imposed his v ill on the repre
sentatives fit the people, perverted the
Constitutional powers of his office, wield
ed the military and naval forces of the
Nation as an engine of usurpation and
conquest, defied the opinion of the peo
ple, and woven the threads of the con
spiracy In which our rights and liberties
are being ' strangled.
But up to the time of the negotiating
of the Spanish treaty even the antl-lm-porialists
never found In his career a
slnglo'fact. Important or petty, 'that 'does
not show him utterly and almost ridicu
lously unfitted for the role of anything
remotely resembling It. As a politician
he has unquestl'onably been very success
ful, and in a sense a leader, but it has
been in the way that Wendell Phillips
bitterly said that Seward led the anti
slavery sentiment "as the foremost
leads the wave." As President he has
shown the utmost anxiety to ascertain
and follow the will of the people. Doubt
less he has made mistakes in some of
his interpretations, and there have been
Occasions when his countrymen would
would have rejoiced exceedingly to see
him show a bolder leadership, and would
have followed him with eager fidelity.
But these are not the mistakes of a man
ambitious to be a dictator. It Is not by
the temper of a McKinley that the cur
rent of National life can be changed or
free institutions undermined and over
thrown. A great people will not be en
slaved by a President who is constantly
and anxiously listening for the first
trustworthy expression of their wish.
"The Man on Horseback" cannot have
his ear to the ground.
Perfectly Fair Stntement of Bryan
imn. Omaha Bee.
In his very thorough exposition and
analysts of Bryanlsm, published in Mon
day's Bee, that veteran Democrat, Dr.
George L. Miller, directed attention to
some things that are too little thought of
by most people, but which he rightly re
gards as of primary importance. He
stated one objection he has to Mr. Bryan
as follows: "It is his continuous and un
reasonable assaults upon the established
Institutions of his country, his unremit
ting attacks upon the rights of those who
own something and his hostility to the
courts and indirect assaults upon the con
stitution and law and order. A man wn0
thus panders to the desires of the vicious,
uncrupulous, envious and irresponsible
members of society Is a dangerous indi
vidual to place at the head of our Gov
ernment. His utterances in public tend
to array class against class and to Incul
cate the revolutionary spirit among the
less fortunate of our people." This Is a
perfectly fair statement of the character
of Bryanlsm as embodied In the Chicago
platform and proclaimed by Mr. Bryan
himself during the past four years.
Democrat or Populist?
Hartford Times, Dem.
Should Mr. Bryan's ideas prevail the
Democratic party In. the whole .Nation will
share the fate of the Democratic party in
Nebraska. In that event it must pass out
of existence, and wherever Mr. Bryan's
personal Influence extends, but only there,
the Populist party will take Its place. We
most certainly do not regard Mr. Bryan as
a fool. He is nominated for the Presi
dency on platforms specifically demand
ing the tree coinage of 50-cent dollars,
which means, as everybody knows, the
substitution of the silver standard for the
gold standard. Believing Mr. Bryan to
favor what he says he favors, we think
he will carry out the Populist and old
Greenback ideas of government, so far as
possible, in case he shall be elected Pres
ident of the United States.
Sorely Fnt to It,
Rochester (N. Y.) Chronicle.
In 1S64 the Democrats called Abraham
Lincoln an "imperialist," for no discov
erable reason except that they were "put
to It" to find an argument against his
re-election. In 1872 they called "Ulybs.es
S. Grant an "Imperialist," for no other
discoverable reason except that they were
"put to It" to find an argument against
his re-election. Now they are calling
William McKinley an "imperialist" solcly
because they are "put to It" to find an
argument; against his re-election. It will
bj perceived that McKinley Is an "Im
perialist" for exactly the same reason
and to1 exactly the same extent that Lin
coln and Grant were "Imperialists."
' i- -s. c ; ,
: - v AT. CHICAGO ALSO1.
Joke Which 3Ia-JDe Appreciated, in
Portland.
Chicago Tribune.
The merry men of the City. Hall, have
played a joke on one of their number,!
the point of which is much longer and
sharper than they anticipated. They
have presented an ornate and elaborate
shirt waist to an employe of the City
Building department who- was discovered
at work 10 minutes after quitting time.
The Idea of a city employe, working for
an instant after the luxurious hour for
stopping work In the city building natur
ally struck the man who discovered It
as amusipg and remarkable. He hastened
to communicate the news to other city
servant who were loitering about the
building and they all rushed to take a
look, at the rare and laughable phenome
non. One man who has spent 30 consecu
tive years Jn the service of the city de
clared that it was the only case of the
kind he had ever heard of, and there
was a general consensus of opinion that
It was tha best joke of the season.
Accordingly a committee "was "appointed
to prepare a fitting- celebration, and It
.was decided to present a!" shirt' waist to
fthe man who-had won. the. unique dis
tinction and set the- whole City Hall
latighing.
No one will question' the fact that the
spectacle of a City Hall employe working
overtime Is amusing by way of contrast
with the habits of the other 13,999 people
whose names appear on the city pay rcll.
It Is bad policy just at the present time
lor City Hall employes to call public
attention to the fact that one of their
number who works a minute overtime Is
as rare as a dodo cr a hen with molars.
There Is a general impression that the
men who are paid by the city are, to put
it mildly, not given to overworking them
selves, and the laughter and amusement
caused by 'Mr. Gaulfs indiscretion will
tend to deepen it.
Just at present every department of
the city government Is hampered by a
lack of money. Streets are filthy, pave
ments are going to decay, appropriations
for the building of free baths are held
up. in a dozen ways the general public
is suffering because no money Is available
for public work which is ordinarily con
sidered absolutely necessary. It is not
noticed, however, that any of the nicely
cushioned easy chains in the City Hall
have been vacated because of a lack of
funds. Pcsslbly If some of the men who
are so much amused at Mr. Gaulfs work
ing overtime would follow his example
for a few months enough money might be
saved by cutting down the force at the
City Hall to provide for the most press
ing and Important work which now re
mains undone.
The discovery that a city employe has
been working overtime Is a good joke, but
the people of Chicago will be Inclined to
think that the joke Is not at his expense.
Gnus Smnggled In.
Baltimore Sun.
Charleston. N. C A private letter re
ceived here from a South Carolina boy.
who Is serving with the army In the
Philippines, says that he was present
when a great stack of heavy machinery
was being transferred to carts. At least
the boxes were marked machinery, and
Instructions were given to handle with
care. In some way one of the large boxes
was thrown from the cart and broken
open, and Instead cf finding machinery
the crowd which gathered saw that the
box was filled with rifles and ammunition
shipped frcm the United States.
"This thing has been going on for some
time," said the correcpondent, "and hun
dreds of rifles have been shipped here
-mm hnmo Thf stuff Is smuecled In and
Is passed without difficulty. The United
States Government pays the natives $15
each for all of the old rifles turned In.
and hundreds of these have been dellv
eied for the ransom. The natives have
no hesitancy In giving up their guns when
they know that a better class of shooting
Iron can be had for less money than
the Government pays for the old wea
pons." MEX AXD WOMEX.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, lately
passed hl3 'Oth blrthdav at his country home
at Ischl. The day was celebrated with an un
usually profuse display of bunting, decorations
and Illuminations In Vienna.
Ex-Secretary William R. Day, while at the
University of Michigan, wrote and delivered
an oration on "The, .Ideal of Conzress." The
other day the original manuscript of this
speech was bought for the university museum
for ?2o0.
President Loubet, of France, Is the first
chief executive of that country to take to a
bicycle. Ho has been lately riding ono more
or less nubllcly, and several Parisian papera
have. In" consequence, criticised him as undig
nified. Chri. JIagee. of Pittsburg, who is prominent
In Penn'-v lvanla rolltlcs as an opponent of
Quay, Is 111 in 'Atlantic City. He Is af
flicted by a malady which, though not likely
to cause death, saps his strength, and makes
It obligatory upon him to aold all exertion.
Lord Roberts never learned the art of dic
tating his dispatches, and to this day has to
write them out with his own hand. His writ
ing Is, moreover, so very had that It can be
read only by his aide, to whose lot It conse
quently falls to "translate" the orders Into
characters more readily decipherable.
The Mllnc-Astor episode dies hard. The finale
must be wholly satisfactory to Captain Sir
Berkeley Milne his nomination by the Ad
miralty as one of three officers- sent to repre
sent the Royal Navy at the funeral of the
Duke of Coburr The selection of Sir Berk
eley was Intended as a demonstration, and It
was due to a suggestion made by a royal per
sonage. Robert Russell, the Superintendent of Edu
cation for Natal, has Just completed his :13th
year of colonial government service, having
left Edinburgh University In I860 to accept the
appointment of Head Master of the. Durban
Government College.. Mr. Russell's work on
"Natal: The Land and Its Story." has been
extensively quoted during the South African
war.
Ira D. Banker Is to sail for Europe on Au
gust 25. He will be In London the second
week In September, after a few days spent In
Ireland. A great public welcome will be held
In Exeter Hall Thursday, September 13. under
the auspices of the London Singers' Union and
an Influential committee, this being the silver
Jubilee celebration of the London chorus
formed by Mr. Sankey In 1875.
Appeal to the Gentler Sex.
(Called for by the prevailing manner of car
rying their skirts while walking.) " ' '
Oh, women.
In our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy,
And hard to please.
Why do you
Hold your dresses so.
When on "the streets
You're pleased to got
Say, ladles; H
Are you quite aware . ..
The way you hold them
Makes folks stare
And wonder ,
Not a little bit.
If they wera made
So tlsht a fit?
Or are you z
To their snugness blind,-.
Because you cannot
See behind. " '
To learn why people
Grin and pause?
Or do you
Do it "Just because"?
If you are
Thin It's not so bad.
When you are somewhat
Thickly clad;
But If you
Have a figure why.
Words fall to tell
What meets the eye.
Dear woman.
. Whatsoe'er It be
That makes the visions
"Which we see.
Correct It. .
Tlease, this very day.
And hold your skirts
" Some other way.
W 7. Lampten la the Philadelphia North
American.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The business 0f. sejlmg anai and am
munition to barbarians saouW be classed
with that of selling whisky to Indians.
As to thBt,bill against, tha Sultan. Undo
Sam 'is"' In a peculiar position. :Re can
neither collect the bill nor sell the cfalm.
The output of eggs bearing the Initials
of Presidential candidates appears to be
growing. Interest In these "lays et ,&
campaign" would be greatly Increased ii.
the output could hatch outvotes.
Nankin was originally the seat of gov
ernment of the Ming dynasty in China
The Emperor of Yunglah, however, mado
Pekin the capital In 1411. and it has re
tained that position ever since. The popu
lation ia estimated at 2.COO.O0O persons.
The northeast gate of Pekin commands
the city, and it was by this gate that tlto
allied troops entered Pekin .In 1S0.
There are now 12 United States Senatorst
who have been Governors of their respec
tive states. They are Davis and Nelson,
of Minnesota: Proctor, of Vermont: Berry,
of Arkansas; Hawley, of Connecticut; Cul
lom. of Illinois; Bate, of Tennessee; Per
kins, of California; Shoup, of Idaho; Till
man, of South Carolina; Focaker. of Ohio,
and Culberson, of Texas. Of these eight
are Republicans and four Democrats.
According to the last census the popu
lation of Hong Kong numbered 221,441. It
was composed as follows: Europeans anil
Americans (civil), 41D5; military. 1541;
navy, 1336; police. 165. Besides this thero
was an Indian Infantry regiment of 1313
men, and 224 men of Indian police. Of
the foreigners 26S9 were Portuguese. 203
German. 93 American. S8 French. SS Span
ish, 3S Italian. 31 Turkish. 26 Austrian. 26
Swedish, 16 Danish, and the rest of other
nationalities.
Despite the fact of her affliction with:
famine and pestilence India's revenue last
year showed a surplus of some $13.000.0W
and In the last two years she has spent:
$30,000,000 for the relief of sufferers from
famine. Another sign of the extent of her
resources is seen In her addition during:
the year ended March, 1900, of 731 miles
to her railway mileage,, bringing the total
up to 26,790 miles. The return on capital
in railways was 5.34 per cent, against 5.37
per cent the previous year. There aro
about 14.490 miles of five feet six Inches
(standard) gauge, 11.4S0 miles of meter
and 820 miles of special narrow gauges.
The number of employes on the lines of
the two principal gauges was 33S.S59, oC
which 3262 were Europeans. 737S East,
Indians and 326,219 were natives. Th&
extension of the railway system Is con
nected with the schemes for relieving suf
ferers from famine. By means of tho
railways food Is brought cheaply into tho
famine districts. The construction of new
lines Is undertaken. If needed, with a view
often of giving employment to the peo
ple. If India's Industries were less ex
clusively agricultural, less dependent on
rains, her people would be better off.
General O. O. Howard.
Salt Lake Tribune.
General O. O. Howard commanded a.
brigade at Bull Run. He participated ia
perhaps more great battles In the Civil
War than any other soldier. He lost hit
right arm at Fair Oaks. He fought at
Antletam; commanded the Eleventh Corps
at Fredericksburg and was conspicuous
on that first day at Gettysburg. He wad
one of the soldiers who led In the assault
en Missionary Ridge. He went with Sher
man to Knoxville to raise that siege. He
fought at Resaca and commanded tho
right wing of Sherman's army In .the
march to the sea. He fought the Nes
Perqes In, 1S77. the Bannocks and Plutesv
In '1S7S. His son. Colonel Guy Howard,
was killed In the Philippines. He was
Interviewed last Summer and was asked
what he thought about taking the Phil
ippines. "Taking them." was his answer,
"why, we have got them." He made a
speech the other day in Svracuse. N. Y-.
and In that speech he said: "Don't talk;
to me about taking down our flag and
giving back the Philippines. It Is an In
sult." And General Howard Is no rude
soldier. He is a pious man and says his
prayers with the same regularity that
Stonewall Jackson used to. But he Is an.
out and out American and believes In
absolute justice. He takes the same view
of the Philippines that Admiral Dewey
dc ; that every distlrgulshed American,
ever has that understands the situation
there.
rLEASAXTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
May What became of that old flame of
yours? Pdmela Papa put him out. Brooklya
Life.
The Cornfed Philosopher "You can get any
man to listen to you." safd the Cornfed Philos
opher, "if you talk to him about his own dogr
or some other man's vvlf.- Indianapolis
Press.
Their Only Chance. "Alas'" said the Chi
nese statesman. "It's China agilnst th worldt"
"Phfit ' aniii hi frtaiut. "Is our only hope.
Singly, any of th" powers could whip us; but
It Isn't quite "o certain that they can- do It
together "Puck.
She Hailed "Does that young woman halt
from Boston?" "Yes," answered the youth,
thoughtfully, "that expresses the W-a pre
cisely. She halls from Boston. I was never
before overtaken by such a heavy downfall oC
Intellectual Ice' Washington Star.
Sociological "The kind of man that wins."
said the necessary dlscourser. "Is the man who
goes after what he wants." "Not he." salil
the other half of the humorists' dlalogtst
team. "The winner Is the man that can sit
still and confidence people Into bringing what
he wants to him "Indianapolis Presa.
Their Only Turnout. McCann He 9oys his
people was of the carrlase-folk In th" ould
country- I wander wns they? McGraw Phwat
makes je think they was? McCann Shuts, ho
says their family turnout alway3 atthracted
attlntion. McGraw Av coorsa. There doea ba
always a crowd at an eviction. Philadelphia
Press.
i
A Cosmic Wall.
Boston Journal.
Alone I sat on the barvelly bench.
Where the googln's. bones were nit;
Where the golly-wogs and the phtommlerotr
In the vaselaene age had fit.
I thought how sad for the punklewunksl
How sad for the spud and the spare f
That the swalnlng cries of the taltlltes
Were, drowned In those days of yore"
Alas, 'twas so with the Neverscene racs.
With the huge perrldactilum. toot
For each copperoslty waned ami died
Made way for each thingumbob new.
So. long I sat on the barvelly beach.
And this Is the song I rlt:
That never again would the spltzerkaln
Spring back where It once had sglt.
Personality In Polltlcn-
Washington Star.
I'm In the race for office now:
I've got to swim or sink.
Just watch my corrugated brow
Wliene'er I atop to think!
This township needs a stlddy brain.
The task can't be forsook;
So, Mandy. you roust take tha train
An" git jour picture took.
A man's opinion ain't th thing
The people seem to prize;
The facts fer which they're hankerlnr
Is 'bout his family ties:
An Jes' how many children bless
His Journey through this life.
An If he buys a bran new dress
Each Christmas fur his wife.
They want to know If she kin be
A hostess In good style;
The artists crowd around t see
About her winsome smile.
They ask If she kin sing an play.
And If she learned to eoak
So, Ma'ndy. drop' the chores today
-Aa' sit your picture took..