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P'ORTLAXD, THURSDAY, SEPT. X3
Elsewhere appears a united appeal for
contributions In aid of the Texas suf
ferers. Response should be prompt and
generous. Let Portland sustain or sur
pass its record for help to the needy in
their time of need.
JL MATTER. OF BUSINESS,
What shall it profit a man to vote
McKinley out and Bryan in, if by .so
doing he discourages business, destroys
confidence, eliminates profits or loses
his Job?
A man will look at a dollar a long
time before he puts it out Jf there is
some doubt about what kind of a dol
lar he is going to get back. A dollar
is not always a dollar. It may be
worth anything from 25 cents up. If a
man is going to put money out, he
wants to know that when it is to be
paid back it will be paid dollar for dol
lar. He needs to know that if he puts
lull value, that is, gold-value, dollars
out, he is going to get full-value, that
is, gold-value, dollars back. If there
is any considerable doubt about it he
Will hold on to what he has.
Now there will be very little business
going on and very little employment
offered unless somebody is all the time
putting money out, Very few mea are
able to start factories, open stores, build
railroads, on what money they have
on hand in cash. They have to borrow.
Commerce and trade, manufactures and
even agriculture, are built up on credit,
Enterprise anticipates the future and
lends Its money in the hope of interest
But if there is doubt about the princi
pal, speculative interest cuts very little
figure, Tou can't have credit without
confidence. Tou can't have confidence
without an honest dollar. :
That is what happened in 1893 and
on up to 1S96. The dollar was in doubt
We had a great many kinds of dollars,
end whether the Government would
have both the ability and the desire
to keep them all of equal value .was
becoming very Questionable. In 1896
one of the great parties declared
against the full-value, that is, the gold-
value, dollar. It called it the 200-cent
dollar. It denounced the gold stand
ard. Capital, regardless of party, took
alarm. Men with a few thousands,
or a few hundreds, or a few ?20 sold
pieces, regardless of party, hid them
away in safety vaults. They hated to
have their money lie idle without earn
ing profits in business, or output m
manufacture, or Interest on loans, but
they hated worse to lose the principal.
They didn't want to put a gold-value
dollar out and get a silver-value dollar
back. So they hauled in; and every
body knows the practical effect on the
country's material condition.
If Bryan is electjed, the man with a
few thousands or a few hundreds or a
few $2(J gold pieces will say, regardless
of party: I guess I'll wait Here's a
silver President and a silver Congress,
and while everything may be all right,
I don't "know. I won't put any money
out now. I'll collect what I can, and
Just wait
Now, what does that mean? Well,
that means panic. Tou let every man
in Portland who has money in the
banks form that decision, and there's
an end of business and employment
If everybody that has money coming to
him must have it right away,- and no
body that has money will make any
new loans or extensions, that's the
hardest kind of times. Next thing- you
will see people running to the banks
to draw their money out to bide It,
and in spite of all the banks can do
to save themselves and protect their
depositors, and allay fe,ars, there's
panic, and half the banks In town are
ruined. People have nothing to do but
stand outside the closed doors of the
failed banks, and blockade the streets,
and discourse on their misfortunes, and
write denunciatory letters to the news
papers.
If a man should sit down calmly and
try to figure out who would suit him
most perfectly for President, the
chances are he wouldn't pick McKinley.
'ery few would agree, perhaps, but
say that it wouldn't be McKinley. They
like a man that takes a stand and stays
with It They like a man that marches
at the head of the procession instead of
tailing along after everybody -else has
ade up bis mind. Now, if we voted
the Presidency to a man as the reward
f merit for his real or supposed vlr-
ues, this woum De ail .right But
hat happens to McKinley or Bryan
s about the least important part of
is business. A man is a fool to cut
own nose off to spite his face. The
uestion is, What are we going to get
rough McKinley s election or through
ryan's election?
If a man wants to vote his business
o a standstill, or vote himself out of
Job, he can vote for Bryan. That, in
act, is the very thing he should do.
ere is no better way. But It Is Just
s well to use a little horse sense in
his matter as in any other. If a man
oesn't look out for his own interests.
obody else will.
The casualty upon the Southern Pa-
slfic Railway near McMlmwille, Tues-
lay, apears to haye been due entirely
to one of those lapses of individual pru-
dea.C3.ihat jure wholly inexplicable. Jt
is Incredible that a woman' in her right
mind should attempt to cross a railway
track "but twenty-five or thirty feet in
advance of a swiftly moving train, yet
this, according to the testimony, Mrs.
Nancy Nailes did, near Carleton, Yam
hill County, Tuesday forenoon, with
fatal result. The most plausible ei
planantlon is that her mind was preoc
cupied to an extent that made her ut
terly oblivious to the advance of the
train. Distressing as is such an acci
dent, it can scarcely be held that any
body, even the victim, was to blame for
it, since it seems to have been due to
a mental lapse on her part to which all
human beings are to some extent liable.
IXVITATIOX TO THE ASTJS.
A more searching inquiry Into the
theories of Bryan concerning, the Phil
ippines than was presented in this pa
per yesterday by Judge M. I. Pipesf we
have never seen. It seems as if,most
if not all of his points have been made
before, but it is doubtful If they have
ever been so clearly and logically put.
Every one who is sincerely desirous of
forming correct views on the subject
treated is urged to read with care what
Judge Pipes has written. Even those
whose predetermined opinion cannot be
shaken by his argument will enjoy his
pellucid style, and his even, judicial
temper. There is tho same cogent and
effective reasoning here that its author,
an old-time Democrat, used so effect
ively In rejection of a false "bimetal
Ism" in 1896.
Judge Pipes holds that the phrases
"freedom" and "consent of the gov
erned," so freely used by Bryan in
discussion of the Philippine problem,
are inapplicable to the case, and he en
deavors to show how the true signifi
cance of the phrases has been confused.
The doctrine that "governments derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed," he says, does not pur
port to declare and was not designed
to declare that consent of the prospect
ive governed is a necessary preliminary
to sovereignty by an acquiring power.
No such doctrine has ever been enun
ciated, The Declaration used these
words In Its Justification of the revolt
of the colonies. Sovereignty is not a
thing instituted with co-operation by
the individual. It comes upon him.
His only contributory part in it, as
Judge Pipes puts it, "is to "be born."
And as for revolution, as the Declara
tion shows, that comes when govern
ment has through abuses forfeited Its
right of sovereignty. The colonists held
that Great Britain had worked such a
forfeit, and they submitted a catalogue
of abuses In evidence. There is no
warrant in theory or practice for the
idea that in the disposition of territory
"consent of the governed" Is a necesr
sary or a pertinent matter. The Dec
laration did) not mean this, as its con
text shows. What it did mean was
that misgoverntnent could alienate alle-
1 glance so far as to justify revolution,
and by the same rule the Philippine In
surgents must Justify their rebellion by
specific acts of mlsgovernment pn the
part of the United States. This they
cannot do. This, in fact, nobody al
leges. The other tenet of antl-lmperiallsm
noticed by Judge Pipes is the idea that
if a man is "free," he is entitled to an
Independent government This, too, as
he shows, is Inaccurate. Liberty and
oppression are not designatlve of forms
of government. The various parts of
a republic are not Independent but
their inhabitants may all be free In the
enjoyment of protection of person and
property. An Independent government
may coexist with the worst denial of
individual freedom.
The mere transfer of sovereignty is
not in itself adequate occasion for the
assertion of consent or protest from the
transferred people, as when Germany
took Alsace-Lorraine, or when Holland
traded New Netherlands to England for
Guiana, or if Great Britain should buy
Delagoa Say from Portugal, or if we
.should buy the Windward Islands from
Denmark. But mlsgovernpient may
justify revolution a stage not yet
reached In the Philippine Islands.
Judge Pipes also shows that the South
never asserted the doctrine of "con
sent" in the anti-imperlallst sense, but
only the constitutional or statutory
right of secession. He also shows that
Bryan's plan for selecting a govern
ment for the Philippines proceeds with
out "consent" His whole article is ad
mirable, and the candid Investigator
can do no better than to read It entire.
We especially urge attention to It on
the part of the local representatives of
"antl-lmperlallsm," and should be glad
if any of them will try their hands at
answering it
TRUSTS BREEDING COMPETITION.
The Oregonian has always held that
while trusts undoubtedly contain within
themselves many effective elements of
their own downfall, yet this fact In
itself Is no mitigation of the iniquity
of the trust evil, nor should it prevent
or delay all remedies law may provide
in the way of tariff reduction, publicity,
forfeiture of charters, etc. Bearing this
principle in mind, it is interesting to
watch the difficulties in which the
trusts frequently find themselves and
the punishment which natural laws
themselves inflict.
It is a familiar dogma of economic
experts that the trust, with Its swollen
capitalization and apparent If not real
prosperity, Is in itself a powerful in
centive to competition. An examina
tion Into the records of charters filed
In New T6rk, made by the Journal of
Commerce of that city, shows that this
very thing is coming to pass. The
Journal's list covers, incorporations
from January L 1899, to September 1,
1900, and Includes none below $1,000,000
capital. The total Is $3,500,000,000, "of
which approximately $700,000,000 be
longs to new enterprises in competition
with the established trusts. Besides
this showing in large companies, the
Journal vouches for an "Immense num
ber" of new corporations of from ?100,
000 to $1,000,000, especially in the Iron
and steel trade.
The decline in formation of trust com
panies has long been apparent, and this
evidence of the formation of independ
ent companies is very "suggestive. It is
of great significance that new concerns
are noteworthy in those industries
where the trust has sought to reign
supreme. In wire, nails, etc., we find
the Washburn Wire Company, $L500i
000; the New Haven Wire Corporation,
$1,000,000; the Union Steel Company,
$1,000,000. In competition with the pa
per trust are six new organizations, the
lowest with $1,100,000. tbe highest with
$5,000,000, the aggregate being $88,950,
000. In lead, there are four new com
panies with $8,000,000 of combined capi
tal. Three companies, with $1,000,000
each, have gone into baking powder,
and the celebrated ice truBt of New
Tork has provoked a rival organization
Jjrith a capital of $1,000,000. The smelt-
Ing trust has evoked four competing
plants, and the match) trust four.
This operation of natural law is good
as far as it goes. But It need not deter
us from pushing all feasible legislative
remedies, especially the abolishment of
tariff protection to trust products.
KRUGER. A FUGITIVE.
Paul Kruger, President of the Trans
vaal Republic, Is a fugitive In Portu
guese territory. This fact may be
taken as conclusive of the end of the
Boer War. The first week of September
Lord Roberts issued a proclamation
announcing the annexation, of the
Transvaal. In consequence of this an
nexation the inhabitants of the Trans
vaal are now subjects of the Queen,
with the exception of those who were
attached to commands prior tp the issu
ance of the annexation proclamation
and who have since been continuously
In arms. These, when captured, will
be treated as prisoners of war. The
last movement of Lord Roberts' army
has been successful in securing control
of the Delagoa Bay Railroad, and Kru
ger had to take his choice whether he
would become a miserable fugitive In
the mountains, sure of ultimate capture
and transportation to St Helena or
Ceylon, or whether he would seek a "po
litical asylum on Portuguese soil. With
his flight the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State will become speedily 'paci
fied. The truth is that there has been
no legitimate military resistance to the
British arms since the occupation of
Pretoria. General Dewet, a partisan
leader of great ability, whose sons have
been killed in the war and whose wife
has died of a broken heart, will proba
bly conduct a guerrilla fight to the end,
without be Is killed in battleor Is shot
as a rebel, a fate to which he is liable
if he persIstB In warfare. After all, real
justification of warfare has disappeared
with the dispersion of the Boer Army
and the flight of Its government
The Boer War is therefore over.' It
has lasted almost a year, for the Trans
vaal sent Its ultimatum to the British
Government October 10, 1899, and on Oc
tober 12 the Boers invaded Natal, and
about October 20 the siege of KImberley
and Mafeking began. By October 29
the British were driven back to Lady
smith, and its siege began. From thlB
time forward It was a succession of dis
asters for the British arms until the
arrival of Lord Roberts in January,
1900. The Boers had beaten the British
to a halt at Magersfonteln, where Lord
Methuen had suffered a bloody repulse,
and General Buller had been severely
defeated In his attempt to force the
Tugela River at Colenso, in Natal. Up
to December 15, 1899, the British losses
in killed, wounded and missing reached
a total of 7630. Victory now began to
turn in a flood tide for the British, and
from the beginning of Lord Roberts'
movement the first week in February
last to date there has been no real halt
in the progress of the British arms, ex
cept what was necessary for the accu
mulation of supplies, the repair of rail
ways, the remount of cavalry. The
first movement of Lord Roberts re
lieved KImberley, captured Cronje and
occupied Bloemfonteln, and really
forced the withdrawal of the Boers
from before Ladysmlth.
If the Boer leaders had been-men of
sense, they would have made the best
terms of peace and surrender possible
on the relief of Ladysmlth, for with the
occupation of Bloemfonteln and the loss
of Natal the Boer contest was clearly
hopeless. Lord Roberts waited some
forty days at Bloemfonteln to accumu
late supplies for his next advance,
which began the first week In May
and ended at Pretoria the first week In
June. The resistance offered by the
Boers was nothing of consequence; it
has been so absurdly ineffective since
the relief of Ladysmlth that It has not
risen to the dignity of much more than
guerrilla warfare. The Boer resistance
ought to have ended at Bloemfonteln,
March 14, 1899. Every Boer that has
fallen since has fallen a sacrifice to the
Insensate folly and obstinacy of Paul
Kruger and President Steyn.
For the future, probably the Trans
vaal and tbe Orange Free State 'will,
have to be strongly garrisoned for a
considerable time. General Buller did
not eat his Christmas dinner in Pre
toria, but If Sir George White had been
a man of military brains enough not to
coop up 14,000 regulars In Ladysmlth,
but had held the line of the Tugela and
the railway bridge at Colenso, there Is
no military reason why a General of
the caliber of Lord Roberts should not
have eaten his Christmas dinner In Pre
toria, for Lord Roberts would never
have brought such stupid aqtlons as
Methuen fought at Gras Pan, Modder
River, and Magersfonteln, and as Bul
ler fought at Colenso. With an able
soldier placed at the head of the Eng
lish Army In South Africa at the start,
there would have been no siege of
Ladysmlth, no Modder River, no Ma
gersfonteln, no Colenso repulse. The
tactics and strategy of Lord Roberts
would have beaten the Boers speedily,
had they been applied at once from the
beglnnlngof the war. Roberts began his
work, handicapped by the disasters of
Methuen, Gatacre and Buller, but he
has never known defeat, and all the
Important results of the cainpalgn have
been due to the Btrokes of his sword.
The only real lesson of the Boer War
Is the old lesson that a General to be
successful needs to be a man of brains,
not merely an angry bull In a pasture.
Present indications certainly point to
"the election of McKinley, The state
elections In Vermbnt and Maine show
plainly that the Republican vote Is
holding its own fairly well. The Re
publican plurality In Vermont is barely
5000 short of that of 1896, but it is 3500
more than the high-water mark of the
Republican vote of 1888. In Maine the
Republican vote is clear beyond the
party high-water mark for any Presi
dential year, save 1896. In 1884, the
year that her own favorite son, Blaine,
was 'a candidate for President, Majne
threw but 19,709 Republican plurality
in her September state election. In 1888
Maine cast about 24,000 Republican
plurality. In 1892 Maine cast but 15,000
Republican plurality, while in 1896 it
cast 45,777 Republican majority for
President The Republican plurality of
Vermont in its state election of last
week is about31,000, so completely be
yond the strict party vote in the past
as to point to the conclusion that "antl
imperiallsm" has no great weight with
the voters at the East It is clear that
the Gold Democrats have not all re
turned to the party fold in Vermont or
Maine; it is clear that the antl-imperlal-ism
battle cry has drawn few or no
recruits from the Republican camp to
Bryan. The signs of the times clearjy
favor the election of McKinley. It looks
as if he will carry, every state east of
the Mississippi he carried In 1896 save
possibly Kentucky and Maryland. But
on the other hand Bryan is likely to lose J
.Kansas, Washington," Wyoming, South.
i Dakota and possibly Utah, Montana
and Colorado., It Is more than a fight
ing chance that MoKinley has in some
of the states west of the Mississippi,
The present outlook is that Bryan can
not carry a single state north of the
Ohio and the Potomac and east pf the
Mississippi. His leaders talk boas tin g
ly about carrying Indiana, Illinois,
Ohio',' Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky
and Maryland, but outside trf-Maryland
and Kentuoky, there is not a "fighting
chance" for Bryan. Montana, Colorado,
Utah, Idaho, South Dakotat are all
1 doubtful states. The present outlook is
that McKlnley'B electoral vote of 1896
Will be- equated if not surpassed by his
electoral vote of 1900.
The-cause of Prohibition is declining
In Vermont. A noteworthy feature of
the Vermont state election last week
was the large number of cases where
the Republicans carried a town for
Governor, while the Democrats secured
the seat In the House of Representa
tives. Burlington, the chief city, stood
1623 Republican to 1052 Democratic fdr
Gpvernor.but 1814Democraticto 1310 Re?
publican for Representative; Montpeller,
the capital, 834 to 370 in favor of the Re
publicans for Governor, but 800 to 698
against them for Representative; Island
Pond, a rural town, 196 Republican and
142 Democratic for Governor, but; 180
Democratic -to 173 Republican for Rep
resentative. In many suoh cases the
controlling" Influence was the attitude
of the Legislative candidates on the
liquor questlonv The Democrats favor
the substitution of a license system for
prohibition, and an increasing number
of Republicans support the movement.
Prohibition, like woman suffrage, Is a
slowly dying cause, both a the Atlan
tic Seaboard and at the Middle West
People, are growing tired of enacting
political quackery.
Contrary to the UBual rule, the story
of logs and ruin from the calamity that
befell Galveston grows from day to day
as investigation proceeds, .The first
frenzied report of the lossof lOOQ lives
has been multiplied by five, and this
'the public is told is a conservative es
timate. The one thing frightfully ap
parent, even at this distance, is the. ap
palling need - into whlah thousands
have been thrown by this calamity, and
fche urgent necessity for Immediate as
sistance in 'the way of stores and
money with which to purchase them.
The appeal of Archbishop Christie was
timely in its promptness and urgency,
and it may be hoped that it will meet
generous response.
It turns out that the English are go
ing to try an innovation this Presi
dential electlo'n Heretofore they have
debauched American politics every
fourth year, by 'sending over shiploads
of gold, which have been used to per
pptrate ail kinds of flagrant crimes
against silver. But this method did not
cinch the American workingman hard
enough. This time it is designed to
cinch him even harder by taking all
the gold possible from America. Here
is the reason that the British are bor
rowing gold In America, It Is a terri
ble thing to be' at the mercy of British
greed.
Impressed with Bryan's theatric
qualities, Harper's Weekly "will never
cease to regret that' he did not study
for the stage" II has forgotten, ap
parently, or perhaps has overlooked the
fact that Bryan was an actor once, and
a bad one at that He does everything
so badly, the feeling is a natural one
that he would be a success at some
thing elC As" a perpetual candidate
for President he makes more money
than he could at anything else. The
profession of statesmanship Is the" only
one where value received is not essen
tial in the party of .the first lart.
The encomiums passed upon the
character of the late Judge E. D. Shat
tuck by the Multnomah Bar Associa
tion formed a- deserved tribute to a
singularly upright and noble life, A
roan who has left' the record of nearly I
half a century of Intelligent, persistent
endeavor upon the community life, may
be said to have fulfilled nobly the com
plex purpose of existence. As Buch a
man, Erasmus D. Shattuck is justly
honored, and his passing is sincerely
regretted. '
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The anthracite coal miners want
some of the prosperity that Is on hand.
It is likely they will accomplish some
thing with their strike. If they can
only force the companies to count the
same number of pounds to their ton
that they use In the ton they sell, they
will gain sympathy from many fair
minded observers.
It's a lugubrious, ridiculous spectacle
-Stevenson "hitched up with that
youngster, Bryan. Adlal used to be u
rabid LIrtcoln-hater, but now he has to
bend out his wry face and grin when
the Boy Orator quotes the Yank Imperi
alist, Waldersee will not arrive at China
for a week yet', so that there Is plenty
of time for the powers to transact sun
dry kinds of Important business before
withdrawing. Therefore, Franco neod
not be' in any hurry to scurry out.
Thoughts for tlie Thrifty.
Washington Star.
The president of the Greenwich Savings
Bank of New Tork, one of the largest
institutions of the sort in the country,
entertains some very strong ideas as to
how the depositors In savings banks
should cast their votes at the coming
election. There are about 5,000,000 sav
ings accounts in the United States,
amounting to $2,500,000,000. The president
of the Greenwich Savings Bank naturally
thinks that the question of the Integrity
of the National currency is of tho greatest
Importance tp all depositors, and he has
written an open letter to them, In which
he says:
"t was handed this morning by our
treasurer a savings bank book, which
showed that the depositor had put into
this bank during the year 1870 440: In 1875,
$450; in 1888 the depositor had wlthdrawh
flOO, but .the amount Of interest credited
against his deposit of 1890, less the $100,
was $1700, Considering the low rate of
dividend paid, by the bank, it seems re
markable that the original sum should
have earned so much interest.
"This Is a good example of what thrift
on the part pf the people really accom
plishes, and the owner of this bank book
can withdraw these "moneys today in
United States currency, exchangeable Into
the gold of any country on tho face of
the globs on tho parity of an American
gold dollar. Bryan's silver policy means,
if put into operation, that this depositor
could withdraw his principal and Interest
in lesral tenders or National bank notes
convertible' Into gold at-50-oents on the
dollar. What a pity it is that the voters
among 51000,000 of savings bank depositors
throughout the country cannot understand
these conditions as they really exist!"
Not all of the depositors in savings
banks are voters. A large majority are
women and minors, and tho loss of any
part, of their, savings JWonIdj.be a Serious
.matter. The peon!eot the jcouijryjas a
whole in the ratio of about 1 to 16 are
'depositors in sayingsbanks. What they
ought to think of the ratio of 16 to 1 Is a
problem, that does' not seem so very, hard
to solve.
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NO VARIETY IN A REPUBLIC.
He Must Ftt a Iovr Estimate on His
Hearers Intelligence
Philadelphia Press.
In his second speech attacking the ex
pansion of the United States and of its
power and sovereignty in the last two
years, ,Mr. Bryan bases himself on two
principles, repeating his ground in the
opening speech pf his campaign:
The policy advocated by the Republican,
party nullifies every principle Bet forth In the
(Declaration of Independence and strikes a blow
at solf-goVernment. j jg Government enters
upon a colonial career It must! repudiate tbo
doctrine, that sovernroents derive their Just
povrore from the consent at the governed. Tbe
people of England can be rulod in one Tray,
the people of Canada In' another, tbe people
of Ireland in another, while the people- of In
dia may be soyerned according to still differ
ent forms, But there can bo no variety in a
republic.
In Mr, Bryan's audience there "was
probably no ope so ignorant that he did
not know that these statements were
false, pure cant, the use of doctrines
true in principle to support statements
and practices utterly false.
From Shay to Agulnaldo, the Amer
ican people have never hesitated to sup-,
press by force any resistance to lawful
authority, and Mr, Bryan knows it.
"Government by consent" is also govern
ment by law. The "consent" of the In
dian Inhabitants of Ohio, the first terri
tory we occupied, was never asked. The
objections of the French and Spanish in
habitants of Louisiana were as promptly
suppressed by Jefferson. The great Re
bellion itself of 1&61 was the last and final
proof that the Union is not only a gov
ernment of consent, but a government
or law. When Mr. Bryan parades "his
tory" and the Declaration of Inde
pendence and "liberty", to condemn not
the acquisition of the Philippines, for he
urged that in urging the ratification of
tho Spanish treaty, but the suppression
of resistance there to lawful authority,
he uses exactly the argument which the
Indianapolis Sentinel used in the war:
Shall we profit by tbe teaching of history
arid even by our own experience, or continue
a policy that must end in the overthrow of
one of the best governments thai the world
ever saw and of civil liberty?
Does not this sound like an extract
from Mr. Bryan's speech? But mark
the next sentence in 1S64 of the news
paper now supporting Mr. Bryan in
1900:
Havo not the people' dally evidence that
Abraham Lincoln is assuming the power .ho
despotic .power to enable blm to pay his debts
and replenish his overdrawn coffers, exhausted
by extravagance and ambitious strife for
power?
Tho argument Mr. Bryan uses, and
used as be uses it, was in the mouths
of all who were opposing Lincoln and
the suppression of the Rebellion, and
he is himself the candidate of the very
party that urged it
"But there can bo no variety In a re
public." Was there ever a bigger sight
draft by a demagogue on tho political
ignorance and the prejudice of his
hearers? Territories from the begin
ning have had no voting power In Con
gress, Two, have been held as trrl
torles over E0 years. No man votes even
on city government In the very capltal
of the Republic, For a. generation no
man voted in Alaska, No Indian tribe
'has ever had -any political rights which
Congress could not take away. The en
tire working of the Federal system is
based on "variety," and Mr, Bryan's
party has feloniously added to thft in
equality by suppressing a negro vote pro- j
leciea pY.ine constitution and the laws,
Mr. 'Bryan kneiv these things before
ne couia be admitted to4 the bar, and
'When he uses the arguments we have
quoted from his Topeka speech he useH
political cant so barefaced that It de
stroys res-Sect for his political honesty
'as a man or for his sagacity as a po
litical leader,
Mr. Bryan has begun too early. Cant
like this will never survive the discussion
of a Presidential campaign through over
two months.
Dave and Dick.
- Louisville Courier-Journal.
Croker has come back at Hill for tho
latter's onslaught at Troy on the Tam
many boss.
"I see,' says Dick, "that Dave Hill has
been attacking me again. He did It In
directly. He did not dare to say what
he meant directly."
"indlredtly" Is godd. There was prob
ably not a man who heard or read
Dave's speech who did not know that
Dave was puramelUng Dick Just as -welt
as If the two had bee'n in a rope ring
before the crowd. Even Dick recognizes
the pummelling.
But Iuckljy for Dave, be did It "lnctt-rectly"-whlch
being Interpreted means,
presumably, that Dave did not call
Dick's name. If Dave had been less dis
creet there Is no telling what Dick would
have done to him. As It Is, DJCk ups.and
denounces Dave us a "peanut politician!"
Think of that. A peanut politician!
Perhaps Dick might brand a man as
something worse than a peanut politi
cian, but certainly that Is a term oppro
brious enough to be applied to any man
who attacks Dick only Indirectly.
Here is the way Dick dresses down
Pave:
"Hill is a peanut politician, and a small
peanut at that. He Js an untruthful man.
Tammany Hall would not have a deceit
ful, untruthful sneak like Dave B. Hill In
its organization. He would not be cap
tain Qf a district If he lived in New York.
He Is dishonest, deceitful, and false to
his friends."
So It goes. If Dave desires to know
how much worse Is Dick's opinion of him.
Jet him dare to attack Dick directly in
stead of lndlrcotly.
'
Largre Lake Carriers.
The large sire of lake carriers continues
to be a notable featurp of the Iron and
steel construction. The steel steam ves
sels built in Cleveland during the past
JO years averaged 2812 tons, and those in
Philadelphia 1260 tons. In tho report for
the last fiscal year Cleveland ranks first
as a builder of steam steel vessels of
more than 4500 'Newport News comes next
with seven of an average of 4000 tons.
Chicago, with Ave, of almost 5000 tons,
and Detroit with four of a trifle loss than
4000 tons. Tho averago slao of all vessels
built and documented on the Great Lakes
last year was mora than 1000 tons. The
avprage size on the New England coast
was 262 tons, and on, the Middle Atlantic
and Gulf coasts only 223 tone. The dif
ference Is, of course, due to the fact that
almost all the carrying on the lakes Is In
American vessels, while the greater part
of the carrying on the seaboard Js In for
eign vessels. Of the six Bteel steam ves
sels documented last month, the three
largest -were built hXjOhlo ports, and two
of them were of more than 5000 tons
each,
Good for Cafferp.
New Tork Journal of Commerce.
I Sehator Caff ery Is a man of ability and
courage. Absolutely alone on his side or
the Senate Chamber, even when Senator
Gray, of Delaware, and Senator Lindsay,
of Kentucky, -were giving a little aid and
comfort to sllverlsm in on effort to keep
tholr party record square, he never failed
to vote for the cause of honest money.
He -sacrificed all chances of fe-electlon
to the Senate in obedience to his sense
of duty on the currency question. We
do not agree with bis views on the policy
of expansion, nor do we believe that
this js a timo when any man ought to
help the sllverites into power, but no
Advocate of sound money can afford to
speak lightly of Senator Caffery and his
more than forlorn hope. A Senator from
the region of Mr. Jefferson bought of
Prance looks a little odd antagonizing
iMr. McKinlay'H acquisition of territory .
from Spain, but any position taken by
Senator Caftery will be dignified and lta
Inspiration will be earnest convictions in
a' mind 0f strength and intelligence and
not lacking in courage.
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BRYAJtf THE FROPHET.
Wrong in 1806, ayje He Is "Wroasr
Asain ia 1900.
New York Tribun
Eight years ago William Jennings Bry
an, then just earning his proud sobriquet
of "Boy Orator of the Platte," rose In
the House of Representatives and de
clared: Protection has been pur cannibal tree, and
as one after another of our farmers has been
driven by tho force of circumstances upon that
tree, and has been crushed within its folds,
his companions have stood around and shout
ed, "Great la Protection!" But the dream has
passed, the nlsht has sane, and in the East
w$ see more than the ll$ht of comlnsr day. A
marvelous chanso ho3 taken place, and-, ris
Ing- from the political mourners' benched
throughout the Northwest, their faces radiant
with a now-found joy, multitudes are ready to
declare their allestance to tho cause of tariff
reform.
In part, the prophecy came true. Turn
ing their backs on assured prosperity, the
multitude did face the mirage of the com
ing day, but the ntw-found joy was short,
the morning never dawned. Four yezrs
of depression, panic, business chaos and
failure followed. Tariff tinkering, aided
by the growing agitation for free silver,
shut down the mills, cut oft employment,
lowered wages and deprived the farmer of
his markets.
Did the orator and prophet stick to
his guns? No. The Chicago convention
decjared that free sliver was the "para
mount" Issue, and the leader of the new
Demopocracy obediently discovered that
after all It was the wicked gold stand
ard which was enslaving the human race.
The tariff could wait "Until this money
question Is fully and finally settled," he
"wrote In his letter of acceptance, "the
people will not consent to tho considera
tion of any other Important question."
Then the line of prophecy changed also,
and Is epitomized in the following from
one of the candidate's numerous
speeches:
If you throw a stone in the air you Know
that It will come down. The law upon which,
we base our flcht is as sura as the law of
gravitation. If we have the cold standard,
prices are as certain to fall as the stone
thrown in the air.
This prophecy was uttered aftor its fal
sity had been proved by 60 years of ex
perience with the gold standard in the
United ptates, and the people went
ahead and voted for the gold standard,
and Congress subsequently reaffirmed the
gold standard. Did prices fall? No, They
went up. Farm produce w&nt up. Manu
factured products went up. Wages went
up. Business rovlved. Employment In
creased. Activity succeeded atprcaaioii,
and in the four years that havff since
passed tbe United States has enjoyed
the most marvelous prosperity in its his
tory. And now. in r 1900, the situation has
changed again,' Both the protection bo
gle and the gold bogle have outlived
their usefulness, and a new bogle must
be found. The Kansas City Convention
said it was imperialism, and, naturally
enough, the oracle Is therefore prophtsy
Jng the destruction of the Republic be
cause of the consistent application of a
policy In the Philippines which he him
self made effectve by influencing the rat
ification of the Paris Treaty.
It Is just possible that a man who was
so grossly mistaken on the tariff and
on the money question may be mistaken
on what it pleases him to call Imperialism.
How "We Have Grown.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
Fiscal year. Amount.
1900 t. 83,220,100.828
1806 $1,062,331,012
Increase $ 507,800,310
WAQE-EARNER8 EMPLOYED.
Fiscal year. Number.
100O .I , 7.600.000
18M ., O.S0O.00O
Increase , 2,200,000
WAGES PAID.
Fiscal year. Amount.
1000 $3,125,700,000
1800 2,006.700,183
Increase , $ 010,000,817
MEOT AND WOMEN.
TThe late Lord Russell was fond of whist.
At cards, however, as elsewhere, he was quick
of temper, and the partner who satisfied him
had to be a very good player, indeed.
fclr Maurice 0'R.orke has Just mado a record
In tho annals of legislative speakerships p?
being elected for the eighth time to the chal
of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Field Marshal von Waldersee's flag for the
campaign in China Is a Uhlan, dlvkled into
four squares, two black and two white, with
a red border, and a bar running transversely
across the design. The flag is attached to a'
Uhlan's lance.
Mies Gwendolyn Dunlevy Kelly, of Colum
bus, O., Is probably the only American who
wears a -decoration conferred by Queen Mar.
gherlta, of Italy. About five years ago Miss
Kelly paltned a portrait of the Queen, which
pleased tho royal subjeot so that aha con
ferred the favor of decoration on the artist.
Senator John C. Spooner denies he will make
his home in the East at the expiration of his
term of office, Tho Senator says he has never
entertained a thought of leaving Wisconsin.
He has had many offers to go to New Tork In
tho past 16 yeara. but be has refused all of
thoni. and will contlnuo to do so,
Mr. Fatthfull Begg will retire from Parlta
ment, Mr, Bess's peculiar name la not the
only thing that has brought fame to him. Ha
Is known throughout England as the stanchest
upholder of the justice and righteousness of fe
male suffrage, and onco he carried the ever
presenfc women's suffrage bll to a second read
lag an unprecedented feat. Mr. Beggs odd
name comes from th fact that he Is the god
ron of Miss Emily Falthfull. He Is a promi
nent member of the London Stock Exchange.
The Duchess, of Cleveland, mother of Lord
Rosebery, is one of the most remarkable, oc
togenarians In English socloty. She can re
member every Incident of the Queen's wee
ding, where she officiated as bridesmaid, and
her memoirs, should they ever be published,
ought to prove one of the moat faaelnatlnjj
books concerning the social and political life
of the Victorian era. Some years ago sh
published a voluminous work dealing with an
those families who can t trace their descent
from "William tho Conqueror's knights.
Aa OIil-Tlme Slngrer.
Atlanta Constitution.
I don't want any hymn book when the Metho
dist Is nlgb,
A-lnln' out the ol' ones that went thrlllln' to
the sky
In the ol' oamnmeetlnr seasons, when twus
"glory hallelu!"
An' brother, rise an' tell us what tho Lord has
done for you I"
Fer I know them songs so perfect that when
I sit the swing
Of the tune they want to go to I kin shet my
eyes an' slnr!
"On Jordan's stormy banks," an" ol' "Ama-
xln1 Grace" they seem
So nat'ral. I'm like some one that's slngln' In
a dream!
Oh, when it comes to them ol' aonss. I alius
does my part;
An' Tve got the ol'-tlme Bible down, as. you
might say, "by heartl"
"When the preacher sajs the fyst words in the
glvin' of his text
I smile with satisfaction, 'cos I .know what's
comin' next!
The Wife says, "That's amaaln'l" an' the
preacher says says ho,
"With lots o' meanln' In his voice, an.' lookln
queer at me
"Sence you know more o' the Bible than the
best of us kin teach,
Don't you think you orter practice what
you're payln us to preach?"
Well, that gits me In a corner an I sorter
raise ror eyes.
An' tbe tune about them titles to the "man.
sions In the skies I"
I want the benediction then I'm ready to
dpnartj
ut when it comes tp sJnla'-T?eir, I've cot
tee hymns by heart.
NOrE AMD COMMENT. . , ,- -Bryan
Is not a finished statesman yet.
There were a good many oases on tho
Shrlners' desert. ' -
Jupiter Pluvlus was the only Fair visitor (
who was not welcome.
The children of the Boxers may perhaps
live to see Von-Waldersee.
Senator Wellington name is the onlr
j high-toned thing about him. -
Lincoln, Neb., has decreased In popula
tion in the last 10 years. Some people can
guess why.
A cook at Pullman stabbed a man who
complained about his food. This was
adding insult to injury.
The City of Galveston has 37.7S9 inhabi
tants. The result has Just been declared
by tho Census Bureau.
The public will be able to keep within
bounds its surprise that the New York
Democrats protected the ice trust.
Mr. Bryan is sad to bo preparing mors
speeches. He would be better employed if
he spent the time preparing hla audiences.
"When the last army of the Boars shall
be captured probably there will be enough
English set at liberty to make up another
British Army.
The Chicago Democrats have counted
majorities for Bryan In a number of piv
otal states, but the Bepubllcana may pos
sibly demand a recount.
England's anxiety over the speed of tho
Deutschlond seems to Indicate a fear that
hereafter the battle may be to the swift
instead of to the strong.
"When Senator Frye was at the Range
loy Lakes, a native approached him and
said: "Mr. Frye, I am puzzled to know ,.
whether I should call you Mr, Frye on
Senator Frye." "Well," responded Mr,
Frye, "if I was in Washington today my
friends probably would say, 'Good morn
ing. Senator.' but anything goes up here.
Bill's as good as anything.,"
The new German code of civil law de
fines the rights of a husband as being;
supreme In most social affairs. He may
prescribe the hour for dinner, the man
ner of serving it, tho number of serv
ants, and may limit the quantity of linen
to be purchased In the year; but he. may
not open his wife's letters under any clr.
cumstances without her expressed per
mission. Also he may forbid his wife to
write a certain missive or to dispatch- it
If written, but he cannot prevent her
doing so If she Is bent thereon. And ha
has no right to open the letter in order -to
find out its contents.
Senator Vest baa a story he sometimes
tells to Illustrate Arkansas character of
the Bourbon mo3Hback type. According
to the narrative, the Senator, in the days
following the Civil War, was on a wild
country road, which had been blocked by
a huge tree. The natives were trying lo
drag it out of thefwny as a whole when
Senator Vest arrived an the scene, looked
at the tree .and at the helpless crowd of
Arkansas natives,' and then sold: "Why
don't you cut the tree in two at the mid
dle and haul the ends out of the way?"
There was a moment of silence, broken
suddenly by one ot the crowd, who
reached for his gun and exclaimed:
"Yankee, by gum!"
In tho case of all Baronetcies exeajed
prior to the reign df Queen Victoria, there
is a clause which provides that the eldest
eon of every ''Baronet may claim from
tho sovereign the honor of knighthood ow
attaining his 21st year. Tho only Baronet'
heir to pat forward any Auch pretension
sinca Queen Victoria has been upon the
throne Js the present Sir Robert Pee!,v
prior to hiSH.father's death, and there is-"
no doubt that had he not been debarred
by financial reasons from pressing his
claims in the courts, he would have been
able to force the hand of the Queen, ex
actly in the same way that two 'equally
unworthy heirs to Baronetcies were able
to compel Kings George IV and William
IV to Invest them with the dignity' of
knighthood.
Adulteration of Spices.
The Dairy and Food Commissioner of
Pennsylvania is investigating a firm of
spice manufacturers la consequence of the
report of a chemist that ho found their
cayenne pepper adulterated to the extent
of -25 per cent, cloves 20 per cent, white
pepper 7 or 8 per cent, butchers' pepper 12
per cent, plain black pepper 17 to 20 per
cent, and 13 per cent la cinnamon. These
manufacturers supply a large number of
retailers who sell at cut prices. The per
centages of adulteration are less than
those often alleged to bo common In
spices.
PLEASANTRIES OP FAItAGRAPHBRS
May Alsy and Pamela had a fallinr out
last night. Clarence What was the cause!
May A hammock-Harlem Life.
SIster-ln-law How like his father the baby
Is! Mother He's certainly like him in soma
way. He generally keeps me up half tho
night. Punch.
Hla Liberal Policy. "I believe tn taking
some things for granted." "TTes: when you
lent me the novel you said was so delightful.
I noticed the leaves were not cut." Chicago
Record.
His Reason. ost!gan Casey hosnt drank a
dhroD since ha took out the "accident pol
icy." Cossldy Whoy? Costlgan He sex he's
noticed thot it's always sober men thot gits
hurted. Judge.
Different. "Dawdler plays golf so well be
ought to be a professlonaL" "Yes. I sug
gested It to him, but he says nothing would
Induce him to work so hard In hot weather."
Detroit Free Press.
Biding His Time. Wung Bo you have
changed your mind about deserting your party
this year, have youT Tuther-Yes. There are,
so many floppers that I'm afraid I wouldn't
be noticed. So what's the use? Indianapolis
Press.
McKinley Is Onr Man.
N, H. R. In Eureka Republican.
McKlnley'3 fame has had a boom
Since ever it began; ,
No sliver crank can win this year
McKinley is our man.
From North to South his fame resounds, t
And every breeae doth fan
From sea to sea this glad refrain,
McKinley Is our man.
There's not a. chance for Colonel B.
To get his "Aunty" clan
In sight of Washington, because
McKinley is our man.
So let him hustlo after votes
And get them If ha can.
But on election day he'll find
McKinley Is our man.
A Sonar of True "Wbrtcers.
Ripley D. Saunders in St. Louis Republic
The world is sweet, the world U falr
To earnest workers all;
Its mornings dawn In beauty rare.
Its evenings tranquil fall.
Or high or low in its degree.
The task our souls must share;
If but Its nobler aim we seo,
The world is sweet and fair.
Tho world la fresh, the world Is nvw,
To those that work thoreln;
It seems but to tho Idle few
All stale and old with sin.
The blessed ones of labor's claa,
Woxklnff with purpose true.
They and tho world, in God'a good plan
Forever fresh and caw.
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