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THE MOB.NIN& OREGOJNIAN, .TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1300. J rgg0ma?u Entered at the Postofflce at Portland, Oregon, &a second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.. -.100 i Business OJnco....CGT REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mt.il (postage prepaid). In Advance Daily, -with Sunday, per month...... ,-?0 85 Xaily, Sunday excepted, per jear.......... 7 50 Dally, -with Sunday, per year. 0 00 fcunday, per year .......................... 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 50 The "Weeiuy, 3 months 00 To City HubHczibem Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays excepted.l5c Daily, per week, delivered, Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: 10 to 10-pagc paper ............... ..........lc 10 to S2-page paper 2c Foreign rates double. Xewa or dtasusslon Intended for publication In iThe Oregondan should be addressed lnxarlably "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name of ay Individual. Letters rcming ta advertising, -subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed simply ""The- Oregonlan." The Oregonian does not buy poems or stories Jrora Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn cay manuscripts sent to it -without solicita tion. No stamps ehould toe Inclosed for thla purpose. , Pugot Sound Bureau Captain A. Thoirpaon, JTrtEce at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tscoma. Box 035, acoma Postofflce. Eastern Business OfficeThe Tribune bund ling. New Tork City; "The Rookery." Chicago; sho 8. C Bcckwltb special agency. New Tork. i. For sale in San Francisco by J. JC Cooper, T6 Market street, near tho Palnce Hotel, and Kot Goldsmith Bros.. 236 Sutter street. i For sale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co., TS17 Dearborn street. i TODAY'S "WEATHER. Fair and warmer; "Northerly -winds. OHTLAITO, TUESDAY, SEPT. IS, XOOO THD DLOtOKD IS THE SEWER, Tha TTansas Cltv tilatform contains ?one plank to which The Oregonlan its unreserved indorsement. It is is: i Tariff laws ohould be amended by putting: Jho products of trusts upon the free list to "prevent monopoly under plea of protection, t Probably few persons are aware that ftho Kansas City platform contains this uplank, Nobody hears anything about fit, Bryan lias a good many things to jteay about the trusts, but this is not jone of them. He has adequate rea sons. He doesn't want to offend the Silver-Republican vote. Besides, it faults Mm better to rage at things in general than to discriminate between igood and bad, or to apply remedies that tore both Just and practical. He made 4iis argument against trusts at St, Liouis Saturday. I come before you, he says, Yin the interests of your child, your tooting man Absalom. "What show does ie have in a country where there are Cruets? What becomes of his "freedom Ho employ his own brain and his own feasds for the advancement of his own "welfare," of his "earnest endeavor by Hhe hope of being able to profit by his own. genius, his own energy, his own industry and his own virtue"? My sym pathy goes out to the poor traveling man, the poor retail merchant, the poor Jhotel-keeper, the poor liveryman, the oor small manufacturer, the poor newspapers, the poor actors, the poor lawyers, the poor farmers. My heart aches for all these people in" a land of trusts, and from inspection of mf grief I trust you will see the propriety of electing me President, No one will have the temerity to deny that this is a very cogent and a very moving appeal. But there are other ways of viewing the trust problem, de sirable for the very reason that by their reason and practicability they are un fitted for Mr. Bryan's use. His letter of acceptance ignores the plank we have quoted. The object of the protective tariff is Sot, ostensibly at least, to protect the manufacturer from justice at the hands X3t the consumers of the country, but to protect home Industries from the ruin ous effects of foreign competition. "Now It ought to be perfectly clear to the open Snind that as soon as these manufactur ers arrive at the point where protection Is no longer needed to keep them from fceing ruined by foreign competition, it "Ehould be withdrawn. Is there, is there likely to be, any better proof of this ability to stand against foreign compe tition than the formation of a trust which controls the home market and Bells a surplus abroad in free competi tion with foreign producers upon their "own ground? The people, through Congress, lay aside the weapon of foreign competition through which they possess the -power of destroying domestic monopoly, pend ing the time when in self-protection against domestic monopoly, grown to a reality, they need to take up that weapon and use It in their own defense. If that time has not arrived, then it never will arrive. Here is a table, showing the products of leading Amer ican trusts and their prices in the "United States and in England: English Article. V. S. price. price. Xltharge, lb 08 04 "Wire, smooth. 100 lbs....... 3 05 2 50 Barb wire, galv., 100 lbs.... 3 80 2 3 Wire nails, 100 lbs 3 38 2 55 Iron ore, ton 0 125 5 25 Tin plate, lOO lbs 4 85 3 00 Sheet steel. 100 lbs 2 "0 2 07 Galvanised iron. 100 lbs 3 78 3 23 Steel beams, 100 lbs 2 30 1 SO Borax, refined, lb... .075 .034 Xlmo, "bbl 00 62 Cream of tartar, crystals, lb. 22H .150 Castor oil, lb 12A .000 Caustic coda, 100 lbs 2 42 1 84 "What is a more just or promising temedy for this patent iniquity than to abolish the tariff which alone makes these differences possible? The salt trust is protected by a duty iof 44 to 85 per cent. The window-glass trust is protected by a duty of 120 to 135 per cent. The linseed oil trust is pro tected, by a duty of over 90 per cent, JThe white lead trust is protected by a tluty of 75 per cent. The starch trust is protected by a duty of over 90 per cent. The steel trust is protected by a duty of 40 to 115 per cent. What is the use of walling about the young man Absalom and dealing out maudlin sympathy by the shovelful for people who are getting along fairly well in the world, when a plain, simple rem edy like this is at hand for the taking? It is one of the unforgivable injuries Bryanism has inflicted upon the Inde pendent thinkers of the country, that it lias made it impossible for questions Xiko this to have any vital part in the present campaign. It has elected to go before the people on the proposals to Hexicanlr.e our money, encourage riot, cut and run in the Philippines, and JEtbandon our position in the fight for Pacific trade. This one bright spot in the Kansas City platform is obscured In the gloom of its impossible proposals on "paramount" issues. In the widespread prosperity of the Jhour, thte trust, with other expressions of trade and industry, is basking gaily. 7Re shall get around some time to the task of clipping its wings but the way to do it is not through free silver at home and scuttle abroad. The industry of the country might hit some of the trusts a hard lick by electing Bryan. Samson did Just such a trick once with the opera-house at Gaza. But the ensuing collapse found him at the bottom of the pit. THE ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE. The anthracite coal miners' strike in cludes already over 100,000 men, and will probably reach 140,000 men by tomor row. The consequences of this strike to New York and New England, If It should prevail thirty days, are described as most serious to the industries of all the Atlantic seaboard states. The want of fuel cannot be supplied from the bi tuminous coal fields, for their daily out put is bespoken beforehand, and fur thermore, the apparatus for burning an thracite is not easily adapted to the burning of bituminous coal. The strike would result in a heavy loss from the increased price of fuel and from waste of the article supplied, even if the strike did not extend to the bituminous fields. Higher cost of manufactured goods will follow the lessened supply, and this would react upon the miners in in creased cost of living. If the strike should bo prolonged to the coming of severe Winter weather, which may be expected by December, the sufferings of the poor will be very great. The principal grievance of the miners is insufficient pay for their work. The executive board of the TJnited Mine workers says: "Wages of miners have not kept pace with the cost of living, and in some instances have been re duced; they have been required to deal in company stores and accept the serv ices of the company's doctor; they have been required to accept wages based upon an antiquated sliding scale that invariably slides downward; they have had their wages reduced by an arbi trary and exorbitant system of dock age; they have been compelled to wait for their pay weeks after the time speci fied by law." The miners are likely to win, if they abstain from violence to life and prop erty, because -they ought to win, and are generally supported by the press, of the Atlantic seaboard states, which fairly say that the demand for arbitra tion ought not to have been refused for the abatement of such grievances as the company store, the company doctor, the price of powder and the delay in the payment of wages earned. There is no reason why the purchase of powder should not be free, and the company store and company doctor ought not to be maintained against the will of the miners. The delay in the payment of wages earned is a clear injustice, since tbe miner can buy on better terms for cash than he can on credit. It Is but just to say that the executive board of the TJnited Mlneworkers declined to fol low the petition of the anthracite min ers of Pennsylvania, who desired to strike at once, but postponed final ac tion in order that the employers might have further opportunity to avert the strike and avoid the enormous loss and confusion which must fall on the metal Industries of the Atlantic seaboard states. On the face of the present showing, the press and the public at the East are In sympathy with the strikers, who had a good case for arbi tration but have been peremptorily re fused a hearing. THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OP CHINA. A very intelligent Englishman, A. B. Colquhoun, in an article on the Chinese crisis, describes the Chinese as people of enormous numbers, whose traditions have gathered force- and intensity for thousands of years, and Impart a per manence to their national character against which we may dash In vain our own superior qualities of mind and heart. To modify this national charac ter will take centuries. The common point of contact between the Anglo Saxon and the Chinaman Is the com mercial Instinct The military profes sion is held by them in contempt; the priesthood is treated as a low grade of life, but the merchant, even the petty trader, is held In the greatest repute. The leading banker in a provincial town ranks next to the prefect The genius of the hard-working, ingenious, eco nomical' Chinese Is pre-eminently for trade. Commercial Integrity is both high and universal in China, although honesty Is not accounted a virtue In private dealing. Even the Viceroys are open to bribes. The system of bribing is so general and widespread that it is a regular source of income to a laTge number of government officials whose pay is inadequate. The Chinese love of making money is so intense that there Is nothing short of dishonoring his ancestors that a Chi naman will not do for a large bribe. And yet so paradoxical Is the Chinese character that a Chinaman is not mean but generous almost to a fault lends freely with little expectation of return, takes small account of trifles in settling a bill, and seldom sues for a debt. Mr. Colquhoun explains this paradoxical condition by saying that it is not mere greed which lies at the bottom of the Chinese passion for commerce, but the fascination of the hazard, the give and take of commercial life. The Japan ese are wholly lacking in the Chinese commercial morality, for while the spoken agreement is everywhere bind ing between traders In China, the small est transaction in Japan must be re duced to writing. Mr. Colquhoun In sists that there can be-no permanent settlement of the Chinese question which treats the people as savages, and, talcing them at their lowest level, pun ishes their treachery and Ignorance with fire and sword and the iron heel. "They are not savages," he says, "not a bar barian horde, but a nation, a gigantic and by no means effete nation; they are a people of distinct and powerful char acteristics, capable not only of evil, but, with the virtues of commercial moral lb', of endurance and of Industry, of much good." This is the deliberate, well-considered estimate of the Chinese people by the ablest and most Intelligent English trav eler who has recently traversed China at his leisure and given his conclusions to the public press. His picture of the Chinese people supports the view that the outcome of a reformed China, through, the general introduction of ma chinery, improved manufacturing and agricultural processes and adequate transportation facilities, will prove a tremendous stimulus to International trade. Japan, after a brief period of instruction and assimilation, has be come a prosperous buyer as well as seller In many lines of manufactures, and Is an aspirant for a large part of the carrying' trade In that part of the globe. Last 3'ear In the port of New Chwang the Japanese vessels in number and tonnage ranked next to those of Great Britain, and far exceeded those of all other treaty powers' put together. Japan is a commercial rival of Great Britain today in Singapore, and is seek ing trade In India , What the Western world would have to expect were the field of commercial competition once fairly entered by China, with its four hundred millions, Is set forth by Alleyne Ireland In the cur rent number of the North American Re view. Mr. Ireland believes that If China should adopt Western methods for ten consecutive years to an extent that should still leave one white man equal to five Chinamen In productive efficiency, that Chinese exports would amount to $1,600,000,000, equal to 75 per cent of the total exports from the United States and tho United Kingdom together In 1S97. The possibilities of such industrial activity as this in promotion of interna tional trade can be seen at a 'glance. Chinese exporters would be likely to concentrate their efforts on the markets of tropical and sub-tropical regions, such as those of India, Burmah, Ceylon, Slam. Singapore, Borneo, New Guinea, tropical Africa, Brazil, Peru, and other South American countries. With an ex haustless supply of coal and Iron, and an exhaustless supply of cheap labor, Mr. Ireland thinks that awakened China would be able to undersell all competi tors in tropical and sub-tropical mar kets, since the Chinaman has more in dustry than the negro, more strength and endurance than the East Indian. Perhaps Mr. Ireland .does not wish to be so understood, but he gives the impres sion that he conceives commercial ac tivity purely a matter of exports, for getting that the trader must buy as well as sell. Japan's exports have grown from 90,000,000 yen In 1893 to 163,000,000 yen in. 1897, or 81 per cent; but her Im ports grew in the same time from 89, 000,000 yen to 219,000;000 yen, or 146 per cent The rise of a people in productive power Is always accompanied by a rise In its consuming power. The more they earn the more they want to buy. TOWNE AS AN ANTI-IMPERIALIST. Orator Towne has a deserved reputa tion as an expert dodger and glib dia lectician; and It is not to be assumed that he will undertake to give square answers to the square questions pro posed by a correspondent In this Issue of The Oregonlan. He left the Repub lican party because at St. Louis the extreme free sllverlsts were practically kicked out He became a Silver-Republican presumably because the money question wa3 the only issue between his former party and him. He became a Populist because he got a Vlce-Presl-dentlal nomination which he erroneous ly thought was an open sesame to. the Democratic heart And now he is an antl-lmperiallst and has assumed the customary Democratic guardianship over the Constitution, the Declaration of independence and the immortal sayings and doings of Abraham Lin coln. This, we may believe, qualifies Towne to consider himself as good a Democrat as Bryan, where two months ago he was as good a Populist as Cy clone Davis, and four months ago as sound a "Silver" Republican as Teller. Orator Towne comes to Oregon in be half of a party which has declared the Issue of Imperialism paramount and the issue of silver immediate. That he is more at home in discussion of he latter question is quite obvious frem the in adequacy and feebleness of nis presen-" tatlon 6f the former. He whines be cause some one wanted to put the "Democratic party in a hole" in its denial of consent of the governed in the South and its strenuous affirmation of that principle in the Philippines. The hole is of the Democracy's own making, and it is there because it crawled In of Its own motion. For fear of negro dom ination in the South, if employs the shotgun and enforces the rule of the kuklux. For fear of Republican success and continued Republican control in the Nation, It snivels about human liberty and consent of the governed, In our distant possessions. In Its entire his tory the Democratic party has stood for denial of the doctrine that all men are created equal. In its entire history ,the Republican party has declared and en forced that principle, In every practi cable and reasonable way. What is there about the Republican party's rec ord or Its present policy and tendencies to give color to the stupid and lying accusation that It Intends to drive an aspiring people under the yoke Into a state of vassalage and bondage? - What is there about the history and traditions of the Democratic party to encourage the belief that it cares any more for the social and political liberties of the colored man in the Philippines than the colored man in the Carollnas? All Its professions are mawkish sentimental ity, hypocritical pretense. No one, not even Mr. Towne, seriously thinks that tlie Filipino will not be given the largest measure of personal liberty, compatible with his own wel fare, under the American flag. No one, not even Mr. Towne, thinks that he can have any real liberty at all under the Filipino flag. Bryan tries to sop up votes of the traveling salesmen by telling them the Republicans are to blame for the trusts, and that under the trust system they are not needed, and will be needed less If McKlnley shall be elected. It was not so very long ago that certain Pop ulists, or Socialists, or Communists, or Collectlvlsts, dr Paternallsts, orwhat not other disgruntled nondescript political faction, declaimed the traveling sales men a ravenous army of bloodsucking leeches "upon the body politic, a vo racious gorger of the farmers' suste nance, an unproductive drag on honest Industry. If the past were consistent -with the present, and if trusts really did sacrifice traveling men, these de claimers would support McKlnley, and the traveling man would support Bryan, because there would be no-peace In both jogging along together. But the former have arrayed themselves on the side of the Democratic apostle, and ac tually rejoice when their Jeremiah wants' to jolly up the traveling men. Curi ous how some people are satisfied with that which satisfies them not. The United States Supreme Court is not a fixed political fact. Congress may increase Or diminish its numbers at will in order to force a partisan judgment The President inaugurated March 4, 1901, is certain to have two appointments to make within his term' of' office, perhaps three. If Mr. Bryan is the President the new Justices will be Bryan men men who believe in the income tax, who are opposed to Federal Interference with state riots and believe that greenbacks issued in peace are good legal tender for any debt. If Bryan is elected in November, the Su preme Court will soon show the effect of this chatfge. At the first opportu-. nlty Bryan will put Bryanites on the bench of the Supreme Court, and the moment that the United States Senate shows a Bryanlte majority the Presi dent can contract or expand the Su preme Court. ' .Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in a recent opinion) declares that In his judgment It Is lawful for a "body of workmen "to try by combination to get more than they are now getting, al though they do it at the expense of their fellows, and to that end to strengthen their union by the boycott and the strike." The case -before him arose out of the struggle for supremacy of two labor unions of the same craft. One union undertook to boycott the other by serving notice upon the "bosses'' that members of the rival organization were non-union men. This was understood to be an implied threat that the union Berving the notice would order a strike against bosses who should continue to employ members of the other union. The Massachusetts Supreme Court en joins such action, but Chief Justice Holmes strongly; dissented from his brethren on the bench. The complete success of the Street Carnival is best revealed in these com plimentary notices of neighboring news papers. Their testimony to the good work done is more Impressive than the united voice of Portland business men in specification of the trade benefits. The essential thing in all this com ment is to recognize the profound serv ice rendered by the Order of Elks, which took the enterprise in hand after the usual exposition had been given up, and made it a brilliant success In every way. In Its details of administration as well as in Its tangible spectacular and material effects, the fair has been a notable event in the city's history, and should prove the beginning of many similar undertakings. ' It Is hoped Emperor William can bor row money in the United States un hampered by the gold syndicate. If he can discover a way, he is brainier than any American statesman, and Bryan wilkno longer have to fret himself for a solution. Come to think about It, this loan will furnish another Democratic campaign argument What true Amer ican would lend gold to a King? He that would is a mercenary and an im perialist, a scourge upon republican in stitutions, a bane to the sacred legacies of Jefferson and Lincoln. And the President who would permit such a loan, what sort of a true American is he? Down with the gold syndicate, the gold standard and gold McKlnley I Among the thousands of liberal con tributions to the Texas sufferers, some may perhaps become lodged in unde serving places, or go astray into unwor thy pockets. It has been said this is what happened to a considerable part of the Johnstown donations. Since no one will be, or can be, held strictly ac countable for all receipts or disburse ments, the generosity of the American people may suffer abuse. However, there is no way of avoiding the possi bility except by withholding' benefac tions. It is far more urgent that those I1 bereft' of home and fortune shall be re lieved than that nothing, shall be con tributed for' fear some scamp may dis count the fuiids. - Hr i ' The loss of life at Galveston is esti mated at over 6000, while the loss of property will not fall short of $12,000,000. The Texas disaster, it is believed, ex ceeds that of the memorable flood at Johnstown, Pa., in 1889, when some 2300 lives were lost and property damaged to' the amount of $9,750,000. More than $3,000,000 was given to Johnstown, and there is need of a greater sum at Gal veston. There is no insurance collecti ble against these losses from wind and water. There Is no compensation for property lost at Galveston, except what the people of the country are willing to give. Census statistics so far as received show that In the last decade the number of manufacturing establishments in the United States increased from 323,000 to 528000. This is not in strict accord with the theory that only great business con cerns havea chance of success in this country. t REPUBLICAN VIEWS OF TRUSTS. "Tariff duties which enable trusts . . . .'to raise prices . . .' should be lowered In the public interest Minneapolis Jour nal, s The duties must be repealed when It is shown that the trusts are profiting: by them. Ex-Senator Washburn, of Min nesota, e T. emphatically favor removing all tariff protection from every Industry that be longs to a combination formed in re straint of trade. Governor Mount, of In- diana. Whenever this free competition is evad ed or avoided by combination of individ uals or corporations, the duty should be reduced and foreign competition promptly invited. John Sherman, of Ohio. vThe whole list of protected monopolies ought to be brought within the purview of a tariff reform which would enable foreign competition to put a limit on their ability to raise prices. St Paul Pioneer Press. The time will soon come when public opinion will no longer tolerate protective ."duties on trust products; for protection should logically promote home competi tion, while trust organization destroys it. Now York Commercial Advertiser. Most certainly it should be the duty of Congress ... to abolish or suspend tho protective duty on the products of any Industry which has been organized Into a trust, and which has arbitrarily raised the prices of such products. Chi cago Times-Herald. What is Imperatively required is a re vision of the tariff such as will modify tho rates, or, better still, place upon the free list all foreign goods, whether raw material or finished product that are the subject of domestic monopoly. Phil adelphia Public Ledger. Prosperity of the Farmers. . r St. Paul Pioneer -Press. The division of statistics of the TJnited States Bureau of Agriculture has compiled the figures showing the increased returns ta farmers for the year 1899 as compared with 1895, in each of the states of the Union, on the following classes of live stock: Horses, mules, milch cows, other cattlo and sheop. The figures given for .the Northwestern States are as follows: Jan. 1;1S35. Jan. 1. 1000. Minnesota ...,......$ 43,360.388 $ 02.003.079 Iowa 117,823.331 170,020,821 Kansas 71,030,093 116,750.873 Nebraska 48.922.001 102,145,134 South DaUota 21,005,420 40,308.320 North Dakota 15,389,326 23,133,131 Wisconsin 40,024,562 78,711,571 ' In all the states the total increase dur ing William McKlnley's Administration is from $1,041,393,339 to $2,042,810,813, or, $501,- 444,474. Swine are not included In the above because the statistics had not been, com piled when the statement was issued, and tho Increased returns from hogs would add largely to this increase, especially in tho Northwestern States. So that aside from tho grain, dairy and other products of the farmers, these Immense gains on livestock alone are Indicative of their general pros perity throughout tho country. i REAL JEFFERSOKIAN POLICY. Close Parallel 'Between Louisiana Then and Dependencies Now. Chicago Inter Ocean. "Shall we be called on to show that this Government is inconsistent with every principle of civil liberty? Is it necessary for us to demonstrate that this act does not 'Incorporate U3. in the Union,' that it vests us with none of the 'rights,' gives us no advantages, and deprives us of the 'immunities' of Amer ican citizens?" Most readers will doubtless suppose that the foregoing Is a protest from Fil ipinos against the rule of the United States, or of Porto Ricans against tho act for their government that act which Mr. Bryan declares to be "Imperialism" In practice at Its wors.t Not so. This Is an extract from the protest of the dis satisfied minority of Loulslanlans agaln3t the rule of Thomas Jefferson. These Loulslanlans did not liko the government imposed upon them by Con gress. "This Governor," they said, "is vested with all executive and -almost un limited legislative power. The council operates as a cloak to conceal the ex tent of his authority, and to give us tho faint semblance of a representative as sembly." These are exactly the Demo cratic criticisms of the present tempo rary and transitional governments of Porto Rico and the Philippines. Against this sort of government the impatient Loulslanlans appealed to "your Declara tion of Independence," etc., just as Mr. Bryan does now. What was the answer of Congress to these complaining Loulslanlans? John Randolph, from the committee to which their protest was referred, on January 25, 1S05, reported that "the grievances felt by the memorialists are of a nature Inseparable from those sudden transitions to which late political events have sub jected the inhabitants of Louisiana." Ho then went on to deny the interpretation given by, the complainants to the treaty of Paris, and concluded: "The imputa tion of a want of good faith is unsup ported by the treaty and repugnant to the American character." i On March 2, 1605, Congress "passed an act for the government of tho territory of Orleans. That act provided a form of government practically Identical with that lately given Porto Rico. The Pres ident appointed the Governor, who ap pointed the upper house of the Legisla ture. The people elected only the lower house. Thus was the present State of Louisiana governed until it became a state, in 1812. The northern part of old French Louisiana was ruled by an ap pointed Governor and council, and not until 1812 were the people of Missouri and Arkansas permitted to elect Legis lators. Such was the interpretation given by Thomas Jefferson and his party to "consent of the governed." These historic facts show how absurd is the contention of Mr. Bryan concern ing the "consent" of tho Filipinos to their government Thomas Jefferson and Congress disregarded and overruled the protest of the Louisiana minority. Jef ferson ruled Louisiana at first just as We are now ruling the Philippines, and later as we are now ruling Porto Rico. Thomas Jefferson knew that ho was do ing what was best for all the people of Louisiana. William McKlnley Is now do ing what 13 best for all the Filipinos. The Republican policy is the Jeffersonlan policy. ' THE SUPREME COURT. possible Changes In Store'' if Bryan I Is Elected.. Chicago Times-Herald. Attention has been called to the possi bility that it may fall to the lot of the next President to effect a complete reor ganization of the Supreme Court of the United States during the four years be ginning March 4, 1901. The statement has also been made that seven of the nine Judges now constituting the court may, If they choose, leave the bench within the next four years. The following table effectively disposes of the latter assump tion, unless it is made on the unlikely supposltion that Justices Brewer, Brown and White may resign before they are entitled to retire on full pay: COMPOSITION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Date of Date of appoint- Name. birth. ment. John M. Harlan 1S33 ,1877 Horace Gray 1828 ISSt Melville W. Fuller 1833 1883 David J. Brewer 1837 1880 Henry B. Brown 1830 1800 George Shlras, Jr 1832 1892 Edward D. White 1845 1893 Rufus W. Peckham 1837 1805 Joseph McKenna 1843 1897 It will be perceived that Justice uray Is the only member of the court who at this writing Is entitled to retire on full pay. The law is that a Justice must have held his commission as such 10 years and have reached 70 years of age during hla service to be entitled to resign with pay. Under this rule, Justice Gray can retire any time he feels so inclined, while Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Harlan and Shiras may do so within tho next four years. Justices Brewer, Brown and White, al though their terms of service would en title them to resign with pay during tho next administration, will hot be 70 years of age until Mr. McKlnley has completed his second term or Mr. Bryan his first. But the possibility that the appointment of fcur Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States may fall to the lot of Mr. McKlnley's successor is enough to render the election of William J. Bryan Impossible. It Is a possibility be fore which every conservative element In the Nation recoils. It is safe to say that William Jennings Bryan will not be intrusted with the re sponsibility of selecting successors to Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Harlan, Gray arid Shlra3. Imagination falters as it contemplates the utter incapacity of Mr. Bryan for the task of preserving the Ugh character of the Supreme Court of the United States. And yet the reorganization of this court is One of his pet passions. Hearst Warns Bryan. Mr. W. R. Hearst, of the San Fran cisco Examiner, the New York Journal and the Chicago American, Is one of the greatest of American expansionists. He gavo Mr. Bryan a few words of advice in the San Francisco Examiner April 27, 1899: We trust that Mr. Bryan will yet range him self In line -with the National aspirations for expansion. The time has come, as It comes at Intervals to every vigorous nation 03 It has come to ours on several former occasions when tho old boundaries are too contracted for tho pulsing life within them, and when tho health of tho body politic demands that room. The popular Instinct understands the need for these periodical expansions, and every genuine statesman understands It, too. Tho popular Instinct of a nation cannot bo changed In 16 months, nor can a creaturo of expediency be converted Into a statesman by an appeal to the truths of history. Mr. Bryan may think he is close to the people, and that his silly tnllc about "imperialism" moves thcra, hut ha Tvill soon find oat that Americans are as much in favor of expansion today as they -were when they ap plauded the ncqnlfliiion of the Louis iana territory by that noted impe rialist, Thoxnns Jefferson. ... 'P Democrats for Expansion. "We declare in favor of a strict adherence to the traditional policy of the Democratic party In the matter of territorial extension; that the speedy annexation of Hawaii, tho Independence J of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines and their acculsltlons are favored, if in keeping with endurlnff :pace with the powers ot Eu rope. This is not an extract from a Repub lican platform; not at all. It Is part of tho platform adopted by the Democrats at Mount Clemens, Mich., in June, 1S3S. It contrasts strongly with what these same Democrats are now asked to support if they follow tho vagaries of Mr. Bryan. WEATHER BUREAU'S GOOD WORK. In Connection With Galveston Hor ror and Lake Storm. Chicago Tribune. Tho great value of the Weather BGreau and the remarkable correctness of its ob servations, all things considered, have been demonstrated by the events of the last few days. It gave warning of the recent hurricane days before It mani fested Itself on the Texas coast It an ticipated its course from the vicinity of San Domingo until it reached Cuban waters, where it made a deflection no human skill could havo foreseen. The bureau was not caught napping, however. It sent out Its hurricane signals -both for the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast and whon the storm turned from the north of Cuba westward tho bureau turned its attention to Texas, and on the morning of the 7th. nearly 36 hours beforo the disaster, warned the people of Gal veston of its coming, and during that day extended it3 signals all along the Texas coast, thus preventing vessels frpm leaving. Of course, the observers could not know what terrible energy it would gain crossing the Gulf of Mexico. Perhaps still greater accuracy In fore casting was displayed by tho bureau In the warnings given out to mariners on the Great Lakes on Tuesday morning Though nearly all lines of communica tion in Texas were cut off, the bureau kept track of the storm as it swept through Oklahoma Into Kansas, and gave timely warning that It would turn north oast, moving across Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, and thence across Lake Michigan and the northern end of the southern peninsular of Michigan to Canada. It further predicted the furious winds which swept through the city on Tuesday, their maximum velocity, the change caused during the early evening by the northwest current from Lake Su perior, and the fall of temperature yes terday to the nicety of a degree. Even vessel captain on the lakes had ample warning given him. In times gone by it has been the habit tp jeer at Old Probabilities, and when ever a prediction failed of verification to condemn the Weather Bureau as unrelia ble and not worth the expense of Its maintenance. During the last few years, however. Its operators have gained In skill, and Its record now Is of a character of which Its officials have every reason to be proud and which amply justifies whatever expense it may entail by its great saving of life and property. There are still some unreasonable persons who flout at the bureau every time its "pre dictions" fail of verification. They do not take into account that Its "predictions" are "probabilities" only, and that in un settled weather, especially In the region of Chicago, where the influences of the lake are uncertain factors to deal with, even probabilities are sometimes hazard ous. In no Instance, however, when a storm Is on Its way or the wind at a dis tance has reached a certain velocity, has the bureau failed in its forecasts. It "probabilities" are rapidly becoming cer tainties. Soldiers Like the Philippines. Manila Freedom. A considerable number of the volun teer soldiers whose terms of enlistment exph-e on June 30, 1901, express a wish to remain in the Philippines. Some of these men advance the argument that they helped to bear the brunt of tha bat tle in suppressing the insurrection; that to return to the States with their regi ments means permanent discharge from the service of arms, and, lacking the necessary means, they will be unable to return to the islands. Many of the men who wish to mako a temporary or permanent home In the Philippines are mechanics; some are sten ographers, clerk3 and miners, and they are men of character and patriotism, such as would help to strengthen the American colony and bring order out of chaos. With conditions still unsettled, and with tho public Improvements under way and contemplated, there would bo plenty of work for all of them from tho start, and with the knowledge they have of tho islands the eye for the main chance could be used to advantage. We need the help of these sturdy, pushing men, and wo hope the War Department may see Its way to grant tho boon they ask. BIEN AND WOMEX. ' General Joseph Wheeler has been under flro more than S0O times, and has commanded In 200 battles. Of the lato Duke of ArcyU's daughters, one only married a man of title Lady Edith, who Is now Duchess of Northumberland. Four mar ried plain country gentlemen, one Is the wife of the Bishop of Peterborough, and Lady Vic toria Is unmarried. King Leopold of Belgium Is a good sailor and a thorough yachtsman. Tho King remains on deck during the worat storms, smoking big, strong cigars, when all tho other passen gers, officers of the royal household and In vited guests seek refugo In tholr cabins. The Revue Bibllque Internationale, of Jeru salem, gives an account of the adventures of the French explorers, Reno Dussand and Fred eric Maclar, who spent a month In the Inhos pitable Interior of tho Safah. They brought back more than 500 Inscriptions In Arabic and soveral hundred In Greek and other languages. Marie Ronge, a German lady, who was born In London, and now resides In Wurtemburg. has found an original way of utilizing her fine library. She writes to school teachers, espe cially In rural regions, to ascertain their taste In the way of reading, and then sends them parcels of hor books, to be returned at her ex pense aftor they havo been read. Dr. Charles E. English, Queen LUluokalanl'B private physician for over two years, has sued her for 55000 in tho courts of Honolulu. Ho declares that ho gave up all practice to at tend her, for which he was-to receive $300 a month, with a bonus of S500O uhould she part with his services. In case she should receive compensation for crown land, he was to have gotten $30,000. In July, ho claims, .she sud denly dropped him, and refused to pay tho bonus. Alexander Ramsey, of Minneapolis, "first ter ritorial Governor of Minnesota, was 85 years old the other day, and is as hale and hearty as many men a score of years his Junior. Ram sey ranks as one of the oldest statesmen in Minnesota. He served first as Mayor of St. Paul; then as Governor of Minnesota terri tory; was second Governor of tho state; served as United States Senator; was Secretary of War under President Hayes, and has filled other offices of distinction. The Sons of the Singer. Arthur Ketchum In Llpplncotfs. Day long upon the dreaming hills One watched tho Idle hours fade by And had no thought of other thing Than waving grass and Summer sky. And all the wilding scents and sounds The lavish-hearted season brought Ho made his own and prisoned them Within the llttlo songs he wrought. While he was singing, In the town. His busy brethren bought and sold. And got them place and circumstance. And all the pride and pomp of gold. But when the night enroe with tho stars, And on the hills her silence laid. Ho. homeward turning, bora with him Naught save tho careless songs he made. "O Prodigal!" his brother cried. "And have you done no better thing? And la it thus you spend your day To droam in sunshine and to sing?" But he, remembering those still hours The dream had made so eloquent The waving grass, the Summer sky, Tho purple hillside smiled, content NQrE AND COMMENT. ,v When a man Is hIs"own best frlcna he Is moat in need of being delivered from him. L It is rumored Walderseo Is taking Ut easy In order to allow his typewrltitta to catch up. I A man In Westmoreland, Kan:, W named Toothaker- He seems to need pull of some kind. They are advertising cheap Gas In Chi cago. Is there going to be another Dem ocratic rally there? Mrs. Lease Is doing some very effective? campaign work for Bryan. She is openly supporting McKlnley. The fact that the'cnmpoitgn is warming up may be taken as an evidence that tha weather Is getting cooler. Of course, when Bryan Rets to heaven he wilL try to have the Pilgrim Fathers expelled on an old chars of criminal ag gression. The Democrats declare that Imperialism; Is a fine paramount Issue, but they ar all grabbing enthusiastically at the coal miners strike. It is said Croker proposes to take the stump. Having shaken the tree till it was broken down, there is nothing eao left for him to take. The Hon. Mark Hanna Is profoundly so licitous; however, not so much that tho McKlnley dynasty might be overthrown as that Hanna might cease to be Prima Minister. Tho most thoroughly happy and self satisfied person seen during a stroll through every department of the Street Fair the other evening was a little mlsa of some five Summers, who was patroniz ing the "merry-go-round," In charge of a brother a few years older. She wasJ mounted on a handsome horse, and to sae the heavenly expression of her counte nance as she flew around the circle was well worth the price of admission. With hor head erect, her shoulders well thrown back and a firm and steady grasp of tho reins, she maintained a perfect control of her spirited steed, gracefully adapting; herself to every motion of the hlgh-met-tled animal, like an experienced horse woman. While the machinery continued to revolve she was utterly oblivious to everything but her bounding steed, and gavo her whole attention to guiding and controlling it, and when the wheels stopped and her brother assisted hor to alight, she said to him. with a deep drawn sigh of pleasure: "I doso lova horseback riding, Charlie." I got t' go t school today. Got t' start at eight; Can't play nothln' on th' way rur fear that I'll get late. Teacher'l say, "Now. girls anboys. Jus' keep your eye. this way, 'N stop that dreadful 3hufnln'vmlse; Thts ain't the time t play." J' then we all mus sit so still. N' look right straight ahead. N keep In "first position'" till "We all feel almost dead. It's awful hard fur little chaps T learn how t' begin Th' books n' charts 'n leafs 'n' map We got t study In. N all the while we watch th clock. That turns aroun so slow, 'N counts th' hours off tltk-tqck. Seems 'slf they'd never go. We think about th'fun it was To Ju-i havo alt day through To run aroun In play, because We'd nothln else t' do. But now we got f sit up stiff. 'R "face." 'r "right about." N' school's so slow It seems as u. It never would get out. My ma she says I ought t" try T 'bey tho teacher's rule. But taln't no use t' do It; I Jus' hate t go t' school. w . or. Preserve From Rose. Brooklyn Eagle. From a Long Island woman, members of whose family lived for a long time in Damascus, tho following recipe for ro.?a syrup is obtained: Cut tho roses in full bloom, pull out the petals and spread on a tray to pre vent mildew. Keep cutting the ro3es ofC and spreading the petals out until therei Is enough for a Jar or a tumbler of pre serve. If you can do up only a small quan tity. Then put the rose leaves Into a pre serve kettle, with water, cover and cook, till tender. Add sugar and boil until It forms a syrup. Pour Into fruit cans or Jelly Jars. In Damascus this is served In small cups and passed around on sil ver trays for visitors to partake of. It makes, also, a delicious addition to pudding sauce, or the batter for delicate cake, and the English or American resi dents of Damascus have added it to mlnco pie meat with happy results, a. peculiarly delicate flavor being imparted to the pie. PLEASANTRIES OF PABAGRAPHERS Bitter Logic Small boy (In" fish market) Have you anv dry fiih? Flshorman Yes, son nle. 8mall boy Well, give them a drink then. Harlem Life. "Do you find fishing a hard life?" "Tes, sir: yer sco. If tho ol woman don't happen to havo no lodgero. why, there's nothing but work to look forrard to, sir." Juric. A Quick Answer. "Paw. what Is stage fright?" asked the boy, oponlntr his bag of popcorn. "Stage fright?" repcuted his father, pointing to a vefran of the chorus; "why, thero is one." Philadelphia P.cord. Tou Have Noticed This. "Have you notlcd the automobile face?" "Jfo; what expression does It wear?" "The man in the automobile looks as It ho wanted to get home alive, but knew he wouldn't." Chicago Record. PVapa Not. "Seem3 to me I've met you somewhere, sir. I can't recall your name, but I'm sure I've been In your company before. "I think not, sir. but you know best. I'm tile keeper of the House of Correction." PIck-Me-Up. 01d-Fashioned.-McJlgger-I see Mr. Barn paws, the circus man. was married the other day. That was something of a m""0" him. Thingumbob-Why so? McJIgger-Tho wedding was nothing but a one-rlmc pcrfomT ance Philadelphia Press. "In Shanghai." Baltlmoro American. They aro doing awful deeds In Shanshai. Why, the cable fairly bleeds In Shanghai. With the corpses In the mud. And the streets awash with blowt With a ruddy, gory flood. In Shanghai. Every message written there in Shanghai Tells of things to raise the halr- In Shanghai Tells of murder, fire and loot. By some big and bloody brute There's a fanciful galoot In Shanghai. Every day the guna go "bang- In Shanghai, And they cap'turo Lt Hung ChanR In Shanghai . Whlls the Emperor, defied. Loses all his royal pride . Does his dally suicide. In Shanghai. Oh, they manufactuTO lies In Shanghai. Right before your very eye In Shanghai. T - "Lie like sin" must be tha ruU i, Of tho liars calm and cool. V" Ananias went to school la Shanghai.