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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22
BAD BUSINESS AT HAZLETOX.
What do the anthracite mineowners
mean by refusing to arbitrate their dif
ferences with their men? Is it their
Idea to drive the men to acts of violence,
and thus to alienate from the strikers
the public sympathy they now enjoy?
If so, their purpose is a damnable one,
and they will be accessories to what
ever crimes ensue.
Society has an interest in every strike,
but in this strike It has a vital interest.
Comfort of thousands of homes, uncon
nected with these owners or strikers;
prosperity of multitudinous dependent
industries; the peace and order of many
communities, and the good name of
states, are hanging in the balance. It
is the mineowners business what an
swer they make to the proposals for ar
bitration. But It is also the public's
business.
Society has an Interest in the prop
erty and the profits of the owner. But
it also has an Interest In the welfare of
the laborer. It has a right to see that
its masses are justly treated and given
a. fair chance in the world, not only to
eat and be clothed, but to develop char
acter and elevate the average standard
of intelligence and morals. It is from
the home of the laboring man, not from
the home of the wealthy capitalist, that
the Boclety and the government of to
morrow will be formed. The sufferer
from unnecessary hardship on workers,
therefore, is society; and society is get
ting beyond the point where it can af
ford to remain indifferent to the
grounds of conflict between laborand
capital.
In a few years the combatants in this
exciting struggle will have passed
away. The mlneowner will have bought
his last painting, founded his last li
brary, married off his last daughter to
a foreign title, furnished his last yacht,
reveled at his last banquet at the Union
League or Sherry's. The miner will
have made his last descent to his grimy
tomb of toll, eaten his last cold lunch
by his flickering lamp, and gathered
his little ones about his humble board
for the last time. Six feet of earth will
then have made broadcloth and overalls
all of one size.
But the consequences of these labor
struggles will remain a momentous
force in society. It is in the condition
of its masses that the future of the
community lies, and he who lowers that
condition by any unnecessary act of
meanness or intolerance is an enemy
to the state.
One thing and another have combined
to improve the character of "American
labor, -until it is now a force to be
treated with respect, solicitude and even
generosity. Perhaps the tariff has done
something, thoughj it is certain it can
4o little if anything more. Perhaps
philanthropy has done something.
though in small proportion to its ambi
tions or its outlays. Education has
done a great deal, and labor-saving
machinery has done infinitely more.
The inventor is the great prophet, priest
and klrg of labor's amelioration. But
whatever the cause, the effect is here.
Labor Is cleaner, soberer, more intelli
gent, more virtuous, than it was a gen
eration ago.
Xow, these men are worth taking care
of. They are worth such wages as will
enable them to clothe and educate their
children, go to church if they want to,
live in comfortable homes and enjoy
bodily and mental recreation. It is
money in the pocket of the community
to have its laboring men contented and
prosperous. The citizens of the next
generation may be raised in poverty,
probably will be, but they should not
be raised in squalor or ignorance.
The owner who doesn't see this is
not only a citizen of doubtful desira
bility. He Is also a fool. He is not
only without concern for the general
welfare, but he doesn't know his busi
ness. A man can get a certain sort of
grudging work out of men by grinding
them down and robbing them. But if
he wants to get the best work of which
they are capable, he will do so well by
them that they will do their best by
him. As good an investment as an em
ployer can make is to spend a little
money for fair wages to make his men
cheerful and efficient. The employer
who has never learned this is ignorant
of one of the first principles of his
business.
There is always a time in an indus
try's history when the employer finds
it hard work to raise the "very smallest
pay for his men. -He can't pay what
they want. He can't pay what he would
like to give. The just observer recog
nizes his extremity and allows for it.
But this time is past with the anthra
cite coal properties. A trust that moves
the prices of its products up and down
with the stroke of a pen can hardly
maintain that its existence is menaced
by fair wages, honest measurements or
abolishment of the company store-
The military operations of the allies
in China are rather obscure, from 'the
lack of details, but are doubtless con
fined to the dispersion of the Boxer
forces, wherever found. The Boxers -are
now disavowed by the late resident gov
ernment of Pekin, and, having therefore
no frifiafla. ace ssibks against, both
China and the allies, and are open to
attack at sight. This fact explains the
attack and capture by the allies of the
Pel Tang and Lu Tai forts. Pel Tang
Is at the mouth of the Tchao River,
while L.u Tal Is on the railway between
Tien Tsln and' New Chwang. -These op
erations of the allies are only executed
In the security of Tien Tsln and Taku
from Boxer attack. The movement of
our American General Wilson with the
allies westward from Pekin to clear the
country of the Boxers and open up the
coal fields, is only part of the transient
foreign police administration of Pekln.
NOT MOMEXTOUS, ANYHOW.
A Portland Gold Democrat sends in
this complaint:
In your Issue of this morning you assert that
"Gold Democrats who use the "antl-lmperlal-ism
Issue to return to their party do not be
lieve In It, but use It as an excuse," but that
"Silver Republicans who vote for McKlnley on
the expansion Issue bellce In expansion." This
Is an ajrcrs!on of Democratic mothes that
calls In gravo question your reputation for
fairness. Speaking for myself and for others
with whom I have conversed, I desire to affirm
most positively my sinccro conviction that the
money Question In not. the vital issue It was
In 1896. but has been superseded by the Is
sues growing out of the war with Spain, and
on those Issues myself with other Democrats
who supported the gold standard by a vote for
McKlnley In 1690, now propose to arrest tho
Imperialistic policy of subjugation and conquest
Inaugurated by President McKlnley. by a vote
for Bryan. Conscious of my own sincerity In
this respect, I resent your Imputation upon
men you have heretofore been eager to praise.
It conies with especially poor grace that jou
place' ns In Invidious contrast with the Sliver
Republicans you have so vehemently denounced
as Idiots, and with other complimentary terms
In times past. Would It not be fair to at
tribute at least as fair motives to returning
Democrats as to rctumlnr Republicans? Tou
pooh-pooh antl - Imperialism as a bogy no
sane man can believe in, but you apparently
overlook the bright character and intelligence
of many of the most eminent men In the coun
try who were for McKlnley In 1S90, but are for
Bryan In 1000.
Xiet us concede for convenience' sake
that the correspondent is an exception
to the general rule laid down, and that
there are others like him. There are ex
ceptions to all rules. But this does not
change the conclusions reached in the
discussion complained of, and The Ore
gonlan is more than ever convinced that
its diagnosis is correct
The object in considering the return
of Gold Democrats to Bryan was not to
institute invidious comparisons, but to
examine a political phenomenon with a
view to -its explanation. We shall not
waste time and space to prove that
many Western men, for silver in 1S9G,
are for McKlnley today because they
believe Pacific expansion is for the best
Interests of the country and corresponds
with our inescapable responsibilities in
the Philippines. The fact Is too plain
for argument But let us briefly notice
the Democratio return to Bryan.
Now it is a simple fact, which may be
denied but cannot be disproved, that
this year's return of wandering Demo
crats to the fold springs primarily from
two causes. One is the desire to re-establish
themselves with their party for
1904, and the other is dislike of McKln
ley. Let us take the extreme case of Mr.
Olney. What Is it that moves Mr. Olney
in this campaign? Is It sympathy with
"anti-Imperialism," or must we look
elsewhere for his motives? Fortunate
ly, we have his own words, printed last
March in the Atlantic Monthly. Then
Mr. Olney said:
It Is a pitiful ambition for Knelt a
country to aim to seclude Itself from
the vrorld at lnrsre and to live a life
as insulated and Independent as if it
nrere the only country on the foot
stool. In tnls matter vrc have fallen Into
habits which, however excusable in
their origin, are -rrlthout present
justification. Docs a foreign ques
tion or controversy present itself
appealing: however forcibly to our
sympatnlcs or sense of rig-lit wliat
happens tlie moment it is suggested
that the United States should seri
ously participate In Its settlement?
A shiver runs through al the ranlcs
of capital lest the uninterrupted
course of money-making: he inter
fered with the cry of "Jinfeol"
comes up in various quarters; ndvo
.cntes of peace at any price make
themselves heard from innumerable
pulpits and rostrums; while practi
cal politicians invoice the doctrine
of the Farewell Address ns an abso
lute bar to all positive action.
It behooves this country to recog
nise tho changed conditions and to
realise Its grreat place among: the na
tions of the earth. It behooves it to
accept the commanding position be
longing to It, with all its advantages
on the one hand and all its burdens
on the other.
Isolation that is nothing but a
shirking of the responsibilities of
high place and great power is sim
ply ignominious.
No one can read that and longer be
lieve that the moving force behind Mr.
Olney's return to Bryan is disgust with
"imperialism." We must look else
where. Many shrewd observers believe
that Mr. Olney Is paving the way for
a Presidential nomination in 1904. The
Oregonlan does not say that It may
be true, and it may not If it Is true,
it is nothing more than other great
Americans have done, and the ambition
to be President is not an unworthy one.
We prefer simply to refer Mr. Olney's
case to the general programme of re
turning Gold Democrats, who desire to
re-establish themselves with their party
this year so that in 1904. they can par
ticipate in its control and management,
The intense dislike certain Gold Dem
ocrats have formed for McKlnley is
well known, and its causes, which are
neither slight nor few, have frequently
been dwelt upon in these columns.
The only two great newspapers that
opposed Bryan In 1896 and favor him
now are the Louisville Courier-Journal
and the Baltimore Sun. They are pub
lished in strongly Democratic communi
ties, and the .manifest causes of their
change are to be discussed more in sor
row than in anger. Actual dread of
"imperialism" Is not among them.
Perhaps it ought also to be said that
the Gold Democratic return to Bryan is
insignificant It. is impressive in the
standing of its few shining lights, but
It is insignificant as to numbers. It con
sists of politicians, it does not consist of
business men. The menace of Bryan
ism to prosperity, to law and order, to
commercial confidence and settled em
ployment, is as real now as It was In
1896. And the business world so under
stands it Many a man who acts osten
sibly with the Democratic organization
now will secretly vote for McKlnley.
We have to choose Presidents from
two imperfect men. Their imperfections
are not so much the issue as the gen
eral policies they stand for. We have
V -act "filth parties, whose weaknesses
make 'us at times very tired and sick.
But their weaknesses are not s6 much
the issue as the general results their
ascendency will achieve. An important
qualification for prudent "political ac
tion Is a proper sense of proportion.
Don't make the mistake of grasping at
the shadow of "antl-lmperlallsm" and
losing the substance of prosperity.
Don't cut your own nose off to spite
your face.
HISTORY ItEPEATS ITSELF.
The report of the Philippine Commis
sion sets forth with great strength the
fact that the insurrection In Luzon to
day would be utterly dead were- It not
for the hope of Bryan's election. The
commissioners say that if the election
of McKlnley confirms the present policy
the insurrection will disappear within
sixty days. The activity among the
Filipinos at this time is attributed to
the encouragement they have received
from the Democratic party. The re
cently published report of General Otis
fastens upon the American so-called
antl-lmperlallsts the responsibility of
abetting lawless bands In revolt of
American sovereignty. The Filipinos
have been sustained In their hope of
final success by the Information and en
couragement sent them by Americans,
who have sought to block the efforts of
this Government to -put down rebellion
n a distant territory. General Otis re
port makps it clear that the Bryanlto
copperheads of 1898-1900 have given tho
Filipinos their best excuse for and hope
In continuing in rebellion against the
JJnited States. In other words, the
Democratic copperheads of. 1898-1900
have blown the dying fires "of rebellion
In Luzon. In fresh flame, Just as the
Democratic copperheads In 1863-64 did
their best to prolong the resistance of
the Southern Confederacy a year be
yond its legitimate military life, and
succeeded.
After the repulse of Lee at Gettysburg
and, the surrender of Vlcksburg, Presi
dent Lincoln offered the South peace
and payment for their slaves. Lee and
Longstreet and Vice-President Stephens
believed after the final loss of Chatta
nooga, In November, 1863, that the dis
asters of the year had made final suc
cess for the South a military Impossibil
ity; and all hope of recognition by the
powers of Europe had been obliterated
by defeat The frightful final year of
fighting which began the first week of
May, 1864, and did not end until May,
1865, would never have been undertaken
had it not begp for the desperate efforts
of the copperhead Democracy of the
North to prolong the resistance of
armed rebellion until a change of ad
ministration made It possible to make
peace without honor with the South;
that is, either peace with absolute In
dependence, or peace on the basis of the
Union and the Constitution, as It was
before the firing on Sumter. The cop
perhead party of the North in 1863-64
was responsible for the prolonged re
sistance of the Southern Confederacy
after resistance had become hopeless.
By November, 18(54, the resources of the
Confederacy for another campaign had
become utterly exhausted. The finances,
recruiting of soldiers, commissariat,
transportation, ordnance, ammunition
and medical supplies had all' failed.
The conscription act embraced every
man between 17 and 50. Desertions had
become common. Confederate treasury
notes were selling at 60 to 1 for specie
at the treasury, and a thousand barrels
of flour cost $650,000. The Confederacy
had lost the Mississippi, Tennessee and
Cumberland Rivers, and the coasts of
the Carollnas, while Mobile Bay was in
our hands and Savannah fell by Christ
mas, 1864.
This was the desperate situation to
which the Southern Confederacy had
been reduced by January, 1865, in con
sequence of being persuaded by the cop
perhead Democracy of the North to hold
out till November, so that It could upset
Lincoln and his war policy, when an
armistice would Instantly follow, to be
succeeded by peace to the South on the
terms of Independence or a Union re
stored with slavery. At this distance of
time it may seem that the South was
reckless, in its desperate condition of
January, 1864, to risk another year of
awful battle on the chance of Lincoln's
defeat In November, 1864; but there are
many chances In war, and If Grant and
Sherman had been beaten as badly In
battle In May, 1864, as Hooktr was In
May, 1863, at Chancellorsville, and as
Rosecrans was In September, 1863, at
Chlckamauga, the campaign would
have been stalled for the Summer and
Lincoln would have been defeated. Lin
coln, as astute a politician as ever lived
felt this to be true, for he predicted that
nothing would save him from defeat but
victory in the field, and he made a writ
ten memorandum that, if he was defeat
ed In November, 1864, he would practi
cally resign from the office of President,
so far as only to seek to co-operate with
the purpose of his presumed successor,
General McClellan. Nevertheless, while
he felt despondent in private, in publlo
he never lost his nerve, for he wrote
the great Grant meeting at New York
City, In May, 1864, three days before he
was renominated for President: "I trust
you will shape your good words of sym
pathy for Grant and his struggling sol
diers so that they will mpan men and
guns moving to his and their support"
Victory in the field came: to Lincoln in
the shape of Atlanta and Opequan and
Cedar Creek, and he won the election;
but if the luck of war had turned
against him in a great battle which de
cided a great campaign, East or West,
he would, as he predicted, have been
defeated. The Southern Confederacy,
by the confession of Jeff. Davis, gam
bled something on this chance to give
Grant or Sherman a "black eye" in bat
tle, as they had Hooker and Rosecrans.
Davis and his Confederacy gambled on
this chance with justifiable audacity,
for, If they won, the Confederacy was
sure of peace on its own terms.
THE CHINESE CHESSBOARD.
The mist is gradually lifting from the
field of China, and while the clearing
of the atmosphere does not diminish the
credit justly due the United States, nev
ertheless it reveals that Lord Salisbury
acted a most efficient part. On the 22d
of June affairs had grown so' critical
that Lord Salisbury, appealed to Japan
to Bend a large force of rescue. Japan
hesitated because of possible complica
tions with Russia, and" finally asked
that Its losses of men arid money would
be Indemnified. Lord Salisbury at once
asked Russia if the Cza-would approve
the landing of 25,000 to- 30,000 Japanese
troops at Taku. Russia answered that
that "she wished to see Japan acting in
accord and co-operation with the other
powers." Lord Salisbury at once sent
an urgent appeal to, Japan to land a
large force in China and save the Le
gations, at the same time guaranteeing
"to Japan the flnarielaiVsupport of Great
.Britain in the necessary -'military, opera
tions. There is -sniall 'reason to doubt
that Lord Salisbury's' prompt action at
the most critical point saved the Pekin
foreign Legations -Jfom, massacre. He
behaved 5fke a rrianfy Englishman at a
time when Germany!made a callous an-swei-
and Russia vague reply. The
glory of this orlste belongs to England
and Lord, Salisbury. f
The truth about the Chinese situation
today Is that, rcutslde of the United
States, it is a chessboard. Russla'opens
the game, play&her pawn to invite the
answer of the allies. Russia's move has
.been answered, by the United States, by
Germany,, Franpe, Austria, Great Brit
ain and Italy. Russia's original note
was only a shreyrd attempt to draw the
fire of the allies, and has succeeded.
Austria, Germany, Italy and Great
Britain, and probably Japan, will stand
together against any. spoliation of Pekln
or partition of China. Nevertheless,
Germany-Is right In her demand that
severe, pubflc justice be executed upon
the persons of hose leading officials of
the Pekln Government who were re
sponsible for the recent outbreak. Of
the guilt of the recent Pekln Government-there
can be no reasonable doubt.
. Bostoh--stald. old city of culture and
conservatism is feeling decorously ju
bilant over an increase In population of
25 per cent in ten years, as shown by
the returns of the twelfth census. This
gain is attributed to suBurban railway
systems and cheap fares, which have
enabled people to make their homes on
the "sightly hills and pleasant valleys
of Dorchester" and other outlying dis
tricts, and: still dp business in the city.
"Inter-urban" migrations have In Bos
tonas in all large cities where expan
sion has been made possible by applied
electricity brought forward several
municipal problems, not easy to dispose
of to the satisfaction 'of a tax-evading
yet demanding and progressive public.
The expense of laying out streets, build
ing sewers, extending gas and water
mains,! and, more Important still, of sup
plying the rapidly growing family sec
tions of the city with proper school
accommodations, has caused much per
plexity to the municipal authorities and
given rise to complaint from property
owners, who s'tlll demand and must
have these things. In evidence of the
magnitude of the school-supply prob
lem, it Is said that 2000 children had
to be refused .admission to the schools
In Dorchester when the year's work be
gan, a short time ago, because there
was absolutely no place ..to receive them.
It may well be believed that this con
dition of affairs will not long be al
lowed to continue In Boston, whose
pride in her educational facilities Is at
least equal to her pleasure In record
ing a gain of 25 per cent in population
In a decade.
We have Bryan's word for it that
Today we are engaged in a controversy which
will determine whether wo ore to have a re
public In which the rovernment derives Its
just powers from the consent of the governed,
or an emplrd In which brute force Is the only
recognized source of power. When such an
iBsue Is raided there can be only two parties
the party, whatever Its namo may be, which
believes In a republic, and a party, whatever
Its name, which believes In an empire.
But in 1896 we had his word for it
that
If McKlnley nnd the Republican
party are successful "nnd put In
power for the next four years, wnpres
trrlll be decreased, hard times will
come upon us, nnd over tlie land the
price of Tvhcat trill pro down and the
pride of grold will go up; mortgngcii
on our homes vrlll be foreclosed liy
the money-lenders shops and fac
tories will close AVe will export no
goods, and we trill import from for
eign lands all -the Roods we use; thus
will ruin, want and misery be with
ns.
Does Bryan know as much about "Im
perialism" in 1900 as he knew about the
gold standard In 1896?
The President hesitates to stand for
strict justice In China, because of the
Democratic howl against "militarism."
But if he yields to it, they will denounce
him for betraying thet cause of civili
zation. No one was so crazy for the
waF with Spain as the 'yellow Senators.
Once It was on, they did all they could
to prevent Its, successful prosecution
and belittle Its motives and "results.
Oh, yes, theyi ought to be In charge of
the Government! 3
Germany's desire for vengeance and
determination to make work for Wal
dersee may serve a useful purpose If
she thus delays retirement from Pekln
till a needed lesson has been given to
Chinese .perfidy. Though this be mad
ness, yet there's method In It.
The mpresslve thing about the strike
Is the way In which various representa
tives of public opinion are moving upon
the mineowners. It Is a healthy sign.
Society has a concern here that cannot
be shirked without guilt
The religious weeklies are all practi
cally supporting McKInles'. This Is a
heavy blow to Bryan, who is a very "re
ligious" man, an active church member,
and does not even smoke.
Connecticut Democrats espouse "anti
lmperlallsm," but denounce free silver.
Well, they mustn't vote for Bryan. Their
man is Caffery.
The Cowboys' Goodby.
South Dakota dispatch in the Chicago Record.
But It .was the farewell scene at
Chamberlain that 'put a climax on the
demonstration. After Roosevelt had
shaken hands with throe wagon loads of
Indian girls, slapped the bucks on the
back and saluted every white inhabitant,
he Climbed upon tthe back of his car to
wave goodby to the cowboys, who
swarmed about like hiving bees.
Then the train wheezed slowly out of
the station, the cowboys pressing on as
the speed Increased, circling In front of
the engine at first, racing down the track
ahead till the "cowcatcher" grazed their
ponies' heels and the dust from the gal
loping squadron enveloped the whole
train. Then thoy began to shoot aa they
raced. Two hundred pistols banged a
farewell salute, and "Buster McKay'' and
Captain Jack Foster still racing neck and
neck at the head of the two strings of
horsemen riding at either side of the
track, unhooked their lariats and began
to lasso the locomotive smokestack. It
was the signal for those who yet olung to
the chase, and as they fell gradually
away from the now flying train the hemp
whirled in a hundred wreaths out of the
vanishing dust
The Man With the Broom.
' Chicago Tribune.
Beatrice Harra'den thinks that women
should bring up their sons "to do things
in the home," and that men should not
bo permitted to stand with reluctant feet
upon the kitchen threshold, but should
learn to master the problems of that do
main just as women have learned the
secrets of the coimUng-hpuse. As rule,
men have never manifested any great
longings to learn tho mysteries of dough
and dish-washing, and they neither cars
to be tied to- apron-strings nor to have
theso tied about them. But once get a
man lntb leading-strings and he is both
happy and usef ul, in the kjtchen, and he
will apply the same systematic thorough
ness to bread-making as h& docs to
bread-winning. Of course, if is not tp be
expected that a man will do his own
work and a woman's, too, but there are
times when he can readily spare a few
moments to domestlc'tasks. And In that
trying hour of need when the mald-of-all
work goes her way, If a man will show a
disposition to help fill the gapi or, better
yet, to fill the coal scuttle, or sweep
the carpet, he will prove a helpmeet In
deed. And. a3 Miss Harfaden says, If he
Is a gentleman, he will do these things.
HOW TO END THE FIGHTING.
Defeat Bryan and the Tas-alos-a Will
Lay Down Their Arms.
President Schurmant of Cornell.
Now, when It Is proposed to turn the
Philippines over to the Filipinos, It is
indispensable to know which of the Fili
pinos it Is Intended to make rulers over
tho others. Is it Agulnalflo and his Tag
alog followers, who are now wandering
as bandits and murderers? But why
should you favor the assassins of our
soldiers? Even the majority rule does
not requh-e It, for out of 8,000.000 Filipinos,
only 1,500.000 are Tagalogs, and there are
2,500,000 Vlsayans. And how could you
without everlasting shame and dishonor
leave the Filipinos who have trusted you
to the ruthless butcheries of the aveng
ing Tagalogs? Tho Filipinos In all parts
Of the archipelago who have supported
American authority, the Vlsayans, espe
cially in the Island of Negros; the Moros
and other tribes of Mlndano and Sulu,
and the people of tho northern half of
Luzon, who welcomed your armies to
theso you are bound by the ties of honor
and Of good faith which no other consid
eration would permit you to b,reak. No,
wo cannot get out of the archipelago.
We cannot turn over the Philippine Isl
ands to tho Philippine people, because
thoro Is no Philippine people, but only
a medley of different races and tribes. If
you foroed them under Tagalog sway,
and made Agulnaldo head of the govern
ment rebellion and anarchy would fol
low Immediately upon the departure of
your Army and Navy.
Do I hear complaints that the work
of pacification is slow and tedious? Still,
we will not bo quitters. And, indeed,
the progress made since last November
has been not only encouraging, but great
ly beyond expectation. Then we held a
strip of country north and south of
Manila less than 50 'miles long and a
few miles wide, and nothing else what
ever of the 40,000 square miles' of the Isl
and of Luzon; and, of the numerous Isl
ands of the rest of the archipelago, we
held, apart from the Island of Negrcs,
nothing but four or five towns, which
covered at most a few square miles.
But now the whole of the great Island
of Luzon north of Manila, excepting two
Tagalog provinces, Is pacified; Romblon,
Masbate, Negros, Cebu, Bohol and other
Viaayan Islands are quiet under tho
American flag, and the vast Island of
Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago are
held in security by the agreements we
have made with their chieftains. The
work of pacification has gone on much
mora rapidly than I had anticipated
when I visited these. Islands about a
year ago. And when you have re-elected
President McKlnley, as yon will re-elect
him In November. General MacArthur,
who. has already done so brilliantly, will
mako still more, rapid progress. The
Philippine Insurgents, who are fed on
the most outrageous lies, are kept active
by assertions that Mr. Bryan is their
friend, and they drink Mr, Bryan's health
with that of Agulnaldo. If you bury Mr.
Bryan by your votes General MacArthur
will, . I believe, soon coffin the remains of
tho Tagalog Insurrection. But whether a
shorter or longer time be necessary, the
establishment bf American supremacy in
the Philippine Islands Is imperative and
unavoidable. The Nation cannot escape
obligations imposed upon It by its own
sense of honor and duty, the law of na
tions, and the Interest and welfare of the
Philippine people.
TElf TYPICAL BRYANISMS.
Who Con Read Them and Maintain
We Are n. Frivolous People T
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Few political contests have been so
rich In anneals to the Yankee nation's
sense of humor 'as that now In progress.
Consider what a series of gigantic jokei
the Democratic leaders have sprung upon
the public For instance;
Mr. Bryan explaining that he rounded
up votes for tho Paris trenty to "end
the war" six months after the war was
over.
Those "photographs" of Mr. Bryan In
patched overalls and broken suspenders
huskiny his corn and feeding his cattle
on his "farm" of seven suburban house
lots.
Ben Tillman before the Kansas City
convention solemnly mouthing tho Dem
ocratic platform's sonorous phrases about
"consent of the governed" and "Intimi
dation at home" tho samo Ben Tillman
who stood up In tho Senate and said:
"Wo stuffed ballot boxes. We shot them.
We are not ashamed of It"
Mr. Bryan eloquently declaiming to
members of his notification committee
from Mississippi. Louisiana, South Ojro
Una, and North Carolina about giving
brown men in Luzon their "rights"
taken from black men by his hearers.
Richard Crokctr owllshly suggesting that
the coinage ratio be "changed every four
yeafs." And Richard Croker declaring
that "the Roman Empire was ruined by
trusts" presumably by ice trusts.
The anti-imperialists picturing William
MoKlnley as "offering an imperial crown
to, the American people." And Boutwell
declaring that our annexation of the Phil
ippines "was the chief cause of tho revo
lution In China."
Ex-Senator Henderson of Missouri de
nouncing his own country for sending
troops to-jjsave Minister Conger's life, and
foreseeing "a new national debt of $1,000,
000,000." caused by an "Inevitable" war
against "Russia and Germany."
George Fred Williams telling the farm
ers of Vermont that our "kings of In
dustry" are about to "Import 20,000,000
Chinese to displace as many American
worklngmen."
Here are 10 outgivings of Bryanite mid
summer madness worthy the pencil of a
Hogarth, a Nast, a Leech, or a GUlam.
And these provocations to laughter thes
Jokes unsurpassed even by the topsy-turvy
genius of Aristophanes are offered to
the public in all sober sadness by the
Democratic party.
We are said to a frivolous people. It
Is false. We are notr If we were, Mr.
Bryan would long ago have been hooted
off the stage and his wailing voice drown
ed in peals of laughter.
Politics and Business.
Ono of tlie most significant features
of recent publishers' announcements is
tho statement of J. B. Lipplncott & Co.,
showing how dependent the book trade
Is upon the elections. "The year should
bo a prosperous one," says the firm,
"providing that the Republican party Is
successful. Otherwlso the booksellers are
sure to cancel many orders." This, In
deed, is the situation In nearly every line
of trado and industry. Everybody ex
pects that the re-election of McKlnley
will mean a continuance of prosperity,
and that the election of Bryan would,
temporarily at least, put an end to the
prevailing good times. Yet it is strange
that with a realization of this any busi
ness men should favor the election of
Bryan. Perhaps many of them are like
tho Southern business men, who will vote
for Bryan from habit and who at the
same time hope for tho election .of Mc
Klnley. The Little Rock correspondent
of the St Louis Globe-Democrat as
serted the other day that nearly every
business man in Little Rock was in this
class, a statement which seems incom
prehensible to ?ane p.eoni? Jjj. the North.
SCOffS AT BRYAN'S BOGY.
By Ambrose Blerce. Editor, IS the New Tork
Journal (Bfyiin orsan).
Those "far-seeing statesmen" who find
a pJeaurc- and see a profit in the fear
of "militarism" ought to derive an un
welcome reassurance from the war In
Luon. For a pretty long time now the
bulk of the dreaded United States Army,
backed by the entire power of the Ad
ministration and having the moral sup
port of a variously estimated fraction of
public opinion In this country, haa been
trying to "overthrow the liberties" of an
Inc(uis!drate. half-armed, Ill-fed. money
less and badly commanded rabble of
seml-avages In that 'ungoverned Isle
without visible result Our soldiers- hola
the ground that they stand on, as they
did at the beginning. Their commander
has now, as their other commander had
a year ago, "the situation well In hand,"
but now, as then, the enemy Is obtuse
enough to regard that as a merely aca
demic advantage, and the war goes mer
rily on. If the United States Army can
not subdue the Tagalogs of Luzon, no
greater In number than the population of
any one of several of our cities, what
chance would it have against such large
and powerful American tribes as the
Webfeet Wolverines, -the Hawkeyes,
Puke3, Hooslers, Buckeyes, Suckers,
Whalebacks, Tarheels, Crackers, Coons
and Smugwumps?
Far be It from me to disparage the
valor and prowess of the United States
soldier. He Is doing the best he knows,
and he knows as much as anybody In
the butcher business. If within a circle
of a thousand miles' radius from Manila
there were not a civilian In authority over
him or In favor at Washington; If the
one hundred and eightieth meridian were
a dead-line to commissioners, statesmen
and all peace chiefs of high and low de
gree; if the Government would stop
making war with one hand and overtures
with the other, he would do a good deal
better. Only a fool or a politician would
expect him to work at his trade efficient
ly while under supervision and restraint
frpm the headquarters of the Peace So
ciety and the conning tower of a Quaker
meeting-house. It is to bo hoped that
tho civil power may some day acquire
(by inspiration from heaven) the Intelli
gence to withhold the seeds of peace un
til tho military power shall have pre
pared the soil. Pummellng and promis
ing are a fool combination; like affairs of
the heart, they should be, not slmulta-
neous, but successive, and In the order
named. The sword wreathed with a spray
of olive Is an arm of Imprecision.
But even If unhampered with political
impedimenta our army in the Philippines
would be pathetically Inadequate to Its
task. At the outbreak of the war, while
the Administration was trying to unite
its divided mind upon a number some
where between the 5000 of its choice and
the 13,000 favored by Its military con
science. General Corbln, by Impertinent
clamor for 100,000, added something to
the gayety of the situation. I fancy Its
renewal today will eveke a leas unsympa
thetic note. That Is about tho number
now required one hundred thousand sol
diers and suppression of the palavering
civilian.
The truth Is that the power of an army
operating In a hostile theater of war
against a determined but flexible opposi
tion an opposition that knows when to
give way 13 greatly overrated. If fairly
well armed "embattled farmers" and
peasants are no mean antagonists' for the
"whiskered pandour and the fierce hus
sar" of a regular "establishment" A
chief advantage of such a force Is its en
tire innocence of "valor." It has no mili
tary traditions to maintain, no care for
"glory," no "chivalry," no shame In seek
ing and keeping cover, no reluctance In
taking to Its heels when hard pushed, no
"pomp and circumstance," no nonsense.
It Is altogether practical, devoid of scru
ple and concerned to do what is expe
dient It fights as wild beasts fight, or as
hunters fight wild beasts without
thought of personal dignity, without love
of the sport Just a cold-blooded diligence
In killing and a cowardly cunning In get
ting away. It Is such a force that the
foolhardy British have encountered, or
tried to encounter. In South Africa, That
which the heroic American has been
vainly endeavoring to get himself "up
against" In Luzon Is much the same. If
the Confederates of our Civil War had
practiced the same strategy and tactics
with the same cowardly Intelligence they
would have won the war and desp'aed
themsolves over after.
To a country like this an army of
100.000 men Is nothing. Recalled from the
Orient to seat a Presidential usurper and
landing at San Francisco, It would never
reach the Missouri River. Dispatched
from some contral point to prevent the
people from arming nnd drilling bah! the
thought Is too absurd.
Count the counties fn the United States
and see how many men it could spare
to occupy each. Number the towns big
enough to have gun stores and see how
many soldiers would be required to keep
tho people from arming though virtual
ly they are armed already
How many Iron works and machl
shops would have to be seized to keep
the American people from making can
non? And what would the state militia be
dding?
One hundred thousand men a peril to
this Republic! They could not hold the
City of New York. To our 75,000,000 peo
ple an army of 1,000,000 men not having
the 'gift of ubiquity would be- a play
thing. Fancy one soldier trying to subdue an
American township of 75 inhabitants of
Whom every second man owns a fire
arm and knows how to uso It! And to
give in miniature the conditions that
would obtain with an army of 100.000, as
you cannot divide your soldier you may
multiply your inhabitants to 750! Gen
tlemen, gentlemen, you make me un
speakably weary.
True Greatness.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The wisest man I ever knew
Had neither wealth nor fame;
Few people In this husy world
Have ever heard his name;
He never wrote a book nor led
An army In the- fray.
Nor asked men for their votes nor mourned
Because thoy said him nay.
He may have known his Bible and
His Shakespearo through and through
If eo he never tried to let
Tho world know what he knew;
He tolled, and Fortune sweetly smiled.-
And still ho tolled away.
And stopped to rest and found himself
A millionaire ono day.
This was the greatest, wisest man
I ever knew, because,
Althbugh he never wrote a book
Nor won the world's applause.
He took his million and withdrew
From all the rush and roar,
Instead of starting in anew'
Tv win a million more.
SOr& AND COMMENT
The negro
chicken?"
question "Who BaidS
Hobson's. mouth Is always getting him
Into trouble. In one way or another.
The joke, of appointing Mr. Wells-to tho
Senato from Utah will probably not prove
a very practical one.
There has been a massacre at a Rus
sian town, the name of which was evl-
dently addled in transmission
The cotton-raisers of the South haver
120.000,000 to spare this year. Of course,
they are thanking Bryan for it.
Chairman Jones Is not going to make
any more political predictions. He prob
ably he fears the effect of the one he
would be obliged to make this year.
A rich man may not be able to get
Into tho kingdom of heaven, but 1CX ho
happens to be a ship-owner he can afford,
to hire a sailor or two once In a while.
In the course of the terrible march off
the Irish Fusiliers from Dundee to Lady
smith the men were much fatigued, owing:
to the rough Journey.
One man In particular sumbled alone
as If walking In his sleep. An officer
passed.
"Sir," said Michael, "what country i
this we're marching over?"
"The Natal tableland, my man," was
the reply.
"Bedad. sir," said Michael, "I think tfhs
table's turned upside down, and wer
walking over the legs of It!"
Th following unique legal paper was
recently filed In a Kansas court:
"E. L. Warner, of Lawful age. Belnff
duley sworn on oath depothes and says
That One John McKIbbon did on or
about the 4th day of February A. D. 1SS3
did then and their In the County and
State Foresead did Willfully Mallslously
and Unlawfully defaln and Liable the?
send -affiant E. L. Warner In that seadl
affiant had stolen Oats from tho sead
John McKlbbon on or about the 1th day
of January A. D. 1SSS Contrary to Statute
In like Cases Made and provided."
They ay I'm not consistent, that they easily
can count
A dozen lsaus that I've held In past years
paramount;
They say I rought protection till 1 nearly put
It out
And promised what great big reforms fre
trade would bring about;.
They snr I said that silver (If It went alonir
with me)
Would save from darkness and despair this
country of the free;
And now they say I've dropped all that, and
talk to beat the band
Against the growing tendency that's In usto
expand.
I'll not deny I've swapped around on Issues
paramount.
But Inconsistency I'll not plead guilty on that
count.
For, though on different Issues my great pow
ers I have spent,
I've always been consistently agin theGovera-
ment.
Two Unfulfilled Predictions.
New York Times.
Colonel W. J. Bryan, In his own book;
on "The First Battle." -quotes with as
sumed approval his remirks made at Bal
timore on September 10, 1SD6, when ha
said:
If wo win this fight now, reform will begirt
at once; It we are defeated In this campaign,
there Is nothing before the people but four
years more of harder times and greater agita
tion, and then the victory will come. Qur op-
ponents say they want to restore confidence,
but the Republican party ennnot restore pros
perity in this country so long as that pros
perity Is doled out to us by foreigners who
profit by our distress.
Mr Bryan was mistaken about soma
of tho things he then spoke of. Prosper
ity has come, although he still disputes Ita
arrival, and confidence has Insisted upon
reasserting Itself In a degree that was
lacking before his defeat In 1S96 was as
sured. The orator has changed his sons
a little, but he has not changed his mind..
He Is still of the disposition that led him
to assert at Minneapolis, In the same
campaign, and as ho himself quotes:
The sold standard means dearer moneyj
dearer money means cheaper property: cheaper
property means harder times; harder times
means more people out of work; more peopla
out of work means more poople destitute: moie
people destitute means more people desperat;
more people desperate meani more crlmo.
Mark the confusion of the false proph
et! Money Is not dearer In Minnesota
than It was when Bryan 3poke these
words, but cheaper. Times are not hard
er. There are fewer people out of work:
than In 1S96. There are fewer peoplo
destitute, fewer desperate, and. If Mr
Bryan's logic Is good for anything re
versed, there must have been a decrease
of crime w'th the adoption of the gold
standard and the prosperity that has
persisted In following the right settle
ment of that question.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGUAPHERS
Husband I see they're advertising bargains
In ratent medicines at Kutt & Price's druar
store. Wire Isn't that too aggravating? There
Isn't a thing the matter with any of us.
Philadelphia Record.
Compensation Cleverton I find nowadays
that U a man wants to marry a strl, he has
to work till he rets her. Dashaway But If
It's the rlsht girl he doesn't havo to work
afterwards. Brooklyn Life.
Obliging. First Traveler Can wo have beda
here tonight? Obliging Hostcs- Oh, yes, sir.
First Traveler Have you er any er Insects
In this house' Obliging Hostess No, sir. But
we can get you some! Punch.
Mother wliy. children, what's all this nolaa
about? LtttI Freddy We've had gran'pa. and
Uncle Henry locked In the cupboard for an
hour, an' when they get a little angrier I'm
going to play going Into the lions' cage. Tlt
Blts. Not for Him. "I have never done much to
ward pushlns my discoveries before tho pub
lic," said the -professor. "I am content to
know that when society needs them they will
be available." "But think of fam!" she ex
claimed, admiringly. "Think of having your
namo on every one's lips: of having your pic
ture in all, the newspapers!" "My dear mad
am." he answered, with a shado of, severity,
"I am neither a. Jockey nor a prizefighter.''-
"Washington Star. ,
"Job'a Comforters.'
Baltimore American.
One said: "I'll wear a pleasant smile
No matter what Is wrong.
I'll give my fellow men a look
Of gladness alt day long."
And so he smiled In kindest way.
And people murmured that
His mind was weak, and that he grinnoA
"Just like a, Chessy cat."
One raid: "Wherever I may ba
I'll raise a happy song.
That weak and feeble souls may feel
Uplifted and made strong."
He sang, and all the neighborhood
Said: "If you want to bawl
1 Like that, why don't you hustle out
And try to hlra a hall?"
One said: "Tho world Is full of woe, ,
Our toll with care is blent.
I'll cheer the workers on with kind
Words of encouragement."
And so he spoke In accents mild
Some- words of weight and worth.
And fcr his thoughtfulness was asked
To please get off the earth.
And that was right- 'TIs not the amllt,
The song, nor yet the shout,
That docs as much as doe3 the man
Who tries to help u out; , ,
"Who pitches In and gives a lift.
And does not stand afar
And tell us, what we know ourselves.
How aad our fortunes axe.