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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1900)
s THE UGBmSQ OBEteOlg&y, SATURDAY, SEBTEMBEH 29, 1900. &s regamim Entered at the Postofflce at Portland, Ofecon, es second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.,.. lttO Business Office... .COT REVISED PrBSCaiPTION HATES. Br SkCttU (postage prepaid). In Advancr Oally. -with Sunday, per month...... f0 85 aJly, Sunday excepted, per year...., X 03 . with fcunday. per year 9 00 The Weekly, per ycarT.'.V..""!"!-...-! 1 00 j To City subscribers JJaily, perveek, delivered. Sundays excepted.llc Oally, per week, delivered. Sundays lncluded.20c POSTAGE HATES. Jjnttea States, Caaada ana Mexico: 10 to 16-poE pajer lc 10 to 82-pass paper , .,2e "foreign rates double. 5? eww or dlTcusslon Intended for publication In Th Oreeonlan should be addressed Invariably "Editor The Oreconlan," not to the name- of any Individual. Letters ferailng to adertlslcs, mibscrlptlans or to any buslne-o matter shouli be addressed simply "The Orrgonlan." The Oresronlan does not buy poema or xlorle Srom Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solicita tion. .No stamps should be Inclosed for thU purposa. Pat Sound Bureau-Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Paclac avenue. Tacoma. Box 035. Tacoma Postofllce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune iulld Ine, New Tort City; 'The P.ookery." Chicago; S' BeckJth special ajjency. New York. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. .40 Market street, near the Palace Hotel, and at Goldsmith Bron.. 23ff Butter street. For ale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co , -17 Dearborn street. TODAT3 TraATKER Fair; winds mostly j Aiortneny, PQItTLAAD, SATVJtDAY. SEPT. 10. CHAHITY BEGIXS AT HOME. We are all interested In the welfare of Agulnaldo and Agoncillo and Mablnl and Paterno, and the rest. Any favors shown them consistent with, their atti tude of revolt against our sovereignty there and consistent with the mainte nance of good government will be ap preciated in this country. But there are also a few things of concern nearer at hand. The Oregon and Washington farmer wants to get his wheat to market as profitably as possible. He wants the Columbia PJver improved, .he wants the lucrative Asiatic trade in flour ad vanced by every possible means, he wants a moderate tariff on his wool, hops and fruit, he wants the same sound-money standard in Portland as in Liverpool.. Oregon and "Washington have a great many mining districts they want de veloped. The essential thine: now is for Eastern capital, sow -about ready to pour in here In streams for mining in vestment, to be encouraged and not scared out. Thousands, probably millions, of acreB of tireher lands in Oregon and "Washington have been bought by East ern capital that is waiting to see how this election turns out before it puts money into sawmills and railroads. The essential thinq: is to encourage this capital if we can, and not scare it out Shippers and brokers, jobbers and ex porters, flour mills and lumber plants, breweries and cracker factories, feed and produce men, railroads and steam ship lines, loggers and mechanics, want more trans-Pacific activity hi Ameri can hands instead of less. They want an American Hong Kong at Manila. they want maintenance of treaty rights in China. They want more opportuni ties and not less to put locomotives into Japan, railroad ties Into Siberia, cracl ers and. beer Into Manila, lumber and flour and cotton into every market in the awakening Orient They don't want Europe- to divide up the Asiatic territory into spheres of influence and build -up walls to keep out American 1 trade. T- every one of the acnierlul Inter ests of Oregon and WnaliiiiRrton IJr anffeiu utanilii reKolntoly onppscd. OU2t "MOItAIi TTTXIS." "Whoever, in pursuit of wort or Plav. has acquired a passing acquaintance with the modus operandi of lawyers1 in the courtroom, is familiar with this sort of remark: "But I don't care any thing about that point It is not im portant The point upon which I do desire to lay Ftress is," etc Now, did an; oody ever hear a lawyer make, this remark concerning a point where he had just landed -upon his adversary with tolling effect? No, nobody ever did. It was something on which the opposition had left him at a decided disadvantage. So he says it is not im portant And that is just what Mr. C. 33. S. Wood does when he says, con cerning the "anti-imperialist" conten tion that the United States has no valid title to the Philippines, -'I take very little interest in the technicalities of our legal title, and a great Interest in the essence of our mdral title." Now, you can't eliminate any feature i of a case by saying with a wave of the hand that it is not Important The court will take cognizance of it if it is in the pleadings, the evidence on it will go to the jury. And in this partic ular case it is a fact that the validity of the United States' title to the Phllr . ippines has been steadfastly assailed by "anti-Imperialism." The contention is one that has lain at the base of the great mass of "anti-imperialist" discus sion. To treat It contemptuously now, as if it had no bearing on the case, is precisely on a par with Senator Tel ler's assertion, made after the aban donment of the Philippines had been shown and admitted by all as impossi ble, for the present at least, "'Nobody, so far as I know, has ever advocated abandonment of the Philippines." If we have no legal title to the Phil ippines, we have no moral title. The only possible ground for candid con sideration of our moral title, that is, our duty there, must be laid in a valid legal title. If "we have no legral title to the Philippines, -vre have ao porrer to deed them to Agruinnldo, to efctaltllxh stable sroveriiiiient there, or to main tain a protectorate. If we have no legal title .to the Phil ippines, every proposal' of Bryan's rel ative to our procedure there is unlawful and without warrant In law, fact or Justice. If we have a valid legal title, then -we can proceed to consider what is best to do. - The questibn Is, What is ourfduty toward these our new possessions? Bryan himself admitted this on one of his perilous excursions into the field of oratorical hypothesis and specula tion. A sovereign nation, he said, can do as it likes, and nobody can stop It The point is, What is best? What is best for us and for the Filipinos? Mr. Wood is fond of emphasizing the moral aspect of the Philippine ques-j tlon, and he does it in the true Bryan jte dialectic form of seeking to throw J upon the opposition the odium of ignor ing the moral aspect. It is -something like the dishonest characterization of Senator Beverldge as animated only by a spirit of greed, in support of which the "anti-Imperialists" take the brief pas sage where he referred to the wealth of the islands, willfully ignoring the high patriotic and moral tone of al most his entire speech. It Is a sound instinct that prompts the "anti-Imperialist" to .appeal to the J moral sense of the American people, for nowhere else could he be on such solid ground. The moral sense of the American people showed itself in 1861 and In 1895. It is safe to appeal to it Of course, the "antl-lmperlallst" has great regard for the people's moral sense now, though he will utterly de spair of It if his peculiar views are re jected In November. He will be wrong and the people will be right The fact is that the moral sense of the American people is just exactly what makes the foolish and Iniquitous proposals of the "antl-imperiallsf s" so sure of rejection. He has a precon ceived notion to which he is stubbornly devoted the people want to do what is right and best for the islands. He wants to see Agulnaldo put in power, whatever the consequences to order and justice they want to see liberty and peace secured to the Innocent Islanders, they want to see our obli gations discharged to the civilization of Luzon, they want to protect the in habitants there who have fallen Into our hands from the anarehy that is bound up with a Tagalog triumph. It is because the Philippines axe ours that we have a duty to them. That duty will be discharged, imperfectly, no doubt hy President McKinley; but it will not be shirked through acceptance of Bryanite proposals. It will not be met by dishonor abroad and ruin at home. STEVENSON FOR "M'KIJfLEY. ' It is a pity that old Mr. Stevenson so persistently refuses to recognize his own negligibility. The activity and volubility of the Democratic party himself in his continuous performance about the country would seem to sug gest to Mr. Stevenson the desirability of reducing to a minimum the chances of discrepancy between himself and the whole thing. But they don't He has barely had time to rest from his labors in rebuking Bryan for stirring up dis content and appealing to class preju dices, and now he rushes precipitately In to accept the Populist nomination. He first boldly defies the Inmates of our asylums and penitentiaries by declar ing unequivocally for "reform," for ""honest and economical expenditures of the public money," and for "wise and efficient legislation looking to the sup pression of trusts." It is true that Mr. Stevenson is too much of a statesman and diplomat to put this In the form of direct assertion. He sagaciously con tents himself with the discreet obser vation that demands such as he has outlined "cannot fall to challenge the attention of all thoughtful men.." Still, we think a fair interpretation of the passage is to consider It a direct and positive indorsement of the position outlined. All those, therefore, who op pose reform, who advocate dishonest and extravagant expenditures of the public money, and unwise and Ineffi cient legislation will please take notice that they have in Adlal a man who will withstand them to their face. Let us pass hastily over Mr. Steven son's novel and startling theory that duty to country is paramount to party considerations, and his malapropos de nunciation of a standing Army in time of peace, which Is sufficiently answered by the fact that the real objection is to a standing Army In time of war, and by Bryan's complaint that the Army I when in the field is guilty of actual bloodshed. His chief offense is in his treatment of the "overshadowing" Phil ippine question. He says In the first place that we are responsible In a measure for the Philippines, and that this imposes new duties upon us. Noth ing could be farther from the thought of anti-imperialism. "We have no title to the Philippines. They are not ours. If we have any responsibility, it is to keep our hides whole. If we have any duty, It is to cut and run. Specifically, however, the Stevenson doctrine is "not to the end of subjugation upon our part, but to that of the full enjoy- 1 ment by them of liberty and the ulti mate establishment of stable govern ment fashioned by their own hands." This Is McKlnleyism of the deepest dye. See the President's letter of ac ceptance: A hlzh and sacred obligation rests upon the Government of the "United States to give pro tection for property and life, civil and religious freedom and wise and unselfish guidance in the paths of peace and prosperity to all the peo ple of the Philippine Islands. . . . "Wo come not as Invaders or conqueror?, hut as friends to protect the natives In their homes, in their employment and In their pergonal nnd religious rights. ... Tho natives of the Islands In both cities and In the rural com munities Fhall he afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the. fullest extent of which they aro capable and subject to the last denree of supervision and control which a careful study of their capacities, and observation of the workings of nathe control shall bt consistent with the maintenance of law. order and loyalty. ... To estab lish a stable covernmenu under civil control," In which the Inhabitants shall participate, giv ing them opportunity to demonstrate how far they are prepared for self-goi ernment If SteVenson really means to vote for McKInley, he should say so like a man. If not, he should not Interrupt and embarrass the Democratic party as, mounted on its trusty automobile, it scurries along trie dusty roads of Otoe County. HE WILIi JfOT BE STAMPEDED. The Democratic campaign managers seem to have deemed the German jAmerlcan voter fair game. They pro ceeded dn the Insulting assumption that an American citizen of German antecedents has less intelligence and more superstition than anybody else, and is therefore afraid of 'ghosts. The hobgoblin of militarism has been danced before the eyes of these German-Americans, and the Bryanites have fancied that they have seen large numbers of them flee In a state of panic Into the Democratic camp: They have. caugnt me lierman, tney minit, or tney say they think, by playing the old threadbare jack-o'-lantern trick at the window of his fears. - Problem: If an army of 60,000 sea soned American soldiers Is unable com pletely to subjugate 100,000, more or less, Ignorant, untrained and poorly 'armed Filipino rebels, how long will it take an Imperial American army of 100,000 soldiers to conquer 80,000,000 American citizens who know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain them? The German-American is a citizen of sense and sobriety. He knows a silver hawk from an "Imperialistic" handsaw. That Is the reason that in 1896 he turned his back on the Democratic party and voted for, sound money. By the same token, he will-be "able to reach his. own conpluslons about "Imperial Ism." When he inquires among his' neighbors,, he Is not able to lay his fingers on any one who will admit that he Is an imperialist; and he -knows that his friends "and acquaintances are not lying when they declare that they do not propose that -the -Republic shall be transformed Into an empire. "Who is an imperialist? "Where can one be found? "Who can smoke out anybody of whom a reasonable suspicion may be entertained that he prefers the de spised purple of Kings to the glorious red, white and blue of the land of the free? So we find that the German-American voter Is not going to be stampeded. He understands the truth as to militarism and imperialism, and, more important still, he knows all about Bryan and Bryanlsm. TOO HIGH A PRICE, That the blood of Mr. Schurz is at "boiling point, and that he will never consent to McKinley's election? may be admitted without argument but the other assertions of his New York speech will not pass so easily. His fan cied arguments' against '"Imperialism" are nothing but reiterations of all the threadbare phrases which "antl-lmnerl-allsm" has contrived and by ' dint of repetition has come to believe in. Nobody knows whether Alaska or Hawaii or Porto Rico or the Philippines willever be admitted to statehood. If statehood is best for them, they will .get it; if not, they will get the form of administration best suited to their needs. The sense bf justice to which Mr. Schurz appeals so confidently may be counted on to prevent oppres sion. Nobody wants to oppress them. We only want them to behave them selves. When the. Gadsden purchase and the Louisiana purchase were made, nobody knew whether they would ever be made into states, and Mr. Schurz gets very close to the line of prevarication when he asserts that It was the National expectation and purpose to confer statehood upon the new acquisitions. The fact is that their populations were not "homogenous,'' but badly mixed aggregations of Spaniards, Indians and half-bre'eds. The fact is that statehood was such a remote contingency that the very same arguments of unsuitabll- lty and Impossibility of assimilation 1 were advanced against their acquisition that are now advanced against the present acquisitions. With all those direful prophecies of National failure j fresh in mind, the attempt to revive them for serious consideration now re- j quires effrontery, to say the lea,st The poor Tagalogs must be good or they will be made good, just as the Sem inoles were. It is not to Mr. Schurz credit that he mixes up freedom and independence as synonymous. One who aspires to su perior conscientiousness should use words honestly. Russia is Independent but not free, and so Is Turkey. On the other hand, Canada and Australia have freedom, but they haven't independ ence. We know what Agulnaldo Is fighting for. He showed It In his or ders for the burning and midnight massacre of Manila. Tq use the sacred word "freedom" in application tofsuch dastardly schemes is to slander the memory of American patriots. Aguln aldo is in rebellion against American sovereignty In Luzon. He must have grounds more relative than that he wants "freedom ,nd independence." He must show cause in misgove'rnment Because we acquired the islands from Spain and he doesn't like the new sov ereignty is not adequate cause for re bellion, as all the world knows. When we have' forfeited through tyranny our right to his allegiance, he can make his stand and maintain It As it ls,vhe planned attack upon us and wholesale murder of Innocents before we had yet had opportunity to put government Into operation. Why not tell the truth? Mr. Schurz hates McKinley. He hates him so cor dially that he Is willing to go great lengths. He is willing to sacrifice all his wife's relations and the prosper ity and well-being of the country, on the altar of Bryanlsm. Others may not hold things in the same proportion. Others may feel that we have obliga tions of financial honor at home and justice to the peaceful Inhabitants of Luzon that Imperatively demand fulfill ment even at the sacrifice of a personal grudge. The country is to be congratulated upon Secretary Hay's recovery from his recent ill health. It is understood in well-informed circles in the East that Mr. Hay has been a very sick man, not only In body, but in brain, and unintentional corroboration of the fact Is afforded in the kind and -thoughtful discoveries of -the yellow journals Chat a disagreement was on between the Secretary and the Presi dent Whatever President McKinley's weaknesses, failure to profit by effi cient help at hand is not among them. When he gets Hay and Root, Long and Gage, Smith and GriggB, Hitchcock and Wilson, at a Cabinet meeting, and they have all brought their wits to bear on a hard problem,- their way out of it is likely to be about as good as any, and President McKinley Is not the man to be blind to good sense or slow in ac cepting it It is probable that a part tf the good counsel followed through this Chinese crisis came from Root, Adee and Hill. But the chief glory Is Hay's, and history will wrrlte him down in capacity and achievement one of our r greatest Secretaries. Diversified agriculture has scored a prosperous year in the Willamette Val ley. Wheat, the extensive product for export of earlier years, did not turn oUt well, as judged by former standards, either in bulk or quality, but the yield of prunes, hops and dairy products has been satisfactory, and the large sur plus meets a stiff market. Prune and hopgrowers are especially fortunate, thp product in both of these staples be ing exceptionally fine, while the weather, for the most "part of the moijth, has been favorable for gather ing these crops, the result being fin ished products in both lines that com mand good prices. Oregon agricultur ists are 'upon this showing to be con gratulatedfirst, in that in an off wheat year they have had something besides wheat to sell, and second, in that they have learned that, to get a good price for prepared products, these must be well grown and intelligently handled. No happy-go-lucky methods wlll do In raising, gathering and cur ing hops or prunes. The old drled-fnrlt era, like the old" country UuUvTrft, htjn t passed way. The market la strong, but the demand Implies that only first class products 'can compete ' for good prices. Testimony, shoeing the univer sal excellence of "the prune and hop product of the "Willamette "Valley this year is conclusive as proving that the slipshod methods of farming which pre vailed in former years have been out dated by Intelligent energyt The wisdom of those who opposed in creasing the membership of the 'Su preme Court Is shown by the fact that the court has gained In tho past year forty-e.lght cases on the work before it. That Is, it has been able to dispose of as many cases as came before It in thlr period and to Teduce the number of waiting cases from 233-to 190. At this rate, it will be but a few years before the court shall have caught up with Its work. The clerical aid allowed by the Legislature proves to have been more than was needed, and more than a third of the Legislative appropriatlor win be coVered back into the treasury t unused. The Oregon Supreme Court is getting along comfortably and credit ably. When the time comes that It cannot keep up with its work, relief may be found In limiting the number of oases appealable to that tribunal. The valuable time of courts Is too frequent ly' taken up' with trifling matters, that might be ruled out of the highest court without injustice to anybody. We have the official census of one Washington city, and It shows a popu lation of 36,848. It is "Spokane. Some time ago there were reports that this prosperous place -would show some thing like 4d",000, and probably more. Somehow the reality did not come up to the expectation. It never does any where, except in Seattle, and there things .are not what they seem. It will doubtless transpire that Spokane Is the third city In Washington, being lower than Tacoma, which It Is said will show something like 39,000.. Seattle, hints that her census" will be 85,000, which is1 some 5000 less than Portland's. In view of the reported facts as to the "salt ing" t of that recount, . Seattle seems to anticipate general "congratulations for her moderation In falling to make the figures 185,000. The United States leads (France, of course; excepted) In Paris exposition awardB. American industry, skill and Ingenuity have only to compete with the world In order to win an apknowl edgment' of their superiority. Not as plodders do Americans excel. They are easily distanced In patient, persistent, cheerful endeavor by the English and the German people; but from the higher levels of Industry, as shown in invent ive genius and mechanical- skill," they readily take first rank in the world of work. "A .harbor," says Harr Wagner, the famous geographer, "is a body of water where ships can an chor." We may be stupefied by Wag ner rhetoric, nonplussed by ,hls gram mar and amazed at his wonderful cartography; and to the sum of talents we must now add the gentle art of in sinuation. Ships cannot anchor -at Se attle or Tacoma,. and Professor Wag npr meant thus easily and softly to break the 'news to a 'waiting world that they have nd harbors. The sufferings, ot ttie stranded jniners at Cape Nome have been greatly in creased within the month, the effect of storms which might have been fore seen, but against which the dwellers in the tent city on an exposed beach were powerless to protect themselves, Since the Government, In the name of human ity, haa undertaken to brlpg out this destitute, shivering, hungry multitude, it may be hoped that the task will be completed without needless delay. ' One thing stands out prominently in all- this controversy over the sailor boardlngrhouse business! If the ship owners and masters and sailors would do their duty and obey the law, there would be no boardlngrhouse abuse. This does not excuse local violation of Jaw, but it shows that the conditions upon which the local abuse depends are by no means local, and that the core of the matter cannot be reached by local regulations The" British bark Semantha, carrying 4000 tons of wheat, crossed out of the Columbia yesterday, bound for Europe. She was in the river but twenty days, and lost but two of her crew while here. These men were replaced at a cost of $60 per man. If Puget Sound can show a better record for any wheat ship that has loaded there this season, details of the case would be interesting. With the single exception of Fargo, N. D., no other 'city in the United States north" of Mason and Dixon's line shows so large an increase in bank clearings this week as Is shown by Portland. This city's Increase, com pared with last year, was 35.2 per cent Seattle . shows a decrease of 20.4 per cent as. compared with last year. It Is bad for the patrons of the public schools to be victimized year af ter year by a schoolbook trust, but It is infinite ly worse ifor the children of the schools to be victims of the Ignorance and stu pidity of schoolbook compilers, aided and abetted in foisting their low-grade (wares upon the pupils by the school authorities of the state. - If Governor Roosevelt will leave Colo rado and come to Oregon, we can as sure him fewer spoiled eggs and more Votes. The World's Currencies. The latest number of Sound Currency, which5 is a' 33-page pamphlet under the title, "Tho Wprld's Currencies," is a very useful compilation of information in re gard to the currency systems of the various countries In the world. Ono fea ture is tho attention given to deposits subject to check as a kind of currency. The deposlt-and-check system, is includ ed along with gold, sliver and bank notes. There is great diversity among the coun tries of the- world in their use of bank deposits, Anglo-Saxon countries being far in advance of all 'Others. Great Britain heads the list in this particular with $62 18 bank deposits per capita; the United States comes" next with 452 12 per capita; the Australasian colonies have S27 S4 pei capita, while Switzerland, -with 512 20 per capita stands just ahead of Canada tlth $11 74. - The inclusion of bank deposits as cur rency, and a proper understanding o their function as such, suggest the rea son why countries like France (where the check-an3,-deposit system has never come jnto general use need and have so much morS of the other kinds .of ur jency coin and? bank notes than .coun tries like England or the United States. Tho figures show that while the United Statv has 15 per capita of this '-'flc posit currency," and Prance haB only $5,50, fho latter country has 586,15 .per capita of the other forms of currency as compared with 125.77 In the United States. The publication is one likely to be very useful for reference, in the currency dis cuslons of the pending campaign. It t can be obtained for 5-cents from the Re form Club, 62 WllUam' Street, New York. LIBEL ON MISSIONARIES. Crafty Chinese la London and His Perversion of Pacts. Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr, Chen, secretary of the Chinese Le gation In London, blames the mission aries for all the troubles in China. He says, in a letter ,to the London Mail, that the Buddhists dislike the introduction of a competing religion, and "feel exactly the same as the people would here if the "Buddhists were to come here and at tempt to supplant Protestants and Cath olics. But what exasperates U3 most," he adds, "Is the Immunity which the so. called converts have from the law. Sup pose a Chinese priest should come to England, and it were known that every burglar and pickpocket, by becoming a Buddhist, would be exempt from arrest. Suppose the Introduction of the new faith should give the criminal classes Hcen36 to plythelr trade, would the Eng lish people submit? Why should we Chines be an exception to the rule?' This sort of slander of tho Christian missionaries in China Is an old story. What is surprising is that a man of Mr. Chen's position should be guilty of such absolute falsehood aa his statement re garding tho alleged "Immunities" of Chineso Christian converts. China, in her treaties with the Western powers, has given tho Christian religion no special privileges whatever. In those treaties China has simply agreed to tolerate Christianity, and has declared that the adherents of that faith shall not bo persecuted on account of their religion. In other words, China by treaty gave Christianity exactly the same status that Buddhism and all other religions 'have here under bur Constitution. That is all. It is true that in many places the Chi nese convert to Christianity, does obtain certain material advantages from his faith. The chief of these is that in the missionary he gains a friend who knows the law of China, and Is not afraid to stand up for the rights of his native co religionists. To understand Just what this means wo must remember that the average Chinese local magistrate's chief occupation Is to squeeze all he can out of the people. When tho average China man is accused of an offense he knows that his acquittal, or the severity of his punishment If convicted, depends simply upon his ability to pay blackmail. The convert, however, has In the missionary a fearless counselor, who Insists that the ' magistrate obey the law, and who cannot be bullied or bribed, and who will, if necessary, appeal against Injustice "through his country's Minister to the Pekin Government, The average Chinese local court Is so utterly corrupt that It Is hard to find in this country a parallel for the situation of tho Christian convert But suppose a country boy, just arrived in Chicago, should be accused of crime under cir cumstances that made his conviction seem certain. Poor, friendless, and alono, his position would be something like that of the average Chinaman In trouble Then suppose that this country boy should discover that one of the greatest lawyers in Chicago stood ready to aid and defend him, without hoping or car ing for fee or reward, but simply because that boy's grandfather had been his friend In need. His situation then would be something like that of the Chinese Christian convert. This is the "Immunity" which Chris tianity often gives its converts in China. This is tha "Immunity" of which Mr. Chen complains. To say that the'Chrls tion missionary "licenses" his converts to commit crime is simply an Infamous He. What he does is simply to stand their friend in need and give them some hope of obtaining Justice under the laws of China, as administered by men of Mr. Chen's class. ' T"ne Boy Who Xearned the Way. , Ann Eartlan in Success. He was very young about 13 this boy who spent most of hla time in the stu dios watching the artists draw and paint and wishing he could do the same. "What kind of pencils do you use?" he said ono day, and they gave him one of the kind. That night he tried to make a figure he had seen one of the artists draw it seemed so -easy. But ho could not do tho same kind, of work. "Perhaps I haven't the right kind of paper," he reasoned. "I will get a pleco tomorrow." Even the right kind of pa per did not help him any. "I need a studio and an easel," was hla next Conclusion. '1 have tho desire; surely all I need now are tho necessary surroundings." " A few years of impatent waiting passed before hd secured the "necessary sur roundings,'" and when he had them all and still found It impossible to draw the truth dawned upon him. "I know now what Is wrong," he cried, throwing down his pencil. "I know noth ing of the principles of art. I must learn them first" He was still young when his name as a great painter was known on two conti nents.' He had learned the "principle." A bit of brown paper and a burnt match would then enable him 'to draw as easllj as all the art essentials. McIClnley In the West. At the Republican National headquar ters, In Clilcago, the impression, based on reports wplch are regarded as trustwor thy, now is that Bryan will lose all the states west of the Mississippi that he car ried In 1896, except Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Recent Indications In Kansas and Nebraska are said to Insure declslvo Republican majorities in both those states. In regard to Indiana, no doubt Is felt as to the success of the Republi can National ticket, but somewhat less confidence is expressed in regard to the state ticket, although Durbin, the Repub lican candidate for Governor, is making a close and effective, If not showy, can vass. One of the Republican Congres sional districts Is also thought to bo in some danger, but the opinion is expressed that the Republicans will at least break even in the Congressional districts. There Is no complaint of Republican apathy In the Hoosler state. "When You're In Home- Salt Lake Tribune. At a recent pink tea given by a lady lr this city, a very dignified young lad: and a Utah batteryman happened to be seated at the same table. The conversation lagged for a moment, and the young lady said: "Tell me, what Is the difference in dress between the women of Manila and those in Honolulu; I understand that iu women in Honolulu wear wrappers." "That is the difference," replied the young volunteer, ''the ladles in Manila don't." In relating tho story tho young man said: "She looked dazed for a moment, then extracting her cambric from some' mysterious recess, she guffawed exten sively." "Militarism In Galveston' Indianapolis Journal. "Aided by Federal Troops" is the cap tion of a Galveston special, which goes on to say that at the reauest of the Democratic Governor the Federal soldiers are patroling the city, preventing lawless ness. At the same time little dema gogues of tho Columbian orator variety are running about Indiana declaring that tho people's liberties are threatened by the Regular Army. Discredited. Detroit Free Press. Mr. Bryan Insists that we now have tho double standard. What In creation 13 I ho klckinir abpat then7 AMERICA ,!KTH& WORLD. The Outlook. ThQ-crnergence'bf China from her old seclusion Into tho general movement of 'the modern world has been advanced so rapidly by recent events that It has" deep ly Impressed tho imagination of men ot evory race, who are not slow to recognize that It Is a pivotal event In history, and marks the opening of a new era In the development of humanity. There is an other event, however, not yet so clearly recognized, but even more significant ot movement and change; the emergence of the United States from its seclusion into the world-wide movement of modern life. For, in a certain sense, this country has been as much detaohed and Isolated as China. There has been no material wall about our territory; the country has been open to the whole world; thero has been tho freest exchange of books, Ideas, knowledge; Europe has Influenced us deeply and we have Influenced Europe deeply: and yet we have gathered our skirts about us and, sharing the profits of world-wide civilization, have refused to bear its burdens or accept its responsi bilities. This seclusion was necessary for our growth as a Nation; for we have not been a Nation until within the last two dec ades. It was necessary for the settle ment pf a new continent, the organiza tion of a new society, and the clear and definite realization by the people at large of the principles, for which we stand and the deep and vital tendencies which, in a true sense, are making our destiny. For destiny 13 not, as some critics of recent movements have tried to make us believe, a passive acceptance f external condi tions as the determining elements In na tional life: It Is the shaping of events and tho setting In motion of tidal Influ ences by the working out of racial charac ter. The only "manifest destiny" for the American people Is to be found in the energy, tho inventiveness, the faith in man, and the confidence in his ability to better his condition, which lie deep in the character of the American people. We have passed Into an era of expansion, not becauso we have been driven on by blind fate, but because we have been driven en hy an Inward force the force which has made men of our race discov erers, explorers, settlers, organizers, leaders, administrators, reformers and ar tists for many centuries. The victory at Manila was not a cause; It was an occa sion. It did not abruptly and blindly open a new chapter In our history: it threw a sudden light on a situation for which we had been long preparing, but which we had not clearly recognized. Nations, like men, depend on events for opportu nities of showing what is In them; but events are of importance, not for what they create, but for what they reveal. Our seclusion on this side of the globe and our long absorption In our own af fairs furnished the conditions which our education as a Nation required; but that process has now ended: wo shall not cease to learn, but we have entered a higher school. Our period of apprentice ship Is over; we are now called upon to show of what stuff wo are made, and how far we have mastered the science of government of social order, and of national development There Is now a clear alternative before us either we must take up our share of the responsi bilities of keeping the modern world In order or we must cease to profit by what other nations are doing in this direction. We cannot honorably any longer take the profits and refuse to pay our share of the expenses. We must either call our ships home, refuse to permit American capital and American energy to assist in the de velopment of undeveloped countries, send for our missionaries and close our churches and schools In seml-civllized or barbarous countries, refuse to allow our books to be translated into Chinese, and rigidly limit ourselves to our own terri tory In trade, religion, science, art, edu cation and philanthropy; or we must ac cept our share of the responsibility of living in the world and doaling freely with the race In the great fellowship of humanity. To take our share of the work of the world and bear our share of Its burdens will Involve dangers and entail expense; but when did a decent man or a respecta ble people ever settle a question of duty by a nice calculation of expense, or de cide the question of accepting a new re sponsibility by a consideration of the risks involved? Brave men do not bar ter with duty nor trado with responslbli tics. Thi3 country has a work to do in the modern world which it cannot escape, and ought to rejoice in accepting as its service to humanity. The perils which may face It through greater Intimacy with tho older nations are small com pared with the perils of detachment and isolation, which have been steadily grow ing during the last two decades. Nothing could be moro disastrous for the higher civilization of this country in the long run than the feeling that wo have no common cause with the older nations; that we are committed to permanent an tagonism to the other people who make up our race: that the history of the past has no lessons in government or finance tor us to learn; that we are powerful 'enough to set the laws of trade at de fiance; that we can, of our will, make all things new. This provincial feeling, this fostering of old antagonisms which can survive only in a soil 6f Ignorance, this self-sufficient exploitation of our achievements and character, this rank growth of a feeling of superiority to other peoples, this continual declamation about liberty while the country is stained from end to end with lawlessness these aro signs of the partial development, tho un healthy egotism, the Indifference to larger relationships, which grow readily in Isola tion and detachment Wo are members of the great family of nations, to all of which we are deeply indebted for knowledge, truth, political experience and service of many kinds; we have been more fortunato in our condi tions than many of these older peoples, but we are not a whit better; and we have still much to do before we can claim equality with them In magnitude and quality of service to the spiritual de velopment of the race. We need their help and they need ours. We are com manded by -our opportunities which are tho voice of God to take up new bur dens and enter upon a newer and a greater life. Those who hold back and cry put that the "ways of the fathers" are being forsaken see neither their own time nor the times of tho fathers. The fathers saw the open door in their own day and passed through It, breaking with the, past as they did so and facing all manner of peril and Incurring every kind of cost They were accused by good and well-meaning contemporaries of being revolutionists and demagogues "popular demagogues," wrote one of the critics ot the men In Massachusetts who urged In dependence on the American colonies, "always call themselves 'the people'; . . he that would excite a rebellion, what ever professions of philanthropy he may make when ho is Insinuating and worm ing himself Into the good graces of tho people, is at heart as great a tyrant a3 ever wielded. the Iron rod of oppression." The fathers who gave the Ameilcan stato'a chance to be did not 3top be causo of perils and costs, and their chil dren cannot afford to be less brave. The fathers were not seeking for power and self-aggrandizement; their children are not "Imperialists," bent on conquest and slaughter. They recognize that a new age has dawned, and, in the American spirit and in absolute loyalty to American principles, they propose to meet Its duties and' responsibilities with the courage ot those who believe that America ought to live with the world and not remain dhut up in her own private grounds, however spacious; that she has before her a great opportunity for which she has been pre paring herself, and that her supremo sin now would be the "unltt Uwnp and the ungtrt loin," NOrE AND COMMENT. " Straw votes are usually chaff. Chicago cannot make light of dollar gas. , Seattle was not indicted on the second count It la up to the dog3 to protest against taxation without representation. Half the world's a stage, and the other half in the stage hold-up business. .The Winning of tho West" it seems la a Job Mr. Roosevelt will have to taciioi again. Some merchants hold that a tax ombusHk lness and attacks on business Is all' tha same thing. The blanket ordinance has had the ef fect of warming up the people over Whora, if wa3 thrown. Cleveland Is apparently doing the think ing for his party. He certainly is not do ing any of the talking. The campaigner now comes fonh Ana talks an awful lot; And while his own side cheers and cheers Th other side seta hot. This Isn't such a hard world after all. We had only one circus this year, but there were three rings to it Harr Wagner's "Washington Geogra phy" ought to take a foremost placa among works of humorous fiction. Nothlnr but leaves, nothlnjr but leaves. Piled up where the cold winds blew "era, And what a lot o' fun It Is To kick and shuffle through 'em. Comes now the hobo from the green, fields and running brooks, where he haa been listening to Nature's teachings, and demands everything to be found in tho city but work. He Is a gentleman of rich, imagination, tha hobo, and can harrow up the sympathetic soul of the house wife with hard-luck stories that would make the early chapters of "To Hava and to Hold" read like a chronicle oC deep and perfect peace. But he Is a hum bug. What he wants Is pie, all there is lr. the house, and in his endeavors to wheedle It out of his hearers the fear ot something after death never makes hlra shudder and grow sick at heart. Tha police are the people to refer the hobo to. Give him the address ot the police station If he wants It, give him -work 1C he will take It. but never reward his crea tive genius by something to eat Ton may think he is going to drop in hla tracks from hunger and sickness, but ho Isn't The only time he drops In nls trades 13 when ho sees an officer comta? up the beat Frequent communications from the pro lific pen of Taxpayer call attention to the singular omission of a license on office holding from tho otherwise satisfactory blanket ordinance. Of course, it Is not possible that the office-holders will ba content to be left out while all other classes of men are coming so valiantly to the relief of the city. The office-holders made the ordinance, so that it will be a. simple matter for them to amend It and let themselves in on the ground floor. They can even pay more than anyone else If they want to. although, of course. tho public will not feel offended If they grade their taxation according to the im portance of their office. The City Coun cllmen, whoso office Is purely honorary, are. of course, the most important of all. and will probably pay tho highest tax. The' 'dog-catcher can pay -so much on -every dog he catches, which will stimu late him to renewed activity. Let every man who has been raised to public office by the suffrages of his fellow-cttlzens come forward and tax himself. His .will then be a glory which no living office holder ever enjoyed before. "Your democratic "simplicity in soma things and your royal profligacy in others ore most curious to a stranger." remarked a visitor from Australia, while in Wash ington, the other day. "For instance, the President a 'political party spenda millions of dollars to elect Is paid but $".C0Q a year, or SSM.GOO for the entire term to which he !: elected. I under stand popular sentiment against needlesa expenditure of money will not permit that he should have- an increise In salary-. Your simplicity and notions of economy again step in and compel your President to live in a very modest sort of a house, entirely Inadequate to his needs, while tho expenditures In one Presidential elec tion are great enough to build him a mag nificent palace. Many of your private citizens have far finer houses In which, to live than has the ruler of TO.COO.CCO oC people, and the richest Nation In the world. Your Government expenditures in. many other branches, notably in the pen sioning of soldiers, are lavish: your busi ness enterprises are vast, and the com- " forts and even luxuries of life that your workingmen have are without an equal elsewhere in the world. Most things, la fact, aro on a large scale. It is only m expenditures for those things by which; the creatness of a nation Is usually Judged that parsimony is displayed." 1 PLEASANTRIES OP PAltAGRAPHERS Acmo ot Quality. "This la certainly tha great American novoll" "You don't say sol" "Yes. Its view ot Washington hfe could not possibly be more distorted!" Detroit Journal. She If you love me so much why don't you prove It by some act of courage? He Great Scottf! Haven't 1 been hangine around for two hours when you were playlnr golf? Brooklyn Life. Th Situation. Tho Author I wish I had time onoush to writf a good book. Hit Frlenil Why not take it? The Author Can't afford to. I am too busy wrltlnc successful ones. Life. A Sairaclous Backdown. Incensed Voter "What do you mean, sir. by saying- that ?t a day Is enough for a laboring man? Suavo To!- ltlclan Oh. I mean that It la enough for him to spend on trolley rides and tee cream. In- dlanapolls Journal. Old Gentleman Do you moan to say that your teachers never thrash you? Little Boy Never 5 Wc have moral sua Ion at our school. Old Gentleman "What's that? Boy Oh, we get kep In, and stood up la corners, and locked out. and locked In, and made to write one word a. thousand times, and scowled at and' s Jawed at. and that's all. Tlt-Blts. The Candidate's Ways. Atlanta Constitution. Canderdate sayln' All he days, . "" Bo'n a Baptla Methodist raise; Presbyterian, (Cl'ardeway!) ' Episcopalian Lons fo' day I Secon' Advent , (Heahdacalll) p Lots er church. But ho b'lonj ter alii Fr'on ter de whlto man Fr'en' tex de black; Ketch de coon, Fo' he soe his track. "What you gwlne do . "Wld da canderdato wan Bo'n a Baptis' Methodist raise?