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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?