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PORTLAND, MOXDAT, OCTOBER 1.
BR.YATVS XiCZOX CAMPAIGN.
William J, Bryan Is doing- everything
In his power to encourage the PillplnoB
to continue their resistance to the au
thority of the United States and to kill
the soldiers of the United States sent
there to uphold that sovereign author
ity. The result is new activity on the
part of the insurgents, and not a few
of our soldiers have been killed or
wounded since Bryan and his party
began their campaign in the United
States to assist Agulnaldo's campaign
in Xitizon. Thus our soldiers are forced
to pay with their blood for this dema
gogic political agitation at home.
It wbuld be difficult to employ terms
too severe for proper characterization
of this course of action. Here is a poli
tician pursuing his ambitions through
traffic in the blood of the American
soldier. Tet for such cold-blooded rec
reancy there can be no punishment but
that which should spring from the In
dignation of the American people, ex
pressed on election day. The Bryan
Aguinaldo alliance, engaged in resist
ance to the sovereignty of the United
States a sovereignty assumed by
treaty of which Bryan himself was an
active supporter and in slaughter of
American soldiers, faithfully upholding
the flag they were sent to defend, will
become more and more an issue till
election day. Then, with defeat- of
Bryan, the Tagal end of the alliance
will also be wiped out.
All testimony from the Philippines
is to the effect that the insurgents are
holding on to their hope of Bryan's
election as their last prop and final
stay, and they are making desperate
efforts against our soldiers in the hope
of thereby assisting Bryan's campaign
at this end of the line. But the effect
may be different from what the allies
suppose.
OUR OWX MODEST WORTH.
It is not amiss, we trust, to call at
tention of our genial critics and loving
friends on Puget Sound to the fact that
in the past decade Portland has more
than held its own. It may not have
as much rustle and bustle and hustle
as some others, but it has more people,
more business, more wealth, and more
sound evidences for healthy expansion.
The loudest voice in the municipal
pond does not necessarily belong to the
biggest bullfrog. The City of Portland
in this year of grace is officially de
clared to have 90,426 people. It had 46,
S85 in 1890. We have not yet been in
formed what Seattle has; therefore we
do not know. "We shall not know when
we are informed. That is one of fhe
djsconc rting perplexities of a census
made by enumerators whose instruc
tions were to see double, count one and
carry ten. But we have intimations
that it will be in the neighborhood of
80,000, and for purposes of comparison
we are willing tentatively to accept
that surprisingly modest figure. "We
cannot refrain, however, from an ex
pression of astonishment that the well
known thJftj an,d foresight of Seattle
did not cause the enumeration to be
reposed in more competent hands. The
gentlemen who manipulate the bank
clearances, for example. But perhaps
they were too busy.
Do we hear a complaint that Port
land's gain Is largely fictitious, inas
much as it has taken in several im
portant suburbs since 1890? "Well, so it
has. But they ought to have been in
side the limits in the first place. At
any Tate, they are an integral part of
Portland now. We have other growing
suburbs that are essentially parts of
this city's life and development, and
perhaps we may take them in before
1910. Portland will be Portland then,
just as Portland is Portland now,
and Portland was Portland ten
years ago. There Is more than
one way to grow, and to show
that you are growing. One is to ex
pand naturally and legitimately, and
in the process of expansion reach oul
and take in your suburbs. Another is
to take -a counting machine and mon
Icey with the multiplication table until
the total is large enough to look well
in print One way is to move your
limits out in .order to keep ip -with your
increasing population. Another is to
have them so Xar out in the first place
that you can never grow to them.
There are some things to which Port
land may justifiably point with pride.
There are some possessions that are not
the trick of fate, the accident of prog
ress, or the triumph of sheer luck.
There are some aspects to its career
that disclose a record of honorable en
deavor, judicious industry and note
nrorthy achievement Portland has
written the greatest part of Northwest
history. It has done things not alone
lor itself. It has always had a consci
entious perception that there were oth
ers. Itias, for example, been the very
backbone of the long fight to open, up
the Columbia Biver for the benefit of
Eastern Washington, as well as Oregon
and Idaho. And, for example again, it
lias shown that it had a cool head, a
sound body and a prudent spirit when
Its neighbors had wandered off Into the
togs of Populism, flat money, free riot
jand rank socialism. If the Northwest
narrowly escaped an International rep
utation, for Insanity, in the trying days
of 1890, let Portland have the credit
that belongs to it Bustle and bustle
and hustle have their dangers and pen
alties. Conservatism mossbackism, if
you please has abundant compensa
tions. So Portland regards In cheerful and
equable temper the strenuous and noisy
efforts of its competitors to surpass it
Has Seattle so many thousand people?
Portland has more. Has Seattle so
much trade? Portland has more. Has
Seattle so few railroads that It needs
thirteen more? Portland has more
than a few. Has Seattle coal and lum
ber? Portland has wheat, oats, hops,
fruit and lumber, and it may Pome day
have coal. Has Seattle hustle and
bustle and rustle? Portland has cour
age and confidence and conservatism
the right kind, we think. If we had
more of the first three qualities, It
would be a good thing for Portland.
If Seattle had more of the last three, it
would be a vastly better thing for Seattle.
BROTHERS IN REFORM.
The pure and patriotic soul of Sen
ator Clark, of Montana, has been
touched by the unholy aims ot commer
cialism in politics, and he is about to
throw himself violently into the Bryan
and Clark campaign. Mr. Clark is not
exactly a Senator, but surely it is not
his fault If his enemies have sought to
question his title to his seat. It Is suf
ficient' attested that Mr. Clark bought
the seat in open competition, and paid
for it like a man. As a martyr to the
cause of honest government, therefore,
his voice is a fitting one to be uplifted
against the commercial spirit in poll
tics. It Is inspiring also to see what other
earnest friends of civic purity and re
form are arrayed against our departure
from ancient principles. Take Hon.
Dick Croker, the most important lieu
tenant in the Bryan cause. It is impos
sible for the average Bepubllcan to
realize how Mr. Croker'B soul revolts
him at the corruption of our politics,
at the slights put upon civil service re
form, at the bossy methods of Mr.
Hanna. He feels the grip of the gold
standard and impel lalism and the Ice
trust on the throats of the poor, and
his sympathetic heart aches for the
tolling masses. Mr. Croker hates Eng
land so much that he couldn't bear to
live there. Hence he resists with all
the earnestness of a good man's convic
tions the effort to commit this country
to the monetary standard and the
cplonial habit of England.
Nearly all the great lights of Bryan
ism have qualities that peculiarly fit
them for custodians of the cause of
truth and liberty. The large sums
Mr. Bryan himself has made the past
four years In defending the candidate
championship belt agalnBt all comers,
and his investments in Government
bonds, enable him to sympathize with
the poor man whose cause he cham
pions and whose votes he craves. Tlll
man's boasted suppression of the black
man's vote in the South qualifies him
peculiarly to resent subordination of
the unruly black in the Philippines and
to champion the sacred doctrine of
"consent." Governor Altgeld, who al
ways writes gold clauses in leasing his
Chicago buildings, is ingood position
to denounce the Iniquity of the gold
standard. Chairman Jones, of the cot-
ton-baling trust, is almost as well
equipped on the trust problem as Mr.
Croker, and Mr. Towne, having been a
Republican for many years, can from
experience testify to the damning ef
fects of the Hamilton Ideals he de
nounces so spiritedly.
If we do not have "consent," it will
not be the fault of Tillman or his shot
guns. If the prosperous and the bond
holders are not brought to grief, it -will
not be for lack of oratory on Mr. Bry
an's part. If bossism is not crushed
or the Ice trust smashed, you can't
blame Croker. If the bane of commer
cialism is not lifted from our politics.
It will not be from lack of effort or
contributions from Clark of Montana.
The disinterested toil of these good
men to purify our politics should not
be lost upon the attention of the vot
ers. And perhaps it won't
OUR OBLIGATIONS.
The press of the country is not al
lowing it to be forgotten that William
J. Bryan was industriously active in
securing ratification of the Treaty of
Paris, whereby we got the Philippine
Islands. That treaty, of which he was
so earnest an advocate, provided for
payment to Spain of the $20,000,000,
which Bryan now calls "purchase of
little yellow men at $2 a head." In
that treaty it was also declared that
"the civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the ter
ritories hereby ceded to the United
States shall be determined by Con
gress." Bryan now declares this "a
monstrous perversion of the Constitu
tion" though it was in the treaty when
he supported it. Again, the treaty con
tains a promise that for a term of ten
years Spanish ships and merchandise
shall be admitted to the Philippine
ports "under the same conditions as
the ships and merchandise 'of the
United States." But how is this obli
gation to be kept, if the Islands are
to be turned over to Aguinaldo? Fur
ther, such Spanish subjects as might
elect to remain In the Philippines are,
by the treaty, to be protected In their
"rights of property, including the right
to sell." They also are to be protected
in the "exercise of-thelr industry, busi
ness or profession." Again, all inhabi
tants are to be secure In the "free ex
ercise of their religion." Now, that
treaty is the highest authority of law
in regard to cur National obligations
toward the Philippines. But, under the
Bryan programme, what would become
of the obligations of that treaty?
Finally, let it not be forgotten that
Bryan himself was a special advocate
of the treaty which he now proposes
shall "be repudiated.
The Chinese Imperial Government's
edict degrading Prince Tuan and three
other Princes, and providing for their
trial before an Imperial Court, is all
that could be reasonably expected.
The Chinese Government Is willing to
impeach and try by Imperial Couft the
worst offenders, but, of course, the pun
ishment of Prince Tuan will have to be
confined to exclusion from office, and
Influence, for to go further would Ir
reparably damage his son, the heir
apparent, in the eyes of the Chinese.
To surrender Prince Tuan in advance
of negotiations, for trial and punish
ment by a foreign court, would expose
him to Intolerable degradation, and
would give the Imperial Government
of. China no chance to "save its face"
before its people. Of course, the sur
render of the Empress Hegent was out
of the question, for all the friendly
Viceroys are firmly opposed 'to her
degradation, though they might be
willing to see her deprived of active
power through the Emperor's resump
tion of authority. The Empress was
originally opposed to the Boxers, but
was won over to believe in them by
Prince Tuan. The Emperor and Prince
Ching were utterly opposed to the anti
foreign policy, and finally the Empress
saw that she had made a mistake, and
strove to retrace her steps.
WHATTHE 8QTJTH ASK3.
Trenchant discussion of the burning
issues of the day goes on apace in the
Southern press. Remarkable exhibits
of prosperity under the gold standard
are being made up by the able and
enterprising journakrof that whole sec
tion. The cotton Industry has grown
far more rapidly than at the North,
in the year ended August 31, last the
Northern mills purchased 2,068,000 bale3,
against 2,027,000 In 1891, while the tak
ings of the Southern mills '-were 1,597,
000, against 604,000 in 1891. This would
seem to indicate that Northern con
sumption remained stationary, as com
pared with ten years ago, while -Southern
consumption In the same period
much more than doubled. But, great as
has been the increase in the South!, the
growth of the near future will be even
more rapid. Last year 800,000 new epin
dles were put in operation in the South,
and 1,418,000 additional spindles are in
course of erection. This means that
within a year the South will have in
operation 29 per cent more spindles
than it now has, and 55 per cent more
than it had a year ago.
The logic of 'this situation is, of
course, that the South will vote for
Bryan and Stevenson and a change.
On the issue of expansion, Southern
opinion is equally sound and vigorous.
The Atlanta Constitution says that "the
South realizes that the retention of the
Philippines will make for her profit
probably more than for any other sec-,
tlon of the country," and the Nashville
American declares that "the thinking
people of the South know Mr. Bryan's
'imperialism' Is a phrase to juggle with,
a campaign cry. Intelligent people in
the South want expansion.", The Lou
isville Post's idea Is that "the people
of the South have been benefited great
ly by the revival of prosperity in this
country," and that "the expansion of
commerce in the Hast, the growth of
our political and industrial influence in
the Philippine Islands and that portion
of the world, would be of as much bene
fit to the South as to any section of
the Union." In Tennessee the Chatta
nooga Times rejoices at the recent re
port! of the Philippine Commission, be
cause It reaches "conclusions vindicat
ing and practically, If not literally, re
peating the arguments presented more
than a year ago in these columns," and
declares that "these Oriental pearls be
long to Uncle Sam, and he Is not going
to throw them away; he is too thrifty."
The Richmond Times sees clearly that
as to our situation In the Philippines
"there was nothing for our troops to
do but to defend themselves, and so
long as our flag floats over those Islands
it Is necessary for the Administration
to resist Agulnaldo's pretensions, and
to send armed forces against him and
his insurgent band to subdue them and
make them recognize our authority,"
and the Dallas News boldly affirms that
"what we have done for Louisiana, for
Florida, California and other countries
we are even better able to do for Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippine islands.
The chief blessings to come of annexa
tion will fall In the end to the lucky
lands which are added to this great
Republic" r
We quoted the other day at length
from Southern papers that now, as in
1896, deprecate Bryan's free-silver
heresy and hostile attitude toward
property and order. It Is fair to as
sume that these papers, on the subject
of prosperity under the gold standard,
on expansion and on the menace to
business and order, reflect the senti
ments of their readers.
What kind of a show would Bryan
ism stand in this country if the elec
tion turned, on the issues of the cam
paign? If the country is going to give
the South prosperity, the fruits of ex
pansion and the gold standard, it has
got to do It in spite of all that the
South can do to prevent It. If the poli
cies of the past four years are to be
Indorsed, they must get 224 electoral
votes at the North, while the Demo
crats, if they are to win, are getting
68. The South will thank you to give
it protection, honest money and Asi
atic markets, but It expects you to
knock it down and force them upon
it, while it Is fighting with brass
knuckles and shotguns to keep you
from doing It. How long have we got
to keep this thing up? If the Demo
crats get a few more "solid" states,
the North will have to go unanimous
to elect a President,
The German-American opposes mili
tarism because he knows it is the curse
of Germany. But he favors the gold
standard, which is the financial salva
tion of Germany. The logic of the
Bryan militarism ghost-dancers Is that
tHe average German-American, having
left the old country for his own reasons
and for his own good, is opposed to
every German governmental principle,
and wants to keep them all out of the
United States. The hypothesis does not
square with the facts. The Qerman
American Is against militarism on its
demerits as a bad thing, and favors the
gold standard on its merist as a good
thing. And he is not to be frightened
into voting the Democratic ticket by the
bogus alarm of imperialism, any more
than he can be persuaded to vote for1
ffee silver by the clamorous howl that
the man is better than the dollar.
It is -clear that the Boer Army has
collapsed utterly. There will be organ
ized resistance no more. It .was mad
ness last October that Issued an Insult
ing challenge to the British Empire.
But for their appeal to arms,-the Boers
might have continued effective opposi
tion to Great Britain, compelling modi
fication of all British demands and
maintaining virtual independence. So
the Filipinos, but for their attack 'on
our troops, might have had vantage
ground for appeal to the United States
and to the world, and for action in the
direction of local self-government. But
no great nation, challenged as England
has been in South Africa, or attacked
as the United States has been in the
Philippines, could yield without, admit
ting its -impotence or confessing itself
a poltroon.
The Impulse of American political
morals, is toward the idea that trans
fers of territory should be wjth the
consent of the Inhabitants As a the
ory, sentiment predicates this; as a;
practice, does not follow it Our def-'
erence to political equity Is -nearest the
ideal because no other nation is so
scrupulous as we. But America has
"recognized, and does yet, the alienation
of territory- from one country to an
other. Consent of the governed never
has. had absolute recognition in Ameri
can polity. Our first act as a Nation
was Shameful inisgovernment of 1,000,
000 or more British loyalists without
their consent Since then we have been
governing constantly without consent.
When Jefferson found it expedient to
govern without consent, he did it He
lias been Imitated eyex since. If "con
sent" as a fact has no precedent in
American records, it certainly has no
where,, and consequently the crime- of
annexation of the Philippines must be
established on a new basis. But this
is the only ground of the arraignment
Surely no one will declare our occupa
tion deleterious to the public welfare tor
any other reason.
The-census figures for Pennsylvania,
so far as computed, justify the belief
that .the state has gained fully 1,000,000
Inhabitants in .the past ten years. This
meaps that the present population pi
Pennsylvania, exceeds 6,100.,000 a num
ber greater than the entire-population
of the Republic in Jefferson's Adminis
tration. t is equal to the population
of Belgium, but 'with conditions- of life
far more favorable to human happi
ness than- in that ,congested center of
European industry, and 'greater than
that of Portugal, Holland' or Sweden.
Jt shows a gain In population at the
rate of 100,000 every year, a rate of In
crease that ' Is justly regarded as a
tribute to the industrial enterprise and
generally progressive spirit of' the peo
ple. The coal operators of Pennsylvania
agree to an advance of 10 per cent in
miners' wages. This meets one impor
tant demand of the miners, and it is
right The point now seems to be that
the operators don't want ito "recognize"
the miners' union. In this objection
there is pothing. Labor unions are a
fact a great and Important fact
Other employers recognize them. Why
shouldn't the anthracite coal operators?
For the existence of the miners' union
Is a fact, whether "recognized" by the
purblind operators or not That their
existence is a fact would seem to be
sufficiently attested by closure of the
mines. It would be quite as silly to re
fuse to "recognize" the equator or grav
itation. If any one of the allies of Aguinaldo
at this end, of the line asks you what
right of sovereignty the United States
has In the Phllipplnesrand how it was
obtained, Just refer the inquirer to
William J. Bryan, who Insisted upon
and helped to secure the ratification of
the treaty that gave the United States
the sovereignty which now he is urg
ing the Insurgents to resiBt. Undoubt
edly It-Is the hope of Bryan that some
great disaster will overtake 'our troops
in time to.be available for the Novem
ber election. It 'is. to this end that he
is encouraging the insurgents to In
creasing activity. It Is a repetition on
a small scale of the great "fire in the
rear" against Lincoln In 1864.
If you vote for Bryan and elect him,
you must take him, his party and his
platfdrnf for' all they stand for or sig
nify. You cannot vote for Bryan the
man without voting for Bryan the can
didate, with all that his candidacy Im
plies, including every phase and feat
ure of the platform of 1896, now reaf
firmed. They who denounced Bryan,
therefore, In 1896,. yet now propose to
support him, are unsafe guides. They
have changed. He has not.
Mr. Henry Gannett, the census geog
rapher, regards the development of
manufacturing centers, as represented
by Worcester, Fall River, Hartford,
Lawrence, New Bedford and Somer
vllle, as' the most remarkable show
ing of the twelfth census, indicating as
it does that the United States Is rap
Idly assuming the "status of a manu
facturing Nation,
. In another column appears evidence
of the idea of self-government enter
tained vby Aguinaldo and his cut-throat
gang. It affords sufficient answer to
Mr. Cockran, who said at Chicago Sat
urday night:
China has insulted -aa; insulted our dignity
In the aerson ot our Ambassador. Tho Fili
pinos .never did anythlnc except to aid us op
the field ot battle with their alliance.
As .a settler of family troubles, the
shotgun continues in favor with cer
tain manner of people But it only set
tles half a quarrel. The law has to do
the rest.
"Harr Wagner," remarks the Weston
Leader, "appears to' be a "sort of educa
tional faker." Or a fake educator.
Dry nil on Trusts.
Chicago Record.
He brought the argument home to his
audience by citing the reduction in the
number of traveling salesmen rendered
possible by a union of many manufactur
ing establishments under one manage
ment and drew a picture of the falling
off in local trade that would result there
from, since the railways, the hotels and
the livery stables would have fewer cus
tomers than they would have had If the
full force of salesmen had continued in
business.
It 'Is extraordinary that Mr. Bryan
should have permitted himself to use an'
argument which is Identical with the
claims made years ago against the use
of machinery in trades in which the work
had previously been done wholly by. hand.
2very machine that enabled two men to
do the work formerly done by 12 threw
10 men out of emplqyment In that par
ticular line, but opportunities for employ
ment multiplied, nevertheless.
Among the trusts that came in for Mr.
Bryan's scorn was tho biscuit trust, on
the implied accusation of building up for
Itself .a monopoly from which the public
must necessarily suffer. Inasmuch as
nine-tenths of the women of America can
make their own bread and crackers it
would be a ridiculous proceeding for a
trust to attempt to monopolize the- cook
ing of flour In any shape, and If the
biscuit trust has reduced the cost of its
product to the consumer Its harmfulness
Is difficult to discern.
A Useless Lament,
Boston Herald. Ind.
Some of the newspapers and orators
supporting Bryan neglect no opportunity
to parade the fact that some years ago
President McKlnley tyas an advo'cato to
a certain extent of the silver opinions
Mr. Bryan 13 still advocating, and public
ly reproached President" Cleveland for
what -he'had done in maintaining the gold
standard, accusing him of "dishonoring
silver." Unfortunately, their statements
in this particular are measurably true;
but what of It now? Mr. McKlnley has
got over his delusion and Mr. Bryan has
not MdKinley Is no longer unsound on
this subject'' He has leUrned something."
Ho haS advanced. Bryan has not
learned anything. He lingers and flounders
in the quagmire of his former delusion,
not 'ha-4agl the intellectual .keenness ito
perceive mat no is uie ucyuico m a.u
outworn financial creed. It flatters Bryan
that the least Instructed part of the pop
ulation on financial questions still idolizes
him as their leader. Tt does not recom
mend Mr. Bryan to sensible men to say
that McKlnley once wns smitten with the
silver blindness. It will not serve in this
election, when the people most want to
know what the candidates think now. The
error to which Mr. Bryan still clings will
hurt him more than Mr. McKlnley can
be hurt by all the errors lie has aban
doned. BRYAhPS 'EQUIVOCATIONS,
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Some Illustrations TThtclx Snow ine
MdnfB Mental Processes.
Brooklyn Eagle,
The story is remembered of the .honest
.Irishman who was told by his employer
to give "an equivocal answer" to any
one who called to Inquire for him.
"Is your master in?" the first caller
asked. "Was your grandfather a mon
key?" -was the counter query, which sent
the visitor away in a rage. The servant
informed. his master that "he had given
an equivocal answer'? and told him what
it was. f
Mr. Bryan, was asked, the other day,
"What do you think of Senator Clark's
bribery policy In Montana?" His reply
was, "Do you think It ds becoming "f or
any Republican to ..object to bribery ln
the United States Senate?"
A while ago another voter asked him
for his opinion concerning political con
ditions In North Carolina. His rejoinder
was that "if that man would study
political conditions 'in Sulu he would
not trouble himself about those In North
Carolina or anywhere else near home."
On Wednesday a citlxen ventured to
Inquire of Mr. Bfyan, what be had to
say about Mr. Hanna's statements on
the ratification of the tTeaty, and all
that he obtained Was this: "If Senator
Hoar can stand Mr. Hanna's praiso I
can endure Senator Hanna's blame."
It will thus be seen that Mr. Bryan Is
an expert in what" tho Irishman of the
story thought was "an equivocal an
swer." But It was Shakespeare, we be
lieve, who said: "We must speak by the
card, or equivocation will undo us." And
it is a suggestive fact that equivocation
never -vet made a man "President of the
United States. Discovery of the use Mr.
Bryan makes of his own intellect disin
clines thinking and candid men to Invest
in his Intellect for public uses.
Not a. Year for Side Lines.
Boston Transcript
"The experience of the third party has
confirmed the Impression we "formed and
expressed early in the campaign that
this Is no year for side linos. Our Im
pression was formed on. the experiences
of the Gold Democrats in 1896. That party
nominated a National ticket and put elec
tors in the field in almost every state in
the Union where, there was the slightest
chance that Its vote would rise above the
"scattering." In geographical extent the
Gold Democrat movement was National.
Yet Palmer and Buckner received only
133,424 votes in a total popular vote of
13,923,378. The explanation of the small
results of the Gold Democrat movement
of 1896 is simple. It did not draw more
Gold Democrats to Its support because the
logic of the situation was against it Men
who realized the menace of Bryanlsm also
realized that the short and simple way of
defeating it was to combine In supporting
McKlnley. This lesson v?&s taken to heart
by the Gold Democrats this year and when
they at their conference decided not to
put a ticket in the field the only opportu
nity for a third party which should rlsn
above the "scattering" in the returns dis
appeared. India's Galveston.
After suffering many months from want
of rain India is now getting too much of
it, and Calcutta is in consequence having
a calamity not unlike that of Galveston.
In three days 35 Inches of rain fell, with
the result that the city is Inundated to a
depth of three feet. Houses collapse, peo
ple are drowned and thousands are made
homeless. For miles and miles outside tho
city the country Is similarly flooded, the
aTea of devastation embracing tho habitat
of ma.ny millions. With all this the rain
still continues. India has its ills. To
drouth, famine and flood are added cholera
and the bubonic plague. But its 290,000,000
people are spread over a wide territory,
and while one part suffers the larger part
prospers. The number of people in re
ceipt of famine relief has recently fallen
from over 6,000,000 to under 4,000,000.
Milwaukee and Detroit.
The Cities of Detroit and Milwaukee
have traveled together with singular
closeness for many years. Back in 1850
Detroit had a population of 21,019, and
Milwaukee 20,061, and in 1860 they stood
45,619 for Detroit and 45,248 for Milwaukee,
During the next decade Detroit gained
materially over the Wisconsin town, hav
ing some 8000 more people, but the latter
recovered nearly all the lost ground be
tween 1870 and 1S80. and In 1890 showed
204,486 against 205.S76 for Detroit Now they
stand at 2S5.754 for Detroit and 285,315 for
Milwaukee, or almost exactly as close to
gether In size as in 1860.
Hitting: the Bryan Nail on the Head.
New York Times.
A sane man whopretends to desire tho
permanence of a sound money system In
this country cuts a poor figure in ad
vocating the election of Bryan after It
has been repeatedly demonstrated that
In electing him to the Presidency "the
force and power that lie behind free
silver" will put into his eager hands the
means to abolish the gold and establish
the silver standard. As well point a rifle
at the bosom of a friend and pull the
trigger on the chance that the weapon
may hang flro long enough for him to
dodge the bullet.
Picqnart Restored.
IC is gratifying to learn that Colonel
Plcquart who testified in favor of Dreyfus
and, in fact, caused his recall from Devil's
Island, will be reinstated in the French
Army. The clique of Generals who were
persecuting Dreyfus resented Colonel Plc
quart's efforts to establish his innocence
and removed him from the army. Colonel
Plcquart was punished along with others
for his unselfish devotion to the cause of
justice. His restoration to the army is an
omen, it may be hoped, of a Juster feeling
toward Dreyfus, who still bears the stigma
of the courtmartlal's verdict of guilty.
Ifocnl Issues Are Dangerous.
Boston Herald.
"We notice that Mr. Bryan speaks of
the Tammany ice trust as a. local affair.
That was what General Hancock said of
the tariff when he was running for Presi
dent 1 was one of Jhe blows that killed
him.
In Is&te September.
Bev. Benjamin Copeland In Zlon's Herald.
Crimson and gold, September's houghs pro
claim The approaching Passion of tho waning year;
By sacramental signs, for aye tho same.
Pathetic portents show the end Is near.
The landscape lessens in the shimmering baza;
The songless silence chants the season's
grief;
Too soon Bhall , follow, with the darkening
days.
The fading field flcver and tho falling leaf.
No mr- allures the lovely glado or glon;
A nameless sorrow haunts the lonely shore;
The frosts have-falleh on the hearts of men;
, Tho littlo children seek tho woods no more.
For Nature holds us surely as her own.
In slefcjt and snow, or under skies of blue;
From blrthr to death we share her mirth or
moan -
Forever to bur faithful mother true.
A kindred Impulse stirs our common dust
To look, beyond the "Winter's dearth and .dole,
And And in God. our Life, ouf Strength, our
Trust,
Tho everlasting Summer of the soul
AGUINALDO'S IDEA OF FREEDOM.
On February 15, 1899, a proclamation was
Issued by Agulnaldo's secretary of the In
terior calling on the Filipinos In Manila
and elsewhere to Join pn February 22
(Washington's birthday), in the massacre
of every foreigner. It says; "You will
o dispose that at 8 o'clock at night the
Individuals of the territorial militia at
your orders will be found united in all
the streets of ' San Pedro, armed with
their bolos, revolvers and guns, and am
munition if convenient Filipino families
only will be respected. They should not
"be molested, but all other Individuals of
whatever raco they may be will be ex
terminated without any compassion after
the extermination of the army of occu
pation. The defenders of the Philippines
in your command will attack the guard
at Billbid and liberate prisoners and pre
sldlarios, and having accomplished this
they will be armed, saying to them:
'Brothers, we must avenge ourselves on
tho Americans and exterminate them
that we may take our revenge for the
infamies and treacheries which they have
committed upon us; have no compassion
'upon them; attack with vigor; all Fili
pinos en masse will second you; long live
Filipino Independence.' The order which
will be followed in the attack" will be as
follows: The sharpshooters of Tando,
Santa Ana, will begin the attack from
without and these shots will be the
signal for the militia of Trozo. Binodo,
Quiapo and Sampaloc to go out Into tho
streets and do their duty. Those of Paco,
Ermlta, Malate, Santa Crus- and San
Miguel will not start out until 12 o'clock
unless they see their companions need as
sistance. The mllltla will start out at 3"
o'clock in the morning. If all do their
duty our revenge will be complete."
Contrast the above with President Mc
Klnley's Instruction to the Secretary ot
War and through him to the officers of
our Army and Navy in the Philippines:
"The authority ,of the United States Is to
be exerted for the security of persons and
property of the people of the Islands and
for the confirmation of all their private
rights and relations. It will be the duty
of the commander of the forces to an
nounce and proclaim In the most public
manner that we come not as Invaders or
as conquerors, but as friends, to protect
the natives in their homes, in their em
ployments and. in their personal and re
ligious rights. It should be the earnest
and paramount aim of the military ad
ministration to win the confidence, respect
and affection of the inhabitants of the
Phillpines by assuring to them in every
possible way that full measure of Indi
vidual rights which Is the heritage of
free peoples and by proving to them that
the mission of the United States Is one of
benevolent asslmlliatlon, substituting the
mild sway of Justice and right for arbi
trary rule."
Documents captured will show that
months earlier, even while Aguinaldo was
expressing friendship for and co-operation
with Americans, he was plotting not
only against them, hut was even co
operating with his former enemies, the
Spanish, to drive the Americans from the
islands, and plant "the flags of Spain and
the Philippines side by side." A letter,
dated "Office of the President and Revo
lutionary Government of the Philippines,
Malolos, October 25, 1S9S," and addressed
to General Rios, the Spanish General, at
that time in command at Hollo, was cap
tured by United States officials and for
warded to the President at Washington
and by him forwarded to Congress. Tho
letter Is signed In cipher, but Its date,
"Office of the President," Its entire tone,
and the fact that tho closing letter of
the cipher signature Is that used for
Agulnaldo's first name Emillo renders
Its authorship beyond question, so much
so that Senator Spooner, In presenting it
to the Senate, said that "Here is what
Aguinaldo wrote to General Rios." The
letter says: "I write you. General, espe
cially with, the hope of yet saving from
the shipwreck the sovereignty of Spain
in these islands. ... I am informed
that you are considering sirrendering tho
plaoe to us or to the Americans. Tho
way to make this surrender Is to Join us
and proclaim a confederation of the Fili
pino republic and the Spanish republic
. . . There will be hurrahs for Spain and
tho Philippines united a3 a federal repub
lic. Your troops will pass Into the common
army, you will be promoted to be Lieu-tenant-General,
the Spanish flag In tho
Vlsayas will be supported by us, the
government will pass to our provincial
councils, those who want to go bock to
Spain will be sent back at our expense,
and the flags of Spain and tho Philippines
will float side by side. You will give aa
account of this to Madrid, and especially
to Pi Marfal, and in the meantime wo
shall fight the Americans together."
Still another evidence of the proposed
slaughter of all except Filipinos In Manila
is found In a letter written by Aguinaldo
himself on January 7, 1899, to Senor Le-
gardo, his personal friend, which had
fallen Into the hands of Americans, in
which he says: "I beg you to leave
Manila with your family and come here
to Malolos, but not because I wish to
frighten you but I merely wish to warn
you for your satisfaction, although it is
not the day nor the week." This letter,
it will bo observed, was written more
than a month preceding the date finally
set for the slaughter, February 22, 1899,
showing that it had been contemplated
for weeks perhaps for months.
A still later statement regarding thl3
proposed uprising and slaughter has re
cently fallen into the hands of Govern
ment officials in the Philippines, of which
General MacArthur said In a telegram,
dated May 7, 1900: "Agulnaldo's order
for uprising In Manila contains over 1000
words, mostly detailed Instructions for
street fighting; Involves certain acts ot
treachery use of boiling water from up
per windows by women and children;
assassination of American officers Im
plied." .
This in a connected and complete chain
of evidence. First, that Agulnao, es
tablishing a rebellion during the exist
ence of tho Spanish Government in the
Islands, was bought off by that govern
ment and sent to-Singapore; that, arriv
ing at Hong Kong, after the departure
of the American fleet and the capture of
Manila, he wa3 permitted to return in the
belief that he was friendly to the Ameri
cans and would co-operate with thom;
that he professed to co-operate with thom
during that time, but during the same
period was plotting with the Spanish for
American defeat; that later, after the ab
solute defeat of tho Spanish, he and his
so-called government planned the slaugh
ter of not only all Americans, but all
except Filipinos, and that Anally the be
ginning of hostilities between the Ameri
can troops and those under his control
was deliberately and purposely brought
about by him and his officials.
Disappearing: Apathy.
Detroit Free Press.
A xgreat deal of this "apathy" talk Is
sheer nonsense. It was only day before
yesterday that one of Teddy's Rough
Riders shot & Democratic editor out In
South Dakota, and the campaign is
warming up all along the line.
NOTE AND COMMEiTT. s
And now if it rains a day or two peopl
will think they are abused.
Mr. Cleveland continues to devote hja
energies to the production of a vast' andv
mighty silence.
It's consoling that Jefferson is dead,
else he might be a man without a party
Ilka Cleveland.
It takes a strenuous man like Roose-'
velt to make the Vice-Presidency mora
than an ornament
If Bryan has a full dinner-pail you
may be sure it's not his fault, but if ha
has not, you may be sure It is.
Bryan enlisted in the Army that ho
might find out whether the Army waa
useless or not. He didn't find out
If Bryan wants Aguinaldo to vote for
him ho would better send a justice of tho
peace to Luzon and have the Tagal chief
register.
October come3 in Ilka a timid school
girl, but it will go out like a drunken
sailor. Tho last day of the month la
Halloween.
The Dalles holds the last street carnl
"&1. and after the king and queen of It
abdicate the reign of imperialism In Ore
gon will be over.
Bourke Cockran and Aguinaldo don't
exactly hitch. Bourke wants consent of
the governed and Aguinaldo wants con
sent of Aguinaldo.
Cleveland does not want the American
people to be influenced by hl3 actions.
Thero is no danger of that Few of tho
American people have any time to go
fishing these prosperous times.
Tho population of Lincoln. Neb., has
decreased 27 per cent In the last 10 years.
This Is a sad falling off. How many
peoplo Bryan talked to death and how
many are left to escape mu oratory will
probably never be known.
A little story comes from a seastdo vil
lage in Normandy, where a well-known
man of letters in staying in company
with a young writer of trifles at a some
what primitive hotel. One fine morning
the former addressed the host as followsr
"You would oblige me by making your
charges as low as possible for my young
colleague. He Is not a rich man."
The landlord, delighted with the pres
ence In the house of the man of renown,
promised to have due consideration for
the purse of hfs younger guest But a
few days afterward the famous author
came to him again, saying:
"By the way, don't let my bill be big
ger than that of my young friend. It
would humiliate him; boya Ilka that are
so extremely touchy!"
Different folks wants different things; thera
ain't no way to tell
Just what ole riff-raff lyln' 'round is good
to buy an sell.
Thero's cats, fur Instance, can't do nothln.
'cept me-ouw an' purr,
But there Is people raisin them aa sellln of.
their fur.
An yaller docs, they ain't no nsa, aa' eota
a lot besides.
An' ylt I knew a feller onct that bought an
sold their hides.
But worae'n that. I Just read where, down
'round tho Klamath Lakes
The natives la collectm' aa' dlsposln' ot
tho snakes!
Don't that beat all? A-selltn snakes! Now
who'd a thoucht o that?
They eathor 'em by baskets on very slimy
fiat.
Creepin. crawlm', aqulrmln, hlsshV, ugly
lookln' well
You surely never would o' b'liaved that they
was good to sell.
It ain't no county premium to keep tho xep-
tyles down.
Tho man that buys em packs 'em up, and
ships em out of town;
And ho must need a lot of thom, fer they
do say he takes
Just all they'll brlnff him. Think tt that!
ho act'ly wants them snakes!
It just gits me. Th circuses, thar boy as
awful lot.
But they could never use tho asakss that
that thero feller's sot.
Thoyro little reptyles, llk yoa so 'long
ev'ry country road.
You wouldn't pay a cent to so whero waxOx
as them was showed.
They sure ain't sood to eat; you can't make
leather o their skin.
An' yet that crazy feller keeps collectm at
them In.
I've seen some aueer things ha my thus, hut
land o' goodness sakes!
I can't clt ary notion what & man ahud
want o' snakes.
PliEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS
Real Gratitude. Tramp (to Chappie, who
has given him a shilling) I 'ope as 'ow
some day, sir, you may want a shlllla, an
that I'll bo ablo to Klvo it to yert Punch.
Suggestion. Wife "Wo neod & new set off
chins, dear. This ono is nearly gone. Hus
bandWhy don't you wait until wo get ft
new cook and start even? Harper's Bazar.
A Dangerous Article. Dorothy had never
before seen a dwarf. "Myl" she exclaimed.
In, a scarcely audible whisper, "he must havo
been brought up on condensed milk." Judge.
A Matter of Taste. "Bog pardon," said the
postal clerk who had sold her the stamps,
"but you don't havo to put a five-cent stamp
on a letter for Canada." "I know," said
ahe. "but tho shade Just matches my en
velope, you know." Philadelphia Press.
Very Different. "Laura, you didn't seem
to do much but eat whllo you were at tnat
big Beaalde hotel." "Oh. yea we did. .ma.
Between meals Harry and I talked .about
what we had had to eat and what we were
going to havo to eat." Indianapolis Journal.
What Ha Expected to Do. "Would you take
our darling daughter from us7" tearfully
asked tho mother. "Why er yes," replied
the startled youth. "That was my Idea. I
I really hadn't contemplated taking the
whole family, you know." Chicago Evening:
Post.
.
September Brldea.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
In the month of Juno we wondered
When processions by the hundred"
Up to Hymen's altar marched In glad array.
For all records then were broken
In the number of vows spoken
By tho couples joined In wedlock day by day.
Marriage license clerks were busy.
Oft confused anJ oft made dlzay
By the rush ot lovera waiting for their turn;
Many persons were dcllKhtod,
For tho couples then united
Oft gavo evidence that they had cash to burn.
There was rushing, undiminished
Till the days ot June were finished.
And the honeymooners on their tours had-spedr-
Chen there came a sharp reaction.
Causing much dissatisfaction.
For we feared there were no lovera left to wed.
But the lull was temporary.
For vacations long and merry
Claimed attention that Bly Cupid long had
held; .
Then the darts that hVd been shooting
In tho hearts took deeper rootlns.
And in course of tlmo our fears wero all dis
pelled. With the ending of vacation
Came renewed determination
To get married and then settle down for life
And again we see processions.
Men embracing all professions.
Each with maiden fair who soon win he hla
wife.
Now September's brides we're greeting.
And the sweet vows the're repeating;
E're from Hymen's happy altar they retire
And 'tis hoped for their contentment.
They're atrreed without ,unh. .
As to which shall get up first and atart the)