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Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscript cent to It without eolitfta "tien. JCo stamps hould be Inclosed for this Purpose. u&& Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 11U Pacinc avenue, Tacomo. Box 053. Taooma Postofflce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune bulla lnc, New Tork City; "The Bookery." Chicago; "" & c- Beckwlth special agency. New Tork. "or 8a'o In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. 74S Market street, near the Palace Hotel, and t Goldsmith Bros.. 2.10 Sutter street. or sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. .. rau-uonj street. TODAY'S "WEATHER-Showers, with south xwjy winds. circumstances of every.,new acquisition. But Mr. Bryan, -when he'.urged ratin cation of the treaty that brought us the Philippine Islands, committed him self to their acquisition, as a policy; and he stultifies himself now by deny ing that we had the right to take them and by declaring that we have no right to keep them. It is a position unlike that ever occupied by any -other pub lic man in our history. Criticism, cen sure, reprobation of ,such method of dealing with a great National and in ternational question, could never be un justly severe. Bryan's invention of "imperialism," as a political bogy, in the face of his own advocacy of the treaty that constitutes the "imperial" act, is the shortest corner yet turned by any man who has aspired to the Presidency of the United States. It is versatility of a kind not admirable In one seeking such a position. ' yORTLAXD, TUESDAY, OGTpBER 2. REMARKABLE VERSATILITY. In all parts, of the country "William 3". Bryan is under severe criticism for lite present position in relation to the Philippine Islands. .No public man ever had graver difficulty to meet than that which he has brought upon himself by denying our right to the Philippines, as an expedient for a political cam paign, after having urged, as Mr. Bryan did, the ratification of the treaty "by which wo received the Islands from Spain. Such Insincerity is believed to be without an example or parallel in our political' history. The. country is ringing with it7 It is the leading feat ure of the campaign. A printed open letter dealing with this unexampled tergiversation has been Issued by "The Young Men's Re publican Club of St. Joseph, Mo." This letter is one of the most forcible dbc uments of the campaign. It is ad dressed directly to Mr. Bryan, and con tains these passages, io-wit: You are now stating that wo have no right to acquire t3rrltory through conquest, yet you urged your friends In the Senate to vote for the ratification of a treaty which gave us title to the Philippines, only by conquest. You re now statlnr that we have no right to ac quire Bovereigi ever a people without their consent, yet . -u urged your friends to vote Jor a treaty which save us sovereignty over a people v itout nsking their consent and who were then in cien rebellion against us. This treaty did not een define the statuB of theso people, but provided that "the civil rights and political status of the native Inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall bo determined by Congress." TTrging a favorable vote on a treaty contain ing these prolslons, and then denying our right to do as you urged us to do. Is certainly jruro Erjancso, and is a species or logic here tofore unknown among honest people. This goes directly to the heart of the subject But Bryan has" attempted to answer or parry the criticism by saying that the reason he favored the treaty was that through ratification of it "we should he in better condition to wage a contest against imperialism than we should have been had the treaty been rejected." The answer to this subter fuge is overwhelming, viz: "Had the treaty been rejected, the bugaboo of "imperialism' would not exist." "We have a right to acquire territory through conquest or purchase, or both, and have repeatedly exercised it Such right is one of the powers of any sov ereign nation. "We have, moreover, the right to govern any territory that may he acquired, through regulations pre scribed by Congress; and we have the right to make states out of such terri tory, or not, as we may think fit. "We are not bound to admit Alaska as a state, and probably never shall. Tve kept Utah out for reason, during" a very long period, and could have kept her out indefinitely, or forever. So we may act in regard to the Philippine Islands. "We may govern them under our familiar territorial system, during all time, if we see fit, without any vio lation whatever of the Constitution. "We never shall create states there un less we think it best to do so. The notion that we are obliged to make states of them, or violate the Constitu tion, is a peculiar absurdity. It was decided by Congress, and ac cepted as the rule of the country; when the Louisiana purchase was effected, that the Constitution was made lor the states, not for territories. "Webster, speaking on this subject, afterwards, said: "There is no such thing as ex tending the Constitution. The Consti tution is extended over the United States and nojLhing -else. It cannot be extended over anything except the old states, and the new states that shall come in hereafter, when they do come in." And Benton, speaking on the same subject, remarked: "History cannot class higher than as a vagary of a dis eased imagination this imputed self acting and self-extension of the Con stitution. The Constitution does noth ing of itself not even in the states for which it was made. Every part of it requires a law to put it Into operation. No part of it can reach a territory un less Imparted to 1t-by act of Congress." And McMaster, author of the great History of the United States, the fifth volume of which has recently come from the press, writes: A review of the history of suffrage In the territories makes it clear that foreign soil ac quired by Conrress is the property of and r.ot a, part Of the United States; that tho terri tories formed from it are without, and not un der, the Constitution, and that in providing them with government Congress is at liberty to establish Just such kind as It pleases, ultli little or no regard for the principles of self government; that In the past It has set up whatever sort vas, in Its opinion, best suited to meet the needs of the people, never stop I lng to ask how far the government so created fieri' cd Its Just powers from the consent of tho governed, and that It is under no obliga tion to grant even a restricted suffrage tfl tho Inhabitants of any soil we may acquire unless they are fit to u-c it proptrlj. These are "unquestioned facts of our history; and our practice in dealing with- territory acquired by the United States has always been in accord with them. In talcing the Philippine Islands, therefore, and governing them under regulations suited to their condition, we do not depart In smallest degree from the principles and the practice we have followed throughout our entire Na tional history. The right exl3ts, and we have always exercised It. Of course the question of policy remains, and is to be considered in connection with the SOURpE OF GERMAN MILITARISM. Bryan's appeal to the Germans for their votes Is not based upon the ruin ous effects of the gold standard, for he has not forgotten how German voters repudiated his rottert-money schemes in. 1896. He does address them, however, on the ' subject of "militarism," and seeks to persuade them that the tempo rary forces we have had to raise for service in the Philippines betokens a military regime here such as is 'main tained in Germanj-. He urges the Ger man, therefore, to vote for Bryan, and thereby escape "militarism" and con scription. The indications are, however, that the appeal is failing, because the Germans know that the conditions which pro duce militarism in Germany do not ex ist and cannot exist here. Germany, from the nature of her geographical po sition, is surrounded by powerful rivals and even enemies. In Caesar's com mentaries the curtain rises on the war between the Teuton and the Gaul, and the conflict, actual or potential, is with us yet France on the west, Russia on the east, Austria-Hungary and Italy on the south, present a continual menace to Germany's peace and Independence. In arms alone lies her self-preserva tion, and in her devotion to both the theory and the practice of arms she has raised herself to the place of the first military power of the globe. The United States is confronted by no such contiguous foes, and cannot be. Such armies as we need are recruited in haste for the emergency, and dis solved when the occasion is past. Our little standing Army is only a police force, and often comes dangerously near being inadequate for the require ments. We are in greater danger to day of trouble through inadequate mil itary force at home and in the Philip pines than from excess. Under our form of government, where the whole Administration and Congress may be overturned at any time by popular vote, it is utter folly to speak of the people being in danger from the growth of the military. The one crisis in our history when a military regime seriously threatened us was the Civil "War. If the South had triumphed, the juxtaposition of two In dependent If not hostile nations would have made extensive military establish ments necessary for each. All that Mr. Bryan's party could do in aid of mili tarism at that time was done. Mr. Bryan has no fear of militarism. But he has fears of being defeated again this year fears that November will doubtless show to have been justi fiable. beaten, by the Arabs of the Soudan. "Wolseley, who never commanded to ex ceed 10,000 men in action in his life, never commanded them against a well armed white foe; he fought Indian half breeds in Manitoba, negroes armed with spears and flintlocks at Coomas sle; he fought Zulus in South Africa. His military fame was very cheap and easily won. It is represented by the Red River campaign against Kiel, the conquest of the negro King Koffee, of Ashantee, the defea't of Arabi Pasha and the march to Khartoum, in which he was outgeneraled by the Mahdi( who held Wolseley's advance back with one hand While he seized Khar toum with the other. "Wolseley was conspicuous for noth ing so much as for his respectful refer ence in his public and private Writings to "General Jackson and Gerteral X.ee," while General Granjt is Insultingly spoken of as "Mr. Grant." "Wolseley was taken to task very sharply, not only by our own General Sherman, but by leading English papers, for his con temptuous and supercilious treatment of the campaigns of our Civil "War as not legitimate or valuable lessons in the modern art of war. The truth is that it was the stupid disregard of the lessons of our American war that was responsi ble for the severe defeats inflicted upon the English troops before Ladysmlth, Modder. River and Magersfontein. It was proved time and again in our American Civil "War that an intrenched line defended by riflemen could not be carried by direct attack unless the at tacking party were composed of picked troops and outnumbered the assaulted at least three to one. It was proved time and again in our. Civil "War that mounted riflemen were the best troops to meet an enemy composed of sharp shooting mounted irregulars. The neg lect of the lessons of our Civil "War by "Wolseley's pets, Buller and Methuen, cost them fearful losses, and had Lord Roberts been equally Insular in his mil itary brains, Buller would be before Ladysmlth today and Lord Roberts would not yet be In Pretoria. obliged1 td pay inore for family sup plies than In. the outside market; and ft) the abolishment of the company doc tors, who are supported by $1 a month taken from every miner's wage. Upon some of these points of difference the public is not qualified to judge, since they refer to a business Bysteht the details of which it, knows little., Upon the company store question, how ever, all may form an intelligent opinion, and in point "of fact all have dorte so. The consensus 6f this opinion is that this Institution is not and can not b,e justified by any system of fair dealing between men and men, and that, in the name of common honesty, the company store should be abolished. The strike settled on any basis that does not include this will not be settled; it will oniy'be temporarily suspended. MINNEAPOLIS LAW' APPROVED. ROBERTS AND WOLSELEY. Lord Roberts of Candahar, the greatest living master of the art of war, will on November 1 succeed Lord "Wolseley as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The fact that Lord Roberts did not succeed to the head of the British Army in 1895, when the superannuated uncle of the Queen, the Duke of Cambridge, was forced to re tire, is proof that in Great Britain the rewards of success, like kissing, are won by favor rather than by merit, and nothing but the unexpected oppor tunitj' of the Boer War has enabled Lord Roberts at 68 years of age to gather all Its laurels and add them to the brilliant wreath of miMtary honors that adorned Ills brow. Lord Roberts entered the English Army in 185L His father was General Abraham Roberts, who served in the first Afghan War; his mother was an Irish woman from Tipperary. Toung Roberts won the Victoria Cross in the Indian Mutiny, winning personal praise from Lord Clyde at the relief of Luck now. In 1S68 he was Quartermaster General of General Robert Napier's Abyssinian expedition; in 1878 he was the hero of the Afghan War, capturing Cabul and then marching with 10,000 men through mountain defiles in Win ter from Cabul to the relief of Canda har, where the English Army was be leaguered by a victorious Afghan army under Ayoub Khan. This victorious campaign and its wonderful march gave Roberts the reputation of being the first executive soldier of. his day. He was made a Baronet in 18S1; suc ceeded Sir Donald Stewart in command of the Indian Army in 1886; was made a peer in 1892, and then a Field Mar shal. Measured by his fame, the length, difficulty, variety and importance of his service, Lord Roberts was easily the first soldier of England In 1895, when Lord Wolseley was appointed to a place that had been filled by Welling ton and by his brilliant lieutenants, Lords Hill and Hardinge, after he re linquished active service. Now, what had Wolseley done that he should have been preferred to Lord Roberts for the head of the British Army? He entered the army in 1852, a year later than Lord Roberts; he was wounded in the second Burmese War; served as an en gineer officer in the Crimean War, where he was twice wounded; he served on the staff during the Indian Mutiny of 1S57; served as Lieutenant-Colonel in the China War of 1860; as, Colonel Wolseley, commanded the Red ' River expedition in the half-breed Riel's re bellion of 1S70. As Major-General, Wolseley commanded in the Ashantee War of 1S73-74; was Lieutenant-General in the Zulu War of 1S7S; Commander of the English troops that defeated Arabi Pasha at Tel-el-Kebir In 1S82;, com manded in the Soudan, campaign of 1884-85. He was voted $125,000 for his services in the Ashantee campaign, and $100,000 for Egypt, and became Commander-in-Chief in 1835, while Lord Roberts became Commander of the forces in Ireland. In brief, General Wolseley lost Khartoum by his slow ness, defeated the barbarian negro King of Ashantee and defeated Arabi Pasha when the crack troops of the English Army whipped an Egyptian rabble that were afterwards easily ONE BALLOT FOR PRIMARIES. In anbthec column appears a collec tion of interviews taken by the St. Paul Pioneer Press on the subject of' the" Minneapolis direct primary law. The interviews are from prominent men, and are remarkable that they unite in favoring the law, despite the apparent objection first raised upbn the sup posed selection of Dr. Ames, believed to be a weak Republican candidate, by Democratic votes. It now appears, as The Oregonlan ventured to believe at tho time, that this weakness of the law was more apparent than real. The Pioneer Press, in fact, says so specific ally. It says that while Ames undoubt edly received a very large number of Democratic votes, It does not appear that any considerable number of them were cast to weaken the Republican ticket His heavy vote seems to have been an expression in his favor as against Gray, which is likely to be car ried to the polls. So far from weaken ing the ticket, it says, "his nomination has decidedly strengthened it, and those who did seek to encompass his nomination under the delusion that he wa3 weak have learned a lesson that they will not forget." It has been propose'd to amend the Minneapolis law by providing separate party primaries, or else' requiring vot ers to specify their party and receive only the one ticket. This suggestion is disapproved by the Pioneer Press, which says the remedy would be worse than the disease. If we are to require a declaration of party affiliation, the Pioneer Press argues, then there will be no full and free expression of choice. Where a machine exists it can continue to manipulate the primaries, even un der the Australian system, and where a machine does not exist it would still be worth while to erect one. As long as there are separate primaries those only who are most active In politics, those who are in polltfcs for "what there is in it," will be able to throttle a free expression of public opinion; there would be little more check upon them than under the present system, since the primary would continue to be not a governmental, but a quasi-private affair. Members of the Oregon Legislature, and all others interested, therefore, ought to take notice that the scheme for separate primaries or separate tickets is a very promising one for those who will seek to give us a bogus instead of a real primary reform. In last Saturday's issue Mr. Bingham showed up the constitutional dangers of such a provision. Here we have its practical dangers.' The" conclusions of so able and upright a paper as the St Paul Pioneer Press cannot be light ly set aside on this question or on any other. It insists that the Minneapolis experiment, even in the face of the selection of Ames, demonstrates the ne cessity of a single ballot containing all names, given to each voter without In quiry into or restriction upon his party affiliation. This Is the primary ballot needed by Oregon. "Plies of lumber, piles of coal, piles of machinery of all kinds; boilers weighing from three to five totis standing on end, burled in the sand," Is a brief description of the appearance of Nome beach after the great storm in a' letter written by a resident of this city, who is still there but expects to come out before navigation closes. The strength of the cruel sea, When loosed in its angry might, Is well Illustrated by this wreckage, representing hundreds of thousands of dollars in money irretrievably lost, and the futile hopes of many thousand men. A writer in a recent issue of the New Tork Independent says of this first storm that succeeded the smiling Summer calm on Behring Sea: "No one knows how many lives were lost, though a few bodies were washed upon a shore where all men are alike and most without friends." The hopeless 'pathos of this picture Is lighted a lit tle further on in the article, however, by the statement that all night long while the gale raged a little schooner battling with the surf flew her signals of distress, while all the townspeople sighed and sympathized, but could not lend assistance, adding: "But fate was only jesting with the poor sailors, for the morning found their craft high and dry on the beach and themselves drinking friendly coffee in the tents of strangers." Common distress makes common cause, and in this fact there 1b reason to hope that those remaining at Nome after the last ship comes out will not suffer hunger, since all accounts agree that provisions equal to the ne cessities of several thousand men are in supply. Much privation, want and wretched ness no doubt exist among the families of the striking miners of Pennsylvania. Humanity must hope that the condition of these people will be bettered by the strike though for the present their privations are Increased. It Is noticed that the poverty of these people has become a special subject of comment and illustration by the sensational journals of New Tork, which are doing their best to make party capital out of it. It is an unworthy and reprehen sible effort. Wherever great multi tudes of people dwell, poverty is the common lot of many. At this moment it wduld be easy to And a far greater number of poor and destitute people in the City of New York which has the blessings, of Tammany rule than in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. The list of missionaries murdered in China during the past Summer contin ues to grow, and makes from week to week pathetic reading. It contains the names of men, women and children, a large number of the latter mostly young children, who later would have been sent home to be educated ap pearing as victims to their parents' missionary zeal. The loss in property has been very heavy, almost every thing belonging to the missions and missionaries having teen destroyed. The churches are rallying to the sup port of the missionary boards, the re ceipts for thp financial year of the American Board showing an excess of $93,756 over those of the previous year. This indicates that men and women Imbued with missionary zeal will con tinue to take their lives In their hands and go to China in the forlorn hope of Inducing the uncounted millions of that vast empire to substitute the Christian religion for that of Confucius. The Young Men's Christian Associa tion makes ItB most practical showing for gdod. in the community in its night school system, the classes in , which have recently been formed for the sea son. It ' may be regarded as proven that a young man who spends the even ings of wage-earning or otherwise busy days In study, with a view to rendering himself competent in some business or vocation, will succeed to the credit of the organization that gives him an op portunity to study, and ultimately to his own profit The community is In terested In knowing that the students classes in the Y. M. C. A. are large, since every man turned out of a night school that is conducted on practical lines means a self-supporting, self-re- spectlhg member a'dded to its list. The appointment of Lord Roberts to the head of the' British Army means its speedy reorganization, and tne re port that Lord Kitchener will accom pany him probably means that he will be the executive Chief of the Army Staff of Lord Roberts. Out of this re organization will come some system of conscription, for intelligent England sees that It is inevitable. England sees that to discharge her Impending mili tary arid naval responsibilities she can not trust to her present volunteer sys tem, and she will be obliged to enact in some modified form the conscription system of the great Continental powers of Europe. The public schools of this city have settled down to their work in earnest, with a total at the close of the, second week of 10,350 pupils enrolled. The showing is one to make glad the hearts of citizens who note In the Increase of homes and families the true growth of a city. Reviewing the demands upon which the miners' strike was based, it would seem that an Increase of 10 per cent in wages would not go far toward satisfy ing them. They were principally as follows: (1) An Increase of 20 per cent in wages; (2) a' reduction of price of powder from $2 75 to $1 50 a keg (the difference being 'ifie price they have been compelled to pay the companies in excess of, the market price); (3) a fair system of dockage that will prevent the Operator front docking the miner some times as much as 12 per cent for alleged Impurities of the coal, the former being sole judge of the impurity; (4) a fixed ton of 2240 pounds, to conform to the law of the state; (5) the abolishment of the companjr stores, where men are The address of Governor Geer at Ashland, Saturday night, Is a most important contribution to the cam paign. It is a noteworthy and unan swerable argument against the falla cies and fancies of the "anti-imperialists.'' Interviews In St raul Pioneer Press. Senator Hiler H. Borton.wad on& of those who secured the amendment of th? law in the Senate of 1S99 so as to leaVe St. Paul out. "After tho recent county convention," said he yesterday, "I am almost nepared to give my unqualltied approval to the direct primary law. The great Republican Seventh Ward might as well have been, unrepresented In that con vention so far as having any Influence m the results was concerned. But after all, the law has been only partially tested in Minneapolis." The results of the elec tion are needed to show whether the al legation, is true that the selection of the Republican ticket was largely affected by Democratic votes. If it is, the liw should be modified before its operations are ex tended." J. H. Skinner, president of St. Paul Jobbers' Union I believe a direct prima ry law is a step in the right direction. It ought to allow candidates to go before the people with much greater freedom with regard to pledges, and In a position, to give, a much better administration than at present The individual voter will control, the nominations, and there will be no politicians with wards in their vest pockets. I favor any law that will Increase the attendance and importance of the individual at the primaries.. C. J. McConville expressed himself in favor of the new law and said: "I be lieve we should give it a trial. Under the present system It Is difficult to g:t good men to go to the primaries, as they feel everything Is arranged beforehand, and they really have no voice In, the se lection of candidates, "Jnder the primary law I believe good men will attend the primaries, good men will be nominated and will accept office when it is thus tendered by the people." Armand Albrecht I believe the Minne apolis primary law has sounded the death knell of the American political boss. The law may not in its present form be perfect In, all essential features, but in its essence it is bound to find general adoption and approval, in my judgment, throughout the country. One of Its cardinal advantages Is the absolute secrecy of the ballot, so that all intimi dation and Improper Influences are elimi nated from the primay election. The Minneapolis system Is a simple and eco nomical one and the concurrence of the primaries of all parties on the same diy is, to my mind, an advantage, notwith standing the criticisms that have been made on that score. I think a similar law, with various Improvements which experience will suggest, should be adopted throughout the state without delay. It Is a boon not only to the voter, but to the candidate for office. O. A. Severance I am In favor of leg islation that will give not only St. Paul but the whole Mate a direct primary election law. I believe the principle a salutary one. It affords every voter what the present system does not, a fair chanco to expres shis choice. "I have not given the subject much con sideration," said A. K. Pruden, president of the Commercial Club, "but I shou d say that It is a long step In the right direction the best election reform since the adoption of tho Australian ballot. As far as I can see Its defects are such as time will enable the people to detect and correct." T. G. Walthfr, vice-president C. W. Hackett Hardware Company I heartily favor the new .primary law. I want to vote for my candidate at the primarlos. and not for somp" delegate over whom I have no control. L. W. French, secretary and treasurer Kellogg, Johnson & Co. I approve of this change. It's a great Improvement upon the old primary election. Richards Gordon, of Gordon & Ferguson It is a good thing, a Very good thirg. It permits a voter to express his prafor ence directly without the intermediary of delegates or of political 'workers." When I lived In Vlcksburg, Miss., E0 years ago, we dispensed with primary elections. Some weeks before tho general elections various men would publish cards an nouncing: themselves as candidates. Each would-be officeholder would name his political party and request the support of his "fellow citizens." Well, the candi dates and their friends would watch tne result of these announcements, and the men who failed to arouse the necessary enthusiasm would gradually drop out. So when the convention of any party as sembled there would be perhaps only three of four candidates still in the field. Then the convention would select one of those candidates. Governor John Llnd is heartily In fa vor of the direct primary law and con siders it an Important refom. When ask ed his opinion he responded energetically: "I heartily believe that the introduction of the direct primary law Is as much of a reform as was tho introduction of the Australian ballot system some years ago. The law has come to stay. I shall urge in my message to the next Legisla ture that its operations be extended to the larger cities of the state, and I should be very glad to see It made general It may be better for the present to have it In troduced to the largor municlpal'tles. where It can be enforced, until people grow accustomed to its workings." Adjutant-General Lambert Anything which tends to shorten the distance be tween voters and the matters to be voted upon is a step in the right direction. The dlreqt primary election law is such a measure. I hope to see it extended to all the state. 'from what I have learned I believe 'it is all rlsht in theory If not In deUlL J think its application ought to b3 ex tended." This was the expression of As sistant Corporation -Attorney Griggs. County Auditor W. R. Johnson I havo not looked closely Into the merits of the law, but I have felt for years that the principle which 3eems to be its founda tion was' a good one. I have felt in many conventions I havfl attended as a del egate where delegates elected by the peo ple as their representatives were traded like cattle, that the whole system was wrong. I have always been willing, when a candidate for office, to go before a convention of delegates on my merits as a citizen and a Republican, and when ever I have entered into any combina tion it has been because I have been forced to do so under the pernicious ex isting system. Anything that will eradi cate that system I favor. President Kenneth Clark, of the Fire Board, said ho had given some atten tion to the features of the law and the results secured from Its initial operation, and he believded it ought to be extended to every city in the United States. It would go farther toward olearlng the political field of the wardhceler than any measure that has ever been adopted ex cept the Australian ballot law. Clerk of the District Court E. G. Rog ersWhile I am not prepared to expre3 a positive opinion on the merits Or demerits of the Hennepin County prima ry law, I am' of the opinion that a direct primary law In the not remote future for the stato Is a certainty. Experience will probably remedy present evils. Pub lic sentiment seems to be veering In fa vor of such a law, and under our sys tem of government it would seem the nearer you get to the people the bet ter. County Attorney H. G. Bigelow I be lieve In the direct primary. I have al ways believed if we could have a d rect primary law which would call out the direct interest of the people and causo them to take part in tho primary elec tions it would be a great improvement over the present method. I consider tho Hennepin County law an Improvement on all previous methods. A direct pri mary law would to a large extent do away with the present system of wa d combinations and the general tone of po i tics would be elevated. PBFFER FOR M'KINLEY. Supposed Defect,.Not a' Defect. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Not only is the nomination of Dr. Ames anything but a proof of the possibility of nominations by opposing parties, but those occanlons must be rare indeed when any effective action of this kind can be taken. Not only must there be an ab sence of all contest on the side of the conspirators to enable them to desert their own ticket for their opponent's, but there mus't be a weak candidate on tho othar ticket for whom they can afford to vote. Moreover, to make it effective such a con spiracy must be known to hundreds and become a matter of common knowledge It could be offset In, twenty different ways, such as the withdrawal under pressure of the weaker candidate, or In the event of his probable refusal, by a concentration of voters on the stronger candidate. The fact cf the matter is that this objection is largely imaginary. Th? possibility of working any such scheme is so small as to bo negligible, and It U as possible for one party as another. So far as it is possible, It will force the best men to the front by discouraging the ambitions of weaklings. In this way, and becaiiee no .Democrat can vote a Rerub liCan ticket or vice versa without sacrific ing his vote for the candidates of his" own party, this fancied defect will work Its own cure. And in so far as it encour ages the candidacy of stronger men it is one of the best features of the law, which ought( not to be sacrificed to serve the ends of the ward heeler and the ma chine politician, From a Dcfoated Cnntlldnte. P. G. McMillan, Minneapolis, chairman State Board of Equalization I was one of the candidates defeated at the primary eleotloh. This, however, dps not lesen my favorable opinion of the law. It is In the Interests of the class of voters who never before had a chance In the pri maries and it ought to be extended. It is an Important reform In the methods of naming party candidates. State Auditor R. C. Dunn To my per sonal knowledge there have been times when not a sufficient number of men to organize have held a caucus and nominat ed convention delegates It Is common knowledge that a few men together have frequently carried caucuses. The new primary election law Is a most exce'lent measures. Let the people decide upon their nominees. It Is a measure which will bring tho finish of machine politics. J. W. L. Corning, president of the Board of School Inspectors I have Klvcn the direct primary law considerable at tention. I am convinced that It sounds the deathknell of wardheolers and ma chine politics, and when generally applied will enable a voter to attend primaries without the ancient conviction that It Is a mere matter of form and his vot- for delegates means nothing on the floor of the convention. For years we havo had the choice of two evils. Either a Demo cratic ring to manipulate affairs accord ing to their will, or a Republican ring to do the same. Give the people a chanco. The law to my mind is in accord with the fundamental Idea of our government Irwen Leviston, superintendent of pub lic schools To my mind the new law provides an informal election, at which the voters' majority decision decides what names shall go on the general elec tion ticket. This Is a most excellent Idea and the measure Is one which will pro duce good results. Judgft Bazlle, of the Probate Court, expressed himself as warmly In f ivor o the direct primary law and Its extension. "I consider It one of the best laws ever passed by a Minnesota Legislature." ho said. "It is the only wttv to obtain an expression of tho people's desire , as to their public officers." Controller J. J. McCardy The law may not be pefect few laws are, and even those few may be evaded In one way or another by the unscrupulous. But the law Is a step In the right direction, and If It becomes general, and public senti ment back of it. the men who are look ing for votes will not attempt to "mon key" with it "I have been up to Mlnnneapo'Is and talked with Judce Elliott and others re- SS&DJiS the jwlslas 0 jne law, aD.a.l Cnn't Stand Brynnlte Asinnltt on His Conntry'w Honor. Editor San Francisco Call: I am asked why I favor the re-election of President McKinley. It Is because after vehemently urging on a war with Spain, and after unbroken scries of victories of our arms on sea and land; after an energetic and successful conduct of the war and an able and patriotic management of the affairs of Government and a brilliant handling of our foreign relations, adding glory and prestige to our people and terminating In a treaty placing us at the, right of the front rank of the nations of earth, with new ahd grave responsibilities attaching1 after all these splendid achievements, the Democratic party, aided by Its fusion al lies, has raised a hue and cry. charging all manner of public crimes against the Administration despotic use of power, usurpation, fraud, corruption, perfidy, calling on the nations to behold our Na tional shame and beseeching their own countrymen to aid them in their wicked onslaught upon the good name, the honor and dignity of their own people. I look on th:s brazen assault on the honor of the Republic as little, less than treason, and the success of the Republi can party alone cane prevent the attain ment of the ena sought by the unholy alliance. If there were no other rea sons, this alone would Insure my vote for the Republican candidate for the Presidency. To my mind, and I havo watched things closely, the President's course from the beginning of the war to tho present time, has been remarkably free from mistakes. He has been vigilant active, patriotic and in all things American. In the govern ment of the Philippines he has not only followed the law and the precedents, but ho has done the work efficiently and hu manely. He has treated the situation just as Washington did In the Northwest Territory, as Jefferson did In the Louis iana purchase, as Monroe did in Florida, as Jackson did in the Seminole country, as Polk did In Mexico. New Mexico and California, and as Lincoln did In the States of the Southern Confederaoy. All the precedents are on the President's side. The Democrats say "the very existence of theRepublic is in issue," and they de clare that to be the paramount Issue of the campaign. If that be true, the danger In restoring their party to power is all tho greater. Republicans with absolute unanimity men, women and children have uniform ly defended the Republic. The party was formed for that purpose. Republicans be lieve In equal liberty, equal laws and uni versal obedience to lawful authority. The wholesale disfranchisement of American citizens In Southern States Is not being done by Republicans. Democrats arc do ing that. The Democratic party is not fit to gov ern this country under modern conditions of universal freedom. Look back upon the second administration of President Cleveland. Upward of ?2.:0,OCO.OOO In United States bonds were sold with ut special authority of Congress to procure gold for the redemption reserve. Most of the bonds were sold to or through syndi cates of speculators at enormous profits, and it was expected by a great many peo ple that the next Administration would continue the samo policy. But the Re publicans were wiser. The war with Spain made large expenditures necessary. Con gress authorized the borrowing of money, and $200,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds were sold to our own people In sums of $25 up to ?500. This is the fourth year of tho McKinley Administration, and not a dol lar of gold has been bought or borrowed; the Treasury now holds nearly, if not quite, &50,000.000 in gold coin and bullion, and there Is plenty of money In the coun try for the transaction of the people's business. The Nation Is now passing through a crucial period beginning with the declara tion of the war with Spain. Our Govern ment and people have had to face new conditions and to solve new problems. All theso the President now has well in hand. Our own countrymen and the people of other lands understand the policy of the United States in rcsard to these import ant affairs. Any change of administra tion before all theso pending questions arc settled would be attended with more or less inconvenience: but to change to a radically different policy Is to assume much risk. If the Democrats mean what they say. their success this year will work a complete reversal of the wise and statesmansllke pollcv which has been In augurated In the Philippines by President McKinley, and new and costly troubles would be sure to follow. Economy. just Ice, good government and humanity ev ery good Impulse and every just and righteous consideration, demand that wo do not change the policy of the Admin istration until the country Is past the danger point. The Chinese troubles serve to emphasize the Importance of keeping trained men at the helm until the storm Is scattered. W. A. PEFFER. Topeka, Kan.. Sept 20, 19C0. ' 0 Appllcntlon for Tnjnnctlon Denied. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Oct 1. The ap plication of the Chicago Board of Trade for a temporary injunction restraining the Milwaukee outside commlsslonmen nnd brokers from making use of the Chi cago quotations was denied bv Judge Seaman today. The answer of the brok ers, the court said raises an issue as to irhether the Board of Trade has not l03t itP right of property In the quotations by publication, which can only be deter mined by the taking of proofs. And until the oroofs are taken and the clear right of the hoard to an injunction appears, a restraining order will not be granted. The case will he sc$H to a refervto take testimony, NOrE AND COMMENT. Colonel Roosevelt probably didn't know that the Victor "Bryanltes were loaded. Leave the Dowager Empress- alone. Sha will turn up for the Fall clearance sales. Towne apparently has not yet found! out that he was crucified on a doublet cross. Spain Is building a navy which cannot be sunk. She evidently does not Intend to launch It Bryan's war record is not very strong, but there seems to be no likelihood that he will ever break It Kentucky justice is working overtlma these days. It Is not every year that JIOO.OOO rewards are lying around loose. The candy venders, of course, havo a. pull, but just at present they seem to be pushing their business a little too hard. Of course, Tammany cannot be expected, to be easy on New York just now. Croker . has got to have money to bet on Bryan. A. few Colorado receptions like the ono at Victor will do more for the Republi can ticket than the opposition of Alt gold. John P. Altgeld Is going to-speak fofr Bryan In the East next week. It looks as If Croker was sparring for longer odds. Now that the strike Is going to be settled, we can add the full coal scuttlo to the full dinner pall on our campaign banners. Lord Roberts Is going home, but of! course, he has left some "report with re gret" blanks In South Africa for faa other Generals to fill out Some cows belonging to John Preston, a farmer of Plalnfleld, Conn., broke through a fence Into the orchard and ate their fill of apples. Some process of fer mentation appparently was undergone by the fruit, for In a few hours the ani mals were gloriously tipsy. They lunged! and staggered about bellowed and fought and not for two days was It possible to milk them. In fact, the elder had stopped; milk secretion. A home for cx-mllllonatres Is planned by one of their kind, and plungers who are broken on the wheel can find rest and quiet In Poughkecpsle. Richard B. Ferris, who for 50 years has been vice president of the Bank of New York, closed a deal recently for the purchase) of a historic mansion In Poughkeepsle. the fund for which was left by Samuel M. Pinglc. The home Is intended solely for men who have made and lost for tunes. 1 Two hundred and ten million barrels of anples are produced annually In the United States. Of these 3,000.000 barrels are sold to England alone. Iowa pro duces enough to supply England's de mand. Every Winter from 6,000,0CQ to 10.OCO.000 barrels are held In cold storage. New York, Iowa, Oregon, Washington. California, Colorado. Missouri and Kan sas are the apple states. Yet Maine ships: 3,000,000 barrels and the other New Eng land States about 2.0CO.000 each. All tha Eastern and Middle States are vast pro ducers, as well a3 Oregon. Boston's annual try-out of hand organs and street pianos took place the other day under the auspices of the Board oC Police Commissioners, and tho owners of. 30 lnjtruments toolc part In the recital.. Licenses for the coming year are to be Issued, this month, but none will be granted to the proprietors of hurdy gurdifK which failed to come up to the requirements of the police officials at tho recent te'st. The recital took place in a hall hired for the purpose, where for over two hours a large audience was treated to a concert of ragtime music. Two pro fessional tuners were In attendance, and! upon their practiced ears the police tribu nal depended for the decision and weed ing out of discordant Instruments. - PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPRER3 Likely. Mrs Tounswed This mllSc ought to be Rood, dear The man saya It in certified. Tounswed Who, by tho Water Commissioner? Detroit Free Press. Unnoticed. "Liston to mo!" roared tho stump, orator. But his words wre in vain. "Without knowing it, ho was addros'ine an audlonca made up almost entirely of cablo-car conduc tors. Harper's Bazar. Enterprise. "I'm a lucky fellow, I am. Both, my coal bins are running: over." "Got coal to burn, eh?" "Burn! I cuesi not. I can't af ford to burn it. I'm point? to sell it aaoin." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Dilemma. Driver of Terrified Pony Pult your confounded dox away, you silly ldlott Leader of playful boarhound Jieg pardon, sir. but master told me particular not to cross Mm. he might collar me! Punch. Fair Visitor So you have really decided not to sell jour house? Fair Host Yea. Tou see, to placed the matter In tho hands of a real estate asent. After rcadlnc his lovely adver tisement of our property neither John nor my self could think of partins with Buch a won derful and perfect home. Tit-Bits. Why She Had None. "Have you noticed." said tho secretary of the mectlne to the treas urer, "that the little woman in tho corner la the only one who has suggested no beautiful theory of chlld-tralnins?" "Oh, she hasn't any." replied the treasurar. "How does that happen?" aaked the secretary- "Sha's mar ried and has children herself. Chicago Even ing Post. My llttlo West End friend came home from Bunday school yesterday in a very thoughtful mood. He sat beside his mother nervously crushlns his lesson paper, and then said: "Say. mamma dear, don't you think I've been a pretty sood boy slnco I started to go to Sun day school?" "Yes, my boy, certainly." "Don't you think I am good enough to be trusted hott all rinht?" "Of course I do, but why do you ask?"" "Oh. nothln. only I was just wonder ing why you kept the cooklei locked up tho same as you did before I want to Sunday school, that's all." Albany Journal. The "Idle" Soldleri. Baltimore American. ("This country has a hundred thousand sol diers walking around in Idleness'-W- J. Bryan.) Walking around in Idleness, Wherever the flag's assailed; Meeting the foe with an Idle might That never yet has failed. Lawton. and Liscum, and Logan, too Capron the list is long Went to their death in "Idleness,"" And their "Idleness" was wrong. Grant and Sherman and Sheridan Why should we call the roll? They idled away in the idle tight In flchts that tried tho soul. "Walking around ia idleness" Braving the leaden hail; What of tho glow of a nation's prldoT Is that but an Idle tale? "Walking around In idleness," Over tho Pekln road; Scorched and worn by the galling sun,. Lugging an Idlo load. Fighting with Idle energy. Cheering with Idle breath Thinking, with Idlo love, of homo. And dyinr an idle death. Private Smith, with an Idlo groan. r Gone to a home above; And Idle tears mark the Idlo woo And the idle mother's love. "Walking around in idleness" Lawton and Ltscum. too; Legions more will come Idly when There axe Idle dmla to do. )