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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, : MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1900, Site s;gg0matt j Entered at the Postofnce at Portland, Oregon. eecona-ciass matter. uoitortal Rooms....itfO J Business Office.. ..OCT RBYXSEn KTTT?Br,iTTT'in'jp ttto jj-f1' Postage prepaid), lnAdvance-- IXtai'''.i5.dy Pted. per ear.; .. 7 30 lafik&J1"? Suday. per jear. 9 00 hcavr:.ts JSr .- ' ? ! Rv,' 3 months W Itj?? Clty Subscribers maUv fr "'cok' devered, Sunday excepted.l5c .. j-w .&, oemorea, sunaajs incmaca.xac POSTAGE RATES. United :.... j- .. . . hftT7 """"! vuium ana .Mexico: lift i?"Paee PPr -" lC I1Q i to 82-page paper 2c - iojen rate double. News or discussion Intended lor publication & The OreCOnlan tinillf tw. n,..Sf1 nt nrtl. Ibly '12dffnT Th AM.nnl. r .. A .v.. mmtia lot any Individual, letters relating to advertls- m, suoscrtptlons or to any business matter lould be addressed slmDlv "The Oreconlan." 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On file In Washington, D. C -with A. W. unn, 509 14th X. "W. For sale In Chicago hv thn t. n Vm no.. tU7 Dearborn street. j TODAY'S W:RArTTTrrP TV -Pnr-tlnnrl nnrl rlclnlty. fair; northerly winds. - PORTLAND, MOITOAY", OCTOBER S. SOMBWHAT PERSONAL. A grievous affliction of the country 3day is too much politics and not imough patriotism, and the two par ties are collaborating upon the diffl- puny in about equal proportion. The trouble with our Democratic irethren who were for McKinley in 896 and are for Bryan in 1900 is not par of empire or a standing Army of million men, or a sensitive regard lor the feelings of Aguinaldo. These tire fears assumed for a purpose. lat really actuates them is a desire lo get back to their party and to get iheir party back to sound principles. oes any sane man suppose that when he Oregon Democrats meet in 1904, vltH D. B. Cox, C. E. S. Wood. R. D. Inman, George Chamberlain, F. "V, tolman and J. H. Raley in the saddle. ihey will renew allegiance to the iacred doctrine of free coinage? Does jpiybody expect Gorman, Olney, Cro- fer, Wilson, Harrison, Hill, Tillman, ltgeia, facnurz, Cockran. Shepard. Irhen they put their heads together in ?04, to denounce "government by in- mction and praise ""our matchless sader W. J. Bryan"? Hardly. But on the other hand. These men leturn to the Democratic party be lause they find no place for them in ae Republican party. And why is lat? Because nobody would make loom for them. Mr. Olney and his riends might have been McKinley lien today, if they had been treated s generously by the McKinley Ad- linlstration as the case admitted. lertain eminent anti-imperialists of Iregon would have been for McKinley 3day, if Tom Black had been retained the Collectorship, and if other re ts, not pleasant to mention, had not Been administered. Bynum is the only told Democrat In the country, so far is we recall, who had the sort of rec- ltion wrhich Gold Democrats were itltled to, and which cannot be wlth- Id with impunity so lone: as human iture Is human nature. Nor is the trouble all at "Washington. le hungry Republican hoes at the rough of Federal patronage in every ite nave crowded everybody else vay. Let us not call names, let us Imply say the trouble is too little, too aspmg, too close corporation ma- lines. The ring of Federal office aiders here was rebuked in 1898, and aother ring, precisely as exclusive id voracious, was rebuked In 1900. Too much politics and too little pa riotism, from Washlmrton to The alles Postmastcrship. Let us broad- thls thing out Let us have more fcpansion and less imperialism. May- lf we can get a direct primary law will help some, maybe not much- it let's try it, anyhow. Any port in storm. BETAX'S riV'FAIR. CRITICISM. ien the Government of the United ites realized that a portion of the ilipplne Archipelago, accepted by us rter the combined efforts of McXin- and Bryan, maintained the instl- ition of slavery, it set about meet- ff the awkward situation in the best ly It could. There were two fixed bints to begin TVith. One was the rteenth amendment to the Federal institution, which reads: fetther slavery nor Involuntary servitude. sept as a punishment for crime -whereof the Irty shall have been duly convicted, shall st within the United States or any place Ject to their Jurisdiction. ie other was article H of the Treaty Paris, towit: civil rlchts and political status of the Ivo Inhabitants of the territory hereby ed to the TJnlted States shall be deter- Ined by Consrosi ?he President had no power to pro- im instant emancipation of the Sulu ives. The matter was for Congress. lie had had the power, its exercise rid have been one of atrocious in- ice, for which he would have been imranced by every fair-minded man, id especially by the unfair-minded an who prefer Aguinaldo's success itead of their country's. The Ad- stration could, however, caution its leers in the Philippines that the per- lity of slavery could not be con- lplated or assured; could enjoin to investigate the circumstances id collect whatever information Ised to be ofi value In the work of jlishing Sulu slavery, wisely and as idily as possible. 5"UBt this Is what the Administration Its course was the only course lpatible with morality and reason. It the fact of the existence of slav- there is held up by Bryan as suf- lent answer to the disfranchisement Southern negroes. The percentage illiteracy is larger in this country in we could wish. But it would r to be infinitely larger, in order that Bryan could establish the neces sity of his election by such ostensible arguments as the one he makes on Sulu slavery- "WHY THEY CAN'T BEAT US. A marine item published on the first page of The Sunday Oregonian is cer tainly one of the most remarkable com mercial exhibits that have appeared on the Pacific Coast in a long time. A temporary failure in transcontinental shipments for Asiatic exports has sent steamships of this Coast, from San Diego to Puget Sound, scurrying to the Columbia River, where cargoes are made to order by home Industry. It would probably be too much to expect that this temporary condition should become permanent Nobody of sense In Portland will take the risk or trouble of maintaining the proposition. But the fact is so suggestive of trade ten dencies an,d future conditions that It may furnish the most pessimistic with food for reflection. It has always been a noteworthy and Impressive fact that Portland's Asiatic exports differ In kind from those of other Pacific ports. The Great North ern can bring a trainload of steel rails for Russia across the continent and ship it from Seattle if It wants to. The Northern Pacific can route a trainload of cotton to Tacoma and bring a steamship there to take it to China. The Southern Paclflc can do the same for its California ports. But Portland's cargoes have been made up from the products of the Columbia basin. No railroad has delivered here trainloads of cotton and steel rails, and loaded for fast freight incoming shiploads of silk and tea. We didn't go East for our shipments; we made them our selves. We sawed up Oregon fir for railroad ties for Vladlvostock, we ground up Oregon wheat Into flour for China, we brewed Oregon hops into beer for the Philippines, we raised wool and hay, bred horses, fattened cattle, caught fish and twisted cordage enough to load our own ships, and out of the surplus filled the empty space in steamships at Tacoma and "Vancou ver. Of course, when the time comes that these cargoes or half cargoes of iron and cotton fail, there is no place for the ships to go but to the Columbia River, unless they want to lie in Puget Sound or San Diego and bring Oregon products by rail at ruinous rates. And while the condition is pretty certain to be temporary. It should encourage us with the thought that Portland has a profound and enduring advantage in Its solid basis for trans-Pacific trade. The sale of our own products is the best-paying form of commerce. The railroads make money on cotton and steel, but the people make very little. There Is more benefit to Oregon in one shipload of Oregon products than there is to Puget Sound in ten shiploads of Eastern freight that merely breaks bulk at the wharf. The effect of this thing on Portland's progress Is going to be Incalculable. K the Philippines are retained, and if Chinese ports are kept open as under existing treaties, and if living tariffs are put Into effect between here and Manila, there are two things, and only two, that the people of the Columbia Basin need to do. These two things are to keep on raisins; things and keep the Columbia open. You can't make a great city by simply taking toIL on other men's prod ucts passing through. Tou can make a great city by making it the center of a great producing region. The Co lumbia Basin Is as big as the four rich states that surround New York City. It is as big as the four great states of which Chicago is the market. With the Columbia River open from Celllo to the sea, and with this fertile basin doing its best in ag riculture and manufactures, our busi ness with the- awakening Orient will support at Portland another New York or Liverpool. COUXTIXG THE COST. The two late republics of South Af rica have been devastated by war; their people have been scattered, many of them have been killed, and not a few among the bravest and best have been driven Into exile. These are the legitimate results of war, and these re sults the hot-headed rulers of the re publics invoked when a year ago they threw down the gauntlet of war at the feet of the sturdy Briton, not only dar ing him to come on, but warning him to get out of South Africa on penalty of being driven out, whipped and hu miliated. The result was easy to fore see, and though by endurance and stub bornness, qualities into which the Boer is born and bred, the end was delayed for some months, it came as It was bound to come, and left the country desolate. It now devolves upon Great Britain to Stretch out hands of generous care To lift the foe she foucht so -well. and by extending over the people wise and equitable laws to make them In time realize and enjoy a freedom un known under the rule of the so-called republics. Britain, too, has suffered In the clash of arms provoked by the unwise ulti matum of Paul Kruger given a year ago. The British Medical Record pre sents a careful analysis of the statis tics of mortality Incident to the Boer War, in which it is shown that of the British officers in South Africa, 72.1 per 1000 have been killed or have died from wounds, and 30.6 per 1000 have died from disease. Of the men, 19 per 1000 have been killed or died from wounds, and 31.8 have died from dis ease. The excessive mortality among officers was no doubt due to the well known practice in the British Army of standing up in full sight of concealed sharpshooters, while their men were lying flat and behind every obstruction that could be utilized for their protec tion. Even though Great Britain ha3 won in the Boer War at all points, the vic tory has been dearly bought in men and money. With the heavy loss in officers and men goes a cash expendi ture of something like $500,000,000 a sum more than double the indemnity fund before which China stands aghast as the possible demand of the powers for the late outrages perpe trated in Pekln. But the Boer States have been conquered, and are now British territory. The problem of their government is now being considered, and until it is satisfactorily solved there will be a steady outgo of money from England through official -military and judicial channels that will lay heavy tribute upon British taxpayers. The Boers have made great sacrifices, and fln a way the sympathy of human ity goes out to them in their disorgan ized, impoverished, humiliated state. But the sacrifices have not all been theirs, and now it only remains to them to adjust themselves to their new conditions, which, after all, so far as the common people are concerned, will not differ greatly from the old, except perhaps to their advantage in a more equitable administration of the laws. A YEAR AGO AJV'D NOW, Meekness and docility in religion are admirable traits; In politics they are often contemptible. They are the out ward and visible sign of submission to the lash of the boss. A year since the Democratic party leaders in Wash ington were making the woods ring with their demands for expansion and retention of the Philippines. Now they have joined in the great Bryan yawp about imperialism and "consent of the governed." No matter what they said a year ago. No -matter how sound and true their patriotic instincts, how fine' and fierce their denunciation of all who would fire on the flag. They may be American citizens in off years; In cam paign times they must be Democrats. That may not excuse them, but it ex plains everything. These remarks are apropos of the amusing and humiliating Democratic situation in the State of Washington. Candidate Rogers publicly proclaimed himself an expansionist, and warned his party against the folly of oppos ing a successful war. Candidate White denounced the clamor about "imperial ism" as "simply rot." Candidate Ronald said it was destiny to expand; death not to expand. Candidate Win sor declared that " 'consent of the gov erned' is a fallacy." Candidate Robert son would "tolerate no policy that did not maintain the self-respect of the Nation." Ex-Candidate Lewis solemnly warned the public that he "could not act with his party if it placed itself in opposition to the policy of expansion upon which this country has em barked." Now all these gentlemen are eating their words as gracefully as may be. Candidate Robertson is doing more. He is painfully explaining that his association with the dynamiters and murderers of the Coeur d'Alenes was as attorney, and not as citizen; that his course at the time, remark able for its wanton disrespect of law and order, and extreme in its bitter hostility to all Government agents the attitude and language of an an archist and dynamiter, indeed was taken as paid counsel of the wild brutes who committed arson and mur der to prevent the mineowners or any body else from operating their mines. As nominee of his party he finds fault only with the permit system. To such diaphanous devices has the -candidacy of this specimen Spokane Democrat fallen. . . , The State of Washington is for ex pansion. It is opposed to the policy of National cowardice and contraction laid out by the Democratic party, and it can see clearly the fantastic absurd ity of1 the position assumed by Rogera, Robertson and Ronald, three Rs who would now have the United States Re cant, Retreat and Run. It cannot be that these gentlemen believe what they are saying, or that they can think the public believes they believe it. The public is not a fool, and they know it. They simply hope that on Novem ber G. it will forget that it -is not a fool, and esteem Hheir demagogic trans lation as of no consequence. But will it? Here is what the people, knowing their own Interests, and with unfailing perception of the drift of events, will say: "Behold! Comes now an aggregation of candidates who declare that what Bryan says and thinks and will do is the proper thing for us to indorse. A year ago with one voice they warned us against the stupidity and folly and disloyalty of this course. If they gave sound advice and uttered wholesome truths then, they do not now. If they are right now, they were wrong then. Either then or now, at one time or the other, they deliberately urged us to do the thing they knew we should not do. As .prophets they have deceived, as leaders they are untrustworthy, and as counselors they have condemned themselves. There Is nothing to do but to cast them out altogether." THB DRIFT TO THE TOWNS. In the older states that have no large cities and few considerable towns the increase of population is slow. New Hampshire has gained but 35,058 In ten years. It is doubtful whether Maine will show any increase, and certain that "Vermont will not. But there certainly will be large Increase in Massachusetts, and Increase in less degree in Rhode Island and Connecti cut. In the State of New York nearly all the Increase is in the large cities and considerable towns. The country dis tricts scarcely hold their own. The same is true in Ohio, and even in Illi nois. Of course, In the still newer states the country population contin ues to show increase. But the drift to the towns is rapid and heavy. In 1890, just a century after the first National count, it was discovered that the 3 per cenb of urban dwellers reported by that first census had increased to 29 per cent. In other words, nearly a third of our population ten years ago lived within towns ' of more than 8000 inhabitants each. The growth of the towns has been rapid since then more perhaps than during any other decade of our history; for new applications of machinery and power are causing growth of manu facturing industry at a rate never be fore equaled, and this builds up centers of population. A dispatch from Washington on the cityward tendency says: "How far this movement Is destined to go In the future Is an interesting specula tive question; at present what we know Is that the long-observed ten dency, here and abroad, of people to crowd Into the cities has by no means spent its force. The ratio in this par ticular will vary greatly with the different states. In the thickly popu lated East, from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania, the percentage will be far higher than 33, while In the ex treme South and in the frontier states of the West It will fall below that fig ure." But even in states so new as Oregon and Washington it will not fall much below; for we think near ly one-third of the population of these states is In their considerable towns. It is undoubtedly so in the State of Washington. The Oregonian hears that censure is passed upon it in certain quarters be cause it is. "not more enthusiastic for McKinley," and "seems to have doubts about his election." We suppose if The Oregonian were claiming every thing for McKinley, it would not there- by assure his election, We think Bryan will be beaten,- but It would ba folly to say positively that he will be. Undoubtedly the business interests and property interests of the country, the merchants, manufacturers, landowners, railroad people, and others, are, by an immense majority, on McKinJeys side. But how the wageworkers of the coun try will act, whether they will deem it best to vote for adherence to pres ent conditions, or make va new ven ture. The Oregonian does not profesa to know. Therefore it cannot tell what the result of the election will be. The execution of Coleman Gillespie at Gold Beach, Curry County, last Fri day, was a merited penalty for a most cowardly crime. His victim was an aged woman, living entirely alone. Here was a combination of age, sex and loneliness that would naturally ap peal to any young man possessed of the ordinary attributes of manliness for protection, yet it offered to this idle, dissolute fellow an opportunity to pos sess himself of money without working for it, through the murder of one who could offer no resistance to his blows. Justice demands the taking off of such a hopeless reprobate, after he has given proof of his quality, and the com munity that harbored him unknowing ly, though shocked, doubtless, at the manner of his death, has cause to ba thankful that he Is no longer a menace to its peace and safety. Bryan's proposition Is to "give tho Philippine Islands a stable govern ment." Just what we are trying to do now. But he means that we are to guarantee their independence and the "stability" of the government we may "give" them, or enable them to establish. That would, be an under taking. Besides, who is to decide what kind of government would be "stable"? And how can a proposal to give them a government consist with the right they are supposed to have to choose their own government? If they have a right to govern-- themselves, what business is it of ours how they do it? It is proposed, further, that we shall guarantee their independence and main tain it against a hostile world. That would be "militarism." indeed. One of Bryan's campaign tricks of the present time is growing about as stale as his crown of thorns and cross of gold of four years ago. When asked about the action of his political friends in the South, who are requir ing educational qualifications in the ne gro not required in the white man, he answers: "Well, I am glad you spoke about that. I am prepared for you. Have you ever heard about the Sul tan of Sulu's wives? And' do you know that the negro is not allowed to hold property in Oregon, or even to live in the state?" Newspapers of Indiana have been telegraphing to The Orego nian about Bryan's statements as to the rights of the negro in Oregon, and they have been -answered with the facts. Will liberty and justice have better opportunity in the Philippine Islands If we stay there, "or if we leave? He has small conception of the value of the principles and institutions for which our country stands who would hesi tate in decision of thisi question. Then, if liberty and justice will have better opportunity under our sway, why shouldn't we stay? This matter set tled, why shouldn't we consider whether our National Interests will be promoted, or otherwise, by one course or the other? Why shouldn't our Pa cific States, especially, consider it? Our opportunity for development of Pacific commerce and trade with the Orient lies in retention of the Philip pine Islands. There Is evidence that Nome, having survived the boom period in its history, will now settle down on the basis of a lively mining town, paying Its way in legitimate business, holding Its own for a few years, and possibly making some growth of a substantial type. Accord ing to the estimates of practical men, the mining industry having Its supply center In Nome City will support a pop ulation of from 4000 to 6000, with an oc casional Individual outcropping of sud den fortune. This being true, Nome can scarcely be scheduled as an utter failure. The money question remains the "paramount issue," because of its bearing on the business interests oi the country. It is still just what it was four years ago. The country can not afford renewal of the monetary agitation. That is the way to anothe upset of business and to another pe riod of "hard times." Chairman Jones has engaged a Fili pino orator to speak in New York. It is Infinitely better for the amigo to shoot off his mouth In the United States than to shoot American soldiers In the Philippines. Chairman Jones will re ceive the gratitude of all the American people, They are working Bryan's barrel ora tory in some of the states. Bryan talked Into the gramaphone, and they are now grinding it out. The thing io very fit. The work of the gramaphone Is wind, and wind is Bryan's spirit's brother. Germany has a lot of ingenious statesmen. They impose new condi tions for peace in China every twenty four hours. General Buller is said to have decided to wait until December 25 before plan ning his next Christmas dinner. Possibly Ohio Is considered safe be cause Hanna is not stumping the state this year. Some Soulletifi Corporations. The Democratic Dallas News, after quoting" the acknowledgment Mr. Dan B. Hehderson, chairman of the committee on transportation for the Galveston suf ferers, makes of the generous treatment he received from the railrqads, says for itself: "The railroads entering Galveston were sufferers to the extent of more than $1,000,000, yet each of, them contributed liberally In cash for the relief of the des titute people. In addition to giving free transportation, trainload after trainload of supplies were; hauled free of cost. Not only the roads entering Galveston, but all the railroads qf the state joined in this generous policy of hauling destitute peo ple from Galveston, to any point on their lines, and in tendering the use ofthelr facilities for hauling supplies to Galves ton free of charge. It the total cost of hauling this freight had been contributed in, the shape of a cash contribution It would have amounted to a princely sum, but it must be apparent that sucfi a con tribution of service was t just "as import ant as though it hod been a cash dona tion. Not only the Texas railways, but all the great railway systems of the country were likewise generous and gave the tender of their facilities to all "who desired to contribute to the relief of the storm sfcfferers. The express companies, telegraph and telephone companies were likewise quick to donate their facilities and services without stint to the causa of the distressed. There is no way to es timate the amount of free service given by these great corporations to the suffer ers on the coast, nor to place a cash value upon It. It is safe to ay, however, that in the aggregate, estimated aocord Inj? to current tariffs, they have given to Galveston and the stricken coa3t towns the equivalent of not less than ?i,000,000. FORECAST OF THE VOTE. ' Estimates by .Independent Journals of New York. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. Tho New York Herald has been making a canvass of the country, and it has con cluded from the evidence obtainable at this time that McKinley will have not leas than J25S electoral votes: Bryan, not less than 168, while it is doubtful bow the remaining 21 electoral votes will be thrown. If this forecast of the result is correct, the election of Mr. McKinley is certain. Indeed, it has been expected ever since the nomination of Mr. Bryan. The conservative element In the Demo cratic party made no concerted effort to dfefeat Bryan In the convention. It was thought that the suroat way to dispose of the man was to allow him to be nomi nated and then to defeat him at the'polls. Therefore, it is natural to suppose that an October canvass of the various states would show that Mr. Bryan had little chance for election. The Herald counts Ntew York, Ohio and Illinois in the Republican column, and concedes to the Democrats Maryland and Kentucky, which were carried by Mc Kinley and sound money four years ago. Of course, the Democratic campaign man agers are claiming New York in public, but in private they are generally conced ing its lsa. Bo it is pretty safe to count its 8& electoral votes for McKinley. Illi nois was Republican by 142,000 four years ago, and Impartial observers do not see any signs which warrant the conclusion that it will reverse Itself this year. And Ohio will break the record if it fails to give a safe plurality to the Republican candidate. South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas and Washington, which gave small pluralities to Bryan on the free silver and calamity issue, are put in the McKinley column this year, beeause the farmers in those states have been more prosperous than ever before, and have ooncluded that if Bryan is a poor prophet he would be a poor President. All the reports which we have had from these states for the past year or two have indi cated that they were drawing away from Bryanism. Indiana, Montana and Idaho are counted as doubtful. But if they should be carried by Mr. Bryan they would give to him only 1B9 electoral votes, when 224 are needed. The chances for McKinley in Indiana are as good as the chaneds of Bryan. Each party at pres ent has a fighting chance, and there is a possibility that McKinley may carry Mon tana and Idaho, as well a.i Indiana, The Republican claim that Nebraska and Col orrdo and TTtah and Nevada would be carried by McKinley is not sustained by the Herald's canvass, for thee states are given to Bryan again this year. If Kan sas and South Dakota should continue in the Bryan column, McKinley would have only 244 votes, but If Indiana should be carried by McKinley, he would have 259 votes. Tho canvass under consideration Indicates that Bryan has lost ground In the Weat, and has gained in the South. Indeed, his strength Is confined almost entirely Uj the South, only four Western States bplng fully conceded to him. name ly, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and Ne vada. The Doctor Who Throws His Patient Into Fits. Indianapolis News. Mr. Bryan, who is supposed to be fight ing imperialism, exerted himself to se cure the ratification of the Paris treaty. In his speech here Mr. Bryan said. When the President finally laid before the Senate a treaty which recognized the Independ ence of Cuba, but provided for the cession of the Philippine Islands to the United States, the menace of Imperialism became so appar ent that many preferred to reject the treaty and risk the Ills that mlcht follow, rather than take the .chance of correctlns the errors of the treaty by the Independent action of this country. But "the menace of imperialism" had no terrors for Mr. Bryan. So he went to work to secure the ratification of the treaty, and thus to bring "the menace of imperialism" still nearer. He said fur ther in tho same speech: I believe that we are now In a better po sition to watre a successful contest against imperialism than wa would have been had the treaty been rejected. With the treaty ratified, ar clean-cut Issue is presented be tween a government by consent and a govern ment by force, and imperialists must bear the responsibility for all that happens until th . ueetlon Is settled Thus Mr. Bryan rejoices over ratifica tion, because it brought clearly before the country the question of imperialism, which was not an Issue before. Yet he is, rand presumably was, agalnBt imperialism. In a word, he helped to commit the coun try to a policy that he now says will be disastrous if persisted in, in order that ho might save it from that policy! Fcnringr the Uncertainty. ' Chicago Times-Herald. Business men who have made contracts presumably Involving a profit to both parties do not wantonly cancel them from more pique over the election of a dis tasteful President. The contracts are made for the profit there is in them, and if there is no danger of conditions which may eliminate a profit or change it to a loss the contracts will stand. But it is a fact that no prudent business man would now make any important contract to bo executed after the election of Bryan as President One who would do so would not be prudent, because no mail living can foretell what would happen In the business world as the result of such a calamity. There is no precedent. We have never yet had an entirely unbalanced and arbitrary man at the head of the National Government, and there are no means of knowing Just what would be the result of such a thing. Mr. Schuri and the Facts. Chicago Post. The trouble with Mr. Schurz is that his premises are arbitrary, falBe and mani festly contrary to the unprejudiced tes timony of an array of able, patriotic, in corruptible Americans. He assumes that the Filipinos have demonstrated their ca pacity for independent self-rule. He as sumes that the Aguinaldo government was representative, .national and stable, and that the Administration deliberately destroyed it because, prompted by lust and greed, it resolved that the Filipinos should not have independence. Mr. Schurz' indictment falls to the ground His blood revolts without the slightest provocation. There has been no treach ery, no perfidy, no dishonor. The course pursued has been the only one compati ble with the rights and welfare of the Filipinos themselves, and with the duties and responsibilities of the United States. Perhaps They Will. Dos Angeles Express. The American people will put the seal of emphatic disapproval on the political party that poses this year as the great and good friend of the Declaration of In dependence, and winks the other eye as it greedily grasps 112 electoral votes se cured by the violation of the Declaration of Independence. AGUINALDO'S IDEA OF FREEDOM Ught on soma phases of the situation in the Philippines and confirmation of several stories of the interest token, by the Filipinos in American politics and the Presidential campaign are given in translations of documents sent to a friend in the UnUed States by an American Army officer doing duty at the scene of hostilities. Some of the papers were taken from prisoners. This proclamation was issued by Aguinaldo last August, and waa published in the National Press of Tapual: "FILIPINOS The situation Is becominjr intolerable. The terms proposed In order to arrtve at an hon orable peaoe, whioh the country hopes for, have been overthrown, and other terms have been substituted by the military authority, which clearly ahoiy that our Independence Is very far from becoming a fact, If all united we do not conquer with the force of truth and our Tlgfet, aided by the allant Filipino Army, from, whom the American Government has demanded the surrender of their arms. The proposed terms from the composition that resulted from the celebrated assembly held upon the 21st day of June last, -before which was read, discussed and approved the eight clauses upon which wero based the terms for peace. Tha idea of the authors could not hava been more elevated If the same Idea had em anated from the statesman who form the Council of our National Ministry, although soma men propose and others agree that tho country has all tho proper liberty when tha individual exercises his natural rights, but not Without an army of its own (which was not conceded to tho proposition In the third clause), and it Is Inevitable that It is In n army that we can aisist ourselves to ac quire our Independence, which, moreover. Is seen will not be granted us by the American Government. That Government appears to Ig nore that where people desire to be free they are free, so it has come about that today the American Government wishes to exercise absolute sovereignty over that of ours. But tho American Government deceives It self, as do those men deceive themselves who with greater sincerity than fitness of time pretend and continue to pretend that peace must roisn In our land before the light of liberty and Independence can shine over the four cardinal points of our beloved country; the latter, however, will come about as cir cumstances are coming to assist us. Two eloments are now struggling In the United States those who desire the re-election of McKinley and the great Democratic party that sustains tho candidatcship of JBryan. Let us wait, forewarned that the result will bo favorable to us. because if the first party triumphs tha events In China will come to our aid. as already they ar be ginning to do. The remainder of the army of occupation they are arranging to trans port to the Oriental empire; and, if McKinley is overthrown, Bryan will grant our Inde pendence to us. Then what difference does It make If. tha forces which we hava are denied to us against our wishes? Do not concern yourselves with the do ings of Buencamino and his companions; we ha've men of greater worth who will know how to fight and to guide ui without mistake along the road to our independence. No peace unless It comes preceded by a flag similar to that beautiful banner which Is displayed on the fields of tha Transvaal. Let us await, confidlnz in the Justice of our causa, and If fortune should be adverse to us let us not forget that It Is more worthy to die with honor than to dishonorably live. An order signed by Major Pedro Ca balles, at Central Camp, Lumban, July 15, 1900, said: As soon as you receive thH communication you will Inform all tho people of your dis trict that by order of the commanding general of this province (General Catlles) there will be captured and shot those regular soldiers, policemen and volunteers or other citizens who present themselves to tha Americans and who surrender their rifles for money. All the military chiefs and presidontes lo cales will be held responsible if any one o their Jurisdiction presents himself to tn Americans; and. therefore. It is ordered that if any one has tha intention of presenting himself to the Americans he will be cap tured immediately and sent to the central headquarters In accordance with the Orders of our general. At general headquarters. May 6 last. General Juan Catlles, the civil and mili tary chief, issued this proclamation: To the Presldentes Locales of Nagcartan. Bizai, Saluyan, Stmo, Bosario, Ban Pablo, and Alamines: Lieutenant-Colonel Jules Herrera In an official communication, dated 30th of last April, informs mo as follows: "Certain res idents of tho town of Bay named Domingo Punsalan. Manuel Bevllla, and others, for getting that they are (were) Filipinos, ac cepted positions given by the enemy, tha first being appolted Fresidente Municipal and the second Vlce-Presldento, and they dis played the United States flag on the Town Hall. The upright and patriotic residents of the above-mentioned town at the sight ot such outrageous Insolence invaded the Town Hail and killed Punsalan, Kevilla and soma policemen." In my turn I have tho honor of transmit ting the foregoing to you (the Pre3ldcntes) in order that you may publish It In all tho barries of your respective towns that It may be known to all tha Inhabitants thereof, serv ing as a warning to the traitors. ADLAI IS BIGHT. Southern Democratic Paper Approve His Ensrle Eye. Nashville Banner. Hon. Adlal Stevenson has formally ac cepted the nominations for "Vice-President of the Populist and Free Silver Re publican parties. In regard to the free Silver and other Popullstlc policies em bodied in the platforms of these two par ties, Mr. Stevenson say3: "Upon the Im portant questions of finance, of domestic administration and of reform in our methods of taxation, the platform of the People's party gives no uncertain sound." Mr. Stevenson is correct in his state ment. The platforms referred to are pro nounced for free and unlimited silver and other hurtful policies, which he not only does not question, but commends by his acceptance. His only Implied qualifi cation of a thorough Indorsement of these fallacies is his campaign assump tion that they are issues subordinate to the issue of "imperialism." He says they are but questions of the hour "but a3 the dust in the balance." This Is a view which is so absurd as to seriously raise the question of Mr. Stevenson's sincer ity. To say that the party pledges to change our currency system and revolu tionize the business of the country aro but as dust in the balance is either a reflection upon the honesty and purposes of the parties whose nomination he ac cepts or an insincere attempt to dodge the issues presented. If the explicit, pos itive and reiterated demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 is "a question of the hour," It follows that the pledges made by the Kansas City convention and the conven tions of Populists and Sliver Republicans bind the candidates to the immediate carrying out of that policy should they bo placed in power. If Bryan and Ste venson and the candidates for Congress on their ticket do not faithfully in'end to adopt the earliest means in their pow er to place our currency on the free silver basis, then they are double-dea'lng wltfh the party organizations they repre sent. "Stable" Government. Memphis Appeal, Dem. The Imperialism plank in the platform, like the feathers and paint on the Indian brave, are good enough for show and to arouse enthusiasm, but of very little use for effective fighting. The first demand Is for the establishment of a stable form of governmen,t In the Philippines, a demand made to conciliate Eastern goldbugs, who hate silver, and which means that we must go into the school-teaching business for several generations and complete the work begun by the Spaniards SCO years ago. Stable governments are never rudi mentary. They are complete and poten tial developments, based on political civil ization and ethnologic adaptiveness. Sta ble governments are not built upon a ba sis of banditti or Moro head-hunters who live in trees and where each man's spear or bolo is a law unto itself. NOrE AND COMMENT. It is noticed that pivotal states alwaya wheel Into line more easily than others. Since his degradation, Prince Tuan can get some Idea of how Oom Paul feels. , It Is rumored that Bryan is much re lieved to hear that a deserter murderedt Lawtop. The Rusian troop have left Pekin; that is, such of it as happened to be not nailed down. "Washington's, Jefferson's and Lincoln? enunciation ot principles is not so imper fect as Bryan's hearing. There is reason for the belief that un dertakers did more for Seattle's 80,000 pop ulation, than census takers. If it were summertime Croker might work up a campaign dodge by a strike in the New York Ice factories. If Chairman Jones keeps on carrying sections of the map, he will soon make Atlas look live five nickels. Mr. Emerson, of Concord, Mass.. Is a candidate for Presidential Elector. Please do not ask: "Is 13 he dead?" If all farmers gave as little attention to crops as does Bryan, it would be pretty hard to convince them of prosperity, too. A farmer from New York State, aged 31 years, was buncoed out of ?1000 the other day. A man is never too old to learn. How thankful Bryan will be In No vember that tha President's salary of ?50, 000 a year Is not making him a plutocrat. It has been remarked that the Empress of China is very likely to "get her Dutch up" If Kaiser "Wilhelm tries to boss her too much. If Cyclone Davis, of Texas, comes this way it's needless to say that Seattle will remember the Galveston horror and give him a free pass to Tacoma. Croker and Jones don't know when they are kindly treated. Hanna's declaration that there are no trusts was meant mere ly as a campaign courtesy to the ice and cotton bale trusts. General Miles has recommended the adoption of the automobile in tho Army. The General seems determined to get to the front, somehow or other. It is rumored that G. "Washington Agui naldo has good reason for not wanting Lafayette Bryan to unsheath his sword In behalf of the liberty-loving Tagals. Ho is said to have been secretly advised that Bryan's voice is more formidable than his war record. George "W. Aguinaldo has been sent by his Democratic admirers a copy of the history of the United States with that part marked which describes his proto type's sprint across New Jersey. This Is another Democratic dodge to win votes by lending encouragement to the enemy. Tovrne on "Unfinished Business." New York Sun. The Hon. Charles A. Towne continues to have fun at Bryan's expense in the pres ence of large audiences out on the Pa cific Slope. While the advocates of Bryan In the East are doing everything in their power to keep 16 to 1 out of sight, Mr. Towne tells his hearers frankly that this campaign is only the old story continued. We quote from his speech df September 22, in San Francisco: "We are still discussing the issues of the campaign of 1896 because the-campaign ot 1900 began four years ago. 1 have been telling the people of Califor nia during the past week that the cam paign ot 1900 Is the campaign of 189 un der the head of unfinished business." Possibly this may not be as pleasing a sentiment just at this time to Mr. Bryan a3 it is to Mr. Towne; but if such is tfto case, Mr. Bryan will not dare to say so. Mr. Towne ieft the Republican party four years ago because the Republican party'3 policy with regard to silver coin age was unsatisfactory to him. His views on free silver at 16 to 1 are precisely the same as Mr. Bryan's, but at present he is a little more candid in expressing them. Mr. Towne is a sincere man In the matter of convictions, and a subtle hu morist in his manner of expressing them. He soems to think it his duty to keep his chieftain's noble soul steadily up to the line of 1896; perhaps that Is one reason why he was sent so far West. The "unfinished business" of 1896 is the attempt to overthrow the gold standard" and to degrade the American working man's dollar and the American Nation's credit. This campaign will finish that un finished business, but not exactly in tho way desired by'Mr. Bryan and Mr. Towne. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS "Written Examination. "That Boston school teacher wanted ma to propose by letter." "What for?" "Sha said many a man who was all right on grammar was terribly shaky on spelling." Indianapolis Journal. Sardonic "He says ho wouldn't think of accepting money for his political Influence." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "Ha doesn't have to think. It has got to be sec ond natura with him." Washington Star. "I don't know what I want," said a dys peptic customer, after going three times through tha bill of fare. "I can't eat mora than about two mouthfuls." "You might try a couple of our mutton chops, sir," quietly suggested tha waiter. Tlt-Blts. Of Two Evils. "Buggies. I am sorry to hear you wero burned out the other day. Did you losa all your household goods?" "Yes. but we don't feel so awfully bad over It, Lumpkin. Wa expected to have to move next week, anyway." Chicago Tribune. A Domestic Taste. Phyllis Kastsyde O Clarence! Teach ma how to play golf an I'll marry yer. Clarence TJrchlnton An' den have yer doln' a hotfoot eround da links all day long an' lettln' a careless nuss look after yer children T Not in a t'ousand years! Puck. The Mendicant Beg pardon, sir, but I haven't had anything to eat .for a week. Tha Philanthropist Let me congratulate you upon your success in so Interesting an experiment. It must bo a great saving to you. and I'm aura you'ra looking well Boston Transcript. Why Pa I on the Fence. S. E. KIser In Chicago Times-Herald. Tha pictures of tha candidates are hangln everywhere; They're gcttln' up processions, and there's music In the air; The banners stretch across the streets most every block or so; Tho papers they are tellln how tha 'lec tion's sure to go; Some of them say ilcKlnley's vota la bound to be Immense, Soma say that Brjan's got it sure but p he's on the fence! They're holdin meetln's In the halls and everywhere around?. And men are flockln" there In droves and gettln held spellbound; They talk about free silver and the danger It would bring. Tha orators Jump up and down and Jaw like anything; The folks are mad and shakin flats; ma says tha strain's Intense, For 'lection ain't so far away but pa he's on the fence. Tha Joneses they're Republican), tho Smiths are Democrats; They used to rim together, now they fight like dos and cats; They talk about prosperity and what ex pansion means. They scold about the Army and about the Philippines; But pa he runs a grocery, and he says there, ain't no sense In gettln' one side mad at you so h keeps on tho fence. ,
