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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.
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