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" JPORTJUAJTO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 ELECTOR AXD PRECIXCT. The constitution of Oregon .pxpMssljr tprovldes that any qualified elector of 'the state may vote for state officers Jn .ny county of the state. We reprint the teectloii Art. n, Sec, 13): All Qualified electors shall -rote in the elec tion precinct In tho jcountv where they may re hslde for cbunty otneers, and in any county In the state for state officers, or In any counts' of a Congressional district, in nhich euch elec tions may reside or members of Congress. 33ut vre have a letter from N. A. JPeery, of Portland, in Tvhich the -writer vattempts to refute the statement made "toy The Oregonlan that -a. qualified elec tor of the state "may vote aay from iome" for Electors of President and "Vice-President; and he cites the opinion f Judge McArthur tS Or., 568), as the 3a"wof the state, in, support of his con tention. But the opinion of Judge McArthur -was not directed to the matter now un der consideration. There was a con test for a county office, and the opinion 'of the court was sought for interpreta tion of the meaning and intent of the provision or requirement, written in the constitution, as to residence of persona Toting for county 'officers. 'Neverthe less, in passing, the court observed: "It clearly .appears- that a person wip' has resldefi in tfje'State, of "Oregon for eix months, and'otfiejfwise qualified may cas his vote f5r jany chdidaie for any state office in .any county of the state." Electors of President and "Vice-Presi dent are "'state officers." No quefetlotfj about that. The provision -cited' .from, the constitution and the statement c),ted from the opinion of the court "do'the rest" There is no mystery whatever about this matter, and it is unnfeces ."eary to mafce any. For the- election now pending, in which Electors of Pres ident and Vice-President Estate ofeb 5ers), only, are to be chosen? the point "under inquiry simply is this, whether b resident of a particular county ay "Washington happening -to "be In an other county say Wasco on election lay, may vote in Wasco. He may un doubtedly, if he can find six freehold ers who are able to attest in the man ner required by law that he is . resi dent of "Washington County and has the qualifications of an elector. The "constitution assures him therfghj: to "vote in. the other county, the Registry 3aw recognizes the right, and all he las to do is to make the proof required Sby the act of February 17, 189. The Ogegonian will add that It has i3io doubt that one might vote for Elec tors outside his precinct, A hfsown xjounty, if he were willing to taie he trouble of proof. There is nothing la the decision in 3d Oregon that runs .galns this yleic; for the conrtwas considering a, contest over a county -office, and its reasoning applied wholly "to the rights of electors voting lor county officers, not for state officers. This question whether an elector anight vote for state officers in a pre cinct in his own county other than the one in whlqh he resides cannot, fhow--cver, be called a practical one; for if the elector is within his own county on election day he may easilj' go to hla own precinct to vote, and he should io bo. Besides, if he is registered there as "he should be, he will hot be put to the trouble of 'furnishing the proof that will be required of hlni elsewhere. Since, however, it is settled that a per-, con may vote, in any county for sutte officers, it follows that he may yojte. in. any precinct for such officers, 'for county includes precinct. I It is useless to. divide hairs 'twixt west and southwest sides, on such a question. .Moreover, the act of February" 17, 1899, known as the registry law the act under which this contention has arisen makes expresH provision, in ac cord with -the constitution, for the elector to vote in a precinct other than that in which he resides. v Of course this, under the rule laid down in Sd- Oregon, pould apply only to A-pthig for state officers and members ot Congress. Section 16 of the registration act pro vides tliat, 'if it appears that the jelec- Ib nftt ToirfcthfO? In IVia nfiAlnnt iti which he, applies to fote," he shall bfr required to sUDscrtDe .and swear to oath in form prescribed, and, more over, "shall be- required to procure six freeholders of the county." etc Then, hH vote dshall be, received. , ,, X It is questioned by many whfetber thje. registry law is coastituiionai. t&& question ha& not yet 40 adjudged,' and tve shall not raise it, for Te think I a registry lawessenaaino honest Elec tions, and! we trust this one -will stand. It was drawn with special object otr' avoiding objections presented In an opinion of the SupremevCourt (13 Or.jr 217), from which wequote? J Wben tire dtiscn goesfyo.tbf Utf oiMtlectton'' " - & day with the constitution In .bis hand and pre sents 1 as giving hlnj a right to oc, can he be told: "True, jon 'have every Qualification that instruments requires? It declares ou enr titled to the rirht of an elpctor; but an act of the Assembly forbids your vote, and .there fore it cannot he received?1 If So, the Legis lature Is superior to the organic law of the state; and the Lerlslature, Instead of being controlled by it. may mold the constitution at pleasure Such Is not the law. We do not understand, however, that ttlje present registry law undertakes to. limit the right to vote for state officers to the precinct or county in which the voter resides, or is registered. "VVe ha-e shown, on the contrary, that it does not. The present discission re lates to an election in which only state officers are 10 be chosen, viz., Electors of President and Vice-President. "We have no doubt that an elector may vote for such Electors in any precinct in any county; but if ho offers to vote where he is not regip tered, he must produce the proofs re quired by law. No qualifications are prescribed or required in addition to those stated in the constitution; ' but the law demands that the person clalm-ing-to "be'an elector shall furnish proof that he has the qualifications whiph the constitution requires. EffEMX OF RICH AJfDPOOR. The answer of business sentiment in New York to his attacks on property has impressed the - Democratic candi date, and alarmed him. Consequently, at the outset of his Madison-Square speech he hastens to reassure the' frightened wealth and industs of the country. In his desire to capture the vote of the propertyless and discon tented, he nad not bethought himself that his predatory programme might not exactly suit the -thrifty and con tented who were to be despoiled. He forgot the lesson of 1896. Now the logic of his proposal to enrich the drone at the expense of' the worker begins to dawn upon him. He interposes a hasty disavowal. Bryan would not be understood as down on wealth or property to the ex tent of alienating its votes. He pro poses, It is true, to endow the property less with the accumulations of corpora tions and provide the laboring man with costly Summer homes,btit he pro poses to do this without infliction of loss upon the corporations, or taking country seats away from any but those who have stolen them. He is, so far as the laboring man is concerned, the sworn enemy of the corporations; but so far as the corporations are cpu cerned, he is their tried and true friend. "Honest wealth," like that derived by Tammany from blackmail of criminals and vice, he will support, but "preda tory wealth," acquired by the manufac turing industries that subscribe to Re publican campaign funds, he will never cease to denounce. "Honest men," like Croker, have nothing to fear from the Democratic party. Illegitimate enter- prise, like making shoes or weaving blankets, no good Democrat can view without alarm. How shall we know whether Bryan Is a friend of honest wealth and legiti mate industry or an enemy? Shall we take his profession or his proposals? It is a comparatively simple thing for a candidate to get up on a platfqrm and promise all things to all men. The point Is, "What policy does he offer for the protection of property or the stabil ity of industrial enterprise? To the financial world he offers the silver basis and the paralj'sls of currency. To the commercial world he offers cur tailment of marketB and annihilation of credit. To the. Industrial world be of fers promotion of riot and destruction of the consuming power of the people. To the agricultural world he offers free I rade in everything the farmer sells and debased money for him to. be .paid in. He offers panic to the banks, clos ure of foreign markets to the exporter, Underconsumption to the manufacturer. He is opposed to the protection of prop erty from rioters, he is for everything that promises to punish accumulation of mi lngs and the employment of cap ital in large enterprises. Bryan is not only the enemy of the rich, he is the enemy of the masses. The same blow he would strike at Wealth would fall with crushing force on the poor. In the crash of falling capital he strives so hard i.o bring about, labor-would be burled beneath the ruins. Every bank that 'Bryan's election would drive to the wall would beggar hundreds of poor depositors. Every life Insurance company whose invest ments at home and abroad he Is ready to wipe out of existence, if he can, would destroy the rainy-day and old age fund of thousands of poor policy holders." Every corporation he ruined would -default to those whose savings had been intrusted to it, and its employes, whether railroad men, fac tory operatives or those In wholesale or retail trade would be thrown out of work. If it is to the Interest of wealth to have capital forced info unproductive hoarding, to have Federal protection withdrawn from property, and to have the field of lucrative investment cir cumscribed, then Bryan isg the friend of honest wealth. If it is to the interests of the poor to have thrift and self denial discredited, railroads crippled, factories closed, banks fall, penslbns re duced in value, then Bryan is the friend of the- poor. The only source of amelioration Bryan offers his followers Is through destruction. He proposes to help the poor by making war on the rich. He proposes to add to the .wealth of the .shiftless by subtracting from, the sav ings of the successful. The true sources of prosperity as statesmanship apjpre hends them are to him an undiscovered country. To widen marketB, to multi ply production, to strengthen credit to economize industrial processes, through organization and machinery, to en courage investment, to prompte manu factures, to augment shipping, to 'de velop yet undeveloped resources of these he has apparently never heard. How shall the poor man better his condition? Bryan's answer is to point him to the rich. See how great" these corporations are, how successful the.se captains of Industry, howr beautiful their Summer homes, how much better oft is the capitalist than the young map Absalom without a .dollar in hlB pocket!! And he offers to bring in prosperity through war on everybody and every thing that has come up through strug gle to a place of eminence and posses sion. Then the rich shall be poor and the poor shall be. rich. Then the cor porations shall be overthrown, and from the ruins of their catastrophe every follower of Bryanlsm shad snatch a competence and a Summer borne. Once-'a stuffer always a stuffer. The Seattle 'registration is reported at 16, 800, But the- Vote wliTifot be" great, THT?, TirqjlM I&raflGS$l TJf3raBBdAY OCTOBER llSM,, rrT nor anywhere near 1 '"ghis lsnot a1 new list of voters buVitTls the Spring reclstratlon dIus the 'Fall registration. For Illustration, tfie registration in Portland was-16,30. InSeattIe it 'was 10,940. By' various devices the roll has been crowded In the latter place up nearly 6000. If mew names legitimately belonging to Portland igere nqw ito -he added, we should doubtless have some thing like 19,000. , , . A REVERSAL OP INDUSTRIES. A reyersal of agricultural Industries In Eastern, and "Western Oregon has been:,, taking place for a number of years, and is still In progress. The time la relatively short since the Vast areas of the eastern section were util ized almost wholly for stockralslng, the Western section In the meantime being dedicated almost as exclusively to wheatgrowlng. Now It Is conceded that the former Is the wheatgrowlng section of the future, as Indeed It is largely of the present, "rwhlje every year many acres of the latter heretofore sown to Wheat are seeded, down, to grass . for dairying and grazing purposes. There is 'every indication that thls'reversal of Industries wlircohtinue toNthe profit of all concerned. The growth of the dairy Industry In the "Wlllpmette "Valley wfthln the past ,flve or-even three, years has been remarkable. Creameries have been established on every hand, scrub stock is being rapidly eliminated tfrom the dairy problem, , and- wheat fields have been turned into meadqws for the support of the industry." There -.is, ("no question but this "Valley Is specially adapted to sto'ckralsing and dairying. The mildness of Its "Winters reduces the period of feeding to the minimum, the country Is well sheltered fronj east Winds, well watered and well supplied with means of transportation. The land yields heavily in timothy, clover and other meadow grasses, and re sponds bountifully to root culture. Nothing Is lacking but human energy and enterprise Intelllgentlydlrected ,tp that end to make It the "center of a dairy Interest the output of which, will be sufficient to supply an'already vaar and constantly Increasing market, which 7alceady reaches northward to Alaska and eastward to the far Islands of the sea. On. the other handi'-the wide stock ranges of Eastern Oregon are being, fenced, plowed and sown to wheat In yearly Increasing areas. The reversal of the Industries of the two sections has but Just begun, although considerable progress, has beep made. It .will move somewhat more rapl'dly, but still without precipitation, until, Jn a general sense, it is complete, since throujrh It the most will' "be made for Industry and commerce" 6f the natural j advantages and resources of the two sections. , BI'KINIiEY'S GOOD CHANCES. The outlook for McKlnley -today points to his election by ah electoral vote at least as' large as that' he ob tained In 1896. Indications are that he will carry every state he won east of the Mississippi In 1896, with the excep tion of Kentucky, and possibly Mary land, and west, of the. Mississippi will capture Kansas, South Dakota, Wyo ming and Washington, which were car ried by Bryan In 1896. The Republicans' no longer fcel doubtful of vlctpry In In diana, Maryland" or West "Virginia, and feel absolute confidence of victory in New "fork, State. New York has been happily described as "the barometer of' the National sentimeht." At' every Presidential election since 1872 Us? elec toral vote has gone to the successful candidate. The obvious explanation Is that, because of its close business and financial association with the whole Union and becaus.e of the representa tive American quality of its population the public opinion 'ofNew York State Is a test of he polltIcalsentIment of the Naon. The business sentiment of New York State turns the scale In National elections. New York ia for McKinley today be cause the business sentiment of the state Is for the gold standard, and so also Is the professional sentiment. .The vast majority of the Gold Democrats of New York State are as determine! in their opposition to Bryan as they were In 1S96. They are determined to unload him in November decisively an'd finally for all time to come. In 1893 McKinley received in New York City 156,353 votes to 135,624 for Bryan, and In Kings Gounty 109,135 to, 76,882. That is, Mr, McKlnley's percentage In New York was nearly 54 per cent, and In Kings County nearly 59 per cent. In face of these figures for 1896, the prediction that Tammany will roll up from.80,0Q0 to 100,000 Bryan majority In the' con solidated city 1b without any basis of probability. -, Even n 1898, when the Democrats- generally suppbrted their ticket, Roosevelt's percentage In New York was nearly 40 per cent, and In Kings County about 45 per cent. McKinley probably will have the whole business and professional vote behind him in November, as he did in 1896; and if Bryan beats McKinley at all In New York City, the margin In his favor will be email. So far from New York City giving Bryan 80,000 to 100,000 plurality, it is doubtful If his majority touches 40,000. The Democrats allow the Republicans but 60,000 ma jority outside of New .York ' Cityf whereas they are likely to exceed 100, 000. CURIOUS PERVERSIOX. A short article in these columns the other day undertook to show how ut terly out of place were certain local gentlemen. In the Bryan camp; and how their success and acquisitions disqual ify them "by the standards Bryan him self sets up" from partaking of the Bryan love feast. Now comes a Popu list paper of Pendleton with the pro fessed discovery that this Is an official promufgatlon that corporations only are Interested in McKinley's election, and all others in Bryan's Thus: It is of jrreat assistance to the Brian forces to rend in. the editorial columns of a great Re publican newspaper that Bryanlsm Is not for people who "wear fine clothes, live at swell cluba, have intimate connections with preat corporations, that pay them T.ell for their flno talents nnq conspicuous Industry," and, by In ference, under a, logic perfectly correct, that McKialejlsm Is for people who aro connected with great corporations. The trend of such ar gument Is that all persons who are not person ally interested In sreat corporations must vote for Mr. Brian. The standards set up ore not The Oregonlan's standards, but "the stand ards Bryan himself sets up," as was stated. The inference is, a striking Instance of the perversion The Qre gonlan's critics hereabouts , are com pelled to resort to when wincing under some unpleasant truth plainly sfated, which they feel must be answered. The Pendleton critic Is the same who recently bQwaljed "a departure iirthesej columns from the "fair and. Impartial Btandard heretofore malntaine'd"- a smndSrcJ, by -Jthe way he lias continu ally 4enoupcaiis unfair 4nd pai-tiai, The most delicate compliments The Oregonttin receives are. from the Bry anlte papers f Oregon and Washing ton, which t confess themselves unable to meet Its assertions except through perversion 'and misrepresentation The 11-year-old bqy, Arthur Kelly, who shot and killed, hla sjeeplng father Ini 'their camp in the Blue Mountains same weeks, ago, In retaliation for suu dry brutal beatings and kicklngs, -w'as a few day ago lodged in the State Rer form School at Salem. Judgjng from the scrap of -family hlgtory, published' by an Eastern Oregon newspaper In connection with this crime, the boy not only avenged himself for mariy cruel beatings by his parricidal deed, but un wittingly avenged also brutal wrongs Ipflic'ted b;y his father upon his mother Just prior to his irth. It is said that the man beat, kicked, cuffed and ror peatedjy threatened to kill the mother of, his -unborn, child, and actually upon one occasion" produced a gun and caused the' cowering, wretched woman tii believe she was" about to be shot. Theorists have It that the boy was pos sessed''of an inborn fear of his father, which was finally intensified into hatred and resentment, and, possibly combined with the natural. instinct of self-preservation, moved Jhlm to commit the deed. The theory 'is, to say the least, plausible, and the circumstances of the ease might, In the hands of an Oliver Wendell Holmes, be worked tjp Into a "medicated .novel,-" a companion story to "The Guardian Angel," whiph might fitly be entitled "The Impelling Demon." Theories aside, however, the consensus of public opinion following the evidence above submitted must be that the man's death was untimely only because" t)ie event was at least a dozen years overdue. ''Amidst the mesg of scandal, murders, suicides. 4n4 other jtjorrors ,the. New York Journal daily chronicles, it findb room for a black-typed complaint that "Hanna has- money to burn,"' and Is gping to spend. $20,000 for pink carna tions as 'a Republican emblem. Editor Hearst therefore fakes his yellow pen oil in hand and figures out that It would buy many things for the poor, such a3 4000 barrels of flour, or 450,000 loaves of bread, 'or 100,000 pounds of beef. So it would. Aslt Is, It probably will give employment to many deserving florists. But that id another matter. In the ac count of the great Bryan-Croker $1-per'-plate banquet (wines hot Included), we see among the distinguished guests the name of Editor Hearst (wines doubtless included). With the 512 he spent for spHds, and, pay, " ?20 for liquids, the great editor might have distributed six barrels of flour, or 600 loaVes of bread, or 300 pounds of meat, and Saved from starvation many hun gry poor. Perhaps he did save them, If he did, We shall haye full particulars of this last great stroke of philanthropy. when hlB paper, arrives. But the fact still remains that on Jhat eventful night the leading journalistic light (yel low) of Bryanlsm washed down his throat six barrels of flour, or 600 loaves of bread, or 300 pounds of meat. There has been a big blow-out for Bryjth in New York, bub it was a Tam many aftaif, official) entirely perfunc tory, anil,, merely,, a machine display. Tammany" has such a multitude of heelers that It can always turn out a big crowd when It tries. Tammany's office-holders and direct beneficiaries are understood to number not less than 100,000 .voters. But, apart from these, New York Is not for Tammany. In or dinary times the Independent business classes dp, indeed, give Tammany a great deal of support, but on present Issues very little. The politicians and hangers-on, who are looking out for thdlr.. party standing as regulars, are, of course, advocating the election of. .Bryan, but the Democratic citizens who are not politicians 'are not. These tens Of thousands, It is believed, will vote against Bryan, as they did bef6re. So in' Oregon," of the Democrats who re fused to support Bryan In lWtf, it is only the politicians who are trying to "get into line" for the future, by mak ing a record for "regularity,'! that are supporting him now. This, Indeed, is everywhere apparent. Jt Is not believed that Bryan will get back 10 per cent of the Democratic vote he lofet four years ago. Only the politicians are go ing back to him. 1 Ex-Secretary Olney, in his Atlantic article of" last year, maintained that "justice and the veil-being of all con cerned demand the speedy extension of American sovereignty over Cuba." He further said that the declaration ot Congress of our purpose was "not only futile, but lli-advlsed," and averred hat 'therfe Is no order, happiness or prosperity for Cuba until permanent American control in the inland 18 es tablished by law." In face of this ar ticle, Mr. Ojney's qualms of fchU-lm-periallsm In the matter of the Phil ippines appear very ridiculous. Mr. Ol ney and his letter have both fallen very flat, - Settlement of the coal strike in Penn sylvania will glVe disquietude to none but Bryan and tyls extreme partisans. Bryanlsm looks upon want and disor der, famine and pestilence, as its allies; ana ib Is fllle'd with disappointment when these specters are put to flight A dissatisfied sugar trust stockholder! asserts that Its funds are bejnfe -dissipated In an Expensive war on the coffee trust, which als6 aims to enter the sugar business. When trusts fall out, the npnest consumer has his innings. Poor Adlal! Nobody wanted to hear him, nobody listened -to him, every body that could leffc the Garden Tues day night. Whathe says doesn't go; the -public does. f " -The miners, evidently, were , right when 'they said the stride, was for the great railroads to settle. Dividends are large enough these days for wages to be fair. Oia-tfitiO' f?ood L,avrn In London. Iondon Express. Medieval London had summary meth-. ods'of dealing With dishonest purveyors of food; and drink.' The pillory -was the usual fate of the baker -flrho j-old a loif that was not of full weight, and some times we read that he was drawn on u hurdjo through the streets on his way to the pillory, with a fraudulent loaf sufc-' pended round his neck. A taverner whp adulterated his wine was condemned tp drink his own Jiquor until he could drink no more, and the remainder ..Was then. poured upon Xm unhappy raan'u head. No New Arguments at This Tjnrce Agqjnst "MiUtarism"and "Ifnperfalism." Although Mr. Bryan has. abandoned antl-lraperlallsm as a "paramount'' issue, scores of Democratic declarers at Hi go about the country denouncing the "des potism" of-McKinley in the Philippines. In the name of liberty 'these men In veigh agalnstthe "tyranny" at Washing ton. They desorlbe iurldly how dire are the copsequencas with which McKinley threatens our Republican institutions. Some call him "King"; others, "Em peror," Had these men set out to prove that the Democracy of Bryan In IW0 Is the same as the Democracy of Vallandighom In 18S3 and 1SM, they could hardly have given stronger evidence of the fact. Hard ly more limn a glance at the copperhead press of 36 years ago la needed, to proye this- For Instance, on October 10, 18M, the Cincinnati Enquirer, then as now the or,, gap of the copperhead Democracy, said: ''dur Government cannot endure another four years' reign of Abraham Lincoln." On October 6 the same journal, under the head of "The Two Imperialists Na poleon and Idnccln," said: "There will be the most cordial relations between France and the United States should Lin coln be re-elected. The two imperialist? will harmonize admirably." " The Nilos Republican at about the same time predicted t ''If Abraham Lincoln la re-elected President the liberties of the people are gone forever.'' The Cleve land plain Dealer joined he Democratic chorus with this: "If Lincoln Is re-elected we will never 'again have peace or union In this land." The New York World of October 27 said: "President- Lincoln. has shown that nothing would restrain"' him from any further desperate and laWl leas, acts necessary to perpetuate" his hold on power. ' ' On September 13, 18S4,' the Indianapolis Sentinel, organ of 1the Indiana copper heads, sfiid: "The election of ttncolh means war,, anarchy and disunion.. These are the issue? involved In Uhe ejection pf Qctpber and November." In an edi torial article on September 24, 1864, the Cincinnati EnqdJrer announced: ''Lincoln has destroyed the Union and subverted oux republican form of government." On November 3, 1564. the Ohio Statesman, another copperhead organ, declared: "Un--der the. Administration of Abraham- Lin coln the American Government has lost most of the features which distinguished it from the despotisms of ithe Old World.', The BryanUe decUtfpiers constantly ar raign the Republican party for its disre gard of the Declaration p( Independence and contempt for jtho consent of the governed. la the same tone the Cincin nati Enquirer aald on July 4, 1864: ''How many fine and glowing periods have we rounded oft In $. avor of the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence thaj all Just governments derive their power fr6m the consept of the governed, and vet w& are empilng millions of men ana bil lions of treasure In the most sanguinary war of modern times, to force a govern ment upon' an unwilling people.'" As against 'Lincoln, Vallandigham was repudiated Jnhls own state by the largest majority eyer cast against a man in Ohio. As against Lincoln In 1564 MeClellan. rep resenting! thfr copperhead Demdcracy, re ceived only .21 electoral yotes out of a total of 233. The result was so decisive ,that oopperheadlsm was kept In the back ground by the Democratic leaders until it made Its appearance In 1P00 under the same, old auspices, and, as the foregoing quotations show, With the same old argu ments. ' OPPOSED Ta HRYABTIS5I, t. v - Opinions of Ex -Pre 61 dent. Cleveland Poor Yer Ago artd Still In Force. Four years ago Grover" Cleveland, then President of the United, States, made no secret of his antlpathvto Bryan and Bryanlsm. .Recently extraordinary' efforts haye been made to, obtain from rilm. a single word In "favor of the Democratic tldket or the'pollcles which It represents. But every scheme ha9 failed, and t seems fair to Infer that Mrt Cleveland has not changed his mind. Here is the letter which he wrote in November, 1S96, apd which fras read at the Chamber of Commerce dinner In New York on- No vember 17: Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov,, 19, lass Alexander E. Orr, President, etc. My dear Sir: The pleasure -which a par ticipation in the banqUets of the Cham ber of Commerce has afforded me in the past, and the, kindly feeling ahd broad spirit of enterprise which always per vaded those occasions, cause me to rogret most sincerely vthat I cannot join the goodly company that will gather around the. Chamber's hospitable board tomor row eyenjng. Recent events may well cause those who represent business Interests to re joice In their escape from threatened peril. But while they have abundant reason for rejoicing, and can view with the greatest satisfaction iho support they ,haye given the cause of sound mon6y .in Hhe contest lately .Waged against it, I earnestly hope that la this tlmp of con gratulation it will bo remembered that copsjtapt vlgilattee and continued efforts are'Mtyujr.ed tdeveri maintain present con ditions, and, .tnat absolute safoty wih only be secured when our- financial sys tem Is protected by affirmative and thor ough reforms', , When our business men are habitually alert and" watchful, and wheri they are, moreover, fully aroused to the Import ance of sucty-leglslatlve action concern ing our finances as business methods ap prove ana the welfare, of "the entire coun try requires, much good may be con fidently anticipated, not only In the ac complishment Of practical results, but In the femoval of hurtful prejudices, through an assurance to the people that business and patriotism are becoming more and hior united. Yburs very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND. Who A Innncntlalf ( New YorkEtffcning Post. ExrPresldent Harrison's deliverance in favor of the Republican party again Il lustrates a fact which has become con spicuous during the campaign that the most effective support given McKinley Is ttiat which comes from those members df his party who have condemned his conduct In the Porto Rico matter and other features of his imperialistic policy. It Is not the Beverldges and Grosvenors and the other champions of a war of Conquest whosa words carry weight in this campaign, but the Harrisons and Mc Calls and Llttleflelds, who openly toolc issue with tjielr party on the question of imperialism whon the Porto Rico con troversy was pendlhg. It is because such men, without a word of recantation, sup port McKtnteyv in the belief that h& fight which they mean to keep up may yet be won, that the Republican candidate Will receive many votes which "would be driven from him if the Beverldges and Gropvenors appeared to represent the universal feeling among those influential In to"'party, CAMPAIGN IN f HITlrfUSie l&US. ' New York SUn. The, most popular of this, year's crop of camalsrp Jokes seems to be one sprung at the Victoria Music HaH by the Rogers brothers. Qus. Rogers, starts, Jn by say ing that It loofe as if McKinley will purely iwin "Whyr" Jnaulres the brother. JThere- are more McKinley banners than Bryan banners In town." "Banners don't Vpte." "NO, but they show which way the wind blows." At every performance when this Joke Is sprung McKlnley's name Is received with Jowl applause. fact, at all the the aters a MoKinley joHe this year Is more loudly cheered than a joke that favors Bryan. Even on the Bowery, a Demo cratic stronghold, where it is natural to suppose that Bryan jokes would go well, the Democratic candidate hasn.'t the bet ter of it; ttjtb the audiences, ilany jt the comedians who work Oft political gags, however, do so without prejudice to either candidate. A sketch team at Minrr Eowey, which essays political hUniur. trie- a McKinley verse, 9Ung by the maie members of fhe team first, and then the female members switch onto Bryap sentiment. So everybody Is pleased. Harry Thompson1, who Is known as. the Mayor of the Bowery, tells- campaign stories about a stogfe German and Irish man, who talk like this-: "Hello. Frankfurter, did ye Iver know the politics uv the moon? The moon Is Democratic." ""I don't believe dot." ' ''Well, now; listen. The moon Iook3 like a sliver dollar, nn' reslmbles the pic ture 'av JInnlngs Bryan, an' th' cloud3 Indicate-a clean swape in Novlmber." "Mike, dot's a pooty good yoke, but "it don't indication like der sun do. "He got politicals, too. Did you ever notification" dot when'der sUn sets he got a red rins around?' "Phwat tha divil does that Indicate?" "Dot vere der gold Btandard. Did yu,, too, see der red, vhlte and blue which vere dere? Dot Is prosperity, more vages and prostoctlon, und in der sun so bright Is der picture of McKinley. So don't be so varm about der moon. Mebbe der sun can make It hotter as vhat you expect In November." Here Is a sample of the material turned out by talking comedians; "Hello, pal. can you tell .me. where all tho members of Tammany Hall are equal ly beautiful?" "Give It ud," "In the dark, But say! What does Bryan want the Presidency for, arty how?" "For Bryan. That McKinley, though, Is a dangerous man." , MWhy Is he dangerous?" "Ho takes life cheerfully." "Do you think they'll embalm Croker when he dlea?" "No. I trust Ice will be cheap when he dies. That reminds me of what my tvife said to the Ice that she put In the Icebox this morninfr." "What did she say to the cake of ice?" "You dear little thing," "Speakingr about Croker dying, what do you think" his epitaph ought to be?" "His tyust In the prophets was great, but his. "profits from trusts were gjeater." 'That was. a touching incident. "Wlutr , "Croker, hitting the candidates, for coin." 'J can tell you a capital thing for the candidates Cash."' 'I got one for you. Why is Bryan like Oom Paul?" "GlVe It up." "Because he's a great bore," "Sjauds .to reason. Say. Can you an swer this question? Why is Senator Tim Sullivan, at the racetrack an agreeable fellow?" "Give It up." ''Because he has such winning ways. But why la the issue 16 to 1 like a drunken-man?" "Because It can't stand alone; got to call upon trust for a bracer. Now, tell me why Bryan Is like a retired carpen ter?" "Because he Is an ex-plainer." "When McKinley gets in he'll make a. dollar bil gd'as far as a 51 bill." ?H,ow?" "SaikUboth by mall." "BpeaWng about the money question, I believe BryanUs right when he argues that sliver is better than gold. If you take a 35 gold piece and put It In your pocket, itis onljf $5 when you take It out. But it you take a J5 silver certificate and fold it In your pocket, you double it ddn't yout Ad. when you take it out you'll find it increases." ''Where, does' the candidate feelfor the poor dlctrlot leader?" "In his pocket, of cours'e." "Why4doeB Tfm Woodruff wear ft plaid waistcoat??- 'To keea.a oheck on his stomach. You know TimtE a hearty eater. Bft here's one. Why Is Brian's boom like a can dlo?J' "" , . ''Wife lontror It burns the less it hwnmpi . B"ut 1 can glvyoii the name of our next '"pet you J8.G0 you can't." " T11 take .that bet William." - r " 1 i r- JC Soldier Dera,pcrt gpenku. Lieutenant Lee Hall, of the Thlrty thlnl United States Ihfantry, has been a life-long Democrat. r He was born and reared , in Democratic atmosphere. Ho recently reached his home In San An' tohfo. Tex., from the Philippines, where ha has been in active service. He an nounces that he wlH support McKinley and rfoossVet; and he1 glyea his reasons very succinctly, saying: The TmjrtogB now In insurrection are under tho impression ""that If Bryan is elected tho AmSrfcan force fill be withdrawn, from tho lalinfls and leael them In undisputed posses sion, If the election were held tomorrow, and JSfqKinlcy were cKoaom they would surrender wlthTon. & murmur. Every soldier In Jho island Is friendly to the present Administration for this- reason,, as tho men are tlrod of chasing: outlaws, who aro prdmlsed Immunity from punishment jf they can keep out. of sight until 0. tiey fS6Wer Is created In Washington which will forlvethem, sanction tho rebellion, and tho rest: of. It, I am a Democrat, but I don't like tho-fjbtlcy of a party which Incites armed rebellion, eVen Indjrectly, to one's country. Where aicKtnley TVn Wealc Providence Journal, Ren. Last fiighf, ttt New Haven, Hon. John P. Altgeid addressed the Democratic CluC of Yale,, and he made fair argu mentative Use afPres!dent McKlnley's unprincipled 'surrender of "plain tluty"" toward Porto Rico. 'No friend of the 'Administration can remove that stain on the record, of the last four years, with nth6 backward atep" In civil service 6 frm It stands as a lasting disgrace to the,Republlcan party, as a haiintlng re tnlhder that what Representative McCall terms "the backbone of an angleworm" cannot pass in the United States as a s'tatesmdnilko quality. That alone Is suf ficient reason for making many men Vote for the parfiraOunt Popultet from Nebras ka, and it will make thousands who vota for tl$ President do so with reluctance. Tfcft Gtlfbr's Rubaytt. "Wake, for the eun haa scattered Into- night The? stats bdfOre him from the field of nlgHt dome Caddie, rouse thee! Pc1qus mo meats JUtf Sins hoicsefe breakfast, for an annetftn! Each raoon a thousand roses brings, you say?' Ah.JiyetJDut there's rr-y scorn of yoitcrrtaj! I can't forget how Jarnshyd brolte ray heart Defeating me three tip and vo to -play! Myself 'when yqtjnc did eagerly .frequent Tho link's" andiSar tho players' argument Oh that Ij&era a freckled caddie still. Absolved fropv -doctored scores, and Innocen!' Earth's nothing; but a; nine-hole -course, at best; ' The baJliby kjpgnd peasant la addrest; "We have to siartLby teeing off. .and each Or soon or late holes down and (3 at rest. Chicago Times-Herald, ftiU AUDsCOMMEJrri Money talks, which explains 4he nolso they are making In the Montana, sfm paln. There are a few offices Montag has ot been a candidate for, but their number la rapidly diminishing. "Military -red" Is "the latest shade worn in London. It la a color which wlUnever become popular In Boston Bryan's offer fo serve only pu&J53? Is th&rbest argument he has pumforth sines ha began to be ambitious. ' y Bryan will be a small frog in a big puddle in New York. The boss1 Crokei; is doing the talking there just now. -- Freft-Oliver won't 50. And4ho strike's off. you know, go what will poor Bryan do. now.. Poo&thinsr? - .There Is no danger that any one will throw ice at Hanna in New Yoric Trust pjlpes have put it out of the reach of ie mob. 'Tfs love that makes tho world go 'round. But nothlnr anywhere That ever on It can.be found WHJ make the thing go square. $(l these days of the full dinner-pail. Uncle Sam is Inclined to think that, yott 'Bryan hath a lean and? hungry look. He talks vtoo much- ' With" a stove founder for a legislative candidate, the Democrats no doubt fell well fortified against an attack of'refrlg erated pedal extermlties. , Ohl he fought his way to glory , On the slope of San Juan Hill. And he left there Mlghtly gory, ' But the same old Teddy still. Tiienhe went to Colorado, And the Nation held Its breath, "While he walked within tho shadow Of the goat who's-jknawn as Death. But w never knew how lucky Any mortal man could bo Till he; spoke in Old Kentucky And got out of there scot free. One hot day last August ex-Speaker Thomas' B. Reed was caught In the little town of Westerly with a badly wlltett collar, as'the story Is told. He dropped! Into what looked to be the most lnvltingj haberdasher's in the place and announced that wanted a collar, and -wanted lC right away, too. Mr. Reed didn't know: the size. After a deal of wrestling theV wilted collar was removed, and It was' then discovered that the neckband ot th shirt required a collar 20 Inche3 in length to fit the neck of Maine's former "Idol son.'' "Twenty Inches'." gasped the clerk. "Why, Mr. Reed, we don't carry a collar of that size la stock,, and there Is not one to be had In the State ot Rhodfe Island I" "What kind of a jay state 1 this I have got Into, anyway?" drawled the porly'attorney, as he reached for the discarded collar "And must I elthe'r go back to Watch Hill or else wear this beastly wilted thing to New York?" In formed that this was about the situation, Mr. Reed hurried his bulky frame to the. railroad station muttering something; about being glad to be able to get to a town where the haberdashers1 establistx ments "Were run ort a more liberal, plan. The story drifted to town somehow, andt now tho ex-Speaker's professional ano political friends are sending him aI thei saddler's buslnns cards that they cart lay their hands on, the services of one clerk: being required to sort out the mall of this sort. PLEASANTRIES OP PAItAGRAPHERS Teacher-What'ls a pedestrian? Johnny Rus tlck A feller tnat sets run over by a bi cycle, ma'am. Tlt-Blts. An Inquiry. First Citizen (reading paper) Great rdbbery reported In New York. Second Citizen Yes? Official or unofficial' Puck. Not What He Meant. Dick Wlttlngton How beautiful you aro and how homely ihe Is. "Ah. but Sadie haa brains." "Still. I would rather be you." Life. Itecognlzed if "So that's your little game, is It?" said the guost at the restaurant to the. waiter who had brought him EnsHsh sparrows for reed birds. Chicago Tribune. Calculate to Arouse: "We don't seem tor be making much note in th literary world.'" "No; I tell you what you perpetrate a -pla-glarlsm and Til accuse jou of It." Chicago Record. Falrlle Jack, have you that ten pounds r le,nt jou tho other day? Flyntfp Not nllof It, old chop: but what I have will do mo. a daj or two lonrer. Jolly kind nnd thoughtful of jqu, though. Glasgow Evening Times. A Skeptical Age: Uncle Silas Folts is dif ferent from what they u"d to be. Lots, of 'Jrrt don't hUova In the Bftfe. Uncle Hiram Yes: an some it even gfttln' shy of the. Declaration of Independence Brooklyn Life. Her DUbalief. "He saya ho Is from New York." said one young woman. "Yes,' an swered the other. "I can't believe It." "Why not?" "He talked with me five minutes; -without saying anything was 'fierce' or char acterising: anybody aa a 'lobster. " V ashlng ton Star. Modest ilan. Braggs What? JUIsa Romans ? No sho's not for me Sho' to!d""ma tho other day that tho man ah marries must be hand some rather than- wealthy. Brlggs Well, jou're certainly not wealthy, but " Braggs' Of course. Thata' Just It. I hato to havo a gbi,, throw herself at my head that vway.- Philadelphia Press. The Yonngr Qnecn. Rudyord Kiplihg In Harper's Weekly. Her hand, still on her swordhK tho. apurwa , still on her heel Sho had not cast her harness of gray war , dinted steel; High on her red-splashed charger;- beautiful. v bold and browned. Bright-eyed out of the battle, the young Queen Toda to be, crowned. And she came to the old Queen's presence, la the hall ot our thousand yean. In the tall ot tho flyo freo nations that aro peers among thfclr pears: Royal she ay& the greeting, loyal sho, bowed the head. Crying: "Crown me. my .mother!" and tho old Quoen stood and said: "How can I crown thee further? I know whosa standard files Where tho clean surgo takes the Leeuwm, or the notched Kalkouras rlso. Blood of our foos on thy brldls and ipeech of our foes In thy mouth How can I crown thee .further. O Quen of tho Sovereign South? "Let the flva free nations witness!" But the young Queen answered swift: ". "It shall be tho crown of-our crowning tohold our crowns for a gift. In the da wlioa our folks were f coble thy sbrd made sure. Qur lands Wherefore wc coma In power to beg our crown at thy hands." And tho old Queen raised and kissed her, and the Jealous circlet prest. Roped 'With pearls of the Northland and red with tho gold of tho West Lit with rer lanTa own opals, lion-hearted, alive, And tho fle-starred Cros above them, for sign of the nations five. . , . - And the old Queen stooped In the stillness whero th Joweled head drooped low:.. "Daughter no more but slater,, and doubly'i daughter so Mother of many Princes and child of tho chlldh I bore, What gpod thing shall I wish thoo that Ihavo, not wished before?, "Tempered, august, abiding, roluctant of, pray ers or vows, r Eager In face of peril as thine for thynrnota cr's house. - God recite thee, my daughter throughtho strenuous years to be. v, t t 4w And makVthy people to lovo thee, as thou hast bwt loved mot" - . ' ' 4 .-