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THE MOBNIHra -GBEGQtfU. IVKjISrDA-S', - ..pCTQBEB, 32s imp. fog QmmL Entered at the Poetcfflre at Portland. Oregon, cs second-class matter. TELEPHONES. SdltorhJ Rooms 10(1 j. Business Offic-.067 REVISED srnSCRIPTION"HATES. By Mail (postage prepaid). In Advance Dau, vith Sunaay, ir month $0 S3 ally, Sunday excepted, per year... 1 30 Dally, with Sunday, .per year -.. fl 0 Sunday, per year ....;'..,...............- 2 00 The Weekly, per year 1 &0 The Weeklj.. . months &0 To City Subscribers pally, per weU, delivered. Sundays excepted-lSc tay. l'cr week, delivered Sundajs lncludcd.20c POSTAPE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 16-pago paper .................... .....to 10 to 82-jago paper ......... .......... ...... Foreign rates double. JCotcs or dlicuvlon intended for publication In The Oregonlan should bo addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonien, not to the namo of any Individual. Jettcrs relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any business matter should be addressed slmp'y "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poem or stories from individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to it -without solici tation. Xo stamps should he inclosed lor this purpose. Pugot Sourd Bureau Captain A. Thompson, office at 1111 Pacific "avenue. Tacotaa. Box 5)Mt Taooma Postofilce. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build ing. New Tork City; "Tho Rookery." Chicago the S. C. Beck 1th special agency. New Tork. Por sale in San rrancisco, by J. K. Cooper, 740 Market street, near the Palace Ilotel; Gold cmith Brofc. 236 Sutter Ftreet; F. "W. Pitts. 1008 Market street; Foster & Orear. Ferry JJews Stand: L. E Iee, Palace Hotel Hews Stand. Tor ealo In Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 250 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines. 100 So. Sprlnc street. Por sale Jn Omaha by H. C. Shears, 103 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1612 Parnam street. Forjsale in Salt Lake -by the Salt Lake Kews Co.. 77 W. Second South street. Por ?aje in New Orleans by Ernest & Co.. 115 Roja.1 street. On file in Washington. D. C. "with A. W. Dunn, 509 lith N. "V. Por sale Jn Chicago by the P. O. Kews Co., 217 Dearborn street. J TODAY'S WEATHER. Occasional rain; grebh to brisk southwesterly winds. JPOR-TLAJVD, MOXDAY, OCTOBER 22 LET US SUPPOSE. But what If the Administration had withdrawn from the Philippine Islands, or given notice of intention to with draw from them? Then the Democratic party of the United States would have pitched its political campaign of this year on a basis or plan precisely opposite to that of its present endeavor. And the attack would be spirited; pven fierce, beyond precedent. The delinquency of an Administration that was throwing away what had been won by the valor and blood of our soldiers; the cowardice and dishonor of an Ad ministration that was withdrawing the flag of liberty from a place to which its providential genius, always with It, had again guided it; the poltrooners of an Administration that hadn't spirit to fight when the soldiers of the country had been treacherously attacked; the in famy of an Administration that would allow the blood of the American soldier to be spilled in vain, and his body to lie forgotten in a country surrendered to semi-savages; the narrowness of a political partj the party 'of "the Ad ministrationthat never had favored expansion, and against whose protest the country had been made great these would have been the topics for M.r. Bryan and Mr. Charles Towne, for Messrs. David B. Hlllmd James Ham ilton Lewis, and for their eloquent compeers and coadjutors of Oregon Messrs. C. E. S. "Wood, Xi. B. Cox and Fred V, Holman. Then they could talk to a purpose; end they would talk. "Then they could quote Jefferson to a purpose; and they would quote him. Their tongues would be aflame with denunciation of an un speakable Administration; their indig nation would be of that spontaneous kind that never can be mistaken for simulation. They would have the his tory and the argument, and, above all, -the appeal to the National pride and patriotic courage of the American peo--ple, on the one hand, and to their de testation of pusillanimity on the other.-j It would be a campaign red with un common wrath. The frenzy of every speaker would be a consuming fire. On -every stump at this moment, every Bryan orator would be invoking upon a, recreant Administration all the hid den thunders in the stores of heaven! If the Bryan party had this side of the question the Administration would be run, over, swept and threshed as by ,a cyclone. There would be no stand ing against the storm. In our Pacific States there would be 4ho added fuy of indignation against an Administra tion that was throwing away the one great opportunity for commercial ex pansion. It would be mighty trouble some to be an Administration Bepub lican, here or anywhere, especially here. Bryan himself would be pointing proudly to his own record as a- sup porter of the treaty through which we received the Philippines. He would be demanding to know for what the coun try's blood had been shed and Its money paid. His scorn would wither an Administration that had lowered the prestige of the Republic and de graded the Nation in the eyes of the world. It is not to be denied that on such a theme Bryan would be a powerful speaker. And he would be well sup ported; for on such a theme the words of the speaker of ordinary common places would become white-hot with elo quent rage. If the positions of the parties were reversed, if the Bryan party had the side of expansion, and the Administra tion the side of the little- Americans, the latter would simply be wiped off the face of the earth. And the Bryan parts' would have the side of expansion and would be working It for all It was worth, but for the fact that the Repub lican party was already entrenched therein. Bryan's stuff is simply deplorable. To the apple-growers of Western New York we find him saying: "I ask you to compare the prosperity of the apple irroWer with he prosperity of the trust magnate. How many years do you think an apple-grower will have to work in order to raise enough apples to make enough money to have a large fortune?" By the term "trust magnate" Bryan means any man of wealth. Hence, vote for me, because you haven't made as much money by growing apples as some others have made In trade, manufactures, railroad ing, or what not. And if you vote for me, I will see that nobody makes more money than you do. It is the shallow est, yet the basest, appeal ever made by a candidate for the Presidency. The apple-grower will decide whether there are any resources for him in the. com plaint that there are richer, men than he is. OUR BLOATED BOXDHOLDERS. The savings of -a community are in its banks, savings banks and life-insurance companies, and it is with these aggregated savings that bonds are bought. The bondholders of the coun try, therefore, are the wage-earning classes. War on capital Is war on the people, and war on bondholders. Is war on wageworkers. Every bank keeps a deposit of Its surplus funds in some central bank. The country banks of- Oregon deposit in the banks of Portland large sums belonging to the farmers and wage workers of the state. The Portland banks carry deposits In San 'Francisco, Chicago and New York. Eve'ry .great city has in its banks the savings of, countless numbers .of common people entrusted to them indirectly through the system of bank deposits. These sums have to be Invested, in order to earn a profit; so that the money that buys bonds really belongs to the peo ple. These accumulations of popular sav ings, in- the form of bank deposits in other banks, have grown to be some thing enormous. In .18S0 they were $235,000,000, in 1890 they were $434,000. 000, but now they "have grown to over a billion dollars, or, to be more exact, $1,070,000,000. .More than half of this accumulation of savings has been piled up In the last six years. Of this total. New York banks carry $430,000,000. Boston $73,000,000, and Chicago $133. 000.000. This money is the people's. It does not belong to the Money Power or the trusts. The great corporation is not doing business on its own money. It has a -certain line of credit at the bank. Its officials are paid large salaries to handle the money judiciously and profit ably, but the money Itself is borrowed from custodians of funds accumulated through deposits of various kinds. If 10,000 men in Portland have $100 each in the banks of Portland, that. Is a fund of $1,000,000', which the banks can in vest in O. R. & N. railroad bonds and stocks. The O. R. & N. uses the money to make money, but the dividends don't go to the officers of the road; they go to' the owners of the stocks and bonds, and Indirectly to the 10,000 men who have earned and saved the money. t It is the same way with savings banks. The money on deposit with the savings banks of the country amounts to the enormous sum of $2,400,000,000. This money can't be allowed to lie Idle in vaults. It must be invested, and the best way it can be Invested is in United States bonds, in bonds of states, counties, cities and towns, and in the bonds and stocks of private corpora tions. These Various corporations, pub lic and private, are thus enabled to do business on the borrowed capital. If they can make enough to pay their in terest, the holders get something out of their savings. If they can't, they mut default on interest, then on prin cipal, the savings banks will fail, and the poor depositors will, lose their all. Precisely this method of operation pre vails with the vast sums accumulated from the people by fire and life Insur ance companies, and by them lent out to corporations to do business on. If these fact& are borne in mind, it is easy to see how good a friend Bryan is to the masses when he declares war on banks, corporations and bondhold ers. The whole fabric of trade and manufacture Is buiit up on this great foundation of credit credit from the worklngman to the employer for his week's or month's work, credit from the. poor depositor to the great corpo ration that can use his money to make interest for him, profit for itself and situations for its employes. If we are to render It impossible for these great custodians of. the people's money to carry on their colossal schemes, there will be no employment for labor and no interest for depositors in sav ings banks. No man is so badly used by debased currency, Daniel Webster truly said, as the ,workingman. No man, moreover, stands" to lose so much by financial and industrial disaster, for .he stands to lose his all. - "THE WEEDS OP TIIiIAMOOKV' The Tillamook Headlight complains that The Oregonlan is not well In formed as to Tillamook's needs In busi ness and commercial lines, because an article published a short time- ago, con gratulating the people of our some what isolated coast county "upon the development, even If slow, of their abounding resources, the necessity oi the improvement by the Government of Tillamook bar as an element In this development, was not urged. Having had the Headlight upon its exchange list for a considerable length, of time, The Oregonlan may, it is trusted, with out offense claim a moderate familiar ity with the commercial and industrial needs of Tillamook County. Nor has It been wholly bereft of other means of information upon this point, as the communications by wire and mall pub lished from day to day in its columns may be held to prove. This -aside, it is plain that commerce must meet in dustrial enterprise or there can be no substantial development of the natural resources of any section. All Oregon suffered from the lack of transporta tion facilities necessary to its indus trial and commercial progress for years. Some of its outlying districts are still under the commercial ban of isolation. Tillamook County is one of these. Re lief will probably come to it within a few years, both by railroad and sea, since Its resources' are of a character that commerce seeks rather than Ig nores. The Oregonlan hopes to see in corporated in the next river and harboi bill a substantial appropriation for Im proving Tillamook bar, and that as soon thereafter as the somewhat ponder- I ous and m slow-moving machinery of the Government can oe sec in mo tion, the work will be begun. The matter is one that concerns a wider public than that designated by- the Headlight as "Tillamookers." All loyal Oregonlan9 may justly be held to have a friendly interest in the development of the natural resources of the state. without regard to special locations. 11 may not be amies to suggest that van unquestioning acceptance of this idea would make sundry of our people much happier and very much more agreeable than they are upon occasion. It is the part of nelghborllness to take for granted the good-will of our fellow-cltl-zens of the whole state. Such a mental attitude wpuld, moreover, pave, in the aggregate, a vast deal of wasted effort of the "straln-at-ai-gnat-and-swallow-a-camel" order. THE CANADIAN' ELEQTJOJT. The Canadian Parliamentary election day has been fixed for November 7, the day after our own. The Liberals, un der President Laurier, are likely to be successful, chiefly because of the un exampled prosperity of the Dominion. The total trade of Canada for the first eleven months of the current year lfl $323,596,476, an aggregate exceeding the entire traffic of the previous twelve month. The expansion of Canadian traffic in the last four years, under Laurler's administration, stands for more commercial growth than there was in the first fifteen years of con federation from 1867 to 1883. The cot ton mills, shirt, collar and blouse fac tories are full of orders; Canada Is be coming, through its spruce forests and water-power, one of the greatest paper producing countries in the worldj min eral resources are rapidly being 'devel oped In Ontario, British Columbia and' the maritime provinces. Within ten years the' wheat acreage and the total acreage under grain have increased in Manitoba' by 150 per cent. This is an extraordinary growth for a .coun try cut off, as Canada is, from Its natu ral market In the United States. It certainly looks as If the coming 'election in Canada will turn mainly on the issue of prosperity. The Liberal leaders express confidence that the vot ers will not bo stupid enough to over throw a government under which Can ada has attained a degree of prosper ity unexampled in her history. On the other hand, the Conservatives express confidence that they will be able to transform the present Liberal major ity of 58 into a minority. They count upon carrying British Columbia, Mani toba, Prince Edward Island, and upon making considerable gains in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario, and expect to capture some seats fioni the Liberals in the Province of Quebec. The Liberals expect some losses In Manitoba and Biltish Columbia, but count upen increasing their present strength in Ontario. They do not pre 'tend that they will be able to retain .their present majority of 58, but enter tain no doubt that they will secure at least the majority of 30 which they ob tained at the general election in 1S96. The Conservative opposition to the Liberals insist that the discrimination of 33 per cent which the Canadian tariff now gives to British manufac-4 tures ought to be withheld until an equivalent concession is secured for Canada's food staples In the British market. In 1896 Laurier advocated this policy, but he now says that he is sat isfied that, in the first place, England would never grant such .apreference, since her working classes would not tolerate any legislation that raised the price of food; and, in the .second place, if England could be persuaded to grant; such a preference, It would only be on the condition that British manufactures should 'be -admitted into Canada duty free, a condition -that would subject the manufacturers of the Dominion to a ruinous competition. The preference of 33 per cent now given to British products leaves the Canadian manufac turer sufficiently protected, but the last remnant of protection against British fabrics would have to be surrendered It a preference for Canada's, food staples' was 'secured in the British market. Premier Laurier does not waste much argument on this point, for he bluntly says that so long as a large majority of the inhabitants of Greati Britain de pend upon imported food products for cheap, bread, they certainly will not consent to ralEe the price of bread for the benefit of the Canadian producer. He frankly tells the Canadian farmers that they have not the slightest chance of persuading the working classes of Great Britain to raise the price of bread to enable the graingrowers of the Dominion to undersell those of the' United StateB. The . Conservative opposition de nounces the Liberal government for putting; American corn on the free list,, instead of keeping It on the dutiable list until the United States admitted Canadian barley free In order to secure a similar privilege for corn. The Lib-" eral government Is denounced also for conceding to the Standard Oil .Com pany the tank-steamer privilege, which is said to have resulted, in making the Canadians pay from C to 10 cents a gallon more for kerosene oil than they formerly did.. The duty onj woolen goods has been lowered, whereby the wool which Canadian farmers have to sell has been cheapened, and their sheep rendered less valuable. The du ties on fabrics of cotton, which Is not produced In Canada, have been raised and the farmers forced to pay a higher price for them. Another charge brought against Lau rier is that he has put binder-twine on the free list, and lowered the duty on petroleum. The Liberals answer that the- Fielding preferential tariff has brought about a saving of from $12,000, 000 to $20,000,000 a year to the taxpay ers; that they cannot hope to escape protest, on the one side from some manufacturers against reduced protec tion, and on the other from some free traders who hold that any vestige of protection is an injury to the people. The Liberal leaders believe that their administration is not open to criticism. for their decision of questions which have divided even their friends, but they believe, on the whole, they have dealt with serious difficulties and 'solved them we'll; that they have shown them selves worthy to be trusted; that, viewed broadly, their conduct In office deserves a continuance of popular con fidence. William Schrelber was a clerk on $12 a week In a bank of Ellzabethport, N. J William was convinced that his pay was not equal to his abilities, and he has proved that he did not overesti mate his mentality by stealing $106,000 in two years. William was a pattern young man by day In Ellzabethportr was rated as dull and slow as a family horse. But WJlllam spent his hlghta In the New York tenderloin district, 'where he and his paramour rivaled An tony and Cleopatra in their common rel ish of luxury and extravagance. " Will iam had a yacht, he was at the Satur day races, he went to prizefights, he I lavished thousands of dollars upon his Aspasia. He lived like a, millionaire foe two years,; hernever changed his, name; he. attempted , no ' disguise or conceal ment, and never look to flight until he had fairly stolen all the bank's money that was In sight. Verily, while Will iam Is a very smooth young scoundrel, he certajnly seems possessed of a good deal more Intellect than .his salary of $12 a week- called forv If JWllliam was worth only $12- a week, the superior offi cers of the bank which he robbed every day for two years were heavily over paid. . , In answer to- the question whether in his opinion the -City of Galveston can be so safeguarded that a repetition of the disaster of September S will be Im possible, Governor Sayers, of Texas, answers in -the negative. No safeguard of human construction could, in his opinion, withstand suoh ' a storm. He adds: '"Such a storm is not likely to occur again; we have little fear of that." This js courage of the reckless typet -but It is as powerless "for purposes of protection from an admittedly over whelming power as would be the most' abject fear. Competent engineers are said to hold an opinion upon 'this sub ject contrary to that of Governor Say ers, and certainly, If Galveston, is re built, It should be upon the assurance that a seawall can be made that will withstand the wildest fury of the ele ments. The simple belief that there will"; never be another, such storm as that which wrecked the alty Is a very slim foundation uppn which to rebuild. Experiments In tobacco culture have been made for several seasons past in various parts of Oregon, with a moder ate degree of success." This is not exactly- a new thing In the state, as it has been tried in a desultory sort' of way and on a smalL scale for the past thirty years or more. The product generally, whether owing to climatic conditions or the crude manner in which it hasbeen cured, has been rank and unsuitable for commercial pur poses. tIf the fault Is 111 the method of handling, lt.can, of course, be correct ed, but there Is reason to believe that conditions lcrc do not favor lebacco culture to a degree that will make to bacco one Of the profitable products of diversified agriculture. Experi ments, however, are always In-order, provided they are conducted upon a basis that docs notv Involve a too great waste of time. It Is evident, from the showing of Chief Engineer ,MelvlHe, f the Navy Department, that the needs of the new Navy are not confined to naval con struction. The .scarcity .of competent engineers in the naval service would, in the -event of sudden war, be a seri ous drawback to the efficiency of our NaVy. It is clear .that adequate pro Vision" for supplying" this deficiency should at once be made, if we would not have our magnificent fighting equipment afloat practically useless in case of sudden stress. As a measure of relief, the Englneer-In-Chlef urges the immediate assignment' to duty, as understudies and assistants to the ex perienced engineers of Che Navy, of the younger line officers, . In such, numbers as. the needs of thei service requires. The matter is-one. that demands the prompt and careful attention -of Con gress. Under the constitution of 'the state' and the ruling of the Supreme Court, you can vote for Electors of President and Ylce-Presldent in the precinct where you are "registered', though you may have moved out .of. It. These Elec tors are "state officers," and you are entitled to vote for them in any pre cinct of any county. But If you are not registered In the precinct where you offer your vote, you -must have the at testation of six freeholders, as required by the registration law. It is, how ever, but a simple matter for the man who has moved to another precinct from that in which he has registered if he have not moved to consider able distance; for he can -go back and vote for Electors ' (state officers) in the precinct which holds the record of his registration. Hanna's reference to Bryan at Lin coln was the answer of a man. He who is accused of iniquitous practices, If he Is Innocent and courageous, will not'rest easy under the charge. He will deny them with spirit and denounce his accuser. This Is what Hanna did, and there was no fitter place for him to do It than at Bnvin's home, where his friends were thickest. The plain, blunt methods 'of a business man have been parried by Mr. Hanna Into this campaign,- and we are much mistaken ii they will not appeal strongly to the good sense of the plain people. The or dinary palaver and stage tricks of the average spellbinder probably deceive far fewer people than he Imagines. Japan has made the most out of the Chinese War of all the powers engaged. The excellence of her soldiers was such as to make them a match In Intelli gence, courage and organization for the best troops of Europe or the United States. For such an army of 600,000 men as Japan can put into the field, backed by a powerful fleet, no single power of Europe would be a match. Japan has increased her influence with he Chinese Government, and has con vinced the powers of Europe that Japan would be a very hard nut to crack un der the present circumstances, when no hower of Europe could possibly spare 500,000 troops for so distant an expe dition. . , New York's population Is double that .of Chicago. But New York's registra tion of voters does not keep pace, on population, with that of Chicago. The reglstratlbn for New' York is 656,154. That of Chicago, 401,826. If The Oregonlan is not mistaken, the Indignation of the American people Is rising high against the "cowardly policy Of "scuttle - and - leave-the-flag-behind" 'proposed by the Bryan party. , Does Bryan know asmuch about tho ,trusts today as ho knew about the gold standard in 1896? , About Trusts. Boston Herald. ' The Bryan party has talked so much about the enormous growth of trusts dur ing tho McKinley Administration that some persons may be In danger of believ ing that, up to tho date of McKlnley's inauguration there were few such combi nations in existence, and these but feeble examples. The- truth is that most of the great and successful organizations of this kind antedate the present Republican Ad ministration. The Standard OH Company dates rom 1882. .The dressed beef combi nation from-1885. The American Tobacco Company from 1S30, tho American Sugar Refining Company and the National Tube Company from"'.2$31,the National .Wall Paper Company and -the ConBOlidawd Steel & Wire Company from 1S92, the United States Leather Company from 1893, and so on. . THE CASE OF SGHREIBER. Terr Good Badinage Addressed to .Sleepy Bankers. New York Journal of 'Commerce. The lightning calculators will have to return to the iShow business. Memories are short, recent events may blow over, and in time the mathematical prodigies mayt recover their prestige. But for tho present there Is no demand for them In banks, and -they have got to look to county fairs and to variety entertain ments of the rural style, with their one night stands and their midnight flights. n Here is where they found their pxhicl pal occupation a few years ago. 'The farmer whose cheek still remembered the pres sure of his tongue when com" ronted with four lines of three figures each got plenty of wonderment for his money when he saxr a performer give, with only a mo ment's delay, the amount "of 17 times 11,' and to hear the sum of a 'dozen lines of six figures each announced as soon as they were written down gave him as delicious a thrill a- a queer sound, or something whitish and of indefinite shape, when he was marching past the cemetery to the tune of his own courage-Inspiring whistle. But the show business Is not very re munerative and Is always precarious", and artl&ts and philosophers Jjave often la mented the encroachment of commercial ism upon the higher spheres of life. The lightning calculators .becam bookkeepers ahdEot situations in bonks. , Tliev have been undoubted conveni ences. A man who could add a pajje of figures by merely casting his eye over it. Who could remember footings of column3 as well as he could remember the dates of holidays, and who could tell the 3tate of every depositor's account without looking at the books,' was beyond question a wonderful labor-saving maohlne; presi dents looked upon him with pride, and cashiers simply could not do without him. -The other clerks looked upon him With a combination of awe and envy. The agents of adding machines were turned superciliously from doors 'behind which jwere these marvels of mathematical rapidity and accuracy. . It mav have been by accident that a lightning calculator observed the fact that results he obtained in a few minutes took three men an hour arid a quarter to verify, or It may have ''been the malign prompting of an evil personality less dis cussed in pulpits now than a century ago. At any rate, the fact was discovered, Lightning calculation and sturdy moral character often co-exist, but they havo occasionally been divorced with lament able" consequences. A lightning calcula tor whose honesty is not rock-ribbed Is a dangerous person when ho has come to realize that all the rest of the bank force has not time to verify his wonders of ad dition and division, nof skill to penetrate his silence. The result has been to dis credit lightning calculators, not only in EHzabethp'ort, but through a much wider area, for the time belnsr. The boy who seeks employment on the recommendation of his teachers that he is the smartest boy In school .will encounter a stronz stare from the bank officer to whom ho applies. The bank clerk who can state the sums of columns of figures by mere lnrpcctlon will for some time be rerarded with suspicion by the cashier and the bookkeeper who can tell every depositor's-account. by-mempry will prob ably have detectives not Ellz ibethport detectives, either put on his track. This is. a good-time to sell adding machines, and thO'Clerks who are so slow at -figures' that the average bank officer can easily verify jtheir work, wlll.ifor.a little while, bo resrarded by their superiors -with a benevolence they .never before experi enced. - 1. j . Perhaps a reasonable 'amount of vigi lance on thepart of ''bank officers might enable thenvio -utilize lightning calcu lators without paying -them the entire capital and j-surplus .of the institutions. The Ellzab'otnpgrt bankers' may be right in their imprstelOTt th&t vthey took all reasonable-'pretautlons, but It TO3y also be true that they found tho lightning calcu lator In their employ so very convenient, such a remarkable labor-saver, and such an Infallible source of Information about the business of the concern, that they al lowed him to go with less than the aver age amount of watching, except when they employed a local detective whose curiosity never led him to ask why this exemplary bank clerk-'spent most of his evenings In New York. o DAVID B. HILL'S SPEECH. It Holds Up a Mirror to Gentlemen 'In Oregon. NeW York Sun. The Hon. David Bennett Hill will not be on exhibition as a captive Hon In the Crbker Circus tonight. He has had humil iations enough this year. Doubtless ilr. Croker feels that for the present It Is unnecessary to prod the poor soUl more. So Mr. Hill is on the road. But what ho said at Springfield, 111., yesterday or what he will say. at indlanapolls today must net be regarded as spoken In other than a Pickwickian sense. If we could look Into his mental cylinder,' we should find something like .this: Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen: I am not ronls about tho country fatlne my words of 1600 and 'pretendlnjr to be horribly scared by Imperialism and trusts, because 1 like the business. I have no especial fond ness for standinc on my head, and I am too old to relish maklnr a chow of msclf. Nor do I enjoy belnc bethwacked and bethumped by Mr. Croker. But I h&vft resolved for my own eake to suppress -my. feelings. I may be sore all over, but I will b a Democrat In rood and regular standing. I will help Inter Bryanlsm decently. Tho great thing Is to set Mr. Bryan out of tho way. Next,. 'No vember will finish him, and I shall have done my duty to him and more particularly to mrself. Then, I hope and believe, the old stagers will have a 'chance' a-aln. Then, the Bryan experiment Aaving failed, the old Dem ocratic policies and leaders may bo held In honor once more. And if the Democrats want a tried and faithful man, a line wilt always reach me' at Wollerfa Roo3t. I don't care much about belnr right, but I should like to be President. Such, probably, Is Mr. Hill's thought but unspoken speech. The Hon. .Richard Croker, a mind reader, has read It and grinned to himself with deep, silent grati fication. Fncts "Versus Slander. The Outlook. Mr. Carl Schurz has challenged de fenders of the present Government "to show in the whole history of the world a single act of perfidy committed by any republic more infamous than that com mitted by Mr. McKlnley's Administration against our Filipino allies." The Outlook meets this challenge with another. When bgfore In the history of the "world, has a great nation delivered" at Its own cost a helpless community from an oppression which it has long suffered, in the -treaty consequent upon victory has reimbursed the oppressor the money expended by him in real material Improvements, has promised the Vanquished nation all the trade advantages it derives Itself from the conquest, has protected the liberated people from threats of foreign powers and from the greater peril threatened by that anarchy which Invariably follows the overthrow of despotic power, has sent highly trained teachers to open schools and organize a system of public Instruc tion, has selected men from Its best clll zens and sent them Wlth Instructions to aid the community in organizing- its. own system of self-government, has pledged Itself to give the preference to natives in all appointments to office, ln-ail this ben eficent work has insisted on nothing" ex cept that the rlghtsbf c!vll-"ahd religious liberty shall" b'epresefved, ad ?rom first to last has demanded for itself no guar- antee of any commercial preference or ad vantage of any kind whatever? For a great Republic thus 'to undertake the education of a childlike people such as tho Filipinos, help them organise their Institutions of 'self-government and guard them against assault while the process Is being carried on, both from within and Without, appears to us a new and noble Btage in the development of human brotherhood. THE J?AJUL OF MR. OBRYAJJ. A Ho FnrtooSc ol the Belsbwtsar Feast Prepared "br Crolcer. Kansas City Star, Ind. Alas and alack,, that Ir. Bryan ,made his great speech in Madison-Square Gar den In New York last night, filled with viands assimilated in the glittering Xiouis Quinze -salon ofx the Hoffman House at a banquet which cost ?I2 a plate. But for the diplomacy of Mr. Croker In arranging to have the banqueters order and pay for their -wines individually, the cost of tho Bryan banquet would not have been less than $20 a plate. Under the circumstances Mr. Bryan's opening declaration at Madison-Square Garden that he drew a line between hon est wealth and predatory wealth was In vested with a sad significance to thou sands of his worshipers who have be lieved, with all their hearts, that Mr. Bryan was not as other men. What ecstasy would have -filled the bosoms of the Bryanlte had their great leader and exemplar paused at the door of the Liouls -Quinze salon and sternly asked Sir Croker what all this sumptu ous array meant. In measured tones the severe tribune of the plain people might have insisted on knowing the cost of the banquet and demanded of the shrinking Croker if h did not know that honest men all over the land tolled like slaves to earn less than 512 a week. He might have called Mr. Croker'-s attention to the fact that. there are millions of men and women in the United States who do not, drink from Tock crystal goblets, or eat with 'knives with pearl handles. "Get thee behind me, Satan!" should have been the stern mandate of Mr. Bryan to Mr. Croker. But It is not recorded that Mr. Bryan made a single protest.. He did not even show a sign of trepida tion as he adjusted his legs under the mahogany. Perhaps the lavish display of sliver enthralled him, but how could he avoid seeing the fashionable cards at each plate, upon which the names of the guests were printed 'in gold letters at an expenso greater .than many a poor man can afford to pay for a meal? For one hour and a quarter the man who has been idolized as the incarnation of simplicity sat, while course after course was brought In by servants In swallow-tall 'coatB. With every course fresh knives, forks and spoons were placed before Mr. Bryan. The costly china plates were Changed, too. Now, if Mr. Bryan had only said, "One plate Is good enough for me," or If he had remarked, "One knife and fork Is plenty," or, better still, If he had insisted that a 25-cent meal from a restaurant frequented by the plain people should be brought to him from "Beefsteak John's," around the corner on Sixth avenue, how his praises would be sung today from New Jersey to Arkansas. A Vision of Joy and Peace. New Tork Times. After the obsequies of Bryanlsm have been faithfully a'ttended to, the powers of regeneration and reunion wllL begin to work in the Democratic party. The death and burial of the 16 to 1 Issue will remove the' only incurable cause of party division. Honest men can then belong to the party without being ashamed of It. the danger ous principles of Populism will be dropped from the profession of faith, the other points of difference will disappear under the attrition of talk'and compromise. and adjustment, or they wllljie borne with as points "of disagreement are always borne With. In every party. Then presently the love feasts will begin. , probably before the Winter Is over ceffcttlnly as soon as next year's campaigning opens. Silver Democrats and Gold Democrats will be on terms once more, just as war Demo crats and states rights Democrats came together Immediately after the Civil War. Inbred dislike of Republican policies and of the republican name will compel them to seek each other's company. Neither can then afford to despise the other. Mu tual need will engender mutual reopect. Tho old fellowship will be re-established, and no disabilities will be Imposed on either Bide. Then party warfare In this country will be resumed on Its old lines; except that some former Democrats, of course, will have foresworn allegiance and become Republicans for good. Foreigners and Militarism. Now York Commercial Advertiser. The Chicago' Tribune has made -examination of the political preferences of 92 newspapers published in the United States in other langugaes than English. Without regard to their previous party affiliations it is found that 58 of them support Mc Kinley, 26 Bryan and 8 take no part In the campaign. This was to be expected in an election -that turned on economic issues, and the distribution of foreign papers-is the best evidence that free sil ver Is really the paramount Issue In the campaign. Nothing is written more plain ly In the history of American elections than that, when economic Issues are to the fore, the Instinct of naturalized citi zens Is more trusty than that of native Americans. They are in closer touch with sittled traditions and enlightened experi ence of older countries which have lived through the financial and social fadz that seem new to Us. This year, however, the Bryanltes hoped to catch naturalized voters with the new issues of militarism and Imperialism. Here, too. their experi ence In their own countries stands them In good stead. They are not scared by these bosles. They know the real thing too well to take fright at shams. These foreigners have seen great Imperial armies and been a part of them. They laugh at the notion of a few thousand citizens of a universal suffrage republic drawn for police duty for five or ten years becoming an Instrument of con spiracy against popular .liberty. The Same Unconquerable Distrust. Chicago Times-Herald. Immediately after Mr. Bryan's defeat in 1896 Senator J. K. Jones, who occupied the same relation to the Democratic cam paign then as he does now, said: 5 should havo won but for the conviction that took .hold of the people that Bryan wan unsafe, that If he should be elected the finances of the country would be subjected to profound disturbance, that values would be unsettled, contusion and universal uncertain ty created by the Executive and the oppres sive hard times Indefinitely continued. . . . The distrust was unconquerable, and It was fatal. In the four years that have elapsed since then hns Bryan said or done a soli tary thing 'that would tend to dlfepel the "unconquerable distrust" that he' was an "unsafe" .leader? ' Since then conditions have proved that ha was a false prophet of evil as well as ah unsafe counselor. JX-bls Has No Been Answered. Salt Lake Tribune. .Mr. Meiklejohn Is making it a little warm for Mr. Bryan in their correspon dence. The present status is in relation to the Constltut!6n's following the flag, and Mr. Melklejohn has Mr." Bryan fairly on the hip. He writes: In view of your present contention, might I bert to recuest an explanation of the con cluding words oi the Chicago platform of 180(3 on admission of territories, which reads: "We 'reco'mmend that the Territory of Alaska b granted a delegate in Cwigress and that the 'general land and timber laws or the Untied States be extended to said territory." The Chicago platform was reaffirmed at Kansa's City and it -ptrt3 not dnly Mr. Bryan, but his whole party, in a hole. HOVE Am COHMEffr. "Nobody ever asked Bryan a 'question that he couldn't answer with another question. There was a high wind yesterday,, but James Hamilton Lewis Is going to speak tonight. It Is understood Tha"t"W; J. Bryan will do a. Uttle talking before thevemUof- the campaign. Judging by yesterday's weather It will soon ibe muddy enough for 'a-JgoodPfoot-ball game. At last acounts Andrew Carnegie was as far from attaining his desire to die poor as ever. The price of gas In Chicago is so'hlgh that It Is -no joke when a farmer comes into town and "blows It out. TThe Kentucky legislature has passed, a new election law, but the power of in terpreting it still remains with the Goebellte judiciary. If Sir Thomas Upton loses the race for the cup with the next yacht he brings oyer here, he Can partly recoup by taking a cargo of pork back 'in her. It has been discovered that yawning is greatly beneficial to health. It woulfip pear that certain ministers are building better than the doctore would have them. Sir John. Pope-Hennessy, says Justin McCarthy, began his public life in the House of Commons as special protege of Disraeli. He afterwards served Her Ma jesty with great distinction as the gov ernor in succession of several colonies, and was again a member of the House of Commons up to the time of his death. One day there was some talk about a friend who had two most dbjectlonal pe culiarities; he was not given to the use of soap and water, and he was always bor rowing money. "Yes, poor, fellow," said Hennessy. "he sponges upon everybody except himself." A young man 21 years old. who was traveling recently on a Santa F train, presented the return coupon of a child's half-rate ticket from San FranciSco to Kansas City. He had bought the ticket 11 years ago, and as It was unlimited as to time, he claimed the right to use the ticket on his Return trip. The railroad officials, on the other hand, argued that It was a half-rate ticket, good for a child under 12 years of age; he, a man of 21. could not riae on !t. The contract on the back of the ticket did not specify that the child was to stop growing, however, and now the question is, Can the young; man compel the railroad to carry him on that ticket? Several communications In Tegard to keeping the streets and sidewalks clean during the season of "the falling of the leaf." have been received by The Ore gonlan from citizens In different parts of the town. The tenor of them all la about the same a protest against fault being found about burning leaves on the streets. It Is urged that as the street-cleaning force as been reduced to a minimum of efficiency, people who desire to Iteep the street and sidewalk In front of their places neat, have to sweep and rake to gether the fallen leaves themselves, and therefore should be allowed the privilege of- burning" "tli em on the mrtc&tmmtzTa streets at least. It all the leaves could be gathered up at once, It would In volve no great cost or trouble to havo them carted away, but as the sweeping and raking has to be followed up about every day as long as the leaves keep fail ing. It would be unreasonable and ex pensive to have to hunt up a scavenger every day for a month or more. It Is admitted that the odor of burning leaves and grass is not pleasant, but still Is not unwholesome, and If Smith Is annoyed when Brown burns his leaves, Brown has his bad quarter of an hour when Smith is burning his, and so things axe evened up. There appears to be sense and justice in this contention, especially as the city cannot possibly undertake to dispose of the leaves. It should be remembered by per sons who have extensive ground and flower gardens, that leaf mold Is one of R.e very best of fertilizers. Some per sons do and many more might utilize the fallen leaves by pl'lng them m a heap, or better, In a shallow pit. In some out-of-the-way corner of their grounds, to rot and make leaf mold, which would greatly benefit their flower beds, and also be very useful in mixing with manure and sand to fill flower pots. . -a 1 mi PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPUBRS Htagleaon They tell ms Jordan la a. som nassibulist. Insklp The detice ho la! And he was only yesterday boasting that he had al ways voted the stralrht ticket! Boston Tran script. . Worse Than the Fire. Teacher Yes, chil dren. Chlcaro Is one of the great cities of the world, but It once suffered a. terrible ca lamity. Can any one tell what It was? Pupil Why. it was tht-J here last census. Peck. No Pleasures In City Life. "Pa. let's move In the country; I don't want to live in town." "Why not. Bobby?" "Well. pa. ma Bays It we lle here till Tm grown up an-' gray-hoad-ed she won't lemme kep a pig." Indian apolis Journal. Came by It Naturally. Visitor What a haughty, overbearing child that little freckle face Is! Teacher It isn't his fault; his mother Is & cook and his father the Janitor of an apartment-house. Brooklyn Life. In Brooklyn. "Do you want a transfer?" asked the conductor. "What forT" aaked the man wtlh the alligator bar. "So that you can take another car." "No. sir; I have waited 20 minutes for this one. and I pro pose to hang on to It." Washington Star. Haste a Desideratum. "How d'y do." sajjl the buiy man. "W1U you marry mo? O-er." she gaped. "This is so sudden; I must have time to think. I-" "Say. dont keep me waltlnr too long, or I wont have enough money left to buy the ring. I came In an "auto-cab. and they charge by the min ute, vou know." Philadelphia Press. The Falling Leaves. In Autumn-time the bird-notes make tho loae woods lonelier yet. As some strain renders sadd-r all the wasts realm of regret; A16ng tho fences goldenrod sways In the chilly air A beam of Summer sunset lost or held a cap tive there; The thistledown, a Tarry sail blown from a. fairy fleet. Floats white as Innocent thoughts we had when life was new and sweet; And somethlnr ccmples in our minds, whose rource we cannot know. The slowly falling Autumn leaves with dreams of lohsr ago. In Autumn-time tho sumac burns amid the silent groves. As fed by treasured keepsakes and the let ters, of old loves; The dove's coo sounding from the flelda could T7c but comprehend. May bo the mualcked yearnings for the Joys that had to end; While streams, unlike the vernal brooks that sin? o coming days. Recall the laughter we hive heard in lonst untraveled ways; Till wo behold soms vanished face and dear eyes' loving glow O pathos of the falling leaves, O dreams cf long agot Will T. Hals.