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On file in Washington. D. C. with A. W. 3Dunn, 509 Kth N. W. Tor sale m Chicago "by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. TODAY'S WEATHER. Partly clouay. with ehowors; probably warmer; southwesterly winds. i PORTLAND, "WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 IS LIBERTY IX PERIL X What The Oregonlan may have said, Xr didn't say, at the outbreak of the Spanish War about the Philippine Islands is nothing to the purpose now. The conditions have undergone total -change. We had to send great forces to the islands. Before we had settled with Spain we were attacked by the Tagals, led by Agulnaldo. Through treaty with Spain the Islands were ceded to the United States. There was siothing -unusual about the transaction, even to the payment 'of money, which we often had done in like cases before. Acquisition of the Islands was not a party question. The treaty was advo cated by Mr. Bryan, and of the Sena tors who voted for confirmation of it, seventeen "were Democrats. These are iacts beyond dispute. What was said by The Oregonlan, or others, before we had sent any, troops to the islands, before the treaty that, gave them to us had heen made, before the Tagals had attacked us, is nothing relevant to present conditions. This first, by way of answer to Mr. C. E. S, Wood. Nor does The Oregonlan share Mr. Wood's apprehension that we shall do violence to liberty by retention of the Islands. We think the people of the United States are better grounded in the principles of liberty than the Tag als of Luzon. Through us they will get anrorderly, regulated liberty, and justiee.with it, which they never could establish, for themselves. The notion that we shall lose our liberties in this endeavor strikes us merely as childish. Our liberty is not so puny a bantling. Besides, only a fraction of the Inhabi tants -of the Philippines are in revolt against the United States, and they ere so feeble that they have been beaten and dispersed at all places where they have appeared "in arms. Mr. -Wood's letter reminds us of what Carlyle calls "eleutheromania" that Is loud outcry, in the name of liberty, while the substance of liberty is over looked -or forgotten. Either we owe the Inhabitants of the Philippines a firm nand and just guidance to right ends, whether they like them or not, or else we owfeit to them to vacate, take down, our flafe and get out of" the country. Whlchwould be the better for liberty? But Mr. Bryan and his party have set up a concrete theory, and system, to be adopted for the Philippines, That ''means that the inhabitants must ac cept our estimate of what a free and stable government is. But if the con tention of Mr. Wood be granted, what right have we to force our Ideas of gov ernment upbn them? Men often confound civil liberty with political independence, Imagining that if the latter do not exist the former cannot. It is a grave mistake. Just so soon as armed resistance shall cease in the Philippines, just so soon as the set tlement shall be reached, we shall un dertake the government of the country through our familiar territorial sys tem, under which everybody's rlghtt, liave always been secure. To suppose that the people of the United States would permit the inhabitants of the Philippines to be oppressed is a strange kind of misconception and error. What! When any party, thus accused by our champions of liberty, would be instantly 'overthrown ? But Mr. Wood is distressed further about concentrated iealth and plutoc racy. He admits, hbwever, that .he doesn't know how this subject is to be dealt with. Further, Chat it is an eco nomic question. Then be must con clude that little or nothing can be done through political or party action. But plutocracy, In a country committed to equal and universal suffrage, is a word of imaginary terrors. Rich men always will be fewl poor ,men always will be numerous, and no man, no corpora tion, however rich, can control the votes of men of small property or none. He wlso does not know that the work ingmen of the United States cannot be coerced in the suffrage knows little about them. Employers in fact do not attempt It. Here is another imaginary danger. The suffrage of this country has unlimited power over Its property, through taxation, and very often uses it. Hence the complaint In Portland and elsewhere that property has little value. In countries where wealth has ruled there was no general suffrage. Hut under our system men of little property and of no property govern; and the outlook with us is, In our judg ment, far worse for property than for popular rights. Whether 2dr. Wood has rightly quoted Whitelaw Peld and Senator Piatt, we know not. But we do know that he has attributed to Abraham Lin cola a statement he never made. Whether the sentiment uttered Is a true one or not, we shall not now dis pute; but Lincoln did not utter it. It is not authenticated anywhere. It is of Populist origin1; it has been floating round a number of years, and Mr. "Wood now uses it, doubtless, in good faith. But It is spurious. Several times during recent years The Oregonlan has exposed It; but It was scarcely nec essary, for Internal evidence "betrays it In itself the document Is trifling. It 1e sot up as a spook, and the name of Lin coln is used to give credit to it. There are abuses of wealth. But con centration of capital Is necessary for the great undertakings that modern life requires. Corporations, employing great capital, are Indispensable. It is, as The Oregonlan thinks, small business to be railing at the combinations of capital necessary for the great enterprises that are the main sources of the commercial and industrial life of the country. In our Pacific States the development that can be had only through concentrated capital Is as yet far behind our wants and everybody, even those who con fess (for partisan m purposes) to great alarm about corporations and concen trated wealth, would jump with Joy to hear of some of there big .schemes for our Pacific States. Not for one moment shall we doubt Mr. Wood's entire sin cerity, -or the genuineness of his sensa tions of alarm; but we are entirely un moved by any of his fears of danger to liberty, either here or in the Philippine Islands (unless we quit them); nor can we believe that this country of equal and universal suffrage where suffrage has absolute power over property and over the laws of property will ever be ruled by a few men of great wealth. We have more faith la democracy, more faith in the spirit and genius of American institutions, and can only regret that others have it not. THE ONLY WAY OUT. The lumbermen of the State of Wash ington complain that while their for eign and domestic exports amount to 500,000,000 eet a year, the capacity of their mills is 2,090,000,000 feet a year. If they had the markets, they could make and sell just four times as much as they can now. They are no"t alone in this perplexity. Other industries are in the same fix. The fact is that but for the outlet afforded by foreign markets, overpro duction stares almost every great American industry in the face. The country is passing from an agricultural Nation to a manufacturing Nation. We used to be the world's garden, now we are Its workshop, In 1881 our exports were 83 per cent agricultural" products, now they are 28 per cent manufactures. In ten years our population has grown 14,000,000, or 22 per cent. In the same time our exports of manufactures have grown from $151,000,000 to ?432,000,000, or 54 per cent. Population is advancing steadily, but manufactures are advancing by leaps and bounds. In coal, we produced in I860 15,200,000 tons; in 1890, 141,000,000 tons, and in 1897, 158,000,000 tons. In pig iron, we produced 821,000 tons in I860, 3,835,000 tons in 1880, 9,205,000 tons in 1890, and 11,982,000 tons in 1898. In steel, we made 9,000,000 tons in 1898, wh'ile Germany made but 5,000,000 and England 4,000,000. We have to sell 'this 'surplus- output wherever we can. What we have al ready done affords guide for the future. More than 100 of our locomotives are at work in Japan. Russia, has nearly 1000 of them. Pittsburg workshave an order from Australia for 35,000 tons of steel rails against English bidding, and against the same competition the Car negies have secured an order from Cape Town for 40,000 tons. This company has agreed to deliver to the Russian Government. 180,000 tons in two years and two months. All of the rolling stock, rails, sleepers and other materi als for the road Russia is. building through Manchuria came from the United States. Twelve steel bridges of American maken are ..going into the Eastern Chinese 'Railroad. American machinery is used in the Kimberley diamond mines, and Americans are fit ting up English and Scotch cities with new electric street-car systems. To the people of the Pacific Coast the peculiar application of this tend ency is directed to our specific prod ucts, notably wheat ana" lumber The most profitable ;form of wheat export Is in the form of "flour. One basis of ex porting eminence Is a low prlcer list; but there are other elements. It would be difficult to overestimate the advan- tage accruing to England from its' pos session of Hong Kongi as a base for iU Asiatic trade. Tariffs, also, cut a great figure In this matter; for if we are weak in physical force, or timid about, asserting ourselves, or inattentive tp opportunities or to the stratagems of European competitors, the trade of Asia will be appropriated by Great Britain, Russia, Germany and France, and we shall be .shut out. A vote for Bryan is a vote to close the lumber mills and flour mills of Ore gon and Washington. TWO INFLUENTIAL EXAMPLES. The almost coincidental declaration of Presidents Eliot of Harvard and Hadley of Tale In favor of McKlnley is one of the mos.t impressive' episodes of the campaign. Of the two announce ments, that of President Eliot is the more noteworthy, because the less to be expected. President Hadley's inti macy witji economics and trade prob lems, and complete sympathy with, the commercial spirit of the age, could be expected to afford but sterile soil for the seeds of Bryan's doctrine of isola tion and retrogression. But President Eliot's cast of mind and habits -of thought have much in common with the dreamers of "anti-Imperialism. Often he has joined in their discontent and forebodings. But the sterling soundness of his mind is revealed in his article in the Outlook, portions of which appear elsewhere on this page. The country, Dr. Eliot says, Is all right. We must have the gold standard, we must have law and order, we cannot make a change in our National poli cies and in the personnel, of our ad ministrators without being reasonably sure we shall get better. As for boss ism and imperialism, the parties are about alike. It must be pointed out that these two men are not so much for McKlnley as they are against Bryan. They know full well the weaknesses of the one, but they are more gravely disturbed at the dangers of the other. They would gladly vote against the Administration if they saw any way to do so without bringing upon the country greater evils than those they wereseeklng to correct. This, it may be said, Is the controlling element 'in this campaign. The great Independent vote, which will elect Mc Kinley if he Is elected, takes, him at the tess of evils. Nothing in this world is perfect. The real falls far short of the ideal. Therefore the most we are able at any time to do is to take the less mischievous horn of a dilemma In this case it is represented by the McKinley-Roosevelt electoral ticket In the various states. Circumstances might have been such this year that the country could pun ish McKlnley without dealing any ap preciable injury to itelf. But such the existing circumstances are not. The Republican cause, largely without Its conscious choice, and largely against the desires of timorous Republican poli ticians, has become the exponent of honest money, protection to property and National progress. These are what President Eliot and President Hadley will vote for, and their example will be Influential. A "WARNING VIGOROUSLY" SOUNDED. Frank G. Carpenter is always enter taining as a correspondent. Sometimes he is more than entertaining, being able with his pen to point a moral as well as to adorn a tale. Witness the statement in his letter from China in regard to the position in which an American woman who marries even a high-caste Chinaman finds herself upon returning with her husband to his own people. The utter social degradation, the physical abuse, the bodily priva tions to which the American wife is subjected by her husband's family, if not through his connivance, at least with his consent, are simply appalling. Julian Ralph published in Harper's Magazine a few years ago a strangely absorbing, because acutely realistic, story of the marriage of a wealthy young woman of one of our Eastern cities, who became Infatuated with an educated Chinaman a member of high society in Washington by virtue of hlB position in the Chinese Legation mar ried and returned with him to China. Her action was in opposition to the wishes of her father and friends, hence she bore the indignities heaped upon her by her husband's people In silence, and, though'' delicately reared and of gentle sensibilities, she sank below the level of a Chinese woinan in-her hus band's home, and became the most menial servitor therein, shut out from all human sympathy and utterly with out hope in life. The picture was not overdrawn, and lacked only the name of the foolish and overconfldlng young woman to make it a historical sketch. It was not doubt ed that the Incidents were true to life and certainly they were presented with a vigor that was at once fascinating and distressing. The same may be saia of Mr. Carpenter's presentment of 'the subject, and, while it is in a sense hu miliating to a'dmit that his warning to American girls to "have nothing to 'do with Chinese lovers" is a matter of wise precaution, we are fain to commend the courage and distinctness of the lan guage in whloh the warning is couched. "I have seen," he says, "our American girls in Washington making much of the attaches of the Chinese legation. 3 advise them neither to flirt with nor marry them. If they do, they will re gret it when brought home to China." Truly, In no other way can an Ameri can woman so utterly obliterate herself as an individual, so utterly Isolate her self from the companionship of those of her own blood and nationality, so utterly wreck herself upon the' shoals of folly and degradation, as by enter ing into a marriage of this kind! , Fortunately, there have not ' been many such marriages, but tlvere have been all too many. In every case they have meant ostracism at home .and worse than ostracism personal degra dation and abuse among the people Into whose nationality their own has been sunk without power of assimilation or rescue. The warning against such folly Is especially pertinent at this time, Since, as Mr. Carpenter says, "the close of the war will inaugurate a new re gime for China; the new Chinaman will become-more popular abroad after a time, and there will be a temptation now and then for an American girl to marry a Chinaman and go home with him. Once there, she will become the save of her Chinese mother-in-law, with all the personal abuse and social Indignities that belong to this station.' Jn this view, the warning against such folly cannot be too distinctly voiced. A VEXED QUESTION. The question of suicide has been the subject of the careful Inquiry of scien tists mental and medical for som,e 'yearsand of endless discussion by the newspapers. Investigation has led to the statement that self-murder has con stantly Increased during the last hall of the century, except in a few coun tries" of the Old' World, though in gen eral the' condition of the laboring casses has been much better during that period than 4t was during, the first half of the century. In other words, it has been found that as the standard of comfort has advanced among the masses -'suicides have be come more -frequent, v The facts elicited by these statistics carefully tabulated scarcely touch .the problem except to surround it with In creased surmise. For example, it is shown that suicide has decreased in Norway and increased-in Sweden dur ing the period covered by Investigation of the subject, yet conditions of life are similar, and, indeed, identical, in these two countries, and the people arc of the same blood and temperament In Saxony and Prussia, vhere, as Old World communities go, the people are extremely prosperous, suicide Is com mon, while In Italy and Ireland, where they are relatively very poor, it Is rare Soldiers arevOf all classes of men most subject to suicide, the cause being due rather to the dull monotony of garrison life than to the hardships of campaign duty. The number Is 210 in 100,000 in the British Army; in the German, 550,' and in Austria, 1209. In the latter cage this means a man a year in every bat talion. , Having exhausted speculation con cerning the causes which may be said to be as varied as the temperaments and conditions of its victims, specialists turn to the antidote If a remedial agency that must be entirely of a pre ventive nature can be so termed. It Is held that religion is the most powerful preventive of suicide that is to s,ay, re ligion of the unthinking type that is in the nature of an inheritance. Italy and Ireland are intensely religious, ac- cording to this standard, and, 'as before said, suicide is rare In these countries. In the case of Ireland It is also said that the emigration-hope-and -habit pre vents suicide.' When an-Irishman. reaches hisv last gasp of despair, he does not kill himself; he, goes to America- Jews rarely take their own lives, Mahometans never. Discussion of the question deals with theory rather than fact, the one certainty developed being that the tendency io self-murder, like other forms 6t acuta mania, has per ceptibly increased among many of the peoples of the earth during the past 50 years. Reasons for this suggest them selves to every thoughtful, observant person. The remedy, If there is a remedy, must conslstjiot in restraining those who have developed this tend encyj but in training the young to an attitude toward life which Involves the cheerful acceptance of -Its responsibili ties and the cultivation of the sterling virtues of pelf-rpspect and self-control. TH. JEFFERSON. Jefferson was in favor of the acquisi tion of Cuba by the United States. Who shall say that Under present con ditions '.and in present circumstances Jefferson would not favor retention of the Philippine Islands, which are as important to our states of the Pacific as Cuba was and is to our states of the Atlantic, and more so? We oUght now to retain Cuba, and probably we shall, In spite of the cheap 'demagogy of these times. To President Monroe Jefferson wrote: I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most Interesting addition which could ever bo made to our system qf states. Tho control which, -with Florida, this would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries on tho Isthmus, bordering on it, as well as these whoso waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being, Jefferson's Writings, 11., 310. There was no Little American here; no man troubled about the fate of lib erty, as our friend, C. B. S. Wood, Is. Again, to Monroe Jefferson wrote con cerning Cuba! ,( Certainly her addition to our confederacy Is exactly what is wanted to round out our power as a Nation. II, 300. But Cuba was no more essential at that time than it is today, and was no more essential to round out our house on that side then than the Philippines are to round out our power on this side now. Men who babble about "dan ger to liberty" In this business ought not to take themselves seriously. Oth ers do not. We have these times a fearful lot of patriots. They are too timid to be out after nightfall. The Postofllce is regarded as the business barometer of a' section. Com ing close to the people, in fact, being In dally and almost hourly touch with them, it reflects their moods, represents their business transactions and keeps tally, so to speak, upon their financial condition.. Its operations have the reg ularity of clockwork and the reliability of figures. The prosperity of the entire country as indicated by this unfailing financial barometer is gratifying. That i of our own state and of the entire Pa cific Northwest section is especially of interest to our people. When It is shown that the receipts of every Presidential office in the state present a decided in crease over those of four years ago, it becoipes plain that the people made no mistake when they decided In favor ol a Republican Administration that year to succeed the disastrous period of the four preceding years. ?The'actIdn of the School Board in re fusing to suspend in special cases the rule requiring pupils who' attend th public schools to be vaccinated, he doub seems arbitrary, and, Indeed, cruel, to some of the patrons of the sphools. The principle of the greatest good to the greatest number, however, Justifies this action. An arbitrary rule impartially applied does not on the whole cause aB much dissatisfaction or give rise to as much complaint as would one that essayed to pick and choose In the premises. It can readily be, seen that exceptions to this rule, if allowed, might upon occasion seriously menace the public health, practically abolishing its purpose. Once upon-a time the paramount Is sue was free silver; it chameleonlzed to free riot; then it metamorphosed to free consent; after that it became Washington, Jefferson and Agulnaldo; thereupon it changed to Lincoln; next it was the Oregon constitution; then it was trusts, but not the Ice trust nor the cotton-bale trust; now it Is veiled in the; fogs of 'Its own mystiolsm. If you are weary of political gymnastics, look at Bryan and Croker for the real thing. Registration everywhere Is heavier than Jn 1896-7-in New York, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and Bmaller cities. What it portends will be known No vember 6. The greatest of all Americans Bryan does not quote. Benjamin Franklin had a singular, perhaps-unwarranted, dislike of demagogues. T.he New York ice trust was a be nevolent octopus until somebody start ed the story that it had Republican ten tacles. 'The, Chinese crisis is nearlng a set tlement. It is about 30 days nearer a settlement than it was a month ago. There is more noise about Cleveland's silence than if he himself should speak. BRYAN IN NEW YORK. From the Herald. . He declined to answer the questions put by the Herald as to what he would do about silver In existing circumstances If elected. His silence on this point leaves Mr. Bryan unreservedly committed to the rad ical policy affirmed In the Kansas City platform and reaffirmed in his letter of acceptance. From the Sun. Only a few days ago at Ann Arbor he was goaded into repeating what every-' body knows, that the Democratic party is committed to the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1G to 1 WiChout waiting: for. . the consent of any- other nation. Last night he sluhk away from his record and his principles. New, York, which would have none of him when he was bravo, will have none of him now that he has become a coward. From the Boston Herald. The New York City demonstration was, 'we think, the first occasion1 when Croker has openly shown himself to his subjects to receive their homage, the first when he has publicly claimed the honors that are1 due to leadership. Hitherto he has kept his personality rather In the back ground, being content with power, while others received applause. Now he thrusts himself In front as the real leader in the state and the chief sponsor for the Democratic candidate for President. Ho. sat next' to him at the banque They were Inseparable on all occasibris. Croker was exhibiting Bryan as his own candi date, and Bryan accepted the role of Croker's guest and protege. This - is the Spectacle thathas dishonored manhood and affronted decency In New York and before the nation. From the Tribune. He is now" the apostle of claptrap and appeals to ignorance. It must be con fessed he Is a clever one. His phrases are well turned to create a laugh. He has the advocate's gift of fencing with dangerous topic?, but no serious man will read Mr. Bryan's Madison-Square Garden speech withqut being impressed with its superlative shallowness and insincerity. Never by any chance doe3 he seriously discuss a point . ONE OF TAMMANY'S METHODS. The Way It Put the Screws on Shop keepers. New York Tribune, October 18. Shopkeepers suspected of Republican leanings are feeling the punishing power of Tammany. Mr. Goddard, of the XXth Assembly District, in speaking ahout it last night, said; "Scores of cigar dealers, grocers, news dealers, restaurant keepers and trades men of different kinds have told me they would prefer that no Republican interest ed in the election would visit their places of.business from now till after eectlon. "They say to me: 'Mr. Goddard, we are going to vote the Republcan ticket, but ve don't want tho Tammany election, heelers to know It. If the Tammany workers see you In our stores and sus pect us of being friendly to you, Inspec tors from the Health Department or the Building Department will fioon be around looking at the insldes of oUr houses. They will order us to make unnecessary changes and subject us to expenses which we shoUld not be compelled to bear. Don't come personally to see us again.' "The Tammany people know you by sight, and as soon as you leave us they swoop down on us and want to know what you have 'been to see us about. Then the anoyances begin." All this goes to show that there is no such thing as liberty In this city among people' who can be "reached," as the say ing Is, by the city officials. Tammany works these petty persecutions without the Slightest hesitation. Our only hope Is in tho secret ballot., When peope get Inside the election booth with their lead pencils In their fingers they then have an opportunity to deal their oppressors an effective blow, I believe they will do It. The results on November 6 will show whether they will or not. Campnlgm Run on National Preju dices. Philadelphia Press. In no presidential campaign In recent years was so evident an attempt made to work on tho national prejudices of the foreign-born voters as has been seen in the Bryan campaign of 1900. When the demo crats looked over the field In 1836 and tried to account for their disastrous rout, they concluded that the cause was the votes of foreign born citizens. Chairman Jones, of the democratic national committee, made such a claim in a speech before the Arkansas legislature, and Mr. Bryan hjm Bolf made a similar statement In a speech delivered in Iowa. An early and sys tematic effort was accordingly made by the democrats to prevent, If possible, this occurring again. Three nationalities were chosen as missionary fields for Bryan con verts. These are the Germans, Dutch and Irish voters. The anti-imperial issue has been worked especially with reference to tho German-Americans. Their lore of lib erty and dislike of large standing armies have been appealed to, and the hope was strong that on this issue a large ma jority of them would go over to Bryan. The Dutch were to be won by exciting tfielr anger over the claim that the, Unit ed States had allied itself- with Great Britain In crushing out the South Afri can republics. And the Irish, it was be lieved could be brought back solidly to their old alleglanoe to the democratic party. Congressman Riphardson, of Ten nessee, undertook the task of convortlng tho Germans; Mr, Webster Davis was to devote his attentlpn to misrepresenting the attitude of the American Government In connection with the Boers, while a few renegade Irish Republicans were the nu cleus about which .the Irish-Americans were to be rallied. The campaign has pro ceeded far enough to prove that this care fully laid scheme has failed utterly. Bryan In Nerr Yorlt New York Commercial Advertiser. Nothing could be more useful than a tsecond visit to this city by Bryan. It is said that there will be 10 great meet ings organized when he comes again, and that he will speak at all of them. The more meetings and speeches, the better. Every time that he speaks and fails to say where he stands on the money question, the worse will it bo for him. He spoke four times during his first visit, and failed four times to say the only thing that would do him any good in these parts namely, that ho has changed his mind on the silver issue, and would not, If elected, plunge the country into financial and commercial chaos by upsetting the gold. standard and giving us in its place a free-silver standard. Ten more speeches with this defect will have 10 times the effect that one would have, and It is to be hoped that he will make them. If, after they hive been uttered, there shall remain In" the state a single Gold Demo crat capable of voting for him, it will not be Bryan's fault. As 'twas writ on the Western tombstone, it can be writ of him: "He done his ddest angels can do no more." i This Is Startling:, Brooklyn Eagle. Since McKlnley became President tho Bible sales have fallen off. Attention, ha3 been called to this fact by his Kansas City adversary. Just how he could pre vent his constituents from buying Bibles probably must remain a state secret. However, elect Bryan and he will put a stop to all that sort of thing. If neces sary, he will make the possession or pur chase of a Bible one of the qualifications essential to tho exercise of the right of suffrage. The Candor of Colonel Byan. NobraBka State Journal. Four years ago, Colonel Bryan assured the people that we were a debtor Nation, that we owed untold gold to Europa and that this was a sign of calamity and ruin. Today he points to the fact that we are a creditor Nation, loaning gold galoro to the peoples across the big pond, and he declares that It i3 a sign of Impending calamity and ruin. The Colonel is trying to catch us coming and going; 0 The Missonrian at Neiv York. Boston Herald. "D n your menus; give me some whis ky," was the Impassioned utterance of Governor Stone of Missouri when he was confronted with the huitres, potages, hors d'oeuvres, filets, noisettes, champignon, glaces, fromages, liqueurs and vlns. Somewhat profane, but loyal to the ver nacular. Imitated From the Iroquois. Kansas City Star. It Is the opinion of President Eliot, of Harvard, that, taking McKlnley up one side and down the other, he Is to be pre ferred to Bryan. But this Judgment Is given with that acute absence of impetu osity which is one of the accomplishments taught at Cambridge. m Not Next Time. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Next time the Democratic party win hardly pldc out a buslness-klller for its Presidential candidate. PRESIDENT ELIOT ON TBE ISSUES President Charles W. Eliot, or Harvard University, contributes to the Outlook fot October 20 an academic article on "Po litical Principles and Tendencies," in which he says he regards the elction thi Autumn not as "a supreme crisis, like the, second election of Lincoln, but only one indispensable act in a long drama." Dr. Eliot takes the hopeful view. He points out that "tho American people have long had a characteristic political and social enthusiasm. Their two steady, passionate sentiments are for tha security, prosperity and honor of the Republic, 'and for the spread among the white races of free in stitutions and of the good social condi tions which grow out of them." Dr. Eliot takes up the three principal subjects In domestic policies that have engaged public attention for the last 35 years: First, the establishment of the. gold standard and a sound banking sys tem; second, a public service based on merit only, and third, the protective tai iff. On the subject of sound money, he says: Tho Important eains which have lately been made on thia subject are due to. a majority of the Republican party and a minority of tho Democratic; but at this moment the sreat cause of sound currency la practically defend ed by the Republican party alone. He says much progress has been made within 20 years toward an economical, ef ficient and honorable public service, ana, turning to the tariff question, continues: Since the Democratic party has absolutely thrown away the low-tariff position which such leaders as Cleveland, Carlisle. Wilson and Rufoell won for It, the reciprocity doctrine of the Republican party aeema to afford the best immediate opportunity for liberal legislation, although It must be confessed that progress toward world-wide trade Is more likely to como through the logic of events than through lobulation that Is, through the Increasing su periority of American industries and the man ifest insufficiency of the home market. Against this change of improving commercial and in dustrial conditions by reciprocity treaties must be set tho strange subserviency of the Repub lican party leaders to small groups of capital ists who, having made great sums of money by mdans of high-tariff legislation, are wllllnsr to make large contributions to Republican cam paign expenses in the 'expectation of preserving their Bpeclal privileges. The "machine" or "boss", is, however, much tho same corrupt and corrupting agenqy in both parties, Messrs. Quay and Piatt being well matched by Messrs. Gorman and Croker. Next to these leading topics of political debate, he points out that "another por tentlous subject has attracted much at tention since 1S93, namely, the frequent, outbreaks of popular disorder and violenco in different parts of the country." He says: The striking thing about many recent out breaks of mob violence has been that they have not been effectively dealt with by any public authority, National or local. Republican or Democrat. This alarming phenomenon is probably due In some measure to the absence in many parts of the country of an eftectUe public force. Indeed, unllko European coun tries, the rural districts of the United States in general have no well-organized and trust worthy poircek constabulary or militia. Hence tho Impunity with which trains aro held up, country banks and railroad stations are robbed, and numerous crimes of violence are commit ted In secluded places on private properties and persons. Even in large cities race riots and strikes, accompanied by prolonged violence-, have repeatedly taken place. In this state of affairs any attack on the indopendeme of the Judiciary is much to be deprecated. Such an attack is made for the secoa4 time in the platform of the Democratic-Populist party. Turning his attention to foreign -policy, President Eliot says; Whenever a powerful nation goes to war no man can tell what the real Issues aro to be. Tho war for Cuba was no exception In this re spect, it has Inevitable consequences, which no mortal could bave foreseen, and the graveft of these consequences aro that the country is already commuted beyond immediate rccnll to the maintenance of a large navy and a consid erable army, and that it Is involved in the struggles of the nations of Europe for new territory, influence and trade In the far "East. Under these circumstances, the ( patriotic citi zen has to consider this Fall whether the pub lic Interests are to be better advanced by malntainlng In power the present Administra tion, with all its shortcomings, or by provid ing a -ft holly untried one. . . . The pa triotic citizen may well hesitate, to contribute by vote or Influence to a complete change of administration. President McKlnley is now surrounded by Cabinet officers of capacity and experience, and he has put good men at the head of affairs In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines; while la case of a change in the Presidency nobody can toll to what sort of persons the great offices of the Government would be Intrusted. , It must be confessed that a peace-loving citi zen, who would like to see his country keep her breath to cool her own hot porrldse, can not but be much at a loss how to select his Immediate political associations. The Repub lican Administration, supported by a Repub lican majority in Congress, has, as a matter of fact, been fighting in foreign parts for two j ears and a half; the last Democratic Admin istration took a very Imperious tone with Great Britain, in an insignificant dispute about an undefined portion of tho boundary of Ven ezuela, and tho actual Democratic ticket, in spite of Mr. Bryan's definition of tho para mount issue, is supported by eminent advo cates of American participation in all the great contentions of the wide world. Virginia a Doubtful State. Baltimore American. Congressman Jefferson M. Levy, of New York, who owns Montlcello, the former home of Thomas Jefferson, which over looks tho town of Charlottesville. In Vir ginia, has been spending the Summer at his delightful country home, and has had an opportunity of finding out tho political conditions In that state. He. makes a statement, which, no doubt, will alarm many Democrats, to tho effect that Vir ginia Is really a doubtful state. He found Democrats in general very apathetic, and many of the prominent men In that party frankly told Mr. Levy they Intended to vote for McKlnley. Mr. Levy says: There is much dissatisfaction over the Con stitutional convention. It would really be no surprise to me to see McKlnley carry the state, notwithstanding the Republicans have practically no organization and are making no fight, except in the Consress' districts. The most marvelous chanre has come oar affairs in Virginia In the last 10 or 12 years. The Democratic majority has been growing smaller each year, without much opposition. Four years ago the majority for Bryan was about 17,000. T expect that to be cut down this time. The general prosperity of the last four years has meant much to Virginia. Con ditions In tho whole state are Improving very fst. In the southwestern part of the state are some of the finest "cool mines in this country, and the output finds a ready sale, The progress of Newport News has been astonishing. It Is now one -of tho busiest ports on the Atlantlo Coast, and its shipbuilding activity is well known. The late C. P. Huntington, who invested millions in Virginia, said he was Induced to-go to that state because Virginia had always encouraged capital to Invest there, and he found the outlay ho made had always paid. Agriculturally the state is going forward very rapidly. There may be many surprises in store for the Democrats on November 6. In Kentucky. The feeling of the decent Democrats of Kentucky Is effectively voiced by Senator Lindsay, a Democrat. Speaking of the Republican candidate for Governor, the Senator says "the prospects are that Yerkes will be elected by a. good majority, and the chances are in favor of the elec toral vote of the state being cast for Mc Klnley." He points out that there Is dance that "the decision of the people may be nullified through manipulation of our state's electoral system," as was the case in 1SS9. "Kentucky ought to repu diate both Bryan and Beckham," he adds, "and with a fair and free election and an honest count, it will rooudlate bath." NOr&AND COMMENT. , If Agulnaldo is not found on-the stump this year he will be behind it. Bryan believes that with about three strikes he could make a,'1 homerun5 '. China says she was not guilty aud promises that she will not do it again. Not having been successful In making: history, Tom Watson will content hfmselC with writing it, Bryan's uniform courtesy to the,womeix In his audiences Is not likely to win for him many maiden votes this Fall. There Is no doubt that If Mr. Bryan is elected he will abolish trusts, togetber with all other business enterprises Bryan will have occasion again next year to make that famous remark about people not voting as well as they listen. Croker had to spend a good deal of money for wine to banquet Bryan, but tho Ice didn't cost him anything, so he sot off comparatively cheap. Recent outbreaks of ruffians In London, have led to a demand for the revival ofc the whipping post. Something of tho kind might also prove useful In Colorado. The net earnings of the Pullman Com pany the last year were 6,623,476. Add to this the net receipts of the porters and the sum will be too great for the average comprehension. A New York Judge has" decided that tho son of William "Waldorf Aitor 13 an Amer ican. The young man will , probably hasten to renounce his citizenship, ana thus escape being disinherited. The Minneapolis Tribune lnqulrcsr ""Where are the poets?" The Tribune will probably get a cablegram in a few days to this effectt "London. Oct. 23. Tribune, Minneapolis: Here. A. AUSTIN" As wc hear the name Roosevelt pro no meed in various ways. It may be of In terest to know the pronunciation given by Governor Roosevelt himself. The editor of a New York paper wrote to him some, time ago for Information on this points In his reply the pronunciation Is given as Rose-velt, and not Roos-velt, nor Rosey velt nor Roosey-velt. "Tho public has somehow got the Idea says Joel Chandler Harris, "that I am. too modest to be. healthy, but that Is a great mistake. With the exception of a. big apple dumpling, with a bowl of but ter sauce close by, I know of nothing nicer than to sit In a large armchair and hear your friends say kind things about you when they think you're not listen ing." More than 20 per cent of the men dis charged from the service of the New York Central Railroad Company CO years ago were dropped from the rolls for drunk enness. Now, however, with 30.C00 men in the employ of the company, less than 1 per cent of thoo annually discharged owe the loss of their situations to over indulgence In liquor. This change In con ditions Is said to be largely due to the beneficent Influence of the railroad de-l partment of the Young Men's Christian, Association A surgeon from the "West reached New York a few weeks ago to take what is styled a hospital course. The practitioner with pill and scalpel falls behind, re marks Victor Smith, In telling the story, unless ho occasionally visits- Nw- York to learn new devices, fakes and metliods. This surgeon went to Bellevue Hospital one morning to see an operation per formed for the cure of hare-lip, and left town next day. saying: "What's the use of wasting time? There's nothing for me to learn at Bellevue. Only a lot of green boys over there practicing on stiffs and mutilating the unfortunate victims of dls easo and poverty." One American who returned from Eu rope this Fall exhibited a novel souvenir of her travels. It consisted of a pair o the enormous felt slippers that the visitor Is obliged to don before settling foot upon the floors of the most famous palaced. They are so big and shapeless It is all an American can do to keep them on. "Walking In them Is impossible: scuffling, sliding and shuffling are her only means of locomotion when so shod. The Ameri can who succeeded In bringing home a parr of the shoes as souvenirs did so only by means of a heavy bribe and the exer cise of much diplomacy. The pnlaco guards as a rule would never dream or parting with the things so precious to the polish of their floors. PLEASAXTIUES OF rARAGHAFHERS Mamma Oh. Ethel, you never saw mo behav like that. Ethel (aged 4) Well, I haven't knowed you so very long. TIt-Blts. Compulsory Proportions. "You're not half so stout as you were, Billy." "Nor we've moved into a flat, and I Just had to get thin." In- dlanapolls Journal. Getting Himself Disliked. "Is young Mr. Dlbblns a man of any social discernment!" "No; every time he calls on mo ha takes my poodle's chair." Chicago Record. "Well, Daisy, shall we pay the house rent or give a dinner?" "Why, give tho dinner, of course! What good will paid-up houso rent do us if we lose our social position?" Life. Little Difference. Great Author Walter, thia steak is as tough as leather. WAlter I've al ways heard you was an original character, sir: but I'm hanged If you don't Jlst say tho same as all on 'em dot Harlem Life. i The Swing of the Pendnlnm. Chicago Times-Herald. Life is but a clock, and I A pendulum that swings; At one end of the course I Bweep Is all that pleasure brings; There I may love, and thero I hope, And sweet Success Is there. And there I hear enchanting strains And all the days are fair. And at the other side is Doubt With all her sable brood; j$ And thero is Grief, and Scorn, and Hata And gloomy Solitude. And thero no roses ever bloom, No music Alls the air. And all is cold and damp and dark And heavy with Despair! And so from side to side I swing. And thank the Lord above For that fair field I touch wherein Is Hope and Light and Love! For Joy is mine while I remain. And when I swing from thero I still exult In knowing that I soon shall leave Despair And Darkness and bo glad again Where all the acano is fair. In the Autumn. T. B. Read. All sights were mellowed and all sounds sub. dued; The hills seemed farther and the stream sans low. As In a dream the distant woodman hewed His Winter log with many a muffled blow. Alone, from out the stubble, piped tho quail. And croaked the crow through all tho dreary gloom; Alone the pheasant, drumming In tho vale, Made echo to the distant cottago loom. There was no bud, no bloom upon the bowers; The spiders moved their thin shroud night by night; The thistle-down the only ghost of flowers, Sailed slowly by passed noiselessly out ci sight.