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Letters relating to aoverus- eubscrlntloriK or In nnr business matter aould bo addressed simply "The OregonUn.' The- Oregonlon does not buy poems or storios om. individuals, and cannot undertake to Te am Uny manuscripts sent to It without soUcl- itlon. No stamps chould be Inclosed tor .this Impose. I Paget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, Ice at 1111 Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Box 055, lacoma. Postoffice. Eastern Business Office The Tribune bulld- i& New Tori; City; "The Rookery," Chicago; io B. C. Beckwlth special agency, 3ew York. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper, 16 Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold- iltb. Bkml. 230 Sutter street; F. W. Pitts. W8 Market street; Foster & Orear, Ferry rws Stand: "L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News Icand. For sale In "Cos Angeles by B. F. Gardner, 33 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 100 o Spring street. Tor sale in Omaha by H. C Shears, 105 N. sixteenth street, and Barkalow Bros., 1012 imam street. For sale in Salt "Lake by the Salt Lake News p., TI "W. Second South street. JFor sale In New Orleans by Ernest & Co., Royal street. Oa file in Washington, D. C, with A. W. imm, 500 14th N. TV. For sale in Chlcaco by the P. O. News Co., 17 "Dearborn street. , -i TODAY'S "WEATHER. Partly cloudy, with iccasional light rains; southerly winds. 'OtUnLAXn, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2fl. BRYAN'S KTASrVE BtETTHODS. Colonel Bryan meets no question. He takes no direct answer. He dodges. Ee fudges. Direct questions were put to lira, in Delaware, on Wednesday. The lost Important "were two, namely: (1) aw long -would he expect his pro sed protectorate over the Philippine Islands to continue; and (2), would he ty the obligations of this Government gold or silver, if elected President? To the flrstof these questions he might lave answered, fairly, that the contin uation, or limitation, of the protectorate iecessarily would depend on circum stances. But he did not answerthat ly. On the contrary, he attempted a smart" and "catchy" reply, hy allud- ig to embezzlements in1 Cuba, and In timating that Iemocrats were too good o do such things. "We shall, however, ke said, give the Filipinos their inde pendence as soon as the stable govern- lent which we are to give them shall tave been established; and then we ihall assure them such protection I gainst Interference from the rest of le world as we have assured to the of Central and, South America, the past seventy-five years. sre Is misrepresentation of our atti- jde towards the Central and South encan states, jror tne Monroe oc- Ifpk, so-calted, Is too vague-and inde e3ilnate tp be called a policy. "We dc of, Attempt to "protect" these states In pway or ior any purpose otner tnan rwe may suppose our .own interests be involved. "When Costa Rica, , ie years ago, got Involved througl misconduct In a difficulty with reat Britain, we didn't Interfere, and She had to pay Indemnity. In the dis pute between Venezuela and Greal Britain, the former requested the jited States to aslc for arbitration. rtaich was done. So, when the Boer tepublics moved an address to Great Jntain for peace, through the United ptates, our Government undertook it. tuch acts are common enough among Ions; but we .never nave proposed p defend the so-called Republics oi lunenca against all enemies. "What wc tid -when the French were in Mexico re did solely in our own National in terest. We insisted that the French Ihould retire, because we wouldn't aave them build up a powerful and dangerous state on that side of us. Our enulne regard for Mexico had beer shown a few years earlier, when wc jade war upon her and took away halt per territory. The assumption that we ire maintaining a protectorate over lerican states is mere fiction. In rhatever we do we are acting pri- larily with a view to our own inter- ists, not theirs. Jryan's own proposal is that we shall Labllsh a stable government in the Bliprines. But governments are noi 3e reared on enduring foundation By a stroke of the pen. Pyramids are .ot built from the top downwards. For femurles the Filipinos have been gov erned by the sword. For centuries be fore those centuries they were governed tot at all, or in crudest possible fash- m. Brjan may live to see a stable government in the. Philippines, if we re- :.in the sovereignty, but If we do not It b a long way off. We shall introduce ur familiar territorial system of gov- grnment as "fast as we can, a system erfectly in Accord) with freedom; bu first essential is that the Filipinos foil learn to respect authority. About i only authority they re likely tc ispect for -a long time is that "by which ley are now confronted. Hence. 1: ran were President, he would find Inditions In the PhiUnnlnes which juld make it Impossible to withdraw le American tcoops, unless we should eclde simply to "cut and run." Bry- In'fi election would make more trouble tho Philippines for us, but would lot take us out Of the islands. Now for the other question, whether le would pay the obligations of the IrOvrrnment in gold or silver. H Ivoiis and evades, after his usual man- ker. lie woum enforce or follow the iw, he says, but he expressly refuses say how he would construe It He lould pay the principal and interest oi le bonded debt, with the exception 03 ie 2 per cents, in silver; and what Bryan could "do lor silver" he unques- jnahly would do. At the first onnor- iTAty a precedent would be established aat would put a premium on gold, and that extent place the countrv on a iU'-er basis. This is what Abram S. iewLE means Tjrnan ne says that a President hostile to a sound system of inance would hav& it in his power to ork almost Irreparable disaster to the fuslness interests of the country; and ils is the reason why Mr. Hewitt! a tfelong Democrat, says the financial luestion remains, no matter what It "McKinley is now coining .silver dol lars at the ratio of 16 to 1, withoui waiting for the aid or consent of any nation on earth. "Until the Republican party proposes to change the ratio, X object to their discussing the ratio. When they propose to change It, we, will discuss it "with them." This is flippant evasion and subter fuge, characteristic of Bryan. Tht Treasury is slowly coining the pig sil- j ver, bought through folly years ago, and taking up the notes issued upon IL Yet Bryan pretends that this is the free silver coinage demanded by his plat form, "without waiting for the consent of any other nation." The man's flip pancy and insincerity make his candi dacy for the high office of the Presi dency of the United States' a pitiful thing. Of the same nature is his re mark that there is no need now to dis cuss the ratio, since the Republicans, though coining silver, do not propose tc change it. Mr. Bryan will find that this is not the way to satisfy the coun try on the money question. Thrown in with these pert, glib, shal low, evasive and trifling answers wat a remark about the Army. Republi can success this Fall, he said, would mean an Army of 100,000 men in the United States. No doubt we shall be compelled to keep a force in the Phil ippine Islands for a long time, but probably only a small force, after this defeat of the Bryan party. Here in the United States, however, we shall have no need or use for any largei .number of troops than we have had bitherfo; and indeed the number will probably be smaller, since, as there will be no urgent employment here for even 25,000 men, the excess may be sent for duty in the Philippines. Every politi cal and social agitator thinks he can create a popular alarm by talking about an army and proclaiming that liberty is in danger; but the people of the United States have had much ex perience "with men "of this, description. and have been accustomed to estimate them at their value. and their task will not be an easy one so long as human nature is human na ture. The sad fact is that many par ents suffer these bereavements, whose precept and example have been without fault For the most part, however, the girl who is properly born and brought up instinctively recoils from a man the, moment his proposals overstep he bounds of decorum - and rectltuQo; When a girl falls from ignorance, that Is the fault of her training. Many a girl falls because it is only outside the home and in the societyof strangers she can find the pleasure ttiat should be provided at hpme. The boy has been looked after better in this re spect than the girL The doctrine that home should be made attractive for tha boy has gained wide acceptance, and finds expression In, billiard- tables and other Implements ' of amusement with which the modern house is li&ely to be furnished. But home is slilL for many girls, a dull and dreary place. If there is no happiness for her there, she will be apt to seek it outside. Half of the girls that go to the devil nowadays are melancholy monuments to some wom an's activity in the world and neglect of duty at home. It" Now, the fact- is .that Mr- Bryan lias no diffidence about construing Jaws when it will not interfere with his crav ing for votes. Her, construes them all right, when he thinks be can make a point, and when he' doesnt he says he won't construe the law till he is Presi dent He construes the Porto Rico law and tho anti-trust law and the gold standard low of 1900, and the war rev enue law, and the income-tax Iaw But when it comes- to the law requiring bonds to be paid In coin, he had scru ples against construction. He is a sin cere and1 lofty, statesman this" boy. orator. The, danger- of National -dishonor threufh xepuuiauon is not, nas not ucea nau. um not be hidden from the intelligent vcter by these attempts ToTUvert "his attention jfroxa-th main issue The Iemocratlc party will not be rid of the Socialistic. Popullstlc and fre&. silver fallacies nor of the agitators now In control until those theories shall have been crushed by tho people beyond all hope of revival. Old line Democrats can beat aid In 'the re establishment of- their party by votlrg against Bryan. I shall do so, and believe 'that thi3 is the duty of every patriotic citizen. AGAINST HEAVY ODDS. How much truth there is In the story that Mr. Harriman has secured control, or is about to secure control, of the Pa cific Mall Steamship Company, it is impossible as yet to be certain. Yet where there is so much smoke there ie certain to be some fire. The basis of the several Independent accounts of the affair is probably embodied In the con servative version of the New York Mail and Express, namely, that a struggle is on among transcontinental railroads for possession of the Pacific Mail, and that the Harriman interests make one of the combatants. There are two aspects of this affair of J serious, concern to Portland. One it that we have, in this" negotiation, doubt less, an explanation of the backing and filling with which Portland's trans-Pa- clflo steamship service has been char acterized. It has- been desired to have a regular service arranged for on which both local and outside shippers could depend, but no regular and per manent line has yet been established. Isolated firms in Portland bring steam ships here and load. them. There is no lack of business, for steamships are at tracted here from San Diego and Puget Sound, for the simple reason that car goes fall there and are to be found here. We load what ships we can get and send our surplus to Puget Sound or San Francisco for reshlpment there. It is not to be expected that the Har riman syndicate will divert Oriental traffic to Portland, if it is straining every nerve on the one hand to get control of the Pacific Mail, andon the other hand coming into" closer and closer affiliation with President Hill, of the Great Northern, whose energies art ceaselessly bent In the direction Of Se attle. The Great Northern is active and loyal to its Seattle connection, builds ships for its trans-Pacific trade, and strives strenuously for both east bound and west-bound freight for them. The Northern Pacific is similarly loyal to its Tacoma line, and the Canadian Pacific to its Vancouver line. Mean while the Harriman interest is trying to get In with the Pacific Mall and the Great Northern, and President Burt be comes a director in the Occidental & Oriental. , There Is nothing new In this situ ation. It is precisely what has gone on here at Portland from time imme morial, and there is consolation in the fact that in spite of this railroad hos- -tility and apathy Portland's trans-Pacific trade has held its own. It has done this because it has kept the river open and raised things. Rival ports have shipped to Asia trainloads of cot ton and steel Tails, Eastern grain and Army supplies brought them by foster ing and supporting railroads. They have filled up their ships with Oregon products carried over there by rail In order to prevent commercial ships or Governmentitransports from coming to the Columbia River. Yet Portland has continued to do a growing trans-Pacific trade in spite of the combined opposi tion of the transcontinental railroad and the War Department The hope for the future, therefore, as" in the past, lies In our own exertions. The two things necessary to hold this trade are to lceop the river open and raise tixlnga. "We must cut lumber, brew beer and raise crops that Asia wants, and maintain the channel from Portland to the sea. In this .way we shall measurably offset the odds with which we have to contend. And maybe some time the battle will be more even. ACCESSORIES TO THE! CRIME. Cornelius Alvord Is the victim, not only of his own uncontrollable passion for money, but of his employers' crim inal negligence. Np man who handles money should be permitted to monopo lize his own" department of a firm's business. His work should be done by others at repeated and ' unexpected times, and on his annual,, vacation all his accounts should be subjected to thorough scrutiny, ' Portland had' a striking illustration of this truth three years ago in the ex posure and suicide Of a trusted employe In one of, Portland's strongest and most honorable establishments, which, emi nent and exemplary 4n its business, rec ord as a whole, was conspicuously re miss in this respect The man always kept his own books. Nobody looked Into them, because he was so efficient. No body distrusted him, because he was so faithful. Nobody took hls.place tempo rarily, because he never wanted a va cation. -The situation -was unwise and dangerous, as the, sequel proved. The I man slrmed. He .was the principal in the crime, but the bad system was ac cessory to his robbery and his shock ing death, the humiliation of his family, the distress of his employers and his friends. It is wrong to steal. But It Is also wrong to put opportunity and tempta tion in a man's way, day after day, year after year, through all his ups and downs. We know what the transgres sor does when he yields, but we know not, as Barns says, what's resisted. He may bave unknown and secret de mands upon his Income from unfortu nate early connections; he may have expensive tastes; he may have an ex travagant family; he may have costly vices. If he has these, and is not watched, he Is apt to fall. If he has them and is watched, ne may. outgrow them. If he makes a misstep, it is dis covered and 'the warning, before it is too late, sobers and saves him. No man in any position of great trust and responsibility should be lifted above the rule" of systematic Investiga tion. It is cheaper to check up every entry in his books and verify his bal ances than to make up the colossal de falcation at the endk - Bveryr-man's work should be gone over thdroughly so often that he takes It as a matter of course without imagining he is under suspicion. Every cashier and collector that never wants a vacation should be laid off for two weeks, at least The employer who is remiss in these things Incurs a heavy responsibility, not only for the heavy loss he will some day have to make good from the property of his heirs, but for the shipwreck of. a life and the misery of a disgraced and innocent family. School Directors Thompson, Williams and Wittenberg are entirely sound In their opposition to the entrance of any children into the schools without their first having been vaccinated. Vaccina tion is enforced in all the great stand ing armies of the world, and is indorsed hy -all the great medical authorities in ureat ijntam, Germany, France, Italy and the United States. There is abso lutely no injury that can come from Vaccination as practiced at the present day by physicians of any repute for professional education and character. As a preventive measure against con tracting the disease, vaccination Is the chief safeguard we have against its spread, and there is no public justice, and no safety for a public school, in al lowing any child to attend whose par ents refuse to submit -It to vaccination. The personal whims of. parents should be Indulged at 'their dwn expense, but not at the expense of the public schools, in whose conduct the1 rule the great est good of the greatest number, should be observed. People who are,not will ing to observe the sanitary .rules es tablished for the general welfare of the public schools cannot' expect grant of special Indulgence to satisfy their ec centric views of vaccination. To the Seattle paper which has been clamoring for Information about- Port land's registration, The Oregonlan will say that the total number of voters reg istered for the June election was 16,300. 'Through oversight, no provision was Inserted in the Ieglslatiye act by which the rolls can be reopened for the Presi dential election. They were olosed on .May 15, and will remain closed until January,- 1902. The Oregonian notes that for the March election in Seattle there were registered less tthan 11,000 voters; and that subsequently for the November election some 0000 names. were added. 'It Is a moderate estimate that, If Fall registration were permissi ble here, from 3000 to 4000 unrecorded voters would take advantage of it, mak ing the total registration in the neigh borhood of 20,000. The Oregonian may add that, notwithstanding the practical disfranchisement of many electors here, it thinks Portland's vote on November 6 will exceed Seattle's. The Democratic orators have been trembling for their country for so long that they continue to drag in a bogus' propheoy by Lincoln, and have him grow very anxious for the future. It was not the future that concerned Lin coln In 1864, when he 'was falsely said to "see a crisis approaching which unnerves me." It was the present And the Democratic party was giving him his chief concern It Lincoln Jiad professed to have second-sight and had foreseen grave dangers many years ahead,, the spectacle of the Democratic partyrushlng'td'tKe-fetscue of imper iled liberty w'ould have given him a great shock. " LESSONS OP PATERSOX'S HORROR. The moral of this horrible story, from Paterson is that any girl who goes into the back door of a saloon with a casual acquaintance takes not only her honor in her hand, but also her life. Poor Jennie Bosschieter had n6 inkling of the plans concerning her which her murderers 'afterward carried out .nd doubtless the fatal result was not in contemplation, een by them. But she must have known that their intentions toward her were not for her good; she must have known that in going into the saloon with the first tempter she was doing wrong and running grave risk of dishonoring, her name; and she should have been warned by the ex perience of countless others that she who- listens to the flatterer's lying tongue takes a step In the downward path. It seems almost impossible, under out; free democratic system of manners, to guard young girls altogether from the addresses of the adept man of the world. The problem Is so to forewarn them that their own conscience and self-interest mnv be nroof ven acalnsr d about other mattersthea.yershad-l e most'skillful besiecrers of the femf- wing Issue of the campaign. inlne heart No one, can. dor this. Jn-the But Bryan proceeds in ithismannen i general run of cases, but the parents, THE PROHIBITION CIAQ,t7ERS. The Prohibition party -this year ir nothing but a howling little Democratic coyote in sheep's clothing. The Bryan horn has no more persistent and stren uous public "blowhard" than Brother Amos, the perennial Prohibition prophet ' There is nothing unexpected in this. The Prohibition party, through" Its perverse temper, has always at Na tional elections done its little spiteful best to Injure the Republican party that has always done something in re straint of the liquor traffic as compared with' the Democratic party that has been, the party of "free rum." John G. Woolley, Prohibition candidate for President, in a recent address at Jamestown, N. Y., said: "This Army canteen Is the property of the Bev. William McKlnley. X say reverend, be cause I understand he Is a local preacher lxi the Methodist Church. A Christian President could at least exhibit an Illustration of a real man In ofllce, but when professedly Christian men of high position go down on their bellies to the llauor Interests, It is not a very good example to the youth of the land."' Mr. Wool ley, by way of illustration of this point; re ferred to the position of the clergy. "What Is the reason." he shouted, "that fourteen or fifteen Methodist bishops in our country stand for whisky politics?" This assault upon President McKln ley In the matter of "the Army can teen" Is a very great outrage. The, President has simply executed tne law as It was interpreted by his Attorney General, to whom it was referred, and this interpretation was subsequently indorsed by Secretary of War Root, a lawyer of the very first xankjas. en-, tirely just and reasonable. The -President did not make the law; his legal advisers bave construed it for'hlm. He must either accept their construction or get a new Attorney-General, and be cause the President of the United States declines to accept a Prohibition blatherskite and bigot as a legal ad viser he is denounced as having become an obsequious executive of all the royal decrees of King Alcohol. No wopder the, party of-Prohibition doesn't grow. No wonder it has stead ily declined during the last ten years. The party polled 260,000, votes In 1892, and 130,000 four years later. The liquor question is no longer a serious cause of political division among voters, and In nearly every state there is a local license provision which, establishes pro hibition In any comrnunity where a majority of the citizens desire- lt In New York the present local option li cense law has been commended for Its practical results by Governor Roose velt, a fact that flight to secure for him a portion of the billingsgate lavished upon President McKlnley by the Prohi bition claquers of the Democratic theater. Asked whether he will pay bdnds in gold or silver, Bryan-says he will "en force the law." Now the law says "coin." If he pays them in gold, he enforces the law. If he pays them In silver, he enforces the law. If .Croesus makes war on CyruB, said the Delphic oracle, "he will" destroy a mighty em pire." He made war and was utterly routed, and it was held that the oracle meant his own-" empire. So with the Bryartic oracle, " will enforce the law.", And he calls this an answer. j -i Democratic organs' are palpitatingly anxious to convince everybody that Bryan will no give Croker a place in his Cabinet They seem to be appre hensive lest the flambeau reception of Bryan by Tammany and the effusive gush of Croker are portentous of evil. But they do 'not have much success at ostracising the Banquo notion from their troubled Imaginations. "How can you buy the right to gov ern people or secure title to them by force?" is one of Bryan's Wilmington questions. Transfer of sovereignty, then, by conquest or purchase, is in valid, and we have no title to two thirds -of the United States. What be comes, moreover, of Mr. Bryan's sup port bf the Treaty of Paris? Bryan "says that questions, to deserve notice, Bhould be fathered by some one with party responsibility. So he ig nores the questions asked him by Roosevelt three weeks ago, and an swers some by a man in Delaware no body ever heard of. NOTHING BUT ABHORRENCE. Ca Be "Felt for Bryan's Dastardly -Appeals to Baseness. United States Investor.' Harping on the wrongs of tha laboring classes, Bryan says: "I have only heard two reasons given for a large army, and one of them is not given in public by Re publican speakers, and yet', if you will inquire among those who stand at tho head of the syndicates, you will find there is a domestic reason sometimes urged in private for a large army, in this country. What Is it? To protect us from the In dians? No. The less.Indlans we have the more soldiers the ReDublicans want Why do wwant or need a largo- army In this country? There Is but one domestic rea son, f tho army is not to be kept-busy in foreign lands, subjecting people or holding them, under bur dominion, then the army must be engaged here eithor In Idleness or in action1. If In idleness, then you are supporting people in idleness, and if in action what action do you sup pose an army can be called upon for in this country for domestic purposes? I believe that one of the reasons that they want a 'larjre army for Is to build a fort near each city and use the army to sup press by force that discontent that, ought to be cured by legislation." What shall we say to this? Such assertions as these stand their author as both inconceivably base and inconceivably stupid. They are calculated to fill, us with abhorrence for the , roan.-1 "No one with any regard for the 'truth could make i such statement?. They could proceed only from a warped and Irresponsible mind." But one motive could dictate them, to Inflame the pas sions of the multitude at" the expense of honor and patriotism. At the moment we cannot recall any incident in the entire hlstoy of the 'American peoplo more execrable than this appeal of Bryan's to the basest element in our human nature. The wickedness and effrontery of tho man are only equaled by his imbecility. Such statements as the ones we are Just now alluding to cannot be made with impu nity to an intelligent people, such as nmake up the population of 'the United States- Mr. Bryan may lock ,a sense oi humor, but the average American does not. This remark of the Uomocratic can didate regarding the army is a step too far in the wrong direction. The people expect that a good deal of nonsense will be utter&d in a ,pQlitiqol campaign, but there Is a limit to their patience, t GOOD WOMEN IGNORED. Some Will Eventually be Enrolledln ' the Hall of Fame. 'New "" York Times. One Interesting feature of the selection of the first 30 immortals for the New York University Hall of Fame Is the fact that' no woman is numbered among the elect. The announcement of the successful candidates has been received with 03 much satisfaction as could be expected In a matter In which there is a chance for such diversity of opinion; but it Is noteworthy that in the nearly three centuries of their existence as colonies and Nation the American States, In the judgment of 100 representative men, should have produced no woman worthy of a position In this exalted gathering. Of course, exception to this statement would probably be made by common consent in the case of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who has not been dead long enough to lay claim to the panel, that will probably come to her in time. There were' four women candidates voted upon last week: Martha Washington, who received U votes ''Charlotte Cushman, who .received 13; Dorothea Dlx, who received 13, and Mary Lyon, who received 21 the highest of any of tho women com petitors. Probably no one will dispute the judgment which- decided that the first three did not meet the high stand ard of personal achievement demanded of the candidates; but there can be no question that Mary Lyon would not have been out of place In the company of one who has done so much for eauca tlon in this country as Horace Mann. 'Mary Lyon's work as an educator was essentially creative; her life was one long struggle for the intellectual inde pendence of women; to her the higher education of women in this country owes its beginnings, and the institution now Mt. Holyoke College, which she found ed in the face of incessant discourage ment and ridicule, was the first serious attempt made In this country to give these ideas practical shape. One of the most commendable purposes which tho selection of the Hall of Fame candidates has served has been to Inspire little ap preciation of certain eminent personages who have been passed by; and it must be acknowledged that Mary Lyon is as acceptable an Immortal as many of those thus far brought forward. BRYAN- BLOCKS IHE WAY. H? Costs The Country More Than Ils "Standing Army' Dem. New York Times, Ind (To the Editor) I was .present on "Wednesday when Mr. Bryan msdo nl speech at Tonkers. He fired oft an Impassioned sentence about what the Republican party had done In the way of slopping factories and neglecting schools to an audience proud of its public school system and its thriving factories. He paused and smiled, hut there was not a rlp plo of response. "Within sight of where he stood there was a line of trucks on Dock street a Quarter of a mile Ion?,, clocked on thtrtr way to tho wharf where boats were lying to take the products of the factories to market. It was his train lying across the street that blocked them. X. J. The Incident Is perfectly typical of the Bryan campaign. It was a picture on a small scale, but clear-cut, vivid, and strikingly faithful, of the benumbing ef fects of Bryanlsm from, which the whole country is suffering. Bryan's first campaign, in lS9f. hod an appalling effect upon the industries and trade of this country. Property interests were thoroughly alarmed. They were not entirely reassured by the result of the election, for though Bryan was beaten the majority against him was uncomfort ably small, and his' popular vote of six and one-half millions showed that nearly 47 per dent of the voting" population were willing to intrust the executive power of tho Government to this dangerous man. Bryan's, candidacy four years ago cost the United States untold millions in its immediate and deadly effect upon the country's already depressed industries and in postponing the return of pros- I perons conditions. Hip present canvass Is a blight upon the business of the country. Established trade -is checked and' new enterprises are J aererrea uy his second attempt to gratify reckless ambition. Evidence Is visible on every hand that great business under takings await the disappearance of this public peril. He blocks the path of the Industries of the- country as he blocked the street where the laden trucks of Yonkers were bearing the products of the city's factories to the wharf. The sober sense of. the people tells them that Bryan is doomed to sure defeat The impression grows that the avalanche of McKlnley votes that will sweep him to oblivion Is going to surpass all early ex pectation. But men who are responsible for the success of large undertakings, men who have control of the money of many investors, though individually they may bo entirely confident of Bryan's do- j foat, feel that they can afford to take no risks. Irreparable disaster would be the consequence of mistaken judgment. They chooso the prudent part and wait, as they have been waiting all Bummer. Bryan costs the people of tho United States vastly more than "their "standing Army." His two candidacies have cost us more than the whole expense of the Spanish War, including tho incidental outlay for "Imperialism." Bryan blocks the way, the much-traveled way, of the country's business. What a blessed de llverance It will be when we are finally rid of him! Failed In Its Paramonntcy. Baltimore News. Mr. Bryan's whole conduct of the com palgn since his Indianapolis spoech, has been hoplessly at variance with the idea or that speech. To make an issue truly paramount and especially when that is sue is solemnly declared to be one on the right decision of which the preservation of the republic depends It is not suffi cient to declare that it is paramount nor even to devote a fine and carefully pre pared speech to the subject It is neces sary to make upon the country the im pression of profound devotion to so high a cause; of constant solicitude for Its suc cess; of that sort of absorption In it which cannot fall to dignify and elevate the champion who is truly worthy of his professed mission and whose heart and soul are really enlisted in It That Mr. Bryan has utterly failed to make an Im pression of this kind Is manifest; every day that passes puts the Bryan of the Indianapolis speech more completely into the background and substitutes for him more and more completely the Bryan of the rear -platform speeches of -1806. To separate the Bryan of the paramount la sue from all the rest of William J. Bryan was sure to be Impossible after his election to the presidency, if that event ever took place; the character of his little speeches has served as a forci ble reminder of this Impossibility. SOrE AND COMMEIfT. A vote in the ballot box is worth hundred in an estimate. - f Alvord. stole enough money to Insure his being placed under surveillance Instead oC in JalL " "" "" How the Democrats would howr if !f was possible to make the empty dmner- I pail an issue! Mr Crocker's bets on Bryan do not seem, to check the growth of the odds against that candidate. ' Bryan is beginning to answer questions. He has evidently arrived at the "view. with alarm" stage. The registration returns again furnlsbu material with which both sides can con. fldently predict victory. When the eagle ceases to scream we shall begin to listen for the more musi cal gobble of the turkey. The turkey now doth pine and pin And wipe his weeplns eye For well he knows that he will ha The Issue, by and by Lord Roberts la going to add new laurels to his wreath by retraining from. writing a book on the South African cam paign. A scientist says that more sighs are caused by lack of air than worry. It; would appear that there is little reason' to sigh at political meetings. Now doth tho sad-eyed Democrat His sorry lot bewail. Because he- has no argument Like the full dinner pail. But he hath a part of it. Which, namely. Is the bale. "It will be a good deal of work for ma to get the Kurds out of the whey," re marked Abdul Hamld. whereupon tho Grand Vizier laughed the prescribed length of time. Mr. Bryan thinks he saw enough Demo crats in New York to elect him. Pos sibly he did, but he should remember that partaking of $13 dinners Is likely to make a man see double. Oht the lay of the campaign poet. It voices the people's wrongs. And they catch many votes, do the Bttrrlnff notes. Of the eloquent campaign songs. But the lay that la still more potent In the hands of the Western men. To Infuse new life Into campaign strife,. Is tha lay of. the humble hen. A story is told In London of an amus'ng passage at arms between Miss Marie Co relll and the schoolmistress of a school just across from the house wnere tne au thoress had token up tesldence. Part of the school exercises consisted in the study of muslo and, agreeable though thii proved to the school children. It proved particularly disagreeable to Miss Corellt She therefore sent the following note to the schoolmistress: "Miss Corelli presents" her compliments to Miss and begs that she will be good enough to arrange so that there will be no singing class between the hours of 10 and 1, these be ing Miss Corelll's working hours, when distractions are peculiarly distasteful.' The following came in reply: "Miss presents her compliments to Miss Corelli and begs to state that if such a course were likely to prevent the writing of such books as 'The Sorrows of Satan' she would rejoice in arranging a singing pro gramme for every day from 9 to 2.'' If any number of persons want to build a city at Astoria, by all means let them do so. It Is a free country, where everybody has an equal chance. But men of Portland are building a city at Portland. It used to be asked whether National bank directors ever direct. A New York teller has stolen $700,000, and the Inquiry is now pertinent as to Whether bank examiners examine. Possibly our excited friends at As toria will find that President Mellen is talking Astoria to get something out of Portland. "If you askme to construe a point in law," saicT Bryan at Wilmington, "I reply that Ijshall not construe a Jaw until It becomes my duty to 'enforce The- only paramount thing about Bryan is his indefatigable silence, on 16 to 1. , 'Another Democrat for McKlnley. iEx-Mayor W. R. Grace, of New Tork. It is Just as essential to our" honor and welfare now that Mr. Bryan be defeated and his principles repudiated as It was in 189G. I believe that a crushing defeat for Mr. Bryan and free silver is tho only thing that can save the Democratic par ty. The Democracy upon "which I was brought up and upon which my political faith and actions are based holds in its fundamental principles that the best gov ernment is that which governs the least Mr. Bryar and his followers discard this common-sense principle for Socialism and Populism, which threaten the rights of the individual by mischievous legislation. Tp'.my mind, the Bryan campaign of 1900 resolves Itself Into an attempt to capture votes by seeking to combine the Silver Populists and the disgruntled por tion of each community by the misnamed paramount issues of Imperialism, militar ism and tho yague attack upon trusts. The Campaign an an Educator, Boston Herald. The thousands of orators who aro on the stump, the millions of documents that are gratuitously distributed, tho omni present newspapers, all discussing public affairs of the highest moment, present to the humblest citizen great opportunities of education. A wise man will avail him self of them as fully as he can, and will not limit himself to hearing or reading one sldB only. That Is the certain way to cultivate narrowness, prejudice and weakness. A Presidential election Is a greater educator of tho people than all the schools, and universities. All other schools are preparatory to Its universal and transcendent efficiency. All merely literary and scientific enthusiasm are fee ble and secluded In comparison with tho great awakening of Intellectual ardor It provokes and cultivates. Of all special educations, it is the most practical, the most general, tho most effective, Record-Breaklncr Vote Expected. Boston Advertiser. It will be found, when the votes are counted, that the people have taken suf ficient Interest to go to the -polls In unpre cedented numbers. The Democratic party threw away Its best opportunity at Kan sas City when It renewed Its vows of allegiance to an Issue on which that party had been defeated four years ago by one of the largest popular majorities ever cast In a Presidential election in thl3 country. The Republican majority will not bo as large as It was four years ago, but McKlnley's re-election can be just as securely accomplished without that The Democratic managers themselves, who i are most experienced in National cam paigns, really have no such confident ex pectations as they profess to have. In addition, some of them, while publicly supporting Bryan, have no desire to see him successful. The Outlook In Illinois. Here are two estimates of- the result In IUInqls from Republican leaders who have been brought Into close touch with voting sentiment. Chairman Rowe, of the Republican State Committee, mode this statement the other day in Chicago: "Since October 1 the political situation has rapidly changed. The poll of the state outside of Cook County shows an in creased Republican majority over 1SS6, and with the situation In Cook County im proving every day, the Indications atrong- -ly point to a Republican majority in the state of 100.000." Richard Yates, the Republican candi date for Governor, is equally sanguine of a largo plurality. Ho said recently In response to a question as to conditions in the "state outside Chicago: "Wp have tho Democrats beaten. The situation could not look brighter. If our voters will only go to the polls on elec tion day the result will exceed our ex pectations of a majority of $00,000." Apathy Has Disappeared. Washington Star. We have in the closing days of tho struggle such a manifestation of Interest in the result as promises a large vote In November. Tho people are aroused. Tho meetings In every state are largely at tended, and reports from both sides show r that speakers of recognized power and ability aro heard with close attention. Evidently tho people are thinking. Evi dently they recognize tho fact that tho issues are momentous and should be de cided by a full vote. And they are right on that point Tho Issues presented are tho most momentous since tho close or the Civil War, and every man In the country entitled to a vote and whose path to the ballot box Is unobstructed should find his way there and express himself Oh one side or the other. To fall to vote this year or to throw one's vote away in a sulky spirit or in pursuit of a mere fad will be creditable to no man. Bryan's Prowess. Here la a new view of Colonel Bryan's work as a "spellbinder" during the cam paign just ending. It is promulgated by a orofessor in the medical department of the University of Illinois, Dr. Oscar A. King. Says Dr. King: "Nothing In athletics, In prtzenghtihg, riding, wheeling or physical record-breaking of any kind appeals to me in its physical aspect to compare with the In defatigable campaign work of William Jennfngs Bryan. His Is something more than an Iron constitution. His perform ance, In the light of mere physical 'effort, has been .wonderful." Chances In Two Border States. Postmaster-General Smith had this to sayB in Chicago the other day about Re publican chances in West Virginia and Maryland two states which he recently visited in his speaking tour: "In West Virginia there Is a perfeot unanimity that the state will go for Mc Klnley. The fight on the Legislature, however, Is close. McKlnley can carry the state hy from SOOO to 10.000, and the Republicans still lose the Legislature. But it is my belief that the Republicans will win by 15,000 votes. Within two weeks there has been a great awakening In Maryland, and tho chances of the Repub licans have improved wonderfully. In dis tricts where thero was doubt formerly there is now no doubt at all. The regis tration in Maryland, especially in Balti- Tnnrp nnintjs &oAtAir in 'RoniiViHn !.- Uy,; PLEASANTRIES OP PAUAGRAPHEItS Might Do There. "Maud thinks of applying for a position as aoprano in a church choir."" I "1JelI. there's a church for the deaf up on seventn sireei. ruuauupuu &wmuj uuuu tln. The "Ravages of Time. Mrs. Walle rm sura the constant anxiety nyat have been terribly wearing. Mrs. Luer Wearing? "Why, in tha last three years I've grown to look at least six months older! Life. Clergyman My child, bsware of picking a toadstool Instead of a mushroom. They arm easy to confuse. Child That be all roight. sur. Us hain't asoin' to eat 'em ourselves they're asoin' to market to be sold. Ttt-Blta. Her Definition. "Yes." said M! Cayenne. "Ho Is undoubtedly a cynic." "What la your Idea of a cynic?" "He Is a person who keep you continually in doubt whether he la un usually clever or unusually disagreeable." Washington Star. He Ob, pray. Miss Dalrlmple. don't call m Mr. Brooka. She Oh, but our acquaintance has been so brief. This is so sudden ' ( (Sweetly) "Why shouldn't I call you Mr. ' Brookes? He Oh only because my name's Somerset ! Punch. She Was an Immune. "I should think your mother would punish you for that." said tha neighbor's little girl to the ono who had dis obeyed. "She can't" was the confident reply. "I've beon sick and I'm not well enough, to be spanked yet, and she can't keep me In tho house, because the doctor says I must have fresh air and exercise. Oh. I'm having bully time." Chicago Evening Post. A Pasaingr Memory. Bismarck DaUy Tribune. We read In onc and story of some ancient thing and hoary. Some relics of the past that memory with de light surrounds. In. proe and Yerse erratic of some treasure In the attic. Or eke some song that swells again soma half-forgotten sounds. Some cracked and silent fiddle or a. smoking pancake griddle. Some humble thing that genius makes a flood of verse to yield. But no muse has found expression that leaves; half as much Impression On my mind as the old hair brush that my mother used to wield. It had bristles on Its bosom, hut I never saw her use 'em. And I never could Imagine why they put those bristles there; They may have been for combing, but mora often in tho gloaming I have heard thent swish and whistle through the cool and quiet air. For the hair brush she would send mo. and, she'd quietly upend me O'er knee and grasp the handle In a way she knew so well, Through the air I'd hear It humming, then X knew that It was coming. And I'd squirm and twist and wriggle until finally it felt Ahl how keen Is recollection of the accurate direction Of that hair brush as it rose and fell In, rhythmical refrain, And the tingling diabolic as with cadence mel ancholic It swept with measured beat and time and rose and fell again. As It echoed, as It thundered. In what agony I wondered If each blow were not the last ono, while X struggled there In pain. Then she'd let me rise and take It and bo careful not to break It And put It on a dresser till she needed It again. We may rend of treasured relic shrined in memory angelic. . That rouses recollections of a time that Is no . more. The snuilbor grandpa carried on tho day that ho was married, Tho hat he used to talk through and the fadod coat he wore, From the storehouse of the ages, and rromk all the yellowed pages Of the book of time what treasures of tho past. may be revealed. Though It wasn't to my liking, yet here's nothing half so striking ... As that bristlinr. whistling hair brush, thai my mother used t wield.