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PXR,TTjAXI, aiOXDAY, OCTOBER. 20
BRTAKTSai TO DATE.
la his second Madison-Square speech
txnd other addresses Saturday night at
New York, the Democratic candidate
Bets out his position clearly and com
prehensively. He covers the whole
Iground, and it is fitting to review
"Bryanism in its revised version, prac
tically its final form. "Let us start
'with
'"Imperialism.'
Ibelleve that it Is more important that we
should have a republic than that we should
have- any particular money standard.
The Question begged In this asser
tion is that retention of the Philippines
Will destroy the Republic. But neither
there nor elsewhere has Bryan produced
the evidence to prove that retention of
the "Philippines will destroy the Re
public. He has made the assertion
over and over again, but he never con
descends to prove it. He sets at de
fiance the fact that every great re
public of history has expanded as it
has become great and prosperous
Greece, Rome, Venice, Holland, France
'and that our own Republic has ex
panded "by conquest and purchase over
the Louisiana and Gadsden tracts, over
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico, -without
"endangering our form of govern
ment," and without subverting our lib
erties. Against the simple truth of ex
perience that remote parts of a great
nation are happy and prosperous ac
cording as they are justly or unjustly
dealt with, he puts out the assumption
that a nation cannot expand if its form
of government is republican; or, in
other words, that the only government
fitted to extend its sway is a monarchy.
The Ancient Landmark,
Remove not the ancient landmarks which
thy lathers have set.
The Scripture reads "landmark" in
stead of "landmarks." The discrep
ancy is small, but important, for other
Wise Mr. Bryan could for once be justly
accused of quoting his authorities cor
rectly. Experience has taught us that the
commands of the ancient Hebrew
Scriptures cannot always "be taken lit
erally, or we should be Involved in
many absurdities and contradictions.
It is dangerous to take an isolated text
and give it universal application. In
reply to Mr. Bryan's text, we might,
ior example, adduce Isaiah Hv:2-3:
Enlarge tho tlace of thy tent; and let them
otretch forth the curtains of thine habitations;
eparo not, lengthen thy cords and strengthen
thy stakes. For thou shalt break forth on
the risht hand and on the left; and thy seed
shall Inherit the Gentiles, and make the des
olate cities to be inhabited.
Unfortunately for Mr. Bryan's posi
tion, moreover, the history of the Jews,
even more signally than their litera
ture, bears upon the expansion problem
With impressive pertinence; for so long
as they listened to the command of
Jahveh to go up and possess the lands
he had promised to Abraham, they
grew and prospered, but in the day
they ceased to move the ancient land
mark, in the day they chose the Chi
nese policy of isolation and stagnation,
was the beginning of the end; so that
today they are not only a people with
out a country, but are fast becoming a
people divorced from the ancient re
ligion. How many times the ancient land
mark has been moved since this Re
public first began to lengthen its cords
and strengthen its stakes! How many
deserts have been braved and moun
tains scaled, how many marches made
and treaties drawn and trains of
prairie-schooners hurried West to carry
the flag over lands.held by JFxance and
Spain, Russia and Great Britain, Pe
quods anfl Cayuses and Seminoles!
Under the equator's sun and in the
far snows of the Arctic circle the
American, soldier has carried the." ban
ner of American expansion! "There it
waves," said Dewey, 'and there, I
hope, it will remain forever."
The Filtplno.
Why cannot this Nation be to the Filipino
What France was to the American? France
helped us to gain our liberty, and' then left us
free to enjoy It. Wo helped tho Filipino gain
his liberty, let us help him enjoy that liberty-
It is sufficiently well known to stu
dents of history, among whom we
would not do Mr. Bryan the injustice
of including him, that French aid to
this country in the critical hour of the
Revolution was prompted by a desire
to injure England, and this in no wise
reflects upon the noble actions of the
jlarquis de la Fayette. The parallel
Sails also because the colonists had
"been fitted by experience for self-government,
while the Filipinos have not.
As Professor Anderson, just home from
lAizon, instructively observes, "the na
tives "have not yet learned "to trouble
-themselves over politics," But the es
sential thing in Bryan's assertion 1s
wrong; that is, that "we helped the
Wpiao fiaia his liberty." The truth
is, on the contrary, that we went to
Luzon, not, to liberate the Filipino, but
to stritce at spam, witn wmen we weie
at war. The outbreak of 1896 ot Agui
naldo against the Spanish-had came, to
an end by his acceptance of their offer
of $800,000 to himself and certain of his
leaders if they would surrender their
arms and leave the islands forever.
Months before war 'broke' out between
the United States and Spain, Agui
naldo had, at a banquet In Hong Kong,
pledged the Queen Regent and young
King of Spain as "the fairest and
noblest of monarchs that had ever
lived." With the same recklessness he
showed in deserting his country for
Spanish gold, he disregarded his pledge
to remain away from the islands, and
came back to foment rebellion against
our authority before government had
been set up and American sovereignty
had had a chance to be judged by its
performance. The "liberty" that Agui
naldo wants to pillage, burn and mas
sacre will not be granted him; but
liberty in a true sense, better than they
.enjoyed under Spain, and better than
they could achieve and maintain for
themselves, will be granted, not the
bandits, but the inhabitants of Luzon
and the other islands.
Disfranchisement.
And yet jour own President has imposed
qualifications on Porto Rico that exclude 83
per cent of the black men of voting age lit
Porto Rico from exercising the franchise, and,
not only that, but ho takes away from them
tho protection of. tho Constitution. Why should
a man in Connecticut make that objection, for
the last amendment to your Constitution fixes
an educational qualification In tho State of
Connecticut?
This is Bryan's invariable answer to
the charge- that "consent" is not, en
forced in the South. The cases he cites
are not parallel, 'in Connecticut and
Porto Rico the ignorant are disfran
chised regardless of color. In the South
the Ignorant blacks, are disfranchised
and the ignorant whites are allowed to
vote. It is' an amazing piece of shal
lowness to imagine that an equal edu
cational qualification can be set up as
an answer to an unequal educational
qualification. It is amazing that Bryan
should continue to cite equal treatment
of the races in Porto Rico and Con
necticut as parallel with that suppres
sion of "consent of the governed" in
the South, which alone gives him any
possible standing in the Electoral Col
lege. '
"Government hy Injunction."
In his discussion of the labor ques
tion, Mr. Bryan Is content to repeat a
threadbare and shameless falsehood:
The Republican party does not today stand
for any policy that Is good for the laborer.
One of the present Injustices of tho Republi
cans is government by injunction. The moan
ost thief, the blackest murderer. Is given a
trial for his offence, and tho man who labors
has an equal right to that proceeding.
This is the assertion that when Presi
dent Cleveland and Attorney-General
Olney used the Federal troops to sus
tain the decrees of the Federal courts
to maintain law and order In the Chi
cago riots of 1894, they were depriving
the laboring man of his right to trial
by jury. It is a lie, made out of whole
cloth. The men' who were proceeded
against were tried by a jury. It is a
brutal appeal to mob violence, and a
plea lor mob rule. It is consistent with
Bryan's uniform
Appeal to Glass .Hatred, s
By the common people we mean those who
aro the producers, who contribute tp the
wealth of the counfry and advance prosperity.
By the common people Bryan does
not mean producers who contribute to
the wealth of the country and advance
prosperity, unless they are hard up and
unsuccessful. The employer of labor Is
a producer, as much as the employe,
the rich, if they use their wealth wise
ly as the good worklngman uses his
muscle wisely, "contribute to the
wealth of the country and advance
prosperity," as much as the poor. But
Bryan has no appeal for them. He has
nothing to offer to the successful; he
appeals only to the discontented or to
those he thinks perchance he may
make discontented. That Is why he is
continually saying things like this:
It Is becoming generally understood that
.all dlnner-palls are not full In the anthraclto
'coal regions, for Instance. The laboring
roan's condition can never be considered pros
perous so long as he Is compelled to keep his
children out of school and at work, in order
to keep the wolf from the door.
No matter how prosperous we are,
there will be some to have less than
others, and Bryan makes It his busi
ness to seek out those who have little
and may be disposed to harbor envy
and malice, and say, "You are the vic
tim of Republican rule vote for me
and be rich." Tou say the dinner-pail
is full? Well, I can show you some
dlnner-palls'that are not full. You say
that 75,000,000 people are prosperous?
"Well, I can show you 1,000,000 that
haven't nearly as much as they would
like. Therefore your boasted prosper
ity Is a dream.
His Remedies.
But let us admit that even now, as
heretofore, ihe poor -are not rloh. Let
us admit that some dinner-pails are
not as full as others, and that while
some children are in school, others'
parents are too poor to send them.
What does Bryan propose to do about
It? What Is his method of making the
poor man rich and giving everybody so
much- that no one can complain his
neighbor has more than he?
In tho first place, he offers free coin
age of silver, which spells a 48-cent
dollar, panic. He will open the mints
to the silver-mine owner, but close the
mills to the laborer. He offers a de
based currencj', which falls with cruel
est and most crushing force on the
poor.
In the second place, he offers to
abandon the struggle for Oriental mar
kets. England may have her Hong
Kong, France her Tong King, Russia
her Port Arthur, Germany her Klao
Chou, but we shall have no Manila,
though rightfully ours by conquest,
purchase and treaty. If, Europe wishes
to divide up China into "spheres of in
fluence" and bar out our trade, driv
ing us back "upon ourselves, all right.
Let us not put the dollar" above, the
man. Let us not maintain our rights
If we can renounce them. Let us not
hold trade if we can get rid of It. Let
us not put up the flagjf we can pull
It down.
In the third place, he offers war on
capital. He will lay so heavy a hand
on corporations that they cannot exist
He will so terrify wealth and property
that they will not venture a dollar in
productive enterprise or provide em
ployment for a solitary day-laborer.
This is "Mr. Bryan's programme. It
carries its own assurance of rejection.
The danger of his being able txuearry
it out is so; great that the opportunity
will be 'withheld. The more likely liis
election seema. the more impossible it
becomes. Many would like to vote for
Bryan if they thought it could be -done
without electing him. But the greater
his crowds and the fnore portentous his
candidacy, the greater will be the coun
try's alarm, and the more strenuous its
efforts at self-protection.
CltEED REVISION.
There are more opponents of creed
ravlston-withli the Freabytrian church
than those who are perfectly .satisfied
with the Westminster, confession.
Numbers wish the subject postponed
now, because any revision now possible
of achievement: would be , at, best, .a
sorry- compromise with, conservatism,
and they would prefer to wait untU
more modern statement can be ass
sured by the elimlnatloh pf adherents
of -the old, and the accretiQii 6f those
whose mind,3 have been formed In sci
entific research and modern literary
criticism. v 4
This is-one reason why the votes of
the presbyteries are so 'hesitating afid
indecisive. Out of the 232 presbyteries
in the Presbyterian church, 110 have
taken action, with the following re
sults: For revision only, 3; for'a dec
latory statement explaining the confes
sion, 2; for a supplemental creed, 30;
for a substitute creed, 5; for revision
and a supplemental creed, 1Q; for a dis
missal of the whole subject, 3S. Prob
ably not more than 220 -presbyteries
will vote on the question, so that 110
more presbyteries are yet to be heard
from, but it is hardly likely that their
verdict will be essentially different from
that of those which have already voted.
Assuming this to be the case, there will
be only about 60 presbyteries Jn favor
of revision pure and simple, whereas
the reques't of two-thirds, or 155 presby
teries, is required In order to bring the
question before the general assembly.
Outside of th,e purely polemical ele
ments of this controversy, there Is one
reason In public policy why the creed,
or any creed, should be frequently re
vised or recast, and that is that long
continued acquiescence in declarations
of principles that are confessedly er
roneous tends to promote the convic
tion that standards are of no moment.
To profess one thing and act another
haB become a matter of course to an
extent" not favorable to Intellectual
veracity or spiritual soundness. In the
body politic .the written law Is In a
constant state of fluidity, being amend
ed by successive Legislatures in re
sponse to the changing needs of the
time. Every political party 'meets once
in four years to adapt its oreed to the
march of events. Corporations file
amended articles every little while,
without a thought that change and
progress afe confessions of weakness or
error. It is only In the theological
world that we hold beliefs once enter
tained as impossible of amendment or
abandonment. It Is 250 years since the
Westminster confession was written
out, and yet the Presbyterian church
holds today that In views of doctrine it
was impossible for its authors to have
erred. But whenever a presbytery ad
mits that it is unnecessary to amend
the declarations that non-elect Infants
are damned, and that the Pope Is "anti
Christ," It goes far toward denial to
the creed of any binding force what
ever in any part If we can select from
the creed what we like, what "difference
does It make what we believe, or
whether we believe anything or not?
DESTINY AND ITS ,.ACKNOWLBDG-
'. MENT.-
. Tacoma Is a city of destiny, and the fact Is
fast receiving "universal acknowledgment.
Tacoma News.
Tacoma has, indeed, long been known
as a city of destiny. It as always
had destiny to burn, destiny to throw
at the birds, all the destiny there is
in the world. Other places get busi
ness and population, but Tacoma-hangs
grimly on to her destiny. Whether
anybody has ever thought of taking
her destiny away from her does not
appear of record. Anyhow, Tacoma
keeps It, and long may she continue to
be a city of destiny of destiny exclu
sively and only, and nothing else.
Destiny is great. It has this advan
tage over mere tiade or numbers that
It is serene and unapproachable. Jt
hangs always in" the future; It has no
present Years full many have passed
away since Tacoma first" appropriated
to herself the proud title of City of
Destiny. In the future she would be
something. Nobody has risen to dis
pute the title. The future still stretches
just as far ahead as it did at first.
Her destiny Is just as dim, vast, in
scrutable and intangible., grand, gloomy
and peculiar as ever. Take my life,
says old Tacoma, take my life, but
spare my destiny.
And "the fact is fast receiving univer
sal acknowledgment," This Is good,
yet also bad. For the moment the
character of Tacoma receives universal
acknowledgment, that moment the end
has come. Then there can be no more
"fast receiving." It is to be hoped,
therefore, that the fact will not be re
ceived too fast, or the pleasure of not
ing its advance will perish from the
earth. The News, we take it, does not
Wish to be understood as saying that
Tacoma's destinated quality la even
now "receiving universal acknowledg
ment" That were a confession that
her highest aipbltlon is at 'last fully
realized. For when it ceases to be de
nied that Tacoma is a city 'of destiny,
and of destiny altogether, earth will
hold no further object or he;r quest '
Why is it that some 40,000 people perr
slst in living in Tacoma, instead of re
signing the field to Destiny's unchal
lenged reign? ' '
A. CRISIS FOR. THE TURF.
The London press correspondents, of
American journals seem singularly re
miss In their reports " of the protests
against American- turf habitues and
their methods -fif England, A good deal
of complaint is heard against these pro
tests, and doubtless much of 'It Is well
founded, yet Jt is - impossible to sup
pose the protests are entirely without
adequate basis. The British sense of
fair play is noteworthy, if not uniform,
as was seen in the disrepute Dunraven
earned over there by his unsportsman
like conduct, and by the favorable re
ception always given our American
athletes.- It Is aur to assume. there
fore, that these complaints r have a
genuine foundation. ' ' vT ''f
The British pubjio; we may'he; snfe,
hates to lose its ,mo.'neyj..and. had "los
ers are not .always Just in their abuse.
Robbery and jobbery are the common
cries of the upluoky on American race
tracks, ahd. unfortunately, one 'reason
why, the 'are s,o Is becausp, th?. race,
is not always .to jna swirt. xne jaoi
Is that the -turf -th us has become,
In common parlance, a pretty hard
game to the outsider- It is1 so" easy
fqr shrewd manipulators " to""1 "lay "up
heat!?." to 'tamper With the horse or
j his appolritmenfs to 'run"t,o "wlh 6"f to
run to lose, according as. the betting
has proceeded, "that racing "on the
square" haa been superseded by a far
more complicated problem. The harness-horse
has "deyeloped a complex,
system of race management, which has
spread its dqJeteriQUs. influence oyer the
thoroughbred. The question at a trot
ting race is not simply which Is the
best horse, . b'ut 'which horse Is most
likely, under all the circumstances, to
be given the race. An owner may not
want to show-just yet, what; his horse
can do; ha may not want to give it a
"mark" till the close of the season ;- he
hopes, by a series of defeats, to be able
to "buy him cheap" In some great race
and make a fortune on the clean-UD,
Owners have bo much -at stake that
they hesitate to chance their all on the
result of a single race, when by a little
judioious management, a little trans
continental pool, as it were, they may
with certainty avoid a catastrophe and
may make a- Uttle sure money. The
discretion that teaches the owner to
manage his string as a conservative
business proposition is death to th6
outsider who relies on capability 'alone
to win the purse.
- These methods, as we know, have
permeated the American running, turf,
and in the hands of unrestrained own
ers and skillful trainers and jockeys
they make a game where the percent
age Is very strong againstfne "out
sider," who is pretty certain, In the
long run, to lose far more than he
wins. We can readily imagine that
something of this sort, reinforced by
the ringside operations of our preda
tory "touts,1' has made life at the race
course an unprofitable venture for the
old-time British sport. It is not sur
prising John Bull rebels, but it is far
from " clear whether he can break up
the practice he complains of. The
situation, in fact, prevails everywhere,
and practically Involves the future of
the turf. If the owner, trainer and
jockfey are 'to lay aside their superior
knowledge and skill and allow the
"outsider" to compete with them on
even terms, the result will be to throw
the business of breeding and racing
thoroughbreds back upon the precari
ous footing It occupied formerly, when
a, man had no protection against a run
of bad luck that might any time re
duce him to beggary. It's' a choice for
many between manipulation and star
vation. Either way, the outlook Is not
bright
Frederick Max Muller, known, chiefly
as "Professor Max Muller,'1 is dead, at
the age of 77. As a philolqglst he had
long held highest rank among living
men. His "History of Ancient Sanskrit
Literature," his '.'Lectures on the Sci
ence of Language," his "Chips From
a1 German Workshop," his essays qji
"The Philosophy of Mythology," and
his various books on "Religion as a
Comparative Science," have made his
name famous in the field' of thought
and. letters, ' during many years. More
than fory years, Indeed he has been
before the world, and his work has
been enormous In bulk, and of corre
sponding importance and value. It
would scarcely be possible to name an-:
other man to whom philology, mythol
ogy and religion, as historical sciences,
have been so much. Indebted during
these forty 'years.
j Within a t month after his' defeat lit
189G William Chlnnlngs Bryan , made
this confident prediction:
Before the vear 1000 nrrlve3 the evil effects
of a ,gOld standard will bo even more o Ident
than they are now,, and the people, then ready
to demand an American financial policy for the
American people, will Join with us In the Im
mediate restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of slher at the pre&ent legal ratio of
10 to 1.
The present query Is whether Bryan
knows anything more now on any sub
jectsay on "militarism," "Imperial
ism," etc., than he knew about the
gold standard four years ago.
It seems" now to be certain that young
Venville has been murdered, and mur
dered in a horrible manner. It is for
the people of the United States to say
whether such monsters as these mur
derers are worth the tears shed over
them, in the name of liberty, by W. J.
Bryan, (J. Hamilton Lewis and C. E. S.
Wood. The Oregonlan believes the
people of the United States will show
their deep displeasure with men who
are In league with such savages, in the
name of liberty.
How large an Army does the United
States require? If you ask Bryan that,
he will answer that the Republican
narty put3 the dollar above the man,
.s the Army, In his view, Is used solely
to prevent the worklngman from hav
ing trial by jury, he would probably
say that the smaller the standing
Army, the better. So prosaic a thought
as that the Army should be large
onougb to do the work required of it
has probably never occurred to him.
The unprecedented' amount of gold in
the United States. Treasury affords
Bryan a good chance for a campaign
argument. Our debt to Europe ap
peared to him no greater mark of
calamity than did the recent phenome
non of extensive American loans to Eu
rope, So there is probably only one
thing more calamitous to Bryan's way
of thinking than an empty Treasury,
and that is one that is overflowing.
The precipitancy with which the
Bryan campaign has gathered around
the "trust question'' lends added point
to its candidate's complaint that the
Republicans are trying to get away
from the "paramount issue."
'Kentucky pemocrats are .making all
things ready for election day. It is
well. If the result should be close,
their efforts may be needed. We must
have consent of the 'governed at any
cost
"I am a small part of the campaign,"
s&ys Bryan. The remark may be only
premature1 but for the present it is
rather startling, coming as it does from
a man who is the Whole Thing, .
Mr. -Bryan has heard of, France in the
time of our Revolution; but he has
never heard, evidently, that Franoe,
thongh a republic, has colonies.
, - '
It is Bryan and free silver over again.
Bryan, and free sJlYar'remain, after all
is said, the "paramount" Issues.
,A Gler.QbJect Lssqh.
Chicago Evefring Journal..
There Is a marked difference between
Senator Beveridge's advice to young men
and Mr. Richard Croker's utterances, op
the same subject. Senator -Roveridge
holds thaV prudence, temperance, 'loyalty
,to "friends au'd principle, stern and in-"
J flexible devotion to duty, will win success
anywlierd .fey any, younr man ..that
breathes. Mrl Croker, after announcing;
with, characteristic violence, that "the
,young man of today hasn't any shpw,"
points to ni8,2Svn, (sucpesg w yuwyxy aiu
the betting-ring as the surest rtfad to
wealth. .-In one ' picture "tfe have the
clean portrayal of right the decent care
ful advice of a brilliant man who is him
self decent: in the otber,.the cynical dis-
I courageinent to "honest effort offered by
an IndividBal wfto baa cflmbea to power
and money-lnfluence oyot the necks of
besotted riff-raff, and Is proud of it
The comparison between the two men as
they stand is a more pdwerful object-lesson
to the Tlsing generation than "anything
that either ot them can say.
. . .
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
A "Word About the Man o Fatrieilc
Impulse, of Eaergpy and of Action.
Chicago Journal, Ind,
Let us take a look, if you please, at
Theodore Roosevelt and sea what man,4
ner of gladiator It is that has coma
among us.
To begin with, the Yice-Presldency is
an office but little sought When sained
it brings its winner scant renown, except
when it serves as the stepping-stone to
higher honors, Rooseyelt did not want
it. and said so frankly. He already held
a high and' honorable office that pleased
him better. He consented to go on the
ticket only when convinced it was to the
Interests of his party to do so. His name,
he was shown, would lend it strength.
There were people who Idolized him. It
is no disloyalty to McKinley to say tha$
in his absence they would just as reauily
have voted for Roosevelt
This candidate's first refusal to run
for the office he now seeks was the blunt
outburst of a nature always boyjsh and
always honest. He was satisfied with
honors already won until shown the pos
sibility of reaching those -that were
greater. When taught by older minds
the wisdom of acceptance, he accepted
promptly; and, having accepted, lo, what
a beautiful fight he is making L Full of
energy, charged with the courage of the
proud race of gentlemen, from which he
sprang, he was handsomely equipped for
this battle. His meanest enemy can not
deny that he is making the most ,of his
opportunities.
Boosovelt's life thus far is a romantic
Story, founded on, sturdy facts. His blood
gave him courage; hi studies gave him
capacity; God gave him brains. If there
Is anything above all "others he loves U
Is action a square fight for an honest
principle. In such a fight he gives no
quarter and asks none. He Is the Coeur
de Lion the mailed taught In the lists
of this election.
Roosevelt's behavior In the war with
Spain was the behavior to have been rx
pected of any thoroughbred American.
There were plenty as brave aj he, no
doubt, but his position rendered his acts
conspicuous. As it Is, the brief picture of
him as a soldier Is the most brilliant In
his career. His course was so like the
man. With a war afoot, no desk in
Washington would have held him. He
knew where he could find kindred
spirits the rough-handed, big-hearted
men at the -wilderness tho natures that
he loved and he rushed away to gather
thfm to his pennant. He was Joined by
men of another class dandles of the
clubs and salons, but heroes at that
who loved him, too. Not a man of his
regiment but would have cjled at his
order. The simple fact of that fidelity
tells, the character and spirit 'of Roose
velt It Is a fine fidelity. No poltroon
can command It. The story of the Rough
Riders has been told. Every schoolboy
knows It.
When Roosevelt went to the war nore
knew whether It would last pIx weeks cr
ten yars. He was ready with h's sword,
his strength and his life. He wouia b?
so again. It was not hla fault If the war
was short The two-footed cnttle that
are" now vilifying " and traducing him
are of a class that never fight, becius?
they 'are ' af raid. They are creatures of
the kind that would die of dread If shot
in the back with a baked apple.
Fiery, fearless and eunny-tempared;
brilliant In intellect; tlrele-s In libor; to
spected by women and beloved by nun;
tho hero of his own family; a daah'ner
knicht of bravery and high fortune. That
is Roosevelt, the future Vice-President
A gentleman by birth, a warrior by In
stinct, and every Inch of him a man,.
TIIE RBAIi ISSUE.
Not to Tic Lout Sight Of in the Lout
DnyH of the Cnmpnigrn. t
Indianapolis News, Ind.
Tho campaign oratory on both sides
is gradually growing more violent and
passionate, and in some cases more In
sincere. Mr. Bryan Is developing an In
creasing tendency to shrink from the im
portant Issues, and, we regret to say,
the recont .speoches of Governor Roose-
,velt show a decided lack of dignity. Iri-
stead of argument, we are getting abuse
and recrimination. Fortunately, the Is
sues of the campaign are exceedingly
simple. We believe that they are under
stood by the people. What we aro going
to settle is not so much thefate of the
Filipinos for that will be settled by Con
gress, guided by public opinion as the
fate of the people of this country. No
matter what tho result of the election
may be, It will not fix any permanent
and Irreversible tendency In foreign af
fairs. And those who on- one side aro
talking about empire, and on th'e other
about manifest destiny and world su
premacy, alike miss the real point
Calm consideration should convince vot
ers that the election will decide whether
thers Is to be a continuance of conditions
under which business prosperity will be
possible, whether the gold standard Is to
be maintained or overthrown, and wheth
er we are to be a harmonious and united
people, co-operating Industrially, com
mercially and politically for the welfare
of all. The great questions of this cam
paign are not foreign, but domestic And
on domestic questions Mr. Bryan has
been proved to be wropg and dangerously
wrong. Since his speech In this city ac
cepting the nomination, he has lost stead
ily In the confidence of the people. He
has allied himself with the worst ele
ments in our politics, and ho stands to
day before tho people as a political agi
tator, apparently unwilling to adhere to
any principle the advocacy of which
seems likely to cost him votes.
The IlenHty and the Fietion of It.
Tacoma Ledger, Ooto-Seattle Poat-IntelllBen-her
20. ccr, October 2S.
Four loaded ves-j Compare these con
sels are anchored iniditions (on Columbia
the stream with full River) with the open
crews awaiting tugsjand unhindered navl
to tow them outjgatlon .of Pugot
when the storm now Sound, and there
raging off the coastjwlll be no Jack of
shall have abated. reason for the
The Ventura hadjgrowth of Seattle's
her tug ordered forjeommerca and the
Wednesday, but it Isdecay of Portland's,
pot likely that eitherjlt ia not "dlscrlmtna
of the four vesselsjtiqn," dear friends,
Will bo able to getthat Is the matter; it
beyond Neah Bay Is p, difference of
inside of a week, natural advantages
owing to the stonn.ithat man cannot
jovercome,
, , ,
The Democratic "Tip.'t
, New York Mail and Express,
"Shout for Bryan, but bet your money
on iJcKinloy," is tho "tip" in Democratic
circles at tl)is stage qf the exercises,
Word has eYfrlen1' bpen passed around
that the jig isvory decidedly up,
. . ., I, i t i.
Iioplca That Way.
Philadelphia Ledger, Ind. ,
Apparently the people who are going to
vote tar Bryan are. still beting, Qn M.C-.
lKlnley.
THE UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT
Throughout the 'long discussion of the
new responsibilities assumed by the
United States in the Pacific, one point has
stood clearly and distinctly: That this
country has only followed other civilized
states, in the general movement to find
outlets for surplus, capital and .the prod
uct of labor. The United States has
rpacheg, or is approaching, the economic
state where such outlets are required out
side -their own boundaries, in order to
prevent business depression. Idleness and
suffering at home. This new movement
is .a problem of labor as well as of capi
tal. The question Is not whether Ameri
can laborers can find opportunities for
work under the trqplcal sun, of the Ori
ent, but whether thoy shall find such op
portunities at home by the maintenance
of adequate markets abroad for absorb
ing their great product of finished goods
and saved capital. Only by keeping such
markets open can these products be sold
upon conditions which will keep labor
steadily employed, afford encouragement
for additional production, and open new
fields of employment
Charles A Conant does not undertake to
discuss all aspects of expansion In "Tflo
United States in tho Orient,' which has
just come from the prs8 of Houghton,
Mifflin. & Co., Boston. He concerns him
self chiefly with the economic side of tho
question and not with ethics or. politics.
The dominant note, ho says, of mod
ern economic life, since the beginning of
the epoch of machinery and negotiable
instruments, has been saving for Invest
ment The benefits of saving have been
ipculcated with such effect for .many dec
ades that savings accumulate beyond the
development of new demands for capital
Which are legitimate, and are becoming
a menace to the economic future of the
great Industrial countries. Capital Is no
longer needed in excess of the supply,
but is becoming cpnjestd. The restless
ness of capital under diminished earnings
has been illustrated in many ways dur
ing the past few years. In every great
capitalistic country there Is an eager
reaching out for new Investments, which
is .sometimes willing to assume great
risks rather than accept small returns.
There are three Important solutions of
this enormous congestion of capital In
excess of legitimate demand. These a:
First Abandonment of saving, the appli
cation of the whole earnings of the labor
er to current consumption, nnd the sup
port of old age out of taxes levied upon
the production of the community.
Second Creation of new demands at
home for the absorption of capital.
Third Equipment pf 'new countries with
the means of production and exchange.
For the means of finding new productive
employments for capital, it is necessary
that the great industrial countries should
turn to countries which have not felt the
pulse of modern progress. The duty ot
this country In this world-seeking of out
lets for unemployed capital and large
production is thus defined by Mr. Conant:
The United States cannot afford to adhere
to a policy of Isolation while other nations
are reachlnr out for the command of these
new markets. The United States are atlll
large useri of forelcm capital, but American
investors are not MUlnV to seo the return
upon their Investments reduced to the Euro
pean level. Interest rates have gTeatly de
clined here within the past five years. New
markets and new opportunities for Investment
must, therefore, he found. If surplus capital
Is to be profitably employed.
The entry of the United States upon the com
petition for tho world's markets means some
radical changes in existing policy, hut It means
an enlarged share In tho world's earnings, and
In the respect of other civilized states. The
system of protection, whatever lt original
merlt3, will loae Its Importance when the pro
ducers of this country are able to compete In
the markets of the world with the producers
of all other countries.
Tho position of the United States as a
factor In international politics makes it
more . Important than in her earlier his
tory that she should pursue a continuous
and resolute diplomatic policy. Says Mr.
Conant:
The rat Republic of the West, In girding
her loins for this strusrle, should so direct
1 her policy that If she Is compelled to draw
the sword. It should not he to enforce the
prlvlleees of the classes, but on behalf of the
essential mission of democracy equality of
opportunity for alt and as the champion of
the future In the realization of Its highest
Ideals. IC this contest should hear something
of the character of that between Persia and
Greece of old. our race, by Its training in
representative ffo eminent, has at least learned
how to jruard against the fatal divisions which
made tb,o Greek ritles ot Asia a prey to Partus
and Xerres. and how to confront the organ
ized forces of absolutism and trade exclusion
I by the united democracy of America. For this
ffreai inuusiriai empire, ine swora must ever
bo a last resort, unsheathed only Jn behalf of
tho freedom and civilisation ot the world.
Mr. Conant dismisses the political as
pect of expansion In a few pointed words.
The argument made by the fathers of the
Republic, more than a century ago, he
L says, in favor of ' tne consent of tno
governed," was not meant by them to
include universal suffrage, or to exclude
sovereignty over annexed territory Re
duced to its real meaning In the minds
of the men who uttored it, the Declara
tion meant that "self-government should
not be donied to those who were compe
tent to exercise it for their own benefit
and that of society." The Government of
the United States, In seeking to establish
orderly government In the Philippine Is
lands, with the limitations which grow
out of conditions as they are, and refus
ing to make promises for future genera
tions, which might not be fulfilled, "would
seem to be pursuing a wiser course than
to expect the people of those Islands to
set up an Ideal Republic on a soil where
even local self-government has hardly
taken root, and where the sanctions of
order and justice which promCte indus
trial development are scarcely under
stood." A Carmpnism Novelty.
Washington Post, Ind.
The discovery that Adlai gets his quo
tations from lilncoln from a spiritualist
medium rather refutes the notion that
there are no novelties In the campaign.
The Dnclts Are on the HVing,
Colorado Sprlnss Gazette.
The nlpplnir wind Is whistllnp and the tray
clouds scurry by;
Upon the edees ot the lakes the thla Ice
ribbons cling;
The moraine breozo Is sighing: through the
rushes, dead and dry.
And suns aro gayly popping: for thft ducks
are on tho win?,
The canvas-back drops quickly from tho
clouds toward the lake;
Prom the marsh's weed-grown mud tho lazy
mallards swing;
Tho dalrity teal files swift and low when day
light's colors break.
And all the air seems throbbing when the
ducks are on the wing.
Tho drako'a discordant clamor sounds across
the wlnd-ptlrred flood:
And through the frosty, braclnsr air the
countless pinions slnj;
The old sand blind Is waltlny, and the fever's
In our blood.
The red gods loud aro calling for tho ducks
are on the wlnr,
So set the twelve-bore ready; the old hunting
coat as well;
Decoys and ammunition, hoots and every
needed thing;
Leave this dull world behind you for a while,
and q to dwell
yVhere Nature bids you welcome and iht
ducks are on tho wins;.
NOrE AND'COHMEST.' ' '
The ex-Presidents' Association is not
preparing for an Initiation, this year.
After election, day Bryan will be able
to find an active market for- his convid
tions in Kentucky.
Bryan has yet an opportunity to dis
tinguish himself. He can move to makejit
unanimous November 7. -'
Among enterprises which will not be
developed until After election is the jf ana
of W. Jv Bryan, near Lincoln, Neb.
Two men were fined the other day for
hissing in a Kansas City theater.. It
looks as if the actor's millennium had ar
rived.
Croker is flying Bryan's picture on kites i
from the skyscrapers in New York. Thus
we see that all of the boosting for Bryan
is done on wind.
Grover Cleveland is going to be a col
lege president His degree of M. A.
stands for Mighty Angierr but the ab
breviation will be useful in his new ca
reer. "Crocodiles. Uzards, Snakes!" Is tho
title of a recent editorial In the Baltimore
Sun. The editor evidently was among
the guests ot the Croker banquet to
Bryan.
The President of the City Council ot
Cleveland, O., Is in jall and they are
talking of sending the other members
to the penitentiary Political ambition In
Cleveland is evidently accompanied by
some Uttle risk.
A college student visited a Philadelphia
photographer the other day and sat for
his picture. When the plate was devel
oped the astonished photographer saw
plainly on the young man's forehead a
clearly defined death's head with cro?g
bones beneath It Thinking It was some
Imperfection in the plate, the photog
rapher arranged another sitting. Again
tho skull and crossbones appeared in the
picture, and the mystified photographer
was fairly struck dumb with amazement
Then he noticed the smiling sitter and
finally Induced him to toll the joke. The
trick simply consisted ot painting on tho
forehead the grim design with a solution
of blsulphate of quinine. This Is invisible
to the eye, but shows pure whlto to the
camera.
Once there was a learned crltla
Of tho drama of today, t
And knew from abstruse study
How to analyse a play. , ,
He could spot a rising actor B
"WTien he saw him flrst com on,
And could tell the very minute
That a player's "verve" was gone.
He was deeply read In Shakespeare,
He waa versed In Marlowe, too.
And he knew the Lincoln Carter
Stylo of drama through and through.
But somewhow he never managed
To dope out a single guess
As to Just what play was "faded"
Or to see a new success.
He would write grave crtttciama.
And the sole effect they had
Was to bring him notes from, actors
Whom he'd mado exceeding mad.
"When he'd say soma unknown player
Couldn't act a little bit.
Straightway would that hard-knocked actor
Make a large and handsome hit.
When he'd say a curtain drama.
"Wasn't half worth while to sea,
Thatsom- dronuvJJvr. failed to .
Play to full capacity.
So this wise and. learned critic.
Took a long, long think one day.
And concluded that he didn't
Know so much about a play.
And thereafter when he essayed
A success to prophesy.
Or to say a piece was faded.
And to tell the actors why;
To the gallery he hied htm
'Way up by the bracing rods.
And while there he sat and gathered
Inspiration from the gods.
Now his pen Is sure and certain.
For a play that "goes" up there
Need not worry what the critics
Say about it anywhere.
The demand for persons of more educa
tion as employes la all sorts of establish
ments is becoming more imperative every
day. The excellent and efflclent public
schools found in every part of this great
and glorious country give every child an
opportunity to acquire a fair education
but only the best universities In the
country can give the education required
to meet all the emergencies of theso
strenuous times. A case in point occurred
In a popular restaurant yesterday. A
swarthy stranger entered, hung up his
hat and took a seat at one of the tables.
One of the young women waiters stepped
up to take his order, but after a hard
endeavor was unable to understand a
word he said. She called in the proprietor
ot tha place, who has had dealings with
people of all nationalities, who undertook
to wring from the stranger the secret of
h! native tongue. French, German,
Swedish. Russian and Beyeral other lan
guages were tried on him, but it was at
last ascertained that he was a Graceo
Itallan, a sort of an Italia., who speaks
Greek. The restaurant man strode to the
rear of the room where several of the
young women waiters had collected to
witness the struggles with the stranger,
and sternly inquired If there was no one
among them who could speak Ureek.
They all admitted that they could not,
and after soma rather tart comments on
their Ignorance, he remarked that cus
tomers who visited his restaurant must
be able to get what they wanted,, whether
they gave their order in Greek, Hebrew
or Chinook, and suggested that, as there
was a night school for Chinese In the
neighborhood, it would be well for the
girls to spend their leisure time there, In
stead of going to dances, etc. One of
tho young women replied that It would
not be unreasonable to expect waiter girls
to understand French and German, but he
could hardly expect to secure a force all
of whom would be competent to fill the
position of professor of ancient and mod
ern languages in a university, and, as he
knew Greek and waa so smart, he could
wait on the customer himself, and he
had to.
PLEASAWTItlES OP PAItAGRAFHERS
An Unjust Accusation. "Tom, you are ter
ribly lazy." "No, I'm not lasy at all: I sim
ply don't like to work." Chicago Kecord.
Mother Johnnie, your face la very clean;
hut how did you got such dirty handsf
Johnnie Washin me face. Tit-Bits.
Extreme. "I Just now saw her get off a car
facing forward!" "Yes, she affects an extreme
ly masculine air In public." Detroit Journal.
"Do you know, WIlUo. it pains me to have
to punish you?" "It's different than the pala
I feel, though, isn't It ma?" Yonkera States
man. As Usual. Assistant Here are more dis
patches about that battle In the East. Editor
What do they say? Assistant It appears
that both sides were greatly outnumbered,
but each defeated the enemy with severe loss.
Harlem Life.
A Thorough Sportsman Snyman So your
automobile came in flrt, ch? Wynner Yes.
It waa a olose thlnr, though. Would you be
lieve It. when I ran over that nurse and baby.
I felt Inclined to quit; but something said ta
me, "This la na time for pullnsr sentiment
IJBiooklyrt Llfa.