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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.