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THE MORNlftG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1900. s tag Qtogomctft. Entered at the Pestefflce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Reoas....lS 1 Business OSce....667 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Br Mail (pestace prepaid), fa Advance Dally, with Sunday, pee month...... -....$0 83 Dally. Sunday excepted, per year 7 00 Dallr. with Sa&day. per year. J 00 Suadsr. per year 2 00 The Weekly, per year .........-. 1 W The Weekly. 3 mentis To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays excejtd.J3e Dally. per week, delivered. Sundays tncluded.26o POSTAGE RATES. United States, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 18-posr paper ................ .....1c 16 to 32-page paper -c Foreign rate douW. News or dlyeusslen Intended fer publication In The Oregentac should be addressed tavarla Uy "EdKer The Oregonian." not to- the naro o any fndi-rlduat. Letters relating to adrerUs tor, sBfescrlpttens or to any business matter thcmld bo addressed simply "The Oregorrfatn." 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C. with A. W. Dunn. COO Mth, N. W. , For sale la Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrlck, 005-013 Seventh street. TODAY'S- WEATHER Fair, followed, by m creasinr otoudhieas and rain by Tuesday moru las; winds shitting to southerly. PORTLAND, MONDAY, NOVEMBER, JT PROM TILDEN TO BRYAN. The last message of Samuel J. Tll den to his countrymen, was an appeal to them to fortify their seaboard points, on both sides of the continent. In order that our country might not be taken by surprise In case of war with & mari time power and suffer the National hu miliation and enormous material loss that would result from our being over taken in war without such preparation. On this subject Mr. Tilden made a Ions and impressive appeal. It was his last word to his country. But Mr. Bryan now says that not only is there no need of such fortifi cation of our coasts and defense of our cities, but what has been done In this direction is a menace to liberty, since the troops kept or employed therein will be used against the working- peo ple of the country. He slanders the working; people of the country by attributing riotous In stincts and purposes, to them; and at the same time he virtually asserts that if riots should occur there ought to be no force at hand to suppress them. Of course, Mr. Bryan, if President, never weuld use military force in such an emergency as that at Chicago, when President Cleveland used It, at the time when the railway traffic of the continent and the malls of the United States ware "held up" by rioters, and millions of property and many lives were destroyed. The present Bryan party would call such use of force for restoration of peace and order "mili tary tyranny." But the working people of the United States are not of this kind. They also want peace and order. It is only the riotous and Incendiary elements who on this subject fall In with Bryanism. The people are not afraid of fortifi cations or military posts. Every state is glad to get them. The suggestion that the post at Vancouver be discon tinued has roused vigorous protest, both in Oregon and Washington. Spo kane not long ago made great exer tions to get a military post, and even went to the extent of raising a large fund to buy land, which was given to the Government for the purpose. General Wilson, now Chief of Engi neers, who was long time at Vancou ver, and Is well known here, in his annual report asks Congress for an ap propriation of $5,715,000 for seacoast de fenses. He announces that the com prehensive project of National defense is now half completed, with an expendi ture of J22.000.000, extending over a pe riod of ten years, and he points out the advantages of finishing the work as soon as possible, since deterioration of -unfinished work and of "plant" for operation is always great. But the work that Mr. THden urged, In his last message to his countrymen, Mr. Bryan assails as a p'-jt against public liberty. Such an incident shows the fail of a party from Tilden to Bryan Small wonder that so many of the b men of the historic party have withdrawn from present action with It: or that Mr. Cleveland coun sels patience and waiting In these words: "If relief under the true flag of restored Democracy Is late In com ing, we will not despair, but will re member that a Just cause Is never lost, and on our camping-ground we will work and wait, with aprovlng con science and constant faith." SEIZED DY ITS REYOLTJTTONAIIY ELEMENTS. Ex-President Cleveland, a few days ago. in reply to a letter from Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan, wrote as fol lows: The epeeea I mads at the Reform dub din ner la April. 1807, Is a part ot ray record in advocacy of true Democracy. I cannot sup press It or abate front it, aad I woutd not If I could. I shall not object to any use yon see fit to make of It. In that speech, to which Mr. Dickin son was thus referred, we find many striking expressions- The keynote was that the Democratic party had fallen into the hands f Ruthless ttators, who. while scattering the seeds of discontent, have also cultivated a growth of recttesal and class suspicion and dtstruet. This, as an indlotment of Bryanism, is admirable for Its truth, brevity and foroe. Take another of Mr. Cleveland's brief, sententious statements: It was a rude awakening for the negligent and overcesfieat. and a day of terror for sober and patriotic men, when the bold pro moters of this reekltrs crusade captured th orr&atz&tiOG of a powerful political sarty, and. seizing Its banners, shouted defloace to the osteatefeed eensetesee and conservatism ot the oeuatry. There you have Bryanism, and its perversion and transformation of the Democratic party. "We add thfe com mentary from' the New Tork Ban: The- Bryantied Democracy Is. thoroughly rev olutionary. Xn moat of its policies aad the general mass of Its opinions the Democratic party of today la. the- rerolotfesary party and squarely op posed' to- the tenets of the old Democratic party and- to conservatism. It wants to upset the currency, and has. aa strong a. love for bad money as the Democ racy of the days- of Old Hickory and Old Bul lion had for good raoaey After nearly 100 years of American, expansion. It opposes ex pansion. It wants to upset the. Federal Courts and make thenar mere registers, of the fury of a National convention ot1 a. Democratic-Populist majority in Congress. Mr Bryan, who may be said, to be the- Democratic party of 1600, la- so Ignorant or careless of the- old states? rights, strlct-construstton Democracy that he proposes to tak from- the several states, and give to the. Federal Government the control of corporations. A GHOST THAT TVO.VT WALK. The most vicious He that Bryan tells H Is the statement thai ?ve are threat ened with government by a moneyed aristocracy, which la another way ot saying that the rich are destined to grow richer and the poor poorer. Bryan, who- circulates this He, does not believe it; he utters It for revenue only. Bryan seeks to teach the work lngman that the Interests of labor and capital are antagonistic, when they are really reciprocal. Under the Federal Constitution and the constitutions- of the states, the rich enjoy no favors that are not extended to everybody else. This is true, and because it is true. Congress was obliged to throw out of court the Populist Government warehouse scheme, which proposed that the Government should become a vast pawnshop, lending the money of the whole people on doubtfuL collat eral to a part or class of the people., The Government cannot grant .special favors to the wealthy and powerful any more than it can grant favors to those who are not wealthy or power ful. The Government Is not a pawn shop or a soup-kitchen; and when Bryan asserts or implies by his ar gument that under law special favors are granted to the wealthy and pow erful, that we are threatened with the rule of a moneyed aristocracy, he Is either an ignoramus, a fool or a knave; fer it is not possible in a country where the whole people make the laws, where the rich are comparatively few in num ber, to create a practical plutocracy in government. The average prosperity of thfs coun try is higher than that of any coun try in the world. The accumulations of the rich establish industries and furnish- wages to labor. The pretense that there is a natural war between labor and capital is as old as human nature. Shakespeare satirizes it in "Corlolanus" when he makes Menenlus Agrippa tell the fable of the revolt of the members of the human body against the belly to the turbulent mob of Rome. The force of Shakespeare's satire was illustrated long before his day by demagogues of the Bryan qual ity seeking to inflame the poor against the rich, to array laber against capi tal; and the fabled revolt of the mem bers of the body against the belly was npt more absurd than an attitude of chronic hostility between labor and capital. To inflame thia hostility, to increase and perpetuate it, Is Indis pensable to the life of Bryanlte dema gogues, and this kind of imposition will always be attempted upon Igno rant or non-reflective labor until time shall be no more. So far is it from the truth to say that while the rich are growing richer the poor are growing poorer that the contrary Is the fact; for, aa the coun try has grown richer and Individual fortunes have .grown greater, wages have increased and the comforts of labor have been multiplied. The revo lution in Industrial civilization created by new discoveries and the application of steam to machinery and transporta tion have not only enriched the few, but benefited the many. It could not possibly be otherwise. The stronger the beat of" the central heart of Indus try, capital, becomes, the more blood must Inevitably be distributed to its limbs and tentacles, labor. The poor can grow poorer while the rich grow "richer only when capital Is the burled talent of the miser. But when capital is invested in a manufacturing plant or in great lines of transportation that require labor, the rich cannot possibly grow richer and the poor poorer: Our Republic was never so free from class distinctions as it -is today; there never was less danger of any "ruling class" save the rule of the majority. whfch expresses the will of the whole people; that Is, the will by a vast ma jority of American labor. Wealth is relatively far less powerful today in politics or society than it was when Washington was by far the richest man in the Union with 5900,000, and was denounced by the dirty Jefferson Ian demagogues and ribald press of his day as "a moneyed aristocrat." The rich men of our day have for the most part been the energetic, enter prising sons of poor men, who have become rich from the rapid and enor mous Increase of population, which lifts the value of land. This has made landholders Tlch, East and West The revolution of trade and Industry wrought by the application of steam to land and water transportation, has made men like HIU and Harriman rich, but the application of their wealth to the organisation and combination of trunk lines of railway transportation between the producers of the West and the merchants and manufacturers of the East and the popular mass of con sumers 1b a greater blessing to the labor of this co'unta-y than any pro fessed philanthropist has ever wrought It has been. truthfully said that "it is easier for "p. tramp to get a living in this world today than It was a hun dred years ago for an honest, industri ous man." The average of wages in this country Is at least 75 per cent higher than in Great Britain; the cost of living is not more than 20 per cent higher here than there; so that our laborer is at least 55 per cent hetter off than the beet-paid labor of Europe. The workingman lives In a better house, better warmed and better light ed; he has good public schools every where, while famine Is- impossible In a rich country webbed all over with great lines of railroad. And this Is the land threatened with the rule of a plutoc racy, a land where there are at least 20,000,000 of wageworkera whose ballots elect our Presidents and Congress, whose ballots create our state gov ernments, make and unmake our laws. Mr, Bryan must get another political spook, for this plutoorat ghost can't walk. As to the Philippine Islands: First The Oregonian does not believe In a policy of cowardice in relation to them. Second, it does not believe in throwing away advantages of trade in the Ori- ent which their retention will give us. And especially to our Pacific States this will be a great matter. The asser tion that we shall do violence to lib erty by remaining in the Philippine Islands and directing their destiny Is pitiful nonsense. The result will be to the Inhabitants of the Islands the same measure of liberty which we possess and enjoy. And civilization will be immensely the gainer. Everybody knows it Even those who talk con trary know It The vast forces of the great American Republic will make for liberty and for civilization wherever the flag goes. He who doubts It is a very little American. He Is talking against the genius- and; spirit of Ameri can institutions merely for partisan purposes. He has by no means as little faith as he pretends to have.. DAMNED IX ITS After a half-centurv CRADLE. a half-century or experience with prohibition the attempt to legis late the saloon out of existence is so disappointing In Maine that Chairman Manley, of the Republican State Com mittee. In a published letter suggests that the question of repealing the pro hibitory amendment to the constitution be submitted again to the people. The Republicans have done whatever has been done toward enforcement, while the Democrats have alwaja con demned the law or demanded the sub stitution of local option with high li cense, which was substituted for the prohibitory law many years ago In Massachusetts- The Democrats have en forced their demand for the repeal of prohibition by citing the complete fail ure of the law to stop the sale of liquor and its notorious tendency to Increase drunkenness and foster corruption among public officials. Of the 125,000 voters in the state, less than 3000 are Prohibitionists. Bangor, where the law has been a dead letter for twenty years, Is the most orderly city in Maine. In the counties containing cities or large towns, what is known aa the "Bangor plan" is In operation, which consists in the indictment of the liquor dealers once a year. On conviction they are fined $100 and costs. This amounts to low license, for the persons paying the fines are not molested In the prosecution of their business, pro viding they maintain decent places and conform with police regulations. The actual condition in the state for years has been one of low license. Not alone in Maine, but In Kansas and Vermont, a system of practical license outside the law has grown up by which saloons are permitted to exist In most cities and large towns on the payment of occasional or regular fines. In Massachusetts the question whether or not the sale of liquor shall be li censed is submitted at the polls in every city or town every year. New Hampshire has no legal saloons under nominal prohibition, but the City of Manchester, of G0.OO0 people, has had 145G arrests for drunkenness in the past year. The practical effect of prohibi tion is either "free rum," with all its evils, or an illegal system of "low license," fabricated and corruptly en forced by the officers of the law, so that the community has the benefits of neither prohibition nor a well-administered license system. In Maine, vig orous enforcement of the law nearly lost the Sheriff of Cumberland County his re-election, but when his successor used the law to increase his income by systematic exactions from liquor deal ers, the people revolted and defeated him at the polls. The people voted one Sheriff down because he attempted to maintain a regime of strict enforce ment, and they voted another Sheriff down because he protected the liquor business for the profit of himself and his deputies. The law Is odious when Its enforce ment Is attempted, and It Is still more odious because Its public contempt has been accompanied by a disposition to use it Illegitimately to enrich the pock ets of the officers of the law. Of course this state of things will always con tinue under prohibition. Its enforce ment Is always strongly aiM success fully resented, and then follows "prac tical low license," which means im munity -to the liquor dealer who pays his fine at regular Intervals, Those who can't pay or won't pay are inces santly arrested and prosecuted, be cause the state pays the Sheriffs' and prosecuting officers fees In every case. The liquor dealers who can pay their annual fine are protected, and the liquor dealers who can't or won't pay are arrested and fined at every oppor tunity. In either case, the Sheriff and prosecuting officer Is sure of his fees. That Is what prohibition means in Maine and Vermont The Oregonian will endeavor, In few words, to state the contention raised by Mr. Hammond in behalf of the As toria road against the O. R. & N. He insists that it Is the duty of the O. R. & N. to bear the charge of transporta tion of the products of the country be tween Portland ahd Astoria. But the O. R. & N. has no rail line between these points, and doesn't see it that way. . Stated In different .terms, Mr. Hammond's contention is that the O. R. & N. should share its earnings with his road that Is, that it shall take from the earnings of its lines a pro portional sum and allow that sum to the Astoria line. He wants to make earnings for his road, which Is a laud able purpose. But the O. R. &N. prefers to use the river as the cheaper method of transport; and Its position seems to be that, if It is to be required to bear the charge of traffic between Portland and Astoria, It has a right to select the natural channel and the cheaper one. The Oregonian Is unwilling to take part In this contention, for the con tention grows out of a transportation problem, which must be dealt with by the principals; but since the discus sion has become public, it makes a brief statement of the positions of the par ties, as It understands them. The O. R. & N. ought to have built the road to Astoria. Astronomers are watching from properly equipped observatories all over the world the close approach to the earth of the little planet Eros. This planet was discovered in 189.4, after. Its "apposition" that ia. the time when the planet was on the meridian at midnight had taken place, at which time Us distance from the earth was only 13,500,000 miles. An opportunity for so close a view will not occur again until January, 1938. The planet's op position this year was on October 30, but owing to the eccentricity of its orbit it will continue to approach the earth until December 26, when it will be 30,000,000 miles distant and begin- to recede. The difficulty in making ob- serrations upon tola planet is great. owing to Its smallness and rapidity of motion. On this occasion it will not reach the brightness of; a star of" the ninth magnitude. Micrometrlc meas ures will be -possible, only by means, of the largest telescopes. Experiments of this nature only increase wonder in the ordinary mind, unable to grasp the Im mensity of the universe, but to the as tronomer they are stepping-stones to Increased knowledge, the data of which are as reliable aa the. multiplication table. A number of amendments to the con stitution of Missouri will be. voted upon at the general election tomorrow,, the purpose of which Is to make certain radical changes in Judicial method. The seventh of these amendments pro vides that in courts not of record a Jury may consist of less than twelve men; that two-thirds of the number prescribed by law concurring- may ren- der a verdict in all civil cases and that in trial by Jury of all civil cases In courts of record three-fourths: of the. members of the Jury concurring may render a verdict The Idea of a major ity verdict is by no means new, and it is well known that Justice has often been defeated and the expense of trials doubled by the obstinacy of a single Juror. Tet respect for usage ivso pro found that the amendment Is not like ly to prevail. Indeed, state Issues are at this time a'lmost wholly .obscured by the National Issue, and It is extremely doubtful whether the amendments will receive anything like general'attentlon. Our mob violence at political meet ings Is discreditable enough, btft it foes not compare In brutality with tljat ex hibited by the English mobs 'in' 1835. The London Times reported then that Mr. Disraeli, M. P., was struck with a stick and stunned by a stone, which struck him on the 'back of the head. His carriage was subjected to a storm of bricks and stones, the windows of the Conservative Club were smashed, and a member of the club was struck by a stone and taken to the hospital unconscious. Rider Haggard and prty were mobbed at East Norfolk. Dord Woodehouse threw the chairman of a mefetlng- from-the platform, and later challenged him to go outside and fight him for C0. Sir William Harcourt and Lady Harcourt were pelted at Derby. Twenty men were 'sent to hosr pital, injured in the election riots at Camborne. The residence of a local so licitor at Dunstable was entered by the mob, which, wrecked his furniture. THE PARAMOUNT ISSUK. "IF THEIIE IS ANT ONE WHO BELIEVES THE GOL.D STANDARD IS A GOOD THING, OR THAT JT MUST BE MAINTAINED, I WARN HIM NdT TO CAST HIS VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE I PROMISE HIM IT WILfc NOT DE MAINTAINED IN THIS COUNTRY LONGER THAN I AM AOLE TO GET R-ID AVILLIAM JENNINGS BIYAS, KN03CYILLE, TENN. SEPT. 16. 189C "I AVANT TO TELL YOU WHAT 1 TOLD OTHERS: THAT IP YOU THINK THE GOLD STANDARD IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO THE WELFARE OF THIS COUNTRY. YOU MAKE. A GREAT MISTAKE IF TOU VOTE FOR ME. BECAUSE IF I CAN HELP IT. THE GOLD STANDARD WON'T STAT, IN THIS COUNTRY FOR ONE MOMENT." WILLIAM JENNINGS BIlYAN. MEMPHIS. TENN.. OCT. 6. 1$90. "THE PARIfY STANDS WHERE IT DID IN 1S0O ON THE MONEY QUESTION." WILLIAM JDNXIXGS DHVAN. ZANESVILLE. O , SEPT. 4, 1000. "WE ARE IN FAVOR OP THE FREE COINAGE OF SILVER AT THE RATIO OP 10 TO 1. WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE AID OR CONSENT OF ANY OTHER NA TION ON EARTH." WILLIA1I JENNINGS, BRYAN, ANN ARBOR, MICH.. OCT. 11, 1000. In 1864 the Democratic press aocused Lincoln of imperialism, Just as the Jef fersonlan press accused Washington of Imperialism" in 1793-96, just as the Bry anlte press today accuses McKlnley. The Indianapolis Journal of August, 10, 1864, had thia to say of Abraham Lin coln: More than eighteen hundred years ago Rome was governed by three men at the erd of that republic One was Caesnr. They were all ot noble blood. And we, too, have our trium virate Lincoln. Stanton, Halleokj but, unfor tunately, neither ot them can boast a very high descent. There succeeded an Emperor, TEho could flddla. when Roma was burning, We also have our Emperor, Lincoln, who can tell stale Jokes whilst the land Is running red with the blood of brothers. Should Mr. Llnco'n be re-elected the revolu tion will be accomplished. This tilll be no longer a Republic ot the United States, but a consolidated Empire. That the election of Bryan would have a disturbing effect and a depressing effect on "business is the opinion and belief in all the leading business cir cles of the country. It is reasonable, too; for If there should be any effort to carry into, effect the purposes to which the Bryan party is pledged by its platform, another panic, will ensue. Even the fear of itj would have a, de pressing effect. In fact, business Is halting now, and has been for weeks past; for, though people Delleve the Bryan party will be defeated,, they are waiting, to be sure of It If you are registered, you can vote in the precinct where you voted last June, without hindrance. If you at tempt to vote anywhere else, you will find it necessary to produce six free holders as' witnesses. If yoit are not registered, yet are legally entitled to vote, you must have this same proof. No legal voter need beshut out. But if he ia not registered. Tie must take trouble- to get the proof. You may make this proof before the judges in any precinct and vote there. Poor Bonl, Count de Castellahe! His brother-in-law, George Gould, has been appointed director of the fortune of the Countess, and Bonl's father is sure that the trust will be administered with a "harsh parsimony," the bondage of whloh his dear son "will hear with great difficulty." But for the proverb ial and well-known stolidity of a corpse, shrewd, parsimonious old Jay Gould might be' expected to turn in bis grave at this foreign Interference. Labor, on. the whole, throughout the United States, Is enjoying a greater de- I gree of prosperity than at any other time in our National history, Every body who wants work.jflnds it. Four years ago It was not s(j, Why should labor vote for "a change"? JJillions of, parsons more are now employed than in 1893-0, and wages are higher. Mr. B. J, Jeffery Brya,n candidate for the Legislature, Is very, much con cerned abouuthe .debts of the City of Portland. The debts are too large, that's certain. But who has done- more than Mr. Jeff ery has done through rot ten, street .contracts, ete to pJUa upi public burdens? Would It be well for the business and industrial interests of the country to have the money -question reopened? If you think it wouldn't, then vote against Bryan and his party. HOW TO ATTRACT RATLROADS: A Liffht Seems to Dawn on a Tacoma Antnority. Tacoma. News. -. Portland's advice to herself to kep on raising things and sending them to mar ket is good. That Is- also what Tacoma and the Puget Sound cities should do. Tne. proflt to the railroads. Is not so great la shipping a barrel of flour from. Tacoma to Hong Kong as from Minneapolis to Hong Kong, but the profit to th people of Ta coma will be greater is- the flour is manu factured in. Pierce County. Millions of dollars' worth of manufac tured products, are shipped through Ta coma very year that could, with greater profit to all concerned, be manufactured I at tide water. Portland U worried about me rwiruau trauie mm is geiwns a.wy from her, and Tacoma la worried about the railroad traffic that Is coming this way faster than It can be cared for. The mistake is made In trying to 'at tract railroads Instead of trying to create traffic that will attract railroads. LovTacoma cover her tide flats wtth factories an'd the railroads will tumble over themselves in bldidng for Tacoma termlmjtlsv Preserve the natural udvan tageji, of the harbor and prevent a mon opolybf the shipping interests and no thought, need be given to the railroads. Furnish, 'cargoes for the ships the nlp that come here direct and treat Tacoma fairly-nd the railroads will take care of themselves. Build up the shipping In terests and establish factories and the railroads will run a lively race down the mountains for Tacoma. Stny-nt-llome Winners. - New York World, Dem. It Is surprising, in view of what lias happened in previous campaigns, to And so many party leaders on both sides pointing to the size of Roosevelt's and Bryan's audiences aB Indices of how one state or another Is likely .to vote. Horace Greeley, In 1S72, made a trium phant stumping tour. Everywhere the people turned out almost en masse to hear him. His opponent, Ulysses S. Grant, being President, made n6 public speech In his own behalf anywhere. Yet Greeley was the most badly beaten Democratic candidate for President since the war. Samuel J. Tilden. made no, stumping tour 4n 1876. but remained quietly at his post In' the executive chamber at Albany all through the Presidential campaign of that year, thus setting a precedent in sharp contrast with Mr. Roosevelt's rampageous record as a stumper for the past two months-. Yet Mr. Tilden was handsomely elected. Blaine, In 1?4, made a very extensive railroad stumping tour. He spoke from the rear platform of ma special car and to great meetings In the cities where he stopped as was estimated at the time, to more than a million voters. Every where he stopped the people turned out to look at -him, and apparently he was the favorite candidate. But Cleveland, who stayed at home, defeated him. ' As indicators of how states or cities are going to vote the number of people' who go out to see and hear a candidate or a great orator on one side or the other are utterly valueless. Tell Vh What the Difference Is. New Tork Bun. In, the beginning of Octqber the Sun printed an account of the commitment of Henry, Vance, a member at the, Thlrty seven.th Regiment of'Unlted States Volun teers, to the prison of Alcatraz, for being a traitor. He had deserted to become an officer among the Filipinos. His sentence to death bad been commuted to imprison,, moot for 99 years. Yesterday's dispatches from Manila told the story of David Fa gln. a doserter from the. Twenty-fourth Infantry, now a Filipino General. Vance, as we have said, Is Imprisoned. Fagln Is at large, lying in wait for the wearers of the American uniform, against whom he Is said to have "acquired the Phlllppjlne habit of savagery and mutlla tion, Eyery loyal citl?en of the United States, or true-hearted patriot, must think of these desertions with disgust and horror. But will any follower of the Democratic candidate for President de fine for the Sun the difference between Vance and Fagln and Bryan, other than that "Vance and Fagln laid down their arms to espouse the cause of AguinaldQ openly in. Luzon and Brvan gave up his American Colonel's commission to espouse the cause of Aguinaldo on the Democratic stump in the United States? If such a candidate as Bryan ran he elected President, good-bye In this Repub lic to the last Idea that can hold a country together, the sentiment of patriotism and loyalty. A Preacher's View of Prohibition. In a recent sermon delivered before the Lee-Avenue Congregational Church in Williamsburg. N. Y., pn the subject, "Must a Christian Be a Prohibitionist ?" the, Rev. Sydney Herbert Cox said: The insulting of President IJcKlnley ana the unchristian suspicion of his motive and gov ernment will never develop ary success for th temperance cause. The Prohibitionists, 'assert that unless we vote their ticket It means that we preier, the crooked Tula of Boss Piatt or Boss Oroker to ratine men from drink evils. A Dr. Cuylen, the veteran temperance advo cato Is going to vote for McKlnley, hs has. with others received th Insult -of th fare going proposition, A vote for tha Prohibition candidates, this year Is a vote thrown nwny In foHy, although intentions may. be Rood. The attsmpt to fasten pro! b!tlon on ti o-o of the greatest and nofclest churches of hlctiry by making. It a test of church mmbe-sMp Is one ot the most painful and ludicrous de velopment, of recent ecclesiastical blgq'ry. Such a movement led by men cf splcandld heart buj poor Judgment, could, only result In disaster. We cannot produce righteousness, by law, ecclesiastically or politically. Charltr to all men In their opinions ard a unloi on some common method will alone succeed In securinff temperance reform. t ' Apathy Amoncr English. Women Voter. Boston- Herald. "Woman suffrage In Great Britain seems to be working very much as it does over here. Women entitled to vote could exercise a deciding influence In the local elections now pending in London, but the canvassers find them, with rare exceptions, entirely apathetic This has been the unvarjlng experience with woman franchise In London. Only 22 per cent .of the qualified women voters ex ercise the franchise at county council elections. . The Alrt Democrats. Philadelphia Public Ledger. The local Democratic N campaigners can give points to" their opponents. Al ready they are sending the .alleged Scott words broadcast, trying to make Senator Scott another Burchard, and his language about trusts another 'Rum. Romanism and Rebellion," In a Close contest HRe that of 1SS4 this might make a difference. In results.' but the ea gerness with which the Rryan manager have, seized upon ,thls Incident Is now merely the grasping at a straw. 8haIloTvneM q "MllltocUm," Chicago Times-Herald. Jut for the sake of Illustration, let us swell tha regular Army of the United States- from S.oOf to. 50,000. Then let us take the 'estimate of '.our population as 0,000,000. 'This would give ub the ratio of lOOO citizens to-one soldier. And this'ls th militarism which terrifies William Jen- 1 nlngs tacar AiuL&gus, THE SPIRIT QF BRYAXISU K b Ignorant. Vulgar and Intolerant. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. Mr. Roosevelt was violently assailed .vita missiles and bad language at Blmlra jn Monday, and Senator Dopow, the most courteous, and good-natured of our public speakers, was silenced by ruffianly roar ing at Cobleskill, in Schoharie County, oa the. same day. In both places the peculiar term of intolerance, ferocity, dlscoatent and animal manners in politics, known as 1 Bryanism, Is strong. In most localities the percentage of civilisation: and sanity in as much of the historical Democracy as supports Bryanism, without liking it, holds the organization to civility and J peace upon public occasions. But in such towns ns Victor, in Colorado, and Elmlra find Coblcskin, in Bryan cities in this state, that percentage of decency in Dem ocracy is small, and the outbreak of in tending murder and rampant hoodlumlssa In such circumstances Is not a surprise. Considering the fury, unreasonableness and mlstaught character of the Bryan faction, the whole eountry over, consider ing the depth of degradation to which the Bryan campaign, as an tnvoker ot class hatred, leveling discontent, agrarian re venge and Sans-culotte appeal has de scended. In Its later stages, the wonder is not that here and there a small degree of violence and barbarism prevails, but that a larger degree In many other places bus not prevailed. The country can .congrat ulate Itself on tho uniform and general orderliness of its politics this .year. As a rule, the persons who have honest ly asked questions of public speakers have been civilly answered. No charge of In civility attaches to Sir. Bryan's treatment of any questions addressed to ''him, al though his answers have been evasive, cunning, uncandld and in not a single In stance logically responsive. Still, he has been good-tempered and ingenious, though not ingenuous. Mr. Roosevelt has can didly replied to every inquiry made in good faith, but has very roughly replied to insincere, vicious and Impudent ques tioners, whose purpose has been to start disturbances, that might culminate In vio lence or In riots, at the meetings which he has addressed. His efficiency In rout ing ruffians has been as marked as his patience in enlightening sincere interrog ators of his mind or views. The campaign is so near its close. Its remaining Incidents or occasions are sd few, the arrangements to guard them from disturbance are so well taken that we may look for few Instances of out break or Impoliteness in the time that re mains. The assaults on Mr. Roosevelt, out West and In this state, that upon Mr. Depow at Coblesklll, on Monday, and the rudeness toward Mr. Bhepard at the Bry an meeting In Madison-Square Garden, where the adherents ot Mr. Bryan re fused to listen to him, with other like In stances, happily few In number, carry In fhem a powor of recoil not to be mistaken and of a largo educational vahie. As the campaign of 1SSA was the last one to be contested on grounds of defamation, let us hope that the result erf that of 1900 will so thoroughly rebuke the Bryanltic re course to class hatreds and to Socialistic discontent as to make It tho last one to b contested on such vlla grounds in American history. Mr. Warner's Cheerful Philosophy. "Back-Log Studies." by Charlta " Dudley Warner. The longer I live, the more 1 am im pressed with the excess of humn kind ness over human hatred, and the greater willingness to oblige than to disoblige that one meets af every turn. The selfish ness In politics, the jealousy m letters, the bickering In art, the bitterness In theology, are all as nothing compared to the sweet charities, sacrifices and defer ences of private life. The people are few whom to know Intimately is to dislike. Of course, you want to hate somebody, It you can. Just to keep your powers of dis crimination bright, and to save yourselr from becoming a mere mush of goad nature; hut perhaps It Is well to hate soma historical person who has been dead o long as to bo Indifferent to It. It is more comfortable to hate people we have never seen. I cannot but think Juda Iscariot has been of great service !b the world as a sort of b'iffer for pioral Indignation which might have made a collision nearer at home but for his util ised treachery. TUta Is Different, Toledo Leader. Young Mr. Jeffrey, of Salem, in his re cent speech In Toledo, mentioned letters I from soldiers In the Philippines which he hellQVPd. were written by Harvey Scott, Of The Oregonian. The Leader can show a- letter from a -soldier In Luzon which ftateg that himself and comrades woulo rather hnve Bryan for a target than the Tagals. Many of the boys over there In sist $nat the trpuble ha been pro'onged by the attitude of Bryan and his aids. 9 jUntexriad Uncle Hen. B. Ei. KUer in ChliS" TImei-nerald. Oh. they're tHl' s of dangers that ar Just a piece- a head. . They are tryln to convince us that the bird P" freedom's dead; Tou can hear 'em on the corners, where the.r ivlng; tljelr arms and npou.t. Tallin ho the Moated ggrgons want to suck our ltf-bleod out. And they -ay our creat Republic's Just about to ro to smash That an Kmr'ror's to rule ns, eltttn' on a throne o casl But I, some way, have a feelln' that, how ever we may land. The people here'lt covem at the same old stand. And the other char they tell- us that there's asarchy. In store If we don't choke down the monster, aa we dcae he trick before; Lord! you'd think to hear 'em talkln', that tha easle'd neyerdare Tr let out another se'reech or flag a feather In the air. If we Jet the wild-eyed shoutera with their cray schemes set In Each side's rot the country ruined It It's not allowed to win But J jumj we'll stay In blsness here, no mat ter how we lard, With the. people aott of rulln' at th came bid stand. They've ta,lked of octopuses and of awful trog lodytes Till they've pot tha peop' nervous, an x- tossln round o' nlrhti; They're printla frightful pictures of these monsters that they- say Afe propared to pounce upon us If we vote the other wayl Oh; youM think, to hear 'em go It, that the Xord bad cut us. dtad. And that Satan, was a-runnln oo each Ucit at the headt Stat. I cue. In. spite of aU tb awfttf ructtoB that thy've planned. The necple here '11 rovera, at the same old t expect to keep on -Kgfkla. Tv always had to, do. When the great eruption's over, and the. bol- leria.' Is through; "" I ain't lookln' I jx a. wlo'dfaU- either, way the fight comes out, And I HVfis the,' bird e' freedom?H kee perch in' round about' On, thp proud old flag 1 foJlereA from, Atlanta to the Bca, They may stop It from a-wavin orer yoa and ovtr me But I've, got strong suspicion It'll' eUH float o'er the lard. With tho roUbty ps&ala rulla at' the as: old -grarav , NQrB,ANIC0MHENT. Toraarrtm vrjii h$, the tfcouatrsgs. "basy day. Tomorrow night we shall resume respi ration. - " -ii. Bryan's farewell tom,ofthe, eountry has nearly endedl " v Tuesday. Oregon will repeat what she said la June. ' There is yet tia for a few parties to come to the front and nominate Bryan. The man with the ball. Is Jumped on almost as much as the man with the hoe. The Croker rioters do not want to forgot that T. Roosevelt Is still Governor of New York Wednesday morning we can take no the subject of turkey and cranberry sauce. Until Woolley gets himself commis sioned a Colonel It will not be safe for him to take his special train tnta Ken tucky. An Englishman in Russia says that "we may dislike Russia as we will, and per haps must, but there is no denying that the men and women of Russia are good lookers." The men are "tall and welt built:" the "women, especially those of the upper classes, have a grace and fas- clnatlon that Is all their own." The writ er adds: "I am tired of hearing English people say that this Is all show, and that if I knew them better I should be greatly disappointed. Behind good looks aad re fined manners I have found the depth and sincerity of the Scotch combined with the wit and humor of the Irish." Dr. William Ogle, in a paper read some years ago before an International con gress of hygiene at London, presented figures relating to the comparative mor tality of men in different occupations The clergy headed the list, -with the low est death rate, which, being represented as 100, compared with 1M for farmers, or 14 per Cent higher J and other occupations follow along Up, the lawyers standing at 152 and physicians at 202; while among artisans the paper-makers are first at 129, carpenters 18. masons and bricklay ers 174, woolen manufacturers ISO, printer 153, cotton manufacture 196, cutlers 239. and eathenware-makers 314. Rest, little WUlle. sweetly rest. Down on your farm In the peaceful West. For your dulcet voice has begun to choke. And ths frog In your voice an only croak, And your thorax waxes sadly sore. And yoa soon -will find It will run no mora. Rest, little Willie, rest. Rest. UtUe WUlle. sweetly rest. You've talked and talked like all possessed. So now lay off your tired threat. And give the people a chance to vote; And when the election returns, are read. Tou win need a place to go to bed. Rest, UttU WiUIe, rest. Reet. little Wlll.lft, sweetly rest. Tou'll And that the little old farm Is beaV There's a cozy cot and reviving air. To brace, you against your flnlsh there: And on the night of election day. You'll find you have not very much to say. Rest, llltle Willie, rest. So mapy mean and contemptible things were done by gangs of boys, on Hallow een that it Is a pleasure to be able to report one action which showed evidence, of wit, and wIU probably be considered funny by everybody but the victim.. H, B, Nicholas, who resides on Pocflau4 Heights, had, as might naturally be ex-, poctod, a picture of Bryan displayed. In. his "window, and some funny fellow post-, ed a picture of McKlnley on the outside of the glass so as to completely conceal the Bryan picture. The change was not discovered by Mr. Nicholas until most of his neighbors had noticed that he had "flopped" In politics. It Is not known, whether Mr, Nicholas considered that a funny trick or not, but most people will see it in the light of a joke, and about the only harmless one played on Hallow-? een. The Mflcmllians. of London add to their uniform "green-cloth" edition of English poets tho "Poems of T. E. Brown." Prom the Academy'B notice the Evening Post borrows this tour de. force of descriptive writing the nailing of a flshlng-smackl So to the Jetty gradual sh as hauled; Then on? the tiller took. And chewed, and 6pat upon his hand, and bailed; And one the canvas shook Farth like a mouldy bat; and. one. with pods And smile?, lay on the howsprlt-end and railed And cursed the harborniastcr by htsrads: And, rotten from tha gunwale to the keel, Rat-rlddtd. bilge bestank Slime-slobbered, horr'b'e, I faw her reel. And drar her ooiy llanV, And sprawl among 4he deft young waves, thai laughed. And leapt, and turned In maiy a sportive. wheel. As she thumped onward with her lumbrin draught- ' , i -' u Under the administration of Fouche, Napoleon'' Minister of Police, the system of spies was so perfect that a General could not give dinner to 20 persons- at a leading' restaurant without the keeper ot the restaurani notifying the police, so tha$ they could have a representative there Stendhal. In his "Notes on Napojeon." rays that a certain General, meeting Fouche at a council, called by the Empe ror, said: "Parbleu! It is pretty bard that I cannot give a dinner to. 20- peoplo without admitting one of your fellows to my table." The Minister made some ex cuse, but, nevertheless, declined to break the rule. The General grew Indignant, and. finally Fouche had an Inspiration and said' "Let me sea the.llst of your quests," The General handed It to hlm Scarcely had the Minister of Police read over a third of the names than he smiled, and, returning the list, observed: "It Is need less for you to invite an unknown pey son." Something like this kind of com plete personal espionage would seem to b necessary to keep a great city bank In formed that a trnEted employe on USOft. annual salary T7as living at the rate ol J1Q0.0M a year. . PLKASAXTOraS OP PAItAGIlAPnEnS Sensitive Nature Wounded J was greatly mortised sX Sylvia's weddlnsf dmner." "What aboutr "It was a plak affair aad sho had, pickled beets, oa the table." Chicago' Record, entesnpttbl WeakaeSv-Ktht I tole ye Tomiay didn't amount to much. Adelbrt r kin see he don't. De Idea of a feller letttn his mudder keep htm gohv t? school an' him ore? eleyenl Puek. Mrs. Mann Nora, I aa Awfully sorry ypn r broke that fruit dl&fa. X thought so much of It! Nora tes. ma'am, and I was awfully iptry whn Mr. Mann brake one of the command ments wbea. h saw the thing drop,-r-Boston Trass ailpt. The Manager Bow came yoa to leave yen lait plae? Applicant I was discharged for good behavior sr. Tb? Manager Discharged for good betaylorl That's unusual. Isn't It? Applicant WelU you. tee, good caednet took three months oft my sentence -Tld-Blts Demand an,d Supply Stout Beggar Glmtna a, Quarter, wtU yert Old Gentleman (nervous ly This sounds more- like er a, demand than r a request Stput Beggar Is dat sof Well, all'youfve got ter do Is ter see dat ds supply Is eouil tr da denuuid. SI Kaxlcas IZit