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PORTLA'SD, TUESDAY, NOV. 13.
There is not much walling and
gnashing of teeth over the result of the
election, after all. Democracy may be
Bad, but it is wiser than before. It sees
to what follies It abandoned Itself. It
sees that Its modern Jefferson was not
a Jefferson, and that Bryan's only
strength was a solid South which could
he nothing else than regular In Its vote
under the menace of the negro. Bryan
-was a factitious palladium of liberty
for political purposes. No longer is
there that fear inscrutable of trusts,
militarism and imperialism. The Dem
ocratic press has accepted the verdict
with slight misgivings and without
fury or peevishness. A few newspapers
ha. witnessed a revelation which has
changed their politics. Democrats gen
erally have received the result with
equanlmllty, and are willing gener
ously to co-operate with the country for
the future. It is Interesting to note
Into what thin air the several terrors
of the campaign have vanished. The
trusts are what they were before, a
subject for non-political contemplation
and study. Expansion is what it was
before, the rule of our National life.
Imperialism is what it was before, an
overwrought fiction. Militarism is just
what it was, a bogy to alarm the timid.
And political philosophy, inoluding
human" ajid, . "natjar&i" rlgnts, 'and
consent of tie governed Is as dispas
sionate as ever, for convenient, not ab
solute, application.
The chief value of. General JJacAr-i
thur's exhauSUVr-r"8pdrtv" -df 'the-mlii- .1
tary situation in the Philippines lies .in
its exposition of native misconceptions.
He explains why it is that the insur
gent leaders retain their hold on that
portion of the Inhabitants who render
them countenance and support. Ter
rorism is the plainest of these reasons.
General MacArthur shows also that
many natives, knowing nothing of
what American rule stands for, and
naturally judging It by what Spanish
rule has been, suppose their Interests
to He with AgHlhaldo's band. Two
things are to be said about this situa
tion, both of w hioh are reassuring. One
is that as fast as American occupation
and administration proceed, the fears
of the inhabitants win" be dispelled, Just
as the have been In Cuba. The other
Is that the Insurgent leaders themselves
will speedily lose heart In their enter
prise, once the hopelessness of aid
through Democratic ascendency in this
country becomes apparent It Is an
auspkli.us time for Inauguration of the
vigorous programme announced from
"Washington. How long the war lasts
now depends entirely upon the business-like
way in which it is prosecuted.
Ingenuity should never fall of ad
miration, and therefore we cannot con
scientiously pass by in silence this ex
planation of Bryan's defeat, put forth
by the Times-Mountaineer (Bryanite),
of The Dalles:
The trinctnal cause of defeat was the man
agement ot the campaign and garbled reports
that were mt braadoast vt Mr. Bryan s
tpceches From what tat Ascoclated Prees re
ported of his speeches people become alarmed.
There Is, apparently, no good reason
why the Times-Mountaineer should not
accuse the Associated Press of gar
bling Bryan's speeches. It does not
know, and it would make no difference
with It if it did, that some ot the ring
leaders In the Associated Press are
Brjan men, who printed the report In
the same language the Republican and
independent papers used, and who
would have made things decidedly in
teresting for any guilty employes who
should be caught tampering with
Brj an's speeches. The fact is that the
speeches of Bryan, Hanna and Roose
v e.t w ere reported in full, except when
the went over ground already cov
ered. Day after day we would have a
few new words from Roosevelt and
manv new words from Bryan, because
Rujsevelt generally delivered his same
..Id speech, while hte readier antago
nist had a fresh illustration or appeal
for every stopping-place. The drift of
Brans speaking at the end of the
campaign was toward attacks on cap
ital and there was nothing to do but
send It as delivered. "We accept The
Dalles paper's statement about the gar
bling of the Associated Press In full
confidence that It is as well-informed
and truthful in this as in every other
of Its alwys .reo&rkaMe political ut
terances. The death of R. G. Dun is a forcible
reminder, not only of the opportunities
in this country for a poor country boy
to rise to high position by dint of his
own assiduity and determination, but
also of the beneficent effects bf mer- j
cantile organization. An extreme ap
plication of the antl-qarnblnatlpn AttP-o,
trine wouia require ever)' merchant to
J make his own special inquiry Into the
financial status and personal habits of
all his customers. Mr. Dun did this for
all with better results, and Infinitely
less expense. Such a corporation as
this, though It may or may not acquire
a practical monopoly of its field, re
solves itself into something very like
a co-operative society, like a trades
union. For as a rule the man at he
head of the mercantile agency would
withdraw no more from the earnings as
his own portion than he would receive
as salary if title to the business were
vested In the subscribers. It is doubt
ful whether Mr. Dun left a larger for
tune than he could have accumulated
as president of a life Insurance associ
ation, whose funds are chiefly derived
from policy-holders, or as general man
ager of the Associated Press, for ex
ample, which Is purely co-operative. It
is clear that wholesale denunciation of
the trust principle or the trust practice
can command no appreciable popular
approval after this campaign. Mr.
Steinbelss, president of the National
Building Trades Council, seems to rec
ognize this when he frankly admits
(after election, of course) that organ
ized labor is a trust. If a trades-union
Is a trust, and Mr. Carnegie's steel
works axe a trust, then we shall have
to get a more specialized vocabulary
for both commercial and political pur
poses. A trust can't be denounced for
being a trust, any more than a part
nership can be censured for being a
partnership, or an individual for being
an individual. "We shall have to Judge
all these elements by their perform
ances, and -punish their crimes, regard
less of their form of organization.
ANARCHISTS SI3I3IEIUXG DOWN.
The Chicago celebration of the thir
teenth anniversary of the execution of
the anarchists. Parsons, Spies, Fischer
and Engel, was distinguished by un
usual moderation of language by the
orator of the occasion, Herr Most,
whose voice was tuned to gentleness.
These imported evangelists of social de
struction have discovered that the
United States affords but cold and bar
ren soil for their deadly nightshade, be
cause there is no deep-seated popular
discontent born of distress In America,
as there is in Italy, a land that abounds
In misery and lawlessness. Naples is
notorious for squalid and hopeless pen
ury, and in Sicily and Calabria the
Mafia reigns. The government bleeds
the people by monopolies of salt, to
bacco and matches, and raises large
revenues from lotteries, which demoral
ize the people. The price of bread and
other necessaries of life has greatly
risen, and there Is a tax at the gate of
every city. No wonder Italy is a breeding-place
of anarchism, whose aim is to
tear down the existing social jediflce.
The prophet of modern anarchism
was the Russian, Bakunin, who pro
claimed his desire of a "universal revo
lution, at once social, philosophical,
economical and political, in order that
in Europe and then the 'rest of the
world there may not remain one stone
upon another of the existing order of
things, founded on property, on the
principle of authority, whether relig
ious, metaphysical or even Jacobinl
cally revolutionary." Bakunin wished
to destroy all states and all churches,
with all their institutions and laws, and
to reduce mankind to primitive chaos,
out of which it was to be left to chance
to evolve a new social system
Anarchism is, of course, atheistic.
The poisonous plant of destructive an
archism will naturally grow luxuriantly
In Europe, In those spots where acute
public distress breeds maniacal popu
lar discontent. But in America the
rplant of anarchism withers, because
here Is comparatively little distress
or complaint. Every .man able and
willing to work has at least the hope
of property, and Is naturally on prop
erty's side. The mass of Workingmen
are content with an equal start under
equal laws, and have been in full sym
pathy with our American principle of
government by individualism. The
American worklngman as a rule repels
not only anarchism, but socialism.
Envoys of English socialistic labor dis
content who have come hither on mis
sions of disturbance have gone home
bitterly disappointed.
Honest labor Is prompt to applaud
the arrest and punishment of incendi
ary and murderous anarchists. Books
like "Looking Backward" and "Prog
ress and Poverty" have been read by
thousands of workingmen In America,
but have borne no appreciable fruit in
shape of political action. Not only is
there no appreciable revolutionary so
cialism in America of the sort that Is
rife In Europe, but even Henry George
has, few disciples compared with the
numbers that accepted him as their
oracle at the time of his death. His
fundamental proposition that poverty
has increased with progress has been
overwhelmingly disproved. His scheme
of agrarian confiscation, designated as
tho nationalization of land, is now
known as the single tax, but under this
name it has not many adherents, and
these are the victims of a fallacy aris
ing from a confusion of the terms
value and price. Unimproved land has
a price in anticipation of its having a
value when it shall have been built
upon or otherwise Improved so as to
yield a profit, but It has no value, any
more than so much sand or the sea.
The single-tax men cannot enrich and
morally regenerate society by altering
the incidents of taxation, any more
than a soldier gets rid of bis knapsack
when he shifts It from one shoulder to
another: he soon feels the gall of the
burden In the new spot.
Slngle-taxers seek to confiscate rents
In cities; but they never ask themselves
what would be the effect of this con
fiscation on the future building of
houses by capitalists for people who
oannot afford to build house for them
selves. Neither "Looking Backward"
nor "Progress and Poverty" has pro
duced any permanent political effect in
this country, which is poor soil not only
for pure anarchism, but for socialism
In any of its various formsl Socialtsm
In England has borne fruit already In
vicious legislation, whose state pater
nalism would be thrown out of Con
gress today by an overwhelming ma
jority. "We are an intensely practical
people, and we declde the question
whether a thing can be done better by
the Government or by the individual
citizen by common sense or experience.
"We do not settle ' our action by any
abstract principle, socialistic or anti
socialistic. "We govern as best we can
and as little as we can, and such a
people do hot become anarchists nor
socialists.
Numerous delinquent taxpayers,
doubtless, found reading in yesterday's
Orogonian that was more suggestive
than,, entertaining. a It can hajdy be
supposed, however, that any one was
enlightened by the perusal ,of these
solid columns of description and" fig
ures, or of any section thereof, since
they could hardly be expected to con
vey information to those Interested.
This thing is not done in a corner, but
openly and after repeated notification
and warning to delinquents. There Is
but one way to escape the added cost
of advertising and collecting delinquent
taxes, and that is to pay before they
become delinquent.
WARJUXG AGAIN SOUNDED.
Again, we are told, and again by
most competent authority, that the
United States Navy would, in the event
of war, be sadly crippled by the lack
of men to work the ships. Admiral
Crownlnshield, Chief of the Bureau of
Navigation, reports that the present
personnel of the Navy would be barely
sufficient to equip one-fourth enough
vessels to fight any first-class European
power.
This statement is startling, In view
of the fact that a modern ship of war
is a fighting machine so complicated in
construction and so powerful in con
densed energy that its success in battle
Is entirely dependent upon the trained
Intelligence, not only, specifically
speaking, of the men behind the guns,
but the men in the engine-rooms. This
is a statement that should in Itself be
all the argument needed In support of
prompt and efficient methods for the
reinforcement of this most Important
arm of our National defense. Even
now, In a time of profound peace, there
are not trained men enough In our
Navy to take proper care, looking to
their protection and instant effective
ness, of the fleet. Not only is this true,
but the Naval Academy is suffering for
want of Instructors, making it impossi
ble for long to maintain the high
standard of training which the skillful
handling of our new Navy demands.
In this stress, which is plainly real,
the Admiral recommends that the ap
pointments to the Naval Academy be
doubled for the next ten years? and
further, that whenever Congress au
thorizes an increase of naval vessels it
shall also provide for an increase of
officers and men sufficient to man them.
It is not probable, Indeed It seems
scarcely possible, that Congress will
neglect to provide for the relief so
strongly urged, and the necessity of
which is so apparent. A Navy that Is
not properly manned Is a worse than
useless appendage to National power.
It Is enormously expensive, and, in
case of a sudden call to war, more
dangerous to ourselves than to the en
emy. The magnificent achievement of
the battle-ship Oregon in her historical
run around Cape Horn, as well as her
mighty effectiveness in the" battle of
Santiago, was due to the fact that her
officers throughout were men of trained
ability, and that every man of her
crew knew his duty and performed It
intelligently. An equally plain, but for
tunately not as vital, an example In
the opposite direction was witnessed in
the utter inefficiency on shipboard
which resulted "in the loss to the Navy
of the cruiser Maria Teresa our splen
did trophy of the victory of Santiago,
in a storm in "West Indian waters,
which, when abandoned at the order of
her Incompetent commander, she out
rode and drifted into an island harbor,
a total loss.
It must be apparent to all who have
followed the reports of our naval au
thorities that the most urgent present
need of our Navy Is an increase in its
operating or sentient force. It is bo
easy to lose a vessel In time of peace
through Incompetent handling; so im
possible to work a modern battle-Bhip
In action with untrained men and an
insufficient complement of well-trained
officers, that it behooves Congress to
provide promptly and sufficiently for
this neglected auxiliary to the Naval
service.
A BOOH AXD ITS MEMORY.
The announcement of the death of
Henry Vlllard recalls to this public a
time less than a score of years ago
in which his name stood for prosperity
and enterprise throughout the vast Pa
cific Northwest. Though a number of
years ago his name, as a commercial
factor, dropped out of the endeavor of
this region, It has but to be mentioned
to recall an era of large expectation
and considerable fulfillment in the his
tory of Pacific Coast enterprise and
Industry-
"Whatever may have been the devel
opments In regard to his methods In
later years, tending as they did to
weaken and destroy the confidence of
the people In his ability and integrity
as a financier, the mention of his name
in connection with the event that waits
for us all will recall the tact that it
once stood for honor and enterprise,
public spirit and great undertakings in
this community.
Though the record of Henry Villard
may be big with unfulfilled promises
along minor lines, It contains also the
chronicles of vast achievement. A gen
ial man, of imposing presence and a
manner that inspired at once respect
and confidence; shrewd, but unstable in
finance, he was able at once to promote
a great work and to arouse boundless
expectations In a community the peo
ple of which had struggled for years
against isolation and the business dull
ness that It engendered. The boom
that followed the wonderful activities
that he set on foot gave the Pacific
Northwest a season of prosperity up to
that time unexampled In its history. It
was short-lived, and collapsed, as
booms will, but it left the country bet
ter off than before because of the rail
road connection with the great trade
centers of the Nation which was Its en
dowment. A flashlight, so to speak, in
finance, Henry Villard's course as a
great financier and a promoter- of large
Enterprises was quickly run. Little has
been known of him in this section in
later years, but the announcement of
his death can hardly fall to cancel the
disappointments that followed in the
train of what is known in our local
history as the "Vlllard boom" and to
recall the impetus that it gave, though
briefly, to the business and enterprise
of its time.
The Sac and Fox Indians of Okla
homa, consisting of the remnant of a
tribe, now numbering about 1000 men,
recently Inaugurated a new chief to
rule over them, the old chief having
died a week before. Having long dwelt
In close touch with civilization and
been dealt with in accordance with
the enlightened Indian policy of the
Government, it might have been sup
posed that the ceremonies of this oc
casion would have lost something of
their ancient characteristics and ap-i
proaohed to some extent the dignity of'
the white -man's inauguration into high
official position. Sut not fee. There
was a weird death dance In memory
of the dead chief, after which dog
soup was served as refreshment. The
new chief, who had been fasting three
davs. -was nut through fhA "sweat
Llodge," whence he emerged clad only
In a breechcloth, and, running to the
council-house, fell fainting from ex
haustion. Five minutes of frenzy fol
lowed, the Indians jumping around his
prostrate body and giving voice to the
most hideous noises. Upon recovering,
he was led to the center of the dance
circle, where two American flags float
ed, and with many words of advice
from the Great Spirit, through the me
dlumship of the chief medicine man,
"We-pa-ke-sek, was proclaimed chief of
the Sacs and Foxes. Decked out In
barbaric splendor, he will soon go to
"Washington to advise the Government
in the matter of taking care of his peo
ple, urging, no doubt, In connection
therewith, the great principle of the
"consent of the governed." There is
no objection to these customs for these
people under proper restraint, but it
can hardly be held that they represent
a stable form of government, that re
quires neither supervising nor supple
menting by methods more enlightened
in significance or far-reaching in pur
pose. .
Frank Dillingham, United States Con
sul at Auckland, reports that the Gov
ernment of New Zealand has recently
placed with one of our large manufac
turing firms an order for sixty railway
passenger coaches, at a cost of about
$500,000. to be built under the super
vision of a railway official now en route
to the United States. The placing of
this order has been severely criticised
by representatives of labor In New Zea
land, bub the government takes no no
tice of the protest, being Intent upon
securing a supply to meet a special
demand. The order calls for specially
designed and constructed coaches to
suit the narrow-gauge railroads of the
colony. They will be of the latest and
most modern pattern," including every
up-to-date improvement known to
American carbuilders. The order is a
distinct triumph nt American skill in
carbullding, and means much more
than appears upon its face. Mr. "Ward,
the Colonial Minister for Railways, was
In this country last year, during which
time he traveled extensively, thorough
ly studying our railroads, coaches, loco
motives and general management, and
since his return he has inaugurated
many reforms in his department, First
class coaches he considers necessary to
first-class railway service, hence this
order, which it is expected will be filled
and ready for shipment from New York
In March, 1901. The rolling-stock of
American railroads represents the high
est type of American Inventive genius
and skill in construction. This is not an
empty boast, but a fact that is duly
attested by the favor with which the
products of our 'car shops and locomo
tive works are received abroad, In spite
of the natural opposition to foreign
manufactures.
The death of Marcus Daly, one of
Montana's copper kings, followed many
months of ill health, and had been ex
pected for some time. It is said that
only the man's tremendous will de
ferred the event so long, his one desire
being to witness the discomfiture of the
other Montana copper king, his political
rival, and , assure the defeat of the
latter for the United States. .Senate.
"Whether the triumph of his enemy In
Montana at the late election was in
strumental Jn hastening the end can
only be surmised. There is little doubt,
however, that the political strain of the
past few months told heavily upon his
weakened constitution, though he had
taken the precaution to withdraw from
the Immediate vicinity of the fiercely
waged battle. Be this as it may, he
lived to see his rival triumph, and soon
thereafter surrendered to the last en
emy. A large following in Montana
will mourn his death, though it can
hardly be accounted a public loss.
"With Mr. Godkin gone from the New
Tork Evening Post, and Mr. Vlllard
dead, and Mr. Horace White's antl-lm-periallstio
philosophy hors du combat
from the late electoral engagement, the
horoscope of that grand old newspaper
is something one would fain be permit
ted to read. Mr. "White was 66 Jn Au
gust, and while he is still vigorous and
forceful, It is evident that other hands
will soon, if not at once, -be shaping
the paper's destiny. It will never be
more ably edited than in the later
decades of the nineteenth century, but
many of its readers will wish it might
be as true to the instincts of the peo
ple as it is to the tas,tes of the culti
vated. But then, perhaps, It would not
be the Post In his newspapers, as in
other things, man never Is but always
to be blest. Every paper must take Us
readers as it finds them, and those the
Post finds are those itself has formed.
Perhaps they wouldn't welcome a
change.
In the death of Hon. J. "W. "Whalley
Portland has lost a citizen of upright
Character, scholarly attainments and
genial presence. The suddenness of the
event carries with it all the weight of
an unexpected blow, and causes the
event to appeal to his many friends as
a personal calamity, the more so in
that Mr. "Whalley was not an aged nor
in any sense a feeble man. "While sud
den death brings the Great Messenger
in his most tender and merciful guise
to him who receives the summons, the
shock bf such an event Is one difficult
for those who were his nearest and
dearest to sustain, and public sympa
thy responds quickly to their sore dis
tress. Bryan has got his talk In a phono
graph so that the evil that he did
lives after him. He does, not need to
spout any more, for next time he can
set the machine a-golng, keep his
mouth shut, stay at home, and observe
propriety without doing it.
Bryan is grateful for the support he
recelvefl. So Is everybody. And Cro
ker is thanked along with Altgeld,
Cockran, Schurz, Jones and the rest.
Men are guided by self-interest, even
when they vote on principle. That's
the reason the subtle away In Montana
had so much Influence.
Revival of Sdiltnff Ships.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is a singular Illustration of the way In
which the general belief is sometimes in
error that statistics are produced show
ing the widespread Idea that steam has
displaced sail power in ocean transpor
tationto be decidedly In error. The fact
Is that sail power now carries nearly half
tho world's freights and a full half of the
tonnage of the .vessels built last year
was composed of sailing Vessels. The rea
son for this return In the direction of. sail.
potfer is Its evident economy.
COMMENT ON THE ELECTION-
Scarecrow Alvrayji Ineffectual,
Kansas City Star.
The campaign of 1300 has vindicated the
sober judgment ot the American people
and their firm confidence in their own In
stitutions. It has shown that they cannot
be misled by spurious and sophistical is
sues. In raising the cry of imperialism
the Democratic party offered a grave in
sult to the people, and It has been prop
erly rebuked. No man In the United
States of America, with sufficient en
lightenment to read his ballot, has any
fear of monarchy in this country. No
American of average sense can be dis
turbed or alarmed by talk of a military
despotism. Such arguments are too pal
pably dishonest and absurd to exert any
influence save the repudiation of tnose
who employ them. That sort of claptrap
will never carry any man Into the White
House. No candidate has ever gained
the high seat of the Nation's Chief Ex
ecutive by exploiting a scarecrow to
frightened the people, and none ever will.
One Kind of Imperialism.
New Tork Tribune.
The imperialism which the American
people Indorsed so emphatically yester
day means no usurpation, no invasion ot
ordered liberty, no departure from the
traditions of American development. It
does mean, however, with all the empha
sis of patriotic ballots, that in the opin
ion of the American people the United
States is no misshapen cripple from birth.
It is a fully Informed, fully developed
Nation, able to govern, able to maintain
its authority wherever its sovereignty
extends, able to meet practical problems
the world over unhampered by philosophic
phrases or by general application of rules
of administration made to fit a particular
case. The vote for imperialism testifies
to the trust of the people in their sons
and brothers who fight under the Stars
and Stripes, their determination to sup
port them in this work, and their repu
diation of leadership which would give
aid and comfort to the enemies of the
American arms.
Death Blo-rr to Populism.
New Tork Evening Post.
Populism has lost its hold in the region
beyond the Mississippi. It swept Kansas
for "Weaver In the Presidential election of
1892, while Nebraska was saved for Har
rison by only about 4000 plurality. Four
years later each state went for Bryan
by about 12,000 plurality, and South Da
kota by a small plurality. This time the
Republicans have carried Kansas and
South Dakota by good majorities, and
Nebraska is very close by the last reports.
1 with a chance that, Bryan nas lost his
own siaie. jctowever tnis may prove.
Populism as a potent factor in the poli
tics of that section is evidently spent.
The people of all three of these com
monwealths have tried it in the adminis
tration of their state affairs, and they
are tired of it. The better class of Dem
ocrats have wearied of a fusion which at
ways gives the best places to the other
party, and it will not be possible to make
another effective campaign for such a
"combine" in either state.
Bod Qualities of the Antls.
New York Journal of Commerce.
The campaign has been rendered memo
rable by the fact that men heretofore
reckoned as of light and leading lent
their Influence to bring about the tri
umph of perhaps the most contemptible
cause ever submitted to the Judgment of
the American people. The alliance be
tween some of the meanest and most un
scrupulous of the professional politicians
of the country and men who have been
in the past advocates of the highest
standards in puolic life, and have been
unsparing censors of the methods of their
new allies, formed quite as discouraging
a manifestation of the perversion of party
spirit as any that had its root in igno
rance, prejudice or venality. The most
charitable construction that can be placed
on the attitude of some ot the most rabid
at our so-called, anti-imperialists is that
their judgment was blinded by disap
pointed ambition or overweening conceit:
atwefor Thanksgiving.
v New,Tork Times.
On the"coTOlnV2&anksgiving day ap
pointed by Prudent MnKinley the Ameri
can people ought with .devout minds and
glad hearts to render UrMhankshat the
questions with which Mr. Bryan hasivexed
them. for four years have .been etttt3-
i.urovtjr. j. wiue repuuiaiea ancwjejecica,,
he will not again have the hardihood, or
the power to insult us with his preten
sions. Bryan and Bryanlsm have passed
Into t history. There has never been any
reason to doubt that the good sense of
the people would preserve the country
from the calamity of his election, so that
in defeating him we cannot say that we
have directly gained anything we have
only kept what we had, making it more
secure. But there Is an indirect gain of
value and moment We gain confidence in
ourselves, in the stability of our insti
tutions, in the steadiness of the National
purpose, and we gain In the respect or
other nations by exhibiting our wisdom in
this conspicuous fashion by proving that
we are safe and steady, sane and honest,
and not in danger from any uprising of
the ignorant and the reckless under the
leadership of demagogues and dangerous
men. That is an immense gain for the
Nation. For that we ought to give
thanks.
Border States Redeemed.
New Tork Commercial Advertiser.
The vote In the border states of the
South follows everywhere the Impulse
of enlightened self-interest in the se
curity of property, the stability of
money value and the protection of the
conditions of business prosperity.
Where these are best understood the
reaction from Bryanlsm, even though
it carries communities from traditional
moorings, Is most strong. Maryland,
where the Republican party almost rod
no existence five years ago, gives Mc
Klnley 10,000 majority, because Balti
more is the commercial and Industrial
center of the south Atlantic states, and
its business men have carried on a
most energetic campaign against all
the forms ot Bryanlsm. West Vir
ginia is an industrial state whose pop
ulation Is dependent on sound busings
conditions and active trade in prod
ucts for employment. Its people hava
been well Instructed by a Republican
campaign of Industrial duscusslon, and
though naturally Democratic, trev
have Voted by 10.000 majority to ke-p
their jobs. Kentucky lies- out of the
Industrial belt, and Its wavering be
tween parties this year turned more
on local than on National questions.
Contrary BetoUena Degeneracy,
Hartford Courant.
The result justifies, strengthen, and
deepens one's confidence in the American
people In their political sense, their un
derlying rectitude of purpose, and their
competency for managing their own af
fairs with intelligence and prudence.
They make mistakes at times, and as to
soma thing, but they dp not elect 3ry
ans to the Presidency. If they bad
gone wrong In so plain a choice, the
fact would have indicated something
far more serious than a temporary dull
ing of political Judgment. The world
would have seen it and with reason a,
symptom of National degeneracy.
Let McKlnley Take Coarage.
New Tork Herald.
The elections have resulted In the over
whelming defeat of Bryan and of the
free-silver lunacy with which he was
identified. We say was because we t
gard both the man as a factor in Nation
al politics and the fantasies he has
preached as things of the past. They
were not merely defeated yesterday,
they were annihilated. . . . Now that
this has been accomplished, and Vie
hands of the Administration have been
strengthened, we hop that Mr. McKln
ley, as the Executive W the whole Amer
ican people, will abandon his habit ot
"throwing down the reins," and, ass-rt-Icg
the prerogatives of his high odcr,
will take hold of the situation in Vie
Philippines and In China with a tinner
grasp,, and will guide the Nation .nti
the paths outlined by its founders, and
which it has so long pursued with justice
and honor abroad, peace and prosperity
at home.
The People Are Patriotic.
Philadelphia Press.
Bryan would have been, beaten anyhow,
even if the corpse of free silver had not
dangled at his neck. No party which
has arrayed itself against its country
and condemned a successful war ha
failed to go Into Involuntary retirement
for taking such an unpatriotic poslton.
Whether the Constitution follows tl-e
flag or not, the people never fall to fo -low
the flag and uphold It by thtir
votes. They believe that President M
Klnley means to do justly by the Phil
ippines and by Porto Rico, and thsy
are entirely willing to leave the matter
In his hands.
Almost Inconsolable.
SprlnKfleld Republican. Antl and SoclalUt.
Tho cause of liberty and self-government,
ot humanity, and consideration of
the rights of weak races has for the
moment been eclipsed, and that, too,
largely through the votes ot Its pro
fessed friends. Their opportunity of
protesting afterward hfea now come, and
we hope to see them active and per
sistent In the work. They shall have
what aid wa can give them. But It Is
Idle to deny that the sweeping extent
of the Republican victory will render
their task a hard one. The supportet a
and advisers of the President in this
business will accept the verdict at its
face value, and as an emphatic Indorse
ment of what has been done, and rop
ular command to go right on. They
will be disposed to heed very lightly
the protesting counsel df thoe who have
helped so greatly to swell the apparent
vetdlct for imperialism. Nevertheless,
may the latter possess courage and pir
Blstence. Vlctorr for Conservatism.
Baltimore American.
Decency and order. National honor
and Integrity triumphed. At the outset
of the campaign the Democrats pretended
to be the defenders of the, Declaration of
lndependen.ee and of the Constitution;
at Its termination they were the advo
cates of lawlessness and disorder. Inci
ting to riot, appealing to the discontent
and thoughtlessness of the people, and
endeavoring to inflame the public pas
sions. In consequence, the original Is
sues were largely lost sight of as tho
end of the campaign approached the con
test resolving Itself, on the part of tre
Democrats, into a crusade for the over
throw of the ancient principles of so
ciety and of the rules governing te
relations that exist between the indi
vidual and the general Government, That
the verdict at the polls was against such
sweeping and dangerous revolution fur
nishes ample Justification for National
follcltation.
Gold Standard the Issae.
Baltimore Sun, Bryan Dem.
On July 6, the Sun, commenting upon
the adoption of the silver plank by the
Kansas City convention at the demand of
Mr. Bryan said:
"Mr. Bryan has diminished his pros
pects of election and weakened his party
by the attitude which he assumed when
he dictated Its platform. . . , His Vin
dication' 'may prove the most costly blun
der lit his political career. Like the
charge at Balaklava, 'it la magnificent,
but it is not war.i "
That ill-judged and unnecessary declara
tion for free coinage has cost Mr. Bryan
the Presidency. Mr. McKlnley has been
re-elected, not because a majority of the
people indorse his Administration, but be
cause they were afraid, without under
standing the situation, that Mr. Bryari, If
President would disturb the financial sys
tem of the country.
Mr. Cooler's Election Advice.
As.Iwas sayin' whin I was inter
rupted, lt;$fjCtty6 to decide next Choos
dah whether thv$flag iv this counthry
shall be dhraggebnjth' mire or left to
lay there; whether1 TKlsiifconuthry shall
ttake Its place among tnsjnltUqns lv th'
earth, or somewan else's; whether ye
-Shall wurruk at a dollar an' a hair a day
f'r th$hrusts or fr th men composln
th' thrusts. Whin yo go Into th' sax!rcdf
temple lv American lJathreetism in. "Mujy-
gan's barber-shop an thVhiffSSicf&Bt
Constltootyonal rights, SarsfiWd 1
hafr Ttraa tnnlr ht 1af vnfii- tTi
coal, hands ye th' ballot that makes, all
men free, I bid ye thrusf aside with
rlverent hands th curtajns iv th holy
cell on ye'er right, near th' cigar-case,
utter a brief prayer an' find th' lead pen
cil. When ye've got It think Iy th' con
dition our common counthry is in with
nobody to live in it but people an' naw
thin' to grow but crops an nawthln' to
sell but goods; think lv th' dangers lv
th' ship iv state bumpin' ar-round frm
rock to rock like a mountain goat; think
iv Wash'n'ton not beln' here, or Jeffer
son, or annywan except th llvln'. It's
up to' ye to settle this question wanst
an' f'r all again. Poor, poor Hlnnlssy,
what a weight Is on ye'er bowed should
hers; what clnchrles to come must be
guided be ye'er ability to make a mark
in th' dark with th' stub Iv a pencil In
Mulligan's barber-shop! Countless gtnera
tlons yet unborn as they pick up th'
mornln" pa-aper an' r-read lv another bat
tle in th Ph'lippeens, or dig down in their
pockets an' find nawthln' but silver there
at 30 cents a bushel, may curseorbless
yo'er name."
"Glory be to Hlven!" exclaimed Mr.
Hehnessy. "All I'm goln' to do is to
vote."
"I know," said Mr. Dooley, "but little
do ye rack,, or calc'lato, or even think
lv th' consequence. If ye don't spile
ye'er ballot ye nay be condimln' th' ages
to serrtchood. So I say approach th'
shrine with pious reflection an' thlnkin'
on'y lv th' good lv th' counthry an th
blessln's lv civilization an' th' stars an
sthrips an what not, Put aside all other
considerations an' vote f'r me."
"F'r you?" Mr. Hennessy asked, aghast
at the suggestion.
"That's r-right," said Mr. Dooley com,
placently. "Fr me. Anny other way
roon lies. If ye voto f r Bryan yo vote
fr an empty dinner-pall. If ye vote f'r
Mack ye vote fr an empty coal-scuttle,
an lndyglsthlon. If ye vote f r Woolley
ye vote f r an empty can. If ye vote
f r Debs ye vote f r an empty head. Xsjre
sure to cast ye'er empty vote for some
thin' empty annyhow. If ye wud keep
th' millstone lv th' Ph'lippeens ar-round
th' neck If fair Columbia vote f r Mack.
If ye'd take It off an' give th' poor ol
thing somethln else in th neck vote f r
Bryan. Wud ye be a slave to th' thrusts
at a dollar and a half a day, vote f r
Mack. Wud ye bo a free workln man at
a dollar a day, vote f r Bryan. Ar'ro ye.
In favor lv a debased denage7 Thin vote
f r Bryan, who believed in it four years
ago. Arre ye agin' debased clenage? Thin
vote for Mack, who shtopped bellevln in
it five years ago."
ii i
Corsica.
Chambers's Journal.
In the main, Corsica, where it has- no
French officials to leaven Its politics, is
still Corsican rather than French; and In
the mountains the old spirit of independ
ence is far from dead. For these and
other obvious reasons, France is bound to
keep active garrijons in the island, though
she would do better by much witJa the
more acceptable chains of a maternal ad
ministration. More railways, drained
marshes, increased education, and & dtily
steamboat service would bind the island
to the continent in self-Interest and grati
tude. As it is. it la scarcely too much to
say that Corsica is only kept' from open
revolt by the elerabnt ofr prosperity
Drw&iu w vr ay wv loumw vi mmcr..
KOrE AND COMMESr.
Is the Woolley special in yet?
The Madison-street bridge, will now b
open for a few days.
Lord Roberts reports hot fighting la the
Transvaal with regrets, of course.
Having finished Bryan, New xork
should turn to Croker with the' brief re
mark "Next!"
If the country made uch progress with
Pettigrew in the Senate, just watoh tt
grow without him.
Hon. John D. Witeon. of Washington,
had the bad taste to be chief mourner .
at his own funeral.
V
Coun.t do Castellane could hardly hava
spent more money trying to got Into the
United States Senate.
Agulnaldo will recover from his last '
death In time to hear news from this
country that will bring on another, one.
Before Bryan accepts any offers ha
will wait to see whether he is to be tho
man t reorganize the Democratic party.
The surprising thing about the result
In Kentucky Is that so many D ao
crats stopped shooting long enough to
vote.
The nact important question
Now In the public eye
Is watr to Bet tho turkey.
And eke the piftnpkin pie.
The death of the late W. I. Wilson
was almost the exact parallel of that of
R. B. Lee. The two men died holdln.x
the same office, and even in the sima
house, room and bed, and were buried,
from the same church.
New Tork and Indiana- both went He
publican in 1ST2, and Democratic In 1376;
both Republican In ISSo. and Democratic
In 1SS4; both Republican in 1SSS. and,
Democratic In 1S92; both Republican .a
1S96, and now both, "for the second tlma
running," Republican in 1900.
The greatest overturning in the who'o
country Is In the case of Utah. In 18JS
that new state gave Bryan 64.607 votes,
and McKinloy only 13.481. On Tuesday
last it went for McKlnley by a plurall.y
of about WOO. and the Republicans also
secured the state offices and the Legis
lature, which will elect a United States
Senator.
Aside from Nevada, no states ia tho
Union have approached so nearly to a
stationary condition as Nebraska "and
Kansas. Kansas gained 431.CCO people be
tween 1880 and I860, or 43 per cent, but
its gain in the past ten years was only
42,400. or a trifle less than 3 per c nt.
Nebraska makes even a worse exhibit.
Its gain during the previous decade had
been 606,508. or 134 per cent; during tho
past ten years it added only 9981 pjop'o
to Its census, representing a gain of Itoa
than 1 per cent.
The London Statist pradlcts a great
boom for shipbuilding in the United
States, whether ship bounties are granted
by the Government ornot. This expansion
will be due pimarily to cheap materials,
such as iron and steel. In which we now
have an advantage over any country la
the world, and secondarily to the de
mands of an Increasing ocean commerce,
particularly from the export of coal.
The high price and comparative scarcity
of coal in Europe and the rapidly In-creaslng-
dependeneertf irponr.theWUnitry
States for fuel seems to be generally ad
mitted. No wonder Germany and Great
Britain look with covetous eyas upon tha
enormous coal fields ot China.
Tho, first case taken under consideration
by the" United States grand jury yester
day was a charge of selling liquor to an
Indian of the Grande Ronde reservation.
One of the witnesses In the case was an
Indian named Wauchena. He appeared to
testify In a very hilarious condition, and,
i proceeded to testify exactly the opposite)
ot what three white mn had sworn waa
tne trutn. tie wanted to do all tim taiK-
ng, and in general conducted himself aa
A J t T ,f . .,.. .1.. .
uiiKpn inuian migui oe expected im
fktn asked where he got his whisky.
heexclalmed with a flourish of his arm:
"Oh, me get it anywhere." If his state
ment In regard to the number of places
he bought whisky are correct, about half'
the saloonkeepers In Portland are liable-
to be arrested for seLing liquor to an In
dian, and the grand jury and the court
will be kept busy all Winter with "whisky
to Indten" cases.
PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPIIERS
AH There. She-How many pictures hava
you painted since 'you first began T He 3h, I
f haven't any Idea. She Some day I am coming
around to your Itudlo and count them. Detroit
Freo Pres.
An HconomUal Man. Flrt Politician Oar
treasurer is entirely too ooaservatlve. He cut
down expenses too much. .Seqnd Politician I
should say so. Why, the s'tloSyfeJjaW would
not even make extravagant claims. Baltimore)
American.
A Suburban Cloak Caller Land sakesl How
late It 1 Mrs. Suburb Oh, you mustn't so
by that clock. It's two hours last. Caller
Why don't you set It right? Mrs. Suburb
Horrors, not Don't touch It. That's the clock
my husband eatehes trains by. New York:
Weekly.
The Lantuaco of Flowers. "Do you think:
these carnations are becoming- to me?" she.
aaked. "Oh, yea," he replied, "but there are,
other flowers which I should rather see you
wear." "Pray tell me what they are," she
said, always anxious to please, "and I will
wear them for you." "Oranpe blossemat" ha
cried. So now It's all settled. Philadelphia!
Kreninc Bulletin.
Boston Diction, Teacher (of Ensllsh) Mich
ael, when I have finished you may repeat what
I have read In your own words. "See the
cow. Isn't she a. pretty cow? Can the coir
run? Tea, the cow can run Can she run a
fast as the horse No. she cannot run aa fast
as the horse." Future Mayer (of Boston) Qlt
on to de cow. Ain't she a. beaut? Kin de cow
git a salt on her? Sure. Kin de cow hump It
wld do berse? Kit de cow ain't In It wld de
horse. Judg-e.
A Permanent Prophecy
Washington Star.
I have stood in awe and trembled while X
heard grave mjn declare
'Twas aa hour of awful peril, and that doom,
was in the air.
With some men using sophistries, and others'
using cash,
They toll me there's no doubting that th
country's going to smash.
But here's one ray of comfort: My parents
often, tell
How years ago upon their ears the same tore
boding felt;
How, every time two parties "came together
with a clash,
A lot of frightened people said, "the country's
r going to smash!"
My grandslre says that he observed tho same;
when he waa ydung;
He's known the time when dire dismay was
preaehed by many a- tongue.
He telfs me that his father, my great-grand-
ire, oft would dash
Before an audience and declare, "the eountry'fl
going to smash 1"
So history repaU itself. When future age
dawn.
Ifguras the country will be here, though all of
us are gone.
And our great-great-grandehUdren" will be
hearing phrases rashfr
From peopfe who-inform th?sH4feat-' th coua-
try's going to jaaaa.y??