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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. MAY 13, 1900.
MAN PROM THE WEST
Bartlett Tripp as a Vice-Presidential
Candidate.
WANTS ON TICKET WITH McKINLEY
Nomination Ursed Because lie Is Ex-
ansloaist and Sound Money Maa
Delegations Endone Him.
An organized effort Is being made to
push Bartlett Tripp, of South Dakota,
lor the Republican Vice-Presidential nom
ination as the candidate of the "Western
States. Judge Tripp has received the for
mal indorsement of the Washington dele
gation to the National Republican Con
vention, and it Is probable that he will
get the votes of the Oregon delegation.
His friends have interested themselves
In his canvass in many states and It is
certain that he will secure both the Da
kota delegations and doubtless Utah,
where he formerls resided and ls much
esteemed. It is regarded as assured, too,
that Minnesota will be for him except
In the remote contingency that Cushman
IC Davis is put forward and Idaho will
doubtless fall In line with her sister
states. There is a strong prospect that
California may be Induced to swell the
Tripp ranks, but the managers of the
Dakota statesman recognize the fact that
California usually considers Itself the Pa
cific Coast, and it may not be so easy to
enllsl Its Interest for anybody outside,
In case the National convention shows an
Indication to give the West any consid
eration. A small boom for W. P. Hep
burn, of Iowa, has been started by the
Los Angeles Times, but It Is not likely
to prove formidable. If any asp ring
candidate comes forward from that state,
he may with reasonab'e certainly count on
its votes: otherwise there seems to be no
reason why Judge Tripp should not be
favored. "Wyoming, too, may be Induced
to fall in line, and Montana.
At present the Vice-Presidency is a
free-for-all-contest. Many states have
favorite sons who are to He candidates,
either active or receptive. The roster of
ellglblec looks something like this:
Iowa J. P. Dolllver. "W. P. Hepburn.
Illinois Shelby M. Cullom.
Colorado Edward O. Wolcott.
Massachusetts John D. Long.
New York Cornelius N. 'Bliss, Timothy
Woodruff and EUhu B. Root, and Theo
dore Rorsevelt. if he will take It.
Indiana C. "W. Fairbanks.
Minnesota Cushman IC Davis.
Pennsylvania Charles Emory Smith.
Vermont Redfield Proctor.
Nebraska John M. Thurston.
Tenressee H. Clay Evans.
West Virginia S. B. Elklns.
Maine Senator Frye.
And there are others. No strong move
ment for any of these gentlemen 6eems
to be afoot, -except John D. Long, and
the objections to him are first that he
lives too far East and second that New
England Is not especially anxious about
him, anyway. It will be observed that
the only names west of the Mississippi
River are Thurston and Wolcott. The
Nebraska Senator appears not to hanker
after the place very much, and, so far as
known, he has not encouraged any men
tion of his name. Doubtless, If he saw fit
to enter he would be a serious factor.
As for Wolcott, he Is all but Impossible.
Colorado Is hopeless and Wolcott has no
c eclal following In the West outside
his own state. So If Thurston Is out of
it, Tripp Is the only candidate who can
be urged on the special ground that he
represents the West. It Is hoped to be
able to Impress the Philadelphia onven
tlon with the desirability of recognizing
the West, in view of the new Republican
policies that especially concern this great
region and that, under right conditions,
can be made to break Bryan's strength.
It Is pointed out In Tripp's behalf, too,
that he was formerly a Democrat, but
that In 18M he refused to follow Bryan
and declared for McKInley. Besides the
money question, he Is at one with the
Republican party on the question of ex
pansion, and Is a strong advocate of re
taining the Philippines, is In brief a Re
publican. A Portland friend of Judge
Tripp prepared the following biographical
sketch for The Oregonlan:
Bartlett Tripp Is a native of Maine, the
son of a clergyman, and a self-made man
in the true sene of the word. With hl3
parent's consent, he started out for him
self w hen a mere boy. earning his own liv
ing and paying his own way through
college At an early age he taught school,
and In the G0s he crossed the plains with
an ox team and engaged in civil engineer
ing .In California. He taught school
some time in Salt Lake City, Utah- aft
tcrwards graduating in the same class
with President McKInley at the Albany
Law School. He finally located at Tank
ton, Dakota, and has for years been rec
ognized leader of th bar In that section
of the country, where his name is famil
iar to nearly every fireside, and he Is
honored and respected for his integrity
and sterling worth of character, lie was
Chief Justice of Dakota Territory under
President Cleveland's first administration.
"In 1S93 Mr. Cleveland appointed him
Minister to Austria-Hungary, which posi
tion he filled with credit to himself and
to Ms country. His more recent appoint
ment, by President McKInley. on th
Samoan Commission. Is well known, and
has proven him to be a diplomat and
statesman of the rarest ability. Judge
Tripp 1; a thoroughly Western man, hav
ing large property interests in the Middle
West and nlo on this Coast.
"Probably no clas of men have a bet
ter opportunity of knowing the needs and
character of the common people than the
country lawjer. whoe profession bring
him In cloe contact with all. It was in
this "'honl that Lincoln and Samuel F.
Miller and others of our greatest states
men and jurist; acquired that knowledge
of the people that enabled them, with pe-cul'-r
felicity, to apply the principles of
our Government to the people's neds. In
such a ehool Judge Tripp acquired that
knowledge of men and of the affairs of
the pecp which, with hip learning and
natural ability, have enabled him so to
perform the duties of the high offices he
hay held as to nlace him In the front ranks
as a 1url-t a diplomat and a statesman.
The theoretic principles of Government
mav be learned by the tudent. but the
application of the principle of Govern
ment especially of a Government like
our? requires also an Intimate knowledge
of the people and their affair. That
Judpe Tripp poso.se.i such knowier
n well a a knowledge of the principle
of Government to an eminent degree, will
not bA doubted by any ore who has ever
had th Measure of hi acquaintance."
It was Tupps serIce on the Samotn
Commission that recently brought him
prominently before the country as a pe
culiar exponent of Western "ideas and
It wa Judge Trlpns' service on the Sa
troan Commission hnt recently brought
him prominently before the country as a
peculiar exporert of Western Ideas and
purtocs He then became widely known
as an advocate of National expansion, nnd
declared for holding the Philippine Isl
ands, lie mnde a notable address before
the Marquette Club. In Chicago, on Feb
ruary 12. 1900. wherein he clearly and
ably defined his views. He discussed
trusts and Jeffersonlan expansion, and up
held present Republican doctrine through
out. A paragraph or two will serve to
Indicate the tenor of the address:
"Expansion. In Its literal sense. Is as
old as civilization. In America It has been
n part of our progress as a nation from
th" foundation of- the government. It
had Its adherent and opponets as It has
them now. They wero not then nor are
they now confined to locality or party.
Not a foot of land has been added to our
public damaln which has not called forth
a note of warning and alarm, from the
wisest and best of men.
"The newly acquired territory must re
main the property of the common coun
try; all the right of self-government and
of National law are to be extended to Its
Inhabitants, until It or some portion of It.
should It remain the property of the Na
tion, may be fitted to become a part of
the Nation Itself.
"We could not afford to take Cavlte.
Manila or even the Island of Luzon and
leave the balance of the group to fall into
the hands of some great, competing pow
er. Our commence Is now reaching out
to every part of the inhabitable globe;
our resources aro being developed as at
no time In the past, and our exports make
a balance on the credit side of mare than
one-third of their entire amount- Our
great competitors in Europe are watch
ing our rapid advancement with envy and
distrust, and are contesting each step of
our commercial progress with determined
opposition and delay. Had we returned
the Philippines or anj- portion of them to
Spain, they would have gone with the
Carolines into the hands of our kenest
competitor in the commercial world or
had wo declared their Independence with
out reserving National control, the result
would have been the same. Now by rea
son of our present and prospective Inter
est In the commerce of the East, we have
been able to demand and obtain an 'open
door' to American trade; have made sub
stantial progress In the advancement of
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our commercial interests, and have taken
the first step towards arresting the dis
integration and dismemberment of the
great Chinese empire. No, our statesmen
were wise in insisting upon the entire
group on strategic grounds alone."
SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY.
Speculations on the Ultimate Fate
of the "World.
Scientists seem to agree that the earth
some day Is to be destroyed by a gigan
tic cataclysm, but all to agree upon the
"how." Dr. Henry Smith Williams, writ
ing in Harper's Monthly on "Some Un
solved Scientific Problems," says concern
ing the matter:
"If so much uncertainty attends, these
fundamental questions as to the earth's
past and present, it Is not strange that
open problems as to her future are 1H
more numerous. We have seen how, ac
cording to Professor Darwin's computa
tions, the moon threatens to come back to
earth with destructive force some day.
Yet Professor Darwin himself urges that
there arc elements of fallibility in the
data involved that rob the computation of
all certainty. Much the same thing Is
true of perhaps all the estimates that have
been made as to the earth's ultimate fate.
"Thus It has been suggested that, even
should the sun's heat not forsake us, our
day will become month-long, and .then
year-long; that all the waters of the globe
must ultimately flltor into Its depths, and
all the air fly off Into space, leaving our
earth as dry and as devoid of atmospnere
as the moon; and finally, that ciher-fnc-tlon.
If it exist, or, in default of that,
meteoric friction, must ultimately bring
the earth back to the sun. But in all
these prognostications there are possibly
compensating factors that vitiate the es
timates, and leave the exact results In
doubt. The last word of the cosmic sci
ence of our century Is a prcphecy of evil
if annihilation be an cvlL But It Is left
for the science of another generation to
point out moTc clearly the exact terms 'n
which the prophecy Is most likely to be
fulfilled."
Doll-Like Italian Women.
Tho whole modem education of an Ital
ian woman, says the Humanitarian, Is to
fit her to carry out the profession of mat
rimony, and since in Italy man Ls still
very much behind his colleagues In Eng
land. Germany and America, he on his
side is apt to wish for a wife who ls a
doll, sweet and pretty, perhaps but 6till
a doll.
YesI the women In easy circumstances
In Italy are dolls, who simply amuse us
when they arc Intelligent, or fascinate us
when they are beautiful; they are desir
able as women, but little esteemed by
men. If they have virtues (and they have
great virtues) they have them by nature,
and not from education, very often in
spite of education.
Of religion they know the rites, and ig
nore tho higher ideals. Of morality the
forms, and above all the hypocrisy. Of
the science of life, of hygiene, they know
nothing, or nearly nothing. Of literature,
a little French and a little English. They
must appear a little educated, but not too
much so.
No Colored Hobo Befjprnrs.
"Why Ls It that there are no colored
hobo beggars?" asked a Philadelphia po
liceman of the Inquirer of that city.
"Don't know why It is. but it's a fact
Just the same. I've been on the force
now for going on to six years, and I've got
the first colored man to catch asking peo
ple for a few pennies to help get me some
thing to eat. mister.' In that time, too,
I suppose I've arrested or chased away
about 1000 white men and boys for doing
It. Colored folks are considered lmpravi.
dent, as a class, but somehow or other
they never seem to get so poor that they
havo to beg on the streets, unless blind or
crippled the men I'm talking about. Ever
notice It yourself?"
"Of course, there are colored tramp.
Pve seen 'em myself. But I guess even
they have too much pride or too much
honesty to 'brace people on the streets
with bogus tales of wanting to get a bed
or a meal. If ever a colored hobo doe
come across my path begging I think I'll
capture him and exhibit him as -a curiosity,"
CONGLOMERATION OF MEN
SUCH IS SAID OP TUB CITIZENS
TICKET IN CLATSOP COUNTY.
A Condltoa of ASalrs That I Macla.
Like That la MHltnoaah am
ETery Coantr la Oregoa.
Astorlan.
Opposed to the Republican candidates
Is a conglomeration of men running for
office. They aro men of all parties and,
in this campaign, of no party. They are
not even fuslonlsta, end they gobefore
tho people representng the platform of
no party, responsble to no party, and
bound to support no measures of reform
or anything else.
The Democratic convention was called
to meet, and did meet and organize, only
to adjourn to attend a 'citizens' " meet
ing, to which no delegates had been elect
ed, and which was assembled In a hap
hazard manner from the people on tho
to ndJournto attend a "citizens' " meet
nated a county ticket. The highest total
vote cast was 72, and this number was
cast in the case of only one nomination.
The other candidates were selected by a
majority of from CO to 63 votes.
After the "citizens' " meeting adjourned
the Democratic convention was to re-
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convene, and cither nomlnato a ticket or
Indorse the "citizens' " ticket. But tho
old-line Democrats were disgusted, and
tho country delegates srent home, ana
when the Democratic convention recon
vened there wero only six regular dele
gates present. These delegates reor
ganized the convention and proceeded to
indorse, for the Democratic party of Clat.
eop County, the nominations made by "the
"citizens' " meeting.
After the clccc of tho Democratic-citizen
farce, a number of offlce-sc-ckera who
had been unable to get recognlt'on from
the Republican party or even from the
"citizens' " meeting, rushed around among
their friends and secured 50 names to their
petitions and blosc-omed out as Independ
ents. They were, and are, tho outcasts
of all political parties, but for all that
have Just as good a standing before the
people as the men who were nominated by
no party.
The mlx-up, on one side only, dpes not
end here, howevr. Tho law stepped In
and refused to recognize the "citizens" "
meeting as a political convention, and re
fused to place on tho ballot it nominees.
This compelled the "citizens' " candidates
to get out petitions, and now they have
to go before the peopl as Independents,
without a platform nnd without a part.
A Sample Platform.
Prinvillo Journal.
The so-called Democracy of Crook Coun
ty, in making their call for their pri
maries, headed their invitat'ons with a
statement. Inviting all voters opposed to
Algerlsm, Eaganlsm. Hannalsm, Otllrm,
better known no McKInleylsm, to Join
them In the coming election. By the
time the convention met, and when the
committee on platform was appointed,
they had come to the conclusion that this
kind of a "howi would not be Just tho
proper thing to "catch votes." so they
abandoned all "Issues" and decided to
make their fight against tho "Increase of
county taxo"" and thereby adopted a
pla-tform which reads as follows:
"We are opposed to high taxes and we
condemn the annual increase of the tax
rate in this county as uncalled for and
unnecessary. md wo pledge the nomi
nees of this convention to an economical
administration of county affairs."
This platform ls another of their many
"calamity howls." We herewith pubHah
tho rate of taxation per mill for Crook
County since 1S3L. It Is as follows:
1SSL. 11 mills; 1S92. 10 mills: 1S93. 7 7-10
mills; irei. 10 mills; 1S33, 10 7-10 mills; lSDti,
104 mills; 1S97, 10 mills; 1S9S, 10 3-10 mills;
ISM. 10)1 mil's.
Now, we would like to have eomo of
these "howlers" ehow us where the "in
crease of taxes in Crook County" comes.
Tho above table shows that our, county
taxes are not "Increasing." and that this
'howl" was made and this platform adopt
ed merely to make a "hit" politically."
In the past six years of Republican ad
ministration, our county's Indebtedness
has been reduced $23,000, and this decrease
has been accomplished without this "In
crease" of our county taxes. This kind
of "howling" from the Democrats ls
enough to cause any sound-minded voter
to look upon them with disgust.
Silence Is IO to 1.
Salem Statesman.
Dr. Daly, the fusion candidate for Con
gress, will not make an active campaign.
He will not repeat the mistake mado two
years ago by Sir. Veatch. when he hope
lessly fouled himself on the Issues. There
is greater danger of fouling this year.
There are several kinds of Democrats,
and still more brands of Populists. They
could not all be pleased w.th the utter
ances of any one man. It Is the cour
teous thing for Dr. Daly not to make an
active canvass, considering the fact that
Mr. Tongue la prevented from meeting or
following him by his duties at Washing
ton. And there are several other con
siderations beside courtesy that make his
decision a wise one. There Is no chance
of his election as It Is, And the refeat
would be still more overwhelming after
an active canvass.
Popo-Dem. Improvements.
Eugene Register.
As In the Nation, a In the state. The
great cry Is the oppressive taxation Im
posed for Improvements. They do not
want improvements or at least do not
want to pay for them. Placed In power,
these people build corduroy roads, instead
of pennaaept- stcne roods, or none a; all;
erect fiismy affairs which they call bridges
acroao streams, instead of erecting sub
stantial structures; transact the counfV
business In an old ramshackle building; i
so far as possible, and rent offices all
over town for such officers as cannot be
crowded Into tho old building. The pub
lic gets nothing In return for the money
paid for taxes except a sleek-well-fed lot
of office-holders, who consume In salaries
tho money raised by taxation. In Lane
County these fellows have been out of of
fice long enough to get lank and hungry,
and they emit lusty howls of reform.
Taxes? The Indian doesn't pay any tax
es, neither does he have any roads to
speak of, no Courthouses, nor Is there
an extensive Immigration of capital Into
his domain.
Croirell Populists Dlssatlsfted.
Jacksonville Times.
Some of tho Populists who fused with
the Democrats in 1S9S, and of whom bet
ter things were expected, are now pos
ing In the role of assistant Republicans.
Because they did not get as many places
on the Democratic ticket as they hoptd
for, they now propose doing their utmost
to elect the Republican- ticket. The call
for their mace meeting sounds patriotic
and honest enough; but underlying it
there ls something sinister. As Judge
Crowell manipulated these same Populists
and made a beautiful mess of the union
proposition two years ago, and has their
car now. it looks very much like there Is
a "nigger in the woodpile."
Various Political Ideas.
The Walla Walla Union thinks that
James Hamilton Lewis, whose life has
been written up for the magazines by Mr.
E. D. Cowen. the sage of the Washing
ton press, should wire Mr. Grosvenor. or
Ohio, to deny that he ls a mountebank.
The Baker City Republican asks, point
edly: "How do the taxpayers enjoy paying
nearly 6 per cent taxes in this county to
support men In office who draw a salary
and are then paid extra for doing their
own work? Is it not about time this sys
tem was abandoned?"
Roosevelt had better take that nomina
tion for Vice-President. He never will
have another chance, ls the Idea of the
Chicago Chronicle. If he runs ior Gov
ernor of New York he will be defeated and
his political career will end. Fiesh from
San Juan Hill in 1S38. he had only 17.000
majority.
Every honest, conscientious voter .should
ask himself this question: "Is it not sJOout
time to do away with the exclusive control
of Oregon's political affairs by tb-2 Mult
nomah gang?" says the La Grande Chron
icle. Like several other Democratic pa
pers, the Chronicle ls much worrl.-d about
the Republican party management in Ore
gon. In referring to the expansion -of Ameri
can territory and trade, the Brooklyn
Eagle remarks: "Those who cLoose may
call this coincidence chance, brut it looks
more like the working out of, great pur
poses, for the execution of wfclch this na
tion ls to be the instrument." The Eagle's
kind of Democracy will be carefully ex
cluded at Kansas City.
Pinned to a blanket recently presented
to Mr. Bryan In New Itexlco, was the
following note: "Under tne Republican
Administration the wool in this blanket
sells for 22 cents a pound. Under the
Democratic Administration It sold for 6
cent. Please tell this t your constitu
ents." At last advlcet, Mr. Bryan had
not read the campaign tip- from the plat
form. The Ashland TIdlnrjs says that J. T.
Batchelor, the old gentleman whom the
Democrats of this county have nominated.
Is In his SUh year of age. While old age
is honorable, and all that, in this work-a-day
age the voters will hardly select a
gentleman In his S4th yeax to represent
them in tho Legislature, where energy
and an active brain are necessary to meet
the demands made upon a member.
Oregon Democrats are to be congratu
lated on getting a real food dose of fu
sion medicine. Those wha cannot retain It
on their stomachs are to '.be congratulated
on having Republicans fcr whom to,cast
their ballots, says the Lebanon Criterion.
These can turn from the mess and have
the supreme satisfaction .of voting with
a party that has the courage and man
hood to make an open, square fight for Its
own principles.
This Is funny from, the Ibany Demo
crat, which advocates "aggn'sslon" to the
point of war by interference in South
Africa; "Secretary Root wants to fight
and kill somebody anybody. He shakes
his fist and waves the Star-9pangled Ban
ner and dares 'somebody' no violate the
Monroe doctrine. If it w:un't election
year, the country might ne serlously
alarmcd, but the McKInley tactics of
'glorious diplomacy' and 'aggression to
wards all'-are too well known to fool the
people much."
When Jones enters Convention Hall, at
Kansas City, the delegates will dheer lus
tily for "the great commoner." -says the
StJ Louis Globe-Democrat. When Boss
Croker uhles his castor Into tae ring.
Tammany will take up the cry. "the great
commoner." When Senator 'JTIllman
forks up the aisle there will be an cnthu-
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Chicago Chronicle.
United for Bryan on an Anti-Bryan-Ism
Platform.
slastlc echo of "the great commoner."
and when Bryan la declared to be the
nominee everybody will be expected to
stand on the scats and yell In chorus for
"the great commoner."
Only Heart Wounds Fntal.
A well-known English surgeon, discuss
ing the character of the wounds received
on the battle-fields In South Africa, has
pointed out that the experience of tho
present campaign would seem to show that
the only absolutely fatal region ls the
heart. Bullet wounds of the brain aro
now not necessarily fatal, judging from
the records of the last few weeks, and
this ls presumably due to the small siza
of the projectile, the velocity with which
it travels and the modern practice of sci
entific surgery, by which dangerous symp
toms likely to arise from Injuries may
bo warded off.
It has therefore been suggested that,
the heart being the only really vital part
in the body, a steel covering should be
provided, to be worn so as to protect tha.t
part from bullets. A steel plate might be
attached to the soldiers tunics, and
doubtless the small shield could be so
fixed as neither to Impede movement nor
cause inconvenience.
Not Dressed for the Part.
The angry father entered unannounced.
Tho young lovers arose at once.
"Sir," said he, with severe displeasure,
"I do not recognize you as tho Stem Par
ent. You are not dressed for the part.
Go at once and ask the property man to
fit you out with a pair of Heavy Boots!"
And he resumed his love-making In Im
passioned language, wnlle the orchestra
played pianissimo, Chicago Tribune
ON WHAT PLATFORM?
WILL BRYAN CONSENT TO SIDE-
TRACK SILVER AT KANSAS CTTYt
2U Yasrarles Are So "Well Known
Tluyt He Will Be Hla Ovra
. Platform.
James-CTcelman, the well-known corre
spcrodent of the New York Journal, who
has been wdth Bryan more or leas on
his tours anl has been looking Into the
matter of DVsnocratlc attitude towards
tho leader of h party, with special ref
erence to his chances for election and
the possibility of crowding the sliver 13
sue Into the background, has published
his conclusions.
Mr. Creelmao says that though he re
peatedly stated In 1S26 that Mr. Bryan
could not be elected, conditions have eo
changed that he Is convinced if the Presi
dential election could take place now
Bryan would be chosen by a decisive ma
jority. There Is, In. Mix Creelman's opin
ion, "but one serious point of difference
between the most extreme conservative
Democrats of the East and the great body
of the party which supported Bryan In
1S9C; many of the Eastern leaders desire
tc have the ratio of 15.to 1 omitted from
the money plank of the platform; the j
leaders in the South, and West are practl-
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"SPEAK!"
"The Chicago Platform Will
cally unanimous In their opposition to
any change." He has been "present at
several Important conferences of Demo
crats representing these two views of
party policy." and believes he is in a po
sition to affirm with some certainty that
"the aim and intention of tho great mass
of the party who were loyal four years
ago has been to readopt the Chicago plat
form, and to Incorporate it, word for
word, in the platform to be made at
Kansas iCty on July 4." He further be
lieves that he "can say authoritatively
that Mr. Bryan will oppose the aban
donment of a single plank In the Chicago
platform. It ls demonstrable that an
overwhelming majority of the next Demo
cratic National convention will refuse to
abandon, alter or modify the Chicago
platform." Creelman then goes on to
say:
"Th eone great question that now re
mains before the Democratic leaders Is
this: Will the Kansas City convention
content Itself with a simple reaffirmation
of the platform of 1SS6 in three or four
line and devote the rest of Its utterances
to the Issues of 1S0O, or will the conven
tion reiterate the Chicago platform? All
other questions are, for the present, sub
ordinate to this.
"Mr. Hill says that Mr. Bryan will be
renominated. Mr. Hill declares that he
will work hard to elect Mr. Bryan. No
man who has met Mr. Hilt within the
past two weeks can doubt his earnestness
or his determination to lend his whole
strength to the Democratic party In the
approaching campaign.
"He Gees victory In sight for the first
time since Mr. Cleveland wrecked the
party. Mr. Hill will support Mr. Bryan,
Chicago platform or no Chicago platform.
The abandonment of the well-tried Ameri
can theory of equal rights everywhere
under the flag for the British policy of
subject colonies overshadowed all other
lsoues.
"But Mr. Hill and State Chairman
Campbell and Mr. Croker and Former
Senator Murphy and men who take their
view of the sltuatlbn are urging upon the
Western and Southern leaders the fact
that the passage of the currency bill by
the Republican majority In Congress re
moves the free-silver question for the
present from the field of practical poll
tics and statesmanship: that even If Mr.
Bryan were President now he would be
powerless under the law to disturb the
gold standard, and that a Republican ma
jority m the United States Senate will
make free-silver legislation Impossible for
the next five years therefore, a readop
tlon of the 16-to-l plank at Kansas City
can accomplish nothing, and will be a
mere academic statement of a theory
about which the voters of the party dis
agree. "Some of the conservative Eastern lead
ers Insist that Mr. Bryan cannot be
elected without the electoral vote of New
York State, and that a modification of the
Chicago platform will make Democratic
victory In New York a certainty.
"But the "Irreducible minimum of a
majority of the Kansas City convention
will be a simple reaffirmation of the plat
form of 1S95, a statement that can be
made In 40 or 50 words. That seems to
be the utmost that can be hoped for by
the conservative leaders.
"To bring the body of the Chicago plat
form Into the convention for mutilation
or amendment would bring on a bitter and
useless fight, in which the conservative
men would be beaten.
"A strong group of leaders believe that
there will be no fight on the financial ques
tion In open convention. The Democratic
party ls practically reunited now; when
the Kansas City convention meets it will
be absolutely united.
"It seems to be generally recognized
that the financial question Is, for the time
being, removed from the sphere of prac
tical things, and that, while the money
plank of the Democratic platform la an
important Issue, as between political
leaders, that question, too, will disap
pear, and the whole strength of the party
will be devoted to a vigorous war on
trusts and a defense of the Republic
against the McKInley plan of military
empire."
To Be Played Without Hamlet.
Salt Lake Tribune.
The New York Herald claims that Tam
many lias Information from Washington
that the nomination of Bryan for the
Presidency by the Kansas City convention
ls apparently Inevitable, but with a modi
fication of the Chicago platform, the mod-
lflcatlOB being the omission of the 16-tol-1
plank. The statement goes further and
says that the Bryaa men In Congress
cease to scoff at the Eastern Democrats
when the latter talk of suppressing sil
ver and take th suggestion as reasonable.
It further says that "the omission of the
silver plank ls of special Interest In New
York, because it Is. felt that it will fa
cilitate the election of a Democratic Gov
ernor, of which there ls a possibility this
year. Bryan withcrut Bryanlsm to this
the party could reconcile Itself. Tammany
thinks, but a repetition of tho blunder of
1S96 would be fatal." There ls soon to
be a meeting at Washington of prominent
Democrats. It Is thought at that meet
ing it will be decided whether the silver
ghost can be laid or not. There ls mora
of the same kind, but the natural infer
ence is that there ls a mighty light being
mado to down silver In the Domocratic
convention, and It will result In simply a
perfunctory Indorsement of the Chicago
platform, but the stress of the whoie busi
ness will be put upon trusts. Imperialism
and some other vagaries, any other vaga
ries, in fact, which any discontented man
may desire to have Included.
Bryan and Stone Platform.
, St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, says be
hopes the "Kansas City convention will
have the courage to make a platform for
1S00." If William J. Bryan and William
J. Stone have any say In that convention
the "platform for HW0" will not be framed.
Stone Is as hot for a reaffirmation of the
Chicago deliverance as Bryan Is. He says
silver ls not going to be "abandoned,"
and that the Democratic party would
New York Tribune.
Certainly be Reaffirmed." Bryan.
gain nothing by abandoning it. There will
be a rousing repudiation plank In the
Kansas City platform If the Nebraska and
the Missouri bosses can put it in, and
there Is good reason to believe that they
can and will. Bryan and Stone will con
tribute a good many thousand votes to
that big majority which ls going to
smash BryanIsm next November.
Bryan His Own Platform.
"No platform that the Kansas City con
vention might, adopt. If contrary to Mr.
Bryan's record, would count for much
with him as Its nominee," says the Nash
ville Banner (Dem.). "He represents pre
eminently In his own person certain Ideas
about finance and general Populist vaga
ries that would be taken as understood
and implied In any platform pronounce
ment unless that platform were so radical
in its changes from the Chicago platform
as to make his nomination pratlcally a
stultification."
TRrSTS IN AUSTRIA.
Knnai City Platform Should Charge
Tills Up to Republican Party.
The prevallng tendency here Is to form
trusts In every branch of Industry, to
the end that the cost of production may
bo reduced, the market price of the article
controlled to a certain extent, and larger
profits gained by the manufacturer, says
Hugh Donzelman, United States Consul at
Prague, In an official Teport. While it Is
conceded that one of the results will be
to deprive a number of laborers In differ
ent branches of some of their earnings,
by reducing the hours of labor, yet it
is claimed that it also results beneflcially
to the laborer, as It secures steady em
ployment at regular wages; and hence It
is declared that a truet Is of the greatest
good for the greatest number. Another
reason for the formation of these trusts
ls claimed to be the advance In the price
of raw matorlal and the Increasing compe
tition. The last trust formed here Is by the
paper manufacturers, remiltlng In the price
of paper being advanced 23 per cent.
The judiciary department of this govern
ment, aided by the Minister of Commerce,
to reported to be working on a general
law governing the formation and conduct
of trusts.
The coal strike has caused great hard
ship among the people here during the
Winter. Supplies were exhausted, and coal
which usually sold in Prague at 6.50 florins
(J3 G4) per 2X0 pounds, rose In' price to
18.50 florins ($7 52) per 2000 pounds, and
this Is only the poorer class soft coal
used for cooking and manufacturers pur
poses. Hard coal, which usually com
manded a price of 12.50 florins ($3), rose
to 23.50 florins (511 57) per 2200 pounds, and
cannot be bought at present at any price.
This, of course, hns caused a great many
manufacturers to either doss their fac
tories or reduce the working hours and to
raise the price of their manufactured ar
ticles. Some wealthy manufacturers,
however, employ'ng between 5000 and 10,
000 people, when confronted with the
choice of closing their factories or loslntr
10W florins (5-tOO) a day bv payins: th cur
rent prices for the cos.1 needed, contin
ued to run with full force, rather than
throw all their people out of employ
ment. In the Bryan Potato Patch.
Chicago Times-Herald.
After three consecutive, unsuccessful at
tempts to Induce a Republican Legisla
ture to drive capital and corporations out
of the State of Michigan, Governor Pln
gree has concluded to be a Democrat.
Finding himself unable to boss the Repub
lican state machine and- bring about the
overthrow of Senators Burrows and Mc
Millan, the Governor now announces his
belief that "the hope of the people ls In
the Democratic party this Fall." What
the Governor really meant to say was
that "the hope of the people of Michigan
is in Plngree." The Governor has dis
played such uncompromising hostility to
ward Republican leaders that the refusal
of the Republican State Convention ta
renominate him for Governor Is a fore
gone conclusion. He aspired to the dic
tatorship of the party In Michigan to the
extent of asking it to retire Senator Bur
rows, one of the ablest and cleanest men
now In public life. The dictatorship was
repudiated and Burrows was re-elected.
His efforts to harass the corporations
through the enactment of his pet class
taxing schemes Into law, were equally
unsuccessful. He, therefore, finds him
self outside the Republican breastworks,
and If he runs for Governor again It must
be either as an Independent or as a
Democrat.
PLENTY OF MONEY NOW
NO REASON NOW FOR CONTEND
ING FOR FRE. E SILVER,
Reasons "Way Silt cr Repabllcaas
Need No Ion, jer Have a.
Daal A lame.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Thero are a few idiots in Utah who
were Republicans ar d supported McKIn
ley four years ago rho seem determined
to drive every man a ho was a silver man
then out of the pa rty. One or two of
them have a chancr to air their opinions
in newspapers, whe: 1 their place ought to
be In the lunatic a jylum. If they really
wanfto drive 15,000 or 20,000 voters away
from the party the y had better keep on
in the grooves In which they have been
running of late. Tl tere ls an effort to get
tho Republicans o t the state together,
that they may prt sent a solid front to
the enemy. A goo 1 many of them were
silver men four ye irs ago, and following
a high appreciation of what they thought
was duty they vot id for Mr. Bryan. Tho
conditions have all jhanged this year. Ar
guments which wei te true four years- ago,
the reasons given why sliver should De
reinstated, have si ace been proved to be
all sound, because the claim was that
mora standard mon ey must be obtained In
order that prices might advance, and
while it did not look: then as though there
could be any other standard money except
silver, the trade of tho world and the
increased product of gold has brought it
to us. Prices have raised quite as much
as was ioped for Hour years ago. Hence
the argument that was used then has no
basis in fact now, and these men should
vote for the party that ls just now up
holding the flag, that ls just now trying
to carry out a decree which was laid on
this Government by the Infinite In the
lessons taught by the victory in Manila
Bay and tho victories at El Caney and
San Juan Hill, and by the squadron off
Santiago. They would like to gat back
and support tho Administration that Is
doing what It can to vindicate the trust
placed in this Nation when It was given
Its victories the tru3t of beginning the
redemption of a half-barbarous people In
tho Islands east and west. Under such
circumstances we should think: the most
rabid fool who supported Mr. McKInley
four years ago would be glad to see the
change, and anxious- to have the fellow
ship of men who desire this year to sup
port the Republican Administration and
ticket. We do not think the influence or
these lntolerants ls enough to do any
harm, but they are very provoking, and
if they have any friends that have any
Influence with them, they ought to advise
themwto simulate a little common sense.
KANSAS NOT IN DOUBT.
Grosvcaior's Estimate Too Liberal to
Bryan la That State.
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
General Grosvenor has dipped consider
ably into political prediction and, unlike
many prophets who get down to figures,
has maintained a reputation for making
accurate forecasts. Assuming that Bry
an will be the Democratic nominee. Gen
eral Grosvenor estimates a majority of M
electoral votes against the Popocrat can
didate, leaving Kansas and Delaware In
the doubtful list. Kansas will promptly
and emphatically rise to object. It can
give figures that are convincing. The
state elected a Republican Governor in
18S8 by 149.292 to 134,158, a plurality of 15,
134. The Republicans cast 51.S0 per cent
of the entire vote. Moreover, Kansas Re
publicans In the same year made a re
markable gain in Congressmen, consisting
of no less than five seats in a total of
eight. If General Grosvenor will cast his
eyes over the Kansas delegation In the
body of which he Is a member and note
tho seven Republicans and one Populist
against the two Republicans and six, Pop
ulists of the preceding Congress, he ought
In justice to explain where he finds any
thing doubtful about Kansas.
The greatest political achievement of
the year 1898 was the election of a Re
publican House, giving tho party full
control. Kansas contributed more to this
result than any other state. As it gave
also a handsome majority as well as plu
rality to Governor Stanley, It is clearly
entitled to a place of honor In the Re
publican column. In every election since
1S9C Kansas has shown where It stands
unmistakably. Th,ere was a time wnen
some of its citizens honestly thought
that sliver governed prices and that free
coinage was essential to a return of good
times. No one holds that opinion now.
As for new questions of the day, Kansas
does not stand with Bryan. It Is not in
favor of giving up the Philippines nor of
turning over the islands to the Ladrone&.
General Grosvenor ought to define the
grounds upon which he considers Kansas,
doubtful. The attempt will result In an
offer of amends to a great, prosperous,,
expansive, Republican state.
A Democrat on Democracy.
In reply to a correspondent who criti
cised it for Its present support of Bryan,
while attacking Bryanlsm, the Louisville
Courier-Journal says:
"Times change and-men change with,
them. So do parties change. And like
wise party leaders. There be platforms
and platforms; and which shall set tne
pace? Is the Chicago platform of 1SS6
on which a Democratic ticket was der
feated, to be held as sacred, and the Chi
cago platform of 1S92, on which a Demo
cratic ticket was elected, Jo be held as
profane? Is the Democratic party to
stand by its platform declaration of 1SG4
that the war for the Union was a failure
and by the declaration of its platform of
1868 In favor of irredeemable paper
money? Who ls to say just what is gospel
truth and what ls not. and where is the
line to be drawn? Religion Is one thing.
Theology is quite another thing. Democ
racy, whose keynote la 'the greatest good,
to the greatest number,' should, like the
dews of heaven, fall alike upon the just
and the unjust. Let him that Is sinless.
cast the stone. The rule Is quite as good,
for the party as for the church.
"For years after the sectional war there
were Democrats who declared that sla
very had not been legally abolished, and
who believed that the 13th amendment
to the Constitution, abolishing it, would
be ultimately rescinded. Because the
Courier-Journal combated this view It
was denounced as a Republican by vision
ary extremists who could not see that
their extremism was playing directly Into
the hands of the Republicans, and mak
ing a revival and restoration of Democ
racy Impossible. Not until they passed
from the scene were the wiser leaders or
tho party able to lift It out of the ashes
of the conflagration in which its life
had been nearly extinguished. And so it;
may be with some modern Illusions."
Valne of Cnltnre.
The visitor In Boston pressed upon th
electric button and In due time the bell
boy appeared.
"Bring me," said the visitor, "a pitcher
of lco water."
"Beg pardon, sir," replied the bellboy,
with a Bostonesque air that well becams-his-
classic features, "but we possess no
Information proving conclusively the ex
Istence of such a thing as Ice water."
. "Well, what'n thunder do you drink,
here when you want something besides
alcohol?" queried the visitor.
"Ah. my dear sir, I begin to percelve
the drift of your remarks, I take it that
you would desire me to provide you with
a pitcher containing frapped aqua pura."
The visitor nodded as one without under
standing. The boy thereupon disappeared,
returning a few moments later with the
thirst-quencher.
This goes to prove that by patronizing
only those Boston hotels employing well
educated bellbojs even a Westerner can
have his wants supplied, no matter what
Ms vernacular. Omitta World-Herald.
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