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( PAIlTinF) LKAVING POll SUMMlMt,
Purlieu IrnrliiK: lti city for
thi' auiiiiucr limy liHVe The lire
unit to thrill rrKiilarly by
unlifylnif The lice Illinium
nfllcr, In person or Iiy mull,
'i'lir iiililrrna will he chuiittetl'
as often an tli-nlreri.
Admiral Dowey lias sworn oft politics
democratic politics.
Acllul Stevenson l,-o lius n fnrm nml
n chicken lmtcliery.
Sixty days ago the cry was' "On to
Pretoria!" Now it Is "On to 1'eUIu!"
No man Is bigger than his own party,
but Hryan Is bigger than three parties
combined.
As nn exterminator of humanity the
cannon cracker has ngnlu demonstrated
Its superiority.
George Fred Williams will go down
Into history as the George FrnneW
Train of the democratic party.
Tho Jacksonlhns have been to Kansas
CMy; they have had. a head-spllttiug
tlmu and will come back with katzen
jammcr. What Is the usu of calling n national
convention on the Fourth of July If you
rannot nominate your candidates on In
dependence day?
Hrynn has staked his entire political
capital on 1(1 to 1 and the chances are
1,000 to 1 that he will get a blank in the
November drawing.
Omaha Is one of the very few oltles lu
America which has passed through the
Fourth of July unscathed by lire and
unharmed by accident.
With 10 to 1 as the paramount Issue,
Hrynn will have no more chance to get
a foothold In the "enemy's couutry" iu
1000 tlmt he had In 1S0O.
It Is not In the overheated tempera
tu'ro of July that presidents are made
by thu American people, but It Is In the
cool atmosphere of November.
It Is as easy to manufacture conven
tlon applause us It Is to manufacture
tin pan thunder on the theatrical stage,
but neither has the true ring.
If It proves true that tho empress of
China has taken poison and cannot re
cover, the civilized world will shed no
tears. She never will be missed.
General Huberts would like to lead
the army of the allied powers to Pekln,
but from Pretoria to Pekln almost
mnUcs 11 tour half around the world.
Revolting as the- cruelties practiced
upon tho foreigners In China nre, and
much as we must deplore their fate, It
Is but the old story of Indian massacres
Hrynn has succeeded In making a
monkey out of the democratic party,
but will the democratic party make a
monkey out of Itself when It conies to
cast Its ballot?
Tho credentials commltteo of tho free
silver convention reports WO delegate!
preseut from Nebraska. Tho roll must
have been stuffed after the manner of
n southern ballot box,
George III received a terrible troune
Inj: down nt Kansas City, when the
Declaration of Independence wns turned
ovor ns-tho solo nnd exclusive property
of embnttlcd popocracy.
Tho "crown of thorns'' stampeded the
1800 democratic convention and If It had
not beon tied up by Instructions there
Is overy Indication that tho 1000 conven
tion would have been stampeded
David H. Hill."
by
Hryun will havo to content himself
this campaign without the pleasure of
being tho tlrecrackcr euudltiate. It wa
Imposslblo to nominate him on the
Fourth and give thu people of Kansas
City the three duyu' show contracted for,
WHAT MR. liRVAX STANDS FOR.
William .lonnlnps Hryun Is the cnndl
date of three political elements, which
are united ly the one bond .pf the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at tho
ratio of 1(1 to J. There nre men In either
of these parties who do not believe In
nil the doctrines of the Chicago platform,
who are not opposed to expansion, who
do not think our government should
surrender to the Filipinos and who are
not apprehensive of so-called Imperial-
Ism. Hut placing the question of free
silver above all else these men support
Mr. Hrvnti nn flu. ffirotnnst. ellilliltllotl of
Hint ftMi'wtlfiti. To l,v.. ,lh, ,!,, I flint
-.,M iinvn f ,.t,.i tho m-.-Mt mn.
i,.itv ,,f fiwin,, .huiiiiIhIh nn.l ti...
Kllvor VimitlilleiiiiH Imek to their former
political alignment, while many demo
crats, particularly In the south, would
have refused to support Hryan.
1,'lrut n.wl fnrin..ut. tli..r..fnro. xt...
Hryan stands as the representntlve of
those who want the free coinage of sll-
vi.r. ttri ,.iilii if,,t iiVn i.e.... iinml-
imte.1 iiLon imv other Issue. This Is so
obvious that we assume no intelligent
person not an idolater of Mr. Hryan
win ,nwii,, it. it.. ,.,.iii,!,.ri in f Tit re.
gard precisely the same position ho did
four years ago-almost Ids entire
HtieiiL.th fimii the iienidn. who
umihi .i..i.iio ttw. ennenev nnil inlont
a policy Involving pUblhTnnd private
repudiation. TI.omj who ate now - ..!
ii.. , i.i i i i-
iiii-uiuj iu ma i.tiuiiiuiivj iv n-iinvi. ui
iiiu ,,i,nuiiin t u.p,iI!i.'.! imneriniiHiii
,.nntif,in u..,.iii mtnorii v nf bi fni.
lowing. It Is the cheap money men-
ti1(,e im ...in ti...in..ive i.inietniiiHtH
and are really silver monometalllsts-
who idnee.l t.ltn In nninlnntlnn lit. Klolir
1,'niiu M.i, i K-,itiU.,u c.itv-
Hut while the paramount fact is that
Mr. Hi-vim Mfmwl fnr ,..rrnn,.r ilnli.iK,..
ment, which should be suillclent In Itself
to again assure his overwhelming de-
font. It Mil, ,.,1,1 iw.t l,o f.u-Ltten thill be
also stands for other dangerous and
revolutionary principles. Hostility to
tho courts, war upon capital and In
vested rights, the arraying
,.f nlimu
against class-these are Ventures of the
political program of Hryanlsm that must
not be lost sight of. As he appealed to
popular
passion and prejudice four
years ago, so he will again In the present
campaign. Then he was aided by condi
tions which do not now exist, lie had
as powerful allies depression and dis
tress over all the land. These gave
force to his claim that wealth was
crushing labor, that the rich were get
ting richer and the poor poorer and thnt
nothing would remedy these unhappy
omtitions nut llie iree coinage 01 sliver.
bw we have general prosperity under
the gold standard and he must change
soniewnai me cnaracter ot 111s appeal,
but that he will make It In some form
there can be no doubt.
Mr. Hryun persoullles today, quite as
fully as lie did four years ago, principles
and policies that nre essentlully revolu-
nonary, xne experience no nas nnu
since his signal defeat lu 1S00 has been
of little benefit to him. Ho refuses' to
accept the demonstration of the fallacy
of free silver and he clings to political
doctrines which he should have by this
time learned arc repugnant to the en-
lightened judgment of the country. His
position is not In harmony with national
Improvement and progress, but means
eiiptlfiti nml l-etrncroMulfiti. U,. nrn
most contldent that the American people
ill not place at the head of the govern-
ment 11 man who stands for . policies and
principles that would nut a check to
prosperity, seriously disturb the favor-
able conditions of industry and trade
and perhaps humiliate the nation before
the world.
SIXTEEN TO O.YB IIVA'S.
The advocates at Kansas City of n
specllle declaration for the free coinage
of silver at 10 to 1 wero victorious, but
they won iu the committee on resolu
tlons by nu unexpectedly small major
Ity. The financial plunk of the platform
Is most explicit and unequivocal. It de
munds the Immediate restoration of the
frou nnd unlimited colnago of gold and
silver at tno legui ratio of iu to l. with-
one waning tor me am or consent or
any outer nation, uius complying witn
uie oruer or .Mr. uryan. ao niuerent
action was expected, but the opposition
that was developed ln tho committee
was altogether unlocked for.
The platform wns unanimously
adopted by the convention nnd although
antl-lmpcrlalisiu was proclaimed as the
leading Issue of the campaign the great
majority of the American peoplo will
not be deluded thereby. It Is the people
who determine for themselves what is-
sue most concerns them nnd In the
present case wo think there cunnot be
a reasonable doubt that a very large
majority of them will conclude that the
renewed attack upon the currency and
the certainty that In the event of the
election of Mr. Hryan llnunclal conll-
lenco would be impaired, busiuess un-
settled and prosperity checked, ls the
question which most profoundly affects
their interests.
The eastern democrats who went to
Kansas City In tho hopo of Inducing
the convention to simply realllrm the
Chicago platform and not make a spe
utile declaration for 10 to 1 may bo sat
Istled with the efforts they have made
out they liuvo certainly gained no
credit by their attempt to have tho con
vontlon hoodwink tho people. The linn
and consistent stand taken by Mr.
Hryun on this question attested tho
earnestness of his convictions nud at
the same time showed his appreciation
of the fact that the eastern democrats
could assure him of no offset to the loss
he would sustain by being placed in a
position which would in eneet stultify
his attitude before the people for the
last four years. Mr. Hryan personlllee
free silver, It Is true. With him as a
candldnto that auestlon would havo vl.
tallty however treated In the platform
I... It I.. ..m.. 111. , I.I,. l.. 14.. .
.,.,, .t .o i la o.m-i-mj a
well as to his political judgment that
he insisted upon a clear nud plain
declaration of the Issue to which he
owes his party leadership nnd which
holds together his motley following.
The honest money democrats can now
determine what they will do whether
they will support the party of sound
money and prosperity, or put a third
ticket In the lipid thitt illicit entliuigor
the success of that party. Wo have no
doubt that a large majority of them will
take the former course, as they did In
ISMS. The spirit and purpose of Hrynn
Ism are fully disclosed In the platform
nud It Is Inconceivable that such n
declaration of principles can command
the support of, a majority of the Amer
lean people at a time when they ate on
Joying the highest degree of prosperity
they have ever known nifd all conditions
seem most favorable for Its coutlnu-
nuce.
SILVEH llEl'VllUCAN MASQUERADE.
ywirs ago tiie delegates from
wvorul silver mining states bolted the
U'cpllbllcnn national
ticket under the
lead of Senators Teller, Dubois and
Pottlgrew on the pretext that they
could not conscientiously uphold the
I . 1 I. 1.. Jl. ..l..lr ,-,.,1
PIUIIK 111 UIO IHUUOiiii uiiiL .JL-. ii.iuii .ui
' innlnteimnce of the existing gold
",,,,u ,lluu
Blanco to every article of the repub
Hcnn creed except thnt embodied in the
money Plank they deliberately went over
S 1111,1 "JWK , ,
pnriy and endorsed the Uilcugo plat
with all tiie doctrines engrafted
"Poii it by the populists.
'' " ff-' silver republican was
transformed into a galvanized demo-pop
with not a scintilla of republicanism left
' "Ia nmkoup. This shameless mas -
(inerado has been kept up for four
'
years. From Teller to Jowno every
renegade republican In the Hryanlte
"krt " nbout loyalty to
republican principles while denouncing
Incessantly every cardinal principle ! for
Which tllO republican piU'iy 1U1S UaillCU
since its foundation. How much longer
will these political reprobates continue
to HlttSnUenule 118 republicans? lliey
denounce and repudiate everything the
republican party has stood for and up-
1101U ail 1110 toueut Ol iiuiiiunin; uv
mocrncy. is it not nuoui time to urop
the mask and avow themselves out and
out democrats? That would at least
gain IOf mem some n:sit;i:i, nuni: iiiun
Imposture leaves them no better posl-
11011 ,lll,u umi ,u '""n
Hryanlte army,
Even the bust of thu democratic or
chestra leader must make a spectacular
entry Into the Kansas City convention
after the manner of the mucou of the
ballet. It would not be Hrynnesque to
put the bust In position with the other
decorations of tho hall until after the
gallery gods were all In place and tuned
up to the oeeabion.
Wn thp nsombIod democracy wns
ci1L,,.riu,, the rending of the Declaration
oC independence It might have caught
lt8 breath lomr enouuh to assert its lu
dependence to the uncrowned king at
T.iiwnin wlm dti-tnted everv move of the
ronveutlon as absolutely as the czar of
aU tll0 nubias does the affairs of his
Umprc,
The spectacle of tho Monetary league
closing up shop because It could not
raise enough cash to pay the hall rent
is nu Interesting one. It Is generally
the man who has never been able to
earn enough to keep himself who can
tell you all about how the flnnnces of
the nation should be managed.
PlilVlUE CIUDpror In Chlllll 111 tlmOS
Hk the present has Its drawbacks. It
"ay be more in keeping witn roj ai
forms to be forced to take poison thau
to submit to being chopped to pieces,
but the ultimate result is the same-the
victim is Just as dead when the opera
tlon is ended.
Democratic papers continue to assert
that they see nothing to cause them dls
couragement in tho result of the election
In Oregon and that the republican ma
Jorlty is only a little over 10,000. It may
not be so deep as a well, nor yet so wide
as a church door, but 'tis enough.
The men who have purchased a rail
Hon nnd a half acres of land from one
railroad comnan.v alone evidently have
,.,,,ioiu.e In lielni? nblo to mnko a mollt
llt fannng and stock raising in spite of
the nrRnmout 0f the popocrats that there
ls no money ln such pursuits.
Frank ltnnsom has been honored with
the position of national committeeman
for the silver republicans of Nebraska
if nu the silver republicans In Nebraska
were bunched together there would not
bo enough of them to man n Missouri
river forrv boat
Twenty-live members of the dom
ooratlc platform commltteo were pro
nounced against 10 to 1 as a specllle
Issue ln the battle of 1000, but not a
solitary member had tho nerve to sign
his name to the minority report. God
hates a coward
Thomas Jofferson wore knee breeciies
and n wig and us everything Jefferson
Man ls supposed to have tho call with
the present leader of tho democratic
party, he should at once send his long
trousers to the tailor and havo the stir
plus cloth amputated.
The Visible Ilntln.
New York Tribune.
Sixteen to ono appears to bo the rule at
Kansas City sixteen cranks to ono sano
man.
Miss km (.null ns a Mile.
Cleveland Plain Denier.
How ominous tho recent diaster would
havo seemed If tho Oregon's builder had
been nominated for vice prraldent.
I'urdier Drift Apurt.
I.oulsvllla Courier-Journal.
Cotton went to 10 cents last week for
flmt Hmr. ulm. 1R01. Thi nlil nnrtnfr
Bhp ot stiVor. wheat ami cotton seems to
have beon smashed to flinders.
,lUt. nue ,.,. .,..,
New York Sun.
Colonel Henry Waltcrnoa la asking I
doublo leads, and would ask In centupl
fa,l 1,0 had txe,mtl m,a"'1' ,0, ,nko
UITOO i.mvu ,v ... ..v v.., ..v...v.-
craU ..out 0( th0 uarkness and Into the
light." The man "must bo bravo. lie must
be eloquent. He must bo self-confident
And a hundred thousand voices answer
"Colonel Jack Chlnn!"
(idlil (Sruliliem ilnlkeil.
Philadelphia Record.
CuJue busts to resume mining operations
In tho Rand section of the Tranevual mean
Ipsh irold for the euser mine owners. I-nrrt
I itobcrt ! not permit them to operats
ovon at their own rfek while the military
work of subjugation slinll' continue. Then
Is presented tho saddening prospect of a
round twelve-month of Idleness for the for
mer outlandtrS a grievous deprivation, In
deed, since upon them must fall eventually
the coat of tho war.
Ilnue Sums for 1)1 1 Idniils.
Hoston Transcript.
Tho scml-nuuual dl'sbur-enients on nc
count of Interest and dividend payments on
bonds and stocks of market or other public
prominence aro the largtst In tho history
of tho country, nmountlng to JlOu.GOO.OQO,
which Is $11,000,000 more than such dis
bursement!) a year ngo and $3,000,000 more
than January's large total. Compared with
flvo yean ago the Increaso Is $33,000,000, or
CO per cent. Thtoe llgurcs aro eloquent of
tho great strides which our country's busi
ness has made sluco tho era of financial
panic and commercial unrest of four jeatu
since. No Ires than live billions par value
of stocks and bonds pay Interest nnd divi
dends this month a total fairly staggering
In the effort to grasp Its meaning. In ad
dition, thcro Is $3,000,000 Interest on gov
ernment bonds payable this month, making
over $110,000,000 lu all to bo disbursed.
Debt I'li.vliiLt In NrlinixUn.
Philadelphia Press.
Nebraska In 1S97 paid $10,000,000 on
mortgages, In 1S9S $19,000,000 and In 1899
i8,000,000. This Is a total of tnortgugo In
debtedness paid nmountlng to $146,000,000.
Tho amount of ltortgaircs In forco both on
acres nnd lots In Nebraska lu 1890 was $176,-
000,000, so that tho payments niado In the
Inst three years havo reached a sum of only
$30,000,000 less than tho total mortgago In-
ebtcdness of tho state ten years ngo. In
addition, tho farm lands of tho stato have
doubled In value. Nebraska, we presume, Is
ono of tho statos In which Mr. Bryan de
clares that ropubllcau policy Is Increasing
tho burdens of tho farmer, decreasing tho
umber of furm owners and Increasing the
number of tenants. It Is going to bo pretty
difficult for Mr.' llryan to persuade his
neighbors that they aro growing poor under
republican policy, when their canceled
mortgages show that they aro growing rich.
Trusts Hot 11 Hlndf lir.
Lewlston Journal.
Tho very black eye- which the trusts
re getting Just now la very much In ovl
ence. Tho reprisals which tho po plo are
taking of the trusts aro an object leeson
In providential legislation worth tho whl'e.
It shows that there are blows to take as
well as blows to give. For example,
omitting all mention, except parenthotb
montlon of tho lco trust, lot It be natsd
that tho farmers nre distinctly reaping tho
harvest that la coming from tho disaster
to the wild-eyed, monopolists. Tho .tli?g-Bt
failure of the year wns that of the wildest
bull In cotton, tho product which has rlsrn
most prominently to the profit of tho
planters, who wore holders. The mr-st
tartllng Industrial change was in prices
of Mire, barbed nnd fence, and wlro nails,
which an absolute monopoly was eald to bo
compelling fanners and other consume, s
to buy at over $20 a ton above cost, tut
the farmers cut off their buying and tha
corporation reduced Its prlco $20 a tn; and
now we have railroad stocks nveraglng $7.50
below their best In April, while tho farmer
gets 12 cents a busW more for wheat than
ho recolved on April 4. On a gold basis
Bryan's propheclfe aro again upset.
iioNoiircn BV AM. CI.ASSKS.
Itcmnrknlile I'oiinlnr Ksteein
ill
Which the l'rculdciit In Held.
Review of Reviews.
Whatever mlehf. ' hnv hrn Unnwn
to
eorao individuals, 'l"had certainly not been
apparent to the, public that Mr. AIcKln oy
had cither exerted, himself to secure a re
nomination, on tho ono hand, or s-td or
done anything, on the other, ln prttense
that he did not wish it. So far as tho pub'le
knew anything nbout It Mr. McKlnley had
loft tho question wholly to the discretion
ot tho party itself. His dignity ln the
n-stter bad been absolutely unimpaired. It
1b not only slnco he camo Into the prcs.den
tlal oftlco that he has exhibited tact and
the ability to got along well with men.
Tnrough a long congressional caresr, in
which at many times ho took oxtremo p:sl
tloiis on public questions that were Involved
in the most raging controversy, Mr. McKln
ley held the personal good will and friend
ship, not only of his republican colleagues,
but also of tho democratic members of the
house. And this was not merely tho poli
tician's studied art ot making friends and
avoiding enmities, but rather the result ot
a gentleness and kindllne;e entirely ccm
patlblo with strong convict ons and firm no s
of purpose Throughout his whole caroer.
Mr. McKlnley has been much more free than
most succcFsfnl public men from self-con
sciousness and vanity, nnd his air and man
ner have always been of a kind to bo char
acterized not fo much by tho word of un
selfishness as by the word self-forgetful-
nofs. In short, thero are many hundreds
of men who know Mr. McKlnley woll, demo
crats and republicans alike, who testlfj
that he Is a courteous nnd manly Christian
gentleman, whum thoy sincerely esteem for
his admirable personal qualities.
I'onn liousu and wiiri'F, nousu.
r'netn nf Interest to HoiiinnticintH of
the Hrynn School,
New York Sun.
In his speech as chairman of the Maine
republican convention the Hon, William
Pitt Fryo montloned a few slight facts
that ought to Interest tho romanticists of
tho Bryan school. These gent'.omen are
working hard at the tear pumps. Thoy say
they see their country ruined by the gj.d
standard and the trusts and lmpcrallsin
and other destroyers too numerous to men
tion, Wo tako from Mr. Krye's speech n
fow specimen strokes of tho wide-winged
dlsasjer under which tho United States aro
now bearing up:
'Our wheat crop In 1S0S was larger than
that ot any other nntlon 23 por cent of tho
world's crop.
'Our corn crop for tho ramo year was ten
times latter than that of any other na
tion 73 per cent of tho world's crop
"Our export of provisions was throo timei
greater than that ot ony other nation.
"Our cotton crop was flvo times greater
than that of nny other nation 75 per cut
of the world's product.
'Our coal pioductlon last year exceeded
that of any other nation 31 por cent of in.3
world's production,
"Our pig Iron production last year ex
ceeded that of, any other nation 33 rcr cmt
ot the world's production.
"Our copper production wns moro than
one-half of that ot tho whole world.
"Our railroads wore six times tho longth
ot those of any other nation.
"Tho United States will enter tho new
century as tho leading world's producer In
nil tho factors which enter Into Into.nn Innil
commerce."
Hut what consolation aro these facts to
the Hryan Jeremiahs? Whit help Is It to
thorn to be told by Senator Kryo that tho x
ports of American agricultural products in
tho last three years havo I-eon g ea'er
by $500,000,000 than In tho threo prcceJIng
years and that the exports of Ame-lcin man
ufactured goods wero 100 per cent greater
In 1898 and 1899 than In 1S98 nnd tnvo
aiT'odnted to 1, 125.000 a day for tho last
eight months? "Tako away these bruial
statistic'." the llryan Jeremiahs will cry.
"Tell us not ot base and degrading com
mercialism. Are American citizens actually
to bo made rich without their content?"
The moro money the country makes Ihe
tower -.votes llryan makct. If the l'nltd
States would only go to tho poorhousu be
might co to th Whltt House.
thi: iioii)ici:.v insAsi i:it.
Ilaltlmore American: Tho terrible Are
which destroyed so much shipping and so
many lives In New York shows that calami
ties come when and where they are least
expected. The many Instances of heroism
mid self-sacrifice during tho awful nflalr
arc examples of tho ningiilllcsnt manhood
that manifests Itself In times of great stress.
Philadelphia Ledger: The great 11 ru ln
Chicago Is now recognlred as n costly bless
ing, slnco It made possible a rearrangement
ot streets and the erection of lino buildings
on a sea, 11 which would have been consid
ered too costly to bo practlcablo before that
event. So the great flry on tho Hobokeu
wharves may lead to n rebuilding of the
whole water front, not only of Hobakcn and
Jersey City, but of Now York ns well. It
Is being talked about, nnd, whllo It Is ad
mitted that tho cost ot roplaclug the In
llammablo wooden structures wit: stone,
brick, cement nnd Iron 'would bo enormous,
It Is believed that the change would provo n
true economy in tho end.
Louisville Courier-Journal i The woman
who leaped heedlemly from a burning ship
to a burning lighter was fallowed by nn
officer, who lost his own life In trying to
save hers. A burned nnd drowning mnn vas
seized and borne up till rescued by another
victim of the llamcs whoso Injuries were
even greater, but whose pnln and danger
did not mnko him Insensible to another's
peril. The firemen made n heroic stiuggle
to save the peoplo on tho burning shirs Mid
when l.t was upparcnt that rescue was Im
posslblo thero wns the man of (lol on tiie
tug who extended tho lust blcrslng and
promises of his religion to tho poor creatures
going down ln water and llamcs. Tho
martyrs have not nil passed fioin tho earth,
and they will never pass so long an the
vtotld exists and men and women aro eil ed
on In great emergencies.
Springfield Republican: Rear Admiral
Mulvlllo wus an eyo-wltness of tho Hoboken
horror and offers ono suggestion which
commends Itself nt once as wise. This is
that the portholes ln passenger ships bo
made largo enough tor any human body to
pass through. It appears that nearly all of
those who perished could have been saved
had the portholes been larger. As It was,
driven below decks by tho swift spread of
the fire, tho sallorB and others on board
found all avenues ot exit closed to them.
They could get their heads and arms through
thu portholes, but no moro of the body, and
tho "awful Hpectacle wns presented of per
sons all along tho sides of tho burning thlpi
with heads nnd hands stretched through the
holes agonizingly Appealing far the help
right at hand, which could not bo rendered,
while tho flames slowly consumed them.
The calamity ls generally commonted on at
home und nbroad as wholly unparalleled.
New York Tribune: Disasters much le.u
appalling than that of Saturday havo often
raised tho question -whether or not thoy
could havo been prevented by human In
genuity. Progress ls largo'.y achieved
through blunders and by tho development
of unforeseen possibilities ot peril. Railway
collisions have pointed out tho value of
double tracks and block signaling, and en
suing conflagrations havo brought about re
forms lu methods of heating nnd llght'ng
cars. In like manner accidents at sea liavo
led to tho construction of double bottoms,
tho Introduction of electrically closed bulk
head doors and the holding ot frcquott
eluboruto boat drills among tho crews ct
the great liners. The Hobokon calamity
was unlquo In more rcsp;cts than one. Hut
tho proverb nbout lightning never striking
twlco ln tho same place long ago prove.l
untrua And oven If the particular c mblna
tlon ot circumstances wh ch resulted fo hor
ribly on Saturday should not occur again
In a century, something equally unexpected
and fearful and not so different Is suro to
happen tomorrow. Man has boen waging
Intermittent war on flame, for thousands
ot years, and yet, after having won count
less victories and accomplished Innumerable,
Improvements In his ways of fighting, hs Is
today llablo at any moment to be outwltt6d
and overcome.
rnnsoNAi. NOTBS.
Massachusetts has found Daniel Webster's
old hat and Is talking of passing It to collect
funds for a Webster memorial hall.
John C. Fremont, supervisor ot the harbor
of Now York, who has Just been transferred
to the Asiatic squadrou, is a Eon ot J. C.
Fremont, "tho Pathfinder."
The government Is taking moving pictures
of tho Phlllppluo wnr, but moving pictures
of the American campaign would bo much
more to tho point this summer.
Four boys died In Hoston last week from
lockjaw arising from cannon-cracker and
blank cartridge wounds received during the
Dunkor Hill celobrntlon of June 17.
Admiral Dewey's decllnatlcn of an Invi
tation from Newport to ride In a carriage In
a parade at that great resort on the Fourth
Is taken to mean that he has gone out of tha
show business outlrely and has cut politics
for good.
Tho Tammany delegation took only twenty
casus of champagne when It started for
Kantns City, a very moderate supply, con
sidering its collective capacity; but It pro
vided against famine by stocking up with
fifty bottles of beer for each man.
Ono of tho Innumerable weekly papers
published at London and devoto-.l to gotsip
says the reason Lord Kitchener Is being
urged .is the military governor of the con
querod territory lu Africa ls thnt, If he were
entrusted with tho task of reorganizing tho
army at home, "ho would Ignore the claims
of tho well conmcted to llvo at tho expense
of the community."
Richard Croker's neighbors in his English
homo ln Berkshire havo n genulno liking
for him, and ore disgusted at the attacks
mado upon him recently by a Louden 'news
paper. To them he Is a very quiet, unas
suming man, friendly, hospltablo anl char
itable nnd so lacking In obtruslvt-ness that
they have to seek his companionship. Tbty
say that they know and care nothing for hln
political relations ln this country.
SOLID l-'HO.VT
nil
BMDIV,
llnrmoii)- t!iiiroeileiioiI ill Hie IMillu-ilt-lphlii
Convention.
Review of Reviews.
Four years ago at St. Louis there was tho
utmost Intensity of feeling upon great public
questions as well as upon candidates. This
year at Philadelphia thero was a pleasant
air of harmony and confidence that was dis
turbed only by tho gentlest rlpplo of ex
citement due to tho question of a choice for
tho vice presidential nomination. The pla
cidity of tho whole uffalr Beomed to partake
of tho characteristics of Philadelphia Itself.
The prosperous "City of Brotherly Love,"
with Its population of contented pooplo who
own tholr own homes, Its manufacturing In
dustries, Its shipbuilding and Kb foreign and
domestic commerce, has always been the
most republican of tho Inrgo American com
munities and seems In many respects to era-
body very fairly thoBo republican Ideals
with which Mr. McKlnley's namo Is espe
cially Identified. It was a typical gathering
of ablo and well behaved American citizens.
The great audiences of some 15,000 pooplo In
tho convention hall wero worth going a long
dlHtance to see. Tho occasion, from begin
nlng to end, was altogether a model of Its
kind. Since, however, men had not come
there to contend nbout anything, neither to
strive greatly for any principle that they
thought to bo In danger nor yet to press
wjth fierce zeal the claims of any Idolized
leuder as agalnBt thoBo of his rivals, It wan
not to be expectod that tho convention would
allow much excitement. We have never be
fore, had so calm a convention and tho next
nuarter century Is not likely to see an
other. It was a rcpetltlou ot tho "era of
good feeling." t
VVIllilli: TItOL 111,12 THICIvlS.
.Some liiforinnlloii About the People
nml Hie Ton-tin of Chlnn.
An acknowledged authority on tho pro
nunciation of Chlneso tiumcs ns translated
Into Kngllxh assures tho Hoston Transcript
thnt there need be no great dllllculty In
sounding the many Chinese nnmei now ap
pearing In tho newspapers If the speaker
will remember thnt tho vowels lu these
nnmeu arc uniformly these of the Italian or
continental alphabet, namely. (1) a alwayo
nbout a - a In fur, e always approximately as
c In they or then: 1 very near liko I In mn
chlno or pin; o ns cither the o ot song or
how. and u always m the u of rule. (2)
Also, It should be remembered, every sylla
ble has nn Independent value nnd should be
given that vnlue ln pronunciation. (3) As
for conxomitits, they nre pronounced exactly
as written. These three rul will secure
n correct a pronunciation of Chinese names
as can bo secured without oral Instruction.
Kor example, under tho first rule, one
would soy tah-koo for Taku, not takc-you,
na one may frequently hear the word pro
nounced; lue-hoong-chaug for LI Hung
Chang, not llo-huug-chnng; poh-king for
Pekln, not peek-In; shahng-lmh-co for
Shanghai, not sluing-hlgh; tsoong-lee-ynh-men
for tsung II ynmcn, not tsung He ny
men, and so on. Under the second rule
Tlen-Tsln Is pronounced toeycn-tslnn, ac
centing the yen syllabic; not tecn-tsin.
Oenernl Nleh's name Is Xec-yeh. Tho Chl
neso coin tael Is not tale, but tah-ulc, pro
nounced quickly. Yun-nan-fu Is yoo-nahn-foo,
not yunan-fyu. In like manner all
words are pronounced with syllabic distinct
ness nnd with uniform towel nound. Under
the third rule the province named Siechuan
ls sounded, not zekuun, but nearly nt
zchchooahu, touching tho choo very lightly,
Nganhwel as Inggahngoowayce, dropping the
Initial 1 sound; Llan-tong peninsular Is
tceahoo-tong and tho German po?sesslon
klau Chau ls Kecuhoo Chahoo.
However, without multiplying examples,
tho reader of news from the much-troubled
far cast will find his way through the ninny
difficult names he Is to meet ln his rending
ln the near future with suillclent sutcty If
he will but obscrvo the three simple rules
hero given for their correct pronuuu .'.Ion.
If tho traveler can brlbo a sentry to let
him climb to tho top of the city wall he will
get tho most fnvorablu view of Pekln. He
will sco an almost even expanse ot Hat
roofs, hulf concealed by foliage, with here
und thero the top ot u pagoda projecting
above tho trees, Also ho will notice that
the hundreds of what seemed to bo huge
cannon frowning down from the embrasures
In tho wall arc nothing more than black
and white circles painted on boards, and he
will get ln this way a new Ide'n of tho
Chinese character. Close to tho wall the
traveler may also find astronomical Instru
ments which were set up by Tartar astron
omers thousands of years ago and which
throw a startling flood of light on tho early
prevalence of learning among the Orientals.
Legation street, on which tho embassies
of the foreign powers are located, lien close
to tho main gateway leading Into the Tar.ar
city. It Is u perfectly flat nnd lovel lane
half a mile long und lined on either sldo
with tho miserable little one-story Chinese
houses. Here and there at the edge ot the
street heavy gateways ot atone or Iron
break the monotony, with stone lions or
other figures set up on either hand. Thcso
are the entrances to the foreign legat.ons.
Within aro often large and handsome gar
dens and decent houses after tho European
fashion, either built from the ground up
or remodeled with an ancient temple us tb.3
foundation. Hero, and so long es they stay
within the limits of their grounds, the min
isters of tho foreign powers may live in a
reasonable degree of cleanliness and qultt.
llut Just oulsitlo the Iron gateways tho plgi
and children play together ln filthy ttreeU,
and the 10,000 stenches ot Pekln rteo to
salute tho nostrils. And there ls always a
crowd of coolies ready to gather at a mo
ment's notice to cry out after and spit upon
the "foreign devil."
Tho fnllnwlne remarkable Incident oc
curred recently ln tho province of Honan,
in nhlna: Three men appeared bfforo a
Judge thero and each laid claim to the stmo
woman as his wife. Not one ot tnemwauiu
rtlrn In fnvor of the othor two. but each
Insisted that Justlco should tc done to bl.n.
Finally the Judge, remcmDenng, aouuuess,
hnvt Kinir Solomon had acted In a some
what similar emergency, exclaimed: "Wei ,
If you threo men cannot come to some
agreement, nothing remains for mo out to
order that tho woman shall be killed, as
thcro Is no other way In which the matter
can be satisfactorily Bettlcd." Ho then
called for a large cup of wine and, when it
was brought ho poured Into It some dark
powder and compcllril the woman to drluk
It. Kxclted ns she was, tne woman speeauy
Wan m feel tho effects of the strong llqucr.
She stammored when she tried to speak and
her flushed cheeks wero nn inaication to ine
obaervers that the poison was working and
that her end was near at band.
Thi. uhh the climax for which tne juuge
had waited. When he saw that tho woman
was apparently dying he called ono of the
three men who claimed, her as wife and
bade him removo her from the court room.
This man, however, showed no Inclination
to do so, and the Judge thereupon Inst ted
that he renounce all rights to her. This he
willingly did, nnd so did tne ecconn man.
nniv nnn claimant was now left, and ho
agreed to removo the woman and to care
for her until she died. Sa'Uflcd that ho was
her real husband the judge caneu mm anu
id: "You will not be sorry tor ncung in
this manner. Have no fear for your wire,
Bince Bhn Is In no danger or ucain. ino
u.,- tvMrh ho drank wbb ordinary wins
nnd the powder which I poured Into It was
nothing but brown sugar.
whiln nev. I. T. Headland wns preach
Ing nt the street chapel In Pekln, relates
Leslie's Weekly, half a dozen of tho tur
bulent class known ns Boxers camo Into the
clnpel, bent upon creating a disturbance.
Th Hat down ln different parts of tho
chapel and after a short time began tulklng
aloud to each other across tho room. They
wore first told kindly that this was contrary
to thi customs of the Christians. To this
thoy paid no attention, but coutlnued to
maki ii murks. Thoy wero then told they
must not do to, but, continuing their con
versatloii, they wero asked either to cease
miuini? or leave tho room. As thoy went nut
nno nf them reviled Mr. Headland, bis
Minor, bis mother and nil his ancestors, and
as ho was thus reviling, An Young, a city
detective, nnd member of tho church, took
thH Boxer by tho shoulder and wild to him:
"Who aro you reviling?" Ho slapped tho
detective In the face, saying: "Do you know
i havo otllclal business?" An Young whipped
a small detective's chain out from under ills
coat and twirling It around the Boxer's
neck, hlmrd In bis face: "Ami do you lvnow
I have ufllclal business, too?" Tho detective
took I ho Boxer to tno pouco nation, and
then camo back for Mr. Headland tn go nnd
explain to the pollco wnat nan Happened
Tho official. Au. and tho npslstimt p.talor
decided tlmt the Boxer should bo chained
to tho chapel door for threo days and nlght.i
and compelled to tell overy ono why ho was
there.
Credit Mnrka In Culm,
Buffalo Hxpress.
Tho Improvement In buslncsH In Cuba la
ihown by the Btatemf'nt of the War depart
ment that tho total customs receipts for the
first five months of 1900 wero J6.708.077, an
Increase of (1,058,250 over (he corresponding
period of last year. This fact, with the sup
presslon ot yellow fever, should be put down
to the credit or tne American aaiuiuistra
tlon of strain in the Island.
rum: .sn.vicit ami tiiu votijs.
An I iihliiM-il HoIimv of Ihe I'ollllenl
.Nltiiiilloii im II piiiMir Totlnj-.
Philadelphia Ledirer (liuL)
Wllltnm McKlnley secured 271 e:e:to-a
votes lu ISSt! to lit) for William J. Brj.m.
Tho icpubllcan voto was thus made up:
California, 8; Connecticut, 6; Do'awnre, 3;
Illinois 21; Indiana, 1; lowu, 13; Ken
tucky, 12, Maine, fi; Maryland, 8; Massn
chtisctts, 15; Michigan. 11; Mlntusta, 9.
New Ha -lshlre, 4; New Jersey, 10; Now
York, 30; North Dakota. 3: Ohio, 23; Or-
goti, 4; Pentirylvnnlii, .12: Rhcdo Island, 4;
Vermont. 4; West Virginia, 6, hp, I W s-
consln, 12.
Following was the democratic electoral
vote: Alabama, 11; Arknnsa1, 8; California.
1; Colorado, 4; Fiorllu, 4: Corglu, 13:
Idaho, 3; Kansas, 10: Kentucky, 1; Louis
iana, S; Missltslppl, 9; MlMourl, 17; Mon
tana, 3; Nebraskn, S; Nevada. 3; North
Carolina, 11; South Cnrollnn, 9; South Da
kota, 4; Tenncsnee, 12; Texas, 15; Utah. 3;
Virginia, 12; Washington, I. nnd Wyo
ming, 3.
Of tho stntoi carried by McKlnley Us
following have remained In the republlejn
column, as respects stnto officers cboani
since 189(5, nnd the control of tho teg slatu v
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Ll.tiois.
Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massicbusetts, Michi
gan, Now Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhods
Islaud, Vermont, Wost Virginia and Wis
consin. The electoral vote of these states
aggregates 205. Kentucky wns carried bv
McKlnley by but 2S1 plurality. Iu 1897 the
democratic court clerk had 17,804 plurality
In 1898 Taylor, republican, for governor, had
,383 plurality, but was ousted by the legis
lature, which Is strongly democratic. Mary
land gav McKlnley 32,221 plurality, and la
1890 tho republican comptroller had 7,103
plurality. In 1899 tho democrats clcctel
their governor by 12,1 tl plurality, and tho
legislature Is democratic. Tho republlcnns
havo been uniformly successful In Minne
sota, except that In 189S Llnd, fus'onlst,
wns chosen governor by 20.1SI plur..l ty.
New York, that gnvo McKluloy 20S.169 plu
rality, gave Roosevelt for governor, 17,876
plurality ln 1S9S. In tho Intervening jotr,
1897, however, Parker, democrat, for Justice,
had 60,889 plurality. Tho legislature Is
strongly republican.
Tho election ro turns since 1896 disclose no
political change ln tho following states that
wero carried by Bryan for president:
Iabama, Arkansas. Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis
souri, Montana, NovadA, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
In Kansas Brynn had 12,209 plurality for
president, but ln 1S98 the republicans elected
tho governor by 15,134 plurality, nnd they
control tho legislature. In Nebrnskn, his
own state, Rryon's plurality whs 13,676. In
1899 Holcomb, fuslonlst, was elected to tho
supreme court by 15,107 plurality, but the
republicans hnvo a majority ln the legis
lature. South Dakota gave Bryan only 183
plurality, and Lee, flislorilst, for governor,
had 370 plurality In 189S. The following
year tho republican candidates for the su
premo court were elected by 6,000 plurality
and tho republicans havo forty-two plurality
in tho legislature. All of tho state officers
except tho governor aro republicans. In
Washington Bryan had 12,493 plurality, but
mo rcpuniicans elected tho supremo Judgo
In 1898 by 8,113 plurality and the legislature
Is heavily republican. Although Wyoming
went for Bryan by 583 plurality. It was
carried for a republican governor In 1899 by
1,394 plurality and tho republicans have
tblrty-nlne majority ln the legislature.
There being 447 electoral votes, with 224
necessary to a choice, tho republicans could
afford to lose of the states they carried In
1808 the following, and still have sufficient
votes to elect: Maryland, Kentucky, Dela
ware, wost Virginia, "New Jersey lind Con
necticut. Or, ln lieu of these, the 're
publicans could relinquish the votes of New
York and Minnesota and still have enough
to win. All of this Is on tho assumption
that Bryau will carry all of tho states that
he carried In 1893. As a matter of fact, he
is very likely to loso South Dakota, Wash
ington and Wyoming, und the odds are
against him ln Kansas, It would take the
most cheerful of optimists to figure out the
uccess of a radical free silver candldnto
for tho presidency.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Chicago Trlbuno: "f wish I know what
woman wrote thlrf book."
"How do you know a. woman wrote It at
nil?"
'It s style ls ho hideously masculine."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Havo vnn nnv
Idea what raised nil this warlike spirit ln
uniniir
lis. I think some enternrlslnir man-
maker started It."
Ilidlnnnnollfl Journal: "Is Reus enlovinir
the strawberry senson out ln the country?"
"Yes: I think from the letters she writes
she must bo lying on tho porch nil day with
ncr neaa in a Dcrry paicn,
Chicago Record: "What do vnn think nf
thnt Indiana roof-gnrden church?"
"That's nil right: real rellclon won't co
under on account of a draught blowing on
me oacK or ns nccK.
Philadelphia North American: "I told
my emuloyor everything had gone up and 1
wuntcd my pay raised."
now aiu it worK
"He snld he wns lust nhnnt tn nnv ta mn
that as his living wus costing him more my
wuecb woum mive 10 come uown.
Chlcaco Tribune: "When von tnlk about
there bclntr a luck of republican sympathy
for the Boers." said the man who was
funning himself with his straw hut, "I'd
llko to know If thu namo of the candldnto
for vice prosldont Isn't a pretty strong con
cession to tho pro-Boer element."
Detroit Free Press: "nut the cown
doesn't tit," protested tho young woman.
uoesni nil" exclaimed tno modiste.
"And do you blamo me forUhnt? The gown
is pertect. it is your Ilguro that is at
fault,"
IndlunnnollB Journal: "Jlmmv. tnk thi
awful looking cabbage straight back to the
grocer nnd tell him to send me a re
spectublo one."
tie won t tune it wick, mn; mo and Dicky
Jones played ball with It qn th' wuy home."
Philadelphia Press: "The
don't curry monkeys any more."'
"No: tho monkeys have got so human
that they've begun to steal the pennies."
Chlcneo News: "Miss Dodklns wrote to
me after I quit writing to her."
"Did sho ask for ti reconciliation?"
"No; sho said she didn't want me to write
again, but sho wnntcd to know why 1 had
autt.'"
Detroit Journal: "Who steals my purse, 1
exclaimed the actress, with genuine emo
tlon. "steals trash. This Is nlmost asinucl
of ii chestnut us mealing my diamond
...ii. in- mm nil-urn i rum inn my goon nam)
docs that which, while. It perhaps cnrlchei
not lilm, advertises mo to bent the band.'
KATIPS I'lMJHIl POINT.
Tho Critic.
Wn are the Children of Events,
From Tnmpa bay und tloldcn Flue.
Hwlft Immigrant:) that pay no rents,
Rough riders over ditch nnd fonce,
We settle where wo pitch our tentf,
Anil slick the carmine, white und blua.
Wo are thu darlings of events
From Tampa buy unci Golden Flu.
Hloiicli-liatti'd, buckled up lu duck,
Wn ni k tho sunt-ct for our own;
We tug mid lialaiicfi nlp-itud-tuck
The European powder truck,
Hut flout Hut brownish kind of muck
And dlHrispect the torrid zone.
We are the pulndlnx of Pluck,
From Honolulu und l.udrone.
We sniff the hiivor of tho seas,
Llglit-liaudeil, licdrted, prodigal,
Worid hungry for the antipodes,
Wo scale the Morro crags with c.iso
From Philippines to u'urlbbees,
Ami Hwrlter In the cbiiparrnl,
We sniff the savor of the seas,
Llght-liearteU, handed, prodigal.
The dubious doctors may debute
Why trndo winds travel us they do;
We grip the Huddlo-flaps of Fate
To rise above tho hurdle-cnte,
And have n chance to contemplate
From elevated points of view
The doddering doctors my debute
Why trade wlndi travel ai they. d.