THE OMAHA DALLY 11 EE: MONDAY. 1900. V. 1 ; S i V V IMPORTANT ISSUES OF DAY Ecnsevelt's Letter of Acceptance Explodes False Theories of Fusion Party. EXPANSION OF THIS COUNTRY REVIEWED "(Jovcrnntctit Without Consent of the Ontirtii'il" In Aitpllcil to Mori- ln illnnn In T'nln fount)- Tlinu TnxnU In Hip riillliplnrn. (Continued from First Tagc.) bo rulnotiH to our finances. If we. tire to pruspu- the, eurr'ency of this country must bo based upon the gold tlollnr worth 100 eer.w. The stability of our currency . h's hoen greatly Incrensed by the excellent aannlHl net passed by the Inst congress. Hut no lw enn socuru our finances against a he effect of unwlso and disastrous manage ment In the hands of unfriendly adminis trators. No pnrty can safely be entrusted ith the management of our national nf fairs unless It accepts as axiomatic the ruths recognized In nil progresiive coun tries ns essential to a sound nd ptoper system of finance. In their essence thess must bo the same for nil great civilized peo ples. In different stages of development, dlf fetcnt countries face varying economic con ditions, but nt every stago and under all circumstances the most Important clement In securing their economic well-being i sound nuance, honest money. So Intimate Is the connection between In dustrlal prosperity and a sound currency that tho former la jeopardized, not merely liy unsound finance, but by the very threat of unnound finance. Tho business man and rhe farmer aro vitally Interested In this question, but no man's Interest Is so great ns that of the wnge-worker. A depreciated currency means loss nnd disaster to the business man, but It means grim Buffering ro the wage worker Tho capitalist will lose much of his capital nnd will suffer wearing anxiety and the loss of many rom- forts, but tho wage-worker who loses his wages must suffer nnd sco his wife nnd children suffer for tho actual necessities of life. Tho one absolutely vital need of our whole Industrial system Is sound money. Iliirntlon of Trunin. One. of the most serious problems with which we are confronted under tho condl Hons of our modern Industrial clvlllza Hon Is that presented by the great busl ness combinations, which aro generally Known under the name of trusts. Tho problem Is an exceedingly difficult ane and the difficulty Is Immensely aggra vated both by honest but wrong-headed You will never find our Doc tor out. He is here to give advice without charge to those who need him to those who don't, sometimes. He doesn't always recommend the Aver medicines, because the Aycr medicines are not "cure-all's." Perhaps if we tear a leaf from his correspondence it will show you what we mean. Here is a letter which came last March. "Hear Dr. Ayf.r: I want your advice for my little boy. He is getting very thin. I!e has no appe tite. He is fifteen years old. When lie was four years old lie hail lung fever, but liis health was good until two years ago. Since then he is failing fast. The doctois here say he has the bronchitis. "He spits all the time awful bad. The spits are big, thick, and white. Yours truly, Mrs. Makcarf.i Mt'Rrnv, March 30, 1900. Kinbrae, Minn." And this is the way the Doc tor answered Mrs. Murphy: "Dear Madam: " We enclose our book on The Throat and Lungs, in which we trust you will find just the information you deire. You should begin at once the use of this Cherry IYctoul for your son, giving it in moderate doses. Then procure omc good preparation of cod liver oil, as Scott's Emulsion, anil give him that, as well. Tay particular attention to his diet, giving him such nourishing foods as raro teak, lamb chops, good milk, eggs, etc. Above all, keep him out of doors all that tho weather permits. There is nothing that will do him more good than plenty of fresh air. Let him live out of doors all hat is possible. By carrying out these general suggestions we shall hope to hear soon that your son is impioving in every way. Very truly jours, April 5, 1000. J C. Avfr " You see, it wasn't only the Aycr medicines that we recom mended. The first idea of the Doctor was to cure that boy. The result is told in this letter: " Dear Dr. Ayf.r ; " My little boy has improved so mnch since I received your advice that I want to write and tell you how tluukful 1 am. "When I first wrote )ou, on March 50, he only weighed 50 pounds, but now Vie weighs 82 pounds; and all this gain since the 8th of April, when J first began to follow jour directions " Please let me thank you again for what you have done for my boy. July 17, lOOO. MARIisF.IT MfRPHY." Perhaps it was the cod liver oil; perhaps it was the Cherry Pectoral. Probably it was both. Hut, more than either, it was the good, sound advice the Doctor gave in the first place. We are here to serve you in just the same way, and we will tell you the medi cine for your case or tell you what medicines to avoid. Five out of ten of our cor respondents need a doctor rather than a prepared medi cine, and we tell them so. If the doctors only .knew it, wc are working with them every day. J. C. Avr.R Company, Practical Chrmiiti, I.ouelf, Mats. Ajer'i Strnpirill Ayw' PilU Ajer'i Ague Curt A)fr'i Hir Vijor A)' Chrrty Prcto-il 1 Ajer'i Comitone a"a. ks on our whole inlusnal Mi'cra in the effort to remove some if tho evtla connected with it and by the mischievous advice of men who either th:nk crookedly or vrno anrnnro remedies Knowing tnem to be Ineffpf-tlVe. but (lnemlnr that thnv tnnv hv Inrkonlng counsel, achieve for themtelves ' ' a spurious reputation for wisdom. No good wnaiever It subserved by Indiscriminate de- nuuriatton of corporations gnerally and of all forms of Industrial combination in pat- ucuiar and when this public denunciation Is accompanied by private membership In too great corporations denounced, tho effect is. of course, to give nn air of Insincerity to tho whole movement. Nevertheless, there aro real abuses, and there Is ample reason tor striving to remedy these abuses. A crude or Ill-considered effort to remedv .... . . tnern would either be absolutely without ff . . effect or else would simply do damage. I'ulilli'lty Will Ho Much. ' The first thing to do Is to find out the facts, and for this purpose publicity as to capitalization, profits and all else of Import- ance to the public Is tho most useful mens- ou" policy to tne peculiar needs of tne situa uro The mere fact of this publicity would Hon- But ns soon as the present revolt Is in itself remedy certain evils and. ns to the others, It would In somo cases point out 1 mo remedies and would nt least enable us to tell whether or not certain proposed rem- rdles would be useful. The stale uctlng In Its collective capacity would thus first find 1 out tho facts and then be able to take such measures as wisdom dictated. Much can bo doiio by tnxntlon. Even more can be done by regulation, by closo supervision nnd the unsparing excision of nil unhealthy, de structive and nntl-soclal eloments. The separnte state governments can do a great deal and when- they decline to co-operate mo national government must step In. While paying heed to the necessity of keeping our house In order nt home, the American people can not, If they wish to re tain their selfrespect, refrain from doing their duty as n great nation In the world. The history ot the notion Is in large part tho history of tho nation's expansion. When tho first continental congress met In Lib erty hall and the thirteen original states declared themselves n nation, the westward limit of the country wns marked by the Alleghany mountains. Even during the rev olutionary war the work of expansion went on. Kentucky. - Tennessee nnd the ereat northwest, then known arf the Illinois coun try, wero conquered from our white nnd In dian foes during the revolutionary strugglo unci werp confirmed to us by the treaty of pence in 17&3. Yet the land thus confirmed wns not then given to us. It wan held by an alien foe until tho nrmy under General Anthony Wayne freed Ohio from tho red man, while the treaties of Jny nnd Plnck noy secured from the Spanish nnd British Natchez and Detroit. Mot-y of i:11n1iNl1111. In ISO.'l. under President Jefferson, tho greatest single stride In expansion that we ever took wns taken by tho purchase of the Louisiana territory. This so-called Louisi ana, which Included what arc now the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana. Iowa. Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Idaho, Moutnn.i and a largo part of Colorado and I'tnh, was ac quired by treaty ami purchase under Presi dent Jefferson exactly nnd precisely ns the Philippines have been acquired by treaty and purchase under President McKlnlcy. The doctrine of "the consent of the gov erned." the doctrine previously enunciated by Jefferson in the Declaration of Inde pendence, was not held by him or by any other sane man to apply to the Indian tribes in tho Louisiana territory which ho thus acquired, nnd there was no voto taken even of the white Inhabitants, not to speak of the negroes and Indians, ns to whether they were willing that their territory should be nnnesed. Tho great majority of the Inhabitants, white nnd colored alike, wero bitterly op posed to the transfer. An armed force of United Stutes soldiers hail to be hastily sent Into the territory to prevent Insurrec tion, President Jefferson sendlnts these troops to Louisiana for exactly the same rensons and with exactly tho same purpose that President McKlnlcy has sent troops to the Philippines. JefferBon distinctly stated that tho LoulBlanlans were "not fit or ready for self-government," und years elapsed be fore they wero given Belt-government, Jef ferson nppolntlng the governor and other oiriclals without any consultation with the inhabitants of the newly-acquired territory. Tho doctrine ihat tho "constitution follows the flag" was not then even considered either by Jefferson or by any other serious party leader, for It never entered their heads that a new territory should be governed other than In the way In which the territories of Ohio and Illinois had already been governed under Washington nnd the elder Adams; tho theory known by this utterly false aud misleading phrase was only struck out In political controversy at a much later date, for tho tolo purpose of Justifying the ex tension of slavery Into tho territories. I'urnllol In I'lnlu. Tho parallel between what Jefferson dlu with Louisiana aud what is now being done in the Philippines Is exact. Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and of tho "consent of the governed" doc trine, saw no incongruity bctwoen UiIb and tho establishment of a government on com monecnte grounds In tho new territory and ho rolled at tho sticklers for nn Impossible application of his principle, saying. In lan guage which nt tho present day applies to the situation In the Philippines without the change of a word, "though It Is acknowv CULLED from the Field of POLITICS Ono of the absurd stories put in clrcula- tlon by his political enemies Is one accusing Theodore Roosevelt of expressing antl-Ger- man sentiments and discriminating against Gcrmnn-Amorlcans In olllcial appointments, Tho story was brought to the attention of Mr. Roosevelt and wns promptly and vlg- orously branded as a campaign canard, 1 writing to Louis Vlercck, editor or Dlo I Verelnlgto Statcn Zeltung, tinder date of 1 September 1. Mr. Roosevelt says: 1 i,ti, .i,.a thnt 1 nm nnti.riermnn is so absurd that It Is difficult to discuss It. As a matter of fart, very many of my closest and unrmest friends, socially and politically, I nre Germans. Many of the men who havo ' the most Intimate relations with me, offic- tally nnd privately, are Germans. My stcn- ograpber, who Is taking this letter, Is of Gcrmau parentage. One of my eight cap- . talus before Santiago Fritz Mullcr, was a 1 German. My orderly. Henry Bardshnr. who was with me moro Intimately than any one else throughout the campaign, was a Gor- man a son of an "Acht and Ylerzlgcr." Throughout my work in the police depart- mont tho two men with whom I was throwu ' Into closest comiwnloushlp wero Arthur ' Von Brlezen, a C.frmnu. and Jacob R. nils, a 1 pane. 1 have constantly gone on the prln- iplo of treating every man strictly on his merits as a man, paying no heed to his creed or blrthplnce. I never discriminate for or against a man because be Is a German, an I Irishman or a native American, a Catholic or a Protestant. My most Important ap- 1 ..ointments here hnve boon the Judges. I 'tave either appointed outright or nsslgned ' 0 high courts somo eight Judges. Ono of 1 hese was by birth nn Irishman and three ' vero by birth or parentage Germans. I nil not take the fact Into account one way ir tho other I appointed all four becnuso ' P thought them tho best men. The throe Germans wero Judge Werner of Rochester, Judge Hlrschberg of New-burg and Judge Kruse of Olean. In each case among the -andldates were several men of native American stock, who were also well fitted ' for the position. I appointed the three 1 men t did simply because, after careful ex- I animation, they seemed to me to be the best edged that our new fellow dtlzens aro as yet as Imaoable of self-government as ihildrcn. vet some cannot brine themselves to suspend Its principles for a single mo- ment " He Intended that ultimately self- .1.1 u intM.ti,nA.I tt,A,i.rliniii kuttl UIIICUL DUUUIU in luiiumiliil .. ihe territory but only as the different parts , h.n,. m it ,t no onner. This is heramn fit fnr It. anil no sooner. jut tho rollcy that has been pursued. ! jn no part of the Louisiana purchase was complete self-government introduced for a n.imw nt in nn n.ir nf 11. the In- ,nnn territory. It has not yet been Intro- jUCC)i, although nearly a century has elapsed. Over enormous tracts of It. Includ- ng ,ilc various Indian reservations, with - territory In tho aggregate as large as that of the Philippines, the constitution has .... .,fn 1 .. n ,., lit .VI JCI luuuncu IHC uuh. . .i .i. im. .. .mi .u. UIIILtl UUll IIIC I.II11IHII IICUV 01.11 authority, without asking tho "consent of the governed." Wc must proceed In the Philippines with the same wise caution, tak- Ing each successive step ns It becomes de- slrnble, nnd accommodating the details of put down nnd order established, it win un- doubtedly be possible to give to the islands a larger measure of self-government than Jefferson originally gAvo Louisiana. ... t'lnri.in. . . ... , ,i, , , ,..rl,,; TM. n..,nv nr. Ill U1B I UVU Ul ft Wt 11411. 11 I ci I I'Mi quired by conquest and partly by purchase, Andrew Jackson being the most prominent figure In the acquisition. It was taken under President Monroe, the aftertlmo President John Qulncy Adams being active In securing the purchase. As in the case of tho Philippines, Florida was acquired by purchase from Spain .and in Florida the Semlnoles, who had not been consulted In tho sale, rebelled and waged war exactly as sornu of the Tagals have rebelled and waged war In tho Philippines. The Seminole war lasted for many years, but Presidents Mon roe. Adams and Jackson declined for n mo ment to consider the question of abandoning Florida to the Semlnoles, or to treat their non-consent to tho government of the United States as a valid reason for turning over the territory to them. Our next acquisition of territory was that of Texns. secured by treaty after It hud been wrested from tho Mexicans by the Trxnns themselves. Then oume thu acqui sition of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada nnd parts of Colorado nnd Utah ns tho result ot the Mexican war, supplemented live years Inter by the Gadsden purchase. The next acquisition was that of Alaska, secured from Husslu by treaty nnd purchase. Alaska was full of natives, some of whom had advanced well beyond the stage of sav agery nnd were Christians. They were uot consulted about the purchase nor was their acquiescence required. The purchase was made by tho men who had Just put through a trlumphnut war to restore the union nnd freo tho slave; but none of them deemed it necessary to push the doctrine of the "consent of the governed" to a con clusion so fantastic as to necessitate the turning over of Alaska to its original owners, the Indian nnd the Aleut. For thirty years tho United States authorities, military and civil, exercised the supremo authority In a tract of land many times larger than the Philippines, In which It did not seem likely that there would ever bo any considerable body of white In habitants. fiim Inn of ItiiMull. Nearly thirty years passed before tho next Instance of expansion occurred, which wns over the Island of Hawaii. An effort was made at tho end of President Har rison's administration to secure the nn nexatlon of Hawaii. The effort was tin successfsul. In a debate in congress on February 2, ISP I. one of the lenders in op posing tho annexation nf the Islands, stated: "These Islands are more than 2,000 miles distant from our extreme west ern boundary. We have a serious race problem now In our country and I nm not In favor of adding to our domestic fabric 11 mongrel population of this character. Our constitution makes no provisions for a colonial establishment. Any territorial government we might establish would necessarily, because of the population, be nn oligarchy, which would have to bo supported by armed soldiers." Yet Hawaii has now been annexed nnd her delegatus havo sat In tho untI0n.1I conventions of the two great parties The fears then ex pressed In relation to an "oligarchy" and "armed soldiers" aro not now seriously entertained by any human being, yet they nrc precisely the objections urged against the acquisition of tho Philippines at this very moment. We are making no new de parture. We arc not taking a single stop which iu any way nffectB our institutions or our traditional policies. From tho be ginning wo havo given widely varying de grees of self-government to tho different territories, according to their needs. The simple truth Is that there Is noth ing oven remotely resembling "Imperial Ism" or "militarism" Involved in tho pres ent development of that policy of expan sion which has been part of tho history of America from the day whim it bocamo a nation. Tho words mean absolutely noth ing ns applied to our present policy In the Philippines; for this policy Is only Imperialistic lu the senso that Joffersou's policy in Louisiana was imperialistic; only mllltnry in the senso that Jackson's policy toward the Semlnoles or Custer's toward tho Sioux embodied militarism, nnd there Is no moro danger of its producing evil fitted. In Ncwburg there are very few men of German parentage at all. nnd In the county from which Judgo Kruso was ap- pointed I suppose he was the only Germnn nt the bar. I did not In either case appoint tho men to represent tho German vote. I appointed them because I thought lu char- ncter, temperament, capacity nnd profes- sionai iruining tucy woro mo nest men 1 could put In as Judges. Of tho two highest positions lu my gift, one. the Btato nrchltect, Is filled by a gentleman named Helns. who Is of Germnn descent. When I appointed him I did not think of his being of German descent. What I thought of was that he was the best nrchltect 1 could get for tho position. When I put cx-Mayor Schleren on my charter commission, nnd Otto M. Eldlltz, the nrchltect. on my tenement house com- mission. I did not appoint them because they wero Germans, but because I thought bey were men best fitted to do duty In those two special positions, exnctly as I mougni tne samo ming auout .Mr. crim- nilns of tho charter commission nnd Mr. Miles Tlerney of tho tenement house com- mission, who nro of Irish descent. I happen to havo peculiar sympathy with Ucrman social customs, German literature nnd tho German way of life nnd sturdy char- acter generally. So I doubt If thero is any body of my fellow citizens with which 1 am more apt to get on well. But tho Blmple fact Is that Boclally and polltlcnlly allko I nm Incapablo of treating any man except on his merits as a man, whether In my regiment, or when handling tho New York police force, or ns governor. It has never entered my head to take any position, save to push forward decent men. no mntter what their parentage, ancestry or creed, and to stand straight against men who are not decent, also disregarding every other con- slderntlon." - J H. Cook, a well known populist farmer near Carthage, Mo., said the other day to a reporter "I have been advertising In all tho Carthage papers for a farmhand and still I can't get one. What's tho mat- terT Is It a case of republican prosperity"" When insured that be had eucised right u results at home now thin there was of Its Interfering with freedom under Jeffer son or Jackson or In the days of the In dian wars on the plains Out nrmy Is relatively not ns large ns It was In the days of Wayne, wc have not one regular . . Ior rverJ' 000 mnnminnts. Tiiere is no morc danger of a draft than ttiere is or the relntroductlon of slavery Work Auiilint Iniiirrliill'iii. When wo oxpanded over New Mexico and California we secured free government to these territories and prevented their fall ing under the "militarism" of n dictator ship like that of Santn Anna, or the "Im perialism" of n real empire In the days of Mnxiralllian. We put a stop to Imperial ism In Mexico as soon as the civil war closed. We made a great anti-imperialistic stride when we drove the Spaniards from Porto Rico and the Philippines nnd thereby made ready the ground In these Islands for that gradually Increasing mens ure of selNvovernment for which their populations are severally fitted. Cuba Is being helped along the path of Independ ence ns rapidly as her own citizens are content that she should go. Of course the presence of troops In tho Philippines during the Tngal Insurrection has no more to do with militarism or Im perialism than had their presence In the Dakolns, Minnesota and Wyoming during the many years which elapsed before the final outbreaks of tho Sioux were definitely put down. There Is no more militarism or imperialism In garrisoning Luzon until order is restored thnn there was Imperial Ism In sending soldiers to .South Dakota In 1S0O. during thn Ogallala outbreak. The reasoning which Justifies our having made war against Sitting Dull also Justifies our having checked the outbreaks of Agulnaldo and his followers, directed, as they were, against Filipino and American alike. The only certnln way of rendering It necessary for our republic to enter on a career of "militarism" would bo to aban don the Philippines to their own tribes nnd nt the same time cither to guarantee n stable government among these tribes or to gunranteo them against outside Inter ference. A far larger nrmy would bo re quired to carry out nny such policy thnn will be required to secure order under the AmctUnn flag, while tho presence of this (lag on tho Islands Is really the only possible se curity against outside aggression. The wholo argument against President McKln ley'a policy In the Philippines becomes absurd when It Is conceded that we should, to quote tho Innguagc of the Knnsas City platform, "give to the Philippines first a stablo form of government." Not for AkiiIiiiiIiIii. If they arc now entitled to Independence, they are nlBO entitled to dccldo fur them selves whether their government shall bo j stablo or unstable, civilized or savage, or 1 whether they shall have any government at nil: while It Is, of course, equally evi dent that under such conditions we havo no right whatever to guarantee them against outside Interference nny more than we havo to make such a guarantee In the case of the Iloxers (who nre merely the1 Chinese analogues of Agulnaldo's follow ers). If we have a right to establish a stable government In the islands It neces sarily follows that it Is not only our right but our duty to support that government until tho natives gradually grow tit to sustain it themselves. How else will It be stable? Tho minute we leave It, It ceases to be stable. Properly speaking, the question Is now not whether we shall expand for wc have already expanded but whether we shall contract. The Philippines are now part of American territory. To surrender them would be to surrender American territory. They must, of course, he governed pri marily In the Interests nf their own citi zens. Our first care miist be for tho peo ple of the Islands which have come under our guardianship as a result of the most righteous foreign war that has been waged withtn the memory of the present genera tion. They must be administered In the Interests of their inhabitants, and that necessarily means that any qucHtlon of personal or partisan politics In their ad ministration must be entirely eliminated. Wo must continue to put at the heads of affairs In tho different Islands such men as General Wood. Governor Allen and Judge Tnft nnd It is a most fortunate thing that wo are able to illustrate what ought to be done in the way of sending officers thither by pointing 'out what ac tually has been done. ' l-'ll I omern liy Merit Mrni. Tho minor places In their administration, where It Is Impossible to fill them by na tives, must bo filled by the strictest ap plication of the merit system. It Is very Important that In our own home adminis tration tho merely ministerial nnd admin istrative offices, whero the duties are en tirely non-polltlcal, shall he filled abso lutely without reference to partisan af filiations, hut this Is many times more important In tho newly acquired Islands. Tho merit system Is In lis essenco as demo cratic aB our common school system, for It simply means equal chances and fair play for all. It must bo remembered always that gov erning these islands in tho Interest of the Inhabitants may not nccessairly be to gov ern them ns the inhabitants nt the moment prefer. To grant self-government to Luzon under Agulnaldo would be llko granting self-government to an Apache reservation continued. "Then I'll hnve to work for Iiryan harder than ever. If he wins nnd what you republicans say Is true I'll get my farmhand thnt way without any trouble nnd on my own terms. And Just now the farmhand question Is tho paramount Issue with me. If you run across an Idle man don't fall to lit him know that I've got a jon tor him. ' "What do you consider tho highest sue- cess In llfo?" a writer In Success asked Benjamin H. Odoll, tho new political leader of New York, who promptly repllrd: "To do well tho work assigned, to build up n true character, to make the most of one's faculties, mooting obligations to God nnd fellow man." Mr. Odell. like most great leaders, Is Blraple and modest ns a child. His sudden promotion ns the trusted lieutenant of Thomas C. Piatt haa not turnrd his head, Ho Is well poised, of even disposition and nas a complete mastery of himself. Ho Is a good listener ns well as an excellent Judge of men. It Is said of htm that he Is ns willing and able to execute to the mlnutcBt details us he Is wise to plan. Hn Is loa! to his friends, rewarding them whenever possible, but always suiting each man to tho position secured. It is to his efforts largely that Joseph chonte, Ellhu Root nnd Horace Porter owe their exalted positions, for ho advised and urged them to accept rather than to allow Inferior men to be chueen. Dick Crokors candidate for governor of New York Is a very vulnerable politician. He has been a consistent supporter of Hrockway, the brutal superintendent of the State Reformatory for Hovs at nimira. whose cruelties became a state scandal nnd caused Governor Roosevelt to fire him. Stanchfield refused to support Bryan four years ago. He is denounced ns a foe to oiganlzed labor und has been engaged in litigation against the labor unions, has at- tacked their methods In court und has ap- peared before legislative committees In op position to the employers' liability law and other labor union legislation, under some lotal ihicf and this is no moro altered by the fad that the Filipinos fought the Spaniards, than It would be by the fact that Apaches have long been trained and employed in the United States army and have rendered signal service therein. Just as the Pawnees did under the administration of President Grant. Just ai the Stoikbrldge Indians did In the d.tys cf Gcueral Washington aud the friendly tribes of the Six Nations in the days of President Mndlsou. There nrc now In the United Slates com munities of Indians which have ndvanecd so far that It has been possible to embody tl.em as a whole In our political system, nil the members of the tribe becoming United States citizens. There are other communities where the bulk of the tribe nre still too wild for It to be possible to take such a step. There are Individuals nmcng the Apaches, Pawnees, Iroquois, Sioux nnd other tribes who are now United States citizens and who are entitled to stand, and do stand, on an absolute equality with nil our citi zens of pure white blood. Men ot Indian blood are now serving In the nrmy and navy and In congress and occupy high po sition both In the business and political world. There Is every reason why as rap Idly as an Indian or any bedy of Indians becomes fit for self-government ho or It should bo granted the fullest equality with the whites, but there would be no Justifica tion whatever In treating this fact as a reason for abandoning the wild tribes to work out their own destruction. Kxnctly tho same reasoning applies In tho case of the Philippines. To turn over the Islands to Agulnaldo and his followers would not be to glvo self-government to thu Islanders; under no circumstances would tho majority thus gain self-government. They would simply be put at the mercy of a syndicate of Chinese half breeds, under whom corruption would flourish far more freely than over It flourished under Tweed, while tyrannical oppression would obtain to a degree only possible Jindcr such an olignrchy. Yours truly, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. PROSPERITY IN COLD CASH Hi-port of the Ciiinptrollrr of the Cur mic')' In llnril 1111 the Hrjiiti Itc (inlmx. The one supreme test of prosperity is tho money In the bank. This Is a self evident truth. If a man's family Is well clothed and fed nnd In a comfortable home and besides this he can put money lu the bank, It must be admitted that he Is pros perous. In the following unparalleled showing of the lucreaso In thu number of deposits from the dark days of the democratic Wll son bill regime In 1S!I to the glorious days of McKlnlcy prosperity, the most mar- vclous of nil Is the Increase In the num ber of depositors nnd In the amount of de posits In tho savings banks of tho country. These banks are particularly the ones where the wngearnern of the country put their savings. Mr. Bryan says the people arc not pros porous. So say nil IiIb calamity followers. We commend to them the following official figures from the report of the comptroller of the currency of tho United States for 1R01. They aro unanswerable: TOTAL UNITED STATES. Total No. Depositors. Banks. National State nnd private... Loan nnd trust cos. Savings 1.H-.11.1S3 nw.ssi II3..121 t.'iM.r,i6 Totals Increase depositors. . 5,Ti45,V, 7.C1.4U lOfl.MT Total Ain't Deposits. Hunks WH. Wi National $U"..l'.il,rii Jl.SKllfi.Mi. State and private... JI4.4l2.f.in 41R.ISI.2hT Loan and trust cos.. S39.WI.M2 570.721.J17 Savings .: l.:C1.Di.lin 1.7SJ.074.4SI Totals J',874.r!.rii It.iViS.CS.l.OOj Increnho deposits $l,Tn.1,&W,oW Average deposit in all banks; 1!I4 $.120 lSW Ji'I2 Since the democratic days of lSfil there has been an tncrenso of 2. 10D.rl7 bank de positors In the whole United States. This number more people havo had money to deposit during McKlnlcy pros perity. The totnl amount of money deposited to the credit of the people was $2,S74.5SE. 10G in 1891. In W! It was 4.tiu. 096,00,',, showing an Increase of almost $l,T.i0,0uo,000 to tho credit of the people who had bank accounts In the five years since the country was Buffering thf agonies of n democratic ad ministration. Not only has there been this vnm In crease In the aggregate amount i, money placed In the banks, but the average amount of each bank account has Increased from ?320, In 1S94. to an nvorago of $002 per bank account In 1899. Who will say that the promise of the republican parly havo not been fulfilled? Who will &ay that the advance agent of prosperity has not visited the American people under tho republican administration of President McKlnlcy? TURN OUT TO SEE ROOSEVELT t'liTKj ment anil Their niiurruntlnnn tinlliiT at tin StntloiiM to Slmlic llln llniul. GLENDIVE. Mont , Sept. lC.-Oovernor Roosevelt's special train left Bismarck this morning for Miles City, 300 rallcs distant. Thero was no spocchmaking during the day, but thero wns somo handshaking with tho peoplo along tho route. At Now Salem two Lutheran clergymen, with members of their congregations, woro at tho atntlon to greet the governor nnd to shake his hand. At Dickinson a stop was mado for an hour to wnlt for tho paasago of a heavy freight train that had tho right ot way In tho opposite direction. Here tho pas tors of the Episcopal, the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, with members of their congregations, wero presented to Governor Roosevelt on tho station platform Quito a large number of the citizens of tho town generally wero also at tho station to sco tho visitors. Tho day was clear and cool, tho first frost of tho season having fallen during the night. Thoso accompanying tho gov ernor today were United Statos Scnatois Hansbruugh nnd Carter, ex-Senator Wilson of Wuiiliington, Hon. John Proctor Clarke of New York and General Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston. There was also nn the train today ono Joseph T. Ferris, who was with Go ernor Roosevelt eighteen yrara ago when ho killed his first buffalo. In regard to this incident Mr. Ferris said1 "I wns with him when ho killed his first buffalo and ho tells mo he has tho head yet and wculd not tnke anything for It." liu rnor nt vin ( (v, MILKS CITV, Mont.. Sept. 16. The Roose velt special train arrived here at C o'llnck and remained an hour. It ihon proceeded to Hillings, there to remain during ths night. At Miles city a numbor of people Bari tb 1,18 0M 1)3,9 m. 8'2 of C&gstyyrf&&x OABTORIA. OAS C: X . than the Kind 0U HaiB AUayS B5UW ih'. l.lJl.Wi .Mi-.',;."'". fi),i,:'s 3.413.477 Monsters and Microbes. How the .Microbe Would Appear If MitKtilflcil in tii.e to Corre spond With Ha Tower. The world has alnajs believed In mon sters-great dragons of the land and hugn serpents of the sea. As a rulo these mon- strrs have been fairly peaceable, nnd beyond frightening people occasionally, they have done little rcconled harm. The real cu- lamillcs of humanity have come from the smallest forms of life. The minute mlcrob.i has slain Its millions upon millions. If this microscopic form of life were depleted in slz and form equal to Its danger and tleadllncss we should see a monster which would dwarf Into Insignificance all the monsters ever begotten by human Imagination. Tho ml- jl '?7v LASIm'Kii.jltijaliL'?. . crobe has this In common with the fabled two ago I was reading one ot your Memo monster, Its food Is human flesh and Its randum Hooks, nnd 1 decided to try Dr. drink human blood. It fattens on slaugh- Pierco'B Golden .Medical Discovery tcr. For centuries medical science fought and 'Favorite Prescription," and am cu thls mlcroblc foe in darkness. The pros- tlrcly cured." enco of the foe was recognized, Its dead llness conceded. Hut It was uvcr nn Invis ible foe, unknown and unnnmed. Today sclcnco with eyo power Increased n mil- llon fold finds this lurking foe, knows It nnd names it. FINDING THE FOE Is the first atop, fighting It intelligently , U tho next. We know this minute or- , ganism lurks in tho air we breathe, the food we cat, the water we drink. We know the object or nttacK is tne moou. Wo know that ns the mlcrobo Is bred , from foulness it must 00 ica on roumess. Hence, we know that the mlcrobo finds no lodgment In tho body when the blood Ih pure. Keep the blood pure and you shut out the microbe. When the blood Is Impure nature at once bcglna to show the red danger sig nals. Dolls, blotches, pimples, erup tions begin to work upon the skin surface, as signs ami syinpiums 01 111" rui mo tion of the blood. When these or any signs of blood Impurity appear, the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Is con fidently recommended ns a most powerful and perfect blocd-purlfylng medicine. "I consider your 'Goldon Medical DIs covory' one of the best medicines on the face of the earth," writes William Floe- ter. esq., of Red Dak, .Montgomery ccuniy lown. "Whllo In the southwest three years n work on household medicine wnen you ago. I got poisoned with poison Ivy. The enn get a good ono free. Dr. Plerce'B Com poison settled In my blood nnd the horrors, mon Sense Medical Advisor contains 1,008 I suffered cannot be told In words. 1 1 largo pages and over 700 Illustrations. It thought I would go crazy. I cou'd do noth- j Is sent freo on receipt of stamps to pay ex Ing but scratch. I would go to sleep ipense of mailing only. Suud 31 one-cent scratching, would wake up In tho morning stamps for the cloth-bound volume or only and find myself scratching. I scratched 21 stamps for the book In paper covers, for eight months. Had It not been for your Address Dr. H. Y. Pierce, Huffalo, N. Y. auembled to greet the governor and shako hands with him. Those who could do so grasped him by the hand. This ended the unique experiences of thlB Sunday In Dakota. llrjiin l.enx-M for Knnnnn. ST. LOUS, Sept. Ifi. Mr. Bran at tended services at the Centenary Methodist cbutch today nnd spent the remainder of the ,lnv with relatives In this city. He left nt 9 o'clock tonight over tho St. Louis & San Francisco road for southwestern Kansas, where he will Bpend the next two dns. Ho spcakB at Gnlena, Ivan., at 2 o'clock tomorrow nfternoon nnd will make Bfvoral short speeches enroute to that place. Ilnlf tlir World In In Dnrknrnn as to the cause of their 111 health. If they would Btart to treat their kidneys with Foley's Kidney Cure tho weariness of body and mind, backache, hendacho and rheumn- tic pains would disappear. Myers-Dillon Drug Co.. Omaha; Dillon's Drug Storo, South Omaha. Hoir lit n Church. The Jewish church near Twelfth nnd Capitol nvonuo was th scene of u hit-r quarrel Sunday night, which wiir proc pi- tnteil ny inc proposeu eximiniou 01 n r ' a lower I'nrnani stnet Junk denier Mr Ferer's frlendn milled to his support and as the other faction wan determined thnt he rnuHt go a row reniltod willed the noil -p nnd to Htippre-s. Vhn Kmergency OMI"er Baldwin arrived the lntei lor of tho little church was a inn- of struuglltur. scratch. Ing. biting, pulling humanity Ho start"d In to clear out the building, but BOmo ono Our New $2,50 Shoe- Ih n gi'iiuino box mlf witli hont qunllty of onk tan noli' lonthcr coles u hIioo worth more Hum .'-'..'O-nnd one .von would pay BOo moro for nnd bo untlstlcd n shoo thnt linn the flttliiR proportion of tho hlKh jirk'ed bIioos mnilo in nil tlio impular toos-thln Is the lli'ht tlmo n Konulni; wolt soled hIioo Iiiih over licon ofTorcd for ?'-'.r.0-l)Ut wo bought Vm to M'll nt till lU'li'o, and soil 'cm wo will. Drexel Shoe Co., ( iitalomie remly Sent trr for the noUlntf. IMV Oinnlin'x I ii-to-ilntr Shoe House, 1 11!) FUl.NAM Vl'limiT. Only One Overstock Art Sale- WV luivo stiiirlc the keynote of sue coss In our nit dopnrtiDunt ovory day lll'ltlRK HOW Mlt'lH'lHOK for OUT OUHtOlllCl'H In tlio tunny Imrculnri offered ilurlnK our oveiMoii; nit nli you have never Und Hiii'h nn opportunity to pureliiiho pictures at your own piiro we offer every pic ture In our More at a discount of 10 lo (id per cent Ineludiuif all copyrighted mid imported plcturex make your n. lortlmi now while tlio nsoiiinoiit large. A. HOSPE, MuiId and Art 1613 fJouzliv, 'Golden Medical Discovery' I would be scratching yet I tried different kinds of medicine, tried different doctors, but sit the relief they could give me was to makf my pockctbonk lighter. I then besan taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical DIs overy. Took four bottles without relief Kept (Making it. I took lu all tcu buttles nnd got entirely cured. 1 can say thst if people would tnke your medicine Instead tooling witti some of the qtucKs tn.M Infest both the small nnd large towns, disease would flee like chaff before the wind." The use of Dr. Pierces Golden Med- lf"l Discovery will absolutely drive out and eliminate tho poisons which corrupt the blood. BAD IILOOD AND GOOD HEALTH cannot go together. Hut when tho blood Is purified nnd enriched by "Golden Med- If al Discovery" the result Is recorded In pound health. Bolls, blotches, pimples nnd other eruptions disappear as th Impurities which caused them btc removed. The skin Is healthy, the flesh is firm. Tho dull nnd slug gish feeling Is n thing of the past. The appotlto Is good, sleep Is sound and re freshing nnd labor an enjoy ment Instead of a burden "It gives mo much pleas ure to testify to the merits of Dr. Plorro's Golden Medi cal Discovery." writes Miss Annie Wells, of Fergusson a Wharf. Isle of Wleht Co . Va. "I can say honestly anil candidly that it Is the grand est medicine over compound ed tor purifying tho blood. 1 suffered terribly with rheumatism, nnd pimples on the skin and swelling In my knees und feet so that I could not walk. I spcut nbout twenty dollarB pay ing doctors' bills but re ceived no benefit. A year or Of all prevalent forms of blood disease, Bcrofula Is the most intractable. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has a re marknble record of cures of scrofulous dls- ens0!1 remnrknble both In tho number of cures and their variety as well as In tho fact that these cures .were effected manv times In rases where nil other treatment na( proved utterly Inonectual. .., furf(, my Mu,(, ,,.,. 5Crofu ,vith your .rj0jen Medical Discovery, and 'Pleasant I'ellcta." " writes Mr Hanpy,' Hunt Co ., Texas Ell Ashford of it has been four years since then, nnd there has not been any return of the disease." 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