Commoner
Extracts from W.
An Hoont Imperialist.
Imperialism would be more easily
' overthrown if all its advocates would
express themselves with the honest
frankness that characterizes an article
which recently appeared in a Texas, pa
per. Mr. Scudday Richardson describes
himself as one whose people are demo
crats, but it is evident from his article
that he has wandered away from his
early training. The following extract
from his article is reproduced that the
readers of The Commoner may see the
imperialistic idea as it really is when
its possessors have the courage to make
their innermost thoughts known:
A student who has communed deeply
with the muse of history and been en
lightened as to the constant mutations
of human institutions, particularly
those of a political nature, may readily
observe, from a contemplation of all
the nations of the present day, a de
cided movement away from the ideals
which have pervaded the world more
or less since the days of the r rench
revolution. The dream that a number
of men may govern is passing away;
gradually it is becoming apparent,
even to the people at large, that it is a
contradiction to suppose that govern
ment means anything but somebody in
control and little by little the illusion
ary idea of the consent of the governed
is dying from the earth. 2ol a long
while ago this was tested in the United
states. Our new imperialistic policy
was overwhelmingly upheld, despite
the protestations and affrighted cries
of journals whose editors became al
most hysterical in their warnings.
Edward of England has taken a dom
inant attitude. Everyone remembers
what was said shortly before yueen
ictoria died that Luwaru would
never be allowed to come to the throne
by the English people, because the
people presumably had drunk too deep
ly of liberty. As a matter of fact it is
not surprising that the prerogative of
the crown should have decayed under
the sway of a woman. Instead of man
ifesting her power, she was ruled by
her ministers.
Germany has never been stronger
than under the empire, and while a
good deal of foolish stuff is written
about military rule, vet that rule is
necessary to a nation surrounded by
enemies. In this world, despite the
Taponngs of theorists, neither a na
tion, nor an individual, retains any
thing long unless the ability to pro
tect is present. It is not from any be
uificent lenity or moderation that we
do not force our young men to undergo
a military service, nor keep so power
ful an army as the European nations.
It is because we do not yet require such
systems. In time of necessity, we
force men into the army just the same
as is done by other nations.
Imperialism means an abandonment
of our ideas of government; it means
apostacy from the doctrines that have
controlled the nation in the past. Mr
Richardson is in error in pointing to
the last election as an evidence that our
people are overwhelmingly imperial
istic The fact is the republicans de
nied their imperialistic tendencies un
til after the campaign was over, and
ever since the election congress has re
fused to declare itself in favor of im
perialism. What it has done can only
be construed as imperialism, but it is
difficult to persuade republicans that
their party really means anything an
tagonistic to our form of government.
It is only a question of time when the
real intent of the republican leaders
will be made known. Then and not
till then will the people sit in judg
ment upon that issue. In the mean
time, there is an occasional republican
who admits his conversion to the Euro
pean ideas of government. When one
departs from government by the con
sent of t!ie governed he must advocate
j government based on force, for all
forms of government except free gov
ernment derive their authority from
superior force.
Imperialism is the polite term used
to describe wholesale killing and grand
larceny. The people who advocate it
would not think of applying its princi
ples to every day life. They think, if
they stop to think at all, that theft is
purged of its immoral character if
islands instead of pocket books are
taken, and they see less criminality in
the killing of thousands of people who
desire self-government than they do in
a single homicide. Strange that any
human mind can be deluded into coun
tenancing imperialism; strange that
any human heart can consider without
horror the results of imperialism and
the means employed.
A reader o! the Commoner asks for
An explanat.on of the term "govern
ment by injunction. It is a phrase
used o describe a process of the court
which Has been more and more fre
quently abused of late, whereby the
court, at the instance of a corporation,
enjoins the striking employes from do
ing some act described in the order.
The object of the writ is to suspend
the right of trial by jury and give the
judge an opportunity to punish for
contempt of court in ease the order is
violated. The democratic platforms
of 1S1'6 and 19O0 condemned govern
ment by injunction. If the court pro
hibits the doing of an act already un
lawful the order is unnecessary be
cause those who violate the criminal
law can be prosecuted in the ordinary
way- If the court prohibits the doing
of an art which is not prohibited hy
law, then it is guilty of creating law,
which is not the province of the court.
Before the purchase of the Danish
West Indies is ratified it would lie
well to search them for revolutions
and determine beforehand whether
their inhabitants are to le citizens,
subjects or "colonists. Such a pro
cedure might save the supreme -tourt a
lot of acrobatics.
In attempting to place the blame for
the postal deficit Postmaster General
Smith manages to miss the real cause.
He should study the contracts the gov
ernment makes with the railroads for
earring the mails.
A large number of newspapers are
printing the assertion that President
Roosevelt is the first president whose
name does not contain the letter "a."
This would be interesting to John Ty
ler if he were alive to make note of
the fact.
'The tariff must be revised b$ its
friends! shouts an administration or
gan. It will be a sorry day for the
tariff beneficiaries when it is revised
by its victims.
Many a man is able to climb to suc
cess because his wife holds the ladder
Comment,
J. Bryan's Paper.
'Let l'a Fight England Alone."
Rev. Herman Van Broekhuizeiv
chaplain of the Transvaal Volksraad
delivered an address in Grace Reform
church, Washington City, recently
Mr. Van Broekhulzen described tin
camps where the Boer women and
children are imprisoned, and likened
the inhumanities of those camps to the
cruelty of Herod. In replying to the
querj-, "Why don't the Boers atop
figting?" he declared, 'Because we
have nothing left but our indepen
dence to fight for."
After eloquently presenting the Boer
cause, Mr. Van Broekhuizen said;
"All we ask of America is that she
remain neutral. Keep your horses
and mules at home. Let us tight Eng
land alone. The future of South Afri
ca is not in the hands of America or
any other country, but in the hands of
God."
AS lilts mu mrire ifuursu iui inu
... - i1
republics fighting for constitutional :
t a i i t
government to make of the greatest of
all republics?
"All we ask of America is that she
remain neutral. Keep your horses
and mules at home. Iet us fight Eng
cand alone." They have no Lafay
ette to help them as our forefathers
were helped, nor do they ask for actual
aid; they simply ask that in a contest
between an empire and republic, the
greatest republic on the earth remain
neutral.
A New Orleans court decided that
the question whether horses and mules
could be exported from this country
for the benefit of the British in South
Africa was a question for the adminis
tration to decide, and the injunction
asked on this point was denied by the
court. What will the administration
do about it? What course will Mr.
Roosevelt take concerning the appeal
that the United States became neutral
on the South African war?
We have not been neutral in the
past. While it is true the American
sympathies of the American people
have largely been with the South Af
ricans, it is also true that whatever
benefit and advautage Great Britain
could obtain in this country has been
obtained and the course of our official
representatives has been distinctly
favorable to the empire as against the
Jepublic.
Is it not fair that we keep our horses
and mules at home? Is it not time
that we let England fight alone its
battle of imperialism, its war of con
quest in South Africa?
Scaring the Rtpubllrans.
Now that the republicans are about
to have an opportunity to do something
on the trust question, it is ouly fair
that they should be warned against
reading those papers that are likely to
deter them from an effective effort
against the trusts. The Commoner,
suggests that republican leaders should
boycott the New York Sun until after
they have entirely annihilated the
trusts, for the Sun is not only in favor
of the trusts, but it is perfectly certain
that any interference with them would
bring upon the country a terrible ca
lamity. Not many weeks ago it re
ferred to a demand for "the suppres
sion of trusts, and said:
'There is a monstrous proposition.
Were there any way of carrying it into
effect industrial disaster more wide
spread and ruinous than ever has fallen
upon the country would be the result.
There would be a commercial cata
clysm. The amount of capital and of
labor dependent upon these combiua
tions is so vast that to crush them
would be to bring on unparalleled eco
nomic calamity compared with which
the free coinage of silver would have
been a fly bite."
The republicans; of course, do not
want to bring 03 a "commercial cata
clysm;"' they do not want to liecome
responsible for an 'economic calamity,
compared with which the free coinage
of silver would have Wen a fly bite."
If the republican leaders will re-read
the speeches that they made against
free coinage; if the r remember what
dire things they predicted would fol
low free coinage, they will get some
idea of the unspeakable disaster, the
indescribable horror, according to the
Sun, that wouid follow the suppression
of all trusts. If the republican lead
ers are determined to suppress the
trusts they had better be3":n at once,
before the great republican dailies
have time to scare them from their
purpose. The democrats are interested
in suppressing the trusts, and they are
willing to risk all the calamities that
are prophesied as a result of anti-trust
legislation. But the republicans are
more timid, and the only safe plan is
for them to avoid such papers as the
Sun. Possibly the anti-anarchy laws
might be made broad enough to sup
press the Sun, for certainly the Sun is
expressing, in advance, contempt for
officials who would be guilty of sup
pressing the trusts, and might not its?
terrible warnings excite some trust
magnate to deeds of violence in case
hostile legislation is attempted a gains:
private monopolies? The Commonc
has on a former occasion referred t
the Sun's prophecy, but it is so awf 11
to coutpinplate that it deserves a sec
ond mention.
The San Francisco Call is shocked to
find an anti-monarchical sentimen.
among the minersin the Yukon terri
tory, but this is not surprising for th
Call is one of the papers that is grieve,
to find an anti-imperialistic sen ti men
in the United States.
It costs the government eight tiit
more to carry the mails than 1
costs the express companies to havi
their matter hauled. Postmaster get?
eral Smith should animadvert on th.
fact.
Owing to limited jail facilities Judg'
Hanecy of Chicago may experience dii
Acuity in enforcing his peculiar n
tions of what constitutes respect ft .
his court.
Short rart In, a Plaj.
Lionel Barrymore has inherited
something of his father's wit. Some
time ago he was given a small part in
a play and speaking of his appearance
to a friend next day asked him how he
liked it "Why, I wa3 at the theater,
but I didn't see you in tbe play." "Tcu
must have winked," sai4 Lionel.
JONES KOT MUCH LOSS.
HIS RETURN TO THE REPUBLICAN
FOLD 13 UNIMPORTANT.
rhe Argument of the Senator from Ne
vada as to the Result of the Enormous
Output of Gold Shown to Be Mislead
lax What .Free Silver Would Do.
Senator Jones of Nevada has by his
return to the republican party given
much joy to the gold organs, both re
publican and democratic. He claims
to be as firm a believer in bimetalism
as when he left the republican party,
but says that the enormous output of
gold "has accomplished what bimetal
ism would have accomplished," and
that silver is dead. He adds that he
has been in harmony with the repub
lican party on all other issues, and
can, therefore, easily return. It is true
that the senator from Nevada, distin
guished by his great service in behalf
of bimetalism, has been in harmony
with the republican party on all ques
tions save the silver question alone,
. . , , , . . . . . . . .
and therefore his apostacy at this time
. . . . , . . .
is not surprising, although much to be
regretted.
If Senator Jones will review the ar
guments which he himself has made,
he will be convinced that the output
of gold has not been sufficient to ac
complish "what bimetalism would
have accomplished." The restoration
of bimetalism would have raised sil
ver to J1.29 ta ounce; It ot!d have
brought into full monetary use
throughout the world four billions of
pilver which has been constantly leg
islated against. It would have raised
prices to the former bimetallic level
and placed the business of the world
upon a solid basis. The output of
gold has not done this, and as a mere
matter of mathematics it is easy to
Demonstrate that it will require a great
many years for the present output to
furnish a quantity of gold sufficient
to accomplish "what bimetalism would
have accomplished." But before gold
can be used to take the place of silver
we must subtract from the annual
product, first, enough for use in the
arts; second, enough to cover lost
coins and abrasion, and, third, enough
to furnish the gold-using nations with
the annual increase necessary to keep
pace with the demand for money.
When Senator Sherman was defending
the act of 1890, known as the Sherman
law, he argued that we needed fifty
four millions of new money every year
to keep pace with population and in
dustry. If that quantity is necessary
for th country alone, what sum wou'd
be sufficient to supply all the gold
uelng nations of the world?
The financiers of all countries op
pose any permanent rise in prices be
cause that would lessen the purchas
ing power of the dollar and depreciate
the exchange value of their money and
securities. If they thought that there
was any danger of the gold supply
being sufficient to accomplish "what
bimetalism would have accomplished,"
they would be clamoring for the use
of gold in the retirement of uncovered
paper, and, finally, they would demand
a limitation of the coinage of gold.
There has been a rise in the level of
prices alone since '96, but a part of
this was the natural rebound after
panic conditions, part was due to the
prevailing wars, and a part to the ma
nipulation of prices by trusts. We
have not yet reached normal condi
tions, and, therefore, cannot say how
much the general level of prices will
be increased by the output of gold. We
do know, however, that gold has not
raised, . and probably will not raise
prices to anything like the bimetallic
level. We cannot accept the gold
standard as final until we are sure
that we have gold enough, not only
for the nations that now use it, but
for the nations that will be ultimately
driven to it if the United States sur
renders its contention for bimetalism.
"Where would the three hundred mil
lion people of India and the four hun
dred million people of China secure
gold if they were to go to the gold
standard? What nation has any con
siderable gold to spare?
It is evident that Nevada's senator
has reached a point where his interest
in other policies of the republican par
ty outweighs his attachment for bi
metalism. The fact that he is not
alarmed by the republican advocacy of
a ' branch bank, ' an "asset currency.
and trusts, or by the corporate domi
nation and the imperial policy of the
republican party, shows that devotion
to silver was due more to the fact that
he came from a mining state than to
any broad and deep sympathy with the
masses of the people. If his belief in
bimetalism had grown out of his de
sire to see the government adminis
tered according to the doctrine of
"equal rights to all and special privi
leges to none," no increase in the pro
duction of gold could have carried him
back to the republican party. He
gained his reputation as the champion
of the rights of the people on one
question the money question. Let us
see if he ever makes a speech in favor
of present republican policies that will
compare with the speech which he
made in denunciation of the gold
standard.
RESULT OF FREE SILVER.
The free coinage of silver would not
flood this country with the whlto metal
because the only silver that could come
here would be silver coin or silver bul
lion. Coin is worth more in Europe
than it would be worth here and there
fore would not come. For instance,
France has about as much silver as we
have, and it circulates at the ratio of
15 to 1, while our silver circulates at
the ratio of 16 to 1. French silver
would, therefore, lose three cents on
the dollar if it was brought here, and
the same is true of almost all of the
coined silver of the world. There is
very little bullion silver, and the mo
ment our mints were opened it could
be brought here, and because it could
be brought here it would be worth
abroad the American price less the cost
of transportation, and as it could be
exchanged at that price there would
be no necessity of its being brought
here. The chances are that very little
of It would come. Europe and Asia do
not produce as much silver as tbey use
every year. The United States and
Central and South America produce al
most ail of the silver, and we would
export silver from the western hemi
sphere, even under free and unlimited
coinage. Many people hare been
frightened about the flooding of tais
country wim silver, uui lucie uu uin
been any danger of the flood and is not
now.
"ARISTOCRATS" IX AMERICA.
As an evidence of the aristocratic
tendency which is manifesting Itself in
some parts of the country, attention is
called to a College of Heraldry which
has recently been established. The
reason given fcr this college is "the
increasing interest of families of dis
tinction in tracing their ancestry to the
earliest known settlers in the United
States and their connection with those
who had their origin in the British
Isles or an the continent of Europe."
It is stated that "by far the majority
of these families are found to have
borne coats of arms." "Families of
distinction" are encouraged by the as
surance that "the researches indicated
are usually found to establish the ped
igree of applicants, often giving con
clusive evidence of the arms borne by
ancestors and lost in obscurity in con
sequence of the prejudice which for
merly existed in this country against
the use of armorial bearings."
RESULT OF IMPERIALISM.
A reader of The Commoner asks why
the newspapers do not say as much
against our war in the Philippines as
against the English war In South Af
rica against the Boers. The fact is
that nearly all the papers that oppose
England's policy in South Africa also
oppose a war of conquest in the Phil
ippines. The Republican papers that
support the administration's policy of
imperialism are in a position where
their readers would recognize the In
consistency if the papers had much to
say in favor of the Boers. This Is one
of the disastrous results of imperial
ism. If it does not paralyze the con
science of the American people it pre
vents them from expressing sympathy
with any people who are fighting for
liberty.
WORK OF COOIBI PAPERS.
With very few exceptions, there Is no
longer any Individuality or citizenship
connected with the great dailies. They
are corporations, and reflect corpora
tion views. They possess no warm
blooded humanity. It is the country
papers alone that speak as men speak,
and as men used to speak in all the pa
pers. Whetner it is because they must
reflect the sentiment dominant among
the masses, or because of an honest en-
deavor to disseminate the democracy
of the common people, it l true that
me country papers are, ana tor several
years have been, the -patient privates
who comprise. the vanguard of democ
racy's grand army.
Tribune. -Rockvllle (Ind.)
VOTERS AND THE LEADERS.
The various leaders in Ohio got to
gether some three months aga In con
sultation and agreed on repudiating
party principles for the first time in
that state. Their ticket was beaten
by 60,000, worse than it has even been
for many years. Party leaders can
compromise, but the trouble with the
voters seems to be that they will not
always compromise.
SILVER ISSUE NOT DEAD.
If some of these city wise ones who
are so glib- in asserting that the silver
issue is dead will spend a few days
talking to western country voters, they
will change their opinions. Principles
among these are more than coat deep,
and they do not off with the old and
on with the new at the behest of every
opinionated boss who presumes to give
them enlightenment. Jefferson City
(Mo.) Press.
'BALANCE OP TRADE" ABSURDITY.
The ship owner who took $100,000
worth of shoes to Brazil and ex
changed them for a cargo of coffee,
took that to England and exchanged it
for cutlery worth $80,000, with which
he returned .to New York, lost 120.000,
but he made the country richer be
cause he preserved "the balance of
trade, according to Republican
logic Rock Port (Mo.) Mail.
GREED OF MONEY POWER.
The old United States bank scheme.
that Jackson throttled so successfully
nearly- three score and ten years ago,
is again bobbing up its head serenely.
The money power will never be satis
fied until it has complete and undisput
ed control of the government. Jack
sonville (111.) Courier.
WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS.
The substitution of Lord Roberts for
Gladstone in the thoughts and rever
ence of the English imperialists marks
the difference between the swagger of
modern colonialism and Christian
statesmanship. Shall we imitate Great
Britain?
Weather's Effect on Bibbers.
Weather has been blamed for many
disorders. Lately some one has been
found to study the effect of weather
upon drunkenness in New York. It
would need much argument to con
vince most men that this can be
gauged by arrests. But, so far as ar
rests show, there is here in New York
more inclination to drunkenness in
cold weather than in hot, on clear, dry
days than on those which are cloudy
and wet, and on days when winds are
high than when the air Is still. Strong
winds, it is said, are among the saloon
keeper's best friends. In conditions
of calm, the debauches, as indicated by
arrests, were 23 per cent below the
average of three years; In winds of
hurricane velocity, 50 per cent above.
High humidities, as a general rale,
seem to increase the consumption of
high balls, probably because dampness
makes winter days seem colder. New
York Post.
Ballding In Stockholm, Sweden.
Only two-thirds of the area of the lot
can be covered in Stockholm, Sweden,
except on street corners, where three
fourths is allowed. The remainder of
the lot must be reserved for courts, for
light and ventilation. . All chimney
flues most be 12 or 15 inches, and must
be swept once a month from October
to April by official chimney sweepers.
He who rides behind another
not travel when he pleases. -
does
)JTY OF DEMOCRATS.
REPUBLICAN PHILIPPINE POLICY
MUST BE DECLARED.
Failure of Their Arnments and the
Kvlla of Imperialism Pointed Oat by
W. J. liryan in the Commoner
Prophecy That Uaa Come to Naught.
With the opening of the first session
of the fifty-seventh congress the con
gressional campaign of 1902 begins.
The Philippine question will be the
most important matter considered by
this congress and in all probability the
most important issue in the campaign
of 1902. The Democrats not only have
an opportunity to make a strong ap
peal to the country on this question,
but it is their duty to do so. The Re
publicans do not dare to meet the is
sue of imperialism openly and honest
ly; they do not dare to invite judgment
upon a colonial policy; they do not
dare to candidly avow their purpose to
hold the Philippine islands permanent
ly. A large majority of the rank and
file of the Republican party cherish the
belief that their party intends ultimate
independence for the Filipinos. The
Democrats can remove this delusion by
compelling the Republicans to accept
or reject the Democratic plan of deal
ing with the Philippine question.
The Democratic platform of 1900 not
only presented a plan for the peaceful
and permanent settlement of the Phil
ippine question, but It presented the
only complete plan that has been of
fered to tbe American people.
The Democrats can afford to take
their stand upon that platform and
challenge the attack of imperialists,
lore than a year has elapsed since the
election of 1900, which, according to
the Republican prophecy, was to ter
inate the war in the Philippines. Ev
ery month has shown more clearly the
failure of Republican arguments and
the evils of an lmperialistc policy. The
Democratic platform charges that im
perialism "has involved the republic in
unnecessary war, sacrificed the lives
of many of our noblest sons and placed
the United States, previously known
and applauded throughout the world as
tbe champion of freedom, in the false
and un-American position of crushing
rith military force the efforts of our
allies to achieve liberty and self-government."
The war is unnecessary because the
Filipinos are ready to lay down their
j arms whenever independence is prom
ised thein. The sacrifice of life has
continued unabated and tbe imperial
ists seem as little concerned about the
death of American soldiers as they do
about the killing of the natives. The
effect of imperialism has manifested it
self in the failure of Republican lead
ers to express any sympathy for the
Boers, or to feel an interest in their
struggles for liberty and self-govern
ment. The indictment which the Dem
ocratic party made against tbe Repub
lican administration was sufficiently
sustained by the events that bad trans
pired prior to the convention, and the
trend of events since that time has fur
nished overwhelming evidence in sup
port of that indictment. Let the Dem
ocratic leaders in the senate and house
present this evidence In their speeches
so that it may reach the entire country
through the Congressional Record.
Why do the Republicans hesitate to
outline a policy? The reason is sug
gested in a portion of the platform al
ready quoted: "The Filipinos cannot
be citizens without endangering our
civilization; they cannot be subjects
without imperilling our form of gov
eminent."
Independence is the desire and the
right of the Filipinos. If we denied
them independence and gave them full
citizenship ia our government it might
possibly be satisfactory to them, al
though it would be dangerous to us, but
the Republican leaders do not prom
ise them citizenship in this govern
ment as a substitute Tor an indepen
dent government of their own. The
Filipinos are not enjoying the guaran
ties of our constitution; they are en
during a carpet bag government such
as the American people would not sub
mit to. We are not giving the Filipinos
American liberty. American institu
tions or an American constitution. We
are giving them an arbitrary and de
spotic government, for a government
Imposed by force and administered ac
cording to foreign ideas is always de
spotic, no matter how benevolent may
be tbe purpose of those who administer
It.
Tbe democratic position is not only
sound, but it is unassailable; it rests
upon the Declaration of Independence;
it is in harmony with the constitution
and the bill of rights. Now that the
party can choose the battle ground, let
It challenge the republicans to attack
the conscience and the moral senti
ment of the people as well as the prin
ciples of free government. If the dem
ocrats will present a united front on
this issue an issue upon which the
Kansas City convention was unani
mous there is hope of a victory that
will not only reinstate the democratic
party, but restore the government to
its old foundations and the nation to
that high position among the nations
to which its ideas and its ideals have
entitled it. W. J. Bryan in The Com
moner. PROPHECY THAT FAILED.
In the campaign of 1900 tbe republic
an leaders denied that their party con
templated a permanent increase in the
standing army. They asserted that a
large army was only necessary be
cause of the insurrection in the Phil
ippines, and they boldly declared that
the insurrection would cease immedi
ately if the republican ticket was suc
cessful. The democratic platform and
democratic speakers were blamed for
the prolongation of the war. "Just re
elect President McKinley," they said,
"and let the Filipinos know that they
are not to have independence, and they
will lay down their arms and our sol
diers can come home."
Well, tho republican ticket was elect
ed, and the Filipinos were notified that
they were not to have independence,
but a month after the election the re
publicans rushed through congress a
bill authorizing the president to raise
the regular army to 100,000, and now,
after a year has elapsed, the insurrec
tion is still in progress and the end is
not yei. Some of the woret losses of
the year have been suffered by our
troops within two months.
After the republican victory made It
impossible for the Imperialists to
blame the anti-imperialists for the
continuation of hostilities, the repub
lican leaders declared that Agulnaldo,
actuated by selfish ambition, was com
pelling his countrymen to continue the
war. But even after his capture and
Imprisonment yes, even after his cap
tors had secured from him an address
advising bis comrades to surrender
the insurrection continued. How long
will it take the imperialists to learn
that we can never have peace in the
Philippine islands?
If the republicans had read the
speeches of Abraham Lincoln as much
recently as they did In former years.
they would have known that hatred
of an alien government is a natural
thing and a thing to be expected every
where. Lincoln said that it was God
Himself who placed In every human
heart the love of liberty. Lincoln
spoke the truth. Love of liberty is
linked to life itself, and "what God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder."
'Reorgranlxers Reproved.
in 1900 the residential tickets re
ceived the following vote in Maryland:
McKinley and Roosevelt, 136,185; Bry
an and Stevenson, 122,238. This year
Herring. Democratic candidate for
comptroller, received 91.040; Platte, Re
publican, 90,587. For clerk of court of
appeals, Turner, Democrat, received
90,490; Parron, Republican, 90,634. It
will be seen that the Democratic state
ticket, running on state issues, polled
thirty-one thousand votes less than
the Democratic national ticket polled
last year when the Kansas City plat
form was in issue. And yet this 13
claimed as a victory for the reorgan
izes. It seema that the greater the
falling off in the Democratic vote, the
greater the victory for the reorgan
izes Dalcell on Reciprocity.
Representative Dalzell, Republican,
of Ohio, In discussing reciprocity, says
we must be very careful not to build
up one industry at the expense of an
other." True, true. It would be very
painful if the Republican ' party In Its
attempt to modify a tariff system which
owes whatever success It has had to
the one fact that It is based on the
principle of laying many industries
under contribution for the benefit of
some industries should discover that
reciprocity was going to work the same
way. Tariff and reciprocity legislation
which did not promise to build up one
industry at the expense of another
would not interest the Dalzells for a
minute. Chicago Chronicle.
A Doty aa to the Trusts.
Whether the United States Steel
Corporation goes out purchasing and
to purchase, swallowing and to swal
low or crushing and to orush, no
amount of prognostication of what the
natural law will do in an undefined
and distant future can avoid the plain
duty of congress and of the state leg
islatures. They must take such action
as will prevent the swallowing, the
crushing or the purchasing process, un
less it Is intended that competition
shall only be Inaugurated for the pur
pose of barter and sale or that the en
tire commercial and manufacturing in
terests of the United States shall even
tually be given into the bands of one
gigantic corporation.
When Hanna Kicks Over.
Speaking of Messrs. Piatt, Hanna
and Quay, a contemporary remark!
that tha "trio appears to be getting
along very well at the white house.
Appearances do not always go for
much in politics. Piatt and Quay, even
though they may have been "turned
down," are politic enough to put on
an appearance of sweetness and satis
faction. Mr. Hanna is as smart as they
are, but he has more caloric in his
temper. One of these days he will
break out and then we will all have a
lurid view of the relations between the
President and the bosses. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Corporation Victory.
The court of last resort has finally
decided that the express ' companies
must furnish the stamp. This would
be a great victory for the people were
it not for the fact that the necessity
for attaching a revenue stamp to ex
press receipts was removed some time
ago. It will De noted tnat tne express
companies managed to stave off the de
cision until it was useless. This is a
way the corporations have. But tbe
man who mentions tnis interesting
fact in a tone of criticism is at once
dubbed an "anarchist" and accused ol
"attacking the courts."
War Still Goes On.
Senator Turner of the state of Wash
ington, after a prolonged study of the
court decision in the Insular cases, says
as to the Philippines that we must
keep up a war there in order to Justi
fy the continuation of military rule, or
we must bring them Into fellowship as
organized territories. From present
appearances it Is evident that it will
be some time before we will have to
exert ourselves unduly to keep up an
appearance of war. The natives are
performing their rart of the
gramme very enthusiastically.
pro-
What Will Nebraska Dot
The governor of Minnesota is Jfiaking
steps to prevent the consolidation of
the Northern Pacific and tdhe Great
Nortbrn or any other competing lines
Id the state. There are ladlcations at
hand going to show that Nebraska wilj
be reauired to meif thifsr same question
in a short time. nat wil1 Governor
Savaee do? Wh,-1 W,M the Republican
attorney genera
of the state do?
Charter f
r Rod In Africa.
The French
charter for
ernment has granted i
railroad from Kotonu,
in Dahomey,
Africa, northward about
200 miles, to
eorgesBorelli, ofawell-
known Aim
West African merchants
of Nantes,
The colony has al-
ready nearL7 comPle"id sixty miles of
pradinir 13 10 oe t meter
flV.oT a' subsidy of 610 per mile U
gauge. A. ' v 1 lnlte
granted f ,1,, ,7 1SO a
railroad ee i auty. 1
which A , ' '"iciest 10 some on
AVI. C XIUCLULII;. I
Of
r.
ranee
SASKATCHEWAN, WESTERN CANADA
IS CALLED THE "GARDEN
OF EDEN,"
By a, Former Resident of Reed City
Michigan.
In a letter to the Reed City. Michi
gan, Clarion, Mr. Jas. G. Armstrong,
of Meltford, Saskatchewan, says, writ
ing on 27th May. 1901:
"This is a fine country for a poor
man, as he can go out on the bay
slews and cut all tbe hay he needs. He
turns his cattle out on tbe prairie, and
when he is not using his horses he
turns them out also. There 1 such aa
abundance of food, they never wan
der away.
"A lady, who has lived here eight
years told me that this was tbe origi
nal 'Garden or Eden'. I certainly
would believe it, if we could only find
tbe apple trees. But as it is, we have
many varieties of fruit strawberries,
cranberries, saskatoons, huckleberries,
red and black currants, dewberries,
plums, red and black cherries, and
red raspberries. All of these fruits
grow wild. Then the flowers that dot
the prairies, making them look like a
real garden. We have eaten of the
wild red currants, and they are equal
if not superior to those grown in
Michigan. We have sweet corn 7V
inches high. As the Western farmers
are all done seeding, branding cattle
and sheep shearing are now progress
ing. Wool is only five cents a pound,
and many ranchers have on hand last
year's clip. I enclose you a potato
blossom, slice of new potato, which
measured 64 Inches when cut This
Is no fairy tale, as we are so much
farther than Reed . City. It is all
facts. Come up and see. This
has been truly called the 'garden of
the west,' With fruits and flowers,
lakes and streams, fish and fowl, beau
tiful rivers, tracts of timber and
mountains, what more docs a 3nn
want?"
Information concerning all parts of
Western Canada will be cheerfully
given by communicating with the
agent of the government of Canada,
whose advertisement appears eke
where. If you say you are good, ask your
self If it be true.
Pain, suffering. Wizard Ofl could not
live together, so pain and suffering
moved out. Ask your druggist about it-
Do not give a bribe, nor lose your
right. ,
Sirs. Vlnalnva ltnntlilii rmn.
oreblldren teett'no; softeni tbe nni, reduces Is
BsmmaUon.eUajspain.cures wind colic. bottle.
If a man has a sense of humor
knows when not to get funny.
he
Naturally fctple want to be WELL for
Chrlstmai
lor nothing- an promotes hap-
piness and good cheer. Therefore, take
arfleld Tea now: its uses are manifold:
it cures ail derangements or stomaon,
liver, kidneys or bowels; it cleanses the
system and purifies the Mood, thus removing-
the cause of rheumatism, gout
and many chronic diseases. It Is good for
young and old and has been held in tne
highest
repute for many years,
Physl-
clans recommend it.
Loves may not be blind at the start,
but it is ever able to see its finish.
In Winter Use Allen's Foet Ease,
a powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable,
nervous, and often cold and damp. If
you have Chilblains, sweating, sore feet
or tight Bhoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
25c. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Pickles of vinegar will not keep In
a jar that has ever bad any kind of
grease kept in it.
ST. PAUL ROAD GETS BIG ENGINES.
Largest Ones Ever Built to Be Used in Fart
Passenger Runs.
Larger Trains and Quick e- tales Are
Expected to Be the Ultimate
Res alt.
Several of what are claimed to be
tbe largest locomotives ever construct
ed were received by the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul road yesterday.
In these days of large engines each
fresh consignment received by a rail
road during the past year or two has
bad the distinction of being the larg
est. While these monster locomotive
have in a way ceased to excite sur
prise, thooe Just received by the St,
Paul road are remarkable in their di
mensions. For example, the diameter
of the driving wheels is eighty-four
and one-fourth inches, or one-fourU.
of an inch over seven feet.
Following Is a technical description
of the new giants:
Diameter of driving wheels, 84
inches.
Diameter of compound cylinders, 25
and 15 inches.
Stroke of cylinders, 28 inches.
Total length of engine, 68 feet 11
Inches.
Steam capacity of boiler, 200 pounds.
Fire bcx, 8 feet 8 inches by 5 feet 7?
Inches.
Number of flues in boiler, 350.
Heating surface, 3,215 square feet.
Capacity of tender, IS, 000 pounds Of
coal and 7,000 gallons of waf'" '
Thinks Fast Tl.' . T, ...
General Passenv. AEent Mii!,
the
St. Paul
"1 enthusiastic over th
. - -
new
en
to revolutionize schedules and
Ljrvower. He says they will be capable '
01 nauiiug iuu. teen or nrteen heavily
loaded coaches or sleepers sixty miles
an hour. Grades will be little or no
obstruction to the leviathans.
The locomotives will be nut In ser
vice on the limited trains between
Chicago and Milwaukee and between
Chicago and Omaha.
Ventilate the rooms you work and
sleep in.
The only way to feed the sheen fa tn
Allow the shepherd.
Rochester's Railroad Graveyard.
What is termed a railroad grave.
rra aa3 Deen established by the New
xorK central at Rochester. Hun-
areds r cars. Put out of service by
wrecK or condemnation, are torn anart
ttna octroyed. The work requires not
IT , . u"-usiJ. uui raetnanicai
training The man must suomit to
thfl strum nf hammt-lno- ..m
eta and untwisting, which Is imposed
quires patience, skill, ctreiigth and
acuviiy 10 De a railroad clr ui
under-
IMOI,
V
I.