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Commoner
THE RACK PROIJLKM.
In a recent issue of The Commoner
there appeared an editorial entitled
'"The Rare Problem." in which a con
trast was drawn between the action of
the republican party in the Philippine
i-lnds and the action of some of the
democratic states of the south. The
Inter-Ocean criticises some of the
statements made and calls upon Mr.
ftryan to trll the truth about the mat
ter. In order that the Inter-Ocean's
t ritit istn may be. understood, the en
tire editorial is reproduced:
In The Commoner W. J. Hryan
v. rites on "The Race Problem." and
commends the president's recent letter
f Coventor Durbin against lynching,
ile gives, also, some very sensible ad
ice to white and black men as to their
relations.
Hut Mr. Hryan could not. of course.
trrat such a subject without defending
his party in the south and without
some reference to colonial conditions.
He says:
"The suffrage amendments in the
smth. so much complained of by re
publican politicians, are not nearly so
severe as the republican colonial policy
in the Philippines.
"I. In every southern state some of
the negroes can vote now. and all
others tan qualify themselves for the
suffrage. In the Philippines the in
habitants are permanently disqualified.
'"2. The negroes in the south, even
when they cannot vote, have the pro
tection of federal and state constitu
tions. The Filipino has no constitu
tional protection.
"3. The negroes in the south live un-J
dr the laws that the white man makes
f-ir himself. The Filipino lives under
l.iws that we make for him and would
no? live under ourselves."
Hie are three positive statements
alioiit the condition of th Philippines,
evry one of whic h is an absolute
fjifehood. What is the truth?
1. No law "permanently disqualifies"
Filipinos for the suffrage. They vote
iti local affairs now. They will soon
vote, for an insular legislature. As to
luting for congressmen and president.
t!iey are in exactly the same condition
as the residents of the District of Co
lumbia. The latter are not even per
mitted to vote in local affairs. Are
thfy therefore slaves?
2. The Filipino has every constitu
tional protection that Mr. Bryan him
self ha? every personal and civil
rfght. He has not certain political
privileges, but he is no more deprived
of hope of them than are the people
of Alaska.
.1. Filipinos and white men in the
Philippines live under exactly the
same laws. Filipinos are helping now
t' make these laws. They will soon
help still more. Perhaps Mr. Bryan
would not live under these laws, but
white m?n are living under them and
nre not complaining of them more
than they complain everywhere.
Of the justice and expediency in
theory of the suffrage laws of the
.- n:T h nothing need be said here,
though a great deal might be said of
t'.ie unfairness of their application in
i ra;tie. It is enough to say that the
l.iws whkh have to be defended by
n: u.iie.-t lies, such as Mr. Bryan puts
t'njth iu defense of his party's suffrage j
gelation in the south, must be sus
pected to be neither expedient nor
j;t.
If Mr. Bryan's party has a good de
fre for its southern suffrage legis
lation, why should its advocate defend
Mr. Carnfgie says he wants the toil
ir.g masses to have mare sweetness and
light. If he really means it he might
go to pumping oil and refining sugar.
Covernor La Follette is pleading for
giod government, and as a result the
g. o. p. bosses of Wisconsin are de
nouncing him as a "populist" and
"demagogue."
Of course the land force won the
Tictory at Portland. What else was
to he expected when the summer girls
were all ashore?
Covernor Taylor i9 horrified at the
conviction of Caleb Powers. But this
it rot at all strange. It merely serves
to tbnw that Taylor is wise in sticking
to Indiana's republican governor like
tockleburrs to a cow's tail.
Organization, not reorganization,
what-democracy needs.
is
Every time Mr. Hanna bears the
thug-chug" of an automobile he
d"ntges.
The people who foot the bills are
not sending any delegations, to Oyster
SI:CRITARY SI I AW PRO and
-latic ciirrrru-y, I do say that
and contract.
Comment.
it with falsehoods? Why not tell the
truth?
The editor of The Commoner reiter
ates the three propositions and unqtial
ihedly asserts the truth of each. The
colonial system permanently disquali
fies the subjects living thereunder. No
matter what local self-government
may be permitted, the subject in a col
ony has no part in the government of
the country of which he is a subject
The Filipino today has nothing what
ever to say in regard to the policy of
the United States or in regard to the
appointment of the executive author
ity in the Philippines. Even if here
after the Filipino is given a voice in
the selection of a local legislature, the
fact that he will have nothing to say
in regard to the selection of the execu
tive wno enrorces tne laws, (and in a
colonial system has an absolute veto)
is complete and conclusive proof that
he is disqualified for suffrage in the
sense I nwhich the term is used in this
country. In every state of the south
there are negroes who vote for state
officers and for national officers, and
have every political right that a white
man has. No Filipino today, no mat
ter how intelligent he may be or how
much property he may have, is able to
enjoy the suffrage privileges that are
enjoyed now by those negroes' in the
south who are able to come up to the
qualifications for suffrage there. The
Inter-Ocean must admit, then, that its
criticism of the first proposition is un
founded and that the republican party
is doing much worse in the Philippines
than the democratic party has done in
the south.
As to the second proposition, the
Inter-Ocean says that "the Filipino has
every constitutional protection that
Mr. Bryan himself has every personal
and civil right." That is palpably
false. The constitution does not ap
ply in the Philippine islands. Con
gress can extend to the Filipinos such
privileges as congress wishes, but
these are not guaranteed by the con
stitution: they are simply conferred
by congress and can be taken away by
congress. If the editor of the Inter
Ocean will read the latest Philippine
legislation, he will find that there are
many rights guaranteed to the citizens
of the United States that are not guar
anteed to the Filipinos. For instance,
the right to trial by jury, which is one
of the most sacred rights that there is.
Neither is the right to free speech
guaranteed there as here, and an edi
tor, although an American, has already
been deported for criticising public
officials. The democratic party insists
that the . constitution follows the flag.
The republican party takes the posi
tion that the constitution does not fol
low the flag, and two decisions of the
supreme court, "each rendered by a
majority of one." support the repub
lican position. On the second propo
sition, therefore, the Inter-Ocean must
admit that The Commoner is right and
the Inter-Ocean is wrong.
Now as to the third proposition, the
Inter-Ocean says that "Filipinos and
white men in the Philippines live tin-'
der exactly the same laws.' This is
dodging the question. It is a cowardly
evasion of the proposition. ' The white
people who live in the Philippine isl
lands have no part in the making of
the laws of the Philippine islands.
Those laws are made by the people of
this country, and the few white peo
ple who live in the Philippine islands
are there not as permanent residents,
but merely as visitors and temporary
sojourners. The I'niied States con-
The aBttle of Bereuit or Bayroot
will be fully as terrible as needful for
campaign purposes.
Despite the difference in farewells,
the chances are that Miles will be re
membered quite as long as Root.
When labor votes as it marches the
most difficult part of the labor prob
lem will have been solved.
Mr. Cox failed miserably in his ef
forts to bring about the John R. Mc
I.eanification of Ohio democracy.
The asset currency scheme is pro
jected solely with a view to continu
ing the overtaxation of the people.
Tom Johnson is a lucky man. The
Chicago daily newspapers are. with
one exception, fighting him.
The indications are that the .1:50
trotter-is due long before the trust
busting republican administration.
The republican organs which had
such rare sport with the populistic
"warehouse pawn shop" are not hav
ing the same kind of sport with the
asset currency scheme.
CON .
we net-d a money that will expand
gress exercises supreme power over
the Filipinos and over the white peo
ple who go there to trade and traffic.
The laws for the Filipinos would not
be permitted in this country, and the
editor of the Inter-Ocean knows it;
and he also knows that they would not
be made by the Filipinos if they had
a voice in the making of them. The
distinction pointed out by the editor
of The Commoner is one of very great
Importance. It is the very essence of
imperialism when you come to con
sider the probable effect of the laws.
The interest that the white people of
the south have in the making of the
laws under which they themselves live
is a protection to the black man
where the black man does not vote
a protection the value of which cannot
be overestimated. This protection is
entirely withdrawn with the people of
this country making laws relating to
the Filipinos while they themselves
are exempt from the operation of the
laws. It is fortunate that the Inter-
Ocean ventured upon the criticism
above referred to. because it calls the
attention of its readers to the principal
points in the colonial question, and the
editor of Tne Commoner takes pleas
ure in pointing out the gross and in
excusable error into which the editor
of the Inter-Ocean has fallen.
The Inter-Ocean also refers to the
District of Columbia and says that "as
to voting for congressman and presi
dent, the people of the Philippines are
in exactly the same condition as the
residents of the District of Columbia;"
and acids: "The latter are not even
permitted to vote in local affairs." It
is an unfortunate reference for the
Inter-Ocean, because the right to vote
was taken away from the people of
the District of Columbia by the repub
lican party and taken away solely for
the reason that there were so many
colored people in the District that even
white republicans preferred to rely up
on congress rather than a local legis
lature. The case, however, is not at
all analogous with the situation in the
Philippine islands. The residents of
the District of Columbia are largely
tempory residents, and many of
them still hold their citizenship in
their states and go home to vote.
Then. too., the sessions of congress are
held in the District, and the members
of congress are in close and constant
touch with the people, and as the pop
ulation of Washington is largely made
up of people who hold official position
and receive their appointment from
the federal authority, there can be no
similarity between their condition and
the condition of the Filipinos ten thou
sand miles away, who must depend up
on an American congress for every
thing in the form of legislation.
Neither is it fair to compare the
condition of a territory like Alaska
or Oklahoma with the condition in
the Philippines, for the territorial state
under our republican form of govern
ment is a temporary state; It lasts
only while the people are preparing
themselves for citizenship. If wrongs
are endured, they are only for a sea
son, and the people look forward with
patience to the time when they shall
enjoy all the rights and privileges of
citizenship in the states. It must be
remembered, tco. that the inhabitants
of the District of Columbia, and of all
the territories that lie between the
Atlantic and Pacific, enjoy all the
guarantees of the constitution. They
are also under the operation of the
same general laws as the people of the
states. The more the Inter-(- n dis
cusses this question, the more :arent
will become the fact that t: r epub
lican party in its Philippine licy is
not only defying the principk r" self
government, but criticising r oondi-
We can beat John Bull sailing
yachts, and we are giving hir i a close
race in the matter of imperial ja.
Perhaps the administration is so
appalled at the task before it that it
hesitates to tackle the job of unearth
ing all the frauds in the depaiients.
Senator Fairbanks says he would
guard capital against demagogue labor
leaders. This is perfectly proper, but
the senator might spend a few r.f his
spare moments in guarding labor from
conscienceless capital.
Perhaps the gentlemen who opposed
the populist "warehouse" plan w.Il ex
plain why a bank is more entitled to
the right of issuing currency c.i its
assets than a farmer is to secure a
loan from the government on his
assets.
The indications are thaf Prc:!dent
Roosevelt will have no difficulty what
ever In forcing congress to do Just
what it wants to do.
- Organize- a democratic club in your
voting precinct and be prepared to
make a strenuous fight for the su
premacy cf democratic principle.
Hon in the fcouth which from every
standpoint of government is infinitely
Fiipcrlor to the rendition cf a colony.
If the Inter-Ocean will publish this
editorial and answer it. The Commoner
will be glad to reproduce the answer
for the benefit of the readers of this
paper.
THE MONET QUESTION.
The Chicago Tribune reports Senator
Daniel of Virginia as saying that "the
financial question will be the most Im
lo.:i:t i-ubjeet before the next con
gress." The Tribune adds that the
senator believes that the question "will
precipitate a long debate, which will
cover the whole money question with
its old Issues and bearings on politics,"
and he is also "strongly impressed
with the belief that in the banking and
financial issues to be precipitated this
winter In congress, the democrats will
have a live, powerful issue."
Senator Daniel is correct; the finan
cial issue will be a live one in congress
and the democrats have it in their
power to put the republicans on the
defensive if they will only take up the
question and make an earnest fight.
But the party is handicapped by the
presence of a lot of corporation demo
crats who r"ve secured office on a
harmony platform and these iaen will, J
If possible, prevent the party's taking J
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a nrm stand against tne Aiancn dim
and an asset currency.
The democrats who are with the
people ought to assert themselves in
both the house and the senate and
leave exposed to the wrath of the peo
ple those who would surrender the
treasury into the hands of the finan
ciers. BARRIERS TO COMPETITION'.
In a speech delivered at Creston, la.,
August 10, Congressman Hepburn said:
"What are protective duties other than
barriers to free competition? When
we agree to a tariff schedule imposing
duties upon our foreign competitor, we
say to him. wedo not rely upon your
competition to secure diminishing cost
for our necessaries of life, but we pro
pose to give cur own people our entire
market and then rely upon their com
petition, one with another, to secure
the just and fair price."
It is not difficult for the Intelligent
man to understand that the republican
part' has built up at our ports these
"barriers to free competition." But it
docs not provide amcng our own peo
ple "competition, one with another, to
secure a just and fair price."
The republican party builds up "bar
riers to free competition" at our ports
and then fosters the trust system
whereby free competition is destroyed
at home; the whole tendency of the
republican policies being to benefit the
few at the expense of the many.
I. A FOLLETTE AN ANARCHIST.
The Chicago Chronicle announces
that a Wisconsin newspaper "which.
has been a staunch supporter of Gov
ernor La Follette" has been alienated
by the governor's "anarchistic con
duct." The ' aforesaid Wisconsin paper is
quoted as saying that it can no longer
support the governor.
So La Follette is now an anarchist.
is ner wnat nas ne Deen, aoing to
earn the title? Simply denouncing cor
poration rule, that is all. He has
pointed out how the corporations cor
rupt the ballot and even legislatures
and has called upon the honest repub
licans to rise up and save their party
from disgrace and their country from
danger, and for this appeal he is de
nounced as an anarchist.
The republican leaders have no use
for a reformer. La Follette will have
to fight for his life if he tries to free
his party from the demoralizing in
fluences of corporate domination. He
will probably appreciate the fight that
the democratic party made in 1S96 and
1900.
The Aldrich bill provides for keep
ing money in circulation by taking it
from the national treasury and loan
ing it to banks at a low rate of in
terest so that they may loan it to the
people at a high rate of interest. The
bill is advocated by men who want
some excuse for perpetuating excessive
taxation.
The sporting editor's chair in Mr.
Pulitzer's college of journalism n?ed
not remain unoccupied. All that is
necessary is to decide whether the oc
cupant shall be a fisherman or a
hunter.
The administration will find it diffi
cult to stir up enough ruction over the
currency question to hide the fact that
it has failed utterly to keep its prom
ise concerning the shackling of the
trusts.
KILL THE ASSET CURRENCY
MEASURE! IT IS UNSAFE. WHAT
WILL BECOME OF THE CURRENCY
WHEN THE CASHIER ABSCONDS
WITH THE ASSETS?
The verdict in the Caleb Powers case
is calculated to make Mr. Taylor
rather chary on any vice presidential
boom that holds out a promise of re
moving Mr. Durbin from his present
position.
So. Mr. Murphy, chief of Tammany,
denies that he has pledged the sup
port of that organization to Cleveland.
Somehow the Cleveland boom can't
keep its legs from wobbling.
KILL THE ALDRICH BILL. IT
ARRAYS THE FINANCIERS
AGAINST A REDUCTION OF TAXA
TION AND LAYS THE FOUNDA
TION FOR AN ENORMOUS COR
RUPTION FUND.
If the advocates of the Aldrich till
are honest why do they not keep the
money in circulation by repealing un
just tariff laws that continue to pile
up a needless surplus in the national
treasury?
But is General Miles quite sure we
can devise a war automobile that will
Rot be more dangerous to ourselves
than to the enemy?
The indications are that Mr. Hanna
will be compelled to withdraw from
politics to a certain extent.
In the meantime General Miles Is
making more friends by reason of the
snubs he has received.
The Root resignation has. permitted
several g. o. p. statesmen to appear
in the "also mentioned" class.
Matthew Stanley Quay i& writing an
autobiography. It will be interesting
because of what he does not tell.
New York republicans who decry
fusion in Nebraska are striving with
might and tnain to secure fusion in
New -York cjty for the purpose of re
electing Ma or Low. i
THE TA1UFF SWINDLE
FRANCE
HAS A WINNING
IN THE GAME.
HAND
Its Government Is Prepared to Prove
to Our "Statesmen" That Reciprocal
Trade Arrangements Must be Made.
When the Dingley bill was pending
its fruiners set themselves deliberately
and none too secretly about construct
ing certain sections in such wise that
reciprocity treaties could be entered
Into without depriving any of the pro
tectees of their monopoly shelter.
Their plan was simple. They first
put up the protective duties as high
as the protectees had the face to de
mand. Then they proceeded to add
25 per cent so that our foxy diplo
mats could knock off one-fifth in re
turn for like reductions by foreign
countries in davor of American prod
ucts. Now, this is not an assertion of
'the enemy." It is the truth as stated
rn the floor of the senate during the
last session by Senator Dolliver of
Iowa, who was a member of the
ways and means committee in the
nous at the time when the thing wa?
done.
This was regarded as a very shrewd
yankee tiick at the time. But other
countries easily "got wise" and pro
ceeded to block the game especially
France. The French chamber found
out what was going on and actually
got in the counter before the Dingley
blow was delivered.
Whenever the French chamber
starts to go anywhere it generally
gets -here pretty soon, while eight
months is short time for the construc
tion and passage of a protective
tariff bill by congress. France
was all ready to more than
meet us with her maximum
and minimum rates more than
ready, because she could clap on or
take off the maximum rates any min
ute, while we had to go through all
the motions of negotiating and ratify
ing a treaty.
During. the last session our Repub
lican tariff sharps proceeded to enact
a retaliatory tariff law providing for
the inspection of imported foodstuffs
and the exclusion of such as the in
spectors may find to be adulterated or
otherwise objectionable. It is pretty
well understood that nothing objec
tionable will be discovered if the for
eign country from which the goods
come admits American products on
terms satisfactory to our protection
ist oflicials.
Now we find that the French have
countered once more. During the re
cent session their parliament passed
e bill about doubling the duties on
salted meats, of which, we export large
quantities to France. The French do
not buy other animal products from
, us very largely, but they are buying
our salted meats in great and increas
ing quantities.
They meet our retaliatory inspec
tion law with a double duty on these
meats and then give us plain official
intimation that if we wish any con
cession we must reduce our rates on
French products. This intimation
comes just at the time when our re
taliatory law goes into effect.
So the French propose not only to
meet our retaliatory measure, but to
go further and cut off our most
flourishing trade with them if we do
not reduce our monstrous duties on
their products.
Possibly it will dawn upon our tariff
wiseacres after a while that a country
which is growing more and more
nnxious to find foreign markets for
its products cannot secure them by
shutting and barring its doors against
foreign products.
William McKinley mado that dis
covery some time before his tragic
death, but his one-time followers and
admirers are slow to loarn that trade
must be reciprocal.
Graft in the Philippines.
The exploitation of the Philippines
by those of our trust magnates who
are interested in extending their
operations to those islands has been
quietly going on, but the big thing,
the building of a system of railroads,
is now to be undertaken. Secretary
of War Root is evidently anxious to
help his corporation friends by giving
them government aid to build the pro
jected railroads in Luzon and the
other islands. The proposition is to
guarantee the interest on the amount
of the cost of the roads, which would
be sufficient to induce capital to in
vest in the enterprise. This, of course,
means that a deal has been made be
tween the War department and the
raad promotors, for official Infor
matics is given out that "engineers
have bt--v making surveys in the
islands, ami riiroad men have been
in consultation v;th the Secretary of
War on the project 5id it has reached
such a stage that it ft Velieved early
action will be taken, lotVa'ig to the
building of railroads on an r.:.tesive
rcale."
The scheme Seems to be that the j
government is to give the railroad.-;
charters and rights of way over the
government land and guarantee the
interest on the cost of building the
loads. This will be an incentive To
swen the cost of the building of the
roads so that the insiders can at once
secure a good rake off. The railroads
will then have to be capitalized for
probably at least double what they
actually cost and the government
v ill have guaranteed interest on the
watered stock. This is a nice scheme
fov the friends of Secretary Root, and
as he is about to retire from the cabi
net, there is no reason why he will
not himself participate in the pro
ceeds. How the government the people
who pay the taxes will come out in
the deal can be readily imagined and
that freight and passenger rates will
be exorbitant is a certainty. That
the government will be called upon
to pay the interest and eventually the
principal on the securities issued on
the railroads is the history of all like
undertakings, and that the taxpayers
of the United States will be the event
ual sufferers is almost a certainty.
Graft under the present administra
tion is becoming epidemic.
Let Us Hope for the Best.
' the thieves who have been robbing the
Indians of their lands It In announced
that the work of the lhiv.es coinmln
sion "will be thoroughly investigated
by a close personal friend of the presl
dent."
This a peculiar development of
the reiguing dynasty. Under Mr. Mr
Kinley we had "com missions" great
and small to do all sorts of things
Under Mr. Roosevelt we have personal
friends of the president regulating and
investigating matters.
And perhaps it is all right. It Is nat
ural and in some ways commendable
that the president should trunt his
friends. Doubtless the gentleman who
is to scrutinize the doings of the
Dawes commission will make a good
job of It. being "a close personal friend
of the president" and presumably an
individual of much honesty, lntelli
gence and discretion.
We can not but recall with some
trepidation, however, that the person
whom Col. Roosevelt described as "my
closest personal friend and political
adviser" has been detected In an un
lawful glove contract with the war de
partment and is saved from disagree
able consequences by the statute of
limitations and by that only.
Let us hope that the individual who
8 orng on (he trail of the Dawes com
missioners may not succumb to temp-
Nation. These be parlous times.
Very Wide cf Truth.
An extreme illustration of the way
in which enmity for civil service re
form crops out from the political class
is afforded by the utterance of (Jen.
Henderson, formerly Inter-State Com
merce Commissioner. With reference
to the recent exposures in the itostal
service he is quoted as saying that
"the cvil service rules had made It
practically impossible to hold super
iors responsible for the acts of em
ployes, and that blame for irregular
ities could not be placed upon the
heads of bureaus."
The main assertion of this sentence
is a direct misrepresentation of thc
civil service act. Superiors still have
the liberty of selection from among
the qualified candidates. But the
point that makes this misstatement
the more flagrant i.s that they have
the full power and duty of dismissal
of subordinates for crookedness. The
duty of superiors to keep clti.se watch
and punish subordinates for any mis
deed if indisputable.
Besides this, the inappositeness of
this remark on the present scandals
i.s the more glaring on account of two
facts. All the exposures have been
of the class which was fertile in ex
pedients for beating the civil service
rules, and the heads of bureaus, who
Gen, Henderson says, cannot bt
blamed. include those who were up
to theT elbows in the plunder.
Tariff's Day Is Over..
The tariff has done its work. Every
dollar Lt gave the protected few it took
from the many; but American indus
tries- have attained so vast a volume
that they have to invade free- trade
markets to dispose of their surplus.
and as" a result they get no protection
from the tariff. They have squeezed
the orange almost dry, and little r
mains but to throw away the hull.
As the protective tariff disappears it
would be strange if Republicanism did
not go with it. If the Republicans wil,
gradually reduce it they may hold
power, but if they "stand pat" and rr
to keep the present high rates, tht
crash is not far distant, and the fall o
protection will also mean the fall ol
Republicanism.
Wall Street's Danger.
If Wall street tries a few more
games it will be impressed with the
fact that it is not the United States
and the people thereof. As men grow
enlightened they outlive their old su
perstitions and the crafty priesthoods
of error are left to starve about theii
neglected altars. It was so of old
when the Great Pan died;. it will be sc
again when the Almighty Dollar real
izes that he is a servant instead of a
god.
Meant to Deceive.
At present nobody denies that th
old prosecution of star route fraud
was only a bluff to deceive the peoplt
who were deceived. Ten years from
to-day what will be the accepted ver
dict on administration and people as
to the prosecution of -the thieves in
the postal frauds of to-day? At least
the people should be ashamed to know
they had been deceived more than
once.
Idea Is an Ancient One.
That expert benevolent assimllator
Captain Pershing believes that after
the Moros are Krag-Jorgensenized a
little more they will fully appreciate
the blessings of American rule. The
captain's idea that a grave yard Is the
proper place to set up a colonial gov
ernment is not original with him. The
Romans had it nineteen centuries and
more ago solitudinem faciunt, paeem
appellant.
Don't Seem to Recognize Peace.
As Leonard Wood dodges bullets in
th underbrush of Mindanao he may
be pardoned lor doubting our liege
lord's eUhusiastfe praises of Elihu'f
services in restoring the Philippines tc
peace and ordpr. For a loyal and con
tented people cir Filipino fellow citi
zens are mighty eckless in their use
of firearms.
Danger on the Clothesline.
They say Secretary Hitchcock wili
have a lot of explaining to do before
the last word is said in the matter of
the interior department scandal. It
behooves the president to hurry, for
the campaign of I&04 is not so very
far away now and it won't do to have a
lot of dirty linen on the line when It
begins.
No Benefit to Farmers.
Not until the United States cease
to produce a surplus of wheat will the
protective tariff on wheat be of any
value to the farmer. That time may
come in fifty or a hundred years, or it
may never come at all.
Left an Unguarded Spot.
While Uncle Joseph Cannon was
watching the hole of the Iowa tariff
idea the Wall street currency idea
broke Into the Republican Congres
sional sheepfold, whence piteous Meat
ir.gs and baaing sow proceed.
TRiat'Ttf TO YANKEE INCENUITY
Chinese Paper Describes a Truly Won
derful Invention.
Admiral Dewey wns a prominent
Igur at the KurutoKH laces Umially
no occupied a Ih. On nttToon u
fit t It party of Iuidxtm mum tip to
ihake hanU with him and, naturally,
h" talk turned to agriculture.
"When I was In the Philippines."
".aid tho admiral, "an American rexl
dent brought m a Chinese pup r. II
'-.aid this paper would Intercut me be
cause it contained an account of ar
American Inventi-n. Then, with
smile, he translated a paragraph that
ran something like thin:
" 'The Inxe.iulty of the yankce In
typified well In a hen's nest that he
han recently invented and patented,
riiix iifHt IncreuHcs the laving capacity
of the hens to an unlimited degree.
In the bottom of It there is a trap door,
governed by a delicate spring- Th
hen lays an egg, the weight of which
causes the trap door to open, where
upon the egg tlrops down Into a sub-terrcanea-n
compartment and the door
closfM very swiftly awl silently again.
The hen gels up, turns to look at the
eggv but Hci tone there. Ko shn de.
cldes thst site miiKt be mistaken n
k . t i I ft .1 --!. .1
I mi'iKing bi.o ruu mn, unu sn
,,',wnl a",nl an1 hIU another egg.
I which, like its predecessor. (JlfappcarH.
I The proc ess continues Indefinitely.' "
BLIND PEOPLE AS MASSCURO.
Occupation for Which They Are f'scu
liarly Well Suit-J.
An institute for massage by IIki
blind, which is about to be started In
England under a committee that In
.'ludet Many representative medical
men. is riot an experiment. It ha
been 'r.i'd that the blind can become
(nrt in the practice of muflsuge,
whic.i in Japan I.s commonly recog
nize.) as their work. The occupation a
open to the blind are few and rarely
ieti;;ii:t i;if ve. This difficulty Is out
ft the gravest obstacles to the Im
provement of the condition of this af
flicted class. There are already sev
eral rn; masseurs In England. Blind
.students must obtain first class tnedl
cal certificates In an art which l
daily more used, especially by Kiir
g"ons in sprains and bruises, and mas
senres will be allowed r treat only
women and children and masseur
only men. It Is worthy of note that
the blind are usually endowed with a
sense of touch exceptionally line, si
that here, and perhaps here alone, it
a field in which they may surpass their
seeing fellows, massage being depen
dent for its stieeess upon the nicety of
its application, dependent in its turn
tin the nicety of the operator's tactiln
sense.
You and I.
The v.'iittr-r wind It wiiilftiK. '" low,
Aoross tli" Ih : 1 1 1 I through the iij.h-
The NplciKtor of llif tr"l'l''K nfl'TKlow
tSlcaniM through thi Mai'kn-M.s of tlet
H,T"Ht yew 1 1 "Ik:
Ami thin I ra on c.irlh ;itn in III1 ky:
We oiiKht l In- totft-th) r, you arni J.
Rapt through its runy ihiikch Into dark,
Krtdi-H all I lie wMt ; and through tho
nhadowy tre't.
Ami In tin- mIIimiI ijlarOH of I he .rk.
t:rMH tho nofi .llilnx of Hi rllng
brepze.
It Ijh hut echo to my weary kIkIi.
We ouuhl to hf toKth.-r, you ari'l X.
My haixi in lonely for your Hupping,
dear;
My car Is tireii. waiting for your en II:
I want your Ftit ngth to help, your laimh
to cheer;
Heart, soul ami siune neeil you, 0i?
ami all.
I droop without your full, frank sympa
thy:
Wi ouht to be together, you and I.
We want eai li l hr ho, to romprehend
The dream, the hope, things planned of
seen, or. wrought :
Companion, comforter, and Kuide, and
friend.
As rnueh as love asks love, Joe thought
need thought.
Iife 1m til short, so fast lone hnur
fly.
We oiJKht to h together, you aiid I.
llnldentyied.
Free Lunen for Women.
Usually the grocery department of
the big grocery stores is thronged
with women all day long. Many of
them make a point of partaking of all
the solids and liquids that are offered
as samples. Yesterday one stylishly
dressed woman was heard to say to
her companion:
"Nonsense, my dear, don't be fool
ish! Of course, you needn't bring any
thing, unless you really want to. Why,
I wander around here three times a
week and manage to make a very sub
stantial luncheon by going from one
counter to another. The men don't
mind taking a bite of free lunch in the
saloons, and why should we not do
likewise in the department stores?"
New York Press.
South Sea Islander's Prayer.
A South Sea islander, at the close
f a religious meeting, offered the
'ollowing prayer: "O God. we are
ibout to go to our respective homes.
L.et not the words we nave heard be
like the fine clothes we wear, soon
;o be taken off and folded up In a
ox till another Sabbath comeK
ound. Rather let Thy truth btj like
:he tattoo on our bodies ineffaceable
till death." Carlton's Magazine.
Painted the President's Horse.
District Attorney Jerome has a
brother, "Iarry" Jerome. This brother
ttarted his eccentric career while still
t Princeton by an undue love of art.
lobert Ronner had given President
VlcCosh of Princeton a magnificent
mow-white horse of which he old
president was inordinately proud, and
rhicb he was wont to drive in triumph
.hrough the streets. One day. as the
iresident was about to drive on a
turry call to Trenton, bis hostler failed
o bring the white steed to the door
m time. Going to the stablA to In
'estigate, the president found that
'oung Jerome had painted the horse
v'vid and patriotic red. white and
lue. Then he had permitted the Old
31orlous horse to roll In the grass. .
tdding a Galway green to the general
ffect. As the president bad no clr
;us to advertise, he missed his driver
'or the next month. New York Even
ng World.
France Owns One-Third of Africa.
The French domain in Africa com
prises one-third of the surface of th.4
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