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-3 Consolidation of the Wealtbntakers and the Lincoln Independent LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 16, 1899- NO. 27. VOL. XL mr BLOODTHIRSTY-SAVAGES They are Allowed to Preae their Horrl tle Doctrine In tome Crch Pi pits without Rebufce. There is an awful degeneracy own inn nulDits of this land. Not only the ministers openly advocatw war, tout event wars of conquest That seems to be only the first step downward. Men who call themselves followers of Christ, who are ordained ministers and recog nized as such by their denoeuiin&tion, openly proclaim the most horrible doc trinesdoctrines that are put in practice only by the iowest barbarians and still hold their positions in the church. The following account of what one of these ministerial brutes said is taken from the . New York Journal: :Some time ago a California philoso pher rushed into the public prints with a proposal to put alt habitual criminals At that time we pointed out the diffi culty ofiliscriminating between habitual .criminals and those who commit dimes through adversity and temptation. Regarding the proposal -of wholesale executien of criminals, tis Rev. Cyrus F Wixn, in an address to the Chautau qua Circle of the Tcity Methedist Church, said: "Justice to humanity demands tnet in order .to obliterate a hereditary sovnse of crime the individual mnst die. "Imprisonment 'or would fee a grievous error. It is mot right that 1100, 000 criminals should befeopt in compar ative'ease at the expense of their fallows, whom they can only injwe. , - "I .would chloroform lihese confirmed crimraals. The guillotine is too ttioody, hanging too violent, electrocution too uncertain. In death by chloroform there is no$ain, nothing revetting." Thus the Rev. Mr. Wixon, a christian minister, serving Him who said, "'Thou shalt not kill," would reform the 'world by making it a shamoles. It is the purely physical sight of death, not the moral a$6ct of it. that hotlines .the Rev. Mr. Wixon. .ffhloro Jorm is painless, he says. How does he know that the guillotine us not painless? Ah, 'but the blood of at Mr. Wixan can bear to rip the soul from the body by chloroform, but not fcy the ae. An aestWMiu murdeper. tru!y.. To ihe poor, ragged thief who makes a habit of stealing, if caagiit reddsianded withw dozen spools of thread m "hw pocket, Mr. Wixan would say: Off, to jour 'deathbed; the world is bettor with out you." , If the Wixon law were put into . effect its author should tag eb. soul -of the 100,000 souls which he would fuse with an .explanatory prayer to this xJffect: "We hereby return this poor ou'l to its Makeras unsatisfactory We hqjw that in futwe He will be pleased to ifurnish! mankind with souls of better qaHty." . The Rev. Mr. Wixon should preach God's word more and talk of slaughter less. ' ! This (discourse was delivered to a.' Ohauftenaua circle presumably a so-l eiety )t young people and in a Mutho-; distichunch! There is no statement lhat urone obiected to the advocacy .of wholesale slaughter of human beings. Here are some more words of this onod ern Methodist barbarian: "There au-e few criminals, very few criminals who reform not one ia a hundred. A man. of course, may con mit anv erave offense against the laws of socity through heat of passion, through exigence of circumstances, through mistake. With him my theory does not deaL But the man who has offended twice, I would chloroform him. How does that conform to the teach ing of Christ, who would forgive seven times seven? This Methodist Robes piere would take a man's life for the second offense, and the Chautauqua cir cle of Trinity Methodist Church sit and listen and make no protest at all ! Oh whited senulchers! All these men are for shooting Christianity into the Filipi nos with Gatlin guns. They believe in God, McKinley and destiny. The bar barism of the modern plutocratic minis ter is not equaled by the barbarism of the South Sea islanders. SPANISH IMPERIALISM. Bow It Accompliithed the Destruction f the Mighty Irrigation Work of Ancient Pern, Senor Ramon Estacia, who m a visitor to this country from Peru, can talk very interestingly about his home under the equator, the land of the Incas and asso ciated with Fizarro and his Spanish eon quutadores. "I am in the United States," said Senor Estacia, "to study the result of your plunging civilization and to note those American inventions which would help us in my country. The discovery of America destroyed Peru as it did Mexico. The Peru of today is aBmall part of the ancient empire. At the time of the conquest, the Spaniards found the lard in a high state of cultivation. While i.aturally in large part a desert, owing to a very scant or no rainfall be tween the mountains and the coast, the natives by the superior foresight and wisdom of their Incas had brought wa ter immense distance and rendered ara ble immense stretches of country. The ancient irrigation of Feru was very won derful. ... "Water was conducted by means of canals and subterranean aqueducts ex ecuted on a grand wale. They were built of large slabs of freestone nicely fitted together without cement. The water supply came from some elevated lake or natural reservoir in the heart of the mountains and was fed at intervals by othrr basins whieh lay on the route along the slopes of the Sierra. Passages were cut through rock (and the Peruvi arm had no iron tools), almost impassable mountains were turned; rivers and mo rasses were crossed and apparently im postvble feats of engineering were c comjplished simply to secure water for the 'irrigation of fields and gardens, Some of these oanals were very long, Tfcat of Condesuyu was between 400 and 000 miles in length. "By latent ducts or sluices, the life pw'fDE fluid was led to the tillable lands along the line of the canals. In some instances the land was flooded, while in others the water was made to run in fur lows between the tows af growing maize. tabneco and other 'crops. Each occupant of land was allowed a certain quantity of water by the law of the Empire. Over seers for the government had charge of each district and saw that each man re ceived his proper amount, and that the canals were kept in proper repair. "That the government understood the danger of floods and took steps to pre vent them is shown by some of the works still extant. Notable is the still visible tunnel near Casamasca. While the wa ters of this lake were used for irrigation the heavy rains and melting snows would cause an overflow. To protect the irri gation works and the settlements on the route, a tuanel was excavated in the mountains to give an outlet in another direction to the waters of the lake when they rose to a height to threaten inunda tion. "At the coming of the Spaniard the land everywhere teemed with evidences of agricultural wealth.said Senor Es tacia, reflectively. "Today a greater part of this pasadise has reverted to its arid condition. Here and there where some old dirt rilled tunnel leaks a little moist ure the rank vegetation of our tropics. in contrast with the surrounding arid wastes, show the power of irrigation." This gives rise to the reflection that the Spaniards, wherever their star of chivalry or rapacity for wealth led them have destroyed and never created. Their coming has always been a curse to the people they conquered. Chivalric and recklessly brave, they yet considered the civilization and population of the .New World as but barbaric and pagan and fit only for destruction. But these native tribes: people: gov ernments benighted and heathen had battled with nature, learned the secret of success and conquered under the most adverse circumstances. They made use of mountain lakes and natural res ervoirs. wherein were stored the waters of the rainy season and the melting snows, to be used during the dry season We have today in California, Colora do, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and the Northwestern states, millions of acres of land, the productive capacity of which is beyond 'Compute, which can and will be reclaimed eventually. Great moun tain gorges, forming natural reservoirs, can be usad for storage purposes, and land, useless today, will become an em pire of agricultural wealth worth far more fabulous sums than the rich mines adjacent to them, and ten times as much as all the oslands in the China seas. What has already been spent ia trying to overthrow the first republic ever tried .to be. established in Asia, would have given us far more happy homes than can Uver be estdblighed in the Philippines, .though we. at last conquer them all. Lancaster County, The Lancaster county canvaasing board completed its work on the state and county ticket Saturday. The re -suits are not materially different from unoffieial returns. They are as follows: Supreme Judge City Total Rerwe. r KWtt WSMI Holoomb. f... 210 4594 Sarenta r,ly r . xro .MeGiHon, r 3ftl 5295 Rich, f I50 4338 Teeters, f Mf! 43111 fitch. D...... 124 276 Hmrth. d 122 26 Distinct J udffoa Holmes, r iias ' Fot. r 3371 5787 Cornish, r 31 544 Doyle, f 2124 4504 Hibner. f. Zttl 41 Wheeler, f 1SU2 414S District Clerk Phillip, r 3421 5734 Liodell. f 1M 42M Hedjws. D 134 2B Treasurer Ktiektfr. r 127 4430 Mcluhlin, f -27W 5445 DePutron. o 215 35 CnnntT Clark Knre. r sun ws Hiiflibenrer. f 4311 Homerrille. i 11M 273 SheritT- Bransoa. r o 51S1 Cooper, f 25fl 4H34 Beecuer. u US 279 County Judue Waters, r Zfii Shepherd, f 248 4WX McCullocb. p 14 291 County ConimiMiioner Tilton. r 3zo iMiii Meier, f 20X1 4655 Suiierintendent Hawes, r 3374 5790 Parixh. f 1X40 IM Monaffon. p..... 152 303 Snrreyor bentt 410U TM Coroner Graham, t am 4422 Bent ley. f. Merryman, p t.tl As the city of Lincoln alone has al ways given from a 1,000 to 1,800 majority for the straight republican ticket here tofore, an exception only being made when some notorious boodler, unpopular in his own party, was nominated, all the mullet heads turned out and wept like the whang doodle mourning for her first born, and the f unionist held a big ratifi cation jubilee. The pressure for money i T ew York has become so great, Sectary Gage an nounced Wednesday that he would take up $25,000,000 of bonds. When this money is paid out of the treasury into the banks it is hoped that the scarcity of money will be relieved. The banks must have been in desperate straight, or thin never would have been done, TEDDY ROOSEVELT. Since this Sanctified Mnfwump Republi can Has Become Governor Nevr York la a Price Fighter's raradise. Just as wealth continues to concen trate in a few hands, so do the condi tions in the United States more and more resemble the conditions in Rome as money became scarce and dear and capital concentrated there. The prize fighting allowed by the governor of New York and the glee with which the most horrible brntalities are witnessed by thousands upon thousands, ehowa the same degeneracy that set in, in Rome and finally ended in the overthrow of the republic and civilization itself. There never came any relisf to suffering humanity until the discovery of gold and silver in the new world ana it began to nour into Europe. Then we had what is called the "renaisance." Feudal ism was overthrown, intellectual giants appeared in every Held of thought, the foundations of modern science were iaia and the human race sprang forward with a misrhtv bound. The degeneracy of modern times can not be better illustrated than by I truthful account of the reoent Jeffreys and Sharkey prize fight. The following descriDtion of the affair is taken from the Detroit Journal. It is very different from the full page, illustrated accounts that were printed m the great INew xom dnilien. "In the excitement of the occasion it is likely the men commissioned to report the Jeffrey?-Sharkey prize fight last night overlooked and therefore failed to mention many or ine revaluing iea tures of the combat. From their hur riedly written accounts, and from subse uuent admissions of the two contestants, we are informed that during the progress of the battle: "Jeffries had ith nose split, one arm disabled, one ear cut m twain, and one evelid laid nDen. "Sharkev had one eyo battered until it closed and the other lacerated, both ears cut oDen. two ribs broken and the bones of one hand cracked. "With thece principal injuries inflicted during the battle the men fought like wild beasts for twenty-five so-called rounds, the blood crimsoning their bod ies md spattering over the white canvas of the arena. The sight and smell of the blood converted the vast throng of hu man beinps there into a howling mob of frenzied enthusiasts and for the greater part of tho time the din of boisterous demonstration was deafening. , "For ferocity and savage impetuosity last night's exhibition is almost without a parallel in the history of the ring events, certainly without a parallel by any '-lawfully" regulated "boxing exhi bition." It was a tight, a brutal, ugly, revolting fight, witnessed by roaring thousaniS'Of -excited men, sanctioned by law and encouraged by the authorities of New York statp a demoralizing dis play of modern degeneracy. "Not in wears has there been exhibited in the so-called prize ring anything to match it for coarse brutality. Those who have been obliged to go into foreign territory to measure pugilistic prowess because Che laws of tneir country for bade them to tight at home never pre sented such a spectacle as was presented last night without protest or interfer ence, within an hour's trolly ride of the city of churches. FUSIONISTS RATIFY. Thousands) torn out, parade with banners, make speeches, let oft Are works and rejoice In Lincoln. The result of the election in Lancas ter county was such a surprise, and such a glorious affair for the f unionists that they concluded that they would have a little joliflcation over it. When Lancaster county became doubtful and even a part of the fusion ticket was elected in this strong hold, where the republican majority in the city is never less than about 1,000, the old pops and fighting free silver democrats thought it was time to get out and yell. The fol lowing account was written by a young reporter on the Post, "Fusionists from all over the city and the surrounding country gathered in greet crowds Friday evening to rejoice at the triumphant culmination of the re cent state campaign and the election of Judge Silas A. Halcomb to the supreme bench of the state. The celebration be gan with a big street parade which formed near the capital grounds and marched through all the principal streets of the city. When it was over, the throng of people, numbering twenty five hundred or more, gathered before the band stand in front of the state house and listened to enthusiastic speeches by Governor Toynter, Judge Holconib, Secretary Porter. Mrs. Belle U. lligelow, and William J. Bryan. The ceremonies were concluded about ten o'clock and the people wended their way home well satisfied with the magnificent demonstration which had taken place. Many persons were at the state house before 7 o'clock and the corridors were continually resounding with the blasts of tin horns and the clatter of feet on the stone floor as the crowd gathered. As soon as possible, the different divi sions of the parade were formed along Fifteenth street, north of the canitol. and when the command to march was given there were six hundred people in ine. Ibis included the lirvan home guards in white uniforms, the university bimetallic club, many voters on foot carrying cornstalks and Japanese lan terns, school childrm 'with flags and horns, ladies of the bimetallic league in carriages, and Governor Poynter, Judge llolcomb, Chairman kdmisten, and Air. Bryan yi a carriage iu the rear of the )rocession. The march column was ed by Hagenow's full band. The Bryan guards wore red helmets and carried torches and Roman candles. The parade moved down Fifteenth street to O, where it turned westward and proceeded to Tenth street This part of the march furnished the occasion for a brilliant display of fireworks and the crowds which lined the streets re sponded by enthusiastic cheering. The marchers then encircled the postoffice square and moved back to Eleventh and O. Here the coulumn turned southward and after reaching M street counter marched back to 0. The parade then proceeded back to the capital grounds along the same lines traversed at the commencement of the march, and soon disbanded after reaching the place where the formation had taken place. It was throughout a most orderly and yet an enthusiastic demonstration and was good naturedly admired even by many republicans who watched it from the sidewalks. Among the features of the parade were a number of banners with charac teristic inscriptions. The one that per haps attracted the most attention and caused the most amusement was the pic ture of a cow that looked like oue of the ill-favored kine of Pharaoh's dream, and a lean looking porker. The legend in scribed just beside the picture was: "Speck from Broken Bow, and the Black Boar Pig." . When the crowd arrived at the canitol grounds the exercises were opened by a band selection, and several other airs were played at intervals. Governor Poynter in an introductory address ex pressed his gratification at the result of the recent election nnd the prospect for national success next year. The fusion forces, he said, oh issues that appealed to the people's sense of right and justice and the popular judgment which had been recorded in favor of their candi dares and their principles afforded an excellent reason for rejoicing. Ex Gov. Holcomb was then introduced. Judge, Holcomb, after briefly respond ing to the applause which greeted his appearance, declared that he was pro foundly impressed with the duties which would be his to fulfill in the new sphere of public usefulness to which he had been called and that it would be bis aim to perform them in such a manner as to bring forth at least some small degree of good. He commended the harmony which had continuously actuated the fu sionists and said that so long as they should stand together in support of the principles of good government they might always enjoy tho confidence of the people. The audience then joined in singing "The Star Spangled Banner" led by H. JtW. Seamark. After this, Secretary of State Porter stepped to tho front and thanked all the persona who had labored with him to make the ratification a suc cess. He made some humorous scriptu ral quotations which caught the humor of the crowd and they responded with vigorous applause. Secretary Porter re ferred to Mr. Bryan as the greatest lead er of modern times, which statement was met with another enthusiastic dem onstration. Mrs. Belle G. Biglow, who was the next speaker, called attention to the fact that not more than a half a dozen county treasurers had been elected by the republican party in Nebraska this fall. This, she thought was an indica tion that the people of the tate were unwilling to entrust the management of their finances to "members of the party which had produced Bartley, Moore, and other defaulters. She denied the assertion that Nebraska had become degenerate state by electing the fusion ticket and complimented the intelligent men and women of the mate for their work side by side in carrying the elect ion for the reform movement A letter of congratulation from Helen M.Gougar of Indiana was then read by Mrs. Bigelow and was recerwd with hearty cheers. wnen Mr. ttryan was introduced as the last speaker of the evening he was greeted with such a demonstration that ' L Ia. t t-I A- t ' T T ii, was uuiicuit i or ui in to oegin. lie started to remove his hat but General Vifquain in ttie audience called to him to keep it on and prevent hisfcatching cold. "My old friend and counsellor," said Mr. lirvan, "has always watched over me and I feel deeply grateful to him for it I hope that he may live as long as I do and that I may always have the benefit of his guardianship and ad vice." Some one shouted "Hurrah for Vifquain," aad the cheer was given from many throat. Mr. Bryan aid that it was now the turn for the fusionists to rejoice and parade the steeets while the republicans bad to mt on the fence and watch them go by. It was merely a reversal of the old state of things in years gone by. tie noped that after every election in the future the republicans would have to sit on the fence unless they were will ing to come over on the side of the fu sionists. A review of political conditions and event since 1888 was then entered into by Mr. Bryan. The reform forces, by indomitable effort and a faith bom of zeal for a good cause had slowly achieved one triumph after another until they had at last changed the political com- plezion of the state, as he believed, for an indefinite period. In doing so they bad drawn to their support all the re form element of the republican party, leaving that organization lower in the moral scale than it had been before. The advent of the gold democrats into the republican party had still further lessened its possibilities as an agent of good government. A campaign of abuse, Mr. Bryan said, such as had been carried on against Judge Holcomb had proved of worse than no avail; for it had driven men to support him who might not otherwise have done so. He himself had been more or less reviled but he had said nothing in remonstrance because he felt sure that such a policy of abuse always recoiled upon heads of its promoters when presented to the judgment of in telligent people. In his closing remarks Mr. Bryan expressed his confidence that the principles for which the reform forces of the nation are now fighting would reach a triumphant Issue in the next presidential campaign. His whole address was full of the characteristic touches of humor for which he has be come famous. It was a well satisfied crowd that pro:eeded homeward when Mr. Bryan had finished his speech. A great deal of credit is due to Secre tary Porter and others who have been laboring for the last three days to make the ratification a success. That it was such in an unqualified sense is owing to their unceasing labors. Do You Pay Taxes? If you pay your rent: yes. If you pay your meat bills; yes. If you pay for the clothes you wear; yes. If you pay for the clothes your family wears; yes. If you pay your coal bills: yea. If you pay your tobacco bills; yes. If you pay for what you drink; yes. If you pay your laundry bills; yes. If you pay your railroad fare; yes. If you pay your freight bills; yes. If you pay your street car fare; yes. Yes, my dear sir, you are a taxpayer. If you are not a tax payer, you are the most consummate and successful dead beat on earth. ' When the jobbers, tho franchise mo nopolists and the interest reapers refuse to pay their just share of taxes to the treasuries of the city, county and state, they have committed a most henious crime. They have put their hands into the pockets of the helpless school chil dren of the state and robbed them of their educational support. These brig ands are a disgrace to the highwayman, who at least is not so callous that he would rob a child. Unseen they steal the coppers from the eyes of the dead. There is hardly a move of an honest man's life but that pays taxes in one way or another. It is only the rich man who pays no tax, because, he is in a position to make others pay it for him. If you are a poor man you ore a taxpayer. An Exchange. , Dead and Burned. The Greater American Exposition is dead it is also damned -it is burried beneath a multitude of malidictions. It was conceived in si J and brought fortL in iniquity. It was started to rob others and ended in robbing itself. It broke all tho concessionc.ires, disgusted all its vis itors and left behind it a buudlo of debts amounting to f3130,000 which will never bo paid. When it died, tho only watchers at its bedside wcto the officers of the law, waiting to levy on the corpse. This sham show has been the greatest failuro ever known in Omaha, and it will be a lasting disgrace to the city. Greed has received its just reward. The coun try people warned the city speculators that they had better let this thing alone, that they could not hug the business of the country merchants of two years in succession. They would not take wise advice and therefore came to well deserved griof. Omaha has learned that she is powerful only when she has the great .tate of Nebraska behind her, but a very weak sister when the state lets her play a lone hand. It was all a greedy grab for gain, and it has been properly punished. The stock holders, after making a total loss of their own investment, are wondering how they could possibly be so blind, so : ignorant and so foolish. Central City Democrat Right to Protest. Editor Independent: That old bell in Philadelphia in 177G, manufactured in old England, rang out in clear tones, on the 4th of July, 1776: "Liberty through out the land and unto all the inhabit ants thereof." An old English saying is "Fear God, honour the King." Did the American people honor King George III, did they respect the King whose policy was bad and an injury to them? Can any people respect a ruler who has been led astray, without raising their voices against itf I ask you, can you respect a partisan who is trying to mislead you and cover up the wrong by saying you ought to respect him, right or wrong? Ah! how like a republican those devil doggers are today? How blinded they are to their own interest and welfare, and only sympatize with the capitalist Their families may suffer as long as the capitalist swims, such is the common republican today. If national blunders are made by a statesman, I do not care what party he may belong to, a citizen has a right to his opinion and a right to say what he thinks. Even Balaam's ass rebuked his master. Is not the president a public servant whom we as citizens pay to do nis dutyr The people have a right to criticise when he goes astray from the Monroe doctrine, and he is the only one who ever dared to do it The people have a rignt to say what they think about it Where will these mighty capitalists be fifty years hence, who expect to make their piles out of the two wars. South African and Philippine? Old England in mourning for her dead. The capital ist rubbing their hands at the prosnect of plunder that is to come. America doing the same thing and crying, "thank God, I am safe." The soldiers running their chances for any gains. This is about up to the times. When will the people ever get their eyes opened? Re publican greed, republican blunders, and the nation to suffer for 'republican bad statesmanship! You know it; I know it Farmer J oh. You want your subscription extended. We want new subscriptions. If you will send in a list of three new subscribers we will ex:end your subscription one year, send you the "Farm and Home" one year, send you a " Webster's pocket dictionary" and a "pocket atlas." Read our offer on another page. TEXAS POPULISTS. Some of Them Consider Their Middle of ! the Road Policy and Declare That They Will Support llryan. There are no stronger, abler or more manly men to be found anywhere than among the Texas populists. They have been placed in entirely different circum stances from the populists of Nebraska and some times it has been very hard for them to decide what was the best policy to persue, Both Hon. Barnett Gibbs and Cyclone Davis are men of great ability as well as unimpeachable honesty. Mr. Gibbs until recently baa been Inclined to work with the' middle of tho road faction, but last week he sent the following articlo to the South ern Mercury ,',tho organ of that faction. The Mercury printed it with the follow ing comment: "But-Gibbs is human, just like the rest of us. And he has a perfect right to make a jumping jack of himself for tho amusement of consistent men, if that be his desire'" Mr. Gibbs' article, which will be read with interest by every populist in Ne braska, is as follows: "I know that there has been some populist criticism of my letter to the Nebraska populist committee. This, doesn't worry mo in the least I did not quit being a collar democrat to be come n collar populist As matters now stand, the next national right in politics! will be between McKinley and Bryan; and the populists having once endorsed Bryan, nnd having more reason to do so now than four years ago, will make no headway opposing him. Thoy can ac cept Bryan electors and do more with their state, county, and district tickets. Tho question of expanding beyond the seas will be the issue on which the na tional election will be decided. . "The frog tried to expand himself into an ox and burs ted his anatomy. He was not satisfied to be tho biggest frog in his own pond. (Soe Aesop s Fables.) "It is one thing to go where the man with the hoe can go without much in convenience and expense, on his mule or his. wagon, with his gun nnd his dog and cow; but it is an entirely different proposition to exr.ari where the man rith all thtao things must also have a roll of money besides, to 'give up to English ship owners, to haul him over there. The Anglo-Saxon has never made a success in expanding and in col onizing countries where it doesn't frost, and where hog meat and strong liquor wont stay on bis stomach. It requires good pay generally from this govern ment cr a corporation to get an English manor an American to stay in a tropical country and he mut have an entire out fit of tropical servants. . "The Anglo Saxon has on an average too much blood in him for a tropical country; he will not make his borne there, he has got to have his blood ' chilled now and then. He doesn't take to native wives. He either kills or en slaves the inferior race. "Look at the rush to Oklahoma, and how few have gone to Cuba, or to Span ish Honduras, where Americans are well liked; or to British Honduras, an old English colony with rich soil; or even to the extreme southern part of our states, "Commercial expansion by means of the Nicaragua canal, and a Pan Ameri can railroad, and a sufficient navy, is all right; but military expansion by mecPS of porpetual army occupation U another. The Anglo-Saxon will thickly settle in a real tropical country when it is a choice between that and hades. Territorial ex pansion and an increase in the standing army means high taxes and eventual op pression of the producer. Texas is anv empire in extent, and there are many problems of local government more im portant to our people than national and international questions. The Boers; have great trouble?, but we hava trou-' bles of our own. Texas can core the most of our troubles, but not those oft the Boers and the Filipinos. "The ordinary American mudsiller can't get to the Philippines. And if he could, he could not stay thare; wherefore should he allow himself to be taxed to get or to keep up that country? We really ought to sell each of the thousand inlands to some rich American and make him a duke, and take a bond that he will trade with us, but not hold us responsi ble for the permanency of his crown, as. between him and the natives. We are short on dukes, and they come high. "Of course in our new possessions we get some hereditary nobility; but there is no market for them, as thev are off color, and are not handy around the parlor or at receptions, because they won't wear clothes. They also want more than one wife. The purchase of dukes and counts, at ten million ner scalp, and even bald heads countod,puts the balance of trade against us very frequently. "If we are to take and retain the Phil ippines as a commercial proposition, we ought to make every possible dollar out of them that we can get Society want dukes and counts; and we will never be prosperous as long as we buy them at monopoly prices. It is cheaper to man ufacture dukes. The richer we get the more dukes are in demand. Foreign dukes now absorb American accumula tions of money. We would agree that we would pro tect them as against big nations. We might in this way get back purchase money and expenses, and still keep a string on their trade. That is better than incorporating the Filipinos in the body politic under a strain of Dolly Var- den citizenship. So far as the right or wrong or unconstitutionality of expan sion to the Philippines is concerned, it cuts no figure, It never has where a . majority of the peoplo wanted anything and were strong enough to get it Ma-, hornet had a communication from the Lord to kill all the christians, and the (Continued on Page 8.) 1 ... '