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THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
Kvldrac of Their Constant Looting Is Fol
lowed by Charges That They Can't " '
be Hade to Fight
' A military critic In the New York
Journal hints that the English have en
tered upon, a military decadence.
When this writer was In England a
few years ago he made It a point to
visit the, barracks and Interview pri
vate soldiers whenever possible. . lies
found the regular soldier to be as a
general thing Intensely ignorant and
brutish. They., had not a spark In
them' of -what the American soldier
knows as patriotism. They knew notk
ing of their own government or how
It was organized and administered.
1ty had a sort of superstitions vener
ation for the Queen and thought that
she ruled the empire by her orders. In
India the government Itself provided
for the debasement of, the privates, by
Issuing licenses to a certain number of
women to ' be administered to their
lufcts in every regiment. At a public
meeting which he attended, a returned
Indian missionary exhibited one of
these licenses and denounced the sys
tem in the most vigorous terms. The
story that this missionary told was the
most revolting exhibition of depravity
that was ever listened to. It is no
wonder that soldiers who have been
under such a system as that are com
mitting the reMblting acts that are
charged against them in this South
African war. What else could be ex
pected of them? v
The recruiting sergeants in England
did not fail when attempting to get
recruits, to explain to the villains they
sought to get into the army the word
ings of this license system in India.
It can be imagined what sort of men
these British Indian soldiers are likely
to be. Imperialism produces one kind
of soldiers always and everywhere.
Free, government produces another
kind. -. If. we adopt imperialism as a
po'cy in. this country we will soon
hi fe - the. Imperialism soldier and the
g at American fighter the man who
fought for home, the fireside ana for
principle, will be no more. To volun
teer, to fight for free, government,
with the expectation of returning to
the peaceful walks of life is the only
thing that makes t a hero and a man
out of a soldier. To enlist in a reg
ular standing army and expect to mako
waft the business oP Mfe takes all the
manhood out of a man. He become
worse than a brute. The criticism of
the British soldier by this military
writer was as follows:
"My point is that the British don't
seem, to want to lose very many of
themselves, at either long-range "snip
ing", or. "in-fighting" on a parapet As
long as an assailant; Is not himself
dead or disabled he can go forward if
he wilL It is simply a question when
to quit, In the. South African war
there has been.too much early quitting.
Of course. It. has been always ex
plained; but what cannot be explained
is the necessity of so much explana
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"What does it all mean? , For one
thing, obviously enough, incapable
generalship. - For anouier, only less
obviously; defective organization. But
Is there another element? It Is to be
remembered that In most of the col
lisions which resulted in failure of the
British attacks the men have not boon
recalled from the etaemy's glacis; no
command has been given by their gen
erals for them to retire from a hope
less task, and none could have reached
them If it had been given. .
"They gave it up of their own mo
tion, scuttling back to their own lines
one by one, as opportunity presented.
And, excepting in Instances of such
needless surprise or ambuscade as that
In which Wauchope fell, they did this
without having suffered any very great
loss in killed and wounded. Is it pos
sible that : the unfriendly German
critics are right that England, like
Spain and many another nation, is al
ready taking her turn at military de
cadence, as all must eventually do?
Is her power on the wane- That power
has always been, not her wealth, not
her vast sea armament, -, not her en
' lightened Institutions, but the courage
and devotion or ner sons. Are xnese
falling , her? Among . her many .re
sources can she no longer count upon
that first and last line of aggression
and defence, the breasts of her sol
, diers?"- '
The point that this military critic
makes is one of the results oi tne con
centration of wealth, and the popu
lists have been calling attention to ic
- for the last ten years. When the few
become rich beyond computation and
all the rest are simply hirelings wheu
there is no longer separately ownel
homes,, when the mass of the people
are wage slaves, decadence sets in
' What do the wage slaves of England
- care for' victory or defeat? Will
armies made up of distressed and pau
' perized hordes of London make brave
soldiers' and chivalrous foes?. It' is
, not possible. ..' :r . .. .V .
' . llsart of Trust Prcilo
The heart of the trust problem is in
our, tariff, system of plunder. " f
The quickest and most certain way
of reaching the evils of trusts is not
by direct legislation against them or
' by constitutional amendment; but by
the -abolition of tariff duties. Let cou
' gress take up the Dockejy amendment
to the Dingley BUI; and, if there be
any likelihood that It will pass, the
lobbies at Washington - will be ' filled
with trust, directors and agents.' Let
a constitutional amendment be pro
posed,, and the trusts will take only a
passing : interest in the discussion.
They care but little for legislation or
constitutions, but they have a mortal
fear of free trade. ' -
The tariff trust situation may be Il
lustrated In this way:
A great city is on the banks of a
river, the water of which is contami
nated by the refuse of other cities fur
ther up the stream. The city gets Its
entire supply of water from this river,
not because . there Is not an ample
supply of pure water near at hand,
but because . the fathers of the cky,
in their wisdom, have passed prohibi
tive tariff laws which practically pre
vent the people from .obtaining the
pure water. - The city is stricken with
disease, and the death-rate has reache J
an alarming height The ; city has
twice as many doctors, druggists, and
undertakers as other cities of similar
size. The doctors have combined to
obtain the highest possible rates for
their services. The druggists, under
takers, coffin-makers, pill-makers, div
tilled-water : manufacturers, hearse
drivers, flower-growers, and wreath
makers, all have compact organiza
tions to make it as expensive as possi
ble to die. AH of these 'protected" In
dustries are in politics to see that the
city-council remain true to "home In
dustries." - '
Money Is spent freely to prevent tho
re-election of any councilman who is
such a'traltos to his own city as to
advocate free and pure water. The
citizens, becoming rebellious at the
high prices charged for doctors, medi
cine, coffins, hearses, and flowers, a
trust conference has been called to dis
cuss what evils, if any, grow out of
these various death-dealing trusts, and
what laws, if any, are necessary to do
away with these evils or with the
trusts themselves. Some assert that
the present anti-trust laws are suffi
cient, if only there were courageous
attorney-generals and honest judges to
enforce them.' Others believe In more
drastic anti-trust legislation and in
constitutional amendments. Some of
the learned doctors in the council at
tempt to quiet the alarm by asserting
that the trusts have really lowered In
stead of raised the cost of dying, and
that any way people sometimes die in
other cities. Some plain, ordinary citi
zens, who have not much standing or
power in the community, suggest that
the way to get rid of the trusts and
to lower the death-rate is to remove
the restrictions and to give the people
pure anil cheap water. But little at
tention is paid to the suggestions of
these "theorists," though some of the
other delegates agree that pure water
might be a partial remedy. When the
conference adjourned, it declared that
trusts were ' both good and bad, and
recommended . that a constitutional
amendment be submitted"to the peo
ple which would make it possible to
annul the certificates and licenses of
doctors and druggists found guilty of
belonging to bad trusts.,
What should have been the princi
pal question discussed at that confer
ence? More trust legislation, or simply
free water? ; vi . . j
What is the vital question before this
conference? .More complicated and
dangerous restrictive' 1 legislation, or
simply , the repeal of the prohibition
tariff laws' on pure water?
The Shipping Subsidy Bill
The New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin says that "a
disposition to push consideration of the.
shipping subsidy bill is being shown
by its promoters and by the republi
can majority of the committees in both
bouses having charge of the subject"
Washington correspondents of other
papers are writing to the same effect
It appears, therefore, that the subsidy
schemers are preparing for their final
charge and that the bill is likely to be
promptly reported and pushed for final
passage. The iniquitous measure is
devised to put hundreds of millions of
dollars into the pockets of ship owners
who are already competing successful
ly with . the shipping of all other na
tions. A' subsidy to encourage ship
building in this country is no more nec
essary than Is protection in manufac
turers to foster native industries. We
claim to be able to produce cheaper
than any other nation on earth, and
yet the , republican party burden tue
people with heavy taxes on Imports,
which taxes are entirely unnecessary.
It is just the same with the shipping
interests; it Is well able to take care
of. Itself. -7
falsities of War
London, Feb. 3. Unless the war
takes a decided tunr for the better,
the Queen will hold no rawlng-rooms
this year, although two have been an
nounced to take place before Easter. -The
London season promises to be
dull beyond all experiences of the liv
ing.. Town houses usually snapped up
before the opening of Parliament are
lying empty in' hundreds, and the
agents say . they have no inquiries,
while the number offered for rent is
unprecedented. - Stagnation reigns in
business centres in the west end pat
ronized by society. V
Yet the upper -ten thousand are not
going abroad In anything like the cus
tomary-droves. They are living main
ly in their country bouses, wherein
tertaining has virtually ceased. . '
Italy is the only Continental country
where Englishmen can now live, with
comfort their position elsewhere being
made unpleasant and sometimes Intol
erable by petty manifestations of hos
tility. ; - ; v -' a
ll-na's Dill
For the privilege of taking the Teu
tonic for use as . a cruiser , in case of
war the British government pays a
subsidy of $35,000 a year to the com
pany owning that ship. Under the
Hanna-Fayne subsidy' bill the United
States must pay. precisely ten times
that sum for the like privilege in the
case of every, ship 'or like size and
speed. .way-H. l. .Wor.,
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Allen Gives Secretary Gage a Few More
Punches Which Make Republican . '
Senators .Squirm -' .f . " ' "' , , .
"It would appear from the manner
in which deposits were Increased . In
the National City Bank that Secretary
Gage had taken the pains to look over
the list of directors and had become
impressed with the services which
they rendered in 1896. " V
"Secretary Gage did not want to be
seen in company with Mr. Morgan, but
was willing to run off on some siue
street and meet him quietly at his ho
tel. I admit the rights of the Secretary
to do this, but what motive actuated
him? '
Throughout, the correspondence is
a tone of familiarity '
" My ' dear Mr. Secretary " 'My
Dear Mr. Gage,'. 'Dear Mr. Secretary.'
repeated and frequently used by Presi
dent Stlllman a.nd others. I submit
that such expressions have no place in
official correspondence between a man
who is handling more money than any
other man living , and the institution
with which he is transacting business.
"Mr. Hepburn wanted the secretary
of the treasury to enter into a con
spiracy with him to give the country
a false impression of the reserve in
the national banks of New York.
Ought he not to nave rebuked this man
for inviting him into a conspiracy of
this kind ? This correspondence fails
to show that any -was delivered. It
appears from letters of April 11, that
he (Gage) acquiesced in the proposition.
"Not satisfied with the enormous
sums of money the secretary had put
in that bank, he (Stlllman) appeals to
his friends In the treasury department
on the score of assistance given the re
publican party in 1896 to give,, them
this Philippine business.
"I say to you, gentlemen, you will
never be able to deceive the American
people into the . belief that there was
not an undue intimacy between the
secretary of the treasury and the Na
tional City Bank. :-
"I do not blame you for feeling sen
sitive about it I know, it hurts. .You
cannot laugh or sner it down. :
"Mr. Stlllman and the National City
Bank were regarded as the official rep
resentatives of, the treasury depart
ment in New York City. . -
"The opinion seems to have grown
up, until I think it is accepted with
out dissent .on the other, side of the
chamber, that; every time the money
market of New York Is disturbed by
the stock brokers and gamblers it is
the duty of the treasury department to
go to their relief." From Senator Al
len's speech in the United States Sen
ate, Feb. 1st , r , ,
They Have Forgotten
It is somewhat amusing to. see the
newspapers tumbling over each otner
in , denouncing the "paper trust." As
there is no trust in print paper, most
of the editors are' also demanding that
wood, pulp, which is simply ground
wood before it is made into paper, be
placed on the free list The most rabid
high protection republicans are joining
free trade democrats in demanding the
removal of the duty on wood pulp.
These fellows have all forgotten their
old arguments that "the foreigner pays
the tax." Dakota Ruralist -
Hanna Alarmed
It Is quite disturbing to the serenity
of the Hanna organs that evidences
multiply that such men as Edward M.
Shepard, Bourke Cockran, John Dewitt
Warner, and Andrew Carnegie and
such papers as the Springfield Jtepubli
can, and the New York World are go
ing to support Mr. Bryan no matter
what is said about the currency ques
tion. Buffalo Times. .
Bryan in Baltimore
. The meeting In Baltimore last Sat
urday evening ' was an interesting , oc
casion for those i, who would under
stand fully the sources of the power
of the democratic leader. Some ac
count of that evnt therefore, may be
considered timely. Baltimore was dis
tinctively "enemy's country," for itis
as much a gold standard community
as New York or Boston, and its ma
jority against Mr. Bryan in 1896 was
very large, notwithstanding that norm
ally it is democratic in politics. . More
over, the regular democratic organiza
tion, controlled by Mr. " Gorman,
avoided giving any countenance or ap
proval of the Bryan meeting, while, the
democratic governor of Maryland and
other prominent Gorman men declined
Invitations to be present. The" rank
and file of the party were thus dis
couraged so far as possible from at
tending the meeting and making a
demonstration for the Nebraskan.
It spite of these circumstances, the
Baltimore Sun, a leading gold demo
cratic paper, testifies that the meeting
was remarkable in every way. "He
was greeted by an' Immense' crowd.
Hundreds could not gain admission.
People who had seen that there was no
possible place for them to sit or stand
had turned sadly homeward. For half
an hour after the speaking commenced
the two files continued to pass each
other In opposite directions, one trying
to get in and the other going out"
The door to the stage was locked at
7:30 o'clock for the reason that not an
other person could be given room upon
It Mr. Bryan spoke for two full hours,
and held every auditor's close attention
throughout The Sun's report, in de
scribing the effect of . the orator upon
the audience, said:
"Some of those present had stood
outside half an hour or more, had
stood inside an Hur before speaking
began, yet seemed to forget it all as
they listened through the two-hours'
speech. v One "jehWhalred man stood
at the edge of the stage immediately
under- Mr, - Bryan.' His ' delight was
great, and - at telling - points he would
clap his thighs and-almost dance as he
laughed . , or cheered. One , distin
guished looking old gentleman near the
door. said,, as he brushed tears away,
'It's , no - use talking, sir,. an eloquent
speaker' sweeps you with him, whether
you wish to, go or not. Rev. Dr. J. E.
lirammer, who was on the stage, at
times ; would rub - his hands together
and chuckle, 'Great great' though he
said : afterward that he did not agree
with Mr, Bryan. , .
After the address, ays the Sun, a
"remarkable scene" followed: -
"Those, nearest , him , on the stage
crowded around to grasp his hand.
Spontaneously, it seemed, those on the
floor of the hall caught the Idea. There
was a wild, rush to clamber upon the
stage. Men and boys swarmed over its
edge .like an army .scaling , a rampart
Mr, Bryan was in the midst of a strug
gling mass, men reaching over one an
other's shoulders to seek his hand.
One man who could not get up himself
helped 1 his son up. Another : shouted
excitedly, to some friends, 'Come on,
boys, I've .. shaken hands with i him
twice: As- Mr. Bryan's escort forced
a way: for him off the stage the rapidly
growing crowd struggled wildly to get
throught the door after him."
I Visy tha Bay Leaves Home ;
. Tbere are few conventions held by.
farmers where the question of how to
keep the boy on the farm Is not dis
cussed. Various - methods are sug
gested, but all seem to- fall short of
the point Some say, "Give the' boy a
horse to raise or ' some "' other animal
that he can call his own. Another
says, "Give him a part interest in the
farm. or. at least a ten-acre lot upon
which . he ; can devote his , energies.' '
Still another says,; "Make the farm
beautiful; plant trees and raise flow
ers; keep a horse and buggy for his
use, and get him mixed up with the
social life of the community."
The writer of this article does not
believe that any oe all of these meth
ods will keep the boy on the farm.
The boys are ready enough to stay on
the farm if they can. see some way
to make a fair amount of money there.
Poverty drives the boys from the farm,
and it will continue to do so. The or
dinary farm makes a great deal less
money today than it did a decade ago.
Population must shift according to the
shifting volume of .trade. If today
the prices of our staple r products ad
vanced to what they were ' ten years
ago there would be a movement: from
the cities towards the farms of the
farmer boys of the past For a good
many years the average . tradesman
has. been making more money, than the
farmer, and the farmer . boy has had
to follow the current .
The farmer boy at. home follows the
course marked out by nature. At a
suitable age he falls ih love, and has
to consider the possibility, of , making
a home for the woman he loves. - He
finds that it is impossible to support
a wife and family in any. suitable man
ner on twenty dollars per month as
a hired "hand. He does not aspire to
be a hired servant all his life. He
goes to the city and gets a job of
some-kind, at say $40 per month, for
which sum he can hire a suitable lodg
ing place, and the two can live in
comfort for some years, or until his
family Increases to a point that makes
an increased salary necessary.
The fact is that our farmers are not
receiving enough s for most ' of their
products by a good deal. Statistics
have repeatedly shown that the cost
of growing the grains is hot far from
the average price at which they are
sold. In Ilinois a publication of the
state crop report, showed that not a
dollar per acre was being, made on
wheat in Illinois, on the average; and
the same was true of oats.. The farmer
with 160 acres of land, has extreme
difficulty in making a living,1 and he
cannot 1 afford to pay out large sums
for help, even when the help consists
of his own sons,
When the farmer; independent of his
investment can earn as good wages
as the city mechanic independent of
his . Investment . the farm boys will
stop going to the city, and not before.
At nresent the fanner Is working for
unjustifiably low . wages. Democrats
and Journal. ' .
YMUIgtt . Have Been
When the Spanish war closed we
could have occupied the most enviable
position ever held by any nation since
creation's dawn, and all we had to
do was to do that which we owed it
to ourselves to do, and that was to say
to both the Cubans and the Filipinos,
"Tfce Spaniards are beaten; your
chains are broken; you helped us to do
thia thing; now set up any sort of gov
ernment you want and we will make
the other nations of the earth keep
their hands off of you or we will shoot
them off." Applause. J . 4
We "would never "have been compelled
to fire a gun to make that promise
good, for there Is not a nation on eartn
that has any desire to see the fleets
of Dewey and of Schley riding tri
umphantly in their harbors and shell
ing their seaport cities
Had we done that unstinted praises
of our disinterestedness and philan
thropy would have rung round the
world, coupled with the amazing story
of American valor and the prowess of
American v arms. Wherever Old
Glory floated it would have been hailed
by millions of loving hearts in every
quarter of the globe as the emblem of
a people who are free themselves and
who are willing and anxious that all
men everywhere; shall oe free. Ex
tract from speech of Champ Clark.
BRYAU i:i Ti:E EAST
The Bannacrats In Washington are Driven
Half Crazy Because the Common Peo- '
. pie There are. Flocking to His . . .
: . '' Standard
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. (Special
Correspondence.)--Political history has
been made during the past week, and
the, importance of the developments
has hardly; yet comet to , be generally
realized. To f usionists of Nebraska
there belongs the right to feel a par
donoble pride in the thought that Ne
braska citizens have; taken prominent
and In many cases leading parts' in
these events. ',-:r;'..:."":;'"v
Mr. Bryan returned to Washington
Saturday morning after closing his
trip through the eastern states. From
each of the many meetings he has held
on this tour have come into Washing
ton reports from men who attended
them and these stories of eye witness
es have but added to the , press ac
counts more vivid .pictures of the ec-
thusiastlc reception which has been
his. One man who has been at most
of the meetings, as his business called
him in the neighborhood of Mr: Bryan
many . times, said tnat he had seen
some of the enthusiastic meetings in
the west during 1896 and since then,
and that he had even been so fortu
nate as to .see the enthusiasm with
which Neoraskans received the mod
ern tribune of the people, but that he
had In Maryland, in New York, in Del
aware and in New Jersey and the New
England states seen these enthusiastic
demonstrations more than duplicated.
He felt no hesitancy in saying mat the
eastern people had set a new standard
and the west would Jiave to -beat its
old time demonstrationsrif she was to
hold her place as the most ardent sup
porter of the principles, and the man
who is every where' regarded as the
embodyment of those principles. '
The result of this eastern, trip has
been, and will yet be, a source of the
greatest uneasiness tcr the Hannacrats!
It has been demonstrated by , these im
mense meetings and the enthusiastic
receptions given by the people, that
the old tricks of 1896, will no longer
worklto'-deceive the- common people.
They have grown to know Mr. Bryan
better since then. It has been the
masses of the people, the common peo
ple, who, have turned. out to hear him1
speak and give him the enthusiastic
receptions. IvThis has deservedly . disturbed-
the republican : managers ' be-!
cause it has shown . that there is a
breaking vaway from their standard a
large mass of - those who heretofore
followed them Without some plan
can be devised by ; which these voters,
from among the rank and file of farm
ers, business men, : and workingmen,
can be turned back from their adher
ence to the principles of government
advocated by Mr. Bryan, there is dan
ger to republican supremacy in locali
ties that have heretofore been counted
as certain f or the Hay-Hanna admin
istration. "" "' "r ;
The republicans are . not talking
about the new developments In their
papers nor discussing the situation in
public, but there are on every hand in
dications that every, nerve is being
strained to regain some , of their lost
prestige with the people. Nebraskans
and especially Lincoln people will re
member Charles M. Pepper who was
in Nebraska during 1896, representing
the New York Herald and again last
fall' on the same mission of looking
over the political field. He is well
known wherever he goes as one of the
closest observers of affairs and one of
the best interpreters of political condi
tions. Although he Is not In sympathy
with Mr. Bryan's cause and does not
write from that standpoint he was one
of the few foreign correspondents in
Nebraska in 1896 who had clear
enough vision to see things as they
really were, and courage enough to
say what his judgment , dictated al
though it did not V comport ; with his
desires. Pepper has just returned
from Cuba where he has been for sev
eral months and he has been in . the
states only about; two weeks. . During
that time he has been in the east He,
the other day gave it as his; opinion
that there had been going on changes
beneath the surface of political things
that portended an upheaval in the east
ern part of the country. As . he ex
pressed it things had changed so much
that instead of looking like there
would be a quiet and predeclded con
test Bryan was going to keep the re
publicans intensely interested. This
is only an Illustration of how the shift
ing conditions are being looked at by
the best judges and keenest observers
here. ::" " ; :
Mr. Bryan spent a short time at the
capitot Saturday afternoon and invited
the fusion delegation from Nebraska
to dinner with him at his hotel. The
dinner party was an informal affair,
where the Nebraskans met for a couple
of hours of social chat and that free
dom from restraint and interruption
which is not to be obtained by Mr.
Pryan otherwise than by some such
expedient Those present were Mr.
Bryan, Senator Allen, Congressmen
Robinson, Stark, Sutherland, and Ne
ville. w; -;.v--.'-J" 'w :'- '
The- senatorial sensation of the last
week was the resolution presented by
Senator Allen declaring the sympathy
of the senate of the United States to
be with the South African ; Republic
in its struggle for existence. '
The resolution was a brief one and
was in these words; '
"Resolved, That the senate of the
United States of America extends its
sympathy to the people of the South
African Republic In their heroic strug
gle for liberty and popular government
and believes it to be the duty of the
government of the United States of
America to offer mediation to the end
that further bloodshed may be averted
and an honorable peace may be con
cluded between the belligerent govern
ments.". Brief as it was an4 voicing as it does
the .sentiments of : nine-tenths of the
masses of the people of this republic
it caused a sensation scarcely less
marked than did that other resolution
of Senator Allen declaring in favor of
recognition of the independence of
Cuba two years ago last December.
The daily papers-from New York to
San Francisco have been full of the
story of . how the senate passed the
resolution while the president of the
senate (Frey) in vain . endeavored to
call the attention of republican and
administration, members to the fact
that something should be done, and
how finally, after it was adopted It
was then on the personal request "of
Frey yanked back and sent over for
further consideration. The . adminis
tration, senators were caught and
neatly caught Like the fox that got
his tail in the trap, although It escaped
with its life it was so marked that all
the world" can see. The mark of sub
servience to John Bull was hacked and
branded Into the ; republican hide be:
fore the fracas was over. In order not
to hurt the feelings of the British Im
perialists, the ' American imperialists
rescinded a vote of sympathy with the
struggling 1 citizens,, of a sister repub
lic. It was a tight place for the ad
ministration supporters but when the
pinch came they showed that in a con
flict between ; liberty and despotism
they chose, and probably will continue
to choose, to turn their backs on hu
man liberty and ; decline .to say that
blod shed should be stopped, if blood
shed is necessary, to extension of em
pire by the counsellor, guide, and
friend of modern republicanism. ,
; Coming as this did on the heels of
the .proposal of ,Hay to ' let Lord
Pauncefort use, the United States as a
buffer between .England and the rest
of the world, and following closely on
the proposal to make a subject people
of the inhabitants, of Porto . Rico, and
coming just after the admissions
wrung . from the administration ana
Dewey that the Filipino government
was recognized "to . be used .by,, us,",
this exhibition in the , senate .nas been
regarded as cumulative evidence of the
charge that the republican pilots haye
steered the ship of state clear out of
the time course and have her well on
the road to a despotic class-ruled har
bor. The officers and crew, have
proven false to their duty and faith
less to their obligations to the owners
and the passengers, and4 are running
the craft as in old times mutinous
crews did to some retreat where spoil
can be made of the cargo. It is not
to be wondered at when these -things
are - occurring that - the " masses of the
people even of the last are becoming
alarmed and are flocking around Mr.
Bryan. " They believe in his patriotism
and loyalty to principle and these are
qualities that are being thought more
of , by the 'jplain people" every day. ;
-Judge Neville delivered ' a speech in
the house last week on the subject of
imperialism which was - well received
by the ; members and by the reading
public. He showed the clean cut vig
orous opposition to the republican doc
trines that ' flourishes in the ; west
Judge Neville - was the , recipient of
many congratulations by memoers
ADD BRYAN IN THE EAST . . . .
after the. delivery of the speech. The
Hanna. crowd are running their cam
paign 'machinery full blast and Sec
retary Dick and a big force of helpers
are busy at the t headquarters here
preparing and sending out printed
stuff and stuff to be printed by repub
lican organs.
. The ; methods of the republican
mouthpieces have been called to mind
before and the story telegraphed out
to Nebrasica and repeated in weekly
republican papers where Congressman
Robinson was represented as voting
to seat Roberts of Utan may be taken
as a sample. The. Lincoln Journal
printed the story first during Decern
ber, , , Afterwards for very shame
some of the republican papers that
bad been taken In, told the . truth about
it, when they found out they had been
misled. But the Journal, just as it did
in the matter of the baseless charges
about ; Senator Allen ' speculating in
government lands, contalnued to reit
erate .Its story even when the proof
was against them. . The . question of
how Judge Robinson voted or did not
vote may be or may not be material.
But it is material that a newspaper
which asks its readers to rely on its
columns for information should show
that it acknowledges to its readers to
be fair with them and honest with
them. No f usionist expects fairness
for himself - or his party from that
source and .the absence of it cuts no
figure with any of them who - have
been the target of its yenomed shafts.
The Robinson episode came down to a
question of veracity and on one side
placed the republican organ and on
the other Judge. Stark of the Fourth
Nebraska district Congressman' A. S.
Burleson of Texas .and Judge Robin
son. Judge Robinson is presumed
to be acquainted with the facts
and the other two - gentlemen are
competent witnesses , because, one
sat on either side and all three state
that on the occasion: in question, Rob
inson voted with the majority. Tne
people of Nebraska will not be de
ceived by republican campaign stuff of
this kind or similar assaults on op
ponents of republicanism. It is onjy
important , enough the recalling of
these Instances "lest we forget" and
some time be misled by t republican
machine made attacks on f usionists. :
I - , . P.. H. BRADLEY, -,
' Deputy ' Labor Commissioner Kent
has ; just compiled the ' mortgage sta
tistics of the past year. The total nunrr
ber of mortgages filed was 1 1,228 and
the number satisfied was 12,826.. The
total amount of the mortgages filed
was $2,890,130.57 and the amount of
these satisfied was $4,869,227.30. The
number of chattel mortgages filed was
49,230, amount, $25,762,375.09. The
number satisfied was 23,685, : amount
$13,047,031.28. , . i .
THEY SEE GHOSTS
That House Gold Bill Even as Modified by
the Senate Gives the Republicans
'' the Nightmare t
Walcott's please don't, Chandler's de
fiance and the groan and yelps of
other senators are not all the signs
that that celebrated gold bill Is mak
ing lots of trouble in the republican
camp.- Several of the old stand by,
gold standard papers In the east have
come out flat footed against it among
them the New York Times. The lat
ter has this to say about it:
"The advantage claimed for the bin,
that it will secure a, partial settlement
of the problem of a sufficient and suit
able banking currency, is largely Il
lusory. All that itcan do Is to pro
cure a considerable lot of bonds on
which the circulating notes of national
banks can be issued. , But it is wrong ,
and foolish in the ' extreme to create
debt for any such purpose. ? If the na
tional bank circulation were a grear
deal better form of note currency than
in fact It is, it would be unjustifiable
to issue bonds to. perpetuate or ex- ,
tend it. No one would think of advo
cating such a , policy as an original
measure. Yet there is not a particle
of real difference between refunding
at an unnecessary expense or making
an entirely new issue. The - whole
business is utterly inexcusable. .
So far from aiding in the solution of
the problem of a suitable credit cur
rency, It delays and interferes with it
Notes secured on, bonds : cannot be
made. the.. truly. elastic and sound cur
rency we need, and which it is per
fectly feasible to get Such notes will
neither be put out nor taken In with
promptness and certainty In obedience
to the legitimate demands of - trade.
They are a safe currency in the hands
of the holders. No one will dispute
that But they are a relatively rigid;
currency and they are not In the least:
more safe than a truly responsive cur
rency, can be made. From every point
of view It is ill-advised to insist on the
scheme of the senate to refund tne
bonds and extend . the . national bank
circulation." ' If the' scheme were
dropped, the bill would be far stronger
in the senate and before the country,
and it would accomplish its real pur
pose better." f
Ship Subsidies
; Hanna's steal is a little too big for?
the most hardened republicans to swal
low without grunting. Even that in
tensely gold bug concern,1 the St Paul
PlJneet.Presa kicks after the follow- "
Ing fashion; '
- ."It has " beefi shown that the ships
under American -register-available for
trans-afTantic voyages Which would be
likely to claim, the subsidies provided
in the Hanna-Payne shipping bin,
would. absorb' all but $1,309,794 of the
$9,000,000 appropriated annually foe
this purpose. "The four American lin-
ers alone would take $1,755,456 of the
amount so that four more would a
good deal more than consume all that
was left to build new ships. And the
discriminating subsidies in favor or"
this class of ships would tend to stim- x
ulate their construction more than of
any freighters; or six or seven freight
ers of 8,000 tons each would take up
the whole ; amount - Even supposing
that all the American ships now eli- .
glble for subsidies should not claim
them, certainly most of them would.
So that, in any event, counting out the
passenger ships entirely, it is hardly
likely that as many as twenty nw
ships would be built for the carrying
trade. It is absurd to talk of such a
bill as promoting the development oX
an American merchant marine.
-And so far as the building of snips
is concerned, it is more than doubtful
whether . our builders of steel ships
reed any subsidy. , We are now pro
ducing steel fabrics of all kinds at less
cost than any other country in the
world, and there is apparently no rea
son why we cannot compete success
fully with any other nation in the
building of steel ships. X ' ,
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Washington, D. C, Feb. 7.-Spef,
Correspondence) Congressman Jose
C Sihlev has consented to be a candl-Y
date ; for congress on the republicaa S.
ticket and has announced his accept "
ance of the tender' of such nomina
tion, in a letter to a republican news
paper of his district .
Congressman Talbert of South Caro
lina has thus far blocked all pension
legislation during the present session.
Pension - bills are considered , on Fri
day night, and it Is usually Inposslbla
to secure a quorum at these sessions.
This gives Mr. Talbert bis opportunity
and he promptly raises the point of no
quorum and all business must be sus
pended. It Is to be hoped that some
method can be devised to frustrate the
obstructive tactics of this hater of the
Union soldier. ' ,
YillOie"a Homing" r
Washington, D. C Feb. 8. Special
Correspondence.) The treaty with En
gland prepared by Secretary of States
Hay is hailed . with exceeding joy in
England, and demonstrates how ex
tremely handy it is for the Queen to
have good subjects on both sides of
the big pond. Its calling out a volume
of indignant protests from news
papers and all senators and members
of congress not absolutely owned by
Mark Hanna and controlled by the
London money market Its a bright
scheme for Uncle Samuel to furnish
the mules and men to make a great
highway for Englands convenience in
attacking at some future time our west
coast cfOes and agree not to fortify
the, approaches to It, but the scheme
wlU die a "bornin,"
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