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? lit awaS, A a -ev-av ass, at 1 1 ii r 111 I Ii I I Vil I I 111! II I J' II II I? I II !l 111 II II Ml 11 II VOL. XII. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 9, 1900. NO. 12. t VALUE THE WOBBLER fWlria la ftard ta Calk . Ilmi lartaa; W Mef a. VVLirrtoo. U. C Aug. 3. (Srclal C5urrfdcs' .Vcftia the adn.ic.U tratkm La wvbWed and new it takre a 'decids-! y wariiite attitude toward uwre antf-taipenalUVi from conviction. They kiw UiitMMeo as tha Filipinos era paetfled the factory system will be intro duod in the Uland. Filipino labor Is ep?rt iLn American, but it Is elm tmwe pWtlful as J taeaca will b found to tuk it dovl, The American workingman regards Icr rr;a!Ma a I ha wnrt puesible menace Ut t- pre peril and permaneccy of the lucu:riM xifMt vtLiCix he depends for piiart. No amount of rlowir- uroa- Oliia. A week a it tu jxit aatL f p.4l?j ulk will rmove thia shadow from aroli of peacw and xKtizaatic that it J Ll fat, The declaration of til a denao- ith ' mu piawurai on imperialism is popu- ' I . i. . ti, . v. U. i . i hum ui ma win i. J. ivj xabu w ac.ua..y fcnwa , tlljlilK-, Jef t own d8Tice3 acd sw thaa it di- a a: w-J'if-f that they ahould tx helped to that and. lridect Samuel Gompers of the A a. tries a IVJeraUoa of Labor Li just becC frtcu trip to IanTcr. He Lad had oppMrijeity tu etudy industrial condi- . t . I a 1 . L A J . 1 rwciioa Irocu pntjr of work has beun. aifaf . Ucl Syir llaj; i utu uod tLe UaiaJus of alleged pros Ii lii CLju-iJw the tera- i rixjt lha demand for minufactured JKcaX, km4 li-at tLi narcii Uj ; H3 failu off and a fitagnation alslf toIVkia Ulcoe wf rr.4satriw w raulUn. p lLal -J frr, arrVd-: ir.e J , 1 t rerj percepUble just frJj at Ttfc. S..r.w7 H.r r-'i- Aj l;h as one wor!uc;u,an in five tixmi detaawiicc fr ..S ! .Vf,1?' eaplojment and the effect it ti o-a-ix). iq woriuomea tnem cJrs stre xVreiaJy sun-iiUvo to move- wtmld isterrec in Osxa' Wia.!f tla f.riira poae xt itstr is cor . wk aa. T-era La Ua nan ecxiirut; tork tLat tha acUial pro- 'iductioo or .u.ir aoi ciUiru rise iLe cuuiUy J their afttj Her ia a brief r-uaue of tLe rroeal u.3U oi this kind. While thy are not furs.s e.aouh to credit McKinlej with pected in hi adoiinitratiun, yet neither aod muI iIiiit'; that the r-aal eiii V ,..T 'nr tur-jre of pn rarity that hahap- ford witi-ia ber ar W4 be - u'6' fruuiaUuf3 te.-retary lif ar. a WA t under any deJaoa tliat tiey lre au uiii. lit iim y PP-ty worth betny thankful if the CMrt U St. JasiK Ui m I -r- natkmal committee and a number of pruaoioent members of the party have bees spending borne time in the east. They regard New York state (is in the democratic column. Chairman Jones aid: "While in New York I was sur pruaed at the number of men, formerly protaineBt in republican affairs, who called 00 me and assured me that they be frectical? Of cotir Ctaui it acting; is a lrcXiira man&crr ia pmbumiii to tu-l our sujuter a a hohtajreif he is alira. Bat tjot the a!ety of our ti mmzm th tri ox.iderm.l-ja 7 And is not tLm avukiazxr A a frviiir and terribly expettsife aar WitJk Clusa tie next It if eaH that the rellei crinma has that if the forei-cer. axe aiire they w? for B.7an: i. - 4 will casraricd. Tte Wt ad ti that the ailed forcw laarching 00 j Pekia nin.brr abowt iJJJ) men. 1 bey : harr no rwo jrrujwd oimaaaadex. Ttsey are tot ux veil e?uippd. lh route ia xoufh x4 dafiCercuj. At a cooiaerratire esUs-aie there are about 70.0UU regular Chir-ee trfjwa hUxrkxstg the way to lVkin.exelu.Tl the box ers and a boot 2Z3Jjjj ta ard arvued IViin. lYitrhard 2Jorran, o&e of the bnct ad-; i-wi tsmti ia the wurid un Chinnte af - j I fair pnxiwurrf the adrance a ifirible So'JkM.tLm .Vhoeter may hare been rea-j-nbl for the iciUa! attack a poo the fcreitr in I Visa there is not much hubt but that Chi&a a ill cosider the march of a foreign force toward 1'ekia at a fractiral tnfitcii-s of the kmg j.rosid attempt to frtiion the em fjre. She will tht deperaJy for ex u'Jtucm. The oovt charitable tvoppukitioo ai-ui the adxciniiraUao ia thai it does xwt know here it i at." Tim fact that oar troop are marchintr oa lein exe prritj near aa act of war. If they are defeated what then? The coattry has had nny i4iwxu experfice cf Lic aked to jtnl saocey and sacrifice life b-raai thin Taniiatic d UacieriiijC ajatnicra lk.a tuft 7 know its own mind ko4 esxjh to matt oot and fo'iow a aooj tect pvlicy. in the lhijppine war it was free! admitted that the tnttitl sVtpt were a mistake, bat the cuntry was told that afr a few nxxiths In this connection it is interesting to note the republican tactics. Such men are first rixuted and implored by the re publicans to come back to the party. They are erea taken to President Mc Kiniey and flattered by him. They are fireo ail aorta of promises. If they fail to succumb to this sort of argument tbeo the administration press begins to abone them. This abuse, howerer, does not make republican rotes. There is re markable enthusiasm for Bryan all orer the country. The state organizations are beginning the campaign with the almost rigor and enthnsiasm. It is a campaign inrolricg vital istmaH. The democratic platform is that of the peo ple and we are going to win. Herbert Jan ma lirowne. ROOSEVELT NOT HONEST was tow Late to hack out. if U t- 1J pmmU Compared wltii Other Writtea SUiara.aU Bcceatlj MH by hJm. The Springfield Republican has a very jjorere criticism of Bo-one relt's Sh Paul tfpewch. It apecihcally charges him wilh dishonetity and submits the proof to ausULin 1U cnarges in the following woroa: (jor. IIouNOTelt's argument that the present expansion is in line with that of our past due not differ from that which warfare il i has been mads familiar by others. But Mi-ns trujt 1 in his cam il is not honest, and can be bsbi: be toij-plK-d to Cc.ih the dajruu m prored. Within the week in which a air. 10 (i 01 tbe ptuir prxrtrst aaint wir with Chisa. McKiai-y u go ixg tn ay VzmX prer foe war. N perwxi can fueo-ee tie ocU'oce, ba; pre rioua knowde f the e.ix!t.itru-.jt jrak t. a!e to iredirt tiit McKinlry wiJ bct-i-r .ir.v troobl ucleai f ortas-tur abiiUc'9 f circtitatacrs The Vui;.r,: are exclte-1 by the j rrw, jct that tn -j.!- exj t a ;thira n Jruoi the fe'-acd m ast ! the (tius tr(ah. jsd they are br2a.J5jr owwe rredT thau eifr. r'r4i-n."k I'alsaer, ti.e war stumnna. b poke x tracts from his life of Thorn a JJL Inton hare been widely publish ad, bjaiQ that before the Spanish war he was ab;e to observe, and did distin guxn a ntaJ cinerence between expan- kjoo into unoccupied lands and forcible expansion over populous territory and unwiiig pttjpjes. And he was able to discern the im morality of seizing lands frota cations too weak to rtist us. He i worth quoting again: I Le tieoerai leelwg in tne West upon thu subject afterward crystallized ! into what became known as the "mam ; fet dentiny idea, which, reduced to its cct, is an ttasufi letter Ujat. simplest terms, was that it is our tnani o to fti dealicy to awaJiow up the land all the adjoining nations too weak withsturl us, a theory that forthwith ob tatsed immense popularity among all statesmen of easy international moral ity. And again from his life of Benton: . Of eonrste, no one would wish to see these or any other settled communities, now added to our domain by force we want co unwilling citizens to enter our Union. The time to haTe taken the lands was before settlers catce into LET THEM ALONE aitaaca fee as expat.stut ne cannot s -r.y-ai frtea hialf the fact that the Pil SpatiO are farther from a de;re to icxaept , rcr ra than iLy wrre two ;ear aga 3Ir. Paltser ay: "My conviction -and the czv-iina of a great majority of the amy oLsen-i that at no tiaue noe i th ofTS'tfja cf the ialaitda by tbt, ' farcsea tA the Cci-ri State hate life ax-d j yrcperty ia ge&eral be-n more cnfe I thaa they are iudtj He cca na what has be9 aid ta the- ietten to the ef- j frt that the iacreae ia trade with the j iCard nu.; !y the wrnding cf in; ; them. European nations war for the iiarrrli, fr which pay. la re!atka powtfusioa of thickly settled districts to the citi;wtt oi the few town j which, if conquered, will for centuries that are ;ar.';--i ty k rre cf artr,. ilr.j remain alien and hostile to the conquer IalcjT -ay ttat the gmcrutiient by the i ore. V"e. wiser in our generation, have Aomar.. w sacre x T re-ire than that seized the waste solitudes that lay near of the sSianiArcw -There i a decided jrrji9f? mr tr.e j art of the alm:ritra tira to s-4 here even a worse elaiM A ma, the limitless forests and never-end ing plain, and the valleys of the great, kmeir rivers, and have thrust our own yoiitical heeVr- lha were ?nt to Cuba," sotss into them to take possession, and a The republican ars distributing ton j score of years after each conquest we see of Ur'.u:e cal ir: attentka to the al- the conquered land teeming with a ietred cosoerKaladvaata4e to aceme ! people that ia one with ourselves, f "Dtaa the pwifia cf the ihiLirr-iae. Tnus we have his own word that our The fct n that the oniy taoney that t previous expaniion has been into Mwats h been made ha- been paid to favored tJCjncUr Km gcjterct:jert contract.: Ttjt hemp ard tbav5Cf trade are ta the : aards of the i.ylih, Ciemtan and r pa Hard. Cai itai!i have been di arwntedtotftd that the natural wealth td th iln j ha ba greatly overeti jiiated ad-eea if the adrantae were iLer, no cai4tIt would rik anything la tha prevent u tiled tate cf the country. In !Lrtsy respect thH ! merely m re. pcrae A what ha already been .aid ahowt the PaiSrtice but it needs to be reiterated. Voter hot. Id rrzzem ber the facta aiid theo ak lhecifhe If they west ar.'-.'lher t iit years cf this dltMu. t-re .t -f i3.;eria.i-:u. The worker if the cowatry ire sot ris; nierh but the are already MolitudeiT and the "valleys of the crreat lonely river. and that this is the only julitlaH!e and wise expansion. Air oth er was European, and hence un-American. Now this is cot a matter of opin ion. If it were. Mr. Roosevelt's honesty j eoold not now be questioned. It is a p.Ain matter 01 fact, and he has here made it clear that the fact is known to him. He knows that the present expan sion through the seizure cf distant ter ritory far more populous even than our ottii, osiers raairauy ana vitauy iroin that former expansion into adjacent and waete solitude; and he knows, con?- 7v.mr.tlj, that in cow likening the bloody 'hilipplne grab to that former expan vlcm he 1 not honest with himself or with the public. There can be no es cape for him from this conclusion. ?re& Starr ut tha Chicago University deea soxae Xlala Talking- about "our new PoaMMlone." Four of the professors of the Chicago university have recently denounced the policy of President McKinley in the Philippines. The following are Prof. Starr's views upon that subject. Let us approach the subject not from a political, but from a scientific ethnological point of view. Who inhabit the Philippines? Scores of tribes. They are not one people speaking one language; instead they dif fer in physical characteristics, have dif ferent customs, and speak various ton gues. There are four totally different groups of tribes. "I hose who hx3t occupied the land, the aborigines, were negrittos. This word means 'little negroes;' and it ade quately describes them. They are black pigmies, having crinkly hair; like ne groes they are savage in culture; except where they follow agriculture rudely they gain their sustenance from hunt ing. Originally these negrittos possess ed the entire archipelago; now they are found only in remote or mountainous re gions. At present there are only 20,(XX) of them. Perhaps 2,000 years or more B. C. the Malays first entered the country. Many tribes, differing in language, represent the earliest migration. Many of these Malays' are comparable to the Dyaks of Borneo, who are tierce and warlike and famous for 'head hunting.' The head hunter kills a man to get a head as a trophy only. The women belonging to these tribes look with scorn upon a suit or unless he brings to her the head of some man. The Igorrotes and the Tin gians are the best known of those early invaders. MA second invasion of the Malays took place from 100 to 600 A. D. Among those who came this time were the la- gals. Since their arrival in the Philip pines these lagals have been advancing in civilization, and are to-day, taking climatic conditions into account, a civil ized people. They live in settled towns, and practice agriculture; they are quick to learn, and are making progress in ed ucation; they love music and poetry, many a Tagal being able to compose a poem extemporanesusly. A third and final immigration was in progress during the fourteenth and fif teenth centuries. The invaders this time were fanatical Mohammedans, who go no further than Sulu Island. They were bold and treacherous pirates wno no doubt would have pushed further had not Europeans interfered. "In addition to these four fundamen tal elements in the population of these islands, there are also inhabiting them many Chinese, Japanese and Spaniards who have mixed with the Malay popula tion and given rise to many curious half- breeds. The most important cross is that between the Spaniards and Malays chiefly Tagals. This mixture repre sents the highest class of natives in the cities and big towns. The lotal population of the islands is between seven and twelve millions. Leaving out Chicago they are as densely populated 75 square miles as Iowa, 38, or Illinois, 41. The .Philippine islands, un like the Louisiana district purchased from France in the time of Jefferson are not empty. They are not open for colonization. The land is for the people who inhabit it; and they must take care of themselves. "They are capable of self-government. We talk of trouble unaer home rule, Spain did not control all of the country, She ruled by means of the Tagals, in turn, having learned govjrnment from Spain and being the most powerful of all the tribes, are better able to cope with the conditions and can do better than anyone else. What is needed in the Philippines is the iron hand not that of some foreign power, but that of their own strongest tribe, lhe lagals- mill tary force will be necessary for a long time. If we hold them we must do so with the iron hand. This would mean 2 large army in the country for a long time. The Tagals can manage the coun try with a much smaller force and should be let alone to do so. "lhe climatic conditions are such that one-fourth of our soldiers would have to be withdrawn every year and the vacant ranks replenished. Even a short ser vice in the Philippines means both phys ical and moral degeneracy to the Ameri can soldier. "The Tagals, until recently interfered with, were expanding; they had been making great progress for 150 years. They are the largest and best equipped of any of the native population. Left alone they would predominate in the group; they were pushing forward in ed ucation: in all respects they were pro gressing as fast as any tropical popula tion can. "That our government should hob-nob with the sultan of Sulu and his subjects is most incongruous. The Moros are the most degraded of all the Filipinos; they are treacherous and deceitful, warlike and piratical. Aguinaldo, on the other hand:, belongs to the best race of the is land; he is a mixture of Spanish and Ta gal. He is a great man and a born lead er. "If left alone there would doubtless be revolution in the Philippines. But they are only in the nature of things and would do good. "If Asjuinaldo and his followers were left alone they would doubtless estab lish a republic, and elect a president and a congress. It is absurd to say that any people cannot rule themselves. I give much credence to the statement that th-3 Filipino congress, in point of education and intelligence, was at least equal to, if not ahead of, our own. "The mass of the people are illiterate, it is true, but they must so remain for a long time. In 150 years we could hot educate all of the tribes; they are not capable of taking it in. "To i-etain "our new possessions' is a mistake economically, to say nothing of other sides of the question. It would cost us more in money and virtuous manhood than we could ever gain. It ia a blunder for this country to persist in holding the Philippines. "I am thoroughly opposed to the pol icy of the present administration. Let the Philippines go! Let them go." THE YELLOW PERIL Eight Hundred Million Tallow nd Brown Men With Brains and Souls tba Same as the TV hi tea. i Is there a yellow peril f . Are present events, portentious of greater ones to come? These are .questions that every body is asking. And rightfully, too, be cause1 the world is undoubtedly now face to face in China with .situation that in volves the future prominence and influ ence of the white race. It is an unpar alleled and unprecedented crisis in the' world's history. "We hear so much of the yellow peril that it is worth our time to consider some phases of what it means. : -' Within the confines of China are over 400,000,000 people. This is four and one half times the population of North America within an area practically the same as the United.- States. All China has 44200,000 square miles.: This is a little larger than the United States proper, Alaska and our new possessions combined. The province of Szechuan, with an area less than the state of Texas, has a population half that of the United States or 45,000,000. The province of Chihli, which is smaller than California, has 20,000,000 people. Chihli is important because in it is located Pekin. These figures are mentioned simply to give an idea in comparative terms of China's immense population. Now the impressive point of all this is that this same population is increasing with great rapidity, even as rapidly as the popula tion of America. Must it not therefore some day overflow its borders? Near to it we find in Japan, in an area less than the state of Texas, over 40,000,000 of people, while in a directly opposite posi tion, or diagonally "to the southwest of China, are the 300,000,000 of people of India. In Burmah, ia Siamin Tonquin, in Cambodia, are 60,000,000 more. A little further to the south, in crowded Java, not larger than the state of Illinois, are still 20,000,000 Itaore. The Philip pines are not so thickly settled, having in a section less than California about 8,000,000 inhabitants. In short, throughout a portion of Asia not larger than all North America, there are over 800,000,000 yellow and brown men, who have souls and brains like us white folks. Are there then any condi tions or influences at work which may solve the problem and keep us in Amer ica and hiurope from being overrun by these uncounted millions of Asia? It seems to the Independent that it would be well for "the powers" to stop and consider a while before they begin to rush battalions of white soldiers against this enormous mass. It would be well to remember that the only nation which has withstood the ravages of time is the one that never made an attempt at imperialism. China has stood while all the nations of antiquity have arisen and disappeared. All the others at one time or another undertook the plan that McKinley has marked out for the United States. They have perished, but China still stands. China never undertook a war of conquest. Would it not be well to take the advice of the First Napoleon, and "let that giant sleep." An Absurd Candidate mi j 1. xnere nasn 1 oeen a republican in O'Neill during the past week who has had the nerve to ask his neighbor what he thought of Dietrich, the republican candidate for governor. Of all the dis gusting, ignorant freaks who has evei visited our city, this man caps the climax. JtJold, brazen, aevoia ot any manners that would indicate any trait of a true gentleman, he intruded himself upon the republican cbmmittee who sought to en tertain him and put them to shame con tinually by his maudlin and undignified demeanor. The idea of such a blatant, coarse and ungentlemanly parvenu seeking by such unseemly methods to obtain the vote of any intelligent citizen for the office of chief executive of this state it is absurd. C. H. Dietrich is national banker he is rich, but he can not coerce the substantial yeomanry into voting for a man of his caliber for the proud position of governor of Nebraska Holt County Independent. TO HURT BBYAN. The mid-roaders met at Grand Island last Friday and put up a state ticket which we believe will hurt Messrs Bryan 1 T-k a A- 1 mi ana i-oynter a great aeai. inere were 332 delegates present besides many spec tators who said they would support the ticket. St. Edwards bun (rep). That is just about what Wharton Barker said when he called on McKinley. That is what they all say. The whole object of the movement is to hurt Bryan and Poynter and aid McKinley and Hambur ger Dietrich. Freedom Songs By E. W.Crane. a 1 - A. D00K composed or woras ana music that is up to date in every respect. En dorsed by the state central committees of the fusion forces in Nebraska. . Price per single copy 25c, 51.75 per doz 1 1 1 aii en, i per nair aozen. Aaaress all. or ders to E. W. Crane, box 1520, Lincoln Neb. Book will be ready for sale August 15. 1900. DEATH, WAR AND TAXES Are the Three Principal Product of the Marlt Hanna and Mckinley Man agement Axe the American people weary of war? Have they had enough yet of the extra penny on the telegram and the ex press receipt, the two cents on the bank check, the multitudinous exactions falling not at all on the corporations, ightly on the very rich, and most oner ously on the people of slender means which go to make up the war tax? Are they sick of the daily bulletins of the dead and crazed sacrificed in Luzon ' to keep down aa insurrection officially reported as suppressed a year ago? Do they count the cost of the Philippine ex periment and consider what f 100,000,000 a year could do here at home, expended in irrigation to make the western des erts blossom like the rose, employed to to establish, government telegraphs, a parcel post, a great national university, a ship canal from the lakes to the sea, a government railroad which would act as a check to the extortions of the privately owned monopolies? If the people have become thus weary, they are thus questioning, they are ready to ' consider the veiled menace in this utteranco of Colonel Dick, Han- na's campaign manager, and one of the men who is growing rich from the pick ings of the McKinley administration: "The status in China is very threaten ing,, and events there may change tne whole political situation here. 1 sup pose no one denies that this government ought to protect Americans in China, and if in doing so we should be brought into a war with China or any other power there would be but one party in this country as long as the trouble asted, and that would be the adminis tration party." There stands out the wish that is ather to the thought. With what zeal will Hanna and Dick and Brother Ab ner and Neeley and the rest of the vul tures that fatten on the fruits of McKin- eyism rush to the defense of Americans in China, if by so doing they will hold the profitable control of government for years to come. Protect Americans m Uhmar Of course, ana the Americans everywhere else as well. But a president who has rushed us into a long, costly and bloody war in the Philippines without the con sent and scarcely with the knowledge of congress cannot be trusted to cope with the Chinese situation alone, when his own close advisers admit that his per sonal political interests would be greatly advanced by war. . The country stands today at a point more critical than any it has occupied since 1861. A lingering war in the Phil ippines saps -its strength. Its soldiers and sailors are enveloped in the storm and the intrigue of the colossal Chinese field of battle. At Washington is a mer cenary, imperialistic government, which has profited vastly already, politically and financially, by one war, and which sees in a second greater one hope of in definite continuance in power. W ith true imperialistic self-assertion, the pres ident refuses to call congress together, and any day Americans may find that the intrigues or incompetence of a gang of scheming politicians have dragged this nation into a war with half of Europe. W hat is the defense of the people r con tariff measure. While he refuses to go into print in any event on political mat ters, he did not hesitate when that bill was pending,, to denounce it. He talked freely to his friends and even went so far as to violate an iron-clad rule and au thorize an interview with himself against it. This interview was but three lines long, but it was positive in its terms of opposition to the scheme. General Harrison looks upon the ship subsidy proposition as a steal, and he holds that Senator Hanna is the arch brigand in the proposed plan of pillage. hen General Harrison was returning from his work on tire Venezuelan matter in Paris he ran across the trail of Mark Hanna in-England. Hanna was there, General Harrison has said, getting on the ground floor with the conspirators who are to be the beneficiaries of the subsidy. General Harrison may have been a bitter partisan, but his honesty has never been questioned, so that his discovery of the Hanna American-Eng lish ship subsidy 30b opened his vials of wrath against the connivence of the masters of the administration with the magnates of the trusts. General Harrison will never say any thing favorable to the Hanna regime; he may say nothing and saying nothing in this instance means opposition. NINE KINDS OF MONEY is no re- YOUNG MEN AND TRUSTS In Trusts We Find Our Gods Andrew J. Felt was Lieutenant Gov ernorof Kansas under the Humphrey administration. He has always been a republican, though a bimetallism The other day he wrote John Breidenthal, the populist candidate for governor, the following letter: "Accept my sincere and hearty gratulations upon your nomniation. You -a- - -W a Al. k and J uage 3iarun nave proven mat, in Kansas at least 'the office seeks the man.' I have this day tendered my resignation as chairman of the republican county central committee of Nemaha county. because I am a republican still believingi in American independence as when I voted tor Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Blaine and Harrison, and because in this cam paign my duty as a citizen leads me to cast my ballot ior Americans wno still believe that the legend upon the dollar, In God we Trust,' is a more noble ideal than the new Mark Hanna version, 'In the trusts we find our Gods.' Hoping for your success in rsovember, and assuring 1 1 1 ,r you or my mgn personal regara, 1 truly yours. College Bred Men "Walk the Streets of Bos ton In a Tain Search for Work, on Account of the TrmU. One of the most active business men of Boston has been telling some of his experiences and observations of the dif ficulties experienced by young people in getting situations. He spoke of gradu ates of colleges, both, men and women, though his remarks may well apply to others. He is in a position where edu cated persons would be more likely than others to imagine that there would be an opening with him for them. He says that he averages about one application a day, from young men and women. He told of his experience in helping a young friend get employment. He was a bright, educated fellow, and it seemed, with the older man's introduction and guarantee, as if he could find " a situation. With his letters the young man went from one place to another, but only to find abso lutely nothing for him to do. He could not get a foothold anywhere. The sin gular thing about his' rebuff in almost every place was that it was connected with the trusts. The business house would say either that it had gone into the trust and was 'discharging, help in stead of taking on more, or that it had been squeezed by the trusts so that it was not able to do much business, or that the trust operations had made the business so uncertain that they did cot know what they would do in the future, but if they should have any occasion to take on any additional help they prefer red to take ' experienced men who had been thrown out by the trust, and whom they knew to be ' experienced and all right, rather than take a young man. The upshot of the matter was, that, for one or another of these reasons, the young man could get no encouragement anywhere. My informant says that he knows of dozens of similar cases, of col lege graduates of a few years' standing. smart and capable men, who are anxious to get work, but find the doors closed to them. One of them remarked to him that he was willing to begin by washing windows, if it were with any assurance of any thing better afterwards. He knows of one case where one graduate of this class is acting merely as an er rand boy for a business house, because he could get nothing else to do. It Varies all the Way From Full Legal Tender to That Which 1 not Legal Tender At All. The manner in which the republicans have dealt with the question of furnish ing a medium of exchange would be a dsgrace to a common old clodhopper. Exchanges cannot be carried on, except to a very limited degree, without money, and it is the duty of the government to issue money. Common sense would lead any one to the conclusion that we need only one kind of money. There sort of sense in anything else. The publican party, instead of giving us one kind, has made nine kinds, using four or five kinds of material upon which to im print it. We have the following sorts of money: 1. Gold coin. This is issued by the government. Anybody can take gold ta the mints in any quantity and the j?ov- eminent will coin it for him free. Gold coin mey be used for paying debts to any amount, and for all taxes and other dues to the government. 2. Standard silver dollars. These are issued by the government, but only in imited quantities. They are good for paying debts and dues to the govern ment in any amount. 3. Fractional silver com. This is is sued by the government in limited quan tities, and may be used in paying debts in sums not exceeding f 10. 4. Fractional mckle and copper coins. These are issued by the government in imited quantities, and are good for debts to the amount of 25 cents. 5. Old legal tender notes, or "green backs." These are issued by the govern ment to the fixed limit of $346,681,016. They are good for all debts, and under the new currency law the government is compelled to give gold coin "for them on rlomnnrl T 6. Treasury notes of 1890, or "Sherman notes." These were issued by the gov ernment in payment for silver bought or coinage. They may be used for pay ing debts to any amount, and the holders may demand either gold or silver for them from the government. When they are redeemed in silver they are destroyed and silver certificates issued . in , their place. 7. Gold certificates. These are issued by the government as receipts for gold deposited with the treasury by private individuals. They must be redeemed in gold on demand, and the government must always keep on hand the -lull I amount of gold they call for. 1"- a ciM i:c i rri - : o. Oliver cerLiiiuaitJs. jluosb are .re ceipts for silver dollars; and correspond exactly to gold certificates, - 9. National bank notes. These are is sued by the national banks, and are promises of those banks to pay lawful money to the holders on demand. To secure such payment the government re quires the banks to have certain reserves and to deposit united States bonds in the treasury to the face value of the notes. National bank notes are cot le gal tender for the payment of ordinary debts. THE TICKET AGENTS am EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON Will -Not Support McKinley, is Against .the Porto Kican Tariff, and Imperi alism and Mark Hanna Subsidy. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 2. Active pol iticians not only in Indiana, but in all parts of the country are concerned in the masterly inactivity of former Presi dent ' Harrison in nominee McKinley's interest. It is probably putting it too strongly to say that General Harrison has openly bolted Mr. McKinley, for the president ha3 long stood unshaken in his party affiliations; but it is safe to say that Mr. Harrison will take no part ei ther publicly or privately in favor of the republican national candidate. In truth, those here in his home city who know General Harrison well are firm in the be lief that he will refuse to vote for Mc Kinley, and that when occasion arises he will reiterate his opposition to the Porto Rico tariff measure, the republican at tempt to foist a ship subsidy scheme on the country and the growing tendency toward military rule. Ex-President Harrison is openly and avowedly opposed to the Porto Rican Roosevelt and San Juan It has frequently been declared by reg ular army others that Roosevelt was not in the charge of San Juan hill at all The following correspondence and an swer in the New York Journal of Au gust 1st gives the facts in regard to the matter: "The promptness that has character ized your responses to many leading questions induces me to inquire if Major Baker, U. S. A., was correct in his state ment that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was not in the celebrated charge on San Juan hill, Santiago, but was personally absent on accoudt of temporary sick ness? It is a question that has been freely canvassed here by your readers, and would like to know the facts in the case as many are interested. W. L. W. "Richmond, Va., July 30, 1900. "Colonel Roosevelt was not in the charge on San J uan ' hill. Neither was he ill. His regiment was engaged in the capture of Kettle hill, a small hill to the north of San Juan, during the San Juan engagement. When Colonel Roosevel reached the hill, much to his regret it had been taken by the regular army." It would be a good plan for the nationa committee to play the same game Roosevelt that the pops used to play on Thurston. Whenever Thurston got up to make a gold standard speech they would circulate enormous quantities b: Thurston's free silver speeches among the audience. If a few extracts . from Roosevelt's writings, which denounce in such vigorous language the European plan of wars of conquest and imperial ism, could be; printed and circulated among the audiences that he addresses. it would at least call attention to the dishonesty of his present position. Please Return Open letter to Allen W. Field. Will the gentleman who got the above letter from me at the populist state convention July 11th please return the same to W. P. Brooks, Cook, Neb; 1 and Bryan in 1896 In this new was The Methodist authorities in charge of Asbury park tried to get Bryan to vio late the Sabbath and he declined in the following polite language: "During the campaign, Sunday is the only day that I have for rest. Without that day of rest I would not be able to undergo the work of the campaign. If I was to surrender that day on one occasion I would find it difficult to "refuse other, invitations, any I think it better to adhere to the ru that I have heretofore observed." IJ 1SL They Have Organized, Will Contribute $100,000 and Fight for Bryan from Now to November. There is a new force in the political field that is working for against the trusts, which almost solid for McKinley. force there are 14,000 active, intelligent and aggressive men. They are constant ly in touch with the public. They meet more people in twenty-four hours thaa any other class of men in the country. They talk with more men in an intelli gent way than any other like number of citizens. They are arranging to contrib ute more than $100,000 to the democratic national committee. They are in earnest. in advocating the election of Bryan, and in their opposition to all forms of trusts, because their incomes have been affected to a greater degree than those f any other class of employes by a gigantic trust. Their incomes have been cut down 50 per cent, , and their work has been in no wise decreased. This new force is the coupon ticket agents of the United States. There are 31,000 railway station agents, fully omj- fourth of whom are coupon ticket agents that is, they - sell tickets over other roads than their own. In the larger cities there are 5,000 ticket agents, and, including ticket brokers, the total num ber reaches 14,000. All these men are suffering a" large decrease in their in comes solely because the railways of the United States have formed a gigantic pool or trust, and have discontinued paying these agents a commission for selling tickets over the various railways. In the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wis consin, Michigan and Minnesota, which gave McKinley majorities in 1896, there are 3,253 coupon ticket agents. In Chicago alone there are 553; not a large number when compared with the total vote in those states, but they are a pow erfully aggressive force, with hosts of friends among all classes, able to argue intelligently, and with the sympathy of railway men at large they will control a vote out of all proportion to their num bers. The ticket agents and the drum mers are thoroughly awake to the advan tages of McKinley's era of prosperity." New York Journal.