THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
August 23,1900.
C&Tersi&fst going to Co. Tbe most
of ux. I tU"ve; thought that the Phli-frpls-rs
vouM l- treated tae same as
tsa, fc belief that was strengthened
nha we raw ArulBiMo confidently
acu2cr the Independence of the Fill
pica republic o quickly after hi ar
rival that we concluded be must hive
aartrnuie of whk-b we knew not bins.
!s all Lit earlier proclamation!
i-r. ttfair 14.: E,! la f St-t in !1 lh
later there baa hardly ten one In
teic tie, bat not staled directly or
icXereEtlslly. tbat tbe object of the
rvoltios was msepenaeBce. v nen
w attecfted to talk with Aguinaldo
rlcardiEK this poesib'My of the L'nited
mate acaexiag the Philippines or es
tablishing a form of government to
salt bis fru demands, the insurgent
general- waa as ilk-nt and non-com-tsittai
as a ixdb. I don t believe that
any curretpo&dest iwiml a single ex
preiers on that ub-T.
"After several weeks of his new
dicsitjr, daring whUh no one distorted
bis prUE:j4ioa that the Filipinos
were fixhtiog for their Independent,
he tsukt hse roBcluC-l that America
had co other motive than tbe ptllan
throve oae whirh actuated the war for
C4ban Independence, and tfcat the Phil
ippines would be treated likewise.
"Much cf otr later trouble has un
doubtedly realted from the American
policy, or lack of policy, of thoe early
days. No one could enlighten Aguin
alio cf oar policy, for no one knew.
"I bate no Intention of being de
fender or apologist for Aguinaido. I
may be badly mistaken In ray estimate.
Bit St does seem to me that he de
serves totarthlt-s better than to be
contemptuously called a traitor, a lit
t'e eaeti and a selfich. unscrupulous
slave to personal ambitions. A man
who can &bl a losucg fight against a
srreat cation for a year and still re
tain his fcid on the confidence and af-
: : Hsw Tit Diril Old it
Tt e ferl 1 was dying of eacui;
So he sauntered forth from his den.
And he came by the Springs of Mun-
dane things.
And fcuxed a the Sons of Men.
And he signed at the Century's ending,
trYr be nasr tke world at nre'
Ta be cried. "Alack: have I lost ray I
Tbe piping: times must cease.
So be fikhed a Moralist's mantle.
And went on in his jaunty course.
In his raiment fine, with the air be
nign Of a CivilUieg Force.
First be whispered a word to tbei
Statesman: '
-Quick, out with thy idle knife!
Else the people, thy trust, will In bar- f
nesa rust; j
Co preach them the Strenuous Life!'
Of a people that lived la Quiet. I
The Devil demurely spoke: j
"Go Benevolent Man. to that Primitive
Clan.
An! assimilate those folk.
And tbe States maa sprang, at the sum-
mors.
And donned bis warrler's coat; 1
Cried the Devil, -Hurras! as each
csaa he saw
With his hand at bis neighbor's!
throat. I
i
He slyly spake to the Rulers: '
Ia yoar ancient valour old ? j
And lb seam grew black where the!
Wan tip's track 1
Made straight for the shores of gold; !
Till the world was filled with mourn-;
iS. ?
A they called for more and more:
A ad taea held their breath as the pal
lid Death
Rode proud la the van of War.
Which so vastly amused theDevil. j
That the tears ran down his face. I
And he waggled his tail, as Men cried ;
"Hail! j
Make way for the Dominant Race"!
The Devil slipped Into the Pulpit: '
-Tis the spread of the Cross! be
hissed;
And tbe Priest with a nod asked the
blessing of Cod
Oa the March of the Sanctified Fist.
And straightway the Prophets of Prog
ress J oiced pkwrslyln the din;
And the Devil cried. See! These my
Ministers be.
And this is ay Chamberlain!
With the voice of the People's Teachers
The Devil disguised himself;
-Hurrah! it rang, aa the bullets sang.
- "For Destiny. Duty and Pelf!"
He lacgbed as the Rack w ard Nations
Dropt Into the Conqueror's maw;
And he chuckled long at the Poet's
song
Of The Spread of Christ's Word and
Law.
And he shook his sides as be watched
them.
Nor ooce did his soft laugh cease.
Aa te Dominant Race ran Its ghastly
pace
la the tame of the Prince of Peace.
So the Devil went back to his study;
Quoth he. with a wink and a nod;
-Sure, the true way still to do My Will
Is to call it the Work of God."
McC ready Sykes.
A kunil Correspondent.
Editor Independent: Enclosed find
Jippin: from the Weeping Water re
puUicaa aa follows:
Wiil Campbell a writing open let
ters to Bryan for the Mate Journal and
by the way he pours political grape and
canister Into the fusion Idol is a cau
tion." My son beard some of our folks
grumbling at the style cf the letters
alluded to la the clipping. If the let
ters are worth noticing be thought It
might be well for you to know some
thing of the man who writes them.
First, he Is not a man yet. not having
reached his majority; second, he was
rtct op to the reform school for steal
ing packages f patent medicines from
his father s peddle wagon a few years
ago. I have not seen the letters, but
mpn they don't amount to much.
From my Intercourse with him I
Judge him to be a genuine shallow
pate. This letter may be of no use. but
eaa do no harm. When I waa a repub
lican twenty years ago, the State Jour
nal was kept out of the house. It waa
to uninnt worthy.
KUAS S. GILBERT.
Weeping Water, Neb.
FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
AtUrMj Geaersl Mojtnctt SsyaThat Noth
ig kUmrl ef tbe PopulUt ilm Will
tb Railroad Jtirtiou. -
Secretary Stephens of the United
States monetary league has received
a letter from F. S- Monnett of Colum
bus, who. aa republican attorney of
Ohio, sought to enforce the anti-trust
laws against the Standard' Oil com
pany. Mr. Monnett writes as follows:
1 have been watching with interest
everything along the line of your work
that has been appearing and will be in
tensely Interested in knowing what the
western republicans will do; the party
managers are claiming that California,
Nevada and Oregon, in fact all the
western states are greatly in favor of
Imperialism; that Is superseding all
other questions and points to the re
cent elections there to corroborate it.
"I note the scathing editorial en
closed against Wolcott: it was a very
strong olive branch of peace he waved,
over the convention considering his
former attitude on the money question
In the national convention.
-How much of a figure will the pic
turesque and spectacular cut in the
campaign through the west since 'Ted
dy is on tbe ticket with his San Juan
hat? The republican leaders here seem
to think they will reach 'the rabble,'
and w hile they are watching the 'rough
rider's hat at the front door the trusts
will step la and rob the sugar bowl
and oil can and take their furniture,
meat and drink in the name of pa
triotism. I sometimes think' .Lincoln was too
broad in his proposition when he said:
"You cannot fool all the people all the
time. It appears to me the last four
years our party has succeeded in fool
ing the rank and file with the cry of
follow the flag, while the party had
Its hand down deep n their pockets
and taking out revenue stamps with
one hand and trust contributions with
the other and really a large number of
our republican small business men feel
complimented to think that they have
been noticed. If the farmer and small
business man can barely . keep even
during these 'seven fat years what in
the name of Caesar will he do in the
'seven lean years?'- v
. "England permitted India to live
from 'hand to mouth In r.er prosperous
years, absorbing her surplus, produce
and capital, and carried it away to
her English castles, and now when 24,
000.000 are starving and the buzzards
are eating their flesh as they lie dying
they turn to the robber barons for a
small pittance of their own to be re
turned; they, too, are too busy shoot
ing down Boers in the name of liberty.
Of course America will not see the
terrible conditions that are now ex
isting In India even in her 'lean years,'
but as sure as the sun rises and sets,
there will be much suffering and want,
bankruptcy and poverty at the first
breath of adversity whtcti always fol
lows tbe few years of plenty. These
moments of adversity are necessarily
the more bitter and distressing when
the normal or natural surplus that
each should have has been absorbed
and drained and carried away to the
great terminals and a few multi-millionaires
have a padlock on ail granary
doors. But, then the masses seem to
enjoy it. and we have young men here
tbat have been drivn to clerkships In
stead of independent business men and
ar already mere machines that think
prosperity in tbe hands of a few mil
lionaiies and wage-payers is regard
enough for them, and they will vote
and howl for more shackles around
their commercial wrists.
-In ten days the sugar trust alone
raised prices sufflcientlj high enough
to clear $30,000,000 In tbe coming year,
but now that it has become a political
question and our party is indorsing
tbe trust leaders and barons with cab
inet positions and judicial appoint
ments and consularships, etc., you hear
every little postmaster and federal
office-holder either keeping silent or
refusing to lift bis voice against such
outrages.
'I think It was old Judge Brecken
ridge who is given the credit for this
bit of philosophy that. is expressed in
this statement: "Young man, young
man. you can't cure a political wrong
or stop an evil until it becomes a d d
wrong, and then it will cure itself.
"Nothing short of public ownership
of our transportation companies, or at
least such corporations that are ex
ercising governmental functions, are
controlled by tbe federal and state gov
ernments, can we solve this industrial
question. This surely Is the advance
step that the democratic party should
take. I am only sorry that the issues
on these economic questions cannot be
fairly presented in this national cam
paign. It looks as though the spec
tacular 'cowboy hat is of more import
ance than domestic comfort, advance
ment and development of American
families. F. S. MONNETT."
OLD GAME TRIED AGAIN
Th Buki Refute Discount to Merchant
IV ho Support Bryan-Window Glaaa
Trut Raise Prlco llanna'a
lUappoiatment.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 19.
(Special correspondence.) Mark Han
na would gladly have forfeited a good
big slice of his enormous campaign
fund to hare secured a third party
nomination by the anti-imperialists.
That would have been a diversion in
McKInley's favor.
The republicans can collect money
from the special Interests which they
have served so faithfully at the expense
of the people, but they realize that no
amount of money will procure them
such support as comes from an em
phatic indorsement such as the anti
Imperialists gave Bryan. The repub
licans are not being favored with pop
ular Indorsements. Neither will they
gather in the votes in November.
The republican party n this cam
paign has departed from the traditions
which gave It birth and made it a
power. It has been busy evading im
perialism and the trust issue, a plain
confession of weakness and cowardice.
McKInley at the head of the ticket
unfurls his banner of "benevolent as
similation." Roosevelt as his running
mate froths at the mouth and preaches
-brute force." They both mean the
! same thing and acknowledge the same
master lianna. i
j From all parts of the west come re-
ports that the merchants and farmers
who have declared their intention to
support Bryan, suddenly find them
selves without credit at the banks and
wholesale houses. They are given to
understand that their opposition to Mc
KInley and his policy is the cause of
this boycott. What a pretty pass have
the trusts brought the country to al
ready if they are to be allowed to dictate-
to free citizens how they shall
vote. It begins to look as though it
were to be imperialism abroad and
trust despotism at home.
The plan will fail. It will react. It
will open the eyes of 4 voters -to the
fact that their right of suffrage is imT
perilled. To allow themselves to be
coerced' now is to rivet the shackles
upon hmselves.
Mr Shepard voices the sentiment of
many thoughtful citizens in this phase
of his protest against imperialism. He
says:
"The amazing productiveness of Am
erican labor, out of which come alikt
the millions or thousands or hundreds
of dollars, is the result above all of
the dignity and freedom of the Ameri
can workman, his respect for the
right of others and his assertion of his
own. No policy of military order or
glory or conquest has ever produced
or come measurably near to produc
ing this degree of wealth and well-being.
"American jealousy of individual
rights and dislike of standing armies
have made of us no less the richest
than the freest of nations. We are in
November to vote -whether we shall
reverse this policy. The folly of such
a reversal is no less plain from the
standpoint of the well-to-do, to whom
a broad and steady base of order and
security is the first good of govern
ment than to the millions of citizens."
Something like $10,000,000 a month
is being spent on the war in the Phil
ippines. The administration tries to
make the country believe that this
vast expenditure is wise in order to se
cure us oriental markets. It holds out
glittering promises of great trade with
China and the Philippines. It would
be more to point to spend some of this
money in developing'our own country.
For instance, the expenditures of ten
millions one month's expense in the
Philippines on water storage reser
voirs in western Nebraska, Colorado
and neighboring states, would provide
a system of irrigation that would af
ford thousands of prosperous farms
for our citizens.
Good wages and steady employment
for our wage-workers would mean an
increase of their consuming capacity
which would make them indifferent as
to how much of our products went
abroad. Instead of that, imperialism
and trust domination are going hanft
in hand to take advantage of cheap
labor in our insular possessions and by
leaving many Americans idle or only
employed at starvation wages their
consuming capacity will constantly b
lowered to that iron bound standard
where body and soul can barely be
kept together. No workman nor farm
er need delude himself with the notion
that McKInleyism means the develop
ment or prosperity of this country. It
means just the contrary. It means
the exploitation and impoverishment
of the many for the benefit of the few.
An illustration of trust rapacity was
shown the other day when the window
glass trust celebrated its annual con
vention at Niagara Falls by advancing
the price of window glass 10 per cent.
Sheltered by the Dingley tariff this
trust has advanced prices from time
to time in the last four years until the
price of window glass has become so
high that people of moderate means are
discouraged from building.
Does the benefit go to wage-workers?
Just before the trust meeting, work
was discontinued in a number of plants
and the men condemned to idleness.
The window glass workers have a trade
unionand have fought the trust tooth
and nail, with the result that they
have prevented any serious reductions
in wages. But they cannot avert a
practical lock-out when the trust wants
to economize in order to declare a new
dividend.
HERBERT JANVRIN BROWNE.
ENGLISH GIVILIZERS
They Act Very Much I.Ike the American
Civilizers Whom We Have Sent
to the Philippines.
Richard Harding Davis in a recent
article says that the Boers when the
English officers came as prisoners to
Pretoria, treated them with the great
est consideration, that they were given
quarters in the centre of the town in a
beautiful school building to which
baths were attached. This building
was so situated that the ladies of the
town were obliged to pass it in going
to and from the business portion and
to the churches. He then charges that
these officers become so insulting and
vulgar in their remarks to ladies who
were compelled to pass that a petition,
numerously signed by the women and
others, was presented to the authori
ties, requesting that these officers be
removed. He says that many of the
officers had no part in this indecency
and vulgarity and protested against
it, but the offense became so aggra
vating that they were finally removed.
Edgar Fawcett in an article in the
New York Journal discourses as fol
lows: "The relief of Ladysmith turned
London Into one howl of jubilation for
a day and a night. The relief of Ma
feklng wrought an effect still more
turbid. Both occasions were an ex
cuse for the most libidinous drunken
ness. Thousands of those who roared
and caroused could not have written
three lines of decently spelled prose;
many of them could neither have writ
ten nor read. Yet the educated looked
on and enjoyed the mad saturnalia and
told one another that it was all a
proof of imperial greatness.
"Unhappily the savage is not yet
extinct in man. What he calls the im
pulse to fight for his country is too
often precisely of the same sort which
prompts him to kill elephants, tigers
and other 'big game.' Of the private
this is almost constantly true, except
when the ghastly conscript drags him
into service.
"One of the saddest features of war
is its horrible tyranny over the unlet
tered private. I saw a grand proces
sion of cavalry troops here in London
not long ago. Helmeted, plumed, be
striding glossy and mettlesome horses,
riding with splendid grace and ease,
brilliantly uniformed, specklessly
gloved and booted, each horseman
seemed a model of manhood. But sud
denly it occurred to me that the least
observable point about this radiant
concourse was the faces of its mem
bers, and into face after race I steadily
peered.. There I found coarseness and
vacancy predominant. TTrequent smiles
disclosed broken and discolored teeth,
which dentistry might have saved
from ruinous decay. rIany a piteous
letter written from South Africa bat
tle fields will show how these ill-fated
fellows have been trainee to shoot, yet
not to spell; to cut and thrust, yet not
to think! ;..
"With, the officers it, of course, is
different! The spice of danger, the
longing to "kill things." the underaci
nated savage, yet sways them as it
sways their subalterns; but another
factor, seldom clearly considered, en
ters into their bellicose motives. I
mean ambition. Shakespeare calls it
seeking the bubble reputation at the
cannon's mouth. But in all European
countries this kind of reputation is
held far more valuable than a bubble.
It Is, indeed, the one most 'honorable'
path to high social distinction.
"You marvel at the amount of cour
age and 'nerve in mankind which
might be turned to better uses than
any afforded by the spilling of human
blood. We speak of a man as a 'born
soldier. The eulogy is seldon so com
plimentary as it sounds. He would
resent being called a 'born' maker of
orphans and widows
"In the case of this cire pest the
wisdom of the thoughtful sociologist
has much to bear from raw and callow
youth. 'Oh, there's no, fool like an
old fool!' cries the latter, with a smell
of gunpowder in its nostrills; and it is
quite right.1 But only in the sense that
experience should iot the old fool of
all excuse for being such a fool as the
young, one."
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD POPS
That la the Title that the Clem Dearer
Outfit Must Adopt if They Get on
, the ticket.
Last Friday and Saturday the pro
test of the republicans against the free
silver republicans going on the ticket
and the protest filed by Chairman Ed
misten against allowing the Grand Isl
and aggregation going on the ticket or
using the name "populist" to designate
their party, was argued before the sec
retary of state. The decision of Mr.
Porter was as follows:
Office of the Secretary of State, Lin
coln, Neb., Aug. 18. In the case of
Samuel T. Cochran, protestant, against
allowing the name "silver republican"
to be used on the official ballot, after
hearing the argument of the attorneys
and carefully examining the law bear
ing on this case, namely, section 131,
chapter 26, session laws of 1899, pro
viding for the formation of new parties
and the adoption of party names, I
am clearly of the opinion that this
section cannot apply to parties already
in existence. That the silver republi
can party, having already established
its right to a place on the ballot and
having proven by the records of this
office that its candidates for office
have received more than 1 per cent of
the total vote cast at the last general
election, that it cannot be legally de
barred from having a place upon the
official ballot at this time, I, there
fore, overrule the objection of the
aforesaid Samuel T. Cochran and hold
that the candidates of the aforesaid
silver republican I party may properly
have a place upon 4 the official ballot
at the coming election.' :
. - W. F. PORTER,
Secretary of State.
Office of Secretary of State, Lincoln,
Neb., Aug. 18. In the case of J. H. Ed
misten, protestant; against allowing the
names of certain candidates nominated
at Grand Island July 20, 1900, by the
so-called middle-of-the-roaders, I find:
First That a" convention consisting
of 200 voters did assemble in the city
of Grand Island on the 20th day of
July, 1900; that they did then and
there nominate candidates for the dif
ferent state offices and presidential
electors; that having apparently com
plied with that provision of the law
which requires at least 200 delegates
in the state to constitute a legal con
vention, that they are entitled to have
the names of their nominees placed
upon the official ballot. That under
the head of second objection, which
refers to the party name, and In which
the protestant sets forth that the word
"populist" would be misleading and
in violation of law, it already belong
ing by application to a party now in
existence, I am of the opinion that the
objection is well-founded and that tho
word "populist" without any qualify
ing word or words to designate where
in it differs from the original populist
party, would have a tendency to de
ceive many voters, and would be a di
rect violation of section 131, chapter
26, session laws of 1899, and, while this
is true, we also recognize the fact that
many of the participants in the Grand
Island convention were what are
known as "middle-of-the-road pop
ulists" and it seems to us to be fair
that they should have such name ap
plied to them and their candidates as
well, clearly designate their political
affiliation. And, when the use of the
word "populist" even with a qualifying
word or words prefixed may deceive
voters, that we are constrained to be
lieve that the name "mid-road pop
ulists" more nearly applies to many of
the electors who participated in the
aforesaid convention , than any other
name which can be chosen. For this
reason, believing that every elector
should have the privilege of voting
for candidates of his choice, I shall
decide that the candidates nominated
by the aforesaid convention at Grand
Island. Neb., may appear upon thr
official ballot under tne designation of
"mid-road populists."
W. F. PORTER,
Secretary of State.
Vote For The One Ticket.
Editor Independent: I am glad to
know that the populists and democrats
are going to vote one ticket and one
set of nominees this fall. I have been
to the principal cities of the east to get
Information for myself, and I think
that Bryan and Stevenson will- be
elected. There is no doubt in my mind
that the policy of making more money
is right and that something must be
done to keep the trusts and imperial
ists from grinding the laboring classes
into serfdom.. G. L. BURGESS.'
Julian, Neb
1
III
Republicans Desert the
Sinking Old Hulk.
CAN'T STAND IMPERIALISM.
Ominous Facts Confront tbe
I G. O. P. File Leaders.
TBUST TOTE 0AT0HIN& METHODS,
Titer Hesitate at Xothlntr to Fool
Gndgeom Haking a Desperate
, Fitfbt For tbe Next Home-A Sag
! Keatton to tke National Democratic
' Committee Work For Soathern
I Congresimeii A Wolf la Sheep'a
' Clothlnar Germaaa For Bryan.
I
Special Washington Letter.
! And still they come. Nothing short
of a lightning calculator In good run
ning order can keep up with the Re
publicans of all degrees who are de
serting the sinking old hulk. ' The most
distinguished recruit to the Democratic
ranks since my last writing is the Hon.
Henry U. Johnson of Richmond, Ind.
He served ten years In congress, with
constantly growing prestige. I state
now a fact which everybody stated
then, that he was one of the ablest
members, of the house. Nobody doubt
ed his courage, his capacity or his in
tegrity. He was an able congressman
in every way. He was strong in com
mittee work and especially strong on
the floor of the house. Withal he was
a man of conscience. He placed right
above party, and when his party began
this imperialistic crusade Johnson was
the first man In the house to make a
speech, against it He had then, as I
have reason to know, hopes of in
ducing his party to refrain from this
un-American and ruinous policy, and
be made a heroic fight. Finding the
Republicans, like Ephraim of old,
joined to their idols, there was but
one thing left for him to do as an hon
est man to leave the Republican
party, which he has done. He will be
welcomed generally as an auxiliary of
great power.
Not All "Haa Beea."
The Republicans have been claiming
that all the Republicans who had de
serted them were "ex's" and had no
future. This theory is completely
knocked in the head by the-action of
Hon. George L. Wellington, senior Re
publican senator from Maryland, who
has Just announced his intention of
taking the stump for Bryan. Senator
George F. Hoar and Senator William
E. Mason went to the jumping off
place, but wouldn't jump. Wellington
went tbe whole hog. What they will
say about Wellington I don't know.
They will get up some plausible lie, no
doubt, for that is their long suit; but
nobody cares what sort of lie they tell,
for nobody believes them.
Another sample of an actual Re
publican officeholder of high degree
jumping the fence is that of Mr. Tal
bot of Omaha, president of the state
senate of Nebraska. Perhaps no man
in Nebraska had a brighter, future in
the Republican party than Mr. Talbot,
but he couldn't stand the corruption
of tbe Republican party and he has
quit it incontinently.
Another ominous fact for the Repub
lican spellbinders and file leaders to
consider is that Arthur Pue Gorman Is
going to takean active personal in
terest In the conduct of the campaign
in the east. First and last I have dif
fered wfth him on many propositions
and I may do so hereafter, but I have
never departed from the belief that he
is the greatest parliamentary leader of
this generation, and that as a political
manager he has perhaps but one equal
in the United States, and that is Mat-,
thew Stanley Quay. In 189G he took
no part whatever in the campaign.
This year he is to be actively associat
ed with Senator Jones in the manage
ment of the campaign, a fact which
will set Marcus A. Hanna to rubbing
his bald pate at a furious rate.
J Contagions Enthnsiaam.
The monster meeting at Indianapolis
at which Bryan and Stevenson ac
cepted their nominations probably en
gendered enough enthusiasm of itself
to carry the state of Indiana for tbe
Democrats, for enthusiasm Is the most
contagious disease known among men,
being more contagious than the mea
sles, the black plague or smallpox.
It made little difference whether any
one heard the speeches or not, though
they were of most excellent quality.
It was the event itself which engen
dered tbe enthusiasm. I have always
believed, and do now believe, tbat bad
Bryan accepted the nomination In In
diana instead of New York he would
now be president.
Everybody who takes any interest In
the workings of the lower house of con
gress will be glad to know that the
Hon. Henry D. Clayton of Alabama
has been renominated. He Is a young
man of extraordinary force of char
acter, handsome, - courageous, capable
and honest as tbe day is long. He has
been in congress some years. Is a mem
ber of tbe national committee, and as
he seems to have a long lease on his
seat In the bouse he bids fair to be
come a conspicuous figure In the pol
itics of the country.
Trusts After Gudgeons.
The trust magnates seem to be dis
posed to stop at nothing In their effort
to rope in the unwary and to catch
gudgeons. They have started out now
to use the Rev. Samuel P. Jones of
Georgfm as a bait That he Is one of
the most attractive speakers In the
country everybody knows, consequent
ly they have taken some rather loose
remarks that the. Rev. Sam made and
are circulating them through the ad
vertising agencies. The scheme will
hardly, work, for if he finds out that the
trusts are trying to use him as a cats
paw 16 "pull Mark Hanna' s chestnuts
out of the fire they will hear some
thing drop. If Sam ever does open up
on Mark, it will seem that he is using
the English language as a bull whip
bout the ears of that past master
boss. - . . .
'. Another Illustrious Republican who
has deserted the G. O. P. is Miss Phoebe
W. Couzlns. the only woman who In
the history , of the human race ever
filled the ofiHce of United States mar
shal. Her father was one of the most
eminent of the old line Republicans In
this state and held many offices of
trust and profit, dying In that of Unit
ed States marshal of the eastern dis
trict of Missouri. Miss Phoebe was
appointed to fill out his unexpired term
and did it with credit to herself and to
the satisfaction of the government. She
was a prominent and influential figure
in Republican circles, but she could
not stand the corruption and imperial
istic tendencies of the G. O. P., so she,
too, flew the coop, and in flying the
coop she let fly a broadside Into Mark
Hanna's serried ranks entitled "Is
America again a vassal of England?"
with a subhead. "Shall the British Lion
Typify the Sacrifice of American Sol
diers or a British Hireling Writer
Dub the Farewell Address of George
Washington as a Curio of History?"
Then she proceeds to belabor the Re
publicans through 29 pages, in which
she absolutely flays the hides off of
the whole gang. I cheerfully com
mend the pamphlet to all who want
good campaign literature.
Fisntlnv For the Honse.
Two Washington .dispatches in the
public press show what a desperate
fight the Republican managers are
making to control the next bouse of
representatives. One is to the effect
that that palpitating and aspiring pa
triot. Colonel R. C. Kerens, member
of tbe Republican national committee
from Missouri, has employed Colonel
W. W. Dudley of "blocks of five"
fame, to organize the Republicans of
Missouri. - Of course this means that
every method known to the most cor
rupt politics is to be employed for the
purpose of debauching the Missouri
voters and electing one or more con
gressmen from districts now represent
ed by .Democrats.
The other dispatch of Importance Is
along the same line as this and Is to
the effect that the beloved Babcock of
Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican
congressional campaign committee, has
agreed to put $2,000 of boodle into
each of the congressional districts of
Missouri.' . Now. Brother , Babcock is
like Mfajor Joe Bagstock, "sly, sir, dev
ilish sly." "He is generally supposed
to be as wily as any fox. but if it is
true that he has promised to send
$2,000 into each Missouri district for
corruption purposes, then a great con
fidence . game has been played on
Brother- Babcock. The chances are j
that Instead of the delegation standing
12 Democrats and 3 Republicans in the
next congress, as in this, it will be 14
Democrats and 1 Republican, a great
improvement. But If it be true that
they are sending this money into Mis
souri It will demonstrate that they are
fighting with as much desperation for
the next house as they are for the pres
idency Itself.
Jndge Griffs of Georgia.
One of the brightest, ablest and most
genial young . men In the house of
representatives Is Judge J. M. Griggs
of Georgia. Usually he is a man of
great discretion and tact, but unless
the Baltimore Sun Is the greatest liar
In the country . the Judge recently
stirred up a most ablebodled hornets
nest In delivering an address at Rome,
Ga-, to the graduating class of Shorter
College For Young- Ladies, for he
tackled the new woman and pro
nounced a erdogy for the old fashioned
woman which it does the heart good
to read, but which is liable to bring
down on the judge's devoted head the
wrath of every short haired woman In
the laud, and I fear, that my genlM
friend will not have as easy sailing In
the contest which he has evoked as he
generally has in his debates with his
fellow congressmen, where he is thor
oughly capable of holding his own. I
have no doubt that somehow he will
be able to come out victor, but he will
need to have all his wits about him.
No doubt the Judge was Influenced by
patriotic, and philanthropic motives.
His address as reported In The Sun 1
one of the most brilliant that I ever
read. It shines and glistens and
sparkles like the ocean in the morning
sunshine. But the trouble Is, the more
it shone and tbe more it glistened and
sparkled the madder his audience got.
for it was composed of young women
who want to belong to the new wom
an class.
A Friendlr Snggestton.
Here Is a bit of friendly advice for
tbe Democratic -national committee.
While I am neither the financial, spirit
ual nor legal adviser of that distin
guished body, I would like to just
whisper one suggestion into their ears.
Every congressman from those south
ern states which are reliably Demo
cratic should be sent up into the states
of the north and middle west to make
campaign speeches. There is a splen
did corps of them young y men In the
prime of life, orators of every variety.
Think what a rattling of dry bones
it would make in Indiana and Illinois
to turn loose in tbat fertile field John
Sharp Williams. John Allen and Pat
rick Henry of Missouri, Henry D. Clog
ton, Willis; Brewer and Oscar W. Un
derwood ' of Alabama, Judge Griggs,
William Charles Adamson. Charles L.
Bartlett and William M. Howard of
Georgia and the whole Arkansas dele
gation, William Walton Kitchen, the
Hotspur of North Carolina; Joseph W,
Bailey, Bob Henry, Tom Ball, R. C
De Graffenreld, Judge Lanham, Robert
Emmet Burke, and, In fact, the entire
delegation from Texas, from Louis
iana and Florida, with the senators
from all these states. They would
make the- political Rome howl and no
mistake.
The Shell City (Mo.) News prints the
following poem, which makes up in
emphasis whatever it lacks in elegance:
SAME OLD TUINO.
Same old Mack, same old Mark,
Same old dog with same old bark.
Same old frauds, aame old guah,
' Same old Hanna with aame old aluih.
Same old combines, same old trusts.
Same old boss to say "You must.
Same old fight as in ninety-six,
But this time, Mark, we're on to your
tricks.
8peaking of poetry, here Is a quat
rain by some unknown genius which
every stump speaker should fasten In
his memory:
Almighty dollar, thy ahining face
Bespeaks thy wondrous power.
My pocket make thy resting placet .
1 need thee every hour.
The Trouble "With Connelly.
It seems that I am in no sort of
danger of falling into that class of
persons to whom the Saviour said, "Be
ware when all men speak well of you."
My memory has been refreshed on this
subject by an editorial published in
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, and
presumably written by a brilliant, er
ratic gentleman named J. M. Connelly.
The trouble with Brother Connelly Is
that he mistakes epithets for argu
ments. He jumped on to me with both
feet about my Boulder (Colo.) speech.
The part of that speech which seems
to have stirred Brother Connelly's bile
to overflowing is the following:
I am this day in favor of annexing every foot of
the North American British possessions clear to
the frozen ocean. It is contiguous territory, in
habited by much the same sort of people thst we
are and who would become good citieenii, but I
am eternally opposed to holding Asiatic territory,
10.000 miles away, more thickly inhabited than
any state in the Union, inhabited by people alien
to us in color, race, thought and habit. I would
keep only such places in Asia as we need for
coaling and naval stations. I am opposed to ex
panding our territory in Asia because it is dan
gerous to our institutions and would Inevitably
Involve us in endless complications, quarrels and
wars. We cannot afford to jeopardize our own
liberty in any such wild, reckless and wicked
manner.
Now, that Is a very rational state
ment, notwithstanding Colonel Connel
ly's strictures on it. I undertake to
say that it is a great deal easier to call
me names because of the above than to
show me wherein lies what he Is pleas
ed to call Its "blatant Idiocy." The
colonel also seems angered because I
said, "I don't care a bauble about
Aguinaldo and the Filipinos." Now,
what the deuce is the matter with the
colonel I can't tell.
' A Wolf In nisgnise.
The real thing sticking in the craw
of The Commercial-Appeal Is that I
am a Democrat and it Is not, though
it claims to beju Colonel Connelly is a
very able man, but If he Is a Democrat
he ought to qnlt editing that paper; If
he Is a Republican, he ought to quit
calling the sheet1 a Democratic news
paper. Perhaps a yver regulator would
do him good. Another thing be
should rub up on his geography, as he
seems sadly deficient. Somehow he
has got It into his noddle that I live In
the Ozark mountains. While that Is a
delightful place to live, and while I
am firmly persuaded that the capitol
of the United States should be moved to
the Ozarks, I do not reside within 200
miles of them, but live in the great
Mesopotamian country between the
Mississippi and the Missouri and rep
resent perhaps the finest agricultural
region on the face of the earth.
I wish to suggest as gently as may
be to The Commercial-Appeal that gen
uine Democrats don't care a copper
what it thinks about any subject under
the shining sun. By calling Itself a
Democratic paper It is playing tbe wolf
in sheep's clothing and could be con
victed in any court of justice as a
rank fraud. , I class it with other Re
publican papers and consider its abuse
as positive praise. A paper which
drove Ed Carmack from , its editorial
chair because he was honest and a
silver man surely cannot have much
Influence with. Democrats down south.
Germans For Bryan.
The two most illustrious Germans In
America are Carl Schurz and Dr. Emil
Preetorlus of the Westliche Post.
Schurz Is openly supporting Bryan and
Dr. Preetorlus is saying things which
are helping him grtatly. For instance,
not long since be said editorially:
Any one who has even a superficial knowledge
of history knows the menacing danger (droher.de
Gefahr) which militarism carries to the free in
stitutions of a country, especially of a republic.
France of today -should serve as a horrible ex
ample (abachreckendea Beispiel).
If anybody has ever had a good word
to say about Colonel Teddy's asinine,
outrageous and libelous speech at St.
Paul. I have not heard of it. So far an
I have been able to observe It has been
received by the public press with sul
len silence, defensive remarks or open
denunciation. It perhaps did the Re
publicans more harm than anything
else that has happened this summer.
John Peter Altgeld, once a Mlssourl
an and later governor of Illinois, Jump
ed on Teddy at Toledo and danced a
war Jig on him. John Peter grew sar
castic and alliterative and said, "Re
cently a gentleman In New York who
had become famous for being alone In
Cuba, a gentleman who has adopted as
his life motto or coat of arms two 'pV
and a double 's,' which four letters slg
nify 'pompous posing' and 'strenuous
strutting,' left the capital of New York
and went to St. Paul and delivered a
speech." etc.. and then for about an
hour John Peter proceeded to cut the
"pompous poser" and "strenuous strut
ter" Into ribbons, to borrow a phrase
from the pugilistic fraternity. That
John Peter did the Job well goes with
out saying.
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