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- 2w ft 1 li M II II ill VOL. XII. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 30, 1900. NO. 15. KQHEGHS OF 5JAKILA 11 I HrJJ Ir1h I aArr MeKiaWys C rialMtl A((mi A!i-.irr aruce irons .man William C Joluswa is publl.tt4 is tie New Voice f 4crlLfEg tie reditioa of Manila and tie work of th- rz-ILtiry ci iliz-rs in tit fir ay Lii4- The horrors de- r.t- i ar alzofrt u-it. so indecest are ittj. for p-tLeau-ot:. tut before rUf eaa rots, tie farts must be T L-r are members of the K:rt N bra La tt will b-ar testi K.ocy to the truihfaliv of Mr. John-t-vn tti-n.it. TLy are alto eri- t far-tarsi- of tie &wd.ral docu Jjvioas of o.f,rrs; l. taken on the j cf -benevolent assimilation." More After Le read this tale over, she is oblieed to take oat a wine of terror-. ro tn werk aid help to de feat 3cKiar t-T -!) Jiisiority in tM tit. ft"T.4 juur lT.i'-i-Ki-z.i to tr . r is other state tiit I . sV), tuxr tTe a knowledge cf tt Lorrr of i?r ;-ria.iiSi as prac- t-:d utid-r tr.U atoiz-itratioa. JWitwA' rti-- 'olio: MANILA. Ju:- rT tly. while r-C:r.s w:th th cii-gitg editor of . ts cf th ka-litg s.t.;U daily papers, j I p d . jtio!t3 r-jD-t-ry at Ma- ! lit. Poii.tii.ff t' the ureal of f f -- h L- said deliberately: . "Far mure 'f our !ys mto tre lying ; tl.Tf c-t tl.: r i-ath through bad ' o.-a i.r. l cr.r k thas tsrocli the h-Wtt of ti.- P;lipizL Five hundred Acif-rican ssc44i-r re reently ex- . 1:.-1 frcra this -M ir.4 snt to the '; a.. tsoe'Jy v.rt:&6 of irlsk and ) i,. J T psalter ' a cosnpetE.t to ' t.k u?i3 the abct a any man in . tf P-:I:; ; .--. H- carr-e t-re with1 ttf arsy. For a jear he tis beid hit pr--l j.,!uo. asd h.a bfu ; russtaxtly i- toth with current j eieti. i A ftw iay ixo 1 ttd a cosTer&ation j w;th ore of li. L-a4 urrKs of the "V;rst Kf ifr to; :tal in this city. ' ALoit f jrty ;r cnt of all the tick Kjliitrh in tl- Phili; ;'s-s are treated in ti : l?t:t-'.tlQ'S- In the cosrrrsa- I t503. tL .r uff-rial naf- the following ta:Tii. ::l tr.e uiu-mani:sg that I -t,?it; tot dirrice my source o? izforsiUon and that su eject him to clutijry I'trtte. H "Itarizg tie pt jear. s little more t.aa tfcr thiaz.d cai of Tenereal si. tsc:? so?i;crs hare been trat J at t4.'. tcr;tal. la ti e total to hre rose throh our he- 1 t-:a'.. ha- t--s cas cf this feort- Th: tw-j.itil a tot started among : r ate b.sdled forty r-r cent cf it VljlI f.. A tandl. about r- f,,, d . - y-. Ve.r w ' ' c l-. w 5e-' irxT it fie t;u of th Atarr.caa occupa- t.or. aa: :rtv ttoaui :ck soldiers hai- b--t. trtsi!-d is all of th army ; hop:ta" ia ttf PLI!l?Tt-s. Of ttee : about -n tJtouatui c-a- have been t v-Si-r-al t:a. ULe oti-r !-;rtr3-t.t o! th mili tary soi.-rrrr.'-t-t. t. i.o;':tal JSrials : it Manila ar 'jpo!ttly forbidden to divulge any tziorsnat'-on that do-s rot l,lp la T-C-rt rViry rzen It.'- McKin- ' ly atr:;i.i?ri:on.. Tha. official in- ' ft.risa.tios cf tiu sort casnot b ob- ; tafxi- tM--:! 1 I divulee tt name of I the rntI"?Ran ho gav iae this in-forn.ak.-o. h1 o'j14 boiscl out of ' ttf sTvI- in digrac. 1 can only , that t I at ts bead of one of the fi.ot-? rt--r.K:v lt;artca-i.t. and no frs is th top:tal l score juaJihd. ? to lt tie fy t. j V.". is JL -:-r.t of tfc American i tfjo. ttr cirst- abandoned women trnra eery txr-r of th- earth. H. S. N :iiis. the Cfcritiacized Rotimsniaa j J-. Lo oer.Aix tr. I ty oci ty ' cf and t ha tirade an la- t-lirst i'..:y of t- renditions here ! 4t . that duni-g tl Lrtt year of the : Aterlcaa o r-.;:.t;on e:gtt hundred : protitite csnie to Manila. j They tasne to iork of i.ui:n atuijft in the grat clvn'iiiioa among 1 the sinrrseserateii Fihplzo. Not M. prt:tute tn land in Manila without the eije x-raon of the I I'LUed r-ttes tiil'iary authorities. Of- j t-r of th tsiiitaxy govrrnmect j ! r 4 eery hhtp z.Ti-1 erwn examine j ert. ;.i-.-r lt fore th-y sr? allowed i to lit-4. The .aecger is quettioned ! a t3 ti ba:ne. plana and purposes j b---fof- he i allowed to go aLore. It j it widely aivertisf-i in the states that x.f protut.t i allomed to land, bat no ose is Manila rtrards this "rule tterwijse than aa a joke. Lat year ttis rtue was enforced in a few txm. A pack cf abandoned wosen of Ss.a Fra:j imo, who came 1 w :ti a crest r.crdnh of trutni-ta, were j tide of the hospital, unless It be from d-iorted. and the fact was widely pub- a physician recommended by the su lited. Bitee then, it is common peri ntendent who Is also in the "push." kiowWw In Manila in at women of j The superintendent Is careful to tele th:a c!a v to pay a "tip' of lUt to phone to the doctor recommended. If the eukiosa toye ofS'-ers find no diffl- I the "lady has not taken treatment -:lty in ertting ashore. On the thlp fc;c nro'aLt & from Hong Kong -re to of thee ecaracters. and ev ery -n o-- uslzu knew that their "fee" was pa;d the ir:;-rurs through the tr?! lntea.d of enforcing this xeA'iei rule, the artay oftcers have actualiy smarted disoI;te oznen. njt cn!y for the three canteen i&gnkis in Jolo. 1'it alx for ue in this city. wlkh 1 ttall indkate ep rifieally in asot-r connection. The t-t Information that I can get In conversation wita newspaper men. poll reporters and ofSciai is that there are now ajtn 2J regularly 11 cenf4 toie of prostitution ia the city. In the establishments, there are atcrut Ut prostitutes who are un dr the direct control of the military Sfcthoritieai. bo represent American Chn.tina cirilizatson" here. This doe not ineitide the w arras of loose wessea who hate rooms and who prowl al-oyt the street. It is simply tne list cf 1a4ie who stbm.t to a weekly examintioa ly the United Slates mill- tary doctors and pay four pesos a week lor the same. The prostitution business of the city is conducted under the supervision of a regular department of the military government, the department of municl- 1 rial fntvrf"tin- Thm rttf nf (Mi r,rittii-.TiM rantoin Todd, who has under him a big staff of assistants, inspectors, doctors and fiunkies of various sorts. This mili tary bawdy house department is run a alleged scientific principles. A most rigid system of control, medical ex amination and official "inspection" is in force, tne same system which is ad vertised by zealots to "remove all dan ger of contagion of this sort, No woman is allowed to open an es tablishment of this kind without ex press permission of tne military an and beer license at a cost of one hun dred pesos for each six months. In ad dition to this, each inmate of the den is obliged to submit to a medical ex amination once each week by the reg ularly authorized military physicians i and to pay four pesos for each exam- This Book is the Property or TH c DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTION or MANILA. (Made from Photograph.) MANILA'S DEPARTMENT OP SHAME. Fac-s!mile of Cover Page of an epection" Book. . In- ination. A book is given to each girl ca the cover of which 1. her photo- 55 a,i bSde. J. aSS? f "certl Scales of Inspection." When each examination is made, the officer fills out and signs a certificate that real disease" Later In the" day Jf I J. y. rI jli?. . day ;long comes another Inspector to see that the examination has been made : mk innXr rrt oVhA ftrt SBI nafees noUier record 0t the fact" mi t-TX at For thm Departnat. of Ins pec tn. (Made from Photograph.) MANILA'S DEPARTMENT OF SHAME. . . . l ot Inspection Book Showing Rec ord of an Examination on June 1&, by Dr. J. Abells in the Service of the American Christian Government In Manila. The "Fallen" Girl Who Sold This Book Insisted Upon the Eras ure of Her Name and the Removal of Her Pbotograpn. In case the girl Is found to be in fected, the doctor hustles her off to the "hospital de inspeccion," where she is kept until welL While in the hospital, she must pay for her keeping. She is not allowed to take any treatment out- there, the police are notified and she is arrested and escorted back to the regular hospital. This examination fee of four dollars per week, paid by the women to the "department, Is said to go into a -fund to maintain the hospital." But when the hospital authorities are asked to explain why the women are com pelled to pay their way while there, no information is forthcoming. It is "of- Scial business" which Is of no "concern to the public About three weeks ago. Major Ira Brown, of the military board of health made an elaborate report to his su periors on the subject or of3cial pros titution. He explained that the fear ful prevalence of Infamous diseases was attributable to the fact that fre quently the numerous bagnios become so crowded with soldiers that the madams are forced to send out on the streets and byways to collect an addi tional assortment of girls to help en tertain the crowds. He said that the diseases of this sort are usually con f ' II IM tracted from this class of girls and not from the duly authorized official prostitutes. As a remedy for this de plorable state of affairs, he urged that a "reservation" be set apart in the city for the exclusive use of this class of business people, this reservation to be divided into three sections; the first section was to be confined to Ameri can girls, the second section to for eign ladies and the third section to be reserved for native Filipino girls. This unprintable report has been favor ably considered by those in power, and It is understood in newspaper and official circles that it Is to be adopted. However, the full plan is not to be car ried out until after election, since, if It were made public at this time, it might keep some of the Methodists from vot ing for KcMinley. When the Americans took posses sion of the-city, the bulk of the troops were quartered out near Sampalog, one of the best residence districts of the city. It was at the end of the street car lines and thereby convenient. Straightway the prostitutes flocked to this section In droves. The orgies became so frightful that the Spanish families of the district began to lock up their houses and rent residences in other portions of the city. Now there are but few respectable families left in the vicinity. Two whole streets are wholly taken up with houses of ill re pute. At night these two streets are filled with drunken soldiers, rioting, yelling Americans and half-naked wo men. In this settlement of lust, there is scarcely a house or prostitution which is not decorated with American flags inside and out. Some of them fhave American flags painted clear across the front of their establish ments. All have glaring signs of Am erican beers either inside or out. While many of the inmates are Russians, Austrians and Roumanians, all vocif erously declare that they are Ameri cans and shout aloud for the American flag. The whole situation is thorough ly American. In the vicinity are the usual numerous saloons. All of these are advertised as "American saloons" and most of them have American flags painted across their front. It is a concrete revel of "American civiliza tion." The other streets of the vicinity are honeycombed with these resorts. Sam palog, Instead of being a residence re sort, is wholly given over to riot and lascivious ness. Only a few weeks ago the head of one of tne few remaining respectable Spanish families, a busi ness man on the Escolta, abandoned his home there and moved to other quarters of the city. Like" some others of the Spaniards who had fled, instead of locking up his home, he rented It for Immoral purposes. The Spanish families remaining were in. great dis gust and attempted to organize a boy cott on his business. They even vis ited the local daily papers to secure their co-operation.. In the Sulu archipelago, official houses of prostitution have been op ened on the canteen plan. The begin ning has been made at Jolo, and Gen eral Kobbe, who is in command of the district, is credited with "being the pro moter of the brilliant project. In this archipelago, as .well as in Mindanao, houses of this sort are un known. Women of this cnaracter are also practically unknown. The chas tity of the native Moro women is sa credly protected. There is no such I luiug o.uuvu oa 1 ityc CLii.u Ol- fiercest fighters in all the Philippines. The officers were afraid that the sol diers would get bej-ona control and make criminal assaults on the native woman, as they had so frequently done in Luzon among the Tagals. They also knew that an assault of this sort meant a sure war with these "un civilized people." Accordingly, the authorities rented three houses and imported enough girls from Japan to stock them all. One house is reserved for the officers and the other two for the men. The girls are regularly inspected by the army surgeons and transact their bus iness under their official direction. Some weeks ago, disease broke out in one of the houses. The establishment was at once closed and a guard put over it. Two weeks ago, the United States transport Warren visited Jolo and carried there from Cebu three companies of the Twenty-third infan try. As quite a number of these sol diers were inoculated with vile dis eases, the officers at Jolo temporarily closed their canteen nouses of pros titution and put a guard over each with orders to allow none to enter who did not wear shoulder straps. The natives, who have never before seen a house of ill-fame are much Interested in the concern, but watch their own girls with unusual vigilance. They are afraid that they may become "civil ized" by the Americans. The Sulu group and the Island of Mindanao comprise the largest half of the entire Philippines. Three days ago, an officer friend of mine returned from an official visit to all of the gar risons of the district. He told me that, as yet, the American soldiers have taken absolutely no part in the government or affairs of the island, not even of the garrisoned towns. He said that they sit around "like bumps on a log" holding drills and band con certs. The natives regard them mere ly as guests and treat them as such. He said that the military authorities have abstained from taking any part in the government of the southern isl ands for the reason that when such a step is taken, it means sure war with the fiercest fighters in the whole Phil ippines. Therefore, until after elec tion, the garrisons will continue to be simply ."visitors," holding their band concerts, operating their official houses of infamy and swilling civilized beer at their canteens. It is in this way that the "war is over" in the richest half of the Philippine islands. After all of this "scientific regula tion" of the social evil ; after all the work. of.-this military eepartment of prostitution, with its hospitals, with its Inspectors, with its staff of military physicians to inspect the girls and ex plain to them the scientific methods of conducting their trade, after all the registration, certification, examination and cross-examination, licensing and restrictior, this ugly fact lifts its head above the horizon of the situation like a glgantiu feiiost: "Of the one hundred thousand troops which have been sent here to civilize the natives, sixty thousand have gone through the hospitals. Of these sixty thousar boys, tea thousand have been strict; infamous diseases. More over, tl. diseased host of ten thou sand soldiers does not include thou sands of others who took private treat ment of local physicians." KANSAS POPULISTS Fifty Thousand of Theui Assemble to Hear Bryan Accept the Populist Nomi nation, at Topelta. TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 23. William Jennings Bryan, the nation's next pres ident, conquered all with whom he came in contact here today. Many think his speech accepting the populist nomination was better than his ad dress of acceptance to the democratic notification committee. Bryan's matchless oratory filled the 50,000 listening ears and 50,000 hands aided 25,000 voices in applauding him who seems to be surery marching on to victory In November. Bryan never put in a more pleasing day In all his political, experience. Topeka's commit tee on reception met him at Atchison, Kas., and as their guest he was wild ly cheered at every railway station en route. Notwithstanding he spoke yesterday at. four different points, aggregating five hours' talking,- Bryan began early, again' today, speaking words of hon esty and truth in Kansas. Every sub ject In the populist and democratic platforms received his attention. The train bearing Bryan steamed off from a small station. The people ran af ter it. He is fairly worshiped this year in the west, and as the Santa Fe train dashed by its own shops coming into this city there stood lined up hundreds of working men frantically waving their hands at the man they know is their true friend. Bryan stood on the back platform, pleasantly smiling and "waving acknowledgement to the friendly greetings.' - . v The result of that single demonstra tion convinces the local fusion leaders that Bryan will receive the support of nine-tenths of the shop employes of the Santa Fe railroad. From the train Bryan went right, into the arms ot thousands 'who almost crushed him as they" crowded about his carriage. Bryan shook hands with all who could get near him, and when tne procession ended at the National hotel, the can didate went into the midst of the noti fication committee and state officers for a special hour with him. Men clung to him, and some had fairly to be pushed away. There was not a mo ment of rest for Bryan. Groups fol lowed him into the dining room while the doorway was blocked with faces gazing at him, only him. All of the big populist leaders of the west, except Gen. J. B Weaver and Vice Chairman Edmisten, were here with Bryan today. The former is ill. Senator Harris of Kansas and John W. Briedenthal, fusion nominee for gov ernor, were most conspicuous. Jerry Simpson, Thomas M. Patterson and a host of others were on deck. Not one of them places the fusion plurality in Kansas this year below 12,000, and on up to 20,000. Ex-Governor John P. St. John declares that the 20,000 mark will be reached. Breidenthal is proving one of the most popular candidates in the his tory of Kansas, and nobody doubts his success. Bryan actually succumbed for a brief time today. The notifica tion exercises were postponed forty minutes in order to give him a chance to recuperate. He lay on the bed in his room almost panting. But he was strong again when he arrived at the speakers' stand In the state house grounds at 3:40. Right after dinner he put in a hard hour at state head quartQrs, shaking hands, during which time he received a committee of German-Americans. In response, Bryan told them not to stay at home on elec tion day and see an empire rise up on the ruins of the republic. The Freie Presse The Freie Presse said last week editorially: "A few colleagues apparently in the belief of hurting us thereby have spread out rumors that the Freie Presse is in the employ of so-called silver barons. Others assert that the Freie Presse has been sold to Mark Hanna and the price is named at from $300,000 to $600,000. All this talk Is sheer nonsense. A publisher who has the future of his business at heart would be foolish for a temporary gain to run the risk of losing the good will of his readers. As in 1896,' so in 1900, the Freie Presse will remain indepen dent and non-partisan. Neither Mark Hanna nor the silver barons have any thing to do with this paper. The Press Publishing company is as it has been before, the sole proprietor." The same issue of the Freie Presse in which this appears devotes about. ten columns to an extremery friendly ac count of the anti-imperialist meeting at Indianapolis, which its editor, Mr. Bruno Herman, attended. The Independent published last week a review, written especially for its columns, of the Indianapolis anti-imperialist convention by the editor of the Freie Presse s THE REAL BRYAN Charged by the Republicans With Being an Anarcbist. But Known by all o bo Honest, Upright, and of Ada mantine Will. The editor of The Independent while at the democratic national convention was continually surprised at the re-e marks made by gentlemen from New York and other eastern states men who were his vardent supporters: In that they did not seem to understand at all what manner or a man Bryan was. To us who have known him for the last ten years, these estimates of Bryan were so far from any under standing of the man that it was hard to reply to them. Those gentlemen thought that Bryan's great ambition was to become president of the United States. When told that they did not know Bryan that he would not ac cept the presidency; if It were freely offered him unless he could, by ac cepting it, be of service to the common people of these United States, they looked at one with blank amazement. When finally the proof or that state ment was made in Bryan's firm refusal to accept the nomination unless the platform contained the things that he believed to be of vital importance to the. people, they were more astounded than ever. J It is hard for ordinary men to be lieve that there is a man who is so im bued with the spirit of the Great Mas ter, and who firmly believes and prac tices that belief, namely, that the greatest among all, shall be he who best serves mankind, and it is not to be wondered at that bitter partisan op ponents still continue to declare that Bryan is insincere, as Dr. George L. Miller did the other day. There may be an excuse for a man of that stripe declaring that Bryan Ts insincere, but there can be no excuse for. the editor who will write out with his own hand the charge that Bryan is an anarchist. The editor who will do that is a. de generate, past all hope of ever becom ing a decent man. That thing the edi tor, of the Globe-Democrat did the other day. In answer to it a Nebraska paper published the following: Under 'the headline, "Bryan and Bresci," the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, in its issue of August 7. makes an outrageous assault upon the leader of American democracy. The Globe Democrat refers to the claim made by European newspapers that the head quarters of the anarchists, who are presumed to have started to kill all the monarcha, are in the United States. Commenting on this tie GloberDem ocrat says: ; - "There is a chance, However, that Europe overrates the power of the head anarchists of the United States, Bryan and the leaders of his party. That anarchist plank which Altgeld put in the Chicago platform of 1S96, which pleased Bryan as much as did the base money expression, was one of-the things which led to the Bryan smash-up in the election of that year. Bryan is just as favorable to dis order and political crime in 1900 as he was in 1896, but he can accomplish nothing in a practical way, for he and his party are sure to be over thrown. Europe may believe that Bryan and Bresci are twin relics of anarchism and general and particular chaos, but the political elimination of Bryan will follow very soon after the physical effacement of Bresci, and the places in the .United States which knew both of these personages once will know them no more forever." William J. Bryan began life as a poor boy, ana without other aid than his ability, honesty and sincerity, has commanded the attention of the civ ilized world. Elected to congress by people who had the opportunity of knowing him well.he retired from pub lic life at the expiration of his second termwithout a blot upon his public career, without a stain upon his pri vate character. The candidate of his party for United States senator, he went down to defeat only to come to the front once more with new strength gathered by reason of his high charac ter and his eminent ability. Four years ago he was nominated by one of the great political parties to be president of the United States. Some of his opponents say that nomination was an accident, but no one has yet said that it was due to any influence other than the recognition of the man's sincerity of purpose and marked abil y in dealing with public questions. In the ensuing campaign he made a fight unrivalled in the history of Am erican politics. With the press of the country almost entirely arrayed against him, with the corporations, tne trusts and the banks and all other in fluences that have power to make and destroy public men with all these forces arrayed against him this man received in his candidacy for the pres idency more votes than were ever ob tained by a candidate for that high office. At the conclusion of that campaign they said that Bryan was dead. But he seemed to continue to grow in the af fections of the people. And although for four years all of these influences that opposed him in 1896 had been ex erted against him, three national con ventions held in the year of 1900 nom inated him to be president of the United States. At the Kansas City convention Bry an demonstrated that ne was no mere office-seeker. He proved that he was faithful to his principles and ; he showed, if you please, that he would "rather be right than president." In addressing the committee that for mally notified him of his nomination, Bryan delivered a speech that, be cause of its statesmanship, patriotism, earnestness and evident sincerity, made a profound impression upon the American people. That speech re quired even at the hands of such news papers as the Boston Herald and the Chicago Record, that were not sup porting him, tributes of which any man might be proud. Although during all this time Bry an's political opponents have been searching for something to use to his discredit, not one stain has ever been found upon his public or private life. Firm and courageous under all cir cumstances, he is as tender and gentle as a woman. He is a man with whom one cannot associate without being benefited by that association. He is thoroughly pure and clean in his pri vate as well as in public affairs; he is as loyal and sympathetic to a friend as to a principle; he is as faithful in his duty to God as in his duty to man; ne Is as devoid of bombast, pretense and hypocrisy in dealing with the in dividual as he is in dealing with the public. Bryan has impressed his personal ity upon those who have been privil eged to meet and know him to such a degree that there cannot be found one man who has ever met him and who knows him, whatever his political pre judices may be, who will utter one sin gle word to his discredit as a husband, as a father, as a citizen, or as a friend. On one occasion, a man who had had the privilege of knowing William J. Bryan well, remarked to him, "I have known you many years. I have very nearly all the faults to which human flesh is heir, while I haven't been able to discover that you have any of them." Bryan replied, "We all have our faults. No one is free from them. I have as many faults as you have, yet, perhaps, you are such a partial friend you have been unable to dis cover them." This was, characteristic of the man. His splendid personal traits explain the sturdy loyalty of those who know him best. It has often been remarked that in his personality Bryan is the most re markable man this country has ever produced, and -it is sare right here to reiterate the statement. The history of this country is filled with the rec ords of strong, able and popular public men. In some Instances where the man has possessed pronounced ability, he has been weak and feeble physically, unable to exert that ability to its proper degree. In other: instances there have been men wio were strong in mind, whose public life was above reproach, but whose private character would not bear investigation. But here is a man the character of whose pri vate life does not differ from the char acter of his public life. Here Is a man of large brain, of great oratorical abil ity, of strong reasoning powers, whose physical strength is a match for his mental strength. The endurance he has shown has " caustd the world to marvel. And Jn the contemplation of these facts, it is not idle flattery to say of him: "His life is gentle and the elements so mixed In lilm that nature might stand up and say to all the world. 'This is a man.' " Such outrageous libels as that ut tered by this St. Louis organ of Mc Kinleyism may appeal to those who do not know Nebraska's distinguished citizen. But the people of Nebraska, regardless of their political prejudice, have learned to respect and admire this man for his many qualities. They will resent the infamous libel involved in associating with the name . of an assassin the name of a man who has won fame because of his character, his ability and his sturdy Americanism. It is worthy of comment also that this man who has been the victim of continued brutal assaults by his polit ical opponents has never, either in public or private speech, indulged in personalities. A man incapable of holding malice, he Is likewise Incapa ble of giving utterance to a malicious thought. For years J. Sterling Mor ton has had many unkind things to say of William J. Bryan and yet no one has ever heard Mr. Bryan make any attack upon this man who has persistently assailed1 him. What is true of the "Sage of Arbor Lodge" is likewise true of others who have been quick to make bitter reference to Ne braska's distinguished citizen. It is not vastly important what par tisan editors may say of a man whose shoes these editors are unfit to lace. But these brutal assaults serve to show that the advocates of McKinley ism have become thoroughly alarmed and, like drowning men, are grasping at straws to avert a doom which their administration has earned by its un patriotic record of the past four years. In a speech delivered at Chicago on Wednesday last the man whose name the St. Louis Globe-Democrat has linked with that of Bresci said: "I do not want you to think that my happiness depends upon any public of fice within the gift of the people of this country. I have a higher ambition than to be president. The man whose happiness depends upon what others do for him may be doomed to disap pointment; but if one's happiness de pends upon what he does for others, he need not be disappointed." - These Words reveal the real Bryan as he is known to those who are In timately acquainted with him. The sentiment expressed represents the dominating motive of the man's life, and every one who knows him well will bear testimony to the truth of this statement. The newspaper that has deserted its conscience and abandoned its concern for American principles in its zeal for the McKinley administration may as sail democracy's leader to its heart's content, but its efforts will resemble nothing so much as the antics of the jay bird pecking at the eagle. Hon. George W. Berge, candidate for congress, will address the people at Elmwood, Tuesday, September 4, 8 p. m.; Weeping Water, Wednesday, September 5, 8 p. m.; Louisville, Thursday, September 6, 8 p. m.; Platts mouth. Friday, September 7, 8 p. m. Mr. Berge. is one of the most capable and eloquent speakers in the west. Make it a point to hear him discuss the issues of the day. You will not regret it. THEY WANT A KING The .Leading Republican Paper of Iowa Announces that It Wants a Monarchy In Place of a Republic. Tears ago, the men who founded the populist party often seriously con sldered the tendencies which they clearly saw were working .for ,the overthrow of this republic and the es tablishment of a monarchy in lt3 place. The evidences of such a ten dency are becoming more evident ev ery day. We have arrived at that place which Lincoln foresaw when h3 said he trembled more for his country than he had at any time during ths civil war. Ten years ago, ir any news paper had openly advocated the es tablishment of a . monarchy . in th place of this government by the peo ple, it would have met with universal execration. The case is different now. Republican papers are beginning to boldly declare that they are In favor of a monarchy, while other papers of that party make no protest whatever. This has become a battle for the very life of the nation. It is no longer a question whether this party or that party shall have the offices and run the government. The question is: Shall this government be overthrown and a monarchy established in its place? McKinley has already usurped imperial powers. He Is carrying on two wars today In direct violation of the constitution, which declares that congress only shall have power to de clare war. Congress has never declared war against the Filipinos or against China. He has established a censor ship over the press. He has done many other things that have heretofore been supposed that only an emperor could do. In this way we proceed, step by step, toward a monarchy. And now conies a part of the republican press boldly advocating the abolishment of the constitution and the installation of a king. Read the following from the Des Moines Globe, a McKinley paper. The first paragraph was printe&some time ago, the remainder of the article in its issue of August 9. , . NawVIsa good time for "America to do away with her old, obsolete consti tution and adopt a form or government that will be logical with our new ex pansion ideas and will give ample pro tection to capital. We should not bo disgraced in the sight of civilized na tions, as the violence and killing that accompany, the operation of street cars in St. Louis now. A constitutional monarchy is probably the most desir able plan that we could now adopt. Everything is ripe for the change. We have a large army and it can be in creased under almost any pretext with out causing alarm to the masses. This country has been, so prosperous that the voters have lost that spirit of pa triotism and honesty that are neces sary to the successful operation of re publics. The strong, iron hand of discipline will have to be used to bring the masses to a full sense of proper behavior. We are so constantly asked for co pies of the Globe, containing the edi torial "Time for a Change," and thesa requests coming from the Atlantic to the Pacific, makes us conclude that the people must be much interested in the question of imperialism. We do not think that a change to a constitutional monarchy can be expected to take place at once, neither would this to desirable. Revolutions are dangerous, unsatisfactory - and to be avoided, changes in government should be made slow and after well matured thought; after the proposed departure has been studied from all the different view points. Violent changes show Imma ture considerations, and are neither lasting nor as valuable as they should be. We have an opportunity, at this time, for carefully studying the sub ject of the government of republics and that of other forms of govern ments. Truth, justice ancr morality ate the scientific basis of good govern ment. Experience and history show that the family is the prototype of the nation. It shows that the father and husband must assume authority over the family, if the best results are to be obtained, toward Its members or the community in which he lives. Ex perience shows that where the father, through supposed kindness, or by rea son of indolence or incapacity, does not govern his family, and the wife, in that case, failing to usurp his author ity, the family is one that becomes a miniature mob, a nuisance to Itself and the community. These facts should have much weight In helping us to de cide as to what the "scientific formula is for the government of nations. "'We take It that none are so Ignorant as to deny that there is a basic law under lying the existence of governments. We not have discovered it, but nev ertheless it exists, and is necessary, else we are the misearble creatures of chance, cast upon the sea of uncer tainties. We take It, that the best government Is the one which gives to every individual, liberty, protection to life and property. Liberty, not to do wrong, but to live : rhtly and use fully towards his fellow-man. It ia a scientific truth, proven by the experi ence of the ages, that the beginning of wisdom is order. It is as necessary that the father of a family, or ruler of a nation, be obeyed, as it is ab solutely necessary that the school teacher has order, that his work may be satisfactory. We believe that his tory and experience has proven beyond 5,
