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Ti Mt H. 2ar. Sab.
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Taa Exhaaa Hotal, PawnaaCUj-. Neb.
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Arliscion Haul. Hoi Spriars. Ark. - '
Brown' Palaee Hotel, Denrer, CoL ZZZ
Ura4 Hotel, Cincinnati. O. ss:
rrnd Hotal. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. SZS
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eni:r fifardar, July Th Sla-j cpen evenings until 10:30. Each
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TUCKER BROS. GO. I
Tenth and P Sts., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. EE
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fuJUicier.t to hi4e the rsmc We have
t ot pat our hoot;t iron in trim yet,
fo- oalv ral-t'.ta acd qu5rrel are sub-w-i
-. runsicg.. We tare seen a
j. . - y f i-,r tracks ati occasionally
a tar'i tr.. tcr- h dus roots
iri srt rrousd for atlag. The rar
r: ojr Earcj-ry tirk to ta days vrbn
fcat,i-d os t.t nurtia ?rjr cf the
Aighay oouMAln la I'masylvanta.
TL ' tribuUr:e of tLe S-isqut-Lanna.
;-te aal Alit-eTiay interlace each
iiitr aad os fona"l splendid hunt
!r at-d trot tfciBi? ruund. la
h-atits ! r d;vtdc in twos, each
(e tak:ag th eppoaide tide of a ridge,
ox Lad laraed that a der once
:turt-d t.u!S f.- to the opposite
t,ir of the ri We would keep along
nearly ppcalte ea'-h ottt-r to the top
a:. J tL-ta turn &sd Laat down oa op-p.-j;te
tides of another ridge. There
trt ic:.s rid?:- sad thort ridges.
WL3 th-re :.s r'-o-i tratckisg snow
we s;.4 tot parue this course. One
day ocr f- u Lad court! oa Alle
gheny r.d to the top aad taken
town alocg Susquehanna ridge. Years
lfore we tad made lick logs on the
:! cf alrr.ot every ridge, by boring
aricer holt-s in the top of loss and
tllizs the hole with Mit. Ttese the
C"t wosld tad and dligtt la lapping
tL alti log. Sonietlm-s we had to
cUb a tr-. at t-Sght. and thoot them
a they came ta tLe feat. Deer are
very ke-s of tceat aad are oS with a
tart wfcea they J-trct anything new.
When tLe htzater ! la a tree he is lets
likely to be dfWctrd- Noon came be
fore we were half way 4own the long
ridgt. W f-e.as.te4 ourftelves on a log.
htir ZV.lz.fi our drinking cup with
watrr from a little mountain brook,
at. ! rossK.enced eating our lunch. We
w-re tot cvore than half through
v if a v Lrsxd the tracp of some
a corsiag up the valiey on the
r-s. We at cnee raited our rifie and
t-'..rd oirs'f for a f tot. We had no
cere tLaa Lrot:Lt our nSe to our
holder Len we av a large black
Lf-tr cotsiag up tLe raviae at a two
forty rtr. Ve tw Ly the direction
h- k irs klt that Le would pass
w aLootiug crstasce fro-n
'-rt e tii. K:ctt in frost of us
ti.re s.3 a clear t j.cc aad we decid-
& rf hiat a taap hot as he was
I-i:rg :L-r. Bat b.fure he got to
it- frfaf p- L h'jcppvl aad began
4i.rc:ag :iL L--T.L furr-pas a hole in
LLt frv-fl. n.akis.g the dirt aad leaves
fly at t. j rn 11 rate. TLe action was
fa ".- ttt If f-rr thought we
L i : iot-r"i our rie frm oar ftoui
dtr atoo-d looking, we had not
xacre tha a half talaute to wait be
t t a ttifi fLarart-r waa iatrodu-ed
ir.3 '.Le j ly is tLe form of a huge
Lr w a running to fast
li.it h- lsj k e-J a rod long and nut
I . ' r tLa a v.iz't t;ra. As boon as
tL' i tL j.-ar!L r Le rollel
h.-f-lf 1e!o the hole he Lad dug. his
lack ou .a 1 all four feet up and
L-re L iiy &.s rtill as iitth. The
; -I'.t.- tp;-rtah-4 witLIn a hundred
f-t L Vjt. the fjw Lini. She then
suid-cly a. If hot.
tr--Ld lu the frroutid aad s!yly crept
t: ard the L-ar. lhit Lt thiea
w:th her ta;L A cat af:r a taous per
forms the same way. We knew then
we would see fun. A duel in the woods
that perhaps no hunter ever witnessed
before. We carefully dropped down
behind the log on which we had eaten
dinner and silently awahed the out
come. Our rifle was all the time in
readiness for action. The panther cir
cled around the bear first one way and
then the other, frequently crouching to
the ground as if to jump. Every circle
sbe drew nearer and nearer to her
deadly foe. The bear lay motionless,
except to turn bUhead In watching his
enemy. Not a growl or hiss was yet
heard. Several times she sank back
upon her haunches as if to leap, then
she would rise and creep a little near
er. All this time she did not approach
nearer than fifteen or twenty feet of
the black heap among the leaves.
These were minutes of suspense - to
us, so much so that we jJmost forgot
to breathe. It seemed an age. And
how much more of a susiiense it must
have been to the bear. At last the
time came for the fatal leap. With a
frightful scream the panther sailed
through the air, lighting on the bear.
Such growls and screach-;s no mortal
man ever heard before. And the way
the fur flew was a caution to old folks,
A half minute more and the panther
sprang from the bear like a bounding
ball. The tactics of the bear seemed
to be to seize the panther in his fore
paws and then tear her to pieces with
his hind claws. We noticed the pan
ther landed on the bear crosswise ev
ery time, thus avoiding the hug. Twice,
and thrice the panther came in like
manner to the scratch. The last at
tack was but feebly resisted and as the
panther withdrew we could see that
the bear had been disemboweled. The
panther stood off eight or ten feet and
watched the bear for a minute and
then commenced to lick her wounds,
stopping every three or four laps to
look at the bear. Now for the first
time we thought of our ri3e. It must
be a dead shot or our fate might be
the same as that of the bear, or should
our gun miss fire. Then the tremor of
buck fever might carry the aim to one
side of the mark. All these thoughts
and a thousand more ran through our
mind in a flash. Just then the pan
ther spied us and stopped licking her
self, bowed her head to the ground, as
if -la meditation what next to do.
And such eyes, they looked as large as
cannon holes. But no time to squander
cow, we drew the bead and pulled. The
fierce animal wilted in her tracks. We
reloaded our rifle as quickly as possi
ble. That was the rule among hunt
ers, not to leave our tracks, after fir
ing, until we had reloaded. We had
enly muzzle-loaders, Bingle barrels. In
those days. We then cautiously ap
proached the battle ground, our rifle
at the shoulder, cocked ready for an
instantaneous fire. To our great Joy
loth animals were dead. We then
fired two more shots-as quickly as pos
sible, which was a call to our pard on
the other side of the ridg'j to come as
quickly as possible. He answered, by
a single shot and soon pit In an ap
pearance. Before skinning the ani
mals, dead , before usr we decided we
would like to learn the cause for the
duel. So we took their back track down
the ravine. We could easily follow It
by the leaves they had kicked up in
the race; We had not far to go before,
lying by the side of a large hollow log,
we discovered a dead panther kitten,
about the size of a common house cat,
On further search we discovered "a live
mate sitting on a limb ten or twelve
feet from the ground. Our first
thought was to shoot him. The sec
ond thought was to take him alive.
The third was how to do it. There was
no doubt in our minds but that he
could scratch and "bite. We had stout
fish , lines in our pockets and finally,
hit upon the idea of lassoing him.
(That word had not been coined then,
but it describes the action.) So we
cut a pole, arranged a slip knot at the
end, passed it over his head and pulled
him down. After he had, been choked
into submission, pard wrapped his coat
around -him and carried him' to our
cabin. ; We there drove stakes made a
cage . and put him in. . After, a week's
kind treatment he became bo tame
that we could let him but and he worn.
play around the cabin like any other
tame kitten. We afterwards sold him
to P. T. Barnum for $25. . .
Tolstoi and Beverldge.
A dispatch .from St. Petersburg the
other 'day '"announced something very
much out of the common.; - t. ;
It was the meeting of Count Leo
Tolstoi with the Hon. "Bub" Bever
ldge of Indiana. Details of the meet-
ing, owing, perhaps, to high cable
rates, were omitted, but there "is no
doutt that the Russian -philanthropist,
reformer, novelist, poet, dramatist,
philosopher . and apostle of altruism
was duly and deeply impressed by the
distinction of meeting one of the most
copious emitters of language that ever
operated a noise-mill in the halls of
congress.
In the dispatch "Bub" related some
of the things Tolstoi said to him, but
failed to reveal any. of the things he
said to Tolstoi, probably for the rea
son that .we on this side have already
read them in the reports of "Bub's"
speeches and interviews.
He said: "I conversed privately with
him for two hours. Although we dis
agreed in many of our opinions, we
parted good friends."
There shone forth the real Beverldg
ean magnanimity!
The Russian philosopher hardly
agreed with the honorable "Bub's" doc
trine that the United States should
grab every piece of land in the world
that has not the means of protecting
itself from forcible seizure, and, com
pulsory civilization; but "Bub" would
not get angry with, the unenlightened,
unprogressive Russian man of letters
who foolishly believes that the com
mandment that forbids taking what
belongs to another is binding on na
tions as well as individuals. This ec
centricity did not cause the oratorical
geyser from Indiana to harbor any 111
feelings toward the , misguided Mus
covite. Kansas City Times.
For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's
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mothers for their children while teeth
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broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain of Cut
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Depend upon it, mothers, .there is no
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world. Price, 25 cents a bottle. Be
sure and ask for "Mrs. WinslOtT's
Soothing Syrup."
FATHER MURPHY
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HAYDEM
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Swlsa Catholic Think His Ex-Communi
cation Should be Sattlad the Way They
Settle Such Things In Switzerland
The notice in The Independent of
July 4 about excommunication of
Father Murphy by Bishop Bonacum re
minds we of a few historic facts from
Switzerland: -
The Swiss canton (state) of Appen
zell was long before the reformation of
dominion of the Abbot of St, Gallen,
who, as all absolute despots ever did
and ever will do, misused his power
by tormenting that people and to
squeeze the marrow out or their bones,
so that they resolved to make them
selves Independent and established a
new and free government for them
selves. Several attempts to subdue that
people and to reconquer that country
failed, whereupon the pope excom
municated all the people, who hardly
knew what excommunication was:
- The Landammann (highest execu
tive, officer) called the landsgemeinde
(a meeting of all the voters in the
state) to decide the question: "Shall
this people be in that thing?" And
without a single dissenting . vote they
decided: .."We will not be In .that
thing," and that settled that, matter
forever. To their priests ' they gave
the choice to either open the churches,
to say mass, preach, etc., or to . leave
the country, .The priests obeyed that
demand, as they themselves ,.wer&giaxL
4si.e?tl?L,ilE!;! J Jra'ra"iyoke'""df that
despotic Abbot; ' - '
:Now this Is a true historic fact.
These people were - good Catholics
I at that time; half of jthe people of that
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camcn are (jamoucs toaay, Dut tney
thought that It Is hot "necessary1 for
being a good Catholic -to be a slave
and to give up every thing, to a greedy
Abbot even if the pope said that they
must and tried to urge them to do so.
About the year 1842 the Catholics of
Zurich (a protestant town) -established
a church and elected & priest, who was
accepted by the executive of the can
ton Zurich, but the bishop of Chur did
not like him and demanded that he
should resign which he refused to do;
whereupon the; bishop excommunicated
him. But thft congregation retained
hlmand wa4 Supported by the execu
tive of the ette. At least for fifteen
years that Priilt was excommunicated,
but performed Jail the functions of a
Catholic priest! , - . . s. .
After the bishop had found out that
nobody did carAfor his excommunica-
tion and that he lost all the fees from
that rich congregation be himself abol
ished that excommunication.
The congregation of Seward should
now just act according to the precedent
of the people of Appenzell and declare,
"We will not be in that thing," and
order Father Murphy to perform the
duties of a priest and after a while
maybe Bishop Bonacum will get some
common sense to see that he made a
great mistake to misuse that author
ity, which he claims is divinely given
to him, for extorting purposes. At least
I will never belief that God has given
to any man a letter of reprisal to take
possession of other? people's property
and to send, a man to hell. if he re
fuses to give it up, but that was the
cause -; for excommunicating Father
Murphy, he having refused to deliver
the property of his congregation to
Bishop Bonacum ,
It is not necessary at all that a bish
op shall be a rich man. .. Christ de
spised and denounced the rich. He de
clared: -"Sooner ' would a. camel go
through a -needle's eye as that a ricji
man . can enter into heaven." Christ
did .not own so much where he could
lay '.his head on, but the first thing
Bishop Bonacum did when lie came to
Lincoln .was to buy 80 acres of land,
partlyifor .building -a princely palace
on it and partly for speculating, and
gambling purposes, Vby selling lots at
usurers prices. A common house in
Lincoln was not good enough for him.
The coats for that palace and land the
priests of the diocese have to squeeze
out of the poor people of their congre
gations. - ' '
Christ was "only a poor carpenter who
had to make an honest living by hard
work. He did. not put on so much style
as Bishop Bonacum. He wore the
roughest kind of clothes; went bare
headed and 'bare-fee ted; never had a
silk hat and silk socks; never used a
cane of prince wood with golden knob,
much less a silver staff, and when he
once took a ride he hired an ass in a
livery stable.
In this -country " the constitution
grants liberty of religion to all men.
The first condltioa for religious lib
erty is, that, the. -members of a congre
gation have the right- to elect their
own clergys. Why should the Cath
olics be deprived of the right to elect
their own priests and why should the
priests of a diocese not elect their
own bishop? And why should the ex
ecutive of this state not protect priests
and - members of a congregation
against tormenting and extortions of
an avaricious bishop? . Is in this coun
try the authority of the pope supreme,
and is. the executive of a state subordi
nate to the authority of a bishop ap-.
pointed by the pope?
One of the two powers must be' the
supreme. - Better let us decide right
now. which is the one.
Emperor Henry IV. had to go bare
footed to Canossa to do penitence be
fore the pope. The protestant Prince
Bismarck had to give up the Cultur
Kampf and go to Canossa, but the
pope could never subjugate the free
men of- Switzerland even if they are
Catholics. - . F. SCHWERZER.
Woodlawn, Neb. ,
The Prodigal's Return.. .
(By Father Democracy.) .
Fill high the foaming beaker, and lift
the roof with noise!
My prodigals - are coming back, my
dear repentant boys; ;. 4
My Buckeye sons .who wandered .. off
into the camp of pelf, s
And traded off their birthright for- the
jam on Hanna's shelf.
And now they're crawling back again;
they've just been on a. lark;
Their Democratic character's indorsed
by Uncle Mark. -So
kill the fattest heifer and rub the
silver bright
For the brave McKinley Democrats
are coming home tonight. "
Stand back, ye- tattered grenadiers,,
.who fought in 96,' '
And let the runaways perform with all
their patent tricks!
Stand back, ye sons who never flinch
in danger and defeat.
And clear a space for prodigals upon
the Mercy seat.
In silken hose and golden lace and
garments Hanna-made,
They'll be a dazzling spectacle-upon
the big parade.
So hill the fattest heifer and rub the
silver bright
For the brave McKinley Democrats are
coming home tonight.
And to make sure the truant lads will
care no more to roam, -
Dress up a mealy platform to keep
them safe at home.
Touch' lightly on taxation, and trusts
and conquest wrongs,
And greet them with-a roundelay of
, merry . Marcus songs.
Tune up the Jackson fiddles and blow
the Thurman horn!
We'll have a rag time jubilee that lasts
till early morn.
Then pass the foaming beaker and rub
the silver bright
For the brave McKinley Democrats are
coming home tonight.
S. B. P., in Press-Post
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To the American People.
The Anti-Imperialist leagues of the United
States have been silent since the presidential elec
tion, but not because they have lss faith in their
cause or-believe the ibattle lost. They had hoped
that those who voted for MY. McKinley, while dis
approving Ills policy: in ;the West Indies and the
Philippines, would see that their votes were mis
interpreted, and - would make . their disapproval
known and felt. They had hoped that congress
would claim , its place in pur government, and
would insist that the principles of freedom must
be recognized and ajjplied wherever our country
holds sway , rTheyJhad hoped that the supreme'
court would with no; uncertain voice declare -that -T
no human being .under our. control could be with
out the . rights secured by our constitution, and that
neither president nor congress, nor both together,
could, exercise absolute power oyer men entitled to
the, protection of pur flag.
These. hopes .have not been realized. Where
Benjamin Harrison nobly led, too few have . fol
lowed. The war in the Philippines has been prose
cuted with unrelenting cruelty until the resistance .
of unhappy islands, seems to have been crushed.
Many thousands of their bravest men have been
killed, or have died of disease, during the con
test, and today the president exercises a power as
despotic as the czar's over the whole Filipino
nation. Congress has abdicated its function, has
given these people Into. the president's hands, and
has adjourned without attempting to deal with
the questions presented by the islands. Already
it has learned that free government is hard and
absolutism easy a dangerous lesson in a republic
Liberty and absolutism cannot exist together.
Three-years ago . congress by joint resolution
declared "that the people of the island of Cuba are
and of right ought to be free and independent"
that they were then independent, and were justly
entitled to be Independent. This country inter
vened to establish their independence, and by the
same resolution promised not to exercise "sover
eignty, jurisdiction or control over said island, ex
cept for the pacification thereof." Today the
president Ic the absolute ruler of Cuba. He spends
the revenues of the island as he pleases. No con
stitution, no law, fetters his power. At his in
stance, congress has violated the nation's pledge.
The" "independent" 'Cuban people have been told
that the,- will not be allowed to establish any gov
ernment In their own land, unless they surrender
ia part the control of their finances and foreign
affairs; unless they give to this country the pos
session; of strategic points on their territory; and
Unless In addition they give to it the right to in
tervene fh their domestic affairs whenever in the'
judgment of our authorities the occasion shall de
mand such intervention. '"They are offered no op
ton to refuse these dr ands, which are backed by
the presenceZlaL, A mfjijMHtotj 0!fft lili 1 HlVdi" MOiT"
Thus to the whole -world our course has become
ah' example of national perfidy.. The enforced sub
mission of the Cubans to these unjust requirements v
has made the stain on our national record Indelible.
The supreme cpurt has spoken.nut has left the '
law In doubt. Some of its members have given
their countenance to views urged by the admin
istration of which their associate, Mr. Justice
Harlan," says: "If the principles' thus announced '"
should ever receive the sanction of a majority of
this court, a radical and mischievous change in our
system of government will be the result. We will
In that event pass from the era of-constitutional
liberty, guarded and protected by a, written consti
tution. Into an era of legislative absolutism."
. Where such a revolution is threatened, and
when congress and the supreme court both fail,
there is no help save tn the people. If they would
avert the impending calamity they must help
themselves. Let us not be misled by nameg. im
perialism is not a question of crowns and Beeptres,
of names and titles. It is a system of sovernment. "
Where a man or body of men, an emperor, a presi
dent, a congress, or a nation, claims the absolute
right to rule a people, to compel the submission of
that people by brute force, to decide what rights
they shall have, what taxes they shall pay, what
judges shall administer their laws, what men shall
govern them all without responsibility to the peo
ph thus governed this is imperialism, the anti
thesis of free government. As Mr. Justice Harlan
says: "The idea that this country may acquire ter-,.
ritories anywhere upon the earth, by conquest or
treaty,1 and hold them as mere colonies or . pro
vinces, and the people inhabiting them tp enjoy
only such .rights as congress chooses, to. .accord-
theml U "wholly' Incdnsistent . with the spirit and
genius as well as with the. words of the constitu
tion."" ' ' , ;. .
In organized society there Is.no liberty that Is
not constitutional liberty. Even in America, where,
we have only to fear the .abuse of power by our
-own fellow-citizens, we all rely on constitutions,
national and state, to protect our rights. We can
not conceive an American community without '
these safeguards. Do not the inhabitants of Luzon
need against us the protection that we need against
ourselves? It has ever been the American method
to incorporate acquired territory with representa
tion; it is now-proposed to revert to the Roman
. method and hold conquered territory by force with
out representation. . . This policy which we . oppose
gives to the Filipinos and Porto RIcans no con
stitutional rights, no American citizenship, no
hope of statehood, no voice in the congress which
rules them; It leaves them without a country, the
subjects of a republic.- To believers in free gov
ernment this policy is monstrous.
"Let It be remembered," said the Continental
congress, "that it has ever been the pride and
boast of America that the rights for which she con
tended -were the rights of human nature." When
this country denies to millions of men. the rights
which .we. have ever claimed, not only for our
selves, but for all men, its policy is suicidal. As
Lincoln said: "Those who deny liberty to others
: deserve it not themselves, and under a just: God
cannot long retain it." Indifference to liberty any
where breeds indifference to liberty everywhere.
No man can defend despotic methods abroad and
long retain his loyalty to democracy at home. The
common speech of those who support our new pol
icy gives us daily examples of this truth. We can
not have citizens and subjects under the same flag.
"A house divided against Itself cannot stand.".
For ' "' '' '
"Laws of changeless justice bind oppressor with
. oppressed, .;; v , . , , ;
And close as sin and suffering, joined we march
. to fate abreast," .... .
We Insist that, constitutional liberty: shall be
the Inalienable right of every 'man .who owes al-
egjuwiwi w 'gj -tal' freedom llfrfojig to
man. and not. to place; ' that pur constltutlfc' shall
be no respectpr of persons colors,, or races sthat It
shall recognize the equal rights of all. OurllU the
policy -ptJ-U berty, Ours Is the cause f or ytyfik he ,
Am lean revolution, was fought"; and .whjei tri-'
umphed again in the civil .war.'; j it is tie Catse of
. , human freedom now threatened the hou pf
.Its friends. It makes little differetice. under hat
name we rally to its support. Daniel Webster ald:
"Arbitrary governments , may , hae : terrl aries
and distant possessions because arbitrary g:ern.
ments may rule them by, different jaws aid &ttej'- !
:, ent systems. V.'. We can do nonsuch tlini.
They must be of us, part of us. or else Strang;."
' ylth. Benjamin Harrison, we are "unable S re-, -jolce
in the acquisition of lands and mine and
fc. .;ts and commerce, at the cost of the aba ion
went of the. old American Idea that a f ovenaaent
of absolute powers is an intolerable thingj and,
under tne constitution of the United States, $k im
possible thing." We agree with him that thisf'Iew.
"wlll not limit the power of territorial expatslclij "
but It will lead us to limit the use of that xitwer
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to regions that may safely, become part of the
United States, and to peoples whose American citi
zenship may be allowed."
We urge all lovers of freedom to organize In
defense of human rights now threatened by the
. greatest free government in history. ' Even if our
government may exercise arbitrary power over mil
lions of men in disregard of the constitution
which we deny it can never be right for It to exer
cise such power. Right is higher than might.
.Let .every citizen study the facts and make his
conclusion known, combining with his neighbor to
influence congress to stand true to the principles
, ot the Declaration by which this government was
. founded and under which it .has. grown so great.
The gravest danger pur .'country has known till
..now has come from ' a denial pf those principles.
The lncomnlg congress is not yet committed to the
policy of incorporating the island peoples Into our
.system without rights. Let it resume its place In
.the government in defense of the inalienable rights
. of man.
We appeal from "those who for the moment ex
ercise the power of the nation to the people who
are the nation that nation which, on July 4, 1776,
was "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal."
AMERICAN ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE,
By George S. Boutwell, President, and W. J. Mize,
Secretary. "' - ' l
NEW ENGLAND ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE,
By Albert S. Parsons, Chairman Executive Com
mittee, and Erving.Winslow, Secretary.
ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE OF NEW YORK,
By Ernest H. Crosby, President, and E. W. Ord
way. Secretary. ;
AMERICAN LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA,
By George G. Mercer, President, and Samuel Mll-
llken. Secretary. ( 1 '
WASHINGTON ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE,
By W. A. Croffut, President.
CINCINNATI ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE,
By Charles B. Wilby, Chairman Executive Com
mittee.
MINNEAPOLIS ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE,
By Henry J. Fletcher, President.
We concur in the above address: Carl Schurz,
New York; Charles H. Aldrlch, Chicago, ex-sollc-Itor-general,
U. S.; Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Conn.;
John Beatty, Columbus, O.; James L. Blair, St.
iouis; Horace uoies, lowa; uoneison tjarrery, Lou
isiana; D. H. Chamberlain, Massachusetts; Samuel
L. Clemens, New York; C. R. Codman, Massachus
etts; Louis R. Ehrich, Colorado; William H. Flem
ing, Georgia; Frederick W. Gookln, Chicago; Ar
thur C. A. Hall, P. E., bishop of Vermont; Moses
Hallett, Denver; Edward -Holton James, Seattle,
Wash.; William-D. Howells,' New. York; Henry U.
Johnson, Indiana; Henry W. Lamb, Boston; DanieJ
S. Lord, Chicago; J.-Laurence Laughlin, Chicago;
Henry B. Metcalf, Rhode Island; J. Sterling Mor
ton, Nebraska; Charles Eliot Norton, Cambridge,
Mass.; Warren Olney, San Francisco; Georgo L.
Paddock, Chicago; Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Bos
ton;' Wheeler H. Peckham,. . New York; Henry
Wade Rogers, New; Haven; James Ryan, bishop of
Alton; Edwin BurriU Smith,. Chicago; Rufua B."
Smith," Cincinnati; Charles B. Spahr, New York;
J. L. Spalding, bishop of Peoria; Moorfield Storey,
; Boston; Charles M. Sturges, Chicago; 'William G.
Sumner, New, Haven; John J. Valentine; San Fran
cisco; Herbert Welsh, Philadelphia; Horace White.
New York; C. E. S. Wood, Portland, Ore.; Slgmund
Zelsler, Chicago. - ' ?
V Washlngto'fl TllnT "J .he "total nunTber of ves
sels passing through the Suez canal In 1900 wa:i 3,
441, of which 1,935 were British, 462' German, 285
French, 232 Dutch, 162 Austrian, 100 Russian, 82
Italian, 63 Japanese, 34 Spanish, 28 Turkish, . 30
Norwegian, 27 Danish, 22 American," 7 Belgian, 3
Portuguese, 2 Swedish, 2 Greece and 1 Argentine.
The passengers numbered 282,000, this being the
highest number on record except that of 1896.