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COREAN PRINCE TO MARRY AN AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL t . y pgtfKfl-1 , mss , mwy M.-TTZTS ^_ • * Formal announcement will soon be jmde of the engagement of Prince Peak&Jl Euiwha Tee. heir apparent to the Corean throne, to Miss Mary But tles, a pretty 16-year-old Ohio school girl. The affair has all the elements of a summer romance, the young wom an having met the prince while she was sojourning at a Maryland resort. The prince is now living at Salem, Md.. where he is studying under a private tutor. This is not the first American attachment of Prince Yee, ho having previously been engaged to Miss Clara Bull, a pretty Cincinnati milliner. CALLS MAGNATE A “DUDE.” Acquaintance Note* Change in _ Ap pearance of James J. Hill. Since he has been doing business in Wall street James J. Hill, the West ern railroad magnate, has “spruced up" a lot as compared with his ap pearance of yore. A man from the Pacific coast has this to say: "I saw Jim Hill when I was in New York a few days ago and he was a dude com plete. The last time I had seen him before that he was standing on the rear platform of a very shabby private car, addressing the farmers of the Big Bend country, which, all men should know, is in southwestern Washington. At that time his beard was weedy and long and his hair man tled his st/oulders, his garments were shiny black and old. Now I observe his gray beard is clipped close to his fowls, his hair is shorn close to his head, that is, such of it as still re mains. His trousers, I notice, are black, now and creased. A white eol •ar encircles his throat and the shirt sleeves in which he toils are immacu late.” WOULD SHARE HER WEALTH. TUBS. Jl£C.Pt%£AZP Mrs. J. R. C. Walker, who inherited >50,000,000 by the death of her father, William Wefghtman of Philadelphia, is cesieged with requests for charity. She has no heirs. Seek to Learn in America. Dr. Punkall, director of the Royal Ceramic school at Buntzlau. Prussian Silesia, has started on a journey of observation and study in the United States on behalf of the Prussian min .stry of commerce. Several directors of German industrial schools and a oigh official of the ministry will ac company Dr. Punkall. The trip is ex pected to last two months. Its pur pose is to procure knowledge of the conditions that prevail in the indus trial schools of America and other useful institutions, with a view of Imitating them in Prussia. Distinguished Chilian Here. Vice Admiral Alberto Maldonado of Ihe Chilian navy has arrived in this country to attend the international geographical congress to be held in Washington the week of Sept. 19. Maldonado has had twenty years of active service in the navy and has been at the head of the hydrographic department between the parallels 18 and 53 south latitude for over ten years and is at present director of hydrography of the port of Valpar aiso. A11 the plans of hydrography, navigation and geography are made np at that port. Increase in Verse Rhyming. A startling increase in occasional verse may be looked for shortly, for a new “Rhyming Dictionary” is on the point of publication; and the rhyme often suggests the idea. Mr. Lorin Lathrop, the deviser of the work, is well known in Bristol as a popular and efficient United States consul. But there are few who know the Industry of his leisure, which has resulted in pseudonymous stories in newspapers and in cloth covered novels. His own name is a Yorkshire one—of more than a century ago. Blue Light a New Anastftetic. Prof. Redard and Prof. Emery of Geneva have discovered a new an aethetic for use in dentistry. Experi ments to learn the effects of colored lights upon the nerves revealed that blue light is extraordinariiy soothing. A patient was put in a dark room and his eyes were exposed tp a sixteen candle blue light for three minutes. This caused him to lose the sense of pain and the tooth was then painless ly extracted without the after-effects •C ether or chloroform. THE NEED FOR EXERCISE. Golden Opportunity for Those Who Possess Inventive Skill. “Wanted, by the millions, the ever increasing millions, who must lead sedentary lives, an interesting exer i cise.” In these words a writer in the Sat urday Evening Post voices the popu lar cry for an exercise that shall be more perfectly adapted to the needs ot men aud women who cannot lead outdoor lives. Such an exercise must he one that does not take up too much ! time, one that is not an end in itself, one that makes the blood circulate aud yet does not create a lot of ex cess muscular tissue which is useless in one’s daily vocation. The increasing popularity of golf in this country is a gratifying expression of The popular trend toward healthful relaxation. Links are rapidly multi plying all over the land. The pas time is interesting to most persons, I fascinating to many. It thkes men and women into the sunshine and the pure air of the country. Equally las cinating to others is lawn tennis, a vigorous game that leaves no muscle or tendon unused, developing alert ness, suppleness and strength. But neither of these forms of exer cise is available in winter, when ex ercise is most needed by those who lead sedentary lives. An effort to take the mental exhilaration and mug | eular activity of the lawn tennis court into the home during the long ; winter evenings resulted in the game of "ping pong,” hut most people agree that it is a poor substitute for the real thing. While the bicycle afford* an exer cise that is of great benefit, taken in moderation, the objection urged against it is that it does not bring the upper part of the body ;nto activity. It is true that it quickens circulation and accelerates respiration, but it pro Aides no exercise for the “trunk” of the body oi for the arms. Moreover, wheeling is not a winter pastime. Here is a chance for men of invent ive skill. There's millions in it, for millions want an "interesting exer cise,” good in winter as well as in slimmer. Kaiser Carries Resentment Far. The marriage of Count Herbert Bis marck and Countess Hoyos took place at \ ienna and it was on this occasion that the kaiser took a step which has been described as “one of the falsest steps of his life—a step equivalent to the malevolent boycotting of the Bismarcks. By order ot his majesty Count Caprivi. the new chancellor, wrote to Prince Reuss, German am bassador at Vienna: “Should the prince (ex-chancellor) or his family make any approach to you, pray con fine yourself to conventional forms of courtesy. This order is also to be observed by the staff of the embassy. I may add that his majesty will take no notice of the wedding.” Young Woman’s Daring Climb. Miss Clara Webb, a young womap of Portland, Ore., has just made the ascent of Mount Hood alone. She was camping with a party just below the snow line and one day decided to attempt the climb to the peak. She started on the impulse of the moment, took no food with her and was near ly exhausted when she reached the crest. After resting for a short time she began the descent, and made the perilous trip in safety. The danger of her feat can easily be understood when It is considered that the moun tain is over 11,000 feet high. Long Line of Burgomasters. M. Gilet, burgomaster of Ingersheim Germany, belongs to a family which for 224 years has held that office. F irst of the line was a French soldier named Dominique Gilet, belonging to Turenne s army. He was grievously wounded in the battle of Turekheim fought on Jan. 5, 1675, was cared for by a peasant of Ingersheim, recovered, settled there, prospered, married the daughter pf his life preserver and in 1680 became burgomaster; and the Gilets have been burgomasters of In gersheim ever since. Balloon Experiments. International balloon ascents, both manned and unmanned, were made in November and December. 1903, in many European countries (the British islands excepted), and kite observa tions were also made at the Blue Hill observatory, in this country. The highest altitudes attained were Trapes (near Paris), 16,000 and 14,800 meters, and Ittevllle (near Paris), 11,200 and 10,800 meters. At Zuricn the balloons reached 13,000 and 17,000 meters. AS THE WORLD REVOLVES IN ' MUTUAL MASSAGE CLUB." New York Girls Have Organization to Preserve Good Looks. A Chicago girl is said to be respons ible for the organization of several "mutual massage clubs” in New York city. The tad is having quite a vogue there. The girl in question makes the solemn declaration that her idea is not a business enterprise, but is pure ly for the purpose of aiding wrinkled sisters to have the seams smoothed out of their own faces and to perform the se.mo office i'or their friends. The energetic Chicagoan is only 22, but is precocious beyond her years. She has studied the art of revivifying mori bund cuticle by pressure cf the lin gers, with the aid of an emolient, since she was lo years, old. and she says her six years’ experience has con vinced her that a party of. say twenty young women, can be helpful to each other, and keep themselves youthful in appearance without expense, fur ther than the cost of a few pounds of tea, which will provide sufficient men tal exhilaration for a whole year. Then the nibbing process will be no end erf fun. WILL DIRECT COREAN AFFAIRS Durham White Stevens Selected for High Position. Durham White Stevens, counselor of the Japanese legation at the capi tal. who has been selected to direct the foreign relations of Corea for Ja pan. will depart for Corea the latter nart of September and will take up his residence in the capital of the country. The Japanese legation at Washington gives out the information that the selection of Mr. Stevens was fully known to the minister before it was announced from Tokio and the selection was not made until after Mr. Stevens had been consulted. Mr. Stevens has been in the service ot Durham White Stevens. Japan for twenty-two years and his standing is high, he being esteemed as a man of attainments and sound judgment. \ _—__ Start Housekeeping Late in Life. Sixty-three years married and just commencing tc keen house is the rec ord of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Apger. who have been admitted to the county in firmary at Bowling Green. Ohio, where, contrary to the rules of the in stitution. they are permitted to jointly occupy a large room and indulge in tneir limited housekeeping fancies. Mr. Apger is 87 years old and his wife is 83. They hoarded when first married, and in the subsequent years dwelt with their children, but have outlived them all, and at last were forced to become a county charge to secure the attention their extreme age demanded. They have a little property, how ever, and pay toward their own sup port, which relieves them of that feel ing of utter dependence. Superintend ent Frank Brandeberry of the infirm ary takes pleasure in looking after their wants, and in ail probability they will end their days at the county farm. Human Beinng with Tails. A German traveler claims to have discovered in the forests of Borneo a people who still wear the tail of our primitive ancestors. He does not write from hearsay; he has seen the tail, says the London Chronicle. It belonged to a child about six years old. spiung from the tribe of Poenans. As nobody could speak the Poenan tongue the youngster could not be questioned, but there was his tail sure enough, not very long, but flexible, hairless, and about the thickness of one’s little finger. The Poenans are reported to he very simple, honest folk, with a child-like system of bar ter. They deposit in public places the goods they wish to exchange, and a few days later they find there the equivalents they desire. Nobody dreams of stealing. This is almost as1 remarkable as the vestige of the an cestral tall. How Great Novelist Works, “My method of work?” said Jules Verne. “Well, until recently I in variably rose at 5 and made a point of doing three hours of writing before breakfast. The great bulk of my work was always done in this time. My stories have really nearly all been written when most folk are sleeping. I have always been a wide reader, especially of newspapers and period icals, and it is my custom whenever a paragraph or article strikes me to cut it out and preserve it for future reference.” Make Fight on Consumption. In order to check the ravages of consumption in New York city con certed action by the government, by the medical profession, relief agencies and private citizens is now being un dertaken. A municipal sanitarium for patients in the early stages of the dis ease and a dispensary are required to supplement the provision already made, which is more especially adapt ed to advanced cases. Steps have al ready been taken toward meeting these needs. ™S WEEKLY PANORAMA NEW GOVERNOR OF CANADA. Earl Grey Selected by King Edward to Succeed Lord Minto. King Edward fias approved the ap pointment of Earl Grey as governor general of Canada, in succession to the earl of Minto. Albert Henry George, the fourth Earl Grey, has been lord lieutenant of Northumberland since 1899. He was born in 1851 and was married in 1877. He owns about 17,600 acres of landed estates. He is one of the most notable ine» in the present British peerage, and has made himself known to the world in several conspicuous ways—as a financier, a philanthropist and an in dustrial promoter. He was associated with the late Cecil Rhodes in the de velopment of South Africa, and is ex ecutor of the will under which the Rhodes scholarships are assigned. He was administrator of Rhodesia in 1896 and 1897. At various times he has been concerned in the river tunnels of New York, having interests in the Hudson river tunnel in its earlier stage and with a tunnel that was planned from the city hall. Manhattan, to the Flatbush avenue station, Brook lyn, a project that apparently has fall en through. Earl Grey is also widely known amorg temperance workers at home ard abroad as the projector of the scheme known as the Public House Trust, company, by which it is pro posed to mitigate the evils of saloons by turning them, so far as possible, into decent resorts, and making the ffOSY sW AL£££T G?£V sale of strong drink a secondary fea ture and without profit. The earl is a brother-in-law to the earl of Minto, whom he succeeds. Millions of Telegrams in 1903. It is just sixty years ago since the first 'elegraphic message was sent by the Morse system from Baltime.re to Washington, and the first message by the Atlantic submarine cable was dis patched sjx years afterward—that is to say, in June, 1850. Since then the use of the telegraph has developed at a marvelous rate, until at the present time a million messages are sent over the world's lines every twenty-four hours. According to some returns re cently issued the number of tele grams dispatched in all countries in 1903 reached the enormous total of 304,848,474. As a user of the telegraph Great Britain heads the list with 92, 471,000 dispatches, and United States is second with 91,391,000. and Franco comes third with 48.114,151. Germany. Russia. Austria. Belgium and Italy follow in the order named. Russian Talked Too Much. Just about a week ago a young Russian nobleman arrived in New York under an assumed name. He was not allowed to land. On the way over he became somewhat hilarious in the smoking room one evening. While in this happy frame of mind his discretion brake away from its moorings and he confidentially in formed a couple of fellow passengers that he was coming to this country to study American fortifications and pick up what information he could regarding military affairs. He also told them his real name.. All of which decided the authorities that he was not a desirable visitor, so he re turned by the same vessel without having set foot on American soil. Spending the Gould Millions. Howard Gould has a large fortune, and doubtless it is well invested, but there is reason to believe it is not growing very fast, for his expendi tures are enormous. Persons living near his country place. Sands Point, speak in awful tones of the money that is being expended there. The sea wall, they swear, cost him $1, 000,000. -His cowhouse, built of stone, cost $250,000. *and his chickenhouse, also of stone, $150,000. The iron fence around the poultry yard cost $10 a running foot. The Killarney castle duplicate is to represent an outlay of at least $4,000,000. Distress Signals for Autoists. A correspondent of the London Globe makes the suggestion that mo torists should carry rockets, which might be fired When a breakdown oc curred, and he adds-. “The local motor car repairers, If such a custom becomes general, are sure to estab lish ‘lookout towers,’ on top of each of which they can station a small boy to report motor shipwrecks. Of course the rockets should be made to throw o!f colored lights for night time as well as a volume of smoke for day light.” Fulfills Gypsy’s Prophecy. Theodore Stavarche, living in the town of Hermezin, near Bucharest, had his fortune told sixty-five years ago by a gypsy, who said that he would die by a bayonet. He fought through the Russo-Turkish war, was decorated for conspicuous bravery at Plevna and Smarden, and never re ceived a scratch. The other day, however, at the age of 75, he com mitted sulQlde with his grandson’s bayonet, thus fulfilling the ancient prophecy. nan mb letter. Policy of the Republican Party Defended by Its Leader. Says Democrats Are Lack ing in Settled Con victions. National Welfare Demands Continuance of Party in Power. Long Document Addressed to Speak er Cannon Deals Exhaustively With the Great Questions Before the Country—Public Duties Ably Per formed by Republicans—Democrats Not Worthy to Be Placed in Charge. Oyster Bay, Sept. 12—President Roosevelt this morning issued his let ter accepting the nomination for the Presidency tendered him by the Re publican National Convention. In part the document is as follows: Oyster Bay X. Y.. September 12. 1904. lion. J. C». Cannon. < ‘ttairman of the Notification Committee: My Dear Sir: I accept the nomination for the presidency tendered me by the Republican National Convention, and cor dially approve the platform adopted by It. The principles which we profess are those In which we believe with heart and soul and strength. Men may differ from us: but they cannot accuse us of shifti ness or insincerity. The policies we have pursued are those which we earnestly hold as essential to the national welfare and repute. Our actions speak even louder than our words for the taith that Is in us. We bast- our appeal upon what we have done ant! are doing, upon our record of administration and legislation during the last seven years, in which we have had complete control of the gov ernment. We ijitend in the future to carry on the government in the same way that we have carried it on in the past. The acts of the Administration in connection with the war with Spain, the Isthmian canal and the upholding of the Monroe doctrine the President . defends at length, and declares the party is prepared fully to accept the issue on these questions. He con tinues: In addition to those acts of the admin | istration which they venture to assail after misrepresenting them, there- are I others which they dare not overtly or of ficially attack, and yet which they cov ertly bring forward as reason for the l overthrow of the party. In certain great centers and with certain great intcreots i our opponents make every effort to show j that the settlement of the anthracite i coal strike by the individual act of the president and the successful suit against the Northern Securities Company—the merger suit— undertaken by the depart ment of justice, were acts because of which the present administration should be thrown from power. Yet they dare not openly condemn cither act. They dare not in any authoritative or forma! manner say that in either ease wrong was done or error committed in the meth od of action, or in the choice of instru ments for putting that action into off ct. But what they dare not manfully a«;-ert in o4i*T. day, they seek to use furtively and through special agents. Some of out opponents complain because under the anti-trust and interstate commerce laws suits were undertaken which have been I successful: others, because suits were not undertaken which would have been un 1 successful. The Democratic state con vention in New York dealt with the an thracite coal strike by demanding in de liberate and formal fashion that the na tional government should take possession of the coal fields; yet champions of that convention's cause now condemn the fact that there was any action by the presi dent at all—though they must know that it was only this action by the president which prevented the movement for na tional ownership of the coal fields from gaining what might well have been an ir resistible. impetus. Such mutually de structive criticisms furnish an adequate measure of the chance for coherent ac tion or constructive legislation if our opponents should be given power. So much for whr.t our opponents open ly or covertly advance in the way of an attack on the acts of the administration. When we come to consider the policies for which they profess to stand we are met with the difficulty always arising wnen statements of policy are so made that they can be interpreted in different ways. On some of the vital questions that have confronted the American peo ple in the last decade our opponents take the position that silence is the best pos sible way to convey their views. They contend that their lukewarm attitude of partial ae'iuiesence in what others have accomplished entitles the^n to be made the custodians of the financial honor and commercial interests which they have but recently sought to ruin. Being un able to agree among themselves as to whether the gold standard is a curse or a blessing, and as to whether we ought or ought not to have free and unlimited coinage of silver, they have’ apparently thought it expedient to avoid any com mittal on these subjects, and individuallv each to follow his particular bent. Their nearest approach to a majority judgment seems to be that it is now inexpedient to assert their convictions one way or the other, and that the establishment of the gold standard by the Republican party should not be disturbed unless there is an alteration in the relative quantity of production of silver and gold. Men who hold sincere convictions on vi tal questions can respect equally sincere men with whose views they radically dif fer: and men may confess a change or faith without compromising their hono or their self-respect. But it is difficu to respect an attitude of mind such ; has been fairly described above; an 1 where there is no respect there can L no trust. A policy with so slender a basis of principle would not stand tb strain of a single year of business ad versity. We. on the contrary, believe In the gold standard as fixed by the usage and ver dict of the business world, and in a sound monetary system as matters 01 principle; as matters not of monetary po litical expediency, hut of permanent or ?;anic policy. In 1S5HJ and again In 190e ar-sighted men. without regard to their party fealty In the past. joined to work against what they regarded as a debased monetary system. The policies which they championed have been steadfastly adhered to by the administration; and by the act of March 14. 1900. Congress established the single gold standard as the measure of our monetary value. This act received the support of every Repub lican in the house, and of very Repub lican except one In the senate. Of our opponents, eleven supported it in the house and two in the senate; and one hundred and fifty opposed it in the house and twenty-eight In the senate. The rec ord of the last seven years proves that 1 NOT HIS FIRST TIME. Witness Evidently Had Been on the Stand Before. The cross-examiner had kept the witness on the stand for some-time, and the witness naturally was getting weary. "If you would only answer my ques tions properly,” said the cross-exam iner, "we would have no trouble. If I could only get you to understand that all I want to know is what you know, we—” "It would take a lifetime to acquire that,” interrupted the witness. "What 1 mean is that I merely want to learn what you know about this affair,” the lawyer said, frowning. "I don’t care anything about your ab stract knowledge of law or your in formation in regard to theosophy, but what you know about this case.” “Oh, that isn’t what you want,” Said the witness in an off-hand way. “I’ve been trying to give you that for some time and—” The lawyer got in an objection and the witness had to stop. "If I don’t want to know what you the party now in power can be trusted to take the additional action necessary to improve anti strengthen our monetary system, and that our opponents cannot he so trusted. The fundamental fact is tha. in a popular government such as ours r.o policy is irrevocably settled by law unless the people keep in control of the government men who believe hi that policy as a matter of deep-rooted con viction. btws can always ho revoked: it is the spirit and the purpose of those responsible for tlielr enactment and ad ministration which must be fixed arid unchangeable. It is idle to say that the monetary standard of the nation is ir revocably iixed so long as the party which at the last election cast approxi mately forty-six per cent, of the total vote, refuses to put in its platform any statement that the question is settled. A determination to remain silent cannot be accepted as equivalent to a recanta tion. I 'mil our opponents as a party explicitly adopt the views which we hol'd and upon Which we have acted aid are acting, in the matter of a sound cur rency. tic only real way to keep the question from becoming unsettled is to keep the Republican party in power. As for what our opponents say in ref erence to capital and labor, individual or corporate, here again all w<* need by way of answer is to point to what we have actually done, and to say that if continued in power we shall continue to cairy out the policy we have been pur suing. and to execute the laws as reso lutely and fearlessly in the future as we have executed them in the past. J lie action ot the attorney-general In enforcing, the anti-trust and interstate commerce laws, and the action of the last congress in enlarging the scope of the interstate commerce law, and in i creating the department of commerce and labor, with a bureau of corporations, i have for the tirst time opened a chance ' for the national government to deal in t-lligently and adequately with the ques tions affecting society, whether for. good | or for evil, because of the accumulation of capital in great corporations, and be cause of the new relations caused there by. The laws are now being administer ed with entire efficiency: and as. in their working, need is shown for amendment or addition to them—whether Itetter to secure the proper publicity, or better to guarantee the rights of shippers, or in any other direction—this need will be met. It is now asserted “that tin- com mon law. as developed, affords a com plete legal remedy against monopolies.” Hut there is no common law of the 1'nit ed States. (is rules can be enforced only by t lie- state courts and officers. No federal court or officer could take any action whatever und -r them. It was this fact, coupled with the inability of the states to control trusts ami monopolies, which led to the passage of ihe federal statutes known as the Sherman anti trust act and the interstate commerce act: and it is only t(trough the exercise of the powers conferred by These acts, and by the statutes of the last congress supplementing them, that the national government acquires any jurisdiction over the subject. To say that action against trusts and monopolies should be limited to the application of the common law is equivalent to saying that tile na tional government should take no action I whatever to' regulate them. I ndoubteoiy. toe nvompWcaucn ot trusts and th»-ir increase In power lias been largely du# to the “failure of offi ck Is ulv.i'fwl/.h the duty of enforc ing the lav. io take the necessary pro cedure.” Such stricture upon the failure of itic officials of the national govern ■ meet to uo their duty in tills matter is certainly not wholiv undeserved as far as the administration preceding PVesI dent McKiwlcy's is concerned: but it has no application at all to Republican ad ministration. It is also undoubtedly true that what is most needed is “officials having botli the disposition and the cour age to enforce existing law.” This is precisely the need that has been met by the consistent and steadily continued action of the department of justice un der the present administration. So far as the rights of the individual wage-worker and the individual capital ist are concerned, both as regards one another, as regards tlie public, and as regards organized capital anti labor, the position of the administration lias been so clear that there is no excuse for mis representing it. and no ground for op posing it unless misrepresented. Within the limits defined by the national consti tution the national administration has sought to secure to each man the full enjoyment of ids right to live his life and di>iK»se of his property and his labor as he deems best, so long as lie wrongs no one else. It lias shown in effective fashion that in endeavoring to make good this guarantee, it treats all men. rich or poor, whatever their creed, their color, or their birthplace, as standing alike be fore the law. Under our form of gov ernment the sphere in which the nation as distinguished from the state can act is narrowly circumscribed: but within that sphere all that could be done lias been done. All thinking men are aware of the restriction upon the power of ac tion of the national government in such matters. Reing ourselves mindful of them, we have been scrupulously careful on the one hand to be moderate in our promises, and on the other hand to keep these promises in letter and in spirit. When we take up the great question of the tariff we are at once confronted by the doubt as to whether our opponents do or do not mean what they sa>. They say that "protection is robbery.” and promise to carry themselves accordingly if they aie given power. Vet prominent persons among them assert that they do not really mean tills and that if they conic into power they will adopt our policy as regards the tariff: while others seem' anxious to prove that it is safe to give them partial power, because the power would Vie only partial, and there fore they would not be able to do mis chief. The last is certainly a curious plot to advance on behalf of a party seeking to obtain control of the govern ment. ! It is but ten years since me lasi anempi | was made, by means of lowering the tariff, to prevent some people from pros pering too much. The attempt was en tirelv successful. The tariff law of that year was among the causes which in that year and for some time afterwards effectually prevented anybody from pros pering too much, and labor from pros pering at all. Undoubtedly it would be possible at the present time to prevent an' of the trusts from remaining pros perous by the simple expedient of mak ing such* a sweeping change in the tar iff as to paralyse the industries of the 1 country. The trusts would cease to pros per: but their smaller competitors would be ruined, and th- wage-workers would starve, while it would not pay the farm er to haul his produce to market. The evils connected with the trusts can be reached only by rational effort, step by step, along the lines taken by congress and the executive during the past three years. . „ From time to time schedules must un doubtedly be rearranged and readjusted to meet the shifting needs of the coun try: but this can with safety be* done only by those who are committed to the cause of the protective system. To up roet and destroy that system would be to insure the prostration of business, the closing of factories, the impoverishment of the farmer, the ruin of the capital ist. and the starvation of the wage-work er. Yet. if protection is indeed “robbery,” and if our opponents really believe what they say. then it is precisely to the de struction and uprooting of the tariff, and therefore, of our business and industry, that they are pledged. When our oppo nents last obtained power it was on a platform declaring a protective tariff “unconstitutional:’ and the effort to put tlii“ declaration into practice was one of the causes of the general national pros tratior lasting from 1893 to 1897. It a protective tariff is either "unconstitu tional” or “robbery.” then it Is just as unconstitutional, just as much robbery, to revise it down, still leaving it protec know about this particular case and nothing else,” inquired the lawyer later, “what do you think 1 do want to know?” That seemed so easy that the wit ness laughed as he said: “It isn’t what I know that you want to know; it’s what you think I know that you’re after, and you’re trying to make me know it or prove me a liar.” • Then it was that every one in the court room knew that he had been on the witness stand before. Couldn’t Think of It. He—So you’re going to take the dog with you, and leave the baby home with the girl? She—Certainly! I’d be afraid to leave poor litt'e F.do with that girl!-— Yonkers Statesman. Practical Definition. “What is your idea of a strong minded woman?” she asked. “One who can pass three days In another city and return home without purchasing a souvenir spoon,” he re plied. tlve. as it would be to enact it. In oth> words our opponents Pave comnut'ed themselves to the destruction of the pro teetive principle in the tariff, using words which if honestly used forbid them front Permitting this principle to obtain in even the smallest degree. Every class of our people is benefited y the protective tariff. During the last v " yt‘ar“ 1 he merchant has seen the «Port trade of this country grow faster inait ever in our previous history. Th* manufacturer eouhl m>t keep his factory ir We,’e not for the protective ramr. t he wage-worker would do well " th*t if protection is *rob hcwiirn . u to„he Punished accordingly. for eiTherheIimT’ J° Pav th* Penalty; ltT Xp w„ 1 l*’ tTJrned adrift entrre a,i • w. «es will he cut down to th» iiv the hniief!' conclusively shown he nm-o v , °f lho ^reaii of labor. wageP’;pv8^ fhhTin fsDhe cfUVLthe , r>,j' ,,r living, and of ‘working hours "CtSVVa "'v ings of the workingmen ,,, th. countrv BTWe£srv huun.ls, M no rim- l„ ,ht. i, J„;'f „r or any other country has there‘be. ., "»n err, so product ivc of inateEai ben.m alike to workingman and • mploveT- ,< during the seven years that ha r '\U9t passed. Jusl In the forty years ending ir, tun u, otal value of farm property twelve and a half billions or dollar,- The farmer gaining even more during no, nod than the manufacturer. I over-production would Iwve checked marvelous development of our cat m ,i lug1 dl tm.'o t I[nr ‘I10 StWl<11,y lucre d °,f American manufacturers for fai m products required as raw tn 'T'om!iHon* 1"h'1 ‘'V indtistrfe < nndi ions change and the laws mu £d£n‘ « 1 pT ,Vme fltTew exigent tc*. l.ut tlte genuine underlvin pnm-iple of protection. i)S it h“, embodied In all but one of Uic America, tariff laws for th,. last forty vea.s has worker, out results so beneflcVni. so eve, v, .d spread, so advantageous alike to farmers ar.d capitalists :,n.l work mgmen to commerce and trade of eVerv k*nd- ,l,e American people, if they show their usual practical I,illness o,>a that wh''>1 these laws are modified they shall h, modified with th* utmost care and eonsetvatism and hv thf friends and not thf of Mi * protective system. They can„ot .front to trust the motfiffrutftmi t«, xh<**** w»JO I mmw ?e7mT,0n and r°bb',y Tn closing what T have t.. sav ale.,.. rv u, l"1 of. promoting An,.. i,,.t, trv let me add a word of cordial mfnt wiUi thf policy mi in »mif way u eluding within its beneftts. by appropriate legisiation. tlte American merchant rn m’o' ** not fre«iitable to ns as a .ton that our great export and Import trade should he well nigh oxclusir. v in the hands of foreigners Our opponents < onte*nd that the gnvern ment is now administered extra v-maot . ‘»»a» whereas tier. of iwi.ooo.iioo in lfaat there is *.a deficit . • in ^ tahrnd byrTnclJding'u1!''t h^ordinarv ,ur rt^-1 k XS nses ,fifty millions, which was paid for the right of wav of the Panama canal out ,.r the accumu lated surplus in the treasure Compar es the current or ordinary expenditure-t tor the two years, there was a suroln* ?Xs.nearJV /iKhty •"I'llon* for the year muiioJl1!1 °r« onli’ a mnr*’ than eight ?-L l 8 J°I J!?e has Just closed. Rut this diminution of the an nual surplus was brought about desigri ediy by the abolition of the war laics* in the interval between the two dates ac*V>l March 2. If*.!, and April V:. J— cu* d°w» t‘V internal revenue taxes to an antoUi.i estimated at one hundred ai d live millions a year. In other words tnc reduction of taxation lias been con siderably greater than the reduction in’ the annual surplus. Since the elos. of the war with Spain there has been n» Substantial change in the rate of annual expenditures. As compared with th - t ■«. ea. year < tiding in June. larq. for Plcln)_ pie. the fiscal year that has just closed showed a relatively small increase in ex penditure (excluding the canal payment already referred tot while tlte year pr. - vious showed a relatively small decreas. The expenditures of the nation have been managed in a spirit of economy a »ar removed front waste as from niggaid liness: and in the future every effort will l>e continued to secure an economv as strict as is consistent with efl], -j«»nf.v Our opponents promise independence t,, the Philippine Islands. Here again w« are confronted by the fact that their ir reconcilable differences of opinion among themselves. thefr protetl inability to create a constructive police when in power, and their readiness, for the -iike of momentary political expediency to abandon the principles upon which they have insisted as essen ial. conspire t<> puzzle us as to whether they do o- do not intend in good fai.h to" carry out this promise if they are given control of the government. If our opponents came into power and attempted to carry out their promises t.> the Filipinos by giving them independ ence, and withdrawing American control from the islands, the result would he a frightful calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and in its larger aspect would amount to an international crime. An archy would follow; and the most vio •ent anarchic forces would be directed partly against the civil government pari ly against all forms of religious and edu ca'ional civilization. Bloodv conflict - woutl inevitably ensue in the archipelago and just as inevitably the islands would become the prey of the first power which j in Its own selfish interest took up tie task we had cravenly abandoned During the last five years more ha been done for the material and moral well-being of the Filipinos than ever before since the islands first came within the ken of civilized man. We have open ed before them a vista of orderly devel [ opment in their own interest, and not i a policy of exploitation. Every effort i being made to tit the islanders for seif government. and they have already in large measure received it, while for the first time in their history their personal rights and civil liberties have been guar anteed. They are being educated; they have been given schools; they have been given libraries; roads are being built for their use: ttyejr health is being cared for- they have Wen given courts in which , they receive justice as absolute as It i in our power to guarantee. Their in dividual rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are now by act of congress jealously safeguarded under the American flag: and If the protection ot the flag were- withdrawn their right would bo lost, and the islands would ts plunged back under some form of viciou tyranny. The letter concludes: Alike as lawmakers and as adminis trators of the law we have endeavored to do our duty in the interest ot the people as a whole. We make our ap peal to no clays and to no section, but to all good citizens, in whatever part or the land they dwell, and whatever mav be their occupation or worldly condition We have striven botTt for civic right eousness and for national greatness; and we have faith to believe that our hand will be upheld by all who feel love of country and trust in the uplifting of man kind. We stand for enforcement of the law and for obedience to the law; our government is a government of orderl> liberty equally alient to tyranny and to anarchy; and Its foundation stone is the observance of the law. alike by the peo ple and by the public servants. We hold ever before us as the all-importan' end of policy and administration the reign of peace at home and throughout th> world; of peace, which comes only by doing justice. Faithfully yours. THEODORE ROOSEVEI.T DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SID. Inebriate at an Auction Finally Said Good-Night. It was near closing time in one of the numerous Boardwalk auction stores at Atlantic City, and the auc tioneer was making a last attempt to sell a vase. "Going at five! Going at five! Who bids five and a half?" he droned, sleepily. A man started up in one corner of the store, where he had been napping, and it was very evident from his demeanor that he had been dallying with the flowing bowl. “ ’Scuse me one minute. Mr. Auc tioneer,” he said. "I should like to have a little information. Lesh tin nerstan’ each other. Did you shay—I mean say—did yon say you wanted a bid?” “Yes, sir,” replied the auctioneer, indulgently. “I am bid $5 for this beautiful vase. What do you bid?” “I bid you good-night, sir!” ex claimed the inebriate, bowing with exaggerated politeness, and with that he made his way unsteadily to the door.*-~Phi!adelphIa Record.
