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suit o his own blunder. Ho mado the
opening speech and attacked tho antl
imperlalists by declaring thoro was no
alternative policy" to off or tho Phil
ippines for tho one that tho Roosevelt
administration is now carrytng out
Gen. Patrick Collins, mayor of Bos
ton, who was prosont, accepted tho
challongo, and doclarod that right un
der tho shadow of Bunkor Hill and
Fauouil Hall, onco a cradlo of liberty,
tho Declaration of Independence, from
which horriblo to relate he began to
quote, had something in it, and ho
said, as his wrath rose, that tho right
of tho Filipinos to independence was
ns true as tho Declaration and tho Ser
mon on tho Mount. Senor Sumling,
from far Manila, sprang to his feet
and mado a noblo plea for the Simon
puro, old-fashionod American brand
of liberty, and Senor Villamor de
clared: "I have taken tho oath of al
loglanco to tho United btatcs, but I
would stultify myself if I said tho idea
of independence is dead in the Philip
pines. It is not dead. You gave it
to Cuba and Panama, and wo expect
you to givo it to us." The smug and
admirable Governor Bates had turned
this festive gathering, which was sche
duled to bo entirely innocuous, into a
Toaring anti-imperialist meeting; a
plea for freedom; an appeal to Ameri
can ideals. Governor Bates is sadly
lacking in tho sense of humor. New
Orleans States.
Queer Doings
In his anxiety to bo president for tho
Ticxt four years, Theodore Roosevelt
is doing things that are calculated to
shock his enthusiastic admirers,
rhoso. that have pictured him as a
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courageous champion of the common
pooplo and a florce enemy of the trust
and combines have had he spectacle
of tho arch enemy of the octopus, hob
nobbing with tho Goulds and tho Mor
gans, tho railway kings and tho steel
magnates, the captains of oil and the
barons of coal, tho financiers that con
trol Industry and manipulate the
stock market. It has been a strange
proceeding, these Whito house con
ferences between "trust buster" and
trust magnate.
However much the "trust busting"
contingent may have had cause to
marvel, the president's one time asso
ciates in "civil service reform" have
had greater cause for wonder. Roose
velt, tho champion of "pure politics,"
the "reformer" with high ideals, hand
in glove with Quay and Addicks, tho
sponsor for Payne and the "boss of
tho bosses" has utterly amazed the
mugwump cult that purposes to pur
ify government by eliminating the
professional politicians. Tho straw
that has broken the mugwump back
is found in the president's summons
to Lou Payne, the New York repub
lican politician that Roosevelt has
held up to public opprobrium as tho
personification of evil in politics. The
president needs Payne, and needing
him he has begged him to forgive and
forget.
Tho truly good have been shocked bv
this latest exhibition of Roosevelt
fallen from his high pedestal, but
there is a possibility, of course, that
tho president has been placed in a
false position. It is possible' that he
has called the trust magnates to the
White house for tho purpose of show
ing them tho ovil of their ways and
pointing out to them the inevitable
consequences if they persevere in vio
lating the law. He may have appealed
to their better nature and lectured
them upon the righteousness of earn
ing ono's bread In the sweat of one's
brow. It is possible, too, that he has
sought association with Addicks and
Payne to reform them and lead them
from tho paths of. professional politics
to the higher sphere of the pure and
undeflled. Milwaukee Daily News.
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Swans Hatched By Thunder.
A beautiful white swan sat patient
ly on her nest in a zoo.
"She's a-settin'," her keeper said.
"There's seven eggs under her, and
they'll all be ready to hatch out by
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Considerably impressed, tho vitr.
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"It is a tradition," the superinten
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1 ?Ue;, J0U and ' hwovor, would
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ani interesting tradition." Wash
ington Post.
Rocky Mountain News, tho paper
owned and edited by Senator Patter
son, because of that paper's sympathy
with tho union miners. Tho merchants
have withdrawn their advertisements,
stopped their subscriptions and have
in other ways instituted a war against
the News. Not content with this, how
ever, the Denver merchants have car
ried their war into the Cripple Creek
district and boycotted tho retail deal
ers who have been guilty of soiling
goods to tho union miners and their
families. Commenting on this con
dition of affairs, the Washington Post
says:
"The Post has already briefly dis
cussed the situation in Colorado and
has found no reason to abandon its
original contention that both parties
to the controversy that has resulted
in loss of life, destruction of property,
and disgraco to tho state have been
guilty of gross wrongs. Members of
the miners' union have been deprived
of their liberty and property without
due process of law. They have been
banished from the state without rea
son other than that the owners of the
mines controlled the state political
machinery and the militia. They have
been accused of crimes and adjudged
guilty by their accusers, by men placed
in office by the militia after the reg
ularly elected officials had been re
moved without regard to the law or
to their rights. As a logical and nat
ural result, the workmen, maddened
by their treatment, have committed
excesses for which the guilty ones
should be apprehended and punished,
but tho average American citizen will
find it difficult, whatever his views on
unionism to even tacitly approve the
gross excesses practiced by the state
troops in maltreating women and chil
dren whose only offense is that their
husbands and fathers are members of
the miners' union. The process marks
one of the most revolutionary situa
tions that has ever existed under the
American flag, and Indicates with em
phasis that popular government in
Colorado at this time is a misnomer
and a farce."
Popular government does not exist
in Colorado. The state is controlled
by a group of wealthy mine owners
who compel the legislature to pass
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aw u muu uwu interest and with
out any regard whatever for the righta
or interests of tho mine workers But
this condition cannot last even in
Colorado. It has already excited the
surprise and indignation of tho rest ot
the country, and there is much reason
to believe that the time is near when
the mine owners and the truculent
rough rider they have placed in com
mand of tho militia will be shorn of
the power they now possess. Certain
it Is that Colorado will suffer for tho
many outrages which have been com
mitted in the name of the law, and that
the attempt to muzzle tho press with a
boycott will fail and bring humilia
tion and confusion to those who en
gaged in it. Senator Patterson is not
the man to be frightened by a boycott,
but he will win out in the light that
has been made against him, and wo
I shall bo very greatly surprised if the
republican party In Colorado is not
routed body and boots just as soon as
the people have an opportunity to use
their votes. New Orleans States.
The Dialogue of The Whito Houso
"You are familiar, Mr. Panye, with
what I wrote in 'The Strenuous Life'
about politicians of your stripe?"
"Sure."
"You have read what I had to say
in 'American Ideals' about fighting
fellows of your kidney to the death?"
"Bet your life."
"Very well; what do you think of it
now?"-
"Just what I always did; nothing
but hot air."
"You are a sensible man. Now sit
down and tell me it Odell is pulling
straight, and how. much you are go
Ing to need to keep your crowd in lino
for me." New York Evening Post.
- A Hint to Grosvenor
Agricultural reports indicate that
the grape crop this year will be tho
largest in, the country's history. Now,
step up, General Grosvenor, and claim
credit for the republican party for
placing appendicitis within the reach
of the humblest citizen. Washington
Post.
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