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and was pending before the Senate for
ratification. The alacrity which had
characterized the series of events begin
ning with the dethronement of the Ha
waiian Queen , in the judgment of the
President and Secretary of State ,
seemed to demand a careful examina
tion into the real facts , and the treaty
was accordingly withdrawn and an in
quiry set on foot , with the result that it
developed that what before had been
called a "revolution" out in Hawaii was
in reality the subversion of the govern
ment of a friendly power , the chief and
most effective participants in which so-
called revolution had been the diplo
matic and naval agents of the United
States at Honolulu.
Judge Oresham's conscience revolted
at the proposition to carry this scheme
into effect. For nearly a century his
government had stood as the guardian
of the integrity of Hawaii against the
machinations of European powers , and ,
as the Secretary boldly declared in an
official paper , "we should be the last
government to acquire sovereignty over
the islands by force and fraud. "
Secretary Gresharn was profoundly
convinced of the integrity of the people ,
and he never ceased to believe that the
ultimate judgment of the great mass of
his countrymen would vindicate the de
termined refusal of their government to
carry into effect a program necessarily
involving gross bad faith on our part.
Estimate of China nml Japiiii.
The estimate which foreigners placed
upon the character of Judge Gresham
was evidenced by the action "of both
China and Japan at the breaking out of
the recent war between those countries.
Despite the fact that in both China and
Japan were large American interests
that were to be safeguarded by the
United States during the conflict , each
belligerent , when the war was declared ,
hastened to place the interests of its
subjects in the territory of the other
belligerent in charge of the American
government. While this action was a
splendid tribute to the reputation of the
United States for honesty and fair deal
ing , at the same time it bore eloquent
testimony to the respect and confidence
entertained by both China and Japan
for the personality of the head of the
American State Department.
Secretary Gresham regarded sectional
feeling as a grave menace to our insti
tutions , and he ever strove to eliminate
this sentiment from our national life.
Ho believed that if the government
stayed at home and attended strictly to
its own business it would not only be
fulfilling the legitimate functions of
about the largest enterprise in the his
tory of mankind , but that it would
thereby merit and receive the support of
its own people , whose honesty of pur
pose and devotion to the principles of
popular government he regarded as such
Conservative *
that they would solve any problem of
the future with which their career
would bring them in contact.
PKOPIIETS OF EVII , .
Mr. E. H. Gary , president of the
Federal Steel Company , in discussing
the business situation and .the outlook
for business eaid to a New York reporter
the other day : "The greatest danger
to business prosperity and to the interests
of the producer , purchaser and laboring
man alike , lies in the disposition to
magnify and add for political purposes
during a presidential year any temporary
ary lull in business. "
If the democrats are going to make
free silver the issue they will renew the
calamity cry and we shall hear from the
calamity orators about the depression in
business and the great disasters to come.
It is inconceivable that the sensible men
of the South will do this sort of thing
for political effect. The South is now
enjoying an era of great industrial
activity and we are exploiting' our
advantages. The South is being adver
tised by her newspapers as the most
inviting field of all for settlers and in
vestors , and it would be suicidal for us
now to turn around and say that every
thing is going to the dogs. If the
Southern people will only keep their
heads they will not engage in any such
campaign , but in the heat and excite
ment of politics men lose their heads
and there is no telling what they will
say and do. The sensible thing for the
people of the South to do is to keep on
working and keep on developing their
resources and keep on advertising their
advantages to the world , letting the
politicians of other sections do the hur
rah business in politics. The southern
states are going to give a majority for
the democratic ticket in any event , and
it is senseless for our people to work
themselves up into a condition of politi
cal hysterics.
Another remark in this connection.
There are other prophets of evil in these
days besides the politicians. For specu
lative purpose , or for some other pur
pose we know not what , there has been
more gloomy talk of late than we have
ever heard since the famous campaign
of 1806. Because there has been some
check in industrial activity , because
there has been some damage to the
wheat crop of the West , and because
there is a political campaign on hand
these prophets of evil have been pre
dicting dire disaster to the business
interests of this country. There has
been nothing from Wall Street during
the past several weeks but the most
dismal forebodings , and prices of gilt-
edged securities have been hammered
down by circulating all eorts of de
pressing rumors. This thing is done for
a purpose , as those who know anything
about Wall Street ways understand , but
if it goes on , if the prophets of evil con-
tinuo to prophesy they may finally
succeed in impressing the people , and if
they should by such talk shako confi
dence , they would see their evil predic
tions in part fulfilled.
Down with the prophets of evil ! They
are a menace to the country , and they
should be suppressed. Richmond Times
( dem. ) .
WHY BRYAN SHOULD VOTE FOK
MCKINLEY.
Recently when William Jennings
Bryan was in Chicago he was reported
to have said , "We'll be willing to take
the votes of all the people who have not
had their share of prosperity and leave
republicans the votes of the people who
have had their share. "
In 1890 Mr. Bryan was elected to con
gress from the first Nebraska district
under the old apportionment. Before
that time he was a struggling attorney
in Lincoln earning perhaps $1,500 to
$2,000 a year. He served two terms in
congress , from which he retired in
March , 1895 , because under the appor
tionment the first district iu which he
resided had become republican. From
this time until his nomination for the
presidency he resumed the practice of
his profession. From November , 1896 ,
to date he is not known to have had
more than one case in court , but for
four years he has been in great demand
for political addresses at so much per
night.
Now for the bearing of these facts on
Mr. Bryan's fortunes and on his vote
this fall. Mr. Bryan has resided in the
Fifth ward of Lincoln ever since 1893 ,
and the following statement , taken from
the yearly returns made by him every
year since , shows the increase in his
tangible possessions :
An analysis of these figures shows
that the value of Mr. Bryan's taxable
possessions during the four years pre
ceding President McKiuley's adminis
tration averaged $272.50. Under four
years of republican prosperity it rose to
$2,998.75. In 1900 it was more than
sixteen times greater than in 18 96.
It is submitted that if William Jen
nings Bryan lives up to the spirit of his
proposition as to the division of votes of
those who have and have not had their
share of prosperity he will vote for Mo-
Kinley and Roosevelt next November.
Mr. Bryan's voice may still be for 16
to 1 and adversity , but his quadrupling
wealth pleads for a continuation of the
administration that brought prosperity
to him and his country. Chicago Times-
Herald.
