'Che Conservative.
my conclusion ? Which of these oppro
brious terms can yon wear with the
lighter heart ? I find little distinction
between them , ignominy is in eaoh ; I
leave the choice to you. One or the
other it must bo. And one or the other
the majority of the voters of this
country will hold it , in these particulars
which I have mentioned as well as in
scores of others which I have neither
tiiuo nor space to rehearse , but which
are similar in character and which portray
tray you with equal fidelity.
Itluu'H Ilot anil Cold.
Many of these voters believed four
years ago that you were earnest and
true in your views of silver ; the
apparent integrity and constancy with
which you persisted in maintaining that
that theme the ' '
was only 'paramount
issue" which would prove the cure all
of each and every social and political
ill , drew them into your train. For
mouths you mouthed vows to heaven of
silver's eternal potency , and swore
unceasingly before the high tribunal of
the people that it , and it alone , could
remedy the past and present evils , and
establish its power as the open sesame
to all future obstacles which might
block our national progress.
But it has already dropped from the
most infinite to the most finite of things.
It served its purpose and has been flung
aside , wrung dry like an orange. Yet I
warn you that it will arise once again as
your Nemesis before it finally dies aud is
interred. Like the ass with the burden
of sponges , who caught in the middle of
the stream by the rush of waters was
sunk to the bottom , so you will be
dragged to the utmost depth by this
mill-stone of silver. Those who loved
you for your constancy , hate you the
more for your desertion. They now see
with a clear eye , how you flit hither ,
thither , for public favor , turning white
to those who ask for white , and black to
those who call for black blowing hot
here , blowing cold there.
Coiihlstciicy of Old Time Democrats.
I have ever cherished for the great
partisans of the democratic party that es
teem and respect of which honest oppo
nents are worthy. Until four years ago
they had always borne themselves upon
a political battlefield as honorable com
batants , and held firmly to what they
believed the right. Never had one to
ask where faced their shield , or on what
ground was planted their standard.
Their issues wore issues for the Pacific
coast as well as for the Atlantic , for
both mountains and prairies. Those
were the days when the two great
parties stepped boldly into the arena ,
each feeling the consciousness of their
right in the sincerity of their con
victions. They used not a forked
tongue as is being done by this latter-
day democratic portysiuco you assumed
dictatorship of its destiny. They
fought a good fight , and whether vic
tory or defeat was their portion , they
bore it majestically.
But that is changed for your party
now. Your policy has dragged it down
to such a depth that its good and great
men have departed from it with sorrow
in their hearts , but while their es
cutcheon shone yet fair and bright.
Your policy has been one which the
ancient leaders of democracy , the man
tles of whom your hunchmeu profess to
see about your sholdors , would have
pasted by with contempt. Your polit
ical conduct has been of a sort that they
would have scourged you from their
midst with the whips of their scorn aud
wrath. Your character has proven to
be so base that rather than pass into
history as your associate , they would
have wrapped their cloaks about their
heads and have drawn back into
obscurity , choosing to bo the proud
possessors of an uusmirohed honor , oven
with loss of fame , than to possess thus
at the bauds of the future an infamous
notoriety.
The SluulowH Arc Approaching.
There is but one result of this policy
for you. Aud no one is better aware of
what it is than yourself. The shadow
is approaching. Already you a' e laying
other schemes in your home state in the
hope that when the wheel of fortune ,
which BO strangely flung yon to the
surface , will have swirled you down
again , you will be able to save yourself
from total extinction. But not so. The
party which you for the time have
subdued so completely will have dis
gorged you the more quickly for the
audacious tyranny which you have
displayed and exploited. Like the
fabled bat , acknowledged by neither
flesh nor fowl , you will bo condemned to
flutter about in Stygian gloom , destitute
of hope , ridiculed aud loathed by men ,
till eaten by thb fever of despair within
your own heart , you sink at lost into
oblivion and decay.
Very respectfully ,
MOKQLA.Y.
THK INSTRUCTIONS ON TUB PHILIP
PINES.
In the debates on the Philippines so
much attention has been paid to the
question of political liberties that we
would emphasize one passage in the
president's instructions to the Taf t com
mission which is of the highest possible
significance to the natives , though it lies
outside that question. It is the passage
which includes a bill of rights expressed
in the following "inviolable" rules :
"That no person shall be deprived of
life , liberty or property without duo
process of law ; that private property
shall not be taken for public use without
just compensation ; that in all criminal
prosecutions the accused shall enjoy
the right to a speedy and public trial , to
ba informed of the nature and cause of
the accusation , to be confronted with
the witnesses against him , to have com
pulsory process for obtaining witnesses
in his favor , and to have the assistance
of counsel for his defence ; that excessive
bail shall not be required , nor excessive
fines imposed , nor cruel and unusual
punishment inflicted ; that noperson
shall be put twice in jeopardy for the
same offense , or be compelled in any
criminal case to bo a witness against
himself ; that the right to be secure
against unreasonable searches and seiz
ures shall not be violated ; that neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude shall
exist except as a punishment for crime ;
that no bill of attainder or ex post facto
law shall bo passed ; that no law shall be
passed abridging the freedom of speech
or of the press , or the rights of the people
ple to peaceably assemble and petition
the government for a redress of griev
ances ; that no law shall be made
respecting an establishment of religion
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ,
and that the free exercise and enjoyment
of religious profession and worship
without discrimination or preference
shall forever be allowed. "
To the American and Englishman of
today these rules may seem common
place , but they contain the promise of a
new life to the Filipinos , and one which
would be impossible under an inde
pendent Filipino government. All the
essentials of complete civil liberty , as
we understand it , are present except
trial by jury alone , and the reason for
its omission is obvious. The population
of the islands is so various and in part
so barbarous that the capacity to admin
ister a jury system correctly must
necessarily be wanting. But even with
this omission the guarantees are such
as have never been known in practice
either to the natives or to the Spaniards
before them. Arbitrary arrests have
been common both in the islands aud in
che old mother country. Secret trials
also have been of ordinary occurrence ,
the accused has been kept in ignorance
of the charges against him , his case ,
perhaps , has been delayed indefinitely ,
or perhaps he has been hurried to a cruel
punishment without the chance to
make himself heard. Fines have
amounted to confiscation , upon occasion
the torture has been used , while free
dom of speech and of the press has been
little more than a myth.
The change is like a jump from medie
valism to the best civilization of the
twentieth century , and it is hard to
understand how any sane American can
ignore its meaning and.advocate a course
which would deprive the people of its
blessings. No one , it would seem , could
doubt that it would bring the "happi
ness , peace and prosperity" which the
President anticipates , and that these
would disappear in anarchy if Agninaldo
were triumphant. Furthermore , the
admirable provision which is made in
the instructions for municipal self-gov
ernment and an administration founded
on that of our federation of states
disposes effectively of the imperialistic
scarecrow. The Filipinos have every
thing to hope from and nothing to lose
by American rule. Times Herald.