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TAItTIBS I.BAVINti l'OR .SUMMIOIt.
1'nrllri leaving the city for
the Hiitaiucr nil' hnvc The Urn
sent to tlieni rcKlllnrly liy
notlfyliiir The lice lliislnes
olllcc, In iiernon or by mull.
The nililrcsn itIII he chniiKcd
nn often nn tleslrcil.
They sonietlmes have political sur
prise parties over In Iowa, too.
Wonder If Mr. Itryan considers In
diana to bo the heart of the enemy's
country this time.
The people will never know how well
they can get along without tin; bucket
fihops until they have tried It for a
while.
Cape Nome, evidently, Is a good place
to stay away from when Nebraska
offers such promising Investments for
energy and enterprise.
Fusion candidates who attend the
Omaha, ratlllcatlon meeting should keep
n weather eye open for tho democrats
with razors In their boots.
Fopocrnts have timely notice to take
to the storm cellar the touchlmr com
mlttee has been appointed and Is pre- mcnl W1U1 1110 I'0WL'l's ,luu wm lltJ
pared to start on Its rounds. servo t" Integrity of Chinese territory
Congressman Neville should consult
nn oculist. He sees such big gains for
the ltryanlte cause In the Sixth district
that his vision needs looking after.
Tho American soldiers In Chlnn aro
displaying the same characteristics as
In Cuba. As soon ns they set foot on
laud they aro ready to go Into the light.
China may be a little slow In many
respects, but In others It has an advan
tage. Chinese styles of female dress,
both as to kind of goods nnd cut of gar
ments, never change.
When the various railroads get
through appropriating the thorough
fares of Omaha they will kindly desig
nate the few streets they are willing
the public should use.
If you do not wnnt to lose vour time-
piece do not hang up vour vest with the
watch protruding from the pocket upon
the front gatepost. Omaha has not
enough policemen to keep track of the
people who might yield to such tempta-
tlon.
The city of Omaha should pay all Us
Just claims, but no one having a Just
claim should feel constrained to work It
through the council under cover of some
snap scheme. Bvery claim that the
enj Minum rigntiuiiy pay can stand the
light of ilny.
If the public schools are looking for
noine new branch In which useful edu
cation may be Imparted It might start
a class In which the difference between
toadstools and mushrooms can be Im
parted to people with more appetite
than discerning Judgment.
After lighting one another to a point
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Miii-iv i-acii ih airaiii ir may get the
worst of It. the railroads rush to the
courts to have their differences settled
ry judicial arbitration. Neither of the
claimants appears In the least concerned
over the right of the city to control ls
public thoroughfares.
According to the democratic papers
the Iowa republican convention resulted
In the defeat of the railroad candidates.
In spite of this (he campaign will not
be two weeks old until these same
papers will be shouting that democracy
Is the only simon-pure, name-blown-ln-the-bottle
antl-rallroad party and that
all other candidates aro controlled Incorporations.
News which tllters out from the Chi
nese, capital shows that the handful of
marines of the various nationalities,
nlded by the foreign civilians cooped up
In the city, have been making one of
I lie most remarkable defenses In the his
tory of the world, if medals of honor
ore to bo bestowed for merit tho Utile
garrison at the I'ekln legations will
have them In plenty should the mem
bers Anally survive.
I.
xo TKMvomzma.
There Is 1o bo no temporizing with
riilnti on the mrt of tlio I'tilted Ktnto,
The Washington Koverntnent has
plnlnly InfoinuMl the Chinese pivcrn-
inenr. through 1.1 nunc Chiiiic Unit It
will enter Into no nrruiiReinent repinl
Inc tlio disposition or trcnlnii'iit of tin'
lofriitlons without first Imvlinr free com-
iniinli-allon with the AiiKtieiin minister.
Tin1 NiiKKostlon of LI Iltttitr fhi'iiK that
the ministers mljrht In son! imili'r safe
escort to Tien Tsln If the powers would
entrust' not to march on I'ekln was ovl
ilcnlly rej-'ardctl liy Secretary Hay as
most extnionllnury untler the elrcum
stiinces, for there Is a tone of resent
ment In his reply. He declined to sub
mit, the proposition to the other powers,
said that free communication with our
representative In I'eltln was demanded
ns a matter of absolute right and not
as a favor, and pointed out that since
Chinese government admits that It
the power to plve , .muni-
secretary oi slate is very uiTitieii in
tone and ought to convince the Ini-
perhtl authorities of Chlnn that the
'
fulled Stales will not tolerate any dip-
loiimtle chicanery or double, dealing.
If I.l Hung Chnng Is competent au
thority as to what the Chinese govern
ment can do In regard to the legation-
orH, there Is no doubt that It can enable
them to freely eotninunlente with their
KOvci iiiuciiin iiiiu ii-iuuv; iiu-iu iiuiu .111
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danger. If such Is the case It Is plain
i.,,y ,uv ),.nc kept as hostages, with n
view to obtaining concessions from the
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powers, i ins is not acting in gooo
faith, It Is not observing International
obligations, and parleying with n gov
eminent capable of such a course Is a
waste of time. The United States gov-
eminent proposes to deal justly with
china, but It at the same time demands
for Itself just treatment and this It will
Insist on.
WU.l, TUFA' MA KK IT AX 1SSUM
l'he Hryanltes have not yet Indicated
how they regard the efforts which the
administration Is making for the pro
tection and relief of the American lega
tion In Pekln, but there have been some
expressions from them which show that
not nil of them view It with favor.
Oeorge Fred Williams of Massachu
setts, one of the most ardent of the
ltryanlte leaders, made a speech In Buf
falo a few days ago, In which he said
that at the bottom of the present situa
tion of Chinese affairs Is the purpose
of the "so-called civilized powers to
take possession of the provinces of
China and divide them among them
selves." nntl he suggested that It Is
high time "the American laborer began
to pay attention to this purpose and
to Inquire Into his own Interests."
Herein Is seen the cheap demagogue.
Williams well knows that so far as the
United States, as ono of the "so-called
civilized powers," Is concerned, Its In
fluence has been exerted and undoubt
edly will continue to be exerted to pre
vent a division of China, but he care
fully avoided telling his audience that.
What our government Is seeking Is to
save the lives of Its ofllclals and citi
zens In China and If it shall accomplish
that It will be disposed to aid the Chi
nese government In effecting a nettle-
and permit of Improved commercial con
dltlons there. We certainly desire more
trade with China and If we can secure
It the American laborer will be bene
llted thereby. Mr. Williams should
have had the candor nnd honesty to
state the position of the United States
In regard to Chlnn, but those qualities
are not conspicuous in the "anti-nn
perlallsts."
AX UXSETTJiKD QUKSTIOX.
Mr. Hryan has said that "the contest
between monometallism and bimetal
Usui Is a world-wide contest a contest
which must go on until silver Is once
more a money metal equal with gold,
or until tho gold standard becomes uni
versal." In the Judgment of Mr.
Hryan, therefore, this question is not
settled and everything that he has ut
tored In regard to It most distinctly
shown that if elected president he
would do all In his power to bring
"bout what ho calls bimetallism. The
ivaiiHns city piattonn denounces in tin
I""11110'1 tortiiH the gold standard law
h""1 tllu Innguage shows that plank to
have been written by Mr. Hryan. The
Kansas City convention manifestly did
not regard the money question as set
tied
Yet there are renegade gold demo
erats who profess to believe that the
question Is practically settled and that
a Hryan administration would not serl
ously attempt to Interfere with that
settlement. In their desire to lluil an
excuse for supporting the Kansas City
ticket they seek to discredit tho titter
anc-es of the presidential candidate and
to make It appear that there Is no slg
nillcance In the llnanclal declaration of
the platform. They profess to thlnl
that a free silver secretary of the treas
ury would not take advantage of any
loopholes in the gold standard law
would not attempt to contravene It. but
would carry It out In letter and In
spirit. It requires an extraordinary
amount of credulity to believe this
The man who does so can hardly hav
a very good opinion of the sincerity o
consistency of Mr. Hryan. For four
years he has been preaching the fret
coinage of silver. He has declare
that the contest between monometallism
and bimetallism Is still on. He In
slsted upon a specllie 111 to 1 declara
tiou In the platform on which ho stand,
Is he now going to abandon the contest
and acknowledge the money question
S3ttled? We do not think so.
A Hryanlte administration, there can
bo no doubt, would do everything possi
ble In the Interest of silver. What
could It doV According to excellent
llnanclal authority It could pay In silver
the principal and Interest of the bonded
debt, with the exception of a small part
of that debt. One authority says that
the secretary of the treasury may, with
out vlolatlug the gold standard act,
offer to the public creditors In payment
of more than two-thirds of their claims
muiiey not convertible Into gold at pat
on demand. Should he do thin It
would, as to those claims, amount to a
suspension of gold payments and the
usual consequences of such a suspen
sion would follow Can there be a
reasonable doubt that a ltryanlte ad
ministration would do this? Mr.
Hryan would certainly select for his
secretary of the treasury a man fully
committed to the cause of free sliver
a man In complete accord with his own
views. No man could secure that posi
tion who was not prepared to do all
that possibly could be done for silver.
Whatever others may think, the llry
anlies do not regard the money ques
tion as settled 11111I should they be suc
cessful they would not be long, after
coming Into power, In showing that
they do not consider It settled. In do
ing this there would be produced a
llnanclal and business disturbance from
which all Interests would buffer Incal
culable Injury.
AXOT11K11 lllllTISll niAXTUM.
All lhese cries of distress on the part
of the ltrynnltes about the temporary
adjustment of the Alaskan-Canatllau
boundary will hardly be accepted ns
genuine, it was the same old demo
cratic party that shouted Itself hoarse
for "Fifty-four-forty or light" when the
Oregon boundary was In dispute and
then, after realizing on Its political cap
Ital, came down to forty-nine. One of
tho planks In tho platform on which
.lames K. I 'oik ran for president as the
democrat It candidate In IS 11 reads as
follows:
llesolvcd, That our tltlo to tho whole of
tho territory of Oregon Is clear ami tin
questionable; that no portion of the same
ouKht to t)o ceiled to l-.ncliiml or any oilier
power and that tho reoccupntlon of OrcRon
and tho reanncxatlon of Texas at the earli
est practicable period aro Rreat American
easnres which this convention recom
onds to tho cordial support of tho democ
racy of tho union.
When the democratic platform makers
referred to our unquestionable right to
the whole of Oregon they meant the en
tire strip that was then In dispute, but
no sooner had the democratic candidate
been Installed as president than the
treaty with Great Hrltaln of June 1.",
810, was consummated, receding from
the position formerly taken and agree
lng to the present boundaries.
The democrats should have sensitive
memories about the Canadian border
Hue.
is Tiwiit; aohD Exouam
During the last national campaign the
dvocates of free coinage, taking their
cue from the false teachings of Coin
Harvey, Insisted that there was not gold
enough In the world to meet the wants
of commerce on a gold standard. They
made the prediction that unless the
mints were at once opened to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver tin
American people would suffer from a
gold famine and tho purchasing powor
of gold be enormously increased.
.lust the reverse of these predictions
has happened since 1S00. So long as
the prospect of free silver coinage was
held out gold was hoarded and kept out
of circulation. Tho only great deposi
tory of gold In 1S0O was the national
treasury, which, notwithstanding tho
sale of over ?l!."0.0O0(000 of bonds, had
only a fraction over $100,000,000 of gold
In Its vaults.
According to olllclnl reports tho
amount of gold In the United States
treasury August 1, 1900, has reached
the colossal sum of $4".1,1"0,7(M. which
Is the highest amount of gold In the
treasury in the history of the govern
ment. This vast store of gold, however,
represents less than one-half of the gold
outside of the treasury available for
commerce. As a matter of fact, gold
has become a drug In tho money market
and bankers In every section of the
country are paying It out In preference
to currency.
Not only Is thoro nn overabundance of
gold for all the demands of trade, but
every dollar In circulation Is freely ox-
changeable for gold and has the same
purchasing power. Had the charge
made by the apostle and disciples of
free coinage been true that the money
power had entered Into a conspiracy
with the government to make gold
scarce and money dear, the conspirators
have utterly failed to accomplish their
purposes by maintaining the gold stand
ard.
Money Is not only cheaper to tho bor
rower, but also cheaper In the sense
that labor and tho products of labor ex
change for more money than they did
In ISOti, This Is not tho result of war
or of famine and drouth In India and
other parts of the world, but the result
of re-established confidence which has
reopened the mills nnd factories and In
creased the consumption of American
products, although It Is not to be denied
that tho excess of exports over imports
caused by the expansion of American
commerce in till parts of the world has
not only checked the outflow of gold,
but turned the curreut In our direction.
The local Hryaulto organ announces
with Ill-concealed glee that It will take
four months to tlx the Oregon and re
store It to llrst-class condition, and
feigns surprise that the United States
government should be willing to tie up
one of Its few battleships In a Chinese
port for repairs. What would our popn
cratlc friends have the government do?
Drag the battleship buck to the United
Stales In a disabled condition and keep
It out of service much longer than neces
sary? Partisan prejudice against the
administration should not bo carried to
the point of Jolllllcatlon over the de
struction of American battleships.
Tho new llnanco committee of the
fusion combination for the management
of the IMivcmber campaign Is headed by
one of the stenographers In the gov
ernor's olllcc. Fvery man connected
with the state pay roll Is Invited to step
up to the reception room of tho execu
tle i lllce and settle, without waiting to
bo touched,
An estimate Is going the newspaper
rounds crediting Nebraska with ilO.'-'OO
voters who are properly classed as Her-
inan-Ainerlcans. If correct this would
mean that citizens of Herman ox true
tlon constituted one-sixth of tho total
votius population, taking Nebraska's
vote this yenr to be 1M0.00O. Without In
quiring whether these llgures are too
high or too low, It Is this vote Into which
the Hryanltes are persuading themsuh es
that they will make Inroads. They for
get, however, that In Nebraska at least
they made a strong bid for the (icrman
vote In IMIt'i, backed up by several vig
orous If not Inlluentlal Herman news
papers. McKlnley ought to cot more
Herman-American votes In Nebraska In
11)00 than he did four years ago because
the free silver wlll-o-tho-wlsp that mis
led many of them has been thoroughly
exposed nnd exploded.
Hrynn's managers are becoming ex
tremely solicitous about the plans of ex-
Speaker Heed with reference to cam
paign speeches. They were not so
anxious when ho was still In public
life pouring hot shot Into the democrats
and making democratic leaders In the
house squirm under his pointed shafts.
It may be put down that Mr. Heed Is
Just as well qualllled now to put pin
holes In the democratic free trade bal
loon and to riddle the fallacies of It!
to 1 free colnnge as ho was before he
announced his retirement to private life.
Our friends, tho enemy, wnnt to re
vamp the "army scnndnls" which were
exploited for all they were worth In the
campaign of two years ngo, Tho people
showed what they thought about this
yellow fake then, when they returned a
substantial republican majority to the
house of representatives to uphold the
arm of the president and sustain his
policies. The "army scandals" fell Hat
In 1S03 nnd they will fall (latter in 10O0,
"The time has gone by when the peo
ple may be deceived by falsehood and
cheap claptrap," shrieks the local Hryan
lte organ. Wo think so, too. They were
deceived all they wanted to bo deceived
by the Coin Harvey-Hryan silver He
Hons In 1S!)0 and they will use several
grains of allowance in passing on any
thing that emanates from the same
quarters now.
The grounds selected for the nnnual
encampment of the Nebraska National
CSuards have been named after the late
Captain Leo Forby, who lost his life
after making a notable record In the
Philippines. This Is a compliment
which the comrades of that popular
National Guardsman will appreciate.
Hryan announces that he will touch on
the Income tax question In his letter of
acceptance. The Kausas City convention
Ignored the question, but as Hryan die
tated the remainder of the plntform he
Is probably right In believing the party
manngers will not mind It If he ndds a
few planks as a postscript.
The farming community evidently
does not intend to take stock In the
calamity campaign. Farmers arc buy
lng feeding cattle at the prevailing high
prices which depend upon tho contin
uance of the prosperity party In power
to retain and Increase their value.
Only Cnndlilntc for Vice President.
Chicago Times-iieraiu.
One reason why tho 'democrats don't like
nooscvclt Is that ho seems to bo tho only
rnan who la really running for tho vlco
presidency.
Jones' Iilen or Anti-lnierlHlUiu.
Jlllwnukeo Sentinel.
The James K. Jones Idea of antl-lmper-
iallsm Is to havo tho American soldiers
in tho Philippines sail for home on the
Cth of next March.
Wnr AKitliiit IMutoerncy.
Philadelphia North American.
On with the war ngalnst tho plutocracy,
Mr. Drynn. Mr. Clark of Montana, horny
handed Bon of toll, has contributed $100,000
to buy ammunition.
'lliiltN' Not Explicit KnoiiKh.
Now York Mail and Bxpress.
"Hobs" reports that he has another clrclo
of British soldiers around De Wet. He
doesn't say when Da Wet will be outsldo
of It again, however.
Aillnl 'Will lie I'nrnmiiiiiit.
Washington Post.
In case Mr. Towno remains on the ticket
his position will be quite similar to that
of the 16 to 1 plank In the Kansas City
platform Adlal will havo the advantage of
the paramountlng.
I'rouf of Aincrlcnn Thrift.
St. I.ouls Globe-Democrat.
There aro now In tho United States 5,43!
local building associations, with 1.512.8S6
members and assets amounting to $581,856,
170. Theso figures and those of the savings
banks aro a convincing proof of American
thrift. And tho dollars mentioned aro 100
cent dollars.
Ilpiiiniii! for Anicrlcnn Href.
Springfield (Mass,) Republican.
Canned roast nnd corned beet still seems
to bo tho staple army food all the world
round. Tho Spanish war, followed by tho
Phlllpplno war, and then tho Iloer war and
then the China war, has resulted in de
pleting tho stocks of the Chlcngo packers,
which amounted to 20,000,000 pounds nt
'.ho outbreak of the Spanish war nnd
started prices rising still higher. They
wcro Jumped from $1.25 to $1.50 per dozen
ono-pound cans by tho Chicago packers
Inst week tho largest advance ever maue
ut ono time.
lut a Premium on Mnsnaere.
Philadelphia Press.
Civilized nations will be aghast at tho
orders given by Kaiser Wtlhclm to his
troops to tako no prisoners and givo uo
quarter. Such orders put a premium on
massacres and bespeak a vongcancc anon
to all civilized principles. Tho Japanese
did no worso at Port Arthur, anil Her
man nowspapers were then loud In their
condemnation of their barbarity. Tho
Chlncfao themselves glvo no quarter unit
torturo the wounded. So did our Amer
ican Indians, Few prisoners or nono nro
taken under theso conditions, but this Is no
reason for ordering men to glvo no quarter,
Instructions which prepare u soldiery for
hideous slaughter. Even the Germnu press
Is shocked by this utterunce. and tho civ
lllul world will utterly condemn it.
Scheme In Perfectly I-'cualltlc.
Patdlllou 'limes.
Tho Douglas county commissioners nro
now In the oast, Inspecting suburban clrc
trie railway systems. Thoy are considering
tho project nf building nnd operating, undor
county control a suburban system which
will rench out from Omaha and tap all tho
nearby towns. Tho scheme Is feasible and
all Omaha ought to help It along. Wo all
agree that It Is a good thing for the pcoplo
to own gas and electrlo light plants; why
not a good thing to own street and suburban
railways? Omaha and South Omaha havo
a population of 160.000 today. Fifty miles
of suburban electrlo lines would udd as
many thousands to tho population within
ttve years. Wo bellevp Sarpy county Is
ready to Join hands with Douglas In any
proper plan for public ownership of a sys
tem of oloctrlo llnc which would give our
people easier access to tbs city.
urtiiiBH or ofii ov, avail
The thing whlcb has Impressed most
people from the states, on first acqunlntnnco
with Porto Hlco, Is the lack of transporta
tion facilities, writes Albert W. Duel In the
Knglneerlng Magnzlne. This Is apparent to
tho new arrival Just off the steamer as soon
ns hp makes Inquiries us to the way to reach
this, that or the other town, nnd learns
that a cochc Is a luxurious express equipage
and n carrctera, or tnncnilnmlzeri road. Is
the "best road" or route of tho "fast mall"
In I'orto Itlco. The fare, with such accom
modations, for a distance of 1.10 kilometres
(eighty miles), Is SO pesos ($18, gold). That
In less than 20 cents per mile. If tho tourist
leslrcs to see uny besides tho principal
towns on tho Island, he will have to be con
tent to ride over a enmino, or unimproved
country road. For a coche to go thirty-two
kilometres (nineteen miles), half by
cnrrelera nnd half by camlno, tho charge
will bo about It pesos. If ho wants to
como back It will bo more. That Is only
about n contavos, or 45 cents per mile.
Should he desire to penetrato further Into
the country, he must ride a I'orto Klcau
pony. The roails will bo nothing more than
mountain trails nnd would bo both dllUcult
nnd dangerous to travel on foot. Hut the
ponies aro used to them and arc perfectly
safe.
When, on the first of July, 1.100 teachers
from Cuba landed Ht Ilostoa harbor, writes
Mary C. Francis, now In Itnvanu, to the
August Success, there was marked an era
In education which is of Interest, not only
to Cuba, but to all the rest of tho world.
Nothing could more definitely mark a
century's progress than tho advent of these
Instructors of youth on our shores, for It
was In 1799 that Spain Issued its oppressive
edict which forbade Cuban parents to con
tinue sending their sons nnd daughters to
the United States to bo educated, nnd placed
all those who had been so educated tinder
permnnont government esplonnge. Tho
touchers aro to remain at Harvard during
the summer term of six weeks, during which
tlmo they will havo tho advantage of
specially nrranged courses In English, tho
theory and practice of teaching, gcogrnphy,
history with especial reference to tho history
of Cuba and the United States, and lectures
on ethics, travel, etc.. and In connection
with these will bo many evening receptions
nnd social features. All Instruction will
bo given In both English and Spanish.
There will also bo excursions to nearby
places of historic Interest, nnd In the latter
part of August they are to visit Now York
City for n short tlmo and for their entertain
ment a committee of prominent citizens,
consisting of Scth Low, Miss Grace Dodge,
Hobert Ilacon, Mrs. Charles Hussell Lowell,
Jnmcs I. Hlgglnson, Edmund Wctmore and
others, havo rnlscd a fund of $10,000.
Mrs. Almira S. Townscnd died at her
homo In San Francisco July 25 of heart
failure, aged 60 years. Not until after
Dowoy had won tho battle of Manila bay
was Mrs. Townsend known oven by name
to other than a small clrclo of Intimate
friends In hor homo city. Tho nrrlval at
Camp Morrltt of tho first regiment of
volunteers brought her out of her seclu
sion. Sho sent to the boys, who nftorwards
bocame "her boys," wagon loads of fruit
and other creature comforts to make their
rude life moro bearable. Even nt that
time her name was unknown outsldo of tho
camp and not until sho gave tho Hcd Cross
women her check for a large amount did
people begin to wonder nt her Identity.
All through tho days of tho camp her acts
of Bollcltudo for tho soldiers wcro mani
fold, and not a volunteer but looked upon
hor as a fairy godmother. It was, however,
only when tho city was preparing to wel
como back the ' Irst California from tho
Philippines that Mrs. Townscnd electrified
the city and made possible a great recep
tion by her generous bids for boxes nt tho
Orphcum salo for tho volunteers' benefit.
At the reception to California's sons
Mrs. Townseud was nn honored guest.
After that sho modestly retired to hor
homo and up to tho tlmo of her death
was only heard from through hor charities.
A dramatic encounter with the Filipinos
Is reported at Ilatoc. A priest, Agllpay,
who has proclaimed himself archbishop of
tho Philippines, wns In command of a na
tive body of troops which approached the
Americans In three lines behind an ad
vanco guard of women. Tho Americans
believed that this ndvanco guard wns men
disguised in women's clothes nnd fired upon
them. Few were Injured, ns with tho first
flro tho women throw themselves Hat on
tho ground. Thus tho threat Krugor mado
of causing tho British to conquer at a cost
that "would stagger humanity" shooting
women despatched to foco tho enemy
turns out to bo an actual exporlenco of
American conquest In tho Philippines.
Manila foil in August, writes General
Charles King, in the Saturday Evening
Post. The flag went up on tho Ayunta
mlento and prices on tho Escolta. And
nlong In tho autumn, to the consternation
of tho commanding genornl, certain de
voted army wives nindo tholr way to tho
Orient, and no sooner was It known that
tho venturesomo half dozen wero actually
thero than half a hundred others wcro in
spired with llko ambition. Pence for a
season undo tho world farewell as far as
tho commanding general nnd tho quarter
master's department wero concerned, ror
tho number of women with missions to
Manila outnumbered tho stnterooms on the
mnsnorts. and. to nut an end to Impor
tunity, out enrno tho order that none would
bo tnken. This barred women who couldn't
afford tho Journey at tholr own oxpense.
"WHAT HAS I1UI3.V IIO.VK IX CUIIA.
ItemnrKalile Ailvniiccmein " "-
lcr (SiililliiK Him" '
St. I.ouls Olobe-Domocrat.
In the democratic national platform there
Is a plnnk uccuslng tho republican party of
intnntinniil delay In giving Cuba nn Inde
pendent government. Thero is also a cbargo
that the administration is sending ii'
baggers to plunder tho island. Ono caso
of dishonesty has boon found in Cuban
nffatrs as conducted by American ofllclals
and Neely and Itathbono will havo to answer
for it. They wero promptly cnugm anu ex
posed nnd will bo dealt with according to
their offense. Events havo moved fast in
Cuba since its liberation. Two years ago
"00.000 SnanUh troops wero In the Island
Our occupation covers nineteen months. In
thnt tlmo tho Cuban army has receded a
lurce clft of American money and been dis
solved. The hungry havo been fed nnd tho
naked clothed by American humanity. Cuba
Is protected by treaty from past debt. Tho
record was wiped out by tho United States.
It Is a deed that, In Its entirety, stands
alone In tho world's annals.
Slnco tho relinquishment of Spanish sov
ereignty Cuba has becu under the mlldoat
of friendly military governments, with
such native local civil rule as could bo
quickly organized. Our troops nro main
tained at our own coht. Customs revenues
havo paid tho running expenses of Cuba,
with a largo margin over, which Ib reserved
for tho Cuban treasury. Over $3,000,000
has been dovoted to permanent sanitation
A school system covering the wholo Island
has been established. Municipal elections
havo been held nnd in Soptcmbor delegates
will bo elected to a constitutional conven
tion. No franchises have been disposed of
Cuba has no outstanding obligations. In
November tho representatives elected by
tho Cubans themselves will meet to frame a
constitution. Yet the democratic platform
says wo are acting In bad faith and rob
blng tho Island. It Is a slander so vilo and
contemptible that It Is baher even tliau tut
average of democratic falsehood,
si.vcnruTY and sagacity.
Shovrti 1r Gotd neinocrntu In Ihc Itc
ccnt Conference nt Indlnnn)iilln,
Now York Sun.
The sincerity and sagacity of the move
men't of gold democrats started M Indian
apolis in ISflfi nrc now made manifest In the
resolutions adopted at the same town last
week by the national committee repre
senting It.
That democratic movement was organ
ized four years ago for the single purpose
of assisting In warding off tho peril of sll
verlsm front the country and rpsctilng the
democratic party from Hryanlsm. At
thnt tlmo n distinct ticket representing Its
purpojp and principle wns deemed advis
able. The ticket of General Palmer nnd
General lluckncr was put up to help to
defeat Hryun nnd the Chicago platform.
It was feared that without It gold demo
crats would bo tempted by Ingrained hos
tility to republicanism to vote for a silver
candidate nominally democratic.
The election of 1S06 proved, however,
that that fear was not Justified. The Pnttncr
and Iluckner ticket received only 133,000
votes In tho whole union, though among
the moro than 7,000.000 voters for President
McKlnley wero probably ten times ns many
domocrnts. The election of 1SV6, therefore,
demonstrated that a separate democratic
ticket to represent that revolt Is now un
necessary when tho same Issuo has been
mado at Kansas City. Since that conven
tion, too, tho discerning directors of the
Indianapolis movement havo discovered from
examination of the political situation In the
western states, more especially, that such a
ticket would tend rather to Imperil tho ac
complishment of tho on object they have
In view, namely, tho defeat of Dryanlsra.
Accordingly tho resolutions adopted nt In
dianapolis go no further than to recom
mend to tho slnto committees of tho na
tional democratic party to preserve their
organization and leave to their followers
tho adoption of the most effective practical
means of accomplishing that end, with tho
warning "not to be deceived by tho plea
that tho money question hns been settled,"
a plea which Is flatly contradicted by "tho
specific reiteration of the free colnago of
sllvor at tho ratio of 16 to 1" by tho Kan
sas City convention.
This decision Is no less sagacious In a
partisan sense than It Is sound In morals.
Nothing was made more manifest nt Kan
sas City than that the defeat of Hryan a
sooond time is necessary to assure tho
resuscitation of tho democratic party; that,
with him thus out of tho way, the political
sanity of tho party will have Its only chance
to rcsumo control of the organization.
That tho Indianapolis committee repre
sents In the-ie views tho conviction nnd
polltlcnl nngaclty of tho great body of
gold democrats in every stato Is very
apparent. They could not be seduced
into an "antl-lmperlallstle" fusion, which
would endanger tho gold standard by
dividing tho opposition to nryaulsm, or to
tho enemy that first of all must be beaten
beforo thero can bo any resumption of nor
mal political division In this republic.
TIIR HHPUIIMCAX I, AllOll 1'IiAMC.
Plntform Commit the I'nriy to Six
Definite I.uhor I'rnpoxlt Innn.
Gunton's MagnLlne.
Hero Is the expression of the Philadelphia
platform on tho subject of labor:
"In tho further Interest of American
workmen wo favor a more effective restric
tion of tho Immigration of cheap labor from
foreign lands, the extension of opportunities
of education for working children, the rals
lug of the ngo limit for child labor, the pro
tection of freo labor ns against contract
convict labor, and nn effective system of
labor Insurance."
Tho labor plank which was approved by
President McKlnley nnd really represents
tho party wns in the drnft of the platform
presented by Hon. Charles Emory Smith,
and this draft In addition to tho above con
tained threo other Important labor proposl
Hons; one deelnrlng in favor of a general
nnd gradual reduction of tho hours of labor
to wm da uniformity throughout the country,
another declaring In favor of tho principle
of organization for labor on the same terms
ns capital and guaranteeing it tho same
rights and privileges before tho law, and a
third declaring In favor of the suppression
of sweatshops in our largo cities. These
wero eliminated, presumably by tho wisdom
of Mr. Qulgg, to the astonishment of tho ad
ministration. In reality the Philadelphia
platform commits the republican party to
six definite labor propositions, which con
Rtitutcs a remarkably advanced trade union
platform, the equal of which has never found
Its way Into any polltlcnl platform hitherto
promulgated.
l'lIIISOXAl, A.M OTHKIIWISE.
Great preparations are being made for
tho colebratlon of tho sllvor Jubilee of tho
Turkish sultan, which la to occur on Au
gust 31.
Ex-Scnntor William A. Clark of Montana
hns preserved tho first dollar bill which ho
made when starting life as a poor quartz
minor In Colorado in 1859.
Mrs. McKlnley's favorite drive in Wash
Ingtoti Is that shady lane near tho Soldiers'
Home, a drive usually designated by Vasn
Ingtonlans nB "that where tho bridge Is."
Hon. Clifford Slfton, minister of the In
terlor for tho Dominion of Canada, is spend
ing tho summer in Scotland, mnklng a
study of soveral Scotch industries which
It Is proposed to cultivate in Canada.
Now that young Teddy Roosevelt, Jr,
hns helped to keep his fatbcr'B name in print
by catching a flvo-foot snake at Oyster
Hay, William Jennings urynn, Jr., will havo
to help his father out by doing something
remarkable. Tho ordlnnry fishing feat will
not do. It must bo something at least equal
to the deed at Oyster Hay.
Lord Delamoro has presented to the Ilrlt
lsh museum a valuablo zoological collection
consisting of a largo number of small mam
mals and over 1,000 speclmena of birds, sev
eral of which nro said to be new to science
and many of which belong to species pro
vlously unrepresented In tho national col
lection. The collection was made by him
during his recent Journey in Hritlsh East
Africa.
Tho English cynic's remark that "th first
sign of clvllizutlon in ft savago country la
often to bo seen over a whisky shop door
Is recalled by tho announcement that a Now
York architect ts preparing plans for a
$."00,000 brewery which Is to bo built by
nrltlsh capital Btmiowhero In tho Transvaal
American beer 1b to be manufactured and
tho capacity of the brewery Is to bo 200,000
barrels per year.
A hotel man in Portland, Me., mado a bet
of a hat with a friend and lost. Tim loser
telephoned to tho winner: "Get Just ns
good a hat as you want; In fact, buy any
kind of a hat that suits ou and have them
sond tho bill to me." In a day or two a
bill of $33 from a well known Congress
street milliner for n wnmnn's hat wns re
eelvcd by tho loser. The winner calmly
Informed him that he was pretty well fixed
for hats hlnwlf and to ho thought he'd
turn tho thing ovor to his wife. It was
hat and the hotel man pulil.
A statistician who takes delight In figuring
up things thnt urn Interesting, ovon if no
of practical advantage, estimates tnnt a ma
50 years old has worked 6,600 days, ha
slept G.000, has amused himself 4,000, hn
walked l'.'.OOO miles, has been 111 50e days
has partaken of 30,000 meals, eaten 15,000
pounds of meat and 1,000 of flab, eggs and
vegetables, and drunk 7.000 gallons of flub:
It Is probable that he has slipped up I
at least one fact. It Is wll known that
thero are men who never did a day's work
In all their lives, Hut, as ho strikes a
average, his deductions are not worth th
trouble of disputing
AX AMI'MIXG POLITICAL KPIMIDIS.
Ilrmnniitrstlnn of Antl-!npeMnlli
Itccittla CtUHpiUK" "f IN7S.
New York Sun.
Tho demonstration now making by tlio
terrlblo tnenty-seven antl-lmperlniisis
t tho Plszii hotel recalls an nplsude of
the ptesldentlnl campaign nf 1872, which is
remembered by very few people now, for
It had already been forgotten by nearly
everybody before that campaign ended.
Horace Oreelpy had been nominated for
resident by the liberal republicans, or op
ponents of the re-election of General Grant,
t a convention held nt Cincinnati on May
1. IS72. presided over by Carl Schurz. nl-
rendy heromlng famoim for his specialty
as a "lightning ehango" political performer.
With n view to commending tho protection
1st Greeley to the democrats for the plan.
fterward successfully carried out, waa
that they should ratify his nomination
tho tariff Issue was slurred over la ,tli"
platform by "remitting tho discussion oi
tho subject to the people In their congress
districts, and to tho decision of congress."
On the 6th of June, 1S72, Carl Schurz led
In signing nn Invltntlon, sent out by fivo
men to a favored few, to attend a confer-
nce nt tho Fifth Avenuo hotel on Juno -0.
At this conference, besides Carl Schurz.
there were, among others, Edward Atkln-
on. who did most of tho talking, h. I.
Oodkln and Theodore Ilncon. which Is tho
name of tho Goo Goo candldnto for gnv-
rnor of New York In lS'.'S who received
.103 votes out of the total poll of 1,34!'.-
74. Most of these characters will be recog-
Izcd ns horoes of tho Plaza hotel "antl-
lmperlallstle" twenty-seven.
Tho Fifth Avenuo hotel conference, now-
over, wns not harmonious, vigorous un
fense of the Greeley nomination was mads.
But its upshot was tho nomination of nn
noosltlon ticket, with William S. Oroes-
beck of Ohio for president and Frederick
Law Olmsted of Now York for vice prcsi-
ent.
The newspapers of that weok of June,
1872, contained amusing accounts of tha
If th Avenuo hotel conference as a polltl
cnl curiosity; but thereafter tho whole af
fair dropped completely out of public no
tlco nnd the terrlblo ticket of GrocBbock
and Olmsted was not heard of In tho cam
paign.
On tho 9th of tho next ipontn mo ucmo-
ratlc convention nt Ilaltlmoro nominated
Horace Greeley for president by CSS votes
out of a total of 732 nnd adopted tho lib-
ral retiubllcnn platform along witn no
libernl republican candldnto. On Septem
ber 3 another convention of democrats, nt
nuLviiin. nut tin Charles O'Conor ot wow
York for president, on the ground that the
.. ... 1 1 l.nnn 'l.nl M Vllt M At
democratic pnriy anu u
Paltlmoro, nnd memory of that ticket so
far survived In tho campatgn thnt O'Conor
received 29,408 votes out of tho 6.4C6.18..
polled nt tho election. Tho defeat ot
Greeley was overwhelming.
Two lessons arc tnught py mis imw u.-
ratlve. Tho first is mai wncu iu
can people aro engaged in a great national
campaign for president It Is useless for
any cranky or sorehead political cotcrla
to try to divert tnem irom a -
before them, whether the fantastic std.i
demonstration is made in a couiwem.
tho Fifth Avenue hotel or at a meeting at
tho Tloza hotel and whether It is made i by
free traders or "antl-lmporlallsts." Tho
second Is that tho democratic party does
not thrive on fusion wim oncraiea ...
historic doctrines and principles. Twenty
four years after 1872 that lesson was again
enforced by tho result of tho l"ocratlo
utslon with the populists In 1896, and It
will be enforced still again as a conse
quence of tho repetition of that fusion la
1900. .
IX A MGHTKll VH1X.
' S.. Wmw
Harper's Bazar: Mrs. Ienunm-v,u,
d0l;,NlnWe?l.lenw?,a,tVa,.hP use of hi.
learning; he'll probably marry some day?
., iiu lnurnni: "Has your husband
in ummpr If h could turn It out of a
hydrant."
a fr VI Hernld: Aunt Mandy
What on "arth hev yew done?
Unclfe Josh-I told ;' I'd hey wvenw on
fhm chlnv folks, an' I swow I. hey. Io
killed every dlngod Shanghai in in rooi.
Daltlmore American: "Ah!" enthused Mr
Frothelgh. "Ah! And so you are m, B .
mur, is sotneUilng that touches the heart
"It is," growled Mr. Sourdrop. "The hotel
bill always goes much higher than tha
mountains."
. . ... -it. ........ . rrues t.nnMpnf-nr In tha
SleCep.,.rcr; awcVned' by' the "topping of
the train, pushed nsldo tho blind and looked
OUt. p. nniinor.
" 'Willi -V Sicilian. jrvuuiin. .V f i
.ui.n.,l je. Knoilff.' 'Leopold
Scli vnrtzenhelnTcr.' " he said, reading tho
business signs that met his eye. ""Well. I
see we've got to Milwaukee.'
ii,M,winlnhln Press: "Look here, sir!" ex
claimed the maiden lady, "I want you to
tako back that parrot you sold me. I nnd
Woll. inn, inn." refilled the dealer. Its
n very young bird; it'll learn to swear moro
-m.i Tni Kn." Raid the man at tha
door. "1 have no vlows on politics."
"well, returneu ino punm;ui iiii"-i
"In thnt caso I'd ilka to Interview your
wife."
Tjonnr.i. "W'bpn a man eats
green 'cucumbers be ban to take the conse
quences." urugs,
in,. Amorlr-nn: "What I don't un
derstand." commented Mr Medd.:rBras.
"Is whether these 16-to-l fellers expect to
curry Utah by llnunclul or matrimonial nr-
BlAnd"uio crowd nt the corner grocery
laughed so heartily that Mr. ModdcrgraKa
sprung nlinHcir nn iwo nnnit.-i ..i .... -
HllCK OI pc-lllimn mi ii-tn.
Chicago Tribune; 'in words beclnnln
with the prellx 'p.' " tho teacher In rhntorlo
asked, "what does It usually mean? '
"From or out of," replied tho promising
pupil.
"Correct. Give nn Inslnnce.
"Well, our emotions generally grow out
of somebody pIso'h motions.'
HOWr.HSVIM.IV.H DIPI.OMATH.
JoMi Wink In nnltlmoro American.
The country's goln" to tho dogs wo've got
It llggored out
Sho's hummln' on the downgrade now
tburo Isn't nny doubt.
Tho Phlllyplnrs nn' C'uby, too, is drnggln
her to death.
An', kcp! The outlook ' fierce enough to
fairly take your breath.
We pnn't see how they ro goln' to avoid a
nasty spill ,
ITh fpllers In Dip groe'ry stora down hem
In Howeravllle.
Thpy'ro wnrkln' wrong In Washln'ton, wa
sen It plain ax day.
Thoy haven't done a single thing, nor
passed n bill our way.
If thpy'd a listened to our words wo
wouldn't brag -but, well,
Tho country wouldn't had to stand this
turrlbln dry spell.
An' long ago wo settled on a. good finan
cial bul
l's statesmen In tlm groe'ry Btora down
here In HowcrevHlo.
Tho Chinese question honestly, lt'a Jest a,
mortal sin.
Two wei-kH ago wad planned a, way to
dnsh Into Pekln,
An' capture every Chlnymnn, an' bust
their little game,
An' grab that town of Hlinng flha well, I
can't pronounco tho mime,
ltd t. anyway. wp'iI glvo 'em all a mighty
bitter pin
t's soldiers at the groe'ry store down hora
111 Howersvllle
Then these olectlon questions wo Jinvo
iirgled pro an' con,
Till not a i-nndydatii has got a leg to stand
upon-
We've llggpred nut the troubles that each
on ban got to meet,
An' every slnglo candidate Is cortnln to ha
beat
Thero Isn t any nrgyment that wo can't
glvo a chill
tn fellers In the groe'ry utorc down hor la
Uowerflvlllu.
n ml it erantl there? Ifl it not inspiring
.. mnnnraina iur wic nuiui.i .