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IIoHpltallty Ih not entirely eontlned to
the Houthern Hlaten. Klin; Ak-Sar-IIrn
Ih MiinethliiK of a IiohI hltriHcir.
The mimical festival has had a most
niiHpleloiiH openlni;. It Ih to he hop-d
It. will prove a HiiccesH from every point
of view.
The republican mlmarleH to elw.oHe
deleateti to nominate lelHlallve and
cnuuly tlckelH are net for next Friday.
Mark It down on your calendar.
Mx-Senator illl'H compliments to Mosh
croKcr are pointed and direct. There,
In evidently 11 call for the harmony
doctor In the New York democratic
household.
Ilryan Is going to West Virginia to
stump the state. He went through Ore-
gun last spring Just before election ami
the state only went a little over 10,000
republican.
Can It he possible that the Increase In
police court revenues during last month
wan duo to tho evil effects of forinaldi
hyde.? " 'TIh an 111 wind that blowa no-
lody Rood."
Attorney (!eiieral Smyth HiiyH he Ih
satlHlled with his visit to New York,
though he Iiiih not exhibited any frag
ment of trusts that wen; smashed as
the result of tho trip.
ircsH iiispatcncH announce, that the
campaign In Kentucky Ih open, but h
no one has been shot up to date out-
slders will not consider the affair iih
....jinn. n.oie man me preu nines.
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Kx-Sonator Hill tells In unmistakable
words what he thinks of Mosh Croker.
The bosse's opinion of Hill will bo ap-
parent the first time the ex-senator
wants something from the New York
democracy.
Democrats never fully realized wliat
Theodore Iloosevelt meant about leading
n strenuous life until he took the stump
In the present campaign. Before It Is
over they will know more about It Hum
they do now.
Omaha now einployH nearly lot) teach-
orH In ItH public schools, to say nothing
of the Janitors ami other people needed
to complete the staff of the school sys
tem. Few Institutions In this section
can match this showing.
Hryan lias Had so many platforms
break uiifler him (hat ho Is becoming
an expert at getting away from danger,
'I lie 0110 which gave way Monday Is
not tho only Chicago platform which
fallows signs of weakness.
Tho cotton crop this year Is '-'.OUO.niMI
bales larger than last and Chairman
Jones of the democratic national com-
mltteo smiles as ho counts over Ills
round bum trust, stock and then gives
nnother twist to the antl-trust political
campaign.
Tho state house machine Is not play
lug as strong a part In the present cam
paign as formerly. 1 lie uiaciiine was a
Ilttlo out of tinier to start with and (!ov-
ernor royuier is so nusy letuiing to Su-
penntemieni i.ang that ho has not hud
HUH) to It X It.
Tho report of the superintendent of
schools for (he past year hIiowh a school
enrollment of nearly 20.IKHI children,
which Is greater by several thousand
man 1110 enrollment lor inhi. The
imazle Is, How can the schools havo In -
creased steadily In size while the census
population of tho city lias lalleiiV
Attorney (lenotal Smyth, Nebraska's
Kieat trust Hiuasher, gives It out that he
Iuih learned several things about trusts
tlurlng IiIh expedition after the octopl
In Wall street. This Is certainly sur-
prising. Kvorybody In this neck-o-woods
thought tho great trust smasher knew
all about tho trusts long ago and that
lie could tell whom to strike a vulnerable
point In their armor blindfolded. Can II
be possible that hn has still more to
Icurn about the tniotay
.w fw ny iiaii tasii
J lie i cl'liintinli of Labor tiny In ( h.
i-hv.ii v He iHstlm-liy IIIlJcrxtOOl tf lie
free from polltlr, ns In fact It Is every,
where. It vn announced tmu the
speaker were expected to talk on mat
inr pormllarly relating to Hit' lnt rents
nnil welfare of labor, without regard
polities. Thin was entirely proper and
shotihl nave been strictly nilhoml to by
the proliillient public men who were In
vltcil to address the grout iiriny of work
Inj,mon who were assembled on tlmt
occasion.
Jlnt there wan one of the speakers
who tlhl not respect this requirement
nml It In perhaps unnecessary to Hay that
the derelict wax .Mr. W. .1. Ilryan. Who
ever has read the addresses on that no
easlon must he struck hy the fuel that
while Colonel Roosevelt eonllhed himself
absolutely to the consideration of mat
ters Intimately related with the Interests
of labor and having no concern with
jiolltles, .Mr. II
,,, , ,i,
mini to " '
Hryan Improved tho oppor-
t the nttentlon of IiIh hear
ers to certain deelaratloiiH of the ('hi
oaxo ti 'id Kansas City platforniH.
la other worde, (Jovernor Iloonevelt
tallied In a Hciislhle, JiidleloiiH and
tl".nKl,tful way to the workl..KM..en, ap-
peallnj; to their eoliiinoii kciim.' and
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their enlightened appreciation of Heir-
iiitcrcHt, while Mr. Ilryan made an In-
hIiHoiim apiiual to their piihhIoiim mid pn
Jdle'M. II vwih a striking eoiitiant,
which oiikIiI to receive the thoughtful
ooiiMlderatloii of every Intelligent eltlen.
KMll.lSH UI'IXIUS Of lllliWMSM.
It Ih 11 noteworthy fact that lSryaulHin
IIiiiIh 110 antiiKouHm In IiikImihI. There
Ih 110 very reat Interest lieln 1111111I-
feKted there In the Aineilean cajnpalKii.
hut what there Ih felt Ih not at all 1111
laKonlHtli: to the democratic ticket.
Senator Depew, on IiIh reeent return
from IJurope, Htated that It would ulvc
Krcat Knitllli iUlon to certain large. Ilnaii
clal and maiiiifacturliiK IntercHtH In I'.u
rope, and even In (irent llrltaln, If the 10
IiiihllcaiiH were defeated thin fall and If
11 cotinreHH were elected which would re
peal the Dlnnley law and restore the
WIIkoii law, wince upon tho other Hide
of the ocean there Iiiih Htiddenly com'1
realization of the. advaneemeiit the
United StateH Iiiih made, not only 11 m n
political hut iih a lliiunclal and com
mercial power.
There Is nothing Incredible In t li Ik.
On the. contrary It Ih eany to under-
Hlaml that Kiiropcan nianufaeturprH and
P'Ttlculnrly those of KiiKland Hhoiild de-
Hlr" 11 rcHiornuoii or inu uemocrauc
tarllT of wlilcti proved a ureat
boon to them. lias anybody rorgotten
,,,-,u'"1 tIvI by forelKii manu-
facturers from that tariff lor years
the cotton and woolen mills of Kngland
had been almost stagnant In the Hrad-
ford district most of the factories were
closed when the Wilson tariff law went
Into effect, but Immediately afterward
they were opeiied.ktlie Idle lalmr of the
district was given employment ami there
was an unprecedented boom to the Kng
llsli cotton Industry. This wiih due
..lili.ilv In A inm-li-mi nrdoi-M nnil pvitv
oni(.r that went from this country t'o
Kughind took so much away from Amcr
Icau Industries and American labor,
Under the operations of the last demo
cratic tariff law American mills and
factories wens closed, while those of
England, (iorinany imd Trance were
given Increased activity.
.Mr. Hryan, as 11 member of the wayn
and means committee of tho house, of
representatives, assisted In framing that
tariff law. He iii-i?urd In favor of It
im(i insisted that It would Imorove the
L.0II(1,()II mt, of American Industries
,mii American labor. He uiL'ed that tin
Low r .1 mnicciiv.. tariff t in
,.,.,... Iirl(..,H. rcL-ardlesH of tho fact that
at the same time It Increased wages.
In a speech delivered In the house of
representatives In 181)1, Mr. Hryan do
nounced protection nH wrong In policy
and destructive of tho Interests of the
country. In ail Ids speeches In tin
house of representatives during the two
years that he was a member of that
hm(y, Mr. jim, w ocslHtent and
prominent advocate of free trade. Who
ever will read his speeches In that
period will see that he had 110 Interest
whatever In the Industries and labor of
the American people. Deriving all his
Ideas from the traditional free (null
principles of the democratic party he
fought zealously and ludefatlgably for
11 policy the results of which were dls
astrous to American Industries and
American labor. Hven today, with all
Ids efforts to make so-called Imperialism
tho paramount Issue In the campaign
ho cannot wholly avoid disclosing tin
fact that he Is still an antagonist to tho
great principle of American protection
It Is most natural that having In view
what the democratic party has 1I0110
for tile Interest of Kuroponn mauiifai
Hirers In the past and particularly tin
nianufactureiH of Kuglanil, that every
Industrial Interest abroad should lool
with favor upon tho possibility of the
success of the deiuocratle party next
November. Let It be understood that
foreign nations are not In the least con
corneil regarding our llmiiiehil policy
The adoption of free silver by the Culled
Stales would make no difference with
Kuglaml or any other Muropeau power
On tho contrary It might be an silvan
tugo to them. Hut when I he tpiesllon
of our llscal policy Is concerned, when
thu Hiv-stlou of tho American tariff Is
ni-iseiiteil. then Ihero Ih a matter Hint
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touches thorn profoundly.
The deiuocratle party has never bei
and Is not today the friend of American
nuliistrlcs. Its whole career has been
a warfare against our Industrial pro
Moss and necessarily against the In
1 torcsts uml welfare of American labor
That imrtv. under the lendershln of W
,. Hryan, Is not different today from
what It Iiiih been In tho ikihJ In respect
to the policy which Iiiih made tills 1111
tlou the foremost among the Industrial
laud commercial powers, of tho world
it Is now as It. ever has been the etieiuv
of American Industries, American labor
and American material progress. It
does not work for advancement, but for
retrogression, its policy Is not for
growth, but for decline, it appeals to
1 those who would go backward, rutin
than to thojo who would go forward
its policy lu reuetiouary uml revolution
, hi.v n in j therefore, ilot In acconl with
! the Hplrlt of the time. It tallH Upon th
Vmertenn pe)ple to denounre and re
piulhite what h Kreatit and lnt in
their nelilevement. (.'an there lie any
oiiht that Hiieh a party appeals In vain
to the Intelllente and pNtrlotlxiu of the
Vmerliau people?
IKV.t.V .IS ( AHP.tHIS MASAimil.
It Is becoming more and. more appar-
nt as the campaign progresses that Mr.
Hryan Is trying to act In the dual ca
pacity of presidential candidate and
nmpalgu manager.
While supported ostensibly by three
dllTerent national committees serving
for the three different parties from
whom he has accepted nominations,
there Is no single head except Mr.
'.ryaii. Standing on three plat forms
and currying three Hags. Mr. Hryan
ilone Is the link that binds. The Until
decision devolves upon him In any mat
ter affecting the whole compalgn.
Chairman .lones of the democratic
national committee, It Is true, Is at tho
ead of certain branches of tho work.
but It Is notorious thnt Chairman Butler
of the luslon populist committee Is but
lukewarm, while no one hears of the
halrinan of the sliver republican na
tional committee.
Whether this sort of campaign man
agement can be niaile effective remains
o bo seen, but wo have the teachings of
history to show that It has never been
ITectlve In the past. Speaking of the
reasons that led to tho defeat of Hlalne,
Colonel A. K. McClure in his book on
president-making says:
No mnn wan ever big enough to conduct
proslilvnllal contest for himself. Tho
ttiiBL' Interest a candidate miisl have la
the struggle, and thu constant btruln upon
Mm, would unbulaace the most for etui
Intellect the world has ever produced.
Illalne would havo been matchless la tae
skillful management of a presidential cam
paign for another, bat ho was d.varfod
by the overwhelming responsibilities of
conducting tho campaign for himself, and
yet ho assumed tin) supreme control of
the BtniKnlc and directed It absolutely from
start to tlnlsh. Ho was of heroic mould,
and ho wlkely planned his own campaign
tours to accomplish the best rn.iult.i. In
point of fact he had won his flfihl utter
stumping tho country and lout it by 1 1 1 -t
sUy In New York on his way home. Itn
knew how to sway multitudes, and none
ould approach hlrn In that important
feature of a conflict, but he waH not trilned
to consider the thousand Intricacies whlr-h
fall upon tho management of every pres
idential contest.
Colonel McClure might as well have
had Colonel Hryan In mind when he
penned those lines about Hlalne, an they
lit the one almost as welt as tho other.
No man has yet proved himself big
enough to conduct 11 presidential contest
for himself and It Is questlouablo
whether Hryan can make the exception.
Just what advantage some of tho
powers expect to gain by refusing to
withdraw from I'ekln Is dlfllcult to un
derstand. If they think Russia lu par
ticular Ih kIiik to withdraw and loave
the otlfors lu possession they will doubt
less bo disappointed. If It comes to a
gainu of grab Russia, with ItH present
hold on Manchuria, Is lu a condition
to get more, out of It than any other
power.
The ftiHloulst troubles thin campaign
are greater than common. The effort
of tho democrats to Swallow the popu
lists and tho populist endeavor to secure
ull they can lu their last year of fusion
nro tho cause. When tho combination
goes down lu defeat tho verdict will be
that an abnormal appetite for plo wiih
the cause of tho demise of fusion.
Ah democrats survey the harmony
which prevails In tho republican ranks
lu New York and tho Internal strife In
their own parly they make up their
mind they havo another guesH coming
on the predicted democratic victory In
the Kmplro state.
Short nnd o thr I'oliit.
New York Sun.
Largo crops,
Few pops.
r.iliicMllou In Culm.
New York Tribune.
Places will presently bo found In Cuban
public schools for 1150,000 children. Thut
fact la a noteworthy tribute, to the bene
flcimco of Halted Statoa control of tho ls
lund. Cruel I'nlninltV Suuuext Ion,
Hrooklyn VJanle.
The nowrtpapers printed by Chinamen In
Canton have teen suppressed because they
lied. If only we had it viceroy In Munhut
tun wouldn't there ho somo HUdden reforms
on Newspaper row?
Sore DInuimhiIiiI nielli.
Wabhlngtoii post.
Chaliman Jones was compelled to con
front ancdier disappointment when Mr.
Carnegie aaiiounced that ho would not take
the slump for ilryan and 8tcvcnion. Mr.
Ciivneglo makes bin campaign contributions
an. ho talks.
I lirootlnu (11 lit in 1 1 rroiiheelm.
i.'lnclnnatl Tribune.
Mr. Ilryan has not said anything In the
prcis of tho economic Independence of the
Nebraska hog, which Is worth Jl.r.O more
per head now than It wus four yriirs ago.
It Is really not nico of tho Nebraska hog
In tin so vory valuable.
Lincoln Home Tliriml.
Kansas City Journal.
In his speeches Mr. Hryan makes fro
quent reference to Abraham Lincoln and
his ulterunceti, but he has not yet seen
tit to quote the follow lag bit of torso com
mon aeiiBo from the martyr president:
"There, Is no fear of the people losing
their liberties. Wo all know this to bo
1 he cry of demagogues, and none but tho
Ignorant will listen to It."
In Time for II111 Concert.
llaltlmore American.
Ciiuat von Wahlursee will arrive on tho
st.ign la rhlaa about the tlino tiie curtain
has been rung down oil the Dual tableau
It muy bo rather hard on 11 commander-la-
chief to arrive 011 tho scene nf action Just
ns thu lighting Is nil over, but. unfortii
imtcly, the proceedings, undor the clrcuin
stances, could not wait to bo carried on
Htrlctly accurding to etiquette.
Tlillf'x tin- (liii'itlon,
Chicago Inter Oct an.
Russia ami the United Hlales nro in 11c
cord la China. Thin condition Is regarded
with disfavor by tho Tory newspapers lu
lhiglaud ami by the deiunuratlo newspa
pern In Ibis country. Tho llrltluh editors,
ta particular, confess their amazement una
chagrin that the United Htates government
should treat a proposition from Itusala
courteously uud uympathctlcally. Uut why
noli
1
CULLED from the Field of POLITICS
J(im(, Dates of Santa losa, f'al has
written '0 Harper's Weekly a warm letter
on llryn and nryani'tu la a perfjtory
noli Mr Oaln savs the letter '1 written
from the standpoint of an old rebel who
has always been a democrat and ts too
murli of an American 10 support Bryan."
The letter Is as follows "'I WM Mr. Ilryan. may. and
On cannot read Mr. Ilryan's Indianapolis perhaps do. attnnpt to show thai Hits eon
speech without yielding the most un- seat-of-the-governed Idea was not then
hounded admiration to it as a Kourth of Involved-I mean the Ilryan Interpretation
!.,! ,.ff,,Pi nf ihn.e thltmt bom In tho of It. He who looks .squarely and with
clouds and nltog'-ther too lofty In aspira-
tlon for a home elsewhere lhan In the pro-
found reaches of tho sky. 1 do not support
Mr. Ilryan this year, for we have much of
earthly concern and human interest in-
volved, hut If ho and I should be on enrtn
..),. n ni.nim comes he will be my
first choice for president. Ho would then
tit like .i round pin Into a round hole.
In that speech there la not an argument
mndn nualnst ao-cal led "Imperialism ' inai
would not have been, In Its essence, cholco
argument tor a copperhead speech In 1S61-S.
If ihero Is anything In this consent-oi-inc-covernid
doctrine as laid down by Mr.
Hryan It Is tho property of all people and
all ages Its only coniltlon Is consent and
there Is no other condition. Neither prcvi-
our conditions present engagements, nor 1111 "' lu Kr- u"i union i.uiun wun me Doncs 01 American Boiaiers
futuro purpose affect or enter Into It. when It sees tit to do so; but we mu't also
Ho makes it an Independent, exceptionless hunt 'P the remnants of tho Indians and I am disposed to think that wo will keep
rleht n universal heritage, eternally vested l" ver n" M country to them aa a the Philippines, nnd havo an army and a
and 'impossible to spend. According to matter of clear, but tardy Justice. If we navy largo enough to protect American
hlrn a people whether numerous or few, or going to he so aggressively pure, let's do rights, for we know, not as a dream, but
whatever their conditions, havo only tn 't P In style and thoroughly. as u fact based on ubundant experience,
eonncnt or withhold their consent, uml 1 ta" attention to these things only to that they will be protected tn no other
that solitary fact controls all others. To sllnw that Mr. Ilryan has figured out his way. This world ts so made that we have
tue a modern slang expression, consent is I'leallsm with but Ilttlo regard to human to fight for what we get. and Idealism
"It " and there Is nothing clso to "U." It nature and tho facts of American history. Is no title to what we think life owes us.
Is ncrfoctlv apparent to nny thinking man Wcrc tnl n nation of angels. Ilvlns on We had rather pay to maintain a sufficient
that government under this Idea Is an lm- nmbrosla furnished by a perpetual nuto- army and a navy for alt future time than
wit lltv niatlc BllI,ul' matchlne, rather than one of to be licked once. Nor do wo think that
p y' t red-blooded Americans who earn bread and American institutions nre likely Jo be
It matters little that ho quotes detached meat by the sweat of their brows, as we endangered by tho American soldier, at
parts of what Mr. Lincoln said, when wo are, wo might consider the idealistic views least, there is nothing so far In his con
have lu his acts', which are the monumental f Mr. Ilryan as sufficient for our needs, duct that warrants rational apprehension
evidences of what Mr. Lincoln thought. Hut there are of us some who are not dls- from that direction; rather do we look for
evidences that show conclusively how ho posed to accord the claim of statesman- danger from civil decadenco In the centers
understood this doctrine. Mr. Drynn's idea ship to him who cannot correlate theory of congested population where politics is
of It wai absolutely negated hy Mr. Lincoln's with tho unbending conditions of humm made a profession,
acts Thoto acta denied this doctrine, as Mr. life; who do not believe a man Ih a safe
Tllli AIIJIV CANTHHX.
('trensniiliiK .tfnci 011 a llenefleent
IiiNlltiillon.
Philadelphia Times (Ind.)
If the good women of tho Women's
Christian Tempcranco union bcliovo that
Mr. McKlnley should not be re-olected
president they are qulto within their right
tn offering prayers for the result they de
sire, nut to pray for his defeat because
he has not nbollshed tho army cantcon Is
not creditable to their Intelligence
It will be admitted that tho officers of
the nrmy, as a class, aro Intelligent and
trustworthy men, slncoroly anxious for the
physical and moral wclfnro of tho men
under their command. Their professional
Interest, If nothing else, would require this.
The actlvo olllcorR of tho army nro prac
tically .unanimous In tho Judgment that
tho canteen, or post exchange, ns It Is prop
erly called, has proved a most clliclent
agency of sobriety, health and discipline
and tho official statistics, which show a
constant diminution of drunkenness, dis
orderly conduct and desertion, with a cor
responding advanco in physical and ma
terial wellbclng, abundantly sustain their
observation.
Wo think that tho good people who arc
so earnost In their denunciation of theso
woll-ordernd soldiers' clubs do not under
stand what they really aro. They certainly
do not correctly dcscrlbo them. Unncnl
Corbln's recent, letter explains the whole
subject so clearly and satlafactorlly and
gives such pood reasons for tho favor with
which tho Institution Is regnrded by those
who have observed Un operation, that it
ouuht to havo a modifying effect upon an
agitation which Is, to say tho least, Inju
dicious and cannot bo promotive or tem
perance. All this Is entirely apart from any po
litical consideration. The president has
assumed many serious responsibilities In
tho employment of tho army, but this par
ticular detail Of military organization or
discipline is one that ho has widely left
to those best qualified, and It Is not fair
to tho army to drag Its personal affairs
Into the disputes of the campaign. As
(loneral Oorhln says, tho army ut tho prea-
ent time, compared with any rommunlty
In civil life, Is "a model temperance so
ciety," nnd whether wo aro militarists or
not we are all of us concerned that Its
character shall not be traduced.
IHH'I.I.MM; IXIJtwSTHIAI.R.
KuiieezliiK H'nler nml 'VMml Out or
Trnut Miii'kK.
Chicago Tribune.
There has been since August 26 last a
shrltikago of t".000.000 In tho vnluo of
tho common nnd preferred stock of seven
teen largo Industrlul companlos, which havo
a total capitalization of Jl.Oll.310.000. Tho
Industries represented by these corpora
tions are Btecl and Iron, tin plate, lead.
sugar, tobacco, paper nnd rubber, flreat an
Ib this rtocllno In values, It wouiu no
greater still woro the comparison made
with tho highest prices of JSU8 or 1899.
As It Is, there has been a decllno of 16
per cent from tho Block market quotations
of ono year rigo.
It would ho Interesting to know who have
hern the sufferers by this fall in scIRuk
values and what tho actual loss will ho to
the present holders of stocks should there
be no Improvement In tho rendition of the
market. It Is qulto possible that a good
deal of tho common Htock of sonio of theso
lndiisirlils Is held yet by tho promoters to
whom It was given for their services. They
endeavored to sell It as soon ns they got
II, hut wcro not always successful. To
ward tho doso of tho consolidation mania
the market was gorged. Owners of stock
which cost them nothing fall to mako an
ticipated gains when they aro unable to
sell It for what they thought they could.
They uro no poorer than they were, how
ever. Doubtless much stock has chunged bunds
many tlm.-s during tho last year, for tho
shares of the seventeen corporations lire
the subject of continual speculative dealings
In Wall street. Thercforo tho loss occa
sioned by the fall In prices has 'been di
vided between a ronsldt ruble number of
persons. Those who havo lost tho moat aro
thorn who bought a year ago, who disliked to
sell at a less and who havo hold on In the
hope nt 11 rite.
Whatever may have been tho nctuul Ions
through this flecllne in values, none of It
has fallen on the poorer classes of the com
munity. They do not put their earnings
Into the slocks of Industrials and when they
speculate they do so In other ways. The
losers liavo been tho Wall street operators,
who bnve bet stocks would go up when
they did not and men of means who can uf
ford to take ehnnres nnd have mndo mod
erate Investments In theno Industrials.
They will not be distressed by their losses.
When speculators nnd men of wrnlth
aro losers, while tho poor escape, Mr.
Ilryna ought 10 nJ"lce, for ho abominates
tho former. Hut. while he takes great com
fort Is ruined crops and closed factories
and Impoverished farmers and worklngmea.
ho does not exult over Wnll street losses.
He gloats over a diop In tho price of corn
or cotton. A Hhrlakugo of $167,000,000 In
thu felling value of "trust" stocks lb 11
matter of some moment. It Is evidence
that tho "trustb" me not tho bosses yet.
Hut It Is uafo to say that of this decllno In
1 prices Mr. Ilryan will sy nothing.
lirv.m under-tsnds It to S "0 000 of capable
white Americans In the (oath Mr Urysn
t uhforuinate in nuotinR the words of a
man to proe tbat he ke'ieved that which
every art of tb.it man life shows he did not
believe.
Thco who opposed secession In 161-6
inemai nuntnj hi u unuun" .r. iiryan s
nicctailes must admit that secession was the
very thing Itself. Whether It was then right
or not Is not the question, that has become
tiin uii ui miuiui w n-iui.
ti i tl" me incm-m mm 11 M3
then settled contrary to Mr. Ilryan s In-
terpreiatlon and there are not a half-doien
rumi-ueini- ruemia uu uu oui ani n
to stay settled. They know an accomplished
'v ""i " "'"')
Ami there arc a few of us who have enough
human nature In us to feel that we are not
called upon to rend our garments trying to
give a few Tngalos In the Chinese sea what
was denied to us. This may not be very
I'leal, but It Is human. Krom Mr. Ilryan's
standpoint It would appear to be logical that
WHEAT and POLITICS
"T
Philadelphia Ledger.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has said
with confidence that "we shall havo dollar
wheat before tho end of tho year." The
reasons which he gives for expecting a
rapid advance from 78 cents to the dollar
mark aro shortage In the crop and a
hcuvy demnnd. The shortage In trio domes
tic yield In estimated at about 100,000,000
bushels, and there is prospect of a sub
stantial shortago abroad. The French
minister of agriculture estimates a de
Oclency In France of 30,000,000 bushels, and
It appears from the official statistics of
tho world's wheat crop, compiled by tho
t'utted States Department of Agriculture
that In nearly every country the yield Is
below the average. Not only will tho
foreign demand be brisk, but tho consump
tion of wheat nt home Is likely, In Secre
tary Wilson's opinion, to bo very largo.
Last year the consumption of wheat at
homo was 6.05 bushels per capita, and Sec
rotary Wilson would not bo eurprlsed If
the consumption should reach seven
bushels for every Inhabitant, simply be
cause people havo the money to buy. In
ether words, bard times havo passed, pros
perity is upon
are flourishing, the
us, industries
laborer Is at
work nnd, with Increased purchas
Washington Post (Ind.)
in splto of tho utter demolition of the
theories on which Mr. Bryan based h's
great campaign of 1696; in splto of the un
deniable fact that nothing la left of tho
arguments which he uddressed to the
farmers nnd by which he won tho sup
port of millions of them; although not
even a beggcrly array of shreds and
patches of his calamity argument remains,
ho Is still inclined to hark back to tha old,
discredited story when ho talks to the
populists. For example, la his Topeka
speech ho said:
"The prosperity argument will not de
ceive the farmer. Ho knows that the murh
vnunted prosperity Is on tho wano, In spltu
of the unusual and unnatural stimulation
It has received in the last three years.
He knows, too, that he has never Had Ula
sharo of this prosperity."
Ilradatroot reportB that there was a
grand total of decrease In liabilities In
failures In tho flret six months of 1900 from
the corresponding period In 1896 of $4!i,4"l,-
728.
So much for the general situation. As to
the agricultural Interest, a reliable news
report states tho notorious fact that in
tho central west moneylenders who do
business In agricultural communities re
port a constantly Increasing demand to
pay off loans with tho returns the farmeis
I'KltSOVAl, 1'OI.VI'HHS.
The broom corn trust Is In danger of be
ing swept out of existence.
Richard Croker has wagored J20.000 against
$50,00i) with Louis W. Wormser of New
York that Ilryan will lm tho next president.
This Is how 11 Detroit paper refers to
Tom L. Johnson, the millionaire slnglo-taxer-
"lie Is as fluent lis a phonograph
und as pluuMblo ns Scotch whisky."
A Cleveland Judge has decided that a
woman Is Justlled In scolding her husband
If ho Klines homo drunk and ubinscs her und
I ho children, nnd a Washington Justice has
declared that profanity evoked by the trolley
car transfer system there Is also justifiable.
Futtch Singh Ruo, son of tho (loekwar
of llarmhi. w"lo has already been through
n coareo nt the Calverblty of Bombay, will
go to Oxford presently. The young prince
Is going In for a military profession and
he Is already colonel of .1 smart cavalry
regiment la the llarocla army.
When Ororgo nnd IMwIn (iauld paid tho
debts of Count Castellano to prevent the
sale of that worthy's castln they stipulated
that tho money about $1,600.000 hhould be
pnld by them to tho creditors direct without
passing through the count's hands. The
Frenchman seems to have found u good
thli g nt Inst.
Cyrus Field Adams. Hie negro editor,
linguist and ornlor. who has been appointed
a member of the advisory committee of the
republican national committee, is a na
tlvo of Louisville, hut now resides In
Chicago. lie has been clnce 18S.1 editor ot
the Appeal, which has a large circulation.
He delivers political speeches lu the Scan
dinavian. Ctormnn, Freinh, Italian and Do
hemlan languages.
Olive Schrelner sujs that the children of
iho Boers carry away all the Intellectual
honors In South Africa. They (111 tho
schools nnd bear off tho prizes. They are
tho lawgivers, tho ningUtrutes, the success
ful barristers, tho iiblo doctors, and sho nt
tributes It to the fuel that theso Dutch Af
ricans come of an exceptionally able slock,
which for several generations lay fallow,
drawing strength from the soil and not ex-
1 posed to the dovltallzing influence of cities.
BELATED Calamity TALK
lrader fir this nntton of men and women
struggling with the complex problems of
life merely because he combines In him
self In suro splendid proportions the two
qualities of the King of Kplgram and the
Dreamer of Sweet Dreams
1 am also much Impressed by another
error made by Mr. Uryan again because
he had his head In the clouds. He assumes
that the oonsent" of the Kltiplnos to our
government of those islands has been with
held. Is that true? 1 have always under-
siooo mat oniy a pari 01 tae trine 01 inc
Tagologs objected, and that this trlbo, all
told.'ls not more than 1.000,000 In a total
population of 10.000.000 In those Islands.
cmn-r me spirii 01 .Muncnausun nas re
mrneii 10 earin who powers more spicnuiu
limn ueiore or mis is approximately 111c
fact. If that be true not more than one
man In ten on those Islands withholds his
"consent" and Mr. Ilryan, with his head
still In tho doep bluo sky, Ignores the
tune ana nears only the racket of one.
There are, happily. Americans who look at
this as a practical matter and regard the
acquiescence of tho nine as equivalent to
the "consent" of nil and who refuse to ro-
gard the wishes of the one. especially so
long as ho Is trying to people the sands of
lng power, raoro wheat will be bought
and consumed. With pressing demands at
homo and ubroad and a short crop, wheat
ls likely to advance. In the two years
preceding the campaign of '96 wheat
touched bottom prices at CO cents. The
populists mado much of the fact and Mr.
Ilryan asured the farmers that tho mis
fortune was duo to tho demonetization of
silver. Wheat would remain low unless we
should have C0-cent dollars. A great many
western farmers listened to this Idle chat-
ter and voted accordingly. They havo since
found out that Mr. Ilrjan was a false
prophet and silver fallacy as applied to
wheat Is a boomerang. The conditions nre
now changed and silver did not affect them.
If any political argument Is to bo gottea
out of wheat prices tho shrowd farmer Is
likely to believe that, general prosperity
having been established under tho gold
standard and partly, at least, by tho con
fidence It brings, the farmer Is sharing In
that prosperity by receiving a good price
for bis wheat. The most powerful Influence
at work against Bryan In the west, where
he was strongest in '96, Is tho prosperity
of tho farmer and It will count heavily
against tho party that brings tho menace
of freo B'lver and perils that such a policy
would' bring In Its wake.
have received from their crops.
We doubt If It will pay to renew the
calamity talk, even tn modified form, to
farmers In Kansas orany other state. The
record books of the counties In which tbey
reside show how many scores of millions
of mortgaged Indebtedness they havo paid
off. Tho vaults of western banks are
swollen with their deposits. Their homes
havo put on an nlr of prosperity. Their
families experience anil are grateful for
the change. The returns of elections held
since 1696 provo that many farmers who
then flocked with tho populists have quit
that association. it would he legitimate
nnd might be polite for Mr. Ilryan to
show whut causes havo wrought so great
prosperity In tho land. He might truth
fully tell tho farmers that much of their
happy fortune baa come from fumlno in
India and short crops in other parts of
the world. Ilut it Is folly to tell thorn
that "the much-vaunted prosperity is on
the wano" when they are rolling and rol
licking In It. And It is not quite fair,
under existing conditions, to nttempt to
eonvinco tho farmers that they havo not
had their share of prosperity. All things
considered, tho class that has fared host In
the last three yearn Is that which has pro
duced food supplies for the domestic and
foreign markets.
HOUND ABOUT I.N CHINA.
KilicrlrniTK of Anierlrnn Nolillrra lu
Ilie FlKlit lit Tien Tain.
The first batch of wounded men from the
battlefields of Chlua arrived in Sun Fran
cisco on tho transport Thomas a few days
ago. Most of the wounded men partici
pated In tho capture of Tleu Tsln. To San
Francisco reporters they related many In
teresting Incidents of the fight and their
experiences In a memorable contest.
Captain Bookmlllcr of the Ninth Infantry
said tho portion of his regiment In action
was ordered to support the Japs. "We
advanced toward the wall," ho said, "and
to our misfortune there was n consider
able space between the Japanese troops
and our force. Our experience was to meet
an enlllndlng fire from a considerable sec
tion of tho walled city and from the mud
village, which might be called a suburb of
tho city proper.
"Colonel Llscum lost his life through a
combination of bravery and recklessness.
He led us In the ashault on the village anil
died a soldier's death almost Instantly.
Poor follow, he exposed hlmsef unneces
sarily. Wo wero going against an enemy
that could not be seen. The houses wero of
mud and they had been loopholcd, so that
when tho advanco was made not n China
man could be seen. The lire of tho enemy
was quite accurate and our losses were
heavy. However, wo went us fur ns wo
could and then held our position through
tho day. Wo also succeeded In quieting
tho yellow men on our front after some
exceedingly warm work.
"Knrly In tho advance they hit me twice,
once in the right hip aad once in the left
leg. Tills was when wo had got within 150
yards of the village. It whs Impossible tn
drive the Chinese nut, on account of 11 river
which wo could not croeB In the faco of tho
fierce fire. Our losohs, which, an I said be
fore, were very heavy, occurred while we
wero crossing the field which tho Chinese
were In a position to sweep from their la
tienchments. In fact, they bad ui at their
mercypractlenlly, during tho entire day, but
tho boys of tho Ninth held every Inch of the
apparently untenable ground they hnd
gained until darkness fell and they were
ordered to fall back. I went into the
hand ot tbe turccoua after ucIoe lu tbo
Meld all day ami did not see the final as
suit on the following diy in whl h. thu
walls were carried and the allies gained 'hi
victory."
"I was hit just before the latt adxan e,"
said Captain Charles It." Noyes. adjutan' of
the Ninth regiment. "We were under a
very heavy fire and gained our ground by
fierce volleys and rushes made while h
enemy was gathering for the return fro,
Our men would not budge and stayed urnlir
fire from the early morning dawn tilt riara
ness before retiring. I got a scratch on
the arm about 5 30 a. tn.. In the first ad
vanee. before wo got Inside the mud wall,
About S 30 they found me In the calf of tho
left leg and gave me a wound tbat put m
out of action. After I was hit I went
back about sixty yards, behind a house,
where there were a number of other wnundcj
men. Finally, after great effort, I crawled
through ditches tn the field until I got cut
of range of the crossfire.
"About twenty minutes after I was h't
Colonel Llscutn was killed while gallantly
leading the assault on the village Oir
command retreated finally under cover cf
darkness, Only halt of the regiment was
engaged In that part of the field. The next
day tho Jap.tncre force fought their way
Into the city and the works were taken
after hot fighting In the streets, from barri
cades and from houses. The four parts of
tho city were then placed under guard of
the rJngllth, Japanese, Americans and Rus
sians. "Some Idea of the beat of the action may
bo gained by tho statement of tho fact that
out of a command of CO men and fifteen ofll
cers the percentage of casualties was 10 th.
case of tho men 29 and the officers 23 pet
cent."
Sergeant Dorcy of Company C of the
Ninth tells en Interesting story. He Is
crippled for life, having lost his left arm
In the Tien Tsln battle. Ills story of th
battle Is as follows:
"We started about .1 o'clock Id the morn
ing and by daybreak had marched four
miles and taken the outer wall. Tho Japn
blew- up the gato and planted their gunn
on tho wall and kept up 11 continuous fire,
which enabled us to advance to wit'uti
r.bout 300 yards of the Inner wall, a tnlo
fr,om the first one. We Dually reached tbo
trenches, but not befora most of us hid
been wounded and Ave had been killed.
We got Into the trenches and fought for all
wo were worth, but with the knowledge
that every shot must count as ammunition
was running short. The Chinese had kudo
nt tho ends of the trenches, with which
they poured In a raking file. We were up
to our waists in water and had to stoop
to keep from being hit. The sight of a head
poking up called forth a shower of bullets
In Its direction nnd these Chinamen arn
all good marksmen. I wan shot in tha
arm about 11 a. m. and had to stick It out
all day, as to move out of cover meant
certain death. Colonel Llscum was the
bravest of the brave. He led his men
right through the thickest shower of lead
I havo ever been In, and when we saw him
drop we felt we could stay where we were
forever It we could but get a chance to
avenge his death. I think we did, but It
cost us a number of brave lives.
"Tho Japs nro great fighters and will
give up their last crust or drop of water
to an American."
Another of the wounded men Is Private)
von Schllck, who has been recommended
for a medal of honor. He was wounded
four times and still carries a bullet In hla
neck. IIe was ordered to stay by a wounded
comrado and placo him In a protected
place. He carried his comrade 400 yarda
on his back and received a bullet In his
shoulder Just before reaching tho supposed
placo ot safety; While bandaging hi
wound be was struck In tho Jaw- by nnother
Chinese bullet. Caring for himself as best
he could, he proceeded to bandage the
woundB of his comrade. Hardly had ha
finished the operation when hn was struck
again, this time a few inches below the
first wound received. Ills officers witnessed
his splendid behavior nnd will see that ha
is properly honored.
Sergeant Blckhort, another ono of Co
lumbhi's brave soldiers, Is suffering from at
shot through the lungs. The sergeant,
though scarcely able to talk, said:
"It wns the hottest fight I havo over been
In and I saw a numhor of good, hot battles
In Cuba and tho Philippines. To my Idea
Colonel Llscum was tho bravest man In
China. He led his men until he fell and
nsked them to do nothing ho would not do
himself. Lieutenant Lawton performed one
or the greatest feats of daring over wit
nessed. Ho went twice across tho field wo
had Just won und, though severely wounded,
carried two heavy boxes of ummunltlon, of
which tho boys on the firing lino wore very
mucn in necu. we wcro nt all times under
a cross-flro nnd could not move for fear
of being hit. Wo had to stay whore wo
were and. nftor lying In dirty water all day,
sneaK out or danger when darkness
came on."
Tnil'l,i:j I.IOHT AH A 1 It .
Philadelphia Presw: Old Lady fstcrnly)
Ih there 11 hur ntdiehe.l t ililu tntni ..i...
man? ' "
hummer Hotel Clerk No, ma'am, but w
can ncnd nut and get you anything you
want.
Chicago Post: "Poverty Is no dlinraee.''
remarked tho social philosopher.
"Certainly not," replied the, practical man
of affairs, "but f doubt If It rould be any
moro unpopular If it were."
Cloveland Plain Dealer: "The waet
potato sings a r.eat parody thut ought to
mako a hit," nald the sug.ir beetl to tli
roiiHtlng ear.
"What Is It called?'
"Just as I Yam," replied the beet.
Indlnuapnlls Journal: "That randldatn
bucked out und wouldn't accept his notifica
tion." "Whnt ailed hlrn?"
"Ho said ho wouldn't Imperil hli country'a
destiny by becoming president on the thir
teenth ticket in the Held."
Chicago Tribune: Calamity Howler I tell
you, wo ought to bo getting ready for hard
times.
Popular Orator Why. blame it, I don'tt
talk anything; else but hard times.
Washington Star: "Well, uncle, "which
do you prefer the whlto man of the north
or tho whlto man of tho south?" asked tho
Idle one.
"Boss, T'll tell yo' tea' how It Is," was thn
renly. "When tin white msn am feelln' ajood
hn am all right anywhere, but when dn
white mun am feelln' w'rotig I don' wan!
nutlln' to do with hlrn nowhere."
Tin: Mocici.NO iiiih).
Norman Robinson in Boston Transcript.
Sweet singer of our numitifr land,
Who taught your olfted tongue? What
cunning hand
Such golden threads could weave along
The bright embroidery of your burnished
song?
That little throat! How can It be
Ho full of rre, exultant mlnstrcly
No bigger thnn my finger round,
Pouting Its silver torrent nf sweet sound!
I cannot think such harmonies
Were born among our earthly forest trees!
Confeis' That song was ancel flven!
You've taken inunlc lessons up In heaven!
I hear you when the whlpponrwlll
Calls on his coy mate at twilight on thi
hill,
And when the rosy touch of day
Pushes the eastern fringe nf night aw.iy.
And sometimes nil night long vou "Urn.
Voicing the Inmost soul of comlns spilnx.
For nature's temple, nervlre free,
Still IIiiiIk Its aw-eelest chorister In thee
Hut when thy Imbes are lu their net.
I think, den- little bird, I love thee he. t
How well thou i.f.rest for thy young1
Whut ruo and radiant cradle-brings are
sung!
Sing on. sweet bird we in-ed thy song'
Our humuu singing still hints something
wrong,
And In each note some shadow lies,
Thou brinccst music fruvh from oaradlitl