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Tlit frost struck the popon-atli ruin
pnlpn In .Vcbnikn this sonson liofnro it
did tlio pumpkin vine.
Omnlm mid Ni'lmisku will 1m. to the
front an iimiul in ri'spoinllii to tlic ap
peal for rcllff for I lie stricken pooplc
of fialvoston.
The solrtlor of tlir First nrtllli'ry who
got rtvo nii'ii with five shots down at
Onlvi'ston deserves a "(lIstliiKtiishi'd
ninrksinan's" IihiIkp.
It should he an oasy niattiT for the
dfinocratlc cniirtis In the stuto senuti
of Malno to rcai h an iiKft'cnicnt-lt will
fontnln only oni- nit inlicr.
The fuslonlsts will hold their noin
Itintltifr convention In about ten days
and exhibit the usual ratio of sixteen
candidates to one place.
The enthusiasm with which the people
of South liakota greeted Governor
Roosevelt must have sent a chill down
the spine, of Senator PettlKiew.
Democrats must be like the drownlni:
man eruspliiK at a straw If they profess
to see anything In the result of the
.Maine election to make thorn Joyful.
Cato Sells declares he would not be
surprised to see Iowa In the democratic
column. If this would not surprise Cato
It Is useless to spring anything else on
him.
Naval Constructor Hobson Is coining
home, but bin health Is too poor to allow
him to undergo any such ordeal as he
passed through before he went to
Manila.
The platform wagon has made Us ap
pearance in Omaha as the llrst Innova
tion of the campaign. The campaign in
Nebraska this year promises to be thor
oughly up to date.
Colonel Ilryan will have. to rack his
brains harder than ever before to get up
a letter or acceptance that will hold its
own with the masterly deliverance of
President McKlnley.
Democratic orators do not appear to
know just where to take holil of the
present campaign. The fusion poker Is
so warm Us entire length they are al
most ready to drop It.
The more republicans study the
make-up of their Douglas county legis
lative ticket the more they Und to com
mend It to the cordial support of every
class of the community.
Omaha's health statistics are being
revised according to the new census
population. liven on a correct basis
the mortality Is so low as to make this
city rank among the most healthful In
the country.
For expedition, nerve and gallantry
the Halgler train robber is entitled to
first, place. Train robbers are a luxury
which can easily lie dispensed with, but
If we must havo them It Is well that
Nebrnska produces the best of the kind.
l'opocrats should take the precaution
to plow fireguards around their cam
paign material when Hoosevelt comes
Into the state. He Is setting the west
ern prairies ablaze with republican en
thusiasm and there Is no telling where
tiro will slop.
The fuslonlsts In Colorado are having
as hard a time making up a ticket us in
Nebraska. The trouble U three parties
with each of them containing more can
rtldates than there are olllces to be voted
for. Nothing has yet been found which
will cure or even relieve a popoerat from
a cane of odlce Itch.
Every northern slate which 1ms held
nn election this year has given more
thnn Its normal republican majority. If
there Is any comfort In this tor
democracy and they can llgure out how
they are going to carry normally re
publican states on this basis, they arc
welcome to It until November. To
elect Hryan states normally republican
must so democratic, this ymr.
Tilt. ( IILf.th Mri l77"
Delay of negotiations for the settle
ment of the Chinese dltlb ulty continues
and there ! nothing In the situation
to definitely Indicate when the powers
will be ready to begin negotiation,
(iermany In chlelly rcpoiMhlo for the
delay and the conjecture Is that she
may prolong it until Count von Wal
tlersee reaches China and has time to
investigate conditions there and report
to his government. If that Is the pur
pose of the ( Senium government It may
be several week- before negotiations are
started, unless some of the other pow
ers should decide to proceed Independ
ently. This none of them at present
shows a disposition to do.
Meanwhile It l reported from Wash
ington that tin government Is pushing
forward steadily toward the beginning
of the negotiations, one evidence of
which Is noted In the fact that It has
decided to facilitate the Journey of 1.1
Hung Chung to l'ekln. The Chinese
plenipotentiary, who has received an
other edict from the Imperial govern
ment explicitly defining his authority
to negotiate. Is desirous of going to
l'ekln under American protection and
this may bo accorded if there Is w
objection from other powers. A disturb
ing fact In the situation Is the reported
murder of American citizens anil the
destruction of their property, while
there is said to be mure or less disorder
In four provinces. It Is the understand
ing that the United States will not be
gin negotiations under such circum
stances and without satisfactory assur
ances of the protection of American
life ami property throughout the em
pire. This Is undoubtedly the attitude
01' all the powers ami It does not ap
pear that the Chinese government Is ex
erting Itself to any great extent to re
press disorder. The emperor ami the em
press dowager are at a remote point
In tin Interior and so fur as the world
knows are doing practically nothing to
restore former conditions. It would
M'ctn that they are chlelly solicitous con
cerning their own safety, though there
Is really no reason why they should
be apprehensive, for unijuestiouably
they would be as secure In l'ekln as
anywhere and their presence In the
capital would probably very much sim
plify the situation and facilitate a set
tlement. While there has been some
talk of overthrowing the present dy
nasty, as necessary to the establishment
and maintenance of order and the pro
tection of foreigners and the rights of
other nations In China, It Is not proba
ble that the Imperial authorities would
experience any personal Indignity at
tlie hands of the powers. Indeed, they
perhaps have more to fear In this re
spect from their own people who are
hostile to the government than from the
allies.
President McKlnley made only brief
reference to the Chinese situation in his
letter of acceptance, simply saying that
the purposes of the 1'nlted States as
already defined would be faithfully ad
hered to. These look only to the restora
tion of peace and order, proper guaran
ties for the future security and protec
tion of American citizens, the faithful
observance of treaty obligations and Just
reparation for the Injury resulting from
the uprising. The purposes of the
United States as to China contemplate
nothing which It Is not entirely fair
and legitimate to demand.
tiik runTKcruiiATK PiwrosiTio.x.
President McKlnley very clearly
shows tlie illllicultles and dangers In
volved In tlie proposition that tlie United
States shall surrender sovereignty in the
Philippines and assume the responsi
bility of protecting the people of the
Islands from outside Interference. "We
are asked," says the president, "to
transfer our sovereignty to u small mi
nority In the Islands without consulting
tlie majority and to abandon the largest
portion of tlie population, which has
been loyal to us, to the cruelties of the
guerrilla Insurgent bands. More than
this, we are asked to protect this mi
nority In establishing a government and
to this end repress all opposition of tlie
majority. We are required to set up a
stable government in the Interest of
those who have assailed our sovereignty
and tired upon our soldiers and then
maintain It at any cost or sacrifice
against Its enemies within and against
those having ambitious designs from
without. This," Mr. McKlnley goes on
to say, "would require an army and
navy far larger than Is now maintained
in the Philippines and ntlll more in ex
cess of what will bo necessary with the
full recognition of our sovereignty. A
military support of authority not our
own as thus proposed Is the very es
sence of militarism, which our opponents
In their platform oppose, but which by
their policy would of necessity be es
tablished In Its most offensive form."
It must be clear to anybody who ran
take a rational view of the matter that
there would be constant danger of an
Independent I'lllplno government be
coming Involved In dllllcultles with
other governments, to say nothing of
tlie possibility of Internal troubles that
would threaten Its stability. If the
Hryanlte program were carried out the
United States would take upon Itself
not only the obligation of maintaining
a M-lilc government in the Philippines,
but of safeguarding It against the rest
of the world. This would be a pretty
serious responsibility. In the first place
there- Is the great probability that no
native government could be formed that
would be acceptable to a majority of
the people. The Tagalogs, who 'con
stitute only a small minority of the In
habitants of the archipelago, have long
been antagonistic to miiiio of tlie other
tribes anil It Is hardly possible that a
government controlled by Tagalogs
would not meet with very strong and
persistent native opposition. And why
should the United States set up and un
dertake to sustain a government
dominated liy minority of the people
That certainly would not be In accord
with American principles, particularly
tho principle for which the Hryanlte
party professes such great concern. Hut
II Is especially with regard to the danger
of foreign complications that the protec
torate proposition appears utterly im
practicable, not to say preposterous. An
Mr. McKlnley points out. "p could not,
as a protectorate power. Initiate action,
"but would be compelled to follow and
Uphold a people with no capacity yet to
go nloiie." As the sovereign power we
can protect l'lli ourselves and the
I'lllpluos from being Involved In
dangerous complications, while as a
protectorate power we could not pro
tect even the Filipinos until after their
trouble hud come.
It seems to us there can be no ques
tion a to the soundness of President
McKlnley's position on this feature of
the Hryanlte policy In regard to the
Philippines ami we cannot doubt that :i
majority of intelligent people will concur
In the view that we should not yield our
title while our obligations last.
imi'km iiimi juixir. noniHis,
The Impeai hineiit of Judge Cordon
for alleged misdemeanor in olllce seems
to be Imminent. For months und years
complaints have heeii Increasing about
Irregularities in the administration of
the police court.
First the school board Investigated
delinquencies reilectetl In the practical
extinguishment of the receipts from
lines which, under the constitution, are
covered into tlie school treasury, and
reported Its findings to the city council.
After further Inquiry nnd deliberation
the council has come to the conclusion
that good grounds have been presented
for the institution of Impeachment pro
ceedings, and Hit tiling of charges In
the district court will be the next step.
Where there Is so much smoke there
Is likely to be some fire. Wo have had
the police court scandals constantly
wltli us so long ami criminations and
recriminations from the police ami po
lice Judge that the best way to settle
It will be In tho courts. If the charges
are not well founded Judge Cordon
should be able to disprove them, and if
they are properly supported by the evi
dence and records a new police Judge
would be in order.
Tho case Is up to the courts and It Is
to be hoped It will be considered with
out delay ami promptly decided In -ttiet
accordance with law and the evidence.
1IKI.V ThXAS FLOOD SCFI'tniHIlS.
Tin first responses to the fund started
by Mayor Moores for the relief of
Texas tlootl sufferers have come In with
gratifying promptitude, but the con
tributions hhould not cease until the
fund has expanded to dimensions cor
responding to the philanthropy and
public spirit of the community.
Tho necessity for relief in tlie shape
of cash donations ami provisions Is
most pressing and every precaution has
been taken to make sure that whatever
assistance is offered roaches those who
are deserving of It.
When Nebraska was stricken with
drouth and crop falluro assistance cuine
from every stile and Texas was one of
the most liberal contributors. Aside
from the demands of humanity, which
are equally urgent on all, Nebraska has
been endeavoring to cultivate closer
commercial relations with Texas and
the southwest through direct rail com
munication with the (!ulf and therefore
has more than a common Interest in
setting tho Hood sufferers again on tlie
highroad to prosperity.
Nebraska has not been wanting on
similar occasions in the past and we
may be sure will come up to its full
duty In the present.
The county board and the school
board will get together at an early day
to make arrangements for tlie coining
election. In this conference the city
authorities should also be given a voice,
particularly with reference to tho vot
ing places. At the last electlou much
confusion was produced because the
registration places and the voting
places wero not In all cases the same.
To avoid this tho location should
bo fixed by consensus of all par
ties that havo to do with the election
machinery so that the citizen may reg
ister and vote at the same place. This
may appear to bo a matter of minor
moment, but its importance should not
bo overlooked.
Tho referees appointed by tho state
supreme court are listening to argu
ments on tho question whether the
Union Pacific railroad Is subject to the
provisions of the maximum freight law
passed by tho Nebraska legislature.
One would suppose that this had boon
settled loug ago. Under the laws of Ne
braska no railroad can exorcise the
right of eminent domain without con
forming to the statute requiring Incor
poration in this state. How a railroad
can take advantage of u state law to
procure its right-of-way and repudiate
it when It comes to rate supervision Is
more than tho ordinary layman can see.
Eastern capitalists who rush Into the
federal court to prevetit the condemna
tion of tumble-down shacks, pro
nounced dangerous by tho building in
spectors, exhibit 11 decided deficiency of
public spirit. They ought to remove
condemned buildings on mere notice,
without court process, unless they ques
tion the grounds for condemnation.
The usual stories of vandalism come
up from tialvcslon. It Is really too bad
that 110 great calamity like this can oc
cur without being followed by tlie
depredations of ghouls who arc held In
no restraint by the character of tlie
catastrophe. No punishment Hwill be
too severe for the culprits if appre
hended. Some Cuiiae for ,Ioj-,
Philadelphia Times
llrltaln la disposed to make much out of
Its defeat of the liners. Something of
thla may arlso from Its being tho first re
public It over licked.
Tnlknl Tot. Illicit.
Chliitgo iimcs-llerald.
About tho only thing that Ilryan Is ablo
to point to with prldo is tho fact that ho
ha not mado his farm pay. The
prosperity of tils neighbors be views with
alarm.
ItecnllN Some Colli Trnllix.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. McKlnley sas "tho republican party
doesn't have to assert Us devotion in iho
Declaration of Indepondonce." That Is a
very suggestive statement. It suggests a
whole lot of history and a whole lot ot
democratic party history which our friende, ,
Ihfl cnemj, nould be glad to keep out of
sight nhllo they aro making their hypo
ciltlcal profeislom about liberty and nuot
Inp from Abraham Lincoln.
I 'this ltnirrliilliii."
President McKlnley's Letter of Acceptance
"It Is our purpose to establish In
the Philippines a government suitable to
the wants and conditions of the inhabitants
ami to prepare them for self-government
unit to give them elf-governtnont , hen thry
are ready for it and as rapidly as they arc
ready for It."
AlnkliiK It t 11 11 11 1 111 on.
Chicago Journal
Kentucky's houto of representatives has
adopted by uimnlmous vote a resolution de
claring It to be the sense of the house ihnt
a fair election tow be pasted. As the cotin-
ir is also unanimous in this opinion It Is
to be hoped the legislature will now pro
ceed to business and pass such a law.
(iiMiei'iiiis Hi He Is Unite.
Philadelphia Itecord.
H Is well for (Jeneral Chaffee that he
went Into tho nrmy Instead of into politics.
A man who will waive hu own promotion
in order that another may bo advanced was
uotcr cut out for n political career. Ocn
ernl Chaffee makes us all think better of
humanity.
ItccltliiH a till of lll-lcir.v.
Washington Post.
Any prominence given Mr. Commit in the
campaign will bo sure to direct atten
tion to the fact that It was he who Btnrted
the fight on antl-lmperlallsm when hn on-
posed the ratlllcatlon of the Paris peace
treaty, nils will be sure to be embarrassing
to Mr. Ilryan. one of tho advocates of that
document.
Pi-rnniinllf li t ni'iilli-,1 . Cor.
ltrooklyti Kjgle.
Mr. Ilryan accuses Mr. McKlnley of
keeping his ear to the ground." A friend
of Mr. McKlnley retorts that "Mr. Ilryan
tan put his e.tr to the ground without
changing from an erect standing position."
Come, come, gentlemen, there must be no
personalities.
STII WVS I'ltll.M TUP. WIIIMT Kll'.l.l).
1 1 f I I'll l.lli'U Stories S11 -.onurr ThrUe
on the I'm i-m.
Chicago Tribune.
The editor of a leading agricultural
weekly jiapcr, which circulates almost in
tlrely among farmers, sent out to writers
recently a letter requesting them to con
tribute short stories for his columns, In
his letter he expressly stated that ho
wanted no hard luck Htorles, no tales de
voted to tho hardships and poverty which
a certain class of Action writers persist
In attributing to every man who lives on
a farm. In response to a letter asking
why this restriction was tnude, the editor
replied that at present the American
farmer, speaking generally, 1 proaperous
and happy. His crops nro good nnd are
selling at gocd prices, lie hns no renBou '
to envy any other class of citizens. Con
sequently, ho Is In nu humor to read stories
which paint him as a lean and hungry
individual with long whiskers nnd many
patches on his trousers. Tho agricultural
editor wanted conditions portrayed as they
exist and probably had no Idea that In
demanding realism ho was giving the llo
to the democratic novelists, who are doing
their best to convince the American farmer
that he Is a down-trodden and oppressed
serf, who enjoys none ot the comforts of
life and has nothing to hope for In the fu
ture. Fortunately, the American farmer knows
better. With good crops nnd a healthy
bnnk balance to his credit he Is not likely
to listen to tlie man who tells him that
renlly he Is a pauper and a slave. That
kind of talk would havo had a larger hear
ing five or six years ago. Just at present
tho farmer has little patience with the
orator or artist who puts hltn on a level
with the starving ryots of India. Ho wears
good clothes and it Is not flattering to his
pride to see himself represented as a
creature whoso garments are only held
together by tho force of habit.
Futhermore, tho American farmer Is a
well read and broad-minded man. lie Is us
quick as the next to see through a clumsy
attempt to appeal to IiIh prejudice. When
he has no money In his pocket and comfort I
in his home and a democratic spellbinder
tells him that In reality he Is a poverty-
stricken wretch, hn Is likely to resent the
Insult to his own Intelligence and common
sense. He knows better and no amount
of sounding words will bo sufficient to off
set the plain and palpable facts.
The Ilryan Idea that tho nverago farmer
has hardly seuse enough to know when he
has bought a gold brick Is not calculated
to mako the democratic party and Its can
didates popular with the agricultural
population of tho country.
i.Mii:niAi.isTic th vi:i,i.
( ruel 11111I ( minimi T runny if n Hall-
riiml M 11 n 11 k 1 .
Now York Tribune.
One of the funniest things in this presi
dential campaign is the wild outburst of
wailing and gnashing of teeth ;causo
Colonel Hryan was not permitted to hitch
his private palace car to a certain limited
train on a West Virginia railroad, but had
to leave that select and exclusive vehicle
and travel In an ordlnnry Pullman coach.
A tremendous ado was Instantly raised
about It by his zealous press agents and It
was made to nppcar that tho episode was
another net in the harrowing tragedy of
crucifying the peoplo upon u cross of gold."
tor, of course, It was tho work of a re
publican trust. It was probably directly or
dered by Mark Hanna hlmtelf. it was, so
to speak, onq of the tentacles of a monopo
listic octopus that seized the private car
In Its hideous grasp, switched It upon n
sidetrack nnd compelled the champion of
tho peoplo to ride "in nn ordinary car."
sow, the fun of tho thing Is twofold. In
the first place, It turns out that tho rail
road In question Is what may bo called a
dumocrntlc road. It Is chlelly owned and
managed, that Is to say, by stanch and
loyal democrats who, it Is to bo assumed,
will voto for tho man whoso private car
they so unfcollngly sidetracked. In view
of that fact tho republican octopus seems
to be with apologies to Hoylo Kocho a
horse of another color. It really will not
do, you know, to assume that every trust
Is a republican Institution; elso where
would Brother Hob's Ico trust bo? And If
democratic railroad magnates bco fit, for
business or any other reasons, to deny a
favor to their own candidate for the presi
dency, why, men and brethren, U certainly
does not seem In accord with tho eternal
verities to throw the blamo for It upon
Mark Hanna or upon the president's Philip
pine policy.
Hut tho other part of the fun Is, perhnps,
better still. For. mark you. tho burden
of the complaint Is that Mr. Ilryan was
compelled, If ho wanted to travel nn that
ilemorratlc railroad, to do so In an ordi
nary car. This horny-handed foii of loll,
this plain man of tho people, this ndvrcito
of Jeffersonlun simplicity, this Inflexible
foe of fuss and flummery, waB actually com
pelled to emerge from the sequestered re
cesses of a private coach and to lido In n
plain, everyday car along with other people.
How utterly revolting! If It had been
Mark Hanna. now, or that wicked and
haughty Imperialist. Wllttum McKlnley, It
would have been all right. Their foellngi
would not have been Jarred In tho slight
eat. Hut that this unassuming democrat,
this combined reincarnation of Clnclnnnttis,
Thomas Jefferson nnd Solon Phaso, should
be compelled to Jostle elbows with his fel
low cltl.cnK and ride "In an ordlnnry car''
wl'h other people at thought of that the
mlud rccoiU and the heart ilckens,
I Prosperity as an Issue
K.iti l'r.i"
Statesmen and polltMans arc talking ot
the Philippine tiuestion und the monoy
qupitlcn, but It is probable that after all
the supreme Issue in the minds of tho
people Is that presented by the contest be
twien the conditions of working and busi
ness men In 1SPG and those which prevail
toda. General Prosperity Isn't much of a
talker, but his silence Is of tho Kind called
golden and Its tnltueuce felt In every
American home Is 111010 potent than th
eloquence of all the calamity orators from
the Pacific to tho Atlantic.
Pour years ago the worklngmen and tho
business men of this country wero almost
at the end of their resources. Tho long
years of Industrial nnd commercial depres
sion following the panic of 1S03 had about
exhausted the savings of the workers and
the capltnl of tho merchants. Hryan's
promise of nn easy way to pay old debts
by reducing the standard of aluo of tho
currency was then a very direful threat In
deed. , It was not known how far tho peoplo
suffering from a lack of work and wages
would bo deceived by It, and as a conse
tiueuce snnie'hing like ft paraTysIs of trado
was upou tho country for mouths. Tho
ory day Hryan's defeat was made known
the mills began to resume work. Since
then there has been such activity In all
lines of Industry as was never known he
fore. Our home market has been profitable
to producers of all sorts of goods and In
addition thereto there has been a way
to expand our foreign commerce to an ex
tent undreamed of four years ago. These
facts are fresh In the minds of the people.
There Is no desire for a return of calamity.
We havo had enough of that for the rest
of the life of this generation.
The prosperity of the time is so notable
among the seaboard states ot both the At
lantic and tho Pacific that there f not the
sllghest prospect of Hryan carrying any of
them. His fight Is to carry enough of tho
stales of tho middle west to make up with
Mil. M'KIM.m'S ACCIJPTAXCi:.
Comment of Imlcieiiil'iit "mmviimt
on the PreililrnCH I,-ttrr.
Minneapolis Times ilnd.)
Mr. McKlnley's letter bears evidence of
the most careful priparatlcn und Is a forci
ble nnd dignified presentation of the chief
arguments for a continuance of his party
In power.
Dlmiini'il nnil Coin Inclnu.
New York World find. clem. 1
Mr. McKlnley's letter of acceptance Is far
and away tho ablest utterance that has come
from tho republican side In this campaign.
It is dignified, It Is dull only where re
citals of statistics and official documents
made dullness unavoidable, It Is plausible
throughout and at times convincing, It Is
as adroit In Its omissions as In Its presen
tations of difficult points that could not
be overlooked.
Sound 1111 Mill 11 Issues.
Indlannpolls News (Ind )
It seems to us that the president's letter
ought to do much to convince reasonable
men that there Is no danger ot imperialism
nnd that tho financial question la still acute.
Tho Ilryan parties are pledged to the de
struction of the gold standard and to tho
adoption of a policy which would, wo firmly
believe, undo all tho good work that has
been done In tho Philippines and not only
make independence Impossible, but post
pone self-government to a distant day.
Tho president's defense of his administra
tion on tho main issues is sound und his
attack on tho position of Hryan Is formida
ble. Trentim-nt of the Filipinos.
Huffalo Kxpress (Ind. rep.)
The general trend of the nr
gunient seems to bo that tho
course taken has had no other object
than to build up in the Philippines an or
derly, civilized republic and that It was
the best course which could have been
taken toward the accomplishment of that
end. The question whether the republic
contemplated should be kept under the
American flag or eventually mado Inde
pendent Is not touched upon, but tho con
clusion Is Irresistible that u policy based on
tho principles tho president sets forth In
this letter must In the end lead to Philip
pines' Independence. Whether the course
taken has been tho wisest or not the demo
crats, who have so vociferously deplored
the granting of freemen's rights to tho
negroes In advance of a preparatory educa
tional training, are hardly the ones to
criticise it.
A Cn in iii Inn Artist.
Boston Globe 'Ind. dm )
No contemporary political debater has a
more plausible art than Mr. McKlnley has
been able to bring to his service In many
campaigns. When he has a point to make
and to carry no one Is more resourceful In
popular expedients nnd no ono Is freer from
tho chains of logic. Often ho may not
reach tho mind, but he has the Instinct
which guides him unerringly to the feelings.
Ills Intellectual scope Is not rated as broad
as that of somo of his historic antagonists
and associates In public life "not so deep
as a well, nor so wide as a church door;
but 'tis enough, 'twill serve," as he hns
shown on more than ono hard-fought field.
Ho seems to caro not who dazzles tho na
tion with his brilliance If only be may
lure it with his Infinite tact. In the present
lnttanco theso familiar qualities of his
equipment are employed with considerable
effectiveness.
Sciuiire oil All Ismirs,
Detroit Freo Press (Ind. dcm.)
Mr. Ilryan deliberately slurred over nil
tho Important declarations of tho Kansas
City platform except that bearing upon so
called Imperialism, covering his palpable
evasion with tho nssuranco that ho would
finish his acceptance at some later but un
designated date. Slnco that ho has shown
egregious Inconsistency by declaring that
"tho republican party U not prepared to
defend Its position upon any question now
beforo tho country." His acceptance dodged
tho issuo that ho literally forced upon the
national convention nnd yet ho has attained
to tho nemo of political Impudence by
charging his sin of commission to nn al
leged omission on tho part of tho enemy.
President McKlnley's letter giver the He
direct to this unworthy charge, Just as
Iloosovclt's speeches have done. Tho hean
of tho national republican thket docs not
sidetrack, subordinate or apologize for a
single plank In the platform on which ho
agrees to run. He refers nriilnr to the
futuro with Its possibilities of developing
n better svhtem under whlrh 10 pla t he
game. Ho does not havo ono kind of talk
for ono section nnd nnothcr kind .idjtiiited
to the sentiments of nnotlier section. He
stnmU pat upon the principles of ill" ion
ventlon that nominated him nnd bollh
ihsllrngrs tl-r verdict Of 111"" etitlir p oplr
Americans llko that. Thousands will iu
nitei' wi h nuo or more of his contentions,
but thoy love his style of courage nnd cun
dor He recognizes the paramount Im
portance of tho financial luetic, if the ordti
of presentation Is on Index to compilative
significance. In this view of the cue we
bellevo that the thinking masse of the
country will agree with him. They cannot
but laugh at any suggestion that our na
tionality is Imperiled, nnd with that assured
thero follows the sovereign duty of main
taining honor, Integilty and a deservim
prosperity Upsides this every other quen
Hon 10 be determined b th" campaign
hriiclij 10 comparative ualtuportanco,
l Si j Call
the solid south a majority of the electoral
college Kvcn in that section of the union,
however, the prevailing prosperity Is so
great that It Is doubtful it the calamity
candidate will get a large a vote as h did
four yearn ago.
For tho purpose ot obtaining up to date
facts concerning the condition of that sec
tion the republican national commltteo re
cently sent out letters to a large number of
representative business men asking how the
niiain lil affairs of their communities com
pared with those of five yearj ngo. A mm
mnry of replies shows that snvlngs and
commercial deposits have Increased from
rn to 120 per cent since ISM that munici
palities are able to borrow money at a rato
averaging more than one-half of 1 per cent
less than In 1SCI1; that farm values In most
sections have almost doubled; that about
.'0 per cent of farm mortgages have been
paid up and the remainder renewed only
with "prepayment" privileges and at lower
interest rates, and that from 20 to 25 per
cent of the debtor classes, to whom Hryan
four years ago vainly appealed with his dis
honest propositions for cutting In two the
value of money legal tender In payment for
debts, are now actually lending money In
competition with tho business men writing
these letters.
Tho letters from which these conclusions
were drawn were received from Illinois,
Kentucky. Ohio, Kansas, Minnesota. Ne
braska, South Dakota, North Dakota and
Montana. They are therefore fairly repre
sentative of tho whole of the central por
tion of the union lying between the Hock
les nnd the Alleghany mountains. Pome of
tho strongest evidences of prosperity come
from Bryan's own state. Such arguments
need no speaker to expound them. Pros
perity Is an Issue which the Intelligence of
tho American people perceives of Itself and,
moreover, that Intelligence hns learned by
experlenco how to value prosperity when
It sees It.
pnitsovwi poi.nti:ii.
The sultan of Turkey has reigned twenty
flvo years and hns Just had to arrest n
largo number of his subjects, who think
that is long enough.
Ex-President Harrison Is a believer In
the theory that the lawyer must study
law his whole life long. Not a day passes
but ho devotes n portion of It to some text
book. ,
Whllo the political tempest rages and
tho leaders Imagine ninny vain things Mr.
Cleveland fishes nnd Mr. Carneglo plays
golf, and both are presumed to be reason
ably happy.
Count von Waldcrsee especially prides
himself on his flno collection of maps,
which Includes complete charts of Chi LI
nnd tho Yangtse valley, compiled by Prus
sian officers.
Rudyard Kipling has been giving his
views on American weather. "Now Eng
land," he says, "would be, ot all spots in
the world, ono of the best to live In It Its
climate did not make living nearly Impos
sible." An autograph receipt ot Nathaniel Haw
thorne has Just been discovered among
somo old papers In the Boston custom
house. It was given by Hawthorne whllo
he was a measurer there and Is tor (304.17
salary for scventy-threo days.
Ex-Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts.
tho new minister to Italy, Is a descendant
' of tho Wolcott who was second In com
I mand to Sir William Pepperell In the ex
pedition ot 1745 against Cape Breton,
which resulted in tho capture of Louts
I burg.
Edmund Havlland Burke, a direct lineal
descendant of Edmund Burke, Is again try
ing to get Into tho British Parliament. Al
though still a young man, he Is somewhat
of an orator himself. He has already stood
for Parliament as a Parnelllte, but unsuc
cessfully. Sarah Orand does not bollevo at nil In
tho traditlonnl idea ot the stepmother.
She Is ono herself nnd cherishes the great
est affection for her stepson, and says that
she owes much of her literary success to
him. ns he always encouraged her In her
work r.nd helped her to get her books
published.
Ex-Secretary John Sherman has sold his
property In Mansfield, O., and on Septem
ber 17 will leave thero with his daughter,
Mrs. J. I. McCullum, for Washington, where
he will make his home. Ills Mansfield
property, which Includes several acres In
the residence portion of the city, has been
laid out In lots.
"I've found It!" exclaimed Mr. Andrew
Koneczy of South Chicago as ho wns
stretched under an ice box hunting a leak
In a gas pipe with the aid of a lighted can
dlo. The next moment Mr. Koneczy, tho
Ico box. the candle and the gas pipe not
to mention tho side of the house went out
Into tho street together.
Eugene Debs, the candidate of the social
democracy for president, has announced
his Intention of making a thorough can
vass of Illinois. He will deliver a series
of speeches In Chicago and other parts, of
tho stnte, especially In the coal mining
districts. Debs Is a resident of Terre
Hnute, Ind., not very far from the Illinois
border.
Chin Tan Sun of San Francisco Is said to
be the wealthiest Chinaman In the United
States. He camo to the Golden Gate In the
steerage of a steamer, the penniless son of
a poor farmer. At present he employs sev
eral hundred whlto people In his factories
and canning establishments, owns city resl
estate and big eattlo ranches, runs a
Chinese lottery and several merchandise
stores in San Francisco and is in tho real
estate business In Hong Kong.
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I't.ASIIKS OF I t .
Indlannpolls Journal "Ps. Is a h,iser , 4
in.in who lives in the i-mintrv ? '
' N". Jimmy; 11 litocrd Is a man who I" . s
In town and lets weeds grow In his fri,
aril "
Hrnnklvn life. "Hnw do ni uiiks s n
tniiliages to hair the reputation of In nig s
Roml-naturcd"''
"Knuy I'liuiigh. Hhe never cultivates ut.
opinions of her ow n.''
Ilaltlnioi'e American: "Now." ai 1 e
grand lzlr tit the new poet latirenle in tho
court of Abdul llHtnril. "I wish to a it
ini nealnst tho unhappy tit. of w.rU '
doubtful sounds. Your pierteceNsiT w.io
bowstrune beruiise he dashed off a ! m h
gem entitled Ode to America.' "
tieiehind Plain Dealer; "Ossters are 11
sennti now, nren't they, Mr. HllfT
"About now. I think. Miss Film There
Is some doubt about It, you know, but il.rrn
Is lieirr any doubt about loe crr.un nl
Will ou Indulge In a glass?"
Chicago Heiord: "Annie Nlbblns Is tha
lnealU'St kind of a gossip."
"U'hnt variety Is that?"
"She's the kind that doesn't tell nni thing
herself, but gits mi to tell all you know
Washington Star. "Thl-i company," said
the Impresario In despair, "reminds me nf
the concert of Murope."
"In what wiij "
"Kvery ludlvldu.it member of It wnn's
bo the prlnrlp.ll soloist. "
Chlinui) Post: "Can you prove nil the
things you say In jour campaign nrsu
inents? linked the .onservntlve voter
"That's not the point at all." answered
the practical politician. "The only i.,e
Hon we nr.. coiucrnid with Is whether 1I10
other people inn disprove them.'
Washington Star: "Don't voil gel tirei
said tho talkative customer, ' standing ttioi
hour by hour Ironing one stiff -bosomed h .1
ufter the other?"
"No," answered the Chinese latindr- m.ie
"It rests me to think 1 don t have to hi .r
them "
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I saw bv Hie
papers," remarked the Observant Hoarder
"that the queen of Swaziland has ordered
that the period of mourning for her de
ceased husband shall be postponed unM
after the harvest has been BSthcrd '
"Her motto evidently Is. 'Business beforn
pleasure,' " added the Cross-Kyed Boarder
Detroit Free Press: "You remember Ihnt
during the American war with Spain Win
tergreen sternly refused to at Spanish
mackerel," said Twynn to Triplet!
"I remember," replied Trlplett. "What
of It?"
"Well, now he won't cat off ihlnn plates
of fulling, some one asked him. ' when
you are cleaning the windows of the top
story?"
"Why should I be afraid of falling"
"Because they are on the thirteenth door
The professional window washer a lii
curled In scorn.
"Nobody who Is superstitious." he said
should ever etiguge In this businoxs
There nro plenty of other callings suitable
for such persons,"
'in 111:01.
Julia Ward Howe In Christian Herald
(In celebration of the deliverance of th
prisoners of Pckln, August. 1DW.)
I.
They're safe! Their way wn bounded
By, Death, In dreadful mien,
While still their camp surrounded
A splrlt-band unseen.
II.
A shield of blnzcti glory
Ood's love did Interpose,
Whero waved the banner gory
Uplifted by their foes.
III.
Cnfurl the standard. Christian!
es! rnlse It with a shout
I Wore the hordes Phlllstlun
Iho slaves of dream and doubt
IV.
Heneat tho song of Moses.
Who. from tho shadow-laud
where the dark Sphinx reposes,
Led forth his chosen band,
V.
Glad Miriam's cymbals, clashing
Shall cadence David's psalm,
Deborah s song outflashlng
Shall vvuko the slumbrous palm
VI.
AVe. in our modern lyre,
will nnd some hidden chord
To sound, with heavcn'n own choir,
The glory of the Lord.
VII.
To Him whose way Is shrouded.
But who, through day and night
His purpose keeps unclouded,
The victory of Right
VIII.
To Him, In holv rapture.
Our paean shall ascend.
I nloosed, the heathen capture.
God, our Ktornal Friend'
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