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Train robbers will take not loo anil
coiillnc their operations to homo other
locality.
Kooscvclt will carry away with him
from Nebraska a new pair of spurs,
though he won his spurs I011.1; ago.
When It comes to ftirnlMhliiK samples
of the genuine Indian Mimnier Nebraska
Is reaily to enter the competition for
llrst prize.
d'reat Hrltaln hohls Its parliamentary
elections on the Installment plan. The
I'nltcil Slates prefers to take Its election
dose at one j:ulp.
Uoosevelt found a largo number of
strenuous people In Nebraska and they
have enough reserve power to keep up
the banie gult until after election.
The annual cry against the game of
foot ball Is commencing to go up, but
strenuous Young America llnds the grid
Iron Just as enticing and enjoyable as
ever.
Fusion papers ami speakers are not
devoting much time to state Issues this
year. The party record In Nebraska
produces cramps every time It Is men
tioned. Boss t'roker's modesty Is becoming op
pressive. He objects to Senator 1 1 n unit
talking about him evidently in order
that Croker may do all the talking about
broker himself.
The democratic appeal to worklngmen
to disregard the full dinner pall argu
ment as one unworthy of them sounds
nice, but any good housewife could tell
.hem how much cll'ect It is likely to have.
Well posted men give It as their opln
Ion that the Baxter remedy for train
robbery Is the best and only sure cure
yet invented, other express messengers
and trainmen are urgently recommended
to try It.
Mexico has free ami unlimited coin-J
age of silver nnd market reports from
there say Interest rates aro from 10 to
1! per cent. The jirevalllng rate In this
country cuts that In two, ami under the
gold standard, too.
A big cut In sugar prices Is announced.
It will not have quite the attention,
however. In popoeratlc papers as would
a rise In the price, which might have
given new opportunity to spread on the
despotism of the trusts.
Nebraska Is overrun Just now with
honieseckers' excursions. Honieseekers
can llnd no moru Inviting place to settle
than Nebraska. An Investment In Ne
braska farm lauds Is sure to bring re
turns unequnled anywhere.
(ieorgln has gone democratic by the
usual majority. All the returns are not
lu at present, but that Is Immaterial, for
should It. lack anything of the ordinary
figures the democratic counting machine
can bo depended upon to make up the
dellcletiey.
We do not hear very much now from
Mr. Bryan about the ting following tho
constitution ami being one, and Insop
arable, with It. Tho catch-words that
wero printed on tho banners used for
spectacular purposes at Kansas City
have failed to catch.
The heavy shipments of feeder cattle
from the South Omaha yards this fall
Indicate that the Nebraska farmer Is
not going to have so much corn to sell
this coming winter as formerly. In spite
of the fact that ho has raided a big crop
because It pays better to feed It.
Adlal Stevenson Is developing qualities
lu this campaign which he was never
htisppeted of possessing, lie congratu
lated the delegates to the convention of
democratic clubs on tho large attend
anoe. J. Ham Lewis and Private John
Allen must look after their laurels as
humorists and artists lu sarcasm
Ul.lt AM) XhW lll:MH llALr.
"Hryanlmn Is not democracy," fiivh
the Philadelphia Ledger. "It Is a poison
ous parasite which has killed the party
as a party. Ueiuocrnts there are, anil
pood ones, too. but they are not llryan
ites. Thu resurrection of tho democ
racy Is to be achieved by thcin after
they have gotten rid of Hrynnlsnu
which they will do by abstaining from
voting for P.rynn. On the grave of Its
dead f-elf the parly will, undoubtedly,
rise again, but not till .Mr. Bryan Is
again defeated and the political heresies
he stands Tor are swept away, and room
thus made for tho re-cstabllshtnent of
the old principles which made the demo
cratic, party for so long a Hint? respectn
bio and powerful."
The democracy" of Jefferson nnd .tnck
son was a sound-money party. These
Illustrious democrats could never have
favored the free silver heresy of the
Ilrynnlte party. Jefferson said that "the
proportion between the values of gold
and silver Is a mercantile problem alto
gether." lie also said: ".lust principles
will lead us to disregard legal propor
tions altogether, to Inquire Into the
market price of gold in the several coun
tries with which we shall be principally
connected In commerce, and to take an
average from them." Jueksoti pointed
out the Injury that must result, partic
ularly to labor, from an unsound cur
rency. Can anybody believe that these great
democrats, were they now living, would
approve the attack on tho Judiciary
which the patty, of Hryanlsiu makes?
.letrerson helped to frame the constitu
tion of the rnlted State, which estab
lished a Judicial department as a co ordl
nate branch of the government that was
to be kept free from political control or
party domination. He could never have
countenanced such an attack on that
tribunal as Is made In the platform of
the Ilryanlzed democracy. Jackson was
no less solicitous for the maintenance
of the Integrity, honor and purity of the
federal Judiciary. Had such an attack
upon the Judiclul department of the gov
ernment been made In his day its Is now
being Hindu he would have denounced It
with all the vigor and force that were
characteristic of him.
Those distinguished democrats differed
In another Important respect from the
leaders of the new democracy. They did
not appeal to class prejudice or attempt
to array one element of the people
against another. There were differences
In social conditions In their time as there
are now. there were poor people and
people who were well off, but Jefferson
and Jackson did not use these dlllerenees
to foster antagonisms, as Mr. Dryan has
done, and for the reason that they were
statesmen and patriots, not mere self
seeking politicians.
Hryunlsm represents no principle or
policy for which authority or sanction
can be found In the record of any of the
great democrats of the past, from Jef
ferson to Tllden. It Is, as the Philadel
phia Ledger says, a "poisonous parasite
which has killed the party as a party."
No old-time democrat, who still has re
spect for the wisdom and honors the
memory of the democratic leaders of
former dars the men who made .the
partv respectable and powerful-can, It
would seem, conscientiously support the
party of Bryiuilsni.
GKHMAXVS SECUXD A'OTK.
The Cerinan government has sub
mitted another proposition to tin; pow
ers, in regard to the punishment of the
persons responsible for the outrages at
Pekln. It assumes the genuineness ol
the edict of the Chinese government
degrading and ordering the trial of
Prince Tuan and others and proposes
tin agreement among the powers to In
struct their diplomatic representatives in
China to examine and give their opinion
as to whether the list contalued in tho
edict of persons to be punished Is suf
tlclent .and correct, whether tho pun
Ishnients proposed moot the case, and
in what way the powers can control the
carrying out of the penalties Imposed
It Is expected that tho powers will
agree to take action on these lines, the
Uulted States having, It Is understood
already done so. There can be no reus
onablo objection to the Uerman propos
als on the part of the Chinese Impe
rial authorities If they are sincerely ih
slrous, as appears to be the case, to
properly punish the guilty and to hasten
peace negotiations. It Is certainly ih
Nimble that the powers should be fully
Informed as to whether the Chinese gov
rnment is acting In good faith lu des
Ignatlng those deserving punishment
and also that they should be amply as
sured that the punishment of these per
sons will "Ht the crime" and not bo a
mere farce. It Is further innnlfestly Im
portant that they bo advised as to how
they may control tho carrying out or
the penalties Imposed. The diplomatic
representatives In China of tho powers
will bo able, undoubtedly, to promptly
furnish this Information, so that thu
new proposals of (Jerniany need not and
probably wilt not further complicate the
sltuutlun or materially delay the be
ginning of negotiations for a settlement.
In agreeing to the points suggested
by Cermai'v the United States makes no
departure from Its previously detined
position. It will be remembered that lu
the circular of tho Department of State
of July a It was stated that "If wrong
be done to our citizens we propose to
hold the responsible authors to the ut
termost accountability." Not only Is
there nothing Inconsistent with this lu
agreeing to the Uorniuu proposals, but
on the contrary It Is necessary to the
carrying out of our declared purpose.
The Information that will be elicited lu
this way will etiablo our government to
hold the responsible authors of the. Pekln
outrages to a strict accountability,
which It would hardly bo lu u position to
do without such Information. There Is
nothing, therefore, In the American ac
ceptance of the (lernian suggestions that
Is not entirely In harmony with our de
clared and consistently maintained pol
Icy, or that Is in the slightest degree
Inconsistent with our friendly attitude
toward the Chinese government. It Is
a very different matter from Germany's
first proposition, requiring tho surrender
of pi't'sous shown to be responsible for
the outrages and their punishment by
the allies, as a preliminary condition to
the opening of pence negotiations. As
this Involved a virtual surrender by. the
Chinese government of Its sovereign
right to try and punish Its own subjects
our government properly refused to
agree to It. The agreement of the two
governments In the later proposals may
be expected to have good results.
A tlECOltl) THAT XEKUS SQVAltlSO.
One of tho thinks in the democratic
national platform of 1S00 on which the
democratic nominees of that year ap
pealed for support reads as follows:
That tho democratic party aro In favor of
thu acquisition of tho Island of Cuba on
such terms iix slmll bo honurabte to our
selves and Just to Spain at tho earliest
practicable moment.
This declaration Is Interesting at the
present time from several poluts of
view.
In the first place It puts the demo
cratic party on record ns favoring the
acquisition of territory without any
compunctions as to the constitutional
right to do so. If the United States
hud a right under the constitution to
acquire Cuba in 1800 it certainly had u
right to acquire Porto Itlco and the
Philippines In IS',18 without doing vio
lence to the constitution.
In the second place It asks for such
terms as are "honorable to ourselves
and Just to Spain." Not a word about
llrst asking the consent of the Cubans.
Not u word about the terms being just
to the Inhabitants of the Island, Not
a word about tho title to the island be
longing in reality to the Cubans rather
than to Spain, such as Is being talked
by Bryan with reference to the Phil
ippines. When the democratic platform of 1SU0
was adopted the theory of the consent
of the governed had not percolated into
the democratic creed. It would, of
course, have been ridiculous for the
democrats to have Intimated that the
consent of the Cubans was necessary
before the United States could take Jur
isdiction over the Island, us proposed;
when at the same time the democratic
south was holding four millions of
negroes ln slavery regardless of their
consent.
Some of our democratic friends might
with propriety devote u little time to
this democratic platform plank and see
If they can square It with the position
lhsitmed by the party in the Kansas City
platform.
Tin: skcum) coaiiHssiuxAi, distmct.
Nebraska's Second Congressional dls
trlct has been represented In Washing
ton for the past eight years by Con
gressman David 11. Mercer, who has
been again renominated on the repub
llcuu ticket. If there Is any reason why
Mr. Mercer should not be endorsed by
a re-election It has not been ndvunced.
Since his sclectlou to represent this
district Its Interests have been en red for
as never before. By long and elllelent
service Mr. Mercer has earned positions
on several of the most important house
committees, Including tho chnlrmanshlr.
of the committee on public buildings
which give him an influence no new
congressman could possibly command
With the certainty that President Me
Kinley will occupy the White House au
other four years the advantage to be
obtained by having a congressman In
political harmony with the ndtnlulstra
lion must bo apparent to all. while
should the district bo represented by
a member of a minority party, Its claims
could not hope to receive tho same fa
vorablo attention.
Looking at the matter purely from
the standpoint of self-interest the Sec
ond Nebraska district cannot afford to
do anything at this time except to re
turn Mr. Mercer for another two years
Tho announcement comes from New
York that tho entire amount of Swed
Ish bonds consigned for sale In tho
United States has been taken largely
by purchasers lu Wlsconslu, Minnesota
and tho Dakotas. This meuus that the
bonds aro being bought by former eltl
zens of Sweden who have settled
In
large numbers In these states. It means
also that the purchasers are not bloated
capitalists, but people of Independent
means who have worked themselves up
from comparative poverty to allluence
It Is safe to say that few of them would
have been able to huvo become botid
btrycrs had they remained In the coun
try of their birth. Yet the Bryanltes
aro trying to persuade the foreign-born
voters that all their opportunities for
advancement have been destroyed.
And now wo are told that (Jovernor
I'oynter has proved himself "an able
executive." Ho has proved himself able
to keep the state administration In con
blunt turmoil; ho has proved himself
able to demoralize state Institutions
and able to pletiso the corporations. It
must take "an able executive" to do all
that.(
I'he fusion state machine proposes to
force Its suit to keep tho mld-roadon
from using the name populist on the
olliclal ballot. In other words, thu fu
slonlsts want the court to give them a
monopoly not only on their own party
label, but upon that chosen by the mid-
readers as well.
South Omaha's record of hogs slaugh
tered In Its packing houses for tho year
Is almost up to the htgli-water murk
reached last year and promises to pass
It beforo thu close of the season.
Omaha's cinch on third place lu the table
litis not been affected by any census
discrepancies.
How did J. Unm Lewis transfer him
self from Nebrnska to Indiana without
leaving a rlpplo of excitement In his
wake? Kveryono supposed ,1, Ham and
his Iridescent whiskers were about to
set tho Nebraska prairies nbhue, both
ilgurutlvely and literally, but before the
lire was kindled he seems to have folded
his tent and stolen silently away. If
the democratic national committee still
retains hopes of holding Nebraska In
line for Dryan It will immediately send
J. Ham buck to us and keep him here
until after election.
(live I'p (he (iiild.
Philadelphia LcdKcr.
England warns Holland that it may have
Kmgor, but rantiat have his wealth; that
Is what England has becu fighting for.
Hunch of l'olltletil .Vnurls,
Olobe-Demoeint.
Hawaii may take the first prlzo for
heavenly twins. A fusion of republicans
and democrats Is tulked of to beat u third
party.
Where the I'liieh Conies In.
Indianapolis News.
Tho Independent coal operators are be
tween the miners and thu railroad., and
lu the squeeze they are naturally dlspusnd
to squeal.
The TtiliiK In Loaded.
Washington l'ost. .
Tho Hon. Slxto Lopez lias arrived. The
democratic leaders aro as glad to sec him
as they would bu to assist In the work of
thawing out a chunk ot dynamite.
lleeollei'iloiiM of llllillenl l)u.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. riryau says there wero nioro bibles
bold during Cleveland's administration than
during Mr. McKlnley's. Very likely. That
was a tlmo when tho people very much
needed tho consolations of thu scriptures.
Tcnilcr 'I'll bale lo (he Mule.
Chicago l'ost.
According to tho testimony of the be
leaguered legations at l'ekln, mulo steak
Is tenderer than horse steak. Whence It
appears that thu kicking apparatuu of the
former animal Is llku Douglas In tho song,
'tender and true."
CurllslcN Demneriie-.
Philadelphia. Record.
It would bo a bold man who should under-
t.iku to question tho democracy of John 0.
Carlisle. And yet It Is precisely for the
reason that ho Is a democrat and will not
turn tall upon hl3 lifelong convictions that
hn Is unable to advlso his countrymen to
vote for Mr. Uryan.
Tim I' ii II Dinner I'nll.
Han Francisco Call,
To frco labor a full dinner pall does not
mean only what It meant to the slave. It Is
his sign of plenty, of full supply of his
physical wants, of a surplus for clothing
and shelter and a further surplus which ac
cumulates as capital and Bpecds him on to
Independence. It precedes nil opportunity
for his intellectual advancement, which Is
Imposstblo when his physical wants are In
sufficiently supplied.
HInIiik Tide of Kx ports.
Philadelphia Itecord.
And still tho proportion of the exports of
manufactures as compared with tho nggrc-
gato of other exports continues to swell!
For tho eight months ended August 31 last
tho percentage of manufactured exports was
33. 84 of the whole. Tor tho month of Aug
ust tho exports of manufactures wcru Mil
ued at 35,7!3,039, or 35.26 per cent of the
wholo volume of domestic exports for the
month $101,500,323.
lriNicrll- (lie ItcMl Insiic.
.Minneapolis Journul.
Mr. Dryan ridicules "the full dinner pall
argument." Uut ho admits that the dinner
pall Is full. Now tho question Is whether
ho can get tho man with tho dlnnor pall
to voto to empty it again. That is the great
Issue lu this campaign, and, although Mr.
Dryan may throw a lot of dust Into the air
about imperialism and trusts and may jolly
tho voter over so hard, tho Indications aro
that the man with tho dinner pnll, who gen
erally has n family to bo affected, too, will
voto to keep tho dinner pall nud the family
cupboard full.
I'HOl-nsSlO.NS AM) I'UACTICK.
IlrymilNiii Illustrated by Atdicli on
X rbi-usl.il Industries.
Chicago Inter Oeeun.
"The democratic party," said Mr. flryan
In his Indianapolis speech of acceptance
"has no deslro to dlscourago Industry.'
Mr. Dryan's repented assertions of sym
pathy with tho farmer and tho working-
man aro well known. Such are .Mr. llryau's
professions. Yet ns tho direct result of
Mr. Dryan's efforts Nebraska Is threatened
with thu loss ot Its second largest monu
fncturlng Industry using raw materlnl from
tho farm.
In 1SS7 residents of Nebraska City or
ganlzcd tho Argo Starch company and built
a factory. Tho concern has been eontlnu
ously prosperous. For mnny years It has
given steady employment to nearly 300 per
sons, paid them each year from $250,000 to
$300,000 In wages and bought ench year
1,000,000 bushels of corn from tho neigh
boring farmers.
In ISO!) the Argo company sold Its plant
for cash to tho United Starch company,
which In turn sold It to tho National
Starch company. Tho Argo and United
companies divided their assets and wore
dissolved. Their shareholders had inndo a
good profit nnd wero perfectly satisfied.
Tito factory continued In operation, Is still
working with full force and neither Its em
ployes nor tho farmers who sell It corn
inako any complaint.
Hut Mr. Ilryau was anxious to glvo tho
country "nn object lesson." Ho ho stirred
his friend Smyth, tho populist attorney
general of Nebraska, to boglti action
against the National Htnrch company as a
trust. If this suit should succeed tho
Argo factory would bo closed, 300 pcoplo
thrown out of work and tho neighboring
farmers doprlved of nn assured market for
1.000.000 bushels of corn ench year. Uuin
stares Nebrabka City In tho face, for ono
third of Its population Is directly Inter
estod In tho sturch factory. Consequently
the people of that unfortunate town raised
such a clamor that on Wednesday evening
Mr. Dryun wont thcru to excuso and de
fend his attack upon them.
He told them thuy ought to be glad to
tacrlllco their property and employment
to tho causo of trust-smashing and re
buked them for defending a "trust." Then
ho consoled them with this promlso: "If,
by tho nld of tho people of this couuty
and state, I am made president, I will do
all I can to dissolve tho starch trust and
leavo tho Argo an Independent Nebraska
City company." Ho did not explain how
ho could compel a dissolved corporation
to resumo business, or how ho could forco
Us former shareholders to operate a fac
tory which they sold at a profit and were
nald for moro than a year ago. That tho
people of Nebraska City permitted Mr
Uryan to speak without any Interruption
proves them to bo strictly inw-nuiuing
and courteous.
The policies of former presidential can
jlldntcn havo bean assailed ns tending to
destroy industry and tnrow men out oi
work. Mr. Dryan Is tho first presidential
candhlato to take direct measures to de
prlvo fanners of an assured market and
to throw 300 worklngmen and women into
the street.
Tho American pcoplo have In Mr,
Dryan's nttempt to ruin Nebraska City
nn "object lesson" in his lovo for tho
farmer and tho laborer which they should
not forget. For such a deliberate as
sault upon tho work and wages of nun
dreds of people, mcrply to mako a trust
smasher's holiday, recent Industrial history
affords no pirellcl.
Lincoln on
OMAHA. Oit 2, 1900 To tho lMllor of
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Tho lite. One would suppono that the
llryanltes so reverence the words of Abra-
ham Lincoln, twice selected by the ripub-
l.can party for the presidency, that could It
bo ascertained that Mr. Lincoln bellocit In
the rlaht of connress to acquire territory,
ne ri(,iii oi ionsri.B hi
they would urant tho same gracious right
to President McKlulcy.
fmlnr nnd liv vlrlue of an net to confls-
tnder nun by unite or an nci 10 con s
cato property used for Insurrectionary pur-
poses, upproved August 6, ISfll, many sliueH
wero declared free from Bervice to their
prior musters, and Mr. Lincoln suggested
that they be colonized at "some placo or
places In a cltinato eongcnlnl to them."
And In his first annual message tu eon-
gress, December 3, 1S61, in reference to
this, Mr. Lincoln said:
To carry out the plan of colonization tn.iy
bo expended lii the territorial acquisition
Having practiced the acquisition or frrl-
tory ror nearly sixty jears. the questlun of
A Democrat's Advice
Tew men of the older nnd purer democ- Is ridiculous. In fuel, we have tried the
racy, thu democracy unadulterated with experiment by purchasing nioro than Jtf'O,
populism, contributed more of his talents (HiO.OOO worth of silver, In order to pre
and mentis for tho micccbs of his party serve tho parity between slhor and gold
than A brum S. Howltl of New York. His ut the ratio of 10 to 1. We havo seen tho
namo Is familiar to every democrat lu price of Bllvcr steadily fall In tho faco or
mlddlo llfo and his unselllsh devotion to these largo purchases. Tho Uulted States
tho principles of tho party nnd his labors strained Its ability to the last thread of
In Its .behalf contrast unfavorably with tension In this effort. Universal distress
tho hordo of self-seekers now In control existed and we were only relieved from
of tho party machinery. Mr. Hewitt re- general bankruptcy by tho repeal of the
fused to follow tho democracy Into tho Sherman act. To repeat tills experiment
camp of tho pupullflts four years ago and In a tlmo when business Is good Is an act
ho Is unable to dlscovor any change In ot folly so glaring that It Is dltUcult for a
tho mongrel party principles proclaimed eane man to understand that the propos
al Kansas City to Justify honest democrats lion could have received a sliiglo vole lu
In returning to their old allegiance. Writ- tho convention.
Ing to a trleud dellulug his position on "You ask mo whether tho present ad-
tho presidency Mr. Hewitt says: ministration Is likely to establish an Im-
"Tho political sltuutlon at this tlmo Is pcrlallstlc form of government over this
of n very different character from that country or lu Its new possessions?
which presented Itself four years ago. At "1 answer that the constitution of the
that tlmo It seemed possible to maintain United States Is too strongly Intrenched
n distinct democratic organization based 1" the affections of the people to permit
upon the fundamental principles enun- Its possible violation by tho ndinlnlstra-
ciatcd by Jefferson and which had con- t'o i"l Hint 'f 1K'h nn attempt were made
tinned to govern the party in all previous the supremo court of tho United States
presidential elections. The nomination ot would surely Interpret tho constitution In
Palmer and lluckner was not made with Hie "Pim of Its founders and for the pres-
auy Idea that they could bo elected, but ervatlon of tho constitutional government
In order to preserve an organization nbout
which sound democrats could rullv In
case the heresies of tho Chicago platform
should bo repudiated by a subscqm nt eon-
ventlon professing to bo democratic. The
recent convention held at Kansas City
ban. however, rendered all sueh nxnecta-
tlons hopeless. Tho party which calls itself
democratic Is In reality popullstlc and
based upon doctrines which, If carried Into
effect, would produco political anarchy.
No doubt you ro familiar with Talne's
History of tho French Devolution.' In tho
second volume, entitled 'Democracy.' you
111 llnd all tho heresies of thu Chicago
platform pr.icticnlly announced and tho
dreadful eousequenccs ot Mrlving to put
these false doctrines into operation are
recorded lu language which should becomo
tho text for all political educatlou.
"It seems, therefore, that there Is no
longer any room for doubt as to tho
course which should be taken by men who
bellevo In truo democracy and desire to
preserve Its principles for the benefit of
those who nro to como after us. Vo ar
compelled by every consideration of honor,
of duty and of Interest to rcpudluto Hry
nnlsm and all that It represents. The
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 Is
the least of tho falsa doctrines in this
Platform, but it necessarily occupies the
first place. You ask whether I believe lu
thu coinage) of silver at tho ratio ot 1G
to 1. You might as well ask mo whether
I bclloved t lint an ounco should bo made to
pass for a pound In tho ordinary transac
tions of commerce. The ratio is a false
ratio. Tho valuo of silver measured by
gold Is, u every ono knq,ws, not 10 to 1,
but 32 to 1. Tho proposition of tho plat
form, therefore, is to declare that 60 cents
shall by law bo made equal to $1. This
absurd proposition Is based upon tho pro-
feBHed belief that In 1S73, when nllver was
demonetized, a erlmo was committed by
which creditors benefited nt tho cxpeuso
of debtors. Tho fact Is that Bllvcr was
then overvalued and henco Its demonetiza
tion was a relief to debtors and of no
benefit to creditors.
Tho extrnordlnary thing Is that tho
Knnsns City platform proposes to com-
mlt the very crlmo which It falsely do-
nounced ns having been perpetrated in
1873. It proposes to substitute a 50-cent
dollar In payment of debts which ought
to bo dlschnrgcd with lou cents to tno
dollar. This Is robhery and, therefore, a
crlmo In which no honest man can havo
any part. Tho prctenso that the bullion
value of silver could be raised to its coin-
ago valuo by the flut of tho government
The Paramount Issue
Tho paramount issue to bo fought out In
tho battle of 1900 may be summed up In Ave
Miinll words. Do you want a change?
This Is tho slmnlo question thut every
citizen will nsk himself boforo bo casts hU
ballot and tho verdict will depend upou tho
conclusion reached by a majority of the
15,000,000 voters who will record tliemsolvefi
on ono side or the other next November.
It cannot bo gainsaid that tho American
pcoplo aro ns prosperous und well-to-do
this year ns they over havo been. Do the
American people want a chango?
Do the Auierknn fanners, whoso products
aro In sternly demand at good prices at all men who aro constantly striving to bet
homo and abroad, want a change? ter their condition, but do not wlllfullv and
Do tho merchnntB and tradesmen of tho
country, who are dolug a larger miFiness
hi the aggregate thau ever bctore, waut a
change?
Do the manufacturers and employers ot
labor In mill nnd factory, whoso products
are marketable now at fair profit, want a
change?
Do tho professional men, whose services
ADMIItAI, WATSON'S VIBWS.
Nec.-sNlt of SiipiMirlliigr Hie Ailnilnli-(i-iillouN
I'lilllliplnr I'ldlf).
Dear Admiral Watson, who succeeded Ad
miral Dewey lu command of tho American
IKet nt Manila, Is homo on a two months'
leavo ot absence. When In Chicago a few
days ago ho bad this to say on tho Philip
pine problem:
"I am looking forward to tho tn.iult of
thn presidential contest with anxiety and
deep" Interest, for I know what It means,
not only to tho futuro of our country as a
power among tho nations of thu world, but
to hundreds or tnousanuj oi wib peopiu in
tho faraway Philippines, who wonder. If wo
are going to step aside and watch their
throats being cut by tho Tagalog tribes now
In arms ugnlnst us.
"The- cry hns been persistently uprcad In
tho Philippines, through what agency I do
not know, that with the Uofc.it ut tho pres
ent administration Agulnaldo becomes In a
moment the uncrowned King of tho Island
as rapidly as tho presto change of tho
magician. Now, the great majorliy of tho
peoplo of thoso Islands look upon Agulnaldn
and his party as enrmles- The cry only
serves to glvo them tho thought of what
will happen If American protection ot tneir
homes nnd IIvcb la withdrawn. There aro
thousands of them today willing to be
formed Into companies and regiments to
render effective service In killing oft tbli
Acquisition
mult iilc...' j. iw.r in so is ii' loejor
" open "lie with US I ho power was ques-
,,,, , (ln,t ,,y Mr Jclforon, wlm, in
u. purchase of Louisiana. lclded Ills
mr iples ...i the plea '''K!f'lffl;
J. rrf,VL- ,erV.or' '"s0,'1u W hones
rr white men, this measjre effects that
object, ror the etnlKratlnii or colored men
K-aves additional room fur wblto men if-
uiatnlm? or comliiK here. Mt. Jeifersoti,
however, placed the Importance or proeur-
l.oUSlunu tnnn- on political and coni-
lm,roltl KrinlI1(.s ,han on proUdmi; renin
ror population. Vol . pane 51. MeKsagos
and Tapers of the Presidents.
Hero wo llnd the great nnd beloved Lin-
coin, to hoso name a loyal nation glen
urlversal admiration, stating to congress
that tho power to ncciutro territory Ih no
lengor an open question with the t'nlted
States. '1 ho llrynnltcs would confer an
ourlastlug obligation on consistency and
political history If they would never nmuu
port of democratic populism Truly your,
JAMKS II. MACOMIlKH.
to which wo owo our stauiiuy aim our
prosperity. Personally I regret ery much
that wo havo acquired tho I'hlllpplno
Islands and so far as I might hao any
mime-noo i wpuiu oxen u ior uie puipoe
"f divesting ourselves of the ownership
of these Islands. I bellevo that our sys-
,t!l" of government was not designed for
tho administration ot colonial possessions.
So far as Cubli Is concerned wo are under
pledge to refrain from Its acquisition ex
cept by tho will of the people of Cuba.
"An In I'urlii ltlrn nnd tho Hawaiian
islands they happen to bo geographically
so related to this country und In them
selves nro of such small area that I do not
think nny danger to our political Insti
tutions will comu from their possession
nud their administration. With the Phil
ippine Islands, however, the enso is alto
gether dlffeicnt. They aro practically for
eign to us In race, In locality, In Interest.
Circumstances, howoer, to some extent
made us responsible tor tho establishment
ot n stable government In these islands
and 1 believe that tho administration will
necessarily do all In Its power to estab
lish such n government In order to get rid
of tho responsibility of permanent admin
istration. "Lastly, you ask whether a democrat
1... w.l In, fn Mlfln!.ii c.n.l llnnuni'itlt
cou,(, ,)0 (.OI18l(,oril(, falso ,0 tho lntert.atH
of democracy. 1 answer that 1 do uot see
how a democrat who Is truo to the inter
ests of democracy can In the present ex
igency take any other courso than to vote
lor the republican ticket. 1 proposo my
self so to Note and 1 do this because I am
a democrat who feels that Ilryaulsm and
nil that It stands for is diametrically op
posed to tho principles of tho democratic
party as they were enunciated by Jef
ferson and as they huvo been construed
by tho great men who have led tho demo
cratic party up to tho tlmo of the holding
of thu unhappy convention of 1S!)C, when
tho old organization wns broken up. 1
havo but llttlo sympathy with the republi
can party nnd ns a rule have found its
leaders to be opportunists nnd not states
men. Nevertheless, In tho. present crisis
tho Philadelphia platform Is much more
acceptable than tho platform of tho Ivan-
BaB clty convention. It may bo a choice
0f evils, but It Is certainly n lesser evil
to coutlnuo tho government In tho hands
0f (j10 republican party for tho next four
yearn tlnn to encounter tho perils which
would confront us In ease Dryan and his
followers should havo thn opportunity of
putting In practice thu Insane policy to
which they are committed."
command higher remuneration than ever
beforo, want u change?
What, would nny of these clnsses gain by
n change?
Tills Is the poser which neither Mr. Dryan
nor any of his champions will bo able tu
answer satisfactorily. They will talk about
tho Declaration of Independence, nbout tho
crlmo or 18i3, about tho beauties of froo
sliver coinage, about the disastrous gold
standard, about tho inennco of Imperialism
nnd militarism nnd about tho rapacity of
the trusts. Hut all thoso subjects aro over-
snnuowed uy tho question that dominates
iieliborntely expose themselves nnd their
lamiiies io tno risk of a relapse to tho dls
iicssing, naru limes oxperienced beforo the
ndent of McKlulcy and tho ascendancy of
republican policies that havo restored oon-
lldcnco, raised tho national credit and set
tho wheels of Industrial and commercial
activity in motion. -Omaha lino.
guerrilla warfare, for It Is nothing else
and to aid In bringing peaco and pros
perity under American rule.
"Some peoplo nsk, 'Why has tho war not
been brought to a eloso beforo this?"
answer that tho war has beon brought to
a close. In n country like Luzon, howovcr,
u small system of guerrilla warfsro may bo
prosecuted for a time with success ugainst
tho greatest army In tha world. I Bay 'for
a time,' for every day tho opposition grows
moro and moro feeble. I have no doubt
that in a llttlo while, (is soon as our gov
ernment can perfect tho organization of u
nativo oybtem of policing the country, thu
Panos ot Aguinaiuo s lollowers will bu
rapidly dissolved
"I do not mean by this that they will
be killed. Hut with thu ussuianco of. the
re-elecllnn of President McKlnley and tho
determination of thu American peoplo that
tho (lag which now floats over the Philip
pines suaii no respicicu mere as It is here
1 say Hut tho men now lu revolt against
our authority win Uy down their arms.
"Tho aat majority of people aro ho
ginning to rennzo what Amerleun rulu
means. Onco thoy wcru suspicious of us
naturally enough, for the Spanlarila hnd
lird to them for eennirlos. Hut thoy now
! Know mat tno word or an American olll rr
. and of the American prestdout. frnrn wh me
authority that word first comes, is as good
as his bond."
AII.MIII Ull.li ttnii.w IOH.
Well (Irmiiiirnl mill Well Cniiiluctcit
StilUe nr (he (.mil Mlncr.
rinudolpliln Times.
There nrvcr ha- been u strike In the coal
region co well organlied and well eon
ducted lis thi- pri'scnt has been anil It has
utterly baffled the expectations of tho"
who assumed that the minors would soon
fall out among themselves or that tho
would bo led Into violence nnd destruction
that would drive the orderly clement nui
of the sttlke and bmk to work. Notlilnrr
of (his kind has oicunrd The only serlou..
breach of the pence was brought nbout by
the officer of tho conl corporations and the
military hastily called out h.no found
nothing nt nil to do.
A hundred and fifty ihom.ir.d men aro
Idle, yet not only has there been no dls
otdcr, but there hns not rcn been any
violence of language or any bitterness of
feeling manifested. The leaders huvo un.
formly maintained an attitude of tnoile-itv
nnd dignity and havo been temperate allUn
In their demands nnd In the mnuuer of r
pressing them. In this wny their causo Ino
enlisted universal sympathy nnd the strike
hn been won becauso It has the Mipport of
public sentiment.
The f.ict is apparent to the mlue owners
nnd those who control tho great coal cor
poratlons. It la not what they expected
and they may hesitate for n tltup to ae
knowledge It, but that they will yield to
tlie necessities ot tho situation Is Inevitable.
The Just leu of the miners' demands la
vlrtunlly admitted nnd every consideration
dem:inds h full nnd generous ndjustmeut of
the dispute with the least possible delay
i'i:itsoAi, roiNTim.s.
There is a shortage of cabbage heads In
(icrinnny and they are being imported from
Michigan
Captain Srott, who is organizing tho Drlt
Ish Antaictlc expedition, which is to set out
lu September, 1001, announces that the fuud
for tho expedition bus now reached $200,500.
Ux-l'rcsldcnl Harrison's summer In his
Adirondack camp has done him a great
amount of good. Ho has como back tanned
nnd strong nnd apparently P.ve years
ounger.
At St. Joseph, Mo., tho son of a million
aire hns enlisted lu the navy nnd In New
York tho richest young man lu tho world
hns gouo Into a railway olliro to leuru the
business.
Two thousand American sailors who were
In tho engagement that resulted in thu sink
ing of thu Spanish licet off Santiago re
ceived checks for $04.75 each as prize mcney
last Saturday.
Walter Houston, nn old oldlcr, who died
recently In Uttca, Wis., left $12,000 to tho
Veterans' home at Waupaca, Wis. Ho had
visited the place disguised as a poor sol
dier In order to Fntlsfy liimaclf of its con
dition .Uul management.
Kdward Leonard Dwyer of Torrlngton,
Conn., who married tho duchess of Castel-
luila and dissipated thefortuuo that eumc
10 lllm 111 llur death.vlias become a prlvute
in inw cnucu siaies marine corpB and is
now on his way to the Philippines. Ho
hopes to llnd an opportunity to make a
fortune In the east.
Herbert Putnam, llbrarlon'of congress,
who has relumed from Ills visit to ICuiopo
In sea roll of books, spent $12,000 for vol
umes needed by tho congressional library.
Ho visited all the principal cities of Eu
rope nnd senrched through dark, dusty
second-hand stores, as well ns among the
llrst-class book dealers.
Silas M. Douglass, tho new chief Justice
of tho circuit courts of Ohio, Is an old
neighbor of John Sherman, In .Mnnslleld,
O Ho did not leavo the farm until ho
was of ago and has been at the bar only
seventeen years, though in that time ho
has been mayor of tho town, city solicitor
und circuit Judge. He is 47 cars old.
rrrsl Lender of Coiind-rfcllrrw,
WICHITA, Knn.. Oct. 4.-T. M. Krnnlz.
lender of a gang of alleged eounterfelteri,
was arrested here late last night. He live
nt C.intou. Kan., and Is a man who stood
high In that community. Thn coins nic
mndo out of Mexican r.llvor dollars .ind
galena lend. Frautz Is said to huvo ruined
the money, tleorge Hull, Isaac Dull and
Frank Nolan are In the federal Jail nt Fort
Scott, accused or passing tnu coins ot
liuiena and Joplln.
City oniclnln Indicted.
TOLF.DO, ).. Oct. 3. -Colonel C. II. Volte,
street commissioner or Toledo; A. CJ Kin
ney, his secretary, nnd Harney Muttlmnre,
his loremnn, wero each indicted by the
I.ucns county granu jury on a ennrge m
falsifying city pay rolla. Flvo bills wore
icturncd.
Tltll'I.nS THAT T1CICI.I5.
fle eland Plain Denier: "Why doesn't
Drlndlo take his vacation?"
Ho eun t. Ho h too Dusy loanin ills new
valise."
IndlaiiatmllK Journul: "I don't llko to
make calls with my wife."
Does she pick you up nrtcrwaru on your
grammer?
'io; nui sno inniu's mo give ncr m ccnia
ror every lie I tull."
l'lttsburir Chronicle: Mr. DukHne Thn
year 1j0 Is becoming rapidly Impoverished.
Mr. liusweu wiin i no you mean;
Mr. Dukano It Is reduced to Its lust quar
ter.
llnRt on Trnnscrlnt: Deacon floode (to llt
tlo girl formerly of his Hundny school)--!
hone. Mnrv. you are still wulklnz In the
iitralghl and narrow way.
M.ir)-un. uour, no. ueacon uoodc
Haven't you heard? Wo now llvo on tho
boulevurd.
Phlliidelnlila Press: Wrlcbl I wish to
submit this iirllelo on tho "Dully Lives of
Our Millionaires."
i:d tor Don't wnnt It: too drv.
don't you write about something with more
snap to tt?
II UHIII w.-l' ,,.. I ,u,l l I NIK fil III; ,1
bigger snap than a millionaire's life.
ChlcaKO Trillium: Thn nrofebsor's crund-
ihu.ghler was looking ut n half-tonn per
trutt of fiiuco Albert of Flanders and the
lJiicin-hB .Marie (iimrioiiR or Havana.
"Who nro then- people, grandfather?" nh
asked.
"Thorn nro tho Uelglan heirs," replied U
profecsor.
InillntmpcllM Journal: "Who wm tho
Stoics, pa?"
"Oh, the Htolcs were a queer ancient peo
plo who didn't brag of their iillmi-uts nrul
wouian t Htunu and listen to any
about other folks' ailments."
brag
Detroit Journal: "Cast your brend upon
tho waters," thu Proverb was running, as
usual, "and It will return after many
days!"
'Dul, suppose," Interposed tho Present
(eneratlou, impatiently, "one has only tlmo
to mukn salerntus biscuit?"
Of courso tho Proverb was silent. For
nothing deflnllo could bo predicted of thin
feverish haste.
A MKJIITV MAX.
Washington Star.
You want to brnco up, Mainly, when you
see mo cumin' round,
I'm a person of Importance. It luui sud
denly been found
That tho question of this government, an'
whether It shall last,
Must Ilnully bo answered by tho way ny
voto Is eat.
The orators havo said It; thoy havn said It
loud an' long;
They said It so emphatlo that, of eouts",
they can't bo wrong
Ho act n'spectful, Mundy; not famlllar-llko
an' free,
Tho country Is In peril, an' It all dcp-nili
on me.
I ani thn solid citizen; the man who till.i
,m fell- . u, , .....
Tho wuteis huvo grown troubled an' they ro
bollerlu' for oil."
Ho, Mundy, don't you bother mo with talk
about the chorts,
An' start m nut ulf-huud a-doln' rrrJivls
out n' doors.
An' when I'm medllatln' don't you gUo
my mind u shock , ,
Hy rattlln' pans or kettles or a-wlndln' of
l bo dork
My llvln' here should mako you i-.' an
proud us you kin be
The country Is ill peril, an' It all depenoj
on mo.