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Results of the Peace Conference.
P When tho Czar proposed an inter-
national peace conference, when the
-nations accepted his invitation to
talk it over, when the commission
finally assembled and tho parts of it
began to watch each other as though
they were seconds arranging for a
duel of their principals to the death,
all the societies for the amelioration
of mankind, and many newspapers
'expressed high hopes of tho result.
;The real consequences of the con
ference may be large but they are so
far in the future that it is not safe to
I attempt anything but platitudes con
cerning them. One of tho largest
fcand most formidable nations is act
ually at war and tho mistress of the
; seas is getting ready for a declara
tion against the Boer government of
South Africa. Tho Advance of the
Russian occupation of China has not
ij uuuii uutxKcu. xiiu niiigiu tcBuu in
the establishment of tho principle of
the neutrality of merchant vessels of
all nations and their immunity from
attack is worth all the expense and tho
I elaborate preparations and hopes. A
result which wus not incidental, but
of first importance, to the members
of tho peace conference was the op
portunity they had of meeting with
the more or less distinguished men
of ull nations, of making speeches in
a hull hired for the occasion, and of
practising the evanishing art of dl
. plomacy.
Voting the Straight Ticket.
Whatever tho machine men say
about it the voter who refuses to fray
i by his party when tho party leaves
him and all 'ther honest men in the
lurch by making bad nominations is
the man to whom each party owes
whatever rcspectubiltty it may pos
sess. Tho independent voters turn
the scale and the fear of them is
present in nominating conventions.
This fear is frequently the cause of
the nomination of a ticket better than
the composition of the average con
vention. The disdain therefore, that
the machine-made have for the bolter
Is undeserved, for the bolters by tho
very fact of existence and by their
habit of scratch ingoir the names of
unworthy candidates from their
parly ticket purify that party and
stimulate and frighten conventions
into making better nominations.
The bolter is the only loyal party
man. He alone cares enough for his
party to see the spoils divided among
the advocates of another one. He is
the idealist who is willing to sacrifice
the loaves and fishes for his principles.
If it wore not for the bolters in the
republican party, it would today bo
destroyed of its own cupidity. So
long in power it has fattened on per
quisites and if it were not for the
sterling dogma and creed of those
who believe in its principles and caro
nothing for its patronage and plunder
it would have destroyed itself as
Greece did and then Rome in tho
intoxication of power.
The Treatment of Trusts.
Henry Mccfarland in the Septem
ber Review of Reviews, offers a valu
able suggestion entitled, "How to
eliminate Trusts from the presiden
tial campaign.'' It is conceded by
lawyers and students of the constitu
tion and legislation based on It that
congress has not the constitutional
power to destroy trusts. But it has
never been admitted by anyone,
since the war, that tho con
stitution is impeccable and perfect
without further amendments. Tho
anol-slavery discussion of pre-rebel-lion
days proved ono thing definitely
and that is, that the constitution is
not like the bible, nor oven like tho
books of Mormon, or like Al Koran or
Zend Avesta. It is not complete and
perfect but a convention and con
tract for living Americans to keep
with each other so long as it suits
the convenienco of three fourths of tho
free and independants ates to do so.
If trusts aro enslaving black and
white in this country and there is
by no means a unanimity of opinion
about that it is easy enough to
amend tho constitution so that they
will become illegal. It is easy enough,
that is, whenever three fourths of the
people agree that they are obnoxious.
Mr. Macfarland, therefore advises tho
republicans in congress who aro as
much Interested in eliminating trusts
from the presidential campaign, as
tho democrats are in agitating their
destruction, to propose an amend
ment to the constitution, giving con
gress tho power, which it now lacks,
to deal with trusts and other aggrega
tions of power and capital which
threaten the interests of tho many
and favor the few. uJt would take,
of course, two thirds in each house to
adopt such a resolution and tho re
publicans, when they meet in De
cember will not have two thirds in
cither house, but the democrats can
not afford to oppose such a proposi
tion, directly in lino with their con
tention against trusts. There can bo
no doubt that tho resolution would
be adopted and it could be ratified by
three fourths of the states, according
to the constitutional requirement in
time for tho congress to be elected
next year."
Republicans, since the last amend
ment to the constitution, have been
inclined to regard it as a closed book,
to be referred to and quoted with
awe. Consequently they will be re
luctant to accept this advice as sound
and act upon it. The people aro of
more consequence than a constitution
and the very men who drew it up
would be the first to amend it on
necessity. They would not have been
rebels if they had not been revolu
tionists, radicals, brave men, ready to
adapt old principles to no times.
The law of tho continuity of types
makes it certain that as soon as the
people decide that trusts are unfair
and inexpedient tiiey will be dis
solved by the people, and if tho con
stitution is in the way it will be
amended so that it shall become an
instrument. of their destruction.
The Veterans of Two Wnxu
Tho gray beards who were boys in
1801 and tho boys who aro now vet
erans ofthc Spanish American war aro
jealously weighing the hardships they
endured. Tho graybcards of '01 have
told us their stories so many times
and posts of the G. A. R. have been
drawn into politics more or loss. Tho
effect of repetition and of using an
organization to accomplish some pur
pose other than the ono for which it
was created is inevitably to decreaso
the enthusiasm of the membership
and of outsiders also. The soldiers of
'01 have lived over and over again the
four or five years war. As General
Manderson very eloquently and truly
said at tho first celebration of tho
First's victories "tho years of a man's
life since the war, though they have
been many and filled with honors do
not count with him as the few stren
uous years when he was a soldier."
And if General Mandorson, who has
been a senator of tho United States
and is recioving constant recognition
of his brilliant legal services counts
the time he spent as a soldier as the
most worth while of his whole life,
how much more the less ambitious
private in the G. A. R. who recounts
bis experiences with an ever increas
ing enthusiasm to a decreasing audi
ence. The soldiers of the Filiplnes,
on the other hand possess the modesty
of youth and their experiences have
Just happened. Three months ago
they were wading through swamps
and running from ono rice rldgo to
another. They aro just from tho
field whore thoy woro in advunco of
their rations most of tho time and
subsisted on tho corn and rico foraged
from the fields, Tho old soldiers
think tho youngsters of the First
ltavo not suffered hardships because
thoy aro ruddy and fat. Perhaps
more remarkablo than tho mngnlfi.
cent charges of tho First and Its quick
conversion from green troops into a
regiment of splendidly disciplined
soldiers which was selected from all
the reg' moots in the Filipinos for tho
hardest and most dangerous duty, Is
the silence of the young horos con
cerning tho hardships ttioy suffered.
Questioning will elicit something of
tho hardships they suffered with a
joke and a laugh. Thoy had llctlo to
cat but corn and rice. Thoy slopt on
the wot ground, they had scanty
clothing uud they woro in a foreign,
tropical country. Tho soldiers of '(11
woro never far from their rations.
Tho climate of the south is cool in
comparison to the climate of the Fill
pines and the soldiers could retain
their haversacks. Thoy havo not
made any complaint and no investi
gation will bo made as to tho kind of
corn and rice, privates and officers
alike ate. All the poor soldiers wore
shipped home before tho first engage
ment. For Colonel Stouonburg,
know the good soldiers from tho poor
ones and was willing to ship tho lat
ter home on a thin pretense of sick
ness. Peeling that tho real reason
of their release from tho army was
not sickness but one more uncompli
mentary to themselves, Just as soon as
these soldiers arrived in Nebraska
they drew up a petition and presented
it to the Nebraska legislature which
thereupon committed the consplc?
uous folly of condemning a man on
the fighting lino who was even then
making a reputation in tho Filiplnes
such as (ho Sirdar has made in Africa.
The little recognition we have given
these veterans of the year Is not
enough. It is due them and will deep
en our satisfaction to read the reports
of the campaign some of them will
write. Thq Rough Riders fought in
all the scrimmages they could get
into. But those were few. They have
been celebrated by Governor Roose
velt and the prestige of his name has
exalted tho Rough Riders to an esteem
they may deserve absolutely. Com
paratively the First were in ten times
the number of engagements. Colonel
Stotzenburg's ability to manage men
and win a fight was recognized by the
general in command who constantly
consulted him- Stotzenburg and the
First Nebraska are to Nebraska what
Roosevelt and the Rough Riders are
to New York. Only the First hns a
longer list of victories on Its banners.
Dreyfus Seattacc.
Ten' years of Imprisonment to save
