J THE LAST WORD. "I particularly object to the whole thing." "But why?" persisted Joan, uu angry flush upon her pretty l'aee. "Surely you must have some reason for your absurd, tyrannical objection." "I have already told you my rea son," he answered shortly, and In the effort to keep his temper under con trol his voice sounded hard and cold. "You cannot expect me to believe that you are foolish enough to make all this fuss because I shall have to wear a short dress. Why, my part, re quires It. Fancy a peasant In a train!" This was said with a scornful little laugh that was meant to, and did, sting Frank Clements into answer ing hastily— "You know perfectly well what my chief reason is. 1 am disappointed in jon, Joan; I thought that you were truthful and open—" "Truthful and open!" broke in Joan. Though her tone was indignant, even defiant, the girl knew in her heart that she had not been as candid with him upon this matter as she ought to have been; but this knowledge only made her the more augry with her self and him. "If you think me other wise—" •"How con I help it. You prom ised —" "1 made no promise." "Not in words, perhaps, but I under stood —" "Really, I cannot be held account able for all that you understand, or fancy you understand." "I understood," lie repeated firmly, "that you would give into my wishes in this matter." Joan Dudley and Frank Clements were affianced lovers, and were in reality sincerely attached to one an other; hut Joan wus young and wilful, a spoilt child, flattered and in dulged, and so accustomed to have her own way that she could not brook the slightest opposition to her wishes, and considered that, if Frank really loved her as much as lie pro fessed to do, lie would give into her every wliim. Hut Frank Clements was a man who held strong and decided opinions upon what was right and fitting, especially in regard to women, and had openly expressed the wish that Joan should take 110 part In some private theatricals tluit were being "got up" by the Palmers, neighbors of the Dudleys, and hud given his rea sons to Joan, the principal one of which was that he had a particular dislike to the man who was to take the principal character, and would, if Joan acted, play the part of her lover. "Sangster is n cad," Frank had said, in ills most decided tones; "not at all tin 1 sort of person that 1 should like to see you 011 friendly terms with." "But I need not be friendly with him. Frank." "It is impossible to help it, in a tiling of this sort. Believe me, dar ling. that I have good reason for my dislike to your joining them." "Very well; perhaps, if you are very good and nice, I won't." At this sweet concession, which lie looked upon as good as a promise, Frank was delighted; ami when, a day or two later, he went up to town on business that could not be post poned. lie was under the happy delu sion that this wilful little lady-love had given up her own wishes in def erence to his; for. spite of her wilful ness. the girl had a true and loving heart and a sweet nature, that all the spoiling and Indulgence had not de stroyed. The day following her lover's de parture. Joan drove over to call U|K>II the Palmers, to tell them that she could not take (lie part assigned to her, and had hoped to tind them alone; but on entering the drawing room found <|ulte a large party as sembled. all of whom were busily and eagerly discussing the characters and dresses of the forthcoming play. The excitement and interest of the preparations that were going 011 so busily helped the gill to put aside the kinder and better feelings that would intrude themselves, spite of the tlat- Jcrles and praises that were so lavishly bestowed upon her looks and her acting praises that were very pleasant i>> the spoiled girl, who like.l tn think herself the centre of •(traction, ami to lie told that without her the plav would lie a failure. In her letters to I' 111 11K. Jolt II had said 1 hat I.a lira wouldn't hear uf her giving up the part of Amaryllis, hut she added llolllillg further lt|si|| the nubjeet, mo I tint It had Iteen a surprise as well a» a disappointment to hint to find, 011 his return to Itoseniount, that Joan was although she knew of Ills coining *p tiding the day at the Pull tiers'. "Juan would not have gone today, but, unfortunately, it Has their first tlrcM* leliealaal," Mi> Dudley told Mm. ".\lnl she couldn't resist going to bee it," In* auswervd, trying to hide Ills di»:ip|Miliitiueiii ami aniHiymice. ' She hud lo go. tor hers i» 1 in- prin cipal pa it IMWITII ulir»<'lves. trunk. I shall In- gl.nl W lien lie vt little Hung Is well liter foi I do not t are for *oute •if file (teople l.atlVit lilt* got to help Iter I hell, tali hilig tight ol Ilia fit' e, H»ked. ulitioiiftl), I tul .Inn o Hot till )oil ••'1 list \|t»» Palmer wWht-il her to take .1 puilf V> » liiit not that •lie tin it agreed to do su." "la nra was »ei> pre Doing iiltottl the mutter and you know I t.u<|i litem It no riitl hsrui tu thw thing lull Uu kwt übjvt l tu ailing t" "Sot in the slightest; 011 the con trary, 1 nm very fond of it. But. like yourself, I object to some of Miss Palmer's friends." "I expect she meant to surprise you, Frank." "It certainly is odd," he answered, quietly, then turned the conversation to other matters; and Mrs. Dudley hoped that she had been mistaken in thinking that he was annoyed, for she both liked and respected her future son-in-law, and was thankful that her child had chosen so wisely and well, for Joan's wilful ways often filled the foud, weak mother's heart with anxious fear. "Why did you not tell me, Joan?" lie asked, reproachfully, when they were alone together. "I did tell you that Laura would not hear of my giving it up." "And Laura's wishes are more to you than mine." "Don't he cross with ine, Frank, the very first time we are together, after all these days," she said, softly. Then, as he made 110 answer, her manner changed. "I cannot help it if you dis approve," she said curtly. "You will please to understand in the future that I decline to obey unreasonable com mands. I have promised Laura—and Mr. Sangster—to act. and I mean to keep my promise." Then, as 110 an swer was made to this speech, she went on passionately, "1 i\m not your wife yet. and. If this is the sort of treatment I am to expect, hope 1 never shall be." "Do you mean that, Joan?" "Yes; if you expect me to be your slave." "I have 110 wish for that: but I cer tainly hope thut uiv wishes will be of more consequence to you than those of 111 ei e strangers." "And what about my wishes? Are they to count for nothing? We have made a mistake. 1 give you back your liberty, and cjaim my own." Frank Clements' face grew white and set. and Joan hardly recognized liis voice when, after a pause, lie said.— "Is that your last word, Joan?" The girl hesitated, half frightened at the effect of her words. Then came the thought. "He loves me too well to give me up." so with an angry, wil ful gesture Joan turned away with tlie one word, "Yes," and walked to the window. At the sound of the opening door she looked round, just in time to see it close behind her lover, and the sight recalled her to her senses. "Frank!" she cried, springing to wards it. "Frank. I did not mean it." ltut she was too lute. Her words were unheard, lire she could reach the hall Frank Clements had left the bouse, without one word or look of farewell, and Joan was alone. "He will come back," the girl told herself; but as each day passed and her lover neither came nor wrote. Joan's heart grew sad and heavy with fear and misery, and she realized how deep and strong was her love for the man, "whose wife," she had said in her wilful anger, "she hoped she would never become." But. calling pride to her aid. the girl spoke 110 word, gave no sign of the misery she was enduring, nor did she throw up her part in the theatricals. 011 the contrary, she entered into the prepara tions with eager excitement, and was to all appearance full of gaiety anil en joyment. accepted Mr. Sangster's com pliments mid attentions with an almost reckless defiance, and to her mother's gentle pleadings and remonstrances turned a deaf ear. "So it is all over and ended." said Joan, In a tone almost of relief, as she and Mr. Sangster stood alone together in the temporary green-room, after re ceiving the applause and congratula tions that had been called forth by the success of the play a success maiiily due to the acting of Miss Dudley and Mr. Sangster. so said the audience. "The play." he answered, drawing nearer to her: "but not the reality of our happiness; that they only begun, .loan," putting, its lie spoke, his arm around her waist, ami Imprinting a light kiss tat her cheek; but ere he could say another word Joan had tiling herself free, an-' was demanding, with Mining eyes. * ow he dared to insult her?" "Dared! Why Joan!" with a laugh. "I should have I ieeli a hlggail I inlets! If. after all the encouragement you hate given—" "I gave you fiicniirtigfnieiil!" gasped I lie girl, horror-stricken at the cffivts of her folly. Then, drawing herself up proudly. "Yon forget that yisi speak tu Frank Clements, nttiiiuced ¥ Iff." "It is not easy to renieinls'f," lie re piled, with a sialic, "when the ntttniiced husband got s off fur uu In delllilte time, ulnl nut nlolie," meaning ly "For an Indefinite 1 tin* ! \"ut alone! What do voli itifiiii "Ami without telling his holy love, apparently N It any wonder If slit* consoles herself In his absence as yon have done, it \ lair Amaryllis," ndded lie. drawing nearer to tier nine inure; bill she Waved lillli lilli U Willi a look I hat made him not only |atu»e, lint fet | decidedly tun out tort üblc. \l 1* *ang»t< r, I do itni know if there I* 111«v limit in wltul you say about Mr Clements' Movements, bill I do know iltul I am well pu<ti*luil fur tin* luUlake I have luatle In lliinklug and iiculing fttu as a geitllt'iusit." Mw taken ulttti k was 111 Muugster bv I lite gills words, uml Ihe manner in A Itu It they bad IH VM »|tukew, I list ha Isai at lu*« fur an amwuf; •■rv Its tvulU tud one, Jwaa bad left tfew fuuMk Stunned and bewildered by tlie un expected news of Frank's departure, crushed end humiliated by the insult of Mr. Sangster's words and caress, the girl found her way to the room where Mrs. Dudley WHS waiting to help her change her dress for the dance that was to follow the theatricals. "Mother, is It true?" '•ls what true, darling?" she asked nervously, in return, alarmed at the girl's white face and scared look. "That Frank has left uie-has gone away—and not alone?" In silence Joan listened ns Mrs. Dud ley told her how only that morning she had received a letter from Frank Clements, telling her he was to start that very day on a yachting tour with his friend, Mr. Duncombe. "You will know,"he had written, that It is your daughter's wish our en gagement should be broken, and there fore there is nothing I cun do but sub mit; but I cannot leave England with out writing to thank you for all tha kindness you have ever shown inc." "I said I hoped I would never be his wife, but I didn't mean it, mother: for 1 love him with all my heart." Then, folded in her mother's loving arms, .loan told with much bitterness the story of her wilfulness, and the angry words she hud spoken at their last believe me. He knew I loved him, meeting. "But it was cruel of him to and that I was only angry." "Write and tell him this yourself, Joan. Don't wreck your happiness from a sense of false pride," urged her mother; but to humble her pride, confess herself to have been in the wrong, and usk forgiveness, was not easy all at once to spoilt, wilful Joan. No one can overcome the habits of a lifetime in a moment, and Joan was no exception to the rule. She waited and hoped, was now repentant and humble, again proud and wilful. Some day she would write, or perhaps Frank would. And so the days passed, until there came one on which tidings reached Kosemount that broke down for ever the last remnants of Joan's pride and wilfulness. The wreck of Mr. Duncouibe's yacht, the Waterwitch, with the loss of all on board, was reported in the papers, and Joan bowed her head and felt that her punishment was greater than she could bear. Yet the girl found that she had to bear the burden of her sorrow, for grief does not kill the young and strong. Daily life had to be followed aud daily duties done, but Joan's bright color faded and her eyes grew dim with weeping, and the girl's gay spirits were sobered and chastened, not only by the sorrow of her loss, but by the remembrance that never left her. of tile false, cruel words that she had spoken to her lover at their last meeting. If only she could tell him how bitterly they were repented of, how true her love for him had really been, the weary heartache might be lessened. But it was too late now - the opportunity had been lust forever. The thought that she had departed from him with a lie upon her lips, that lie had died believing her false, haunt ed her continually; and she was so sad and dejected that the mother's kind heart ached with pity and sympathy, and she would gladly have welcomed back some of the old wilful spirit. The long spring day was fading into twilight as Joan stood, her arms rest ing upon the rails that divided the flower-garden from the orchard, every tree in which was now flushed and lieautlful with blossoms. Dreaming, she watched the rays of the dying sun set as they faded one by one away, watched until the tirst faint star peeped out in the darkening sky. "How quiet and cnlui it Is. like the silent land where Frank now is. atid from which there Is no return, spite of all our wishes aud all our prayers!" As Joan said this she turned, to see coming towards her through the fast gathering shadows of evening the form she had thought never again to see the form of Frank Clements. Het prayers had been answered. Another opportunity to win forgiveness and p*ace had been given her. With a low cry she stretched out her hands to lilni "Frank! Frank! forgive me! My last words to you were false! 1 loved you then as now! Frank, forgive!" She tllell fell McltHch ss to the gt'oltud. "Mother, (!od has let me sec h!m. Frank knows now that 1 love hint, and always did." whispcivd Joan, with re turiiing const lollstlcKM. "God has Indeed been mereifill to us all. Tell her yourself. Frank, how " As Joan struggled up. strong arms were thrown fondly round her, ami the Wellkuown and well-loved voice of Frank Clements whispered, "We will thank Illm together, my darling, will we not?" It had been no spirit that had cmue to Joan In the gloaming, but living tlc*h and bltMsl. I'ltc Wutcrwlti li had truly been wrecked, but those on b mrd had taken to the boat, and had been pleked up by a . tailing vessel. which had brought them buck to Fnglitid. <>u his retllill Frank had foin.it .i lit ti-r from Mrs Dudley, that had Imm-ii ly lug at Ills club for many day*. After leading th< new* It contained, Frank had at once returned to ItnseiuoUttt. loan and love Waveily Magazine. lb* lli«it|v l.lit Ih III* iiltl ThMlic, It would appear that in tin- old day* only a couple of JMNUV was given for lite bill to tin- iw*tlgf tftfl Mlii pill vi v «'d them I In- mating! in- ill look dmi lite bill us a Uiereiy trilling |*er<|tii»itc. dct ised for Ihe i nil* t ulclii of the pla.vgo**r, ami from which little ut no pioUt Ha* lo It* evpected llidt'td. lu lite naluial order, one uiigiu evpeit lliut lh« * Would !*■ given grail*, hod be ill' liuled lit ths charge for ailltils> • Inn, and the couple ot peine lu lkn orange girl might Im> regarded a* a pouibulrv for the trouble of bdviiug -tin iteiillruisu'* W.igsilus. OUR FINANCIAL DESTINY WORKWOMEN INTERESTED IN THIS COUNTRY BEINC WORLD'S BANKER. We n»v« Achieved Till* Ponillon by Ad herence to the Tenet* or Financial Ci of n Protected Market and a Hundred-Cent Dollar. What does It mean to the average working American fnrmer or clerk or mechanic or inerclinut or business man that his country shall remain "the world's banker." as one of the English papers in the first fit of surprise over the taking in New York of $28,000,000 out of the $50,000,000 of the second South African war loan dubbed it? Is it anything to him. or does it concern merely the customers of the high financiers who have subscribed for the securities? Is lie interested at best otherwise than as a policy holder in one of the huge Insurance companies who may be supposed to be large in vestors in the new securities? The answer is that every American who is Interested in the stability of capital invested in American enter prises is also Interested In the perma nence of Ills country's position ns a creditor nation, as a "world's banker." In the occupancy of the converse po sition has been found for now over two generations tlie source of many of our financial disturbances and distresses. From the days before the closing of the second bank of the United States down to those of the failure of the bank of the Barings the sudden with drawal of European capital from the use of enterprises through which the resources of tlie eouutry were being de veloped has been a frequent cause of disaster. It lias not played as promi nent a pari as nas been assigned to it by those who have confounded money with capital and demanded that we create enough of our own to finance our undertakings. It litis been the re sult of the workings of trade laws and not of malevolent intent. But it has been a check upon our even growth, and tlie financial independence which prevents its recurrence is a benefit to the workers, the money earners of every community in which money is borrowed at banks. That means every community in the country. Not every community will have foreign money on call loan, but every one will have a financial connection with some of the great communities which have foreign money on call loan. If it is conceded that it Is worth while to retain this position which has been achieved by patient adherence to tlie tenets of financial civilization, it may be worth while to Inquire how may we retain it. Can any political action of ours affect our tenancy of it? If we have accumulated this wealth which makes us a creditor nation, liow can the turning out of one party and tlie letting in of another dissipate it? The old argument that we needed to be honest in order to command for eign capital no longer applies when we are lending domestic capital lo for eigners. But the continuance of this surplus depends entirely upon the con tinuance of tlie conditions which created it. The money which we have sent to pay tlie forage bills and buy new kliakl suits for the British forces In South Africa, after we had sent nearly ten times as much to pay our own forage anil khaki bills In Cuba and the Philippines, and after we had put over fifty times as iuucli in "in dustrials," is money litude or rendered available only since we have been con vinced of the immunity of our lnoney iiiakiiig schemes from political attack. This tremendous accumulation has been due to the liberation of capital and the turning over of capital under the guarantee of a protected houie mar ket and a liutidred-cent dollar. I.et that guarantee be withdrawn ami the activity which has caused this ae euniulation now overflowing into the depleted coffers of the Bank of Eng land will cease. We shall no longer be the "world's banker," because, under the reopening of the free silver agita tion certain to follow the election of a Democratic President and Congress (either in whole or part), the milking of the money wherewith we have been able to finance the world will slop. Capital will leave the country because Its return to the investor will lie surer abroad than at home. But It will not lie surplus capital finding a foreign use after domestic wants are supplied, it will be capital withdrawn from its own proper employment of providing u livelihood for Americans. For one moneyed man there are a hundred thousand worklllguieu inter ested In the retention of the country's place as "(he world's banker." And in tills land of one man one vote it is those working men who must see at Ibe polls to lis retention.—New York I'ltsS. Tlie rnllitilct uf llrymiU Spercti. Mr. Bryan's whole Hpeech of accept linn l* tinned upon the it*>t:uiptioti us title of thai which I* liot true He takes It for granted that there I* a Filipino mil toll, ui least, to tin' same i Mi nt a* there Is uli Irish nation or a Poli-.li pi ople. That I* Ju-t what there I* not. Men who know the Philippines dlflii about mau.v thing* They agree thai those islands are Inhabited not by oi «• people, but b.v ntwuy. Forty Ol' loot i* hillguturn Hie kpoltfll 111 tliclu. All *ori» ot religion* are Ihe re pro It I. ft uie of the Island rs ,iro I'ltrlstiatis; souie of them are pagans; •• iu« of them Muhautittt'lnus. In civ llUatiott tlo-y range irum tgvngc* lower I hit II Ibe lowe*l of oltl' .Nollll %IIK-I >•- HI Indian* to tlie university • dill lilt d hall I Itkle* uf Miiiilla and Us nelghliorluxMl, ibe Itercrs! hat rids and Jealousies rllil among them lor i iuntrits and for it its of eeuiurivs they have warred one ou lite oilier, itow Is the stable government whleli Mr Hryau promise* to i*tebll*li there lo be :elup ' 1 Ugalug will Uut *ubutl| ro nc rtiiea ny Mora lr no can nelp it. Moro will never yield his fierce liberty to the sway of the cunning lawyers of Manila. Are wo to make one or the other bend to the rule of that one of the races which we think best fit to govern? If we do anything of that sort, are we not doing just what Mr. Bryan says we have no right to do, anyv.lvere, at any time, or under any circumstances? From one or the other of those races cr peoples we are tak rng their inalienable right not to be governed without their consent. Mr. Bryan certainly does not believe that he could persuade all those races in the Philippines, haling each other as only Asiatics can hate, to co-operate during his Presidential terra in estab lishing a stable government. It could not. be done in centuries. If we attempted to solve the problem by a number of indepen dent governments we would change the nature of our difficulties, but we would not escape them. We could not settle their boundaries without war. We could not maintain their indepen dence against each other except by force. If we assumed responsibilities to the world for their international re lations, as Mr. Bryan's claim of a pro tectorate implies, we would involve ourselves in complications most dan gerous to our peace and prosperity. * " * In short. Mr. Bryan would an nounce the solution of the problem be fore ho knows its factors. The Ad ministration. on the other hand, would learn all the facts aud then act in that way which will be best for the Fili pinos. best for the world, most honor able to ourselves. Mr. Bryan, do not deceive yourself. You. and those who think witli you, have no more monopoly of the Golden llilc. the Ten Commandments and the Declaration of Independence than four years ago you had of the championship of the farmer, the debtor and the work ingman. Then you felt, and now you still feel, as certain that they were and are boivig crucified on the "cross of gold" as you to-day are that your com petitor is seeking the honors of an Alexander or a Bonaparre by a feeble Imitation of their triumphs. The coun- Iry believes you were mistaken in INOfl. it thinks that what you offered and offer as medicine to the debtor and Ih<* farmer anil the workingman would, had they taken it, proved their undo ing. May ii not be that your champion ship of the people of the Philippine Islands, about: whom you seem not. to know very much, may turn out to lie to those whom yon would befriend as dangerous and as mischievous as your panacea of IS'JO? Baltimore Herald. "Great Dr. Ilrynn.** A letter from Major A. U. Betts, now serving in the Philippines, has just been received by Commodore Henry Tracy, of Toledo, 0., which shows that i lie Filipino insurgents are still rely ing on "Great Dr. Bryan" as their mainstay, and are holding out simply to await the result of the November election. Major Betts says: "I am confident that nearly every sol dier in the Philippines feels as 1 do, that if lie was at home and could cast his ballot next November, that ballot would be cast where it would do more to put down this rebellion ttian he has been able to do here with ICrag bullets. You who are at home cannot compre hend how thoroughly these people are Informed on American politics. Through some bureau of information they are kept perfectly in touch with till political issues pertaining to the Philippines. Some idea can be gained of this by the poster which 1 enclose, together with a translation of the same." The poster was found every where in Tabaco, when that city was taken and entered by our army, and in this document the provisional chief of Ihe province announces "with great pleasure" that "data, according lo the foreign newspapers, very strongly fa vorable to the Independence of our fatherland, exist in the fact that the party of the North American people which calls Itself the Democratic party, sustains and defends to-day with ardor the Declaration of Indepen dence of the Philippines." Major Belts adds: "This poster I send to you, that some of my friends who are on the side of the 'Great Dr. Bryan' may read it and more thor oughly understand the situation over here. If it was not for the assistance this rebellion receives from the States ii would quickly end." liroruln lui-tliicd It* Sulk. Commenting on Mr. Bryan's beau tiful apostrophe to bis ideal Kepubile, with lis • all men created e pisl," •'ln alienable rights," Ihe "consent of the governed," etc., Ilie Macon iQa i Tele graph evinces a deeuledly balky dispo. *lllt<u. it remark* "it is all sweet and nice enough to Indulge mi Fourth of July occasions in the generalities about the 'consent of tie •governed,' about •lualleiiitble r kliis.' about the equality of nil men at birth, aud so forth, just as our fore fathers did who owned slaves and who rolil*'d the liiillaiis of their land, but It i* another matter when you try to apply It to the negro, the Indian, tin* Kanaka and the Filipino, We > • the Hoiith uie eoliteli'lilig for our oWli, aud we are going to have It. The negro ha* nothing that we waul thai Wtt« not till.en from us by force and given lilui. lie bus no laud, uo birth- Hi,ln. no heritage nothing but a rleht lO help govern which WNts given wrongfully lo him. When we lake the ballot front lilut we leave hint in a fur lieiicr • oiulitlnn than he found hJiii'rlf when lie came among u* li* a remit oi Yankee •hilf i and »pe> uii lion." I'he "futlMlll of Ibe governed" I* a »Weel utorx-l lo lbs Iteltioerallc 1-I*l ale In Nebraska and soltie other l> i sillies but II Is obviously proving .<1 logetbei tvu rhli for itiaiil wwuit i> Ho" • • ACAINST THIRD TICKET. Sentiment of the Lending Conservative* Setting Strongly In Favor of McKlnley. The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, of New York, widely known as one of the strongest and most truly independent journals in the country, contained in a recent is sue a noteworthy editorial on Ike subject of the proposed "Tfeinl 'ticket' of the independent anti-im perialists. The Chronicle, while sym pathizing with the opposition to ex travagant theories of colonial expan sion, as held by some extremists, and with the more conservative views of' the moderate men of both parties, ex presses itself strongly against the nomination of a third ticket in 1 lie present. campaign. Undoubtedly, it ?ays. third tickets and third parties have sometimes done much good, even where the vote oft lie third party wax insignificant. Thus, in ISDIi. the cam paign of the Gold Democrats, though resulting in a poll of only 134,(Ur» votes, "lias never been looked upon is a failure," says the Chronicle, 'and for the reason that it served at least to bring about the decision in favor of honest money. The prob lem at issue was very simple, and the work of the third party helped to define it. The problem of moo is very far from simple. It embraces, for one thing, all tho Issues at stake in 1890, with the Chicago platform ,->f that year boldly reiterated. Yet the party which pronounces 1 litis for a false and dangerous system of finance Is the very parly wliic-h makes positive objection to the expansion policy. It is therefore necessary at the outset, as even the organizers of tlie third party are aware, to con sider how far a third tifket. formally placed in nominal ion, would affect the result as regards not only the anti- Imperialist plank, but the oilier im portant issues of the canvass. "If we can take as a forecast of tho independent Presidential platform the declaration of the recent third party conference at the Plaza Hotel, New York, its attitude would lie purely line of negation. Directly, the inde pendents could help neither party. The New York declaration opposes President McKinley's policy witli Spain and with the Philippines, and declares that a vole for him 'will in counted as a vote for imperialism.* But 011 the other hand it describes the opposing candidate as 'a man of hal lucinations or a demagogue;—in either 2vent, a dangerous man."and charac terizes a vote for him as 'a vote for free silver; still further debauching of the civil service; a packing of the Su preme Court by men to be governed by I lie will oft lie Executive.' Ap parently, therefore, the only practical effect of such a canvass would be :lraw away voters from both parlies. That both could or would be over thrown by It is out of tho question. That Air Bryan's chances would ln favored by the independent canvass, under existing conditions, is at. least assumed by Mr. Bryan him:- if and his associates. The plain question *>> consider, then, is whether the effec tive rebuking of what is considered a dangerous expansion poll y would compensate, in an imagined emer gency, fort lie throwing over of the Hal - anee in favor of a party which tiii-s week's independent manifesto itself describes as "disorganized fanaticism.' "We cannot believe that even in the eyes of the strongest anti-imperialist the gain in such a ease would out weigh the loss. It stems to us till',, the attitude of the Administration on the expansion issue is not only one which was forced 011 it by circum stances. but is one which lias been re strained and mollified by tile for. Eof intelligent public opinion. We ean hardly, therefore, share the apprehen sion of the third party advocates that the country stands in imminent peril of reckless anil irrevocable action i i this regnrtl. On the other hand, the attitude of the Kansas City nominee has not only not been modified by conservative opinion, but was fixed, s > far as the silver question i» concerned, in open disregard of the protests of a sober minded majority even lu his own party. Mr. McKinley's policy regard ing our foreign acquisition* is tenta tive. and will necessarily be brought to Its Una! shape In the light of intelli getl! criticism. Mr. Bryan's policy re garding the currency is outlined in a distinct and formal pledge to upset the existing order at the earliest opportun ity, ami the fact that the candidate staked his personal fortune* on the adoption of such a plank gives some hint ut the full extent of his fanati cism. lu lite light of such a situation It seems to us thai a conservative third party ought to move very cat' fully in yielding 10 the temptation fet an independent canvass. We are glad to say, from our iiersonol knowledge of the facts, thai the ri»* which would bt> run iu this direction, through the formal entrv of the tintl-imperialis!» into the campaign, is receiving full 11 ltd serious consideration front sou.e of the guiding spirits in the uiovi iiient." Itvwry t*n Itrviu and Aguti,a4tl«. Admiral licwey, who has I* 11 | iug the month of July at his ioi.n try home Hear \\ a»lllnglotl I' 1 drove till" lown a dttj • r two ; . mitl aiibuiliied gra<efull> to the tiitei viewer, to the eurre»po!.deul of llio Brooklyn Bugle he *<ihl among oil" Otlnga: "I rtiinrtl iU# noma fr.-m the Philippine* ... part.alurh 1 itig. Agulualdu'a lie.neUMUi* .1 '■ l rendering »u» after another, W l»«l ever ahow of i'c*i«t>iu> My I here la at the ptvMiit llw# In lb* t'nitippine* will Ih< l>e|»t up until al ter our iu SuWUiHft Ibe in* •ttifeetHin la hap! alive I'Jf Ihr lead era, who hold otft l» lli'' old.era tin' hope tit Mr. van* aiaciiu* Teltphuui" (vwmuiiicit u,u Wt*"W • ieruiau uud I trial) title* lull at i»»t lam wj»u»4.
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