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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2?, 1900.
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TEN PAGES.
SC11ANTON, OCTOmUl(27,
1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National. .
Prcslelcnt-WlU.tAM McKIS.IIV.
Vicc-Vresl(lnt-TIIKODOHi: IIOOSEVIXT.
Stato.
Constrcwnon nt-l.-iw fiAMJSIIA A. GKOW,
noiiiinT ii. ioi:ni)Kiti:n.
Auditor General-H. II. IIAKDESIIIIRGII.
County.
C'or.eii' Wtt.MAM CO.XNKM,.
Juilffc (ll'UIKIi: M. WA'I.-ON-.
Mierlff-JOHK II. IT.U.OW3.
Treasurer J. A. SCIIANION".
Ulstrltt Alnniet -WILLIAM Tt. IXWIo.
rinthuiiiitarj JOHN rol'P.LAMV ..
Hirk of Court'-IIIOMAS 1'. I1ASILI.S. '
)t"icidir of Derds-KMII. IIONN.
KctMcr of ViL W. K. Ht:CK. .,,
J'irv (.'oimnMniicr KDIVAKJ) B. STUtlCl.s.
Legislature.
I'll! IlMilct 1IIOMAS .1. Itl'.VNOLDS.
hwnid Ilstriet-.NIIX SnilHU'.H. dlL
Third I)llrli't-i:i)WAUI) ,1AM IIS, JK.
rum tli Dlstrict-l'. A. rilll.lllN.
"It there ts nny one who believes
the f?oltl standard Is. a good thing,
01 that it tnust be maintained. I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, becausa I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I am able tc get rid of
it." William Jennings Bryan, in a
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 10, 1S90.
"The party stands where it did in
1806 on the money question." Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesvllle, O.,
September 4, 1000.
"The Time quotes with Indorse
ment." Monday's riectinp; In the Armory.
EVE11Y CITIZEN who vlslios
to hear the pol'tbal Issues ot
the day iIIsiuhscJ 1v a mas
ter ot logical oratory should
be present at the Armory on Monday
evening. Congressman Lilttlelleld, of
Slalno, .the suceesor oC thc late Nel
son Dlngley, during his first term de
livered thrij addre-se-? on the Horn- of
the house. Ordinarily the newcomer
in congress receives little attention
during his maiden efforts In debate
but Mr. Llttlelleld had not spoken for
more than n few ininuiits before the
routine noises of the chamber bad
censed and every member was listen
ing intently to catch each word. There
is no record in recent years of such
immediate and complete recognition
for forensic ability ns Mr. Llttlelleld
won on these occasions; and today he
tanks not only among the .oremost
debaters but also among the leaders
of congress in the shaping of legisla
tion. It was he who diafted the mul
tilist amendment defeated by Demo
cratic votes in congiess lust June; and
It Is understood that in his speecli in
the Armory on Monday evening he will
give extended consldeiation to the
problems presented In the modern ten
dency of business interests to form
gteat combination. The working man
'who wants to learn the truth on the
subject of trusts as expounded by a
great thinker and speaker should not
fall to attend.
"An apt phiase is contributed,"
A Case of False Pretense.
IT PAYS to be fair in politics. Un
fairness always recoils. The can
didate who pietends to be what
he Is not is soon found out and,
once discovered, bis hold upon
thi" people lb gone. We aie about to
unmask a cm ions case of false pre
tense, the responsibility for which can
be settled by those whom It may con
cern, in tliu Scranton Timet) of Oct.
10, in Hie couise of a fulsome eulogy
of Kivdcrlelc Warlike, Democratic can
didate for recorder of deeds, appeared
the following;
Hut that .! siiiill miui'lrtd to .mother crrat
eulip he peifmiiud. Ite.illlni; mil mili'li lind
in S'Niiti'U And In tho rouut,i ai hcilu.' Inul
ns (aim l.iii'l wluu it should ho tiiMliil as
liuildlnu lots ho Bt.irtid out to remedy tho ll.
He employed M. I'. - indo in his counsel. Tho
irMfll uno tlut tiny drifted ,in ,U't. It prohhd
that when nup-s are undo of nny (arm lands
pup.iralory to putting tho Mine on the nnikct
us hulldln lots, ,i Hi ip fhill he irioohd, So
boon as It I', llio lind li ill no louder he suit
jettnl to taxation .H farm fyd hut as hulldlm,
lots, Mr, .irnl;o and Mr, suiilo unit to Harris
lidrtf and'i.ei.Miri'iJ the p.iss.ik'c wf that" ad, It U
en..ilei "An net proMdins for tho reiordln ot
pPiTis-ol nil Buli-onlsli'iH of nny lot or piece of
land,, Into luilldlns hits liiri'toforfe laid out, or
hciiifliT 'laid out, lor IJio purpofe of kelllug
tilth1, uii'ordlni; n fuch plans' in prixi'ilhin!;
litalllM ur failure tn rciord suih plans." It
msvi tno hUliture and ,as ai)iioii'd Jlay
2H( -.IMS. TJila whole; luitier was tftictlud hy
.xlr.' WorjiVe. It was pavi-d HuoukIi bs efforts,
liy r-' dollar of the expciue, was paid t ol bis
own poiket, mid while it rost the (ounty iioth
Inir, it l).i Ikcii the means of liu'rcasliiK tho
taif'shy thousands of dollars. It might ho said,
gaged In private business as a licensed
Hfjuor dealer In tho p'ourth waid. The
liltture 'of hlsi vocation suggested n)
undun concern In the recording of real
eBtato maps, and the Idea that out of
his beneficence, should spilng Mils In
teresting specimen of legislation whs
eo novel that an Inqulry.wnH pursued,
Its result Is sot foitli In the appended
letter;
Office ol K. II. Cotton,
Attorny at Law,
f HO I'ourth Avenue,
I'ltubuiir, .a,, Oct. Ii.
Mr. 1'iull Conn'.
i( nar,Sir: Your Idler ol Iho Uth Inst., en
closlbit neuspaptr clipping in reeard to tha Act
'of Aswinbly approved May 23, 1S95, "proildlng
lor the recording of plans of all sub-dhislon-s
cl any lot or piece of land,".(;tc,, (I. L. 1505,
page 121), and Inquiring- as to. the conectneta ol
the matter contained In slid cilpitm);, reached
me this niomlin', and in answer, thereto allow
tgi), that .these taxes nro paid hy tliu cdrpora
ttoDH as they aro about thu only ones vrhdYow-ii
traits to he tut up Into huildluir lots, V
1 Jn tlio year 1S95 Mr. Warlike wiih Vn-
too In fay! That the ortitlral draft nl talil
Ait wis prepared hy John O. AlacConnell, fsq.i
nn altomry ol thla illy, a the Instanr 'anil re
nhesl ol .Mr. (IcotRD it. Von llaiinhorst, recorder
nl ih eds for this (Allegheny) ennnty, and hand
rd to me hy him at the opening ot the legis
lative semloii of UM wiu, hy me, Introilueed In
Ilio house of reprwentallvea on ,ln. id, 1W5,
and thereafter pressed to (lull iassage. There
was no cxlraordlnary illfflciilty In passing slid
hill. There a no "lordiy" In llsrrlshurg;
cither opposlnn or (urtherlno; IU pawaife, and It
went- through like any ordinary measure of like
character, chiefly hy the attention Rlren Its
prourcs hy the pernon Introducing the same.
'J hero never ivns any cost or cupensu Incurred In
proctirlni; Its passage, and so far as I know,, no
one ever expended, or wa called upon to ex
pend, a penny In furthering Its p.uwage. I have
tin recollection of ever Mr, Samlo'a cpciklng tb
me about the measure, although t am welt ic
ipiiJnlcd with him, nnd aat In the house with
lilni'lii 1191. 1 nm sure Mr. Warnkc never ap
proaihcd me, nor ronsnttcrl me In regard to the
hill, nnd, Indeed, I am not acquainted with him.
There was very little opposition to the bill ami
It went through without much cltnrt, entirely
on Its public merit, and I am sure that Mr.
Von llinnhorst, ol this count, originated the
measure. Yours very truly,
K. E. Cotton.
Those citizens who are Intending to
vote for Mr. Wnrnke should know that;
the claim mode In his behalf by the
Times In this matter, and flln.ee sown
broadcast, is a ense ofattempted bun
co' from beginning to end, It Is on a
par with a majority of tho artifices
employed by the Democrats In this
campaign to hoodwink the people.
"The Inaccuracy of most of the
Times."
r A Pernicious Example.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by
former Secretary Carlisle
of his Intention to abstain
from voting for president ot
the United States will not Incrc'ase
tho respect In which he Is held. It Is
a npgntlvc and cowardly position.
There are ten presidential tickets In
tho Hold and among them Mr. Carlisle
ought to lind one satisfactory to his
Ideas of government. If there Is none
ho should have joined with other .citi
zens of similar views In making one.
As a matter of common knowledge,
the president to bo elected one week
from next Tuesday will be William
McKlnley or AVIIllam J. Bryan and the
citizen who desires to give a practical
value to his ballot should choose be
tween them. Even those citizens who,
year after year, cast their ballots for
hopeless third party nominees are to
be admired for courage and consis
tency In devotion to principle. Their
position Is idealistic, quixotic, Imprac
ticable but sincere. They command
personal respect. But the man who
refuses to vote at all because too ca
pricious or fantastic In opinion to per.
m!t himself to be suited by nny of
the organized political parties or their
nominees forfeits respect and earns
the contempt of all who admire stal
wart manhood.
How much braver and more manly
than the skulking attitude of Mr.
Cleveland's secretary of the treasury
is the position boldly taken by the
postmaster general In the first Cleve
land cabinet, Hon. Don M. Dickinson
of Michigan. Hear how he 'meets the
practical Issue now before the people:
Since the adoption of the Kansas Cltf plat
form, .mil his nomination, I have never enter
tained a thought of voting for Mr. lliynn.
" I am forced to the conviction that 1 would
he a reniMiit American, fabe to my country,
and faNe to my party as well, if I should take
to tho woods. I um u Democrat on all the
fninl.iinint.il Iimics on which our party joined
Kittle in the past with the ltepuhlioans, th
Whigs, and the I'i uVrallsts a Democrat without
the neflc "gold," because mj party has been
the party of sound tlnanie from JcnYrson to
Cleveland. I could not lie a Republican if I
vvvuld, nnd I jy the cried of Democuiy with
all my old-time sincerity and faith. But I rce
ognirc scarcely a vestige of Democratic principle
In iltlier the Chit ago or Kansas City platforms.
The oiganiAJtion is in the hands of the I'opu
lM, and try these the livery of true Democracy
h.w been stolen in which tn servo all the devils
that nuke for social disorder.
Mr. Hr.ian is preaching the gospel of hate,
He endeavors to set friend against friend, neigh
bor against neighbor, family against family, i.ec
tion against section, and nation against nation,
lb- makis the alwajs dangerous appeal to the
evil in human nature. He speaks no encour
agiment to the successful, but tells him to
lay the blame nt the door of kts more fortun
ate neighbor, and that his sole remedy Is to
attack hint. lie imaiiably speaks of creditors
ns "meitiless creditors," and to the debtor lie
teaches that his friend who has loaned him
money or trusted him Is his enemy. When a
man fails and becomes despondent, he does not
nek to inspue him with the American spirit of
perseverance; he does not appeal to him to be
up and doing and to try again, but he tells
him to (.top trying, and that tho remedy is to
pull down the more Miccnuiful.
While the Republicans are responsible for
many evils that beset us In our domestic eco
nomy, the crisis is such that this is no time
to (iisuiftrt them. The house is on the. Wo
unit help our fellow-occupants to put 11 out,
however much we may have illiTcred from them
on the policies of houckcepln,; and, although
ng.ilnst our prot"st, they had persisted In the
policy of Using I.eioscno to start tho kitchen
stoic". I take my place proudly by the side
of Abr.nn S, Hewitt, under whom I fought in
the gieat battle for Tllilen nnd Democracy in
B7n Waiting In confidence the call of men
like hlin to gather for the icorciniatlon of my
p.nty, like him I conceive it to he my solemn
duty to vote against llryanlrlng the Democratic
puty and to rid the party nnd country of
!',!',viinlni, nnd so, like him, in the ranks of
tin- tuie Denincr.uy I shall go to thu polls and
cast my ballot for President McKlnley.
This Is clean-cut definition of posl.
tlvo opinion which men of character
Ir. all parties can admire for Its can
dor however they may disagree ns to
Its subject- matter. I3ut the course of
Mr. Carlisle Is Indefensible. It is a
shirking of civic duty which estab
lishes a pernicious example.
"The Independent candidacy of Prank
M. Spencer," etc.
Self.Revealed.
THROUGHOUT OUU history
tho people have expected
and demanded of tho occu
pant of the presidential of
ficio a certain 'dignity of expression
and nuinner in keeping with the dig
nity of that oxnltcd oftlce. Tho way
,n which William Jennings Bryan
would fulfil this rea3onablo expecta
tion may be Inferred after study ot
these extracts from his recent
speeches !n New York city;
The llcpubllc.ui party assumes that the labor.
Ing man Is like a hog that mpieals when It Is
hungry and klcepa when it is full.
Solomon ban given us a. proverb; "The wise
man fore.eeth the evil and hldeth himself, hut
the foolish pass en and are punished.' This
pi over b condensed read like this; The U)
man gels the Idea Into his head, the foolish man
gets It In the neck.
Republicans cay; Ilooiay for a president who
doon't let a lt.ttlo thing jike a code ot morality
St i rid in tin way ol progress.
Wtiat mould you think ol a God who would
errata the Filipinos and then leave them for
thousands of scars helpless until Mr. Ilanna
found them and threw hit protecting anna
around ttienif
The Filipinos can't sing "Tho Btar Spangled
Panner." What can they alng? i "There'll Be a
Hal Time In the Old Town Tonight."
t have iteen Republican going up and down
Ihe land letting what (loci wanted, what flod'a
plans were, when those who knew the HepuhlL
cans knew that tlod would never have let the
Uepnhllrnna know Ills plans In advance for fear
Hint Ihcy would go out nnd forestall tho market
and try to defeat them.
livery citizen who wants a man ot
this caliber substituted In place of
William McKlnley should certainty
vote for Bryan.
An apt phraso Is contributed to the
llternlure of current politics by Presi
dent Btrycker, of Hamilton college, In
the remark that whatcvor others may
do, for his part tlie does not Intend to
vote the lottery ticket. That Is exactly
what the Democratic, ticket Is. It Is a
'lottery ticket In which tho chances are
all against tho man who votes it.
An Example.
YOU CAN sometimes best Judge
n cause by the character of
its exponents. Senator Ben
Tillman, of South Carolina,
was a presiding officer at the Kansas
City convention nnd Is one of Mr.
Bryan's most trusted ndvlscra. It Is
rumored that he has been promised a
cabinet portfolio in the (now happily
Improbable event of Bryan's election.
Tillman has been talking for Bryan In
Illinois. Tho Philadelphia Press per
forms an educational service In letting
tho larger public outside of Illinois
know the style of Tillman's oratory, for
It diagrams tho man and tho cause ho
represents. Hero Is a specimen extract
from Tillman's remarks1 at Carrollton,
III.:
Wc calls the Filipinos rebels. Wc ay we are
earrjlng Christianity to the Islands. God have
mercy upon the Christians who hope to miss
hell by such doctrine ns that. What Is liberty?
My Idea of liberty Is to let me run my business
to suit misclf, and keep your mouth and hand
out of it. Why Is every state in the South op
posed to tjiis iniquity? Became you shot it
Into us, and now we want to tell you If you
propose to vote It out of us, we'll aee you In
hell first. Mr. McKlnley refused to receive the
Doer envoys except as private clti.ena because
he was afraid of offending his friend, John Hull.
And yet they tell us that the Germans and the
Dutch are going to vote for this d U cowardly
Republican party. I've told jou nothing but
God's honest truth. If any man comes along
and s.i It ain't so, tell him I Bay he lies, and
I can prove it.
The following passage Is from Till
man's speech In Kewanee, III.:
I told you we stuffed the ballot boxes and
shot them (the colored voters). We do not deny
it. What was this In comparison with the
"coon" government which we had been suffer
ing, by which wc were at the mercy of the ne
groes, who did not know enough to go to the
market place and hack? In our county the negro
majority was 2,000 and we heat them by only
3,b00 votes. The conditions demanded it of us.
Are we to allow jou people of the North with
your fanaticism on the subject to make us submit
to that which degrades us to the plane of mon
grels? Xo, we'll see you In hell first.
At Joliet the senator delivered him
self as follows:
I am not here to make any apologies for South
Carolina. We are giving to the negro Just such
a shire In the government of our states as he
Is capable of exercising and that is d d little.
We were forced to do some wrongs in
dealing with the question, and I admit it. There
were more colored people in South Carolina than
there were whites, and we were forced to get
down the shotgun when they attempted to have
these blacks dictate to us what form of govern
ment we should have. Yes, we occasionally
Ijnch a nigger down there. Why don't we let
the courts try the case? Because the men of
the South are not white-livered enough to per
mit our wives and daughters etc., etc. in
other words, because you men of tho Xortb are
too white-livered to know jour duty to your
wives and daughters. That's why. And wc aro
going to keep right on doing as wc have done
so long as we have any fliotguns left.
How would you like to have this man
in the cabinet at Washington?
Bryan's argument against a working
man's full dinner pall Is an empty one.
5churz and Cockran Answered.
(From a Recent Letter by Hon. Don M. Dickin
son, Postmaster General in President Cleve
land's First Cabinet.)
ON THE finance question two
or three respected friends
use this logic, substantially:
"It Is true that the Kansas
City platform declares , for national
and commercial dishonor by the 'Im
mediate' free coinage of silver at 16
to 1 as legal tender. It Is true that the
candidate who stands upon It has
said: 'If there Is any one who be
lieves a gold standard a good thing,
or that It must be maintained, I warn
him not to cast his vote for me, be
cause I promise him that It will not
be maintained In this country longer
than I am nble to get lid of It.' It is
true that the same candidate made It
a condition of accepting the nomina
tion that the declaration for free sil
ver ohould bo Inserted In the plat
form. Nevertheless, by reason of Re
publican legislation and a Republican
senate, the candidate wo support can
not accomplish tho result he declares
for."
Even If It wero true, which Sadcny,
that Mr. Bryan, If elected, could not
order the payment of the public obll.
gatlons In silver, or that tho mere
election of such a man on such a plat
form would not destroy confidence In
the credit and honor of tho nation,
and before Inauguration drive gold out
of the country and Into hoarding
places; nny, even If It were truo that
such a declaration, Indorsed by tho
American people, would not entail In
dividual and commercial demoraliza
tion, as well as financial distress,
still, with all deference to men whom
T respect, this logic seems to mo tho
baldest sophistry,
It may bo admitted that tho man
who proposes to havo the nation make
a debt paying dollar, or labor paying
dollar, out of CO cents of silver and
SOyCcnts ot vacuum, Is sincere In his
views of political economy. So Is tho
anarchist sincere, nnd his physical
and moral courago (though perverted)
cannot bo questioned, when, taking his
life, in hla hand, ho adopts assassina
tion ns a proper political method,
Suppose In order to get tho anar
chist voto the platform had Indorsed
assassination ns a political means, and
suppose the friends of, tho candidate
nppeuled to us for votes on the ground
that although the declaration for as
sassination wns in the platform, yot
in fact It could never be made effec
tual becausa the Republican police
protection was too perfect, would we
listen to tho proposition? Yet the
logic Is tho same, and the analogy
should not offend, for the turpitude of
the two declarations would differ lit
tle In degree In the opinion of the two
or three men who are endeavoring to
bo reason themselves into voting for
Mr. Bryan. ,
OX00000O0C00000XO000X0 (
TWO CHURCHMEN
Archbishop Ireland.
"I Intend to vote lor William McKlnley
and Theodore llonaevclt. In glvlncf my vole
for the candichtea f the Republican pirty 1
am salltfjed In my own conscience tint I
serve the bent Interests of tho country at
homo and nliroad; that t tontrlbuto to the
maintenance ol the country's milorlal pros
perlly and ol peace and good will between
tho ncvcral ctassen of Its population! that 1
aid tho country In bringing about the safest
and most honorable solutions of the rompleT
problem's which innfront It as the' result
of tho late war, and In retaining for itself
tho exalted position which It holds at pres
ent, commercially and diplomatically, before
other nations of tho worOld."
ooooooooooooooooo
This talk about "despotism" nnd
"despots," and "airs of eastern poten.
tates," tho cxerclso of "royal powers,"
"governing without tho consent of the
governed," "King George the Third,"
nnd tho like, Is not nt till new In re
spect to the government of unorgan
ized territories of tho United Stntes.
All these phrases nnd epithets were
used nnd applied to Jefferson nnd his
administration of tho nowly-acqulrod
Louisiana Purchase under tho bill
signed by him nnd drawn by Madison.
Tho same Is practically truo ot Plor
'idn, when, following tho Jefferson pre
cedent, Its government was debated.
An amendment providing that nil tho
principles of the Constitution bo "de
clared to be applicable to the said ter
ritory as paramount acts" was voted
down. Webster indorsed the same
theory In 182S. Tho Philippine ques
tion Is a problem to bo solved by the
congress so far as tho wholo territory"
is concerned. It may bo determined
to withdraw the flag as In Cuba. But
In no place on earth must that flag
bo hauled down under fire. Don M.
Dickinson.
s
The Times quotes with indorsement
from one William S. Johnson, sneclal
correspondent of the New Voice, ac
cusing our soldiers In the Philippines
of wholesale drunkenness, debauchery,
lechery, etc., In language hardly fit to
print. No doubt the man who searches
for the seamy side of life with a mag
nifying glass can see material for sen
sational accusations. You don't havo
to go to Manila or to the columns of
the New Voice for Instances of that.
But as regards the conduct of the rep
resentative American soldiers In the
Philippines we prefer to accept the tes
timony of men like Bishop, Potter,
President Schurman of Cornell, Chap
lain Pierce and scores of others, who
speak of It in terms of patriotic praise.
The professional slanderer of his fellow-citizens
who are dally risking their
lives in the performance of difficult and
perilous duty far away from home In
service of their country and In defense
of Its flag Is about the poorest speci
men of humanity yet located; and the
paper which tries to make party capital
out of his nauseating efforts Is little
Indeed.
The Inaccuracy of most of the Times'
ebullitions on trusts is shown in its
asinine charge that there Is a news
trust. Its reference presumably Is to
the Associated Press; and yet the facts
are that the Associated Press Is strict
ly a mutual organization, not making
a penny of profit, with every member
on a footing of equality with eveiy
other member, and with each pledged
to contribute a stated sum to meet the
expense of effecting the desired inter
change of Intelligence. Every member
Is at liberty to quit on six months'
notice and new members can be ad
mitted subject to the consent of the
members already In. Membership In
the Associated Press costs more than
In some smaller news bureaus; but it
is evidently the judgment of 05 per
cent, of the leading publishers of the
United States that It is worth mora,
else they would give notice and change.
The Independent candidacy of Frank M. Spen
cer for congress cannot fail to be of substantial
benefit to Mr. Conry. Times.
That, of course, Is Its purpose; but It
rests with the Republican voters of our
county to determine whether this pur
pose shall succeed. The Republican
who wants to send to congress an op
ponent of Protection, a foe of Sound
Money and a ready instrument of ob
struction to tho policies of the Repub
lican president will, of course, with
hold his voto from tho Republican
nominee, Mr. Council: and whether ho
shall then give It to Spencer or Conn
will not make much difference. It will
count for Conry just tho same.
Mr. Bryan says that If elected ho
will got tho American army out of tho
Philippines as soon ns possible, and In
reference to the payment of govern
ment obligations will obey the law.
This seems a rather Indiscreet avowal
at the present stage of tho gamo. If
Mr. Bryan wishes to keep the wild
eyed element behind him In Hue, he
should be careful about committing
himself to the Philippine policy of
the present administration or express
ing any particular regard for th'o laws
of tho land.
Democratic denunciation of McKln
ley two years ago was based on tho
Idea that there would bo no wnr with
Spain, and McKlnloy's refusal to fight
would bo the Issue of 1900. Now ho
Is denounced became he fought and
won.
The same MoKlnloy who Is de
nounced for militarism and Imperial.
Ism, was accused by tho Democrats
only two years ago of being a coward
who would endure any insult or out
rage rather than go to war.
Not a Democrat In tho land thought
nf crying Imperialism or militarism
when McKlnley wns trying to settl"
the Cuban troubla and avoid war with
Spain, But the cry Is made now for
political effect,
Some one should havo Informed Mr.
Hobson that the Sampson-Schley con
troversy ceased to ho a paramount
Issuo early during his absence from
the country,
v .
Bryan is a protectionist for his own
book and for Democratic trusts, but
he Is for free trade to impoverish
American labor.
ON THE CAMPAIGN.
Bishop Fowler,
"As a believer in American history I am
on expansionist, tt Is n Republican doctrine
nnd Democratic prncllce. Iltpinslon Is the
law of Saxon life. Kxpa.mIon Is In our blood,
In our history, In our religion, In our rfes.
tiny. To call expansion Imperialism Is eith
er foolish or Insincere, or both. The prcsl
.di nt, least of nil, could resist the people. II
McKlnley la sclented he will continue lh
protective tarllt. He will retain the' gold
stunil.lrdl he will keep our flag floating over
nil our territory, preserving our national
honor; he will hold the United Rtatea up in
the front as n world power; secure the open
door for trade and the gospel, and help to
pcrpctualo civilisation, thus haslenlng the
rn dof heathenism and Chrlstlanlratlon of
the world."
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HEBE IS THE BECOBD.
From the Washington Post, Ind,
The existing conditions, In finance, commerce,
and Industry, furnish the Republican party with
all tho campaign material that tt needs. Mr.
McKlnlcy's administration has, up to this mo
ment, been attended hy extraordinary and appu
lent achievement. The conduct of our financial af
fairs has been crowned with a success of which
every substantial cltlren Is, according to his vis.
tide interest, a beneficiary, Wc know of no de
pfcrtment of legitimate activity which has not
thriven during the past three years. Our mann.
facturlng enterprises have exhibited a remark
able growth and a corresponding prosperity.
Agriculture was never so well-cstabllshod and so
bountifully rewarded. And, what Is more to the
purpose, this vast waro of profit and encourage,
ment has covered the entire country north,
scuth, east and west alike. The cotton planters,
from Tcnncsiie to Texas, gaie upon rich har
vests. The cotton mills of the Carollnas, Georgia
and neighboring states have been converted Into
gold minis. The farmers, from Ohio to tho Pa
cific, have paid off their mortgages, are at last
independent, and now see befoio them an era of
assured prosperity. Labor ia everywhere In de.
manil at excellent wages. Capital finds remu
nerative employment on every hand. Tho whole
country Is a bec-htve and honest effort has Us
sure reward.
Look, for a moment, nt that record. During
Sir. McKlnlcy's administration wc have passed
from ths state of a national debtor to that of a
creditor nation. Instead of borrowing from Eu
rope, we lend to Europe. We have a funded deft
of $333,000,000, bearing 4 and 4V4 per cent. In
terest, Into bonds bearing 2 per cent. a less
rate than was ever before realised by any coun
try in time of war and our new bonds now
command a premium of 4 per cent., being quoted
higher in proportion than the securities of any
Kuropean government. We have collected, with
out friction, without difficulty, and without the
scandal of a single defalcation the largest reve
nue In our history. During the year ended June
30, M00, our internal revenue amounted to $295,.
M3,107.57, and th? proceeds of our tariff on im
port!: amounted to $271,027,744.32 making a
grand total of $507,210,831.89. We have created
tinea March 14, this year, 323 new national
banks. These banks have been established
throughout the country small banks, with cap
itals of ?30,00O and J25.00O distributed among
the agricultural districts, and they give not only
facility, but protection. They aro, in fact, the
symbols cf our tremendous progress and develop
ment. From March, 1803, to March, 1897, there
were 15S national bank failures. From March,
1S97, to Match, 1000, there were 34 failures. He
who cannot read aright the meaning of these
facts nnd figures is byond the reach of common
sense and reason.
LITEBABY NOTES.
The October number of Current History is re
plete, as usual, with the most ot what is best
to know concerning the progress of the world
during the past month, appropriately illustrated
with six maps and tliirty-olx portraits anu news.
As a faithful summary of the history of today,
systematically followed up from month to month,
this magazine appeals to tho reading public as
one of spetlat and permanent usefulness.
Interesting, suggestive, helpful that must be
the verdict upon William Allen White's character
sketch of "Hanna" in the November JlcClure's.
To a vast majority of most intelligent readers.
Senator Hanna was unknown until the campaign
of 1KHJ, and is still but vaguely understood
either as a politician or as a man. To those
who wish to understand this great political
leader, Mr, White's illuminating article will be
especially welcome at the present period of
political excitement.
The Century in 1001 will have a series ot
articles on "Railroads and Railroad Men." The
author, Major Charles DeLano Hlne, is a gradu
ate of West Point, who resigned as an officer
of the army to become a freight brakeman,
from which position he rose through various
grades to tlut of general superintendent, besides
finding time to serve as an officer ot volunteers
in tlie Santiago campaign. Major Hine Is now
in the service ot the Interstate Commission as a
railroad expert, and has exceptional opportuni
ties for obtaining information.
Some of the great material achievements of the
nineteenth century will be celebrated in The
Century Magazine next year. The steel Industry
in tho United States will be treated by Professor
Thurston, of Cornell, and the mining, transpor
tation and milling of iron will be the subject
of scvcial articles.
The Woman's Home Companion for November
opens with an article entitled "The Greatest
Sunday School in the World," describing tlie
famous Sunday school of Stockport, England,
which has been In existence for llfl years and
which now has over 6,000 pupils. "Tho Social
Sphere.of Mexican Women," by Adelaide Vazquri
.Sliiafilno, herself a Mexican, tells of the duties
nf the wife and ot tlie restrained character of
courtship beyond the Rio Grande. The church
in which Ptcsldent McKlnley attends services Is
described In an article entitled "Where the
President Worships." The second part of Robert
Grant's delightful paper, "Heroes and Heroines,"
tho second of Lillian Hell's travel papers this
one dealing with the Passion Play and "Tlie
Agulnaldo March," which is the war music of
tlie Philippine insurgents, appear in this number.
Scveial articles suggesting entertainments for
Thanksgiving and special dishes for the day's
great feast, und illustrated articles upon the
fall fashions give the luue a tone in harmony
with the season.
As no diplomatist Is allowed to define, In print,
his cnuntri's policy, except with the express
consent of his government, the article, "Ger
man 'a Foreign Policy In China," that Baron
Spech von Sternburg, charge d'affalies al tho.
German embassy at Washington, contributes to
tho current Issue of Collier's Weekly, may be
fairly described ns an oltklal document embody
ing a declaration ol the views and purposes of
Germany with regard to China, In granting per
mission the emperor Insisted that a copy ol the
paper containing tho urticle be sent to him, ao
Collier's U sure of a royal roader.
THAT PORTO MOAN TABIFIT.
Import Into the United States from Porto
Itlci havo tieblid, and exports to that island
front the United StaNs have cmadruplcd In the
the months since the enactment of the new
l'orto lllcan urltf act, as compared with tho)
of tho (.orrespondlnir months of J8W1 and IfW,
when l'orto Itlco wan under the fipunhh (lasf.
The l'orto HIcan tarilt act went Into effect
May 1, 1U00. 'Iho imports from the inland in
tho flvo inontlia whose record the treasury bureau
of statWlu has juvt completed, amount to
H310,:U, "gainst ft, UW.tfS In the mncipond
ins month of 1M7, or pructiially Ihiee tlnici
us much In tho live months of 10OO as in the
nrrcsondlni; five months of 1S!I7. The export
to tho bland In the live month ol I'lOO aro
2,S07,D09, against ?717,7H In the corresponding
months ol ls'irt, and $TcW,S02 In the corresponding
months nf h')7, or practically four times us
much in 1900 as in J610 or lD7,
These figures are i-.peilally Interesting because
ol the fact that It was supposed when the act
went Into effect that the commerce ot the nr.t
jear would be very small by rtason of tin
hurricane of last eor which pioved so danuKins
to the chief Industries that it was lhuuht llu
Island would In the piuent .vear have little t
sell and consequently little with which to Imv.
Vet the figures elven In low show that it has
sent to the United .States In the five month
from May l. 1000, to Oct. 1, I'M), twice ai
much In value as In the (orresondints months
ol 1S00 nd three limes as much as In the iimi
months ol 1S!)7, nd that It ha bought from
the United btatec. more than twice as much as
In the corresponding monllis ol ISM and practi
cally four times as much as In the correspond
ing months ol 1800 or IK97.
o
The following table shows the exports from the
United Stales In Porto llleo nl fifteen represen
tative articles during the five months ending
Oct. I, 1000, compared tilth tho samo months
ot 1SD7I
Five months
ending Oct. 1,
Articles. 1S07. 1000.
Cotton cloth $ 1,42.1 $400,101
Flour , 201,278 40J,M2
I'nrk 73,821 i,M17
Petroleum lS.li !0 05,0.V1
Dacon 0,m, 28.4SI
Coal ll.llsO 2i1,.
Cheese , v 1,001 2rt,4lVI
Furniture .'I..101 2.1.2M
Builders' hardware 4,3.13 22,0sil
Cars and rarrlages 3,311 12,20')
Hooks, maps, etc 2, Mil 11,011
Fruits and nuts .,, ntm 0,o;7
Hotter ' .1,151 r,,v.o
Agricultural Implements ,, 1,217 ,1,83d
Sewing machines l,Mj 3,132
THE ENDUBINO.
Still awed and marveling what light must be
Hid by the door tint bars Futurity
Though, even clarer than with eyes of youth,
He reads with his old eves and tears foi sooth
'Would'at havo a friend?
Would'st know what friend Is best?
Have God thy friend; lie passeth nil the rest."
.Tames Wliltcomb Riley.
XOXiD BY THE STABS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJncehm,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 1.4S a. m., for Saturday, Oct.
20, 1000.
A child born on this day will notice that it
usually requires more Ingenuity to commit crime
than to conduct business on the squire.
Many men lose a lot of fun In meditation over
the best methods of getting even with some one
for real or fancied Injuries.
The extent of a man's failures can generally
be determined by tho energy with which he at
tacks his more successful business neighbor.
It Is not difficult to deceive a woman once, but
the return engagement Is usually attended with
suspicion.
It may be that there is also an effort on foot
to turn the jury room Into a speak-easy.
Fame that Is not followed by fortune, modest
or otherwise, may be classed 33 cheap notoriety.
Men who have more backDone than brains sel
dom profit by their vertebial rigidity.
The hunting season is proving dangerous for
all save the game birds.
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