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THE MARSHALL REPUBLICAN. r.i.T" mi... THE MARSHALL REPUBLICAN. Kiitcml st the I'tMtofflcf III Marshall, Mo., as Mvoml-elass matter. TKHMS: I.f l'KIl YBAIt IN" ADVAKt-'K. PERCY H. VAN DYKE, Editor. MARSHALL, MMSOI'KI, SRI'T. 11, i860. NEXT WEEK FAIR WEEK. The cm! of this week brings us close upon tlie heels of our fast attempt at "Hall Festivi ties" or Carnival Week, a it may very proper ly lie termed. Yd the proximity of the event ii not sufficient to foretell all that is to happen, upon the most memorable week In Marshall's history. The utimlicr of attraction, lhc beau ty of the haudsomc equipages that arc to con stitute the flower patadc, the intracacics of ar rangement for each day's enlcrtslnmeut will only be told a the week passes and success tri umphs the efforts of those who have worked zealously for the fair. Then it will be record ed and told afterwards. Marshall nt this time, wishes most to cordi ally Invite the good people of Saline and stir rounding country, to attend the Strctt l-'nir to tie held in our cit) next week, assuring them that the entertainments will Ik-clean and above board, that the features of the week will be In teresting ami entertaining ami that the good will and hofpitallty of her clticus and mer chant, will be evidenced in the treatment ac corded visitors, this gala week. The farmers and citiens of the towns of the county are urged by inducements and promises lo leave every day cares and work, the monot ony of life, behind them upon this occasioti, and for one week in a lung year meet friends and acquaintances from the different parts of Valine in the county seat. These gatherings, ntich as formerly were secured in county fairs, have grown infrequent in Missouri, and to this may be attributed many of the little animosi ties that exist between rival towns and neigh boring communities. Meetings like this. stim ulate community spirit and brothcily love and make life happier and better They present opportunities of renewing acquaintances to which mutual pleasure it attached, of forming new ones which broaden our interests iti fel lowmcii; and Interest inculcated in our neigh bors is an tsscutial element in a healthy atmos phere of community sentiment where neigh borly goodwill pervades. The Street Fair promises many beneficent results and until it has been tried, there is no reason to believe that its effects ill not only prove advantageous in n trade way, but a fac tor for both good and plcasute in the lives of those who atteud. Don't be a stay at home next week. The anti-Imperialists, in order to find a few straws to grasp for argument to support their foolish theories, have recently concluded that some one of their number should he scut to the scene of action In the Philippines, there to study defects in the manner of our campaign and attempt to find further Justification for the very unruly conduct of the savage Filipinos, whom these cross-thc-sea admirers would pict ure as reatous patriots armed in righteous and holy love of their liberty and native land. And to make their pretentious show of a'arm lest the country drift from lis mooring place of (so latiou, smack more of energy and whole-souled conviction, they must bolster up a declining cause, by taking advantage of every unfounded report of disaster and protesting faith in the most exaggerated stories of mismanagement. Should Congressman I.enU be sent to the Is lands as his co-workers and believers desire, there is no reason to believe that from his words of extollatlou of the petty Aguinaldo,he will not become his active follower Hut such men, who hope for the success of foreign arms, arc generally cowards; their strength of will is no greater than is their strength of character. ThI s may save the Ohio Congressman from ac tive participation In the conflict and this coun try from the disgrace of having a congressman who would bear arms against it- owns so much of stock in such a blindly stupid paper, and to whom Is attributed the greatest cunning, who has lately under fancied wrongs, made the burden of his speeches a tirade ogalnst disreputable journalism, should assume a place at the helm and not allow hit owu pet organ to fall under the ban of his severest mal edictions. The man who Is not able to con ceive his own villainy, but blindly wages war against his owu methods, does not always en joy the prominence that is attached at present to that overestimated Missourlau, Stoue, but is certain lo come to grief. If the manner In which the National Democ racy is making up the different planks of its platform, if the way iu which its leaders are studying the success with which different is sues could be campaigned upon and the rela tive position each should occupy in the way of prominence, to give the greatest potency, ever contributes to the success of that party in add ing an iota of the general public's confidence iu the sincerity of the stand ultimately taken, It will indeed be surprising mid only attained by forgetting what is now taking place, when the different leaders are each proclaiming their hobbles as the only road to success. Jno. Ilarrttt, once our minister tnSiam and a person of undoubted acquaintance with the characters of the Hast, including that puppet Aguiualdo, has this to jay of him: 'I would ask Mr. Lent how he makes such heroism consistent with these facts; that Aguiualdo, In 1896, 'accepted a bribe of 1400,000 from the Spanish government to leave the Philippines ami forsake the cause for which Mr. Lent, thinks he had fought o unselfishly; that he appropriated most of the money to his own use. and was sued by some of his fellow p.itrloK both of which facts are matters of record .d his tory; that he refund to vxchauge I.icutcnint Gilmore and fellow prUoucrs of the navy when hewas asked to do so as a matter of humanity by Admiral Dewey; that he permitted and fa vored the publication of papers and circular that lied about America, and he persistently misled the people by telling them that Dewey recognized I-'ilipluo independence when he knew that the admiral had never done so in any way whatever." To the papers of autl-expaiisiuu utterances and proclivities in that direction more ardent than the solidity of their arguments would jus tify, who have been attempting n comparison of the "militarism" of which we have been convicted by them, with the decadence of France as a result of army rule there, lately evidenced iu the second Dreyfus conviction to just such the New- Votk Sun delivers the terse cplgramatic injunction: "Oh, take a double doe of hellebore." Alger's attitude has not been satisfactory in the lent lo the administration's critics, who exacted him to follow up his resignation by a tight upon the president. The silence of the cx-H-cretary, who has expressed nothing oth er than good w II 'oward President McKInleT, is sort-li disapiMiiutiug and provoking to the enemies of the Administration. He is doubly hated now by these men. because he refuses to plat the pnit they e.xpectid ol him Governor Piugree's announced determina tion to devote the lest of his life to private bus iness, is lather equivocal. Many ale not so sine but that the potatou man makes public business a very profitable one in a private way. The assertion has been made iu that irre sponsible organ, the Mississippi Valley Demo crat that the Republicans spent fj, 000.000 in the Kigbth district election. Our authority for this is a Democratic exchange, as the Stone or gan does not reach our table. Perhaps it does not go to any Kvptiblicau offices, for such lies would be easily exploded. It stems beyond comprehension that such an aseitiait should be nude. It ii not even worthy of a denial, not having gained credence surely iu any mind. It is laughable to think for one moment that $1000,000, could be spent iu the Highlh and not more Democratic votes Imught It ' the highest compliment the Democrats of the Iiiithth havecter been flattered with or doubt less ever will. And the capitalist Stoue, who Ilryau recently madr the statement, that he had gone five days without speaking. He seemed greatly surprised himself and doubtless the public will listen with even greater incred ulity to the Miiiounccmc'-t of this preposterous fact. Willie Ilryan is a mr el after all, not because he on talk so much and yet remain talked of. but rather that one nf a reputation fur such incessant gibberish is for once willing to lest n weary world. Jno. . Carlile ha given Goebcl's statement that he was not n cold nun in 'oi, the positive lie, yet three-fourths of the silver Democrats of the country continue the supporters' of the Kentucky candidate, with whom is as-oci.ited so much of election plugery and corruption. If flic silver is not a dead issue, it is certainly one easily lo it sight of, whenever Democratic chances are bettered by iguoriug the same.