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BWraww^wi^^ it1 t. %k fttje jUcmoctat. BROSSOH & CAB&, Publishers. MANCHESTER, IOWA. The kissing bug has a soft snap on a sure thing. A man is like the hammock to this extent: He is apt to live where he 'hangs out. Taking a hair of the dog that did the biting also applies to the general run of growlers. Whatever you may say of trusts it should abvnyfe be kept in mind that they are not incorporated idiots. Vacation in its root meaning may im ply emptiness, but few people are like ly to say there's nothing in it. This movement to prevent a certain liind of divorced people marrying again would show the marriage rite Is being closed for repairs. As soon as it bec6mes thoroughly un derstood that eggs will cure consump tion the hens will probably incorpo rate uuder the laws of Jfaw Jersey. When Li Hung Chang in so conserva tive a country as China is strong enough to pull down the Chinese wall it shows he's got something of a pull. As boxing is called a scieuce and Sul livan prdys for the ring success of his favorites, somebody after a while may be making him out a Christian Sci entist. i, A Western poet has written some verses to a girl, saying at the end of each stahza: "1 dreamed of you last night" Poets can do. that because It doesn't cost money. A Nansen talks of trying to find the south pole in 1902. He probably thinks the people will have ceased by that time to be interested In personal his-, torles of the late war. King Corn won a gallaut victory in England last year. During the twelve months the British Government used 124,000 gallons of cjrn whisky in the manufacture of smokeless powder. Emperor William has bought two ele- 1 plutntH, which will be used hereafter •111 his big parades.' This, however, must not be regarded as conclusive evidence of the Emperor's intention to make a show of himself. The hostility to the Americans which was so pronounced in France during the Cuban war has so far subsided that the Parisians are now wiling to furnish lodgings to visitors from the United States at much higher prices than have ever been charged before. The statement that the telephones in England are very poor will create no surprise. Electricity ns a household and business agent is a little too swift for the conservative Britons to manage with perfect satisfaction. That is pos sible only In America, which might be profited by imitating the more deliber ate habits of their English cousins, while the latter could easily stand a slight infusion of American enterprise. A French medical paper contains a strange story by Dr. Koveos of a rela tive of his, whose beard and mustache from being prematurely white sudden ly became dark. The editor adds a story of an old priest whose white hair fell off because of an atack of erysipe las and was replaced by raven locks. Are these stories myths like those of the ancient Greeks regarding rejuven escence, or was "goat's Juice" used by any chance? Another of the school of imaginative scientists asserts that he has discov ered that music when properly pro duced Is so soothing and' lulling to the digestive organs that It can be mode In time to take the place of food. As the scientist neglects to tell just how long this Interesting experiment would take it is quite evident that he hasn't carried his tests that far. But it's a nice theory and there can be no objec tion to the learned discoverer's follow ing it out to the bitter end. The class of music to which the "Hot Time" belongs is, of course, not ex alted. It Is not chamber music or con cert music. It Is Just the slap-dash, go as-you-please sort of thing that suits the crowd in Its hours of effervescence and outdoor celebration. The Ameri can people happen to be "built that way." They gravely chant "America" in the parlor and when they take to the street or to the battlefield they change the tune to the primitive lilt of "Yankee Doodle" with Its words of superlative banality. If this tendency is immoral, then Lord help us all! As a nation, we are doomed, and the won der Is that the ghastly end lias not come long ago. •j. The Boston "Journal" quotes the prediction uttered by General Horace Binney Sargent in his oration on Mem orial day, I860. Comrades, though few of us may live to see it, I feel sure that the last survivors of the Grand Army of the Itepublic will celebrate this annivertiury after soine duy of glory, when the sons of rebels aud our Sons shall have fallen side by side in some common cause of foreign war, us our sires and their sires fell side liy side under the eye of the great rebel, .. the Virgin ian, Washington. :f 'litis prophecy has been literally ful filled. The predicted "foreign war" has re-emblazoned America's national c«iraeter, restored the unity of licr peo ple, and—ns Editor Wattersou phrases It—' flung her geography Into the sea." I lie c/.ar of ltusslu Is quoted ns say lug recently: "I am sick and tired of life. What with its responsibilities, Its hypocrisies, Its festivals aud Its lies, I wish I were out of it." It would be strange, indeed, If a ruler so conspicu ous had permitted himself to express this sentiment publicly, but the atti tude ol mind is not so fantastic as It might appear to some youugperson who has tired of life because of its poverty and hardship. The czar's fate is that other.of the two extremes In neither of which Is to bo found the truest happi ness. The sympathies ol tlic whole country were aroused by the recent abduction from New York City and tho subse quent recovery of little JInrlon Clark, a babj 20 months old. Many aspects of this case nre worthy of study. In earlier days It was a comparatively CUM act to steal a child mid carry It wlieie its Identity was lost, while the bereaved parents were left without hope d! Its return. Such cases were so common that the accidental reunion of parents with their loss-lost children be- carae a familiar feature In literature and on the stagp. The prompt recovery of the Clark baby shows that, while the world is all the time growing larger, in another sense it Is constantly decreas* iug in size. The growth of great mod ern cities, aud the free movement of people from place to place, would at first seem to make it much easier to carry out successfully a crime of this kind to-day than it was in the past but modern inventions have more than off set these changed conditions of society. hen this child was stolen, such a glare of publicity was thrown upon the crime that no nook or corner of this great country could long afford the criminal a hiding-place. The telegraph, the steam railroad, the perfected police system all lent their aid, but more val uable than all else were the services of photography and the newspapers. The daily journals so faithfully reproduced the baby's portrait that a young wom an in a country postoffice, as soon as she saw the strange child, said: "Why, that looks like Marion Clark." Thfe modern daily press has many faults, but occasionally it perforins a service so important as somewhat to coudone them. A Trench president, if he clioses, can live like a prince. His salary is $125, 000, and the annual allowances for in cidental expenses are equally large. The Klysee Is splendidly furnished and kept in repair as histown residence,and the palaces of Fontalnebleau and Bam boulllet are also maintained by the state for his use during the summer. There are large shooting preserves at Marly, where he can enjoy outdoor sport during the autumn. The lato President Faure liked ceremony, splen dor and statolluess. Taking the view that the French people did not wish to have the presidential office maintained in an unpretentious way, he adopted much of the etiquette of European courts, drove nbout constantly in cottck-aud-slx uuder military escort.and gave brilliant entertainments in town and country. Generously as the state provided for lilm, lie expended a large share of ills private wealth in keeping up luxurious appearances and in enter taining guests like the czar with splen did pomp. President Loubet has uot been long In office, but It is aparent that he intends to live less pretentious ly and in closer accord with old-fash ioned Ideas of republican simplicity. In comparison with his predecessors in office he is a poor man, and he has the frugal tastes of the class of small coun try landholders from which lie sprang. He represents the great element of rural France, which studies and prac tices economy anil dislikes wasteful ness aud luxury. Pleasure-loving Paris laughs over the rumors of reform and retrenchment in the kitchens and serv ant-halls of the Elysee, but the presi dent's conduct meets with hearty ap proval in the country towns and vil lages, where thrift has never ceased to be a virtue. Even the boulevard wits were silent when the president, re turning to his mother's home In Monte Iimar, gave oil unstudied exhibition of filial reverence. CatclUng a glimpse of her while hair as he drove in triumph through the town In a magnificent coach behind an escort of cuirassiers, he sprang to the ground, ran toward the platform where she was seated and embraced her agqln 'and again, while she was sobbing from joy and pride. A president who is not ashamed of his humble peasant mother and remembers her counsels of thrift and carefuluess, stands for the best qualities of staid, rural France. There is so much that Is sordid and contemptible in the pub lic life of the republic with the strange hurly-burly of the Dreyfus case, that a touch of the simplicity of earlier and better times Is welcomed. IMPROVEMENT IN RAIL MAKING, Joint. Done Awny With and Smooth ness of K11 [i nin if Secured. Great claims are made for a rail pat ented by Daniel Mlnthorn, of Western New York. The familiar "T" rail is dispensed with entirely, and a rail on a triangular base substituted. -This is HAIL i.v A RNIAXAULAN IIASB. made In two parts. The head Is formed separately, with grooves on the under side, and can be made of high-grade steel, wlillo the base, which may be of inferior metal, is made triangular, as stated, and as sbownjn the cut. After the base Is laid on the ties the head is slid In its place, Its outwardly bent flanges fitting Into the grooves of the I'aillieud. The advantage of this is In avoiding the wuir and tear at rail joints. An other feature is that after the head has become worn on one side It can easily bo taken off and turned without remov ing the triangular support. It is also slated that the interior of the rail may be utilized as a conduit to contain tele phone or telegraph wires, thus avoid ing the stringing of tliefn on poles at the side of the road. Twain's PyJamaB. Marls Twain lias an Intense dislike for clothes, and If it were possible would rcinalu lu his pyjamas day in, da.v out. And whenever he can do so lie eats breakfast iu them, receives his friends and works in tliein. His favor ite mode of writing is to lie tint on the door on ills stomach in his pyjamas, with a pipe in Ills mouth. When on lecture tours he never gets out of Ills sleeping clothes until it is time to go to hall or opera house. When the fit strikes him lie likes to exercise, and then with his customary shamble will sluillle nloug for miles and exhaust the most athletic companion. But he feels far more at home in ills pyjamas than iu a street suit or evening clothes. Cheerful Novels. In a recent article In the Independent Margaret Delaiul makes a strong plea for the cheerful novel: "For my part," she says, "I find as I grow older I want the novelB I rend to end well. A story, let us sny, of Siberian convict life might lie tulcl with truth so far as facts go and with art in its telling, and yet leave the render miserable and unhappy. See clear, think straight, understand rncts, as they lie. good and bad. In the wide seitlngof eterulty-but believe! believe! believe! Believe in the Integrity or the moral purpose of the universe—believe in God and ill little children—believe in the goodness of the world!" ..... Itusslaii Bueptffi1. 1 lie Russian scepter is of solid gold, and contains HtS8 diamonds, 3UU rubies anil lu emeralds. •iVS: E i. lla.i JL Lead. 'J U'O-thlrils ol nil the letters posted in dm pobtoaires of the world are English. s5V*!. f- The question of what nietals are used In the coinage of a nation Is a matter of no consequence other than as they af fect money supply. Tile terms free ni£I unlimited coinage applied to gold or silver mean that the mints will re ceive and coin for the benefit of the owners of all such metal that may be offered for that purpose, thereby leav ing money supply to be determined by the productiveness of the mines. From time immemorial down to 1873 money supply was fixed by the joint product of the gold aud sliver mlues of the earth without any attempt on the part of man to lu any way limit the coinage of either metal. The fact that some nations struck their coins from one metal exclusively whilj other nations struck their coins from the other did not constitute monometallism iu any sense so long "as the entire output of both metals was coined and entered into the money mass Hint fixed the world's price level. Mouey supply could not be curtailed by Eugland making licr coins of gold alone, while Germany coined only silver and France coined both metals Indiscriminately. The fact that England refused to colli silver simply left a larger stock of that metal to be coined In Germany, Aus tria, ltussla and France. While the fact that Germany, Russia and Austria struck their coins from silver alone enabled Eugland to secure larger amount of gold. Indiscriminate coin age of both metals In France at the ratio of 15Vi to 1 fixed the relative val ue of gold and sliver coins at the French coinage ratio wheresoever coined and made the result, so far as money supply was concerned, the same as though all nations coined both metals. The world's price level depends upon the world's stock of money. When the stock is large prices are high, when It Is scant prices are low. Price is nn expression of the relation existing be tween money and other things. As money is only a means to nn end and not an end Itself, when fluctuations In money supply are so violent that price levels suddenly or rapidly rise or fall it causes great disturbances In the busi ness world aud changcs the relation of debtors to creditors, doing an injus tice to one or the other. Honest money is money In which debts can be paid without doing injustice to either debtor or creditor. In order to be such, the money volume must increase from year to year In the same proportion that population and demand increases, because any change in its purchasing power between the time that a debt is Incurred and tbe payment of the same Involves the transfer of property from one of the parties to the other without compensation. When money supply keeps even pace with demand the suc cess of men engaged in business will be gauged by the Judgment, industry and capacity of the men themselves uninfluenced by a rise or fall in prices due to changes in the value of money. The supply of gold has fluctuated vio lently from time to time througbout all history. The same is true of the.sup Ply of silver, but it has usually so hap pened that the supply of one was large when that of the other was small, thus each in turn counteracting the evil in fluences of the other. Besides, with both metals In use nnd consequently a larger money volume the variations from time to time In the supply had a less violent effect upon prices than would be the case it one metal only was coined and the volume of money was smaller. The effect upon business and production of an Increasing or di minishing money volume Is widely dif ferent aside from the Injustice that accrues to debtors or creditors. An In creasing volume of money and rising prices tempts all money Into active cir culation, starts all the wheels of Indus try into motion, furnishes employment for all labor, and, If continued through a period of years, gives to labor a larger share of the wealth it produces than It would receive under any condi tions, because uuder such clrcum stanccs money Is constantly losing Its power over other things, so that to hold It Idle causes loss to its owner, while under rising prices an investment al ways means to part with that which is growing cheap in exchange for that which is growing dear. Under such circumstances with all labor employed and with products steadily going to a premium while money Is going to a discount, the com petition for labor will be so slinrp Hint It will be employed at a small margin of profit to employers and the laborers will receive as wages a corresponding ly large share of the products of their toll. When such conditions prevail production reaches Its maximum aud but few debts aro created. The money lender and usurer lit such times aro In but little demand. On the other hand, when the money volume Is diminishing nnd priccs falling hoarding money in idleness is the only sure road to wealth. The Judgment, Industry aud capacity that would win a fortune uuder normal conditions can now only court bank ruptcy. Those engaged lu production must anticipate lower prices and reduce costs to meet such prices. This meaus a reduction of wages and a consequent curtnlliiient of both production and consumption, if this condition contin ues a long time the savings of the la borers arc first consumed ou account of enforced idleness and the competi tion for an opportunity to earn daily bread becomes so severe that the la borers have no voice 111 regulating the share of their product that they shall receive as agos. During such periods In the world's history when the mines were productive civilization advanced by leaps and bounds, slaves disappear ed and freemen multiplied upon the earth. But during those other periods whan tile mines were not productive and prices continued to fall laborers lost first their savings, then their lib erties and finally the money changers destroyed nil other classes and civiliza tion itself disappeared. In view of the power of money as a controlling factor in the Industrial world it will lie readily seen that a combination of the world's creditors and money dealers, if permitted to ma nipulate the money supply through dic tating coinage laws, legal tender nets, and the Issue of bank notes for circula tion would thereby be enabled to plun der the world ad libitum. Such an or ganization was formed nearly half a century ago. It was through its agency that silver was clandestiucly demone tized In the United States In 1873. It Is In the Interest of that same class that the Republican members of the banking, currency and coinage commit tees have been recently holding unoffi cial sessions at Atlantic City, If Mr. Henderson Is not pledged to' appoint congressional committees In the inter est of that organization lie stands no show whatever of being elected Speak er of a Republican Congress. There Is only one question that equals In im portance tiie money question, and that Is the question of creating a large standing army. Militarism would mean death to the republic, and the end ot liberty.—National Watchman. The Go'd Standard Farmer. I cannot but pity many of our fellow men who find It difficult to obtain even the bare necessities of life, crying for their oppressors. Why. how mtich, or rather how little—sense It takes to real ize that something Is wrong when we tluil millionaires able to pile up other millions from year to year, while upon the other hand, the lnau with a few thousand Invested In real estate can, by constant effort, only make a living. Yet too many of them are like the farmer (ho is a McHannaite), who said to me, "Times are all right, money Is plenty, but somehow I cannot pay my debts." Poor fellow, he was much like another farmer who said, "I can not read and don't know much about politics, but Mr. S says tbe gold standard Is best and he ought to know. Mr. S was a banker and held mort gages against the farmer for probably all that he was worth. It is passing strange that these same men, when they go to a merchant In their own town, won't believe htm, but think he is laying for them and is mak ing large profits upon everything he sells, when In reality it takes careful financiering to keep afloat. Now, what kind of an anlmnl is the gold-standard farmer? His genealogy. Is beyond my ken, nnd I have frequent ly tried to discover the source of his perversity. Hate seemingly has per meated his very soul he so detests anything not having the brand* "Re publican" upon It, that he refuses to even view it. Like one whom I saV once knock a paper out of the hands oi a person nnd kick it after it was upol) the ground. Such people will always vote the ticket according to its label the.v need masters, and for my part I would hnve no objections if I and mine were not Included In the serfdom and have to suffer as well. There is hope dawning. I now find some, whom wj regarded aB hopeless, are Inquiring af ter the truth, nnd may the people unite and In 1000 sweep over this fair land\ with such force as to presage the utter destruction of the golden calf worship ers. Let Americans rule In America. No treacherous Briton need give us ad vice. x. Visiting tho Wishing Well*. In Scotland old customs die hard, especially in the highlands, as -was evi denced on the first Sunday In May, when the time-honored practice of pay ing a visit to the wells, the waters of which are known for their healing vir tues, was observed by hundreds of per sons. Y'oung nnd old journeyed from In verness during the day to St Mary's well, which Is situated near to the blasted Culloden lieatli, and after drinking the water a coin wns dropped into the well. This act is supposed to be an earnest of good health and suc cess during the year. The practice of visiting "wisliing wells" has descended from father to sou, and despite the fact that many ministers point out thnt It is not con ducive to keeping the Snbbutli holy, and Is only fit for superstitious barbarians, still the numbers who go to the well never diminish. Not only wns the practice observed in parts of Iverness-shire, but in Ross sliirc also numbers of people visited tho famous healing well of Cralglehow, deposited their coins and returned np parently satisfied that trouble ond sick ness had effectually been guarded agaiust in the coming year. Hlftb-Priceii Ice Cream. "I tuk two gals down street last night to git 'em some ice cream," said George Washington Snowball, "but when I got down I 'inos' had a fit of heart disease." "What was the trouble? Did they ask for a second helping?" "Secou' lielpiu' uotliin'. Dey didn't ebeu git de first helpln'." "What was the reason? Did you dis cover that you had left your money at home?" "No. sail dnt wasn't what wns de matter at all. We went down street jus' ns linppy ns you please, snh—one gal on each arm, you know—an' when we got in sight ol de ice cream saloon I read dnt sign, an' I fought I should dmp dead." "What did the sign sny?" 'it snhl: 'Ice Cream, $1.25 Per Gal.' I had two gnls. you know, besides maw self, an' I hadn't no pocket full of money. Say. mister!" "Well?" "Do you fink dnt one ob deip trustses has got hold ob de ice cream busi ness?"— Harper's Bazar. Russian l'easuuts Grow Wealthy. Twenty-six years ago a little party of Itussian peasants settled on govern ment lund 111 Hutchinson County, South Dakota. TheyareMeuuoultesund came to this country because ihey were not allowed to follow their religion at home. Now tlicy own iu common 10, 000 acres of fertile laud, more than half of which Is under the plow. The 200 members of the community live to gether ill long, low houses. They eat at a common table and every member Is obliged to do a certain amount of work daily. Altogether the property of the settlement, which is held In com mon, is vnlned nt $500,000. Tho com munity is governed by the eltester, or preacher, who decides all disputes be tween members. They have nothing to do with lawsuits, tobacco, war, or poll tics. The members of the community nre not ci.ti/.cns of the United Stntes, having never applied for naturalization papers. Cans oir. IfflS The comedian boarder allo.wed his eyes to roam around the table until they rested ou the strawberries. "Any oue," he said, addressing the sweet singer, "could see that these ber ries were uot brought up right." "And why not?" "Because they come to the table with tlieir caps ou." Then the landlady gritted her teeth. In France there nre 0,000,000 smok ers. Of every 15 there are 8 who smoke cigars. 5 who use pipes and only 2 ad dicted to cigarettes. Still these com paratively few smoke 800.000,000 eig aretttt A yaar. ^-c.ifrt-'x & -=W \s tsw BRYAN IN CHICAGO. GREAT THRONG GREETS HIM AT THE AUDITORIUM. Cheer Him Loudly at Entrance and During Hi« Speech Leader Talks Strongly Against Imperialism and Trnsts. ":V '.^v: The old leaders and the old platform were reindorsed by the great Democratic meeting at the Auditorium in Chicago held under the auspices of tbe Chicago platform Democrats. Bryan aud Altgeld were the old leaders whose names and whose presence evoked tumultuous cheers. The principles of 1890 were cheered at every reference, and equally emphatic and enthusiastic were the bursts of ap plause and cheers that greeted every de nunciation of the war of couquest iu the Philippines. These were the four fea tures of the meeting that stood out boldly and In even measure seemed to hold the affection of the 7,000 men and women who thronged the immense interior. To Bryan was given a welcome the manifestation of which was limited only by the power of human expression. The audience was singing "America" and the big organ was rolling out its volume of music to tbe rhythm of voiceB wheu Mr. Bryan stepped upon the stage.. There was a cheer from the stage and the sing ing was converted into a roar of answer ing cheers. Mr. Bryan was received with long-continued applause* the people stand ing up and cheering for some mluutes. He said: Mr. Ch&lrmau uud Ladles and Gentlemen: I am not going to trespas supou your time. You have already listened for as long a time as you are accustomed to attend a meeting, and it would not be proper for me to enter at nny great length upon any ot the ques tions which are uow before the public. am somewhat embarrassed lu speaking In Chicago, because the advocates of the Chicago platform are divided Into two kinds audIt Is not my business to employ the se cret service to ascertain what Democrats are firmest believers In the party's creed. All Chicago platform Democrats "look alike to me," aud my aim Is not to drive out of tbe Democratic party any professed believ ers In tbe Chicago platform, but to so Im press upon all Democrats tbe Importance of the principles nt stake (bat nil local differ lencos will be forgotten In the determination ,to curry this government back to tbe found ations laid by tbe fathers. When Lincoln M'as appealing to the people of the country In 1858 be gave utterance to a sentiment thnt must be the sentiment of every one who realizes tbe magnitude of tbe struggle lu which we are engaged. After baying tribute to the founders ot the country and to the. declaration of Independ ence be used these words: "1 chnrge you to drop every paltry and In slgitlflcutit thought for nny mnu's success It Is notblug: 1 am uothlng Judge Douglas Is nothing but do not destroy that Immortal emblem of humanity, tho declaration of American Independence." So In this country to day we find some dls cuBSlug persons, some dlsucsslus whether this mau or that man or. some other man Is tbe best representative of Democratic doc trine. I appeal to you as Lincoln did, to drop every paltry thought about any mau, and thluk only of tbe principles cuuudated by the Democratic party lu 1890 principles tbnt carry us back to tbe landmarks of tbe constitution. We are Interested first In writing a plat form nnd we want a platform that fits tbe Democratic party, platform written like the last platform, not by party bosses, but by the voters of the Democratic party (ap plause). When we get a platform that fits tbe Democratic party It will be easy enough to find lu stale and nation candidates who fit tbe platform, but it is tbe principle above the mau, nnd no man Is fit to be a leader when he Is wanted to lead who Is not fit to be a follower when some one else Is wanted to lead. Iu the brlt'f lime that I shall occupy your nttentiou I desire to cpowd iuto a'few propo sitions an argument on three subjects. 1 neod uot tell you that tbe Democratic plat form of 18UG will be reaffirmed as tbe ilrst plunk of tbe Democracy of 1000. Orcasloually some one talks about getting off of that platform, but on investigation It Is geuerally fouud that tbe mau who wants to get off of It was oever, in fact, upon tbe plntform. The people who made the fight aud who by winning the fight saved the Democratic party In 1890 are still lirui in the faith, and there Is only one plank In that platform of which 1 shall speak to night, and that Is tbe one plank toward which most of the criticism Is directed. 'Ready to ilefend All flunks. I would defend every plank where every plank Is assailed. But there are some who say that if we will just drop the money ques tion we will make It easy for those who left us to come back. Tbe fight In 1890 was won on tbe money question, it was tbe mouey question expressed In a specific rem edy that afforded us tbe means of dlstlu gulsblug the bi-IIever Iu bimetallism from tbe believer In the gold staudard. And if they tell you to-day that events have viudkated the gold staudard you can answer tbeui, first, that wheu Mr. McKln Icy sent a commission all the way to Europe to get rid of the gold staudard be admitted that we were right In 189U when we said tbe gold standard was not satisfactory. Some of you may be so prejudiced that you can not do Justice to Mr. McKlnlev, but I am so falr-mluded that I can give blm credit for slucerlty wheu he appointed three distinguished men nnd seut them all the way to Europe to cry out In every market place: "Help, help the American people out of the bole tbut the gold standard has nut them into!" Not ouly can you point to tbe fact that the commission wem to Europe as an evi dence that tbe gold standard was not then satisfactory, but you can polut to the fail ure of tbe commission to secure Interna tional aid as nu evidence that independent action Is absolutely necessary to secure suc cess.: If-they tell you that tho discovery of gold in the Klondike nnd tbe importation of gold from abroad has given us more money and made better times you can reply to tbem that when they say that they confess the truth of the quantlrlve theory of tnouey and you can add that If a little gold from the IClond.ke or a little gold from Europe Is able to make a little better times, that If we would opeu the mluts to tbe coinage of sil ver as well ns gold and take the money out ot our own mountains and have our own money now nnd at ail times we could have a great deal better times, and not denend on English gold either from tbe Klondike or from our own exports. You can remind them that when we were discussing tbe silver question nnd our abil ity to uialntalu the purity they said that be cause of an increasing production of silver we could uot keep tbe metals together. If tbnt argument had weight when they made It we can now say that an Increasing pro duction of gold makes it easier to keep the metals together than It used to be wheu they found fault with us. But thla Is an old question nnd one about which we have talked many times. There Is another questlou half new and half- old—the trust question—that was lu the campaign of 18D0. enough to get all tbe trusts onto tbe o.bcr siue, and yet not enough to make tbe people understaud what the trust quesilou means. And even uow you will find people who say that tbe Re publican party is doing all that It can do. Why, tbe trust is KO bad and so Indefensi ble that even In Ohio In a state convention controlled by Mr. Hanua they bad to adopt a resolution declaring trusts to be bad, and when that convention coudemns tbe trusts who in all the world will dare defeud the trusts? The trust is bad because of tbe monopoly feature. When a few people con trol'a product necesstry to human existence then those few control to a large extent the ,|]ves and tbe happiuess of all who produce those article*, ail who work in produciug aud alt who furnish tbe raw material used In Us manufacture. And ean we afford to build up In this na tions system by which a few Bball transmit wealth from generation to generation, where tbe masses can only hope for a clerkship under some trust, and If they say that there Is np way to stop the trusts, that the Repub licans nre do'ng ali they cun remember that It Is within the power of tbe president to appoint an attorney general who will en force tbe law against trusts evcu If he has to go out of the Republican party to get the attorney general. And If the law upon the statute books Is insufficient It Is wlthlu tbe power of the at torney general to propose laws which are sufficient, and If the constitution stands In the way It Is within the power of tbe attor ney general to recommend an amendment to tbe constitution which will give to Cou- fect. ress plenary power to deal with this sub- fcorce the Republicans. But the Republican party Is powerless to annihilate the trusts so loug as the trusts furnish tbe money to keep the Republican Sas arty in power, so that the administration It in It* power to extinguish the trusts If It so desires. When we come to the Philippine question again they say: "What cau the administra tion do?" There were two months between the signing of the treaty and the breaking out of hostilities, two months lacking six days, and when we asked tbem what tbey were going to do they said tbey hadn't had time to decide what to do—not time to de cide what to do. Wby, there are but two sources of gov ernment, force and consent. Monarchies are founded upou force, republics upon consent. Our declaration of Independence declares that goveruuieuis derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Is that doctrine true or Is it false? If It Is false how long ought it to take us to decide what to do In tbe Philippines? We recognised the truth of that declara tion when we went to war with Spain. We •aid tbe people of Cuba are and of right •ustat to BE fret. Why? BICSUM they live near us? No. Because they are part Span* Ish? No. They were and of right ought to be tree because tbey wanted to be tree and governments come up from the people. If they were and of right ought to te free, who can draw a line between tbem and the people of the Philippines? Where 1 sthe philosophy that entitles one to liberty and another to vassalage? You say you don't know what to do? If you find a pocketbook and ou it tbe name of tbe owner, do you have to count the money in the pocketbook before you know what to do with the pocketbook? If the doctrine set forth In the declaration Independence Is sound then we can not rightfully acquire title by conquest. If the doctrine set forth In tbe declaration of In dependence Is sound we cau not rightfully purchase 8,000,000 of people nt $2 apiece from an allcu monarch, whose rebellious subjects we ourselves armed to fight agaiust their monarch. There Is a principle Involved, and when the principle Is once understood Its appllca *|oni Is uot difficult, and If the people of the Philippine Islauds nre and of right ought to be free, then this nation should, without one moments delay, anuounce to those people that we are there as friends and not as ene mies to establish a governmeut which shall be their government and not our govern ment when It Is established. Not only ought we to do that now we ought to have done It In the beginning and If the promise made to Cuba bad been made to the Filipinos not one drop of blood would have beeu shed in the Philippine Islands. And we would be sendlug school teachers to Manila to teach them Instead of soldiers to tell them that the declaration was a lie. The Filipinos came Into our bands by ac cldeot of war, and coining Into our hands tbey must be dealt wlth accordlng-to Amer ican principles and not according to Euro pean principles. Tbey sny that if we were to give these people their Independence other nations of Europe would laugh at us. ^ot Afr.tld of Hidiculc. Are we afraid to be laughed at? Why, more than 100 years ago, when there wore but 3,000,000 people In this country, our forefathers dared to give the world a dec laration at which the people of the old world laughed, but for which our people fought. When tbe framers of tbe declara tion of Independence wrote among the self evident truths that all men are created equal, endowed with inalienable rights, that governments are Instituted among men to secure these rights, deriving their Just powers from the consent of the governed, tbe people of the old world laughed. But tbey didn't laugh long. Because our forefathers maintained their declaration and for more than a century this republic has been tbe most potent factor In all the world In influencing tbe destiny of the human race. Shall we be ashamed to admit now that we believe In tbe declaration of Independ euce?-I repeat that we must deal iVlth these people according to American principles. Ihey desire their Independence. Let us say to them, as we said to Cuba, "Stand up, be tree!" and then to all tbe world say, "Bands off, and let every republic live!" Tell me that we dou't kuow what to do? All we have to do Is to read our nation's his tory, to watch the natlou as It traveled the pathway to lead from the little name of might to the lofty name ot right, and then you cau tell what this nation must do It It Is true to Its past. You bave In your city a poet who has written the best poem on the Philippine question. Dr. Taylor has crowd ed into a single verse more philosophy as well as poetry, more philosophy than you will flud in a whole speech on the side of Imperialism, and If he never does anything else he has done enough In that writing of this one poem to give him a claim to the consideration of his fellow tuen. Let me quote the verse, although It may be familiar to you: "Did our liberty bell rlug In vain was the declaration a lie? Must we turn to the old world again, with tbe penitent prodigal's cry? Must we remain so and remain In the vein of Europe and barbaric parade, And boom out a gun to open a pathway of trade? Must we strut through the-world and blus ter and brag? That the dollar mark's stamped on tbe brave old flag? I ask the question of you, did our liberty bell ring in valuV Why, history tells us that when the declaration was about to be signed tbe people gathered In t^e streets and waited for the slgual, and finally when those Immortal names were fixed to thut Immortal document the old liberty bell rang out nnd tbe people cnught up the souud and cheered aud cheered ngalu. And from that day to this that great relic ot (evolutionary days has been carried from state to state and from city to city aud eyes are filled with tears as they look upon It. Did our liberty bell ring iu vain? Shall its tones no more be heard? Was tbe declaration a He? Have we been false for 109 years In teaching tbnt governments come up from the people? Must we turn to tbe old world again with the penitent prodigal's cry? This nation Is not a prodigal son. Thla nation has not wasted its substance In riotous living. This nation Is not ready to turn back ond with trembling voice ask to be classed amoug the hired servants of royalty.Tlits nation uas not sinned against heaven, and God grant that the crowned heads of the old world may never have oc casion to kill the fatted calf to celebrate the return of this republic from ludepeudeuce back to the creed of Cain. What should the Democratic party do? Wby, there Is but one thing that It can do. Sometimes 1 bear the people say that If tbe party la not careful ubout this question of Imperialism It Is going to lose votes. My friends, when tbe declaration of Independ ence Is repealed there will never more be a Democratic party In this country or a need for one. Our faith Is built upon It and we can not turn our backs upon tbe teachings of the fathers. Every wrong to be righted finds Its Inspiration in that document. We cau not ask for a single reform without showing that all we ask conforms to tbe principles of the declaration ot Independence. And so the Democratic party must be true to the foundation principles of this govern ment. It believes lu the Independence of tbe Individual in Industrial life and savs to tbe trust, "You shall uot crush the life out ot the struggling manhood of this couutry." It believes lu Independence In the financial world and says to the foreign flnaucler, "You can not make the policy for 70,000,000 of American citizens." It believes in the doctrine of liberty aud independence every where, nnd when we plead for tbe right of people to govern themselves, although they differ from us In color aud In race and lu history, we ure uot pleadlug for tbem. We nre pleading for the safety of our owu in stitutions. Lincoln said that tbe safety of this na tion was not In Its army or Its navy, but In the spirit of liberty, In the spirit that prizes liberty as the heritage of ull men In all lauds everywhere, and be said that If we de stroyed this spirit of liberty we plant the seeds of despotism at our own doors. Anawem a Question You ask me why tbe Democratic party be lieves in giving independence to the Fili pinos. I reply, because we can not destroy self-government lu the orient without en dangering self-government in the United States. It Is not for tbe Filipinos that we plead. It Is for 70,000,000 people, the great est In the world, and yet a people not great euough to do* barm to the humblest people lu all the world. We are preparing tor the campaign of 3900. The national committee met to-day aud prepared for Its work. We are going out to fight. You ask me whether we are go ing to win. I tell you 1 believe we ought to win and there Is no way upon which you can predict success except to deserve suc cess. We are not going to ask, "Is this thing popular?" or "Is the other thing pop ular?" We are going to ask, "Is this thing right?" and if this thing Is right tbe Demo cratic party would rather go down as the champtou of the right tbau to win as the champion ot tbe wrong. Don't be afraid of defeat.- I can speak from experience, and having met face to face a large number of those who were kind enough and generous enough to give me their support in 1890, I can say to you with out flattery that having seen them/l would rather go down with tbem to eternal defeat than be president and bave to ask England what to do for my couutry. Long continued applause followed the conclusion of Mr. Bryan's speech. Mixed Allegory. Even in the pulpit the Irishman's speech presents, on occasion, the eccen tricities which afford so much joy to unprejudiced listeners. "The Church," said a brave, hard working little priest to his Western parishioners, "the Church, my frlendB, Is like a ship that sails proudly on through this sea of trouble that we call tbe world. The waves of sin beat in vain against her stalwart sides, and the waters of error dash about her prow and do her no harm. "And why is this?" he asked, with Impressive earnestness, "Why is this, my friends? Because she Is founded on a rock not on sand, but on a rock, a solid rock, from which no power can dislodge her!" Tne largest llower In the world, It is 8iiId* is the bolo, which grows on the island of Mindanao, one of the Philip pine group. It has five petals, measur ing nearly a yard in width, nnd a sin gle llower has been known to weigh twenty-two pounds. It grows on the highest pinnacle of the land, about 2, 000 feet above tbe level of tbe sea. There are some curious superstitions concerning waves. The Arab sailors believe that the high seas off the coast of Abyssinia are enchanted, aud when ever tbey find themselves among them they recite verses which they suppose have A Wndtncy to cubdue them. DEFICIENT REVENUE. With nuy sort of economy tlie rev enue ot tlie past year should hnve been sufficient to meet the expenditures. Not that tbe protective tariff lins proved a success, liut tlie war tax and the Union Pacific Railroad sale have provided vast sums wlilch have been squandered. In showing that the deficit tills year Is out of all proportion to the necessi ties of the case, the Boston Post says: 'What does this mean? It means that the $200,000,000 popular loan arid the $100,000,000 from special-war taxes have not been enough to meet the cost of the war and the extravagances of the Republican Congress. And as for the future, It mcuns that, unless the party In power makes a reform In its policy, we shall lmve to keep'on pay ing war taxes in order to meet current expenses ami borrow more money of the people to pay for foreign con quests." It Is needless for tho Post to suggest the possibility that the party In power will "make reform iu Its policy." With such men as Alger, Piatt, Hanna and the like In control of the Republican party no sort of reform need be hoped for. But the "object lesson" given the peo ple by the Hanna-McKinlcy syndicate will work a reform not In tlie Repub lican party, but amoug the honest voters of the land, who will recognize tbe seriousness of the situation and hurl from power the lueu who are piling up national debt and increasing national taxation. Republican organs nre busy making excuses and devising plnns with which to fool the people. Put this work will prove futile, for tlie deficit cannot be Ignored ond the extravagance which produced It can neither be excused nor explained away.—Exchange. That Defic't* Careful analysis of tbe treasury re port shows that the past year lias been characterized by an expenditure en the part of the McKlnley administra tion unparalleled by that of any year In the history of the republic. Of course, the Republican officials -en deavor to break tlie force of the Indict ment brought against them by their own figures and allege that the great expense was occasioned by the war with Spain. The New York Journal refuses to take this view of the situa tion, and disputes the proposition as follows: "As a matter of fact, the war with Spain has not caused the deficit. "On the contrafy, If there had been no war and no war taxes the deficit would have been larger and would have startled tbe country. Republican extravagance has been hidden by the war. "The cost of the war is shown thus: 18D9. 1898. War Depnrtmeut. ..{223,00),009 -f92,000,00(1 Navy Department. 05,000,000 60,000,000 Total {294,000,0U0 {151,000,000 "Subtract from $294,000,000 tbe cost of both departments In 1888, and you have Cost of the war ......$143,000,000 "To meet the cost of the war Con gress voted extra taxes and a bond debt. The returns from these extra taxes are seen in tbe following table: Increase lu tobacco tax -{15.000,000 Increase In spirit tax 7,000,000 Increase In beer and ale tax.... 40,000,000 Stamp tax 42,000,000 Miscellaneous internal revenue. 8,000,000 Total {112,000,009 Sales of Pacific Railroad bonds. 12,000,000 Sales of war bonds 175,000,000 Total Increase revenue over 1898 {299,000,000 Expenses of tbe war 143,000,000 Extra revenue not used for war purposes {156,000,COO "Thus It wljl be seen that so far from tbe war having caused the deficit It actually produced an extra revenue of $1B6,000,000, and yet the total deficit for the year Is $88,875,000." Observe, the deficit reported over all revenue Is $88,875,000. Add this to the extra revenue of $150,000,000 and the total deficit 1b $244,000,000. Surely the American people will hold McKlnley and his party strictly to account for this monumental debt piled upon their shoulders by tbe most extravagant ad ministration that ever ruled to ruin at Washington. Swift War Brines 8peedr I*eaceT It is not condoning the Injustice and Iniquity of the Philippine campaign of conquest to say that more troopB and a competent commander should be dis patched to Manila forthwith. If the campaign Is to continue—and It Is idle to look for a suspension of hostilities— It should at least be pusbed to a speedy conclusion. Under existing conditions we are not only inflicting wrong and Injustice upon the Filipinos, but we are sacrificing American soldiers to no purpose whatever. The sacrifice should end, and there is but one way to end It. Force the fighting. Send .enough troops to Luzon to sweep the Island from end to end. Send 50,000 men If necessary send 100,000 if necessary send 200,000 If necessary, and send with them Nel son A. Miles, tbe senior major general of the army, whose place is In the field Instead of In Washington. The object of war is peace. In mercy to tbe Filipinos and to our own soldiers let lis wage swift wnr in Luzon that we may have speedy peace. The an nexation question will have to wait.— Chicago Chronicle. Kentucky's Democracy. Republican Bmall-fry politicians are l'eeling Joyful over the long-drawn-out fight in tbe Democratic Kentucky State Convention, but it is safe to say that their happiness will be short-lived. There Is scarcely any doubt about the election of Goebel, the party candidate for the Governorship, even if he should not poll the full strength of the organi zation. Kentucky Is a Democratic State, de spite the fact that It was nip and tuck between McKlnley and Bryan in 1890. This Is proven by the fact' that In tbe year following the chief candidate on the Republican ticket was beaten by nearly 18,000, while in the Congres sional elections of last year our party bad a plurality in the different districts of over 30,000. The Kentucky Democracy stands bx the Chicago platform of 1890, subject to revision by the next National Con vention of the party. This is the proper attitude to take, and on this point no votes will be lost—New York News. Tyrannous Press Censorship. It Is said that the President Is dis satisfied with the censorship at Manila. He has, therefore, ordered General Otis to give notice to newspaper corre •pondMU tint tb«r mfut sot »rtit the censor by filing dispatches »t Hong Kong. If they do their "usefulness to their papers will cease immediately.". Tyranny so Impudent Is hardly conceiv able even in Russia. A free people.' whose government Is merely their ex ecutive and not their master, Is delib erately tricked, blinded and bam boosled by men clothed with the brief authority of a four-year term. Tli« whole theory of American politics, th« very principle upon which the Ameri can policy Is founded, Is annulled by this wanton violation of the freedom o4 the press. If the Amerlcnn people are to be de nied all knowledge of how their bust' .v ncss is conducted by their chosen ser vants, and they submit, what hope la there that the same policy will not be attempted in domestic affairs? The ... syndicates which govern the McKlnley government fear nothing so much a* publicity, and they will not hesitate to attach the muzzle to the press If publlo outcry becomes too loud. Many month* ago the Post-Dispatch pointed out that the Philippine question was essentially an American question. This has been nbundantlv confirmed by recent events. It Is Impossible to consider it Ih an/, other light. The methods used In tha Philippines In the name of tbe AmerM can government are no less dangeroua to the people of America.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Unsuspected F|gn in Michigan. Circumstances and the Itch for hold ing office bring forth good political fruit sometimes In the most unexpect ed places, as witness Russell A. Alger's coming out as the enemy of trusts and as the champion of the plan of electing United States Senators by the -direct vote of the people. This declaration on the part of Mc Kinley's Secretary of War Is apt to re call, of course, Satan's promise to he good when he was sick and his forget fulness after his recovery. Alger wants tbe assistance ofyihe voters who are opposed to trusts aad who are In favor of taking the control of the United States Senate out of the hands of mil Uonalres. Still. It Is good sign to see even a man of Alger's kind recognize the fact that the anti-monopoly sentiment of his own Stnteds a precious thing to conjure with. The fight against the despotic money power must be going bravely fofward, even in tbe lumber camps of the Northwest, when this chip of it pretends to be the people's friend.—New Xork News. McKlnley Has Mo Policy. Some overzealous administration or gans nre alleging that President Mc Klnley is "personally conducting the war in the Philippines." Of course, tbe President Is doing notblng of the kind. The war in the Philippines is uot being conducted Just now by nny body. General Otis has contracted bis lines and Is doing the best he can with nn Inadequate force to hold the terri tory which his troops occupy. There would have been no war in the Philip pines if any one had possessed any sort of a policy. McKlnley hail none nnd as a consequence nobody else had one, and thus the war broke out and has since that time beeu conducted In a haphazard sort of way. But this sort-of thing cannot go on forever. McKlnley must discover and announce some policy. He must de clde whether he wishes to wage a war of coDquml or to promise the Filipinos j. a provisional government and fair treatment—Chicago Democrat. 'x,: McKintey Shoulders Ibis*'9" 1 Papa's boy, having done valiant ser vice In the army, Is now going to adorn the marine.corps. Of twenty-four ap polntmenta of lieutenants, from civil life last Wednesday, ten candidates were rejected by the examining sur geons as physically disqualified. Oue had organic heart disease. Yet all these defects Were "waived." Papa's boy had to have a commission, because papa may be useful to the Honorable William McKlnley In the national con vention next year. Hence the Honor able William McKlnley puts upon the pay rolls of the navy ten young men who are a« weak In their bodies as in their heads. This, at least, can't lie charged to tbe Honorable Embalmed Beef Alger or to Eagan. The President will have to shoulder it himself.—Chi cago Chronicle. The Issues Made Up. The issdes which divide the two great parties are already made up. Hanuu-McKinleylsm covers nnd In cludes all that the Republican party stands for now and will stand for In tlie coming presidential campalgm The Democratic party stands now-nnd will stand in llie next national campaign for every declaration of the Chicago platform, with a most positive declara tion against Imperialism, ngnlDBt the American colonial empire and many syndicates, ngalnat a military estnlr— lisliment thnt will compare favorably with thosf of the monarchies of Eu rope agatllst the "mother of trusts"— high protettlon—against every public policy. In fact, that Is born of Hanria McKiuleytSm.—Kansas City Times. Jefferson's Brand of I xpanslon. The sort of expansion that Jefftfrson believed Ih and accomplished Is en dorsed by every patriotic American, but it lg a very different sort from the Hunna-McKlnley-Wnll street brand of expansion, or Imperialism. Thomas Jefferson, true to the spirit of tbe Dec laration ot Independepce and the con stitution, 41d not desire to expand American ferritory'beyond the confines of the American continent. Jefferson did not advocate nor desire that tills country^ ebould go beyond Its own hemisphere or enter upon wars of con quest In foreign lauds and in Asiatic waters. Be would bave been false to his well-known principles, which are to-day the principles of the Democratic party, if he had.—Wheeling Register. A Trimmer's Pecord. We kno* that Mr. McKlnley Is an amiable gentleman, but we defy his friends to point to-a single act which shows courage or leadership or to an utterance which was not made to ex cite applause rather than to state a conviction. His record paints him a trimmer, runner after public opinion, a polltlcM weathercock.—Buffalo En quirer. Britain i'lsys Two Ways. While Great Britain eggs McKlnley on to crulh ten million Filipinos, shs hesitates to take the field against sixty thousand Boers,—Grand Rapids Degx* «rit mi