U'Uc JTUot. eight pages. Established IHSB. ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. SYDNEY T PRATT. Editor. POWMKK EDITOMS .ten* Crowley, Ten Evck Ol Mislead. JOHN NAOI.E Tin* Pilot is published at Hid York Str. T*nils of siitiscnptioti *1 >''*ir, nax meiits *trii'tl> in advance Ad vertising rates <* be pr mldress IHE I IE 1 I'll MANIT"W<( nvih. id i: president w. J. BRYAN, NEBRASKA pi iH Vl< E PRESIDENT. A 1)1. AI K. STEVENSON, lEEIN't US pi it; ( (iNtiIIESS, JAMES W. WATSON, FOND nr EA( IHMOCMIC ST Ml Cl MR M COMMITTI (II WISCONSIN. In The IkMotratk I lectors of Wiwonsin At a iiiiftitW of t hr -ruth Stiitv t lav of .faimarv I mil am for tin* tnujKjwtinii of ait\ i.tlmr laiMinnKs in tin jiiriH*lii-iion of tin* runvmition Till' !*• *|r ll lM 101 l to whir), rut'll rolllll v 1 mil It l**d in •!• iitiiutiil In-low tin* apjM.rlioi lin*llt lo'imr o|,r i|r|rirali- for <*!#♦• •! l>oor i M< n/la* p Imnn , Kant la in* Klormnn 1 Kond du l,ar Kornnt I (Jrant I. tirnnn i Hrnnr, Laki , lowa y Iron *$ •ImiUhol, lnffnrwo| | | .Inman Ki-tn •** ha Kiwaiitiin 1a < rimta* p 1. 1 Ia ii, lam/lad'- • Lim oln Manltowo* 11* Murat Ijoii Mari mt In • Manpmt ti Mtlwunkn* | (ll Mon,* M* O M|,t.. *Mi id i o Oipo.ainl 1.. O/jtnkis* \ IVpln I'infi ••■■ik ; I’orlitfe i., frl.e TANARUS, Mu- in.' 1(1' hint.'l " lt-k Ml i r..i j Hank Mwy..r ", Mltawuno .. Mmlmvirun T \ lor T iitpnaiiwu \ V.n*ii Vila* *, Walworth h Wa- Maim Waolnnifloii WaiikiwliM Wanjana *!. Wa md,n ru Wiiin.Ui /o Wmm I‘pirit hut Kiatef„| f,, r ,hn I*"I s *' l*r.."i,Mit* H ami th. felieity ami hi< I. ti„ enmiiiemlatiuii j,, ,| '' *" ’ '“"‘""I-1.plea ■ with r.e ...K • .jel...*.fc ... ... lelHt.leHlHl the ' 7""“h; "**m. ii.-i.it in,. the ,ea.|", „e .„ |w „, |tHll| „„ f the „.e|r., ) „,i, lI(l| ■numly will y„„ ([ ~ The I h-tw. I ..I,- -1,h,,„,. *^., VM tfllU . liaUTlMl ■u„ l. 1.,' V|l( . , ' , M A Mil IT AM IKK I KIM p||| The MMM-rtKiti turn reiterute.l over .uei over a under Itepii 1.1), an inmUne. WiU . f aM |, w . infMl.**- nlial ehara. terikti. * win. I, differentiated lut ,h^ •{!• (rmn other na tiou;i,uaUtiek wl ithKhv. her a ,„ r . most position in the civilizing influence* <>f modern life. The meet definite won trust mid striking peculiarity in her col lective character, the one separating her from the r.ices of Enro|ie, was the re pudiation of an historic and widespread belief that huge armies resulted in jsixv erfnl prestige making countries great. It is true the I'nited States won her hlsTties and liecame antonoinons and self-.governing through the intrepid ity of her heroic sons, who left the plow share and buckled on the armor of war ati 1 successfully carried forward a revo Intion. which drove the usnr|s • his own lair. When no further necessity howver. called for military prowess, America's Cincinnati!. laal down the sword, rettsik the plow and the land again s.idled with waving corn and a ci ntent e 1 peasantry. Frcm that time on the people loved pence and at no period has tiie sword been unsheathed except when liberty or the union was threatened with disruption. It is, jierhaps, paradoxical that ajieople drawn from the divergent races of Enr ope. trained in tin- school of militarism should gather upon the shores of anew eomitrv and set at defiance a principle that seemed to !• woven into the web and woof of ineir nature But the fact is that the I'nited States lias up to re •cutty spurned a militant doctrine and tenaciously persned the ways of peace Two [siwerfnlly operated to bring about this condition. The first is geographic and the second knowledge In the inscrutable design of I rovidencc tliisHand was revealed to the eyes of the old nations of Enrojie at an opportune time and when emigration turned to ward the West the people cattle not only in the search of an opportunity for in lividnal development, but to be free from the oppressive and harassing en. vironnients of autocratic and monarchi al oligarchies, which exercised their authority through a rigorous military arm The I'nited States are so geographical ly situated that a large standing army was unnecessary because she was free from menacing enemies on her land bor lers and it was an unchallenged fact that flic combined armadas of the world wen powei less to subjugate her into de pendetiey In addition the adoption of the Declaration of Independence guar niteeil internal peace and external con ■ord for all time, as long usdts terms op ■rated as a vital force The •-ecolid reason, that of knowledge just as strongly set the people against .Militarism as their forebears were for if. I'ie \ bad lived and bad been subject to it- inexorable demands The> under stoisl militarism and tyranny were cor relative words and that liberty in itstof lies) development was Inconsistent with tin support of an overawing army. Those emigrants who came from Europe hid ti ll the scourge of the conscript they knew tln ir opportunities had been blighted m their native homes because they bad been taxed to dentil to sustain big military establishments they knew that their strong youths were taken from horn i ml work to dawdle away years of vigorous enetgy to strut about in soldier attire to appease (lie vanity of kings and they knew they left their fatherland to be free from so great an oppression Will these pe .pie win came to this country to Is* free from the abuses we cite, submit to them here ' They have il in tlieii bands b, allow Mr MeKiiilex and his followers to subtly create an ivershadowing power which will curtail their liberties and narrow their own sphere of influence. Will they grant him lids authority.' We believe not We unhesitatingly atlirm that (he vast majority of voters are unalterably con vineed that militarism shall never get a permanent foothold, and thus we look with confidence to the revelati m of the ballot boxes next November, We have figured out the cost per cap ita for militan support the people paid in (lie years since IH.'iil before the civil war until IS!H omitting, however, the period covered by fin* civil war when the per capita cost ran as high as s,in |i is significant as showing the tendency of if publican policy Dial man. woman maiden and babe in Imps were charged *1 da each for tin* support of tin* militan while in iHadonlv ,'>h cents Were lleede 1 for thesallle purpose Wc herewith give the cost per capita each Near siiiia* (Sail excluding the civil war IKVI * X mi , |M> MM 1K.V.1 7', I* Iv i""i 77 I 1 tin ; *1 |H|i N| , 1"> ;:i |M-,M ir; |mmi 7(1 |M*| M| Imm; m 7 ImKI MK IMM| 7(1 I HM.*| ,77 |MMIi HI Imm; 7ii I Mi'M ( |Mi • M| ! I Mini ,71 | |M'l| , I 7'i ! I M il Rl IM.M HM 1 Ml (.7 7(1 |h!*i ;.'i Ik , ;• I*• 1 V It ~ln>ulil 1" 11< > 1< ■ I tlmt tin* military n|i|irnjiriiitiiiii in IMW \vmn nunli’ (iriur to tin ■ xlraunliuaiv • \|hmim(m ulluwcil fur llir |iru-i’cntiuii uf 1 lii* lliH|iati<> Allien cun win N’iiw tin* wur haMiiomil ami |.u i'n iKUM "tir militiuy c\|m’iiwm Imvc iiu ri’ii* until liny run an tiijfh ax I'.’]wicu|iiU. wlii' li l 11 wire limn the* Kummliiiim an' taxuil to jmj for tlu’irariny. For comparative purposes we give the per capita cost in Europe as follows: KIWSIU $1 lit) Uurmunj . . Prtoi e ! * • EngUnd I R In the last congress and in the next if Mr. McKinley is reelected greater sums were and will Is* asked for the army and the cost i**r capita will take leajis and bounds unless a check comes. The elec tion of William Jennings Bryan will Is the check, therefore vote for him. If should Is* said the figures do not in clude the necessary ]**nsion fund annu ally appropriated John Nagle's Philosophy. Religion is a good thing, hut not when it has an infusion of (sdßics. HOW THE MUGWUMPS STAND. Some newspais-rs like the Baltimore Snii and the St. Paul (Hols* refuse to give their support to Mr. Bryan in the coming election. It is doubtful wheth er their support means much either way. As illustrative of the influence the Sun wields one need only jh>ilit to the fact that prior to lSir>. for possibly ten years, it had ls*en vainly trying to overthrow Mr. Dorman from the control of the Democratic party in Maryland. The sledge hammer blows the pajs*r dealt fell as harmlessly on the popularity of the then senior senator as a jsdihle thrown into the bosom of the ocean. While the Sun claimed b he Democratic, indeed the bible of Maryland Democra cy, it was de facto a mugwump organ and it still retains that character. This organ of shallow pretenses and veneer politics now throws up its hands and cries mit as if in a wilderness of woe save the house of representatives." hut to its noxious conscience, it doesn't mat ter if the rest of the ticket goes to the ileinonition Isiw wows. Such policy is not characteristic of Democracy and can never be. A paper of its kind had better be outside the party battlements. Il stands an inept, chattering and shiv ering puppet nervelessly facing the enemy; too cowardly to openly oppose tin* party and too supine and self seek ing to align itself with the other side (live its a good square enemy who tights for principles, even if wrong from onr view point and we can admire hint, but save ns from tin* truculent hedger, who swallows one half of the Democratic doctrine and leaves the other half on llir platter apparently covered by a nap kin of sophistry It limits U lbi)iinrirh or hoiid*o|ln*r fli flu** < iimlidatc is nominated ly tin* DmnmnttH for tin* ollii. of ifoviTiior Mr La Kollrtto will up jhv( -int - ttii t* rt • • (ioii* t* tin* tlpimmifiou ImW WOWS Till MONKOI DOCTRINE SACRIFICED. Mr Me Kin lex in replying to the noti lication speech of Senator Lodge said "In the great conference of nations at The Hague we reaffirmed Itefore the world the Monroe doctrine and onr ad herence to it and onr determination not to participate in the complications of Europe We have happily ended the European alliance in Samoa, securing to I ourselves one of tin* most valuable liar bors in the Pacific ocean, while the open dour in ('hina gives to fair and equal competition in the vast trade of the (trieiit. If the policy of the Republican party is not an abrogation of the Monroe doc trine we ask what is if.' Tin* president a> .1 is onr determination not to par tiripate in the complicationsot Europe.' yet in (he very next sentence he re marks, We have happily ended the European alliance in Samoa proving conclusively that the Republican ad ministration did mix in tin* politics of the old world, or il could not have end ed a European alliance in Samoa. Then, il must not be forgotten that the aeqni sition of territory in the Orient and the intermeddling of atfairs in (Ttina, brings ns within the circle of political active t e< of Kurope and this fact alone is in evorable proof that the Monroe doctrine is sacrificed to the imperialistic purposes and needs of the Republican party. Mr McKinley speech all the wav through, has the ear marks of self lau dation and deiimgogcry He betrays that repellent vanity which assumes that all the political sagacity of the country is focused in his hat. It is well for the Republic that the voters take the chief executive, not at his own estimate, but at theirs, and should infortuous condi tions conspire to brim; about his reelec lion this fact can be set down as unas satiable that the accumulated wealth of the trusts were at hi- din]iosal and that the money was illicitly used by bis agents to swing elections in course, we are sanguine that the vast majority of the pie cannot be tampered with even by Ibe glamoring display of riches St-mi |orl.i w I lie pi ”1 to Jm is *-!#. st 101 l I lie n Ini pres, iein e I lint lie I lirmiiili tin* veil of I lie future illsnster of \ nriennteil ti ps slum lit Hie pin-1 \ to Wtliell lie liellillKH !■ Xlveil it> puss poll sn-Ai rivwmiKA rosin waris. t/niie cunning and remarkably astute the Republican campaigners preface their advent to the stump bv attempt mg to force into the background t ho doininanl issue of imperialism Hut like Ranquo s ghost it won't down It is a Imld promontory in the sea of ) mli | ties and is observable from every js>int 1 It stands out from the other questions at stake in cvertowering magnitude, and we 11 not low sight of it until the coun try ban authoritatively decided to re main invulnerable against the insiduoiiH encroachments of empire designers and commercial monarehs. The enemy would, forsooth, drag forward minor principles, economic and otherwise, and Minx them athwart to hide from view the controlling purpose in its efforts to engraft itjsm the country a system of colonization. Historically and constitutionally: de finitely and implied. the isdicy of the United States as expressed in law. lias clearly and sternlv opjiosed the subju gation of alien races and the annexation of their territory that trade benefits might inure therefrom and an imperial istic s.vay be maintained Colonies are not wanted by thiscountry. At present we have enough on hand without in creasing the burden which would accrue if we undertook to rule people remotely removed from us. And colonies are al ways an expensive luxury. They will cost and cost heavily. The taxpayers will and must carry the burden of ex cessive expenses which will be levied to sustain corps of officials who will Is* charged with the administration of gov eminent if we acquire the colonies. If the taxes are not direct they will Is* in direct, which means stiffer tariff duties and a consequent firmer grasp of protec tion on the industries of the country. < )ne evil breeds another, and the colossal infamy of imperialism, should it liecome a settled policy, will block the way to tariff for revenue only for the next half a century. No one need doubt but that the tiusts will |siur out money from their own exchequers into the laps of Republican stump orators who will Is* paid to hypnotize the voters by glitter ing generalities as to prospective com merce which will result by vitalizing the imis*rial idea The big nabobs, who sit like enthron ed deities, presiding over the destinies of the trusts sedulously watch that no utterance escape the mouth of orator or slip from the pen of writer whom they control, which shall give away their gi gantic scheme for personal affluence. They would subject aliens, choke li berty and seize countries to sell wares for their own enrichment. And they seek to cloak by the veil of spurious pa triotism their perfidious plot to over throw the su]iernal American declara tion that no p**ople shall be put under a government to which they withhold their consent. The voters should understand that the chief promoters of imperialism are the proprietors of the trusts, and that these men of millions are willing to re lease a few of them to mislead the coun try as to their real purpose. Down with imperialism. i nir lift frieml Milwaukee lm iilmmlimisl its outer tmrlmr pn>.j<-i-t It gives up In the super inr unit Hiiperliitive iiilvuutiiges of .Manitowoc LET Till WISCONSIN EXPLAIN. In murk,si contrast with tin* course of Bryan, th.* Dcinccrulir rainliihiti' for iht* presidency, is tin' (*ondnet ol William McKinley the Ki pub lican candidate toward tin* I*)iiltidt-1 l illiit con vention which renominated him for the presid ency McKinley had not hi m: to do with out platform It was trained hy tin* delegates chos eli hy the people The President was not coll ■.lilted as to a single clank in that platform Milwaukee Kyening Wisconsin Tin* alsive quotation is taken from the Evening Wisconsin, usually a reliable journal, but in this instance it displays either positive ignorance or unscrupul ous deception The statement is nothing short of a lie, and its iniquity is increased in that if attempts to illicitily minimize one candidate to the glorification of an another. And the Wisconsin editor would have ns believe that Mr. McKin ley is a boneless whiffet, whose over weening vanity for office enables him to digest any set of principles thrust at him. In other words the Wisconsin says the President's mind is as receptive and in ordinate as the stomach of a Harlam goat, allowing it to readily assimilate the tin cans and scrap iron of the He pnbli an garbage pile. If it is true that Mr. Bryan was ac <|nainlod with tho language of tho Dem ooratio platform boforo its adoption then was ho a wise and honost man. ipialitios in contradistinction to those tho Ho publicans ascrils* to Mr. McKinley. If the Wisconsin Kditor will road last week's iin] rs ho will find parallel col umns showing the Republican platform as it first issued from the brain of ('bar los Kmory Smith and how it looked after the President got through with it, and which was adopted by the I’hilailelphia convention • hones \V Wnlsmi w ill give Mr 1 laviilson the si ifli’sf raes lie I’Vtr l-ontostisl anil twills ”11 it t he I lei in w rats will win. JAWS W. WATSON FOR CONGRCSS. .fames AV Watson. who has Ikm-ii chosen standard bearer in the Sixth ('ongressiomil district by the Democratic convention r****utly lu>hl in Neenah is a limn Hu* party may 1m- proud of, That Mi Watson will make an aggressive c unpaign nood not bo doubted for one inoinont Mo lias bold several offices in Fond dn l.ac county already and whon ovor ho has | M >''ii Is-fore tho pooplo ss‘k ing thoir suffrages ho has ls*en wonder fully snooossfnl Thoso who have Issm associated with lb' 1 teniocratic congressional candidate in tho legislature assort t nit ho always displayed tho tinasoo of legislative tact, astuteness and ability Asa rompat riot of Mr Watsons put it ho rovoalod qualities alone (sissossod b\ a states man -This then, is the ideal candidate Man Safety, Economy, Simplicity, Quickness, Comfort, Are FEATURES embodied in our STANDARD WICKLESS BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES. BURNS KEROSENE OR GASOLINE These Stoves will do the work of the ordi= dinary coal range and will do it quicker, better and cheaper. On display at THE RAND & ROEMER H’DW’E. CO. itowoc county is called upon to support. I and there is no doubt that he will re ceive an overwhelm! ix endorsement at ■ the |mils. Some pessimists have thought that I Mr. Davidson's majority in the last | election was so large as to make certain his reelection, but the fact is that the majority secured by the Republican con- I gressman when compared to the total vote cast is wry insignificant. In IHOK the entire vote jsilled was :IT,.VJ.‘i, Mr. Davidson received 20,107, Mr. Stewart. HI.(1711 and Mr. Clark, Prohibitionist. 73H, I Davidson's plurality lieing :i,4 - ‘s. In a district. .Mich as this, and with a 1 candidate of such merit and popularity, i who stands upon a platform supported by the pillars of the constitution: who I unwaveringly contests the Republican 1 efforts to make this a military country I and who will do all he can to secure j congressional help to push Manitowoc | to the front as the greatest lake port, should have an easy victory. ('oiiKi*<*HHKiiiiii .lames W Watson. TbatHoundK A PLANK FOR TiII;PLATFORM. S ate platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties should contain a plank demanding that whoever is elected governor of Wisconsin shall not appoint to any office anv member of the senate or the assembly. And. it should go further so that a senator should not 1* allowed to appoint a legislative member or hate him appointed. It is well known that in the past votes of legislators have been changed and manipulated by prom ises of offices, and the fact is that semi tors have been sent to Washington who were not the choice of the people. They reached their high office along the path way of pelf. If both parties are pledged to expurgate this noxious influence, it will go a long way to clarify the politic al atmosphere, and Wisconsin will tie more truly represented tit the national capital. The lienetit will Is* great, and we can opine no reason why either party should decline to insert the plank we suggest. Mr. McKinlev will not Is* reelecUst to the I ires i,l, nicy, NO GOLD TICKET IN.THE HI ID The Gold Democrats have agreed not to put a ticket in the field this fall. Most of them are so satisfied with tin* platform and the candidate the pro dnefsof the Kansas (’ity convention, that they will give their unqualified sup{Hirt to both. This is as it should Is* ami now Democracy faces its f,s* in unbroken column and is ready for the fray. The Republicans c mcede the great strength of their opponents, and they are fearful that their struggle is a Inqs-less one And. so it is. Very many Republicans in the Middle We t and Eastern -tates will join the Democrats in slaughtering the ticket of imperialism. They neither want imperialism nor its deformed and repulsive offspring, militarism. With victory as certain as the noonday sun is bright, let the Jeffersonian followers march forward to the jsills to obtain their rich reward. Will "Kd Nash carry such a confident air and smile so tieuiguly when lie reads of Presi dent William Jennings Hryan receiving from the hands of ex-President McKinley the reins of government r WHO PROF. MEYERS IS. 4 The importance of Prof. P. H. Meyer's communication printed in last week's issue of The Pilot on the advantages to lie gained by consolidating the high schools of the city into a central system is that he has inspected all the schools of this locality. The professor is secre tary of the C immittee on Accredited High Schools anda part of his duties is to inspect high schools and to make re ports thereon. Some two years ago he made his temporary home in Manitowoc for ten days, during which time he gave lectures in the interest of the University extension. While in the city lie investi gated the high school system in vogue here, hence his letter bears the imprim atnre of authority, and his conclusions should carry weight. Tin* most coiiriti ‘lit man in town Kiiwucd U. Nash. PROGRESS OF OSHKOSH TIMES. The t tslikosh Times is becoming a jmiw er in Wisconsin Democracy, and the able manner in which Mr. Jenkins is directing its policy, makes it by long .sills the foremost daily Democratic pa tier in the state Perhaps no daily news paper lias made such rapid strides and took on more quickly all the attributes of a metropolitan sheet as has the < 'sh kosh Times. That thriving municipal * CU „ aPh I' j Pronounced Inourabl* I°^ Mr -s*‘ A- StilUoii.' a merchant ofrJ a-npu- 0,111 writes FOLEY’S KIDNEY JfflcZM cu *t IS meeting with wonderful suc '■ :r *• haK c,,r ' - nky i tkk will bring health and energy. Henrv Hinrichs. druggist. Cuban and Spanish laborers employed by the Havana Electric company struck because they are not given the same pay as Americans. There's no beauty in all the hind. That can with her face compare. Her lips are red. her eyes are bright. She takes Rocky Mountain Tea tit night. See F, C. Uuerstatte. Our best society might be even better if money would talk less audtbi.ik more.