The diamond drill., February 25, 1899, Image 3

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UNTIL THE DAYBREAK."
a. human seul wat forth In the ntRht.
abutting tolid It Death mjattrloua
door,
.An shakln ofif with atrange. reslatUsa
ir.lKht
Tha dust that once It wore.
o awlft Ita right, ao suddenly It ap-J-Aa
when by autllful hands a bow !a bent
Tha arrow rjLhoi watching around
the bed
Marked not the way It went.
Heavy with grief, their aching, tear
dimmed eyea
Saw but tha ahadow fall, and knew not
when
Or In what fair or unfamiliar culse
It left tha world of men.
It broke from alckneaa, that with Iron bands
llad bound It faat for many a grievous
day;
And love Itself, Jth t restraining banJs,
Might not Us coursa delay.
Space could not hold It back with fettering
bars.
Time lost Ita power, and ceased at last
to be;
It awept beyond tha boundary of the atma,
And touched eternity.
Out from the houaa of mourning, faintly
lit.
It paused upon Ita Journey all alone:
60 fur that even thought could not follow It
Into realma unknown.
Through tha clear alienee of the moonless
dark.
Leaving no footprints on the road It trod;
(straight as an arrow cleaving to Ita mark.
The aoul went home to God.
'Alas," they cried; "he never saw the morn,
Hut fell asleep, outwearicd with the
strife"
ICay, rather he aroe and met tha
Everlasting llfo.
-.WestmltiBter.
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CLARCNCO IICRBCKT NEW.
Copyright, 1897. by J. B. Llrplncott Co J
CIIAPTKK IV.
Senorita Palaclos asked me at
breakfast if I could piny accompani
ments cn the piano, explaining that
he had brought a number of songs
and wished to try them. This seemed
a favorable opportunity for putting
rcy plan into execution, so we two
made a forenoon of it, much to Hal
Blend's disgust, for he was more than
a little interested in the senorita him
fee If.
After lunch we had our chairs taken
to a secluded corner of the after deck,
vnder the awning, nnd when our ac
quaintance had reached a sufficiently
confidential point friendships ripen
very rapidly in the tropics, particutar
y at sea I told her of the costume af
ffalr, showing her the photograph ns I
lid so. She was immediately inter
ested nnd sympathetic. Hut presently
Lcr macrer changed a little. She asked
me, curiously, if I were very fond oi
Senorita Dorotca.
"Fond of her!" I exclaimed. In sur
prise; "why, Ive never even seen the
Jady. This picture was given to Capt.
JIalstrnd by the colonel, last voyage.
1 never saw that until last night. Hut
,1ust put yourself in her place, Senorita
irucin; wouldn't you think it rather
mean, when you had sent your money
to buy nice new gowns, if relatives
aimed ofi a lot of dowdy old things
on you, four years out of style?"
Neither my Spanish nor her English
was perfect, but we managed to get
along very well indeed.
"Indeid yes, Senor Stcfnns; but I did
think that men never understood how
women feel about such matters. I
I've almost nn idea "
"Yes; go on. I was quite sure you
would have "
"Ah, you were quite sure?" sus
piciously. "Yea; that you er would be able
tc suggest something. Now, if I had
enly known about the matter before
we left Manila"
"Ys ?"
"I'd have purchased a couple of the
finest gowns I could find, and er "
"Given to the senorita them, your
self? Santlsmal Senor Stefnns, that
'most too kind of you would be, would
It not?"
"(Jood Lord, nol I've got more sense
than that, I hope. I mennt that I'd
lave substituted the new gowns for
the old ones in the box; nnd then, don't
jou see. she'd probably never discover
how it happened."
"And you would money spend like
that for a girl you did never seel A
n'oman's vestida cost much, senor. I
lld nhvay hear that Jos Americanos
were of money made, but I did never
Lnow thnt they were generoso
tHcre, for the first time, I thought of
my $nno, and began to wonder how
far they would go.) "Are nil los
Americnnos like that? Senor Capltan
would he such a thing do? Well, you
shall see that the Spanish people are
et yourselves! Could you one of the
cresses get from the box und to me
bring without being obserred?"
"What! I I beg your pardon. I
suppose I might; but but what do
you er ?"
"I wih to put it on, of course, cstu-
pldol How may I the size know un
less 1 do tee it? Cuantos said you
there were in el caja .
"Three of the er'm well er.
outside clothes. You see, there were
quite a lot of" My face must have
teen as red as a beet; it certainly felt
o.
"Santlsimn Maria! And you you
Jcokcdl Not at all of them?
"I I believe so. iou see er the
rest of the er things weren't quits
no bad as the gowns. In fact, the
Ince " Py thl time the senorita's
face and neck were a delicate pink,
but. to my relief, she laughed until the
1cars came inker eyes. Your Spanish
cirl, of any class. Is possessed of con
luderablesensc; she doesn't believe, for
ir.alnnce, that modesty consists in
thinking evil and blushing at her
thoughts.
"And el Senor Cnpltan, also, no
tloubt? What of wretches a pair you
are, to be surcl Let me you both give
a little warning. Never the senorita
Moreno told tut cur a, Juan, that ha
couldn'' possibly get sitore beore ten
o'clock Friday night; so it's safe to
aay 53 hours. On the other hand, Mas
let know what you have just told me;
if those things mine had been, 1 you
would never forgive. Now do you at
tempt one of those dresses to bring
down to my door. I will there wait
fcr you,"
I hurried up to our quarters, where
llalsteud was deep in the North Pa
cific Directory again, and. somewhat
out of humor.
"You're a nice sort of a partner to
lave, I must say," Le growled; "leave
me to dig out dry facts for your bene
fit while you calmly appropriate the
only available girl on the ship. Hut
I'll have the cinch after you go
ashore provided you're not engaged
to her before you leave. You wouldn't
play a mean trick like that on me,
would you?"
'No, 1 wouldn't, Dick; honest In
jun. You shall have her all to your
self for the rest of the voyage, and I II
make her believe you're the finest man
on sail water. 1 ve oeen cultivating
the senorita with an object. 1 told
her all about the box of clothes, and
I think she'll help us; she wants me
to bring one of the dresses below, so
that she can tell something about the
size."
"The devil she does! Between you.
you'll get me into a deuce of a scrape
before you re through, loull tear
the blamed things, or smut 'em with
finger-marks, or get 'em mixed so's
they won't go on regular, or some
fool thing; see If you don't."
"Nonsense! She's a woman, ain't
she? Don't you s'pose she s ever han
dled 'em before? I'm trying to llgurc
the matter out so's that pretty De
Garma girl '11 get something nice next
trip, if she don't this one. Hesidts,
the senorita only wants to look ut
one of the dresses; she didn't ask for
the rest of the things."
'You didn't tell her we'd been go
ing through them, did you? Oh. the
good Lord! And she didu't go beiow?
What did she sny?"
'She laughed until I thought she d
choke. Then I believe she said some
thing about your being a wretch;
yes, that was the word she used, a
'wretch.' You'll have to be mighty
careful what you say to heV, i.t it'll
probably come out all right, i iad
to get out of it somehow, you see."
'Oh, yes, you had to get out of it, of
course, and, as 1 was the nearest vic
tim, my reputation sulTered. Just
wait till I have my Innings with the
young lady; if I don't serve you out!
l$y gruvy, I'll I'll marry you, to keep
you out of further mlschiei.
"Marry me!"
"Exactly; tell her you're a bene
dict. Hut if she's waiting you'd bet
ter grab that top gown and. get be
low with it as fast as you can. llon't
let nny of these East Indians of mine
see you with it, citltr; there's no
telling where they might let it out."
Hustlly wrapping the garment in
a newspaper, I descended to the saloon
and hurried along tho passage to the
door of her stateroom. In answer to
my muflled knock, it was opened slight
ly and a pair of laughing eyes peeped
around the edge. Then n lovely bare
arm reached around for my bundle,
nnd, after whispered instructions that
I should wait for her on the after
deck, the door closed.
In a few moments she joined me,
dressed In a ravishing costume of
soft India silk, with putted sleeves nnd
all the latest London trimmings. Un
furling a dainty lace parasol that went
with the outllt, she slowly revolved
before me, nnd then, with n saucy
glance over her shoulder, said:
"How think you this would please
la senorita? I do know from the pho
tograph that we the same complexion
are, and her dress like a glove does
fit me."
"Please her! She'd be as happy as
the best-dressed woman In a New York
church ou Easter morning, if she had
"If they w ill dot You mean if others
like them will do?"
"Not so, senor; why should ta pobre
senorita a whole three months wait
for her dresses? She sha'.l three of
mine have. We directly home do go,
on el vapor isla de Fan ay from Manila,
and I not shall nee' them; 1 pieuty of
others have"
"And you will seil me your own
dt esses for her, tenorital You are
even more generous than I hoped."
"I nothing said of selling them,
senor. Can you not me allow the pleas
ure of giving, as yourself?" r
"Vi senorita! where do the cap
tain and I come in? We can't allow
yo 1 to make such an expensive pres
ent, just to please us!"
"The expense nothing Is; anany plan
tations pnpa has. You and el capitan
have yourselves shown los generosos.
It will a pleasure be for me to do what
you would have done; if your friend
ship 1 may count upon, I aiu the gain
er. Every girl it is not with friends
that so kind would be to an entire
stranger."
She looked so cool and pretty, In the
shade under the awning, that I took
her little hand In mine and bent over
it for a moment. Then I hurried to the
upper deck with my bundle, and told
Dick he had better take my place be
fore she went below. He relished the
suggestion so much that I had con
siderable difficulty in tlrst getting him
into a white duck suit; being a power
fully built fellow, white and gold were
exceedingly becoming to llalstead.
After he left, 1 stretched myself in
one of the hammocks we had slung
'thwartships, and felt rather jealous
for a few moments. Thvre Is n charm
about the Spanish temperament which
exer.s a strong fascination over men
of colder nationalities; and the Senor
ita Falncios, without necessarily be
in.7 over-fou-J of either llalstead or
myself, har a frank and cousinly
friendliness of manner that banished
all suggestion of ceremoniousness at
the outset and led u into saying
things which cne usually says to ac
quaintances of many yturs' tnnding
only. There U also a peculiarity of
tropic life at sea wiiich has often im
pressed me. Wether it Is the result
of forced Inaction, or the relaxing In
fluence of the climate, Is Immaterial;
bu. under such conditions the formal
ity which custom has made inviolate
lu temperate ccuntries is simply out of
the question as much so as tight or
cumbersome clothing.
My day with the senorita had been
such a pleasant one that it was diffi
cult to fix my in Mid upon other mat
ters, but I finally settled down to a
careful examination of the charts
which llalstead had left upon the
table. Those dollars and doubloons
benenth the heaving bosom of the Pa
cific were, after alL chief mistresses
of our aliectlons at that time.
S1I13 REACHED OUT FOR THIS BUN
DLE. a gown like that. And if she looks
as sweet as you do in It, the caballeros
will have a hard time."
"You you think it becoming to me
is, Senor Enrique?"
"I think that were It not for Capt.
Dick, I couldn't resist the temptation
of kissing you, just ns you are."
"Nombre de Dios! los Americanos
arc bold! Hut prny you tell me, Senor
Enrique, why say you of 'el Capitan
Dik?" Que nombre, 'Dik?'"
"IiicarCito in Spanish; it was Capt.
llalstead 1 meant. I told him how
beautiful I thought you were this aft
ernoonbeautiful enough to kiss
and he (aid that if I attempted such
a thing he'd punch my head."
"A I! ald he that, the violent man!
Ulcardlto I like better that than
your Ingles 'Dik.' Hut why not should
he like to have you me kiss?"
"Oh, I don't know; he's a peculiar
irnu. Possibly he'd rather do it him
self." 'Al, but never would the man dare.
He so quiett Is such a Jhit we roust
talk of Limnot. I shall be afraid. We
I.tve the dresses about to decide. I
will another one wear at the dinner,
ind to-morrow another; then shall wt
ta if for la enrita tkej will do."
CIIAITEK V.
I pored over the charts until the
dinner-gong sounded; then the photo
graph, which lay directly under one
of the Incandescent globes, cu tight my
eye, and I examined it again. In the
solitude of our cabin I had a better
opportunity to study the Senorita
Dorotea'a face, and It attracted me
strangely. If she had any of that
charm of manner possessed by the
Senorita Falncios, I thought, my stay
upon the island of Guajun might be
anything but unpleasant; so, between
the anxiety to bu accomplishing some
thing and my speculations concerning
the people at Agnna, I was rather pre
occupied at the dinner-table.
Padre Scbastiau began presently to
chaiT me a little as being poor com
pnny. I noticed that he was watching
Dick and the senorita very closely, as
if trying to detect a triangular under
standing between us three, or at least
some indication of rivalry between the
captain nnd mself. The padre had
kept track of my movements during
the day, but I was positive he could
not have overheard anything, so be
gan to ply him with questions concern
ing social conditions in the islands
He seemed to have accepted my rca
sons for making the voyage, but mv
sharing the captain's quarters, also
the fact of our being the only Atner
icanos on board, evidently led him to
favor us with a closer observation
than if we had been his own country
men. Your Spanish priest is the most
compnnionabie and Interesting man In
the world when he wishes to be, and
Padre Scbastiano was no exception to
tht rule. Having overcome my repug
nance to him for obvious reasons, 1
found myself rather liking the man.
He spoke so frankly upon even church
mntters that I began to consider him
harmless, and fancied my first impres
sion a mistake.
llalstead was too reasonable a roan
to claim more than a fair share of the
senorita's society, much as he liked
her; so, as Don Silvestre retired to the
smoking-room after dinner for tobac
co and cards, I took her aft, where we
could watch the phosphorescent foam
from the screw and talk without being
uverheard; for I tat she had some
thing to say.
She had oeen liitentng attentively to
my conversation with the padre, and
had been trying to recall sundry
scraps of talk whic h she had overheard
between him and his Jesuit compan
ion; but before mentioning them she
questioned me In regard to my pro
posed movements after leaving the
tteamer.
"I heard you the pndre tell, Senor
Enrique,'" she sa:d. "that you were this
voyage merely inking as a siesta from
your affairs, and I too many of los
Aineticanoa have, seen to believe they
do rest very long. They do work. work,
work like r.'ave, nil of the time. AnJ
when they get rich oh. so very rich
still they do work, and no siesta tnke,
Yet the Senor Enrique docs one take
which will last n month surely, with
bin very good friend el capitan; and
when he on land goes at el 'Gun Jan, It
will three months be such long, long
months bclore be, will ngnln see el
vapor In whiah he mny return. Now,
uu Americano, the senor will not
tat for all these i-ng months! not sol
What, then, vtxu tie fie In el Onajar -.
where one never works? Make loy
perhaps to la senorita whom ha
never has seen? Hut even that work
is not. How"
"Ooe moment, senor'.ta; why should
ycu think 1 have any intention of
staying In Quajan?"
"Ot, but Jt so simple ial Amlgo mlo
(here she laid her pretty fingers on my
arm), "los Americanos generoaos are;
it so kind was of you to thick of la
pobreclta V dresses. I doubt not that
it your goodnts of heart was, yet
even such un ho.nbre could not resist
et the least seeing la senorita w hen she
does wear them. -Vnd she will not them
wear before the steamer shall go
away, do you not see? El Capitan 'DikV
did for her feel, a so. but it was not he
who to thick tried how lie la senorita
might help at once al, but he to sea
her was not, locg enough!"
"Well, that's a pretty clever line of
reasoning mla senorita. Hut don't
you think you are giving that photo
graph the cred:l of being a pretty
strong attraction, to make me think
of leaving you to ( apt. Pick, and bury
ing myself among those out-of-the
way Island for a whole three months,
just to get acquainted with the orig
inal?"
"That not Is so. Enrique mlo" (blush
ing warmly at th!s audacious familiar
ity). "I ' am alive, and you shall to
be with me have fcr two of the weeki
yet. I thLik not you would me leave
for but a photvrnph ,r 1 sa'd J'ou
should not; have 1 la gran conceit?"
(She lookid so lewitchlng In the
moonlight that to save my neck I
couldn't avoid g'ing rer waist a gen
tle squeeze). "N'r! you some alTalr
in el Clunjan have though never could
1 guess what it may be. It something
which of more worth is to you than
your nlTuirs in Manila, or you neglect
them wouk1 not 'or so long. It some
thing is which you do undertake tot
el Ulcardlto ns wi.Jl as yourself, and in
which he does yr;u trust as few men
do fust each other, or your friendship
I could make like a broken thread
with jealousy of ir e. Un gran presun
cion. is it not. inilgo mio? Hut true,
not the lets. E!e you embrace me
would not, and el capitan would look
at me not with the eyes thnt talk, oh,
to much so much that the little shiv
t rs he does make como to me some
limes, and I am afraid. Well, then, if
this something stionger Is than love
of woman, what it car be but the love
of gold such heaps of giit tering, shin
ing gold! Yet gold there is not in el
Gunjan, else el gobernador would in
Madrid be with much of It. What then
it can be?"
"Quicn snbe? Perhaps the elixir of
lite. Hut If I go nslior-j thete as you
imagine, and if 1 find anything beyond
health and rest. Fll come and see you
some dayor, rather, I'll come and
see you and D'ck. Then I'll tell you
both all about it."
TO IiB CONTINUED. J
FOR BRYAN TO STUDY,, ,
t
Tha lucrrnalnjr Supply of Gold Mnlr
the Sllverlt Arsaiuents '
Fall Flat.'
PRICE OF PEACE IN AFRICA.
lion llenrr M. Stnulry liilrtel Hum
tile ttntuuri with Six Vnnlt
of Sliertliitf.
Suddenly looking around, we saw
with dismay about a hundred natives
Jn war costume standing In a mass not
far from our camp. Each head was
crowned with tall plumes of oagle und
kite, or with mane of zebra aud gi
raffe. We felt thirt in some way w
were the object of the gathering. Eve
while we gazed other warriors ar
rayed for battle came streaming
along.
My men instinctively buckled on
their accouterments and prepared
their weapons, and 1 scut two guides
out to the natives to parley quietly
with them nnd to ascertain whether
they had armed ngals-st us, and while
the interview lasted I found the neces
sary time to make a few pre parationa
to meet any unreasonablcncs.
The guides on returning to us re
ported that the gathering was hos
tile because one of our men, it was
said, had stolen a calabash of milk and
butter, and they insisted on pay
ment. The price was four yards of
sheeting! One felt tempted to laugh
thnt such a small matter should wear
to serious an nspect. The cloth was
measured and hanCccl to the gnuies
with the Injunction to present It with
out nny offensive remark, and I had
the imprcson thnt the nlTalr would
soon be settled. It wns confirmed at
seeing them both accept the cloth and
prepare to depart. Hut the nboriglnol
nature Is a peculiar one. The number
of the natives had Increased enor
mously. Each fresh squad had brought
its own leader, nnd thcie new lenders,
greedy or envious, demanded satisfac
tion. They halted those who held the
cloth and clamorously wrangled with
them. From their fierce gestures I
Judged their predatory Instincts were
fully aroused and thnt the hot dispute
would end n mutn.il slaughter, but
presently the mnss aligned itself at a
bowshot from the camp, while a body
of about 200 native started oft on a
dog trot toword a thick bush behind
the camp. Efforts to avoid a fight
eventually failed. Henry M. Stanley,
in Ladies' Home Journal.
Twentr l.raunra t n Unit.
Mine. Torrcro, only daughter of the
famous fien. Eosax, who ruled the Ar
gentina Erpuhtlc practically ns dic
tator for more; thnn 20 years until 1HS2,
when, overthrown by the resolution
tinder Erqnizii, he took refuge with his
tlanghter under the English .lag, has
just died nt her home In Helslzc Park
Gardens, London. This lady was noted
for her personal courage nnd for her
excellent riding. On one occasion she
rods 20 leagues to ft ball given in her
honor, nnl after arriving danced tho
whole night. Her lover, whom she
married In the year of her flight, was
Don Maximo Torrero, of Parnguay.
Chicago Chronicle?.
vl foiiHalilp,
When an owl falls in love he knows
what to do--to wit. to woo. Postott
Courier.
Mr. ETyan will find a hard nut to
crack in an article on "The Increasing
Supply of Gold" which George E. Hob
em, director of the mint, has written
for the Forum. Assuming thequanti
tative theory of money to be true, aa
the silvcrites argue, they are now fair
ly beaten by their own arguments.
"When the horrible "crime of 73"was
consummated the gold output of the
world amounted to jaG.2OO.C0O, and that
of silver, reckoning it nt the ratio of
sixteen to one, was only $31,00O,(XXi,
which gives a total of $173,xx,!00. In
1S'." the output of gold alone was
DiO.OOO, and the sliver output increased
the total to $31S,5S7,S7G. This is ex
clusive of the metal that wasconsumel
in industry and the arts, and is the
record for the very year in which Mr.
Hryan was making his disastrous cam
paign. The significance of the figures is all
the greater when we rounder the
progressive Increase in the annual pro
duction of gold, which Is indicated in
the following table:
j.sito jm.sis-ooiiMi jisi.iT'.coo
1MU 13)..V.MX-.jl-l. IMt.ZH.lu)
mr lt!,t'..l.rHilli 'i !..!.(
ISiU i:7.-l'.M,NL'0117 2o7.&H,M0
Such are the improved methods ot
mining and treatment that it may be
said of most gold fields, ns Mr. Uobert
fays of those of the Trnnsvaal, that
the figures "suggest the steady growth
of a manufacturing industry rather
thanthc record of one usually regarded
as extremely uncertain in results."
The exhaustion of placer deposits
counts for little when capital i Invited
to the working of quartz ledges of al
most limitless extent and when even
low-grade ore is- a paying investment
because of increased facilities for tak
ing it out and of the improved and
economical process of reduction.
For 1s!ks there is a gain of more than
$20,OO0,('.(H) in South Africa, of about
$i0,x,)00 in Australasia, of $7.000,lx:
in the United State nnd of JIO.UOO.OOC
In the remainder of North America.
The product for 1S08 was over $:::o..
0xm)X0, and the indications are that the
gains for 1S00 will be still greater.
These gains, it should be noted, do
not merely rcenforce n depleted stock,
nor are they offset by industrial con
sumption. During the years from 1S'J2
to lhU7 there was a net Increase in the
world's gold coin and bullion of $GS2,-
2."2,18'., and during the same period the
industrial consumption amounted to
$27'.UU7,S1G.
So far from true is it that the money
supply of the world has been prac
tically cut in two by the general estab
lishment of a single gold standard that
the supply of gold is now more than suf
ficient to do the work that was once re
quired of both gold and silver. Under
the quantitative theory there could be
no call upon silver except as a sub
sidiary coin. Chicago Times-Herald.
PROGRAMME OF REPUBLICANS
rr)o t of Lett I la 1 1 mi on the Manrjr
lu-Mtlou la Soiiiciv'mt
I tie crtii In.
The republican members of tie pres
ent house of representatives, a major
ity of whom will serve in the v next
house, have agreed, with a fair ap
proach to unanimity, on the first step
to be taken towards the settlement of
the monetary question. It Is admitted
generally that nothing can be done at
this session, owing to the makenip of
the senate. Therefore the question
must go over to the next emigre. Ah
there is only the remotest posHlnlity
of an extra session, that means a post
ponement until December.
Consequently It has been decided to
appoint a committee of 11 members of
the present housr, who are members
elect of the Forty-sixth congress, to
consider monetary legislation and
agree on n measure to be submitted to
the republican caucus of the next
house. Should tLe republican senators
appoint a similar committee, it Is ns
s.un.fd that the two committees will
confer together and agree on n common
plan. Whatever measure republicans
do unite in supporting can be put into
a law by the next congress, both
branches of which that party will con
trol by safe majorities
It Is to be presumed that the 11 mem
bers of the committee will be selected
so judiciously that they w ill represent
the views of the republicans of every
section of the union not merely of
New York and New England, but of
those in the Mississippi valley and Pa
cific states, and ns the committee will
not have to submit nny measure before
December, its. members w ill have ample
tirnein which to discover what the peo
ple w ho sent them to congress do and do
not wish to be done. It Is essential that
the committeemen should get cloe to
the people, or they will make mistake
which, if indorsed by the party repre
sentatives in congress, will prove in
jurious, to the fortunes of the party.
Tin position assumed by republican
congressmen next winter will have it
influence during the next presidential
camjwiign.
If the members of the committee w ill
investigate thoroughly they will find
that their constituents are in favor of
legislation which shall put the main
tenance of the gold standard beyond
all question, nnd which shall make it
certain that all government and private
obligations should be paid in gold or in
gold value money .They will find also that
the people nre Invincibly opposed to the
creation of nn nssrt currency to take
the place of bnnk notes secured by gov
ernment bonds. The committeemen
will discover difference of opinion be
tween republicans on minor questions.
Thofe differences can be harmonized,
however, and a mrnxure prepared ac
ceptable to the party nnd to the coun
try a measure which free sllverltet
will denounce, but which the votert
wi) ratify. Chicago Tribune.
THE TREATY RATIFIED.
Delay Cauc-d hy Obatructlonlat
rrccii'llatea Utomlahrd lu
the ritlllitplnc-a.
The treaty of tcace which was rati
fied by the senate was received by that
body from the president January 5, up
on the reassembling of congress after
the holidays. That isi the treaty was in
the hands of the senate a full month
before a vote was reached. It is said
that. if a vote had been taken 'nt ence
the treaty would hare been ratified by
a decided vote, senators generally con
ceding that i-4tificatioa was the only
thing to be done. The so-called antl-
iniperial movement has failej to meet
any response from the people. Unfor
tunately, Col. Hryan, just from the
war-, assumed, the role of sole adviser
to the democratic party, including dem
ocratic senators. He visited Washing
ton nnd publicly advised democratic
senators to vote for the treaty while
opposing annexation. Senator, and sooa
to be ex-Senator flortr.an, as it 1$ re
ported, tool: olTene n't the interference
of Col. Erynn, and, to show hl power,
inaugurated a movement hostile to the
advice of Col. Hryan, to defeat tho
treaty. Thereupon the opposition
sprung up. Democratic senators, asm.
body, were arrayed ngnlnsl the treaty
under the adroit manipulation, of Mr.
(Jorman. At first the Oorman men,
w ished to amend the treaty. Then they
concluded they could defeat it ns a plala
issue, and after many delays agreed to
have the vote taken on February C.
Looking nt the result at the present
time, there is reason to believe that if
the vote had been taken any day with
in a week previous to February 0 ratifi
cation would have been' defeated.
Aguinaldo's attack at Manila probably
gave the treaty three votes, if not more.
Thus did "the Washington of the Phil
ippines" defeat his friends in the sen
ate. There Is reason to believe that noth
ing but the jealousy of Senator Gor
man, which made the defeat of tho
treaty a sort of party measure, prevent
ed ratification as early as the middle of
January. Had the treaty been ratified
two weeks after it was sent to the sen
ate Agulnaldo would not have made
the attack upon the United Statesarmy
at Manila. It now appears, nnd prob
nbly ample evidence will be forthcom
ing to show that the attack was advised
by Agoncillo, because the ratification
of the treaty would fail. No one will
charge the opponents of the treaty with
advising Aguinaldo's. ogent, but he was
made much of by them and naturally
accepted their views regarding popular
sentiment, nnd their views, transmit
ted to Aguinaldo, led Mm to assume tho
offensive.
The treaty ratified, the war with
Spain is over, nnd the congress, not
the president, can formulate such a
policy in regard to the future of tho
Philippines as the best interests of the
United States nnd the Filiplnomny In
dicate. India n a poll Journal.
CURRENT COMMENT.
CThe democratic party will now
have to remain inactive until a Phil
ippine policy has been formulated.
Then it can c-ppo!e that. Albany Jour
nal. tOf the 27 senators who votel
against the treaty, eight will leave tho
senate on March 4, and most of tho
rest as. soon as their constituents- can
take up their cases. Indianapolis, Jour
nal. t70n the day the president signed
the treaty there wasifi'jhtingat Manila.
It would never have occurred, however.
Jut for the encouragement given by
27 United States senators. St. Loui
(Jlobe-Demoerat.
C7Ir. Hryan han no patience with
demnccgic attempt to convince tins
farmers that, merely because they have
paid olT their debtn and have plenty
of money in the bank, they are prosper
ous. Kansas City Journal.
CTThe elTorts of the mugwump pres
to extract consolation from tht war
investigating committee's "rcllections
upon Alger" remind one of the well
known ex'ierinientR looking to the ex
traction of blood from a turnip. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
B'"I.ast year's output of silverintho
United State amounted In commercial
value to $n5,0Sl,:JC3, which i $l,0l7,:i.U
more than it was in 1S'J7, nnd $ft,300,O0D
more than It was in The gold
sfcnndard is a good but unappreciated
friend of silver. Iowa State Hcglatcr.
fHryan'H political statu in Penn
sylvania has been fixed. A populist sen
ator wnnted Erynn'a name added to
President McKinlev'a in the invitation
of the Pennsylvania legislature to visit
llarrisburg May II, but not a demo
crat 'would second the motion. Chi
cago Tribune.
CVAnd so many republican want to
get the gubernatorial nomination, and,
on the other hand, so few democrats
are anxious to make the race in Ohio,
it looks asi if the- skate was getting
ready to roll up another McKlnley ma-'
jority. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
CMr. .Hryan. may consider this the
"enemy, country,' but he will find it
difficult to make. Tammany let. 'go of
P regularity no matter what It be
lieves. He cannot lose Tammany If
he in nominated In 1000, try n hard
as he will to build up a rival .democracy
in Nvw York. Y. Tribune. :
ET'The St. Paul JelTersonJan club w ill
give a swell banquet roon, nt which Col.
Hryan hn signified hi willingness to
be the guotof honor, upon a guarantee
of ?.()() as an evidence of good faith.
And still there ate peopte who foolish
ly maintain that odvrrtising doesn't
pay. Nebraska State Journal.
C7ow that Hryan. Cleveland' and
Carnegie nre linked together, why not
choose the first for president, the sec
ond fcr vice president, nr.d the last
for manager of their catnpilgn ? Surely
r.uch a combination oufht to unite nil
the democrat nnd wumpi In tha
campion cf 1 000. Cleveland Leader,
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