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AT THE TUHNOF THE ROAD.
A. moment' r-ause for longing and for
dreaming,
A moment' looking backward on the
way;
To kUs my hand to long-past turretsgleam
Ing. f
To stand and think of life of yesterday,
Jk. little time to drum of sunlit hours,
Bpent whera whits towtrs rise against
the aky;
To tread ngiiln that path of too sweet
flowers.
To bear again her Greeting and good-byl
What Is there, aay you. In that far-off
city
Of my past living and past loving, left.
Wrapped in It gulden haze to stir my
pity
And call the bitter algh of the bereft?
The memory of a touch, warm, trusting,
clinging. 1
The memory of that touch grown cold at
Ice?
A voice hushed that was pure as wild
bird' singing?
A love whose bright flame burned In sac
rifice? Only a grave? Life to-day will teach m
Its stream fleet fast for sorrow and
regret,
Ueyond this turn It sweeping wave will
reach me,
I must go with It, as we all go. Yet
A moment's naurs for longing and for
dreaming,
A moment's looking backward on the
way;
To kiss my hand In long-past turrets
gleaming.
To stand and think of life of yesterday.
Donation's Magazine.
CLARENCE ItnWBLRT NOW.
ICopyrlcht. 1897 by J. D. Urptncott Co
CIIAPTEK V. oxii.mi:ed.
"You w'll come to tee me and el
Jtlcnrdlto? Hut I shall in Seville be."
"Exactly; so wlil Dick as soon us be
ton get tltere."
"Dlosl qui temeraria! Hut suppose
suppose T. do permit him not ?"
"He'll come ail the fame; I think I
know Dick." (Here rbe placed the
palm of her hau l over my mouth, as
If to keep me (rem saying more, but
her bright eyes, were swimming with
delight.)
"'Shi El padre, may you hear. It
was to speak of him I did w ish when we
on deck did como He tns been of you
tpcaking to el cura. Enrique, asking
the questions ail about you whether
you really un tomerolantc were In
Manila and Ilorg-Kong why this
voyage you were making. In some way
he seems you to dcubt, and he remarks
upon the lcng talks in su cau.ara you
lo have with el cnpltan. He nothing
knows o( la tenorita's vestida, or your
destination he would have suspected
much sooner than did I. and, surely,
your object. You must so very care(ui
be what you do ray, no matter where.
Everything the padres do know, and
in Madrid much influence has el Se
bastlno. You will remember, will you
net, Enrique? Ayd you must let him
see not that of him you are suspicious,
as last night you did; do not you see
how quickly did he notice, and did you
make to bi;n Ilk in spite of yourself?
Now take below me, and to el Capitan
Dik explain."
The more I thought over what she
tad told me, the more I felt that my
oleaginous clerical friend was likely
o make trouble for us sooner or later;
and when we were alone I repeated
the conversation for Halstend's ben
efit. He and McPherson, counting
upon the padre's good offices, had been
inclined to doubt his mischief-making
ability, though their experience In the
vast hud taught them better; but after
digesting the scnorlta's warning and
recalling several remarks of Sebastl
ano'i, he began to look thoughtful.
There's going to be enough diffi
culty as matters are," he said, "with
out having a suspicious prict to con
tend with. It begins to look as if
there might be some connection be
tween Parde Julian's absence and Re
bastlano's trip out here. If what the
enorlta told you it true, about his
being influential at Madrid, it seems
mighty queer that so big a gun should
waste his time in the Ladrones. You
ee, there aren't enough of theheathen
to convert, nor are there any oppor
tunities to wield influence in the Phil
ippines from such a base of operations.
The cuni, now, might easily be com
ing out to practice on the natives; but
neither the pickings nor the political
pull are big enough to Interest a mau
of any standing."
"It would be an odd coincidence,
wouldn't it, if old Julian and this chap
had figured the thing out and were
Actually upon the same errand as our
elves?"
"llinpfl It would seem a heapqueer
r to them if, after the time they must
have spent in studying the matter, two
casual travelers like ourselves should
happen to hit on the same Idea, yes,
and by sheer fool luck to reach the
islands better equipped for such a job
than they can possibly be. Hut, by
tic great green turtle! I'm with you
on getting that cah. I didn't take
much stock in thi Idea at first, and
when 1 agreed to go in I was thinking
more of jou than of myself; but I've
been seeing a good deal of Don Sil
sestre's daughter during the last 43
hours, and that makes a heap of dif
ference. The old man ow ns too many
vineyards and plantations to relish
aallor men In his family; so I wouldn't
mind having money enough to cruise
through Spain like a gentleman whea
1 go ashore."
"Well, I guess we're both interested
enough now. We're getting right
along, too. Mao told me he was mak
ing 11 knots today. When are you go-
eg to change the course?"
"That's what I've been figuring on
all day, but the padre complicates
matters. Draw up your chair and
let's have another go at the chart.
I'll shut the windows, too; we'd bet
ter suffocate for an hour or two than
have Dial sod his mates guessing to
much. Now let's act. To-nlgkt'a the
Sltt; here's where we were at noon.
Twelve degrees and thirty minutes
no'th latitude; hundred and twenty
seven, thirty-two, eas'. Now, say Mac
keeps shoving her ten or eleven knots
through the night and lets up a lit
tle in the morning to cool down his
bearings one of 'em heated consid
erably to-day we'll be somewhere
eas' of hundred and thirty-one by
noon, and about a degree ...further
south. Had to lay her on the regular
course for Yap, you know eas' by
sou', quarter sou' or Diaz and Moreno
would have caught on. Well, suppose
we stick to that for another duy
noon of the 2d; that'll bring us with
in sixteen hours' steaming of Yap and
a good forty-live from Guajan, won't
it? llert, I'll lay oil the runs in pencil
marks. Now even a fool lanusman
would think It mighty queer . j tackle
a forty-five hour run with disabled
rnachluery, no matter how much refit
ting he might do at the end of it, w hen
there happens to be a safe harbor
within a hundred and sixty miles."
This was a facer for me. The pen
ciled course on the chart showed the
absurdity of the proposition; but
while I was puzzling over it the cap
tain drew another line which gave thw
problem n more favorable aspect.
"Suppose we shoulJ change about
to-morrow," he said. "Call it a hun
dred and thirty-one, twenty, eas', by
'leven, fifty, no'th. On straight runs
trom there, we'd have forty-two hours
to Yap and seventy-five or eighty to
Ciuajan; that is, on a twelve-knot ba
sis. Hut the mates are calculating
upon the regular easy runs Diaz
thinks Mac raced her to-day in order
to get the stiffness out of that fresh
Eabbiti metal and they figure on at
least sixty hours from the noon posi
tion, to-morrow, into Tomil bay.
could cut the eighty hours to (luajan
down to sixty-eight If he shoved uer. '
"And that cura, Juan, is not only a
chap who -cenis to take things about
as he finds them, but a pretty good
sailor into the bargain. So that if any
tow comes of this it is most likely to
be from people at Yap who are expect
ing mall and supplies, or who are wait
ing to leave for Manila. How long be
fore you will get back there?"
"Wei!, let's see." (We figured out
the approximate runs, penciling them
on the chart, until the whole, vongc
lay diagrammed before us.) "We
would anchor off the landing wharf
at Apra about noon on Saturday;
that's the 4th of April. We ought to
get away from there Sunday nnd drop
the padre at Salpan Monday morning.
Then, running straight for Kusaie,
with the no'theas' trades helping us
on our port beam, she'd make Chab
rol Harbor some time Saturday fore
noon. It's. a short run from Kusaie
to Fouynlpcte; we'd strike Kittle har
bor about noon on Monday and leave
vjG v
"iTOU WILL ItEMEMIUnt. WILL. YOU
NOT. ENRIQUE?"
there next day; that's the 14th. The
navigation among these ntolls in the
Carolines is too daugerous to risk
the group has never been surveyed,
you see so we go to the no'th'nrd of
them; but we ought to fetch into Yap
by the following Sunday, easy enough.
That would be the 10th, wouldn't it?
Suppose us to be due there next Fri
day night, something under 1G days
late. As a matter of actual fact, the
regular steamer used often to len've
Manila several days over time; nnd,
as the colonies are run on the 'a
uinnaiia' principle, the mere being a
couple of weeks behind wouldn't make
much difference. Hut if any of the
gober in dor's pnrty should happen to
be waiting for a comfortable trip on
the steamer, with good meals nnd
baths, between Yap and I'ouynlpete
or Guajan, they'd kick n good deal on
having to wait until after the wet
monsoon had set in."
"Well, but wnit n bit. How many
hours is It from Yap to Guajan?"
"Let's see. Tour hundred ond fifty
two miles; call it 30 hours' easy steam
ing." "That Isn't so very much, and Mac
has coal enough to make up a heap of
lost time over the regular nine-knot
rnte. Suppose you find thnt any of
these Caroline people do want to run
up to tho Ladrones; whnt's the mat
ter with taking them from Yap? It
would make but little more than two
days' difference on the round voyage,
nnd Mac could reduce that materially.
Then they'd be under obligations to
you, as well as the padre."
"That'a a pretty good suggestion,
Harry; I hadn't thought of it. You
would have nearly three weeks to
work in, and could return with me if
you were unsuccessful. Hut you'd
have to take your chances on there be
ing no one who wanted to reach
Guajan; in that cate I wouldn't have
an excuse for coming back, you know."
"Oh, I understand thnt, of course.
I'm prepared to stay on that Island for
six months, if necessary; it might take
all of that time to s tally accomplish
anything. When are you going to of
fer the padre his passage to Salpan?
after Mac's little arrangement?"
"No. I don't propose making any
advances at all to him; he's too slip
pery. I'm captain of this steamer, and
if anything occurs which seems to ne
cessitate u change in the navigation,
I am supposed to use my own Judg
ment. Any owner or any chartering
company would be obliged to accept
my decision In such a case, unless they
could prove that the necessity did not
exist. That is really where I lay my
self open, if there should be a hitch in
Mac's bluff. Hut he generally kuows
what he's about, and has set the thing
up pretty well; though until the en
gine actually stops it is Impossible to
say whether his scratch will look seri
ous enough to warrant the change of
course. The only wa to handle tht
padre is to keep still, listen closely to
whnt he says, and work the bluff for
all it's worth. Unless I am very much
mistaken, he'll make some kind of sug
gestion to me himself, especially if we
mind our own business and are not
seen much together. You'd better
hang around the lower deck and smoking-room
nil day to-morrow. Cultivate
Don Silvestre as if you were trying to
get solid with him on his daughter's
account, and spend the rest of the
time with the senoritn. If she notices
anything suspicious about the padre,
rhe'll certainly tell you."
After going over the prospective
runs on the chart again, we both
turned it; 'but I found it difficult to
sleep. The next day seemed likely to
be an eventful one, and I was worried
by the conviction that my friend was
taking big chances of losing his com
mand through the crazy speculation
into which I had drawn him. Once
I even got out of my bunk with the
intention of waking him to advise the
relinquishment of the whole nlTalr, but
he was muttering about red Hps, and
Spain, nnd million?, in his sleep; so
I thought better of it, and turned in
again.
CIIAPTEK VI.
Halstend spent the morning pur
posely in giving Diaz orders about
breaking out the Ynp cargo, going
over the bills of lading with him as if
he confidently expected to reach Tomil
bay ou Friday. As for myhelf, 1 fol
lowed his suggestions to the extent of
winning over 40 of Don Silve&trc's dol
lars ut Sancho Pedro, In the smoking
room, and then losing nearly all buck
to him. This put the old gentlemau
in high good humor. We were getting
quite chummy, w hen the senorita came
along forward and asked me to tell
her how observations were taken; she
had noticed Moreno on the bridge
with his sextant, nnd made that an ex
cuse to get me out for n chat.
It still lacked ten minutes of noon,
so I fetched a spare instrument from
Halstead' locker and held it so that
she could see the sun, like a red ball,
through the smoked glass. She couldn't
seem to keep it from wobbling out of
sight, but persistently squinted
through the lens while she scolded me
for leaving her alone the whole morn
ing. "Ai," she said, "I did my new shoes
put on before el desayuuo because 1
the promenade did expect with el cap
itan or el Senor Enrique. See, are
they not pretty?" She placed the little
toe of one iu a mesh of the netting,
drawing up her skirt a trifle so that I
could see the whole of the dainty tie,
and, above it, a few inches of beau
tifully rounded ankle in open-work silk
stocking, which disappeared In a cloud
of lace edging. "And then, when I
did with that stupid cura have to walk,
what saw 1 but el capitan the tiresome
occupation talking with el prlmero.
El Senor Enrique was in sight no
where; but presently I am told he does
ml padre's doubloons win at the 1'edro,
en la enmarn de fumar. So I did think
that it was bad for my father that his
doubloons ho should lose to a young
man like el Senor Enrique, and that 1
should know if offended him 1 have, or
1 capitan, that neglect me they
should."
"Capt. Dick is responsible for the
safety of the ship und all our lives,
senorita mia, and 1 well, do you not
think it is well that I should be good
friends with your father?"
"Oh, yes, good friends, Enrlqulto
mio; but not so noticeable you should
it make. The Spanish etiquette you
do not understand. When particular
attention the gentleman has paid to the
young girl, as but yesterday and the
days before you have done, he so boldly
should net go to her father. On the
land, the liberty to see you so much
alone of the time as on el vapor we
have done I never should have; it is
not the custom. That is why las se
noritas the gentlemeu like to be so
friendly when the the opportunity
they do have; it so seldom is. Hut w hen
to the scnorlta's father the gentleman
so boldly does go, people do think that
for his wife he does wish her."
"Well, suppose they do. I guess I
can stand it if you can."
"Ah, but Enrique mio, you do not
me wish. Not now, I urn quite sure.
Hut if the people you do make to think
so, you would me have to take or else
the duello to fight with ml padre. They
would say) 'Heboid, el senor the gran
admiration has for la senorita. Hut tin
honorable he is; the respects he does
not pay to su padre; much alone it is
permitido that he does her sec. Then
he does find that she is not as he did
think; remain he will not with her;
and su padre must the senor then kill
por la honra de '.a famiua.' Do you not
see, Enrlqulto mio?"
"I'm beginning to, dimly. You
know I'm not as familiar with your
Andnluslan customs as I should be.
Hut see, the sun must be at the zenith.
Here, let me adjust the sextant for
you. Now look. Isn't the lower edge
Just touching the water?"
As she peeped through the glass, Hal
stead, on the bridge, took the sextant
from his eye and said: "Strike eight
bells, quartermaster." Then he and
the mates went into the wheel-house
to figure up the reckoning.
For perhaps half an hour longer we
stood talking in the shadow of the for
ward life-boat. Then, just as the stew
ard came along with the lunch-gong,
there was the muffled sound of a
crash Xcora Uha scglne-room gratings,
and the machinery teppto. In au In
stant heads appeared at various win
dows and doors; the passengers, with
pale faces andquestiouinglooks, crowd
ed out upon the decks. Echoes of
voices shouting excited orders cams
from somewhere below, and the good
old ship, having lost her headway,
relied uneasily upon the long, glassy
swell. Halstead stepped quickly down
the starboard ladder and aft to the
engine-room gangway. The senorita
clung tightly to my arm with one hand,
while with the other she fished her
beads from their warm concealment
and held them ready for Instant use.
Her bosom was pressed so closely
against my side that I could feel bet
heart beating about a hundred and
forty to the minute. She looked aft
with dilated eyes toward where the
captain had disappeared, then beseech
ingly into my face, as she wbUpered:
"Mad re de Dios, Enrique! what is
it? Shall el vapor in the water sink?
Is it la muerte? Kicardito why goes
he below into the danger? tell me I
For Dios, tell me I"
1 was beginning to think, myself,tha
for a blu IT it was pretty realistic. Per
haps I may have caught some of the
senorita's nervousness. The crash be
low wu what puzzled me; that hadn't
been on the programme. I comforted
the girl as well as I could by saying
I didn't think the steamer was likely
to sink right away, though there wan
certainly something wrong with the
machinery, and then suggested our go
ing along to the engine-room, where
we might look down and sec what th
trouble was. I was considerably more
shaken up than 1 cared to Admit, es
pecially as the quartermasters and
stewards, in obedience to the disci
pline which Halstead always enforced
at sea, had taken their stations for the
signal: "All hands stand by to aban
don ship."
When It came to actually approach
ing the vicinity of danger, the 6euor
tta'a curiosity, with possibly on un
confessed anxiety for the captain, got
the better of her fears, and she fol
lowed me as far as the gratings over
thj cylinders. No one else had the
trnrerity to accompany us. If, Indeed,
they knew where the gangway led, to.
(TO BC CONTINUED.)
WHEN WELCOME IS WORN OUT.
Tuctfnl Hints of Hosts Who Hers
Wcnry of (iuest nnd Wnutrtl
Tli em to
An Ohio host, wearied out of all en
durance by the persistency of his
guest, chose as his medium the family
prayer after breakfast, and said: "U
Lord, bless our visiting brotlur, who
will leave us on the ten o'clock train
this morning." I prefer the subtle and
more reverent method of another
Ohloan, the father of William Dean
Howells, the novelist. His practice
was, when a visitor had worn out his
welcome, to be called away ou business
and to say to his guest: "I suppose
you will not be here v hen I return, so
I will wish you good-by." Excellent
and highly appreciated by the boys
was the formula used by Dr. Vaughn,
when, as headmaster of Harrow
school, he had to entertoln the highest
form in the rchool in batches at
breakfast. Commiserating the bash
fulness of the lads who did not know
how to leave and yet wanted to do so.
the doctor would tay apropos of
nothing: "Must you go? Can't you
stay?" This was the signal for de
parture. I udmire very heartily tht
transposition of a blundering nar
rator who in telling this story gave
the formula as "Can't you vo? Must
you stay?" A fellow feeling mokes
one wondrous kind to this revised vr r
siou. Chicago Chronicle.
The- Professor's Treasures.
A shepherd in a Highland Inn was
once recounting to a companion his
experiences with one of those "mad
Englishmen," who proved to be a cel
ebrated professor then collecting
specimens In the nelghbohool.
"There was one of them," he said,
"whf asked me to carry his bag
by a short cut across the hill to his inn,
while he went by the road. When he
wns out of sight 1 stopped to look Into
it, for it was unco' heavy; nnd, would
you believe it, man, it was full of stones
nothing but stones!" "Stones!" re
peated his companion. "Stones! And
did you carry them?" "Not I. I Just
emptied the bag there, nnd filled it up
from the cairn near the inn; and I
gave him good measure for his money,
I'll warrant ye." Spare Moments.
Dwarfs.
Mr. Dollttle I've git dwarf pears on
niy place that you can't git three of
'cm into a quart cup.
Mr. Kesteasy Humph! That's noth
ln Un home, rieht out In mv tsrden.
I've got a little mite of a dwarf pear
tree that this year it had Just one pear
on It, an if you'd believe It, do you
think that pear hep' on a growin till
It finally lay on the ground an pulled
the whole durned tree up by the roots.
That's what I call growin' pears.
Truth.
iod Snve tli Iturrn."
Prof. Wilson, a leading light of Ed In
burgh university, recently wrote on
the blackboard in his laboratory:
"Prof. Wilson informs his students thnt
he has this day been appointed hon
orary physician to the? queen." In the
course of the morning he had occasion
to leave the room and found that a
student had added to the announce
ment the words: "God sine the
queen." Short Stories.
The world's coaling reco.-d, that is,
for the fleets of all natiots is held by
the Majestic, the flagship of the Chan
nel squadron. This vessel recently at
Portland took 8S0 tons of coal on board
at the rate of 1&3 tons at hour, over
three tons a minute. The next best it
110 tons an hour, also held by a EritUa
battleship.
THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY.
Democratic C'linrires of Intperf allsJU
Are IlnTertuallr titra
dieted.
The addref of PreHde-nt. McKlnley
before the members of the Home Mar
ket club, In Hoston, was in the nature
of an unofficial communication to the
American peopb. If it had been a
message to congress it would hae con
tained some suggestion! as to the
methods of government for the island
now under control of the United States,
but until the opportunity comes wc
musVaiiMime that the president is open
to suggestions and williri? to be Influ
enced in right directions What is be si
for the Islanders w ill meet his approval.
There 1 in the whole address n
ypi rit of frnnkne. anevldent desire to
explain his position before the country,
lletcllswhy the-Philipplncs were taken
and plainly shows that, no other cour?
was feasible, practicable or honest. It
was the United States, or Spain, or
anarchy nmong millions. In the Inter
ests of humanity his country n?mned
the responsibilities with nil the Inci
dental cost, nnd the country approves.
As to the future of the Philippines,
1h president recognizes most devoutly
the- great problems, which face tho
statesmen of this countiy.
"Until congress shall direct other
wise," he says, 'it will be the duty of
the executive to possess nr.d hold the
Philippines. giving to the people thereof
peace anil order and beneficent govern
ment, nlTord ing them every opportunity
to prosecute their law ful pursuits, en
couraging them in thrift and industry,
making them fool nnd know that we
nro their friends, not their rnmles;
that their good Is our aim: that their
welfare Is our welfare, but that neither
their nspirations nor curs can be real
ized until our authority U acknowl
edged nnd unquestioned. That the-inhabitants
of the Philippine will be
benefited by thU republic Is my un
shaken belief; that they will have a
kindlier government under our guid
ance, and that they will be aidM In
every possible way to be self-respecting
nnd self-governing people, is ns- true ns
that the American people love liberty
nnd have nn abiding faith In their own
government and In their own Institu
tions. "So Imperial designs lurk in. th
American mind. They are alien to
American sentiment, thought and pur
pose. Our priceless principles undergo
no change under a tropical sun. They
go with the flat :
" 'Why rend ye not th chanK(iiss truth,
Tho free can conquer luit to pave. "
Ho concludes his address with thepo
eloquent nnd hopeful, words, which will
carry weight and influence when they
have been placed before the Filipinos:
"I have no light or knowledge not
common to my countrymen." said the
president. "I do not- prophesy. TIic
present Is all-absorbing to me. but T
cannot bound my vision by the blood
stained trenches around Manila, where
every red drop, whether from the veins
of an American soldier or a misguided
Filipino, is anguish to my heart, but by
the broad range of future years, when
that group of Islands, under the im
pulse of the year just passed, shall have
become the gems and glories of flte
tropical seas, a land of plenty and of
Increasing possibilities, a people re
deemed from savage Indolence nnd
habits, devoted to the nrts of peace, in
touch with the commerce and trade of
nil nations, enjoying the blessings of
freedom, of ciil and religious liberty,
of education and of homes, nnd whose
children nnd children's children shall,
for ages hence, bless the American re
public because- It emancipated and re
deemed their fatherland and set them
In the pathway of the world's bent
civilization."
In this there is no tone of Imperial
Ism. It m humanitnrianism In the high
est, against, which no words of reason
in b said. Everything to be done
will bo In the Interest of t here, the new
wards of the nation. What more can
be nsked by those who have the Intcr
ista of humanity nt heart? T'r president-
Is not nn imperialist In that bad
scrsc. He Is n humanitarian, with n
kind nnd gentle heart, that wishes well
to all nations ami all people. None-but
those who are blind to reason will
say otherwise. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
A trendy Vnte-d I pun,
Col. Eryan w Ishes the question of the
independence of the Philippines
mltltd to the voters of this country.
The hero of Savannah nnd It hotel life
seems to have forgotten that the entire,
war policy of the administration was
submitted to the voters last fall, and
that i national congress was elected
with n republican und administration
nnd sound money majority in lmth
souses, nnd that to this congress nnd to
the president, without nny mention
whatever of the Nebraska colonel, was
entrusted the disposition of the ques
tions which Col. Eryan is now nrgulng'
out of court with demands forn rrsul
tnlssion. The colonel should take a day
off nnd study the returns of the last
election in his-own state. Forn man
who himself was once submitted to
popular vote Hryan has n confidence In
elections that Is "childlike nnd bland."
Trov Times.
According to Hryan "our father
fought for Independence tinder n ban
ner upon which was Inscribed the mot
to: 'Millions for defense, but not a
cent, for tribute.' " Hryan is mixing up
the war of 1775-8.1 with England with
the Franco-American trouble of the X
V, 7. mission days in the Adams admin
istration. It was K.yrars after the bat
tle of YorRtown that Plnckney made
this answer, or was alleged to have
made it, to Tally rand's tools, who nsked
a bribe from the American commis
sioners to save American vessels from
French attack, Erynn knows ns little
alont American history ns he does
ibnut American sentiment on thequrs
Hon of expansion. -St.' Louis Olobt-Democrnt.
J BRYAN'S ARMY TALK. 4
The "CoUMirl" Keei l't Ills IlacUet
An- Old Topic Is Good
. I'nouKh.
William J. Hryan has delivered sev
eral addresses during the last ten. daya
and he is billed to deliver several more
during the next' fortnight. He cannot
keep quiet, lie ucjs mai ne musi uu-
vtrtlse himself dally or the public will
forget him and next yoar'a democratic
contention will ignore him, Hence thl
unwearied activity of his tongue. No
body else i blowing Eryan' horn lust
ily just now, so he is blowing it himself
with great vigor.
A year ago this time all his speeches
were about free silver. This year he is
working una fresh Usue which may ap
peal forcibly to persons for whom "six
teen, to one" has. co. special attraction.
The-theme on w hich Hryan is enlarging
now is the danger of increasing the reg
ular array. Hy harping on that theme
he believes he will retain the support
of anarchists, foreign socialists and
Debsltes. All these individuals nre op
posed to the maintenance of a regular
army by the general government or of
militia organizations by the states.
They prefer to have to deal with w eak,
defenseless governments. It is so much
easier to terrorize such governments
and trample on their laws.
No law-abiding citizen has nny more
occasion to fear the regular army than
2:e has the local police force. It is not
made up of mercenaries, subject to the
exclusive control of military chief.
It is composed of American citizens,
who nre better acquainted with and
have more rcf pect for the laws and in
stitutions of their country than the
brawling alien socialists who nlTect t i
ice In h regular army menace to their
liberties.. The regular nrmy is under
the control of the president. It Is de
endent for its support 011 biennial con
gressional appropriations. Thus that
army Is not a menace to liberty or to
law-abiding citizens. Those who have
catw to f ar it arc the violent op posers
of the enforcement of national laws.
"Organized labor" ha nothing to
fear from the proposed Increase of the
regular nrmy, though Hryan is endeav
oring to make it believe so. More sol
diers are needed in order that peace
may be established, not-ln this country,
but in the new acquiltlons of the
United States, especially In the Philip
pine Islands. It has been decided that
the United States, shall take those is
lands and establish a stable govern
ment there. Hryan deplores that de
termination, but it Is the settled, irre
versible policy of the people. There
fore n sufficient number of soldiers
must be sent to the Philippines to put.
down the military chieftains who are
disturbing the peace there. When that
has been done, and it w ill not takelong.
only a few soldiers will be needed to
keep the peace.
So when Mr. Hryan asks "my friends'
whether "it ought to take twice ns
many soldiers to bring the blessings of
Ix nefieent assimilation to the lfVX.(K,
aliens In the Philippines as Is required
to do the work among 70.COO.COO peo
ple," he inls rates the question with the
ease of a veteran demagogue. The reg
ulars who are to be sent to the Philip
pines nre to do what the Nebraska vol
unteers now there have been doing.
They ore to put down armed dMurb-
rs of the peace, the men who nre
oppressing the quiet, peaceable Fili
pinos. No "beneficent assimilation' of
the Filipinos Into American citizens is.
proposed. The American people have
willed that they be given, a jut. good
government, and it Is to be given them.
The anarchist rabble will applaud
Eryan's opposition to the Increase of
the regular army. They would applaud
him more loudly If hi urged the entire
dlsbnndment of the army. The senti
mental simpletons who think the
United States should nbnndnn the Phil
ippines nt (tree nnd forever will ap
plaud Hryiin'siopposltlon to an increase
of the regular nrmy so the Philippines
may be pacified. The bulk of the voters
will see through Hryan' shrieks nnd
sneers, nnd w ill give Ihe baffled dema
gogue to understand that this his latest
bid for popularity will not 1h n success.
Chicago Tribune'.
DRIFT OF OPINION.
CTHrynn Is now a uscd-lo-be without
ever having been much of a was. New
Orlenas Picayune (Dem.).
CTThc state of Nebraska is to be
congratulated upon the fact that nil
her soldiers- didn't resign togointo pol
itics. Washington Post.
CIn one speech President McKlnley
counteracted the effect of nil that the.
enemies of the administration have
done in weeks. Cleveland Leader.
CT"What does the democratic party
most reed, just nt present?" nskn it
contemporary. It needs more vote
about as badly as any thing. Portland
Oregonian.
rrThat "almost unparalleled nctlvlty
nnd prosperity" of which the president
spoke 1o the Hoston merchant Is only
another name for "McKinley times."
Host on Journal. '.
"President McKlnley has no Phlll
pine policy to urge In opposition to the
will of the people. 'lids may be de
scribed as the best possible policy. St,
Louis (Jlobe-Demoernt.
rThe speech of President McKlnley
at Hoston, with its serious utterances
of statesmanship upon great questions
of public policy, affords n welcome re
lief from the catchpenny attempts of a
morally degrade,! and intellectually
feeble journalism to agitate the public
mind by exaggerating blemishes in the
conduct of the wnr.- N. Y. Sun.
t'-Hfre is a pointed ve mark from tho
prrsldentV address, nt Hoston: "Many
who were Impatient for the conflict n
year ago, apparently'" heedless of It
larger results, wrrc the first to cry oit
against the L rereading constqt.rnrr
of their own net." Luckily for the
country this class, though perniciously
fctlve, Is not large enough 1n spoil tho
victory. St, Lou I (ilobc-Demccrat.