Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1900 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1900.

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Two weeks from to-day will be William Jennings Bryan's last. It 13 the American policy which Germany end Great Britain announce for China. The silent vote which prosperity inspires will astonish the Bryanites two weeks from to-night. Will Mr. Bryan denounce the expansion Implied by American Invasion of foreign markets? Trade follows the flag, and those who advocate hauling down the flag would also pull down trade. Republicans who wish to have a lot of fun after the election should cut out the jredictions which leading Bryanites are How making and compare them with the result. Because things are going the Republican ay there should be no let up In Republican effort. Every anti-Bryan man can do something to make the victory emphatic. Mr. Bryan has assailed every great workshop and factory In the country with the threat of destruction, since all of them are corporations. Every worker knows that such an assault Is upon his employment. The American worklngman who votes against the policy that captures and holds foreign markets Is a bigger fool than the man who sawed off the limb on v.hich he was sitting between himself and the trunk of the tree. No man who preaches hatred and distrust will ever be elected President of the United States. The Nation which has rejected secession will not allow itself to become the victim of Internal dissensions such as Mr. Bryan would stir up. The registration of Greater New York is cr,.3Sß, or about the vote of the State of Indiana. It is estimated that 613,000 votes will be polled. Thl3 unprecedented registration gives the Republican campaign managers the greatest satisfaction. No one has charged Mr. Kern with swapring oft Bryan votes for his benefit, consequently there is no cause for his vehement denial. Nevertheless, reports of such efforts on the part of hl3 friends came so straight to the Journal that It believes them to be true. The present relations of the United States with all foreign powers are of the most friendly and profitable character, and It uould be a great mistake to exchange the President who has established them for one noted for his truculent tind contemptuous latitude towards foreign countries. Mayor Taggart's efforts to save Bryan by the disbursement of a few hundred dollars extra for street repairs on the eve of the election recall the heroic attempt of the old woman who tried to sweep the Atlantic ocean out of her back yard. Mr. Taggart does not know a tidal wave when he sees it. When Mr. Bryan cites his own failure as a farmer to prove that farming is financially unprofitable he simply proves that he is no farmer. By the same process of reasoning he could prove that the prac tice of law and journalism ar unprofitable, for he tried both and failed. The real farmers of the country know whether they are prospering or not. Nothing but courtesy for political fossils couM lead the pres agents to telegraph the estimate of the electoral vote made by Mr. Stevenson. In November, 3501. he made speeches declaring the war for the Union a failure and denouncing Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant. For a man who did that sort of thing in early manhood there can be no respect, either for his Judgment or his opin ions. While the Democratic managers are claiming a majority of the electoral vote, Including New York. Ohio and such States. no acceptance of McKinley money on the basis of j to 1 could be found in New York on Saturday. Right in New York city no Tammanyite would take an offer of $10,000 even that Bryan would not have &0"0 plurality In that city. No takers could be found for offers of 6 to 1 in favor of Mc Klnley in New York. The votir who undertakes to vote all of the Republican electoral and State ticket xcept one name or two names mut deliberately gr to work to put X in every square to tho left of fifteen candidates for electors cf President and as many alternates thir

ty in all and to the left of eleven candi

dates for state officers forty-one in all. That Is a. great deal of work how many voters are sure thty can do it without vi tiating their ballot? The better way i3 to mark in the circle under the eagle inside the circle. JOII.Y SHERMAN. The roster of the men who have rendered the Republic the highest service will not be complete If the name of John Sherman Is not In the first rank. Measured by the test of usefulness he was one of the few great men of the country. He entered Congress in December, 1SÜ3, and was con tinuously In the public fervice until the failing of his powers compelled him to retire from the office of secretary of state, three years ago. Mr. Sherman was not a brilliant man, but he possessed In the high est degree the more lasting and effectlvo ability to grasp and master the difficult problems of statesmanship. He was a student of economics, and in the fullness of years he became the financier of his period. He was a progressive statesman rather than a doctrinaire, consequently he was not troubled when he was accused of having changed his views regarding financial matters. He simply said, "I thought so then, but I have since learned better." Mr. Sherman was a constructive statesman. From 1S73 until 1876 Congress was at sea on the currency question. One is amazed, in the light of present knowl edge and experience, at the ignorance and the stupid and dangerous devices then pre sented and discussed in Congress to get the country out of the slough of an in flated and Irredeemable currency. When President Grant vetoed that wonderfully but fearfully constructed currency bill which passed Congress in 1874 Congress was simply chaotic, but the Republican Joint caucus committee, under the leader ship of Mr. Sherman, devised the specie resumption bill, and under caucus action it was enacted. That measure was the re sult of the constructive mind of John Sherman. He appreciated the diverse opinions, which to many seemed Irreconcilable, and framed the bill which in time brought the country to a specie basis. As secretary of the treasury he was nearer the rank of Alexander Hamilton than any other man who has been at the head of the Nation's finances. The resumption act was his, but there is every reason to believe that it would have failed of its purpose if John Sherman had not been secretary of the treasury tho years immediately preceding Its going into effect. One will find few finer exhibitions of wisdom and dauntless courage in pubHe affairs than was displayed by John Sherman during the two years preceding the resumption of specie payments. It was the crowning achievement of a public life crowded with usefulness. Upon the framing of the resumption act and the carrying of that measure Into effect th fame of John Sherman will rest. He could not ask for greater or more enduring fame. Mr. Sherman was ambitious to become President, because he believed he coull give the Republic a statesmanlike administration. Like other great men, he was sorely disappointed, but, unlike some others, he was greater as legislator and secretary of the treasury than other men could be as President. No one doubts that he would have made a great President, but the man whose name was connected with cpecie resumption could not be nominated when he was an aspirant. All his life Mr. Sherman was a student. During the years of his intellectual prime he was the first man in the country in the field of finance. It can also be said of him that he was a man of the highest char acter in every respect, but this did not protect him from bitter assault, which is the penalty of high service and devotion to the country. Perhaps it should be said that detraction is the surest evidence of conspicuous and useful service. THE OrARDONADLE OFFEXSE. "I love him for the enemies he has made." Such were the words which Gen eral Bragg, of Wisconsin, Hung at Tam many in 1SS4 in the Democratic national convention when it had been declared that in the State of New York the nomination of Grover Cleveland would fall to receive the support of Tammany Hall, because, as Governor of New York, he had antagonized that organization. Even sixteen years ago Tammany stood for political Infamy, but the public knew little of the extent of that organized outrage upon all that is decent. So when tho threat was made that Tammany would find revenge in stabbing Mr. Cleveland if he were the Democratic candidate for President, the gallant leader of the "Iron Brigade," a delegate in the convention, shouted back in defiance, "I love him for the enemies he has made." At no time has Tammany been in favor of the better Democratic leaders in any State. Indeed, if the files of the more prominent Democratic papers in the country could be searched an abundance of hostile criticism will bo found. Tammany has been tolerated because it could carry New York, and did not for years take any Interest in political control beyond New York city. But a change has come. Croker has defeated Hill and made himself the head of tho Democratic organization in the Empire State. He has assumed control of the campaign in New York. He assumes to be the spokesman of the party. When the chairman of the Democratic state committee paid that 16 to 1 is not now an issue, Croker, hearing it, with dictatorial wrath declared that free coinage of silver is an issue. Who Is this Croker who to-day is more a despot over Tammany than is the Czar of Russia over the millions of that country? A mechanic who was a Tammany hench man, who escaped conviction for the crime of murder in a political brawl through some quibble in the courts. He has been engaged in no legitimate business during all these years, yet he is a man of great wealth who lives In luxury unknown to this part of the country. Ills personal expenditures must exceed $100.000 a year, yet there is no evidence that he has been in legitimate business or industry. How has he come to thi3 great wealth? As the leader of the political machine which raised millions by extorting percentages from all city contrac tors, selling franchises, taxing officeholders and city employes and selling to gamblers, brothel keepers and the managers of nameless but shameless houses and dives the privilege of breaking the laws. No lntelli gent man in New York outside Tammany will deny the shameless and dangerous character of the Tammany of Croker. Those Democratic papers, the World anj Hearst's Journal, of New York, have set

forth the villainies of Tammany time and again.

Yet, knowing all the crimes of Tammany, Mr. Bryan goca to New York, publicly rec ognizes Croker and practically espouses his infamies because he has been led to believe that Croker can win him the electoral vote of that State. And this spectacle Mr. Bryan has made of himself he emphasizes by remodeling the exclamation of the de vout believer in Mohammedanism, "Great is Allah, and Mahomet is his prophet," Into "Great is Tammany, and Croker Is its prophet." PIBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. The present tendency of medical science s to prevent disease, whereas, formerly, all energies were directed toward its cure. It has been said of medicine that It is not an exact science, and so far as the administra tion of drugs ,1s concerned it is no doubt in a degree experimental; but every pro gressive physician is, nevertheless, a scien tific man in the highest sense. He studies causes as well as symptoms, and this takes him into wide fields. The water supply, sewerage, the laws of infection and transmission of disease, the character of disease germs all these and many more kindred subjects take his attention and require him to be at once an expert on sanitation, a chemist and a bacteriologist as well as a doctor in the ordinary sense. To an extent never beforo attained the profession has become a learned one, but to thejnfinlte honor of its members, its learning is at the service of the public. Not only are all useful discoveries promptly made known through the press, but everywhere these liberal-minded, truly philanthropic gentlemen put their knowledge to practical account by promoting all movements for the benefit of the general health. The more progressive and skilled they are the.more the regular business of their profession presses on them, but these busiest men find time to give to the common welfare. The members of the Public Health Asso ciation in convention here this week are each foremost in his profession whether it be that of medical practitioner, chemist, sanitary engineer or other allied calling and are leaders In other affairs in their respective communities, accomplished and useful men. They serve the public with an efficiency, in many cases an unselfishness and fidelity, that are not approached by any other class. In coming together in annual assemblage to engage in discussion and measure progress they are benefiting the public more than It can estimate, and in not a few instances, probably, at the sacrifice of time and money. It is an unusual body of men, and though much of its discussion will be upon themes too technical for the lay comprehension, the citizens of Indianapolis should give sufficient heed to understand the nature of the work being done and to appreciate while the visitors are among them the fact that the American Public Health Asscciation is a most important organization, and deserving of every honor. THE CROWMXO IXFAJ1V, The Chicago Record of yesterday con tains a dispatch from San Francisco which embraces a portion of a letter written by Daniel S. Williams, in Manila, who is secretary to Professor Moses, of the Philippine commission. Mr. Williams is an accomplished Spanish scholar and has the best opportunities to obtain accurate Infor mation. He writes that the Filipinos be lieve that the Philippines will be evacuated if Mr. Bryan should be elected. The following is a portion of the letter: Much interest exists here with regard to the campaign now going on in the United States. The Democrats are quite active here now. Twenty soldiers were killed the other day, being a contribution to the campaign material of the Demociats. Thi3 war would have ended long ago were it not for Bryan. He is more the leader of these people now than Aguinaldo. and every American soldier that Is killed during these months can be laid directly to his door. They are making extra efforts now simply to make a showing to be used in the States. If Bryan is defeated tho whole thing will crumble. There is nothing new in the foregoing. Indeed, it was announced in extracts from Tagal papers that the hope of those who are ambushing and murdering American soldiers is in Mr. Bryan. He understands it, yet his latest utterance relative to the Filipinos was to the effect that they are fighting for independence. Furthermore, months ago it was suggested to Mr. Bryan that he advise Aguinaldo to cease murdering American soldiers, as it would be bet ter for all concerned. He has turned a deaf ear to all such suggestions and to the ringing accusation of the dead Lawton and hundreds of soldiers in the ranks who have written home. Every word he has spoken in reference to Aguinaldo and his guerrillas has been calculated to encourage them to push their murderous policy. And this, after all, is tho crowning infamy of Bryan. The Journal has received a Democratic poster from Bennett's, in Miami county, which announces that "Hon. George E. Farrar, of Indianapolis, will address the citizens on the burning political issues of the day." In the course of his speech Mr. Fanar is said to have declared that all the factories were closed In Elwood and Kokomo, and that thousands of people are idle and starving in the city of Indianapolis. There is no George E. Farrar in the Indianapolis directory, "Hon." or otherwise. If Democratic managers in Miami county imagine they can help the Bryan cause by sending out such stup;d prevaricators as this one is reported to be, well and good. Some time they will learn better. The monopoly which makes Arkansas Jones, of Mr. Bryan's national committee, so unhappy, is based upon patents. Whether valuable patents are or are not a burden to the public depends upon their nature. The Jones patents are on machinery for packing cotton into round bales, which nakes it more marketable. Such being the case, a small royalty on a machine would afford a large profit to the patentees. tut the Jones combination will not sell a machine, but rents them to cotton growers at an exorbitant figure. It Is this fact that has ed cotton growers in Texas to ask grand juries to investigate the extortion and see if it i3 amenable to the antitrust law of the State. The man in Knlghtstown who will not vote for McKinley because the rates of interest on mortgages have fallen so decidedly and mortgages become so scarce that the business is no longer profitable has a genuine reason for his defection. "To be an American covers a multitude of sins abroad these days," says the Democratic Boston Globe in noting the fact that Emperor William had pardoned a natural-

lzed American citizen for having escaped army service in his native country. "These days" is good; all Europe desires to be on good terms with us since we became one of the powers.

The Republican county ticket is a good one, and certainly much better than the Democratic, man for man. Marion county never had a more efficient and obliging treasurer than Armin C. Koehne, and no party ever had a candidate better qualified for the office of sheriff than Eugene Saulcy. The public has quite forgotten the Hon. Frank B. Burke; but if he will hold a joint debate with his labor record In the Legislature the Journal will print an extended report. The Republican plurality In Indiana will be from 5,000 to 10,000 larger if every McKinley voter will learn to mark and fold his ballot as the law requires. And Mr. Bryan will also find that advocating the hauling down of the stars and stripes at the dictation of Aguinaldo is not a vote-winning performance. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Back-Action. "They say massage will cure baldness?" "Nonsense! I know men who got bald trying to learn how to pronounce massage." Forced to Extremities. "Have you had any pumpkin-pies yet?" "No; but Hallowe'en night we're going to give our landlady a canned-pumpkin shower." Love's Transfiguring Gase. "Did you hear what that man next door calls his big freckled blonde wife?" "Birdie?" "No; he calls her 'Little Sunshine " Museum Novelties. "What has become of that Boor giant you had all summer?" "Oh, we've got him fixed up with a pig-tail and are running him as a Chinese dwarf." Obstinate - Woman. "Aunt Jemima never will admit that the doctor cures her." "How does she explain her getting well?" "She says the disease wore itself out." Up with Her Class. "My wife learned French in five weeks." "Does she speak correctly?" "Well, Professor De Verges says her French is as. good as any spoken in our neighborhood." Footnotes. Conversation still holds its own; listening is the lost art. When a woman feels bad she takes a dose of any kind of medicine she happens to have and feels better. A critic is a person whose condemnation of a book ought to squelch it, but doesn't. If a poet sould happen to like boiled cabbage he wouldn't dare let anybody know It. Conceit is valuable only when it makes yoa like your own misfortunes better than those of ether people. " . To run across people who don't like tea is as great a mental blow as running across people who don't like poetry. :. w This would be an easier world to live In If energy were as communicable as enthusiasm. The fidgetty woman never has nervous prostration, but she rives it to other people. REFORMS AT MANILA. Liquor Traffic Controlled by Adoption of a Stringent License Law. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. In the report of Major General Otis as governor general of the Philippines, the proofs of a portion of which have been received at the War Department, the following concerning the government of the city of Manila vfas made public to-day: "The population of Manila is much congested. The work of the provost marshal general has been Incessant and has required for its execution administrative ability of a high order and in many respects very delicate manipulation. The floating population Is large and difficult to keep in cneck.' The liquor traffic always has been extensive, particularly in native Intoxicating drinks. This traffic has been the subject of concern and mature deliberation. In reducing the number of licenses, which Spain granted freely, the natives complained that they were deprived of the privileges which Spain bestowed. Notwithstanding these complaints, they were greatly diminished, but could not be entirely withheld, nor could the traffic be destroyed by any means within our power. Experience led to the belief that it could be controlled through careful manipulation under a stringent license law.' An order issued by the provost marshal of Manila Is a; o given, showing the restrictions that have been placed on the saloons and giving the license fees which ere charged. Following this order the teport continues: "The restraining influences have resulted in placing the liquor traffic under the control of the police and their officers and have been attended by the reforms anticipated and promised. I doubt if there is anywhere a more quiet and orderly city than Manila has been for the past year, and this notwithstanding its great mass of floating population of divers nationalities and the dense ignorance of a portion of its inhabitants; or a city in which proper and merited punishment for crime Is more swift and sure. The records of tho courts, civil anl military, are cited in proof of this statement, and the native applications for redress for supposed wrongs or Injuries suffered show that the native population has confidence in the Justness of our government. Not only is the population and business of tha city Increasing, but that population is passing through a lapldly changing social environment, due to the introduction of new methods and improved labor condition?, also to recent greatly augmented real property values." WOOD'S CUBAN REPORT. Snramnry of the Imperial Benefits Accruing: Under American Rule. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-General Leon ard Wood to-day gave out a summary of his civil report as Cuban Governor General, the text of which will be published Jan. 1. Every town of consequence has been provided with a well-equipped hos pltal. The largest at Havana will accom modate 2,000 patients. Orphans' asylums navo oeen established wherever necessary. but constantly better conditions have permitted a recent reduction in tho numoer Industrial and correctional schools will 1 established, one of each class for boys and one for girls. All prisons have been cleaned, improved and repaired. All detention cases from th Spanish regime have been investigated and hundreds of prisoners released. Courts havo boon stimulated to prompt perform ance of duty, to the end that some prisons are nearly empty. Derelict judges have been dismayed and a wholesome respect tor personal rights Inculcated. Correctional and police courts have been established. A froe school of stenography hrs been established in Havana. Over 3.000 public whools have been opened; 3,6") teachers are employed; 1W.O0O children attend, and the number is growing. Teachers receive high salaries. Federal troops have not been used this year to maintain order, the 1.20" rural nolice being sufficient. Officers and men are Cubans. Public buildings have been im proved and general sanitary conditions bet tercd. An eflitient and economical mall service has been organized. A complete lighthouse establishment is in course of construction. Every point in the island is reached by the overland telegraph. Inaustrles have revived and new ones have teen established. Immigration is heavv (Jovernment finances are flourishing. A surplus ot 5l.M0.OOo has been accumulated since Jan. 1, ls.y. Municipalities are be coming self-supporting. An efficient cuh toms service has been organlzfd. Crop ai'd industrial conditions are excellent. Com merce is expanding, and the health of the troous Is good.

ISSUES OF THE DAY

SEXATOR FAIItDAXKS PRESENTS TIIK3I AT SOUTH BEND. Thousands of People Tender a MBnlflceiit Ovation to the Senior Senator from -Indiana. NO PHASE OF THE QUESTIONS LEFT UNDISCUSSED IX IIIS COMPRE HENSIVE mESEXTATIOX. War with Spain and Ita ProblemsA Word to Captious Critics Eulogy of Representative Brick. Freelal to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 21 United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis, spoke here this afternoon to a very large and appreciative audience. It was his first public address In South Bend. and not only Republicans, but the citizens generally, gave him a cordial reception. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived this morn ing and were met at the depot by Representative A. LuxBrick. After a brief rest Senator Fairbanks, Mr. Brick, Clem Studebaker and James Oliver drove to theUnlversity of Notre Dame on invitation of President Andrew Morrissey, where they were entertained at dinner. Their recep tion there was marked by the customary splendid hospitality which Is so conspicuous a feature of the great institution. The senator's entrance to the dining hall was tne signal for an ovation from hundreds of patriotic students, which Senator Fair banks acknowledged by a bow. There were no speeches, and after dinner and a short visit the party returned to the city. The threatening weather of Sunday was followed this forenoon by showers and about 12:30 rain began to fall steadily, but slackened at Intervals during the afternoon. This prevented hundreds of people coming to the city to attend the meeting, but the Republican clubs of the city turned out and gave a parade of considerable proportions. The parade, which was a bril liant affair, notwithstanding the weather, was In charge of Col. Samuel Leeper, and was participated in by hundreds of South Bend and Mishawaka voters, half a dozen bands, many drum corps and a large com pany of ladies on horseback, dressed attractively in uniforms of blue and white. Another feature was a delegation of 150 men who voted for Fremont. After passing through the city the parade halted at the residence of Representative Brick, where the senator and Mr. Brick entered a coach and were escorted to the big Republican tent, where 7,500 people were assembled. Long before the guests of the day arrived at the tent It began to fill. American flags were festooned over stage and down in front a section was reserved for the Fremont voters. When Mr. Brick, In a few well-chosen words, introduced Senator Fairbanks, every seat was taken and many people were standing. When the senator rose to speak the enthusiastic demonstration which marked his entrance to the tent was repeated. It was a grand reception. and one which he fittingly acknowledged. His speech was a masterpiece. He covered ' the great Issues of the campaign at every point and so clearly presented the facts that many who doubted were put on tho right side of important problems. WON HEARTY APPROVAL. The senator was frequently interrupted by applause. His reference to Representa tive Brick met special and most hearty approval from the great audience. Senator Fairbanks devoted much of his speech to questions affecting farmers. He took up the oft-repeated argument made by the Democratic orators to farmersthat the trusts have injured them by raising the prices of articles which they are compelled to purchase. The senator frankly admitted that many thngs which the farmers buy command better prices than formerly in fact, he showed that the increase in such articles has been about 10 per cent. On the other hand, he cited the fact that farm products have increased in price M per cent, under Republican administration of governmental affairs, and he asked the very pertinent question, "Are you men in agricultural pursuits not able and willing to stand a slight advance In the price of articles which you are obliged to purchase when the price of the products which you have for sale has increased to such an astonishing degree?" The senator also discussed the trust issue generally, showing that the only party that has ever manifested an inclination to pass legislation looking to the control of monopolies is the Republican party. He also showed that if the Republicans are successful in November, some further action will be taken at the next ensuing session of Congress, since the party is pledged to do so. Senator Fairbanks paid his respects to certain newspapers which are complaining of the action of Congress in pledging Cuban Independence In the Joint resolution declaring war with Spain. He said: "There has appeared in the press an occasional criticism of the action of Congress In pledging Cuban independence in the Joint resolution declaring war. The declarations to which exception is taken are as follows: " 'The people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. " 'The United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty. Jurisdiction or control over said island, except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when Xhat is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people. UNTIMELY CRITICISM. "The criticism against these resolutions is untimely and unjust. Congress acted with wisdom, with courage and with absolute fidelity to the pledges of the Republican party, in entering on a war for humanity's sake. It made the proclamation to the world that no one might misinterpret its purpose, and that the objects for which we went to war might not be perverted. The Republican convention of 1S1MS deliberately declared: 'From the hour of achieving their own independence the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other American people to free themselves from European domination. We watch with deep and abiding Interest the heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes go out for the full success of their determined contest for liberty. " The government of Spain having lost control of Cuba, and being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens, or to comply with its treaty obligations, we believe that the government of the United States should actively u?e its Influence and good olllces to restore peace and give independence to the island.' "Was this promise of independence to Cuba idly made? Was it insincerely made, or was It made in good faith by a great party whose hold on the confidence of the American people rests upon its inflexible purpose always to keep faith? "This proclamation of our purpse was ratified by the American people. The Republicans in Congress did not believe that they were recreant to their party trust, or that it was in contravention cf the national interest when they supported the war resolution which embodied the spirit of the St. Louis .platform. Can it be said that Congress was guilty of making a mistake when it wrote into the laws of the land the formally declared purpose of the Republican national. convention? There wasno Republican dissent from the platform during the campaign ot ISM, and it is a little late now for us to challenge the intel

ligence or the good faith of the St. Louis convention In its declaration In favor of Cuban independence. We do not count that an error which is in fulfillment of party platforms or party pledges. Congress did not Intend, through any trick or device, to evade the full measure of our responsibility deliberately proclaimed at St. Louis. It did not act blindly. It but declared the exalted national purpose. It acted In good conscience, and Is entitled to praise, not censure." The concluding portion of the senator's address was devoted to a clear and logical shewing of the advantage and necessity of electing a Republican Congress at the coming election in November. He said: "We must not only elect a Republican president, but a Republican House of Representatives. It would indeed be a calamity second only to the loss of the presidency Itself to lose control of either branch of Congress. We are sure of the Senate for at least two years, but the House is in peril. Our present majority is fourteen, and the loss of eight seats now held by us without compensating gains elsewhere would place the Democrats in control of the lower branch of Congress and enable them to embarrass the administration by refusal to assent to measures deemed essential by it. In short, the loss of the House means to place in the hands of the opposition the power to obstruct and defeat all legislation. MANY NEW QUESTIONS. "There will be many new questions during the coming four years which will require the consideration of Congress, and If we would secure all of the benefits and advantages which would naturally flow from a continuation of the present administration we must see to it that both branches of Congress are In absolute harmony with its policies. It is of the utmost importance, not only in this district, but to the country generally, that the Hon. Abraham L. Brick should be re-elected to Congress. Defeat would mean little to him, but it would mean much to the country. This great district should be represented in Congress by a man who will uphold the hands of the President and support Republican measures. It is impossible to overestimate the disastrous consequences which might follow the election of the Democratic candidate. A Democratic representative could accomplish nothing except to assist In embarrassing the administration and in creating a deadlock between a Republican Senate and a Democratic House if we should lose the latter on measures of great public moment. "During the next four years there will be need of constructive statesmanship, legislation with respect to our revenue laws, the interoceanlc canal, new possessions and other questions of equal importance; and it is in the fullest degree essential that the chief executive and both branches of Congress should be Republican, so that they may act in harmony. "I can speak to you of Mr. Brick from a long personal acquaintance and from an Intimate association with him during his term In Congress. He Is of Incorruptible purpose, of demonstrated capacity for large affairs, and should be triumphantly re-elected. He has taken high rank among his colleagues in the House of Representatives. He has been devoted to the Interests of his district, his State and his country. There is no one in Congress before whom lies a more promising career of honor and usefulness. There can be no possible doubt of his re-election. The vote should be decisive, and Mr. Brick should be returned to the House by a majority which will carry with it in the fullest possible degree an expression of the confidence and esteem of his constituency. It will strengthen him In the great work he has to do. "Mr. Bryan frequently emphasizes the necessity of a Democratic Congress, fully realizing that party policies can only be made effective through congressional enactment. His anxiety for a Democratic Congress is for the purpose of enacting a free trade measure, a free silver coinage law and for the further purpose of reconstructing the Supreme Court of the United States and the adoption of an unpatriotic and impossible policy in the territory acquired through the treaty of peace. When he emphasizes the necessity of a Democratic Congress he but gives emphasis to the necessity of a Republican Congress if we would avoid reactionary policies and the crippling of a Republican administration." This evening at 8 o'clock Representative Brick, member of Congress from this district, was given the greatest ovation ever

tendered to a representative from the Thirteenth district. He spoke at the big tent to 3.500 people and made a profound Impression. FLIGHT OF THE COURT HOW THE EMPRESS AXD EMPEROR ESCAPED FROM PKKIXG. Forced to Endare Great Hardships While Runninar Away from the "Foreign Devils' TACOMA. WTash.. Oct. 22. The Oriental liner Glenogle. which reached Tacoma last night, brings an interesting story of the flight of the Empres dowager from Peking. The escape of the court furnishes one of the most interesting stories of the Chinese campaign. The Shanghai Mercury tells the story as follows: "It appears that in accordance with the regular practice of the Chinese officials in similar cases, false reports of supposititious victories over the allies were persistently delivered to the palace, with the result that the court was lulled into a feeling of fancied security, and It was not until the allies had actually entered the capital that the real facts became known to the Umpress, and a rude awakening took place. "On the early morning of the 15th of August, the dowager, in company with the Emperor, left the palace, clothed in common Chinese cotton garments, traveling in an ordinary Chinese cart, and accompanied by an insignificant retinue. Such was the hurry ot their departure that no money or valuables in any quantity wero taken with them, and for several days the Imperial party is said to have suffered the greatest hardships. The only food with which they were supplied was the common millet of the country, and at night they had to sleep in wayside inns, on the rough brick kangs, furnished for the accommodation of travelers. "Among those who accompanied the court were Prince Tuan. Kang Yl and Wang Wenshao, and It is said the Empress, feeling sympathy with the latter on account of his age, urged him to return to his residence at the capital, but the old man b?gged with tears to be allowed to share in the exile of the court. The humiliating effect of this experience upon the proud Manchus can better be Imagined than described, and it ha.? evi dently inspired a desire for venmance. as is indicated in the secret orders sent to Li Hung Chang for the recapture of Tien-Tsln and Peking, as well as by the tone of recent edicts. , "In the light of the above narrative, the reference in the account given by the Sin Wen Pao of the reported disgrace ol Prince Tuan owing to the discomforts at tending the Might from Peking, affords some circumstantial evidence of the ac curacy of that account, and the fact that the same paper, in its Issue of this morning. again refers to the Empress's displeasure with the Prince, adds further weight to its previous statement. SENT TO BECKHAM. Kentucky Xew Kleetlon Lw Dlaa Kreement on nn Appointment. FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 22. The Kentucky Legislature sent the nonpartisan election law, passed by it Saturday to sue ceed the Goebel law, to the Governor to day, and adjourned sine die-. The Demo crats and Republicans could not agree on a State election commissioner to fill a vacancy on the board, and adjourned with out electing anybody. Both houses adopted resolutions Satur day, allowing the Republicans to name the commissioner, and they selected Judge An drew Cochran, of Maysville. The Demo crats refused to vote for Judge Cochran, because of his identmcation with ex-Gcv etnor Taylor, and also because of persona unfriendliness between him ard Chairman Pcyntr, of the election commission, but offered to vote for any other Republican. The itepuDiicana declined to name any tody clsu.

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rorociiACY's camjidah; discusses TIIK ItACi: QIESTIOX. Has the Audacity to Ask Colored Weit VlrKlnluns tit Vote nltb the Party That Disfranchises TUciu. DISPLAY OF RANK DE1IAG0QY BRYAN' NO LONGER ATTEMPTING TO HIDE HIS HYPOCRISY. Ills Speeches at Huntlnaton, Charles ton, St. Albans nnd Hlnton Lie About Roosevelt Repeated. HINTON, W. Va.. Oct. 22. The line of the Chesapeake Railroad traversing the picturesque valleys of the Blac Xanawha and New rivers was the scene ot Mr. Bry an's campaign to-day. Speeches wer made at Huntington, Hurricane. St. Albans, Charleston, Brownston, East Bank Montgomery, Sewall, Thurmond and Hlnton. The size of the audiences varied, but all of them were large In proportion to ths population of tho towns and of the sur rounding country. There were especially fine crowds at Huntington, Charleston and Hlnton, people coming into those towns from all the adjacent region. The one notable feature of the day was Mr. Bryan's repeated reference to the race question. His line of travel to-day was farther eouth than he had gone before, and farther than he will again go, and there were quite a cumber of colored people scattered through the crowds at all the stopping places. Mr. Bryan took occasion to address portions of his speeches especially to them, appeal ing to them to do Justice by the Filipinos as they would have justice done by themselves. At St. Albans he said: "When we complain that the Republicans are applying in the Philippine islands doc trines that deprive people of the right to govern themselves the argument that a Republican makes Is that some of the Southern States have adopted amendments requiring an educational qualification for voting. If the Republicans oppose what is being done in the South, why do they propose worse things in Porto Rico and tc the Philippine islands than have beer proposed in the South? Read the qualifications adopted by your own administration for voting in Porto Rico, and you will find they have an educational qualification there that deprive S3 per cent, of the black men of voting age of the right to vote; not only this, but they deprive them of the protection of the Constitution of tho United States. In the Philippine islands they are going on the theory that the brown people there have no right to a voice in their government; and when a Republican tells a black man In this country that he ought to vote the Republican ticket I want the black man to ask him this question: 'If a brown man In the Philippine islands has no right to a voice in his government, what about the black man?' and I want to ask what black man can stand on his own right to a voice tu his own government if he votes the Re publican ticket and denies to the other pe'ple In other islands a ngnt to a voice in their government. And if the Republicans tell the colored man that he is under obligations to the Republican party, let tho colored man reply that he has paid his debt of gratitude. WEEPS FOR THE. FILIPINO. "If Lincoln were here the colored man might vote for him, but the modern leaders of the Republican party have had more from the colored man than they have ever given to him. The colored man has bestowed presidencies upon the Republican party and received Janitorshlps in return. I want the colored men, before they vote the Republican ticket, to know that the rjollcv of the Republican party is to send a few white men to the Philippine islands and hold those white men in authority over 91 per cent, of the population, which will be brown, and this is to be done by a standing army. Instead of using the rare question as a reason why we should annex the Philippine lsianas, let tne race question be a warning to us not to bring into this country a class of people who are not to share in the full destiny of our Nation. I want the Filipino to have his own fla and his own government and to work out his own destiny, and I want this Nation to stand by him and say to the world, 'Hands off; let this republic live. " Belore beginning his speech proper at Huntington, this morning, Mr. Bryan referred to the presence on the platform of a brother of the late New York banker, St. John, who, notwithstanding his calling, had supported the Democratic ticket in 1S&6. ' Taking up the full dinner pall. Mr. JJryan attacked the theory that a well-supplied table could meet all the demands of the working people. Referring to Governor Roosevelt's recent visit to this city, he said: "I ur.derstand that you had a parade here, and that a man was carrying a bucket in the parade, and someone asked him if his dinner pall was full. He said: No. It is empty, and I paid twice as much as it was worth, then. You will have lots of men who have the same complaint." ROOSEVELT SLANDERED. In connection with the discussion of the question of government by Injunction, Mr. Bryan quoted an extract from an article alleged to have been written for the Review of Reviews by Governor Roosevelt, In September, 1506, and continued: "You laboring men. who are opposed to government by injunction, can here find out what opinion the Republican party has of you, as stated by the man who now represents the Republican party as its candidate." Mr. Bryan then quoted Governor Roosevelt as writing: "The men who object to what they style 'government by injunction' are, as regards essential principles, in hearty sympathy with their remote skin-clad ancestors who lived In caves, fought one another with stone axes and ate the mammoth and woclly rhinoceros." Commenting on this. Mr. Bryan said: "I want to ask you whether you expect any relief from government by injunction from, people who say that any man who opposes government by injunction ought to be classed with the woolly rhinoceros. The Democratic party is opposed to government by injunction. The Democratic party believes that right of trial by Jury is a sacred thing, and that if you can give it to the meanest thief and the blackest murderer, you ought to give it to a laboring man as well." IMiKMissing our nile to the Philippines, Mr. Bryan said we had none that was legitimate. "Thirty years ago." he a!d. 'the Republican party was contending that you cannot buy a Mack man for tt.OOO. Now they are willing to buy brown men in Job-lots at J2.5- n piece." H closed with an appeal to the people of this country not to further complicate the race question of this country by adding an alien race of people to our population. BLASPHEMY. Charleston furnished one of the largest crowds of the day. The railroad yards and the Kanawha river bank at that place were covered with iecp!e. Mr. Bryan spoke there for fifteen minutes, and he discussed all the Issues of the campaign. Referring to Senator Hanna, Mr. Bryan said that, notwithstanding the charges made against that man, in connection with that man's election to the Senate, he had sent a message to the lresldent, saying: "I am elected senator, and God still livts." In like manner, Mr. Bryan said, the Republican party was claiming to be in partntrfhlp with the Almighty in its foreign policy. But. while this contention was made, Mr. Bryan declared that the Republican were the only party to the partnership which was making any noise about it. He controverted the statement that the Dvmocrats were seeking to array one class against the other, and discussed the question of imperialism at some length. As for hin self, he was opposed to it, beciuxe t.j