People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — A Modern Democrat. [ARTICLE]

A Modern Democrat.

Exchange. Can a man be in favor of free silver and be a democrat? Yes. ' Can a man be opposed to free silver and be a democrat? Yes. Can a man be in favor of high tariff and be a democrat? Yes. Can he be opposed to high tariff and be a democrat? Yes. , Can he be in favor of national banks and be a democrat? Yes. Can he be opposed to national banks and be a democrat? Yes. Can he be in favor of trusts and be a democrat? Yes. Can he be opposed to trusts and be a democrat? Yes. Can he be in favor of more money and be a democrai? Yes. Can he be opposed to more money and be a democrat? Yes. Can he favor extravagance and be a democrat? Yes. Can he favor an income tax and be a democrat? Yes. Can he oppose an income tax and be a democrat? Yes. Can he vote against the nominee of the party machine and be a democrat? No. What, then, constitutes a democrat- his principles or his vote? His vote. Principles don’t count.

The secret of the great success of The Cosmopolitan is not so hard to find, if one looks carefully over the number for February. A story by Valdqs, the famous Spanish novelist, the first from his pen to appear in any American magazine, is begun in this number. Arthur Sherburne Hardy’s story, “A Rejected Manuscript,” is charmingly illustrated by L. Marold, who we believe makes his first appearance in' the magazines on this side of the water. A profusely illustrated article on the designing and building of a war-ship appeals to the interest taken by all in the new navy, and a thrilling description of a naval combat under the significant title: "The Meloban and thePentheroy” describes, after the manner of the Battle of Dorking, a possible seafight, the out-come of which is watced by the entire naval world. ‘ ‘Gliding Flight” is an interesting contrbution to the prob lem of aerial navigation by one who has studied the flight of soaring birds in the East for twenty years. Elaine Goodale, who married a member of th Sioux nation, has some interesting information of Indian Wars and Warriors. T. C. Crawford, the Washington correspondent, gives the first half of a startling story, under the title of “The Disappearance Syndicate.” The poetry in this number by Sir Edwin Arnold, Graham R. Tomson and William Young, is unusually good. The Departments, “In the World of Art and Letters” and the “Progress of Science” continue to have as contributors men famous in both continents. The Cosmopolitan for February introduces a famous European author to its readers—Valdes of Madrid, and the artist Marold, of Paris, well known as a French illustrator. Chas. Sinapson is again delivering coal oil and gasoline. 306 t