Richmond Palladium (Daily), 2 November 1904 — Page 11

COST OF THE PHlUPPllS Judge Parker's Statement an Amazingly Reckless Falsification tf Facts and Figures.

AH INFAMOUS AND

yt Which Has Been Repeated by Bryan, Olney, Hill and Other Democrats Real Cost of Islands in Money and Life.

It lins been stated repeatedly during the campaign that Judge 'Parker, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, as a disciple of D. B. Hill, who is acknowledged to be the greatest trickster in his party, but few persons believed that Parker had proved to be such an apt pupil that he could give livs mentor points and easily beat him in the art of falsification; yet such appears to be the case. Judge Parker has out hilled Hill in a campaign that will pass into history as a record-breaker for Democratic untruths and misrepresentation. His recent speech, in which he distorted the facts as to the cost of the Philippines i:i money and life, is such a grotesque perversion of the facts that William E. Curtis, one of the most conservative and impartial writers in the country, calls Parker to tfcconnt in the Chicago Record-IIeiald, an independent newspaper, which has not always been fair to Roosevelt. In a letter dated Washington, D. C, October 17th, Mr. Curtis says:

"In order to please a few admirers he (Parker) decided the destiny and imperiled the welfare of several millions of people without regard to the facts or considering the consequences. He accuses I "resident Roosevelt of reckless speaking, but Roosevelt never made half as reckless a speech. Judge Parker demonstrated with his own tongue that he 4s not fit to exercise the authority and assume the responsibilities of the presidency. "He is either a demagogue without conscience or else the victim of malicious enemies or foolish advisers. The statements he utters are so false and absurd and ridiculous that he deserves more pity thin blame. For example, he tells us that 'We have wasted over $u"0.000.000 of the people's money and sacrificed over 200.000 lives' in the Philippines. Mr. Bryan, Mr. Hill and several other teatlemen have asserted that the Philippines have cost the people of the United States $000,000,000. Mr. Olney put the figure at .$70;),000,000. Judge Parker splits the difference. It would be interesting to know where he gets his figures. "A resolution was introduced in the Senate in the spring of 1002 inquiring of the War Department as to the exact n mount of money expended for military purtKses in the Philippine Islands from May 1, 180S, and a detailed statement was then submitted by the Secretary of War which foots up $170,320,580.11. The principal items are as follows: Quartermaster's department $74,344,305 Subsistence department 1,'2.7'l;1 Pay department C3,!)Jt.22 Medical department 3,S7S.7"0 Ordnance department 4.R02.033 Signal service 1.3J2.712 Amazing Exasperation. "That brings the accounts down to April 30, 1002. Since that date the expenditures have probably been $10,000,000 a year. At the outside figures the total expenditures of the United States government since Admiral Dewey entered the Ray of Manila with his fleet have been under $22o.000.000, including the $20,000,000 paid to Spain under the treaty, and every other charge, direct or indirect, that could possibly be construed as connected with the acquisition and retention of the Philippine archipelago, civil, naval and military. If Judge Parker should add to this total all the money that has been spent since May 1. 1808, for the support of the army and navy, for the construction of ships, fortifications and navy yards, and for the pay of the clerks in the War and Navy Departments at Washington, he could not pile up the figures as high as he makes them in his speech. "His assertion that 200,000 lives have been sacrificed is even more absurd and sensational, and it would not be true if every man, soldier, sailor and civilian, who has gone to the Philippine arehilelago for any reason since May 1, 1808. had died and were buried there. The total number of soldiers, regulars and volunteers, that have served in the Philippines at any time does not exceed 150.000. I cannot get the exact figures since the islands were timed over to civil authorities, but between June 30, 1S08, and July 4. 1002, 4.O07 officers and 122,401 enlisted men were sent to the islands. Of these 2,1 So officers and 47.807 enlisted men were volunteers, and 1.S82 officers and 74.534 were regulars. Total Is Lea Than 4.50O. "Of these the entire death list, including those killed in battle, those who died from wounds, disease, accidents, homicide, suicide, drowning and all other causes was 140 officers and 4,234 enlisted men. "The mortality for the year ending June 30, 1903,' was thirteen officers and 457 men, nud for the year ending June 30, 100-1, it was two officers and seventyeight men, making the total number of deaths in the army in the Philippine Islands during the six years of American occupation 155 officers and 4.7CO enlisted men. "The number of pensions applied for by soldiers who were engaged in the Spanish war in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines and by the families of those who died in battle or from wounds and disease up to date is t IS, 193. This includes men. women and children. "Hence you will perceive that Judge Parker has either been betrayed or is guilty of gross prevarication. Whichever way you look at it everybody will agree that such absurd and reckless statements do not recommend the man for President of the United States. Too Prepotteron to Deny. "Judge Parker quotes some anonymous person who has been giving him information about conditions in the is lands. If he would name his informant the public might judge of the value of the statements but he appears to vouch for them, and may tuererore te neld responsible. ; Some of them are infamous; Home of them are mucinous, ana some are too preposterous to deny. They are quite as reckless as Judge Parker's own assertions to which I have just referred. It would be difficult for anybody to crowd so many falsehoods into the same

RECKLESS CHARGE

spaee I will take some of them seriatim: "No. 1. 'The officials of the government are dishonest, corrupt and desjxotie. The islands seem to have succeeded in getting the very dregs 'of our people.' "No government in the world has a more intelligent, honest or industrious corps of employes than is serving under the Philippine commission, and the assertion is an insult to the families and friends who remain in the United States. The records of the Philippine government to date will show a degree of efficiency, honesty and fidelity equal to the executive and judicial branches of any government in the world. "So. 2. 'Agriculturally the country is for the time ruined. Land is going out of cultivation, the population is illfed, and in some places unable to get work.' Prosperity Now Retails. "Two years ago there was a terrible drought all over the Philippines and the farmers lost their crops. Famine was averted by an appropriation from Congress which was exiended for rice and other foods and distributed where it was needed among the people. But is it honest for Judge Parker to hold the government responsible for an act of Providence? Last year, however, prosperity was restored and at the present, date there is no spot on earth where the agricultural population is in letter condition than in the Philippine Islands. The only difficulty is the lack of labor. It is impossible for farmers or other employers to obtain the help needed, although wages are three, and in some cases four times as high as they were before American occupation. The peopie are clamoring for Chinese coolies, who are prohibited from seeking employment in the Philippine Islands under the same exclusion laws that prevail in the United States. "No. 3. 'The' country is overburdened with taxation; disease is prevalent and the farm animals are dead.' "The rate of taxation will average 35 per cent, lower than under Spanish domination, but under American rule taxes are collected from every Inxly impartially. Formerly those who had a 'pull or were disposed to bribe the collectors evaded payment, while others were compelled to pay the last penny. The revenues, therefore, are three and four times as large as they ever were. Since the enforcement of sanitary laws and regulations, the construction of sewers and the purification of the water supply the death rate has been decreased 50 per cent. It is true that more than half the farm animals in the Philippines died from the plague during the great drought of 1902. but is it honest for Judge Parker to charge that calamity to the administration? "No. 4. 'Whole districts are in the hands of ladrones.' Laclroncs l'xterminated. Ladrones are highwaymen, freelxioters, who live in gangs in the woods, rani the settlements and blackmail the plant ers, in Spanish times thev used to llourish, but the vigorous and vigilant operations of the native constabulary have practically exterminated them, ami the Philippine Islands are now as safe as any part of the United States. No. 5. 'The price of products is poor and unremuuerative. "Any person interested in the details on tins point can obtain the uuota turns Philippine staples, such as hemp. tobacco, sugar, copra and rice, from any commission-house, where Judge Parker could have secured accurate information if he had placed any value upon his word. He ought to know that prices of agricultural products are not fixed in Manila. but in the great markets of the world. "No. 0. expression: 'Public opinion has no free newspapers are lnght up or are browbeaten into silnce. "The editors of the Manila American, the Cable News, the Times, the Sunday Sun and others newspapers published in Manila will smile when they read that. They differ in opinion as to the merits of the men and the wisdom of the policy of the administration. Some of the papers support it and some oppose it. and the latter lambaste the officials with an energy that is unequaled in any other editorial room in the world. Before Judge Parker made such a preposterous assertion he should have examined a file of the Manila Times or the Sunday Sun. The editors of those papers have good ground for a libel suit against him. Rare Case of Inconsi stency. "The criticisms of the administration which appear daily in the Manila papers, often bitter and violent, are almost without exception based upon its liberality toward the natives; for doing exactly what Judge Parker says it has not done; for giving the Filipinos too much selfgovernment; for promising them independence and for appointing so many natives to office. Every governor of every province, every mayor of every town except Manila, and almost every provincinal and municipal official is a

! native Filipino. More than 8,000 natives J are on the pay rolls, and it is the opinion of the; newspapers of Manila, both Democratic and Republican, and of every foreigner, European and American, that our little brown brother' already has ; about a mat'h independence and self-

government as he can' stand. It is a little provoking for Judge Taft and his successors to be condemned in this country for giving the natives too small a share in the government and in the Philippines for giving them too much. "No. 7. 'Plays produced in the theaters are .censored?" "There is no censorship whatever in the Philippine Islands, and there has lioen none since civil government was established. Somebody has evidently btren telling Judge Parker about the suppression o$ a play based uikii incidents in roe insurrection, in which the United States Hag was pulled down by the actors ia a very dramatic manner, torn into pieces and trampled upon. The play was presented but once. If the police bad not prohibited a swond production, the theater and the actors would have been torn in pieces by a mob of indignant .soldiers and citizens who had organized for that purpose. To satisfy public clamor, Seuor Tolentino. the author, was arrested, lie was released under londs, but jumped his bail and ran away. He afterward fell in with Ricarte, the "supreme chief of the National Democratic Republic of the Philippine Islands,' and prepared his proclamations and conducted his correspondence, for Ricarte cannot read or write. Roth of these gentlemen are now in the penitentiary. Trial Are Pair. "No. 8. 'Detectives appear in the guise of servants, and the oath of a single one is enough to destroy a man's reputation, property, liberty or even life itself.' "When I left Manila last summer there had been four trials for sedition since the establishment of the civil government, the latest, in which Dr. Gomez, editor of a native newspaper, was defendant, having lasted four months, and he was acquitted upon technicalities; 100 people had been convicted of what may be termed political offenses, including the deluded victims of the Hong Kong junta and other treasonable organizations, and thirty-three persons had suffered the capital penalty, each case having been carefully reviewed by the Supreme Court. Their crimes were murder, arson, rape and highway robbery. There are two detective organizations one connneeted with the city police. which works within the municipal limits. I The other, connected with the constabulary, works in the rural districts. American, Spanish and native detectives are employed. Their methods are exactly the same and the weight of their testimony in court is similar to that of the police of New York or any other city. Bishop Brent, of the Episcopal church, in an interview with me published last June, said: 'Manila is comparatively free from crime, disorder and drunkenness. Few cities of the size are so well governed or are so free from saloons or vicious classes. There is a surprisingly small amount of crime and vice.' Extraordinary Statement. "No. 9. Judge Parker himself declares that 'the islands remain to-day utterly untouched for any good' that the United States might have done for them. "This is a most extraordinary statement for an American citizen to make. It can only be accounted for by ignorance, malice or prejudice. Does Judge Parker see no good in the establishment of 4.000 schools and the education of more than 200.000 children? Does he realize the value of the public improvements that have been made, the new harbors at Manila, which have cost $2,090,311 to date, and $674,536 at Uoilo and Cebu; the widened streets, the pavements, the parks, the sewers, the new water systems, the public highways that ! have been extended and improved at a cost of $800,000; the 1,200 school houses that have been built, and the various . i . i. ? . i - ciner improvements upon wnicn minions of dollars have been expended, not from the treasury of the United States, but from the local treasuries of the islands? It would require a page in a newspaper to tell what has been done in the way of public utilities alone by the American government. Self-Support ins. "And, finally, the Democratic candidate for the Presidency asks: 'Are the Philippine Islands a self-supporting community?' "He confesses his ignorance upon this point in almost the same breath that he declares them fit for independence and self-government. If Judge Parker had made any preparation for his speech, if he had taken the trouble to inform himself upon the most important conditions, he would have known that the custoevs revenues alone during the last three or four years have been seventeen, eighteen and nineteen million dollars a year, an increase from three, four or five millions I a year during Spanish rule; and that the J other revenues have improved in a similar ratio. The islands are not only selfsupporting; they not only pay every cent of the expenses of their government excepting the maintenance of the 11,000 regular troops now on duty there, but they could afford an exhibit costing a million and a quarter at the St. Louis exposition, nd are spending between three and five million dollar "a year in the construction of harbors, railways, 'highways, water works, electric light plants, buildings and other public improvements. "If Judge Parker wishes accurate information and wise advice on these subjects he can obtain both by asking Bishop Brent, of Manila; Bishop Graves, of Shanghai; Bishop McKim. of Tokio. all of whom are attending the Episcopal convention at Boston, or from Father Vattman, of the Roman Catholic church,' recently retired as chaplain in the army, who now lives at Wilmette. 111. They have no political prejudices or affiliations, and if they had they would not allow themselves to be influenced thereby in their judgment or their statements. Or why will not Judge Parker consult Governor Luke I. Wright? He is a Democrat from Memphis. He has occupied an eminent position upon the bench and is regarded by all who know him with admiration, respect and confidence. "One of the most essential qualifications in a candidate for the Presidency is to know the truth and speak it." LATEST FIGURES AS TO COST. Only $104,180,009 Expended on the Philippines Up to June 30. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune shows that the actual cost of the Philippines up to June 30,

1904. was only $194,180,000. He says: "The .avidity with which Judge Parker and ex-Secretary Olney swallowed the

statement that the Philippines had cost this country $050. h m . m ; , and the icrtinacity with which they cling to it, after its falsity has l?eu prove! again and again, are past the comprehension of per.sous in Washington who are familiar with the real conditions in the Philippines. i , .. . . i "Uhat tne cost or the Philippines, including the $20.0MMMM paid to Spain, amounted, up to May 1. 1902, to $189.000,000, has leen established beyond dispute. No Democratic member of either house of Congress dared to challenge Secretary Root's statement to that effect. The cost to this country for the follow ing year has lw?eu shown to Im $3,080.tMX, and for the year just closed $2,100,0O0. a total of $194.1SO,0lMi. That has been the actual cost of the Philippines up to June 30, 1901. "The statement Mr. Parker permitted himself to repeat when he declared that 'over 200,000 lives hive been sacrificed' is equally false. Th Dial loss of li e of American troops ami Filipinos ia the American army from all causes has amounted to 4.007 privates and 155 o'licers, a total of 4.222 men. Even adding to this numler the loss of 'Fiiipino insurgents, a liberal estimate of which is less than lO.Oijo. the grand total aggregates 14,000, against Mr. Parker's 200,000. Moreover, the totals here given include deaths from wounds, sickness, drowning and other accidents, and, an important contributory cause, the contagious diseases which, unrestrained, ravaged Americans and Filipinos when American occupation began. Oil!." 120.000 American soldiers, all told, c lave been sent to the Philippines. "As an offset t this loss of life should be set the magnificent work of the army medical corps and of the health officers of the Philippine Commission, whose unremitting efforts have stamped out the plague, reduced smallpox and other contagious diseases to a minimum, and rendered the Philippines as healthful as Cuba." Due to Republican Policies. It has been the aim of American manufacturers and the desire of our people to increase the exports of manufactures. Under the old Democratic regime manufactures constituted a small item of our exports. Under Republican rule they have steadily increased. During the ten years ending with 1S50 they averaged 10 ier cent, of our total exports, and during the ten years ending with 1800 they averaged 11 per cent, of the whole. During the last ten years of Democratic rule our exports of manufactured products increased only one per cent. The Republican party came into power in 18(50. and during the ten years ending with 1870 our exports of manufactured products formed 10 per cent, of the total exports; during the ten years ending with 181)0 they averaged 18 per cent, of the total, and during the ten years ending with 1900 they were H per cent, of the total. In the fiscal year 1901 they were 28 per cent, of the tolal, and in 1902 they were o0 per cent, of the total. The figures show conclusively that the great system of American manufactures and our increased exports of manufactured products which contribute so largely to the wealth and prosperity of the country are due to Republican policies and administrations. Buy in1: fr-nt Abroad. The less the United States, through a protective tariff, imports of the things that its own labor at home can manufacture just as well as foreigners, the more it is able to import of necessaries and luxuries that cannot be purchased at. home. The consumption of coffee per capita ii the United States, which in 1890 was eight pounds, is now twelve pounds. Our -imports of sugar, teas, spices, silks, laces, etc., have increased considerably during the last eight years. With the American workingman sure of a good home market for what he produces, it goes almost without saying that he will have enough money to buy for himself foreign luxuries that he could not dream of having in Democratic times. Day after day the New York Times, the New York World and the Brooklyn Eagle repeat the lie that Chairman Cortclyou has extorted contributions from wealthy business enterprises on pledges redeemable on the re-election of President Roosevelt. They have been urged and challenged to name a single concrete case and have replied by merely reiterating the slander. As a result the unfounded charge is recoiling upon its inventors with the proper effect of impairing their credibility on every issue of the campaign. "Undoubtedly It would be possible at the present time to present any of the trusts from retnalnlns prosperous by the Jip'.e expedient of making such a eepinz change in the tariff as to paraiize the industries of the country. The trusts would cease to prospsr; but their smaller competitors would be ruined, and the wage-workers would starve, while it would not par the farmer to haul h 'a produce to market." Roosevelfs lettar of acceptance. If Bryan Democrats are sincere in their expressed desire to rebuke the Hill-Sheehan-Parker combination for the affront to llicir leader, they could make the rebuke more stinging by voting for Roosevelt. The greater the plurality against Parker in Bryan strongholds, the greater will be the self-satisfaction of W. J. Bryan, for Mr. Bryan is but human, and no man licks the hand that smites him with sincere relish. So-call?d independent voters who fess to see little good in either of great parties might profitably follow wise maxim "of two ( vils, choose lesser." No man can be so bliudiv prothe the the non partisan as not to see that the Republican party has d me more good for the country than the Democracy. Don't fail to return a Republican Concress. The election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks will be almost a barren victory if the legislative branch of the government is in control of the opposition. If Republican policies are to be continued it is absolutely necessary that all branches of tbe sovernment be in accord. If you wish a continuance of the present prosperous times, vote to retain the Republican party in control of national affairs. THE OVER. TIME FOR NOW VOTE! TALKING IS

A BELATED KEYNOTE

JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER DEFAMES HIS COUNTRYMEN. Quotes Unnamed Authorities and Misrepresents History in sn Attack Upon tbe Honor aud Honesty of Ills Own Nation. Once more the Sphinx of Esopus has spoken. This time, although the voice is that of Judge Parker, the words are I host of the hired anti-imieri:tlist of the New York World. Abandoning for this occasion his stand upon the archaic platform of Buchanan and a petrified interpretation of the Constitution. Judge Parker parrots the imperious views of Joseph Pulitzer, demanding the abandonment of the Philippines to the forces of s ivagery and react i m from which American civilization lias rescued them. There can be no doubt that the occasion for the sounding of this belated "keynote" of a flabby campaign was deliberately planned and carried out. Two hitherto unheard-of marching clubs led by "Colonel" Charles R. tdman, of Boston, and Henry W. Hardon, of New York, fervent scuttlers both, ap-IH-ared before "the judge on his porch at Rosemount, and bombarded him with "two extended ail dresses" on the infamy of American rule in the Philippines. Then Judge Parker unrolled the speech that bears internal evidence in every line of having been written for him, and went them one better in falsifying the record and misrepresenting the beneficent aim of American control in the islands rescued from the oppression of Spain. To justify himself in his attack upon the American position in the Philippines, Judge Parker quoted from an anonymous "student of conditions there," whose phrases also bear n striking resemblance to the balance of the address. in which they were fittingly embalmed. This unnamed malignant, in the face of overwhelming testimony to the contrary, has the effrontery to say of our officials there, "At the best they have been inefficient; at the worst dishonest, corrupt and despotic. The islands seem to have succeeded in getting the very dregs of our people." This would classi fy Secretary William II. Taft and his associates and successors in Manila as among the dregs of our people. Judge Parker further quotes from this anonymous defamer of American rule in the. Philippines: "Agriculturally, the country is for the time ruined. Laud is going out of cultivation; the population is ill-fed and in nouie places unable to get work. The country is over-burdened with taxation, disease is prevalent, the farm animals dead, the towns in many places in ruins, whole districts in the hands of ladrones, the price of products poor and unremuuerative." If this were a true or even an approximately true indictment of the conditions existing in the Philippines as the effect of our occupation, what would be the verdict of mankind? Would it not be that the American nation was not fit to govern itself, let alone a semi-civilized and dependent race? Affects tne Whole People. In this matter it is impossible to distinguish between the Republican party and the American people. The former is merely the instrument of the latter in the "Philippines, and if Judge Parker were elected President in November; it would not. could not change the char acter of the American government in the Philippines pending the time even he would allow "the islanders to prepare themselves for self-government." During that peritKl does Judge Parker think that he could find, in the ranks of Tammany, any men better fitted to uphold the honor, justice and lilerty of American rule, than the men who have established peace, order, schools, and courts of justice in the islands? The question suggests its own answer be could not, though he were to draft his own favorite counselors. David B. Hill, William F. Sheehan, Charles Murphy and Pat McOarren to assist in the difficult task. Ujmhi such absolutely false and malignant premises Judge Parker proceeds to arraign the American administration in the Philippines in terms which from the dawn of history denlagogues have employed in their ful government. attacks upon successHere is a specimen passage: Hut aside from the duty we owe tlie Philippines in preparation for the enjoyment of the blessed privileges we possess, we should guard can-fully ajialnst the danger to ourselves of an Imperialistic policy. History teaches that from republicanism to imperialism the movement is gradual and un-pert-eived of tlie people, lis ominous progi rcss, when uiscovereo, leaves open nut two courses submission or resort to violence. We can picture "Colonel" Codman and Mr. Hardon and the serried ranks of the "Avon Reach Regular Democratic Club of I-iong Island" shivering in awestruck unison over this horrible alternative conjured out of the miasma of Joseph Pulitzer's diseased imagination. That Judge Parker should clutch at it as a drowning man at a straw only proves the desperation of his campaign. Not content with citing history to support notoriously false testimony against his countrymen in the Philippines, he aiso invokes its aid in support of the generalization that there is "no instance of a nation receiving from her colonies anything like an adequate return for the blood and treasure sient." "England's National debt," he solemnly but ignorantly averred, "was doubled by the revolt of the thirteen colonies it had cost so much to secure. The American expansionist, following European argument, alleges that annexation of the Philippines must promote progress, foster commerce and industry, and introduce the leaven of civilization into a backward and inferior race. The evidence of history is to the contrary." However such appeals to history may iiave tickled the ears of the "Avon Beach Regular Democratic Club of Long Island," they must have made "Colonel" Codman and Mr. Hardon wince. Truth of History. The evidence of history and of contemporaneous conditions afford incontrovertible proof that England's greatness today is the direct return for her colonizing efforts on this "continent, in Asia, in Africa, and in the islands of every ocean. Good has gone out from her and good lias returned to her a hundred fold for all tbe "blood and treasure spent" in the colonizing she has done in the four corners of the earth. This republic, the highest and most successful development of self-govern-

ment time has seen on "this earth we inherit," is the best possible proof that Judge Parker takes a purblind view of the possibilities and benefits of colonization. Although separated from the country that pushed "a backward and inferior race" from the scene of Judge Parker's speech to the "Avon Beach Regular Democratic Club of Long Island," does he think for a moment that England has not shared in what was conquered for mankind when tlie independence of her American colonies was achieved? But, beyond -all the narrow, petty, and mistaken views Judge Parker takes of history and the onward and upward sweep of national affairs, stands disclosed the fact that the Democratic candidate for President of the United States is wil!i lg to believe everything evil The lying tongue of slander can utter against American government ia the Philippines, solely because there is a Republican administration in Washington. It teeni almost incredible that a Presidential can

didate s'jould become the willing herald of every lying rumor bred in the purlieus of Manila. And to think that he has descended to this depth, not to force immediate abandonment of the Philippines to the tender mercies of their own eorrapt and impotent civilization, but to turn over their preparation for independence to the party of Tammany. Tweed and Tillman! Never lefore has the candidate of a great political organization stood revealed before the American people in the role of a credulous defamer of the government of his country. It sinks Judge Parker far below the level of his party. RACIAL GOOD WILL. Continuation of Prosperity Will Do Mitch to Secure It. The Democratic platform accuses the Republican jwrty of an attempt to "kindle anew the embers of racial and sectional strife." An incident at the recent American Bankers' convention in New York illustrated the falsity of this statement -a a 1 how, on the contrary, the Rep-.ibMeaii party, by policies which promote the business prosperity f the South, ha promoted also a feeling of mutual good will between the better elements, at least, of the two races. A colored banker from Richmond, Va.. Mum v. .Miicnen, mane a speccii w.i-:i brought forth tremendous applause, ia wnicli tlie delegates from the South jou led with the delegates from the Nortli. Mr. Mitchell said he attended the convention not only with tlie consent, but upon the advice, of the white business men of the South. He then went on to show how the pr-ipei lty of the Southern negroes was continually increasing, and that this was leading all the time to a better understanding between the better elements of the two races. - As to the fdiare of the negro hi the present phenomena! prosperity of the South he said: Do you know that we produce $i;-J.IJSKM) worth of emus a year? lo vru ki o,v tnnt of the Southern prosperity our people produce a heavy proportion of the tobacco crop? Do you know that we negroes produce $4,148,!K)0.39 worth of wheat at 70 cents a bushel and that the market tins J one to $1.2U n l;ushel? Do you kiow that we produce $4).:i."J.71 worth of oats? Do jou know that we prtulitce $215.02tl.4:i wor b of rye? Do you know that we produce $7CS,r80.74 worth of potatoes? Do you know that we produce $2,Cul,!,'MJ.Ho worth of sweet potatoes? And do you know that we produce $4G.C87.429.70 worth of orn, making a total production of the negroes of the South of $ 252,437 ,ol5.8 per year? Wiien he had finished, Col. Robert Lowry, a Jeorgia banker, made an eloquent speech in which he said: "It is the loafing negro and the loafing white man that makes it hard:" and that "It giVM me a gr,at deal of pleasure to hejr from our colored brother of Virginia. He has stated the facts, and I am glad t hive him here." Republican prosperity, like the rays of he sun, disjiels gloom wherever it roos, and,- without distinction as to setTioa, race, color or religion, makes men happier, better a-nd more mindful of their responsibilities to wonety. It ful ilU i.i, detail W. J. Bryan's definitio.i of a prosperity which "reaches the masses and then works up and through every class." THRRIO IS SO BKTTUR WAY TO 11KLP SKTTLK THE RACE QUESTION THAN TO CilVK THE COUNTRY FOUR MORE YEARS OF REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY. Ilryan's Revelation. Bryan's reception in Indiana' shows, conclusively, that the Democrats of the Middle West are not yet cured of the free silver craze, with its accompanying visions. The silence of the St. Ixiuis platform on the money question was eloquent. Parker's telegram satisfied the New Yorkers and enabled them to present a "gold standard" candidate to tb conservative wing of the party, while the silver wing was coolly set aside to be fooled and cajo'od into good humor during the campaign. As a matter of fact, the rank arid file of the Democratic party stand on the money question and on all others just where they stood in 181X5. Tlie logic of events has not convinced their reason, because, on economic questions, they have no reason. Bryan, who could not carry Indiano foi himself, cannot, of course, carry that State, or any other State, for Parker. He has, however, revealed the ass which bides under the lion's skin, as.snmed, for a puriHjse, by a once great natioiral party. The People Know and Trust Roosevelt. It is fortunate for the Republican party that its candidate for the Presidency is so well kuown to the people of the United States that no story, no reflection upon his character or his work affects the public mind in the slightest degree. The American people have bad their eyes on President Roosevelt for many years; they know him. They respect and trust him. The falsifications of the enemy against him are useless. : Ererybody profits by tht growth of manufactures. Those who are engaged hi the business either as capitalists or wage earners profit first of all, but" in addition to these are the merchants who handle manufactured products, the railroads that distribute them, the farmers who enjoy an increased demand for their products, and all other classes who share in general prosperity. In bis speech before the Union League Club of New York, Secretary Taft said that when he asked Professor Vincent, of the University of Chicago, what he thought of Judge Parker's letter of acceptance the latter replied, "Well, it reminds me of a recommendation of a good old fa-mily horse which runs, 'even ladies and children can drive it "