The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-30
The Forum For June,

In the Forum for June. Senator
Edmunds discusses the decay Of pol
itical morals indicated by the increas-
ing purchase Of voters. lie estimates
the amount OF money spent during
the last campaign at 5000, 900. and
III his criticism he spares no section
of the country and neither party.
Among the remedies he points out
are better registration laws. restrict
ion Of immigration and Of naturaIi-
zation. and the compulsory publica-
ton of election expenses. Another
political article in this number is
THE Drift Toward Annexation. by
w. Black burn Harte. an editorial
writer for the Toronto Mail. He
maintains not only that commercial
union and thereafter political union
of the United States and Canada are
inevitable. but also that they are de-
sirable for Canada. and that the
Canadian politicians Of all parties
know this. unwilling as some Of them
are to confess ii. lie points out also
what he conceives 10 be the absnrdity
OF Canada's continueing the colonial
relation to Great Britain. The essay
is frank analysis Of Canadian poll
tics from a very liberal point Of view.
Another political article in this num-
Der explains the advance Of liberal,
even OF American ideas. in country
much farther away than Canada. Mr..
William Elliot Griflis. author of The
Mikados Empire. tells the leading
features Of the new constitution Of
Japan. under which. on Feb. 18th.
the government ceased TO be an alb
solute monarchy and became con-
stitutional monarchy. Thirty-six
millions of subjects We're for the first
time admitted 10 some of the priyi-
leges of citizenship. Besides these
articles about specific political sub
jects. there is an essay by w. 5.
Lilly. on THE Ethics Of Politics.
wherein the artificial political moral
ity which seeks to set up different
standard of Judgment for public and
for private conduct and is examined
and condemned. Mr.. Lilly uses as
illustrative facts the falsehoods of
many great party leaders. and points
out the decline of nations that has
followed n loss of political morals.
Mr.. Adelbert Hamilton. Of New York.
a we'll known writer OH legal SUBJ
jects. presents statistics the unneces-
sary cost of insurance by reason OF
what is practically Il trust" main
tanned by the great companies. He
favors government insurance and
compares the cost and security Of
our private system with the systems
public insurance in New Zealand anil
Germany. Mr. Hamilton points ont
also the yet undeveloped possibilities
of insurance as IL substitute for
~, ,,.:S Tho
DR.. William Barry describes THE
Moloch Of Monopoly. finding cause
to regard the present methods Of the
distribution Of property as unjust.
and predicting an industrial reyoln-
ton. lie builds his argument not
on any socialistic basis other than
Munger. Of New Haven, defends the
Christian missionary against iiippant
criticism. and shows why his work is
not to be judged by immediate con-
crete results. -Dr. Henry u. Chaplin,
who has had large experience with
the poor i'm New York. indicates
practical ways Of preventing power
~. without prescribing Il ranacea.
Prof. John Stanrt Blaciie, the Scotch
estimates the relative i'm
portanca in tEe education vi an Eng
man Of the modern
and ancient languages. and explains
the proper method of language
Leonard Noolsey Bacon
traces the decline in value Of honor
AIRY academic titles and ridicules
both Harvard ana Yale. rs well as
the lesser colleges. for their degrad-
ing bestowal Of l.. l.. d. and ID. d.
and the clergy for its foadneSs for
these ''senilunar fardels. The
Queen OF Roumania l''Carnen Syl- /
va contributes description Of the /
social life OF the Roulnanian peas !
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