The advocate., 1897-10-06

NaBnVlLl0 American. Ine IynCnln
OF FIVE men--whlte men-One Of them
battle-scarred Union veteran, fora Grim
not capital under the law, was a terribl
thing. 1t was the worst outbreak Of mo
violence that has taken place In tn
country since the killing of the italian
in the parish prison In New Orleans
It Ia a very regretable fact that thi
spirit OF mob violence seems to b
spreading. Nothing could be more det
rlmental to the progress and welfare o
the country than loss Of respect ant
reverence for the law.
Baltimore Sun: Perus suspension o
the coinage Of silver continues the move
ment of the nations away from the white
metal. Since the United States and In
dia suspended the coinage of silver, 81
as to sustain the value Of their silvel
already coined, Russia and Japan have
adopted the gold standard, and China
has begun to take steps In the same d.
rectiOn. All civilized countries excep
Mexico and some of the minor Latin
American countries have now adopted
gold as the standard Of values Bimetal-
lism remains a beautiful theory, but no.
where is there any attempt being made
to practice 1t. Yet there are persons in
this country who still talk of bimetal-
lism with free coinage at the old ratio
They mean silver mOnOmetallism.
Cincinnati Enquirer: One of ex-Queen
Liliuokalanis ridiculous retainers de-
velOps the story that Princess Kaiulani
Is to be accepted as the head of a mod
ified monarchy in the event of the fail
ure Of the plan Of annexation to the
United States. Whether the Senate rat
lfies the annexation treaty or not there
Is surely going to be enough honor and
courage in the government of the United
States, even with Mark Hanna and Will
liam Mckinley at the head, to prevent
the Hawaiian Islands from relapsing
into semi-barbarism. If the annexation
treaty fails in the Senate because there
Is a gOuge game in it for the benefit Of
private individuals, this country will
still not be prevented from spreading
the protection Of the American flag over
a neighbOring infant republic.
Henry Clews, in Arena: The develop
ment of the United States in the direc-
tiOn Of population, agriculture, manu-
factures and mines Is so enormous and
so steady that this nation will at some
not distant period become the most OPP
ulent Of all the nations Of the planet,
unless unforeseen and improbable pO-
lltical events happen by which our
great commonwealth shall be disrupted
or its financial stability overturned.
Under normal condition Of things the
capital Of the citizens of the Union will
continually increase, and the banks of
the city of New York will be the de-
pOsltary of larger and larger reserves
Of whatever capital is temporarily idle
in the places where 1t is created. In
due time the financial center of the
world will be shifted from London to
our imperial city.
Boston Post: The birth of the Marl-
borough baby Is an event more widely
interesting than that Of any Prince of
any dynasty. AS rank Is held in these
countries, less fortunate than our own,
IN which the fiction Of hereditary nobility
Is maintained, the title to which this in
FAINT will succeed in the ordinary course
Of nature Is hardly inferior to that of
royalty. But the greater interest at
taches to the fact of the blending in this
child of the strain representing the COM
mercial enterprise of republic and that
representing the titled aristocracy of
monarchy. On each side, characters
tics are distinct; the mOney-making COM
merclallsm of the Vanderbilts; the titu-
lar pride Of the MarlbOroughs. The mar
riage was that OF wealth to that Of sta
ton; and there might have been a far
worse combination than that which was
made in this instance.