The advocate., 1897-08-18

possibly upon the style Of the Texan
Ranger force.
Syracuse Post: There is no use in
trying to convince ones self or the pub
lie at large that universal prosperity,
life-size, is now in active operation
everywhere in the country. The facts
do not bear out such an assertion. An
American cotton mill, employing a
large number of hands, closed only the
other day because it was not operated
at profit. There are still failures in
business; there are still people with
money invested waiting for the long
expected return; there are still men out
Of employment who should have it.
The disastrous strike of the coal
miners is not yet over.
Kansas City Times: The newspaper
performs social function that rivals
in Importance and necessity that of the
doctor or lawyer or clergyman. The
rightly-conducted journal is a COad
jutor of all those professional men. 1t
gives advice that wards off disease and
lengthens life, that notes the approach
or retirement of atmospheric and epi-
demiC forces and provides the data for
physical action; it is the prOmulgator
and expOsitOr of the law, and the
mOuthpiece Of the courts; it is the
guide-bOard to the religious service,
and carries the pulpit's voice far be-
yond the church walls. The journalist
is a professional man with a large
clientage.
Wharton Barker in the American
The one question is: How are dissen-
sions to be healed, how can we close
up the gaps and forward to victory?
The turn of events impresses us with
the belief that the dissensiOns can best
be healed, the gaps most successfully
closed, the easiest way opened to vic
tory, by the reorganization Of the Pop
ulist party under q new name. By so
doing can the schism in the Populist
party be quickest healed, by so doing
can accessions from the ranks of the
Democratic and Republican parties be
most readily and rapidly obtained, by
so doing can unity among those of the
same faith, though Of different party
heritages, be best attained.
London (Eng.) Spectator: We can
scarcely escape the conclusion that
conspiracy exists among the heads Of
trusts in America to interfere with the
! freedom Of teaching in the universities
so far as economic questions are con-
cerned, in order that nothing shall be
uttered which has not received the
trademark of monopolist approval
Capitalists have subsidized the pulpits,
bought up the press, seated weIl-paid
attorneys in the Senate, and finally
have stretched their hands out to the
colleges, which it is an easy thing to
capture by such generosity as Mr.
ROCkefellers. Apparently it is their
intention to convert the United States
into a powerful oligarchy, and they will
extend the sway of that Oligarchy to
other lands when they can.
Atlanta Constitution: 1t seems that
in order to make certain necessary re-
pairs in the battle-ship Indiana the
Naval Department has been forced to
call upon Great Britain for the use of
one of her Canadian dry docks. This
should, indeed, call the blush to our
national cheeks. Little does it COM
port with the air Of security and dig
nified Importance which we have lately
assumed in dealing with foreign pow
ers to have it known that our boasted
naval equipment is not only constantly
in need Of repairs, but that we must
even borrow the use of dry docks from
one of our rivals. To say the least, this
humiliating necessity to which the
government has recently been put is
not calculated to increase the venera-
tion which the world feels for the stars
and stripes