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The EMPEROR and the PEOPLE,

1t is stated that Emperor William has
entered upon new policy in bringing his
legislature into acQuiescence in his schemes
for naval enlargement. Heretofore he has
considered his will alone sufficient to pro-
duce results. At no time since he fully de-
veloped into his present stature as an en-
peror has he seemed to consider the people
as worthy of calculation. They sufficed to
pay the taxes and to swell the armies
Their representatives in the reichstag were
to him evil necessarily attendant upon
the state of Germany under her constitu-
ton. Latterly. however, he has begun to
find that there is limit to his power, and
that not even the threats of punishment
for lese majestic served to crush the spirit
of independence which his subjects enter
obstruction. The Prussian diet has in it's
own sphere blocked his pet pans
In this predicament two courses were
open to the emperor. He might adhere OBJ
stinately to his former policy and attempt
to avoid or to sweep away the constitu-
tional limitations imposed upon him; or he
might appeal to the people by addressing
their pride and commercial ambitions
He has wisely chosen the second alterna-
tive. Strenuous efforts are now being made
by the agencies c-Ose to the crown to slim
ulate the peoples interest and pride in the
German navy, which is the immediate OBJ
ject of the emperors attention. 1t is said
to be the imperial program to add ship
after ship to the naval list until the Ger
man fleets command the seas. In this in
terest, therefore, assiduous attention is
being paid to the question of enlarging
German commercial interests for which
purpose new fields are to be opened, re-
curing a strong naval backing. Thus
commerce and war are associated 1t is
wired that the emperor believes that this
appeal will succeed and that in the course
of a short time the people will instruct the
reichstag to accede fully to the imperial
projects of naval enlargement
1t is hopeful sign that the emperor has
come to consider the force of public opin-
ion With all his eccentricities he is a
strong personality and an important factor
in world affairs. A persistent course of
royal self-sufficiency on his part would be
disastrous to many interests and might
prectpitate general embodiment, If it did
not disturb domestic conditions in Ger
many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

From the New York World
Steel rails are now $33 ton. This is
from $40 to 80 ton higher than the aver
age price during the last eight or ten years.
Yet contracts have already been made for
a million and half tons to be delivered
in 1900. or threefourths of the total pro-
duction in 1892 or in any year since. Mani
festly the rolling mills are to be taxed to
the utmost during the coming year. in spite
of the excessive price; manifestly the rail-
roads feel compelled to buy thus largely by
reason of an enormously increased traffic,
which they confidently expect to continue
OF this latter fact we have an indication
in the New York Centrals issue of sl5. 000,
900 of stock for the sole purpose of buying
the new locomotives and cars which in
creasing traffic pressingly demands. We
have another proof of it in the fact that
east-bound shipments from Chicago during
the five weeks ending October p amounted
to go. DID tons, against only 800, 9T7 tons for
the corresponding period last year. and
only 35O,I1S for the corresponding weeks
of the exceptionally prosperous year 1892.
As railroad traffic depends wholly upon the
general condition of the country, these
facts and figures mean extraordinary pros
perity throughout the land.
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Fig htinE at Ialysmith.

The dispatches from South Africa TODAY
indicate that a battle is in progress be
tween tie Beers and the British forces at
Ladysmith. which has now been fully in
vested by the burghers under command of
Cen Joubert. There are as yet no details
as TO the results. The Beers are in the ma
jOrity by about $3.50, according to all ac-
counts. They are reported to have already
tried TO cut the railroad line southeast of
Ladysmith, being repuIsed by the British
guards 1t would be a serious blow TO the
British forces for this line to be cut. which
would mean the end of direct communica-
ZION with the coast. The Importance of this
line relates not alone to the safety of Gen
Whites command at Ladysmith, but to the
subsequent British operations when the
army corps now on its way has arrived
This line connects Durham on the coast with
Johannesburg and Pretoria by way of La
Gysmlth. being the only road through Ma
tai. Three other principal lines run north
ward from the Cape. one from Capetown TO
kimberley, Mafeking and BuIuwayo; one
from Port Elizabeth TO Bloemfontein. cap
itaI OF the Orange Free State. and thence
to Johannesburg and Pretoria: third from
East London TO BIoemfonJein by a slightly
more easJerly route
of the British government to use these
southern routes to send the reinforcements
to the front. That pan. however. is said
to have been based upon the assumption
that the conditions upon the arrival of the
army corps would be very different from
those that now threaten. 1t may be that
by the time these troops arrive Natal will
be in the posse ssion of the Beers and that
the first work attempted Will be in clearing
that country Of the invaders 1t may hap
pen, Of course. that the British command
ers will persist in the project of invading
the Orange Free State. which will reces-
sarily draw the Beers westward to defend
the territory Of their al.i-s. But should the
Natal campaign prevail the Ladysmith line
viii BE- the most effective means of sending
troops into the interior. provided Durham is
SUN available as a port Of debarka;ion
Without The railroad The entrance into the
interior Of Natal VIII be exceedingly diff
cult. The country il very rough and water
IS scarce 1t is said that the chief difficulty
encountered when this railroad was built
was the lack of water for the construction
crews. Overland transportation would in
voive many delays and dangers. So unless
the British government is willing 10 main
tain the Plan of attacking Bloemt5nte!n
from the south. leaving Na.el 10 whatever
is in store FOR II as the present operations
may determine, IT is Of the first Importance
that the I.adysmith road be maintained in
It's integrity at all hazards Today's fight
ing may prove therefore OF great import
ance as bearing upon the facility with
which subsequent operations are conducted.
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Chicago, which heartened the silverites in
Iowa. Ohio and Kentucky In the one Sec
ton he faces from Mr.. Bryan: in the
other he faces toward him. Such twisting
and turning may not often be seen outside
a museum. If Mr.. Bryan is nominated for
President next year. with anti-expansion in
the platform will not Mr.. Morton be obliged
to support him?
Don NJ. Dickinson is sound money man
Of the Cleveland variety. He refused to
support Mr.. Bryan in 1896. He still repu-
dates the Chicago platform. But he is sup
porting a candidate for mayor of Detroit
who could not have been nominated ex-
cept upon a platform reaffirming the Chi
cago platform. The silverites are evidently
in control of the democratic party in De-
troit. and Mr.. Dickinson, as Mr.. Waiter
son does goes with the tide. What do the
silver men care about his personal opinion
of the Chicago platform so long as he sup
ports the candidates who stand upon 1t,
and in that way adds to the strength of the
silver cause?
Turn now from these men and contem-
plate the attitude of those sound money
democrats of Maryland who are standing
by their colors. In 1896 their party, as they
believed, committed a very grave error in
the adoption of platform which menaced
the public credit. and by nominating for
President man whose Interpretation of
the platform added to the feeling of uneasi-
ness in business circles which the platform
had inspired They therefore repudiated
both The platform and the candidate, and
allied themselves as democrats with the
sound money cause Their justification has
been a revival of business confidence an
almost unexampled revival of business, and
the keeping of all the money of the couf-
try as good gold. And so they stand
where they are With Mr. Bryan still the
leader of the democracy, and the Chicago
platform still the partys creed, they can
find no warrant in prudence or patriotism
for a return at this time to their old party
affiliations.
And these Marylanders are LUMINOSITY
and everlastingly right.
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Harmony and the Philippines.

Ex-senator Martin of Texas IS quoted as
follows:
MANY of us may not be in harmony with
the national administration regaTuinS ttie
disposition Of the Philippines. but IN the
defense of the flag in the island we all nave
a DatrIotic duty to perform. Our authority
practically has been established IN the I MI,
ippines. and no rIght-think!ng citizen WIN
demand that our military forces De WIFI
drawn
The defense of the flag in the Islands
is at present practically the only Phllip-
pine question. The man who favors that Is
In full harmony with the national admin
istration. The flag is there, it Is the sym
boil Of our authority and power, and 1t must
be respected. Where respect is refused IL
must be enforced With all the clatter now
heard on the subject of our policy IN the
Philippines. there does not go a demand
worthy of attention that we withdraw from
the score There Is not a precinct in the
United States where such demand. If sub
rnitted to the people would poll Il majority
of the votes The men who would haul
down the flag and sail away. leaving the
Islands to the lottery of internal strife and
outside Interference, are a small band of
eccentric gentlemen who are resting their
minds after long efforts to square the circle
and to discover the philosophers stone.
1t is the problem of what shall be done
after the FilipinOs in revolt HAYES been
brought under that Is likely to cause Sc
riOuS divisions. Then will arise the Ques-
ton. why our sacrifices of men and treas
ure? Simply to rebuke insoence? Simply
to show our superiority over people who
have been soundly thrashed wherever they
have made the semblance of a stand? Or
were not those sacrifices made in a good
cause and for really great purpose? Were
not our material interests. as well our
pride. involved? Did not We decide to stay
as well because II was to our advantage as
TO our martial credit to stay? Should we.
upon any grounds. surrender an empire
after bringing it under the dominion of the
stars and stripes at such a cost?
The policy of scuttle has never for
moment been possible. The rattle of
Dewey's anchor chains in Manila bay
sounded the death knelI of Spanish power
IN the archipelago. Our duty to ourselves
and our responsibility to the world at large
date virtually from that hour. So that what
Mr.. Martin calls the disposition of the
Philippines is no more than question of
the kind of local government the United
States should provide for a people with
whose happiness and prosperity it is now
soIemnly charged. And on that point the
administration. as does Mr.. Martin. awaits
Information
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Some sound Money Contrasts

carl Schurz is still in favor of sound
money He still believes that the triumph
OF free silver would work an appalling dis
aster to the country. But so much does h.
hate what he calls Imperialism that he is
throwing his influence TO Mr.. Bryan and
The whole free silver combina ton, state
and national.
Henry Watterson is an ardent expansion
list. going as far the President himself
does He still advocates sound money. But
he is now virtually in Mr. Bryan's train
He comedies his nomination next year on
a reaihrLnation OF the Chicago platfor,,
and deltverance against expansion. and he
pledges his support He believes mis- Marty
will be defeated. But as 1t seems resolved
on such course he will go along with il
lie has pulled his last stroke against the
tide.
]. Sterling Morton is still a sound money
man. and as such is exerting himself
against the Bryan ticket in Nebraska. But
he stands with the Bryanites on the sub
ject Of expansion. and was a participant in
the recent Aguinaldian Capitalization at
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Performance in Venezuela

The South American political Kaleidoscope
is being worked overtime. Venezuela is
once more the scene of a revolution, liter
ally on the heels of that which has lust
ended in apparent success. Gen. Castro
who has established himself as the head
OF the government of that republic having
defeated President Andrade in an appeal to
arms, found among the political prisoners
at Caracas Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez.
an experienced revolutionist, who has
passed a large portion of his time In the
charge of the state as result of his
insurrectionary tendencies. Castro liber-
ated Hernandez and offered him a place In
the first cabinet. 1t is said that Hernandez
accepted and promised his aid In the estab-
lishment of the administration. Now he
has fled to the country with several hun
dred followers and has set up the standard
of revolt.
This IS unrest indeed. Gen Castro had
not yet perfected his organization and his
administration had not been recognized by
the foreign powers the government The
Hernandez movement Is to be attributed
solely to personal ambition. This motive
Is in fact the chief inspiration of a great
majority of the southern agitations.
1t Is TO be observed that the example set
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Two to One on Nash.


COLUMBUS. Ohio. October pa score
of republicans in this city wanted today
to bet any amount of money that Nash
will beat Mclean for governor. All these
republicans offered two to one on Nash.
The offers were made at the Neil House
and at the Great Southern Hotel and later
were chalked up on the blackboards in va
rious resorts in this city. In one or two
cases the Mclean men accepted the odds in
several of these resorts, but the offers of
big money in the Neil House and at the
Great Southern Hotel had not been taken
at late hour tonight One well-known re-
publican offered to bet $4,000 at the odds
of two to Nash. He said he was
aching, starving and utterly famished for
Mclean man to take any part of the bet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30
VIII Uphold the Presidents POLICY
tba

Having carefully felt the public pulse in
his late trip through the country from the
seaboard to the Rocky mountain foot hills
the President seems to have been fully con-
firmed in his determination to hold the
Philippines and to subdue the insurrection
He will recommend to Congress- with the
advice of the Philippine commissioners, a
specific scheme of government. Upon this
scheme both Congress and the country will
be asked to pass intelligent Judgment
There is no doubt that the President will
be upheld in subjecting he Tagals and
holding the Philippines: but as to the de-
tails of government there is sure to be
wide diversity of opinion.
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Lii Hung Chang's Views,


Lii Hung Chang has been interviewed and
suggests the United States sell out the
Philippines to Japan. Whatever else this
proves. it shows that Ii, as well as the
Chinese government learned thing or
two about the Japanese in the war of 1894
which they have not forgotten. As for the
general philosophy of LIS ideas as to the
Philippines. 1t is not above what one might
expect of a Chinese statesman who in spite
of his travels sees little besides his own
door yard. He would probably not view
Japan in so favorable a light as a world
power had she not given China a gentle
hint at Yalu and Port Arthur and Wei
Hai-Wei as to what her adoption of the
western DEVILS learning meant
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The Problem.

1 am starting out for trouble
With my ballot in my hand.
My sorrows seem to double,
They are more than L can stand.
You may as we'll give notice
There is prospect of a storm
And tell them that my vote is
For political reform.
I'm tired Of all their prattle,
OF their promises and praise.
1 am ready for the battle,
Yet there's one thing which dismays-
OF difficult positions
Mine is certainly the worst,
Which bunch of politicians
Ought to have reforming first?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

If Russia will be easy about the demands
to open up the Dardenelles. and Germany
VIII not be too pressing about a settlement
or the Samoan situation. and France will
refrain from raking up pretexts to revive
the Fashoda incident. England hopes to get
through with the scrimmage started in
South Africa with comparatively little diff
Guilty -
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by Gen. Hernandez may tend to check the
revolutionary ambitions of others who have
perhaps fixed their hopes upon securing
the administration of affairs. The question
is sure to arise to confront them whether a
victory which Is so soon menaced by a
beneficiary of the enterprise is worth the
commercial value of the ammunition eX-
pended.
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Not Only Shines, but Observes,
rom the Providence Telegram.

The Washington Star not only shines, but
makes observations and to this effect:
The Kisses which greeted Mr.. BRYAN in
an ONO town afford a strong contrast to
the sentiment of hospitality which prompts
Kentuckians to hire brass band and well
come an orator even when the community
does not indorse his doctrines. There is a
great deal to Kentucky besides moonshine
and feuds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

II hasn' time said Uncle Eben, "to do
much 'scussin' bout whether Dom Paul is
gwinter be allowed ter keep on libbin' in
de Transvaal. Ter tell de troof, 1 hasn' got
my own rent paid yit"
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A Pointer for Future Prices.

TVIl lIt f-HIIautIphla KecOrd.
1t is a pretty good pointer for the future
of prices of iron and steel that the larger
railway companies are giving heavy orders
for rails at nearly the top figures of the
market. None understands better than the
carriers the condition of the great indus
try which contributes so heavily to their
traffic, and the prosperity of which so I'M
derlies the whole superstructure of our
mechanical processes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

Aguinaldo's excitement over the coming
elections in this country must be something
pitiful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

by keeping peace in the Vanderbilt family
Chauncey NJ. Depew will strengthen the
impression which existed some time ago
that he would be very fine addition to
this eountrys diplomatic service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

The Beers may at any rate be depended
on to go back to farming after the war is
over instead of flooding the market with
magazine articles.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Unsel6sh,

There's a great deal of sympathy for
you in various parts of the world
"Sympathy?" repeated the Boer. I'VE
haven't much need of it. Wen be gener-
Gus and see If we can't put the enemy in a
position to use some of it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

Germany expects to build a practical air
ship Possibly it is just as well that the
emperor had his recent misadventure to re-
mind him that he is not nfallibIe as
sailor
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The Trouble.

so our friend is going to leave politics?"
HE is answered Senator Sorghum, IF
he knows what's good for him."
1T is too bad to lose him. He was such
an accomplished wire-puler."
Yes; but he got hold Of live wire
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Fatal HQzinv.
From the New York Herald.


The death of another Cornell student
through a species of hazing should induce
the faculty to follow the example lust set
In West Point-promptly expel all con-
cerned in such criminal foolishneSs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

Ii Hung Chang says this country ought
to buy AguinaldO off. Ii has been fire.
quently recognized as the worlds leading
practical politician
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

1t Is now reported that the Beers are at
tempting a benevolent assimilation of the
British army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-30

General Fitzhugh Lee has not yet felt
called upon to hint to Admiral Dewey that
an early political boom is a very perisha Bile
article.
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They Will Criticise Dewey Next.

From the MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,.
What have the Atkinaldists to saw to
Dewey's reply when asked what policy he
would pursue toward the Filipino insur-
gents?-"One straight from the shoulder
and with plenty of force behind it,
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Too Numerous to Mention.

How many revolutions has your coun-
try had?
Really" said the South American gen.
tleman, you ask very puzzling question.
Do you think we keep cyclometer attach
ed to our government?
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Election Day,

Ere long the candidates will quit,
Mid mingled joy and pain:
Some will wear laurels which don't fit
And others will explain.