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out Of the territorial condition will depend
entirely on their fitness for independent
Statehood as demonstrated to the satisfac-
ton Of Congress.
Meantime they can govern themselves 10.
cally. They will be free; they are free now.
We print elsewhere military order issued
on the Philippines list duly establishing
such local governments based on the con-
sent Of the governed, and in due time and
in orderly course Congress will extend the
privilege Of that self-government in the
pacifled islands.
We are proceeding in the Philippines
after no new method. No innovation in our
political system has been introduced by
their acquisition. We are simply follow
ing our old and invariable method with
newly acquired territories. and the
liberty, prosperity and security obtained
under 1t by the rest will be enjoyed by the
Philippines also. Except for 1t they would
be the prey Of foreign powers competing
for their possession; with 1t they have all
the power Of the United States at their
back and within their reach practically
every advantage OF self-government en-
joyed by Americans.
The Filpinos, however, cannot profit by
the beneticent working OF our system until
the instruction Of the Tagalog chief is
quieted, and it has been demonstrated that
that rebellion cannot be quieted without the
use OF force. We tried persuasion, and 1t
failed. AaUINALDo was determined on
armed resistance, and our soldiers suffered
uncomfortable insult while the confirmation
of the treaty was pending.
What, then, do these people here who are
bowling against the usual and necessary
procedure Of our Government in the
Philippines propose to dop What Is
it they are complaining Off Do they want
us to reconstruct the American system as
pursued from the very foundation OF this
RepublicH Do they deny our right to take
in territory without first obtaining the con-
sent Of its inhabitants, though we have
exercised it so repeatedly during that
period, and In the case of every acquisition
to our territory What are we to do2 Sup
pose we should evacuate the Philippines; to
whom should we turn them over? AGUI-
NALDop The wishes Of their inhabitants as
to his rule have not been consulted, and we
know that great part OF them, the
majority, would resist Tagalog domination
to the last.
Imperialism? Why, in essence, in prin-
ciplc, is there any more Imperialism
In acquiring the Philippines than there was
in acquiring the Louisiana territory,
Florida, Alaska Porto Rico and Hawaii.
The mere incident of greater distance does
not change the principle. II the one is
"imperialstic so also was the other.
What is imperialism
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BELMoyrs AND PoPUL1sM.
August and Perry not Affiliated with the
DemaRoRy of 1906.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Upon my
return to New York. following an absence OF a
fortnight. my attention was called to the pub
LEGATION OF an alleged interview OF my brother.
the Hon. Perry Belmont. purportinR to have
been given by him to a reporter on Sept u In
London. on the eve OF professed departure
for the United States. and In which he was
quoted as saying that the country is sick OF
the jellyhsh imperialism OF President Mckin-
Icy" and that with Mr.. William j. Bryan's
middle of-the-road policy it is difficult to
prophesy anything but sweeping majority
for Mr. Bryan next election
The extravagant expressions used were so
contrary to his customary conservatism and
so at variance with his independence and the
consistency Of his political views-moreover.h he
was not sailing. according to my best informa-
ton-that cabled to him asking whether the
interview was genuine. His reply confirms
the positive denial by press cable this m orn-
ing. He authorizes me in ths cable to say
that he has not seen any reporters since his
departure from America and he declares that
he has nothing to add to or change In the
views expressed on the eve OF his sailing for
Europe. June II, which were then used by the
Associated Press and in which interview he
affirmed that:
If such a severe test should be made as
choice between tho Constitution and the Phil
ippines. Democrats would. in my opinion. let
the Philippines go. But no such test is likely
or necessary. II Congress is not to assem- Bile
before the usual time. there will not be nationa al
politics during the next six months for those
outside the Administration circle. The man
aRement OF our new islands. including taxa
tion and expenditure. is now treated at Wash
ington purely an executive affair. The
President should satisfactorily punish ARui-
naldo and his followers for their assault early
last February on our army at Manila. When
that has been accom- llshed and Congress has
assembled. there will be real problems growing
out OF expansion that will press for solution"
SO much has been published and said In our
name OF late. wholly foreign to our own politi-
cal creed and that OF our father, whose opin-
ions in his day Democrats respected and refer
to to-day In unmistakable terms Of approval
and which we profess to hold and alone to rep
resent. that take this occasion to repudiate
for both OF us once and for all any nflliation
with the demagogy and populism which are
now trying to rule and did rule our party In
1896. Respectfully yours,
New YORK. Sept. 1S. AUGUST BELMONT
THE spurious interview referred to was pub
lished in the Herald of Sept and attributed
to the Associated Press,l
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THE CASE OF THE TARTAR.
Reason to Think Allies of Aguinaldo Here
Were Responsible for Her Detention.

From The Army and Navy Journal
1t 10 learned from the highest authority that
the War Department 10 possessed Of informa-
ton showing that certain alleged Americans
residing in Hong Kong were primarily respon-
sibe for the detention OF the transport Tartar
Not content with trying to arouse dissatis-
faction among the troops going to the Philip
pines they sought to EN- barrass the ADM d stra-
ton by trying to convince tho discharged
soldiers on the Tartar that they had griev-
ance and should get better accomm cd ations
by having the British passenger regulations
applied to an American transport.
The officials OF the Government have been
able to trace the Tartar trouble to the origin
ators OF the scheme. and have learned suf-
fcient to convince the President and Secretary
OF War that the soldiers received advice from
outside sources before they com planned that
the Tartar was overcrowded. These same Fill
ipino sympathizers then invoked the assist-
ance OF the British authorities by claiming
that the Tartar was OF British registry and
should be- detained. as she carried more pas
sengers than allowed under the marine
license. All OF this made trouble for the Gov
eminent. but It is gratifying to know that the
British officers were convinced that there was
no Just cause for complaint and allowed tbe
ship to proceed
The failure OF the anti-expan sIonists to have
over 400 American troops dumped In Hong
Kong to await the arrival OF another TRANSPORT
has given TO the Administration another proof
that the enemies of the country have got
closer to the Aguinaldo followers than they
have been in Boston and other cities. 1t has
been suggested to the War Department that
certain newspaper correspondents had aided
in the scheme to ie up the Tartar but as vel
the Department has not been ahlo TO establisb
q direct connection between the Aguinaido
followers In Hong Kong and these CORE
complaining reports from Manila are sent vim
Hong Kong througha certain VS. association
have aroused the suspicious of officials there
II Ia evident to army officers that there are
headquarters at Hong Kong where news OF
this class is received and transmitted TO the
United States, aud it is equally apparent thai
nothing favorable to the American cause has
come through this underground channel
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TO-day's Primaries.

To-day the first "State-conducted pri-
mary election for the choice Of political
committeeman and delegates to the con-
ventions to nominate candidates for the
election In November will occur. The
advocates Of the new system expect that
between the hours Of in the afternoon
and 8 In the evening, when all the voting
must be DONE at least as many as 10000
OF the 100000 enrolled electors in the
county of New York, Republicans or Demo-
Gratis as the case may be. will record their
preferences, in full confidence that the pri-
mary will be as impartial as an election.
The primaries will be conducted by
officials in each district in places rented by
the city, and the tickets voted must be OF
the size and quality prescribed by the State.
The politicians" as they are called,
have ostensibly nothing to do with them
except to pay for the tickets furnished
in envelopes, and the elector has only
to cast his ballot as he does on cleo
ton day and to return the unused tick
cts to the primary election inspectors.
Complete secrecy Is secured by the subor-
dination OF political organizations to the
authority Of State officials; theoretically
at least all the electors have equal rights,
duly safeguarded, fair election and a
correct canvass Of the vote; repeating is
barred; penalties for fraud are prescribed,
and by separation OF the voters into cleo
ton districts the opportunities for turmoil
and unfairness are diminished.
Whether in it's practical working the plan
will accomplish all that is expected Of it is
to be demonstrated to-day. The main test
of its popularity, and incidentally OF its
efficiency, will be afforded by the magnitude
OF the total vote cast to-day under the pro-
visions OF this new primary law. II in
number they are many enough to be truly
representative Of the wishes OF majority
OF the voters as to nominations. the new
system must be accepted as successful II
the number is relatively small there is
likely to be demand either for new law
or the amendment of the present law.
In certain districts spirited contests for
local leadership serve to assure a large
poll, but how 1t will be generally is another
matter.
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What Do They Want?

Certain newspapers and individuals who
are trying to put obstacles in the way Of
the pacification OF the Philippines are pre-
tending that they are not against expan-
sion; o no! they are only against i'm
perialism."
Now what do they want? With what
are they finding faut2 Do they want
our troops withdrawn from the Philippines
and those islands left to the mercy OF
AGUINALDo, the Tagalog insurrectionist2
Do they want them to cease resistance to
his attempt to dominate the many tribes
in the Philippines which do not recognize
his pretenslons, but would forcibly resist
them in prolonged contest? Do they want
our troops to leave Manila, with all its
property to become the prey Of an insur-
gent whose authority has no international
standing, no single attribute recognized
the world over as essential to sovereignty
and when our own sovereignty, with all it's
obligations, is recognized by every power?
Do they want to make our Government
responsible for the anarchy which would
result inevitably in territory coded to the
United States by treaty with Spain and
now under our authority alone?
They say that the Filipnos have as much
right as ourselves to appeal to the dictum
Of the Declaration OF Independence that
governments derive their just powers from
the consent of tho governed. Granted, under
the practical Interpretation Of the principle
by THOMAS JEFFERSON, the author of the
Declaration OF Independence. Through
JEFFERsON'S efforts the vast Louisiana ter
ritory was acquired by the United States,
without the consent Of its inhabitants being
asked. But when it had become ours and
thus been introduced into our political
system, after passing through the terri
torial stage the States organized in it were
admitted to the Union with all the privi-
lcges enjoyed by any Of the rest. 1t was
the same with Florida. We conquered tor
ritory from Mexico without consulting the
Inhabitants, and in the same way States
were organized out Of it in due course
and admitted into the Union. We bought
Alaska, though it still remains under the
control OF Congress In 1851, eleven
States OF the Union, including four OF the
original thirteen passed acts OF secession,
organized a separate government and
undertook to withdraw from the Union.
Did we let them go?
In all these instances the acquisition
Of foreign territory was made without
asking the consent OF their inhabitants.
and if they had rebcllcd, as AGUINALDo is
now rcbclling, they would have been put
down by force of arms, as he is being put
down now. Nor is any political advantage
secured by them impossible for the inhab-
itants of the Philippines. Those were not
conquered, they were acquired from
state which held them in subjection they
arc not now being conquered. Like the
others they have been admitted to share in
the benefits Of our political system. under
which they will secure self-government at
home. When or whether they shall pass
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MODEM COATS OF MAIL.
Curious Story of tho Way British OHcers
Protect Themselves.


From tie London Globe.
To the unintiated the days OF armor have
long since gone. but a visit to q certain firm
situated In the West End OF London will reveal
the fact that hundreds OF vests OF mail are sold
annually to officers in the British Army. The
maker 10 a well-known Gunsmith, and large
portion OF his income Is derived not from
manufacturing guns but through the sale Of
armor to officers. AS general rule. the mail
is enclosed in leather casing. which 10 sewn
inside the tunic so as to be invisible unless the
garment is picked to pieces And the same
with helmets-a similar device 10 fixed
as lining so as to give additional pro-
lection in oass OF need. Some officers
are not above wearing mail vests underneath
their tuncs and perfectly obvious to their com.
rades. who. although they may scott in time OF
peace. would be only too glad to don one them
selves when in the middle OF hostilities. The
majority OF the makers customers are officers
about ten guineas each. Neverthelsss some
Tommies are prepared to spend that amount
tent against the enemY's spent bullets. Against
q modern bullet. fired at short distance. OF
sss sthoash they maT Be- @ IN
turning its course or stopping its penetrating
power,
During the Chino-Japanese war OF 1895 the
maker in question sent out several hundred
suits Of armor. which were eagerly bought up
ny tne com DdtantS Ut netNy price. DuTlDR
the American war OF last year he did the same
thing; it was not nearly so successful for he
found he had been forestaled by Yankee firms,
and such officers in the American army as had
obtained them. He then offered his goods to
the Spaniards. who proved to be good
good price for the luxury. notable instance
Of the value OF mail occurred during the battle
Of Omdurman last September; One officer, who
and was slashed on all sides by the Dervishes.
His men were surprised to see that he had es-
capped all the force OF the blows. expecting to
see him fall from his horse every minute a
mass Of wounds. After the battle was over.
however. he appeared perfectly unscathed save
for a few sli light wounds on the chest. Then he
revealed the suit OF mail which covered him
and to which he owed his life
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Gen. NJ. G. Butler Says n Home Should be
Provided for Them Elsewhere.


GREENv1LLE. 6. c., Sept. 1s.-Gen. NJ. c. But.
lsr has written letter on the race question
In which he takes the position that the Gov
eminent should provide home in Central OF
South America for the negro race. The letter
is addressed to a New Yorker who recently
asked him some questions as to the race situa.
ton In the South. Speaking OF the proposed
emigration Of the negro. Gen. Butler says in
part:
ITO my mind. It behooves the Government
OF tho United States to carry out the PROPOSE
ton OF President Lincoln. ana provide homo
In Central or South America. or elsewhere
where the negro may be induced to emigrate
and set up for himself. 1t would be infinitely
better for the negro. who can never reach the
ful) measure OF American manhood and citi-
Zenship with his environments OF race preju-
dice and ostracism in this country. Something
more than the right to earn a living Ia de-
manded OF one who enjoys American citizen.
ship. The highest premiums and rewards OF
life should be within the zone OF his aspira-
tons and achievements. These are shut
reason OF his color and previous con.
dition o. servitude. the Constitution of
the United States to the contrary notwth-
standing. Race prejudice Is not confined to
the white man and negro. 1t Is as strong and
intense between the white man and Indian or
Chinaman, or any coiored race. II affects re:
has recently shaken the foundations OF tho
French Republic almost to the point OF totter-
ing and collapse; Why the Almighty has im-
shall not endeavor to explain, The m ost ad.
vanced stages Of civilization do not appear to
eradicate II; Christianity, does not nor cannot.
exodus or perpetual subordination to the
stronger, or determination"
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Under the Greenwood Tree.

While the need OF money for municipal
improvements lie being felt with constantly
growing severity in this city, the public
has been astounded by notification to all
public contractors from the Hon. ROBERT
A. VAN WICK, Mayor, that their employees
wages must be raised to 50 a day, the
prospective snowshovellers OF 1900 being
the last subjects OF the Mayors power
for bounty giving
No citizen of New York need scratch his
head for a rational explanation OF this ex-
traordinary and unauthorized action, for
explanation OF it is to be found in the tes-
timony Of Mi. RICHARD CROKER before the
Mazet Committee on April 10.
Before that date it had been shown
through Mr.. Moss's interrogatons that
the power to control the politics OF Tam
many Hall was also a power to make
money. Mr.. Moss conducting the examina-
ton and Mr.. CROKER being on the stand,
this significant conversation occurred:
Question! You are working for our ow n pooketr'
Answer "All the time
Before the authoritative statement that
Tammany leadership was financially profit
able had been made, there had been in prog
ress scheme to allay within the organi-
zation the envy to which the circumstances
here revealed had given rise. Since the
first Of January there has been an immense
increase Of salaries all along the line of
municipal officers, very startling to the com.
munity from whose Golfers the money is
transferred, but effective, unquestionably,
toward suppressing complaints that Mr..
CROKER and his friends were greedy.
Evidently Mayor VAN WICK has con.
cluded that in order that the favorites OF
municipal fortune may continue to enjoy
peace and comfort, the circle of favortism
must be enlarged still further. So he cool!y
orders all public contractors to pay their
employees So day, regardless of the law
ROBIN HOOD believed that he could live d
comfortable and popular life If he robbed
the rich for the benefit of the poor The
Hon. ROBERT A. VAN WYCK's adoption OF
ROBIN HOODS policy can scarcely commend
itself to the mass Of the inhabitants of New
York city.
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Nothing done is the appropriate COM
ment upon the Trust Conference which has
been held and dissolved. How blank was
the broadside discharged at trusts every
body must see on rejecting that the plan for
dealing with them proposed by the leader
and candidate OF the political party which
says that it will make their extinction one
OF its leading issues, was consttu-
tional amendment providing for their
Federal licensing. Poor Mr.. BRIAN's
scheme is Numerically opposed to the
tenets OF the old Democracy, is so difficult
Of accomplishment that accomplishment Is
very doubtful and it does not touch the
essential nature OF trusts in the least.
When mechanical invention began the
improvement Of this marvellous CEN
fury, the champions OF the old order
began fight in opposition and have
renewed it at every step. For example,
the nailmakers who hammered out nails at
home in their cottages bitterly resisted the
introduction OF the machine by which the
man who formerly made one nail could make
a thousand. Their counterpart to-day Is
found, like most modern things, on a far
grander scale.
The trust is an invention that has almost
revolutionized business in the cheapening
OF the many products to which 1t Is applied.
And as the benighted and grimy nailmaker
blocked the path Of the naimakng machine,
the Democratic party OF the United States,
swollen with every outlying group OF crank
ism and financial responsibility, and led
by the apostle of the Chicago platform.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN has arrayed
itself in opposition to the trust.
The BRYAN party must discover in trusts
some evil not now apparent, or must prove
that it is time for the march Of industrial
progress in this country to stop, or po-
litical campaign against trusts will be a
farce as well as a failure
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THE "BLAC OK SPIDER" Nv THE PULPIT
Bob Green, tho Boxer, Has a Promising
Trial Sermon.

From the Boston Herald.
Those who knew Bob Green. the boxer. ten
years ago. when he edited select gatherings at
the rinRside OF tho old Crib Club, in q
blind loft that was reached from blind alley
off Avery street; or when he fought before
the Fair Play Club: or when he was identi-
fed with a dance hall and speak easy"
on North street at time when he interpreted
human existence to amount to nothing moro
than contest Of wits between the police. who
tried to find Illicit liquor and himself. who
tried to make them not find it-those who knew
him in those exciting years would scarcely
have recognized him last n light In Cavalry Bap-
and Waltham street. when his rich baritone
voice gave zest to the congregational singing.
and the fervent pleading OF his trial sermon
was the powerful extractor that uncorked
effervescent "Amens" in all parts OF the
crowded room.
The discourse was well written and most ad.
mirably delivered. He interpreted tho word
accurately and iDcisively. and showed conclu-
sively by the aptness OF his quotations that he
He didn't say too much about himself. but he
referred to the time when he was n crooked
gam bier. and frequented one OF the widest
resorts in Boston to cOncoct schemes to get
money. even by robbery.
The whole service was most impressive. and
no one could doubt the g.nuineness OF the con-
version, The eX-whirlwind will get his license
Baptist college some moro, and. in the fulness
OF time. he Will return to Boston to be ordained
the Rev. Robert II. Green OF the Afro American
Baptist Church.