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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12

their superior mobility and marksman-
ship to withhold from Lord Roberts the
substance OF hls victory
The BOers seem 70 be everywhere, and
quite a. active and pUgnacious as ever
before They are all over the eastern half
Of the Free state. Within the past week
they have killed. wounded. and captured
at least 1900 Of the British-perhaps many
more when the truth is told-and now il
seems they are in Lord Roberts rear, and
have cut MS communications north Of
Kroonstad. watch Is about half way be-
tween Bloemf8ntein and Pretoria Evil
Gently. neither tire Free Staters nor the
have any present Intention
Of abandoning the conflict, nor, as a mat
ter Of fact are they to be considered
otherwise than with respect and appre-
hension even now. The British DO not
seem aSIe 20 move about freely with less
than brigade IN any part OF the terri
tory east Of the railway from Bloem-
fonteln TO Pretoria. What the English
press contemporary dispozes Of as
. guerrilla warfare" promises 10 be much
more Larassing % their generals than
any Of the methods heretofore adopted
by the enemy. No doubt. at one stage
OF our own war OF the Revolution. the
patriot fathers might have been describ-
ID quite properly as gucrrii!as, Certainly
the Beers are not row in anything Ike
50 desperate a predicament "a were
Washingtou's patriots during the winter
made immortal by their martyrdom at
Valley Forge.
or course IL Is not exactly the thing
to break up intb small bands and 20 20
bushwhacking Tor stray English regt-
.nents and wagon trains, nor can 1t be
said 10 be dir~.hed 10 cut telegraph wires
and blow up railway crossings. But when
men are fighting against odds Of ten OF
fifteen to one, they must be permitted
these irregularities, and upon the whole
they promise to keep Roberts very thor
oughly employed for some time TO come.
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Farewell, BradIey Martins.

From the ST. Louis Republic
1t is now in order for the something
over 100000 persons living in the United
States and proud to be Americans 10 bid
a mental farewell 10 the Bradley Martins
as members of the American family and
consent hereafter TO contemplate those
remarkable children Of a York State COOP
er as English folk
This Is because the Bradley Martins.
ike the William Waldorf AstOrs. have
been unable longer TO reconcile themselves
TO the crudities Of American life. and
have formally and legally made declara-
ton of their self-expatriation. They will
hereafter live in dear old LunnOn. getting
such satisfaction ont Of life there as may
be possible to shamefaced Americans
whose money transformed thelr democ-
racy into the snObbiest kind Of tuft-hunt-
ing worship OF rank and title
There need be bat little if any grief
eYIerienced on this side Of the water ow-
ing to the detection Of the Bradley-Mar-
tins. II regret Is felt anywhere, i. should
b in English bos0ns. So hearty, indeed.
should be the American farewell to the
Bradley-MaTtlns as TO encourage some
other of he AnglOmaniss families Of New
YOrk's "4lJ' 10 pull up stakes and 90
! tIekking along the same course. Amefi-
| can fJmilies ashamed Of their Ameri-
canism have no business in this great.
( free, and happily democratic country.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12
Is the Candidate the Platform?

The Cleveland Leader lays down the
general rule that the candidate is the plat
form. Modifying that broad statement TO
some extent. II says that the candidate is
far more important than the declaration
of the party that places him in power.
IL seems to US that the record OF a party
is the most important factor in Presi-
dental campaign. If the record Of the
candidate COMFORTS with that of his party
and gives assurance that its principles ard
policies will be carried out, the result de-
ponds on popular approval or disapprovai
of those principles and policies. A candi-
dates personal popularity, the admiration
and devotion Of troops of friends, count
for less in q Presidential canvass than Is
generally supposed. James X. Polk. In
1914 defeated Henry Clay, although POLK
was comparatively an obscure man. haV-
ing few warm friends outside of his own
State, while Clay was as widely known as
the greatest of his contemporary states
men and the best beloved Of them all. The
candidate was not the platform in that
canvass In 1852 the Wing party went TO
its grave under the Presidential candidacy
of the hero Of the Mexican war, the gen.
eral who had led a little army of 10000
men from Vera Cruz to the capital and
negotiated peace lin the halls Of the Mon
tezumas" The Democratic leader against
the peoples idol, Gen. Winfield Scott, was
Franklin Pierce, who had commanded
brigade in Mexico, and who had not
achieved fame Both Polk and Pierce We're
nominated rather for lack of records than
for brilliancy of achievements. Neither
was his party's platform. In 1884. Grover
Cleveland. ex-sheriff of Erie County, ex-
MAYOR of Buffalo, and ex-governor of the
Empire State, a man with no record in
national affairs, and little or no acquaint-
ance with men of national repute de-
feated the man who was loved and hon
ored by his party as Clay had been. Was
Blaine the platform? Was it lack of har-
mony between his and his party's record
that caused his defeat? Did the people
prefer Cleveland, without national rec
ORD, and his party, that had been out ii
the cold for twenty-four years, because Of
distrust of the Republican candidate OF
dislike Of it's principles?
In 1896 il was the platform, not the can
6idate, that won the victory. Had prOtec-
| ton been the issue, as it was expected to
be. Mr. Mckinley would have stood for it.
His name was synonym for high protec.
I ton But ii was not a synonym for the
| gold standard or for hostility TO Is To l
| This year the record of the administration
and its party will be the real platfSm OF
| the Philadelphia convention. no matter
| what planks may be put into it.
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HOW CUBAN MONEY Is SAVED.
Cost OF Transports for Col. Burton Offset
Postal X Reductions 10 Date.

Charles NJ Pepper in New York Herald.
When Col. Burton was ready to go North
with his report on Nicely a transport was
ordered for him, for the alleged purpose Of
saving a day or two of quarantine in New
York. The transport carried him to New
port News, where it was not allowed to
coal or procure fresh water. II came back
half crippled and using salt water in its
boilers.
A few days ago, when Col. Burton re-
turned to Cuba with Assistant District At
torney Jones, TO follow up the Nicely case.
they came by way of Florida. There are
five boats a week from the Florida ports
TO Havana, two of them from Miami am
three from Tampa. They make as good
time as the transports. Nevertheless. the
transport was ordered 10 Tampa for Col.
Burton and Mr. Jones. 1t had rough
trip and some damage resulted.
1t is probable that these transport trins
have cost the United States Treasury all
that is saved by the reductions in the
Cuban postal service, and the emergency
for them has not made itself apparent TO
American officials in Havana
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In South Africa.

while the London rabble are screaming
themselves black in the face over "Bobs'
victories IN the Trarsvaal, and while Sir
Alfred Miner hasteDs 10 Pretoria % aid
the coHqueror in arranging the terms upon
which the two South African republics shall
be assimilated, the Beers themselves seem
10 be operating IN q most disrespectful
manner on their own account. II is true
that they have evacuated Bl0emfontcin
and Pretoria both. II Is equally true. so
FAR as our Information goes, that there Is
no longer any large BOer army IN the field
save that which has been holding Butler
Ia check 20 iOng But We have seer no
account Of surrenders 10 the British
forces. nor any captures OF rifles OF NUM-
lions or artillery. On the contrary. IL
appears that TIE Beers have simply
changed their methods Of warfare. declin-
Ing battle against bodies ten times
stronger than thelrs. and relying upon
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12
CONGRESSMAN FREER,s FIGHT.
May BE RenOminated Ta-day, but His OPP
poneni- Are UncOmprsmi-ins.
Special 70 The Post.

Special 70 The Post.
Point Pleasant. W. Va, June 1l.-Quite
a number Of delegates to the Fourth Dis
trict Republican convention have arrived,
and when the meeting Opens tomorrow
there is likely 10 be quite lively time.
Congressman Romeo n. Freer seems TO
be a shade in the lea1. but there VIII be
nc nomination Jn she FIRST ballot.
Freer last winter became the candidate
for governor, and Hon. J. T.. Hughes, OF
Huntington; Senator woodward, Of Roam
oke, and n Z. Kendall. Of Parkersburg
announced themselves for the Congress
sional nomination. Hughes, with the ap-
parent backing of E,lkns, White, aad the
State administration, secured the major
ity Of the delegates
In the meantime Freer's candidacy for
the governorship fell down.and his friends
demanded that he be renomlnated for
Congress. Ills strength Is mena ing, and
the hackers Of Hughes have asked him to
withdraw, but as Hughes refuses 10 do 80
or release ary pledges. there IL nothing
left but 10 fight II out.
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Great Sensation at Paris.

We find in the New York Journal OF the
18th instant the following copyrighted
Faris special. and of course exclusive,
dispatch for which we offer our profound
Acknowledgements:
Paris June IA Russian count prOmenading
in front OF the stand Just before the Grand Prix
was run to-day, carelessly threw away Hga-ed
cigarette.
1T struck the dress Of Miss Draper Of New
York, the daughter Of the American Ambassador TO
Italy. and caught in its folds.
In a second the gauze-lke material o, the lress
was iguIted and the Young woman wrapped in
flames
The widest excitement ensued. and the volatile
French crowd became frantic, and seemed 10 lose
its head
But one American there who Kept his head.
He was Miss Diapers escort Taking her in his
he literally rolled himself over the flames. In
few minutes oil TIE danger was past and Mas
Draper vas saved without even receiving a burn.
The chiyalrous and crave Young American vas
the hero Of the hour and Miss Draper because Of
her splendid courage and her presence Of mind ia
assisting her rescuer in eztinguishing the flames,
the idol Of the Frenck multitude"
We lay no stress upon the obvious fact
that Miss Draper, of New York" cannot
possibly be the daughter OF Gen. ". +.
Draper, United States Ambassador 10
Italy. The generals home Is in Hope
dale. Mass. and his daughter is married
10 a prominent citizen of Washington.
How much Of the rest Of the story is true,
We DO not undertake TO say No doubt
the Russian count threw away the half
smoked cigarette. II is conceivable that
! this cigarette. lighted as II was. may have
| fallen upon some lady's orsandic or mus
| liz dress. and Cor a moment threatened
| 10 do her INJURY. But that she was
| wrapped in flames and Their rescued so
| that she went free without even recciv-
| ing a burn strikes Us as Impossible. 10
/ say the least To be sure 1t was a fine
| thing for the young gentleman who took
/ her in mis- arms and literally rolled him
/ self over the flames" No wonder he be-
! came he hero Of the hour, for surely no
/ burning lady was ever before eNtinguished
| in such fashion. InGeed. we admi;, even
! now. after having II all explained TO Us,
/ that We cannot quite see how a gentleman
/ could literally roll himself over the
| flames" which were already wrapping up
some one else. still, they manage things
. differently I'm France, and there may be
human snakes and india rubber uen our
| side Of the New York museums Who are
We, that we should deny things merely
because we cannot comprehend them?
Another feature Of the story that fails
10 win our enthusiasm is the reference
TO the volatile Frenehmen who promptly
became frantic over ! small ire and wac
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12
DEWEY FOR SECOND PLACE.
Report ut Columbus that Mclean Favors
the Admirni's Nomination.

Columbus Ohio. June 1.-THE Demo-
cratic State convention. which begins here
tomorrow, follows the reception to Al
niral Dewey of last week. 1t was al one
time proposed TO have Admiral Dewey
here during the convention, or, rather, to
hold the convention last week while he
vas here, but some OF the subscribers to
the Dewey cele5rat ton fund objected. and
the plan was abandoned. The Dewey dec
Orations. exterior and interior, however
still remain all over the city. The hotels
have large portraits of Dewey displayed.
and none of the Democratic heroes except
Bryan.
The Democratic hustlers point 10 the
portraits Of the hero of Manila as the
man for the second place on the national
ticket, and there is much talk about Bry-
an and Dewey being nominated at Kansas
City on the same ticket. During this agi-
tation for Bryan and Dewey as the COM
ing men for the national ticket, there Is
one man wanted here above all others at
this time, and that man is John r. Nc
Lean, the last Democratic candidate for
governor, and the acknowledged leader of
the Ohio Democracy But all Geographic
calls for Mclean fail to get favorab
response. He has announced that he
must sail fer Europe with his family next
Saturday morning from New York, and
that he cannot attend the convention in
Columbus this week and get ready for his
foreign engagements. He says. further
more, that he cannot return in time to at
tend the National Convention in Kansas
City three weeks hence. He would be
placed at the head of the Ohio delegation
to Kansas City if he would give single
word Of consent, but he declines abso-
lutely.
As he is a 6rother-in-law of Admiral
Dewey, his friends say that he does not
want to appear in the role of family pref
e1euces, but they insist that if Admiral
Dewey is put on the ticket with Bryan
without his personal efforts, he will
return from Europe at once and devote
himself exclusively to the campaign IN the
interest of Bryan and Dewey
There is a movement to have the Demo
cratic national headquarters located IN
Columbus, with a view to giving Chair
man Hanna all he wants TO look after at
home" but whether OF not this succeeds,
it is claimed that Bryan. as we'll as Dew
ey. will be taken all over Ohio in special
trains. and the delegates claim they could
carry their Ohio State ticket with Bryan
and Dewey, and elect majority Of the
Congressman.
All who are agitating Bryan and Dewey
as the ticket Think there is no doubt ABOUT
/ the Admiral accepting, There Is d.
versity Of opinion as 10 whether this con-
ventiOn should take the initial step in IN.
| dOrsing Dewey as well as Bryan for tn,
| rational ticket.
| This afternoon ex-COngressman Thomas
/ l.. Johnson was entered for delegate al
/ large to Kansas City, and some are favor
| ing Judge BanGin. of Cleveland. Tn
| hottest contest for delegate at large l.
/ between Congressman john }. LentZ anc
| Col James KilbOUTpe, the latter havinl
| been the leading opponent last year o.
| John T. Mclean for the Democratic nOmi
| nation for governor.
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Worse and Worse in Cuba.

Yesterday morning We reprinted part OF
an Havana letter to the Indianapolis
News-onIy a part. We say, for much Of
it seemed almost incredible; and after all
what We did reproduce seemed 10 be
enough. We frankly admit that while we
have known for more than year past
that the money Of the Cuban taxpayers
was outrageously wasted upon unworthy
and incompetent persons. We never for
moment dreamed Of such infamies as are
disclosed or suggested in the communiea-
ton referred 10. The Post has consistent
" and persistently condemned the APP
nointment 40 Office. with high salaries at
tached. Of such men as Lacret, sanguilly.
ouesada. Carlos Garcia, Quintin Ban
dera. &c. &C, on the score that it was
unjust TO the classes who contributed the
money. We have held to the position
that all disbursements Of the kind are
indefensible upon any ground that would
receive respectful recognition in TINS
country. But We were totally unprepared
for such a revelation of dishOnor and
inlquity as this.
The writer charges not only wide
spread system Of official robbery in Cuba,
but a deliberate and calculated policy Of
conceaIment on the part Of our aUthori-
ties. He does not content himself with
asserting that Nicely is a comparatively
insignificant thief; he declares that the
bigger thieves have been known for
officers
have Intentionally shielded them. He even
goes so far as TO say that the investiga-
ton now in progress is carefully de-
vised sham, having for its object the con-
cealment Of the real criminals and the
magnitude Of their wickedness. He en-
phaticany alleges that the inquiry has
been by design directed to the two
branches of our governmental establish
ment in Cuba which are VIGOROUSLY clean
and honest-the custom house and the
public schools-and adds that it has been
so directed with the fixed purpose of
postponing until after the campaign in
this country any exposure of the depart
ments in which peculation is known to
rage like a confiagration or an epidemic.
Finally. and worst of all. he declares that
this is done with the knowledge and con-
sent of washington if not under definite.
though, of course. secret, instructions.
Here is a dreadful and. humiliating sit
uation-a situation under which the par
ties concerned cannot with dignity and
honor rest. 1t seems to US that Senator
Platt cannot too soon inaugurate his in
vestigation or too soon publish its results.
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sfterward made a hero Of the india-rub-
ber man and an idol OF Miss Draper, OF
New York This IL as much as to say
that Frenchmel habituaIly fee from
ladies who burst into flames. and II
sounds 20 Us Ike a spltefuI reminder OF
La Bourgogne and the Charity Bazaar.
FOR our part. we DO not believe that the
anaenlc handles OF Paris. the bogus or
eHete aristocracy Of the provinces. or the
ruffisns OF the Sums Of Havre and Mar
selIles. represent Frances real charac-
ter. her aspirations, or her dignity. sun.
this part OF the narrative fits in very
tremendously with the other, and 80 con-
stitutes one Of those triUmphs Of metro
politan journalism which can properly
emanate only from a full-hedged com
missioner" and which deserve immortal
itv through the medium Of a copyright
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-06-12
NEW COTTON MILLS OF 1900.
advancing TO the Capture of the Textile
Markets Of the World"
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe
Textile manufacturing in the Southland
continues its remarkable growth The in
crease of the price of raw cotton to nearly
10 cents a pound added 500 .OO0O00 to the
wealth of that section of this country in
a single season. New mills have been
erected rapidly, the present year repre-
senting partial investment of the amass-
ed capital. The old factories are making
money.
Mr., J. A. Stewart says In the current
number Of the Scientific American: "Al-
though a healthy competition may arise,
no serious antagonism is anticipated be-
tween the Industrial interests Of the North
and South. The outcome will undoubtedly
simply be that the entrance Of the South
into the arena OF cotton manufacturing
will bring about a readjustment of pro-
ducing cen;ers. 1t is aptly pointed out
that as our textile manufacturing grows
it is fast becoming separated into distinct
classes each class starting about some
special place Thus Fail River leads in
the manufacture of prints. Providence is
the center of the wOrsted industry. New
Bedford sets the standard in finer white
cOttons and Lowell in cOarser goods. New
England is coming year by year as a
whole to finer counts. AS long as no otE-
er part of the United States was engaged
in manufacturing coaTser goods, New Eng
land retained her grasp in that field, Ieav-
ing the finer makes TO foreign looms. But
each year sees a finer product from New
England looms. Climatic advantages over
the South in the way Of the essential de-
gree of humidity will always be In favor
of New England"
Only One-third of the cotton grown in
this country has hitherto been used here.
We have been shipping 3,0000O0,0o0 pounds
of raw cotton annually at from 20
cents pound when We might have been
exporting manufactured products worth 10
to Is cents a pound. With commercial ex-
pansion in the air, Yankeeland and Dixie
land should fight shoulder to shoulder,
advancing to the capture of the textile
markets of the world. Americans, united,
are invincibIe in the arts or peace as well
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GOLD DEMOCRATS WILL WAIT.
No Call for Convention Until After Big Par
ties Announce Platforms.

New York. June 1l.-GeOrge Foster Pea
BODY. chairman of the national committee
OF the Gold Democrats. to-day made the
following statement with reference TO the
meeting Of the committee In Indianapolis
juiy p:
The question of a third ticket must
stand in allegiance until after the two
conventions have been held and The plat
forms OF the Republican and Democratic
reason the meeting Of the national COM
mittee. which Secretary John z. FrsnZel.
OF Indiana. has been authorized 10 call,
was set for July .. Whether a third can
didate will be run depends upon whether
the constituencies represented BY The var
ious delegates regard il as eXpedient or
not. II the committee decides 20 call 4
convention. the party platform will be- the
same as that represented by Palmer ana
Buckner four Yesrs $50. except that The
imPerialistIc issue will play an important
part