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Stay, or Scutt!e.

Anti-imperialiSts like Mr.. SchurZ and Mr..
Atkinson state their case with a great deal
of confidence. and appear to think that the
whole Philippine question is simple and
easy of solution This government has but
20 forego further prosecution of what they
describe a policy of conquest and spolia-
tion. and invite the FIlipinos TO a confer
ence looking to their independence. TO put
end to all the trouble. The Filipinos as
they insist. would instantly respond to such
an overture. They are contending only for
an opportunity TO set up in business for
themselves Such an opportunity should be
afforded them. and then all that would re-
main for this government 10 do would be
10 give them its sympathy and assurances
of support against outside Interference. All
of which sounds well. but examine the prop
osition little in the light Of weIl-known
facts and it is found to be full of the grav-
est suggestions of great danger.
To begin with. what sort of government
would the FilipinOs. acting for themselves.
be likely to establiSh? The reply might be.
What is that to US, providing It was salts
factory to the Filipinos? But It is every
thing to We would be called upon to
guarantee that government TO the world,
and to protect it. Do we not know that
Aguinaldo has no idea of republican form
fluence to establish a dictatorship in his
own interests. Would it be very pleasant
or profitable for this government to stand
sponsor for such a venture as that?
Or. let US suppose that. in obedience to
our wishes, the Filipinos tried their hand at
a republic. Does anybody acquainted with
the people and their environment believe
that they would succeed? Would we not in
effect be forcing them into measures be-
yond their inclinations and capacity? And
when they fatied-as fail they wouId-would
We not be called upon to step in and take
charge? Other powers would stand forbid
den. and the duty of protecting life and
property would devolve upon US.
Any proposition which includes an Amer
lean protectorate over the Philippine archi-
pelagO is fraught with peril to this govern
ment We are there. and should stay and
staying. should exercise full superiority and
authority and be ourselves responsible for
the welfare of the people and the stability
OF their government. But if We are to with
draw. let us withdraw wholly. Let US make
frank. II pusllanimous. confession Of fall
ure and stand not upon the order Of leay-
ing. but leave at once.
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under close scrutiny and susceptible to cor
rective influences. Here probably more fully
than anywhere else the city ownership plan
could be given Its most satisfactory test,
because here it would be- possible to hire
and retain skilled workers in the various
municipal bureaus without subterfuges GER
tain only to swell the taxes and the debts.
With Congress supervising the accounts. d.
recting the smallest expenditures. with the
administration in the hands of non-parti-
san board of commissioners, with the public
exceptionally keen to the practical affairs
OF the District and uninfluenced by the
prejudices Of partisanship. Washington is
IN position to demonstrate to the world that
the city is capable of transacting its own
business, of saving commissions and profits
and of guaranteeing at all times the high
est possible grade of workmanship.
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The news from China grows worse with
corroboration and fresh additions What
seems to be confirmation of the massacre
of every foreigner in Pekin is followed fast
by the tidings OF disaster to the allied
forces at Tien Tsin. which indicates how
very serious Is the situation there and how
difficult will be the campaign to come to
force China to respect the mandates of
civilization.
The stories from Pekin giving details of
the final assault upon the legations and
the butchery of the ministers and their
proteges are 5ickening in their revelation
of a scene of utter anarchy. OF relentless
fanaticism. OF heroic defense. of indescrib-
able sufrerings and finally OF a silence
which will appeal more strongly to the
world for revenge and readjustment than
the most frantic outcries That silence sig
nities one OF the blackest crimes ever per-
petrated by any people.
The reverse of the allies at Tien Tsin
&C mes home to us with a shock, for our
own men were in the thick of the fight and
lost severely. the gallant colonel of the
9th falling at the head OF his regiment in
the assault upon the native city. The al
Hes fought against tremendous odds and
their repulse does not in the slightest de-
gree reflect upon them. The Chinese
were tNlutHlly Wen leu ana armed with
even better guns than the internationals
The case now calls for the utilization Of
every armed man that each of the powers
can spare to turn the tide In China, which
just now is rolling ominously toward the
sea.
The loss of many Americans at Tien Tsiu
will not change the policy Of the United
States. save to strengthen the American de-
termination to contribute proportionately
10 the International campaign and to fight
10 the end to maintain our honor. to avenge
our dead and to insure future peace IN
China The slaughter of Colonel Liscum and
his men merely adds 10 the debt of blood
China owes to us.
Every present sign is propitious of inter-
national understanding. There is no sug-
gestion OF friction. These early reverses
of cementing the understanding between
the powers. Territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
projects are forgotten in the hour of dis
1ress and duty. and the United States
stands In the front rank of the allies with
the credit of having inaugurated the policy
of harmony. with a clean record and a
frank avowal of disinterest In the future
save as regards the preservation of Ameri-
can lives. the punishment of the sIayers Of
our people. and the securing Of our inter-
ests under a stable. responsible Chinese
government.
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Municipal OyynershiD,

The advocates of the plan Of municipal
ownership of the various features of city
service and supply are greatly depressed
over the total failure of that system in
Boston as a result of Mayor Harts discoy-
cry that work done by the city for itself
has been extravagantly costly. He has or
dered the suspension Of various city bu-
reaus which have been operated on the
municipal ownership plan, inasmuch as the
city debt has gone four times beyond the
statutory limit as result of their misman-
agement. The cause of the failure Ia be-
licved to be the opening of these bureaus
and offices to the spoilsmen, who have filed
them with political workers and favorites
without regard for their fitness and have
secured absurd cIassifications intended to
swell the salaries without bencfitins the
city in the least Clerks have been engaged
under the guise of export workers, with
correspOndingly large wages. The politi-
Clans, in short made hay while the sun of
municipal ownership shone. to the enormous
cost of the taxpayers.
Mayor Hart Is a business man. a banker
sh-ewd and unhesitating In his application
Of business principles. He has probably
done the right thing in ordering the extrav-
asantly managed bureaus closed, yet this
action. far from permanently harming the
cause of municipal ownership, should In the
end. through the warning which It gives.
prove of benefit to the doctrine that the
city AFFORD to dispense with the SER
vices of middlemen and contractors, with
out cheating itself in the interests of the
politicians.
Washington is gradually approaching the
municipal ownership stage in respect to GER
tain public functions, but wisely by degrees,
and not by great bounds, as was the case
with Boston There is probably no other
| city in this country SO well adapted to the
| development of the idea as the capital. 1t
| Is immune from dcbasing political infiu-
| ences- 1t has no voracious machine to feed.
1t has no ward workers to satisfy, no cor
| rupt administration to be kept in smooth
! running order. Its operations are at all times
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The District Census.

The official return Of the decennial census
OF the District Is a disappointment 10 those
enthusiastic residents who expected to see
The total population. as thus counted, is
27s.I1s. showing wholesome though not
phenomenal growth Of iS:26. or 2O9s per
cent. over the census Of 1890 As The Star
suggested when the count began, these re-
tu-ns almost invariably bring disappoint-
rnent to amateur estimators, who often
base their calculations upon the evidences
OF growth they observe within their imme-
diate vicinity and fail to note the signs Of
shr!nkage or stagnation elsewhere.
The statistics Of this count show that
while Washington has increased In popula-
tion without break since its establish
ment the percentage OF Increase has di-
minished since the great advance which fol-
lowed the civil war. Probably this decades
gain has been normal. the advance reach
ing the point of steady growth rather than
OF chance impulse. This kind OF growth ts
most satisfactory in the long run and re-
veals more real city-Inaking activity than
Is suggested by the extraordinary increases
OF occasional years.
The city Is now one hundred years old
The first census showed 1903 inhabitants
The eleventh. Just completed. shows 27s, us.
Thus In Its first hundred years the canitaI
has grown by approximately IleO per cent.
a growth large enough TO satisfy the most
ardent capital worshiper II he will but
take the true perspective of expansion.
The most remarkable feature OF the CEN
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sus showing Is that relating to the sub
urban growth of the District. which has
probably developed far more in the past
ten years than during any corresponding
period in the city's history. The figures
show that while the city proper has gone
ahead only 154 per cent the suburbs have
grown at the rate OF 679 per cent. This
revelation points ernphatically to the neces-
stty of enlarging the city limits II not OF
eliminating them altogether. The present
restrictions have long since been disre-
garded as far as certain improvements are
concerned. yet the imaginary line remains,
a bar to other improvements and to the
enjoyment by the suburban resident of
many privileges which are his by every
municipal right.
A curious phenomenon is presented by
this census showing. The enumerator,
stepping across q street. WIS called upon
to set down as suburban thousands of
residents who are today in their every as
pect strictly urban. Thus the returns are
not wholly descriptive of the condition of
the District. How much better 1t would
have been had the law. In good season for
the census taking. wiped away the city
limits, or else set them down in approx
mate coincidence with the strictly suburban
area. and thus permitted correct record
OF the separation Of the citizens Of the
capital according to their conditions of
residence,
There is reason for much gratifica ton in
this return in general. 1t shows, even
though the desired total was not reached,
that the District is increasing In size and
in a manner to promise further steady
growth, and that the tendency is toward
home-making in the outer reaches of the
District rather than toward congestion.
1t is easy now TO compute q total for the
twelfth census which will carry the capital
far beyond the 100000 mark and give 1t
good position for run for the half-million
point in the second or third decade follow
ing
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The Conversion Of johnson.

So far the most interesting announce
ment of the campaign is the conversion of
ex-Representative johnson of Indiana to
Organism HI has gone over on the sub
Ject of Imperialism. and will stump his
native state for the new cause of his adop-
ton. Since his retirement from Congress
he has heeu residing in St. Louis
Mr.. johnson. it will be remembered was
one of the very few members of the House
who took ground aggresslvely against any
interference by this country in behalf of
Cuba He was. indeed. the Hale of the
lower branch of Congress. He thundered
early and late on the subject The most
rapid talher in that body, he poured out
torrent of protest whenever he took the
floor. The only effect was on the official
stenographers. who We're almost in despair
at times while straining to gather in all
the embellishments of the speakers denun-
citation. The House itself sat unmoved
Mr.. Johnson addressed his remarks to his
own side of the chamber. The republicans
We're in the majority, and he held them re-
sponsible for the agitation of the hour
But. as a matter of fact, the responsibility
rested equally with the two parties. In
fact, leading democrats openly boasted
that they were better friends Of Cuba than
the republicans. and complained that 1t
was necessary to drive the republicans to
their duty. After the war with Spain was
over, when the republicans showed dis
position to be a little cocky about the sue
cess with which 1t had been conducted
Mr.. Clark of Missouri. standing just across
the main aisle from MIR. johnson, declared
that it had been necessary for the demo-
Gratis to take the republican party by 1.-The
scruf of the neck" and force it into meas
tres
Mr.. Johnson and Mr.. Clark are now
walking hand in hand. Both are prepar-
ing to visit Indiana and stump the state
against the administration. Mr. johnson
condemns it for having taken up the case
Of Cuba That. he believes, was the
origin of all our troubles. If the United
States had kept hands off and let Spain
have her way with her rebellious subjects
there would today be no such question as
Imperialism. Mr.. Clark, as one of the
sue this line Of attack. comes up with the
charge that after conquering Spain, the
administration abandoned It's high purposes
and the desires Of the country, and has
since pursued course dangerous to lib
erty. botn al home and abroad. Mr. John
Mr.. Clark cSims part credit for forcing 1t
To do, and Mr.. Clark, in a sort OF partisan
despair opposes it for having done that
thing so thoroughly Verify politics makes
strange bedfeilows
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Stop n Moment and Think.

stop Just moment and picture the stu-
atloh. In the Chinese capital are-or were
the ofhcial representatives of the nations of
the earth with their families, including
wives and daughters.
Think Of these wives and daughters tor
tured and slaughtered and our own Ameri-
can minister put to death, and then ask
what right We have In China If you can,
Let the most virulent opponent of the
President imagine his own wife his own
daughter either massacred or living in
daily fear of violence and then let him ask
himself II he would not demand of the gov
ernment every protection possible. If he
would not he would be worse than a brute
This is no time for Bryanistic denuncia-
tions and yelps about imperialism and
empire" There are human lives to be
saved. or punishments to be inflicted. On
to Pekini
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Republic or Empire.
From the Indianapolis News.

Republic or empire? Some people are
shouting. But there Is no such alterna-
tive. Nobody is in favor Of changing the
republic to an empire; and the thing can
not be done unless somebody wants to do
1t. In the old days when any one spoke
In favor of equal civil rights for the
negroes the opponents would shrek out, as
q conclusive argument: DO you want
your daughter to marry a nigger?' The
question was false in its Implication and
suggestion; 1t was a senseless appeal to
prejudice. Similarly false in all essentials
Is the question, Republic or empire?"
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SHOOTING STARS.
Her Observation.

I'm some parts of the old country" re.
marked the summer boarder, there is no
hesitation in demanding that women shall
do the hardest work about farm"
Well" answered Mrs. Corntossel, q lit
tie wearily, II dunno but it's something to
the credit Of the men-folks over there that
they don't sit around the store an brag
an try to make people think they're the
whole concern
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silver in Colorado.
From the Denver Republican.

So far as we are able to learn after care
full inquiry in many directions, not one sill
yer republican In a hundred in Colorado Is
willing to accept either the ticket or the
platform adopted at Kansas City. Unques-
tionably great numbers of silver republi-
cans are rapidly drifting back into the
straight republican party, and If the move
ment continues throughout the campaign
at its present rate of speed nobody need be
surprised to see Colorado give a majority
for Mckinley and expansion.
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Il hate to hear a man continually say
ing he wishes he were boy again." said
Mr.. Sirius Barker in his usual v1ndictive
tone.
Don't you admire sentimentality?
That amt sentimentality It's moral
cowardice. When man wishes he were a
boy again. it's because he wants to break
loose and cut up. He knows that a boy
can get off with lecture and a switching
for doing things that would send a man to
jail
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Machine=made
Fruit Jars.

We offer best quality Machine
made Fruit Jars, in three sizes.
These jars are smooth around the
top and are the same thickness
throughout and without the weak
places so often found In the old-style,
handmade Jars. They cost no more
than the poorer makes.
Nicely packed, each dozen in a
neat partitioned wooden case, COM
plete with opener.
Quart size. Dozen case............,.......e .esOc
Half-galon size. Dozen ncase................75c 75c
Fifth floor
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Mr.. Bryan has awakened 10 the fact that
his prospects in the present campaign de-
m&nd more active attention than the mere
wearing out OF hammocks on the front
porch
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WOrnen'S
Bathing Suits.

Its no longer luxury, but al
most a positive necessity to own a
bathing suit. Its expensive, too, to
rent a suit at twenty-five cents every
time you wish to use one: besides,
YOU don't know who wore the rented
suit before.
We show most complete line of
Women's and Girls Bathing Suits
and accessories. and we show them
in styles becoming and comfortable
to both batherS and swimmers.
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The question Of garbage collection is not
one of the picturesque features of munich
pal government, but ii IS one of the most
important. and every household should lend
its cooperation to make the enterprise
thorough and successful
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Not to BE Blamed.

Not to BE Blamed.
1 scarcely blame a public man fur wantin'
to resign.
It's what I'd do II his responsibilities was
mine
Least-ways, 1 reckon tits, because when
summer comes along
l some how never did feel right heroical
an strong.
Jes' think O. bein 'blged to walk on marble
floors each day,
W hen the woods are green an shady an
the fields are sweet with hay,
OF course, it's in his office that his duty
bids him be,
An yet I scarcely blame him fur desirin'
to be free.
When the honey bee Is burrowin' in the
clover top so sweet
And big grasshoppers jump way up, an
stumble at yer feet
An when some joyous song bird wakes the
echoes roundabout
Until some chatterin' sparrow does his best
to drownd him out.
When small white clouds is sailin' in the
blue. so far away
Like ships bound for Tomorrow from the
port of Yesterday.
When the city Is SO weary, an the country
Is fine,
Well. l scarcely blame a public man fur
wantin' to resign.
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Unless Mr.. Bryan can provide himself
with an extra leg he can't stand on all the
three platforms of the popuhsts, democrats
in nomination. There is one plank, how
ever, common to all the platforms. They
all demand the free coinage Of silver at the
ratio of l8 to 1. And yet there are some
Bryanites who Insist that silver is a dead
Issue.
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OF Horticulture.

Those seeds We plant and cherish fair
VIII often die despite all care,
While seeds 'twixt bricks. in sterile sand,
Take root and thrive to beat the band
indianapolis Journal.
Then cheer up, brethren, though we find
Fond hopes to failure oft consigned.
Some chance endeavor. unesteemed,
May bring the bloom of which we
dreamed.
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Indians and imperialism.
ON the New York Trfhuna

Some Minnesota Indians are holding war
dances Doubtless they are outraged by
imperialism, which governs them without
the consent of the governed, as Domestic
dependent nations" They have learned
from Mr. Bryan that a republic can have
no dependencies. and naturally are aroused
Evening star., 1900-07-16

Neely is gloornlly figuring out that the
government may expend the entire one
half Of the postage stamp proceeds he al
ictted to 1t In prosecuting him
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Don't you admire sentimentality?"
A Practical View.

You don't mean to tell me that you
spend on an average an hour a day play
ing whist!' said the man who takes life
very seriously indeed
Yes" answered the friend.
That Is six hours a week. Why, my
dear Sir do you realize that with the time
thus consumed you could learn Sanskrit in
six months or so?"
Maybe. But what's the use? 1 couldn't
get any fun out of Sanskrit"
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The Boxers have pretty thoroughly de-
stroyed the reputation for shrewd percep-
ton which the Chinaman has hitherto en-
toyed.
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Ii Hung Chang has the reputation Of be-
ing very alert diplomat. He needs all the
alertness and diplomacy he can command
lust now
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If Col. Bryan could keep up a ratio Of
votes in proportion to the number of nomi-
Eations he has received, he would be all
right.
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Mr.. Brya.i has 'Adlars AK on his side,
but no democrat can be absolutely sure
about where Croker's tomahawk will light
next.
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Mr.. Towne is becoming more and more
impressed with the fact that it Is one thing
to get nomination and another to hold on
q
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Also a complete line of Bathing
Accessories, including Gossamer
Caps, Colored Caps, Oil Sill, Caps,
Pure Rubber Caps, Fancy Figured
Silk Caps, Silk Tam O'Shanters,
Hats with rim, fancy colors, Silk
Hats with rim, Bathing Shoes, etc.
Third hnnr.
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Aguinaldo may have meant merely to con-
vey the information that he is dead po-
Nficallv
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The Next


VIII be important to buyers Of goods
Tor both personal and household
uses, and exceedingly profitable to
all who take advantage of the very
low prices that now prevail in every
department of the house.
Stocks are kept complete at all
times, but midsummer finds the store
a regular clearance house for max
ers who are compelled to seek ave
nues of quick distribution for surplus
stocks.
Each day will bring its own inter-
eSting news of the events.
Mems
Department.
Preparatory to reconstructing the
interior OF building occupied by our
mems department, which is separate
from main store, and to make addi-
tlonal space for same, we offer all
surplus stocks at reduced prices.
Tomorrow, Tuesday,
so dozen
ITEMS Negligee Shirts,
In choice patterns of madras, with
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Mem Linen Handkerchief
Hemstitched; fine quality; at special
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soc. grade, 35c, 3 for SIoo.
We have all sizes left OF the White
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with half sleeves; Drawers with re-
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soc. grade. 35c.; 3 for SIoo.
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Two exceptionally stylish Bathing Suits Of black
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UIn order to avoid delays, on ac-
count of personal absence. letters to
THE STAR should not he addressed
to any Individual connected with the
Office, hut simply to THE STAR. OF to
the Editorial business DEPART
ments- according to tenor OF purpose.
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Two elegant styles in MohaIr Bathing Suits. navy
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