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the OLD PROPHET AND THE NEW.
A solnoquy ut Burl,rd'. Bay.

A soliloquy Mt BurE,rd's Bay.
Shades Of the mighty Mugwumpsl Can It be
The gnt OF prophecy has passed from me'
What dread and awful silence mus, keep
The while from on, the vague and Vastly deep
This new .nedged. upstart seer doth loudly cali
Shapes stranger far and more fantr.tlcal
Than ever met my erstwhile rtopheteyt.
or haunted me- Ia my philosophy
Yc godsl Did ! not max ne round eatth reel
With boldly shouting TT Thou shalt not steall'
Did ! not raise the cry that raised the masses
In eighteen ninety-two against the casses'
The cry that struck with fright that "Robber Band, =
The craven Tarin Robbers OF The land
The cry that scared ne living, ShooJ the dead
And robbed the honest workman OF his breadf
Can he do more7 Can he make paramount
a man or issue WHERE | failed with Blount'
imperialism. Did not assail
The king Of beasts and twist his roysl tail,
I'm perial godsl Did not the Lion COVER
And wag his tail At my 4 imperial pow r
And MilltaHsm' Did not SOON the brute
And scofr his might by sending a substitute"
'SdeAth. hypocrisy and t~rsitprous rot
To wear the uniform ard share the lot
OF armed tyrants for \ summer day.
And then T. Ming that uniform away.
And rave at men VIII, really 60 10 war,
Le, gods and men such raving men nbhor,
And can his rant and cant against thu Trust,
Reduce the workmen to more 'csnty crus,S
Than did the Wilson bill. that thing mallgn
neither dared 10 veto nor 10 sign
Trusts. Trustee The oci'ri' Why such a fuss,
knew but one-the public octopus"
nd I not hew and hack his tonmcles
with Adlal's axe that still the story tells,
And gold Did I not learn what slippery stun
II was when ! could scs rely get enough
Don't remember with vha; endless p'In'
Itoptd II in, in spite OF endless chal,,-"
Did I no, meet the wicked worlds dlStruN
by forming then and there IN. IN oney trust.
Although my critics dared IN indicate
That there was sin In nv gold syndicate.
beware, young man Don't monkey with king Gold,
His sceptre SwayS the nation. young and old,
And though some men with god may work abuse
The Popocrats don't understand It's use.
And is Free silver greater than Free Trade,
II not why all this pother and tfAde'
Did not Free Trade Spr ad ruin wide and vast,
That made the working reople stand aghast'
And has Free Silver a more potent charm
To work the working people greater HARM
II so. then I'm undone. at least outdone.
And By this catch phrase Porulisrc soni
Outdone and ~, undone and quite forgotten
By mounting men with Issues far more rotten
Than those tina, charmed the groundllngsi In my day.
Alasl that such a time IN ,uid pas, away
The men Of wealth still p%ilf-ting, money knaves,
The workmen still pelftakers' helpless saves'
rhs world stu eaten up by lust and greed
Nv Hc,v'n' my very words. my very creedl
can hs - forge and hurl IN. thundetboits
I hurled In ninety two 10 daze tive dolt.'
q Ne, Il shameS the greatness o. a man
To be ,uho e By this new charlAtani
On rinriarlIe the dewitt but let be
immort'l wo'ds tina, made INN rial Ne
NEW YORK. oct .. AAR
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the present situation in the Far East Is
obvious IL was for Russia's interest to
gain the good will OF the Chinese Imperial
authorities by proposing the withdrawal
Of the foreign troops from Pekin 1t will
be for her interest TO keep the capital Of
the Middle Kingdom at the place Just named.
because this will o be in direct
cation with the Trans-Sibcrian Railway.
and because the maritime approach to
it Ia commanded by the Russian naval
fortress OF Port Arthur. II will also be
for Russia interest that the PREPARATION
eXactcd from China shall not be OF a kind
calculated TO cripple her fiscal resources.
or to shatter her administrative entity. II
Is. finally, for Russia's interest that the
Powers should proceed upon the theory
that tho outrages, OF which foreigners
have been the victims, were not perpe-
tratcd with the deliberate sanction Of he
court. but should be imputed to rebels and
10 evil counsellors, who misled the supreme
Imperial authorities II is upon this theory
TINT the United States and Japan have
deemed II judicious to act, and that the
German Emperor accepts 1t seems evil
dent from the tenor Of his reply TO the
letter addressed to him by the Emperor
kwANG-sU.
The conclusion reached by Mr.. QUINCY
IS that tho maintenance of friendly rela-
tons with Russia should be ~ cardinal
a point in tho diplomatic policy Of our
Government as il the cultivation Of similar
relations with III in her own programme,
We ought to recognize. he thinks. that there
Monroe Doctrine to protect China's re-
naming territory from mutlation as there
is FOR m American Monroe Doctrine 10 safe
guard the territorial integrity Of the Latin
American repubLics.
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stenorraphy in the schools.

TO THR EDITOR OF THR SUN-Sf: beg
leave To refer toa letter which appears IN TO days
edition Of THE Sun. In which the writer INDUCES In a
TRADE against typography a, our public schools.
! can hardly believe that Mir T isl stenographcr.
for. to my mind. h, does not appreciate the value. Of
the art W It's possessnf. rarticularly 10 a young man
who has just graduated from school. who, by
entering 4 business house as a stenog rapher and
once assistant is not only able 10 earn an excep.
tonAlly large salary At the outset. but whose chance
for advancement are greatly increased, because he is
In constant touch with the IS, vital par, Of the
business. It's correspondence and Is 'hus enabled TO
lean all It's details quickly and thoroughly. The
BnAtd " Education would not hesitate one moment
in Introducing TIE study NJ all schools n they were
Able 10 get the opinions Of all business men on the
subject Thfre IS an unSuppliAhle demand FOR boy
StrnogrAphrfs, while a boy who does not X oW
sisn'grA1hy can wait weskS-yeS m~onthS-un,l n is
lucky enough to get n situation at So a wreb.
BeSid,S. St"no graphy doe n great deal toward
uulcbeuirg hand. eye and htain, and toward teach.
ing ihe student wholS forced o. Nse down correct
dlc,aiion. 10 Sreak and write correctly.
can only hop that MI, 7, occupies a thoroughly
isolated 20 itoa In his be lef that strnog would
do harm By interfering with the other courses OF
study ImvSeli learned stenogrAphy at Grammar
School rs ri this dly and ] cannot recall having
had much difncully in memorliing my geography be.
cAus' VI the Sienogrhphy lessons Mr. L evidently
considers stenogtAphy dangerous because Ills a 'faS.
cir ating" study.
space In THE SITS IS much to- valuable to vase
more words In proving an obvious fact by all
mtans 81 our sch 'nlhIy, study topography. h-gin.
Mug IN the last school year when their knowledge OF
the Rs. sc, should BE- Efficiently ar advanced.
Hoping that you viii give this litter space In your
ground fmong your readers ] am, yours.
NEW AoRk, Oct . A. orENo.
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The Squirrel Inn Again.

Tt THR EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sfri As a daily
reader Of THE Sun, l pray you TO allow me a short
space for the purpose OF cUrroboraung the statements
made In the letter which YOU published on Sunday,
referring to the squirrel Inn" and that corrob1ra.
don | give unhesltatingly
| am also one Of those who, when the Inn" was
opened 10 the public, determined to make a small In.
ves,ment In the restaurant, In order 10 Judge, Tor and
by myself, Of the promises and claims made In us b.
half confess I was favorably impressed BY my
visit. | noted particularly the cleanliness which
relgned all over, the attention q the walters and tho
excellence q tine food provided. both In quantity and
quality: 50 muca 5, that | Afer*ard brought to IL
friends, who sHar,d my Impressions and patTonized
the place AT every Cpportunity possible.
II seems, however. that all that was too good TO
last It was not long before We rotced The walters
being often changed for interior hands and the "a.
toas s,f,rd elgccd rcuarkably-the substantial
TO d being replaced by mali dishes hal nllcd. At
times with slteI on other days with a
fey leTs aud neXl with cut cabbaces dipped 10
vinegar
II is useless to add that there was no corresponding
reduction In prices, ON the contrary, the prices
seemed to take the opposite direction. We have seen
the usual meal OF bills Of fare raised by an additional
nye cents. bringiny lis cost to rs cents, on account,
gprarenty. Of the potatoes fried In the French
style. . If " aldorf Astoria custom was likely to be
attractive there. Next, but not least, the charge for
the ordinary glass OF milk has become Ave cents
though i rrt,ils In several places for two cents, and
gener lily for three cents The explanation given
upon this particular item, on inquiry made, is to the
effect that the milk is extra good, and that II the
price did not suit, you had better not come there and
gc, IL. Accordingly, at about nooriim", the room
may be as empty as was observed by your CORE
s%pondent
Ilclirye thoHe is room for the Inn" In he Bowery,
n the organizers will only adopt a policy more In ac-
cord with the wants OF the people who are apt to call
and patTunizc It. For my part | hope they Will do so;
and BY continually keeping the place in as clean
order rs In the past, ! am convinced success viii
crown the efforts OF the promoters. =, ZEPu.
NEW YORK oct. o.
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INSURANCE AGAINST WAR.
Mr.. Boyie's scheme 20 Tie Up the Nations OF
the world In a Money AEreemt mt.

CHICAGO. Oct. iO.-Homer J.. Boyle OF Grand
Rapids, Mich, Ia the originator OF n plan 10
bring an end to all wars by means Of the az
| plicatlon OF the insurance principle 20 dis
putes between nations. Mr.. Boyle's idea has
taken definite form In the incorporation under
the law Of Michigan Of the international Peace
Assurance Association. Mr.. Boyle's scheme
has the Endorsement OF many well-known men,
including. 1t Is said, several State Senators
and a score OF reputable laws ors. Among
others who think his schcmr for universal
peace Ia feasible Is Montagu White, the AmeTi-
can. representative Of tho Transvaal.
The work OF building up thn, Internationai
once. 1t Il intended to obtain a large mem
bership In the. United States and when thls y
ton from Congress With the Endorsement Of
Congress lts projectors believe II would be an
easy matter 70 get European nations Interested;
tho leading nations Of the world have signed
the agreement and agreed TO enforce tho asso-
The scheme includes the formation Of an
international board Of adl listers made. up OF
two representatives Of each nation, signing the
agreement. When differences arise between
two nations which, In the ordinary course OF
events. would lead to war, thla International
board OF adJusters Is TO settle the controversy,
This board may award damages where, the
majority finds n Just claim. FIX boundary lines
disputes and require APOLOGIES In case OF insult;
The association adjusts and pays the financial
The association vim be organized on the plan
~ n stock company and the cost Of membership
to individuals will be 81. Each nation on sign
ing the agreement IL 10 be charged an entrance
fee equal 70 at least fvc cents per capita q us
total population and will also be obliged to
nay a prorer assessmsnt each year. a reserve
fund for the payments Of claims IL provided for.
and from this dividends may be paid II the
fund passes n certain sum.
Mr. Boyle AYERS that among others who
have praised his scheme are the American
Commissioner who attended tho Hague Com
ference. II Congress can be induced to look
with favor on II Mr.. Boyle will propose that
an international congress be called by this
country at which the project may be fully
discussed and definite action taken. II this
scheme fails Mr.. boyle win have something
more tangible TO fall back on. He Is the in
ventor OF a proiectile which automatically
cleans the weapon from which II f. fired. Gun
makers say the invention has merit.
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much less " owing to the greater dissem-
ination Of trade information. for one thing,
Big houses find that 1t does not pay TO de-
ceive customers and their buyers and sellers
have learned the same lesson. " Compe-
tition instead Of opposing cooperation and
the golden rule fosters both and makes II
necessary in business affairs TO put them
into operation to achieve satisfactory
results"
Mr.. morton does not believe In taking
too many precautions against fraud. Ex-
IRENE pains to prevent fraud" he says,
Z" often lead 10 it" He offers ~ examples
the system Of inspection in Government
contracts and the methods by which some
railroads obtain their supplies. He thinks
better and more honest results are obtained
by putting confidence In well-selected
purchasing agents. II IL impossible to
avoid rraud by any system but it can be
avcrted more surely by employing COM
petent men in whom implicit confidence
can be put and who can be held responsible
than by elaborate and expensive systems
OF checks upon employees who are not
trusted, which often help to make the fraud
difficult of detection and the responsibility
hard to place.
With such views II is natural that he h
willing TO have the clergy try to elevate
standards in the pulpit if they wish. but
only after having studied the actual facts
In the case and after deciding that the
other forces at work are not likely 10 prove
more efilcacious.
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SONS.
Resistrayon Point, to a Mckinley
victory.
From he Globe Democrat

From he Globe Democrat
LOUISVILLE, KY. Oct. THE registration In
cities and towns has brought CONSERVATION into
the Democratic camp. Take he city Of Louis
vile, for instance. In 1899 tho Democratic reg
i~stration wa. 81 800; the Republican. IS 3si. and
the Independent. o.lo4- a najori' y over all for
The Democrats OF 2,2o2, and a plurality Of 1900.
When voting time came the Democratic ticket
received only 10 AIS, a loss OF 5000 on the regis
t%r1'ion, while the Republican tictet received
8,354, a gain OF =, 900 over the registration,
TINS was q clear indication that many per- ons
who reglste ed a. Democrats could not
stand Goebel and voted for 1aylor. the
Reprbli an. This year the reGistrr ton IL
Enthusiastically in favor Of the l,erublican%
he Democratic names r'pisteTed amount 10
2l,573, n fGiiin~ OF of III votes compared with
1859, while I 10 R"punuc0n vote amounts % III
O2S, a gain Of sea- The independent vote his
means suffraLi - who deCl nod to state their
Rrty afflia iio-) amounted 70 1871. a gain OF
| 9l7 over 1892. 1t ~ afe 20 figure that 90 per
cent. Of this independent vote will co 20 lerkes.
Add the usual percentage OF those registered as
u moe ats who will vote for Yer kes, and the
figures show thai Louisville will 60 Republican
bv from 1000 to 1000
Bowling Gr4cn ia another place where the
figures furnish a hum iiatinE surpris, for the
Democrats. Last year thr reRis'iation showed
500 Democratic majority ever all, This year
the Democrats have "A scat 200 majority over
he Republicans, whllH there ora 900 rdepen-
ren' votes registered. ~ ucr cont. Of them be-
ing ID 'moira's who are opp 'ed 20 Eockhnm.
In Lexington he SANE state OF anairs exists.
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The Best Guarantee of Good wages

The news is that the coal miners have
been guilty Of murderous riot az Hazleton
and that they demand. as a condition for
their returning to work, that the in
crease in wages already promised them
shall be guaranteed for a year. We have
no information as to how the owners OF
the mines will receive this demand, but
any striker Of common sense will see
the strongest arguments which they, the
strikers, can make why it should be ac-
cepted.
1t will be to promise, for themselves and
for every man affiliated with them in any
way throughout the world Of organized
labor, to cease from murder and to vote
this fall for WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Contracts Cor the payment Of larger
wages or for any sort Of increase in the
various ramifications of business can be
made much more safely If an employer
j. not made to feel that those serving him
are in danger Of their lives and If success
is assured to the cause Of honest money.
Wago-earning men everywhere can make
their own conclusions,
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The leaders of the Democratic campaign
are learning and exposing witt great rapid
fly the extraordinary relation which their
rarity now bears to the business Of the
country.
First BHYAS declared war against trusts,
executing none, for in his own language,
they are all bad" Then the Hon joins
B S%TANCHFIELp. Organisms candidate
I'm the Empire state. confessed that the
trusts. condemned 10y his party To destruc-
ton. represented " every important IN
dIstr, in the land" Then the Hon.
RrCuAUp GROCER Of New York let It be
known that he had rid himself Of all trust
shares, proving that the Democratic party
required every loyn! follower 10 Withdraw
from the couu'rvs " important industries %
And now tho Democratic National Com
mlttra officially reports a design OF the
Republican National Committee AT a later
day IN the campaign To- cause mauufa,t-
urcrs. miners and others to issue public
notices and to notify their employees that
in case BRYAN and STEyFNeOS are elected
they will shut down their business and dis
Chnrgc their r1'n."
II - Nih' N'NuN h''l ~ - ''' ~" '
already appeared. and that they are being
DUPLICATED In countless numbers IN con-
tracts the public never hears Of. But docs
TIE Democratic National Committee know
Of my cuisines, which tells ito employees
tat il will close or curtail itself in case
NCKtNtFY Is elected?
Not one There is not n single firm or
industry in the United States that looks
for harm or depression of any degree in
case OF Republican triumph. On tbs other
hand, every business man. barring perhaps
those whose interests are directly con-
ncctcl with the free coinage of silver.
knows that the firms covered by the Demo-
cratic National Committees Statement"
express his " anxiCtics.
In their determination to degrade the
monetary standard and in their avowal Of
hostility against " every important Industry
in the land the Democratic party is a
threat against American business incon-
ccivably frantic and dangerous. MCKINLEY
and ROOSEVELT are a solid and honorable
defence against 1t.
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BRYAN az His Worst Arain.


Mr.. BRYAN continues to be the most
effective stump speaker for the Republic
cans. for his attempts 10 set against the
well-to-do man the mar who Is at present
less well to do. provoke the hostility OF
the one and the contempt Of the other.
His speech At Marion, ILL.,. Monday, IL n
sample Of his best Wat Tyler manner:
II the farmer or laborlng man will compare his
own condition with the condition OF the Trust megnaie
he will md out WHO fares the best, and he eau then
decide whether he will live In the hne party with
the Trust m%AgnRte.
Mr.. BRYAN has a wonderful alacritv In
sinking, but he can hardly get much lower
than this. What sort OF people does he
think he IL talking TO? What il his notion
Of tho intelligence Of the men for whose
votes he pumps down into the dirt so read
fly? Does he suppose that Farmer DOE
and Lahorer ROE are such ninnyhammers
that he can throw them into fury by telling
them hat they are not so rich as somebody
else H.? If DOE and ROE are Industrious
and thrifty. they are too busy padding
their own canoe 10 curse somebody else
because he happens to W a steam yacht.
II, on the other hand, DOE doesn't know
how to farm and ROE had rather make
faces at better men than work. they are
clay for BRYAS's hands.
Such men, however, cmhittercd failures.
n class toward which, politically speak
ing, Mr.. BRYAN himself seems to be tending.
cannot be very numerous or the community
could not endure. Mr.. BRYAN seems to
imagine that there nay be enough Of the
incapablcs. full Of blind anger against
success, 70 elect him. He bids for the
foolish and hcdisGruntled. You are just
as good a man "a that Trust magnate.
Why haven't you as much money!" That
Is what Mr., BHYAN's argument, If such it
can be called, amounts to. It's purpose Is
TO inspire In those to whom II is addressed.
pity for themselves as men bilked In some
mysterious way by the plutocrats, and
hatred for the bilkers. 4 French Anarchist
putting down the bourgeoisie, n Hyde Park
Socialist Of a Sunday talks In about this
strain. You may hear it. for that matter.
from the imported Socialists and Anar-
chlsts of New York and Chicago. But il il
not calculated for American attitudes.
Here the door 10 wealth Is open 10 every
body who has the brains. the self-denial.
the steady purpose. the foreseeing eye;
and it j. vain to blow up hatred against a
merit or good fortune which few of US are
80 ascetic a. to dcspise. The millions OF
potential millionaires can't be drummed
into wrath against the few hundreds or
thousands who ave actually taken their
degree Of A., VI,
II the farmer and laborer feel called
upon 10 contrast their condition with hat
Of somebody else. they are not restricted
to Trust mRguate4. They can contrast it
with Mr.. bgTAN'5, for instance. If he
fares better than they, then it is their duty
not to live in the same party with him.
BY the wav. into what party would n
farmer or l,bnrer unwilling to live In the
same party with a Trust magnate, go?
DERs's, Va suppose. or that Of some other
Of the little fellows. Certainly not into
MIR. BKYAS's, which Ia well speckled with
monopoly.