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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-29

Seattle. Sept. q. 1900
To the Editor: am glad 20 see so
much interest taken in your paper in re-
latien to the text books of the schools OF
this state. WIN state in che outset that
! do not agree with the statement in the
Times 20 the effect that your course IN
this matter Is controlled entirely by the
American book trust. The question 10
be decided ~ this time IL not how much
money win be saved 60 the state hut
whether or not inferior books have been
put IN the hands 81 our children.
The Times scens 20 put great stress
on the statement that thousands will be
saved 90 the state, Now. II ia a quss-
tIon as to whether this sum VIII be
sawed. hat for arguments sake let us
admit such 20 be the case.
The money IL well saved II from an
intellectual standpoint ste school chill
dren of this state are not the losers
thereby. II their standard Ia not low
cred. ~ the scholars. after having mas
tered the books viii be enabled to enter
upon ilfe's duties "a well equipped az
the scholars ~ our sister states, repeat
a. the money u well saved. n Il falls
short Of this d - not No man should
Do Landed for substituting a paor article
for a good one even II saving IL made
thereby II ~ an easy enough matter
20 save moDey 90 the state provided
we have ro Ecruplcs as 20 fae quality or
merits df The articles used. For exam
pir, let us take the new high schoo.
bpsldlnx ~ this city now N rourse %
construction. and costing about t1aa.aoo
Instead ~ Stone and iroa. we Will place
woad and shsettrun. From the above Il
Il quite evident that the house ran be
constructed az saving 20 the state,
ard az the same time allow handsome
profit 10 The contractors The Times Of
September 70 says. like every other
TRUST ire great American book concern
writhes under the blow and hoiioux' TO
ifs organs fer help"
Nov. isn't that a ~corkerT''
-Four years ago suppose that Mr.
Browne was scarcely known Throughout
the limits Of his own county. much less
thase Of his state. II must also be taken
into consideration that Mr.. Browne was
carried into onice At a time when ''fhe
BRYAN free-siiver craze swept our
state The Times estimate OF Mr.
Brownies great triunphs reminds me Of
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THE rmrnRrALrsrro ACT OF 1904.
The s.Papamount" Issue DisDessd NJ
in HALT y Column.

New YORK sun.
Wa respectfully call the attention OF
Mr.. BRYAN. both as a statesman ana az
LAWYER 10 a remarkable classification con-
tanned In a statute of the United states
passed by the Eighth congress ana ~
proved on March q. 1904
r.be act IN question specifically divided
All territory under the flag and SOW
ereirnty OF the United states into three
classes. as follows.
/. states of the Union: -
> territories OF the United States.
3. Countries subject to the jurisdiction
OF the United states.
The congress which enacted this i'm
pertalistic classification was providing ~
the time for the authorization or local
acts or public records introduced as evil
dence In the federal courts and In All
other courts within the United States.
The second section OF the act was ~
follows:
IAN the provisions OF this act. and the
apply as wei 20 the public acts. records,
ofhc. books. judicial proc.sdines con l,t.
Of the United States. and countries sub
ject to the Jurisdiction Of the United
States. as to the public acts. records. Of
Ace books, judicial proceedings. courts
and Offices OF the several states"
Here ia a distinct recognition OF I'm
perial.sm:" a designation OF successive
grades OF United States territory. from
the subject country up 20 the state In
full membership. framework for a sys-
tenn OF outlying possessions. colonies.
provinces. or whatever you please.
II Is stiil the law OF the land. The
classification was preserved IN the revi-
sion OF tn. statutes in 1878 by the i'm
pcriaiists Of the Forty-third congress. Mr.,
Bryan win find. on page Ill OF his copy
Of tho Revised Statutes;
section ws.--The acts Of tho legislature
az any state or territory, or OF any coun-
ted states. shall be authenticated BY hav-
inR the seals ~ such state. territory or
country AFFIXED thereto. The records and
judicial proceedings Of the courts OF any
other court Within the United statea. BY
the attesia,ion OF the clerk" etc.
And the next section.
Section 90 --Ali records and exempiin-
cations ~ hooks. which may be kept IN
any public esnee % any state or terri
tory, or ~ any country subject 20 the
Jurisdiction 81 The United States. not ar-
pertaining 70 c0pFf. shall be proved or
ADMITTED = any eeart or office IN any
country. by the attestatiou ~ the Keeper
81 said records or books Or ~ me
governor, or secretary ~ state. the chan
ihs state. o. territory. n eoaairy.@ etc =
Once more let 90 catalogue the three
glasses ~ unitea States territory reoog-
nized by this statute
4 state.
2 a Territory
A country aGhfert 20 the furia6ictsan
81 che United States.
hut who was sne frnperiaiissic preai-
dent 40 reckless % republican iussftu-
tions or 80 blind 20 tho dangers lurking
In n graded system u aiasgiancs permit
finx colonial enterprises and the hrldfng
Of distant possessions that sre nefther
states nor organized territories. that be
aisiinc:lnns7
u may interest Mr. Bryan 70 learn
that his name was Thomas Jefferson.
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Coyote or Cougar?

The eminen; Harr Wagner. author
of the freak geography adopted by the
state board. telegraphed the Post-In-
tellixencsr on Friday, asking II Il would
publish a statement from him. He was
instructed TO send 1t along. and 1t fol-
lows herewith:
San Francisco. Cal, Sept. =. 1900
Editor Post fnteiligencer-rn your pa
per September - Is an expert political
attack on superintendent Browne, Gov
Rogers. Westland Publishing Company
myself and Others IN connection with pub.
LEGATION and adoption Of state text booka
You have. with a careless disregard for
truth. made myself and the new Pacific
sckUoi geography subject TO criticism 4
a political character. I would rather be
guilty OF carclessnces in the Use ~ Eng
lish than the harmful sfiocy that leads
70 tho criminal misuse 81 fhe truth FIX.
pert criticism fs alwaSE desirable. The
indisrretions % a prDofreader % NOT
necessarily Damn book. newspapers
never correct errors. authors and ptb-
fishers sometimes do. The statement
that Superintendent Br0wne'S action con-
scniing The publication an6 adoption Of
my book was dishonorah!e Il a iie.
HAIR WAGNER
We acquit Wagner OF careiessncss IN
the use q English. becanse Il s. quite
apparent that no and the English Lam
guage are not on speaking terms HIS
book speaks for itself. There Is not a
reputable educator in the state VINO has
word Of defence for this asgrega-
ton Of cheap pictures. smudsca q color
called maps. and text that would dis
grace an ordinarily intelligent boy In
one OF the lower grades Its errors are
not even those Of inexcusable careless
ness. but OF downright criminal ignor-
ance.
Why Superintendent Browne CON
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led the desperate charge on Spanish
ambush. sss 1t was race for a
chance TO die" Lieut. Col. Roosevelt
led the former detachment and tore
through the brush. leading his men on
Roosevelt. mounted. led the cavalry
A perfect storm OF shot swept the
hillside - There was a moments hest
tation along the line; then the order was
forward-charge.' Roosevelt was in
the lead waving his sword Roosevelt
was first. hundred feet ahead of his
troops. yelling like Sioux" suddenly
Roosevelt's horse stopped, paved the air
for moment and fell in heap Before
the horse was down Roosevelt had dis
engaged himself from the saddle, and.
landing on his feet again. yelled to his
men, and, sword in hand charged on
afoot."
This was when that paper was endea-
voring to furnish graphic and truthful
accounts OF the war. from its cores
pondents at the front. Today. for POI
litical reasons, 1t is endeavoring to be-
little Roosevelt's services In the war.
and hundreds of the small-fry Demo-
cratic papers throughout the country
are roundly asserting that Roosevelt
was never in the charge at San Juan
hill. and that the Rough Riders accom-
plished nothing. and did not distinguish
themselves in any way. II is charac-
tertistic OF the Bryanites that theS
never permit themselves to be hamper
ed by facts when seeking to point an
argument.
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the grand send-off Senator Turner gave
James Hamilton Lewis about two years
ago while speaking in the Seattle theater.
He compared Mr.. Lewis as "a plurned
knight" etc.
Although Mr.. Turner failed to say So
II Is nevertheless a fact that the express
sion was used by Robert @. Ingcrsoli In
his famous speech while placing James
q. Blaine in nomination for president
of the United States. II I mistake not.
Mr.. Ingersoli. while speaking on that
occasion, made Use OF the following;
THAT matchless leader. that prince OF
pariiamentarians. like plumed knight:
he walks down the halls of congress"
etc. with Samson ~ Browne dealing
death-blows to trusts. ana Piumed
Knight (D Lewis battling against the
Republican hosts. the Democrats OF
washington are certainly favored peo-
pie. " =. SN'
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FROM THE PEOPLE.
TRADES UNION DEBATING SOCIETY.

Seattle. Sept. %, 1900
To the Editor: Your report Of the
trades union meeting held last evening
az the Germania hall shows that there
has gone abroad a total nlisconception
of the whole affair. Many now suppose
that II Is an attempt to form trades
union political party. This is radically
erroneous / do not wish to be under
stood as meaning that there would be-
an objectionable sin In forming such a
party. but It merely happens that the
purposes OF the organization were entire
~ dinerent. 1t Ia generally known among
trades unionists In the city that the
Carpenters Union fathered the effort.
and as secretary of that union feel 1t
my duty to officially state that our OBJ
tect was to form trades union debating
society in which all union men and wo-
men In Seattle should have an equal
voice in the discussion OF all questions
affecting working people 1t was intend
ed that each union send committeeman
to take the management Of the society,
thus removing II from the possible sus-
picion that any union was running" II.
How the impression got out that the
organization was TO form a trades union
political party is that the subject for
discussion at the first meeting happened
to be on the ndvisability OF taking such
action. but this was simply the subject
OF the debate for that evening. II might
easily have been totally different from
that, and was in no way Indicative OF
the purposes Of the society.
l regret that the mistake should have
occurred. and hope that every unisnist
in the city Will see the necessity OF edu-
cation on all the problems the citizen has
TO face In these complex times, and hope
each WIN do his part 20 make the Trades
Union Debating Society an enducative
power for good.
w c. II. RANDOLPH,
Secretary Carpenters' Union.
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the board of directors, and the only
one at all prominent in politics. is Sem
ator Jones, of Arkansas, the chairman
Of the Democratic national committee.
Valentine. the head OF the express
trust, is a prominent and active Demo-
cratic manager.
No other trust magnates are known
TO take an active interest IN national
politics save these mentioned. John w.
Gates. OF the American steel and Wire
Company, II was announced at one
time. proposed to go into politics. with
the hope of being elected a United
States senator from Illinois. but this
was subsequently denied. He is a Re.
publican.
While other members of the great
corporations commonly called trusts
have not identified themselves intimate
ly with political affairs, II is extremely
likely that a majority OF them viii vote
the Republican ticket this fall for pre-
ciseiy the same reason that the great
majority Of all the business men and
all the laboring men in the United
States win do the same thing; because
they feel that the election Of the Re-
publican ticket will insure the contin-
uance of present prosperity. while the
election Of Bryan would certainly be
followed by depression. stagnation and
panic.
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Rooseyelt,s War Record.

During the stress Of the war with
Spain. for brief period the Democratic
newspapers felt the patriotic thrill
which swept over the country when
word came OF the gallant deeds done
by heroes at the front. During that
period the Democrats, newspapers Wed
with those of Republican faith In doing
fun Justice to the work OF the men In
the field, No one then stopped to think
for moment what was the political
faith OF Dewey. or Chafree or Lawton
or Shafter or Sampson or Schley or
Roosevelt or Joe Wheeler. They were
American soldiers and sailors: they were
doing splendid work In the field ana on
the ocean: they were giving American
arms a prestige In the eyes of the
world, such as they never had before.
and the country was PROUD OF them.
with measureless pride.
At that particular time Col Roose-
welt came I'm for large share OF this
public adulation. He had the good
fortune to be In command OF the
one volunteer regiment which had
had an opportunity to distin-
guish itself In Cuba. for It must
be remembered that the army at santi-
ago was very largely composed OF reg
uiars. "Roosevelt's Rough Riders con-
stituted unique corps. unlike any vol
unteer force ever before organized In
It's membership were men from every
part OF the United States. Its doings
were watched and followed with the
keenest Interest. and when that rcgi-
ment did distinguish itself. there was
a general paean ot exultatlon from
every war correspondent at the front.
Al the present time. however. Roose-
welt Is candidate for vice president
and for some reason the Democrats
press In the country seems to consider
n necessary 20 beiittle the record which
he made during the war. In 40 doing
they also ind II necessary 70 distort
the facts OF recent history. known 20
every newspaper reader, and TO insult
directly every member of the famous
regiment o. volunteers which served
under his command in Cuba.
Gov. Roosevelt Is not running for Vice
president on the strength OF HIS war
rec0rd with that entirely to one side.
he Is and has been for a long time easily
thesfoFcmost man of bis years IN the
Republican party He has been con-
spicuous figure before the public from
the very day be left college. and he was
recognized as future presidential pos
sislity before there was thought az the
oetbrrak q a war with spain. nlt as
The Democratic press has seen az 70 be
little his war record. Q, might be well
20 refer 20 the fies ana ses what the
war correspondents o. those same pa
pers had ,o say a. Roosevelt when they
we're tn the field WITH him aud reporting
from their personal observation on the
ground occurrences as they actually
saw them
The New York Journal had quite a
number Of correspondents In cnba dur
ing the var. who furnished that pape.
and the Examiner fun accounts Of each
Of the battles and skirmishes. From
these accounts ths following references
to the conduct OF Col Roosevelt under
hre are taken:
'col. Wood aad Lieut. Col. Roosevelt
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failed. Harr wagnsr's geography catches
II hardest. Wagner II a sort Of educsr
fionai irregular. yivacious talker. bst
not at all fitted to write Z reliable trU
book.--Centralta Chronicle.
Superintendent Browne wires hs >
proud OF his work In the school boos
adoption matter. II doesn't take fnuca
20 make some people feel afistocrneies~
Morning oiympian.
Taken an a whole the school booe
scandal In tho sensation of the day. nns
II shows at least that gross incomrcffnV
and cnreiessness existed among the state
officers who are directly and indirsftU
responsible. II will cost this fusion par
~ many votess--whatcom RsveiliA
Superintendent Browne should nor pfe.
pare text book OF his own which would
teach tee youth OF tho land how moa
more important II 10 TO hit trsst =
the solar pisxus and rave a great Hkts
sisoneo In ave years than u II 10 Learn
20 spell and talk correctly ana NOV ~
geography Of ones ecunify.-Whatsos
Rays.lle.
The school text book question, who's
was recently settled without tha scsf
dal Of Wholesale corruption funds
having many Of the hooks publishes
Washington state publishers. ~ -
subject Tor aAring columns OF sensAtiene
al bornbast. However these sans -
psrs were silent FIVE year, ago wbsN =
was openly charged that Esstefn nses
trusts had raised Doodle fund 81 pst
900 and were spending II In order te ~
their very standard books 20 re scneass
OF Washington state for the nsxf w
years Whafcorn Blade.
The Post fnfclIigenesr Of TO-DAY fsos
duces conclusive aud 6amning evidence
state Superintendent BrowHe's comps
fsy tn the school book JOB. IN ne fof-
OF two facsimile letters with bfosnrs
signature attached That the state sSpesSS
intsndent eorspffsi IA the ado2fien =
text hooks In advance ~ their eente[
ton. that he was intsfeaied IN ms sofn
ton Of publishing house ziate1 "a
vance to receive the profitable eonsIe. .ss
the awarding Of which rad been iu srNs
81 70 him and his board. cannot b 49,. 49,
"a BIZ any candid reader 81 these ls.'s -
the transaction. Ia the hxht OF ~ -.
posrres thus far faa6e. appears 70 psa5
Of the most infamous chapters o. - -
corruption ard maifeasancs that ssFI -
sraeea state administraiion.--FA''n
Herald.
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scented" to the adoption OF this book
is secret probably known only to him
and the author. The public draws its
own differences. There IS but one con-
ceivabie inducement that could lead to
such an outrage An ignorant boor like
Wagner would scarcely be above It.
Brownies letters prove that he was
watching his opportunities eagerly. We
suspect that Wagner is a sort OF hybrid
product OF the two animals that he as
signs to the state OF Washington as
great howlers."
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Russia offers the empress dowager
full protection IL she returns to Picking
while Germany insists that all persons
guilty of melting the murder Of for
eigners must be punished. as a condi-
ton preliminary TO peace negotiations.
Under the circumstances. the imperial
family win doubtless remain away from
their happy home for while.
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President Lamb. OF the Seattle board
Of education, expresses In an interview
this morning his opinion OF the new
textbooks adopted by the administra-
tion combine. The independence, con-
servatism and courage OF Mr.. Lamb
give great weight to his opinions. He
voices The universal condemnation Of
the atrocities which the Rogers Browne
book trust has forced upon the schools
Of the state, compelling the people to
purchase other books at great cos. in
self-defence.
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Dreyfus wants a vindication. Amer
lean newspapers. however. win have to
be pretty quiet about the Dreyfus az
fair until the truth is known about the
prosecution of the alleged Goebel muir
derers in Kentucky.
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Mr.. Sulzer says he win bare his
breast and defy the empire" Better
not. friend winters coming. the grip
is going around-and nobody's looking
at you, anyhow.
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A reader asks Il there Is a humane
society in Seattle. There IL such an
organization having jurisdiction within
the city Hon p s. Greene is presi-
dent and Mrs. Gronlund secretary.
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Mr. Stevenson bases his letter ac-
cepting the Populistic nomination en-
tirely upon the imperialistic issue. This
is familiar ground to him. and enables
him to work in the old arguments which
he used against Lincoln In 1854, when
candidate for election on the Mo-
Clellan ticket.
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The so-called Republican apathy Is
only seen In states which are certainly
Republican. 1t is difficult to get up
much interest in a race conceded in
advance to be a walk-over
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The Boer defeat is again advertised
as complete. But somehow hostilities
on the Transvaal have learned PATHS
method Of making farewell appear
ances.
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The uniform tsxt book iaw should BE- "a
peaist BY the next legislature, and there
are several other gratis" that should re-
ceive atten;fon--Cowiifx Advocate
The new text books adopted and forced
on the people OF the state by a popuIfss
governor and Popuiist board are meet
Ing with unboundsd Yidicnis from the
press Of all parties. The home printers
did their part Of the work all right. but
IL is the autho-~ aid EDITORS who have
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some Ancient Imperialism.

A little knowledge OF the political his
tory OF this country would have saved
Mr. Bryan and the followers who ac-
cept his utterances as gospel from many
of the mistakes into which they have
fallen in attempting to characterize the
acquisition of the Philippines, and the
proposals to establish local governments
there as imperialism" Every step
which has been taken in connection
with the Philippines has abundant
precedent behind II. and those prece-
dents are almost always Democratic.
Sad to relate. 1t Is Thomas Jefferson.
the apostle of Democracy. who f,rst.
insisted on a recognition of the right of
this country to acquire territory out
side OF its original borders. and who
first insisted on the right OF congress
to make laws for the government of
territory so acquired, without the con-
sent of the people inhabiting that ter
ritory and without giving them any
participation in the government
Worse than all. from the standpoint Of
the Democratic anti-imperialists, II
was during the administration of
Thomas Jefferson that congress passed
an act. which received his approval.
specifically recognizing that there were
under the American flag three distinct
classes Of territories: the states, the
territories and the country subject to
the Jurisdiction of the United States.
An article from the New York sun.
published In another column. gives the
relevant sections OF this act II was
passed in 1904. after the acquisition of
Louisiana, and is noteworthy for the
reason that at that particular time no
other territory save Louisiana and the
District of Columbia was under the
United States nag which was not with
in the limits of an organized state, or
appears. was not at that time recog-
nized as territory. but simply as coun-
try under the Jurisdiction of the Unit
ed States. Flat Imperialism, according
to the present Democratic definition.
The business men OF Omaha are firm
iy convinced that the shrinkage in pop
ulatlon shown by the census Is due 10
Popuiism. fusion and Bryanarchy
Many men OF capital left In disgust II
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4 GUARANTEES.

TAe Pest IsseIligenoer hereby
wsasnntees sts advertisers . bona
nae paid circuIstion, Daily, weekly
sna suwaaz, aouhie that % any
othes news5ep~p pubtishea In the
state ~ washfnstsE. Advertisins
contsacss viii be made subject 70
thls guavantee.
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II Mr. Bryan's statements about his
cat crop are correct, he Is worse than
farmer at farming.