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Democratic Arguments Absurd.

KY oemUCEtttiC arg uueutb tADBurQ. az
The only way OF rendering 1t neces-
sary for our republic to enter. on n ca
reer Of "militarism" would be to aban-
don the Philippines to their own tribes,
and at the same time either to guarnn-
tee stable government among. these
tribes or guarantee them against out
side interference. A far larger army
would be required to carry, out any such
policy than will be. required to secure
order under the American flag while the
presence Of this flag on the Islands Is
outside aggression The whole argument
against President McKinley's policy In
the Philippines becomes absurd when 1t
is conceded that we should, to quote
the language of the Kansas City nlat-
form, give to the Philippines first a
stable form Of government" II they
are now entitled to Independence, they
are also entitled to decide for themselves
whether their government shall be sta
BILE or unstable, civilized or savage, or
whether they shall have any govern.
ment at all: while 1t Is, of course equal
ly evident that under such conditions
We have no right whatever to gunran-
tee them against outside Interference
any more than We have to make such
guarantee In the case OF the Boxers
(who are merely the analogues OF Az
uinaldo's followers). If we have a
right to establish stable government
in the Islands. 1t necessarily follows that
1t is not only our right but our duty to
support that government until the ma
tives gradually grow fit to sustain It
themselves. How else will It be stable?
The minute we leave It. It ceases to be
or h1a s. .-rg.... ~
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Can We Contract P

Properly speaking, the question Is now
not whether we shall cxpand-for We
have already expanded-but whether
we shall contract. The Philippines are
nnw part Of American territory. To
surrender them would be to surrender
American territory. They must, OF
course, be governed primarilyln the In
tcrests Of their own citizens. Our first
care must be for the people of the Is
lands which have come under our. guar
diansfip ms result OF the most right
eous foreign war that has been waScd
within the memory OF the present gem
Grafton. They must be administered In
the interests Of their Inhabitants, and
that necessarily means that my ques-
ton OF personal or partisan politics in
their administration must be, entirely
eliminated. We must continue 10 put
at the heads OF affairs In the different
Islands such men az General Wood.
Governor Allen and Judge Taft, and 1t
is II most fortunate thing that we arc
able to illustrate what ought to be done
IN The way OF sending officers thither
by, poInting out what actually has been
done. The minor places In their ad-
ministration, where It is impossible to
M theta by natives, must be filled by
the strIctest application of the merit
system 1t Is very important that in
our own home administration the mere
iy ministerial and administrative Of
.ices, where the duties are entirely nom
political. shall be filled absolutely with
out reference to partisan affiliations;
but this Is many times more. imports
ant In the newly acquired Islands. The
merit system Is In Its essence as demo-
cratic rs our common school system, for
It simply means equal chances and fair
play for all. ~
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OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Sept. 1s.-The
following is Governor Theodore Roosc-
lvelt's speech accepting the nomination
as vice prcsident,on the Republican ma
tional ticket: IN m
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WHEELING DAILY INTE1IIGENGER MONDAY SEPTEMBER

k u Y iir4
for every one thousand inhabltnnts,
There Is no more danger of a draft than
there Is OF the Decentralization OF Ella
very. IA "a itfSit
Stopped Imperialism In Mexico.
When we expanded over New Mexico
and California we secured free govern
ment to, those territories. and prevented
their falling under the .mllitarlsm',o of
adictatorshlp like that Of Santa Anna,
In the days OF AIaxlmilian. We put o
stop to Imperialism In Mexico as soon
Us the Civil War closed. We made n
great anti-imperlalisti stride when we
drove the Spaniards from Porto lllco
and the Philippines, and thereby made
ready the ground In these islands for
that gradually increasing measure Of
self-governmentf for which their popula-
tions are severally fitted. Cuba Is being
helped along the path OF eindependence
as rapidly as her own citizens are CON
tent that she should go. or course
the presence Of troops in the Philip
pines during the Tagal insurrectIon has
no more to do with imperialism or
-;nllitarlsm than had their presence In
the Dakotas, Wyoming and Minnesota
during the many years which elapsed
before the final outbreak OF the Sioux
was finally put down. There Is no more
milltarlsm or imperialism In garrison
Ing Luzon until order is restored than
there was Imperialism in sending SOL
diers to South Dakota In 1890, during the |
Ogalnlla outbreak. Tie reasoning
which Justifes our having made war
against Sitting Bull also justines our
having checked the outbreaks OF Aguin-
aldo and his followers, directed. as they
were. against Filipino and American
cfIIie. 80 i5lslN [
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BANK OF THE OHIO WALLET
CApITAI~S1T5,000.
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DIRECTORS.
William A. Isctt, Mortimer felios@
]. a. Miller. Robert SlmpsHSh
Z. NJ, Atkinson, G. NJ. FrlssclL
Julius Pollock.
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Aguinaldo Like an Apache.

tA6 aAAeAaS SAAAS 49, &AR9ShSs
1t must be remembered always that
governing these Islands in the interest
OF the Inhabitants may not necessarily
be to govern them as the Inhabitants at
the moment prefer. To grant self-gov-
eminent to Luzon " under Aguinaldo
would be like granting self-government
to an Apache reservation under some
local chief; and this Is no more altered
by the fact that the Filipinos fought
the Span!ards, than It would be by, the
fact that the Apuches have long been
trained and employed in the United
States army. and have rendered signal
service therein; Just MS Pawnees did un-
der the administration OF President
Grant; Just ay the StockbrIdge Indians
did in the days of General Washington
and the friendly tribes OF the Six Ma
tions In the days Of President Mndi-
son. 800
There are now In the United States
communities of Indians which have ad-
vanced so far that 1t has been possible
TO embody them as n whole In our po-
ltical system, all the members OF the
tribe becoming United States citizcns.
There are other communities where tho
bulk OF the tribe are still too wild for
It to be possible to take such q step.
There are individuals among the
Apaches. Pawnees, 1roqu0is, Sioux and
other tribes, who are now United States
citizens, and who are entitled to stand,
and do stand on an absolute equality
with all our citizens OF pure white blood.
Men of Indian blood are now serving In
the army and navy and In Congress.
und occupy high position both in the
business and the political world. There
Is every reason why as rapidly rs an
Indian, or any body OF Indians, be-
comes ut for self -Govcrnment, he or It
should be granted the fullest equality
with the whites; but>there would be no
Justification whatever In treating this
fact as reason for abandoning the
wild tribes TO work out their own de-
struction. Exactly the same reasoning
applies In the case OF the Philippines.
To tnrn over the Islands to Agilinullo
md his followers would not be to give
self-government to the islanders; under
no circumstances would the majority
thus gain self-government. They would
simply be put ut the mercy OF syndl-
cate of Chinese haif-breeds, nnder
whom corruption would flourish more
freely than 1t ever ilourlehed under
Tweed. while tyrannical oppression
would obtnlntto n degree only possible
under such nm olignrchy ,irs5 IS,
fstl Yours truly, ssts
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, u
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Business entrusted to our care wiz ~.
cclNc prompt and careful Attention.
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for every one thousand inhabltants.
There is no more danger Of a draft than
there Is of the Rehabilitation Of Ella
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First Stride In Expansion.
In 1903, under President Jefferson. the
greatest single stride In expansion that
we ever took was taken by the purchase
OF the Louisiana territory. This So
called Louisiana. which included what
are now the states OF Arkansas. Mis-
souri,. Louisiana, Iowa, Minnesota. Ne
braska, Kansas. North and South Da-
kota, Idaho. Montana and n large pnrt
of Colorado and Utah, was acquired by
treaty and purchase under President
Jefferson exactly and precisely, MS the
Philippines have been acquired by
treaty and purchase under President
Mckinley. The doctrine OF "the consent
OF the governed" tho doctrine Ere-
vlously cnunciutcd by Jefferson In the
Declaration of Independence, was not
held by him or by any other snne man
TO apply to the Indian tribes In, the
Louisiana territory which he thus nc
CURED, and there was no vote taken
even Of tho white inhabitants, not to
speak Of the negroes and Indians. ms to
whether they were willing TINT their
territory should be annexed. Tho grant
majority OF the Inhabitants, white md
colored nike, were bitterly opponcd to
the transfer. An armed force OF United
States soldiers had to be hastily sent
into the territory to prevent lnaurrcc-
ton. President Jefferson sanding these
troops TO the Philippines jefferson dis
tinctly stated that tho Loulslanlnns
were mot 1T or ready for aclf.govcrn-
mcnt," and years elapsed before they
were given self-govcrnment, Jefferson
appointing the governor and other ON
cials without my consultation with the
tkat ~ ,t.,|, no. a
,rltory. Tho doctrine that tho f"cons,i-
tuition folloMa tho flng" VIM not then
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OFFICERS.

j. N. VANCE, -. President
LAWRENCE I. SANDS. Cashier.
WIN. b. IRVINE, Asst. Cas!'ef'
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THE DANGER OF PLUTocRAcy.
Warning Voice of History ShoGId BE
Heard and Heeaed-C0Rcen-
traffoa OF Wealth.

Surely the rapid DEVELOPMENT Of
plutocraey during the last few years
viii arouse the people to the dangers
which threaten our republic. The
warning voice OF history cannot long
er be disregarded. No nation has ever
Travelled so far, in the same pace q
time, from democracy &c pl2tocracT
as has this nation during the last ten
years. Foreign influence, says the Ma
tional Waterman, described by Wash
ington as lone OF the most banefal
foes Of republican government, has
been felt as never before Fortunes
have been made more suddenly than
ever before. Wealth has been eoncer-
trated in the hands CT d few more rap
idly than ever before. Corporate cap
ita1 exerts an influence over govern
ment more potent than ever before
Money is more freely used than ever
before TO corrupt elections. What i
to be the end? Can any thoughtful
person believe that these conditions
promise well for 4 republic?
Instead of regarding the recent as
sanlt upon constitutional government
the attempted overthrow OF Ame7-
lear principies-as a matter Of Ges-
tiny. we may rather consider II as tbs
last plague, the shaving Of the first
born. which VIII end the bondage q
the AIneI lean people and bring c.
iverance from the pharaohs who arr
~enthroning Mammon and Gebasing
mankind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-19

President Mckinley has occupied the
white house a little more than three
years. For the same period OF time the
government has been L by the mil
.lionaire plutocrats Of the white house
syndicate. The humpbaeked fax-pay-
er-brotner TO the man with the hoe
al now take stock and ascertain his
condition. Three years Of MeKinleyism
have given this patient nan with the
hump a government that costs about
$780, 900 an hour: nearly 100000 a
day; more than S40.0 0 900 a week: al
most $50, o00.0 900 a month: in the neigh
borhood Of s.. 600, 000. 600 a year-anc
yet the patient man with eyes like an
OK is not wholly satisfed!-N. Y Yer
dict,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-19
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

If the republican congress post
pones the reduction of the war tax.
the people viii not postpone the re-
duction Of the republican vote in con
gress-AIbary Argus.
II the republican party sue
ceeGs in fastening the imperislistic
doctrine up on the American people
the Declaration Of Independence and
the Fourth of July viii become a
farce-W. ]. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan is as frank as the plat
form Itself in his expressions upon this
dominant issue Of to-day. He recog-
nizes that Imperialism ov~ershadoWs
every other question in which the pee
ne have concern and threatens the life
6 the narion.-St- Louis Republic.
On the question of Imperialism
and the trusts the country is against
the republican party. and if the demo
Gratis do not so far oblige their OPP
ponents as 10 push these problems
into the background Mr.. Mckinley
is likely to be beaten.-Brooklyn Cit
izen.
The Mckinley and Roosevelt
ticket. amid the cheers which greeted
it in Philadelphia. has witnessed its
only day of enthusiasm. and from now
on must fall into that mediocrity OF
estimation which attaches to the in
sufficient and the bungIing-Atlants
Constitution.
IT is a remarkable circumstance
that in the midst of all our boasfed
prosperity his year so far has sown
more strikes and shut-downs han for
many corresponding periods past
Mckinley prosperity is toe hoggish-
II wont distribute itself enough
Houston Post
The republican party demanded
that the constitution be amended be
fore the trust question should be
rrappled with On the other hand
the party made no scruples of vioIat-
ing the constitution for the benefit
Of the trusts in the Porto 1lco ques-
tiou.-Peoria Herald-Transeript-
When he was nominated foul
years ago people said il was because
Of his great speech. They regard him
as an accident brought about by well
turned phrases. There Is no such
feeling now. There is a realization
born of -four years life in the most
keenly lighted public view. that the
man is welded 10 the Of put
ting the ma above the do1lar-of re-
storing fundamental American prin-
ciples. And that is all anybody wants
in any line.-Inaianapolis Sentinel.
Senator Hanna is credited with
intention TO send Mckinley's pub
lished speeches TO Gov. Roosevelt.
This Is ~deplorab1e. In that volume
Gov. Roosevelt viii discover that Pres
ident Mckinley has been unable to
state clearly a principle OF the eur-
rency question, He viii discover also
that President Mckinley Is voluhIe in
commonplace. That Is a dangerous
example 70 commend To SO young q
politician a Roosevelt. = Caiea@
Chronicle.
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Descen6iI

ing to feEeriShIv faSten her last glove
button. In her trembling she tore away
the fastening. This made her feel i'll
dressed and hot cross the shoulders
She stopped at a little white door,
where, On the panels, in riot and con-
fusion. were tumbled those glutinous
transferable pictures which children de-
light IL They draggled heads and tails
all over the bottom panels. Cheerful
and rubicund kings and smiling queens,
in purple robes and topT ing yellow
crowns: and monstrous goats and
bears and wonderful rearing coal black
elephants
katieis mamma thought naturally of
the culprit- She remembered taxing
and reprimanding her that same morn
ing for a similar treason against the
reignlng law. ~Or-wight," her Lady
ship had said, Katie DO that no more,
il possible"
And now as she waited a little soft
ened figure showed itself at the door.
II was gowned in pink flannel. and held
out two irresistible arms. p~earl-but-
toned at the wristbands.
You did that, Katie" her mother
said, sternly. pointing to the desc
Grated panels.
Me no co il" her Ladyship replied
firmly: ~katie's dreful black baby"
Her La6yship referred as the delin-
quent to the aforesaid mahogany abom-
ination.
Then, watching her mothers gather
ing face her untruthful and diplomatic
Ladyship ran % her mothers skirts
and said softly: Katie seepy again"
Her brown hair had been ribboned
away from her ears and now she stood
back against the door, barring over her
pink collar the whitest little neck in the
world. Her mothers silence puzzled
her and she was afraid. She gathered
IN all her breath. bursting at last into
an agony Of tears.
Katie goo girl" she said, with her
lips a-quiver- Her mother stopped TO
her anC she threw up both her arms.
Es- IS, es, mamma mamma, tiss
me. she said, b~rokenly.
II vas here hat "Katie's mamma"
threw away her hooded cloak and &C
eoutrements and spiked her hat several
savage times with three long dagger
pins. Moreover, she comforted Katie
with a and hugs and odd little
laughs.
Afterwar6 she wrote a long letter to
her husband, telling him about Katiets
advancement in learning and specialize
ing some obviously Impractical plans
for the summer. II was really a e
long letter Then she gave orders that
the front door be bo1teG and that Katie
being restless, should sleep with her
that night
And all this while she was moved
with pity for the Other Nan-waitine
and hoping, she thought-he who al
this moment was racing down High
street. ~ISlingtoR. behind a big cigar.
thanking and praising his stars thai he
hadnot betarrec his career and queered
his seasons pitch by running away
with his neighhor's wife
He thanked God. and then whistle6.
For such IS the selfshness OF Other
Men.-Black and White
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a OF HOPE.
To sit and watch in the lonely house
Whence others have risen and gone their


To sit and watch in the lonely house
Whence others have risen and gone their
way
So hush'd and still that the wainscet mouse
Creeps out On my hearth to play:
To hear the hurrying folk go by,
Their echoIng feet the silence fill
The world is busy enough, but
In the midst of it all sit sdnI
To wait. through the tide runs far ard fast,
To share the story. yet tErn no page,
To dwell IN the heart Of a vanished Past
With friends Of z bygone age:
The living about me come and 90,
But these have done with earth's tolls
and tears.
And 1 follow with faltering step and slow.
In the wake Of the tedious years
a broken weapon that's flung aside,
a WORKOUT tool for which none need
Sometimes I fancy 7 must rave died,
And that only a ghost sits there!
Yet the Dead TO longer can feel the strain
OF :he aerveless hand and the powerIess
And the WEAKNESS ever worse than pain
That comes when Lies lamp burns 61m!
OFTEN th:-k the hour Of dawn,
when the faint light gsimners on wall
ard Eoor.
AID tEs curtains Of night are half with
drawn.
- AAE ~t-SL 4 lie twenty -LJLI-
How long vii il be ere the tardy glean
q sunset fires the golden west2
II - less hard then just 70 watch ard
dream
When even the toiIers rest.
And whe2 stars come out Ger the twilight
sea
There fails CT my soul q peace profound,
A. ! think of a Hand that once set free
TIE Spirits in Prison hound:
CuE Czy He VII burst these bonds C< mir@-
and there is good work Vet
ucdore
He IS keeping for me in His Love divine
II the Land beyond the Sun,
Christian Burke. in Good Words.
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How the standard l. Maintained.

Experience proves that when b.
law we have two standard 6oEars-sil-
yer and gold-the one which is cheap
er in the market exPels the other freE
circulation, SO that a single standard
results in practice. In 1857. for exam
pie, the gold dollar drove Il the ST.
yer dollar because al that time the gold
dollar as bullion was worth 1pE cents
and the silver dollar was worth as buI-
lion 104 cents. The silver dollars were
exported to be melted. the exporter
getting a profit of four cents a dollar.
No silver dollars remained II circu3a-
ton. But now that the bullion IN 2 sill
yer dollar is worth little over IS cents.
that dollar. if made a standard and aG-
mitted TO free and unlimited" coinage.
would expel the gold dollar from cir
culation. People always pass Of
their worst enemy frt-Baltimo-e
Sun.
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Ia, aEd the water tumbled from The
leaves OF the trees on TO his shirt cuffs.
- mail cart sheered past him and
FLASHED him with rich running mud
from the road.
Inat mace him curse the driver. and
he dug his heels into the clay and
gravel. and conIforted himself with a
rehearsal of his first words when the
lady should al last appear. He thought
OF the touch of her gloved hand, the
Polse of her chin above her furs, and
the light that should live in her eve.
de cid not-as men are said TO do in
crises-Prejudge all that was 10 come.
Yet now and again. in the full sound
OF passion little biting notes came
through like the signing OF d zephyr in
a gale. and left him. that was strong.
feverish. uncertain and d trife trembIy
III the knees.
Jack Holden had always done him
Well" had always offered hin 4 whole
hand and the choicest II was his &c
offer Then observation-disclosures into
the future he sped forward and saw
dinIy; and the half sight LEFT him
nervous. He remembered now MIS-.
Holden had looked Gle night when.
tired. limp and with a paid d ne
had seen her AT The tae end Of aIl-in-the-
morning bail.
II wanted Still eight minutes to 1ae
appointed time, and the eager Damp
ness had crept into his light boots. and
"a each turn Re pressed the Tv2.er ron
his sodden scles-I.ke . gene = useG
m NJ -t1L1 hE- g-FE.,- --------a "
But if she wCuIG Only EIogv. how
al these troublesome thoughts would
fly: # only Re might see her Iealina
hin: II only he might feel he- eyes aLG
breath Close 10 him Ee-e: Oh. why
doesn't she Gomez" ne mEr7sreG. we4a-
" and feveTishly; SHE C5G1t use 10 be
~uDpunctuaI at other times"
\ Way ward hanson s~Pu1tere6 pas-
him, and the whizzing wheels gave cut
mud which licked high and sp.a@1sd
his collar. He almost tasted The dirt.
He was young-comparatively; he
hadn't had much of d time IL the world.
really-other women there were; why
should he bind himself fast anC hard
here and hereafter?
o. course he felt sorry for Nabs
Yes" he said Il himself. i feel IN
commonly sorry for MAIDS; but. then.
women always get over these things
somehow" Besides he was doing the
right thing, aDG that was soIace and
succor to him In a fame Of virtue he
whistled soffly-almost to himself.
Then, in an instant. the alert vehicle
veered, and the horse was brought to
the dead halt at the curb by his side.
Cab. sir?" said the driver. Yes"
said the Other Man, land drive TO the
Empire"
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Not Like

The Hannaites expect % fool a few
republicans by making them belive the
party of to-day i the legitimate sue
cessor of the party of Lincoln. But
they do not expect The number that car
be thus deceived & be very large. and
they Go not expect that men who are
base enough TO knowingly cast their
votes TO perpetuate the power OF
trusts to plun6er the American people
to do so without demanding a portion
of the plumber for themselves Hence
they realize that they must buy a large
portion of the votes that the ticket wLl
receive.-NafionaI Waterman