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MOST CONVINCING EFfoRr r.
periaIism In His speech MT
indianapolis.

Considered thus as an argument
against the imperial policy, asa warn
ing against militarism and plea for
liberty for all men, Mr.. Bryan's speech
will rank as perhaps the most logical,
eloquent and convincing of all his pub
lie efforts. His analysis of and answer
to the republican reasons for holding
the Philippines is most searching and
conclusive.
Mr.. Bryan indorses as San easy, hon
est. honorable solution of the9Philip-
pine question" the plan set forth in
the democratic platform. and says:
IF elected / shall convene congress
in extraordinary session as soon as
am inaugurated and recommend an
immediate declaration of the nations
purpose, first, to establish a stable
form of government in the Philippine
islands, Just as we are now establish
ing a stable form of government in
the island of Cuba; second, to give in
dependence to the Filipinos, just as
we have promised to give independ-
ence to the Cubans; third, to protect
the Filipinos from outside interfer-
ence while they work out their des-
tiny, just as we have protected the re-
publies of Central and South America
and are, by the Monroe doctrine,
pledged to protect Cuba"
1t cannot be charged that this
pledge is lacking in "a defniteness,
and the parallel which it runs with
Cuba and with the traditional policy
of our government in General and
South America is pertinent and un-
assailable
Mr.. Bryan has done well in confin-
Ing ing his first formal speech to this
burning issue and in adopting a
moderate, reasoning and truly patri-
sotic tone.-N. 7. World. e.
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4 Republican Question Answered In
Way That Permits of No
Argument.

,SWhat could Bryan do to end the
Philippine insurrection more than Nc
Kinley is doing?" is frequently asked
and the addition follows close: ''The
United States has got the Philippines
and has got to keep them. We can't
let 60"
In his speech of acceptance Bryan
answered this question in a way that
makes argument on the other side inn
possible. There is no hesitation, no
doubt, no equivocation in that answer.
II will call an extra session of com
gress to declare the policy of the
United States to give the Filipinos
first, stable form of government;
second, independence and third, pro-
lection from interference by any 9TH
er nation
This is the policy outlined in the
democratic platform. The object Of
the Philippine insurrectfon, the only
object. is to gain independence for the
Filipinos. The promise of independ-
ence will end the insurrection at once
by removing its cause. There viii be
no flag furling," no Surrender of
American principles no ''base yield,
ing" in such course, as those heated
with their taste of empire are wont
to declare. Such course will be a
return to the American principle of
freedom and liberty for all men, from
which no departure should ever have
been made. 1t will not be flag furl-
ing" The American flag will wave
more proudly than it waves for none
but freemen. There win be no con-
fession of weakness. The nation
which in d few months brought a
frst-elass power to suppliant knees
can lose no prestige nor admit defeat
by giving a weaker .tion it's rights.
Such a policy will not only show
the nations of the earth the stuff Of
which Americans are made. but it
will give an example which will do
more for the preservation of the peace
of the earth than Hague peace confer
ences and ironclad treaties.-St. LoNis
Republic.
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and sound judgment. Rooseveltis none
Looking On. for spoils.

It would seem kat if the allied forces
can get the members Of the legations
back to the coa1s in safety our mis-
sion in China would be ended There is
doubt on this poirbt Peking is a city of
walls within wallg. To. enter the outer
walls is to walk into a trap. That is
where the allied forces are now. It is
to be hoped that they will leave the
city in safety, taking our minister and
citizens with them.
The administration is now trying to
figure out some indemnity for our
losses. It is. pretty clear that the for
eign powers. while declaring that they
do not intend to partition the empire,
will yet make their demands for in
demnity so high that the Chinese cam
not pay them. The next step will be
to take the government in hand under
pretense of overseeing the revenues un-
til the indemnity is paid When the
powers let go there won't be enough
left of China to partition.
1t will be a wonder if Mckinley man
ages to keep out of this complication.
Everything indicates that he is going
in for it. 1t is lucky that election day
is so near that his capacity for get
ting this country into difficulties will
be limited.
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PRESS COMMENTS,

-RooseveIt's utterances will soon
compel the party managers to put on
largely increased force in the ex.
planation department.-Den Post.
Imperialism cannot endure s q
free and honest vote. It's hope lies
in coercion and venality. Without
scruple it corrupts electors, buys sen.
atorships and terrorizes labor.-Cn-
lumbus CO., Fress-Post.
Vice Chairman Payne, of the re.
publican national committee, saws
sthe main issue is the Mckinley ad.
ministration, and on that the repub.
lican party must stand or fall. Well,
let it go at that. It seems hard,
though, that a whole party should be
wiped out by the mistakes and wick
edness of half a dozen pnny politi-
cians.-Cincinnati Enquirer,
The armor plate combine, at
was expected, has come to the front
with good stiff price for the new
armor now needed by our government
for the warships recently authorized
It is with Secretary Long to pay these
prices if he sees proper. and he will
see proper. all right. The patriots for
revenue do not suffer under this adj.
ministration. Houston Post.
Either our manufacturers do
not need any protective tariff to en-
able them to hold the home market,
or if they do they must be selling to
foreign markets below the cost of pro-
duction and are exacting extortionate
prices from their own countrymen
under shelter of the Dingley tariff.
Whichever horn of the dilemma the
Hanna party seizes win convict it Of
the protective tariff for
purposes of commercial robbery Of
the American people.-Kansas Cit,
Times.
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Watering Her Teefh

The small daughter ofea prominent
real estate man here in town is spend
ing the summer at White Sulphur
Springs in Virginia. She is just seven
years old, and she is in the most dis
tressfng period of cutting her second
teeth. The recent loss of one of her
upper front teeth has left a gap IN the
middle of her smile that IL most NOR
.tifying to her vain little self. some-
body saw her not long ago at the
springs drinking glass after glass Of
water. Later in the day she was there
again, doing the same thing. "a third
time she was discovered drinking the
waters, and this time somebody asked
her what on earth she was drinking 50
much for The child siged:
sIt don't seem to do much good,m
she said, disconsolately, aand reckon
it's because I can't hold enough. I'm
trying 10 wafer the roots Of my teeth
so they'll grow. Do you think they
wilI?v
It was the same little girl who came
home from her first day at school eager
to show her mother the calisthenic ex.
ercises she had been learning
t'It's fstical culture, mamma" she
said. ..They call it that because You
do It all with yoGr fists. so."-Wask.
ington Post
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EcLIpsEs INFLUENCE BABES.
Inaies-The Method of Counter
acting Evil Effects.

Cuba and Porto Rico lay outside the
line of totality in the last eclipse OF
the sun; in fact, the amount of ob-
scuration was rather less than was
observed in New York. or more cor
rectly, than would have been observed
if the clouds had permitted. None the
less, to the eclipse is to be charged a
large amount of infant ill-health and
mortality, says the New York Trib-
une.
In those islands all mothers and
nurses have a fear of the evil opera
tion of an eclipse on tender infants.
They say that it is a fear that the
children will be hit by the eclipse, but
if anyone should suggest that it is tho
devil which does the hitting the state-
ment will not be disputed by adult
Cubans and Porto Ricans. The only
remedy against the malign influence
that is known is to strip the babes as
soon as the eclipse begins and expose
them in the open air unattended un,
til the shadow has passed entirely of
the sun. If the child gets case Of
pneumonia or bronchitis as the result
OF. the several hours Of exposure, 1t is
proof positive that it has been shit"
by the devil behind the astronomical
phenomenon; If the baby escapes ii
is due entirely to the purity Of its
soul.
When any child is ''hitn it is taken
first to the .'padre" for the expulsion
of the devil, and then the 'medico. for
the completion of the treatment. In
all such cases the approved treatment
consists of the administration of an
emetic to disiodge the devil Of the
eclipse and confidence that all will go
well under the influence of faith and
medicine. On the morning Of the
eclipse the weather In Cuba, at least
on the north shore. was decidedly raw,
and d large proportion Of the exposed
children took colds and died. Children
who are not thus exposed at the time
of an eclipse are supposed, according to
local superstition. to be hit" by the
eclipse 'sdiabolo" in less manifest
ways, and to be beyond these methods
of cure. All children who have never
been exposed to this treatment must
be exposed to the eclipse or take ths
consequences.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-29
A WONDERFUL TIMEPIEcE.
Twain Wrete Characteris-
tic Description.

What is perhaps the most wonderful
watch in the world is in the possession
of a resident of Prince George county,
Nd, says the Washing ton Times.
This remarkable timepiece, known as
the Matile watch, from the name of it's
maker, was made at Looe, Switzerland,
about 40 years ago. 1t formed "a fea-
ture of the Swiss exhibit at the CEN
tennial held at Philadelphia in 1876, and
twas purchased on that occasion by its
present owner. A. description of the
watch by Mark Twain Is. T.. CIemens1
is as remarkable for accuracy as hui
morous. The welI-known writer thus
gives his impressions Of the marvellous
piece of mechanism:
81 have examined the wonderful
| watch made by Mr.. H. i. Matibe, and, in
deed, it comes nearer to being human
being than any piece of mechanism
ever saw before. In fact, it knows con-
siderably more than the averag ge voter.
It knows the movements of the moon,
and keeps exact record of them; it
tells the day of the week, the date of
the month and the month of the year,
and win do this perpetually; ittells the
hour of the day, and the minute, and
the second, and even splits the second
into fifths,, and marks the division by
stop hands, having two of the hitter;
it can take accurate care of two race
horses that start, not together, but one
after another; it issa repeater (where-
N the voter is suggested AGAIN., and
musically chimes the hour, the quarter,
the half and the three-quarter hour,
and also the minutes that have passed
of an uncompleted quarter hour so
that a blind man can tell the time of
day by it to the exact minute.
Such is this extraordinary watch. It
ciphers to admiration. Ishould think
one could add another wheel and make
IT read and write, still another and
make it talk; and / think one might
take out several of the wheels that are
already in. it and it would still be
more nteMigentcitizen than some that
help to govern the country. On the
whole, think it is entitled to vote
th at is, If its sex is Of theright kind"
The watch was sold for 81 400, and 1t
is still performing it's complex func,
tions with the grea test regularity.
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EDITORIAL OPINION.

=
Mr.. Bryan has touched the but
ton and set the pace. He talks for the
Americanism which has made our
country strong and great; he talks
for principles which have grown with
the civilization of the people. Democ-
racy affords the only hope of saving the
nation from imperialism.-Atla
Constitution
Unmistakably Mr.. Bryan has
drawn the issue, and while the Chicago
platform is firmly upheld by himself
and his conominee. Mr.. Stevenson, the
dangers growing out of the recent war
with Spain have appealed to his sturdy
Americanism with such oyermastering
force as to lead him to seek first Of ali
the safety and security of the repub-
lic.-Pittsburgh Post.
There can be no misunderstand-
ing of Mr.. Bryan's position upon the
"para mountissue" before the American
people and no equiyocation about it.
He is first, last and all the time for the
independence of the Fi1ipinos. That is
his Interpretation of the platform
adopted by the democratic national
convention at Kansas City. To the in
dependence of the Filipinos. therefore,
the democratic party is doubIy pledged
in its platform and BY its nominee for
president Baltimore Sun.
No public utterance made by
Mr.. Bryan since his nomination at
Chicago in 1896 shows such scrupulaus
care and we1l-digested judgment as
his address Of acceptance. IL the
republicans fattered themselves with
the anticipation of a famboyant and
ford effort they have been bitterly
disappointed There are no pyroteeh-
mics, in Mr.. Bryan's discussion OF i'm
perialism at Military park the other
day thing resembling his famous
Chicago metaphor about cross of
gold and crown Of thorns. The
manifest purpose to safeguard him
self against ridicule on the charge OF
extravaganza and exaggeratisn has
been abundantly successful. Kansas
City Star.
The Herald. as is well known by
this time, does not take the same view
of the subject discussed that is held
by Mr.. Bryan and does not support
his candidacy. But to say Of this ad.
dress that it lacks the quality of full
manliness, intellectual or moral, would
stuItify our judgment. It is the utter
ance of robust, earnest, competent
disputant on a high theme Of states.
manship. We have no motive to over.
praise it, but our feeling is that this
speech will give Bryan higher rank
among the statesmen Of the nation
than he has had before. Boston Her
ala.
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RIDDLES THE HYP0CRITEs.
Weakness of Republican Cause Ex-
posed by Bryan in his Ac-
ceptance Speech.

The magnificent appeal for the per-
petuation of the time-honored prin-
ciples of the republic with which Mr..
Bryan acknowledges the official noti-
feation of his nomina tion5is now be-
fore the American people. It possesses
the ring of second deelara ton of in
dependence. There is no sophist tieated
play on words, no beating around the
bush, no cowardly attempt to escape
the issue which most vitality affects
the governmental structure. The Ian
guage is simple, straightforward and
strong, absolutely void Of equivoca-
ton. It is the creation of a states
man who has a policy to propose OF
which he feels absolutely sure. There
is no timidity-no shrinking.
B No surer proof of the weakness OF
the republican cause can be adducetl
than the refusal of republican lead
ers to discuss Imperialism in detail.
Instead, their mere campaigners re-
sort to ridicule and meaningless har-
angue concerning honor and glory,
while those pretending to statesman
ship have recourse to vague, oracular
assertions that leave their exact posi-
tions in doubt. The men chosen to
make and execute our laws are merely
public servants. The people, then,
have a right to know exactly what
they propose to do, and when and how
they propose to do it. We have no
prophets whose word is law. In strik-
ing contrast to the republican plan
Mr.. Bryan meets every point in a man
" manner and discusses it with thor
oughH@ss. Thereisn no wild declaration,
NOTHING dangerously radical, nothing
bitaer or pasasI EHi Iise,s-
sion Throughout is calm, temperate
and patEiotic.
The rhost bigoted party antagonist
cannot place his finger upon a senti-
a1ent that is not distinctly American.
A high Imoral sentiment pervades the
whole. Liberty is the keynote.
Conn 1hending expansion he. attacks
imperialism, demanding that the con-
stitution accompany the flag into every
territory under American dominion;
disputing the appalling assertion that
men with souls may be purchased
with inanimate earth and ruled as
possessions he riddles the hypocrit-
ical plea Of duty, holding our supreme
duty to be the discharge OF moral obli-
gations.-Indianapolis Sentinel
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ANOTHER BRYAN CONVERT.
DR.. Henry Wade Rogers Tells WIN
Gold Democrats VIII Desert
'5a4a McKinIey.S

DIR. Henry Wade Rogers, formea
president of Northwestern university
and recently called by The faculty OF
Yale, says he will vote for Bryan and
Stevenson.
In 1896 he voted for Mckinley and
Hobart. He declares also that he be.
-lieyes the gola democrats Of the coun.
| try asa body will support Bryan this
year because they believe imperialism
is the most dangerous policy the re.
public could adopt, and that the party
that is responsible for such, policy
should be defeated
DR.. Rogers says that the silver
plank in the democratic platform will
no more drive them from supporting
Bryan than the protective plank in
the republican platform kept them
from voting for Mckinley four years
ago, when silver was the paramount
issue.
In a statement to the Chicago
American approving the Endorsement
of Bryan by the anti-imperialist con-
vention at Indianapolis, DR.. Rogers
says:
1.-THE gold democrats as a rule are anti
imperialists. They declined to support Mr.
Bryan four years ago because they looked
upon the currency question as the para
mount issue of the campaign. The major
ity of them voted for Mckinley as the
surest way to defeat Bryan. These men are
as strong In their conviction to-day as they
were four years ago that 16 to is an unwises
and dangerous policy. The most of them,
7 believe, will be found supporting Bryan
in this campaign. That which was the
paramount issue in 1896 is not the para
mount issue in 1900
They believe that imperialism is the
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VASTLY DIFFERENT.
Imperialism. the Spirit of Empire,
and Democracy the Essence
OF Freedom.

What is the difference between the
democratic and the republican atti-
tude toward the Philippines?
The New York Times affirms that
there is practically no difference. 1t
attempts to justify this opinion by a
pettifogging paraphrase of the two
policies.
] In matter of such moment are not
the people entitled to judge the par
ties and the candidates by their own
/ words and acts? Mr.. Mckinley in his
speech of acceptance says:
The Philippines are ours, and American
authority must be supreme throughout the
archipelago. There must be no scuttle
policy.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech takes the
position that the Philippines belong
to the Filipinos, and that the Filipinos
own themselves. He says:
eff governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, it is i'm
possible to secure title to people either by
force or by purchase. Force can de-
fend a right, but force has never yet Great
ed a right. If it was true, as declared in the
resolutions of intervention, that the Cubans
'are and of right ought to be free and inde-
pendent" Language taken from the Deelar-
alton of Independence, it is equally true
that the Filipinos are and of right ought
to be free and independent
g Is there not a vast and vital diff
ference between these two positions?
It is the difference between independ-
ence and dependence, between polit-
ical freedom and vassalage, between
self-governmert and rule by a "sov-
ereign" power. Is there practically
no difference" between the state of
Switzerland and that of Egypt-be-
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Defeat Predicted.

Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, lineal
descendant of the signer of the Declara-
ton of independence of the same name,
predicts that the republicans will be
Overwhelmingly defeated in the com
ing campaign. The campaign, he says,
will eclipse that of 1896, and gives
promise of a new era in politics. He.
says that the issue. as announced. and
expressed in Mr.. Bryan's speech of ac-
ceptance, has cleft the republican party
in twain. .sThe Cotton Whigs,',' . he
says, who condone slavery beneath
the American flag as their fathers CON
doned the attempt to: extend slavery
into the free territories of the west,
may pull wires and manipulate men
without backbone, but they cannot
control men like ex-President Harrison.
ex-senator Henderson, of Missouri, ex-
Speaker Thomas B. Reed, ex-Secre-
tary Carl Schurz, and ex-Gov. Bout
well. The republican party, which be-
gan its career in the defense of liberty,
prostituted to the service of money as
against the rights of men, and New
England will not be silent"
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Iii goes without saying that the
travelling men who have lost their
places. through the formation of trusts
viii be a unit in opposition to trusts
and to the party which has done moth
ing to regulate and restrain them. The
travelling men who were fortunat
enough to keep their employment viii
also be aligned against trusts if they
are animated by a healthy self-interest
st. Louis Republic
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-29

-It is seldom that a day passes
without notice of the organization of
a new trust, an advance of prices by
a trust, discharge of men by q trust,
shutting down a factory by a trust
or some similar action. Indianapolis
Sentinel
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Mr.. Bryan's speech appears

Mr.. Bryan's speech appears of
appalling length, but no one who reads
beyond the opening paragraphs will
put 1t aside before he has reached the
end. It is an exceedingly able speech,
clear, coherent and logical, and as
earnest as eloquent. and all the more
forcible because it is confined closely
to one subject. which he takes as the
significant leading issue that typifes
all the general issues Of the campaign.
--PhiIadeirhia Times.
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M'KINLEY's METHODS.
The President Can Talk Enough, But
He starts In with the
Wrong Cue s

Results this year have not justified
Mr.. McKinley's methods as campaign
defagrator. His trouble is not that he
misunderstands the people-7he is too
experienced politician-but that he
has the wrong cue.
Talleyrand once Informed his wife
that he proposed bringing an eminent
traveller home to dinner. He told her
where to find the travellers book in the
about his adventures. Unfortunately,
madame got hold of Robinson CRU
soe." She SKINNED. through as much
of it as she could on short notice and
opened the conversation at dinner by
asking her guest: pray, what has be-
come of your man Friday?"
Mf. Mckinley, like Nine. Talleyrand,
can talk effectively, but, like her, he
has the wrong cue. The people, eager
to hear imperialism discussed by the
arch-imperialist, fairly hang upon his
words, But Mr.. Mckinley merely re-
marks: "I don't trust that Bryan.
He's sevasiye. Y. Journal
1T (the republican national ma
chinel is undertaking by every means
to- disturb the business of the coun-
try, to undermine confidence and to
create a state of public sentiment
which might, under certain condi-
tions, lead to panic. 1t is doing this
without sufficient cause, simply to
gain a party advantage and without
regard to the consequences which may
follow. 1t is apparently endeayoring
to work up a panic, to unsiettle
finances and to promote feeling Of
distrust which may prove disastrous.
This is the republican policy in 1900
policy which involves a wicked dis
regard of the business interests of the
.countrya narrow and selfish policy
which would withhold prosperity
from the nation unless the republican
party is retained in power.-Baltimore
Sun.