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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
Mr.. McKinley's Letter of Ac-
ceptance.

The Philadelphia RECORD,
speaking editorially about Nc
Kiuley's letter of acceptance,
which has only recently been
made public, says:
Had President Mckinley
stopped writing at the end of the
first sentence of his letter of ac-
ceptance he would have done
enough and wOnld have done it
most admirably. But he did not
stop. He has made his letter to
the notification committee the
preteXt for entering into an ac-
count current Of all the notable
happenings and undertakings Of
his administration. 1t is a long
and labored defense. He insists
with incOntrovertihle force that
the silver question, whether or
not it be the paramount issue in
our politics, is a continuing and
immediate issue, as threatening
now as it was in 1896. He thus
implicitly admits the inadequacy
of Republican monetary legisla-
ton and justities the consequent
lmperionS necessity of prol0nging
Republican administration.
The prosperity of the country,
the treasury surplus, the favor
able balance of trade, and all the
favoring benefactions of a kind
and gracious Providence are in
turn woven into the Presidents
narrative. The bad trusts are
reprObated and the good trusts
mentioned. The tariff is fitted
with a halo Of commentator and
even reciprocity is marshaled be.
fore the eyesight of the nation as
thing Of loneliness.
Imperialism is, however, the
theme upon which the letter of
acceptance most exhaustively and
most successfully dwells. The
war with Spain. its inception and
consequences, are dilated upon
with the utmost fulluess and an.
parent fairness. Except to those
citizens of the Republic who be.
lieve that its sovereignty should
be rigidly kept within continent
al limits Mr.. uuMcKinley's defense
of the acts of his administration
in the acquisition of Spanish ter.
ritory will be generally deemed
conclusive. Upon the real issue
between the professionalism our
insular possession shall be gov
erned as integral parts of the
country under the restraints i'm.
posed upon the Federal authority
by the Constitution, or whether
they shall be governed as colonies
and possessions without present
or ultimate voice in the affairs of
the Union-there is evasion.
Evidently the President when he
talks about "duty and desertionn
has not forgotten his mental
struggle between "plain Duty
and protection. He craftily con
fines his argument to tenable
ground. 1t is quite safe to say
''we shall keep the Philippines.n
1t is not so safe to insist that we
shall undertake to govern them
along lines repugnant to our own
fundamental law.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
ORGANIZE YOUR YAM
CLUBS.

Whilst some districts have already
organized clubs we hope to be able to
state before our next issue that nearly
every district in the county has a
Bryan club. Frederick County should
take the lead in Maryland and keep
herself in the Democratic column.
Numbers of Republicans are tired of
the selfish policy pursued by the Nc
Comas Republicans of Maryland and
will this year unite with their Demo-
cratic friends in electing Major Little
to Congress.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
Cleveland Refuses.

With characteristic wisdom and
perspicacity Mr.. Cleveland has
declined the proffered appoint
ment by the President as mem
Der of the International Board of
Arbitration under the Hague
treaty. With most of the nations
of Europe armed to the teeth and
anxiously and effusively seeking
to display their military prowess
in all quarters of the globe, inter.
national arbitration takes on for
a season the aspect of a glittering
and fanciful illusion.-PhilGdeI-
phiG Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
OIL AND WATER.

How can Mr. Gage, as Secretary of
the Treasury, speaking in an official
and public manner about a matter of
general import and vital interest TO the
people, reconcile his contradictory
statements about Mr. Bryan and the
gold law? He distinctly voiced two
opposite opinions. He could not mean
tAem both for they refuse to mix, like
oil and water. Did he change his
mind? If so ii seems as if this recourse
in occasions Of emergency is quite the
thing with this administration. An
ordinary politician may make state
ments that are inconsistent with facts
and intense partisaus among the people
go off AT a tangent when in an eXcit-
able argument about election time, but
no Secretary of the Treasury can dis
play such an inconsistent and malevo-
lent policy in reference to affairs of
government under his departmental
jurisdiction without inviting public
suspicion, contempt and righteous con-
defamation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

THE Sultan of Sulu has skipped his
kingdom with $4,000 that did not be-
long to him. Some one has said that
as Mckinley has been greatly annoyed
by the comments aud criticism passed
on this polygamous ruler and bis con-
nection with our government, sane
toned, of course, by Mckinley, that
the President will rejoice over his alb
sence and not set detectives on his
trail, The press reports do not say who
gave the Sultan the 1000, but leaves
that to the readers Imagination.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

SENATOR GORMAN was recently in
terviewed as to the part he would
take in the present campaign and stated
that he had made no definite plans
as to Maryland yet, but that he would
take an active part. He will open the
campaign with speech in Baltimore
on the 3rd of October. He expects to
spend some little time in New York,
looking after matters, as he is one of
the five eastern managers of the cam
paign.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

IT viii be remembered that Me
kuley was elected by only slight
margin in 1896, even though his cleo
toral majority seemed substantial.
Twenty thousand votes in few States
would have changed the result ma
t-rially. The returns from Maine and
Vermont, rock-ribbed Republican
States, show Democratic gain over
the vote of 1896 of about 20 per cent,
and Republican loss Of y per cent.
If this state of affairs is far reaching,
and there is every reason to suppose it
is, in November, Mr.. Bryan will be
the next President of the United
States.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
NOTICE.

a meeting Of the Democratic
County Central Committee, for
the coming campaign, will be held
in the old Law Library Building,
Court street, Frederick, City, Md,
ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
22nd, 1900, at IL O'Clock, A. NJ.
All members are requested to
be present, as this is a very I'M
portant meeting.
JACOB NJ. NEWMAN,
Chairman.
j. ROGER MCSHERRY,
j. ALFRED RITTER,
Secretaries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
A Monster Devil Fish

destroying its victim, is type of Con-
stipation. The power of this murder
GUS malady is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There is
no health till it's overcome. But DIR.
Kings New Life Pills are safe and
certain cure. Best in the world for
Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels.
Only 25 cents at A. l.. Pearre's drug
store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

ANOTHER big Republican, no other
than Senator Foraker, of Ohio, has
declared that silver is not the issue,
but admits, by his free discussion of
the question, that imperialism is. In
a speech in Baltimore on Tuesday
night Senator Foraker, referring to Mr..
Bryan, said:
Nov, do you think that a man who
does not yet know that 16.to.1 is rs
dcdd as JNiius CtrSdr is fit to cope
with problem like this?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
MCKINLEY ACCEPTS.

and Declares That Silver is
the Prominent Issue A Sum
mary Of its Contents.
President Mckinley has SUD
mitted his letter of acceptance +
the people and like most of hi
utterances on public mat ters, eX
ceedingly lengthy. On this at
count it will not be closely rea
by one out of ten persons. The 70
lowing brief summary will te
what is in the letter and give tn
idea which pervades it, as clearl
as reading the letter itself:
The Introductory portion is d,
voted to what the President n
CARDS as the immediate, if ne
the paramount issue-silver. II
points out tnat the Chicago pla
form in its entirety, includin
free coinage, is reaffimed, an
despite the opposition's efforts
subordinate it, it is as virile j
1900 as it was in 1896.
Proceeding, he reviews the col
dition of the United State
Treasury, our increased foreis
commerce and industrial improv
ment and advocates the Shippii
Subsidy bill.
AS to trusts, he favors a p-
icy Of publicity and unifon
State laws to crush dangers
cOnspiracies, but he approveslf
the honest cooperation of caphl
as necessary to meet new BIZ
ness conditions. Combinaths
intended to restrict trade, he
says, should be effectively te-
strained. He promises the Rto
Ricans the annulment of the ar
if on or before March l, D2,
"if the Legislature of Porto leo
shall provide local nue,fOr
the expenses of conductingthe
government" The people of
Cuba shall be given elf-gOsrn-
ment as soon as the condions
warrant it.
The remainder Of the letr is
devoted largely to the PHILIPPINE
question, beginning with tn ces-
sion of the archipelago by pain
aud concluding with the Attest
reports of the Taft Commission
on August u last, which oted
the progress being made lizards
the esta bliShment of civi gov
eminent in the islands.
The President then argus that
what has been done there as the
only course open. Native hay
ing fired upon Americar troops
before the conclusion If the
treaty of peace, it was necessary
to restore order, and he SKIS why
those who favored the sgning oil
the Peace Treaty and aquiesceC
i'll the payment of $40, 600 tC
Spain through their Senators
should now raise ohjecton to the
results. He asks whathe OppO
Sition could and wouldlave done
were it i'll the same potion. TC
establish a prOtector&e instead
of sovereignty, le argues
would entail the Interference b,
other nations, which would, per
haps, develop anothe and NOR
serious war and drii to militar
ism pure and simple by the he
cessity of sending alarger army
and navy to the Islands.
The President delies that Their
is any imperialism, and that thos
who raise this cry are encOurag
ing the Filipinos, Eho are guar
anteed the same rights as an,
other freedmen unler the COnsti
tuition.
He concludes by saying tn
American question is betwee
duty and desetiOn, and tn
American verdict will be for tn
"Republic against both anarch
and Imperialism
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

EXSECRETARY OF STATE OLNEY,
who served under Cleveland, has come
out in strong letter, advocating the
election of Bryan. All over the coun-
try the same condition exists, AID
tits moderate to say that his chances
are 25 per cent better than four years
ago-at this early stage and there is
no signs of let up. There is plenty
of room in the band wagon.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
TUESDAY.

The Philippine Commission is
making vigorous efforts to estab-
lish civil government in Luzon.
Efforts are being made in Cuba
to get General Gomez to take an
active part in the campaign for
delegates to the constitutional
convention.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

T. OPPER, one of the greatest car
toonists of the day, has IA very anus.
ing and striking picture in the New
York Journal, illustrating the domin-
ion of the trusts and Mark Hanna over
the administration. The cut repre-
sen minstrel .first-part, wi h
the trusts as black faced artists, sitting
in the rear in tiers. The interlocutor
is Hanna, with Teddy on one side
spinning tamborine and Mckinley
on the other, rafting bones. Each of
the trusts has label for identification.
Teddy, the humorist, has this ques-
ton to ask Hanna: Did you know
dat de Republican party am like a
steamboat" Hanna says: why, no
Theodore, explain yourselfn' "Ges, sir
You am de Captain, de trusts am de
passengers. de President am de figure
head aud I'm fog horn. The inter
locutor then announces that Mr.. Sugar
Trust Will sing that pathetic and soul
stirring ballad: "We've got a lot of
money, but we wantto get some more. y
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

ORGANIZE your Bryan clubs in every
district in the county and send in your
list of officers to Jacob NJ. Newman,
chairman of the County Central Com
mittee. We hope to hear of Bryan
clubs in every district. We must keep
old Frederick county in the Demo-
cratic column.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

MCKINLEY says it is silver" Mark
Hanna says it is the "full dinner pail"
Roosevelt says it is "patriotism and
the flag whilst Bryan and the Demo-
cratic party as unit say it is "imper-
iaIsm' and all it stands for. 1t locks
as if the other side were very much
cup tree" as TO the paramount
ISSUE" \ "house divided amongst it.
self must fall" and we think something
will drop on election day that will put
Mckinley and al he stands for "out
OF tie business and it will be no less
than down pour of ballots from the
hands Of an indignant people that will
engulf the present power and carry it
away on tidal wave to political OBJ
liviOn.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

THE work of forming Democratic
clubs in Frederick county is progressing
with great rapidity. Several have re-
Gently been added to the list and in
short time each district will be equip
ped with an organization ofyoung and
active workers that will do yeoman
service before and on election day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

SENATORS MCCoMAs aud Foraker
spoke in Baltimore Tuesday night.
McComas dwelt on the silver Question,
declaring it the real issue, whilst
Foraker said Il few moments later,
that ait, (s,lver) is a. dead as Julius
Ceaser." 1t is evident that they did
not compare notes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
MIR. GAGE SAID THIS!

On July 10th, 1900, Mr.. Gage,
Secretary of the Treasury, made
an elaborate statement about the
Republican Gold Standard Law,
which closed with these significant
words:
lin THE EVENT OF MR..
BRYAN'S ELECTION THINK
THE GOLD STAN ARD
WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY
MAINTAINED so LONG AS
THE LAW REMAINED ON
THE STATUTE BOOK"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Brief Items of News From
Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
MONDAY.

One of the heaviest typhoons
known in years is raging in Ma
Mia.
Bitter feeling against Ameri-
cans is growing fast among vet.
Grams of the Cuban army Of liber-
alton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY advocates
the Hanna Shipping Subsidy bill,
which will put 500, 100000 in the peck
cts of rich shib owners. What does he
advocate to put few more dollars in
the pockets of the working man?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Items Of News about the War
in the Transvaal-Other
Interesting Topics.
MONDAY.

The steamer Deutschland won
her eastward transatlantic race
with the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse.
Prince Ching has returned to
Pekin and it is expected that the
allies will open negotiations with
him.
British troops have occupied
Lydenburg, in the TransvaaI.
TUESDAY.
Lii Hung Chang has been given
complete authority from the
Chinese Emperor to conclude a
treaty with the powers.
Twenty-Five American mission
aries are known to have been
murdered in China since the
Boxer outbreak began.
General Butler has captured
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, which was beaten in
the ocean race by the Deutsch-
land, averaged 22.4O knots an
hour speed and her rival averaged
1886 knots.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

ATTORNEY GENERAL RAYNER, of
Maryland, who in 1856, worked and
talked against Bryan, is heartily in
accord with his views in 1900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

If Imperialism is not the issue why
was Mckinley constrained to say so
much about it?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

You will do us great favor by sending us
the names of parties who are not taking the
~CITIzEN," and who you think would APP
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

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ication, but confidence. Write only on one
side of paper.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

SECRETARY GAGE and his "deadly
parallel" will cut considerable figure in
this campaign.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

MARK HANNA says that liberty is a
side issue as long as mans stomach
is full.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY.

All the powers except France
and the United States have ex.
pressed unwillingness to with.
draw their troops from Pekin in
accordance with the Russian pro-
pOsal.
1t is reported that the Russians
have captured the Chinese EN-
press Dowager at Johol.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

Don't forget that October 2, 8
and 16 are the days for registra-
ton.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14

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THE KAFFIR GREETING.
ton II Indicative of
Respect.

"Saku bona" With these words the
outlander makes o start in the acquisi-
ton of Kaffir vocabulary. He hears
them so frequently that he cannot help
but notice them. The expression is the
common form of salutation among the
natives. 1t may be Ang.icized in ever
SO many forms, according to the taste
of the "Anglicizer," as, for examt le,
"Good morning." How d'you do?"
"What cheer?" and so on.
These renderings, of course, are not
literal. The literal rendering, II see
you," was capable of nice shades of
meaning in the native mind before it
became SO -familiarized to white ears.
No doubt the same may yet be said
where the white man does not intrude.
In this way: If the greeting be not
Immediately given, the delay indicates
the respect in which the object of the
greeting is held.
Should European enter q chiefs
kraal and await the acknowledgment
of his presence, he need not fear and
trembIe if deep and prolonged silence
ensue, dilatoriness in that respect be-
ing an invaluable indication of the es-
TEEN in which the visitor is held. The
reason for the silence is that the host
is SO stupefied, as it were, by the stu
pendous majesty of his guest that he
cannot embrace in glance the great
ness of him who stands before him in
person; the breadth, height and depth
of such noble presence are not to be
comprehended in a moment; time is re-
quired for the beholder to become &C
customed to the unusual and magnifi-
cent spectacle, and when at length the
full extent of the dignity of his guest
has cleaEly impressed itself on the mind
his sable highness breaks the silence,
being able to utter with all truth the
words "Saku bona"
On the other hand, in estimating the
space occupied by the lowly subject.
the average Kafiir-the man of impor-
tance does not require much time to
grasp in every detail the insignificant
proportions presented to his gaze. No
effort of imagination is necessary. In
less than no time the tiny speck be-
fore him is visible in every dimension;
even glance is scarcely required, and
attention barely arrested. 1t is 'Saku
bona" on the spot, and there is an end
Of it.-London Mail.
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WHERE HIS SOCKS WENT.
They Were So Capacious His wife
Had Used Them to Store Coal
and Vegetables In.

Mrs. Enbody-John, / wish you
would get some new socks, these really
are not worth darning any more.
Mr.. Enbody-Huh, I'd like to know
what becomes of all my socks, anyway.
I'm always buying new ones.
''Why, John, it's over a year since
you bought any"
swell, l remember 1 got a dozen
then. and they ought to last longer
than this
but, John, you are very hard on
your socks"
81 suppose you want me to hire cabs
all the time and ride to and from the
office SOS to save my socks. That's
your idea of economy, is it?"
mo. I'd rather you would buy your
self some new ones.'
IL tell you ought to have plenty"
''But you haven't"
swell, l believe you've been using
them"
Don't be absurd"
Now. / insist upon knowing what
you do with my socks.''
''Oh, forgive me, John, please forgive
me. Promise that you'll forgive me
and 1 will reveal all.'
'Eh? Why? What? Well, what is it?
What have you done with them?"
why, they're so convenient and ca
pacious that I've been using them to
keep the coal and potatoes and apples
and things like that mn. Y. World.
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She handed the check to the paying teller.
She was calm and collected, as if it was an
everyday matter
Madam" said the teller, gently, you
have forgotten to indorse it."
Endorse it? with little worried smile.
Yes; you must write your name on the
back here to show that You will repay this
bank in case the issuer of this check should
fail to answer our call"
"Oh!" she said, accepting the pen.
When. the teller looked at the check again
this is what he read:
''The - bank has always paid up what
It owes, and you need have worry. There
fore iDdorse this check. Very truly yours.
Mrs. j. b. Blanks. Syracuse Herald
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effort of will, and at last rode into
NJ. He tainted as somebody helped
him off his horse. but his work was
done.
They moved out at dead of night TO
join the main body of the army, car
rying young Lascelles with them, and
got safely back to camp.
In her pretty drawing-room at Ex-
minister sat Mrs. Ogilvie and Stella.
The morning papers had just arrived.
and they had rushed to open them.
Every one just then was hungry for
"war news" so there was nothing ex-
traordinary in Stella's almost feverish
anxiety each morning and evening to
see the safest intelligence"
But on that morning she suddenly
laid down the paper and burst into
tears.
Mrs. Ogilvie crossed the room and put
a pair of very kindly, motherly arms
round the sobbing girl.
what is it, child ?" she whispered.
Stella pointed to name in the list
of the seriously wounded" 1t was that
of Lieut.. LasceIles of the Seventh regi-
ment.
Mrs. Ogilvie's eyes held question
which Stella answered. 81 love him."
she said, land have loved him for ages
and now he will never know
"Never know!" That was not Mrs.
Ogilvie's idea at all-and the next pas
sapUor chr, - stho exr~ ~, II a.
two ladies on board, bound for a GER
tain town in South Africa, where a
hero lay wounded, but mercifully not
unto DEATH"
What passed at that first meeting
who can relate? How Stella went into
that hospital ward, and he, seeing her
coming, could hardly believe the evil
dence of his own eyes.
But Stella it certainly was, though a
Stella he had not yet seen. She came
up to him and knelt down beside his bed.
Il have come she said, simply, 'sjust
to tell you that l love you, that have
loved you all along, and that / can't
live without you"
The nursing sister is wont to declare
that 1T was mysterious thing the
rapidity of Mr.. Lascelles' recovery dat
ing from that visit, and soon after, the
war being at an end, he was invaded
home on sick leave.
During the time he was in England
there came day when England's queen
distributed to her bravest soldiers some
little iron crosses with the words: sFor
valor" thereon, and the one whom she
specially singled out to speak to him
words which no man would care to for
get so long as he lived was no other
than little Lascelles, "the Duffer of the
Regiment. "-Constance Craigie Hack
EFT. in London Leader