Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

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Any man who would pick woman's
pocket must be on the very outskirts of
civilization.
'First class in politics, stand up.
How do you pronounce BRYAN
I-S-M?' Calamity, please, sir"
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Even Mr. Atkinson has protested
against the silver plank of the Kansas
City platform. Col. Bryan must feel
lonely indeed, as his allies desert him
one by one. Only Aguinaldo seems
now to be left.
The next time the Western powers
hold peace conference, they will be
careful that the invitation to China is
not mislaid.
The treatment of the unfortunate
foreigners by the Chineseis bad enough,
but we should remember that it has not
been so very long since free born
Americans burned people at the stake.
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Secretary Root had a new bath tub
sent to his office at the War department
the other day and when it arrived,
rumor spread that Gen'l Miles had been
ordered to China and was preparing
his kit.
It's queer thing that some people
should insist that ''imperialism'' is the
issue this year, although the Democrats
declare against it, and the Republicans
do not declare for it, and, to cap the
climax it doesn't exist at all.
The difference between the Chinese
of to-day and few years ago, when
Japan walked all over them, is easily
explained. 1t was the Chinese gov
ernment that fought then; it is the
Chinese people who are fighting now.
Secretary Gage thinks that Col. Bry-
an would observe the provisions of the
gold law, if he were elected, but he is
also sure that the mere news of his
election would create a panic that
would be most disasterous to the coun-
try.
Everybody knows what Bryan stands
for; everybody knows that he will
bring about silver monometalism if he
can, and will scuttle out of all our new
possessions, leaving them to sink or
swim as best they may. How then
can anyone who opposed him four
years ago, support him to-day.
Tho Sultan probably thinks that the
riot in his doln1nions, which cost no
American lives and only DESTROYED
100000 worth of property, was such
a little affair in comparison with the
Chinese atrocities, that it might well
be passed over with merely verbal
rebuke he would cheerfully
undergo.
The cruX of the campaign this fall
will be the attitude of the German voter,
who can elect either candidate by
throwing his vote to him. A careful
study of the attitude of the Germans
and of the German press, seems to show
conclusively that they will stand pretty
solidly by their old republican allegi-
ance and against free silver.
There will be no extra session OF
Congress. There is no need of one, at
present. The United States is not
technically at war with China and
probably will not be, so that there is no
necessity for a formal declaration.
Consequently, as long as the President
has troops and money enough to meet
the needs of the situation, there is no
necessity of calling Congress to supply
him with more.
This is bad time for withdrawing
troops from the Philippines. The reb.
els have at last realized that Uncle Sam
is bull dog fighter and will hold on
until he wins, and they are getting
ready to try amnesty and peace. 1t
would be a thousand pities to encour.
age them now in the belief that he is
obliged to withdraw his soldiers for use
elsewhere.
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A few influential but unpatriotic
Democrats are willing to disregard the
claims of American labor and advocate
at Kansas City the free American reg
istry of foreign built ships, instead Of
the building of American ships. 1t is
believed, however, that the proposition
this year is doomed to the same defeat
it suffered four years ago at Chicago,
where the committee on platform and