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Mr.. Bryan's proposition that every
man who thinks he IL prosperous should
vote the Republican ticket, and every
man who thinks he Isn't, the Demo
cratic ticket, has been followed by his
equally clear and positive statement
about the Filipinos.
Their right, like the rights of the Gu
ban people, existed before we under
took To recognize or defend them. Con.
scpuently their right to Independence
has not been In the least altered or di-
unfinished by our interference. The fact
that they have fought for II, does not
justify our conquest of them.
II they had right to fight for their
independence before, they have right
To secure II by lighting for 1t now. 1t
is no more humillating for u nation
than for an individual to recognize u
nations rights.
II We had treated the Cubans as we
treated the FillpinOs we would have
had the same trouble And Mr.. Bryan
might have added. unless we are care
ful about interfering too much We will
have the same trouble In Cuba.
III we had treated the Filipinos as we
treated the Cubans, We would have had
no trouble In the Philippine Islands.
IL we intend TO give the Filipinos
their Independence we can avoid fur
thcr trouble by saying so.
AS n matter Of fact, the Republican
bosses have no more intention of giving
the Filipinos independence than they
have the Porto Ricans, In fact, they
say So For that is what they mean
when they say "the flag shall never he
hauled down"
They mean to carry out scheme of
military conquest, and its necessary
The question before the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
REPUBLICAN, Parry RECORD.

IT the Republican party has failed tO
make u good record during MclNinlcy's
term of office II has not been because Of
lacking power ana opportunity.
Controlling the executive AMI both
branches of the legislative power Of
this nation, the Republicans had abso-
lutte freedom to carry out any plans for
bcnciiting the people which they might
have devised or desired to promote.
but the record made has'bcen bad III.
stead of good. No antitrust lrgisln.
tion was proposed that had any sin.
certify In II. and none was passed. The
armor plate trust was given free hands
to loot the United States treasury AMI
Attorney General GrIggs refused TO on.
force the laws already on the statute
books.
No measure TO promote the building
of the Nicaragua canal was passed. for
the measure proposed by the ltcpubll-
can House was killed by the ltrpubli-
can Senate.
Porto Rico was robbed of the rights
promised by Republican leaders, and
the constitution has been trnmDlcd up
on to accomplish this robbery.
As TO the governmental construction
Of u Pacific cable the matter was mud.
died by both houses and left In such II
shape that the whole matter could bc
turned over to u boOdling combine after
the Presidential election.
No Philippine policy was adopted and
the President was allowed To retain the
unconstitutional authority he had
usurpcd.
Surely the Republican executive and
Legislative bodies ought In truth To put
on sackcloth and cOntritely confess:
I'VE have done those things which we
ought not to have done; we have not
done those things which we ought to
have done, and there Is no health in
us"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

The Massachusetts Sunday law per-
mits the retail sale OF drugs and medi.
zines. 4 defendant accused under the
law of selling two cigars pleaded that
he sold tobacco as u drug. The court
rules that the sale was illegal, that
tobacco IL not a drug. 1t IL cOntended
now that the defendant should have
claimed that he sold the cigars as
medicine and that he would have got
or scot free. Whether cigars be drug
or medicine, II Is generally admitted
that the cigarette il simply poison and
that Its sale sunday or any other day
ought TO he under that classification.
Conductors or refOrma tories and truant
schools agree that a delinquent youth.
no matter how perverse, Is within the
scope of correction provided he has
not acquired the cigarette habit. The
poison that 1t implants In the tissues
Is said to be ineradicable. Adultera-
ton of cigars complexities the question
of their classification. But the cigar
cite Is classified. 1t Is deadly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

That the Indian IL leaving his native
trail for the white mans path" Is well
evidenced by statistics gathered from
the annual reports Of the United States
Indian agents. A greatly increasing
number of Indians on the reservations,
or what have lately been reservations,
can read. Nearly u hundred thousand
OF them have completely adopted the
white mems dress. Almost all of them
have discarded the original dress of the
people Of their tribes. Eleven hundred
dwelling houses We're built by Indians
last year, and the Indians on the reser-
walton now possess more than twenty.
i've thousand dwelling houses. They
are, as a rule, no longer nOmadic, no
longer dwellers IN wigwams. Exter-
naliy, at least, they are rapidly adopt
Ing the ways OF civilization. Are they
ut the same time becoming civilized"
In the true sense? 1t Is not possible to
answer yes with confidence. They are
learning to read, to live In houses, and
to wear white mems clothes; yet unfOr.
tunately, In some cases at least, the
vices OF civilization seem likely to over
power some OF the native virtues of the
race, 10 civllize means to endow with
the proper qualities OF a citizen; and SO
far as the reading and house-dwelling
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
M'kiNLeY'S SET PHRASES.

One of the planks in the Republican
national platform declares that 1t was
THE plain purpose" of the fifteenth
amendment 10 the Constitution To pre-
vent discrimination against cOlOred cltl.
zens M the South In the matter OF
voting.
There Is a familiar ring To these
words. \ cadence of the sentences
seems 10 recall memorable language of
President McKinlcy-perhaps conveys
hint as to the authorship Of this
plank.
President Mckinley described to the
country the plain duty" of the United
States toward the people of Porto Rico.
They We're our fellow citizens, 10 he
governed, pOlicel and taxed similarly
wibh other fellow citizens,
But our plain duty" to Porto Rico
has been no better fulfilled than the
plain purpose" of the fifteenth amend
m'nt has been answered by legislation
In I'll" southern States.
j. II any worse for southern Demo
Gratis 10 defeat the plain purpose" of u
constitutional provision than II Is for
the President and Congress To fail In
their plain duty" toward white and
black men both In Porto Rico:
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

Mrs. Burton Harrison says that
"home life in our busy day and genera.
ton Is passing out OF vogue" Every
woman has her fad or mission, which
takes her away from home. She look
upon home life MS q trivial round, which
Is expected TO maintain itself unaided.
How Is this tendency to be overcome,
Tor that 1t Is an unwhOlcsOme teuden.
cy there can be no doubt? Even wives
and mothers who have been faithful
to the home ana have made II n center
OF loving usefulness are apt to bewaii
their lot as less blessed than that of
women who have practically cut them
selves loose from home ties. They are
to he found comparing their work with
that OF their husbands, Delittling them
selves and what they have done. The
years seem TO chem wasted, because,
Instead OF learning new accomplish.
menis, attending clubs, or earning
money, they have "dOne nothing" hut
maintain the home and bring I'M In
health. strength and beauty number
of men and women. The work of the
man Is necessary to the family wei.
fare. But the work of the woman.
when well done, is Of equal Importance.
And, as a matter OF fact. the life W ork
engaged In by many men Is friyOlity
itself when compared with the tremen.
dons task of caring day and night for
human beings, which Is the work that
women often decry as "a trivial round"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
TIzH CHICAGO nAaLD.

~ in textbooks. which vested the state
board with authority to select the text.
books for all the schools In the state,
would have to except Chicago from It's
provisions. for in educational affairs
Chicago must he u law unto itself
Neither would u free textbook law he
adapted to meet present conditions in
Chicago. This city Is already cmbar-
raised by a deficiency i'm school rcvc-
nucs. Until every child i'm Chicago Of
school age has u seat in u public school
and until every department Of the
school system is adequately equipped
and runs for the full school year the
people of this city will not even con-
slider any proposition to supply school
textbooks free.
There are many other wcighty objcc-
tons TO the free textbook system. but
for Chicago the deficiency in school
revenues will suffice for the present to
preclude any legislation in favor of this
form of ptacrnalism.-ri mes-Ilerald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

A statement prepared by the United
states Department Of Agriculture,
showing the wheat crop of the world
for the last i've years, contains much
that IL of peculiar interest to Ameri.
cans. First of all, II IL worth noting
that wheat Is something the demand
for which keeps always abreast of the
supply. Year after year the worlds
crop increases, yet gains IN population,
improvements In transportation ana the
growth of commerce enable cOnsump.
ton TO keep pace. Last years crop of
almost two and three-luarters billion
bushels will he no more than sufficient
for use and necessary reserves during
this year. The continent of Europe
produces more than one.half the worlds
crop of wheat, ana North America only
about onc.quartcr; yet Europe Is II con.
slant buyer ana North America a con.
slant seller. The one consumes almost
the entire worlds surplus, the other is
the worlds great surplus exporter.
The contribution of the United States
to last years crop was twenty and
elghttcnths per cent, n larger share
than that of any other country, Russia,
with nearly ~ per cent, being Its near.
est rival. The report brings out most
interestingly the commercial signin.
cancc of variations In the crop. In 1897
for instance, Europe produced an un.
usually small proportion OF the worlds
supply. while the United States pro-
duccd an uncommOnly large proper.
ton. This was greatly TO our advan.
lagc. for the European demand ad.
vnnccd world price, and we were able
TO sell our great surplus at profitable
figures. In lS0S ana 1880. however.
these conditions were reversed,
Europe's percentage OF the worlds crop
Increased. while ours decreased. The
result has been persistently low prices
for wheat, In spite of decided advance
In the price OF other agricultural prod.
ncts. An Increase In the crop In South
America and Australasia, most of
which goes TO Europe, aud the abund.
ance OF the European rye crop, have
also helped TO keep the price down. Or.
diharily more than Is per cent. of the
wheat crop of the world Is produced in
seven countries of the Northern Hemi.
sphere: The United States, Russia,
France, India. Austria hungary, Ger
many and Italy; but of these countries
two only, the United States and Russia.
produce a quantity greatly In excess OF
their own demands.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
OF INDEPENDENT SANITARY TICk-
ELS.

There il reason enough why Rcpub-
leans IN Chicago should object strong.
~ 10 som" of their party's nominees for
trustees of the sanitary district,
Rut II doesn't follow that Republican
organs should demand that citizens
tlckof should he nominated. 1t would
be strange, of course, II the candidates
named on n citizens ticket should not
he far superior to some of those who
have been placed on the machine Re-
publican ticket, But il Is not necessary
to put an independent ticket In the field
In order 10 give the people u chance TO
vote for good men.
The Democrats have named good
men ana they are going to he elected.
Republican voters who want To see
men of the right stamp on the board
have only 10 vote for the Democratic
candidates and the thing Is done.
III the organs are convinced that Re
publicans who want good men on the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

THE BREWERS PAR NE TAX.

During the fiscal year which closed
June 10 the Chicago international rev.
cnllc Office contributed to the national
treasury S14,311 ,S41.06. This IL $412.-
100 less than was turned i'm last year.
the decrease being accounted for partly
by the closing of the Sbufcldt distillery
during the year. There is now not a
single distillcry in the First district of
Illinois.
In most of the items the receipts show
an Increase over those of last year. and
indicate a greater volume of business
among the dealers in taxable articles.
The brewcrics are the largest taxpny-
crs. the total for beer stamps being &c..
145.1OO5O. Documentary stamps come
next. with a total of s3.OO1 1914. Manu-.
facturcrs of tobacco paid in St.252.31S.
while the sale of proprietary stamps
ncttcd S,Gg.!ISo
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
The Weber gang should not be
allowed to use the city tvea suver's
ohlce Tor lts private bsnetlt, ~
collection agency

Samuel Rogers has verified the story
Of Glncvra, the beautiful bride of
Francesca DOria. whose lovcliness and
FRANKS had been "the theme of every
tongue" At the bridal feast the bride
was wanting, nor was she to be found.
Francesca threw his life away In bat
tie with the Turk. The father lived
long after, seeking always the blithe
girl whose fate remained u mystery for
nifty years, when, her family gone ami
the palace In the hands of strangers, u
moldcrIng chest was found In n gallery.
On being moved, 1t fell apart, and there
the skeleton of Ginevra revealed the
tragic joke the bride had played in try
Ing 10 make the bridegroom ana the
guests seek her In u secluded haunt.
She knew not that the chest had a snap
lock, ana involuntarlly made herself u
prisoner unto death. Familiar as IL
the legend, II does not warn against the
snap lock. Frequently the newspapers
report fatal cases OF fright or smother
ing from the swapping of locks on fold
Ing beds or on doors not Openable ON
both sides. The most recent case, that
OF the wife of well-knOwn author,
emphasizes the danger of the snap lock
on railroad cars. Mrs. Hamlln Gar
land had to be removed through a win
dow as the only means of escape after
being imprisoned IN II railroad ear
drawing room whose snap lock would
not yield to key, spring or tool.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
THE RUftiAN HOLIDAY.

Whatever Significance the Fourth of
July had fifty years ago /, is now moth.
ing more or less than a Saturnalia of
Rutiianism.
China In her worst stages has pro.
duccd nothing Ia equal the frcuzicl
idiocy and brutal barbarity of the
American celebration of the Fourth of
July.
On that day. in Our mushroom cities.
everything that is bad in human ma.
turc is permitted TO have full sway.
The fool with the dynamite fire crack.
or is permitted to annoy the WELL kill
the sick and distract the dying to his
hearts content.
The ass with the loaded revolver Is
permitted TO shoot all day long until
flying bullets injurc hundreds of his
fellow citizens.
Drunken rOwdics roam the streets in
all directions threatening and taking
life. disturbing the peace and driving
respectable people to their homes. there
To stay until the Saturnalia is over.
The Fourth of July is no longer cclc.
DRAFTED by good citizens.
II IL the rutiians' fctc day.
II Is the day Of the year devoted To
drunkenness. dcbnuchcry. murder and
noise.
II brings out and cnihroncs all that
* mean and brutal In human nature.
Before the United States proceeds to
read any sort of lecture To china II
should reform It's methods of cclebra.
ting the Fourth of July In its large
cities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
MALICIOUS CHARGES AGAINST
Mr.. MAH

The public generally takes no stock
In the charges brought by u discharged
and discrcdltcd cmployc of the special
assessment department against Super.
intcndcnt John a. May.
Everyone who has had any dealings
with this branch of the city govern
ment lately knows them tn DO untrue
and without foundation.
Under Mr.. Mays SUPPLEMENTARY the
cost Of special assessments has been
greatly reduced ana more attention has
been paid to the interests of the tax.
payers than ever before.
One instance Of this will suffice. The
Eagle knows of It's own knowledge
that certain big real estate firms were
In the habit of escaping altogether the
payment of special assessments for I'M
proving their vacant property under
former administrations. Like the
sharks In the comptrollcr's office. the
big real estate firms. or at least one of
them, beyond doubt. had d representa-
tive In the special assessment office.
when IN assessment was levied for
an Improvement the rest of the proper
~ owners paid the share of this big
firm, rs It's name was always stricken
of the roll
Since Mr.. May took hold of the office
this sor, of thing has stopped. Every
lot Is listed and every property owner
treated alike.
In hundred ways Mr.. May has
raised the tone and improved the
efficiency of the special assessment dc.
partment, and observing people give
him credit for 1t.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

II does not take the statistics Of col.
lege classes. nor the statements Of pro-
fessors and deans Of institutions OF
learning to show that the professions
are rapidly becoming OvercrOwded.
There are nearly nifty States In the
Union, none of them so poor as not to
boast OF an institution Of collegiate de.
gree, ana some of them have many.
All of these temples of philosophy and
knowledge are turning out never-ccas.
Ing streams of professionals. Law anu
medicine and theology are the gentle
manly callings, and these claim the
majority Of the college men. But II you
are contemplating a college course, or
if you have son or daughter bent ON
such course, think over the situation
before you determine to have a preach.
az, or doctor or n lawyer In the fam
lly. Medicine, perhaps, IL less crowded
than either Of the other professions;
but In any of them 1t will be difficult
thing for young man to make u living
ana retain his self-respect. But there
are other avenues for the college man
In callings not whit less dignined.
and which not only promise greater
material results, but give to man the
satisfaction OF knowing that he IL n
wOrker-a creator in this great and
busy world Of never-cnding creations.
The civil and constructing engineer has
an overwhelming field opening before
him: the chemist, whose operations are
In commercial lines, has possibilities
OF the greatest degree awaiting his re-
searches and discoveries; the skilled
machinlst becomes daily more and
more important parsonage In the
worlds development, In short. men and
women with trained minds and hands
are the sort OF people there Is n demand
for now. A snndy.haired doctor Of ~,
u lily-hngecd lawyer Of similar age,
or weak-eyed theOlOgIan Of 20 are
about the most useless individuals in
the great human family to-day. Hands
that are sinewy, eyes that are alert for
the possibilities Of the individual and
the race, minds trained to value the
concrete things Of the world, are what
the nation, the world need; they are
what must be had. The care OF estates
nnd last testaments, OF weak liyers and
deranged stomachs, Of Summarized
souls, have occupied the attention of
the trained mind exclusively long
enough; the field has grown too small.
The wise young man who Is on the
threshold OF life will not calculate
upon gaining n living by taking care
OF either. He will aspire to do some
thing, where such great things as ca
nails. warships. tunnels, powerful ex-
plosives, new chemical compounds, are
being evolved by the combination of
trained brains and hands. for that il
the sort Of professional man who win
occupy the worlds attention in the
future,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

board are such bigoted partisans that
they will not vote for Democrats under
any circumstances the proper course
for them is to get together and nomin.
ate independent Republican candidates.
Democrats have no need for an indie.
pendent ticket.
or course. the independent Rcpubli.
can candidates would not he elected.
but they would render a public service
by giving virtuous but bigotcd Republi-
cans an innocuous outlet for their
votes.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
WLLiAM LE0NER.

In the nomination of william Legncr
for Drainage Trustee. the Democratic
party has nominated an honest. faith.
ful. har,lworking and upright citizen.
Mr.. Lcgner will he elected. and he will
bring into the Sanitary Board u ripe
business experience and good business
methods which will be appreciated by
the people.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
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LORIMERiS coal DEALS.

Judging from the amount of matter
which The Eagle is receiving concern.
Ing 1.oriincr's coal contracts. from on.
ginccrs. janitors and others connected
with public schools. county and state
institutions. this Is going to he a lively
year for that statesman.
II Is all right enough for man To bc
u leader.
hut II leader should keep out of jobs.
Especially II he IL a candidate for u
job 1T the hands of the public.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

country Is whether this republic shall
he converted into a dcspotism in Asia
while pretending to be a, republic i'm
America.
Mr.. Bryan has made this plain. posi-
tive. logical.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
Mr.. CHARLES T. YERKEs,

Indian lacks these qualities. his trans
formation into the outward semblance
Of white man fails In It's chief pur-
pose. The duty of the white people to-
ward the Indian is far from being end
cd with imposing upon him the super
fetal marks Of their civilization.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
Mr.. W. p. HARRISON.

The Eagle is happy TO announce that
Mr.. william Preston Harrison. who ~.
Gently underwent an operation In New
York. Is now on the high road To re-
covcry.
His many friends will rejoice to hear
this,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

pue VI tuc IuOst pTOiiuC uelUS OIL ODpr.
alton for willy swindlcrs has for many
years been the unclaimed estates"
and the estates In chancery" In Eng.
land, advertisements of which are con.
tinunlly appearing In the American
newspapers. These advertisements are
sklllfully worlcd and bring to the
schcmcrs thousands Of letters from PEG.
pie who are already possessed of liz.
tie money ana have u natural desire to
possess much more. From the great
list OF applicants for information the
swindlcrs select n fcw-Of those who
they have reason. after investigation,
to believe will fail most readily into
the trap and prove the best plucking.
The cupidity of the victims Is aroused
and then comes the process of obtain.
ing from them sums Of money, con.
stantly increasing In size, for the pre-.
tended purpose Of pushing the claims,
developing evidence, proving Inca &c,
etc. Hundreds Of confitllng Americans
have been trapped. and, from the mum.
Der of such advertisements as are still
appearing, we should Judge that the
supply Of gudgeons was yet far from
being exhausted. The whole thing Is a
fra I'D and barefaced swindlc, ana the
State Department Of the United States
Government has sent out a warning
against all such advertisements and an.
nouncemcnts. There IRE no grc,h I'm.
claimed estates In England. and the
few dormant funds are small. avcrag.
Ing not more than $1,SOO each. Over
1000 claims have been referred by the
United States embassy nj London TO a
firm of solicitors, and of not Il single
one has any validity whatever been
proven. Don't be u gudgeon!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07

A New York man with an Income Of
$5O.OOO year has committed suicide.
He was probably Respondent because
Of the poor prospect of making 1t $751;
600 and thus getting into position
where the strain OF living would be
eased somewhat.