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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE.
Justice, Honor and Duty Ignored by
Mckinley in the Interest of
Party Policy.

Maj. Mckinley declares that while
the Philippine issue may be paramount
the silver question is immediate. He
therefore insists that the latter must
take precedence in the campaign.
Yst if Bryan should be elected, as
now seems assured, and by political
revolution both houses should be
democratic. at least four months must
elapse before Mr.. Bryan could get con-
gress together to deal with silver or
with anything else. From November
z until March 4-William Mckinley will
still be president.
! But meanwhile shall the "nigger"
killing still go on unchecked and un-
challenged in the Philippines? Shall
we keep in the field an army of 65 900
men and great fleet of war ships to
back up our wicked and baseless claims
of sovereignty over a people who long
to be free? Shall we go on with our
criminal aggression, burning and slay-
ing and sowing havoc throughout
stricken land?
Which is the immediate issue? That
Of dealing with question that cannot
be reached in half year or that of
stopping a war that is destroying the
liberties of the Filipinos while under
mining our own?
If your house is on fire, which is the
immediate issue, that of extinguish-
ing the flames, or that of deciding on
plans for a new barn which you think
of building next year?
Imperialism is at once the para
mount and the imm ediate issue. Maj.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
Republican Loss.

Mark Hanna is alarmed over the
growing indications of republican de-
feat this fall. Fear has seized the
camp of the republican national COM
mittee, and the party boss has begun
to use the whip on the party work
ers. The big republican loss shown
in the Maine election, following on
the heels of the decreased majority
secured by the G. o. P. in Vermont,
has served as the cause for peremp-
tory orders having been issued for
every henchman of the party to get
out and hustle. Hanna has quietly
begun the squeezing of campaign
funds from western monopolists and
trust directors. Word has been
passed along the line that contribu-
tions or pledges must be forthcom-
ing during the ten days the head of
the party Is in Chicago.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
TAXDODGER HANNA.
His Sworn Statement to the Assessor
in His Home County in
Ohio.

A startling revelation has just been
made at Cleveland, which shows that
Mark Hanna, instead of being a pluto.
crat, is one of the poorest citizens OF
the republic. 1t all came out through
the Office of the assessor of Cuyahogs
county. Mr.. Hanna has made sworn
return to this meddlesome official
showing that the value of all his per.
sonal property is only little more
than $4,000. This return makes Mr..
Hanna's tax bill for the year very
small, and, as before stated, shows
that he is poor man. It is suggest
ed that if Mr.. Hanna continues much
longer to devote himself to the inter
ests of Mr.. Mckinley he will be q
bankrupt, for it is well known that
when Mr.. Hanna first entered public
life he was worth many millions.
It is recalled that his first great
stroke of craftsmanship and act OF
patriotism consisted in contributing
literally to the fund raised to pay
Mr.. McKin1ey's debts, which were ac-
cumulated because confesseHy Mr..
Mckinley was statesman and not
business man. But this patriotic
act did not cost him much, according
to the statements of himself and his
lieutenants. Mr.. Hanna's living ex-
penses are not nearly so heavy as are
those of 20 or more other statesmen at
Washington who have acquired .
great deal less fame than has Mr..
Hanna. What, then, it is being asked,
has become of Mr.. Hanna's fortune?
1t is not believed that he put all the
money for Mr.. Mckinley in the last
campaign or that he has been draw
ing on his own bank account for the
presidents benefit in this campaign.
And yet Mr.. Hanna's sworn statement
recently made at Cleveland shows him
to be almost pauper.-Wcshington
Times
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
Virginia by 1892, Kentucky by 56,-
39s, Ohio by s0,5o1, and North Da-
kota by 2s3.
OHIO IN REVOLT.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five For.
mer Mckinley Men in One Town
Come Out for Bryan.

Republican managers in Ohio are
aghast at the continued desertion OF
voters from Hanna-McKinley ranks.
From nearly every city and town in
this state comes reports of promi-
nent and influential republicans who
declare openly that they will vote
for Bryan and Stevenson and against
Mckinley, trusts and Imperialism. The
following communication from q
is only one of scores of similar re-
ports from Mark Hanna's private
bailiwick:
"Coshocton, o., Sept. TO- 19o0.-Editor Ma
tional Democrat: ] herewith send you the
names of a few prominent republicans of
this city who are against Mr.. Mckinley in
this campaign because of trusts and i'm
perialism:
Hon. Theodore Nefghbor, a prominent
merchant of New Connorstown, and with
him more than 20 others, who declare they
will not vote for Mckinley this year Mr..
Neighbor was a prominent speaker for Nc
Kinley In 1896.
&c. W. Banden, of Coshocton, because he
cannot stand Mark Hanna and the trusts.
James Crawford, prominent farmer,
who says the only way to save the country
is to vote for Bryan.
Frank Ward, wealthy rolling mill
man, who says he is going to vote the
straight democratic ticket in order to re-
buke the trusts, one of which closed our
mills and left him out of work.
ssClyde Linn, of the Twentieth Century
Printing company who declares that Me-
Kinley is but Punch and Judy puppet for
Mark Hanna.
There are at least LIS other republicans
in and about this city who have declared
their intention of supporting Bryan this
year, but whose names are kept secret to
prevent being prosecuted by the Hanna ma
chine gang. Yours truly,
III. 7. KNIGHT.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
Africa,s Postmen.

The mails in central Africa are still
conveyed for the most part upon the
heads and backs of native postmen.
The men are recruited chiefly from the
sYao and Atonga tribes, anG wear a
uniform. Fully 300 bags of mail are
made up each month at the different
post offices in the protectorate for
conveyance By these men, the tota!
distance etraversed being close upon 10.
900 miles a month the cost of transit
being less than half penny mile .
sag.-N. Y. Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
PLUCKY KIMPU.
How the Talented New woman Il
Coming to the Front IN
Japan sg &#&@ ss

In the schools of Japtn drawing
riculum for all the scholars, whether
boys or girls. Every Japanese learns
to use the brush as he learns to read.
and all have natural deftness in
that direction. Beside being born ar
tistic,s the Japanese would naturally
become skilled in th7 free use Of the
brush because all their writing is done
with it, requiring free-hand strokes
for every letter. Men particularly
gifted with talent for art make it
their profession, and find plenty of
work and plenty. of eneourag cement.
For man with moderate talent there
is always decorative work, more than
in any other country, because the
Japanese never turn out even the
simplest articles for daily household
use without some decoration which Ia
really artistic, and year by year the
demand for these things in other
countries is growing. The artist who
wishes to devote his talents to becom-
ing a painter of pictures finds new
schools of art which have superseded
those in the old days supported by the
"shogun," the "mikado.' But with
all these opportunities for men there
is almost none for the japanese wom-
en- who are endowed with extraordi-
nary gifts, says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Under these circumstances it is the
more remarkable to find a woman art
list in the japanese capital who is
not only making of her talent for
painting a lucrative profession, but
who has number of pupils of the op.
posite sex. This little woman is named
Kimpu, and she has had a hard strug
gle. For many years she lived with
her husband in the country near
Kioto. where art was judged accord
ing to the standards of certain old
schools which hourished in that vicin.
ity. Kimpu's work was lacking in the
conventionality to which they were
used. and the people were incapable
of approaching it. She and her hus.
band were miserably poor, still she Z
kept working in the face of all dis.
conragement.
Her talent was at last unexpectedly
remembered by wood engraver for
whom she had done work some years
before He found himself in posi-.
tion of responsibility in Toxic, where
the work of a number OF progressive
artists was necessary, and he sent fol
her. Since that time she has been
growing more and more successful
Her painting is thoroughly appreci.
ated by her employers, and some oi
it is even being sent to this country
While Kimpu is not a great genius
she has broken away from many use.
less contentious. and her work is al
ways fresh and beautiful, Her sub
jects are chiefly flowers and birds.
Like the old masters of the Rem
naissance, every notable japanese art.
ist has following in the shape OF
pupils. and Kimpu, though a woman
has achieved the supreme triumph oi
her art in this mans land. for it has
overcome customs and prejudice tc
such an extent that number of mep
are among her pupils, receiving in,
struction from her and making dupli.
Gates or finishing her work.
This brave little artist, pioneel
in the higher education and position
of women, stands for what will some
time be possible for all women in the
progressive and beautiful empire o.
Japan.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
what Mckinley Assumes,

There is something almost laugh
able in Mr.. McKinley's wholesale as
sumption of credit for the prosperous
condition of the country. In his let
ter of acceptance the republican
party and his own administration are
again made the source of all the bless
ings which the people enjoy. The
republican party-especially in its
earlier days-can point to much in its
history that is worthy of praise and
commendation, but its amiable and
self-satisfed leader, Mr.. Mckinley,
really assumes too much when he
robs 4ature of the credit that is due
to her prodigal generosity.-Kansas
City Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
WOMEN WITS OF NOTE.
London and New York Coma
pared In This Regard

London differs from New York in THE
possession Of group of women who
have made a reputation for themselves
as converse tionalists and independent
of what their other chances may be are
famed in this respect, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Their presence at dinner
is said to be largely sought by hos.
tesses more interested in the success Oh
their entertainments than in the inn
preston they may make personally.
The woman now accounted the most
brilliant conversa tionalist in London
is Lady Dorothy Neville. She is said to
be equal to the task Of supplying ami
nation and wit at the very cullest kind
of dinner and while it is little bit
discouraging to read that she is famed
for the quality and quantity of her
anecdotes her claims to wit must be
well founded, as she has held her place
IN London society for some years with
out dispute.
1t is improbable that a woman in
New York society would ever become
famous because she told anecdotes al
dinner, and invita- tions in her case
would probably grow less frequent in
stead of more numerous, as they have
in the case of Lady Dorothy Neville.
But London standards are evidently
different, as the reputation of Miss
Helen Henniker, sister of Lord Henni
ker, considered one Of the most bril-
liant women takers, will show. Shf
made her reputation chiefly through
the wonderful brilliancy OF her riddles
tits doubtful if that gift would serve
to make a reputation for cieverness In
New York society unless there were
some quite unusual quality in the rid
dies The former Margot Tenant
now Mrs. Asquith, is another woman
who maintains her ability to talk en-.
tertainingly without possessing an.
of the marked peculiarities of the
other two women who share her repu.
sation The conversat ton OF Mrs. VIII.
liam James is said to be the secret OF
her success, and ii was once potent
enough to gain for her and her hus-
band the honor of visit from the
prince Of Wales, who is said TO take
great delight in Mrs. James wit.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27

If the republican gold standard
legislation of last winter is good legis-
lation, if it does what President Nc
Kinley and his supporters claim for it.
in what way can the demand of the
democrats, populists and silver repub-
licans be a menace to the country?
If it does not do what its supporters
claim, why are they Dragging about it?
Have they purposely passed weak
law so as TO have the question an is
sue in this campaign ?-Helena Inds.
pendent.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
ON the paramount issue Of i

UT IIE pdId1HUuAI 1bHuE OF Iul-
perialism Bryan IS winning republic
ans from Mckinley just as on the sill.
YER question. which was paramount
in 1896. Mckinley won democratic
votes from Bryan. The position of the
parties has changed about as regards
aeeretion and diminution. There are
nc defections from the democracy this
year. but a return Of those who left il
four years ago. There are no acees-
sions to the republican party this year.
but desertions notable in character
and i'm NUN Der Boston Pest.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
-Nothing which President.

othIng Which PresIdent MeKin-
ley or any campaign orator who is
working for his reelection may say in
denunciation of the trusts can be ae-
cepted as sincere or genuine as long
as the republican party upholds pro-
lection, which forestalls fair eompeti-
hon and thus fosters all sorts of com
binations against trade.-Kansas City
Star.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
Since ex-secretary A!eer

consented to make few speeches for
Mckinley. why not call in Gen Eagan
from the Sandwich islands, or wher-
ever he is enjoyiI g his. five years
vacation for blackguarding Gen Miles,
and get him to do little talking?
His pay is going on all the time, so
he might do it quite cheap.-Phila-
delphia Times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-10-27
Robes Made OF wood

Some robes are made of wood; ward
robes, for example.-Chicago Dali!
News.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23

Prof. Robinson's .ance every Thursday
evening at the Auditorium.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23

fortunes which natural conditions" al
ways seem to bring about when the DEM
ocrats are in power, they will vote the
republican ticket.
Laying aside all such hypothesis.
however, as they beggar the question
of political supremacy, the concrete fact
remains that the application of repub-
lican principles to the affairs of state
brings about a condition of prosperity,
while the application of democratic
principles have the contrary effect. This
conclusion is supported by the facts of
history. whatever brand of logic the
democracy may see fit to use in trying
to explain it away. 1t is reasonable to
infer. therefore, that a disposition to let
Well enough alone will characterize the
American public in the pending cam
paign. The Cleveland regime is still too
fresh in the minds of the people-and the
republican prosperity is still too great
a source of congratulation and approval
for the voters of his nation to invite
the dangers of a democratic experiment
in the affairs of state.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23

cism for the performance of this duty
is proper only when 1t shall have been
demonstrated that the changes effected
are mot for the best interests of tho
schools. To bar the board from the per-
formance Of any duty which la be APP
parent to it's members-if not to others
or the grounds that the school election
fettered their hands, Is to introduce a
political precedent In the school affairs
of this city fraught with danger to the
future.
It is no reflection Upon Mr.. Hendricks.
the retiring superintendent. to say that
no man can have a perpetual lease upon
any position which may be accorded him.
whatver may be his claims to recognition
or his merits as a a Sooner or later
conditions make possible a change. n
it is oftentimes the better part of wis
dom to recognize this fact as one which
must overtake every man in the service
of the public. Whatever may be the
final action of the board in the matter
of the SUPPLEMENTARY, it is fair to as
sumo that it will be based OF the best
Judgment of the intelligent and fair
minded members of that body, and it will
invite no criticism from persons who are
equally fair-minded. unless the future
demonstrates that their action was a
mistake. The attempt to influence the
course of these gentlemen through polit-
-, nf tho
slumbering ~prejudices of the people, VIII
be made only by those who take little IN
terest in the success Of our schools.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23

ter point upon a decision Of the United
States supreme court In the famous case
OF the Del Monte and Last Chance lodes.
that 1t was a directly parallel
case. In this latter case the end center Of
the claim was being patented within ter
rttory that had already been patented
to another company, but his did not
make 1t necessary for a e-survey and
location. The general land office rules in
faVor of the Hustler. and thereby allows
the end line located within the Fort Will
cox to stand; the patent work done on
the New Year, which is still contiguous
territory. will apply on the Hustler and
no new location is needed. Tn decision
gives the Carbonate Hill company. a
chance on all apex questions which may
arise in the future on all veins which are
found to pass through both end lines of
the Hustler.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23

right to sit as lay delegates in its nation
al conference, and aid in the making Of
it's laws. the Methodist church has COM
mitted itself to the idea of the political
equality Of women, and has thus thrown
the weight of it's influence in line with
SEX" the right of the ballot in all cleo
tons.
Thrown in any direction, the influence
of a religious organization as strong nu-
merically as the Methodist church must
be recognized as a powerful force.
Undoubtedly the cause of fema'@asuf1
frage, SO warmly advocated by ,Ane.,
and so zealously distrusted by Others.
will receive a momentum never before ex-
perienced. is
The action of the conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church will doubt
less be emulated by some Of the other re-
ligious organizations. to the end that SUI
san B. Anthony may realize thai she has
not lived in vain.
Even in Montana, where the public d
vocacy of female suffrage is chiefly con-
fined to the eloquent tongue of Colonel
Sanders, the movement may finally take
on new life. n
One can almost look down into the dim
vista of the future and see a female leg
islative assembly protecting the ark Of
the covenant of a redeemed state, where
thieves cannot corrupt nor moths break
through and steal!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23
ECLIPSE IN NORTH AMERICA.

Popular Science Monthly: Out OF
about seventy eclipses of he sun which
have occurred somewhere in the World
within the nineteenth century. there
have been only eight total eclipses of
more or less duration visible on the
North American continent. The others
happened in places often remote from
civilization, and sometimes in entirely
inaccessible localities, as over the ocean
areas. The difficulty of transporting
heavy baggage to the remote parts Of
Asia. Africa or South America is such as
to preclude all but a few scientists from
any effort to observe eclipses. The writer
was much impressed with the formida-
BILE nature of undertaking to establish
eclipse stations in places which are dis
tant from centers of population by his
own experience on the West African
eclipse expedition, sent out by the
United States government, for the
eclipse of December %, 1889, to Cape
Leo, on the west coast of Angola. about
70 miles south of st. Paul de Loanda.
Nearly eight months were consumed, in
the course of the preparations at home
and in the voyage out and back. The
expedition, it should be said, however,
went to Capetown, South Africa, and
halted also at st. Helena, Ascension
island, and the Barbados for magnetic
and gravity observations, SO that all this
time should not be charged to the eclipse
proper. We sailed in the old frigate Pen
saeola, the companion to Farragut's
flagship. the Hartford, with Captain
Yates. In earlier days Admiral Dewey
commanded this ship. and the expedition
was fitted out While he was in charge of
the bureau of equipment at Washington.
The same fine courtesy that has become
so we'll known to his countrymen was at
that time extended to all the members
of the expedition.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-23
KOTA HURRAH CAMPAIGN.

The democrats are planning a hurrah
campaign of sentiment and buster, in
the hope that an artificial tidal wave
may be created in some parts of the
country, co~ntributory to their success in
November. They will endeavor to build
political capital out of all the sentiment
tai nonsense that can be compiled from
the Filipino and Boer situations, and
every abstract question which win admit
of eloquent elaboration at a safe dis
lance from the facts. But existing con-
ditions are against a campaign of that
character.
In 1896, when the country had been re-
dueed to national, municipal and individ-
ual poverty, through the democratic ad-
ministration of Grover Cleveland, the
public was ripe for anything that prom
Used relief. Instinctively the people
turned to the opposition party and elect
ed a republican president. Recognizing
this trend of sentiment on the part Of
the people, the new democracy, under
the leadership of Bryan, took grounds
against the 'old" democracy and sought
popular favor thereby.
In the present campaign, however, ma
tional, municipal and Individual pros
perlty will be too much in evidence for
sentimental questions to cut much of a
figure in the determination of results.
The good times under the administration
of HARRISON, followed by the disasters
of a democratic administration, which
in turn We're followed by the prosperous
conditions now enjoyed under republican
rule, appeal with irresistible force to the
common sense of the people. 1t is hard
work to get away from self-evident facts,
or to displace the lessons of history with
sentimental theories and untried propo-
sitions. If the principles Of the republic
can party, translated into practical leg
i~slation, bring prosperity to the coun-
try, as the years come and go, and the
contrary is true of the democratic party.
the American public will feel that the
former political organization is the safer
one with which to entrust the unsettled
problems of the future. Theories as to
the right and wrong of Porto Rican pol
icies or Filipino propositions, and of
other questions which are yet to be
weighed in the scales of time, must give
way to popular judgment as to which
political party-When adjudged by the
history of the past-is best qualified to
intelligently handle them.
The democracy is ever ready to ex-
plain that the prosperity which history
aecredits to the reign of the republican
party is wholly due to the manifestations
of a Divine Providence, while the mis-
fortunes which invariably overtake the
country when democratic principles are
practically applied are ascribed to IN
avoidable natural conditions. II such
reasoning be correct it only goes to show
that if the people want to stand in with
Divine Providence, and escape the mis-