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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
Circulation Statement.
Mr.. nr,an,s Philippine Position.

leading newspaper of the Republican
persuasion imputes treasoa to Mr.. Bryan
when he promised il elected to convene
Congress Immediately with view Of rec
ommending the policy of Independence for
the Philippines after a stable government
should be established. II is suggested that
Filipinos will be thereby encouraged TO
further resistance and that the murder OF
our soldiers will be the result Whatever
the merits Of Mr.. Bryan's policy may be.
is it not preposterous to draw such con-
clusion? Or, if this is fair deduction,
the Administration is with equal logic
chargeable with treason in the introduce
ton OF our armies into Luzon and the
course which has already resulted in the
killing and wounding OF so many of our
soldiers including the brave General Law
ton. II the proposed extraordinary ses-
sion and the object for which it was to
be convened had not been referred to
there is hardly a doubt that resistance
would continue until the natives were
more nearly exhausted than they now ap
pear to be.
But is it not reasonable to deduce that
this expression of purpose on the part
of Mr.. Bryan will have an effect the re-
verse of which is charged? If they are
assured thus early in the campaign of
the friendly intention of the Presidential
candidate of one of the great national par
ties. to aid them in the establishment OF
stable government with view 10 ultimate
autonomy the just inference would seem
to be that they would refrain from hos
Utilities as much as possible consistent
with self defence. Instead of aggressive
operations, ambuseades, and guerrilla tao
tics it is but natural that with the hope of
a peaceful solution OF their troubles they
would desire especially to avoid any I'M
necessary engagements, with the hope of
receiving in the end more favorable con-
sideraticn in the Anal arrangements.
Epithets are convenient substitutes for
argument If the frank avOwal of his in
tention in the event of his election be
treason, Mr.. Bryan might well, in the
language of Patrick Henry authorize his
opponents to make the most of it"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

do with the consent of the governed
principle proclaimed in 1875; no more. in
fact. than has the exercise of authority by
parent or teacher over the unruly child.
There is no inconsistency. then, in the
position of Mr.. Bryan, as imputed in these
illusions of his critics. But how is it with
these representative expounders of Repub-
liean doctrine in the matter of their good
faith? Assuming that certain voters in the
South. disfranchised on account of illit-
eracy and ancestry. are thus governed
without participating in the government,
on what ethical ground can these critics
complain? They approve and advocate the
policy of government by our President,
Of an alien race thousands of miles from
our shores. not only without their consent,
but against their protest and stubborn re-
sistsnee. Our Government must be and
remain sovereign in every foot of these
possessions, although we vaguely promise
them. at some indefinite time in the I'M
certain future such measure Of self-gov-
eminent as We in our wisdom shall gra-
ciously permit. 1t is sheerest qualification
to object to constitutional disfranchise
men: Of voters by the States, on account
of illiteracy or other cause, while under
our expansive policy We propose to govern
millions of inhabitants of distant colonies
by the sovereign power of the nation. dis
franchising the educated and the ignorant
alike,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
MR. RICHARDSON RETURNS.
Greatly Pleased With Mr.. Bryan's
Speech of Acceptance.


Representative James D. Richardson.
Chairman of the Democratic Congressional
Committee. returned yesterday afternoon
from Indianapolis where he went to notify
Mr.. Bryan of the latter's nomination
Chairman Richardson did not go to Dem
ocratic headquarters. but proceeded to his
home in Sixth Street. He was too much
fatigued from travelling and exhausted from
the heat TO make any statement for the
nress. He expressed himself, however, as
being greatly pleased at the success that
attended the notification ceremonies Mr..
Bryan's speech. he said, sounded the key
note of the campaign 1t was a mastery
EFFORT, and an ansverable argument.
Chairman Richardson will be at head
quarters today.
Representative Henry d. Clayton of Ala
bama. a member of the Democratic Nation
al Committee. is in the city. He was a
caller yesterday at Democratic headquar-
ters. Mr.. Clayton has just made a trip
through Indiana. Ohio. and Illinois. He
says the Democrats in those States ar in
splendid shape: the party organization was
never in better condition. Indiana. he
says. will surely be carried by Bryan, and
in Illinois the Democrats have more than
a fighting chance. while in Ohio the situa-
tior is most encouraging. The people he
said. are discussing nothing but imperial
ism. which is the paramount issue of the
campaign. In Mr.. Clayton's opinion Mary
land and West Virginia will go Democratic
by a safe majority. There is no apathy
among the Democrats. Everywhere they
are united.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

1t is reported from Shanghai that Ii
Hung Chang has been appointed by the
Chinese Government as Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to ne
gotiate with the civilized powers for peace.
II the statement is true, and it is likely
enough to be SO, it may be taken to indi-
cate a desire on the part OF the Empress
Dowager and her advisers to make one last
play to stop the advance on Pekin, holding
the legation people as hostages, pending
a settlement. Such scheme, however,
will be sure to fail. None of the powers,
the United States possibly excepted, will
consent to temporize further with the
lying and treaeherous Pekin Government
Nothing that anyone can see will now pre-
vent the movement TO the Chinese capital
and its occupation. If not It's destruction.
The time for wavering policies and vacil-
lation is past. The next day or two will
witness the end of a situation which has
grown intoiersbie. China will have to
submit and allow the relief column to enter
Pekin and cave The foreigners from mas
sacre, or take theSconsequences OF a whole
worlds vensesne41 Every hour of resist
ance win incrsf$ the penalty. The false
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

NAph tilt bv7loN herald
The significance OF the speech to the Republic
can party is that it is high time for its leaders
to quit calling names aud get down to business.
II they suppose that it is in the power OF money.
or party organization. or artluly fostered pre-
JUDGES, to successfully oppose the effect Of
such address on the minds Of the intelligent
plain people who constitute the Overwhelming
majority OF the electorate Of the nation they will
make a mistake. Mark Hanna, with all the mil
lions lie can command, and all the INSCRIPTIONS
machine bosses he holds in leash is not match
for man who can talk 10 the American people
as Bryan does in this speech. His obvious sin
cerity, frankness, and drectness will break
through and demolish any fortress OF material
politics or chicanery that can be erected in its
path. 1t will prove a more effective speech than
Senator HoarS, because it f.s intense devotion
and ndomitablc courage behind it,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
MORE GOLD FOR EUROPE.
Over Three Millions Engaged for
Export Today.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The National
City Bank will ship s1.5Oo,O0O gold to
London by tomorrow's steamship. Heidel-
bach, Ickelhcimer q Co. have ordered
100000, and expect to send it by the same
vessel The Bank OF New York has or
dered from the assay office $4,000 for
Muller Schall & Co., and this. too. is ex-
pected to go tomorrow
Brown Brothers Co. announce. this
afternoon that they would ship by tenor
rows steamship s50s000 in gold cci,. It
appears that there was a special Jnand
for this coin shipment. All the othel geld
going is in bars. The coin was drawn
from the Sub-Treasury yesterday.
In all probability nearly S3.250,G00 will
be shipped, thus making the aggregate for
the week about IS, 500 600.
II is believed by some foreign exchange
houses that the movement next week will
reach $40. coo. The Bank OF England's
continued inducement to attract gold by
allowing interest on gold in transit was
given as one reason for this prediction.
The first of the two new United States 2
per cent bonds reached the city today from
Washington. They ere handsomely de-
signed and are fine specimens of the en-
graver's art. These bonds represent tie
conversion of the per cent bonds of
190S-1S. the per cents of 1907. and the
per cents of 1904.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
Afraid of Their joss.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger)
In the intelligent judgment OF many Repub-
licans who feel a profound concern for the suc-
cess of the Republican ticket in November, it
will be most undesirable and inexpcdient for
Senator Hanna to take the stump, as It IS evident
that his entire tour would necessarily have to be
one OF isbored excuses. unconrincins explana-
lions, and unacceptable apologies. 1t IS feared
not without cause, that ii SeIItor Hanna should
elect to take the stump and be as strenuous
and as aggressive 4 campaigr speaker as he was
debster in The Senate, he would repel FROM
mot attract Voters to, the Republican candi-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
A LABOR LAW RULING.
New Phsse of The '.PrevniIing Rate
of wngesn Question.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1O.--A new phase Of
the prevailing rate of wages law has
been passed upon by the courts-the APP
pellate Division of the Fourth depart
ment-in a case from clean, but the de-
cision applies to New York also. and up
holds The Interpretation Of the labor law
of Corporation Counsel Whalen.
The relator. Usoy, was employed as
laboier upon the water works of the city
OF 0lean from June 1 to November L. 1899.
during which time he worked ten hours a
day and was paid at the rate of s1-50 per
day. Subsequent to November he was re-
quircd to work only eight hours per day
and his compensation was reduced to S1-2D
per day.
Later he was engaged in placing new
pump in position in order to increass the
punrpine capacity of the system and gun
against the disastrous consequences w1ic1
might possibly result from impairment of
the pumP then in use. He worked ten
hours a day and sued for payment for the
extra two hours work for each day, In
deciding that the work done by Usoy came
within that provision of the labor law of
1893 which permitted employers 20 exte-d
the hours of labor in case OF eX ra0i dinaly
emergency Presiding Justice Adams.
speaking for the court among ether things
said:
The statute Goes not in terms require
that laborers in every instance and in all
circumstances shall be employed b. the
day. neither is there anything in its Ian
guage which would seem TO indicate that
such was the intention OF the Legislature in
enacting it And further on in opiri u
the presiding justice says: "Of course, if
it could be shown that the method adopted
by the respondents was mere evasion ard
one which had been resorted to simply ID
enable them to escape the penalties of the
law, quite another question would BE- pre-
scented for our consideration"
Corporation Counsel Whalen has he'd
that the mode of payment" of employees
under the labor laws did not prevent their
receiving the prevailing rate of veg s."
Justice Adams decision upholds his con-
tention.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

The Italian Inventor who could not speak
English but wanted TO exhibit ''projec-
tile" privately TO the President, and called
at the White House for that purpose yes
enterprise. People who have made new
discoveries in the bomb line should either
keep the fact and their wares to them
selves, or look for promoters in Paterson,
n. j.. which, as everybody is aware, is the
home of the Anarchist trust.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
English War Alliances
Trom the PhiIadelphia Record

IIUW ne FIIIIutIpHlu Kec0rd.J
Apart from the petty meannesscs such as those
showing in China now that England has never
engaged in real war without an ally until she
met the Beers, and the success OF quarter OF a
million men against less than 10000 has been of
a kind that warns her Of the danger of playing
her own hand. 1t may be that the course OF
events may hold us involved in the operations
in China, but there Is reason why we should be
irritated by false and malicious reports from
English sources or that ne should he tolerant Of
British petty spite and Jealousy or be cats paw
for E,,. .ud's lawless aysrice.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
Bryan at HIS Best.

tfrom the Utica Observer)
We repeat, that the opponents OF Mr.. Bryan
will ne compelled, whether they like it or not
10 meet him on the issue OF mperi. ism. III
presents it in such form and with such mastery
force that they cannot evade it il they would
In his first utterance OF the campaign Mr. Bryan
gives assurance that the contest it not to be
one-sided by any means, and that the supporter,
Of Mckinley will have no reason to possess over
confidence when the battle opens. They are
dealing this year with Mr.. Bryan at his best.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

(From the Chicago Inter ocean,
1t would be much better IL the fire depart
ment were to be called out to disperse such
assemblages in the future. This is a remedy
often used with success abroad. II the anarci-
istic remnant and its sympathizers were warned
that the hose would be turned on them in case
they attempted to hold meetings, they would
abstain from assembling. Neither their hatred
of capital nor their sympathy for assassination
would lead them TO face the punishment. More
over, they wos a be robbed Of their Last claim
to martyrdom.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
,nuerinIi.m and RepubIicnnism.

From the Chicago ChrOnice.)
NJ. BRYAN makes plain the irTeconcilahe diff
ference between imperialism and Republicanism-
Republicauizm in the essential, not the party
meaning of the word.
He sheds Il clear light upon the path of true
duty and recalls the country to that path in
tones not of anger but Of profound conviction
and solemn warning. 1A
He anayzes all the arguments upel which the
President and his followers rely for the defence
lacy. laws bare their glaring inconsistency with
the great principles OF liberty enuneated in the
declaration OF 1776, and points ut the deadly
danger Of substituting Tint polite for the one
which heretofore the American psotiie have stead
ily pursued. ssrsug
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
STANDARD OIL COMPLAINS.
Says the Valuation Placed on Its
Property Was Too High.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10-Justice Lambert,
of the Supreme Court. sitting in Brooklyn
today. on the petition of counsel for the
Standard Oil Company, granted a writ OF
certiorari to compel the commissioners of
taxes and assessments to review the as
sessments on the company's property in
the Fourteenth and Seventeenth wards of
Brooklyn, Oh the grounds that it is ex-
cessive and unjust, being higher proper
tionately in value than other property OF
the same character.
The total valuation as fixed by the COM
missioners on the property in question is
s1,125,000, while 1t is asserted that cor
rect valuation would place the. figure at
SS05 900.
The writ is made re.urnable on the Sec
on5 Monday in September.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
MIR. Br~yan's Speech.

From the Nsw York Evening Post.)
One good effect Of Mr.. Bryan's speech ought
to be found in the conversion of the Democratic
party to the antiimperialist views of their leader
We are still without evidence that the party
as a whole had any definite ideas on this subject
before the Kansas City Convention met. or that
it has acquired any SINCE but II it generally
and as the campaign progresses, ii will be put
10 the necessity Of repeating what Mr. Bryan
has said In this way we may look for ele
walton OF sentiment in that party which will be
benefcial 10 the Country in the future, regard
less Of the result q the coming election.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

hood and treachery of the Tsung-liYamen
caps the climax. Unwilling as it may be
to face the situation, the Administration
in Washington will be forced to ackav.l-
edge the truth that we are at war with
China. and proceed upon constitutional
lines to wage it,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

The Administration appears to have suf-
fered a reverse in its efforts to railroad the
eminent Mr.. Nicely TO Havana. An appeal
to tie Supreme Court Of the United States
has been granted, and as that body will rot
meet until October, the prisoner will be
able TO avoid the heated term in Cuba, and
perhaps be allowed TO go home and vote
for Mckinley and prosperity, before start
ing for the scene of his former exploits.
AS his counsel has raised constitutional
question, strong enough TO secure the ap-
peal. it may be that he will not have to
leave his native land at all.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
The Official Campaign Opening.

August 8, 1900 will he an historic date. It
marks the official opening OF campaign in
which, on the one side will be arrayed those
who seem to delight in the retrospect Of George
Ill and who would belittle the teachings of the
fathers and would destroy the fruits of revolu-
tionary patriotism, and the other The men vino
still cling to the teachings OF the Declaration Of
independence and who believe with Lincoln that
cit was not written for people or period
but Tor all people and ali time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

The wild and inaccurate interviewer has
been after Admiral Dewey again, and has
represented him as saying things that
hardly need a denial On his part. For ex-
ample. he has been charged with declaring
that Whatever show of resistance there
is to our authority in the Philippines will
be kept up until after our election in No
vember. The insurrection is kept alive
by the leaders, who hold out to the SOL
diers the hope OF Bryan's election The
Admiral declares that he never used the
language attributed to him. AS a matter
of course he would be incapable of such
a thing He is an earnest, and conscien-
tious Democrat, as wen as a most dis
tinguished officer and patriot
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11
An UItimatum to china.

(Froin the Philadelphia North Americana
The Chinese must now decide whether they
want peace war with the United States and
their answer, in deeds as well in words, viii
determine the question Of the ACCESSIBILITY Of as
sembling Congress to deal with the situation
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-11

Although IL must be admitted that
weather conditions in Washington are
more tropical than one could wish, there
is ample evidence that what with our
broad avenues and plenitude of shade. we
are far better off than many of our neigh
bors. Compared with superheated cities
like New York. Boston, Philadelphia, and
Chicago. the District of Columbia is a
comfortable summer resort Within a Few
days a cool wave, or rains, or both, will
probably bring relief TO the whole middle
and north Atlantic regions. and the
chances are that We shall not experience
another such extreme period of heat this
season.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-14
INVENTORS AT WORK.
Rich and Poor Scientists with the
Gnrna End In View.

Rich and Poor Scientists with the
Same End In View.
1t so happens that today other inves-
LEGATIONS are being carried on with
view TO wrest some secret from nature
whereby there may be improvement In
the propulsion of vessels and the cheap
ening of the cost. Some of these scien-
lists have no temptation In the way Oh
the gaining of fortune, whereas, 9th
ers are inspired wholly by that I'm
pulse. Thus, John Jacob Astor, who Is
fond of mechanics and finds his CHER
recreation In his amateur VOL kshop
and laboratory, is reported by some OF
our steamboat owners to feel sure that
he had discovered a method of pro-
polling steamboats, in such manner
that storms Will not affect them, and
so that they Will ride the seas as
smoothly and easily during a tempest
as they do In fair weather.
Mr.. Astor's apparatus Ia not ex-
planned any further than that he ex-
poets to accomplish these results. The
practical steamboat men to whom he
has spoken speak with some cynlclsm
about his apparatus, but their doubts
would be much greater were 1t not
known that Mr.. Aston can both drive
and make locomotive engine. that he
has invented several ingenious ma
chimes, and has a good understanding
of the fundamental principles Of
physics.
On the other hand Mr.. Colin Camp
bell, poor man, but one of those sclen-
tific enthusiasts who are looked upon
as eccentric, almost cranks, until mt
last they achieve something and are
then spoken of as geniuses, has perfect
confidence that an apparatus which he
Is now explaining to those who own
or control steamboats,, will be far SUI
perior to the screw propeller or the pad
die wheel for certain purposes. 1t can
be described briefly and untechnically
as an apparatus which. by the explo-
sion of powder from a tube suspended
below the rudder, will propel the boat.
Some of the steamboat men laugh Mt
the proposition and would probably
laugh harder were 1t not known that
Mr.. Campbell Is a warm friend of
Chauncey NJ. Depew who has had con.
fdence in him and has supported him
IN some of his earlier mechanical sue
cesses.
Mr.. Campbell looks for the pecunlary
rewards. They are his inspiration. Mr..
Astor finds his whole inspiration In the
excitement and delight which creative
work gives him and possibly In the
hope that his name may be associated
with something else than riches, for he
would rather be known as the inventor
of some apparatus that revolutionized
some branch of commerce or industry
than as one of the richest OF the clt-
zens of New York.-New York letter In
Philadelphia Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-06-14
A Chinese Wonder.

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore describes
In the Century a great national phe
nomena which she has observed on one
of her many visits to the long-liyed
Chinese Empire.
There are three wonders In the his
tory Of China" she writes, "the De
mons at Tang-chau, the Thunder al
Lung-chau, and the Great Tide at
Hang-chau, the last the greatest of all,
and living wonder to this day OF the
open door while Its rivals are lost In
myth and oblivion. on the eighteenth
night of the second moon, and ON the
eighteenth night of the eighth and ninth
moons of the Chinese year, the great
est fioodtides from the Pacific surge
into the funnel mouth of Hang-chau
Bay TO the bars and flats at the mouth
of the swift flowing Tslen-tang. The
river current opposes for while, until
the angry sea rises up and rides on. In
great, white, roaring, bubbling wave,
ten, twelve, fifteen, and even twenty
feet In height. The Great Bore, the
White Thing, charges up the narrowing
river at speed of ten and thirteen
miles an hour, with roar that can be
heard for an hour, before 1t arrives, the
most sensational, spectacular, fasclnat
ing tidal phenomenon-a real wonder
of the whole world, worth going far
and waiting long to see"