El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-22

ments to make q Spanisrd do things
than 1t does an American and he cal
culates or returns sufficient to cover
official squee yes, these contracts art
unnecessarily generous. II we had as
sumed upqusliaedly Gil the concession
working. semi-workiug or quiescent
for railroad 8. canals, ca bles and so forth
which Spsi n granted in the Philippines
| Porto Rico and Cuba. IL would fiat
| ten our treasury But We haven't.
Griggs says these contracts have no,
passed with the sovereignty sin defian-
ce of the natural proposition that Q man
cannot be bound by strangers pro-
misses"
JEALOUS OF UNCLE SAM IN SOUTH
AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Mexico has invited US TO take part
in another Pan-American congress to
be held in the city of Mexico. October
1901. The Latin American countries
have rather soured on propositions for
future meetings in Washington since
the Spanish war, and resent Uocle
Sam psternsl attitude towards the
rest Of the western hemisphere. We
have an office here in town, the
bureau of American Republics"
which 10 supposed to be maintained by
joint subscription, each of the other
nations contributing its pro-rata, when
IL happens to think about il. The
business of this ins titution 10 mainly
printing promotion literature Of about
the kind . railway publishes when
hunting immigration to Its lsnds.
There are "hand books" OF Costa RIGA,
Brazil, Mexico and the rect, trade
lists Of hardware dealers, grocers and
book stores; tariff laws and 30 on and
so Oh; all to be obtained upon payment
OF nominal charge. II would not be
surprising II this bureau were remOv-
ed elsewhere, although ~ q matter of
fact its usefulness Is mainly In the
United States, since what migration
and trade there may be between she
other republics is nos at all Influenced
by printed matter. There was 9 row
on IN congress awhile back because the
bureau accepted paid advertisements
In order to exc out Its funds.
CAMPAIGN CALCULATIONS.
The campaign calculator IL calculat-
Ing here using the Maine and Yer
mont results 80 . basis, and obtaining
results which IRE perfectly satisfactory
to himself In each case. But two of .
trade seldom agree. We haven't any
Of the real fun of an election here, the
speeches, fireworks, bands and All
that, since We have no vote, and We
have to take It out In figuring on the
results elsewhere. But We do that There
10 more lopsided arithmetic flying
around in this environment now than
10 really necessary and as far as talk
and estimates 60 there seems to be NO
doubt that, (s)McKinley will be elect
ed, carrying every thing in sight with
. swirl, and (b) that Bryan will win
out similarly.
Once In a while an isolated man is
met who mathematics both impartial
~ and predicts the victory Of Wharton
Barker. However, what confidence
the democrats have in their mouths
does not extend TO their pocket books,
since betting odds are not less than Eve
to two in favor of Mckinley. Talking
about talk, an old line democrat here
q uotes Kipling In regard to theBryano-
orsoy's view of the country: 81 fed to
Calcutta, which. was panied 70 see,
'sill persisted In being a city and trans
noting commerce after 1 had formally |
'urssd II one year ago. That curse |
now repeat in hope that it will
,ollapse.'
Which IL good in q mild way, but not
70 good as Col. Archie Bakers de-
'cription Friday night when-after
the followers of Bryan as
"hoboes and snti-hoboes;
liberty oonventionites and sna-libsrty
,on ventionites: Coxeyites and anti
Middle of the Readers and |
hose who believe the sidewalk is good
enough for them: populists and anti
socialists and anti socialists;
and anti-anarchists-he
aid that lin fact, modern democracy
8 like . graveyard that stands with its
mouth wide open ready to receive any.
hing that comes along dead.''
CLARA BARToN'S SERVICES.
Clara Barton, one of the notable
iRures in Washington, has gone to
Galveston with the headquarters stan
If the National Red Cross. Miss
Barton is like the traditional stormy
oetrel except that she comes after
wards and does good. She Is small