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Bryau's Essay on imperialism"

BRYAN's long-winded and dreary essay
on imperialism" Is reduced to absurdity
by the proceedings Of his followers In dis
franchising the negro citizens of the
Southern States. Even II that policy OF
the Democratic party is justified on the
ground of expedienoy, Of the necessity OF
white supremacy" none the less. OF course.
does it fly In the face Of the consent OF
the governed" principle Of the Declara-
ton Of Independence. to which BRYAN
expresses so tender a devotion.
At present there ara about ten million
negroes in the United States. or about as
many as the population OF the Philippine
Islands. Under the Constitution OF the
United States. by an Amendment OF thirty
years ago, the principle OF the Declaration
of Independence that Governments derive
their Just powers frsm the consent OF the
governed, was consistently extended to
the American negroes. who comprise
nearly |one-seventh Of the whole population
Of the Union, and the States were forbidden
to deny or abridge their right to vote on
account OF race, color, or previous con-
ditlon OF servitude,"
Nevertheless, Southern States absolutely
dominated by BRYAN's party have dis
franchised their negro citizens In fiat denial
of that principle Of the Declaration OF indie
pendence, and in violation of the Consti-
t~utional provision; yet BRYAN has nothing
to say in condemnation Of the proceeding.
His tears are all for the Filipinos.
Southern negroes who had enjoyed the
suffrage for thirty years. under the Con-
stitution. are now deprived OF it and are
governed without their consent. MOI has
this been done on the ground Of their
ignorance, but solely because OF their
race and color. for white illiteracy Is not
excluded.
What respect, then. will the American
people have for BRyAN's professions OF
d avotion to the principle Of the consent
OF the governed? The Bryanite plat
form declares that "to impose upon any
people a government OF force is to substi-
tute the methods of imperialism for those of
a republic" What. except imperialism
then, is the Acknowledgement Of the negroes
in violation OF the Constitution
The right to self-government which the
Constitution gave them thirty years g
has been taken from them by BRYAN's fol-
and they are compelled TO submit
to government without their consent.
BRYAN's long essay on Imperialism
read yesterday is therefore really an attack
on his own followers and on nobody else.
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Is Florida to Be Divided:
From the Mobile Daily Recia.r.

The question In Florida is the proposed moving OF
the capital from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. IL will
take a constitutional amendment to do II, and there
Il little likelihood Of immediate success In tina, direc-
ton. Meantime, the evident tendency TO concentrate
political influence In Jacksonville that Is 10 saw on
the eastern coast Of the State, has aroused a feelirr
all through ives! Florida that the western end OF Tux
State Is being neglected: that II Is regarded OF M
value In the State. and the sooner II strikes GU, for
itself the better.
This feeling gives basis to the talk OF annexation NJ
west FLORIDA TO Alabama. The west Floridians he
lieve that this will solve the question OF the capita, IN
eyerybody's satisfaction. Jacksonville will r, the
capital Of Florida and west Florida will become a mar,
OF Alabama and look TO Montgomery as the seat OF ia
political influence.
Possibly there Is nothing but talk In the affair. Tn.
west Floridians may be desiring only " 'blun " IN.
Jacksonville movement but there Is something NOR,
than mere talk In II. OF there will be. n the capital
movement Is pushed. The people Of west Florida are
hardly aroused as YET but II the Jacksonville az.
grandizement Is perse vered in there will certainly be
an earnest effort TO get west Florida d. sjoined from tho
rest Of the State. And the movement will receive en-
enlargement from some quarters In Alabama.
These facts should be carefully considered by the
people Of east Florida who are putting the capital 70.
moval plan forward As a campaign issue.
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Notification and Evasion at INDIAN
apolis Yesterday.

The ceremony at Indianapolis was not as
square AZ O brick or as round as q top. IL
was one-sided. Mr.. BRYAN was formally
notified that he had been chosen by the
Democratic party to resume that assault
upon the honesty Of the American dollar.
the financial credit OF the United States
Government, the honor OF the American
flag. and the prosperity OF the American
workingman engaged In every sorto OF work.
which was begun at Chicago under his
leadership and successfully resisted and
temporarily defeated by the people at the
polls four years ago.
That was the commission handed to him
yesterday. but he took 1t and held 1t behind
his back without even reading Its notorious
contents TO the crowd.
The reply Of a perfectly straightforward
and brave man would have been responsive
He would have said. 81 am ready to resume
the fight for free silver coinage at the
ratio Of sixteen TO one, for an Income
tax. for the overthrow Of the Supreme
Court as at present constituted, for fiat
money, for reputation. for a forty-siN.
forty-seven or forty-eight cent dollar.
for the protection OF rioters and anarchists
against Federal interference, for the repeal
Of the present tariff; in short. for another
general attack all along the line upon the
conditions wherein rest the nations
prosperity and the stability Of our institu-
tons. Incidentally and for rhetorical pur-
poses, | am against something which shall
style imperialism and strongly in favor
OF withdrawal from the Philippines. Fol-
low me, We Democrats: ] will lead you
again 10 the polls"
Instead Of doing that manly thing, Mr..
BRYAN suppressed every article in his
plainly written commission save the one
article which charges him to haul down, If
he can, our flag in the Philippines; and
ignoring but not repudiating all the de-
structive purposes which are in his party's
platform and at the bottom of his W
personal heart. he ratified of a long dis
sertation on imperialism" which PETIT
GREW or ERvING WINsLow might have
written. barring the tropes.
Mr.. BRYAN's commission Is not out OF
sight, even though he holds it behind his
back. 1t is known to all.
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An English Forecast for China.

The opinions OF the London Spectator are
always worthy OF consideration and we
have been able to agree with much of what
1t has had to say concerning the pres
ent crisis in China. Its views are usually
based on historical knowledge. which Is
more thar can be affirmed Of many current
commentaries. We are unable to accept.
however, the Forecast for China I" printed
in Its issue Of July 81. because the solution
Of the problem therein advocated is not
commended but refuted by experience.
The Spectator maintains that the only
mode of averting a repetition Of the out
RACES perpetrated at Pekin is to partition
the coastwise provinces Of China among
the civilized Powers. 1t takes this position
because II does mot believe that the
Chinese Empire can be conquered as a
whole or governed as a whole by Europe
acting as a syndicate. whether the effort Is
made through an international council, or
through a nominal Emperor who should be
guided by a council Of Ambassadors"
That Is true. Such a syndicate would not
long hold together. and an Emperor known
to be the mere m~outhpiece OF foreign Enjoys
would soon cease to exercise authority
over his nominal subjects.
The Spectator is wrong in assuming that
It has made an exhaustive enumeration Of
the courses that may be pursued after the
capture of Pekin. There are several other
methods OF dealing with China besides
those which the Spectator designates, and
any one of them is better than to carry
further the process of partition. which
has already had disastrous c~onseauen-
ces by arousing the innate patriot
ism OF the Chinese people. II We desire
to blot China. considered as a separate po-
litical entity, from the map OF Asia, the
most eflectual mode of doing 1t would be to
commission either Russia or Japan to con-
Quer and annex the whole Of the Middle
Kingdom. That would be a drastic remedy.
but the jealousy Of other Powers will pre-
vent its adoption. Neither Japan nor
Great Britain would consent to see the mis-
sion conferred upon Russia. and all Of the
European Powers would witness with pro-
found misgiving Japan's requirement Of a
st~upendous increase Of strength.
This solution Is, therefore, out Of the
question. but experience has shown that
partition would be equally impracticable.
Over and over again in her history. China
has been dismembered; but the partition
has never been permanent. although in
more than n instance IL has lasted for
upward Of a hundred years. Always in the
end have the lopped-oY provinces been re-
covered by that part Of China which re-
NAMED independent. and 1t must be remem-
bered that the advocates Of partition con-
fine their designs to the coast and the
northern frontier. and purpose to allow the
vast interior Of the Middle Kingdom to re-
tain independence. II the history Of three
thousand years affords any criterion for a
forecast Of the future, the independent core
would ultimately recover the peeled-ofY SEC
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Politics and Baseball In North
Carolina.

A Raleigh despatch to the Hichmo"o
Times Is a sufficient commentary upon
the election" In North Carolina. Inc
Democrats Of that State elected 10 os.
franchise most Of the negroes. donned red
shirts. loaded their guns" and demon
strated to everybody who had a rauonai
desire for longevity that 1t wasn't saie 70
oppose the North Carolina Constitutional
amendment that wipes out two amend.
ments to the Constitution Of the united
States.
The Democratic victory OF yesterday.
says the Times despatch, will sun up
between $4,000 and 10000 for the state
ticket and the amendment" Fifty or Sixty
thousand. seventy or eighty thousand
what difference does it maker The u
ditions are that the victory shall be large
enough to carry the amendment and 10
carry terror into the hearts OF those VINO
opposed 1t.
The huInbug Of the performance Is clearly
shown In this additional bit OF informa-
ton in the Times despatch:
III was rather strange with politics running as
high as Il had been here that last night when 'he fc'
turns were coming In baseball ranked over politics.
Baseball cranks were wild over the defea' OF 'ne Dur
ham team by the Raleighi,es. Durham haa p1en
ahead OF Raleigh. and on yesterday put up $1,000
against the Raleigh team. Raleigh people cameto
the front. and fully $50 boarded q special train 70 Dur
ham yesterday afternoon. The $1,000 was WIN
drawn when that crowd reached Durham. No roouhg
had ever been seen there before, and the team won ny
I TO o. and were borne to the depot on the shoulders Of
their hackers"
Baseball In North Carolina Is still COM
paratively pure. Either Of two mines may
win in a game between them. Against the
Democrats in the game Of politics there
is no chance. The cards are stacked and
there is no betting.
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In an article published recently in a medical
paper, Surgeon PERRY of the United States
Marine Hospital Service. apropos OF the British
reports of Boer firing on hospitals and bearer
parties. suggests that hospital tents be indicated
by more than the Red Cross flag, when Is ihdis-
tinguishable unless there is sufficient wind 10
hold 1t out. He be lieves that the tents should
be Of green canvas, or of green and white; ana
that non-combatants, presumably hospitai
corps men and surgeons. should wear red
Jackets. Whether the suggestion Is wholly
acceptable in details matters little; the Idea
of q special color Tor hospital use Is good The
events Of our war with Spain and OF the South
African war. have shown that the red cross
on a white field Is not prominent enough in all
cases TO Identify the hospitals and the hospital
corps.
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Our Busy Army.

From time TO time short items are pub
lished that indicate more by suggestion
than by statement hat our army il q very
busy organization. We all know that it Is
scattered from Alaska to the Philippines,
from Cape Nome to Santiago. Portions Of
1t are fighting in China. other portions are
doing the hardest sort Of police duty, in tho
civilians sense Of the word, in LuZon and
the other islands Of our far eastern POSSES
sions. Still other portions are doing gar
rison duty In this country. Cuba and Porto
Rico. but even this list is too general. 1t
shows broadly only where our army is,
not what it is doing.
Besides the police and garrison duty in
the Philippines, officers and mon are filing
countless civil offices there. They are Po-
lice Magistrates. Captains OF the Port, Col
lectors Of Customs; they are Postmasters
and agents. AND III all the offices connected
With the civil administration OF the army
In that PARKWAY land. SO they do in Cuba,
and so. until the civil administration was
organized In Porto Rico, they did there.
But those duties go with military occupa-
ton. Az home here-and those words cover
q very largo territory-oflcers and men are
busy. e0en. RANDALL Is running Cape Nome:
Capt. ABERcRoMBIH. who helped two years
g to make the best survey OF Alaska yet
made, Il building a military road from Port
valdes, Alaska. for a hundred miles inland:
Capt. WILCOX has just finished a lexicon Of
Frenoh-English military phrases; Col.
DAVIS Of the Judge Advocates department
has published a book on International law,
and other individual officers are working
away unknown to fame at tasks that will
bring good to the country.
Last year the Ordnance Department,
besides Its regular work in considering fire.
arms and projecules, superintendent the
erection of a bridge over the Mississippi.
The Carter case grew out Of work done by
the Engineer Corps in improving the harbor
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AGUINALDISM IN MAINE.
Tho Democratic Candidate for Governor Il,
for withdrawal From the Philippines.

To The EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In your
edition of Sunday, Aug. s. you have asked mo
some questions and 1t affords me much pleasure
briefly to answer the same.
You quote from my letter Of acceptance the
following: II an unalterably opposed 10 war.
Of conquest and ! have no sympathy whatever
with any movement the purpose OF which =
for sordid gain. 10 take away the liberties OF
any rae, OF people and 70 attempt to govern
80 what war does Mr, Lord refer" '"'" 0'A
refer to any and all wars the purpose Of
which Is solely to conquer "A people and acquire
their territory. and more especially, where he
powerful nation seeks TO conquer the weak ma
ton. The war with Spain was not supposed 10 be
a war or conquest. Al the commencement OF
this war Congress passed a resolution declaring
that this war was waged solely for the sake Of
humanity and solemnly pledging the American
people 70 refrain from conquest and Iroclaim-
ing TO TIE world that We had no other object
Spa nish mlsrule and barbarity. Now. instead
Of giving the ftlipinos the same opportunities
mat We're given the Cubans the Administration
mas pInced mem IN q worse plight than they
Asain., you ak. is Mr., Lord in favor Of Agni-
naidoY L. 10 favor the under dog in the
hght. TO have sympathy for a race Of people
who are at the mercy Of an Administrator
which, H. waginR rs unjust a war as was ever
waged, In any time or cline, against a people
VINO are struggling i9r the same freedom. that
our ioreinthers fought for. II this Is 10 favor
Aguinaido then you can put me down as fav-
oring him.
IL Is my belief that the administration should
no longer pursue a base. crue, md expsns We
course IN the treatment of the Flliyinos. bur
should place the matter before the duly con-
stituted AM hority. the Congress Of the United
States, and let the latter adopt measures which
would put a stop to the unholy condition OF
affairs now existing in the Philippine Islands.
Your question regarding the secession Of the
CITY OF Saco is too absurd to require any con-
sideration from me. SAMUEL L. LORD.
SAco. Me. Aug. 0.
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Against Huckster Cries.

To THE EDITOR OF II SuN-sh: The article
appearing In THE SUN on the "huckster' question
signed "a Sufferer" hits the nail on the head. and
for one should like 70 record my protest against this
great and Increasing nuisance.
There arc enough unavoidable noises In this grea,
city OF ours without having 10 suffer from those tina,
can and should be suppre s,ed.
The organ grinders are bad enough. but because O,
the great pleasure they give to the little ones I would
bear with them. bu, TO have W hear at mos, any tImo
OF day, Ten cents Q whole lot, q whole loll'' shouted
By one. or more often two or three m gaphon -liie
voices blended together In a %yeritable pandemonium
OF harsh sounds, Is something more than an ordinarv
citizen can OF on ght 10 stand,
There are other ways In which these people can
bring their wares TO our notice without one thlnklng
OF the internal regions every time theg 60 through The
street.
The storekeepers, butchers, bakers, &c, have FMS,
as much risht TO stand In front OF their stores and
howl the superiority Of their goods as do the huck sters.
and they used TO in olden times. until civilization put q
stop % H. and are we less civilized nowf
I trust this little grumbls OF mine may reach the
ears OF our friend. Alderman Byrpe. who viii cause
this particular phase OF lawlessness TO cease In this
otherwise great city. d. G. bALcH.
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lions. unless the latter could be repeopled
with foreign emigrants. which In. Of course.
impossible.
From this point Of view. nothing would be
more fatal than to base an opinion on the
assumption that there Is any analogy be-
tween China and India. From the Vedio
age until the present hour the Indian PENN
sula has been split up among allen races
and hostile religions. and England manages
to govern II to-day simply because she has
learned how to balance the Hindoo against
the Moslem. The Chinese people. on the
other hand. since the time OF the wall
Builder. the famous CHIN CHI HwANorI.
the Napoleon of China. and one OF the
greatest men that ever lived, have been a
homogeneous nation that has always con-
quered It's conquerors. and never has been
lastingly dismembered.
The wisest, as well as the cheapest,
method of solving the Chinese problem
would be. after exactinS ample pecuniary
reparation for the insults and injuries sur
fered. and insisting upon the condign pun
ishment Of all the guilty parties. no matter
how high placed. to strengthen the Pro-
gressive party in China by helping 10 place
the supreme power in the hands OF a Sover-
eign known TO sympathize with their pur-
poses. The Emperor KwANG-sU himself and
Prince CHING are proofs that II Is not impos-
sible to find such a ruler In the Manchu reign
ing family. and. even were 1t otherwise. an
acceptable candidate could probably be
discovered among the descendants Of the
MINGs. In the event of KwANG-sU's death.
the Progressive Chinese themselves would
probably be ready to indicate a candidate.
The most effective way Of strengthening an
enlightened and progressive Sovereign
would be for the four European Powers
which have profted by the work Of
mutilation- we refer to Germany, Rus
STA. Great Britain and France--to con-
cur In a self-denying ordinance and
agree to surrender the seized territories
SO soon as the peeunlary indemnlties due
for the outrages perpetrated upon their
subjects shall have been paid. That. how
ever. Is a counsel Of perfection which the
land -grabbing Powers can scarcely be ex-
pected to adopt. although nothing is more
certain than that the arbitrary mutilation
of China begun by Germany Is at the bot
tom of the present trouble.
1t is not only expedient. but right. that
foreign Powers should do what they can to
aid the Chinese reformers, and thus help
China to govern herself. and acquire the
honorable place among the nations to which
Japan has already attained.
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A poor wa, to show white Superiority.

To II EDITOR OF 1uE SuN-Sir: Permit me 70
extend to you my hearty thanks for the stand you
hav. taken against the maltreatment Of the negro In
the South, In which North Carolina Is playing so con-
spicuous a part
As a native North Carolinian let me point out one
among the many causes which IL seldom reverted 10.
II f. the moral training Of the young. They have fos-
tered within them race prejudices from the earliest
age. and the race hatred engendered Is one Of the rea-
sons why the percentage OF %illiteracy Is so large In
these States II creates the notion that white supert-
ority Is so absolute that 1t does not need TO be dem
onstrsted In superior cultivation, bu, exhibits itself
sufficiently In force. SMITH
BROOKLYN. Aug. Q.
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One View OF Florida as a State IN live Tn

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN ST.: The article
In THE SUN OF the ED ult. headed. Her own
Country Home" prompts me TO suggest that many
Of those seeking homes Of their own might best COMO
" Florida. Especially Is this true Of those having
little money 70 invest and wishing to live simply
plainly and economically. Florida Is tho place for
old folks and for sick folks; and II Is a good place TO
wear out old cl gthes. Land may be bought at almos,
any prce-some near towns at IS and upward per
acre, Very desirable properties may be held at
1900 or more per acre. There are some wellim.
proved farms which may be bought at very moderate
figures Florida is not The place TO make money, bu,
a bare subsistence may be obtained here with less
labor than In any other State. II is not the place for
the strong and ambitious, but II is the place for those
who are getting the worst Of life's battle. And there
are people here from all parts. so one may nnd con.
genial neig hbors L. Z ROPER
ASToR, Fla Aug. A.
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The Luck OF Adlai.

Since the time when years ago q dark
man from Funk's Grove, on his way 20
Money Creek, whispered ADLAT STEVEN
SONS name while looking over his left
shoulder at the harvest moon. the periodi-
cal nomination Of this distinguished citizen
Of Bloomington has been considered GER
tain throughout Mclean county. in which
he resides. Ii would be a mistake, how
ever, to accept as true the report that there
Is a superstition among Republicans that
whenever ADLAI runs for office. no will
be elected.
As a matter OF fact, the first important
office to which ADLAI was nominated was
that OF Presidential Elector in Illinois, on
the ill-starred Mcclellan ticket. on the
platform declaring the Civil War a failure
and demanding its immediate cessation,
and the withdrawal Of Union troops from
the feld-the paramount issue of 1854.
ApLAI was defeated along with his col
leagues. He had no better luck than they.
Ten years later he began his memorable
career as a candidate for Congress, the
record Of which is briefly this: Elected as a
Greenbacker in 1874, ne ran for reelection in
1876 and was defeated. In 1878. the banner
year for the Greenback party In the coun-
try, ADLAI wa elected, and was beaten
when a candidate for reelection in 1880. as
he was again in 1882. Nominated in five
elections In Illinois. in the three which
were the most important he was beaten.
He was twice elected in or years"
Few candidates for public office in the
United States ar' more conspicuously
fitted 10 run in of years" thar is ADLAI.
But 1900 ia decisively and Enthusiastically
not an of year.