New-York tribune., 1900-07-07
THE PASSING THRONG.

Il hardly think there is a question Of the elecs
tiOn of Mckinley and Roosevelt" said A. L. Tyler
Of Portland. Ore. at the Hoffman
RETURNED House yesterday. The so-caIleI
SOLDIERS policy Of expansion is exceedingly
AGAINST popular in the West and on thar
BRYAN. issue alone. since Bryan has male
the paramount one all the
Pacific Coast States will 90 safely Republican II
there were no other reason IL would be 90 BE-
cause expansion means great deal financially %
the people on the Pacific sea board. but there are
other and better reasons than that and taklre
tnem all in all. u Is cafe say that the states
West Of the Mississippi will almost all of them 20
Republican IN the fan elections There IS one thing
Mr.. Bryan and the rest of those anxious for Demo
cratic success would have done well 70 remember
before they committed the Democratic party % ne
anti-expansIon policy and that Is that almost
every state West or the Mississippi sent troops %
the Philippines. Those brave men fought bled ard
ded not alone 70 Wrest that archipelago from the
cruel grasp Of Spain, but when Spanish dorniri11
was at an end they still fought braveiy and fear
lessly that flag might be respected and thar
insurrection should not exist within the terr-ory
OF the United states Those all believed IN rra
righteousness Of the cause for which they fought.
believed that this rich group OF Islands should be
taken tax from Spain and that once taken The sa-s
freely and without hindTance. They fought there
IN IN that belief and gave their blood for T.. They
wherever one az them Is tSers MI ia el 80 an ~
uphOlder Of the Philippine p0Icv az me Adrrf~s-z
tion who viii talk Of IL in an Inspired v-ay y,
his family. friends and neighbOrs. and preach tne
gospel Of Republlcanism wherever his inalercs
and voice reach II viii tell on Election Day. f5r
those thousands Of returned soldiers rnouaz
OF earnest and active workers Iu behalf OF he
party that Will hold that which they gave 0f their
youth and health and strength 10 secure and viii
be unalterably and actively opposed tne party
which, u II gains the retns Of government will give
away in dishonor that for which the Philippine
army gave so much IN honor"
The Paris Fair Is now In fuU swing and IS
Hbsorbingly interesting said Melvin Herrick yes
Chicago. the Hotel Imperial yes
SIGHTS AT terday The midway is as much
THE PARIS fun was that az Chicago in 1ssa
FAIR and altogether 7 thoroughly enjoyed
the time put IN there The Grand
Prix this year vas most terrible Jam and. al
though crowd cf people is always an interesting
sight. il was uncomfortable in that vast con
course that almost sorry that / had gone
One extraordinary thing happened there. When
Loubet entered there was hardly cheer or a hand
clapped and although he Is President OF the French
Republic the French people at the Grand Prix
received him in the most chilling silence Shortly
after that the King OF Sweden arrived and the
reception accorded him more than euthusiastic:
the people fairly wild and Cheered until they
We're hoarse, and every side and from every
throat the cry Of 'Vive le RoF went UP Oscar
of Sweden moved toward his box. The contrast was
really startling Paris is now full 10 Overlooking
and everything is gay. There a lot OF talk there
about marvellous singer who has startled
the European musical world. She Is singing Just
now in Brussels. When LEFT Paris they were Jusc
beginning 10 talk of the crisis IN China but no one
dreamed that matters would take the awful turn
which they since have taken.