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CHINA'S RECKONING.

Under the tenor of the latest adyiccs
from China IL is no longer easily pos
eible 10 doubt that the greatest crime
of the century has been committed in
Pekin in the ruthless slaughter OF the
members of all the foreign legations az
credited to the Chinese Government
For a crime such as this the fullest
reckoning must be enforced. To the last
item Of the detailed account of tragedy
horror China must be held to q settle
ment There must be no escape pos
sible to those responsible for the crime.
If the Empress Dowager herself is
guilty, she must suffer for her sins. IL
the Prince Tuan shall prove to have led
In this bloodthirsty debauch of saw
agery, he must be held to answer TO tie
law of nations.
With satisfactory confirmation of the
truth of the story of massacre now COM
ing from Pekin, the time for hesitation
will have passed. All the Powers con-
cerned-Russia. England, the United
states, Germany, japan, France-must
in union constitute the instrument and
the tribunal for the punishment of
China. The situation is now memorable
in its logic
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WIN IN THE TWELFTH.

Democrats OF the Twelfth Congress
sional District of Missouri have good
reason for their belief that the election
of Democrat to represent that dis
trict in Congress Is now more easy of
achievement than has been the case for
years past.
Mr.. William VI. Horton, the Repub-
lican nominee for Congress in the
Twelfth Missouri District, is heavily
handicapped for the race now about to
begin He stands In n close personal
relationship TO Mr.. George w. Baum
hoff. 1t is charged that Mr.. Horizons
nomination was secured through the ex-
erciSe of the influence of Mr.. Baumhoff.
When the Democratic Congressional
Committee meets for conference on this
situation next Thursday evening it
should make arrangements for the hold
ing Of primaries and of convention
that shall result in the nomination for
Congress of the strongest and most ac-
ceptabie Democrat in the district. No
effort should be spared to arouse the
Democratic sentiment To a point that
shall make certain the best fight posi-
BILE 10 the party in the Twelfth District.
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TO UPHOLD THE REpURIJC

No more convincing proof of the
strength of magnetism contained in the
Democratic national platform of 1900 as
sound and consistent American utter
ance could be offered than is found in
lis immediate effect of uniting under
Democracy's leadership all elements of
American citizenship opposing the Re
publican party's dangerous policy of En-
pire.
The battle TO save the Republic from
degradation to Empire will be fought
by the national Democratic organization,
the Populist party, the Free Silver Re-
publicans, the Anti-Imperialist League,
the German-American voters, in solid
formation. The spirit which leads to
this union is the spirit of the American
people. faithful to the Republic, true to
the teachings upon which the Republic
was founded. resertful of the Repub-
hcan plot TO betray the Republic to En-
pire, determined that government of the
people by the people for the people
shall not perish from the earth. 1t is a
a spirit which the Mckinley imperialists
evidently believed had ceased TO live in
American boSoms.
There is every good reason to believe
that before the day OF election arrives
there will be no American in this coun-
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LOGIC AND LANGUAGE

The reader of The Republic who suc-
Gests the combination of letters, fem
Tnolin," TO stand for the idea which the
Census Bureau has decided to EXPRESS
by bachelor GIRL as an improvement
on "oid maid" and "spinster." should
bear In mind the fate that usually comes
to words built up by the main strength
of logic.
Logic has no bearing on language
growth Usage is the arbter of wheth-
er or not word snail take a place in
language. Let word express an idea
never SO logically and etymolosically, if
usage withheld Endorsement it will fail
of adoption. Countless instances can lac
cited. The search for an epicene nro-
noun led TO the suggestion of .hizzpr,
for This or her. and "heesh" for ..ba
or She" They failed to receive The
sanction of usage.
"Femmoiin," built up from the Latin
root would probably have the same
fate.
IL the reader of The Republic who
favors this word would write poem of
the caliber of Kipling's "Recessionaj
introducing that word. and set that
poem to music as wholly attractive as
that which Felix Mendeissohn wrote fo
Burns's 20. Vert Thou In the Cauld
Blast he might fastcn the WORD on
the language. There is no other protuis-
ing chance
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try not fully awake 10 the tremendous
1900. The issue is one compelling its
own recognition. Either man must be
true To his Americanism this year, yot-
In" To retire from power in the Govern
mcnt the rlotters now seeking the over
throw of the Republic, or he must sur
render and repudiate his Americanism
and enlist under the skull-and-crosS-
bones banner of Empire for the sake Of
loot and piundcr. There is no middle
course possible The worlds greatest
Republic. the Government that has stood
before the world for liberty for justice,
for the rights Of mau. ever since that
great day when the Declaration Of indie
pcndence pledged American faith To
those principles for all time TO come, is
IN peril from within. Traitors 10 the
cause of Freedom are striving In destroy
the Republic. They must not be al
lowed Ia succeed
The votes of Americans east on No
ycrnher Is 1900. should announce ia all
mankind that the American spirit of de
yotion In liberty Is not yet dead. II
should proclaim anew the safety of tho
Republic in the firm hands of its faith
full sons. II should make plain the truth
that the day has not yet dawned when
the Republic shall be surrendered 10
Empire and the things for which tho
founders Of the Republic s.rove and bled
and died shall cease IL he.
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CONSUMERS MUST PAY.

The eight increases in the price OF
sugar since the Sugar Trust obtained
control of the situation, which puts that
commodity up to q cents pound whole
sale, will hardly serve TO make the ques-
ton of trusts less interesting TO the peo-
pie of the United States. Sugar sold for
500 hundred pounds wholesale while
the trust had to compete with other con-
Germs. The Increase in price since this
competition WAS removed cannot be at
tributed to an increase In the cost OF
manufacture. 1t is not accompanied by
an increase in the wages Of employees.
The increased price represents only an
increase in the profits of the Sugar
Trust operators.
Statisticians assert that the increase
in the price of sugar from $500 to So a
hundred pounds Ievies a tax upon the
consumers of the United States of S4O.-
U0o,oOo year.
Il is easily credible that such profits
would make possible big contribution
to the campaign fund of a party whose
policy is not to interfere with the opera
ton OF the trusts, whose high priest has
openly stated, The trusts do no harm.
They ought 10 be left alone" 1t is 4
remuneratiye policy TO buy immunity
from governmental Interference When
il is considered that hundreds of trusts
no less remunerative than the Sugar
Trust are equally anxious to preserve
the present status OF the Government
toward trusts the report that a cam
raign fund of S333,0O0,OoO, supplied by
the trusts. Is to be used In the cam
paiSn for the reelection of Mckinley,
begins to seem substantial
Under these conditions the statement
of the Republican platform, We recog-
nize the necessity and propriety of the
honest cooperation OF capital To meet
new business conditions" is easy of
explanation. The faint condemnation,
We favor such legislation as will re-
strain and prevent all such abuses" car
ries no fear to the trusts. If they make
a Sood-sized contribution TO the cam
paign fund they have an assurance that
they will be to the Republican party
an honest cooperation of capital 10
meet new business conditions
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THE JUDICIAL CONVENTION

Delegates TO the Democratic judicial
Convention to be held I'm Sedalia next
Tuesday, July IL. will not be perform
ing their full duty TO their party ana
State if they take action to be repra-
scented in that convention by proxy in
stead of in person.
While ii is true that the nomination
of Judge CAN'T TO the Supreme Court of
Missouri is foregone conclusion, there
being no competing candidates for the
high honor to be justly accorded 10
him, this absence of rivalry in the con-
vention does not in any degree lessen
its Importance. 1t assurediy does pot
give warrant for duly appointed dele
gates to the convention TO remain AWAY
from their post Of duty.
The nomination Of Judge CAN'T to the
Supreme Bench of Missouri should be
made by the delegates accredited TO
that convention in person. In addition
TO this requirement of faithful service
il is well that these delegates should
come together for conference There is
much to be done for the good of the
party through the earnest and enthusi-
astic work Of the Judicial Convention
Many details Of the general campaign
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GERMANS FOR FREEDOM.

In the withdrawal from the manage
mCnt Of the German bureau Of the Re
publican National Congressional Com
mittee of Mr.. L. ". HabercoIu, owing
to that consistent Gcrman-American' >
unWiIlin@GrsS To support the Republican
party'S policy nf Imperialism ANA mill
tarism. there is found signal proof Of
;he strength of Gcrnan-A merican scnti-
mcnt against the attempt now under
way Ia transform the Republic into an
Empire
AIR IIabrrcom is impell,d to ally him
self with the Democratic party in this
campaign because he secs that The para
mount ISSUE is the isSIIe of Imperialism
and that the Republican party Is on the
unamerican side IF that issue. His duty
is too plain before his eyes 10 make IL
possible for him 10 continue his ser
vice 10 the Republican party without
first deliberately surrenderipy his con
victions. As a genuine and patriotic
American he cannot enlist in fight in
which the Republican party aims AT tho
destruction Of the Republic. As q Ger
man-American, knowing the dangers
and the burdens imposed upon nations
by policy of Imperialism and mili,ar-
ism, lie cannot bring himself TO assist
in fastening the policy of Empire upon
this Government.
AS Mr.. Habercom feels on the para
mount issue Of the campaign Of 1900. 80
feel the great majority of the German
M vi, in 4
would be amazing indeed if this We're
not the ease. These self-eXiled sons of
the Fatherland have come TO this coun-
Try as to n haven of refuge from king
craft and military oppression. They
have known in their old country what
ii meant for the producing people 10 be
under the blight of the scheme of En-
pire. They have seen the armies Of
Empire swallow up the best blood Of
the land, generation after generation,
no able-bodied man escaping the re-
CONSUMPTION of Empire. They
have seen the remaining time-expirei
men of the nation, together with over
taslled women and children, toiling I'M
ceasinsly to pay the tax tribute de-
iHd!ueI lOF ine maintenance OF lneSe
armies. They have felt to the very bone
the curse nf the continual menace or
fact of war incurred by the sin Of the
greed of Empire.
The Gcrmau-American element of
American citizenship will not vote in
November to fasten this curse upon
their adopted country. They will not
their sons to military conscrip-
lion and to hopeless serfd0m under the
Daralyzing blight Of the tax-tribute 10
Empire. They will not betray TO En-
sire the Republic which rescued them
rom Empire. They will vote against
he party which demands of them so
,hastly Il qualification Of themselves.
They will vote to save the Republic.
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PROFIT BY PROXY.

II will be well for their fellow-A merl-
cans to profit by the knowledge Of the
evils of Imperialism and militarism
which has led the German-American ele-
ment Of our citizenship to protest so
vigorously against the Mckinley admin
istration's trend toward Empire.
The German-American does not need
To he told the sure results of the I'M
perialist and militarist policy. He has
learned that IL means continual war
or unceasipg menace of war. the
maintenance of big standing armies,
the CONSUMPTION for military service
of every abie-bodied man In the
country, the oppressive taxation Of
all, the creation of the militant
caste-the most arrogant of all aristOcra-
cics, the handicapping of all the arts and
industries of peace. He or his father
has learned this by bitter personal eX-
perience.
To the American whose family has
been American for many generations it
Will be worth while TO study this topic
of imperialism under the tutelage of
some earnest German-American. The
lesson sure 10 be learned will do much to
dispel that glamour Of Empire which is
now Turing the Republican party into
quaSmire paths. 1t will teach Ameri-
cans that the founders of this Govern
ment We're wise for all time when they
forbade Empire and the policies of En-
pire. 1t will make him content with the
policies of a Republic which riShtfully
controls the affairs OF one-half of the
world, and which has no business med
ding actively in the affairs of the other
half.
The German-Amerlcan citizen's ac-
quaintance with the evils Of Imperialism
and miltarism should prove potent
factor in saving the Republic from the
perils by which 1t is now beset. 1t
should WELD a tremendous influence to-
ward removing from power in this
Government the imperialists and milltar-
lists now In control at Washington. And
this must be done if the Republic is TO
be saved from Empire.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-15
Science and Practice of Singing as Explained for
Sunday Republic Readers by William Wade
Hinshaw, Barytone. ~ ~ ~ ..

understands the science and technique Of
vocalism can produce the best results. To
place ones self under an incompetent in
structor Is to make what might be called
a fatal mistake: for while some voices are
SO good that they will become more or less
noted under any kind Of training. or even
under no training at all. there are nons
that would not be better and last longer
II properly trained. Training must not be
rushed. Haste has ruined many a good
voice. and II will ruin many more. A voice
cannot be properly cultivated in a few
months or in a year: yet many persons.
with naturally sweet voices-voices that are
capable OF great things under proper train
fng-rush upon the stage or into the choir
before they have begun to be ready for
such work. The result Is. their voices do
not last long. They strain and punish the
vocal cords In q foolish struggle to mako
them perform duties for which they have
not been seasoned: they disregard the
science Of singing; they squeeze and strain
and torture the muscles Of their threats In
efforts to force the sound waves into the
cavities which they would naturally ind,
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violin strings. But all this may be done I.
and still the tone be faulty. Just as the
best violinist. with the best bow and the
best strings. cannot perform satisfactorily
upon an Instrument that Is not OF the
proper shape and size Of body. the best
trained vocalist cannot sing sweetly, richly,
generously. If his tone-making cavities are
not Of tho proper shape and size. This Is
the science OF what might be called the
singing anatomy and treats OF the origi-
nal essential Of q good voice. This sciences
should be thoroughly understood by every
student Of voice culture. Unfortunately.
however. there are not only many students,
but many so-called instructors. who do not
understand the science Of voice: and such
instructors can never develop the voice
properly.
I'VE will suppooe that the pupil has been
told that he has a good voice. and that
he has carefully studied the anatomy of
the vocal organs. The next step Is a care
full study Of the broad science Of music, and
then the cultivation Of the voice. Only the
most careful study and practice under a
conscientious instructor who thoroughly
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STORIES OF WELL-KN0WN WESTERNERS. II


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In the State can be settled at this con-
ference. An element of strength In the
campaign will be lost to the Democracy
of Missouri IL delegates fail to attend
the Scdalia convention. IL is party
duty to attend and make certain 4
greater degree of intelligent prepara-
ton. compact organization and properly
directed effort for the campaign now
beginning.
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colonies governed under the greed of
Empire will be found the beginning of
the decline and fall of the American
Republic.
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Freedoms OBLIGATION

Tie freedom by our. fathers won
In the brave days OF old,
We may not. save with faith undora
From other men withhold.
Tho Empire its temptations spread
Far as the eye can see,
Still Is II as our fathers said
AL men by right are free.
One shackie forge for other hands
II shall enchain our own:
One race Cypress in other lands
Their fate shall ours be known.
This is tbs Law upon US laid.
The firm and fixed decree
Only In Freedoms cause srrayed
May We continue free,
-. . e.. RIPLEY D. aAUNDERs
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1t is difficult TO conceive 4 German
militarism as long as the memory Of his
Fatherland's sufferings under those twin
curses lives in his soul.
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President McKinley's hypocritical pos
Ing as the self-styled Liberator bumili-
ates the American people almost as
much as his greed for Empire alarms
them
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Old Glory will soon cease to float
above a free Republic IL 1t is doomed TO
wave above imperial colonies. This
Government cannot exist half Republic
and half Empire.
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Save the Republic" is the watch
word Of the campaign Of 1900, and all
good Americans will enlist for volun-
tary guard duty to make salvation GER
tain
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Old Glory is so beautiful as the Flag
of Freedom that no true American will
consent TO its becoming the flag of mill
tarism
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There is no middle course possible in
dealing with the paramount issue of
1900. This Government cannot live half
Republic and half Empire.
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And said w. B. Carr further says
that the number of copies returned or re-
ported unsold during the month OF June
was $40 per cent
W. 3. CARR.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
second day OF July. 1900.
J. F. PARISH,
Notary Public, City OF st. Louis, 1do. Ny
term expires April 20 1901
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SUNDAY, July Is. 1900
JUNE CIRCULATION.

", 3. Carr. Business Manager OF The st.
Louis Republic. being duly sworn. says that
the actual number OF full and complete
copies of the daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month of June. 1870, all
IN regular editions. was rs per schedule
below.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-04
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
Not Much Change Reported In inc
General Situation-Boers ana
british Win I'm Shirmi5hes.

London, Jan. 1. Advices received
say that the past weeks sorties, skir-
m;shes, reconnaissance and bombard-
ments at various points where the Brit
ish and Beers confront each other have
had no effect upon the general situa-
ton at the seat of war, which is practlc-
ally the same as it was week ago.
London, Jan. 2. - Gen. French, with
1000 men, surprised the Beers at Coles
burg and forced them to abandon the
town and retreat. A reconnoitering
party of British, meeting the Beers at
Dordrecht, were forced to retire after
six hours battle with slight losses.
Gen. Kitchener says it will take year
and 10000 men to conquer the Beers.
London, Jan. 3.-Col. Pitcher, after
defeating q considerable number of
Beers at Sunnyside, pushed forward
to Douglas, which he now occupies.
The Beers are again threatening Coles
berg, which was captured by Gen.
French. London officials say trifiing
successes, such as at Dordrecht, Coles
berg and Sunnyside, have no direct
bearing upon the military situation,
which is unchanged. The Boer loss
in killed since the war began reaches
the number of 1000.
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"OPEN DOOR" ASSURED.
Favorable Responses Received by
the United States from All Leading
Powers Regarding the Matter.

Washington, Jan 3.-The session OF
the cabinet Tuesday was brief, but
it was the occasion of the important
announcement by Secretary of State
Hay that the negotiations with the
great powers of Europe and japan to
secure a common understanding for
continued ''open-door" policy
throughout China has been eminently
successful, and that favorable re-
sponses had been received from Great
Britain, Germany, France, Russia and
Japan. The only country addressed
which has not yet responded is Italy,
and favorable answer is also eX-
pected from her.
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ONLY FIVE ROUNDS.
"Kid" Mccoy Defeats Peter Maher In
u Prize Fight Before the
COney Island Club.

New York, Jan. 2.-"Kid" Mccoy
again placed himself in the champion
ship class by defeating Peter Maher
in a brisk, well-fought battle of five
rounds before the Coney Island Ath-
letic club Monday afternoon. The
fight was scheduled to last 25 rounds
and the purse was to have been $780,
OG0, but the attendance was not as
large as had been expected, and be-
fore the fight was begun the princi-
pals agreed that the winner should
receive the gross gate receipts. Nc
Coy received $12 900. and Maher $4,000.
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BIG BUILDING BURNS.
Fire Destroys n Seven-Story Struc-
ture In business District of CHI
caSo-Loss, 100000.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Fire destroyed the
seven-story brick building occupied by
Woolley & Co., clothing, and by Ed
wards-Stanton Shoe company, success
sors to Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, 220 and
222 Monroe street, at three O'Clock this
Saturday morning, entailing a prop
erty loss of $500, 900. The fire was dis
covered in the rear of the second flood,
communicated to the elevator shaft,
and in an incredibly short time spread
to the upper floors, burst through the
windows, enveloping the entire build
ing in a roaring mass of flames.
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President Diaz In High Favor.

Pueblo, Mexico, Jan. 3.-The plebi-
settle taken for candidates for nomina-
ton for president of the republic, was
participated in by the citizens gener-
ally, and although this is strongly
conservative city, large majority of
the votes favored the nomination of
President Diaz for the term. Similar
results were announced in the sur
rour ding towns. 1t is a matter of much
interest that the common people are
strongly for Diaz and the sentiment in
his favor is not confined to business
men and manufacturers.