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BRYAN the Issue.

We are glad TO see many evidences IN
the correspondence Of The sun that inter-
eat in the political canvass IL becoming
keen. Such evidences appear hk"Wl'e IN
ali the markets and in the correspondence
OF large commercial houses
Mr.. ENGiIsH Of Indiana exactly ex-
pressed the prevailing feeling when he said
that the paramount issue Is BRYAN
himself. 1t 10 simply that and no other
whistler BRYAN talks imperialism OF
10 TO l.. He Is both the platform and the
candidate, and there Ia no department OF
business or enterprise or industry which
separates tho two or Is not afraid OF him
In himself and ns the representative OF the
revolutionary doctrines and men Of 1890.
Excout us such he has no standing, and
the Boutwells. the Schurzs and the Shepards
who are trying 10 make Of him something
else nre wasting their efforts. Nobody viii
vote for him on the ground Of imperialism "
who would not have hunted mp some other
pretext for voting for him II imperial
ism" had not been invented TO serve the
purpose
BRYAN Is the issue and II Ia an Issue upon
which mems minds were made up from the
very moment Of his denomination Mt Kansas
City. They do not need to be told what he Is
and what and whom he represents, for they
know II already. and every attempt on his
own part or by others to turn them away
from discerning the issue he Is In himself
will be vain.
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Frnm DE Globs Democrni.

HILLSRoRO, Ill. Aug. 25.-Hon. william G. Web.
ster. a prominent attorney Of Nokomls, Montgomery
county. and a lifelong Democrat, is supporting the
Republican ticket during the present campaign. Mr.
Webster 4, an eloquent and nvincing public speaker
Of wide acquaintance and influence, who has often
greatly aided the Democracy upon the stump. In
response to a request for a public statement Of his
reasons MI Webster writes:
The reason for my support OF Mckinley Instead OF
Bryan is found ia the splendid Industrial and imam.
cial condition Of thc country for the past three years,
as against the widespread business Stagnatlon. en-.
forced idleness and almost continuous ante Of the
four preceding years. This result has been chiefly
| brought about, In my judgment. by three causes:
% by the enactment Of revenue laws which have
given To American Industries and labor the adyan-
tages in our markets which the preceding laws had
bestowed upon foreign industries and labor. ~ The
assurance Of sound and stable currency, constantly
Increasing In volume, In which every dollar is OF equal
eSchangeable value with every other dollar 80 The
extension II our territory. the establishment OF new
enterprises and the consequent exp insion Of M,
markets to absorb the eyer-increasing prod cts OF our
mines. factories and farms II is a good tree tina,
brings forth good fruit, and ! want 20 keep the GOOD
tree bearing the good fruit not only for the next four
years. but for all time TO come.
= believe that It would be a national blunder IN
abandon the larger part Of our territory recently ,c.
Quired from Spain upon the terms proposed he NJ,
Bryan. The extension OF the Monroe Doctrine TO Asia
Africa or airy other part OF the earh which nigh,
rome under the focus Of an ~otatlr's inapin alton
would be a dangerous departure from our ,ni,o,r,
national policy, Mckinley has been a safe. able and
patriotic President, always seeking the advice and
best Judgment Of the country on all public questions,
and has succeeded in promoting the welfare Of m.
country beyond the most sangulne expectations
There is no danger that he will he surrounded by All
normal and visionary men. ~recklessly Indifferent in
their real 10 Try experiments.
THE United States Is now In the ~fo,efron, n, m.
nations, leading the way in progress and civilization.
We should 20 forward to higher and better achieve.
mentS, no, backward to repeat blunders and mIsfor.
tunes Hence you can count on me to do all tina, !
can TO continue the present Administration"
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~ SOUTH AFRICA.

The operations going on under Lord Roberts,
direction brought the British advance on Mon
day to BerRendal. northeast Of Dalmanutha
on the Dela4oa Bay Railway toward Macha-
dodorp. Always with the view OF getting
round the Boer right flank and cutting them
of from the direct road to l.ydenburg, Gen.
Frenchs cavalry pushed on up that
road TO positions to which an in
fantry division was 10 move up
yesterday. The Beers ara falling back, Offering
determined resistance. but in Mondays fight
ing lost one of their machine guns. Their
main position Ia. or was. at M~achadodorp,
but they may have altered their dispositions
since the force under Gen. Butler has been
brought up. and be intrenched further back
among the mountains to the eastward. The
road TO lydenbnrg from Dalmanutha should
be easily held against a considerable force.
leaving the bulk of Gen Rotha's army TO oppose
the direct advance along the railway line.
The guerrilla operations south of the Vaal
still keep the British active. and Gen. DE Vets
return TO the neighborhood Of Hebron will
probably be followed by a revival Of attacks
on the British communications. Gen. Baden
Powell has made n recommending excursion up
the Petersburg railway from Pretoria "a far
as MUSHROOM. He met with no opposition.
and returned TO Pretoria.
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How the Commercial Traveller, Feet.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: The cain
OF the Commercial Travellers and Hotel Mems
Antitrust League that they are TO prove an
immense force in the election of Bryan to the
Presidency this fail. az far az the Commercial
Travellers end OF the combination is concerned.
j. the thinneSt- plated gold brick ever offered to
the American public.
Nearly twenty years ago. when ! began SELL
ing goods on the road. common report said that
the travelling men were a bad lot" morally.
The fact. as | soon learned. were not in accord
ance with this report. The truth of the matter
was that a disreputahle 3 per cent. or less,
bv their reCklessly vicious lives, gave this I'M
fortunate tone 10 the whole class In the mind
Of the superficial observer.
To-day an equally small proportion OF travel
ling men are ate npting TO cast an even
more danaGin: aspersion on the intelligence.
patriotism and ComfnO sensc OF the entire body
10y their blatant support Of Bryan. the advance
agent OF hard times, poor trnde, impossible col
~le,tion~ and general Insolvency.
The apUeal to the average travelling man to
vote for Bryan Is regarded by him in about the
same Hight as VI n competitor should ask him TO
Commit hRri-kari. and II will meet with about
as favorable a response.
Mr.. BRYAN will fail 70 get the votes OF at least
% yer cent Of the travelling men of this Coun-
try. tn ir memory easily reaches b ick to the
preceding Aduinl tration. when an order book
would last them three times as long a. at pres
ent and the request not 10 sell Smith. Jones or
Brown until he had paid up was Of frequent
ocCurr"n,e in Their 'cttors from the house.
But rs IN" travelling man knows that he can
not hold his trade, no matter how super or his
line. unless he keeps hustling, II would seem
TO follow Just as surely that the natural
strength. Of "A ticket ia no excuse for not hustlinR
IL you wish TO make its election sure.
NEW YORK. Aug 81. ". A. +. CUMMINGS.
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A ConsultntInn.
NEW YORK. Aug ~.

And what IN a few words would be your plan OF
campaign. Mir German" asked Gum Shoe Bill OF
the Maryland Mole. Mr. German stroked his face.
which is no, half so smooth as he. and answered: II
have thought II all out and you may show Il TO Mr.
Bryan. II you choose. In the South. excep, In
Maryland and West Virginia"
Eyes. the South is all right. thanks 10 a judicious
application OF the conSentoi the governed theory. 3"
grinned Mr. Stone. who is likewise even smoother
inside than out
lin Maryland and West Virginia not a word abou,
silver. just Empire and the Trusts Same for New
YORK. New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana. Illinois
Michigan, Wisconsin. on the Pactnc coast not A word
about imperialism. In other States. west OF The
Mississippi. the money question as much as Won
like"
~"Paramountcy Is relative, hey,'
~ should rather describe IL as geogra phlcaL" con-
tlnued Mr. German. 1.-THE Beers and the British
alliance may be used anywhere, but s~paringly on tn.
whole, ! should say. No OVERRIDING IL"
II wish there were some way OF making the wild
Western silver man shut up during the campaign -
remarked the gentleman Of whom the Hon. nm
Phelps says that "Bll Stone sucks the egr, bu,
hides the shells"
III you go TO that. ] wish our honest but impuls,v.
young leader would have throat trouble until eleo.
ton day"
do you think that he will be elected, Mr.. Cor.
man"
We'll. ] am not In The habi, Of committing mvs.,,
90 Tar as that but | am willing To say that | bcliey,
somebody will be elected Good
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Bryan Revealed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir a man
who aSpircs to be a President Of the United States
should bc candid, truthful and honorable In all his
statements whether dealing with friends or political
opponents. Is william j, Bryan such a mani Let us
try him.
In a speech the other day he told his hearers that
our flag had been hauled down In Alaska. That Is
not true. and he knew II was not when he made the
statement
In the same SPEECH hc said that Republicans were
no, entitled 10 credit because there is a big corn crop
In Nebraska and a famine In Europe, There Is no
famine In Europe and there has been none.
Again. he tells his listeners that prosperity Is on
the wane and mercantile failures on the increase: but
does not tell them this, u true, is to a great extent
due to his candidacy And mercantile failures are
not on the Increase, acc riding 10 the onlcial figures Of
trade,
II seems impossible for him, In speaking Of political
opponents to state their position fairly or truly. Docs
he think his assertions will be- taken By the plain
people. upon whose good Judgment Mr.. Lincoln so
much relied, without question or investie atlon1 Does
he deceive himself by imagining he can fool all OF
them all the ,Imei Mr. Bryan may be the Democracy
erat jefferson, jackson, Calhoun, Marcy and Snas
Wright were men OF probity In word and deed-Were
all that Bryan is not-Populist. free S~llverlte and law.
deiying Anarchist.
TO catch a vote he'll all things COPY,
lie sometimes pig and sometime puppy"
Mendacity Is not a good qualification for the PreSi.
dency. V.
NEW YoRK Aug ~.
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NcClcIlan's Later View OF "Impe-
rialtsm. -

In 1854 Gen. GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN
was the residential candidate of the Demo-
cratic party upon a platform of surrender
TO rebellion. The cost Of the war was a
leading Democratic argument, but the
danger Of imperialism, a. fostered by the
arch enemy Of Republican institutions,
the too forceful commander of the army
putting down the rebellion. ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, was a still more popular theme
in the Democratic press. LINCOLN was to
convert the Republic Into an empire, the
army. enlarged under the pressure OF
war. 10 be the instrument Of his ambition.
and MCCLELLAN was to be the national
saviour.
Thirteen years later, removed from the
malign associations OF this Presidential
canvass, Gen. MCCLELLAN became the
Democratic candidate for Governor OF
New Jersey and in the course OF his suc-
cessful campaign he acknowledged this
to be the conclusion Of his ripper years:
An the Incidents Of the past prove that the army
will never have the disposition W %ieopardiIe the free
Institutions OF the country. our nation would be
safe. indeed. for all time did the mass Of IT'S citZens
place upon It's Institutions the same Intelligent appre-
clation as that In witch they are he'd BY the army,
aud were honor. integrity and respect for the laws as
much the rule among tho people as they are in the
regular army, which has given too many proofs OF
hetoism. OF integrity, 81 devotion TO the country, 10
be regarded as q source Of danger on the contrary.
he who understands It's history must regard II with
pride and satisfaction A. one Of the chief ornaments
OF the nation, as a school wherein are taught and
practised the virtues oi valor, self-denial, obedience
and patriotism. aud as an institution which has never
called the blush OF shame TO the face OF an Amer.
lean"
Yet the Kansas City platform seeks 10
convert the nations loyal support Of our
small army In the East into a reasonable
panic over" militarism, and the party candi-
date. BRYAN. dodders about " Imperialism"
The particular degree Of militarism
that we have now Is BRYAN's own work.
The army Of our war with Spain, number
ing 100000, has sunk to 10000. where its
decline is checked by Democratic encour-
agement Of rebellion in the Philippines.
Stale, ridiculous. but shameful Is the
Democratic crusade Of anti-imperialism!
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To THE EDITOR oP THE SUN-Sir: The
truth OF the aphorism that history repeats itself
Is Illustrated by the analogy OF the Democratic
shrek Of imperialism in 1864 and 1900. In
the personality OF Mr.. Bryan, too. there are
characteristics strangely suggestive Of DR..
Marat and Advocate Robespierre: there il also
somewhat Of the oratorlcnl power OF Danton.
But Danton was possessed OF solid intellectual
gifts and had a clear perception OF funda-
mental principles.
Mr.. Towne and his kind are reminders OF he
Girondists, who were brilliant enthusiasts
fatally ignorant OF the primal traits that are
perpatually present In the depths of human
nature. Let us hope there will be no Noun
tain"
Mr.. Bryan Is so voluble that II IL said he talks
In his slTep. Marats volubtlity was So persistent
that he penned his screeds even In his tub.
4 friend Of Mr. Br, an has spoken OF his
panther-like" agility in sizing upon plausible
tanned Robespierre. Mr.. Bryan deems II the
the man. The offence in Robes
pierres calendar was Tncirisire. How faith
fully he. performed his matitutinal task ~
listing the names Of those 20 he sent 10 the
Tribunal charged with the capital offence Of
Incitisine-an offence, by the way. not unlike
Nj. Stevenson's often, i've irtisanship."
which served him so well when he was Adlai
the Axernan.
The paramount issue Of the present campaign
Is neither silver nor expansion. Is Evolution
or Revolution, H~IsToRICUs.
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THE PoPULIsT ATTACHMENT.
The Absorption Of Democracy by Popuiism
Complete After Ten Years.

w.su,SoTox Aug "a - The substitution
n, s,oysnsop for Towne for Vice President on
tho popunst Presidential ticket. contaminated
in thicauo ON Tuesday. COMPLETES tho erace-
man, n, Tho ponnlIst marty az such and marks
IT, anol .hsor,,ton Of the Democracy after less
,h,n zen voo,s NJ scnarate existence The
ponulis, ,nrtv outrroyth Of the Farmers Al
lance. Of ipIrally A local union Of Toxins farmers
20 defsnd lie member. against the deprcdations
NJ on,,la ,hiovaa Uoa established as a political
organizotIon in December. 1890. lcss than ten
| vears ago Mt Ocele. Florida. by delegates from
Inc several "gtnneers'" unions. leagues and
oIIances The original declaration OF purposes
was made on Dec. & at Ocala, with much solem-
nitv Tbe oriclpa, conditions of membership In
! the populist pArty were thus prescribed at that
time.
40 prison snan DC aun'"oa ~ ~
: 1n'. p',so" ' .na b. ,.s,r.d
~, ~ !. s,'.. n.y." -, nnon,,s ana +, .,,h.r
nrSt. a farmer or u farm laborer; second a mechanic
a country preacher. a school teacher or a country
doctor; third, an EDITOR of strictly agricultural paper
Each state and Territory shall have the nghi TO pre-
scribe the eligibility Of applicants, provided mat none
but white men shall be elected as delegates to the
Supreme Council,
The demands Of the farmers and farmer repre-
sentatives In the Ocala Convention were as fol-
lows; First. the abolition OF national banks;
second. m" establishment OF sub-treasuries In
the several States TO loan money 20 the people
at a low rate OF interest mot TO exceed 2 per
cent?. farm products 10 be accepted as COL
lateral; third. the circulating medlum not TO
be lees than SO per capita; fourth. no trading
In "futureS' an penalties for such trading;
NTH. free ana unlimited coinage OF silver;
sixth, no allen ownership OF land; seventh
general tarh rcdu'tpn; eighth an income
tax; ninth, Government ownership OF means OF
communication and transportation. and. tenth,
the POI uIar election OF l nited states senators.
that period the Pophlist partf wasa verl'a-
bic organization OF Farmers. IL Included lew
politicians, few labor agitators and few law
yers' Its leaders we're Impressed with the i'm
portance or the new party, ana their first ma
uonal convention held at omaha on July 4.
1892 prefaced lis platform with ms second
declaration with the following;
Ass.nh,.d unon IN. 10th ann,v,rssrv q, IN.
Declaration Of, Independence. the people's party OF
America In their nrst National Convention. invoking
upon their action the blessing OF Almighty God, puts
forth, In the nam and on behalf Of the people Of this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-29
The American People Expansionists.

To THE EDITOR or THE rs ! came
across the following extract from a Washington
news aIer published in 1857 at the time that
the Alaska Purchase tin wa- before Congress:
80 fixed t. the feeling in behalf of territorial
expansion In the national heart that it is not TO
be questioned or disputed. and any party or
set OF men putting themselves in opposition 10
this irresistible current of opinion must go
under.
| be ieve that the American people will GER
tainly repudiate any temp TO ALLEVIATE TEL ri
tory they have once acquired. and that they
have already settled the fate of Billy Bryan
since hey have heard his Indianapolis views as
to the disposition of the Philippines. That half
baked ldaa. more thanany other he has hitherto
advanced, shows what ar utterly unsafe man
he would be to intrust with any one OF tn vast
interest OF our beloved country. GOTHAM,
NEW YORK., Aus. 20.
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The View OF a Sensible and Patriotic woman.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir' Your
editorial. mir. Bryan and American Mothers, e
opens M an immense eIpanse to the mind OF
every patriotic woman.
| am an American mother and I merely
express the opinions Of a large class II
my American sisters IN saying that during
Mr.. Brynn's electioneerinR career OF four years
ago, rs we'll a. up to the present time In this
canvass. he has failed TO frame a single speech
which has appealed 10 the women because OF
its patriotism or its common sense. Were
q test vote 10 be taken OF all the
mothers Of the land MIR. Bryan would
be surprised TO find that his popularity
with the fair spN. tho DISTINGUISHED Of America.
would be confined to comparali lively few, in the
specifically silver States more particularly.
am n close reader Of political views as seen
through the eyes of almost every variety Of OBJ
server. from tie journal to THE SUN, also Of
] have formed two conclusions. They say that
women jump AZ conclusions. and perhaps I
reached NV destination in that way.
am proud to 10 an American woman, proud
Of the position President Mckinley has made
for our nation among the Powers or tho world
by the dlgnifed. firm and just position main
tanned throughout tho last four months. Mr.,
McKinley's Administration has been one Of
great occasions, 10 which he has never as vet
we will take no othv,.
That Is one conclusion. The other IL that
Mr.. Bryan Is either n fool or q knave. Judged
by his own utterances there IA no intermediate
title for him. That IL a kind Of President we
do not want. A, b. c.
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PeNn has been entered and our legation rescued,
II is true, but this il not the end. This does no, pay
us any indemnity. The indemnity might he ignored,
bu, assurances OF the protection Of our citizens lives
and property for The future cannot be ignored.
Neither can our commerce, assuming such vast pro
portions. be ignored.
There seems hardly anything to DO excep, 10
create a new Government, In China and treat with
that Its a large undertaking. but then China Is
a large country, and we cannot quietly submit 10
the insults and Injuries that have been inflicted
on US,
These plain statements Of opinion on Amer
teas duty in thina do not come from new
plpers siding with the Republicans. The FIRST
+ from the leading Bryan organ Of Tennessee.
the Memphis Commorc Appeal. and the
second Is from the leading Bryan organ OF
Kentucky. the Louisville Courer-Jourrdi.
BEYAN's anti iwperialist issue IL a hollow
sham II ia, as Senator HoAR says. a mask for
free silver.
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visitors wants. He didn't have to, The
farm Of New Hampshire as a disadvan-
tageous place for farming has made all
the civilized world acquainted with the
mountains, gorges, hills and rocky barrens
OF the Granite State. There Is much TO
invite the summer visitor, and little that
he can lnjure. New Hampshire has ex-
tensive q~uarries and valuable water power.
but the summer visitor cannot trample
down the former or set FIRE 10 the latter.
In New Hampshire he can climb moro
mountains In a week than he could
In a year on the fertile plains OF Kansas
The Notwithstanding wheat fields OF inc
booming West offer no such dashing brooks
OF trout az can be found In the creases
between mountains In New Hampshire.
In short, for every mood Of the seeker Tor
summer recreation the Granite State has
something good TO offer. Nor should is
peculiarly cooling effect upon hay fever
be forgotten. Whether hay fever Ia a
mood or a malady It finds just what It wants
in the New Hampshire hills. where ia sit
uated the only hay-fever sanitarium IN
the world. As hay fever apparently smltes
only the highly intellectual, there are not
many sufferers, but. though few, they are
noisy about IL, and II IL O blessing 10 all inc
rest Of humanity that there Is a place 70
which they can go and think they are
cured.
Prosperity to New Hampshire, formerly
the State Of abandoned farms. now and
henoeforth the paradise Of summer board
ers! Her people are Of sterling worth and
good to know. even in the trying relation
OF host and summer sojourner.
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The Democratic candidate for vice-Prssidont,
the Hon. ADLAi STEVENSON. has assembled the
stump at Sedalis, Mo. II was on the occasion
Of an important party meeting. but here Is all
that the leading Democratic newspaper Of the
State. the 81. Louis Republic. quotes Of him;
Never mind. my friends: don't DO afraid Of a
storm Al its worst. It can't be half q, bad as the
storm that will break over us II they the Republicans
beat US a, the next Presidential election"
You can get on dry clothes much easier than you
can establish another Republic"
From the interior Of New York there I. re-
Ported the growth OF an organization known as
the Bcsh club. made up OF Democrats who term
the anti-imperlalist talk arising from their party
rs "bOsh,"
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According to the Neu York Medical journal.
man has a large margin for comfort In his
present dress, without taking up the shirt
waist. The trouble does not come so much
from the coat, az coat, as IL does from the close
ness OF It's At. Its cut should be looser. Then
there IL the terrible starched. close-htting
collar. A loose. low-cut shirt collar will not
only bring more air and GOODNESS 10 the body.
but, by inducing men TO throw their shoulders
back. to detract from the prominence Of the
clavicles. 4, would lead 10 a decided improve
mento of our average pulmonary development"
The belt also II worn too high, " above the
crests Of the lila, where It necessarily COM
presses the abdomen more than II would II IL
we're worn In the natural furrow between the
lilac crests and the femoral trochanters."
Also the trousers had better be hung from