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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18

The assembly chamber was jammed in
floor and gallery, many ladies' being
present. Senator Hanna and Mr.. Dol
iVer took seats on the platform with
Committeeman A G.. Zimmerman
their entrance being the signal for a
hearty ovation, Mr. Zimmerman in
troduced Senator Hanna as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen We have
with us tonight the man who was at
the helm and managed the republican
campaign of 1896 that resulted in the
triumphant election of William Nc.
knley as president of the United
States. This year he is again at the
helm and is conducting the campaign
that will certainly result in the re-elec,
tIon of President Mckinley. | have
Tie pleasure and honor of introiucins
to you Marcus A. Hanna, United States
senator from the state of Ohio"
Senator Hanna talked about 40 min
utes developing practically the same
points that he later made at the gym.
nasium and was at times interrupted
with hearty applause. On his concla
sion he was driven to the gymnasium
while Mr. Doliver gave an eloquent
talk of nearly half an hour which was
also received with enthusiasm. Brief
receptions were held by Senator Han.
ma at the conclusion of each speech
many persons crowding around to
shake his hand
At the assembly chamber he said in
part: When the st. Louis conven
ton nominated William Mckinley for
the presidency in 1896, they promised
the people of this country certain
things if they could succeed in control
ling both branches of congress and
elect a chief executive. Every prom
lse made by the republican party in
that convention has been fulfilled &c
the uttermost This campaign il
based simply upon the business propo
sition whether the administration OF
public affairs is in safe
hands, whether the principles
adopted and carried out by
the republican party are safe prin-
eiples and whether that is the founda-
ton for confidence which makes bust
ness. If that's true, then do we want
a change? The other day Bryan, in
addressing some workingmen said:
You are slaves of trust, They
They could have told him they were
better paid for being slaves than ever
before in their lives. We have out.
grown our home markets and there.
fore are in favor of expanding our
market. We are in favor orr reaching
out in the uttermost parts Of the world
and taking hold of any and every
market which we can enter by com
petition and maintain our American
wages, That's what l call expansion,
and if they can torture it into imper-
ialism ! am willing they should"
~ ~~0atorial party left Madison
owe western road for the
DCrth. at II o'clock.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18

a Durham correspondent says rail.
way communication north Of Stander.
ION has been suspended since Thurs.
lay and that there are persistent
rumors o. Doer attacks on the railway.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18
MONDAYS TRIUMPH
.ouIvAL LAUNCHED BY GREAT
REPUBLICAN, RALLY.
;eNsToR HANNA SPEAKS

.ou,n p. Frye of Maine and Victor
DoIiver of Iowa Accompany
uir-Monster Meetings at Gym
.,su,yn and Assembly Chamber
procession to University.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-18
Hanna at Assembly Chamber.

In the expectation that the gym
nasium would not hold all who might
wish to see and hear Senator Hanna
and that no one might be disappointe
I was arranged TO have Hanna speak
IA the assembly chamber first, while
Senator Frye opened the speechmak.
ng at the armory. Then Victor y
Dolliver, a brother Of the gifted Hawk
We senator. would continue the speak
7g at the assembly chamber while
lama proceeded to the gymnasium t.
meet the great crowd gathered there
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last fall and the time nov consumed In fer
rage will be reduced by filing this gap
in the railroad. Then the East Chinese line,
which branches southwark at Stretensk.
will be completed. il Is expected. in a little
over a year. This line between Stretensk
and Vladivostok will be 9si miles long
and 1t will greatly shorten the time now
required for the steamboat journey on the
Amur and its tributary. The branch OF
the East China line that will end at Port
Arthur and Dalny will be sls miles long
When these lines are completed the Atlantic
Ocean will at last be Joined to the Pacific
by rail across Europe and Asia.
The total length Of the Trans-Siberian
road with these branches in Manchuria
will be S.490 miles. The all-rail route from
Havre through Paris. Berlin, and Moscow
TO Vladivostok will be 1880 miles long.
1t Is expected that when the all-rail route
Is completed the journey from Paris or
London to Shanghai will be made in six
teen days and the price Of a first class ticket
will be only si8O. This journey now re-
quires from thirty-four to thirty-six days,
and the cost of a ticket from London or
Paris Is about $500 The Russian officials
expect that passengers will be transported
from the Atlantic to the Pacific in ten days.
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Lord Roberts, despatch OF Sundays date
disposes OF the reports that the country west Of
Pretoria was clear of the enemy. and that the
T%ransvaal oommandos were melting away. Rus
tenburg appears to have been saved only by the
timely arrival from Zeerust OF reenforcements
consisting Of Hussars and the corps Of Austria
Ian Bushmen. The Boer force was evidently
a mall one. Us Lord Roberts speaks Of
1t as a party under Commandant .Lemmer.
The fighting east Of Pretoria on the
Middelburg road on Friday and Saturday
does not seem to nave been very severe,
as there were NO British killed and but a
few wounded. The Beers. however, are
reported to have been driven TO the east Of
Bronkhorst Spruit, some thirty-two miles from
Pretoria The object OF the British movement
against this part OF Gen. Botha's force was to
cover tho railway communications with Jo-
hannesburg. which were threatened for the
third time by the Beers.
The later attack in force made by the Beers
at Rietfontein twenty miles from Pretoria. re-
ported by Lord Roberts as having been re-
pulsed. would 60 10 show that their previous
defeat was incomplete.
The movement OF the Free Skaters under Gen.
de Wet with President Steyn to Fouriesburg, q
very strong position about fifteen miles north Of
Ficksburg. which Lord Roberts reports to have
taken place six days ago. was probably con-
nected with the reoe mt night attack on the latter
place. which failed. The country In thai part
OF the Free State Is mountainous and well ntted
to serve a. q base OF operations for q guerrilla
warfare 30 long ms the burghers' ammunition
lasts. The latest report. however. from Lord Rob
erts appears TO indicate that some Of the leaders
in the Free Staters resistance have given up the
struggle. as the State Secretary. Attorney and
one member Of the Council have surrendered
after having failed to persuade President Steyn
to make q general submission. This will no doubt
exercise considerable influence on the rest Of
the Free Stater under arms.
The British casualties since the outbreak Of
Of the war to June "a are estimated at IS. 27o Of
all ranks. excluding prisoners released. and In
Guiding those engaged In the auxiliary services
a. well as the fighting men. The casualties
during June averaged one hundred a day. of
which forty we're deaths from enteric and other
diseases.
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the Chinese Government to afford protec-
ton. have never been renowned. They are
necessary incidents Of the imperfect civili-
zation Of the country with which we are
dealing. What would constitute an INVASION
and a hostile demonstration In the domain OF
a civilized nation is in China the exercise OF
extra-territorial police powers. not incom-
patible with the continuance OF technically
peaceful relations with the Imperial Gov
eminent itself.
And the principle IL not affected. whether
the force we send to the defence or for the
rescue Of our legation or consulates In
China consists Of a small squad Of marines
or OF several regiments OF soldiers.
The trouble with our correspondent In
Boston and others who blame the Admin
istration for not at once assuming the ex-
istence OF a technical state Of war In China
Is that they attempt to apply the same
rules, ideas and international precedents
and definitions as would apply II we were
dealing with Great Britain, Russia. Germany
or any Christian and civilized nation.
As to the decision OF the United States Su-
pTeIne court winch MT. DkEWER HlentlOIs,
that has no necessary bearing on the pres
ent situation. He has been reading Justice
GRIER's opinion In the case Of the Amy
Warwick and two other vessels seized early
in our blockade Of the Southern ports dur
ing the Civil War. Justice GRrER said:
"a state Of actual war may exist without any formal
declaration OF II By ei.hsr party: and this IL true Of
both a civil and . foreign war"
That Is a generally recognized principle
and It 10 unquestionably true; but It does
not follow that We are now at war with
China.
Among the tests applied by the United
States Supreme Court in that very case In
determining the existence Of an actual
"state Of war between the Northern and
Southern States were the facts that both
parties recognized the ordinary b~elligerent
rights; that hostile operations were prop
erly conducted according to the humane
regulations Of public law" and that 1t was
mo loose unorganized instruction. having
no defined boundary or possession"
The State Departments view Of the ques-
ton Is tho only sound or tenable one. as the
case now stands.
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White and Edmunds.

Mr.. HORACE WHITE Ii one Of the most
resolute Of tho anti-imperialists. but he Is
too old a bird to be caught by the chat In
the Kansas City platform. Writing 1t
down that imperialism Is the paramount
issue does not make 1t so, says Mr.. WHITE;
the declaration for 10 to 1 Is there Just
as 1t was In 1895" Exactly; and there are
in the reafflrmed Chicago platform other
issues the sinister character Of which cam
not be obscured. Mr.. WHITE declares that
lit Is not the silver plank altogether that
object to, BRYAN showed in the last cam
paign that he was permeated with all sorts
Of Populistic vagaries." There Is the propo-
sition for an income tax. still a part OF the
Democratic PLATFORM; and there is the plank
against Government by injunction. a plank
renewed both generally and specifically in
the new platform. This attack on the courts
should be enough Of itself to prevent any
man of conservative instincts from voting
for BRYAN.
Mr.. WHITE has been fighting free silver
and his associations. the Democratic raid
against property and the Federal courts
must be i~mmitigably hateful. Surely such
a man may be depended on to do everything
in his power to prevent the success Of Mr..
BRYAN, 10 to /. the income tax and free riot.
No; at present Mr.. WHITE prefers to o
tribute indirectly to that success. He will not
vote for BRYAN. He will not vote for McKIN-
LEY. He wants an anti-imperialist can
didate whom he a support consistently
with the principles he has advocated In the
past" For the sake Of an issue, which he does
not regard as paramount" an issue which
is. in fact. fictitious. he is willing to imperil
or to sacrifice principles for which he has
labored through his whole career.
The Hon. GEORGE FRANKLIN EDMUNps,
the best mind in the anti-imperialist ~coterie.
has a better sense Of proportion. He is not
ready to give up everything else which the
Republican party stands for simply because
he doesn't agree with one Republican policy.
He prefers MCKINLEY to BRYAN and there
fore he will vote for MCKINLEY. He sees
that another nomination would be. In
effect. helping BRYAN" To this decision.
we believe. all but the most fanatical
Republican a~nti-imperialists will come.
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Imperialism and Coercion.

No exact definition Of imperialism I"
has appeared. Indeed. anti-imperialists
cannot afford to define 1t clearly. The
unknown Is the essence Of this bugaboo.
But the Democratic platform gives an
instance or illustration Of " imperialism"
ITO impose upon any people . government Of
force Is 70 substitute the methods Of Imperialism for
those Of a republic"
So the United States adopted the methods
Of Imperialism when they forced the seced-
ing Southern States to return to the Union
and remain in it. Now the United States
are forcing a single rebel tribe in the Phil
ippines to recognize the sovereignty Of
the United States and to accept such a form
Of government as Congress may determine
for territory legally brought beneath ito
jurisdiction. Meanwhile. the beginnings OF
municipal self-government In the Philip
pines have been made.
The Democratic party, the strength
OF which Is in the South. is Mortified by the
. criminal aggression of the United States
in the Philippines. Forty years ago the
word was coercion Could the Federal
Government coerce sovereign" States?
1t did; and 1t will coerce rebels In the Phil
ippines.
II this be imperialism the Democrats
may make the most Of 1t they can: and
little enough that will be.
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most raw products are admitted free. In
order that the Canadian manufacturer may
nave the advantage of cheap material.
The preference granted to Great Britain is
merely a rebate on the general tariff OF the
Dominion under which manufactured goods
are heavily taxed, while raw material enters
free. AZ British goods are. for the most
part. manufactured. whereas American
commodities imported into Canada con-
sist, to n large extent. Of raw materials. the
practical benefit Of the preference given to
Great Britain Is but small. IL Is true, az
the Toronto Globe points out. that. since
1890. the value OF the exports from Great
Britain has increased by about 20 per cent.
while the value Of the imports from the
United States has increased by only II per
cent. 1t il. nevertheless, true that the i'm
portation OF manufactures alone from the
United States into Canada amounted In
1899 to 81. Gas, 900. a sum which exceeded
In value the manufactures imported In
the same year from Great Britain by Sii.-
500 1900.
These figures are the more remarkable
because III tnat year the laTIneTs Vi Sahaua
were able to sell to the United States only
the comparatively insignificant amount OF
$ .77s,00 o in agricultural products. Owing
to the operation of the free list In the
Dominion tariff. Canada's trade with Great
Britain consists principally of exports. while.
in her trade with the United States. imports
greatly preponderate. Thus. in 1899. the
Dominion's trade with tho United Kingdom
showed a balance favorable to Canada Of
&e2. l&l 900. whereas her trade with tho
United States showed a balance Of $751;
500. 900 In favor Of this country. Tho figures
mean that. with the proceeds Of the sales
made to Great Britain, the Canadians bought
supplies from the United States.
The Dominion will never obtain q prefer
ence for her foodstuffs and raw materials In
the markets of the United Kingdom. On
the other hand. II she were politically incor-
porated with the great American Republic.
all her natural products would be admitted
duty free to the markets OF the United
States. 1t is only q question Of time when
the significance Of these truths will be
brought home to the mind Of every Can
indian producer.
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Capsizing Of the Swallow Rod.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. THE
Sun Of this morning has a sensational account
OF the spill which Mr.. ODonnell Iselin and |
had In the swallow" Rod. As It has caused
much worry to our friends. / must beg you 10
state the facts about the matter as soon as
possible.
Mr.. lselin and l were trying a new boat
which We built and rugged ourselves. We went
out expecting n spill and got IL, We w,re
dressed In our bathing suits. our boat turned
over, her mast struck bottom and she STAYED rs
n anchored. Two sailors from tire E,lrybi,
took US to their ship and We stayed there until
The equal was over. when we rlghted our vessel
and with the assistance of ma y kind friends
towed her 10 her moorings whore she lies nov
none the verse for her wetting. The whole
affair was such a. may be seen any summer
day on Echo Bay. As for MIR. Isclin-wLu bv
the way IL an expert ~swlmmar-he is none the
worse for his spill although w both regret
the notorie y thrust upon us,
RALPH G. LAW.
NEW RoCHELLE, y. Y. July \.
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The New Route to the Orient.

1t was recently announced that the build
Ing OF the Trans-Siberian Railroad had
recently reached Stretensk. east OF Lake
Baikal, and that Europe was at last con-
nected with Vladivostok by a steam route
across Asia, IA passenger boats are plying
on the Schilka and the Amur rivers between
Stretensk and the railroad near the Pacific
that connects with V~ladivostok. The journal
de Saint Pftersbourg gives some interesting
facts about this trans-c continental route
Us 1t now exists and the facilities 1t is Offer
ing to travellers.
The Trans-Siberian Railroad begins at
Tcheliabinsk. a town well over the border
in Siberia connected with the Russian
railroad system. The distance between
T%cheliabinsk and the east end Of the line
at Stretensk is also miles. The journey
is made by rail except for forty miles where
the trains are carried by ferry across Lake
Baikal. At Stretensk passengers and
! freight are transferred TO steamers and
descend the Schilka and Amur for l,43O
| miles to Khabarovsk, where they are again
transferred TO the cars for tho remaining
distance VI 40 TlltN W NlHlINOSIOk, Inc
total distance hotween that city and
lch,Iiabtnsk Is 1885 miles, and the journey
at present takes two weeks ana a half.
Only one first class train n week Is now
running between Moscow and lrkutsk,
the important city neal Lake Baikal. This
train has sleeping and dining cars, baths,
and a library. II is not surpassed in luxury
and comfort by any of the finest trains Of
Europe. Passengers beyond lrkutsk take
an ordinary train, and it will probably be
some time before the more luxurious train
service is extended beyond Lake Baikal.
Within two years the Russian Govern
mcnt hopes largely to reduce the time now
required for this journey to the Pacific.
\ faster time schedule will be introduced
us soon As the r~elaying of long stretches
OF the track with heavier rhls is carried
out. Grading for the track around the
southern end OF Baikal. 1866 miles, began
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Down with It!

Tho shallow pretence Of various Bryan
lied anti Bryanites that free silver Is not
the paramount issue. or that 1t Is dead
and the Kansas City plank reafiirming It
merely an empty phrase. must go.
1t makes no difference whether the free
silver plank Ia first or second In the plat
form. 1t makes no difference whether
the free silver. cause u dead or alive.
Free silver Is fraud. Free silver would
mako this country Q defaulter upon it,
national debt. 1t would make the United
States Q weloher among nations. 1t stands
for not only tho most i~ndefensible but the
most contemplate cheat that could be COM
mitted In the American name. And the
party declaring for It deserves to be utterly
overwhelmed In an American election.
There Is no legitimate or respectable
place In the campaign for tho theory that
The Democratic party. which deliberately
olings to free silver. doesn't intend or will be
unable to make 1t a reality. The party
that makes II a plank In its platform.
whether with sincerity or intent to deceive.
It makes no difference. brings. to the extent
Of its ability, discredit to the country at
large, and must be rejected by the Amer
lean people. They cannot afford to smirch
themselves before the world ever with
the suspicion of national dishonesty. The
Democratic party must be voted down
by a hostile majority so immense that
the entire organization shall be made to
understand the intolerable character Of
its proposition to debase the currency.
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Our Ship Canal From the Lakes.

The report Of the Deep Waterways
Commission printed recently In THE Sun
shows the practicability Of the construction
Of a channel for ocean-going ships from
the interior Of the country to the seaboard.
The commission. which is composed Of
experts OF the highest ability and character,
was appointed by the National Govern
ment in 1907 to examine the available routes
for deep water communication between
the Great Lakes and the Atlantic. 1t now
recommends the construction Of q water
way through the Hudson River. the Mohawk
Valley and Lakes Ontario and Erie. Two
waterways are suggested. one Of twenty-one
The estimated cost Of the former Is. in round
numbers, 500, 900, 900 and Of the latter $780,
900, 900. Through the thirty-foot waterway
vessels OF the largest size could pass.
There Is as little doubt that this water
way would be Of immense value and that it
ought to be a national undertaking. as
there Is that 1t is mechanically feasible.
Millions Of dollars have been spent In the
improvement Of other water channels
from the sea to the grain-producing
centres Of the West and Northwest and
while there is no dispute that the money
has been well and wisely laid out, there
ought to be just as little question that
far greater value will attach to the con-
struction Of a deep waterway channel
via the Great Lakes and the Hudson, such
as is here proposed.
Clearly. the benefits Of such an important
undertaking would accrue to the whole
country; they would not be gathered by
any particular part OF 1t. The especial advan-
tage Of 1t to our own Statea as containing that
part Of the proposed route on which the
greatest amount Of construction would be
required, would be comparatively incon-
siderable. for when the waterway wa COM
pleted, our w city would be merely q
station on a great river between Liverpool
and Duluth. II any part Of the country
received in any degree more profit from the
waterway than any other part, 1t would be
the territory in which the great grain fields
Of the land are located.
At all events, the report Of the commission
emphasizes the fact that 80 vast a project
and one Of such general usefulness to the
nation as a whole ought not to be under
taken by New York alone. And no one
who considers the dawning glory Of our
country as q manufacturing. exporting and
trading nation can for an instant doubt that.
next to the construction Of an interoceanic
canal across the Isthmus, will bethe building
Of a deep waterway channel from the Great
Lakes to the seaboard.
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Az ALLIANCE WITH SWITZERLAND,
A Swiss Paper Suggests That switzerland He
come a stats Of the Union.

WASHINGTON, july 0.-Consul-General Guen-
Their at Frankfort writes the State Department
that, according TO tao Swiss press, the protec-
tive tariff OF European countries exc ude the
products of Switzerland. whose industries
find support only in free trade England. The
proposition. mootrd in somc quarters, to Gre
ate a tariff between Great Britain and her cob
onies, is regarded with apprehension. Such
action, it il said. would involve Switzerland
In industrial ruin. Statesmen are inclined
10 seek for an alliance of Switzerland with
some foreign country. The Augcmeine Schrst.
ser Zeaun0 suggests tho United States. Il
says: .
In spite Of dark sidcs which are also found
there. the United States l. full of the air OF FREQ
ION, Switzerland would lose nothing II she
should become II State of the United States Of
Ameri "A. 1t Is n well-known fact that several
States Of the American Union are much moro
independent than the several Cantons OF
Switzerland, and our country, by. such an alll.
ance. would sacrifice none of her liberties. All
she would have la do would be TO send her rep.
rcsentative~ To Washington. Economically and
politically she would gain everything. y re-
mains Ia be seen what the Americans would say
about IN alliance with Switzerland. For n long
time they have tried to gain y foothold in
Europe. Every citizen Of Switzerland WHO has
the welfare of his country ut heart should pom
der this alliance"