The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-07-27
FRIDAY, JULY q, 1900.
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM. J. BRYAN
OF NEBRASKA
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
OF ILLINOIS

EDICT BY The Lord of
THE Wealth in
LORD OF WEALTH. China has is
sued an edict setting forth the reasons
why the Christians in the Flowery King
dom should be destroyed forthwith. The
edict is an alarming document. 1t con-
tains list of rewards and punishments
for the faithful as truly imposing as
those set forth in the Books of Moses.
The sinner that repents and brings
others to repentance is assured of a most
satisfactory future. If he gains one ad-
herent to the faith his own person will
be absolved from future misfortunes. If
he gains five adherents to the faith his
whole family will be absolved from all
evils, and if he gains ten adherents to
the faith his whole village will be safe
from all Calamity. The inducements are
considerable. They are accumulated by
the formal notice that if no adherents to
the faith are gained, the unfortunate
who fails will be ruthlessly decapitated;
so the Boxer is admonished to spread the
true doctrine far and wide.
The doctrine" according to the Lord
of Wealth, can give the doctrines accord
ing to Knox or Wesley, cards and spades
and beat them out. 1t might even give
them big and little casino and then lead
them by several lengths. The infant
damnation of Knox and the anti-dancing
tenets of the Wesleyites are mild by
comparison with the principles which
must be espoused by the Buddhists'
League of Boxers in order to avert the
the name must lose no time in arriving
at the conclusion that both the Catholic
and Protestant religions are ''insolent to
the gods;" that they extinguish sanctity,
render no obedience to Buddhism and
enrage both heaven and earth. The de-
vout Boxer has no doubt that, because
of the Vaccinations of the Catholics and
Professionals, the rain clouds no longer
visit China. Bryan, strange as it
may seem, doesn't figure in the matter at
ALL If it were in America Bryan would
be the responsible individual in connec-
ton with the lack of moisture, but in
China it is the "Protestants and Catho-
lies who are to blame. But the prob
lem of setting the whole matter right is
easy for the Boxers. Eight thousand
spirit soldiers are enough to do the
business, and Maxim rapid fire guns and
Krag Jorgenson and Mauser rifles will
count as naught against them. The
spirit soldiers will sweep the empire
clean of all foreigners. The foreigners
being out of the way, 1.-The gentle show
ers will once more water the Chinese
lands, and when 1.-The tread of soldiers
and the clash of steel are heard herald
ing woes to our people. then the Buddh-
lists League of Boxers will be able to
protect the empire and bring peace to all
it's people.
Those who have drunk water from
wells poisoned by foreigners are urged to
at once make use of prescription, said
to be divine, in which dried black plums
are prominent ingredient. Solanum
delcomarel and encommia elamaids are
also mentioned in the doctors advice as
potions against which such foreign poi
sons as prussic acid and strychnine can
be of no harm.
There are several reasons for thinking
that the proclamation by the Lord Of
Wealth might be Mark Hanna pro-
duction, but it is not. There is no men
ton of Bryan or free silver. It's logic
and rhetoric bear some similarity to the
average republican campaign document
but the absence of platitudes about
1.-The flag" and Teddy Roosevelt's glori
GUS charge at San Juan Hill after The
position had been carried, are in favor o.
the conclusion that the edict by tn,
Lord of Wealth" is genuine Chimes,