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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Awhile ago 1t was declared that they had
made up their minds to let 1t go by de-
fault, but if that was so they have
changed them unless all signs are mis-
leading. Stanchfield, their candidate 70
governor, is already vigorously at work
on the stump, hammering away at the
trusts and department. stores, while
Croker is said to be getting together a
big campaign fund to be placed later
where it Will do the most good. The
franchise legislation of the last Re-
ed some OF the big corporations,
and they are said to be showing their re-
sentiment by contributing literally to
the Democratic campaign fund. Another
symptom OF the determination of the
Democrats to hotly contest New York is
Mr.. Bryan's sudden determination to
abbreviate his western engagements and
come east. New York is naturally a
close state with Democratic leavings on
account of the huge Democratic maiori-
ties that can be rolled up in the cities,
when each party polls it full strength
In 1896 on account of the prominence of
the silver issue Democrats deserted their
ticket by tens of thousands and McKin-
ley carried the state by an overwhelming
majority. But two years later oil Of
Roossvelt's war prestige was needed 20
pun him through, and as 1t was he
was elected by only $4,000 votes, very
small margin in state so populous. as
New York. This year the silver Issue
Will not be so Effective as in 1896. but 1t
ought to cut q larger figure than In
1898. The Republican candidate for gov
ernor this year is not so popular as
Roosevelt, and Will have no personal
drawing power. While it would seem clear
that all things considered, thesohances of
carrying the state, especially as regards
Presidential candidates, were largely
with the Republicans, the great
activity of the Democrats indicates either
that the latter think they see some
chance OF success, or are put
ting up fight to divert attention from
some other quarter. In one way this
Democratic activity ought to enure to
tne benefit of the Republicans since it Is
calculated to put them on their guard
and prevent over-conhdences in which
has lain and still lies one of their great
ct dangers. M
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Lewiston Journal OF Saturday,
We recently remarked In connection
with the free and practically uncondi-
toned admission OF an alleged competi-
tor in the telephone business into Maine,
that the general and early result of every
"give-away" of public franchises, for the
allegation OF competition, is not compe-
tition, but consolidation and that the
remedy for any abuse OF monopoly power
in cases OF public franchises abused les
peclally such as are in the nature OF
natural mo nopoly) has been found to be
IN the exercise OF the reserved power Of
the State in tariff regulation, which the
legislature possesses. Now it is In thu
air that the Telephone, Telegraph &
Gable Company OF America, capitalized
at thirty millions, is to be the nucleus
Of big electric federation The Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company,
representing the Bell interests, mas a
capitalization ofE $50, COO 600. The capt.
italization of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company is S97 $40, ,749, and Of the
Com mercial Gable Company, or which
the Postal Telegraph Company is q part,
Sl5, 600, COO. The aggregate present capi-
talization of the corporations. which may
soon be combined is therefore the colossal
sum OF $217 900, 600.
Thus, cities that give away franchises
in order to secure competitive rates as
has often been done in Maine as we'll as
elsewhere. are blameworthy. They askfor
bread and they get stone The franchise
is an element or great property in these
declarations and the only way that the
public can guarantee itself is through the
legislature-and although monopoly has
great power in legislatures, the people
can have their way when the worm
turns.
In the matter of telephone service as we
showed when we criticised the practical
give-away OF a certain franchise in Lew
iston and Auburn not many moons ago,
competition does not compete, since O
telephone is valuable chiefly In the multi
piication of It's private stations.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

(Boston AdYertlser.l

In spite OF the appeals of certain jingo
orators against what they call the
"scuttle" p1iicy, the fact remains that the
great majority of the American people are
very plainly pleased with the policy of
the administration as regards China.
Although the United States has directly
or indirectly had the information that It
can have a province in China almost Tor
the asking, the president is determined
TO withdraw the American troops as
soon as peace can be restored and the
lives and property OF American mission
aries protected for the future. The
Chinese are to be left to solve their own
problems of self-government. Tnis Is
what the average American lingo calls
the 'scuttle policy. Hard words break
no bOnes however, and the American
people generally believe that ii Is the
right policy to pursue 1t will not be
very long, perhaps, before the same policy
viii be carried out in the case OF Cuba.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Gen. Macarthur some time ago predict
ed that their would be an increase Of
activity on the part OF the Philippine in
surgents during the rainy season. The
difficulty Of moving troops rapidly on
account Of the bad condition of the roads
affords the insurgents frequent oppor-
tunities for raids on places a considerable
distance from the Manila, and they are
taking advantage Of them. We question
If the present activity is to be construed
as meaning that the insurrection has
taken on new life When the rainy seas-
on is over and our troops can be moved
readily the raids will undo 1btedly subside
to great extent. 1t is likely, however,
that 1t win be a long time before the
country will be so thoroughly pacifed
that large body of troops VIII not be
needed. The nature OF the country, the
climate and the character of the natives
are all exceedingly favorable to guerilla
warfare.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
KICKED DOWN STAIRS.
(Boston World)

1t is all very well for the. Democrats to
put silver in the background, but surely
they should not crowd it quite out of
mention. In taking Mr.. Bryan as the
captain of their host and readopting the
Chicago platform, with It's demand for
the free coinage Of silver at the ratio of
l6 to l, they gave the white metal a
prominence which makes any attempt to
ignore 1t in a manifesto or the party an
open bid Tor charges OF faulty and insin-
certify. In the telegraphic report OF the
call for a national convention OF Demo-
cratic clubs, to be held at indianapolis.
Oct. 3 we lind no alluslOn to the free
coinage Of silver. The call was issued by
William j. Bryan and Adlai &. Steven
son, the Democratic candidates for the
presidency and ice-presidency, as we'll
as by James X. Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committee, and
William Hearst, president of the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs. You
cannot go beyond this in authoritative
action, and the report purports to give
the text in full. Yet we do not find In
Is a single word to show that the issuers
were in the least degree concerned for
silver or, even, that they knew Of the
existence of the metal.
After declaring that the far reaching
issues which confront the American
people tOday-issues which involve our
form OF government, and the principles
upon which 1t has securely rested-should
impel every citizen to become politician
In his own right, - the call proceeds to
enumerate Imperialism, militarism and
trusts as the evils against which the
nation must be defended by Democratic
clubs. The wrongs Of silver, the crime
OF 1878, the greed of the banks, aresan
left in absolute neglect, The white
METAL when it reads this call, must feel
inclined to complain In an oft quoted
phrase:
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your
love
But-why did you kick me down stairsP
THE NISTRATION'S CHINESE
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
MeTeanIIIs Trust CO.
OF PORTLAND.

This Company takes pleasure
i'm announcing thnt it is now
located i'm its new banking
rooms situated in the Boyd
Block, at Lhe corner OF Middle
and Exchange SIS. With its i'm
proved and cOmmOdiOus quart
ers the Company will emdeavor
40 furnish lis customers every
possible facility for Ghe prompt
and efficient handling OF NIL
their banking business, and
every accommodation will be
extended consistent with n
broad and conservative policy
of management.
correspondence nnd personal
interviews are cordially invited.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

F. 0. BAILEY & CO., AuiIonssIs.
Important sale OF Real Estate
No. AUG Nnshbnrn Ave-,
by Auction.

we ,ha ell on Wednes lay. sent. 26fh.
A. 3 o'cIocS b. m. on the premises. the d.sfa
DE fesl estate situated No. IOB 1tnshburn
Ave, consisting ora new ant modern horse.
boilt tto Yo ATS ago. two Af a one-hAn s-oT
has open plum ing. first Class steam healnr
apparatus nno cemenfed cellar laundry. s1I
Is desirable ana attractive house Ia rvere
W8yi stable in rear 20t41 This property oT,fs
very iAforaoie opportunity for any party a..
slrmg nice place fOrl occupancy Or invest.
nienh Terms easy and made knowu at sais
Fer further particulars cr Information s4
upon the auciiolccrs, 60 Exchsn-e stree.
Portland, Ae sepUil'd
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

The only Massachusetts city, so far
reported, that does not show a large in
decade is Gloucester. Her growth Ks
only little over live per cent. The de-
cline in the fishing industry probably
affords the explanation.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Abner Robbins, the leading capitalist
of eastern Oregon, Is one of the most &C.
centric of American millionaires. He
lives alone in a lonely hut. prefers hum
bic fare and will not accept a pass on his
own railroad.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
Kendall & Whitney,
Federal and Temple SITS.
sept22d3t
Trustees Sale of Valuable Prop
ertv at Public Auction.

The Trustees Tor the benefit Of the bond
holders OF the Portland Automatic Scale Com
pany viii sell at public auction, at 80 kennebeo
street. Portland, Maine, The former 0fIice OF the
company. on THURSDAY the nty-seventh day
OF September. 1900, at 2.30 o'clock p m, all the
patents. patterns. models. manufactured
machines and stock in process of manufacture.
belonging TO said company at the time said
Trustees took possession thereof for the pur-
poses Of foreclosure. The manufactured
machines include finished package scales, oil
scales, OIL meters, oil closets. and many frames
and parts OF unfinished machines. The patents
are strong and have many years to run. The
patterns are complete for the manufacture OF
the several machines. Terms cash at Tune of
sale, August 2Tth. 1900.
SETH L. LAKRABEE, Trustees.
onoDQ1fd
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Italy and Austria have acoeded, it is
said, to the German proposal to make the
delivering up for punishment of the In
stigatOrs of the Chinese uprising a con-
dition precedent Of the opening of nego.
tiations France has assented in part,
the United States has refused and Eng
land, Russia and Japan have yet to be
heard from. The German proposal, if
insisted on, almost certainly means war,
for the Chinese people would not volunta-
rily submit to the delivering up for pun
ishment Of the Empress Dowager, or of
Prince Tuan, who is the father Of the
heir apparent There are signs that war
is what Germany really wants. and Is
plotting for, She would like to avenge
the murder OF her ambassador and collect
a tremendous indemnity, in the shape,
perhaps, Of large slice of Chinese ter
ritory.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Mr.. Bryan is al out to begin s2eaking
tour which will last until election day.
After a few speeches in the west he is
coming east in o the ''enemy's country, -
and will give especial attention to New
York
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

The Increase Of the American fleet
in Chinese waters is probably meant to
impress upon the European powers
Shat we have commercial interests IN
China and do not mean that they shall
be ignored
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
Bulbs,
For Outside
and Inside

the house. The first will greet you
almost as soon as the snow leaves
the ground in the Spring. The
latter will fill the house with their
fragrance from Christmas to May.
Many people were disappointed last
year, because of the assortment,
when they came to buy the lr
Bulbs. We would advise you
to come nov while there are plenty
of every kind TO choose from. We
wholesale and relail Bulbs.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

Naturally England does not like our
decision to pursue an independent course
in China, without regard to the pur-
poses of the other powers. She would
have liked to have us remain and help
to pull her ohestnuts out of the fire.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
Aliens Circulating Library

Is removed from news stand 3st< Con
gress street to A12 Congress street,
nearly opposite Chestnut street Tho
News and Periodical business will be
carried on at both stores by John II.
Ai'en' sep20d1w
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

At Large-Joseph O. Smith of SkoWhegani
George p. WescofL OF Portland.
First Dist Charles f. Libby of Portland.
Second Dist.-James w. Wakefield of Bath.
TAird Dist.-Fred Atwood. WinterPort
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

II the report be true that the Chinese
goyerNnent has issued an edict declaring
that Boxers and Christians are to be re-
gsrded in the same light then the govern
ment is not in very penitent MOOD.
Certainly If the Chinese negotiators are
to b governed by this edict it win be
practically impossible to get them to
agree to Furnishing anybody for the re.
cent outbreaks. But reports from China
are notorously untrustworthy and it may
appear that this one is no exception.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

There are many signs that the
Democrats are preparing to make vigor-
GUS fight in the state OF New York,
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

The Governor OF Pennsylvania undOubt-
edly did a wise thing In ordering the militia
to Shenandoah. The tendency in such
cases is not to call out the troops except
as a very last resort. The result has gen.
orally been that a great deal of violence,
and bloodshed has taken place which
might have been averted by early re-
course TO a power strong enough to keep
wouldbe rioters in subsection. The
presence of the militia does not ebridge
any real right Of the strikers. 1t simply
restrains them from resorting to violence
and intimidation to prevent men from
working whose right to work is just as
clear as theirs not to work.
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
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The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25

WE shah sell on Thursday, Sept e1sh. n1
~ O'Clock p. %. The valuable "a estate
situated at 81 Carleton ST. consisfn of 4 in0
and one-hAn soy brick house having sltGla
nHtsned ruoms nAtn ani NaHs Nifau hsst
good plumbing. laundry. hot water on frti lri
second floors etc. House nas 5 sunny exrn
ure and is thoroughly cons ructc3 with 1f
granite entrance and foundations The sIlr4
ton Is most desirable Tor residence. >lo q
lot AT ont EAif5 g. THIS property Is sold -
close an estate ANA The sale offers rfff hIo.
ablo opportunity 20 persons dcsIrn. a. |laat
home or SAFE Investment Terms af sa|r ff
fur h sr prrucui rs cali upon the AuciioaeaIt
81 Exchange street. stpi1I3
The Portland daily press., 1900-09-25
TERMS,

The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland, and in Westbrook and South Port
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
BY the year, ST. in ADVANCE. or $l.25 at the
end of the year.
For six months, so cents; for three months,
25 cents
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02
ELECTRICITY AM Nnrsn

The editor of the Electrical World. Mr..
Charles w. Price, has ventured the as
sert1on that the city of the future will
De notseless, and the credit therefor will
be due to electricity. This statement NAV
De true, but present conditions do not In
olcate the speedy reaching of a heavenly
quletude In cities. Electricity has, on the
contrary added largely to the number
ana degree of noises. It has not Danish
ed the clang of the iron shod horse upon
the stone pavement or mitigated the whis-
ting and ringing of the steam cars. The
smaller and larger noises of city life have
received numerous additions since the
general employment of electricity. The
business Office is filed with a hun1mins
noise almost as loud as that Of a country
saw mill, owing to the electric fans AMI
Yentllat1ng devices in use. The clang OF
gongs on electric street cars is deafenfng,
nerve racking and incessant. The Gre
scendo and diminuendo humming roar Of
the street car motor can be heard a mile
away.
Th1s state Of affairs does not hold out
much promise that the city Of the future
will be noiseless, owing to electricity. I'M
less there is a great reform in the pres
ent manner of employing and operating
electrical machinery and devices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02

sndn among them-No. 9l2 You had bet
Others" op1 the
~. IN the early days of steamboating ON
t s,le . oHIo river they had only stern-wbee,
C SV;t1es, ana OLD Commodore McCullouph of
CllcAlatl conceived a scheme ~ b,i -
and launch palace ssi5e-n, ~ puli :.
whlcn would by grace of her beaIIt1, 80
SIZE run the stern-wheelers ont - ot i
trdoe. lie carried his ideas 70 80,
cessLuI and beautiful finish, and sent 80.
on her initial trip, and she came 80.
$ooo loser The natives along the rivan
m0u4d not snip on her, nor would thew
Ilde on her; nor trust their live sfooIr -,
her. They couldn't see the n,booi o On
round. So the Flora Belle made +r;r
after trip, burning from $500 to q 400
worth or coal and taking in perhaps SOM
Inc newspapers took it UP. and If NO.
street talk about what frost, AZ
Flora Belle was. At this time the old Ma
tIonaI theater was the bon ton tbeafer Of
cincinnati and its gallant men and lovely
"o,ieh thronged the performances. One
niSht the commodore attended NO.
romance of enc of those Perth. a.
sewing Machine Girl dramas with
hyperooie' heroine. and there was ono
scene In which TIE lover proposed mar.
rage. No" said the heroine. 81 can
never be your wife, Harold. You arc
wealthy you are millionaire. while
am only poor sewing girl If / mar
you ali my friends will say it was far
your money. and 1 love you, darling. for
gouiseIt' Get rid of your money, nv
CARING. and 1 will be your wife" And
she made her exit in tears. ,Tba 1o--o..
walked up and down the stage yrinosna,
MS hands How" he cried. "bow nen
WIN her? How can 1 get rid Of nv
money? That was the cid commodo[e;s
cue lie rose up in the center of tbe
PaTquet and shouted: Buy the Flor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02

Nobody protests, nobody applauds yet
on times iron tablets every one knows
that an important notch has been made.
America will then have left the benches
TO enter the arena
Considering the position which this ma
ton occupies In the Philippines. it does
not seem at all a difficult effort of the
imagination to conceive the United States
as being engaged in the struggle with the
other nations for territorial and trade
supremacy in China. If we enjoy a CON
stitutional or moral right to possess our
selves of the soil and government Of the
Philippines, we have the same right with
reference to China. The difference is
not difference of principle, but of de-
gree. AS Mr.. Boulger very aptiy suggests,
the notifications Of the Monroe doctrine
made necessary by ''the small local ques-
ton" of the Philippines would simply
have to be enlarged so as to embrace the
more comprehensive problem of China.
Shall we enter the arena in China, as
we have elsewhere in the Orient and In
the Southern Pacific ocean? AS the Chi
nese complications stand today the pros
pect Of our ever becoming territerially
interested as nation In the Flowery
Kingdom is quite remote. But events
travel fast in this age, and the Oriental
kaleidoscope presents many new and I'M
expected transformations In g. surprising
ly short time. We may have no thought
at present OF engaging GU selves in Chi
nese concerns on the same basis as the
other nations. But the question is one
the force of which must be borne home
to even the casual student of the great
problem of the Orient. Will we be allow
ed, with the obligations We have already
assumed. to continue to hold aloof from
the settlement of the future OF the Chi
nese nation?