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In the meantime the friends OF Aueri.
can shipping will not need 10 worry over
its non-pasSaKe. Tire time viii be rtpe
early next winter TO bring the rne1sure
up for final vote and Il IL confidently
believed that ere the new century dawns
the law which will give to the United
States the place 10 which she II entitled
among the merchant fleets Of the world
Gill have become an actually. BY This
wisely planned measure new lines corn.
posed u the largest and Finest Of rngfe,,,
ocean steamers. built In our own shtn.
yards. can and Will be placed in oporr.
iion. end Viii be enabled 10 eOn,n,ts
with the numerous foreign subaiai-., 4
lines which now occupy such n prornine nt
place on the seven seas. Besides thi4.
many new routes - trade wilt be nusr.
cd up. tFaffie viii be Increased enormous
~. and markets heretofore unavmilas,ge 70
our merchants viii have direct comr,url.
cation with their very doors The returns
20 this country Mil greauy surpass the
money expended.
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In the Journal week OF so ago ref
srence was made 20 the charge that
Frink. while IN the legislature. had voted
against the eigbt-hour law. and the lien
law. We have been 70 the trouble II
looking MP the record and find that 40 far
from opposing those measures. Senator
Frink has voted for them. In senate Jour
nal for issi there appear the foiiowing
records: House riil No. a. by Mr.
Adams. An Act declaring eight hours
labor shall constitute legal days work
on all work done by and for the ptAfe, or
any county or municipality therein.
Those voting In the Affirmative wore
Drink and fourteen oihersl"
The hiii having failed 20 receive y ma
jority did not pass. hut later IN the scs-
sion u was called up again. as appe1.S
by pag. rs Senator Frink. with sixteen
others. voted for the bill, but Il stlii faiIsd
Of a majority.
hy Mr. Frlnk was one "relativs 20 nay
NETT q employer (paEe E.zl. also a hgil
tpage 140 declaring Labor day a legal
holiday
\ member 81 the legislature says that
the only time Mr.. Frink was ever called
10 order was GA an occasion when a lien
lav vas under consideration, and he ~ "a
hntiy. in answer 20 another member. that
he would make n lien law strong ca,uxn
10 take the shirt on q mans back Z he
dldnt pay his help.
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tration of President Mckinley. and shall
do all IN ny power to insure his elec;ion
to the high ONCE he now holds. and. fully
approving your political and adMfr.ns
your military record, / rejoice personally
and congratulate our country in securing
your services as our vice president
II believe that IL plants your feet firmly
in the certain road to further advance
ment for you and additional prosperity
for our country"
The war with Spain opened the eyes
of other Southern men, besides Gen.
Rosser. From no section did there come
a heartier response to the call to arms
than from the South. OF the men who
fought the war with Spain. few can be
found who are willing that the United
states shall throw away what rightfully
fell to II as the result of that war. The
attitude Of the Democratic party, in its
opposition to expansion. is naturally
bitterly distasteful to men OF the stamp
Of Gen. Rosser. There are thousands
Of patriotic Democrats like him in that
section. II will be no surprise If their
numbers prove sufficient at the coming
election to take several OF the Southern
states out OF the Democratic ranks.
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Gen. Rosscr Converted.

No Democrat OF the South is better
Virginia. II was Rosser. then a major
general OF cavalry. who refused to per-
nit his command 10 be surrendered Al
Appomattox. but cut his way through
the lines and escaped with a large por-
ton of his two divisions. He attempted
TO reorganixe the army OF Virginia. but
was captured finally. In 1870. ruined by
the war, he found his way into Mime
sofa and went to work In a party Of
Northern Pacific surveyors as an AK
man: rapidly rose 20 be assistant to the
chief engineer and finally chief engineer
Of the eastern division. lie was after
wards chief engineer of the Canadian
Pacific. but some years ago returned 10
virginia. and has resided ever since In
his old home. when the war with
Spain broke out he offered his services.
which were accepted. and he served In
Cuba uniu the end % the war
Gen Rosser has heretofore been an
incorporating Democrat. active in
all party affairs During his many
years residence IN the Northwest he
was always staunch partisan. and
since his return 70 Virginia has been
foremost figure IN the councils OF the
Democratic party on Gov. Roosevelt's
return from the Philadelphia eonyen-
| tion, he received letter from Gen.
Rosser. congratulsting him upon hts
nomination. Among other things In
| that letter. Gen. Rosscr said:
when var vss declared against spain
In iSss the fear that usy country vas IN
I danger passed through me like ar ole-tTic
spark. clearing my vision ana revca,in
the tollics behind which I had hoen sulk-
/ iuG Thai the South IS unanimous .r is
political opposition to the North "a arot
satisfactorily De aScrthcd 20 ny mind 20
/ a difference IL primary belief hut Is
Z founded solely On q bird prejudice which
| all candid citizens should spurn.
1
II pnost heartily SgpYcys tAA aAEu. ri O.
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The shocking disaster that darkened
Tacoma's Fourth OF July cas- forth the
sympathy of the entire state. There is
something strangely effective about the
setting OF an accident Of this sort which
seems to determine Its Importance in
the public mind. If hotel In some city
had burned or IL two railroad trains had
collided with the same loss Of life. It
would rank as one OF the great calami-
ties Of the year. The roll OF the dead
and injured makes this a terrible trag-
edy. 1t turned day of festivity into
one OF gloom for our neighbors The
hearts of all our people are full of sor-
row for the sufferers and survivors. and
our national holiday will long call 10
memory the most appalling catastrophe
In the history OF the state.
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The Mental Pace That kiiIs.
Chirnrn f'hrnnIrIn-

Higher learning r. beautiful. n tho ere
aior and promoter Of happiness superior
10 all the ordinary vlcissltudos ~ life. But
neither learning nor wealth nor leisure
nor auEht elsa within human reach awaits
when health IL gone. The higher learn
ms of this epoch IL Htriveu for az tbs
pace which kills. After the college mort
uary lists are explored a few years hence
there will be the inevitable reaction. hut
y will not bring hack The flower ~ Amer.
lean youth saCriheed uaeanwhlle 10 a mis-
taken standard ~ real or imaginary eai-
'ure. More time for higher learning 10
demanded ~ our educational institutions
are 70 endure.
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The Net They Spread.

In fun view OF seventy millions Of in
tellisent people the Democratic national
convention has spread its net. We sup
pose that no political gathering is en-
tirely unmindful OF expediency, and that
In all platforms there is some element
Of policy. But this Is the FIRST occasion
I'm our history that we can recall when
any national convention boldly cast to
the winds the idea that principle should
govern. took the whole nation into its
confidence, and settled its platform by
ions Of Its resolutions committee as to
the relative merits OF different planks
as vote-catchers. That was the sole
argument In the debate over is to l. II
decided the place and the language OF
the 'imperialist' plank. From first to
last there Is not the ring OF a true and
manly conviction In any sentence. All
ia artificial. custom made. 1t Is net
for guils. and no pains are taken to
conceal g.
A platform of this variety deserves
less serious and argumentative cossid-
Grafton than one which expresses a sin
esre faith. weil-meanlng but mistaken
people command respect, and their err
rors are for correction rather than con-
tempt. But these people are not for
a momen, In earnest. Their platform Is
an aggregation of Bryan eatch-words:
a play. from FIRST TO last. for popular
prejudice and ignorance: mosaic from
the rubbish heap Of cheap and tswdry
eloauence emitted by their candidate
in the last four years The offence that
Il gives 10 the moral sentiment OF
thoughtful and honest men viii be no
greater than the insults that II offers
10 their intelligence
Hair 81 this document Is devoted TO
Imperialism" 'mnltarism" and the
other bogeys that are made 10 do cam
paign duty Here We find the Consent
OF the governed" again. without refer
ence either 20 the Louisiana purchase
or the DISTINGUISHED negroes OF the
south. here Is the pet Invention Of Cal
houn that the constitution follows the
dag" which died when the nag carried
che constitution back 60 the slayehold-
crs who denied them both. here IS the
! sdiocy about nation half republic and
/ halt empire" which the very gauin IN
tho street W,n fcer at; here the quibble
about "cltizens' ana subjects which
Is quite worthy Of AIR. Bryan, genius.
[ II Is a stump speech ana q very poor
/ one a. that
We shah get az better IDEA q plat
/ form and party Il Ne consider what the
/ Democraoy. standing honestly On this
I declaration. would b. obliged 10 DO 6;
/ il came into power. In determining
that We shall draw no differences. bat
follow closely and fairly the language
Of the platform itself It would aban-
don Puerto RICO, Il would hand the
Philippines over to Aguinaldo and his
/ Tag0is. with guarantee that the
United States would protect him ASainsl
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all the world. whatever excuses he


all the world, whatever excuses he
might choose to commit. 1t would dis
band the army and leave American cit
liens unprotected abroad. SO much for
its foreign policy.
At home it would wage "unceasing
warfare" against trusts, that is. against
all trusts whose stockholders were not
Democrats. A Tammany ice trust, as
one OF the trainers OF this plank can
tell the country. is unobjectionable and
not to be interfered with. 1t would
repeal the Dingiey bill, restoring the
industrial conditions prevailing prior to
1897. II would enact the unlimited COIN
age Of silver at the ratio Of 16 to /.
restoring the financial conditions which
the fear Of that policy and our progress
toward 1t created in 1893 and later. 1t
would still more rapidly debase the cur
the extent OF all the national bank
notes outstanding, these to be retired.
II would declare hostility to England
and take steps leading certainly to war
with her at an early date. II would
deny all aid to our shipping interest and
substitute the initiative and referendum
for the representative government Of
the constitution. Picture a country so
transformed and malformed! Yet in
the list we have not, except in the mat
ter OF silver. included the curses Of the
Chicago platform, all Of which are here
reiterated and added formally to this
DEVILS broth.
That we have set down nothing In
malice, attributed to Democratic ignor-
ance and malignity nothing OF which it
has not made open confession. we ask
every reader to learn for himself by
reading this most amazing platform. 1t
1t slur upon the name American"
1t brings patriotism into contumely. 1t
asks, as the price of Democratic COM
radeship, that the nation surrender
honor and pride. walk crablike from the
scene OF the worlds great activities.
open arms and heart to suspicion and
hate. and take for its consolation few
widowed follies whose failure and
whose penalties were written in history
before the American republic was born.
And all this is laid before the people
with grin and a leer; with a nice cal
culation OF the Gold Democrats who
need consolation and concession in the
East and the fiat money remnant sup
posed to be extant in the West; Of what
may win the Atkinson "antis" and not
repel too harshly the expansionists Of
the Pacific coast.
1t is a sordid. base, contemplate busi-
ness. It's effrontery would be dlverting
were not the hypocrisy OF it so appal-
ling And the obvious futility OF 1t all.
since the American people who must
pass upon 1t are neither rascals nor
idiots. must remain an unceasing won-
der Such platform, so fashioned. is
1T for such a party as this illegitimate
issue OF the union OF Democracy and
Populism has now become.
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The Ice trust politicians of the tribe Of
Tammany are expecting trouble. MIR.
Croker has made IL entirely plain that he
will do a little investigating on his own
account. and that there will be consider
able AK exercise. Democratic officeholders
who get mixed UP with Republican COM
binations like the Ice trust know what
will happen 10 them II they are found out
The party Of the pople does not protect
Its rascals.-Walla Walia Statesman.
No: 1t sends them to Democratic ma
tionai conventions 10 make platforms de-
nouncing trusts. but leaves them unpro-
/. tected
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A GUARANTEE.

The Post IntelIfReBcer hereby
guarantees its advertisers n bona
Ade paid circulation. Daily, Weekly
ana Sunday, double that Of any
other newspapcr pubIished In the
state Of washington. Advertising
contracts will be made subject 70
this guarantee.
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This will be o good year for the mass
ever the politicians may say or do. Tire
wise voter will quietly continue 20 saw
wood study the various phases NJ the
leading political problems 81 the day. I'd
al the pole this fan vote according 20 TIE
honest dictates OF his conscienee.-rarrl-
ington News.
This IL good advice, and r. easier n fol-
low In the Paiouse country now than 4.
was when wheat was 20 cents and the
mortgages were being foreclosed.
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Ex-Gov. Taylor of Kentucky will en-
gage In the insurance business in In
dianapolis. where he now resides. II all
the Kentuckians who are accused OF
Goebers murder would take out life in
surance with him his change Of resi-
dence would be greatly to his financial
advantage.
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Boost for popuiiam.


FNFFFTT
The hot, dry weather in the Dnkotas
Is said 20 lie making votes for Bryan.
Democracy and P0puiiam never flourish
except m misfortune and calamity The
Democrats. ~ their national convention
~ Kansas city. ought 10 resolve that
William Mckinley ard his administrator
RfV responsible for the scofching weather
in The Middle West.
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TATHII FIHT"F fF3NU-
senator Hoars loyalty 20 PARTY
which he condemns Indicates that be con.
slders himself weeded 20 Repusliranisu
for better Or worse and S. falthfuI %
his y0WK." says the - Louis ReaalbI,r.
NO the cd gentleman r. ia the situation.
81 the cross cd woman who seoldz the
Fnernbers ~ her oNn family. agt seriously
objects 70 outsiders doing So
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Chairman Richardson was very hard
up for material when he had to resort
to the worn-out charge Of a secret alli
ance between Great Britain and the
United States. There will be lot of
claptrap unloaded upon the people from
the Democratic stump this year.
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The Democratic convention showed
some consideration for Rose of Milwau-
kee. 1t turned him down for temporary
chairman, but IL was kind enough to
give him a chance to deliver the speech
he had prepared, and that is probably
all he wanted.
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Denaneiation. of Course.


IL IS important, ~ tourrf. tbAi Dcuoc-
racy denoJuces the adm nistratlon az
william Mckinley. II would have been
terrible disappointment 70 William Nc
kinney and nIs party II Democracy had
not dome 40.
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There was a good deal OF talk about
getting the Gold Democrats back into
the party and forgiving them. but the
chances are that the Gold Democrats do
not want to be forgiven.
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According to the Kansas City Star
1880 pints OF champagne have been
ordered for the use Of the Democratic
delegates and their friends. Why pints?
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Why could not the convention have
had some consideration for the Demo
cratic stump orators. and not compel
them to so through all that free silver
rubbish OF 1895 when they come 20 pre-
pare their speeches for this campal gn
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In order to save expense il might be
just as we'll not to bring the remains
OF that boom back to the state Of WASH
ington.
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The queen OF Spain has ordered the
destruction of a number OF obsolete
men-of-war. It has been supposed all
along that we had done this for her.
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Bess-Ridd Party.



The Democratic party Is 80 boEs-ridsen
that ever IN the primaries, where every
man Is supposed 20 - entirely free and
independent. no Democrat was a.l0Sei 10
participate unlsss ne was a supporter Of
Bryan. FOR proof see call fer primaries.
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I>0s Angeles Timca
That 0peu door in China seems likely
80 he closed temporarily az leasD with
hang. ana perhaps some fingers may
get pinehcd before the thing "a over
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The convention yelled for Hill. but
Hill wasn't there. And II may now be
as difficult to tell Just where he is as It
was in 1885.
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Any Gold Democrat who wishes to
understand what the Bryanites think
of him Is referred to this passage in
the speech Of George Fred Williams:
Are we going to drive the Populists
into the middle Of the road In order TO
get back the traitors? Are we going TO
sell out our principles TO the Tories Of
the Democratic party. and desert our
real friends?
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st isouis p~i-biauatch.
ION 90 Pekiugi' a. the new British cry
since "CJn 20 Pretoria" ~ needed no more.
Other iand-Erabbing nations have bsen
On TO England" for a long time
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Retaitasion On China.


aaTNI FfFTaTV-
War or NJ war. We viii % something
toward stocking W grsyeyarGs In China.
Two million cigarettes we're recently ex-
poEls. TO tn&t country.
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San Jose Mercury
rlfe is not al one siddy round Of pleas
ure. Bryan had 90 entertain Solzer and
jim Ham Lewis both Ia one day.
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the party has no hope OF q single cleo
toral vote. There were ten votes from
states surely Republican. and three
from territories.
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Mr.. Bryan has had his way. and now
we shall see what the Gold Democrats
are going to do.
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or the twenty-six votes for n declara-
ton in favor OF is TO in the Demo
cratic committee on resolutions. exact
ly 0ne-haif represented country where
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with incidental protection" The diff
ference there was real At Kansas City

with incidental protection" The diff
ference there was real. At Kansas City
there was passionate argument, calling
for the Intervention of Mr. Bryan him
self. over the question whether or not
there should be plank in the platform
declaring specifically for Is to l. All
the delegations, be IL noted. were on
record in favor of reaffirming the Chi
cago platform. The chicago platform
announces IS to i. In words as strong
and explicit as the English language can
furnish. To reaffirm II is to place IS
to 1 at the head OF party doctrines. Yet
there was as much discussion. temper
and Iog-roiling over this absolutely in
different detail as IL principle were
at stake. Think Of several hundred
grown men spending sultry days and
belligerent nights. trading. maneuver-
ing and exhausting political intrigue in
a controversy whether six is twice three
or three times two! That was really
the central issue about which the con-
fiict a: Kansas City waged hottest.
The words of the platform count for
nothing; for. as we have said, Mr.
Bryan is the platform. And the Ameri-
can people know him. He has no re-
serves and has left no minutest portion
OF his mental and moral makeup I'M
exhibited. He Is an able and dangerous
type OF demagogue. The only uncer-
tainty which those feel who have fol-
lowed his speeches is exactly at what
point limited intelligence ceases and
a dulled conscience begins to be respon-
sible for his variations from truth and
honor. He Is a less admirable man than
he was four years ago. He has pro-
gressed far toward the rank Of the mere
agitator. He represents the impossible
and the dishonorable in finance; the ex-
IRENE OF Capitalization In government:
the decline Of liberty into license that
carries him every day farther from
American citizenship and closer to an
archy; the bitter and irrepressible APP
peal to class hatred which Is the most
evil heritage of generation of politi-
cal discussion. Such Is the man; such
the body Of delegates who assembled TO
do his bidding. The spirit OF both is
irreconcilably opposed to the present
ideals OF the American people.
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The betting Is ten to one that Grover
Cleveland will not vote this year.
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Col. Bryan. It Is said. will stay at homo
this year, instead of swinging over the
rear platforms as the train sweeps
through tho land. He has had hts front
porch enlarged and will wait there for
the expected throngs of visitors. No ex-
PLANTATION Of the changed programme is
offered but possibly the colonel Is either
wiser or less active than he was in 1896.
-Winlock Pilot.
This is simply an ante-convention prom
Use. Nothing on earth could keep Bryan
quietly at home for three months on n
stretch, save a broken bone or the lock-
jaw.
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ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

SEATTLE THEATER-Kellar, the Ma
gician.
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-"Mcnte
Cristo."