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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-11
Germany Our Rival.

Thoughtful Americans will receive
with a grain of allowance the alarmist
warning conveyed by the London Spec
tator to the United States respecting
Germany and the Monroe doctrine.
Nevertheless the haste with which AM
bassador Won Holleben at Washington
assured Americans that the article is a
pure invention from start to finish, and
should be treated with contempt by
fair-minded people, probably will not
deter students of commercial advance
ment from taking the Spectators
gratuitous advice somewhat seriously.
Whatever bearing the Monroe doc
trine may have on the commercial con-
quest of South America, the United
States cannot close it's eyes to some
very significant facts. The note sound
ed by the Spectator is in exact accord
with representations made, more diplo-
matically to be sure. by James c. Mon
Afghan, United States consul at Chem
nitz, whose exhaustive research and
clear statement of conditions have given
his utterances the weight of authority.
In relating for the New York Times the
story of Germany's Industrial progress.
Consul Monaghan marshals an array of
facts that are startling in their conclu-
sion: and he uses almost the same ex-
pressions employed in the Spectators
article. He says:
mo greater mistake is ever made than
to misrepresent or underrate a rival.
say rival, because we are bound to bump
up against the empire In every part of
the world. She Is here In our midst.
Broadway, New York. Chicago. etc, lend
eloquent pages to the story of the en-
pires triumphal march in all that makes
for material prosperity"
And here is what the Spectator says:
america, and not England. is the rival.
1t Is with America, and not England. that
Germany realizes she must struggle for
supremacy"
The unceasing activity Of the Ger
mans, and their intelligent grasp Of the
conditions confronting the empine in its
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ambition 10 become the leading COM
1880, .,,. o,,,cAr.
merc'ai nation nave more tnAn co'"p'"-
stated up to the present for . compare
.,,,o ,.cr ~ r.t,~at ,csources The en-
i've '.eN -
pire II advancing 30 fast toward its
cherished soaI that it's progress reads
rather ike page OF ro"ahce shan ol
history. It is the movement OF a united
.,. .,o. -, ,,..r Mana al, their
Peop'c VIM ss"i W ss"'
energies to accomplish the desired END,
ana wbo each vear rather Increased
strength from the successes OF the past.
very few NJ the facts enumerated by
.', ,.-.
consul Mohaknah aie.
In 1871 81 per cent. Of Germany's entire
population was engaged In agricultural
n.,.ne. . .ne .hs fsrras 70 reversed. 81
per cent. following commerce and manu-
factures, tne resi- sema,ninn ,t Oh a." AZ.
pendent position, the empire has become
q great maritime ana mercantile power.
wuhs,rn der cross WAS built in Germany.
Today two provinces of Brazil are thick
~ setseu ~ Gannaarv ,..d. The wor,d.
In electricity, the empire Is said by soma
to lead even tine United states a %
10 @ Der cent In ten years. and are still
tending upward.
,eehricai ,ndnstria, ana Industrial art
schools on earth.
to collect samples. When trade treaties
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( II the silver cause had q few more
champions like Baker. who il trying to
get. the supreme court to decide that
all debts contracted since 1873 must be
paid in gold coin. II might look little
more absurd but II would be no worse
of than It is. 1t has been asserted by
some that advocacy Of free coinage
leads surely to all sorts of mental aber-
rations. but the progress is In the other
direction. Faith In free silver is EVIL
dence Of painful antecedent mental
condition.
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A Failing Imagination.

We note with pain the failing powers
of Mr.. w. ]. Bryan. The defects of
his intelligence were always compen-
stated for to some extent by the liveii-
ness and vividness Of his Imagination.
II we learned not to expect any logical
or statesmanlike treatment of great
questions, we could always fall back
on the "Boy Orator of the Platte.'
There was still a trope or a metaphor
in his cartridge belt: and where we
could not be instructed we might hope
10 be amused.
This quality in Mr.. Bryan has waned
perceptibly. Perhaps 1t could not stand
the drafts made by four years Of un-
interrupted campaigning. At any rate.
he grows distinctly tiresome. Even the
gallery gods rebel and drift away when
they are regaled with the same stale
Jokes that they heard at the last per-
Torrance; when they have no new aero
batic performance to witness, no fresh
catchword to repeat, nothing to stir
them with the tawdry magnificence OF
"the cross of gold"
At his home, where he should reach
his best, on the Jackson day anniver-
sary when some Renaissance of great
past might stir the most degenerate
apostate from Democratic principles:
90 ,Jn "a
dress which is drivel unembellished by
a flower of rhetoric He talks about
"chaining America to Europe's golden
chariot" at a time when the main
tenance of the gold standard has given
to us financial supremacy over all the
world. He links Boer victories with al
legged panics. We are surprised at his
moderation in not declaring that the
bubonic plague Is threatening this
country because we have not free coin
age of silver. He supports the green
back, because 1t is all fiat instead of
only so per cent. And he stirs about
the dreary mess that he has made of
the Philippine question.
Every man should be conscious of his
vocation and true to it. If nature has
given to him any speciality. however
mean, he should make the most of it.
She was not wholly kind to Mr.. Bryan.
She denied to him the capacity to rea-
son from facts. and to distinguish in
the slightest degree the relation be-
tween cause and effect. In compensa-
ton she endowed him with fervid inn
agination and an agile tongue. II is
neither wise nor kind Of him to forego
the use of these gifts. When he was
most foolish he has always been more
or less picturesque. When he had moth
ing to add to information, he contrib
uted to gaiety. He is no longer even
amusing. Jones, of Arkansas, is a bet
ter mirth-compeller today. We warn
Mr.. Bryan that he is in danger. The
tragedian of waning powers retains still
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sire may be that the people should rule.
but Il win soon become apparent that
II u not the miners but the men living
on them who are the people. .
Men who are going to Nome. whether
they are members OF the Alaska Min
ers' Association or not. may well hesi-
tate before they protest against the
presence Of troops there. No fond re-
membrance OF the old-time reputable
miners meeting. no blind spirit OF indc-
pendence. no persuasive prompting or
adroit urging Of fee-seeking agents
should lead them into believing that
Nome is to be made up OF such people as
those who went through hardships to
fnd gold on the Yukon and established
camps where miners meetings dealt out
good law. The conditions are different.
the people will be different, and to pre-
serve order ana protect the rights Of
parties will be different task. Daw-
son, with its life at high pressure and
q population suddenly drawn from all
parts Of the world. would not have sur
vived miners rule for season without
recourse to vigilantes. Nome will be
even more Of q mecca for the undesir-
able. and the very best guarantee Of
the preservation Of peace and the dis
comhture Of lawlessness will be the
presence there Of the United states uni
form.
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edge. Against them we have only the
theories Of men who. never having been
within five or ten thousand miles
Of the spot. acquire their views
by porting over miserable books"
men who insist that the Filipino
is to be treated in the same way
an the member OF community
with an inheritance Of centuries OF en-
lightenment and training for self-gov-
ernment: men who hate the administers
tion and would offer the whole people
of the Philippine islands as wretched
sacrifice on the altar Of party success.
We say that there was never a clear
er duty set before our people. In all
the problems that have been pressed
upon this nation, there never was one
In which the facts stood forth 30 un-
disputed and established by indepen-
dent and consenting testimony. Away
with frivolous pretences. abstract
theories without application to the
truth as 1t is. the malice OF personal
enmity, the recklessness Of partisan at
tack. AS by pillar Of fire the path
OF our duty Is marked before US, clear
and shining way. In the name Of the
Lord, in the name OF humanity and
progress and American civilization, we
have set up our banner. In that name
the people OF this nation give the great
command, Forward"
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II st. Louis wished to prevent the dis
charge of Chicago's sewage into the
Mississippi river, 1t might have been a
good idea to enter protest before that
100000 900 was expended on the drain
age canal, instead OF afterward.
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Our Present Duty.

The eloquent and telling speech Of
Senator Beveridge should convince
every true American of the present duty
of the United States in the Philippine
islands. He Is not a man whom par
tisanship has warped. His vision is
keen and his instincts are true He is
not visionary or theorist. He has
looked upon the situation with his own
eyes. unclouded by passion. He speaks
rs an American citizen, emulous of the
highest, anxious for the discharge of
our duty to the Filipinos. to the world.
to ourselves. 1t Is impossible that his
earnest and burning words should fail
to carry conviction to an unprejudiced
mind.
He recounts the material advantages
and possibilities OF the islands; not as
an appeal to avarice. but to show what
the heritage Of their own people may
become under firm and wise control.
He says Of the natives as a whole that
they are at present Incapable Of self
government. Mixed in race. familiar
with no methods but the execrable rule
Of the Spaniard, 1t would be refine
ment of cruelty and the doom OF free
dom to place in their hands power
which they know not how to use. AS
well shut child In the dynamo room
OF a great electrical concern and ex-
pect him to manage the machinery and
escape without harm. He calls for
prompt action, and declares that the
only hope for the Philippines lies in a
just government by us; in the rule of
men who are brave physically as well
as morally; as incorruptible as honor,
as stainless as purity; men whom no
force can frighten, no influence coerce.
no money can buy"
What is the reply? Only paltering
with the question whether or not we
obtained or could obtain sovereign
rights in the islands; foolish talk about
rights Of cession." and the claim that
the Filipinos had right to expect rec
ognition and the grant of independence.
Who are ''the F'ilipinos?" We have the
highest authority for declaring the term
to be meaningless as indicating homo
geneous race capable of acting together
as political unit. The Filipinos are an
aggregation of some sixty tribes. Out
of 100000 people and upwards, one
tribe numbers as high as 100000 souls.
There are some of 100000, and many
Of small numerical strength. All of
these differ so far in language that one
cannot even understand another. There
is no solidarity, no tie save that of COM
talk of a Filipino nation" what twad-
die to urge recognition of a govern
ment" that has had and can have no
limits that are not co-extensive with
the members of a single tribe; what a
crime to daily with theories that do not
tally with this basis Of fact. but do red
den the earth with the blood of our
sons every day that they are allowed to
influence our action
The mists and the misunderstanding
have cleared away from the Philippine
question. We know the facts about it;
know them from Dewey, from Schur-
man, from Beveridge. In this list we
have the great naval commander, the
scholar and student of government. the
keen and unbiased man Of affairs.
Each of them has covered the ground,
looked at the situation face to face,
speaks from absolute personal knowl-
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and Sunday, double that OF amy
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state OF Washington. Advertising
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Senator Hoar is not "skulker," but
he is a very wearisome old man, whose
persistence is greater than his judg-
ment or his information.
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1t is wonderful how quickly fashions
change. Four years ago 1t was intend
ed as a mark of opprobrium to call a
man gold bug" Now 1t is a. high
compliment.
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France demands an apology as well
as an indemnity from Santo Domingo:
but France has not given either to
Dreyfus.
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England seems to take the news Of a
defeat more calmly than no news at all.
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AMusEMnsrs roDAY.

SEATTLE THEATER-"Amy Robsart."
THIRD AVENUE THEATER - THE
Hottest Coon In Dixie
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Political platforms will be cut on the
bias this year.
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SEATTLE, THURSDAY, JAN. IL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-04
is BEING APPROPRIATE ELY
OBSERVED HERE-THE
DAYS ATTRACTIONS.
RACES AT THE PARK.
A. G. Aliens Big Minstrel Com
pany Here-Gun Club
Shoot a Feature.

Pine Bluffians who haye remained
at home will have every facility for
properly celebrating the great and
glorious fourth of July.
The Pine Bluff an Club will give
an exhibition contest shoot at their
grounds near the waterworks, be-
ginning at 1:30 o'clock p. m In
the shoot large number OF state
celebrities will participate.
A. G.Allen's big aggregation Of
Ministries will give shows to-
night. Popular prices prevail.
The company is the largest aud
most complete gathering of minstrel
stars on the road, the performances
to be given under large tent. The
tent performance is the latest fad in
the theatrical world.
The races at Jones Park are the
| the most important features of the
day. Mr.. f. B. Tomlinson has got
ten up program of four harness
races, IN which SINE OF the fast
trotters and PAGERS in the city will
compete.
Prof he Mares new brass band
will furnish music and every pleas
ure will be furnished the spectators
RACE PROGRAM.
A 4 l.. raanc hoof txAn In 4hrnas
mile heats.
First Race-3-minute trot. Purse
$40. Entrance fee. 81. 5 to enter;
to start. First horse, $40; second,
$l2 80; third, $50.
NAME. OWNER. DRIVER
Lady Alien, m. Bsee@ Vose
Maud H, ~ W, Harpeg 8ose
Lady Burns, b m, Hahiey Roussey
Bud weiser, y IN, w Jones Jones.
Second Kaee-2:40-Tr and Pace.
Purse. $50. Entrance fee, $5, 5 to
enter; 3 to start. First horse, $25.
second; Sis; third, $40.
NAME OWNER DRIVER.
Signal Bells, b &, Dr Withers. vose
Bre. re, h m. John Perdue. Vose
Young Executor b w Jones, ones
Archie, b z, w. d. Hearn. Hearn
Third Racc-Free-for-all trot and
pace Purse, $50, Entrance fee, So.
5 TO enter 3 TO start. First horse,
S25; second, $15; third, $40.
| NAME. OWNER. DRIVER.
Trixter, 8. Wiley Jones JONES'
Bell b m. Y. p. Wilkins Jr. Roussey.
H. Harris. b &. Fletcher c. Co. Vose.
Fourth RACE mile dash. Purse.
$25. Entrance fee, $3.50. 5 to enter:
3 to start. First horse. $l2 SO; Sec
ond, 81 so; third, S..
The anfranee for this race will be
made known at the park.
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LOOK 0UT.THe RE.

We have observed for the past sew
eral nights that several merchants Of
this city, who signed the agreement
TO close their doors at $50 ps m., airs
keeping open these warm evenings.
This, we think, is wrong. They
signed the agreement voluntarily
and should bt. meg and back up their
words. There il general dsss tisfae-
ton on the paFt Of the clerks and
the other business men Who are
=eOmpiYiJ,4 with the agreement, at
the action Ct these nHaPpt eeiative
few lte eierk ia fffthful servant
aud deserves u little recreation these
fearfully hot hightr. A number of
clerks were conssregateu at certain
place this morning when a Graphic
reporter made his appearance. Upon
questioning one Of the clerks, the re-
porter was addressed as follows:
1--WE know that If the actions of
these Merchants are not discontinue
ed, all the stores will reopen during
the evening.
There is a move OH foot in some OF
the labor organizations to boycott
those who will not close at $50 and
we the clerks) will take the matter
into our own hands and 'rotten-e2g
the farce petition signers. 1t is no
more than fair that we should have
the evenings at our disposal and
someone should be careful or a bad
odor will soon be in the air. II the
merchants didn't want to close, why
did they sign the petition?"
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ALIENS eoGoREB MlNsTRELs.

A. &. Aliens Original New Orleans
Minstrels. The big city show, 10
nights in Chicago, PLAYING to 245 ,696
paid admissions. The company will
appear here under canvass tonight.
With an avalanche OF brilliant new
attractions, under the spacions,
commodious Grand Pavilion, chaste
and elegant III conception, moral
and ref ned in tone, unparalleled In
daring exploits. electrical In thrilling
features. Containing the greatest
variety ever before presented by any
show The funniest comedians,
the most Imaginable pantomimes, the
most adroit and graceful pastimes
presented by many acknowledged
leading colored performers, known
to the minstrel world. Owing to
the large seating capacity OF their
tent the price of admission is placed
al ] 5 and 25cents.
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NEW HOSE WAGON.

The city council has authorized its
board of p bile affairs to purchase
new hose wagon from Mr.. Louis
koers, of Little Rock. Work will
begin on it at once. Mr.. Koers de-
signed and built the hose wagon
now in use at engine house No. l..
several Years ago and 1t is giving
most sa tisfactOry service. He is an
exp erienced man il that line and we
are glad he has been given the order.
The new wagon will be placed at
engine house No. 2 on West Fifth
avenue and the hose cart done away
with.
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Hawley-Farm work has been push
ed RAPIDLY for several days, aud
while cotton is still very grassy i.
looks well; some has been abandon
ed on account of the rains and scar
city of labor. Corn laid by, but in
the grass and weeds; the corn crop
is good. but the outlook for cotton
is not so good,
Brlnkley, Monroe county Vim.
Hoover-No farm work done this
week; cotton is very snail ard very
grassy and is turning yellow; corn
badly damaged.
Pine Bluff, Jefferson county,.
NJ. Hudson 1t has rained nearly
all the week; ground is thoroughly
soak ed; crops very grassy; some
corn and cotton abandoned Cotton
making too much weed aud not
fruiting well. Where corn has been
worked well the crop promises fair
yield. Fruis of all kinds rotting.
Bryant, Saline couaty-T. &.
Tomlinson-Too much rain. Cotton
IS growing rapidly but IS getting
very grassy. Corn laid by. Apples
falling off.
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REDFlELD REVIEW.

Special Correspondence.
REDFIELD. ARK. July 2-Mr. and
Mrs. Payer. accompanied by Miss
Kornbaumg returned to their home
at Ulm Station Monday.
Miss Kate Hammett left Satui day
morning for Little Rock, where she
will sp nd the Fourth of July.
Mr. Harve Holman, after an abb
sence of several weeks, has returned
to his post here.
Miss Fife Hawk is visiting in Pine
Bluff this week. She leaves there for
Star City. where she will spend the
rem aiming summer months.
Mrs W. l.. Cobb is spending this
week IN Little Rock.
Miss Jennie Wheat will spend the
Fourth in Pine Bluff. visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. Charlie Brown of Pine Bluff,
was calling on his friends Sunday !.
Surely he has some attraction here.
Misses Genie and Mable Henry left
for Pine Bluff Monday eve. They
are the guests of Mrs. Perry.
Miss Jennie Townsend leaves
Tuesday for Little Rock.
"PHrL."
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Will Qaarles, white man from
Morrillton, was arrested in this city
recently by Officer Culpepper and de-
livered to the Morrillton officials,
who came here alter him. Quarles
is wanted there on a charge OF grand
larceny. He came to this city few
days ago with his wife and five
small children. The family is now
on the hands Of the local police, who
are collecting money to send them
back to Morfillton. Q1arles is nov
in jail at that place.
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AND MORE FAVORABLE AND
CROPS ARE PROGRESS
ING NICELY.
REPORTS BY COUNTIES.
Crops Grassy in Jefferson-Some
Corn and Cotton Abandoned
Fruit Rotting.

United States department of ag
riculture, climate and crop bulletin
of the weather bureau, Arkansas
section, for the week ending July 2:
The weather has been decidedly
warmer during the past week.
Rain has been general and in many
localities it was excessive Owing
TO the continued wet weather no
Roadway could be made in the cult
walton of crops and as result corn
and cotton are badly in the grass.
N any fields have already been aban.
doned IN the lowlands, and IN some
other sections black blight has
made its appearance on cotton.
Wheat and oats are being gathered
and in most sections much damage
is being done by the continuous
rains.
Apples are rottiag in soma local.
ties and continue to fall off ia most
sections, and while the crop prom
fses fair in some localities t will be
almost failure ia most places.
Peaches and plums promise fair to
good yields. Irish potatoes are
generally good but there is some
complaint of them rotting in the
g ound in some localities.
REPORTS BY COUNTIES
Ely, Ashley county,. P. Machen
There has been no farm work done
this week; the heaviest rains of the
season fell this week. All crops
are badly damaged and in the grass
and weeds; about half of the corn
has been ruined and great deaf Of
the cottop drowned out.
Orlando, Cleveland county-W.
S. Kirkpatrick-Cotton net fruiting
well, dry weather ard sunshine
badly needed, oats damaged in the
field.
Dumas, Desha county-John Il.
Ellis-Another week of unfagorable
weather for farm work; 40 per cent
would be high estimate on both
corn and cotton.
Winches ter, Drew county, T.
Cheairs-Cotton that has been
worked is all weed and is firing
rapidly and bottom limbs falling off;
the greater portion of the crop IS
smothered by grass and weeds; not
enough Labor to clean and cultivate
toe crop if the weather was favora
bic.
Grady, Lineoln county-James Fl.