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Where Imperialism Really Is.

The expression of political opinion in
the South Is so far free and unrestrained
that opposition to the Republican party
is allowed to declare itself boldly. Accord
ingly a North Carolina newspaper, the
Daily Observer Of Charlotte, can say this
of President MCKINLEY. on his renomina-
ton at Philadelphia. without fear of social
and political ostracism:
THAT he has any individual Judgment the country
does not believe; that ne has been Arm in action /,
distinctly not true. nor Is II true that he inspires the
confidence OF the country. On the contrary. Il wants
a more self reliant director general than II has In him;
It wants at the helm a steadier hand than he has
shown himself to have"
That ia. according to this North Carolina
paper, the country wants an Imperial
Dictator. a "self-reliant director-general."
rather than a Constitutional President
sworn to execute the laws as the servant
OF the people and not their master.
The Constitution Of the United States
starts out, it will have been observed by
every one who has taken the pains to read
ment Of a self-reliant directorgeneral."
but by vesting all legislative powers In
the Congress. The powers OF the President
are described in the Second Article, but
| none of them permits Of his becoming a
self reliant director-generaS." So far
from that. the Article carefully and ex-
plicitly restraints him from exercising any
such imperial functions. He must from
time to time give 20 the Congress informa-
! ton of the state of the Union and recon-
| mend to their consideration such measures
| as he shall judge necessary and expedient;"
but he receives no power to enforce his
| will upon IL. Nothing is said or implied
| that makes him the helmsman. with a steady
| or an unsteady hand. His only steadiness
Il to be in taking care that the laws shall
! be faithfully executed" not a. director
general" but "a the Executive with care
fully limited powers. The President can
: not make treaties except With the consent
of two-thirds of the Senate and his appoint
ments must be made by and with its advice
and consent. except that Congress in its
discretion may by law vest in him alone
inferior appointments. His sole power
in legislation consists in his right Of veto
but hat power can be overruled by a two
thirds vote Of Congress. Moreover, the
! President b subject to impeachment by
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The oflcial announcement that no troops
Will be Withdrawn from South Africa until
the war is over is q recognition by the British
Government Of the fact that. as yet, the two
republics are not conquered, though one OF
them. the Orange Free State. has been sup
pressed by military proclamation. The war
therefore, stnl exists, and unless the British
Generals with all the advantage OF NUMBERS
which they enjoy succeed in surrounding and
capturing the Free State commaDdos uhae are
harassinS their communications very shortly,
the war Is destined 10 drag ont for some time
yet. The disaster to a body OF Basutos. the
report Of which seems TO have been suppressed
who were working on the repair OF the rail-
way north Of Kroonstad. opens up a new pos
sibility In the war. The British military au-
thorities In the Free State depend almost en-
tirely on Basuto labor for their work OF ono
kind and another. and II the Basutos, OF whom
some twenty were killed and 200 captured by
the Beers on the occasion alluded to, And the
British cannot protect them. they Will return
to their mountains and there wait the finish
OF the war. There Is another matter which
has not been mentioned 80 far In the let
tiers of correspondents from south africa
but which il frequently referred to In Rho
ue>ldn ana OtneT NOutn hlTl'dh puIeiS, hhu
that is the number Of Lse-Metford and other
different kinds OF rifles with ammunition that
have been found in the hands Of natives, par
~ticularly In Rhodesia. How they got there
is still a mystery. though careful inquiry has
been made.
The news that the Beers who have been
keeping Gen. bundle actively employed try
ing TO prevent them from breaking through
to the south have succeeded appears by the
reports received In fondon yesterday TO be
correct. They cannot. however, go very far
before finding themselves confronted by Gen.
Chermside's division, which, when last heard
Of, was somewhere in the neighborhood Of
Bloemfontein. The state Of health of the
British troops last month in the Free State
may be Judged Of by the fact that at the end
Of the month there we're 1000 sick In the hospital
at Bloemfontein alone. There is no news
from the Boer side In the Transvaal. and 1t
seems from what THE u correspondent with
Lord Roberts at Pretoria says. that the British
allow no news from the outside world to PEN
citrate there.
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the House Of the Representatives on charges
Of treason, bribery and other high crimes
and misdemeanors" which the Senate IL
to try. He Is under the law. not above
the law
The criticism of President MCKINLEY
by this North Carolina paper. on the ground
that he does not make of himself a more
self reliant director general is therefore
distinctly imperialistic In spirit, n does
violence to the system Of popular govern
ment established by the Constitution.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, also. throughout his
Administration as President. was con-
t~inually and bitterly assailed for not keep
ing a steadier hand at the helm and was
hdiculed for his obedience to popular
s~entiment-for keeping his ear to the
ground" Mr.. CARL ScHuRz. who Is now
finding 80 much fault with MCKINLEY.
was no less convinced that LINcoLN's
hand was not steady enough Mt the helm
and that he himself was better fitted to
steer the ship.
Really, the only Imperialism which has APP
peared in this Republic is among the people
represented by the North Carolina paper.
the people who demand that President
MCKINLEY shall defy both the letter and
the spirit Of the Constitution by imposing
his imperial will on the people as a more
self reliant director-general." and thus
invite deserved impeachment. The strong
man for whom they cry out would not be
q Constitutional President but an %unconsti-
tutional Dictator.
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How Many PattisOns?

The Hon. ROBERT f. PATTIsoN of Pennsyl-
vania, in 1895 a Gold Democrat who by bolt
ing BRYAN created the impression that
national honor was of higher importance
with him than partisan regularity, an
nounces his intention Of supporting BRYAN
at the next election. BRYAN and his party
being what they were, it Ia plain that Mr..
PATTIsoN revolted. not on the issue of hon
est money. but as one of a faction likely to
lose their power by BRYAN 8 success. II was
all small politics with the Pennsylvania. He
WASH for honest money, but against BRYAN;
andnow, hopeless Of controlling the Demo-
cratic party, he concludes that the best
thing to do is to make terms with his oppo-
nents and take what he can get.
II is impossible to say how many Patti
sons there are. but every Gold Democrat
must ask himself whether he is one.
Did you bolt because Of sincere opposition
to the fraud Of free silver, or because Of
mere unwulingness to submit to the Bryan
faction' Are you a Pattison2
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The Population Of Porto Rico.

The results Of the Porto Rican census.
taken in October last. show that the island
has e53, 243 inhabitants. With a population
Of 2c4 to the square mile, Porto Rico is the
only densely peopled part Of our new pos
sessions. The density in the Hawaiian ISL
ands in 1896 was 1873 to the square mile.
The Philippines have about 5000, 600 inhabi-
tants, but the total area is very large and
population Is dense only in parts Of Lu-
ION and in Panay and Cebu. There are
about IS inhabitants to the square mile in
Luzon and ia in the other islands named.
Porto Rico. on the other hand, compares
with the more thickly settled parts Of our
country. The island Is surpassed in this re-
spect only by Rhode Island and Massachu-
sets, and its present density OF population
IL more than twice as great as that Of New
York state In 1890.
There are good reasons why Porto Rico
should have a far larger population, In pro-
portion to area. than Cuba. The island was
always the favored colony of the Spanish.
For over two centuries Spain invited colon
~ization. Lands were allotted gratis. while they
lasted, and settlers were exempt from direct
taxation. The interior. though very billy,
is well adapted for small farming. Most OF
the land is owned by the %peasantry in small
holdings, fruit farms predominating, though
there are many small coffee estates as well
as large and small farms raising sugar. to-
bacco and cattle. This is the reason why
four-ffths Of the population is scattered
through the rural districts and only one
fifth live in the towns. Porto Rico Is nota-
bly, a country Of small farmers.
The census figures already published do
not give the respective number ofthe four
classes OF population. the so-called Creoles
or Spanish descendants Of the better class,
the Gibaros or lower class Of white peasan-
try. the mixed whites and blacks, and the
negroes. The negroes have always been in a
decided minority in Porto Rico.
The island is still growing in population.
Since 1887. the density has increased from
220 to 264 TO the square mile. With good
government. more schools, and larger com
mercial opportunities, there need be 10
pause in the development Of Porto Rico.
But not a few observers believe the island
has population enough. There is little pros
pect that an increase in density would be
advantageous.
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The Paregoric Platform.

We do not believe that the representa-
tives Of tho Panama Canals interests paid
5000. or FIVE cents. to anybody to procure
the suppression OF the word "Nicaraguan y
and the substitution OF the word " isthmian ="
in the Philadelphia plank about an inter-
oceanic waterway.
I II they did. they wasted their money.
The change would have been made anyway.
1t was inevitable, according to the methods
OF the astonishing syndicate Of perlphrasers
and circumlocution smiths who prepared the
| final draft that was innocently adopted by
the Convention.
The mere fact that the Republican plat
| form Of 1895 had contained a resolution de-
handing the construction Of the Nicaragua
Canal by the United States Government was
a guarantee that this years resolution
would be something less positive, II the sub
committee could arrange II. Nicaragua"
was altogether too specific. too definite.
too objective, too bold. to suit the ideas Of
these revisers. Their wisdom foresaw that
it might bring the platform into controversy
with the Supreme Court, or the Sons Of
Malta, or the Postmaster at Colon. or some
body or something. So they naturally sub
stituted "isthmian." 1t il wholly unnec-
essary to suppose that anybody was hired
to make the alteration.
1t was the same way nearly all through.
Wherever anything was written In plain
black ink the subcommittee dipped It's pen
in paregorio and crossed out the rashly dis
tinct word or phrase. The subcommittee
was an artist in soporiac literary effects. To
change the figure slightly. the final re-
vision took out all the mustard In the
platform and left only the f1axseed.
The result Of these labors Of extreme eau
ton and far-seeing wisdom is that the Re-
publican national platform Of 1900 will ex-
ercise about as much influence in this
campaign as JUNIUs's eleventh letter to
the Duke Of GRAFTON does.
Fortunately. 1t makes very little difference.
Republican principles, policies and inten-
lions were distinctly and forcibly stated
both by Senator WoLCoTT and Senator
LODGE. Their speeches to the Convention
ought to be printed by millions and circu-
lated everywhere. They will be supple
mented by Mr.. MCKINLEy's letter of
acceptance. when that appears.
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MIR. Clark Of Montana at Kansas city

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Our Demo-
cratic friends announce with much gusto that
they will insert In their national platform a
plank demanding the election Of United States
Senators by a direct vote OF the people. They
give as their reason for such action q desire 10
put an end to the constantly recurring scan
dals' OF bribery and perjury.
With it. usual consistency this same party In
the State OF Montana has indors,d the Hon.
W. A. Clark by making him a delegate to the
National Convention. to vote loud and vocifer-
ously for the reform plat '~orm-Bryan. popular
elections Of Senators. and all.
To what lengths can the Democratic party 20
in making itself ridiculous' SPECTATOR.
NEW YORK, June 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-28
RumOrs From the Eastern Mediter-
ranean

While public attention has been largely
taken up with the affairs Of China and
South Africa, there have been things pass
ing in the countries bordering on the east
ern Mediterranean that will call for notice
sooner or later. The Sultan Of Turkey has
decided to build a railway between Damas-
Gus and Mecca; and. further, he has de-
cided that only soldiers shall be employed
In its construction. The meaning OF this
is simply that a large number Of Turk
ish troops is about ID be concentrated
In Palestine and at points not very far dis
tant from the Suez Canal. This is a matter
that is obviously Of considerable interest to
the actual If not legally recognized suzerain
Of Egypt, the British Government. The re-
port that the citadel Of Cairo is to have n
number Of heavy guns and quick frers
added TO its armament. and hat the British
materially "a soon as the troops required
Fan be taken from elsewhere. is not, there
fore, a subject for much surprise.
Disquieting rumors have also come from
Abyssinia, according to which the Emperor
MENELIK Is preparing to march a large army
toward the Nile; and it is stated that there
are fresh signs of disaffection among the
soudanese troopsin the Egyptian Army, the
cause of which is unexplained, though by
some it Is attributed to the influence Of the
Senoussi. whose agents have been very ac-
tive of late in central and eastern Soudan.
Whatever are the underlying causes for the
movement of Turkish troops into Palestine
and Arabia and the increased armament OF
the Cairo citadel, and for the reported
action of the Emperor MENELIK and the
disaffection Of the ~Soudanese troops, the
fact that they occur 500 after the an
nouncement Of a reconciliation between the
Sultan Of Turkey and the Senoussi has
to be taken into account. 1t should also be
borne in mind that it Is not so long ago
that there was an exchange of civilities
between the Sultan and the Emperor MEME
LIK through special missions sent to their
respective capitals. These condolences
ought to be noted, as there is very little
doubt that they have a bearing on the situa-
ton described.
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Evanston's Bicycle Bug.
From the CHICAGO Record,

Evanston Is now presenting to science the
latest freak in bugs the bicycle" bug. This
hornet-like insect looks like a ~caricature OF .
New Jersey mosquito. On a body little more
than an inch long 1t supports a pair Of tentacles
four inches long with which It works havoc
with the rubber tires Of the wheels. The bug
bores into the rubber until the escaping an
frightens II away.
The first wheelman to suffer was Peter Arndt.
Re found one OF the tires fiat. while on tho
other was the first bicycle" bug that has YET
been captured. He took his prize to v 1T Broth
ers' repair shop. where II soon drew a crowd Of
curious spectators. Before the afternoon had
passed a number OF Chicago wheelmen told the
same story OF the strange bug.
Prof. William A. Looy OF the Northwestern
University biological laboratories called the
bug an ichneumon. II Is not common in this
country, Its usual place OF burying Its ten,a-
cles is In the bark Of a tree. laying It's eggs
through them. Prof. Locy said that perhaps
the bug mistook the soft rubber for the pulp on
the trees.
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FROM tho Forum.

y
The growth Of land values Is one Of the most won;
derfui phenomena OF the age. Every inch Of land be-
tween King William statue and Trinity Square, Lon
don. cost $50 los. or AT the rate OF sisi .O00. 900 per
acre-beyond all doubt the highest price ever paid In
England for land. The Southeastern Railway Com
pany was asked at the rate Of S65, 900. 900 per acre for
a piece OF ground In Bermondsey. which had a depth
OF sixteen feet only. The demand was so exorbitant
that even a railway company had TO pause. nnally
declining 70 purchase. In the year 1880 land In Can
non street was sold for $50 a square foot. and six
years later the price Of land In this identical street
went up TO S75 a square foot-an increase typical OF
the growth Of land values In London, even In suchs
shor, period Of time as elapsed between 1880 and 1888.
In 1879 the rental OF the corporation property In
Liverpool reached the small sum Of SOS; TO day II Is
worth 500, 500. 900. Last year. In the principal street
OF the city. the hgh-water mark OF land value was
reached In the purchase by the Stock Exchange al the
rate Of 81, 1870 per square yard Of some land necessary
for the extension Of It's buildinga
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Gifts to American Colleges.

The Chicago Times-Herdld publishes
q list of the gifts made to American col
leges and universities during the year
1900 o O 1t is imperfect. including only
2l0 institutions out of twice that number
or more and it doesn't include three great
universities, Columbia, Leland Stanford.
Jr., and the University OF Minnesota.
Curiously enough. the Times-Hrdld does
not mention the last university, which,
II we are not mistaken, now has more stu
dents than any of its rivals except Harvard.
But imperfect as the list is, it Is interesting
and valuable. 1t shows hat gifts and
endowments TO the amount Of $40, ga 1902
were received by 2l9 colleges during the
past year. An immense sum. which speaks
well for American generosity and for Amer
lean interest in education.
The rich men have done their part, as
they always do. The bulk Of the latest
funds comes from them, but If n detailed
statement Of all the contributions were
made, it would show mite after mite. the
offerings OF men and women Of moderate
means. Mr.. ROCKEFELLER offered to give
<OV,pV w plVWh ~ ~ iiNi'N VI lIlht
college would raise the rest of the million.
They raised nearly a hundred thousand
more. From the great sons of PLUTUs,
scattering millions with a smiling hand,
TO the mother leaving her hundreds or
her thousands In memory Of her son, the
roll Of benefactors of the American college
Is a noble one.
The drawers Of the big prizes this year
ware, besides Brown, the Washington Uni
versity of st. Louis with 81. 200. 900; Harvard
with 81, 900, 900; the University of Chicago
insatiate HARPER!-with sl,0io, 2s6 and the
Chicago Institute with 81 900, 900.
The South has not yet begun to feel much
of the golden rain. but some it is getting
She has many obscure and struggling
colleges as well rs a few well known. She
Il producing m~illionaircs, in spite Of the
Democratic party; and unless the Southern
millionaires are Of a different breed from
that of their Northern brothers they will
not he able to keep their right hands from
making checks payable to the order OF
college trcasurerS. Gifts Of more than
100000 to Tennessee colleges are Inscribed
on the Tines-Herdid's register. That
admirable school, the University of the
South, got sGs, 600 and ought to have twenty
times as much. Its professors and its
publications have made it respected among
scholars. Gifts Of $4,000 to Virginia col
leges are recorded. but THOMAS JRFFER-
SONS admirable university is not among
the h~eneficiaries The North Carolina
colleges got Sal. 500, the South Carolina
$4,000 and so on. Doubtless these figures
would be considerably larger, were the
returns fuller, At any rate, the Southern
colleges are not exempt from that passion
,r Gift and endowment to which so many
mericans are subject,
low strange thc names of many OF these
'eges. all doing a good and hopeful work.
~ most Of US! How many Of us know
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-28
New YOrk's Tough Streets.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir, ] recently
had n discussion with a friend a. to which Is the
toughest street in New York. | have been In
many places, but the toughest street 7 have vet
seen is Eleventh avenue, New York, between
about Thirty-ffth and Forty ninth streets.
Recently | had occasion to go to Eleventh
avenue and Foty-second street from Forty,
seventh street and Sixth avenue Between
Forty-sixth street and Forty-third street I
was stopped by gangs of loafers and held No
it, four times: Not n policeman was in sight
and what could do?
The girls were brazen and Slangy and the mon 7
saw were half drunk, standing on street corners
and insulting every decent girl having occa-
sion TO walk through the streets.
What do We pay a police force forp or arc
these toughs allowed to exist because thcv
vote the Inmmany ticket regularly year after
June "a. JOHN J. SHARpLYss,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-28

The triangular contest In Illinois for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor between Al
SCHUYLER. ORRNpoRrP and ORTsBIInN. from
Aurora. Springfield and Chicago respectively.
has eliminated In the nomination OF the former.
The Republicans have already in nomination as
TANNERS successor at Springfield n
YATES, a clear-cut, young Republican whose
father was the War Governor Of Illinois and
whose nomination was greeted with great
cordiality by all Republicans In the State. which
gave MCKINLEY 10000 majority in 1890. De-
prived OF its most progressive and enlightened
supporters by the advocacy Of policies not In
accord with conservative party traditions. and
Of many Of its former active leaders and most
available candidates for important Office, the
Democratic party Of Illinois was reduced at 'ts
convention OF Tuesday to a trio of obscurities.
Illinois Is a Republican State. never forget. this
year,