The independent., 1903-08-27

shown by the condition OF affairs in
Denver The Denver News lTom Pat
tersons paper} says: '"The regular
democratic organization has fallen 10
cally into the hands of men who are
controlled by the corporations and
who are assuming to proceed through
the action of a committee because they
are afraid to call primaries or hold
convention to choose delegates to the
state convention which viii nominate
a judge of the supreme court. Ihey
have broken the party rules and are
ignoring the wishes Of the voters OF
the party both in regard to the new
charter, the state convention and the
choice of a new committee for the city
and county" The News calls upon
the democrats who are opposed TO cor
poration rule to form new organlza-
ton. Hadn't Tom Patterson better
take his paper and himself and get
back into the peoples party.
The whole daily press of the United
States is in a state of wOnderment
ever the discovery of congressman
who has refused railroad passes. HIS
name is Baker and he lives in Brook
lyn, N. Y, and was elected by the
democratic reform movement which
fights Dave Hill and Grover Cleveland.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
republican literary bureau located IN
the statistical offices at Washington
it is generally conceded by all In
telligent persons that our export trade
| to the Philippines is no longer IN
creasing, but actually declining, and
that what little trade does exist is due
TO the presence of our own people in
the islands, a great silence has fallen
upon the imperialist newspapers re-
garding the material advantages OF this
far-off conquest. A few are beginning
to reiterate the benevolent asslmlia-
ton ideas and one or two the God ana
manifest destiny talk of three or four
wears ago. One has taken the position
that it was never expected that the
trade of the islands would amount to
anything, but they were gobbled be-
cause we wanted foothold in Asia to
push our trade with China. They don't
: attempt, however, to tell how the sub
, irgation of those islands Is going tc
aid us in selling goods to China. They
: leave that to the imagination.
The republican dailies have beer
| telling us lately very much about thu
glory, magnificence and honor tha
r has been achieved by John Hay ant
: the state department in getting tWt
e more ports opened for trade to all ma
: tions in China What these great Chi
. nese cities are like to which we hav
f been admitted to trade is shown in I
: cablegram to the London Times. On
n of them is described as follows: "Ol
s the Chinese side of the mouth Of tn
: Yalu is the town of Ta-tung-kau, wit
O 5000 inhabitants. From the anchor
e age to the shore it is distance of fou
miles by narrow channel, or rathe
ditch, which is dry at low water. Thi
v is the port which America desires Chi
J. IA to open to foreign trade Th
d other one is like unto it. The Who'll
r press of the United States being prat
d tically under the direction of plutot
,e racy, the people are made to believ
i that a great and glorious thing ha
" been done. The obvious duty of ey
GFY ICIOIulCI 10 W push ClC SlINuIc
ID tion of the few papers left that dal
ct to print the truth.
re
M Miss Ruth Bryan, daughter of w.
le Bryan, will take up college settlemel
Id work at Hull House, Chicago, und'
ce Miss Jane Adams. Mrs. Bryan ar
t. her daughter recently visited Chicas
err and Miss Ruth became very much il
an terested in the sociological work tn
an is carried on at Hull House. Mi
Bryan is nineteen years and has f
some time been deeply interested
th sociology and economics.
TT
ct- The soft coal trusts have been a
he vancing the price Is cents a ton ca
of month since the first of July and
ite tend to keep up the practice until t
nd first of January. AS long as the &C
lat ernment refuses to enforce the cri
ess inal section of the antitrust law t
ct trusts will continue to multiply
ro- numbers and increase their exactio
in
nat Another evidence that the boom
of business is on the decline Is that
the Pennsylvania railroad will lay off
ray 500 men on September 1, to reduce
ow penses. That is the way the thing
me begun every time