The independent., 1903-07-02

away on a course all by himself which
nay make a good deal of trouble be-
fore the thing is ended. He did IT
against the Judgment OF his cabinet.
He resolved to forward tC the czar
a protest against the Kisheneff mas
sacre. The Russian government had
given notice to the world that it would
not receive such protest from any
nation Since that massacre, the ear
has done all that any ruler could 10
under such circumstances. Hc has
deposed the governor OF the provin'a
snd arrested over 800 persons, con-
fined them in Jail and ordered their
prosecution To further chow his in
dlgnation at the outrage he has an
nulled many of the cruel laws in forca
against the Jews and granted them
enlarged privileges. 1t is said thar
Secretary Hay in doing this WORK will
take the position that the president is
simply forwarding a petition of the
Jews in this country and that this
government as a government is max
ing no protest. That is drawing It
so fine'' it is probable that the Rus
sian government will not see the point.
The plan is not to send this in the
regular way to the department OF state
ir Russia, but the American minister
there will be instructed to present t
in person to the czar. The car should
reply. that when the United States
abandons the practice of burning
criminals at the stake, when the
Kisheneffs at Rock Creek Sand Cree,
and the murder of Italians at New
Orleans and many other things OF like
sort are wiped from the records Of his
tory, he will take Roosevelt's petition
into consideration. The massacre If
the Jews at Kisheneff was one CT the
most horrible in history. The people
OF the United States have made the.r
protest But this government should
keep it's hands off the affairs of Flu
rope or we will be overwhelmed in
difficulties.
The French government has ap-
pointed a, commission of three distiE-
suished men to act with the American
commission to aid in securing the ac-
ton of governments of the old world
il establishing a fixed price for sill
Vel duu W LIZ E3oid sum
ard in Asia with silver an unlimited
legal tender" That is the way the
dispatches state it, but the fact S
that they mean to establish bimeta,-
lism at the ratio of 80 to /.
The second election in Germany
which occurred in districts where no
candidate had majority at the first
election, have been held. The social
democrats have now 81 members q
gain of 25, and the national socialist
party, which advocates the theories
known as socia lsm in the United
States, has just one member.
A black pail of disgrace is settling
upon these United States. Forty-ninn
negroes have been lynched since jan
uary /, many of them having been
burned alive. Nine have been lynchej
i'll the state of Georgia since the be-
ginning of the year. Since the Will
n ington affair negroes have been
lynched every day somewhere, and in
the northern states as well as in the
southern. In no case was there any
doubt about the execution of the law.
Il is simply beastly blood-thirstiness.
This is poor time for this govern
ment to try to meddle in European
affairs on account of the unlawful
killing of people there
The great dailies have often flung
their jibes and jeers at popnlists.
charging them with ignorance and il
literacy, although the state where
there are the most populists heads the
list of states in the statistics of lit
eracy. But the Chicago Tribune has
such an illiterate writer ON it's edi-
torial staff that he talks about a chat.
ing-dish party and tho preparation of
a welsh rabbit" This long-haired,
anarchistic old pop has heard Of
Welsh ''rarebits," but never of a
Welsh rabbit" wasn't typo
graphical error either for it was re-
peated three times.
Sir Thomas Upton accepted an in
vitation to dine with the rresident not
witbstanding the Booker T. Washing
ton incident.
Populism has taken such hold on