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Especial Washington EettenJ
n ECENTLY have BEEN Debating
with General Charles Bery
IN Grosvenor of Ohio at Caau-
tauquas in Iowa and Illinois.
It is no trouble to feel the public
pulse in these debates and In mtngifng
and talking with the people who attend
them, and they do attend by thousands.
All the signs indicate that the Demo
Gratis will elect the state ticket in Iowa,
also q legislature and from two to five
representatives in congress- Since the
conventions have been held the curses
Of the Hawkeye Republicans are not
only deep, but loud. OF course the
stand patters curse Governor Cummins
and all his works. They swear that he
and his followers stole the convention
bodily and robbed the venerable George
d. Perkins Of the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. Some Republican papers and
thousands of Republican voters have
bolted on that ground. Perhaps that
was to be expected after such hot
contest for such large stakes. The Mss-
ing Of Mr.. Secretary Of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw at the Republican state
convention drove the iron into the souls
OF the stand patters and put themN into
about the same amiableness Of mind as
Q she bear robbed of her cubs The
result Of that Kissing performance was
not unexpected. for. though Secretary
Shaw was both Kissed and rolled, he
has strong following among the Iowa
Republicans. But what was not ex-
pscted was that thousands of tariff re-
vision Republicans should join the stand
patters in swearing at Cummins, but
that Is precisely what Is happening. In
fact, the tariff revision Republicans who
have followed his fortunes are rails
ing" the stand patters in the gentle
game Of cursing Cummins. When they
Femember how vigorously he assailed
the extordonate features Of the Qingley
bill while he was delegate hunting and
when they compare those vigorous ut
terances with the weak and cowardly
tari6 sraddle In the Iowa platform,
made by a convention which was near
~ two to one for Cummins, they bitter
~ assert that Cummins basely deserted
them and entered into compromise
whereby he was to have the nomina.
ton for governor and the stand patters
were to have the platform. Then they
swear IN such fashion as to put to blush
the army in Flanders. Governor Cum
minis is betwixt the devil and the deep
blue sea. The stand patters will beat
him unless he recants his denunciahon
Of the Dingley bill, and If he does re-
cant the Republican tariff revisionists
viii beat him. So he seems, in either
event, to be on the toboggan headed
Tor the shades Of private life. The
stand patters hate him most cordially
Declare privately that he IL not a Re-
Dublican-and would gladly zee Tim
dsfeated to be rid Of him; but as they
can't defeat him without endangering
q majority Of the congressional dele
eston hey are in 4 quandary az to
bow to act In the meantime the Dem
surats have made most excellent nomi-
nG<sons for state and congressional
positions, are thoroughly united and
Az enthusiastically working together,
he they discern a glorious victory IN
1Quvsmbsr.
Uncle Ioo.
In Illinois the state II aAame for
Uncle Joe Cannon for the presidential
nomination. His boom b growing like
q prairie fire, and, II for some
lnsmutable purpose It be the intention
Of Providence to inflict anothsr Repub-
lican president on the country It might
q ws,l be Uncle Joe az any other Re-
publican. Barring his politics, which
Is about a. bad a. possible: b q q tine
old man. and there u no bltuk1ng his
psesouai popularity. The truth is that
ths Republicans are going about With
lantern in broad daylight hunting for
man who has some show Of beating
Bryan. They take up one and boom
him tentatively only to ind that he
went do. Then they ~ another and
another, with the same result. Huw
have The mighty fadlsnl Think Of
neossyeits spoemous majority IN 1904
end t14nk oe thsir wos40 ptight nowt
Rilhu Root, pap.snaAssA
When tie South and cantfal Amer
lps1s hstsasd 10 ths speech Of Hon.
6lhu Root, our secretary at stAtA, they
must havs recalled T11eyrand's Gym
bal saying that Language is intended
- conceal Msas" II ths t1lipanos can
aud time to read his remarks, they
must laugh In thsir s,ssvss as they
had thsir Fides 10 kill snothsr bunch
q eur soidisrs. Hsrs b q sanpis Of
NJ. Roots eloQusncs bApeatA the
Southern Cross. In Q magnlncsnt out
burst hs said:
We wish for no viqtosass esospt those
pf peeoe. We wish Dor I'd territory ex-.
espt our own and no ssvssSasnty except
Saps and rirhts Of the isnahsS and weak
III nsubsf Of TIE family q nations an.
H9sd 70 as mueh respect u that Of the
eFsAtest empire. and ~ dam the OBJ.
ssrvancs Of that respect 10 b the chief
guarantee for the weak stslnst the op-.
PRESTON Of the strong. We nsitheT claim
osr desire any rights or privileges Of
power that we do not frssly concsde to.
WY American republic.
W. WISH to increase our prosperity and
= Erow In wealth and Wisdom of spirit,
s sSs. o., conception Of ths true way to.
fown md profit by thsar rim, but to.
nap all friends to . common prosperity
and 1rowth that we may ali become.
Gssaesr and stronger together.
Now, his words ought to be true, but
hey are not. The Filipinos-svsry one.
not holding an Office under the soyarn-