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Especial Washington letter.
I'M good friends General Charles
N q eso,ss9o s,, { ). ONO 3s,,. and
who have been swearing by
the beard Of the prophet for decade
that under, the benign influence Of the
Dingley bill, from which. according to
their philosophy, all blessings flow,
there is not a tramp In America must
feel an unpleasant sensation when
they learn that the railroads kill from
1,60O to 1900 tramps annually. Now,
it's clear as crystal that the railroads
could not kill tramps unless there were
tramps to kill Nor can 1t be assumed
by these astute and agile statesmen
that the railroads kill all the trnmps.
| Perhaps, as matter of fact, they
do not kill more than one out Of a;
thousand, which forms some basis
for ascertalning the whole number of
tramps In this land of the free and
home Of the brave. The above figures
were given in carefully prepared pa
per read by Mr.. O.. r. Lewis, superin-
tendent of the two largest charity so
cieties Of New York, before the late
national charities conference at Min
neapolis. VIII Brother Grosyenor and
Brother Lands admit their error and
cease to make such preposterous asser-
tons? Not on your life-not so long
as they believe that anybody can be
roped in to vote the Republican ticket
by SO doing! They probably will fol-
low the White House example and de-
clare that Lewis is liar and a horse
thief because he has dared to tell the
| truth.
| Worse and more of 1t for Grosvenor,
Lands ct Id genus omne, the Phila-
delphia Press, a Republican organ edit
ed by ex-Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith, admits the truth OF the
foregoing figures, and the Washington
Herald, independent, speaks editorial
" of the TRAMP Problem and It's
Solution"
Japs In Texas.
The latest news from Texas is that
the lumber mill owners, having grown
weary of the shiftless negroes and
Mexicans, are employing Japs in their
stead. It Is said that the number Of
Japs now SO employed In the Lone
Star State amounts to 5000 or 1900
and is rapidly increasing. The state
ment, hard to believe, is also made
that one Jap does the work usually
done by two negroes or three Mex
leans. All Of which is important, IL
true. There is no question about there
being a widespread and growing feel
ing of discomfort In the south with the
negro laborer and that he must Inn
prove his ways or he will find him
self supplanted to large extent,
which will hasten the extinction which
inevitably awaits him on this contl-
nent. Certain Of the southern states
are making systematic efforts to de-
4 fleet the tide Of white immigration to
the southwark and appear to be suc-
ceeding somewhat 1t is being made
Il
life and property not being safe In the
south, which has been assiduously cir
culated up north and abroad for, To-
these many years, Is lie made Of
whole cloth. This matter has been and
Is being Investigated by the ambassa-
doris and ministers accredited to our
government, particularly by the Italian
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dor. Their reports are decidedly fa-
vorable to the south. BY reason Of
favorable climatic conditions living is
much cheaper in the south than In the
north. Not SO much food, clothing or
fuel Is necessary. Houses cost less.
Cattle run out in comfort all the win
ter. All these facts, when generally
known, will take white immigrants
into the south in constantly augment
ing numbers.
Aout Of the Mouth Of False Prophet"
The editor in chief of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat should gather his par
Iagraphers together and give them some
hints as to what the policy of the GID.
should be In respect to one w. J. Bry-
an. These gentlemen don't do good
team work. There Is frequentlya clash
Ing OF ideas In the G.-D,'s editorial col
umns. For instance, the other day one
paragraph read as follows:
A Nashville Correspondent speaks OF
tho slender hold OF Mr. Bryan on Ten
nessee." The idea applies to the entire
south and singing out Tennessee In this
respect is pointless.
Another saptent gentleman, seeking
to fill the next column, which was plac-
ed next to reading matter" said:
For eleven years millions Of Democrats
have whooped vociferously when any
speaker rolled forth the phrase the
matchless William Jennings Bryan"
They have contracted the habit, and ora
tors like applause. But what a drop
when the electoral votes are counted!
The first line of the above paragraph
harks back to 1896, II our arithmetic is
not at fault, and that reminds us that
just before the election In 1895 the
CD. said: ss
Six weeks after the coming election
William J. Bryan will have to fall out OF
third story hotel window or get himself
dog bitten in order to get his name In.
the papers
| 1t Is very evident that the CD.
keeDs St0ff NJ ynrx, y,oor ,,c1;finoI