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hels leading to congregation of houses mat front upon a court. Today thev are inhabited by the most wretched of .ne popuiace but at one time they were the residences of the cultured. wealthy ano influential. Here Bonnie Prince 1harle was entertained by the Coun- .,ss or Egilhton, woman so beautiful 'hdi her appearance upon the street al - ways melted mob rudely importunate to bshold her; here resided Lord Darn leyi here lived David Hume, writing his history; here lodged Burns and the comedy daughter of Lord Monboddo. the toast of Edinburgh;n here lived James baiiahtyne, Adam Smith of the "Wealth or NationS; Horatius Bonar, the cele- brated hymn writer, and scores of other literary lights
 Upon certain days in the week one sees upon the streets Of Edinburgh a number "f women in quaint costume which is remarkable for its picturesqueness and preV'ty or skirt. They are the fish wives or Newhaven, a suburban town in- haplted by descendants of Scandinavians They rarely marry out of their own circle and have preserved most of their ancient customs
 Another interesting suburb of the city la Portobello. known as the Brighton of scotland, and sometimes called "Edin- burgh-on- -the-Sea" f"
 
 Tact to the capital of Scotland what Conv island Is to New York or Atlantic City to Philadelphia IVY
 ihe little stone cottages for rent hers during the summer arg very attractive and are rented for the season by mary i1ohuohers who do not care so much for seaside pleasures as for an economical manner of spending period of tims away from the city.
 Every visitor to Edinburgh takes time 70 run to the Firth of Forth and sec ons oi 'he modern wonders of the world com frisea Tn the mammoth bridge which sptlis mat body of water. This stupend- .Is structure IS desighed upon the can ,leFer plan with the balancing bracket system and cost $l5.oo0,0OO. It's dasigner ana builder was seven years at ifs oon suueuon. and when his undertalxing uo. completed he was rewarded with the rank or knlshthood. 1t is mile and a han m length and rises to {, height 45o feet TWO or its gigantic girder arches have span or ll0 feet each. The bridge is ne'ng constantly painted as it is declared 'hat When the workmen have finished upon one end the other end Is ready sor a new coat AS'
 The trip to the bridge Is best made bv boat ana eil route one passes the famous inchcape Rock with it's hell so celahra "A In the ancient ballads.
 Then the tourist also drives in tho ,h a-pank to Boslin chapel, said to constitute With the chapel of Henry VII in Wast- minister Abbey and chapel at Cambridre a trio of the most elabcrately ornamenteS chapes in the world
 Through Edinburgh flow the waters oe Lelth With current as soft as it's name ana spanhed by many handsome bridres. All Of the houses of the city are built cS gray stone and many of them, including the residences. seven and eight storic0 high. This gives the place an air of ex- tremc solidity and frigid dignity; hence have spoken of its elassic.sm as cold anl proud.
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will invade other fields such a policy on their part win stimulate a desire for merchant marine. Mir. Underwood has fought and win continue to fight for legislative encouragement of our merchant marine. Temporarily the 5 per cent discrimination in favor of American bottoms, which he placed in the tariff bill, has been suspended on account of trade treaties made years ago.
 But expansion of trade will create a public sentiment in favor of merchant marine, and when public sentiment is suf- ficiently strong these treaties will be re- pealed, or some other way provided to build up and encourage our own ship ping.
 It has been said that Mir Underwood in becoming a candidate for the United States Senate threw aside all his chances for ever becoming President of the United States Many of his friends thought he should have remained in the House and retained his leadership. In the Senate, they say. he will be lost to the public eye while in the House he would have been constantly in the limelight. But the Senate is a different body-and will be from now on a different body--than it once was. Senators are now elected by the people, and will be more responsive to the will of the people In a year or two Mir. Underwood will become one of the most dominant figures in the United States Senate, just as he was in the House. But 1t would make little difference if he were to disappear entirely for four or five years. It would mat ter little if he were defeated in his contest for the Senate, which Is high ly improbable-if not, in fact impossible. In seven years from now MT. Underwood will be a much bigger man In the eyes of the American people than he is to- day, for they are going to give the credit for the expansion of business; for the development of a merchant marine; for the general prosperity that must follow such consummations, to the tariff law, and they are going to give him the credit for the tariff law.
 This statement runs true with the his- tory of the American people. Mckinley was defeated for Congress after the en- actment of the Mckinley tariff bill. But the prosperity of the country, under the duties levied by that law. brought him back into public life-elected him gov ernor of Ohio and afterward President of the United States.
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bath afternoons. brilliant and kaleido- saunter down the street in their kits of scopic scene. thronged as it is with prom enading citizehs and strolling highland soldiers in flashing kits and bizarre uni form. Some 20 years ago it was quite the custom upon these occasions for the wealthy and influential ;nen of rank to family and clan plaids, but the custom is rapidly disappearing and the sight is rare. The members of each clan wore differ ent plaid and it did not require much time ere a stranger became familiar with the different plaids belonging to the respec- tive families But there is a dark side to the picture and that is in the slums of the city. There is more poverty vis- ible and more drunkenness to the square inch in Edinburgh than in any other city of Europe. Women lie drunk upon the pavements, men sleep off their inebria- tion in the public parks and the bare footed children look as if they had never seen water
 Such scenes, however, gre not obtrlided upon the visitor and he may readily avoid them if he so desires by not visit ing the localities where they obtain.
 The traveller usually makes the castle the first object of his visit and in cross ing the broad esplanade immediately in front of the edifice he generally encoun- ters battalion or regiment of highland infantry in drill. It is a stirring sight and especially allurng to ladies, who no matter how romantic they be in disposi- ton, are apt to forget for the nonce all history, all associations ana all environ .ments as they rush to see the men in maneuver.
 The features of the castle are the crown jewels and the bedroom of Queen Mary, with its quaint window, from which her infant. James VI, was lowered in a bas- ket and taken to Stirling castle for safe- keeping
 Of course Mon Meg is interesting This is huge cannon believed to have been forged in Mons 'in Belgium in 14S5. and strongly resembling the "Dulle Griethe" at Ghent. It burst while firing g salute at the coronation of James VI and after considerable period of exile in London was placed upon it's present site at the instance of Sir Walter Scott To me, however, the most charming fea. ture of the place Is the tiny chapel of St. Margaret. the smallest chapel in exist ence. It is in fact little Norman cell and was erected by the Queen who was among the first to introduce Christianity into Scotland. She was the wife of Nal com Canmore. and expired when she re- ceived the news that her husband and her two sons had been slain upon the field of Alnwick. One cannot enter the chapel without being impulsed to utter little prayer.
 The rock upon which Edinburgh castle is situated presents three sides of sheer ascent. and to all appear. ances the fortress Is impregnable, but 1t was once taken by surprise at night by a mere handful of men,
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benefits that will accrue--if they do accrue-to the people therefrom can not be had or appreciated by the public much before that time. Economic con- ditions, variations in agricultural pro auctions, the prosperity, or the lack of it with our European neighbors, and many other things will effect condi- tions in this country and mako 1t im- possible for the people to judge accur- ately whether they have been bene- fitted or injured by the tariff law, or the currency law. and the various oth- CT policies of the democrats written upon the statutes of the country by the Wilson administration. If then the democratic theory of government is correct by 1920 the great majority of the American people will have had time to ascertain this fact entirely to their satisfaction and the task of elect ing President by our party will be comparatively an easy one.
 Who Will This Democrat Be?
 Who then will live in the White House in 1921? Who is the man that will lead the democratic forces in the campaign of 1920? Who is in the party that the party itself with confidence can say to the country, "here is a man who can step into the shoes of Wood row Wilson and at once command the confidence and the esteem of all inter- ests and all people?" Is 1t Champ Clark? Most assuredly not. The speak CT has had his fling and even among his former supporters at Baltimore it I.1
 thuslast who would go so far as de- clar'ng him a possibility--certainly they all admit that he is far from probability in 1920. Clark is out of it; no one seriously believes that he would ever develop half the strength again that he displayed in 1912.
 Is 1t Bryan? Here and there comes a response to this query that would indicate that there are still people. in the United States who believe that the great commoner will yet occupy the White House. His wonderful person. ality and through 1t his great hold on the affections of the people of the United States will as long as he lives insure him of some support for the presidential nomination, which has been given him three times. But the hold of the Secretary of State upon the democratic party is not as strong as it once was; it Is not even so strong as it was in Baltimore when he all but lost it, and even then it was not strong enough to give him that which the majority of people believe he most de- sired-the nomination for himself It is growing less every day--the fate of circumstances has placed him where he only is the recipient of reflected glory. In addition to this he is grow ing old-in 1920 Bryan will be 65, and he looks to be almost that now. He will go down in history as great American; a wonderful advocate, and
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leader of the people, but never as President of the Uuited States.
 All Signs Point to Underwood
 The nominee of the democratic party In 1920-the man who will live in tn, White House in 1921-is oscar " In. derwood. When one has analysed ths situation and looked 1t over from every for him to arrive at any other con. clusion. Next to Wilson himself, Un. derwood will and must get the credit or bear the blame, for the success ol the failuhe of the present democrati, administration. Next to Wilson. he has been the force In the party whicf has had the most to do with enactine into laws the principles for which thu party stands. Without him and hi, wonderful ability to hold in calm con. trol the turbulent House of Represen. tatives and keep it in line--molding il into a powerful and effective and con. structive force-the President could never have succeeded in passing the leg station through the Congress upor which the party now stands, and tc which 1t points as it's achievements that is to say. without the effective ness of this legislation being seriously impaired by amendments
 Two big factors have contributed tc Wilson's success in getting Congress to do his bidding; the first of these is Underwood's thorough belief ir party unity. The House leader is con vinced that nothing can be accom- plished without first reaching a com. mon ground, upon which the entire then go ahead. In order to do this hs sets the example to others by yield ing frequently his own personal wishes when serious principles are not in- volved. In the tariff making Under wood fought consistently for what he believed to be an ideal tariff law; he did not get 1t, but he got as near tc it as was possible and at the same time keep his party solidly behind him
 He yieldded to Wilson on free woo and free sugar Not that Underwood was opposed to both or either, but be- cause he favored a progress of more caution. He wanted the government to learn how to get along without the great revenues derived from a tariff on wool and sugar by degrees. rather than Top it all off at once, without absolute knowledge how this loss was to be made up. He felt that ultimate results were more certain to be made permanent and lasting if they were ar
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 dividual charms, it is doubt lEA3kVHI full if there is to be found a capital in all Europe that is as pie turesque as Edinburgh. It possesses personal atmosphere, an atmosphere as classical perhaps as that of either Ath- ems or Florence, but it is cold and proud classicism which nevertheless is decidedly impressive.
 The rugged, virile personality of John Knox still frequents it's windswept streets and the spirit of the Wizard of the North" (Scott) fingers upon every corner. Memories of Mary Queen of Scotts hover over the community as d guardian spirit attends its charge and the children of Auld Reekie acclaim with one accord in paying homage to their beautiful but unfortunate sov- ereign,
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 We but know that we love thee what
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 It is impossible for one who has ever followed the fascinating pages of Rob ert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives'' not to register VOW to some day visit Edin- burgh's castle and equally impossible for him to abstain from thrilling with ? emotion when that vow is fulfilled.
 The view of the lordly keep, silhout- ted against the sky and constituting a fitting diadem to a royal mount is one never to be forgotten, while the fair face of the city is as alluring in effect as architecture and nature can com bine to produce and it is face which revelation does not spell disillusion, as is too often the case, for in knowing Edinburgh expectation is sure to fall short of reality. Like Jerusalem and Rome it is founded upon hills which are companioned by others, and within its compass precipice, gorge and moun- tain tarn, that marked the last throes of an expiring volcano. exert a potent charm fashioned by the wonders of nature side by side with the triumphs of man.
 Burns sang of its palaces and towers but these are as naught when com pared with the dominating scene of the city-the rock-set castle and the guar dian shape of the lion couchant of Ar thurs Seat. Princess street, the chief business thor oughfare of the city, is superb espla- made and in some respects is unparal- leled. One side is fianked it's entire length by the retail shops and hotels, while the other borders the crest of a ravine opposite which rise the heights that are crowned by the castle. It's sweep IS broken by the frequent inter- spersiou of most handsome monuments Enc street presents. especially upon Sab
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Who will live in the>White House in 1921? Of course the exigencies, the uncertainties and the constant shifting of political sentiment in this republic make the absolute prophecy as to the exact man to be elected President in 1920 impossible. But it is compara- lively easy-through the process of elimination-and the indication of the present drift of political sentiment to reduce the field of speculation to two or three men-provided they live now the commanding figures in the three great political parties of the United States.
 The man who has been student of political history of the United States can arrive at no other conclusion-but that the 2 men, who have been elected President of the republic, have attained that high office by no accident, or momentary or ephemeral political bubble; and they must also inevitably reach the conclusion that with probably one or two exceptions these men came into the presidency because it was almost absolutely unavoidable for them to have done otherwise. Economic and political conditions selected them, be- cause of their fitness at the time of their selection, to the needs of the hour. Ap- plying the same line of reasoning to the future and carefully taking into consid- eration present conditions and the drift and pulse of public opinion. one can en- tirely eliminate 50 odd millions of the praeidapfioI ,,o ,ossibiIitiaS Tn ha country ar 100 odd millions, if by that time woman suffrage has prevailed and a woman is eligible to the presidency, and reduce the number of reasonable possibilities to very small group.
 It is practically certain that Woodrow Wilson will serve two terms; the plank in the Baltimore platform will cut no ice with either the American people or the leaders of the democratic party. If an- other democrat is elected in 1916 it will be Woodrow Wilson, unless the country should sustain the misfortune of losing it's President, or that he should decide that he would not risk another term be- cause of his health or other reasons, none of which is probable. Assuming that the President lives and retains his yigor, and his policies continue to meet the ap- proval of the people, which is next to cer- tain, Wilson will have two terms in the White House.
 If, as the democratic party has con- tended through all the years of republic control, that democratic policies are better for the masses of the American people, than are the policies of the re- publican party, it will be much easier for the party to elect its nominee for President in 1920 than it was in 1912, or will be in 1916. The full force and effect of democratic legislation already enacted, and yet to be enacted, upon the country, and the full measure of
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rived at by sure stages. which would not upset either the delicate machinery of business or the government
 Adoption of Senatorial Amendment
 The second factor which has aided the President at the other end of the capitol is the recent adoption of the seventeenth amendmept to the consti- tuition, and the terror it threw into the Senate Had not the senators known that they were under the scrutiny of the people, to whom they must for the first time appeal for reelection, they would have defied the President on much of his programme to which they have sullenly and reluctantly yielded
 The manner in which the political future of the United States seems to be now shaping itself, makes 1t next to impossible for MT. Underwood to escape the presidency--in all events the nomination of his party in 1920. Everything conspires to wish" the nomination on him after Wilson has served his second term. His two prin- cipal rivals-now in the public eye. Bryan and Clark. as we have shown, are not formidable. Underwood now outranks them and he will grow in the estimation of the people as time passes.
 It is going to take a long time for the country to come to a full realiza- tion of the benefits it has received from the enactment of the Underwood tariff bill. The process of adjustment and expansion of business will be slow, but if the theory of a tariff for revenue only proves to be the correct one, by the time Wilson has served a part of his second term, the country will be in the midst of an era of the greatest prosperity and activity in all lines of endeavor it has ever exper- fenced. Everything conspires to bring this about. and bring into prominence at that time the author of the tariff law. The opening up of the Panama canal will contribute to this end; the new currency law will contribute to this end; and finally the tariff, as 1t is better understood and Its effects felt. will contribute to this end.
 Increase in Exports
 Already under the tariff law there is decided tendency toward the in- crease the exports. The theory of MT. Underwood and the tariff makers who favored a tariff for revenue only is that it will develop and create a great expansion of our foreign trade. Our manufacturers will no longer be con tented with our home markets, but
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in the White House in 1921. An analysis of the trend of the times. and of poll ties-make all the roads now apparently. lead to Underwood as that person.
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Who VII Occupy the White House i,, 1920?

lVATASHINGTON March 7-(Specia) )-Back three four @ hundred feet from Pennsylvania among grove - of stately elms and oaks Is the White House It is slight elevation the grounds surrounding it spacious duatng and naturally beautiful and the natural beauty has been greatly enhanced by the art of the landscape expert the home of the President of the United States and the picture of presented this page familiar every American citizen and most civilized people of e world This simple but dig nfed structure built along colonial architectural nes has been
 the home of 26 all but who have been honored by the American people with the highest gift in their power Wash ngon-the father of his countrynever lived in the White
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only man in the democratic party who will fit exactly in Wilson's place. He is progressive. but cannot be swept off his feet by every radical and crazy scheme of legislation proposed as a progress sive policy" The vicious attacks made upon him in the senatorial campaign in Alabama do not appeal to the thinking people of the country. who have intel ligence enough to keep posted on public affairs. His long record for public serv- ice is itself a direct and sufficient denial of the charge made against him, that he Is tool of the liquor interest and an emissary of Wall street" MT. Under wood has been too directly under the fierce glare of that publicity that beats down upon the doers of great things in the statesmaushin of this country for him to have escaped detection. had he been guilty or even tainted with the things charged against him by Hobson. These charges will be forgotten-or re-
 nembered only to act as a boomerang on the too ambitious person who made them. They have found lodgement only in the minds of the ignorant and sus- picious. a class of voters whose ranks are growing thinner and thinner each year to the dismay of the demagogue and of the assassin of the character of public men.
 Of course, If for any reason President Wilson should decide not to seek the nomination In 1916, the situation would 
 as formidable candidate in 1916 as he will be in 1920. Both Bryan and Clark would put up a fierce struggle for the nomination, and the result would be as much in doubt as was the case in the memorable contest of 1912. Even in 19l6 however, Underwood would be the one best bet in case Wilson failed to seek renomination.
 However, the chances for such a thing are very remote. Few there are who will say, unless they are the most biased partisans-that Woodrow Wilson is not a statesman, and Is devoting his time and talents as unselfishly as possible. talk ing human limitations into considera- tion, to the interest of the entire coun- try. But anyone at all familiar with the political atmosphere of Washington must also know that the President is an astute politician and has at his el- bow in the person of Joseph P. Tu- multy man skilled in all the tricks of the art of politics. who does not have to engage In the statesman business and who Is patiently and painstakingly albeit with proper regard for all the proprieties, conducting a campaign and is the mouthpieee of propaganda the purpose of which is to renominate the President in 1916. That this will be brought about is as practically certain as the time passes and the President lives.