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,fjj ej J f$ r J fj fj Champ Letter y j j Clark's Republican Who Distant rrom tha Proiperity Claim Special Session tad Ftasndal Legislation V Special Washington Letter.) NOT only tbe statesman, but ev erybody else, appear! to be en gaged in devising ways and meana of "cutting tbe Gordian knot" that is, in cutting one of our uoraian tenuis. iiev. a. u. Aiainson, pastor of tbe Christian church at Ge neva, O., proposes that we cede tbe Philippines to Japan in exchange for the service of Japanese coolies in dig ging the isthmian canal by either tbe Panama or Nicaraguan route. He ar gues that the United States has no need of the Philippines except for coaling stations, which could be reserved in tbe trade; that Japan, with 45.000.000 In a territory the size of California, needs room for expansion; that the Philippine climate Is better adapted to Japs than to Americans; that the Japs would give the islands good government; that Jap anese laborers would not die so numer ously as our laborers iu digging the great ditch, and that to be rid of the archipelago would strengthen the pres tige of the United States uinong the nations. All of, which has been for warded to President Roosevelt. If Brother Atkinson can Induce the gov ernment to adopt his plan, millions of Americans yet nnborn will arise and call him blessed and he will be entitled , to a monument tall as Washington's. Wherefore? There is considerable talk of holding tbe next national Republican conven tion in New York, which would be a most unusual occurrence considering tbe fact that President Roosevelt Is al most certain to be nominated. The con vention is generally held in a city re mote from tbe principal candidate or candidates. . The explanation Is sug gested that Colonel Roosevelt is really looked upon rather ashi western than an eastern candidate, and that if the convention is located in New York It will be for tbe purpose of increasing bis strength in that vicinity. A Warning Voice. The Washington Post claims to be an independent paper. It believes reli giously In the blgb protective tariff and the single gold standard. Nevertheless it sounds this friendly warning to tbe Republican Mark Tapleys who are look ing so cheerfully to next year's elec tions: ' ... There' will be much discussion during; the approaching session of congress con cerning, the tariff and the finances and reciprocity and other grave questions of tats. Politicians from the rural districts will orate solemnly upon the relations be tween the United States and the rest of the world, and Issues warranted to stir the popular heart . will be forged with tremendous blows upon the legislative anvil. The leaders of both parties will be wise, however, If they will realise that the aver age cltlaen does not feel the slightest In- ; terest In abstract propositions. The Re publican Tarty lost , the election which followed the enactment of the McKinley tariff bill overwhelmingly lost It, in fact N because of the rapid and universal In crease In the cost of the necessaries of life. Conditions which exist today recall that famous campaign. It is a fact that the salary of the wage worker now pro cures for him the minimum of necessary things. The cost of living Is abnormally . high. The grocery bills and the meat bills are out of all proportion to reason. The man who would live decently on a small salary, who would provide sufficient food and proper clothing for his family, finds it impossible to save. .- ' There would be some satisfaction for the wage worker if he knew, that the money thus wrung out of his pocket went . into the purse of his 'fellow laborers : throughout the country, ' but he knows that labor does not get the benefit. - He might even be complacent if the proprle ' tor of the corner grocery profited by the high prices, but he knows .that the mer . chant la selling on the smallest margin of - profit . With neither the producer nor the . . merchant benefiting from the rise In . prices the question Is naturally being ' asked. Who la the beneficiary? If there 1 1 . - ... 1 L. 1 1 ,km ,. WWII V9- m very aciKnii uvue jo.i tuw extortioner is a syndicate or corporation which controls the output of beef or sugar or canned goods or ether necessary ; of life, there will be a swing of the politl : eal pendulum equal to that which brought . : the. txmocrats into power some years maw. w UN ivcnmv ' eiuagii iuu yuw which fa la compelled to pay for , the things which go upon his table or upon his back la of more vital and personal ; . concern than the enactment of financial . legislation or a policy for tha-Phillpplnes. ' The constantly Increasing cost of living la a political factor not to be overlooked. ' The Turk Must Go. : Some years ago Denis Kearny of the . Kan r rancisco -aana iota maae tne at- mospbere of ... the 1 Pacific coast vocal with the shout. Tbe Chinese most go!" Now everybody who . loyea Jua Uce and common decency la thinking most go-Xrom Europe!" and the sooner , the better. He la a cumberer of the ground, i public nuisance which should "tie abated." att anachronism no longer to be tolerated. Let him go and not jtand upon the order of his going. ."A Pertinent "Modification." lender tne aoove caption mane Hen ry Watte rson remark. .President Roosevelt hag referred to the finding of the anthracite commission as authority settling legal principles precise ly as if It were the decision of a regular court of last resort. in this connection tha Springfield Republican makes a rather . neat point with reference to the removal of Miss Todd as postmaster in a Delaware town. By a slight modification it makes the finding of the strike commission read as follows: "It la adjudged and awarded that there shall be no discrimination against r tntarfarence with any government em ployes irbe la not personally agreeable ta Senator Aliee of Delaware." This seems to be as pertinent aa the altattoa made by the president aa to membership or no-membership ta labor , unions. Kit Unanimous. r7ui::cso harmony, according to I.T' - opi crst-irs an -J writers. Is to fenatcr C! v ' r --i c-.t a if'.,. 4 a ir, Lefa see. Senator Aldrlch is whoop ing It op for bis bill, while Uncle Joe Cannon, tbe next speaker, is puUux fun at "rubber currency." Mr. Fowler of New Jersey la prowling over the country making speeches wherever be can Induce anybody to hearken to his gentle voice. On the Inst ofcasiou when he orated au irate Republican banker was about to make it "a per. tonal matter with hiui." Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw has been overworking bis vocal apparatus in fa vor of the Aldrlch bill or something much like it. and the Republican organ uf Iowa, the lJes Moines Register and Leader, says: At the ouUet it may be admitted that no sentiment has been developed In favor of a currency based on bank assets that encourages the belief that legislation will be enacted In the near future. The dis cussion is therefore wholly academic. There is not even enough sentiment In favor of an emergency currency, such as Secretary Shaw has suggested, to secure Its adoption at least, tlure has been no public expression of it. But in the end gome change la going to be made In our banking laws, and some leeway Is going to be granted to banks to meet emergency demands for money, for other countries have proved that an elastic currency sat isfies a real demand of business, and gov ernment bonds are going to prove less and less adequate as the basis of our bank Issues. "A Bluff." Hon. John H. Clarke. Democratic nominee for United States senator from Ohio, has challenged Hon. Mar cus A. Hanna. Republican nominee for United States senator from Ohio, to a Joint debate. Hanna replies that "It's a bluff:" wonder if senator Hanna never beard that the proper thing to do with a bluff la to "call It?" Lcze Majesty. Is the Chicago Inter Ocean good au thority for Republicans or not? It cer tainly ought to be, for it is one of the most rampant Republican organ grinders in the land. Consequently all persona whomsoever, especially the Republican renders of these letters, are cordially Invited to carefully and prayerfully peruse the following ex cerpt from the Inter Ocean on the sub ject of prosperity: Tet it may be doubted If one-half the heads of American families are in as fa vorable a position as they were in 1897. The third party the majority who are neither capitalists nor able to fortify themselves behind labor union walls Is today giving more proportionately than in 1S97, while getting only the same. When capitalists combine to raise prices. reduce expenses or anticipate profits. It Is this third party that pays the higher prices, stands the reduction of expenses and converts the anticipated profits Into actual ones. The plain truth Is that fully one-half the Workers of the United States the men whose incomes are from Ju00 to $3,000 a year, the men who nre neither In trusts nor labor unions have not been getting their share of the national prosperity. They are working for the prosperity of capital and organised labor, but no one la working for them, and under this bur den they are becoming exhausted. Now. If some unwashed Democrat or wild eyed Populist bad said that it would be leze majesty, or misprision of treason at any rate, but what will the whippets in and w hoopers np for tbe Republican party do to the' Chicago Inter Ocean? Will they read It out of the party? Will they denounce it aa a traitor to the country? Will they sup press It? ' They will be compelled to discipline It In some way, for to permit such talk as that to continue to pro ceed from Republican organs witt cer tainly land the G. O. P. in the soup tureen. Hearst ... The Washington Post contains the following aa to "William - Randolph Hearst's status as a presidential can dldate: " , "It begins to look aa though Mr. Wil liam R, Hearst were going to be tha choice of all the prominent labor leaders for the presidency," said Mr. E. R. Buck- slew of Ban Francisco at tbe Rlgga House. "I travel a good bit over the country and find that the young editor is a redbot fa vorite with organised labor everywhere. There are many big cities where his name la a household word, and If he were the nominee jtt any big party he would get the solid support of tbe wage earners. - In fact. It Isn't at all Improbable that he will be voted for anyway; even though the Democratic nomination goes ' elsewhere. There la bound to be a big labor party in this country some day, as a separata po litical organisation, and it may come quicker than any of us now think possi ble". ; -iiY-J. i..jCy: ' Vi::i;. p S C Senator Hoar's Proposition. Senator Hoar has made a statement to the effect that a tariff revision should take place- Immediately after a presidential election iind not Just be fore It. In order that congress may be working onder fresh Instructions from the people. The senator Is evidently losing the power of iueinory. Repub lican congresses are not in the bablt of following the Instructions . of the people. In 1874 congress was Instruct ed overwhelmingly to take; the soldiers ttxsX of the south." In 1S76 the people elected Tilden president, bat congress counted iu Hayes, who was not electi-d president any more than be was elect ed abkoond of Swat. Republican con gresses were Instructed in 1S82 and 1890 to do certain things wblcb they did not do. Remembering these things, nobody will believe that any Repub lican congress will pay any attention to tbe people, and every one will be lieve that Senator Hoar knew that when be was talking on tbe subject Tbe only way to pet the tariff revised Is to turn the Republicans out Naushty Elihu. : Certainly so suave a gentleman as C!iiy MitrLclI Depew and tenser of sweetuesa and light as be Is onght to havs a re-election Without op position ir bis party elect a majority of tbe next New York legislature, which God forbid! But the signs of the times indicate that that will not happen. It is whispered that Mr. Sec retary of War Ellbu Root bas fixed bis covetous eye on Chauncey's sen atorlal toga and chair. Too bad! We are informed that Senator Depew 1 In love with the life and experience! of a senator and. a la Oliver Twist, I' crying for more. There are eighty nine other more or less aged and au gvM personages In and around Wash ington In tbe same frame of mind. No doubt the senate takes kindly to Chauncey. for he la tbe most amiable and winsome of mortals. It Is really a pity that Senator Depew wastes his time in the senate. Mr. Root and scores of other New Yorkers would make as good senators as any Repub lican can make, but Senator Depew could, if he only would, write tbe fin est and tnon Interesting book of remi niscences ever printed. Rare Delicacy, lion, John II. Clarke, Democratic candidate for the senate In Ohio, pos sesses rare delicacy and a blgb sense of responsibility to the people. In the following stutpiiient he proposes to do Just what John Qulncy Adams did when be was elected to the senate: I promise you that If I am elected to the senate of the United States before I take my seat I shall dispose of every share of stock and of every business Interest the value of which can be affected by my vote In the senate. This Is no mere ante election promise, but Is simply saying that I will adopt the standard of conduct that was familiar with members of the United States senate prior to fifty years ago. before that body had become com mercialized and sordid, as we see It so largely Is today. Rough on Odsll and Root The Philadelphia Public Ledger con tains this article, wblcb Is not at all complimentary to Governor Odell and Mr. Secretary of War Elihu Root: Is there any document on earth, except the Bible, which those who are supposed to be familiar with know"Vess of than they do of the constitution of the United States? A member of the cabinet sailing for Europe the other day. in answer to a question as to the possibility of hla being candidate for the vice presidency, re marked that the constitution forbade tha selection of both president and vice pres ident from the same state. It does noth Ing of the kind, and It would seem that great constitutional lawyer and high fed eral official like Secretary Root ought to know It On Tuesday the governor of New York, who has peculiar rhetorical Ideas, but has been supposed to be strong on facts, in the course of that remarkable address at Geneseo observed, "It required the force and the genius of a Jefferson to make our constitution." Jefferson was not a member of the convention which made the constitution and waa not even In the country when its discussion waa going on. . Small Things. Ho who said "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of them selves" was a wise man. He bad In mind tbe value of small things. poet bas expressed the same idea in these lines: , A pebble in the streamlet scant Haa turned the course of many a river: A dewdrop on the baby plant Has dwarfed the giant oak forever. Once when I was debating with Geo era) Charles Henry Grosvenor be was enlarging on tbe universal prosperity in 1892 and tbe consequent happlnes: of the people, I interrupted blm to ask how It happened, then, that tbe voters of the land repudiated General BenJa min Harrison's administration by such an overwhelming majority. He replied. "The Homestead riots defeated thn Republicans in 1892." History repeats itself not only sometimes, but frequent ly. President Roosevelt Is popular, and yet the Miller Incident may do for blm what tbe Homestead riots did for Pres ident Harrison. Nous verrons. Important If True. Whether the St Louis' Globe-Democrat possesses - inside Information I don't know. " This G.-D. Washington special to the G.-D. may be properly classed as 'Important if true:" Representative Joseph Q. Cannon, des tined to be the next speaker of the house of representatives, is in Washington. He has been consulting with officers of the administration and having quiet talks with members who mysteriously "hap pen"- to visit Washington at this time. Several of hla conferences have been with Secretary Shaw. From these It appears that the prospect of financial legislation at the coming session of the congress Is exceedingly sum. .:. . - It Is a matter of comment that within the last few weeks the secretary of the treasury haa been going ahead In' bis own way In handlln tha financial situation ana without law or regulation has found means for accomplishing much which the proposed legislation would legalise and which an -element ta both houses of the congreee haa objected ta All these Things the next speaker of the nouse oi representatives lias been watch' Ing, and It la understood that tha Ideas of Mr. Cannon and the secretary regarding tna creation of an emergency circulation under cenaittoba that will make It elastic agree fully. They also agree that the pos sibility of securing the sort of legislation tner desire and think wise la very remote Under the circumstances they do not be lieve that It is good policy ts precipitate tna financial question at tbe short axtre session. Tbe beat guarantee that ther will have their way In this regard la to be found In the assertion that Mr. Gannon has decided, to appoint but three commit tees for the extra session Z These will be the ways and means, mileage and ao- eounts. With but these three committees there la no prospect Of a financial bill coming to the house. .. Adieu, John. ' ' ' '-'f ; Almost ' everybody ' In this country will be delighted to bear that Hoc John Barrett Is "far sway on ths billow4- en fbate to his South American diplo matic post How the South American will regard bis 'approach Is anotbe matter. 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