VOL XXVII WASHINGTON D C SATURDAY JUNE 9 1900 NO 50

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Urcwers fleetI RepresentiLtive brewers from all

over the United Statesmillions of dollars directly and

millions more indirectly throughI the various tributary commercial

channels fed by the brewers attended this week the fortieth annualconvention of the United StatesBrewers Association at Atlantic

CityEverybrewer in the United

States appreciates that this is amost critical time in the history ofthe Association brought about bythe utter demoralization and

01 thdr industry which hasfollowed the continuance of theSpanish American war tax eighteen months after the treaty ofpeace had been signed It wasthis fact which gives to this convention such national and widespread importance

The action of the Government inkeeping on the extra SpanishAmerican war tax twoyears after the signing 01 the dec-

laration of peace on an industryalready heavily taxed andnationally has actually resulted ina decreased output in 1899 of1000000 barrels This has hadthe effect or affecting directly andindirectly not only unnumberedmultitudes of human beings all overthe United States but hundreds ofimportant Americanwhich are fed and led handsomelyby the brewing industry Particular reference paid to the bottling industry the cork industrythe industry to the barley

to the farmers to thehorse industry etc etc and to thedozens oftributary auxiliary lines

The striking fact was broughtout at the convention that there isnot today a single European country where an attempt to impose acomparatively higher tax uponbeer and light wines than uponardent spirits would not be considered an unpardonable mistake InBelgium in the Netherlands in allthe countries inFrance and in Russia the law-

makers earnestly strive to mini-

mize the evils of intemperance bythe taxes upn malt

liquors to a minimum Switzerland has its Governmental alcoholmonopoly supplemented by ahigh spirit tax but mdlt liquors arescarcely taxed at all The Scandinavian countries have their Goth-enburg system with its restrictionsas to the sale of spirits but thissystem does not apply to maltliquors In France and Belgiumand in the Netberlands the taxlever is freely used to increase theconsumption of malt liquors and todecrease the use of spirits

In 188S Gladstone was drivenout of office on account of his prop-osition to increase the beer tax andhis opponents by theBritish people dwelt with particular force and emphasis upon theeflect the proposed tax increasewould have had upon the cause oftemperance and the comfort andwellbeing of the workmen It asargued that beer and ale were thedrinks of the ommon people andthat the Ministerial bill proposedto put on them the expenses of theEgyptian war That was quitesufficient to give Gladstonesto the Marquis of Salisbury and tochange the political complexion ofthe Government Great Britain isat present engaged in a war requiring a much greater amountof money than we In theSpanishAmerican war yet the taxupon malt liquors lowerthan our beer tax was increasedby a few pennies while on theother hand the British spiritexceeds the American spirit tax byS 140

The exaction or the extra taxhad the effect of reducing the

of malt liquors by one milIron barrels within the past yearIn the same period insolvencies

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The convention adopted resolutions to make compulsory cancellation of stamps by perforationand also in favor of joining thePure Food Congress in its eulortsto create Federal legislation tocontrol the ingredients that enterinto the manufacture of brewingsand other products The totalnumber of barrels of beer brewedlast year was 36581114 showinga decrease Of912192 since the yearbefore

navis a McKinley

We print in another column afrom W W Bride relative to

Webster Davis connection withthe Boer cause The Editor of theSENTINEL grieves to say that he isone of those who was taken in bythe political intrigue to which MrDavis lenthimself for that it is andnothing else The facts as statedby Mr Bride are true to the letterThe Editor of the SENTINEL whoseBoer sympathies werewell knownwas the person approached inthe interest of the plan of whichMr Davis was to be the tool Wethought that th age of chivalryhad returned that there was stilla heart lelt to sympathize and

in the cause of liberty AlasAlas we should not have lookedfor that in the camp of MarkHanna

The and driedof McKinley at the Boer meetingRot UP at the expense of otherswas the first mark of suspicionHis seclusion and isolation and his further interjectionof a tribute to McKinley at theNew York Boer meeting com-pletely removed the veil of mystery that surrounded his actionsHe was as we had been warned amere creature of the Hanna Rangworming his way into Boer environments to be later on the moreeflective in his appeals for his chiefHe had played the same part inSouth Africa that lleveridge hadplayed in the Philippines Bothvisits were at the expense of theUnited States

Davis gave the impression thathe was at variance with McKinleyand especially with Hay that infact Adelbert Hay would not havebeen received at Pretoria but forhim and that if something werenot done he would attack the Administration Well the Boer envoys arrived here Nothing wasdone Stilt Mr Davis is silentBut we understand the plea hasnot been vet consummated Anumber of Boer sympathizers havebeen approached to request that aplank favorable to the Boers be

inserted in the Philadelphia platform A plank of Molasses tocatch hoer flies Out upon suchtrafficking in human slaughterThe politicIan in the White Housewho fastened a system of lootin Cuba who has forsaken his

plain duty in Porto Rico andpursued a course criminal aggression in the Philippinesall-in open violation of public pledges

cannot be relied on to carry outany promise We have been takenin We acknowledge it Thefault was of the head however notof the heart The head has nowseen its error

We shall spare no pains however between tbis and election dayto ventilate the betrayal by thisman Webster Davis of the mostsacred duty that man owes to manthe duty to be true to a trust reposed In him especially wherehuman life and liberty are at stakeWe have no faith in any plank thatmay be inserted in the Republicanplatform We have no faith in anypromise William McKinley maymake He Is utterly incompetent tofulfil the duties of the high officeof President of the United StatesHe is completely in the hands ofMark Hanna and Steve Elkinsmen of the first princi-ples of statesmanship and intentonly in to the illgot wealthof those n power But he has toreckon wIth the aroused conscience of the nation which he hasignored The dead spirits andsurviving widows and children ofBoers and Filipinos not to speakof sacrificed Americans cry toheaven for vengencc and on theseventh of November next hebe to that oblivion andcontumely which his incompetenceand his treachery deserve

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feeling of dread and latent hostilitywhich the j in o policy 01 the pres-

ent Administration has excitedthroughout Latin America Itis undeniable says the Herald

that since he United Stateswith Spain and remains

with Porto Rico and the Philippines as annexed possessions andwith Cuba held in tutelage a seatlment of apprehension regardingthe future policy of the Colossusof the North has come to be general throvghout Latin AmericaIn our opinion an act of wisestatesmanship on the part of thetJnited States would be for Congress to adopt a resolution com-

mitting to a policy of maintainingthe territorial Integrity not only ofMexico but of the Central andSouth American countries Suchan act would be in line theMonroe Doctrine would powerfully aid in bringing aboutmorekindly and intimate relations

the republic Washingtonand the nations f3rther southFollowed by the granting of in de-

pendence to Cuba such an actwould assure the Latin Americanpeople of the frank good will of thepeople of the United States

The recent aggressions of thisGovernment have evidently causedthe Spanish republics to uswith suspicion It would not bemore difficult to fasten a quarrelon any one ot them they thinkthan it was to find cause for warwith if our desires are to bethe guide of our policy and themeasure of our dut Chile remembers how nearly PresidentHarrison brought her to war andNicaragua has constant cause toapprehend that we are going toseize a canal route and control itwithout much consideration forher rights So long as the MonroeDoctrine restricted itselt to pro

the republics from European aggression it was regarded bythem with grateful appreciatioubut now that it seems to mean onlythat the United States has the ex-

ctusiv right to gobDle them up itwears a very dltferent aspect TheLatin republics value their inde-

pendence and they see in Cuba atest of our fidelity to our formerprinciple of in theaffairs ofneighboring

The Herald shows that our newimperialism has excited alarm andcriticism in Europe also Today it says the Monroe Doctrine is openly ridiculed in thepress of Continental Europe andhints a coming day of reckon-ing for the United States are heardIt is felt that the growing commer-cial and naval importance of theUnited States must be checkedThe project is at a favorite opportunity to assail and it possibledefeat the arrogant and intrusiveAmericans and then proceed todivide th rich continent of SouthAmerica Africa is parceled UpChina is In process of distributionand South Americas turn comesnext South America has goldthe magnet that attacks roamingpopulationsand as a permanentcolonization ground Southcannot compare with South America The Cotinental press holdsthat by venturing into the Orientthe United States has abandonedthe Monroe Doctrine maycross the Pacific to Manila Europemay cross the Atlantic to Rio

Now the Herald concludeswe come back to our main point

viz that the relations of theUnited States and Latin Americaare unsatisfactory that the moreblatant politicians and the minorityof the American arethe work of two sienerations ofstatesmen at Washington and thata clearly defined policy of

toward Latin America mustbe adopted

JlmJJltalUY tot the Doers

Represntatsye ofMassachusetts introduced in theHouse a resolutIon which Conpress passed withoutgiving to our Britishfriends This resolution extendeda corlial welcome to the inhabitants of the two South African republics now under the dominion of Great Britain to come tothe hospitable shores of the UnitedStates become citizens thereof andestablish homes where under theConstitution they are guaranteedlife liberty and the pursuit of

But the Doers have notyet concludd to abandon the pursuit of life liberty and happinessiii their own country

IT IS one of the incidental advantages of our Philippine complication that it enables us withoutdelay to take part in the Chinesecomplication

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Congress has adjourned TheCongressional abdication has beencomplete Congress has done onlythat which the Executive demanded stould be done and hasleft in the future those things onwhich the Administration did notdesire action

Our soldiers in the Philippinesare lelt there to sicken and die ina hard climate at the worst seasonof the year with no prospect of anend to the war and with not eventhe hope that anything more willbe done of a substantial charactertill after the Presidential campaignIS over and the CommanderinChief and subservient Legislative Department feel free to sendmore troops

Port Rico is left in a conditionof vassalage though it is now inthe possession of theUnited States A tariff law hasbeen made for it unlike the tarifilaws that apply to any other Stateor territory of the Union and theConstitution has been wrenchedto make state of affairs possible The trusts and tariffhave dictated the Porto Rican tar-

iff Not only has no step beentaken to deliver Cuba over to theCubans under the solemn pledgemade in the declaration of waragainst Spain but the scheme ofmilitary administration apears tbe broadening instead of beinvcontracted and slch subordinatecivil administration as we havehad there has turned out to beti tterly scandalous

There has not been a word ofsympathy with the men whohave been fighting for liberty inthe South African Reoublics andCongress complacently disappearsat the moment when Llrd Salisbury is boasting the last ves-

tige of independence must bestamped out in the country inwhich the Boers have justly earnedownership They hurry ovtr tothe renomination of McKinleyimmediately the announcement that a British com-

mander has eliminated the wordFree from the country

known as the Orange FreeState They depart when ore ofthe most accomplisted British diplomats is lingering about our StateDepartment so as to see to it thatonly British interests shall prevailin our international management

The Administration majority inCongress has been anxious to quitThe it remained in sessionwith its policy of abdication themore disgraceful it became

Now York ror lJrynnNew YOlk State wept into line

with the Democracy or the nationunder the leadership Bryanand former Governor Hill regainedcontrol ot the party machinery inthe Democratic State Conventionlast Tuesday

The one supreme note of thatscene was loyalty to the great

of the DemocracyWithout a dissentng voice the

Convention instructed its delegatesat largeDavid B Hill EdwardMurphy Richard Croker andAugustus Van Wyckto vote inthe Kansas City Convention forMr Bryan

There was no hesitation nosense of presure no trickery inthis unanimous indorsementMany of the men who voted lastTuesday for Instructiols werebitter opponents of Mr Bryan fouryears ago

The Chicato platform was notindorsed but the conventionpledged the support of the partyin New York for any platformadopted by the National Convenethin

Mr i3ynuiu

The nomination or W DBynum of Indiana to be a generalappraiser failed of confirmationlast Tuesday There was onlybrief discussion of the nominationIn the executive session MrBynums name stood at the headoUhe list of nominations and MrFairbanks said that rather thancause other nominations to be unacted upon before final adjournment he would consent to a ballotbeing taken The vote was 33 to

33Mr Bynum is a Gold Democratwho supported Mr McKinley in1896 and who was the appralsershlp as a reward for hisservices IIc opposed in theSenate because he was nominatedas a Demo rat the five appraiserships to Republicansunder the law being alraatly filledand it was claimed that he oughtnt to be charged to the Democrati leading Republicans took the same view andjoined the Democrats in opposition

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The Army CanteenEvery army officer and every

unbiased civilian familiar withactual conditions at army postsapproves of the army canteenwhere only beer and light winesare dispensed to enlisted men instrict moderation as a temperancegodsend to the service No onewho knows anythinv about thecircumstances can doubt that toabolish the canteen would at oncelead to the smuggling of vilewhisky into military reservationsand to the establishment of hellish

outside of them Thatha been the universal and

rule wherever camps or pestsbeerrwithout the benefit 01 awhere under proper control

soldiers were able towholesome beverages

which as free men they had aright to buy and use without ex

cessThe cranks andmay cover up their work

with such pseudomoralisms asform their stock in trade Theycannot the that theircrusade against the canteen is onewhich iI successful will introducean element of disorder and drunkenness in the service whichit IS at present nearly free undera sane system of regulationWherver it has been tried absoluteprohibition has proved a farce anda failure To realize this one needsonly compare the police statisticswhere there are any of prohibitionwith nonprohibition communitiesand note how little effect the lawhas upon the number or arrests forintoxication It is trite to say thatthere is not a town in Maine todaywhere a man who has acquaintances cannot buy all the liquor hewants How many Governmentretail liquor licenses are there ex-

tant in that State for the currentyear

Sumptuary laws however muchthey may please a certain smatminority class are obnoxious tothe mass cithe people They denyto Individuals that liberty whichis guaranteed by the ConstitutionThe enlisted man of the regularartlfV is not a convict to be deniedhis citizen rights beyond restric-tions necessary for the good of theservice And denial of a beveragelike beer IS a modern

as much as is tea orcoffee would be a senseless outrage upon the soldier even if theconsequences of such denial werenot subversive of temperance morality good order and disciplineas they surely would be

Otis bas yeyieri2eI1 the Phlllpines

Is there an American man or womanasks James Creelman in the New York

who can read wIthout a shudder the announcement that our troopshave ordered to treat the PhilippineInsurgents as bandits That was thepolicy of General Weyler the monsterol the nineteenth century toward theCuban insurgents Is our flag to bestairnid as the Spanish flag was stainedwith the blood prisoners of

warA man does not have to sympathizewith In order to protest

this awful proramme of murderIn cold blood Men who publicly declarewar for polItlciI objects and who openlytake the field with arms In their hands

soldiers not bandits The PhIlippinegovernment

regularly and Its troops waraccording to the usage of civilizationThere may be a difference of opinion Inthe United States regarding the meritsor demerits of the Insurgent cause Butone thing Is certainthe Insurgent armyhas treated prisone rs of war a prisoners01 war Every American soldier whohas been held bl Aulnaldos army willnear witness to the fact thlt the FIlipinosdo not kill prisoners

This new barbarity IS a personalinvention of General Otis It was hewho conceived the Idea ol the

cdumns robber bandsEven when the Insurgent army uni-formed officered and entrenched betterthan our own ought da alteragainst overwhelming numbers InLuzon General Oils denounced them as

robber bands rt Is true that therhlhpplne troops have generally ceaspdto fight In massed odlesi It is true thatthey have adopted guerilla tactics and

bushwhacking It is true that theyforage food But our troops havedone same thing Soldiers who

load supplies means of transportattoo clothing or munitions of war toaid them In continuing their fight are notbandits

This 3stion is on the edge ci an ahssof shame If the country notprotest aJ1alllRt the policy of Weylerizingthe Philippines the 1tory of ourfor mastery in the will turnthe sentiment of the clvlllzeQ worldagainst us It will be the darkest thumost loathsome page in Americanhistory I am not now thequestion whether a nati n Is ever

in human blood for thesake of trade That Is another

I do no believe that there Is anAmerican who will assent to theIgnoble unsoldierly butchery of prisoners of war which General Otis hasInaugurated Men who are brave enoughto expose their lives In a public causeeven ii be held that the cause Is a wrongonedeserve at least our respect JSsoldiers Let us not forget late thathas overtllken uiltV Spain oncemistress of the whole world It hercrimes in the field have stirred the heartof humanity tier cnn we Imitate

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No man in has served hisconstituents and his party more Iaithfully and honestly than has Hon Thos11 Jett of IIiilsboro Illinois TheSENTINEL does not thoughtlesslypraise a Representative but Mr lettbesides having drawn public attentionto himself Is a true conscientious manwho has at all times had the interest andthe welfare of the people at heart andhas made a record In this Congress 01

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Webster Davis is becoming interetingas a study Hisjumpmediocrity to lame was meteoric His

He had be n nominally Assistant Secretry of the Interior I say nominallyavlsedly for from thethe most arduous part of his laborsconsisted In hIs attaching his sIgnatureto decisions carefully prepared byothers and to the pay roll Incidentallyhe went lorth armed capapie to defendthe Administration against all cometsand without any vulgar inquiry Into thecause oCtbe combat Indeed he draggedthe Administration by the hair of thehead Into an argument in order to showits benignant features and undeceptlvesmile It was thus on the occasion ofthe celebration oh the peace with Spainin this ity He was one of yourorators as Senator Pettus would av-

on that occasIon Although the war onthe Filipinos had but just commencedand had no place In the peace program Mr Davis started with thestatement The war with Spain wasright the war with the FIlipinos Isright and proceeded to a defense orthe Administration on that Issue

Later we find him holding forth InOhio defending the pension policy atthe Administration It seems howeverthat the of Evans Augeanstable was too much for him Foralthough he spent but about a week InOhio the shattered condition hisnerves necessitated a rest And of allplaces under the sun which should hechoose but South Africa disturbed bythe clash and clang of arms But it wassaid Consul Stowe at that place was afriend Ills So far so good Mr Stowehas conslsttntlv carried out his part otheunderstanding between McKinley and

Chamberlain Mr Davis was also therecipient of attentions from PremierSchremer and Sir Alfred Mimer Thelatter Is the man who was sent toAfrica to smash Afrlkanderdom Butnow comes a strange phase of the

Mr Davis suddenly startedfor Pretoria He eHI1 went he saysto fields of carnage to that very smokeand fire of battle What a lasclnaUon or a man with nerves shatteredto the piint of collapse from signingdecisions and payrolls and Incidentallydefending the Administration But hesurvived And strange to say thenervous prostration disappeared It wasa clear case of simiHa

He returned home Rumorsoi trouble with his superiors which hadpreceded his departure were revivedStormy interviews with the Presidentwere hinted at Hfs early removal orrelll nation was foreshadowed Disagreements on the Boer imbr02-lio were said to be the cause

Soon his frleds waited on the Boersympathizers and said that Mr Daviswas desirous of making a speech insupport of the Doers It was pointedout that he could not do that as all

his appointment to MrMcKmleyrand retain his position Ifhe had anything to tell calculated toinfluence Mr could be toldin Jlrlvate If It tailed then he mustresign his proffer could beaccepted He stated in terms that JohnHay was more English than Joe Cham-berlain and by Innuendo that MrMcKinley was in the same boat Heresigned A meeting was called andhe delivered himself There was nothingnew on the Boer question In his speechBut there was a surprise In answer toa suggestion from one or the audiencethat the Administration wa under thecontrol of England Mr tavia madethese remarks Let the idmlnlstratlon-

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which he can justly be proudHe was the first man to Introduce a

resolution for the poor Doers Noopportunity ever presented itseU to saya word In behalf 01 these brave andgallant people struggling for libertythat he let pass without taking advan

In their behallat the Doer mass meeting in Baltimoremade him many friends among theGermans In Maryland His speech atthe monster mass for tte samecause at Washington was also well

No man has fought the newImperialistic policy Introduced by this

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halone Itls a patriotic Administrationand will do the proper thiJg at the righttime Now here was a completereversal of the view Imposed on thosewho had got up the meeting

Mter the meeting Mr Davis disap-peared with the mobility ot a Boercommando None ot those to whom hewas so accessIble before thecould locate him Occasionally non

reach d some inquirerLater Mr Davis loomed up at a NewYork meeting And herejigain was theconoentent qwestlon and here againcame Mr Davit with the pat reply

McKinley Is all right He IS furtherreported as having said that there werethose close to Mr McKinley who wereresponsible lor his failure and whoshould be got rId of This he deniesI7ow where Is Mr Davis Whatgame is he playing His resignationwas in itself a protest against the attlonor nonaction if you please ofAdministration he says Mr

is al right If he stood by hIsreported assertion that there were otherswho were alt wrong we might understind how there was to be an Algerlikesacrifice of John Hay But that surmisehas been disposed by his denial Asa factor in the Boer cause Mr DaviseJaced himself nut I confess he Is tome an p3ychological study

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Senator Teller of Colorado declaredon Monday that he would not supportthe Republican party In the comingcampaign He made hiS declaration Inthe course of a upon the PhilippIne policy of the Administration whichhe opposes

Mr Teller crtiicised the spetches onthe same subject delivered by SenatorsBeverIdge Lodge and Spooner sayingthey declared a bias andan eVIdent desire to advance the policyof the Administration rather than toarrive at a just and righteous solutionof the probleni presented He declaredthat the speeches of the Senators he hadreferred to each had contained eulogisticreferences to the President of the United

tales references which he said wereycophantlc In character Some of the

speeches of the Republicans hsd beenmarred In his opinion by attacks uponthe late Democratic candIdate for thePresidencyMr Bryan It would behis e ort not to make d political speechaltboult he added my remarks maybe tinged with my opposition toRepublican party

Mr Teller said that he saw no way tothe surrender the Philippines hIbelieve he added that a republicmay have and may hold colonier but

colonies must be founded on aparticipation In the overnmentb thepeople of the colonies

As to the question relating to thePhilippines as It will be presented In

the approaching campaign Tellersaid

I dont know whether Imperialismis to be an Issue cAmpaignor not It will not be unless the ReoubIIcan party shall make It an issue II Hereferred to the speech of Mr ofMassachusetts as showing infinitelymore concern as to the late 01 theRepublican party at the elections otnext November than that lustice andright should be meted out to the FIllpinos So It was he declared withRepublicans everywhere It was themost striking part of the Senatorsspeech he siid that he should havepresented so strong an appeal to hispart not to face defeat in the campaignby refusing 10 change Its policy

In the course of a sharp suit extendedcriticism of the Govetcment provldrd-bv Congress for the people ofRico Mr Teller said it was a part of theImperIalistic policy of theparty

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AdmlistratIon more than Mr Tett andhis speeches for the reduction ci theexorbitant war taxes and againstPhilippine war and the Porto Ricantariff were able and convincing

The SENT XL wants to see Mr Jttreelected to by an overwhelmIng malorltv because he deserves i

and because he IS an honor to his StateThe Editor of the SENTINEL has manyold friends in that section of Illinoisand we hope they the Germans

will stan1 by him and send himback here so thAt he can continue hIs

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Opportunity nnlt theTwtes EdfJ

Every lew dlls the press reportsannounce a new candidate for Vice

on the Democratic ticketranging in point ofresidence all thefrom Maine to California The Repub-lican special correspondents are partlc-ularly Interested and are noless than n score for the place

It Is a notice thatthere Is one candidate who Is rarelymentioned by thoie industrious Republicamis He tS today without doubt themost prominent candidate lor the honorand yet enemy is beatingthe blush everywhere except about him

is something very remarkableabout the studied avoidance of Con-gressman Sulzers candidacy by theRepublican press Are they afraid hemay be nominated

Lts see Mr Sulzer Is of Germandescent He has a friend In everyGerman voter in the country most ojwhom have always been counted asRepublicans His hold upon them hasbeen doubled by his pronounced friendship for the Doers in their presentstruzgle for liberty and there areprobably 200000 of these GermmAmerican voters In New York StateIn several they have the balance01 power But this Is not all

reprssnts one of the Congressional DIstricts In New York City wherehe has been elected for three successiveterms In when scores desertedBryan In the East and In New York MrSulzer stood out loyal to his and

Mr Bryan and in the heart of NewYork City he defeated hisopponent overwhelmingly in a districtformerly giving 12ooo Republican

Does It not to appearplain why the Republicans are wary ofthis man It he can weak wondtr5 InNew York as a candidate for Congresswhy not as candIdate Vice Presidentespecially with muh more favorableconditIons

The Southern and Western Democrats should give thIs matter of secondplace calm and dcllterate attention Afa niatter of party expediency it shouldbe given to the Eastern Democrats ifthey ask It in good faith This is not ayear for recriminations it Is a year forDemocratic unity in order to save thecountry from imperialism and otherevils from the Pandoras box opened bythis Administration It Is no doubtplain to every that Mr Bryancannot be elected with the same Elec-

toral vote he had tour years ago Hemust ram somewhere Kentucky andMaryland are probably safe but theyare not enough Nor IS Indiana Includedsufficient to the election FigureIt as we may Democracy must lookEastward for succor and salvation thisyear And why not All those EasternStates that have held conventions thusfar have Instructed for Bryan the oldleaders are again In line new andImperative have come UPi thousands Republicans are In open rebellion against the Administrationscolonial policy and everything Is ripefor Democratic success With thiscondition of affairs what shall be saId IIthe millions of Democrats east of theAlleghenies come with a pledge tofurnlb those Electoral votes necessaryto nlage Mr Bryan PrlSlent oi theUnited States Shall they M refltsedrecognition driven away think

notIn order to put Its princIples Intothe party must Itle t-

an AtmlnlstratIon and In order to electit must have a majority of Electoralvotes This propositioc isDemocratic harmony this year meansDemocratic success If the EasternDemocracy agrees upon a man for theVice President whose record Is compatIble with the partys declarations thereis but one wise course left open whichIs to nominate him Tile opportunityand the man seem to have presentedthemselves

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