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Show given . us, in the- whole Chinese imbroglio, im-broglio, exhibitions of diplomatic success suc-cess that are simply superb; and If we could all understand' the number and difficulty of the Philippine problems ( we should, simply marvel at the wis- 1 dom and success with which they have been handled. By tue way, to-day we read that the civil- government there, the government of the commission. Is about to supersede the military one. There are robbers yet, many bands of them, no doubt, throughout the islands; but the great and good protecting wing of peace, order and strength, is now stretched out farther than ever before. We are showing day by day, not merely mere-ly what we would like to do, but rather rath-er what we are doing as fast as we can. The strangest phase of latter-day politics pol-itics is the effort, which of course Populist Pop-ulist organs are making the most of, of an- alleged million, or ten- million members of the W. C. T. U. to pray Mr. Bryan into the presidency. The Democratic managers will make the most of this so-called ami-canteen crusade cru-sade in every waj The facts are well known, however, and it is confidently believed by the Republican managers that nearly all of the temperance people peo-ple will be found in November rangei on the side of sound money, protection protec-tion to the Supreme Court and-to law and order, expansion and the extension of missionary work with it, aud to a brave, true support of the flag wherever wher-ever it floats. One of the most influential temperance temper-ance advocates in the country, the Rev. Dr. Theodore L Cuylcr. is out for the President as against anti-imperialism, so-called, stating it as a positive absurdity ab-surdity that such a man as Mr, Bryan, with such advisers aud influences as surround hiui, should be trusted with progress and morality at home ef abroad. Ex-Senator Edmunds has drawn at teution to the fact that if Mr. Bryat were elected President be could ai.( undoubtedly would change the who: complexion of the Supreme Court m soon as possible. It is now shown thai the Populist candidate, with his AH gelds around him, could easily do this, for seven of the justices 'might go dur. lug the next' four years, all except tw members of the court being eligible to retire during that time. It is further shown that four vacancies upon the Supreme bench are entirely probablx within the next four years, and that, according to all the precedents and th law of averages in reference to administrations, admin-istrations, as many judges as that would be appointed by the next President Presi-dent Of course this state of things is extremely alarming, not merely to lawyers but to all property interests of whatever kind, and to all advocates of law and order generally. NEW YORK LETTER. What Expansion Really Means Reorganization Reor-ganization of the Supreme Court: New York, Sept 22. (Special.) Carl Schurz has broken loose again,, and strange to say, some Republican editors edit-ors are paying attention to him. Those who know Schurz are, of course, well aware that he went out of politics with the Hayes administration, and that his whole career has been one of agitation, agita-tion, inconsistency, and false pretence. At one time it was not the custom for political speakers to be paid for their services, aud those of us older fellows, with good memories, recall that the late Roscoe Conkliug rose in the Senate Sen-ate oni-e and admitted .with much shame, that Carl Schurz had received money for making campaign addresses, which was then a new thing. Republican apathy still continues, though perhaps the indifferent attention atten-tion paid to the radical issues presented present-ed by the Populist-Democracy is beginning begin-ning to attract more attention. There is a- quiet undercurrent running towards to-wards Republican success which ought not to be overlooked, but which, nevertheless, never-theless, does not remove the need for causing all patriotic voters to realize the exact situation. That undercur-' rent is due to the predominance here of the belief, now fully explained and credible, that Bryan's election means a silver basis and a business depression depres-sion that we cannot stand, or indeed a panic possibly. Certain Democrats like Edward M. Sheppard, declare this would be "a small price to pay," but a violent revulsion against the revolutionary revolu-tionary sentiment has set In, and the more conservative voters (the clerks in the thousands of stores, the tens of thousands who earn small salaries, and the tens of thousands, also, who are earning good wages, and, in short, the great salaried and wage-earning mass) are beginning to realize somewhat, as they did in '96, though perhaps with greater acuteness now, the absolute danger of this proceeding; There is another growing sentiment throughout the East, which will help the Republicans, if it doesn't injure them by contributing to an over-confidence. The real belief entertained by hundreds of thousands all through the eastern country, where manufacturers manufac-turers and commerce are the dominating dominat-ing powers in the business world, Is that, whether the world-wide competition competi-tion and clash of civilization against barbarism precedes a war sometimes and may be considered the cause of it, or whether the competition is harder after the war, this expansion of a growing nation's commerce, for that is really the only word for it, is one of those irresistible, economic forces that it is the part of statesmanship to take account of. This is why ten thousand, thou-sand, yes, a hundred thousand manufacturers manu-facturers in this country are to-day studying foreign markets as never before; be-fore; why the steamship lines and railroad rail-road lines were never so busy as now: why International tariff treaties have already become matters of pressing moment; why diplomacy might be called call-ed the transaction of business between nations, has become of surpassing importance; im-portance; and why, mind you, the work Of John Hay, and his quiet, plodding long-headed superior' officer, William McKiuley, has revealed to us the hitherto hith-erto inconceivable power of this same kind of growing nation. Now, this is simply expansion. That is what the word means; and the spirit of it is infecting us throughout the East aud we are glad to be infected by it. We see, not the mere additional dollars coming in to our farmers and transportation people and manufacturers manufactur-ers and exporters, not merely that; but we know that the secondary effect upon the country at large is simply incalculable. in-calculable. It is the safety valve of our whole civilization, as well as of our commerce. There is another means by which the American love of fair play is going t help the people who are In, who have Hd responsibilities, and who have nt hesitated to do their duty. Here for two or three months it has |