Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1896, Page 7

--.... THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, -180¢-TWENTY PAGER, $3 A MONTH Doctor McCoy Waives All Personal Fees . During September. For This Month, but Only for This Month, He Will Allow All to Place ‘Themselves Under Treatment at the Nominal Rate ef @3 a Month Until Cured — This Offer Made So That Those Who Have Feit That They Could Not “Be Treated, Knowing Doctor McCoy’s Fees, May Not Be Deprived of the Benefits of the Won- derful Treatment That is Attract- ing the Attention of the Whole Na tion. MANY WHO HAVE VISITED THE OFFICES OF DOCTORS MeCOY AND COWDEN DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE FELT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE MONEY NECESSARY FORK THE TREATMENT. MANY ALSO HAVE BEEN KEIT AWAY BECAUSE OF THB GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT DOCTOR McCOY’S FEES ARE HIGH—NECESSARILY MADE SO BY THE GREAT DEMANDS UPON HIS TINE AND SKILL. WHEN DOCTOR McCOY ESTABLISHED A Na- TIONAL PRACTICE IN WASHINGTON JT WAS HIS PLAN TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPOR- TUNITY TO OBTAIN THE BENEFITS OF HIS TREATMENT WHICH HAS DONE SO MUCH FoR THE THOUSANDS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THE SICK AND THE DEAF IN OTHER CITIES. IT IS STILL DOCTOR McCoY’S PUR- POSE TO DO THIS, AND WHILE HE DOES NOT PROPOSE TO REDUCE HIS FEE—WILL NOT DO Iv IN FACT—HE WILL FOR THE TIME BEING ABOLISH IT AIMOGETHER, AND GIVE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER HIS SERVICES FREE, CHARGING ONLY FOR THE MEDICINES, MAKING A UNIFORM RATE OF $3 A MONTH. THIS RATE WILL ONLY BE GIVEN DURING "TEMBER, AND WILL APPLY TO OLD AND PATIENTS ALIKE, AND WILL BE MAIN- SFORE OCTOBER 1, AND ALL OLD PATIENTS WHO RENEW REFORE OCTOBER 1, WILL BE TREATED UN- TIL CURED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF $3 A MONTH. ‘THIS APPLIES TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAF AND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ALL DISEASES WITHOUT EXCEPTION. IT APPLIES ONLY TO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND ‘THOSE APPLYING AFTER OCTOBER 1 WILL BE CHARGED THE REGULAR FEE. W. Saunders, 1103 Park place .e., testifies to Dr. MeCoy’s skill | | in curirg catarch of the stomach. { } = } Saunders, 1103 Park Place ever snffered more than I did for How I kept alive I do At times I could keep nothing on my Every bit of food I would cat would set me to vomiting, and often I could not keep down a drink of water. Immediately after eating I Would have to He down and for hours at a time I would be in terrible piu. In fact, [ was seldom free from distress. “It is almost tmpossible to bellere the change * treatn.ent of Doctors MeCoy and Cowden > in me. When I went to them the do:tor was Catarrh of the Stom- that I could be cured. I have been. I can now eat and drink anything without distress ov vomiting. Business dities for twelve years Lad a burden to me; now, they are a pleasure. I regained my weight and strength and feel w. McCoySystemof Medicine 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. fice Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 1 to 5 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m., daily; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 pm. —-—— = FOR BRYAN AND SEWALL. Proposition to Organise a Campaign Club of Veterans, A meeting was held at the club house of the Interstate Democratic Association on New York avenue last night for the pur- pose of organizing a Bryan and Sewall campaign club in this city, in which the membership should be lmited “to mem- bers of the Grand Army of the Republic, confederate veterans and National Guardsmen. The meeting had been called by J. D. Rhodes, secretary of the National Bimetallic League, who said that he had a list of one hundred and sixty-one persons, in- cluding many Grand Army men, who de- sired to join the proposed organization, and zzested that his hearers should’ see others of the G.A-R. and get them to do likewise. An organization was effected with the election of J. D. Rhodes, as presi- dent; J. I. Thompson, vice president, and L. Robinson, secretary, and Monday evenings were selected as the regular meet- ing nights. In reply to inquiries, it was stated that the proposed club would be formed In two divisions, one to consist of Grand Army men exclusively and the other of confederate veterans and mem- bers of the National Guard, and all others who desired to affiliate. It is the intention to organize at once in order to assist in the reception to Mr. Bryan upon his ar- rival in this city next Saturday. — Ask a Dissolution. James H. Hendrix and William A. Foy have filed a bill in equity against Charles B. Nichols and others, praying for a dis- solution of the partnership in the firm of Charles B. Nichols & Co., undertakers and embalmers, also to restrain the suit before Justice of the Peace O'Neal of Charles B. against Charles G. Nichols, as well as for an accounting by Charles B. Nichols. At- terney Charles W. Darr appears for the complainants. —_—_—_ Sixtieth Anniversary. ‘The sixtieth anniversary of the organiza- tion of the Washington Light Infantry Corps will be celebrated tonight at the ar- mory, 15th and E streets northwest. The program includes an assembly of the bat- talion and dress parade, a congratulatory address by Col. William G. Moore, a pre- sentation of service medals, a presentation of sharpshooters’ crosses and marksmen’s buttons, and an individual competitive drill for a gold medal, donated by Lieut. Jesse B. K. Lee. There will be dancing from 10 p.m. until midnight. 4 RELATIONS OF GOLD AND SILVER MONEY [AN ANSWER ToBeYan Further Remarks Regarding Mr. Davis’ Statements as to the Gres- ham Law. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Allow me a parting word with my friend, Mr. Siddons; and it shall.be’a parting word, as in addressing the Non-partisan Sound Money League I neither intended nor anticipated entering into a newspaper discussion with any one on the subject, either as respects the entirety of my ad- dress or segregated portions thereof. In the course of my address I had. oc- casion to quote the remark of Sir Archi- bald Alison, the eminent historian, who, referring to the debates in the English parliamert in 1819 on the resumption of cash payments, said that those debates furnished “one of the most curious ‘in- stances recorded in history of the erron- eous views entertained by the ablest minds.” Including, as I do, my friend Siddons among those to whom erroneous views may be attributed, I beg to suggest the inquiry, What can possibly be expected of the raw-minded persons who are now favoring the rural populace with their views of the currency, when-a person of such intelligence and training as Mr. Sid- dons so signally fails to grasp a perfectly plain proposition? Mr. Siddons seems to have a fair apore- hension of the wording of the much-dis- cussed Gresham law, but, judging by what he says over his own signature, he {s yet far from apprehending what that law means to express. He inquires, “Is {t, then, Gresham's law that hag given gold the Place Mr. Davis accords ‘to it?" Of course not; it is what is behind Gresham's law. We say in ordinary speech. that “water at rest always seeks its level,” and that the sun rises and sets daily. We all know that neither statement is true. Water at rest has no capacity to seek its level or any- thing else; the simple fact ts that certain ineradicable laws of mature, operating upon water at rest, cause it to be at a level; and that an equally ineradicable law of nature causes the sun to appear to rise and set. “Just so,” although Mr. Siddons seems not to like that expression, Gresham's law does nothing in the way of giving gold {is place. What gives gold its place is that there is an ineradicabiy commercial in- stinct in man, which is part of his nature, and which can no more be taken from him without the destruction of commerce and trade than his lungs-can be removed with- out fatal effect. The Hottentot having a spear, and being offered by one of his fel- low Hottentots one shell for it and by an- other two shells, wil, by a law of his na- ture, accept the offer of the latter. Simi- larly, a nineteenth century member of the highest civilized ccmmunity having a gold dollar which as a dollar will purchase so much, but as bullion will purchase so much more, will use it as bullion. This is what Gresham's law means, and it is this great element in human nature which has ¢aused that conduct of mankind which Jies back of Gresham's expression. My position is that that which is inherent in human na- ture is the creation of man’s Maker. Mr. Siddons seems to think that it 1s man’s own creation. I am willing to leave the dispute there. ws * Again, Mr. Siddons says that.Greszam's law “only comes into play.as the result of distinctly human action.” Mr. Siddons: seems once more to think that “distinctly hhuman action” is wholly separate in its springs from the same human nature which man had no part in making. “Human ac- tion,” according to: his view, evidently is only what men do, withaut regard to the springs which lie back-of that action. Here also he and I are as far apart as the poles. Finally, Mr. Siddons says that I admit “that the silver dollar could be made. and. Kept worth one hundred cents by- the man- agement of man,” and he asks, if I admit so much, will I not admit “that by the management of man in this country the silver dellar can be made and kept worth one -hundred cents.” I admit nothing. of the sort. I deny that the silver dollar can be made and kept worth one hundred cents. by. the management of man, unless it be done by constantly changing. the fictitious ratio fixed by legislation so as to conform it to the commercial ratio from time to time. This is a human impossibility, as has been demonstrated by the financial history of the world, and any’attempt on the part of man by legislation to force an inferior substance upon commerce as money will have no better fate in the end than that which attended the issue of the French assignats. Those alleged representatives of value, as I stated in my address, were issued as of the value of 100 francs. In 1796 they were received in commerce at less than one one-three-hundred-and-twentieth of their face value, and this notwithstanding tHe fact that at that time there was on the statute books of France a law pro- nouncing a penalty of twenty years’ im- prisonment in irons for any person who should be convicted of accepting them at less than their face value. Instances of equally futile attempts to override by acts ot legislation the laws of commerce, -the springs of which are impianted in human nature, might be multiplied without num- ber. In conclusion, I commend to the careful consideration of Mr. Siddons and those who share his views the very recent work of Mr. Francis A. Walker, who, while pro- nouncing himself “a bimetallist to the core,” yet denounces as folly the proposed attempt of this country to have bimetal- lism all by itself; and the late letter of Mr. David A. Wells, an eminent democrat, who expresses my views on the subject, name- ly, that bimetallism ts a “back number,” ard that the intelligent nations of the earth have come to realize that, fcr the future, the relative value of silver and gold, considered as money, will be fixed by the merchants of the earth and not by legislation. The’ very fact that the leading intelligent nations of the earth have aban- doned bimetallism is evidence of the high- est sort that I am right In my view thar managed money, as it is called, has been and must always be a failure, and that the only true currency can be one which meets the requirements of automatic money. HENRY E. DAVIS. Another Criticism of Mr. Davis. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Now that impiety, the sin for which Soc- rates was put to death, is added to the ether charges of lunacy, anarchism, repu- dilation, etc., made against the advocates of silver coinage, it may be pardonable for a new writer to say a few words. Mr. Henry E. Davis’ asscrtion, made after twenty years of study-and refterated by him, through your columns, after sev- eral days of reflection, that “God had made the gold dollar worth one hundred cents,” reminds me of an incident’ in my experience as a member of a board of school exam- iners some years ago. Among the .ques- tions propounded to an applicant for a teachers’ certificate was this: “At what part of the earth is there no latitude, and why?’ The answer given was: “There is no latitude at the equator. As to why, I suppose it is the will of God." Whether this is to be classified as true pfety or superstition Is open to doubt, but the school candidate and the recent sound money orator seem alike disposed to explain facts of the reason for which they are ignorant upon tke tehory of divire interpretation. Mr. Davis modifies this statement, while professing to adhere to every word of it, by explaining that he does not mean that the United States’ decimal system has divine crigin, so far as based on the gold dollar, but that it was the divine intention that gcld alone should be money, and that this intention, as law or procedure, as he inter- changeebly calls it, was concealed from human vision until discovered by Sir Thos. Gresham some three hundred years ago. He ts correct as to its concealment from human vision. ES The pages of inspired Scripture clearly show that the early patriarchs were of the tmpressicn that silver was the proper metal for morey. When Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah he paid for it with “400 shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. This notwithstanding that gold, good gold, is mentioned as early as the 32cond chapter of Genesis. Then the Midianite (‘merchantmen”) paid for Joseph with twenty pleces of silver. When Achan pil- laged on his own account at Jericho he ‘ts recorded as having taken among his spoils “two hundred shekels of silver and 2 wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight,” a clear in- timation that the silver was money and the gold only bullion. That silver was money {s also shown by the account in Judges of Micha having taken from his mother eleven hundred shekels of silver, when it is recorded that “he restored the money unto his mother; and his nother took 200 shekels of silver and gave them to the founder.” Again, when King David purchased of Aranna or Ornan the thresh- ing floor and field, it is said in one verse that he bought the threshing floor for “fit- ty shekels of silver,” no menticn of weight, while in another verse and book that he gave for the fleld “six hundred shekels of gold by weight.” If there was any specific revelation that gold was to be the money standerd it was one of the mistakes of Moses not to record it when he wrote out all the details of the law. That the revelation, so far as relates to money, was for the use of silver is not only evidenced by the fact that all the fines, taxes, awards, etc., were to be paid in so many shekels of silver, but in Le- viticus v:14, 15, the silver standard was distinctly established in these words: “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying: He shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flocks with thy éstimation by shekels of sliver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.” There was no coinage by the Jews, in the modern sense, until that privilege was granted them by King Antiochus of Syria, in a letter to Simon, their prince and priest, about 138 B. C., but the best secular writ- ers agree that the silver shekel was a piece of about half ounce weight, which, when marked in a certain distinguishing way, was identified and known as the shekel of the sanctuary. The cnly use of gold except as bullion anywhere mentioned in the Scripture is for jewelry, plate, decorations and, as in the present day, as an object of worship. Mr. Davis is altogether too modest when he speaks of the law setting apart gold as alone fit for money as Gresham's law. The law known by that name was not of that character, but- was to the effect that the cheaper metal would always drive out of circulaticn the dearer. The logical conclu- sion to be drawn from this was not that one metal should be permanently sup- Pressed, but that both should be used as checks on each other, especially as thelr relative value is known to have fluctuated 80 often and so greatly. The English peo- ple acted according to the true logic, and kept silver a full legal tender for more than two hundred years after Gresham's law was nen never curtailing its stand- He makiffg it a subsidiary metal until Again, Mr. Davis is unfortunate in class- ing Gresham's law with Kepler's laws and the law of gravity, which he calls “New- ton's law.” Kepler's laws were really not laws at all, but facts discovered by him in relation to the movements of the planets. Newtcn’'s discovery of the law of gravita- tion, while often spoken of as the comple- ment of Kepler’s, was really the discovery of the law compelling these particular movements. But these all related to the movement of inert matter involving a law or laws which man could not repeal. In regard to his own movements and the es- tablishment of governments, social inter- course and trade, he was left a free agent to make his own laws. Gresham's discovery is no more of a fact, if it is a fact, than the history of the production of thé two metals, which shows that when you take any considerable pe- riod of years it varies little from the ratio of 16 to 1. Had I made it a twenty years’ study I might be justified in saying from this that it was a law of nature that the metals should be coined in this proportion. It mav be well to add that Sir Thomas’ fame does not rest solely or chiefly on this alleged: law. A more distingztshing and beneficent feature of his life was his es- tablisbment of the royal exchange and teaching the English government to bor- row from Its own people rather than from foreigners—financial independence. Would it not be well for the United States to dearn and practice tnis same lesson? : I cennot close without congratulating Mr. Davis on his happy characterization of the republican platform bimetallic prom- ise.as “a sop to Cerberus." Not only does it aptly describe the temporary: and .un- trustworthy character of this cheap prem- {se, but intimates in the most classic lan- guage the destination to which the plat- form makers are traveling. O. B. HALLAM. —__—_o EB. CONVENTION’ ECHOES. Still Hearing Good Words of Great Christian Gathering. The local committee that had charge of the great Christian Endeavor convention held here in July is still receiving encour- aging reports of the stimulus given to the organization by that gathering. From all sections and quarters come words of thanks, and the religious press is ‘fet echoing thoughts of “Washington, °96.” The Lookout, a well-known Endeavor pa- per, says: “Never before in the history of Christian Endeavor conventions has there been such 2 unanimity of sentiment as that which comes to us from every quarter con- cerning the ’06 convention. Delegates are coming back, not simply to recount its en- Joyments, though here their cloquence is great, but consumed with the desire to strengthen the church and to save souls. Already the echo meetings are taking the form of counsels for a more aggressive campaign for Christ and the church. We venture to say that no church that had a representative at Washington will close its doors on Sunday evenings during the month of August. One society of which we have tidings, where the Sunday preaching services. are to be omitted, has pledged itself to Individual effort to reach the un- saved and bring them to the meetings. Another society in a town where the cause of Christ has been retarded by a poor and insufficient church building has pledged itself to a more complete self-denial to the end of supplying this need. But there are countless precious fruits that will result from the convention of which the world will never know. The influence of the dally lives, quickened and uplifted in those wonderful days of prayer and fellowshi; together, eternity alone will reveal them. One of the English delegates to the con- vention, writing in the Independent of London, says: “It was felt that Washing- ton for the time being was the center of a world-wide evangelism, the glory of which is that the channels through which it will flow are the divinely appointed churches of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Christian Advocate was delighted with the large amount of space given by the Washington papers, the result being “that one could read the daily issues with- out being offended by the glaring head lines which announce crimes and acci- dents.” From Albuquerque, N. M., comes word that “the Congregational and Presbyterian societies united in a Washington echo meeting, getting their material from the convention numbers of the Washington tar. Missions received a great impetus at the Washington convention. The Armenian meeting has had a wonderful effect. At an echo meeting held in the First Baptist Church of Waterbury, Conn., thoughts of the Armenians were uppermost in the minds of the Endeavorers, and as a result $75 will go to these ‘sufferers in a far country. A mammoth artificial mos- quito adorned the New Jersey state booth in Armory Hall during the convention. At the close of the convention this was sold and the proceeds were devoted to the Ar- menian relief fund. These are but two illustrations of the great interest that has been awakened in Armenia’s cause by the Washington convention. Local En- deavorers as well were moved by the touching words of those who spoke in Ar- menia’s behalf, and many contributions are known to have been forwarded to the Ar- menian relief fund. The Endeavorers of Bethany Presbyterian Church, South Chester, Pa., have fallen in line with the suggestion of the con- vention, and have made arrangements to send as a thank offering twenty-five cenis @ member to the board of home missions of their church to help liquidate their in- debtedness. A society in Cambridge, Wis., writes: “The most enthusiastic and deeply signifi. cant meeting our soctety ever held wna a fecent Washington convention rally. It added many members to our roll.” The District union has started in its year’s work with great vigor, and indi- cations point to-a most useful of service. The next. few months will see a great many suggestions received ‘during the meetings of the convention put into eecticst service, undoubtedly with good results. : the FOR SICK HEADACHE Take Horsferd’s Acid Phosphate. Jt zemoves the cause by stimulating the action 6f the stoma: nd quiet ae eee, remoting: and quieting Attorney General Harmon on the Federal Authority, : INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION The Goverriment’s Right to Protect the Mails. TF CORRECTING THE CANDIDATE: Apropos of the declarations of the Chica- ‘0 candidate for the presidency, W. J. Bryan, concerning the right of the federal government: to protect the United States mails, Attorney General Harmon has is- sued the following statement: “I ‘have concluded to give a public an- swer to the many inquiries made of me upon a subject of great moment to which gereral attention is now directed. “Mr. Bryan in his letter accepting the neminatton for President by the convention at Chicago ‘amplifies the protest which that convention made in. its platform against federal interference in local af- fairs, which, strangely enough, ts rot found in the platforms of the other two. conven~ tions which have also nominated him. “As nothing else has been done or pro- posed to which they can possibly apply, these protests were intended and are un- derstood to be directed against the recent action of the President in forcibly sup- pressing riotous disorders which stopped the carriage of the mails and in- terstate commerce and were defying the civil officers of the United States. “The President took this action not only without the request, but, in some instances, against the protest, of tbe authorities of the states in which the riots occurred, and Mr. Bryan, taking section 4 of article IV of the ConStitution to be the law on the sub- ject, pledges himself against any repetition of the violation thereof, which his letter necessarily charges, H€ vindicates the wisdom of the framers of the Constitution by declaring that the local authorities ‘are better qualified than the President to judgé of the necessity for federal assistance.’ A Serious Question. “This, in my judgment, is a far more serious matter than the money question or any other question now before the peoplé, Brave as_they all are. Our form of gov- ernment may ‘survive a wrong decision of those questions, and the people may endure. for a time the evils which result from false systems of finance and taxation, but if the President has deliberately disregard- ed the instrument upon which the Union 1s founded, by supplanting the authority of a sovereiga state by armed force, a prece- dent has been made which threatens our form of government, while, if a candidate for Presitient may properly pledge himself in advance, as Mr. Bryan has done, to do ‘nothing fo protect the. property, maintain the authority and enforce the laws of the United States unless and untt} the officers of another government request or consent, then we really have no f 1 government? for a goyernment whigh: js not entirely free to use force to protect and maintain itself in the discharge of tts own proper. functions is.no government at all. A Limited Scope. “The section of the Constitution to which Mr. Bryan refers is as fellows: “The United States shall guarantee,io every state in this Union a republican form of govern- ment, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the Yegislatuft “cannot be convened), against domestic violence.” .4 ; “This section plainly refers merely to the Protection of the state’ agkinst Interfer- ence with their authority, Jaws or prop- erty, estic violence, and they are wisely the sole judges>whether arla when they-need such protection.. Mr. Bry> an betrays a conscioustitss of the limited operation of this provision in the ex- pression ‘federal assistance’ in the clause I have quoted. Bs “But by the express terms of the Consti- tution a state has nothing to do with the maintenance of the authority or the exe- gution of the laws of tho United States within the territory of the state. The pre- vention and punishment of offenses con- nected with the mails, with interstate com- merce and with the administration of jus- tice in the feceral courts. are committed to the general government, and to it alone. Such offenses in nowise menace the gov- ernment of the state within which they are committed, Therefore the state cannot re- quire protection against them. The state has no duties to discharge in these mat- ters. Therefore it can require no ‘federal assistance’ with respect to them. Of course, domestic violence often, as in the recent riots, is directed against both state and federal authority indiscriminately, so that either or both may suppress it. And in such cases the action of each in main- taining its own authority over the subjects committed to It tends to ald the other. But in such cases each 1s acting in its own independent right as a sovereign gov- ernment, and on its own behalf. It would be as absurd to claim that the United States must neglect its own interests be- cause in protecting them those of a state may be incidentally protected, as to claim that a state must let riot run free hecause it happens to be directed against federal rights or officers as well as its own. This would Mit and belittle the sovereignty of both governments. Imperium in imperio would be false. A Presumption of Implication. “According to Mr. Bryan, there is some- where implied in the Constitution, for it is nowhere expressed, a prohibition of the use of the force by the United States against Persons who, within the limits of a state, may be successfully resisting its officers and completely paralyzing all its opera- tions as a government, unless the local au- thorities shall first make request or give consent. “This is contrary to the settled principle that while the federal government is one whose operation is confined to certain sub- jects, it has, as to those subjects, all the attributes of sovereignty, and one of these is always and everywhere, within the ter- ritory of the states which compose it, to suppress and punish those who in any wise interfere with the exercise of its lawful powers. The fact that there are within that territory other governments exercis- ing sovreignty over all matters not so committed to it can make no difference un- der our dcuble form of government, the essential principle of which is a partition of powers to be exercised independently over the same territory. The Soveretgn Right. “This ‘soveretgn right “'of ‘the United States necessarily follows its officers and agents everywhere they go, protecting and maintaining them in the discharge of their duties. Congress has aceordingly, by sec- tion 5207 of the Revised Statutes, author- ized the president to uge armed forces of the government in aid of state authorities when requested by them, as provided in the Constitution, and has algo, by the following section, 5208, authorized him to employ such forces, upon his own, judgment alone, against ‘unlawful obstfuctions, combina- tions or assemblages of, persons, in what- ever state or territory thereof the laws of the United States may forcibly apposed or the execution thefeof, forcibiy ob- structed.” ake “It was under the pow6r conferred by the section last. named thaf the late rebellion Was suppressed. Mr. Bryan’s doctrine that this law: is unconstitutiorjal is more dan- gerous than that of secession; the latter at least left the government ‘some power and authority in the territory of the states which should choose to remain; Mr. Bry- an’s would reduce it to the idle mimicry of the stage. ‘What Was Not Intended. “It was no more intended to make the general government dependent upon the states with respect to the matters com- mitted ‘to it than to make the states sub- ject to the general government with re- spect to the rights reserved to them. As the general government is authorized to meintain a regular army and navy, which the states cannot do, and'as the militia of all the states is subject to the direct call of the President, it was natura] that the states should be made to call on it for aid against violence, but there was no reason why ‘it should call or walt on them for protection to itself. “What I have eaid is well known to law- yers and students of the Constitution. It is chiefly intended for the people at large, before whom the subject has now been brought. “I will recall in this conclusion the fol- lowing resolution, proposed ty the Hon. John W,. Daniel of Virginia, who was pres- Ident of the convention which nominated Mr. Bryan, which was passed by the Sen- ate July 12, 1894 (Congressional Record, page 33), without apparent dissent: “Resolved, That the Senaie indorses the Prompt and vigcrous measures adopted by the President of the United States and the members of his administration to repulse |: and repress, by military force, the inter- ference of lawless men with the due pro- cess of the laws of the United States, and with the traneportation of the mails of the United States, and with commerce among the states. The action of the President and his administration has the full sym- pathy ‘and support of the law-abiding masses of the people of the United States, and he will be supported by all depart- ments of the government and by the power and resources of the enzire nation.’ Perhapy an Inadvertence. , “It must be that Mr. Bryan, amid the many demends on his time and attention, has fallen into inadvertence. I cannot believe that he really thinks the President has no power under the Constitution and laws to maintain the government intrusted to his charge. Nor can I believe that Mr. Bryan mears to promise or to make or per- mit others to think he has promised not to interfere, if he should be elected and the Situation of the riots of 1894 should arise during his term. I will not lightly ques- tion elther his knowledge as a lawyer or his sincerity as a public man. Certainly his letter ts generally misunderstood unless it means either that Mr. Bryan thinks the President has no power or that he weuld himself not use it if elected.” ———_-e-____ AMUSEMENTS. ii Grand Opera House.—Charles E. Blaney’s latest extravaganza success, “A Boy Want- ed,” has turned out to be the biggest kind of a winner. The company played a recent engagement in Baltimore, turning hun- dreds away at every performance. The comedy is said to possess more Inughable situations, sayings and up-to-date music than any other comedy ever written. It is Played in three acts, one representing the interior of the Evening Keg, a one-night stand newspaper, the other the Bay View Hotel, which-is situated on Wet Water Beach. The last act shows the interior of ene of New York’s most prominent cafes ai night. Mr. Blaney, author of the piece, has carefully arranged to introduce through the action of the play a number of clever specialties, which were all big hits on the roof gardens of New York last summer. They are intrusted to such weil- Known people as Miss Nellie O'Neil, Miss Litie Sutherland, who, by the way, are considered to be the qucsns of acrobatic dancers; Miss Laura Bennett, Florence Evans, Lilly Allyn, Jennie Lingard, Belle Tufts, Agnes Palmer, Flo Neilson, Carrie Gillett, Raymond Findlay, Tonnie Peastey, Knox Wilson, George Bryant, Gus Saville, Frank Young, C. L. Van Dyke, Charles Jaxen, Harry James, George Hall and Ar- mond Rowland. The company numbers twenty-five people and is composed of a bevy of bright and active young ladies. Lafayette Square Opera House.—By far the most widely advertised and vigorously pushed entertainment announced in this city for many a day is the engagement of Professor and Mrs. Baldwin, “the White Mahatmas,” and their company, who will appear at the Lafayette Square Opera House on the 2ist instant. It is a perform- @hce built upon original lines, and has as much attraction for the ortnodcx churchman as for the blase theater goer. Since 1882 much of Professor Baldwin's time has been spent in the orient in inves- tigation of the weird and peculiar claims made of devotees of theosophical and Rosi- crucian mysteries, The results he achieves are so amazing as to be almost incredible and to be absolutely without a parallel. The features intreduced by the artists of the company are of the highest class. Tae present Amertean tour of the Baldwins commencec the first week in September in Brooklyn, where they appeared four weeks to tremendous business and received hun- dreds ‘of letters of commendation from well-known people. The performances com- “Mhetce “at 8 o'vlock sharp every evening |.@uring the week. There will be no mati- nees. Mrs. Baldwin's clairvoyancy wilt be presented at every performance. New National Theater.—The season will be opened at the New National Theater Monday night by Mr. Robert Downing, who will present for the first time in English on any Stage a new play, entitled “In Search of Happiness.” This play was translated into Greek, and ran for a year in Athens, but the author could find no American ac» tor to whom he would intryst the principal part until he met Mr. Downing, and now he counts upon a repetition of the success in Greek. Mr. and Mrs. Downing will have a great reception Monday night, as the Mascnic Order of “The Mystic Shrine” will attend in a body, marching from their hall to the theater in a body, headed by the Marine Band, and there will also be a large contingent of the Knights of Pythias pres- ent. Mr. Downing’s manager, Mr. James W. Morrissey, is confident “In Search of Happiness” will prove a great success. » Academy of Music.—‘Northern Lights” will open the seascn at the Academy of Music Monday night. Bijou Theater.—Effie Darling, the accom- Flished actress, who surprised her Wash- irgton friends by her performance of Suze in the “‘Hand of Fate,” at the Bijou Family Theater, will give them another test of her Versatility in “Blue Grass” next week. Both plays are by her husband, Miron Lef- fingwell, who is as clever a playwright as he is an actor, and he has revised the parts with especial view to fitting his wife's many talents. Effie Darling was known to her Washington friends principally through her appearances in opera. She started out with the Ford Opera Company in ing In “The Mikado,” e “Bohemian G! ste joined the McC: "and “Falka. Then Il Opera Company for a season, and from that easily stepped into musical farce, playing a season each “O'Dowd’s Neighbors” and ‘’Tangted Up.” She had a sezson in “My Colleen” and one in “The Spar: of Life,” and her last ap- pearance in her home city previous to the Fresent engagement was in “The Galley Slave,” where she met and married Mr. Leffingwell. The union has proved a happy ene, for during the week just ending they have not only delighted many old friends, but woa hosts of new ones, who will want to see them ir the romantic play of life in Kentucky. The daily matinees, with spe- cial prices for ladies and children, have proved a great drawing card at the Bijou, and the afternoon performances are every bit as elaborate and enjoyable as those at night. Twenty-five cents reserves the best seat in the house at these popular matinees, and at night the prices range from 10 to 50 cents. Kernan’s Lyceum _Theater.—Fields and Hanson's Drawing Cards will attract the public at Kernan’ I.vceum Theater next week. This aggregation is one of the best vaudeville organizations on the road the present season, and embraces a long list of cld-time favorites as well as some new faces. Every member of the company is an artist in his or her- line, and the turns are of the highest standard of ex- cellence. The sketch with which the show is wound up Is said to be bright and catchy and capable of affording unlimited enjoy ment. ‘The particular stars in the agsrepa- tion are Fields and Hanson, peers in the musical comedy line:_ Joe Flynn, the premier parodist: Blocksom and Page, one of the best teams of eccentric acrobais on the road; Annie Hart, Dryden and Mitchell, Stinson and Merten, Fred Vaemore, Sena. tor Frank Bell and Genero and Bailey, ex- pert dancers. The burlesque introduced at the end of the olio will bring out the full strength of the company. Maggie Cline.—One of the great produc- {ions of the coming season, “On Broadway, an, play by Clay M. Greene and Ben Teal, with Maggie Cline as the star, is booked at the Lafayette Square Opera House September 28. Miss Cline will have the support of a very large and capable company, principal among whom will be John G. Sparks, who for the past two years has been featured with Pete Dailey in his plays. The Keene-Hanford Combination—Thos. W. Keene, accompanied by and under the management of Charles B. Hanford of this city, will open hs season September 21. The company is all here rehearsing. The union of the professional interests of these two tragedians will no doubt prove mu- tually agreeable and profitable this sea- son. Mr. Keene now stands foremost as the exponent of tragedy and other classic dramas on the American stage, and has filled that place since the death of the lamented Booth, Barrett and McCullough. Mr. Hanford has elso achieved distinction in classic plays, and Mr. Keene is fortu- mate in having him at the head of his sup- port. ‘The company surrounding these tragedians ts a large and complete organi- ‘zation. Among. its prin members are Miss Grace Hopkins, Miss Marie Drofnah, Miss Mary Timberman, Mrs. 8. A. Baker, Bennett Matlack, Warren Coulan, Law- rence Lowell, Bertram Temple, John Mil- ton, Pau! Taylor and Lawrence F. Walker. No tragedian or star ever had a more varied repertoire." The following plays show the versatility of Keene and Han- ford: “Richard Ti,” “Hamlet,” “Louis XI,” “Othello,” ‘Richelieu,” “Julius Caesar” and “The Merchant of Venice.” The Keene-Hanford -emgagement in this city will be played at the Lafayette the week of October 26. ° Dramatic. Costume Recital._Rehearsals for the complimentary recital to be ten- dered Mr. D.C, Haywood, ex-president of the Unity Club, Wednesday evening next at Carroll Institute Hal) are progressing fine- ly. Several ladies high in social circles will add prestige to the affair. Mr. Haywood will be assisted by Mrs. Mary Manly Hay- wood, Mr. Goldwin Patten, Mr. M. F. Hal- loran and Mr. W. M. Barrow, whose pro- ductions during last season are well re- membered. Also Miss Helen Prentiss Donohue of Linthicum Institute, Miss Corinne Hay of the Short Story Club and Mr. rank Howe, jr., Miss Katie Howe, Mr. Chas. E. ee Blanche Matting- ly, Miss Mattie ‘ade, Miss F. Henri King, Miss Haywood, Mr. J. C. Hayden, Lucile Ergood and little Marie Howe. The program will consist of the plays of “Nance Oldfield,” “Her First Appearance,” a scene _ “Ruy Blas” and select musical num- TB. a EXCURSIONS. The trip of the steamer Samuel J. Pentz to Chapel Point tomorrow winds up the ex- cursion season of that pretty Maryland re- sort. The return of warm weather, making people feel like getting away from the city, is an assurance that a large crowd will make the trip. The steamer Pentz will leave her wharf, foot of 7th street, at 9:45 a.m., and Alexandria at 10:15 a.m., arriving at Chapel Point in time to give the excur- sionists five hours for the finest boating, bathing, crabbing -and -fishing on the Po- tomac river. Those who are fond of fishing and crabbing are urged to bring their lines with them, and bait can be had at Chapel Point. On the steamer, both going and re- turning, Chris Arth, jr.’s, River View or- chestra will be heard in sacred concert. Dinner can be had at the Hotel Belleview at the lowest city prices. The excursionists will all be landed at the wharf in Washing- ton by 10 p.m. This will positively be the last Chapel Point excursion of the season. One might weil imagine himself stopping at one of Washington's finest hotels, in- stead of being on board ship, to take ‘pas- sage on the Norf and Washington Steamboat Company's steamers for Nor- folk, Old Point Comfort, Virginia Leach and Ocean View. They are handsomely furnished throughout—with roomy state- rooms—and every convenience for comfort that could be wished, lighted by ¢lectricity and heated by steam. Above all, their ta- bles are daily supplied from the markets of this city and Norfolk, a sufficient guarantee that nothing in season will be lacking. A most delightful autumn frip can be made via these steamers, to Fortress Monroe, Virginia Beach and Ocean View, where un- excelled fishing and bathing is to be found. Steamers leave 7th street wharf every evening in the year at 7 o'clock, reachiag these resorts earl$ the following morniig. One of the most enjoyable excursions ‘heduled for tomorrow is that of the eamer Macalester to Colonial Reach. The ‘Mac’ will leave this city at 9 a.m. and Alexandria at 9:30 a.m., and will touch at Marshall Hall, Clifton Beach and Kuverside both going and returning. The trip is a special one, and every arrangement has been made for the comfort and convenience of those who take advantage of the outing. Anglers will be especially well taken care of by the management, and live bait will be furnished free to all those who care for this sport. Regular dinner and supper will be served on the boat in the pretty cafe at a moderate price. The boat will leave Colonial. Beach on the return irip at 5 p.m., arriving in this city at ) p.m. Alto- gether there is every prospect of one of the most enjoyable outings of the season. ——— SATOLLI'S SUCCESSOR. Be Equipped With Higher Ecclesiastical Powers Cardinal Satolli yesterday reteived from the vatican the official notification of the appointment of Archbishop Sebastian Mar- tinelli as his successor as apostolic dele- gate to the United States. He was also in receipt of a cablegram from Rome stating that Archbishop Martinelli would*be de- Jayed in his arrival in Washington until the early part of October. Cardinal Satolli announced, upon receipt of this informa- tion, that he would adhere to his original intention of sailing for Italy October 17. It is uprderstood in Catholic circles that Archbishop Martinelli will come to this country equipped with more extensive powers than his predecessor, and that, in addition to the duties performed by Car- dinal Satolli, he will preside over a tribunal which will be in the nature of an eccles- iastical court of final appeals for the settle- ment of all questions affecting the church in America, which has hitherto been con- sidered and acted upon by the members of the propaganda Fide at Rome. This court will be similar to the ecclesiastical court of Portugal, which is presided over by the papal nuncio at Lisbon. It_ will consist of fine canonists, who will be chosen from among the most learned Cath- olic professors of canon law in this coun- try, and will be provided with an auditor, a procurator and a secretary. Archbishop Martinelli will be accom- panied to America by Rev. Father Thomas Driscoll, provincial to the Augustinian or- der in the United States, who was sum- moned to Rome shortly after Archbishop Martinelli's appointment. as Running at Miegal Speed. To the E of The Evening Star: I would call the attention of the District Commissioners, through your columns, to the illegal rate of speed at which the cars of the new trolley line are run on P strect in spite of a continual recurreice of so termed accidents, such as the killing of pet dogs and cats, of which complaints are constantly pouring into the office of the superintendent of the road (all to no avail). This is especially the case on that par: of the route between 30th and 32d streets, where the trains are put at full speed on the down grade, without reference to the rules for slowing up at crossings. Only a few days since a gentleman in a bugsy drivi.g ecross came within an ace of los- ing his life by being-ecrashed into by a train running at the rate of from twenty to twenty-five miles an hour, and omy es- caped by remarkable presence of mind, just as the horse had placed his fore feet on the tracks. Exerting all his strength, the cecupant of the buggy pulled the frightened animal back until his attitude assumed the erect, nearly toppling over on the dasl. board, as the cars swept past at full speed without an attempt on the part of the motorman to give-the warning by ringing the alarm bell, or slow up. In the twinkling of an eye, almost before the horse had recovered his footing, the car was out of sight around the corner of 32d street, across the tracks of the Tenieytown trolley line. The incident is but an exam- ple of common occurrences by which life is da‘ly and hourly endangered along the rovte. Unless some action is taken by the authcrities to put a stop to reckless run- ning by employes of the Metropolitan Com- pany, even worse horrors will result. When complaint was made by letter to the company in reference to the rapid rate at which the trains were run in this par- ticular section, Mr. Phillips’ reply was that “the motors were wound up to run at the rate of ten miles an hour on the level grades and eight miles an hour on ordirtry grades,” adding, he schedule only calls for eight and one-third miles an hour, that the cars seem to go much fas- ter than they really do, owing to the prox- imity of the observer. This being true, by avowed acknowledg- ment of the president, it would be as well for the Commissioners to have an inspector zppcinied to examine the motors and see what is the cause of the unlawful speed at which they are mysteriously propelled, during the busy hours of the day and night, when scarce a minute and a quar- ter elapse between the appearance cf the trains passing the corner of 31st street, as cen be testified to by those living in the neighborhood; many of whom have been compelled to move, through fear of danger to yorrg children. If the fenders are so satisfactory to the company, then the Hu- mane Scciety should look into the matter for the protection of mankind. A. P. THOMAS, 3108 P street. Warner's Safe Cure i BOTTLES. Owing to the many requests Warner’s Safe Cure Co. have put onthe nrarket a smaller size bottie of Sate Cure which can Bow be obtained at alt druggists at Timi = = == = = WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Eges Higher and Scarce — Butter Slightly Lower. While butter has slightly dropped, exes have slightly advanced in price, the same being also true of cheese. Otherwise the condition of the local wholesale produce market has experienced little change during the past week. The scarcity in the finest grades of butter continues, and eggs of strictiy good quality are zs hard to obtain as ever. Cheese has slightly advanc and vegetables and fruits show an upwar. tendercy. Meats and poultry, howev show little change in condition or prices. The market is well supplied and of a firm, heaithy tone. Butter has fallen about a cent a pound on the higher grades, and whi western advices are weak, the feeling in New York is quite firm. The market is quiet, but there is no disposition to still low despite the western advices. Therefore, little or no change in prices is expected. The scarcity in fine goods continues, al- though very little is being taken b a orters. The prices prevailing today am igin extras, 18 cents a pound; choice, 1 firsts, 16; seconds, 15; bakers’ choice stoc > 124 to 13; New York tubs, 15 to 16; dairy print, 14; western, Maryland and Vir- ginia creamery, 15; dairy packed, 1 Eggs are not only higher, but also of a Poorer quality, with indications poirtirg to higher prices. From now on their price can be expected to advance. Receipts are still very light. Today's prices are as foilo’ earby fresh, 16 cents a dozen; western, cents, and southern, 14 cents. Cheese shows a slight advance, and there is some disposition to force prices, although there are few foreign orders. Full cream, large, 10 cents a pound; flats, 11%, and ponys, 11. . es . The receipts of poultry have increased slightly, but prices remain about aé last reported. Live chickens, 10 to 11 cents Pound; old- fowls, 8 to 9 cents a pom ducks, § to 10 cents a pound, and geese, 6 to 7 cents a pound. The supply of vegetables and fruits con- tinues large, but, as may be seen from the following quotations, prices show change: Cauliflower, per barrel, $2.50 t< celery, per dozen, 2: to T eents per box, cents; potatoes, ber bbl., Wicents to $1; choice, per Jbl to $5 cents; new, per bushel, 25 to 30-cr culls, per pbi., 4# cents; potatoes, jand and Virginia, per bushel, 13 cents; culls, per fushel, to sweet potatoes, red, per » $1 to 81. common, $1; yams and haymons, r $1 to $1 tomatoes, per crate, native, to Wc +,©k@ plant, per half-bar beets, per 100 bunches, $1.4 cabbage, per 100, $1.50; ne y, new, el, beans, ‘white York mediums, $1.10; New York pea. marrow. $1. Virginia, white, 7 cents; white, mixed, 50 cents; colored, 5 60 cents; apples, fancy $1 per box, 40 cents; common, per box, 25 to land and Virginia, per bbl. pears, La Conte, per bbi., La Conte, per box, Ti to S89 cents ber box, $1.25 to $1.00; per bbl, & fancy freestone, per bushel box, cents; medium, 4 to 50 cents: peach box, 49 to 6 cent ths bush ets, 20 to 40 cents; damsons, per Ib.. 3 2 cents: per basket, 14 ponds, 45 t ents; oranges, fancy, br: per box: Messina, $3.50 to Jencia, $3 to $3.50 per case: lemons, & $ to $5 per box; grapes, 15 to 10 10-pound basket basket; loupe $4 to $6 per hundred. Beef and other me Live cattle, per per 40 bbl, bbl, show the following rom 2 to 4% cents a sheep, 1 $5 to cents a pound. —— Politics in Montgomery. Several republican clubs have held meet- ings in Wheaton, the thirteenth election district of Montgomery county, Md, during this week, and the sound money doctrine advanced to a remarkably successful ex- tent. Tuesday night the Wheaton Club was Treerganized, with officers as follows: John Adams, president; Frank Matthews, vice president, and D. Lomax, secretary. Major Daniel O'Driscoll, Mr. Ashley M. Gould and others made addresses. In addition to the exceptionally large attendance of republi- cans, there were present a number of sound money democrats. The same night the Linden Club held a meeting, Philip Ezglin presiding. After the errollment of a number of new mem- bers an executive committee was appoint- ed, consisting of Messrs. Henry Newman, Philip Eaglin, F. J. Minor and Webster. Mr. Guion Miller made an address, and was followed by Messrs. Levi Brooks, Minor and Newman. This club was organ- ized September 1, and a great deal of in- terest is manifested in the welfare of the republican party. Another meeting will be held Monday night at the Baptist Church. The Takoma Club met Thursday night, when the president, William Parker, made an address, and a committee on registra- tion was appointed, as follows: Walter Par- ker, Obed Nelson and William Parker. The Pioneer McKinley and Hobart Club of Clifton Park held its regular meeting Friday night, Vice President Wiliam H. Clark in the chair. After reports from committees were heard and acted on atten- tion was called to the-fact that the rezis- tration of voters under the new law ¢ mences on the h instant, and measures were taken to get out a full registration. ———_0t—a~ Music at the White House. At the White House grounds this after- noon the Marine Bard will, at o'elock, render the following program: March—“Lafayette” 0.0.02... Overture—“William Tell”. Ressink Serenade—“Souvenir of Mexico’ Wilson Grand selection from the "Huguenot: Johnson, Meyerbeef March—“Liberty Bell”.....4... Sousa. Symphonic—“Poems Le Preludes’ Liszt. Characteristic—“A Hunting Scene,’ Bucalosst. Synopsis: Early morning; the mect on the scent; the run; full ery; the re- turn home. (6) Gavotte, Flirting; (b) March, Chinese, Fanciulli. “Hall, Columbia”. Fyle