Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 28, 1901, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Beo (without Sunday), One Year .46 Dall’ Bee and Sunday, One Year LU, rated Bee, One Year, Bunday Bee, One Year. . A 'Hnlurdlty Bee, One Year. ' Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year Omaha: T Bouth Omana; ty-Arth and M 8 Coun.i 10 Pear] Street. 00140, Unity Building. h ek ‘emple Court. Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. u CORRESPONDENCE. ommunications relating to news and edi- orial matter should be Addressed: OmAna Editorial Department. Business UPINESS LETTERS. usiness letters and remittances shoul be addressed: Th, blishing Com- vany, Omaha, o Dee Pu Remit by JEMITTANCES, i, m draft, r postal or payable to The Hee bunlishing Company. Only 2-cent Stamps accepted in payment of L"":'I’:hlct‘ou,nn. Personal ¢ hu-u,(elfill:ll:d" or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Bulldin, City Hall ‘llflldinl. Twen« trects, 8ta STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s P.(.):',‘Hi o B. Taschiick, sucretary o)?’r'r::"l!‘_-'-‘e & company, bemg uly l #ays that the nctual _pumper of full and tomplets coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 101, was as follows 1 18 19... 20. bt 1. 26,240 26,500 26,620 20,720 20,050 (36,410 (46,820 49,180 46,410 26,120 20,815 26,180 LAZTTO 28,840 20,180 25,600 26,820 26,800 20,210 20,410 26,700 26,650 Total Less unsold and returned coples 10,017 Net total tales. Net dally average............ GEO. B. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this st day of January, A. D. 2001, M. B, HUNGATE, tary Public. senatorial rk. Indiava has furnished more evidence that lynching is not peculiar to any sec tion of the countr; on th deadlock still refuses to we Omaha's police force had enough to do in the Crowe matter without huving the _Peterson mystery thrust upon it. Senator Allen has again publicly an- nounced his responsibility for his ut- terances. This ought to settle It nator Allen opened up with all his big guns on Admiral Sampson and the admiral was more than ten miles away at the time, — There is still no sign of a report from that committee which was to Investigate the “ugly rumors.” Its delay is render- Ing the public impatient, Ak-Sar-Ben will so out in the world without shelter. Here Is another reagon for a unfon of the knights and the auditorium company. The banks owned by Lecturer Palmer have falled, but the depositors will be satisfied if he is as successful in liqui- dating debts as he is air. Two western states only will have a pluce in the military parade on Inaugura- tion day, and Nebraska will be one of them., This shows how Nebraska ranks among the states of the union. Iteal estate men find that the auction plan has at least two sides, and that it is hard to harmonize the differences. The debate is haviug some effect, however, for it is drawing attention to the de- strability of investments in Omaha. — Members of both senate and house have been more considerate than for- merly in the matter of Introducing bills and consequently the legislative execu- tioner will have less to do than fo merly. There 1s plenty of material, however, on which his ax can be profit- ably employed. e———— Evidence accumulates that the Fili- pinos have progressed well in the arts of peace. A contest between two rival towns for the Lonor of being the capital of the province was peaceably settled in one day. If they desire to enjoy life they should come to the United States and see how a genulne county seat con test is conducted. In the tide of bills loosened upon the legislature on Tuesday ave several relat fug to Omaha, These measures are de- signed mainly to assist the clty in get- ting around some uncomfortable condi- tions. It goes without saying that the legislature will be fully informed as to the merits of the proposed laws before they are acted upon. Admiral Sampson may have thought it warm off the southern coast of Cuba, but the temperature there was mild in comparison with the roast he is getting now from the public press and public men. He is learning that the American people have a warm place in their hearts for the men of the army and navy and no consideration whatever for snobs in any station ‘The temptation to start storles of In- dian wars is too strong for some people to resist and the reports are sent east at regular Intervals. No sooner is the story of the probable uprising of the Bioux denled by those on the gi‘numl than someone a thousand miles away comes out with another story. Some method of quarantining against such re- ports should be invented. Em————— The ministers at Pekin who are the most insistent upon inflicting the death penalty upon Chinese and who present the lougest lists of caundidates for ven- geance are not those who went through the slege and the troublous times which preceded it. Those of longer residence are better acquainted with Chinese char- acter and conditlons and their advice certaluly should bave weiglt, a THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, I THE DANGER'IN CUBA, eral Gomez, who is unquestionably familiar with the spirit and temper of the Cuban people, polnts out with blunt frankness the danger that confronts them. He apprehends that were the Americans to withdraw now bloodshed would follow, “for beyvond doubt,” he declared, “within sixty days the Cubans would be fighting among themselves.” No one has labored more zealously than Gomez for Cuban independence, but he evidently feels that the Cubans are not yet prepared to assume the duties and responsibilties of self-government, that there must be further tutelage before they will be ready to stand alone and earry on peaceably and prope the work of government, The light thrown upon the situation by the statements of General Gomez, whose authority in such a matter is not to be doubted, will bave a tendency to modify the opinion of those who Insist that the United States should immediately with- draw from Cuba and leave the island entirely to the control of its people. No one would urge that this be doue if civil strife in Cuba certain to ensue and manifestly there would be a great risk as it is. Can the United States afford to take the risk? Can this coun try, with a proper regard for the obligation it is under to see that Cuba has a stable government, leave the Island until satisfied that such govern ment has been established? These are questions which must be considered, as well n the interest of the Cuban people as in our own fnterest. We want pe and tranquillity in Cuba and in order that these shall exist there we must be careful that the government instituted is on a stable basis If to withdraw now would result as General Gomez fears, it is plainly our duty to continue in the fsland until assured of pence, order and good government, and our be- ing there will tend to bring about these conditions, General Gomez stated that he had no ons to the propositions of the States iu regard to future rela- tions Dbetween this. country and Cuba and there are indications that no gerfous difficulties will be found In reaching a satisfactory understanding. It fs not contemplated to use any coerclon to- ward Cuba, but to persuade the people of the island that their interests and thelr security will be promoted and con- served by such relations with the United States 48 our government may propose, The Cuban convention has adopted a part of one of the American proposi- tions, reluting to treaties with forelgn countries, The article adopted by the convention provides that Cuba will not meke treaties with any country which would endanger the sovereignty of the republic or allow the island to be made a base of war against the United States or any other countr This does not permit any supervision of treaties on the part of this government, but it will probably be deemed sufficlent, since the exercise of supervision over treaties would hardly be compatible with the soverelgnty and independence of Cuba, It Js lmportant that the treaty-making power fn Cubn shall be exercised under restraining considerations of prudence for her and safety for us, but it is un- likely that our government will insist upon the right to supervise treaties, The danger pointed out by General Gomez will undoubtedly strengthen the sentiment favorable to continuing Awmer- fean occupation of Cuba until all doubt respecting a stable governwent in the island has been removed. e HAY MAY RETIRE. The Washington correspondent of the Cleveland Leader states authoritatively that Secretary Hay is really desirous of surrendering the State portfollo. He says Colonel Hay thinks he owes it to himself to lay aside the burdens of pub- lic office and that his state of health does mnot Justify his carrying on the onerous duties of premier of the nekt administration. The president s very desirous that Colonel Hay remaln in the cablpet and it is said still has some hope of inducing him to remain. Should he finally determine to retire, as appears most probable, it is thought he will be succeeded by Ambassador Choate, Secretary Hay has performed the ar- duous dutles of the position with dis- tinguished ability. A thoroughly trained diplomatist and with an experience in the duties of the office when appointed secretary of state, he having been as- sistant secretury under the Hayes ad- ministration, Colonel Hay had an equip- ment for the position possessed by few, His task has been a difficult one, par- ticularly so in connectfon with Chinese affairs, and be has shown admirable Judgment, sagacity and tact throughout, giving to this government commanding infjuence in shaping the policy of the powers toward China. To Secretary Hay belongs the credit of having ob- tained communication with the Amerl- can winister when the forelgn legations were besieged In Pekin, an achievement that was a great surprise to the Euro- penn forelgn offices, none of which had been abie to get a word from Its minis- ter in the Chinese captal, The record which § etary Hay has made at the head of the Department of State entitles him to rank with the most distinguished wmen who have occupled that position. were THE CHINESE EXECUTIO. A dozen of the Chinese dignitaries the council of foreign ‘minis- ters to be punished for participation in the anti-foreign uprising have pald the penalty preseribed, two of them having been publicly beheaded Tuesday. The condemned men, the report says, wmet death stoically. A Pekin dispatch gives the welcome information that at a meeting of the foreign ministers whlle the execution was belng carried out a majority deter- mined “to draw a curtaln over further demands for biood.” The United Btates speclal commissioner, Mr. Rockhill, Is sald to have sided strongly with the British, Japanese, Spanish and Russian ministers 1n favoring humane methods and it is earnestly to be hoped that the influence of our government will bhe ex- erted to put a stop to bloodshed. It appears that the represcntatives of sowe of the powers are disposed to extend | the work of punishment and would have executions wherever foreigners we | Ju Certainly the United States will not be a party to any such bloodthirsty | policy. The position of this gove | has been that those who were responsi ble for the outrages upon foreigners should be punisbed, but it bas bheen op- posed to the savage demands of s N the powers and it is gratifying to learn that now the Amerlean special com- missioner, who will represent the gov- ernment in the absence of Minister Con- | ger, I8 with those representatives of | other powers who think there has been enough of bloodshed and that the civil ized and Christian nations should be sat- fetied with what the Chinese authorities have done in meeting the demands of | the powers, If more panishment must | be inflicted upon those found guilty of participation in the trouble let it be of | 4 nature that will not shock civillzed mankind, The spirit wanifested by some of the European powers toward China is cer tainly not creditable to western civiliza tion and it may have results fur from advautageous to those powers, Today China is cowed and humble and is will Ing mply with almost any demand, But there may come a time when Ching, learnig from western example, vill be able to eall to a nt the powers that would now despoll and crush her., IMPROVING COUNTRY ROADS. Debate Is renewed on the proposition to macadamize the road to Fort Crog This has been an integral part of the general plan of country road imyp ment commenced in Omaha some y ago. This is a work that should not be allowed to Ing. The discussion poiuts out the fact that Omaha is not only one of the best paved clities it the United States, but also that Omaha has gone farther than any other city in the west in the matter of im proving country roads, Highways lead ing out of the city have been paved for miles beyond the city limits, and for the especial ndvantage of the city dwell- ers. In each Instance it has been more the convenience of the farmer that has been cousulted, T paved country roads have proved their worth both to the city and the country. No one who has given the matter any thought dis- putes the value of such improvements, What is needed is the continuation of the plan to the end that the system out- lined at its inception shall be ufade cow- plete In the matter of the road to Fort Crook there are certain complications not met on the other roads. Chief among these is the fact that a portion of the route les in Sarpy county and part ou the land of the general govern ment. Narpy county people have shown but little inclination to assist in what they deem an enterprise that will only aid Omaha, and this attitude has so far been effective in preventing the work. South Omaha people are aroused In the watter and are dbringing pressure all along the line. They should have as- slstance from Omaba to the end that ped In bringing about the construction of a highway that Is not | only needed but will be of benefit to all, regardless of county lines. o Of all the men who have been actors fu the Cuban drama, either during the war or since, Gomez stands out as the oue with the clearest head of any. As a soldier he displayed consummate ability, and since the fighting was ended his advice has always been sound. His experience has given him an ingight into Cuban character second to none, and when he says that the withdrawal at this time of the United States forces would mean anarchy in the island level- headed men in this country, as well as in others, will be Inclined to belleve it The opponents of the administration have railed because of the delay up to the present to withdraw the troops, but the man who knows better than any other and who has earned the right to speak for Cuba endorses its course. For “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain” the heathen Chinee must take a back seat for the Turk. After being pressed for u settlement of the claims of American misslonaries until dodglng became painful the sultan made arrangements to pay them through a contract for a warship and gave the order to the Cramp company. Nothing has been pald on the contract for a ship and the builders refuse to proceed with the work. As a promiser the sultan is a prize winner, but when it comes to puying—that Is another story. Runs in the mily. Indianapolis Press. The pugnacious manners of the Daughters of the Revolution may be due to their he- rolc ancestry. Some of them uudoubtedly bad forefathers who knew how (o fight. Substantial Business Basin, Chicago Chronicle, But making due allowance for specula- tion we cannot well avoid the conclusion that there is much more than ordinary ac- tivity in the substantial business of the country. Contempt for Petty Gra Minneapolis Times. The gentleman who stole a freight train down in Illinois the other day came to grief. Hip methods are crude; he should have gobbled the whole road and then he would have been respected by all Indlanapolls Press. Since the Cuban situation has developed to its present stage, our siatesmen have become vastly Interested concerning the meaning of the word pacification. There be those that hold that a child is pacified whenever it is at peace, but a smaller and much more powerful number seem to hold that @ child is pacified only when it is bound, gagged and confined, Greed of the Allled Grafters. Philadelphia Record. An fllustration of the state of utter de- moralization into which the Europeans at Pekin have fallen (under the influence of unrestrained license) s presented by .ne fzure of the grounds and bulldings occu- pled by Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of Chinese maritime customs. The grounds and buildings are wanted for the purpose of extendiug the legation compound, and the representatives of Germany, France and Ttaly bave coolly appropriated the same re- gardless of the fact that the tenements pre- empted are the private property of Sir Robert, The procecdings of (the Itallag —== minister are particularly cheeky, he having ousted the inspector general from the house which he has occupied as his residence us well his office for upward of twenty years. The staff of the Itallan legation at Pekin consists of two persons! Rush for Dend Men's Sh Philadelphia Ledger Within a few hours after the report spread that Comsul Wildman had been drowned in the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro and before it was certain that he was among the lost, no less than seven applications for his place were filed at the State depart ment. Such indecent haste qualifies the applicants to have thelr papers committed 10 the waste basket without examination Fatal Haste. “lphia North America The wreck of the Rio de Janeiro on (he rocks in San Franclsco bay was a needless horror. It was due simply to impatience The shfp was overdue, and the captain, having arrived in harbor at the end of o tedious voyage, was eager to get his vessel to the wharf aud steamed ahead in the fog | He pald for his impatience with his life, and carried 128 fellow beings down to death with him, Making De St. Louls Globe-Democrat. One senatorial deadlock, that in Oregon, has been ended, but several are still undor way. Nebraska and Delaware are fur nishing conclusive arguments to the per- sons who have been urging the election of senators by direct vote of the people. The senators obtained under that plan would not be better than are those who are elected under the existing system, but somehody would be elected fn each contest just as #oom as the votes were all in. —_— A Sorry He Minneapol The proclamation of the Boer leaders ac- cusing the British of barbarism, and claim- ing that all the rules of clvilized warfare have been grossly violated by the soldiers of King Idward is fndeed a terrible indict ment. The charges are o serious that the almost court disbelief; yet they are mado 80 serfously that it scems difficult to dis- belleve. The outside world would like to disbelleve them, however, for the constant piling up of stories of plunder, looting and inhumanities and even barbarities, from all over the world, gets wearfsome. The twen- tieth century seers to begin under very un- Christian auspices in some respects. ——— cusion List of the Future. Boston Herald. Senator Hale of Maine in recent remarks has called attention forcibly to the amount of expense ‘that is belng prepared for the future by the nation’s military operations In the east. He predicted in these that “withing five years every soldler who has gone from the United States to the Philip- pines will be on the pension rolls.” This we do not understand to be taken literally Many of them will be dead, and others may not care to apply for a pension; but there is too much reason to believe that the most of these soldlers will be entitled to it. One of the worst of the difficulties that this unfortunate war has brought upon us Is that it has sent so many of the young men of the nation to a climate in wh they can live for no more than a limited perlod without seriously impairing their health. The additions that these necessi- tate to the pension list {s to be a serious affair in jtself, and the wreck of physical constitutions involved In it {s a greater calamity. If the war is to be continued, it strikes us that cayly legislation on the gub- Ject 18 imperative. It should take the form of a compulsory change in the troops seut to the Philippings on frequent occasions. A oI Tn the Wall. New Yotk Tribune. Trade records are being smashed at a rattling pace. That of last year, in our foreign commerce, far surpassed that of the year before, and will in turn no doubt be far surpassed by that of this year. All over the world, wherever there Is an open door, the United States is forging ahead of all competitors, to their comsternation and dismay. The noteworthy circumstances is that this is 60 under the McKinley ad- ministration and the Dingley tariff. How often have we been assured that protection was the insuperable obstafle to our suc- cess in forelgn trade. That benighted and barbarous system, we are told, was a veritable Chinese wall about us, equally shutting eut foreign goods from our markets and shutting our own goods in from the markets of the world. Yet incomparably the greatest expansion of American foreign trade, especlally in ex- ports from this country, is oceurrivg under the stiffest. protectionist system we have had. It is very puzsling. For, of course, the Cobdenite apostles of sweetness and light must have told the truth about our Chinese wall. Unless, indeed, there is a hole in the wall somewhere. VENEZUELA'S ASPHALT WEALTH. Basis of the Pending Ruction Among the Contractors, - Philadelphia Times. While the rival asphalt corporations fight among themselves and seek to embroil the United States and Venezuela in their battle of kites and crows the American public can hardly be without interest in the subject of the dispute. The American people know little and care less about the merits of the rival claime to control of the asphalt sup- ply, but now that asphalt has become the favorite substance for street paving in every American city they are interested in the source and extent of the supply and the pos- sibilities of its exhaustion. Largo La Brea, or the Lake of Pitch, as it 18 known to the Venezuelans, is in area about five miles in length by three in width, divided In part by a narrow ridge of dry land with & few stunted trees upon it. Its depth no man knows, for every ex- cavation into its surface fills up from the edges. Al the asphalt that has been shipped away from this mine of natural wealth has left no greater impression upon the surface of the lake of black pitch than I8 left by pulllng a finger out of a basin of water. No perceptible settling of the sur- face at the edges s shown as yet. At cer- tain seasons It 1s covered with a tall grass which at other seasons takes fire and burns over the entire surface without affecting the asphalt except to crust it for an inch or 50 on the top. The lake is situated on the mainland about 100 miles to the west of Part of Spain, on the island of Trinldad, and Is accessible to shipplug by the Gult of Parla and the San Juan river, which will admit vessels with a draft of eighteen or twenty feet. The mined asphalt from the lake is brought to the shipping wharf, upen a branch of | the San Juan river, by a Darrow gauge rallway about six miles in length, One of the contesting corporations proposes to reach the Gulf of Paria fartber to the north with & narrow gauge railway about nine miles in length. For the present two American and one Venczuelan syndicate lay claim to the entire deposit. Diplomacy and the courts will have to settle the rival claims. That the deposit will constitute a mine of wealth to those who are finally able to secure control of it goes without saylng. The general public is more concerned, how- ever, with the extent of the supply than with the question of who shall get rich out of it, and to all present appearances this promises to be practically fnexha That we are in any danger of gettipg into w war with Venezuela about the matter is improbable to the last degree. Venezuela wants markets and customers for its asphalt, not a war to restrict its use, and the United States government has more im- portant duties to perform than to get into @ war to enforce the claime of & private corporation. / EBRUARY 28, 1901, MINORITY IN CONGRESS, ment of Democratle Members the W and Senate, Philadelphia North Amerfcan | There are able men and patriotic men in the demoeratic party, but they are not in | command of the minority in congress. A great opportunity Is presented there both for public service and partisan advantage, { but 1t is not grasped. Division, narrowness and abject feebleness paralyze a minority | that 1s numerous enough to assert itself effectively were there only brains and cour- |age in its leadership. o Incapable is this minority to do the work of an intelligent opposition that we actually see members of the majority appealing to it to rouse itself to action. Were there an opposition worthy the name In congress we should not see dem ocratle action restricted to sporadic indi- vidual protests. There would be an alter- native program. The republicans would be confronted with a democratic measure for every important republican measure pro- posed. The democratic answer to the ship subsidy bill would be another bill proposing development of the merchant marine on democratic priciples. There would be a | democratic army policy, a democratic Phil- ippine policy, a democratic Cuban policy, a democratic river and harbor policy, a dem- ocratic trust policy—all formulated defi nitely and put before the country for judg- ment as opposed (o the republican policies That would be sincere and statesmanlike opposition. But it is precisely because thero is no longer either sincerity or states- manship in democratic leadership at Wash- ington (hat the party is on the rocks. AL best democracy is a protest, and a pro- test well made is often useful, but in order 10 be effective, either patriotically or polit- lcally, the democratic protest must be specific and have behind it the power of a united and earnest party. There is nothing of that kind at Washington. Instead we have carping and “sniping” in detail—a scattered and futile opposition that has for its purpose only the making of “political capital” There is revealed no democratic wish to curb the majority, but, on the contrary, there is every evidence that the dearest democratic desire is that the re- publicans sall do the worat possible for the count Opposition that would serve the people is not attempted, but solely the sort of opposition that small minds sup- pose will serve the democratic party. That is “peanut politics,” the only kind, unhappily, of which the disintegrated and degenerate democracy seems capable. SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE. the Method of Election Urgently Needed. Philadelphia Times, This perversion of the purpose of the framers of the constitution, which was to secure one branch of the federal congress which would be less susceptible to popular clamor than If elected by popular suffrage, has grown out of the appearance in our body politic of a millionaire class with po- litical ambitions. To the minds of those who created the constitution the electfon of United States senators was only an inof dental power bestowed upon the state legis- latures. In modern practice, however, stato legislatures are elected entirely upon sena- torial issues, and without the smallest ro- gard to any necessary legislation that may be required to promote the general wel- fare. Leglslators chosen in the interests of rival candidates for senator assume that they owe their first allegiance to the cause of their respective candidates. Hence, tha deadlock and the consequent obstruction to genuine legislation, This evil has become so pronounced within the past few years as to threaten the very existence of the senate itself, and the public 1s now confronted with the prob- lem of devising some method of electing senators that will elect. If disappointed candidates can deadlock a legislature for years, and thus deprive a state of Its proper representation in the senate, it will become uecessary elther to abolish the senate or adopt a method of election that cannot be blocked by the obstinacy or ambition of any- body. It Is safe to assume that the senato will not vote to abolish itself. The only alternative is a change in the manner of election that will assure & prompt choice in every case. This can be done by a change in the con- stitution providing that senators shall be chosen by popular vote, as state officers are, Except In a few states, which still require candidates to receive a majority of all the votes cast, there are no failures to elect & governor or other state official. By popular vote there would be no faflure to secure the election of senators whatever the re- sult as to quality and fituess might be. PERSONAL NOTES, Change in The Washington convention proceedings showed that the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution still have plenty of fighting blood in them. There are forty-seven persons of the name of George Washington living in Wash- ington, D. C., and two bear the name of Georgiana Washington. Michael C. Murphy, the new police com+ missioner of New York City, Is proudest ot the fact that he was once one of the fastest compositors in that city. He belongs to Bg 8ix still. Captain Nehemiah Mayo Dyer, who com- manded the cruiser Baltimore during the battle of Manila bay, on May 1, 1808, was placed on the retired list last week by reason of the age limit The Boston bootblacks have won their victory, Governor Crane having signed the bill passed by the Massachusetts legisla- ture giving them the privilege of plying their trade on Sunday forenoon. Frederic Hurrison says that Englishmen are agroed In regarding Herbert Spencer as the greatest liviog man of letters. The philosopher is now 83 and his mind re- mains singularly clear for his years. Lansing Warren, the editor and business munager of the Milwaukee Sentinel, under its new management, was, up to a day or two ago, business manager of the Chicago Inter Ocean. He has been engaged in newspaper work since his graduation from Princeton, in 1880 A Boston street car conductor, being asked by an impatient passenger how long the delay caused by the breaking down of a loaded wagon on the track was likely to lnst, replied: “That Is only a matter of the ‘merest conjecture.” The passenger kot out quickly and took to the sidewalk. Prof. Willlam Dewitt Alexander, who has been for many years at the head of the survey department of Hawall, has re- signed to accept a position on the United States coust and geodetlc survey, He will have charge of that branch of the depart- ment which has to deal with Hawali and |Samoa. He s a native of Honolulu, his father, a missionary, belng a native of Ken- tucky. When ex-Congressman Culberson of Texas was In Detroit the other day he caught a bad cold. “If 1 were ut home,” he sald, “my wife would get out & plece of fannel and my mother-in-law—who is an angel— would make me a horrible mixture of vine- gar, onion, suet and mullein. 1 would be put to bed and when I woke up 1 would be well. It Is & horrible mixture, but I wish 1 was at home." Colonel Cornellus Gardiner, who is to be governor of the province of Tayabas, iu southern Luzon, is & native of Michigan and was graduated from West Point in 1873, As a lieutenant he fought with Miles in Indfan Territory, Kansas, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico from 1874 to 1880. He fought the Arapahoes and the northern Cheyennes and was adjutant of the column that ralded the Cheyennes in Nebrasks and Kansas befors the battle of Republican river, at which Colonel Lewis was killed. SNORBERY IN THE NAVY. Sampron Letter Starts a Storm of Protest, | Cuicago Chronicle | Has the country come to the pass when “social position,” whatever that may mean In a republic, shall be a test for leave to serve the people? Charles Morgan is a gunner in the navy of the United States, A bill before con- | Bress authorizes promotion of six gunners |10 be commi.stoned ensigns. Morgan served |on Admiral Sampson's flagship, the New York, during his nominal command of the fleet. Morgan has had the audacity to write | to Admiral Sampson asking recommenda- | tlon for promotion to be ensign if, in Ad- ‘mllul Sampson's estimation, worthy. Ad- miral Sampson's indorsement of the letter 10 the navy department will go into Ameri- | can history with the stamp of a snob. Admiral Sampson admits that Morgan b | the bearing of a gentleman and good pro- fessional ability. If promoted to be enslgn Morg n would compare favorably, be admiis with other officers of that grade, both pro- fessionally and in personal conduct. But, once commissioned, the new ensigns “‘will have the same social standing as other offi- cers” and “no distinction properly could be made in extending general invitations.' Therefore Admiral Sampson hopes the new ensigns will not be appointed, because some of them, Ilke Gunner Morgan, may have lacked “certain natural advantages,” {In consequence of which lack “thefr proper place fs as leaders of the crew' and not “as representatives of the country in the wardroom and steerage.” Paul Jones, whom all critics agree in declaring to have been the most accom- plshed soclal personage wherever he ap- peared as a representative of the American navy, had enjoyed no “natural advantages' such as Admiral Sampson refers to. He was unschooled fn childhood, the playmate of rough shore men. He became a beau in comparison with whom some naval officers Admiral remain to he decided, and it is concerning these things that the country walts to hear | trom McKinley. Until his desires and pur poses are known the public mind will re main unsettield. What will_he have to say in regard to these problems? Only he and | bis advisers can answer this question, b the line of demarcation hetween what he should and what he should not say is ver clearly drawn 1t the faith of our fathers is to be served and the nation kept to the policies proved wise, President McKinley will an nounce In his inaugural that mone of the rights guaranteed citizen and magistrate b the constitution are to be Impinged, and that the national honor s not to be sullied | He will, therefore, declare his intention of | urging congress to comstruct a civil gov- ernment after the plan of our own fnstity tions in the Philippines, and to keep the faith pledged to Cuba in the Teller resolu | tion. Should he do this the country will Lo | content, and will settle itself to the or derly, peaceable and profitable pursuit of its private enterprises. But there is an other contingency, and a serious one. The president may anmounce that he has, by congress, been created an absolute dictator in the Philippines, and that Cuba is to be given a modified independence, enjoyable only upon its acceptance of the suzerainty of the United States. Rumors of such an announcement are current. We do not hes| tate to express the opinion that, if it s made, the president will begin his sccond term under the burden of a mistake. Such a serfous departure from our time-honore policies will be certain to sow the seed of discord here, in Cuba and the Philippin That the president will avert such a ca lamity s the earnest hope of the people and we trust that, thrusting aside all con siderations of commerclalism, he will hew close to the line of “our plain duty” In his second inaugural address JABS OF THE JESTERS. of today would have appeared boors Barry, father of the navy, was a mers chant sallor. Franklin, who turned pow- dered heads fn the most fashlonable era at Versailles, had spent time cutting wicks In a tallow chandler's, To go through the list of brilliant Americans who shed luster on their country in maturity, but had no “natural advantages,” would come near Starring a mafority of the greatest names in American history. When Paul Jones was enrapturing Paris no Frenchman was permitted to enter the navy of France unless he were by birth one of the coterie of “noble” familles enrolled as chevaliers of St. Louls. The decline of the French navy set in from that hour. The British navy today is in decadenco be- cause “natural advantages” have dictated the roster of its commanding officers. To the credit of Secrotary Long the snob- bish letter of Admiral Sampson has been treated with the dignified contempt it de- serves. The country will now unanimously support the secretary in urging adoption of the bill which opens the navy to Ameri- cans as the army is open. Admiral Samp- son's letter {8 unworthy an officer of the United States. His youth was devoted to day labor which would disqualify him for admission to “soclety” in countries where birth alone constitutes ‘“natural advan- tages.” Had not the natlon provided such as he with education he never would have been heard of. A GOVERNMENTAL DISGRACE, Condition ke t & Philippine Transport erely Condem Honolulu Republican. That five or six hundred men, all in a more or less weakened condition, should be huddled together on a United States hos- pital ship, like lumbermen in the buukhouse of & lumber camp, I8 a disgrace to the flag under which the vessel salls. The Indiana, now lylng at anchor in this port, is unfit to carry men who need medical care and spe- clal attention. It is lacking 1o all of those accommodations which should be found in such a vessel. It Is a slngular coincidence, that just at this time the Solace, ome of the finest hospital ships ever in the service, should be lylng here, not a quarter of a mile away from the bleak and forbidding v 'l that has 500 sick and 200 dead as her cargo. ‘When the Solace went into commission it had a laundry, an ice machine and a soda water plant as part of its fixtures. It the Indis has these the steam laundry is the only one that is belng used, and that not as effectively as might be. The men aboard the Indlana would have better ac- commodations in a sailors’ boarding house than they now have. The glory-hole of a steamship has the same things to recommend it that are to be tound from stem to stern below the deck of the transport. The men are piled In bunks one above another, with much the ame regard for comfort that characterizes a circus sleeping car. The decks are too narrow to admit of much comfort for the sick. Chairs and settees are nowhere to be tound. The fault does not lle with the officers of the Indiana. It is higher than that. They have nothing to say In the matter. To their credit, it may be said that they do all that is within their power to contribute to the comfort of the men. The vessel i kept as clean as its awkward and unhandy accom- modations will permit, and the sick are at- tended to as well as the scanty furnishings will allow. It must be remembered that those in immediate charge are not as black as they are painted. Those who complain against them are in poor health and they lay at the doors of these men much for which they are not responsible, and which, under the existing conditions, cannot be avoided. The statement was made when the In- diana taken Into the transport service that it was chosen through favoritism: that its owners felt it to be a good disposal of a bad piece of property, enabling them to put a newer and faster vessel on their Atlantic rup, while their older hulk was paying good dividends In the waters of the Pacific. Were the Indiana used to carry men in good health, nothing would be thought of it, but to use it to convey the sick and the maimed and the halt looks too much as though someone {8 determined that the old Atlantle Iiner should pay its owner returns, no mat- ter at what cost, THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL. tion as t dent McKinley's Address. Baltimore American (rep.) Speculation Is already pife as to the prob- able tenor of President McKinley's inaugural address. That he has an unusual oppor- tunity to touch the chords of patriotism the events of the last four years will testify, In restored prosperity, in an expanded com- merce, in the glorious achievements in the war with Spain, the president may find ample material from which to construct that part of his deliverance which will be de- voted to a review, historical, industrial, financlal and patriotic, of the last four years. In doing this he may with propriety lapse into gratulatory periods without be- coming egotistical. This portion of the speech will, however, be the least Interest- ing. We are all pretty familiar with what has transpired, and in recounting the achievements of his first administration the president can do little more than to repeat written history. It {s about the future that we are concerned The natlon very naturally looks to a president on the occaglon of his accession to office to outline the policies, administra- tive and legislative, which he expects will be followed during his incumbency as chiet waglstrate. Such a forecont the country ex- pe~ts of President McKinley one week from today. The tariff, the industrial and finan- cial problems are no longer matters of Spee anxi‘ty. The fate of Cuba, the future of the Philippines and the destiny of Porto Rico Washington Star: “Mr. Hummernote says that his music {8 his whole existenc Maude \ “Dear me,” answered Mamfe, “what hard lives somo genluses have, don't they ?” Pitteburg Chronicle on the weather bureau took & partial holiday on Washing- ton's birthday,” remarked Mr. Pitt, n the interest ofiveracity, 1 suppose added Mr. Penn. rd: She—He's quite a Philadelphia Rec Ho goes in for reallsm rising young author. you know. He—Yes, but he hasn't realized on his writings to any extent Indfanapolls Press: He-DId you know thero 18 a law In Switzerland forbldding yoman o wear more than an elghtean-inch hat? She--Goodness! Don't the poor freeze? things Baltimoro American: Jonah wtood on the beach and moodily watched the whale re- ceding In the distance. “Just my luck,” he moaned. *“Nothing ever happens to' me that §s improbable enough 'to form the plot of a historical novel. Puck: Gusslo Goff—It was great, old man, the way you kept on foozlin' without swearing! Cholly Tee—Humph! 1’ ye suppose 1 was olng to make an exhibition of myselt he- ore those caddles with me awkcent only half learned Cleveland Plain Deale gates to the D. A. R. conv for an automatic_umbrells “How was that? “Why, a8 soon as she commenced to speak they yelled to her to shut up.” “One of the dele- tion was taken Chicago Post: @ market for my verse ful poet. ndoubtedly,” replied the kindly critic Where, for instance?" “Why, with slight aiterations here and there I'should think some of the patent medicine people could use it for advertising purposes.” —_— “Iimr 1 think T can find asked the youth- Say there! aps Some on you chape Might know Jim Wild? Well, no offense Thar ain't no se In gittin’ riled Jim was my chum Up on the bar; That's why I come Down from up yar, Lookin' for Jim, Thank ye, 'sir! You Afn't of that crew, Bleat it you are! Money? Not much; That ain't my kind; I ain't no such. Rum? I don't mind, Seeln’ It's you. Well, this yer Jim— Did you know him? Jes' "bout your size Same kind Well, that Why, 3 Since he came here, Sick, for a change. Well, here's to us; Eh? The h—— you say! ad? That little cuss? What makes you star’, You over thar? Can’t a man drop '8 glass in your shop But you must r'ar? 1t wouldn't take D— much to break You and your bar. Dead Eh? What's that you s Why, dern 1t—sh Ngf Yes! By Joe! ! 'Why, you limb, You onet Darned old | Long-legged Jim ko BRET HARTE. CONTAGION AND INFECTION La Grippe Ix Infectious but Not Con- taglous, Contaglous diseases are communicated from one person to another, infectious dis- eases are conveyed through the air. Small pox 18 a contaglous disease; La Grippe Is infectious. When an epidemic of the grip is prevalling it is in the air we breathe and no one is safe. The only safeguard is to keep the system in the highest possible condition of health and on the first appearance of a cold in the head to use some safe antiseptic like St art's Catarrh Tablets freely, a tablet taken every hour or two for a couple of days will be sufficlent to break up the attack. La Grippe attacks the weakest part of the system, It may be the lungs, heart, liver, stomach or kidneys, byt wherever it finally locates it almost invariably starts with cold in the head and throat or in other words, the disease at the beginning is acute catarrh. This is the season Stuart's Catarrh Tab- lets have been 8o successful in breaking up attacks of grip. The antiseptic properties of the remedy destroy the germs before the whole system Is thoroughly infected. Dr. Anniston says: Stuart's Catarrh lets being free from cocain: 4 harm- ful drugs should be freely used at this time of year on the first appearance of grip symptoms. They check the excessive catarrbal s cretions, stop the fever and prevent pneu- monia, They are composed of antiseptics and may be used by little children as freely us by adults and with great benefit. Dr. Lewistou say: My usual prescrip- tion for grip is Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets which can be found at all drug stores. Keep to the house for a day or two and use the tablets freely, and 1 have never heard any complaint of fallure to cure.