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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
TIE EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD.

The recent speech of the German Min
ister Of War, General Koltenborn, in the
RaichstaE, presented a picture Of the fu-
ture of Europe, painted in the darkest of
impresSionist hueS. The speaker por-
iTayed as the future for which Germany
must prepare final war which would
dwarf all previous contests, both in the
magnitude of the forces engaged and of
the issues involved. To meet the exigen-
cies of this conflict he said every man in
Germany capable of bearing arms should
be ready to respond when his country re-
CGires his services.
The prediction of a European war
which shall cast in the shade the universal
and exhausting struggle of the Napoleonic
wars, or the briefer but no less murderous
collisions of Prussia with Austria and
France, indicates an exceedingly dark
future for the older world. The only
mitigation of its actual naturalization
would be the increased attractions held
out to the commonalty Of Europe by this
country, where there is no speck of con-
1ict But there is one view of the sub
feet. which permits the hope that the
European future is not SO black as it is
painted.
1t is to be observed that these state
ments of the dangerous imminence of war
have for some years invariably appeared
when Cabinet Ministers we're engaged in
extracting from the representative bodies
increased appropriations for the military
budgets. The large amounts which have
been obtained by decorating the war
cloud with the ablest lines NAV have
been needed for self-defenSe; but consid-
ering that they have been spent for a series
of years without any such exigencv aris-
ing it is permissible to conclude that the
statesmen of Europe have misiudged the
danger for more than decade, and NAV
be still doing SO. On the other hand there
is a very distinct use Of the great military
establishments in sustaining the mon
arches and suppressing repubIicanism
and socialism. 1t is more than probable
that European statesmen do not consider
the money misspent which enables
them to keep the common herd in
proper subsection, to say nothing
of providing susteDance and social status
for the sons of the influential classes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
THE CUTTING OF CRISP.

CRISP is for dinners for nourishment only.
-Bro0klyn Standard Union.
On this exclusive occasion the Speaker
was not q speaker.-NeD York Advertiser
PERHAPS they invited Speaker Crisp to the
Reform Clnb dinner because they thought
he was hungry WheeIino LateZlioegcey.
1T was. apparently, premeditated and
very objectionable insult to one of the high
est officers of the Government.-New York
World.
IT was sad affair all around, and there
must be some explaining or Mr.. Crisp's
Georgia ire will make it unpleasant for
somebody.-Hdrrisbtrg Telegraph
THE insult to Speaker Crisp was intended
as IN insult to the entire Hill crowd and to
anti-Cleveland Democrats of high and low
degree rywhere.-Iudia7asoI journal.
SELDOM has grosser insult in the form or
a "put-upjob" ever been offered to public
man, and never TO n man of Mr.. Crisps high
standing and honorable repute.- RdStingto,
Post
SPEAKER CRISP, as the chosen leader OF his
party in the House of Representatives, can
afford to laugh at any attempt to snub him
at dinner in honor of the Democratic
President-elect.-BoSto Globe.
THE third officer of the Government is
not ordinarily invited as lay figure to q
public dinner or expected to sit as dummy.
But Speaker Crisp represents the dead past
of the Democratic Philadelphia
Press.
LET us hope that the worthy Speaker was
not so grossly neglected as not to have been
sufficiently fed. Not to have spoken, was,
indeed, n calamity, but to have been barred
out from the terrapin and pate de foie gras
would have been a cataclysm.-Baltin,ore
Herald
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
A REPUBLICAN OPPORTUNITY.

A pertinent suggestion is made by the
New York Herald in its discussion of the
course to be taken by the Democratic
majority with regard to action on the
tariff. The Herald, as has been fully
noted in these columns, is opposed to the
haSty and inconSderate action represented
by the immediate calling of an extra
session But, as tariff reform organ, it
believes that the work should be carefully
prepared for complete action at the next
regular session. This leads it to the sug-
gestion of tariff commission to be con-
stituted at this session and to report bill
at the session year hence. OF the con-
stitution of the commission the Herald
says:
a joint commission of the Senate and
House will be most desirable if the Re-
publicans are disposed to join with the
Democrats in giving effect to the will of the
people as voiced at the polls on November
s. But ii they are to follow the example and
the advice of President Harrison and sulk,
the only recourse will be a commission
named by the House.
This proposition coming from such
source as the Herald shows the cogency of
the suggestion made by THE DISPATCH
the other day, that the Republicans who
care more for the prosperity of the nation
than for party prejudice should stand
ready to aid the conservative Democrats
in securing a careful and moderate re-
vision of the tariff. A joint commission
of the House and Senate might be made
powerful lever in favor of confning tariff
changes within limits that will not disturb
industrial prosperity. OF course the re-
port OF such commission would have to
recognize the popular decision in favor of
tariff revision on the line of reduced
duties. If it did not, the next Congress
would undoubtedly refuse to accept the
report. But joint action could undoubted-
ly present a scheme of revision that
would meet the popular idea of tariff re-
form and at the same time preserve in
dustrial interests from the peril of whole
sale and destructive reductions of duty.
For Republicans the crucial factors of
such proposition would be practically
the same as during the last election. They
would have two courses open to them.
One would save business from sweeping
tariff changes: the other would leave open
the way to the most extreme programme
of the revenue tariff people. Between the
practical results of the two courses,
honest believers in the value of protection
can have but one choice; and, with such
results impending, the cries of sticking up
for high protection or nothing must fall
to the ground. Only the narrowest par
tisanship can prevent the Republicans
from taking every such opportunity to aid
revision of the tariff on moderate and
careful lines.
1t is not by any means certain that the
Democratic House will offer this PROPOSE
ton to the Senate. But the Senate should
hold itself in readiness to improve every
such chance to secure a conservative and
conclusive settlement of the tariff agita-
tiOn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
A VITAL MATTER OMITTED.

The Pennsylvania State Grange of
Patrons of Husbandry now in session at
Harrisburg has added 5000 to its men,
bership during the past year. The annual
address of Worthy Master Leonard Rhoue
as summarized in THE DISPATCH this
morning-indicates that the order is in a
fiourisbing condition and serving its men,
bers in many useful ways. Its cooperative
features and their evident success are
especially valuable. The speaker was
naturally inclined to exaggerate the claims
of the Grange to recognition in some
directions, but there is no doubt that as a
cooperative union of farmers it has a
wide field of action and is making good
use of its opportunities.
The lack of all mention of the road
question in the speech as sent out in sum-
married. form is a most noticeable and re-
gretable omission. If the Worthy Master
really paid no attention to that subject he
has overlooked a matter OF supreme i'm
portance to the order. The Grange can
not take up road cCnstruc ton and road
reform too energetically. Its action in so
doing would be powerful ard the ad-
vantages accruing to its members would
be almost incalculable There is no filter
opening for the efforts Of the Grange
than this, and the matter is pressing one
that demands the substitution of economy
for wastefulness at the earliest possible
moment. To make up for the apparent
omission from the Masters address the
Grange should resolve to bring all its
power to bear on the Legislature to secure
much needed enacments on behalf of
good roads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
MIR. HARTER,s PLAN.

The authorized Democratic plan for the
revival of the State bank circulation is
supposed to be presented by bill already
introduced by Representative Harter, of
Ohio. Its characteristic feature is that it
undertakes to prescribe the kinds of Sc
curity new State banks shall deposit as q
basis for their circulation. This is sad
falling off from the latest and most
authorized version of the Democratic doc
trine on the 10 per cent tax
on bank notes, which was that
the tax should be repealed solely
because of its unconstitutionality. Mr..
Harter's bill indicates that, as in the case
of the tariff, the Democrats have con-
cluded that certain degree of unconsti-
tutionality is not bad thing to pin their
faith upon.
There would be a good deal more
trouble about maintaining the constitu-
tlonaIity of Mr. Harter's plan than of the
present system. The right of Congress to
levy tax On all other circulating notes
for the sake of maintaining the national
bank system has been judicially affirmed.
But when it comes to the assertion that
Congress may in its discretion levy tax
on form of business which takes one
method of protecting its creditors and
abolish it on the same business if an
other method is adopted, it becomes
rather doubtful proceeding. The matter
is more complicated by the fact that the
method proposed is that of a partial re-
peal-not partial as regards portions of
the act, but partial as regards the persons
affected. In its legal aspect the tax on
bank notes has the same status as the tax
on cigars; and Harter's proposition has
the same legal complexion as if he should
propose that cigar manufacturers be ex-
empted from tax if they paid their en-
ployes in full every Saturday night.
The practical value of the measure on
the banking question is more singular
one. When Congress undertakes to pre-
scribe the security on which bank notes
shall be issued, what is the difference be-
tween that and the national bank system?
In both the national authority undertakes
the regulation of the question; but by Mr..
Harter's plan it puts the enforcement and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
A SHIP RAILWAY EXPERIMENT.

The question Of the economy of lifting
laden ships out of the water and trans
porting them over the land BY rail is to be
determined by practical experiment. AT
least it is announced that the financial
difficulties in the way of the Chignecto
ship railway have been overcome and
that the road will be ready for operation
In about year.
This road connects the head of the Bay
of Fundy with the Gulf of ST. Lawrence.
Ii is about Il miles in length, and saves
about 800 miles in transportation between
Boston and Quebec, and 500 miles between
St John and Quebec. The engineering
possibility of taking ship from one body
of water to another is beyond dispute, but
the question whether it will be more Geo.
nomical than a ship canal or than sailing
around by the ocean is a more doubtful
question. 1t would seem to be a clear
proposition that if ship can be carried
by rail more cheaply than by water, then
all railway transportation should be
cheaper than water transportation. But
the opposite is emphatically the case,
which creates a decided presumption
against the ship railway.
The Chignecto project will, however,
try the experiment under the favorable
conditions Of a level railway haul OF II
miles against 300 to 500 miles of ocean
transportation. If it shows economy the
presumption against more Dretentio us
projects Of the same sort will be much
modified. If it does not prove its economy
their actual value will become negative
quantity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
WHY ROUyIER RESIGNED,
He Had Interceded for Reinach From
Motives of Humanity Only

He Had Interceded for Reinach From
Motives of Humanity Only.
PARIS. December 13.-The sensation to-day
was the resignation of NJ Rouvier, the
Finance Minister. This action was the re-
suit of n. Clemenceau's letter in Figaro,
connecting that Minister'S name with the
Panama scandal The Chamber of Deputies
was crowded to-day, in expectation of the
overthrow of the Government, but NJ. Rou-
vier's resignation will probably result in an
extention of life to tho Ribot Cabinet.
In the Chamber to-day NJ. Rouvier con-
hrmed the statement made by M. Clemen-
ceau that he and Baron de Reinach visited
NJ. Clemenceau on the evening of the baron's g
death. In his statement NJ. Clemenc ceau
said NJ. Rouvier had explained to him Ill the
lobby OF the Chamber of Deputies that Baron
de Reinach was being driven mad by the
campaign organized by the papers again st
him; that it was Tor him question of life or
death, and that the three visited N. Herr
to induce him to use his influence to
stop the attacks that were being made upon
Baron de Reinach. NJ. Rouvier said he IS
ready to answer in court any charge that
had been or might be made against him. He
had visited Baron de Reinach solely from
motives of humanity. He declared that q
section of the press is taking advantage of
the Panama affair to throw slurs upon all
Republicans who are in power.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
WHAT CHANGERS WANT.
A Variety ofReforms Suggested by Worthy
Master Leonard Rhone,

HARRISBURG Dec. 13.-Several hundred
delegates were present at the opening of the
State Grange Patrons OF Husbandry this az
ternoon. The reception OF credentials con
sumed the entire session. The annual ad
dress of Leonard H. Rhone, the Worthy
Master, was read and given the closest at
tention of the farmers and their wives. He
gave reports from all sections of the State
indica ting that the work of the order is
steadily moving forward. Since the last
meeting 26 new oranges have been organ
lied, five dormant oranges have been reor-
ganized and three pomona oranges insti-
tuted, aggregating nearly 5000 new members
during the year. The finances of the order
are in healthy condition. He speaks en-
couragingly of the cooperative system and
the ability of grangers by means of 1t to
purchase everything cheaper. He recon-
mends the grange insurance companies and
the Temple of Ceres fund.
The work of the women in the grange is
gratefully acknowledged. The inability OF
taxation is discussed, and it is suggested
that the Legislative Committee be contin-
ued to look after the interests of the farm
ers during the approaching session of the
Legislature. He favors free mail deliveries
in the rural districts. He thinks the aid of
the Legislature should be invoked to pre-
vent food adulteration and also to check
gambling in farm products. All legal ten
der currency, he says, should have equal
power and capacity to make purchases and
pay debts, and that the FREQ coinage OF sill
YER and gold and the issuance of legal ten
der note in sufficient quantity to meet the
requirements of trade and commerce should
be insisted upon.
Among other things he favors the election
Of United States Senators by the people, and
suggests that the farmers must have relief,
even If they have to declare a lockout by re-
fusing to purchase manufacturers produc-
tions until an increase in prices can be
secured to correspond with the prices of
products. He says the farmers are almost
unit in their demand for a flexible currency
OF $40 or $50 per capita, and thinks the esta6-
lisnment OF mortgage banks by farmers
would be good thing.
At the public meeting tonight speeches
were made by Governor Pattison, Kl1ther
Kaufman, of the National Dairy Association,
and John Trimbe, Secretary of the Official
Grange. The report OF the overseer, S. A.
McHenry was also read.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14

Mr.. P. D. ARMoUR's present of $780,
900 for the establishment of an institution
for instruction in manual training, science
and art in Chicago is characteristic of the
publ1c-spirited scale on which such things are
done in the Windy City. Without looking too
far into the mouth of the gift horse, it is in
terestlng to note that the giver is charged
with profitin; by railroad lawlessness and
monopolistic practices in accommodating his
wealth. But Chicagoans are far too prae-
tically minded for one of their number to
be suspected of making a public present as
q kind OF conscience fund contribution.
However immense fortunes are accumu-
lated, however serious is the tendency
toward the concentration of moneyed
power, such gifts as this are benefactions
for the public and may be used with e1-
treme advantage without too searching and
invidious an investigation as to whence the
money came or how it was accumulated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14

There is no slight amount of comedy in
the annual parade of the war bugaboo,
which has kept Europe on an armed foot
ing during fourteen years of profound
peace.
But do Moth monarchs and statesmen of
Europe fear that this sham will wear itself
out in time? There is room here for the
application of the old fable about the boy
who cried "wolf" so often that he finally
attained the result of being eaten by the
ferociouS beast without any attempt at
racaua
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
PREPARING FOR THE VETS
Indianapolitans Making Arrangements for
the Hugest of Encampments.

Indianapolitans Making Arrangements for
the Hugest of Encampments.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 13-The organization
of Indiana citizens to make arrangements
for the national encampmen5 OF the G. A.
R., has been completed. There are nearly
5000 members of committees and the plans
contemplate the most complete care for the
comfort and entertainments of the veterans
The dedication of the soldiers and
sailors monument, the grandest structure
of the kind in the world, will take place
during the encampment. Preparations will
be made to care for upward OF 80, 900 people.
Among the notable features outlined are
sham navy battles between the Monitor and
Merrimac an exact model o! the Kearsarge,
q night of war pageantry, an electrical and
natural gas display, a night of fireworks
and an Indiana day. People from all over
the country will probably defer their visit
TO the Worlds Fair until that time of the
encampment, when there will be an unusu-
ally low rate of railroad fare, and will visit
Indianapolis and Chicago on the same trip.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14

supervision OF its own provisions out of
its own hands. Not only is the
integrity of the security which
Mr.. Harter proposes left to the
provisions of forty-four different Legis-
latures to the honesty of A different State
executives, but the way to relief is COM
plicated. If the bill should pass every
State must wait till its Legislature takes
appropriate action before the desired cir
culation can be issued. If Mr.. Harter had
taken the simple and straightforward
course of providing that the securities
specified in his bill should be available for
national bank circulation, the alleged need
for the increase of the currency could be
satisfied as soon as the bill went into
effect
1t is difficult to imagine why this very
clear and prompt way to settling the mat
ter was not taken, except on the theory of
satisfying the Southern Democratic hatred
for that splendid product of Republican
war legisla ton, the national bank system.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
Rev. John P. Lundy, Author.

The Rev. DR.. John P. Lundy, retired
minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church and a
former President OF the Pennsylvania Forestry
Association, died in Philadelphia yesterday, in the
10th year of his age. DIR. Lundy's chief publication
is entitled Monumental Christianity, or the Art
of Symbolism of the Primitive Christian Church. >"
In this work he maintains that Christianity itself
is only development OF the patrtarchal faith of
the WORLDS, and he founds this belief the relics
and records that have passed away. In this line
his researches were wide and diligent
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
SOLDIERS ORPHANS SCHOOLS TO 60.

The Commission Think the Little Ones Can
Be Better Housed Elsewhere.
HARRIsBURe, Dec. I3-The Soldiers Or
phans' School Commission will meeG Thurs
day afternoon to consider the proposed bill
to dispense with the State orphan school.
A maj jority of the members are in favor of
the measure, and it will be shaped for pre-
sentation before the Legislature convenes.
They claim that the very few soldiers Or
phans who require State assistance can be
accommodated with greater benefit to them.
selves at the various industrial schools, and
by closing the orphans schools entirely the
State will be saved a large sum annually.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
PRIVATE corporations and even benet

PRIVATE corporations and even benefit
associations find it necessary and advantage
Gus to have their accounts audited occasion
ally. 1t is only in such unimportant matters
as the administration of municipal millions
that the persons directly interested are able
to dispense with an audit for thirty years,
with feeling of confident security that all
has been, is and will be well and economic
ally managed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
General Henry Gray, Louisiana.

information is received from Coushatta,
La, of the death OF General Henry Gray one OF
the few surviving members of the Confederate
Congress and Brigadier General of the Confeder-
ate army. Gray was Whig leader in Mississippi.
where he passed his early days. Later he became
n Democrat and went to Louisiana. where he took
strong position at the bar. In 1859 he came within
IL W votes of defeating John p. Beujamin's re-
election as United States Senator. He was during
the war a strong friend and adviser of jefferson
Davis, both in a military and political capacity.
For the last 20 years his mind has been affected
and he lived in retirement with his daughter, Mrs
W. j. HOthait. He was born in South Carolina
and was 81 wears old,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14

Two fortune-tellers are on trial for witch
craft at Wilmington, Delaware. Fortune
telling and trials for witchcraft and heresy
are still in vogue in this enlightened age
and country, but public opinion has at least
advanced some distance in the substitution
of prosecution for persecution by putting a
ban upon the duck-pond, the stake, and the
rack as legal instruments of punishment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14
KANSAS RoBED IN WHITE.
The Heaviest Snow of the Season BIockades
Trains and Breaks Down Wires

Trains and Breaks Down Wires.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 13.-The heaviest snow
fall of the season covers Kansas to-day. The
storm was short one, but was extremely
severe while it lasted. 1t began showing
early in the morning and stopped before
noon, reaching depth of eight inches in va
rious parts of the State. Trains from the
Wcst are scheduled four hours late
The Kansas Central Railroad was COM
pletely blockaded for greater part of the
DAY, but the traffic was resumed this even
ing. The snow was very heavy and gath
cred in masses upon the telegraph wires,
bearing them to the earth in some insta ces
and seriously interrupting telegraph COM
munfcation. In this city telegraph and tel
ephone wires were broken and mixed up in
tangle which has not been yet straight
ened out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-14

EVERYTHING but weather is advertised
as Suitable for Christmas" But present
atmospheric conditions are mournful in the
extreme for the season of mirth, and may be
summarized as productive of nothing but
"tears idle tears"