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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-30
Farm & Garden Seeds

Edward Persch, 6O4 Market St
San Antonio, Texas. l make specially
of selling d. Landreth & Sons Garden Seeds.
Also seed from the following seed growers:
l.. l.. May 81 Co., MINI. Kansas Seed House,
Kansas; Plant Seed Co., st. Louis, Mo.
and GriSwold seed Co. Nebraska.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-12-30

There is no manner Of question
that the Democrats on the Ways
and Means committee are all at
sea as to the arrangement of any
internal revenue schedule. They
want an income tax in some form,
but are afraid of the opposition it
will meet with in the east. They
would increase tax on spirits and
tobacco, but know that such a
movement would hopelessly in
volve them with the party. They
have monkeyed all that is
healthy with the sugar in
dustry, and fear any more radi-
cal movements in that direc-
ton. They have exhausted their
ingenuity in levying duties on inn
ports without breaking into the
free list to which they are rigor-
ously committed, and yet they are
behind the actual demands of the
treasury about six millions a
month. There is one way out of
their trouble, by the gateway of
protection, but this way they dare
not take, as it is a surrender of
all for which they have been
contending for the past twenty
years. They are confronted with
either starvation or surrender.
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are certainly not more favorable now.
Even we're such an authorization made.
| Il would be years before the fret gun
could be turned out. statement laid
before the last Congress by Gen. FLAG
LER, whose authority as an expert IL
we'll known, declared that "lf an appro-
priation be made available by June go
1898, the type gun could hardly be completed
and tested before June 30. 1898, while the
fret three 16-lnch guns for Issue to the ser
vice could not be com pleted before the end OF
1890" And yet Congress had already made
provision for procuring large lathes and
other machinery. such as could be used
for the manufacture OF such guns. Since
Congress is unlikely to authorize tho max
ing OF any 16-lnch guns this year. the
very earliest that an appropriation for
one can be expected lie July 1, 1895. In
that case July l. 1893. is the earliest that its
completion and testing could be assured.
All this time, therefore. will be gained in
coast protection by buying the Krupp gun
for the defence OF Sandy Hook. The very
knowledge that such gun was mounted
would be OF value In the sense OF security
possessed by this port and in It's inhu-
enco upon possible enemy.
GUN uhObltl 10 tudb guns
exceeding 100 tons sometimes prove fall
ures. as the experience OF the English
shows. The fault Of dropping found in
some OF the Armstrong; does not seem to
be feared In the Krupps. and our own
ordnance authorities would expect to make
guns free from that fault. But be that as
1t may, q guarantee against any defects
could DO had from KRUPP as condition Of
purchase, 80 that all objections on that
score to 16-inch guns would be removed.
The tendency now IL to mount no more
1G-inch guns In ships. and hence It may
seem unnecessary TO mount them on shore.
Gen. FLAGLER. however. has said that even
in the year 1890 there appeared TO be afoat
in European navies about forty guns OF the
16-inch calibre and upward. and he held
that 1t was indisputable that land defences
should possess guns not only equal to any
carried on ships. but even superior to them
IL possible. Indeed. some Of the obiec-
lions to carrying the heaviest callbres in
the limited space allowed on vessels obvious
ly do not apply to those mounted on shore.
while the difficulty OF penetrating armor
caused by the new surface hardening proc
esses furnishes another reason for using
18-inch guns in forts.
A fair conclusion seems TO be that. II the
terms and guarantees ore as favorable as
they are believed to be. Congress should
have no hesitation in directing the pur-
chase OF the krupp gun. Its acquisition
will cost only very small fraction OF the
current years appropriation for coast de-
fences. and it Is doubtful whether that APP
would be made any larger. even
with this item omitted.
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Was IL Really an Insult to tho Memory or
Nathan HaIeI

To EDIroE TaR sUN-Sir, Capt Nathan Hale
whose statue MAS unveiled on Saturday was the great
est OF American patriIts. lie was hanged without
trial by order OF the British General who after defeat
evacuated New York Nov. IS 1888 and as be stood
bound the scanod lie uttered with bis last breath
these memorable words. only regret that have bur
one lite 10 lose tor my country"
lie the greatest patriot the world ever knew ana
the unyeug OF the statue psrpstuAtng hts patro,
the air u the English anthem was used because IL
Is mIscAlltI "AusrcE'
In his adires,, President TAllmadge turning TO
Mayor Diroy. said The statue. SIR rests upon a
base OF grGu'e from tho hills Of Massachusetts where
la urst drcw tho sword In defence OF liberty Ths
Is OF bronze, from the repuJe OF France the
Aur ally II inc unted states IN her struggle for
liberty" AMI he m CAT have added truthtulIy "Ibs
music have iust sun. Is the national air OF the
Eng Ism who murdered Hale on the scAIold"
Usls hs'rI aud detested England as much a. he
eyed Hui loved America and It an insult TO hi.
memory TO u,s tire EngliSh national air on the os
casIou of uuyslIlng the hale STATUE.
ono or the aud.tuTs present al the csremonIes nm
saturia. exclaimed when he heard the RpsIi,b
nAloua ar 1t Nathan HRs's hands we're NOT hound
be would stop L.s ears" NV
LlNsiNGBuECH. Nov IS
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Very Creditable To Mr.. Hewitt.

Ex-Mayor HEWITT showed that his heart
is In the right place by taking the pains to
go to the Thirtieth street police station, at
late hour on Thanksgiving night. to bail out
some young fellows who had expressed their
enthusiasm over Princeton's football VIC
tory too noisily for q policemans sensitive
nerves.
The whole American public owe so great
debt Of gratitude to the college boys who
started the now general ambition for
physical development In this country. that
II these lads and their admirers bubble
over with youthful enthusiasm on such an
occasion as the contest Of Thursday they
should be treated indulgently. A little I'M
restrained spontaneity OF; that sort gives
a happy flavor to our not over oyo Us
American life. An opportunity. oDce in q
while. to give free vent to ex1berant
feeling is social necessity. Youthful
spirits. more especially. can be unduly
restrained. The colt must be allowed
to kick up It's heels In the pasture. 80
that It's muscles may be exercised and
the play OF Its nature have a chance for
healthy expression. This youthful enthusl-
asm in humanity is the steam which fur
nishes society with its motor. Unless 1t has
free vent occasionally. the boiler will burst.
The police. it seems to us. were too severe,
too repressive. with the boys on Thanks
giving night. The college crowd kicked up
a terrible hubbub In some parts OF the
town. undoubtedly. but they were noisy
rather than violent. They were not mis-
creants. and they are not outlaws. They
were simply firing of the exuberance
which 10 30 suitable to youth, and 80
necessary as fund on which to
draw in their after-experience Of the hard
tussle Of life. Moreover. they were cele-
brating the manifestation OF virtues OF in.
estimable value TO the race. They were ex-
pressing the admiration which humanity
should always feel and manifest for valor,
endurance. loyalty. courage. and devotion.
Probably few men hate uproar more than
Mr.. HEWITT. He has reached an age when
peace and quiet are grateful TO him. His
nerves are peculiarly sensitive: but, all
honor to him no forgets his selfish desires
IN his sympathy with youth. The fire OF
youthful ardor continues to burn In his
heart. He is a human being. not Mug
wump creation. with all the spontaneity of
human nature omitted.
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II TRR EDITOR THE SuN-Sir. ! am q dtsgusted
Democrat probably only one more As q business
man AJAX What dependence can be placed upon con.
tracts with our Government IL one Administration can
at viii waive or modify terms conditions specified
or implied, OF laws Affecting commerce passed under
previous Administration Why are retroactive laws
supposed to DO unconstitutional II not for tho princ
PIE that tue Government ought not to take advantage
directly or indirectly Of the least OF ects 10
recourse being pOssb!et
The Mckinley bill provides during a specified term OF
years for bounty to be paid TO licensed sugar pro-
dncers who, relying on the same. to expense that
otherwise they would not. even could not. have in
Cured Is now proposed that this Admin stratiou
disaonor the contract not only but also
as to time agreed upon causing direct loss TO pro-
duesrs and quite possibly involving many Others in
loss as well.
As an example OF indirect loss 10 proposed to sx
tend the bonded period on whiskey now in bond as a
measure of relief TO speculative dstillers or dealers
who have produced or purchased more than they can
take Of within The understood time ALTO ed by
statute. How convenient to fall back upon nd Uncle
San for assistance 10 get rich more quickly. when all
they need do would he n sell or Their surplus or nav
interest for borrowed money enable them to fulnI
their obligations 10 the revenue department of the
Government ana not undue advantage over the
conservative business men who have confined them.
selves to legitimate methods.
lts only plausible given for asking for an sx
tended bonded period Ia that would be in the interest
OF the eo' mer, perfectly insnCsre reason II true
thea accompany the ghened period with provision
similar toths Canadian law on the subject that no
years after projection. CLiTToRn
ALAASI, Dc. !.
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Beaten Populists.

The so-called Peoples party occupies the
foreground in the plan OF the ruins Of the
recent elections. In Kansas. its most ia
natical province. 1t was badly beaten, APP
parently by the return OF Populists OF Re-
publican antecedents TO their old love. 1t
was broken in Nebraska, long storm con-
tire from which the winds OF Ocala eloquence
swept. 1t was beaten In Virginia. where it
had great hopes. and there ia no reason to
suppose that It is now much stronger in
any part OF the South. except Alabama. than
1t has shown Itself to be in Virginia. Tho
Populist plan Of splitting the solid South
seems to be dlshed.
Tho history Of the Peoples party Is like
that OF most other third party movements :
great amount OF excitement, heated
platform. rapid growth. and preclptous
slump. The practical character Of Ameri-
cans prevents them from lingering in the
cave OF Adullam for any great length OF
time. They must belong to one or the other
OF the two great parties in order to exercise
any influence upon tho conduct OF public
affairs. To one or the other OF these. tho
more sober-minded experimenters OF new
political movements are sure to return at
times when an important issue Is before the
voters. and only the visionary and the crank
banker for political isolation.
The Peoples party is decidedly not tho
people at present.
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We have spoken OF the exceptionally light
rate OF mortality In the city during the month
OF November We have nearly as good reports
for the month from all parts Of the State. The
causes OF this happy condition OF affairs are
deserving OF the study OF scientists and sani-
tarians. Truly. the weather OF the month was
unusually favorable to health; but that fact
alone hardly seems SUFFICIENT to account for
the lowness 1.-THE death rate.
Even In the Academy OF Medicine the doctors
have been exchanging experiences about the
dulness OF the times in their profession
IL Is curious fact that the number OF sui
cides here within the month has been larger
than In any other month OF the year. A con-
siderable proportion of them. too. were men in
health and well of and In the prime Of life.
There must have been something wrong In
the minds OF the guilty partieA DR.. FORBES
WIHsLow speaks OF the abnormal psJ-
Geological conditions" which often exist In
cases OF suicide; but the existence OF such
conditions in the life OF any man can never
Justify him in the preparation OF the awful
crime OF self-murder.
The suicides In this city during the eleven
months OF the current year have numbered
over 800. or lust about an average Of one for
each aud every day Of the year Thisis most
shoeklng and most terrible record. In other
times. Paris and Vienna were the two cities OF
the world In which the annual list Of suicides
was the largest We shall learn when We get
the reports from these places for 1893. how
Ne" York stands in comparison with them In
this respect ANY one who 10 conscious OF
possessing suicidal tendency" ought to
make the fact known to his medical guide and
to his spiritual guide
The number OF cases OF suicide here have
Increased within the past twenty years out Of
all proportion TO the Increase Of the poDulS-
ton In the rear 1873 there were but l2O
cases; In the year 1888 there were 1875 cases:
while In the present year there must be as
many more than 500 cases as may be given In
the record for the month Of December WhLls
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Shall We Buy the Big Krupp GunY

II Is understood that the big Krupp rife
which was exhibited at the Chicago Fair
can DO bought by our Government at a
very reasonable price. 1t Is an enormous
piece Of ordnance. weighing. we believe,
about 100 tons. and Is OF course by far the
largest ever seen on this continent, or likely
10 be seen here. The cost OF bringing It here
was very great. and will be doubled by that
OF taking 1t away. No doubt its owners can
find market for 1t elsewhere, as they sup
ply several countries besides Germany
with heavy guns for shore batteries as well
as for ships. Yet we can understand that
the Essen works might take q special pride
In reckoning the United States among their
customers, and in being able to say that the
largest gun mounted in the New World is
their product. The very purpose. in fact.
which was served in sending the gun
here. would continue to be served. to a GER
tain extent. In keeping it here. At Sandy
Hook IL would be one OF the sights OF the
metropolis and its suburbs. Taking to-
gether these considerations and the cost
and risk OF its return TO Europe. 1t is be-
lisved that the gun can be secured by our
Government on most favorable terms.
Shall this opportunity of acquiring 1t be
accepted Our own Wateryliet factory can
hardly be asked to favor such a purchase
since. naturally, it would like to build all
such guns for our service. itself But, Of
course. that is not tie main point just now
No authorization for l6-inch gun is at all
likely to be given by Congress during the
present session. For general embarka-
ton upon the manufacture Of guns Of new
and costly calibre. there Is a large preltmi-
nary expense. and there may also be losses
In experiments. During the last two years
appropriations have been asked for begin
ming such manufacture Of l6-inch guns,
And they have been refused; and the times
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TAE SUN, SATURDAY,, DEcEMBEk 2, lsys.

The Prohibltlonists. who are always
stronger In OF years than in Presidential
contest, scored small gain. The Populists,
Notwithstanding the speeches Of their Sena-
torial orators in Washington this year, and
the conditions of business. which were ex-
tremely favorable TO party making pre-
Tensions to the support Of Industrial voters.
showed only very small increase. The
Socialists were moro fortunate. Their
party. within certain limitations, estab-
lished by the naturalization Of alien new
corners. clearly ls a growing one. but Its
advance is limited to Few districts.
The Lesson to be drawn from these official
figures Is clear to any observer. The De-
mocracy OF New York city withstood the
tidal wave which overran every other Sec
ton OF the North this year. because the
party is vigilantly led and thoroughly
organized here; and candid acknowledge
ment lie made Of this fact by the defeated
Republicans who are seeking to emulate
Tammany Hall by reorgnnizing on the
same basis their forces for 1894
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The Income Tax.

WASHINGTON Dec. lit is reported with
much positiveness that Mr. Cleveland has
drawn back from the income tax. and now de-
clares 1t will not do for this Administration to
seem to be for 1t. 1t is alleged also Mr.. Car
iisle says So too. But 1t does not follow that
the Income tax idea will be given up. Even
though Mr.. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle were in
dead earnest they would not necessarily pre-
vail The originutors Of an income tax arc
themselves In dead earnest and will not be
easily diverted from their purpose They pro-
ceeu on independent views. and represent dis
trlcts that W i'll tack them w so long as they
are ateadfast. regardless OF Cleveland's wishes
and Carlisle assent to them.
II ls furthermore reported that Mr.. Cleveland
now sees what n had business the committee
ms made OF 1t In undertaking to frame q tariff
blll on the protective plan instead OF holding
10 the plan OF revenue only. He sees that the
protectlonlsts are extremely dissatisfied, and
not only will the bill fail to provide revenue,
but VIII have tho opposition OF all believers in
Democratic doctgino.
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The Fall of n Mandarin.

The case OF the Hon. GEORGE d. JOHNSTON
OF Louisiana. until last Wednesday one OF
tho United States Civil Service Commits
sioners. is full OF the pemmlcan of ediflca-
ton for the thoughtful mind. Mr.. JOHN
in his ideas OF civil service reform to please
his associate. the Hon. THEODORE RoosE-
WELT. and that inspired cowboy is said to
have told Mr.. CLEVELAND that either JOHN
sToN or ROOSEVELT must go. or course.
Mr.. CLEVELAND decided that the Commits
sion would be q ruin without the presence
OF the Fighting Commissioner. There
fore he despatched the Hon. HILARY
A. HERBERT OF Alabama and the Hon.
DoNHLsoN CAFFREY Of Louisiana as his
special commissioners to treat with Mr..
JOHNSTON for surrender. The commission
ers were authorized to offer Mr.. JOHNSTON
the post OF Consul at Victoria in return for
his resignation as Civil Service Commits
sioner. The negotiation was unsuccessful.
Apparently Mr.. JOHNSTON was unable to
understand why Mr.. CLEVELAND should
want to make, man Consul for having
been On unsatisfactory Civil Service Com
missioner. On Saturday Mr.. CLEVELAND
wrote to him regretting the declinatiou.
and giving him until o'clock on Monday
afternoon to reconsider and to resign. Mr..
JOHNSTON still declined. and In declining
took occasion to inform or remind Mr..
CLEVELAND that the special commissioners
had not mentioned the reasons why the
resignation was desired, and that Mr..
CLEVELAND had never spoken to him about
those reasons or anything else relating
to the Commission or its work" On Tues
day the axe fell.
Every friend OF civil service reform must
regret that O Civil Service Commissioners
should be dumped into private life without
knowing why; and the knowledge that Mr..
JoHNsToN's successor Is a kentucky man is
hardly mitigator OF the grief. Surely the
removal of such an official ought not to be
accomplished without the bringing and
hearing OF charges. without yells OF SYM
patty or wrath from the various civil SER
vice associations. without the advice and
consent OF the Reform Club. Yet IL the ap-
pointment OF Civil Service Commissioners
were made In the proper manner. there
would be less reason for wishing to remove
any OF them. We have often pointed out
what an anomaly 1t is that these officials,
the gods and masters OF appointment by
examination. are appointed without exam
ination. This should not be. Consistency
blubbers. and logic averts It's face at such an
incongruity. There should DO Board OF
Examiners for Candidates for Civil Service
Commissioners: and when a vacancy oc-
ours In the Commission. the first three
names on the waiting list should be sent to
the President Candidates should be ex-
amined in everything. for a Civil Service
Commissioner can know no less. We sug-
gest that such Board OF Examiners be au-
thorized by Congress; and for its members
we nominate the Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY OF
Massachusetts,. the Hon. WEBSTER FLANA-
GAN OF Texas. and the Hon. ABEL QUABBLEs
OF Nebraska. To serve without pay.
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had no opportunity Of consulting Congress;
ON the contrary. he must have deliberately
designed to avoid asking for that consent Of
Congress which is prescribed by the United
States Constitution.
Suppose, however. the instructions TO
WILLIS should prove to have been dated
after Congress adjourned. Will IL then
be pretended that the Hawaiian prob
lem was OF such tremendous urgency
that IL called for an immediate solu-
ton, and that, therefore, Mr.. CLEVELAND
deemed It his duty to act first. and TO
sock the sanction OF Congress nfterwnrd
Where lie the proof Of tho urgency There
has not been. since last january. a trace OF
commotion in Honolulu. To the complete
absence OF disorder in the Hawaiian ISL
ands the course pursued by Mr. CLEVELAND
himself bears witness. for he waited many
months after his accession to office IN
fore Issuing the orders based on Mr..
GREsHAM's recommendation. Why could
he not wait then. few weeks longer.
until Congress met on Dec. ~ Will
Mr.. CLEvEIAND's defenders say that.
in his devotion 10 higher law OF
which he claims to be the solo inter-
prefer, he held it OF small consequence
whether he did or did not CONFORM TO the
text OF the Federal Constitution The
people will answer that they never gave
the President the right TO nulllfy, at the
pretended dictates of his conscience. tho
Constitution which he swore to observe.
Or will 1t DO suggested on behalf Of Mr..
CLEVELAND that when he gave the instruc-
tons TO WILLIS. no had forgotten the clause
OF the Constitution which reserves to Con-
gress the lnw-maklng power2 To this.
Congress and the people will reply that 1t
is not for President OF tho United States
to plead the baby act.
II any Senators or Representatives are
purposing to oppose peremptory demand
for all the papers in the Hawaiian business.
they may us well understand that they will
be marked men hereafter. The war-making
power is held by them as trustees for the
people. and It will not fare well with them
IL they are recreant to the trust.
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To THE EDIToR OF THE SuN-!Sr: The report
OF the school difficulty in Winfield Public
School. Nov. D. as published In TnE Sun. is
not true with this exception The window was
broken. but accidentally. not mischievously.
Mrs kopf came into my schoolroom hut not
with stick. She assaulted the principal with
offensive names and shaking her fist. but in
no other way. No one ran. but she was ordered
from the room. She refused at first but soon
went There was no commotoa in the school
sAcent lhulgnatlon. She was arrested on
Saturday. H. +, CASDEr,
Mrs. Kopt was prosecuted. The Board OF
nesting last Friday evening sustaining tho
principal in the course he had taken, and de-
manded an apology from Mrs. kopt with a
promise not to interfere with tho school again.
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In Justice to Spain. 1t must DO said that
she has not free hand in her campaign
AGAINST the Ills. Not only must she respect
tne rights oil the Sultan OF Morocco. and fight
within marrow confines. but she IL kept under
surveillance by all tho powers of Europe Tho
English Government prohibits her rom doing
one thing aud the French from doing another.
while the Governments Of the Triple Alliance
menace her at overy step. II Spain had MS
good chance OF fighting without foreign in
reference as England has had in Mashona-
land. we have no doubt that by this time. she
would have whipped both the Riffs and their
sultan, raised her nag over Fez. and driven
the enemy to the Atlas Mountains. II is under
multitude Of disadvantages that Spain
wages war in Africa.