Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-02
IN THE HorrL coHsIpoKs.

Ex-senator Patrick Ready. the eloquent
Californian, IL in Washington besort ne SUI
preme Coart arguing the SIDE - the miners IN
the CoGr d'Aene miner conspiracy oasos
The side Of the miner b. said a the N
biti House this morning. has not been fAirl,
told. Briefly IL IL the old question - live "a
let live and the one problem ~hioh can't 10
settled by armed forces - hi-slr that u
disrup.ing labor unious Wage varnor. nav.
their individual rights. and in this case they
did not assume the initiative Ihfs- wcr.
progressing quietly az the miues. Tho Mins
Owner Association resolved o. di-taui the
miners union. nnkerton men Ners hired %
work with the miners and gain entrance IN
the union. The men were locked out fsr
months, and without going fally into
the story ~ was the desperate tae-,.n-
aries Of the association that prs-cititated
the trouble, and from nv intimate kuowlsd.-
OF the causes which led up - the CLIMAX q
bioooShed i consider the miners justified IN
their actions The government Of any country
must be acknowledged failure n its offcer.
OF The law are not Of ability % administer ~
laws Tor the preservation % tho pubic peaos
without the aid OF mercenArios under c,,rt,orat,
control This question is acknowledged one q
the greatest import. and have no hesitanc, in
declaring that the quicker so-rall,a IaaL,-t,n-
ism is given lite deathblo~ the greater Ntu n.
the security Of the public peace aud The On
foreement OF our laws by the proper ofhcor.
IF England will kindly refrain from taking
New York until after NV explosive shells a..
tested by the government. said Or J a. tu.-
tin NJ the Riggs. Il shall feel under Obligation.
20 her. We are nov making ten shells a, our
works al Perryville. y. Y. Tor the government
for testing 81 the Sandy HOOK station IN seven
and oleven-inch riaed cannon and ,wolve-incA
mortars. They will soon be ready Tor "a. a.
cial test The explosive compound Ia q gelatin.
OF gun cotton and nitro-glycerine possessing
AZ per cent greater explosive energy than dsnA-
mite. The French aud German government.
are shooting similar explosives. but they are
not up 20 ours. The great point IL that they
may be discharged from ordinary rihed cannon
or mortars by gunpoNder. and their terrible
efnciency and desirucuyeness NAV readily 10
compreheuded when fired from a modern lone
ranged large caliber gun Their srp,s-aoa
L may be regulated 90 within a fraction Of q
second, and does not necessarily follow the
/ impact With the sides OF a vessel OF fort BOY
instance, we Ire one, few days ago ~ our er-
permental station through three inches of steel
armor, and IL exploded on the other side o. the
target as intended. Tho government engineer.
Z think very highly Of our shells as the official
report shows, and their electives IN warfare
especially IN coast defeusss, vail. 4 am sure
Justify our hopes and the expectations Of the
War and Navy Departments"
There can be no doubt TO the advisAhirv
OF annexing Hawaii" said n. a. Mills. IA.
Pacific coast capitalist and owner Of bug oaic.
buildings. at the Shoreham, and the sentiment
OF the coast Is all that way. I do not believe,
however, in precipitate action, and we should
make haste slowly; let the proceedings be TO-
moved from semblance Of land-grabbins
There has been a good deal said about the un-
desirabiity of a large portion Of their in-
habitants, but in taking in the islands the
chinese and Japanese need not be given citizen
ship. The native population are inorensiss
and are not and would not prove disturbing
element. AS race they are gradually becom-
ing extinct The islands necessary % ne for
many reasons and they should, as I think they
viii be, under our control"
I'VE have just had a consolidation slection
out IN my place, said Col c. T. Prouty OF
Oklahoma at the National, whereby Kingfsher
ana North hingfsher made one city OF over
1900 inhabitants. and naturally We are IN gar
paint and feathers. We are putting on airs and
viii soon begin to shout for statehood With the
rest of the lusty lunged young cities in okia-
homa. We viii have electric lights IN three
months and electric cars while New York city IL
talking about it We have a fine system OF
water works, put up eighteen brick business
houses last year, have the finest hotel Ia Okla-
homa, $4,000 ice plant and consider our
selves big potatoes generally. Az for prosper
IVY, ~ Is piled up IN stacks on the prairie. a
merchant told me that he was doing 80 per
cent more business this year than last despite
the fact that five other merchants in the same
business had opened up. And the surrounding
country is just as thriving and going ahead In
pace with the CITY,"
I've have law in our state" said Congress
man-elect Settle of North Carolina TO Tur SRA.
representative at the Ebbitt that distinguishes
many men One Of its provisions Is that .
married mans residence is deemed TO be wher,
his family reside. Ii was in Forsyth county.
A colored man applied to vote and the follow
ton inspector.
"'Where's your wife?'
sin Chicago, sab
How long has she been there?'
ga year sab
" nat . she doing so long away from homer
Don know. sab; she ran away with . white
man an amt seen her since
What were his politics.
"'He we're a democrat sab
THAT settles IL, said the inspector. .voa
can't vote, for You don't live with your family.
Would have been bad enough II she had Ia out
with republican, but when IL comes 70
democrat, that's a double crime
"Ilearned today" said ex-Gov. swinford Of
Alaska, that the petition which hes been in
circulation in southeastern Alaska requesting
my reappointment has arrived in Washington,
but have not seen 1t. / understand that A.
contains the names Of nine-tenths Of the ner-
chants and best people Of that district. ID has
not been circulated in western Alaska, owing 10
the season OF year. cannot say whether
would accept the appointment even IL Mr..
Cleveland rendered il TO me owing 20 NV bust
ness engagements. Alaska now il scarcely ever
heard OF. The people there feel that somebody
ought TO be at the head Of their fairs who viii
secure from Congress the recognition IL
deserves. The interests of the territory should
be pushed forward and her great resources
brought more prominently before the people Of
the United States There are great opportun-
ines awaiting development and requiring
American energy and capital. II is certainly .
Compliment TO be Endorsed by men OF both
parties, and I have received many personal