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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
MAKING HISTORY.

The people OF the world are making
history very rapidly at this time. The
war between China and Japan Is
fraught with imInense possibilities for
good or evil; the revolution In Hawaii
and It's prompt suppression establishes
the pegGnanency of the republic: the
war clouds in Central America are sig
liable at any time TO lead to the out
break OF hostilities. Africa Is being
paz-titionsd among the great powers;
Russia is about 10 annex Turkish Ar
menta: Egypt Is building irrigating
bitches and preparing to grow Accent
cotton: Russia Is constructing rail-
road through Siberia, a country with
unlimited possibilities in the production
OF wheat and cattle; the people OF Italy
and Spain are on the verge OF rebellion;
the Germans are agitating Tor greater
constitutional privileges: Engiand's
premier Is lettering In power because he
IS not radical enough TO suit one Sec
tion of his party. IN the United States
political parties are being remodalesf
AMI II Is impossible to set strict
party vote" In congress: there is a
deep unrest among the worizingrncn.
and general desire for a change In
industrial. conditions: and one or both
branches OF many legislatures have
| passed woman suffrage resolutions.
Steam IL no longer to be used for gen.
Grating electricity. which 1t has been
demonstrated can De carried for many
miles without waste: the productiveness
Of the soil is being multiplied by better
knowledge of chemistry; once dreadful
diseases are now understood and sue
ccsSfully COPIED with: education IS more
general. thanks 10 the newspapers;
cruel creeds are giving place 70 true
religion: and The people are everywhere
agsts stng fer reforms OF one kind or an
ctEey. and The rights and power Of
The reoIle are Being more generally
recognized and conceded. Taken all In
all. Is rsay he safely asserted that the
world has entered upon an era OF trans
ston and progress,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

ana safsr route of the canal shall be
reserved for ourselves. while our enc
mics. IL we shall ever Be 80 unfcrtu-
nate as 10 have any. shall be remanded
70 the voyaee around Cape Horn
"a consideration OF controlling inau-
ence In this Question = the well-eettled
conviction On the part Of this govern
rnent that only By the United States
exercising supervision can the ssthmns
canals be definitely ard 81 ali times
secured against the interference and
obstruction incident 10 war. A T.sere
agreement OF neutrality on paper be-
tween the great powers OF Europe
might prove Intellectual 10 preserve the
canal in tine Of hostiIitIes. The first
sosand Of a. cannon In a general Euro
pean war would In all probability an
nal the treasy Of neutrality, and the
strategic position Of the canal, COM
mandsng both oceans, might be held BY
the first naval power that could seize
1T. II this should be done. the United
States would suffer such grave incon-
venience and loss in her domestic COM
merce as would enforce the duty OF q
defensive and protective war on her
part. for the mere purpose OF gaining
that control which IN advance she In
sisss is due 10 her position and demand
ed by her necessities
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

The treasurer 81 reunsyivarAa accepts
considerable responsibility with his Office
Ills REPORT for last month showed the
sum or S.S@,si5 on hand In the genera.
s4nd- II IS distributed tn sc bs aixs through
oas the state. the isrgess arn-ants being
Deposited In Philadelphia. Harrisburg and
Isfsseurg. Ore hank IN Pl.tsours hcias
sass another sssA.sso ana another ssss.-
tsa OF public funds. One tn PHILADELPHIA
carries stsa,eoa ssother ssE7 90 ara several
csheTs smaller ssrfS Harrisburg banks
also fare well ore having sea- esa. two
others Sisnan each snsa another s5.sssa
80 far IS fnausesal patronage IS Concerned
the office 81 state treasurer IN peapxyl-
ysnSa s. certainly tnfszen stAi The sans
on ssegesst res fneTn nesTiy halt a million.
as above sStea. 20 s. ee each fer tn.
cossstTy banking houses.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

From June to January. 1891. the United
States government redeemed and cancell-
ed four per cent. bonds due IN 1901. OF the
face value Of SIT, s425o0. For these bonds
It paid = premium OF from ~ to - per
cent Mr. Carlisle has Just sold to for
eign syndicate ss2.ooooo0 OF per cent.
bonds at a premium OF Az per cent.
Comment Is superhuous. These bonds are
worth on the basis OF per cent. interest
20 the investor, $11974 for each 500 boad.
They are being subscribed for In London
at sii3-50. Yet Mr.. Carlisle not only con-
tracts to sell them at $1o4.5o but gives the
Roshschild- Morgan syndicate a preference
right to purchase any additional amount
that Ii may be found necessary to sell to
help out the revenue between now and
next October. What an administration it
IL, to be sure!
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
LII,s APPEAL TO GROVER.

Grover. dear Grover, please come to my
aid,
I'm locked up Tn Honolulu;
My subjects are raising the deuce OF q
row,
And Pve no one to help me but YOU.
My throne now is gone. I'm out of a Job.
And. Grover. / really feel Ill:
So fit oilt a warshsp, and come right
away
To rescue your owns little LII.
Oh. come, please come.
Come Grover, and rescue your Lii!
Grover dear Grower, say why did you
take
That warship away from my bay?
Your love I'm afraid has grown awf,ily
cold.
Since Paramount Blourlt went away,
On. what win they do to your tiusky
young queen
When they try her for conspiracee:
Get a move on that ship. or YOU never
VIII see
Your own Ll.aokaianee
Oh cDme. please come.
I'm wre.ched as wretched can be,
New York Sun
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

The session OF the legislature 10 more
than half over. and good progress has
been made, although only seven bsEs
have passed both houses. one Of these
being the appropriation bill for the
legislatures expenses. Two weeks OF
the legislatures time was practically
taken up with thu senatorial contest.
end little work was accomplished DUR
ing that time. Although only seven
bills have been sent to the governor.
forty-seven others are In process OF
passage, twenty-ntne having been APP
proved by the house and eighteen BY the
senate The house has passed the
barefoot boy" school bill, which h like
~ TO be killed In the senate. and the
senate has passed q bill for the protec-
ton OF judgment debtors in foreclosure
suits.
We say good progress has been made.
not because Of the bills that have been
passed, but because the decks have
been cleared for action. The crank"
hills that appear regularly at every ses-
sion have been andefindtely postponed.
The woman suffrage and free silver
questions are out of the way. and the
liquor question via probably be dis
posed Of this week by defeat of the
local option bill In the senate. This is
the last week for the Introduction OF
bis, and the committees Will soon be
no longer burdered by the deluge OF
new measures.
II was pretty well understood before
the legislature met that there would be
passed laws reducing railroad, tele-
graph and telephone rates; there Is still
no doubt that such laws will be passed,
yet the deliberateness OF the commit
tees. which have not yet reported the
bills to the house. indicates that they
WEI recommend no il!-considered and
oppressive legislation. In the reform OF
the laws relating to the ievying and
collection OF taxes party Enes or sec
tionai lines will not be drawn; nor VIII
they In the state land legislation.
The legislature will probably pass
laws carrying into effect practically all
OF the governors recommendations,
which in the main were Endorsed by Re-
ps,blsrans, Democrats and Populists
alike
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

The public Ii hereby warned not to
rag any money 20 parties representing
20 be agents OF the Seattle Post-InteiA-
gencar. except the following. who are
the only authorized travelling agents OF
the Post-Intesiigenccr, viz: ]. A. Nc
Clsiian and J. I. Hasiey. THIS
does NOT apply to resident agents
Of this paper who are located In
various cities and towns In the North
west. nor to postnasters. who are in all
cases authorized 70 take subscriptions
for the Daily. Sunday and Weekly POST
intelligence.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

we expect it 70 arioe 70 the necessity or
enforcing : laH for the punishment OF
persons for doing that which without such
q law would De ~ legitimate as any other
business. And yet without such = public
opinion any such law would be worse than
use.ess-
There IS no need TO grope in the dark IN
this matter. An extensive experiment In
local option has been tried with result
that Is not satisfactory 70 the friends OF
such legislation. In ISIS a iocal option
law was passed In Canada and In the next
two years q wave OF reform swept over
the country. the act having been brought
into operation in q great many munich
paaisles. II there IS any country In the
world where such law ought 10 work
1t Is Canada The whole judicial sys-
TEN. from the highest 10 the lowest
official. Is permanent and free from petit
cal interference. the population Is homo
genous and pre-eminentiy law-ahiding.
Yet after fair trial the law was reject
ed by many. and Ehink the large majori-
ty, OF the municipalities that adopted Il
In tho enthusiasm over its passage. In
those localities where il Is stll nominally
In force. 1t is at least an open question if
the reason is not that the liquor party are
satisfied with their sales and exemption
from license fees, and the temperance
party think they would be stultifying
themselves to return TO the license sys-
TEN. The fact that no new municipality
: has in q number OF years brought the
law into operation is about as good proof
as could be desired that the law is a fail
ure. With this example before them it
seems to me that the members OF the leg
islature would greatly err. IL in mistaken
zeal for good cause they would enact
local opcon law in this state.
It Is a mistake to be too far in advance
OF public sentiment In legislation. 1t is a
mistake to create statutory onenses and
not provide for their prevention.
Senator Tayior's bill ought to be rejected
because 1t utterly fails to make any ade-
quate provision for its enforcement. I
think the best interests of temperance re-
form will be served by a return 20 the
ol6-time theory OF moral suasion coupled
with earnest effort tor national prohIbi-
ton. A local option law. not enforced. as
would be the case with this one. would
really retard the cause of prohibition,
WHICH ouSus " NC tiiC SeuA Va as tSAfNAT
anee reformers. To provide for the due
enforcement of 1t would mean much
greater expense than the people would be
willing to bear. On this point any at
tempt at legislation would be simply a
leap In the dark.
Other reasons suggest themselves why
this bill ought not In the interests of true
reform to become law. OF these ! may
with your permission speak again.
A FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

8r. Dfck@r had been entertaining a
party OF his friends fn the parior. and TIRE
arena e taesr ferfectos zt1il h2geress in
the curtains. Mrs. Decker was properly
a-sgusted IS she canTe 4nto thc room She
threw thswsnaows VIDE open ard remark
e.;
"We2 as AZ very wei to talk about
this rev s=pcke3ess powder. bus dcn'f
see wAy somebody hasn't ha4 gslTngston
enough IL invent = s.ssskeiess tobacco
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

Germany has fallen into line in favor
OF bimetailism- The reichstag has passed
a resolution calling for another interna-
tional conference TO consider the question.
Germany. France and the United States
could come pretty near settling the mat
ter even IL England were inclined to hold
aloof
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

Tar t'Nn1eetiest state heard az shica-
saen In SIS Frosnt Annual report makes a
suggestion iaat - worthy ef thought
IL rs~sassfFrse zsSss That the more thisfy A.
teYSfed psafslte sgssoss IN that state se
at'afssscne8 arb that tas raesic gelstNal
eAsisifen &c transported AZ rgelYe expense
back and gersa each cay srOaa hosTae 10
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
For nocasnsi Actors.

CNscA-o Tribune.
'swsat Is the uAssse ~ sao town." asked
the caller. ''sf5lege they have an asylum
fsr sssaayexi ac~oFxT'
Il ssink." rcFssseSs Ske answers tc-Quer~
les essssCv. after ssczaeats rsgerisoa.
'-.ss pe2Aaaa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
A GUARANTEE.

The poet-IntelIigencer hereby gsiaran-
tees its advertisers bona fide paid cir
cuIation, Daily. Weekly and Sunday.
double that or any other newspaper
published ia the state Of Washington.
Advertising contracts will be made sub
tecf TO this guarantee.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

Nothing could better illustrate the
worthlessness OF the Chinese soldiery
than the fact that the Japanese. after
receiving the surrender OF great army
at weihaiwei. turned the captured troops
loose.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

Duh times and other cauees are having
their effect upon the postofics depart
meat Tht deficit this year IS estimated
~ ne4r5y sI8oo 90. The chief clerk OF shs
third assistant postmaster general recent
" told rase correspondent o. the Brooklyn
Eagle fsaat the department had just fin
tshed compiling Che report for the first
quarter OF the present fiscal year-Juiy
% September 90 1sss-that they had found
the enormous deficit OF upward OF a. o.. :
ec and that they considered tire result
appalling and beyond anything they had
anticipated: that II II went on for the rest
OF the year the deficit for the twelve
months would amount to nearly SIS. CO.,
co." There doesn't eeem to be anything
appalling in deficit ar. Caeyeiand's
panacea for debt is al sufficient II cha
possoffiee department doesn't pay ex-
psnses. borrow the shortage. or borrow
moro than enough, % as to have . conn
Portable surplus"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

1t Is almost certain that the Nicaragua
canal bill will not be voted on by the
house at this session. C1eveiand's finan-
cial messages and bond bills wasted the
time that might have been given to use
full legislation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

Tom Reed is certainly a big enough man
and brainy enough man to be president.
For small state Maine has turned out
large number OF great men.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18

schools hssd In more derssfy sestien
neEghSorh ooxs- II refers 70 the success
OF the plan IA ether states WHARF, ~ Aas
been adopted When the trolley car
tern SHALL be extenief-as u VIII 20 De-
fore long between al country Villages
the change suggested VIII be easy o. ac-
compiishmeEt Half the snouey devoted
10 maintaining q school Of say - pupils
could be used for their Transportation
ard the other half devoted 70 the better
raent cf school facilities and employment
Of more efficient teachers More days OF
schooling could be furnished and q much
higher grade Of educational facilities sup-
piled with no added expense xouid
permit the establishment OF more graded
schools. by assembling larger numbers
OF children at convenient centers. and
thus give school children In the country
all the advantages OF those who attend
public schools ID the larger cities.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-18
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The herald., 1895-09-29

til September 3, 1777. nearly three months
after It's adoption. Various motives were
expressed a. the time rs to what iniiu-
enced the action. Some insisted that the
stripes were borrowed from the Dutch.
and others believed they were suggested
by the coats of the continental soldiers.
There were those, also, confident that
both the stars and stripes were taken
from the arms of the Washington family,
and one more wise than the rest recalled
the fact that the baptismal robe of the
father of his country was white silk. lined
with tho same material in red and blue.
OF course, that ought to have ended the
controversy. but it seems there were still
doubters. Whatever differences of opin-
ion there were as to the colors. it was
unanimously agreed that the number of
stars and stripes were the number OF COL
onies which originally joined in the I'M
ion for defense and mutual protection.
In fact, the number was expressed in
nearly every design proposed or adopted.
One was an edndless chain of thirteen
links, grasped by thirteen mailed hands !;
another represented bundle of thirteen
arrows in a mailed hand; still another
was round Knot or ball. with thirteen
floating ends, and ono that is familiar to
everybody presented an eagle with thir-
teen arrows in his talons.
Admiral Preble, in the volume already
referred to, says "the earliest suggestion
of the stars as device fer an American
The herald., 1895-09-29

On the Fourth of July, 1896. new
star viii be added to the glorious con-
stellation." On that day Utah, which
more than any other section of the coun-
try has resisted the progress OF ciiliza-
ton, will join the sisterhood OF states
and become the forty-fifth member OF
the American union. This event is sig
nilicant for various reasons. 1t implies
the complete obliteraton of Mormonism,
or at least of polygamy, from that garden
in which Joseph Smith planted 1t when
he was forced out of Illinois and where
it prospered marvellously for years.
Moreover, 1t involves new design for
"old glory,"a fact which is already enlist
ing the attention of the authorities. A
new arrangement of the stars must be
made to admit the additional one with
out disturbing the symmetry of the
group. AT present there are six rows.
the top and bottom OF which contain
eight anu theother four seven each.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the army
has given orders fol- the preparation Of a
design, and Lieutenant. Colonel A. f.
Rockwell, U. S. A.. in charge OF the gem
eral quarterm aster's depot in Philadei-
mia, has made draft which it is be-
lieved will be adopted. 1t puts the addi-
tional stars in the fourth row, making
the first. fourth and sixth rows consist OF
eight each, and the second, third and
fifth of seven each. The design must be
approved by the secretary OF war, how
ever, before it can be adopted. and as
The herald., 1895-09-29
He Is the Only Cabinet Officer Ever Accused OF
NJ Saying That His Own Department
Ought to Be Abolished
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SHALL EARN THEIR SAIL
Secretary Morton He Seeing They Do 1t in His
Experimentation Alarmed by the Rumpus by the
Abolition of the Seed Divsior---Unique
Report

For man width a 40-year-old son and
o presidential boom of adult proportions,
julius Sterling Morton, secretary OF agri-
culture. is pretty young looking man.
Take his photograph, or the bluff, hearty
presence of the man himself and it will
take all the ponderous reliability of the
congressional directory to make you be-
Neve that he is 63 years old, and not 40.
|ust now Secretary Morton is very much
indeed In the public eye-not because he
lis the only cabinet off yer who did not go
a fishing, but because he is the only cab
.inet officer ever accused of saying that
his own department ought to be abol
'fshed. Someone. with more or less JUS
tice, has dubbed Mr.. Morton an icono-
I clast. Those who know him be st say
that word describes him to a dot. He
comes of Scotch-English stock, that
{ was lconoclastiac before him and upon
tht stock he has grated all the average
westerner's hatreds Of frlls and humbug.
Such is the man President Cleveland
chose for his secretary OF agriculture
not an easy man. or lazy one, but u
man who works with his head and his
hands for the country he was born in and
is death on anyone else who won't.
And how he did shake up thing
The herald., 1895-09-29

at a large salary. AS Mr.. Sanders repre-
scented a live stock paper, Mr.. Morton de-
cined to accede to the suggestion and
was promptly made the reel pient of a
roast
Mr. Morton is man who does not turn
the other cheek when somebody smacks
him, and he promptly got after Mr.. San
ders with an exceedingly pointed stick.
His remarks on the subject of Mr.. San
ders. his trip to Europe and its results
are the funniest things that ever got
into government report. In part it
reads: The peiils and the sacrifices of
Mr.. Sanders in behalf of the American
stock raiJers are only family suggested
by his rendered accounts. and by the let
tiers from DIR. Wray, who was then the
agent of the department. OF agriculture in
Lndon. ii further evidences is needed
as to the danger which Mr.. Sanders in
Cured as promoter OF the consum ption
of American beef in Europe, it may be
found In a letter OF his addressed to Con-
sui General King at Paris, wherein he
says: L am liable to be kidnapped and
thrown into private madhouse.' This
suggests the pitfalls. perils. troubles,
dangers, inconveniences and calamities
which are evolved by the enemies of
American meats. for all special agents
who endeavor to create an appetite for
That edible in England. AS friend of
the American farmer his sacrifices in be-
half Of the breeders of live stock have
made him famous. In England, France
The herald., 1895-09-29

that official is not likely to give the mat
ter his attention before next spring the
subject is left till then in the regi IN OF
conjecture.
One thing has been settled, though,
which is of general interest. The new
flag will be smaller, which, it is exepect-
ed. will add materially to its beauty.
The new army regulations provide that
the new flag to be issued to the service
after the admission of Utah as state
will be five feet six inches long by four
feet four inches VIDE. The width of the
stripes will be reduced to four inches:
The staff will be nine feet in length and
the distance between the edge OF the flag
anu the nrst row OF stars will BIZ two and
nineteen n thirty-second inches. The dec
grafton of tho top of the staff will be the
spear head as at present, aud pendant
from the spear will be tassels swinging
from two golden cords. A heavy and
rich gold fringe will decorate the edges.
Those who have given the subject careful
attention express confidence that the
change will increase the beauty OF the
flag, as we'll as add to the convenience of
handling it..
Rear Admiral George Henry Preblel
author of the only History of the Flag
of the United States of America that is
Anything like complete or deserves to be
considered authentic, laments that SO lit.
tie is known about the origin of the flag.
There is an incomplete record OF action
in the continental congress as early as