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New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
THE GUARDIANSHIP OF COLONIES.

The situation in Rhodesa affords another
striking illustration Of the strange lack Of sys-
tenn and Of preparation which prevails In the
British Colonial administration. Strange, be-
cause In most other respects the British are the
most methodical and practical Of men. In do
mestic and social affairs, in business life, in the
ordinary functions of government, order is Brit
aims first law. Thorough preparation for every
contingency Is the almost invariable rule. But
In the colonies, that is to say, In matters per-
tanning to the extension and perpetuation of the
Empire, there is chaos. Not only Is there no
uniformity of colonial organization and govern
ment, and Of colonial relationship to the mother
country: in even the elemental matters Of
preservation of order and protection Of life and
property there is nothing but happy -go-lucky
emplricism which makes us regard its general
success as one Of the wonders Of the world. q.
The absence Of enforced conscripton and Of
a burdensOme standing army Is something on
which the British greatly pride themselves, and
properly Yet 1t has, too, Its disadvantages.
The need Of well-organized colonial army Is
sorely felt in times like the present. There Is
not only no such force but not even good sys-
tenn Of local police The result Is that an out
break by mutinous natives Is generally seri'
GUS and often disastrous matter. There s no
one on the spot able to check 1t. In time troops
are sent In from England or India or elsewhere
and the uprising is crushed But until that can
! be done the settlers sorely suffer. a. theY are
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ner Mound. and the only wool Of Class on whlcn
that duty was imposed actually paid IN 'he rs.
cal year 1894 sG9,3l2 80 on ,6o' POUNDS wn'sn
is ~ cents per pound, and ad valorem oo'o4 per f
CON, II Afr Carter meant unwashed wool OF
Class I. that kind of wool actually paid IN 1854
ss,;I 039 55 on 7,s54,9O5 pounds which is IL
cents per pound, and ad valorem o9'oi per cen..
Further. the official record proves that there was
No, a single class Of wool Of any description ad-
mtted at duty Of cents per pound under the
Mckinley act, or at any lower rate than 81 per
cent Of IFS value. Whether CD per cent OF ~
cents per pound, of II cents per pounu' woulu
bc of any benefit to the wool-srowers OF 'iie
country they ere quite intelligent and quite hon-
est enough TO say. ,>,,
Nobody has ever pretended that the Dingley
bill offered adequate protection to any ihdus'i!'
whether that of wool-growers, wool mahui"c'-
urers or any other. 1t was proposed as meas
IRE of temporary and partial relief when might
have been secured If Senator Carter anu o'nci
silver extremists had not defeated IT,
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

doing now. Instead Of being mere insurrec-
ton, promptly suppressed by the police the dis-
turbance Is magnlfed into one Of those little
wars" for which Great Britain has long been
famous.
There could be no enterprise more fatuous
than the planting Of colonial settlements ike
that at Buluwayo, hundreds Of miles from any
military post, with no garrison nor even ade-
onate police Of its own, and yet amid teeming
myriads of fierce and warlike savages. 1t Is
true. a considerable force of native police was
created. But 1t was madness TO trust the en-
tire protection of the place to the very men VINO
few months before were most hostile to IT.
The Houssas in Western Africa have in time
been converted into a singularly trustworthy
and effective body Of troops The same may In
time be done with the Matabeles but not yet.
Meantime the young colony Is being rava2ed.
and It will be fortunate If there are not some
wholesale massacres. 1t would have been far
safer, cheaper, and better in every respect, to
maintain an adequate garrison Of trustworthy
soldiers at Buluwayo. whose mere presence
would have deferred the natives from such an
uprising as this, than to wait until the whole
land Is aflame and then have to send in an army
from some distant point. Mr.. Chamberlain
would do we'll to put gamckeepers In charge
of the preserves as well as to cultivate the
neglected estates, Of the Empire.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
NEEDS or THE STEAM NAVY.

Tn tba ,oom of the House Committee on Naval
ATars ON the day Of the memorable scrlmmage
between Representatives Money and Hail IL
was remarked by one of those present that tue
Navy Of today was a far different one from tnat
Of twoscore years ago; that then the majority
Of the vessels had sails, and all that the captain
necdcd 70 do was to up-anchor and travel when-
over the wind favored. This remark could have
been applied to the Navy Of less than score or
years ago for even the steam vessels OF that
nerjod were fitted with masts and sails, and
when the propellers were uncoupled and hoisted
ont Of water. as could be done on most OF the
ships, the vessel was practically sailing ship
The fullrigged warship of today is steam
vessel solely, for she is not fitted with sail power
sufficient to run from port to port. IL she mas
coal. II her machinery is all right, and II she
has a good complement OF engineer officers, shc
can travel anywhere, whether there Is wind or
not; otherwise she Is q useless hulk. 1t has long
been contended that the United States needs
coallng stations at accessible points for vessels
on distant stations If It Is expected that they
are 10 be always ready for cruising duty; but
nothing has been done recently toward providing
such stations.
Then it is contendcd by the Bureau OF Steam
Engineering of the Navy that there Is a necessity
for larger engineer corps. II Is shown that
while the number Of ships wholly dependent
upon steam has increased the number OF ohi'
GERS in the engineer corps has decreased The
records Of the Navy Department show that the
requirements OF duty upon an engineer officer
on board ship are beyond the endurance limit
The result being that many have broken down.
mentally and physically. The constant mental
strain upon the engineer officer due to the multi
piled complcxlty Of the machinery. the demands
upon his physical capacity by the great strain
Of overwork. and the intense heat OF the ma
chlncry compartments has lost to the Navy
many OF It's best and abcst officers OF that corps
One Of the measures before Congress provides
for a change in the law governing commissions
and number. and IL it shall be favornby acted
,Ipon. some Of the best of the graduates OF the
technical colleges may be drawn upon. In ndd-
ton TO those Of the Naval Academy, who are
said not 10 be sufficient.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
SIXTEEN PAGES
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Joseph Chamberlain. In the House
of Commons, read dispatch from Sir Hercules
Robinson, Governor OF Cape Colony, denying
that he had any knowledge Of DR.. Jamesons plot
against the Transvaal Government. - In
pressive religious ceremonies. invoking the aid or
the city's patron saint to end the drouth ana
suppress the Cuban insurrection. were held in
Madrid. - General Baldissera, the Italian
commander-in-chief, defeated large force OF
9Abyssinians and raised -he siege Of Adigrat.
- An Anarchist plot for the assassination or
King Humbert is reported to have been discov-
cred in Naples.
CONGRESS.-Both houses in session. -
Senate: programme was agreed upon for the
DISPOSITION of the River and Harbor bill and the
Dupont election case the PETER bond resolution
was discussed. - House: The Senate amend
ments to the Naval Appropriation bill were
discussed; many bills were passed under sus-
pension Of the rules.
DOMESTTC.-By an explosion. supposed to be
of a gas engine, many persons lest their lives
in Cincinnati. - The swarm OF prospectors
in Alaska are finding encouragement In the in
dications of gold In the Cooks Inlet region. -
The majority report of the Committee on Eligi-
bility reported to the Methodist Conference at
Cleveland in favor Of the admission OF women
as lay delegates. - The Albany Common
Council was enjoined from appointing new
In Boston.
CITY AND sUBURBAN.-T. w. Bradley, a
delegate from the XVIIth Congress District to
St. Louis, supposed to be Morton man. has de-
clared that he will vote for Mckinley on the
first ballot - The National Electrical Ex-
position In the Grand Central Palace was opened
by Governor Morton. - The Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth OF Horace Mann was celebrated
at the Normal College. - 1t was announced
that charges would be preferred against Captain
Copeland. Of the Union Market Station. for fail
ing to enforce tho Excise law. - Fire in the
Stevens Building in Wall-st. caused loss OF
about $4,000 - Wayland. Trask & Co.. stock
brokers, suspended. - receiver was ap
pointed for the Mining Exchange. - The rae
ing season was opened at the Aqueduct track
- Stocks were strong and dull
THE WEATHER-Forecastf for to-day: Fair
The temperature yesterdays Highest. "a degrees
lowest. 90; average, Ssh.
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A DEFENCE THAT DOES NOT DEFEND.


The president of the Montana Wool-Growers'
Association would have been wiser IT, in the
letter which we print this morning, he had re-
Trained from mpugning the motive OF editorials
bill gave but little protection to the wool-grow-
ers' was sufficiently disprOvcd by the votes Of
Senators and Representatives from every wool
growing State which had Senators and Repre-
sentatives not allied to the freesllver ring The
assertion that the wool manufacture was pro-
tected by the Dingley bin "in some articles even
higher than by the Mckinley bill' is shown to be
untrue by official reports, which prove that the
ad valorem duty Is not higher on any kind OF
wooen goods than 1t was under the Mckinley
tariff, and the Dingley bill would have added In
no case more than the specific duty imposed by
that act Senator Carter himself said In his
speech Of February 2G Il do not assert that
''these provisions will increase the duty on
manufactured woollens above the rate fixed
"by the act Of 1890"
The story about skirted wool has been dishon.
estly made pretext for objectlng to the partial
|! protection proposed by the Dingley BILL 1t was
even asserted by Senator Carter that where the
| mckinley act provided IL cents per pound on
| "a given grade Of wool the conditions and lin.
'itations reduced the figure In actual practice
ITO about cents per pound" The fact Is that
there ia no wool Of Glass or Class on which
| the Mckinley bill imposed Q duty of II cents
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

overshadowed by as defiant aue r...-.'.
pair OF mustachios as those et III c,ss'' =
giving token Of virility and courase ~ -. -
Is sure to have abundant need. Thar /. - y
pect tnat he will keep the Empire to.s.s 80
long as his robust but eccentric father Ss Y
It's dissolution would be the best thing ths. ooe
happen 70 1t II 1t came under the same aS.s'aA ssuA
tration that has effected such striking ,s,ssa
ments In the provinces of Samars.nS r0vs' r'sas'
ana hnVa' on ite eastern frontier. Thai !. y
apparent destiny, sooner or later. "
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
NrwvoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY, MAY SIXTEEN PAGES

them all be reduced to democratic equamty anu
GOOD Good fellowship and the blood of the d,l1erens
nationalitIes be mingled until our people on.e
more are a homogeneous mass. We are slau !"
learn that the company has gone to work unuel M
rs nermission. Great Is the promise OF 'ne
mechanical man-handler! May 1t be glor'ousiS
fulilledt
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
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not sure indication that they will vote together
on the Dupont case The Republicans are equal
ly anxious that it should be settled before the
adjournment of Congress. 1t has already
dragged on far too long, the House having dis
posed Of numerous contests while the Dupont
matter has been pending in the Senate. 1t Is
to be hoped that the case Of Mr.. Dupont VIII be
decided on its merits. and not according to
partisan considerations.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

The Woman Question mOnOpolzed the atten-
ton of the Methodist Conference at yesterday S
session. The features Of the day were the with
drawal of three of the four women delegates, in
the interest of peace and harmony, and the
presentation of reports by the Committee on
Eligibility appointed last week. The majority
report favored the claims Of the women, while
the minority strongly challenged their eligibility.
If the fourth woman delegate follows the ex-
ample Of her three sisters, the question will for
the present Conference be settled But 1t is a
question that will not down. Few people will
be surprised to see a score Of women occupy
ing seats in the next quadrennial gathering OF
the Methodist lawgiverS.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

The time within which Barnard College ca"
avail itself OF the generous offer which has oeeh
fully described in these columns before Is grow
ing short Only few days remain WITHIN "hic"
the remainder OF the 100000 needed 10 Hit 'he
mortgage on the site must be raised 'hus i"'-
nlling the condition on which slOoooo was given
10y some person unknown for a building hearH
four years ago. Some generous subscriptions
have been made in the last few days. out con-
siderable additional sum is required The pres
ont opportunity is not likely to be duplicated.
Now Is the time for the friends OF this ins'itu-
,ion. and Of education In general, TO come 10 the
aid OF a most excellent cause
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

The Democrats In the Senate, with the aid
Of the Populists, attempted bit Of sharp prac-
tice yesterday, with the result that decision
was arrived at to take up the Dupont case as
soon as the River and Harbor bill is out Of the
way, and to vote on 1t after two days debate.
The combination Of Pouulists and pemocrats is
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

Ex-Mayor Schieren takes q position in refer
ence to the appointment Of more women mem
bers of the Brooklyn Board Of Education that
viii commend itself to the judgment of intelli-
gent and progressive citizens. 1t was Mr..
Schieren himself who last year broke the bonds
OF conservatism and put FIVE women on the
Board The qualification which he feels at the
success Of the experiment-which is undeniable
lis generally shared. The pioneers in this
movement have proved to be women Of rare good
sense. who have been content to be learners and
to 60 slowly. Those who may be associated
with them in the future will have in some re-
spects less difficult task. Mayor Wurster can
not do better than to follow the example Of his
predecessor and include an equal number OF
women In the fifteen appointments he soon viii
make.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

The Grand Jury sworn in yesterday by Judge
Fitzgerald will probably have an uncommoniy
busy month, owing to the number of complaints
regarding violations Of the Raines law on which
it will have to act This was point specially
emphasized by the Judge in his charge Apart
from the general subject Of its cOnstitutiOnaity,
a number of interesting questions have been
raised by the new excise enactment. and on
some of these the Grand Jury will doubtless have
to pass prior to authoritative decisions by the
courts. The Ralnes act throws considerable ex-
ira work on the District-AttOney as well as the
Grand Jury but Colonel Fellows's office Is so
we'll manned that the additional labor there
should impose no severe burden.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

The penslve Wnnebago has mounted the wheei'
alopting Il as his auxiliary In carrying the man
In frontier districts, and makes tremendous
success OF IT, recng of run OF hundreu
miles as was said OF the saltation OF the kanga-
roo with little or no ease. but with swirtness
as of the wild stag or the flying antelope. II Is
a renewed token OF the un'versality OF use TO
which that wonderful vehicle is destined, taking
In with all the other orders OF men from Arctic
to Antarctic even the Indian not taxed. 1t has
stretched its dominons over almost all the
world and may in time include In It's conquests
the Papuan and Patagonian ana Tlnklit, and
even the vanishing Bosjes,nan as we'll as the
gentle Wlnnebago. Whether one Of them has
nade the run Of n mile In two minutes. accord
ing to frontier report. thus breaking all records.
remains to be verified. but II he has II Will be
In order to send him to compete In the Olympfan
games next year with the certainty that he will
show a clean pair OF aboriginal heels to all COM
petitors.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

1t Is probably true that Our Chauncey expects
70 make the greatest effort OF his lie IN the
speech he is at work upon nominating Governor
Morton at ST. Louis. The effort VIII not De sc
much In the speech itself as in keeping serious
face while he delivers II.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05

Helne tells story OF an American sailor who
Jumped from the masthead into the sea, shout
Ing as he fell, II die for General Jackson"-an
acute demonstration OF personal loyalty no
doubt but unnecessary. The ra;ne may be said
OF the deed OF George Wilhelm. OF Aegany
County who shot himself soon as he heard
the Mckinley news from Illinois Patriotism
did not call upon him for such a sacrifice. and II
was bad In politics and morals, but from the
Platt point OF view. which was that OF the VIC
tim, the provocation was unqueetionaby extreme.
The present City Works Commissioner In
Brooklyn and his predecessor came to the con-
cusion some time ago that there was no need
Of filing the vacant office Of chief engineer or
the department. It appears. however. that such
an official Is required by the charter OF the city.
and hence an appointment will soon be made.
The Brooklyn charter Is an admirable document
In nearly every respect but weak point has
here been disclosed. 1t might be worth while
to amend It but for the fact that Brooklyn, to-
gether with its charter seems likely to be
wiped out In a short time.
OF MuzafYer ed-Dine the new Shah II Is safe TO
predict that he has hard and weedy row TO hoe,
but whether a long or a short one the local as
sasSin will have share In determining. That
minister OF destiny is nowhere unknown. haunt
Ing the steps OF rulers In all lands and ages. but
Persia has had an unusually liberal share Of his
kind since the days Of the Old Man Of the Noun
tain, and before. reaching back to Mandane and
Tognyris, and remoter eponymes Of Danadu and
Gabbaru and very likely beyond Noahs hood'
which for once washed the land clean Of them. A
dull presaging movement rocks the whole world
Of Islam through all Its mosques and courts. and
1t Is more than likely that season OF unusuai
peril and agitation awaite all its rulers and peo-
ples. The Sultan has had little foretaste OF 1t.
and the ingredients Of the same chalce may be
nrsaaeaded 10 the lima Of the new euler. which a{p
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-27
Col. Bradshaw on Silver.

Two meetings were addressed by
Col. Bradshaw last week; at Port
Deposit and Colora, on the burning
question of the hour, the remone-
tization of silver, or free coinage.
1t is needless to say that the argu-
ments of the silver tongued orator
carried all with him who are not
directly interested as employees of
the old parties, either as ward
heelers, Office holders or hoping at
some undiscovered period in future
to become the holder of an Office of
some sort, even tho it be a very
small one.
These meetings are the fore
runners of others to be held in the
county and addressed by the best
speakers on the all absorbing money
question. 1t is on the "cards'' to
hold a meeting at Rising Sun some
time during the light of the April
moon, and those who are in favor
of helping prepare for an entertain
ment which will benefit all, are in
vited to meet in the MIDLAND
JOURNAL Office tomorrow evening.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-27
The Elkton Races.

A dispatch from Elkton, Md,
last night stated that the Maryland
Racing Association would give a
26-day race meeting this spring on
the Elkton Fair grounds. A bill
was introduced some time ago in
the Maryland Legislature by Dele
gate w. j. Smith prohibiting the
selling of pools on any race track
in Cecil county, but it has not yet
passed the House and only one
more week remains to pass the
measure. From good authority it
is learned that the bill will not be
pushed and racing in Maryland
will thus not be interferred with
for the present.-Monday's Every
Evening, Del.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-03-27
Opposed to Women.

By a vote of 1O7 to Z, the Will
mington Methodist Episcopal Con
ference on Monday voted against
the admission of women as lay
delegates to the General Conference.
And after this grateful act on
the part of the clergy if the women
will withdraw their support from
the church, combining their action
to going Sunday to hear the parson
talk, in short act and fill the sphere
in the church to which the logic OF
the action of the clergy assigns
them the Methodist church would
soon fall into a state of obnoxious
desuetude."