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The National tribune., 1897-10-07

THE Canadian papers are having
spasms because the "Yantic" has been
sent to the Michigan Naval Reserve
for drill purposes. They proclaim it a
violation of the Treaty Of 1918 in re-
gard to armed vessels ON the Lakes. 1t
is rather ludicrous to sailormen to have
the "Yantic" described as an EARNED
vessel" In her day she was trim,
handy fighting ship, but that day is long
past. Nearly 20 years ago she was in
such condition that her commander did
not dare try to bring her guns home in
her from the Asiatic Station, but left
them at Cape Town, to be carried home
as freight by some stronger ship. She
is about as dangerous to the peace of the
Lakes as the brick battleship Illinois,
built for the Chicago Exposition.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07
M.J-crS JAMES II. MCPHERSON.

Some great mems fame rests wholly
upon the estimation of the men who
were Immediately around him, and had
personal knowledge of his endowments
and qualities. This is the case with Gen.
James b. Mcpherson. He was always
a subordinate, never conducted any
great Independent operations, and yet
the universal testimony of all who knew
him was that he was greater than any
place that he ever filled, and that his
untimely death robbed him of an ex-
allied place among the military men OF
our country.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

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supplement description other things of the four great
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ORDER NO. ee5.

Now that Secretary Bliss is back at
bis desk again, the matter of obnoxious
Order No. 225 will be brought to his
attention, and we may expect action
upon it.
Order No. 225 was the very essence
of Hoke Smithism. 1t was conceived
in dislike of the Union veteran, and de-
sire to deprive him Of his rights. 1t
changed the whole spirit of the admin
istration of the pension laws, from an
effort to find out what was actually due
the veteran and give it to him to an
effort to make pretexts and excuses Tor
denying him what the laws intended he
should have.
1t was the cunning bushwhacking OF
men who lacked the boldness to have
repealed the laws they hated, but con-
trived this indirect method of defeating
their operation.
There can be no real improvement in
the administration of the Pension Bureau
as long as Order No. 225 remains IN
force, for it governs the action of all
adjudicating officers of the Bureau.
Let us have II revoked at once.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

PEOPLE who think that " the bicycle
craze is waning" will find little en-
couragement in the recent figures from
France, where all wheels are compelled
to be licensed. The number for the
year Just past Was 329.S1S, as against
256,O84 for the preceding year, an in
crease Of nearly 80 per cent. The BIZ
cycle is a thing which has come to stay,
at least until a better thing takes it;
place, and that better thing is not yet in
sight.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES GOBLIN has
been on duty at the scene OF the mine
disturbances in Pennsylvania as COM
mander of brigade of the Pennsylvania
National Guard, and has won the good
opinions of all. He took entire control
of the situation, so far as the preserva-
ton of law and order was concerned,
and behaved with so much frmness and
moderation as to bring about general
confidence from the moment of his ar
rival with troops. Law-abiding people
felt that they were safe from marauders,
masking under the guise of strikers, and
the miners thoroughly understood that
he would not offer any obstruction to
the peaceable assertion Of all their rights
He was there simply to see that the law;
were obeyed, and everyone protected In
his rights to life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness" 1t was situation
that a weak or bungling commander
could readily make very bad and dan
gerous, but under his prudent manage
ment it cleared up very rapidly, to The
satisfaction of all concerned.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

THE Sons of Veterans can be built
Up into an Order which will be of great
value to every man in ii. 1t Will not
only bring him into pleasant and inti-
mate association with the best class Of
men in his own neighborhood, but will
be an introduction 10 the same class
wherever he may 90. His badge will
be an introduction in any city or town
TO active, influential, progressive men,
whose acquaintance viii at once make
him feel at home and among friends
Every man needs this, for We are con
stantly being called 10 and fro in this
great country of ours, and no one know:
what day be may have to 60 thousand.
Of miles from his home. 1t will be {
great pleasure and advantage to MAJ
to know that wherever he may go, b.
will be sure to find men to whom b,
can 90 for information and advice. ant
who will take friendly interest in him
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

The Indians up in Minnesota have
had the white mans foot on them in a
new spot. They have held themselves
as superior to the game laws of Mime
sofa, because they were not citizens of
the State, but allies and wards Of the
United States. The Minnesota authori-
ties would not see it in that light, how
ever, and insisted that all game brought
outside the reservations during the close
seasons was liable TO confiscation and
other penalties. To the disgust of the
Indians, the Great Father at Washing
ton sides with the Minnesota authorities,
and Hiawatha now remarks to Mime
haha, with much profanity and heat,
that White man heap fool and tyrant."
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

If the English cannot get our money
one way they try another. They bleed
the wealthy Americans who tour through
their island, or dwell awhile in it, and
ahen one of them happens to die they
Aim the cream off his estate The
heirs of VIM. Louis Winans, Of Balti-
more, who died recently in England
have had to pay 1861, 200 probate
duties on his will. 1t is much cheaper
to die as well as live at home.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

EVERY Post in the GAR. should
outline comprehensive recruiting cam
paign for the Fall and Winter, and carry
it out with vigor. Everywhere can be
found veterans who should be in the
Order, and will come in if approached
in the right way. Let them be told that
we need them. The care of our needy
comrades and the other necessary work
of the Order require the help of every
man who honorably wore the blue. This
is consideration that will bring in great
numbers of veterans who have so far re-
NAMED outside. They have felt averse
to entering an Order on account of any
benefit that it might be to themselves,
where they would quickly come in if it
we're shown them that their assistance is
greatly needed for others who deserve it.
Say to the men, 1--WE need you very
much. Come in and help us" and they
will quickly respond.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

in Europe next to Turkey. Enlight-
ened and progressive spaniards have
constantly struggled against this, but
there have been entirely too few of them
to make any impression on the dull, inn
movable mass.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

The professional British lion tail
twisters" in this country have rarely
said as mean, spiteful things about the
English as some of the leading London
papers are now saying about us. Vanity
Fair even talks about the possibility Of
having to "use gunpowder" to "sup-
press Yankee insolence." Which is
tiresomely absurd. 1t is almost In
credible that we should ever go to wal
with Great Britain, but it is far more
incredible that Great Britain should
ever 60 to war with us. British mer-
chants are too keenly alive to the re-
suits of struggle with us to allow their
Government to take the first overt step in
that direction. The terrible losses they
suffered from our privateers in the wal
of 1912 are still too recent history t.
them. This was what kept them Of
our backs during the darkest days o
1852, when they were only too cage
to help the rebels break up the Govern
ment. President Lincoln told them il
language which was diplomatic, bu
quite unmistakable, what they nigh
expect if they pushed us too far, ant
they took the hint They kept CAREFUL,
inside the limit, though they frequentl.
came aggravatingly near it. 1t was fea
of our privateers, more than all mora
and other considerations that kept bot
England and France from recognizin;
the Southern Confederacy.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07
LOOK TO YOUR NUMBERS.

IOOh ~ 1otts
IA is the number of this issue
84S of THE NATIONAL TnrD-
UNE Every subscriber
should compare this with the number on
the yellow address slip containing his
name. IF that number is S44, he has
only one paper more coming to him. Ii
S45. he will have two, and so on. de
will do us favor by watching these
closely, so as to know when his subserip-
ton expires, that he may renew in time,
and it will be to his interest, for there
are so many valuable serials now run
ming through the paper that he will feel
he cannot afford to miss number.
We ask everyone, therefore. to look at
once at the address slip on his paper,
and see how near it comes to o43.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

THE State of Pennsylvania Is collect
ing a tax Of three cents per day from
employers of aliens for every alien en-
ployed, but the United States Circuit
Court has decided the tax unconstitu-
,ionaL 1t ought to be constitutional, if
4 is not
The National tribune., 1897-10-07
TRIBUnETS.

Mrs. Rorer, who knows more about dietetics
than any other woman in this country, says that
we make great mistake in eating young and
immature Spring chickens. Only adult CHICK
ems are conducive to health and longevity" Ii
Mrs. Rorer had only begun this teaching years
ago how many millions of young pullets, who
were cut off in the bloom of their youth aud
loneliness, might have been spared for long
wears of usefulness on the prolific nest.
It turns love OF his native place to gall in
the heart of spoils- hunter outside of Greater
New York to learn that the patronage in
volvsd in the present campaign amounts to
about $73 100000 year.
So
Mrs. Atkinson, wife of the Governor of West
Virginia, is on trial for forgery, committed in
the disposition of her former husbands prop
erty. The question of breaihless interest
around West Virginia tea-tables is if she be
convicted whether the Governor will pardon
her. or shine in history as kanawha River
Brutus, by letting her 60 to the penitentiary.
s*s
The law against common scolds" still main
tains its place the statute books of old -fogy
Virginia though they do not pablicly and
legally "duck" shrill-tongued viragoes in the
! horsepond, as was the rule IN English-s speaking
countries in the last century. But last week
Mrs. j. NJ. Balm, young and very handsome
woman of Richmond, was adjudged com
mon scold" and put under $500 bonds tc
keep her "unruly member" within bounds a;
regarded her neighbors.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

THERE is one consolation: Bitterly as
the German and English papers are
talking about us, they are abusing one
another still worse. Some of the lead
ing English papers are outspokenly
asserting that it is England's duty to
destroy Germany, and the German
papers are sassing back " in the same
pleasant way. The British and German
Governments are apparently very
friendly. 1t is the people who are
quarreling.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

IL August, 1896, the liabilities Of the
firms which failed aggregated s2S,OO8,-
e37. The same for last August was
only sS,174.42s. That is kind Of
falling off which has a cheer in it.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

The people of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan-or, at least, some Of them
feel that they do not have fair show
with the Lower Peninsula, and are advo-
eating the formation of a new State
Superior TO be composed of that
portion of Michigan and slice off Wis
consin. From our outlook the prospect
does not seem very hopeful. 1t will be
necessary to have the consent of both
Michigan and Wisconsin, and the APP
proval of Congress. Wisconsin feels
sore about the way she was treated in her
formation, and is not likely to surrender
any more territory. She was required
to give up several tiers of Counties in
order to build up Illinois for political
purposes, and then had to surrender the
Upper Peninsula to Michigan to console
her for having to cede strip of land to
Ohio, after the famous F." Muskrat War;
in 1885. She feels that she was robbed
again in 1S49, for the benefit of Mime
sofa. Nor is Michigan likely to be
more tractable. The proposed State
would take away about 10000 square
miles of her total Of 57,430, and over
100000 Of her population, neither o
which is she DESTROYS of parting with
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

THE South Carolina Dispensary Law
is indicating itself in a most remark
able manner, and winning supporters
from among those who have been
savagely opposed to it. We may be
prepared to see other States adopt the
plan.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

PIG IRON is running a dead heat
with wheat in rising prices All politi-
cal economists teach that rising iron
market is a sure indicator of prosperity.
The National tribune., 1897-10-07
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Will the Globe say that it is less than
a burning shame that these much de-
serving men, now on the threshold Of
the grave, shall continue to be de-
frauded of their hard-earned pittance
by Withholding it until death removes
them beyond the reach of payment?
THE SPANISH MINISTERIAL CHANGE.
Spain has gone through a Ministerial
revolution during the past week. The
Conservative Ministry, headed by the
Duke of Tetuan, has resigned, and
liberal one has been formed by
Senior Sagasta, the well-known Liberal
leader. The letter brought by Minister
Woodford undoubtedly precipitated this,
but it had been brewing for long time.
The Spaniards have been deeply angered
over the failure of military operations in
Cuba, and the constant swallowing up
of tens of thousands of their young men
and hundreds Of millions Of money In
the Unsuitable NAV Of the Antillean re-
volt The Canovas Ministry has been
sharply attacked by the Liberals for
monumental incapacity in dealing with
the affair, and the natural result is that
the Liberals have been given chance
to try their hand at the business.
s. There is no probability that the Lib
erals will do better than the Conserva-
tives have done. They have simply been
critics and GROWERS, and will meet with
the usual luck of their kind when they try
!; to run things themselves. They talk Of
reforms and concessions to the Cubans,
but the matter has long ago gone passed
any such salvingup. The Cubans were de-
: luded by promise of reforms into ending
the previous war, and that is too recent
to allow them to be caught again the
+ same way. There are now only two
t endings to the war: either the patriots
: must be entirely crushed, or they will
win their complete independence. The
5 reign of the Liberals will be short, for
+. they are divided among themselves and
d the moment they attempt to formulate
policy they will separate into antag-
4 onistic wings and 60 down. They have
e a majority Of the Cortes against them
n to begin with, and now they must
p submit to attacks and criticisms, where
t they formerly had a monopoly of such
s recreation. They may-they probably
r will-recall Weyler, but it is time thai
/ he was recalled anyway. He has made
$ bis fortune out of the unhappy island
/ and other hangers-on Of the Court arr
h clamorous for chance. The difference
II will be that the Liberals will name tht
new Captain General instead of the Con
s servatives, but he will be essential,
t. another Weyler, filled with Spanish
IT ideas of terrorzing the Cubans by in
e humanities, and above all things ben
d upon enriching himself before he is re
II called.
IN To understand the Cuban situation
a. one must not allow himself to be infu
to enced by names of parties or the alleges
u characters of individuals. These coun
n for next to nothing. The character c
so the Spanish Government and its inst
n. tutions is everything. This is the sam
n old brutal and corrupt system that ha
be been maintained with little change q
". reform for over 400 years, and whic
Iir has dragged Spain to the rearmost plac
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

and frank for space of time, and say
what ought to be done to those 100000
claimants, whom as long ago as 1893
Commissioner Lochren declared entitled
to their pensions? Remember that these
are old, decrepis men, many thousand
of whom must have died since 1898,
without their pensions, and some of whom
are dying every day. Remember that
they all spent long years in getting
together the evidence which would sat
isfy the rigid requirements of the Pen
sion Bureau under the old law. Com
rades and officers had to be hunted up
all over the country, additional evil
dence" had to be furnished until the
heart was sick, there were examina-
tons and denominations, and, finally,
when the ingenuity Of the Pension Blu
reau in exacting proof had been ex-
pended, when nothing more could in
decency be asked, then the cases, Com
missioner Lochren says, were side
tracked" and remained side-tracked
during his administration.
Will the Globe say that it is less than
burning shame that these much de,
serving men, now on the threshold Of
the grave, shall continue to be de
frauded of their hardearned pittance
by Withholding it until death removes
them beyond the reach of payment?
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

Missouri modestly asks California
and Florida what they have to say to
her $25,000,000 worth of fruits pro-
duced this year?
The National tribune., 1897-10-07

rN1zazD AT WASHINGTON rosT0FFoz As szooNOosss MATTER
The times., 1897-06-02
THE SENATE PLODs ALONG.
1t Reaches the Schedules on Metals
In the Tariff Debate.

1t Reaches the Schedules on Metals
In the Tariff Debate.
The Senate plodded along slowly with
the consideration of the tariff bill yester-
day.
The apparent progress of the past week
was offset by return to some OF the pre-
vlous sections which had been rassed over
until a later day
The discussion was devoid of unusual in
cideut Except for the continuous objec-
tions and protests of Senator Vest and the
arguments OF Senators Caffery, Jones
and White. tie consideration of the meas
ure would have been mere matter of
form. Senator Jones insisted on aye and
no votes, but the result was not very en-
couraging to the minority members
The monotony was relieved by brief
reference to sugar speculation. Senator
Smith. of New Jersey, who was charged
in newspaper article with having sold
sugar stock during the pendency of the
tariff bill in committee, arose to oues-
tion of privilege and made a formal de-
NAL Senator, Hillman was not present
during the answer TO the charges, but en-
tered the chaIDber some minutes later. AMI
was engaged in u serious conversation with
Senator Chandler:
Senator Smith said:
s'Mr President: During my absence from
the Senate the other day ascertain from
the Record that, in very remark able de
Iiverancc by the Senator from South Caro-
lima {Mr. Tillman). he became sponsor for
a newspaper clipping in which my name
was mentioned in connection with the
schedule in the pending tariff hin
..It is only necessary for me to say that
The times., 1897-06-02
EAST CITIZENS CELEBRATE
Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of the
Organization Observed.
Speeches by Commissioners Ross
and Black Advantages of Coop
GRAFTON With Other Bodies.

The twenty-seventh anniversary of the
East Washington Citizens Association was
celebrated last evening at Masonic Hail.
corner of Fourth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, in most appropriste te
manner The sentiment OF the association
and the citizens of that section generally
was voiced by the officers Of the associa-
tiOn in reports and short addresses, and in
ailmaterial respects We're indorsed by other
leading Citizens, some of whom are proIni-
nent in official circles.
The consensus Of opinion expressed was
in favor of cooperation by the different
citizels' associations n the District, and
there IS hardly any doubt but that when
this is accomplished it win go a long way
In influencing legiglat en- in the interest
OF the different sections of tie city
The meeting was largely attended by
the members and friends OF the assoeia-
titE, who had been invited to participate
IN the exercises. Many, however, Were
unavoidably absent, and sent letters OF
regret. Among these were Dr. Kenyon
DR.. Godding. Bishop SatteIlee, and Gen
Henderson, president OF the Meridian Hill
Association.
On the stage with President Bahsan
were Commissioners Ross and Black, Judge
KiInball Rev. Dr. Parsons, Gen Yoder,
4 II Tucker, president of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association; w. A .
Crpffutt. Major George H. Harries, president
pf the Metropolitan Electric Railway, and
Secretary O. B. Hallam
After short business session. during
~ or & 10. so, DIN
mitiee submitted reports, President Bah
soa, in very graceful little speech, in
troduced Commissioners Ross, who was
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
nr. Ross said he was a Capitol Hitler
and was deeply Interested in that section
He was, however. one of the Commissioners
Tor t!e whole District, but would endeavor
TO see that the interests OF East Washing
ton were not neglected.
Commissioner Black, wbenintroduce, was
also gwen an enthusiastic reception by
the audience. He referred to the system
OF government, and after assuring the as
sociation OF his support In their undertake
ings to advance the interests OF the city,
advised them by all means to act in con-
cert with other similar organizations
Judge Kimball, in a brief address, re-
ferrcd especially to the part the associa-
tion had taken in the movement to have
the Congressional Library opened even
fngs. As 1t is, he said, il is only Of bene-
mt to ladies and gentlemen of leisure
President Tucker. OF the Northeast As
sociation. assured the meeting of the hearty
cooperation of his organization
Reports We're made by President Bah
SON, WHO briefly told the history and work
OF the association.
During the evening, DIR. N. p Barnes
sung Mighty Deep and Miss Forbes. OF
the Eastern high School. and Miss We'd
d,ng gave rechations.