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The times., 1897-06-07
Washington. June /.
Political IDgrates.

To the Editor OF The Times:
Reverting TO the reported rebuke OF
President Mckinley To Hon John Wana-
maker, in which MI. Wanamaker is charged
with not being "a good Republican, is
1t not about time that political leaders, Of
ali parties, should be given TO understand
that disregard OF campaign pledges fully
absoIves former supporters from further
allegiance and makes the recreant office
holder not "a good Republican, but Ell
tirely without the least claim On party
support? Pending a campaign these faith
less aspirants for political honors and emol-
uments are very profuse IN promises and
apparently ready 10 lend Il helping hand
TO their willing votaries, and insist on
the casting OF ballots both early and late"
(provided il is not deferred until the day
after eiection), but as soon as elected they
seem TO forget all about the men who
voted them into office, and when the
matter is brought to their attention they
bIandly tell you that these things will
receive proper attention i'll the due course
of time. just as if the keeping of a promise
were a matter of but little Importance.
They'll even tell you that you must not
be "ofrensively partisan after they have
been elected, notwithstanding they invoked
any and all kinds of partisanship during
their candidacy.
Nr. Wanamaker's complaint as to the
non-arrival of good times was but mild
ackno vledgement OF an indisputable fact,
OF which milliens of Americans are but too
painfully conscious, and thousands are
fully aware that this condition OF affairs
Is largely due to the do-nothing policy OF
a throttied Congress and slow progres. Of
an overcautious Administration; the com
biration resulting In as great a lack OF
confidence as did the administration i'm
mediatey preceding this.
This indecision has gone about rs far
as it safely can, and unless speedy
change is brought about the people will
repudiate both branch es Of the Government
end substitute men of less Incidence and
more courage and vim This country is
too large and its resources too extensive
to be rrittered away by incompetent and
faithIess officeholders, who seem TO care
onl Y for their rpersonalinterests and utterly
disregard TIE cry of the Idle thousands,
who are Just as honest and deserving AID
entitled to an honest support May The
time speedily come when neither a self
constituted Gar, faithiess Congressmel nor
an Indifferent Executive can thwart the
behests of the American voter
A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN,
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but there Ire just grounds for suspecting
chat they may mean a "holy war against
Great Britain Tie evaporation Of the
Sultan against that power. on account Of
its occupation of Egypt and for various
other reasons, is well known Abdul IA mid
must have financial backing somewhere
or he could notindulge in the costly prepa
rations we see He must have the friend
ship of the Eastern imperial concert or
they would have been stopped. A "hoiy
war; be it understood, could not fail
to put the entire Moslem population OF
British India In q condition of revolt against
'sthe infideis." 1t may be safely assumed
that neither Russia, Germany nor Austria
would shed tears IL the power aud prestige
of the British Empire were destroyed. 1t,
therefore, is easy to understand why evil
dences that ali Islam is getting ready for
a gigantic movement of some sort should
be regarded with alarm in Europe wher
ever there exists a desire for peace or
for the preservation OF the status quo"
The times., 1897-06-07

Poor Greece has been again compelled to
bow to Turkish oppression The Sublime
Porte demanded that during the armistice
all blockade OF Turkish territory should be
free access TO Greek ports. These are cruel
exactions, considering that Turkey holds
military control OF Thessaly and continues
TO pour troops into that province; but
King George is obliged to yield, and A bdul
Hanid has his Will In this as in nearly all
other respects. The British lingo appears
to have gone into innocuous extinctitudc
along with the Dodo
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sIohammedan MADNESS.

The arming for great struggle of some
kind, Of the Moslem world, is regarded
with extreme anxiety throughout West
ern Europe. Whether it is considered
equally q matter for perturbation in St
Petersburg, Berlin and Vienna is open to
doubt In any case the fact remains. and
is Undeniably pregnant OF pessimistio vie VS.
as to tie future The Turkish government
has ordered the governors OF provinces to
hasten the mobilization and equipment Of
the Asiatic reserves, and to forward them
TO Constantinople without the least delay.
The Imperial cartridge factories are work.
ing by night, rs well as by day, turning out
ammunition for Mauser rifles, and every
department. of the Sultan S military estab.
lishment is being pushed to the limit OF
possibility to place the forces, and all of
them, on a war footing
Now this means something with powder,
bail and blood behind it on a grand scale.
But what power aud what Islamic enter
prise can 1t be directed toward? If Brit
ish opinion were consulted we probably
should hear that indications are favorable
TO an effort, on Abdul Hamid's part, TO
throw off the practical overlordship which
Russia has imposed upon the Sublime
Porte for several years; in fact, ever since
the Turkish government relieved itself OF
Great Butain's bullying only at the cost
OF being bullied to like extent by Russia
That view, however, hardly will bear
analysis II such a thing had been In
contemplation the Car would have known
ofitlonS ago, and simply would have seized
Constantincple and driven the Grand Turk
out of mis- Notifications on the Dardanellss,
before the latter's preparations should
render the adventure too costly in money,
ships and men. We must assume then,
that these Turkish arrangements, which
seem to contemplate general uprising of
the Mohammedan hordes everywhere, are
neither aimed at Russia nor objectionable
to that power. There is no apparent
reason to imagine that they are unfrIeu.;iy
to Germany. Austria, France or Italy;
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Circulation Statement
WASHINGTON. MONDAY, JUNE Z.
The Sugar Misery.

What the Republican tariff tinkers OF
the Senate may decide to do today is not
yet clear
IT seems 10 be assumed thatif the Trust
can secure postponement Of the sugar
scneduic until nearly the end of the tariff
debate, that course will be adopted; but
there are reasons for thinking that an at
tempt in this direction would precipitate
u situation as unpleasant as any likely
to arise from immediate discussion. Ger
tainly it would lead to a popular clamor
that might be disagreeable to the Sena-
tors who are supposed to be most friendly
to the Aldrich schedule Pleasant as it
would be for those gentlemen to keep
sugar out OF the fight, for trading pur-
poses, until everything else had been dis
posed OF, we do not much think they will
be able to doit.
The times., 1897-06-07

Some English idiot perpetrated prac-
teal joke the other day which he will
never repeat He told woman that her
husband bad been seriously injured at
the races, whereupon the woman tainted,
and was Ill for some time. The Joker wes
hauled up In court and condemned to nav
the expenses of the illness. This Is as lt
should be. There ase persons who still
delight In the sort of fun which comes
from other peoples needless misery They
are of about the same mental caliber as
. wild Indian. In fact. they arc rather
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Unequal Justice.
ro the Editor of The Times:

To the Editor of The Times:
In view of the daily occurrence OF lynch
ings throughout our country for a certain
horrible crime, and the causp of hes.
IynchiDgs, viz, failure OF the courts to
punish promptly. is not the action of Judge
Kiuiball in the Talcott case an outrage?
Because jail sentence would shorten
his life,'' he lets him go free with pal.ry
fine, to perhaps dehauch more children, as
he seems to have purchased his immunity
very cheapIy. This judge can impose ex-
treme sentences on bicycle scorchers.
trarnps, unfortunate women and drunk
ards, but lie cannot see the enorrnity OF
crime in such degenerate as Tsicott.
A WoRKINGMAN
The times., 1897-06-07

After all, it appears that the Hon Seth
Low is not so anxious for the empty honor
OF Republican nomination for mayor Of
Greater New York. lie insists upon as
sdranGe that all anti-TaInmany influences
Will coalesce In his favor before he viii
take the risk. Accordingly. the anti-Platt
eminent and successful sweeper OF streets
The times., 1897-06-07

Mr. James Hamilton Lewis, the gentleman
who sprung a surprise on Speaker Reed the
other day, and for a moment almost phased
him and his followers in the House, has
handsome red-hued whiskers, well-tied
cravat to match. a silk hat, always we'll
made clothes, long and an absolutely fin
de steele frock coat, patent leather shoes
witt. CATERS, andin general fine and even
a superb appearance. He comes from the
State of Washington.
The times., 1897-06-07

The Carlisle authorities emphatically de-
ny that the bad Indian who is making all
that trouble in Montana ever had anything
to do with Carlisle school. Possibly he
did not But it would be little too much
to require of Carlisle school that it should
eradicate all traces Of savagery from it's
pupils II 1T could do that it might be
well for the cowboys to take term or
two OF instruction.
The times., 1897-06-07
4 pecullar prohlem confronted a Waslling.

4 peculiar problem confronted Washing
send a letter tn one of the regents at Mount
Vernon. she was not sure about the al
dress So she put on: Mrs So-and-so,
Mount Vernon, care George Washington. "
And 1t reached the lady. If Gen Washing
ton has so yigilant an eye as that over the
welfare of his home, isn't there da niger OF
violent manifestations in case he were re
moved to New York?
The times., 1897-06-07

Madrid papers are in state OF abject
misery ever what they regard as pros
pect of war with this country. AS far
as 1t goes this is really encouraging; but
our esteemed Spanish contemporaries per-
flucnce welded by the British holders OF
Spanish bonds, and by the Sugar Trust.
The times., 1897-06-07
A scheme for New York.

tFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer
Philadelphia boasts that her horse showis
q better one than the affair held IN New
York, because it is in the open air, and Is
therefore q real horse show. Friend. ,hee
should not plume thyself prematureIy
New Yorkis about to take in SD much farm
and truck-garden space that she will he
able to lasso wild horses, and have a buff
falo hunt, in the city limits.
The times., 1897-06-07

The Urbana episode still agitates Ohio.
Gov. BUSHNELL is severe on the sheriff, and
local citizens are agitating an appeal co
the next legislature to make rape a
capital offense and to abolish the Na5i,nal
Guard.
The times., 1897-06-07

Mr.. Gage now appears as the advance
agent OF prosperity, and he is making still
another date for the show to come to town.
1t is said at present to be due after the
tariff bill is passed. This rainbow chasing
causes fatigue
The times., 1897-06-07
Talked Too Much,

From the Chicago Times-Herald)
President Angell probably has discovered
before this that silence is the main plank
In the platform of diplomacy. His present
predicament seems TO he due entirely
to the cause Which brought woe to that
loquacious parrot
The times., 1897-06-07
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP

Senator Poles Penrose is probably the
quietest tlan ia the United States Senate.
More than that. he is stole. Hour by hour
he sits quietlyin his seat and neither laughs
at wit nor appears Interested in serious
discussions. Occasionally he walks to the
seat OF Senator Quay and apparently re-
ceives instructions, for not once has he been
seen to do more than listen to the senior
Senator. He is never in d hurry and moves
around as il afflicted with THAT tired
feeling
In many OF his actions the junior Sena-
tor is very much similar 10 Senator Quay.
All who know the latter have observed
his quiet demeanor and precise manner.
In selecting Mr.. Penrose as his protege
Senator Quay seems to have easily found a
nan after hts own mind and heart.
The times., 1897-06-07

The President says that the country Is
net going backward This is fine news.
But it may nevertheless be remembered
that person may walk into coal-holc
either backward or forward without In
the least affecting the depth OF the hole.
The times., 1897-06-07

below the level of some tribes of Indians.
for there are sayages who do not torture
their prisoners. The type OF humor which
makes Its victim OF any helpless thing
is gradually dying out, and when it Is
gone it will not be missed
The times., 1897-06-07
Learned Boston.
fFrom the Boston CLONE,

(From the Boston Globe)
''By the way" asks the Boston Home
Journal, ''hew many people are aware of
the fact that the rising young novelist who
has done SO many strange things In the
name OF literature, and who is now in
Greece as a war correspondent, is a son Of
Mr. william H. Crane, the actor" Ger
tainly neither William b. nor young
stephen is aware of 1t.
The times., 1897-06-07
A Eoreslaadowing.

(From the Philadelphia North Americana }
There can he no doubt that President
Mckinley believes In reciprocity. A few
months ago he stood on the front porch and
waited for the people to go to him; now
he goes to the people.
The times., 1897-06-07

Advices from Madrid state that Marshal
Martinez de Canpos has advised the Queen
Regent TO recall Weyler; but even the
be gained from the United States by that
action. 1t is known that Weyler's course
has been officially sanctioned by Canovas.
and tnat settles It as far as this country Is
concerned
The times., 1897-06-07

If Mr. Mckinley wants TO do somethin,;
iii the shade. just let him send in a message
recommending immediate recognition OF
Cuban independence
The times., 1897-06-07

The Salvation Army is respectfully re-
qucsted to inform us whether deaf mutes
stand any chance of being saved. and, il
so, why other people should not copy after
them.
The times., 1897-06-07

1t Is said that Senator Chandler has
reciprocity treaty, and finds a majority
ia favor of its retention. Another sad
hlow at the Sugar Trust program!
The times., 1897-06-07
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

This play, Mr.. Theocrites,' said the
manager, sis pretty good. but it needs a
little more CO.,
''Oh, Lord!'' groaned the young au-
thor, ''it's gone to every other manager
in town, and think it's time for it to go
on the stage"
The times., 1897-06-07

Surely it is bad to be calamity bowler,
but IL the people who use this term will
only take measures to remove the calamity
there VIII be No occasion to howl.
The times., 1897-06-07
A Natural Inference.

tFrom the Atlanta Journal)
One Washington dispatch says: "The
President didn'trecognize the ear thquake. :"
He simply thought the officeseekers had
gained entrance and were coming upstairs
The times., 1897-06-07
A Bottled.Un Getha mite.

(From the Chicago Times Heraid.l
Boston paper says that "a message
cast into the sea In mIdocean by a New
York man In hottie has been picked up
near France" But what became OF the
New York man In bottle?
The times., 1897-06-07

In the tariff debate Thursday Senator
Turpie, in discussing the evils Of a high
tariff for the sakeiof protection only, utter
cd tins self-syident truisn, which is ep-
grammatic enough for a text for a Demo
cratic sermon: mot dollar OF this
snpernImerafy rate OF tariff goes into
the public treasury. Every penny of it viii
go into the treasury of the trust. 1t is
simply an act forthe Increase of the value
OF shares, stocks, and dividends to in
corporated trusts engaged in business in
the United States"
The times., 1897-06-07

Conditions are said to be promising In
the West. But that isn't enough. What
the country wants is conditions that are
performing.
The times., 1897-06-07

''Now, Maria, don't you and George have
any falling OUT" said mother, as she
watched the tandem start.
NO" said George, over his shoulder,
'.if there's any falling done it win be
over the handle bars
The times., 1897-06-07
IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES.

.'All the talk IN New York." said Mr.
Henry NJ. Hayes, OF that city, at Willard
last evening, ''about O. citizens candidate
for mayor, a Experimentation or a Union
Republican campaign does not in the slight
est degree interest the large majority Of
trump cards, but l do not think he cae
possibly win the game. Everybody Is now
aware OF the fact that a citizens canGi-
date, or a reform candidate, or union
candidate, is nothing more nor less than
Republican in disguise The voters have
decided to put an end to the bogus RE
formers and they will do 1t thoroughly
and effoctually. The only policy for
Tammany Hall is to stand firmly upon the
singie-p,aiik platform OF New York tor
New Yorkers,' and give welcome to every
man who Is willing to vote the Democratic
ticket There is no GOLD or silver issiie in
the GtGnicipal election, nor is there
tariff issue. The plain question for The
voters is, whether New Yorkers are TO
govern themselves in their own coInfoTtable
and enjoyable way, or whether they are
to submit To the government OF Raines.
LeXow ,and other hayseeds that have never
lived III large city, and are utterly iSnoT-
ant OF the requirements of a metropolis.
Tne voters have decided the matter iii adj
vance, and their only regret is that they
have tc wait four months before going 10
the polls.
The times., 1897-06-07
A sugar.Refined Distinction.
fFrom the BOSTON HeraId

Before the next investigation of sugar
Senators begins it might be well to as
certain Just what is pertinent and what
is impeftinent
The times., 1897-06-07

Many of us would like to see time turn
backward In its flight just few degrees
about this sea son, but the retroactive pol
icy doesn't affect the Weather Bureau.
The times., 1897-06-07
The Firm.

fFrom the Atlanta Journal)
It is the Will of Allah and gunrowtier
that the Sultan should have Thessaly
The times., 1897-06-07

Everyone knows that Gilbert Stuart
painted Washington's portr ait" said Mr.
Robert A Rogers, at the Ebbitt, last night,
''but the information that he painted Dor-
traits of George III and Louis XyFhas not
been so successfully spread abroad No
mention OF 1t is made in the article about
him in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Ameri-
can Biography. Nodoubt, though, tits tr ue,
for the Paint and Clay Club OF Eoston
has made note OF il in the inscription
on the bronze tablet which has been set
up to his memory on Poston Common. The
tale of this tablet is interesting.
''It seems that for seventy years StIart's
grave had ben lost, but through the ef-
forts OF Mr. T. Robinson, EoSton art
critic, 1t has been lately located as one
of those in the old cemetery on Poston
Common To the iron fence incl0sing that
cemetery the bronze tablet by Hugh Cairns
has been affixed, bearing the iBscript on,
Gilbert Stuart, artist, 1755-fS2S: painter
Of the portraits of Washington, Louis XVI
and George III. This tablet placed by
the Paint and Clay Club, 1897
"Inasmrch as StUart's fame in this
country is due to his portraits Of Wash
ington and other eminent republicans. it
seems of doubtful expediency to devote
so much space on such a memorial To
enumeration OF the kings whom he painted
For ten years, or thereabout, before Stuart
returned to America, in 1892, he was q
successful painter in London Dublin and
other capitals, and painted many por traits
of noted persons: but he was not known
as a court painter. His portraitnre Of
royalty certainly added little to his re
nown In his native land"
The times., 1897-06-07

1T fs always my afm," remarked the
easy-going man, taking his corn-cob pipe
from his m outh, Ito have patience with
myself"
YES" snapped his wife, '.you have SO
much OF Il that 1t Ism { necessary for any
body else to have any with you"
The times., 1897-06-07

Theodore Durrant has the privilege OF
inviting five guests to see him hanged,
but not withstandiBg the exclusiveness Of
the entertainment there has been no mad
rush for tickets.
The times., 1897-06-07

Another New York situation was salts
factorly solved yesterday. when the Presi-
dent nominated Ellis H. Roberts, of that
State, to be treasurer OF the United States,
and Conrad n Jordan to be assistant
treasurer at New York. Senator Platt
wanted Sir. Roberts appointed To the New
York place, but Secretary Gage insisted
that Mr.. Jordan be retained as a recogni-
ZION of the gold Democrats The 1ioga
chioftain fought this proposition for
long time. but finally yielded when has
man was Offered the position now held by
Mr. Morgan, of Connecticut, Although Mr..
Jordan 5 position is inferior to that or the
treasurer. it is curious fact that his
salary is considerably larger, and his posi-
ton OF vastly more responsibility The
filling of the treasurership lnterferes W ith
the hopes OF National Committeeman y
b Scott, of West Virginia, who was slated
some months ago for the commissionership
of internal revenue. Judge Forman still
holds on there, and Mr.. Scott put iii a
quiet plea for Unites States Treasurer
1t begins to look as If the West yir-
ginian would be lost In the shuttle
The times., 1897-06-07

The Boston Herald calls Sen ator In
CALLS style of rhetoric toozey-moozey
Couldn't the Boston Herald invent some
thing to describe Mfr. Tillman's?
The times., 1897-06-07

"a few years ago. said Sir. Lambert
Hamilton, OF Boston, Mass, at the Ebbitt
last night, lit was difficult for Roger
Wolcott ~ obtain serious hearing at the
hands OF Bay State politicians. When in
1882 his friends brought him forward as
a candidate for lieutenant governor, tie
boys only smiled derisiyely at the attempt
and called attention to his mugw pmpisu in
1884, ana his bitter Genuneiation OF Quay
and Dudley, when. as president OF the
Republican Club, OF Massachusetts. he
presided over dinner of the club. But
Mr. Wolcott was nominated and elected
by the rank and file of his party, who
thus approved his independence AS gov
ernor he has brought the same dignity,
ability, scanessness and independence TO
the office that has characterized his whole
public career. In many respects he is the
very opposite OF his distinguished cousin,
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado. who some
time ago returned from abroad in the
interest of international bimetallism."
The times., 1897-06-07

'Littleton's flat is wfully small, ism t
it?'' =
"Fearfully. why Littleton can't even
stretch the tr nth in it."
The times., 1897-06-07

Arizona" said Mr.. A n. Johnson,
of Phoenix, at the st. James yesterday,
"wIll be one Of the leading States OF the
Union IN very few years. Young people
are beginning to find this out and are To-
eating in different sections OF The Ter
ritory, engaging in mining, farming, stock
raising, etc. The mineral output last year
was S14, 100000. Pretty good for a new
country; and we are going to cut some
figure in the lumber market in the near
future. Arizona possesses one patch OF
6,400, 900 acres of fine lumber Ag-
riculture is rapidly becoming a great in
dustry with US, and yearly thousands OF
acres OF land are recla imed by the intro
duction OF irrigation.
''This land produces almost every product
Of the temperate and semi-tropical zones
Our cities and counties are well governed,
and we have fewer policemen and less
crime thar any State in the Union. In
Phoenix aud its suburbs there are $4,000
people and only three policemen are EN-
p!oyed. We are thinking very seriously of
discbargng two OF these. We don t want
them. Our educational facilities Meet
every demand OF cultured and ambitious
people, our population is about 100000,
and we have room for more"