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The times., 1897-12-30

The rnuCh-advertised Indiana Republican
love feast was held Tuesday at indianapolis.
Before leaving Washin Ston to attend this
confe several Republican members
took occasion to deny with emphasis the
inlimation that the conference Was intended
to start & boom for a second term for
Mckinley. 1t was given 0ut that 1t was to
be the usual bicnuial love feast of the
leaders, at which party differences through
out the State were 10 be settled. and q plan
of campaign with respect 20 the comm z
Congressional election agreed upon.
The Republicans who went from here ap-
pear to have carried with them a great deal
OF miSinformation. for the dispatches state
that the leaders throughout the State were
encouraged by the statements of Senator
Fairbanks and tie Representative present
that there was hope for a currency refor
measure THAI would tend to set the party
Tight before the people. viii 5e news to
politicians here in Washington that there
exists anywhere hope for currency re-
form legislation. Senator Fairbanks, in a
speech TO those assembl Ell, spoke in favor
of the gold standard and ignored the
subject of biFnerailism. Then by way Of
clinching his arguments he asserted that
piotform pledges the width of a solitary
hair. Senator Fairbanks certainly could not
have had in mind the plan of Secretary
Gage, to establish the absolute gold stan
dard when he made this speech, plan,
which. by the way, has not been condemned
By the President, but which has his tacit
consent and approval.
Despite the fact that the Spar niSh minister
is running iiheI and thther asserting
that the relief now being extended to the
suffering Cuhans is not intervention, there
are some very good diplomats who hold
that it is intervention of the most pro-
nounced character Senators are also of
the same opinion. When the Red Cross
expedition was formed a short time ago
the position was assumed by several Sena-
tors tina. this was an act OF inter .ention.
Now that the Administration has taken a
hand in the business of relief, and has
officially called the attention of the
country to the conditions there, through
the medium tf procIama tion, the Ad-
ministra ton stands committed to the
policy OF intervention. Mr. De LONE is
naturally anxious that the public mind
should see a distinction where there is
no difference, bat Mr.. eDe LONE will soon
be compelled to admit that SPUN has
placed herself in h position where she
cannot deny thatl this Government has
intervencd and that, too, wit h he consent
and approval.
The times., 1897-12-30
A Three-Cornered Fight.

tFrun. the New York Evening PoSt.l
Opinions continue to differ as to who
caused tie great advance in wheat this
year. Some time ago, when prices We're
moving up on the eve of last years
Presidential election, Mr.. Bryan expllinsd
that the tricky money power was Ioing
it all, So as to delude the farmers into
voting tor the Republican party. We
quoted yesterday the opinion If tt,e
Chairman Of the PennS ylvania Repu5-
lican committee, who boldly affirmed that
the 80 or 40-cent rise this season was
merely o Christmas present OF tue Re
publican Administration tn the PennSyl
vania farmers. On the other hand, here
comes Mr.. l.. z. Letter, of Chicago. WHO
says THAI his boy did it-that at any rate
the youngster has added . cents a bushel
to the worlds price of wheat, and IS "a
benefactor of the agricultural industries
OF the county to that extent"
We must confess our inability to dis
criminatc between these rival claimants.
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our Immense floating population in Paris,
Vienna, Baden-Baden, London, Nice, and
other eTfete European resorts. This might
have been borne, FOR it is only what all
good Americans do more or less. But
while some OF these millionaires are i'll
Europe Others are in New York, Wash
ington, and even Boston, and the peculiar
part or the situation is that New York and
Boston and Washington people do not set
tie down in Chicago to spend their money,
SO that it is not q fair exchange.
As t. most OF these absentees, IL might
be said that perhaps they got out of Chi
cago 10 avoid reading about themselves
But isn't ii q little unreasonable to expect
that because a man made his money In
Chicago, his children, and grandchildren,
and Ills heirs unto the third and fourth
generation. should remain rooted to that
palatial spot. 30 that they might make
show of themselves for the benefit of
Chicago People? OF course, IL is hard on
the Chicago papers, but the thoughtful
man will synipathize with the rugitives.
The times., 1897-12-30
A Plain Statement.

Under the circumstances and conditio2s
as they exist in Cuba today, it is the
acme Of hypocrisy and duplicity for -he
Administration to appeal TO the private
charity of the American people TO relieve
situation largely created by the policy
ana conduct OF the Administration itself.
That situation is the direct and IN
evitable result of the alliance of the
! American Government with Spain in lis
warfare against non-combatants, women
thousand Spanish troops have been sacri-
feed and six hundred thousand inhabi-
tants of the island starved OF butchered
within the past yearl No'v that the
end has Come, and Spain has neither
recruits nor money, nor food with which
to feed ami clothe the remnant of her
army In Cuha and the Spanish residents
within her military lines, Mr.. Mckinley,
true to his Spanish devotion, asks the
American people to send supplies to the
Spanish posts, estensibly TO feed and
protec ct the ''reconc centrados,'' but In
reality to sucoor the Spaniards and their
adherents. 1t is asserted that, as the
sulate general, 1t viii reach the people
for whom the donors Intend it. That.
cf course, is nonsense, since Gen. Lee will
be compelled TO make distribution under
the orders of tie Spanish authorities. and
through the media of their subordinates.
The result may be predicted with GER
tainty. The hole scheme is outrageous
IL simply and solely is designed to supply
and comfort the Spanish Power until it
has (. chance to recuperate for new
campaign of devastation, rapine and
murder.
Have we any reason for supposing that
the Spaniarsls are repentant for the
fiendisl. waste and the heilish brutality
of the past year? No. They merely lind
themselves at the end of their RESOURCES
and Seek to keep themselves a little longer
on their legs through American charity.
The whole scheme is one to bring the
blusl of shame to every citizen of a mertca.
Mr.. Mckinley knows that the whole ma
tior stands ready to back him in q more
Inent to put an end TO the war by recog-
niZing the Independence of Cuba. He on. ..ht
to know that it is not willing TO proloug
the cruel and inhuman persecution OF
brave Community engaged in death strus-
gle FOR freedom by dispensing its bounty
to their oppressors and tyrants.
1t is a proper case for the exercise cf
national legislative action. II is not one
in Which a dollar of private means should
be- expended. Let this Government do
its plain duty, and appeals for charity viii
be- quite unnecessary.
The times., 1897-12-30

Something ought 70 be done with the
we are nervous people. and it is true that
it makes some people uncomfortable to be
Obliged to keep STILL but FOR that matter, 1t
makes some heather uncomfortable to wear
clothes. Nearly everybody who has ever
tried to do any serious work without eXcep
uonal advantages has been annoyed .imust
past endurance, at one time or another
by some body who persisted in making n
perfectly irrational and uncaIled for noise.
1t need not necessarily be a loud noise to
cause the annoyance. The person who sits
in room where some one else is writing. Or
casting up accounts, or reading, and drums
on the table, or Lums over and over a bar OF
some Sour or makes some or those thousand
and one little Easping, grating sounds that
Set unconscious cerebration going in ones
brain, aud cause involuntary wonderment
"a 10 how long 1t Will be before the next
noise begins that person is a nuisance to
call forth most unchristian feelings Chill
dren can be ordered to stop that sort OF
thing; but a grown man or woman is sup
posed to know how TO behave, and is Tx .ly
to feel insulted If the sufferer so much as
hints discomfort. The only really effective
way to stop this nuisauce is TO train children
TO employ their Fingers in quiet V ays when
they feel nervous, and to get out of the room
where other people are working. II possible,
when it is necessary for them to make
nciSe.
The times., 1897-12-30
THURsDAl, DECEMBER 80, 1897
The Currency and the Banks.

heexplana ton given by the Comptroller
OF the Currency as to why he did not bring
Mr.. Sing erly's Chestnut Street National
Bank to buok when first it was made ap
parent tc the Government that it was not
solvent Will lot generally be regarded as
satisfactory by the country at large. We
will not go to the length of insnuating
that Mr.. Singerly's devotion to the ca Use
of Mr.. Hanna and the gold standard, at a
time when the failure OF the bank might
have exerted d deleterlols influence upon
Mr.. McKinley's candidacy, had anything
TO do with the course Of the Comptroller
in Keeping g moribund institution appar-
entity alive and in business activity; be
cause it might be indecorous to entertain
such a thought.
On tie other hand, If it be true that the
Singerly banks inSolvent condition, ever
since the early months Of the Presidential
campaign OF 1s96, if not earlier, has beel
concealed from the depositors in that in
stitution 10y the protective administration Df
the Government, designed for their safe
guard. then every one Of them, and par
ticularly those who have opened accounts
since the Government had notice OF prac-
tical insoly ency, has a right to think that
he has been robbed.
The startling scandal Involved in this
case sheds an unpleasant light upon the
governmental organiza tion provided Cor
the administrations of the peoples in
terests in connect ion with the
national banking system. 1t appears
to develop the fact that a subordinate Of
ficial OF the Treasury is endowed with
the autocrauo power to say that an insti-
tuition known to be rotten shall be bolStereI
up and allowed TO run along. to tie detri
ment and disaster OF tie business com
munity doing business with it, until some
time Y hen political or other exigencieS
may renderi it convenient for it t o be stopped
and wound up.
We submit that, to place such poyer in
the hands Of any indiN idual, especially one
who. nominaIly. should not be an indie
pendent factor. but who ought to he under
the complete .lict alton OF the responsible
head OF the Department, is an evil and an
outrage. 1t is an irresponsible power GER
tainly never contemplated by the Ameri
can people, or their elected representative
IL by some weakness or looseness in the
statutes it is possible Of exercise. no time
should be lost in remedying the defect
1t is power V hich. in its last analysis.
in the hands of bad man. would give him
the opportunity cwruptly to indulge
in subornation OF felony and laugh at
jpsticu.
1t would be well FOR Congress to consider
this matter with care and attention. and
without delay. The situation, as disclosed
in the history OF tie Singerly bank col
lapse. is calculated to wreck puolic con-
fidence in our banking system, and still
more greatly in the efficacy of control
over it by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency.
The times., 1897-12-30
Mr.. Gage.

Now that our esteemed contemporaries
OF the daily press have concluded to adj
init the truth of The Times statement,
msde several days ago, that Secretary
Gage had rendered his resigna tion to the
President, we trust they viii be eq'ia1y
willing to acknowledge that no greater
calamity could Defall the country than the
Presidents acceptance of it.
The Hon. Lyman Ga ge, in the Urea Sury
Department, is chief among the many
things that will make certain Dei,io-
cratic victory in 1900. For this reason
it would be unpatriotic and wicked To in
any way assist Mr.. Gage to depart. Silence
gentlemen, ali.
The times., 1897-12-30
Pensions and Partisans.

The Republican Commissioner OF Pen
sions wants the lists published He wants
it, because there IS a "ery widespread
belief that there are many names apoa
it and many persons receiving the bounty
of the Government which should not be
there, end WHO have not armed the in
comes they receive legitim1tely or equi-
tably. But the Republican Secretary of the
Interior opposes the idea. Why, we are un-
able to understand, unless it he that the
Adminstra ton is anita gonisttc to any
policy calculated to yentilate the methods
and peculiarties of its record on Ibis
subject in the past.
We arr sorry for this, because it is not
partisan question. Nobody in this country
is more cheeTfully willing to go to the
limit OF generosity TO help the disabled
veterans Of the civil war, OF 20 care for
their helpless dependents, than the Demo
cratic party. Beyond this, there should
not be a scintilla of doubt that the hone st.
war-scaIred veterans themselves are anx-
i6us that the list should be purgei Of
fraudulent pensioners, if such there be-
But Commissioner Evans is quoted as be-
lieving that the Republican ma iority in
the House OF Representatives is afraid of
the $4,000 pension attorneys, and of the
effect OF their influence upon their clients.
IL true, this is alarming. He is reported
as saying:
Tie work o ( reform in the pension syst IN
must be deferred at least two years. Thsra
is not q member of the overwhelming re.
publican ma lortty in the House who would
dare vote for any proposition that the old
soldiers might construe as detrimental to
their interests.
Tfese members of Congress are ru.lv
aware OF the defects in the laws and th.,
frauds committed, but not one of them
would lave the courage to support even a
bill amending the law 50 that pension at
t0rnCys could be prevented from rob ong
beth the Government and their clients.
We refuse to think, with Mr.. Evans,
that any action by tue Congress design.d
to protect the integrity of the pension
system, and, hence, the old soldiers in
then rights, could or would tend to af-
fropt them. Ii it were otherwise til IN il
would be about time that they were If
frorted. Their interests in this cunnac-
tion are at one with the interests of the
public. We think we know them better
than to assume that they desire an ythiny
but equity and honesty in tie administrl-
tion OF the Pension office.
There is little difficulty in coming TO
an agreement with Mr.. Commissioner Evans
in his prophecy that 1t will be two years
before any material reform viii be pos
The times., 1897-12-30
Chicaao.s Absentee Landlords

Chicago alw avs was naive town, v ith
q cheerful ignorance of the world. 1t
will be sad day for America when
Chicago becomes blase and sophisticated,
and loses the pride she now has in being
thoroughly and unQuanfIedly herself.
There is just a hint OF this dawning so-
phiStication In late dispatch from The
Windy City. 1t has been discovered that
no less than forty millionaires there have
taken advantage OF their prosperity to
get out OF that town and spead TIER
money somewhere else. This money lgg e.
gates I'm year something like Ss ,oo0, 300
clear income, and Chicago is wisrfully
asking, why is this thus?"
1t is stated OF these forty millionaires,
and children or millionaires. that willie they
were perfectly oontented TO tive in Chicago
during their incipient richness, they hastenel
to 50 somewhere else to wear their diamonds
and sahlcs, and drive their four-in-hands
and sail their yachts. Some OF them
went to Europe, forming a large part of
The times., 1897-12-30

It is announced from Simla that the
British force sent cut TO punish the tribes
men IL the Khybef Pass has returned
the Afridis and OrakZais are ready TO
submit AS the season for campaign
operations in northern India is over the
chances are that the end of the up
rising is not quite as near at hand
as is claimed. There may be further
trouble in the spring, in case it is to
anybody'S advantage to fpment it.
The times., 1897-12-30
The Intelligent Hibernian.

(From the Phiiad phia Recori'
A Philadelphia hoUsekeeper tells this
story: 1--WE had at one tfiue in our employ &
very green young woman. whose nationaiitF
istypried ny an emblem o. the 3 nc ' erfian-
color This young woman, like the one
your story speaks Of, also came to u
through an Intelligence t?i office She
showed her Intelligence on tie first day
of her service in our family. She was
told tn go out in TIE yard and take down
the clothes Iihe which was stretched aicEe
a half 4 dozen posts set up for that pur-
pose. she was at the job for so lCng 4
tine that we began to wonder what on
earth was the matter with her. We went
out To see what she was doing, and there
we found her working away vigorously
with 2 spade. She had already dug up
three of the posts, and had almost com
pIeted the work on a fourth wien we
found her. She didn't stay with rs long
The times., 1897-12-30

Tennessee contributes its quota OF ex-
citement to the holiday season. A Fed
eral Judge has enjoined the State from
collecting the railway taxes of tie year
under an assessment made by the new
railway Commission. Gov. Bob" Taylor
will call an extra session of the legis-
iature at once. That body VIII elect a
United States Senator, and it is reported
in Nashville that the election of the Hon.
Benton McIiillin is assured. A better Sc
lection could not BE- made.
The times., 1897-12-30
His Vacation.

(FIom the Boston Transcript-D
Tompior-Was Locke much OF a fighter
when hs was in the army?
Hammer-No, hardly that. In fact, he
managed TO keep out of battle altogether.
But theH, you know, he was full of fight
before he got to the front, and he has been
full If il eve, since the war was over. In
the nature of things. fellow must have
a rest some time or other.
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what He was There For.
F1om the Denver Times.l

(FIom the Denver Times-)
He was typical gamin, so dimn1tive
in stature that l had TO stoup to interro-
gate him, which | did in this way:
Where dc you get your papers, my
little maI?'
ION, L buy EN- of Johnny Green"
s.And who is Johnny Grcen?''
Hes a newsboy-he buys 'em in tn
Times alley
what do vou pay him for them?''
.'Ficents."
what do YOU sell them for?''
"Ficents.''
"You don't make anything at thtt."
Nope
Then what do You sell them fof"'
ION, just to get to boiler"
The times., 1897-12-30

II is understood that the Republican
members of the House will caucus Turing
the second week in January An effort
will be made at the caucus To bring about
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the civiIservice
reform question, and to. take some action
which VIII prevent the, introduction OF a
bill by the anti-ciyii service mrn to change
the law. Seventy Republican members
have announced their opposition to the
present law but, inasmach as there are
202 Re puhlicans in the house, the ma iority
OF Republicans who are content with
present conditions is large and Oh a vote
inthe caucus would over wheimth 'antis. -
The caucus will name the members OF the
Congressional campaign Committee.
The times., 1897-12-30

siblc. Like many another Republican of
stuse, he is prophetic in the conviction
that by that time there will be dif
Repies entatives. All signs point TO a
return of the plain people to power at
the next popular election and then there
may be a new era of economy, honesty
anil patriotism.
The times., 1897-12-30
BOiliUU 1T Down.

tFrom the Springfield Republican,
There was an unmistakabIe note Ut war
and buster in the German imperial var
lords farewell address TO his dear brother,
Henry, on the eve OF the latters .lrp ar; are
to take comma nd OF the German squadron
in Chirese waters. 1t is not diffic lit to
detect the itch for fight in passage like
this: ''Should anyone ever attempt % af-
front or prejudice us in our rights, then
strike out with your mailed fist, and, God
willing weave round your young brow the
laurc, wreath which no one in the German
Empire will begrudge YOU Or, as we sa =
in 4 1nerica, Slug en-"
The times., 1897-12-30

AT eighty eight, Mr.. Gladstone announces
himself as much improved in health, and
anxious TO resume his literary labors at
Hawarden. This ought to encoura ge
veteran statesmen On this side, like Uncle
john Sherman. If, during the next two
Administrations, the Democratic party
should make serious mistakes, there might
be another chance for Uncle John in
4, 1909
The times., 1897-12-30
Saved.

From the Philadelphia North American)
It was at an afternoon tea and the CfJsh
was simply horrid. 1t seemed that nothing
woull save the few men present, Wien
one quick -witted woman exclaimed.
Ladies, please remember there are gen
tiemen in the crowdp'
1t was-atl that preserved the poor things
from u horrible fate.
The times., 1897-12-30
Contngious Marnanimitr.

tFrom the Springfield Republic ADJ
1t is TO be hoped, at least, that Presi eat
McKinley's example in the pardoning Of
en- bezzlers Will not become contagious
among the State governors. The Populist
governor OF Kansas showed his appreciation
OF the Presidents course Friday by pardon
ing bank president who had received anu
put in his own pocket deposits offered aft.r
the bank was known to be insolvent. The
force of the initiative faculty has terrible
possibilities in this case,
The times., 1897-12-30
The Worst Possible

tFrom the Omaha World Herald,
mo matter what trouble befalls man.
said the philosopher, at the foot OF the
table, he can always console himself with
the thought that. it might have been
worse.''
The cynic who sat next to the landlady
marked:
what about the man who paid the last
instalment but one on his 'ST wheel en-
the very day that the new chainless was
announcer
The cynical boarder Seemed to take great
delight il, making everybody feel badly
The times., 1897-12-30
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Congress is again to overhaul the gas
company. This time it will endeavor TO
ascertain. why 1t is that individual gas
bills are as great now as they were be
fore Congress forced reduction OF the
rate from 81 % per 1,ooo cubic feet to
81 .15, although the consumers claim That
they burn no more gas than they for
merly did. This investigation will be the
result OF q resolution which Mr.. odell
Of New York introduced in the House
just before the tioiiday recess began, and
which was referred to the Committee on
interpretations. The resolution provides for
the appointment OF committee OF five
by the Speak er to investigate tue charges
and if this committee finds sufficient
reason Tor Congressional action 1T VIII
SO report. Nothing can be done In he
matter until Congress reHssemblas Jan
uary 8. The gas company's officials say
they are perfectly willing to have Goa
gress examine into the charges, and pro
fess that the reduction In price compelled
by Congress is an annual loss of 50 5000
to the company.
The times., 1897-12-30

Mr.. Sw anson, OF Virginia, has returned
to the city, and is engaged in preparing him
self to meet his contest, which comes Up for
q hearing before el ections committee No. !
on January 1. Gen. Walker, OF Virginia,
is chairman OF the committee. Senator
Daniel will make the leading argument
in be half OF he clainisof Mr. wanson to the
scat and when the case comes before the
House, Mr.. Jones, OF Virginia, who has
had valuable experience In affairs OF this
kind, VIII speak for his colleague. Ii is
understood that hearings in all or the ron
tested cases Will be vigorously pushed in
the House during Januar y, the leaders being
anxious to settle them all ds early as
possible.
The times., 1897-12-30

lumbus profess great confidence in their
ability to ieat iint. His friends say that
the Kurt Bushnell movement is IN as
sauiu on the A administration; which is true,
because Hanna is the A administration.
The times., 1897-12-30

Eco6erS Of The Times scho nlay at any
tify e be unable 10 procure copies Of a at any
fetcs stand, railroad station or on railroad
rains lCil confer q joUcr upon the manage
.1,eaf bB sending to this Office Information Of
lie fact