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vest ana the Branding Iron.

The Hon. GEORGE GRAHAM VESTS pas
sionate grief for the inhabitants Of the
Philippines, whom he sees surrendered to
1.-THE greed Of the commercial and money
making classes in this country" n
doomed to "be held, without their CONSENT
mere chattels, to be disposed Of as the Gov
ereign power Of the mother country may
choose" has seemed hard to understand.
Mr.. VEST has not been known to weep at
the methods by which Democratic suprem-
acy Is maintained in the South, without the
consent Of a large part Of the governed.
Why does his soul distil bitter drops over
the F1lipinos2 To be sure, he hates money
making, with the possible exception of an
occasional flyer In Wall street, and his
rhetoricals habitually get the better of his
intellectuals; but these general reasons
seemed insufficient for this 30 particular
sorrow.
The reason has been disclosed. It is
remorse.
For the sake of truth. the 81. Louis Globe
Democrat has pried into the past. In 1881
Mr.. VEST was o member Of the Missouri
Legislature. Feb. 26 Of that year he intro
duced a bill to punish with death "any one
Who by writing, speaking, printing or en-
craving, melted a slave to be insubordinate
to his master. Aiding a slave to escape
was to be punished, for the first offence, by
ten years in the p~enitentiary, and bybeing
branded in the.palm of the right hand with
the figure of a CROSS" The second offence
was to be punished with death.
To secure an impartial jury, Mr.. VEST
proposed that nobody should serve as a
Juror in such cases who had any consclen-
tious scruples as to slavery or any doubts
as to its legality.
Anxious that the unconsenting governed
should, II refractory, carry about with them
q lasting memorial Of government. Mr.. VEST
put into his bill a provision that the brand
ing should be done in the presence Of the
Sheriff or other proper officer. with a hot
iron. in such manner that the brand shall be
lasting and indelible."
After thirty-seven years the soaring and
the sizzling have not died out in Mr.. VESTS
memory. His bill was too tough to be re-
ported by the committee to which 1t was
referred. but the branding on it remains in
delible. Mr.. VEST loves and pities all down
trodden races. AS he looks back to 1851 he
trembles for peoples subject to the money
making classes. Man-branding has gone out
Of fashion in the United States, and even JOE
BAILEY doesn't brand an Infamous lie more
than six times a week; but the accursed
greedof the commercial classes Is capable
Of inficting still greater ~punishments upon
vassal peoples. The money-making Glasses
will introduce trusts and corporations into
the Philippines at the first opportunity.
Therefore does the Hon. GEORGE GRAHAM
VEST, mindful OF his past and tenderly con-
cerned for the future of the Filipinos,
brand the trusts and corporations and
m~oney-makers and seek to save the inno-
cent islanders from being the mere chattels
| OF these monsters.
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IL Has Had Its Great Men,. Like Other
vocations-DsAth of Herr Gentnsr'

vocntions-Death of Herr Gentner'
FFom ne Hens Journal
The HISTORY OF Vienna theatres 10 the his
tory Of the olaquers who have made and. Do IL
known. sometimes marred them. Vienna has
had more really famous claduo leaders than
actors. One IL reminded Of this by the recent
death OF the leader Of the Peoples Theatre
clauue. Herr Gentner. He was a claduer OF
the good old s.hool. Pannowitz, the great.
,napproachable Pannowitz. was his prototype.
A claauer OF genius has not been seen In
Vienna like unto Paanowitz. He had the In
como OF a Minister. His adlatus. KoniR. re-
ceived from him fixed salary. Pannowitn
was always dressed 10 the latest fashion. At
premieres one saw him IN evening dress. meyer
SS the sr9hIl s pTsss e eTeTy eTenip Slaq now and
when necessary. His aide-de-eamp used to
PannowltS, appiauded' but little. just IKE a
regular habltue. His forte lay 10, his wonder
only. His baton was. his handkerchief, every
movement Of which had its distinct and, in
telligible signiacSnce; And. yhen he laughed Sc.
public Ia" to JOIN. in the irrepressibiS ca
elimination. His .d~isRuises were eomplete.
lie guess that the harmiess-lookinE old gen
tleman with side whiskers. sitting in q boz
and never PSS rr able e bs spp pnrIS, 4s laugh aug w s11CnSihd
And now his great disciple, Gentner. has gone.
too. He was as modest In life "a In profess
sion. He was discreet in starting the applause,
though he had hands like a couple OF card
tables, but he generally MANAGED to transport
his faithful followers Into q verItable fnrioso
at will. He had an inimitable hiss for his pa
irons pet aversions. which was absolutely fatal
when well paid for. When he raised both his
band to let loose their stored-up thunders. he
himself did not Join In. His neighbors must
never know that he was the paid applaudeT.
Then. he would take out his handkerchief.
and tho applause would suddenly end. That
was. all d In P%annowitz- But the meister prao-
tically died in exile.
ted hi oSt u b grea p Tsltaseismsp ex 3 saMn ed in mao y nI GISt.
His loe,,m ttenens had omitted to applaud a
ed Gentner's discharge. A diva. can forgive
everything. but not the applause that failed, It
proved the death of Gentner. His actor son.
the pride OF his life. was shortly TO have a debut
in Vienna, and his fathers big hands were to
make him. One day they brought the, lad
home TO die, And now. penniless. childlessl
and exiled. the fallen genius has gone to o
bourne where. doubtless. the art of mapufac-
cured applause Is q wholly negligible quantity.
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The Growth of the Monroe Doctrine.

"a A strange misconception Of that noble
egis of sentiment which has hung happily
over this continent for threc-quarters of
q century, the Monroe doctrine, exists
still among cxpansionists and anti-eXpan-
eionists alike. "If We annex distant terri
tory" say the latter, 1.-THE Monroe doc
f,ine will he destroyed" I've nre COM
mitted to annexation" say some expansion
lists, land the Monroe doctrine Is gone al
ready" What uncomfortable Authorization
Z The Monroe doctrine is found practically
complete in these two sentences OF the
document containing 1t:
1--WE owe 10, therefore. to candor and to the amica-
HE relations existing between tho United States and
che European powers to declare that We should con-
sider any attempt on their part to extend their sys-
cam to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous
30 our peace and iafety."
iE"ve could not view any incorporation for the pur-
pose OF expressing them tother Governments Of
America, or controlling in any other manner their
destiny. by any European power. In any other light
than as the manifestation OF an unfriendly disposi-
zion toward the United States"
That Is to say, enlargement OF European
power upon this continent Is dangerous to
our peace and safety, and an attempt in
chat direction will be to us a cause for war.
And that Is all.
The s~oundness Of President MoNRoE's
craftsmanship will remain in spite OF what
We may do or what we may have done.
Annexation of the Philippines or Of In
definitely greater territory can't affect 1t.
II we took in Borneo and Sumatra 1t
would be as true as ever that European
colonization on the Western Hemisphere
would threaten our peace and progress,
and requirement OF sovereignty over all
Polynesia would not in our eyes be an invi-
tation TO any European Government to set
tie In America.
We should still hold efforts to that end as
the manifestation OF an unfriendly dlspo-
eition toward the United States y and the
force Of our protest would lie, as always
from the beginning, in the weight of our
resources for self-defence.
when a foreign enemy or domestic states
man has broken down the wal power OF the
United States, then, and not till then, will
the Monroe doctrine be confronted with
the prospect OF abrogation.
Long may the Monroe doctrine and its
foundation flourish! Never were they
stronger than they are to-day.
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Board and Walker Commission

The element OF surprise in the report of
the Walker Nicaragua Canal Commission
turns out to be, not its estimate Of cost as
compared with that of its predecessor, the
Ludlow Board OF Engineers, but Its prefer
ence OF the Lull route.
When the Ludlow report estimated the
cost Of tho canal at $133, 472, 800 it was
bitterly denounced by some friends OF the
Maritime Canal Company, who possessed
more zeal than discretion, for having more
than doubled the estimates made In 1885
by Mr.. MENocAL, the engineer Of that COM
pany. 1t was a foolish attack, because the
personal integrity and high professional
skill OF the members of the board were well
known, and because it was obvious that,
being directed TO obtain information for the
Governments guidance, they had no motive
for overestimating the cost.
Be that as it may, we o find the Walker
commission, with the aid OF more tim and
far greater appropriations TO continue its
predecessors work, settling upon S124,-
600, 600 and $l23,Ooo, 900 as the approx
mate cost Of the canal by the two routes spec
flied, while one OF the three members, Col.
HAMS OF the Engineers, whose opinion may
with many carry equal weight with that Of
Admiral WALKER OF Mr.. HAUPT, thinks
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College Professors on Currency Reform

Five college professors, appointed for the
purpose a year ago by a body styling itself
the American Economic Association, have
Just made to the association a report OF
their views on currency reform. They have
come to these conclusions:
The standard of value upon which our
currency system rests Is by no means as Sc
cure as it should be.
The circulating note system 10 still
greatly lacking in elasticity.
Adequate banking facilities for newer or
more backward districts are still wanting.
In the system, as a whole, there Is O nota-
BILE lack Of unity and organization.
To remedy the first named OF these de-
fects, the professors propose legislation by
Congress explicitly affirming gold to be the
standard OF value but how, after this is
done, the repeal Of that same legislation Is
to be prevented, they do not point out.
They affirm that, under the laws now in
force, it is possible for a Secretary Of the
Treasury, SO disposed, to overthrow the
gold standard, "even though 1t be the de
clared policy Of the nation to maintain that
standard" This Is not true, but IL 1t were
true, no legislation would avail to hold in
check a Secretary hostile to gold.
AS to furnishing a circulation Of greater
elasticity, the professors seem to be unable
to consider any currency except one Of pa
per. That gold coin will never come into
general use In this country they assume to
be certain. Hence they recommend the
nostrum OF a bank currency, secured only
by bank assets, and controlled exclusively
by the banks.
Banking facilities for destitute districts
the professors think can be secured by per-
hitting the establishment of branch banks,
or Of national banks with capitals Of $4,000
or $4,000, and by allowing State banks to
issue circulation under Federal supervision,
free from the present 10 per cent. tax.
How unity and organization In our cur
rency system, which the professors say Is
lacking, can be obtained, they do not ex-
plain. They content themselves with af-
firming that: Never before has there
existed among all classes so great an in
terest on this subject, 80 near an approach
to unanimity Of opinion, and 80 strong a
purpose to see something accomplished"
The representatives OF the people in Con-
gress, who may be supposed to know the
sentiments Of their constituents, declare, on
the contrary, that little or no interest pre-
walls in the subject among any class, and
that there Is a strong purpose not to see
anything accomplished. This being 30. 1t
Is not worth while to enter into contro-
versy with the professors. We leave them
to their own delusions.
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third change IL one Of form. namely, 10 give
the post Electrician Sergeant the pay not
OF n hospital steward, but Of a frst-clnss
Sergeant OF the Signal Corps, which
Is the same, the latter designation being
preferable, and, in fact. now employed.
More important Is n suggestion that all
officers and enlisted men of the coast artil-
lery shall receive the same pay and allow
ances as nre provided for like grades In the
Corps of Engineers, except that for the
mechanics they shall be those OF an artll-
lery Sergeant and for First Sergeants those
OF n Quartermaster Sergeant Of Engineers.
Finally, our correspondent suggests that
all promotions shall DO filed by seniority
In tho arm, and that the portion OF section
5, of the bill proposing to "equalize pro-
notions be stricken out. This portion,
should It stand, would, IL appears, take In,
for tho 1875 vacancies created among Cap
tains OF artillery, only 0S First Lieuten-
ants OF artillery and 30 Of the other arms.
We understand that as now framed tho
bill would promote many First Lieutennnts
OF cavalry or infantry as Captains of Artil-
lcry over experienced First Lleutenants Of
artillery who ranked above them on enter
ing tnB army from inc mllibuIy hNauShhS'
the later superiority OF the former in rela-
tive rank arising from the exceptionally
slow promotion of artillery subalterns to
battery commands under the faulty organi-
zation Of that arm hitherto. There Is high
authority for saying that the Engineer
Corps and the Ordnance Department, espe-
cially the latter, are taking away to-day
from the artillery some Of its ablest young
officers, under the stimulus OF quicker pro-
motion and Herewith higher pay.
The enlisted strength Of the artillery
is suffering in the same way. The scien-
tinc requirements OF modern guns and
their appliances demand that such OIL
GERS and soldiers shall stay In the artil-
lery, as they will with proper inducements.
The Hull bill itself proposes to turn over to
the artillery the mines and harbor obstruc-
tions, fortaking care OF which the engineers
get higher pay.
We cannot overestimate, In short, the
Importance Of making the coast defence per-
sonnet all that 1t should be.
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Some Things That Are Coming to Cuba.

Before the revolution OF 1895 Cubs pos
sessed the finest sugar-making machinery
in the world. The greater part Of 1t was
destroyed during the war, and before the
industry is restored to it's former impor-
lance this machinery must be replaced
from our manufactures. SPANS policy has
always been to discourage manufacturing
industries in Cuba, as she preferred to have
the island import manufactured articles
from Spain. In Mr.. ROBERT T. Hills long
travels over the island he saw, outside the
tobacco factories and sugar mills, only one
industrial establishment, a mill at Baracoa
for extracting oil from cocoanuts and max
ing soap. In the regeneration Of Cuba
manufacturing industries will have a promi-
nent part, and the necessary machinery will
come from the United States.
Jamaica, which is only a tenth as large as
Cuba, has 1000 miles Of fine highways,
making every part Of the island easily &C
cessible. Cuba has no good roads, except a
few leading from Havana to q number OF
interior towns. An era Of ro~admaking is
coming in Cuba which will make inland
communications easy.
American investors are soon to put life
into the business and productive interests of
the island In many directions. Americans,
for instance, the year before the revolution,
bought the unusually rich asphalt deposits
in Santa Clara province, and thus far they
have, Of course. been unable to develop
their property. Their opportunity is here.
The Havana cigar. the product Of Cuba
that travels furthest, cannot be found In
one Of the islands Of the Caribbean Sea.
Trade with adjacent regions, except Mexico,
was never encouraged by the Spanish rulers.
In spite Of Cuba's naturally commanding
| position in the commerce of the West In
dies, her neighbors regarded her as isolated,
and practically qu~arantined themselves
against her. The day is at hand when the
primary law Of trade, that our n~eighbors
are and should be among our best custom
ers, will apply in the case Of Cuba.
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Our esteemed contemporary Of Chlcago,

Our esteemed contemporary of Chicago,
the Inter Ocean. evinces an unbecoming super
fciality OF judgment in attrlbuting the gem
eral decline and financial failure OF pro-
f~essional baseball to poor players or unpopular
managers In certain cities. The lowermost
reason for it was not the poorness OF the
play or the personal oflensiveness OF this
or that club officer. such as yoN Il AHE OF st.
Louis or FREEDMAN In New York. who are
named by the Inter Ocean. but the instructive
public aversion to see a great outdoor game.
where everything should be orderly and
s~portsmanlike. corrupted into q continual
wrangle between the participants and the
riRhtiul referee of 1t all. the umpire.
The American people are too genuine in
their love OF sport and too clear in their under
standing OF what 1t is to approve and accept as
sport the deliberate violation OF baseball rules
by nine-tenths Of the professional players.
There v never = match Of any sort in the
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A Man of a Varied Religious Experience.

A Mar OF . Varied Religious Experience.
To H EDITOR OF The suN-Sir: Your re-
cent lucid editorials on the influx OF Presby-
terlans into the Protestant Episcopal and other
denominations have raised considerable dis
%cussion, and I would like to answer the opinions
OF Ulster" in yours Of the 23d. To begin. the
denomination known as Protestant Episcopal
should rightly be called Protestant Catholic"
for one branch and Puritan Episcopal" for
the other. The writer Of this has been o men,
Der Of almost every Evangelical Church and also
a constant attendant at Roman services. mar
ried an Evangelical minister's daughter and
served an apprenticeship in both High and Low
branches Of the Church OF England. and can.
therefore. speak with some little experience.
Presbyterianism in New York is little else
but a highly cultured Sunday amusement and
consolation for the upper ten. and among the
reasons for its decline. outside OF its spiritual
neglect Of the poor and lowly. is the fact that 1t
Is widely known in their ministry that an inside
ring" exists In the New York Presbytery.
headed. until his recent death. by the pastor
known as the Presbyterian, Pope. said ring
cal powers likely to, compete with them, This
obtain a successor to the pastorate Of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Secondly. the
rsoGls n niibessl Ra5e ana Gdl{ the rra Is In ml ljo q With n
reliRionists calling themselves Presbyterians
are not such. but are people attracted to that
denomination by the undoubted intellectually
Of it's pulpit. yet who, when pressed. will deny
belief in the extreme tenets OF Calvin. Third
ly. Presbyterianism, in its purity. Is an austere
religious cult. The Presbyterian Assembly OF
Cleveland. o.. only recently decided that the
organ, the sublimest creation for Gods great
est gift to men. music. had no place in church.
and this fact IL true OF genuine Scotch and Irish
Presbyterianism OF to-day. In the early part
of this century the writer's father was arrested
in EdipbpTgh for playing hymns on the piano
To-day. in the north Of Scotland. a walk on
the Sabbath day is regarded by many as sacri-
legious. This Is but the self-inficted torture
OF the "Penitentes' in another form. Fifteen
year,, ago in New York the Presbyterian
whatever Of the festa! days dedicated to the
hearted recognition OF Christmas and Easter.
forced by the competition OF the more uber-
ally minded Evangelical bodies.
Ulster" says that the churches in which an
elaborate ritual is given are merely providing
sedatives and covering real religion with q
cloak OF emotion. What is the Christian relig-
ion IL not a practical demonstration OF the
highest. emotions? And what gift Of God
stands higher than .music2 If imagination is
to be excluded.," Ulster must cut out OF his
Bible the books OF Genesis and Revelation. and
TO go n little further must give up faith. Even
Presbyterians in communities Ike New York
furnish elaborate music by costly quartet
choirsswhich is almost operatic In character.
Mankind wants warmth in religion.
NEW YORK.. Dec. 27. ANGLIcANUs.
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New Crank Crowd.
From tAe 81. Louf. RepubRc.

FTV" UV ~ LUU HtDUUIIo.
An anti breakfast society 10 to bo organized In
Elgin. H.. its membership comprising some of the
most intelligent and cultured people OF tho city
editors. clerGymen, physicians and teachers. II in
the outcome OF experiments in abstaining from tho
morning meal. Following the advice laid down by
\ Pennsylvania doctor. who for twenty years has
used no drugs In his practice. the Elxinites are sub
sisting on two meals . day aud enjoying better
health and 8 greater degree OF exhilaratlon than
they had known for years. Tho ranks OF the con-
yerts arc not confined to adults. for children have
adopted the new gospel of health, % and It is said
to be = fact. capable OF demonstration. that they
are making much more rapid progress in their
studies than they did when they believed three
meals a day necessary to their existence.
Tho claim is that the stomach needs . rest. and
does not get 1t when three meals { day are the rule.
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Tho Octopus has got hold Of the Kansas
Popullsts. A Popullst member OF the Icgisla-
turo has introduced a resolution providing that
BURT LYTTLE be given authority TO maintain
q bootblack stand in the cloakroom. and that
oil other bootblacks be prohibited from plying
their trade In the corridor or rotunda OF the
State House." What hope remains whom
Monopoly stalks through Topeka and Popu-
lists Of the ~straitest sect smile on the Bootblack
TruRt7
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country. from priEenehts to rat killings, where
respect for sport is not more evident and the
regard for the rules Of that special form Of IL Is
not more rigid than IN the baseball provided
by the National League.
And Il could all be cured By making the play
ers hold their tongues.
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The Cenlnru In lis Iannnrr nnmhD.

The Century In its January number continues
Its war articles with the third part Of Capt. slCsbee's
Personal Narrative OF the Maine and the second
OF MI. hoosons articles descriptive OF his Merrimao
exploit. Capt. CroWninshield, U. g. n. describes tho
Advantages OF the Nicaragua Canal, - Paul Leicester
Ford continues his "Many-sidsd Franklin" and Mr..
Crawford and Prot. Wheeler continue their serials.
the one . novel. the other . history. Other contrib.
utors are DR.. Mitchell. @. @. d. Roberts, Faith M.
Thomas. John Vance Cheney and Harry stllwell I'd.
wards.
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The SUN plainly intimated that Il was hardly
possible that Mr.. Wardner could have been i'm
p~risoned for the editorial written after the YER
dict. Our supposition that the hearing on
Tuesday was to TAKE place before Mr.. Justice
Holmes was based upon a telegraphio state
ment to that effect from Boston, We have no
doubt that any other member Of the Massachu-
sets Supreme Court was equally competent to
deal with the case fairly and Justly. tits q mat
ter OF great interest and importance to tho
press. and we shall discuss 1t fully and thor
oughly after the naldecision by the full bench.
Such a law as Mr.. Wardner mentions was pro-
posed in regard to contempts In the Federal
courts. but we do not ~recollect that 1t was ever
passed by Congress.
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The great work of the Anti-Imperialist
League goes on. The Boston correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican recounts proudly
this new triumph:
"one Of the sheets brought IN to-day contained
the signatures of fourteen men and women teachers
in the Roxbury high school,"
Why were not the pupils permitted to sign ?