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The times., 1898-12-09

In the majority of cases they were ap-
pointed through the influence of some
senatorial or political boss. The govern
ment has lost great deal of money and
Is losing money today through the fire.
quent changes that are made in the in
ternal revenue service No, | do not in
tend to insinuate that the new collectors
are dishonest. The losses are due prin-
cipally to inexperience and incompetency
and this will be the case as long as the
politicians insist upon having new men
appointed with every change of adminis-
tration."
The Democrats of the Senate are pre-
pairing to contest the seating of Judge
Louis E. Mccomas in the next en-
gress as senator from Maryla ID
Judge McComas was elected to succeed
Senator German. For several years he
has been sitting on the bench of the su-
preme court of the District of Co.umb
and his opponents charge that as a Fed
eral judge in Washington he cannot, at
the same time. be a resident of Ma v
land. 1t is understood that Judge Nc
Comas has given the matter some atten-
ton, and In reply says that no res 'dence
restriction is placed on judges of the
District Of Columbia courts He c.a ms
to have also observed all the citlz .nship
laws of Maryland.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1898.
Free Trade and Gold.

Among the many political surprises of
appearance of a lot of hard and fast
mugwump free traders in the role of
anti-eXpansionists. The men to whom
we refer are not uneducated. unintelli-
gent, or inexperienced in public affairs.
They are with rare exceptions persons
of knowledge, reflection, and erudition;
so much so, in fact, that they cannot
plead ignorance of the fact that the pol
icy of national expansion they now op-
pose is the one necessary policy for
the accomplishment of what for years
they have declared TO be their dearest
hope-namely, the destruction of the
system of protective tariffs which has
fostered monopoly, congested American
productive industry. and oppressed the
people in a constantly Increasing degree
ever since the Civil War.
This is one of the things that the
mugwump anti-expansionlsts ought to,
and do. thoroughly understand. conse-
quently il is useful to inquire into their
reasons for antagonizing a policy, the
general adoption and prosecution of
which would inevitably lead to the final
demolition of the Chinese wall around
our country, built by the Mckinleys
and Dingleys of past provincial era.
In this connection it is instructive 10
note that the anti-eXpansionists, with
perhaps few exceptions, are notorious
and rabid monometallists, and this is
doubtless the key of the mystery. Prob
ably all or most of them would really
like free trade if they could have 1t
with the single gold standard fastened
upon the nation for all time. But, if
they cannot have both, they will cheer
fully sacrifice freedom of commerce and
the interests of American agriculture
and labor on the burning altar of the
yellow god.
Expansion inevitably involves free
trade, but the kind of expansion to
which American destiny points with in
eXorable purpose, also threatens the
monopoly of those who own and deal
in the worlds gold. No longer step
toward bimetallism could be conceived
than the absorption of island popula-
tions aggregating ten million souls or
more, all of whom must of necessity
Use the silver coinage of the United
States IN commercial transactions
among themselves and with us. And
every achievement of American indus
try and enterprise in developing the
nearly virgin resources of Porto Rico,
Hawaii, and the Philippines will COM
pei important additions to the volume
of that currency. 1t ought to be hard
for any American to find ground for OBJ
lection in prognosis of that sort.
Such conditions would re-establish our
silver mining industry and force up the
price of the metal perhaps to CONNER
cial parity with its rival. In that consid-
Grafton no doubt we may expect to find
the basis of mugwump anti-expansion-
ism. Like everything else mugwump II
is sordidly intelligent, selfish and dis
honest
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Congress wiz Irvest,ra,e,

1t is affirmed that the Admin Illustration
does not believe Congress will under
take an investigation into the conduct
of the War Department during the war,
but will be satisfied with the report of
the Alger Relief Commission; that 1.-The
Commission is probing deeper into all
questions relating to the war than the
public imagines." And yet 1t pretends
that it provides full and honest alb
stract of all its proceedings to the
press, as it pledged itself to do when it
entered on Its star chamber career The
thing is impossible. The public knows
just how far it goes. and what is more.
knows its purpose. The scandals of the
war were of kind that the people
could understand. The victims were
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A BALTIMORE RAILWAY DEAL.
The City Passenger Company Alb
sOrbed by the u. d "

Baltimore, Dec. S.-A controlling interest
in the Baltimore City Passenger Railway
Company has been absorbed by the Balti-
more and Northern Road. The Baltimore
and Northern has been merely suburban
feeder for the City Passenger Company
The purchasing syndicate is headed by
Alexander Brown & Sons, and the price
paid was $50 a share
There are 10000 shares of Baltimore
City Passenger Railway stock Of a par
value OF s25 a share, representing a total
valuation OF sS.501.0C0, though If all the
stockholders accept the proposition of
Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons il will
require Sl2, COO TO pay for the stock.
The purchase carries with II Sl.eda, ,00a
cash in the company treasury, represent
ing the balance of the proceeds Of the
recent sale of stocks. There are also s2oo.-
coo of bonds of the Baltimore Middle River
and Sparrow's Point Electric Railroad
Company which are included in the sals-
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tens of thousands of intelligent young
ed out of the service and have been free
to talk. Besides. any man of common
sense knows what it was possible to do
in the matter of caring for the army, and
there is no question as to what was
neglected. Colonel DENLY and perhaps
other members of the Alger Relief Com
mission are the only men in the country
who are not sure that the soldiers suf-
fered avoidable deprivations, exposure
and disease in the Santiago campaign.
Knowing the nature of the defects and
blunders that caused Affections, the
people know the value of the testimony
of every important witness whether it
is fully reported or not. They know,
from the protests of New York doctors,
that the refusal of the Commission to
means that the proofs of certain out
RACES is not wanted-such as the send
ing of men In the worst stages of ty-
phoid North that the death rate of the
camps might be lowered.
Without any desire of the Commission
to do so, it allowed the testimony of
General Breckenridge, Colonel Roose-
welt, and others to reveal the vital fact
that the chief culprits were at Wash
ington, and that the greater part of the
mass of testimony gathered is not es-
sential to the placing of the response
bility. To say that the inquiry goes
deeper than the public knows is to talk
nonsense. 1t has gone just far enough
to show the absolute necessity of
Congressional investigation. If the Ad
ministration hopes to inspire Congress
with respect for the Commission 1t is
certain to be disappointed. The mo-
ment somebody gathers the statistics of
deaths among soldiers outside of the
camps and army hospitals-the soldiers
who died unattended on trains and at
their homes-it will be apparent 10 every
intelligent man that Congress cannot
afford to neglect the subject. 1t is not
a question of partisan politics, even if
the President fss refused for party and
personal reasons TO remove the Secre-
tary of War. Republican members of
Congress will not allow ii TO be made
a party question by opposing a resolu-
ton for an inquiry. II is bound to come
and it will be thorough.
The times., 1898-12-09
History Mny Repeat Itself.
(From the Hartford Courant.)

VIOII tIV IId3 t4VIU OVUI"tIt'1
1t would be odd il, after all these years and
changes, the cicse of the Nineteenth century
should find the English and French fighting again
on this side of the world; but stranger things
have happened. The chronic unpleasantness over
the Newfoundland fisheries is becoming acute
once more. 1t is reported that France has con-
verted st. Pierre into stronghold. and thrown
a heavy garrison into it, in violation of the
treaty of 1883. ST. Pierre is uncomfortahly near
the mouth of the st. Lawrence. In his recent
booklet on the Province of Quebec-new France
he calls it-M. Paul Bourget exhorted the au-
thorities at Paris TO take great care OF St.
Pierre. 1t is rumored that Lord Salisbury has
made vigorous representations the subject of
the warlike doings on that island to the French
foreign office, and that he stands ready TO back
them up if necessary with shot and shell.
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TO BUY THE PHILIPPINES.
senator Kyle Says Japan Has Mad.
an Oner.

Senator Kyle Of South Dakota is au-
thority for the statement, WHICH he de-
clares he makes on semi-officiaI authority.
that Japan has offered this Government
s-OO'0Fooooo for the Philippine Islands.
He says that there is distinct senti-
ment in Official circles in favor of event
ualiy turning the islands over to japan or
10 some other power or powers These
statements are given some weight by The
fact that yesterday Senator KYLE had AN
Interview with the President concerning
the policy in the Philippines
Senator Kyle declares that he will vote
Tor ratification of the peace treaty, and
that he considers it to be the duty OF
every senator to do 50. He says ne is on
posed. however, TO having the United
States hold all the islands permanently.
and believes that this Government should
De satisfied with retaining some point in
the Islands as naval base and cOalin.
station
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rhe Ever Faithful HnIe.
CFrom the kansas City Star.)

Ifr0m Inc hansas NIIN StAI'J
Mr.. Hale, apparently, is still counsel for SPAIN
But it is difficult to guess what he expects to
accomplish for his client by resisting the annexa-
tion Of the Philippines. Senator Hale may be
perfectly assured that, under no consideration.
will the Philippines be allowed TO 90 back to
Spanish rule or possession. Unless he is also
counsel for Germany and the other powers Of
Europe. he has no further interest in the fate
of the Philippines. He can as well as not con-
sent TO their acquisition by his own country, the
United States Senator Hale ordinarily possesses
too much breadth OF mind to connect himself
with the New England group OF kickers, who
oppose everything that may be OF benefit to the
United States. He simply takes an exaggerated
view OF his professional duty as the attorney for
Spain.
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A GREAT FLOUR MILL COMBINE.
English Stockholders Consent to
the CObsOIidation


New York, Dec. s.-Thomas A. McIn-
tyre, grain broker in the Produce Ex-
change, known in Wall street as 1.-THE
great combiner," returned from England
to-day on the White Star steamship Ma
Jestic. He went abroad several months
ago TO secure the consent of the English
stockholders in the Pilisbury- Washburn
Milling Company to a consolidation of
that concern and other large mills in
Minneapolis. Milwaukee. Duluth and sn-
perior. with the city mills trust of this
city.
While he would not make any state
ment to-day for publication il is I'M
derstood that his efforts were successful
and that the great -four mill combine
with capitalization OF something like
$lO0,@0cJ0 is soon to be an accomplished
fact. The consolidation was looked upon
with favor by ma jority of the American
stockholders in the PiIlsbury- Washburn
Mills, of Minneapolis; the Hecker-Jones-
Jewell Mills of New York: the Anchor
Mills, the Imperial Milling Company. and
the Daisy Mills, of Duluth: Freeman's
Mills. the Mankato Mills and the William
Lipsman Mills of Superior, Wis; the
Northwestern Consolidated Milling Com
pany, of Minneapolis. and the Daisy Mills,
of Milwaukee.
In many Of these concerns the stock
is held largely in England. This is par
ticularly true of the Pillsbury- Washburn
Mill and Mr.. Mcintyre went abroad to
win them over. While there he cabled
Richard Glynn, president of the COMPANY
to come over. Mr.. Glynn, who favored
the combination, responded and their
combined efforts are said to have been
successful. The combined output of the
concerns included in the combination is
estimated TO be $500 barrels of -four
daily. They consume 10000 bushels of
wheat daily
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Helen GonId.

From the Philadelphia North American.)
Gen. Wheeler knows how much Miss Helen
Gould did TO relieve the suferings of our troops
during the war with Spain, and his gratitude to
this admirable type Of young American woman
hood takes the form OF request to Congress that
Miss Gould be thanked for her voluntary as
sistsnce, and that a gold medal be stricken of in
her honor and presented by .the President in
recognition of her services. The people will
heartily indorse the plan. Her aid was timely
and without limit. She carried life, health, and
happiness into many Il tent, near which death
lurked, and could the boys in blue, TO the num-
bcr of thousands, who benefited by her patriotic
generosity be heard, the mighty shout that would
60 up in her favor would settle the question.
But except the mere form OF having the resolution
of thanks adopted, we believe the question is al
ready settled anyhow. The nation will honor
itself in honoring Miss Helen Could
The times., 1898-12-09
EDUCATION OF THE INDIAN.
A Petition Sent to Congress by
James Cardinal Gibbons.


petition offered by James Cardinal
Gibbons, of Baltimore, on behalf of him
SELF and the Catholic archbishops of the
United States. was introduced In the Sen
ate yesterday by Senator German M
Maryland and referred to the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs.
Ihe petition reviews the history of the
religious education of the Indians since
the discovery of America. and the efforts
OF the Catholic Church in this direction
Inc Catholics. it says, secured more
schooi houses and more contracts than
All other denominations combined and the
constantly increasing appropriations pro-
duced alarmists who scented unknown
dangers in the system
Ihe result of this was IN act of Con-
gress, declaring it to be III settled policy
OF the government to thereafter make no
appropriations whatever for education in
any sectarian school, The petition denies
tnat the contract school are sectarian.
ana quotes the late Francis Walker.
follows: . '''
No political consideration indepapdsnt
OF the good OF the Indians themselves
can properly be allowed to enter into the
treatment OF the subject, and to make
use OF good schools already existing and
parity maintained by private combina-
uons' even though under sectarian con-
troi' involves no departure from sound
priheipies II the sole object in doing SO
Is the good Of the Indians themselves
reference Is made to the compulsory
education law asked for by the Indian
commissioners. depriving Indian parents
the right of selecting the schools which
their children shall attend and the pres
ent exercise of that right by the com
missioner In conclusion the petition
says:
Wherefore we most respectfully netf-
uon the Congress of the United States to
reopen the question of the contract school
system and to go over again with deIibe-
ration and care the whole subject of In
dlan education, so that in some way To he
determined by the Congress both the Gov
erhiheht school system and the contract
sehool system may be considered upon
their merits, and the schools that hay.
neeh operated under these systems NAV
be investigated, not in the routine man
her OF the executive department. but bv
committee of Congress, in order tbat
what Is at fault in their management
may De denounced and what is excellent
therein may be shown by public report
ana not Kept as a secret Of state con-
ceaied In the files of any department or
The petition has also been presented to
the House. and referred to The Commit
tee on Indian Affairs.
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Fair PIny in Our Colonies.

Even those Americans who are not
disposed TO promote more cordial rela-
tions with England must admit that the
English are admirable and consistent
in their friendly attitude. That the
policy of expansion which they have
urged on this country means sharper
Rivalry in the carrying trade and also
rivalry for naval supremacy, they rec
ognize even more fully than we do.
That the possession of dependencies
will caii FOR the profitable investment
of the enormous and increasing capital
that is now idle In this country will
mean the development of shipping for
America is clear enough to the intelli-
gent observer That we have idle capi-
tai is proved by the general reduction
Of interest on deposits by the savings
banks TO a point lower than has ever
been known. That it will seek invest
ment in the Philippines, Rdfto Rico and
Cuba is certain. Even before American
administration has been established in
Cuba there IS rush of promoters there
TO secure franchises of all kinds The
Philippines alone win return great
profits on many millions of dollars in
vested in mining. wood manufactures
and the peculiar products of the soil
that have been the chief source of
Spain's island revenues. Inevitably
and without the suggested subsidies.
no small part of idle American capital
will he eunloyed in the estahIichuan.
of steamship lines that will gradually
extend their operations throughout the
world. advancing American commerce
as they go. This is one of the material
benefits of the policy of expansion.
Yet foreseeing this, the English have
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There is growing feeling In Admins
tration circles that Senator Plat asks too
much. The President may have a sense
of gratitude for the man who compelled
him to announce financial doctrines
which he did not hold, but there is a
limit to the reasonable demands OF a
benefactor. Platt will have neither Reid
nor Choate for England-yet he should
remember that when he was a Junior
senator a President was goaded into an
active war against New York party
leader and the Senate did not stand by
that leader.
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selves to reach an unparalleled pros
perity and to r1siA all the adverse in
fuences and ciTcupstances that an un-
American minorlfy could create.
Against such an ardent and united ma
jority the minority of foreign birth or
sympathies can nfver prevail. When
the test comes in the Senate, most of
the opposition will vanish. and the
same power of public opinion that
sways that body will insure an honest
regard for our responsibilities to the ISL
and peoples. ssi
The times., 1898-12-09
THE TOBACCO DEAL.
The American Plug business Sold to
the Continental Company.

New York. Dec s.-A special meeting of
CO Company was held at Newark today
at which it was voted to sell the compa-
ny's plug tobacco business, good will and
rights to such business to the Continental
Tobacco Company. which was recently
organized by the interests identified with
the American company to combine the
various tobacco companies of the coun-
try The total number of shares repre-
sented at the meeting was 11l,oeS of pre-
ferred stock out of a total of 10000, and
407 0l5 of common stock out of a total of
100000
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THE CODY JURY DISAGREED.
The Vote Usually stood Nine ts
Three for Conviction.

Albany, n. Y, Dec. S.-After being out
twenty-six hours, the jury which was to
determine whether Mrs. Margaret E
Cody, of Denver, was guilty of blackmail,
as charged by the heirs and children OF
Jay Gould. came into court and an
nounced that no agreement could be
reached and was discharged. A large
number OF ballots had been taken, the
vote usually standing nine to three for
conviction. After the jury had been dis
charged, two of the jurymen stated that a
verdict of guilty would have been given
could the three jurymen who stood out
have been assured that the court would
not have sentenced Mrs Cody to impris-
onment for more than one year. the max
imum sentence being five years.
The times., 1898-12-09
Hunger Reisnins in Russia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger)

The long, dreary Russian winter has fairly set
in, but it has at least five six months to run,
and already we hear of present distress and i'm
pending famine. The Russian grain crop failed
this year and the millions OF peasants, who have
none too much TO eat in the best OF times, are on
the verge Of starvation. How serious the trouble
is may be Judged from the report that the Gar
has given sS50,00O, apparently from his private
purse, for the relief OF the destitute and this is
only first contribution. Charitable America will
have another chance TO feed Russia this winter.
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Stannp Taxes.
(From thei phladeiphia Record.)

IFfVH tHtl TIHfs'utiPHil NtcUTuI
War revenue act amendments are already be-
ginning to crop up in the Congressional docket,
most of those which have thus far appeared being
in the nature of propositions to lessen the burden
of the stamp ta4es. In view of the large and
permanent increa& of Federal expenditures fore
shadowed in the. department estimates all meas
ures designed to lessen the war taxes must be
classed as pure buneombe, prepared for home
consumption in remote Congressional districts.
The stamp taxes, like the English sparrow and the
San Jose scale, have come to stay.
The times., 1898-12-09
A LUMBER scHooNER's PLIGHT.
The Pierce Springs n Leak and Goes
Ashore.

Norwalk. Conn. Dec. s.-The F. NJ
Pierce, the three-masted lumber schoon-
er, from Boston. with load of lumber
for the East Norwalk Lumber Company,
ran on Dry Reef, southeast of Cock
enoes Island. today.
Seas are breaking over her, and she ap-
pears to be in a bad way. The Pierce
has been on her trip from Maine for over
a month She sprung aleak on the Mas
sachusetts coast, and had her cargo
been anything but wood she would
have sunk.
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ANOTHER SHIP MAY BE LOST.
A Must Found Floating South OF
Long Point End.

Provincetown, Mass. Dec S.-The mast
of ship floating in the bay about fve
miles south of Long Point End suggests
another marine disaster. 1t is suspected
that il came from big iron ship bound
from Calcutta TO Boston, long overdue,
but once or twice reported as having
been seen off this coast. The finder is
positive that the mast is held securely at
anchor by some great weight.
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Unexpected wisdom From Missouri.

tFrom tHt st- J0seph HeTa1d.l
Men may have opportunities by the score and
hundreds, but If the training has been lacking
to make the most of that opportunity, it is
worthless 10 him in whose way 1t comes To live
well is to have studied well. The lessons of life
are those that men must learn. In whatever line
of work the youth would engage, he must prepare
himself for it. The genius OF success is work
Men can no longer drift; they must labor When
the youth learns this, he has then laid a firm
hold on the successful life.
The times., 1898-12-09

How inspection does not inspect in New
York is shown in the case of the elevator
in which two prominent men were killed
and others injured. Four hours before
the accident an inspector examined it.
but did not make his report until the
next day. He found that the automatic
stop was not properly set and that the
elevator boy was new. He made no eff
fort to have the. stop properly set, and
so the tragedy took place.
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LIEUT.. HoBsoN's ORDERS.
Spanish War Vessels 10 Be Recon
structed.

Secretary Long has issued an order de-
taching Naval Constructor R. p. Hobson
from the New York and assigning him
10 duty on the Asiatic station He will
superintend the reconstruction of the
raised Spanish war vessels, Isia de Cuba.
Isla de LuZon and Don Juan de Austria,
at Hong Kong
Before starting on his long journey
across the Pacific. Lieut. Hobson will
pay visit TO his parents in the South.
The times., 1898-12-09

Naturally Secretary Alger prefers the
Hull bill for reorganizing the army. 1t
increases the staff corps and allows the
Secretary of War 10 appoint inexpe-
rienced civilians, the relatives and friends
of influential politicians, to the staff.
The brilliant success of the quartermas-
ter, commissary. transportation and med
ical officers selected from civil life in the
recent war is such as to warrant the Hull
provision.