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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

The chief interest in Secretary Longs annual
report is centred in his recommendation con
corning new construction. 1t has all along
heen evident that as Jesuit of the war our
NAVY was likely to he increased and that the
teachings OF the recent campaigns were likely
10 result in some notifications in the prevailing
types of our ships The Secretary in his recon-
mendations gives the first authentic hint con
corning the direction of Department opinion as
10 the amount of increase, and the nature Of
modification advisable. 1t is only hint for
he does not outline and defend any complete
programme or discuss extensively any struct-
ural questions. but nevertheless he does clear
" indicate Il tendency to depart widely from
certain features of our former naval pro
cramme and in that regard the hint is slgnl1-
cant.
We hear no more about that old "Navyfor-
defence" boyle Probably most naval officers
long ago were ready to hear the last of t. hut
publc opinion. particularly away from the sea
board. was tenacious of the gunhoat theory IT
had held since the time Of jefferson But Ma
Mia and Santiago taught some lessons about
the best naval defence being naval offence. and
the Department wisely cuts its naval pro-
gramme to take advantage of the new enlight-
eminent Of voters and Congressman Whatever
use monitors and other coast-defencc vessels
nav be. il is evidently felt that those planned
are sufficient for prospective requirements and
that what we are most going TO need Is long
naval arms 10 help US in the solution OF our
long.range questions. If we have use for ships
al all il will not be TO meet enemies who seek out
our coast: but TO overcome enemies who may
try 10 trouble us at a distance and we must be
prenared 10 meet them at distance. Naval
war never can be localized least Of all now.
when We have interests far scattered over the
world and the Navy Department is wise in
planning 10 turn its constructive energies 10
seagopg battle-ships. powerful cruisers. and
smaller vessels Of great speed and great radius
Of action.
Secretary Longs plan for three batte.ships
Of 1880 tons each is new and commendabe
departure from what has almost come to be
a fetch Of American battle ship planning.
When last summer The Tribune urged that the
new battlesh!ps should he made more speedy.
even at the cost of some departure from 'hc
dimensions Of the Alabama type. hands were
raised in holy horror. We were told That
American harbors limited draughi to the Ala
hama figures and American drydorkS limited
length and beam TO the same model: that IN"
Alabama was the standard American type and
II would be sacrilegc To tampcr with lis per
fection. The faster ships desired could not no
secured without adding loo tons 10 the Ala
bama's displacement and that was utterly I'M
thinkable European navies could have such
big vessels and corresponding speed, but they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
CIVILIZATION ~ THE TROPICS.

Among the arguments urged against the ac-
QUESTION of more territory by this Nation is
this. that the new lands lie in the Torrd Zone
and you cannot plant white colonies in the
tropics" The argument would not be entirely
conclusive if il were true. Bnt il is not true
with all due respect 20 Mr.. BENJAMIN Kidd and
others VINO have put il forward in entirely
good faith our new possessions lie within the
Torrid Zone: but il * not impossible 10 plant
white colonies in the tropics and 10 have them
permanently prosper. We do not say the sun
derhundS of IIind0Stan are the most inviting
ground on earth for AnglO-SaXon colonization.
Neither we opine. are the Siberian Tundra>
But the map Of the world to-day shows more
than one tropical land settled by white men
and enjoying civilization
History shows the same so far. AZ least. As
civilization * concerned. The examples Of
India and Egypt and Central and South Ameri
ca may he cited. Nor are they the only ones
Researches in Africa are continually bringing
10 light new and cow ncing proof Of the pre-
existence in the tropical parts of that CONT
nent Of a civilization easily wing with that
OF temperate climes The explorations Of Mr.
Bent and others IN Mashonaland show what
manner Of folk used 10 dwell in that region.
Every traveller adds 10 their testimony
Inyanga. for example Is one of the worlds
greatest monuments Of industrial skill applied
70 agriculture For uncounted miles the noun
tain slopes are terraced by the hand of man.
aud the whole country * covered with a sys-
tenn Of artificial irrigation works never sur
passed in elaborate completeness and efficiency.
Who did the work j. matter for mere spec
ulstion. But they made every foot Of soil
available for cultivation. They dug innuinrr-
able wells. They tcrraccd the mountain slopes
with two hundred or more parallel walls OF
stone. sweeping along unhrolcn for thirty or
forty miles They built stone forts and houses
and palaces of which the majestic ruins >till
are visible. They were beyond doubt. high
~ civilized people Tor those times
Nor j. this cause for wond"imrnt We End
there today conditions Of soil and climate nd
mirlbly suited t. the prosperity az European
colonists and 10 the ,'eestablishmenl of y high
" civilized community. Mr. Rhodes has found
ed there great experimental farm. upon which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
or NNEERI\G.

II is 80 easy. very eiSy. 10 sheer. As
easy as lying; and indeed. with good reason.
for Snepring and lying are usually much closer
akin than cousins german. In nine cases IN
every ten il is the intrinsic falSeneSS Of il. latent
or patent. that gives the sncor lis point. The
cynic Sncers. and the cynic> view of life. ana
Of the objects of his cyniciSm. is cS>eDially
false As Beechcr said. he is "one who never
secs good quality in a man. and never fails
TO see "A bad one" And that is false view
hy virtue of the "suppreSsio verb; to which the
sheer usually adds the "suggesto falsi.
But ii is easy. one can Snecr at anything.
whether he knows anything about il or not.
Other forms of argument require AT least some
information, if not logical train of thought
and its expression: but the most vacuous mini
ell imbecile that ever drooled needs but sufii-
Gent malice to snecr most convincingly. Nor
is the scope of action circumscribed. No oh
ject can be too high too holy. for a sheer. I'm
potent for overt treason. one can at least sheer
at patriotism Unable To controvert It's evi-
denceS one may sneer AT religion. It was
once said of a certain joker that he would turn
a handspring on his mothers grave if by SO
doing he could raise laugh
And then it is 50 unanswcrahe. even if not
convincing. mere l.. Salu
morning inscrutahlc aS fool There Is
nothing so unanswerable as a sheer. Ion may
disprove its implied statement: 1t merely re
acts upon your evidence. and makes II the oh
iect of tn sheer. You may protest. appeal
dcnouncc. threaten the mocker ignores or
elndes You and answers with fresh SneerS AZ
your cndeavors Neither the hand of steel nor
the glove Of velvet suiiices to deal with IT, II
is AS intangible as SANDER. and as rrefragible
as ngratiudc.
Yet we believe that Agamemnon achieved
more than ThcrSitcs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

were forbidden ny the conditions confronting
the American Navy. Now. within six months
the Secretary Of the Navy calls for the building
of three new battle ships Of 1900 tons each
or 1000 tons larger than the Alabama. ana
three cruisers of 1000 tons each. or 800 tons
larger than the Alabama What has become
of the restricting influence Of American harborS
and drydocks:
II Is 10 he admitted however. that the re-
strictinc influence Of the lack Of American dry
docks is in evidence. Otherwise IL is not lsely
that the Secretary would advise shcathing and
copperng these great ships. Foreign nnvies
have used shcafhing. but not for haite-ships
and large cruisers. for loss of speed * in
volvcd OF course if we are not to have sum
cient docking facilities AZ home and in our
distant naval stations. then we must prepare
for This sacrifice of speed. hut il Is serious
question if bodybuilding should not go along
with shipbuildinG. that We may not nave
to waste the speed eXpcnd 80 much cor
structive ability 10 obtain rs one o' the most
valuable elements of our strength III hlttl'.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

vote Of more than three 10 one that they de-
sired 10 lend their credit to an amount far
larger than is called for by the present plans
10 whoever would responsibility contract 10 give
them underground roads. The Rapid Transit
Commission has been endeavoring ever since
to carry out their will II has been tied mp
for long periods by legal complications. nam
pered by the ntrgues Of politicians and cor
porations and finally brought 10 halt ny
hostile administration. But its labors nave
nevertheless produced results. and those results
Are now in A condition 10 he utilized. why
shouldn't they he utilized in the near future
Is there any excuse which does not condemn
the authorities who offer il and afront the
people 70 whom il is offered: If the ctys
mower TO contract Indebtedness was. or was
honestly believed to be- exhausted. IL i now
conceded that there will he a large margin next
wear. and q larger one in years to come.
All but Tammany is in power ana the
Rapid Transit Commission is non-politlcai ana
legally independent. Doubtless that has been
the chief cause Of Tammany's hostility during
the last year and if there is no stronger in
ducement to p change of attitude than has been
recognized hitherto the hostility will doubtless
continue And so rccurs the question whether
or not Tammany has concluded that II * good
policy 10 take public opinion into account We
shall know more about that in the near future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
PERSON Al.

Henry Jefferson Mccarthy. Of Philadelphia. who
has inst been appointed Judge of the Court OF
Common Pleas born in that city hfty-thrce
years ago He will bring his honorable sta
ton" says rho Ledger" "a mind well trained IN
perience gained I'm important legal Investigations
that makes far the highest usefulness upon the
bench"
Tho Young author" says "Thc ST. James,
,iazotte" who ha. just made his debut with
'Strionse.' a. tho Comedie FRANCHISE. is slightly
over eighty wears of age. NJ. Paul Mcurice was
= comrado of Augustc Vacquere at tho Iycte do
Rouen in ls3o. and began after thai date m"
famous friendship with Victor Hugo which mas
lasted long after tho masiers death for II Is
10 VI. Meurice that the papers and manuscripts
loft by the great poet-noyel.st were ntrusted for
publication. So much did the mighty personality
Of Hugo overshadow his friend that VI Meurice' s
Tulip@. Les Beaux Messieurs dc Bots pore and
others-were entirely disrtgar1ed by public which
insisted rega riding him as VI Hugos friend ana
nothing else. At last he seems TO have asserted
his own vigorous Individuality. and If Struensee
he any guide there is every sign that the mpetuous
author Of eighty is only in the hfyday OF his
literary youth"
william A. Proctor Of Cincinnati has given the
fine private library collected by Robert Clarke 10
the University of Cincinnati. The Tribune" thus
neaks Of The gift "Of the money value Of the git
4 is within the bounds of reason tn write that II
exceeds $4,000 Of its actual value no figures could
give rishtful expression II is as near perfection a.
the rarity Of very many OF the volumes and or All
the anscripts II IS admira Die in It's selection Tor
no author of doubtful reputation found place on
tho shelves nj Robert Clarke. while of the GIT u
self II can and must 10 said that II was timely.
kindly thoughtful. appropriate and spendidly gen
erOus.'
James Stuart. NJ p. has been elected rector OF
St Andrews University in room OF the MARQUES
Of Butte who has held the office for two consecutive
terms The new rector is an alumnus Of 81.
Andrews University. and his election Is with the
view OF promoting harmony In university matters
Tie London County Council has voted to erect
commemorative tablet to Andrew MARVEL. on the
boundary wall of Waterloo Park. next to Hishgatc
Hill The inscription runs: -Four feet below this
spot the step formerly the entrance 20 the
cottage I'm which lived Andrew MARVEL. sometime
NJ T. FOR Hull aud Latin Under Secretary patriot.
poet. wit and satirist. Born 1920 died 1913. He was
buried in -. Giles Int he Fields. This memorial
brass was placed here by the London County Coun-
Gil. Move mber, 1885
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
( UiP iFROURO We.

That 40 entire change Of opinion among me
scientific men Of the country in regard 10 the
prac1icability Of the aeroplane unadcd by the
gas enveloDe las taken place IN recent years
i indicated by the action Of the Ordnance
Board in appropriatng n large sum oi money
for the construction of a war carrying aero
drome under the direction of Professor Lang
ley of the Smithsonian Institution Ten yes
five years ago Darius Green and his Tying
machine continued 10 be- an object Of ridicule
among all classes. But the success of Profes-
sor Langley's steam-driven wings. descrlp-
ton Of which will be found in another column,
was the great step in the advancement of aero
nautical science of similar importance 10
Waits first improvement Of the sicam-engne
little over century ago. and changed scolhnG
into wonder and admiration
The Langley machines. double the weight OF
the largest flying bird. were made to fly re-
peatedly several thousand feet horizontally by
the help only Of self-contained power. II would
seem now that the future development OF me
flying machine rests with the mechanical en-
gineers who will be called upon to design ana
construct the light but strong engines required
in aerial navigation. The rapid advances made
by enginc-b builders in the manufacture OF light
motors for automobile carriages give great On
coura cement 10 aeronautica engineers. who
believe that large engines can be built weigh
ing eight or ten pounds To the horse power. in
Guiding fuel and accessories ready for flight.
The problem is that appeals 10 the ins"-
nnity and technical skill Of all American me-
chanics II would, indeed. he a great tribute to
Yankee genius # the first successful war aero
dromc should he launched under the combined
auspices Of the Smithsonian Institution and the
United States Army. and would not only great
" increase our prestige rs an inventive Ma
ton hut would add immeaSurahly to the EN-
cheney Of the military arm Of the Government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
xrvvoR1z DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. NOVEMBER q. $685.

his flock of wives at home. In Utah. or brings
them 10 Washington and openly haunts them
in the face Of society. His election Is an anroh'
10 the moral sentiments of the country ana All
Christian countries. and II he rs unseateh III
pursuance Of the prevailing disposition among
tho Republican leaders Of the House. only MOT
mon tears need he shed for him. He could, no
doubt get the sympathy Of the Grand TURK on
application but there will he none for nm al
home outside of his sect. and perhaps but scant
measure there. most Of It's members having
found by experience that one wife is always
enough and sometimes one too many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

the most satisfactory results are hehg HI
tanned The soil IL almost inconcelvabiy Ter
tile. the place is \ paradise for st"ck-Ta's'hg
and European workmen ma me 'il'''a'' nov
only salubrionS and comfortable, pn' ac'na"'
stimulating and inspiring. and calculated to
bring ont their best efforts And the place Is
only eighteen degrees from tho equator. ~
will not no surprising If other places are fonnd
where civilization. under American or European
AUSPICES can make its home in the tropics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
BrrgREE DECIDES AGAINST sOUsA.

PHILADELPHIA Nov 2s--Chsres F. Morgan. ~.
the referee appointed ny the Cour, Of Common
Pleas in the litigation between John Philip sonsa
and the estate Of David Blskely. has filed his re-
port in which he asserts that the right OF Mrs
Blakely 70 share in the royalties Of music COM
nosaa nv Sousa up 10 the time % Blakey's death
HAS a perpetual one under contract between them
that sousa violsted his contrast by Appropriatsne
ths hand and portion OF It's library. and thar he
is accountable to Mrs Blakely for all money re-
ceived from the time OF this violation until the
con,nietion OF contracts made by Blakely before
his death IL is understood Sousa's counsel Will
larry the case 10 the Supreme Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
SARATOGA SUPERVISORS DkADLochLD.

TEN REPUBLICANS AND TEN DEMOCRATS AND
NEITHER SIDE WILL YIELD.
Saratoga, y. y. Nov. u tSpeciaD-S"ra'osa
County is greatly Interested In the failure y me
Board of Supervisors to elect chairman ana
secretary The Board. which consists OF Ten w
puhl,cans and ten Democr :. assembled on NO
vemher a. and has been deadocked for Twelve
weekdays During this time Sl ballots nave been
taken and each has resulted In no choice Tnere
is an intimation that the deadlock may De broken
on Monday afternoon. 10 which time the bostd
IL. a Aa,ir,A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

From The New Brunswick IN. j. Home News
Most of the New-York morning papers featured
the Corbett- Sharkey hght to-day, some ot th'iu
d"votinc pages 10 H. hui The Tribune. true 10 ts
respectable Instincts dismissed the disgusting Al
fair with less than two sticks or about iou'
inches I'm all II i a great pity that great news
papers have pander to the base instincts 81 the,r
readers Spanish bull nights are decent IN com.
psrison With the fake hsht which took place last
uight,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
DEATB or MRS. HUGH JENNINGS.

Baltimore Nov ,s-Mrs Elizabeth Camille Jen-
ninss wife OF Hugh Jennings. the weknown
"Orioe' bsll-player died to-day AT her home. IN
this city Her body Will he taken TO Avoca. Penn.
where her parents live She leaves a baby. girl
nearly four months old Mrs Jennings was twenty,
six wears old and was the daughter OF MI. ana
Mrs William Dixon. of Avoca. Penn she Was
married TO Mr. Jennings in october OF last year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

And yet once more. oh. sentimental laurence
They order this matter better in France. The
matter in question is the slipperiness of asphalt
pavements: which. by the way. is not on the
whole so bad that Of stone. Bad enough.
though and crying for abatement The city
government Of New-York is just now engaged
I'm ponderous consideration Of proposal. put
forward by the temerarious Guggenheimer. to
strew coarse sand upon the pavements when
they become too. smooth for safety and
trenor II mingled fear and rapture titillates the
backbone OF Manhattan at the thought of an
experiment so fearsomey unique and epoch
marking And yet for many year Jacques
Prudhomme has been sanding the streets of
Paris every morning. just as regularly and In
lust as matter fact a way as he takes his
omelette and coffee Truly. out OF the East
comes light; even the light Of the Vile Lu-
rniere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
Let the Navy Personnel bill be made law
as soon as possible after Congress meets.

We hear Of a nonogenarian in Boston who re-
fuses to get stirred up by Gamaliel Bradford
and Charles Eliot Norton When his neighbors
begin to predict the fall Of the Republic through
the annexation Of the Philippines he says
I'm my ninety years I've seen this country ut
'terlv destroyed so many times that | think
Twill not worry much about this next disaster
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27
Busirres Nctllfs.

Carl II Schultzs Carbonated Waters
are grateful ~ re stomach. the appetite ana
readily mix Win wine. liquors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

As a condition precedent To her admission to
Statehood rtah promised 70 give up poly camy
hui continues /, under the rose with the secret
sanction Of her apostolic order. and in clcctng
known and open poygamst 10 the next Con
gress brings up the whole subject for renewed
consideration and very possibly Tor further and
more effective legislation. II Is in no way sur
prising that there are many members of the
coming House who object TO sitting in the same
chamber with q poygamst. whether he leaves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

This would be Ar appropriate time for Mr..
Franklin Mathews 10 remind Chief cry
that the latter denied the charge that the East
Side was wide open few weeks ago and ask
him t. explain what leads him 50 ostentatously
to attempt to close I; now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-27

one Of the mysteries OF the future Will be
Was there a keely secret
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-20
Lytle, Walker Co., Ca, July 13, '9S
A NEW ArlERICA.
Our Three-foId Change.

Henry Norman, Washington cor
respondent of the London Chronicle,
who is well posted on the American
temperament and thought, cables to
the Chronicle: "The vision of new
heaven and A new earth is still un-
fulfilled, but there is new America.
The second American revolution has
occurred, and its consequences may
be as great as those of the first. .
Unless all signs fail, however, or l
fail to interpret them, the old Ameri-
ca, the America obedient to the ira
ditions of the founders of the repub.
lie, is passing away, and a new
America, an America standing armed,
alert and exigent in the arena of the
world struggle, is taking its place,
The change is three-fold: % The
United States is about to take its
place among the great armed powers
Of the world. (2) By the seizure and
retention Of territory, not only not
contiguous to the borders of the re
public but remote from them, the
United States becomes a colonizins
nation and enters the field of inter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-07-20
Republican County Ticket

The recent Massachusetts, legisla-
ture passed one law worthy the at
tention of Vermont's law makers.
Everyone who has had occasion to
buy real estate knows the difficulties,
annoyances and often expense invol-
we'd in the process as regards secur-
ing a satisfactory title. Extended
Investigations are often necessary
and in complicated cases one is never
fully satisfied that he holds sure
enough title, to the property which
he pays for, to say nothing OF law
yers fees for carrying on the investi-
cations. Now Massachusetts pro-
poses to look after these little mat
tiers herself, to appoint officials
whose duty it shall be to investigate
titles and, when the facts will war.
rant it, to affix the stamp of the
state to the deed, thus guaranteeing
the title herself, and to do all this for
a fixed and reasonable charge. I'm.
der such conditions a warrantet
deed will mean something. O
course the Bay State lawyers object
but the people approve and applaud