The times., 1898-07-19

will be reduced TO two cents. This will.
of course. stimulate the movement in
favor of penny postage in this country.
If, II Will be argued. letter can be car
ried TO the Antipodes for two cents 1t
should be carried between different States
for one. Another thing-Hawaii. our new
Pacific possession. has made a success of
postal savings banks. 1t is not likely that
these will be abolished in the islands, and
therefore, the masses in this country VIII
very properly set up the claim that they
have good right to absolutely safe de-
positorieS for their savings as the an
nexed kanakas. Postal savings banks
will almost surely be an outcome of the
war"
''I am not a shipowner nor ship
builder" remarked a bronzed gentleman
with Down East accent. at the Ebbitt,
last evening but 1 have a few ships to
either sell or hire if Uncle Sam wants
them. l will be in the bidding at New
York next Wednesday"
You are probably a broker?'' ventured
The Times representative.
'Well, you might call me that, though
! don't follow II as a steady thing. The
fact is. ] am lawyer ana my practice
is confined solely to marine cases.
What do / think will be the effect Of
the war on our merchant marine? | be-
lieve it will be beneficial in two ways In
the first place the attention of the world
Will be attracted TO US as ship-builders
l come from ship-building State. Be-
sides. | look for the deep-rOojed prejudice
against steamship subsidies 10 give way
to a rational consideration of that sub
ject Such concessions are almost as
firmly grounded in the English law as
Magma Charta itself. and look al Eng
lands position as marine power / re-
fer more particularly to her merchant ma
rine. Ships carrying her goods ride in
every harbor. The Union Jack is known
to the uttermost parts OF the earth. Now,
IL we acquire the Philippines. in addition
TO Hawaii and Porto Rico. we will natu-
rally reach out for a monopoly. or. at
least. the lions share of the trade from
those islands. All Europe will try to
balk US and our vessels will have to be
subsidized If we expect 10 win the game.
+ was opposed TO the war at first, but
begin to think it Will have its compen-
sating features
''I do not understand how anyone can
for a moment idouYt the loyalty of the
German-American citizens" emphaticaliy
declared J. A Schmalke. a southeast
Missouri wine grower. TO a reporter for
The Times, as he leaned back In chair
at Willard-s.
II come from a community in which, L.
suppose. at least Ia per cent of the popu-
lation are natives of Germany. and they
are as true to the Stars and Stripes as
any citizen possibly can be. A few Amer
icans-not many I am glad to say-seem
to forget that We came to this country
to get rid of -mOnarchical institutions:
that we have made our homes here for
good: that our children are born here
and that they marry here. rearing fami-
lies of American-born citizens We have
tender feeling for the fatheriand. it IS
true in way. Every man cherishes the
land of his birth. but with us love for the
old home does not include love for the
royal family or the German system of
government l feel safe in saying thai
should America and Germany go to war
~ per cent OF my people would be found
on the side of their adopted country
Why, in 1888, when this country and the
fatherland were much nearer hostilities
than they are now-when, in fact the
German ship Adler and an American YES
sci under Lieut.. Riley, came to the point
of clearing for action. my neighbors were
all ready 10 recruit a regiment should a
crisis come. Don't be afraid of the Ger
Americans. Count on them in case
of trouble.
The late Sergt. Hamilton Fish, jr., was
well known to denizens of the Tender
loin," remarked Harry S. Durkin, to
company of persons who were discussing
the battle of Santiago in the lobby of the
Cochran last night. But he was not a
bad fellow at that. He was young and
fg1l1 Of fn i,.-
some vent, l suppose. His pet aversion
was cabmen-and they knew it. When
ever he made night of it. he usually
wound up by licking a cabman | have
heard several stories of how he came to
contract the habit, one of which is
worth repeating.
about 10 o'clock, one night. Fish came
out of the Gilsey House and crossed the
street on his way farther up town. A
cabman and lady were engaged in ami
mated conversation and the young man
inquired CT the lady to learn what the
trouble was. She told her story and the
cabman did not deny ii. He had out
rageously overcharged her and as she had
given him a fve-dollar bill in payment
she had no recourse. Young Fish de-
manded that the lady be given a certain
amount OF change. Cabby became abu-
sive Other cabmen gathered around
The consensus of opinion among other
cabbies was that the young mans inter-
ference was not justifiable. They said
so, individually and collectively. Fish lost
his patience. He sailed in. When he got
through, cabmen were scattered in every
direction. Some were recumbent, some
were semi-perpendicular and some few
were on their feet. All were more or less
| bruised. From that day Hamilton Fish
jr., and the cabmen of New York were