Catoctin clarion., 1898-10-13

partment than the witnesses thus far
examined have said. There isn't the
slightest doubt that the general public
has been greatly surprised by the evil
dence. 1t was expected that some mis-
management would be shown by the
testimony of almost every witness, but
such has not been the case, aud the wit.
nesses have included men, who certainly
should have known of the existence OF
anything that was very bad-such men
as Gems. Lee, Wheeler, Boynton and
Greene, the last of whom said he
thought that the only trouble was
caused by the army regulations, which
had been adopted in time Of peace, not
being adapted to the exigencies of war.
The difficulties in the way Of secur-
ing any mutually satisfactory tariff ar
reciprocity. the
U. s. and Canada, have been strikingly
brought to the front, while the joint
commission, which has been sitting In
Canada, and which after short recess,
will reassemble at Washington, NoY. 1,
has been dealing with the subject.
First it was the lumber men who were
alarmed at the favors that were being
asked of the Commission Of Canada,
and now it is the coal men who have
become frightened and called upon
their Congressional friends to save them
from Canadian free coal. Chairman
Dingley, and Representative Grosvenor,
Of Ohio, who represents coal mining
district, have had their heads together,
devising means to impress upon the
minds of the U. s. Commissioners that
Canadian coal must not be admitted
free, no matter what is offered as an off.
set. 1t is just as we'll to bear in mind
that the work of the joint Commission
will not bind this country until 1t has
been approved by the president and rat
flied by a two thirds vote Of the Senate
"Bishopyille' is the name that has
been given to Washington since the as.
sem bling of the triennial general Con-
vention of the 2. E. Church in America
last week, because Of the large number
of Bishops in attendance upon the Con-
vention.
That truth is stranger than fiction
may be, but politics is stranger thar
either. The talk of some politicians a :
round Washington about the present
campaign in New York, is the latest
proof of this assertion. For instance
it is asserted by some republicans thai
there is a large element in their party
who desire Col. Roosevelt to be defeated
for Governor, because, if he wins, he
might be troublesome candidate for
the Presidential nomination in 1900
and it is equally as strongly asserted by
democrats that their party in the South
and West want Roosevelt to win, be-
cause, if Van Wyck wins, the New
York delegation to the next democrat
ic National Convention would suppose
themselves to have prestige enough tc
keep the silver issue out of the platform
just as it has been kept out of the New
York State platform, and to insist upon
the nomination of an anti silver man
for President.
Bishop Whipple, Of Mimi, who is at
tending the Episcopal Convention, al
Washington, says of the Indian uprising
in his state: "The Indians at Bear Is
land have always refused civilization
The whole difficulty has been due tc
fire water, which was smuggled to them
The Indian police are good fellows, buI
they appear to be unable to prevent tht
introduction Of whisky among theil
brethen. and when these Indians be-
come drunk they are veritable devils
The punishment for smuggling liquor
to them should be made more severe
and then the practice might be broken
up. There is not the slightest cause
for the belief that a general uprising
will occur. There are SIX thousand
Chipewas in Minnesota, and they have
always been friends of the whites, and
as rule they are honest and law. .abid
ing War Department officials say the
trouble Is now all over.
President Mckinley has shown upon
more than one occasion that be has
moral courage of a high order. Just
before the war began an order was
prepared exempting several thousand
positions placed under the civil service
rules. by Mr.. Cleveland's blanket or.
der, but the war came on and the order
was laid aside because the President
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