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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Proposed Pension Roll Publication
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:


To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
VIII you courteously permit me to ex-
press, through the columns of your wide
ly-read journal, my convictions on a SUBJ
ject of general interest?
Every writer who is urging the publi-
cation Of pensioners names take pains to
profess, somewhat ostentatiously, a pro-
found reverence for the pension roll as a
roll of honor Yet all advocates of the
publication assume, as the main argument
in favor of their scheme, that pensioners
are set Of suspects. attempting to swim
die the government which generation ago
they fought to preserve.
Now, If any pensioner is SO unpatriotfc as
to receive the governmental bounty on
a fraudulent claim Of injury or invalidism,
that wrong is made possible only by the
negligence or the connivance Of the govern
nent itself. What Is the pension bureau
for. If not to adjudicate claims for PEN
sionable disabilities resulting from military
or naval service?
II that bureau, with all its safeguards-
its lynx-eyed medical boards, examining
boards, boards Of review and its corps Of
special agents securing the country for the
purpose Of detecting frauds-is not able to
expose and punish dishonest claimants.
then 1t is time to iegislate that ''circurnlo-
cution Office" out OF existence, for there Is
no longer any reason Tor its continued SUR
vtvaL do not believe, however, that the
pension bureau has sunk to 20 low = state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Northway Not n Candidate.

Representative Northway of Ohio says
of the published report that he would be Z
compromise candidate before the Ohio leg
islature:
1T is a device of the opposition to still
public clamor against them. Under nc
circumstances will allow my name to be
used in connection with the senatorship
l believe Mr.. Hanna will be elected"
Representative Grosvenor has returned
to Columbus to join Senator Hanna's
forces, and Mr.. Northway will leave for
there after a brief stay here to attend to
pressing business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
For Theft Of bicycle Lamp.

Bicycle lamps are not safe when such
persons as you are about" Judge Kimball
when such onenses as this are brought to
fines"
Wicks. young colored man. was charged
with the theft OF Frederick A. Kraft's
lamp. and when arrested the claim was
made by Wicks that the lamp was given
to him by boy. His version Of the trans
action was not believed and penalty OF
80 or ninety days In jail was imposed.
The fine WIS afterward reduced to SIS and
was paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

In letter of thanks to the District Com
missioners. Chairman A. H. F. Holster OF
the water. lights and sewers committee OF
the Northeast Washington Citizens AS
ISOLATION, referring to the order of the
Commissioners for night watchmen al
grade crossings on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, says that. through the enforce
ment of the order his association has won
a well-earned victory having labored over
four years to achieve the point at ques-
ton.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01

army signal corps has also ordered bicy- cles, and many officers, anticipating few months service here, have sent home for their machines.
 The pedagogue and school mistress are to find new field fin Porto Rico for the people are anxious to adopt both the Ian guage and the manners of the Americans. One-fifth of the population can read and write Spanish, although public instruction has been limited. Men women and chfl- dren arr even now talking of the educa- tional opportunities which are to be guar anteed when the United States is in com p1ete possession of administrative affairs, and are impatiently awaiting the new or der. Native lawyers are sending for American text books, and 1t is probable that the business of the courts will be con ducted in English, according to the rules of American Jurisprudence, within a year.
 Today the harbor of Ponce is crowded with shipping, half of the vessels being merchantmen with goods to sell. The at mosphere is intensely American. a German adventurer helping the effect when he came yesterday with a dozen bales Of American flags. He disposed of his cargo within a day, and now every carriage, ox-caft or small boat flies the stars and stripes. Long live the Americans!" is still the cry, and it is more enthusiastic than when our soldiers first marched into town. We are all children of Washington" say the com mon people, and every man walks more erect, conscious that he Is no longer a slave of monarchy. but as free as his brother across the sea who has driven out the oppressor and extended the hand of fellowship.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
Disbandment of Volunteers.

When Governor Johnston urged the war department to muster out every man who desires to leave the service, he covered the ground. and did all that governor of a state could reasonably do. If the war de- partment will adopt the proposed plan, the consolidation of the men that remain will naturally follow and the government will then have a force willing to do soldiers work in peace times.
 Whether the retention of the First un- der this plan will be possible, is another question. The chances are there would not be much of it left, except officers If from the First and Second, more than two hundred men are left after all who wish discharge have been discharged. then the best information at hand is at fault. But this is neither here nor there. Governor Johnston's recommendation that all De mustered out who desire to go out, is sufl- cient. If it be adopted by the war depart ment in the case of Alabama volunteers, it is enough The outcome may be the disbandment of the two white regiments, and such a result would be wholly satisfac- tory. The boys are needed at home and they should, in all equity and fairness, be sent home now that the war is over. Gov ernor Johnston recognizes this moral right when he urges the war department to mus ter out all who desire to be mustered out. The Age-Herald believes that Alabama IS doing her full part when she>puts in the armies of occupation the Third Alabama all, fully 1,500 men. These troops will con stitute an excellent force for garrison or police duty, and they will doubtless be willing, almost to man, to serve even to the extent of their enlistment time.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
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sNAKESKIN BELTS
,e New York World.

From the New Y ork WorlQ.
 At least twenty pretty girls at Hacken- sack are singing When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again with touching and beautiful expression.
 If Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey, wants some accurate and unbiased infor- nation about the state of affairs in camp at Jacksonville let him go to these twenty young women. He can easily identify them, for they all wear snakeskin belts. They will unanimously tell him that the members of Company G, Second New Jer- sey volunteers, are unwilling to go to Cuba to do police duty under General Lee. Then they will blush and whisper that Company G, Second New Jersey volunteers, should at once be ordered home to Hackensack. If Governor Voorhees, is puzzled any cler- gyman, any justice of the peace at Hack ensack will enlighten him. They all know that there are going to be twenty weddings when Company G comes marching home. The truth is that royal Cupid must have enlisted in Company G; Cupid must have constantly reminded the brave soldier boys of the girls they left behind them at Hack ensack.
 In Company G are the sons of the best families of the town. When the company went to the front Cupid must have laughed in glee Never was such hugging and kissing, such fond and fearful farewells= as in the railroad depot. Since then the post master at Hackensack has been busy send ing letters to Company G and sorting let ters from Company G, and each of the twenty pretty girls has grown prettier and happier, even in the absence of her soldier sweetheart. For her lover, grown fonder, has asked her to be his wife and she has answered, "Yes, for am proud of you"
 Soon after Company G arrived in camp at Jacksonville one of these twenty happy maidens appeared on the street at Hackensack wearing a handsome belt Of snakeskin. Then another girl got snake skin belt, and then another and another No soldier, however loving, can for love or money buy an engagement ring in the camp at Jacksonville. But luckily the woods around the camp are full of snakes, and the soldier boys have killed at least twen- tv of the snakes and sent beautifully marked skins to their sweethearts
 So the snakeskins engagement rings, signs of true and pledged troth, foresigns of the twenty weddings that are to be when Company G comes marching home.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01

From Cost and Finances of the Spanish War; by Charles A. Conant, in the
 American Review of Reviews.
 The maintenance of garfisons in the in- definite future after the conditions of peace have been permanently fixed, may not be chargeabe directly as a part of the cost of the war, but will be one of its necessary consequences. It will be inter esting to consider the probable amount of both actual war expenses and garrison ex- penses up to the close of the present fiscal year on June 30 1S99 It will then have been determined whether the Philippine islands are to remain in the permanent possession of the United States, and it will be time to charge garrison service in our new dependencies and the increase of the navy to the permanent cost of the new foreign policy which may then have been adopted If the direct war expenditures were $91 900 at the close of July and will be $2o,COO,O00 more at the close of August, 1t Is probable that they will have increased by A5,OC0,c0O more during the two months of September and October. This will make the direct cost of the war-lasting for less than four months, but involving heavy ex- penditures for more than six months $161 000, ,000
 eight months from the close of October to the close Of June cannot yet be stated with precision because the president has not yet determined how large a garrison will be required in any of the former Spanish colonies. It is a reasonable esti- mate, however, that 25.0O0 men at least will be required in each of the three leading colonies-perhaps a few less In the peace ful island of Porto Rico and few more in Cuba or the Philippines. Nearly all of this force will be in excess of the former strength of the regular army, which will be returned to it's frontier and coast sta tions A part of the service will be per formed by the regular army because of the increase of its membership from 2500) to 61 ,0O0 men but the net increase of force above the old peace establishment will probably be 75 900 men and may be greater The navy will call for larger expenditures for officers men. coal and incidental equip i ment. It Is hardly probable that these ex- penses, Including those for the civil gov ernment of the colonies be kept much within $15,0'0Ce0 per month. For eight months this would add s12l .0o0 to the amount already charged to the direct cost of the war, and would make it's incidental cost up to June 90. 1S99 s2S1 900 OoO It may be cut a little below this. but in any case will hardly fall below $250,0OO GOO.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
SERGEANT PHIL FINCH

To the Editor of the Age-Herad:
 It Is mot four months since we all went to the railway station to see our young sol dier boys leave, girt in all the panopy of war. These were our jewels, and we freely gave that the honor of our country should be without stain. Bright eyes covered swelling hearts and hid the rising tear.
 Brightest among the bright was young Phil Finch-a soldier serious and cheerful around clustered hopes that were so soon to turn to ashes The writer had known him but for one short year, but it was long enough to recognize in him those qualities which command both love and respect. He said he knew the fortunes of war lead to two ends-glory or death-and that if chance was kind he would win his straps or die. A short four months, and a city mourns its loss for the young voice is hushed in the silence of eternity.
 Brave, gallant young soldier! You have not lived in vain. The world is better for your short life, and on the shores beyond the Great River you will find a hearty, loving welcome from the tattered old Con- federate soldier. You will now stand in the column headed by Lee.
 ROBERT CHISOLM.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
The Peace Jubilee.

The papers of the state have we.comed In cordial manner the idea of a great Peace Jubilee in state that gave to the country Wheeler and Hobson. The Selma Journal. for example, says:
 Why not have a Peace Jubilee in Ala bama, and at Birmingham? as she has started the movement, and if we are going to have 1t let it be of grand dimensions, in keeping with the consequence of the state. The big expositions are getting somewhat state from their multiplicity, constant repe- tition and consequent sameness, but the Peace Jubilee' is something altogether new Moreover, it cannot, from the nature of things, happen often. It implies precedent condition of war, and it is earnestly to be hoped that we shall have no more occasion for such jubilation for many centuries 10 come. The occasion, then. being so rare, let's have the Peace Jubilee by all manner of means, and as we have said, let it Dc at Birmingham, as the Magic City has started the movement, but let all Alabama claim part in it, and let the state see to il that the magnficence of the event shall be con- mepsurate to the occasion. The state that furnished Joe Wheeler and Richmond Tear son Hobson to the late war ought to take the lead in such a celebration as that pro- posed at Birmingham.
 That is just what the people of this city desire, and they can be trusted to work unceasingly toward a broadening of the fcs- tiyal until the event becomes, in the words of the Journal, commensurate with the occasion" To that end the support and CO., operation of every part of the state is first needed. The support and cooperation of Mobile is as much needed as the support and cooperation of Huntsville-of Selma as much as Tuskaloosa or Anniston Given the support and cooperation of all the state. no effort will be lacking toward making the jubilee one that the entire south will join and enjoy, and to a certain extent the rest of the country. That there will be many people present from Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati is not to be doubted. Low rates and the admirable season of the year will suffice to bring here many people from long distances.
 Just as soon as President Mckinley can be reached. and an acceptance on his part of the invitation to come to our juDi-
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
NO MORE REMEMBERING

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 The present war has settled one interna- tionai question forever, and that is priva- teering. This form of piracy will probably never again come into vogue in a war be- tween nations. By the declaration of Paris, which was made in March, 1856, in the treaty of peace between Great Brit ain, France and Russia, privateering was declared to be abolished, but this, of course, only bound the powers signing it. Other nations were requested to join in the declaration, and Prussia did so, but the United States, Spain and Mexico refused. Afterward, when our civil war was com menced, Secretary Seward proposed to be- come a party to the declaration, but the other powers thought the proposition was so obviously prompted by self-interest that they did not recognize it. When the Span ish war begun President Mckinley at once gave his adhesion to the principle of no privateering, and, although Spain did not specifically agree that she would not issue letters of marque, it was apparent that nothing of the kind would be done by her. The war is over and no privateers have been commissioned. This will be a pre- cedent for all time.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Primary Schools First of All.
Editor

pr. E. Benjamin Andrews, formerly president of Brown University, has recent ly been placed in charge of the Chicago public schools; and at once he declares that there must be in Chicago more primary schools. Hear what this distinguished edu- cator says:
 Greatest of all the goals that board of education and a school superintendent should have before them is this that every child within the limits of the city should have a full and careful instruction in the primary branches of education. Let there be enough teachers and enough schools and enough watchfulness to make sure that not a single child loses the benefits of the system or grows up illiterate, incompetent or perhaps criminal. If I were asked what one thing lay more on my heart than any other as take up the work of superintend- ing the schools of this city, should un- hesitatingly say that it was the fact that 10000 children of school age are being kept out of school or only receiving partial instruction because of lack of school fa- ciities First of all we need more of the primary schools. It is in them that the children of the city are lifted above the level of the unskilled laborer and given an opportunity to enter into fair competition with others in the race of life.
 In Alabama these words of Dr. Andrews should be needed. Every possible effort should be made to give every child in the state-not a high school collegiate edu- cation-but instruction in the primary branches of education. The legislature should cease to listen to scheming and self ish local interests, and endeavor to pro- vide primary schools of not less than six months duration in every part of the state, as well as in seventeen favored towns.
 Dr. Andrews is not unknown in Alabama. He has been warmly received in this state. Listen to his words: ''Let there be enough teachers and enough schools and enough watchfulness to make sure that not sim gle child loses the benefits of the system, or grows up illiterate, incompetent, or per- haps criminal" What is good for Chicago, is good for Alabama. We may not be able to have nine or ten months of school train ing each year; we may not be able to add higher education to the system; but we should provide for all children in the state the facilities acquiring the clements of reading, writing and arithmetic. The state can do this much, by concentrating it's en- ergies upon the one thing, and by reform ing a system that sadly needs it. The next legislature will have no greater problem be- fore it than the school-refe-fn question. It will not have one in hand that calls for more study, more patience, more practi- cal knowledge and the time to study it and to gather information concerning it is at hand Let every member of the legisla- ture go up to Montgomery with clear ideas as to what is needed in the matter of pub lie education.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
THE WHISPERING OUT
m the Tuscaloosa Times.

From the TuScaIooSa Times.
 In the beginning of the Spanis A-Amerl- can war, when the brave boys were leaving home and friends to go to the front, many were the appeals made by anxious parents to the officers to look after the welfare of the boys under their charge, and many were the answers given, we will stand by them, whatever comes." Now that the war is over and it is the desire of 95 per cent of the boys to come home. it hardly seems creditable that some of those same officers want to endanger the lives of all those brave boys with ali kinds of disease by going to Cuba, just for the sake of their holding office. We do not believe this to be the case in the Second regiment, for we know those big-hearted officers who saci rificed home ties to go would not hesitate a moment to sacrifice their office for the sake of the boys.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
THE POPULAR PRIMARY
From the Selma Journal.

From the Selma Journal.
 The Birmingham Age-Heraid strongly urges senatorial primaries for nominating candidates for the United States senatet urging that this plan has worked most Ser ceptably. The Age-Herald is right, tho primary should be practiced in every cAse where practicable, and especially should it be used not only in the nomination ot United States senators. but also for tomiy hating members of congress. It is the only way of getting the popular voice for q choice of these important servants of the people, and this is the only voice that should be considered.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 It's easier to earn money than it is not to spend it. Cupid puts in a good deal of his time at target practice.
 The average woman acts first and thinks it over afterward.
 Woman's ruling passion crops out In her desire to rule husband.
 Things are actually what they seem about one time in a hundred.
 There's nothing new. Our grandmothers often took spins on chainless wheels.
 No man is ever so friendess that he can't find some one to jolly him along.
 The briny breakers at the seashore are less dangerous than the heart-breakers.
 The fioorwalker says the girl in charge of the glove department is counter-ftter
 Those who go down to the sea in ships should see that the ships do not go down with them.
 Lots of men join a secret society because they think us ennDie1n VIII SHOW up well on their watch chains.
 Age rarely brings wisdom; about the best it can do is to teach us what particu- lar brand of folly we like best.
 A marriage without love and steam boiler without safety valve indicate that some one is going to get blown up.
 Clubs are often detrimental to mans welfare-especially those in the hands Of policemen and expert poker players.
The age-herald., 1898-09-01

lee be secured, the event will take form, meanwhile the Age-Herald asks a favor- able consideration on the part of the press of the state of the project inaugurated in this city. It asks from all as favorable a support as the Journal has given it. Such support will go long ways toward tie broadening and widening of the great fes- tiVal .
The age-herald., 1898-09-01
NELSON MORRIS
~ NII15O-N 4IAONkHhI0 From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 People wonder how Nelson Norris, born in the Black Forest, on the bank of the Kingzig. could have come honestly by the name of Morris. As matter of fact that was not his patronymic. He borrowed it from a man in Connecticut. I think, for whom he hauled Charcoal at s a month and board. Morris is now rated at 3O,Oo0.- O0O His firm does annually business of 900. His original name was some- thing like Rothschenheimer.