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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
PERSONAL.

ami. ro.,ou Transcript" says 1T Will GER
.o,r,v crafty the friends Of the late r'".
Gle IT Jenlss 10 know that a portion OF Ms p
library has been given 10 the Harvard Mu''O" ,,,o,
soclatIon and that the books are NOV sment great
for ready consultation. Mr. r. The Accumulation Of
boe relating to music and the staff ,yo hat the
therefore no ntt rt "a largely TO be maintained IN
tSo manner ne would have desired
The will OF Elijah a. Morse OF po', .. noo "a
,oo,bs si0 900 to the American BOARD So o..
Mount ryolvoke College. the income 10 ne u.'s,,
the education of indgent %1r n me Massachusetts
itomeS Nissonary Society the ,i aiass', or CON
homeopathic Hospital he atom tiona and Baptist
sumptives and the S2nsresa'
churches In Canton Macs
rdward Rosewater the Editor OF Inc o'''ana
Bee" has accepted an invitation 10 oe,i'r ", o,,
~ Lectures on Journalism at Corhe" Wv 80
T., tho snring Of 1892 President Schurmah' III
,odirc tho invitation said that he thought oeo ~
teIie''ns ,oce in university for professor "a
ionrnaIsm but he did think thai an i ap,e ex
orie,cn might in the course OF ma bGch
lectures convey information 10 f 20 them
would be ~ exceedingly great Vai"7 ~
An o,ecer Of the Hugh McCulloch. quoted IN I"e
Hang Kong Daily Press" Of May g. relates the ioi-
lowing incident Of the battle of Manila we ~
erod tho mort battery, and then came rouho az"
o,ed The starbcard battery repeating TINS ope'"'o
,our o- five times The second tune we e
round the Spanish Admiral came out III '"e s,''aa
Crlstlna and CALAMITY assaled us we iec re-,
him warmly and don't know now o,d n ADMIRAL was
standing on the bridge snot rom 81, u, ,he Al
vessels blew the bridge cIea a.. ssy MIN afterward
calmly pacing the deck tlndins ~ he borhor but
good he turned TO get back mo inch shell from
the Boston struck his vessel on the stern anu ,o
her on fire Later on she SANK nos Win om6ng those
burdred men The Admiral was a'hone '''''
no escaped"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

brought Il unchanged down to our own uiie' !"
similar principle in relation 70 hawah was
asto blished hv Webster and Marcy nearly nan
q century ago and has never been depar'eu
from Where then is the ground Tor ali 'his
talk about strange experiments and new de-
partures'? Would 1t be Il strange experiment
70 declare that these States are ana by rishl
ought to be free and independent? "ouio !"
be new departure 10 insist that govern
ments derive their Just powers from the Col"
sent of the governed?
But let us 20 beyond all that. Let us sup
nose II to be an experiment and new depart
urc. What bosle is there in that circumstance
IN brighten us? One hundred and twenty-five
wears ago n far more momentous experiment
was made There was the one colossal new
departure" of the ages John Adams ana Ben
tamin FRANKLIN long opposed il. John Dickln-
son and Robert Morris opposed 1t to the emo
Samuel Adams and James Otis and fa'rick
Henry were reckoned Jingoes for advising H.
But il was done, ana inestimable has peeh us
nroAt and ineffahe It's glory. Need the race
that made that experiment shrink from othere
For inst rs II is not the ships and guns that
count so much az the men behind the guns 80
IL is not the experiments and the new ucpa'F
ures that are TO be reckoned Wlth' Du' ViAo NV "
that make them For this race. with us recoIu
of thirteen hundred years; for this Nation WIN
its record Of sixscore years to move forward at
the call of duty and of destiny is 10 expert
ment 1t is the repetition Of things done IL Is
no leap in the dark. 1t is safe step rorwaru
on firm, true ground IN the light of noon II II
be Imperialism. the first rmperialis; was Jeler-
son. If it be Jingoism the first lingo was
Adams. With them, and with the great IN
broken line that followed them, Americans OF
to-day may well keep step to the forward march
of National destiny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
SEALING CLAIMS SETTLED.

Tho pavment OF some $4,000 to Sir Julian
Pauncefote by Mr.. Day yesterday marks the
end of q prolonged controversy, and such an
end as NAV we'll be regarded with satisfaction
nv both parties With the uDgracious and man
nerless remark, made the other day in congress-
that while the award must be paid 1t should De
racorded that this country got the worse Oh the
arbitration and II was some little satisfaction 10
.,russ the court--with that utterance the Ameri-
can people have no sympathy 1t is bad man
ners and bad morals to "cuss the court ana
this Nation Is neither boorsh nor immoral IL
reazes that IN every lawsuit there must be
winner and loser. One or the other must get
tho vvorsa Of H. But that does not impugn the
tusice of the courts decision. and TO rail at that
decision is to rail at justice. Especially Is TINS
the case in international arbitration. In ordinary
suits at law both parties must accept the de-
cision or be punished for contempt. To "cuss
the court" means fine or Imprisonment. But III
arbitration there is no such compulsion Ac-
ceptance Of the verdict is matter or nothing
but moral constrant. So the man or the ma
ton that repudiates or reviles the verdict Is Il
coward as well as foe to morals and honor
The American Nation does not begrudge the
navment made to the British Government 1t
does not dispute Tue JustlNt vi 'iN A""A'' '''''
does not begrudge doing anything That justice
demands 1t accepted the Geneva Award with
satisfaction, not merely because 1t was the
winner in that case and secured from Its ad-
yersary a round indemnity. but because justice
prevailed and an immortal example was set 10
the world Of the peaceful settlement or inter
national disputes. The indemnity was wei
come, Of course, but the triumph Of the principle
of arbitration was Of far more value to the
world and to this Nation. 60 In this case the
United States Is called upon TO pay instead or 10
receive an indemnity, and 1t does 1t with equal
readiness. because 1t believes Il 10 be just and
because it IS further triumph of the same
nrjnciple Of arbitration just settlement OF
the controversy and steadfast maintenance OF
the principle Of international arbitration are or
more value to this Nation than $4,000. The
balance Of gain and loss IS on our side. Nor Is
it a slight thing that thus the Nations good
faith is amply indicated before all the world.
No nation can say the United States repudates
its lust obligations. None can say this Nation -
not TO be trusted to abide by the findings of
court of arbitration. Those are the grounds on
which America as well az Great Britain Is TO
be congratulated on yesterdays settlement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

dervaluations. and about S4OO0cooo Tor in'ereS.
and dividends due abroad, only Sl3o'oVo'ooV
vcould appear 10 have been cancelled, "a'ine
almost 4O0OO0OOO yet 10 be met ny return VI
securities to this country or IN some other way
But no estimate that any competent oanhei
will credit covers as much as half OF TINS ehor-
nous balance. No matter what allowance may
he made for ether unrecognized items III the ac'
count bv some occasionally treated as lhpor-
tant the amount can In no way be even aPIioA
imatelv balanced If the carrying cost lroni
foreign ports were reckoned on all goods l'n-
nortcd. that would cover but small irac'lon'
If expenses Of Americans abroad, uhusuai!
light this year. were supposed 10 eXceeu eA-
lenses of foreigners in this country not as resi-
dents by n large sum- there would SUI reiiiain
q heavy balance Remlttances OF Immigrants 10
friends abroad are by no means as heaVy rs
they formerly were. but the question no" the
tourist or immigrant spends money after Amer
lea has earned II is not quite one OF international
trade II many Europeans are living OH oui
bounty. the fact still remains that America Is
creditor Of the world By an enormous amount
md It's balance on merchandise and specie ac-
count in ten months has already greatly eN-
ceeded the enormous sums expended in war ana
nrpDaration for war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
THE WORLDS CREDITOR.

Once more the balance of foreign trade sur
passes the expectations which even the most
hopefui ventured 10 indulge. 1t was said some
weeks ago that exports in May would probably
run about 100000, 900 and exceed imports by at
least S4OOO0OO0 But the actual exports were
$40. 239 208 In value, and exceeded imports by
$50 $3.50 In seven Of the ten months since
the new tariff went into effect the exports have
exceeded 500 600, 600, and the total excess over
imports In those months has been S5J4. 453,S2S.
That no other such year has ever rejoiced this
people It is needless to say. The obvious conclu-
sion cannot be avoided that protective duties do
not prevent heavy exports, as many theorists
have long argued, nor have they in this instance
operated mainly by prohibition or prevention of
imports for the prosperity OF the country has
been so great that, even with the home market
for many kinds Of goods almost entirely secured
to domestic producers, the aggregate Of imports
has declined less than was expected. II is
mainly in creating and maintaining that general
prosperity that the change Of tariff has had
effect.
1t Is worth while to note that In eleven
months ending with May more than n quarter
of the exports have been OF breadstuffs. Their
value has been S2956O3, 1873, that of cotton
S222.3S1 $780, of provisions, cattle and hogs
STE. $685. 95 and Of mineral oil $50, 715.
Meanwhile other domestic exports have amount
ed to 1915, 1S6.O13. against 1852 547, 200 in the
same months Of the previous year 1t is well
known how great the expansion has been in
some of the other exports-n iron products
about 100000, In hops over Sl000,000 and in
COPPER and fruits each about 81 900 OOO in oil
cake over 100000, and as much in cottonseed
oil. and nearly S2,000,0O0 in paper. besides sub
stantial gains in many other articles. In spite
of the vastly increased home demand during the
last eleven months, American producers have
been able also to supply largely increased guam
titles for export
A dil renee Of S554 1913 between exports
and imports in value during ten months has not
been due in large measure to fraudulent under
valuation OF imports though such frauds still
exist and are OF Importance. in spite Of the more
general use of specific instead of nd valorem
duties under the new tariff. Probably mate
rial portion has been cut of. so that instead Of
more than $6OOOOOO0 such undervaluatons have
been reduced below $50 900 600 for these months.
But this affects but little the enormous balance.
Neither have specie imports squared the ac-
count, though OF gold alone the net imports in
ten months have been more than 800, ZOO, 600
S106 202, 403-the greatest net gain ever attained
in the whole OF any previous year having been
S97 ACC 1877 In 1882. The net exports of silver.
S2OO43351 in ten months. have been larger in
several years, and reduce the balance received
in specie against merchandise account to about
$S6OO0000. If there be further added the I'M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
AppARENT TSURPATIONS.

Tho decision OF Justice Garretson OF the SUI
nreme Court that Mayor Van Wyck had no hu'
tborjtv TO remove the East River Bridge COM
n,ssioners and that Salem II. Wales ana MS
con,nonions are the legal members of the COM
mission brings in view the possibility OF new
so-iee of humjliations to the Tammany admins
,ro.ion. which has already made itself ridlcu-
lous by It's wild guessCs ut the law or city gov
eminent Much more than the Bridge Commits
sion ,s involved In the case. The Shore Drive
Commission ard the Aqucduct Commission over
which Mayor Van Wyck has claimed power Va
removal and proceeded 10 exercise 1t. can MAKE
similar pleas Of freedom from the Mayor
II his contention Is finally negatived by the
Court of Appeals the Mayor Will stand Deiore
the public as an usurper foIled In attempts 10
grasp authority not confded TO him. ordinarily
an official the limit Of whose powers IS Drought
heforn the court for determination Is not reason
ably subject TO that reproach, but from 'he
minute he took Office Mr. Van Wycks attitude
toward all who differed with him politically ana
toward the public ut large has been thnt OF
wishing brutally 10 override everything ana
everybody to give Tammany complete control OF
all branches of the local government Every
law which stood in his way has been denounced
rs vicious and every commission that was not
made I'D of Tammany men has been the target
for his billinCsgate Under such circumstances
q IS impossible 10 feel that wherever he may
have stretched his power beyond the law he has
not done 80 with the deliberate purpose OF
usurpation When men boast in democracy
that election 20 one Office means that those VINO
disagree with them have no right IN deccncy 10
cumber the ground Of official life. az the Tam
many people have repeatedly proclaimed con
corning every hod-over officer In this city whoh
they could not remove, they come decidedly near
rejecting the American system OF authority
strictly limited by law and advocating dictntor-
shin Mr.. Van Wyck has come rs near 10 full
filling their ideal as he dared. and perhaps n
1.-THE nearer than the law will allow.
or course Justice Garretson's decision settles
nothing for the case must 60 10 the Court or
Appeals Ii is 10 be hoped that il VIII reach
that tribunal speedily. for any prolonged period
OF uncertainty as 10 the legal lncumbcnts OF I'M
portant administrative offices would be most IN
fortunate II Mayor Van Wyck has the power
which Justice Garretson says hc does not pos
sess It should be quickly determined end II not
he should soon be compelled to right the wrong
as he has been with regard to the debt limit
and the contracts which he Illegally assumed
authority 10 hold up. Meanwhile It will do no
good for the Tammany Commissioners or their
secretary to abuse the court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

asked n they wanted to volunteer sup)ec1eu
men to abuse. for children are but men Oh
smaller growth Then the cent Is not much'
but for poor man. who just manages 10 Keep
half n dozen children in school, the SIX Genus
may be a burden, and. at any rate, II Is al I'M
position TO make him volunteer 1t under nor"i
compulson. II we want TO levy the expenses Vi
the Red Cross instead OF paying them 10y really
voluntary contributions let us do it as we raise
other war funds. by frank taxation or every
body: let us not tax the school boys and girls III
the guise OF inviting them 10 make offerings
We are glad the School Board had the courage
TO resist this appeal. which was peculiarly III
sidious because Of it's excellent intent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
NOT A LEAP IN THE DARK.

Opponents Of territorial extension talk Of It
with ominous forcbodngs as a leap In the dark.
A current cartoon labelled imperialism" repre-
sents Uncle Sam as armed with sword and PTS
toll but blindfolded ard stepping off a precipice
into an unfathOmed and unknown abyss. A
"strange experiment" and radical new de-
parture' are other terms used to describe the
policy Of the United States in proceeding TO the
annexation of Hawaii and the possession of
lands redeemed from Spanish tyranny by the
exercise of American vaor and the sacrifice OF
American lives Such utterances. temporarily
made are TO be courteously regarded, but they
are easily answered
At the risk Of tedious iteration, let 1t be re-
called that territorial extension is no new thing
II has been the fixed policy and the frequent
practice Of the Nation ever since its National
life began At the very beginning the Thirteen
States were not content with their own proper
limits, but insisted upon acquiring, In 1883, the
great Northwest Territory. Twenty years later,
and long before the Northwest Territory was
fully settled and assimilated into the Union, and
three-quarters of century before it was all .ee-
waited 10 Statehood, the Louisiana Purchase was
effected, doubling the area of our domain. Six
teen years later. when only one State had been
made from Louisiana and while the bulk OF
that vast territory was still unexplored Florida
was acquired. Twenty-six years passed and
Texas was annexed. and the next year Oregon,
ard two years later California, and five years
later. in 1853, tie Gadsden Purchase. And still
only four States had been formed from the
Louisiana Territory; and the whole Of the old
Northwest Territory had only just been ad-
mtted to the Union, and much of it was not yet
settled nor surveyed. Surely here was an estab-
lshed policy of acquiring territory without
waiting for all the old territory to be fully oc-
cupied Finally. thirty-one years ago, Alaska
was purchased, while to this very day part of
the Louisiana Territory remains outside the
Union.
Nor was this all From the earliest times the
foremost statesmen have contemplated as es-
sential and inevitable still further extensions Of
our National sovereignty. and have committed
the Government 10 such policy with con-
sistency and continuity that crushngy rebuke
the thoughtleso accusations Of changeabeness
30 often made against this country. Exactly
threequarters of "a century ago John Quincy
Adams declared the ultimate annexation OF
Cuba 10 this country 10 be rs certain as the law
cf grayitation; and Thomas Jefferson said such
annexation was exactly what was wanted TO
round out our power Nation. Pretty good
authorities, those. both Wing and Democrat.
And Clay and Webster and Van Buren, and
Buchanan maintained the same principle and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
UNCONFIRMED WAR NEWS.

Tho Mail and Express" said. ION the highest
authority" that the President not considering
either n general invasion OF Cuba or attack on
Havana at present. These movements. II added.
would be deferred until October. Unless Spain sued
for peace after the fall OF Porto Rico, the article
continued, the Army and Navy would probably at
tack the Canaries
The World said that on the assurance OF Sir
Julian Pauncefota that the Powers would force
Spain to end the war when Cuba had been taken.
the President has determined that the shall
be pushed with great vigor"
THE Press said that General Skaters army
would land TO the west Of Santiago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

No department Of the Government "as aavs
gone a. greater strain during the last S.n'' .a
than that OF the Acknowledgement o''0 49,,
in none has the strain been better poi" ,os
tant General Corbin is thorousn'' -. %
officer who has fully met the require
tho nos,,ion IN q sudden emergency. and ia'rly
aoserved tho nromotion to a major-generaish'p
which tho DISPATCHES say is awaiting him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
WAR NEWS THAT WASN'T NEWS

A dispatch from Madrid to London repeated the
story that Cervera's squadron was about to cut its
way through He United States fleet and attack the
transports carrying General Skaters command
Reports unite In saying that the wreck OF the Mer
rlmac still blocks the harbor
That call for Atty thousand volunteers would
be issued within thirty days the theme OF
story printed yesterday morning. Secretary Long
has said that no call contemplated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

For SUBSCRIPTION rates Of The Tribune.
see opposite page. II is important for resi-
dents of summer homes IN The country 10
recsfve accurate Var Meas; and this they
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
What Mr. William Z Dndre .nya Of .erhere OIL

What Mr.. william f. Dodge says elsewhere Oh
the pending Currency bill carries the weight OF
his candOr and public spirit. we'll OF his
large business experience: and II Will not bc
subject TO the unreasoring prejudice with which
so many people seem to regard Views about
banking expressed by n banker. But the thing
which needs yet to be cleared up for the benefit
Of many really far-mnded men IL this: Why
granting nearly all Mr. Dodge says-why still the
necessity for revolutionizng our banking system
by abandoning the National bonds as its basis
tust when we are issuing these bonds again by
the hundred millions? We hope some equally
competent and trusted man may take hold of
that point and elucidate II.
The first test OF dynamite guns in warfare
seems to have been an unqualified success. and
we venture to say that no incident Of the pres
ent conflict will be studied with deeper interest
by the military authorities Of the world.
Governor Black has done well In arranging
10 obtain by personal observation, II possible
the exact truth about the condition OF New
York troops In the various camps. The publ
cation Of positive statements fatty contradict
ing each other. yet both sustained by witnesses
whose good faith and competence it is difficult
10 distrust. has led to a controversy which does
harm and ought to be stopped
II is now thought that the bond issue may be
oversubscrlbed nvefod. Well. a billion Is
handsome round number, and quite sizable
enough TO indicate to the world that Amerl
cans have q good opinion OF their country's
credit.
Mr. Dinsmore OF Arkansas. thinks there Is
no constitutional power to annex territory by
nity- three years ago. but some minds are won
derfnlly imperyious to the teaching OF expert
ence.
The amenities Of intercollegiate athletics in
this year of grace agreeably illustrated in
the offer OF the Yale launch TO the Harvard
coach In place Of his own, which Unexpectedly
broke down. The football fiacas OF a few years
ago has had Christening and elevating conse-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17
CURRENCY REFORM PLANS
WILLIAM e. DODGE ON THE BILL Now
IN CONGRESS-

rThc Committee on Banking and Currency r.n,,,.1 4.
the House on Wednesday the Currency Reform bill "
no action was taken The bill likely 10 come ~. slt
consideration next week. - VIZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

ouences. which bid fair to aiioiu ,hat
recompense for all that was ios' ''"'"
unhappy affair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-17

The first test OF dynamite guns in warfare
seems to have been unqualified success. and
we venture to say that no incident Of the pres
ent conflict will be studied with deeper interest
by the military authorities OF the world