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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
The commissions Sessions.

There should be question whatever as
to the propriety of the Philippine commits
sion sitting. behind closed doors. 1t would,
in fact, be unusual for such body to open
its deliberations to the public The COM
mission is sitting as an advisory council to
the President, charged with the task of
ascertaining certain conditions. Analysing
them and reporting recommendations for
coping with them 1t is now purely de-
Lucrative body, taking no testimony, hear
ing no arguments and in no sense proper
object of intimate popular scrutiny. There
is probably but little fermality about the
sessions. Four representatives of the gov
eminent assemble and discuss the ques-
lions before them in a manner best suited
to secure the fullest exchange of sentiments
and the broadcast enlightenment. When the
topic has been exhaustively considered in
this manner 1t is likely that one of the
members will be authorized to draft a re-
port, preliminary or final, and this draft
will be amended later to suit the wishes of
the majority of the commission.
1t is difficult to understand what good
purpose would be served by opening the
doors of the sessions. The report, when
published will speak for itself 1t will
matter but little TO the public to know the
intricate and detailed processes whereby
the conclusions were reached. There will
doubtless have been many pros and cons
advanced and sustained by facts and the
ories before the views of the commissioners
have crystallized into concrete form In
some respects ii is better that there should
be no such constant supervision over the
deliberations of the commission as open
sessions would involve. Such a process
might readily result in a constraint on the
part of the members, and an unreadiness to
meet the problems involved in a spirit of
willing responsibility. Publicity is, of
course, always to be desired in such mat
tiers of public interest as are legitimate
fields for the peoples scrutiny. Certain in
vestigations would fail of their purpose if
conducted in secret, particularly when
charges are pending and evidence IS taken
But even in such cases when the collection
OF material is finished it is proper and even
necessary for the investigators to retire to
consider their verdict. just as does every
jury court and committee charged with the
rendering of decisions In this instance the
commission gathered its material in the
philippines and is now merely sitting "in
camera to formulate it's conclusions.
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waited, for he is a courteous man and I'M
willing to give offense unnecessarily. But
affairs of state awaited his coming and so
he went away. 1t was, of course. unfortu-
nate that the train was slow and that the
committeeman Were trifie tardy in getting
to the house But the episode is of value
in showing that in the mind of a man like
Admiral Dewey-of whose kind there
should. for the country's sake, be a multi
tude-10 o'clock means 10 O'Clock and not
1850. The Baltimoreans are not the only
ones whom Dewey has shocked by his
fidelity to his appointments. year and
a half ago he startled certain Spanish gen.
tlemen and officers in Manila by losing no
time in keeping an engagement which had
been made for him by cable from Wash
ington. When he reached the mouth of
Manila bay he did not drop anchor and
negotiate to ascertain whether there were
any torped0es in the channel He did not
wait until morning in order that he might
see his way up the bay more clearly. With
characteristic American straightforward
ness he went ahead and struck at the first
opportunity 'Manana" was to him today,
now, without delay. The disappointed Bal
timoreans may console themselves in the
reflection that their misfortune affords
them an opportunity to measure the value
of precision in matters of moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
Jones of Ohio,

The reported strength of candidate Jones
In the Ohio campaign is as puzzling as sur
prising. 1t Il confined almost exclusively
to the cities. and Is recruited almost ex-
clusively from the ranks OF the wage-earn-
eTs one hesitates to accept the figures
given out Of compliment to the ordinary
prudence and sagacity OF men when their
own interests are deeply involved
The populist movement, while fantastic
In some things. was within the bounds Of
explanation. 1t was a protest of farmers
against low prices and a somewhat pro-
tracted period Of hard times. Crops had
failed Then again, an enormous Yield had
brought 70 money Mortgages had multi
piled until whole counties were blanketed
with them Something was wrong rem
edy must be found Everybody being con-
cerned and discontinued. everybody became
. statesman with theory, and out of the
mass OF suggestions was formulated ma
nonai platform Large numbers of voters
subscribed to what they had given but lit
tie thought to- They only knew that they
were severely pinched, and naturally they
desired relief And thus were evolved
government ownership Of everything but
rsd-hot stoves. the initiative and referen-
dunn, government loans on corn crops and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

From the Pittsburg runlcle-Telegraph

From the Pittsburg Chrunlcle-Telegraph.
The American people learn with sincere
regret of the serious nature of the illness
of Vice President Hobart. The hand of
death Is upon him. His disease may re-
suit fatally at any moment, and he may
live some time. but he can never resume
his public duties.
The people have learned to admire and
respect Carrot Augustus Hobart. Although
"a power in republican politics in New Jer-
sey for many years, his fame was not of a
national character until he was placed on
the republican ticket by the St. Louis con-
VentiOn. He had been speaker of the New
Jersey house of representatives and pres-
dent of the senate of that state. His train
ing in these positions fitted him admira bly,
for the duties of the presiding officer of the
Senate of the United States. AS president
of the Senate he exercised an influence
unusual in that office, and his advice on
party affairs had much weight. He made
an exceptionally efficient presiding officer,
and was always in his chair. He was as
popular among democrats as among mem
bers of his own party.
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Politics and Education.

Ola OF the evil effects Of mixing politics
In the control Of a city's schools Is iust
now Illustrated by the outcome of a row in
the New York city board of education
Some time ago one Of the leading educa-
tipnal periodicals of the country contained
al article written by one eminent in MEDIA
& 'giC circles, severely criticising the Tam
n any management of the city schools. A
libel suit was forthwith fled by the nres;
dent OF the school board. who claimed that
the publishers of the magazine had refused
10 retract the statements at which he took
onenSe. Not content with thus throwing
the affair into court, the Tammanv power
has now been invoked to punish the pub
hshers further. and yesterday, afte- a
Somewhat stormy session. the board voted
hencetorth To exclude from the schools all
of the text books published by the Offend
ing house, comprising long list of stand
ard works. The vote was on party lines,
ti+ IamInany members voting to exclude.
the others refusing to carry animosities
thus far II has often been urged by edu-
Gators that as result Of New York's con-
troll by Tammany the public schools of
that city have greatly fallen off in effect
iyeness and prestige. This affair serves 10
prove the charge. II may be accepted as a
Sign that the charges contained in the ar
ticie in question We're too close 70 the truth
70 permit the occasion To pass without a
sharp warming TO all publishers that they
Will sacrifice their market if they indulge
In comments on the Tammany methods of
managing the schools. No community can
afford TO intrust the training of its youth
to agents dominated by corrupt political
machine. and New York will some dav
awake TO bitter realization of the fact.
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Pr0mnfneaR.

Admiral Dewey furnished a striking OBJ
ject lesson of one of the reasons why he
is so great a success in his profession when
yesterday morning he failed to hear an
eloquent speech from a Baltimore commit
teeman because the latter and his col
leagues were late in keeping an engage
ment. Promptness Is sailors brightest
quality Especially in tina war service is
this habit of being on the minute valuable
Admiral Dewey told the Baltimore COM
mittee that he would be at home at 10
O'Clock to receive them. He was there at
10 and they were not. Doubtless II he had
had no other engagements he would have
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fat cattle and many other truly startling
propositions
All Of that had its rise and support in
suffering. When people are suffering they
are apt in their impatience for a remedy
to experiment unwisely. That the farmers
were mistaken about where the RESPONSE
bility rested for their misfortunes and what
the proper remedy was is shown by their
present condition. All are prosperous again.
Prices are remunerative for everything their
lands produce. Mortgages have been lifted.
In a word, instead of having corn to burn
they now have money to burn.
But what shall be said of movement
which strikes not only at good times. but
ut the best of times. Wage-earners, even
in this land OF the flush. We're never before
so flush. The spindlcs are all turning. the
furnaces are all lighted, the factories ard
mines are all in operation. Everybody who
is able and willing to work is at work
earning good pay. Every worker has meat
on his table. The family basket comes
back from the market-stall full to overflow
ing. Things are hunIming and everybody
is happy. And yet here bobs up a man in
one of the busiest and most prosperous
states in the Union, draws chart os bliss
unalloyed the earth. and we are told
That Wage-earnerS are hooking to MS sup
port by the thousands. They are willing to
surrender the, plump bird they have in hand
for two which Mr.. Jones tells them are
just across the road in the bush.
The situation in Ohio Is doubtless very
much mixed. But it is hard to believe that
wuge-earners in any great numbers will
desert the cause of sound money and pro-
lection for scheme constructed very large
fnr iS
no basis for. government, local or national.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

A star shone from the distant sky
A jewel in the night
Its rapturous twinkle there on high
All spellbound held my wondering eye
And filled me with delight
1t seemed an animated thing
In wild ecstatic thrill
''Oh, what quoth l, through space coul,
fling
The strains which such frenzy bring? -
But all about was still.
The mystery soon disappears
And Fashions might we view.
This planet at step she clears.
Behold. The music of the spheres
Has changed to rag-time, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
Our Interests in China,



"If we could join with England, Japan,
and possibly Germany. in defining and pro-
claiming q policy which should accord to
China political and territorial integrity and
should give to all other nations equal rights
to trade in China, upon highly favorable
terms. so far as local taxation Is concerned,
1t would constitute a triumph in diplomacy
worth any amount of trouble and the TAX
ing of q large measure of risk
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Entirely Competent.

so you have named your little boy
George Washington" .'-
II have" answered the Filipino general.
DO you expect hi-l to be the kind of
person who cannot tell lie?'
He won't have to tell any. l can attend
to that department for the entire family"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
OBTAINING Lincoln,s Memory.
From the Chicago Times Herald.

It Is monstrous defamation of the illus
trious dead to quote Lincoln in support of
the policy that would pull down our flag in
the Philippines in the face Of rebellion. II
Bryan would know what Lincoln would do
in the Philippines let him read the story Of
Gettysburg and Missionary Ridge and re-
member that the Philippines are as much
part of our domain the territory that
came into 1t under the Louisiana purchase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

1t now appears that Sir Thomas Upton
is utilizing his fame as a yachtsman to
boom his business as tea merchant Pos
sibly it Is no more than fair that he should
get something out of his recent lavish In
veStment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
Had 1t All Fixed.

Charley dear" said young Mrs. Torkins,
why don't you converse? What have you
been reading about?''
THE proposed partition of the Samoan
Islands"
We'll, L think partition is a splendid
idea. If they can't agree they ought to
build one. and each keep on his own side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
Mennderlng Mikes Request,

If as a hero | loom up
One ting | want to beg:
Don't offer me no lovin' cup.
I'd rUther have a keg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

Sam Jones has come into such sudden
Importance in Ohio that he IS permitted
without serious opposition to pose as
political Sphinx. This is a great deal of
honor for so young a man in the business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

1t is found that wireless kilograms are
likely to become confused If several are
transmitted at once. Mr.. Marconi can
hardly expect to have the entire earth to
himself every time he sends a message.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

General Joubert wrote a very pathetic
letter about the consideration which weak
struggling nation like the Beers ought to
have But he did not wait for an answer
before doing his level best at Ladysmith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

1t is already being limited that Mrs Lang
try and her new husband do not get on
we'll. but no one has the assurance to say
II told you so.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02
An AnnOyance.

I'm a reformer bold and free.
Yet, If the truth were told,
Some folk there be who look on me
AS just a common scold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

The Sultan of Sulu has already insin-
uated that he will be very glad If this gov
eminent will find some means of Kidding
him of his harem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

If Mr.. Jones of Toledo ever goes into an
otheE campaign he will know so much
about politics that he will find it very hard
to keep from being practical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

General Funston has euded politics, but
has plunged with characteristic holiness
into the maelstrom of litigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

Mr.. Goebel is determined that the Ken
lucky democrats shall go on to glory even
if they have to be chased there.
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Wfllful Waste.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Another envoy from Aguinaldo is on his
way to national headquarters. He would
have saved time and expense by using the
cable.
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1t is calculated that a few more fights
will put Jeffries and Sharkey in a position
to reach the pinnacle of pugilistic glory and
open saloons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

The sudden descent of boulders at Lady
smith gives rise to another great war mys-
terry. Did the bouders fall or were they
pushed?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

General Whites manly assumption of re-
sponsibility for the Ladysmith disaster
leaves no room to question either his phys
ical or his moral courage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

Aguinaldo may name his baby George
Washington" if he chooses. But that is no
sign the child's parents will take after him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-02

Gen. Joubert takes his board Of strategy
with him into the fight, where he can keep
1t properly under discipline.
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SHOOTING STARS.
The Sure Loser.

"Aren't you afraid the law will take US
in hand for gambling?" said the timid man
who had just been persuaded into making
an election bet.
Never mind answered the confident
politician. Even If 1t does, you're all
right. They wouldn't send you to Jail for
making that bet. They'd send you to the
insane asylum
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Notwithstanding.
o Ninneapolis Tim.s

From the Minneapolis Tfmes.
Mason has threatened to withdraw from
the senate and the government at WASH
ington still lives.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-13
THE LATE ROBERT BONNER AND HIS HORSES

Y all his long business career IN this
country the late Robert Bonner was
recognized as man of versatile ge-
4 MUS, but in not one of the many
things he did, and did so well, did he
fill so much of the public eye and be-
come universally known as when he took
up the role of horseman.
This happened forty years ago, when IN
1858 his health began TO suffer from the
continued strain of overwork.
"You must take some outdoor exercise
some daily relaxation" said his doctor.
"Can you drive horses, do you know any
thing about horses?"
NO" replied Mr.. Bonner, "I do not,
that is to say, ! know very little, but If
you think daily drive behind a pair Of
good trotters up the road will be bene-
fetal will soon learn all that is needed" !"
And with the intense earnestness char
acteristic of the man he kept his word as
to learning the part, and soon became not
only one of the most expert but one Of
the most unique and picturesque figures
among the horsemen of America.
Mr. Bonner was a Presbyterian of the
old school and a pillar of the church, but
he from the first developed keen love for
the trotter and in an interview about
twelve months ago, in which he defended
his large expenditures In trotting stock,
amounting to more than $500 900, he stated
that his contributions to the church far
exceeded that figure. He was a strong
personal friend of DR.. John Hall and
Henry Ward Beecher, and spent hours In
conversation with them, but the following
day found him equally at home and fully
as enthusiastic discussing pedigrees and
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good until the end Of the trotting season,
but no challenger appeared.
A year or two ago, in his last published
interview on his "reminiscences Of the
trotters Budd Doble said that 1t was his
firm belief that had Dexter had the ad-
vantages of the bicycle sulky and the
modern improved tracks he could have
come very close to the best record of
to-day.
Every one who knew Mr.. Bonner knew
what a stickler he was for the fact that
the 2:0Ss4 made by Maud S was the cham
pion record 1t was made to an old fash
ioned high wheeled sulky, and though of
late years many horses with faster rec
ords than Maud S have tried to beat it
to pair of high wheels. all have failed.
Mr.. Bonner rarely bought horse at a
public sale, though, strangely enough, the
last purchase he made was from a sale
at Madison Square Garden. This was
when he bought Praytell, by Axtell, for
$500.
Mr.. Bonner made profound study of
the anatomy of the horses foot, and
many Is the mixed, rough gated one that
he has converted into a straight going,
pure gated trotter.
Following is the list Of the horses
bought and driven by Mr.. Bonner in the
forty years since he took to the pleas
ures of the road:
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performances with Johnny Murphy,
Splan or Doble.
He seemed to have an equal facility dis
cussing a point of theology dogma as he
had in describing the anatomy of the
horses foot. Of which he had made an
especial study. A regular attendant at
church. Mr.. Bonner was at the same time
a keen follower of the trotting turf, TAX
ing a deep interest in all the races he
witnessed, especially when the finishes
were close; and with him 1t was always
In regard to heat or race winners, How
are they bred?"
Though he owned at times all Of the
past kings and queens Of the trotting
turf, he had conscientious ecruples
against racing them. At most they only
appeared at rare intervals for exhibi-
ton purposes, without fee or reward Of
any kind
From q horseman's standpoint, however,
Mr.. Bonner stood forth prominently as
the pioneer Of amateur road driving as
a heaIthful recreation. Long before the
days of Commodore Vanderbilt and the
sealskin brigade, and years before the
civil war Mr.. Bonner was driving his
first pair, Lantern and Light, up Third
avenue, then plain road, innocent of ele-
waited railroads and unshackled OF the
cable lines.
He believed and lived up to the belief
that the best horse that blood and train
ing could produce for the trotting track
was not too good for a gentleman to drive
on the road. His theory was that II a
horse that could trot in three minutes was
desirable, then 2:30 horse was even more
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30, and 1t was this idea, carried to its
logical conclusion, that induced Mr.. Bon
ner to successfully buy the champion
kings and queens of the harness turf
For three or four years previous to his
purchase of Dexter Mr.. Bonner took his
daily spin behind Flatbush Maiu and Lady
Palmer, two mares that he had made a
splendid road team of by sympathetic
treatment and studying their peculiarities.
This bond of sympathy between Mr.. Bon
ner and every horse that he Grove was q
notable feature. Even Dexter. the in
tractable, the horse that was going to run
away and kick everything to suithereens
and so on, was subdued by it.
1t was in 1867 when Dexter was pur-
chased for s35 900. The gelding had been
in Budd Doble's charge. Doble, when he
heard of the sale, said:
"I'll have him back again In three
weeks. Mr.. Bonner can't drive that horse
on the road
But Mr.. Bonner did drive Dexter, and
made most pleasant roao horse Of him.
Six weeks after Doble's remark he went
to Mr.. Bonner and asked to borrow the
bride with which the latter was driving
Dexter every fine afternoon In Central
Park. Said Mr. Bonner:
You can see the bride, Mr.. Doble, and
have it II you wish: but 1t is not the bride
or bit; It's what Is behind all that-a feel
ing of sympathy between the horse and
the man."
Some time later, in 1859, after Dexter
had lowered the trotting record to 2:17A,
Mr.. Bonner offered 900 for any trotter
that could equal or surpass that time. The
offer was made on October IA. and held
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other chain Of mountains, not 10 lofty as
the Cocopahs, but more broken. Not a
bit Of vegetation may be seen for over
a hundred miles around. The very noun
tains look blasted and spectral. To the
east is still another ragged ribbon of
rocks jUtting out sharply against the
horizon. In this rock-hemmed basin are
active and dead volcanoes, spouting gey
sers, boiling springs, lake of some black,
sticky substance resembling ink. craters
that blow out only dry ashes, others that
send forth stones and gravel. and still
others that belch liquid and blazing
streams of mud. There are other holes
which emit only lazy puffs Of smoke or
steam, while from all issues a pungent