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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-15
DoMEsrt. AFFAIRS.
The coun,r, Prosperous.

The hfty-siNth congress conFencs IN Us
frss regular secession with the country ~
"A condition OF unusual prosperity. 81
universal good will among the people AZ
home and Ia relations or peace anu
friendship with every government OF IN
world cur foreign commerce has shown
great increage IN volume and value Inc
combined imports and exports Tor tht
year are the largest ever SHOWN oS "
single year IN all our history.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-12-15
commercial Treaties.

The fourth section Of the tariff act az
proved July a. 1851 appears 10 provi.ie
only for commercial treaties which should
DC entered into by the president and also
ratified by the senate within two years
3. it's passage owing 70 delays incyita I
bic in negotiations Of this nature, none OK
a., treaties Initiated under that section
could be concluded IN TIKI" for ratihcat'n
81 Inc senate prior TO ils adjournment on
the 4th OF March last. Some of the priti-
inl negotiations. however. were near con
clusion at that time. and the resulting
conventions have since been signed AN
the pieff iput s..iat4.S others. within hpth
the third and fourth sections OF the act,
ara SIN un-lNr consideration.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
GOVERNMENT CT PHILIPPINES

Tn my opinion, based on knowledge acquired n a residence of over twenty years in the Philippines. there will be no necessity for keeping large force of wE,fte soldiers there. The Span iards did not do so till their own atro- cious ]nisgovernment frightened them into augmenting the number Of their European troops. Up to 1886 the only Spanish troops there were the Euro pean artil,erynen who gaIrisoned the citaGal. Why ghouldi we need more if we govern the islands decentlya
 In General Kitchener's late brilliant camEnign the bulk of his forces were Feliahin and Soudanese commanded by few picked British officers, not over five tC battalion. AS our officers have had less experience, we need a few more, say one to a company, plus the field officers. This would not he 2 heavy drain on West Point-Mr. Og- den E. Edwards il the Independent
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

T. D Molloy has not shown will ingness to adopt the advice of every body who has views concerning tbe proper conduct cf a po.ice officer, and as q result he has some enemies who are going up and down the town trying to ccnlcass his defeat MT. Molloy, in the opinion of The Republican, would make an ideal marshal. He would not hesitate to -crform his whole duty, and ordinances would not be permit ed tc become dead letters. Molloy ought to be elected marshal; he will bs if the republicans give him their full strength.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
THE STATUS OF SOCIALISM.

The conference of the independent labor party, at Leeds, England, was notable fer the vote Cf the body to fcderate with all sccialistic organiza- tions, and for an address by an A1neri- can clergyman on the growth of social ism in this country. Probably this speaker could prove. to the satisfaction of his hearers that socialism is on the increase here. We mean. of course, the nominal tenets of that cause, as professed by labor interests in many parts of the United States. In this state, for example. the socialist labor ticket at the recent election augmented it's vote. securing an;0lther addition to it's total. But there is little reason for any one to be disturbed by this growth of socialism" The congressional vote of the First Rhode Island regiment in- cluded ten per cent of socialist ballots, but the soldiers. as a body, were as good ones probably as could be enlisted in this state The socialists were as willing to fight as the others, and they returned home as much in love with Rhode Island as when they left here.- Providence Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

journal. The editorial page, all con tradiction to the, contrary EotWltn- standing, is the most important page of the newspaper. The news pages, hy their fairness, their cleannes:i. thelt intelligence and their enterprise, large ly make evident the ability and the re- sources Of the sheet. But the editOrlat gage reflects not only the ability, put the character of the journal; it's Virtno a. well as it's vigor; it's conscience as well as it's capacity; it's courage s well as its conscience. The editorial rage indicates the quality of the consLatu- ency Of a newspaper. know that ;t could not get along without the news pages. but I also know that the news pages would get along in limping and halting fashion without the editorial l page. Recall newspapers with poor editorial pages or with none, but wit! bright news pages. They may have vogue, but they do not have influence. They may have circulation, but they do rot have power. They may be abe to gay things and to spread things. but they cannot do things and cannot get things done. And the exact measure of their impotency is suggested by the blare of their claims of efficiency aud of accomplishment. Happily these newspapers Of blare are just few enough to be as distinctive as repuls- i've. and desirably to differentiate themselves from the general journal ism that, at home and abroad, was never more respectable and more hon. cred than it is today.
 'I give a short duration to the joEr- Eaiisln of dirt, defamation, demagogy and boosting. That journalism, in all its few examples, is becoming the vic tim cf throat-cutting competition and CT reciprocal evisce,ation; and the other journalism. holding it's steady conrse, was never more prosperous and nevtr more deserve1ly so than now expect that it will still further inn ri1ve. I concede that the great adver- tisers have greatly improved it. Their announcements have the charm of nar- 1alive. They have the sequence of cr- guinent. They have the attraction Of fancy. They have the incentive and the decoration of me'taphor, of liter a'y aliusion, at times of poetry itself. '
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
CALIFORNIA; FRUIT SHIPMENTS

The wonderful advance that Califor- nia has made as a producer of fruits is strikingly shown in the ninth an- nuaI report of General w. P. Cbipn1an. president of the state board of trade. A tabular statement for the years from 1890 tie, 1898 inclusive, reveals some temporary setbacks, but the increase between the two extremeS is remark able and in some cases marvellous.
 The most astonishing advance has been made in the shipments of citrus fruits These amounted in 1890 to 34209 tons and in 1898 to 1S0,5SS tons. The record for last year is phenomenal and unprecedented. The nearest ap- preach to it was in 1895, when the rig ure was 115,825 tons. Tn 1897 it was but 98,547 tons. Every year a large number of new trees are coming into bearing, so that it is difficult to exag- gerate the possibilities of the future
 Los Angeles leads as a shipper of citrus fruits being credited with 107.- 73S tons out of the total.-Chicago Times Herald.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
CANADA UNDER TEMPTATION.
How Officials in the Klondyke Region
 Have Grown Rich.

Canada, being comparatively sim pie and primitive country in which there are no very great cities ana .ow temptations for immense corporations which might become too graSpiag and active in a more crowded and wealthy land, has been much inclined to point vita scorn to the scandals of govern ment in the Unised States and to claim superior virtue and conservatism, De- cause such troubles h,ve been lsss common in the dominion. A similar assumption Of h*t,er morals has been very plausibly based on the differences between Canadian and American deal- . ing:s with the Indians, which may fair ly he attributed largely to the absence Of any such pressure for vacant lands, in Canada, as that which this country has long known.
 Americans have been inclined to ocr-. cedP much of what the Canadians have claimed in regard to such matters because they have had no proof tha- under different conditions Canadian virtue might not rise to the level Ge- rlanded. It begins to be plain, bow ever, that we have granted too much. The record of the dominion officials ill the KICndyke rsgion shows that uL- der temptation the Canadian govern ment becomes quite as tainted With corruption as any of our own officials.
 In the gold fields of the upper 1d- kon, where Canadian officials of several grades and kinds have been put in au- thrrity over men digging many mil lions of dollars every year out Of the frc,zeL earth, the dishonesty and bur chased favoritism of the government have aroused the bitter indignation of the Ccnadiars as well as the American miners Officials drawing salaries toc small to support them in comfort, i'll a rc giOL of very high prices for the nec- essar4cs of life, have grown rich rapid ly, Ill many cases, by means of hribes and tricks They have been severely condemned by the whole body ct min ers. regardless of nationality, only their partners in corruption and hlsi- ness excepted. It is admitted that good order has been maintained, but it is evident that dishonesty has been rife ever since the Klcndyl1e field was opened.
 Canada is very we'll behaved and moral country, as we have more than once said, but the reason has been, in large measure, the difference between city and village life and temptations. In view of the situation in the Klou- dyke region, it will be well for Cana dlans to be little less sure, hence fcTth. of their superior virtue when cX- posed to the same temptations which are common in greater and richer countries.-Cleveland Leader.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
TO RupYARp K1PL1NG. ESQ.

 There's 9 reg'lar run on papers, since
 we 'eard that you was i'll; An you might be in a 'orspital; the
 barricks is so still; We ave all been mighty anxious,
 since we 'aard 1t on parade; An we 'aint no towards neither, but
 l own we was afraid. An' we all prayed 'aru and earnest; "Oh Gawd, don't take i'm yet! Just let I'm stop and 'elp us; An wann lest we forget The sergeant said: "'E won't get
 round
 It's three rounds blank for 'imi E won't wIite no more s.ories!' Ana our 'opes was bloomin' dim. But you had always 'eiped T. Atkins. an though things did look blue;- We'll we amt much 'ands at praylnt but we did our best for you. ".E mustn't die; we want Im! O Gawd. don't take i'm yet; Spare Jim a little longer! F wrote Lest we forget We 'eard that you was fightin' ard
 just as we knew you would; But we 'ardly 'oped you'd turn is
 flank; they said you 'ardly could But the news as come this monin,' an
 I'm writin' ere to say, There's no British son more 'appy,
 than your old friend Thomas A. 70 Gawd. we're all so grateful You ave left i'm With us yet, To old us in, an att us. Lest we. lest we forget!" U. O. c. fl London Times.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
A GREAT SILENCE.

Mir. Mason lifted not his voice in the campaign for MT. Carter. And it is well known that when MT. Mason wants to be he is a champion voice. litter. What was the matter? Why such OminOus silence? What means that clang as of pounding upon sheet iron; that Iasping, goose-heshing gnashing as of saws through steel; that resonant impact as of mighty blows upon great timbers; that rap and chop as of workers in brass; that cluck and sough as of block and tackle; that click as of chisel upon stone; that s.gh as of agonized screws; that throb- ping as of the resistless piledrive1 !? Truly 1t is not unre asonable to beliey e that the voice Of William E. Mason is undergoing epairs.-Louisville Cour- ier-JOuruaI
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
THE WAY OF HUMANITY.

Human nature is kind and generous: but it is narrow and blind; and can only with difficulty conceive anything but what it immediately sees and feels. People would instantly care for others as well as themselves if only thry could imagine others as we'll as themselves. Let child fall into the river before the toughest mans eyes-he will usu- ally do what he can to get it out, even at some risk to hims:lf; and all the town will triumph in the saving of one little life. Let the same man be shown that hundreds of children are dying ot fever for want of some sanitary meas ure which it will cost him troulI to urge, and he will make no effort: and probably all the town would resist him # he did-Rusl1in.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

Thomas J. Prescott was appointed city assessor and tax collector upon the resignation of w. c. Eos ter. and has displayed first class ability in conducting the affairs Of the office. The republi- cans have nominated him for the po- sition, and it will be strange if he is nCs elected by a substantial majority. MT. Prescott belongs to the younger clement of the republican party, and all young republicans ought to work exrra hard in his interest, for his elec- tion would mean a decided recognition of the young man in politics.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
OUR MERCENARY TENDENCIES.

A minister in London has been preaching on the love of money in America and the marriages for money which take place here. He has not carefully investigated the frank and open tit.e market in his own country O. he would not be so virtuously in digaant over the American fondness for the almighty dollar There is scarcely broken down noble house in England which does not hope to re- deem it's fortunes by marriage with an American fortune. Perhaps the dispo- s1tion lately evinced by American heir esseS to ksep their millions at home has something to do with the outbreak of British wrath ever our mercenary tendencies.-Baltimore American.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

cated and honorable men-thf.t tie United States only desires the welfare, prosperity, happiness and enl ghten- Inent of the people of the islands and will do everything to secure those ends. We have been fair and open ever since tie secondary troabie began. But AguiBaldo- ambitious and rreacher- Jus-will not listen. We must, there fore. continue along the lines laid down. It is a solemn duty we are striving to perform and in the end, when peace has come, the world will be better for the loss of life and suf fering among the few.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
SPEAKER REED sILENCED HIM
He Refused to Take the Amateur Re
 formers Question Seriously.

Congressman Sherman of New York told two new Reed stories this week During the closing days of the last session. said Mr. Sherman there was a young graduate of one of the noted universities whci came to Washington to study the workings of the govern ment- The young man was very strongly impr essed with the idea that there was something wrong some where, and he became imbued with the lofty purpose of finding out what it was and then fighting it. He both cred members of congress consistently in his search for enlightenment. and he induced some of them to give him let ters of introduction to Speaker Reed. It was some time before he was able to secure his much coveted interview with the speaker, but one day fortune was prCpitOus, and the young man was ush- cred into the speakers private room. To his delight he found he was to have the speaker all to himself, So to speak. He presented his letters to MT. Reed, and while the speaker was g.ancing g over them he informed him of his mis- sion.
 '' MT. Speaker he said, 'by way of introducing the subject which I have at heart, allow me to ask you what you think is the great question now be- fore the American people; the issue which is most expressing the attention Of the masses of our pOpulation?'
 ''The speaker thought for an instant and then drawled out: I'm not quite sure, but think it's lodging bicycles
 "The young man took his leave with a grieved look, similar to that of bi- cyclist who has just punctured his tire''
 The other story which MT. Sherman relates of the speaker has to do with visit made by MT. Reed, to Lake Cham plain. N. H. MT Reed, MT. Sherman and Congressman Foote were being shown around by native who had the story of that region at his tongues end, and who, much to the amusement of his listeners, was throwing in a lot of historical fiction as establishment to his tale. The native seemed to take particular interest in ''stuff1ng" Mir. Reed, whose identity was unknown to him. In a spirit of fun Mir Sherman introduced the speaker
 "This gentleman he said to the na- tive, 'Fis Speaker Reed, the speaker of the American congress-
 Do tell" said the native without any great degree of astonishment.
 I've heard somewhat of you" he continued, addressing the speaker. They dc say as how you be the great est sneaker what they ever had They do say that you can speak for fifteen hours on a stretch
 This is too much.' said MT Reed. "He takes me for a United States sen- atOr. From a Washington Letter.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

difficulty has been one forced upon the
 government. Spain having chosen war, Admiral Dewey was ordered to
 defend the Pacific coast of this coun- try by destroying the Spanish fleet in the Pacific. He was forced to go sulnew here because excluded from Hong Kong and other neutral ports, and without any base of supplies near CT than San Francisco. He found the Spanish fleet at Manila, destroyed It. and was then forced to hold the port as his base, and to remain there because ne could net have Tethed to any ned-
 tral port for supplies Holding the purt, he cut off the Spanish general in command from communication with
 1ther islands of the group, and held them all at his mercy, but could not af- ford that protection to life and prop erty in Manila which international law required from the United States until sufficient army was sent to effect q landing Then the United States took possession of Manila, es es.abMshed crder there, and held the place awaiting the completion of a treaty of peace.
 Up to this point there was nothing which the United States could have dnne less or other than it did, unless 1t had recognized the small Tagal mi
 jorify as entitled to usurp despotic power over the rest of the millions h. fabiting the Philippine islands. Ina.
 would have been crime of the most sha1neIess sort This ration was bouh1 to give Manila protection and order, and therefore ito exclude the insurgents who wanted to loot the place. But 1t tock no aggressive step against them, and did not even drive them away 1ir4n ici, raHN as merely in self defence it had a right to do. but waited the completion of the treaty. Then Aguinaldo, encouraged by the Little Americans in the senate and elsewhere, and informed by his agent at Washington that the treaty would be ratified unless he began hos tilities, made his deliberate attack up- on the American forces and tried to force his way into Manila.
 sponsibility for the Philippine islands was not desired by The I'nired tSates. The president shrank from it, and never hesitated to say 50, until 1t bCcame clear that nc other cou.se was possible without sacrifice of honor or shirking of duty. It would have been infamous to turn the islands back to Spain, and more infamous still 10 leave them to be trampled under foot ir the
 
 for possession of them which must lave begun the instant the United States had withdrawn it's claim as con queror. Indeed, were foreign inter ference out of the question, it would have been shameless to leave the hos tile tribes of inhabitants to fight t out among themselves and wreck the in- dustries of the island The re5ponsi- bility had fallen upcn the Unitau States. and it could not be honolT, bly, me. except by suppressing resistance tn United States authority ana by es- of peace and orde,ly gov ernment. That is the work In which the American army is engaged, and it is difficult to conceive of a thing mDrs G;sgrGceful than the accusation Dy American citizens professedly Chris tian and philanthropic that the gov ernment is. engaged in a wanton and i,lexcusable slaughter of men who are fighting for their rights.-New York Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
TRUTH ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES

Men ana women who pose as Chris tiaIl phiIanthropists need to remember that it is not Christian to tell a false hood nor to suppress essential trUths. It is rather hard to credit wiSh much virtue persons who talk in print about "the wanton and ineXcusa1le slaughter of Filipinos who are fighting for their rights If Americans protesting su- pelior integrity and intelligence can utter such stuff, AguinaldO in his dark ness cannot be blamed for even the most glaring untruths. No fact can be better established than this, that his force deliberately began the fighting by an attack on the American forces, which had for months been scrupu- lously held back from any aggressive 'nlnV ement. Nor is there any fact iD the whole history of the Philippines more clearly established than that the 1nsu1rectionary organization of 1agals about Manila was detested by the in- habftants of the populous and culci- Vated V.sayan islands, and was without support of the inhabitants ill other Philippine islands. or even in the southern part of Luzon. It was a mera attempt of a small minority of one race to usurp despotic power over all tie rest of the inhabitants. and this some persons protesting Christian philanthropy call lighting for their rights"
 Tie American course throughout this
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

c. J. Dyer and Clinton Lauver, the republican candidates for the council from the First and Third wards, re- spectively, have the solid support of the republicans and will make success full campaigns. MT. Dyer has had ex- perience that fits him admirably for the duties that devolve upon council man. MT. Lauver knows the needs of the city and if elected may be expected to take the side of progress.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

It has come to be understood ia this towp that Tom Jobs is to be a fixture ir the office of city recorder so long as his health will permit him to perform it's duties. Phcenix never had a Lnora acceptable or generally efficient public officer, and it is creditalole to the ioy- atty of the voters that Jobs's majority is always comfortable. It will be the old story over again on election day.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
NOT POLITICS.

Father-Ah, my son, it pleases me to see that you arc taking .tn interest in rcf-tics. Every go0d citiz@m should interest himself in politics. That istn imposing lot of figures you have there. What do they represent, the vote for the different candidates by wards?
 SoI1-No, fathsr; these ara not po- itical figures. They represent the av- erages made by the members of cur base ball team in their practice games Chicago News
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20


 used" is a advtrtng agent relate that he indulged in refreshments question had
 
 milb did feeling carefully through and i'd: hat was just way vas" essors a1 by by ending forty Q N i
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

England's acquie3cence in the una nimity rule for the Samoan commis- sion was probably due to American ex- ample rather than German insistence. John Bull has not generally shown any disposition to conciliate Germany.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

I. M. Christy, the republican candi- date for city treasurer, needs no in- troduction to readers of this newspa- per. He has held the office several years, and performed it's duties con- scientiously and well. He will be re elected.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

The Philadelphia Ledger is moved to exclaim in view of that citys experi- ence. that the Irish are net the only people who are forever voting for home rule and never gsttlng it.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20

When the regular trip around the world calls fer but thirty-three days. another romance will be due from Jules Verne reducing the time for the exploit to about two weeks.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF FACF
 POWDER.

If people who regularly use powder could only realize how destructive the p@act-ce is to the skin, and how ex- ceedingly nasty the results are. they would gladly try what radiant, perfect cleanliness would do. Several dollars worth of rouge and powder can be outdcne by a plentiful use of pure water if only sensibly applied.-April Ladies Home Journal