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The times., 1899-03-31
Civil service Reform.

From the Boston Herald.)
The civil service reform movement has been,
and is, distinctly a moral movement. 1t has been
an effort to remove public offices from the slough
of political debauch, where they have been look
ed upon as prizes in game of public plnnder,
for the purpose of making them what they should
be. the rewards of faithful service or OF approved
competency. All OF those who would vote at
a referendum for the repeal OF the laws prohibit
ing gambling, betting, lottery selling, and the
statutes decreeing the penalties 10 be visited
upon those who commit otfenses against morality,
could be counted upon TO vote for a repeal OF
the civil service laws. The political spoils-
monger IS commonly of the same class with those
for whom restraints against crime and morality
need to be enacted and in the effort to have
referendum vote taken it is upon the aid OF
this large class OF allies that he would confidently
com
The times., 1899-03-31
Nicnrngun Annexation.

Hardly anything mentioned in the cur
rent news can compare in ultimate impor-
tance with the dispatches from Nicaragua
that a strong movement has developed
there in favor of annexation to this coun-
try. When the President transmitted to
Congress an urgent canal message its bur-
den was that we were in danger of losing
the advantage of franchises granted TO ca
nal companies that proposed to operate un-
der the aid and sanction of this Govern
ment. 1t seemed to the President that the
first essential was the consent of Mica
ragua to our scheme. Of course it was in
our power, but 1t was not in harmony with
the spirit of the United States to acquire
the territory necessary to the enterprise
by force in the failure of purchase. Count
ing on our refusal TO coerce Nicaragua
the railway corporations that would pre-
vent the construction of a canal in their
own interests bent their energies to post
ponement in the hope that the privileges
would lapse.
But now comes Nicaragua itself, wearied
with revolutions and shrinking from the
conflicts the situation of the State seemed
10 invite, and suggests annexation of its
own motion. The reasons why the Ameri-
can Republic should not welcome the ad
dition of the ordinary Republic of South
or Central America are many and appar-
emily conclusive. In the case of Mica
ragua, however, the advantage is so obvious
as to almost insure the protests and in
reference of Europe. Perhaps we may say
that if it had not been for the demonstra-
tion of American naval and military ef
ficiency in the recent war there would be
European interdiction of the annexation
of this particular State. which has wit
messed so many revolutions.
Under the direct authority OF the United
States, Nicaragua would be exempt from
all foreign Intervention. Possessing that,
we should be unchsllenged in our right 10
bring the two seas together. We should
have every authority over an interoceanic
canal that would give TO US direct course
from New York to Honolulu and Manila to
Hongkong, the great entre-port OF Asia,
which is soon to be divided and dominated
by the civilized powers. There is no pos
sibility of exaggerating the Importance of
sential TO the perfect and undisputed pos
session of the canal upon the construction
of which the people of this country are
united. Without 1t we are liable to be the
victims of the purchased enmity of Me
araguan Government. The interests of the
transcontinental railways are such as TO
warrant great expenditures in order to pro-
hibit the building of the canal. With it we
are as secure as if the canal were con-
structed across the State of Illinois.
That the movement is sincere and in the
best interests of Nicaragua there is little
reason to doubt. The leading influences
there are American and the people have
been deeply moved by suggestion of the
value of the territory TO this Republic.
Once they pass into our hands they are
exempt from the ruinous effects OF revolu-
tionary movements and secure in our pro-
lection, as well as certain of the advan-
tages of a canal that will shorten the dis
tance TO the markets where their products
are in demand.
The times., 1899-03-31
The MnIolos Country.

(From the Philadelphia Ledger
Travellers who have been through that section
of country say that the field OF operations i'm
mediately in front Of Malolos is much more IA
yorablc to the attaching force than the country
through which the American forces have fought
their way. 1t is an open valley with little pro-
lection for the insurgents ON one side are the
low hills along the bay shore on the other a
mountain range of considerable height. To the
latter Aguinaldo apparently retreat If he does
not care TO risk general engagement, and from
the mountains he could descend upon the long
line Of American communication with Manila. In
such a valley a commander like Stonewall Jack
son could defy an army OF three or four times his
own strength, but it is not likely that the Filipi
nos have any such chief, that the Filipinos
themselves have anything like the energy OF
Jackson's foot cavalry"
The times., 1899-03-31
The American Mans Duty.

From the Chicago Tribune.)
While ii is questionable whether these Malays
can ever be elevated to American citizenship,
they will be given the benefits OF civilization To
deprive them OF those benefits and permit them
to relapse into barbsrism with all its conse-
quenccs of murder. pllage, rapine and disorder
OF every kind would be mcivilized act on our
own part and one for which would have TO
answer to the rest Of the world. To permit the
Philippines To he closed TO the commerce OF the
world and the persons peacefully engaged in bust
ness there to be, despoiIed Of their property and
driven from their homes-after that commerce has
been permitted to exist and been encouraged and
protected for centuries-woud be TO make the
of the United States of America "anathe
ma among the great nations of the world 1t
would be worse act than any OF which Spain
has been guilty for hundred years
The times., 1899-03-31
Attacks ON civil Service.

tFEcHi tIe bo>tpn HefdlO.l
The information that a committee of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature has in serious contemplation
the reporting of bill repeal the civil service
law of the commonwealth seems almost incredible
There is probably not a State in the Union where
belief in the efficacy Of tho merit system is IS
strong as In Massachusetts, 1t was one Of the
first States 10 apply the merit system TO ap-
pOintments in the public service, and we do not
apprehend that there Is the slightes; danger that
the Legislature will make the mistake of passing
4 repeal bill. There is evidence that the law
has fallen into dsreputc; on the contrary. among
the body of the people the belief is general that
it has raised the tone and increased the efficiency
of the service. The opposition is confined main
ly to the politicians, and among this class
considerable proportion welcome it as reliey-
ing them from embarrassing and disasreeahle
importunity
The times., 1899-03-31
THE GuILFoRD TRIAL.
The Prosecution VIII Conclude Its
Evidence Today.

Bridgeport. Conn. March 3O.-one more
day will conclude the evidence to be offered
by the prosecution in the trial OF DR..
Nancy Guilford. Today large number OF
witnesses were called to prove facts
which go to make more complete the
chain or circumstantial evidence in con-
Meeting the accused with the death of
Emma Gill. Letters and kilograms refer
ringto the Gill girl passed between DR..
Guilford and Harry Oxley, and experts
testified that the handwriting on the let
ters was that of Mrs. Guilford, although in
most instances they were signed with
single letter alone. II is probable that
Mrs. Guilford will go on the stand in her
own behs1f as the first witness for the
defence. Today Judge Wheeler passed upon
the contempt proceedings instituted
against Langdon Smith, of the New York
Evening Journal" Judge Wheeler found
him guilty, and imposed fine Of 800 and
sentenced him to five days in jail. Smith
did not appear. He will have to keep out
of Connecticut or take the chances of hav-
ing to serve out the sentence.
The times., 1899-03-31
Germany and America.
CFrom the indianapolis News.)

tFrom the Indianapolis News.)
Germany has not yet passed from the shadow
Of mediaevalism. Outside OF Russia her Govern
ment is the most despotic in the civilized world.
So it is impossible for to avoid having a spec
tally friendly feeling for the English people.
They are our political, religious. literary, and
ethical kinSmen As far diplomacy is concern
ed it is business cultivate friendly relations
with all the world. and to avoid all entangling
alliances except as they may prove useful TO US.
But Germany must show herself friendly She
can not seek TO cripple us when we are in the
midst of crisis and then expect US to hold
her at in high esteem as we do that
power which stood by Nor ought our German
friends TO think that fail to remem-
ber with pride that in every important particu-
lar we are an Anglo Saxon people.
The times., 1899-03-31
MINERS TROUBLES SETTLED.
A Year of Quiet and Steady Work
Ahead in Indiana.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 3n.--The wages
contracts for the two coal fields in Indiana.
bituminous and block. the latter confined
TO Clay county. were agreed upon this
afternoon and tonight Operators and
miners alike are predicting a year OF
steadier employment In the industry now
employing 10000 or 10000 men than any
since coal was first mined in the State.
The joint conferences which have been
held off and on for ten days had created
the impression that the first day OF the
scale year, day after tomorrow. would
find operators and miners disagreeing. but.
the men who lead on both sides have had
no doubt of reaching an agreement The
last point on which the bituminous opera
tors and miners disagreed was whether
pay day should be weekly or twice a
month. The miners called attention to the
law passed at the recent session of the
Legislature requiring weekly pay days.
but late this afternoon waived the point
and signed the contract which calls for
two pay days a months. At Brazil this
afternoon the men voted 1000 to 5000 TO
sign the Pittsburg scale as applied TO the
block coal fields in this State
The times., 1899-03-31
The President to sampson.

(From the Atlanta Constitution)
The letter Of President Mckinley 10 the injured
hero of the ship that got left at Santiago will
be preserved as honor-poulticc in the samp-
son family.
While the President. very naturally. says that
he nominated Sampson for promotion because Of
general supervision he explicitly fails TO say that
It was because he had won the sea fight off san
tiago The promotion, that score, might just
as well have been given 10 Crownnsheld to
Mahan, or better still, to Scard, who had been
taken from the active field in order to ease the
booming up of Sampson While the letter is
complimentary in so far as il became necessary
TO Justify the nomination at all, it Will stand
as an evidence that the President could not CON
vince himself into greeting sampson the con
onaror Of Cerycra
The times., 1899-03-31
THE ARMoR POOL WEAKENING.
Carnegie May Have to Bid Low To
Get the New Contract.

The Naval Ordnance Bureau believes
that the steel manufacturers of the coun-
try will come forward when the advertise
ment for armor is printed and break way
from their alleged pool with Carnegie and
take the entire contract.
The contract calls for the expenditure of
IS, 600, and this may be a sufficient
sum to tempt some big firm like the IL
linois Steel Works when at $500 a ton
there Is profit of s125 net on every ton OF
Krupp process armor made.
The law provides that the armor for the
three battleships and four harbor defence
monitors now under construction may be
purchased at S400 ton, but 1t is specially
provided that the keels of the three newly
authorized battleships, three armored
cruisers, and three protected cruisers
shall not be laid until after the armor for
them has been provided at $500 ton
The times., 1899-03-31
Crying in the Wilderness.

pIom the alIahta JourDal.)
From Republican politicians and Republican
newspapers hear in increasing numbers and
greater emphasis 1.-THE warning that the Republican
party must wash its hands of responsibility for
the trusts and exert itself 10 curb their rapacity
Some of these wise eofnsellors frank enough
to admit that but for a protective tariff the or
ganization and operation OF the average trust
would be impossible, and they therefore appeal
TO the Republican party to modify its tariff
policy so az to rid it OF this scandal.
The times., 1899-03-31
To the Air of the Rogues' March.

If the case against the Commissary Department
can be so emphatieally established as Governor
Roosevelt's testimony would indicate, it is mani
fest that General Eagan should be court martialed
on much more serious charge than that of which
he has already been found guilty. He should be
tried on charge OF permitting food to be sup
piled 10 United States troops which, if not
actually poisonous, substantially so. And if
found guilty of that charge his epaulets should
be stripped from his shoulders and he should be
drummed out OF the Army in disgrace.
The times., 1899-03-31
The Work Ahead.

(FTom the ST. Paul PlOneer PFessJ
II may be taken for granted that the advance
Of our troops will not he arrested until they have
taken possession OF the whole line OF railroad
from Manila to Ddgupsn. That the .Tagalos will
give up the fight after they have been thoroughly
whipped is generally predicted. But to keep
them in order until they get into n more pacific
state OF mind it will be evidently necessary to
build railroads in every direction through the
country. When they are given a fair opportunity
TO see for themselves the wide difference between
American and Spanish methods OF government
there will be no further trouble with them.
The times., 1899-03-31

1t is said that pamphlet is about TO be
printed in England by the brother of a
deceased British officer who was in Wash
ington, incognito. during the Spanish war
in the interest of the Queens commits
sary service According to a story con-
tanned in a letter TO prominent resident
of this city, the work will deal with the
methods in use in our War Department in
connection. with beef contracts. One point
OF especial interest. ii is reported, will be
an analysis OF what the author of the
monograph learned concerning a rebate
system said to have been pursued in set
Elements under contracts. The notes of
the dead commissary officer are believed to
be interesting on this point, but the infor-
nation they contain will not be available
until after publication. He is alleged to
have made many valuable discoveries while
stopping at a leading Washington hotel
where he was able to gain the confidence
of gentleman closely connected at once
with the beef question and the Admin
istration.
The times., 1899-03-31
They Fight Well.

(from the Philadelphia North American.)
Perhaps il would be well TO ask General Otis
and his corps commanders upon what meat lie
feeds his brave soldiers They seem to be able
not only to keep out OF the hospitals but to
he on the alert always, and when it comes TO
fighting they are Just about right. We might
ask General Otis il he feeds his soldiers upon
fighting cocks or fricasseed bulldogs with des-
sert of sparrows on toast. II hc feeds them on
beef il would he well TO know whether it is
refrigerated. canned or on the leg.
The times., 1899-03-31
Court Terrors.
From the BROOKLYN Earle1

From tho Brooklyn Eagle.)
While it is true enough that the average trial
in the average American court is perfectly fair aud
that strict justice is desired and obtained il does
seem as If too much latitude was allowed 10 law
yeTs who conduct the examinations. The injury
that is done to people who are arrested on false
suspicious is really inirequent and slight in COM
parison with the intentional injury that is done
to men and women who taken away from their
employments for days at time, at loss Of
wages and business advantages, sometimes even
being locked up for months in 4 house OF dcteil-
tion, while the criminal Is free bail. The pro-
visions OF the law in such cases are right. The
fault lies with judges who permit abuses o. this
kind to flourish
The times., 1899-03-31
The Good out of Evil.

(From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune)
There will be war in the Philippines long
there is rebellion. After surrender will come
peace. and only then. The task of pacifieation
will be accomplished as mildly and as humanely
as the conduct OF the natives will permit. But
it will be accomplished. Peace will be brought
about under military supervision and perfected
into permanent condition through the Joint
offices of the army OF occupation and the commits
sion OF Cancellation.
The times., 1899-03-31
A Fight Against slavery.
(From the Houston Post.)

The brave fight which the Attorney General OF
Ohio has been making against the Standard Oil
Company is matter OF far more than Statewide
importance Its final results viii have a mark
ed influence upon the future not only of Ohio
but OF other States, for It Is virtually qnes-
tion whether it is possible for a State to break
up OF discipline the trusts.
The times., 1899-03-31
The Census Law.

lFTOm The ST Paul PIonecr Pre-s.)
There is not the slightest doubt that supefin-
tendent Merriam viii conscieRtiously sndeapor 10
secure. from among the men recommended BY
Congressman, a thoroughly competent corps OF
enumerators, clerks, and other assistants- Bat
the selection being practically required to be
made from among few having the pull descTib-
ed the chance for obtaining the best men must
be inferior TO that afforded under the civil SER
vice law. In this yiew and in several others. ths
census law nust bo looked upon as rrtrograde
step, diScreditable 10 the men who enacted it.
The times., 1899-03-31
veterans OF our remote political wars

Veterans of our remote political wars
will recall the once famous epigram of the
late Governor willard, of Indiana, about
the Democratic party and more cats'"
dinner squabbles in New York. They seem
likely TO result in more dinner parties.
]. Sterling Morton, once official jay of
the second Cleveland Administration, de-
clares that he and his friends will start a
new party on the Fourth of July. 1t will
be revival of the Waldorf dinner party
which made itself ridiculous under the
bandana of poor old John NJ. Palmer in
1895
The times., 1899-03-31
UncompIimentary.
(From the Uartford Couraut.

(From the Hartford Courant)
If our Legislators had the courage Of their com
mon sense, no time would he wasted in
committee hearings suffrage. A great
deal too much time has been wasted in that way
already.
The times., 1899-03-31
Cartoons of statesmen.
.From The noston uer,Id1

lFrom the Boston HeraId)
1t still remains fact that no upright and
downright statesman ever objected 10 being car
tooned 1t is generally the seallawags who object
to this sort of thing.
The times., 1899-03-31
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15
Gantt's Anecdotes.

Col. T. Larry Gannt is generally
considered the daddy of the dispen-
sary law. During all the recent
dispensarysscontroversy, there has
not come from Colonel Gantt's
versatile and facile pen a single
word on the subject. Colonel
CAN'T is in Columbia this week
and yesterday he was twitted about
his dense silence on the dispensary.
He replied as follows. aOnce a
negro was hunting and his dogs
treed skunk in a hollow log.
The negro chopped the log open
and then the smell of the skunk at
once got in a full days work. The
negro turned off in disgust. saying:
you amt no possum you amt no
cocn. I dunna wat you is, but
Ise gwinter go off an ieE you to
stink your fool self to DEATH
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15

The Boston Herald is authority
for the statement that in the past
year there have been 1.456 arrests
for drunkenness in Manchester,
New Hampshire, and almost
identically the same number in
Springfield. Massachusetts. These
are two New England cities of
similar size-each has 10000
population. The coincidence would
not be notable where it not for
the fact that Springfield is a
license town, having AZ liquor
saloons, while Mansfield is pro-
hibition city, with no saloons.
With these figures staring one in
the fece, might we not we'll say :
sWhat'5 the use?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-15

outh by the road running back
rom the residence Of Mrs White
westerly direction, and on the
west by lands of J P QUITS and j
w DeVore.
All that tract of land in Edge
field county, South Carolina, con-
tanning forty-six and one-half
T461] acres, more or less, being a
part of the Minick place, bounded
on the north by other lands of the
estate of J l. Addison and the Rock
Quarry, on the south by the Barr
place, and on the west by lands of
the Dozier estate, and on the east
by other laads of the estate of ] L
Addison.
All that tract of land in Edge
field county, South Carolina, con-
tanning nineteen and four-ffths
[19 4-51 acres, more or less. known
as the Rock Quarry tract, bounded
on the north by lands of ] L Addi-
sons estate and the road separat-
ing the Minick place from The
Charlton land OH the east, and
south by other lands of J L Addi-
sons estate, and on the west by
other lands of J L Addison's estate.
All that tract of land in Edge
field county, South Carolina, con-
tanning one hundred and ffty-one
ISL acres. more or less, known
as the Minick place, bounded on
the north by the lands of Mrs Rosa
Parker, on the east by lands of G
F Long. on the west by lands of L
Charlton's estate.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash,
balance Oh a credit of one and two
years, with interest from day Of sale.
Purchaser to give bond and mort
gage of the premises to secure the
payment of the credit portion, or
all cash at the purchasers option.
Terms must be complied with or
satisfaction given to Master or he
is authorized to resell the same
day at the risk of the former pur-
chaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
w, F, ROATH,
Nov. 8. '99. Master E. G.