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The times., 1899-07-28
The vacant Judgeship.

1t seems to be pretty well understood
that the President would have appointed
Mr.. Henry e. Davis to the District Su-
preme bench before he went away, if he
could have found an equally good Ohio
man to step into the shoes which would
be left vacant by the promotion.
1t is proper to be sorry that Mr.. Nc
kinley could not make up his mind, but
it is quite natural that he should await
the return of Senator Hanna before taking
step so important. We are not disposed
to criticise him severely.
In the matter of the ermine 1t must
be conceded that public expectations have
been met. Mr.. Davis has been as strong
a friend OF the Administration as person
in his position well could be. AS an os-
tensibie Democrat In the campaign of
1896, he did what he could to promote
the cause of Mr.. Hanna and 1t would be
ingratitude not to recognize the service
Regular, old-time Republicans may COM
plain that the Administration has largely
ignored them, and has preferred the claims
of the Cleveland and Carlisle Democratic
boilers, but they should remember that
their party has never failed to give early
honors to traitors from the opposition.
In fact. it may be said with confidence
that much Republican success in the past
has been derived from people who have
turned their coats at critical moments
Aside from political considerations, it is
but justice to say that Mr.. Davis is pro-
fessionably well fitted for the bench which
ii is believed he will be assigned to rolish.
The grave question is: Who will be his
successor as District Attorney? There are
many local aspirants for the position. but
we are unable to believe that any one of
them will get it. The honor win proba-
bly, go to some young man in Canton, Ohio.
or, If not. to some other young man in
Columbus. GAINESVILLE, or Cleveland whose
father. uncle, or cousin has a Buckeye
pull
Mr.. Mckinley is a great home ruler,
and his home is in the town with Chinese
name.
The times., 1899-07-28
Loubet,s Tremendou. Task

The degradation of General de Negrier
seems to add fresh strength to the belief
| rapidly gaining currency throughout the
world that the regeneration OF France has
really begun. This famous old French SOL
dier has been completely stripped Of Official
power, not for any known participation in
the monstrous conspiracy against Dreyfus
If that had been the cause OF his humilia-
tion the doubters of French capacity to
maintain republican government would
have reason to suspect that Gallo emo
tionalism and not a firm determi-
nation to purge French institutions of
sinister influences was responsible for the
generals forced retirement frcm the army
But he has been shorn Of his power by the
executive authority for political offences
that strike harder blows at French liberty
than could be struck by many conspiracies
like that which sent poor D.eyfus to DEVILS
Island to be tortured.
We are assured that though de Negriers
degradation is 4 tremendous blow at the
army. yet 1t was struck for the purpose OF
warming the military TO shun politics, and
amounted to a conspiracy against the Re
public. At Auxonne, after de Negrier's
departure on an inspection tour, the com
manding officer of the post assembled his
officers and announced to them that he lad
IA grave communication 10 make" 1t was
to the effect that the Council OF War"
the dominant body in the French army,
had determined 10 tolerate mo more as
sauits on the army after the trial OF
Dreyfus at Rennes. II the attacks" are
then continued the generals will act"
gravely declared the Auxonne commandant
to his assembled officers.
This. of course, was threat of reyoIu-
ton to be led by the army. threat to as
sert and maintain the military authority
over the civil authority. Indeed, it was
more. 1t contemplated the destruction of
the Republic and the substitution of the
The times., 1899-07-28
ON GALLINGER,s TRAIL.
The National Civil Service Reform
League Considering His Case

Manchester, n. H., July Ex-senator
Chandler and former Governor Busiel are in
constant correspondence in reference to ths
civil service investigation, but their minds
do not appear to be fully determined upon
which phase of the case 10 devote their
immediate attention-whether TO press the
complaint against Commissioner Brewer or
go with the main matter to a United States
Commissioner. before whom ali witnesses
as to the alleged violation of the civil ser.
vice law could be subpoenaed and a fun
Investigation had II is very probable tina,
both lines OF procedure will be adopted
1t is said an application may be made to
the Department of Justice at Washington
for a special attorney to conduct the en-
quiry. 1t is known that the National Civil
Service Reform League has become inter
ested in the subject and ii is rumored that
this organization favors submitting the
case to grand jury. The interest mani
tested by those prominent in the League
serves to show how important is regarded
the New Hanmshire case as a precedent
They do not look upon it as mere question
of contributing funds to party success. or
to be treated a purely personal quarrel
between Senator Chandler and Senator
Gallinger
The times., 1899-07-28
The Lynci,ipr of Heureaux.

for several generations a mawkish senti-
mentality in this country has permitted
barbarism closely approaching savagery to
exist on the Island of Santo Domingo We
have positively known that in the State Of
Haiti the negroes who populate and control
it practice the most revolving yoodooism
and indulge in caInibalism. We have been
repeatedly notified that social conditions in
the mulatto part of the island were not
much if any better; and yet We have al
lowed these things to go on simply to ap-
aease people of the school of Hoar and At
kinscn, who can see no harm and no as
sarlt upon Christian civilization as long
as barbarism is conducted under the cloak
of republicanism.
Our Government ought to have taken
warning when the German school ship
trained its guns upon Port au Prince.
That was notice enough, forgetting the
time when president" Hippolyte secure /
our assistance to put him in power on con-
dition that he would cede US a naval sta
ton, which he refused to do after he was
seated
telegraph condolences from Lake Cham
plain to his colored brother at Samona
Bay; but he should remember that one OF
the greatest menaces to our position and
influence in the Antilles exists in the p.ob-
ability that some European power will
shortly find an excuse to establish itself
upon the American island of Santo Domin
CO. When that thing happens. as it has
come near happening several times al
ready, the United States will be confronted
with the unpleasant alternative OF war or
surrender of the principle of the Monroe
doctrine.
Now is the time to act! We do not de-
sire to subjugate the wild children Of the
forest in Santo Domingo, but We ought to
be willing to go in there and establish for
them stable government" They would
be delighted with it after they got used
to it.
The times., 1899-07-28
Gomez Is "Pnined.w


If we are to judge him by what he says
it is evident that the present attitude Of
Maxine Gomez toward the United States
is widely divergent from his avowed po-
sition few months ago. He now laments
| the fact that this country's offer Of three
million dollars to the Cubans to lay down
their arms was accepted. E"As the money
was the gift of the American Government
1 am panied by the interest shown by my
| soldiers. who were trained to go hungry
on their march to liberty" this old buc-
| cancer is quoted as saying. It may be
| that old Gomez never learned to go hun
gry' on the march to liberty If one
half of the stories are true con-
| cerning the bags of gold planked over
to him by the various Cuban juntas before
he quilted his comfortable home in Santo
Domingo and took command OF Ibis SOL
diers." If Gomez did not want to be
'pained." as he now professes to be. why
did he advise his soldiers" to accept the
money? 1t is not impossible that the "old
Chinaman." as he is known in Cuba. is Sc
cretly trying to foment discomfort. The
three million dollars sent to Cuba is now
about all gone. and perhaps Gomez is not
as well off in pocket as he thought he
would be when he first heard of the
donation.
His conduct ought to teach our auth0ri-
ties a valuable lesson. We should adopt
the British system of "squaring" the Gu
bans. or we ought to so forward in the
straight American way and dispense our
charity in the practical manner OF Ameri-
cans. This latter would involve giving
the Cubans opportunities to go to work
and earn living while we are fixing up
a government for them. Then IL they re-
fused or failed to embrace the opportuni-
ties we should treat them as their conduct
merits. They can be made either to work
or to fight. The American is always ready
to do either or both OF these. But he is
not willing to feed a man and then have
the object OF his charity turn around and
abuse him ''-
1t now begins to very much look as If a
serious blunder had been made in trying to
buy peace in Cuba Peace bonds never
did amount to much anywhere or among
any people. What we should have done
at the start was to- order the Gubsns- to
The times., 1899-07-28
GENERAL coRB1N EXPLAINS.
The Details of Army REORGANIZATION
OH.ciully Set Forth.

] The following official statement has besn
prepared at the War Department at the
instance of Adiutant General Corbin, re-
the Regular Army under the recent rsor-
ganizetion act:
The act approved April 26. lsos, provided for
| the expansion OF the Regular Army in time OF
| war TO maximum OF about 6, 900 enlisted men,
| and provided that at the end of any war in which
| the United States might become involved the
| Army should be reduced to a peace basis by the
honorable discharge transfer OF supernumerary
| enlisted men. the law peScrihing in section
that nothing in the act should be construed
authorizing the permanent increase OF the enlisted
| force of the Regular Army beyond that provided
\ by law prior 10 its passage
| The maximum of the Regular Army prior to this
| act 26,6l0 enlisted men, and AZ the begin
nirg of the within about 500 Of bling
| full
| Paragraph ? of C. o. 40 (May 10. ls0S), based
! upon the act OF April 26. ls9s. announced that
| during the would be granted discharges at
| the close OF the war.
| This necessary. the act which author
| lied their enlistment compelled their discharge
| at the close Of the war, and the order promul-
| gated mere statement of fact based upon law
| so that men entering the service would under
| stand the conditions OF enlistment
The war with Spain declared to have
4
26. ls9s, by G. o. 173, the privileges granted
\ by General Order 20 were withdrawn from men
entering after that date. and in the interval Of
\ its operation 1853 men enlisted and were en-
/ titled TO its benefits
| The records oi the office do not show the
| exact number OF discharged under the pro
| visions Of G.. o. 20. but the number Of men
| enlisted during the months it was in Opera
tiou, above stated. amounted to 7.J53 and it
| is reasonable to suppose. in view of the adTan-
| tages it gave the men, that they almost univer-
| sally availet themselves OF the privilege
No better proof OF this statement could be
| than the. fact that it has been necessary to
enlist is.aii men to replace those discharged
| under the provisions OF c. o. 40 and from dther
causes since October 26, lS9S
This shows discrepancy of Il.OO0. which Is
easily explained by the fact that one.third Of
| the 5000 of the Regular Army are dischatged
| every year by expiration of term OF service and
1T would not be large number to add $500
for those killed in action. died OF disease, and
discharged from other
The times., 1899-07-28
White Mems Primaries.
From the Macon Sews.)


The women of the State If the matter were r.
ferred to them. would undoubtedly approve the
idea of a white Democratic primary The more
positively white supremacy in governmental at
fairs is maintained the more secure they feel in
their persons and homes. The people round about
Stafford are probably in favor of white Demo-
cratic primaries 1t is hardly conceivable that
ANYBODY there would offer an objection to the
proposition. They do not want officials put in
office through the influence of the purchasible
negro vote And neither does anybody else
The surcst way 10 keep this country a really
white mans country is by virtue Of The white
Democratic primary. Under that system white
man elected viii be white man nominated bv
white votes exclusively. We have had. Lessons
enough in this State during the last few month,
to emphasize the necessity of the Immediate
adoption OF the system. Macon must have il bv
all means Just as other cities Of the State have
il, and the sooner Democratic city n,ittee
is organized to adopt and carry out the system,
the better for the community
The times., 1899-07-28
NOISY NEW YORK NEwsBoYs.
They Lose Faith In Kid Blink as n
Strike Lender

New York. July 27.-The strfktn., news
boys raised a row today in Frauxsor.
Street between William and Park Row.
The "world'' and Journal had bred n
lot OF boys at 81 day to sell papers, aud
the rumors that leaders OF the strike had
been bought OF were renewed. II was re-
ported that in the afternoon Words" and
Journals would be given away at Frank
fort Street to anybody who would pfomise
20 sell them.
a mob OF newsbcys numbering about 500
collected. Dave Simoas, lad called
Dufsky, and several others were seen com
ing around from William Street into
Frankfort under bundles OF "JournaIx.'
At the same time several big boys cane out
from the World Building and began to
give away papers. The strikers caargei
them. brfSeting and pummeling them and
tearing the papers to pieces Word WAS
sent to the Oak Street station and halt
dozen reserves came along. BY the time
they arrived Ave or six thousand papers
had been torn up as fast as the blaSie5
were united. Some OF the strikers hayn<
heard that the papers were given away. had
gone and got more and brougat them to
Frankfort Street where they tore them up
Kid Blink and Dave Simons have been an
nouncIng parade Tor several days, and
finally declared positively that it would
take place tonight 1t didn't take place.
however. and 2.0C0 boys who assembled
around Printing House Square at night be-
gan to talk again about B.ink's new clothes
and Simon's desertion, and resolved TO get
a new leader. They were in such numbers
that the police had all they could do TO
keep the boys moving. Finally the crowd
elected new leaders, known as Yak Egg
and Niney-4 Kid Blink hove in sight.
Some of the boys cheered him and others
hooted. At the noise fve policemen
chased away the crowd. The boys ran to-
ward Chambers Street. pursuing Kid Blink.
Two detectives who came from the direc-
tion OF Chambers Street found the Kid
leading the rush and arrested him. At the
Oak Street station the prisoner described
himself as Louis Ballatt. An agent CT ons
OF the boycotted papers offered bail for
him. but his mother appeared with a
bondsman. Blink will admit that he has
been selling boycotted papers. He re-
turned to Park Row, which forthwith be-
came the theatre for incursions and alarms
The boys chased him. and there was noisy
time. -
The times., 1899-07-28
AN HoNoRED vIRGINrAN DEAD.
Col. Edmund Pendieton succumbs to
Illness mt Lexington

Lexington, Va, July 27.-Coi. Edmund
Pendleton died yesterday at the residence
OF his daughter, Mrs. Walter Coles. He
had stroke of paralysis about fifteen
years ago. and eight years later, on account
OF continued failing health, retired from
active practice at the bar. His death was
due TO a gradual decline. Colonel Pendle-
ton was one OF the abIest lawyers In the
State. He was born in Amherst county
Va. September 20. 1923, and was son OF
Dr. Micajah Pendleton. who subsequently
located in Buchanan. His classical educa-
ton was attained under John B. Minor
then resident of Buchanan. and with the
founding OF the Virginia Military Institute
In 1883 he entered that school and was
member of the first class graduated in 1S42,
standing fifth in his class, of which only
three members now survive
He afterward studied law in Buchanan
under w. w. Boyd, and was admitted to
practice in 1874. He began to practice in
Cincinnati in 1s45. where he married Cor
neiia Morgan, daughter of Ephraim Nor
gan, OF that city. In 1855 he moved to .Iew
Orleans. where he prlcticed law unti the
spring OF 1861, when he was made majo.
OF the Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment, with
which he served in the Army of Northern
Virginia during the whole Of the Civl,
War. being its colonel at the close.
He resumed his legal practice in Buchan-
an after the war and later came to Lex
ington, where he has resided for the past
twenty years. and had q large practice He
represented this State Senatorial district
in the General Assembly, where his opin-
ions and knowledge OF civil law made him
conspicuous. For a number OF years he
was member of the board OF visitors OF
the Virginia Military Institute
The times., 1899-07-28

Man on Horseback The treatment of de-
Negrier shows that the present Govern
ment is alive to the dangers which menace
France, and that al the head of the Gov
ernment is man with the courage and
strength to face and throttle them.
The example made of de Negrier Is
timely and wholesome. Before the Loubet
influence completes its good work We may
look for a complete upheaval in the French
War Office. The reforms, let US hope. will
not even stop there but will extend all
through the vast military establishment of
France. Not until French politics is
purged of the armys influence can liberty
loving Frenchmen have confidence in the
security of their institutions or of the re
duction Of them to the pure basis of Ie
publican government. 1t is evident that
President Loubet is now putting France
through an ordeal quite as trying as any
travail in the tragic and romantic history
of the country. The gaze of the civilized
world is upon him. as it has been fixei
upon no Frenchman since the days of Ma
poleon.
The times., 1899-07-28
A New Labor Problem

What lessons are TO be drawn by the So
biologists and economists from the gilt
tering spectacles now presented in the in
dustrial problem by the strike Of newsboys
at New York and messenger boys
at Cincinnati? These youngsters are bread
winners-and cigarette winners. too-just
as much so as the factory girls who month
or SO ago went out on strike at Richmond.
Va. and refused to return until their hor-
rio boss OF man '.apologized" to them
Indeed. the strike Of the boys will doubt
less be much more stubborn affair than
that OF the cigarette girls at Richmond,
because there is a quality OF stamina in
the masculine nature. be IL ever so juve-
nils- which Is not soothed with trifies like
The times., 1899-07-28
Woman. Wheel. and Sprinkler
From the Chicago Daily News.)

VTuW Inc NHIydso UaIIy NtWs-l
Doubtless every person who rides a wheel has
a very vivid and distinct recollection of the
early struggles with the machine, aud how OBJ
iects in the path seemed TO exercise an uncon-
troIlablc attraction for the unskilled rider with
the result Of a collision.
Probably the saddest case OF this kind lately
recorded was that of stout lady who
practcing in Michigan Avenue last Friday af-
ternoon.
She was evidently beginner. and more than
half afraid of the bicycle. and when. in at.
tempting to pass i sprinklng cart. the wheel
steered itself toward it. she yielded to the bike
and rode directly against the Of the cart.
Notwithstanding the fact that the sprinkling ap-
paratus in full play, and that she was al
ly for help.
A park policeman OWNED her predicament and
rode TO her rescue, but not before her bicycle
suit and temper hsd been completely spoiled.
The times., 1899-07-28
The independence of Cuba.

From the indianapolis NewS)
It is announced that President Mckinley thinks
that the time has come for taking steps looking
to the establishment Of Independent govern
inent in Cuba. No doubt there is much that
might be done to improve conditions in that isl
and but on the whole the situation seems favor
able for beginning the work of constructing a
native government. According to the most trust
worthy reports the different classes in Cuba
are living peacefully together, and there seems
to be little danger of serious troubles between
them. Probably there will be some disorder when
this country relaxes its grasp the island; but
this is to be expected. and allowances must be
made for it. We seem TO have completed the
work OF "pacihcation. Every that want
ed to get away has had chance to do so. And
we have right to infer that those that remain
are willing to take their chances.
The times., 1899-07-28
Martins Policy.
(From the Norfolk yirginian.pilot.) }

From the Norfolk yirginian-Pilot.)
Richmond being the capital of Virginia, it
may be taken for granted that. leading off in
this campaign early, the Richmond Demo-
cratic committee Controlled by Martin men and
infuences) did not act without instructions sub
s,antially, from Mr.. Martin and his steering
committee That the Richmond committee set the
example and indicated the Martin policy by a
hasty call for immediate primary to nominate
legislative candidates and refusal TO allow
the people express in this primary their prefer
ence for United States Senator-was undoubted-
ly for the benefit OF Martins friends and TO
guide them in this campaign, SO far as they
have the power to act. This may be denied; as
no doubt it will be; it now being obvious bunder-
ing to spur the people at one end and gag them
at the other; and ''the policy will be
nndialed md diSNowed.
The times., 1899-07-28
Decline of Mormonism.

(frOm the Pittsburg News.)
BY the subcommittee OF the Industrial Com
mission in New York yesterday there was enquiry
concerning Mormon immigration. and the As
sistant Commissioner OF immigration replied that
probably % per centum of the new arrivals
were women! ~ They all come over in charge OF
elder. They all claim to be Latter Day
Saints, and declare. with great deal of force.
that they intend to obey the laws of the United
States In immediate connection with this are
ceran statistics but it is not clear that they
relate to these proselytes, and consequently there
is no knowing he strength of the Mormon i'm
migration at present That it has fallen off is
a mattrri Of course, as the Mormon idea has
ceased to be 4 novelty. Every propaganda begins
to decline,phen it loses the shine of newness and
the charm pi originality. Besides which the
Mormon missionaries having practically exhaust
ed the free. fields in the old world, have been
compelled to enter those not free, and there
they have encountered opposition,
The times., 1899-07-28

Is the national game" losing Its interest
through the rise of golf and other Euro
pean importations? This question is per-
tinent in view OF some statistics at hand on
the baseball attendance of Wednesday.
The total number of people who witnessed
the national game in half of the League
cities Wednesday was 1886, divided as
follows: st. Louis, 2,700; Brooklyn, $500;
Pittsburg. $500; Philadelphia. 1900; Gin
cinnati 1.-TWO games). 1926. 1t strikes us
that if Wednesdays attendance was a fair
average for the season the magnates will
not add many millions to their bank &C.
counts this year.
The times., 1899-07-28
Colonel IngersoII's Belief.

(From the indianapolis NewS.)
Colonel Ingersoll believed, like Carnegie, that
it was not good to die rich. The following
was Mr.. Ingersolrs creed respecting selGshness
and lie seemed to have lived up to what he
belieyed,as he left practically wealth be-
sides his life insurance; Il do not see how it
is possible for man TO die worth millions of
dollars in a city full OF pain. where every day
he sees the withered hand OF want and the white
lips of famine, DO not see how he can do it,
any more than he could keep pile OF lumber
on the shore where hundreds and thousands were
drowning in the sea -