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The times., 1899-08-24
The t;rnciou.ness of Grirrs.

1t is very kind and obliging in Attor-
ney General Griggs to declare that he
alone is responsible for the current delay
in the Carter case. 1t is also liberal on his
part to promise an early decision"
What we wonder at is that q gentleman
like Griggs, presumed to be learned in the
law. should seem to he oblivious of certain
legal facts within the knowledge of even
his lay felfow-citizens
For example, he is egregiously mistaken
when he claims responsibility in the mat
ter OF Captain Carter and the right to
hand down decision" The unanimous
verdict of the court-martial is not subject
10 review by the Attorney General. 1t
must be approved or rejected by the Com
mander-in- Chief. There is no intermediate
authority known to military law. The only
thing within the power Of Griggs to do is
10 write an opinion 1t is a reflection and
outrage upon the Judge Advocate General
OF the Army and his efficient department
TO allow Griggs even to do that; Just as IL
was irregular, offensive, and demoralizing
10 the service TO diseredit the only recogni-
Fable reviewing authority and turn the pa
pers over TO George f. Edmunds at an un-
authorized public expense of five thousand
dollars.
The air of Lake Champlain is too ex-
hilirating for Grfggs.
The times., 1899-08-24
Root and Otis.

When Secretary Root took possession OF
the War Office II is said that he found
most optimistic report from Otis on f'e.
and from it he derived a very rosy idea
OF the conditions and prospects in the
Philippines. Fortunately for the country.
ii happens that Mr.. Root is too o,d and
well trained a hand to accept much OF
anything on faith Not that he is deaf
to evidence, but he wants it first TO be
reliable then TO be independently corrob-
GRATED, and, after that, he likes to cross
examine the witnesses.
In the case under consideration he ac-
cepted the statements of Otis as tenta-
lively correct. and at once began to ac-
quire information, directly from Ma
niia and Hongkong. Having gathered
what was available. he discovered that
and whitewashed by the Governor Gen
eral Whether the fact surprised him or
not, We cannot say. Perhaps he knew
in advance that Otis is SO in the habit
of coloring the press dispatches as to be
liable 10 do the same thing to his own
In any event the first thing that happened
was call for ten additional volunteer
the fighting and not TO allow further peace
negotiations OF the Aguinaldo- DENLY va
riety to interfere with it.
II was about time for a change of policy
Whereas Otis had been representing the
rebels as disorganiZed scattered, and
hardly worth considering in the Southern
provinces. the Secretary discovered that
they had, and have, main body of not less
than thirty thousand well drilled soldiers
threatening our lines This estimate prob
ably does not include a good many detach-
ed bands of Tagals. operating in the vi
cinity OF San Fernando, San Rita, Can
daba, and Angeles IN, the North.
Secretary Root has learned, contrary &c
the reports of Otis. that the situation along
Arthur's headquarters, is not without some
element of danger. Ii is stated By persons
who are In a position TO know, that the
stock OF the Manila man is not quotabIe al
par in the War Office. in consequence, and
that X its chief could have his way there
would be a new head satrap In the palace
over there, as soon as Miles or Merritt
could be landed on the spot. II is also al
legged that the President and Mr. Hobart
win not hear of change. We do not
quite believe that: but. il II be true that
the Secretary is convinced, as the whole
coHatry lis. of Otis incapac.ty. and he is
not permitted to remoye hIn. we are salts
fed that Mr.. Root viii drop the War port
folio like the hottest potato that ever
emerged from gingrse.s patch.
There is too much cumulative evidence
The times., 1899-08-24
They Had Not the Nerve.

(From the Circiuuati Commercial Tribunel
In considering the guilt or innocence Of Drey-
fus there is one indirect bit of testimony that
points almost concIusivey to his innocence. At
the time OF his conviction it IS claimed that the
evidence against him, written aud oral, was
overwhelming and conclusive, and that he was
a traitor to his country beyond the shadow CT a
doubt But. in the face of this, his judges $ mt
him to an island 10 be placed in solitary con.
finement during the rest OF his natural life.
This was a cowardly evasion of their plain duty.
If he was the traitor they wished the world to
believe why did they not take him without the
walls of Paris and put few balls into his
heart? That would hare settled the matter
beyond question, and then the evidence, if it
was worth anything, would have convinced the
world that traitor had simply his just
end
The times., 1899-08-24
RHEA WILL SUPPORT GoEBEL.
The Representative believes the
Regular Nominee VIII Win.

The Representative Relieves the
Regular Nominee VIII win.
IS, Representative John S. Rhea of Ken
tueky is at the Raleigh, and. notwith-
standing the fact that he was in the anti
Goetel ranks befere{ the Louisville con-
vention, he viii stump his Congressional
district-the Third--for the regular noani-
nee. Mr.. Rhea takes a very rosy view o.
the situation. and says Mr.. GoebeI will
surely be elected.
Il will be in Washington only d.y
or two" said Mr.. Rhea, "and then 1 will
return to Kentucky and go to work for
Mr.. Goebei'S election. | have not been
assigned any dates for speaking as yet.
but viii go on the stump and do what I
can 10 elect Goebel. / am perfectly sat
isfied that Goebel viii win and he will
make Kentucky good Governor. He
ought to be elected by 5000 majority. in
spite of the Boilers / have not paid any
attention to the boilers. and rea ly don't
know how strong they are, nor who their
leaders are In my county. My district
went Democratic, of course, at the last
election, or ] would not now be in Con
gress. 1t was also Democratic in 1896,
though in 1894 it went Republican. | have
10 doubt it will give a big majority for
Goebel this fall. I don't care to discuss the
reasons why former Governor Brown and
Major Johnston are leading the bo.ters,
but l certainly think they are Leading
forlorn hope, and the Republicans
cannot possibly carry the State. The part
the Louisville and Nashville Ra Iroa1
Company is playing in tie fight against
Goebsl, is also. another subject l do not
care TO discuss. | have no Ill feeling
against the Louisville and Nash
vile road, nor any of the people
who are opposing Goebel, and viii BE-
perfectly satisfied to see Goebel elected.
The position of the 'CoaFier-JogTnaP and
Henry Watterson is certainly an awkward
one, but / guess Colonel Watterson knows
what he is about. and it is not for me
to eriticise him nor hi5 object in sup
porting Gcebel.
General, Hardin had not taken the
stump for Goebel up TO the time I left
Kentucky, and what his intentions are
have not been informed; in fact, l think
Hardin has been out of the STATE ever
since the Louisville convention, but it is
my belief that he will not oppose Goebel
even il he does not take an active part in
the campaign for the regular Democrats
ticket. Colonel Stone, with whom it is
alleged, Goebal broke faith at Loaisvi Ie
did not attend the Lexington convention.
and / have not heard that he VIII OF
pose Goebels election but I do not think
he viii To sum up, the situation in
Kentucky, you can say again that fbslieye
Goebel will be elected, and, after that, /
think there is nothing e'se to say"
The times., 1899-08-24
Whnt Next MT Rennes,

The trial at Rennes begins to drag so
fatiguingly that people there. here, every
where, are asking: When will it end?''
In two days Maitre Labori has made the
prosecution plan of campaign ridiculo Is,
and has driven one periured witness after
another into evasions, refusals to answer,
and palpabie falsehoods, until even France
thoroughly understands that the case
against the unfortunate artillery captain
has fallen to the ground for good and all.
Yet the court-martial, true to its in
stinct of loyalty, even criminal loyalty.
to the general staff, has summoned a long
list of useless witnesses for no apparent
reason other than to pro,ong the trial, in
the hope that, in the mean time, some
thing may turn up to relieve it from the
necessity of generating the prisoner.
Every day it becomes palmer that the
French Republic and not Dreyfus is at the
bar. With each session of the tribunal the
tide OF the worlds opinion rises in denun-
citation of the horrible farce which is being
enacted in the Lycee at Rennes. French
conspirators and their tools may affect
spoken in all civilized countries; but they
feel its lash all the same.
They cannot dodge the notorious fact that
the court-martiai is Illegally and infamous
ly exceeding the power conferred upon it by
the High Court CT Justice, which confined it
strictly to the duty OF aseertainng whether
Dreyfus did or did not maintain reasonable
relations with foreign governments. Every
scintilla of evidence adduced at the first
court-martiai in 1894, in the attempt to
show that he did, was discredfted and
wiped out in the verdict of the Court Of
Cessation.
Jouaust and his companion military
judges know this, and know that they are
defying fact, law duty, and decency in
reopening the case alb initio They cannot
be so dense as not TO realize that public
opinion brands them with a desire to shield
crime and persecute innocence. II they
should acquit the prisoner, nobody would
ascriba their just action to anything but
contemplate cowardice in the face of a
situation which they dare not ignore. If
they should find him guilty their offence
would make Ananias a saint by comparison
and entitle Judas to the grand Gordon Of
the Legion OF Honor.
What these army degenerate5 really will
perhaps, the devil.
The times., 1899-08-24

what becomes of my candidates matters
little; the question Is. what comes to ne"
Is it wonderful. In view Of such n record.
that Piatt should be regarded as possessing
the 'evil eye in poiitiesa Ambitious Re-
publicans do not spis upon the ground, or
lay hold of iron. or cross their arms over
their breasts when he appears. because
these means OF dispensing spells ara not
part Of the popular education in this eoun-
try; but they have 10 be blinded by their
ambition If they DO not vince al bis friend
Iy approach. From the day be entered na-
tional politics TO the present time he has
never taken a delegation 70 a convention
for the support OF a successful candidate.
In his own STATE. the only times his party
won ths GoveTuorship within that period
were IN 1894. when the Democrats heaped
folly upon folly BY nominating Hill so soon
after Maynards crushing disaster; in 1895.
when any Republican would have ridden
In on the sound-rnouey tide; and in IS9S
when the mass OF the party had asserted
itself and forced Rooseveit's nomination.
Even in this last instance. the personal pop
uiarity OF the candidate had TO carry
through the campaign heavy handicap in
the general obnoxiousnes5 Of the bose.
There Is no reason now 10 think that Mr.
MeKinley's denomination viii be fatally
"hoodooed" by Platts support. but IL Is not
strange that the offer OF aid from such
source should have been received with No
continuing shouts of delight from the Presi-
dents closest friends
The times., 1899-08-24
London nank moliaax rramc.

NiA2hA tAc Dos-th Aese-tdPh.(
All things considered. it is best not to be
a railway booking Office clerk during the
August bank holiday rush From morning
till evening for three solid days there hare
been unbroken professions OF holiday
makers making their way to the ticket
windows at all the London stations, and
the clerks have known no rest Exactly
how many tickets have been dated and de-
livered by the s5fely tried officials behind
the peep holes cannot yet be told, for
many Of the companies have not been able
to cope with the mass OF figures prese~ ted
to them, but it must be nearly a million
Five companies issued at their London. sta
tions from Friday till noon yesterday some
$50 coo tickets. and this leaves out OF ae-
count great lines like the London and
Southwestern, Brighton and South Coast
the Great Northern, and others, all carry
ing an enormous traffic. Without excep-
tion the companies announce that the holi-
day traffic has been unprecedentedly heavy
The prospect of fine weather brought out
the cyclists in great force No fewer than
4.300 cycles were booked for Waterloo
alone, neeessitating the provision OF spe-
cial vans for their conveyance on all the
principal trains. and as many from Pad
dington. Where the figures are available
they tel Ian extraordinary story. Thus.
the amalgamated Southeastern and Chath-
am and Dover railways despatched frona
London stations 1883 passengers during
the three days The Great Eastern Rail-
way carried 133. .062 passeng gsrs-4 600 more
than last year-the most favored rssest on
the line being Southend where 19. coo per-
scrs were delivered. white many thousands
made for Epping Forest, Rye House. etc.
Southend indeed must have been terribly
congested with people, for yesterday the
TfibuFy and Southend Railway ran forty
five special trains, carrying $4,000 paSsen-
gers, along their line, not counting the H.
coo who came by the through Midland
ro,1fa
The times., 1899-08-24
Two ,eonstisasionnI Amendments.

(trom the Richmond filneS)
Il is not necessary to repeal the fourteenth
amendment ferr that amendment is not con-
cerned with suffrage II is the fifteenth only that
deals with the suffrage. That amendment pro-
vides that the right to vote shall not be abridged
on account OF race, colos, previous condi-
tions of seryitude. All that is necessary is to
repeal this and then each State impose such
conditions upon the right to vote that State
may think important.
The first clause OF the fourteenth amendment
Is one of the wisest, most beneficial and greatest
pieces of legisIation that ever came from the
hands of man. It defines citizenship of the
United States, forbids any State to abridge the
privileges or immunties of such citizens, and
forbids any State to deprive any person of lie,
liberty. CT property without due process cf
law, deny to any person the equal projections
of the laws. We viii never consent to giving
this great amendment up. There are some other
provisions of the fourteenth amendment which
we think could wisely be modified or abandoned,
but this first clause is to remain forever.
The two amendments are not to be confounded.
TIE one is vicious, the other is in part. OF the
highest benefit
The times., 1899-08-24
LEAVE cHAMpLAIN TODAY.
The Presidential Party Ready for
the Trip to Pfttshurr

Hotel Champlain. N. Y, Aug. 2s.-This
was the first real rainy day since the
Presidents arrival. and it was welcome.
as 1t gave an opportunity to prepare for the
departure which viii take place tomorrow
evening at O'Clock. The party, which
will consist OF President and Mrs. Me-
kinley, the Vice President and Mrs. Garrett
A. Hobart, jr., DR.. and Mrs. Rixey. Secre-
tary George B. Cortelyou, Executive Clerk
B. f. Barnes, and servants, will go by a
special train consisting of four cars, two
private coaches, a compartment car, and
combination ear. The run will be over
the Delaware and Hudson to Albany and
thence by the West Shore to Long Branch
where the President and his party Will
be the guests of Vice President Hobart
until Saturday, when they will leave for
Pittsburg, arriving there about 10 p. m.
On Monday the President will receive the
Pennsylvania volunteers and in the even
ing, or Tuesday morning, will leave for
Canton, for short stay, arriving at Wash
ington September 2.
President schurman, of Cornell, will Tot
see the President until after his return
TO Washington, when he will make his re-
port ON the Philippine question. Among
Tue HFeslueilL C2ilSrS To-Day were lOEHeF
Representative John NJ. Weaver o. this
district, and fcrmer State Senator John l.
Gilbert The President today appointed
lieutenant Colonel DuvalI, of the Twenty
sixth Regiment, stationed at Piatts5urg,
colonel of one OF the ten new regiments
to be raised. Colonel Duvan has not yet
been assigned.
The Times correspondent has it from the
best authority that the merchants con-
nittee from New York, who were TO come
here to present a petition for the reten-
tion of w. r. Wakeunan as Appraiser at
the Port of New York, will wait until the
President returns to Washington before
presenting the same, as there is 10 hkeli-
hood of any immediate action in the mat
ter.
A reception was held tonight in the
Write Parlor. President and Mrs. McKfn-
ley received, assisted by Mrs. Hobart, At
torney General and Mrs. GTiggs, DIR. and
Mrs. Rixey, and former Secretary iss.
Fully a thousand persons availed them
selves of the opportunity OF meeting the
President and Mrs. Mckinley.
The times., 1899-08-24

The announcement that Major Ross,
sent out by the Liverpool Institute OF
Tropical Diseases, has discovered the gen
uine 'malariaI mosquito in Sierra Leone
makes us fear that scientific warfare will
be opened on the discoverer and his find
without unnecessary delay. We wait with
anxiety to hear what Sternberg may say
about the matter. Probably he will get
profane, as usual. and start in By calling
it a jagrophenic hermaphrodosis closely
allied in its pathogehie action in Uncertain
media to the larvae Of the newjeFsicuss
damnuiseiensis, We trust that neither the
Army Medical Corps nor the Marine Hos
pital Service will allow any foreign mos
quito to have more malaria than cur own
domestic production.
The times., 1899-08-24
cIerxymen aad Citizenship.

(FrOm the LcnGGn bally Nsws~l
The invasion of the pulpit by what the
late Archbishop Of Canterbury liked to
call eivism, is one OF the most striking
facts Of our time More and more is the
oICl-fashiored theological. or moral, ser
mon superseded by the social discourse.
with. of course, Scriptural text as nee
essary peg in which change the preachers
are. fmitators, not innovators. A work
which George Allen is to publish in the
autumn Will he a symptom OF this new
spirit. 1t is to be eEtitl,.i Good Citizen
ship" and among its principal contributors
will be some eIergynen who have already
distinguished themselves in social service
1t may be described as a mGltiform dis
course upon Lord Rossbery's observation
that I'VE eve somcthing more to the state
than the payment OF rates and taxes" No
citizen deserves the name who in some
form or other however humble. does not
perform his part in perfecting the social
organism OF which he is a member. So
says His Lordship, the former chairman OF
the London County Council. and so say
the writer's who are following him Dr.
Morrison the distinguished authority on
crimiralogy, viii contribute a section 10
the forthcoming work
The times., 1899-08-24

and free institutions, and for what? Why.
in order TO guarantee to the single rebel
tribe of Tagals the opportunity and power
TO enslave. rob. and murder the seven
eighths majority of the Philippine people.
Having done that, We are expected to lend
Aguinaldo our corps diplomatique and Navy
to keep European hands from his throat
while he plumbers and kills, and builds for
himself Malay Empirei
1t is time that Democrats and all think
ing Americans should join to puncture this
anti-expansion bladder of mawkish false
philanthropy, hypocritieal sentiment, ana
mendacity.
The times., 1899-08-24

that our preseht general IN chief command
at Manila is a pottering, pestering old wo-
man incompetent, to justify any theory that
he is to be kept in position to accomplish
more mischief than is chargeabie to his
account already. Mr.. Mckinley may like
him personally, or be anxious to oblige
his political hackers; but there is one per-
son to be considered, even at the expense
of an Otis. and that is the gentleman who
aspires to second term in the White
House. The interests of that distinguish
ed individual will be very much and injur
iously affected by longer adherence to the
fortunes of an officer who is now universal
ly disliked and discredited throughout the
country
The times., 1899-08-24
LIKE DIAMoND-sTUDDED WALLS
Beautiful Appearance of the Interior
OF Nevada Cavern
fFrom the Oanaha Be-


On the north side of the Osgood range
of mountains Nevada. about four miles
east OF Eden Greek, there is a natural cave
OF quite large dimension It IS in the
iimestcnee formation and has the appear
ance of an old worlsed-out mine with its
slopes. raises and wines. II Is almost
impossible to find the entrance. as IL Ia
covered with growth OF underbrush.
The first thing that a person nctIses is a
small crevice in the rocks. but as he cTavIs
into the creyice on hands and knees he
finds that 1t widens as he goes down About
fifteen feet from the entrance man can
stand up and walk down the gradual In
cline. which is at about so degrees. At a
place thirty feet from the mouth there IS a
raise some thirty feet high and drift forty
feet long The sight which meets the cave
seekers gaze at this point Is most beauti-
ful. On the ceiling large stalaetites hang
in clusters, and the walls are decorated
with giistening crystals OF lime inter-
mingled with drops OF water. giving IL the
appearance OF being set with millions Of
diamonds.
Farther down the cave widens until .
chamber is reached which Is over sixty feet
across and over fifty feet hsgh- There
are numerous ether oIsSlssS or caverns.
and on the left there il a passage big
enaogh TO adm.t he belly that opsns Tf.to
a second chamber which is about twenty
feet across and ten or fifteen feet hign.
In the main chamber. some twenty feet
high can be seen the opening OF another
chamber, but as there is no tim5sr near 20
make ladders. the upper eays-7 has rot
vet been explored There are no doubt
other large chambers which could be found
were eIoseT explorations TO be made
StaIaetites and staIagmites can be seen in
all directions. Water is dropping contin-
ualIy. and the light of a candle shining
upon these crystals and drops Of vaser
gives the cave a very enhancing appear
ance- This cave is the home of the wood
rat, and there are indications that there
might be thousands OF the little animals
which make this natural wonder their
home.
The times., 1899-08-24
Deserves n Private Box
From the Rostsn HeraId.l

bO-t3h
There seems to be nothing small about the col
lector Of the port Of New York. Under shf3-
ping law there would Eaye been no charge TO pay
for entering the Shamrock at any port in this
country had the Britishers been reciprocal in
such courtesy. But the British Government saw
fit some time ago to impose tax Of a shilling 4
ton on American pleasure yachts. and this
brought about a retalatory order from our Gov
ernInent by which all British Yachts eaterisg
ports are obliged TO pay the Tonnage dnss that
are imposed on merchant vessels The dues OF
the shamrock and her c0nsert amounted 10 $40.
and instead of Ievying that aEoHnt the
ShaIurocb's representatives. the New York eosieg-
tor paid the money out cf bis pocket. The
chances are that Collector Bidweu VII have 4
front seat at the cup races
The times., 1899-08-24
Benefit of I.osrer .Rate..

0from the New York Commercial Advertiser)
1t is not many years ago that farmers in the
West were compelled TO burn corn for fuel.
Railroad freight rates so high that there
was profit in sending the crop to market and
used as i substitute Tor wood and coal.
This the farmers OF Kansas have the
largest crop in the history of. that State,
and, in spite of the low price OF corn, as COM
pared with twenty years ago, every bushel OF
the crop will be marketed that the growers see
fit to spare. Reduced freight rates Lave made
this possible and as has been experienced before,
the railroad companies as well as the farmers
will profit as the result.
The times., 1899-08-24
Quaker City FoiIx.
Trom the Philadeiphia North

O'rom the Philadelphia North American-)
Beating a tambourine is crime in
Philadelphia provided you do it with re-
ligioss intent. Members OF the Salvation Army
have been arrested for this offence. The drum
is also taboo, likewise the c9rnet, bat singing
is still permitted. Meantime persons at
liberty to play brass instruments and grind hand
organs for money Were the Salvation Army
to hire the little German bands that range
the streets scsthIess, and the organ grinders,
thus bringing them within the line of police
fire. they would do favor to tormented COM
InlIDity