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The evening times., 1899-03-28
Germany and Amcricn.

large number of German Americans,
as the naturalized immigrants from Ger
many call themselves, held a meeting in
Chicago last evening to protest against the
assertion that the people of Germany and
the Berlin government are unfriendly to
this country. They were positive in af-
frmlng that they were in a position to
know that the charge is utterly false
The mistake made by most OF the speak
ers at the meeting was in saying that the
| newspaper allegations OF German unfriend-
illness were malicious and intended to pro-
mote an Anglo American alliance The
! charge was based on the undeniable ami
mostly of a German naval commander in
Philippine waters toward Admiral Dewey,
and on the vehement denunciations of ey-
erything American by the German Minis
ter of Agriculture and by the Agrarian
representatives in the Reichstag
The recent action of the Kaiser, however,
in recalling the offensive admiral and the
warm expressions of esteem for the Amer
leans uttered by the government party in
| the Reichstag, are sufficient proofs that
Germany has been misrepresented by some
the apparent disposition Of the Berlin gov
ernment TO settle the Samoan controversy
| in friendly spirit. The TACT that it was
found to be expedient TO remove Vice Ad-
miral Won Diedrich from the command of
the German warships in the East. JUS
titles the assertion of the American press
that he was deliberately offensive.
There was no need of The Chicago meet
ing, since the American newspapers have
accepted the later indications of German
friendliness as sincere. There is no dis
position on the part OF any patriotic
American to promote ilI-feelfng There is
no talk of an alliance with England as
against Germany. On the contrary this
country is quite as much interested in cul-
tivating amicable relations with one as
with the other. In entering on our larger
career, it is important that we should seek
the good will OF all the world. The three
great industrial nations America. En-
gland, and Germany, have more in common
than other countries and more cause to
avoid mutual irritations.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
TUESDAY. MARCH %. 1895
The Coming Battle.

II Aguinaldo does not Voluntarily with
draw from Malolos, his capitai-and' there
is no reason to think he will-the coming
battle at that place may be decisive. Aid
"a by the nature of the country. and prob
ably advised by the Spanish officers now in
his service, the rebel chief was able TO es-
cape the trap at Polo; but this only pro-
longed the struggle and postponed the final
defeat. The ablest of military strategists
give their full approval of the movements
Sf General Otis, and have no fears of their
success. This means the breaking up of
.Aguinaldo's army and either its surrender
or its flight in scattered bands to maintain
q guerrilla warfare that can only annoy the
Americans.
From all indications. the coming battle
VII he furious and prolonged. An immense
amount Of well-planned work in the way of
cntrcnchments has been done over the
miles across which the determined Ameri-
cars have driven the desperate foe The
sOiks thrown up would have made the ad-
vance Of any less courageous and steady
snomy than the Americans impracticabIa.
When ii has seemed desirable to capture a
stronghold by a charge across an open
field under the fire OF superior numbers
the Americans have not hesitated. and
have always won. l. is to be doubted if in
I'll he history of modern wars there have
ever been more daring feats than the past
few DAYS have seen. Ii is believed that no.
even in our Civil War. and certainly in no
other, did so many bayOnet charges reach
-. 4tr.T cr h.
enemy rs in the course of General Otis
advance. Until now the bayonet has been
considered an obsolete weapon. That it is
not is proof of the tenacity of the Fill
pinos.
We may now lCok hourly for a report of
such lighting as must make the pulses leap
20 read about. The Americans are resolv-
ed TO smash Aguinaldos army at what is
believed to be its last stand If the fields
already won give a fair indication of the
state Of Malolos. it is fortified to the very
last degree that the trained officers of
,he Spanish regulars can suggest and an
army OF industrious workmen achieve.
There win be heavy losses on both sides.
every step will be desperately contested
aud the Americans will win only by de-
eiioying a great part of the rebel forces
As TO the future of the insurgents, there
Is reason to think they cannot long sub
sist in the wild country TO which alone
they can fee to be safe from pursuit by
the Americans. The work of the Philip
Pine Commission in convincing the natives
Of the good purposes of this Government
aust soon cause even the guerrilla bands
H. cease their strife
The evening times., 1899-03-28

masses of the people almost nothing at ALL
But it will come in time to mean liv-
ing, vital personality, a hundred times
fiend with claws, hoofs, and tail; for each
man will see that he himself is a part of
1t; that whatever evil is in Society is in
him also so long as he does not work
and protest against it with all his might
and main; that if Society is vicious, and
corrupt, and ignorant, he and his children
and his chldren's children, will be so. The
truth that every man and woman is part
of this immense force has never taken hold
of peoples minds as it should. This is be-
cause the reign of thought is compare
lively new. In the days when force was
the only law it mattered comparatively
little what the masses of the people
thought, if, indeed they were allowed to
think at all. Now it matters everything;
but the masses do not yet realize their
power.
The recent lynching incidents offer a
striking illustration of the power of this
composite force, Society. 1t is absolutely
impossible to convict the members of a
mob, because public opinion protects them.
That opinion is stronger than any sort
of law. The only way in which it can be
changed is by individual influence Moth
ing can kill custom but custom. The only
way TO conquer an idea is by another idea,
stronger than the first. There will have
to be conviction on the part of the mass
of the people in the community that lynch
ing is an evil, before anything can be done
about it by law. The community will have
to be aroused to the awful evil of corrup-
tion in politics before that can be re-
formed. 1t is so with every wrong which
afilicts mankind today. 1t is idle to say
that human nature cannot be changed. 1t
has been altered over and over again since
the world began. The ordinary citizen of
London as he was a hundred and fifty years
ago, and the average American of today,
would have but few things in common
and those, mark you, would be the things
OF pure thought. They might read Shakes
peare together, but they could not dis
cuss social questions without coming to
blows
The evening times., 1899-03-28
The Passing of satan.

4 writer in one of the current maga-
zines comments on the fact that the Devil.
as our grandfathers knew him, has almost
disappeared from modern life No longer
are men represented as having been in
stigated by Satan to commit crime: no
longer do Luthers throw inkstands at the
fiend and valiant Dunstans clutch him by
the nose; no longer does he make his an
pearance at opportune moments to re-
move from earth people who are no longer
tolerable in the sight of their fellow-be-
ings- In his place, according to this COM
mentator, has appeared Society," and now
adays public and private crimes are set
down to the account of an abstract idea
the general arrangement of things which
determines environment. He might have
added that il almost seems as If Ciyiliza-
tion had usurped in many minds the place
OF Providence. In other days people re-
garded their good things as the direct gifts
of God, and their ills as caused by the
Devil; nowadays they are more likely to
point with pride to such and such an in
stitution as a result of superior civiliza
tion." and TO such and such crime as the
result OF 1.-The corrupt condition of So
ciety.' The writer in question seems to
have glimmering idea that this shifting
of responsibility from a concrete to on alb
stract being tends to weaken character
On further reflection, however, it will
be seen that the ultimate effect of such
change in the ideas of people in general
will be precisely the reverse When a ma
ton, class, or race has been freed
from CALLING and oppressive captivity.
the immediate effect is usually more or
less disorder. The slave, having cast off
his shackles, does not quite understand
tis own strength. If he is vigorous, he us
ually attempts more than he can do: if he
is anemic and sluggish, he does not use
the strength he has. When a boy is re-
leased from school the first thing he wants
to do is to make great noise; when ma
tion dispenses with its kings ii is apt to
go TO the opposite extreme, especially il the
rule of the kings has been severe and
tyrannous But in all these cases it is
true, as Thomas Jefferson said, that the
only cure for the evils of liberty is more
liberty.
In this particular instance of reaction.
the readjustment of ideas will come as
soon as individuals understand thorough
iy what this abstract thing Society"
really is. At present it means to the
The evening times., 1899-03-28

contracted, and where 1t forced il on the
troops after twenty-f four hours. If this is
the sum OF the evidence We are to have for
the defence. the charges of General Miles
must be regarded as fully established. The
first responsibility lies with Eagan, but not
with him alone. There should have been
inspection officers to keep the War Depart
ment informed of such appalling circum-
stances as the feeding of decayed meat TO
the soldiers, but for some purpose the In
spector Generals Office was, as General
Breckinridge says, emasculated. Was it to
prevent reports relating to such atrocities? :?
1t shGIld have been within the knowledge
of the Surgeon General and the Secretary
OF War that the army was being poisoned.
and their ignorance must be explained.
The Court of Enquiry will hardly adjourn
before bringing Secretary Alger before it;
ii should not adjourn until it has heard
General Breckinridge. 1t is not unnatural
to infer that the return to this city Of the
Court had something 10 do with the journey
of Secretary AIger to Cuba, and that the
Inspector General was exiled to prevent
his appearance before the Court.
There is no hint of forthcoming testi-
mony from the packers TO disprove the
statements concerning the bad character
of the canned roast beef, so called These
statements must be regarded as conclu-
sive, as the case stands. Soon the only
question will be the steps to be taken for
the prosecution of the packers and all the
War Department officials in any way re-
lated TO the scandal. There is bound to be
a mighty shaking up or else a furious pop
ular indignation.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
The Packers, Testimony.

This mornings report of the proceed
Ags of the Court of Enquiry does not en-
courage the opinion that there will be any
testimony to refute the evidence of scores
Of trustworthy persons that the beef is
sued TO the army during the Spanish war
was bad and a menace to health This is
The more apparent because the two prin-
cipal witnesses were in the interest of the
packers. Their statements tend to throw
the whole burden on the shoulders of
Eagan. They did not attempt TO prove
that the refrigerated beef, as issued to the
soldiers, was good. On the contrary. they
implied that 1t must necessarily be bad
but that the packers were in no way TO
blame for that. a member of the firm of
Swift e. Co., said his establishment posi-
lively declined to be responsible for the
condition of the beef for more than tYen
ty-four hours after delivery, and even for
ihat time only on condition that it should
be kept in proper refrigerators. He re-
peated that there was no error. as sworn
TO by Eagan, in the twenty-four-
hour clause; that Eagan understood psr-
fectly that the company had declined to
MAKE a contract which insured good beef
for serenty-two hours This testimony
was backed up by that of an agent of the
packers who had held many conferences
with Eagan.
While this does not touch The capnas
beef scandal, it is. nevertheless. of in
terest in connection with the report of the
Alger Relief Commission. That astounding
body OF whitewashers maintained that
there was no bad refrigerated beef excent
that taken to Florida by Powell. as an ex-
pertinent. Yet here is the Swift Companv
ready to admit that all the refrigerated
beef that was not kept in cold storage and
all that was issued more than twenty-four
hours after delivery may have been as bad
rs the soldiers represent; that the fault
was entirely with the Commissary Depart
ment, where 1t did not make provision for
the cold storage OF beef for which II had
The evening times., 1899-03-28
FRIENDLY TO CORPORATIONS.
Jerseys Legislature PASSES Acts Cal
culated to Enlarge Privileges.


Trenton, n. j., March 2S.-The work of
the recently adjourned legislature gives
renewed emphasis to New Jersey s
friendship to corporations as expressed
through the States aw-making power.
There were several bills introduced in
the legislature relating to corporations in
general and trusts in particular, but only
those that gave enlarged privileges to cor
porations received favorable attention.
The domination of corporate influences
in the State was manifested more in what
the legislature refused to do than in what
it actually did. There was one law passed
however, and mention of which has al
ready been made, which opens the door to
all kinds of combinations. That law per-
mits corporations to lease their property
and franchises to each other, and under
it all the trolley, gas and electric light
companies Of the State could by a series
of leases become one gigantic concern un-
der single-headed management.
The other laws pasased were of minor
Importance i'm the matter of amending the
existing corporation laws. These minor
laws permit the correction of errors in pa
pers filed, and broaden the powers for
which companies may be formed
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Abraham LincOln's English,
(From the st. Louis Star. }

The further we get away from Abraham Lincoln
the more thoroughly are his accomplishments ap.
preciated. The martyred President made no pre-
tenee as TO literary ability, and yet
he never penned sentence or ut
tered sentiment that did not stand
the criticism of the most critical. third of a
century after his death comes the London Pub
fishers circular, and referring 10 recent volume
of Lincoln's letters and speeches as a true ex-
ample of classical English, declares that his use
OF the language has never been surpassed by any
English-speaking writer. While his STYLE com.
bines dignity, fervor, and vigor in the highest
degree, it is never pompous. forced or theatrical
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Special Policemen.

To the Editor of The Times:
l desire TO commend to the attention of Ma
jor Sylvester, and also to the business men o
this city. the article published in Saturday,
Times, under the heading, ''The Special Police
men, As stated in that article. special police
men in many instances, and owing to thei,
greed for money, leave their own beats and en-.
gage TO watch business houses on adjoining beats
Thus they deprive their own patrons OF Their
services while they are away on other territory
besides confusing business men, when two watch.
men on the same beat apply to them for en-
ployment
There is another and important point / wish
to call attention to. That is this, according to
the decisions of the courts, made over and over
again, special is devoid of police power ex.
cept on his own beat. the bounds of which are
plainly written his commission Hence. sew
eral specials have been fined for carrying con-
cealed weapons when found off their beats with
revolver or ''black jack Many merchants hope
Major Sylvester viii give this matter Of regulat.
ing the special policemen his early attention.
At present the specials are disorganized, and not
under surveillance. This should not be so with
an armed and commissioned force
BUSINESS MAN.
The evening times., 1899-03-28

1t is an interesting fact that when The
city OF New York made plans for an un-
derground system of rapid transit all the
street railway corporations employed ooun-
sci to prove that such a system was wholly
impracticable and if carried out would be
abominable. The most active enemy of
an underground road was the Metropolitan
Company. Now the public is informed that
this company will Immediately begin work
on vast underground system exactly such
as was proposed by the municipality. and
its officers assert that this is the only sort
of rapid transit that is worth anything.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Monopoly the Main Menace.
(From the Philadelnhia Rncord

NFFOiH lIIt IHIfaNtIIHId RPcOrd.1
It is not because of combinations under State
charters that trusts become amenable TO the law
but because of the monopoly which they are de-
signed to establish. 1t makes no difference what
corporate form the monopoly may assume
whether acting under State franchise, or in pur.
suance of secret agreement, or without dis.
guse as an unopposed agency in production and
tradeit is in all cases under the ban of the law
as being in restraint of trade. The thing to be
protected from invasion is the absolute liberty OF
all citizens to produce and distribute commodi.
ties usder conditions of unrestricted competition
Where this liberty is interfered with the courts
invariably deIounce the interfering agency as d
public menace, against which public policy and
the common law design protection.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Time for a Nap.
From Puck.O

''Wel.'' remarked the FIRST word Il guess we
resume Rip Van Winkle-like sluHi-
bers.'
II suppose So" reioined the second word,
yawning; ''we'il hardly take any part in petty
uprisings. It's a long time between wars, isn't
it?'
Then both words" ArmiStiee'' and Protocol
forthwith laid them down to sleep.
The evening times., 1899-03-28

The examination of a member of the
firm of Swift & Co. by the Court of En-
quiry indicates a strong disposition to
make Eagan bear all the responsibility
for the decay of refrigerated beef. 1t
seems ungrateful.
The evening times., 1899-03-28

Governor Roosevelt will get himself in
trouble with leading Republicans if he
persists in urging tax on franchises ac-
quired by corporations from the public
without cost. The lawyers, who are among
the active organization Republicans, re-
gard anything of this kind as an approach
to socialism and anarchy, from which the
party must be kept free.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Prepared for Trouble.

(From the Cleveland Plain DeaIer)
''And YOU are determined to cat the candy.
notwithstanding it came by mail and anony-
mously?''
Certainly, l will. I have been making au
exhaustive study OF toxicoogy. and right in this
drawer here is a complete array of all the anti
dates known to science Have chocolate cream
with me-
The evening times., 1899-03-28

The Republican newspapers are allowed
to talk rather strongly against the trusts
between campaigns and they are making
use of the privilege. One of the effects is
to make the trusts more generous in their
campaign contributions
The evening times., 1899-03-28
NeiGhborly Feeling.
(From the Chicago Tribune

pioiH tHe thiCd9o irlDune.
Nexdore- What is the troubIe?''
''Shc sent her little boy over yesterday for Il
stepadler VIC borrowed of her two wears ago
The artful woman let it stay here all that time
she could send for it some day and make
me feel cheap
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Applied RELIGION.
From the Ruriinrton H.,rt0

From the Burlington Hawkeye)
Little Sadie (who has been told She must
thank God for everything, whether il seemed
good or no')-Tlank God again, mamma I've
broken your rose Jar.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
All in Harmony.

(From the Chicago Tribuae.)
Merchant Tailor Shirtings? Yes, sir. How
would You like TO have them made up2 In This
style:'
Customer-That's all right only I'd like
little better quality OF Innings in the colIarings
and cuttings
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Ready for Business.

tFrom the Chicago TribuneO
Johnny, are your people going to take you
with them on that trip acrcss the oeeaa?''
''Yes'm."
aren't you afraid?'
''Nome; amt afraid of nothn I've been
vaccinated an baptized
The evening times., 1899-03-28
Designs on the Dog.

tFlOm PuCk-
Customer want TO get dog collar; some
thing handsome and sh0wy.
DealeF-Will this one do?
CIistomer-No; I'd like something more expen-
sive than that YOu see, it's my wife's dog
and I'd like TO get some one to steal it.
The evening times., 1899-03-28
CURRENT HUMOR.
The Trouble With Reed

tFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
1T looks A. If there WAS broad chasfI he
tween Mr. Reed and the Presidency"
YES; saTcaSn,''
The evening times., 1899-03-28
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