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leather as well as California stock
The times., 1899-07-04
Americans VIII BACK Him.
CFr,m tbe Minneapolis Tribune)

(froin the hlhnedpolis lflbune.D
The President need have no fear that the
country will not sustain him in carrying out the
policy inaugurated in the Philippines. The honor
Of the American name is at stake, and the people
will submit TO any necessary sacrifice to maintain
it, They are impatient of delay. They believe
that the great American Republic ought not to
be checkmated or even temporarily checked, in
its onward march of civilization and humanity
in the Philippines by a mere handful Of half
savage insurgents led by an unscrupulous adven-
turer. If General Otis has underestimate the
obstacles he had to contend with, now let him
overestimate them and call for force large
enough to make the assurance of victory doubly
sure
Nobody doubts that President Mckinley Is sin
cerey desirous Of the triumph Of the American
arms in the Philippines. II he has not sent big
enough army there, it is because he has been
deceived as to the needs OF the situation. He
is now undcccived, and he act with the full
assurance that the people of the country will
stand by him.
The times., 1899-07-04
RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP.
a Times Reader Who Thinks There
Is String Attached.

To the Editor OF The Times:
The convincing proof of the cid Russian
diplomatic trick. which is that whenever
Russia is in trouble she at once runs unfer
cover by protesting love and undying
friendship for the United States, is plainly
visible in an article written in the July
number OF the North American Review
by Prince oohotomsky. the editor and
proprietor OF the ''St Petersburg viedo-
mosti,'' a paper subsidized by the Russian
Government.
The article must be read between the
lines. The whole subject matter seems to
be intended for the use of the crafty Rus
sian diplomats in China and the East in
order to show them what great influence
Russia has in the United States. Ii is
startling and amusing for the editor prince
to ask the United States to Join Russia in
a European concert TO check England's
influence in the East. Has the prince ed
itor so soon forgotten that during and be-
fore our war with Spain. up to the date OF
the destruction of Cervera's fleet, he was
our foremos. enemy? For corToboration
We have only to turn to the pages of his
paper, the st. Petersburg Viedomosti."
The editor prince abused the Yankees and
wished them to be humiliated SO as not 10
be a menace to Europe. Now. as the Yam
KEGS are on top. the prince wants them s'to
turn in" Russian fashion, and destroy
England. the only ally they had in Europe
during their war with Spain.
F. w MOORE
The times., 1899-07-04
a nugnboo DESTROYED.

Mr.. Joseph J. Willett, President of the
Alabama Bar Association, is talking like
a man of unsound reason on the Philip
pine question He is in New York, where
he will today deliver the "long talk" or
principal speech, at Tammany Halls an
nual Fourth of July celebration. If he
embodies his rank anti-expansion heresies
in his address we venture the Pre-
diction his speech will not arouse much
enthusiasm in an organization of such ro-
bust Americanism as that of the Tammany
Society.
Three men out of four in the South, y
declares Mr.. Willett, "are opposed to per-
manent expansion of the nations terri
tory in the Philippines. Down there we
have a race question, and we have trou-
bIes of our own. We don't see why we
should take in eight million more negroes.
We don't want to keep the Philippines.
We feel that we have made a great fiuke
over there, and 1t has cost thousands of
lives and millions of treasure"
Mr.. willett, like all the rest of the anti
expansionists, has, fallen into the error of
taking a sentimental view of PROPOSE
tion that is entirely economic and indus
trial, and therefore utterly devoid Of SEN
timentalism. OF course. there is senti-
ment in the question in the sense that
this ennobling quality is innate in every
great movement which arouses the seri-
Gus concern of our race. But Mr.. Willett,
like other anti-expansionists, takes the
emotional view of the question. He mis-
takes sentimentality for sentiment. The
difference between these qualities is the
difference between froth and solid matter.
There cannot possibly be any race prob
lem, as this is understood at the South,
involved in the acquisition of territory as
remotely removed from our shores as are
the Philippines. We shall never absorb
the Filipinos into our social fabric. Our
racial blood will never become diluted or
tainted through the process of amalgama-
tion with the alien races in the Philip
pines. The colonization history of the
world shows that the people of our blood
have never amalgamat<d with races of
weaker type. 1t has remained for the Lat
in races to do this. Partly for that reason
the Latin nations have been unsuccessful
colonizers.
Contrary to Mr. wflletts apparent
dread, We are not to drive the Flipinos
out of the Philippines and into the United
States. All We desire to do is to make
them acknowledge and respect our au-
thority. With that accomplished they are
assured sound, just government and we are
assured an opportunity for commercial ad-
vantage in the North Pacaiic and the con-
tinent of Asia, with its teeming millions
OF consumers. which. when properly utiI-
lied. will impar1 to the industrial energy
and economic ingenuity of America such a
mighty impulse as will sweep us on past
all such problems as that referred to by
Mr.. Willett. The South will feel the thrill
of this new energy more distinctly than
will any other part of the country, for
the South will produce large bulk of the
exports which our enlarged trade oppor-
tunities will carry into Asia Southern
cotton. grain, and iron will find ready
markets and profitable exchanges in the
Orient and throughout the North Pacific
The times., 1899-07-04
shooling ut Thieves.

A question which lately came up in New
York may involve a test case in the history
of crime. The house surgeon of a New
York sanitarium shot small boy whom he
found in cherry tree stealing the fruit.
The boy died and the surgeon was arrest
ed. He pleaded that man had right 10
shoot at a trespasser and thief, and that
in firing on the boy, who had come into
his grounds for an unlawful purpose, he
was within his legal rights. But the court
did not agree with him.
This is a matter which should be clear
ly understood. The fact that boy or man
is found stealing fruit or committing some
other petty depreciation does not warrant
the owner OF the premises in shooting
him. If man catches a burglar in his
room in the middle of the night he may
fire on him, and IL the burglar is killed
the householder Will. of course, be ac-
quilted. But a boy stealing fruit is not a
dangerous character, and TO kill him for
his petty crime is murder. There wss a
The times., 1899-07-04
GEN. HARRISON GRAY OTIS.
He Visits the War Office and Lunches
With Mr.. Mckinley

Brig. Gen. Harrison Gray Otis. of Cali
fornia, who has recently returned from the
Philippine campaign, and whose name has
been prominently mentioned in connection
with the war portfolio in the event of Sec
retary Alger's retirement from the Cabinet.
arrived in Washington yesterday morning.
He spent the day at the War Department
and at the White House closing up his
accounts as a brigadier general at the
former place and lunching with the Presi-
dent at the latter.
General Otis denied that his visit had
any political significance whatever. He
said he had not been asked to accept
place in the Cabinet, nor had any such in
tention on the part of the President been
indicated to him. His visit here was both
OF business and social nature. The gen.
eral has many friends in the city. having
once lived here nine years. and his stay
viii doubtless be prolonged for several
days
When interrogated on the subject of the
Philippines campaign General Otis said he
had frequently expressed his opinion that
If the insurrection was to be suppressed
speedily it would take 50, 600 men. He paid
high tribute TO the efficiency OF the troops
now in the field, and said that If time
enough were given, the Filipinos could be
subiugated with the force now there. Gen
eral Otis indicated that the present method
of taking territory and then abandoning
it again for the occupation of the rebel
forces was not calculated to accomplish
permanent results. 1t was his opinion that
the force should be large enough to Id all
the territory taken. and at the same time
not cripple other aggressive movements.
In peaking of the climatic conditions
of the islands the general said:
ut is a mistake to suppose that the
rainy season lasts only few months. |
have seen statements in the newspapers
over here that the rainy period will end
about September 10. That is untrue, and
such false statements will tend to cause
dissatisfaction among the American peo-
pie, who will not understand why active
operations are not resumed at that time.
The rainy season lasts from the May 1 to
December l, but there is a short period
after it begins when the suspension of
operations is not necessary because the
ground has not become sufficiently soak
ed. Last year the rainy season stopped
off suddenly on December /. We had a
heavy rain on the last day of November
and a slight shower on the next day.
Then the rain ceased.
The year in Luzon is divided into about
three-quarters rain and one-quarter dry
A hundred inches of rain falls in the wet
season. One year they had 100 inches
The year they had only 10 inches was call
ed exceptionally dry. l obtained these fig
ures from the Manila observatory"
General Otis was attired in white duck
uniform. He spent considerable time in
conference with Secretary Alger and Adju-
tant General Corbin. He arrived at the
White House after the President had left
his office, and was ushered into his private
apartments. where the two lunched to-
uafher
The times., 1899-07-04
HAVOC CAUSED BY A TROUT.
Chapter of Accidents Resulting
From a Fisherman's Luck.

Geneva. n. Y, July 3.-George Girls
void, former deep-sea sailor now 4
farmer living on the east shore of Seneca
Lake, ten miles south OF this city. started
out to fish in the lake shortly before dark
Saturday evening. While sitting in the
stern of the boat he laid his fish pole
across the thwarts, filed his pipe. and
started to light 1t. Just as he applied
the match to the tobacco a fish caught
the bait on the hook and jerked the pole
out of the boat Griswold jumped to
catch the pole, lost his balance, and fell
into the water. His left foot was caught
under the seat in the stern. and in his
struggles to free himself he tipped the
boat completely over. When he got his
foot free and came to the surface his fish
pole was fifteen feet away and going fur
ther He swan to it. caught 1t in one
hand. and returned to the boat. The fish
at the end Of the line struggled so ferce-
ly that it almost dragged Griswold under.
When Griswold reached the boat he tried
to right 1t. but could not. He straddled
the boat and pulled up the fish. 1t was
trout weighing about twenty pounds.
Griswold ran the line through the gills
of the fish and tied it to the boat Then
he stood upon the bottom and shouted
for help. He was a mile and a half from
shore and nobody heard him. II was dark
before he removed his water-soaked gar
ments, laid them across the boats bot
tom. and struck out for shore. He saw a
light which he thought was in the bow of
a boat from which men were spearing fish.
He swan toward it, and as he came with
in range of the light Oliver Johnson,
colored man, who stood in the bow of the
boat, spear in hand, turned, and seeing
Griswold's face, gave a yell, jumped back
ward, and tipped the boat over He and
his companion, William Howard, also col
ored, were thrown into the water. Girls
void swan up and found johnson clinging
to the boat. Howard could not swim. and
was going down the second time when
GTiswold caught him by the hair, and with
Johnson's assistance got him in the boat
They shouted TO two men who were in a
boat about a quarter of a mile away. The
men came and towed them to shore. Girls
wold's boat, clothes. and twenty pound
trout were recovered yesterday
The times., 1899-07-04
A Matchmaking king-Mnker.

There is nothing surprising to persons
who have studied the character and history
of our new wards in Cuba in the news that
vana is forming a monarchical party with
the view of giving Cuba a king.
The leader OF the clique is one of the
numerous generals" of the phantom Gu
ban army. He thinks that what Cuba
needs is not republic, but a strong hand
at the helm. He is of the opinion that the
people of the Latin race prefer royalty
and the possible honors accruing under a
monarchy. He may be right. The promo
ter of the scheme represents that he can
persuade majority of the alcaides. or
town mayors, throughout the island to
give the movement their support by prom
Using to make them dukes, counts, and
barons. Maybe he can do this. 1t is also
in the plans to form a Cuban legion of
honor.
LA Lucha,'' the best informed newspa-
per of Havana, deals seriously with the
matter, and thinks there is more in the
scheme than bombast, despite the fact that
the originator and promoter is accused of
subsisting at present on blackmail. La
Lucha" says that several persons who be-
lieve the scheme might succeed say the
outcome will depend largely on the charm
of novelty, with a populace judiciousiy
prepared to embrace the idea" The theory
is that it would be particularly acceptable
to such families as already have titles
from the Crown of Spain, and to Span
iards residing in Cuba who owing to busl-
ness or other considerations, have been
compelled to forfeit their patents of no.
bility. The promoters of the movement
allege that they expect financial assist
ance from these sources, as the plan prom
ises to substitute equal dignities and posi-
tions for those that have been forfeited.
All of this is going on under the rose of
Governor General Brooke. OF course. We
understand that the scheme is ridiculous
and the performance a good deal like an
opera bouffe. But there is nothing humo--
Gus in the main part of the operations of
the chief promoter That is the system of
blackmail we are told he has been prac-
ticing in Havana without interference ty
thc duluOIilltS l0eIBt except
warning" from Military Governor Ludlow.
who may be a first-rate officer in the Corps
OF Engineers of the Army, but a poor
Governor. Blackmailers of high and Low
degree are put in Jail in this country when
caught and sent to the pententiary when
convicted. That is what General Ludlow
ought to do with this would be king-m maker
at Havana. BY SO doing he might break
up blackmail for while, if he did not
scotch the monarchical movement.
Ultimately, if our present loose rule
continues in Cuba, there viii be so many
political factions on the island that the
population cannot be reconciled to any
form CT civil government we may offer
them. Is that what the Administration
is waiting for?
The times., 1899-07-04
snmpron,s MIsfortune.

(From the Philadelphia North American)
1t was not SIMPSONS fault that he was away
when Ceryera ran out to be destroyed. That
SIMPSONS misfortune. The captains Of the
blockading feet would have done the work had
schley. as well as Sampson, been absent But
nevertheless, to Schley belong the laurels that
would have been Sampson's had Sampson been
there. The claim that it was Simpsons plan,
SIMPSONS profound strategy ard tactics, in
which the captains had been instructed. that
obliterated Cervera is preposterous. midship-
man not capable Of the strategy of lying
off a harbor's mouth for the appearance
of blockaded enemy, and giving battle
to that enemy on his coming forth
would deserve to he reduced to the rank of
coai-heaver. The plan Of blockade was the plan
OF the terrier crouched at rathole. and nothing
more. II the commanders OF the ships of the
American Navy, while waiting for Ceryera. would
have let their fires go out and discipline relax
but for the vigilant superintendent of a rear
admiral, then. and then only. the victor OF San
tiago Bay is Sampson. In which case the cap
tans of the ships should retire from our service
and enter that Of the Spanish navy, which knows
little OF discipline. and prefers sleep 10 work
The times., 1899-07-04

ways contributed to a fund for the ceIcbra-
,ion Of the fith of July, the anniversary
of the destruction Of the Frisco mill and
the driving out of the non-union miners in
1892. This anniversary has been celebrated
with greater enthusiasm thaa the Fourth
of July. Ia fact. the miners union ele-
ment generally has refrained from partici-
patton in any Fourth of July demonstra-
tion, and has toasted OF its success in max
ing the celebration OF the 11th much more
successful than that OF the Fourth. II has
been terrible thing for some OF these
business men to subscribe to a fund for
the celebration of such an anniversary as
that, but they have all known that their
business would be boycotted to destruction
unless they complied with the demand OF
the committee when waited upon. and the
result has been that money has always
been raised quickly and in ample quantity
for the needs of the organization conduct
ing this unpatriotic and desperate demon
stration on the anniversary OF a lawless
event
The reader. from the foregoing. may
gain some idea OF the standard OF liberty
that has prevailed in the Coeur d Aiene
region The men who have been guilty of
this tyranny and of the indescribable
crimes that have been perpetrated here
are now crying aloud for liberty. because
the hand OF the law has been laid upon
them and they see the doors OF peniten-
tiaries and the ropes of gibbets ready to
receive them. The public, when il be
comes familiar with the conditions that
have prevailed-when IL understands this
Coeur d'Alene situation. will realize that
1t became absolutely necessary TO resort
to heroic methods to suppress the rule
that has cursed this country and that has
made liberty mockery throughout this
entire region Let no man be misled by
the false pleas now made by those who
have fallen into the clutches OF the law
after this long period of immunity from
punishment for crimes too terrible to be
contemplated by an American citizen.
The times., 1899-07-04
Friendly words for Cuhnns.

From the indianapolis Ncws)
There good deal Of sound sense in Gen
cral Woods advice given at the alumni dinner
at Harvard, not to critisc Cuba and the Cubans
too severely, but to remember that Cuba had not
been allowed to train herself ior self-goyerumcnt
1t is true that there has been a disposition to
be a little hard the Cubans, though we
expected them To spring up fully equipped for
government. when they have only Just been re-
leved OF the Spanish yoke. The measure OF sue
cess we have attained in the matter of govern
ment has not come in day. We earned it by
hard and bitter experience. Events show that the
Cubans appreciate and are grateful for decent
administration, and that they know how to take
care of themselves when the proper way is shown
thea:
The times., 1899-07-04
One Point Never Neglected.


The Christian Scientists are being hard driven
in many directions just now and their most
effective plea seems to be that they do not
collect fees give drugs and, therefore, are not
practitioners. Ii ANYBODY doubts that they collect
fees he can very easily ascertain the truth by
undertaking a short course of treatment at the
hands of any Of these disintercsfed heaters. He
will find that little pile Of dollars disappears
very rapidly under that genial influence. There
is no reason why they should not collect payment,
if anybody is foolish enough to employ them
But there are obvious reasons why they should
not pretend that they don't.
The times., 1899-07-04
War in the Midst of Peace,
0From The New Orleans states.)

NrioiH 'HS WV ''l'ii' -'dtcS-J
The report OF a threatened duel between two
members Of the Peace Congress at The Illgue Is
suggestive OF an incident that occurred nearly
half century ago.
peace conference was called TO meet in Bcr
lin, and all nations were invited to send dele
gates The movement did not have origin in
politics. but in the hearts OF those who believed
in peace on earth and the universal brotherhood OF
man. II our memory is not sadly at fault Patrick
o. Joyce. of Louisville, Ky. was delegate.
Pat was eXcitabe lrishman and somewhat
Of 4 muscular Christian. The morning after his
arrival in Berlin he found that the boots" OF
the hotel had misplaced his footgelr and there
upon fell on and gave him a severe beating
The times., 1899-07-04

Two thousand Canadian troops will par
ticipate in the Fourth of July celebration
at Rochester, n. Y, today. This is a
good sign of the drift of things in the
right direction. After while We shall be
celebrating Jack Cade day with our Brit
ish cousins. But today's spectacle at Roch-
ester will not be the first time it has
been witnessed, as claimed by the proud
and patriotic Rochesterians. A year ago
detachment of Canadian troops helped
celebrate the Fourth in one of our north
Mestern towns
The times., 1899-07-04
A Kind Monkey.

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Monkeys are more renowned for mischief than
for kindness. but even mopEcys can be benevo-
lcnt. VI. Mouton records the donrs OF one in
C:uadcioupc that surely seemed to merit that rep
utation
The monkey had a friend in a goat that went
daily to the pasture. Every night the monkey
would pick out the buTrs and thorns. sometimes
to the number OF two or three thousand. nom
the goats fleece. in order that the animal might
lie down in peace.
on comirg in from the pasture the goat rrgu-
larlv went in search Of his iight-h1nded friend,
and submitted himsclf TO the operation Strange
20 s,y. the tricky instincts OF the monkey
asserted themselves after the pricklcs were rr-
moved; he would tease the poor goat unmerci-
fully. plucking his beard. poIins him in the
ewes. and pulling out his hairs The goat bore
il all with patience perhaps regarding it is
only fair price 10 be paid for the removal OF
the thorIs-
The times., 1899-07-04

case of this sort in Washington two or
three years ago, and although since the
person who fired the gun was a young
woman and undoubtedly had no intention
of even wounding her victim, she was ac-
quilted, man in the same predicament
would have stood some chance of suffering
the penalty, and his condemnation would
have been entirely just. II it is desirable
to scare boys away from orchards and
gardens by firing a gun, it is not neces-
sary TO load the weapon with shot which
will kill,
The times., 1899-07-04
An insignificant Minority.

10 stand up for the United States, to eulogize
the land Of their birth adoption for what it
is, the land of the brave and the home Of the
free, to sing THE Army and Navy Forever is
the natural and healthy impulse of the great ma
jority of native and adopted American citizens.
To insult and revile the United States. to declare
its Government horrible tyranny. its soldiers
and sailors assassn, and its people the peers and
imitators of the brutal Roman populace who
roarcd for bread and games, is the occupation of
very small minority.