The Springfield herald., 1899-12-15

their prescriptions HoE ioiioW tueir du-
vice.
In the first annual report of Secretary
Root. Just made public, much space is
devoted TO the future OF Cuba and Por-
TO Rico as TO army reorganization.
Questions of the kind usually handled
by the secretary OF state now occupy
the attention of the War Department.
and afford Mr.. Root an opportunity TO
display his acumen as a diplomat and
statesman. Attention is called in the
report to the inadequate size of the
present standing army, but no definite
Recommendations regarding an in
crease Is made.
No speaker was ever SO fortunate in
beginning his term with the complete
good will and confidence of both par
ties as Colonel Henderson, and when
he declared that he was going to be
fair but use his authority without fear
or favor. everybody believed him and
applauded his purpose. The cheers on
the Democratic side were just as hear
~ as on the Republican side. and al
though during his career in Congress
Henderson has given and taken some
pretty hard knocks. he has not an en-
emy either in his party or the other.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath in a decision in the case of Mrs.
Jennie X. Drown at Modus. Connect
cut, announces that the department
has decided that il will be incompati-
BILE with the best interests of the SER
vice TO retain married women as post
office clerks. The department has
therefore ruled that when female
postotiice clerk marries it will be nee
essary for her 10 resign from the SER
vice" Postmasters under this ruling
hnr W n
ignations of such employees and recon-
mend their successors to the depart
ment.
The best lawyers in the country are
of the opinion that the decision of the
Supreme court in the Addyston pipe
case does not affect any of the indus
trial trusts except the Federal Steel
Company. That. they say like the
Addyston company. was organized on
different basis from the rest. and the
companies participating retained their
corporate individuality, while in the
later consultations the corporate indi-
viduality was entirely wiped out and
entirely new companies We're created.
For this reason it is held that another
suit will have to be brought by some
body to determine the constitutionality
of the big consultations that We're eff
fected by purchase.
The preliminary report of the income
account of railways in the United
States in the year ending June 30, 1890,
was compiled by the statistician to the
interstate commerce cimmission from
the returns of operating railway com
panies representing lSJ,2iJ miles of
line. received prior to November 24th,
shows that he gross earnings of the
railways embraced i'll this advance re-
port We're. for the year ending June
80. 1899. 81. .301 ,253. .ISI, or ST.05T per
mile of line. Passenger earnings Were
$3.50, ,22T.3l9: freight earnings, S913,-
35s.iSS: and other earnings from oper
ations S33. .G67 .66T The gross earnings
shown in the final report for 1898. We're
nearly sixty million dollars less than
this amount.
No official notice will be taken of the
extraordinary speeches of Mr.. Cham
berlain at Leicester. but it may be said
that the United States government is
engaged in no alliance with England or
Germany. or any other nation, directly
or indirectly, remote or contingent. and
does not intend or desire such thing.
The administration desires the broad
est and most positive denial to be made
to all such suggestions. Mr.. Choate's
speeches have been the cause of con-
siderable annoyance, inasmuch as
his gush has been accepted as
corroborating or at least con-
firming differences drawn from
will be admonshed that although
speech is silver, silence is golden
President Mckinley, during an inter-
view with Senator Wellington. eX-
pressed himself in favor of reviving
,h. 10, Of vi. ,,Jp iynl in, h.. intn
est of both Rear Admiral Sampson and
Rear Admiral schley. He believed
that this is the simplest solution of the
whole Sampson-Schley controversy
and it is expected that Senator Welling-
ton will introduce n bill in Il few days
providing for the appointment of two
vice admirals without specifying
names The President very frankly
said that If such bill became a law
he would promptly nominate both
Sampson and Schley in the order
named. This arrangement both the
President and Senator Wellington be-
lieve will meet the approval of n major
ity of the friends of both admirals.
Tifty-six Republican members Of the
pennsylvania Legislature and seven
ty-SiX Democrats have signed remon-
STRANGE addressed to the Senate Of the
United States against the admission OF
Matthew Stanley Quay under his ap-
pointment by Governor Stone This is
considerably more than majority of
the Legislature. and it is said that the
signatures of Il majority of the Republic
can members will be obtained before
the petition is presented. This re-
monstrance is based upon the failure
of Mr.. Quay to secure n majority of the
Legislature of his state. and it is con-
| tended that the members who opposed
him were fairly representing the senti-
ment of their constituents; that Gov
ernor Stone appointed Mr.. Quay to the
vacancy as an act of personal friend