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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29

We hone however for the sake Of Mr. blarh'
that Grubers remarks were made on M Nv" i,w
snonsihilltv Without consultation with ms "%
~, inner hut his written speech reads very lutN
ms n the Troy politician had sal beside me w
writer when It was dictated. THE hrooNN" '''7'
A deduction which ignores the speech user
and takes into account only external pos'i'r"-
ties Nobody who knows the characteristic III
erarv style Of Mr. Gruber will have any dou"'
that he himself and not Ex-Governor hidyN
was the author Of his "reminiscences Noo'"'
but Mr. Gruber could initiate Mr.. Gruber.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29

Mr. Quigg at the meeting Of the Guy '"'''''''',
on Wednesday evening declared that II ne "aN '''
last Mayoralty campaign to go through aKd''' ~
would favor nominating Mr. Low, III sp''e -
the incredible stupidity ~ the Citlzens '"'o"
two years ago in spite Of all that II did 10 NAN"
Mr. Low offensive 10 Republicans. I""' - 81
great concession. for 1t is we'll known l"a' VI
Low was made exceedingly offensive 10 h'P""
llcans-so offensive that hfty THOUSAND "'o''
rushed to the polls to vote for MIN IMAM
could be gathered for General Tracy. Inc ""'"
siveness Of seth Low 10 Republicans was S"'"'
thing marvellous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29

1t IS 90 be hoped that the street id'l'o"N ,'''
panies VIII have their cables III g"ou 'o"u''''
to-day. A recurrence Of yesterdays Third-aNe'
cable break would be- the cause oil great """''
ance and confusion to thousands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-29

FIX Senator John II. Reagan. OF Texas the last
survivor Of the Cabinet ~ jefferson Davis. Is now
In his eighty hfth year. but IN spite Of the signs Of
age I'm his face. his brown eyes shine lusrously,
his voice Is steady and his step Is hrm. He says
he takes the best NJ of himself going TO bed
early and getting up With the sun. HE works hard
and sleeps well
The times., 1899-06-18

II is refreshing to see that the abductors
OF little Marion Clarke have been dealt
with summariiy and effectively. Barrow,
the originator OF the scheme. has been SEN
tenced to fourteen years and ten months
in Sing Sing. and Bella Anderson. the ac-
tual abduetor will be sent to Auburn for
four years. The case of Mrs. Barrow is
still to be tried.
There is no crime meaner or less excus-
able than that of child-stealing. The mo-
tive Of those who perpetrate this crime is
not one which can be traced to sudden
passion or resentment of injuries received;
it is a cold -booded. calculating determine
tion to make capital out of the sufferings
OF distracted mother and father. The
criminals concerned in the Clarke affair
went into it for money. They had nothing
against any of the Clarke family, nor was
there any emotional element whatever in
the transaction. They simply selected the
Clarke baby as a profitable investment.
They calculated that the narrowing anxiety
Of the baby's parents, the pictures which
were coniured up by this anxiety-pictures
of the innocent little creature immured in
some foul den OF the city, i'll treated, and
crying for her mother-that these emotions
could be made TO yield up a sum in hard
cash.
Whether they would have i'll treated the
little one in course of time, if the money
had not been forthcoming and they had
not been caught, cannot, of course. be
known with any certainty. But that does
not matter. The effect upon the parents
was the same. whether the child was or
was not abused by her heartless abductors.
The case of Charlie Ross proves that per-
sons cailous and depraved enough to COM
nit this crime are generally determined
enough in their villainy for all practical
fiendishness. Probably no one will ever
known certainly what became of the
little fellow who vanished so mys-
teriously twenty-five years ago. But
that crime, and the one recently attempted
in New York, should be sufficient warning
to the public, first, to look after children
carefully and see that those who have them
in charge can be depended upon; and,
second, to take care that any attempt in
the direction of child stealing is punished
with the utmost rigor of the law
The times., 1899-06-18
An Issue Very Much Alive.


While Democratic leaders are discussing IS
sues for the next Presidential compaign it is not
unlikely that Mr.. Havemeyer has pushed one to
the front which cannot be overlooked. ''The
tariff is the mother OF trusts.'' said the Sugar
King and no one doubts that it is The
present tariff is the most hurdensome that has
ever been put upon our people. 1t is more ex-
trene than the Mckinley law which helped to
bring defeat upon the Republican party in 1892.
Under it a whole brood Of trusts has been hatch
ed. and the work Of combining and restricting
trade and robbing the many for the benefit of
the great corporations is going merrily on. There
is a cry going up against the trusts all over the
land but it Is unheeded. Republican conventions
pass resolutions against them, but the Republican
Attorney General says that the Federal Govern
ment is powerless TO enact any law to restrain
them Tie State Legislatures alone posses the
necessary power. The State Legislatures have
been trying in vain to frame laws 10 restrain
them which will not be declared unconstitutional
bv the courts Mr. Havemeyer tells Just how
Congress can remedy the zhole matter complain
ed of by the people. Deprive the trusts OF the
tariff protection and they will at once become
harmless Open the doors of competition and
that will protect the people from extortiOn, and
what Is still worse than extortion. the arrogance
OF these great corporation combines. The
tariff. therefore, is as live issue as it ever has
been in the history Of this country
The times., 1899-06-18
Turn Light on Truss.

(From the Kansas City star.)
The trust problem demands the enforcement Of
existing laws rather than the enactment of new
ones Some of the loudest censors of the trusts
are State officials, who have the power, II they
but possessed the capacity and the discernment
to check the evils of trusts by faithful discharge
OF their duty. The affairs OF every corporation
should be open to the public through the state
ments fled with State authorities and these
State officials should appeal to the courts ii neees-
sary, to compel corporations to file honest state
ments and to restrict their capitalization to the
actual value OF their possessions. Evasions of
the law, juggling Of accounts, false statements or
failure TO make statements should not be per-
mitted.
The two things which the people most object
to in the trusts are excessive profits and over
capitalization. Both OF these could have been
prevented if State laws affecting corporations
had been rigidly enforced. The public has a
right to know the status Of the corporations,
and by giving the utmost publicity to the opera
tions OF corporations, the frauds which they
practice can be shown up, the robbery perpe-
trated by some of them can be clearly demon
strated, and they can be brought back to the
fundamental purposes for which they were char
tered by the State and be held strictly TO the
privileges to which they are entitled by their
charters
The times., 1899-06-18

II is said that Mrs. Baker. one of the
persons concerned in the Kentucky Baker
Howard feud, declares that she will train
up her eleven sons SO that the height OF
their ambition shall be to kill one OF their
ancestral enemies. The eldest boy is al
ready able 10 handle a rife as we'll as his
mother could desire, and will be of great
assistance to her in educating his brothers
IN the way they should go.
This state of things in supposedly civ
nized American family seems rather pscu-
liar. but a Kentucky feud is queer thing
from any point of view. 1t is the lineal
descendant OF the Old World feud, sharp
ened and intensified by the tonic of Amer
lean air. The oldest thing about it is that
the men who carry bowie knives and rifles
and shoot one another on sight are to the
casual observer the mildest and most gen.
tie of men, slow of speech, careful of chill
dren, and courteous and hospitabIe to the
stranger who is not a revenue officer.
There seems 10 be a peculiar development
of the aboriginal streak Of the savage
which exists in nine-tenths OF the civilized
population of the world, and which comes
ont in this man in the form of determi-
nation to commit murder and continue 10
do the same to the end of time. Nothing
will stop the Baker Howard feud except
the death of all the persons on one side. or
the advancing light of progress, and the
extermins.ion is likely to come before the
progress does.
1t might not be bad thing If a few
copies OF '.Huekleberry Finn" could be DIS
tributed among the youthful scions of fam
ilies which have blood feud. 1t wiz be
remembered that in this book the peculiar
institution" OF hereditary murder is gently
satirized, and there is nothing so good as
ridIcule in a case like that 1t was satire
aud a fusillade OF jokes which helped 10
abolish dueling in this country. When
man realized that it was ridiculous for
him TO satisfy his honor by shooting
another man or getting shot himself. all
on account of some dispute so trivial as not
10 be worth the cost Of the powder and
The times., 1899-06-18
Unpleasant Disclosures.

We are quite confident that the recent
developments before the Industrial Com
mission must be painful to the Admins
tration, and it has our heartfelt sympathy
Why the Commission does not follow the
examples of the Alger Relief and Army
Beef Board organizations we are simply at
loss TO know. 1t is such a matter of
common notoriety that all commissions
under the present regime are created for
the purpose of suppressing uncomfortable
testimony, and to force conclusions agree
able to the powers in control, that we
wonder how this one could happen to
escape from the leading strings and muzzle
Of authority.
Yet Henry o. Havemeyer has been
allowed to drive the butcher knife OF truth
deep into the vitals of the Administration
party, in his evidence before the Commits
sion, the principal point of which was lis
statement that the Republican Chinese
tariff was the mother of trusts. On yester-
day another illustration of offensive inde-
pendence was offered, when Mr.. NJ. L.
Lockwood was permitted to testify con-
cerning the Standard Oil Company, and its
alleged peculiar methods of crushing COM
petition. in collusion with certain railway
interests.
Where may this sort of thing be expected
to stop? Is the Administration no longer
able TO suppress disagreeable truths? The
way in which the Philippine verities are
leaking out, almost inclines us to think
that it is not. What can be the reason?
Is it because the dominant clan is scat
tered? The President is off to the COM
mencement of a female seminary. Alger
is out in the pine woods of Michigan, log
rolling. Eagan is eating poi in the Ha-
waiian Islands. Hanna is experiencing
the eructive nature of his boots on the
broad Atlantic and Griggs has his hands
full trying to hold the Carter case in
check until the statute of limitations can
come along. which will now be within a
couple Of weeks. We see nowhere that
substantial Administration solidarity that
was wont to instruct and amuse US when
Credit Mobilier Dodge, Tincarrion DENLY.
and Chuck Conner used to stand forth as
the bold champions of Alger beef, and
''our best business interests
| Something is wrong somewhere, The
/, Industrial Commission is setting a bad ex-
ample. It should remember that the
slightest opportunity allowed to witnesses
| is a dangerous tampering with possibilities
which, in extreme cases might lead TO the
ventilation of facts and the truth.
The times., 1899-06-18
The Dangerous Delay.

CFTOm the Minneapolis lrlDune.l
II is said that the authorities at Washington
are at last waking up, and it is high time The
optimistic assumption that 10000 men would be
enough has been abandoned and ways and means
of promptly raising a large force are being
studied. Had the President realized the extent
of the problem before him four months ago,
and set to work TO raise an army OF hundred
thousand men. as he was authorized by Congress
to do, this humiliation would not now have
overtaken us. There was the Twelfth, Four
teenth, and Fifteenth Minnesotas, then in the
service and anxious to fight, and numerous other
regiments well organized and trained would have
re-enlisted for the Philippine war had they been
asked TO do so-but they were mustered out and
no steps taken to raise the provisional regiments
provided for in the Army bill. Now the work
will have to be done, hut the delay makes our
position in the Philippines little too precarious
and unnecessarily prolongs the agony.
The times., 1899-06-18
The kidnapers, Punishment.

TFrOm the New York Iribune-)
1t is BY no means safe 10 conclude that the
failure of the Clarke abduction has removed dan
ger There are many rascals much more clever
than Barrow They have been pondering his
deed and learning from his blunders. More
tban one of them, we warrant has said TO him
sell how much better he could have managed
the affair, and ended up with the thought that
kidnapping wasn't bad seheme. after all. if
one only knew how to DO it. There are scores
OF people in this city on the lookout for criminal
suggestions and the only thing that deters them
from garages is the fear Of punishment We're
that pnnishmeut slight many old iIilhilds would
risk failure for short terms of imprisonment have
no terrors for them. The only safety OF children
Is in lust such sentences as that imposed Nor IS
the prisoner himself entitled to any sympathy.
regardless of the public necessity for dealing
severely with him. His previous history shows
that h. was long scbeming FOR criminal gain.
His plans were deliberately made and carried
out with utter Indifference 10 the suffering he
caused, and at the end his cowardice matched
his deprlyity. Tor he was ready to hide behind
tine skirts Oi his tool
The times., 1899-06-18
some Preparation Necessary.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
There has been a discussion of the United States
Army in London. Mr.. Poultney Bigelow leading
off with a paper on The Yankee Soldier" 1t
is rather 'knowledgeous' but still has a good
many strong points in it. Mr.. Bigeow eulogized
the American regular troops and volunteers but
condemned the political element which he
said governed all appointments and contracts" ="
lie declares ''there was a complete breakdown
OF all the machinery for providing soldiers with
food and equipment. and the hotel at Tampa was
crowded with staff officers who We're as helpless
tower"
The times., 1899-06-18
\ PennrrI,nnin nerubIican Fix.

tFrOm the FhiildelpHla Heo0TUl
The next Republican State convention cannot
paes a resolution in favor ui the registration
amendment without rebuking the machine Cover
nor. or against IL without coudemning The Re
publicln aaiority in the Legislature which sub
mitted the measure to the popular vote Nor
can the convention pass any resolution on the
subject without e0uvicting itself OF hypocrisy
In this dilemma there is no refuge hut in the
silent and hmniliatius confession that the Re
publican party in Peuusy lvauia. under its machine
organization is incapable OF nirthering any meas
ure Of political reform such = IN" condition
to which the party has fallen that a resolution
NJ its state convention in tayur of the regis
trltion amendment. or Of any other reform,
would be treated with public derision and cons
tenpt
The times., 1899-06-18

(From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune)
vessel fifteen years old is physically in good
condition. if she has had proper care. She is
antiauated in some particulars. undoubtedly, but
properly manned and fitted she is able 10 give
a good account of herself in a contest with
ships that are modern in every sense OF the
word. She would be under some disadvantages,
but when all the contingencies OF a fight
are taken into consideration, she might not only
do good work, but even the best work. Another
thing worth noting is that the Developments OF
the last twenty years have almost perfected bat
tleships OF steel. 1t is not at all reasonable To
s,Ippose that the two decades to come will
offer or furnish many material changes in arnor,
speed, or armament Al least, they will not be
so well marked and important as to throw
the vessels building at the present time com
nlntelN in the Shade.
The times., 1899-06-18

Bellamy Storer has been received by the
Queen Regent, and, therefore, the incl
dent of his disappearance, capture by bri-
gands and release through the good Offices
of the War Department, is closed. 1t
would be undiplomatic for us. or anyone
to ask where he was during the five weeks
he was lost He has turned up, and by
this time we earnestly hope that he has
recovered from the effects of whatever
happened to him, either in Paris or else
where But his vanishment will always
constitute an interesting mystery.
The times., 1899-06-18
Jews in the Public schools.

(FrOm The New lOfh SUM
The Jewish children generally are the best
,,,piIs in the public schools. Even where they
have come here with foreign speech from
the most wretchcd social condition they learn
English speedily in order to get the advantages
oi the free schools, and, once there, it is not
long beforc they are among the brightest Of the
p,,nils and their diligence is great, Accord
ipgIv when candidates go out from the grammar
schools. seeking admission to the free colleges,
Jewish pupils are now always in the majority.
In Columbia College. also, the Jewish students
form large part of the whole number. The
race is determined to get ahead, and it spares
no effort. no sacrifice, to accomplish its pur-
NOSE
The times., 1899-06-18

There appears to be still the ghost of a
hope for Andree. the Arctic explorer. The
torn despatch from him, recently found
in Iceland, is believed by DR.. Nansen to
suggest the idea that, if he descended with
his balloon, he may possibly have reached
Greenland, where the Nathorst expedition
may reach him. 1t is forlorn hope, how
ever The North Poll = becoming a nui-
sance. Explorers would do better to find
and cut one somewhere else. Too many
brave men have been lost to civilization
and science in this wild-goose chase.
The times., 1899-06-18

Again we are forced to ask what is the
matter with Otis? Is it possible that his
reports for two days past have omitted the
closing sentence which has been our chief
comfort for two weeks? Is it true that
on yesterday he failed to cable that the
rebels will probably not in the future
make any determined stand in the south
ern provinces?" Is 1t possible that he has
offered this daily contribution to the gaiety
of nations only to have it suppressed by
the accomplished but romantic bulletin
editor in the Adjutant Generals Office?
The times., 1899-06-18

shot it took to settle it, he began to feel
absurd when he looked at his dueling pis-
tolls, and then he stopped using them. 1t
is curious how much fashion has to do
with such matters. Many youth who.
fifty years ago, would have declared with
truculence that nothing but blood. SIR"
could soothe his injured feelings. would
no more think of challenging another man
low than he would go out on the street in
his grandfather's bell-erowned hat and
short wasted coat and Beau Brummel tie
The times., 1899-06-18

tFrOm the IhlClgo IouTnlTl
An efficient fugleman must needs be man in
whom the public believes and whom it is ac-
customed TO trust There was a time when Mr.
Gage enjoyed the confidence OF the people OF this
community, who looked upon him a Of
large public spirit and impcccable private honor.
lie has jeopardized ali thar to become the Presi-
dents head fugleman in collusion with man
Who while he may be expert at debauchins
the civil service is a bungler at covering up the
y,rL-
The times., 1899-06-18

Tie shin we ride the world in shifts the storm
And throws its head up to the hurricane,
O,,iyerin, like a war-horse when ranks form
With scream OF bugles and the shout Of men,
Nei.hs 10 the challenge Of the Jhunderbolt
AMI charges in the squadfons OF the surge
S,br;ne is way with fury OF revolt
aud lashed with eNlltation as a scourSe!
Wup would no. rather founder IN the fight
Thar nos lave ;uCwn the glory Of the Ray
Az. a. go down ia amor and III might.
With our last bst1th 20 dominate dimay
To sink amid che mad seas cL 5hing sp.as
And with te -! Of busies ID our eais
Richard tiovcg,
The times., 1899-06-18
Thcir nest Policy.

fFrom the Philadelphia Recordl
Tha anti-Quay Repuhfcans gave up the con
test Tor the control Of their party organization
this wear before the busie had sounded FOR th'
onset. Having left the Geld to the Democrats,
what can they consistently 10 other than to h'i
in behind that organization. and continue at
the polls the battle which they began IN the
,...isIat11re2
The times., 1899-06-18

or his family will starve He must not
will lose his job. Do the people intend to
wait until the great majority Of the work
ingmen OF the country are in this position.
or do they intend TO get rid of their in4
cubus while they have vet strength to vote?
The times., 1899-06-18

(From the st. Louis slarl
The fact that Wesley Jackson, a negro. was
convicted and sentenced to seventy-hve years in
the penitentiary in Texas within six days after
his arrest for IN attempted assault upon white
woman speaks volumes in favor Of the law, and
is high compliment to the conservatism, justice,
and common sense OF the people OF that State.
The times., 1899-06-18

With all the fighting blood in Kentucky.
and the record of four wars, it would look
rather ridiculous for Governor Bradley to
call for Federal help to put down lit
tie outbreak of lawlessness and murder
in two or three of his mountain counties.
He would better assemble the Legislature
and get authority to put a regiment or two
of Rough Riders in the infected districts
with orders TO kill on sight
The times., 1899-06-18

Trom the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat)
Census Director Merriarn's method Of cmrying
favor with Democratic Senators at the expense
Of Missouri Republicans is subject 10 emphatic
objection in this region lie will not venture to
try his non-partisan poppyeock on his own State.
Minnesota.
The times., 1899-06-18

(From the Philadelphia Timcs)
Surprise is expressed that John L. Sullivan said
he prayed for the winner in the late big prize
arbt suppose he did. What harm is there in
eysluggcrs putting up their hands this wayg
The times., 1899-06-18

(From the Philadelphia inquircr.)
And once again the murmuring sehuykili'
Gliding to the Delaware within its picturesque
banks. resembles in its pelIued color the mud
diest mud pond that ever smiled back at the
The times., 1899-06-18
nnngerous Neighhor..

lI'rom iIe TlleIo H'el
Ii Foraker and Kolilssat are liI the things ilieg
,se c7tiirs- sa-i otli Na would not feel cons
rrfflils Hvt- n th.ir Ieehho;ilood with
!ares ,tors OF iavoi-y ard silver plate in the
i0e-c-
The times., 1899-06-18
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The times., 1899-06-18

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