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New-York tribune., 1899-05-14

Pay Inspector H. G COLBY to continue duties
in addition TO duty officer in charge Of Navy pay
office. Baltimore.
Pay Inspector W J. THOMSON detached from the
Michigan and ordered TO the Coast and Geodetic
Survey.
Assistant Paymaster J. s. BARBER. detached from the
Wabash and ordered TO the Michigan
Assistant Paymaster f. c. TOBEY. ordered Puget
Sound Naval Station.
Assistant Paymaster q. NJ. STACKHOUSE ordered TO
the Naval Academy
Passed Assistant Paymaster r. II. HATToN. detached
Navy Yard. Boston. ordered
Navy Yard. New York.
Assistant Paymaster q. SKIPWITH ordered Naval
Academy.
the Vcksburg and be ready for orders TO the Asatic
Station.
Lieutenant j. c. CREsAP. detached from the vcksburg
and ordered TO the Franklin as executive officer.
Naval Cadet J. HALLIGAN. Jr. detached from the
sanee and ordered 10 the Brooklyn.
Assistant Surgeon s. h. PALMER's resignation is
cepted.
Passed Assistant EnRr G. H. MATTHEW'S detached
from the Annapolis home and ready for orders to the
Aslatic Station.
Lieutenant Commander y. T. HOUSTON. ordered to the
Lancaster May p. as executive officer
Lieutenant B. w. HODGES. ordered TO the Torpedo Sta
tcn for temporary duty
Lieutenant @. \. MERRIAM. detached from the Ian
caster and ordered Newport News assistant TO
general inspector for the Kearsarge.
New-York tribune., 1899-05-14

terested have merit and he had great faith In
their future. Most of them are dividend
paying basis and those which not will be
there I'm the very near future
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
WAYS AND MEANS.

Those who would assist in the cam
paiSn OF 1900 can do SO by purchasing
the "Ways and Means" and the DE
Tense Fund" cigars. upon which the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Democratic National Committee is paid
royalty by the manufacturers, c. II.
! SchaeIer & Co. of Chicago, OF one
cent for each ten-cent cigar sold and
one third of n cent for each nickel ci-
gar. Tie flavor of these good cigar;
is improved by the thought that a def
mite proportion of their price goes
without discount into the treasury of
the National Committee. The generous
offer of the Chicago firm. whose men,
bcrs are faithful bimctallists and en-
pioyerS of union labor. is bearing fruit.
Agents are taking hold of the work OF
spreading the sale of the goods and
others are writing To Headquarters for
agencies. Retail dealers are allowed
the regular margin and smokers &c,
value received and quality and guam
THY. The cause is sacred and It's dev0-
tees very much in earnest, not only
in regard to raising money by legii-
mate means, but also IN teaching the
thoughtful and progressive voters of
the country the lessons of the perils of
the hour and the countrys need A
large sum was raised and more pledged
by the one dollar voluntary contribu-
tons or the citizens. but more is need
Hh. 1t was to assist in this emergency
that The devoted Mr.. Schaeffer and his
business associates arranged with the
National Committee 10 advance into its
treasury one cent for every Ways and
Means cigar and onethlrd of a cent
10" every Defense Fund" cigar sold.
None OF these mites Will miscarry. as
the committee of Ways and Means has
two OF lis officers sign all the labels TO
be placed upon the cigar boxes, and the
money is paid over by the manufac-
turer before he can put ont the goods.
rms method it will be seen, is not an
assessment, but the acceptance OF a
iree-wili offering of firm Of cn;husj-
astic bimetallists. The smokers part
OF the work is not to sacrifice IL penny.
| but merely to make it possible for man
liesting decided prediction for
Schaeifer " Co. to donate a penny by
| these campaign cigars. II will smoke
! no othcr until after the next presiden-
tlai election, said n prominent Chicago
/ Democrat the other day
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

demand for legal-tenders far surpasses
the supply. and tho complaint every
where, except In the cities, is that there
Is a scarcity OF all money and currency
from gold to bank-notes. And the last
is q statement of fact that swallows up
oil the respect. refutes prosperity. md
dares plenty of money to show It
self.
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT has de-
lined prosperity to be u plenty-fairly
distributed. Where. then, is prosperity =?
There may be plenty in the cities, but
II Is not prosperity. because 1t is not
fairly distributed; and such distribu-
ton, whether in money. currency, pro-
ducts. or commodities can never occur
IN any city. or community. where n To-
cal plenty exists. or is claimed. at the
expense of the general supply. or be-
cause the local bid exceeds every other:
as early Strawberries rot unsold at the
wharves and depots of New York. Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and other large
cities. while not n single basket can be
obtained at any price by the people
who do not live in these cities.
Prosperity is not OF that sort. nor
does 1t come in that way: and all the
facts and figures, the exhibits of pro-
ducts received, cash paid and crates by
the thousand pitched into the river or
sea or otherwise cleared away, prove
nothing but that luxury, extravaganza
and waste may and do revel in the
midst of want. suffering and famine.
which they largely contribute to create.
Yet this Is the political economy that
proves there is a super abundance of
the nccessares for which so many are
starving. this is the iinanciering that
establishes Il plethora of gold whore
nine men out of ten have not Il dol
Iar or cent in hand. and where men
90 business on 4 gold basis, or by
gold standard, but live only on the cop
per basis, or by the nickel standard.
SO far. however, rs the people and
their exchanges and transactions are
concerned. it is now positively under
stood that the more gold there is. in
coin and bullion. the less available
money and currency there is; for gold
does not circulate in common current
business, and if it did. It is so valuable
and so easily worn that if it make the
rich richer it must make the poor
poorer. as they can afford no currency
that costs sixteen times more than sill
ver end loses more in wear and tear
than the people and their daily affairs
can stand without going into bank
ruptcy.
What we want is not expansion OF
territory, but expansion of the volume
of currency in circulation.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

New York City talks of receiving Adj
miral Dewey with a 500 plate dinner
The Smithsonian Institute has few
Roc's eggs. certified by Aladdin him
self. that might serve to make costly
omclet for the Admiral, though the
eggs will hardly be fresh. A bit OF that
embalmed beef, too, might be costly
enough to tickle the taste of the most
fastidious multi millionaire, who began
life by sucking bit of salt-pork, and
now dimes on the tongues of humming-
birds. Mr.. Perry Belmont Will please
jot up the items that so to flavor that
famous beef: So many millions Of
pounds of 1t not embalmed enough to
keep. and thrown into the salt seas, as
an experiment; so many commissions.
witnesses. reporters and hard swearers.
like Eagan. busy at investigating that
beef, day and night, by every means,
except smelling and eating It: and then
| miscellaneous account. including all
sorts of Items and arges.-running up
the edible portion of the said beef to
about 500 an ounce. with onions served
at the rate OF a peck to the ounce OF
| beef.
If these suggestions be we'll received
by the New York Committee, as we'll
as the experts employed by Dewey'e
friends and physicians TO save him
from some new experiment in food pro.
ducts superior to ambrosia and nee
tar" as proved by certificates from MI
who are familiar with the rations fur
nished the gods in high Olympus. we
shalt TT
plete any purse ana please any taste
that likes a full metallic flavor in its
oysters, ducks and terrapins. But the
Admiral. we hear has some dear
friends who are left TO outer darkness
and crashing of hungry teeth, at any
thing like a $i0O weeks board. How
about that? Suppose the old salt who
ate his breakfast during the Manila
battle. would prefer a 80 cents, break
fast. or 10 cents dinner, or supper?
Heb?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

A significant fact in all these anti
imperial. anti-eXpansionst and anti
administration mass-mectings, East
North and West, is that they are not
Democratic demonstrations, but move
ments inspired. led, managed, address
ed. and principally composed of Repub-
lican and other elements usually in al
lance with the Republican party, be-
cause they think that the strong drift
of the Republican party towards I'M
perialism will surely defeat that party
in the next Presidential election, if il
is not stayed at least temporarily till
after the Presidential election In 1900
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
THE
THE CORPORATION CRUSHING
THE INDIVIDUAL

III the period since the war there
have been enacted general corporation
laws. and under the provisions of these
laws corporations have been organized
throughout the land to carry on all
kinds and departments Of business
These mercantile corporations have
been In competition with individual
and partnership effort. The corpora
ton has had greater use of capital than
the individual could have The cor
poration has had perpetual succession.
SO that death did not interfere with Its
business or its progress. 1t has been so
provided that the private property OF
those composing the corporations has
been made wholly or partly EXEMPT
from liability for corporate debts.
Tho inevitable result has been that
the corporation has distanced its COM
pctitor. the individual. and gradually
forced him to retire from the field OF
business, and to become n servant Of
the corporation or to become n tramp.
The corporation grew and prospered
and waNed exceeding fat. while the
individual descended from the part OF
master to that Of servant. The creature
of legislation drove out the creature of
God. Organized wealth being the mas
ter of legislation. became the master OF
the Individual.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

Their lot forbade. nor clrcumscribed
alone
Their growing virtues. but their
crimes confined;
Forbade to wade through slaughter to
IL throne,
And shut the gates OF mercy on man
kind;
The struggling pangs OF conscious truth
TO hide;
To 1uench the bushes of ingenious
shame,
Or heap the shrine of luxury md
With incense kindled at the muses.
flame.
Far from the madding crowds ignoblo
strife.
Their sober wishes never learned to
stray;
Along the cool sequcs;ered vale of
They kept the noseless tenor of their
way.
Yet cen these bones from insult to
Some fraii memorial still erected
With uncou;h rhymes and shapeless
1mplores the passing tribute OF Il
sigh.
Their name, their years. spelt by the
unlcttered muse,
The place OF fame and clegy sup
ply;
And many holy text around she
StrcWS,
That teach the rustic moralist to
die
For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey,
This pleasing anxious being e'er re-
signed.
Left the warm precincts OF the cheer
full day,
Nor cast one longing. lingering look
On some fond breast the parting soul
Some pious drops the closing eye re-
quires:
Zen from the tomb the voice of ma
ture cries;
Zen in their ashes live their wonted
fires.
For thee who mindful of the unhonor-
ed dead.
Dost in these lines their artless tale
relate.
If chance by lonely contemplation led,
Some kindred sDiri; shall inquire thy
fate:
%.
Happy some hoary- headed swain may
say.
loft have We seen him, at the peep
of dawn.
Brushing, with hasty steps. the dews
away.
To meet the sun upon the upland
lawn.
There at the foot OF yondcr noe ding
beech
That wreathes its old fantastic roots
so high,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

and transmute monopoly into COM
mon blessing by Republic of all, by
all, In all. for all? The antitrust plank
of the Chicago platform is the only life
preserver now floating on the ocean of
parties. politics and popular favor that
can rescue peoples ana nations from
the waves and sharks of private trusts,
and If this plank rots, there is no sal
Vatlon save in selling the trusts and
their system for public and popular
benefit. Is the Sun in outer darkness?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

Wisconsin has now n True marriage
license law, so-called because True Is
the name of the author of the bill, and
not because the license or marriage I'M
der the bill is at all likely to be more
true than such things usually are. The
bill, passed in pursuance of the sug-
gestion that more elaboration in mar
riage is desirable-as it is said that to
marry in haste Is to repent at leisure
requires five days to elapse after the
issuance of license before the marital
ceremony can be lawfully performed.
But is 1t constitutional? If the law can
forbid a man and woman, or either, to
marry for five days, why not for
longer period? And where is the limit
to be fixed and by what power? 1t is
a gross interference with the constitu-
tional personal rights of the parties.
and In concerns the most sacred. II
may be wise to make the engaged and
licensed lovers consider the matter for
five days, but acts In restraint of mar
riagc, are held to be unconstitutional in
most of our States, and the power to
hold up license for five days will
hardly be recognized as valid, if ever
brought to test.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

Save that from yonder ivy-mantlcd
The moping owl does to the moon
complain
OF such as. wandering near her secret
bower.
Modest her ancient. solitary reign.
Beneath these rugged elms. that ycw
trees shade.
Where heaves the turf in many a mol
dering heap.
Each in his narrow cell forever laid.
The rude forefathers OF the hamlet
sleep.
The breezy call of incense breathing
morn,
The swallow twittering from her
straw built shed,
The cocks shrill clarion, or the cchoing
horn.
No more shall rouse them from their
lowly bed.
For them no more the blazing hearth
shall burn.
Or busy housewife ply her evening
No children run to lisp their sire's re-
Or climb his knees the envied kiss to
share
Oft did the harvest TO their sickle Yield !.
Their furrow oft tho stubborn glebe
has broke:
How jocund did they drive their tenn
aiield,
How bowed the woods beneath their
sturdy strokel
Let not ambition mock their useful toll
Their homely joys. and destiny OBJ
scure.
Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful
smile,
The short and simple annals OF the
poor.
The boast OF heradry. the pomp Of
power
And all that beauty, all that wealth
Await alike the inevitable hour:
The paths OF glory lead but to the
grave.
Nor you, yc proud. imputc to these the
If memory DER their tomb no trophies
raise,
Where. through the long-drawn aisle
and frctted vault.
The rcaling anthem swells the note
OF praise.
Can stored urn. or animated bust,
Back to its mansion call the fecting
breath?
Can honor's voice provoke the silent
dust.
Or nattery soothe the dull cold ear
OF death?
10
Perhaps. in this neglected spot, is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celes-
tial fire;
Hands that the rod OF empire might
have swaycd.
Or walked to ecstasy the living Tyre:
Is.
But knowledge to their eyes her ample
page,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

The trusts are living and growing
issue in this country.-Atlania Journal
Our esteemed contemporary is think
ing OF the Chicago platform and not
of the facts of the times. The trusts
so-called. are living and growing. but
as they live and grow the trus, issue
dies. AS the general business of tho
country becomes more and more mod
cllcd on trusts, the more firmly cstab
lished the system becomes and the
broader and stronger the public inter,
est in 1t. The antitrust plank in tho
Chicago platform ro;s every day.-N.
Y. Sun.
That is where the sun does not OK
hibit it's usual acutencss in dIscrimi-
mating between a theory and its prac-
teal exploitation. 1t understands why
it is that piracy and buccaneering have
temporarily. at least. ceased in form
and operation To he the leading models
and systems of current business. Whv
therefore. does IL fail 10 see that trusts
In their very nature and operation, arr
self-limiting concerns. whose mutua
aggressivenese and voracity mus
check and restrain their growth unit
the people, tired of fighting trusts anc
convinced of the temporal omnipOtenc,
and material infallibllty of trusts. ere.
ate one all absorbing trust, combining
all capital and labor and power in on,
etupendous social commune consoli.
dating all public and private interest.
and energies in one huge solidarity tina
shall make all competition impossible
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
POPULAR STUDIES IN LITERATURE.

Rich with the spells of time did ne'cr
unroll;
Chill perjury repressed their noble rage,
And frozc the genial current OF the
soul.
Full many 4 gem of pureSt ray scrrne
The dark unfathOmed caves of ocean
bear;
Full many a flower is born to blush
unseen,
And waste Its sweetness on the desert
air.
Is.
Some village Iampden, that with
dauntlcsS breast
The little tyrant of his fields with
stood;
Some mute inglorious Milton here may
rest:
Some Cromwell. guiltless of his coun-
tryS blood.
The applause of listening scnatcs to
command.
The threats OF pain and ruin to de-
spisc,
To scatter plenty DER smiling land.
And read their history in Il nations;
eyes
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
TWELVE PAGES
FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1899.
SEDIT1ON AND TREASON mex
CUSABLE.,

Mr.. Edward Atkinson. of Boston, may
mean well. but he does not seem gifted
with enough executive ability 10 accom-
plsh his meaning. and he usually brings
himself and all the projects he favors
to grief by encumbering them with his
assistance, and embroiling them in his
personal spites. There is every reason
to believe that AIR. Atkinson is right in
opposing the territorial expansion Of the
United States. as represented by the
Philippine Islands. The people of these
islands claim them. and assert that by
every tenure known to mankind. except
that of criminal aggression and the
strong hand, they arc the private and
personal owners of the territory. and its
civil. political and national masters, in
dependent of foreign intrusion and in
reference. Mr.. Atkinson agrees with
them: and 50 does this paper. The
Philippines have taken uD arms to de-
fend their property their liberty their
independence. their self government
and home ule,-Mr. Atkinson declares
they are right and that the American
attitude of aggression. conquest and
sub1ugation is wrong. in which opinion
we are obliged to concur And so on.
through all the questions raised by the
Philippine issue of human rights and
freedom as against the oppression. en-
slavement and snoliation of truculent
invasion. supported only by the ultima
ratio regum of sho; and shell.
az xI-n ortnn
son the moment he transfers the con-
troversy from the American forum to
the Philippine battlefield. and there
takes sides with the latter. Argument
ceases to be argument and reason be-
comes treachery. periidy and tampcring.
when they go beyond the citizen and
his ballot to the soldier and his gun in
foreign war. In civil war. where
oil are citizens and soldiers, ana The
government is the prize in contest. arms
and arguments. bullets and ballots, are
equally proper Tor impropcr), in court
or camp: but in conflict between dis
tinct governments. even If one be not
recognized (and the more so for that
Teason), 1t is particularly incumbent on
n citizen of recognized government to
maintain and observe the distinction
between The soldier, armed, enlisted in
the field and armed for battle. and the
non combatant citizen, free. sovereign.
regnant The latter may argue the
war and be argued with about II. but
the former may not argue. nor be
argued with, on the field, which he IS to
win and hold or lose and abandon, by
deeds that involve nothing but physical
force. animal courage. wounds. and
may be death. To wrap our aumuni
ton there in tracts or circulars cal
culated to dampen our powder. or
weaken the explosion OF our shells &c
self-evldently treachcrous, IL not high
treason.
We must draw the line there. or 70
over to the enemy bag and baggage.
Grim-v isaged war IS not q matter of
words: and If criminal aggression and
wicked and unwise expansion are NOT
10 be stayed by argument at the rear.
rather let us suffer silently than add
seditioG and treason to the manifold
Ills already affecting the American Re-
public.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
NOT A POLITICAL OR PARTY
QUESTION.

The discussion of gold and silver, or
OF either. as the preferable money.
coinage. currency or standard in tho
great presence OF a growing and press
Mg need or money and currency OF
every sort, would be ridiculous. IL 1t
were not so cruel. II is admitted I'm
some money circles that there IS great
lack Of pHper-mouey, On others that the
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

ELEGY WRITTEN IN 4 COUNTRY
CHURCHYARD.
The curfew tolls the knell OF parting
day:
The lowing herd winds slowly DER
the lea
The plouShman homeward plods his
weary way.
And leaves the world to darkness and
to me.
Now fades tho glimmcring landscape on
the sight.
And all the air n solemn stiffness
holds:
Save where the beetle wheels his dron-
ing flight,
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant
folds:
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
NOT a sEIF-MADE MAN.

There goes the most remarkable
man in town What's remarkable
ABOUT NM? He's the only successful
merchant we have who doesn't claim
to be self made man. lie saws he rot
rich through the faithfulness OF the
men that work for him."
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

American liberty appears at our very
doors as military satrap, with its
standing army" of one hundred idle
soldiers in the time of peace.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

The Republican Maltster failed tc
palm off his stale ale and small beer
on Baltimore.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12
Nll.-CRAY.
CRITICAL. STUDY OF TIE "ELEGY."
(Concluded.)

BY JOHN MILLAR, NJ. A.
deputy Minister OF Education. Ontario.
Canada.)
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

Ne empioyc or tho virg;nian-Piiot Pub
iishinE Company Is authorized to contract
any obliSa ton in the name OF the com
pany. or to make purchases In the name
OF the same. except upon orders signed by
the PRESI DENT OF THE COMPANY
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

IN order II avoid delays. on account or
personal absence. letters and all commu
nicatINns for The VlRGINlAN-PlLOT
connected with the office. but simply 10
The V1RGtNIhN AND PILOT PUB
LISTING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-12

His listless length at noontide would he
stretch.
And pore upon the brook that babbles
by
81.
Hard by yon wood. now smiling as in
Scorn,
Mutterlng his hayward fancies, he
would rove,
Now dropping, woful-wan. like one
forlorn.
Or crazed with care or crossed in
hopeless love.
2s..
"One morn missed him on the accus-
toned hill.
Along the heath, and near his favor
lite tree;
Another came; nor yet beside the rilI,
Nor up the lawn. nor at the wood was
he.
20.
The next with dirges. In sad array
Slow through the church-way path
we saw him borne:
Approach and read (for thou canst
reaO the lay.
Craven on the stone beneath you
aged thorn"