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victed felon holding title to a senatorial seat would be a novelty. The 52 repubn- cans decline to take any chances in this respect, and they are held together by the indomitable N anamaker. who raised $40o,- GOO corruption fund in aid of Candidate Harrison, and was duly rewarded therefor with a place in the cabinet. Detectives, spurred on by an offer of $2o0o0 reward, are watching every one of the fifty-two. It is simply one additional illustration-one of thousand-of senatorial elections by legis- latures.
 The S4 democrats in the legislature are not all above suspicion, and Quay would not hesitate to deal with them if they could be induced to help him out. But this is im- probable, as they, too, are closely watched. A democrat cannot be elected senator, and should not be- The representative princi- pie forbids such trickery. The representa- tive principle in senatorial elections is, how ever, pretty nearly past quantity It never did largely and exclusively exist
 The chances are that the DahotlnS VIII go on many days. Quay may be able to prove that he is the only republican that can be elected. The anti-Quayites may be able to show that Quay cannot be elected under any circumstances. Quay's with drawal is probable in the latter case, and the election of any old politician-even the boad of tho Canoaropian dvnastv-Will be accepted, and the great boss will be very dead, and bossism will receive stunning blow. But recovery is peculiarity or bossism. and and other bosses will arise in Pennsylvania, until the people firmly take the bits in their teeth.
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STEEL AND WIRE OFFICERS

From the New York Mail and Express
 A report reached Wall street from Chi eago this morning that John w. Gates. formerly president of the Illinois Steel corn- pany, and the most active organizer of the new American Steel and Wire corporation. was to be frozen out" of the presidency of the latter company. and that the Federal Steel interests would elect some one else In ms stead The election of directors and officers of the Steel and Wire company takes place this afternoon at No. 66 Grand street, Jersey City, which is the principal office or the corporation, as stated in it's charter, filed at Trenton last week. Mr. Gates told Mail and Express reporter this morning that he expected to be made presI- dent of the Steel and Wire company and that he knew of no opposition to his elec- ton. MT. Isaac N. Seligman, of J. x w. Seligman & Co.,, who are financing the new company, also declared that Mr. Gates would be chosen.
 MT. Gates is a Chicago man, and so are several others with whom he has been closely associated in organizing the wire company, and who were with him in the Illinois Steel before Federal Steel absorbed 1t. They have not been in accord with the prevailing powers in the Federal Steel com pany, however, but while organizing their S9O,0O0,OOO wire combination they found it necessary to negotiate with the Federal Steel directory in order to raise the large amount of actual cash needed to purchase the wire companies that were brought into tue combination
 The result of these negotiations was thst the money was obtained, and several con- sessions made to the Federal Steel inter- ests, the principal one being the withdrawal of the charter drawn up by MT. Gates, and the filing of one in Trenton last week mol eled after the Federal Steel MT. Gates is chairman of the executive committee of the American Steel and Wire company but in the preliminary meetings his views, it is understood, have not always prevailed. Hence the report that he might not be chosen president at today's meeting in Jer- sey City. There was also a report today that the two organiza tions would be made one, but this was in line with the talk re- garding MT Gates, and had as little foun- dation. The directory of the wire com- pany will be in full sympathy with that of Federal Steel, but there will be no consoli- dation.
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CLOAK WORTH A MILLION.
The Rare Possession of a London Wo-
 man.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The most valuable coat in the world is in the possession of Lsdy Brassey, who, at 8 recent exhibition held in London, loaned her coat as an exhibit, after first having obtain ed insurance upon it for half a million dol lars. This mantle was presented by Queen Romano, of the Sandwich Islands, to Capt. Thompson, of the British navy, for the pro- tection extended to her against the French in 1S43. Since that time the cloak has re- mained in the Thompson family, and al- though several very tempting offers have been made for it, nothing could induce Lady Brassey to part company with it.
 The foundation of the mantle is net work of native hemp, and to it are attach ed, by fine threads of the same material, the feathers of birds found only in the Ha- waiian Islands. The feathers overlap each other and lie fiat, forming a smooth sur face. The upper and lateral borders which are corded with string of hemp, are decorated with alternate crescent shaped figures, composed of either red or yellow feathers.
 This cloak is four feet in length and elev- en and a half feet in width at the bottom, tapering up to twenty-three inches at the top. The great difficulty experienced in pro- curing the feathers and the number of years required to complete the garment con- stitute it's chief claim to value.
 Its yellow feathers especially are of great value, as the bird from which they are taken is comparatively rare. very shy and difficult to capture The black feathers are from the head and back of the same bird its general plumage being a glossy black. The market price of five of these feathers is quoted as $2.50, and by this estimate the value of the coat, taking into account the amount of labor involved, figures up to nearly S1 000 0O0
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The Fall of BOssIsm.

If Matthew Stanley Quay, the we'll en- trenched Pennsylvania boss-entrenched be- hind breastwork of state and national patronage, of corporations, big and little fortified by tarlffism-held up by thieves of all sorts, both present and prospective-if he go down, what boss can hope to stand against public opinion?
 He is not as yet defeated. He is very resourceful man, and Pennsylvania politics are corrupt beyond all example. Politics in that state is just the sort that naturally flows out of tariff robbery schemes. They are all of the same piece-spoliaton of the many for the benefit of the few. The rep resentatives of such scheme of politics are therefore mighty onsartin, and the great boss may yet win out. He is short sixteen votes.
 On joint ballot in the Pennsyl- vania legislature there would be in case of full membership 25i votes, of which number 164 are republicans, S4 democrats, and fusionists, whatever they may be in the political menagerie. Out of the 164 republicans Quay mustered yes- terday but 1i2. or three porS than attended his snap caucus-ieaving to the anti-Quay- ties 52 who have sworn themselves blue that they will not vote for the boss unless he be first acquitted of the charges that are hang ing over him in a Philadelphia criminal court. They do not think he could accept ably serve the state in the double capacity of felon and senator. And yet 1t is not plain that the double task is without precedent, so far as acts are concerned; but con-
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he Is technical, he is far seeing. he is broad minded and he Is full of pluck His abso- lute honesty has attracted conservative men-all sorts of men, for that matter. Ev- erybody has confidence in him. In respect to honesty and fair dealing. Williams is unique. He is only about S5 years of age.
 
 'The improvement in the intellectual quality of men who rise in the mechani cal department of the railroads of the United States is worthy of note." said railroad official
 Fifteen or twenty years ago the master mechanic was as rule. a slSillful ma chinist but nothing more. He had natural executive power and could enforce excel lent discipline in the shop. But he was not an educated man. He had no knowledge of mathematics and little idea about theory. Today it is very different The foreman in the shops and the master mechanic, as well as the superintendents of motive power are fairly well educated men. At least this is so in the majority of cases Many of them have spent from two to four years at college. Those who have not had the ad- vantage of a theoretical education in college have made up for it by attending a night school while serving their appren- ticeship. But howsoever it may be, the men of the mechanical department are to- day high up in the scale of education. General Shelley leaves today for Wash ington to be absent a week or two.
 Mir. W. H. Skaggs left last night for Chi cago.
 F. M. Billing and Mrs. Billing, of Mont gomery, at the Morris.
 Henry Blum of New York, is in town
 
 Hon. Francis L. Pettus. of Dallas is in the city.
 Ben Mendessohn, of New York, popular travelling man, who dwelt for many years at Greenville, Ala, is in the city, and is cordially greeted by many friends in Biz mingham.
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TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS

From the Springfield Republican.
 It has been customary in Lackawaxen township in Pennsylvania to sell the poor at auction, so that the sign, "A woman for sale," is hardly less familiar there than in the south during the days of slavery The paupers are sold to the lowest bidders, who, in addition to the small allowance from the authorities, receive the benefit of what work the paupers are able to do. An old woman was put upon the block and was about to be knocked down for $1.5O a week, when she bid herself in at $5 a month, on which she said she could maintain herself. The public sale of paupers has no sanction in Pennsylvania law, and is said to prevail only in the township of Lackawaxen. The poormasters have adopted the method mere ly to save themselves trouble, and the cruelty of the proceeding should cause its speedy punishment.
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WHERE THE PINS GO

From Harpers Bazar
 Every individual who lives to grow up has in all probability asked, at some time in his life, what becomes of all the pins that are manufactured and lost. An old gentleman in London has prepared himself to answer the question. By ne- ries of experiments conducted in his back garden he has discovered that they go the way of all flesh and are resolved into dust. Hairpins, which he watched for 154 days, disappeared at the end of that time having been resolved into ferrous obide, a brown ish rust, which was blown away by the wind as 1t formed; bright pins took nearly eighteen months to disappear; polished steel needles nearly two years and a half; brass pins had but little endurance; steel pins at the end of fifteen months had nearly gone, while their wooden holders were still intact. Pencils, with which he also experi- mented. suffered little by exposure; the lead was unharmed and the cedar almost as good as new, but, then, nobody has ever asked the question about pencils, and he might have spared himself the pains.
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HOBSON,S WAY
Edgar saltus in Golfers Weekly.

Edgar Saltus in Golfers Weekly
 Lieutenant Hobson's kissing tournament has been condemned by leading physicians as unhealthy. Naturally. Sour grapes are unhealthy, too. By navy officers it has also been condemned. But to say one thing and mean something else will happen to all of us. even to the best. Incidentally the culprit has defended his achievements on the ground that the methods and pro- cesses observed are entirely platonic. We hope they are. Yet we can't be sure. As a matter of scientific knowledge it is worth noting that pathology is as yet undecided at what precise moment platonism dimin- ishes and inflammation sets in. Pasteur declares it to be matter of temperament Koch however, holds it to be a question of exposure. These opinions are conflicting and we do not presume to coordinate them What we do presume is to express thanks that the lieutenant is being moved rapidly away. We have no use for his platonsm in our diggngs.
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KEEP AWAY FROM GUATEMALA
From the Kansas City Journal.


 "Guatemala is a first-rate country to stay away from,'' former Lou sana man who has spent considerable time down there de- clares "The government is bad, the cur rency is next to worthless, and the climate is worst of all. It takes all the life and energy out of man from the states ere he has been living there month. I speak from the depths of a sorrowful experience All the money in circulation is of the rag variety, and there is no reason to think it will ever appreciate in value, for there Is no specie worth mentioning to back 1t up There are some silver mines in the country, but they are not worked. In times past a good deal of money has been made out of coffee culture, but the boom in that busi- ness has died out. though the higher grades still command good prices. The natives are about as indolent people as exist on earth and as in that climate 1t requires but little to support life, they never resort to labor, except in direst need
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The blackest stain is smuttiness on a womans lips.
 Through open-work stockings show more of vanity than anything else.
 Plain outer garments conceal the daintest ribbons and the fleeciest lingerie.
 The first time a woman firts she mis- trusts herself; afterward, the other person
 When a woman first likes man she thinks of him in armor or stopping run away horse; when she gets to know him better she thinks of him with a bandage around his throat or grooming while he takes off porous plaster.
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GREAT MEN INDEED
rom the New York Press.

merry old gentleman was trying to re- call the greatest deeds of great men, Cae- sar's title to greatness lay in his fight against superstitition; Napoleon's was his return from Elba Alexander the Greats his subjugation of Bucephalus; Hannibaps his crossing of the Alps by way of the Lit- tie St. Bernard; Washingtons his declina- ton of a third term; Grants his terms of surrender to Lee; Lincoln's his tenderness of heart in the hour of triumph, and so on Coming down to later days, he asked: "And some believe that ex-President Cleveland is a great man, truly great man; but, hon. estly and frankly, the only thing I can rec ollect about Grover is that he was~the au- thor of 'innocuous desuetude' What else did he do?"
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THE ALL-PREyALENT

N. J. Lambton in the New York Sun. Zip!
 And the Grip
 Has got its nip On your neck, And you're a wreck. You cough
 Your head and your heels off, And your arms and your legs off, And your hands and your feet off. And still you cough; And your remains Are full of aches and pains. You take no pleasure in your friends, And all the ends Thou aim'st at are the Grips. From Maine to California, From the mountains to the sea, The old sweet song Has all gone wrong And the chorus is misery, Oh for ray of sunshine, Oh, for spot of blue In the leaden sky To tickle the eye And pull our flyers through. Say. Grip, Wont you get onto our tip And skip? < Or must we say Tn a vigorous way. "D-n!'' and "D--n." again, And the whole land Join in grand Amen"
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Her SOIicitude

From the Detroit Journal.
 Have you your rubber overshoes, Mar maduke?" asked the wife, solictously.
 Yes. he had those.
 Because" the dear little woman went on to say, If you haven't you are liable to slip down and fracture your skull, and the ambulance surgeon would be sure to say you were drunk, and you know how the neighbors will talk. Goodbye, dearest!
 An, what an inspiration to a man is such a helpmate!
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War Contracts and War Beef.

Our opportunist president has felt the public pulse again and selected another scapegoat. He may be overriding the scape- goat business, but it is his kind of politics. It is the manner of all spineless men. The new scapegoat is the pure product of AL gerism. All the canned roast beef that he ordered, to the disgust of every stomach that touched it, was ordered under the su pervision and approval of the unspeakable Alger General Eagan's word to the cont raary notwithstanding. It was Algers bus mess to know what kind of meat was going to the army, and his keen lumberman's eyes were on those huge contracts He knew their party value at least
 But there Is one farther fact to be kept in mind-Algerism grew out of and is se- curely founded upon McKinleyism. Alger had delegates that Scapegoat Hanna need ed, and he got them, and Alger got the war portfolio, and he proposes to keep it if his holding of it sinks the whole ship. including Bo'sn Hanna. Alger canot be dismissed under the terms of purchase, and so Eagan becomes the selected additional scapegoat. but there is danger that the people will be- gin to see through the scapegoat scheme.
 Eagan is probably marked for sacrifice, for if the court is made up according to resulatfons, it will consist of men of high selves of an amended statement. The orig inal was carefully typewritten it was read by Eagan from his typewritten copy, and advance copies of it were sent by Eagan himself to a selected list of administration papers. It was published, and on that pub lication he must be tried if the court mar tial rise above the opera bouffe stage of such proceedings
 If the case is to be tried on the original statement the trial will necessarily be con- fined to a determination of the punishment, unless, indeed, which seems strange and i'm probable, the truth can be pleaded by the defendant in the way of justification. This would open up the entire beef supply ques- tion, including the delectable canned roast beef that Algerism determined to put upon not into for no stomach could retain it the brave soldiers of the Republic All in all. the Age-Herald would be glad to hear that the court had decided to let Eagan have all the rope he wants The beef con- tracts cannot be too thoroughly sifted.
 But who will present the side of the peo- ple of the mustered out volunteers? Surely not General Eagan. Much less can Ager- ism be trusted in that direction. The gen. eral officers who will sit in the court hold, as a rule, that the digestive apparatus of privates can assimilate anything-so that it Is not very apparent that the truth will be elicited.
 When the people, in utter carelessness permitted republican majorities to be re- turned to the next congress, they threw away all opportunity for a thorough inves- ,tigation of Algerian contracts and Algerian methods. There is one chance left-turn the whole Algerian crowd out in 1900, in cluding, of courlse, William Mckinley, who is the true and only responsible party.
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The Ratification Racket.

The people of Alabama have reason to congra atulate themselves that their two dis tinguished seators are not reckoned among those who prefer to keep this country in technical condition of war-a condition that precludes the stoppage of many war expen- of at least a portion of the volunteer forces. It is high time that the great drain was stopped It is high time that the war was ended by ratification of the peace treaty.
 There is really very little disagreement among sensible men over the Philippines. It is not a question between the parties, for no national Convention has passed upon it. seator Foraker, for example, recently said in his place in the senate, that he did not know that anybody pretended to deny the Filipinos, except temporarily, the right to establish a free republic. That is what MT. Bryan so ably and epigrammatically con tends for.
 A leading expansionist recently said:
 "It is not known now to the president nor to any one else what the Filipinos want, or whether it will be possible to establish free republic there. This has yet to be demonstrated. If it shall prove that the Filipinos are capable of self government, it will, I believe, be very gratifying to the president and to most of the men who are denominated expansionists. The first thing is to ratify the treaty. The next thing is to determine what is to be done, both for the Flipinos and for ourselves, and then to do it. It may be found that for long time yet we shall have to hold possession of the whole group of islands, but the purpose to give the people a government of their own choice will not even then be abandoned.
 Tt may be that we shall want to hold but one island, or possibly only a port and naval station, with certain treaty privileges. Almost any proper settlement of the ques- tion is possible. but time must be taken to determine the solution of the problem. Two negative propositions may be definitely set down. They are that we will not either abandon the people of those islands to be preyed upon by foreign powers, nor restore them to Spain."
 It is difficult to see how any man, be he republican or democrat socialist or middle of-the-roader, can find room for dissent from this reasonable and conservative and prudent view of the problem.
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THERE WILL BE A HOWL

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 It can hardly be credited that the pro- motion of Richmond Pearson Hobson will be tied up in the senate because the young hero accepted few stray kisses. Hobson can stand such treatment much better than the senators who inf1ict 1t. If Hobson is not advanced there will be a large howl in Rome
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THE FOURTH DISTRICT CASE

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 The Alabama congressman-elect who pummeled his defeated opponent is person with an abnormal hankering for rubbing it in
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The Nicaraguan canal question is about to culmnate, under Senator Morgan's skill ful and forceful guidance.
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The Pennsylvania legislators have all climbed down from the fence. and are now in permanent pastures.
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Exposition dates are being rapidly taken up-Paris in 1900; Glasgow in 1901; St. Louis in 1903.
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Eagan's personal press-censor had the grip, and his statement went to a wonder ing world unrevised.
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Army officers who were not hit by the Eagan explosion are quietly getting out of the line of fire.
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The Filipinos are accepting the situation under the gentle but firm pressure of Dewey's guns and Otis battalions.
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St. Louis wants nearly as much for her Louisiana Purchase fair as Thomas Jeffer- son paid for the entire outfit.
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It is pretty well settled that Congressman around in the late MT. Dingley's shoes.
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The assimilation of the Filpinos proceeds apace. Pies can now be obtained at the American bakery, Cavite, as an advertise ment In a recent Manila paper assures us
 benevolent so far as digestion is concerned.
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The canned roast beef supplied to the army is getting a roasting that will stay by it.
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Yes, prosperity is here, but it is chiefly confined to the trusts, who are under the protection of Attorney General Griggs.
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Army increase is impossible in this con- gress, but army reorganization should not be.
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The demoralization introduced by Alger- ism justified General Eagan in thinking he could safely attack in his own manner the chief enemy of the regime.
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The city council did wise thing when 1t indorsed the Greater Birmingham bill last night. It is now for the legislature to give the people an opportunity to say whether or not they desire consolidation. There has already been enough talk, and they should be allowed to settle the matter at the polls
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Eagan's expurgated edition should be fol lowed by his personal expurgation.
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MT. Dingley's mantle will fall either upon MT. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, or MT. Seieno Payne, of New York. Neither of them has been great absorber of econo- mic truths.
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sagans fame in the past rested on his championship of beer in the army
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Count Muravieff, the Prussian minister of foreign affairs, names arbitration as sub-