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The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
Hon. Garret A. Hobart.

The Vice President OF the United States.
Hon. Garret A. Hobart. is dead. This
announcement Drings with IL no surprise
only the melancholy confirmation Of a
long and painfully entertained expecta-
ton. Mr.. Hobart had been very III for
more than six months past. He expert
enced the fluctuations usual in cases Of
the kind. There have been alternating
periods OF Improvement and depression.
but the course Of the malady steadily
held its way, No one who has watched
Mr.. Hobart's case since last June-and
we ali have done so with infinite sym
pathy and solicitude-can have had much
doubt as TO the fatal termination.
In the death of Mr.. Hobart the coun-
try loses a public servant Of unusual
force and usefulness. The Vice Presi-
dency has not always commanded popular
attention or carried with it special con-
sequence and dignity. But Mr.. Hobart
brought TO the position certain influence
which all have mad to recognize. and
made for himself and for his Office an
importance altogether unmistakable. A
man of most gracious personality, of
warm attachments and attractive traits,
he always dwelt in an encourage of ad-
miration and respect. More than a mere
hgure-head-a theoretical presiding off,
cer-he showed himself a man of strong
convictions. Of decided views, and of DO
tent influence. Like all virile men. he
made both friends and enemies, but the
enemies were without bitterness and often
without explanation, while the friends
were earnest. genuine. and enthusiastic.
IL can be said of him, at least, that he
enlarged and dignified his office and that
no one during his incumbency ever found
occasion 10 inquire as 10 the identity and
the functions OF the Vice President.
OF his immediate friendships and sur
roundings it is not for US to speak.
Enough to say that he made a conspicu-
Gus mark upon his time and generation.
and that his memory will be held in graf
itude and honor by all who knew him
well.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28

50 managed as to be beneficial alike 10
general public Such trusts or combines
have been benefcislly substituted in some
Instances for ruinous competition. The
Leader should be ahie to point so some
Of these law-abIding and wholesome COM
bines. and the contemplation Of their
work should temper It's wrath when II
discusses the trusts
But there IL good chance for the Lead
e to work Of some Of its redundant anti
trust energy on the most exasperating
sinner OF them all The Mckinley tariff
created one great Industry. and. IN so
doing, afforded magnificent illustration
Of the efficacy OF protection in building
up the wealth and prosperity Of this
country. That industry prospered, paying
fair wages and good dividen1s, giving en-
ployment TO many thousands of workers.
and keeping at home the millions that we
had previously sent abroad 10 pay for tin
pla@e. But that industry. owing It's ex-
istszlce to protection, and thriving under
each and all Of the three protective tin
plate schedules enacted since the first of
January, 1890. is now the most exacting
trust In the United States, with an i'm
mense imitation Of capital ard correspond
ingly inflated prices for its product. VIII
the Leader demand OF Congress that the
protective wall which shelters this in
crate be lowered-not demolished. but
irfo ha
eIactions Of inordinate greed? Ii that
way our trust-denouncing contemporary
can give proof of its sincerity.
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"Great, but Modest
rom N. s.. r.ouis RenublIe.

From the 81 Louis Republic.
Prince Henri de Croij OF Brussels,
member Of the royal family OF Belgium.
refreshingly enthusiastic in his appreela
ton Of the comforts charms. and CONNER
cial progressiveness Of ST Louis
The prince says that the grand hall O
the St I.oius Merchants Exchange Is N
finest room OF the kind he ever saw. II
was much impressed by the energy an
activity OF the traders on its floor. The s.
Louis Union Station. he thinks. is a msg
nificent and most adequate structure Th
Planters Hotel was noted by him for q
sumptuous appointment and compile,
service. Il am well pleased with ever
thing I have seen In 81. Louis" he says
All these possessions OF a great but mod
est city may well have excited the admi
ration OF a visiting prince Of the bloc
royal When the day comes for the open
ing Of the Worlds Fair Of 1903, commemo
rating the centennial anniversary Of th'
Louisiana Purchase. this same city, ado!
tionally improved and beautihed 10 a mar
velous degree, win claim the praise Of ta'
entire civilized world, princes, mobiles, an
cOmmoners
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The Great Iron Output.

From the New York Tribune
The Iron Age reports 2SS522 tons OF pig
iron produced weekly in the United States
on November /, against 27s.65O October l,
and 243,5l6 January l. The last figures
show what the works were prepared to do
with Bessemer pig quoted at yl075 at
Pittsburg. and an advance in the price
there TO S24.75 for early deliveries caused
an increase OF $500 tons a week In the
output Bessemer is most properly taken
as the test because the scarcity has been
mainly in steel and in the kinds of iron
available for steel making. Less than
Bl-2 per cent. increase in production has
resulted in ten months from an advance
Of 40 per cent In the price. With only a
fraction OF the production controlled by
any corporation. the price has risen be-
cause the demand for actual consumption
has run far beyond the capacity of works
ready or that could be made ready TO pro-
duce, even at good profit. The output on
January !. when the price vas so low as
to cause exports 10 nearly all foreign
markets, was at the rate OF Y, 6s2 Ss2 tons
yearly, and il was at the rate OF f5gg 1ff
tons yearly on November /, with little be-
yond the home demand 20 support prices
though even now exports have not entire
iy ceased
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28

or harmed us. We are quite aware. fur
thermore. that England's friendship last
year was mere matter OF policy and not
OF unselfish brotherhood. Her present at
tItude in permitting the trumpery irrita-
tIons Of the Canadian government snent
the boundary discussion Is proof enough
on this point
II IL no doubt true-ln fact. Il is noso-
rious-that Englishmen and Americans
fraternize here. abroad-whereyer they
may meet-whsreas Americans and Ger
mans do the other thing-abroad. But
these are purely personal matters when
IL comes to international affairs. conducted
by governments and divorced from personal
afiinities or anupathles. there Is no senti-
ment nor any preference The United States
viii not enter into this much-heralded
triple alliance" The Secretary OF state
can be depended on to keep clear OF 50
foolish and unnatural a course. And, even
II we had a Secretary less wise than Mr..
Hay. the Senate could be counted on TO
forbid the bans.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
0ut It Went.
From the Wayerlnr MAGAZINE.

From the Waverlev Magazine.
In the good old days in Kentucky there
was a court composed of three magis-
trates to try certain cases appealed from
a single justice of the peace. The three
magistrates were backwocdsmen. A case
was being tried one day that was very
important ar0 several hours of listening
to the reading of depositions and the ar
glIments of counsel, pro and con, and pro
and con again, had so nearly entangled
the court in a labyrinth of perplexing
questions of law and fact that they doubt
ed their ability to blaze their way out. So
they whispered to the leading lawyer at
the bar who was sitting by as a specta-
tor, and asked him what he thought ought
TO be done with the case.
Il think it ought to be thrown out of
court" was the prompt and emphatic
reply.
That settled it.
Mr.. Clerk" said the chief magistrate,
pass up them papers,
The papers, which made quite a large
bundle, were handed the chief magistrate.
Now. Mr.. Sheriff." said he, deliberately,
open that window"
The sheriff opened the window and the
case was thrown out of court.
The feud that followed lasted for fifteen
years,
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The Proposed New Party

Ex-Collector Winslow Warren, Of Bos-
ton. is desirous Of forming new party
on the anti-expansion basis. He does not
Ike the party whose leader is trying to
make that an issue in the Presidential
campaign. for Mr.. wlnslow Warren is a
gold standard man. The Boston Herald,
one OF a number Of influential Mugwump
newspapers that are not in sympathy with
the anti-expansionists. reminds Mr.. Wins
low Warren that the latest permanent
party created In this country had its origin
in opposition to the nations territorial ex-
pansion. That was the Free Soil party,
out Of which. With various odds and ends
and job lots of other parties and factions
the Republican party was finally evolved
The expansion to oppose which the Free
complished fact by the annexation Of
Texas. and we doubt IL even Mr.. Winslow
Warren or Mr.. Atkinson or Mr. Boutwell,
or Senator Hoar regrets its accomplish
ment The Herald suggests to Mr.. Wins
low Warren that his proposition to form
a new party, IL carried out would be likely
to have no more effect upon the territorial
expansion of the nation than the rise of
the Free Soil party did upon the acquisi-
ton of Texas. 1t says that both were ef-
forts after the act was accomplished; that
the Philippine Islands are ours now as
much as Texas was fifty years and more
earlier
That is the one point to which the anti
expansionists fail to give due considera-
tion. They propose to fight against that
which is already accomplished. The Phil
ippines are as much under the sovereignty
of the United States as New Mexico, Ari-
zona, Oklahoma, Alaska, Hawaii, or Porto
Rico. AS The Post has repeatedly shown,
it is not arti-eSpansion-for the expansion
was consummated by the adoption of the
treaty of Paris. which Mr. Bryan ap-
proved-it is contraction. The Post has
not doubt that II Mr.. Bryan and his
party succeed Mr.. Mckinley and his party
in control of the government, that SOW
ereignty will be maintained. 1t will be
maintained for three reasons. to wit: 1t is
in accordance with American policy. 1t
is in harmony with Democratic precedents.
and. finally it is the only way in which
this nation can discharge its treaty OBJ
LEGATIONS
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FOR THE GOLD STANDARD.
Advocatiug a Statutory Declaration from
Congress on the subject.

From the Iowa Register.
Large numbers of Gold Democrats have
permanently aligned themselves with the
Republican party. but many other Demo-
Gratis voted with the Republicans of Iowa
this year for the gold standard. but are
opposed to other Republican principles
That fact must be forever maintained 10
their credit. and so far as the Register is
concerned. the Gold Democrats will be
given the chief credit for maintenance of
the gold standard as result of the cleo
tion of 1896. No other men ever served their
country more heroically with votes. and
il was only their turning from their party
and voting with the Republicans for the
gold standard that maintained the honor
of the nation and the remaining business
and labor Of the people.
Those Democrats now expect the Re-
publican Congress to promptly establish
the gold standard I'm the laws. and its es-
adjustment should be accomplished be-
fore the holiday adjournment. in order
that the record OF the last year of the
century may forever prove that the
American people were In the advance of
the progress of the age The good faith
of the Republican party is pledged to
the establishment of the gold standard
in law. and it should be in full force at
the earliest possible date in order that
the voters cannot be deceived and misIed
in regard to the law in next years Presi-
Dental and Congressional election. All
persons who are thirty years old can re-
member how the Mckinley tariff was mis-
represented and falsiied in 1890. with the
result that a Democratic Congress was
elected.
There Is no doubt as to the sentiment OF
the Republican party for the gold stand
ard: there is no doubt that a large ma
jority OF the voters of the United States
are in favor of giving the gold standard
the validity and vitality Of public law"
and there should be no doubt that the Re-
publican Congress will establish the gold
standard in the laws before the holiday
adjournment Iowa leads. and Iowa 5
Congressional delegation will vote solidlv
for the establishment Of the gold stand
ard in the laws Of the nation.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The Dawn.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The struggling politician. who LOOKED
like Hanna. burst in upon his wife toward
the close Of an autumn day.
"At last, my darling. at lastr' he cried
And his wife laid to one side the 500,
she was darning and rose. that he Nigh
press her madly TO his breast.
What is Il. dear?' she asked. vii,
lighting eyes after he had done It,
He brushed her tumbled hair back from
her brow-gently-with his open hand
The horn-handle of toothbrush pro
truded from the upper pocket OF hl
waistcoat.
"At last. my ownr' he said. LOOKING
down into her eyes. "the fame that hayt
sought so long is beginning TO dawn"
She clasped her arms tightly about ht
neck. A vision Of ar aldermanship WITT
paving contracts and other good thing
flashed across her mind.
John, oh, John" she exclaimed With
deep emotion, have you been nominatst
for something"
And he answered. choking with emo
ton: NO. dearest. but little Ernest shal
go to college yet-DInkelheimer has
named a new brand Of cigars after me"
And for supper they had pickles with
their sausage.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
spurgeon Finds a Text.
From the Home Magazine.

From the Home Magazine
Near where Surgeons Tabernacle
stands half dozen main streets all NEE;
at one point There is a drinking foun-
tain there, which has stood there for
many years. 1t was one very hot sum-
mer's evening, and the drinking fountain
was in strong demand. ! wanted a drink
myself, and in happy sort OF way,
while waiting my turn. 1 said to some OF
the people standing by: Hurry up, I'm
parched" Somebody patted me on the
back, and said: Thank you, my man.
you have given me my text for tonight. -
1t was Mr.. Spurgeon."
The guard added that he was on his
way 10 the Tabernacle at the time. ard
Spurgeon preached one OF the finest SER
mons he had ever heard on the words
Hurry I'D. I'm parchedr'
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THE DOCTORS AND MORPHINE.
startling Faets Relating to the Use Of This
Drag BY Physieiaus.
iron the baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
A statement recently made by Dr. T.
u. Crothers, before the New York state
Medical Association. that physicians were
more addicted 10 the use of morphine than
members Of other professions, caused a
considerable stir in all parts Of the eoan-
try. IL was discussed by doctors In near
ly every city, and many OF them called In
question the accuracy OF Or. Crothers
asssrtions. The medical journals have
no~ taken Il up In a very serious vein,
and while all Of them do not agree. they
make IL plain that the practice has he
come so common as 10 cause alarm, and
that IL Is high time TO sound a warning
10 medical men in all parts OF the world.
DR.. Crothers made an estimate that 10
per cent. Of all medical men use NOR
phine.
Commenting upon this the Medical
Record says; statistics are furnished
OF l.ooe cases collected from all paris of
the world. showing that of the male NOR
phinists the medical profession supplies
the largest number-40 per cent. Accord
ing 20 official statistics collected in lSss
with regard to the prevalence OF the NOR
phine habit i'm Prussia, It appears that os
ninety-two male victims OF the habi; IN
A%k ifiStlAutttIS III AtA-Htd III
the year lSs5, nearly one-thiri belong to
the medical profession. The estimate
brought forward by DR.. Crethers that of
all medical men 10 per cent. were given to
the use of morphine, wou;I seem to be
somewhat misleading. Cor the fact must
be taken into account that in some ooun-
tries the drug is not taken to any great
extent. In Great Britain, TOR instance.
rrcHa hlyy k.n I
Of the medical men are addicted to the
habit. while in France, Germany, and this
country the practice Is mitch iaore preva-
lent. However il an average Is struck,
the estimate supplied by DR.. Crothers
may be found more or less accurate"
After this admission of the startling
facts regarding the use of the drug
among doctors, the Record looks Cor the
cause, and fif1,is It in the mental and ply
sical strain forced upon the physician by
the exigencies Of his profession. He is
at the beck and call of every one: he has
not a moment that he can call his own.
The temptation to soothe exhausted ma
ture and the tired nerves by the use of
drugs proves too great for him, and he
falls victim. The Record does not seek
to palliate the offense, but simply gives
an explanation of IL. The members of the
medical profession are men held in honor
in every community. and here il is known
that the number who wreck their lives
by the use Of morphine or ether drugs
is very small. 1t is hardly 0robable that
the percentage given by Dr. Crothers
would prove true here, but it would seem
'hst physicians, knowing so well the GER
tain results of such a practise, would be
the lsst people in the world to engage
in IT.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
Trusts and Subsidies.

Are We TO assume that, when rhe
Hanna-Payne subsidy bill reappea-s in
SSonsFess: the Cleveland Leader will be on
hand with an equipment of able argIi-
ments, spiced with fierce denunciation tn
resist Its paSsage%'-Washington Post
III the men who build ships organizA
a trust the Cleveland Leader will fight
the subsidy bill, and so will other neV-s-
papers. and the bill will never pass g
Cleveland Leader.
IL was In response to an editorial in
the Leader. brimful of indiseriminate
denunciation of trusts and subsidies. thot
The Post prOpounded the question quoted
above 1t seemed somewhat strange al
most inexplicable. that the Leader came
out so fearlessly and fiercely against
trusts and subsidies. in view of the facts
that Mr.. Hanna had so recently denied
OF, at least. doubted, the existence cf the
former, and that the ship subsidy bill for
which he was the original sponsor. was
soon TO be pressed on the attention Of the
incoming Congress. The Post had no
doubt then, nor has it now, that the
Senator would be among the advocates
and defenders OF that measure. and
would do itself credit by the VARIETY
weight, and force of its arguments in
favor Of its passage.
Thus believing, II seemed passing
strange to US that our Cleveland con-
temporary should indiscriminatelv
breathe out threatenings and slaughter"
against subsidies. We recalled the Lead
er's ardent support OF the Mckinley tariff
act Of 1890, with its handsome subsidy 10
the sugar producers, TO those who male
that indispensable commodity from cane
as well as TO those who extracted il from
beets or sorghum or from the sap OF the
maple tree. We reflected that Mr.. Hanna
was the head Of the Ohio Republican
machine and chairman OF the Republican
National Committee, and that his subsidy
bill was party measure; and these re-
fiections naturally Increased our wonder
AT the Leaders ruthless onslaught On
subsidies
There is the wisdom OF the serpent and
the harmlessness OF the dove in the
Leaders reply TO The Posts Inquiry. II
says that If the men who build shlps
organize a trust" e will fght the sub.
sidy bill" SuppOsing those men or cor
porations or firms organize a coRlblna-
tion that does not come within the legal
definition OF trust, how then? Suppos-
ing. again, that they have sufficient sa-
gacity 10 defer any open consideration Of
the matter OF organization until after the
bill is passed. will they not then be able
TO organized And II they should do SO, II
they should so arrange their business as
to reduce the cost OF production by dis
pensing with all superhuities and utiliz-
ing necessities 10 the best advantage,
what harm would such an arrangement
do? II is possible. as the Leader ought
10 know for al industrial combine 10 be
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
One of Those Dress Pockets.

From the Detroit Free Press.
She was quite a well-dressed woman
waiting for the 10 o'clock train, and 1t was
then go.
How long will it be until that 10 O'Clock
train goes?' she asked at the ticket win
dow
Thirty minutes, madam" replied the
clerk suavely.
''Will I have time to go out and buy
scmething?'
THAT will depend upon circumstances.
madam"
Il just want to go across the street"
Where is your money!
This was a queer question TO ask, and
the lady rather resented it.
I'm my pocket. of course" she answered
somewhat testify
Then you have scarcely time, madam, -
said the clerk with gravity, and the lady
fiirted herself away from the window in a
dudgeon.
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The Wolf Whipped All the Dogs.

From the Kansas City Journal.
The much talked OF wolf chase did no
come OF at Oronogo last week The j.
dex says the failure was due TO ne AcA
Of dogs. Late in the day on winch 'h'
chase was 70 have taken place a hsA- -
tween captive wolf and single dogs "4s
arranged and the wolf was taken N
cage to an inclosed lot and turned .oose
one dog a. a time was let into The n
closure. a single snap BY the wo'f va.
all that was necessary 10 MAKE me 'Ds
turn half a dozen sOmersau!'s ~ an 81
fort 20 get away. Several dogs. VIZ,
their owners were positive Wolld k!ii ~
wolf in two minutes. were 'Ti.d' Dut lh.i
never 50 much as got hold o! he ANNA
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The WayIf Looked.

From the Detroit Free Press.
At last the hotel clerk permitted the
guest on the far side OF the counter 10
speak 10 him
May inquire" said the guest difident-
ly. who that modes: gentleman was you
were talking 10 a moment ago2'
Cert" replied the clerk. that was the
old man"
And who Is the old man. rray7"
The owner OF the house. or course"
Is that soT' was the astonished re-
mark We'll I never would have though,
he was"
why noty'
Because / was so dead sure In my mind
that you owned the whole snebane"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
Emphatic Enough.

From the Caleago Tribune.
The angry father strode into the parlor.
"Girls," he said, who are these young
meng'
Papa" replied one OF the daughters
this is Mr. Young and this is Nr. Yates. -
Whereupon the old gentleman inyitingly
opened the door
Ctr he thundered.
And they got. A word 10 the Us was
sufficient
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
The Gold Brick Trust.

Prom Puck.
Ten years ago" protested ne ia'Inr,,
Il could buy a gold brick for 6i9W'. a.
you ask NE $1,000"
The swlndler inclined his head. ne nA'
no concessions 20 make.
And yet the moneyed Interest,", ".
farmer exclaimed bitterly. "profess not =
understand agrarian discomfort under .
order which permits trustsI'
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28

cident viii influence the tingo nswspz-
on with their Misrepresentation Just as
though the whole outside world believed
in them But the outside world does not
believe In them. and neither DO the jim
snes t1ef1satvSs
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
All Ktad..

Prss TIE chiesgs Post =,
Il wlsh could ge; some news from "
TrenSvaAl"
NY dear fellow. you can get any g
you want. II your sympaihies are
the gOerz. took under Paris date Aas' !.
with the English. just see thal Tie a+''
line l. Cane Town or Durham"
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28

A South Carolina gentleman who en-
ggged in q recent encounter and came
out unscathed Is accused of having worn
bress'-piate- II the Southern gentlemen
are to resort to the Harveylzing process,
Mr.. Csrnegie's profits viii soon enable
him to plant a library az every cross
roads
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
oasIiyea the Rsmanes.

Ffon HzfDefa EzHsr. -.
Mrs Msrmaduke (enthusiasticaliyl--'s -,
those young lovers sitting 70 close '9se-as
on that bench. Tom How beautifully iAs
future opens before them. HoN hApsi
they are To them everything Is poszio.s'
NJ Marmaauke-And nothlng ploLel---
The Washington weekly post., 1899-11-28
ALensList Of Adxi.er..

From tie Atehison Glcee.
We are frequently reminded Of the late
Hebe Taylor. OF Atchison. During the III
ness which ended in his death, nan
called on Mr. Taylor and advised that he
20 10 Excelsior Springs. Mr. Taylor
wearily pulled book from his pocket
and said: Il can't take your advice for
twelve years. there are 80 many ahead
Of YOU"