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Re-eutranoe of George Fred.

The Democratic party is making ire
mendous preparations and calling all its
sages into It's service. Col. BRYAN is con-
Quoting the crisis department. JOE BAILEY
Is taking the temperature OF the Constitu-
ton. The Hon. JIM JONES is appointing
committees Com HARVEY Is introducing
the non-consumaole Sixteen-to-One FIVE
cent cigar to 1.-The producing classes" And
now the Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS OF
Dedham, Mass, has been called'to the as
sembly Of the wise. He isnot only a men,
Der OF JoNEs's Advisory Silver Steerers. but
the Executive Committee Of the Massachu-
sets Democratic State Committee has
mad hin the Massachusetts, member of
the Democratic National Committee. where
he will have additional opportunity to com
municate wisdom to JoNEa,i us
Mr.. WrLLIAMs's calling and election are
sure II not altogether regular. His prede-
cessor on the National Committee was
voted out Of office by the Massachusetts
Democratic Convention of 1898, but refused
to admit the power Of that body to Dust
him. The sad case Of the Hon. WILLIAM
FRANCIS HARRITY Of Pennsylvania, who
was removed In the same way, has shown
that any method OF dropping q gold men,
Der Of the National Committee will be held
good by JONES and his brother sages. They
will welcome Mr.. WILLIAMS with joyful
tears. He Is a man after their own
hearts and especially after the heart OF
JONES. For the immortal WILLIAMS is a
~boundless ocean of hope and confidence.
He carries even Vermont by prediction.
Whnnax-ar ha haa k.aada . anaoah a. oAoAa
he Is sure that State is safely Democratic.
As an election mathematician and figure.
pointer he is scarcely AEcellsd by JONES
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erals departments shall consist Of "the
number OF officers now in those depart
ments, respectively" and section z that the
Judge Advocate Generals! Quartermaster's,
Subsistence, Medical, Pay and Ordnance
Departments and Engineer and Signal
Corps shall have 1.-THE officers and enlisted
men now provided by law. In other words.
the stan. for an army of $4,000 men is
mostly provided for. A further considers
ton is that the regulars now IN the dis
tsnt islands may to a great extent re-enlist,
II they, have the opportunity, as the new
act credits them, In that case, with the
period OF service already rendered and It
also provides for the re-enfistment OF vol
u~nteers, with like credit of time either in the
regular or the new volunteer army. Should
Gen. oT1s crush AaUNAtpo In the forward
movement now contemplated, sndthe rebel
lion In the Philippines collapse, the $4,000
regulars may prove suficient without call
ing out a man Of the Sc. 900 volunteers.
However, the new actspeoially authorizes,
in the Philippines, temporary ehlistments
OF volunteers there serving, for not over
six months, until volunteers enlisted under
the $4,000 clause can take their places.
Besides, up to the formal exchange Of the
notifications Of the treaty with Spain these
volunteers car remain anyway, 30 that
the first aim will still be that OF securing
60, 900 enlisted regulars.
In carrying out this programme, low
ever, some Of the obstacles expected in the
hasty, makeshift Legislation OF Congress
have already been encountered. Sections
2, 8 and 4 Of last weeks. act put the author
lied enlisted strength Of each troop Of cav
airy and company OF infantry at sixty-Hve
and Of each battery Of artillery at eighty.
Multiplying these by the total number Of
these organizations, we get an enlisted
strength Of 20, $50 infantry. $3.50 cavalry
and 7,s4o artillery, or a total Of 80, $40,
while the deduction OF non-combatants
wouldlea a about o less, whereas section
IL OF the same act authorizes 65, 900 men
under that same organization. In the d.
lemma thus created by hssty framing
and faulty wording, the War Department
decides that, instead OF the company
strengths prescribed by the late act, it will
prescribe 100 for cavalry, 112 for infantry
and 100 for artillery. This way out Of the
contradictory provisions will fulfil the obvi-
GUS intent Of Congress, and also allow the
War Department to devote it's resources
first to filing up the infantry that must
form SO large a part Of the island armies,
together with the smaller portions Of cav
airy and artillery serving there.
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Large Powers, for a Small Board.

The eleventh annual convention Of Rail-
road Commissioners will be held in Denver
on Aug. 10. Representatives from thirty
six Of the forty-fve States are expected to
participate, such being the number Of
States which by Legislative action have es-
tablished railroad commissions, boards or
bureaus. The powers exercised by these
Commissioners are supervisory in some
States. ~admonltory in others, and arbitrary
in others. They vary considerably; but no
State of the country, perhaps, has gone
quite 80 far as Louisiana in the experiment
tai regulation, not only OF railroads, but Of
other agencies Of transportation and pub
lie convenience. .
The Louisiana Constitution is now in the
first year Of its operation, 1t establishes
a" Railroad, Express, Telephone, Tele-
graph, Steamboat and other Water Craft
and Car Commission" The Commission
ers were elected In November, and they
are known as the " Railroad Commission
ers Of Louisiana" The power vested In
the board Of three Commissioners Is thus
defined by the new State Constitution:
ITO adopt. change or make reasonable and lust
rates, charges and regulations; TO govern and regu.
LOU IN btohhUUet II OtucT NuU0E Cf1IL and
sleeping car. freight and passenger tariffs and ser.
vice. express rates and telephone and telegraph
changes; TO correct abuses and prevent unjust dis.
ordinations and extortion In the rates for the same
on the different railroads, steamboat and other water
craft sleeping car. express. telephone and telegraph
lines of the State. and to prevent such companies
from charging any greater Compensation In the az.
groGato for tho like kind of property OF passengers
or messages for g shorter than b longer distance
over the same line. unless Authorized by the com.
mission TO do 80 in special cases; TO ht'and adjust
rates between branch or shoft Hines and the trunk
lines with which they connect. and to enforce the
same by having the penalties hereby prescribed In.
hicted through the courts having Jurisdiction"
Under the law creating this commission,
the State OF Louisiana is divided into three
districts Of varying area. population and
railway interests, though the Jurisdiction
Of the board is general throughout the
entire State. 80
The establishment OF d board with
such various and sweeping powers is, in
Louisiana, by express constitutional pro-
vision, secure from legislative amendment
or repeal. Its utility remains To, be demon
strated. The number Of male adults Of
voting age returned by the Federal census
Of Louisiana wa 25O, 900. The total num-
Der Of Louisiana voters who participated
in November in the election Of the three
commissioners Of Railroads, Expresses,
Telephones, Telegraphs, Steamboats, and
Other Water Craft, and Sleeping Oars" was
only 8 2, 1856.
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few hundreds or Thousands OF murderous
outlaws, IL will be the first time that q
strong and highly civilized people have
been vanquished by a mob Of poverty
stricken brlRands, or any other kind Of
bandits. "Alistof their murders. says DR..
Oswald, would resemble the bulletin Of
q Dahomey war chief" Well, his Majesty
the King OF Dahomey is the one person in
the world who is no longer free to enter the
land OF his fathers. His murderous army
has disbanded, his executioners are out Of a
Job, and peace and order nave succeeded
h,5 bloody tyranny. His neighbor, the
King Of Ashanti, is ending his inglorious
career in exile and the place OF human sac
rlHces in HE capital town has been turned
into q vegetable market.
1t is not minifying the task before us In
Cuba to say that 1t will prove an easy prob
lem in comparison with the thorough and
permanent squelching Of dacoity In Upper
Burmah, which the British Government In
India completed ten years ago. Upper
Burmah is nearly three times as large md
%populous as Cuba, a region OF mountain
and Jungle 30 saturated with dacoity when
It came under British rule in 1885 that
ONOh OlLAOiuib "OA0 III iNbSuV VAeh Nv
thousands of professional f~reebooters. shar-
ing their plumber and giving them pro-
lection. Everywhere the British turned
they met outlawry, and they handled it with
out gloves. They soon found that where
there were guns there were dacoits, and so
the order went forth for the disarmament OF
the whole people. The country was divided
into a large number Of districts or circles,
and military posts were placed In each, with
orders to keep the strictest watch. Dis
armament and military occupation were the
chief features Of a policy that had M rose
water in It, and that was steadily pursued
day and night till dacoity, root and branch,
was dead. Then England sheathed her
sword, and has not drawn 1t again. for the
peace and prosperity OF millions OF Upper
Burmans were assured by the deathblow
she had given to outlawry.
The crushing Of brigandage in Cuba will
be an incident of coming proceedings there.
Under the Spanish regime the record Of
outlawry in the island was rather long, and
it is not yet ended; but there Is nc doubt
that the United States Government will
write the last page and close the chapter.
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No Friend of Cuba Need Be Alarmed.

BY the arrangement between President
MCKINLEY and Gen. MAxIMo GOMEZ the
United States Government proposes to adj
vance three million dollars for the partial
payment Of the soldiers ofthe Cuban Army,
as. a preliminary to their disarmament. On
Saturday the three million dollars, In gold,
silver and nickel coin, were actually rams
ferred from the Sub-Treasury in this town
to the transports which are to convey the
cash to Cuba.
On Saturday, the same day, the Cuban
Assembly, so-called, voted by an over
whelming majority Ito abolish the grade
OF, General-in-C Chief OF the Cuban Army and
to remove Gen. GOMEZ for failure in his
military duties and disobedience to the As
sembly." Tho brave, patient, self-sacrifc-
ing, unyielding hero Of the Cuban struggle
against Spanish tyranny was denounced In
the Assembly as q traitor to his country. It
was openly suggested that he be court
m%artialled and shot. The only member Of
the Assembly who undertook on Saturday
to defend MAxIMo GOMEZ was Missed, in
suited, and silenced.
The situation in the Cuban Assembly, so
called, recalls some Of the later aspects Of
the French Revolution, when club sue
ceeded club as the source OF momentary
power, and faction su~pplanted faction in
the control OF the official machinery, and
the patriots and heroes and demigods Of
yesterday became the denounced and
hunted and condemned OF to-day.
Yet there is this immense difference.
The Assembly which d%enounces and under
takes to depose Gen. GOMEZ from his mill
tary rank is neither the Cuban Army nor
Cuba Libre, nor again the ultimate author
ity in the island. While it is a somewhat
pathetic circumstance that any voice pro-
Tossing devotion to Cuba's interest should
be raised against MAKING GOMEZ, OF all
men, and while it is unfortunate that there
should be any fractional division among
those for whose liberation his sword was
drawn against Spain, the fact remsins that
the Government now responsible for peace
and prosperity and justice in Cuba is as
strong and as stable as any Government in
the world.
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Florentins Relics by German Artisans.
From he CAiedaO RecOy

-" NV S"sNNHo AteeSfNs
In Florence / purchased q small knoeker in
tho design OF a grimm holding a heavy ring In
his mouth. The head OF the animal and the
reverse side which fitted against the door was
faxed with rust and the bolts used for fasten-
ing the knocker to the door were 80 coated that
the nuts could not be turned.
The kn9cker seemed several centuries old.
and yet when 1 showed II to an American In
Florence. an expert who has frequented the
shops for years, he shook his, head and said
I'm not sure that IL wasn't made In Germany"
But 1t must be rather old. Look at the
The Gsrpans can take q piece of iron and
But the ring is worn smooth from hand
and then polish It. Now, / am on the watch
for, receptions all the. time. and even l am
fooled occasionally. The Germans will take
any kind Of IN antique and copy 1t so well that
only the shrewdest judGeSc can detect the fraud.
ANYTHING OF that sort until they have been
passed upon By = connoisseur."
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B~rigandage in Cuba and Dacoity in
Upper Burmah.

A few more brigands have been captured
near Santiago by the native Cuban police in
our service. 1t Is not surprising II the free
hooters Of the mountain and jungle re-
ceived some achievements during the re-
cent reign OF chaos. But q day of reckon
ing Is at hand for these gentry. They will
learn the sad truth that society does not
owe them a living, and that II they
insist upon being beasts OF prey they
must take the consequences. Native
Cubans In our employ In Santiago,
Santa Clara, and other provinces, who
know as much about mountain paths and
forest and jungle lore as the outlaws do,
are beginning TO track them to their lairs.
No one believes that the stamping out of
~brigandage In Cuba will be exactly a pas
time or merely the work OF a day, but, none
the less, what the Spaniards failed to
achieve is coming. The crushing OF out
lawry Is just as inevitable as the rainy
season now at hand.
DR.. FELIX L. OSWALD maintains In the
latest number OF the Forum that the Cuban
b~ushwhacker is invincible; that he cannot
be hunted out Of his wilds, and that "for
the interests OF American civilization IL
would perhaps have been better II the
whole island had disappeared beneath the
ocean waves" The idea Is worthy OF a
comic newspaper or a burlesque opera. II
this nation cannot deal effectively with o
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At the especial request Of the John @.
Brown Bivouac. Of Nashville. Tenn. an organ
ization Of Confederate Veterans. we print here
with the terms Of the mortuary resolution
adopted in honor OF Its President. Col. W. G.
SMITH. who died in the Philippines under the
American nag:
Born and reared In tho South. hha early manhood
was spent fighting her battles. on the soil Of his uA-
tive State. Virginia.
He was . Confederate soldier of approved oonr-
ago. He was wounded In the Wilderness. and IL
was his pride that he bore the Southern battle flag
into the Crater. It never won't down in his hands,
He was paroied on LEES surrender and came
back to Tennessee. his adopted home, to take up
again the duties Of . citizen.
IA an architect, he built his own monument in
the Parthenon, the ornament OF the Tennessee Cen
tennial. .
In the peaceful walks Of his profession his ear
caught the bugle note that called him to the service
of his country. He could not let II pass by unhoeded,
and went to the defence Of that nag against which he
had borne honorable arms. and died on the fighting
line &c, 1000 miles from his beloved South. With .
Confederate badge on his breast. o representative
Southern soldier. and a type of Southern faith and
feAlty. the memory Of which should close the mouth
Of sectional detraction forever.
I'VE rejoice in such an example. and lay upon the
bier Of this brave man q wreath of honor, won IN two
wars and under two flags"
It is the whole story Of the reunion made
perfect by the events OF the past year. He goes
to rest with the emblem on his breast that
means now nothing but a memory; and he
sleeps under the nag for which he fought. the
nag OF his country and its only nag.
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Tho Hindu Lady CurIou.
From ne BensaI Ban0abaIf.

Her color is like that OF molten gold. its wilderness
having alioady assumed = tnge OF red In the warm
climate OF this country. Her teeth are like . set Of
pearls. Her waist 10 beautifully slender. Her ''ravon
tresses." setting on the whitsnesS OF her white com.
pleSion. make her look like the very image OF Sara.
swat. Her Well'shAped head. with its black hair, Is
beautifully placed upon her swGnlike neck. Her
eyes arc not dark. neither are they tinGSd with red.
Their color Is rather handsomely purple. Ever rest.
less rs they are, they are bsAminG with intelligence.
Lady ourHon beAru in her handsome person all the
suspicious marks of prosperity. Her forehead Is
small and narrow. Her neck 10 like the neck OF the
swan. and her voice resembles the voIca OF the
cuckoo. .
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Striving after wealth H. not a laudable. and is
hardly moral. ambition. -Rochester TSmA.

STRIVING after wealth - not q laudable. and 10
hardly . moral. ambition. -Rochester Tmu.
This 10 q very weak statement OF the Bryan
lite theory. Our esteemed contemporary should
have said that the striving after wealth and
wealth itself are distinctly blameworthy and
immoral. Naturally men Of wealth are. as this
Bryanite philosopher says. incapable OF con-
templating for a moment an ethical system Of
economies which would make everybody com
Portable. contented and happy by abollshing
class-iavoring determinations. and by secur-
ing equality OF opportunity for ALL" The
ethical system OF economies in question Is the
Chicago platform.
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Probably a stupid receiving teller. The or
binary two-cent postage stamp is not valid
for the payment OF the tax on bank checks.
The two-cent postage stamp surcharged
by the Government with the letters "I.
H." meaning Internal Revenue. is valid
for that purpose. 1t was issued and sold
by the Government as q temporary form until
the regular internal revenue stamp could be
furnished TO the public In sufficient quantities.
When It was surcharGed It ceased to be a
postage stamp and became an internal revenue
stamp. 1t was sold as such. and It 10 good as
such until used and cancelled.
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Light in Boston.

Wide-winged darkness has brooded over
the Boston anti-imperialists ever since the
ratification Of the peace treaty. The Hon.
ALADDIN ATKINSON has been plunged into
such despair that he has shut up for a
straight week, and his friends have had
great difficulty in %persuading him not to
starve himself by refusing to cat food not
cooked In his celebrated oven. The Massa-
chusetts Reform Club has had a sort Of
a wake with the Hon. D%oNELsoN CAFFERY,
and even the stern and rockbound CHARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS has been moved to tears
by the thought Of CARL ScHuRz ~consenting
to exist In q nation unworthy Of him. The
Anti-Imperialist League has sunk from
view. Gloom and plenty OF t.; nothing
but gloom!
At last the night shows a rosy edge. The
Hon. GAMALIEI BRADFORD has published
in two volumes some small part Of his
thoughts on Popular Government" A
notice Of the work appears in the Boston
Trunseript which has been for years one OF
Mr.. B~RADFoRD's main distributing 'reser-
voirs. Popular government is guaranteed
once more, and all has not been lost with
A~GuINALDo:
Perhaps one not uncomfortable illustration Of
the persistence and hope Of popular government is
the fact that In this year of grace, 1890. among US
is GAMALIEL BRApFonD. Jealous and ardent for the
cause Of liberty"
Thus does hope revive among the Massa-
chusetts anti-imperialists. Thus does pop
ular government open its eyes family,
famed by GAMAL1EL BRADFoRD's tones.
But can popular government be maintained
for any length Of time on the condition Of
reading the communications OF GAMALIRL
BRADFoRp2 The price Is terrible.
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The Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY, Mayor of Bos-
ton. has granted a reprieve to the English
sparrow. who was to be exterminated. The
Boston Transcript prints column after column
OF pathetic appeals for that self possessed bird
and Of rage against his enemies. For ex-
ample:
THE clarion has sounded. The spirit OF war
hovors over the land. We must night whether or no;
It matters little whom. Let US fight the s~parrowa.'
Where will the lust Of conquest stop?
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Trusts will bring anarchy and lis train. an
imperial despotism. ~. believe. IL Intended by come
men in this country Jerry Simpson in CAfcdDo.
The further away from the United States
Treasury JERRY gets. the sharper are the pains
that "despotism' gives him.
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The 81. r." Postage Stamp,

To THE EDITOR OF TEE MS In this town a
bank declined TO accept as good . two-cent postage
stamp marked 81. r." which I had put on q check In
lieu Of the regular revenue stamp. and / had TO put
on tho regular. Was It necessary 2 Docs the law shut
out the postage stamp from such usef DRUMMER.
wINcHEsrER. KY, March 10.
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The Distinguished.

To THE EDITOR OF TEE sUs-Sir: East Bloomheld,
n. Y. boasts Of . citizen Of the name Of Sparrow
Mayo. he Ia oversoer of the Poor.
Credit where credit is due; he has been neglected
quito long enough. AsUN READER.
NEW YoAK. March 10.
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Lenten Diversion.


From Mt Chtcd0o IrtohHt.
Hostess-hr. Ferguson, We are going to play .
game in which some one makes an original pun, anu
those who don't see the point must pay . tne. Can
you give US . name for if
Mr.. fsrguson-How would "Your Money or Your
laugh do
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= on rrfends aoho Jdvsr ~, tih monuscyipts for
publication ,ci,h 10 haze rejected articles rstsrned. tAsv
ssSsti u all case, send stamps for Uat purpOsc.
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To THE EprToR OF The suK-Sir: Bill Blur is
superintendent of one Of the Harlem piano factories
and the workmen threaten to strike because Blur In.
siats that they must correctly pronounce his name.
Do you think the workmen are justified In striking
W n n
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Trying 1t on the Dog.


ETV" nc UsFV HtIV'W'
NORWAY. Me-. March ll.-Arthur Record Ia tram
ing his white terrier pup, Spip, TO mind his own bus
ines.. . faculty nearly as valuable In . dog ~ IN
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The Federal census OF 1eoois to be a record
breaking one. according TO all present indica-
tons. By the Federal census of 1890 the
aggregate material wealth OF the United States.
compared with the wealth Of Great Britain.
was less In ships and merchandise. but ex-
ceeied in many other items. The real estate
OF this country was then valued at 3 .000.-
100000. the live stock at 8 100000. 900. the
railroads at 5000. 900. 1000. manufactures and
their contents at $1,000. 900. 900. mines and
~quarries $1,000. 100000. and gold and silver
coin 81. 200. DOC. 1000. -
II the present rate Of increase is maintained,
the total accumulated wealth OF the United
States will represent. by the census Of 1900.
not far from S110.000.O0 o 900. or more than
double that Of Great Britain. In 1890. the
wealth Of the United States was estimated at
$4,000. 0O0. 900; in 1870. at S25. 0oo. 900, 1000;
in 1880. at S45. 00o.0 1000. and in 1890. as
stated. at se5. 00o. 900 1000. The enormous ap-
probation OF American products since then.
the vast expansion OF trade. the addition OF
new territory. all observant persons agree. win
put the United States far ahead OF any other
country In respect to material wealth.
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No Room.


PTOrs the ChieaOo FOU.
The noighbon say they have a skeleton in he
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