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exclaim with Robespierre when he was
convicted and sentenced to the guillo-
tine: The republic is lost / got Off
easier than Robespierre. and do not
believe that either the republic OF the
republican party is lost. was arrest
ed and fined, and the government at
Washington still lives. | swallowed my
pride, as perhaps | should have swal-
lowed my saliva. | do not think
that a man should be compelled TO
carry a cuspidor around with him IN
the streets-such a requirement Wouid
never pass into a popular custom.
But let that pass. Understand that l
have the fullest respect for the law
and the prophets.
AS a nation ! do not think the
American people are the spitters the
French are. When l was in Paris last
July ! found the Partisan popuace
frequently expressing a passionate de-
sire to conspueZ lola, or Dreyfus, or
somebody. They seemed to be eX-
ceedingly anxious about the matter.
Different here. 1t is rare that an
American ever conpuezes anybody 1t
is not considered good taste nor GOOD
policy. 1t seems that it is not good
form even to conspuez sidewalk
The French are all right in some ways.
The Paris exposition will be a big
thing and if can possibly spare three
or four weeks from my business next
summer, I shall run over. But I doubt
If l shall be able to find the time. Next
summer will be my busy summer. I
shall have to saw considerable wood
next summer against possible cold
winter.
Mckinley. of course. will be renon-
mated and elected. The second
place on the ticket should go to some
good western man-let US say. to
some good far-western man. A Col
orado man or-ahem--a Montana man
would help out the party in the West
amazingly and wouldn't hurt it par
ticle in the East. AS the party of ex-
pansion the republicans can well af-
ford to come west of the Mississippi
for its vice president. The Philip
pine war will be over by the first Of
May. A few months ago I set the first
of January as the outside limit. but
possibly I was too previous. General
Otis is making satisfactory progress.
but Aguinaldo is as elusive as mos
quito and it will take time to take
him. Aguinaldo is a better runner than
Mclean, or Goebel, or most of the other
democrats of his class; but we will
overtake him eventually. I do not
believe that Otis will capture him only
to abandon him. Aguinaldo will never
be such an abandoned wretch as that.
! cannot accept the theory that Otis is
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on the lines of its esteemed Boston con-
temporary, covered the ground, or at
least the sidewalks and street cars,
with the same emphasis and penalties
Helena adopted the ordinance last
spring, at a time when Senator Carter
was away in Washington helping Nc
Kinley sail the ship of state, maintain
the honor of the flag. distribute the pie,
put down the Filipino rebellion, direct
the republican majority in congress in
the way it should go, drive the admin
istration geese to water, fry the fat and
wait for the chickens to come home to
roost. When the senator returned to
Helena awhile ago to note the condi-
ton of his fences and inspect the di-
mansions of his woodple, he knew not
that any such ordinance was in exist
ence. True, ignorance of the law ex-
cuses no one, least of all a lawyer and
laW-maker of the ripe experience and
commanding Importance of Senator
Carter. But if not before the law. at
least before the bar of public opinion
his Inconsistencies of the presence of
such law upon Helena's statute books
may be pleaded in extenuation
From his youth up Senator Carter
had been accustomed to relieve him
self of any sudden and extraordinary
Accommodations of saliva at such inter-
walls. and in such manner, and upon
such portions of the earth's surface as
his reason commended and his con-
science approved. He was discreet and
discriminating in his choice of times
and places. He was never known to
spit in President McKinleys eye, or
Senator Hanna's ear, or Cardinal Glib
bon's hat, or Mrs. Washington Nc
Leans teapot, or the church collection
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self as the boss upholder of the honor
of the fiag-the only point | am seek
ing to make is that it's clever trick
to uphold it as Mckinley and l up
hold it: trick the learning of which
requires considerable practice and
sleight-of- hand. | don't want to say
one word in criticism of the other gem
tlemen, but the fact is they are nov
ices. greenhorns, chumps at upholding
the honor of the flag as the exigencies
of the occasion in the Philippines re-
quire it to be upheld. 1t would have
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When in the course of human events
ties Of the city of Helena to arrest
United States senator for splitting on
the sidewalk, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires a few re-
marks explanatory of the reasons for
the Helena authorities action.
Helena passed an anti-spitting ordi-
nance last spring on grounds both ny
gienic and aesthetic. Helena copied the
idea from Boston, where the ejacula-
been discountenanced as something re-
pugnant to every principle of culture,
refinement and sanitation. Even when
Dickens came over to call on us fifty
six years ago and went home and wrote
us up in American Notes" and Mar
tin Chuzzlewit' as nation of spitters
even then Boston was protesting
against the vice and agitating reform.
Between speeches on the abolition of
slavery Wendell Phillips and William
Lloyd Garrison lectured earnestly on
the abolition of approximations: while
the Boston Herald published frequent
communications from Pro Bono Publ
go, Fiat Justicia Ruat Coelum, Magma
Est veritas Eft Praevalebit and other
prominent citizens urging that splitting
be made misdemeanor, punishable by
fine or imprisonment or both, in the
discretion of the court. At length
these views were incorporated into a
city-of- Boston ordinance.
On the sidewalks of Boston thou shalt
not spit thou, nor thy sisters, nor thy
cousins, nor thy aunts, nor thy cat, nor
thy dog, nor thy kid. nor thy rude. un-
tutored, savage friend from the West;
for Boston made even the middle of the
road and the cutters for them that are
afflicted with an excessive secretion of
saliva, but her sidewalks are the side
walks of the purified and blest; on
them thou shalt not hawk. spit, cough
sneeze, snort. nor with sound and fury
blow thy nose. For the Boston ordin-
ance makes it unlawful for any person
or persons to spit, spew, eXpectorate,
or discharge the contents of any mouth
or mouths upon the floor, sides, cell
ang, or roof of any car or cars. or upon
the sidewalk of any street, avenue,
boulevard, lane, alley. road or thor
oughfare, or upon the carpets, rugs,
walls, tapestries, chandeliers paintings
of statuary of any public building. or
upon the face. features. countenance or
visage of any public officer. dignitary
or functionary, or upon any public
opinion. public sentiment, public spirit
or public good whatsoever.
Helena. as the Boston of the great
Northwest. followed in the footsteps OF
her older sister. There had been alto
gether TOO much promiscous splitting in
Helena. On one occasion Mayor Ed
wards had Appropriated the intellectual
eountenance of the editor of the Butte
Inter Mountain for cuspidor purposes;
and on several occasions the Helena
Independent and the Helena Herald
had made the wondows rattle and the
ehimneys quake by splitting fire at each
other. The Helena ordinance, framed
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situations of his country If at times
he pulled off his coat and spat upon the
palms of his hands to execute some
chore for the administration with the
greater energy, alacrity. zeal and en-
thusiasm that was his inalienable priv
ilege: that was an act emitting him
to the distinguished consideration of
a grateful and admiring party. Like
applied science, that was applied sa-
Iva, the value of which might not be
lightly estimated. In the language of
Captain Cutie, the bearings of the
same lay in the application thereof.
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At other times if Senator Carter
found himself in possession of more
saliva than he had any immediate use
for, he would make deposits in The
proper receptacles if these were avail
able, or if not, then in places least cal
culated to attract the attention of the
scrutinizing or offend the taste of the
fastidious. BY SO discharging his Sa-
Iva, Senator Carter believed that to
that extent he was discharging mis-
duty to society. He concealed the eX-
cesses of his mouth as much as posi-
BILE, he expelled them quietly and I'M
obtrusively as became a gentleman.
About Senator Carter there is nothing
of the Colonel Diver, Major Pawkns,
jefferson Brick or any of those other
immortal characters of Dickens who.
sitting in a circle with a cuspidor in
the center twenty feet from the circum-
ference, kept up a rapid and accurate
fire at the target for an hour at a time,
never missing the bulls eye by the
fraction of an inch.
AS for sidewalks, the aesthetic and
hygienic consdera tons which should
exempt IHe1ll from NlSilaIlSHeS OF saliva
never occurred to Senator Carriers
mind. Like salt that hath lost it's
SAVIOR it struck him that sidewalks
We're good only to be trodden under
foot Of man That he was violating
any law, human or divine by splitting
upon one, was an idea as foreign TO
his mind as that of deserving Mckin
ley and the gold standard. So Carter
spat; and the consequences are known
to all men; the humiliating arrest, the
plea of guilty. the imposition of a fine
of one dollar and costs these are facts
in history that will never be forgotten
so long as the Carterian chin whiskers
shall be waited to the breeze and the
Carterian period of Montana politics
be a memory.
What do I think of my arrest?
said Senator Carter at the Montana
club Tuesday night. well. I will not
call it an outrage. I will not rail at
law and authority. l violated the law
-unwittingly, it is true, but | violated
it; and / took my medicine. / will not
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SENATOR t H. CARTER Chats About FINES AND OTHER PASSING THEMES

been much more satisfactory If they
had practieed self.effacement, with
drawn from. the programme anl left
me to- uphold the honor Of the flag
alone. have great respect and admir-
alton for these gentlemen, particularly
Old Rick, bless his soul, but honestly
they made me feel like star actor ap-
pearing in an inferior caste. I can give
anybody points on upholding the HON
or of.the flag if I do spit on the side
walk -ssssss
What@fo think Of the Boer war? /
think It's lively enough to suit the most
exacting. AS at the Jeffries-Sharkey
fight, it is biff-bang all the time. Even
the mules have caught the spirit of vi
vacity and animation. Take those
mules that stampeded at Nicholson's
Nek-even Aguinaldo himself couldn't
have run better than they after they
got fairly started. Talk about steers
running in the corn-they are mud
turtles to runaway mules in South AT
for a painter. Our own Russell, the
cowboy artist, ought to turn out a mas
terpiece ON it. 1t contains all the ele-
nents Of spirited war picture. Rul-
yard Kipling and Alfred Austin are
grinding out the poetry of the war
and it's a demnition hard grind both on
them and the public; now let the paint
ers go to work and see what they can
do. Do you remember that in Victor
Hugo's account of the battle of Water
loo occurs a powerful description of the
frantic actions of the riderless horses,
how they would form companies and
battalions of themselves and charge
every which way? That must have
been mere child's play-perhapsS
should say horse play-compared to the
proceedings of those mules at Nichol-
sons Mex. RI
las to the Philippine war, it has
struck gait the last few days that
must be satisfactory to all but the ad-
ministration's professional critics. As
I said to the Washington Post some
time ago, our retention Of the Philip
pines is strictly business proposition.
Otis means business, too, as the Fill
pinos are at last discovering Otis has
been handicapped in many ways, but
I predict that he will give the war a
brilliant finish. It's a good war, espe-
cially if we can end it before the ma
tional republican convention
But speaking of war, what has be-
come of the movement for a Thomas
Francis Meagher monument? That is
something that must not be permitted
to come to a standstill. ! observe that
my good friend Major Maginnis en-
braces every convenient opportunity to
boom it along and that's right. For a.
democrat the major is good man, and
if I outlive him it is my firm purpose
to start movement for Major Ma
ginnis monument I am not sure that
the major has any such intentions as
regards me if he is the survivor of the
two, but If he has I trust he will not
instruct the sculptor to represent me
in the act Of splitting on the sidewalk
I wouldn't exactly like to appear before
posterity in that particular posture.
What do I think of the Welcome
case? am not expressing my
thoughts of the Welcome case for pub
lication-not at this stage of the game.
Yes. I am in Helena at present for
my hea1th.a, The altitude of Helena
Just suits me. I find the atmosphere
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"The second place on the ticket should
got some good western man-iet US say to
some good far western man.
striving with all the means at his
command to prolong the war we'll into
the next century.
Let me tell you that Montana is the
most prosperous state in the union
and will remain 50. in my opinion. for
generation. Montana as the Treasure
state now commands universal re-
spect and admiration. A Montana
man visiting the East is looked up to
as a parsonage of means and sub
stance, particularly if he has served in
the legislature Let it be known that
a member of Montana's Sixth legsla-
tive assembly is in New York and all
the promoters in town rush around to
his hotel with all sorts OF schemes
from Pacific cables to Colonel Sellers
eye waters. But speaking seriously,
Montana has acquired an enViable rep
utation for wealth. enterprise and ac-
tivity. OF the next batch of battle
ships, | propose that one shall be
christened Montana. The state is en-
titled TO that recognition by every
consideration. If have any influence
with the administration-and the dem
ocratic press has preferred that charge
against mel shall pull every string
in my possession, and all | can possibly
get my hands on, until l land that
honor for Montana. Did you ever stop
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speech within bounds. If there were
more than 700 words in my spaeca I'll
eat them. I couldn't cut it any short
er than that and uphold the honor cf
the flag worth a damn. None Of the
other fellows knew how to uphold the
honor of the flag in the latest Mckinley
style. Clark and Richards lnade an
awful stagger at it; but to con
noisseur like myself their efforts We're
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to think that no other state in the
union has as pretty a name as Mon
tana?' 1t is gem of euphony,
thing of beauty and a pride forever.
No battleship in the American navy
will ever be too good for it. If it were
not for the rule that the names of
states are applied to battleships and
land the name on one Of the cruisers
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plate, or the senatorial ice water tank
or Admiral Deweys loving cup He
never shot off his mouth and the con-
tents thereof al the st. Louis platform
of 1896. the sugar trust, the sultan Of
Sulu or any of the other republican i'm
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pose that one shall be chTstened 'Mon-
tdnd'."
atrocious. thought Rick never would
get through monkeying with the flag.
I kept murmuring How long, , Lord,
how long, and at one time came
mighty near jerking hira down by the
coat-tails, honor. flag, speech and all.
If I'd been Clark, I'd have sung The
Star Spangled Banner and Is. it so
at that. Next to myself, Lee Mantle
was the best honor flag uphold
er of the aggregation, but he was
clumsy enough at that. He made me
think of waltzing elephant. AS fer
Bob Smith, he pitched too straight a
ball. Smith never was any good at
curves. except when he curved in and
out of the populist party. Don't !n-
derstand me as Dragging about my
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here at this season of the year a tonic
to my system. l enjoy these fine
bracing, invigorating days., What a
charming Indian summer we have had
Il never saw anything approaching
it in Washington. 1t is true that in
Washington the policemen permit NE
to spit on the sidewalk without send
ing in an alarm for the patrol wagon,
but for all that there are times Wien
Helena has more destinations for me
than Washington. And this seems TO
be one Of th an
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
Echoe. From tho TurI.

New York. June 26.-There was little
interest IN the racing to-day at Sleeps
head Bay The card was badly scratch
ed to begin with. In the spring stakes
Miscellaneous was the favorite of a poor
lot and won easily enough at the end
In the Spindrft handicap, Ethelbert
was n prohibitive favorite. After rat
ing along behind Glengar to the last
quarter he came away and won just
as he pleased. Kinley Mack beating
Glengar for the place just as easily.
In the opening race Admiration was
at the good odds of to 5. and won in
u romp, breaking the track record by
way of variety. Summary:
First-Five and u half furlongs: Ad-
miration. to 5. won; lsidor. IL to . and
to >. second; Filon dor. to /, third
Time-l:07 1-5.
second-One mile: Maxine, to l.
won; Charentus. Z to l and 5 to 2. Sec
ond: Clonsilla, s to l, third. Time
$40 3-5.
Thanksgiving stakes. Futurity
course: Miscellaneous. TO g. won;
Pluclly, 4 TO and To ), second Brus-
quere. 10 to l. third. Time-1:10 %.
Fourth-Spindrift. rs miles: Ethel
bert. l to 4. won; Kinley Mack to /
and to 5, second; Glengar, 10 TO /,
third. Time-1:55 So
Ffth-Five furlongs: Prejudice, to
l. won; Shrove Tuesday, 6 TO 1 and =
to ], second; Dread. 60 to l, third. Time
i O2 10
Sixth-One and one-quarter miles:
Decanter. 6 to l. won; Fast Black. 10 to
l and to /. second: Twinkler, Is to /,
third. Time-2:07.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
sunday at Ocean view.

sunday ut Ocean View was marked
ny the presence of an enormous crowd
OF people, both ut the Ocean View Ho-
,ei ana pavilion, who enjoyed the bath
ins, hshing. music and other attrac-
lions OF this pleasant resort.
The facilities of the Norfolk and
ocean View railway were taxed ia
transport passengers back and forth on
sunday. but all went well. and moth
mig occurred To mar the pleasure of the
day. INC
me washington High School Cadets
have selected Ocean View MS .bai,
camping place. As was previously stat
ca the cadets will arrive here on July
a. ana VIII go in camp on the beach at
ocean View. near the hotel.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
LAHBERT'S POINT.

Mir Charles Baxter and family will
spend the summer in Pearisburg. the
county seat of Giles county. and ex-
pcct to leave for that point in a few
days
The young people Of the Methodist
CHUTCn organ.r--t-Sunday afternoon.
and it is intended by the organization
to give a social entertainment month
~.
Work ut the plating mill is progress
ing favorably. and a ready market is
found for it's product
Work on the Norfolk silk Company 5
new mill is progressing favorably. The
foundation has been finished. Con-
tractor Williams has about forty men
at work. and expects to have the build
ing in readiness for the company to
begin operations ny November LIST, OF
the present year.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
BRAN BLETON WARD.

The Week Winston bridal party were
rendered a handsome reception at the
home OF Miss Winston, on Wiloughby
avenue. last night.
The Brambieton w. c. II. L. Will
meet at the home of the president, No.
202 North Park avenue, at 1 o'clock
this afternoon.
Miss May 3. Foster, one Of Tho
teachers OF the Fourth Ward School.
accompanied by several friends from
the ward. left yesterday morning for
Roanoke to attend the Summer School
of Methods.
Miss Ella j.. Backus of No. 1874 North
Park avenue. ACCOMPANIED by her sis
ter. Miss Olive III. Bacltus, of Sewell's
Point. left yesterday on a visit to re-
latives IN Roanoke.
Rev. l.. Il Christie and his bride were
rendered reception by the H. Y. =. l..
OF Spurgcon Memorial Baptist Church
last night. a fine musical program
was rendered and a very timely and
happy address was delivered by MIR.
christie. The exercises were greatly
enjoyed by the large audience.
The alarm of fire from box 73 about 5
O'Clock yesterday afternoon that car
RED the uptown department to North
Park avenue proved to be false.
The EDworth League Of Trinity NI
u. Church Will meet for devotional ex-
erclses at o'clock tomorrow night.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
ANOTIIER dies.
THE FINAL BALL.
OF WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT

The final ball of William and Mary
College commencement Saturday was
n brilliant success, cclipsing all Of it's
professors. The german was led by Mr..
j. jeff. Stubs. assisted by Miss Lizzie
Handy, OF Annapolis. There were pres
cnt Mir. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Hughes
and Mr.. Edward w. James. of Norfolk.
The following were among the dancers:
Miss Cattle Gregory. &c Norfolk. with
MIR. Srencer Lane. of N0rioIF
Miss Bessie Lamb, of Toano, with Mr..
Harry Lamb, of NorfoE.
Miss Emily Christian. with MIR. CT.
Stevenson. of Norfolk.
Miss Lula Wright. of James City,
with Mr.. Robert NJ. Hughes. Jr.. of
Norfolk.
Among the stays We're Mr. Walter
Lane, Mr.. Percy Lash, of Norfolk.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
GREAT BODY OF WOMEN.
OPENING or INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL IN LONDON.
UBy Telegraph to Virginian-Pilot1


u3y Telegraph to Nirginian- Pilot)
London, June 26.-The International
Council of Women opened to-day. The
Countess of Aberdeen, president of the
council, in her address, after cordial
words of welcome. sketched the duties
of the council. She said International
arbitration should ever be placed fore
most in its progress. advocated the cs-
adjustment of an International bureau
OF information regarding all that af-
fects women. and warned women
against arrogating To themselves alone
the duties of curing all evils, saying:
1t may he we'll to have unions of
mothers. but do the fathers count so
little in the home that their counsel is
not needed? The redemption of the race
can only be comprised by men and wo-
men Joining hands and making COM
mon cause in every department in life"
In conclusion the Countess of Aber-
deem deprecated the idea usually formed
about women's congresses that they
were bent upon devising plans whereby
women might Toe emancipated from
home duties. saying:
This congress holds fast TO the be-
lief that woman's first mission must be
her home"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27
WATCHMAh OATES.
ASSAULTED Icy AN UNKNOWN
YOUNG MAN.

I'M
Special Waterman Oates. on duty
looking after certain main street stores
nightly, was assaulted last night by a
young man who made his escape.
The assault occurred in this way:
Watchman Oates was standing in front
of the Western Union Office talking To
tie messenger boys about the noise
they kept up around the office. y young
man about 10 or 20 years old was stand
Ing near and objected to some of the
statements made by the Waterman and
words passed between them. It Is said
that Waterman Oates started TO take
the young man In charge. when the
latter. with a lightning stroke. hit the
Waterman square!y in the mouth. send
ing him Keeling backwards into the
street. Both the gun and the billy of
the Waterman fell out Of his pocket
when he Seeled over from the effect of
the blow.
The Waterman jumped up game and
gave the alarm, leading a crowd of
some eighteen or twenty down the
street after the flying victor. but he
turned into the alley and made good
his escape. Mr.. Leon Wood. the Asso-
ciatcd Press operator. got near enough
To him to catch hold of him Just before
he turned into the alley, but did not
stop him.