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The times., 1899-02-23

that name-must be read in its entirety to
be appreciated:
The President Remember the question you
are voting on; whether you want TO give %
cents to the national society and keep the other
81 50 in your own pocket Tor local purposes.
Member call the Chair to order. The
Chair has right To put the question that way.
Another Member have such cold | can
hardly talk. hut want to say that | asked the
Chairman to explain to YOU about the 80 cents
and the Si.5o So that you would understand it.
The rrrsdcnt-\ \otcrs cannot serve tclers.
Miss Mary Dcsha-Ncs; they can. In Congress
they always do.
The President, Well, but aren't they alter
mates?
A Mcmbcr-No. There aren't any alternates
in Congress.
Miss pcsha-I think ii teilcrs can be trusted in
Congress they may he trusted here.
1t will be observed that the President
General was under the impression that
voters could not be appointed tellers, thus
implying two things- first, that two ladies'
standing upon the floor of the house be-
fore the multitude and counting file of
voters passing between them. might be
so biased that they could not be trusted
to count straight, and. second. that in
these circumstances there would be moth
ing to do but send for two outsiders
and dedicate them to this difficult and deli
cate task. When confronted by the state
ment that in Congress they always dele
gated this business to members of the
House, the President General enquired in
bewilderment if they were not alter
nates?' 1t does not appear that this ques-
tion was finally answered, so that many
of the Daughters must still remain in the
fog of doubt in which they were
on Tuesday as to the question of how they
take vote in Congress when they have
TO use telers, and the telers have to be
men with natural sympathies on one side
or the other. 1t is not much wonder that
many of the Daughters did not really know
on what side they voted.
The theory which this incident serves
to confirm is. in our opinion, that one
of the great obstacles to womans voting
is the fact that it is about as impossible
for her to master the intricacies of poll
tics as TO throw a stone straight.
The times., 1899-02-23

The situation Is, therefore, presented Of
Schleys place in The list of comnodnrcS being
filled by Captain Higginson and his own nom
iuation TO the grade OF admiral being held
up Although there is considerable difference OF
opinion the subject, the impression prevails
generally among naval officers that the reieC-
ton OF schley', nomination to the grade of rear
admiral might result in his being dropped from
the navy. lnaSmuch the list OF commodores
is filed, Admiral Scley could not be restored
to that grade without special legislation ly
Congress increasing the number.
The same condition Oi affairs does not apply
to Admiral Sampson. who. through some for
tunate chain Of circumstances, is in danger
Of losing his commission as a commodore even
should be fail To become an admirll.-WIshng-
ton Evening star.
Naturally. naturally, The only salvation
for Schley, of course, is to turn in and
boost Sampson over his own head in order
to prevent being dismissed from the navy
for first locating and then destroying the
Spanish fleet at Santiago. For Sampson
it is, indeed. a most fortunate chain of
circumstances. but let no one outside
St. Elizabeth's seriously suppose that the
circumstances are accidental.
The times., 1899-02-23
The Crazy Hull Bill.

(From the New orleans 1imeS-Dcmocrat1
But the worst objection OF all against the
Hull bill is the immense power ot raising or
lowering the army which ii proposes 10 leave in
the Presidents discretion The army, SAYS the
bill. is to consist Of 10000 men, but, should it
please the President 10 reduce the reeimental
companies 10 one-half their present strength 50
is To have an army OF 50,0oo, he may do 50.
The fixing OF the size Of the army, that is To say,
at 100000 or at JO,oo0. is to be purely and ex-
clusively for the Presidents discretion; Congress
has not the power given to it, in the bill. to
have anything to do with the question. Con
gress, in other words. wants to abdcate some Of
its constitutional functions, that the President :
already eNorbitnt power may he made more
despotic still in its dimensions
The times., 1899-02-23

and Lord Beresford has no doubt of Ameri-
can victory. He is not insensihle to the
inroads of German enterprise on English
trade but he stands manfuly for fair
field and no favor Although conccding
that America must become the leading
manufacturing and trading nation in the
world. he seeks no advantages for his own
country anywhere Whether he is able to
persuade Americans TO make an agreement
as to aid in keeping alive the treaties that
assure open markets in China. at any rate
the generosity which he shows as repre-
sentative Englishman must shame the
most chronic protectionst into advocating
the open door in the territory controlled
by America outside our immediate boua-
daries. Inevitably. If China is kept free
TO our rivalry with England through Brit
ish influence. our Asintic trade must be
enormously increased. To enjoy the vast
benefits of this while raising wall against
England in the Philippine Islands would
bring a blush to the statue of Horace
Greeley himself
There is the more reason TO hope for the
formal adoption of a liberal commercial
policy in the Philippines from the re-
marks of the President at Boston-for ex-
ample, that we have quit discussing the
tariff and gone TO reaching out for the
worlds trade. To appreciate the signih-
canoe ofthis it is necessary to recall that
the chief reason why Mr.. Mckinley is
President is his early devotion TO and
championship of the EXTREMIST protection
ist doctrines. Doubtless he sees that II must
be impracticable TO keep his Chinese wall
intact. under the policy of expansion when
has won for him a degree of popular Iavor
that he could not hope for on any other
The times., 1899-02-23

The American people have now the op-
portunity of judging the general character
of the Hon. John d. Long, Secretary
of the Navy.
Mr.. Long has done grave injustice TO
Admiral Winfield s. Schley. The injustice
is admitted in the Navy Department ;nd
is universally recognized without What
does Mr.. Long propose to do in the prem
ises?
That he was deceived into recommending
the promotion of William T. Sampson over
his senior in order to place a stigma on
the victor at Santiago is known. That he
in his turn deceived the President is also
known. VIII he not repair the injury?
VIII he not at once advise Mr.. Mckinley
to withdraw his nomination of Sampson
to be a rear admiral, taking rank two
numbers before his victim, Schley?
Let us see
The times., 1899-02-23

Ofrom the Cincinnati Enquircr.)
The politicians who are threatening to beat
Mr.. Reed for the Speakership should remember
that the Republican majority in the next House
OF Representatives, the lace OF the certificates,
will be very narrow. 1t will not he large enough
10 do business L partisan scale 1t will be
especially ineffective the great questions COM
ing out Of the war with Spain and the Treaty
of Paris. Mr. Reed has great skill and cv-
pericnce in eliminating Democrats from the
House, and putting in their places their defeated
Republican opponents at the election. lie has
done 50 much OF this that his conscience has be-
come hardened to the business There are other
reasons why he is needed in this work. Indeed.
it is doubtful if working majority can be oh
taincd without his active assistance.
The times., 1899-02-23
A PIucky Woman.


An illustration OF the determination of Idaho
women to have a voice in the result OF elections
j. afforded by the record made by Mrs. b. T..
Jeffers. OF HALEY. ldaho-
She has ranch ut Soldier thirty miles from
HALEY, and registered IN that precinct Later
she removed To HALEY and took a transfer to
that place. hut neglected TO record it.
At noon election dly she found she could
not vote At HALEY. and at once secured team
and started for Soldier. Il cold that
high prairie. but the courageous woman faced
the wind AMI urged the team along in order
10 reach the voting place before the polls closed
several men insisted she had lost her right TO .utc
there
Mrs letters then drove back tc IIailey the same
night. the total distance covered being sixty
milg,
The times., 1899-02-23
4 EnithfnI Sentinel.

(Fr0m The YOUTHS Companon)
Years ago in seaport town in England a
general and admiral were ncighborS The
generals house ffontcd by Il grass plot. on
which he lastured :, COW. One day his wife
complained To him that the supply OF milk
was falling short.
The sentinel accounted for the deficiency
the public trUd down the pasture. Thereupon
the general gave orders that no human or other
animal except his should he allowed On
the grass plot lie added that il this rule were
infringed the sentinel should he hogEed.
Soon after, the admirIl'S wife. in haste to
keep an engagement. took short cut tine
plot, dsrcgardng the senlinrls order 10 keep of
the GraSS.
Common soldier. don't YOU know who am:''
calculated the offended lady.
''A | know is that you're not the generals
The times., 1899-02-23

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)
Tie Republican who rises above machine poll
tics and asserts the right Of the rank and file OF
the party to a voice III the selection of public
officials and the distribution OF lawful political
patronage finds himself declared an outlaw hy
command OF George B. Cox. None but the men
who are willing to in him the very essence
of Republicanism, and who are willing 10 sur
render their opinions on public men and public
measures have had place in the conventions call
ed in the name and by the authority OF the Re.
publican party
The times., 1899-02-23
The tIwer ,JunI.ct.

From the New York Hcr;lld)
The spectacle OF General Alger, with his Con
gres,nnal friends and their families, in Il hand
somely appointed vessel, with well-stocked lard
ers, ioyously sailing at the peoples expense over
the COURSES which were recently travcrscd by
thousands OF brave soldiers under distressnsy DIFF
fcrcnt conditions, is scarcely calculated to excite
enthusiasm in the popular breast.
The times., 1899-02-23
A Novel Idea From ounLcrdom.


Apart from the ethics of religion and regard
ing the question from the point Of view uf So
Geological science il may probably lie said that
the best use a rich man can make OF his money
is to spend it. Ii hr spends it iudiciously, 50
much the better, but even its foolish expenditure
is generally more advantageous to the com
munty than its unproductivc accumulation The
harm done hy cNtrlyaEaut spending is confined,
apart from the spcndcr. to the had effect pro-
duced by the publication OF the circumstance,
and tor this the conditions oi modern life are
solely responsible
The times., 1899-02-23
\ Personal Interest.

Grandma Jlckson-Doos de Bible sny Dat dar
will he marryin' in heaven, pahsnu2
Parson johnson-It suttinly does. Sistlh Jack
sou.
Grandma Jlckson-pcn. pllisou, l must seri-
ously doubt dc authentisticitv Oh de Bible: TO
Il fortune teller dorc tole me only las week dat
I'd hib foah husbands. Use only had irrr. So tar.
an ! suttinly don't how rse ewine Z gait
dc iuath. les | gaits him in heaven,
The times., 1899-02-23
Our Mar Department.

tFF0m The Pittsburg DispItch)
The fact that the War Department Is unable
to put out any statement that does not eollid.
with facts is neither a new nor controlling lea
ture. Compared with the secretary, -cr-nt
public declaration that if Congress does not pass
the Army hill that he wants he Will ignore and
nullify the law. it sinks to a secondary and minor
position. But even though secondary. it is
decided symptom.
The times., 1899-02-23
Our New Judge.
CFrom the Baltimore SUM

Mr.. Clabaugh possesses many mental charac-
teristics which will tend to make a good and II
just judge He is OF kindly and obliging dis.
position. courteous, fairminded, and patient
These things essential To- the success of a
judge and do not doubt that Mr. Cabaugh
will be most acceptable 10 the bar and people
Of Washington and will have an honorable career
on the bench.
The times., 1899-02-23

When it is desired to make French
public man unpopular he is accused of
having insulted the army. That charge is
now brought against President Loubet. 1t
would be well if he should insult that part
of the military staff which has disgraced
itself in the Dreyfus matter, and bring the
thing TO an issue
The times., 1899-02-23

The revelation of the character of the
Filipinos through the massacre order of the
Aguinaldo government threw coldness
over the birthday celebrations at which
the anti imperialists were to quote George
Washington against expansion. The elo-
quent tributes TO the Filipinos, struggling
under civilized methods for independence,
were left out OF the addresses as they were
read
The times., 1899-02-23
Apples W. Oranges.

''John has five oranges. lames gave him eleven.
and he gives Peter seven; how many has he leit!''
Before this problem the class rrceilcd.
Please. sir said Young lad, I'VE always
does our SUMS in apples.
The times., 1899-02-23

Communications intended for publication in
THE TINES should be tersely and plainly written,
and must in.all cases be accompanied by the
name ami address of the writer. Rejected com
IEuuications viii not be preserved. and only mau-
r,cripts Of obvious importance will be returned 10
Ihcir authors
The times., 1899-02-23

To the Democratic Senators and Repre-
sentatives invited to join Secretary Mger
in his Cuban junket: Don't go.
The times., 1899-02-23
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

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The times., 1899-02-23

Readers OF THE TIMES who may al any time
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The times., 1899-02-23

THE TINES, in all its editions. Morning, Even
ing. and SUNDAY, viii be mailed TO address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
a often desired.
The times., 1899-02-23

To the Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives invited 10 join Secretary Alger
in his Cuban junket: Don't go.
The times., 1899-02-23
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The times., 1899-02-23

4 silver tinb.-With the object of
bringing together in one organization all
the leaders in the free silver movement
regardless of other party Affiliations. a
plan has been quietly worked out by those
prominent in the national affairs OF the
plan to bring together and hold together
all believers in free silver regardless of
their other party affiliations. has long been
the subject of serious consideration by the
national leaders of the Democratic PARTY
As Il result of these deliberations. carried
on now for months with the utmost
privacy, n project has been determined on
and is in process of being launched. by
which il is believed this object will be
realized This is no less than a social or
ganization for which no name has yet been
selected. but whose avowed and sole OBJ
iect is the reinstatement of silver to its
former position in the money world. and
in the former ratio of 10 to |. Other po-
litical heiiefs will disqualify no one for
membership. In its membership it is the
intention to include silver Democrats sill
yer Republicans. silver Populists, silver
Prohibitionists. and. in fact, all believers
in silver. Although social, the organiZa-
ton will, of course. be used to advance
the cause politically. 1t will AT the same
time advance the cause of Col Wtilinm j.
Bryan as a Presidential candidate. Event
uaily, ii is anticipated that this silver
organization will be made official. and will
displace the somewhat broken Democratic
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11
Justice, Not Charity.

Ella wheeler wilcox.
All hail the dawn of new day breaking
When the strong armed nation shall take
away
The weary burden from the backs that are
aching,
With maximum work and minimum paw.
When no man is honored who boards his
millions,
When no man feasts on another's toll,
And Gods poor, suffering, starving millions
Shall share his riches of sun and soil.
There is gold for all in the worlds broad
bosom,
There is food for all in the worlds great
store;
Enough is provided if rightly divided;
Let each man take what he needs-no
more.
Shame on the uaiser with unused riches,
Who robs the tOiler to swell his hoard;
Who beats down the wages Of the digger
Of bitches. -e
And steals the bread from the poor mans
board.
Shame on the owner of mines whose cruel
And selfish measures have brought him
wealth,
While the ragged wretches who dig his
fuel
Are robbed OF comfort, and hope and
health.
Shame on the ruler who rides in his carriage
Bought by the labor of half paid men
Men who are shut out of home and mar
riage,
And are herded like sheep in q hovel pen.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11
BITTER
Grocer CZe0elnn1 GzUes Teut
10 HIS Feelings on Me Sub
1ect Of ExbanSzon.

PRINCETON, N. j., Jan. 6-Ex-President
Cleveland, in reply to the request of the
Associated Press reporter, made an express
sion on the question Of expansion, saying:
Il do not care to repeat my views con-
cerning the prevailing epidemic Of imperial
ism and territorial expansion. Assuming
however, that my ideas on the subject are
antiquated and unsuted to these progress
i've days, it is a matter Of surprise to me
that the refusal OF certain natives of our
new possessions to acquieSce in the bena1-
cence of subjecting themselves to our con-
troll and management should in the least
disturb our expanSionists. This phase Ct
the situation ought not to have been unan-
ticipated nor the incidents naturally grow
ing out of it overlooked, fof the remedy IS
obvious and simple. The misguided 1nhab-
itantS of our new territory who prefer
something different than the plan for their
control which we propose or which our de-
signs in their behalf should be slaughtered.
The killing of natives mas been feature
of expansion since expansion began, and
o,1r imperialistic enthusiasm should not be
checked by the prospective necessity of de-
stroying a few thousand or few hundred
thousand Filipinos. This should only be
regarded as one stage in a transcendentauy
great movement, mere incident in its
nrogress Of course some unprepared souls
would then be lost before we had the op-
nortunity of ChristianiZng them, but surely
those of our clergymen who have done SO
much to encourage expansion could manage
that difficulty"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11

what way? What do the rulers do that
Cypress the people? is 1t because they
have built palaces and navies, and en-
ploy armies and many servants, and
ride over the empire in state? If .ney
did these things and did not tax the
people for them, the people would not
be oppressed, would they? Well, all that
they do is done right here in the United
States Our kings have built palaces,
and have many servants and ride in
kingly splendor, and have taxed the
people on the price of coal and sugar and
coffee and oil and railroad rates, and
thousand other things to pay for them,
and they have captured the government
at Washington, and taxed the people to
build great and murderous navy, and
hold standing army. And the people
pay all these bills here just exactly as
they do in Russia or Turkey, and as the
majority there are too ignorant to un-
derstand the cheat and usurpation of
their rights, so here, too, they submit to
these oppressive conditions because they
do not see the fraud. The papers and
politicians support the powers that be,
and the papers and politicians here do
the same. And here, as there, thousands
are starving in the sight of plenty, and
voting to support the system that throws
them out of work and allows them to
perish. What fools those foreigners
are!-Appeal to Reason
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11
Onr Duty.

The tolers of our country look to us
to devise the ways and means by which
a more thorough organization of the
wage-earners may be accomplished, and
to save our children in their infancy
from being forced into the maelstrom of
wage slavery. Let us see to it that they
are not dwarfed in body and mind, or
brought to premature death by early
drudgery; but give them the school room
and play ground instead of the factory
and the workshop. To protect the work
ers in their inalienable rights to higher
and better life; to protect them. not only
as equals before the law. but also in their
rights to the product Of labor; to protect
their lives, their limbs, their health,
their homes, their flresides, their lib
critics as men, as workers and as citi-
Zens; to overcome and conquer prejudice
and antagonism; to secure to them the
right to life, and the opportunity to
maintain that life; the right to be full
sharers in the abundance which is the
result of their Drawn, and the civiliza-
tion of which they are the founders and
the mainstay; to this the workers are
entitled beyond the cavil of doubt.
With nothing less ought they, or will
they, be satisfied. No higher or nobler
mission ever fell to the lot of people
than that committed to the working
class-a class of which we have the hon.
or to be members-S. Gompers
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-11
BETRAYAL
Orders TO Gen. Otis
Leak Out as Soon
as Zssued.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 9.-Secretary
Alger and General Corbin are conducting a
rigid investigation to how the instruc-
insurgents and to avoid conflict leaked out
These orders were published within twelve
hours after they were sent and the secret
agents of the department have learned that
on the night the instructions were sent to
General Otis, Emilio Agoncilo the repre-
sentative of Aguinaldo, cabed a synopsis Of
the instructions to the PHILIPPINE Junta at
Hongkong. The junta Immediately forward
ed these instructions to Aguinaldo and it Is
believed this accounts for the decided stand
assumed by the insurgents at IloiIo.
While Gen. Otis was originally instruct
ed not to force, he has since been no.
titled the City Of Iloilo must be surrendered
to the Americans even Il it, is necessary to
resort to force TO bring this about.
Owing to the action of Agoncillo in for
warding to Hong Kong the secret instruc-
tions intended for General Otis alone he is
looked upon with much disfavor by the ad-
mnistration, A gentle hint Will be given
him that he would better refrain from inter-
fering with the affairs Of this government or
he may be requested to leave the country.
Agoncillo will not be recognized as the
representative of the insursent movement.
His request for an audience with the presi-
dent will not be considered for one moment.
When he first arrived in Washington Agon-
clio was received by the president as q
private citizen, and great care was taken
to avoid any semblance of recognition of any
official character he sought to assume. His
letter. in which he set forth the grounds
upon which he based his claims for recogni-
tion has reached the president, but his
overtures will be ignored.