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turbed by the guarded II not evasive char
acter OF Gen. HENDERsoN's present utter
ances on the subject. II remarks:

turbed by the guarded II not evasive char
acter Of Gen. HENDERsoNs present utter
ances on the subject. 1t remarks:
"a large number Of Mr.. HESDERsoS's Republican
colleagues in Congress have already outlined their
opinion tho expansion question 1t will be tho
principal issue Of tho Presidential campaign. The
Republican party has right to know how all
its Representatives in Congress- stand on this
question. Tho question which Mr.. HENDER.
soN's party would like to have him snswcr
now il, Does ho occupy the same ground on
the expansion issne which he held last january
In response to request for information on
this point few days ago Mr. HENDERsoS told the
Globe Democrat that he had declined interviews on
this point hitherto. and cannot make tho Globe
Democrat an exception without giving offence. But
you need no statement from me- This response
evades the point as does tho statement In the
A,iwdut's Journal. His injunction that We should
all stand steadfastly in support of President Nc.
KISLEY' leaves the question to whether he fayors
the retention OF the Philippines unanswered"
Is the Republican party to entertain the
confidence OF the Boston Journal or the APP
prehension OF the 81. Louis Globe Democrat
on this highly important question? Ger
tainly the party has right to know.
It may be proper to add that the Dem
ocratic organs hostile to the Administration
and to the Republican policy of expansion
are assuming generally and gleefully that
the next Speaker will he with REED rather
than with MCKINLEY.
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The Double Turrets Of the Kearsarge

We have been Informed by Capt. FoLGER,
at present supervising the building of the
Kearsargo aud Kentucky, and destined
later to be the kearsarEc's commander, that
he is not opposed to the principle of the
double turretS MS stated in despatch in
THE SrN OF June z and that he distinctly
favors them. The design, he says. is, in
fact, development by tho Ordnance Bu-
reau Of a suggestion Of his own in 1898,
which was published before he left the de-
partment.
1t is evident that this peculiar device, in
regard to which there has been such cx-
tended controversy between the Line and
the Construction Corps, POSSESSES certain
definite tactical advantages, when COM
pared with the Indana'5 arrangement,
which il was designed to superscde.
The kcarsargc. with but four s-inch
guns. has an s-nch broadsidc fire equal to
the lndiHna's eight guns of the same cali
brc. And she will be without the lndiana's
liability to seven degrees heel due to the
unbalanced 13-inch turrcts. There will
thus be a great advantage in the accuracy
OF fire, as this hccling Is difficult to meet
by any adjustment of sights.
The Kcarsargc hasa unoOstructed S-inch
fire through an arc of two hundred and
seventy degrees, or from right ahead to
within orty-tivc degrees Of the stern on
each side. Tho Indiana on tho contrary,
cannot fire her S-inch guns ahead, or indeed
within twenty degrees OF the fore and aft
line, without great anxiety on the part Of
her commander regarding the safety of the
men in the 13inch turrets thus entaing
loss OF forty degrees Of train. The S-inch
guns are never fired, in point Of fact, within
these limits.
Finally, tho Kearsarge type saves tho
price of two turrets, four guns and special
ammunition-supply devices, and in add-
ton presents in her 5-nch guns n notably
more powerful broadsidc battery than that
possessed by the Indiana.
Thcs" admirable qualities in the Kear-
sarge were all suggestions OF Admiral. then
Captain, SAMPSON and his assistants in the
Bureau of Ordnance. That bureau, how
ever, was not charged with the preparation
Of the design of the vessel to carry the
double turrcts. That was tn" task of tho
Construction Bureau Of the Navy Depart
mcnt and it is hoped and believed that the
Kcarsargc and Kentucky will prove on
their trial that the Bureau of Construction
has applied the design OF the Bureau OF
Ordnance to the building of battleships
well and successfully.
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Lessons from the Dutch Colonial Policy.

A census Of the possessions OF the Neither
lands would include about seven coonists
for every person living in the mother coun-
try. We are now the nciEhhOrs Of the Dutch
IN the Eastern seas. It is an interesting
fact that the greaterpart Of tho vast East
ern domain Of the Netherlands came to that
country rs tho result Of wars with Spain
and Portugal Just as we acquired the Phil
irpincs as the result OF war with Spain.
The 5000 900 people who are to live
henceforth under the protection of our laws
are in the main allied with thren-fourths Of
the colonial subjects Of the Netherlands in
race and character. They live under the
same climatic influences and under similar
conditions as to the natural resources OF
their island homes. Tho colonial policy Of
the netherlands has been brilliant success
In most respects. Forthis reason that policy
is Of special interest to us. II Is quite
certain that wc shall never adopt some Of
the features of tho Dutch colonial system
particularly some of the harsh measures
which in the earlier days of the occupation
of Java reduced the pcopl" of that island to
condition akin to slavery. But tho less
prascw0rthy characteristics Of the rule Of
the Dutchmon have been abolished or
greatly amoliuratcd and we may study
with advantage the history of their colonial
administration and apply in our own field
and in our own way its lessons
Let us refer briefly here to the broader
features of the governmental control of
Java, an island containing two-thirds Of
tn" entire population Of the Dutch Eust
indies. From that island the home Govern
ment derives clear profit Of about $I4,-
100000 year after the revenues have
paid every local expense, including tho
support OF an army of 10000.
The Dutch government Of Java rests
upon the fundamental idea that the natives
are to he amCnablo to laws differing from
their native laws, the outcome Of their
needs, habits and character only so far as
Is necessary to secure peace and progress.
The laws OF the mother country applv to
tho European residents and those assimi-
lated with them. The laws governing tho
natives are based upon tho timc-honorcd
customs and institutions of Java.
Tho Netherlands Government has malo
the native sultans and chiefs Of Java its
agents " maintaining complete control
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More Troops for Otis.

Besides sending entire regiments to re-
inforcc our army in the Philippines, the
War Depart ment is using most or all of the
available recruits to fill up regiments al
ready there. There are said to he about
=, 800 such recruits already at the Presidio
in San Francisco, and they will 80 to Manila
this month, with as many more to be en-
listed for the same destination
This is the true policy for the Philippines.
Gen. OTIS must have whatever force is
needed for putting down the insurrection
and must have il at the earliest day possible
The Government has done, through the
Schurman Commission all that ii can do to
induce AGUINALDO and his followers.to lay
and the prosperity which will come to them
under our flag. Their delay to accept these
proposals is unquestionaby due to the he
lief that the rainy season secures them from
attack for while.
This confidence will he shaken by series
OF such movements as the one in the Mo
rong peninsula. In certain parts OF LuZon
the rainy season need not put stop
to military operations; and where, espe-
cially, the insurgents venture near enough
our lines to permit regular plan for en-
trapping them, they will find the campaign
is not yet over The preparations to rush
best assurance ofthc final coming of peace.
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sLIPsHoD SPELLING REFORM.
Prof. f. benjamin Andrews Accused OF
Ignorance of Phonetic Principles.

Ignorance OF fnOneDC Principles
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: In your
issue OF June 1 Is an extract from tho Chicago
Tribune exhibiting reformed spellinRs sug-
Restcd by Superintendent OF Schools Andrews
OF that city, and claimed to be based on 1.-The
principle Of phonctcs" Examples are fur
nished which, so far from being based on any
such principle. are shown by the briefest
analysis to be inconsistent with II.
The phonetic principle demands that each
clearly defined sound in spoken speech shall he
represented by single sign. For example. II
o is the representative OF the vowel sound in
30. the phonetic principle holds that this latter
shall not represent other sounds. Yot the ex-
amples furnished by the Chicago Tribune. and
apparent, approved by DR.. Andrews. ex-
hibit o as pronounced in six different ways
las in thoro. thot philosopher. who smokt.
abotD.
Furthermore, a Is pronounced in six ways
as In gram. although. native. fare. was car.
In presence OF such confusion. which the
Chicago School Superintendent claims as con-
sistent with the phonetic principle. and recon-
mends to school children. what are they to do
when word with o or a is presented to them
Which OF the six sounds OF or the six sounds
OF a are they to selcct2 Let the reformed
spelling OF program be offered for their pro-
nunciation. Here Is an o which may be pro-
nounced by abundant analogy. and by the ex-
amples furnished In six ways. and an In as
many. Giving to each tho separate vowel
sounds indicated. this little word without con-
siderinR any variant sounds OF the consonants!
may be pronounced exit thrty-six ways II
we are To- fix the pronunciation OF II on pho
netic principle we must settle on as repre-
senting the vowel sound in so and a that in at.
In that event such spellings as thoro. thot, not.
who. smoke and native, atho, fare was, car,
many. would be unphonetic.
II these, reformers would know what pho
s, advised RtntV
novel but are easily mastered. and clearly
demonstrate the true phonetic principle.
which the Chicago Superintendent OF schools
and his followers appear not to comprehend
II they would go further and follow up the ex-
reriments OF Pitman and Ellis In England. and
offs ?. Andrews in Boston, they would learn
Tint q reform OF our spelling on true phonetic
lines Is something very much more difficult
than changing programme for program or
though for tho h. p.
PHILADELPHIA, june 3.
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DIR. Andrew. a Queer School Reformer.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The Scrip
tural Injunction. Physician. heal thyself." is
applicable. in an especial manner, to Superin-
tendent +. Benjamin Andrews Of the Chicago
public schools. That gentleman is bent on
Quixotc enterprise the object OF which Is the
general adoption OF n crazy style OF English
photography. Before attempting to reform the
dictionary. would 1t not be in order for DIR. An
drews to turn his attention to himself and i'm
prove his own rhetoric2 His History OF the
United States" contains more specimens OF
slipshod English than does any similar work
OF which the undersigned has any knowledge.
Here are few quotations. taken at random
from the third volume OF the work In question:
PAGE i5s. Economically slavery was an equal evil
taking as was the superficial evidence to the con.
I,Eyerrywhere slave labor tended TO Danish free"
idPs l5@. Very many were. without trial. pun
ished in inhuman ways, the heads of some impaed
along the highway as warming
every slave in the most abieCt ignorance. to prevent
their congregating, and 10 make it impossible for
get at them"
" The masses did not perceive the ruin, the system
pronts to yast numbers OF influential men and to
escape was fined IN the sum of $500"
,n Tag, 49, He had in lSag pnEsned slave woman
by the local MAGISTRATE carried her away by force
an amicable lawsuit made up. and appeal taken
to the United States Supreme Court"
Pope lSs. A lew days after, Lewis Tappan's house
was sacked in the same manner, as we'll as several
CHURCHES, schoolhouses. and dwellings OF colored
families"
II, from few pages OF one volume. so many
shaky specimens OF English as those quoted
can be picked out on cursory inspection. the
umes which constitute the entire work may be
readily mag ined. Our New York school SUI
perintendents have occasionally been made the
to say that none Of them is capable OF writing
such poor English as dishEures the pages OF
Dr. Andrewss History of the United States"
NEW YORK. JuneS WILLIAM i. CLANKE.
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Eleven rounds, mostly OF resonant and
tremendous swatting and the Hon. ROBERT
FITzsIMMoNs, the AJAX of tho antipodes. was
laid low. Youth and weight conquered. The
California Cyclone was irresistible. So the
Hon. JAMES JEfFRIEs has his hour Of
glory until he. too. has to yield it to
younger or stronger hands. In conRratulating
the new champion. let us not forget the old.
FITz was a mighty man Of his hands and had
as original and impressive n cast OF counte-
nance as ever adorned fighting man. But
force and science and everything else but Col.
BRYAS's speeches must yield to Time. May
the great young JEFF be as hearty at forty odd
as the great old FITZ is!
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more easily accessible to large body OF
students than in any other place OF per-
manent exhibition.
College excursions to the rich fossil fields
OF the West have become part OF the regu-
lar summer programme, but nothing equal
to the proposed expedition in point Of the
number Of experts to be engaged in the
work hns over taken the field.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-10

Gen. CoxEY's son-in-law, the Hon. CARL
BROWNE. who is raising an army to march
against Washington and the Trusts. will also
march for tho abroGation OF the imperialist
policy" Probably the Anti Imperaist League
will make him an honorary member in a dav
or two meeting between him and ALADDIN
ATKINSON would be OF profit to both. ALADDIN
can show CARL how to make bread: and CARL.
who still makes his coat OF the skin OF goat,
can give ALADDIN valuable Information as to
the most economical clothing.
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To TIE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sir; 1t was recently
stated that Prof. W. C. A. Hammol Of the Audubon
Society Of baltimore has compiled some statistics
tho loss Of hrd life in this country that are star
Ting, The statistics referred TO were collected nv
Prof. W. I, Hornalay. director OF the New York
geological Society, early in 1893, and not BY Prof
hSmme!, g. o. SHIELDS.
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Distinction Desired Between Clothes Buy
crs" and "Trayellers."

To THE EnrToR OF THE SUN-Sir: II am absent
from the United States for six months or year
necessity requires mo to buy much more than 500
worth TO replace ont clothing 1t Is pity that
the line could not be drawn between people who 90
to Europe for ak weekB to get clothes and the
traveller who ia away for six months or more.
NEWPORT, June ~ ADDISON THOMAS.
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What does Governor MCSwEENEY OF South
Carolina mean by saying that I'VE are on the
eve OF great Industrial advance. In manufac-
ture. education. commerce and agriculture ~
II he is genuine Democrat. he must believe
that the country is on the eve OF permanent de-
cline. bankruptcy revolution and ruin.
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The convention Of Modern Woodmen at
Kansas City was treated to twsnty-three brass
bands and one WILLIAM J. BRYAN. And Mr..
BRYAN spared that tree, the chestnut tree
which has sheltered him SO lonk
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From hs Ehiidd'lphid PuLiic E,d1,r
Gen. Otis ia quite capable of dealing with Ag1,i.
naldo. and ought to be left untrammeled entirely
free to night or to parlcy, as he may consider best
His official report to the Government giving his cor
respondenCe with Aguinaldo before the breaking
out Of hostilities shows him to he man Of superor
qualities tactful. Ghrewd. resourceful and deter.
mined.
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The antitrust conference OF Governors and
Attorney Generals i'll st. Louis will DO Democratic
gathering and represent = Democratic movement
81. Louis RSpubhe.
This is hint to the Republican Governors
and ACCOMPLISHMENTS who have been invited
that they are expected to stay away and not
60 and spoil Democratic sport.
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There are indications in THE Sun OF last
Monday that 1t will not forgive Gen. HENDERSON for
his triumph. The Chicago DouDhnW.
We should value more highly your opinion
on question Of baking powders
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Possibly tho next round Of Tammany's
assault upon the elevated railroad will make
the Croker combination more ridiculous than
the
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Hans Mo of Sleepy Eve,

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir, Hans Mo,
Esquire lives at Sleepy Eye, MINI.
CHICAGO. Junes. II. CLAY RUSSELL
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And There Is No Other sat,.r.c,,on,

From the BuGdto Courier
Gen. Miles has the satisfaction Of knowing that
for . time no has seriously damaged che Sountry's
canned meat trad azS~N - ------.-.--.S-
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An understanding,


From the Chicago Record
81 toll him that he wasn't my ideal man. and he
told me wasn't his ideal girl"
81 ''c"'"
"."," -: perfectly safe to 60 ahead and get
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
OUR TRADE and OUR EXPOSITION

I ORD BERESFORD has expressed in a
striking phrase the mutual relations of the
IL United States and the Pacific Ocean. 1t is
Americas ocean," he said. The statement has the
double merit OF being at once a. definition and a
prophecy. 1t states geographical TACT: OF: the
present and ntimates the coming OF a time when ex-
panding commerce shall make that fact the most
potent of the great world of trade. :
Since it is to be our ocean, the scene of Our lar
gest commercial activities, it behooves US to begin
the vast enterprise of exploiting it An important
step in that direction will be the opening OF the
Pacific Ocean Exposition, which is now under con-
sideration By an exhibition carried out the scale
proposed we shall attract city the attention OF
the commercial world and hasten the coming of the
time when San Francisco will be the recognized
metropolis of the Pacific and the sails of our ships
whiten the whole vast expanse of waters from China
to Australasia.
In speaking of the proposed enterprise Lord
Beresord said Such an exposition would certainly
be grand thing for San Francisco. Everything OF
that kind does great good, because it brings large
bodies OF the best kind of people together attracts
worldwide attention to the place where the exposi
ton is being held creates argument and discussion
along desirable lines, and is of highly educational
value from commercial standpoint" ~:
OF course in all this our distinguished visitor has
told us nothing new. His words have a value, how
ever because they the utterances of sagacious,
earnest man, who has been for some time almost
wholly occupied in studying the trade conditions of
the Pacific and considering how they can be best
made to the interests of peace, commerce and
civilization They are therefore, most opporune at
this time, since they to remind how much we
have at stake in the Pacific and how can profit by
the advantage our situation gives "* ~: r. :.
The amount of money required to carry out an ex-
position on scale of. sufficient magnitude to provide
comprehensive display of the trade possibilities OF
the Pacific will be large as matter of course, but
it will be slight in comparison with the vast benefits
that are sure to flow from it =.:= "-:" :~*-
An exposition is, in fact, almost an imperative
necessity of the time. We are soon to- have a law
providing for the upbuding of our American nler-
chant marine, and with that will come a rapid ex-
pansion of our shipping At the same time the de-
velopmen of the Oriental trade will proceed rapidly
Many American cities will contest for that com
merce. If San Francisco is to hold her place the
metropolis of that trade she must act with the energy
Of metropolis and make her advantages known.
That can be better accomplished by an exposition
than in any other way The Pacific Ocean is ours,
Lord Beresord says. but unless we cultivate it with
enterprise we shall not profit much by the owner
ship. ~. 81.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-15
AN EXTRA SESSION NEEDED,

I HEN the House of Representatives broke all
(M records by the amount OF work it accomplished
x last December before adjourning for the ho-
days. there was widespread belief that the de
gree OF energy would be continued throughout the
session. and that when Congress adjourned it would
have so effectuay dealt with all measures OF press
ing importance that an extra session ofthe incon-
ing Congress would be unnecessary .-#+= :.::.:
That belief was never shared by The Call, and in
spite OF the prevailing opinion to the contrary. it
maintained the outlook was by no means so pronis-
ing as appeared. We directed attention to the
fact that the Senate had broken noecord in the way
CT legislation and that the action OF the House had
no other effect than that of sending to the Senate
a little earlier than usual one or two appropriation
bills and had not really advanced legislation to an
appreciable extent. Il. :
That this view. was correct is now evident to all.
Late reports from Washington are to the effect that
Congress is so far behind in its work it will hardly
be able TO pass the routine bills before the time comes
for adjournment Thereis now very little hope OF the
passage of the Nicaragua canal BILL the shipping BILL
the currency reform bill the army reorganization BILL
the Hawaiian bill, or even the navy personnel bill
That being so tits clear there ought to be an extra
session of Congress In fact it is one OF the defects
of our system of government that Congress elected
il November one year should not assemble to carry
cut the will OF the people until the December Of the
year following Last fall the people elected Con
gress; OF sound money men and chose legislators in
States where Senatorial contests were pending who
would elect sound-noney. Senators. Thus they as
sured to the Mckinley administration the support of
Congress that can be counted on to carry out its
policies and yet under our precedents that Congress
will not assemble and get down to business for nearly
a year to come
IT, as now seems likely, the present Congress ex-
pires by limitation of before it has time to deal
with such measures as those enumerated, an extra
session will be imperative. Many of the issues at
stake too pressing to be kept waiting. The Presi-
dent served the country well by promptly calling this
Congress in extra session revise the tariff and pro-
tect the industries of the country, and he will it
we'll again by calling the incoming Congress together
with equal promptness to enact other measures not
less important than the tariff.