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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

TO permanent landmarks; 229 Hum
phrey), to organize the town of Wes-
colt, Shawano county; 2S9 (Ripley),
making telegraph companies respon-
sible for mental anguish caused by the
delay OF messages; 295 (Roettiger),
relating to separate road districts, and
4s6 (McLeod), relating to employment
of assistance for district attorney. JOS
eph Rechlitz, dem, Of Milwaukee. who
succeeds Albert Woyciechowski, de-
ceased, was sworn in by the speaker.
a third reading was ordered for the
bill which provides In effect that the
circuit Judge may restrict the time Of
counsel IN any argument before the
court, but shall not do so in any case
in the regular argument before the jury
SO longs as counsel confines his argu-
ment to the legitimate and proper dis
cussion of the facts in the case, Gen.
Geo r, Bryant Of Madison introduced
it and his argument for 1t resulted in
the rejection OF the judiciary commit
tees adverse report.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

DO you believe in mental tele-
pathy2'
Mos firmly
You must have had evidence, then. f"
Il have When am nj the club
playing poker know 10 certainty
what my wife is thinking Of Brook
lyn life
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16
THOUGHT TRANSPARENCY

Mrs. lie Count OF Chicago tcall.ns
on Mrs Sumleton Of Bostonl-I sup
pose, OF course, you have a ielephon.
in your house?
Ms, Stimleton-Oh, my dear Nj
lie Count, We use direct thought trans
ference. We have a speaking-tube Il
Boston Transcript
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

Madison. March Tn the upper
house Senator McGlliyray made an
other valiant for his patronage distrl-
button bill and as a result II was
ordered TO q third reading The fol
lowing senate bills were passed. Nos.
POS. relative TO qualifications Of
teachers, requiring graduates of coll
leges or universities to show equal
qualifications in psychology and peda-
gogy with others who are required TO
take examination; and 272, providing
for taxing real estate that has been
omitted from assessment by mistake.
Assembly bill No 49, appropriating
$500 annually for two years to the state
nremen'8 association, was 'cOncurred
in In both houses a flood Of petitions
came for 2-ecnt passenger fare law,
In the assembly, Senator Mailer's bill
making the customary appropriation TO
the state board of health of $4,000
with which TO combat cholera or other
contagious diseases (but which has
never yet been used), was concurred
in Judge Ortons bill making specific
annual appropriations to the universe
~ and normal schols instead of con
tlnuing the present method OF giving
percentage Of the taxes on the as
sessed valuation Of the property of the
state was on the calendar for third
reading and was explained 10y its au-
thor as giving to the university S26s,-
goo and 10 the normal schools $3.50 900
year exactly what they get now
under the percentage system After a
debate the bin went to third reading
The Snedden bin tanti-saloon) was
advocated by MIR. Evans. who made
tlowery speech In opposition to the
adverse recommendation or the com
mittoe on public health Mr. Dodge
said the bill affected no saloons now
established but merely forbade the
creation of new ones within $50 feet Of
church or school grounds. The bill
went TO a third reading by the close
vote Of a to l3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

! Fount rirman ex-reglster of The
treasury. is dead az his home near
ShelbyvlNe, Ala.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-16

ton law. Judge Orion gave notice
that he should oppose any bills to UNI
condltionally reduce the capital stock
of banks.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
PRESIDENT PRO TEN, OF THE u. s.
AND EMPEROR OF ALL THE
PHILIPPINES.

Can we believe Mr.. Mckinley? lie it
was who said that "forcible annexation
is criminal aggression;" and then
forced Spain to sell her invalid title to
the sovereignty OF the Philippines to
us. and is now engaged in "forcible an
nexation" by destroying the Philippines
In thousands of thousands.
Yet Senator Foraker and other SEN
ators youched for the President, that
he meant well: and now Mr.. Mckinley
is "prophesying soft things" At Bos-
ton, he gave vision of the Philippines
as his prophetic eye sees them in the
future:
/ cannot bound my vision by the
Dlood-stained trenches around Manila
where every red drop. whether from the
veins OF an American soldier or a mis-
guided Filipino. Is enguish 10 my heart;
but by the broad range Of future years,
when that group of Islands. under the
impulse of the year just past, shall have
become the gem and glory of the tropi-
cal seas, a land of plenty and of in
creasing prosperity, q people redeemed
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
not cast at all. The people OF Ohio
should take special precautions against
repeating such addition and like "er-
rors."
NOTES AND OPINIONS OFTHE
PRESS.
AN ALARMING INTOLERANCE
(EntStnn Past

tIiOuSlOu iOSl.J
Many of the eXpansionist papers
throughout the country, and particu-
iariy in the East, are denouncing the
senator's who voted against the rati-
hcatlon of the peace treaty as trait
oiS and calling upon the Legislatures
Oh states represented by such Senators
10 reDuke them by resolution and even
10 demand their designations.
nat are we coming to in this re-
pubic when we note such Intolerance
as this? What are we to think of Il
freedom of action, or a freedom of con-
science, That can only be enjoyed I'M
der Il TRADE of abuse?
1t seems to have reached point with
us now where free and honest Amer
ican citizen can not declare his adj
herence to principles that are not main
tanned by the Republican party. with
out having the nood-gates of Repub-
mean Journalistic vituperation and mis-
representation opened upon him, The
iiGht of every man in the republic to
think for himself. to adopt his own
views upon public questions and to
nave others concede his honesty in the
absence of proofs of dishonesty. year
by year is being denied by the adj
herents oil one great party i'll this coun-
Try. The billingsgate that Is being APP
pilcd IN many Republican eXpansionist
papers to the opponents OF EXPANSION
ana Imperialism are OF character
with the utterly basclcss but malicious
~ Dltter language applied to the silver
forces In 1896 by those same conscience
less Republican gold bug organs.
They stop at no extravaganza of
speech and know no limit in the vio-
fence of their denunciation of their DO
iitical opponents. Those who differ from
them are rebels" traitors" "anar-
chists' red socialists 'repudiators."
little Amercans,f "corrup;ionisis"
and migrant enemies of the welfare
ana honor of the country! The spirit
that anmates this new piutocracy and
party OF Capitalization is n combine
ton of the spirit of the Pharisec and
the bulldoZer.
~ press such as that described. or n
party inspired by such Intolerance. is
" continuing menace to the liberties of
me republic and the rights Of the cit
zen. Given long lease Of power such
agencies would not hesifa-c 70 ostra-
ciZe all who dared question their poll
cleS. They are to-day paving the wav
Tor a. des?otism at no distant time in
America--jf not for the man on
horseback" The: have lost all con-
ception Of the true sniri, OF American
institutions. ana are the most danger
Gus elements that now exist in our po-
litical life,
Tolerance of convictions has bccn
the basic stone of our liberties and
our happiness as neoplc. UnchnI-
icngcd freedom of opinion is the life
b!ood OF the re.ubl.c. There VIII be
Gark days In America when there is
round mere the narrow and viruIent in
tolerance that history has disclosed in
several epochs In France and in her
European countries -and we arc rap
idiy approaching such conditions.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
THE PRICE OF COTTON.
Savannah Ncws)


,,,,oi III ',s prIce OF c"t:on advnuce
lion wh;ch ,s ~. iu.. ., nat n ques-
tbnn ue,,ai o,i 80 ~" ~ srnctlhs more
ahia ~. o' -, aatehti9h; As Ter as we arc
we ca m ~. II. a., 1hihlnh OF nc situation
an odvnnco l., ~" ~, 'nr ., sn ,r, NOT be
for this oninInn ' nro ~ c,m ne REASONS
looks as If the crc,, fm,. iSaS oo ',S ~ !,
not 10 -, L. .ne VIr? Tor iS5H-"' would
ginning or ~ 80. e"', '.u ~ ne ~
bv manv y. No, ,;,,, WIS thnusni
he n - 0Oo oOo. hala 60 =, ~, , ",u'',
hy Tho Texoe .,,L,,ln; - ,'"'nItu
would bo p, & ooo oon ~ 80, ny
state. Tho osttn,a,n ~" n.y., nv ~ va,
not so hirh nn,v I, ,oo.,. 10 800 -
ted thar H.. rro.. ;,1 i, ,V '''''l'
over 2 200 ma 49, ,,, W., ~, 80
vino thick tl,ot :, Iii ~, tipS'
below those n,rurce '''' '''''
Tho oetirnntrs e., -, ,
We're 600 0n0 Into. ~, IN 1870
tribute that r,,,,h -, W! ~ co'-
ply? There 49, ,c. So, st'l'-
that .hov viii NAT u.t,a VA LII ME-
Cont IN ,ro.,.. ~, '''' tH-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

ISM and self-defense. Thus are three
pirds killed with one stone 1t comes
hlsh; but then the people in these
cases pay for their own enslavement.
Ihat is the militarism the Car pro-
poses to abolish; just as this Hanna
iNepupiicanism introduces it here. The
armed military Republic, If nothing
else. Will prevent European and mon
archial disarming. The military estab-
hshments abroad will have to stand. in
race of this formidable menace here.
And even our people are not consult
Gu about this paramount maater. They
nave to furnish the men and money.
ana also the subjects. The elections?
faugh! Hanna now renders them
reeking frauds: reinforced bv .. stand
ing army. he will save his money Cor
ms mastersO, and saddle us with Louis
Napoleon's French plebiscites. with
mounted troops in sight. When shall
we be freer? or stronger? will it be-"
cried Patrick Henry, when we are
tea hand and foot. and an armed SOL
der stationed in every house?"
While the Car and other despots are
NNN''.S vi proposing 10 get rid of their
standing armies. let us IT least decide
not to have any. We have none now.
ana never had: and let us at least not
enter on dangerous and costly ex-
pertinent that even the Car wishes to
abandon. Put the standing army to q
vote OF the people; let the next Presi-
Dental election be Il great popular
Referendum. 1t requires no act of Con-
gress' nor Presidential proclamation,
TO make it so.-only the stern and intel
h$ent will of people who are yet
free. In November, 1900 the voters of
TINS country. by voting down Hanna
ana his crew. can defeat the standing
army and all that it implies VIII they
do it? Are they wise enough, brave
enough. patriotic enough, to assert
themselves? God grant it.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
TWELVE PAGES
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 81. 1899.
OUR COURT DECISIONS.

Lawyers, business and the gem
eral public are all more or less inter-
ested in the curren. decisions or the
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
not alone as matters of news, but as
calculations of law, equity, and ruling
principles as applied to facts.
In some shane or other the press
generally seeks to supply readers with
this information. and THE VIRGIN
IAN-PILOT has heretofore published
such summaries of cases as were sup
piled 1t; but those summaries, often in
q form inscrutabe to any but lawyers,
did not even supply the profession with
n clear understanding of Il cause, ana
failed to set forth distinctly the fact or
principle upon which n matter turned
THE VIRGINIAN-PILO therefore.
is peculiarly fortunate and happy in
securing Judge w. p. Martins daily
digests OF cases decided, embracing all
cases of interest and Importance de-
termned in the Supreme Court OF the
United States ana in the Supreme Court
of North Carolina. rs well as in our
own highest court. The character ca
pacity. learning and experience Of
Judge Martin will make these reports
particularly attractive and valuable
being neither so brief as to omit any
thing necessary to Il full comcrehen-
sion. nor so voluminous as to tire the
reader, or uselessly cucumber the gist
of the subject in hand
An able and highly respected Judge
himself. Judge Martin is specially quail
flied for these digests; and they are the
more to be regarded because of his love
of the law and his delight in dealing
with its spirit and principles The ques-
tons will be of special interest to this
locality. as the Judge will naturally So
lect these for report and comment: and
his name will fully authenticate the
accuracy of his statements and the Jus
tice of his commentaries. as we'll ms
the proper setting forth Of the points
involved. The Bar Will rejoice TO have
so competent ana faithful IL gentleman
to trust to. and will appreciate his apt
suggestions; while the general reader
will be glad to receive the law from 50
high a quarter in plain terms relieved
of technical aud bewildering phrase
ology.
These digests will be most useful to
our readers. and that they are prepared
by Judge Martin viii commend them
far and near, to all who are familiar
with the reputation of their author as
O. gentleman and n jurist
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
POLITICAL OPINIONS ON PRO
POSED LAWS

POSED LAWS.
From Case and Comment
The submission of proposed laws to
the supreme Court TO get it's opinion
as 10 their cOnstitutionality has been
advocated by many people as an i'm
poftant reform. II is obvious, Of
course. that much Inconvenience and
some hardships often result from the
overthrow of statutes after they have
neen acted upon The avoidance Of
these evils would be very desirable.
Why. then. these people ask. should an
Unconstitutional provision not be de-
clared so before its enactment, and not
after it has been acted upon? Like
many another invention. this plan in
No!ves more than its authors consider
AS the court said in reconstruction Of
constitutional Provision Is. ID 10 l..
H. y. 90. the judges in such case must
act both rs court and counsel upon
OK par;e proceedings" The inesti-
mabic aid given in the determination
of hard questions by the opposing ar
guments of counsel in actual litigation
could not be had when giving advisory
opinions about prospective legislation.
This is the weak spot in the system
and 1t is not sufficiently appreciated by
advocates of the proposed reform. They
seem to assume that judges must be
always ready TO express final opinions
on all legal questions without hesita>
ton, just as the average ellen; expects
his attorney 10 know all the law off
hand. The right of the legislature. or
of the executive, or of both. to demand
such opinions from the Supreme Court,
is in fact created by the Constitutions
Of several States. The practical opera
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

The people Of Ohio and several adj
joining States, that enjoyed Hannas
particular attentions in 1856. should at
once amend their election laws. so
that in 1900 their election-returns may
not again exhibit the remarkable phe-
nomenon OF lS9G-an actual return of
votes testifying TO Il voting population
OF 10 ) of total population, men,
women and children. Where did all
those votes come from. all OF sud
Den? Did icnna manufacture them for
the occasion?
1t was done by expert repeaters, with
wink!ng judges of election at the re-
ceipt of ballots; or an adept in figures
added in the necessary votes, though
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

1t is said that there are mean women
i'll the word somewhere. There or..
SAID to be white crows. also. We have
seen neither. ana it is incredible that
any Of the former exist. There are
plenty Of mean men. doubtless: ana
these misj"dse or Islander a sex whose
misfortune it was to bear them.
Mother sister, wife. daughter,
oh. woman in our hours of ease
Uncertain. coy and hard to please:
when pain and anguish wiring the
brow,
y ministering Angel, thou."
y phantom Of delight. Wordsworth
calls her; n lovely apparition:
perfect woman, nobly planned.
10 warn. to comfort and command;
And yet =. spirit, still and bright,
WIN something of an angel light"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
LOVE PEACE, AND ENsUE I'll"

It is an absolute cmpcror-the most
powerful Of earthly monarchs ana des-
pots-who proposes universal disarma-
mont and peace 10 his fellow monarchs
and other governments. This implies
that the great matter In question is
his and their matter supremacy. If no,
exclusively. They are to confer and
consider about it. The people who con-
stitutc the human race. who constitute
armies, who join in bloody battle, and
VINO Stay aud are slain-,hese are
neither to discuss nor decide this tre-
mcndous issue of life and DEAN. They
are not invited to the conference. nor
to send delegates or representatives to
it's debates and councils. They, it
seems, are only food for POWDER" and
it is only an economical question that
the Car of all the Russias submits to
other rulers and potcn,ates: us this
the most profitable use to which we
can put mon? WIN they not pay us
better to put them to necessary and
useful labor and production?"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21
A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY.

Cnarity covers multitude of sins"
and the saying is all the more true be-
cause it has Il double meaning. as it
IS equally true in both senses. The
charity Your hand dispenses to the
poor. returns to hide your transgres-
sions in large degree: the charity OF
your goodwill and benevolence dims
your eye to the sins OF all others These
are twin charities, and generally go
together: the charitable neart filling
the charitable hand; the Recording
Angel turning over his ink-stand in
the adverse record; and the Great
Judge ''winkinS"at the accident.
IL is more blessed to give than to
receive and thow happy ought they
10 DE who are able 10 give! Such hard
times as we have recently had offered
grand opportunity to every benevo-
lent heart and generous soul, Did anv
man neglect it, and stay his hand?
II 50, then no man is there among all
the la2aroni of the world so poor as he,
Let him be remembered in your pray
crs, On. yc begSars ana paupers. all
the earth over! For even the finest
hair of his camel cannot go through
the eye of any needle, though his soul
would be lost in the comparative i'm
mensity of the eye of a cambria needle,
1t is in these seasons of excessive cold
that the true heart flames with the
ardent desire to warm all who are
without shelter or comfort, and To feed
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

Is that Brooke at Havana like Ten
nyson's Brook, that runs on forever?
lie should be damned speedily by the
government, as he already is by all un-
der his rulc-although they do not spell
1t exactly that way.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-21

against it in most States. Doubtless,
the opinion OF the court has in some
cases prevented the enactment of in
valid statutes. but in case of real diff
ticulty THE OPINION OF THE
COURT GIVEN IN ADVANCE OF
ANY LITIGATION. and without OPP
posing argument of counsel, can hard
ly be satisfactory.
THE GREAT LAND GRABBERs.
Houston Post.
One of the most dangerous features
about the adoption of policy of ex-
pansion is the fact that it is practically
impossible to set q limit to it, With
nations 1t is much the same as with
individuals-the more they get the
more they want! Tie spirit of con-
quest once aroused becomes reckless!
That these are indsputable facts Is
amply proven by n glance at the his
tory OF European colonization during
the century just drawing to n close
The results of the efforts of the land
grabbing powers since 1900 are admi-
rably set forth In the February number
or the Review of Reviews, and now
that it Is sought to commit this Nation
to the colonization policy, it will be
interesting to glance at the growth OF
the colonial empires OF few of the
leading nations during the century
AS summarized. the article in the Re-
View OF Reviews shows that in 1900, ex-
Guiding Canada. the British dominions
contained 1.799.0OO square miles: in 1891
the area was 100000 square miles. and
ACQUISITIONS since make it about 11,OO0,-
VoD. Russia had Il colonial empire of
ABOUT 100000 square miles in the be-
ginning OF the century and now gov
crns over $500, 900. France in 1900 had
a colonial area of $4,000 square miles:
now she has over 100000 Germany
n1u eDlOnipS in m ri
the century. but now counts ! ,O2O 600
square miles. Even the Netherlands
ana Portugal have each added over
100 600 square miles to their colonial
possessions in the time indicated, the
former, indeed. adding moro than 20O,-
600
Poor old Spain alone has seen her
colonial empire virtually disappear In
1890 she governed colonies of 10 600 0Oo
square miles in extent; to-day 244,0O
square miles will cover all she has.
including the mainland,
1t is interesting to learn In this con-
ncction that of the $4,000 900 square
miles of territory on the globe. %. 2SS. 600
are held as colonies, or protectorates.
by profeSsedly Christian nations In
lh.i territory is nearly half the popu-
lation of the globe.
These facts demonstrate how greed
Tor territory. or the spirit of conquest,
feeds upon itself Another important
consideration is the fact that one con-
quest often. indeed generally, demands
another. nation finds itself thrown
next to territory filed with trouble
some neighbors ana is finally compelled
TO extend it's authority to obtain pea &C
ana security. When the United States
settle down in the Philippines, IL they
90, 1t is more than probable that be-
fore many years circumstances and
sei:-!ntcrest will turn their attention
t. the continent Of Asia, and they will
he found revelling with the other rob-
hers in the spOliatiOn OF Chinnl
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