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The morning news., 1899-12-22
GEN. wOoD's RECEPTION.

The reception given TO Gen. Wood on his
arrival in Havana was undoubtedly very
gratifying 10 him. From the account Of
il contained in the dispatches there were
no discordant voices anywhere. The peo-'
pie of Havana believe apparently that un-
der his administration there viii be no
causes for dissatisfaction. Their opinion
Of him is based on the record he made a :
Santiago. It is 10 that record he owes hts
present position.
If it is expected there will be no frtc-
ton between him and the Cubans, ANA
that all that he does will meet with pop
ular approval, there is going to be disap-
pointment He will have his trouDl s.
and it is probable that many OF the acts
of his administration win be severely crit
icised. II. however, he Is successful in
retaining the support of the great major
ity Of the people the government at
Washington ought to be satisfied with him
II the Cuban people see that he IS trying
to do what he believes to be right, and
for their best interests, they VIII rally
around him and hold up his hands. They
are now convinced that it is the purpose
Of the American peop,e that they shall
have their Independence if they want it,
and most of them are content 10 wait for
Congress to act in the matter. As long
as there was a suspicion that there was
an intention to annex the i:land without
their consent they were disposed TO make
trouble. Now, however, there are signs
of good will for the American people ev-
erywhere on the island. In an interview
a few days ago Gen. Gomez said that
there "is no more likelihood of an upris-
ing in Cuba than there is a likelihood Of
an uprising in New York" Even the
bandits have ceased to be troublesome.
1t is the understanding that Gen. Wood
will, in his administration of affairs, keep
in view the Importance OF preparing
the Cubans for seIf-government He
will fill the offices with Cubans to as great
an extent as is advisable, and he win put
the control of local affairs in Cuban
hands. He will give attention to the pub
lie schools improving them and encourag-
ing the people to patronize them. 1t may
be that he viii also Introduce some re.
forms in the courts, so as to secure more
satisfactory administration Of justice.
There are many things to be done, and
if Gen. Wood proves himself to be the man
for the place his administration will be of
incalculable benefit 10 the Cubans in their
preparation for Independence.
The morning news., 1899-12-22
Only His NiGhtcap.

what have you in that bundle, my
friend?" and the customs officer at the
Woodward avenue dock eyed suspiciousfy
the package that passenger on the last
Windsor ferry was carrying under his
arm, says the Detroit Free Press.
Just my laundry, cap'n," rather ner-
vousIy replied the man with the bundle.
Sorry 10 trouble you, you know, but
I'll have TO see the inside of it. Step in
here"
Inside the office, over which flies the
flag with the vertical tars, the revenue Of
fcer opened the suspected bundle. 1t
contained laundry, sure enough-shirts
collars, cuffs, nightgowns and handker-
chiefs telling OUT in confusion. But snugly
tucked away in a bunch Of socks was a
quart bottle filed with the amber -colored
corn Juice that makes Walkerville so pop
ular a place fer the revelngs of the imag-
ination.
Though the owner flushed a tile higher.
he was unperturbed.
"Do you cali that part of your laun-
dry?'' sarcasticaly growSed Uncle Sans
minion, as he proceeded to appropriate the
bottle.
That's my nightcap, officer"
"Then it needs washing, too. Take it
along with you, my friend. 1 wouldn't spoil
that stuff for you for all of Uncle Sans
orders"
The morning news., 1899-12-22
BRIGHT BITS.

Dark Outlook.-Fortune Telier-And I
see dark man who will give you trouble.
The Widow Ito herselD-The coalman!
Why didn't l pay his bill?-Chicago News.
Hard to Comprehend.-Freddi
is one thing Ia like to know.
CobwiGger-W Well?
Freddie-Why is there no use asking
Santa Claus for the things you don't want
me to have?-Judge.
-Football-Mrs Newcome cher first
game)-Oh! isn't it awful? Horrible! Why
they will Kill that man underneath!
Her Daughter IAN enthusasD-Oh, he
doesn't mind it, mother. He's unconscious
by this time Puck.
Not Precisely White.-A soul which had
sold shoes for a living drew near to the
pearly gates. Il used to tell women that
a No. was No. g." faltered the soul
But that was white lie, was it not?'
More of an ecru," replied st. Peter Sc
verely.-PuCk.
"A hush falls upon the court. do you
know The prisoner at the bar?" asked the
counsel. when I've got the price, / know
everybody a the bar!' protests the Col
onel, from the witness stand, with dignity.
The Coonel. understand, employs the Ken
lucky dialect.-Detroit Journal
Sign of rosperity.-Watts-Wel pros
perity is undoubtedly here.
Potts-So? Any signs of it in your case
Watts-Yes. indeed. There's a beggar
got me on his list who used to strike me
for a penny every day. Now he isn't sat
isded with anything less than a dime
indianapolis Press
The morning news., 1899-12-22
ROssEs MAY CLASH.

There is an excellent chance for a disa-
greement between Senators Hanna and
Platt over a running mate for President
Mckinley. These senators are big bosses
of the Republican party. The indications
are, however, that Senator Hanna will
have more influence In the national con-
vention than Senator Plat.
The understanding seems to be that
New York shall name the candidate for
Vice President. Senator Platt is reported
to be in favor of Timothy l.. Woodruff.
He is resident OF Kings county. and
has the support of the Republican ma
chine of that county. Senator Hanna is
understood to favor Mr.. Root, the Secre-
tary Of War. If Senator Hanna favors
him il is safe TO say that Mr.. Mckinley
does, and if both favor him his chances
are very much better than those of Mr..
Woodruff, even If the latter has all the
Republican politicians of the state of New
York at his back
If Mr. Plat is very much in earnest in
his support of Mr.. Woodruff, however.
there maybe some very fine political
work done by him and Senator Hanna
before the question of Mr.. Mckinley S
running mate is settled. Neither of them
admits failure in what he undertakes un-
til actually beaten.
The morning news., 1899-12-22
a New Funny Wan in Congress.

There is a new funny man in Congress.
says the Chicago Times-Herald. He is
Mr.. Cushman of Washington. Many hui
morous stories Of his experiences as a can
didate are being told by him, and it is
reported that he is having little difficulty
in keeping his fellow statesmen at the cap
itai in good humor most of the time.
Mr.. Cushman is a representative-at-Iar
from his state. During the recent cam
palgn' he says, he stopped at a farm house
to get drink of water, and while the
farmer Wife was attending to his wants
he asked:
here?"
Il dunno" the woman replied: Il never
go to political meetin's They say there
a congressman at large and 1 think the
best thing for me 10 do is stay at home"
ears ago men were told that the Hon.
Galusha A. Grow Of Pennsylvania had
similar experience with a farmers wife,
out ne undoubtedly made himself the hero
OF an episode that didn't happen" until
long afterward. In this connection it is
painIul TO have TO confess that Uncle
DICK Oglesby was another who stole one
OF Cushman's choicest stories before the
latter ever got a chance to tell it. I'm
Gle Dick used to say that during one of
his campaigns for Governor of Illinois he
stopped a a certain house for a drink of
water, and found the yard full of dirty
looking children. When the woman who
was supposed by him 10 be their mother
came out with the dipper he kissed each
of the little ones and said:
Madame these are the sweetest chill
dren have ever seen. They are little
beauties. every one of 'em. and they all
seem to take after you. Ny name is
Oglesby. I'm running for Governor of
this state. I wish you would tell their
father that | have been here, and that 1
think he has the finest family have ever
saw"
But theysain't got no father" the wo-
man replied. This is an orphan asy-
lum."
John Bright Mr. Gladstone and Charles
stuart Parnen, also, claimed to have had
this experience. but they were all i1npos-
ters. Cushman is the real hero of the
story He says so himself, and the others
are suspiciously silent
Our new humorist in Congress is un-
doubtedlya hummer. We shall not be sur
prised to hear at any time now that the
identity of the man from whom Mark
Twain stole the story of the jumping
Frog of sCalaveras County" has been es-
tablished.
The morning news., 1899-12-22

TfcketSI'
The conductor on one of the most promi-
nent lines between the East and West
started through the coach taking the tick
cts on the right and eft as fast as he
could scrutinize them until he reached a
man, who, to judge by the vaIises he car
ried, was travelling salesman, says the
Chicago Tribune.
All right, conductor, as soon as I can
find it. / had it when you entered the car,
but IN be hanged if l can find it now
said the travelling man, who began to run
out the contents of the dozen or more
pockets in his clothes.
He pulled off his hat, looked through
that looked or the floor under his seat
picked up his valises to see if it was un-
der them, and finally began to look
through his pockets again. Quite a crowd
of the other passengers who noticed this
little by-play began to gather around him
and offer him advice about the places
that he had failed to search for the miss
ing ticket. With each suggestio that
was made to him the travelling man
seemed to get more and more nervous,
with the conductor and the other passen-
gers standing by and laughing to their
hearts content.
"An right, here it is" said the con-
ductor as ne reached over and took it
from the teeth of the nervous man, Il
just wanted to see if you could find it."
The conductor passed on through the
car, while those who had been enjoying
the nervousness of the travelling man con-
tinued to guy him about the matter. He
kept up the nervous manner until the con-
ductor had left the COACH when he blurt-
ed out:
"Aw. come off! I knew where the ticket
was all the time, but I was taking off the
stamp date on the back. The ticket is a
limited one and expired seven months ago
l have run short of money and expected to
find my remittance from the house at the
next stopping place, so I adopted the plan
[ did to keep the conductor from looking al
the date on the back of 1t. He was SO in
tent upon laughing at me that he forgot to
look at the back of the ticket, but even if
he had looked at it 1 am sure that the date
| is entirely removed"
The morning news., 1899-12-22

The Washington Post observes that
four of the Oldest men in the Senate sit
side by side in the front row. They are
Pettus of Alabama, who is Is years old:
Cockrell of Missouri who is rs; Vest Of
Missouri who is 20, and Morgan of Ala
bama, who will be 76 next June.
Gen. Grcbler of Orange Free sta.e is
rather versatile in the matter of his peace
full occupations. He is a grain grower,
an ostrich farmer, a stock raiser and
diamond mine owner Though only 36
years old, he has for some time past been
an influential member of the Volksraad,
representing Philopolis
Bolton Stafford Bird, the new premier
of Tasmania, presents the rare sight of a
COngregationalist clergyman at the head
of a British colony. Fifty-nine years old
and native of Newcastle-on-T Tyne, Eng
land, he settled in Hobart. in 1879, as a
minister of that city's leading Congrega-
tionalist church Three years later he
entered Parliament and later become CO.
lonial treasurer. He has represented
Tasmania in two Australian federal con-
Ventions.
A bronze statue of Bjorstjerne Born
son and one of Ibsen stand before the Ma
tional Theater in Christiania, and have
aroused a deal of discussion. On Bjorn-
sons return to the theater, after thirty
years absence TO direct the rehearsals of
his play, "Ueber die Kraft" he wrote
demanding the removal of his statue as a
permanent SANDER" Ibsen, in answer to
an inquiry as to his view, said that lie
had never seen his. 1t is now proposed
to remove both and recast them in some
less Objectionable form.
The morning news., 1899-12-22


A Washington special to the New York
Evening Post contains the statement that
Senator Hanna is now more popular than
ever before with the Republican politicians
Of the South-especialy with the negro
politicians. The cause of this sudden in
crease in his popularity is the stand he
took against the resolution that Mr..
Payne, the Wisconsin member of the Re
publican National Committee, intended to
bring before the committee to reduce the
number of delegates from the South in the
Republican National Convention. The res
olution did not of course mention any par
ticuIar section Of the country but if it
had been adopted the South would have
very few delegates in the convention.
1t is stated in this connection that Sen
ator Hanna is at the head of a political
syndicate, the object of which is to control
the Republican convention. IL is claimed
that it is composed of men who have po-
litical ambitions, and who are influential
in getting together campaign funds, when
such funds are needed. 1t is, in fact,
composed of pretty nearly the same men
that controlled the convention which nom
mated Mr. Mckinley. Even before that
convention met Senator Hanna, it is as
serted knew that he had it in his power
to bring about the nomination of Mr.. Nc
Kinley. He had gained the confidence
of the delegates from the South, and
they, with the delegates from the North
| ern states that favored Mr.. Mckinley,
! gave the Hanna syndicate the power to
nominate its candidate.
1t is commented on as a rather remark
able situation that the friends of McI<in-
| lev. who, at the convention of 1892 pro-
tested vigorously against permitting dele
gates from the South that represented
constituencies, which all together did not
cast as many Republican votes as are cast
in Pennsylvania-not as many perhaps as
are cast in the city of Philadelphia
TO dictate the nomination, should, in the
convention of 1895, depend upon delegates
from the South to nominate their candi-
date. It is suggested, in explanation of the
change of mind which these friends of
Mckinley underwent, that Senator Han
ma their leader, saw what could be done
by political syndicate in a national con-
vention of his party, and that his syndi-
cate will not only see to it that Mr.. Nc
Kinley is renominated, but will remain
a force in Republican politics, and will
undertake TO nominate the presidential
candidate of the Republican party in 1904
Assuming that this suggestion is correct
it is easy to see why it was that both the
President and Senator Hanna opposed the
introduction of the Payne resolution at
the recent meeting of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. A syndicate in politics
is something new. 1t is readily seen,
however, that it can be used to great ad-
vantage, not only in nominating candi-
dates but also in running political cam
paigns Composed as it is alleged to be of
influential and wealthy men, it can col
lect a large campaign fund, and money is
a power in managing a nominating con-
vention or in conducting a political cam
paign.
The morning news., 1899-12-22

A question of authority has arisen be-
tween the state OF Texas and the United
States government out of the recent riot
at Fort Ringgold between soldiers Of the
garrison and citizens. 1t is the desire Of
the state authorities to arrest and try
Lieut. Rubouom, who was in command Of
the soldiers. together with the non-com-
missioned officers under him. The Attor-
ney General Of Texas holds that the state
court has jurisdiction. This view. how
ever, is combatted by Gen. McKibben
commander of the Texas military depart
ment.
The morning news., 1899-12-22

A San Francisco dispatch says that two
companies of the Montana volunteers, re-
Gently returned from the Philippines,
brought with them not less than $l5O,00o
in Spanish gold and Mexican silver. The
treasure was discovered by two soldiers
in Caloocan. 1t had been buried and de-
serted by its owners. The soldiers dug it
up and "conhscated" it. on the way
across the ocean the men played an un-
limited game of poker, so that when San
Francisco was reached some of the lucky
ones had comfortable fortunes.
The morning news., 1899-12-22

"You look like very young man." said
some one to Senator Beveridge Of Indiana,
in the Senate corridor yesterday, says the
Washington Post
Yes said Beveridge. with the air OF
one who has made patient investigation,
IL am live years younger than was Alex
ander Hamilton when he was appointed
Secretary Of the Treasury. and / am four
years younger than Thomas Jefferson
when he wrote the Declaration OF indie
pendence. To be sure. Henry clay, when
be- was elected speaker, was"
Al this point the Senator's voice had
faded away and he had disappeared around
a corner OF the lobby.
The morning news., 1899-12-22
ONE WAY TO TAX CORPORATIONS

The tax bill of the Tax Commission re-
ceived very little consideration from the
Legislature. One reason for this was the
very general opposition to 1t. 1t is said
that the railroads were opposed to it, and
it is probable that corpora tions of all
kinds were against it. The bill may be
presented to the next Legislature, but It
is doubtful IL 1t will ever command much
attention again.
In Texas scheme for taxing corpora
tions has been proposed that appears to be
a fair one. It is to tax their gross re-
ceipts In the Texas scheme a tax of one
per cent is placed on the gross receipts
of the railroads. The rate is different for
different kinds of corporations. On the
gross receipts of some of them the rate
is as much as two per cent.
Some of the railroad men of this state
expressed the opinion when the tax bill
was pending, that the most satisfactory
way 90 tax corporations, particularly rail-
roads, was to tax their gross receipts. 1t
is an easy matter to get at the gross re-
celpts, and 1t ought not to be cifffcult
matter to fix a rate of taxation that would
be just to the railroads and satisfactory
to the state.
This question of taxation ought to be
taken up and thoroughly discussed in the
state campaign next year. If something
of the kind is not done, the next Legisla-
ture will be just as much at sea when il
| comes TO legislate in regard to it as the
present Legislature showed itself to be.
The morning news., 1899-12-22
An Ant Comnarison.

A 4-year-old Prospect street boy has
strong talent along the line of compari-
sons. says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He
is a bright little fellow and learns rap
idly. His parents however, are not at all
anxious to push him forward, and have
made no effort to teach him the names Of
the letters of the alphabet something in
which he is much Interested.
The other day he brought a book to his
father and pointed to a capital "B.'
II know what letter that is he said.
"Well. what is it?'
The little fellow looked at it sharply
tracing its shape with a chubby forefin-
ger.
Il guess it's the letter wiz two tum-
mies." he said.
The morning news., 1899-12-22
rRrsrs REcEIvn A sET-BAcK.

The unsettled condition of the money
market in New York Is interfering great
ly with the formation of new trusts. There
is no doubt that one of the causes Of the
serious financial disturbance in that ci.y
last Monday was the lack Of confidence
in Industrial stocks. There is "a vast
amount OF these stocks on the market.
aud the intrinsic value of many Of them
is problematical. They are not in favor
with the banks. and many OF them are not
accepted as collateral by conservative
financial Institutions. Naturally those who
have them are anxious to sell them, but
they want more than they are worth. The
effort TO force them on The market has
disturbing effect. The extent of the spec
ulation in them is very great. 1t Is said
that the persons who paid such high rates
of interest for money last Monday, in New
York. were mostly those who had bought
these industrials on margins. They
sought to save their margins by putting
up more margins, and holding their stocks
for better market. Business men who
wanted money for regular business trans
actions had very little or no difficulty in
and without paying an excessive rate Of
interest.
1t cannot be said therefore that the dis
turbance in the money market in the early
part of this week, was due to conditions
which prevail in a panic like that of 1898.
Outside of New York there were no none
tary disturbances. Money flowed freely.
and there were no indications of a lack
of confidence ia the business world. IN
deed, there do not appear to be any condi-
tions in the domain of legitimate trade
which justify a panicky feeling. If. how
ever, the stock market disturbances con-
tinue the business interests of the country
may be effected injuriously, notwith-
standing the fact that all kinds of indus
trial enterprises are prospering.
The movement of gold to Europe is be-
ing commented on, and the opinion is ex-
pressed by some financial writer's that
the effect of gold shipments is likely to
have a bad influence on business, but IL
is difficult to see how they can, provided
they are confined within reasonable lin
its. There are no reasons for thinking
that the amount of gold that will go
abroad will be very large. The balance
Of trade in our favor is so great that the
small outward movement of gold tnat Is
now going on is likely to cease soon,
It can be safely said that the effort 10
form new trusts has been checked for the
present at least. The promoters of trusts
are having very little to do. The announce
ment was made a day or two ago. tina,
several large trusts which were in process
of formation had been abandoned for the
present, Unless the market for trust Sc
curities improves greatly there will moi
be much done in the direction of forming
new trusts for a good while.
The morning news., 1899-12-22

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