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The times., 1899-06-06
THE ANTITRUST MOVEMENT.
Governor sayers Calls n Conference
of Stnfe Omcinia

Austin. Tex. June 5.-Gov. Joseph D.
Savers today, mailed letters to the Gov
ernors and Attorneys General of the sew
eral States and Territories inviting them
TO attend an antitrust conference to be
held in st. Louis September 90 The OBJ
ject of the conference is ostensibly TO
formulate some concerted plan of legis-
lative action for driving trusts out of the
country. Incidentally the conference will
be the means of the Democratic party de-
termining whether the antitrust question
is to be made a national issue. Governor
Sayers says there is no politics in the call
! and the Republican Governors and Attor-
neys General are invited with the same
cordiality as the Democratic Governors and
Attorneys General. He says if the Re
| publicans fail to respond ii will be taken
for granted to mean that the party which
| they represent is opposed to the antitrust
movement The call says:
After much reflection l have concluded
that it would not be improper for rue to
suggest that a conference of the Cover
| nors and Attorneys General of the several
| States and Territories be held to consider
the effect which the formation of trusts
is having upon the country and, If possi-
BILE. to agree upon a character of legislation
| that will also prevent their further crea-
| ton. l am firmly of the opinion that if
as many as twenty States can be induced
to adopt a uniform policy in reference to
! this generally admitted evil, and will en-
force such policy with firmness, impair
tiality and vigor. relief will surely and
quickly follow. 1t cannot be doubted that
in this matter State action is necessary
and that uniformity in the enactment and
enforcement of legislation is Indispensable.
| have. therefore. to respectfully suggest
| yOur pXpaIlancV and the Attorney
| General of your State that conference to
consist Of the Governors and Attorneys
General of such States and Territories as
may see proper to attend, be held at st.
Louis. No, on Wednesday, September 20,
1893. for the purpose of taking such action
as may be deemed proper respecting the
| subject of this communication"
The times., 1899-06-06

rendered by the conductor of the car to
a cripple who was elected. Some passen-
gers saw the occurrence. and vented their
indignation on the conductor, who hit back
and trouble ensued. Such things are not
nice in a municipality which is rich
enough TO be well served
Another trick to which some conductors
are addicted is that of sending a lady up
the aisle with a we'll directed push in the
middle of the back, which not infrequently
leaves the impress of dirty finger tips be-
tween the shoulder blades. This is not
agreeable for the lady, especially in the
present season.
OF course, the population of New York
has had its share in the development of the
conductor. 1t is hard lines for any man
to have to deal with the inhabitants of
certain districts of that city. Rudeness
breeds rudeness a good deal more surely
than money, according to the old saying.
breeds money. 1t is to be hoped that New
York Will some day or other get rid of the
antiquated street car system which has
been forced upon her by the greed of GER
tain individuals. Meanwhile, let Wash
ington be piously thankful that, for a
variety of reasons, her people are not
called upon to endure the provocation OF
being knocked about by the employees of
corporation which is too greedy and
Indifferent to accommodate its patrons
properly
The times., 1899-06-06
Politician to the Core.
(From the Galveston News)

Whatever may be said Of Mckinley, it can
not be said that he is sluggish as a politician
He used the appointing power for all that it was
worth. He appointed the sons. sons-in-law,
grandsons nephews, brothers. cousins, and male
relatives of Democratic Congressman to soft places
and posts to secure the passage OF appropriations
to carry on the He appointed the relatives
OF Republican Congressman for the moral and
political effect. The great patronage which came
10 him by reason OF the war was the weapon. ii
wisely welded, which would crush Reed, and the
President truly skilled man in using this
weapon Reed was confessedly the most dan
gerous man to be dealt with from political
standpoint for two reasons. First, because Of his
power in Congress. and second, because the coun-
try considered him about the strongest man in
tellectually in the Republican party, and hence
in the line OF promotion to the Presidency. To
him alone could Platt and Quay and all the anti
Mckinley people of old look for man. His de-
feat would bring the wanderers home. Platt has
announced that Mckinley should be reuomnated
and elected Quay has so many troubles Of his
own that he is now willing to sit in the corner
and let every other person earth alone, pro-
vidcd he is permitted to sit undisturbed, The
rebellous or irritating element in the party be
ing disposed Of the President now proceed
on that broader campaign which may be necessary
to have the party wholly with him. In other
words, having disposed OF individuals, he will pro
coed to overcome the masses. He has started
out in this line by turning over 1000 offices to
the spoilsmen Of his party.
The times., 1899-06-06
TROPHIES oF THE WAR.
Governors of States VIII Have Con-
troll of Mnuy

Majer George II. Hopkins. aide to The
Secretary OF War, yesterday sent letters
TO the Governors OF all the States in re-
gard to the distribution of the trophies
taken by the United States forces during
the war with Spain There are about
eighty eannons In possession of the War
Department which are obsolete or other
wise unserviceahle. and these will be dis
tributed in accordance with the act OF
Congress permitting the War Department
to loan these to the posts OF the Grand
Army of the Republic. municipalities. AMI
monument associations A great many re-
quests for these guns have been received
and it was finally determined that it should
be left to the Governors OF States to de-
eide where they should go. The Govern
ors- however, will be bound by the pro-
visions Of the law of Congress. Each Gov
ernor viii be given a right to dispose OF
at least one trophy The letter OF Major
Hopkins to each Of the Governors was as
follows:
The Secretary of War directs me to say
that it has been decided to loan to the
several States certain Of the condemned
and obsolete ordnance captured in and
about Santiago in the war with SPAIN and
in this allotment guns will be assigned 10
your State to be loaned to such Soldiers
| Monument Associations. posts OF the Grand
/ army OF tne hepubtlc. or municipal cor
| porations as you may designate. There IS
! no provision OF law by which the Govern
ment can bear any part of the expense In
connection with any such loan. The States
or the monument associations. pests OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic or the mu-
nieipal corporations must bear all the ex-
pense in connection with the transpOrta-
| tion of the guns from where they are now
located. The guns will be forwarded IN
most cases from the Waterviiet Arsenal
near Troy, y. Y. or from the New York
Arsenal at Governors Island. " Y There
| are no mounts or carriages-simply the
bare guns.
''if it be your wish that your State re-
ceive the guns allotted viii you kindly
designate the names OF the monument as
| sociations, G.. a. r. posts. or municipalities
which you desire to receive them?
''As matter Of information to you. the
following cities or towns have made appli-
cation for Spanish guns as trophies:
Here follows list of cities designated |
In this connection am informed by the
Navy Department that your State has al
Fready received from the Navy two of the
captured Spanish guns. enclose you here
with copy Of the law under which this dis
tribution is made. By direction Of the
Secretary Of War, you will kindly address
your reply to me-
To the letters addressed to Governors OF
States which have troops serving in the
| Philippines was added a paragraph that.
If desired, cannon captured In the Philip
pines would be sent 10 those States in lieu
Of those mentioned in the first part CT the
letter.
The times., 1899-06-06
Gloomy Cast of n Camp site.

(From the Chicago Chr0nicIc.J
Though the lamented EaGan can TO longer
contribute to the comfort OF the returning vol
unterrs at the model camp which is To be
established at the Preside OF san Francisco, it
appears that whoever selected the site was de-
termined that Camp Wikof Of fragrant memory
should be cast into the shade. The site is swept
by the trade winds. bearing cold, heavy ioss,
and in this congeniaI location Will be quartered
troons who for more than year have been ae-
customed to the tropical climate Of the Philip
pines. sand flies and feas viii add to the com
fort and enjoyment OF the volunteers and if the
health OF the troops is placed in the care Of
some scientist like Horse Doctor Huidekoper
there is every probability that in addition to the
model camp General Alger can shortly point
with pride to a populous model cemetery in the
immediate vicinity.
The times., 1899-06-06
The Maybrick Case.

Recent advices from London lead TO the
belief that American representations in the
case of Mrs. Maybrick will at last be sue
cessful.
This unfortunate woman was condemned
upon circumstantial evidence, and in the
face of reasonable doubt, of which any
American jury would have given her the
benefit.
Some of the highest legal authorities of
the United Kingdom are said to have
spoken in censure of the present con-
dition of criminal administration in
England, and in favor of a free
pardon to the defendant Mr. Choate has
had orders from Washington to leave no
stone unturned to bring about this con-
summation, and he is said to have re-
ceived much encouragement from the Mar
quis of Salisbury. Mrs. Maybrick's friends
are, therefore, looking forward to her re-
lease and the tenth anniversary of her in
generation will probably find her free
woman.
The times., 1899-06-06
ToLBERT AT HIS OLD HOME.
The south CnrnIininn Promises to Be
Very Good Hcrcnfter.

Columbia, s. c., June 5.-Some weeks
ago R. r. Tolbert, who was driven from
Phoenix last November during the cleo
tion riots, made a statement for publica-
tion in a newspaper at his home asking to
be permitted to return and live in peace
with his family. declaring that he was OPP
posed to negroes holding office or exercis-
ing unrestricted franchise; that he would
not have accepted the Republican nomina
ton for Congress if he had apprehended
the trouble itiwould have caused and eX-
pressing his Willingness to change his pol
itics if it were shown him wherein he was
wrong.
A meeting of his neighbOrs was called
but no public action was taken on TO.bert's
statements. The community was felt, >"
however, and he was quietly notified that
he could return to his home without mo-
lestation. After an absence Of six months
he is again with his family. The other
Tolberts will not be accorded this priv
iIege unless they follow his example. The
contest of r. r. Tolbert for the seat OF
Congressman Latimer has been taken up.
The times., 1899-06-06

lature, the party opinion OF him would be
very different to what it is today. But
Reedism represents not only suppression
of a Republican majority, and Democrat
ic minority. but the syndicatins OF both
into an organization for the sole benefit oil
the Speaker, his friends. contributory
patrons and the legislation they may want
without any reference to the wishes OF the
Administration.
From this point of view it is iniudicious,
if not actively unfriendly, to publicly re-
mind Mr.. Henderson that he was trust
ed adviser and lieutenant of our great
Speaker Reed"
The times., 1899-06-06
NEW DEPUTY CITY POSTMASTER
Madison Davis Talks About His New
Position.

Madison Davis was yesterday selected as
deputy city postmaster by Postmaster
Merritt. Mr.. Davis is at present chief
clerk in the office OF the Third Assistant
Postmaster General. He has held ini-
portant positions in that department dur
ing the past twenty-five years and is re-
garded as one of its most competent and
trustworthy officials.
In speaking of his appointment last
night TO Times reporter. Mr., Davis sa d
that he felt very highly conplimenied
especially as the honor had come unso-
licited.
The relations between General Merritt
and myself for the past two years have been
very pleasant indeed said he. "our meth
DDS Of business and general ideas are very
much alike and General Merritt said he
would very much like to have me with him
in his new position In addition TO the re-
/ gret l feel in leaving the office where I
now am. having been there for nineteen
years. feel a special regret at being the
| unintentional cause OF the removal Of the
| present worthy assistant postmaster. Mr.
| Wilson He is one of the most genial gen.
tlemen have ever known. and in all our
| Intercourse we have been especially har-
monious. and it is with special regret that
my promotion will cause his removal.
Il have had nothing but the most pleas
/ ant relations in my present position, and
there have been no chickering's or fault
findings"
When asked If any changes in the I'D
ministration of she office had been dis
cussed by himself and General Merritt.
| Mr.. Davis said that the matter had not
! yet been considered.
Il think the office has been run excep-
| tionally we'll. he continued. MIR. WiIlett's
administration has been an excellent one
| Every branch Of the office, and especially
the registry division. has a splendid record
that division for the last eight years. OF
course. Mr.. Merritt being a practical nan
will make improvements il there IS any
room for them"
In regard to changes in the personnel
OF the office. Mr.. Davis said ne knew moth
ing. There are come places that can. und I
the recent order of the President respect
ing civil service, be filled by the newly
appointed postmaster without examina-
tions.
Besides getting $500 year more than
his present salary. Mr.. Davis feels that the
place is in the nature OF promotion.
| Mr. Davis is strictly a Washingtonian,
having been born here and resided here
ALL his life. He began his career as a
printer in the Government Printing Office
and rose by degrees to be chief clerk OF
that office. which position he resigned tc
20 into the Postoffce Department. Mr
Davis is a graduate OF the law department
of Columbian University and member
of the American Historical Association
The times., 1899-06-06
The south md yellow Fever.

FTom the View OfIolns ImCsD
All the signs OF the times point to the belief
that the South is about to emerge from the
wilderness Of doubt and fear. In the first place,
Cuba will no longer be the lair Of disease. on
that account alone, the overthrow of Spanish
power is worth all the blood and treasure it in
volved. With Havana and Santiago free OF fever
it is demonstrated that modern sanitary science
is fully capable OF dealing with the most per
picking problem which the present generation
has inherited from an earlier time. Then again.
improved methods OF treatment have reduced
the mortality from the disease that there is no
basis for the umreasoning dread which it formerly
inspired. Moreover, the practical good OF
the people has led to the conclusion that shotgun
quarantine is an idiotic and destructive remedy.
In this enlightened age and country, anything
that is ridiculous is doomed
The times., 1899-06-06
ShnII Mankind Ely,

(From the Philadelphia North Amercan.)
Only a few months remain OF the nineteenth
century-the century Of science and invention.
This observation stands, regardless OF the dis
cussion as to just when the century ends In
this short time must be settled the question
whether the problem OF flying IS too much for
the most ingenious, clever and productive cen
tury the world has ever known. Hitherto all
efforts to construct an airship that would fly
have been futile. Even ambitious person
OF science as Professor Langley has virtually
abandoned, or at least indefinitely postponed,
work on his aero-plane in which he once flew
a considerable distance"
Most of US have reached the conclusion that we
are to enter the twentieth century as nwinged
creatures, tied like Brc'r Terrapin to the sur
face Of the earth. Under the reproach of being
unable TO carry us through the air in a ship
that responds to rudder, the inventors suffer
more than they rejoice in what they have accom-
plfshed
The times., 1899-06-06
The Mckinley situation.

From the Cleveland Plain D5aler)
President Mckinley is a candidate for re-
nomination and that fact has not been lost sight
of for a moment in his recent course. lie has
been wrongly persuaded into the belief that his
nomination would be in peril II he did not show
to the country that he is all powerful in his own
state and. through those who profess to have
charge of his political interests, shape the
action of the party in State matters 1t was a
deplorable error.
The Republican party in Ohio has been split
up into factions by the attempted introduction
Of bossism. Willingly unwillingly, the Presi
dent has become identified with one of the fac
tons He has allowed it to be understood that
his interests are in charge of Senator Hanna and
that the Senator has the backing of the Ad
ministrution in his endeavor TO manage the party
in the Presidents home State. An inevitabl,
sequence OF this condition OF affairs is that
defeat of the Senator's action would be regarded
as 4 blow at the President and might be damas
ing to his hopes in the national convention o
next year
The times., 1899-06-06
TRIAL OF BRIBERY SUITS.
PennsyIvnnia's Alleged Offenders
May Go Into Court in June.

Harrisburg Pa, June 5.-District Attor-
ney Millar now has the bribery suits in his
hands. and there is apparently no reason
for delay of the prosecution at the June
term. which begins next Monday. Tomor-
row afternoon Mr.. Byrne, former member
OF the house from Fayette, will be gwen a
hearing before Alderman Maurer on
charges of corrupt solicitation and per
Jury He denies the story told by Repre-
sentative Wilson OF Westmoreland that
Byrne offered him $1,000 to vote for Quay
for United States Senator. The fact that
Wilson testified very unwillingly and only
after Chairman Fow of the investigat ng
committee threatened to commit him to
jail for contempt, leads to the suspicion
that Wilson will not appear at the hear
ing There will be motion by counsel for
Byrne to dismiss the charges on the
ground that there was nothing in Wilson )
testimony before the committee to justify
a return OF the case to the court. 1t is
furher intimated that Wilson's appearance
here as a winess will mean another suit
for perjury along the same line as that
against John Engler a member from Ly
coming
The times., 1899-06-06
A GERMAN-AMERIcAN VIEW.
sons of the FntherInnd Who Are Not
the Less Americans

To the Editor Of The Times:
My attention was recently directed to the
following despatch which appeared in your
paper:
New York, June 2-Emperor William Of
GERMANY IS to donate Il prize 70 be contested
for at the great national saengcrfest. which IS
10 he held in the borough OF Brooklyn next
wear President 5. Il. Saenger, Of the United
German Singers Of Brooklyn, wrote TO the
Emperor recently requesting him 10 donate
prize for the event. and on Thursday a favorable
response was received through Dr. Arthur Won
Holleben, the German Ambassador At Washing
tiOn.
II should make every German-Americsn
imbued with the principles Of liberty and
free government blush to think that one
OF his fellows should so far forget him
self as to beg a favor from the German
Kaiser; from the same man who more
than once has declared in public: 'Su-
prema lex regis yoluntas! GeTman-
Americans should not forget that the En-
peror ascribes to his grandfather and God
the suppression of his people in 1878; nor
that in comparison with any soldier he
regards and treats civilian with con-
tempt.
cannot believe that any honest Ger
American will look upon the action
of this Saengerbund' president with any
thing but indignation. We are Of German
birth. but OF American adoption, faith.
and loyalty. We have no occasion TO go
begging prizes at the hands OF any
medieval parsonage such as the man who
is called the ''Deutcher Kaiser"
A GERMAN-AMERICAN
The times., 1899-06-06
The Chnngc ut YnIe.
From the Cincinnati Enouirer

tffOm the cincinnati tnqulrer-)
The election OF Prof Hadley to be President
of Yale University is said to have smashed a
number of traditions. He is only torty-thrce
years old. He is not a clergyman He is not
professor of Greek, Latin, or philosophy. But
he may be He is professor OF political
science. lie may hardly be settled before the
Government drafts him for service on a commits
sion. and then will he the time for the exposure
OF his weakness if he is not strong. We wish
Prof. Hadley great success, however. There is
great need OF change in college administration,
and it is to be hoped that in this instance there
will be reform. 1t will be his first duty. ii he
is a real reformer, 10 teach students to be gen
tlcmen. lie should instill in the minds Of the
young that political speaker. OF what
ever party, or circus. or Indian show has
as much right in town they have. Govern
mcnt is what is needed in colleges-strong hands
that can guide the youngsters through that silly
season that marks the transition from youth to
manhood, and which is intensified by a vulgar
parvenue pride in the idea that being college
students carries the license to be ruifans
The times., 1899-06-06

In spite of the popular objection to the
revenue stamp it would appear that there
are persons who nourish positive passion
for, and do a neat little business in, these
evidences of recent war. A brokers mes
senger was arrested the other day in
Brooklyn and in his possession was found
fifty-seven hundred dollars face value in
documentary revenue stamps. The revenue
agent who made the arrest declared that
five hundred dollars of the stamps had
been washed. He estimated that in this
way the Government is losing one-third of
its legitimate revenue. 1t is said that there
is a regular commerce established between
Wall Street messenger boys and the dealers
in washed stamps. The boys are given the
money to go out and buy what their en-
ployers need. but instead of going to the
proper place they patronize the second
hand dealers and pocket the difference.
The times., 1899-06-06

States and Spain appears to be something
after the order of jug with one handle.
Our dispatches state that when the court
ladies of Madrid learned that the Ameri-
can Minister was to be a guest at a ball
to be given by the British Envoy, they
refused to attend, and the Prime Minister
had to interfere. It is possible that Mr.
Mckinley may have been too much in
hurry about the resumption of diplo-
matte relations.
The times., 1899-06-06
General Lees Watch.

(From the New Orleans linics-l
Il was surprised" remarked Mr.. II. IT, Ahreus.
the wellknown railroad man. Ito ind the watch
once worn and owned by Gen. Robert = Lee in
Opelcusas, Ia. The watch is in tile possession
of Rev T. X Fount lie Roy. who, by th, WAY.
IL a relative Of the great soldier The watch was
presented to the reverend gentleman by his father
a few Years ago. and h. TREASURES the relic above
price The watch has gold dial plate, which
is surrounded by elegantly carved flowers. which
have in their centre a clear, small dilmond
The number Of the watch IS Gsj2- II was made in
Liverpool by Tobias * Co. The caSrs are very
thick, and the hy cover has the name OF the
general upon it. The watch has often besn in
the hands of a local ieweler in this city who
states that its mechanism is Of the very finest
The times., 1899-06-06

There is solid satisfaction in observing
that President Loubet and the Chamebr of
Deputies are not displaying weak knees
in connection with the Dreyfus case. Not
withstanding mob outbreaks and the
threats CT the anti-Semites, the Govern
ment is moving on Mercier. Roget, and the
ether miscreants who helped France to
it's disgrace. and is thereby gaining the
approval of civilization.