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The times., 1899-10-22
Golden DisingenuouSness.

In a short article entitled The Present
Outlook for Currency Reform. printed in
the october number of the Forum" Mr.
Charles G. Dawes writes in a way to sug-
gast that in preparing to reopen agitation
III favor Of the establishment Of the gold
standard in the United States by law, the
advocates Of the economic fallacy of mo-
uometalism are not likely to overcome
their old habit of indifference TO history
and fact. Certainly they have not, if he is
10 be considered fairly representative OF
their position and arguments.
Mr.. Dawes states that, after several
years discussion by the public and Con-
gressionaI committees. the currency ques-
ton in the next session of Congress will be
considered by House and Senate both
controlled by the Republican party, which.
in 1896. declared itself for sound govern
mental money and the gold standard" In
what way the party declared itself for
the gold standard. he does not tell US,
and in the absence OF such information it
would be impossible for ordinary mortais
TO verify his statement On grounds Of eX-
traneous evidence We are quite aware that
The leaders of the organization were reso-
Iurely favorable TO the single standard:
but we also know that they did not dare to
express their views in the party platform.
since 10 have done so would have been to
court defeat at the hands Of a host of whole
or half hearted Republican bimetallists
whom it was necessary to placats by hood
winEziue them as TO The real purposes of the
+ leaders.
But the party. as a political organiza-
rion. did not pronounce for the god stand
ard in 1896. except as a temporary eXpe-
dent to be resorted TO only until bi-
metaIlism could be restored by interna-
/ UonaI agreement In the currency plank
of the platform this is made as plain as
words can make it, We are unalterably
1 opposed to every measure ca cu,ated TO de-
base our currency or impair the credit OF
/ cur country We are therefore opposed to
/ the free coinage Of silver except by inter
/ national agreement with the leading com
4 rerciaI nations OF the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote" In his in
augural address Mr Mckinley said The
( question Of International bimetallism will
/ have early and earnest attention Il will
/ be my constant endeavor 10 secure it by
cooperation with the other great conner
/ cisl powers OF the world"
Those are rather strange words to fall
/ from the mouth Of President just placed
/ i'm power by party which, Mr.. Dawes as
/ serts. had declared for The gold standard a
\ few months before. The remainder Of that
. gentleman paper covers other departures
4 from the eternal yeTities, and from the
standards Of straightforward controversy.
but the point TO which We have already
called attention is sufficient as a text for
the only remark we care to offer on the
matter. which is. that if the important
economic question involved in the propose
( campaign Of the monometallis in the next
. Congress is to be discussed at all by them
it would be just as well that they should
endeavor to avoid perhaps natural but
not the less iIlegitimate tendency to faIsify
the record.
The times., 1899-10-22
BEGINNINGS OF WARS.
Formal Declarations Not Customary
in EurOpenn Countries

in European Countries
The State Department is not yet officially
informed of the existence of war between
Great Britain and the South African Re
public. This notification may be expected
to arrive first from the Transvaal, and it
might come direct from the Government o.
that country through the American Consul
Charles Macrum. The mere notification of
the existence of war like the formal
declaration itself. seems to have little rela-
ton to actual hostilities. OF the last sew
enty-five European wars, only three were
preceded by formal declarations. These
declarations are often issued simply to fix
a date for the beginning of hOstiities. or
as in our Spanish war, which began on
April p, to legalize the taking Of prizes.
Nations begin war in most cases like an
angry boy, with little apparent consistency
in their action. There is the same squar-
ing of and clustering until a blow is
struck, perhaps by accident, and then the
conflict is on. 1t might be difficult for the
historian if he examined only official docu-
mentS to account for our Spanish war He
would be at a loss TO understand why
abuses which were treated so guardedly in
December should have become casus belli
in May. The starving of the reconcan-
tTadOS, the Dupuy de Lone letter. and the
blowing up of the Maine formed a small
official part in the Cuban war crisis. while
they actually oceasioped the war. England
and the Transvaal have been discussing the
franchise proposals for months. Polite
correspondence was followed by polite con-
ferencss. Then came the resumption of
correspondence, but all the time each side
was accumuIating war material and pre-
pairing for war which, so far as the Of
fetal papers were concerned. did not seem
a menace until weeks after the troops be
gan to sail from British ports.
Some persons have criticised the State
Department for ordering the American
Consul to look after British affairs in the
Transyaal and the Orange Free State
This criticism is hardly worth noticing;
the United States did not seek the task
but was asked to undertake it by the Brit
ish authorities Few nations have ever de-
clined to comply with such a request 1t
may be recalled that during the troubles
in Bolivia the United States cared for Brit
ish interests there. The identity of Ian
guage is the principal cause for this inter
change of courtesies This country too
has the precedent set by Great Britain dur
ing the Spanish war, when her Ministers
and Consuls acted in our behalf. 1t is well
to remember that one of the real martyrs
/ TO the American cause during the war with
| Spain was Frederic Ramsden, the British
Consul at Santiago
The times., 1899-10-22
The Coal Trust.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer

The coal trust is an iufamy Coal is al
most as essential 10 life ts sunshine, water air
We're it possible to make trust" Of the last
three named things it would bc made There are
cannot be controlled 10y trust Is Mr.. Hanna
one Of them? Next to the three articles named
comes coal 1t is absolute necessity II is in
a trust"
one Of these days in the near future there
will be a srverereckuning. A cry for justice will
90 Up, and it will be heard, Tie heads OF the
trusts" will not hc 50 high IN the air They
The law will destroy them. The preservation of
the lives Of the people is above the enriching Of
men. The cry OF 4 freezing babe will not waste
itself ON the air The shiveriug OF a hungry
mother will reach even listless ears. Let the
trusts take heed
The times., 1899-10-22
nDnNtd Hnrum.,,

(From the Hartford Timesl
A Syracuse despatch contradicts the impression
which has prevailed since the death OF the
author OF David IIaruu that Mr.. Westcott's
family obtain little or nothing from the book.
It was announced that he solid ii outright for a
small sum He died before it was published,
leaving his family almost unprovided for. There
have been many suggestions that the publishers
should pay something TO his heirs in view OF the
unexpected and phenomenal sale Of the book.
Vow this despatch says that they have done 50
without making any fuss about il. and have al
ready paid over $40 To the family as royal
ties. and that a considerable further sum will
reach them, as the book is still selling fast
Ii this is true the publishers have afforded a
new illustration Of the substantial Justice 50
many publishers have displayed. The guild has
had to endure good deal Of fault finding, and
some members OF it have been greedy enough,
but it is 10 be doubted if they were ever as black
as they were painted A modern publishing firm OF
good standing generally has principles OF Justice
or policy that make III deal fairly even where
there is 40 bond that con be enforced
The times., 1899-10-22
4 prssimIstIc Yiem

Fgom the Charleston News and CQulor)
The Washington Times says that the Beer Re
public els a Government in which ignorant
and iutocrant oligarchy has in its power prac-
tically all the intelligence and enterprise OF the
country: in which the minority governs; in which
labor is oppressed and capital mulcted by unjust
taxation; in which ignorance is at premium
and progress at discount; in which the tor
eigner. while allowed to reside in The country,
is treated as an 5utcast, and NOT allowed to pos.
sess arms 70 defend himself" Il is said that the
Outlanders 0utnumber the Boers by thirty thou
sand or more. and thes ought 70 be strong
enough and brave enough 90 fight their way 70
liberty without British re endorsements. The faCts
that the minority governs, that labor is oppressed
and ignorance is at a premium, should not oc-
easion any surprise or indignation in the great
American Republic. All these conditions obtain
right here, and yet We should resist any attempt
10 SCI straight.
The times., 1899-10-22
THE PULLMAN-wAGNER DEAL.
Stockholders viii Ratify the Con
soIidation Agreement

Stockholders viii Ratify the Con
soiidHtion Agreement.
NEW YORK. Oct 21-The stOckhos sders
OF the Pullman and Wagner Palace Car
Companies will meet within a month TO-
the purpose Of radfying the plans of the
consolidation OF the two companies. which
were agreed upon by their respective
boards of directors in Chicago yesterday.
This action on the part OF the stockholders
viii be largely a matter of form, as the
plan for consolidation had been approved
by the majority of the stockholders in bOtl
companies before the final decision was
reached
As the headquarters of the Pullman Con-
pany are in Chicago the stockho deFs o
that company viii hold their meeting IN
that city The stockholders OF the Wag-
ner Company viii meet in this city. AZ the
executive Offices Of the Wagner Company
at 49 East Forty-fourth Street, this morn
ing the date for the meeting was not
given out A representative of DIT. W. Sc
ward Webb. President Of the company.
said. There is no hurry about the meet
ing as the situation is pretty vel! uudzl-
stood by the stockholders now The con
sulidatiOn viii not go into effect until Jan
uary L. 1900 As far as is known here The
financial arrangements given in the news
paper dispatches from Chicago are cor
rect Dr. Webb is not in town nos, AMI
will not be here for some time He will De
a director in the Pullman Company with
Messrs. William X Vanderbilt Frederick
w. Vanderbilt and j. FieTpOnt Morgan
The times., 1899-10-22
Thc south African War.

tFr1m the Minneapolis iriNuHt-l
The Beers have cut Of communications with
fbe frontier. and il il very difficult 90 get any
news from the front la regard Co the progress of
the war in the Tr4nsvaaL The Beers appear %
be assuming the offensive, but with what degree
of ,uccess can only be surmised from the TACT
that they are probably better prepared az the
natural that they suppose that the first successes
will be theirs.
The war spirit in England has been growing
very RAPIDLY since the Issue of President kTugeTH
.5Tfim2tun and the British Government cap couut
safely upon a strong popular support The gen
sral expectation seems 20 be that Ihe wax VIII -
a short one. as it is believed that the Beers VIII
find il impossible to hold ont against the over
whelmiug power Of Great Britain Nevertheless
Mr. SeIous the famous hunter, who Is tlmillar
with African conditions, expresses the opinion
chat the war viii last eighteen m0nth8 should
il do 50 its effect upon finance and business VIII
be m0re serious than IS now generally looked
for.
The times., 1899-10-22

doniug every town in the Island Of Luzoa
at least once. This makes II interesting
for the natives. and gives variety to the
life Of the soldier. especially in the rainy
season; but the country would like 10 know
just what the ultimate outcome of it is
going to be From all appearances, the
Filipfnos can stand being captured and
abandoned just as long as the American
soldier cares to keep it up. Ii viii be OBJ
served that most Of these towns have been
abandoned just as often as they have beer
captured. Perhaps we owe debt Of graft
tude 10 General Otis that they have not
been abandoned more times than they Were
captured or without being captured at all.
But considering the fact that this merry
go-round can be maintained from the Fill
pino end for a practically unlimited period.
and that it costs a good deal TO keep the
American soldier chasing after Agunaldo' S
army, the country may justly claim to have
at least a monetary interest in the pro-
ceedfngs. AT this rate Aguinaldo's grand
children may yet be found lodging about
the Island of LuzOn, pursued by the sons
and grandsons of the volunteer Of today.
The times., 1899-10-22
The Amcricanizing of Cuba.
- - ,lnmnI,is scimitarl

rom Tue htlipi4s otiullNdI-l
..El Epaca the auneXdtiouist journal Of Ha-
ylua, Is making things rather warm for the
Cuban generals, colonies, and other patriots who
spend their time luIhng around the cafes, abusing
the American ''usuTpers, and claiming all the
credit for the dclWCranCe Of Cuba from Spain.
As TO the last absurditv, 'El EpoCa' SAYS:
II forty years henoe shall all be willing
to confess that while able 10 gain the
victory over hunger, thirst, weariness, and the
rigoIs OF the climate. To the American Army
and Navy is due the victory over Spain-why not
be honest and confess it HOwY'
Thi. is Il bold utterance for newspaper to
make i'm the midst OF all those desperate heroes,
who for three long wears burned sugar houses and
looted villages in the name OF liberty 1t is
bulder than any Havana paper would have ven
tured upon some months ago, and it shows that
the auneyationstS no longer permit themselves
TO be huldozed 10y the patriots Aforesaid.
So far as may bc Judged from the reports that
come to as frAm American and European sources,
the great majority OF people in Cuba who have
anything 10 lose by bad government favor anneNa-
tion. The auts are the ragtag and bobtail OF
the island, led by agitdtUrs who expect to feather
their nests under typical Spanish American re-
publican regime. That Il 20 say, they look tor-
ward TO 4 time when they can start revolution
and prey upon the merchants and Industrious
farmers ~ will
That is not state of things which Uncle sam
could endure right at his back gate. When the
war with Spain began the ''Scimitar'' said
There isn't going 60 be any Cuban Republic.
II stands bE that prediction.
The times., 1899-10-22
SILENT FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
Death of "a Farmer Brings out q
Strnnrc liz. stnrn

Ft'atAll-f lsAAt = rtWFR-
NEW YORK. OCT Elf Jacob Tsrbune
spoke to his wife az aII during tbe last di-
teen years &c was yesterday vbau be was on
his deathbsI They qua-r1lsd over a trias
and thereafter the man was silent ate st
q separate table and bore himself as lt his
wife were "a total stranger
He was farmer in East Hackensack
y j. and his death yesterday revived
the story Of his obstinate s.le@ce-ot tbs
long years in the farmhouse during which
there was no such thing as dialogue.
Husband end wife belonged 10 families
prominent In BerE-u county. Nrs Ter
hume is wealthy and much Of her money
vas spent In improving the fine estate
on the Hackensack River where their home
is situated
They were long married before Ter
hune's obstinacy took the form Of silence
lt Is said Of him that he would quarrel
with his wife because a picture on the
wall was not placed to suit him Mrs
ferhune is a woman OF firm resolution
She did not wish 90 leave her home nor dII
she submit readily to the strange conditions
resulting from her husband queer resolve
She spoke to him, but without reply He
told others that he would have his meals
served at a table apart from The general
one, and go his way without the soIace OF
conversation.
An incident which occurred i'm December
last is cited as typical Mrs Terhuue
wished to have a furnace placed in the
cellar 10 heat the house Her husband told
his men not to allow IT, as the heat would
spoil vegetables stored there.
Il viii build a cellar under the carriage
house for you" Mrs. Terhuue said Her
money was to pay for the heating apparatus
She ordered It. When man went TO pa.
it in place the farmer drove him away
Then Mrs. Terhuue left the house Her
husband sought a divorce. but his reasons
were pronounced ridiculous His wife's
words to him concerning the furnace arr
said to have been the nearest approach to
conversation between them in fifteen years
Terhune was stricken with typhoid fever
ten days ago. He sent for his wife. and
she visited him several times at the oIG
home. Whether the long silence was
broken is not generally known. The farmer
was sixty-seveu years old
The times., 1899-10-22
PnternnIism Tint Pnys.

(Fyom the Pittsburg Post-Dispatoh)
Ii helping people to help themselves is good
policy the work done by the Canadian Govern
ment in starting home industries among the farm
eIs of the Dominion Is 20 be commended.
The people OF Prince Edwards Island have al
ways had "A struggle 70 make a living. The eli
mate is rigorous and the land rocky. Recently
the Dominion commissioner ut agriculture went
To the province and said 20 the farmers: Why
don't YOU go into cooperative dairying! Put up
= building costing SI00 and Will lend YOU
81 600 for machinery. We will send YOU
pert cheese maker and make your cheese at two
and oue-half cents pound
That was in 1892 The cheese export OF that
year amounted to 5000. The HeNt year there
were eleven daire-; the next year eighteen By
1898 the Government had been repaid and with
drew its support. The cheese exports had in
creased To S}6 900 year in the seven years, and
the entire province had been enriched.
This is the sort of paternalism that pays.
The times., 1899-10-22
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION.
Necessity for Its Existence Has Not
Yet Ceased

Yet Ceased-
The necessity for the existence OF the
British American Joint High Commission
did not cease with the provisional agree
ment perfected Friday by Secretary Hay
and Mr.. Tower. the British Charge d Affaires
in Washington. Il is announced, however
that the Commission viii not reasssmble
until the two Governments have arranged
a basis for a consideration of the several
matters in dispute between Canada and
the United States. Failure TO come To a
satisfactory understanding in regard I'd
the Alaska boundary was the cause OF the
last adjournment OF the Joint High Com
mission. and the two Governments are not
willing to take the chances Of another fail
ure to agree by permitting the C0mmls-
sioners to continue their consideration Oi
Canadian American affairs without some
preaTrangement as to the scope and I'm
itation Of their work.
The State Department and the British
Foreign Office Will continue their Efforts
through the ordinary diplomatic channels
TO reach conclusions on all the matters 0f
dispute between the two Governments OF
such a character as To enable the High
Commissioners OF both parties 10 meet
with the assurance that their sessions viii
result in a definite adjustment TO be en-
bodied into treaty form. subject TO the rat
iacatiou Of the United States Senate and
I the British Crown.
The times., 1899-10-22
THE SAMOAN SITUATION.
The state Department Informed as
TO All That l. Taking Place

The state department Informed ~
to All That l. Taking Place
The State Department is fully informed
as to all that is taking place between
Great Britain and Germany in regard 70
Samoan affairs. There is apparently no
disposition on the part Of those two nations
to keep this Government in the dark it
was said yesterday that the United States
authorities are being kept posted in re
gard to all propositions for settlement oi
the samoan question emanatiHg from Lon
don and Berlin.
II is untrue as stated in Berlin ErTs-
paper. that the proposition for the PARTITION
of the Samoan group originated with Sec
rerary Hay. That proposition was hrst
made FIVE years ago. and has been brought
forward several times since then The
authorities here are very reticent as 10
the status Of the Samoan negotiations. but
they indicate that nothing Of radical
nature may be expected from the present
exchanges between the three prOtectOrata
powers.
The times., 1899-10-22
The battle of the "Yatches.y
Printed in England after the Americas victor
August - 1S5II

rinted in England after the America victor
August -, 1851.
Oh. weep, We British sailors true,
Above or under matches,
Here's Yankee Doodle been and come
And beat our crlckest watches,
They started all to run race,
And wor well timed with watches.
But OH they never had no chance,
Had any Of our watches.
The Yankee she DELAYED az first,
saws they, ''She'n never catch us,
And flung up their tarpduliH hats
The owners OF the watches,
But presently she walked along:
20, dear, says they she u match us,
And stuck on their tarpaulin hats.
The owners Of the Watches.
Then deep We ploughs along the sea,
The Yankee scarcely scratches;
And cracks ON every stitch Of sail
Upon our staggering Watches,
But one by one she passes us,
While bitterly we watches,
And utters impreCations ON
The builder OF cur watches.
And now she's quite hull down ahead,
Her sails like little patches,
For sand barges and colliers We
Nav sell our bOa=ted watches.
We family hear the clubhouse gun
The silver cup she snatches-
And all the English clubs are done
The English clubs Of yatChes.
They say she didn't 20 BY wind.
But wheels and springs and snatches;
And that's the way she weatherrd On
our quickest-going watches,
But them's an lies I'm hound TO say.
AIrho' they're told bv patches.
Twas bulk of hull and cut Of sail
That did for all cur Watches
But novelty. I hear them say.
Fresh novelty still matches.
The Yankee watch the keels Will ldy
OF many new club watches.
And then wen challenge Yankeelaud,
From Boston Bay to Natchez
To run their crackcst Graf, again
Our spck and-span new watches.
The times., 1899-10-22
ouiney and Williams.

fFr0m the PhIatelphia LedgeE.J
The Philippine war, which has been srnoltee-
ing for some time in Massachusetts,, has oGIss
info . lively blaze The outbreak was causes
by an attempt 70 harmOnize the Democratio
party in that State A harmony meeting was
held in Boston az which George Fred Wl4lail3
was the chief speaker, and Mayor quincy w1
.lsKei TO suppress MS expansion views tof Gay
or two, or at least, hold them in reserve Whils
he occupied 4 place on the platform; put t4e
MAYOR declared that he would not appear On tns
same platform with Mr.. Williams, and the bHd-
ding harmony died the spot The wa
yaging now.
The times., 1899-10-22
News AT FIrst Hnnd.

tFrom the New York CommerciaI-Adyertiscr.)
Where is the stcnogapher that made a iaig
copy OF the letter u Torgl that sampson in
spircd, q sdwicA drafted, and Shafteg signed and
sent? Really il would seem that he is entitled
To- his day in the newspaper court Perhaps
these ,siIormen would not be 80 altogether cha M
ing in other respects, il they were not a little
boyish in thoir zeal TOR the glory OF the service
The times., 1899-10-22

If the reported plans Of the British
Government are carried out there will be
an interesting and important change in the
political map Of South Africa 1t is stated
to be the intention Of Lord Salisbury and
his colleagues to establish dominion, sim
liar to that of Canada. with capital, and
Governor General, to be named by the
Crown, at Cape Town. Under the general
jurisdiction there viii be Eve federal states
Cape Colony, the Transvaal, Natal, the
Orange Free State, and Rhodesia. Each Of
these viii elect its own lieutenant govern
or and legislature, and members Of the Do
minion parliament. As soon as the present
war can be brought to a close it is as
serted that a proclamation to give elfect
to the plan. viii be promulgated by the
Queen in council.