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The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
CuriOsiIiss of DlVurce.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Some curiosities in divorce have made
their appearance in Kansas City.
Mr.. Frank 5. Wing, of the Wing Mer-
camille Company for instance, makes a
plea which seems to have been founded
upon the greenness of his youth. In 1882
he married a charming young lady Of
tWenty-eight, he being at the time one
year younger. In the years which fol-
lowed he dis covered several things which
shocked him severely. Instead of being
twenty-eight at the time of her marriage,
she was forty; and instead Of being a
maiden, she was d Telict of two previous
husbands. The climax came however
when increasing YEARS made the lady ex-
tremely religious, and she joined the Sew
enth Day Adventists, whose peculiar Sab
baths upset his previous calculations Of
week days.
The second Kansas man who has trou-
b!es which weigh him down is William J.
Mckittrick. His complaint is that his
wife i The opposite OF religious, and that
she has longing for the stage. She is
young, is gooG-looking, and has frequent
~ been complimented upon her voice
she has made arrangements TO and is
at the present time about TO engage in
the profession OF an actress says he
which viii take her away from the city"
The wife acknowledges that her heart is
set upon the stage. and that she will not
fight the proceedings for divorce.
II csc two stories but illustrate the
playground which is made OF the court
room in order TO crafty the whims OF
disorLarly minds. With the divorce courts
always open, marriage loses half its
sanctity, and the influence Of such license
UTon tie next generation is hard 10 esti-
n.te.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
Co-edueation la Public Schools.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
The nonsense about the necessity for
separating boys and girls In our public
schools Is heard again. This time IL Is
Eras nus Hall that needs reformation In
that school the boys and girls study under
the same roof Down town they are sent
to separate schools. The best way 20 dis
pose 81 arguments against co-educatIon
among children Is % force the logielan 20
open his eyes and. II need BE- put on
a pair Of spectacles and look AZ the pupils.
IL he finds that Erasmus Hall exhibits a
greater degree Of crime and vice than
other schools in the conduct Of It's classes.
his point IS made. unless somebody dis
covers that the crime and vice are due %
local conditions and that co-education
has nothing to do with the matter. But n
he finds that the pupils there act very
,aueh as human beings Of the same age
act IN other places, II he finds that the
smartness and morality are UP 10 the
standards OF the other high schools. his
case IS lost. And II Is just as well that he
should Own In advance that Il II lost. The
association OF boys and girls in their
studies IS proper. II cures the girls OF Miss
Sancyism. It cures the boys OF bashful-
ness; II gives to each better understand
ing Of the other and helghtens respect. Il
creates something OF a studIous rivalry.
for 10 boy wants 70 be beaten ln his recI-
tatiOns BY q girl. and the girl has a mis-
chieyOus pride in beating the boy. This
association i preparatory for the longer
and later associations that vii come In
adult years and that are TO be a. rnucf,
considered in fitting the boy or girl sor
social or edustrial LIE as Is q mental
equipment
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
MIR. Babcock's Work in Currency Reform.

Representative Babcock. of Wisconsin
w..c. as Chairman of the Republican con-
eressional Committee has had the best
possible opportunity 10 study the political
aspects OF the question Of currency re-
form. was wisely selected as member OF
the Republican Joint caucus committee
appointed to draft a currency bill during
the summer vacation and report it to
Congress at the beginning of the next
session. As beginning Of his work, and
presumably with view to finding out
how near 10 or how far from the voting
masses the bankers stand. Mr.. Babeock
addressed a circular to 300 bankers and
banking institutions in his State, in which
he submitted various questions bearing
upon various features Of the currency sys-
TEN. to which he invited replies. Nearly
two hundred answers were received.
Sixty-three correspondents favored re-
peal and only thirty-three opposed the re-
peal Of the tax on national bank circula-
ton. The proposal to permit the banks to
increase their circulation to the par value
OF the bonds deposited in the Treasury re-
ceived 10 favorable and 10 unfavorable
replies. Why any sensible business man
should object to a measure so just, so
safe, and so expedient We do not under
stand. unless he is opposed TO national
banking in toto. Eighty responses in
dorsed and twenty-eight opposed the in
corporation Of national banks with a min
imum capital CT $4,000.
But the chief feature of interest in this
symposium is the fact that President Nc
Kinley's proposal that greenbacks when
once redeemed shall not be reissued. ex-
cept in exchange for gold actually depos-
tied IN the Treasury, was approved bv 1ol
out of the lib replies received.
That is the first step in any plan of
currency reform, and we should not no
much surprised if that were the only i'm
portant step taken before the next Prest-
Dental election. The New York Mail and
Express says of Mr.. Babcock's work.
These expressions. representing the
views OF the banking interest in large
ana prosperous State like Wisconsin. are
important IN that they indicate a pracfi-
cal unanlmity of agreement in favor of
the SIMPLE recommendations urged BY
the President in his last annual message
The safeguarding of the Treasury BY for
bidding the reissue OF greenbacks ex-
cept in exchange for gold ought to be the
first step in the work of currency reform
and when that is accomplished the neces-
sary notifications Of the banking system
can be undertaken without causing the
slightest disturbance in public or private
credits"
There are very decided difference of
opinion as to what notifications IF the
banking system are necessary, and it is
probable that the enlightening influence
serious attempt is made in that direc-
ton.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
English Recruits.

From Chambers's Journal.
AS to the reasons why men enlist, they
are very mixed and as many as the men.
After a smart cavalry regiment or bat
terry of horse artillery passes through a
town, young fellows think that they would
like TO look so handsome, brave, and
grand" and enlist simply and solely for
the sake of the Clothes" Others Join
the army in order to see the foreign
parts" about which they have head
chums speaking who mad returned to their
native villages upon furlough. Then, OF
course. there is often she in this, as in
all other matters. There has been low
ecs' quarrel, and the young fellow eniists
to spite the young woman; or his father
has put a steD-mOther over him, and ne
thinks that a barrack-room will be less
disagreeable than his home. Some be-
come soldiers because they cannot get
work; others because they do not like
work. and think that a soldier has Moth
ing to do but dress we'll and knock about
with a cane.
Others believe that the red coat, like
charity, Will hide a multitude of sins;
they have not given satisfaction to their
employers, or they have broken the laws
OF their country, and cIter its service in
order TO hide themselves. Men enlist for
the queerest reasons. Once a patient in a
military hospital told ne that he did so
in order 10 have a military funeral. an
honor that the poor fellow soon obtained.
He was IN consumption when he Joined,
but by some trick or another he managed
TO sham the doctor. Another man gave
me as his reason for enlisting Jhat re
wanted 10 learn 10 read. He had escaped
so successfully the School Board Inspect
OrS, and had been such a truant when q
boy, that he grew up quite illiterate. Be
ing ashamed Of his ignorance, he thought
he would learn something quietly in a
military school
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
The Coming New Party.

When in the course OF human events il
becomes evident TO a number of American
citizens that the worlds topsy-turyy
and the people insane" il is their in
aiienable right, and may be their bound
en- duty, to get together in some fitting
place ard al some convenient time 10
organize new party. ONLY a few per-
sons are needed 10 found q party. In
deed, one person answers for a nucleus,
and when others rally around him, there
is your party. II may live long and pros
per. and it may give up the ghost at 80
early an age that its friends Will won
der why it took the trouble 10 be born.
A number Of rcen and women. more or
less distinguished In various walks and
ways Of life-politicians. litterateurs, la
Dor leaders. temperance promoters. &c.-
who describe themselves as thoughtful
and serious men"-haye issued a call for
a meeting IN Buffalo in June-"the month
or leaves and roses" also the month es-
pecially affected by engaged couples for
the fulnllment OF their marriage con
tracts. II Is their declared purpose TO
consider the present condition Of Ameri-
can politics and economies and what u
the next thing TO do" 1t is announced
that we are IN the midst Of important
changes in political issues and PARTIES
and In social and Industrial conditions"
and that an interchange OF opinion on
the part OF thoughtful and serious men"
may lead 10 "efiie!en; aetien In important
directions"
Al the head OF the list stands the name
OF isZen 5, Plngree. the Republican Gov
ernor Of the Republican State OF Mich
igsn. Pingree Is reformer. and whether
hs activity is displayed IN providing po-
tato patches for the Door. IN fighting The
railway corporations for reduced fares.
or Ia trying TO hold simultaneously the
Offices OF Mayor OF Detroit and Governor
OF his state, he IS always a robust ana
agile worker. We suspect that his de-
sire for new party is oceasloned b. the
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
An ILLOGICAL Prejudice.

There may be glory but there's no fun
in being the public eXecuIioneT OF Paris.
Anatole Deibler, who has succeeded 10
his fathers position as eNecuuOner, has
been hitherto we'll received in society,
but he now finds all doors closing against
him and is obliged TO resign from his
club. Lewiston Journal
That is the old. old story told again;
not the particular old. old story that
was told again at o'clock in the morn
ing" and of which Parepa used 10 sing
with that divine voice which long since
joined the celestial choir, but the old
story of mans inhumanity 10 man that
is told, and told truly, in every civilized
country or State on earth where the
death penalty for crime is inflicted. The
executioner, the man who performs the
browning act in the long drama that
takes the criminal from freedom to an
ignOminiOus death, the act but for which
all the others would be In vain, is uni
versally eXecrated. In this country we
have no one man who holds that Office
the United States Marshals in their dis
tricts and the Sheriffs Of counties being
held responsible for carrying out the
sentences of the courts. But these off,
cials do not perform that duty in per-
son. and one reason why they do not is
that it would seriously injure their So
cial standing and render them a grew
some horror TO their friends and espe-
cially 10 women and children. As a rule
OF almost universal observance the man
whom 4 Marshal or Sherin deputies 10
act for him in the final scene is con-
ce3led from view. No man whom the
responsible Official could trust 70 do his
duty in such case would accept deputi-
zation unless assured that the act would
be an inviolable secret between him ana
his principal for so great is the horror
associated with the business that wife
and little ones would shrink from hus-
band and father II they knew that he
had pulled the cord or touched the but
ton TO set the instrument Of death in mo-
ton.
We think no argument necessary 10
demonstrate the injustice OF this an-per-
vading eXecratiOn OF the hangman or his
equivalent the eleatroeutIorer IL.
headsman. II IL be right for society TO pro-
tect itself By putting murderers and Ger
tain other classes Of criminals TO death
II the men who make the laws under
which criminals are executed are entitled
to respect, why should the people who
elect and uphold those men and approve
Of the laws they make put q ban on the
man who performs the last act necessary
To the fuihliment or such laws? Society
honors the lawmakers and eOmmends the
Zeal OF the police and the prosecutors in
bringing murderer % justice, IL ap-
plauds al honest jury for resisting the
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
FILIPINO FIGHTING.
Graphic Description by Capt. W. G.
Bates of Gen. 4. v. Greene's Staff

From the New York independent
The Filipino method Of fighting seemed
somewhat peculiar to US | saw several
night engagements, which began pre-
ciseiy as the engagement of Saturday,
February 4, is reported to have begun.
1t was the custom of the FilipinOs at
some time during the night to open fire
on the Spanish lines and keep it I'D for
two or three hours. The Spaniards from
their works would reply in the same
manner and a large amount of ammuni-
ton would be expended by both sides
with little result. beyond a few men
wounded and possibly one or two killed.
Such fights as these were Of almost
nightly occurrence. and 1 have no doubt
that it was a fight of this kind that the
FilipinOs began on the night of Febru-
airy 4.
According to their custom they prob
ably considered it over when they
stopped firing, and never for one moment
supposed that the Americans would con-
tinue the battle the next morning and ad-
vance to the attack. When that happened
they were not only surprised, but utterly
unprepared. They had never been in the
habit of fighting or seeing civilized troops
fight outside intrenchments. and it was
beyond their comprehension that soldiers
could be got to advance across the open
and attack fortified positions The exper-
fence is similar to nothing in their his
tory, and the lesson, while it is a severe
one, was necessary and will have a most
salutary effect on all future dealings be-
tween the Americans and the natives The
belief that the Americans are afraid be-
cause they have treated the FilipinOs fair
ly has been rudely dispelled. 1t probably
has become very apparent TO them that
the American troops are not to be trihed
with, and that the commanding officers
ere thoroughly able 10 enforce their or
ders.
The great mass Of the Filipino people.
including those of education and wealth,
would welcome an American protectorat=.
AgUinaldo is a bright, shrewd, intelligent
man and realizes that an American pro-
tectOrate would deprive him of power and
authority In the islands, and 50 Is Op-
posed 10 It. The sO-called Filipino re-
public exists only on paper, and I am
glad 10 see that AguinaldO has come out
IN his true cOlOrs as the dictator, when
he has always been. and dropped the
pTetense Of a republic and a Congress.
The situation becomes much clarified by
his action, and will be better understood
III THIS country. Inc ltEd4oS are ABOUT
the only people in the Philippines who
are supporting him, and while il is true
that they comprise the majority Of the
inhabitsnts of LuZOn, they are not very
numerous in most of the other islands
L must also be remembered that q large
number OF the Tagals are opposed 20
Aguinaldo. Having no navy or boats Of
any description. it would be quite impos-
sible for him to extend his power 10 any
Of the other islands.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21

From the e. Louis Gl05s-Dsm0era'.
Not long ago IL was the fashion On e.T-
tain circles 10 doubt the sincerity %. s.-
manitarian motives Ira the war "..H
Spain. The proof Is now too gbIHaaH. Q.
be questioned. Our troops in cuba H.'
leaving for home rapidly and our llf.
IN the Island Will BE- reduced 10 sE
aggregate. The sum OF Hg9yp .a t,
ard silver coin has been tgrH ar34 POI
Havana % enable the Cuban soldiers .'
return % civil life. over Si0ya.yy bias ...
expended IN furnishing ralIoDs 'D Ia. Cue
ban army and 20 the destitute. Too "rs
steamers are constantly engaged boz .-
transportation Of these supple aa
1910 Cuban men. women. and ''t
have been fed by the United STATE. .'.
some tine. and the entire cost a. each '"-
ton furnished IS a. least y cents F"EH
insurgents have been clothed . -
sick receive treatment and modem.
Postal facilities have besu orsaa.z.- p.
American agents. but a. rar as yys5.l.r.
civil offices arc filed by NATIVES
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21

iachrymose appeals OF counsel fer de-
PENDANT and bringing in a eondemnatory
verdict according 70 law and evidence.
And no official IL more esteemed or more
generally and justly popular than the firm
and honest Judge who protects society By
seeing that its rights are not overridden
by maudlin sympathy or purchased elo-
quenee. When. after a fair trial. an &c
eused person is convicted OF a capital
crime, the Judge pronounces the dread
sentence and Is welcomed in the best
society as one Of its strongest pillars
And all this il right.
But Of what avail to detect, arrest, try.
convict. and sentence to death IL there
were no one to take Up the case where
the Judge leaves IL? And how can society
justify itself IN making laws. in honoring
all the officials connected with their en-
forcement up 10 the last and GROWING act.
and execrating the man who discharges
that duty? II the merit OF an act performed
for the public good and at the mandate
Of the public be rated in proportion to
the disagreed leness of such act, can
anybody tell why it is less honorable to
pull the cord, touch the button, OF WELD
the ak than to pass the sentence or 10
take part in any of the proceedings lead
ing up to conviction?
1t has been suggested that popular de-
testation and horror OF the executioner
is evidence that capital punishment is op-
posed TO public sentiment; but this is self
evidently erroneous, for those who shun
and desplse that official or functionary
are often the most strenuous supporters
OF the death penalty We do not under
take 10 account for the illogical prejudice
and contumely. but are compelled TO be-
lieve that society is in favor of capital
punishment, and at the same time abhors
the capital punisher
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21

reluctance OF any % the existing parties
TO adopt and stand BY his advanced
theories. OF course. the unselfshness OF
his motives VIII not be questioned.
AZ The bottom II the let stands the hon
ored name OF William Dean HOEeils. Of
New York, a man beloved OF the people
and In such favor with publishing houses
that his work commands the highest fig
ures ever paid to an American author. II
Is a little odd to find Howells and Pingree
IN the same beat. for no two men are
more unlike in natural gifts. in ssquire-
ments. In life or habits. We do not know
to what rarity Mr. HowelIs belongs. but
suspect that his political views. like those
Of his Traveller from Altruria. are some-
what sccialistic.
Between the mares OF Pingree and How
els there is a notable array Of the learned
and un!earned. the wise and otherwise,
philosophers and demagogues. Amcng
the strangely homogeneous collection are
ex-senator William V. Allen, OF Nebraska;
Rev. Lyman Abbott, OF New York; Sena-
tor Marion Butler, Of North Carolina;
Prof. Ely. John p. AItgeld. Of Illinois;
Henry y. Lloyd. Jerry Simpson. Prof.
Graham Taylor. Joseph G. Sibley, OF Penn
sylyania Fred Williams, OF Massachu-
sets: Eugene V. Debs. Samuel Gompers,
Col Hifginson, Washington GLADDEN., John
Brisben Walker, and Mrs. Stevens. Ma
tional President Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
Imagine If you can. a platform that
would enbody the views OF those thought
full and serious men" Imagine the har-
mony that will pervade and hover over
and saturate the convention during its
deliberations. But there is one feature Of
the programme that indicates the pres
ence Of a sagacious manager. 1t is an
nounced in the call that the members Of
the conference will meet behind closed
doors and give out only such reports of
the proceedings as may be deemed ad-
Visab!e
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21
DISCUSSING GREAT ISSUES.
Mr.. Bryan Speaks on imperialism Trusts
Money aud Income Tax.

Mr.. Bryan speaks on ihlpeiih'iN"i' nus :
Mouey, aud Income Tax.
Chattanooga. Tenn. March s1-Hon ".
T BRYAN was the guest OF the Bryan
Birthday Anniversary Club. a demO-nutr
association of this city, today. 4 largo
lv-attandea reception was rendered Mr
BRYAN and Gov. Benton McMiIIin. ".
this state. at the Southern Hotel during
the afternoon This evening Mt Bryan
addressed an audience of 300 people %.
the CITY Auditorium. Gov. McAltiiiH- Con-
gresham John A. Moon. AID other disc
tiuguished Democrats Of Tennessee oa-
eupving the rostrum with the speaker.
Mr. BRYAN discussed the issues before
the public, touching uDOn the income tax.
the money question, trusts. the standing
army. and Imperialism. following lines
similar to those Of MS recent speeches
Speaking Of imperialism. Mr.. Bryan said.
"Our nation is tempted 10 dspart from
tic STANDARD Of morality and adopt a
roIicv Of criminal aggression But VIII
/ If vi-Ii2 II | mistake not the sentiment
/ ~ the American people they will spJr1
! the briba of Imperialism and by resist
/ iug temptation win such victory AZ
! rs NOT been won since the battle OF
| Yorktown. r.,..
"The furcijIe annexation OF IN" t"',F-
pine Islands IS not necessary 10 h.tNe '.''
United States a world power. FOR on. ,
ten decades our nation has been WORN
d, wer. During its brief existence u mas
exerted upon the human race an lnIluei.-
more potent for good than that OF a" lH'
other nations Of the earth combined. and
II has fxsrted that influence without "a
sword or Calling gun. Mexico and iEe f'-
nubIics OF Central ana South America tr--
tifv 10 the benign influence OF our iu-utu-
tions. while Europe and Asia CIV" e'i-
dence Of the working Of the heaven Oi SELF
government.
In the growth OF Democracy We 90
serve the triumphant march Of am iI"I-
an idea that would be weighted a5"u
rather than aided By the armor and Ue1l-
ons proffered By imperialists.'
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-21

Ffom ths P5Ttland Orsr5niaa.
Dr. 9. ". Wig has fIst received -
skin OF a monster snake. sent 1y 1s f
George. from Manila Wh.eh D. has H H
Office Of the Burkhsrd Building. Th. sAa
h over twelve feet long and no iat a---s.
part Is twelve inches across. MAKING
body about four inches in diameter i.[
skin - complete from ths head lD no ia.
and IN perfect condition. The young So
der who sent the skin gives "a short 1.
count Of the killing o. this boo Die -A
he was on guard near Cen otis a-@-'
qgerters. when the huge snake made p
appearance. moving toward camp ITO"
bea was perfectly indifferent 20 ri..a'f
regulations. and did rot even have 81.
eOunteFsign. and 10 the sentinel .H.h
about 20 yards long ana a. 0ig as a .'-D
motive boiler an alarm VAS given a--
IN short order the intrater wss A-'
with three bullets through "a head a.
meek.