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The sun., 1899-12-12

In his speech in the House Of Representa-
tives, yesterday, on the Currency bill. Mr..
OvERsTREET Of Indiana, the introducer OF the
bill. said that the Secretary OF the Treasury,
"by single order directing the use OF sill.
Yer in tho discharge OF our obligations,
may completely destroy the parity. and
shift the standard to the metal 80 used"
This Is sheer nonsense. The Secretary
OF the Treasury has no more power to use
the metal, silver, In the discharge OF our
obligations than he has to use the metal,
gold. He can use only gold coin or sill
yer coin. Gold coin is, indeed, worth as
currency no more than the gold it con tains,
because any owner OF gold can. at pleasure,
have II converted into coin in unlimited
quantities free OF charge, but the case is
quite different with silver Silver dollars
pass current as equal to gold dollars TO the
number OF I5o, 600 o0O although the metal
ofwhich theyarc composed Is equal In value
TO only about 40 cents in gold for the reason
that the coinage OF them Is Government
monopoly. and is not open to the public.
Nothing but unlimited free silver coinage
can reduce the value Of the silver dollars to
their value as metal, and Mr.. OvERsTRREr
betrays on the subject an ignorance OF fact
and Of law, which in leader in Congress is
ludcrous. not to say disgraceful.
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The Hon. ERvISa WINsLow, Secretary OF
the New England branch OF the Anti
Imperialist League, has gone to Washington
again to find and to impress Congress. 1t
may be remembered by collectors that this
eccentric old boy descended upon Washing
ton last winter for the purpose OF laboring
with Congress. Where is Congress- 2"
asked the good man as he hired herdic;
and the facetious driver answered why,
at the Congressional Hotel, sure To the
Congressional Hotel, then. was the Hon.
ERvISG WISsLow whirled with all his con-
volutions rolling rapidly. He actually
expected to find most OF the members Of
the Congress there, and is said to have
been greatly comforted by the sight OF one
or two in tho barroom. Forthwith he con-
ferred with them. He conferred with Sena-
tors. He went home happy, telling every
body that the peace treaty was beaten.
He is now going to prevent expansion,
but we advise him to keep away from MEM
bers OF the Fifty-fifth Congress who are
also in the Fifty-sixth. They will be sure
to ask him what became OF those ten
million signatures to the anti-expansion
petitions that he promised to have before
Dec. 25 1898. We also advise him to keep
away from members OF the police. They
will be inclined to run him in as a crank II
they have read his Thanksgiving message
to or curse OF Mr.. MCKINLEY.
Mr.. wISsLow will not fail to confer
with his brethren OF tho Washington
Anti-Imperialist League. There are as
many as five OF them, we believe; and
they spend most OF their time in writ
ing letters to Gen. SAMBo BowLEs's
Springfield Republican. And while Mr..
WINsLow is in Washington he ought to COM
municate with fellow Tagalog tout, Gen.
MORRISON l. SWIFT OF Los Angeles. Cal,
Secretary OF the Filipino Liberation
Society, which consists entirely OF Gen.
MORRISON /. SWIFT. Mr.. WISsLow must
know Gen. SWIFT, who was eminent in
Boston few years ago and blew the tramp
trumpet tremendously. 1t was Gen. SWIFT
who started to lead force OF the foes Of
work from Boston to Washington where
they were to join Gen. JAKE CoXEYs
gazaboo grenadiers. Gen. CoXEY is max ing
money and rides in palace cars instead
OF on shanks' mare and Gen. SWIFT is still
unreconciled and looking for trouble. He
should be summoned to Washington to
meet Mr.. WNsLow. The Massachusetts
anti-imperialists ought to be glad OF the
chance to bring the two thinkers together.
Gen. SWIFT is more radical and more for
chile than the Massachusetts men. While
they are squalling, he has actually issued a
proclamation. "emancipating the Fill
plnos. From such q leader Mr. WINsLow
could learn much.
The Hon. wNsLow WARREN OF Massachu-
sets and some other Tagal fanciers want
new party. We do ourselves pleasure in
nominating as their candidate for President,
Gen. MORRISON I. SWIFT Of California; for
Vice-President, the Hon. ERvISo WINsLow
OF Massachusetts. Platform: Down with
MCKINLEY the usurper! Up with AGUI-
NALDo, the heroic defender OF liberty!
The sun., 1899-12-12

From tie SciSntinc imtricdn
An abstract Of j. 8. Palmer essay on Tho Danger
Of Introducing NoIious Animals and Birds" in
Our Animhi Fr'srds refers to several societies in
this country for the express purpose OF purchasing
and importing European birds. ono society in Gin.
cinnAu having contributed $4,000 10 this object.
and other cities considerable sums. All such exper.
iments should he made under the sanction Of cx
peTtS OF the Department ~ Agriculture. BesidCs =
voluntary importations II often happens that ami.
mails are unintcntionalS brought as trading vessels
have carried the European house all over tn
globe but the Introduction Of rabbits into Aus.
tralia Ia perhaps the most striking example Intro.
duced for purposes Of sport, they were liberated
near Melbourne IN 1864. within twelve years they
became Ncritahle plague, and millions Of dplIars
have been spent for bounties. poisons and other
methods OF destruction. Thousands OF miles of
rabbitproof fences have been built, aud IN 1887 no
less than rlsc,53o rabbits were destroyed In New
South Wales alone and the rabbits seem to he on
the increase. The little Indian mongoose was i'm.
ported into Jamaica to cope with q plague Of rats
and proved m ,st effective but after 1t had destroyed
tho rats II turned Its attention to the domestic ami.
mails and poultry, so that the islanders would now
be glad II they could get rid Of the pests. Such
are few examples Of the danger OF disturbing
natures balance.
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fFoH re ii'if,
In England and scotland. which AZ the beginning
OF the century contained but l.. 900 Catholics there
now two millions. under the charge OF three
ArchhiShnps. IL Bishops. and 2,7s5 priests In ths
course Of the century the number Of Catholics has
risen, in Germany, from To- IL millions. in Swt4-
erand. from 5i2Ono tn l,l7o,OOo in Scandinavia,
from 1000 to 5000, IN the Balkan Peninsula. from
27,Oou to 6io,ooO in AsAtic Turkey. from 400. 900
to 6+o 600; in Persia from 900 10 10000. in North
Africa from 1000 70 100000. In Russia the Ru.
thenian Church. which existed at the beginning OF
the century has given place to 10 millions OF Latin
Catholics.
In tn Far Fast the record Of progress Is the sAma
the increase b"ng from to six millions OF Cath.
olics. In Central, Eastern, Western and Southern
Africa. whore IN the middle Of the century there
were no Catholics, there aro now nearly two mill
ions, Grouped in 80 missions. under the charge OF
$50 missionaries, In the spanish. Dutch and Eng
lsh colonies ot Oceanicl. where there Cath.
olcs at tn" beginning Of the century. there
a million and half In Canada their plumbers have
risen from lS7 900 TO over 100000; and In tho
United States of America from 900 TO 10 900 900.
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Bloody Battles.

To rnE EnrroR or The sus-Sir, see in THE srS
oftoday's issue a lettcr headed Bloody Battles"
The writer did not mention the losses Of tho Fifth
Regiment n. Y. 3 V. Infantry Duryec's 2ouavcs) A
the second battle OF Bul Run Virginia, Aug TO-
lSd2 This regiment went into action with 4qo
ohcors and mon ana in the short space OF six min.
ut"S lost liS killed outright and left on the neld
lSt wounded and many ~ these died from their
wounds. missing. never accounted for supposed
to have been killed. making total loss OF 3oT This
was the largest loss of any regiment either in
the Union or Confederate armies in So short space
Of time and the numbers engaged.
The cause OF this heavy loss was that this regiment
held the extreme left ~ the Army OF the Potomac at
said battle and two Confederate hrieades Hoods
comprising hve rrgimentS, and Evans'- comprising
four regiments were try Ing to turn their left aank
and tn" Zouaves were ordered to charge them which
they did and met with this loss
WILLIAM II, PACKARD
Late Company II. Eleventh L. s. Infantry
SEw York, Dec. 10.
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and soundness OF judgment being too
indispensable to them. Only the small fry
depend on "whiskey courage" In the
social intercourse OF private life, too, tho
consumption OF liquor has decreased
greatly. Dinners are no longer drinking
bouts and tho time spent on them has
been diminished greatly. Drunkenness has
become disrcputablc or Is pitied as tho
manifestation of deporable disease. In
all callings in life. from the highest to the
lowest, sobriety il more and more at a
premium and intcmperancc is more and
more distrusted
The temperance agitation which has been
most effectual, therefore, has been scien-
tihc rather than purely moral and religious.
For the old-fashuned temperance pledge" I"
OF the days Of GOuGH, the specific medical
treatment OF dipsomania as a disease has
been substituted, and men are temperate
from intelligent regard for the preservation
OF their sanity. Moreover, the increas-
ing flerceness OF modern competition is
warning men OF the necessity Of keep
ing their wits about them IL they are
to make head against It, Along with the
strong tendency to the consolidation OF
business at this time comes a demand
for special and eminent individual ability
to satisfy its requirements greater
than ever before In history. Never In
the past was frst-class administrative
ability so sure OF rich and distinguished
reward as 1t is now Great captains OF
affairs are needed. Every weak point
In man Is discovered under the
atr 81 ,,l, IL u.tI l..
filed with the stock and bonds OF
vast consolidated industrial enterprises
which can only he maintained prosperously
by the continuance in their management of
n succession Of peculiar administrative
talents. The percentage OF commissions
and the margin Of profit have been steadily
reduced until they are at n limit so low
that only the greatest volume OF transac-
tions, and consequently the greatest ability
OF management, can make business profita-
ble or keep it from sinking.
At this time, therefore men have found
out that they cannot drink to excess II they
are to hold their own. Science and
Invention have opened up and are steadily
extending fields OF labor wherein the keen
at intelligence in the mechanic is requisite.
SO that he cannot afford to fuddle his head
with drink he must be man who can al
ways be depended on or he will be driven out.
Never before was suspicion OF intemperance
in "A worker so fatal to his success as now.
Every man who Is wise keeps himself con-
stantly In lighting trim for the contest
All society, therefore. has become a tenn
perance league, and narrowing pictures
Of drunkenness deemed effective in the old
time are not now necessary to warn men Of
a danger of whose reality they are kept con-
scious by their daily experience. Drunk
cnncss has gone out Of vogue both as
fashionable and as a popular amusement.
1t is habit in which only those whose
health and life are vauclcss to themselves
and to everybody else can afford to indulge.
The sun., 1899-12-12

There has been growing for some time
past tendency to CELEBRATE the birthdays ofour
more noted statesmen and public men, While
this has sometimes been carried to the un-
necessary extreme OF proposals to make these
days public holidays. the movement. never
theless. Is wholly praiseworthy and II
ought to be encouraged. Such events
ought to be commemorated. An instance
Is the dinner this evening. at the Fort Wendell
Hotel. 194th street and Amsterdam avenue. by
political organization In honor OF the birthday
OF former Governor WILLIAM L. MARCY. one OF
the most eminent sons OF the Empire State
II is stated that over thousand tickets for the
dinner have been sold. and we trust that the
occasion will be happy one for all concerned
The sun., 1899-12-12
THE KILLING OF MAJOR LOGAN
Secretary Root Does not Believe That 4s
Was Shot by His Own Men.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE War Departments
has received no information from Gen. Otis re-
garding the details Of the killing Of Major JohA
A. Logan, who is reported TO have been shot
10y some one in his own regiment. Gen. Otis's
original despatch TO the Secretary OF War. re-
Garding the killing OF Major Logan. was that
he had been shot while gallantly leading his
mon against the insurgents The Secretary OF
War said this afternoon that Gen. Ots
had not supplemented his despatch. and
that nothing had been received conhrm-
ing the, charge that Major Logan had
been killed by American troops The
Secretary said that IL was not unusual for
troops to rebel against strict disciplinariah.
He thought Major Logan had proved himself a
gool discipIinarian and efficient officer, and as
he had under his command a mum Der OF newly
enlisted men he did not consider II unlikely
that ther" was feeling against him. He did
not. however. believe that this feeling was
strong enough 10 cause the American troors TO
fir" upon their commanding officer. No in
Iulry has been made of Gen. OTIS for informa-
tlon about the character Of Major Logan's
wound. and unless requested 10 do so by Major
Logan's frien IS. the War Department will not
ask Gen Otis for additional Information on
the subject.
The sun., 1899-12-12

The fortune Of the national game is to be
considered to-day by those who hold in their
hands the professional side OF IT, The Mag
mates, the owners OF tho twelve leading
professional clubs, are to be convened in
the annual fall meeting OF the National
League.
1t is impossible for an ordinary prophet
To forctcll what the League will do regard
Ing baseball, for tho reason that their treat
ment OF it for the last five years has been
to n reasonable man unaccountable. They
have deliberately blackcncd its reputation.
degraded and vitiatcd 1t, notwithstanding
their profits from it depend upon their
success In obtaining popular support OF
their show.
The American people are notably sound
In their views Of sport, keen lovers OF II,
and orderly. But the National League has
riotous, taking away from 1t the first
essential OF fair play and order In all COM
petition, the authority OF the umpire. The
prize ring, with its rigidly and honorably
maintained supremacy Of the referee. Is
better entitled to respect than the contosts
Of the League where rowdyism breaks out
at will, and dctlcs the umpire.
We wonder what the Magnates will do to-
day, knowing that the sort OF game they
furnish has steadily declined in favor and
in power for moncy-making. VIII they
make baseball decent sport again, or will
they let it remain rowdy and offensive, a
travesty on sport? Will they stand by the
blind wishy-washy enemies OF the game
who, like the Boston Hcrald. codde rowdy-
ism and wrangling with the umpire az a
harmless cbulltion Of youthful temper? Or
will they crush it like men conscious that
they have passed their joint word to crush
II and who keep faith with themselves?
The sun., 1899-12-12

large participation In the affairs OF the
Colony was secured for the Dutch, II is
always the keen representative OF Boer
interests. The South African "Taalbond.
or association based on dialect, Is not
so strong party. but its thousands
Of members have always insisted that 1t is
the right OF the Beers, because Of their pre-
ponderance, to demand that the language
Of the courts and the public offices and
schools shall he Dutch. The Cape Beers,
on the whole, have been good citizens for
years under British rule, but they are
always for the promotion Of what they
believe TO be their interests as q people,
and there is no telling now how far they
might improve good opportunity, In tho
varying fortunes of war; to cast their lot
for better or worse with their friends Of tho
north who are now In the field.
The sun., 1899-12-12
Ia ABRA CLAIM DECIDED.
Supreme Court Adds That the Award Made
to the Company Was Secured by Fraud.

W tho Soh'pahy ""s Securcu ~ FRAUD.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.-Justice Harlan 10.
day announced the opinion OF tho suprsmo
Court in the famous case of the In Abra s,lvar
Mining Company vs.. The United States. nm.
na,Iod tr,r, Tho C,,r, ., CIaiua. t. "
poa'ou ho'.i '"o oOu'' vi S'"ns' i'S JuuR-
ment that the award MADE TO the mining
company was secured by fraud. and that
Me,Ico should not bs reouired 20 raa%s .ias
further payments tberson' was smrmnS '
The Supreme Court decided that bill signed
by the President in recess OF Congress, IL
within the ten days allowed by the Constitu-
tion. is valid law; that the case was within
tne )ur'suicloh OF the hited states. and that
the Government and Congress could deter-
mine what should lie done with the monev
paid by Mexlco and In possession OF the secre-
the Court had power to review the Judgment .,
and examine tho testimony presen,od % ,ha
nuas inann Ma ., 1a'ts h Una. .ae company ola not
,oa'e neAIco because Oh 'he niNconduct OF
bankrupt. In conclusion. Justice Harlan ssid,
Our conclusion is that the question stated
in the act OF 1892. whether the award in ques-
t ton was obtained ,,I by fraud sfIec,ustsd b,
means o' ia'se swearing OF other ialse ana
fraudulent Si, practices on the part OF said l..
'oIhe's OF asslRns' must De answered IN the
commission state Of facts tba, had no e,,st.
o'I 80 80 VI 'ae'' ''',s iau no eAis.-
enee' anu which we are constrained TO say its
principal representatives knew had no exist.
ence. but which. being credited by the com.
mission under tho evidence adduced before t.
brought about tho result complained Of In ths
bill. The whole story Of losses accruing TO that
company by reason Of wrongs done by the au-
thoritcs of Mexico are under the evidence i'm.
probable and unfounded"
This claim. together with that OF BENJAMIN
]. Well now pending in the Court OF Claims.
has history probably unique In the annals ot
litigation In the United States, Originally 1led
before the international Claims Commission
organized In lspis IL was rejected by the rep-
rescntatvcs ~ the two Governments but al.
lowed in part by the umpire. Sir Edwa-d
Thornton. who awarded the company $685.
600
Mexico paid several instalments OF the award
10 the United States aud these were trans
mitted by the Secretary Of State 10 the La hbra
Company. Subsequently the letter book of the
company ut he mines came into ssion or
the Mexican Government and other docu.
mantnry pyldan IN ,nudInp IN ahow that fraud
The sun., 1899-12-12
Old and New Temperance Reform.

The meeting OF the Anti-Saoon League
on Sunday was only remarkable because OF
the presence OF a travelling Countess from
Denmark as the principal speaker. The
temperance agitation has been up continu-
ously and actively in this country for half a
century past, and the aim OF this particular
association, OF comparatively recent organl-
zation, to consolidate the moral and religi-
GUS opposition to the liquor traffic, is not
novel; nor Ia 1t feasible.
Practically all the Churches, Catholic and
Protestant. have made formal declarations
against that traffic but they are no more
likely to consolidate against 1t than they
are to unite organically. The Council OF
the Roman Catholics at Baltimore exhorted
all Catholics to get out OF the business, and
the Baptists, Methodists and Prcsbyterans.
including the great majority OF Protestants,
have denounced it. but tho gulf between
Professionalism and Catholicism Is not
bridged. The Rev. DR.. SHIELDS OF Princeton
University, for instance left Presbyterian
ism because he had been summoned before
his presbytery for disobeying preccpt OF
the General Assembly forbdding Presby-
tcrian minister to assist In procuring n
license for liquor saloon us he had done in
the instance OF the taproom OF the Prince
ton Inn. Probably II any minister OF any
Church had done likewise he would have
subjected himself to censure whether
it has such n formal precept or not
both by his ecclesiastical superiors and by
the outside public. Tho people who pat
ronize tho drinking saloons do not expect
the blessing OF the Church on the establish
ments. They know them better than tho
parsons do. The liquor traffic, the saloon.
may therefore he said to be under a re-
ligious ban. At most, It IL only tolerated
as perhaps irrepressible evil Those en-.
gagged in dispensing liquor in saloons are
set apart from other business: by the
admonition OF the Roman Catholic Coun.
Gil, for instance. they suffer from a
specific discrimination, the main ground
OF which, probably, is that they tempt the
poor TO eStravagant expenditure; and
that economical evil Is really one Of the
worst in the traffic.
All these religious efforts, however would
be unavailng OF themselves to prevent
people from keeping saloons and patroniz-
Ing them. In this and other States new laws
regulating the trafic and increasing the
cost OF licenses for II have diminished the
number OF drinking places. and their en-
actment, undoubtedly, has been promoted
by the temperance agitation. The main
cause OF the decrease In intemperance,
however, has been the spread of know.
edge, largely obtained by experience, that
1t is against common sense and too costly
in Its injurious effects, Since undue alco-
holic stimulation affects first the judg-
ment, weakening it seriously, it is known
to be responsible for a great part OF the
business failures. The really notable
hnancers OF Wall Street do not belong TO
the cocktail Brigade clearncss OF head
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In Nebraska.

Governor POINTER Populist, OF Nebraska,
had to hide in his barn last week to escape
the mob ofhenchmen and hustlers that were
giving him advice and directions as to whom
to appoint to the Senate In place Of the late
MONROE L. HAYWARD. Mr.. HAYWARD was
a Republican. and the Chairman OF the Re
publican State Committee has recalled the
fact to the Governor and asked him to ap-
point Republican or call a special session OF
the Legislature. 1t is not to be expected that
Mr.. POINTER, who is not only a man but a
Fusionist, will he capable OF these niceties.
The two candidates urged upon him are
the Hon. WILLIAM VINCENT ALLEN former
Senator, who comes from the Populist side
OF the unhappy Fusionist family, and the
Hon. GILBERT NJ. HITCHCOCK whose Omaha
World Herald used to be scorched by
the lightning leaders Of WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN, and who is backed by the Democratic
side Of the family.
The Popuists have the weight OF num-
bers and numbers Of offices in Nebraska.
The Nebraska Fusionists in the House Of
Representatives have asked Mr.. POINTER
to appoint ALLEN. So have TELLER. JONES'
HEITFELDT and other Silver Senators.
Observe here the sole possible bond Of
union OF the Fusion forces, not merely In
Nebraska but in the country at large. Mr..
ALLEN Is an expansionist. II Is as a silver
man that he is supported by the Silver Re-
publcans. As a silver man he Is acceptable
TO most OF the Fusionists. According to
Col. BRYAN, opposition to expansion is a
Democratic issue, yet Mr.. ALLEN. an ex-
pansionist, is popular and powerful in the
Fusion forces Of Col. BRYAN's own State.
What does the Colo? els anti-expansion
Issue amount to? Many Democrats, many
Populists and many Silver Republicans-if
there are many Silver Republicans-are ex-
pansionlsts. They will not bite at the new
issue. The Colonel will have to entice them
with the Chicago fly OF 1898.
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TO KEEP WasHIyGroy.s BIRTHDAr.
Patriotic Services to BE Held In st. Paul's
Chapel on Thursday.

Az noon next Thursday services under the
Joint auspices Of the Sons Of the Revolution
and the Society Of the Cincinnati will be held
In 81. Paul's Chapel commemoratlne the CEN
tenary Of the death Of George Washington.
Washington worshipped in st. Pauls during
the session Of the first Congress held under
the Constitution which sat in New York and
his rev will be appropriately draped. The
ritual will be conducted by the Rev. Morgan
DIX, chaplain OF tho Sons Of the Revolution
and The pane,gyric will pe delivered by the
Rev Marcus Hutton Of Rutgers College. chap
lain OF the society OF the Cincinnati
Beside the societies ant detachments from
the seventh Regiment and Squadron A. repre-
scnthtires OF III" Veteran Corps OF Artillery
and the military Society OF the War OF 1912
there VIII te two inyted guests. the Governor
OF the state nnd tho Mayor Of the city A
salute will he fred In the City Hall Park from
battery there during the church service.