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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
NOTES AND cPISIONS OFTllE
PRESS.
INCREASE OF THE ARMY.
(Newark. y. ]. Advertiser.l

There is an invinciblc feeling in this
country against a large increase of the
standing army and there is also a pow
eriul sentiment opposed to giving the
organization and control Of Il larger
military establishment to the officials
OF the War Department whose miscon-
duct Of the war and whose cabals and
inirigues have Disguised the whole ma
ton.
The Hull bill was framed by these
officials and is being pushed by them
1t is a War Department measure and
contains the germs of the abuses that
have characterized that department
since Secretary Alger was imported
from Michigan politics to become its
directing head.
1t presents an open door for the po-
Ntioal partisanship and patronage
which eNaSncratcd patriotic men when
whole brood of somebody's sons"
were thrust into important staff posi-
tons, over the heads of trained and
icnG deserving regular army officers, to
exhibit their vanity and incompetence
III position vital to the welfare of the
soldiers and the safety OF the nation.
An intriguing and incompetent Adj
jutant General. who was for personal
reasons, jumped for;y-four numbers
over the heads Of his supcriors TO viz
;ually command the armies of the
'.llAAlh 90 US IL. py tic lGlIllS OIL tUe
bill. 10 be retained in command. and
the general Of the army is TO exercise
nominal duties and possess no real au-
tbcriiy. The great number of appoint
men;s 10 be made from civil life will
enable Secretary Alger to pack the
army with the sons and nephews and
dependents of political cronies.
The cost of the army under the Hull
bill Will not be less than sl00, 000, 900 n
year on peace footing. The former
cost was $25000.000. This vast expend-
ture Is % be given to 4 man for whom
the whole country feels 4 profound dis
trust. The opportunities for the distri-
button of appointments and the giving
OF contracts under the Hull bin are
simply enormous. and we have had ev-
idence enough that they would be
grossly abused.
An army establishment Of 100000 men
once created would not be reduced. It
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

The American Republic 10 become n
conquercr and subjugator Of other ma
lions! the American people to become
oppressors and enslavcrs Of manlxindt
the American arms to command obc-
dience and unquestioned submission
from other men and nations! the land
OF Washington 10 promulgate and on
force dcspotism in other lands. sub :
originating those lands and their peo-
PIE TO American power and profit
Are not all these monstrous conccp-
lions? And yet they have not ONLY
been conceived and proposed. but their
execution has actually begun in the
fhiIipp.nes. vi at arms. Our Scna-
tors have concurred in these ignominics
these inndclties to our own institu-
tons and these atrocities upon others
by :atifying the odious treaty of Paris;
and our Representatives in Congress
reinforce them by voting n standing
army of 100000 men. which may vet
eNpcl Senate and House at the point of
the bayonet. and encamp under the
dome of the Capitol.
We are invoking these retributions
upon our heads By what we do and
permit to be done. We are free agcnts
but responsible agents. Think YOU we
shall not answer i'll cur persons and
estates for all these things? BE not
deceived. AS we SOW. so shall We reap.
sowing The wind. we shall reap the
Whirlwind; and If we shoot down the
Philippines like dogs. because they
claim their own land and liberty; if we
teach our guns and ideas how to
slaughter manhood and its unalienablc
rights elsewhere. these bloody ins.ruc
tons shall surely return to plague us
here. and destroy US with our own
/ wickcdness and weapons.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

or we'll. and also for the production of
asses and buzzards.
Alger. himself, Secretary of War.
though every effort has been made to
disinfect and deodorize him, makes the
whole administration a stencil in the
nostrils of the public; and every time
ne stirs any matter in his department,
the worse 1t smells. The Augean
tables were anciently notorious for
their filth; but it is generally believed
That the Algerian SHAMELESS. IL inspect
co. would be found to be more foul.
Inc devotion of Hanna and McKin-
icy to Alger is conspicuous; but when
they have utterly sacrificed themselves
and their hopes for 1900 to him. he will
prove by his records and recorders TINT
they made him the AlgerIne he is. Like
masters. like man.
Meanwhile. the people are tired Of
Algeria, Algcr and all tho Aleerines.
ana next year they will put 'em out.
IN short order, with all who had ART
ana part with them. The Republican
National convention of next year. IL 1t
cannot be II white mans party. will Mt
ieast make Algerines and other Afri-
cans racial and POLITICAL, take bac,,
seats; and if we are to lose orr liha,t,,
and independence as States and roor,o
VIII not be by AlGerine and other
AFRICAN torces.-such as nominated ana
erected this Presidential abomination.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
AS WE DO UNTO OTHERS.

1herc Is no question, that, events
having brought us into relations with
the Philippine Islands and their in
haoltants. an enlightened statesman
SNIP always subject to the sacred OBJ
legations we are under to the great
principles We have proclaimed and sus
tanned as nation of the earth. be-
moves us to turn our opportunities to
our advantage, In so far as we can do
so with honor; which requires us to he
faithful to ourselves as the representa-
tNes Oh human freedom and indepen-
dence. as well as true to all the obli-
cations, expressed and implied. that
bind us in our treatment of other mon
There may be some tautology in that
paragraph, as it is confcsscGly labored
TO express the truth of our situation
rather than to illustrate felicity of
style. Nor will we attempt TO conceal
that 1t Is framed to meet Il claim, eX-
pressed both by Mr.. Mckinley and by
Mr.. Bryan. that in settling finally n
| modus vivendi between us and the
Philippines, we must look after our
own interests, as well as theirs--and
curiously enough. both gentlemen. in
their expressions. give precedence in
ilmc TO our interests. giving those of
the Philippines only Il secondary place.
Yet We cannot believe that either Of
them means that Philippine interests
are to be sacrificed or subortlinated TO
American interests. in determining the
internal affairs of these Islands.
Just as America is for Americans. so
are the Philippine Islands for the Phil
ippinos; and we cannot deny. or ignore,
'hat TACT without gross perfidy to the
tenure by which we have won and held
cur own liberty and independenco
Men and nntons must rise upon their
posts to higher things, or degenerate
rapidly; and when they turn away
from a noble origin and high birth
rights. violating the very spirit OF their
being and becoming the workers of the
iniquitics it is their mission to antago-
nize and destroy they should perish
from the earth which they no longer
elevate and can only drag down with
themselves.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

But to thus outlaw n large body of
the people and their lands because of a
condition of things as much due to the
delinquency OF the State and its officers
as to that of the taxpayers, is an out
rage, all the more aggravated because
the delinquent officers are relieved of
al. trouble in the matter by turning it
over to "syndicates." ms France before
the Revolution used to put her taxes
for collection into the hands OF farm
crs"-the highest bidders for the tax
bills. But one cannot refrain from call
ing attention to this official Delinquent
cy with the more stress because it is
not confined to negligence in the col
lection OF taxes. but negligence OF all
duty. except the drawing Of salaries
and the collection Of fees and commits
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
THE GOVERNMENTS ALONE
MUST GOVERN.

Our supreme Court of Appeals has
decided that the so-cailed land-erah.
bers' act is constitutional: Yet had they
he'd 1t unconstitutional, one can see
that they would have bad reason.
Lands sold for taxes, either to tho Stat,
or any other purchaser. do not become
the property of the State, or of any
other purchaser. so long rs an equity or
other right of redemption exists by pro-
vision of law in the DELINQUENT. The
lands in fact. are recognized as his.
though he may lose them utterly. If he
fail to redeem them. from the sort of
pawn In which the delinquent sale has
placed them within n certain time.
Even the land-grabbers' act comedies
the property to be the delinquent's.
That being so. and the State having
full power to deal with the DELINQUENT
directly-thc State representing the de-
linquent and the people as his and
their government-where is the author
lily granted the State to transfer IFS
sovereignty. or whatever power be
granted it, to another, to other than
the officers of the State. with authority
10 harass the delinquent, force him TO
pay fees. &c. The State is the citizens
ruler and government, with his con-
sent, and TO the State he and other cit
izens have conveyed certain powers Of
sovereignty; but when the State at
tempts to transfer this sovereignty, it
simply fails, if ii does not abdlcatc.
or course, we know, without having n
Philadelphia lawyer to show us that
deal of hair-splitting can be put in
10 avoid abdication. TO show that there
is no transfer of authority. and that
the person or persons proceeding to
grab are really acting for the State.
or doing what the State had authority
to empower them to do; but the fact
remains that the state, in effect, turns
its delinquent citizens (who, with other
citizens. gave it all the power it hns)
over TO the tender mcrcies OF persons
or combines. foreign or domestic. with
power TO harry these citizens and take
their lands. unless they obey certain
notifications and pay certain charges
The State. too, has all along. for
many years in some cases, been assess
ing and collecting taxes on these lands
it puts in the hands, the sovereign
hands. of spectators unknown to the
citizens and the laws.
If the state had proclaimed that.
commencing on certain day. in a
certain magistcrial district OF every
Congressional district. sales of delln-
qnent lands bought in by the State
would begin and proceed. taking the
magisteral districts in alphabetical or
der,-the sales conveying full title to
the purchasers; the sales, however. no.
to proceed, IL on or before the date
fixed therefor the delinQuents, or their
agents, pay their arrearages and the
necessary expenses connected there
with. If that had been done, nobody
would have cause to complain, and the
right and power of the State could not
come in question.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

tt can be understOOd from this list
OF adjacent towns why the accounts
OF the lighting by our troops referred
SO often to entering the streets OF the
town or driving the natives back into
the town, etc. This also indicates why
the possession of the city of Manila
did not prevent the Filipinos from dis
putting the control of the island There
IS room for n lot of trouble in this pop
uious island. if the 1rilipinos persist In
wanting to be free, and in not consent
ing TO our bosslng the lob.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
BAD CONDUCT or BOYS IN BRAN
BI.ETON
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 90, 1899.
Editor of the Virginian-P Pilot:

Dear Sir-Would you kindly give this
a space III your most Vailed paper.
notice that boys on Highland avenue.
III iirambleton Ward. since the snow
has gone away. have taken 10 throwing
rocks. etc. at passcrs- / saw them
to-day stoning an old colored woman
and also some little g.rls--one little girl
begged pieadingly before they would
stop. These boys range from 10 TO Ii
years of age. l know that IL our efIi-
cient Police Departments attention is
called TO this that they will quickly
correct and reprimand these boys.
ONE OF THOSE WHO SAW THIS.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. %, 1899
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
SCHLEYS VINDICATION.
Richmond Timcs.)

The answer. by permission. of Rear
Admiral Schley to the charges recently
made against him in the communica-
ton sent 10 the Senate by the Navy
Department. is calm and conservative,
and Il thorough vind!cati0n OF s5cnIeY
Nome the less it carries a scathing ar
raiGnment of Sampson for double IDEAL
ing and smallness. II also affords un-
questionable proof of d!sGraceful de-
termination on the part of the Navy
Department 10 rob Admiral Schley Of
the honors due him in order 10 justify
the favoritism that elevated Sampson
to the position of communicating chief
of our naval forces in Cuban waters.
Taking such exposes as Schley has
been compelled Ia make in his own de-
fence. and the general washing of dirty
linen that has resulted from the admin
istration's policy in connection with the
war with Spain. and truly have Mr..
Mckinley and his advisers placed the
nation in a most humiliating light be-
fore the rest of the world.
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PEOPLES FORUM.

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Oh inc statements nor opinions ex-
pressed therein. nor for the style in
"hlch they arc set forth. The ignorant
ana uneducated shall be heard here
equally with the learned.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25

Consider the practical wisdom and
superior sagacity of those men: remem-
Der their patriotic devotion to liberty
and country; and reflect with what
care and anxious solicitude they con-
ned every clause, sentence, phrase and
word of our Magma Charta before
adopting 1t. Is this magnificent heritage
of love, wisdom, liberty and patriotism
to be frttered away by petty pollti-
clans, and greedy sharpers. in pursuit
of new issues or fresh pastures? Is that
monument to the greatest human
achievement, this fortress of freedom.
to be undermined and topplcd to the
earth by moles and mice? Or is the
American Eagle,
Towering in his pride Of place.
To be by housing owl hawked ut and
slain?"
If there be no patriotism Mt Wash
ington. proper personal pride and self
respect should hold the hand that is
raised against what all the world con-
fesses to be the grandest work ever ac-
complished by man. Shame in being an
accomplish in the demolition of the
Temple of Liberty erected by our ven
Grated forefathers should stay the i'm
pious hand that would touch the sa .
cred edifice. The vilest outcast, who has
drop OF American blood in him.
should still feel himself too much n
man to duplicate himself in the bctray-
al of the Goddess of Liberty, whose
hottest shrine should forever be the
Capital of this great Republic-Wash-
ington!
Sworn to uphold and observe the
constitution. swear again, ye Senator's
and Representatives in Congress, to
Keep 1t always in mind and heart. so
that the people and their posterlty may
acclaim him greatest who in this hour
OF stress and trial was bravest and
most faithful for and to the constitu-
tlon and the God of our Fathers!
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would be permanent until occasion pre-
scented for another increase.
AN ISLAND FULL OF TOWNS.
augusta ChronicleO

The Island of Luzon boasts not alone
or Manila, but seems to be thickly stud
ded with towns of considerable size.
The following table gives their names,
estimated population and distance in
miles from the capitol:
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:, Reading Notices invariably 20 cents Ter
Ane FIRST insertion. Each subsequent in
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WELFARE, and SECURE THE
BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OUR
SELVES AND OUR POSTERITY."
Not hint OF conquest and dominion,
not a hint of imperial policies and for
eign entanglements. No! 1t is all home
government. free government, "for our
selves and our posterity.'
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-25
Joseph Brown.

Cool weather calls for com
Portable articles. We have
them, and at greatly reduced
prices in order 10 close the
stock of bed wear before warm
weather prevails. Good thing
to put in a good supply when
you can save money. for you
will need them next Winter.
All-over EmbroiderieS, in
our east window, are attract
ing much attention as we'll as
match-SetS in several different
widths and prices. Colored
P. K, for early Spring wear is
quite tasty and we are show
ing them at 15c., pretty pat
terms too.
NO SUNDAY
ADVERTISEMENT.
Joseph Browns, SS0 Dlail ST.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-12
The MURDER MYSTERY.
The Police Think They Have
Another Portion of the
Body.

NEW YORK, Oct Il, 1S9s-The police
department reported this morning that a
bundle supposed to contain human en-
trails had ben found in the East River.
at the foot of Dover STREET The bundle
was wrapped in cheese cloth and was sent
to the morgue by order of the Coroner.
There seems little doubt that this new
fragment is part of the body of the woln-
an whose leTt thigh was found in West
Seventeenth street last Saturday, but un-
less the head or some portion of the body
bearing a scar or birthmark should be
found the police despair of making an in
vestigation One line on which the de-
tectiyes were working has come to moth
ing as the parents OF Mrs. Gertrude Bill
ings. whose husband reported her missing,
say they know where she is and that she
is in good health o
The find in the East River was wrap
ped in a white canvas bag two and
half feet long and sixteen inches wide.
The flesh was covered with blood and
with 1t were four small and one large
piece of medfcated gauze soaked with
blood. A lot fwhat is supposed to be
surgical cotton was also found in a corner
of the bag.
On the inside of the bag, off towards one
corner, were found the letters M. A. e
The letters were an inch and quarter IN
height. There was nothing else about the
bag that would lead to Identification, II
being of unusual make.
Police Captain Schmittberger said to-
day that the police are now looking up
every midwife in the city in the hope
of finding some clue in the case, and in
addition house to house search for miss
ing persons is being made. The police
deny that any arrest has been made in
connection with the case
At the Morgue, 1t was said that the
bundle fshed out of the East River con-
tanned not a severed portion of body,
but natural after-birth and that there
was nothing to show that 1t had any con-
nection with the murder case.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-12
A COMPROMISE SENTENCE.
Tennant Pleads Suspension, Said
Van Wrinkle. Five Years For Sierra

Lawyer George Tenant made strong
plea to the Sessions Court this morning
for. leniency for Michael Sieva, a Pole
who was to be sentenced for atrocious as
sault and battery. Mr.. Tenant said he
had Investigated the case and Paul. Vo-.
Iente the man whom Sieva had stabbed
had no desire that he should be punish
ed. They are cousins and the best OF
friends
The affray occurred at Polish wedding
in Canal street after the beer had been
passed around very freely. There were
four musicians at the wedding. After
playing until midnight they desired to go
away, but objection was made and g.
fracas ensued One of the musicians
struck Sieva and made his Polish blood
boil He drew knife and in his blind
rage stabbed Voente instead of the man
he intended to wreak vengeance on Mr..
Tennant said that Sieva had wife and
child depended on him and under the cir
cumstances the lawyer thought that
suspension of sentence would be about the
proper ticket.
Assistant Prosecutor Van Wrinkle said
that Chief Murphy, after making a
thorough investigation of the case, was
of the opinion that Sierra ought to get at
least five years. The Chief could find no
mitigating circumstances. The wound in-
fiicted on Volente was IL inches long and
the doctors at the hospital thought it a
Murphy told Mr. Van Winkle that the
Poles and Italians in this city are ready
with their deadly weapons and an ex-
ample ought to be made or this one
Some saloonkeepers who tried to prevent
the arrest of Sieva are indicted for 1t.
Judge Blair sentenced the prisoner to
three years and six months in State
Prison.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-12
HOBOKEN'S PRIMARIES.
The Majority Of the Candidates
Were Unopposed.

The primaries in Hoboken were not as
exciting as they usually are in that mer-
curial hamlet Contests between commit
teenen were on in but three precincts
and they were tame ones. In the FIRST
precinct of the Second ward Justice of uhe
Peace David Van Wyck and Gustav Bacn
were pitted against each other The Van
Wyck following was not as strong as
reputed and could muster UP but Y votes
against 81 for Bach. In the Second pre-
cinct of this ward Richard Purcell op,
posed Councilman Charles Schultz ana
nolled 10 votes to the latter's ~.
Louis Bender beat James FITZPATRICK N
the First precinct of the Third ward by
a vote of no against 3d. Ex-Councliman 2
Joseph Weinthal and Councilman Richard
Greten were both up for election IN the
F,lrst ward unopposed. In the Fourth ana
sixth precincts of the Third ward. ex-
Councilman Anthony Capelli and J. r..
fyValblerss respectively were unopposed can
5idates as were also p. j. OrToole IN the
First precinct of the Fourth ward ana
James Taylor in the fourth precinct OF
the Fifth ward:
Zeller enthusiasts were articles OF curlo
and out of the twenty election precincts
It is estimated that not over score or
vofes for the North Hudson man We're
polled. In the Fourth ward he did not get
a single vote.