Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-09-23

The Dsmand in England for Our
Goods Transvaal Dispute Atisn-
tic Squadron to be Increased
Other Notes.
fFrom Our Regular Correspondenfl

fFrom Our Regular Cogrespondentl-
Representative Eddy. II Minnesota.
who is an expert IN feeling tie public
pulse. is III Washington. Since Congress
adjourned he has been almost sconfInu-
ouSlv on the move aud has been from
Massachusetts to the state Of washing
ION making il a point to find out the CON
digion Of public sentiment. AS a result Of
his investigation. he says that tbs foreign
policy of the. administration Will be the
principal issue in the Presidential CAM
paign. OF that issue, he said. The sem
nment of the country is, in my opinion
Overwhelmingly in favor of maintaining
American supremacy over every foot OF
territory which came to us as a result
Of the war with Spain. The anti-expan-
sionists of the East have really done
President Mckinley good turn by their
examinations. For they have aroused
the sentiment of the people and made an
issue that will be settled in the Presiden-
tial election next year. and settled right, a
severe question involving American Dig
nifty and honor has always been settled
when submitted to the voters
Although now a voter in New York,
ex-Secretary Carlisle can't keep his fing-
ers out of Kentucky politics. While in
Washington, several years ago, he made
a statement showing in the most positive
manner that in 1896, Goebel claimed to
be a sound money Democrat and was
working with that faction of the party.
Ex-senator Blackburn, who has been in
Washington about a week, supposed TO
be sick, says that Mr.. Bryan has not
crawfished on his promise to speak for
Goebel, and that he will manage Bryan's
stumping trip, which, he says. will be con-
fined to the strong Democratic districts,
because its principal object is to bring
kicking Democrats into the party traces.
Jim Boyle, an old newspaper man
who was Private Secretary to President
Mckinley while he was Governor of Ohio,
and during the Presidential campaign,
but who has been for the last two years
u. S. Consul at Liverpool, England, is in
Washington on vacation. Being a
close observer and a careful man, these
words of Mr. Boyle's are gratifying to all
Americans, and should be valuable to the
American manufacturer who is seeking to
extend his foreign trade, especially with
England: THE most gratifying thing to
citizen of this country is the ever-in.
creasing demand in England for Yankee
manufactures. What ! would try to i'm
press upon our people is the vital neces-
sity of sending only high-class goods.
BY keeping our products up to a high
standard we secure the confidence OF the
English, who are always willing to pay
the very highest prices for the best. But
any deterioration from this standard
breeds distrust and means adimunition of
imports. In some lines, by failure to
pursue this correct policy. we have already
suffered loss, notably in the bicycle trade,
which in 1898 fell off 50 per cent from the
preceding year, owing to the fact that a
great many trashy wheels were sent from
this country to England, the result being
that some degree of suspicion was sure to
attach to all American makes of bicycles
in the future.
The State Department is disposed to
look upon the Transvaal dispute as SINH
lar in many ways to the situation when
the Mormons in Utah endeavored to dis
pute the supreme authority of the United
States. which required equal rights and
protection for all citizens. The open let
ran, of New York, is generally regarded
as Democratic attempt to arouse preju-
dice among German Americans.
The South Atlantic squadron, of which
Admiral Schley is to be given the COM
mand, is to be increased to six vessels,
instead of three, its usual number, and is
regarded as quite desirable assignment,
in consequence of the possibility of trou-
Bile arising in South Africa, or between
some of the South American republics.
This should dispose of the reports that
have been circulated that the Navy De-
partment was not disposed to give Adj
miral Schley fair show.
In an interview given out by President
Schurman, of the Philippine Peace Com
mission, he says that the insurrection,
though serious enough, is not national
uprising of the Filipinos. Indeed there is
really no nation in the islands, but merely
a collection of tribes having nothing in
common except that they belong to the
Malay race. The languages of these peo-
pie are as distinct from one another as
French from Italian, over sixty languages
being spoken. These tribes have had no
experience in self-government except in
municipal affairs among the Tagals, sub
ject to the control of the Spanards.
President Schurman thinks that because
the responsibilities we assumed are prov
ing heavier than we expected, is no reason
for leaving the islands TO the anarchy and
bloodshed that would ensue if we with
drew, but that we should set up local gov
ernments among them as soon as posi-
Bile, under the watchful supervision of the
general government at Manila.
Ankle Sprained.
Mrs. M. G.. Tabler, of West. King ST.,
started ON her way down town She had