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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15
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tuesday. FEBRUARY l5. 1899.
sMENRRY RESOLUTION.

il, McEnery voted to ratify the
saty with the distinct under
fstbat his resolution, which sets
very clear manner the position
States with reference to
bpiife Islands. would be adopt
that agreement has not been
by the Republican Sena-
and obtained his sup
l{le treaty. nor is it likely 1t will
'cEIery resolution declares that
hot the intention of our gov
70 Incorporate the people of the
Bes Into citizenship OF the Uni
ny or to annex them as an inte-
of our country; but that 1t
Rention To establish over them
as shall meet the
8s.shose people. and at the same
hote the Interests OF the in
8k&sE The islands and OF the citi-
: f&epwn country. 1t leaves the
Hon OF the islands depend
a more complete under
me eXigencics of the case
#Hly. Indicate to be done.
we understand ii. no ex-
lny intention to act without
Ef& and complete understand
seds of the people and their
sf3ntll they shall have arrived
{3ttt comprehension Of our
M and duties as we have OF
ktion lays down no hard and
f3aEAr our future action. There
Ike evasion of our respon-
its letter or spirit and COM
k42Gy dictates Its adoption by
and cessation OF hostili-
m Philippines. The Repubii-
emocrats who are cndeavor-
~ or prevent action upon
themselves of deception and
and an utter restitution of
z and honesty which has
Eed those Of their collea gucs
support forcible expansion.
istration Is pursuing 4 pol
Hill react upon 1t sooner or
pot until thousands OF Fill
80 hundreds of our own SOL
~ been killed.
Is for the sake OF argument.
paldo's somewhat bombastic
bn precipitated hostilities at
fat is no reason why his re-
"a cessation OF hostilities and
nce- should have been ignored,
|aughter OF his followers. ana
Sce OF our men, who VOLUNTEER
int Spain and not her enemies.
"a. The administration Is, TO
d, committed to the recognition
Eillpinos as free and independ-
B the refusal Of It's supporters
Epeir compact with Senator Nc
by be accepted rs proof that
+ has determined upon a policy
listic In It's tendencies as his
ghave charged. or are cap
! Ragining.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15
EERsoN's CANDIDATE.

Hcnri Watterson. Of star
&dess" fame, the brilliant edi-
10 louisville Courier-Journal,
fselected Rear Admiral George
Ae hero OF Manila Bay, as the
|of the Democratic party In
The Presidency. But 1t seems.
AKnight OF the Quill will not
kted to succeed In his under
n the Admiral, in a letter to
wley. In South Carolina. pos
Tfftes to be made the candidate
>y. He says that his train
AfIsreat Lines, and
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15
DUTY TO HEAT PASSENGER CARS
Cease and Commonly

Cease and Comment)
There ought not to be much question
about the obligation of a railroad com
pany to Keep passenger cars sufficient
~ heated to prevent discomfort and
danger to the health of passengers. But
there are very few cases in which the
question has been decided In Taylor
" Wabash r. r. Co. (Nio.) L. r. A. 10
1t was held improper to take the case
from the jury on the ground that. as
matter OF law, the carrier was not liza
BILE where the action was for illness of
a passenger caused by riding in an un-
comfortably cold car. This decision
was rendered by Division of the Mis-
souri, Supreme Court, but, after the
case was transferred to the cour, In
banc, II was dismissed because OF the
plaintiffs death. The meagre authori-
ties. which are collected In a note to
this case, do not much differ. They all
recognize the duty to heat the cars.
The performance of this duty is regu-
lated by the New York act of June.
1857, which prohibits the use of stoves
in cars. and this statute is held con-
stitutlonal even as applied to inter-
State trains. New York. y. II. G. H. r.
Co., VS.. New York. los U. S. 62s IL L..
Ed $50.
The duty to heat cars properly may
be next considered. 1t is a question OF
no small Importance to people of North
ern cities In winter. The fact that
street car rides are of short duration
may make the duty to heat such ears
less Imperative thhn the duty to heat
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

We rise to respectfully inquire Of the
late W<r Investigating Commission.
now that its withdrawing OF McIin-
ley, Alger and Sternberg has been COM
pleted. WHY NO PRIVATE SOL
DIERs WE'RE SUMMONED TO TIES.
THY. Can 1t be that officers were the
only ones who had to eat embalmed
beef?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

This is an age of combinations and
trusts. The last is Soap Trust. 1t
may help the Peregrinating Order Of
Tramps. in that It's members will now
have an opportunity to turn the laugh
upon people who persist in the habit
of keeping clean.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15
ADDING COST OF STAMP TAX TO
EXPRESS CHARGES.

NSaSe ana C0mment)
me right OF an express company to
increase It's charges by the amount of
the stamp tax. 80 that the shipper and
not the carrier, Is really compelled to
pay the tax, has been much discussed
curing the past six months and was re-
Gently decided In the affirmative by
Judge Lacombe. OF the United States
circuit Court. In the case of Crawford
v. Hubbell. reported in the New York
Law Journal" of November nth. 1898.
The power Of Congress to compel the
carrier to bear the burden Is not de-
nied, but the judge does not find that
this power has been exercised
This Is not in accord with the opin-
ION OF Judge Luley, of Chicago, in Peo-
pie. ex rel. Western Steel Works V.
United States Express Co. Detroit
Legal News. No. 81. 30 Chicago f,eeai
News. 40S. Is National Corporation Re
porter. 1891. In that case 1t was held
that the express company and not the
shipper, must pay the tax, and while
the company had not in form attempt
ed to raise Its rates, the Judge said that
il the demand upon the shipper for the
cost OF the stamp could be considered
as such an attempt. 1t would not be
upheld. as the power to raise its rates
did not include the power to make an
arbitrary and horizontal increase of
rates without regard to the service per-
formed.
Judge Luley's opinion is approved by
the Michigan Supreme Court in At
torney General ex rel. Moore V. Ameri-
can Express Company. II n. w. 81 sus-
tainirg mandamus to compel the ex-
press company to furnish the revenue
stamp.
Judge Lacombe disposed OF the case
or Crawford V. Hubbell In an oral opin-
Ion In order to avoid delay so that the
case might be carried to the Supreme
possible.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

ordinary railroad trains But the Diff
ference seems to be merely one Of de-
gree. The street car companies ought
TO be compiled to make their cars warm
enough for ordinary people to ride In
them without exposing their health to
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

Poor Dreyfus! France takes aava
'age OF the universal excitement over
the renewal OF hostlities in the Phil
lPpines to hurry his case off her hands.
while the world Is looking elsewt.re
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

General Miles position of commands.
Ing general does not seem to carry
any glory unless he can extract it from
his exposure OF incompetency in the
War Department.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

IT has been suggested that our great
fighting Admiral Dewey is made un
happy whenever he sees the insurgents
fee toward places which cannot be in
vested and battered by warships.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

There is consolation in the fact that
me recent increase in the price of
wh'skey Is due alone to the manipula-
tons of the Whiskey Trust and not to
increased consumption.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

General Eagan. with the assistance OF
the court-martal. demonstrated to the
world that there are many kinds OF
business less profitable than holding
check rein on ones temper.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

Emperor" Hanna Mckinley may
not be troubled by his sins of omission.
but his sins of Commission" tower to
the skies. and cast shadow on the
temple of American Liberty
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

Men are different in that some are
born great while others have greatness
thrust upon them. but this in no way
modifies the disposition of dead locked
legislatures to make their candidates
for greatness contribute the freight.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

OF coal and imprisoned thirty days in
1aii If he had taken several train
loads he might some day be an Alder
man with the opportunity to do "busi-
ness" with the street railways.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

A Chicago man was arrested and
convicted OF stealing two pockets full
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15
PER cory.
'HIPT,oN RATES:

fSi@IAN-PILoT is delivered to
E{E by carriers in Norfolk and
bffsmouth, Berkeley. Suffolk.
I6ffblk, Newport News, for 10
ltfeek. payable to the carrier;
ANY place In the United
SO free:
iie year $500
g AZ months 500
$ts zoe IN orths l.aO
!; y1}iss sis Onsh 30
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

RATES: ADVERTISE
lSErted at the rate OF Is cents
'fffat .lnsertion; each subsequent
40 cents. or so cents. when In
gSrySOther Day. Contractors are
8sd, 10 exceed their space or ad-
liner than their legitimate bus.-
sppt by paying especially for the
sifyofices inva riabIy 20 cents per
SlfhsertloD. Each subsequent In
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

avoid delays. on account OF
I{absence, letters and all commu-
i for Tho VIRGlNIAN-PILOT
tbt be addressed to any individual
s3dw.th the offlce. but simply 10
AND PILOT PUB
~ COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-15

6ioye or tho vIrg.nIan-PIiot Pub
Hmpahy Is authorized to contract
nation In the name Of the COM
Ito mako purchases in tho name
itae, except upon orders signed by
OF THE COMPANY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-12

the trip of the battleship Oregon around
the Horn. gave the finishing touch to the
public conviction that an inter-oceanic
canal should be built. From that time
there has been no question of the ultimate
completion of the project. But the end was
not &c be attained as expeditiously as the
public hoped. 1t will not be fastened by
such actions as that of Prof. Haupt. The
proper course for the men whom the Pres
ident has just named to form the new COM
mission is to go about their task expedi-
tiously. uncomplainingly. zeaiously. If
they find the Panama route in fact superior
TO the Nicaragua route they should so re-
port. If they find it inferior. as is general
Is believed. they should present such a
showing of the case to Congress at the
earliest possible date that further procras-
tination will be impossible and lobbying
will be futile. For this injection of the Pa
mama route into the case is virtually the
last move available to the opposition.
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in a section worth fighting for. But he is in
collision now with Mr.. Altgeld and If Mr..
Bryan should be forced into the necessity
of choosing between the two he might not
choose MIR: Harrison. Mr.. Altgeld, although
in temporary eclipse. Is still silver politi-
clan worth cultivating.
A third name Is that of o. H. P. Belmont
of New York, a young man of leisure and
pleasure and fortune, wholly unknown until
now to politics. The suggestion seems to be
serious, but for time the country held
itself in readiness to smile at signal at
the preparation of joke.
Mr.. Bryan has just visited Kentucky, and
one of the results is the mention of the
name of a Mr.. Tarvin for the vice presi-
dency. The name is new to national poll
tics. but twill serve for complimentary
purposes.
Literally, the woods are full Of these men.
and 1t may turn out to be no easy task next
year to sort out the collection and pick a
good ripe one for the place.
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LOubet at LOngckafuus.

Inc true significance of yesterdays per-
formance in Paris lies in the fact that
President Loubet proclaimed himself by his
course and his precautions a man of action
and determination. Through their disorders
and assault upon him the Sunday previous
the anti-reyisionists and royalists had prac-
tically challenged him to a show of strength
and popularity. He might have taken warn
ing from the cries of "a packed mob and
remained quiet in the Elysee until the anger
of the crowds had subsidized. He might even
nave issued placating address. But he
decided upon a course of absolute loyalty
to the principles of the republic, which
would carry him among his enemies and
critics in the full strength of the president
of the nation, symbolzing in his security
the Importance of his office and the sta
bility of the government. France has long
lacked such an executive. She has needed
such demonstration Of the force of the
state in the hands Of man of nerve and
capacity. The people of Paris are apt to
be tickle. attracted by the show of splendor
and dignity and won to admiral ton by a
| firm carriage and an unruftied front.
| Yesterdays event gave the opponents of
the government a good chance to show
their strength. They evidently concluded
that they were not powerful enough to
cope with the assembled agencies OF the
republic, for. according to all reports, there
were only a very few outcries against Lou
bet or the republic and for the army, and
there was no disorder whatever. The oppo-
sition plumed itself later upon the thought
that president who required fifteen thous-
and soldiers to guard him was not worth
much to France. This view of the case,
however. is beside the mark. The occasion
called for fifteen thousand or fifty thousand
troops, If need be, for 1t constituted a test
| of the republics power to defend itself
against it's domestic enemies. If it could be
| cried down by mob 1t would be of no value
whatever to France If the French govern
ment had permitted the mob to howl down
| a president who has set forth on a course
of Justice, 1t would deserve to perish.
France lost heavily at Waterloo and Sedan.
She won at Longchamps.
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Mr. Bryan's Running Mate.

The vice presidency proved to be one of
the stumbling blocks in the way of the
Bryan movement in 1896. Is that difficulty
to appear again next year? 1t is certain not
to appear - the same form as before. be-
cause Mr.. Sewall and Mr.. Watson are both
out of the calculation. Besides, it has been
demonstrate that a double-headed tail, as
they say in Ireland, is no help to presi-
Dental ticket But so many aspiring men
are being mentioned as worthy to complete
the next Bryan ticket that mba.-rassment
may occur on that score. The Nomination
is full year off, and yet the list shows
that all sections of the country are being
invaded by the speculation.
Promptly upon the announcement that
Mr.. Sewall would not offer again, the
friends of George Fred Williams ran up his
name. The east, they claimed. deserved
recognition, though they failed to explain
why. Still, as there are no electoral votes
to be had in New England for free silver
ticket by anybody, Mr.. Williams, 1t must be
admitted, would do as well for a mere
demonstration there as the next man.
Then came the mayoraity race in Chi
cago. when Carter Harrison's victory drew
attention to him. And he has some very
likely qualities. He Is little on Mr..
Bryan's own spectacular order. and he lives
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False Alarm From Cuba.

Those individuals in Cuba engaged in
taking stories of discomfort In the island
for American consumption will have their
labor for their pains. There is no market
here for their yarns. American sources of
information about Cuba are numerous and
reliable and. while progress in some direc-
lions seems slow and much important work
remains to be done, conditions in general
are assuring The people are gradually get
ting back to everyday affairs, and the
island Is on the up grade.
Cubans who expect the task Of months to
be crowded into an hour should readjust
their intellectuals. There are no miracle
workers among the politicians of any coun-
try. The United States pretends to the pos
session Of none, What it has undertaken
In Cuba requires both time and patience,
and, in addition, the cordial cooperation of
the people of Cuba An old and worthless
machine has been broken to pieces, and a
new one. with many modern improvements
is in course of construction. The BUILDERS
are men of experience. Their resources are
ample to insure excellent job. They
may be trusted not to slight their assign
ments. He Is the wisest and most patriotic
Cuban, therefore, who gives his hand to his
new friends, and even at the expense of
some temporary Inconvenience assists in
what is going on.
Strikes here and there are not alarming
We have them in the United States, and for
the same reason. Disorders in thinly set
tied sections are not forerunners of reyoIu-
tion. We have them in the United States
without other than local consequences
But such Cubans as may be trying to force
the hand of this government in the matter
Of fixing a time for American occupation
and to that end are fomenting and magni-
flying trouble. are enemies of their country
They are playing into the hands of the very
men they most heartily dislike and dis
trust-the Spaniards in the island and their
sympathizers in this country, whose ardent
hope 1t Is TO see the Cubans put themselves
openly and fiagrantly in the wrong and
thus imperil al for which they have striyen
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District Affairs in Good Aantss.

The people of the District have good rea-
son to be gratified at the turn of congress
sionai affairs as they affect their interests,
directly and indirectly. The practical as
surance that General Henderson will be
chosen Speaker contributes to this senti-
ment. Few men in Congress not in i'm
mediate charge of local legislation have
shown a broader or more intelligent con-
Germ for the material advancement of the
capital than he. He has at all times and in
all ways proved his friendship for the Dis
trict and in his capacity as Speaker he will
have unlimited opportunity to advance
those enterprises which involve the whole
some and natural progress of the city to-
ward its true proportions. At the same
time II seems equally probable that Repre-
sentative Babcock will retain the chairman
ship of the District committee, fact
which assures continuance on the House
side of the liberal policy and the intelligent
activity with which District affairs have of
recent years been managed. Meanwhile
during the two years of the coming Con-
gress the local matters in the Senate will
continue under the efficient direction of Mr.
Mcmillan as chairman of the District COM
mittee, and thus a combination of especial
strength for the local welfare is promised
which can not fail to work out the most
citizens of the CAPITA are disposed to con-
graduate themselves on the announcement
that Senator Mcmillan will stand for re-
election for the term ending March 3, 1901,
thus Increasing the outlook that the local
legislation will be continued for considera-
bic period in the same apabie hands in the
upper house. These bright prospects open at
Il season of exceptional interest to the cap
ital, for many large projects for the extern
sive betterment of the District are Just
now on the verge of accomplishment and
there Will be need for al least several years
10 come for the continuance in service of
the men who have for some time past been
familiariZing themselves with the peculiar
needs OF this community and with the I'M
usual relations which it bears to the gen
eraI government Should the Fifty-sev-
enth Congress be republican with Gen
henderson serving as Speaker as in the
FiftysiXth and with the District affairs re-
manning under the direction of Chairman
Babcock and Mcmillan the coming four
years ought to be notable for legislative
successes and advances in the develop
ment of capital city, which shall fifty
symbolize the dignity and power of the ma
ton.
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The Virginia Senatorsbip.

The state democratic committee meats in
Richmond tonight to hear the reouest of
those who desire a convention called for +be
purpose of nominating a candidate for the
United States Senate. The request. IT is
generally assumed, will be denied This
Will require that the advocates of the cleo
tlon of senators by popular vote either
abandon their movement, or make a nom
nation themselves. They are expected to
take the latter course. and to carry the
tight into the different counties in the Sc
lection of candidates for the legislature
Few nominations for those places have yet
been made. and so there is full time for a
spirited contest on that line.
But this will be no adequate solution of
the difficulty. 1t will simply make the sena-
torship the browning consideration in the
selection of members of the legislature. The
needs of the state in the matter of new
laws. or in that of improving old laws
will be lost sight of. Men will be in
duced to stand for the legislature with
less regard for capacity for legislative work
than for their personal leanings in the mat
ter OF the senatorship. Can he carry the
county for Martin, or for the other man,
will be the absorbing inquiry with regard to
all candidates for legislative nominations.
The result will be the election of legis-
lature which in the election of a United
States senator will discharge the only duty
to which its members will have given any
serious thought.
Until the matter can be taken out of the
hands of the legislatures altogether and
senators elected by direct vote of the
people, previous instructions to those bodies
on the subject should in some way be Sc
cured and enforced The change is de-
manded not alone because of the corruption
which senatorial contests have so often de-
veloped. but also because legislatures should
be confined as closely as possible to the
lawmaking duties for which primarily they
exist. Good laws for the state are of the
very highest Importance, and these are
often rendered impossible by a protracted
senatorial contest
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Prof. Haupt's Indiscretion.

The fact that what Prof Haupt of the
1sthmian canal commission is reported to
have said in his interview Is generally true
does not excuse him from the accusation of
a indscretion. rejecting upon his loyalty
both to the administration which has just
appointed him to a new berth and to the
project which he is known to favor sincere
". Prof Haupt is said to have exclaimed
that IL was OF use 10 send another COM
mission to the Isthmus because all the
facts connected with the digging OF a canal
Were known and the only point to be gained
by this new inquiry was the consumption
OF time in the interest of the factors oppos-
ing the construction of the waterway.
That is perhaps a correct statement of the
case. A. the same time it Is not fitting
that a member of the commission should
depreciate its work before it is undertaken.
II hinders rather than aids the consumma-
ton OF this great plan for one of the work
ers to balk in the harness Just as another
expedition is being organized. It Is Well
understood by the majority of the Ameri-
carr people not only that the canal Is a
necessity and that ii must be built by this
country. but that the project has been Bit
terly fought for years by the railroads and
the Panama company. II Is practically an
established fact that but for these rival in
terests the construction of the canal under
the auspices of this government would have
been ordered by Congress at the late ses-
sion- 1t SIS equally clear to most people
that the proposition to institute another in
quiry. this time including the Panama
route. was a device of the opposition to
staVe Of immediate action, a maneuver
which succeeded principally because of the
pressure of even greater events and the
passing of time. But this enterprise like
all others Of its proportions, moves slowly.
1t rams counter TO 30 many powerful infiu-
ences that It can not be accomplished in a
hurry. single object lesson last year,