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he Presit en- then spoke rs follows:

Tho century now urawiu.. L., D.. Use haS
been the most memorable in the word OF propS
ress and history. The march OF mankind IN
moral and Intellectual advancement has been
onward and upward. Tho growth o! tbs
worlds material interests Ia SO vast that tho
from the realm of imagination rather thHn
from the field of fact. All people have felt the
elevatlng influences OF the century. Humanity
and home have been lifted mp Nations have
bsen drawn closely togetherln feeling and nteI-
lact and sentiment. This contact has removed
old proIudces and brought about n general
understanding which has DESTROYED enmity
aud promoted amlty. Civilization has achieved
great victories and from the Rosuel of Roul
will thore are now few disSenterS. The Gren1
powers. under the inspiration OF the car ct
Russia have been sitting toRether in u paria-
ment OF peace. seeking To- mud II common bass
for the adjustment OF controversy without war
and waste. While they have not male war in-
possible. they have made peace more probable
and have STA phasi2Sd the universal love OF
peace. They have made gain for the wor,d's
repose and Americans while rejoicing In whho
was accomplished. rejoice also for their part in
the great cause yet to he advanced. we trust. 10
more perfect fulfm
The century has blessed us as a nation,
While II has not given US perfect peace, II had
brought ms constant and eyrr.LucreasinG ble' Il
ings andi imposed upon ny no humiliation q
dishonor: We have had wars with foreign powA
erS and tho un happy one at hons. hut all tsrA
m mated in no loss OF prestige, OF honor or tiers
riIOrY, but gain in all. Tho increase of our
territory has added vastly TO our strength and
prosperity without changing our republican
character II has given wide scope 10 democratic
principles and enlarged the area for republican,
Institutions. | sometimes think we do NOT
realize what We have and the mighty trust We
have com mittsd 10 our keeping. The study OF
geography and history has now more thAA q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-13

The Hudson is me- 70 glorious now than atany other
season. Take fat and comfortable Day Line.-Adc.
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A Presidential Disclaimer.

~HE associated press dispatches
inform us that Hon. John Hay,
secretary of state, has deemed
1t necessary to write Chairman Dick of
the Ohio. republican executive commit
mite denying in the most emphatic
way that there has been a secret alli-
ance between the United States and
England. This may be regarded as a
direct emanation from the president.
"A state election is pending in Ohio. 1t
is a triangular fight with three candi-
affection among the German voters,
who are numerous in Ohio, and Mr..
Mckinley is evidently alarmed.
1t is as clear as anything in politics
can be that Mr.. Hays letter is in
tended to hold the German and to
some extent the Irish republicans to
their allegiance, and thus save the
presidents party from defeat in his
home state. The disclaimer, coming at
this juncture, admits of no other in
depreciation, and it reflects no credit
upon a president who has been likened
10 Washington and Lincoln by some of
those long-range admirers who know
nothing of his vacillation and weak
ness.
Probably no one of average inteli-
gence ever seriously believed that Mr..
Mckinley would go the length of Sc
cretly entering into an actual "alli-
ance" with England. But everybody
ought to know that there can be a
mutual understanding and practical CO.
operation without a formal treaty, and
this is the essence of the charge that
has been made.
Upon the two great questions with
which Mr.. Mckinley has undertaken to
deal internationally, namely, bimetal-
dism and expansion, he has certainly
acted closely in line with England's
views and wishes; and a studied effort
has been made to have it appear that
England is peculiarly our friend, while
the other great European powers, and
notably Germany are either luke-w rm
or positively hostile.
There can be no doubt that England
has looked with more favor upon the
administrators Philippine policy than
have the other powers, and there is
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1899.
TWELVE PAGES.
On the Scamold.

Z f the plans are carried out for which
the sheriff of Lewis and Clarke
county has arranged. Joseph H. AL
len will have paid the supreme penalty
of the law before this mornings Stand
ard has passed under the eye of the
majority of it's readers. The word was
passed around. last night among those
who were expected to witness the TAX
ing-off of the prisoner, that the hour
for the execution had been fixed for six
o'clock this morning.
The public has had no protests to en-
ter against the action of those who,
when all the resources in court were
exhausted. sought executive interven-
ton. OF course the condemned man
had his friends-that they should try by
every means at command to ward off
the blow was natural enough. There
was in this respect no lack of effort
those who for one reason or another en-
listed in Aliens behalf made earnest
pleas with Governor Smith.
1t cannot be said, however, that the
effort to spare Allen engaged the SYM
pathy of a very large public. Somehow.
for that matter, his case did not at
tract from first to last large measure
of attention. The public became aware
of the fact that he was guilty of a
brutal murder; it was everywhere adj
mitted that the prosecution was con-
Quoted with the utmost fairness; the
fact of guilt was clearly established;
there appeared to be no reason why
retrbution should not follow.
Hangings have been too infrequent in
Montana, and while Aliens crime was
no worse than other murders in this
region that have gone practically I'M
punished, still, the prevailing Judgment
has been that the law ought. to take its
course, and Governor Smith is upheld
by prevailing public opinion in the
course he has felt compelled to pursue.
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a good reason for it. England has
nothing to lose and much to gain from
the establishment of an Oriental CO.
lonial policy by the United States,
while the other powers have nothing to
gain and something to lose by such a
course on our part.
England especially fears the growing
power of Germany and Russia, In the
long run both of these great empires
will naturally outgrow England in both
wealth and power unless she can head
them off in the far East. The estab-
lishment of an Asiatic colonial system
by the United States will help her to
do this by creating a mutually of
British and American interests in that
quarter.
England regards our holding of the
Philippines merely as the first step,
and such is the view of many impe-
rialists in this country. I'VE must be
on hand it is said. either to prevent
the partition of China or get our share
when the carving takes place. In
this way we would be in virtual alli-
ance even without treaty, and under
such conditions the treaty itself would
not be long in coming.
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~ OURKE COCKRAN'S commune
Is cation to the president might be
described as an open letter or
a manifesto or a thesis or simply as an
effort on the x-congressman's part to
get into print and be talked about.
Mr. Cochran has license to advise Mr.
McKinley-he ought to have pull of
a certain sort with the administration.
He used to be democrat, but he felt
that he was too intellectual to be for
Bryan and for the platform of 1896; so
he took the stump for Mckinley, and
he was vicious in his attacks on the
Bryan ticket.
Mr.. Cockran's idea is that the presi-
dent of the United States ought to
thrust himself into the quarrel to which
Great Britain and the Beers are the
parties. His suggestion is that a
friendly but urgent tender of the presi-
dents good offices would undoubtedly
evoke a full and complete statement of
the grounds on which the peace and in
tegrity of the Transvaal are threat
ened."
What ridiculous figure the president
of the United States would cut were he
to heed the letter which Mr.. Cochran
evolved in the quiet of some New York
club house! If he has anything to say
and if he proposes to be consistent, the
presidents word to Great Britain must
be: Go ahead and make might right,
just as 1 have undertaken to do in my
war upon the Filipinos.''
What would men like Mr.. Cochran
say were Kaiser William to instruct his
! ambassador at Washington to make a
tender of good offices so friendly but
| urgent" that it would "evoke a full and
complete statement" of the presidents
purpose to set up in the Orient the gov,
eminent of the United States without
the consent of the governed? Is it true
that the Boer is being in whose behalf
we ought to pick a quarrel with 6
friendly power, whereas the Filipino 1!
a mortal having no rights the United
| States ought to respect?
Physician, heal myself; that is tn,
phrase the world would fling at Presi
dent Mckinley were he to be so stupit
| as TO put IN MS oar In the British
Transvaal contention. There was &
time when. with good grace and with
eminent propriety, the government a
Washington might lift it's hand ant
voice in behalf of any threatened PEG
pie. That was in old-fashioned times
it was before the era when the spirit o
imperialism was instilling the lessor
that the fathers of our republic left n,
maxims to which present-day Ameri
cans ought to pay heed.
The Cochran letter may be merely
tip to the president that something o
the sort he suggests would tickle thu
Dutch in Ohio who presently will b,
going to the polls-that state has {
Dutch contingent. But the folly pro
posed by Cochran would mean NOR
foreign complication for President Nc
Kinley. and Heaven knows he ha
enough of that without going out in de
liberats quest of more of it.
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Going Slow.

THE Transvaal crisis has its ups
and downs, its off days and its
periods of supreme gravity. At
latest accounts there is a good chance
of reconciliation between the two dis
putants. AT a showdown neither wants
to go to war, for each realizes the
obstinacy, the nerve, the endurance of
the other. Notwithstanding the great
discrepancy in the military resources
of the two powers, the conquest of the
Transvaal would be anything but easy
The Beers are acknowledged to be SUI
perb fighters. They are familiar with
the use of arms from their youth up
They believe their cause to be just, they
their rights. Every available man in
the Transvaal would rally to the de-
tense of the government; and not only
that, but it is altogether likely that the
Boer population of Cape Colony, the
Orange Free State and the Natal would
Join their countrymen against the Brit
ish troops.
England knows the ugly character of
putting up, and accordingly she is 60
ing pretty slow, continuing a diplo-
matte correspondence with a patience
she would have displayed with hardly
any other country in the world nu-
merically no stronger than the Beers.
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adelphia, who have observed it's effect
on their charges. They find, accord
ing to Philadelphia newspaper, that
children in good health lost from five
to ten pounds during term, and not
infrequently stop growing in height.
For several years the state superin-
tendent of New York has annually pro-
tested against the increasing tendency
to overcrowded courses of study, to the
permanent detriment of children. In
general, parents have taken very lit
tie interest in the matter, or when they
have concerned themselves it has been
only to protest against attempts to
reduce the number of studies and the
hours required for preparation, both
in and out of school.
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WHY OTIS WAS ANXIOUS
TO SUPPRESS THE NEWS

under obligations to him for special IA
vors, he could work them to give up
the plan. Thompson said he thought
Collins and McCutcheon should also go.
A committee was chosen-Davis, Nc
Cutcheon, Bass and I.
when we were ushered into Otis
room he said, with some anger:
Gentlemen. you have served an ex-
traordinary paper upon me. You ac-
cuse me of falsehood. This constitutes
a conspiracy against the government.
1 will have. you tried by general court
martial and let you choose the judges
1--WE knew from experience with
threats to put you off the island that
there was nothing to be frightened
about, and also knew that all officers
who would be on a court martial would
know we told the truth. Three hours of
exceedingly plain talk followed.
I'VE reminded him that the stories
of looting in soldiers letters hame had
been little, if any exaggerated. Davis
and Bass told him they had personally
seen our soldiers bayoneting the wound
ed and / reminded him that the cut
ting off of the ears of two American
soldiers at Dasmarinas had been merely
retaliation for similar mutilations of
dead Filipinos by the Americans.
I'VE told him that we had refrained
from sending these things and others
of similar nature because we did not
wish to make sensations"
1t was pointed out to General Otis
that while he had reported percen-
tage of ~ i'll, the surgeons agreed
that 20 per cent. were i'll, and in some
regiments not more than 10 per cent.
were fit for duty. In reply the general
declared the hospitals were full of well
men, who were Sinking and should be
turned out
Recently" Mr.. Collins writes. Il
filed what / thought most inoffensive
statement, that the business men who
had appeared before the commission
had advocated the retention of the ex-
listing silver system of currency.
1.-THE censor said: I ought not to let
that CO. That would be lift for Bry-
an. My instructions are to shut off ev-
erything that could hurt McKinley's
administration. That is free silver
1.-THE only time General Otis has given
us any freedom was during his row
with Schurman over the peace nego-
tiations, VIII an, by insinuation and those
attempted diplomatic methods which
public men seem to think newspaper
men do not see through, he was en-
couraging us to roast Schurman and
take his side.
1.-THE secret of the whole trouble here
is that the government has left small
man to deal with the most delicate
problems, requiring broad statesman
ship Every one agrees that Otis Is
honest and that counts for much
in a position affording such chances
for dishonesty, but every one agrees
also with most remarkable unanimity
that he has bungled affairs from the
! beginning"
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1rHE death of Cornelius Wander
bilt will put stop to the fes-
tivities of Newport, where the
Vanderbilts have for many years been
leading spirits Always gay. Newport
was just getting gayer than ever over
Prince Cantacuzene, who is to marry
Miss Julia Grant, the granddaughter
of the general, on September 25. 1t.
could have been wished that Miss Grant
would select an American husband, but
love is capricious and knows no ma
tionalities. The fact that the BRIDE
groom is Russian prince doesn't ne
cessariy count for much-in Russia
and Italy princes are about as thick as
'colonelsS in Kentucky. Cantacuzene.
however, is said to belong to an old
Russian family, which obtained it's title
of nobility generations ago. He is a
young fellow, just entering diplo-
matte career, and although now con-
nected with the Russian embassy at
Italy, he may, out of consideration of
his matrimonial alliance, be attached
to the Russian legation at Washing
ton
The wedding, of course, will be on
princely scale, as BETTING the rank Of
the groom. Some points of etiquette
are arising the proper settlement of
which is giving the Newporters con-
Germ. 1t seems that the prince has de-
creed that nobody of lower rank than
a grand duke shall be eligible to the
nf Thn n al Is
not to find a grand duke-there will be
several grand dukes at the wedding
that is not the issue. The contention is
that, the wedding taking place on
American soil, the prince should waive
the rules and bylaws of the Russian
court, and consent to the appointment
of an American citizen, a Chicago man
at that. none other than Honore Pal
mer, cousin of the bride and son of Mr..
| and Mrs. Potter Palmer
| 1t has been Mrs. Palmer who has en-
| gineered the match from the start, and
she thinks she has rights that the prince
is bound to respect. Honore is her can
didate for the office and she doesn't
care who knows it. The decision of the
| prince has not yet been announced-he
is said to be celebrating with himself
to what extent he shall permit democ-
racy to knock down his continental
ideas of the proper caper. 1t has been
intimated that If Mrs. Palmer insists
he viii kick over the whole affair and
sail back home insulted, disguised and
brideless, but that is hardly probable
If he is that kind of fellow Miss Grant
should tell him to go and good rid
dance. While the outcome is in doubt
the odds may be considered about five
to two that Mrs. Palmer will win; for
we suspect that she has a powerful
ally in the pretty and patriotic Julia.
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Melville E. Stone, general manager
of the associated press, has received
a letter from Robert NJ. Collins, cor
respondent of the associated press in
Manila, detailing the situation in the
Philippines which caused the publica-
ton of the famous round robin" sign
ed by the newspaper correspondents
showing how they were compelled to
suppress facts and send only such
matter as General Otis was willing
to have appear.
In this letter, which is dated July
80, Mr.. Collins points out that the
correspondents submitted to the most
rigorous censorship under protest for a
long time, and says:
But when General Otis came down
with the frank admission that it was
not intended so much to prevent the
newspapers from giving information
and assistance to the enemy Ohe legiti-
mate function, and according to our
view the only legitimate one, of a CEN
sorship), but to keep the knowledge or
conditions here from the public at
home, and when the censor had re-
peatedly told us in ruling out plain
statements of undisputed facts, My in
structions are to let nothing go that
can hurt the administration. we con-
cluded that protest was justifiable.'
In June, Mr.. Collins says, he pre-
pared a conservative review to the
effect that every one was convinced
the war could not be ended during
the rainy season and for some time
thereafter unless heavy reinforce
ments were sent. The censor declined
to pass the statement, and the CORE
spondent went to General Otis.
when I went to see him." says Mr..
Collins. "he repeated the same old story
about the instruction going to pieces,
and limited so portentiously about hav-
ing wonderful things up his sleeve that
l almost believed him. The other men
had practically the same experience.
80, after waiting a month for the
generals predictions to materialize, we
decided to send the statement we had
framed without changing it, as the
conditions had not changed.
THE views were the views of Law
ton. Macarthur, Funston, Wheaton, ct
al, and we could not be accused of pre-
JUDGE against the administration. The
attempt to hold the newspapers by the
throat was so unusual that unusual ac-
ton seemed to be justified and de-
manded. AS a matter of form we took
the message to the censor. His COM
ment was practically the same that
he had made on my message. He did
not question the accuracy of the state
ment of conditions, but said. This is
just the sort of matter the censorship
is intended to suppress
He, of course, took it to Otis, who, in
turn, sent the messenger with a re-
quest to Davis of the New York Sun
to go and see him.. doubtless thinking
that as he had treated the Sun as his
organ. and it's correspondents being
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Porto Rico's Government.

~ tuesdays cabinet meeting was
devoted to the subject of a gov
eminent for Porto Rico. COM
mission appointed to recommend a sys-
tenn of administration for the island
after x-months study of its condi-
tions, recently presented a report, the
salient features of which were: Gov
eminent for the present by the exercise
of federal executive power; the sus-
pension of Spanish laws and courts; the
adoption of an American code and
methods of Justice: the establishment
of schools and the education of the
ninety per cent. of the people who can
enither read nor write. The commits
sion recommended that the question of
until the Porto Ricans are prepared
for it.
1t appears that the present condi-
ton of affairs in Porto Rico is any
thing but admirable. The commission
declared that "a horde of officeholders
is eating up the substance of the peo-
pie. the taxes gathered from every pos
sible source are not used for their bene-
fit, but for their oppression, and they
are receiving nothing in return for the
great burdens imposed upon them.
Radical changes are necessary. But it
is for congress, rather than the prcsi-
dent and his cabinet. to prescribe the
form of government, and congress may
resent any usurpations of its power in
the premises.
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Not on a Pleasure Trip.

From the Kansas City Star.
The news from South Africa grows
warlike. 1t Is even said that the Beers
will make the first aggressive move. 1t
is significant that the names of certain
British regiments begin to figure in the
dispatches-the Gordon, Highlanders, the
Black Watch and the Cameronians.
Where these troops go it is the intention
to have fight to a finish.
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~ VERCROWDED school rooms are
" no more dangerous than over
crowded school hours. The ten
dency to drive children beyond their
receptive capacity is more pronounced
in some cities than in others. How
severe this work of driving is on grow
ing children is indicated by the reports
of a few inquisitiye teachers in Phil
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Current Comment.
Woes of Prosperity.

From the St. Louis Star.
A woman in Des Moines offered 800
bill to a street car conductor in payment
of car fare. Really those Kansas farmers
ought to provide their wives with at least
a small amount of subsidiary coin before
sending them visiting out of the state.
While small things may be out of date
on the farm, they come in very handy
in the towns and cities.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-14

If Representatives. Elect Roberts of
Utah is not permitted to take his seat
in the house he should take his bed and
board to Sulu, where the monogamists
cease from troubling and the polyga-
mists are at rest
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-14

New York C--ce-4s Tribune Building.
Chicago Office-469 The Rookery.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency
Eastern Representatives.
Washington Bureau-1.415 G St, N. w.
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The "Unspeakable" Again.

From the Boston Journal.
A German contemporary says that the
sultan regards Switzerland affectionately,
but we believe that Switzerland, which
is pre-eminently a sound and noble coun-
try, is not guilty of any reciprocal sem
timents. The cruel and malignant Turk
Is a grim joker.
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An Often-wished Wish.

From the Boston Journal.
Would that improved roads in Pinar del
Rio might really lessen the price of a
good Cuban cigar!
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1t is hardly likely, however, that Sir
Thomas Upton will be beaten like his
compatriot. Mr.. Pedlar Palmer, in two
minutes and % seconds.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-14

Ex-Secretary Alger is said to have
refused a nomination for mayor of De-
troit. The general played in the ma
tional league too long to care to drop
into a minor organization.
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From the Boston Globe.
Boston's Labor day parade started at
the public library and ended at the post
office--both resorts of men of letters.