New-York tribune., 1900-01-13
THE PASSING THRONG.

Ex-Governor George s Boutwell, Of Massachu-
setts. chairman OF the Anti-Imperalist League and
ex-Secretary OF the Treasury when
EX-GOV- seen at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
ERNOR yesterday said. '"There IS little
BOUTWELLS say OF National affairs that
VIEWS viii not be reiteration or my pub
lie utterances. I thoroughly ap-
prove OF that clause In the currency measure no"
before Congress which makes the interest and
principal OF Government bonds payable IN gold
but think 1t viii be a mistake 20 exchange the
greenbacks for gold. I understand the bih pro-
vides for
my position on the Philippines Is simply this
I would turn my back upon them would remove
the troops and all our ships with little delay az
possible. and leave the Islands 10 take care or
fH asr5 tbe e9 nS5 but Moad rat @ ths exactly
as England treated America after the battle oi
When it pointed out to 4. B0gtws1 ss5 hat hat
the conditions were NOT eNactLy the same 1iiI -
that was at all similar to Yorktown, ne said:
freedom and I regard them as capable OF self-goV-
eminent are the people OF Maine not or peIndps
great degree OF inteiligence put IullY capa- ~
Of self government No one has been able 70 say
stOr Haverfige who is supposed TO be the mouth
piece OF the Administration. made his speech ~
could advance the miserable one mat .Et Ne
would thereby Increase our IRA tTaoe, e. = I1ior Sll.1
don't know whether it viii be Bryan or not I9 9ul
whoever runs against him win defeat him The
press OF the country would seem TO reject ap1
proval OF the Presidents policy but the pe22ie'
has been always the rule that IN eaen Ieur yS-ss S
euminating in PTesqsatla zen 1ass nave nad things
their own way. and in the last three monLhs lHes
49,, Ganbot "a no. E5fi,1os or mat there il any reason
~ ~ scCre ~ rivflization or otherwise why We
should not leave them TO themselves Tor tne I1Iu.
@ lnles m Il he = s % %estroyed and tax for this purpose
would receive my hearty approval
a friend Of mine said L NJ Acton. Of Omaha.
az the Hotel Manhattan yesterday. had dis
tressing experience lately, and one
A GOOD that has gone far toward curing
LESSON him OF looking on the wine cup
FOR HIM with a favoring eye He had
watch that he very proud or
for It was an expensive sfiair-split seconds
gong that told you time when in the DARK an"
was in fact equipped with all modern convenience
on the night in question ne daLled so peIsis1 is1S-'
" with the red red wine that things assumed 10
his mind false proportions the world at large
took on a hue wholly roseate, and his own naIl4 naILI4
and expanded until he felt a kindly and protect
ing feeling toward all mankind ne h@u' III -''
looked altogether too long on
Today Sf pass regrets and future fears
In this state Of mind he rolled out OF his hotel
and into hanson whlen 4.tS NaSn lS 80 - cITa5
dollar for but he had left his money IN MS otneL
the pockets of his dress suit was . cents when
ne solemnly handed the driver Inc ye4u, h no
csTts more Feeling that his honor at stake,
ana that ne you 9 97io,,is- 5sbt was settled in
stantly my friend handed up MS Watch 70 T! seTLLE
the - cents together with his card and. ems
the driver 10 return the watch and get his money
in the morning felt that he had got out OF a e1l- ~
morning however il ali looked different, and after
expending 20 more IN aoveI ms ,e517e Tb
Aral reward with no questions asked and useless
sadder man he returned 10 his home Since then
he has gauged his capacity for alconohc sum- nm
{ ~aLra hem a
well within the danger limit
George Cross an EngIishman AT present IN this
CITY suAaktng in behalf OF a number OF the proni-
nent British residents. said yester-
MRS LANG dav at the Hoffman House, Some
TRY's PLAN little time ago ii was widely an
uounced in the newspapers that
Mrs Langtry during the performance OF The De-
generates dressed as she had been in London, IN
khaki would recite Rudyard Kiplings latest poem.
The Absent Minded Beggar. after which tamOour-
Inc girls would go around collecting money from
the audience, and that the sum 50 raised would
be turned over 70 the widows and orphans OF the
British soldiers killed in South Africa.
7 do not know hether OF not Mrs. Langtry was
responsible for This announcement really don :
think she was but the British residents here felt
EagIand needed money for this purpose they. the
British residents would give, but IN view OF me
this did not probable. They also thought that
in view OF fact that the United States itself
had an army engaged IN NaIlare II Ns % seS Lle
least. bad taste that any appeal IN oeha1 or an
@ eG1 @ % UI Ssi ana M s1pbsfie protest sEafrst
the recitation. and in pursuance CT this idea Mrs
Llangtry She assured that IL
collection 70 the British soldier but 70 turn them
over IN their entirety 10 the widows and orphans
Of the American soldiers killed in the Spanish war
As this Is very pretty and gTaeeful TING Tor he5
kIpling. Of course: wrote the poem for another
yours but it struck deep patriotic chord in Lon
well received here