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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
PRAISE FOR INDIANS.
Good Behavior of Tribes Com me nded
by General Merriam.

Gen. Henry C. Merriam. in his annual re-
port to the War Department, especially
commends the behavior of the Indian tribes
in the Department Of the Missouri under
his command. He says:
II am glad to note that all Indian tribes
residing within this department or contig-
uous TO It have continued to be quiet and
,, peaceable during the past year as during
the previous year, SO that no calls have
been made fo- troops in connection there
| with. From all reports received II is also
noted that progress is being made by all
of the tribes in the direction OF civilization.
1t is especially gratifying to report the
quiet behavior and progress in agriculture
and stock raising by the Apache prisoners
of war now located at Fort SILL o. T. or
all the tribes encountered the Apaches have
been regarded as the least promising. In
fact, twenty years ago no one would have
veutured to predict the advancement these
Indians have actually made. These Indian
prisoners by their good behavior. have
| earned the good will and deserve liberal
| treatment and assistance at the hands OF
the Government"
The report OF Capt. Farrand Sayrem. the
ofiicer in charge Of the Apache prisoners Of
war, shows that on June So 1900. the pris-
oners numbered 269. The number OF deaths
during the year was twenty-five; the num-
Der of births. seven. Regarding their
health he says:
1.-THE health of these Apaches is only
| fair. They contracted tubercular lupus.
| They also suffer from malarial fever more
than the white people and Indians Of other
] tribes who live in this country
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
THE CONNECTICUT CENSUS.
Bisparitfes in Legislative Represen
tatiOn shown by the Count.

Blsparitfes In Legislative Represen-
tatiOn Shown by the Count.
NEW HAVEN, Oct 1.-THE official CEN
sus announcements yesterday of the popu-
lation of this State and some of its divis-
ions throw n grotesque light on some of
the disparities In legislative representa-
ton. and will give fresh impetus to the
movement for a constitutional convention.
The State Senate contains twenty-four
members. OF these the county OF New
Haven, with 269.1 population. send:
four; the county of Tolland. with 24,S22
population, sends two. The city of New
Haven, with 10S,O27 population. has but
one State Senator, although the county
of Tolland. with two Senators, has a
smaller population and vote than two of
the city's wards taken together.
In the lower house the disparities shown
by the new census are still more fantas-
tic. The city of New Haven sends to that
body two representatives; the town of I'm
ion. with 431 poulation by the census Of
1890 and probably fewer now, sends also
two. In the latter town. under the fauiil-
far ''rotative" system almost all citizens
of age are said TO have gone TO the State
Legislature and are now on their second
lap. There are 252 members of the lower
house OF the state Legislature and los
towns. or the towns. seventeen contain
cities and probably about ~ per cent of
the population of the State, but send only
thirty four representatives; while 151
towns, with about % per cent of popu-
lation. send 1874 representatives. Out Of
a total population In the State of COS, 355,
the three urban counties of New Haven,
Hartford and Fairfield have 64S.7S1. They
send to the lower house 113 representa-
tiyes. while the other five counties, with
a population OF 259.574 send 1879.
The census also reveals great dis
parity in the four Congressional districts
since they were last made up, in the
year 1870. The Second Congressional dis
trict New Haven and Middlesex Coun-
ties). contains 3l0923 population; the
Fourth district Fairfield and Litchfeld
Counties) .247 .s75; the First district Hart
ford and Tolland Counties). 2l9.s3S: and
the Third district New London and
Windham Countless, 1858; the Second
Congressional district thus having nearly
two and one-half times the population of
the Third. The reconstruction of the
Congressional districts promises to be-
come an active question In the immediate
future.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
HONDURAS MUST PAY.
Oncr to Compromise the Pears Claim
Rejected.

The Government has refused PROPOSE
ton from Honduras to compromise the case
Of Frank Pears, an American citizen MUIR
dered in that country. and has coupled its
refusal with a demand for the immediate
payment Of indemnity. Pears was from
Pittsburg. He was shot and killed by a
soldier of the Honduras army and the cir
cumstances were such that this Govern
ment deemed the killing nothing short of
murder. After vainly attempting to make
the Honduras Government realize its re-
sponsibility and offer reparation for the
crime. the State Department, through the
United States Minister to Honduras. de-
manded the payment of an indemnity Of
SO, 900 for the death of Pears.
Attempts were made to compromise the
matter by the transfer OF concessions by
Honduras to relatives Of the murdered
man but the state Department rejected
these and directed Minister Hunter to
press the claim Thursday the Government
of Honduras proposed to the State Depart
ment, through Minister Hunter. that the
United States accept $1,000 in full payment
Of the claim. The secretarS Of State
promptly directed tS, Minister to notify
the Government Of Honduras that me pro-
pOsal was rejected and That Ii must pay
SlO, 900 at once. What measures will be
adopted by this Government to secure sat
isfaction II the demand is not complied
with promptly are not disclosed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

master in the matter for an endorsement
Of his course. For domestic political
reasons, he was afraid to convene Con-
gress. On that account he was willing
to assume the more than grave respon-
sibiiity of ignoring the prerosative of
Congress in the matter and proceeding
to wage war in defiance of the Consti-
tuition. The President recognizes the in
delicate position in which his fear of the
National Legislature has placed him, and
is doing his best to mend matters by
scuttling out of Ching before the Presi-
dental election or the meeting Of Con-
sress in December. He will hardly es-
cape severe criticism and blame in that
way. Mr.. Webster is right in thinking
that additional legislation is needed to
regulate the war making power of the
Government. What really is needed is a
law which shall make 1t a crime for the
President to do what he has done in
China without Immediately calling upon
Congress for absolutfou
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
THE SANITATION OF HAVANA.
DIR. Bango Discusses the Eject of
Sewerage on Yellow Fever.


HAVANA. Oct. 12.-There is much in
terest here in the discussion over the
contract for the sewering and repairing
the city and its effect on the spread Of
yellow fever. DR.. Bango Cuban physi-
clan of over twenty years experience.
and a man of standing. who has attended
to many cases of yellow fever, says today
that he did not know whether the sewer
ing and paving Of Havana would eradicate
the disease, as he did not understand how
it was caused. The proposed work, how
ever, was necessary. in his opinion, in
order to improve the general health Of
the city.
The doctor thinks the cause Of yellow
fever is in some way connected with the
sea, as he does not know of place where
the disease is endemic which Is not a
seaport town.
In regard to immunes, the doctor said
he never knew of person getting the
disease twice. But Cubans born in the
country away from the sea have died OF
yellow fever on reaching Havana. which
would seem to show that the immunity
extends only to those persons bred at
ports where the disease is endemic.
In regard to the outbreak this year, DR..
Bango says it is due more to the preva-
fence Vi wet, uaup WedtheI THAN " TIC
presence here of a large number Of nom
immunes. although matters are not
helped at all by these people. He says
the disease is generally more dangerous
in the wet than in the dry season. He
does not anticipate any great increase in
the disease when the streets are torn up
for the proposed improvements, although
there may be a great deal more malaria.
DR.. Gorgas thinks that the experience
of Havana will be similar to that of Mar
Unique and Kingston. where, with i'm
proved sanitation, yellow fever has prac-
tically died out.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

The mind of man could hardly conceive
Of anything much funnier than an address
by the Swashbuckler Roosevelt to an au-
dience of Quakers. Yet he did that turn
yesterday at Greencastle. Ind. In his
speech to the peaceful Friends, the Cow
boy Candidate roared him as sweetly as
a sucking dove, and talked about the
beauties of arbitration and the horrors Of
war, but concluded that We had not yet
reached the point of evolution at which
carnivorous teeth-of which he showed a
full set-can safely be eliminated 1t is
unnecessary to remark that he did not
utter word about the Spaniard he shot in
the back, about the sanguinary conflict of
Kettle HILL UP which he crawled upon
. colicky stomach, nor concerning the
cowardice of the negro regular troops.
Roosevelt is rapidly acquiring some of the
arts of diplomacy; at least the one which
includes the use OF speech to conceal
thought
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

fTom the Baltimore SUM-
During the Revolutionary War for independence
and liberty the American patriots had a hard time
10 get funds and supplies for their struggle against
King George and the money power of England.
They had TO make their appeals directly to the
people, and the people responded nobly until
the fight won. This is the peoples fight
likewise fight for the principles of free govern
ment, fight 10 preserve the results OF the Rev
olutionory struggle and 10 hand them down unim-
paired TO future generations The people must
rely upon themselves in this struggle against i'm
perialism ard the consolidated forces OF greedy
trusts and selfish financial interests, Just as the
American people during the Revolution relied
upon their own manhood and resources for VIC
tory over royal tyranny, backed by its hired sol
diery. The American patriots won their fight
with their slender resources against King George
and King Hanna and his trusts are likely 10 have
the same experience in their war Of conque, It
against the American people today.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
The Effects of Mflitart.m.

The indications are at present that the
German American element in the big
cities is very much dissatisfied with
important development, and fraught with
, meaning by no means particularly agree
able to Republican managers.
The German knows a great deal about
militarism, for he, or his father before
him, has Invariably had experience with
it in the Fatherland. Many Germans
, came to this country originally to es-
cape the danger of CONSUMPTION. The
German population of America is re-
cruited largely from the class which bears
all the burden and gets few of the honors
of war. 1t does not wish to see mill
tarism become part of the policy of this
country, for good and sufficient reasons,
evolved from practical experience, and
when a German becomes convinced of
anything it is very difficult to dislodge
that conviction from his mind even by
using crowbar. If there is really good
reason for changing his opinion he is not
incapable of changing it, but his mind is
lines that nothing less than a very strong
argument will have much effect upon it.
The liability to three years of COM
pulsory military service is a serious dis
advantage to the young men of any coun-
try. 1t takes them out Of the business
world and away from home life at the
most critical period of young mans
development. Between the ages of eight
cen and twenty-eight a man should be
learning his business in the world, and
making a place for himself He may not
settle down to permanent occupation
before he is thirty, for If he happens to
be versatile person. with a somewhat
complex character. 1t may take him sew
eral years to find out what he can do
with the best chance of success. During
these years, however, he should be given
every facility for self-development and
not allowed to sink into a rut. Men Of
simple and steadfast character, on the
other hand, are likely to choose their &C.
cupation early and settle themselves in it
when but little past twenty. Then in
steps militarism and takes them out Of
their trade or business and puts them into
barracks for three years, drilling them in
pure routine. When they emerge from
this compulsory retirement their business
is broken up, their hands are grown UNI
skillful, and they have to begin over
again.
Military service is worth most to the
State when offered voluntarily. The best
soldier is the man who loves soldering
and means to make it his business, or the
man who is forced to fight for all that
he holds dear. Between the two there
is little to choose when it comes to ac-
tual war, though the drill Of the regu-
lar counts for great deal. But compul-
sorry fighting, done by soldiers who have
no natural aptitude or desire for their
work, is about as valuable as compulsory
prayer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
A Tribute to Carl schur,.

II would be uneracious to let pass unnoticed
the retirement Of the Hon. Carl SchurI from the
Presidency Of the National Civil Service Reform
League. He has flled-not merely htld-thAt Of
flee for a number of years, and has done therein
q valuable work In behalf of homes; and efficient
government. For such eervices the nation owes
him thankt, mose thanks than are likely TO be
openly expressed. The reformer's lot is not
always happy one. The hostility Of his oppo-
nrnts 10 generally more vigorous than the support
OF his friends. He IS mjsundsTstood maligned
ridiculed. denounced fhess things have been
the common lot VI refosmers hnce the world be-
gan. snd Nj Bchurz has not escaped them. Blu,
neither has lie. We may believe, missed thu
sweetest Of ell refonnsr's rewards-the abiding
consciousness OF the righteousness and Of the prog
ress Of his cause and the assurance OF its ulti
mate triumph. Indeed. it has been given him to
see during his administration Of the Office hl
now resigns the bcnefcent success d the reform,
he has advocated 10 degree probably beyond that
expected by him when first he put his hand tc
the work. Upon that he Is 10 be congratulated.
and for il he is to be thanked
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

Some days ago. in Newport, r. L. Mr.
Sidney Webster was asked to give his
views regarding the constitutional right of
the President to conduct foreign war of
invasion without authority from Congress.
He replied that II had been reported that
ex-senator George F. Edmunds held that
MI Mckinley was outside of his constitu-
tional power when he sent an army TO
China and accepted the constructive war
challenge Of the Chinese Government.
Mr.. Webster thinks that there is need of
Congressional legislation TO cure this de-
feet in our governmental system. and that
II always should be within the power and
authority OF the President to make war
when the circumstances, in his opinion.
seem to demand IL: We entirely dissent
from Mr.. Webster's view. The Constitu-
tion wisely places the law and war making
power In the hands of the legislative
branch Of the Government. There is a tacit
agreement that in a time of emergency.
Congress being not in session. the Presi-
dent has the right to protect the interests,
honor or dignity Of the country. and in ex-
ting hostilities against other countries
even to the extent OF invading them fight
Ing battles. destroying fortifcations, and
% on. exactly as Mr.. Mckinley has done in
China
But this rs an emergency and extra
legal exercise OF a power which OF right
does not inhere in the executive branch
Of the Government. II follows logically
that. having been resorted to, as proper
in the case Of sending troops 10 rescue
our legation at Pekin. the act should
have been instantly made good by sum-
monine Congress in extraordinary session
and securing from II legislation of in
demnity and approval.
Mr.. McKinley's offence against the Con-
stitution, In invading China and waging
war In alliance with other nations, wss
not % much in assuming the right OF in
itiative, which, under the conditions that
confronted him. would be approved by any
Congress. but, having taken the step. in
refusing 10 apply 10 his constitutional
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

In the temperate and statesmanlike
speech of President Mitchell in opening the
Scranton convention the young labor leader
showed to the world what power there is
in an American boy who commands the
ambition, self-sacrifice. and industry which
combined make leaders of men. 1t was
terse, perfect in construction, to the point,
and scintillating with intelligence. Mr..
Mitchell has 1t in him to become almost
anything in American politics. If he has
the stamina to withstand the allurements
OF the enemies Of his order he may aspire
to anything that the common people can
give him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
National Power.

tFron the Boston Globc.)
When the thoughtles. American desires to show
what powerful nation you will usually
hear him boastinR Of the number of soldiers VIC
Gun call into the field and the number of great
battleships We feat, little rejecting that these
really evidences OF waste rather than Of thrift
Place such person in Germany and he will
probably lament the relative weakness OF his
country, In view OF the endless soldiers and
munitions OF war that are seen on every hand
these being The very things that make Germany
poor country, and doom her people to Higgardly
conditions of living compared with those enjoyed
in Aner
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
Tn. Trust. and the Middle Classes.

The effect which the development of the
trust has had upon American life has
been so subtle and gradual that not
until comparatively recent time has
the full import of this phenomenon been
realized. The present campaign is cam
paign of education. Trust and antitrust
literature has been sown broadcast over
the land. The people are studying the
question, and thinking about it.
The middle classes-people who are
neither lsberers nor aristocrats-are now
feeling the power Of the trust. They have
held out longest against it, because 1t has
not affected them directly. Men in the
| professions. independent farmers. mer-
chants in certain lines Of business, men
| in all walks of life who have bank ac-
counts and little more ready money
than they need. are not directly in the
power of the capitalist, and they have
been benefited whenever, by some change
in the management Of big business
prices have been lowered, because their
incomes were not lowered in CORE
spending degree.
The way in which this class of people
who are intelligent and independent in
their thought, are affected by the trusts
and by modern business conditions, lie
different from that in which the working
man is affected, and hence they have been
rather SLOW to change their traditional
beliefs and discuss economic problems.
When 4 man is working for two dollars a
is
which means less food for himself and his
family, he IS likely to enquire into the
reason. Some workingmen have enquired
so vigorously and with such effect that
they are well versed in economic theories
and have their own well-considered ideas
as to the merits Of these. The middle
class man does not always have the
problems of life forced upon him in that
way, and he has many other interests to
occupy his attention besides that Of get
ting his bread and butter. The man in
the factory OF the mine can think and
brood over something while at his work;
the man in a profession has to think of
business during business hours. and when
they are over he seeks diversion in some
thing which is not connected with serious
work.
But the economic effect Of the trust is
coming to the attention Of the middle
class man through the general instability
Of conditions which 1t is creating. The
time was when a man of this type, who
was honest, industrious, and thoughtful.
could be sure Of earning a competence
and providing for his family. Invest
ments might be slow. but they were sure,
and in his sphere he was independent. and
master OF his fate. With the accumu-
lation of huge fortunes in the hands of a
few men this has been changed. multi
millionaire can wipe out an industry or
blot a town from the map il IL suits his
interests TO do 1t. He can close up a
sugar refinery or lock out thousands Of
factory operatives. He can control the
business Of a whole community. Hence
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13

Meiklejohr, having attained the glory
of an answer from Mr.. Bryan to his
first and foolish letter. has been tempted
to write another. In it he asserts that
Mr.. Mckinley did not approve the recos-
milton of slavery in General Bates treaty
with the Sultan of Jolo. Mr.. Meiklejohn
is truth from the bottom of the we'll. MIR.
Mckinley did not approve" the treaty,
but. in transmitting 1t to Congress. he
declared that he had confirmed the
same" II is to be hoped that Mr.. Bryan
will not further condescend to notice Mr..
Meiklejohn. The iatter's position in the
body polite is hardly up to the formers
standard. If the Administration is wor-
ried over the facts regarding its policies
and history that Mr.. Bryan sometimes
uses, let Mr.. Mckinley himself address
the Democratic candidate.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-13
Tuan a Living Menace.

VfoH1 e1c FHIIsueIPHId IeuR'ED
Not only the European powers, but the Amcri-
can people WILL be better assured of the good
faith of the Chinese Government if Prince Tuan
is sentenced to death for his participation in the
recent massacres. His high position. and espec-
tally the fact that he is the father of the boy
who has been chosen as the next Emperor, have
undoubtedly Influenced the Government to make
his punishment SIS light as possible; but these
aIc precisely the reasons why the foreigners hold
him more guilty than any Of his contederates and
why they will not be content to trust Govern
meEt which let him live while behcadng his
associates and interiors With capital punish
ment inflicted on Tuan, there will be better
hope for peace and renewed amity between China
and o.he: nations