The state herald., 1900-01-26

.sPA.oeH"tiou VI tHe lTlHSNnll repuD.
lie should be directed to the President
or TO the secretary of state. Mr.. Hale
made the question the text of an i'm.
passloned speech in which he declared
that nine-tenths of the American
people sympnthlzed with the Beers in
their gallant struggle for liberty
against one of the greatest powers in
the world. He declared that the war
which Great Britain is waging is the
most fell blow at human liberty that
has been struck in the century. He
denied that the American people were
| I'm sympathy with Great Britain in
the South African war to stamp out
the liberty of the people" and when
Mr.. Bnlfour, In the House of Com
MONS made such a statement, she
should be met with some disclaimer
from this side of the Atlantic" He
declared that the English people them
selves We're not in favor of this war
which "had been brought on by IL
sharp Cabinet minister engaged with
gold spectators" Mr.. Hale spoke
with unusual force. decisiveness
and earnestness. even for him. and his
passionate eloquence claimed the
closest attention of every auditor.
senator Morgan, as chairman of the
Senate committee on inter-oceanic ca
nails, has presented written report
upon the Nicaragua canal bill. The re-
port says: "As n provision for the ma
val and military defense of our coun-
try, whether insular or continental
tins canal is Indispensable, and the
closer Its location is made TO our states
on the Gulf of Mexico the more efii-
cient will be Its protection to our
COASTS on the Atlantic and Pacific
Pearl harbor in Hawaii. and the har-
Dor of San Juan in Puerto Rico are the
true military defenses of the canal
against attack by European or Asiatic
powers and they give more secure
protection to It's eastern and western
outlets than any fortress. however
strong. that can be located at or near
its connection with the sea. Measured
by the income of the SueZ canal, at n
corresponding cost. the Nicaragua ca
nal should yield. with equivalent rates
of tolls. at least twelve per cent. on
S14O 100000. 1t is too severe n tax up
on credulity TO ask the adoption of the
precari0ns water supply at Panama in
preference TO the two grand lakes of
the Nicaragua route. one of which is
100 miles long by forty-five miles broad
ana affords nearly seventy-iive miles
OF fresh water navigation for the lar
gest ships. as part of the canal route,
and together they supply more than ten
times the water needed to supply the
canal line from Lake Nicaragua to
both oceans. We owe 1t to ourselves
and to the whole world that whatever
canal we shall build and control on
the isthmus of Darien shall he as opcn.
free and neutral to all nations us its
corresponding gateway, the Suez ca.
nal"
The sixteenth annual report of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion has been submitted TO the Presi-
dent The report. while containing
much information of value concerning
the operations of the commission dur
Ing the year. deals with n number of
subjects of general public interest. The
remarks of the commission on the i'm
portancc Of Il merit system In our
COLONEL possessions; the need of max.
Ing some disposition of superannuated
employees: the Improvement shown In
the reduction of the percentage OF re
movals throughout the service. result
Ing from the requirements of the law
and the order of the President of July
-. 1897. looking to It's enforcement
ana the advantages 90 he gained by
the classification OF the force Of the
library of Congress and the municipal
service OF the District of Columbia. de
serve special attention AT this time
The report opens with n preliminary
statement In regard TO the extent OF
the classified and unclassliled service.
from which II appears that there are
approximately 10000 classified po.
sitions and 100000 unclnssiflcd Do
sii.0ns; OF the latter. 1907 are occu.
pied by fourthclass postmnstcrs. There
ARE lo.il6 positions In the executive
service In the District OF Columbia.
and more than 10000 distributed
among tile states and territories. The
commission states that the cNpendi.
lures for salaries for the entire service.
classified and unclnssiiied, Is approx
maiely SlOi,OO0.OO0 per annum, n large
Increase having resulted from the war
with Spain. The total number of ap-
pointments made during the year on
certificates of the commission was
0,O5G
The correspondent OF the Chicago
Record. who Is n Republican. criticises
his party as follows: II looks as II all
the reciprocity treaties negotiated 10y
Mr.. Kasson under the Dingley hill
would he hung up by Congress as an II.
lustratIon OF human selfishncss and the
Inconsistency Of the Republican party.
The platforms OF the ~. Louis convcn.
tion and other previous conventions In
forycnt terms demand the application
OF the principle of reciprocity TO our
foreign commerce. The Presidents In
nugurnl address and messages To Con
grcss advocated IT, The speeches OF
the spcll.blndcrs throughout the last
campaign described the beauty aud nd,
vnntngcs of reciprocity IN trade nnd
promised great results II the Repub'
llcln party were allowed to negotiate
treaties. The late Mr.. Dlngley aud his
colleagues OF the committee OF wnyH
and means made n great demonstration
To deceive the public. and Inserted what
| they called n reciprocity clause In the
last inriff law. which was framed so
| that II should he imperative. but Mr..
| Kasson sklllfully managed TO make
something out OF II and concluded nr.
rnngcmcnts with France and the Brit.
lsh colonies IN America. while MIR
| buchanan made nm excellent treaty
with the Argentine licpublic which
| rnyo sugar. wool. tobacco. fruit und
some other things from those countries
nm advantage Of twenty per cent. less
| ihnn the ordlnnry duties imposed upon
such merchandise. Although the en-.
tire trndc OF all the countries mention
cd i but drop In the bucket when