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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

In February. 1855, the Hon. William Nc
KinIey, then a member OF Congress from
Ohio. in a speech in the House OF Repre-
septatives. severely criticised President
Cleveland for lending fiftynine million dol
lars without interest to. certain favored
banks. The other day Representative Bell
OF Colorado arraigned the Administration
of the former critic for doing the same
thing, only upon a far grander and more
fragrant scale.
The apologists for the Secretary of the
Treasury have been very active in declar-
ing that Government deposits In the
banks. while often a convenience TO the
authorities, are OF no money value to the
institutions themselves. Mr.. Bell has been
at some trouble to ascertain how far true
this contention might be, and has learned
that there is not word of truth in it. The
Treasures of most OF the leading States
have informed him that they invariably
exact and receive interest on State de-
posts, whether they are subject to check
or are more or less permanent. In the
latter case the rate of interest is higher.
Mr.. Bell figures considerable loss to the
Federal Government from the practice OF
Mr.. Gage and his predecessors in giving
their pet banks gratuitous use of the pub
lie moneys. He says:
.If We nv there is slOo0oo.0oo public funds in
the banks and one-half OF ii is subject 20 daily
check or worth 2.W per cent year. this would
amount TO ST. 35.0C interest year, and the
ether 100000 at per cent would aihSns.' 70
a. 500. O0o or total interest Tor the scar OF
e. SIS, ooo-Se45 a day.
Would IL be any more Of a moral wrong fof
the Government TO allow these banks 10 ram theiI
arms into the Treasury daily and purloin s6,ei5
than IL is 10 give them the free Of 500 0o0, 0o
daiH that has a market valnc Of 1896 well
fixed that Of wheat, corn, OF cottonT'
Possibly Mr.. Gage may reply TO this that
the free loan system was already fastened
upon the Treasury when he took charge
Of it, and that II has long been con-
sidered neat and appropriate way &c
repay bankers advances TO the part,
treasury 10 preceding political cam
paigns. Nevertheless, In effect, as Mr.
Bell very conclusiyely shows. II amount.
to downright robbery Of the taxpayers
and the vicious system should be abolished
without loss OF time. That IT viii be w
have no. the smallest ideS The banks ant
capitalists Who we're the best producers fol
MT. Hsnra In 1886 and are looked to 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
The ship subsidy scheme.

(FIom the Baltimore SUM-
II the Government is going to make the taxpay-
els provide the profits for sbipbuilders and ship
owners 1t will not be able to limit its bounties
to this privileged class. Every other capitalist
viii be entitled to equal protection and will ex-
pect the Governments guarantee OF a certain per
centsge of profit We have built up our trusts
upon the bonuses which the taxpayers are eompeil-
ed to advance in the shape Of prohibitoEy tariff
duties. To subsidize shipowners will be merely
to create another trust. Unless the taxpayers
are anxious, therefore. TO contribute. under conf
pulsion, to the development and maintenance OF
another monopoly they VIII protest against the
massage Of the Hanna Payne bill.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
s,.cia, peuSion Hills.

(From The st. Paul Pioneer Press.J
Al ary rate 10 Congressman need fear any los
Of votes II 81 shall throw himself in opposition
to the aooo of special pension bills and TO al.
schemes for vet further extending the scope Of
our general pension laws. The more widely he
makes such opposition known the better ne wiii
stand with his constituency at large: so he can
afo.a to lose tire votes Of the few disappointed
woild.be pensioners who can ret no place
on the rolls. The meritorious old soldier, who
really has suffered through his campaigning for
his country, the people love much as ever.
But for the ev.r-mutiplying throngs Of pretenders
they have no sympathy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

We forget exactly how many tons OF
diamonds Cecil Rhodes was said to have
locked up in the cellar Of the De Beers
Office in Kimberley. but 1t was something
or other wonderful. He will now confer
favor upon the public by shipping a few
carloads in order that the painful diamond
famine under which the world has been
suffering for several weeks may be brought
to a close. Prices which have jumped up
more than fifty per cent since last No
vember now ought to take tumble, and
bring the favorite gem OF the poor and
Ioyly once more within their reach.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
EnEInnd's Canal to the Northward.
,rro6i al New York SUM-

While the Hon John Hay was getting from
Great Britain all that he asked, why did he not
procure the naturalization in time Of war in
time OF peace, Of the important little waterway
known as the welland CanalG
WHY did he not persuade Great Britain to join
With ne In guaranteeing that the Welland Canal
shall be open to the warships Of England's enemy
in time OF war to which England is party?
II is true that the weland Canal is in one sense
mart Of Great Bitsin's coast line So will the
American isthmisn canal be part Of ours.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

even larger donations this year. are deter
mined TO have the benefit of the national
funds without paving anything for it. After
the Presidential election, in case the Re
publican party should again be successful.
some concession. perhaps. might be made
TO popular sentiment, but even that Is
doubtfll.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
on Duty.


From the st. Louis Republc.T
Senator Tburston's place during session Of the
Senate Is in Washington. He should be taking
nsrt in the deliberations in progress there, in
Head Of pleading in Nebraska court for a
liberal Zee from a trust. Trust legislation i one
~ tho grayest problems before Congress. Indirect
" .be standard oil Company is before Congress
Congress l. called upon already by the country TO
san the : ist system of which the Standard Oil
Germany ! the best developed representative.
NJ. Tbursion is irving two masters, and Mainmon
La. thu first car
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
The Questions of the Day.

Tron the Portland Oregonian.)
Is this Spain or the United statesE Is this the
seventeenth century or the nineteenth Are we
going TO treat Porto Rico and the Philippines
and promise to treat Cuba as crown colony TO
be despoiled, or province to be aided and built
upl Ii we are going to deal worse with these
new islands than Spain dealt with them, it will
be money in our pockets and lustre on our name
to get rid Of them
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

Senator Stewart thinks it Improbable
to discuss the constitutional power OF Con-
gress to impose tariff outrages upon Porto
Rico. Why? There are many Congress
men who would never have known that
the bill now being pressed by the Ad-
ministration is in fat violation OF the
Constitution II the Independent press had
not called their attention TO the fact. Dis
cussion is Just what is wanted. 1t has
already given the Payne bill very severe
Jolt,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

There is one brilliant diplomatic vic
tory to the credit Of the Administration
whatever else may happen in depressing
way. Notifications of the Samoan parti-
ton treaty we're signed yesterday at the
State Department. Thus the triple ALI
ance between the United States. Germany,
and Great Britain for the joint ownership
and government OF the islands came finally
to an end.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
A GIoriou. Opportunity.

From the Chicago Journsl)
The tariff clause in the Porto Rico bill will give
Mr.. Mckinley a chance to show whether he is his
own man and the Presiden. of the whole country,
or the subservient friend 4 our vested interests
and the President Of a favored part.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
The English Army.


(From the Boston HeraId.J
-. p.t,,;n ia rather late in proposing 10
,,.,n',r,,i1e her army, hut better late than
80 m err's vast room for reform where no
,,., man can enter the cavalry unless MS idthef
~, ,giVe him &, 800 year.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

From .he Chicago News.)
4, an indication Of Chicago police protection
:, ,J,rS neighborhoods. few taxpaying citizens
,';,.Lf Icsrn something by going out and look
re- for tle neighborhood patrolmen after IL
.,.cioek A.; night.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
phiIndeIphtn,s Gunrnntee.-M Mari

PhiIadeIphia's Guarantee. - Mark
Hanna last night received telegram from
Mayor Ashbridge advising that check for
% per cent OF the Philadelphia convention
yparantee fund had been forwarded yes
terday afternoon to Mr. Hanna THIS
means that s25,O4o, or one-fourth of the
amount pledged by Philadelphia as con-
dition precedent to securing the conven-
ton. has been raised. Chairman Hanna
had warm interviey with Mayor Ash
bridge in Washington at the beginning OF
Ii. week. and threatened to order the
convention to some other city II Philadel-
phia did not hurry and pour some cash
into the depleted treasury OF the National
Committee 1t is. therefore. obvious that
the Philadelphians took Mr.. Hanna seri-
ously and that they have gone to work
in earnest 70 n Use the money demanded.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The more the names OF the new crop OF Boston
iHors is read the more il reminds tho9ghtini
opIe If Emerson and Longiellow and Holmes.
u 40 different
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

The Injunction case Of Governor Beck
ham. of Kentucky. against Taylor. who
still holds the fort at Frankfort. has been
postponed again to the 21st instant. This
may be all right. but II looks good deal
like burning time. Perhaps it will not
matter. The Legislature is about to re-
sumo its sessions at Frankfort, where it
will recognize the legal Governor, and
Taylor will be ignored. But he ought TO
be elected as well. 1t makes Kentucky
look ridiculous TO have lawless private
citizen occupying her property and defy
ing her constitutional authorities.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
Tn. Porto pican Tnrin.-It is gen.

The Porto Rican Tnrif.-It Is gen.
orally admitted that President Mckinley
has yielded to the pressure of the New
England tobaeeoS interests against free
trade for Porto Rico. and will no longer
resist passage of the bill pending in the
House. which Impose a discriminating tarin
on nearly all the stable products of Porto
Rico. Mr.. Mckinley. contrary to the conf
dent expectations of some OF his greatest
admirers. apparently has abandoned the
position he took at the opening OF Con-
gress in favor Of absolute free trade for
our new insular possession. so as TO reheVe
the starvation ana suffering of the trust
ing Porto Ricans. Administration organs
are apologlzing for the Presidents change
of front and excusing him on the strictly
political ground that he does not desire
TO act contrary to the will of the people OF
the United States as expressed by the Re-
publican leaders in Congress" II is now
conceded in all quarters that the Porto
Rican Tariff bill will pass both houses by
practically party vote.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

Freezing Quay Out.-There appears
to be no longer any doubt that the Quay
opposi;ions "freezing-out'' policy is domi-
mating the Pennsylyanian's case. At the
most recent Senate Republican caucus an
incident occurred which plainly bears out
this theory. 1t is related that Senator
Chandler attempted TO induce the caucus
to make way on the calendar Tor ine
Quay case. Senator Chambers contentiosi
was that Colonel Quay's contest was
matter Of high personal privilege. and
should. therefore receive consideration at
the earliest date practicable. senator
Hale. Il is said boldly threw nimselI INTO
the breech and declared that the quay case
was not OF nearly so much Importance 10
the nation as Hawaiian and Porto Rican
legislation and other similar matters
pressing for attention. Until all OF these
subjects have been disposed Of" Senator
Hale is alleg8b 10, have said. 1.-The quay
case will haves to MATT" This is taken to
mean beyond peraiventure that the Quay
contest will feyef; each the Senate Tor
final adjudica qon. Though II is not doubted
by some of ,he Plrnsylvanian' bitterest
enemies that 4 II Should be put TO vote
Quay would Triumph This apparent para
dox is explained Ell the theory that GER
tain number IL Senators pledged TO Quay
would stand by their promise II vote
we're reached. and thus help TO seat MIN.
but that they are only too willing TO nave
the case postponed indefinitely. so the
contest cannot come to vote.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
P0LlTICALrN0TES AND GOSSIP.

Hnnna's Texas Order.-A great ado
is being made by the Administrationis's
over some recent Correspondence between
Chairman E. f. r. Green, of the Texas
Republican Committee, and the Hon.
Charles Dick, Secretary Of the Repuohean
National Committee. Chairman 1reen'
who. by the way. Is son of the famous
"Hetty," the female Russell Sage, wrote
letter TO Colonel Dick. naiyely enquiring II
the Administration were going TO allow
Federal offceholders to pack the Phiiadei-
phia convention. Colonel Dick, replying
for the Hanna machine, thus lays down the
law: while the National Committee does
not assume to interfere In the seiectloh vi
delegates, yet in order to avoid ADVERSE
criticism, ii is deemed advisable tna'' SO
far as possible, delegations TO the coming
National Convention should be composed
of those not holding Federal positions.
There are, OF course justfiable exceptions
to this rule, but public sentiment dictates
that Federal officials shall not be too prom
inently identified with the management oil
political conventions" To only those rev
persons acquainted with the Republican
situation in Texas do Colonel DICKS words
convey their true intent. While III is true
that the Republican party has as much
room 10 hustle in Texas Is lone ouiiiros
would have In Lake Michigan, yet there
are two warning factions of the party IN
the Lone Star State. One faction Is mead
ed by the rich and mirthful young MT
Green. and the other by DIT. John Grant
United States Marshal OF the northern DIS
trict, and the Texas member OF the Ma
tional Committee. The leaders have been
in a lively scrap for four years, and here
tofore Grant has been able. through his
connection with the National Committee.
10 hold the whip-hand over Green. AT
last, however. 1t appears that Green has
triumphed. at least TO the extent OF hav-
ing an order issued from headquarters
derogatory to Grants ambition TO attend
the Philadelphia convention as delegate
At the same time II may be that DR.. Grant
will come under the '.justifable exception
rule announced by the crafty Colonel DICK.
At any rate 1t is well understood in Wash
ington that the Dick letter is meant to
apply only TO Texas.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17
Matrimonial, Iufclici,,.

Professor William g. sumner, oil me
department of Social Science at Yale
University. has made a statement likely
to revive the comparatively recent and
heated discussion as 10 the ACCESSIBILITY OF
entering the matrimonial state While
lecturing before the Yale senior class. he
expressed the belief that ninety per cent
OF the marriages of the present day result
unhappily for the reason that they are
not brought about by mutual affection but
entered into more as a matter OF course.
Professor Summers intention. no doubt,
was to warn his hearers against contract
ing injudicious marriages on the mere i'm
pulse OF youthful emotion and without con-
sidering the necessary factors OF economic
responsibility, personal affinity, and the
determination to triumph over inevitable
difficulties that find their way into the
majority OF lives. There are many who
will believe that the Yale social scientist
could have conveyed his sdmonitions with
out destroying faith in ideals or casting
seemingly unwarranted aspersion upon the
American family. which is the true foun-
dalton of our national strength.
Professor Sumner has doubtless noted
the conspicuous increase in the number OF
divorces and other evidences CT marital
infelicity. But he seems TO have ignored
two other prominent facts-that the popu-
lstion has also grown with remarkable
bounds, and that one sensational divorce
proceeding is given the widest publicity.
while hundreds of congenial marriages are
never heard of outside of a small and
immediate circle of individuals. Happy
marriages, from their very nature. are
not conspicuous or ostentatious affairs,
and not sufficiently unusual to demand
space in the newspapers. They do not at
tract the attention OF the courts or the
general public, and II is difficult to sur
mise, therefore. where the Yaie critic Oh
existing social conditions obtained the
facts upon which to base his rather sweep
ing statement.
II Professor Summers assertion is even
partially true. it is a sorry outlook for
the world. The stability. progress, and
morality of any people. great or small,
depends largely upon the home and its
teachings, the most important school for
the men and women OF the future Abra-
ham Lincoln's many references to the
debt of gratitude he owed his mother for
shaping his character were inspiring tri-
butes 10 the home and its influences. II
is expected. however, that thorough dis
cussion of Professor Summers iconoclastic
statement of his belief will result in an
array of facts showing him to be in error.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

A nonresident of Illinois. although
stockhclder in a corporation owning lands
in that State, must pay license for the
privilege OF hunting game in the State.
Judge Kohlssat. OF the United States Circuit
Court has SO decided in re Eberls CeS Fed.
295) He holds that the sovereign owner
ship of wild game is in the State. in trust
for the benefit of its citizens, and that a
statute requiring non-resldents TO pay
license for the privilege OF hunting game
therein is police regulation within the
power of the State. and not uneonstitu-
tiOSal.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

Groceries sold by camp meeting asso-
citation on the grounds owned by the asso-
citation are held by the Supreme Court OF
New Hampshire, in the case OF Alton Bay
Camp Meeting Association VS.. Town OF Al
ton CAS- ALL 95l, rot to be exempt under an
act exempting the property OF the associa-
ton from taxation. The court said that 1t
was not the intention of the Legislature to
exempt the association from taxation as
a merchant or trader and that there could
be no distinction between business car
ried on in a town by the association and a
similar business conducted on its camp
ground
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

IL has been held in the recent case OF
HefIerman VS.. Hayes ga Law Journal,
S2S). before the Supreme Court of Victoria,
that drunkenness does not constitute de-
fence to libel or SANDER. nor can 1t be
pleaded In mitigation Of damages. In the
present case the defendant was sued
for libel and in defence stated that he
was suffering from temporary madness.
caused by excessive drinking, when he Ut
tered the words complained of, and that
he did not utter them Intentionally nor
maliciously. All three judges agreed la
the result, but differed in their reasons
Chief Justice Madden said, In part: 1T IS
suggested that (drunkenness) would go IN
mitigation of damages. In my opinion they
do not, 1t could never be con
tended that if the editor OF newspaper
had been wandering round town drunk
and that his state was obvious TO anyone
who saw it, and while under the influence
Of d-ink he published in his newspaper a
libel. his drunkenness would amount 10
defence. or could go to mitigate damages
I think that is quit, clear. HOW hiuch
less would a person be injured by reason
Of the publisher OF the libel or siander
having been drunk when he published IL :.
/ do not think drunkenness mitigates dam
ages in civil proceeding any more tnah
in a criminal case 1t mitigates the pun
ishment. Such a thing has never yet oeeh
admitted. and know OF no principle upon
which ii could be upheld
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

Society and the criminal ere at war.
and capture by surprise, or ambush. or
masked battery is as permissible In one
case as in the other" said the Supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania in the case OF the
Commonwealth VS.. Cressinger ga, Ati..
Rep. 433l. and on this theory the court
held that even though confession OF
murder is obtained from defendant by a
trick. il is admissible, unless the circum-
stances are such as to suggest an infer
ence that, through fear or hope, a false
confession may have been made.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-17

a photograph OF an actress has been
held by Judge Wallace. Of tn. United
States Circuit Court in New York, not TO
be capable OF being copyrighted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-15

Whereas =. E. t4luAtl .s.ars ar I MARTHA 4.
ChukeulrsTa- l.- y. &c., rs la.ir deed OF trust
dated b,teh.r g. 4-.s-. ArI recorded Ga she
recorder u-trs Ny5iatn s-t Fey "sIe> county,
Missouri, iu lesak ~ To- 81 Fz-, -. conveyed
Il tn Enl-r- iZn-t trustee. lle following de
scrih"ti real estate situated ia Rates county,
Missouri, tO-W:t
IoI toAr "a rs The northwest quarter and
ELEVEN II o. a-r.- ir iA- uoE,lwv-- corner 81 the
east hygr u. 3at three d. ut Th.. northwest guar
fourth~ OF the west half of tHr northwest quar-
ter OF the southeast quarter, ali in section i've
80. in township thIrly-niue tf1, Of rang thirty
t50I, containing IN all loG re- more or less,
which convey ance - made IN trust 10 secure
the payment of one certain note fully described
in said deed of trust, and whereas default has
been made in the payment Of The annual N
terest said mote. and whers a.. according to
the term, and cOu1i ti3us of said note and deed
of trust, such default rendered the whole debt
due and paya0lr at one, AMI the samc Is
now past due and unpaid. Now, there
| fore ~ the request u the legal holder ot salG
note ard pursuant 10 the conditions OF said deed
Of trust, I VIII proceed 10 sell the anoN
dtsCI bed real estate at public Ncnauc, 10 the
highest bidder for cash, Al the east 'front.' uo''i
81 lae court house in the city % Butler, county
| 81 lates and state Of Missouri, on
Friday February 16. 1870,
| between the hours Of nine O'Clock in the fore
| noon and I've o'clock in the afternoon Of tbs
| day, Tor the purposes Of satisfying SAID debt
| interest and costs <. =. ALLEN.
| u-4t Trustee