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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
The Sound Money League,

J. Sterling Morton having resigned the
presidency Of the Sound Money League,
some discussion has arisen as to whether
that organization should be maintained
through the coming campaign. Why should
it be? Why should not sound money dem-
democrats have the courage openly to ally
themselves this year according to their
convictions of duty. and so as to realize
to the full upon their strength Why
should this halfway house be longer sup
ported to shelter men who want to see
free silver kept under, but who hesitate
about cooperating directly with the only
party pledged specifically TO that end and
capable of accomplishing it2
The situation of 1896 so far as sound
money democrats are concerned is not the
situation of today. The adoption of the
Chicago platform was q stunning blow to
many men who had never voted any but a
democratic ticket, and faced suddenly for
the first time the serious suggestion that
Democratic success at the polls would mean
injury to the credit of the country They
looked Pskance at the republican ticket,
but sheepishly conceded that in the cir
cunlstances it ought to win; and so they
focked together. to Mr.. Brygn's injury, and
made UP little party of their own Some
OF them before election day rolled around
plueked up courage enough to go squarely
over 10 the republicans and to vote the
republican ticket
This year. far as the money issue Is
concerned. there will be no surprises in
either the presidential candidates nominate
ed. or in the national platforms adopted
Voters. this far in advance of either ma
uona convention. may with entire safety
make up their minds as to where their in
terests and duty will lie in going to the
polls The party of sound money is we'll
defined. and the party of free silver can
be picked out by a blind man. One or
the other OF these two parties Is bound
TO win. Why should any man who appre-
GATES the great Importance of the money
issue hesitate, therefore. about choosing
between them? II he favors sound money
his duty is plain; and equally plain is it If
he favor free silver. Why. particularly
II he favors sound money, should he mere
Iy enter a protest by voting for some cam
didate who has no chance of success what
ever?
This last national campaign of the GEN.
tury promises to be the most stirring we
have ever had. Why any guerrilla parties ?
Why any tenderfect? Why any side is
sues, or small issues? Why should not
everybody come Out into the open, and
fight under the flag ne really in his heart
OF hearts wants to see successful?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Nainsook
Undergarments.

Attention is called to a number OF
excellent values We are now offering
in Nainsook Undergarments. They
are carefully made, tastefully trim
med with dainty laces and embroid-
cries and are priced no higher than
the ordinary cotton garments.
women's Naiusook Drawers, three styles. hem
and tucks. tucked rufies, or embroidery -.
trimmed. Pair ...................... bON.
Women's NainsoOk Drawers two styles umbrella
shape founce, with embroidery edge, or 49,
trimmed with blind embroidery. Pair. -. VS..
Women's Nainsook Corset Govern blouse styla
with tape at waist, trimmed with torchon -oc
lace and insertion. Each. ~.
Women's Nainscok Corset Covers. blouse style.
gathered at waist. round peck with band Of w.
insertion and lace edge. Each. /SC.
Women's Nains0Ok Short Skirts, umbrella
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Women's Nainsook Gowns. yoke OF fine hemstttch-
ed tucks finished with feather braid and q, -
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Women's Nainsook Gowns square neck back and
front, trimmed with insertion. beading and O.
ribbon finished with embroidered edge. Ea. 9l.SO
Women's Nainook Chemises, round neck
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Women's NainsOok Chemises, round neck
trimmed with lCce and ribbon. Each. pl.OO
Second floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Porto Rico'. Vanishing Export Trad.

STATISTICS prepared Dy the w ar Depart
ment relative to the expectations from
Porto Rico during the months of February
1880 and 1890. printed elsewhere today, are
startling in their appeal for immediate ac-
ton by Congress along the line of the
plain duty of the United States. They
show that the goods shipped from the island
during last February reached in value only
s.2l2, as against s279. oei in the same month
last year. a loss Of over - per cent But even
more convincing Is the further showing
that whereas in 1899 of the total exporta-
lions per cent came to the United States.
In 1890 only per cent came here. To show
that the Porto Ricans were desperate this
February 1t is but necessary to disclose
through these figures how eagerly they
sought the nearest and yet the least inviting
market, that Of Cuba In last February q
per cent OF the total expectations went to
Cuoa, while this February SO per cent went
there. Thus. while the American market
diminished to the vanishing point, the Gu
ban market was increased through a
wretched necessity, to an abnormal total
average.
A glance at the decreases in the exports
OF particular articles from Porto Rico is
suggestive. Coffee fell off from s2o6, $40 to
3I.l16; leaf tobacco from s21, O95 to 1894;
refined sugar from s16.510 to nothing. In
other words, in these three staple commod-
tiles Porto Rico's export trade virtually
shrunk out Of existence. and all because of
the uncertainty of the political future the
imposition Of present tariffs, the fear of
capitalists to invest their money In a ques-
tionable market. The reverse should have
been the case Instead of a shrinkage of
Y per cent. there should have been an in
crease Of at least so per cent In the insuIa r
output Instead of doubt and distress, there
should have been enterprise and prosper
ity. These figures ought to be pasted In the
hat of every senator and representative in
Congress. They are certain to be spread
from one end of the country to the other
during the coming months unless the SEN
ate next Tuesday corrects the error of the
proposed legislation and kills the tariff fea
| lures of the Porto Rico bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

rope assert that Japan would prove more
than match for Russia in q suddenly pre-
cipitated campaign, pressed with snap and
determination to a quick finish. the jap
anese navy being now sufficiently large to
infiict great damage upon the Russian ports
in Asia. But II Is extremely doubtful
whether Russia could easily be caught nap
ping by a program of surprise and sharp
warfare. There are many thousands of
Russian troops now in eastern Asia and
heavy reserves are readily available within
a few days travel. Against the possible
success of Japan on the sea must BE- offset
the possibility of an invasion of Japan by
hordes of Russian troops through some
weak spot in the japanese armor. All these
speculations to the chances of possible
conflict grow out of the conviction which
has apparently settled itself abroad that
these two powers are jealousy watching
each other for a possible opening. Korea
event is to be questioned, in view Of the
fact that Japan's leading statesmen today
are conservatively urging against war and
striving for prolongation of peace and the
upbuilding of the domestic industries and
the development of foreign commerce. Ko-
rea's appeal for Intervention. if uttered.
may therefore fall on deaf ears In Japan
unless there are strong evidences of a Rus
sian plan to use the peninsula as the base
for future operations against the island en-
pire
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A. the Cnse stands.

As matters seem TO be shaping themselves
in this Porto Rican case, the Senate is to
make the same appeal to the House that
the House when it sent the tariff bill over
made to the Senate. The House in effect
said; This is our bill Never mind about
who has or has not changed his mind on
the subject Never mind about the influ-
ences that prevailed to induce the change
of mind and that put the bill through
Never mind about the protests in the press
oT elsewhere. The bill is our bill. 1t rep
resents now the. majority controlling the
House. and you must stand up for us. Take
the bill and pass it.
If the Senate republicans pass their bill
they Will say in effect to the House: I'VE
did not like your bill In fact. it was with
great difficulty that we could handle 1t ALL
AS a separate proposition it was impossible
Our conferences were all against it. But
we hearkened at last to your appeals for
harmony and for unfolding your majority
control. and so have made your bill a part
of bill of our own for civil government in
Porto Rico. Now you stand by us. 1t has re-
quired hard pull and pull altogether to
turn this trick. and it must remain as
turned. or failure all round will be the
result"
This may be described. in the lingo of the
street as "hoss and boss" Will the House
yield to the Senate? Will the republicans
In that body who voted for the tariff, but
who favor free trade and are now advised
that their constituents do also, vote a sec
ond time against their avowed convictions?
Is public sentiment. as expressed through
well accredited channels, to be def1ed in
support of a hlunder as against what the
President has described as "a plain duty?"
If this bill passes Congress, the President
will feel himself obliged to sign it. And
then the republican party will be saddled
with full responsibility for measure which
the people in the middle west and through
out the northwest have In particular con-
demned. Their newspapers could not If they
would and would not if they could change
front on this question. So that If the OXnard
leadership is to prevail, the republican
press and many of the republican orators
In the territory where this years battle is
to be fought will be silenced on this most
Important campaign topic by quotations
from their own honest deIiverances. Is
the prospect pleasing to anybody who de-
sires sound money and protection success
in November?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

commission proceeded with its task. The
claimants have been put to enormous ex-
penses, covering a period Of fully ten years.
The chief claimant. McMurdo. an American,
has died. and his widow finds her share Of
the settlement reduced to q comparatively
paltry sum. There is, of course no re-
course against the award, which is unani-
nous and final. There is as yet no talk Of
the decision involving the Portuguese gov
eminent In the necessity to sell or lease
Deiagoa bay to secure the payment. In
deed in the face of the small sum named
such a conclusion Is highly improbable,
Tor 1t Is altogether unlikely that Portugal
will not find ways and means to scrape to-
gether three and a half millions In order
to save property which has lately grown
enormously valuable and which is certain
to grow In value In the years to come She
can doubtless find rich friend on the con-
tinent to advance the money on good do
mest1c security, or none at all. indeed, when
the pinch comes. There are at least two
powers, perhaps three. that would eagerly
give Portugal the necessary trif1e to pre-
vent England from securing a further lien
upon Delagoa bay. Meanwhile 1t is to be
regretted that the award has for a time at
least brought the arbitration system into
disfavor, at least in England and perhaps
in this country as we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
The Delasoa Hay Aw,ra

After many months of delay the Delagoa
Bay award has been announced. 1t proves
to be very disappointing to the claimants
individually and to the British government
for political reasons. 1t is virtually In ia
vor Of Portugal, although that government
Is assessed a total of s.. 2O2. 800, with inter-
est to date. 1t was confidently believed
that on the merits Of the claims Portugal
would be taxed fully $4,000 900 for her in
reference with the Delasoa Bay railroad
concessions. q sum which she Is by no
means able to pay. The British Journals
are already limiting at continental influences
which served to hammer down the award,
just as a wep-defined suspicion has existed
In England for many months that these
same influences were at work to postpone
the final announcement In the interests of
the Beers Thus the whole arbitration Is a
disappointment. both in tho amounts award
ed and in the diiatory manner in which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
The Philosopher.

Oh, his face is very solemn
AS he looks along the column
Where the economic theories are spread.
And he says we must be careful,
Likewise erudite and pray rful,
If we aren't-well, we might as well be-
dead.
And the coal is getting lower
And the clock is ticking slower
And the lawyers written threatening a call
He is poor as any peasant,
Some would say 1t was unpleasant,
But 1t doesn't seem to worry him at all.
His researches scientific
Ara with doubts and fears prolific;
He says the earth will shrivel I'D and freeze
And we won't have any fuel
To confront the winter cruel
He is much disturbed Ger matters such as
these.
His bank account Is tiny
And his sleeves are short and shiny.
And creditor is waiting in the hall.
1t Is scarce the situation
For man of education,
But 1t doesn't seem to worry him at all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
The Special Pension BIZ Burden.

Th6evils of the special pension legislation
system were aptly illustrated Wednesday
through short speech by Senator Gal
finger in explanation of request for addi-
tional clerical help in the committee on
pensions. as follows:
Il have managed to get along with the
present clerical force in the committee on
pensions until it has become impossible to
properly consider bills that have been pre-
scented unless some relief is granted. There
are before our committee about LOO Senate
bills of a special nature and some fifty gen.
eral pension bills, and there are before the
House hundreds and hundreds of bills that
will come over here for consideration. AS
an Illustration, one senator three days ago
handed me forty-seven bills, which he said
he would like to have looked up. That means
that We shall send to the pension bureau
for forty-Seven bundles of papers, each
one OF which will take any clerk several
hours to properly examine. and with the
present help 1T is an absolute physical I'M
possibility to do what senators are asking
the committee to do"
The great pension bureau, with its hun
dreds of trained clerks and its CORDS of
physicians and experts in the law and spe-
cial examiners, annually rejects certain
percentage Of pension claims. A large part
of those rejected claims soon afterward ap-
pear in the form of special bills, in one
house or the other. or both. The claimant
urges his bill on the ground of political
friendship, occasionally on the ground of
urgent necessity. Some of these claims are
meritoriouS, having been rejected through
technicalities which do not reflect upon the
absolute worth of the claimant or his
righteous appeal to the country for help
Very many of them are petitions for in
creases over the pensions allowed by the
bureau Some of them are sheer frauds
Practically all of them are barred by the
laws or by the lack of evidence.
1t would naturally seem that these cases,
having been winnowed out Of the mass by
most exhaustive process, in which appeals
are amply allowed and the claimant Is Of
fered wide opportunity for proof, repre-
sent the most difficult and intricate of all
those presented and passed upon. Yet the
houses of Congress, with a force wretch
eddy inadequate for even cursory exam
ination of the papers, continue to attempt
to ad1udicate these claims, in the hurry of
the session. In the press of other business
and in the face of the knowledge that the
claimants appear with prejudice against
them by reason of their former rejection
1t is asking too much of Congress. too
much Of the chairmen of the pension COM
mttees Yet the system has become firmly
established and is hard to abandon. 1t
would have been more to the point had
Senator Gallfnger, one of the most consci-
entious workers in the upper house, asked
the Senate to relieve him and his colleagues
of this work and pass a law revising the
process of enacting special legislation for
rejected claimants by utilizing the great
pension bureaus machinery and special ap-
planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Saturdays
Pure Food List.

Roe's Centennial Peas, can. 1oc
shriver's Gold Label Pess. 2 cans for. ..... 2ac
Shriver's Silver Label Peas, can. .........,, loo
Shriver's No. Peas, can...............1 9c
New York State Corn, observation-disclosures. 7c
Maine Sugar Corn, can. Observation-Disclosures. loo
Maine Cream Sugar Corn, can.......... 12c
Nanticoke Tomatoes, can..................... &c.
Independence Tomatoes, can............... &C.
Defence Brand Lima Beans. can........... lOc
farriex Brand Baked Beans, can. 12c.
o1ford Baked Beans, can. INSTRUMENTATION. 12c.
New World White Cling Peaches can. ... Ice.
Bahama Pineapple. can. ..................... 25c
Calf )rnta Pears can. Doc
California Aprteots, can. Observation-Disclosures. tic.
bOyd Qleen Table SYRUP hrgall0n can. 35c.
GerInea Breakfast Food, package. ........... lie.
Wheatlet breakfast Food, package. ....... lac.
tommy Grits OLD. package. ................ lie.
homeless Codnsh, S-lb box. Soc.
session Srown Bread, IN can. 15c.
Spnt Peas, package OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lie.
Mnite Beans, package. .....-............... lie.
Alden & Niehalsen's Fruit Jams, glass. .... Toe.
armour Key soap, 10 cakes for ............ &c.
Schulfzs Star Soap, cake. Observation-Disclosures. Sc.
t.ehoA soap, cakes Tor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sc.
BROOKS crystal Soap, cake. .....-............ &c.
Sapoii0 cake. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. &c.
Fifth Eoof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
The Shallow and Trivial Macrum.
From the Philadelphia Record.

Consul Macrup as an accuser of the ad-
ministration ruined his case before he left
Pretoria. He failed to communicate to the
State Department the tampering with his
mail by British agents. His examination
before the congressional committee shows
that he was untitled for the position he
held in Pretoria, but it failed to devotion
any sufficient reason for his desertion OF
his post. He keeps that to himself. The
fellow is evidently shallow and trivial
parsonage who will serve to fill a page In
the yellow newspapers for a day or two
brance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Mere NOnRense.

II think these jokes about Easter bon
nets are downright stupid" said Mr. Meek
ton.
"Indeedr
Eyes. The idea of a womans asking her
husband for money to get bonnet with!
Just as if she didn't have 1t all the time
and wasn't thinking herself pretty generous
If she gave him % cents to buy lunch
WITH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Corset
Department.

A perfect corset is one whicl
makes the average figure closely ap
proach the modiste's ideal withou
causing the slightest discomfort. w
keep no corset that isn't reliable, an,
we recommend the following, whicl
are thoroughly trustworthy:
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and medium. Pair eDe. sa.sea e...a ioos SIS
p. d; Corsets, cOatf extra long and O.
snort. falr. ply
boned Pair. 'enen sa.eeo neax! SIS
front. long OF hips Pairs se's. e0ua straight 500
Parame Corsets, batiste and eoutil, o>6 =,
straight front, long hips Pair. ......... 20 Sc
Sapphire Corsets batiste. straight front. c. n
faH. ~ -
Second floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

With the publication of the official CORE
spondence covering Secretary Hays Chinese
negotiation. we are enabled to see on what
boldly original Lines 1t was conceived, and
with what complete success it was carried
out. When the London Times recognizes
the event as a signal success Of American
diplomacy" Americans ought not to be be-
midland in their praise of a great achieve
ment by their Department of State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Not a Complete Substitute.

''They say the automobile is going to SUI
perseds the horse remarked the livery
stable man.
Yes" ..
well. don't you believe 1t. I don't be-
lieve the day will ever come when well
hang over a rail and risk our financial fu-
lures on an automobile race. And 1 know
for certain that when meat gets scarce
we'll never eat them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Secretary Hays "Open Door, Triumpb
From the Cleveland Leader

correspondence between the Secretary Of
State and the American ambassadors and
ministers who have made known to inter
States respecting the open door. IN ~
Chinese empire. places before the people Of
this republic and before the world proof Of
great diplomatic triumph. The prestige
larger than ever against the complex and
shifting background Of the intrigues and
rivalry OF European nations In eastern
Asia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Too COnSistent,

Il thought you said this was a change
able climate" said the man with cold.
Well was the Apologize answer, cit
used to be changeable. l have never be-
fore known 1t to make up its mind to be so
consistently soggy."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
Spring.

It's spring when you are sneezing
And coughing all day long;
It's spring when you are wheeling
And feeling far from strong.
Ills spring when you are dragging
Through existence like a log;
When your lungs are limp and sasgine
And your Joints are full of fog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30
SHOOTING STARS.
Business.

THE way to succeed in this life Is to at.
tend strictly to your business"
yes, answered Senator Sorghum, but
first you want to organize trust so that
nothing can happen that isn't some Of your
business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

1t would be convenience il the new
Persian minister, Mofakham Ed Dowleh,
would permit the liberty Of dropping the
other syllables and calling him Ed" for
short.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

ihere has been gentle optimism in the
remarks of the weather bureau which
would indicate that 1t has been unduIy in
huenced by the spring poem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

The Transvaal's diplomatic correspond
ence would indicate that the burghers some
time ago ceased to hope that Mr.. Webster
Davis visit had any official significance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

If Governor Taylor were to be arrested
the question Of where the pardoning power
rests in Kentucky would be more compu-
Gated and interesting than ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

The Presidents advisers, in connection
with the Porto Rican tariff, should bear in
mind the faliacy of eounselIing a man never
to believe what he sees in the newspapers
unless 1t Is complimentary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

The Porto Ricans are fortunate In not
being required to depend upon the Atkinson
output for their sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

Mr.. Beveridge has at least satisfied his
conscience to the extent of not disappoint-
ing the people who were anxious to hear
him make a speech
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

The Beers bestow on the British the fiat
terry Of imitation in refusing to know when
they have been whipped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

From the Chicago Tribune.

The "open door, will do more for the
United states than for any other nation.
Hence thanks are due to the Secretary of
state for his part in securing that open
door"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

General Roberts has started a newspaper
at Bloemfontein. and expects to have some
big victory news for 1t very soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-30

Dom Paul has made a showing with "the
FARMER In politics' far beyond anything
our own populists ever contemplated.