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SUNDAY, MARCH IS. 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Free State forces are rapidly
dsintegrating over four hundred burghers hav-
ing surrendered to Lord Roberts at Bloem-
fontein: the British columns 10 the south of
Bloemfontein have united; Lord Dundonald's
cavalry have had a skirmish with the Beers,
who are strongly intrenched in the Drakens-
berg and Biggarsberg passes; Colonel Plumer's
relief column has reached Pitsani, q short dis
tance north OF Mafeking. - The shamrock
displayed and ST. Patricks Day celebrated
with great enthusiasm throughout England
Merchants Of San Juan Will demand immediate
action by Congress on the tariff question: -
the Hartford, FaTraguts flagship, sailed from
Valparaiso for Montevideo. - The Drey
fusards vigorously oppose the proposed Gov
eminent measure granting amnesty. - There
was a strike OF Chinese Workmen on the Ex-
position grounds in Paris Activity in
Russian naval circles in the Corean straits gives
rise TO fears of an early outbreak of in
the East. - Rival religious factions fight in
France.
DoMEsTIC--Captain Leary. Governor of
Guam. issued proclamation abolishing slavery
on the island. - Colonel Andrew Davidson
was elected commandant OF the Soldiers and
Sailors Home at Bath, to take the place of Colo
mel Charles o. Shepard who was removed from
office. - The steamer Louisville got into
port at ST Joseph, Mich, after being icebound
Maine is reported TO be short and high prices
are expected to rule. - Municipal tickets
Fleischmann being the Republican candidate for
Mayor. - The State Senate after all
night session adjourned: speeches were made
condemning the action of the Senators who left
the chamber. - Plans prepared for the
establishment Of an American school in Pales-
tine.
CITY-Stocks were strong and moderately
active - 1t was said that the March Grand
Jury might be continued in April a Special
Grand Jury and the indictments in the vice
crusade might be prosecuted by Special Dep
uty Attorney General. - Bishop Potter and
the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, who went with
him as his chaplain. returned from their trip
around the world, and the Bishop expressed
himself pleased with what he in Manila.
- st. PatriclIs Day was celebrated with a
parade and dinners. The Friendly Sons of ST.
Patrick held their 10th anniversary dinner at
Delmonicos. -= The famous old trotter Maud
S, died at the age Of twenty-six. = list
OF the loans secured by the Third-ave. road was
made public. - The regular ticket was elect
ed a the annual meeting of the Lotos Club
"a arrested on charge OF snug
Cling on the arrival Of the Campania.
THE WEATHER--Forecas for to-day:
Warmer and partly cloudy. The temperature
yesterday: Highest. 2S degrees; lowest. IA; aver
age. % degrees.
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He would be the ablest editor in the profession.
whether as leader writer newsgatherer. So
would He excel In whatever profession or trade
He might engage in. Surely, them the man
who would show us Christ's way of running Il
paper should be no mere novice, but an expert
master of the craft. 1t would be presumption
for n man who had never studied anatomy 10
undertake to show how to perform delicate
surgical operation, for one who was ignorant
of mathematics to show how to perform an
abstruse problem in the calculus. How is 1t
less presumptuous for man who is unframed
in newspaper work TO pretend to show not only
how newspaper should be run, but how it
should and would be run by the All-Wise God
Himself?
The fact Is there is great deal too much
well meaning violation of the Third Command
ment Men are protesting or assuming a ia
miliarity with God and with His will that Is in
nowise to be indicated They talk about what
He would do or would not do though they
had daily direct revelations from Him. As
matter of fact they merely exploiting their
own conceptions of Him. which may be correct
or may be altogether false But In unrescrved-
ly labelling those conceptions with His name
they are taking His name in vain no less surely
and scarcely less extensively than the street
ruffian whose profane swearing they so steTnly
condemn If any man wants to do anything as
he thinks God would like to have it done. we'll
and good. 1t is in that spirit that every man
should do every task. But when man pre-
tends to do anything as God would do lt-as
wisely as Omniscience and as strongly as ON
impotence and as perfectly as All Perfection
could do 1.-THE gets dangerously close to the
lire which divides the honest. humble and rev.
erent man from the charlatan and the fanatic.
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wrong. lnsistence on his part would drive the
organization TO change its attitude. for il never
dared openly array itself against the Governor
on the platform of turning the Legislature into
a promoting agency Of private contracting any
more than it dared array itself against him on
franchise taxation or on the Fallows BILL though
it tried to defeat both by pettifoggng just as it
is now trying to defeat the Morgan bill. Gov
ernor Roosevelt doubtless has not failed to no.
tice that bad as Tammany government of New
York is, at least one man has arisen from its
surface to resist the Ramapo job. Does he wish
the Republican party to go into the next cam
paign with less to its credit than Tammany?
Shall Coler fight the Croker end of the CON
spiracy here while Roosevelt leaves the Plat
end at Albany to be carried TO success?
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her lies will give them cause to rejoice in the
good that has come to them out of evil.
SECRETARY ROOTS BILL.

A letter in another part of The Tribune from
an Army officer gives some views on Secretary
Roots new staff measure which Is now before
Congress in the form of a bill. the consideration
of which will soon come up before the Com
mittee on Military Affairs. The views of The
Tribunes correspondent are shared by nearly
all line officers who are also in sympathy with
Secretary Roots plan and advocate its passage
as vigorously staff officers oppose it.
If the passage OF the measure before Congress
will reduce the barriers which have existed for
years between the two branches of the service.
and if It WILL as the line officers argue improve
the efficiency of the whole service. it should
ceive earnest consideration. even if its passage
is opposed by some old and worthy officers
The bill provides that hereafter when n va
cancy shall occur in the Adiutant- Generals or
Inspector-Generals or other staff department it
shall be filed by detail from the Army at large,
line or staff and that more permanent ap-
pontments shall be made in either department.
Officers detailed for staff service shall return to
their regiments after four years. BY doing this
Secretary Root hopes to diminish the number of
burcaucrats. The men who have grown old In
office chairs, to whom war is terrible calamity
because it upsets their office rules and regula-
tons and disturbs plans as to tabuating and
recording matters pertaining TO ordnance, equip
ment, supplies, etc, will not be disturbed if the
Root plan should be adopted. They will be
allowed to remain and hold down the chairs to
which they have become accustomed but in
order to prevent the young men from becoming
like their chiefs they will be required to do
some service in the line. On this point Score
tary Roots bill to increase the efficiency of the
military establishment of the United States is
fashioned on the usagcs in the English army by
the operation of which men like Roberts,
Kitchener. Gatacre ard many other general off,
GERS acquired useful knowledge in staff de-
partmentS.
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"WHAT GOD WOULD DO"

a few years ago when callOw scribbler put
forth work under the title IF l Were God
there was instant and general recognition of the
indecency of the thing. There was seen to be
in the hypothesis an intimation that God was by
no means doing as we'll as He might and that
the author, if put into His place, could do
great deal better. 1t is by no means certain
that a similar bit of irreverence-to dignity it
with a serious TERMS not perpetrated by
those who are given to doing this, that or the
other thing 'as Christ would do it," For. as
matter Of fact. it is not as He would do it, but
they think He should do it, that they show
US. 1t would be mOnStrous assumption for any
one to pretend to know precisely how Christ
would do thing. All he can know is how he
thinks Christ would do it. And 30 he shows lis
not what Christ would do but what he himself
would do if he were Christ.
Just that has been done by the man who
has been editing a Western newspaper cas-
Christ would edit it," We assume that he is
sincere and honest He does not profess to
have received any special Divine revelation of
the journalistic methods and principles of Jesus
of Nazareth. eve do not mean TO be irrever
ent) SO he must have been merely showing us
his own ideas of Christ's editorial policy show
ing us what he would do. as an editor. if he
were Christ That may be reconcilable with
his notions of reverence. To a great many
it must recall the words of the voice that was
heard by the Temanite, Shall mortal man be
more just than God: Shall a man be more
pure than his maker:" For to edit paper
las Christ would edit it" or las l would edit it
if | were Christ is to intimate that in this.
Gods world. among all the newspapers edited
by GOd-fearing men, God has never yet sue
ceeded in getting edited quite as II should
be. wherefore this Jealous mentor of Divinity
assumes the task Of showing Him how 10 do il.
Apart from that II must be deemed pre-
sumptuous for an ineXpert man to pretend 10
show forth omniscience. We suppose lin all
reverence that if Christ were to edit a news
paper He would bring to the task the fullest
possible knowledge of every detail of the work.
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President Krigers annexation of the Orange
Free State to the Transvaal is reminiscent OF MS
former attempt to the same end. Then he trled
to annex it by raiding II with force and arms
setting the example which Jameson followed IN
after years But the stout Orange burghers
turned manfully with their elephant guns
and brought him and his feIlow-outlaws 10
halt It is doubtful If. after the wretched scrape
the Transvaal has led the Orange State into
this latest attempt at annexation will be any
more favoraby received by the Orange brrghers
And, however they may regard II, there Is no
reason to suppose the British Government, which
is now supreme over that country, will pay any
serious attention to It,
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enthusiasm with which the day was celebrated.
even to the wearing Of shamrock by the hated
Sassenach. But perhaps the strangest par, OF
1t all was the hatred displayed by so many
Irishmen for Cecil Rhodes. the eminent nome
Ruler. who more than any one else financed
Parnell's campaigns for him, and paid out OF MS
own pocket the salaries of numerous irish mem
bers at Westminster The luminosity shown tow
ard him now looks as though Irishmen thought
more of the Beers than of Ireland
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II is gratifying to learn that the Rapid Transit
Commission is awake to the Importance Of add
ing pipe galleries to the railroad tunnels.

Referring to the present condition Of things
IN this city, the Governor says: II am glad that
the people should have brought sharply home
exactly what is meant by the triumph of the
wide open and to hell with reform policy In
municipal government" 1t would be interesting
to know whether not Mr.. Plat having been
the chief cause of the existing situation, cor
daily acquesces' in the Governors sentiments.
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Philadelphia is trine slow In fulfilling ner
guarantees relating to the Republican Conven-
ton. but it is yet necessary to conclude tnat
the National Committee purchased gold brick
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Business y oilres.

None but the purest distilled water is used in
TIE manufacture Of Carl. SCRULTZ'S waters. thus
REMOVING ALI, DANGER OF CONTAMINATION.
especially in these days OF dirty croton water
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Bloemfontein happily escapes material injury
from the war and is safer under the protection
of its conquerors than it was under that of its
fugitive Chief Magistrate. 1t will find the force
that occupies it entirely friendly in its attitude
toward the inhabitants and the flag II carries
their symbol Of guardianship for a long time
to come. They will learn after while to
give it loyalty, scattered families OF their
race have done all the world for the
last two and a half centuries. and been worse
but rather the better for II.
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The Maine ice crop is said to be failure, bu;
II Mr. Triplers perpetual motion liquid air
power scheme can make a little cold go through
an engine and produce more cold without limit
we shall not mind the absence Of natural ice
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The Musical Art Society. or it's conductor. is n0
t" be faulted for not having done at It's first con
cert the extraordinary thing tina. IL did az It's So
ond; that stands to reason We now oh'
trying TO show how extraordinary its second PC.
formance The classical school OF ecciesF
astical music represented the programmes
by motel for double chorus. ''Tu es Petrus y
the elder Scarlatti and three pieces by PalestnnA
the "Improperio,' Gloria Patri' and STAYS
Mater all for two chors. In the first two gum
bers the first choir consisted OF the hfty p.
fessionals on the platform, the second OF ING -
amateurs In the gallery. In precision ana -
tinctness of enunciation there was no choiee y
tween the two though there was. naturally, III ~
hnement OF nuance and quality OF tone Bu' -
details OF this sort made 10 seem in''.
quental IN the presence OF the tremendous - -,
made by the massed body OF tone which 80. -,
down TO the listeners In mighty diapasohs ~,
the gallery. II was n stupendous organ tnat ~
Hallam played on. and when in the second pa 49,,
the programme Bach's lode OF Morning was !,
formed. and the same tremendous oneo-s,,a
singers lifted up their voices in the hymns ma
belong TO the people In the German ChuI0H ,ssu
attitude of the audience was that OF a"eS Nan
worshippers I'm a Protestant cathedral rs'"e- I,,-
that of seekers after artistic delights III Of
Ing Bach's 'Trauerode" written on the S,xony
the wife Of Friedrich August. Elector o s-v,cs
and King OF Poland MIR. Damrosch did = rro-
quite in keeping with that exempiined " aart
duction OF the "a capella" music OF 'A'
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Somebody ought to present to Bryan the pen
with which President Mckinley signed the gold
bill, running off a more potent and patriotic
s-~t
signature than the former will ever be able to
compass. though he take pains never dill
gently.
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Now that the Queen wears the green what
will the Fenians do? Take to orange?
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"Bobs' seems to be wise in Council as h
Is formida BILE in the field
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Yesterday saw the anomaly of "a bright ST.
Patrick's Day." Not less unwonted the
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eral. commanding the national guard
OF Ohio. chairman OF the Republican
committee Of the State. the representa-
tive from the Nineteeuth on Garfield.
Wade and Giddings district and Sec
rotary of the national committee. IN
Cidentally Il may be- observed that this
active young man o. also a member
OF law firm AID does his share OF the
work, SO that his two partners have no
cause TO complain
II Senator Hanna'a rheumatism puts
veto on the Presidents request
that be manage next years campaign
II IS a moral certainty that Mr.. Me-
klnley VIII ask Dick TO undertake the
herculean task Even II the senator
remains al the head OF the committee,
the ubiquitous and never ruftied Dick
will be the chief Of staif He Will be
the Kitchener Of the campaign. Dick
was chief Of stan I'm 1896. although
nOmlna0y he was but an assistant Sec
Rotary OF the national committee. Will
liam Mckinley Osborne now consul
general az London, held the title.
Another member Of the national Re-
publican committee who VIII be In the
forefront Of things at Philadelphia In
June is First Assistant Postmaster
General Perry s. Heath, who is chair
man Of the committee on organization
and literature. Mr. Heath Is a well
known newspaper man who Is slated
for higher honOrs.
Then there win be numerous old war
horses who VIII be able to recall the
early history o. the party Perhaps
there may be one or two present who
were actual spectators OF the events
which occurred In Philadelphia In
1856. and which resulted in the birth
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uuspokon sentiment into a well defined
movement the struggle of concentrat-
ei rental energy against mass Of
unstable indiylduality-all these things
enter into the doing Of a political con-
Eentl0n
Sometimes the deep laid. well matur-
ed plans OF strong leaders-plans
which have been months In the mold
Ing which have been perfected secret
Isl AT udduirht--are forced upon the
surprised delegates and driven through
by sheer strength
Then. again Il Is a half hysterlcal
woman who only jumps on a chair and
shouts and waves her parasol while
several thousand usually calm, self
POSSESSED men are hypnotizcd into fol-
lowing her lead
Probably the most unsubstantiul hon
or and yet one highly priced rs that be-
slowed on the chairman Of a national
convention. ia the first place. the hon
or Is brief The permanent chairman
Is not selected until the convention Is
organized. Then Tor a few brief hours
he Is much observed His name Is on
am tongues But then come the nom
mating orators with their pyrotechnics
OF eloQuence, the fever interest Of the
hall0ung and before the chairman real
ICES Il the great body which has set
him for n moment before the country
has done rs work and dispersed
The really important officer Of the
convention Is the sergeant-at'srms. He
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wonderful that no serious accidents
have ever marred any Of the big CON
Ventlons.
Put the building IN which Phuadel-
phia VIII house the Republican dele
gates IS said to be- wei fitted i0r the
purpose and far more substantial than
many structures formerly used for such
purposes. To Has built f0r The National
Export exposition and not only pos
sesses architectural attractions. but is
solldly built The phladelphians I'M
sist TOO, that The big auditorium which
Is To be created under Cos roof win have
az Sorts of desirable qualities.
me auditorium was originally used
as the main exposition building and
was divided into several halls out of
these the carpenters have constructed
one mammoth han with floor space
OF eN9o ieot end O. seating capacity OF
leVvp. The lloOr Hlil De- elevated I'm
uers, and there win De numerous large
alsies' There Will also be couo,lttas
ICONS press bureaus and telegraph Of
the building ln shape
Inc acoustics Of the great buiIdlng
Mhleh ere already excellent Min bo
iuIther improved by the erection m an
ul'lehhe sounding board dlrectly over
wv slase and experts claim tbat tbe
soilh- PROPERTIES win then gurpass
,io's on any han ever used for "a s,r,i.
- psip,se The new stage Min he
''S'reuiSr and raised In steps 40
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Republican national convention since
1872. when Grant was unanimously re-
nominated
Like the convention Of 1872 q Is eX-
pected that the coming one viii be SIM
ply q grand ratification meeting az
which the Mckinley administration
win be Endorsed and the present chief
executive named as candidate 10 sue
coed himself.
Philadelphia wanted this convention
20 much that she paid 100000 IN cash
and Is TO spend nearly as much more
I'm entertainment. one Of the chief
items OF expense Is the provision Of
the convention hall. You may count
on the fingers OF one hand the build
ings large enough and al the same
time suitable for accommodating q ma
uonal political convention. Chicago
has one and New York has another
but both these cities have come 20 the
conclusion that political conventions
are expensive luXurles. They do not
pay.
Generally II has been found neces-
sary to put up a building especially for
convention purposes. These Temporal
~ structures have often been barnlike,
ramshackle affairs, lacking ventilation,
acoustic properties and all comfortable
qualities. In them the delegates have
sweltered and anticipated sudden death
from collapsed walls. 1t is almost
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0eSOeO-eo o 0

on Tuesday June 10. about 10000
loyal and enthusiastic Republicans viii
gather m Philadelphia They VIII pro-
coed. IN the deliberate manner Of all
large bodies. to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President
only about 900 Of those present Will
be authorized delegates, As many
more win be alternates. A hundred or
so win serve as officers OF the conven-
lion. The other 1900 win stand
around, talk a great deal, shout when
ever there is opportunity and add 10
the general plcturesQueness and impor-
lance OF the analr.
This win be the twelfth national con-
ventlon held by the Republican party.
The first one was held IN Philadel-
phia, as this one WI be. That was IN
1856, when John O. Fremont was nom
mated. Philadelphia has not had
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Of the Republican party The conven-
lion which nominated John c. Ere
mont was much unlike a modern ma
tlOnal convention. In the first place,
there were less than coo delegates as
sembled. and they by no means repre-
scented the whole country.
The Issues which then made politics
so stirring have been 50 long dead that
they have almost been forgotten.
AT the beginning OF the year 1856
there were four parties In the eastern
states~-the Democrats the Wings, the
Know Nothlngs and the Republicans
The Wings and Democrats inclined TO
unite against the Republicans, who
We're fast gaining strength. Most Of
the Know Nothings Joined the Repub-
Leans. In the west, except in Ohio,
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beware ofa Cough.

A cough is not a disease but symp-
tom. Consumption and bronchitis,
which are the most dangerous and fatal
diseases have Tor their first indication
a persistent cough, and II properly
treated as soon as this cough appears
are easily cured. Chamberlain Cough
Remedy has proven wonderfully sue
cessful. and gained its wide reputation
and extensive sale by its success In
ing. II II Is not beneficial II win not
cost you a cent.
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THE
REPUBLICAN, NATIONAL CONVENTION

begins his work long before the con.
vcnt0n meets, and he Is figure Of
prominence every moment Il is IN Sea-
sion The chairman has almost no
patronage al his command, but this
other functlonary gives Il out In
chunks. Ills title would be far more
accurate were ne termed the c0nyen-
TONS business manager.
The sergeant-at-arms Is appointed by
the conventions subcommittee Of the
national committee An matters OF gem
cral convention policy are discussed and
settled by the subcommittee, but the
carrying out OF the details Is intrusted
10 the sergeant-at-arm5 solely. In short
the sergeant-at-arms is IN the way Of
doing either a good deal OF good or
good deal Of harm, according to his