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Hole-in-the-Daya and the Constitution

The Hartford Tines appears TO regard
the following passage from the Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Consti-
question Of citizenship,
All persons horn or nst,nall,sd IN the United
ststea and subject to the iuri sdcsion thereof
citizens OF the United States land OF the State wherein
they residsl."
Tho bracketed clause our esteemed con-
temporary fails 70 quote. yet It IL some
what illuminative OF the meaning OF
United States" as used Just above &C.
This In the part Of the Fourteenth Amend
ment referred to by Justice HARLAN the
other day when ne asked one OF the counsel
before the Supreme Court whether II IL
In the power OF the President and the SEN
ate. a. the treaty-making power. to over
rule the Fourteenth Amendment.
The trouble with the Hartford Times s
interpretation--we do not say Mr.. Justice
HARIAN's interpretation--of the language
Of the Fourteenth Amendment. apparently.
IL that It understands that amendment
to say:
AN PERSONS .born or nstualired in III. United
iens Of the United States &c.
II the word were or instead Of and"
the case would indeed be plain. Every
Porto Hcan, every Filipino, every subject
OF the Sultan OF Jolo, every Indian on
our own reservations. every Thlingit and
Kuskwogmiut in Alaska, being subject TO
the Jurisdiction OF the United States, would
be a citizen of the United States.
But that IL not what the Fourteenth
Amendment provides. 1t provides that
citizenship shall belong TO all persons born
or naturalized in the United States. and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof; that
Ia to say. TO all persons born or naturalizcd
within the United States and still subject
to It's jurisdiction. The purpose Of the
land " is obvious. II the word were "or"
instead of and. person born or natural
tied in the United States would he citizen
of the United States even after he had
renounced his allegiance and become the
citizen or subj ect Of another nation
From among scores Of similar provisions
in the Indian Appropriation bill reported
the other day to the House Of Reprosenta-
tives we take this item as a specimen:
For ninth often instalments Of annuity las, s.re.
to te paid TO Chief HoLE-IS rHR-DAY or bis heirs
per third article OF treaty OF August e. is47 and Nth
article OF treaty OF March 10, 1897. one thousand
dollars"
Was HoLE-IN-rHE-DAY a citizen Of the
United States when the Government of
the United States entered into treaty re-
lations with him in is47 and again in 1867?
Did he become Il citizen OF tho United
States when in 1858. the Fourteenth Amend
ment was declared by Joint resolution OF
Congress 10 be a part OF the Constitution
Of the United States? Yet he was at that
time subject to the jurisdiction Of the
United States as he is to-day. II HoIE-IN-
THE-DAY has not gone to the happy hunting
grounds.
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sive Democratic conviction and enthu-
.issm was with Mr. BRYAN and aeninst
Mr. CLEVELAND.
Mr kERss was Justified by incontro-
vertlblo facts IN saying that Il was the
rank and flo who In 1890 literally
took possession of tho Democratic party. y"
The governing impulse In tho Chicago
Convention was hatred Of the spirit and
method. associated with MIR CLEVELAND
| and determination to relieve the Demo
cratic party of all responsibility for them
Whatever argument may be used to justify
the Cleveland Administration. the irrecon-
cilabe antipa,hy to II Of the great body
Of contemporary Democratic sentiment
was unquesuonablc
Is 1t likely that the second defeat OF this
bitter Democratic prejudice will result In
overcoming IL and IN the restoration or
Mr., CLEVELAND to tho leadership which
he is now seeking so ohviouslyf Such u
political revolution would be complete
and unprecedented. for the Greeley cam
paign Of 1879 oilers no parallel to the dom
inaion of the Democratic party by Mr..
BRYAN since 1890. GHEELEY brought In
no spirit which touched the Democratic
heart; he represented a purely artificial
alliance not intended TO be more than
ephemeral. BRYAN turned Democratic
lsssitude and hopelessness into impassoned
energy and fierce determination TO con-
quer In politics as also in war defeat
may strengthen devotion to captain
rather than cool II.
The practical outcome. OF course. will
depend on conditions both general and
political which will arise during the next
four years. but the probabilities are that
a political distinction far broader and
deeper than that now or ever represented
by Mr. CLEVELAND and his school will
mark the Democratic party In 1904 and
make other leadership inevitable.
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tlons OF china
fhc, must In far,. br rrohihtcd from
~, liuo ~ conduit -iihVrr.iN" ~ the ancient
'u .tuu4 and tuHuntrs ut hinn. ~ der uaiuty v
- hr' liV.. ~ liil" tu hr -. ogUUrd - pro
du'iug H'u.". Of uiaWl-in through "a.
tliit, d.arlutod toward th" converts ~
uEtir.i ruu. D"i ",oi- uru'"rdlus- Nhhh eau
40 up. wn,. DO" rr.Hn.lrd WIN the lrgriwa'"
dpulf'uu uI ul uiuu lrp. tie chime" 'lNi'
lIa,run 3. r. ,@t udimrntnry. aud Improve
ucuis may. BOO wuuv t"sI"'ta hr net ''~-aiS
Ia The 'u-i"fut and manner" nf ~" ,"uh''N
llu. par "l foreigners than tn attempt 10
ut'ttbr"W ihr whole utgdni atl"n ~ on"
blow. with u view iu substituting n"f own
CUSTOMS ana minu'i- hlhh Wh- 'HiIh
df-tIugu for her "N'ollcut ctiuuctt" Hud
m1-t'. and som" Of th'sr admirable fotnali-
t.". arc -tfl tr'"-"rN"i among III" p"opl"
We B"ddhi-t- dr-iTc respectfully 10 rubnlt
the HhoN" two prupu-1l~ t. th" "cclrsin~'lchl
Huiuuilii"' of Hll nations, with the Iun '"i,
NIrtluu iltt should they, In accordance WIN
our huwhl" sentiments. toe Wiling 10 tak"
~" course proposed bV u- the honest peop"
"t ,hiun Wrll a. one" av a-ld" all rnsp'lnh
and apprehension and appreciate WIN d'-
light ihr intrinsic virtues Of religion 80
u -, "a" TuillnU. Who seek tu accomplish
their selfish "nd~ under the guls. Of converts
viii eventually brrou" unable 10 de- anything
toward again disturbing th" foreign religion,
and the future uf tur mis- -iouari"s Ia emma
VIII b" H. bright aud smooth ~ the ocean
IN ~piing Then. too, tn" sources 9i disturb
HnCr me hiuu " III b"coIu" extinct and n new era
Of mental "nllghtonm"nt immediately dawn
upon the Chinese with every prospect of
~" reconciliation of the occidental civhl'a-
tiuns
Then again political as we'll as social In
s'iulionsIw III brroIur settled ia perfect order.
and finally the four hundred million soul,
relieved from distress and anilction., WIZ De
enabled 20 enjoy the benefits Of the doctrine
of universal b"uevOeuce. and the 400 provl-
N"r- lprovinces?I uf China. thus cleared from
pOrtcHt- of disaster, will ultimately secure
for themselves a happy condition OF purify
nnd tranquility. and the whole world. would
be filed with the sacred efulgence OF peace
and blessing IN its utmost brllliancy .
Such really l. the condition which We Buod-
ht>ts Of great Japan are anz lous to see brought
about In China and through out the world
tSignrdl Representatives OF the Great
Japan Buddhi-t- mon, al their headquarters
within the henninji temple in Kyoto. Empire
OF Great Japan.
Gcuko NRkHyama, Superintendent OF the
Dcndai sect Iukvo ChO. Superintendent
Of the Shineon sect. Kodo Ilisata., Sn,,
perintendent Of the HieiZan branch OF
the Jodo sect; Dokutan TOyoda. Superih-
tendent Of the Nan7enii branch of The
RinZai sect: KOct Otsni, Superintendent
of the Otani branch of the Shin. scot.
Korn io-hi. Superintendent OF the
Obaku sect
Oct II. Esd year OF MaG u9ool.
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Prompt Sale Of . Noteworthy Painting Brought
Quietly TO This Country.

Apaintlng by Van Dyck which was recently
brought 10 tho United States has been sold
20 Mr.. william G, Whitney at a figure which
is oil but the record price paid In this country
mp 20 date for painting. The picture Is
portrait Of William de villers. Nicompte
Grandson, Of the family prominent under
the head.hp Of the Duke OF Bucki gh am,
who was Charles the FirstS favorite. A
portrait wa exhibited AZ Antwerp in tho fall
Of 1899 in the collection Of Van Dycks works
shown there in celebration OF the three hum
dredth anniversary ot the painters birth.
1t belonged then TO Jacob Her2og OF Wen
aud was for sale. Herman Schaus Of this city
bought 1t aud brought IL t. New YORK. lie
nado no public exhibition or II. but showed u
Gin November la-tb 10 Mr.. Whitney FOR his
private collection. The reputed price Is
sl2j.ooO, the figure put upon the painting
If the picture sold for enythinv like that
f.ure the price paid for II Is far above that
Tho AnIel'is" which was sold for slSo.oQo
II IL said that tine cost of fhe picture to Mr.,
NchauS was greater than Tint Of any paintinss
oNcrp'edD, a fact undoubtedly within Mr..
SchIu-', know ledge. Es tire highest priced
ported by h- uncl", William Schaus, to whose
business Ee succeeded That was he famous
Rembrandt, The Glider" which Mr. Schaus
sold To Henry IIayemeyer at Il price which
has been approximately. but not authori.
tatlveiy, stated as IN the neighborhood of
s7OO1O Al that figure IL was not supposed
that MIR Schaus profltcd greatly on The
Colder" which was valued at tho Custom
ltousc not very many thousands below TINT
II the Van Dyck cost Herman Sohaus
$50 600 or sGO.0oO. and he doubled his money
on it. art dealers hold that he earned the
premium by reason OF his courage In buying
hish-pricnd painting for which at best
there would b" but an extremely limited
number of pos-ibl" purchasers in This country
William SChauS held the Rembrandt for two
year b"ior" h" found a pur"ha ser, but his
C"lIrag" was justified in the end. and now
his nephew ha- demonstrated again that
the courageous dealer who knows a valuable
painting. even ~ prices not familiar in AmcrI-
can puicha-"- ui painting, may bring II over
her" with cuu'id"nc" that II will be kept in
III" country.
Mr. Whi,uey'a Van Dyck portrait, although
now in his private gallery. will undoubtedly
be seen IN som" public exhibition. through
Mr.. NhltHey'- courtesy, perhaps this winter.
The Nillicr- portrait Is "A full length figure.
MIR Schdus i proud ut his work in bringing
10" painting 10 New York. although he did
MOI take New Workers into his confidence
and inylt" them 10 his gallery when the paint
ink was there
II never did ANYTHING else, should feel
tha' | had done sometlfl OF value for
America he said YESTERDAY, in bringing
hero and selling for American possession
this Van Dyck portrait"
The sun., 1900-12-28
The South and the Century.
From The Southern Farm Maga.i,s.


one hundred years ago the South spurred b.
revolutionary Invention. set UP an agricultural ruler
In short time King Cotton became an absolute mon
arch, dominating the South economically. poiuc lly
and socisly. Attempts 10 limit the Imperial pov.r
hy paying court 70 commerce and manufacture. in
a measure successful were frustrated for a time ny
ihc consequences oi ,Ge kings exercise Of po,icc.
Influence Cnn.ng In defeat almost OF necessity
10 III. King which had made defeat possible the South
mindful Of caf!y hopes and efforts gradually loo.en.d
the hold o' 'hc ,ytant. and at the beginning OF a new
century l. dc''loplUg a democratic balance Of III,
powers ~ agriculture, MANUFACTURES and trade In
which N" de'hfonrd monarch viii hold an honor,d
and Influential hut not a dominating, place Southern
srrlcurTc il to realize ts greatest possibti., in
diversity ing ts energies, putting forth IT, he's, ,or,.
To provide living At home. and devo,lng It's surpu.
surnGin 10 the money crop. Whether that he cotton
t1bacc', rice or nut II will grind its own w-hsa
and COM 'aen It's own cattle and slaughter its own
hogs ~ the same time It viii encourage the build
inr o' cotton mills and lumber mills. iron ,oundfes
and steel plants. the opening Of mines O, phosphate.
coal. fnn, lead and Tnc. the extension Of railways
ana 'ac development OF trade relations with foreign
paris In N" certain knowledge ina, thereby N. oppor
tun''Ies oi the farmer Will be vastly enhanced
The sun., 1900-12-28
Salaries Mt Washington.

Just before the adjournment of the House
for the holiday recess. Mr. LoUDENsIAGEK
of New Jersey introduced hill fixing the
salary of the Nice-Pre-ldent at $4,000 and
providing that each Of the members Of the
Cabinet shall receive sl5,oo year
The pay of the Nice-presidont is now 8. .O0O
The Cabinet officers also get sS,ooO.
When Gen. GRAST's first term was about
TO expire and after lie had been reelected,
the Forty Congress, unfavorably
known 10 history as the Salary Grab Con-
gress. raised the annual compensation Of
In" President from 80 600 to So. 600 of the
Nice-prcSident from 5000 20 $4,000, Of
the heads of the departments from 5000
10 tlO,Oop, Of the Justices Of the Supreme
Court from ss.oo to sl0,o 600 and of the Chief
Justice from ss.5U to siO,5o. ~ the same
time the Forty-second Congress voted
To raise the salaries Of Senators and Repre-
sontativeS from 5000 TO $500; and they
made the increase retroactive as concerned
themselves for the two years term then
just closing.
This performance. as everybody knows.
was followed by such an outburst of public
indignation that many of the grabbcrs has
tened 20 cover their self-vOtcd increase
back into the United States Treasury. or
10 rid themselves of the odium of il by brne-
factions TO various educational and clcc.
mosynary Institutions. And the next Con-
gress. the iorty-third. repealed the act
about ten months later. reenactiny the old
figures for all salaries except those of the
President and the supreme Court Justices.
Since 1874 there has been no change.
Mr.. LorpENsi>GEE's bill contcmplates
an increase Of Il? per cent. in the case of
the Vice-Presidcnt. and of IA per cent. in
the case Of the Cabinet officers. II is un-
accompanied, at present. by any signs of
dissatisfaction on the part of Senators and
Congressman, with the rate Of pay which
has been regarded as adequate during the
past quarter of century.
The sun., 1900-12-28
MRS. CR4IGIE A "FADDJST."
As'Is, ant Librarian Of the brooklyn Public H.
brary SO characterized by comptroller CoIer.

Comptroller Bird :. Colcr IL apparently
a supporter OF tho movemeut which aims "a
oust Mrs. Mary T.. Or. ,ie from her place ~
assistant librarian OF the Brooklyn Public
Library. lie said YESTERDAY;
/ am not opposed To women In public
service. but the Brooklyn Public Iihrarv
mas grown 80 large that | believe 1t should
hay" Representatives man az i'- head. Mrs
,.oigio i tdddi-t,a aud wh.n sha cannot Ga'
things through the public libarV she got :
others 10 start them for her
TAX" for instance tho Tompkius Park
Library. She wanted the Board Of Directors
- establish a library there, The Board Of
Directors believed that az that time such u
branch would b" too near one ALREADY cs'ah-
h~h"d. when branches were needed IN farther
removed sections. and they woud not agree
10 IL. Then Mrs Crnirie got her friends TO
open the library in the park
Mrs. CraiHi"'s term expired in November
md the question Of her reelaotion has been
postponed by the directors until February
II has been charged by her opponents that
nor presence tends 70 hamper the work
of Librarian Arthur &. Bostwick
The sun., 1900-12-28
The Raines Law.

The preliminary data. recently published
Of the annual report OF the State Com
missioner Of Excise. attests the effective
ness Of one OF the wiscst most practical
and most statesmanlike laws. in the best
and triest sense a reform measure. ever
enacted in the Empire State.
The Excise Commissioner. Mr., HENRY
II. LYMAN. says that since the Raines law
went into operation in the spring OF 1880
there has been collected under II for the
privilege OF selling liquor in this State
more than SOL .?5O. 900. II sum which Is, OF
course. enormously In excess OF that which
would have been collected under the old stat
utes. and which has served TO tighten in a
very marked degree the general burden of
State taxation. All this has been done
at yearly cost Of but s?5 900 more than
were the expenses Of the old Boards Of
Excise.
Despite the large increase in the popu-
lation Of the state during four years. the
number Of places where liquor is sold has
decreased from the last year of the old
Excise law 10 the first year of the new law
by over 5000; while in this period the ar
i'NNs ioi VI ihN' A''i tus'i Ii'lll
twelve in one thousand TO nine in one thous-
and Morally and financially what splendid
results are these
An even moro valuable achievement
is that which has been achieved in taking
the saloon out Of politics, in stripping the
thousand and one Excise Boards Of the State
OF their powers of favoritism and opprcs-
sion and putting the liquor business. like
any other business. under the domain OF
law which zealously protects as well as
rporously punishes
The sun., 1900-12-28
POULTRY FOR 1HE PATHRRLAND.
German Experts Study American Methods and
Garry Away American Fowls.


WARRINGTON. Dec. 27.-The German Gov
ernment has now begun the study OF American
poultry. Baron Hermann. agricultural OK
pert OF the German Embass and Count
Pnckler one Of Emperor Williams greatest
scientific farmers. have been making OBJ
servations In New York State and Pennsyl-
vania OF the methods employed by poultry
raisers to produce hens for laying. and
broilers for the markets, They have studied
chicken diseases and talked with American
farmers about remedies for preventing the
falling out OF feathers during tho moulting
season. The breeding Of varieties they found
gave them the most pleasure.
They watched the attempts Of some
Wyandottes aud black Minorcas and Bun
told them how to breed to produce eggs at
the. expense OF flesh. others insisted that
nesh-producinR fowls brought the most
money Farmers explained why new corn
always. produced Indigestion In fowls and
how birds should be washed with sponge
and soap and the plumage at last plunged
in n tub Of cold water. that should be blued
the wash
When Count Puokler and Baron Hermann
returned TO Washington they brought with
them many specimens OF fowls. and Baron
Hermanns friends thought he was 20 ing
into the poultry business as q fad. Now
Count Puckler has left Washington for tho
Fatherland and has taken with him the diff
Hermann secured and will attempt poultry
raising in Germany In the same way that
American producers have found so profit
able
The sun., 1900-12-28

Secretary Roet sustains Gen. Brooke In
Rsvoking Hereditary Privileges.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-The War Depart
rnent this morning announced the decision OF
Secretary Root on the application Of the Coun-
tess OF Buena Vista for a revocation Of Cen
Brooke's order annulling the her editary priv
llege and Office Of Sheriff Of Havana which
the Cover nment OF Spain granted 70 the Coun-
tess and her helrs. This offloe carried with
II all fees for the inspection Of meats slaugh-
tered In Havana Several yeTs ago half
Gustavo Gallet Duplessis, who is party now
TO tho application for revocation Of the or
der of the Military Governor. Secretary
Root says:
Il cannot assent to the proposition that
the right To peri orm anv part Of the duties
or TO receive any part of the compensat ton
attached to the office Of Sheriff OF Havana
under spanish sovereignty constituted n
perpetnal franchise which could survive that
sovereGnty. The fact that the Spanish
Crown permitted an Office TO be Inherited
or purchased does not make II any less an
Office the continuance Of which is dependent
upon the sovereignty which created It,
The services which the petitioner claims
the right to raceive an exact compensation
for are in substance an e1 ercise Of the police
power Of the State. The right to exercise
that power under Spanish appointment or
authori'y necessarily terminated when
Spanish sovereignty in Cuba ended
The sun., 1900-12-28


Experiments undertaken by the United State,
Government expressly 10 test the theory that ~ A
surlcitrtly large amount Of high explosive can b.
dotOnated against or In close proximity TO a hattie.
ship tho bstcshp win he 10 use tho rt term o, mo-
mo,1S GnnIhi'ated hau proved ,hat II is absolutely
false
ON one occasion a HaTveyised steel plate r,n,e.
sentng the side arnor Of the United States tatteshp
kea'Sfgc was tested by the dsonaton o' 3O7 pound
~ gun cotton, which was suspended Tor the prrpofe
Immediately In front of the plate. Instead Of brInc
hoHn into theoretical thousands q fragment. .,
tic plate undStuIhed. and slight and harmless
scoring tae face ~ the plate was the only evidence
i1r as the Grmor concerned. oi the eAplusion
Oi four chcRens placed either Immediately behind
the plate ~ within from 81 to 80 feet ~ the gun cotton
two survived without the slightest sign o, being in
lurcd, one was Killed by nylng fragment Of a shell
"a result which does not affect the argument and only
onr appeared 10 have died from shock. Prot
Niger. The greatest expert In this country. or rioh
ably In any country. on this very question, say,.
This experiment would s-em completely TO tIsp,sr
OF the theory that high explosive shell of very large
capacity win blow IN the Side Of on armorcd vessel
i It exploded against H." ana he further SAYS that
I'll. velocity - the she'll would add materially nothing
& the effect ~ ds,onAion the rush 81 whose gaSrs
Is de;tmin-d by pressure Of hundreds OF tons pct
square inch"
It's the opinion Of Prof. Alger and every ordnanc.
expert the world over. that for high explosive 10 l.,
effective II must b" carried By the shell through IN.
srrior and burst within the hull OF tie ship tsel,
This conclusion was suiklnEly horne OUT ly the eS
perimcnts on the Bcleise made carly In the present
year. The high. h.eNplosive shells were hurst unor
contact with the armor ana len further uscc than
. harmless star splash on the outside Of Tie shi~
The sun., 1900-12-28
Tho hoy who Lives Next Door

The hoy VINO Hives n-S, door
Has ircc!lcs on his face.
Ills ears ARE red hnd hang
ANHN out into space,
And when dear dog Ei yl
And see i lice IN terror.
can quickly guess the cause
Ms merely that o'ie more
pur! !ttir victim knows
b. resides next door.
lie runs across the lawn
I've hurScd win l'alUus care
And lu tIc summer time.
kLdrkS down ;Lr Covers there,
II srci's 10 give hin purr delight
10 !,ll aroHnd wiih all h's might
AId ever, week or ~
\ j,sNblc ipds IT. way
Ngc'usi u ligai a. glass
Tor which ii'c 10 pay.
IL lrs no teeth in front
-. !. EAndN "tr gacked md brown.
IWi'" b. las ncarl, hVtn,a
oar sIwmrr kitchen down,
lie 'hil> 90 pcopl'. Hey Watch out'-
"H' "TG KEN tH'n !, ,,i,L iiILmn - e, yhoopN about
NoWd tall" nim from below
~ 90 o." 3d.. ~ IT,,
10 bm'c' brar H. blow!
III, h,lr Ell ID who's. love
Is ali to fUt, one DAY
NHs HJrhcn SuGl,UlN
When { Nas trr away
'IA" be-, WEo Nv, roAt dnor fo,,.,
10 .c.' afpuud, h,.t fau aud brouvut
Tie doctor tp the bed
And vh,n came. last
Shrunk from me- With a loo.
u' pi} ~ 9a'Scd'
The hos who lJ,rs next door
bt"rgh' VA his tops and gun
And poch,tiulS uf ,,lSh
. 10 pt'd>r our li.t'r one.
u" played ",de my dafl.ny's bed
Ana coy yGS,' wS eng eng =, stood on his head,
Lts walt awhile before
We utterly condemn
he boy who lives next dooY,"
s, 2 Hfsvu.