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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

wait the onset with confidence while shoot
ing with accuracy upon far-distant coll
umn or line. 1t is calculated that this con-
dition makes one Boer equal, other things
being the same, to ten British soldiers. At
that rate the attacking British army must
be of tremendous size, running above
100000 men. These conditions are now be-
the appreciation Is doubtless helpful to the
ministry in enabling ii to hold its prestige
In parliament in the face of rancorous OPP
position. 1t helps for the desperate nature
of the task to be fully understood by the
people. The attitude of the average En-
glishman is believed to be well expressed by
the following extract from comment Of
the London Spectator, January 20:
LAS we write on Friday the fate of the
final attempt to relieve Ladysmith still
hangs in suspense. We do not believe that
General Butler will fail, but he has diff
cult task before him, and war is always
uncertain. We cannot therefore predict
success. What we can do is to insist that
If Butler fails we have yet another and
stronger argument for continuing the war
nation and forethought into its conduct.
Each fatal triumph of the Beers must
only serve to bring more near the inevita-
BILE end. 4"
Butler did fail then and has failed again
since then, and the sentiment may be pre-
stunned to still stand as a type of the de-
termination of the English people to win
now at all hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

All Washingtonians who hope to see the
principle of the organic act establishing
the relations between the District govern
ment and the general government pre-
served from further violations should earn
estly oppose the provision in the new legis-
lative appropriation bill, reported to the
House yesterday. which places upon the
District government half of the expense of
caring for the parks and public reserva-
lions. The innovation is dangerous and
far-reaching In its possibilities. 1t has no
warrant in custom or necessity. These
spaces are now and should remain under
the Jurisdiction of the government, as part
of the great federal equipment at the capt.
tai. From session to session there has been
a steadfast tendency the part of some
legislators to foist off upon the District
additional burdens, now halving something
which the government should pay entire,
now shifting upon the District without
division a burden which should in equity
be borne Jointly. In the matter of street
extensions and in other lines of legislation
this disposition has appeared so frequently
as to call for a determined resistance to
further encroachments. The cost entailed
in the park proposition is comparatively
trifing, but the principle is important and
worthy of a sturdy defense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
An Increased English Army.

The new British military program, as an
nounced IN parliament yesterday, suggests
the very antithesis Of the principles which
were sought to be secured by The Hague
conference. Enlargement in every direction
Is to be the word. A vast increase to the
war budget is to be the result The dis
the upper house and Mr.. Wyndham in the
commons touched but lightly upon the sub
tect OF providing for the great Increases,
leaving the opposition without definite ma
terial for use as basis of criticism. There
seems to be no demur at the general prop
osition that the country must have a larger
reserve. and 1t is as yet an open question
whether conscription would not commend
itself to the public mind under certain pos
sible contingencies clearly suggested by the
events of the past few months. The whole
issue rests upon the point of whether there
Is a prospect Of victory in Africa II VIC
tory can be assured by enormous increases
In the armament the ministry can conf
IDENTIFY proceed to swell the ranks and to
add to the war burdens
Every detailed account of the fighting in
Natal and Cape Colony shows the tremen-
dous advantage hitherto enjoyed by the
Beers. shooting from behind rocks and IN
trenchments and equipped with long-range
guns and smokeless powder. The advanc-
ing infantryman is target. His enemy is
not. The latter makes no smoke and offers
no sighting point. Having had time to in
trench himself and not being required to
advance and break new ground. he can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

1t Is good to hear that the more conserva-
tive of the democratic leaders of Maryland
are opposed to any tinkering with the cleo
lions laws of that state for the purpose OF
securing partisan advantage. The law
as it stands is a good one. 1t registers the
will of the people. The republicans when
in the majority have no difficulty in hav-
ing that fact recorded When changed con-
ditions turn the tide in favor Of the demo-
Gratis that fact is recorded Where there
is no obstruction at the polls. and no falsi-
ficadOn Of the vote. as known. neither side
can justly complain. 1t is but question
then of arousing the people to the impor-
lance of the issues at stake and inducing
them to exercise their right of suffrage.
The men they elect are installed in office,
and the policies they declare for are car
ried out.
Ambitious politicians. willing to so to
extremes to accomplish party ends, would
do well to study the Kentucky lesson. The
election law in that state which preceded
the Goebel law was fair and just. 1t
worked well for many years. Certainly the
democrats had no good reason to COM
plain of it, for they were in power under
its operations continuously for more than
a quarter of a century. But when they
lost the state, through their own divisions.
in 1895 and again in 1896 the extremists
among them. with Senator Goebel for
leader instead of trying to reunite the
party. took advantage of a success achieved
in 1897. which gave them the legislature.
and passed an election law framed for no
other purpose but to return democratic ma
jorities. The measure was so fagrantly
partisan and unjust, and so in defiance OF
the rights OF the people, that some Of the
severest denunciation of it came from DEM
ocratic sources.
The law in operation has justified every
word of condemnation spoken at the time
of its passage That Mr.. Goebel did not
receive the certificate of election to the
office of governor was not due to any de-
feet in the machine he had constructed,
but to two of the men he had selected to
operate it. Had they obeyed him. as he
thought they would. he would have tri-
umphed even over the majority against
him that had been shown at the polls But.
as men of conscience and character, they
refused to perpetuate the outrage, and Mr..
Goebel then turned to the legislature for
what these two officials had denied him.
The best friends of the state are those
who advocate the repeal of the Goebel law
and the enactment of one which shall in
sure free ballot and fair count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

A proposition is pending now in Congress
to grant the Daughters of the Revolution
the use of Rawlins Square in this city
as a site for the purpose of erecting
thereon memorial hall for the display of
relics of the revolutionary war. While rec
ognizing the admirable intent of the pro-
moters of this plan to stimulate public in
terest in great historical sentiment. it is
the part of precaution to deprecate the pro-
posed encrOachment upon public reserva-
ton for what Is virtually private purpose.
The general disposition now, in and out of
Congress, is to stop the further trespass of
public buildings upon the parks and spaces
set apart for the Identification of the city
and the pleasure of the people. Even now
there is in progress a steadily developing
propaganda for the purchase of avenue
sites for public structures in opposition to
the tendency on the part of some econo-
mists to place all such structures on public
reservations In order to save the initial
ground cost. To give away Rawlins
Square. therefore. would be to check this
great and worthy movement in its most
promising stage and to discourage further
efforts to rescue the avenue from its COM
parative degradation through the agency
of the public necessities. The city has
Gently lost one park. Mount Vernon Square.
as a result of an extraordinary combination
of circumstances, an urgent need for free
public library facilities, a sudden munifi-
cent offer Of a building. the demand for a
site to be quickly provided, the practical
impossibility of securing appropriation
for the site at short session all serving
to force the sacrifice of this reservation in
the higher interests of the public education.
To follow that loss now by one which rep
resents no such return to the people in
compensation would be a distinctly bad in
vestment- the accounts of which would bear
heavily upon the community in after years
Little of progressive Hberality can be ex-
Pected of Congress in the matter of provid-
ing new sites for public buildings If a pri-
waite organization can thus secure public
ground for its own enterprises, however
worthy or patriotic they may be in the alb
stract- Nor can there be any assurance
that the example thus set will not encolr-
age various other organizations to try for
free sites for their halls and meeting places
in the name of patriotism and public econ
omy. The principle OF the parks preserva-
tlon ought TO be maintained henceforth at
all hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Hawaii in the Senate,

The Senate has agreed, according to an
nouncement, to consider the bill providing
for a government for Hawaii Immediately
after the vote the financial bill, thus
making the Hawaiian measure the regular
business of the hour. 1t is second in i'm
portance only to so great measure as the
currency bill. as The Star sought to ndi-
cate yesterday in its comments on the
Knox bill, just reported to the House.
There will probably be differences between
the Senate and the House measures, but
these are sure not to be beyond reconcilia-
ton on the basis of a broad desire to give
Hawaii the immediate relief it requires and
to extend to it the most progressive and
efficient form Of government possible under
the circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Why Not Mr.. SuIzer:

Representative SuAer is in Chicago at
tending the antitrust conference. and finds
some of the western men talking about him
for Vice President. He receives the sug-
gestion modestly. His highest ambition, he
says Is to serve his party. If he has sup
ported the Chicago platform in a section
where that deliverance is anything but pop
ular, 1t is because 1t represents the party
and he believes in 1t. He Is not thinking
of himself. but only of the success of the
principles for which his party stands.
Mr.. Sewall Is of opinion that the democ-
racy ought not to go east for its vice pres
idential candidate this year. He can see no
prospect of electoral votes IN that quarter,
and hence he asserts that Mr.. Bryan's rum
ming mate should be found elsewhere. But
If Mr.. Sewalrs advice should be put aside,
and the east be drawn upon for the man,
why not Mr.. Sulzer? What other eastern
democrat stands more aggressively for
what the party stands for?
As for the old issues, he sticks to them
like brother. He was for silver before
Mr.. Croker gave Tammany the silver cue,
and he raises his voice for the white metal
whenever there is opportunity. Trusts are
his abomination, and he is just now assist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

shall claim our share of the privileges that
pertain to the dominant powers in admins
tering the affairs of the orient"
Here is a concrete utterance of q truth
which has become firmly settled in the
American mind for the past year. 1t is well
that it has been given this definite form 1t
means that expansion has actually occurred.
The United States has grown, and by a
natural process. The question has conse-
quently arisen: Is the United States to be
brought back to it's former proportions.
How can that be done? Where is the pro-
cess to stop? Is 1t the course of prudence
and patriotism and proeressiveness to be-
gin so expansive a course Of pruning, which
may lead to eternal chaos not only in the
old world but on this continent?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
For q Permanent Consular Service.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

The main trouble in the past has been
that every change in the administration at
Washington has brought about a change in
the personnel OF the consulate. but that
time is passing and the future looks big
with promise of stable and permanent
service. The wisdom Of such a plan as this
Is unquestionable. 1t would open a distinct
line OF ambition for the very best element
among our young men and would offer re-
wards for distinguished services that would
tempt them to devote their lives to the
work. The ambitious youth Of the country
could prepare himself for his work from
fine class of material would thus be built
up from which the government could draw.
The Department Of Commerce will have 1t
all in its own hands when the time comes
for the transfer to so through, and provis-
ion should be made to elevate and not to
hamper the consular service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Promise.

When shadows gray are poised on high
And -sleety arrows pierce the sky,
We wonder. mid the gloom and pain.
If June will ever shine again.
June with the roses garlanding:
June with the honey bees awning,
June. when the vine blooms kiss and cling
June with the birds refrain.
And in the clouds there comes rift;
The sable shadows part and shift.
And for an hour the sun-beams play
To tell us June is on the way.
June, when a song sounds everywhere.
Lazy and free, without care;
June with the clover scented air;
June when the world is gay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Warrington and Lincoln.
From the Philadelphia Press

Neither Lincolns birthday nor Washing
toms gives the anti-imperialists any cause
for hope. They may rally around each
honored name and by distorting utterances
pretend by a sort of superstitious use of
texts to find ideas opposed to the present
policy of the administration. But just as 1t
is certain that the majority of the Amer
leans believe in rational expansion, SO 1t Is
clear that neither Lincoln nor Washington
would have solved present-day problems by
failing to seize the opportunity presented
to act in the interest of humanity and the
advance of an oppressed and distressed
people. Both Lincoln and Washington
would not shirk an obvious duty nor stop
in the middle of great work. That is not
the lesson of their lives. and no juggling
with words will make 1t otherwise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Medical Men and Pension Abuses.
From the Philadelphia Medical Journal

In the murder of patriotism. the dema-
gogism Of office-seekers and the corruption
of pension attorneys, medical men have 1t
In their power to exercise an influence for
good. The honorable soldier injured in pa
triotic service deserves well of his country,
but he is being brought into disgrace by the
abuses Of the pension system. On the gen.
eral pensions appropriation bill, which has
Just come to the Senate from the House,
there is a rider which is not less vicious be-
cause It simply continues an abuse of pre-
vious years. 1t consists of proviso at
tached to the clauses referring to the pen
sion examining surgeons, that the report
of such examining surgeons shall spec,f-
cally state the rating which in their iudg-
ment. the applicant Is entitled to-" By this
condition the examining surgeons are left
a too wide latitude of Judgment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

A friendly shoulder slap broke q mans
neck few days ago in this city. There is
only one worse nuisance in the world than
the rib-poker, and that is the shoulder
slapper. They have both outlived their use
fulness and are fit objects Of solicitude for
the society for Doing Without Some People
The fiend who takes you unaware on a
the shoulderblade when you are meditating
on the ideal and the beautiful. and expects
you to twist your shaken vertebrae into
a genial nod and greet him with a happy
hatulsnt smile. possesses an heroic SOM
that would not recognize the language OF
conventional remonstrance. He is not GRIM
idiot. The lunatic asyiums and the fails
are overworked. but the fool-killer doesn't
half know his business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Government for Hawaii,
From the New York Mail and Express.

Representative Knox's bill to create a
territorial government for Hawaii may be
found defective in some respects, but It is
a step in the right direction. and should
receive prompt consideration. Conditions in
Hawaii are growing more serious every
day, and the sooner legislation Is enacted
to correct them the better. The subject
should be taken under consideration and
pressed to a settlement of some sort i'm
mediately. Any system of government for
the islands would be better than the pres
ent order of things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
A Bit of Faith Cure.
From the Providence journal.

rom the PfOVluehce JoulnaI.
For an emperor who by his mere fiat can
mako nfnety-nine years century William
of Germany seems to be indulging in wholly
needless worry over the difficulty of in
ducing his legislators to increase his navy.
Why does he not declare by imperial de-
cree that his present navy Is really twice
as large as ordinary persons consider II TO
be, and rest content with that?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

Il am afraid some of my constituents
don't think as much of me as I'd like to
have Them said the congressman.
I'm afraid they don't"
DO they say anything?"
mo. I wish they would. Then maybe
We could have them locked up on a charge
of profanity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

The Empress Dowager will have the Chi
nese emperor give a new years reception
this M nth. She is cold ambitious woman
who will not care IL people crowd around
and shake the young mans hand until it Is
lama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
SHOOTING STARS.
Phases of Civilization

II understand that Dom Paul smokes a
pipe and drinks beer a great DEAL
Yes" answered the cynic, "he hasn't
yet become civilized enough to smoke Gig
arettes and drink absinthe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

The state of the meat supply at Lady
smith is calculated to cause a good deal
Of satisfaction over the fact that the au-
tomobile has not superseded the horse in
that part Of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

These little disagreements with Mr.. Prick
might seem calculated to enhance Mr.. Car
negie's popularity with the Homestead en-
ployes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

South African geography must be very
difficult study" said Willie Washington.
yes answered Miss Cayenne; cit seems
almost impossible to tell from one day to
the next which side of the British army the
Tugela river is on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

Kentucky will have great deal Of diff
Guilty in turning from the excitement of
actual warfare to the analysis Of prosaic
legal arguments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

1t will be great blow to Washington to
be deprived Of the usual predictions that
next year it will have the greatest base
ball club on earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

OF course, there will be liberal exchange
OF comic valentines between the Count de
Castellane and the Paris press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

1t takes great deal Of commercial self
restraint to prevent France from mixing
Into trouble and spelling the prospects of
the exposition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

Molineux will have no complaints what
ever to offer about 1.-The laws delays"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

Governor Roosevelt Is convinced that the
vice presidency is no place for a man who
likes a strenuous life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13

The men who make clustering noise
Oft loaf amid the throng,
While some sure. Flooding chap employs
His talents all day long.
The bright sword dazzles great and small;
1t clanks with every jerk
The bullet. silent, swift and small,
Does all the real work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
Superior HousefurnisFings CheaD.

Cocoa Door Mats. 500
Garbage Can, with
cover. JOG
Iron Water Pals. .1oc
Roasting Pans, double .26c
Slaw Cutters, good steel.9c
Indian Clothes Ham
pefe- .10c
Bread Boxes, Japanned. soc
Dustpan and Brush. d. . .10c
House Paints, ready
Table OilcIoth, I'd. :. lee
Can Openers, best. -. DC
Cuspidors, best tin. &c
Coal Hods, japanned. .12c
Coal Sleeves, strong....9c
Coal Shoyels, strong. -. Be
Silesco Sand Soap ,
CAKES. DC
Tin Cuspiiors, japanned.5c
Cedar Pals, electric
hoops. .19c
Waste Paper Baskets. 19c
Clothes Dryers. 8 arms. &c
Mrs. Potts Irons, set. 75c
Engraved Tumblers. dox. 45c
Feather Busters, fair
stze.. 1Sc
ScruhbinE Brushes, last
Ing. DC
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-12

age. Rye has been harvested and y = yer,
light crop.
NicoIlst-Weather favorable, With sood rains,
!, wh e. pro%sses e b sood crop Tame hsy
mlllet and corn 10 take it, place
sOpTHERN SECTION.
Lac gut Parle-Throo rood rains during thu
past week win help wheat corn and hay Oats
and barley win b . very poor crop.
Lyon-@nce the morning OF July & frequent
ana heavy showers have fallen. greatly to the
beneAt OF pastures. max and vegetables Of ali
kinds Corn now promises an abundant CROP.
barley harvest has begun. 80
Pipestone-6everal showers have helped pas
lures. hay and gardens. and possibly viii b
Of benefit to the grains
Rock-Hard rain every day this week. Not
much lodged grain. but some bay has been
spoiled. Wheat II nlling well. Oats one-half
to two-thirds Of Z CROP Potatoes promise veil
Flag IL = good CROP Corn shows tasseis ana
10 far ahead OF the season. -
Brown-P1enty Of rain during the past week
Crops have improved. HAying has begun. With
q short crop. Oats are beginning 10 rinen
and corn IL doing well. -'
Martin-Freauent showers during the week
wheat, oae4, corn. nax and barley pron1ise 4
GOOD CROP Grass y good. ana haying has begun.