The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-01-27

the world. He declared that the war
which Great Britain is waging IL the
most fell blow mt human liberty thu,
has been struck In the century. He
denied that the American people were
lin sympathy with Great Britain IN
the South African war to stamp out
the liberty Of the people" and when
Mr.. BalfOur, In the House Of Com
mons, made such n statement. che
should be met with some disclaimer
from this side of the Atlantic" He
declared TINT the English people them
selves were not In favor of this war.
which had been brought on by II
sharp Cabinet minister engaged with
gold spectators" Mr. Hale spoke
with unusual force. decisiveness
and earnestness. even for him. and his
passionate elOquence claimed the
closest attention of every auditor,
Senator Morgan, as chairman of til,
Senate committee on inter-oceanic ca
nails, has presented a written repor
upon the Nicaragua canal bill. The re
port says: "As n provision for the III
val and military defense of our coun
try, whether insular or continental
tins canal Is Indispensable. and this
closer Its location is made to our states
on the Gulf of Mexico the more eff
cient will be Its protection to oul
| coasts on the Atlantic and Pacific
Pearl harbOr In Hawaii, and the liar
Dor of San Juan In Puerto Rico are the
tue military defenscs of the canal
against attack by European or Asia.i,
powers and they give more secu:t
protection to Its eastern and western
outlets than any fortress. however
strong, that can be located at or neal
its connection with the sea. Measured
by the income of the SueZ canal, at Il
corresponding cost, the Nicaragua ca
nal should yield, with equivalent rates
of tolls, at least twelve per cent. on
$14O,OOO,OOO. 1t IL too severe n tax up.
on credulity to ask the adoption of the
precnriOus water supply at Panamn In
preference TO the two grand lakes OF
the Nicaragua route, one OF which is
100 miles long by forty five miles broad
| and affords nearly seventy-five miles
| of fresh water navigation for the lar,
gest ships. us part of the canal route.
nnd together they supply more than ter
| times the water needed to supply the
canal line from Lake Nicaragua to
both oceans. We owe 1t to Ourselve.
and to the whole world that whatever
canal we shall build and control on
the isthmus of Darien shall be us open,
free and neutral to all nations as Its
corresponding gateway, the Suez ca
nal"
The sixteenth annual report of the
United States Civil Service Commits
sion has been submitted to the Presi.
dent. The report, while containing
much information of value concerning
the operations OF the commission dur
! ing the year. deals with number of
subjects of general public interest. The
remarks of the commission on the i'm
portance of n merit system In our
colonel possessions; the need of max
ing some disposition of superannuated
employees: the Improvement shown In
the reduction of the percentage of re
mOvnls throughout the service, result
ing from the requirements of the law
and the order Of the President Of July
%, 1897. looking to Its enforcement
and the advantages to be gained by
the classification of the force OF the
Library of Congress- and the municipal
service of the District Of Columbia, de
serve special attention Mt this time.
The report opens with a preliminary
statement In regard to the extent Of
the classified and unclassified service
from which 1t appears that there are
approximately 7j,OOO classified no
| sitiOns and 100000 unclassified DO
sitions; of the latter. 71,OO7 nre occu
pied by fOurth-clnss pOstmasters. There
are 10,446 positions in the executive
service In the District OF Columbia
and more than 10000 distributed
among the states and territories. The
commission states that the expendi
lures for salaries for the entire service
classified and unclassified, Is approx
mately 800, OOO,00O per annum, large
increase having resulted from the war
with Spain. The total number of ap-
pointments made during the year on
certificates of the communication was
9,05G.
The correspondent of the Chicago
Record, who is n Republican. critlcise<
his party as follows: 1t looks as II all
the reciprocity treaties negotiated by
Mr.. kasson under the Dingley bill
would be hung up by Congress as an IL
Illustration of human seltishness and the
inconsistency of the Republican party
The platforms of the st. Louis conven
ton and other previous conventions In
fervent terms demand the application
of the principle of reciprocity to our
foreign commerce. The Presidents In
auSuH auuress anu HuessaseS ~ SoH
gress advocated it. The speeches OF
the spell-binders throughout the Inst
campaign described the beauty and nd
vantages Of reciprocity in trade, and
promised great results II the Repub-
lican party were allowed to negotiate
treaties. The late Mr.. Dingley and his
colleagues Of the committee Of ways
and means made n great demonstration
to deceive the public, and inserted what
they called reciprocity clause in the
last tariff law, which was framed sc
that 1t should be imperative, but Mr.
Kasson skillfully managed to make
something out OF II and concluded ar
rangements with France and the Brit
ish colonies in America, while Mr.
Buchanan made an excellent treaty
with the Argentine Republic. which
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