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a Great Speech.

by common consent the speech Of
Senator Lodse on the foreign policy ~
the Republican party Is declared 10 De
the most notable public utteranSa on the
euhject within congress or without II
lacked. perhaps. something of the fer
vor and passion displayed by BevsrtdTe.
nut Il was wider In les scope and more
polished and shoiariy Ia its fngsh Mr.
Lodge Is a student "a we'll as "a man OF
affairs. His studies in history ami thu
art % government have hroaAenca his
views and strengthened both tolerance
ard reason. Ris.nS above the petty de-
hates OF partlsauship into the ioftier air
that statesmen seek. ne tells the destiny
and duty Of this country as the patriot
secs sheml
As FAR as the Philippines are concern
ca. one has but 10 re-sta'e the praclicAl
situation. They are ours. whether We
would OF no. The responsibility for
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SEATTLE AND HER FUTURE.
Dazzling Opportunities In lie Lap of
the New Metropolis.

Republic Miner.
Seattle is now about to repeat the expert
ence of the spring of 1895 only on a larger
scale. Through the year 1897 she felt the
first impulses Of the great Klondike move
ment. Through the whole winter of 1875
people were focking there from points all
over the East. preparatory to departure
TO the new gold fields In the spring 1t
gave Seattle a new lease of life and OPEN
ened up before her vast possibilities OF
trade with Alaskan points. There was a
reaction in the fall of 1Sas and the early
part of 1899, owing to the inevitable dlsap-
pointment of the ma jority of people who
rush to a new gold field But the news Of
the Nome discoveries came along to once
more tighten up the future and the chance
for business Is now far better than ever
before. Already the travellers for Nome
are crowding into the city, and In another
month the streets will be damned. 1t is
evident the movement to Nome VIII be the
largest In the history of the country since
the California excitement fifty years ago.
1t Is n piece of remarkable good fortune
that Seattle should have been by common
consent chosen to be the chief Quitting
point for the Kiondike and Nome move
ments. II means that she will grow to be
great city in few years, whereas in
the ordinary way she would have had
perhaps a prosperous career. but not a
dazzling one. As II is now IL Is another
ease Vi odn FfauClsCo, OF perhaps tofne-
thing better, San Francisco grew as II by
magic from the gold discoveries OF 20
and 80. From the north VIII come n
trade to Seattle, which win clothe her IN
raiment of purple and fine linen, and "
would not be surprising IL population OF
100000 should gather there within the next
ten years.
But II is not to Alaska alone that Seat
tie Is TO look for the commerce which Ia
10 contribute to her greatness President
Hill. of the Great Northern. IL building a
fleet of the largest freight steamers in the
world to run from the terminus of his
transcontinental road at Seattle to the
Philippine. Japanese and Asiatic ports
This of itself means the concentration of
a large business at Seattle Mr.. Hill SAYS
the markets In the East arc almost limit
less II the articles the people want can be
laid down at low enough prices. He pro-
poses cutting down the cost of transporta-
ton by building steamers into which a
half dozen ordinary steamers could be
loaded and fill them up with the flour and
lumber of Washington and the cotton OF
the Southern states. To what dimensions
Mr.. Hills enterprise will grow Il would
be foolish to guess. He himself can hard
ly live more than long enough to see IL
well under way. 1t Is fraught with IN
finite possibilities
With so much In her favor Seattle has
nothing to do but expand year by year
In answer to the demands upon her The
enterprise and broad intelligence OF her
business men give ample assurance that
she will not fail to grasp the opportunitv
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their future rests upon us. 1t would not
relieve us in the least IL we were to
"scuttle OUT of the islands today and
leave them to aheir fate. In the grasp
Of forces wider than the wills of men
and more Irresistible than the phalanx
of the nations, we have become the
masters of their fate. Whatever that
is to be. with US or without us, will be
our work There is, therefore, no choice
for any man worthy of the name of
American.
1t is our duty to see that order Is re-
stored. that justice is administered, that
the rights OF the people to the proceeds
of their industry are confirmed to them,
that education is given to them and
that they are fitted for self-government
with an ultimate view to the fulles.
measure of liberty which they are COM
petent to enjoy. These principles ac-
cepted by every man who has not for
sworn mental and moral straightfor-
wardness through devotion to a party
or a theory. are stated and enforced by
Senator Lodge in his great speech with
rare force and eloquence. 1t will take
its place among the classics Of Ameri-
can political debate
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Those nIsionists at Tacoma who are
protesting because IL has been arranged
to have Mr. Bryan speak in that city
the night following instead OF that pre-
oedinE the municipal election are no
doubt causing acute pain 10 the
shrewder managers who planned the
programme Any Democrat with a
grain % sense knows that a Bryan
speech Is not a vuSe w,ancr. Probably
It caused some dexterous manipulation
10 bring Mr.. Bryan In after the polls
had closed. and these directors are
throwing the fat into the Ere. There
are many thousand Democrats on this
coast who would contribute to q fund
TO keep Mr.. Bryan on the other side q
the mountains until after the fall elec-
;'ons. HIS speeches are dangerous NJ a
distance, a. short range they are more
deadly 60 his associates than a Maussr
rfge
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Who says the East is not effete? The
Providence Journal devotes three-quar-
tiers of one of its editorial columns to
the weighty question of 'Jewelry for
Men," from which we learn that 1t is
an open question whether q man can
wear rings, and that precious stones
in shirt front imperil his sartorial
salvation" Out here we consider that
a mans intellectual salvation is i'm
periled by leaving the brains out of an
editorial
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One Of the Democratic congressman
has observed that the passage of the
financial bill would mark the blacklist
page in our legislative history. This
ought to be pretty sure indication that
the bill has merit, for there has never
been a piece of important Republican
legislation in the last thirty years
which. according to some Democrat, has
not marked a black page in our his
tory. The growth and prosperity of the
country during the last quarter of a
century is due largely to the fact that
we have had a good many of these So
called black pages.
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The Gold Standard.

The gold dollar is the monetary STAN
dard by statute now, as it has been
heretofore the standard by commercial
usage and by national honor. 1t will
not be possible for any hostile congress
or administration in the future to de-
grade the money Of the country to the
silver basis. The new per cent. bonds
are payable, principal and interest, in
gold dollars Of the present weight and
fneness. The so-called battle of the
standards is over. The gold standard
Is successful not because IL was favored
by any Interest" but precisely as the
railroad has superseded the stage coach
Business demands and will have the
most suitable instruments for its use;
ard the universe, adoption Of the gold
standard Is merely an instance of COM
mercial evolution and the survival Of
the flttest.
OF the banking provisions Of the new
law. two are OF immense Importance.
One Is the refunding provision, under
which the bonded debt of the United
States will be consolidated at the lowest
interest known among nations. The ex-
change Of outstanding bonds for the
new per cents will reduce the annual
interest charge. The payment from the
treasury of the difference between the
present value Of the old and the new
securities in cash will furnish proper
use for portion of our cash surplus.
This payment will be credited to the
sinking fund; since reduction of inter-
est is rs truly a payment in redemption
OF debt as a payment on principal.
The other important feature is the
permission to organize national banks
with a capital of $4,000 One of the
sources Of strength OF the free silver
movement was the absence of national
banks. with their privilege of issuing
circulating notes. in small cities and
towns of the South and West. These
may enjoy banking privileges hereafter.
The new arrangement will call for an
increase in the labors and the watch
funess of the office Of comptroller of
the currency. The federal bank ex-
aminers will have TO be more than ever
careful to detect any unsoundness In
the small national banks. where irreg-
ularities would cause severe local hard
ship. The holders of their notes will
be protected absolutely by the bond de-
post. But their books must be exam
ined with n constant and rigid scrutiny
10 secure the safety of depostors.
The only occasion for regret In the
conditions OF the new financial bill Is
that. since there will be considerable
expansion OF bank note issues. the OPP
portunity was not improved for the re-
tirement Of the greenhacks. We hope
to see that step taken Mt an early day,
as the final completion OF financial re-
form. The passage OF the currency bill.
easily the most important act of its
kind since the issue OF legal tenders as
a war measure, IL Of immense value TO
the country and completes the redemp-
tion Of the pledges made 10 the people
by the Republican party in the last ma
tlonal campaign
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any state that would step in shortly
after we stepped out. And inasmuch as
the destinies of the islands have by
chance been intrusted to us. decent
regard for the welfare of the natives
and fair and proper safeguarding Of
our own interests demand that we shall
remain where the fortune Of war has
placed us, and not shirk the response
bility.
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The new Phiiippine Commission.

The sutiz are now asking what govern
mcpt viii The Filipinos get n they surren-
DER II Is easily answered. They VIII get
Just as fair deal as sny nation ever got
at the hands ~ its cOnquerora JuAze
Taft Dean Worcester. Gen. Denly. Gen.
Wright Henry G. Ice and Prof Bernard
Moses make no commission that Tor
ability, fitness character and complete
absence nf politics has rarely hsen
equaled. Tho matter can safely be left 20
them, and the result viii not Pc in souht
as 60 the qualify q fhe government me
f1lip!nos wA Eet-cinciRhati Commercial
Tribune
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The advertising scheme arranged Nv
the manager Of the Topeka Capital and
accepted. in good faith no doubt and
for far other reasons by Mr., sheldon.
works exactly as any one could foresee
The people who have read Mr. sheldon =
books and are curious to SEE what he
would do with newspaper are sending
from a distance for copies Of his paper.
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quaintance has. discovered him to be
insane. 1t is not necessary to take the
newspapers into her confidence as to
her own mental condition.
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After all it is a good deal better to
leave the settlement of the Kentucky
difficulty to the courts rather than 70
Winchesters
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The Republican party has reason 20 feel
proud 81 the financial 0lH its representa-
t3yes 90 congress have passed and sent 10
the president Besldes iusaTirg us a cur
reacy az good a. the worlds best. q pro-
yides fsr making aad maintaining tAe
credit Of the United States The beat in the
prrlA
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John Bull says that If 1t is just the
same to us he won't have any umpire
in the little game he is now playing.
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The question of Frick-shun seems tc
be of vast Importance in Mr.. Carnegie:
steel works
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Alat- tsHEA ElEk
Hostile guns, under the Ryan range
finder. have been trained on Il, BUT
haven't compelled Il 10 abandon 4 kouis
" desert a lager.
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Gen. Otis has sent for fifty new type
writers. making his whole number 225.
Can it be that in Manila the typewriter
IS mightier than the swordg
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The difficulty experienced BY the var
department In getting accommodations
FOR Gen. Randall goes 20 show how
much Seattle needs 9 large federal
building
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A few long term sentences Tor some
Of these hiFhwaymen who are convicted
might have a salutary effect IN Kidding
the city OF its desperate characters.
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The siege OF Ladysmlth. Mafeklng
ana Kimberley has demonstrated con-
clusively that the automobile can never
replace the horse when Il comes TO sup
plying a beieaguered town with meat
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Unfortunately for some Of the British
officers there is no Cecil Rhodes IN
Bloemf0ntein with a champagne cellar
81 large dimensions at his disposal
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We have been having the sort %
weather that brings out crocuses and
bicveles.
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A girl In New Orleans who married
= man after twenty-four hours &C
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SEATTLE TffEATER-"Toll Gate Inn. "
THIRD AVENUE THEATER-McEw Even.
RANkE HALIS-"Kentucky Belle"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
REBELS HEA VILY PUNISHED.
PROBABLY A THOUSAND INSURGENTS
PUT OUT OF ACTION LAST
WEEK IN LUZON.

Manila, April 22-I4ast week has been one OF
the bloodiest of the war since the first days
fighting around Manila. Authentic reports
mostly official. show a total Of 37S Filipinos
killed, u officers and 244 men captured and
many more wounded. The number wounded is
hardly guessable. Considering that the Fill
pinos entirely lack hospital facilities a great
majority of the wounded will die. Probably the
weeks work finished thousand insurgents
The Americans total loss was nine killed and
sixteen wounded. Two sergeants and one pri-
vate were killed in ambushes while escorting
provision trains.
The insurgents have been aggressive in al
most every province Of Luzon. General Pho del
Pillars band, numbering three hundred which
was out of sight for three months the leader
being reported killed, has reappeared in its old
field about San Miguel. Pillar is supposed TO
be again in command. He gave the American
garrison at San Miguel consisting of three COM
panies Of the Both Infantry with a Calling. a
three hours fight, during a night attack The
loss Of the insurgents in this engagement is not
included in the foregoing total as they removed
their dead and wounded but presumably it was
considerable.
Twenty Filipinos in the Province of Batangas
attacked Lieutenant Wonde, who with eight
men, scouting near San jose The Lieu
vate was killed.
Sergeant Ledoius, of the Both Infantry was
badly wounded in an ambush near Baliuang
Lieutenant Balch. of the 9th Infantry, with
seventy men, had five hours fight with
four hundred insurgents in the Nueva Caceres
district. Twenty Of the insurgents killed
Colonel Smith of the 18th Infantry, who capt
ured General Montenegro and brought him TO
Manila is in the isolation hospital suffering
from smallpox, presumably caught from the
Filipinos.
Colonel Smiths command captured hun
dred and eighty officers and men with Montene
gro The officers brought to Manila
Montenegro. who was formerly OF the most
dapper officers in the Filipino army looks worn
and haggard He says he had led terrible life
for months, and he has offered to return to the
north with Colonel Smith to endeavor TO per-
suade his former comrades Of the uselessness OF
opposing the Americans.
One hundred escaped Spanish prisoners from
the Province of Tayabas, South Luzon. have
rived at Manila.
The insurgents have four hundred more Span
iards in that district. Recently the Filipinos
destroyed several rods OF the railway line near
Paniaue in an unsuccessful attempt to wreck
train.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
TURKEY MAKES REPLY.
AMERICAN CLAIMS TO BE TREATED AS
ARE THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.

Constantinople. April 22.-The Porte has re-
piled to the American demands, stating that
Turkey Will compensate American missionaries
under the conditions IN the of
other foreign subjects.
The United States Legation Joined the other
Embassies in protesting against the increase
of import duties. the reply to the notification
of the Porte asserting that the United States
Government expects to be previously consulted
with regard to any changes
The Porte has not yet replied to the last coll
lective note. but the changed tone of the Otto
officials leads to belief that settlement
has been reached in conformity with the de-
mands of the foreign representatives 1t is now
fully expected that the Porte will invite the
Embassies to discuss the proposed changes.
There is the greatest interest in political cir
cles regarding the attitude of the United States
in the indemnity claim, and ii is believed that
the Powers having similar claims will support
American action.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
RELIEF NEAR WEPENER.
BRITISH COLUMNS CONVERG-
ING ON THE TOWN.
RTNDLE'S FIGHT on SATURDAY-ROB-
ERTs MUST CLEAR HIS FLANKs.

copyright: 1900 BY The New-York Tribune1
IBY THE TRIBUNE.l
London. April %. 6 a m-The British forces
under General Rumble and General Brabant are
gradually converging on Wepener From the
few particulars that are published concerning
Rundles engagement on Saturday. however it
does not seem that he able to do much
more than maintain the position from which the
Beers had been driven on the previous day.
Brabant had on Saturday reached Bushman's
Kop, which is less than twenty miles distant
from wepener. He has not encountered any
serious opposition, but it is evident that unless
the Beers retire with great dexterity an i'm
portant engagement must take place very
shortly Meanwhile the Wepener garrison is
holding out well and relief is practically certain.
The Standard" correspondent with General
Roberts explains ct some length the reasons for
delay IN resumption of the offensive. He points
out that before the main army can advance
tTom Bloemfontefn il is absolutely necessary to
clear the TANKS and rear from menace, and also
10 accumulate stores In case of interruption Of
the long line Of communications. But when the
army does move it Will be seventy thousand
strong and perfectly equipped.
General Warren arrived at Durham on Satur-
day and booked passage for East London The
Central News SAYS it is stated that his destina-
ton is the Free State, where he viii assume
civil appointment. I. n. F.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
LARGE SAVINGS OF SOLDIERS.

Washington April 22.-Major Theodore Sternberg
of the Pay Department. stationed at Iloo. has
written a letter friend IN this city in regard
TO the situation in the Philippines. He says that
the soldiers making large deposits OF their
money and that he received $20294 that
count In the six months ending December 81. He
adds:
/ only ore paymaster, and these deposits rep
resent the troops only on Panay and Negros ISL
auds company of the 34th
has about S30.OC0-the richest company in the world
This $50 coo represents the capital these VIII
have when their OF service expires to engage
in developing these Islands, for most of the men
who re-enlisted in the volunteers did with the
intention of remaining here.
1 must impose you opinion to eGuca-
tion Here Is a field for the man woman with
mission. KtndersHrtens are the practical way of
getting al the working people, of making them
understand that the coming Of the Americans
means real elevation TO them The ordinary native
sprig Of wealthy classes. every escaped desperate
can IN the future take to the mountains with
following OF bolomen, 10 live by plunder or 10 keep
alive political factions.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23

CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
A ride from New York Chicago over New York
Central Lines so smooth and luxurious you can't
keep awake after dark.-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
BATTLING AROUND wEPENER.
boERs AND RELIEVING COLUMNS DOING
SOME SERIOUS FIGHTING.


SOME SERIOUS FIGHTING.
Maserp, Basutoland April 22.-GeneraF Bra
bant's advanced guard reached Bushman's Kop.
twenty miles from Wepener. last evening. The
Beers held strong position there. with two
guns The engagement opened at sunrise, with
heavy rife fire. At G;31 a m. cannonading began
and continued for several hours
General Brabant's forces are on the plain and
nave fairy open country ali the way TO Wepener.
Evidently the Beers reattacked Colonel Dal-
getty to-day. Colonel Dalgetty heIiograp phs:
Al Hell. Boe:s fred three hundred shells yes
ieicaN without doing much damage.
-Four BOcr guns were hard at work ali day
saturday on Colonel Dalgettys position. The
DFitish guns replied at intervals. The Beers are
divided into three divisions. two being in posi-
uons 70 repeI the relief columns the distant roar
q whose artillery IS audible
ne BasutOs posted the border for de
lehsiFe purposes. They are behaving In orderly
'aAh'on, but are showing the most intense inter
es' III tie outcome Of the developments Of the
next twenty-four hours
" "akkeTstroom, near Dewetsdorp. ApTil 81.
lghtlrg was continued to-day, mainly with
"f artillery The yeOmanry and mounted
'h'ahiry pushed forward on the right flank and
were subjected 10 shelling and a heavy rife fire
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
WASHINGTON NOT YET ADVISED.

Washington. April 22-Neither Secretary Hay
nor the Turkish Minister has been advised of the
reported action of the Porte in replying to the
American demands. In the absence of official in
formation and of the specific conditions of the
reply, officials here prefer to discuss the mat
ter, but express the hope that a satisfactory and
amicable settlement of the differences between
the two countries may be reached.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
ITALYS COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
FEATURE OF THE DREIBUND NOT HITHERTO
MADE PUBLIC.

Rome. April 22.-The italian newspapers are
much concerned regarding the renewal Of CONNER
cial treaties with Germany and Austria. The Pun
COLO Paramento'' asserts. on the authority OF "A
former member OF the Cabinet, probably Slsnor
Branca that a clause was added In 1881 TO the
DreCund treaty whereby the three Powers sUpu-
late 10 grant another favored nation treat
ment and the greatest possible faculties IN trade
The "TribUna." commenting upon this revelation.
gays that in Fple OF H. the prospects fo- the tut
not reaSsur.ua In view OF the ultra pro-
tectonist tendencies % the Austrian and German
New-York tribune., 1900-04-23

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