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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
TO FACILITATE MAIL BUSINESS.
a Proposed Extension of the POST
nge-Due System.


At the instance OF Third Assistant Post
master General Madden. the Postmaster
General has forwarded to Congress the
draft of a bill to permit the delivery to
business houses OF return cards" not pre-
paid. letter to Senator woleott, Chair
man of the upper house Committee on
Postoffices and Postroads, accompanies
the measure, and reads, in part, as fol-
lows:
''At present many business establish
ments and persons. in order TO secure pa
tronage and replies by mail, send to So
licited and prospective patrons and CORE
spondents prepaid cards and envelopes.
Practical experience and observation, it is
claimed, show that not only about 10 per
cent OF those are returned entailing
loss to the senders of 30 per cent OF the
postage value of the cards and envelopes
80 distributed. The plain business policy
OF advertising this loss and encouraging
mail orders and replies. while still paying
postage on that which Is returned. has led
10 q demand for such enactment as viii
secure that end.
tended to meet this requirement. IL pro-
vides that the Postmaster General may ar
range with private persons. firms. and cor
porations for the issue by them of reply
cards and envelopes. and for the transmits
sion of the same in the mails without pre-
payment OF postage. the postage to be cJ!-
lected from the addressee as postage due
is collected under present conditions; that
a deposit in advance shall be required suf-
fisient to secure the payment OF the post
age: that the reply cards and envelopes
shall be marked as to distinguish them
and safeguard their use. and that the priv
ilege OF the postal registry system may
be extended to such reply envelopes, the
registry fees to be collected from the ad-
dressee.
1.-The practical method for carrying out
these provisions and operating the pro-
posed plan has been perfected in the De-
par tment. and is believed to be direct
simple. and effective II is free from com
plications. requires little bookkeeping. and
needs no additional force. 1t is. in fact
only an extension OF the postage due sys-
TEN already in operation. | shall be glad
to exhibit the details of the plan to you
and Your committee. The Government is
secured against any loss OF revenue, while
on the other hand, it is believed that the
advantages OF the system to the business
community would lead to a largely in
creased use of the reply cards and en-
yelcpes aud consequently to a greatly en-
HANGED revenue"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

AT least once year the debate on the
,lesirsbiiity and practicability of granting
: women the right TO mix in politics is re-
vived The annual attack upon the bar
riers OF conventionality is now being made
in the usual style and with the usual argu-
ments. 1t seems to attract the ordinary
amount OF attention.
Without the slightest desire to be I'M
gallant or unjust, it may be said that the
average man contemplates the average ad-
voeste of the woman suffrage cause with
sat special admiration. Not that the az
ersge man begrudges her the political
power which she seems to covet, and of
which in certain instances he himself is
deprived, but II seems homogeneous TO him
that the ardent minority OF women should
persist in the struggle FOR the ballot. The
average man cannot reconcile his idea and
ideals of womanly refinement. loveliness.
and modesty with feminine participation in
she hurly buriy CT the polls.
When Max o'Rell was requested short
time since TO contribute TO an American
publication a series Of papers on the sub
1ect OF what most impressed the foreigner
III this country, he began with tribute to
1he power and beauty Of the native woman
He declared that she was the uncrowned
queen OF America, and that no knight lord,
or courticr of medieval and romantic days
gave more willing. complete. and valiant
service to his sovereign than does the
hustling American TO the smerilan woman.
The earnest supporter OF the so-calied
women's rights proposition, steeled against
deception by honeyed words and warm
tributes, will doubtless pronounce Max
o'Relrs view a superficial and more or
less poetic one, Inconsistent with the cold
facts But the general observer will be in
clined 10 believe that he was sincere and
that he wrote the truth.
Max o'Rell indirectly opposed the fever
ish movement for dragging woman into
political turmoil. for which she is untitled.
by showing that she has practically nothing
10 gain and much to lose thereby. He in
ferred that she has a devoted father. hus-
band, or brothers not only TO provide her
With the comforts OF life. but 10 do the
voting for her, and that, being Careful
of her. they would not, even with their
ballots. do that which would be patiently
inimicsl to her interests.
There is well founded impression that
the women sufrragists. blinded by cnthu-
sissm, are fighting somewhat, useless
bsttle on the strength OF obsolete issues
or conditions that do not exist in this
country. The day when woman had no
rights has disappeared forever. and, under
The protection of present systems of juris-
prudence, her privileges are many aud well
defined. Her property rights have been en-
lsrged to the limit. and in enlightened
countries her power is rightly exercised in
its own peculiar and transformations way
70 shape the current Of affairs. The sex
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
AFFAIRS in CUBA.
General Wood Disseivc~ n Military
Courf-MartiaI.

u,y,N, - 90 ct W., ,.,,..l,
n. -, 49, 49,
'cNAs "'ssoiNins cue court in''''"t
Sppvlhteu by General Ludlow to try John
.A' private OF the Second Artillery.
"uo, IN hght last week. shot and killed
. nesIo canister There vas question
Wuetner the man should be tried by the
eiv'i courts or 'c.htary tribunal.
ouodn civil Judge sent the case to a
military court. as the Spanish law recog-
nized the right Of the latter to try all SOL
aiers accused OF onsness- Judge Advocate
S'nHiohuS iooked up tue authorities and
ueeidsd 10 nave court-martial, YORK being
eharged win conduct prejudieiai TO the
service
"enefai i'uaio" 1ahso the members OF
cue oVurt lust before ne shiisu LOT New
iorh. GeheraI Woou holds tnat the mill
tsry nave no r1ght " Try tue nan until
after tue ciVh courts nave dlsposed OF the
case ana ne orders Wat YORK De tried by
ehe eiVit courts.
senior Nimeno. manager OF the Central
railways. referring to the AGITATION now
going on Tor reforms IN ,he railways OF the
isiand. says tnat the planters want lower
charges. but that II Is impossible at pres
ent for the railways TO grant the demand.
as they have to meet very heavy outlay
Tor repairing damages sustained during
inc war. Dividends are now practically
NIL
III reductions were made in the charges
tne diuerence would not help the planters,
VINO are not putting on planting on account
OF the railway charges being high but for
reasons entirely distinct from that. I'm
~ pianlers RAISE money and cultivate their
iano ana tnere Is an increase in business
anu uaui. generally there Is no use OF the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
LUDLOW ARRIVES AT NEW YORK
He says He In ON Good Terms With
civil Goyeaor Nunez.

NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Gen. William
Ludlow. Military Governor of the city of
Havana. and Mrs. Ludlow arrived tciay
aboard the Ward Line steamship Havana
from Havana. General Ludlow went d.
rectly to his home in Flushing. L. l..
where. he will stay until Thursday. when
he will go TO Washington to talk with
Secretary of War Root about affairs at
the Cuban capital He said:
There has been no clash between the
civil governor. General Nunez. and my
self. and there is not likely to be. saw
him every day while I was in Havana
and our relations were always pleasant.
Havana is one OF the best regulated cities
in the world. | may say, without intend
ing to reflect on or dispsrage any Amer
lean city. that there is none better than
Havana
The Industries OF the city and OF the
rural districts are fast getting into shape
again. The best workmen. so far as my
observation has gone are recent immi-
grants all Spanish, from the Caneries and
from Galicia. They learned that they
could make better living in the new
Cuba and went there. They are sturdy,
Industrious LOT.
Talk of revolutionary trouble in Ha-
vana is nonsense. The unruly element
is small and has not much influence"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
INCIDENTS IN MINDANAo.
A Soldiers Letter Describing the Ex-
periences of the Volunteers.

10 the Editor of The Times:
Many Washingtonians, who have friends
in the Second Battalion. Thirtyfrst Regt-
ment. L. S. V. l., viii, doubtless be inter-
ested to learn of its experiences since
reaching the Philippines. The battalion
was mustered at Fort Thomas. Ky., on
July IL. 1899. When We reached Zambo-
angoa that place was made regimental
headquarters. Under the command of Mai.
L. VI. Brett. Company F. was ordered to
Gotta Bato, on December L. We boarded
the tug Churruca, which brought us across
the bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande
de Mindanao. After passing a miserable
Sultan and the chief of the province. to
which we had been assigned After an
examination of the gunboat Yorktown.
which had followed us. they decided to
allow us to pass UP the river to this city.
The rations were shipped on a small Borneo
steamer. attached to which were NUN
Der OF small boSts loades 10 the water line
with the boys o. Company f.
We landed about 2 o'clock. In pouring
rain. and were at once escorted by n ma
tive to a building which proved to be an
old Catholic church, ruined during ths
reign of the Spanish. The rain ceased In
an hours time, and we we're ordered to
fall in and march to the barracks. These
were cleaned and the rations removed
from the boat. After the men had received
their allowance OF corned beef. coffee, and
hard tack. they laid down amid the noise
CT protesting lizards. and then began an
encounter with the mosquito. by far the
most Industrious thing in the island. Sleep
was Impossible until mosquito netting had
been issued TO the men. The next day
routine duties were begun, but everybody
continued to suffer from the insect PESTS
on December 10 We were Joined by Com
panies L and II. The former is still here
but Company VI went to Pollok, nine miles
TO the north of this place.
Considering the surroundings we spent
an enjoyable Christmas. Our holiday re,
past consisted of bacon. hard tack. and
coffee. For supper We had coffee, bacon,
and hard tack. The naked natives stood
about the camp watching the feast In
amazement The New Year brought no ex-
citing event except discussion as to
when the twentieth century begins. ON
January Company G. the last Of the bat
talon arrived, and with them came the
mail. the first received since October rs,
the day we sailed from San Francisco. \
few hours after Company G had landed the
Sultan also disembarked, accompanied by
an armed party. The chief Of this province
had given orders to his subordinate not TO
allow soldiers in the city. The Sultan was
evidently angry because of the disObedience
to orders. and persisted in being disagree
able 4 line OF battle was formed but
Major Brett's coolness. with the aid OF an
interpreter, rendered fighting unnecessary
There had been a misunderstanding be-
tween the chiefs. and everything was
amicably arranged.
W. U. HERBERT,
Company f, Thirty first Regiment
Gotta Bato. Mindanao. p. l., Jan. 3.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
COMPLAINT OF PORTO RIcANs.
Labor Union Delegates From the
Island Fear nm Insurrection.


NEW YORK. Feb. 13.-Santiago Iglesias
and Edouardo Condo. the labor union dele
gates from Porto Rico. who are now here.
say there is danger of an instruction in
the island if alleged grievances are not
corrected.
They have been attending union meet
ings since they arrived, and declaring that
the American Government is not looking
after the Porto Ricans, and that abuses
have arisen which have driven them to the
verge OF rebellion They complain that the
mayors in the various towns are appointed
instead of elected.
The mayor. they say. is the presiding
Judge from whose decision there is no ap
peal. and the chief of police is the prose-
cutting officer Men employed on city work
receive only % cents day. and IL they
object to those terms they are regarded as
disorderiy persons. They also say that for
certain offences women are condemned to
clean the streets and work on public i'm
provements.
The two delegates want the trades unions
here to lend their assistance in having
these conditions changed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
SEEN AND HEARD AT THE CAPITOL


The speech of Senator Joues of Nevada
lively by large number of the members
of the Senate yesterday afternoon. Several
Representatives also came over from the
House side. Senator Jones' speech is said
to be one OF the most effective yet deIiv-
cred against the bill.
Senator Chambers eyeglasses are always
with him. II has been said that he sleeps
IN them, and it is known that he eats with
them before his eyes They are big. black
trimmed glasses, with a black string that
n hitehed somewhere down in the Sena-
tors waistooat. When Mr.. Chandler en-
esavors to see with particular cle1rness he
appears to look under his glasses.
senator Allen wears spectacl.s. and when
h"king intently at an object tries TO peep
& CT the glasses
Friends OF Representative DAILY Of New
Jersey we're saying at the Capitol yester-
day that he will be thu. next Democratic
Governor of his State. They called atten-
ton to the fact that in the last earnaigp
he carried his district by the largest vote
ever received by a candidate for Congress
.s ~ ia Nv ~ VI sne iae. tnat ne was
- n,,.,I."l, t,.. Nc" ,s seses Democrat
""V '"Pp''''" D-!a" iu io'V'
Now and then the House follows the ex-
ample OF the Senate and adopts new
wrinkle. The latest move In this line Is
the setting apart OF a reserved dining room
in the House restaurant for the exclusive
use of members. The room new used as
the members dining room was formerly
occupied by the Committee on Printing.
1t Is of good size. and will aceommodafe
about twenty-five members. But it is not
quite so swell as the dining room re.
served for the Senator's.
u,n
tr,", hii,. .n o ouse was Io ,,, Dis-
;,ai $500. ~ -'o.uay tne oii' io' Tue zap
Ia, ..ai s i Ooinpahs extension was
passeu .! tne votes OF those VINO were OPP
poseu 70 'he measure, ana TINS Is now IL
,1arssa. M ne'iy Oh Neh.ucky, whose
- suu.,. .oi .-een. rare mas aireauy maae
mn, iaii'iila' 70 'ue people Oh washington,
.ook up u sood ueai Oh time While the
a,o..a, oiii vas uiiuer eons,uerat'on. ,,e
Ss..s, ~ ~ p.opose an nihenulne"t 10 ,ne
.api.ai iIactioi eA,ensioh, suggesting tnat
ene ,ine oe ope' ateu uhuer o-cent tsre IN
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
THE RETIREMENT FUND.
4 s.atement by Prof. Moore to Chair
man Wadsworth.

Prof. Willis L. Moore, Chief OF the
Weather Bureau. yesterday submitted to
Chairman Wadsworth statement concern
ing the proposed retirement fund in con
nectiou with the bill now pending in the
House for that purpose. This statement
shows the number Of employees. their sala-
ries. the amount that will be realized BY the
assessments for different periods. and all
other pertinent data.
These statistics demonstrate that the
plan proposed has been carefully and ably
formed and that the scheme has in it all
the elements of success. and adequately
provides for all future contingencies and
all at the expense of the employees of the
Bureau
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

To the Editor Of The Times;
"IIow long viii prosperity, brought about by
at home and famine abroad. lastg
''LABuRER.
Really we don't know. In the first place
there are not very many evidences CT pros
perity except among the trusts: in the
second, there is no war at home Famine
there is, but it is confined to Porto Rico
and it could be stopped there By one brave
stroke OF MIR. McKinleys pen.
Our correspondent should take comfort
and thank heaven that he ia not an Eng
lishman. At least, we have no Boer war
on our hands.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

1t is reported that the President will
shortly issue an order declaring the Agui-
naldo rebellion at an end. after wh;sh the
bands of Malay bandit;i who are now roam
ing the Island OF LuZon will be treated as
outlaws, as they should have been long
ago. Mr.. Mckinley owes it TO himself and
to all the patriotic Americans who have
supported his Philippine policy to make
treason odious" and Inconsistent with
longevity, not only in the Philippines, but
at rome as well.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

In view of existing international oondi-
lions it might be well for the War Depart
ment 10 think about the possible necessity
of largely increasing our military force in
Alaska before the close of navigation. The
FIVE companies assigned TO duty in the Ter
riiory are ample perhaps for present pur-
pen in the near future. Mr.. Roat and Cen
eral Miles would not like to be caught
mapping in the vicinity of skaguay, for ex
smnlp'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

To the Editor OF The Tines:
Would it weaken Bryan TO put Aaimiisl Schley
on the ticket with him. ". II. H.
On the contrary it should strengthen
him. Admiral Schley is one of the most
popular men in the country The trouble is
that he does not agree with Mr.. Bryan on
the expansion question. and it is not Ger
tain that he is Democrat. Like most
Army and Navy officers. he has no poll
tics. II Mr. Bryan is renominated his run
ming mate will probably come from New
York-in fact. as matters stand. it looks
like Bryan and Sulzer. That would be an
ideal ticket
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

(from the New York Commercial Advertser.)
The report from Washington that southern
Democrat is to be appointed a member Of the Phil
ippine Commission would accord with the Presi-
dents impartial recognition OF approval OF Nd
ministration policy. Ii the South has cranky OPP
poneSs OF expansion, 1t also has some of the
stanchest and most hopeful OF its defenders.
The new manufacturing south- is strongly for
e,r uison, and it is eminently fttiIG that it
shtnld have capable representative = COM
mis,ron. That would be timely al i've
Endorsement Of the work OF reccnci Ind
emphasize the national character d om-
mission.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
4 N~wsboy'~ Protest.

To the Editor OF The Times:
desire to protest against the act Of the news
dealers in cutting down the prices OF sunday and
daily papers. They ate taking bread from many
poor families. which supported by newsboys.
II the dealers would adhere To- the original price
the newsboyS could get along and ii they insist
OH cutting them down many Of the BOYS will md
il impossible 10 make a living. When news
dealer sells one New York sunday newspaper
for seven cents. he makes much proht a. he
would by diSposing Of five papers at fye cents
each. JOSEPH II. HANLElN.
Washington Feb 10
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
The Carnesie-Frick Dimeuity.

CFrom the Kansas City Sta)
The contention that has arisen between Mr.
Carnegie and Mr.. Prick about the value OF the
laters holdings in he Carnegie Steel Company
is likely to throw considerable light on the prsc-
tice OF watering the stocks OF big corporations.
Mr. Carnegie holds his stock at about eight
times its par value and Mr.. Frick regards il as
safe to adopt the estimate OF a great phlan-
thropist in placing a value on his own interest
in the WorLs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

We are told that four hundred and fifty
soldiers who have served under Otis in the
Philippines have gone insane. Consideriny
the connection between the two facts. the
number will strike most people as amazing
~ moderate. Probably the full returns
have not been able to pass the censor.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
a slight Error.

(from the Boston He.-ld.l
And yet the new Almanach de Gotha describes
Don Alfonso Of Spain as sovereign OF the West
Indies, just IS il his youtaiui majesty had no,
evacuated this continent forever and ever.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

,I'rom the Boston JOurnal)
Admiral Dewey is upsetting the tradition that
heroes are OF beeting interest The demand in the
wcst and south los his pfeseree is as loud as
it last pcieber
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14
senator HnIe's ,itrioIic Tongue

cit is not often" said former Represent
alive Benedict OF New York. who was in
Congress more than twenty years ago.
that a speech in the House affects a vote
one way or the other. but | remember one
occasion wien vote was made by "a
speech delivered by Representative (now
SENATOR Hale. The vote. though. was
Influenced in the opposite way intended b.
the gentleman from Maine Colorado had
Just been admitted to the Union and James
b. Bedford. a Republican. occupied the one
seat to which the Centennial State was
then entitled. His right to the seat was
being contested by Thomas NJ. Patterson.
Democrat The House was pretty evenly
so tight as is usual in such cases. There
was q Democrat in the House named
Mackay and he was disposed to vote for
Bedford. As knew him pretty well l was
asked by Patterson to labor with him. |
could do nothing With him. however. as he
emphatically declared that he would vote
for the sitting member. At last Hale
arose to speak. His remarks were ven
omous in the extreme. He could not say
mean enough Things about the Democratic
party and at last he aroused the ire of
MaclIay Mackay came over to my seat
boiling with rage. The language he used
in characterizing Hale's speech would be
unfit for publication. He declared that
after listening to Hale's blistering speech
he would vote for no Republican alive or
dead. and he voted against Bedford. The
resolution which gave Patterson his seat
was sdopted BY a vote of III TO 49,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-14

Mr.. Chickering's Tragic Denth.-
The tragic death OF Representative Charles
A. Chickering in New York though not
wholly a surprise. was a shock to his
friends in Congress. Mr. Chickering vas
serving his fourth consecutive term in the
House and his health was so poor at the
opening of this Congress that his ply
siciapS and friends tried in vain to dis
suade aim from coming to Washington at
the beginning of the session. The strain of
hard work seemed to have completely
wrecked tis nervous organization, and his
friends were constantly apprehenslve OF
his collapse. Agains; the earnest advice OF
his physicians he struggled up from sick
bed in order 10 be in his seat in the House
when the final vote on the Roberts case
was taken. aud this i'll advised effort told
heavily on his reserve strength. When he
left Washington to place himself under
the treatment of specialists in New York
it is said that he weighed less than one
hundred pounds. MIR Chickering was
Chairman of the Committee on Railroads
and Canals and will be succeeded by Rep
resentative Davidson of Wisconsin. II is
presumed Governor Roosevelt will not call
a special election to fill the vacancy caused
by Representative Chickering'S death be-
fore the regular election next autumn.