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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
"a CHANGE" IN THE PHILIPPINES.

The "Anti-Imperiasts" in convention assem-
bled, but without the presence and cooperation
Of The most conspicuous statesman upon whose
aid they counted, declare that they are opposed
to the policy which the present Administration
has followed In dealing with the Philippines
and that they want a change. They propose
10 seek that change through support of Mr..
Bryan and, of course, support of those financial
and anarchstic heresies which four years ago
they so austerely condemned. The latter, how
ever being merely a question of principle in
vOlving the honor and welfare of the Nation
is a mere detail. not seriously to be considered
by them. The essential thing is to beat
Mckinley for presuming TO pursue a policy
without their permission and approval. 1t would
be interesting or perhaps diverting to know
specifically to what features of his Philippine
policy they opposed, and what sort of
change they would like TO effect
The first item in the Administrations Philip
pine policy was to break the power Of Spain
with which country the United States was at
war-and TO rid the Philippine Islands of Span
ish despotism against which the people Of the
islands had long been in revolt and which ap-
pears, by common consent, TO have been one
Of the worst governments In the world Are we
10 understand that the "Anti-Imperialists" would
have preferred that Spain should beat the
United States and should maintain her tyranny
over the islands, and that they would even now
restore the islands to Spanish rule?
Next the Administration proceeded TO assume
full responsibility for its acts and. having de-
Stroyed the Spanish government there which
bad as it was, the only government the
Islands had, ii undertook 10 set up another and
a better government IN its place. We should be
glad TO know whether the AMT Imperialists"
would have said the destruction Of the Spanish
government was a circumstance beyond their
control" for which they were not TO be held
accountable, OF whether they would openly have
repudiated the obligation Of replacing with an
other the government that had been DESTROYED
whether, that is TO say. they would have
pleaded the baby act or would have PLAYED the
pirate
Third, it was the policy of the present Adj
ministration, fully carried into effect, to con-
firm by treaty the title It had acquired bv con-
quest, so as TO make its sovereignty in the
philippines and It's responsibility for them In
the eyes OF the world absolutely complete m
Improbable and hawless. and unhesitatin9lv
recognized as such by all nations If the Anti
lmperialists' are opposed to that, we must SUD-
pose they would prefer TO have our title to the
islands left open TO dispute, to be a source of
future wrangling and quarrelling; not one
would say. a praiseworthy ambition for those
eminent advocates Of peace and good will
Finally. it was and is the policy of the Ad-
ministratiOn 10 restore peace and order and the
reign Of law. TO establish a free government
20 foster the resumption OF Industrial and
commercial pursuits, TO maintain equal civil
tights and to guarantee to the people of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28

cheering under Jouva the inventor OF the inverted
JOuva turbine wheel
Henry w Fairbanks who has been chosen super
visor of music In the public schools OF ChlcAs'
has made rapid progress in a musical career ourire
the ten years that he has been In chicago 1t
not until he had received a diploma I'm
University of Michigan with the degrees OF 10 n
and NJ A. that Mr. Fairbanks set out 10 WIN 9"
place among musicians
Several years ago Mr.. Joseph chamberlain, ,r0
British Colonial Secretary sent to local eNh.O'
ton at Birmingham a collection CT JeweHy '"a'
had been presented to him by his fellow towns
men The following dialogue between two WORKING
men as they stood opposite the collection was
ove heard by friend Of Mr.. Cham6eIia ana,
First Workman wonder II they re solu'
Second Northumberland 10!
The German Emperor has sent Herr Etzdor''
Landrath Of Erbng. to Windsor on private mis-
sion to Queen Victoria. 1t is believed that Herr
Etzdorf has been ordered TO acquaint himself with
the Queens model farm at WINDSOR ana OtheE
farms in England.
Charles V Cusachs OF New-Orleans, the In
structor in the French and Spanish departments OF
Harvard University. who has just been appointed to
the chair of Spanish at the United States Naval
Academy is only twenty-five years old. Mr.:
Cusachs graduated from the University Oh
Barcelona in 1892
Ex-Governor Taylor OF Kentucky Will engage IN
the insurance business in Indianapolis, which he
will make his home for the future.
General Lloyd Wheaton Is the only Illinois man
In the Regular Army holding the grade of general.
General Wheaton was born in Michigan. but spent
his early days in Illinois and enlisted In the Union
Army from that State.
The Journalists Club. of London. has started to
raise funds for monument to Archibald Forbes.
Professor William Lyon Phelps Of Yale Univer-
slty. who is writing a History OF the Drama in
England in the Eighteenth Century" win spend
the summer in the British Museum. collecting ma
terial for the book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28

Philippines the inalienable rights of life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness. is IL 10 tnat
the "Anti-Imperialists'' are opposedf Is that
the Ubiquitous feature Of its Philippine policy
And would they If they could change all that?
And SO for the sake of changing these things
they are going TO vote for the free coinage or
silver at 10 to 1, and for Socialist income tax,
and for packing the Supreme Court OF the
United States to serve partisan purposes, and
for depriving the Federal Government of power
to enforce its constitutional authority. Or do
they expect Mr.. Bryan to repudiate his own
platform and accept MISREPRESENTATION Of
Spanish tyranny, reversion to barbarism and
hauling down the Stars and Stripes? In either
case we wish him 10y Of his new supporters.
We have said these "And-Imperal1sts' are
now without the company and aid Of the fore
most statesman whose name has been asso-
ciated with their cause" It is grateful relief
to turn from their self-stultfying vaporings to
the clear manly and patriotic words OF Senator
Hoar That veteran friend OF liberty maintains
his declaration of opposition, not TO the policy
pursued IN the Philippines but Ito the policy
which brought on the war IN the Philippine
"Islands" But now that the war and It's re-
suits are accomplished facts he is equally posi-
tive and frank in declaring that he thinks 1.-The
future of the Philippine Islands safer in the
hands of Mr. Mckinley than in the hands or
"Mr Bryan" He does not believe the American
people have changed their spirit or that the
Republican party has changed in its devotion
TO liberty. He believes that the pledges of this
Government will be kept and that a good, free
government will be established in the islands
under its control. That will be more surely
done by the party of emancipation, National
credit and progress than by the party that
stroYe IN maintain slavery and that now aims
ut Acknowledgement Reputation and debauch
cry Of the fountainhead Of justice. Therefore
says Senator Hoar, president Mckinley will
"have no more earnest supporter in the country
"than shall be-" We commend those ringing
words to the petty intriguers who, having failed
to make Aguinaldo despot of Luzon, would now,
If they could out Of vindictive spite, plunge the
United States into the shame and ruin of
Organism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
ARCADES FOR BROOKLYN.

The Brooklyn Eagle" last evening gave an
illustrated account of designs for the widening
OF Fulton-st., Brooklyn, communicated to II by
Alfred c. Lebler. Mr.. Liebers plan Is the
adaptation to Brooklyn Of a scheme proposed
and advocated in The Tribune in the summer of
1897 for the narrow streets of Manhattan. par
ticularly for Ann-st, the widening of which was
at that time much agtated The Commissioner
or Public Works approved the proposal as
giving the needed space without interfering
seriously with existing buildings and so re-
ducing the expense to about one-third that of
the usual method pursued in this city
The plan calls for taking a few feet for side
walks off from the lower stories OF existing
buildings, thus making a covered way for pedes-
TRANS and giving up TO the driveway all the
space between the building lines. This change
can easily be made by moving back the glass
fronts of the show windows. shortening the
stores a trife, and leaving the front of the
building above supported on open arches There
Is nothing new, of course. in this style of archi-
lecture 1t Is suggested by the beautiful Rue de
Rivoll in Paris and the streets of Bologna.
where n large part Of the town is arcaded with
n most charming effect The same idea Is car
RED out IN Madison-ave., near Fifty -nlnth-st
on a small scale, except that the building Is
back from the street. with an additional side
walk outside the arcade It is seen also in Mad
lson Square Garden, except that there the su-
persructure does not extend over the arcade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28

The transformation of existing buildings In
business street would not result in such an
artistic triumph as the Paris and Bologna
streets can show, but as new buildings were
erected afterward on an arcaded street they
would naturally be so designed to give
pleasing variety to our too monOtonOus thor
oughfares.
We hope the Brooklyn people will carefully
consider the proposed plan. 1t will save them
money, for instead of buying valuable prop
erty outright and being at great additional ex-
pense for tearing down and rebuilding fronts of
large buildings they can condemn merely an
easement of a few feet on the ground floor and
leave the owner with triding alterations to use
the full depth of the rest of his building. Be
Sides it would give comfortable and shaded
walk for shoppers Certainly it Is the best
method Of widening streets already built up
with large and expensive structures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28

1899, however, it was only thirty inches, the
lowest ever known since record of such things
has been kept and the result is the famine Of
1900. In 1897 the famine prevailed over an
area of POS, 600 square miles, with a population
Of 10000 900. This year II aficts AIT 900 square
miles, or nearly one-fourth of the entire area of
India, with population of 100000. In May,
1897, 3,S11 900 persons were in receipt of Gov
eminent relief. In May. 1900 their number
was 6,6OI 900. At the present moment about 10
per cent of the entire population of the afflicted
part of British India is being supported by the
Government, and of the native States about 9
per cent. These last figures, by the way, indi-
cate not the lesser need of the native States,
but the greater bounty of the British Govern
ment. 1t also gives hint of the reason why
this is not the most destructive of famines.
Before the British conquest when the popula-
ton of India was less than half what 1t now is,
famines were Of frequent occurrence and were
permitted to run their course without relief.
Now the land has a government which cares for
the people.
So, while this is the greatest of famines IL
is being met with the greatest measure Of re-
lief. BY the end of the summer when it Is
hoped natural conditions will have relieved the
needs of the people, between $450O0000 and
$50, 100000 will have been expended for the
good of the stricken. OF that splendid sum the
vast bulk will have come directly from the
British Treasury, for. while private gifts have
been large in Great Britain and the United
States, they have not been nearly so large as
the occasion requires they were three
years ago. In 1897, for example, the United
Kingdom contributed no less than So 100000
while at the same date this year the same
source had provided only $1,S5OOOO The South
A oo6 tic ysoIi ~ ,dz Of
course, for this large falling off. With these
facts in view, it is gratifying to see that Amer
lean gifts to the famine relief fund are steadily
growing, and have already reached handsome
total. The greater the need of humanity any
where, the greater is the opportunity of human
ity everywhere else for beneficence that shall
honor it and bless the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
"STRONGER THAN IN 1896"
From Harper's Weekly.

From HarperS weekly.
No man in high official position has ever been
enemies. and Mr. Mckinley is exception to the
rule: but when look back upon his career
person deny that he is entitled to the gratih-
cation which must be his in the moment of his re-
nomination by reclamation. The perplexites of
his Office have been great. Problems that have con-
fronted other administration have been his to
solve That he has not solved them wisely and
we'll no man may say. because there is nowhere to
in the end have brought about more satisfactory
results. Time alone can demonstrate whether the
President might or might not have done better.
In land where of the essential characteristics
OF the people is love of fair play debatable
propositions judgment should be suspended, and
the individual upon whom responsibility rests
exist. One thing is certain and that is that in
of his conspicuous official acts the PreS-
the highest and most honorable motives. and
have been prompted by the single and sincere pur-
pose OF serving his country according the best
OF his abilities. Despite the frOthy utterances ~
captious critics and dyspepttc malcontents who at
Philadelphia did not venture show their faces
or lift their voices, Mr.. Mckinley is to-day a
1926. He has managed to win the confidence of
thousands who voted for him four years ago with
great reluctance, ana those whose good opinion ne
mas lost because or his official acts nConsider-
able in number, and, owing to the unfortunate dis
rupton Of the old Democratic party are practi-
cally without leader or even political resting
What Mr. Mckinley stands for the American
people Know TO a reasonable certainty He is the
material expression of the principles of the Re-
Puohcan party, which, however much may Diff
Ter with II in certain matters of detail is vet the
one compact organization left which stands for
law, order and public decency and therein lies the
the Republican party. which stands for law and
o OF on the one side. and rattebrained fusion
litca heresy that has shown itself on the surfaCa
since the close OF the Civil War. the other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
PERSONAL.

Ut. l. M Lieoer' leader of the Centrist party In
the German Parliament. is preparing to come TO
this country. He is not only travelling for rest
and health. but to study economic conditions in
this Nation. He may attend the German Catholic
convention at Milwaukee in August. Dr. Lieber
was born at Camborg. Province Of Nassau and de-
voted himself to the study Of law Since his entry
into political life he has maintained close relations
with the German Roman Catholic Central Society
OF the United States and has visited this country
on several occasions. He is OF the foremost
pubic men OF Germany. He has suffered much
from Illness. but has indomtahle spirit and cour-
age, ana is strong with the members of his rty
while respected by the opposition ''
Carolus Duran, the famous French portrait paint
err will visit this country again next winter
Emile c. Geyen. who recently died in Pbilade,
phar was one OF tho most eminent hydraulic en-
Khsers IN the country. Mr.. Geyelin studied en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
TOOLS IN PRISON LABOR.

The opposition to prison labor has assumed q
new phase. 1t is not directed against all labor
in penal institutions, but against only the use
of machinery therein. To use machinery is
men say, to transform a prison into n manu-
factory which shall compete with the industrial
establishments in which free labor earns liv-
ing. The object of prison labor IS, they say. 10
afford the prisoners healthful exercise, and not
to make money; wherefore the rudest forms of
manual labor are preferable to the employment
of machinery in the higher forms of industrial
operations.
But where, then, are we to draw the line?
At electric power, steam power, water power.
foot power hand power? Is foot lathe ma
chine? And q sewing machine? An auger and
a drill? AS matter of fact, the simplest tool,
a hammer or a spade, is machine Are we to
confne prisoners to only such work as can be
done with the naked hand? That would appear
to be the logical outcome of the campaign
against the use of machinery by them.
1t may not be amiss to recall the suggestion
which has hitherto been made in these columns.
to wit that prisoners should be employed in
road building. There is kind Of labor that
answers exactly the description Of what con-
Wet labor should be. 1t is eminently healthful,
a physical exercise. 1t involves the use Of
no machinery save Of the simplest kind. 1t
comes into competition with no private industry,
but the contrary does something which the
average man for some inscrutable reason par
ticulary dislikes to do And it is a work that
literally fills long felt want-one Of the long
est felt and most urgent of all our wants. Why
not try It?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
aep91ork DaiIp Gribm,te
THURSDAY. JUNE 2s, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS NORNING.

FOREIGN.-Admiral KempH reported that the
foreign Ministers in China were with Admiral
Seymour's relief expedition intrenched eight
miles from Tien-Tsin; the German Consul at
Che-Foo confirmed a report that message from
Admiral Seymour reached Tien-Tsin on Monday
saying he was terribly harassed, had sixty three
men killed and two hundred wounded, and could
hold out only two days longer. ending by asking
for a relief force two thousand strong: the re-
lief force asked for left Tien-Tsin under Russian
command on Monday morning. - The Khe-
dive Of Egypt arrived in London new
underground railway in London opened by
the Prince Of Wales - Nine insurgent lead
ers. including Pho del Pillar and other generals
were released in Manila upon taking the oath
Of allegiance to the United States Government
and renouncing all forms of revolution in the
Philippines. - At the session Of the British
Chambers Of Commerce in London, Mr.. Richie
president Of the British Board of Trade said
he believed the days of the Manchester Free
Trade School were passing = A message
from the besieged Governor Of the Gold Coast,
Sir Frederic N. HOdgsOn, said he would hold
out in Coomassie until June 20; desperate eff
forts TO succor him were reported as being made
on June %.
DOMESTIC. Chaffee left Washing
ton on his way 10 assume command Of the Amer
lean forces in China. - President Mckinley
will start for his home in Canton Ohio. to-mor-
row. The annual commandments OF Yale
end Harvard took place at New-Haven and
- Judge Chester handed down a decision
against the American Ice Company all points
raised. - Yale is the favorite for the boat
race at New-London to-day. - Whitelaw
Reid was made honorary chancellor of Union.
and delivered address on Education" -
Croker. Murphy and Sulzer will stop off at Lin
coin for conference with Bryan. --= Twelve
crews are now at Poughkeepsie ready for Sat-
urday's race.
CITY.-stocks were dull and firm. -
severe storm OF lightning passed over this neigh
borhoOd and caused considerable damage. -
II was announced that Governor Roosevelt
would devote three weeks OF campaigning TO this
State n August. - Horace E Deming
summed up the charges against District-Attor-
ney Gardiner before Commissioners Wilcox: -
Senator Depew and Lieutenant-Govern Wood
ruff among those who sailed for Southamp
ton on the American liner ST. Paul - The
American Association for the Advancement of
Science and constituent bodies held their third
days session at Columbia University.
Belle Of Lexington, Mayor Gilroy, Moor Admi-
ration DR.. Catlett and The Amazon won the
Eheepshead Bay races.
THE WEATHER. Forecast for to-day:
Showers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
So degrees; lowest %; average, 7S&4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
THE GREATEST OF FAMINES.

The century draws to its close amid wars and
famines Of unprecedented magnitude as well as
amid unrivalled achievements In science and
the arts Of peace The war in South Africa
small though 1t has been in some respects has
In respect of the transportation of great armies
across the sea far surpassed any other in the
history OF the world. That which may even
now be beginning in China threatens to be
such as has not been known since the irruption
OF the Moguls, to which, indeed il will furnish a
striking parallel in inverse order And as for
famines, the British Indian Government has ~
day to deal with the most extended infiction Of
that kind in the history of human woe Rv
that we do not mean that it is or will he the
most destructive Of human life The advance
OF the country in civilization under British rule
and the vast bounty Of the British Government
and OF the sympathetic world will fOrefend
that But in the area Of territory and the num-
Der OF inhabitants affected, and in the intensity
or the one great natural condition which IS the
prime cause of Indian famines, the present Wis
itation considerably surpasses any other Of
which we have record in India and therefore in
the world. For India is pre-emInently the land
Oh Iamlnes' her disasters Of that sort exceeding
III magnitude and horror those OF any other
land, even those of Russia herself
The famine that prevailed in Russia three
years ago was said then to be the greatest on
record. Perhaps ii was IF So there can be no
question OF the supreme pre-eminence of the
present famine, as a brief comparison VIII
show. The average yearly rainfall of India Is
rorty-one inches. In 1896 II was only thirty
SIX inches, and the famine of 1897 resulted. In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28

The Rev. DR.. Dean Richmond Rabbit rector
of the Protestant Episcopal Church OF the
Epiphany Brooklyn, indicates in a letter else
where printed the intelligent and comprehensive
views Of a former Secretary of State, one Of the
greatest Of our Secretaries. William H. Seward
on the Chinese question. 1t is Of special interest
at the present time, when the Chinese question
is so prominent part of world politics" The
extracts from Stewards writings give the views
of one Of the keepest political observers. who
was perfectly conversant with the Far Eastern
question when 1t was in one of it's acute stages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
A ROD. NOT A GROWN.
From The New-York Times

III
Inc martyrs crown is made for quite other hroNs
tnah those OF anti-imperialsts A narrow and f1ri-
eS perversty Is the cheracteTistic quality their
tn tSt: anu Tor that the rod, not the crown Is
the thlng held In store ~ popular Judgment They
nave made themselves slaves to a few phrases
tuuey nave refused to and hear the truth for
me eXlls they declaim about they have proposed
tetntdles that would have been cruel and inhuman
70 me. OBJECTS OF their sympathy and they have
tneiT msshevous agitation much Increased the
SlIncuIties or the work 10 be done hv our armed
FORCES and our civil agents in the new possessions
And now not content with the evil they have al
Esauy wrought. they declare their Intention MANY
OF uhem or voting for W. J. Bryan and his do
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