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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-25

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 cite Wrappers, deep hounce,
 braid trimmed and fitted lin
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 full bertha ruftie, also velvet
 ribbon trimmed, Friday and
 Saturday S1.9 Ladies' very fine French back
 Tea Gowns, embroidery
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 Gowns, corded with silk yoke.
 velvet and ribbon trimmed,
 cheap at $5, S3.1
 DRESSING SACQUES. Fine Flannelette Kimona Dress
 ing Sacques, value 75c, Friday
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 Sacques, half shell embroid- cred with ribbon trimmed, the
 $1 kind, 75 Ladies' fine all wool Eiderdown
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The situation in the Orange Free State Is now
at a critical point, The overwhelmingly SUI
rerior force Of the British appears TO be
neutraliling the tactics and lighting OF the
Beers, and compelling them to concentrate
instead OF dispensing. The report that
the Beers have Withdrawn from Lady
brand and Ficksburg. if confirmed. would
Indicate that the idea of repeating the
Eruption into the heart of the Free State
after Lord Roberts had advanced to the yaal
has been given up. and that the aggressive has
been abandoned for a purely defensive policy.
This resolution is the more likely 10 have been
taken if Lord Roberts is stretching his right
toward farrismith. with its rear strongly sup
ported. As is reported from Maseru in Ba,uto-
land
The position is such that If the Beers decide
not 10 make a stand on tho north side Of the
NalSch River ard TO abandon Kroonstad, the
campaign in the Free State would be- virtually
over. the statement. however. that the Free
Skaters have removed the scat Of government
from there to Hnilbron TO the northeast an
pears TO indicate that the idea of defending
their positions now faced by the British
has not been quite given ". The capture
Of Kroonstad by the British would give
tnelll COnlrOl OF tne runway that runs
to the northwest 10 Niersfontein close 10
the vaal below Klerksiorp, in the Transvaal,
and a force sen nnshat direction would threaten
the rear OF thN commapdos down the river
toward Fourteen Streams, and compel the
evacuation OF all the country between Boshof
aud the Naal The presence Of Gen. French at
Lord Roberts, headquarters is significant of
som" STROKE being about to be delivered. but
As Gen Hunter seems to have ample force
under his orders for any fianking movement
from the westward in harmony with the ma
nuuvroS Of the main body, il Is on the east that
II may he looked for. Gen, BuIlers report.d
movements in Natal would indicate an attempt
to seize Van Reenens Pass, in which case there
will be n Scrios of simultaneous attlckI nj
several points whenever Lord Roberts makes
his next move 20 keep the Beers fully employed.
and prevent them sending recnforCenents from
one 10 another. Should This be the case there
cannot fail to be some decisive result in the
next few days,
Not very much reliance can be placed on the
reports from the British side about dissensionS
between the Free StatcrS aud Transvaalers
imilar reports have been circulated freounntlv
during the war. and have been shown bv re-
suits to have been without foundation. Tho
Eurrendcrs Of Free State burgherS that have
been reported have generally proved to bc bv
naturali2pd British subjects, who, on becoming
Free State citizens, were not obliged TO re-
nOunce their foreign allegiance.
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No Breeze to Trim To.

The pIatform t%rippers and rimmors are
again active in Democratic c~ouuscls for a
declaration on the money oue.iion war
ronted ,o "harmopize all interests" The
Michigan Democrats, whose influence in
marty affairs Is small have acain
~ rhcy did in 1894. to devise a "straddle-
bug" money plan. They propose under
tina lpod,rsbin of tho Hon Dov VI DrCKtx-
soy "thn historic union of cold and silver
rs moucv metals
In rho Chicago, Convention NJ four v,nrs
oco thirty states through their reuresonto.
,i,.e. in tina platform Comuittan docl, rod
sor rrcc mud unlimited coinage If hotb
r,ld and .i,yor ot the rata Of 10 : u " ,rd
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civilization Of the United States grows
not grosser and coarser but more refined.
more elevated, more devoted TO great
public and humane purposes.
But the real cause, the cdnsd cdusons
Of the plaintivoness Of Prof. EARL BARNES
Is the Philippines.
'itid not hear. In the month was at home, one
Intelligent man speak Of the opportunity that was
glvcn To the United States to bring enlightenment
ana civilization TO the Philippines ! heard hun
dfeds speak of the opportunity II gave for exploitation
and commercial possibilities. The whole problem of
what we are going IN do about this change In our at
,itude Is coming to a crucial contest on the 7th ot
November This new issue OF Imperialism or eSpan.
sion Is The burning one and will Oh he popular
mind on the one side will be the Conservative tS.
panSion party. on the other. those whose cry Will he
The old JeTersOnlan democracy, Insisting that all
men are born equal and that VIC have no more right
to buy 100000 Filipinos for $50. 600, 900 than 10
buy one Filipino for So.
Prof. EARL BARNES must have gone on the
doliar-dinner circuit when he visited us after
too long an absence. You cant help grim
ming when you think of the sincere milk
of anti-imperialism ladled out to the babes
and Stockings Of Finsbury by Prof. EARL
BARNES. We're that Finsbury CHRysosToM
As venerable rs the oratorical temperament
makes him think he Is, he would know that
expansion is old Americanism not new.
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The End Of a Scandal.

Mr.. Justice d. CADy HERRICK Of the
Supreme Court of the State OF New York
has occupied a place on that exalted bench
since January /. 1892.
During this entire period Mr.. Justice d.
CADY IERRICK has exercised also the func-
lions of Boss of the Democracy of Albany
county. He has been persistent. consistent
and defiant in his refusal to withdraw from
active politics while in judicial Office.
SO it was when he represented Cleveland
ism in that part of the Empire State. SO it
was when he voted for BRYAN and declared
thai he had no apology to make.
The presence Of Boss HERRICK on the
bench of the Supreme Court constituted a
public scandal. 1t has been an indecent
and depressing spectacle to see the fingers
Of one OF his hands busy at the switchboard
of local politics while his other hand held
the scales of justice.
The most notable fact in the biography Of
this particular jurist will be the circum-
stance that when this long-continued scan
dial ended It ended not by his voluntary
retirement from the bench, but by his
enforced retirement from the post of Demo-
cratic Boss Of Albany county and Albany
town. And the Hon. DAVID BENNETT
HILL did it,
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Gun and ArmOr.

A new projectile has been produced In
America of surprising powers of penetra-
ton, made on the w%cll-known theory that,
as a soft answer turneth away wrath, so
does a projectile which strikes with a
graduated impact better reach its goal. the
inside of the enemy's ship.
This is an interesting and welcome inven-
ton, and we might hope, for the benefit OF
mankind. that it might never be impaired
to other nations, but be ~monopoliaed by the
Navy Of the United States.
Ii will doubtless be an added stimulus, II
there can be an added stimulus. to the
manufacture Of tougher armor than we can
get to-day. But it constitutes not the
faintest argument against the purchase by
the United States of armor for our new
battleships at the price Of s5ij a ton. or
ut whatever figure the Krupp armor costs in
the factories where it is made.
Our battleships must be armored for the
better protection of themselves and crews
from shells of all sizes, no matter how
irresistible some OF the shells may be.
Wanting armor, we want the best.
Senator IILIMAN, at present the chief
obstruction TO the naval bill, can uncover
as many marvellous inventions in war
material as he will without finding a valid
reason for not buying krupp armor. unless
he finds better arnor.
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taken place and should continue would seem
to demonstrate that the negroes. on whose
labor II depends, arc very far from retro
grading into barbarism or constituting u
body Of labor dangerous to civilization,
Relatively to the great number OF the
negro population grave offences charged
against the negroes are not numerous.
though statistics indicate that, very natur-
ally, they are more proportionately than
among the whites. Southern society main
tains its organization and law is everywhere
established.
The truth is, these Southern States are
very much better or in every way than
they imagine. They have in their negro
labor a cause Of sporadic disturbances. but
their prosperous development proves that
generally il il submissive and efficient.
Over against the troubles from 1t, OF which
they complain so naturally, must be set OIL
the disturbance that so frequently and so
violently affects industry elsewhere. In
spite of the disadvantages OF negro labor,
il has the great advantage for the South
that in comparison it ia cheap labor;
and consequently we do not hear of any
effort or desire there to replace IL with white
labor, but we hear rather of n determine
ton to resist projects for its deportation.
The negroes are needed in the South and
Whatever contributes to their advancement
and civilization is Of prime importance
to the South.
Can they be kept as the sole class of
American citizens excluded from the fran
chiso-the plan of dealing with them on
which the old Confederate South seems TO
be agreed That really is the negro prob
lem and it makes that problem Of grave
and essential political importance to the
whole Union, for, as We have minated, the
Southern solution of it affects the equi-
librium Of our whole political system.
The millions of negro citizens in those
Southern States cannot be excluded from
the franchise without destroying that
political equilibrium, with consequences
sure to be dangerous. il there is not some
corresponding readjustment IL will give
the late Confederate States unjust relative
power in Congress and in the election of a
President. Moreover, as We have before
out, the consequence Of negro
diSfranchiscmcn' in States which already
have deCrcod il, has been TO lessen greatly
the interest in elections. 80 that they go by
all political opposition having been
excluded ny excluding the negroes. That
j. a most mis2hieyous evil.
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to decide in his judicial capacity. Instead
Of replying to the newspapers by means OF
u letter to some newspaper. he replies in a
sO-called judicial decision Instead Of
hiring a hall to expose tho lameness ana
impotence of tho logic of the Senator
whose speech In the Senate had particularly
exasperated him. he files his opinion OF that
Senator in the records OF a Federal court.
And merely in order that his silence may
not be interpreted as acquiescence. he
undertakes, ut one fell swoop, to over
rule the recent decision Of n superior
tribunal, the Circuit Court Of the United
States for the Eighth circuit, In =
case directly involving the question which
was not involved in the case before his
District Court; to anticipate the decision OF
the Supreme Court Of tho United states;
and, practically, to declare unconstitutional
much of the Territorial legislation of the
past one hundred years, notably including
the Act just passed by Congress for the gov
eminent Of Alaska.
Such IL the exhibition which a victim OF
the obiter dicta habit in its worst form can
make Of himself when opportunity offers.
The same mental condition has sometimes
been called m~egalomania.
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The New strike Centre.

A band OF lawless men are trying TO
run the city Of 81, Louis. They 20 to the
street car companies and demand certain
wages and certain hours. The COM
panies reply that they do not wish
to employ them. and proceed to man
the cars with other men with whom they
can agree on terms for labor, Thereupon
the strikers declare that no cars not manned
by themselves shall run in st. Louis and
that the public must walk, and they stand
ready to destroy the cars sent out and, If
necessary. kin the motormen.
We believe that some men claiming au-
thority call the law breakers "organized
labor"
We don't know whether they tell the truth
or not, but organized or not the law breakers
should be put down, and men desiring to
run the ST. Louis cars should be protected
against outrage, if it takes the united
strength of all IN" honest men in Missouri.
And what Is true as to lawleSsness in
st. Louis is true in every city in the
Union,
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The case In Jersey City of JONI GARRA-
BRANr, 10 years old who a few days ago
murdered a lad four years younger than him
self, brings up for fresh consideration the
question as TO whether the use Of cigarettes
by boys destroys or impalrs their mental
equilibrium. My SON" said young GARRA-
B!ANT's mother. has the cigarette habit and
smoked AZ many as ten packages n day" II
this statement is true. il j. hardly necessary
10 know whether or not cigarettes are poisonous
In order for one to become satisfied that the
young mans habit was hurtful. To smoke
ten packages of the little paper-covered articles
a day one would need 10 consume almost a
whole package. or, it may be said. ten ciga-
rcttos m hour from tho time he rose in the morn
ing until he retired at night.
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The Douglass Fund.

The fund collecting for the widow OF
Sergt. DoUGIASs, murdered by some
striker in connection with the Croton Dam
riots a few weeks ago, is a mere pittance
compared to what it should be. Many
greater or less sums Of money have been
given generously, but Mr.. ANDREW CARNE-
GIE's contribution of $1,000 for the widow
OF the man who fought for peace and
order " should be one of twenty, instead Of
standing alone.
DOUGLAsS'S life Wa, taken from him
while UNFOLDING a fundamental principle
of human rights and of civilized business,
the right Of a man to work Independent Of
any despotiSm or sovereignty except that
of the State or what is under his own hat.
This principle is now being deled and
violated by organized labor in nearly every
State of the Union. II is endeavoring on all
hands to overawe the courts who uphold
justice. Ii should he opposed and rebukcd
by all decent and law-abiding citizens on
every hand and at every opportunity.
1t is taking the livelihood away from many
men. but it took DOUGLAss's life, and his
family should not be forgotten.
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Mr.. Barnes Of Einsbury,

Prof. EARL BARNES, an American of
whom his %countrymen seem to have been
unworthy. has settled in London, doubtless
with the firm resolve to do it good. In
fact. Prof. EARL BARNES is now trying To
Illuminate tlnsDury, a serious region where,
II anywhere. he ought to hnd ears 10 hear
him. We regret to learn that Finsbury
has not done it, ddty. according to the
London bdiy Ners, Prof. Earl BARNEs's
" attractive oratory, quaint AmericaniSms,
and transparent sincerity Of purpose do
not draw so many people to South Place
Chapel, Finsbury. as might reasonably
be expected" As yet Prof. EARL BARNFs
has not made Finsbury surge into South
Place Chapel
The loss is finsbury's WHY was not
Finsbdfy in South Place Chapel the other
Sunday when Prof. EARL BARNES talked
about The New American" lie plain
lively described himself as one of an older
regime" From which we infer that Prof.
EARL BARNES is n young or youngish man.
There is a smack Of the tender iuvenal
about this regret for older Americanism.
We cant believe that the plaintive Barnes
descends to Us from tho mi~tS of the past.
But what puts the touch of pathos into
his voice? Let Finsbury and America
hear and perpend;
"A little less than a year ago | went home after an
absence o! three or four year. ! travelled thousands
Of miles and spoke to many audience. Icannot tell
you the wonderful chang found had come over our
people"
Why does Prof. Earl BARNES leave the
American people TO themselves for four
or five years? II he had stayed here the
Americanism Of the old regime might have
lived. Now he sees this heritage of woe:
You now meet everywhere those who smile sadly
at the very idea that any one could imagine that all
men were free and equal DO You mean To say IL
was asked. that that Niger porter /, equal to the
white man Won see II isn't so; IT'S impossible. The
old relig.n feeling has also now a very small hold
on he people. What do they say instead They say
exactly what Ave OEIotd men aid at breakfast tho
othe' morning that the lr,t thiug uccc .sary in tni,
world Tor progress IS a body of material resources:
next, scCurity Of HE; then food. then something to
work with, tools. guns ana ammunition. Give rs
those, and then We can do something. That Is the
thing my people are saying, all Of them. without ex-
ception"
Surely Prof. EARL BARNES has travelled
in the United States in cars and steam
boats enough to know that the Niger
porter" is "A person w.ose superiority il
NOT lightly questioned bv any other man.
white, black or copper colored. As to the
eyactness Of his views about the decline
or practical extinction Of religion in
America, the recent ECumenical Confer
ence In This town gives one of many mean,
OF Judging, OF material progress and
material comfort there is probably a higher
average here than anywhere else, but
the things of the spirit are not less valued.
The result is that the prize of energy and
foresight is given TO religion, to education,
to art, to science, to colleges and hospitals
and museums and parks. In short. the
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THE STANDING PASSENGER,
lie Needn't Move Forward"at the Street "a
Conductors Command.
F'rOm The MRudukcc Ncu.

From the WRpd uhcC Nous.
A passenger ~ho is standing up in the nlsI.
OF "A street car cannot be Compelled bv m,
conductor to move forward unless he i, BLOCKING,
tho passagcWay. This was the law laid down
by Judge Williams Of tho Superior Cour,
In instructions which he gave TO a Jury.
The Judge hold, that "A passenger has m,
same right to remain in one place when he .
standing rs II he were oCcnpyiug n sont !,
h the persons who laat boarded the car who m,,tV
adapt themselves To the crowded condIuuS
and llhd and fill the vncant place.
y am inclined 80 the opinion said J,dc,
Williams. lust utter directing a verdict r6r ia
plaintiff, that the law uphOldS "A pns.rnrn.
who ha, accepted standing room in krcnfn,
1t the same n IA passenger who has taken (
seat" He then explained that a conduit.
could not ask a person who was sitting TO get
and 80 10 another seat against the pgsScnr,rs
wishes, II being. he said. one OF the comInon
rights Of passenger.
The man paid his fare and thus bccona
n passenger" said the Judge when b%csinniny
TO give his Instructions 10 the Jury. and md.
ordinary circumstances would be n passenger
until carried to the point OF destination.
before fore he SSR had rsac R%'d } hs Ga s,rinn,IS OFT b the "a,
he refused 10 move up A. requested. lhs
defendants obligation 10 the p!aintlI was 10
carry him. safely and promptly, and the law
holds the defendant responsible for the mDnrcr
j. 10 be protected from the violence Of mn,
agents and the company liable for damages
for such an assault when unprovok'd
in this case the request was not attended
by any voluntary nVnt forward ll IN,
thrcc-toot aisle bv any Of IA" standing pn,-
srngrrS. The request WINS mandatory, h.t
no mora pressing upon him Ia move M than
mon the Passengers Who boarded tho u
adapt themselves to the Cuug,>tod rpaur I'm,
stead Of the passenger who had ACQUIRED rights
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Goodwin smith on tho Future q: South Africa.

from ine Toronto HtIIE sun.
The end NJ the South African War, with all -
carnage, havoc and devastation. seem, now, happily,
20 be In sight, tn" resource, Of the Beers are cy
hauSted and cannot be replaced. The Brrr, ar" out
numbered ~ ten to ono, both In men a.d arUlcry;
and the British are at last commanded by a nrS, rat,
General All hope Of Intervention by ;nrc.gu power,
is al an end. It Is Idle % Imagine that the tao r..
publlcS will be allowed 10 retain lheIr independence
The victor cannot bc expected, aiter all. The sacrifices
which he has made. 70 resign the object Tor which he
fought, and " hch in reality vas not Trcl.ncatIuu 4
the TraLSva1l franchise. but annexation, on ne
other hand, the ,corqucror, when IL comes to res :
ticment, will have a difficult task before him,
The Beers. though yautuiNhCd. are not auniEIlai'i
They can hardly. after what has taken place, D"
fused into a sing" community with their deadly enc
mics. the Cape British. To govern them Win ne
sword, an army u occupation viii D." required. with
the moral certainty Of REBELLION whenever England
might be In trouble clsCHhctr. The most available
course, and that which holds out the hc>, hop =
peace and quiet FOR the future. SEEMS 10 bc fcd''a
ton under British supremacy, with "a Largo nca,.'-
Of internal self Government, Tor each Il the .,dcra'.i
States.
Such a settlement might not satisfy the arden,
friends of independence on t1r one sIG"or lhca,cn ger,
Of Meluba I'M on the other, Bu' 10 those who So.
above all things the future peace and prosperity
Of South Africa. some such Affangcmont void
surely not b" unwelcomr. Great Britain would r.
tain all the power That Is Of any use 10 her. c,pe
cially a Secur" hold NJ Cape Town a,a pos on The
route 10 India. and she would escape tue danger Of .
second Ireland in Soutn Africa.