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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
A Cry From the Philippines.

We are in receipt of a copy OF the
Manila Freedom of the issue of March
%. from which we extract the following
editorial:
--latest United States exchanges to our table
contained the intelligence that President McKin-
ley contemplated imH-,diate message TO Con-
gIess. urging that tariE barriers To trade between
the States and Porto Rico be removed Such ar
ton is imperative, and Il ought rot 10 reauire
executive squirting. Permi. US TO say that legis-
lstiye action ought 10 be taken looking 10 the
welfare OF all island possessions. not only as 10
prohibitive tariffs but all lines that may look
70 assimilation OF government and commercial
ideas"
Alas. poor exilei Certainly it did not
require executive squirting" TO make Con-
gress perform its plain duty" but it
took the executive whip and spur and the
Hanna buck and gag to prevent It from
action in that line, and to force the Re-
publican majority to Cypress Porto Rico
for the benefit of the trusts. in violation
and defiance of the Constitution. No
doubt, by this time. our Manila contem-
porary has received --latest United States
exchanges" advising 1t of Mr.. Mckinley S
miraculous change Of face. after the trust
m2gnstes had labored with him. and we
presume that the astonishing Ad:ninistra-
ton colonial policy Is now known in the
vice regal capital of Otis.
Arguing on the basis OF his plain duty
information, the Manila editor thought on
March % that the time had come for
constructive legislation in behalf of our
largest American possession, and for the
immediate abolition of intoIerant naviga-
tion laws and tariff expressions. Ee says:
'Sot alone from Porto Rico comes petition for
wise. helpful swift and just legislation. These
Philippines send voice crying for action. The
organized instruction Is crushed. The people de-
nnznd immediate legislation giving demonstration
OF eft-pr5posed good intentions.
.'HxWsii-now annexed for thes> two years
awaits incorporation in the American system.
ALASKA cries for civil code and an effective
and responsible government.
"The opportunity il here Where are the men
The work Ct statecraft stands ready TO the hand
Where is the hand? The nation is blessed in its
opportunities. 1t has been the glorious good for
tune Of the Republican party TO be in power in a
time Of mighty import for good III TO this
nation. Tremendous responsibilities rest upon the
party. The welfare Of q large part Of mankind is
with /, and its actions. The party leadcas should
be sobered by the greatness 0. their OPP rtunitie;
and the gravity Of their duties"
What does our friend in Luzon mean
by ''oft-proposed good iatentions2" The
phrase sounds CIeveiandesque. or Otistic.
we hardly know which. What good in
tentions can the yiceroy have been propos-
ing To the expectant Philippine coionists
and natives? He is right about the oppor-
tundiy. and he may well ask where are
the men!'' The party leaders should
indeed, be sobeyed by the greatness Of
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
A Candidate for Retirement.

Among the many Representatives in the
present Congress who may be expected to
present themselves to grateful constitu-
encies for endorsement and denomination
there is one who should certainly be kept
at home and never again permitted to
misrepresent the patriotic people OF
splendid American city. We refer to Mr.
Theodore E. Burton, the sitting member
from the Twenty first Ohio district, whose
bounds comprise twenty-seven wards oil
the city of Cleveland. Mr.. Hanna, ii may
be remembered. comes from the same
town. and Burton is product of Hanna.
If the people of Cleveland nave any red
American blood -coursing through their
veins it will burn over the record made
by this man, in first fighting to delay and
then directly opposing the American Mica
ragua Canal bill That he has done so at
the behest of the Administration may ex-
cuse his course TO himself, but hardly to
his constituents. They, indeed. will be
unlikely to accept explanations from
person whose actions have been openly
and without shame in the interest OF
combination determined at any cost TO
prevent the construction of a national
ishthmian canal. He may show, as he
easily can, that the Administration has
been bitterly antagonistic TO any canal leg
islation at the present session, in order TO
secure the campaign contributions of the
combination opposed to it, He may DEM
onstrate the underlying intention of Mr..
Mckinley and his associates to use the
canal question in Congress next winter
as means of giving life to the alleged
Clayton Bulwer treaty, of Anglicizing the
canal when built. and Of surrendering the
Monroe Doctrine; but none Of these con-
siderations ought to palliate his offence.
From first tc last he has exploited himself
prominently and Extensively in antagonism
to universal demand of the American
people, and as a willing spokesman OF the
monopoiies who have procured the Ad-
ministration TO resist that demand.
Political conditions in Cleveland en-
courage the hope that its intelligent and
patriotic inhabitants will be able next
November to give Mr.. Burton the rebuke
he deserves
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
REPORT ON RAILROADS.
Reply OF the Interstate Commission
to Congregational Enquiry.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has forwarded to the Senate reply to
the resolution asking for information as
to the number of complaints of every sort
and description which has been made to 1t
against railroad companies each year dur
ing the last three years, the number Of
such complaints which have been dis
posed of informally by the Commission
without any formal hearing or determi-
nation each year during the last three
years, and the number of such complaints
which have come to formal hearing and
determination by the Commission each
year during the last three years; the to-
tai number Of cases heard and determined
by the Commission duriag the last ten
years, the number of cases which have
been appealed to the courts, the number OF
such cases in which the decisions of the
Commission have been sustained, the
number OF such cases in which the de-
cisions of the Commission have been re-
versed, and the number of such cases
which have not been adjudicated.
The report states that 80 COM
plants were filed; the Commission moved
to investigate II of these, on hear
ing the complaints III carriers have been
made defendants in the cases; sc cases
were heard; 80 cases were decided: 1,o14
carriers were made defendants in the
cases heard. and III in the cases decided.
Two hundred and seventy-fre cases were
settled after informal complaints
THE oral testimony of witnesses taken
during these three years, says the re-
port, exclusive of arguments of counsel,
tables, tariffs. documents. and other ex-
hlbits. exceeds $500 pages. The deeis-
ions of the Commission during the sams
period aggregate LIS printed pages.
"Tbe correspondence averages Upward OF
1000 letters received each year. and con-
siderably greater number written. To ar
rive at the number of complaints OF the
class now referred to. which have come to
the Commission In the three years prior
10 AnriI 16. 1900 woult: require the exami-a
nation of more than 20. 900 letters receiv-
cd which have had attention as they came
10 hand aud been filed away.
I'm explanation OF the very small num-
her of cases in which the orders of the
Commission have been finally sustained
and enforced by the courts it should be
said that this is not because the courts
have disagreed with the Commission as
to the facts shown by the evidence. but
mainly if not wholly because the Supreme
Court has held that the Commission erro-
neousiy interpreted the law as respects its
own authority to make ORDERS based upon
the facts ascertained."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
IN FAVOR OF THE BILL.
Consular Reorganization Measure to
BE Reported TO the Senate.


The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions yesterday ordered a favorable report
on the Consular Reorganization bill. The
bill divides the consuls general into four
classes, the number limited in each class,
and the annual salaries. as follows:
First class. 2 at $4,000 each; second
class. at $4,000 each; third class. 10 at
$4,000 each, and fourth class. IL at So. 800
each. The consuls are divided thus: First
class. 81 at 5000 each: second class. So
at $4,000 each; third class. 60 at SO 900
each; fourth class. 10 at s.. sec each; fifth
class. 50 at s2.C90 each. and sixth class,
so at 1,SCO each.
Commercial agents who are citizens of
the United States are 10 be classified as
consuls.
The officers who are now in the service
are to he recalled within two years for
examinations as to their fitness. those fail
ing to pass being dropped from the SER
vice The examinations are to be con-
Quoted by a board consisting OF the As
sistant Secretary of State. consul gen.
eral or consul and an officer of the De-
partment of State. who are 10 be desig-
mated by the President and are to formu-
late a method for examination. which. how
ever. is to include in its subjects either the
french, Gefn-an, OF Spanish ldhSuaee- anu
q knowledge of the commercial resources
of the United States, especially with ref
erence to the possibilities Of increasing
and extending the trade of the United
States with foreign countries.
Persons not now in the service who with
in the past tel years have servel not less
than two years as consular officers are to
be eligible to appointment TO their former
grade on passing examination. Two years
service in the classified service of the
State Department makes candidate eligi-
BILE for appointment as consul with ex-
omiua finn
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

their opportunity" But we fear that they
standing the country camp meeting cru
SADIE against Mr.. McKinley's canteen lean
ings. Foraker. Payne, Dalzell, and Gros-
venor stand up without a smile-we do
not say without something darkly re-
sembling a husband declare that the
Constitution does not go with the flag; that
Americans living in national territory out
side of State lines are without Inherent
rights of citizenship and are merely polit-
ical serfs of Congress. Secretary Root
makes a late after dinner speech in New
York and roars for war in defence of the
Monroe Doctrine, which at the same mo-
ment the Administration is doing its ut
most to throttle and murder. No. we can
not say that the Republican leaders have
sobered up to any alarming extent. They
rather appear to have started in on po-
litical spree which is likely to end in the
gutter and calabo0se of defeat next No
vember II they have still sufficient COM
mand over their mental processes, let them
listen to few sensible American words
from the Orient The Freedom" editorial
closes with the following remarks:
''Unless great men, broad-mnded men, come
forward with legislation of grand proportions, our
expansion will be curse ourselves and these
alien dependents With the memory OF ireland.
of India ard the Scpoy revolt, Of our own A'nefi.
can revolution and the present bloody battle Oh
heroic men in South Africa, let our Legislators
rise to tine emergency. Let us have no restrictive
navigation laws, no narrow and ill-devised tarih
legislation, legalized commercial exploitation
of the dependent peoples for our selfish good
Otherwise an era of struggle. irritation, annoy :
ance, trbulation, and finally. soreiy wounded
national pride, is at hand"
Ill advised tariff legislation" Legal
lied commercial exploitation of the de-
pendent peoples," Why, this Manila news
paper man evidently was writing with the
pen and ink of prophecy,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
PORTO RICAN OFFICES.
A Number of Appointments Expected
Mt an Early Day.

The President is busy considering the
appointments to be made in Porto Rico
and Hawaii. They may be published be-
fore the end of the week. There have been
numerous applications for Porto Ri'an
judgesnips. although the average of qua!tfi-
cations among the men who are Available
for the places at the salary offered is not
as high as was hoped for.
The President was busy yesterday morn
ing in receiving callers who were DESTROYS
of urging the nomination of friends to diff
ferent official positions. Senators Spooner
of Wisconsin. Allison OF Iowa, Hanna OF
Ohio Scott of West Virginia. Quarles OF
Wisconsin, wetmore' Of Rhode Island, and
Fairbanks Of Indiana were among the call
ers. So were Representatives Loud q Cal
ifornia, Alexander Of New York, Suiloway
of New Hampshire. and II. C. smith oil
Michigan.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

The address Of the Boer ENJOYS te the
American people, 10 be quickly followed
by their coming in person, cannot fail TO
be a great embarrassment to the Admins
tration and the Republican party. Already
we observe that resolutions of sympathy
are popping up in Congress like crocuses
in spring, and it may become necessary for
Hanna to prorogue the body as the only
means of preventing some legislative ac-
ton which would give offence in London.
One thing has been rendered certain by
recent evidences of popular feeling, and
that is that Mr.. Mckinley will have to
deal with Lord Salisbury for permission to
put an opulent and resembling pro-Boer
plank in the Philadelphia platform. 1t
will be a hard pill for the British end of
the alliance to swallow, but the dose will
have to be taken. Nobody knows but that
even the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty might
have to be withdrawn TO placate public
sentiment. OF course the Anglo Mckinley
relations could be resumed at the old
stand after election.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
Pattison Is wiIIing.-Tl

Pattison Is WillinG.-The expressed
willingness on the part of former Gov
ernor Pattison. of Pennsylvania, to accept
the second place on the ticket with Mr..
Bryan has had a reassuring effect upon
he minds of various Democratic leaders
ii, Congress. who were beginning to mani
test an uneasy feeling over the source and
meaning of numerous stories recently put
in circulation to the effect that the oppo-
si'ion to the Nebraskan were preparing
dangerous coup. Governor Pattison is now
in Chicago attending a national conference
of the Methodist Church, and gave out his
statement after reaching Chicago Tuesday
from Washington. When he was here
Monday he refused to discuss politics for
publication, and number of conflicting
reports regarding his attitude were spread
broadcast over the country. One set of
these reports represented him as stub
bornly opposed to Bryan, while mother
set limited vaguely at some dark plot he
was in to gain the confidence of the Bryan
managers and then betray them to the
enemy. 1t seems. however. that every
thing written about the Pennsylvania
while he was in Washington was the
merest guesswork. Apparently, he is
completely reconciled 10 Mr.. Bryan's lead
ership. and is anxious TO resume full mem
bership in the party. Governor Pattison
did not work or vote against the Nebras-
kan four years ago. as did the great bulk
of Democrats who were and still are OPP
posed to bimetallism. While he openly
declared himself hostile to the 16 to l
business, he stuck to the party even If
he did sulk for a considerable time after
the Chicago Convention. Now that he has
intirIated a desire to get on the ticket
with Mr.. Bryan the stiff feeling of oppo-
sition to rewarding with the party hon
ors anybody who differed with the Ne
braskan four years ago, which has been so
pronounced among Western and Southern
Democratic members Of Congress, seems to
have been considerably modified. 1t is
thought to be within the pale of possibili-
ties to nominate Governor Pattison for
Vice President at Kansas City in July.
1t is believed his nomination would be gen.
orally considered as an invitation to all of
the boilers to return to the party fold.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

Commerdable activity appears TO mark
the Philippine instruction so thoroughly
and finally crushed out some time ago by
Grandmother Otis. A Manila despatch
dated yesterday announces the killing of
twenty men in a single company of the
Forty-t third Regiment. stationed. at Catu-
big. Perhaps the day may come when
President Mckinley will regret that he
did not remove Otis ten months ago, when
the country universally demanded it. The
whole Administration scheme in the Phil
ippines has been failure as far as the
country is concerned. and Otis is largely
responsible. Naturally. there are individ-
uals who are well pleased with results and
have every reason to be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

(From the Chicago chroniele.)

(FrOm the Chicago Chr0nicIe.)
1t is a propitious time for the followers of
Wesley TO balance accounts in the spiritual
ledger Their accomplishments WITHIN the CEN
fury just closing have been prodigious. A the
twentieth century opens the forms of historic
Methodism are necessarily trial, without dis
tracing from its continued usefulness the most
aggressive and cosmopolitan OF the evangelical
denominations. Radicals of the newer Mrthodsm
ciamor for repeal OF some Of the Wesleyan austen
ity OF discipline :or communicates. But radicals
and conservatives alike face the future with IN
shaken belief in the potency of Methodism a
civilizine elevating and morally conquering force
In the now century as in the old.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
TO ADJOURN TODAY.
End of the Congress of American
Physicians ana Surgeons.

The last meetings of the societies Of the
Congress of American Physicians and
Surgeons. which has been in session in this
CITY since Monday last, will be held this
morning and afternoon at the headquarters
of the respective societies. A number
OF anniversaries Will be celebrated and
new officers installed. The dinner OF the
association will take place tonight at the
Arlington Hotel.
The president of the congress. DIR.
Henry P. Bowditeh. professor of physiol-
ogy in the Harvard Medical School, deliv-
cred an address last night on The Medical
School of the Future" which was followed
by reception at the Arlington Hotel at
which large number of members and
their wives and invited guests took part.
The meeting of the general congress
yesterday afternoon at the Lafayette
Square Opera House was attended by
big audience. and the papers read were
listened to with close attention.
The various societies also met during
the afternoon and many papers of interest
were presented.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

fFrom dc Hoa.lon post.l

When Captain Carter stepped across the TIRES
hole of the Leavenvorth prison Friday it was
melancholy sight. The public could pity him; it
could gaze upon his humiliation without show
of harsh feeling toward him, but it could Iot re-
frain from congratulating itself that there is still
power LETT In the press as the exponent of public
opinion to force those high in authority to do
their duty and eschew fayoEitism. Not always
can this be done; bet that sometimes. and even in
conspicuous instances it is DONE is illustrated in
this case in question.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

(From the Philadelphia Reecrd.)
One fatal defect in the Presidential calculaiIoas
Of Senator Hanna and Representative Grosvenor
is TO be found in the fact that they in
capable OF pcrceiying the moral influences which
underlie political movements OF calculating
the force anG direction Of East Indian simeon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

From the Boston Advertiser.

from the Boston Advertiser
IL seems a pity that any statesman who feels
impelled to argue in favor OF depriving American
citizens of votes. when those citizens are in-
l,abitants Of : Territory, should attempt to quote
Abraham Lincoln as his warrant. Abraham Lin
coin never said and dreamed OF saying,
that the blessings of liberty and human indie
peudence could be taken from any citizen because
he WAS an inhabitant of Territory. He believed,
on the contrary, that the Constitution itself ex-
tended those blessings wherever the American flag
doated
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03

The advance in the price OF paris green will
serve to remind the farmers that the trust is in
league with the potato bug. The Wilson tariff
reduced the duty On paris green one-haif from the
Mckinley rate but the Dingley tariff promptly
raise it again sufficiently TO prevent foreign
PETITION The result is the paris green trust has
nearly doubled the price Of its product. and the
farmer has to pay the bin or let the potato bug
get in its most effective work
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
THE SEIZURE OF COTTON.
A Bill Extending the Ri.sht OF Action
nv the Court of CIuims.

A Bill Extending the Rim VI -Neo"
by the Court of C1"ims-
Senator Davis has introduced OIL
amending the act which provides for the
collection of abandoned property and the
prevention of frauds in insurrectionary
dtstricts within the United States.
The bill extends the right Of action by
the Court of Claims for one year. Sena-
tor Money has also introduced an amend
ment to the bill providing that the pro-
visions OF the bill shall apply exclusively
to the cotton belonging 10 private owners
seized by the agents OF the Government
of the United States under the act OF
March 10. 1868. called the Captured and'
Abandoned Property act. which wss cold
and the proceeds thereof placed in the
Treasury OF the United States. .rsSes
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
THE WAR REVENUE ACT.
Qualifications Urged by Mnnufac
turers' Association Committee

turers' Association Committee.
A delegation representing the Merchants
Association of New York appeared yester-
day before the House Committee on Ways
and Means in advocacy of certain Inodifi-
cations in the War Revenue act, with es-
pecial reference to the stamp tax on ex-
press receipts. freight receipts. and tele-
grams. The principal speaker was A ].
Baldwin, attorney for the association. The
committee was urged to recommend mod
ifcations to the act. so as to place the
burden of the tax on the companies instead
of the shippers.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-03
He Could Pave "a Way.
(From Uaflem Lille }

> From Harlem Life.)
He "a young doctor-will you marry me!
She No; you have M money.
Then marry old Mr. Goldrocks first. I'm his
physician" ~
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-02-25
PleotricitY Great

He was a Broad street merchant
aud had Just come back from ST
Louis He was telling of the won
ders he saw while absent, aud laid
more particular stress on the slot
machine he saw in which a nickel
dropped into the slot woald cause a
piano to play, or banjo, or harp
with a thousand strings. One of the
listeners was a bright girl, who did
not know that the merchant had
rather part with most anything
else he had than his nickels, said
you must have spent agreat deal on
these machines, while you was in
the city, to which the merchant re-
piled "No ! Istood around and let
the other fellows feed those raver-
nous machines on nickels, but ]
enjoyed the novelty of the electri-
cal contrivauces that caused them
to play all the same"
The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-02-25

Kidney disease is the enemy we
have most to fear as a result Of the
feversh restlessness of our much
vaunted modern civilization. 1t isa
treacherous enemy working out its
deadly effect under cover of the
most triiling symptoms, The first
indication Of changes in the urine,
frequent headaches, digestive
troubles should be the signal for
prompt remedial measures. Prickly
Ash Bitters is a kidney remedy of
superlative merit; it is soothing,
healing and Strengthening, quickly
relieves the aching or soreness that
always appears in the advanced
stages, checks the progress of the
disease and through its excellent
cleansing and regulating effect in
the stomach, liver and bowels, it
brings back the strength and ruddy
glow of vigorous health. Sold by
all druggists.