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Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

There is one man whose nomination n
will make New York State safely and
surely Democratic That man IS VIM.
SulzaT, member of Congress from the
Eleventh New York District He is the
idol OF the workingmeu Of New York
City and in fact the entire country He
is a warm and intimate friend Of VIM J.
Bryan and he stands for all that Mr..
BRYAN represents, AS an Illustration oi
his personal popularity, it may be men,
toned that he has made the Eleventh
Congressional District which formerly
gave Republican mojorites OF II, 900,
the Gibraltar OF Democracy here in the
h asst. Mr.. Sulzer sluarely stood on the
Chicago Platform in days when 1t took
nerve and political backbone to discuss
genuine Democratic doctrine here in
New York City, doubled and quadrupled
the Democratic majorities in his district
when men who hesitated and halted
went down to defeat, being elected to
Congress the last time by about Io, 900
plurality. To Mr.. SuIzer more than any
other man is due the fact that the DEM
ocracy Of New York State is now united
in favor Of William Jennings Bryan. He
has fought the battles Of Democracy in
the stronghoIds OF PlutocracY has made
many personal sacrifices for the party,
has stumped New York State from end
to end, has so educated the people of
New York that they have insisted upon
the renonination OF VIM, Jennings
Bryan.
AS Speaker OF the New York Assem-
bly,, as a leader Of the Democratic
minority at Albany, as a member OF
Congress, Mr.. Sulzer has had the legis
latiye experience aud the parliamentary
practice to satisfactorily fill the high
office ol Vice President. He has had far
more experience in public lie than
Lincoln when he was FIRST nominated tor
President.
Then why not nominate this brilliant
orator aud statesmen? He IS a self made
mana man who was raised on the farm
Ia man who fought his way through the
best schools of his native State. a mar
who at his graduation from the Columbia
College Law School. was recognized as
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Not always" as webster Said.

The Boer envoys are now With
US. The American people will
give them a warm welcome wher-
ever they go in this country-as
warm as they gavs to Kossuth in
1859.
But what will the nations off
cial representatives at Washington
do'ApparsntlY they are paralY-
zed with a sense Of Difference to
England. The friendly under
standing" between the govern
ments OF Mckinley and Salisbury,
Of which Mr.. Chamberlain openly
boasted in a public speech, muz-
zles all our high officials at Wash
ington. So they dare not speak
the word OF sympathy with the
brave burghers whom Roberts is
hunting dow n in the TransVaal as
cruelty as CORVALLIS and Howe
and Tarleton and the rest OF the
British generals tried to hunt down
our patriot ioreiathers from I776
to 1888.
"The United States" said Daniel
Webster, speaking oil our officially
as well as popularly outspoken
welcome to Kossuth, Cannot fail
to cherish always a lively interest
in the fortunes of nations strug
Cling for institutions like their
own"
That always" was a mistake oi
Websters. In the year 1900 it is
not true, so far as official Wash
ington is concerned.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

will increase the army OF unem-
ployed and add to the wave of un-
rest that is now sweeping through
the ranks oflabor1 Yet this is what
the failure OF Congress to act will
surely bring about.
There is yet time to right the
wrong; there is yet time to save
from ruin a business that has been
instrumental in the upbullding OF
our country; there is yet time to
strengthen. rather than sunder, the
bonds OF fraternity that have so
long subsisted between employer
and employee bond which needs
all the strength that can be given
it-and which is now threatened
by the dereliction OF Congress;
there is Yec time, above all, for this
Government to keep its plighted
wordp Will those in control do it9
Will Congress adjourn before act
ing9 Is the onerous beer tax to be
repealed?
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
pa country wlthout strllses. ,

"a Country without Strikess
For several days last week the
country had been forced to con-
template the spectacle OF one Of its
largest cities, the prosperous and
intelligent city oil St. Louis, para
lyzed in its business and menaced
with even worse injury by strike
Of some three or four thousand of
its street railway employees. the
result OF an ordinary labor quarrel
which might have been averted by
mutual concessions suggested by
common sense.
tits the more humiliating to con-
template such a failure when we
know that there is a country where
strikes are unknown and where
compulsory arbitration is legally
enforced. Mr.. Henry d. LLOYD,
the well known Socialist, has re-
Gently paid a visit to New Zealand
to study the working of its com
pulsory arbitration law, and he has
published the result oil his investi-
cations in a most interesting little
volume under the title "a Country
Without Strikes" The net result
Of the investigation is given in the
statement that there has not been
a single strike in any trade in
New Zealand in the FIVE years
since the law went into operation.
The history Of this marvellous re-
suit is that the law is the outcome
oi the maritime strike Of ten years
ago, which nearly ruined the col
ony. New Zealand has such an
official as a minister of Labor"
and this minister, as the resul. Of
three years OF effort, secured the
passage Of a Cancellation and Ar
bitration act, which is now in op-
Grafton. with the support of the
interests Of capital and labor alike.
The limits Of this article hardly |
permit of anything like an ade-
quate summary OF the law. 1t rec
ognizes the trades union as the
representative of labor, establishes
Cancellation districts, with impair.
tial boards ofirom four to six men,
bers for the hearing of labor trou-
bles, and an Arbitration Court OF |
three persons appointed by the |
Governor General--one from the
workingmen's list, one from the
employers list and the third
Judge ofthe Supreme Court. Prac-
ticallY all labor disputes are set
tied by suits brought to the Arbi-
tration Court
1t sounds Utopian and incredi-
BILE, but Mr.. Lloyd asserts, with
every evidence OF truthfulness, that
it is tact. We have no reason to
be proud OF the contrast between
the situation in New Zealand, the
Country without strikes" )" and the
in ST. Louis and else
where in our own land.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
NO Al

one of the most promising students in
the domain Of Constitutional law, a man
who has earned all Of the high honors
which he has won on many hard fought
political battle field and in the LeRisIa.
ture Of the Empire State and the House
of Representatives. His speeches in
Congress for the tollers of the country,
bis battles with the trusts, his efforts to
free Cuba and to keep the Transvaal
Tree, his demands for the investigation
Of Secretary Of the Treasury Gage be-
cause OF the arrangements that that
official made with a Standard OIL Bank
have won for him a name far beYo d the
confines Of his native land.
Not only will Mr.. Sulzer's record in
the interest of the workiDgmen of the
country the PRODUCING Interests of the
land, prove OF great assistance to Mr..
Bryan here in the East but his very name
will prove tower OF strength to the
Democratic ticket this fall. United
States Senator Jones, Chairman OF the
National Democratic Committee, is
quoted as saying that the candidate for
Vice President this year must be a man
who is popular with the Germans. man
who can command the support of the
German voters OF the country who are
aroused in opposition to military des-
potism and the trusts. Congressman
Suffers father was a we'll known German
reformer, man who fought the battles
OF freedom in the Old World. a friend of
Carl Schurz and the Congressman him.
selfhas the support fprominent German
societies and leading German news
papers. His nomination would also
prove popular with the Irish for the
reason that bis mother is descended
from one OF the famous families Of
Ireland.
II Mr. SulZer is named for second
place on the ticket it means that
rattling campaign will be kept up
throughout this entire Eastern country
from the very daY Of the close of the
Kansas City Convention. Mr.. Sulzer's
abilities as a campaign speaker are
equalied only by Mr. Bryan himself. Mr..
Sulzer will visit every county of New
York State, every State in the East, and
many of the tates OF the South and the
West in the interests of Bryan and the
Kansas City Platform.
In this connection there is one thing
OF imp ortance that should be remem-
bered by all. No man should be noml
mated at Ka sas city who cannot COM
mand the support OF the Democrats and
the Popullsts Of the country. There
should be no repetition of the Sewell'
Watson quarrel of four years ago--a
quarrel which undoubtedly cost Mr..
Bryan the ELECTORAL vote 10 severa
States. The Populists OF the country
will gla lily support the brilliant young
leader of Democracy from the heart Of
New York City. Other nominations
might enable the enemy to divide and
conquer the forces of Democracy. II
man is named whose loyalty or whose
honesty can be called in question, the
vote Of the Socialist ticket headed by
Debs or the Middle Of the Road
Populists headed by Wharton Barker
will pc greatly increased. But il Sulzer
is nominated the laboriug men IN the
cities and the tOilers Of the farms will
rally to his support and neither the Debs
ticket nor the Barker ticket will have
reasonable excuse for existence. Not
corporaps guard could be induced to
desert a ticket like Bryan and Sulzer.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
"our New Possessions!'

1t would be amusing, If it were
not ridiculous, to hear every Tom,
Dick, and Harry, who imagines
himself statesman, prating about
"our new possessions" Now in
the name OF common sense who
are "we," and what do we possess9
William Pitt, in the English House
OF Commons over a century ago,
ridiculed the rag, tag and bob-tail
OF England Tor talking about their
Colonial subjects. =" Just think Of
the poor workingmen OF this coun-
try, or the negroes, having posses
sions in the Orient, or white sub
jects in Porto Rico. OF course
we possess nothing in either place.
The lands Of the Philippines and
Porto Rico belong to the inhabi
tants. There are no public lands.
The islands are more thickly pop
ulated than any part of the United
States. Then what do we possess7
Nothing, unless it be the sover-
eighty over the people. What good
is this to the "people" OF the United
States who are paying SIoo. 900, 600
a year for subj ugating them, 1t lis
contrary to our own principles.
And to break down the iundamen-
tai principles the Republic is the
design OF Hanna & Co. Senator
Hanna and Senator Carter were
over in England last year, and
each, on his return, delivered him
sell OF a eulogy on the British gov
ernment. The game, begun at
Manila, between the two armies
and navies. was consummated by
Hanna & Carter in London, and
the work Of undermining the prin-
ciples OF the Republic commenced
England desired to destroy the two
Boer Republics. She therefore
buncoed the United States into a
war OF subjugation in the Philip
pines, at the time the hands OF
France would be tied by the
French Exposition. AS a matter
of fact our new possessions" have
no existence other than in the hg-
ments Of the imagination, except
Tor the few sYndicates who would
control franchises in them.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

thousand in his paving contract.
Gov. General Wood now knows
all about it. The NeelY Printing
Company, at Muncie, meanwhile
was keeping its presses running.
turning out postal blanks for Cuba
So successful was Nicely that his
services were in additional demand.
He boasted OF big offers made him
by capitalists to manage their in.
terests. The Muncie man, who in
1898 had only SI7s. scorned a sal
airy that would tempt bank pres
ident,
The Governme Mt has seized most
OF Neely's property holdings, and
will not, it is understood, give up
the Sac, 900 cash bail-two $40, 900
gold csrtifcates-which he admits
are his own, tranterred from Nun
Gle to New York.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

porters OF its policy Of benevolent
assimilation through criminal ag,
gression. But that this effect has
been produced is evidenced by ths
appearance OF the argument ot
Capt Mahan in which both the
Monroe Doctrine and the agree
ments OF the Peace Conference at
The Hague are dragged into SER
vice as reasons against any tender
OF our kindly Offices in bringing
about peaceful settlement OF the
South African question.
Assuming that the South Afri.
can question is one which is
politically internal to the British
Empire"- ich is 4 questionable
assumption t. Mahan pro-
ceeds to rest h. Sc on article ~
Of The Hague agree ment, which
reads:
Nothing contained in this convention
shall be so construed as to require the
United States of America to depart from
its traditional policy of not intruding
upon, interfering with or entangling
itself in the political questions or policy
or internal administration OF any foreign
State.
No one contends that we are re-
quired to interfere with the affairs
ofany foreign State. But with the
Monroe Doctrine kept steadily in
mind, as it was during the whole
course OF the conference, the dele
gates OF the United States joined
with those of Great Britain in SIGN.
ing the third article OF the conven-
ton, which reads:
The right of Offering their good Offices
belongs to powers not connected with
the conflict, even during the course of
hostilltles, and can never be regarded as
an unfriendly act. e.
This is the article oil the agree
ment which most nearly applies to
the visit OF the Boer representa-
tives. Capt. Mahan conveniently
omits to refer to it. But it is not
unfair to ask what was our object
in framing and accepting and sign
ing such an article II it was not in
tended to apply to just such a sit
uatioD as the one now before us7
There is a vast and vital difference
between active intervention and
the tender Of "good Offices" in the
interest Of humanity.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Observation-Disclosures

The Philadelphia ledger esti
mates that the 400, 900 bushels oi
corn which has Just been sent from
New York to the iamished people
Of India will keep them upon star
vation rations about three days and
half. A peck Of cornmeal will
furnish a man who has plenty of
meat, with bread for one week.
We may, therefore, where there is
no meat, call that amount starva-
ton rations. If the estimate oil the
Ledger is correct it gives some
idea Of the appalling extent Of the
famine. AT the rate Of peck OF
meal to each person per week
the 200, 900 bushels of corn would
feed about ? ,ooo, 900 persons for a
half week, and, according to the
Ledge''S estimate, that would be
the number OF sufferers. But in
point OF fact the number of persons
receiving aid from the British Gov
ernmentis is over 5000, 900. To feed
this vast population even at the
meager rate given above for three
months requires nearly 100, 900, 900
bushels Of corn.
Mr.. Thomas J. Edge, formerly
State Secretary oil Agriculture Tor
Pennsylvania, who has recently re-
turned from India, says that the
suffering is intensified by the abso-
lutte listlessness and apathy oil the
people who believe in fate and ac-
cept death almost without a strdg-
gle. Many who could be saved
by applying tor Government aid
do not do it and die of want or
from the diseases superinduced by
insufficient food. In large tract
Of country there has not been a
good soaking rain for over three
years, and in other parts of the
country months have gone BY with
out shower. 1t must be years
before the population can recover
from a calamity like this. Those
who survive the famine are reduced
to the direst poverty. They have
sold all their belongings for food
and their cattle have died in great
numbers.
Mr., Edge is somewhat doubtful
whether the shipments ofcorn will
carry much reliei. II fear that
they will not know how to use it,"
he saws, or using it raw or improp-
erlY may bring on disease and suf-
fering. In the latter case the as
sistance will do great harm, tor
they will misunderstood the motive
and charge additional injury" 1t
is difficult to see any grounds for
this fear. Those who distribute
the meal will explain how to make
into bread, and anyone who can
make wheat bread can make corn
bread, which, even if it is not pal
atable, will not be dangerous as
food.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Victim Of WOmep's Quarrel

The Navy Departments hostile atti-
tude toward Admiral SchleY is due to
the social jealousy Of women.
There is not the proverbial one
woman, but two, who have started the
ball and kept il going. It dates back
some years, and as the story goes, grows
out Of he fact that when Mrs. Schley
lived IN Washington in great style on
Highland Terrace, Mrs, Crowhinshield
received repeated social discOurtesies
Every effort made toward a reconeil'
iation failed, and it soon became an
open secret IN naval circles that the
gauntlet thrown down by Mrs. Schle
had been taken up in 6eRSlls earnest by
Mrs. Crowninshield.
She hail, however, to blde her iime'
but it came at last, and good use has
been made oil the opportunity.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
CLARK outwlrs ms Opponents.

Politicians were treated to two
genuine surprises last Tuesday.
The FIRST was the announcement
that United States Senator w. A.
Clark had resigned his seat in the
Senate, and the second was the
announcement that acting Gov
ernor Sprigg had appointed the
Senator to succeed himself. This
appointment, it is well understood,
cannot be revoked BY Governor
Smith. and is as valid and binding
as If Governor Smilh himself had
made it.
Back Of the resignation and ap-
pointment is story of sharp polit-
ical practice that has not been
equalled even in Montana,
Some weeks ago, it is said, Gov
ernor smith was asked by Butte
people il he would go to California
and examine the title Of some
property in that State for them, and
last week he started on his trip.
Coincidental with Gov. Smiths
leaving for California Lieutenant
Governor Spriggs returned to
Montana and assumed the duties
OF Governor.
1t has since developed that the
employment OF Governor Smith to
examine the California property
was part ol a we'll conceived plan
to get him out Of the State and put
the Lieutenant Governor in his
place, it having been arranged tha
the latter should appoint Mr.
Clark 1.-THE resigned. The schem,
carried nicely, as has been seen.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

political considerations would seem to
in selecting a candidate from New York
State. Four years aLo as the result OF
mistakes on the part oi some OF the
party leaders, the campsign in New
York city and New York State was
practically allowed 10 go by default, and
the Republicans, convinced that they
would carry New York State anyhow,
shipped their campaign speakers and
their immense funds raised by assess
ments upon the corporations, to the
corn lands and the Middle West. When
it is remembered that only few thou
sand votes popularity distributed IN the
close States Of the West would have
given BRYAN a majority in the Electoral
College, the wisdom Of keeping up a
hard fight in New York State, II for no
other reason than to draw the fire of the
enemy IRON doubtful States, must be
apparent to all.
But this year conditions in New York
State and New York City are even more
favorable for making hard fight in the
interest of the Democracy than four
years ago. The Democrats of the State
are becoming practically united in their
support OF Bryan, the local Democratic
organization OF Greater New York can
rely upon the support of thousands Of
men now employed under the municipal
administration, which is Democratic,
to do active volunteer work for the
national ticket, and if the Democrats at
Kansas City will nominate a popular
candidate from New York State for Vice
President, New York State can be car
ried this year for the Democracy.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

The authorities are daily coming
into possession of new facts con.
cerning NeelY, the deiaulting
treasurer OF the department OF
posts, who set such a lively pace
for thrifty Americans in the SER
vice. How his original appoint
ment came about is not of much
consequence, since he entered the
service for duty in Porto Rico as
an ordinary 1900 clerk, a posi-
ton requiring no great political
backing. His appointment was
made from Washington. But how
he happened to be seized upon for
fiscal agent in Cuba, for treasurer
OF the department Of posts at an
increased emolument,and intrusted
with the handling Of hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars, is another
story that is not so clear. When
ne letl Muncie ne was practically
without means. He made oath in
1898 that his worldly possessions
amounted to SITS. But once
transferred to Cuba he became a
man oi large affairs. His govern
ment position was mere incident.
Capita wasl behind Neely. Chiefly
he was engaged in erecting a brick
plant, in forming a cocoanut trust,
and in entering into contract with
che city OF Havana for paving miles
OF streets. This contract. signed,
is now in existence. NeelY ex-
pected to manufacture brick at s.
a thousand; he was to get $40 a
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Majority.

This year, in the regular success
sion, it is again the turn OF the
Democrats to carry Indiana. In a
straight fight upon living issues
they can certainly do it. There is
no State in the Union where the
Porto Rican policy Of the Repub-
licans in Congress evoked such
bitter and lasting hostility in that
party as in Indiana. President
McKinley's retrocession in Civil
Service Reform has alienated from
him the independent vote which
helped to give him the State four
years ago. The NeelY defalcation
scandal further dscredits the Ad-
ministration.
1t is worthy Of remark also that
the electoral vote oi Indiana, like
that oil New York, has been cast
Tor every successful candidate OF
either party in the last seven cleo
tions. Upon the issues OF anti-im-
perialism anti -militarism and anti
monopoly Indiana can be carried
by the Democrats.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
A Pendulum 9Iate.

Indiana has swung from one
party to the other with the regular
itY of a pendulum. This is the
record Of the last seven Presiden-
tial elections: