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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
JUDGE wADDILL REDUCES COSTS

The action of Judge Edmund Waddll,
Jr, of the United States Court, in re-
ducing costs in small libel cases, de-
serves the warmest commentator up
on the part of every person.
Under his new ruling. the cost of lit
igation in small claims. by reduction In
advertising and watchman's duty, will
be reduced to the minimum
Every man engaged in business may
be thrown into litigation. The very
conduct of everyday affairs leads to
disputes and dissenson. 1t is well,
therefore. that Judge Waddll has taken
the matter of costs under consideration,
and particularly in small cases, where
the costs would most likely fall upon
shoulders little able to bear the bur
den.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
NOTES AND oPINIoNs.
TO WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
(New York Journal)

Indianapolis, Ind, March General
Lew Wallace. author or Ben Hur, gave
the following Interview tonight at his
home at Charlottesville. Ind:
when the President recommended
free trade with Porto Rico, that was
william Mckinley speaking from his
heart; when he urged Congressman to
eat their utterances and vote for a duty
on the industries OF the island, going
and coming. that was Mark Hanna, the
great Ohio suspect.
Either the Porto Ricans are fellow
countrymen, or people in IL relation to
US not yet defined. If fellow country
men, free trade should govern in all
our dealings with them, and their in
situations should have been American
lied. something impossible while under
military control. If they are in rela-
tons, unknown. and underlined, and
poor. and helpless. then charity the
essence of Christianity should have had
the molding of our policies
1T is idle talking about the island
being outside the constitution. Is Con-
greSs the creature of the constitution
or the constitution device Of Con-
gress? 1t is unfortunate that none OF
the men who were invited to see the
President and came away converted
has told us of q word dropped by the
President in explanation of his own
conversion. N
1T Is not pleasant to think of the
President eXerting himself TO control
the action of an Independent branch of
the government What shall stop him
next from an interference with the
judges of the Supreme Court.
ut is yet more unpleasant to learn
from their admission. that a request
from the President should be accepted
| by Congress as an imperial order be-
| fore which objections founded in con-
science are blown away likes moke
| from n gun.
THE Porto Rican affair is bad
! enough, still. it is not so bad as the
new treaty for the Nlcaraguan Canal.
| The difference is between statue that
can be repealed by the next Congress.
and an international agreement, def
ant of alteration or amendment. except
by the consent of sovereign powers.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

] The Virgfnian-P Pilot wishes TO see q
good Council elected in May It has nc
fears concerning the salaried officers
since the lively rivalry existing between
them will bring out the merits and
Sddetmerits of their respective cases.
SsR Not SO with the Councils. Good
practical, Influential and business-like
men men must be sought, They will hardly
I l aalow their names TO belused cxcep.
y upon y q q guarantee of perfectly fair
Treatment.
G ne REPATRIATION books are the most
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
EIGHTEEN PAGES
SUNDAY. MARCH Il. 1900.
MR.. DEFY AND MIR. STANDS.

IN
Vi The Virginian-P Pilot, as prompt to
commend a good deed as 1t Is to con-
denim a bad one, tries to be equally just
An setting itself straight where 1t has
6eemed II a proper course to criticize.
1t Is always unpleasant to say dis
agreeable things. particularly Of men
i1Sho have faithfully served the party.
and 1t is always with n feeling of re-
greet that there Is brought to our notice
an action considered contrary to Demo-
cratic principles and doctrines, and par
iticularly against the people and home
rule.
$ This paper has but one end to serve,
the interest of Democracy In politics.
and of the public In all matters. When,
therefore, Mr.. w. w. Dey. chairman of
the party. cast his vote against MIR.
Stands we condemned his actions I'M
sparinely and without reservation. AS
I'VE said at the time, "even faithful
party service cannot excuse vote like
that"
y Mr.. Dey, in an interview yesterday,
places his actions In n new light. and
places us in the position of being as
ready to do him justice on account OF
his explanation as we were in condemn
Ing him.
Mr.. Dey produces the printed rules
and regulations sent out for his guild
ance, by which he felt himself called
UPON to be guided. He states his ignor-
ance of any change In the rules. the
same having been made some years
@ago. He also states that when his at
tention was called to the change he
promptly cast his vote for Home Rule
and Stands in the meeting of the City
Ccmmittee-that-c considered recommen-
dations to the Norfolk representatives
in the Legislature. Mr.. Dey also states
he made amends for his error by being
ethe most faithful ally and worker In be-
half of Mr.. Stands in the Senate eau
Gus.
We are pleased that he has set himself
straight. and we are equally pleased
Ito be able to know that the vote con-
}demned by the people was cast under a
misrepresentation, and in what he
Thought a faithful following of the reg
.nlations laid down by the State Exec
sltive Committee.
In the interest OF harmony, and grow
ing out of this dispute, Mr.. Dey resign
ed the craftsmanship Of the party. For
this act Of regard for the partys in
terest 1t would be graceful tribute TO
ibis services for the committee to de-
cline to accept his resignation, and for
Mr.. Dey to withdraw it. AS we said.
at the time of mis- resignation, and at
the time OF his vote: HE has made
a good chairman, faithful party man.
and bears good record"
We believe that Mr.. Dey, though zeal
GUS Of the partys interest. will demand
and guarantee fair fight in the Pri
mary and the election. We believe that
this opportunity of displaying his dis
interested supervision of the Party's
affairs will be zealously awaited of by
him, and that he will aid In purGing to
Che utmost of his power and ability the
Registration Books. as he expresses
himself in the interview that appears in
to-days Virginian- Pilot.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
TURN ON THE LIGHT.

Representative Wheeler Is determined
that the charges made by former Con-
sui Macrum shall be investigated IT
Is apparent that majority of the com
mittee wish to smother the Macrum
resolutions, but Mr.. Wheeler declares
that ne will force consideration of
Macrum's statements by bringing in
impeachment proceedings against See
retary Hay. Let the light be turned
on and a full Investigation OF this dam
aging charge be made 1t is not only
due TO Macrum. but the American peo-
pie have a right to know the facts. In
this case.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Fighting Joe" Wheeler having fail
cd to patent his idea OF holding an
election while the war spirit Is high, the
British Government proposes to take
advantage of it at the earliest practi-
cable moment.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

(The Wilmington IN. c. Messenger.
Marion Butler Is in a fix. When
catechised by Senator Aldrch as to
whether he stood for free silver at 16
to l. he lodged and would not answer.
Buffers opinions are not ingrained, a
part of the man. but they are political
garments to be discarded at pleasure
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Hon. David Bennett Hill desires 1t to
be understood that he is not dead. The
Hon. billy bynum desires the same
thing. 1t is in order for Hon. Stephen
Grover Cleveland to announce his de-
sire
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

This being a free country Mr.. Eugene
V. Debs has as much right as any one
else to be President, IL he can scrape
together enough votes
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

If General Joe Wheeler will speak In
open meeting what he thinks of Otis,
his return from Manila will be benefi-
cial, TO that extent at least.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
(Thc Wilmington IN. c. Starr

Mr.. Sibley. of Pennsylvania. who has
achieved some notoriety from the rap
idity with which he can change base.
isn't in Congress for the emoluments.
but for recreation. He divided his
salary for this year among five hospi-
tails in his district.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Gold Democrats in Norfolk have be
come so enthusiastic for the old part.
that they actually want to control it.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Though the days are growing longer.
the weeks are getting much shorter for
some of the city's Office holdcrs.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Cecil Rhodes announces that he is go
ing to England to take n long rest,
presumably from his tusslc with horse
diet.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

The appearance of the transpor
Sumner in the harbor brings the Phil
ippine war closer home.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

1t does not naturally follow that the
Naval Committee Is fond of fluids.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

We hear very little talk now about
building new jail for Norfolk 1t is
suggested that the Councils may COM
promise by again raising salaries.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Somebody ought to set Gen. Wheeler
straight in his resignation business.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
Warm Words
of Communication
from a WeII-knOWn
Methodist minister.

( HAVE KNOWN DIR. FIREY
ABOUT 0 YEARS. while living in Roam
oke City. he having practiced in my fam
lily during that time with skill and sue
cess. Though n young man then He
ENJOYED THE REPUTATION OF a
SK1LLFUL PAINSTAKING AND COM
PETENT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Since 1 came to Norfolk DIR. FIREY
HAS TREATED ME FOR CATARRH
OF NOSE. THROAT AND BRONCHIAL
TUBES. THE TREATMENT RESULT
ING. BELIEVE. IN a PERMANENT
CURE. regard DR.. frey as worthy In
every way of the confidence and patron
age of the people of Norfolk.
REV. "A. II. WAY.
No Byrd Place Norfolk
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

And so the hip-pocket brigade Il
again on duty in Kentucky.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

That was q valorous policeman tina,
hid amongst the militia in Frankfort.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

The most peculiar thing about com
mon sensc-it is too scarce to be com
mon.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

(The Petersburg Progrcss.)
Colonel Bryan will be 40 years old the
10Th of this month. He may celebrate
his 41st birthday in the White House.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
No. 3 Byrd Place. Norfolk

Rev. Mr.. Way gave me the above tes-
timonial OVER A YEAR AGO AL
though the past winter has been I'M
usually trying to persons suffering from
any disease of nose. throat or lungs. ne
states that HE HAS HAD NO RETURN
WHATEVER OF CATARRHAL SYMP-
TOMS. HE'S CURED TO STAY
CURED.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

Has offices and { No. sl4 Main street.
Norfolk. Va. Specialties: Catarrh and al!
diseases OF Eye. Ear. Nose. Throat. Ches,
and Stomach.
Hours. 9 a. m. TO 1880 p. M: p. m. to
p. m. Sunday hours. 1880 a. m. to
1880 p m. Tuesday night and Thursday
night 1:i6 p. m. to s:Is p. m.
Consultation always free. Medicines
furnished. Terms always moderate. Eyes
examined for glasses free OF charge.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
Cousin "Joe" Chamberlain was.

doubt, much relieved by recent events,
as were Kimberley and Ladysmith.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11

The fman who risks nothing may rely
upon winning nothing.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-11
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

ADVERTISING RATES: Advertise
serrente inaotred at tho rate of rs. cents
f4Quaro first insertion each subsequent
4 insertion 10 cents. or 80 cents when
tfsnrted Every Other Day. Contrac-
tors ere not allowed to exceed their space
or advertise other than their legitimate
!. business, except by paying especially for
The same.
!, & Heading Notices, invariably 20 cents per
Hne first Insertion. Zach subsequent in
oerton Is cents
81 No employee Of the Virginian-Pilot Pub
Eshdng Company is authorized to contract
: 1a1y obligation In the name of the COM
pany. or to make purchases in the name
aof the same. except upon orders signed by
the PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
~ In order to avoid delays. on account of
personal absence letters and all comunt-
{ cations for THE V1RGINIAN-PILOT
Should not be addressed to any individ-
sHal connected with the office, but simly
TO THE VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUB
HGISH1NG COMPANY.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04
OBSERVATIONS.
Highway Rights.

A suggestion made by Harper's
Weekly that roadside advertisements
are worth enc half a cent apiece has
denuded mile OF country OF disfigur-
Jog advertisements tackled to trees or
glued to rocks. Advertisers ruth
lessly destroy beauty up and down
the read -side-the peoples parks
fences and trees are disfgured by tall,
green, red and yellow letters. Be-
sides the outrage TO nature it is an
inroad OF one advertiser upon the
rights OF others. For the highway
belongs to all and can only be mon
opolized by gift OF franchise. pre-
sented by a misguided council to a
corporation. 1t is not path through
a wilderness that is valuable but the
track beaten by thousands Of people.
and the side OF the path is q good
advertising medium because pedes-
TRANS have eyes and their bodies
must be clothed, fed and indicated.
Since the days wien the strongest
built a castle and enclosed all the
land not similarly enclosed by an
other strong man, the rights Of the
many are ignored and made into priv.
ileges for the few. The obstruction
Of free peoples view by patent-medi-
cine advertisers is survival OF feud-
al aggression which q meek and
long suffering people still endure.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04
In,pefialisn.

Imperialism.
President McKinley's expression Of
this country's purposes in regard to
China should be enough TO refute the
charges OF imperialism made against
him. All we waEt in China is an
open door, vide enough to let in our
produce and manufactures and pro-
lection for citizens Of the United
States, who for either pleasure or
business are In China. Through no
missionary intention the one hun
dred millions OF Chinese will be ele-
waited and educated through the fact
OF the open door braced open and
kept open by the powers. The world
has threatened China's isolation for a
hundred years. The Chinese epoch OF
intercourse with the world has ar
rived. There is stirring OF the ma
tions like that at the e0d of the
fifteenth century when America was
discovered and new world with i'm
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04
The Famine In India.
The Telephone Ordinance.

In dealing with real estate agents.
or with any man who represents both
buyer and seller, it is sometimes diff
ficult to discover whose interests be
represents For instance, property is
listed with real estate dealer to rent
or sell for the highest price obtain
able. Renters and purchasers 90 to
this same man for bargains. He
charges one or both OF his customers
a percent The ethics Of the business
are unknown to me, but on the prin-
ciple that he is the fortunate one who
sells something and not he who &C.
quires it, the real estate agent
charges his commission to the former,
no matter how real bargain the
purchaser has secured. The forego.
ing is not intended as a reflection
upon real estate agents, but as ref
erence TO the difficulties Of their bust.
ness and what a nice balance is re-
quired In adjusting their relations to
the opposing interests Of their two
classes OF customers.
OF course 1t is not the same thing
with members Of the city council.
They are elected by the citizens to
look after the CITY. They are counsel
and the citizens are their clients,
whatever the cause. They are sup.
posed to meet once week to admin.
lister and audit the affairs of the city
from the standpoint of the city and
not to aid any corporation or indi-
vidual in its or his private designs
against the citizens for the purposes
Of gain.
There should.be no suspicion that
the council is capable Of considering
any subject from any other point Of
view than the city's. Yet in the
councils dealing with the two tele-
phone companies there is, apparently.
a lack OF zeal for the city's interest
and a tender regard for that of the
Nebraska Telephone Company. 1t is
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04

should be correlated with the CON-
temporary prices.
The raise asked for requires an in
crease in the salary appropriation OF
only 5000. The teachers who meek.
ly accepted the cut and went on with
their work deserve consideration now
that prosperity is circhng about our
heads meditating upon suitable
spot upon which tOAlight and abide.
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The Famine in India.
Pictures in tie missionary periodi-
Gals Of the Indian farmer blowing
with bullock and pointed stick for
pillow explain the famine in India.
1t is not English occupation, for the
famine districts are the northern
states where Englishmen are scarce.
Modern agricultural implements, and
modern methods OF enriching empOv-
rished land is what india needs. The
farmers keep no stock, only few bull
locks which they use iL blowing and
harvesting. They have, therefore.
little manure and the exhausted land
produces less than fifty years ago and
it is feeding many times the number
of people. In the famine of 1866 two
million people died. in 1877 more than
five millions died. There is some.
thing wrong in the agricultural sys.
TEN where famines can occur every
eleven years and find millions of PEG.
pie unprovided for emergencies. In.
dia's exhausted soil must be enriched
and induced to yield what other soils,
cared for with educated agricultural
Intelligence, yields.
Budhists will not eat meat and ir.,
relevant as it may seem famine is
depicting the population, because the
soil lacks animal enrichment. Break
a cog in the wheel of growth, food
and decay and nature revenges her.
self cruelty, inevitably. and takes
seven fold of that which she has Leen
deprived of.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04
Teacher Wages.

With an ascending scale Of prices
teachers wages in the Lincoln public
schools have not been raised. The
same argument which induced the
board to lower them applies now tt,
their increase. Then prices were fall
ing and salaries too and it was said
that with the same amount of money
the teacher could buy goods that in
prosperous times cost her one third
more. She is paying the price OF pros
porous times now and her salary
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04
A Human Document.

The Declaration Of Independence
was written. most of it, by one man
and subscribed by many. The man
who wrote it was enamOured of free
aud equal. He used these words as the
French revolutionists used, Liberte
egalite, fraternite to work spell. He
furnished Americans with an ideal
but it is idle to say we have attained
it. Man is not born free and equal
but bound by heredity. custom. ira
dition and superstition and from the
top to the bottom Of human heights
there are inequalities Of all degrees.
The document was written in an age
of fine writing, when sOphOmores set
the style and it does not mean very
much. Had the Revolutionary he.
roes not given it vogue and authority
it would not still mean anything to
this literal, uupoetlc, down on-Oratory
generation. 1t is only sacred as a
historical document and as a speci-
men of the best thing the continental
congress ever published. AS a dec
laration OF the truth about mans
birth it is a lie. and as a document
marking the limits Of the growth Of
tho United States it is not trust
worthy.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-08-04

summer time they are not worn by
any nan of sense and savoir fdire ex-
cept on extra tremendous occasions
unknown to small towns remote from
fashion. Their use is confined to
travelling fakirs and to professional
men who desire to advertise an
artificial, superfluous and unseason-
able dignity.
Some male persons with the histor-
ical and geographical sense. realize
that, the Esquimaux dress in furs
because the arctic region IS a cold
place, and the Zulu in a lOin cloth
because the equator is near the fire.
These people desire to conform to
their own climate, which for sea-
son every year is arctic and for an.
other season is equatorial. They are
numbered in very sensible design by
other men who ridicule the wOUld-be-
cool and insist that they wear the
polar costume the year through. The
latter made a mock and a martyr out
of the first man that dared to carry
an umbrella in the streets OF London,
imperturbable Joseph, Hanway who
was in i'll health and desired to pro.
tect himself from the rain. Before
his time the umbrella had been mon.
opolized by women. His peculiar
quality Of mind was not disturbed
when the gamins called him SISSY"
or the seventeenth century slang
equivalent for the word which means
effeminacy. He carried his umbrella
and at first there were only few
brave enough to initiate him. But
the most sensitive can carry it now
without fear of ridicule.
A garment similar to a shirt waist
is now constructed for men. 1t is
built on masculine lines and needs
no coat. 1t is not made to be covered
by coat and is quite as presentable.
Several, and perhaps many years will
pass before men will consent to wear
il. But just as soon as few of the
brave have broken it 10, there will be
just as many shirt-waiSted men as
there are DOW shirt wasted women.
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