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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
SUFFRAGE IN CUBA.
Mutterings of the Natives Against
m Restricted Ballot.

HAVANA. Feb. "a meeting Of Gov
r-General Wood and the secretaries
were held today to discuss plans for hold
ing municipal elections on May l. 1t was
decided to appoint commission consisting
of several secretaries and several OF the
ablest Cubans in civil life to draw up
plans. The best system submitted will be
used.
The commission will have no authority
to determine who shall vote. The question
is settled. The commission will merely
perfect the details for holding the cleo
lions at which municipal mayors and
councilmen will be balioted for.
General Rooff, who has charge of adding
10 the lists of the Cuban Army the names
of all those who bore arms and who do
not appear in the original lists, insists
that he will have 80. coo additional names
and he wants more time in which to COM
plete his work, but he will not get it. His
30 200 names, however. include everyone
who assisted in the revolution in any way.
whether by bearing arms or not. Those
not listed by May / will not be allowed TO
vote
The mutterings against restricted ballot
continue The Veterans Association at
Sancti Spiri,us held a meeting yesterday
and unanimously declared in favor OF uni
versal suffrage. adding that they were re-
solved to accomplish that end. The re-
turns of the schools established since jan
uary /, which are coming into Superintend-
ent Frye's office, are most surprising and
gratifying. Cuba seems to be on fire for
education. Including today, 205S schools
have been organized. over 700 were re-
ported today. This means the enrolment
of more than 100000 children. No effort
has been made TO gather them, and no adj
refreshments have been printed asking the
children to come forward
The children have presented themselves
so fast that the schools have been unable
! TO accommodate them Only 81 municipali-
ties out of 141 on the island have sent
reports. yet Mr. Frye estimated for sup
piles on the basis of 100000 children for
the first year. He now thinks the number
will reach 10000.
The revolt of the Cubans against the
! appointment of Monsignor Sbarretti as
Bishop of Havana seems to be growing,
and the newspapers are urging radical
steps. The "Cubano" says that move
ment is on foot to organize monster mass
meeting to protest against the appoint
ment on the day Monsignor Sbarretu
lands.
In ease all such means fail the Cubans,
according TO this paper. will start their
own Church Many Cuban priests are OPP
posed to a foreign Bishop, and will aid
to form an independent Church. The
'.Patria" says that the campaign against
Mgr. Sbarretti has only begun. 1t adds
that. 'Romanism in the Latin races is
the incarnation Of odous and infantile SUI
perstition. and an instrument of moral OPP
preston. Cuba must be for the Cubans in
religion as in other matters
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Rebuilding Cubn.

The problem of successful Cuban recon-
struction involves many things. Reports
demonstrate that the material interests are
rising from the debris OF war and the ashes
of conilagration. The foundation OF new
Cuba is being everywhere laid. Fresh
Likelihood is coursing through the veins Of
industry In the rural districts the people
are temporarily TOO busy to give ear TO
anything that does not concern the recon-
struction of ruined agriculture. They are
ardent in their efforts TO repair their de-
yastated fortunes. The island is cleaner
and better then it has ever been. The
American spirit of enterprise has proved
infectious IL has stimulated the substan-
tial side of the Latin nature The honest
and earnest Cubans have lighted their
torches from the fires of Yankee progress.
So far as industry is concerned there is
an agreeable pastoral harmony. But this
is not ALL In Havana, Santiago, and other
centres where the population Is more
dense there are occasional discords. In
the cities there are many people who are
not TOO busy to listen and others who are
10 dbu dblhdAiOh- ~ 10
these people who are putting obstacles in
the way of Governor-General Wood. II is
the noisy politician who is going to offer
the longest resistance 10 reconstruction.
IL is he who is going 10 stand in the way Of
the ultimate solution Of the problem.
Nothing seems so absurd TO certain
class Of Cubsns as the American notion
that a public servant should be honest.
Throughout the centuries the Spanish Of
ficeholder has been so VIGOROUSLY venal
that the nearby Latins are astonished at
the proposition that he shall perform his
functions without breaking the Eighth
Commandment. The time -honored custom
of regarding public Office as a private sine
cure. emitting the holder thereof TO all the
proceeds as perquisites. has become so in-
grained as a practice and tradition that
dishonesty is regarded as by far the better
policy. The difficulty OF eXtermina,ing
this notion is already apparent in the cns-
tom house struggle for decent admins
tration and the lethargy of the courts In
the matter OF prosecuting those who had
conspired 20 plumber the exchequer. The
bitter luminosity following American at
tempts TO purify all departments where
public business is transacted has given
ample proof of the Latin's constitutional
opposition TO such a radical programme.
Ii is this easy going tolerance of Official
rascali,y that furnishes the demagosic ele-
ment in Cuba with its encouragement for
agitation. The people have not been suf-
fcien,iy reformed TO appreciate the vital
value of the issue precipitated by American
occupation. il is dficult for them ia COM
prehend that oficial probity is an essential
for the best political development. that the
continuance Of corruption among those WHO
! manipulate public interests ia 8 growing
menace TO the perpetuity of the state.
TLey forget that where the administration
is honeycombed with rottennese. It Ia i'm
possible 10 inculeate hensat practices In the
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dealings Of the individual. Vice and virtue
cannot travel arm in arm. They nave
never yet been reconciled.
Yet the strenuous efforts male by
American reconstructionists TO obliterate
vicious dishonesty from the Cuban system
of public ofIiceholding have met with the
Indignant protests of many intelligent ma
tives. II is yet a mystery TO many repre-
sentative people in Cuba why the Ameri-
cans should grunt and sweat over the
weary task Of trying TO demolish an insii-
tuition so venerable as Cuban official We
nality. And the trouble monger. ksenly
alive to this disposition TO respect the old
Spanish proverb that ito rob the state is
not to rob-" is making the most Of it. 1t is
the last hook upon which to hang his hope
of securing power and spoil. The upbuild-
ing of material interests has deprived him
of all others.
II is for the reasons indicated that the
American rehabilitators in Cuba have a
task calculated to tax their patience, diplo-
macy. ingenuity. and backbone. General
Wood and his associates apparently appre-
ciate the labor that is before them. Ameri-
can grit will play a conspicuous part in
the developments that are inevitable. But
the existence of an Indifferent spirit
among high classes of Cubans when a
crusade against political chicaaery and Of
fetal misrepresentation is in its beginning.
show how foolish it would be to leave the
islanders to work out their own destiny at
this time. II the educated element Of the
population is inclined to champion this
inimical practice, what could be expected
OF the lower strata in the event Of crisis.
were there cot some incorporating force
TO dominate affairs?
The situation emphasizes the necessity
OF education. which is reform in its best
guise. Those who receive the proper
mental training are likely TO think and
act for themselves. The recuperative era,
with its gratifying signs Of returning pros
perity. has stilled the idle clamor for i'm
mediate and complete self-government.
The American policy is making deep i'm
preston upon the people through its
achievement of better things. The agitator
it is hoped. will soon have lost his occu-
patton and joined the throngs of toilers or
subsidized into innocuous desuetude.
America is pledged not to withdraw from
the island until there is certainty that
affairs are in a condition of stability. I'M
til the politics, as well as the streets and
plague spots. of Cuba have been cleaned
and deodorized. In the mean time, Gen.
eral Wood and his colleagues may be ex-
pected to push the worl; of rehabilitation
with intelligent persistence and along the
most approved lines.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

tFrom the Indianapolis Press Republican,
The publication OF the text OF the new
isthmian canal treaty with England will
cause general surprise and disappointment.
About the only exclusive privilege the
United States enjoys Hereunder Is the
doubtful one Of furnishing the money 10
pay for constructing the canal. while Eng
land aud everybody else participates in all
its advantages. But the most Objectionable
clause is that expressly prohibiting the
United States from terrifying the waterway
at any point
This nullifies the very privilege that the
people OF this country regard as OF para
mount importance-that OF controlling the
canal in case OF war with another nation.
Without that. of what advantage is all the
rest. except In profits to a corporation that
might control II as a business enterprise?
Without complete control in case of war.
does not the treaty rather impose burden
than grant a benefit There is little doubt
but that England long ago absolved the
United States from the Clayton ulwer
Treaty by her own failure to observe its
conditions as to keeping out OF Nicaraguan
territory. II is to be hoped that the time
will come some sweet day when the rep
resentatives of this nation will be able to
hold their own In diplomacy with those OF
Europe. II we are TO help run the world )
affairs. we ought to at least be able to man
age our own better than we have in the
past
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

We are glad to see that there are some people
who think that the late james G. Blaine should
have a monument. Blaine ideas are in the air
and the memory OF The warm biooded American
who put them forth is still dear 20 many men
who are not IL Congress, and have time to
remember dead lions. The intellectual monn-
,nent to Blaine outtops The lofty mountains, but
IL is Intangible, and We should like 10 see a
noble shaft arise 10 impress on tie minds Of
American youth that such pstrios once lived,
worked, and thought fer America.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Unjust nj Homo.

CFrom the New Orleans Times Demoerat)
The worst feature OF the trusts in their plum
dering is the fact that, almost without eNcep-
tion, they charge their American patrons more
than they do the people Of other countries. Their
prices are high at hoNe. because OF their mo-
nopoly of the market; while abroad, where they
are met by competition. they reduce their charges.
u there vas any doubt as TO their iniastice, or
as to the fact that their existence is due TO
conditions prevailing in this country, and this
country alone. the trusts themselves furnish it
by the lower prices at which they sell their
products in England than in the United States.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Municipal Corruption.


1''7F"sT
Tic most disgraceful chapters OF American his
tory are those relating to municipal corruption
in our larger cities-B Boston, New York. Phila-
delphia Washington. Cincinnati, Detroit, and
Chicago That more publicity has been given
to bossism and corruption in New York and Chi
cago than in some Of the other cities named IS
merely an incident Of size. The greater the
municipality the greater the opportunities for
spoliation. In smaller towns and cities where
everybody knows nearly everybody else munich
pal administration is usually good, as the dis
reput. bic element is known and cannot secure
control Even in these eases, however. the ban
OF partisan politics frequently leads to corrupt
CITY administration.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Steadily most OF the counties are being depopu-
lated Of backs-of young men and women both.
The former go away to work railroads and
in mines; the latter sought for Tor domestic
service, in our own cities.
Here they arc as independent as lords. or rather
as ladies'. They make little apology for
losing a day or two from work, and they quit
ones employment when they please. Not so up
North There. except where their excuse is OF
the best they are locked for lost time. and when
they quit before their engagement is out ma
without due notice they forfeit their wages
Seldom are such rules enforced here. me result
IL that we have a miserable domestic service.
MANY dear lady has been sent to an unttmely
grave by worries her servants
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

United States in the Western Hemisphere
to Great Britain: into denouncing the
Monroe Doctrine; and into agreeing that
this country shall assume all the risk and
cost of building. maintaining. and policing
the Nicaragua Canal, without any authority
TO defend it or to exclude from 1t the pub
lie enemy in time of war? That is the
question. and all of It. What do Demo-
cratic Senators think?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Not long since an Italian girl. resident -t
N subouI. Turkey. was placed in narem desri'e
the protests OF her father, and held, not'slth-
standing the demands OF the Italian Embassy.
Later Italy threatened 20 break of diplomatic
relations unless the girl was released. whereupon
she was returned TO her father The United States
has been for months vainly attempting TO en-
force payment OF certain claims. Acknowledged
to be just against the Sultan How would II q"
TO try Italian tactics, and 10 that don't work.
send over the Olympia and a few othts war YES
seis OF that class. Possibly the Kentucky might
be gotten ready in time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

From the Philadelphia Times.

IFroW inc FHIIaueIVHTa IIHIVssT
II the United States is to become a world
power. the entire consular service must be care
fully overhauled There may be other Naerums
who, in the event of a general European war,
might disgrace themselves in like manner and
equally humiliate the American people.
Who will offer a resolution in Congress asking
the State Department for all the facts explain
ing the selection and appointment OF the late
Consul TO Pretoria?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Mr.. sibIey. for Instance.
lrrnm The philadplnhin RecordN

Congressman certainly stands for his whole
district; but primarily he is :he representative
OF the majority that elected him. II he be man
OF nice sense Of honor he would. upon hndihs
himself at variance with the opinions OF those
who elected him, frankly inform them OF ms
changed convictions and ask TO be released "on'
tho nle,lrps he had made TO his constituents.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

sumed. could just as well be done by pri-
vate American capital. Moreover. ths
treaty will be interpreted by many as an
attempt to bind Tvs to England in way
that stands for a virtual alliance.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

An eligible opportunity now offers for
the pure food people to make row. The
Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has de-
cided that imitation fruit juices which do
not contain an appreciable percentage of
alcohol are not subject TO tax. They will,
therefore. be allowed TO masquerade as the
real thing. without any tell-tale handicap
in the shape of revenue stamps. Though,
Of course, the decision may be correct in
law. we wonder If this is exactly equitable
and agreeable to sound public policy?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Their Main Defender.

From the Pittsburg mspateh)
One hundred anti-trus, bills introduced in the
House OF Representatives, aud the trusts teci
entirely safe. Is not Griggs IN position 10 Gov
s,rue the laws and say tia, Congress can 90
nothingl
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10
Cts.

1t is quite likely. as Secretary Root as
serts. that the War Department has never
considered the question of relieving Cen
eral Otis at Manila. The influences which
secured his appointment and have kept
him in place in spite of proven incom-
potency and failures manifold are strong
enough to prevent any adverse official ac-
ton at this time.
STILL we think Otis will come home
pretty soon. Divine Providence rarely en-
dows a man with the ability to fool him
self for more than twelve months at
stretch. and We are convinced that Otis
has finally come 20 know Otis as all the
world knows Manufacturing kguinaldo.
His work in the Philippines is done in
the sense that it has never been begun,
and he is no more needed there now than
he was year ago. So in the dlleet words
of Adjutant General corbin. IF General
Otis asks for leave of absence. or for
relief from duty. ] have no doubt the
President would grant him the same in
diligence that is shown to the desires OF
all the general officers in the service.
II is more than probable
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Sir Henry Stanley. the African explorer.
who has been seriously ill., is reported as
better. IN case of any little accident 10
General Butler. perhaps the British Gov
eminent might employ him TO go ami find
Ladysmith as he once found DR.. Living
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

From the Boston Globe-Dcmocrat)
Many people will agree with Senator
Hoar that we want distinctly American
canal" This implies that the canal might
be a great factor in war as we'll as com
MERGE Unfortunate thought IT may be
it is impossible to divorce the military pos
sibiIities from the canal problem and treat
IL solely as a trust for mankind" TO be
ever held sacredly neutral. 1t would be
assuring il we could regard this great
opening .etween the Atlantic and Pacific
as the worlds free tollgate. to be open to
every nation alike, with only necessary
police regulation agreed to by all nations
ant we have not yet reached such an ex-
periment Of international communism. II
we we're ready for it. then all the powers
would be asked to contribute pro rata in
proportion to the size of their merchant
marines.
AS the case stands the new treaty rids
rs of the Clayton Bulwer Treaty, which
has long been held a hindranee TO plans
for an isthmian canal, but at what many
believe 70 be too great sacrifice OF the
strategic requirements Of the United
States Y is true that the Suez Canal Is
neutral in the larger sense. but England,
In case of war. owns and controls II.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

In the Senate District Committee yes
terday. Senator Gallinger was authorized
TO report favorably on the bill empowering
the District Commissioners to make con-
tracts for the disposal of garbage and
dead animals 1t is 10 be hoped that Mr.
Gallinger has not failed TO secure the in
sertion Of a clause providing for a whole
sale disposition of the Filipino resolutif rs
in Congress under the act. Such reform
would add much to the whoieso.3eness of
the atmosphere in the Capitol.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Everybody in the country will be pleased
because of the compliment paid by Presi-
dent Mckinley 10 Commander Wainwright
in appointing him to the SUPPLEMENTARY
of the Naval Academy in succession to
Rear Admiral McNair, who retires from
the position on account OF i'll health.
Wainwright has well earned and merits
the honor thus conferred upon him. He
should make an ideal superintendent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Their natural fright incident to the Law
ton obsequies having in part scbsided, We
suppose that about today or Mc-day, the
bolo men in Congress will begin TO taunt
Mr. Mckinley with the charge that but for
his expansion policy, the bubonic plague
would not now be raging in Honolulu. No
doubt they will assert also. that unless he
can find Aguinaldo somewhere and make
sister republic of him, the dread dis
ease will sweep the Philippines as soon as
a few pestllential speeches can be cabled
over there TO start it going and buboning.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

curios case was recently before the
s,,nreme Court of Maine lClary VS.. Clary
"A Al. Rep. 92D, in which the defendant
being sick and out OF work. went to the
house OF his divorced wife and induced her
TO board and nurse him on the promise TO
remarry her. But the defendant failed 70
keep his promise. and subsequently married
another woman. His divorced wife there
upon rendered a bill for her services as
nurse and for board furnished him, ana
brought suit thereon. The jury gave her
verdict but the Supreme Court granted d
new trial on the ground that the evidence
showed that the plaintiff did not expect
conversation for the board furnished, put
gave it on account of defendants promise
TO marry her
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

Wagering cigar by juror as to what
verdict would be was held by the Supreme
Court OF Rhode Island, in the case oil
Butts vs.. Union r. Co. GA All Rep, $3.50,
not TO constitute ground for new trial.
as the case was not close one, and the
verdict was fully sustained by the evil
dence The court said. however, that the
conduct OF the juror was highly censura-
BILE, and would have been sufficient to sub
ject him to punishment II 1t had been
brought to the attention of the court at
the time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

II a locomotive engineer blows the whistle
Of MS engine at place near creek where
a person is watering his horses, for the
want,n purpose of frightening the horses,
and thereby causes injury to the one with
the horses. and it is proved that it was IN
usual and not custo nary for the whistle
10 be blown at tina place. the Supreme
Court of North Carolina. in the case OF
Brendle VS.. Spencer IA S. E. Rep. 63il,
holds that the railroad company is liable
for damages. The jury found a verdict Tor
the plaintiff of $1,000. and on appeal this
was affirmed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-10

To constitute an attempt to commit
crime at common law something more than
an intention or purpose TO commit crime
is necessary, says the Supreme Court OF
Michigan in the case Of People VS.. Young
$50 C. L. j., go, and where person agrees
with another to commit robbery. and
meets him at saloon at the appointed
time. with a revolver and slippers. to be
used and goes to a drug Store TO purchase
chloroform, being arrested as he comes
out. he cannot be convicted of an attempt
II commit crime. The court holds that
the above acts constitute preparations
only. and that between preparations for
tie attempt and the attempt itself there
is wide difference. sa