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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

The dull thud which marked the exit Of
the Hon. Matthew S. Quay from the Sen
ate Of the United States was Immediately
followed by a soft plash in the vicinity Of
the seat formerly occupied by Mr.. Quay
and which during the trial Of his case
had been reserved for him. The noise
came from the Hon. Thomas c. Plat, who
moved in as his brother boss moved out.
Mr. Plstt's old seat was not desirable.
Mr. Plat, when not engaged in herding
his Republican cattle at some political
roundup. is good deal given to senu-
ment, and frequently lifts up his voice in
song. The Battle Hymn OF the Republic"
used to be his fayorite lyric but he has
not sung with the same verye since his
overthrow at St Louis in 1896. On that
occasion Mr.. Quay went down with him,
and now the sll-powerful Hanna has
cliuched the matter by excluding Quay
from public life. VIII his own turn come
next?
The present. it is nothing" he is said
to have remarked TO correspondent on
Wednesday; the FUTURE don't see much
fun in it. As for yesterday-well, that's
water which has gone over the dam But
he sits in Quays seat, where Hanna can
see him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

In the atlantic Monthly for May Mr.
Hugo Munsterberg discusses American
schools and colleges Mr.. Munsterberg is a
German. This subject has been treated by
numerous writer's. hopefully or pessimis-
tically as the case may be, and frequently
with an ignorance nothing less than sub
lime. The author OF this article takes the
view that the American system Of educa
ton is throughout inferior to the German.
and that the reason is that the teachers
are not as well educated as they should be.
He reviews his own school life and states
that the average student in the German
gymnasium is further advanced at eighteen
than the American at twenty -one, and
that without overcrowding.
But before taking this as a serious in
dictment against the American teacher
two things should be considered; first, the
difference between the American and the
German temperament. and second. the life
for which the students OF each country are
10 he prepared. Before transplanting the
German system entire to this country it
would be well 20 ascertain how nearly it
will ft our needs.
Il may be said on general principles that
the German is more difficult to convince
than a man OF any other nationality on
the face OF the earth. Il is next to impos-
sibIe 10 make him think that there is, or
can be. anything wrong with the institu-
tions TO which he has given his allegiance
n he were taught. in Germany, to spend
hours learning to curve the tail Of the
letter g in precisely the same way every
time he wrote il he sees an absolute moral
wrong in the refusal Of the American
teacher 10 subject a child 10 the same
discipline. II he spent his time from ten
10 e:ehteen in mastering Greek he thinks
that the American boy ought to do the
same ia order 20 be well educated. This
may be so. or e may not. There is q kind
Of thoroughness which is a waste Of time.
IL a man experts to go into the German
army. to become teacher. or a scientist,
or a doctor. or engage in any Of the occu-
nations which in a lonE-settled country,
REQUIRE extraordinary alta lents, he
needs the German education. II he has to
knock about half-civilized territory and
make not only his own living. but the very
business which is to afford him n living;
Il he must be carpenter, roadmaker,
farmer stock-raiser. schoolteacher, res
taurant keeper. before he can make his
wilderness habitable. It Is hard TO see
what use Greek is going to be to him. Per-
haps. after all. the harum- scarum train
ing which many Of The enterprising men
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

The platform adopted by Mr.. Hanna s
Ohio convention contains the following
plank on trusts.
-T.e Eeuullis-n party Of Ohio stands commit
rcd o. legislative and executive opposition To- t"e
rt>tlsI. competition and ,t'Ae independent pro
Ja,.r. We iaNlr Within our borders the cap
Itr.-t.. Indictments f|st slc material 10 iae
.5-... r.E..sururrf oi tho state and the
l.r-..r ..H..-...nt of ltbur.' but We insist that
BAD f-#r- Cd, liuaii.1s -hall Doe forbidden and
-...5 ItG al-I- sHaIl bo regulated from time To
@ i1- ald Doc 30 rg.lsi,lad Go guarantee immunity
f.r HrrfIri monopoly AVID s--llre fair treatment
ard protection 10 go competing industries.
Just what combinations" Mr.. Hanna
considers injurious it might be difficult
TO guess Certainly not the Standard Oh
Company. whose home and home church
are in Cleveland That pious and oduca-
tionaI entity cannot be regarded as Of
fensive. since it is not long ago that at
its behest. the tariff on crude oil was
dropped in Porto Rico and the tariff on
refined oil preserved so that the Standard
Oil Company might have a monopoly OF
the Porto Rican market through the opera
tion Of its rehnerics in the island. Mr..
Hanna cannot class the Sugar Trust as
Injurious. " because he was in full ac-
cord with the movement through which
the Dngley tariff sugar schedule was die
tated by that trust. lie certainly cannot
consider the Tobacco Trust ''hurtful mo-
noDoly," since it is only the other day
that the Administration violated the Con-
siitution in order to give it protection from
domestic manufactured tobacco brought
from one to another American port In
deed Hanna cannot really believe that any
kind Of trust is either injurious or
"hurtful." 1t was not so long ago that he
is represented TO have dictated an inter
view in which he said:
so long as the trusts have not proved men
ace TO business nor 20 the laboring interests
Of the country 80 long as all that j. said about
them is merely TAX and nothing but talk, 80
long they have not proved a curse 10 the coIn-
try. / believe they should be let alone. inns
combination Of capital for one purpose or another
l. not political quest on at all. Il Is business
question and ought not TO have been brought
into politics
Hanna has carried out his idea as far
as he could at Columbus. He tried to keep
the platform silent on the trust question,
because ne is consistent II mo- d SiNNN'
person. He still believes that the talk
about trusts is merely talk and nothing
but talk" He is as well satisfied now as
ever he was that trusts constitute the
foundation OF his party, and that without
them il would disappear like dish of ice
cream in a blast furnace. He is thoroughly
convinced that the highest purposes OF
government are TO use the national terri
tory for trust exploitation, to loan the
public money to trust banks without in
terest. and to raid the Treasury in order
that dozen trust maguates may be hand
ed over a gratuity of ninety million dol
lars. As he very justly remarks. these
things form "a business question and
ought not to have been brought into poll
rfgs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
THE MARITIME CANAL.
The NicaraGuHn Government Cancels
the Concession to build 1t.

the Concession to build II.
The concession TO the Maritime Canal
Company to construct a ship canal across
Nicaragua has been Cancelled by the Nicar-
aguan Government
The contract of the company expired, ac-
cording to the terms of the agreement. on
October last. but the company shortly
before that time made application for n
extension OF time. This was refused.
whereupon the company, claiming that it
was prevented from finishing the canal ny
circumstances that it could not control
attempted to delay final proceedings and
secure a renewal Of the concession by re
sorting to a clause in its contract provid-
ing that differences between the companv
and the Nicaraguan Government should lie
submitted to arbitration. Nicaragua ad-
mittCd the legality of this clause aud ap-
pointed its arbitrator. but the company
Gas delinquent in this respect and after "A
reasonable time. upon motion of the solicit
tor OF the Government the Supreme Court
Of Nicaragua declared that the lease had
expired on January ] last
Since that date the matter has been IcII
under consideration and the United States
Minister to Nicaragua, MIR. Merry, has
been to Maragua to effect a just settle
ment of the issue. Information has Just
reached here, however. that. the courts
having decided against the company
claims. the Nicaraguan Government hiss
finally refused to extend the period Of tiue
allowed for the construction Of the Nj ar
aqua Canal by the Maritime Canal Com
pany has vacated its concession
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
THE BARBARAFRIETCHIELE LEGEND
To the Editor Of The Times:

To the Editor Of The Times:
In your morning edition Of April % Is a
very sensible and readable editorial on
Barbara Frietchie." the burden OF which
is to eXonerate the poet John G. whittier.
from censure for not writing his famous
war poem in thorough harmony with his
tOriC accuracy
Certain things are true: l. There is a
beautiful little city in Maryland whose To-
cation is graphically portrayed in the ia
miliar stanza:
Up from the meadows rich with corn,
Clear on the cool September morn.
The clustered spires Of Frederick stand.
Gretn-waed by the hills OF Maryland
Round about them orchards sweep,
Apple and peach tree rooted deep,
Fair as the garden Of the Lord.
?. From 1861 to 1865 there was in this
country civil war Of great dimensions
and very destructive OF life and property.
g. In that civil war. as a prominent Of
iicer on the side OF the Confederacy, was
General "Stonewall' jackson. His troops
passed through Frederick in September,
1862.
T. One Of the residents CT Frederick at
that time was an aged loyal, courageous
woman named Barbara Frietchie. whose
tombstone in the cemetery of the German
Reformed Church bears this inscription:
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

ST. Louis Worlds Fnir-N big del
egation of representative Westerners ar
rived in Washington yesterday to plead
with Speaker Henderson to permit the
House to vote the aid asked by 81. Louis
in the projected centennial celebration Of
The Louisiana Purchase. It is feared hat
the DELEGATIONS visit is too late to ac-
complish any good. II has been commonly
reported for several weeks that the spe-
ciaI committee appointed by Speaker Hen
derson to deal with the proposition Of the
St Louisians v3s stocked against the fair
This has never been denied by any mem
Der Of the committee. Just why the
Speaker should thus make the success of
the enterprise impossible is not known.
unless he sees politics" in the proposition
somewhere. General Henderson is "a very
stout partisan. and St Louis is the cen
tire Of the great Democratic section Of the
country. though the city itself is over
Whelmingly Republican. still il is con-
ceivable that IL an exposition of the re-
sources Of the States and Territories EN-
braced within the original Louisiana Ter
ritory should be held il would be shown
that the vast scope Of country south of
the Iowa line Offers the immigrant and
capitalist fnsuperable advantages over the
country north Of that line This undoubt-
currents Of emigration from the North
west to the Southwest, and that diversion
would quickly be followed by an appreeia
bic decline in the property and securities
of all the Pacific land grant railroads hat
penetrate the Northwest. This. of course.
is strictly the business aspect Of the ques-
tons involved. but as senator Depew re
Gently declared politics is business and
business is politics. it is considered not
improbable that this definition is the
Speakers guide in all matters pertaining
TO the appropriation Of the public funds.
st. Louis asks only 5000, 0OO-a mere drop
in the bucket Of annual appropriations.
and certainly not large enough to cut any
figure in the forthcoming campaign. At
the same time the excuse being made for
the Speakers opposition to the st. Louis
Worlds Fair bill is that it would increase
appropriations beyond the limit he had
fixed for this session.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
CAPTAIN CHADWIcK's CASE.
Comment ON His Alleged Reflection
on Admiral SchIey.

There were no new developments yes
terday in the case OF Capt. French E
Chadwick. Of the Navy. whose structures
on Rear Admiral Schley in newspaper
interview may lead to his trial on the
charge OF criticising a superior officer in
tine public prints II appears to be pretty
well established in the minds Of naval off,
GERS that Captain Chadwick did not intend
that his reported remarks should be pub
lished: that he did make privately the com
ments attributed to him is not doubted, and
it is expected that he will acknowledge
this in reply 10 the Navy Departments en-
quiry. asserting. however. that he did not
suppose be would be quoted in a news
paper.
There was report current yesterday
that Captain Chadwick had acknowledged
officially to the Navy Department that
he had been quoted practically correctly.
but did not intend that his remarks should
appear in print. No confirmation Of this
report was obtainable last night. aud GER
tain circumstances lead to the belief that
no answer has been submitted by Captain
Chadwick Secretary Long and Rear Ad-
miraI CruwuiH- HELD Chief Of the Bureau
Of Navigation are absent from Washing
ton Admiral Crowuinshield was in New
York yesterday and may have seen Cap
tain Chadwick there. In the case Of Lieu
tenant Commanders Hodgson and Heilner
the Navy Department directed Captain
Chadwick then chief OF staff Of the North
Atlantic station, to interview both officers
and it would be a proper course for Admi-
raj Crowuirshicld to call personally on
Captain Chadwick to secure his eXplana-
tion. Admiral CrOwninshield did not re-
turp la W4Lbingtpu Iggf piubf
Just what course would be pursued by
the Navy Department II Captain Chad
wick should claim that the interview was
not intended for publication has dDplr-
emily not been determined. In the case of
Rear Admiral Meade. who. while not de-
nyinR the accuracy of a newspaper inter
view attributed to him, in which Mr.. Cleye-
land hen President. was criticised. as
serted that he had not made any criticisms
for publication. no action was taken other
than tina, Of Secretary Herbert in writing
On Admiral Meade's application for retire
meut submitted almost coincidenuy with
the request OF the Department for IN tN-
PLANTATION OF the newspaper interview. a
rebuke to the admiral for his printed re-
marks. Should Captain Chadwicks reply
be such that the Department would feel
Obliged to take notice Of It. the least that
can be done is 10 make the matter a part
Of his official record for consideration by
the promotion board in determining Cap
tain Chadwick fitness for advancement.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

Boss Hanna never did more polite thing for
his marty than when he turned his back on his
own record and paired himself against Quay. By
that act # seifahuegatiou ard self contradiction
he lifted q weight Of reproach from the back OF
President Mckinley which would nave been very
inroGstuient to carry a campaign enCumbranCe.
Now th5t Hanna mas dowued Quay. the country
viii be disposed to read his plattudinous speech
at Columbus with apologize soothing. lie did
so we'll at Washington that he can be forgiven for
making an ass Of himself in Ohio.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

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extinct Mt. "rezorA S'll..s s'.'.-'sr - y, Ne
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l. Mr. Carain.r'4 essay on William Tyudale, the
scholar who first translated the Bible into Eng
L,h- pri'ti'AIN % ' ~ ''-'
The picturesque side oi the Paris Exposition
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the author. forms lhe ttAuiH- LI-'.'e 'H eNi'"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
vice Presidential Candidates.


But IL IS idle TO say that candidacy TO the
Vice Presidency is an honor which no man can
r,Slse. In point Of fact many men have declined
it, General IllWlcy aid wears ago that he would
not leave the Senate to accept such nomiua-
ton. and we doubt if there is a Senator today
Of prominence and the prospect of being continued
where he is who would leave his seat with the
certainty Of being made Vice President II
Roosevelt Is compelled into such nomination
now, it will only afford proof Of his personal
weakness. and Roosevelt has not been accounted
a weak man, or had not before Plat bejuggied
him.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN.
Towns in Danger of burning Unless
Rain Comes Soon.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. April 26.-Forest
fires have broken out in the upper PENN
sula Of Michigan, where a considerable
period of dry weather has favored the
spread The fires are worse around Nes-
toria on the Duluth Southern Shore and
Atlantic Railroad and are so extensive that
trains in the copper country are at no time
out of sight of the burning timber. sew
eral small towns are in danger OF being
destroyed unless rain comes soon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
COULD NOT GET A VESSEL.
Lcung Chi TsO. the Chinese Re-
former, saved From Kidnapping.

former. saved From KIDNAPPING.
HONOLULU, April 1S-(Via San Fran
cisco. April 26).-Inability to raise funds to
buy a vessel probably saved Leung Chi Tso.
the Chinese reformer for whose head the
Empress Dowager has offered $4,000, from
being kidnapped. It has leaked out that a
party Of white men formed a plot to put
the Shanghai reformer upon a sailing YES
sci and touch at some small Chinese port
from which they could take Leung to Pc
kin and get the big reward.
Cant. Harry Evans. who owns number
of schooners. was approached, and to dis
arm suspicion. it was represented that
opium smuggling was the business for
which they desired TO charter enc Of his
vessels He refused 10 charter. but offered
TO sell. Then another vessel was secured.
but the charter bond required was so large
that the men who were backing the scheme
refused to put it Up as they claimed there
was not a certainty that the old Empress
would pay the big reward
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

the Administration and its trust masters
would give millions to eliminate from the
coming struggle. But they cannot do it,
The campaign will be fought out on that
issue almost TO the exclusion Of every
other question but that Of the trusts,
which is mart and parcel Of it,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
WOMEN MISSION WORKERS.
Yesterdays session of the Ecumeni-
cal Council Full of Interest.

NEW YORK. April 26-The women took
POSSESSION of the Ecumenieal Conference
today and in the afternoon they ran a
meeting that was full Of sentiment. The
morning meeting Of the conference was not
over until after o'clock and the en-
ployes Of Carnegie Hall had actually not
succeeded in gettinng the crowd out Of the
building before there was even a greater
crowd demanding admittance to the wO-
mems meeting in the afternoon.
Mrs j. K E. Kumler. of Pittsburg, was
chairman of the meeting. and Mrs. Her
riot. Of Boston. introduced as a woman
member OF the oldest missionary society
in America. the Union Missionary Soeie-
ty. welcomed the visitors. and stirring ad-
dresses were made by a dozen or more
women.
To conclude it all. women workers in
all parts OF the civilized world were made
10 stand upon the platform that the great
audience might see them China alone fur
nished seventy-seve of them
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.



Golfer for Vice Prcsidcnt.-Almost
simultaneously with the news from New
York indicating the probability that the
Hon. Bird $ Coler IS the choice OF the
organized Democracy for Governor there
has sprung up in Washington a lively agi-
tation in favor Of making him Mr.. Bryan's
running mate The claim is put forward
with great posHiveness that he is free
silverite, and the interesting statement
is made that he remained in the Chicago
Convention four years ago after nearly all
the other New York men had walked out,
and voted for the platform that was adopt
ed. Various gentlemen are making this
assertion on their own responsibility. de-
claring that careful personal Investigation
shows 1t to be true. This adds feature
to the Vice Presidential situation which
does much to clear it Of doubt in its rela-
tion to New York II Mr.. CoIer is now
and has always been consistent bimetal-
list it Is conceded that very little trouble
will be encountered by his boom in the
West and South. The opinion seems to
be fixed in those sections that the Vice
Presidential nomination should 90 to New
York. The trouble heretofore has been to
find Democrat in that State Of proper
stature as well as convictions TO be the
running mate OF Bryan. Mr.. COler has
made a record as Comptroller Of Greater
New York which shows him to be in thor
ough accord with the Democratic attitude
toward rapaciOus corporations. He has
stood out boldly against every steal that
has been organized since the comptroller
ship has been in his hands. To his cour-
age and intelligent foresight more than TO
any half-dOzen other influences is due the
credit for the exposure of the Ramapo
water scheme. Another interesting de-
vclopment of his unusual character re-
Gently was brought to light in a report
he made on big inheritance tax, amount
ing to something over a million dollars
Comptroller Coler collected this tax sew
eral months ago but reported it only after
the Legislature at Albany had adjourned.
The explanation made Of this is that he
withheld knowledge of the transaction for
so long a time as to prevent the POSSIBLE
ity OF the Legislature getting hold OF the
money and squandering it on some favorite
contractors. This has given him a unique
distinction in New York and has added to
his reputation for honesty even more than
did his opposition to the Ramapo robbers
It is expected that his Vice Presidential
boom will gain strength rapidly within the
next few weeks.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27

snme Old Name.-A premature states
man OF the suggestive name Of Causer,
and who lives somewhere in the wilds of
the West, started a story a week or two
ago to the effect that the free silver Re-
publicans had officially changed the name
of their somewhat uncertain and loose
jOnted political entity to that Of Lincoln
Republicans The title has pleasing
sound. and the alleged change was hailed
with delight by nearly everybody except
the gold bugs. But now comes the Hon.
Henry NJ. Teller. the father OF all the free
silver Republicans, and repudiates this
premature Mr. CauseT. Senator Teller
says the free silver Republicans have not
changed the name OF their party and that
nobody in authority has suggested a change
Of name. This disposes OF Causer's claim
that the Hon. Charles A Towne. Chairman
of the Free Silver party. has adopted the
new name for the party and has promul-
gated the change in an official circular.
Senator Teller declares that the party to
which he now belongs is entirely satls-
fed with its name. and that he feels
certain Chairman TOwne has not even on
dorsed the suggestion OF the superservice-
able Causer Representative Shafroth OF
Colorado another leader OF the free silver
Republicans speaks of the matter as Sena-
tor Teller does Indeed all of the free
silver Republicans in Washington deny
that the name OF their party has been
changed
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-27
The Boast of Religious Newspaper.
Fsom the independently

IF.OW NE InnepenHeLI-I
Kentucky does not have much reputation just
now, except for whisky and murders and feuds
and lynchngs We may add that we have also
heard the boast that there was not an inhdel
in the state.