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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
FREE TRADE DISCUSSED.
PUERTO RICANs SPEAK FOR AND AMERI-
CANS AGAINST IT.

Washington Jan. 31.-The meeting of the
Ways and Means Committee to-day
garded with great interest account of the
understanding reached by the Republican mem
bers favorable to applying the American tariff
to Puerto Rico. with reduction of 70 per cent
from the regular rates. A public hearing
given to several of the Puerto Rican delegates
now in the city. ]. r. Latimer, merchant of
San Juan, strongly advocated out and out free
trade between Puerto Rico and the United
States. As to the proposed 10 peri cent reduc
tion he said that while it might be accepted.
yet it would create i'll feeling and would not be
desired.
Dr. Ames. American citizen having large
interests in Puerto Rico. said it was an impera-
tive necessity to allow the products of the island
10 enter the American market free of duty.
H. T. Oxnard, president of the American Beet
Sugar Association, was heard. substantially on
the same lines as in his hearing before the Com
mittee of the Senate.
Chairman Payne asked Mr.. Oxnard IL he did
not hold that the menace to the American beet
sugar industry not from the sugar product
of Puerto Rico but from the possibility of free
sugar from the Philippines and Cuba Mr.. Ok
extensive productions of these possessions would
come in Free thus bringing Is amend the ~devei-.
opment and prosperity of the American sugar
beet industry.
James d. HILL of Louisiana a sugar producer.
spoke of the anxiety felt as TO the policy of Gov
ernment toward the sugar products of newly ac-
quired territory. The chief fear, he said, was
that-the free admission of Puerto Rican sugar
was an entering wedge TO be followed bv the
free sugar of the Philippines and Cuba.
H. S. Frick, in behalf of the American League
of Producers, said the competition of Puerto
Rican tobacco would most affect the Ohio and
This closed the hearing. and the committee
adjourned until Friday, when special session
will be held for the purpose. if possible, of agree
ing report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
BULLER NAY TRY AGAIN
SIGNS OF ANOTHER EfFof1
TO SAVE LADKsMl7H.
w.RRESs LOSSES NORTH OF THE
rrGELA MAY EXCEED TWO
rHoUsAND-THE COST OF
SPION KOP.
,r..r,,.b,. 1890: by The New-fork Lr'0une'l
iSops' r,prr TO THE TRIBUNE

,-n,. 1900: by The Ne"-A04h
Tay CABLE TO THE TRIBuNEI
rah 6 a. m.-Telegrams commune
..-,,,e giving further particulars of the pa''ie
:. S,,on Kop. and though they still leave many
.,,ngs unexplained they all agree that war
-n.s ,roope had TO face terrible ordeal OF
FIRE.
winston churchill. in dispatch from Spear
a,.s camp. states that the spirit of the SOL
s,.rs remains undaunted. and he foreshadows
49, .notber effort will be made by General
Butler to cross the Tugela-
p,nors are again plentiful that Mafeking has
nesn relieved, but they lack official confirma-
ton.
T. snnears from a Parliamentary paper Is
s,,ed last night. that General Hunter concurred
,.,+,, General White October 10 that the
.roons at Glencoe were dangerously exposed and
,,,unt 70 he withdrawn to Ladysmith but that
c.nsrsl syrnons was quite confident that he
.could hold his own. L. N r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
FIRES IN WESTERN TOWNS,

Chicago jan a.-A dispatch to The Tribune"
from wichita Kan. says that fire destroyed the
business portion OF Winfield. a town OF 5000 in
hahitants forty miles south of Wichita. last night
and threatened the city buildings and county IaI
The Hackney Block three story building erected
al a cost OF $125,000 and its entire contents were
burned and n hundred persons were made homeless
The Arlington Hotel was destroyed and the Rutter
livery barn was burned with all the horses.
Fargo N D., Jan. n-Fifteen business houses In
Casseton. n D., were burned last night, involving
loss OF $50 600.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
LEADER IN LYNCHING INDICTED.
CHARGED WITH MURDER BY VIRGINIA
GRAND JURY.

Newport News Va. Jan. 81 (SpeciaD.-The special
Grand Jury of the Corporation Court investigating
the lynching of william w. Watts for assauitng
Mrs Thomas NJ Simpson tonight indicted for
murder Benjamin Chandler He is supposed TO
have been the ringleader of the armed mob which
forcibly took the prisoner from the station house
and shot him to death In the woods just outside
of the city early on the morning OF January .
taken his departure the day after the lynching:
He was emil Dyed at the Shipyard, and is well
known. The police have a clew to the whereabouts
OF the man. The chief witness to-day before the
Grand Jury was Mrs. Simpson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
RETRY OF DOLPHIN IRON TIE ORINoco

Newport News, Va, Jan. 81 (SpeciaD.-The United
States dispatch boat Dolphin arrived in Hampton
Roads this morning from the Orinoco River. South
America where she has been for the last few
months with corps of engineers surveying the
bar at the rivers mouth. Captain Sutherland and
his mer made soundings for 345 miles, and were
only interrupted in their work by unfavorable
weather which caused them to return home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
TWO GOVERNORS TN KENTUCKY
GOEBEL SWORN IN ON HIS DYING BED BY CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE STATE
GOV TAYLOR ADJoURNs LEGISLATURE TO NEXT WEEK.

The Kentucky complications evening
by the of the Democratic leaders having the oath OF office Cow
to Senator Goebel
This resod failure meeting of the Legislature
which had adjourned ground
nsurrection existed n Frankfort.
He directed the Legislature London.
shot and hope OF his
Frankfort troops al dav
occurred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
PROBABLE STRIKE OF LINERS.

MAY BE SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN CALLED
OUT IN FORTY EIGHT HOURS
Indianapolis, Jan. 31.-It Is probable that the
coal industry in the States of Indiana Ohio Illi-
nois and Pennsylvania, known as the competi-
tive field, will be shut down and the seventy
thousand miners in the district called out on a
general strike within the next forty EIGHT hours
This condition is brought about by inability to
reach an agreement in the Joint Scale Commit
tee That body closed its deliberations tonight
without an agreement and strike of gigantic
proportions is the probable result.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
LACK CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT.
FEELING OF THE ARMY AND NAVY MEM
BERs OF THE COMMONS.

London. jan 31.-The Admiralty has warned
all half pay naval officers 70 hold themselves in
readiness FOR service. This with the fact that
aoie seamen not thoroughly experienced have
Dee" Withdrawn from the Channel Squadron, is
."AeH 10 indicate the early mobilization of the
NeseiFe Fleet, especially "A" Division
AT meeting Of the army and navy members
~ Hie house Of Commons yesterday. a resolu-
III III expressing absolute confidence in whatever
SrS government thought necessary commanded
va mas adopted calling for the Immediate forma-
"gh ol home defence force
1,d. horo Salisbury has called another Cabinet
corsts, tsn, which will meet Friday or Saturday, to
consider the situation ~
uoAc splrits are az Yery low ebh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
EXTENT OF COLONIAL p1sAFFEcrIoN

London. Feb. 1.-The Cape Town correspondent
OF The Daily News" says:
49, sioence is accommodating that something be-
90 ,dcit understanding existed between the
Ierx.x Executives and the inner circle of the
IT, Asanoer Bond concerning what should follow
me rpening rebellion al the outbreaE oe or
so,ns6 ase as thousand Colonial Dutchmen have
,ouI5 pos.s however. believed that this number
1 ps multiplied senfoid. Conseouentlv the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
Afrikander Bord is now execrated at Pretoria
and Bloemfonte,n.
THoRNEYCRoFTs NARROW ESCAPE.

London Feb. IA dispatch to "The Times
from Pietermaritzburg dated SUNDAY last saws:
colonel Thorneycroft had narrow escape last
week. He went to meet Boer flag of truce
which asked a pariey. but, having become sus-
picious, he told the Boer commandant that he
would not parley. Both retired and the Beers
fired voley, the Colonel only escaping in con-
sequence of their bad shooting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01

FASTEST TO PALM BEACH AND MIAMI. FLA.
Pullman car leaving New York a.sss ssS a "a ms, daily
Coast Line. 22o Broadway-Aas~ - r. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
TO SUBMERGE LADYSMITH.
BoERS PREPARING TO DAM KLIP RIVER
AND FLOOD THE GARRISON

London. Feb 1.-The correspondent OF THE
Times" at Lourenco Marques, telegraphing yes
terday, says:
Information has been received here from the
TransvaaI that the War Department convinced
tbat II would be useless 10 storm Ladysnltn
Ia .hat the bou1bardment will continue inef-
fective has decided upon a change or tactics
Huge quantities of timber and sandpags, ana
hundreds of Kaff1rs have been sent from Johan-
neshure and Pretoria for the purpose or dam
ming Kip River some miles below Ladysmith
the idea being to flood the Town ana 10 orlve
the soldiers and inhabitants out or the bomb
proof caves so as to expose them TO smell hre
The Portuguese authorities are at last exer-
notified the consuls that they must personally
guarantee that applicants for passports are not
going TO assist the Boer army Delore passpoTts
conveyed a hint to Herr Pott' the Transveal
cons,y of serious consequences IL he continues
TO infringe the neutrality or the port
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
FINEST IN THE WORLD.

The Pennsylvania Limited combines every COM
fort of home. convenience OF an office. and luxury
OF palace. Leaves for Chicago. ST Louis, In
dianapolis and Cincinnati every morning. via Penn
syivania Railroad.-Advt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01

THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS.
Owned and controlled by u. 8. Government EIe
CANT Hotels, Arlington and Eastman Golf Ad-
dress L. T. Hay Manager. for bookiets-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01

SUPERB TRAIN SERVICE TO ST. LOUIS AND
CINCINNATI Via Pannsylvania Railroad. Fastest
and Finest.-Adst 80 F
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
BoERs SWARM ABOUT LADYsMITH.

Ladysmith. JAM % photographed to swartz
Kop north of the Tugela Hiver).-The news OF
the proloneation of the siege, resulting from
General Buffers failure. is received with forti-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01
SMALL BoER LOSSES AT sPIoN KoP.

Pretoria, Jan. 29.-It is oHciany ahhouhceu
that the Boer casualties at splon Aop were DO
men killed and 12O wounded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-01

Continued on third page.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14

Porto Rico would have deprived the party
OF a very considerable contribution; the
adoption of the reverse policy insureS a
very large contribution. The possible I'M
popularity of the Porto Rican tariff was
balanced against the certainty of money
to use in the campaign, and the decision
was in favor of the campaign contrih1-
ton
This is the craftsmanship Of the new
school It has nothing to do with ques-
lions OF history, or morality, or prin-
ciple. 1t is a plain business transac-
ton. These colonists are chattels to be
taxed, traded or tramped on, just as
our imperialistic administration sees
fit.
''If our POSITIONS were reversed said
Congressman Warner, Of Illinois, a Re-
publican. in the closing debate of the
Porto Rican bill, "and Porto Rico was
a power and we the dependent. and
should she attempt TO enforce on US
such an unjust enactment as this bill,
the spirit of 1875 would assert itself
and there would be a righteous revolu-
ton"
The American people viii have a
chance this fall to decide whether or
not they favor the methods Of MeKin-
ley to secure campaign contributions
or the policies which that Boston tea
party discussed over hundred years
ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
is MIGHT OR RIGHT TO SAY =?

Inc local Republican organ sets itself
up as q judge Of the fitness of people
for national independence. 1t has de
clared against the Beers, the Filipinos
and the people OF the Central Amer
lean republics.
The arguments It advances in favor
Of strong powers gobbling up the weak
and superior races governing those of
inferior capacity, are very similar to
those advanced by French imperial
lists Of the TaIIvrand class, who held
that France, having compelled George
III 10 abandon the colonies, was under
obligations to the civilized world and
to the colOnists themselves to govern
the colonies owing to the fact that
the people were inexperienced, ig-
norant and made up OF religious dis
senterS political exiles and miSceIlane-
Gus outlaws from the various govern
ments Of Europe" They called Wash
ington a traitor, rebel. a political ad-
venturer and an migrate. They set
the pace for the imperial school Of this
dav
Southey summed up the Tory opinion
Of the American patriots in his life
Of Nelson in the following words:
They (the Americans) had broken the
ties Of blood and language, and had
acquired the independence which they
had been provoked to claim, unhappuy
for themselves, before they were iii
for it.
The people Of this republic in Mel
sons day were looked upon as oul
new school of imperialism regard the
people Of our own colonies today
The colonists of George III were IN
fit for independence, according to this
doctrine; and the colonists of Alphonso
XIII and William Mckinley are not fl
to govern themselves. No weak people
or race is ready for self-government
if the question is submitted to i'm
peIialists for a decision.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
ONE WAY OUT Of TROUBLE.

The servant girl problem remains
unsolved. There is still a famine here
and elsewhere. Housewives continue to
deplore their scarcity and to ask news
papers for light upon this domestic
issue.
The relation of employer and en-
ployee has been frequently and ex-
haustively discussed. Advice has been
freely given to both sides. Remedies
have been suggested and conditions
laid down. But the gulf between mis-
tress and maid, between the lady of
the parlor and the lady of the kitchen,
continues to widen and deepen and
grow stormy and black.
In st. Louis the other day the man
sger of the state free EMPLOYMENT
bureau, stated there were on file mora
than 200 applications by persons want
ing servants, while only four women
were available to ill the places.
The Republic made an investigation
Of the trouble and its report may throw
some light on the vexed question. A
member of the bureau who has made a.
study Of the situation and has listened
to the theories, excuses and experiences
Of countless applicants, says that the
girls who could take places in families
are securing work in factories, crowd
ing men out of employment: as a re-
suit, he says statistics show that for
every family in this country where do
mestics are wanted there are at least
three men out of work, and that it may
be traced to this cause. The Republics
/ informant said further:
The specific reason for girls preferring
positions in factories and places other
than IN private families IS because they
want definite number OF hours in which
they shall werk. The order Of things will
be reversed in time unless a change
comes. We have dozens of men apply TO
us for various kinds OF positions, but these
are al filled. In desperation, many OF
the men ask for places as servants in prf-
Vate families and lately we have placed
many OF them and have received word
that satisfaction was given.
Here is a hint. Hire men for
kitchen work. Many Of them are first
class. cooks and in time they might be-
come passable limitations Of the cham
bermaid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14

Their beloved Clay was now at last TO
lead them to victory. He was nomi-
mated by reclamation with the widest
enthusiasm and he stood upon plat
form Of his own making. This declared
for a tariff, for land distribution, for
economy and a weli-regulated currency.
1t avowed hostility to executive usur-
patton, but said not word about Tex
as, the real issue Of the campaign. The
Wings ardently hoped that the Demo-
Gratis would nominate Van Buren,, who
opposed annexation, that the question
might not figure in the contest.
Van Buren, was indeed the leading
candidate before the Democratic con-
vention, and but for the adoption of a
new rule declaring two-thirds of the
votes of the convention necessary to
a choice he might have been the nomi-
nee. James K. Polk, a pronounced an
nexationist, but almost an unknown
man, was nominated and a platform
was approved denying most of the
principles adopted by the Wings and
declaring 'the remuneration Of Texas"
to be great American measure"
The Wings, the party of great
men," were now really led by them. A
ratification meeting Of young Wings
was addressed by a splendid array of
orators. Webster ignored past jeal-
ousies and spoke in warm eulOgy of his
great rival. Clay felt that at last the
gIittering prize for which ne had so
! long Striven was within his grasp.
There seemed no question of defeat by
! this puny Democratic champion. But
| Clay was, after all, hampered by his
brilliant record" and Polk had none.
/ Besides, Democratic party discipline
was firm. Discussions disappeared as
/ the party lash whipped the recalci-
1 trant into line.
Clay fought against odds. His long
| services in the cause of protection were
| by a bold Democratic trick brought to
naught Polk, the free trader, was
made to write letter declaring in a
| vague way for fair and just protec-
ton to all the great interests of the
whole Union" and one of the Demo-
cratic campaign shouts was Polk,
/ Dallas and the tariff OF 1872 We dare
/ the Wings to repeal it," Clay was even
made to appear an enemy of prOtec-
/ ton. Thus hoodwinked, Pennsylvania,
! the stronghold Of protection, with her
/ twenty-six electoral votes, went DEM
/ ocratic.
/ And the Wings were forced, after all,
/ to meet the question of annexation.
/ Clay had expressed views satisfactory
= to the moderate anti-slavery men and
which attracted also the anti-slavery
j Democrats. But the southern Wings
/ urged him to modify his position, and
unwisely he undertook to please all
! sides. His Alabama letters gave with
/ some reserve approval to Texas an
nexation and affirmed that the subject
I of slavery Ought not to affect the
question one way or the other" This
was fatal. Henceforth the great Wing
leader stood before his countrymen q
( political trimmer man willing to
4 sacrifice his principles for votes. He
/ had weakened himself in the north
without strengthening himself in the
south.
The election grievOusly disappointed
the Wings. Though the popular vote
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
THE PRODIGAL's PLIGHT.

The Manti Messenger is one If those
stslwart Republican papers that de-
fend everything their party does and
condemn everything any other party
does. The Messenger, moreover, is
wise in a way and wants to save its
party from hoOdoo support, if possible.
1t protested against the Tribune's
championship Of Hammond and pre-
dicted that it would drag him down to
defeat. And now 1t SOUNDS the alarm
again, as it says it is prepared to prove,
for the good of the Republican party.
The last issue of the Messenger con-
tains the following editorial comment:
A few politicians in this state who seem
20 think that the success Of the Repub-
ncan party in this state depends entirely
on the Salt Lake Tribune Wilti We are
afraid meet with some disappOlntmentS
# they continue to swallow the deadly
medicine that paper is feeding them oc-
casionally; they must remember that the
Tribune cannot alone assure the Repub-
lican party a victory. There are other
papers iii tins state that have some IN
fiuence and it seems they do not agree
with the Tribune on the name they have
chosen to give the Mckinley Republicans.
1t is certainly too bad that some OF our
OF insults from that paper and still give
them the glory for everything, when they
know very we'll that If the tribune can
not have its say il would prefer knif1nS
every candidate on the ticket. The peo-
pie are awakening 10 that tact, too, and
II some changes are not made the he-
publican voters of Utah Will make a
change themselves.
If that means anything. it means
that there is trouble ahead for our
morning contemporary. 1t means that
the snub it received from the recent
state convention was but a hint Of
what is to come. It means that the
fatted calf viii continue to browse in
the meadow for some time yet and
that every attempt Of the prodigal to
brea.. into the old homestead viii be
greeted by a shower of sticks and
stones thrown by Elder Brother Brown
and the rest Of the family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
WILL REMAIN AN ISSUE.

The Porto Rican question viii not
down. The Baltimore American,
gtaunch administration supporter, de-
clares that this measure will rise to
confront the party no matter where it
turns in this campaign.
The American people do not like
King Georges methods Of taxation any
better now than they did in the days
preceding the revolution" says this
Republican newspaper. which asserts
that the present administration is tax
ing the Porto Ricans 'as even King
George dared not tax the American
eolonists
But what could poor Mckinley do?
He declared in a public speech deliv-
cred six months before he signed the
bill, that cur flag does not mean one
thing here and another thing in Cuba
or Porto Rico" In his official message
signed three months before he ap-
proved the unconstitutional tax law,
he said that our plain duty is to
abolish all customs between this eoun-
try and Porto Rico"
The Washington Star, another ad-
ministration newspaper, published a
statement from a Republican member
of congress TO the effect that a bargain
had Deen made By which the Porto Ri
cans were sublet to a syndicate for ex-
ploitation of their lands and fran
chises. The congressman was quoted as
follows.
The carrying out of the recommenda-
toB Of the president for free trade with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-14
"UNEASY LIES THE HEAD. "


Senator Lodge is an imperialist who
senses the dangers of Imperialism.
Most of those who advocate a large
standing army, a system of colonial
government and garrison rule in dis
tant chimes, do so without giving the
matter any thought but merely because
some party leader has given them the
cue.
Not so with Senator Lodge. He be
Heves in Imperialism because he be-
Iieves in Capitalization of power, in the
rule Of the well-born, in the inequality
of races and classes, in the pomp and
circumstance of war and power and
territorial possessions.
But he knows the danger of such a
national policy. There is a challenge
in the very swagger Of a worlds
power" which seeks for excuses to sub
iugate weaker peoples and enters an
other. hemisphere with sword and pis-
toI after ordering other nations out Of
this hemisphere. Senator Lodge be
Iieves war is imminent with Germany
and that it is liable to occur at any
time with any leading nation Of Eu-
rope. These are the fears and possi-
bilities of conquering nations that go
about with chips on their shoulders.
The old, peaceful, progressive Ameri-
can way is what made this republic
respected and feared. 1t is what made
her great and her armies invincibIe.
With militarism and cOlOnialism Will
come trouble and loss of patriotic pride,
and national decline. No wonder Sen
atcr Lodge is fun of fears and sus-
picions. Mckinley must feel the same
way. Uneasy lies the head that wears
z crown"