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The Washington times., 1901-09-01
PERSONAL.

The Sultan of Turkey is himself some
thing of a theoretical soldier. His favor
lite reading is military history of the most
d. tailed and technical sort.
Albert l.. Kelly, who died In Fulton, N
Y, the other day, was the last direct
descendant of the famous Thomas Kelly
who was driven from ireland during the
religious prosecutions of 1h32.
Governor Orman. of Colorado, is one of
the best shots In that State, and has a
collection of trophies won on hunting
trips into the Rockies which can be
equaled by but few in this country.
General Miles was asked the other day
what it was that. in his opinion. most
made for popularity in an army officer.
His reply was: Never, to omit to return
a sGlute."
John w. Gates, the steel wire mag
nate, is something of a musician. He
amuses himself a great deal by playing
the violin, and has composed number
of little songs without words for that
instrument.
Secretary Hays chief summer amuse
ment is fishing but his pleasure in the
sport is mostly an esthetic one. ana a
friend recently said of him: Hell take
his Walton along and get deep in that
boo (which he knows by heart-that he'll
let most of the fish get away. It's the
theory. not the practlce, that he really
likes"
among the yeomen who received the
war medals from King Edward was John
Ball, jr., the golfer, who served as a
trooper in the Twenty ninth Battalion
Denbighshire RegmenDr Imperial Yeo-
many He was at the front for nearly
eighteen months and was once slightly
wounded His health has, however, been
nerfect and il is said that he has come
home in capital condition and ready to
add to his innumcrable solting hono-s.
Mr. BAH has won the English amateur
golf championship no fewer than five
times and the open championship once.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
.Reformv I'm Pitt,burr.

The great work of reform under the
Pennsylvania Ripper bill' has begun
in the city of Pittsburg. The recorder,
who takes the place of the mayor. has
removed the director of public safety.
the city attorney, and the collector of
delinquent taxes. Some may be inclin-
ed to question the genuine character Of
this reform, inasmuch as there seems
to have been nothing wrong in the Off
cial actions of the men removed; but
all doubts upon that point will at once
disappear when it is considered that
the displaced officials We're inimical to
Senator Quay. They were friends of
the late Chris Magee, and belonged
to the anti-Quay faction.
Report has 1t that Governor Stone
had forbidden the recorder to make
these changes. but that Quay inter-
vened, and il was done. How much
truth there is in the statement as to
the attitude of the Governor cannot be
known with certainty, but it can be
affirmed with reasonable assurance
that he took no stand in the matter
that he thought would be distasteful to
the Boss" The Governors personal
feeling may have been in favor of re-
tanning the men. but If Mr.. Quay de-
sired their removal. of course that al
tered the case. Unless the public is Ia
boring under serious misapprehen-
sion, Governor Stone always thinks in
such matters Just as Senator Quay
thinks. And why should he not. when
he owes his own position absolutely to
Quay?
Saying nothing of the un-American
principle of all such legislation as that
embodied in the Ripper law" by which
the people of large cities are deprived
of local self government, the incident
serves well to illustrate the character
of the reform that is to be expected
from it The people of the United
States will scarcely fail to note that
the two States in which this delectable
proposition has been brought so con-
spicuously to the front are States in
which the dominant political party is
nodded like a thing of clay in the
hands of boss" backed by an un-
principied machine.
There may be some element of re-
form in overthrowing local leaders and
placing supreme power in the hands OF
a State boss. but If so. 1t is a character
of reform that most people do not fully
understand and probably never will.
If the people of Pennsylvania and New
York really wish to live under such
bosses as Quay and PIatt, ii is their
privilege tn do so hut IL will he copoe
time before the rest of the world can
be induced to regard either Quayism
or Plattism rs being synonymous with
political reform either in State or mu-
nicipal affairs.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01

| did not turn upon the legality or lille
gality of ticket scalping. II never real
! ly got to that point. Judge Hazel, who
| presided, held that the complaining
| company, being a party to railway
pool, intended to fix rates and destroy
| competition, was part of an illegal COM
| bination. and had no standing in court.
In short, the Delaware and Lackawan-
| ma Company was an integral part of a
great trust intended to deprive the peo-
pie of the benefits of competition in
railway fares, and hence 1t had no
equities that Federal court could en-
force.
1t is passing strange that any COM
pany forming part of pool in direct
violation of law for the purpose of
keeping railway fares at an unjustly
high figure should have the hardwood
to thrust itself into court for the pur-
pose of preventing people from resort
ing to some counter plan the effect of
which is merely to bring the rates down
again. There is not a scintilla of JUS
tice in the attempt to deprive people Of
the right to dispose of the unused por-
tions of their tickets, and, of course,
they cannot dispose of them unless
other persons can use them. This Is
true even of excursion tickets. Such
tickets are issued for the purpose of en-
couraging travel, and whether one per-
son uses the ticket all the way through
or uses it part way, and then sells it to
another. 1t has the effect desired. The
advantage may not be SO great to the
railway when the ticket is transferred,
but there is still a liberal margin of
gain, for many people are induced to
make trips who would otherwise re-
main at home. In nearly all other
cases where people have bought and
paid for certain privileges they are per-
mitted to transfer them, and there is no
reason why they should not be allowed
to dispose of such portions of their
railway tickets as for any reason they
have not been able to use.
But this is foreign to the matter i'm
meGiately in hand, which is the action
of Judge Hazers court. Doubtless
there are some judges who are neither
incorruptible nor free from partisan
bias, but it is simple justice to assume
that the most of them intend to be both
honest and fair. Hence, If the laws are
freed from all defects and antiquities.
and the trust actions are properly car
ried into the courts. in a very large per-
centage of cases we may confidently
look for honesty. at least, on the bench.
1t certainly is encouraging to note that
one United States judge has not hesi-
tated to refuse to accord legal standing
to one of those giant trusts that are do
ing business openly in fragrant defiance
of Jaw.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
HIGH PRICED MURDER.

1t is estimated that there are now 10000
burghers in the field. Should the British
succeed in capturing or killing 1250 Beers
a month, which is about the best record
they have made, South Africa would be
cleared of the guerrilla bands" as Mr..
Chamberlain describes the burgher COM
mands. at the end of eight months. The
war costs the British Government 81 ,O0o.-
900 day Eight months more of war will
involve the expenditure of s250, 100000 On
this basis the British Government must
spend S25 600 for the capture or killing of
each of the 10000 Beers still in the field.
An English court of law would probably
give S5 600 damages to the family of a man
killed through the negligence of a rail-
road company. That sum seems to be
regarded as a fair valuation of the life OF
the average man in England. The life
of a Boer is plainly regarded by the Brit
ish Government as of much greater value
than that of ITS own subjects. Twenty
five thousand dollars is large sum to
nav for the life of burgher- The Beers
ought to feel fiattered, as this amount
represents the cash value. according 10
british law courts. of the lives of hve
Observation-Disclosures Sun
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
THE RIGHT COURSE.

1t is announced in Washington de-
spatches that Rear Admiral Howison has
under consideration a formal withdrawal
from service as a member of the Schley
Court of Enquiry. Unless Admiral How
ison be able to relieve himself entirely of
the charge of having expressed partisan
views respecting Schley's conduct in the
battle of Santiago, that course will be the
best for him to follow. 1t should be an
easy thing foi Admiral Howison to de-
eide. If he expressed the views attrib-
uted to him in newspaper interview his
mind was evidently made up prior to any
testimony that might be proffered in
Schley's defence and he is therefore dis
qualified as a member of the Court of En-
quiry. If he has been misquoted or mis-
understood it will be an easy matter for
him to set himself right without in any
way impairing his dignity as a naval off,
Ger and as a member of the court. In
the absence of such expressed disavowal
of the sentiments that have been i'm
puted to him, it is Admiral Howison's
duty to resign from the court
The American people are in no humor
to bear patiently any further suspicion of
prejudice against SchIey on the part of
the naval bureau. Rear Admiral How
ison may win the respect and approval of
the people by assuming a thoroughly non
prejudiced position as member Of the
court, or. failing in that. by firmly decIin-
ing to serve and thus further involving
the issues at stake IN clouds of doubt and
MISUNDERSTANDING Chronicle,
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
The Presidents Opportunity.

why is it," writes a reader of The
Times, that Sampson, who is neither
defendant nor a party to the Schley
Court of Enquiry. should deem it neces-
sary to employ counsel to defend him?"
Why, we may add, do Crowninshield
and Chadwick assume that they must
join with Sampson in being represented
by nephew of one of the members of
the tribunal? The answer is hard to
make without transcending the bounds
of decorum: otherwise it would be easy.
But what does Mr.. Mckinley think
about the business? Can he think it
nice or wise to permit man to sit on
the court who apparently is wanted
there because he is a partisan of Samp-
son, and is believed to be prejudiced
against and inimical to the Victor of
Santiago? Can the President afford to
let the country think that he, like
Crowninshield, and Crowninshield's s
penwiper, Hackett; is determined TO
ignore the universal sentiment of the
country. and to clothe the Court of En-
quiry in advance with public dislike,
and the suspicion that it has been
packed? = s..-- ID.
1t will not do to assume that Admiral
Howison has repudiated the Boston
Record" interview. for he has done
nothing or the kind. He has lodged
the issue, in such -a-cleyer manner that
his language of evasion might well
have been suggested from the Naviga-
ton Bureau, as perhaps 1t was. But he
does not deny. He only pleads for re-
tention. and Crowninshield, by the ink
of Hackett, assures him that the de
partment'' considers itself fortunate in
having selected him. as well it may.
There is limit to popular liberation
of abuse and persecution in high places
which it is possible Mr.. Mckinley
would not like his Administration to
cross. If so. he will do something with
out delay. The American people await
his prompt and drastic action.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
The CuIban Con.titution.

The New York Tribune" yesterday
contained an interesting review of the
| Cuban constitution; the work, we are
told, of an expert in Cuban affairs. We
assume that the author of the article
| is a native of the island, and familiar
with its life. its interests, and its local
factions From the viewpoint of such
a critic, the exposition he presents is
not encouraging to the idea that the
Constitutional Convention at Havana
produced a constitution that will live in
history as a great work of its kind.
There is much In the analysis offered
in the paper with which we need not
concern ourselves. The author empha-
sizes the point that the scheme of gov
ernment provided for is one of extreme
Capitalization. 1t does not initiate the
organization of the United States in
creating out of the six provinces of
Cuba so many semi-independent and
autonomous States, and this he seems
to consider an element of weakness;
but we do not think it is. Cuba is too
small country to be segregated in re-
spect of governmental control. II is
better to treat its subdivisions practi-
cally as counties, as the constitution
does. The real objections to the instru-
ment have quite other bases.
One is that the elaborate array of
guarantees of rights, liberties, and
privileges provided for in the consti-
tuition may in certain circumstances be
suspended by the executive during the
recess of the insular congress. Another
is that the constitution makes careful
provision for the establishment of
diplomatic corps, and for treaties with
foreign Governments. 1t is quite GER
tain that these features Of the proposed
Cuban fundamental law will not be rat
flied by the United States. Where It is
recognized, as a condition precedent to
Cuban autonomy and local independ-
ence, that the suzerainty of this coun-
try must be accepted. and the foreign
relations and debt-contracting power of
the new State placed under the control
OF the United States. the paragraphs of
the Cuban constitution devoted to those
subjects appear to have been ignorant
ly or demagogically inserted. At least
two men who were members of the con-
vention. namely. Horatio Rubens and
Gonzalo de Quesada, knew that the
Washington Government would not
consent to any plan of Cuban sover-
eighty which should go TO the length of
independence in international relations
and finance.
They should have warned their col
leagues against enacting constitutional
provisions which the suZerain authority
would be absolutely sure to reject. The
Cuban constitution will have to un-
dergo considerable surgical operation
with blue pencil before its authors
can hope TO see it advertised to the
world. through the American State De
partment. as the foundation stone of a
new semiindependent people.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
The Use Of the Voice.

Perhaps there is no time of year
when the importance of a pleasant
voice is more obvious than in summer.
With all doors and windows open, and
with the free social intercourse which
prevails at that season. disagreeable
voice is a positive affiiction to the own
| er's associates. Yet little care is taken.
as rule, of this important branch of
| education-the training of the speaking
voice
The inference generally seems to be
that If ones voice is not good enough to
use in singing it is not worth any train
ing at all. The 'elocution lessons"
which are part of the curriculum of
some modern schools are intended as
drill in public speaking, which few
women, at any rate, are likely to be
obliged 20 do. The tone of a woman's
voice in speaking, however. her enun-
citation and infection, are matters of
moment to whoever happens to be
thrown in her company, and unfortu-
nately nine women out of ten cannot
speak well in any sense of the word.
The most common fault, perhaps, is
the igh-pitched. nasal tone which
English people find so disagreeable in
Americans. This fault is also easy to
get rid of. if taken in time 1t is a mis-
take to suppose that clear voice is
necessarily a screech. A low-pitched
tone is quite as audible If the enuncia-
ton is clear, in ordinary conversation.
and 1T has the advantage of not being
easily overheard by an eavesdropper
In listening to a high-pitched voice in
conversation one has somewhat the
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
Circulation Statement.
Pnn-Americnnisn.

AS the time approaches for Mr.. Nc
Kinley to visit the Pan-American Ex-
position at Buffalo, there to participate
in the ceremonies and festivities OF
Presidents Day. we presume that his
mind is full of the nice things he de-
sires to say on the occasion-utterances
which will be noted with care and
friendly criticism by the people of the
two American Continents. While his
mental processes are devoted to the
subject we win venture to remind him
that great interest attaches to what he
may have in mind, concerning the
struggle of hree-fourths of the people
of Colombia to throw off the medieval
Spanish yoke of the tyrannical dictator
Marroquin, and upon the ruins of his
despotism to erect a fabric of free and
constitutional government. His speech
at the exposition might offer an excel
lent occasion upon which to set the
public mind at rest. on the question
whether his great power and influence
is to be thrown on the side of the pa
triots, or on that of their enemy, the
dictator.
There is another good hemispherical
subject concerning which he might en-
tighten the country. His Administra-
tion notoriously has supported the As
phalt Trust in its contentious with Cen
eral Castro, the Liberal President of
Venezuela. and the Government of
which he is the head. 1t is said ths.
American interference already has gone
to the extent of a notice to Venezuela
that, should the High Federal Court of
that country decide against the claims
of the trust to the Felicidad asphalt
deposits, the decision would be consid-
cred as subject to revision in Washing
ton. 4.
1t would be great relief to the pub
lie mind If, while at Buffalo, or at any
other time, President Mckinley would
say in' many words that he will not
countenance interference in the affairs
of friendly State, nor the overturning
of friendly republican Government
to subserve the interests of any Amer
Jean monopoly. Such an utterance
would be immensely popular, which is
mucn more important than the consid-
Grafton that il would be right
The Washington times., 1901-09-01
THE INAUGURATION DATE.

The way the 4th of March came to be
selected as Inauguration day was as fol-
lows: When the requisite number of
States had ratified the new Constitution
the old Congress passed resolution Sep
tember 13. I7SS providing that the first
Wednesday in January next be the day
for appointing electors In the several
States, the first Wednesday in February
the day for the electors TO assemble in
their respective States and vote for
President, and the first Wednesday in
March the time. and New York City the
place. for commencing proceedings under
the new Constitution.
The first Wednesday in March of the
wear 1883 fell on the fourth day, and thus
became the initial date of the Presiden-
tiaI and Congression Il years.
ON account of the distances and diff
culties of travel ir those days quorum
of both Houses of Congress did not as
semble until April 6 so as TO count the
electoral vote Washington then had 10
be. formally notified of his election. al
though 1t had long been known, and IL
was not until the 50th of April that n;
was inaugurated. He was thus shorn o.
nearly two months of his term, as Con-
gress had fixed the 4th of March as the
beginning of the new Government.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Washington times., 1901-09-01

may differ as to the wisdom of thai
course, but there can be no doubt that
whether the sixteen-to one proposition
had been in terms restated in the plat
form or not, the great bulk of the
party believed In it, and even in the
face of the prosperity which then ex-
listed Mr.. Bryan received some six mil
Therefore, when he is savagely at
tackled because of his views upon this
subject it is in effect an onslaught
upon every other Democrat who has
agreed with him, and that is not the
way in which to bring the Democratic
party together.
There is no point IN attacking Mr..
Bryan anyway. He has announced as
positively as can be expected of any
man that he is not candidate for the
nomination in 1904 His statement
should be accepted as being made in
good faith. He is simply private cit
izen. AS such he is entitled TO his
views upon public questions, and he
has a right to express them. Whether
his judgment is always right or not
he usually expresses himself with cour-
tesy, with grace, with force, and with
fairness. There are many men in the
Democratic party who, while they do
not favor him as a candidate in 1904,
still admire and respect him greatly,
and they are strongly inclined to resent
the personal assaults that are being
made upon him Indeed he is attacked
almost exclusively because of his silver
views. and this is construed as an at
tack upon every other silver man in the
party. AS before remarked. this is not
the way to restore harmony in the
ranks, and without harmony the party
cannot win
The Washington times., 1901-09-01

same sensation produced by sitting in
room where all the pictures and dec
] orations are little above the proper
| level. There is a subtle strain of the
! nerves. which Is not atIfirst perceived,
but in short time leads to fatigue;
and the sensitive person seeks rest in
solitude. There are some people who
are restful in their influence, though
they may be incapable of giving real
help or support. and these are usually
the people who do nst seem. in the
common phrase. to be keyed up to con-
| cert pitch. In haste, excitement or
anger, the voice is instinctively raised
to higher key; when, therefore, the
conversation is conducted altogether on
that key, the effect is that of excite
ment, though the subject of the talk
may be most placid and unimportant.
If young girls were cautioned against
this high pitched tone they would
easily overcome 1t; but they are usual
ly told to speak loud without any ex-
PLANTATION whatever; and the result is a
scream.
The art of conversation is one which
deserves cultivation, and the best place
for this is in the family. 1t cannot be
taught by rule as easily as by example.
Loud tones in ordinary conversation
should be discouraged. The shouts Of
children at play. and the natural happy
racket of young people in general. need
not be suppressed. but there are ways
and ways of loud talking. One of the
most Objectionable is the habit, formed
with great facility. of carrying on
screaming conversations over the
stairs. An old-fashioned dame with
somewhat formal ideas impressed 1t
upon her daughters that it was never
proper to call from one room to another
unless the house was on fire. If they
had anything to say, she made them go
to the next room or the next floor, and
say it in ordinary tones. While this
rule would probably be rather too strict
for the average household, children can
certainly be prevented from acquiring
the habit of shouting extended conver-
sations to one another over two flights
of stairs, and older people can. in the
majority of cases. manage TO do busi-
ness without letting the neighbors
know all about 1t.