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Circulation Statement.
The Pau-American Congress.

It would be a pity l. the SelfishnesS OF
Chile in connection with the Tacna-
africa question were to spoil the plan Of
the Pan-American Congress. the object
of which is to formulate a scheme Of
arbitration which should minimize the
danger Of war between American
States. We are. sorry that from our
South American dispatches We are
obliged to deduce the conviction that
European diplomatic influence is at
work to defeat the general purpose
Europe it would seem, does not wish
TO see d rapprochement of the Cis-At-
Iantic States, as alleged, for commercial
reasons Perhaps that feeling is nat
uraI IL view Of current trade cOndi-
tons, but if the statesmen Of the South
ern Continent are worthy Of the name,
they will not allow Old World jealousy
to interfere with a family arrangement
which everybody must see would be to
the common advantage of American re
publics- In the end no doubt the whole
nineteen countries viii get together.
and the meeting in the city Of Mexico
viii be held Local differences should
not be permitted 10 stand in the way.
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siIrer in the PHILIPPINES.

While the question Of free silver coin
age has been practically eliminated
from the list of political issues in this
country. the general monetary status Of
the metal IS still a matter Of importance
10 the entire commercial world. Vast
numbers Of people. perhaps two-thirds
Of tie human race. still employ silver as
their only money. except as II IS supple
mented by smaller coins Of base metal
IN such countries as India and China
it has hitherto been found impossible to
force gold into general use. The preju-
dices Of the people are strongly against
II. and it Is. moreover, unsuitable for
their needs. because Of the extreme
smaUness Of their business transactions.
Obviously an East Indian or a China
man, working for five cents a day, can
make very little use Of gold.
The East Indian experiment with the
gold standard does not. to any great ex-
tent. contemplate the actual use Of the
yellow metal as currency The aim is
10 establish fixed par of exchange be
tween the silver rupee and the pound
sterling. To this end the Indian Gov
eminent has limited mot entirely
stopped the coinage Of the rupee at
The same time endeavoring TO provide
an adequate gold reserve. whereby # IS
hoped TO fix the gold value Of the rupee
permanently at sixteen pence. the idea
being 10 coin JUST enough rupees on
Government account TO keep them at
the figure named.
Upon the cumulative principle Of
money. a principle which unquestioH-
ably IS sound, and which is recognized
by the action of the East Indian Gov
eminent itself, it would be the height
Of unwisd0m to attempt TO force gold
into general use in the countries now
employing silver. It would enormously
increase the demand for gold. ana most
injuriOusIy affect every country that
has adopted the gold standard The
veriest tyro in political economy should
be able 10 understand that a certain
supply Of gold may be reasonably ade-
quate for the wants Of five hundred mill
lions of people, but altogether insult
ficient 10 satisfy the requirements Of q
thousand millions more
Therefore the stated purpose Of the
Treasury Department 20 continue the
use Of silver in the Philippines, coHsid-
cred as a mere commercial proposition,
Is to be commended In those Islands
the department Is confronted by tive
didicultes-Grst, the unwnHngness as
well as the inability Of the people to use
gold. and second. the Strong prediction
existing IN favor of the Mexican silver
dollar. At the same time the method
proposed by s,le Treasury Department
Of coming d silver dollar especially foT
the Philippines, brings up very serious
question. The legality Of such a course
directly depends upon the constitutional
status Of the islands, which has been
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-10
MAY ENDow COOPER UNION.
Carnegie said to Contemplate Du-
pIicnting the Founders Gift


NEW YORK June I0-Andrew Carne-
gle. who was elected a trustee OF Cooper
Union last October, IS credited with a
plan for the extension of the work begun
by the late Peter Cooper which viii in
vOIve the expenditure Of large sum Of
money Cooper Union. 1t was said by one
in authority today. would be Temodeled to
make room for the improvements con
tempIated by Mr. Carnegie. whose pur-
pose Is said. to be to duplicate the present
endowment fund. amounting 10 s. 054-
gI5-3S. without attracting attention TO him
self.
Mr.. Carnegie has already given S35}. go
rs special endowment to Cooper Union,
and it is said he would have raised this
gift TO $4,000 but for the fear that this
munifcence would overshadOw that of the
founder of the institution. and to that ex-
tent detract from the fame OF Peter Coop
eT.
Before leaving for England Mr. Carne-
gle discussed his plans with other trustees
of Cooper Union It was then decided to
do away with the stores on the ground
floor Of the building or the Third Avenue
side and To utilize this space by the eS-
Enlistment of an industrial museum y
nucleus for such museum was presented
to the Union several years ago. and J. P
Morgan few days ago contributed four
collections of textile fabrics and decora-
tive models, valued in all at $4,000. which
make possible the creation of museum
second to none in the world.
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RecIpFGCiIy.

It may be confidently predicted that
when the President sends his next an
nuaI message to Congress It viii con-
tain an urgent recommendation for the
ratification OF the reciprocity treaties
now pigeonholed somewhere up on Cap
itol Hill. Unless the views of the Ad-
ministration in this matter shall be met
by the National Legislature. II seems T.
be certain that Europe VIII carry out
its threat and inaugurate tariff war
against this country.
On the basis Of the present fairly lib
eraI fiscal policy Of England and Europe
toward US our trade with the Old World
is flourishing and spreading. but public
sentiment on the otEer side is infamad
against America commerce. which is
rapidly Selling rome markets and over
coming domestic competition IN many
places. Nobody better than Presi-
dent Mckinley understands what the
consequence viii be If we do not
reform our ways and adopt a new pol
icy of live and let live. and we are glad
10 observe that he is doing all in MS
power 10 educate his party to the point
Of accepting some good oId-fashioned
Democratic doctrine. and supporting
reciprocity. which in its essence is tar
if for revenue only, masquerading IN
der another name
Politically speaking. we might be ex-
cused for wishing that the President
might fail in his effort to convert the
Republican Chinese Wall protectionists
to a sensible fiscal policy. But The
Times is American before it is Demo
cratic, and would not if it could lay d
straw in the way Of governmental re
form in the direction Of the tariff OF any
other thing. What We want IS results,
and, as Mr. Mckinley has well -aid.
We also want markets and not max
5r7-
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REVENUE CADETS READY.
The Practice Bark Chuse to Leave
for the Summer Cruise

for the Summer Cruise.
BALTIMORE. June 19-With every
thing in order for q gale at sea the
United States revenue cadet practice bark
Chase lies along the pier Of the service
yard in Arundel Cove, Curtis Bay.
Today the Chase VIII leave the cove,
where she has remained dismantIed dur
ing the winter while TIC cadets received
instructions from the officers and prepaF-
ed for what 5yiu be expected Of them for
the coming four months at sea The Chase
VIII take in some stores and prepare to
be towed from the anchorage on Wednes-
day by the cutter Guthrie If there is a
favoring wind Captain Wild. of the Guth-
RE. will have but little to do. for it is
the intention Of Captain Hall to spread
his canvas and sail out the channels :
the wind IS with him
Captain Hail leaves Baltimore with his
cadets on a cruise for which he has elias
tic orders. He VIII take the cadets TO sea
and put into port when he thinks tie
drink water IS getting low One order is
to meet the cutter Seminole at 4 port
north and let the cadets have Tactical
idea of engines and the duties OF an Off
Ger on a sea-gOing steam cutter About
October the Chase viii be headed for the
Chesapeake, and again the cadets viii
have to go into winter quarters and hard
study at Arundel Cove.
The officers on the Chase have dual
duty to perform Not only are they TO
keep watch and do division duty, but they
are also to instruct the cadets. Mem bers
Of Captain Halls staff who are to be thus
employed on the sumner cruise are Lieut.
George NJ Daniels executive officer:
Lieuts- F c. Billiard. H. d Hinckley, and
John BOedeher- and Surgeon W E Han
dy. who also has 10 Instruct in literary
studies and in first aid to the wounded
The following cadets are the candidates
for graduation next year W. A Whittier
Cecil NJ Gabbctt. jr-- William Il. Shea
Hiram r SearlcS. Edwin S Addison
Leon G CoveH. and Philip ". Laurent
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A MILLIONAIRE IN PRISON.
Charges Conspiracy and Refuses to
Pay Two Notes

Pay Two Notes
BOSTON. June I0.-Believing that he
has. been made the victim of Il conspiracy,
Thomas A. Scott, of Boston New York
Chicago. Kansas City. and St Louis.
millionaire. cIubman, real estate operator,
railroad promoter and friend of John W.
Gates. is in a cell in the Suffolk county
iaiI in this city because he refuses to pay
two notes Of $500 each. He has been
there 1l3 days and says he viii stop till
tie end of all time. if he lives that long"
rather than pay the notes He says his
IMPRISONMENT is the result of an alleged
conspiracy among certain note brokers of
Boston to blackmaiI him out of good
share of his fortune
AIr Scott was arrested on February Il
on warrant charging him with the in
teution of leaving the city and the two
unpaid notes At that time he stated to
New York on business He had been here
about a month
1t seems that in October last Mr. Scott
negotiated a loan of S25, 600 with a firm of
brokers in New York He gave several
notes ranging from $500 to $500 each.
which were discounted by several banks.
Two of them were sent to New York at
the expiration of their term and for four
months and came back protested. The
holder of the notes had Mr. Scott arrested
and has since paid $40 for his board in
jail. Mr.. Scott says he wanted to raise
50 600 in cash to get his half interest of
$4,000 in a st. Louis street railroad fran
ChiSc in shape to sell TO q New York syn
dICatc
The brokers who handled the notes. he
said, refused To turn over the money to
him
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The Shifting of Business Centres.

inc >hE1fEnE OF business centres.
The manner IN which, Southern sea
ports are increasing their exports
serves TO illustrate the everlasting
tendency Of trade and business to shift
their centres This tendency IS owing
partly 10 natural conditions and partly
10 those that are artificial
Some points are so advantageOusly
situated that their continued pre-emf-
hence is reasonably assured regardless
Of the abstract question of mere human
effort. Such effort. in fact, is seldom
directed to the overcoming Of natural
Disadvantages upon an extended scale,
unless in some way there are Compel
sations, although when certain point
has once become an important centre
Of business strong efforts are frequently
made in the face Of natural obstacles
to keep it in HAT position. such efforts
are induced by a desire TO protect and
render profitable the investments al
ready made. and capital, once massed
at 9 given point, becomes in itself a
leverage Of very great power in keep
ing business there.
New York, for example. has great nat
uraI facilities FOR ocean trade It's water
frontage is sup=rb and well-sheItered.
and there is easy access TO the vast int
rior of the country These things have
led TO the concentration Of capital there
and the building up Of other business
on a gigantic scale These conditions
will make it very hard ever TO wrest
from New York the palm Of CONNER
ciaI, Industrial, and financial suprem-
acy.
On the other hand. Boston. while a
very wealthy city, Is relatively losing
ground in a commercial way. Trade
has been DETECTED TO New York as the
more accessible and in every way bet
ter shipping point. Philadelphia has
also Jagged for similar reasons.
But Southern ports are gaining rapid
" and the reasons are not hard 10 find
In the first place. for many years the
South has been backward Ia develop
meEt, and in that section there is more
room. relatively, for commercial and
Industrial growth Secondly. it is a
rich and fertile region Of vast extent,
and produces immensely Of those things
which constitute some Of our leading
export staples. With reference TO such
tsGs New Orleans occupies a position
of peculiar advantage The great river
Of the continent flowing by the city af-
fCrds an ample harbor of perfect Sc
c1rity, while at the same time through
its alfiuents, many Of which are naviga-
bic. il furnishes easy and cheap connec-
ton with a producing section Of almost
unrivaled richness
Speaking generally, there can be no
possible motive in bringing cotton to
New York for export There may. be in
few special cases. but. upon the
whole, the cotton for export naturally
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THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
~ orI< of Changing the Constitution
to Begin Wednesday,

to Begin u WEDNESDAYS
RICHMOND. Va. June 10.-The Virginia
Constitutional Convention VIII convene in
this city Wednesday, 1t viii be one of the
most important conventions ever held in
the Old Dominion. AS fOrecasted in these
dispatches Senator Daniel viii be made
chairman and the principal questions to
he settled by the convention viii be the
elimination Of the negro from politics and
the reduction Of State expenses
The Negro business League, Of which
Booker r Washington. President of the
Tuskagee lAIaJ Institute. is the head.
will send representatives here to confer
with the members of the convention and
supply Information concerning the needs
of the negro Giles & Jackson. the col
cred lawyer Of this city, is hard at work
getting the negroes together and arous-
ing them to the Importance Of sending
delegations to the convention to prevent
injustice being done them.
The members Of the convention have al
ready begun to arrive here from various
parts of the State and the body viii be
called to ord4r Wednesday morning for
the first general session Some of the
aBIest men in the States are members Of
the body and many Of them have made d
special study of constitutional law Elk
Gov William Z. Cameron is member
Of the convention
one Of the propositions to be brought
before the convention is to permit no one
TO vote who has not property interests
amounting 70 500, save such as were
qualified under the old constitution. This
plan II is said. will disfranchise nearly
all the negroes and practically few whites
No member Of the convention here uD to
the present, IS able to forecast what ac-
ton the convention Will take looking to
disgualifyiU% the iIiterate vote.
Eugene WitherS. Of DanViIle viii prob
ably be made chairman of the suffrage
committee There is a strong sentiment
in favor Of fewer elections. fewer county
Judges, and a general reduction Of the
States expenses together with lCssening
Of taxes
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left in q state of painful uncertainty by
the recent insular decisions of the Su-
preme Court
If the islands are part Of the United
States. it is clear that the Secretary of
the Treasury has no right to establish
a monetary system there differing from
the general system prevailing through
out the rest of the country. BY the
terms Of the de Lima decision standing
alone. the Philippines can be regarded
in no other light than as an integral
portion OF the United States.
But the DoWnes decision raises grave
doubts In that case the Court decides
that Congress may Iegislate for such
( territory independent of the Constitu-
ton. 1t SO happens, though, that Con
gress has not Iegislated. except by pass
ing the Spooner resolution. which IS a
mere delegation of imperial power to
the Executive. It is hard to believe that
such a measure is constitutional. and
the Administration itself is beset with
doubts and fears as to how far it can
safely act under the provisions of that
| resolution The report is that the Pres
! ident prefers to rely, Ostensibly at least,
upon his war powers"
| Whether in the exercise Of war pow
ers," which in their nature are temper
/ airy, the President can establish a per-
| manent monetary system, differing es-
| sentaHy from that of the United States,
! is another question worthy of serious
thought The truth is that we are all
/ mixed up. and it may be that it would
| be better for the Treasury Department
| TO defer the building of mint, and the
/ establishment of a new monetary sys-
tenn for the Philippines, until the Su-
pTeme Court is again heard from. With
| the de Lima and Downes decisions
! staring him in the face, he must be a
bold man who ventures to predict what
| the decision of the Court will be With
| reference to the Philippines.
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Plain English in Demand.
From the Hartford Courant)

fFTom the Hartford tguTant)
son. 81 the Young gentleman now busy over
their books IN the law schools OF law offices VIII
be- delivering tiIa opinion Of the court long before
the clock strike 1850. That Is an additional reas-
on Why al these young gentlemen (since the
wisesr Of Us cannot pick out the future Judge
now should BE melted and required 10 study two
or three 40 least. Of the John Marshall decisions
for the style 10 less than for the matter he said
what he had 90 say in simple straightforward
Eu-Iisi-evcry time The ability 10 do tins Is
worth having. and Is much raTcr among the
esu5uru, occupants OF the bench than il ought 10
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-10
by MnIorItIes of One.
lFrom the Philadelphia TimesJ

Y ION III J IITIaI0II7TIIa IIHEo-I
Since a President vas declared elected 10y a
vote oi 5 TO : We nave grown accustomed 10 ma
ruy margins IN the decision OF great questions.
The stJt5i5 of she uslar po-5csSous Is determined
or coutused-by vote of > TO I. The Ripper
bill Is sustaiuesI by to 3 And nogv the Cuban
convention has agreed on the Pldtt amendment
by - TO II = judicial decision b. a majority Of
one Is Just ss effective legally though given by
a unanimous court. though sometimes the moral
ctfeot different
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There IS still much anxiety in PekiH re-
gardiEg the fate Of the Belgian mission
in West Mongolia, which, as recently re
p Jrted, has been besieged by Prince Tuan
IL command Of forces vaTiousIy described
as Chinese regulars and Boxers. Il Hung
Chang asserts that nothing has happened
% the mission, but his assurances are not
accepted with much confidence by for
g gners in the capital It is to be hoped
that Tuan has been foiled in mis- purpose
A new Chinese atrocity would be apt 10
further complicate an international mat
ter which already is in sufficient confus-
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Hmnnn Has the Last word.


MIR Hanna Is SO IN The habit OF telling Presi-
dent Mckinley what to say that when the Presi-
dent says something without consulting the bos-
Of the Republican party the latter does not
hesitate TO make the necessary correction there
by saving the President the annoyance of re-
traction, denial. or explanation. HanHaS decree
i final, of course lie SAYS he knows tie Prasi-
dents viewS the tariff and adds that they zre
also Senator Hanna views.
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Senatorial Duty
From the st. Louis Republic.)

= T'II NI-0 - LUIS I'TFII7TTiT-I
nil their constituents Themselves should de-
ndud otherwise. 81 was the plain duty OF Scna-
tors Tiliudn and NcL4uTiH 10 remain AT the posts
Go which they had been assigned Il made no
difercuco whether Tiilmaa thought McIaurin a
renegade OF NcLauTin thought TiI!luan flker
Tillman did not send NcEafrin to the Senate, nor
NcIauriu TiGuan. 1t was the people OF south
Carolina who thus h0n0rcd each OF them. and il
was tine duty OF each faithfully TO serve the Peo-
pie until relieved Of that duty by the people
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CURRENT HUMOR.
To Be Contrary.

{From the Chicago Tribune)
But CoTinne. darling when have all the
arrangements made for neNI week 1t viii look
strange to put il off another MONTH
Il don't care I won't be married this month
That's all there IS about it
why not, dear
'I'm not going to be June bride It's too
common
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At So aIueh Per Evening,

IET"III :
the king heard il ne rent his clothes. Now uhul
does that mean, chiIdreTi-he rent his clothes o.
Up went little hand
rWelI, If YOU know tell Us"
Please. ma am said the child timidIy, q
s'pose he hired EN- out
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t-rom the Philadelphia Pre~s.l
ETou-ekeeF-I'vc como 10 the conclusion that the
rent I'm paving for NV house Is TOO high
Borden-Wcu Why don't you speak to your
landlord about liz
Houseaeef- afraid ho'u make it still higher.
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No Danger of Competition.

,Frym The louisville tOuTIcr-J uUTuII-}
ID Europe cannot compete with American goods
IN hgr market after the1 have paid tn css,
OF transportation how could she expect 10 pay the
so~T 81 transportation Of her own goods and com
pete with those American goods n American
GA theIa2
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Relief to the SIavey.

q I7III M 7 II-I--I'II I'IIIa 7 ItN0-I
Mrs Housekeep-Oh, Bridget you haven't really
broken that piece OF >cvres: oh, my. That's the
worst thing sou could have broken in the whole
house.
BriIget-Flith. Dim glad to hear it wasn't the
Lr-E
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4 Sure Sign.

From the Philadelphia Timcsl
Il see Miss Cldbov Is taking steps TO captur,
Young Origins SAD one of the guests
what j. she doing -
''Shes got hm sitting on the stairs
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M Rider one Of the editors and pro-
priators Of the New Yorker Stats lei
tung.~ urges the German I-Tess to stop its
noise and cease attempting TO produce II
Titation in this country against Germany
Mr. Ridder declares that he can find no
anui-GeTman sentiment in the United
States AS to the Germau-Americans he
says that while they love their FatherIand
they are Americans first, last, and all the
time. and in the event Of an attack upon
US would stand almost to man by the
country of their adoption. There are sew
eraI German newspapers to whom hint
from the Foreign Office in Berlin that
they would do well to moderate their
Yankeephobia. might be timely and use
f3Ef