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The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

The Presidents present happy seIec-
tions for promotions show that these
allegations and claims are utterly with
out foundation. OF the sixteen gener-
ais named by Mr.. Mckinley for promo
tion, three only are graduates from
West Point. These are Brigadier Gen
erals Hall, Grant and Bell; the remain
der coming into the service from civil
life, worked their way up by sheer
force of meritorious conduct and ser
vices. In the civil war, however, nearly
all the distinguished generals on both
sides of the conflict We're graduates of
West Point. Grant, Lee, Sherman.
Longstreet, Sheridan, Albert Sidney
Johnston, Thomas, Slocum, Beaurc-
gard, Joseph T.. Johnston and most of
the other great commanders of the
worlds greatest war had received mill
tary training at West Point. To the
value of West Point to our military sys-
TEN, General Scott, not n graduate of
the academy himself, paid, on one oc-
casion, n remarkable tribute. That H.
lustrious soldier declared, after the
Mexican war, that it was the excellent
training received at West Point by
American officers which enabled our
comparatively small armies in that
struggle to win signal victories over
overwhelmingly superior numbers en-
trenched in positions of undoubted nat
ural strength.
There is indeed an aristOcracy in
the American army-an aristocracy of
merit-the highest, noblest and most
genuine of all aristocracies. The men
now in high commands in our army
have nearly all acquired professional
knowledge in actual service. The army
Of this Republic is the only army in the
world presenting the spectacle of con-
spicuous and invariable recognition to
the highest degree of soldierly merit,
achievement and ability.-Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribun
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
A MsRiCAN SHIPPING.

The bill for the encounragemcnt OF
American shipping has been before the
Senate dtiring the whole of this session
of Congress. The Republican senators
have been sincere and earnest in their
desire.to pass the measure. AS 1t Is
now amended, the bill will certainly do
much to give to this country the control
of the shipping trade which, since the
War of the Rebellion, has passed to
Great Britain and to some extent to
Germany. 1t is certainly desirable
that the great shipping trade should be
at least partially in the hands of
Americans. and that our merchant ma
rine should take the place to which
the size and commerce of the nation
entitle 1t. In its present form, the Dill
Is not in, the interest of any man or
corporation or combination-it is In the
interest of the whole American people.
Many times during the debate on this
measure the minority has been asked
whether it was intended to tilibuster
and prevent the taking of n vote ut this
scsSloH, anu tHt hho"Vi AoS
been that there was no intention of ill
clustering, or of preventing vote; that
all their desire was to have Il fair and
full debate, and that then II vote might
be had. Mr.. Teller so declared in open
session, and other Democrats reiterated
the assertion. Last week, however,
Mr.. Teller, perhaps tired of keeping up
the pretense, perhaps more honest than
his Democratic colleagues, announced
plainly that it was the intention of the
minority to vote ut this session. By the
rules of tlA Senate, there can be no
call for the previous question, and any
senator who chooses can delay or pre-
vent the passage of Il measure by fill
clustering.
The result, of course, will he that the
bill will go over, and probably an extra
session will be necessary; not on ac-
count of this measure alone, but on ac-
count of the necessity for legislation
in regard 10 Cuba and the Philippines,
which has also been delayed and OBJ
structed by the opposition.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Baldw,n's Polar Expedition.

Philadelphia. Feb. 1S.-Four portable
houses. two steam launches. Il complete
Photographic apparatus. fifty tons of
dog fOod-this comprises the list of
supplies which Evelyn B. Baldwin,
Arctic explorer and meteorologist, ex-
poets to purchase In Philadelphia for
the use of the Baldwin-Zegler polar
expedition. Mr. Baldwin arrived here
last night and has opened negotiations
with local merchants.
Everything points TO the middle of
June as the date of our sailing from
New York" he said. ''1'hc America' is
the permanent expedition ship, and will
carry thirty men in her crew. We shall
go around the North cape. Norway. to
some point in Russia. from which we
shall strike northwarl. past Nova Zem-
bln to Franz .Josefland. Here the two
vessels will part company. The Amer
icn will continue northward and the
members of the expedition will strug-
gle to attain the north pole by land or
sea. We will carry provisions for two
years"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Chicago F,rebur. s,,,l at Work.

Chicago. Feb. 16.-Four small fires,
all of which are believed to have been
of incendiary origin, We're discovered
yesterday ut different times ON as many
different floors of the Hotel Majestic.
which adjoins the Great Northern hotel.
and which is under process of removal
tion. Following the evident attempts
ut inccndiarism last night mt the Pal-
mer, the Great Northern and the Ho-
tel Grace, to-dny's fires have created
considerable excitement and have re-
suited in the police and detective force
around the big hotels to be more than
doubled. The police department be-
lieves that organized attempts are be-
ing made to create panics in the big ho-
tells for the purpose of robbery. and the
utmost efforts are being made to dis
cover the miscreants.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
JOHN MARSHALL DAY.

The general observance throughout
anniversary of the appointment of John
Marshall as chief justice of the Unit
ed States is n gratifying evidence of
the regard in which the great jurist is
held; anda remarkable illustration also
of the notifying effects of time. The
Democrats now honor and revere the
memory of Marshall-or pretend to-
but in his day there WIS no man more
rancorously hated by them. II was he
who signed the commissions of John
ut the end of Adams term as President.
1t was he who proved the most formid-
able-and indeed an insurmountable-
obstable to the entire JeffersoniZing of
the government. jefferson complained
that the Federal party had intrenched
itself in the Supreme Court as behind Il
fortification. and If he could In any
way dislodge the chief justice, he
would have been only too glad to do
it. Jefferson hated Marshall even
WoTsc tiliih ne liitttt sAuilHS. hiESHill
stood for the constitution and for the
Federal Interpretation of II, which JEFF
ferson wished to undermine and de-
strOy. And 1t must not be forgotten
that Marshall had been n partisan-a
partisan politician-a Federal office
holder. In the judgment of Democrats
of that day his appointment was an
outrage.
But time alters the point of view,
even of Democrats. In his day they
abused Lincoln. as in his day they had
abused Marshall; but now Lincoln Is
claimed by them as one Of their patron
saints. Who knows whether some day
say hundred years from now, the
Democrats of the new twenty-first CEN
tury may not be claiming Mckinley as
one of their great men?
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
RELIGIOUS ORDERS AS
PHILIPPINE LANDLORDS

Binghampton. Feb. 1S.-Speaking at
the Board of Trade banquet in this city
on the subject of religious trouble in
the Philippines, President Schurman of
Cornell University said:
In the meaning of the term there
are 10 religious troubles in the Philip
pines. The Catholic church hitherto has
been Il part of the state and was sup
ported by the state revenues and it now
is on the same footing as the other
churches and must be supported by vol
untary contributions. The great ma
jority of the people outside of the
henthens, who number n few hundred
thousands. and the Mohammedans.
who number few hundred thousands
more. are Catholics. The church pre-
sents no question, but the religious or
ders do present n question, because
they are landlords.
"'rhe situation is much the same as
in Ireland. The land is held by those
who ghined it by right of the sword.
The religious orders of the Philippines
have come into possession of these
lands and 1t is for us to inquire as to
their right and title. TO them, whether
the F'ilipinos are not doing the orders
II great injustice and whether or not
they are not forgetting the great bene-
fits of civilization which the orders
gave to them. But the situation is. the
Filipinos don't like the religious or
ders as landlords. We can't take the
land from the orders, and we would
not II we could"
He recommended that the lands be
purchased and sold to the people in
small holdings.
Just as in Ireland to-day" he con-
tinued, 'r T.. Russell in putting him
self at the head of the new order of
things has left the old ideas about the
holding of property and is making him.
self new champion-so thousands of
Filipinos are imbued with the same
idea and wish to get away from the
landlord system. There is no need for
any religious controversy in the ques-
ton. 1t is Il question of landlord and
tenant"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

The secretary Of agriculture, Mr..
Wilson, is at times pleasantly satirical
paper recently called upon him to ask
If anything of momentswas. happening
in his department. The secretary re-
piled by reciting a long list of i'm
portant investigations, the results of
which were of the greatest value to the
world. But" added the secretary,
You do not want anything of tina.
kind: you would not telegraph such
reports over the country The re-
porter. not seeing the humor of the
secretary. complacently nodded: mo,
no; that's So"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Marshall's Monument.

The constitution having invested the
Supreme Court with Jurisdiction over
'all cases arising under the constitu-
tion and laws of the United States"
Chief Justice Marshall gave life and
potency to this important provision.
To determine exactly the limits of the
courts power, to establish n solid, en-
during principle of action for its guild
ance. to inspire confidence in the value
of such action and the wisdom of the
unparalleled and unprecedented pro-
cedure, which the entirely new func.
tions of this extraordinary tribunal in
augurated, demanded great lucidity of
mind, wide grasp of intellect and ire
movable strength of character.
In the early discussions on the CON
stitution, some of which were very
vigorously conducted, there was little
attention paid to the Supreme Court,
but much to the respective powers
granted the federal and state govern
ments. To suggest Mt that time the
investiturc of any court with power to
annul acts of legislative authority
would have ut once aroused nm oppo-
sition to such n proposal impossible to
that the majority of men In our revo-
lutionary epoch We're brought up in
the British idea of the omnipotence of
Parliament
xvn nrIx- n flor tho nnnntn had SIIh,
mItted to Il written constitution and
formed some idea of the precision in
legislative methods and action such an
instrument demanded that they could
readily acquiesce in the unquestionable
wisdom, the salutary power of Chief
Justice Marshall's irresistible definition
and stabilitation of the judicial power
as one of the most important elements
in our governmental system. With
lucidity and force that removed all
doubt and forbade all discussion. Mar
shall laid 1t down that: ut is n prop
osition too plain to be contested that
either the constitution controls any leg
islative enactment repugnant 10 it or
that the Legislature can alter the con-
stitution by an ordinary act. Between
these alternatives there is no middle
ground The constitution is either n
superior. paramount law, unchangea-
BILE by ordinary means, or it is on n
level with ordinary Legislative acts,
alterable when the Legislature
shall please to alter it. If the former
part of the alternative be true. then n
Legislative act contrary to the consti-
tuition is not law; # the latter part be
true, then written constitutions are
absurd attempts on the part of the peo-
pie to limit power in its own nature
illimitable."
This declaration of principle and
definition of right is the foundation of
American constitutional law. 1t is the
safeguard of the constitution. II is the
bulwark of citizenship. 1t is the guide
of chief magistrates, the safety of Leg
islatures. No higher nor better-deliv-
cred eulogy was ever pronounced upon
any man than that uttered by Abra-
ham Lincoln upon John Marshall: He
found the constitution paper and he
made it power; he found it a skeleton
and he clothed it with flesh and blood"
When enemies of the constitution, thus
transformed and vitalized by Marshall,
sought to destroy it. they found lion
in the path in the immortal personality
and power of Lincoln and the lion tri-
umphed.-Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
uune.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Aristocracy of Merit,

The American army is essentially n
democratic institution. Recent pro-
motions announced in the service serve
to prove that advancement in the
American army depends on merit, and
is not determined BY personal or polt-
ical favoritism. Most of the major
generals and brigadier generals just ap-
pointed entered the army from the
ranks of civil life. All began at the
very lowest step of the ladder, three of
them commencing Mt the very lowest
These honored three are Generals Chat
fee, Young and Schwan, who began
their splendid careers as privates. Gem
eral Miles and fully more than half of
the others promoted, We're engaged in
civil life before entering the army, and
have, through merit, met with success
sive advancement.
Democrats, and their Populist allies.
have for sometime accused the army of
harboring and cherishing an aristocrat-
ic element in its midst. The existence
and growth of this alleged element, so
undesirable from every standpoint of
American military efficiency, they
charge upon West Point. charging that
the graduates of the National Military
Academy form kind of close corpor-
alton in the army, appropriating to
themselves all good things to be had in
that branch of the public service. The
Bryanites have not, in certain in
stances, hesitnted to declare the acad-
emy menace to republican institu-
tions and on that ground demanded its
abolition. Under West Point domina.
ton there is not, they claim, any
] chance for due recognition of merit.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

A medical journal. commenting upon
the treatment of George Washington In
his final illness, remarks that "the
almshouse patient today has more ra
tional treatment than the ex-president
of the united States had in 1799."
This is doubly interesting; not only
does 1t emphasize our obligation to a
century of scientific study, but 1t sug-
gests that a hundred years hence peo-
pie may condemn, as crude and un-
scientific the present methods. which
seem to us so wonderful.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

A design for the memorial which the
tenantry and friends of the Earl of
Airlie. who was killed at the battle of
Diamond hill, near Pretoria, last June,
decided to erect to his memory has now
been accepted and a site selected The
memorial, which closely follows the
character of the tower at Airlie castle,
the ancestral home of the Ogilvys in
Forfarshire, is modification of the old
Scottish peel tower, and will be erect
ed on Tullo hill 1,230 feet above sea
leveD, near the family seat at Corr
tachy. The base of the tower will be
worked out in rock-faced ashlar, re-
lieved with dressed panels with carved
representations of the family arms and
badges Of the different regiments in
which the late earl served.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
A Mourning Hounehnid.

The honor of first seeing the body of
the Queen was conferred on her per-
sonal retinue, and such n simple. pa
thetic scene could hardly have occurred
In any other monarchy. All the SER
wants and tenants We're admitted The
footmen, house maids, coachmen, sta
BILE lads and policemen filed through
the room for four hours. There were no
formalities. Bent old men, children
and families who had grown up on the
estate and who regarded Queen Victo-
ria as n friend and patron. rather than
as sovereign. took their turn, and
their grief was the sorrow of those who
had lost a friend.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

The list of occupations for women
lengthens. There are "shoe breakers"
in England. For a stated price wom-
an will undertake to wear new shoes
for one of her customers from two to
four days. When times are good she
has several pairs of shoes in charge at
the same time. Nothing Is said OF thc
effect upon the professionals disposi-
ton, although it is easy to see that
what she may lose in equanimity is
sure to be Offset by the improved tenn
per of the customer
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
rraveI cure for Con.umptIve,.

Prof. Weinzirl of the University of
New Mexico. conducting experiments
under the authority of the university
biological department, has evolved
what is announced as n complete cure
for consumption. BY careful testing
he has determined that the transitory
effects upon the blood corpuscles of n
person passing from n lower to high
er altitude are renewed by frequent
changes of altitude. BY occasional
visits to sea level. he says. the system
can be reinvigorated. even when the
effects of the higher altitude have worn
Off.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Kltchener Tnkes the Field,

London. Feb. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Telegraph from De Aar, dated Febru-
ary 10th. confirms the report of the ar
rival there of Lord Kitchener and his
staff to superintend the chase of Gen
eral De Wet. The correspondent says:
''De Vets force is now denuded of
almost all transport vehicles, and his
horses ar exhausted"
Other South African dispatches re-
port that several columns are pursuing
General De Wet, whose exact where
abouts, however, is not indicated.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Kansas has a law forbidding the

Kansas has law forbidding the
marriage of first cousins. Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Beck are now under
going Jail sentence for its violation.
having been arrested on the complaint
of Mrs Beck's brother. said to have
been inspired by his desire for ven
geance. After their release from prison
they will cross over to Nebraska and
be legally married, and on their return
to Kansas they cannot be interfered
with.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

During the recent restoration Of St.
Martins church at Vovey, Switzerland,
primitive edifice was discovered a
few feet below the floor of the building,
says the New York Post. In shape it
somewhat resembles a church, but the
style of architecture is quite foreign to
Europe and bears traces of oriental
source The walls and foundations OF
the relic are in remarkable. state Of
preservation, and the structure is be-
lieved by experts to be one of the ear
lest buildings in which stone was en-
ployed.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

The British postal department COM
mission. which has been inquiring into
the subject of wireless telegraphy for
several months. will shortly report in
favor of the earliest possible adoption
OF the Marconi system. The commits
sion is also arranging for the pur-
chase of Marconi patents and is nego-
tiating with France and Germany rel
ative to their attitudes toward the
Marconi inventions.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

Emperor William is evidently highly
pleased with his new imperial chan
cellor, for his majesty went in person
to Graf Bulows house and conferred
upon him the high order of the Black
Eagle; and, too, just before Christmas
day. which seems rather to hint that
the honor is an exceptionally great one
and designed to give pleasure to the
recipient at the time of universal re-
joicing.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

In one of his earliest cases Daniel
-O'Connell, the famous Irish lberator,
made report which attracted consld-
cradle attention to him. He was cross
examining an awkward witness. who
declared that he had drunk nothing but
his share Of pint of whisky. "On
your oath, now thundered the young
counsel, was not yoSr share all but
the pewter"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
Reported Change of Policy.

London. Feb. 1S.-"The Danish gov
ernment," says the Copenhagen CORE
spondent of the Mail. has suddenly
broken off all dealings with the United
States regarding the sale of the Dan
ish West Indies. This is due to a salts
factory offer made by the Danish East
India Steamship Company to assist in
the future to administer the islands.
The American government has been no.
titled as to this decision"
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

Recently the medical faculty OF the
University of Heidelberg has made an
Interesting report on the effect OF the
incandescent light, whether gas or
electric, upon the eyes. After mature
deliberation they have decided that
the incandescent light is not harmfu!
and they specially recommend electric
ity for lighting halls and places of en-
tertainment
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

rnerc is special class OF farm la
borers in Sweden who are given SO
many acres of land for their own use
In consideration of SO many days Ia
Dor during the year for the owner or
the farm. They are a sort of fixture
to an estate, and their like exists in no
other country.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20

Everything that has happened in the
Philippines since the November election
confirms the idea that the insurrection
was long kept alive by the hope OF
Bryan's election.
The Lamar register., 1901-02-20
strengthening Prohibition.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 15.-The state
Senate has passed n bill Strengthening
the prohibitory law by making the pos
session of liquor evidence of guilt.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-05-04
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.


Arizona Sheriff Proved Himself Qualified
for His once.
From the earliest times the Office OF
the sheriff of Marieopa county has
been the lodgeroom of the Amalgamat-
ed Association of Prevaxicators until
an honorary membership and an abil-
ity to shine in it came to be regarded
as a necessary qualification for sheriff
only little less important than the
ability to get enough~votes at the con-
vention and the polls, says the Arizona
Republican Sheriffs have usually been
represented by proxy in the meeting
of the association and the proxy has
always been some deputy, generally
Charlie Standard, who as preyarica-
tor has always successfully held his
own against all Corners There was
some apprehension that Sheriff Stout
would not fill the bill. He was sup
posed to be too matter of fact. Billy
Moeur and Billy Williams were not be-
Heved to be any more able liars than
the sheriff, and Captain Hi Mcdonald,
as an outside deputy could not be ex-
pected to attend meetings of the as
ISOLATION Still, in pinch there was
The ever-reliable Standard to fall back
upon. But Sheriff Stout yesterday
proved that he didn't need any deputy
prevaricator. An old settler who had
lived in the valley longer than any
body was telling at the sheriff's Office
yesterday of the driest season the val
ley had ever experienced. There had
been nothing like it before and nothing
since. None of his hearers had ever
seen anything so dry. He couldn't tell
them how dry it was so they would
comprehend. Sheriff Stout was re-
minded of one very dry summer within
his residence in the valley. He had
just embarked in the cattle business
and had a herd of yearling calves.
There was a little water on his ranch,
but no feed within ten miles. Every
morning he used to turn the calves out
so they could go to the nearest range
where there was some grass, but no
water. He accordingly hung canteen
filed with water around the neck of
each calf. One day he went out to the
range to see the condition of the grass
which, he thought, must be getting
short When he got there the calves
were feeding quietly on the bank OF
| dry water course. All at once they
were stampeded and wildly scattered
in every direction, believing with fear
| The sheriff went to see what was the
| cause of the commotion and found 1t
to be huge catfish which had climbed
up the bank and got into fight with
the calves over the water in the can
| teens.