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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

ton fairly implies that the Republicans
| gold right along This declaration. how
ever. deals with an issue that is now es-
sentially a thing of the past. and the
particular form of expression employed
is not of very much consequence, save
as 1T reflects the Republican disposition
to assume infallibiIity in dealing with
public questions.
The tariff plank is more important,
and even less consistent. 1t endorses
without qualification the tariff policy
of the Republican party. asserting, in
effect that the present high state OF our
industrial development is owing to that
policy. Then, without q word of expla
nation, II favors such changes as from
time to time become advisable through
the progress OF our industries and their
changing relations to the commerce of
the world. This leaves us entirely in
the dark as to what changes have be-
come necessary and why they have be
come so. Besides. being somewhat con-
Trajectory of the earlier statement, the
declaration is too vague to be of any
value. Mark Hanna would heartily en-
dorse the proposition that changes
should be made in the tariff from time
to time. as they may become necessary.
but just now he scouts the idea that
there is any necessity for change. The
Iowa declaration implies that there is,
but 1t fails 10 specify the changes, or
any of them that ought to be made.
Then the platform proceeds to en-
dorse the principle of reciprocity. af
frming it to be the. natural compile
ment of protection" The endorsement
of reciprocity is all right. but 1t Is ut
terly al variance with the Republican
party's- historic policy of protection"
1t is, in truth. very recent and very
feeble growth, as part of the doctrine
of the Republican party. The state
ment that reciprocity is the natural
complement of protection will be
something of surprise to the worlds
great economists. Reciprocity. as far
as it goes. is free trade pure and elm
pie; while free trade, in its full. broad
sense. is nothing more or less than uni
versal reciprocity. Every reciprocity
treaty entered into is a step in the di-
rection of free trade. and that probably
is the reason why, regardless of their
merits, so many reciprocity treaties
have been hung up in the United
States Senate.
The platform contains declaration !
that the people have the sovereign pow
er TO regulate and restrict the opera
lions of the trusts but there is no sug- |
gestion of what ought to be done. |
There is most careful avoidance OF |
any proposition to remove the tariff |
from trust-controlled goods, and there |
is nothing to indicate that Mr.. Babcock |
will receive much aid and comfort from
the Iowa delegation in Congress. In
fact. the platform, taken as a whole, is
equivalent to a declaration that the Re
publican policy is essentially right. and
must continue to be so because II is Re-.
publican.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
POLITICAL COMMENT

| During the maneuvreS of a British
squadron British torpedo boat was
sunk. What would have happened If that
! British squadron had been fighting in
| earnest? Making believe has cost
EnglanG.s navy good many lives during
| the last ten years. as witness the Camper
| down-Victoria disaster.-Brooklyn Times
| Voting with rubber balls. as In Servta.
will really do little toward securing hon
est elections. The great trouble with
voters is not the absence of rubber balls
but the presence Of rubber consciences.
Philadelphia Times.
At last We seem to have reached the
point where 1t does not cost more than a
dollar to sell the Filipinos a cent $ worth
OF goods.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The seizure of little postoffice from a
Kentucky woman for spokesman does
not mean that chivalry is dead in the
Blue Grass State, but that the politicians
are on top-with the kind assistance of
the one-time civil service reformer, Viii
liam McKinley.-New York World.
If ever the United States was face to
face with a perilous situation it is now,
when war with a European Power may
depend upon the attitude adopted toward
the Colombia Venezuelan coutiict-New
York Herald.
A correspondent asks us for the COM
plete speech OF Senator Tillman to which
We referred the other day. This is i'm
possible. There never was a stenogra-
pher who could take his words down and
he never prepares in advance.-PhiIadel-
phia Inquirer.
The earth, as a whole. makes 365 revo-
lutions in a year. but in certain portions
of South and Central America they
usually beat that record quite a few
Boston Herald.
If Fighting Bob Evans also gets into
trouble with his book the literary bureau
of the United States Navy may be tenn
porarily closed Detroit Tribune
England's Chancellor of the Exchequer
announces that the total imperial ex-
penditures for the year ending March 81
last, including the war expenses. were
81, O05, 900, 600 England is billion-dolIar
country sure enough.-Boston Globe.
The United States have paid the debt of
Hawaii. which amounted to $1,000, 100 Ha-
wall came high. hut we had to have it,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Vice President Roosevelt is also the sor,
of prophet who seems to he honored more
the farther he gets away from home
Atlanta Journal.
1t is said that Postoflice Robber Nicely |
may be acquitted because Government /
witnesses cannot be compelled to go to !
Cuba The Government never intended |
that Nicely should be convicted He stands |
too close to some other thieves to be made |
to suffer for his crime.-Baitimore World |
Counsel for Admiral Schley who is en- |
gagged in searching the records of the |
Navy Department is reported to have |
been subjected to much annoyance by the
officials in charge. Such an exhibition of |
petty malice by the bureaucratic enemies |
IF the admiral will only deepen the popu- I
lar contempt for these arrogant snobs |
md strengt hen the belief that he has been
The victim of Navy Department con-
Argus.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
A Model Tenement House.

Another model tenement house Is to
be erected in New York, this time on an
immense scale. 1t is said that the
structure will accommodate one hun
dred and eighty-six families The in
ference is that, as one observer put it,
"decency pays dividends" Landlords
do not go in for philanthropy on so
large scale.
The abuses of the tenement system
have grown up not so much through in
tention as through carelessness. AS
everyone knows. a city does not always
grow in the direction in which 1t was
anticipated that it would. Washington
is a vivid illustration of that fact. The
designers of the city had all their plans
laid for a fashionable quarter east of
the Capitol, but fashionable society per
provided for it and settled In the north
west. Again, parts of city which once
were fashionable cease to be So as bust
ness blocks crowd out the gardens and
electric cars and other noisy things dis
turb the sleep and pastimes of the
house owners. Owing to all these cir
cumstances, there are frequently left
on the hands of the owner or agent
houses which We're once good, com
Portable dwellings, but are not suitable
for business offices. and with compare
lively little expense can be made habi-
table as tenements for the poor.
This has been especially true of New
Work. tenzfaantS hA
bered that however handsome and com
Portable large oldfashioned mansion
may have been in its day, 1t Is far from
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
The Iowa Republican Platform.

Considering the extreme character of
Iowa Republicanism in the past. the
platform just adopted at Cedar Rapids
is a rather conservative and dlgnified
document. There is not much in its
augmentation, nor does 1t speak
strongly for the consistency of the
party's record on some important pub
lie questions; but it is free from both
jingoism and abuse Of opponents
points as commendable as they are rare
In Republican platforms generally.
But as before intimated, the plat
form, viewed In connection with the
former trend of Iowa Republicanism.
does not present a consistent record.
and its logic is decidedly vulnerable.
Take. for instance, its emphatic en-
dorsement of the action OF the Repub-
hcan party in establishing the country's
monetary system more firmly upon
gold basis. With the present and pros
pective supply of gold there is not much
TO be said against the gold standard:
but the fact remains that until a com
paratively recent date Iowa Republi-
canism was opposed, strongly opposed.
TO that standard; and yet the declara-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
: The Antitrust Crusade.

The combined movement of labor or
CARNATIONS. the Antitrust League,
and outside sympathizers, to proceed
against the steel and other trusts, under
the Federal and State laws that they
violate daily, is an excellent one in
principle; but we do not expect much
to result from it in practice. The citi-
zens who are leading the agitation must
be dense indeed if they do not realize
the utter hopelessness of any effort to
cajole or frighten the Administration
the part of combinations whose compo-i
nent magnates own 1t. The Attorney
General of the United States came to
the office freshly graduated from the
law department of the Carnegie Steel
Works. No doubt he would do his duty
as he saw it; but, between his trust
training and the known desire OF the
Administration to protect the trusts In
all circumstances and at all hazards,
probably not much in the way of &C
tive prosecution could be gotten out of
Mr.. Knox.
The case is quite as bad in the States
The Steel Trust, for example, has plants
in New York. Pennsylvania, Delaware,
West Virginia, Ohio. Illinois, and Wis
consin. In every one of them there is
a trust-dominated Republican State
government. In no one of them is it in
the least likely that the authorities
would attempt honestly to enforce the
local laws against unlawful combina-
tons in restraint of competition and
trade. The only real hope Of the people
lies in the ballot box. They have twice
defeated it MISUNDERSTANDING, but
deliberately. Possibly they may grow a
crop of better sense in the course of
time. The trusts are a great curse, but
they are one that the masses have
brought upon themselves after ample
warning, and with eyes wide open.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
The United states md Australia.

The great island continent of Aus
tralia has sometimes been likened to the
United States in its possibilities for flu
ture development. To do this, however.
requires the drawing of a long bow on
behalf OF Australia. for while the island
is approximately equal to the continent
tai portion OF the American Republic,
exclusive Of Alaska, the resources and
productive capacity of this country are
vastly greater than those of Australia
The geographical position of the United
States is also one of very great advan-
tage. Still, there undoubtedly Is room
for much growth in Australia
growth that should have been more
rapid, il would seem, than has yet taken
place.
The lack of immigration into Austria
liza, and the consequent slowness of its
Increase OF population, has of late at
tracted some attention. The settlement
of the country began something more
than century ago. and the population
is still considerably less than four mil
lions In round numbers the populatio
of the United States is twenty times
that of Australia; and of our seventy
seven millions, at least seventy three
millions have been added since the set
tlement of Australia began.
The use of this great island as a penal
colony for a time retarded its progress
but there have been other reasons for
the comparative slowness of its growth
in population. First may be mentioned
its remoteness,- both from Europe and
the United States. which made IL not
only expensive to reach but decidedly
unattractive to the European emf
grant. who felt that to go to Australia
was much like taking leave of the
world. AS rule nothing short of great
gold or silver discoveries will draw a
large immigration into a region so dis
tant and relatively inaccessible. As a
matter Of fact. there were great gold
discoveries in Observation-Disclosures
rivaling those of California, and Aus
tralia is still a heavy producer of the
precious metal. But the fact is well
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
ADendIock nj Pekin.

a despatch received at the State De-
partment yesterday from Special Com
missioner Rockhill enlightens Us at last
in regard to Great Britain's reason for
refusing to sign the peace protocol The
Government in question objects to the
provision placing the power of revising
the Chinese tariff, in the hands of an in
ternational corsMission. Under this
plan it was proposed 20 make the du-
ties specific, but not to exceed an effec-
tive five per cent ad valorem rate
Many articles now on the free list were
to be taxed under the protocol scheme
Mr.. Rockhill has not yet furnished de-
tails, but. as we understand, has been
asked to do so.
1t is to be feared that this misunder-
standing will greatly delay a settlement
of the Chinese problem, and it is not
impossible that delay may be the Brit
ish game at this juncture. Il the Sails
bury Government was known to have
any assurance that the war in South
Africa would be ended within a short
time, it would net be difficult to believe
that postponement of the final settle
ment would help Great Britain's hand
considerably. With her army released
from the veldt and ready for service
anywhere, the British attitude in the
Far East would not be as complacent
and lamb like as 1t has been during the
anxious days OF preoccupation In South
Africa. and Englands objections on
several points which have been carried
against her opposition in the council of
ENJOYS would be revived In a forceful
manner perhaps. In any event negotia-
tons are at a standstill. and again no.
body can tell when the impasse is likely
to be surmounted.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

The demand that tariff protection should
be withdrawn from trust controlled arti-
cles is met by the plea that 1t would dis
turb business. This plea comes mainly
from those who pretend to be opposed to
the trusts, but who evidently are not
willing that any remedy should be pro-
vided 1t Is an objection which could be
urged to any measure intended to curb
and restrain monopclies. or almost any
other public abuse which in any way af-
fects the country's industries. The trou-
bic is that the trusts themselves are the
greatest disturbers. The longer they are
left unchecked the greater disturbers they
Will become. Their political power will
steadily increase, with the result that
there will be more and more difficulty In
applying a remedy. Mr.. Babcock meets
the plea with the answer that the Re-
publicans, being in full control. can pre-
vent disturbance and still apply rem
edy. So they can. but they will not, for
the simple reason that neither the Ad-
nor any of the real leaders of
the Republican party have the slightest
desire to interfere WITH the trusts.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

being well fitted forlanlapartment house
as a rule Such hdusesl were built be-
fore the days of steam heat, gas. or
water fixtures, and in rcmodeling them
for tenements most of the modern con-
veniences are often, left out because it
will cost too much to put them in. Thus
one finds fourstory brick building
with one or two or three families on
each floor, all housekeeping, with per-
haps enc source of ewater supply in the
place. Considering thai the mothers OF
families are often obliged not only to do
all their own homework and washing
but to earn part of the family living,
what wonder that the rooms on the top
floors are not always clean?
The worst tenement holes were. in the
beginning, such remodeled houses. In
cheaper and more fiimsy structures,
built for tenements, with no more con-
veniences for decent living than the old
houses had The landlord. seeing the
condition of the tenants in the latter
place. thinks it is not necessary TO give
them decent quarters. And SO the ten
ement house population has gone from
bad TO worse.
There is really little reason. however,
why the poor should not be housed as
comfortably II not as luxuriously as the
rich. There is money enough in tene-
ment property to pay for properly
constructed house, with water in every
apartment, good ventilation. and rea-
sonable amount of light This is true.
as has been proved, in New York and
London, and If those two cities can
solve the tenement problem, others
should be able to.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

Lord Kitchener has issued a proclama-
ton giving the Boer leaders in the field
and members of the late republican Gov
ernments until September Is to surrender
on pain of perpetual Punishment. Posi-
bly, something may come OF this move,
especially II II should prove true that
Mr.. Kruger has become insane. as a de-
spatch from Rotterdam yesterday assert
ed. In that event perhaps Botha and the
rest would be glad to give up, as they
must realize the futility of keeping up the
struggle. But. unless there be some other
and important moving consideration, we
do not fancy that the Boer commanders
will pay much attention to the Kitchener
pronunciamento
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

Again We are reminded that the war in
the Philippines is not exactly over. A
company of United States Cavalry was
ambuscaded. and two Of the soldiers We're
killed. How many were wounded is not
stated. After five hours fight the Fill
pinos were driven from their position, but
their retreat was deliberate enough for
them to carry away their killed and
wounded. If they had any. There is no
particular significance in the engagement
itself beyond the fact that 1t demon
strates that the lighting Is not all over.
1t emphasizes the truth OF General Mac
Arthurs statement that a strong mill
tery force will be required in the islands
for some time; but still more strongly
does 1t show the necessity for the adop-
ton OF truly American policy in fixing
the status of the islands and their people
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

Theoretically. it is possible that Rear
Admiral Howison never said the things
in relation to the sea battle of Santiago
and Rear Admiral Schley that he is cred
tied with in the old newspaper interview
dug up by the "Roston Record" But
the country is entitled to a better ex-
PLANTATION of the matter than mere Navy
Department assertion that there Is moth
ing in the charge. II the Language
ascribed to him was in fact his. or If 1t
represents his views in 1898 or now, his
appearance as member of the Schey
Court of Enquiry would be an outrage
on justice and decency. The Boston
Record" owes 1t to the American people
to prove its charge. If it can, and it is
Rear Admiral Howisons duty to remove
the last cause for suspicion of bias on
his part, or else ask to be relieved of his
assignment to the court. There is
sturdy public demand that the investiga-
ton shall be as fair and impartial as
Secretary Long promised that 1t would be-
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

The renewal by'a new note Of usurious
note, but excluding all the usury. is held
by the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine In
the case of Vermule VS.. Vermule ti9 Att.
Rep.. 60S), to render the new note valid
and binding on the maker. as the parties
themselves have done what a court or
equity would require them to do.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

In an action for damages against the
proprietor of a theatre on the ground that
the manager refused to allow an officer
TO serve a writ an actor engaged in
the theatre, the evidence showed that the
officer entered the outside door of the rear
part OF the theatre. where he was met by
the manager with two other men, who
stood against the door to the stage and
refused to allow the officer to enter ON
the trial the court directed verdict for
the proprietor of the theatre. and on APP
peal the Supreme Court (Rhode >IslaDdD
affirmed the judgment. One ground of
the decision was that the injury. If any,
WAS not due to the refusal of the man
ager to allow the officer to enter. but the
failure of the officer to serve his writ as
he might, and should have done. The
court said that the building in which the
affair took place was not dwelling
house, and the officer had entered the
outer door. If he had n valid writ he had
the right to break doors, and command
sufficient force to enter. after having re-
questeu atir.ittance and being refused.
(Paulton VS.. Keith. 40 Att. Rep. 635-)
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

Statues cut, carved. and wrought by
hand from solid block of marble. by a
person who is a graduate of a recognized
school of art, are 'statusry, the work of
professional sculptor within the terms
OF paragraph 454 of the tariff act of 1897,
holds Judge Coke, of the Circuit Court,
Southern district. New York. in the case
of Townsend VS.. United States Q08 Fed.
Rep, SOD, and entitled to entry as such,
without regard to the purpose for-which-
they are to be used tie degree of artistic
merit they possess. or the fact that they
are copied from the work Of other scuIp-
tors.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

A structure connecting two buildings on
opposite sides of street. built so far
above the street as not to interfere with
traffic thereon, is held by the Court Of
Appeals of Maryland. in the case of Town
send vs. Epstein (i9 Att Rep. 62s). to be
nuisance as to adjacent property owners.
whose light it obstructs.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

A fair association which maintained
race track on its fair grounds negiigently
made an opening in the fence surrounding
the track. and through this opening
horse ran from the track among the peo-
pie assembled on the main part of the
fair ground injuring one % the specta-
tors The court appellate Court of In
diana) held the fair association liable for
the injury on the ground that the cause
of the injury was the failure to enclose
properly the track. .ndeler VS.. Rush
County Fair Association, 80 n. E. Rep.
SD
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10
FOREIGN TOPICS.

The oldest of hereditary sovereigns,
Adolphe. Grand Duke of Luxembourg has
just entered upon his eighty-fifth year
Not only is he easily first In the matter
OF age. but he assembled a throne nine
years before the Emperor of Austria. who
has reigned longer than any one This
paradox is explained by the fact that
Duke Adolphe of Nassau was deprived of
his duchy in 1866. and lived four and
twenty years as private person before
inherittng the grand duchy of Luxem-
burg In 1899. The grand duke (who is a
descendant of George III of England has
an only son, who has four daughters
and an only brother There are now three
temporal octogenarian sovsreigns-the
Grand Duke Adolphe. the King of Dem
mark, and the Grand Duke of MeckIen-
burg Streiitz.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

Where person claims a status of citi-
zenship under the naturalization laws of
the United States Judge Boardman, OF
the United States District Court of
Louisiana In the case of Simone C1oS Fed.
Rep, 9i2), holds that the courts have 1ur-
isdiction to determine such claim, not
withstanding that 1t may have been ad-
versely determined by the immigration
officers.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-10

When one places a bank of dirt on his
own land above his neighbors. the SUI
preme Court of Michigan, in the case OF
Abrey VS.. City of Detroit Csc n. W. Rep,
80, holds that he is bound to erect a re-
wall sufficient to prevent the dirt
from encroaching. This rule applies to
municipalities well to individuals.
The fact that one has built a brick foun-
his neighbOr or municipality to bank
earth against il.