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The times., 1901-06-20
A NATIVE HAwA1AN's TRIP.
sarIueI Parker stops Here on His
Tour of the World.

Samuel Parker. the Republican candi-
date for Delegate to Congress frsm Hawaii
and one Of the leading men of the islands,
was a caller at the White House yester-
day. He has been travelling through this
country for several weeks, accompanied
by his wife and child, and expects to make
a tour of Europe before returning to Hon
olulu.
Mr Parker is a man of magnificent ply
sique and commanding appearance. He
is native OF HawaI. and a half breed.
He is a man of large wealth and wears
large diamonds, a bright lowered waist
coat, and a Si09 Panama straw hat. He
speaks English fiuentIy and is a man of
experience and wide knowledge Of affairs.
At the election last fall, he was the
Republican candidate, and was defeated
by Robert W. Wilcox, who ran On an in
dependent ticket.
Il am out of politics now said Mr..
Parker II tried hard TO come to Congress
and failed and public Office now has no
allurements for me.
Hawaii is prosperous. more so now
than il ever has been before although we
have known no hard times as you call
them, for the Hast twenty years. We are
increasing our output of sugar and are
satisfied with the Government"
The times., 1901-06-20
TO USE SPANISH FIVE YEARS.
A Compromise in the Philippine
Court Language Matter.


MANILA. June Ie-The Philippine Com
mission today concluded the debate as to
the language that should be used in the
| courts of the archipelago. The President.
Mr Taft. declared that he was in favor
of the use of Spanish for five years. He
argued that the adoption of English as
the court languIGe would exclude the FIJI
| ipino lawyers from oracticing in the
courts and he doubted that this would be
public benefit.
Mr.. Taft recommended the adoption of
Spanish for five years, on the grounds OF
public policy, and with a view of meeting
the wishes OF the educated and influential
classes, who control the thought of the
majority of the population, which Is mar
rowed by Il restricted knowledge of out
| side dialects. He declared that it would
be wrong to take away the only medium
of prayer for justice which may be ef-
feCtively heard"
He closed by saying that he did not ex-
pect that English would be spoken in the
Philippines before the end of two genera
tions, but the learned lawyers would be
capable of mastering the language in five
years.
Mr.. Ide, of the Commission, argued that
million of the best educated F'ilipinos,
who formed one-tent1 of the entire popu-
lation, and a majority of whom were
property owners, were familiar with the
Spanish language. AS against these there
were only 10000 Americans who desired
the Introduction of English in the courts.
He pointed out that the provision in re-
gard to the language to be adopted con-
Germs only documents and records, and
does not prevent attorneys from address
ing the courts In any language. He refer
red to the general desire of the people. in
Guiding the foreign communities. for the
adoption of Spanish.
Mr.. Wright, of the Commission, spoke
in a similar strain. The Commission de-
cided In favor of Judge Taft's proposition
for the adoption of Spanish for five years
and adjourned until tomorrow, without
passing any bill on the subject because
of differences of opinion in regard to
several amendments proposed by Judge
Taft and Mr.. Ide. These amendments are
in regard to pleadings and making of
records.
Mr.. Clark, civilian. accused of con-
nection with the commissary frauds, was
today convicted and sentenced TO one
years Imprisonment and to pay a fine Of
$500 He is a leading confectioner of
Manila.
Herrero Laras, an assassin. was SEN
fenced to be hanged. Neither of these
sentences has been approved as yet, by
the authorities. The members of the bust
ness community. including foreigners, are
preparing petition asking for clemency
for Clark
The times., 1901-06-20
No FRAUDS AT THE PRESIDE.
General shafter Denies Alleged
Shortages and Misdoings.

The War Department has received from
General Shsfter a reply to the telegram
of enquiry sent him several days ago ask
ing for a statement concerning the al
legged frauds in the quartermasters de-
partment at San Francisco. General Shaf-
ter's report tends to show that the ae-
counts were exaggerated. In his reply he
says:
Il have refrained from making a report
regarding clothing seized by Colonel Maus
because the quantity was very small. and
it all appeared to have come from the
same man, junk dealer who did business
around the Preside The clothing had
evidently been sold 10 this psddlsr by sol
diers and recruits. The junk man and his
son who sold II have been arrested by the
Federal authorities and their case is be-
ing considered by the Federal grand jury
today.
There is no shortage in any OF the de-
partments here This seized clothing
undoubtedly represents the accumulation
Of articles which have been sold from
time to time during the past year or two
by the thousands OF soldiers who have
passed through San Francisco. / do not
regard this matter as OF any importance,
though ii has been widely exploited ~ the
newspapers However, the seizure of
these articles and the arrests made will
have the effect, l think, of discouragiEg
the purchase or sale of soldiers wearing
apparel in this vicinity hereafter
Following is an exact list Of the ar
tcleS seized: Blankets, II pairs; leggins
pairs; blue flannel shirts, IS; blouses. /:
gauntlet gloves, pairs; black calfskin
shoes, Il pairs; tan and russet shoes, So
pairs. AL these articles are now in tae
hands of the proper departments"
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moralizing in its influence. But then
the country in general has not been
treated to enlightenment from Joseph
Cook and other authorities on art and
morals. One of these authorities calls
the museum "the nastiest art gallery in
the world" and wishes to know why
we should foster the nude in art when
every nation that has sent it to us is
either dead or dying"
1t would be quite as appropriate to
ask why we should foster French wall
paper or Italian Madonnas when the
nations which send them to us are dead
or dying The question of the propriety
or impropriety of Greek statues is not
affected by the present condition OF
Greece. 1t is pretty well established,
in the first place, that the race which
created the Apollo Belvedere, the We
nus di Milo and the Diana of PraM-
teles was not Indigenous to the country,
but came from some older civilization,
possibly the lost Atlantis, and that
when the artists of this colony died out
the native Greeks were incapable of
carrying on such work. 1t is also peril
nent to observe that when Roman ar
chitects and sculptors and Venetian
and FIorentne artists ceased to produce
the works of art which have come down
to US from past generations, the life of
the people seemed to degenerate; and
it might quite easily be argued that
when a people become incapable of ex-
pressing their life in true art it Is
sign that they are decadent. If the ar
gument of the gentleman quoted above
would hold water Greece would be pro-
! ducing more nude statues now than
ever before. On the contrary, the most
beautiful of the Greek sculptures belong
to a period in which the morals and
intellect of the State, as well as its
art, were in their prime, and when the
average morality of the country was
probably as high as III any land of
the time, and higher than in most. 1t
was a Greek-Plato-who in drawing
the character of the ideal man, pictured
in almost absolute exactness the life
and character of Jesus Christ, who was
not to be born for many generations.
1t viii not do to call the people of
in moral principle.
AS for the notion that works of art
are any more moral clothed than un-
clothed, so that the subject and the
central thought be pure, the idea is
worthy of an age when men who were
desirous of being especially holy were
forbidden even to look at a woman,
and when tie most innocent desires OF
the human heart were condemned as
sinful It is said that one of these
prurient critics once made a sneering
remark about the Venus di Milo and
was rebuked by a passer-by, who re-
marked that the statue ought at once
to grow a pair of arms to box the fell
lows ears. The pure mind sees beauty
and nothing else in such statue as the
Apollo Belvedere; the nasty mind sees
nothing but an unclothed man. People
who are on the lookout for suggestive
ness in the Elgin Marbles ought to be
shut up. Their eyes are not fit to be-
hold pure young girls.
The times., 1901-06-20
a GIFT TO CORNELL.
John Rockefeller Donates $3.50, 900
ConditionaIIy.

ITHACA, n. Y, June 1s.-At the meet
ing of the board of trustees of Cornell
University today President Schurman
presented a letter from John d. Rookie
feller. donating $25O,0OO to the university
on condition that an equal amount is con-
tributed by others.
President Schurman said that, before
making the gift, Mr.. Rockefeller had sent
an agent here who spent three days in
specting the university, during which he
examined carefully the work of the insti-
tuition, its equipment, finances, etc, with
view to making written report to Mr.
Rockefeller. The gift was treated as an
investment for the benefit of mankind
and the same care and sagacity were ex-
ercised by Mr. Rockefeller in making IT
that men ordinarily exhibit in business
undertakings.
IL is thought by the friends of the uni
versity that Mr.. Rockefellers careful in
yestigations into the work and merits of
Cornell will be a warrant and induce
ment to others TO make investments
there. so that the $500 900 contemplated by
Mr.. Rockefeller may be secured. Unless
S250.OO0 additional is raised Mr.. Rookie
fellers $25o0o0 will not be available.
The money will be used in providing ad-
ditiOnal accommodations for instruction
and research, If obtained. The expansion
OF the university has in recent years been
so great that all departments are now
crowded. 1t Is expected that new build
ings will be erected for the departments
of physics and languages. AT present the
campus is torn up with the construction
of two new buildings for mechanical en-
gineering and for physiology and anato-
TI,.. hA sa4f IL
ance next year will be considerably larger
than ever
The times., 1901-06-20
Circulation Statement
ConsuIs and Missionaries.

Bishop Potter, in his address before
the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Roches-
ter. used rather strong language rela-
tive to some of our missionaries and
consular officers abroad, but it is not so
certain that he went any too far.
It is altogether true that in the most
of cases consular officers are selected
without much, or perhaps any, regard
for their fitness. and solely upon polit-
ical considerations. The Consular SerY-
ice is OF the utmost Importance. and as
a rule the proper performance of a con-
suFs duty requires ability of rather
unusual order. Frequently they are
called upon 20 exercise judicial func-
tions in matters of grave import, and
always it is their duty to look out care
fully for the commercial interests Of the
country they represet. 1t goes without
saying that too uch care cannot be ex-
ercised in the selection of such officers,
for bad appointments may result not
merely to our material disadvantage,
but to our positive disGedit as a ma
ton.
There is also room for much criu-
cism in the cases of many missionaries,
The most of these people are good and
well-intentioned. The trouble with
them is that they are enthusiasts
sometimes almost fanatics. They en-
gage in the work because they feel that
they have a call" and frequently they
are wholly without the requisite quail
fications for such work. The assump-
ton is too general that to make per-
son a successful religious teacher it is
only necessary for him or her to be
good Religious teaching in order to be
effective must consist of something
more than mere rhapsodical fervor-it
must be the very embodiment Of sound
and convincing reasoning.
When the work is being conducted
among heather peoples, ignorant Of civ
nized methods and modes of thought,
the missionary should also be a person
of tact and sound practical Judgment
one who knows just how far to go and
when To stop. Some things can be done,
but others are quite impossible. The
missionary should be capable of dis
eliminating. Many Of them. unfortu-
nately, are not.
The times., 1901-06-20

people living there those fundamental
individual rights which the Constitution
regards as inalienable. To say that be-
cause the Filipinos are not yet fitted for
statehood they may be governed just
as Russia would govern them, with no
limitat ton upon the governing power, is
not only illogical, but it is in fiat contra
diction of the argument that Judge
Speer was making against the Slav
theory of government.
In speaking of the criticism of the
cision, Judge Speer was positively ILL
tempered. He spoke of the critics as
"belated Americans bawling anathemas
at the court" 1t is possible that here
and there sOr:Ie individual may have
"bawled anathemas" in the direction
indicated, but in general, while the crit
icis,n of the court. particularly of Jus
tice Brown. has been severe, it has at
the same time been exhaustive, argu-
mentative, and judicial. 1t is not neces-
sary to look outside of the records Of
the court itself to find ample ground for
all the criticism that has been leveled
al the decision in the Downes case.
When a Justice who holds the casting
vote first declares without qualification
that Porto Rico is American territory
and in the next breath asserts that it is
not. there are millions of people in this
country, honest, intelligent, conserva-
tive, and no more "belated" than is
Judge Speer himself, who will insist
upon thinking and saying that a de-
cision based upon such contradictions is
fairly and justly open to criticism.
The times., 1901-06-20

The report that Mr.. Bryan is fayoring
the formation of Silver Populist party
in Kansas should be received cautiously.
Mr.. Bryan is an able man. and his recent
acts and utterances show plainly that he
understands perfectly that silver cannot
be made a winning issue. He also knows
that Populism has been losing ground
steadily, and that 1t is now weaker than
it ever was before. He surely has too
much political shrewdness to tie himself
up with such combination as that. Be
sides, the Democratic party which has
twice honored him with it's Presidential
nomination. has done nothing that would
furnish him with even color OF excuse
for abandoning il at this time. Probably
the use of his name was entirely unau-
thorized.
The times., 1901-06-20
Ridiculous Names.

! Somebody has been hunting up all the
ridiculous names which have been be-
slowed on unoffending and helpless in
fants by their parents, and the result
is rather a fearsome collection. Per
haps the queerest Of all is that of
man whose father named him not long
after an unprecedented snow fall, which
began the first of March and resulted
in many weeks of sIeighing. The unfor-
tunate child was dubbed Seven Weeks
Sleighing In March Smith. He was
commonly known as Weeks. This hap
pened about a hundred years ago. 1t
may have been at about that time that
a patriotic American named his son
Declaration of independence. There is
an English innkeeper's son who bears a
conglomeration of name. Robert
Alma BalaclaYa Inkerman Sebastopol
Delhi Dugdale.
II an absurd name is unfortunate for
a boy, 1t is considerably worse for a
girl. There is a legend. which may or
may not be true, of a romantic mother
who was wife of a Mr.. Rose, and named
her little daughter Wild, because it was
poetic. She did not, however, count on
the prospect of the young lady's mar
rying in due time, and when the name
of the chosen man turned out to be Bull
the combination was not quite so poetic.
Romantic names are not especially
grateful, as a rule, to either man or
woman. There is a lack of dignity
about such a cognomen which is pc
culiarly trying to a person who is really
dignified. Moreover. the name is not
at all likely to fit the personality.
Blanche is apt to be dark, and Violet
TO be a robust damsel with manners
the reverse of shrinking, while the
stately name of Constance or ZenObia
may be bestowed on a maiden who can
not support the whole of il, and has to
be known by a nickname. More trying
still is the situation of the woman of
strong and sensible character who is
doomed to go through life with the
name Luretta, Hattie, or Pottie attach
ed her, simply because doting friends
and relatives called her by some such
nickname in babyhood and have refus-
ed 10 give up the habit.
II is easy 10 see, IN lne case OF some
people, that they were born during a
certain well-defined period, from the
names, popular then, which were at
tached to them by their parents. For
time all feminine names ended in
'ie;" before that there was a period of
Clarissas. Penialas, and Clorindas,
named after characters IN romantic
novels; and OF late there has been re-
version to old-time names such as our
grandmothers considered common and
unaristocratic. The girl whose mother
was known as Sadie" is called, by her
own preference Sarah or Sally; and he
whose hereditary baptismal name is Jo-
siah no longer signs himself j. Ernest
Robinson. In future years people will
be able to pick out the girls born during
the closing decade of the century be-
cause they viii all be Dorothy, Marga-
ret, Elizabeth. Helen, or Katherine, and
without nicknames.
The times., 1901-06-20
NAVAL ORDERS.

The following orders have been issued
by the Navy Department; Commander c.
II. Arnold. departments order, directing
to report for course of instruction at War
College. revoked; granted three months
sick leave; Lieut.. {. w. Dyson. to Bureau
of Steam Engineering. June 25; Surgeon
C. r Stokes, TO SOlace. upon arrival in
the United States; Assistant Surgeon r
B. Williams. to kearsarge. June -: Chap
lain w. E. Edmonson, to Topeka, June "A;
Assistant Boatswaia w. Juraschka de-
tached Buffalo. to Massachusetts: Assist
ant Carpenter William +. Hamburger. ap-
pointed (Newark).
The times., 1901-06-20
REVISING INsULAR TARIFF.
A Reduction of Duties I'm Some Phil
ippine Islands Schedules.

Work on the revision of the proposed
Philippine tariff is progressing rapidly
and it is probable that 1t will be ready
for PRONUNCIATION within a few weeks.
The tariff as prepared by the Philippine
Commission has been considerably altered
by the War Department and viii be is
sued without advising the Commission OF
the several changes
The duty on some articles has been in
creased while on others reductions have
been made. Expensive articles OF luxury.
like onyx goods and bricabrac, we've to
be admitted under the Commissions tar
in at 50, but this has been increased to
so by the department.
The Commission placed printing ink un-
der the same tariff as writing ink, but
this duty has been reduced. The tariff
on paper for the printing of newspapers
and books has been reduced from about
50 TO 80 cents. All printed books and pa
pers can be imported into the Philippines
free of duty. A reduction has also been
made in the duty on harness and wagon
goods.
The times., 1901-06-20
MIR. PIatt's Retirement.
lFrom the Boston Herald1

In point Of service on public questions which
we're worthy 20 engage a Senator's attention he
nas been as absolute a noncntity as the most
ostensible millionaire the feeblest frontiers
man among his colleagues. There is little won
der that his life at Washington has been iis-
tasteful to him. There are those who think that
he retiFcs with view OF better retaining his
boss position, but 10 es,r mind il seems a step
Gather taken in despair and disgust, in view OF
the n1gner in which younger men are gaining
upon him in influence in the Republican party
az %e4v York
The times., 1901-06-20
TO DELAY THE PROCLAMATION.
In That Event the Indians Hope for
Congressional Relief.

Judge ". y. Springer counsel for the
hiowa. Apache, and Comanche Indians.
who object to the opening up of their
lands in Indian Territory to white set
tiers, yesterday presented to the President
a memorial, asking him to defer as long
as the law permits his Issuance of the
proclamation declaring the lands open.
The statute enacted by Congress stipu-
Iates that the President shall issue pro-
clamation within six months after the
Secretary of the Interior has finished the
aIlotments to the Indians. The Secretary
has until August 6 in which to do this,
and six months from that time Will be
February s. Within that time the friends
OF the Indians hope to have Congress re-
peal the law, which is asserted to be very
Unjust.
The lands are said to be worth $5,00O-
00e, and TO be bringing an annual rental
of $230, 600 and the Government proposed
to pay only 81. Geo for them.
The times., 1901-06-20
NOT VALID IN CANADA.
An Important Decision Regarding
United states Divorces.

TORONTO, June ia very important
decision was given here today by Judge
McDouga on the validity of United
States divorces in Canada In the case
Of John l.. Sheppard an arrest was made
for non-support of his first wife
He showed that he had secured divorce
in the United States and held he was
under no obligation TO support her The
judge held otherwise. giving judgment to
the effect that American divorces are not
valid in Canada.
The times., 1901-06-20
studying Scientific Lore.
LFrnm thc MiIMankee SentineI.l

IFfOW lNc NIII"IShtt '7'I3t3IIcI'J
The only excuse for denying TO any young
person tree access to the writings Of the most
advanced thinkers and teachers Of evolution, the
origin Of the species, and kindred subjects IS that
"a little knowledge is a dangerous thing
student who confines bis Investigations 10 one
subject lass OF subjects invariably ar
rives at the conclusion that il he could only
pursuc his researches a little turthcr-it he could
only penetrate beyond 4 certain barrier-rhe
whole ,-nivefsc II knowledge would he opened O.
him 4 -ia% alone IS missing with which, ii
be cu;lld only sipp.y IT, he could demonstrate
hey ond the possibility OF dispute that his par
tic1Ilar science is the be all and end all Of
human know ledge.
The times., 1901-06-20
wicLedness In the Boston Museum

There has been a tempest in a tea
pot over a proposition 10 give the re-
ception 10 the Young Mems Christian
Associa ton delegates In the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts. 1t seems that
some members of the association, and
other people who are not members,
are terribly shocked at the idea Of al
lowing the innocent young men thereof
TO see the Greek statues in the museum.
They have not explained what they viii
do to the youths If the latter visit the
place privately, but they are in deadly
earnest about having any public recog-
milton of the hall as a reception room
for godly people.
This viii be something of a surprise
10 the country in general. for Greek art
has not been ordinarily regarded as de-
The times., 1901-06-20
Tax Reductions.
lrrom the IndianapoIis News.l

The Republicans must prepare 10 meet il
There can De no doubt, think that the people
generally are convinced that they are being
uniustly taxed for the benefit Of trusts and
combinations When il comes to question of
unjust taxation party lines are likely to be-
come exceedingly shadowy. And If the Repub-
lican party takes the position now held by the
extreme protectionists it Will by 50 doing, create
an issue which will do much to unite the
Democratic party and make it strong.
The times., 1901-06-20
Minister Wu's Ideas.
lFrnm the Baltimore Herald. !

Until the Chinaman works his way up to
more advanced plane of existence he may not
lie allowed TO invade American territory. Min
lister Wus argument that political influence has
been used TO admit other nations Of low in
dusirial scale Is not an argument that admits
Of Chinese immigration; however, it may show
that politics has worked evil 10 industrial
America.
The times., 1901-06-20
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Harriet Bacon Smith, widow of DR.
T. L. Smith, a surgeon in the United
States Navy, died on Tuesday at her home
in Brooklyn. y. Y, in her eighty-third
year. She was born in Boston and was
a granddaughter of James Bacon, one of
the prison ship martyrs. Her husband
had medical charge CT the Brooklyn Navy
Yard during the civil war.
The times., 1901-06-20
No Excuses offered.

(From the Richmond Dispatch.l
The Icernbers OF the Virginia constitutional
Convention not on the defensive in the mat
ter OF refusing 10 swear to support either th.
state the United States Constitution.