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The Washington times., 1901-10-31
PERSONAL.

II is understood in London that W. t.
Stead will soon become editor Of the
DAILY News" having as his assistant
II. w. Massingham, formerly editor of the
Daily Chronicle" Both are opponents OF
the war party.
Paris despatch says that the Duke
of Abrtizzi will visit the United States
next February, with view to arranging
for another expedition to the North POLE
Gen. Horace Porter. the United States
Ambassador az Paris. will soon go to
Switzerland, where he will be Joined by
his family.
Ex-President Cleveland will be invited
to deliver the commencement address at
the University of Nebraska next June.
George L. McNutt. the New York min
lister who gave up preaching to become a
workingman and live with the poor. de-
cIares that boarding house fare drives
many "A man to drink. 1T ought to be
a penitentiary offence to fry beefsteak,
he says.
Mr.. Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland,
President of the American Bankers As
sociation is of opinion that dishonest
bankers ought TO be ha iged.
. Major George W Merrick. of Tioga
County. Pa. has refused to serve on the
Getty sburg Monument Commission with
Representative Garvin. The latter was
Democratic member of the Legislature.
ana aided the Quayite Republicans in
carrying through their nefariOus meas
ures. 1t is supposed that his appointment
to the commission by Governor Stone was
in part payment for his services.
Mexicos grand old diplomat. the Hon.
Ignacio Mariscal. Is one of the most elo-
quent, forceful and brilliant orators in
the New World His address of welcome
to the Pan-Americau delegates was Il
masterpiece of cordial greeting states
manlIke scope of contents and rhetorical
art In the original Spanish it may be
read I'm all its perfection; translated into
English, much of its quality and distinc-
tion Is preserved.
Robert Bond, the Premier Of Newfound-
land, who was recently knighted by the
Duke Of Cornwall and York. is descended
from an old family of Devonshire. His
father was a rich and widely known mer-
chant in st. Johns for upward of half
century but the son preferred the more
active and ambitious life of politics and
the bar. As early as 1884 Robert Bond
had become Speaker of the Newfound-
land Assembly. From 1883 to 1897 he oc-
cupied "A Cabinet position as Colonial Sec
retary and in this capacity he did much
Ia enlarge and make free the industrial
life Of the old British colony Of which he
Is "A native citizen.
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The Home Market CInh.

There can be no doubt as to where
the Home Market Club stands on reci-
procity-it is opposed 10 the policy in
toto. The club does not so declare in
terms. but its language admits of no
other Interpretation. The executive
committee Of the club has authorized
the publication of the following state
ment:
among the most gratifying conditions Of the
time which is attended with so much prosper
ity at home, Is the fact that We have already
vastly extended trade abroad and have con-
quered large place in the markets Of the
world The time is now auspici0us for coEtiB-
uing and completing this conquest. IL must 20
on without delay and must be thorough and
permanent. To that end every step must be wise
= Euceessful. unretre@tins, and must command and
retain the confidence and appreciation Of the
American people We must injure no existing
American industry and throw no large body u
Sorknen out % employment.
I'VE respectfully request Congress. therefore
Il collect without delay, from every available
full and exact information as to the effect
OF all proposed treaties upon industries now sue
ctsSfully established. 20 that none may be SAC
riiced. and in that way whatever may be accom-
plished shall be both beneficial and enduring
The most distinguishing feature OK
The foregoing statement is its cold
blosdedness. 1t gloatingly proclaims
the fact that we have already conquer
ed large place Ia the markets Of the
world, and declares that the time is au-
spicious for continuing and completing
the conquest 1T must go on without
delay and must be thorough and per
manent," says the committee. The
form Of statement is a somewhat pain
full reminder Of Chauncey NJ. De-
pew's outbursts. when he attempts to
become serious. The extreme protec-
ZIONIST talks OF making a complete con-
quest of foreign markets, with all the
sorrow and misery which 1t may entail
upon other peoples. apparently with no
more eompunctions Of conscience than
a COW seems to feel when she breaks
into a pasture that does not belong to
her owner.
Commerce is In general cold and un-
sympathetic. Within well-defined linn
its all who are engaged In it are strug-
Cling for an advantage; but it is quite
seldom that the individual business
man openly boasts Of a purpose to ruin
his competitors. If such is his idea, ne
at least has the decency not to make
public proclamation of it. But no such
feeling seems TO cheek the beneficiaries
Of the tariff in their utterances, when
discussing our trade relations with
other countries. Still they are shocked
and indignant when Germany proposes
to erect a tariff barrier, and when Aus
tria- Hungary calls for a European com
bination against the United States.
We may. however. ignore the ethical
aspect of the matter and still find suff-
cient in this statement to justify the
strongest condemnation Of & as bust
ness proposition. 1We must injure no
American industry. and throw no large
body Of workmen out OF employment"
declares the committee. What does this
mean, when viewed In the light of the
Home Market Clubs doctrine? It
means simply that the duties must not
be lowered upon anything that is being
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
ALL THE BIDS REJECTED.
HAVANA improvements Not to Be
Begun at Present.

HAVANA, Oct 3O.-At meeting of the
ayuntamiento today letter from City
Engineer Barden was read, recommending
the letting of the contract to sewer and
pave the city to McGivney & Rokeby. OF
Jersey City. Senior Mendieta objected that
the difference between the original amount
of the bid. so 0,593. ola, and the subsequent
tender, $1O,6is.O00 was suspicious. The diff
ference was explained by Lieutenant Bar
den as due to mistakes in addition and
calculation of the -arious sums of which
the final total was composed.
The ayunta rniento decided to reject all
the bids AS the municipality is without
funds to do the Work, no further bids will
be called for at present.
General Wood has ordered Civil Cover
nor Nunez to preside daily at the meet
ings of the ayuntamiento In order to bring
its work up 10 date. The order is issued
under the Spanish law. Mayor Gener, who
is thereby temporarily deposed. Will act
as a councilman.
The Chilean training snip General Ba-
quedano has arrived here. The Spanish
residents will entertain her officers and
crew. A banquet has been arranged for
the former.
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A SMALL FURRY IN COTTON.
An Early Advance Soon Obliterated
In n Decline.

NEW YORK. Oct 3O.-An early advance
in cotton was due, primarily, to an unex-
pectedIy steady market in Liverpool. but
it was also attributable in measure,
to very general belief that a rally was
due. During the decline of something
like three-quarters of a cent a consider
able short interest had accumulated, and
the market usually has at least tempor
airy improvement after so severe and con-
tinuous fall in prices. Local and South
ern operators bought.
Later on, however, the same old condi-
tions again became apparent. namely,
depression coincident with good weather,
liberal receipts, easier spot markets,
hedging sales. liquidation. some short sell
ing. and tendency to increase crop esti-
mates. The early advance was oblitera-
ted and a moderate decline followed. pre-
cipitated largely by the big estimate for
New Orleans tomorrow. 10000 TO $3.50
bales. against 1902 bales last week and
S534 bales last year. There was, too
lack of support.
Outsiders bought to some extent, but
It was not an important factor Weather
and receipts will govern the future course
of prices.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
THE LYNCHBURG INVITATION.
Gun Club Endorses the Request for
the Presidents Presence.

LYNCHBURG. Va. Oct. ga few days
ago members of the Lynchburg Gun Cluo
decided to send President Roosevelt
whom they knew to be an ardent sports
man. an invitation to take part In DIG
camping-out hunt from November ~ 70
November 90 The invitation was sent 10
the President through Major Peter D.
Otey. Representative of this, the SiNth
district, of Virginia.
On account Of the Booker t. Washlng-
ton incident the action of the club mas
been widely commented on and criticised
both in this and other sections Of the
State, and J. Hampton Hoge, the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, Is making
reference in his speeches to the course
followed by the Lynchburg Club as a
reply to the attacks OF Democratic speak
ers on Mr.. Roosevelt's conduct.
Today the gun club took the matter up
and unanimously endorsed the sending OF
an invitation to the President. The mem
bers deplored the publicity given to the
matter, but in decided terms declared that
If Mr. Roosevelt would accept the invita-
ton the club would consider it the great
est possible honor. for they regarded Mr..
Roosevelt as. q. thorough gentleman and
a courageous. broad-minded man, whom
they WOuiu delight u ItNtlNt anu 'AASSi
tain. They declared, furthermore, that
Mr.. Roosevelt was able to be the judge
of his own acts, and that the club had
no apology whatever to make for the
course it had pursued
1t was stated further, however, that the
club did not mean by its action to endorse
President Roosevelt's policy in entertain
ing Booker Washington at dinner, but
that the members of the club recognized
that in other sections of the country ms
act was endorsed, and that 1t would not
be expected that outside of the South a
Southerner's view of the matter could
be cherished The club did not consider
the Booker Washington incident In any
way whatever. but simply invited Mr..
Roosevelt because they wished the pleas
ure of his company, and it was not as
President, but as a private citizen that ne
was asked to participate in the shoot
This statement is made on the authority
of the secretary of the club, who rea-
and endorsed it. The membership of the
club includes a number of prominent busl-
ness and professional men.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
WORK OF PENSION CLERKS.
Commissioners Annual Report Sent
to the Interior Department

The Commissioner OF Pensions has Just
made public his annual report to the Sec
retary Of the Interior, showing the num-
Der of clerks employed in that branch OF
the Government service as well as the
work they have accomplished during the
past year.
Comparing the present number of clerks
with the number authorized in previous
years, the report says:
In 1884 the authorized number of en-
ployes was 2009; number of certificates is
sued, S02l3; average number of certifi-
Gates per each empIoye. 10. In 1891 the
number of employees was 1.7n; number of
certificates. 1e9 663; average certificates per
employe, 63.
The number of originals for 1901 was
A S6S; restorations, 4.5i0: increases and ad-
ditiOnals. A. O53: accrued duplicates. etc.
IS 81; rejections 10000
The Commissioner says that though the
number of employees had been reduced
by action of Congress from 20tg to f.i4l
(23S in number, the actual number of GER
tificates issued was % i55 more in 1901. or
81 per cent while considering the re-
duced number of employees, the increased
output of the work amounted to nearly 81
uer cent.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
ORDERS PLACED IN NEW YORK
Canadian Grain Exporters Lose
English Government business.

TORONTO, Ont, OCT. 50.-Canadian
grain exporters were much disappointed
because the British Government orders
for 100000 bushels of oats for South Al
rica were placed with two New York
firms, instead OF in Canada. About half
of the total quantity Of oats required
have been sent to New York from on
tario where oats are cheaper than in
New York.
Today a Government agent passed
through here en- route to Manitoba where
he will buy half a million bushels Of oats
more for the British Government to send
to South Africa He would not buy ,he
oats here, because the Western oats are
cheaner.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
PAN-AMERfcAN ORGANIZATION.
The Original scheme for Five Vice
Presidents Abandoned.

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 30.-The Pan
American Conference seems finally to
have agreed upon an organization. The
original scheme for vice presidents has
been abandoned. There is still strong
feeling that the United States should have
the first vice presidency, but the deiega-
tion declines the honor. The South Amer
leans say they will nominate United
States delegate in conference. anyway.
If this is done, and the Americans per-
sist in refusing Duarte Pereira, of Bra
zil, will be named first vice president;
Senior EstupiHiaR. of San Salvador, as
second, and Senor Raigosa, of Mexico,
will be continued in the presidency. This
mornings : session decided against admit
ting newspaper reporters. The secretary
will publish resume OF each day. s pro-
ceedings, with copies Of speeches.
Tomorrow session will probably com
plete the organization.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
THE WISCONSIN AT HONOLULU.
BattIeship Calls for Coal an Route
TO PnEO PaEo.

HONOLULU. Oct % tvia San Francisco,
Oct. 30.-The battleship Wisconsin arrived
here this morning from Bremerton. on her
way to Pago Pago. She will take on 500
tons of coal From Samoa she will go
to Valparaiso. and then steam up the
coast to San Francisco. She goes as the
flagship of Admiral Casey, who will IN
vestigate charges of drunkenness against
Captain Tiney.
due in San Francisco from Bremen, ar
rived here on October 3-15S days out
She experienced calms and light winds
after rounding Cape Horn. She sailed
Yesterday for Portland, ore.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
The Tax on Wool.
lrrnm ~ - York Worldl

tFTUm Inc NV lvIA NVIIlI
Legislation calculated TO promote hon
esty in trade is commendabie on general
principles, but the admiXture of shoddy
is bound to be large in American woolen
goods so long as tarim duties averaging
IS per cent are levied on imported cloth
ing woods and 81 per cent on imported
woolen clothing These almost prohibi-
tive duties are strong temptation TO
the American WOODEN manufacturer to
mix shoddy. which is cheap, with wool,
which is dear. The poor people in the
United States wear shoddy clothing be
cause this is the only nation in the world
that puts a tax on wool.
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United They stand.
(From lie indianapolis News. }

(From :he indianapolis News.J
II y reported that the friends of the
ship subsidy measure and the enemies of
reciprocity have an understanding by
which they are to stand together on
legislative matters at the coming session
Of Congress. The report is credible be
cause il seems only natural that they
should do so one party is seeking for
governmental aid and the other seeks to
naTnetuate the special favors that 1t
has heen receiving. United they may
both get their hands into the Treasury;
divided they might fall victims to the
friends of freeT trade.
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,,,e cheerful Republicans.

From the ST Louis 6lobe-Demoerat.l
The Republican party can win national
victories without the aid of the South.
The only way for the South to become a
factor in the government OF the country
l. Ia come over to the Republican side.
Several of the old slave Statts-Maryland
Delaware. west Virginia. and. occasional
". Kentucky-have already made the
break from their past partisan athlittiohs.
them TO the Republican side In 1901.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
The Tobacco Tax.

tFrom the Louisville Courier-IournaIj
When the principle Of free trade with
Porto Rico was adopted two years ago.
the growers of Connecticut wrappers
were among the first TO raise objections,
and. with the assistance Of some others.
secured the reversal Of this policy. They
may try the same thing again. The qli"s-
tion is still open as to the Philippines
and tobacco from those islands is now
taxed Their production cannot be con
sidered as domestic so long as il remains
ont side the tariff wall.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
The Irrepre-SibIe Race War.
CEtom the Rrooklvn Eagle. }

The process OF civilization is a slow one;
SO slow. indeed that it is discouraging to
those who look back over only a short
period. And because of its slowness there
will be more outbreaks Of this kind in
the future And when the whites and
the blacks are better educated. the race
hostility will manifest itself in a differ
cnt way. But the conflict will continue
We should like to believe that II IS not
an irrepressib,e conflict. but the evidence
r:f,s far offered does not warrant that
...r.1nergp
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
Surnr and GnII.

lFrom the New York rribuuel
Is it not lamentable that the nature or
their products does not sweeten the reia-
ton between the refiners of beet sugar
and those refiners of cane sugar who arr
united in the Sugar Trust Strange To
say. the rivalry between them could hard
Iy be sourer and more bitter il they were
all engaged in the manufacture OF gan
Have they forgotten the old saw that
mOlasses catches more flies than vinegar!
The Washington times., 1901-10-31
The Cattle Trusts Reward.

tFrom Inc AtIanta JUurnaL)
The Dingley tariff act crippled our
trade with South America terribly by
taking hides off the free list, where they
had been for thirty years. and imposing
a Is per cent tariff on them. This change
was made at the behest and for the bene-
fit OF the Cattle Trust. which has con
tributed enormous sums to ethezsampaigu
funds of the Republican party.
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General chnmee'- Mistake.

IFTGW VHIVdgV
General Chaffee will have weekly pa
rades of the troops in the Philippines To
Impress and awe the natives This is
singular sequel to positive assurance that
The natives are all impressed and awed
many times over. Weyler tried that pol
icy upon the same anthropOloglcal types
In Cuba with well-known results A firm
and Just taste every day of constitutional
civil government will be more likely 10
produce permanent impre ssion with or
without awe. but making for peace and
prugreSS
The Washington times., 1901-10-31

Again we have a warning which Fed
eral and State health authorities should
heed The British Local Government
Board has issued statement which con-
tains the announcement that two persons
died o. the bubonic plague IN Liverpool
in the month of Octotcr. Three suspected
cases. are under observation That brings
the dreaded disease again very close to us.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31

tor in the final solution of the race
problem. and the colored people OF the
entire country will do well to weigh his
words with care.
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r,. I.,bm,,p Canal Commission.

The Walker Isthmian Canal Commls-
sion Is represented as being ready to re
nort IL is understood that it will re-
port in favor of the Nicaragua route,
as the country has expected from the
beginning. The danger that syndicate
of American politicians in collusion
with the management of the exploded
Panama scheme might succeed in in
ducing the Government TO take over
that worthless project, in order that the
Treasury might be tapped for their
benefit seems to have passed away.
Only a few weeks hence Congress will
be in session. The Senate and House
will assemble with the fun conviction
that the American people demand the
immediate construction of the Mica
ragua Canal. They will meet knowing
that we have a canal President in the
White House, and one quite as deter
minedly bent upon having an American
canal as his lamented predecessor
could have been. The Senate will be
asked to act upon a canal treaty with
Great Britain which, if forecasts are to
be trusted surrenders the former base
less British claim that the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty has been alive and opera i've
for a generation past. If that be the
case, il will ratify the convention
and Congress will get down to work on
the main proposition. Should any shred
of the Clayton Bulwer contention be
found in the new treaty, the country
will expect to see it rejected, and the
memory of the Clayton Bulwer abomi-
nation at once wiped out of existence
by joint resolution.
We do not look for any such necessi-
ty If we are not misinformed Presi-
dent Roosevelt has assured some of the
most sturdy opponents in the Senate Of
the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty that he
will send in one that every patriotic
American could and would support.
The public now, on information and be-
lief. expects that the treaty will provide
for the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal as an exclusively American en-
terprise, its neutrality to be guaranteed
by the United States alone, and the
United States TO have the privilege of
defending 1t. and of fortifying and clos
ing it against the enemies of this eoun-
try in time of war For such canal
the country is ready and eager to pay.
Congress cannot act too quickly in real
izing the American dream of three
quarters of a century-an American
canal to connect our Pacific with our
Atlantic shores, 80
The Washington times., 1901-10-31

When the Court of Appeals rendered its
Judgment granting new trial to Roland
b. Molineux there was talk Of his release
on bail. This would have been a practi-
cal dropping OF the prosecution; but the
charge would still have stood against
him. Molineux was reported as being un-
willing to accept bail. and insisting upon
another trial, whereby he hoped to clear
himself completely of the charge against
him. There may be some doubt as to the
truth of this, for the result of the former
trial was well calculated to make the
prisoner distrustful of juries. However
this may be, the celebrated case has now
taken another turn. and his counsel are
seeking to have the Indictment quashed
upon the ground that testimony was given
before the grand jury which the Court OF
Appeals has decided was incompetent to
be given at the trial. The point may be
well taken, or in the early stages of the
case an Indictment was set aside upon
similar grounds. But it did the prisoner
no good for he was at once reindicted.
Should this motion prevail, he might go
free. fer the status of the case is now
considerably changed
The Washington times., 1901-10-31

The latest British victory over the Beers
does not appear to have been an unmiXed
success. 1t is true hat, as Lord kitch-
ener reports, the Beers were repulsed with
a loss of forty killed; but they, in turn,
killed, twenty-eight and wounded fifty
FIVE Britishers. They also made off with
eight British transport wagons, loaded
with supplies Triumphs like that are
not calculated to end the war in a day.
The Washington times., 1901-10-31

For some time certain political econo-
msts in brussels who fancied they knew
all that was worth knowing regarding
the science of government have been
predicting a long period of business de-
preston in Belgium on account of the
scheme of old-age pensions recently intro
duced A receRt report however. made
by the Government shows that although
this is the case the country never was so
prosperous as now from the point of view
Of the wealth OF the Inhabitants. and that
hence although great changes in the
trades and Industries are constantly
taking place, these changes simply signify
"A period of transition ard not one Of
actual business depression Although the
population of Belgium "a not aiIte twice
that of Greater New York the sayings
bank deposits, which In 1885 amounted 10
'57,5coo0o, in 1900 exceeded 1900, a
very considerable sum per head.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Forty clergy
men of the New York diocese left the
Grand Central station yesterday on j.
Pierpont Morgan's private train to at
tend the Episcopal convention which
is to be held next week in san Francis
co. The party will return as Mr.. Nor
gan's guests also. BY Mr.. Morgan's
orders nothing has been left undone
which could add to the comfort of the
party. There are three sleeping cars
and dining, library and parlor cars on
the train. After reaching the Pacific
coast the clcrgymen will be entertained
by Mr.. Morgan at the Croker mansion
in San Francisco.