Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-04-13

movement. and, compared with other
ports. was peaceful. But there were
riots In the province around about.
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1t Is perhaps a sufficient Indication of
the true greatness of some of Benin.
min IlnrrisOn's qualities that his stat.
ure seems to have grown rather than
diminished since his retirement from
Office. Never u man of strongly mag
nctic personality. his career as Il poll.
ticinn coItrnsted strikingly with that
OF some of his contemporaries. No ora
tor would have thought OF clubbing
him u "plumed knight" II his char
nctcr was us firm us that of Cleveland.
1t was with u kind of ascetlc frmness
which did not arouse enthusiasm.
While he was elected as Il represent
tive of the principle of tariff protection,
lie was not the creator of that issue In
the sense that Cleveland or Mckinley
was, ana his memory Is not insepara-
bly, linked with that of any enthusias-
tic campaign war cry. His adminstra-
tlon, seen In the light of the most ~.
cent events In American history. seems
to have been singularly placid and TN
cventful. His figure, nevertheless, has
not been lost to view, ana although in
the eight years following his retire
ment he has kept silence most of the
time the public was significantly ready
to listen whenever lie opened his lips.
The country had reason to appreciate
the value of his legal learning. his tact
and his keen penetration when he ac-.
cepted the commission to take part I'm
the Venezuela settlement. but 1t was
less on account Of these qualities than
for his polse. stability and capacity
for original Judgment that the public
seems To have remembered him. He
was able with thc kind Of ability that
turns it. 0 GOOD purpose In what
ever gcncru or special lines It may be
directed, winning distinction for him
rs lawyer and as soldier. ana again In
the hall of the Senate. Had some try
Ing crisis arisen during his occupation
of the Presidency there Is little reason
to doubt that he would have been equal
to II. Possibly 1t Is because there was
no such crisis that he went out of of.
flee credited with u safe" and conser.
vatlve administration, but without the
promise of IN exceptional fame in the
line of Presidents. Had Mr. Harrison
been spared. his influence must have
been u factor of increasing Importance
In leading the public to n sense of the
real needs OF the nation. His death
will call forth the tributes inevitably
due to an cX-President who has nc.
quilted himself with honor, hut the re-
greet will he accumulated by the feeling
that even In his position as a private
citizen he might yet have performed a
service OF great value and Importance.
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The German army has furnished an
other terrible illustration OF what duel
Ing means. An infantry captain pres
ent at an officers dinner took offense
ut the innocent but rough horse-play
OF an army surgeon, and struck him.
lie then retired to his quarters. In a
little while two officers representing
the surgeon appeared with challenge.
Before they could deliver 1t Il brother,
OF the surgeon entered and shot the
captain dead. His excuse was that he
sacrificed himself to save his brother,
the surgeon, who had q wife and chill
dren, ana could hardly hope to survive
II duel with the offended captain, u
noted pistOl-shOt. Such an Incident
must come home with peculiar force
to the emperor, who has frankly COM
mended dueling In the army as the
proper way FOR soldier to protect his
Honor"
4 recent importation of foreigners
against which no one will be likely to
take exceptions, except, perhaps, the
natives they have come to destroy has
been graciOusly received ana welcomed
by the quarantine officer OF the Califor-
mia State Board of Agriculture at San
Francisco. The newcomers are a con-
Segment of tachina flies from South
Australia, deadly enemies of the grass
hopper tribe-their wholesale exter-
In fact, wherever found.
They came as cold storage passengers,
ana with them came large number
or ladybugs, for service In clearing the
orchards OF red scale--the pest OF fruit
growers.
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Justice Brewer, OF the United States
supreme Court. said In a recent ad-
dress that he who calls mob into be-
ing cannot be pronounced wholly guilt
less Of that which the mob may do.
The remark Is both seasOnable and full
Of sound sense.