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The Washington times., 1902-12-22
Statesmen and Their Ways.

come to the front Immediately after the
election Of Hanna TO the United States
Senate next time Anticipating this.
young men are aghting their way to the
front.
In Massachusetts, the supremacy ot
Senator Lodge Is seriously threatened by
the younger element in Republican poll
tics. In the great States OF New York
and Pennsylvania it is plain that within
a few years-and very few. indeed-new
and younger men must come TO the front
as managers and cnfsneile-- IN Michi-
gan the old organization passed out Of
existence with the death OF Senator Nc
MILAN Newer men. unknown even over
the state. are working 10 the front IN
the slowly developing machine Of the
near future.
In Minnesota the old Merriam control
passed out Of ective political lie two
years ago. anG a set Of rugged young
sters under the real direction Of Sena-
tor Nelson have taken their place. In
Wisconsin the old-timers will re-elect
Senator Spooner with their dying politl-
cal breath. and then turn the party az
fairs Of the Badger State over 70 lot OF
impetuous youngsters who march with
varying fidelity and devotion under tha
banner Of LaFoilette. He may not be the
new leader. Some Of his followers sure
" will be. In Indiana the State goes
into the steady Republican column IN
der the guidance OF the gradually
strengthening and practically new or
ganization OF Senator Fairbanks.
In Illinois there is utter party demor-
alization from a Republican standpoint,
but a vigorous crowd Of untried political
fighters are going through the same
hand-to-hand struggle for supremacy.
and out Of this IS certain 20 come a well
organized band Of experienced political
workers who viii have control Of the
party matters in the State.
In short, all along the line one notes
an ending OF the old and beginning OF
the new.
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Policy Is Changed.

Presto. change and the Adrninlst-=-
ton comes to the aid of the black and
tan" goes TO the relief Of the elected.
and the "lily whites" receive iolts
where they had expected jobs. But IN
fortunately for Senator Pritchard he had
gone too far to retreat: for him the die
was cast. and right manfully he has
been lighting the fight which means a
white supremacy IN the Republican par
ty in the State or a bi-colored control.
Now the issue is just this. whether the
President shall reappoint the Hon. Meyer
Hahn as collector Of the port OF New
berne. and the Hon. Samuel H. Wick
postmaster at Wilson, tnus recognizing
the black and tans. OF whether he Will
be guided by the wishes Of senator
Pritchard and make his selections from
the lilly whites"
1t means much 10 the people OF North
Carolina and the party there. Wick is
colored. and Hahn is white. but politi~
caliy both are BLACK and tan II SEN
ator Pritchard wins. and he has been
bringing all possible influence to bear. it
will mean that he is the recognized
leader in the state; and It viii also
mean that the alliance with the negro
is terminated ana that he may take his
belongings and dana=t srom the Repub-
lican party; but If Senator Pritchard
loses, It viii mean that he is discredited.
and that the white Republican party in
the State might as well abandon hope OF
maintaining an existence The outcome
IS awaited with interest There has
been the suggestion Of a compromise
whereby the black and tans" may win.
but that Senator Pritchard, when he re-
tires from the Senate, shall be made a
Federal judge in the new judicial circuit
to be created in North Carolina This
plan has not yet matured.
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New Public Buildings Needed.
The Government Practices False Economy in Leasing
From Private Landlords

The reported
bill fixing the Department
Agriculture recommending building
pays Washington compliment pIning
its three penny, policy
continually
furnish fOr
colleagues cordially
Congress provide department
buildings be
cheney They agree present dispensing
single departments many
economy
in Of Government
many buildings occupies
annually February paying
purses Of private
Treasury money day
capital repre-
Governments outlay sIsoOoOOO
That eight public
g relieving pressure congestion all branches of the
appropriately general Identification
grow capital surprising
attaaiveness.
Every dignity economy business judgment
design
may truly own The hand
costly inurinz profit of
holders unworthy powerful nation
may interests on extracting
extravagan Treasury appeal to
public pride enlightened interest Of
many progress to
he Districts bushes andart development
capital Washington things adequate
department buildings Department of
Agriculture be followed
by buildings many depart
costly hospitality private
landlords
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i'm THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD
Much
Of in American Banking

ter OF finance OF Bavaria, which he has
held for a quarter Of a century without
any interruption whatsoever. This pro
longed and undisturoed tenure o: a cab
met Office is almost unique in the annals
Of the constitutional history Of Europe
the only other instances being that OF
the late Prince Bismarck, who was pre-
mier OF Prussia for twenty-eight years,
and that OF Baron Won Welsersheimb
the Austrian minister Of national de-
tense. who has held Office for about
twenty-six years. But in these two in
stances the ministers were kept in -fice
by their respective sovereigns irrespec-
tive OF the wishes Of parliament, and as
agents Of the throne rather than Of the
legislature. whereas Baron Won Riedel,
who has reorganized the entire financial
system OF Bavaria, has remained in Of
fee throughout with the sanction and
good Will and the confidence Of the Ba-
varian chambers.
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THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
sven Hedns Exploration Of Central Asia and It's Results

cal determinations have been secured to
check this. he has kept a complete ne
teorologicaI journal making records
thrice a day; be has taken over 2.0oO
photographs. made archaeological. ZOO
logical. and botanical collections: be-
sides bringing about zoo rock specimens
to Illustrate the geology of Tibet, OF
which at present very little is known
Throurhout. he says. ne endeavored to
avoid travelling over routes already ira
versed by other explorers. But the
earlier part Of his journey was in a re-
gion which ne had already visited.
Northern Turkestan. IT'S object. which
was completely successful. being to
trace accurately the course OF the River
Tarim.
Both that and the less important
Cherchen-Daria are frequently changing
their course. abandoning one channel TO
excayate another The former river
shows a constant tendency to shift led
toward the south. and on that side
throws of numerous arms or secondary
channels. into which occasionally il di-
verts its main stream. These vagrant
tendencies are rendered easy by the ma
ture CT the region traversed-an arid
lowland, with the shifting sand dunes for
hills In one place, on the right bank of
the Tarim. chain Of long lakes bordered
by sterile sands has been formed, which
are continued between dunes sometimes
more than 100 yards high.
The ancient lake has now completely
dried up. but on it's northern shore he
found ruins OF towns. settlements and
temples, as wen as manuscripts aud
tablets Of tamarisk wood In Chinese char
acters. dating from the third to the nth
century Of the present era. together with
indubitabIe traces Of an arcicnt caravan
road. His former journey was rewarded
by similar archaeological discoveries
farther west in Turllestan. so that evil
IDENTIFY the region was much more -four
ishing some fifteen centuries ago. Part
ly this has been the work OF man. but
perhaps it is sull more due to q change
in climate. A very large proportion Of
Central Asia. not only Ia the region east
of the Thian-shan but even in that TO
the west Of this chain. seems 10 be grad
ually drying w. hut What may be the
cause Of the dedication no one can ven
ture to declare pOsitively.-LOndon Daily
News.
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DAWN or THE FARMERS DAY
By tie Hon. JOHN W. BOOKWALTER.

that existed the lands dividing line
imagine how slow the development would have
been. would probably today
haze but Mississippi River To-
day have than 80 100000 people and
railroads would measured 100000 miles In
length.
The period Of depression has passed. Recently J. J.
HILL president the Railway Company
carsd that he supply public lands was practically ex-
nRusted that there reforming the tariff
He realized the truth the whole country must at
early day.
The prices OF agricultural products again
to low level Capitalists the situation
reaching out to buy They know there is no
safer better Land cannot burn down There
is element holding it. This investment has
taken by the millions away from New York It will
not return in the volume heretofore YOrks
financial sringeneyi largely by But
not only New York but Chicago distressed Out in To-
peka Kan. newspaper dispatch day related
that there modified strngency such as now affects
the two large cities named Money is going ot
into
The whflom cheap grain will never return. The
Eastern fellows, for favored by egsa-
tion longer have the advantage.
In time intense feeling between the urban and tn,
population develop. The
spOnsible for prices that by causes
and not by combinations will probably be charged
The change the the strngency of today
a redistribution CT the worlds taken from
the agricultTst by discriminating legislation
will return to him through the operation laws
The time may be far distant when the will
20 South America. instead Kansas and Ne
braska. beef
With this change will probably representatives. o.
agriculture IN Congress Now there is In other
countries where It has suffered through odiOus
has been prominent legislation. France has
agricultural chamber deputies headed
by Mene. The under his leadership
domin ating force in that body Germany
active alert aggressive and treless The
United States will their in influence
duplicated this country
result the prominent and progressive position Of
agriculture the wealth there about equally
distributed the urban and the rural classes
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May Prove a Political Power.

The princess is a Wonderfully clever
woman, whose influence over her hus-
band is unbounded. and being extremely
ambitious and possessed with a pro-
nounced taste for politics. she is ex-
pected by the leading statesmen, not
only in Austria. but also abroad to play
a very important role in the future
destinies Of the Austro- Hungarian en-
pire. II Is perhaps because this is recog-
nized that foreign royalties are begin
ming to concede to her an amount Of at
tontiop and Difference not usually ac-
corded to mOrganatic wives.
The princess, who is by birth a Coun-
tess Chotek. has a son by the archduke.
and there are many, especially in Hun
gary. who are OF the opinion tl.at this
boy may some day become a rival Of her
nephew, young Archduke Charles l'ran-
els (eldest son OF Archduke Ottol, for
the throne. II moi Of Austria, at any rate
of Hungary. Indeed, Archduke Charles
Francis. now q boy OF fifteen, who has
been edueated at the public grammar
schools OF Vienna sitting beside the sons
OF petty shopkeepers and of working
people In the most democratic fashion. is
regarded by the inhabitants OF the Aus
trian metropolis with a more than ordi-
nary amount OF interest, because II is
generally believed his succession to the
throne may be contested. at any rate in
the Magyar portion OF the empire.
The Washington times., 1902-12-22

77HIs is the dawn Of the farmers day struggle be-
tween the urban and the rural population of the
country S In the initiative. In population the two
elements equally divided While they half and
half numerically in wealth the widest divergence
The total wealth OF the s estimated at SSooOooo
OoO OF this but S2O0OoCcOOcO hands Of the rural
population or less than the total wealth Of
the country This inequality did always exist Prior
the civil wealth measuraby about equally d.
vded The separation began imposition OF the high
tary adoption land grant system which in
almost one generation developed equal in produc
capacity which required in the East several
centuries to produce.
Tie one made the farmer luy AT the highest prices.
while the other made him the lowest Millions Of
acres Of cheap years began furnishing the
6readsus and did the value of every acre
of Eastern farm land was correspondngy impaired and
chearened with the tariff side as an enemy and
the cheap lanes on the it not long
money seeking investment flowed eastward Agricu-
ture had been rendered improbable.
Year after year the rapidly taken Even
tuay the entire supply with this exhaus
ton came gradual the price of cereals.
Demand now follows swiftly on the OF supply No
longer surplus the in the face to
aH ships restoring the equilibrium
The two causes enumerated put agriculture for many
years at disadvantage prices prevailed and there
was little no encouragement TO engage in farming.
When the lands Of Indiana opened for set
development unequaled by Of the
readiness which smooth unincumbered fer
tile prares plow fields the West could be put in
cultivation East Of this region centuries had been
telling gubbng and draining get lands
harvess West OF this divid
ing the able DO the prairies lands.
ready pillow than the farmer
had been able do IN decades Immense areas
the prairie land under cultivation. From them
came deuge grain that poured the old and
Europe Prices shattered and agriculture in the old
States almost ruined.
prices reaching their old level There
practically public upon. Grain
viii remain high. The VIII the place the
world which he destined once did occupy
II the lands Of Indiana had been covered with
timber had had the mpedlmens their develop
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THE SEA.

stand upon the summit OF my life,
Behind the camp, the court, the field,
the grove.
The battle, and the burden; vast. afar
Beyond these weary ways. behold. the
Seal
The sea, o'erswept by clouds. and winds.
and wings:
By thoughts and wishes manifold; whose
breath
Us freshness, and whose mighty pulse Is
peace.
Palter no question Of the horizon dim
Cut loose the barkl Such voyage itself
Is rest;
Majestic motion. unimpeded scope.
widening heaven, a current without
care.
Eternity! Deliverance. promise. course.
Time tired souls sallto thee from the
shore.
-Brownlee Brown.
The Washington times., 1902-12-22
NOVELTIES IN DIVORCE.


from the date Of the divorce. Should di-
vorced persons desire to remarry each
other they are barred from doing so II
one OF them has in the interval been
welded 70 a third party and obtained a
second divorce.
When a disgruntled couple resolve to
be set free by the mutual consent pro-
viso they are first asked 70 make an in
yentory OF their entire possessions. real
and personal, and distinguish their re-
spectiYe rights. Then follows a state
ment Of how they intend 10 dispose OF
the children OF the marriage, where the
wife shall reside until the application
is passed upon and what amount OF ali
mony the husband shall pay during the
interval. should the lady not herself
have means Of support.
These preliminaries accomplished. the
applicants are obliged to appear together
before the president Of the district civil
court and make declarations OF their de-
sires in the presence OF two LAWYERS
brought by the parties. The Judge
shall make 20 each, IN the presence OF
the two notaries. such remarks and ex-
hortatious as may seem 70 him appro-
pirate, shall read 10 them the chapter
Of the code relating to the effects OF
divorce and show them the consequences
OF their step"
Should the judicial homiIy not turn
the unhappy petitioners from their pur-
| pose they are required to file with the
lawyers the certificates OF their births
and Of their marriage. the certificates
Of the births and deaths Of their chill
dren. II any and the declarations O,
their parents or grandparents. If living
testifying that the application rs con
sented 10. The declarations have TO be
renewed within the first fortnight OF
each Of the fourth. seventh. and tenth
| following months, the wife in the mean
/ time having retired within twenty-four
hours Of the filing Of the first appIica-
tion 10 the house already agreed upon.
/ Sometime during the first two weeks
after the expiration OF twelve months
the applicants. attended by two friends
both well known in the neighborhood
and none OF them less than fifty years OF
/ age, must again appear In court. Should
their previous determination be main.
iained the declarations. etc, shall b.
sent by the district judge 10 the city OF
town council for final adjudlcation.-Ne
] York Press.
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Reforming the Court at Cairo.

Reforming the Court at Cairo.
Tourists who visit Egypt this winter
will experience a good deal Of difficulty
In securing invitations to the Khedivial
balls and entertainments. For Abbas
Passa. the ruler Of the land Of the Nile.
who was educated wholly at Vienna, is
becoming more and more exclusive. and
possessing a much more extensive ac-
quaintance than either OF his two pred
cessors concerning the social status and
antectdents Of foreign visitors makes
use thereof 70 close his doors to those
who he believes would not be admitted
either 10 court or the best society In their
own native land.
This. Of course. is giving rise to a great
deal OF grumbling and disappointment on
the part OF those who are the subjects Of
the unfriendly discrimination Of the Khe-
dive, and hear that this has been par
ticularIy marked in connection with the
fetes given IN honor Of the recent visit
Of the Duke and Duchess Of COnnaught to
the Egyptian capital.
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A Fairbanks Movement.

Hemenway is of the Fairbanks or
ganization in Indiana. While his can
didzcy for governor will be in no sense
iactional. IT is recognized BY all Hoosiers
that he is one Of the abIest lieutenants
in the regular organization. which Is
completely controlled by the senior Sen
ator. The intention Of finding opposi-
ton to Senator Beveridge, h',wever, is
probably entirely apart from the guber-
natorial candidacy Of Hemenway. In
fact, Governor Durbin. who is a vigor-
Gus opponent Of the Junior Senator
would much prefer TO have Mr. Hemen-
way in Congress TO cavorting around the
State interfering with his secret plans
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A wonderfully Mixed Asgembly.

In former times. the Khedivial court
was the meeting ground Of some Of the
most unsayory people I'm all Europe. The
Christians who formed part Of the Khe-
diviai encourage were men OF the shadiest
antecedents, while their womenlind were
even worse. Indeed. things rached such
a pass that whenever a foreign diplomat
married a lady with a past. and who was
as such barred from any European court.
he was at once sent TO Cairo, the doyenne
OF the diplomatic corps for a time being
dame who had eloped with the son Of
the prime minister Of one Of the smaller
states Of Europe whom she had married
after she had been divorced from her first
husband In a rather sensational manner.
In fact. the late Lady Cromer. one OF the
most charming and lOvable Of women,
often found herself brought into contact
with European women enjoying an official
position at Cairo. but whom she would
never have permitted TO cross her
threshold IN England.
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Those who believe that the facilities
Tor obtaining divorce are already TOO
NUMEROUS I'm the United States, and
especially so in certain sections Of the
Republic. view with concern the favor
accorded in certain circles 10 the pro-
posed movement In favor Of mutual
consent amendment to the existing
laws.
Proposals toward that end have their
origin In the new French law Of divorce,
which provides inter ALA for the sever
ing OF the marriage tie in the cases Of
men and women who ind their bonds
irksome and who desire release from the
ties OF marriage. The new French law
declares that "the mutual consent OF the
parties is sufficient proof that their life
together Is insupDortable and that there
exists between them a peremptory cause
for divorce.
Certain restrictions are attached 10
this extraordinary addition to the new
justification. according to the French
view. for rupturing the marriage bond
II Is provided. for example. that no hus-
band under twenty-five years OF age and
no wife whose age is less than twenty
one shall be qualified 10 avail themselves
OF the mutual consent" solution OF their
problem. Moreover those whose mar
Eied life has not reached two years and
others who have lived IN wedlock FOR
twenty years are alike denied the right
10 have the new law applied TO their
marital difficulties.
A still stranger exception is made in
the cases OF wives who are over forty
five years OF age. probably on the as
sumption that women OF that age are not
entitled TO have q second try in the
marriage market What 10 many people
will doubtless seem the most fantastic
OF an the peculiar features OF the new
measure is the clause which renders
the production OF satisfactory evidence
OF the consent Of the parents OF both
applicants imperative before the petition
for divorce ls considered. a provision OF
that nature is calculated 10 lead 10 tho
formation Of q group OF professional
parents who viii. for a consideration
play the necessary parental parts.
What those in haste to be divorced and
welded 70 other mates Will regard as a
serious drawback 10 the mutual consent
provision e. the prohibition OF the mar
risge Of either party within three years
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A Princess Of Doubtful Rank.

A Princess Of Doubtful Rank.
Princess Hohenberg, the consort Of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. heir appar-
ent to the Austro-H Hungarian throne,
whose marriage is regarded as morgan
attic IN Austria. and as full-hedged in
Hungary. Is gradually emerging from
that background and retirement in which
she kept herself during the earlier period
Of her marriage. For although she has
not yet appeared at court at Vienna
since her union 10 the archduke. yet
she has begun TO accompany hirr when
he makes stays with royal and imperial
persOnages abroad.
Thus the archduke and the princess
have just spent a week with the German
KaiseTin's only brother and his wife,
the Duke and Duchess OF schleswig-
Holstein at Prinkenau, and not in any
way incognlto. For the archduke and
his wife we're attended by large suite,
including his new chief of the household.
Baron Rumerskirch. This is only one OF
a series OF visits in which the archduke
has been accompanied By his wife. the
princess. and while Il does not mean
that she Is recognized abroad as an
archduchess. or as a full-hedged princess
Of the imperial house, yet Il indicates
that she no longer proposes TO maintain
that reserve and secluslon which char
acterized her attitude during the first
and second year OF her marriage.
The Washington times., 1902-12-22
Kaiser's Envoy an American.


The Kaiser has been paying a visit 70
the Duke Of Uiest at slawentzitz. The
duke is the elder brother OF that Prince
Hugo Hohenlohe who has been for some
time past in this country. and who has
now run over 10 Europe TO spend the
Christmas holidays with him. Prince
Hugo's position here has never been
thoroughly understood. His means are
ample to enable him 20 dispense with
the necessity OF working for a living,
and II for the past few months he has
been working with one Of the principal
German-American banking establish
ments OF New York il has been without
pay and for no other purpose than OBJ
tanning a thorough insight into Ameri-
can business methods, which according
to ideas in high quarters in Berlin, are
the truo source Of American greatness.
NARQUISE DE FONTENOY.