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The Washington times., 1902-06-24
CHRISTMAS CASE
CORRESPONDENCE
Continued from Second Page)

unofficial agents, or that suggestions OF
corrupt means were ever made or coun
tenanced by either soverpment
The Danish prime minister. Mr.. How
ring Is thought to have been indiscree
in his dealings with Mr.. Christmas
and other individuals are, criticised fcI
having had anything to do with the two
adventurers mentioned above; but, be-
yond that, the matter is not taken serl-
ously
Nevertheless, the fact that such wide
publicity has been given to the scandal
causes a feeling OF humiliation ancns
the Danes. and rather strengthens the
opposition to the cession.''
The letter of Christmas to Minister
Swerson Is complete reputation OF
any authority or responsibility for the
stories of corruption and bribery. 1t
says:
Copenhagen. April s, 1902.
Nearly two months :so sor1e Danish
gentlemen engaged Danish-born
American citizen, Niols Gron. to pravent
the sale Of the Danish West Idia ISL
and- By foul means one OF these gen
tlemen got hold OF confidential report
of my doinss In America and provided
GTcn copy.
Il have reason 10 believe that Gron
has falsihed NY report. and I am able
to state from newspaper cablcsrara falls
iications on thesc points.
Never Urged Bribery.
l. have never impressed the former
prime minister, Hovrins. with the idea
that bribery wes the way o, getting the
islands sold. never wrote anything like
this in my report. The fact is that Gron
two years before my taking up the mat
ter instituted the whole 10 per cent
commission theory. and declared that
without spending this money no sale was
possible.
O. Nowhere In my report have given
III. name of any Congressman in connec-
tion with my personal promise OF r1onsy.
3. l have never written that Bankers
I & W. Seiigmap had guaranteed cor-
tain contracts. l have on the contrary
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right of any people who aspired to in
dependence to have it and to govern
themselves
Whatever might be the result Of that
policy. said Mr.. DeArmond, We should
have the satisfaction of knowing that
cur own history was right; that We had
established republic instead Of self
ishly holding dominion over these peo-
pie.
Mr. DeArmond said he had been pres
ent at the birth Of the Cuban republic
May 20 last, when he saw the Stars and
Stripes come down from every public
building in Havana and the nag sym
bclizins Cuban independence take Its
place.
He did not know, he said, how that
might affect others. To him It was an
inspiring sight. and it aroused hope
within him that in the Far East. in due
time. there should be another May 20
ior the United States [Applause.l
A Sixth Sense.
Mr.. olmstcd (Rep.. Pal a member Of
the Committee on Insular Affairs, devot-
ed himself to discussion Of the substi-
tute proposed by the minority, "An emil
nent French scientist" said Mr.. Ohm
stcd, has discovered sixth sense
which he calls the sense OF obstacles.
The seat OF this sense he locates in
the forehead. This sense OF obstacle /,
not located in the forehead Of the Demo-
cratic party. but somewhere very close
to its long cars.
The vibrations may be warm. but
they are altogether too indefinite to be
useful and this sixth sense or faculty is
perverted into disease so that the
party is not only continually running its
hecd against brick walls and other OBJ
staclcs. but even creates them In its
own pathway and strives to put them in
he pathway OF the Republican party,
which Is always the pathway Of human
progress.
I'm the report of the minority recon-
mendins their bill they embody the re-
ports Of the individual cruelties alleged
to have been perpetrated by soldiers
upon Filipinos into charge that the
army and the Administration have en-
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
POST -HOR tenn SPEECH
OVER PACIFIC CABLE
Mr.. Corliss Scores Oppon-
ents of His Pet Measure.
Michigan Congressman Characterizes
Mr.. Cannon as the Robespierre
OF the House.

Representative Corliss delivered the
funeral grafton over the late Pacific
cable bill in the House yesterday. Mr.
Corliss' postmortem speech showed his
distress over the defeat of his pet meas
ure. Hc was especially severe upon
Representative Cannon, whom he char
acterized as the Robespierre OF the
House, and upon Representative Loud,
the chairman of the Committee on Post
offices and Fostroads. He also spoke
OF Mr.. F. B. Thurher, of the United
States Export Association, as a profe.-
sional witness.
He spoke Of Mr.. Cannon as a self
constituted guardian of the public
Treasury, and wanted to know where
he was when s6O.OC0,O0 went into the
river and harbor bill. which embraced.
he said, more in useless appropriations
than is sufficient to construct two Pacific
cables.
He accused Mr.. Loud of opposing the
Pacific cable bill because of the defeat
of his economic postal company's bill
by Mr.. Corliss in the Fifty-fourth Con-
gress.
I'VE did not expect one" said Mr..
Corliss saTcastically. who would volun-
tarily turn over the postal rural free
delivery service to private contract
would support Government ship CT
a public utility.
Praises Democrats.
Mr.. Corliss commended the fifteen
Democrats who voted for the cable bill
They" he said, had the courage to
stand up for the people" In conclusion
Mr.. Corliss remarked with much feeling.
81 am aware that the criticisms which
l have assumed TO make will be looked
upon as the natural utterancos OF one
who has met disaster with an important
public measure in which he felt the
deepest interest.
While defeated, l have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that, through my efforts, |
the Government has been saved from the !
burden of subsidy, the purposes Of a
cable monopoly clearly shown and now
we'll understood by the people. that the |
executives Of our country can protect |
our interests by assuming to exercise
the inherent power held by the nation |
over public utilities and international 1
communication"
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
ARMY APPROPRIATION
BILL BEFORE SENATE
Agrees to Recede From
Amendment No. 13.
Now Considered Likely That Measure
Will Be Disposed of Without
Friction.

Mr.. Proctor. chairman OF the Com
mittee On Military Affairs, called up tn
army appropriation bill yesterday ant
| moved that the Senate reccde from It.
amendment No. IL. stating that the corn
mittee had unanimously agreed to rec
onmend that action. The bill is thu
one on which the Senate and House hav;
had their disagreement fer two or thre,
weeks past
Mr.. Allison asked for the reading o.
the action OF the House on the bill las
Friday.
The resolution Of the House was read
insisting on its disagreement 10 large
number CT amendments, and requ..tin.
a conference thereon; also adherins te
its disagreement to amendments 13 and
II; recedlng from its disagreement to
amendment Is. and agreeing to the same
with an amendment
Agree and Disagree.
Mr.. Proctor's molten receding from
amendment No. Is was agreed to, and
then he moved to disagree with the
proposed amendment of the House to
amend number Is.
Mr.. Allison pointed out that that mo-
ticn left amendment number II out of
conference entirely, and he asked Mr.
Proctor how he proposed TO deal with
shat matter. The two house. were now
in comfy and should be kept there. He
would therefore move that the Senate
rccede rom No. Il
Mr.. Proctor said he would interpcse nc
obiectiCn 10 that motion. As to No Il
there would be no difficulty, as the differ
ence between the two houses was only
as TO the amount appropriated-the Sem
ate fixing ii at four millions. and the
House at three.
Conference Without Power.
He admitted that amendment No. If
would not be in the jurisdiction OF the
conference COMMITTEES. but supposed
ttet It would be able to arrange mat
ters II they we're left entirely to It.
Mr.. Alliscl Withdrew his motion to
recede from amendment No. IA. but said
that he would renew 1t hereafter il it
became necessary. The matter should
not be left. he said, lin mid-air."
Mr. Proctcr's motion was agreed to
amended so a. to insist on the Senate
including No. II, and
agreeing TO the conference asked by the
dousc-thc Senate conferees being Sena-
.ors Proctor Foraker. and Cockrell.
Conferees Report
Later in the day the ccnferees made
report stating that all the amend
nents lad been disposed of except IA
nd 10. and the report was adopted by
he Senate.
II is now considered probable that the
ill will be disposed OF without further
riction between the two houses.
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
Inferred in Rock Creek Cemetery.

The remains of Mrs. Harriet Kent
Schwrar, daughter Of the late William
and Margaret Harwood HALL, CT Annnp-
els, Nd. were buried yesterday in Rock
Creek Cemotery. Funeral services were
held at ct. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church al II o'clock. Rev. E. Slater
Dunlap assistant rector of the church.
ofIiciatcd. There were no honorary pail
bearers.
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
Comment Gratifias the
Civil Service Com
missioner.
OBJECT OF DISMISSAL RULE
Law Establishing System Gave Chief
Executive Authority to Frame It
Merits of Removal of War Depart
ment Clerk Not Touched Upon.

Civil Service Commissioner William
Dudley Foulke, in an interview regard
ing the case of Miss Rebecca Taylor, the
clerk who was recently dismissed from
the War Department. said yesterday that
the criticism regarding Miss Taylor
renewal was not without its cheerful
side.
He said; "It is delightful to find
how many persons who never before
cared for the competitive system are
now filled with eegerness for the en-
forcemept Of the civil service law. But
whatever the foundation OF their ZEAL we
are only too happy to welcome cur new
friends"
Mr.. Foulke was asked If the rule re-
quiring that reasons shall be given
whenever Rn employe Is dismissed was
part Of the civil service law.
Not Prescribed by Civil Service.
This rule 10 not prescribed by the civ
Il service law at ell. The power of ar
bitrary dismissal was left absolutely in
tact by that law, and from 1893 to 1897
there were no limits whatever upon that
power. In the latter year President Nc
Kinloy passed rule that nc one should
be removed from the competitive classi-
fed service except for just cause and
after reasons given in writing and an
opportunity fo- rnply."
WAS this rule passed in pursuance
of any of the provisions of the civil
service aet?"
There In no provision which directly
authorizes this rule. 1t was adopted by
the President ns part of his constitu-
tionsl executive power, and in pursuance
of section 175s OF the Revised Statutes.
rather than unde. the civil service law.
though I believe the order In question
recites all three"
Object of the Rule.
What was the object in adopting this
ruler" the Commissioner was asked.
1T was adopted to correct an evil
which had long existed-;he custom Of
removals upon secret charges by un
known accusers. without opportunity for
denial or explanation. These secret
were dS a COhGI mere
political removals. and President Nc
Kinley's order was intended to do away
with this custom. 1t has, think, sue
ceeded. for the system of removals upon
secret charges, SO far as l know, no
longer exists
Was any substantial change made in
the rule by the recent declaration of
President Roosevelt on Hay 29?"
mo change whatever. The rule has /
always been construed by the Commits I
sion to mean exa city what the President /
declares it to mean. Just cause in /
the rule is intended to mean any cause,
other than one merely political or re-
ligious, which will promote the eff
cheney of the service, and we have never
held that the rule required an examina-
tion OF Witnesses or any trial except in
the discretion OF the officer making the
reruoyai {"
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
GOOD TINE PROM SD
POOR BOYS And GIRLS
Excursion to Chesapeake
Beach Thursday.
Sons of Jonadab Will Have Waits of
the Street as Eonored
Guests.

Pioneer Council, No. 1, Sens of Jona-
dab. viii give an excursion 20 Chesa-
peake Beach for the poor children Of
Washington Thursday afternoon, and
the program arranged fer the occasion
promises great things. The Times News
boys Band will accompany the party and
viii furnish music during the entire
day.
By special nEections. the children Of
the entire r,~.rict will be collected at
certain poin.. ~ special cars which will
go over the routes OF the railroad COM
pany. AT . o'clock the main party,
which VIII lie COMPOSED Of the special
committee of the council. will gather
at Fifteenth Street Junction From there
they will be taken by special cars to
the Beach
Care Of the Children.
Everything possible has been done for
the care Of the children, and at the
Beach Mr.. Wlckcrsham. the bathing
master. will see that nothing befails
them. Mr.. Otto Mears, president Of the
has All tne 4
Jolly coed lime.
Donations Received.
The committee has acknowledged the
receipt Of the following donations: ]. E.
Barry. 81; cash. 80; A. C. Joy, 81; John
81; cash. so cents; cash, 81;
T. A. Lambert, s2.25. and H. A. Knapp.
81
The physical needs OF the children will
be looked after and ample meals will
be provided 10 last through the entire
day. To this end the following donations
nave been received, SUPPLY OF bread. !
from CorDy Bros. Eoyennnr Baking
Company. ard Schneider baking Gem
pany; sausage, A Loeifier; hams. j. II. |
Hoffman. DonatiGrs have also been re-
,eived from the National Biscuit Com
pany, James F. Oyster. Berens & Co., |
md the Boston Baking Company.
The Washington times., 1902-06-24
Not With Such References.


WAS this rule passed with reference
to the case of Miss Taylor?"
ut was not The Commission had
sent a written recommendation to the
President, asking him to make this dec
laration, more than two months ago, on
account of the misconstruction which We
found had been frequently given 10 Pres
ident McKinley's rule. The matter was
postponed temporarily, but when some
other cases we're brought TO our notice
we again called the Presidents attention
to the matter. The case Of Miss Taylor
was neither spoken of nor thought Of.
Moreover, the notice given to her by
the War Department recites the original
rule"
othe, Cases in History.
Are there any other cases that have
come to your notice OF people who are
resisting removals under this rule?'
''oh, yes. Wherever there is a par
ticularly bad case of some employc who
has been violating his duty and wants
TO stay in, he inuedi5 tely sends his at
torney to the Commission and demands
all sorts of 1hirgs; wants to know
whether the ciYil service law means any
thing. and thinks II he can be dismissed
the destruction OF all free institutions
is at hand. ard that the whole competi-
tive system might as well be immediate
ly abrogated. II is pretty old story
end it Is astonishing how eager such
men become Tor the integrity of the
civil service law. And the worse the
Gaze is. the more strenuous Is the man
for the maintenance OF what he calls
his rights Ny own view of the matter
is that no man IN the public service has
any right 10 place which must not
yield when it comes IN conflict with the
efficiency of tho service itself"
DO ycu think that many persons in
the public service are unjustly dis
missed?"
Silent on Taylor Case.
''on the contrary, l do not believe
that there is one person dismissed who
ought 10 TS3ain in, TO where there are
q hundred who remain in the service
who ought to be dismissed. The chiefs
Of departments, bureaus aad divisions
are very reluctant to turn out their
subordinates, even where they are cen
sciocs that there is jCst cause for doing |
So"
What can you say in regard 10 the |
merits of Miss Taylor's case?"
so long as & is possible that that |
case may CONS before the Commission |
] am not willing u say anything. | !
merely want TO congratulate the civil |
service upon the zeal OF these new re-
cruits. whose special mission II is to
see that the law is so strictly and rig
idly enforced; but / would suggest that
perhaps a President who has long been
above ether citizens OF this
country for his earnest and consistent
OF the principles OF the civil
service law may really be trusted to
enforce that iaw now rather better than
these recent advocates imagine. After
ALL an old friend is quite as much TO be
relied on as 2 2ew oae." Ii
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-21
Y. M. c. A. Gymnastic Exhibition Next
Wednesday.

The physical culture classes of the
y. NJ c. A, under the direction OF Harry
Horton, physical director, will give a
gymnastic exhibition In the Auditorium
next Wednesday evening and ought to be
given large patronage. Leitsinger's or
chestra will furnish music The program
will include dumb bell drill by the SEN
iors; vauting horse drill by the seniors;
baton drill by eight young ladies, Misses
Ethel knight, Margaret Averill, Mabel
Hunt, Ella Newcomb, Helen Rhode, Meta
Stolte, Mary Cundiff and Zetta Weld;
parallel bar drill by the seniors; parallel
bar advanced work by the seniors; buck
drill by the juniors; tumbling drill by
eight seniors: high diving by eight SEN
iors; electric club swinging by Director
Horton; high kicking by Monroe. L.
Stafford and f. Cundiff; horizontal bar
work by Crosier Tasker and Horton;
acrobatic sketch, The Dress Rehearsal"
by Leitsinger, BiXby, Crowell, Chandler
and Horton; baton swinging by Frank
Corsier; rope jumping by l.. Cundiff and
Monroe; maze running by the seniors, and
Indian club drill by eight seniors Tickets
will go on sale at the Y. M. c. A rooms
at o'clock Monday morning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-21
The President Refuses Schley's APP
plication.

President Roosevelts decision on
the appeal of Admiral Schley from the
finding of the naval court of inquiry
which investigated the Admirals con
duct before and during the battle of
Santiago, was made public Wednesday
night. Admiral Schley gets no sympa
thy from President Roosevelt in his
attempt to keep this controversy be-
fore the public. On the other hand,
the Presidents memorandum turns
him down at every point The Presi-
dent reviews briefly the events of the
Santiago blockade and of the battle,
and then recalls the facts brought out
before the naval court of inquiry. He
also introduces the statements of the
four captains engaged in that fight
who survive-Clark of the Oregon.
Evans of the Iowa, Taylor of the In
diana and Wainwright of the Glouces-
ter. The evidence of these captains is
quoted as bearing upon the bitterly
mooted question as to who was in com
mand during the fight. They all testify
that Sampson's flagship, the New York,
was in sight of the squadron through
out the battle, and that no orders other
than those pre-arranged by Admiral
| Sampson were received from Admiral
Schley during the fight. The President
! finds, in substance, that the question
of command was merely nominal, that
! Sampson was actually in command,
and that. while he did not have an ac-
| tive part in the fight, he would have
| been held responsible in case our fleet
had been defeated or the Spanish ships
had been allowed to escape.
Special praise is given by the Presi.
dent to Captain Clark for the condition
in which he brought the Oregon around
from her long voyage. and to Com
mander Wainwright for the fearless
fight made by his fragile craft" for
the destruction of the Spanish torpedo
boats. President Roosevelt skillfully
presents his memorandum in the guise
of an endorsement of the Judgment and
action of President Mckinley in this
| same matter. II is needless to say that
| his decision rejects entirely Admiral
Dewey's gratuitous and uncalled-fol
declaration that to Schley belongs the
chief credit for the naval victory a,
Santiago. In his closing sentences he
strongly endorses the recommendation
of the other members of the board Of
inquiry that no further action be ha6
in the matter, and firmly says in con
clusion: There is no excuse from
either side for any further agitation o.
this unhappy controversy. To keep il
alive would merely be damage to the
navy and to the country" To this the
country at large will say a ferven-
Amen
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-21

The Brattleboro Phoenix looks at 'ts
political thermometer thinking IT July
instead OF February, and yells keep
cool!' After such advice 1t is strange
that the Phoenix is the first to get ex-
cited and warm under the collar.-lSt.
Johnsbury Republican.
No, not excited. merely earnest. The
Phoenix does not get excited. It's not
constructed on tina. model But 1t does
occasionally give a very correct imitation
of a newspaper suffering from suppressed
acknowledgements Enterprise.
who shall decide where Doctors disa-
gree,
And soundest Casuists doubt, like you and
me?'
Starting with the premise great
minds run in the same channel 1t is
difficult to reconcile the divergence
between the sweet singer of the
Passumpsic and the bard of the Otter.
The patient, however, can only hope,
and it is our hope, that the raphsodist
who added so materially to epicurean
literature by those pastels on the sue
culence of the bull pout and the suck
er from the waters of the Otter may be
the better judge. II is depressing to
think Of oneself as excited and warm
under the collar when the Retreat is in
close proximity, and the suppress
ed thought diagnosis is more cheering.
'Tis better to have had suppressed
thought
Than never to have thunk at ALL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-21
The Oleomarqarine Bill.

Gen. Grout, who was in Washington
while the oleomargarine bill was under
consideration in the House, is re-
ported as being very much dissatisfied
with the outcome. A Washington des-
patch quotes him as saying:
THE bill has been amended in such
manner by the Scott proviso added to the
first section that il practically puts 1t
into the power of every state to regulate
the matter. including the tax. thus des-
troying the uniformity of action sought
by the friends of the bill. do not think
the Senate will take any action upon the
bill under existing conditions. | think
| will go back home. and let the matter
go II ia enough to discourage one"
The Scott proviso. to which Gen.
Grout refers. is the amendment add
ed to the second section which says
that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to forbid any state to permit
the manufacture or sale of oleomar-
garine in any manner consistent with
the laws of said state provided it
is manufactured and sold entirely
within the state" It is under
stood in Washington that this proviso
has no legal bearing one way or the
other. 1t is simply the declaration OF
a right which every state enjoys under
the constitution. 1t is natural that
Gen. Grout should have preferred to
see the oleomargarine bill enacted as
it was drawn by him. But the gen
eral impression is that the matter was
handled in a wise and able way by
the majority Of the committee on ag-
riculture in the present House. II the
bill goes through the Senate as passed
by the House, there is no doubt that
the dairying interests of the country
will have all the protection possible,
and on the only just and assured basis,
against the makers of oleomargarine.