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The Washington times., 1904-05-08

Bishop Satterlee objects to what is
commonly called "the smart set, %
which he considers a demOralizing in
fluence; and he says that the demo-
cratic simplicity of the nineteenth
century is a thing of the past. Moth
ing is more certain than that demon
alizing influences are at work in mod
ern society, and that among them
may be counted the very rich, who
spend their lives in chasing pleasure
il automobiles and on yachts. We
all believe that, and it gives us con-
tent in our own Vndemoralizing and
modest pleasures. But as for this
state of things being peculiar to the
present century, let Bishop Satterlee
read some of the essayists of the
early seventies, and he will find pro-
tests exactly like his own.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

the individual, where it belongs, and
where it will stick regardless of all
concerted action.
The rule of the greatest good for
the greatest number must govern
until the human family learns that
one man cannot in the very nature of
things find good for himself in that
which works evil for his neighbOr.
There is only one kind Of freedom
for any of us, the freedom to do right,
and we should have that freedom on
Sundays as well as all other days.
If our sense of what is right makes
us an annoyance to the community as
a whole, we deserve discipline, and
we usually get it,
The multiplication of Thou shalt
nots" inevitably results, so perverse
is the human animal, or, better yet,
so jealous is the incividual of an in
fringement of his rights, in a multi
plication of offenses. Man is never
successfully governed until he gov
ems himself.
Sabbath observation should rest on
an expanding basis of individual lib
erty-every man free to observe his
Sabbath as he desires so long as his
observation does not interfere with
the reasonable observation of any
other man.
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PRESIDENT APPROVES
MEMORIAL TO HANNA
Association Formed to Establish Chair
of Political Science in Western
Reserve University.

The President. in response to a letter
from President Charles F. Thwing, Of
III. Western Reserve University, Cleve-
land. Ohio. wrote as follows concern
in,- the association formed for the puT-
pose OF endowing a chair Of political
science in Western Reserve University
tC the memory of the late Senator
Hanna:
Having inquired into the matter, i.
gives me pleasure heartily TO indorse
the proposal to establish a memorial
10 Senator Hanna. by endowing chair
Of political science in Western Reser e
University II is peculiarly appropriate
that the memorial should take this
form. in view of the fact that Senator
Hanna devoted the last and most ac'
hive years of his life to the study CT
the practical application Of political
economic theories in our Government.
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CIeveLand'S Bonds Cost
Government $50, 379,O77
Statement Issued by Treasury Department
Shows That Only S1,151, 200 Remained
Unpaid on Date of Maturity.

900. It is known as the per cent loan
of 1925. redeemabIe after February 1 of
that year. and. although only nine years
have elapsed since the issue was made
tiding the gold reserve over perilous
shadows. only S1Is. 4S9. 800 of these bonds
remained outstanding on May 2.
Chief Huntington. of the division or
loans and currency Of the Treasury De-
partment. has prepared a brief state
ment showing the result of Mr.. Cleve-
lands first two bond issues, which has
now almost been liquidated. and show
ing the cost of that action TO the Gov
eminent. The bonds were for 500. 000. 900,
which would have resulted in the pay
ment of $50. 900, 900 in interest by the time
of their maturity on February ? had
none of them been retired.
Saved S449,Ia7.
The Government. however. saved $fi9,-
127 by purchases and redemption, leav-
ing the total cost TO the Government In
interest OF $4s. 55O.s7S. which. with the
principal, made the total cost s149, $50. S73.
The bonds were originally sold by the
Government for $117, III, 796. The net cost
of the issue to the Government was.
therefore. nearly S33 0o0, 900. The state
ment which Chief Huntington prepared
detailing these facts Is as follows:
Loan of 1904. ....---..---......-...$ lUO,Uo,VVv
Interest $50 0O0. 900
Less interest saved. 449,1Z1
Total interest paid............... 1850. SIa
Cost of bonds, with interest. .s14s, $50. $40
Proceeds from sale OF bonds. I1.lIl. 49,
Net cost to Governmental S2.S7s.O7l
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CLEVELAND FOR PRESIDENT
OR GOVERNOR OF JERSEY

SHREVEPORT. La. May Repre-
sentative Phanor BreaZeale says:
An attempt will be made to stam-
pede the St. Louis convention in the IN
terest of Cleveland. He may not favor
the scheme. as he Is not anxious to be
President again, but If the Democratic
party needs his services TO win. the
delegates will come TO the rescue and
nominate him
There will be enough Cleveland sup
porters present 10 stampede ali opposi-
ton. If Mr.. Cleveland desires TO serve
his third term he can get the nomination
for the asking"
Mr.. Breazeale said If Mr.. Cleveland
cannot be prevailed upon to accept the
nomination, the eX-President will be
elected governor of New Jersey because
of the great influence he has in Eastern
politics, and the help he would thus
yield to the Presidential ticket
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Bill CRUDE.
One Case Where Reform Really Did
Reform.

Reform.
Bill CRUDE died in New York yes
terday. Who was Bill CRUDE? No
one of any account, according to
the way the world locks at things-a
fighting, drunken sailor, who used to
spend most of his shore leave in jail,
who stocked in the bowels of the Iowa
when Cervera's feet was being de-
stroyed, who finally came under the
influence of a good woman.
Bill CRUDE was in Jail when a
preacher told the prisoners they
would be given a fair start in life
after they got out if they sought a
certain mission Bill remembered,
and hunted up the preacher. There
he found his good angel, Mrs. Mary
w. Bentley, a woman of wealth and
refinement, who Iabored for others.
She was the first woman of that
sort he had ever met. She looked for
the good there was in the fellow, as
there is in every fellow, and brought
it to the surface with a bound. From
that hour Bill CRUDE was a new
man. He did not do much protesting,
but he lived straight, and he died
straight
It is a pity that the world so con-
POUNDS love with sentimentality, for
here was. a case of true love, love on
plane far above sentimentality, love
of the sort that inspires a man to lay
down his life for his friend.
To the casual observer, Bill CRUDE
was a tough customer, to be summed
and avoided To this pure, cour-
ageOus, true-hearted woman, he was
a man to be helped and saved. That
is the essential difference between
self-righteousness which condemns
and true humility which uplifts.
Many there be whose Ioftiest ambi-
ton would be attained with the pos
session Of a diamond tiara. Mrs.
Bentley's crown was a benediction of
gratitude from man made manly.
Her ornament has the supreme adj
vantage over the other of being eter-
nal
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Sunday Observation.
The Question Is Actually an Indi-
vidual One.

The Question Is Actually an Indi-
vidual One.
The harassing question as to what
really makes a proper Sunday is
brought to local attention through
resolutions adopted by the Episcopal
diocesan convention calling for some
concerted action on the part of the
Christian people of Washington 20
protect the time-honored institution
of the Lords Day from the inroads of
secularism"
Undoubtedly somewhere between
the two extremes. the Puritanical
nothing doing and the Continental
everything doing. there lies a happy
medium of Sabbath observation, upon
which all reasonably minded persons
can agree with fair unanimity.
AS utmost controversies, the diff
Guilty is not in determining the gen
eralization which is reasonable, but
in enforcing the details which are
practical. The reason for this is that
the CONGRATULATIONS of moral conduct
rest upon principle, while the details
are the outgrowth of sociological in
fuences, controlled by existing condi-
tons
Washington is a cosmopolitan city,
and this fact is determinate in regu-
lating such a broad matter as the OBJ
seryation OF the Sabbath. 1t irreyo-
cably throws the question back upon
The Washington times., 1904-05-08
International Arbitration.
Tenth Annual Meeting of Peace AdvO-
Gates at Lake Mohonk.

Gates at Lake Mohonk.
The conference on international
arbitration at Lake Mohonk, New
York, which takes place on the first
of next month, will be a gathering of
some two hundred and fifty we'll
known men who are in favor Of this
mode of settling difficulties. The con-
ference will confine its attention, as
it has always done. to the principle
of arbitration and the best means Of
bringing it about, without spending
time in discussing the general advan-
tages of peace over war.
The question of universal arbitra-
ton is beset with difficulties, but this
means of avoiding war is unquestion-
ably more likely to be adopted today,
il any emergency, than it would have
been two or three centuries ago. It
may be that the general sentiment of
the people, and the earnest addresses
and writings of. peace advocates, are
responsible for this, but other causes
seem, all things considered, TO have
had more TO do with the change.
For one thing, difficulties of all
kinds are more easily adjusted today
than they were before the telegraph
and the steamship line made COM
munication between different coun-
tries easy and constant. For another
thing, commercial interests, which
are usually injured by war. are i'm
mensely more powerful today than
they ever were before. Thirdly, in
ternational relations are now more
nearly settled on a permanent basis
than ever before in the history of the
world, and civilized countries are eau
tious in giving each other cause for
offense.
In short, the peace of Dives" has
settled over the earth, with the single
exception of that area in the Orient
where war is now raging. And the
knotty point in the problem of arbi-
tration is excellently illustrated in
the history of this very war.
The Car has for many years
warmly advocated the principle which
his government now refuses to recog-
nize. If two countries are deter
mined to fight, who is to force them
to have the matter arbitrated, and
how is force to be used without fight
ing? In the case of Russia and ia
pan, neither country would have con-
sented 10 arbitration, and it would
have taken the combined might Of
the world to settle the matter for
them. Which was best, to let them
fight it out by themselves and quar-
antine the trouble, or make it the
| business of the world?
Consider, also, the cause of the war.
In diplomacy and in power Russia
has until now been held immeasur-
ably the superior of the tiny island
kingdom, and in the affairs of the
Orient she was certainly getting the
best of the game. Yet nobody has
yet fully justified her somewhat sinu-
Gus diplomacy, and had she secured
peacefully the power for which she is
now fighting, would she have had any
more right to it than she will if she
wins it at the point of the sword ?
Obviously, if arbitration is to sue
coed, an absolutely impartial tribunal
must be secured, which will see that
the weaker countries get their
RIGHTS
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

Russia now says that she is going
TO lie low until August before serious
y opposing Japan in the field. BY
that time she viii have a big army
assembled at Hardin, Manchuria, big
enough, she thinks. to crush any
force that Japan can bring to bear.
When this army is ready for work,
the Car will personally visit it in
order to inspire the soldiers with a
resolve TO drive the japanese into the
sea. In the meantime, let us trust
that. for better assurance of Russian
success, little something regarding
the military art will be taught the
Russian commanders.
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BUT THREE CANDIDATES
PASS THE EXAMINATION

Only three candidates passed out of
a class of twenty young men who were
trying for appointments as assistant
surgeons in the army.
The three successful candidates Sre
Leartus Jerauld Owen, Evansville, Ind:
Frank Watkins Weed. Baltimore; Rob
ert Martin Cutler. Reading, Pa. An
other class of twelve candidates will
take the examination in two weeks.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08
An Automobile Novelty.
Automobilist at Rye, N. Y, to Be Tried
By His Peers.


by His Peers.
A peculiar case of legal procedure
is reported from Rye, n. Y. A mil
lionaire in that town was arrested for
running his automobile faster than
the law allows. He is to have a jury
trial, and twelve miIlionaires are to
form the jury.
This is q case Of oppression by cap
ital which Mr.. Hearst ought TO jump
on with all four feet. If we are to
have all offenses committed by mil
lionaires judged by millionaires
alone, on the ground that a man has
a right to trial before a jury of his
peers, what is the country coming to,
really? At the present time only the
rich own automobiles, and most Of
them seem 70 think they ought TO
have the right 70 the road, the whole
road, and everything besides the road
whenever they 90 abroad. If their
privileges are to be determined by
themselves, who, we ask, can feel
safe?
IL might be convenient if this prin-
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

Whatever may be the right and the
wrong of the contention of the Wash
ington bar that the President should
appoint residents of the District to
at least half Of the vacancies on the
bench Of the local courts, certainly
the wise second thought, which voted
to choose a committee TO draft the
resolutions to be sent to the Presi-
dent, will meet with general approx
al. If there is anything worth while
in the attitude Of the bar, the matter
is one Of principle and not OF per-
sonal preference. Principle can well
wait cool temper and a judicial at
titude for it's vindicatiOn.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

ciple were applied in some ether
cases. When a tenant, burning with
the sense Of injury from unjust eyic-
ton, murders his landlord, the jury
which tries him might be made Up OF
other evicted tenants. But until this
change is made. clearly the privilege
of the millionaire to be judged by
milliOnaires alone is one which
should arouse the scorching elo-
Quence of the yellow editorial writer
and the uncurbed wrath OF Mr.. Bry-
an.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08
NORTH CAROLINA NEEDS
THOUSAND MORE CONNECTS

RALEIGH, n. c.. May North Caro-
lima needs more cOnvicts and needs them
badly. The penitentiary doors yawn
for them, and the prison directors cry
for them. All because these directors
have an 5000 acre farm on their hands.
and an inadequate force TO work it.
This farm was bought for $4,000. but
now, owing to the rise in cotton, II can
not be bought for twice that amount.
The prison authorities say they could
use a thousand more convicts TO advan-
tage.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

The Government has almost wiped out
the Understanding debt of 500. 200, 900
which was contracted during the second
term Of President Grover Cleveland
through the first two sales of bonds for
the replenishment of the gold reserve
in the Treasury.
This loan consisted of two issues of
coo each. made. respectively. in
February and November, 1894 bearing
interest at per cent, and redeemable in
ten years IL matured on February 2
last. but the fact attracted no attention,
and interest in the subject OF all the
bond issues was only revived by Mr..
Cleveland's explanation this week Of
what was styled "a crime against the
administration that issued bonds in time
of peace"
$I,I5I,zoo Unpaid.
Inquiry at the Treasury Department
today developed the fact that the bonds
having matured on February 2 last, no
interest has been paid on them since
that date. and the account for these
first two Of the total Of four issues has
been practically closed. Only 81. Isl. 200
remained to be paid on account Of the
total issue of 500. 0OO. 900 on Nay last.
During April the Government redeem
ed over S300, 900 worth of these bonds.
and before November the balance of a
little more than 1000, 600 will be liqui-
dated. The two subsequent bond issues
of Mr.. Cleveland, including the one to
the syndicate, aggregated over Sl62. 600 =
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

Colonel Black, just returned from
the Isthmus of Panama. reports
everything in a satisfactory condition
in that region, and incidentally pune
lures an ancient delusion in the most
efrectual manner. If there was ever
anything that the world was sure of,
that thing was that Panama was
about the most unhealthy place on
the face Of the earth for a white man
Quite the contrary conditions prevail
however, and even the mosquitoes
are said to be of a gentle and peace
full breed without fell designs on
humanity in general. Altogether il
looks as if Panama were going to be
the popular health resort of the fu-
ture, and one may expect prOspec-
fuses of enterprising hotel keepers by
any mail.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

These, in their order, were at London.
Rome, Berne, Chicago, Antwerp, Buda-
pest, Hamburg, Paris, Glasgow. Mon
AGO, and Rouen.
A Notable Meeting.
The cause of international arbitration
continues to appeal to the thoughtful
men of all nations with new and sig
nal force, and it is believed, in view OF
the attention the movement has attract
ed all over the world. that the congress
at Boston viii be tbs most notable one
in the history Of international meetings
Boston founded TIE first influential
peace society of the world, and the con.
crosses which have been held since are
the outgrOWth OF this movement, Sc
that America may be accredited witt
having brought into being an institu-
ton which promises so much for tht
future welfare of all nations. The Bos-
ton society was formed in 1873, in the
study of William Ellery Claiming, e
whose memory that city last June de0I-
Gated a statue which now stands in tbs
public garden
Famous Men to Come.
The congress promises to bring &c
America some OF the most famous mer
of the countries which are to be repre-
sented. Large delege tons from France
and England are already assured, an1
strong representations are expected
from Germany. Switzerland. and Other
European countries. South America
will also be among the countries repre-
Sented
The management of the contemplated
congress desires $4,000. of which $500
has already been contributed. Finance
committees will be organized in the va
rious States. and il is expected that, in
view of the Importance of the meeting
raising the necessary funds. Upon the
amount of money collected will depend
the number of noted men who will bS
brought 10 America to participate in Tx
proceedings. Sixty distinguished Amer
lean men and women compose the gen
eral American committee. which prom
ises to carry the peace congress TO
most successful end.
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The Thirteenth international Peace
Congress Will meet in Boston during the
first week of next October. four
days session is TO be held, with meet
ings every day and evening. One meet
ing Of the congress has been held pre-
viously in America. That was in con-
nection with the Chicago Worlds Fair.
in 1858, and it is expected that the forth
coming conference Will be the largest
and most important since the revival of
the congresses in 1889.
Boston was selected for the second
Peace Conference 10 be held in America
for the reason that that city is really
regarded as the headquarters of the
peace movement in America. The place
of the United States in the history Of in
ternational arbitration is conspicuous.
No delegation was more influential at
The Hague Conference than that from
America, and Baron d Estournelles de
Constant. leader OF the arbitration move
ment in France. declared then that the
action OF our Government in promptly
sending tc The Hague the Plous Fund
case and upon Insisting on the reference
there Of the Venezuelan cases has done
more than anything else 10 hasten the
regular use of the tribunal and TO adj
vance its prestige among the nations
By Rational Means.
The ultimate purpose OF these con-
crosses is TO supplant the existing sys-
TEN Of war by rational and legal meth
DDS and to bring the nations of the
earth into closer and continued har-
mOny. 1t IS the aim Of this body 10
better the general organization of ma
tons III their mutual relations.
The first peace congress Of the world
was held In London in 1913. and the next
meeting followed at Brussels in 1S4S
The following year delegates from all
over the world met at Paris, when the
congress was presided over by Victor
Hugo. No more international meetings
were held until 1883. but since that time
conferences have met nearly every year.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08
WINSTON CHURCHILL CANDIDATE

NASHUA. y. H, May The dele
gates from New Hampshire 20 the Re-
publican national convention have been
agreed upon. with the exception of those
Of the second district. which includes
this city. Winston Churchill the au-
thor. is one of the candidates for the
place. The convention viii be held May
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

New York came near having a panic
in a burning theater last night, but
some policemen stopped it by threaten
ing to club the first man who ran. This
proves that TO the average mind a
broken head on the shoulders is more
20 be dreaded than cremation in the
fr,4
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

A menagerie company is trying to
prove. in a suit against a railroad, that
a kangaroo's tail is worth $3.50 the
inch. The unfortunate thing about the
whole affair is that the kangaroo viii
never get a cent of the money.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

After living for several years a life
OF virtue and rectitude, the minions
of the law have swooped down on a
respected citizen of a Pennsylvania
village and dragged him off to prison.
1t seems that he is an escaped con-
vict, for whom there is no salvation
in reform until after his sentence has
been served. However, we doubt if
brought before the bar of strict JUS
tice this human law and regulation
would pass muster. After all, the idea
of punishment for crime is obsolete.
The higher purpose is reformation,
and if this reformation becomes an
assured fact, even in a man who has
run away from Jail, what, pray, is the
sense of running him back into jail
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

The reward Of good L -vior for
Philadelphia newspaper j now IS TO
have been deposited under the corner
stone Of the capitol at Harrisburg; and
those who have not received the reward
are feeling quite as good as those who
have
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

II IS suggested by an English critic
that novels be epitomized to save time
I'm reading. Some novels would have to
be read with a microscope in that case.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08
Everybody Satisfied.

1t is understood that the arrangement
made by the President is fairly accepta-
bic TO Chairman Wordsworth of the Ag-
ricultural committee and to Secretary
Wilson.
Had the new building been placed on
the north side Of the Mall it would have
been over the Tiber Creek, now one of
the main trunks of the sewerage sys-
TEN. The site would have been twenty
seven feet lower than the present loca-
ton.
Secretary Wilson and Representative
Wadsworth were much ayerse TO taking
this lower site and are pleased at any
compromise which enables them to re-
main or the high land at the south OF
the Mall.
Congress has appropriated money
enough for the two wings Of the new
building. At the next session OF Con
gress the money will be forthcoming, IL
is thought, for the central PORTION,
which will result in one of the hand
soonest buildings in the Government
group.
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

Now somebody is suggesting that Mr.
Cannon is baking because he means to
be President in 1905 Did anybody ever
know a cannon TO be loaded up four
years ahead Of time?
The Washington times., 1904-05-08

General Fukushima, being asked
whence the Japanese came when they
landed on the Liao-TuAs Peninsula, is
reported to have said "Out of the skies
from heaven" The REssians doubtless
feel that this is one Of -" cases where
men have entertained an s unawares.