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THE SORANTON" TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNINO, JULY 17, 1897. I ill) and WecUlr. No Sumlr IMltlOit, S,0y Tho Tribune Publishing Company. ""' ' WILLIAM CONNELL, Pruildout. ttw YtlkhMcentAtlra: 1'ltAXK H, (ITIAY CO. Ilnom 4Trllmn nullillnc New York Cttv. StlllSCRII'TION PRICU: Dally ,. 50 cent montli. Weekly ... Ji.oo a year. imibxd it ran ro-vrorrKU at hcrmits. "a., . 1 , .tBCOKD-CUBS MAIt MATTER. TWELVE gjgg- BCRANTOX, JULY 17, 1S07. rr!LgT-j-V- -'' " The Tribune takes pleusure In an nounclnK the nrqulsltlon to Us rdltorlal corps of Mrs. Harriet Clay Pcnmnn, )Vh will vherenf ttr hnve espectnl clmrfio of the s'oclnl nnd relliflous newH of this paper, a,,tlelfl of lulior In which her efficiency Is well established. It Is our lellef thtit Mrs. l'enmnn's idetitlflcn tloti with The Tribune will ndd percept jbiy'to the paper's acceptability In the home circle. ;,",. . Japan and Hawaii. "A''flob'd of light Is shed upon tho JapjnesiMIawaiJan problem by a scr ira. of letters, recently printed In the WawHIilKtnn Star, nnd written by one of Its editors, Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, from 1'oltlo and Honolulu. The letters fr'i)m .Japan. Including an extended In tel 'i'iw With the Japanese minister of ioreign affair, Count Okuma, Indicate tlio. recent awakening in Japan, ns u consequence of the successful war with nhlna.'nf an intense, almost ludicrous spirit of - selfiussertlveness, coupled with a conceit that In America would Immediately provoke ridicule. Japan, as Jlr. Noyes puts It, "Is Just entering the family of treaty powers, and Is very much nfrnldTthat slip will not bo recognlzcd-'IV everybody ns on terms of equality. She is quick' to view as insulting ariy apparent discrimination against her. As a newcomer In a more elevated stage of International society she suspects every one of .a dis position to -ninth her,"to""laugh nt th cut of her garments nnd to criticise her manners." This supersensltlveness suggests to Mr. Noyes the wisdom of the most scrupulous care on the part of tho United States In the observance of nil tho formalities and nicotic of International etiquette In dlphmatle dealings with that nation. "The United States," he adds, "will, of course, frame Its tariff and decide tl.e ques tion of Hnwnllan nnnexatlon In ac cordance with the dictates of Its judg ment. Irrespective of Japanese pro tests, but In Its method of reaching re bUlts which may be displeasing to Japan It can afford to go to the ex treme limit of International courtesy. Japan has been and Is a frlenl i i the X nlted States, and that friendship hhf.uld not be Impaired by any neglect, in the obsennnco of formnlltliV That Japan has had acquisitive eyes fastened on Hawaii for som time Mr. Noyes Is convinced. He learns In Hen. olulu that for many yeais there has been steady pressure, sometimes by officials, sometimes by Individuals, to gain representation In tho Hawn'lnn government for the Japanese In the Islands. A high official at Tokio told him that when Kalakaua was king he promised such representation to the Japanese. At the time of the revolution of 1S93 the Japanese consul general de manded of the new government th9 I'iSht of suffrage for Japanese subject in tho Islands. In Count Okuma's first communication to the Hawaiian gov ernment In the pending Immigration controversy he ndvnnced the view that the treaty between Japan and Hawaii placed the Japanese In the Island3 on terms of absolute equality with Hk wallans "in civil rights," as well as In the protection of life and property, and this proposition was construed by Min ister Cooper as another Instance of pressure for the right of suffrage, and reply was made on the basis of this construction. "There has," Mr. Noyes adds, "been a constant effort by Indi vidual Japanese to secure the voting right. In climate, soil and wages Ha waii Is a paradise for the Japanese. They are In love with the country, and want to take possession, either through the ballot box or otherwise. Their re ported talk both -in Hawaii nnd In Japan, In tho native newspapers and on the streets, Is to tho effect that Hawaii belongs and must continue to belong to them." Finally we have Japan's formal pro test against American annexation, and Mr. Noyes does not believe that that protest was dictated by any other mo. tive than Japan's own covetousness of Hawaii; "White courteous considera tion of the protest may," says he. "work some slight delay In voting upon the nnnexatlon treaty, tho ultimate eifect of the protest should be to In crease tho votes In favor of annexation when tho time for action comes. It throws a light upon tho real views and purposes of Japan In respect to the "Islands. It shows that llawall is to be 'Japanese if not American, nnd that 4nhexatlpn Is the only way to prevent 'Its 'abandonment to Asia. It makes annexationists of those who, averse to annexation except as a last resort, re fuse to. yield to a posslblt? enemy con trol of so Important a navnl nnd stra tegotlc' bb'ln't' In tho adjacent Taclflc, nijdwho are unwlllltlg to surrender to tho tender iwrcles of Japan the pro gressive' American community und gov ernment in tbeso Isluhds, and will not jiennlt-tho civilized nnd Christian In stitutions of Hawaii to be submerged find lost In a pngan and Asiatic flood." Mr. Noyes does riot expect war or sgrlouH friction in'lie premises, but In (leU'qr dated from Honolulu July 1 hu offers some advice yjilcli Is 'Joubly In tgrcstlng In view of the subsequent dis patch of tho warship1 Oregon to Pearl harbor: "If," uayi W, ''the United States and Japan should unexpectedly Yiit' 'thrown Into collision, tho latter would have the ndvahlits& so far us Jyumid'tiite control jf Uio Islands Is con wrjied, There Aro aiitlrax.imutely' 20, fiOO main ndultH ambris the Japaneso here. Soma of them Served In tho re cent'wnr against Chlrin, ninny of them hdvo received I he drill bf Conscripts, poritypl of. the sea for ii limp U neces p'iSry.lo.qim them fully, Hut' tho Nanl wn, '.tho' Japanese jIHltcctM rrulser In iiooVjulu. J throllSlt her rupld-ilre guns bupurlor Iti Lillcry Id tho Phlla- dolphin, Is better protected nnd carries more men. It may reasonably bo as sumed that our offlccrs are more skill ful In naval warfare, nnd that Indi vidually ns neuters our men are stronger than tho Japanese: liut our lljthtliiff machine Is Inferior. Tho maxim that I'rovdenco favors tho heavier nrtlllery Is not confined In Its application to tho land. In tho close quarters of Honolulu harbor tho (runs which can throw the tnost metal In a minute nro npt to first strike n. vital spot The climate of Honolulu Is de lightful, and Its harbor furnishes today a healthful and Inviting station for one of the strongest of our modern war ships." Action already taken by tho United Stntes government may be sufficient to avert a Jnpanese coup d' etat In Ha waii: but tho safest wny to Insure peace and the permanence of American control there Is at once to ratify the treaty of annexation and thus put Ha wnll for nil time behind and under neath the Stars and Stripes. Dravo old General Gomez pauses In his march upon the Spanish strong hold In Cuba to remark that nt the gates of Havana he will publicly thank tho patriot army for its valor. Re garding the proposed Spanish reforms he says: "Spain might better stop all preparations she may be making to grant reforms to Cuba. We will accept neither reforms nor home rule. Wo have had enough of Spanish promises during four hundred years of oppres sion. Spain must know that this war Is only for Independence, and that tho Cubans will rather die than yield to any other solution. The day we again lifted our flag of liberty we wrote on it, 'Independence or death.' " At up ward of seventy, unnwed by opposition and undismayed by hardship and fa tigue, Maximo Gomez comes near being the grand old man of the century. An Evolution. Discussing the change In manage ment In the Lehigh Vnlley Ttailroad company tho Providence Journal says: Krom now on, it may be assumed, there will bo no more railroad sensations In the direction of the eoal regions, no more AIcLeod schemes, and, probably, no mora serious trouble about tho mining and transportation of hard coal. The Morgan syndicate. In order to make these proper tits pay, must avoid rate wars, differences among Its roads ns to the proportion of eoal to be produced, and conflicts with tho trunk line Unfile. That It will bo vie enough to do this, no ono can doubt. Thus the stability which the Morgan In fluence will Impart to the vast network of railroad routes between the New York Central nnd the Haltimore nnd Ohio will communicate Itself to the entire business of transportation In the Middle states, and In some measure to nil business there. The "McLeod scheme" was an at tempt to do without adequate financial backing what J. Plerpont Morgan and his business associates are enabled to do because they have at their command practically the entire railway capitali zation of the territory nffected. The new regime comes therefore In the line of evolution and conspicuously Illus trates the modern business tendency to conserve by co-operation the former great wastes of competition. It prom ises not only to make It possible for capital and labor In the coal regions to approach a fair return for their expenditure but also to afford to small investors in the securities of the coal carrying railroads the return in divi dends which had been sacrificed In a foolish era of railway throat-cutting. Some may object vigorously to the combination of interests under a single directing power, but that kind of con servation of commercial energy is now very popular, and It will continue to lie so Just so long as it can produce superior results. Students of the problem who poSEess common sense need not fear that cen tralization such as we are now witness ing will work Injury to business. When it begins to do that, the Intelligence of the men concerned in the problem will devise a remedy. If Spain nnd Japan want to form a triple alliance ngalnst Uncle Sam they might work In the Sultan or the Hey of Morocco. By all means let the dis gruntled get together. A Mugwump Opinion. For downright chlcken-heartedness commend us to this remark by the Sprlngheld Republican: "The seals are a small Issue to get excited over, how ever much Mr. Sherman may scold Lord Salisbury, Not ono person In 100, 000 Is Interested In sealskins, because they are luxuries which only the rich can afford to wear." In other words, that which concerns tho rich should not concern our gov ernment, nor should we resent tho wanton destruction of an American In dustry by Great Uritaln provided Its output enters mainly into tho homes of the well-to-do. This Is socialism with a vengeance; but It will hardly be relished by tho labor once employed In seal fl thing but now unable to find employment because British poachers have well nigh exterminated the seals. Wo llnd it difficult to believe that the Sprlngheld Itepubllcnn In this mat ter Is a truthful exponent of the Ideas nnd the public spirit of New Eng land. n Weyler's arrest of Havana merchants for selling goods to the Cubans ought to be worth a dozen victories to Gomez, for it will alienate Spain's strongest Mipport in Cuba. Let tho mercantile elements transfer their sympathies and aid to the insurgents and Spain's doom will be sealed. At l.iBt accounts Ambassador Hay had not been given his passports nor had the British lion made ready for a Hpi'liif at Uncle Sam. Even without an arbitration treaty the peace will bo kept. Much as tho senatorial tariff con ferees would llko as a matter of gen eral principles to sit upon Undo Thomas Ittc-d, we suspect they "can't do It, you know." If we are to have a hot tlmo with Spain perhaps after ail it was thought ful on the president's part to postpone it until cooler weather. From llryan's advice to Democrats to drink nioiij water und less rum wo Judge that he has permanently aban doned Kentucky. It Is very funny. The same senate which wants the. president to "de mand" various 'things from Spain re- fuieB to allow tho armor plato bills necessary to give such a demand re spectability nt Madrid. Tho fact that Dr. Charles E. Cadwat ader, of Philadelphia, a Vespected and eminent representative of ine of tho oldest nnd purest Qunkcr families in Pennsylvania, hns wedded the woman ho loved, though she had been his house maid, would not call for public com ment but for the fact that comment has been provoked. Such being the case, we tnke the liberty of saying that Dr. Cndwnlnder has exhibited In the matter the Instincts and courage of a truo gentleman .and both he and his admir able wife merit the congratulation of nil who nre untlnged with enste, snob bery or social affectation, A society which presumes cqunllty nnd democ racy In its civic relations and then (ries to despise' honest wrvlce In humble position is Intrinsically rotten nnd do serves to be torn open. That Dr. Cad walader should have had the manliness to estimate character regardless of sta tion nnd to offer to It the highest com pliment which man can pay to woman makes us less disposed than we had been to regard with contempt the pride of lineage and worship of ancestry which In some quarters too often lead to social tomfoolery, m The Syracuse Ppst has Just cele brated its third anniversary. The Syracuse Post Is one of the best edited nnd most neatly printed Journals In central New York and Is among The Tribune's most welcome exchanges. If Japan had no designs on Hawaii why In tlio nnmc of common sense is she raising such a racket about It? Speaking metaphorically, what the governor objects to is not so much the ilrey cross ns tho thorny crown. There being no war In Cuba, why should Weyler object to the sale of merchandise to the Insurgents? The sultan will be foolish If he sur renders the stnke without Insisting upon a show-down. That cavern of Ice discovered out west ought to maks a profitable sum mer resort. Gossip at the Capital Speclal Correspondence of The Tribune. Washington, July 16. Tho tariff, the currency, and the Im provement In business conditions nre the three subjects which have especially at tracted attention In Washington this week. They all- gave evidence that the Republican party is carrying out Its pledges rabidly, more rapidly, indeed, than any party ever performed the acts promised In its platform In the memory of the present generation. Progress In the consideration of the tar iff bill by tho conference committee has been rapid and gratifying In its character. A largo proportion of the amendments made by the senate have been niscussed and easily agreed upon, and only a few knotty problems still remain and with every prospect of these being disposed of very soon. Wool, sugar, lumber, cotton ties, and a few of the less Important sub Jects proved the most 'difficult In tho at tempt to bring about a llnal agreement between the two branches of congress, and In oil there was a disposition to glvo thoughtful consideration to the best In terests of the people and to meet tho popular demand as it became npparcnt. that tho llnal te&ult would be such as to meet the popular approval. One question, however, tho conferees hae been com pelled to keep constantly In mind, and that relates to the effect of their action upon the chances of llnal passage of tho bill In the senate. The fact that the Re publicans ao not and cannot control that body still makes It absolutely necessary that they move with the greatest caution and exercise a vast amount of diplomacy In their llnal shaping of the bill In order to absolutely assure Its final passage In that body. Tho woik upon tho tariff bill In confer ence has been as unsatisfactory to tho trusts as was that of the house and sen ate. Every step In the framing of this bill has shown a determination on tho part of those In charge of It to avoid the mistakes which the Democrats made In tho framing of their tariff bill and by which the party gave to the trusts, and especially the sugar trust, such enormous advantages. Of couise tho Democrats have tried to make It appear that the Re publicans were laying themselves liable to as grave charjiC3 as were successfully made against their own party und tariff bill, but have failed In that attempt, and there is good reason to assert that tho new bill when It gets upon tho statute books will bo less satisfactory to tho trusts than any measure enacted in many years. It la still understood that a message will be sent to congress as soon as tlio tariff bill Is out ot the way asking thnt the president bo given authority to ap point a commission to consider tho cur rency question and frame a measure tor a general currency law. The delay In sending In this messago has been due to tho fear that this action might precipi tate a currency discussion and thus delay nctlon upon tho tariff bill, but there Is reason to believe that tho messago will be forthcoming as soon as the tariff bill is disposed of. Whether It will be posslblo to pass a measure of this character through tho senate without vpry great delay Is of course uncertain, but If Re publican votes can pass It it will become a law promptly. It is felt that a commla. slon selected from the best students of finance In the country will be able to frame a much more satisfactory currency measure than would probably bo pro pared by any general committee of con gress, which could not, of course, bo made up of men who have made a life long study ot this complex and dlllluult subject. Tho statements of the fiscal year just ended show that the agricultural ele ment of the country has enjoyed a greatly Improved condition during tho past year, while other statements received hero nro equally gratifying as to the prospects for tho coming year. The cxportatlons of brcadstuffs during the yenr ended Juno CO, 1697, amounted to $159,838,828 in value, against $135.8I1.813 in the fiscal year end ed June 20, 1896, nnd S110.9G7.75S In tho fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1593. This Is an luereaso of $53,000,000 In the pockets of tho farmers for tho year Just ended for brcadstuffs alone, as compared with tho preceding year, nnd an Increase of $79,000,000 compared with tho year 1893. The cxportatlons of cattlo for tho fiscal year Just ended amounted to about $2, 000,000 moro than In tho preceding year. 1-Vcsh beef Increased about $1,000,000, hams $3,000,000. Now that wo aro about to bid adieu to tho Wilson law It may not bo uninterest ing to point out some ot its failures slnco It U Impossible to say anything good In taking leavo of a measure which has brought such distress to tho country and tho treasury. Tho deficit of $123,000,030 which it had made up to tho tlmo of Mc Klnley's Inauguration has been somewhat reduced by the enormous Importations ot the past three months which were made in order to escape duties under tho new tariff law, Notwithstanding the Increase In receipts by real r this Hood ot lm- portntlon since tho Inauguration ot Presi dent iMcKlntey, tho customs, Internal rcvenuo nnd total receipts upcler this law have been much less than In tho corrc- fpomllng months of the history of the JIcKlnley law. This is especially inter esting and Important because of the state ments made from tlmo to tlmo by the Democrats to tho effect that tho Wilson law wns more successful ns a revenuo producer than tho McKlnley law. Tho absolute falsity of this stntcment Is shown by tho olllclal figures covering tho receipts of tho Wilson law from tho be ginning ot Its operations down to tho present time and comparing thoso with the receipts under the McKlnley law In the corresponding months of its exist ence. Tho Wilson law has now been In operation thirty-four months. In thoso thirty-four months tho customs recclpls aggregated $167,4(3,218, while In tho flrst thirty-four months of the McKlnley law tho customs receipts were $318,132,411. The Internal revenuo receipts under tho Wil son law In Us first thirty-four months wcro $382,732,153, and in the llrst thirty four months of the McKlnley lnw were $433,772,158. The totnl receipts, under the Wilson law in Its first thirty-four months, ended Juno 30, 1897, amount to $901,200, G32, while tho McKlnley law In Its llrt thirty-four months produced $1,011,018,077, a balance of inoro Ihnn $137,000,000 In fa vor of tho McKlnley lnw. ATTACKINQ THE ALIEN TAX LAW. From tho Philadelphia Ledger. Tho constitutional validity of the new alien tax law has been attacked by a bill of equity, filed In the Circuit court of the United States for tho western district of Pennsylvania, to enjoin a ilrm from col lecting the 3 cents per diem tax on tho labor of an alien employe. Inasmuch us It Is a proceeding to secure an injunction, nnd no tlmu wilt bo consumed In taking testimony, tho facts having been ngreed upon, tho court may be expected to hand down a decision In a few weeks. Tho questions Involved In the Issue aro of tho highest constitutional Importance, and their llnal disposition will bo awaited with Interest In this and other states. If tho discriminating tax upon nllen labor Im posed by tho Pennsylvania statute Is held to he n valid exercise of legislative power, other stntes will probably utlopt similar legislation. o The bill In equity presents a plausible arraignment of the net, but lay Judgment upon the matter must be suspended until the law olllcers of tho stato have tiled their answer and the court has declared Its opinion. It Is tho contention of tho plaintiff, as set forth by his nttorneys, that It Is for congress, and for congress alone, to detcimlne the conditions upon which aliens shall enter tho country nnd follow their pursuits. The alien plaintiff Is a subject of Great Britain, and one of the apparently ttrong points he Insists upon Is that, by treaty between the Unit ed States and Great Britain, It Is cove nanted, among o her things, that the sub jects of each country shall enjoy recipro cal rights of residence under the protec tion of equal laws and "free from all bur dens nnd conditions, except such as nre Imposed upon tho citizens of such country by Its own laws;" that the constitution provides that the constitution and fed eral laws made In pursuance of It and all treaties made under the authority of the United States shall be the supremo law of the land. The reason why con gress and not state legislatures should regulate the terms upon which aliens shall come Into the country and pursue their avocations Is cogently stated by the plaintiff's attorney In an Interview In tho Pittsburg Commercial Gazette: "As the states have no power to treat with foreign governments upon any subject, any re taliatory legislation would fall upon this country at large, nnd any responsibility for breach of treaty would rest upon too United States, and not upon the state of Pennsylvania." o It is urged by the plaintiff that the Fourteenth nmendment provides thnt no state shall deny to nny person within its jurisdiction the "equal protection of the laws." Tho plaintiff contends that the phrase "eqcal protection of tho laws" Is tantamout to tlie "protection or equal laws," nnd that the net Infringes the Fourteenth nmendment In that the plain tiff Is subjected to a tax upon his labor which Is not levied upon nil other persons within the state. Tho plaintiff avers nlso that tho statute is in contravention of the Federal Civil Rights act of 1570, de claring "that nil persons within the jur isdiction of tho United States shall have tho sumo right In every state and ter ritory to make nnd enforco contracts, to sue, bo parties, give evidence, nnd to tho full nnd equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for tho security of persons and property ns Is enjoyed by white citizens, nnd shall bo subject to llko punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, li censes nnu exactions of every kind and no other." o Tho police power of n state Is not Im paired by tho Fourteenth amendment. How far Its taxing power may go with out violating tlfo nmendment it is dif ficult to say. A commentator upon the nmendment says that it contemplates protection ngnlnst discrimination in state action as between persons nnd classes of persons. Tho amendment declares that no stato shall deprive nny person of life, liberty or property without "due process of law," but this does not npply to a tax exaction. It was decided In the Ken. tucky railroad enses some years since that when a person liable to tho assess ment of a tax under a state law for raising revenues has had duo notice of the preliminary proceedings, ns pre scribed in tho statute, and has had an opportunity to test tho validity of tho proceedings, ho cannot plead, success fully, that ho has been deprived of his property without duo process of law. Tho plaintiff lias raised an Issue bristling with importunt constitutional questions nnd those Involving tho Interpretation of treaty rights and privileges. TOLD BY THE STARS. Unity Horoscope Drawn by AJncchus, Tho Trib'uuo Astiolugcr. Astrolabe Cast: 1.60 a. m., for Saturday, July 17, 1S97. 83 & A child bcrn on this day will notice that "McKlnley Prosperity" comes quicker to the fellow who hustles than to the Indi vidual who waits with folded hands. Professor McDonald, the astrologer, avers that the world is flat. We fear that the professor Is tho victim of some of tho early cabbie and cucumbers grown on the dark side of the disk. Tho propensity to mako hay when the sun has gone to rest has made failures ot many promising business careers. No man can servo two masters unless he Is in politic)!. AJncchus' Advice. 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