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B ; THE INTER-MOUNTAIN
wH : rr.imr h heath.
PHH i rubllslir und Oeiicial Manager.
QH ) Terms of Subscription. Strictly In Ad-
9H I Inter Mountain l'o'rmir und Henchman.
!lEH The'saii 'i akWkly TrlOurw. II W Pr
H iiiiv. ri:niti'AU as "
VxH Tic II uf Committee on Territories
;H j ), -, , i m it report recommending
,VH tni nlnu-slon of Oklahoma (whether
tcV! V ( cmihinitlm with the Indian Tcirl-
H t 11 ri 1 d Is not Muted), of Nl-v Mem-
7?H n ml if Winona, 1'iububly Congress
tft V,: in th" tcpoit rind grunt thn
JPIH mlml m ns It ought to . indeed.
MH tin I 11" excuse for refuting. Thru
H mill v Alnki nH the only Territory,
,H t,ut Hi t l" so I'"""" that two or thrco
EB Toil 'i e'tn I"1 made out of It.
ElLI ' nitor rhonins Kcnins of Utah
KHl w.ll . fi l-'obru.'ry let l tho director
H of the t nlled Stntca geologic nl auncy.
H "I lull vo It would he highly desirable
to m.i I. c ii complete survey uf the Hour
l rltci and lis tilbutarlcs, and ugiec with
H you th.it It Is one of the maul Important
H hit i- I it" sticams ol the West.
capable, uniler certain conditions, of
adding eiioi mously In tho agricultural
B por Ibllltl'S of tlmt win waste men In
Utah nnd lilulia. You in i) (limit u pun
my lndoiscnnnt and hcnity utippoit In
In a i i out number of the Commoner,
Mr llrv.ins paper. In a picture nt
B Aguln.ildo, n lull. flue-looking, vvell-
H lrc cd man, labeled ' Our Hnomy."
lly his Klil.i la u little black dwarf.
j naked but for a biocch-clemt, and
H 1 termed with a how; thla flRuiu In la-
becd ' Maciilmbo Bnkllci, Out Ally."
H I Of course, a in.in of the standing of
H ', i .Mr. Hi J ii n would not sloop to dallb-
H eiatu deteptlon, so we conclude that
B nhtn ho takes the picture of n Negrito
: dwarf and I ilicla It Jtucubeb", he la
Hj ' , merely too Ignorant to know u hat lie
H I" Is doing
H j It mutt have tieen a lure treat In
H j lieai thn animated discussions, icpnrl-
eil In the dliputihes. hetneeu Minister
H Wil Tlinc-funR und ex-MHor l'helmi
H I ' nf H.in l'rnnclsfo on t'hlnese exrluslon
' t was In u New Yoik hotel, whetc
I they "met by th.inie, ' und attracted
t a eioml lit onte. The end of It was
truly Oriental when the Minister gue
H tho parting shot, "ou know about
H this subject, mm that I lime talked
to you" It must hae made l'helun
H ' loll over with rage, for his ldo.i Is
' that he knen nil about the iiultvi
H long ago
The Vernal l'.press thinks that It
must !uc 'loULhed The Trlbunu on
H a tender spot" when we took the nei-
H cssary spare and pains to correct Its
misstatement of fiut as to Senator
H Keainka resolution nhkh stnppcil the
H I Ignlng of tho Uintah lease. In this the
H l.'xpress errs again. We merely ilu-
Hj i plrcd to set it light, knunlng that all
j It wanted In order to pilnl the truth
Hj was to knon tho truth This we gate
Hl ' It, und now thut It bus confessed Its
Hj error and acknowledged that It nils-
H represented Benutur Keurns, thero Is
H nothing mine to
H It Is to the credit of u high prestige
H for the Judiciary thAt the President
H I has so speedily come to the conclusion
HJ I that Juclgn Nojes Is lint lit longer to
Hl hold n position on the lleiith. The ln-
Hl cstlgntlnn of his rase before the I'. H.
H I Circuit Court at An riauctsco showed
R I an appalling condition of affairs under
H ; Nocs's Jurisdiction at Nome, ami tho
H I censure of it b the (.'iruilt Judges
H was scathing. It 1 a wonder to all
H ' who knew nf those proceedings that
B Noycs wus continued so long In olllce
H after those awful judicial exposures.
B i Hut the right thins has leen done at
B i
H Tho St. I.ouls Minor Rlvrs this pleas.
H ' ant picture or a once-noted Anteilcuu
H statesman. "Jerry hlmpson Is ull th.it
H the jesters and the lgnniainuses hao
H t jld he was not. lie Is n gentle, come-
H ly courageous man who will ueer
H g w old The ocean of the plains lias
H t'kcu the place in his heuil unco tilled
H by tho w tstes of water. Ills faMiiltc
H 1 istime Is galloping with his sun lifter
H g .hounds and jacli-iuhblts In Okla-
homa and New Mexico. lie Is now en-
mKed In the stock business and Is rc-
puted winlthy. but he Is making plana
B f,T a grut lanch In New Mexico,
B wheia his flout jurd will reach to the
H r -Int: sun mid his gaidcn wall will lie
B tho ltocky Mountains." Hockless Jerr
B must huvo lefoimed slnto ho went out
1 t Of I'' lllU M
Htti The npologles of enutois Tillman
B md MrLauiln to the fenato can hurdl)
B he called full and free. Tillman spite
H of tho despicable aspect of the paitl-
HB rnn'hlp shown by utheiwlsc high, clean
and honorable men meaning ills lie-
B publican opponents, he also spoke of
BB j the priointion he had niffeied. when
BB ; h was tho aggiessor all through. M
BB l.aurln told of the ll' esslty h wus
I tinder nf defending his honor (evident-
H 1) with the lesenntlaif In ills mind of
B Fcnatc or no Senate) and begn" to say
H that If theie was nn moto Ii ..uiunlng
H cf It he would do It all over ac.ilu, but
H was choked off lnu re he could get the
H words out. It wusn't mui h of an upul-
H og. on either side
H ' The amenities of tho United States
H ienate ate past rinding out. All In-
H "ance P point On last Monday the
H -'. 11 to Atend expiring Natiuiml Lai.'
H elm era for twenty eai i .,u, on us
H the nrxt business in oidei V nator
H Aldtich wanted it to pusi tight away,
Kj Qenatnr Cockiell obJi ted. Senator
H Aldrlrh pleaded tirgem . nnd appealed
H . to Mr, Cockrell to withdraw his objec-
H tlnn. He did not Then Senator Cut-
H beison of Texas alsn objeoi , Ml.
H ' Aldrlcli renewed his appeal. Seniiui
ffi Cockrell said nothing, henatnr Culher-
HH son Insisted that he wai opposed to
H the passage of tho hill. Menutor Ald-
H i ilfh ngaln explali)ed tho need of m-
H gency. Senator Culberson adhered to
H M position, and sad h" wantrl tit
H Ilecord to show his oppo Itlnn, Hnu
M . tor Cullom said thut would be ah-jn,
m the Mil was taken up nnd passed
by unanimous consent, the Record
showing the opposition of two Senators
tn that unanlmltj. It s a great old
Senate
THE CITV NEEDN'T WAIT.
The action to be brought In regard to
tho Jordan Narrows water Is right!
and et, so fsr as the rlt la concerned,
there l no need to await the Issue of
that suit. Tho water will be needed on
the higher level the ensuing season;
there is no tlmo to sparo In tho work
of getting it out. and that should be
begun at nme. If ny one should un
dirtake to restrain suih taking. It
would be limn enough to stop If the
touit entered It: but It may fairly be
doubled if an objection would be mad".
It Is worth trying, anyway. With re
gard to the opinions wo printed yester
day mi the effect of the decision, a
contemporary, which . hlldlshly plead
ed that wo had assailed It, says only
ono sustained our opinion; hut that wa
the only one which expi eased any opin
ion on the ease, save by aeiiuloseence.
We feel sure also, that tho construc
tion given by the eminent authority thai
spoke, will I round to lie the authori
tative ono, for. Indeed, that is the only
construction that the opinion n-mlte of.
Piuler (hat const ruction, tho city liny
undoubted!) go forward, without liti
gation, In raising the level at which the
water can be taken out As we said
ulmte, we don't bellee that any one
The death of William Martin le
would objet t.
CONFIDENCE IN UTAH MINES.
The confidence nf Mr. Andrews, the
defaulting hank oitlelol of Detroit, In
his t'tah mining interests, la nattering
tn the standing of the mince of the
mates. Thete Is no question but they
do stand high In tho estimation uf the
I Jester n public, nnrt especially tn thut
of moneyed men. This Is proven b the
large Investments of Western capltnl In
the past two nan In the special le
llame f Mr. Andrews, too, the conll
deuce Is fairly Justified. Tho Tlewuukee
Is In one of the Bleat mining districts
of the State -Illngharn; It has n lecoril
nf productiveness that may well be
envied, and its toseives nPoio are be
lieved to be large. The Ophlr at Htutc
llne. the other of his reliances, hus ic
contlv shown some phenomenal discov
eries of rich ore, which Hpimtently need
only tn be followed up to develop Into
well-paying laxllep- but the camp
Is new nnd not tlmoiiRlilv opened up:
It Is n little remote, ton, nnd lacking In
some conveniences that will doubtless
lie supplied, hut the main thing K arc
the rlclies theiof We believe they uio.
and while Mr. Andicwn's nets were as
bad as they could be. by his contldence
lu his t'tah Investments arc quite likely
to put him on Ills feet ngaln. Uut if
they do, then his warning, "Young men
can point to mo ns un exnmple of the
result of sieculutlve mania" luses Us
force, for he went Into these mines
purely as n speulation, nnd many nuug
men would be iulto willing to follow
hi ccuiise. If they could hold oft piosc
union nnd work out alt right in tho
end, b) the f lulls of thoee speculations.
Mr. Andrews should havo hud his specu
lations result in disaster to make his
warning erTeitive, If they tuin out it
brilliant sue 'ess. his watnlng Is no
warning nt nil. but an Invitation.
THE CAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
The change nf tune of lluesla Is lion
explained. When tho Anglo-Japanese
tieuty was made public, It wus hailed
In Ht. retersbuig as satlsfnuot), and
well It might be. as on its face ll
seemed to leave Manchuria out of the
Chinese empire, whose Integrity it wus
tho purpose of tho treaty to guai.ui
tee It caused no surprise, therefore,
when the treaty was first welcomed In
ltussla. Hut the Itusslan view changed
quickly, there was on tho surface no
lenson for this change, but now all is
cleai. It was the Ameilcan nnd the
Herman notes, Insisting on applilng
pi actually the guarantee of the trenty
to Mum luu 1 1 also Theso note Insist
on the irrformnnce of the pledge of
the open door fin commerce theie as
In othei parts of China, and also thit
exclua' o tinde pilvlleges or conces
sions In opening mines, establishing
rallioads or affecting other ludustiies
must not be granted. As these were
the veiy things (hat Itllsslii was pie
inning to enjiij, It la natural that dla
content should be at on. e manifested
upon the receipt of the notes The
plain pointing out of the reasons why
such giants or monopolies could not
he tuteiuted, makes the situation clear,
and enttenches our Government In nn
Impregnable iH-sltlon And the concert
of action between this country and
Ceimuny In line with the Anglo-Japanese
treaty foims a combination that
even Itusslu Is hound tn tespect.
MISS STONE RELEASED.
Miss Stone Is released: It Is pleasant
news that gives tills Information. We
said a few duys ago, that the bundlts,
being mere bandits and not Iiulgnrltn
or Turkish (Uncials, would piobably
keep their word, und release her at the
expiration of tho week they asked for
after the pameut of the money, to
secure their own safety. They kept
that promise to tho day.
It has been a curious case. Thero
has mt l-ciked suspicion that her cap
ture was u political plot, und tli.it the
Ilulgnrlm oinc la hcp-U tn share In
the ransom. And then thero was a
1 roieet by missionaries In those regions
against raising the lansom demanded,
the Idea being that If the. brigands
fouml that they could extort money
fiom America by capturing American
missionaries and holding them for ran
torn, none of the mleslonii lea would be
safe for u daj , that It would become a
tegular business It may be, too, that
this Mew will be found to bo correct.
Time will show, nut it Is certain that
the response In the next case, should
there be one, will by no means be as
hearty or iih considerable In amount
as It was In the case of Miss Htonu,
repetitions will destroy values.
The American missionary wnilt In
llulgarl.i has assumed high Import
ame. not nlone by reisnn of tho num
ber of innviris and churches, but by
n i'"n of Us ctu'r iional fenturrs
'iheie I o twenty cln icho In the mis.
h with un ivci iK of u hundrM
incmb-18 to c-ih, Tho Americans
tianslated the niblo Into Tlulgarlan
and have established many schools. It
was while on a mission to eitabllih a
school that Miss Htone was captured
At the head of the educational ssstem
Is the Ilobert college, located on n crag
on the Kuiopean side or the Uophorus
It has bn In operation for thirty
years It has always been populor with
the earnest men of Itulgarla. nnd Its
graduates, as stated by Mr. W. T
Stood In an article In th Independent,
have In effect created the Stnto of
llulgarla. It was ltussla that effected
the liberation, but Itobert college men
who formed the Slate and modeled It
upon American lines. The Itusslan
troops, on pasting the crag Itnuniell
HISBar. on their return from that victo
rious war, cheered the college as they
passed, nnd their bands played Ameri
can airs. The most Influential woman
In Inilgaila, Mrs. W. II. Kneautntli.
was a pupil or Miss Stone's The Amer
icans lu this mission lire looked to by
tho peoile of Ilulgarl i for idvlto and
guidance. America has, therefore, a
gret stnke In tint region, nnd Its in
line nee Is bound to grow. It was en
tirely fit, therefore, that the American
people should come to the release nf
Miss Stone, nnd the fact that they did
so promptly and llliornlly will add
enormously to the prestige of the mission.
THE BIO BATTIE IS ON.
The light against the Northern Securi
ties company Is now on In earnest. The
opinion of Attorney-Oenernl Knox that
the .oinblne on which It Is formed is
condemned b law. und the consequent
preparation of a bill In equity ngalnst
Ha operation, Join the battle, (if course
the combine will resist, and the tight
Is sure to bo both long and hard. Onv.
Van Snut of Minnesota will welcome
this turn 111 the case with Joy. nnd will
very naturally hold that the Tnlted
St lies Is upholding his position, which
In fact it Is doing The principle In
volved seems to be one or proportion
rather than ptlnclplc; for no one con
tends thit the combination of two or
more minor rnlluuvs would be unlaw
ful: In fact, nothing has been more
common thun such ccmblnntlons. The
contest now on may lie expected to de
clare how fai thin qit nf combination
can go, and at what point It must stop;
while If the feature of being naturally
competing loads enters Into tho cuse
las It will or course), wo may expect
that the court will make, clear how
much more competition there Is In fact,
when two naturally competing roads are
opot uteri under nn amicable traffic
iiei cement (as the Northern PacHlc and
tho llrcnt Northern have been operated
for many years), thnn there Is when the
two are merged Into ono control, It Is
the great light of the day, and Its vari
ous maneuvers nnd developments will
be watched with tho keenest attention
by a curious and Interested public.
SECRETARY LONG TO RETIRE.
The confirmation of tho report that
Secretary Long is to retire from tho
Cabinet will be ie.nl with regret by tho
country. He is an able man. and as i
Cabinet otllcer he has conducted the
affairs of his department with signal
couiago and effectiveness. The brunt
of the Spanish war rime upon the
nuvy, und Secrelnrj Lang showed him
self master of the situation. At the
outbreak of that war this tountiy was
singularly Ul-prepaied for hostilities
on the sea. It had to Improvise a navy
to it considerable extent, and the Sec
retary made Urge puichuses of vessels
to form auxiliary forces for scouting
and light duty. He did the work or
prepirlng theso vessels for set vice with
an energy and celeilty that were tlu
theme of universal pulse, Throughout
his services to the country have been
of the highest character, and the public
will view his retirement with a feeling
that he has served It well. The disin
tegration of the McKlnley Cabinet goes
on npuco. but In eveiv Instuiico it Is
vnluutntj, and the retiring mail leaves
with the kindest feeling for the Presi
dent nnd of tho President for lilm.
l'Dstmaster-Oenernl Smith was tho first
to go. Iielng succeeded hy Mr. I'ajno
of Wisconsin: then Secretary (luge,
who was succeeded by Mr. Shaw nf
Iowa, and now Secretary Long goes.
Tho old Cabinet might have continued
throughout the leini. had Mr. McKln
ley lived, but probibly not. It was not
tn be expected, either, that they woull
all remain under the new conditions.
It Is a cause for congi.itutatloti that
each ua he retires goes out with grate
ful good words from the public press or
nil shades of opinion, save only for the
Irrecunctlubles.
LEASING THE PUBLIC LANDS.
We have received from nn anxious
render of Tho Trlbuno In Idaho the
following cuiloul-ie.ifconed criticism
of u recent edltoilal In this paper'
IJftitor Tribune -In 'I he Seml-Wrrkly
rrlliune or Januarj list there Is un edf
lorfal Hunt leasing the public domain
for gidilng puriHwca llud I read such an
article In the ncseret News I would not
Imvi. thought ll strung, us (he News li
wiling to take revelations from Und ss
cvldcmi In emit Hut tn rem such mi
article In The 'irlbune surprised me it
Is evldint Jiill .In not understand the
situation. If uu understood matteis bet
ter I don't believe sou would sac that
the public domain should be leased by Hie
Hut It Is tn lie piesuined that some
xaniplro In human form would diaii null
u Ii III before Congress. annne who
would introduce such a bill or vole for It.
In m opinion, should be considered a
public cneinv In lease llic ranges will
ause hardships not nnlj tn Hie I easel,
but to evcr ono else that has stock on
the range The leaser will has t fPtKt
his certain tract of land or cninl'iy 1
corps nf herders In keep other lu mile's
stock from off his holdings If tiie hn.
eminent lesies the ranges ihen the (Int
ernment must protect the lease. , and
stock lint grases cm leased lands will be
seised and sold for clnmrjee. Then ilia
wholesale killing will besln "'"
While ll Is true that sheep and cattle
men have made war un each aher from
lime u time, but In t.ie Mlllaid bill be"
enmo a liw. then there will be wur .
tweeu the rssei nnd nnn. leaner for nn
one will allow their stork to bo seised
uud sold fin plating on C.o eminent
hind land which by divine right should
.elmijt to the people Muither twd fei
Jure Is People who have monev might
ease Urge tracts of land, and then sub
lease lu olheis ill a tnmh hluhrr rale
1-m,,ff n'Lals ,l,lll,h"or -
will Pe hundreds of useisss Government
intents Ii. paicel out ihe ians l
M view of the matter Is that un' n. r
son wishing tn gruae stock on llnvem
meiit land should pa so much por head
pir vi, ir for lira iirl.llrte of grating,
siv a eenia per In ,d per je'r fur
horses r, cents per head per c ir for
iitilc and W cents per head per j ear
for sheep This I inline would be f, ,
f" ull e mrerncd It would give sto, it A
Imnra tn re-im at will Stock thai are
luried closely don t thilvo well nu's
to ino (lovernment culd le collected by
ii - irs the same a. other taxes
It Is to I hor-d the Mill rd Mil will
not become a. law, benoior Millard mleht
JJ iUNCJlMA, ....SDA- JlOlLVLVtf, JiMUAl.r 2o, 10-3.
mike a good gooso herder. Mil a good.
Senator never. CON DOTx,
Hay Horse Ida , Pcb li law
A few points In the above may be dis
poned of brief!.
1. It is Impossible for us to see
where nn question of politics or re
ligion comes In with regnrd to this
matter: It Is purely a question of pub
lic utility: nor Is there n problem of
vampirism or public enmity In It. In
terests of Individuals or companies
might clash, to be sure, but they do
that njw, and both murder nnd destruc
tion of property are not Infrequent. We
should think that parccllnjr out the pub
Ho ranges, giving to each leaser Ills ex
clusive tights, would tend to do away
with this homicide unci destiuctlou.
8. We don't see Hint the leaser would
have to fence his land; tho grnxlng
grounds could be laid out In well-defined
rnnges, each keeping to his own.
In fact, such divisions are attempted
now, among the stock owners them
selves, with consldeinblc success As the
flocks and herds multiply, und the pub
tic nrea decreases, this division Is Im
perative, under nny ettcm. Of comse,
Ihe (lovernment would set boundurles
to the lnnges (tho very thins we
uigetl, Instead of tho present luwless
methods of doing it), und would give
leasehold titles, which would protect
the lessee In tho use of the tract tuken.
The question of seizing cnttle for rtiim
agea is purely Imaginary, the Govern
ment would see to getting Its pay In its
own vi ay, und probably not by that
method; while the aggrieved stock
owner would have lili legal remedj.
There is altogether too much of tho
feeling thut the killing must begin"
throughout the grazing region.
S. The leasing of large trncs for the
purpose of sub-leasing could be guarded
against by filing applications by bona
tide companies: theso would of couise
be given the preference, nnd speculation
would thus be reduced to tho minimum.
4. The Idea thut tho lnnd should
belong by divine right to the public Is
a needless way of putting It, the
land belongs absolutely and legally
to the public the whole public. Thli
does not mean thit one man or set of
men have a right to take possession of
that Hnd to the exclusion of everybody
else. Hvery one has equal rights In It,
nnd the only wny to apply that light.
Is for tho public In general, through
Governmental agency, to sell Its right
of possession and use to some one who
Is willing to pay for the same. The
proposition submitted by our eoi re
spondent iimouiitB to tho same thing in
principle: for to pay the public for tho
right of grazing, at so much per heud,
does not differ ut nil In essence from
pnvlng so much per acre for the same
privilege. Tho chief difference that
would be found lu piactlce would be
that whereas the number of acres could
not be diminished, we very much fear
that the number of stock returned for
taxing purposes would show un alarm
ing shrinkage.
The edltorlil which our correspond
ent object"! to was one which Mated the
puiport of a bill introduced by Senator
Mlllaid or Nebraska, and commented
upon It in a frlendl) spliit. Wc still
think that the objects of the hill nro
commendable, and that, the measure
would stop tho wars between the tat
tle and sheepmen, that by meani or
Its provisions the public lnnges could
be equitably puiceled out, and that
each grazing company would know and
be pioteeted In its rights. At present.
ne pioteeted In its rights. At present,
tho whole, matter Is unsettled und ar
bitrary, bloody tnullltts are common,
there Is contention about rnnges on
which exclusive rights are puro as
sumption An intelligent leasing sss
tem would eepnrato these contending
parties, and would establish tho ranges
In suitable areas Mr each, giving each
lights that could be maintained and
enforced. As we said In the artlclo
which is complained of, "It may be
that this leasing nnd dividing the pub.
lie lands ror grazing purposes would
not strike favorably tho old rnngeis
who have been accustomed to go where
they pleased and do what they like;
but It Is certain that tho old method
is now out of date, and cannot much
longer be continued. It Is also certain
that there should bo some revenues
derived from the public ranges; the
new Irrigation bill shows where the
money could ho best applied, and the
nioic of it there Is the sooner the work
of Government control uf und
help for Irrigation can begin."
And wo concluded; "Senator
Millard's bill opena up a ques
tion of great importance. It has spe
cial relations tn many nllled Interests,
and should be carefully peifccted hv
tho author nnd tho members In both
houses fiom the arid States."
LIGHT ON THE PHILIPPINES.
Secretary Long took the statesman s
view of tho conditions In the Philip
pines In his a (Uh ens on Lincoln birth
day before the Middlesex club at Uos
ton, wien he said: "Here the wile
student looks not to the sporadic inci
dent of ,i tight here or a riot or mui
dei there, but to the fact that school i
ure established, that roads are hullt,
that business glows und that Ameilcan
tlvlllfutlnu Is thero to stay anil to
bless," continuing, he mado u fore
cast as well as an uxlom when ho aald.
The question of the Independence of
lliese Islands which may ono d ly be
a substantial and vital question, is to
daj un ucadeinlc question. Men may
iiiuke speeches for paity effect, but
there Is no paity, there Is nn commu
nity In tho Vnlleil States that for one
moment Intends tn abandon, or would
take the responsibility of abandoning,
the trust we are now under to give
those Islands the pat mention, the gov
ernment and the civilization which we
inn selves enjoy." Aa tho Hochester
Demociut and Phionlcle well says,
Secretarj Long has been ramlllar with
the whole Philippine question rrom
the (list, and with the views of Presl
dent McKlnley and now of President
Hoosevelt, und may falily be, said to
be voicing Ihem In these remarks, to
which may be added, and the senti
ments of the vast innjorlty of tho
Ameiltan people ns well
Gov. Tart has Illuminated the country
on the Philip) Ino situation, In his tesll.
mony before the Congressional com
mittee. Hn is cool, cireful and thor
oughly Informed, sn ns not only to give
Information, but to keep out tho nils
Iniormntlon that the Democratic mem
bers or the committee constantly strive
to inject Into the proceedings. No part
of his testimony, however, is more perti
nent and exnetly what should bo said
than what he li reported this morning
ns enjlng, viz. that a straightforward
pronouncement from thla country na to
Its intentions In regard to holding the
Islands is much needed and would ef
fect widespread good. The lack of such
pronouncement la responsible In our
Judgment for the whole tioublo there
with the nntlves. If there hod been nn
authoritative statement from the flr't
that this country meant to retain tho
Islands, but that It would give the people
cveiy personal tight enjojed by any
citizen of the Jlepublic, with loent self-
government so far as they were compe
tent to enny It on, tho nntlves who
welcomed our forces ns delivered
would, wo believe," have been content.
Hut we sat down, saslng nothing, al
lowed them to ullegc their Independence,
to set up a government of their own
without remonstrance, to exercise ucts
of sovereignty without being called
down, und finally came the clash. Gov.
Tuft In recommending this definite pio-nuunceiiK-nt
hus touched upon the sore
spot of ull our dealings In tho Philip
pines. ,
RURAL FREE DELIVERY IN DANGER.
It In greatly to bo fenied that the
Rural Tree Delivery system, so warmly
appreciated by those who have re
ceived Its benefits, so earnestly desired
by all ttirnl communities to which It
has not hitherto been c xlrnded. Is in
danger. Woist of ull, the blow aimed
nt this great postal lotonn comes rrom
Its nllcged fi lends.
Hver since Hum I Tree Delivery of
mall was g.iluml-cd Into active life
under tho administration nf Piesldent
McKlnley. in 1M7, Its great strength
has lain In the fact tint It has been u
seivbe lot the people nnd by the pen
pie. The turtil cnuieia selected havo
been those whom tho people have
chosen, nnd who have had the entire
conlldcneo of those whom they served.
How neceesniy this Is In n delivery of
thli kind tan be reudlly seen from tho
fntt that ull tho duties or city curriers
and more have been gradually ton
feired upon the rural postmen. They
register nnd deliver registered letters,
give receipts for money orders, make
special dellveiies in the sanio wny and
for the same fees as tho city men, and
undertake tho peisonal dcllvciy of pen
sion checks.
THe close community of Intcresta be
tween the people and the rural carriers
has been shown In numerous Instances
by the fanners clubbing together to
buy tho carrier nn nppiovcd postal
wugon and a uniform, nnd by volun
tary contributions for the increase of
his Insufficient pay. This last point,
which has been so large a subject of
complaint, has been relieved hy the
action of Congress Itself, which has
added to tho deficiency npproptlitlon
for the Rural Free Delivery Service for
tho current je.ir a sufficient nmount to
enable the department to increase the
pay of carriers from 1500 to J000 or
;25 a enr.
When everything vvns In tills satis,
factory condition nnd the whole service
was progressing most prosperously,
with the prospect of nn appropriation
of eight or ten millions of dollars for
Its continuation nnd extension during
tho next fiscal year, a bugaboo was
started. Homo curriers In tho little
town of Mead vllle, Crawford county,
Pennsjlvnnln, undertook to ndvanco
their Interests hy starting a Rural Car
rleis' Association, with tho avowed
purpose of nsklng of Congress to In
ircaso their pay and regulate the
length of their mutes. Heroro this cir
cular had been brought to the attention
of tho department, these enterprising
rural postmen had nddressed letters to
a number of Representatives In Con
gress and had elicited fiom them more
or less direct promises of suppott,
Just ns soon ns the department got to
know of the oignnlzatlnn nnd the pui
poses for which It was designed, It Is
sued peremptory orders to tho cairlers
to cease their lobbvlng efforts, nnd
they Immediately compiled, Preuent
Roosevelt, Immediately upon the mat
ter being brought to his attention, Is
sued mi executive order p'ohlhtttng
nny ni conizations of Government em
ployees for tho purposes Indicated In
this rural cuirlera' organization, but,
In tho meantime, tho chairman of the
Committee on the Pnstnlllcet nnd Post
Roads, Hon. Hugeno Loud of Califor
nia, taking alum at this pinject. so
pinmptly nipped In the bud, and fear
ing that the Increasing iur.ll servlro
might lu Ihe down upon membera of
Congress pleasure which they would
be iinuble to resist, has succeeded lit
persuading the committee nf which he
Is chairman to lncludo In the provision
for tho milntennncc of Rural I'reo De.
livery for tho coming jeur a proviso
that nil iiirul mall service shall here
after be let out by contract to tho low
est bldderl
In the opinion of thoso most familiar
with tho administration nf the Rural
l'rco Delivery Service, the adoption of
this provision will be destructive to
the whole sjstom. It will simply plico
tho mnll Bervlto uf tho countiy back
under tho Inefllrlent methods or tho
star loulo service, which was original
ly staited by tho Continental Congress
nnd has been chunged very little In elll
clency since. It Is public hlstoiy that
the contract service has been produc
tive of the greatest scandals which
have ever dlstuibod the instill admin
istration of the United Stntes. It Is
equally a matter of notoilety that tho
recent effort of the Washington au
thorities to refoim that contract serv
ice, by Insisting that tho contractois
must reside In the communities over
which the seivlco they hid for extends,
hns really left the condition of the con
tract service unchanged. Hlds uio pre
sented by a nominal resident of tho
district, who, under tho previsions" or
tho law, promptly sublets Ids contract
nrter It has been awarded to him to
some other person; nnd the records or
the department show tint In the. great
majority or eaBcs ull letters and com
munications lu regard to tho servlco
continue tn be addressed to Ktnr Ilnuto
contract agents living In Washington.
To throw tho Rurnl Treo Dcllvciy
Seivlco back Into tho chaos which has
chuuieteilzel tho contract servlco ever
slnco Us Installation, me.irui that the
personnel of the service will he de-
prlvcd ot tho ctpill do corps which
now animates It, that the people them
selves will lose Interest 111 the exten
sion of Rural Free Delivery, and that
a great moral revolution, for which the
Republican party is responsible nnd
from which It wni reaping such great
results, will bo retarded, If not abso
lutely thrown back.
The contract provision In tho post
ofllce appropriation bill should not he
passed by Congress. No member who
will take tho trouble tn look Into tho
history of the contract service on the
one hand nnd the Rural Free Delivery
Service on the other will venture to
vote for It. If he should do so, he can
expect speedy retribution at the hands
of his constituents.
If tho dispatch fiom Stockholm Is cor
rect, the t'nltcd Stntes Steel coiporntlon
In assuming nil International character.
It Is reported to have put chased for
ono million kioner (Jl.fVK.OOO) tho Iron
miles at Oelllvare, Sweden, some TOO
miles north of Stockholm. Jtcnle
lion workn are contiguous to the mines,
whose Iron ore deposits are very Hrge,
nnd of excellent nullity. Tho district in
In the north of Sweden, Men (or prov
ince) of Noirbotten, Lipl.ind. Oelllvare
la connected by a lullioad with Lalea,
Its port or shipment, whence both pig
lion nnd ore nre uhlpped down the
Rnltle Sea In vast quantities to
Stockholm and other ports. The pur
chase is nn Important one, but It
does not b nny menus Include nil the
Oelllvare mines; but ono compnny Is
bought out, whereaa there are many
companies, nnd the pilee would not in
dicate that much nf tho Iron works. If
on, were Included lu the silc.
The bill passed by the United Stntes
Senate tn Increase tho salailen of the
redei.il Judiciary makes the following
changes In pay:
Proposed Present
Chief Justice flS(fl HO -Mt
Associate Justice. 12 Vl louai
Cllclllt Judges ..SO) ceo)
District Judges o.a'.o 6,rj
These increases are reasonable, espe
cially when It In remembered th.it the
expenso bill of the Judges (heretofore
nn nmount not exceeding 410 per day
when serving away fiom their homes)
The Stimulus
of Pure Btooi
Thnt is what Is required
every organ of tho body, for ti
proper performance of its f unctlot
It prevents biliousness, dysto
nia, constipation, kidney compla.
rheumatism, catnrrh, ncrvousriK
weakness, faintness, prnip'j
blotches, and all cutaneous ert;
tions.
It perfects nil tho vital process
W. P. Keeton. Woodstock, Al , took Hw
Sarsipsrllla to male his blood pari i
writes that he had not felt well but tired
some time. Iiefore ho hid finished the ('
bottle of thl medicine lie felt Lett,, t
when he In I i i u the second wu k
snotlier tn ii - trt s from that tired (
snd able to do Lit work.
Hood's Sarsaparill
Promises to euro nnd keeps ft
promise. Accept no subatitti:
but pot Mr -1's toddy. 191
Is cut off. Hut some of the Scnattl
opposed tho Increase, apparently Jl
cause they could not ntluch tnthttflj
nn nmendment Increnslng their ogf
salnrlcs to JT.'OO a car (which thfJfi
ate voted down). Among the &
violent opponents of the rnlso waittjK
utor Horry nf Arknnsan, whose r,3j
gorge lose In his throat at the lfaW
nn Insignificant District Judge rcofl
Ing moto nnlnry than a great ana mil
trlous Senator or thn United Ctt9
Hut tho difference Is very plilaJfl
plain that even nn unlettered rmorJH
mnko nq mlstnko In determining fll
nnd those who have "savey" knttjM
at sight. It Is this: No man at nH
to he a District Judge could falH
make ns much as tho proposed 'Jfl
In his private capacity ns a lai-33
while a Booil, many of the ScniS
would not lie able to earn cvan&tJK
living nt nny useful occupation, H
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