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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 2G, 1911
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TI.KSDA.Y MORX1NG, MAY :!. l!Ht
No (Hie is useless in tliis world
who lightens the burdens of it to
anyone else.
Dickens.
The Colombian Blackmail
Blackmail is a crime: to submit to blackmail is
cowardly. Hut what shall we say of the individual
or tlie nation which ncourages blackmail of itself
with evident relish'.'
Tlie national administrat ion is desirous of fil
tering into a treaty with Colombia, one of the terms
uf which shall he that this country shall pay to
Columbia the sum of j :ia,i.lOii,i"aM for the loss of
Panama.- thus giving something more than color to
the old libel that this government incited Uie rebel
lion of Panama in PH'fi ;unl, secretly aiding tin
Panamanians, insured tlie establishment of the m-w
republic from w hich wo secured the canal 7oue. ve
could give S:'.".,!:!)!!,!!!.,!! i,, Colnmoia on no otln-r
theory. The payment of that, or any other sum to
Colombia, would be an admission of a national crime
against that country.
f This is not the first heard of the "crime.'' It
was charged soon after the rebellion by the trans
continental railroads and their agents, who hat:, in
vain, exhausted their opposition to the construction
of the canal. ,lt was charged by those, democrats
who were partisans rather than patriots, ami poli
ticians rather than statesmen. Among the foremost
of the partisans and politicians was .Mr. Brjan,
whose public life has been one of obstruction, and
who in a year has been proved incapable of con
struction. The facts regarding- the "crime" are briefly
these: Colombia chose to hold up the American
, government, .. doubtless incited by the American
transcontinental railways and their foreign bond
holders. Panama, a northern and progressive prov
ince of the republic, was desirous of the construc
tion of the canal, as all the Pacific provinces of
Colombia were, ami its resentment at Colombia's
policy 'if obstruction took the form of rebellion,
which naturally enlisted our sympathy. What ex
pression was given to that sympathy has been a
matter of dispute, but it stands undisputed that a
small, progressive and prosperous republic resulted,
in bright contrast with tlie turbulent, tyrannical
mother republic. It has been officially denied that
this government extended more tfUin its sympathy
to Panama in that struggle for freedom and progress.
It is certainly not lor President Wilson and Mr.
Dry an, to assert that our sympathy was active, ma
terial and effectual, after their course in 'the Mexican
rebellion, in which from the beginning they have
encouraged the constitutionalists by every possible
means. A special envoy of the president was sen!
to brow-beat the tie facto ruler or the country.
Other special envoys wen- sent to aid and abet the
constitutionalist leaders, one of whom was a notori
ous murdering bandit The dangerous anil unheard
of expedient of lifting: the embargo on arms for the
sole benefit of the constitutionalists was resorted to.
and, lastly, the Tampion incident was avidly seized
upon for the further crippling of the Mexican gov
ernment. The rec-nt course of Colombia has not been such
as to invite concessions from this country. When
Secretary of State Knox, early in dl?, proposed to
visit that republic in the course of a friendly tour
of South American countries, he was officially in
formed by the Colombian minister at Washington
that "in bis opinion the visit of .Mr. Philander Knox
would not be welcome," and he afterward declared
that he was authorized by his government to make
that statement. Two years before that the t'nited
States legation at Bogota was stoned and I'nite I
States Minister Xorthcntt narrowly escaped injury.
In August of liili, American Consul MaeMaster was
assassinated at Bogota, after several fruitless at
tempts on his life. ' '
It is, now proposed by the. administration to
humiliate the limited States and placate this un
friendly and disorderly republic by present of
S-.'.OOO.tiO'i. The proMHition. of course, has come
from Mr. Bryan, whose public life from the day he
became famous by Ins meaningless 'cross of KotS
and crown of thorns" speech, has been a series of
follies anil failures. Here we have another true,
Bryanesque. cheap political trick, costly to the coun
try, and to the democratic party, to a large and
respectable majority of which the foreign policy of
the government becomes more and more hateful and
disgusting. The American people, regardless of party,
will not stand for any policy so iinA merican. They
must resent the siipineness and weakness which has
characterized our government's dealings with foreign
nations during the present administration.
Overlooked by Mr. Bryan
Mr. Bryan lately presented an analysis of the
forces which are supporting the Sims bill for the
repeal of the clause exempting American coastwise
vessels from the payment of Panama canal tolls.
They are divided, according to the secretary of state,
into four classes or groups: Those who are opi-iosed
to free tolls on the ground that exemption is a viola
tion of the May-Pauncefote treaty; those who do
not know whether it is a violation or not and cjo
not want to exempt American vessels until that
matter has been determined; those who arc of the
opinion that exemption is not a violation of the
treaty, but are opposed to free tolls because they
are opposed to subsidies, or for economic reasons;
those who believe that free tolls may be permissible
under the treaty, and may. under certain circum
stances, be wise. Kit think there should be no fit
tempt at this time to give this advantage to Ameri
can ships.
Mr. Bryan's classification is not complete. There
is still another pretty well defined group. He gives
no place to a fifth class comprising such opponents
of free tolls as Senator M'-Cumber and others, whose
affiliations with the transcontinental railroads are
known or suspected. In times past Mr. Hryan would
not have thus overlooked the railroad or corporation
element in a great national controversy. We cannot
believe that he has done so inadvertently at this
time.
It is unite possible that he has found among his
railroad allies as great a diversity of excuses for
opposing exemption as he has enumerated, has classi
fied the railroad opopneuts in his list of four, and
so has deemed it inaiivisal.de to encumber the record
with a fifth, or railroad group, whose interest in the
controversy might be suspected of being wholly pri
vate, aii.l which is seeking special privilege rather
than justice.
We discern also the absence from Mr. Bryan's
list of another class of objectors to which the presi
dent belongs, if he does not wholly constitute it. the
fearful that matters of "nearer coiise'iuence" may be
disastrously effected by exemption: that we would
incur the displeasure of Croat Britain. As the presi
dent has been, we believe, the only one to urge that'
particular objection, perhaps Mr. Bryan justly de
clined to recognize him as a type. An isolated in
stance or individual cannot be grouped. Or, .Mr.
Bryan may have consigned the president to the
fourth group.
In the absence of the text of tlie supreme court
opinion, practically dismissing the damage suits
growing out of the Titanic disaster, we suppose that
a majority of the court holds (o the view that there
is a supreme being to whom is pi be attributed the
recklessness which produced thai horror, in per
mitting uncharted icebergs to float about in the way
of speeding steams'. ips.
While reports come from the Midland oil field
that the supply of gasoline is approaching exhaustion
the dealers of Phoenix, with their hearts overflowing
lor the dow-n-trodden aittomobilist. are cutting the
price, trusting to their faith that the producers are
running a bluff.
We hope that the. new Maricopa County Ber
assra-iation will be long lived, its predecessors have
been as ephemeral as the long procession of Arizona
press associations, some of whom have lingered
over night.
The will of the laie C. W. Post discloses that
there is a good deal of money in breakfast food.
Xow, if some greater genius will come along and
put some sustenance in it.
Mr. Pesquiera believes that the constitutionalists
will solve the Mexican problem, while the mediators
are being lulled to sleep ' by the falling torrents of
.N'iaga ra.
So far there has been no suggestion from the
weather man as to the advisability of citizens and
citizemsses going away for the summer.
WILD TRIBES GIVEN THE VOTES
A little more than half a century ago eanabilistic
feasts were held oy the Maori tribe of savages of Xevv
Zealand. Today members of the race are members
of the Xew Zealand parliament, and Maori women,
as well as the white women of Xew Zealand, exercise
the right to vote. They are in many respects the
most remarkable savages with whom the white man
has come in contact, according! a statement given
out by the National ideographic society at Washing
ton. W hen the Kiiglish first occupied the islands, in
the early part of the nineteenth century, it is esti
mated that there were about one hundred thousand
Maoris in Xew Zealand." says the statement. "They
w ere divided into tribes, each tribe' having its own
unwritten laws regarding land, cultivation and other
social matters. The tribes were constantly fighting.
The Knglish found that they had a genius for war,
showing unusual ability in building, fortifying and
defending stockades, and they experienced consider
able difficulty in subduing thorn The savages tilled
the soil with care. As carvers and decorators they
were unrivalled in tlie Oceanican world, and they dis-'
played great originality in the design and perfection
and in the execution of rock painting;;, and in carv
ing the ornamental figures of their dwellings, their
boats and sacred inclosures.
"The Maoris were also noted for their tatooing,
which was designed to clothe as well as ornament
the body. Whoever refused to undergo the protracted
tortures of tatooing required at every important even!
of his life was regarded as a person by his own con
sent foredoomed to slavery. The men were actually
depilated in order to increase the surface for taloo
ing. while for the young women the operation vas
limited to the lips, whence the term 'Bluelips.' ap
plied to them by the English.
"There are about thirty-five thinisand Marois left.
These have retired to the northern provinces of Xew
Zealand, where certain 'reservations' have been set
apcrt as their exclusive property. The Maroi children
attend schools regularly. Such of them as continue
Into the higher branches of learning are said to be
worthy rivals of the white students. Some of the
Marois have become landed proprietors. They are
proud of their right to vote, and especially of the
fact that their women were given this privilege at
the same time that it was given to the white women
of Xew Zealand."
A STAGGERER
Young wife (four weeks married) Good grac
ious, reproaching tie: already because I have bought
a new hat! Is it going to be like this every month?
i'liegende Blaetter.
THEN SHE TOOK HIM
"Miss Wombat, will you be mone?"
"Never.''
The young man was jarred, but not wholly dis
couraged. Presently he came back in this fashion:
"Well, will you let me be yours'.'"
ASTOR AND BRIDE ON
f ? h r ll iff' Y
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor
Vincent Astor, much improved in health, according to his friends, has
sailed away from New York with his bride for a short sea trip. The young
couple are on Astor's private yacht Noma and will go as far south as
Chesapeake bay. The present trip is the first they have taken since their
wedding, April 30. ' ,
Farm Notes.
BY H. L. RANN
If you hae a hired man whose ordinary con
versation can be heard farther than the town clock
and who insists on wearing squeaky shoes, bar him
from the hennery. Nothing will disturb the aplomb
of a setting hen quicker than butting into her medi
tations with a:eoarse greeting which sounds like call
ing the cows from the attic window. Some men have
a speaking voice which would jar tlie storm windows
off a silo, and when they turn it loose in the hen
house it will sour every egg on the place. The hen
is as backward in to r devotions as an old maid in a
kissing game, and if you shout loudly, in her ear
when she is cranking her incubator she vvii: turn out
.to be a bigger fizzle than a sheath skirt on a fat
lady. When the hired man goes out to gather the
et,gs, rig him up with a calf's mu.zie -ind gum shoes.
A lady reader wants to know if it is ropei to
say "pants" or "trousers" when discussing masculine
fashions at a meeting of the Ladies' Aid. We are
obliged to state again that this is not a fashion sup
plement or a pantatoriurn. Still, we aim to please
our readers, it is never in good form to use the
word pants in connection with a wedding or a church
supper, for at these social events everybody is ex
pected to wear the conventional black. If you are
talking of slapping a quarter of beef into tlie cllar
or stabbing a shy pig in the necklace, the use of the
word pants, is not only deliiate but .suggestive aud
eminently proper. In speaking of a high-c.it gent
with legs like ten minutes to six. always say trous
ers. Ministers of the gospel and undertakers never
wear pants, and you can't make a spindle-legged
leader of fashion madder than to ask him how his
pants fit. While these words are in a sense inter
changeable, great tact is required in their use.
THE WAR PRAYER
Dr. Henry Neumann, in an address at the Brook
lyn Society for Kthieal Culture, at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, a few days ago. quoted from an
unpublished article by Mark Twain on the subject
of war.
"A few years before his death." he said, "Mark
Twain wrote an article entitled 'The War Prayer.'
It describes how a regiment gathers in a church be
fore it departs for the war anil prays for victory.
As the prayer concludes, a. white-robed stranger en
ters the church and says:
"'1 have been sent by the Almighty to tell you
that he will grant your petition if you still desire it
after have explained to you its full import. You
are asking for more than you seem to be aware ol.
You have prayed aloud for victory over your foes,
but listen now to the unspoken part of your prayer
and ask yourselves if this is what you desire. ,
"Then the stranger speaks aloud these implica
tions of their words:
"'O Lord, help us to tear the soldiers of the fop
to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover
their smiling fields with tlie pale forms of their
patriot dead; help us to lay waste their humble
homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring
the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavail
ing grief. Blast their hopes, blight their lives, water
their way with their tears.'
".Mark Twain never published this article. His
friends told him it would be "regarded as a sacrilege.
Is it really sacrilege to say that men cannot pray
for victory in war without asking for these inevitable
implications of their petition? What would it mean
if we remebered this when the war spirit is abroad?"
from the New York Kvening Run.
NO HURRY
While a reporter was telephoning his story from
Sing Sinr early yesterday morning a convict ham
mering m the floor made it hard for the reporter
to hear. "Would you mind stopping fo a few min
utes?" asked the reporter.
"All right boss." said the convict, "go to il. 1
got twenty years to finish this job." I". P. A , in
New York Tribune.
THEIR HONEYMOON
leaving for their honeymoon.
Fletcherism
By WALT MiSON
I read a screed by Br other l-Totchcr, on how . w e
ought to chew our grub; 1 said. "Its sensible, you
hetcher: I'll emulate that thoughtful dub. No more
like some old anaconda. I'll swallow all my victuals
whole: I'll eat the sort of tilings I'm fond o', but
chew them up with heart and soul." And now I'm
always at the taole. I have no time to do my chores:
the horse is starving in the staiiie, the weeds are
giovving out o' doors. .My wife says. "Sav. you should
doing some work around this slipshod place." I
answer Iter. "I'm busy chewing canst sec tlie motions
of my face'."' I have no time to hoe the taters, 1
hc.ve no time to mow the lawn; though chewing
like ten alligators, I'm s'.iil behind, so heip me, John:
I chew the water 1 am drinking. I chew the biscuit
ai;.i the bun; I'll have to hire a boy, I'm thinking, to
help me get my chewing done. Some day they'll bear
m" on a stretcher to the boneyard. where they plant,
and send niv teeth to Brother Fletcher, to make a
necklace for his aunt.
LAST OF THE MARIE CELESTE
There are few people who have not heard of the
case of the American brig .Marie Celeste, which in
IsTl' was inexplicably abandoned in calm weather off
the Azores by a crew never afterward heard from.
Few, however, know that it ended its career many
years later at the hands of tlie barrator.
on its last voyage it cleared from Boston for
Port an Prince. Haiti, ostensibly with a cargo of
valuable genera merchandise, insured for $.10. nun.
When within a few miles of its destination it went
ashore near Miragoane and became a total wreck.
The captain. Parker, promptly sold the cargo, sight
unseen, to American Consul Mitchell f(,r $511(1.' .Mitchell
saved it at some trouble, but lived to. wish he hadn't.
The weak line in tliis chain of knavery was the
testimony of ore of the seamen. He swore that he
was sterrmg a sale course when the captain ordered
him deliberately to head for the rocks. The master's
bribe of liquor failed to close his mouth; indeed,
caused the whole scheme to collapse.
When the underwriters' agent arrives on the
seine to investigate, lie found several funny things
about tlie cargo. One- case shipped as cutlery and
insured for $ 1,0(111 contained dog collars worth S.".a.
Barrels supposed to contain expensive, liquors were
full of worthless dregs; a consignment of salt fish,
insured for $.),ooii, was rotten, and other articles men
tioned in the bill of lading proved to be in keeping.
Consul Mitchell, not only duped, but outlawed,
stood not on the order of his going, but cleared out
for the tall timber. Tlie captain of the. brig was
tried in the United States district court in Boston,
convicted and sentenced to a long term in prison,
where he died three months later. The various ship-
The Price of Hay
The Jow prices for hay last winter and this spring make it imperative
that our farmers should arrange to feed it to their own dairy cows or to
beef cattle and hogs in the future. We want, to help them do it and any
reasonable, proposition Avill be favorably considered.
The Phoenix National Bank
A Good Servant
We know a n'ood servant who does
not ask for Sundays nor holidays.
Works night ami day. Never
sleeps. Never rests. Demands 110
salary. Is mi the job every second
looking after the employer's wel
fare. Justifies any confidence re
posed in him.
All it is neeesarv to do to secure
the services of this highly efficient
servant is to carry a deposit in our
Savings Department.
The name of this servant is
INTEREST.
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pers were adjudged guilty of conspiracy, and one of
them, unable to bear the disgrace, committed suicide.
David A. Wasson, in the outing Magazine.
SI'S IGNORANCE
The mayor of Si's town needed water for his
acetylene lamps one evening and drew up at Si's
and sa.id :
Si. will you let nie have a little water for my
lamps?"
"Water." said Si. "Yon meau oil, don't you?"
' No. 1 don't," said Ihc mayor. "1 mean water."
Si fruvvned at tne ma.vor in silence. Then he
said: "You take my advice and go straight home
and sleep it off. Tile hit a -at your age and v on
the 'mayor, too ain't you ashamed?" IX'troil Free
Press.