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AMERICAN COMMON SENSE CAN 6E
TRUSTED TO SOLVE PRESENT PROBLEMS
Radical Reforms While Ignorance and Passion are
in (3ie Ascendancy Will Kelieve None of Evils
of Situation, But Will Likely Breed Others.
By WILLIAM LINDSAY.
(United states senator from Kentuckv.)
The faroity with which charters may bo
obtalnod and va.uabie. franchfscs secured
h*s encouraged th<- formaxion of corpora
sJons for the iransaction of every charac
tcr of tv.js.n. s.s. .-in,i wc have -reae 1k d the
polat at svhicti the inuiv.riual fecls he
<.h; no lonscr compcte with. his lnSorpo
rated rival, and wlicrc mernbers of old
tin:'- partnersshlps iire no longer wllling
tb pledge ihe.r pexsonal rred.t ln compe
Jition with members of incorporated com?
panies. whose liab.iities bcin^ limlted, 6w
not hes.tate to asv.ime r.sks in business
adrentures from which prudent business
men. unproteeted by corporate exemptions,
Unhesitalingly shr.nk.
The ihequality ln th'e advantages enjoyed
by corporations and Indiv.duais has
aroused feehsgs <->r imriitiente and di.
oonteql and those feeflngs bave culmi
natcd la ihe demand for corporate regii
latlons, which. in some Instances. are as
urireasonahle as thoyiare needlessly com
prelicnsive. Those interested in corporate
property und eorporate business, of course,
resist such demand.-., and out of the de
niands on one side, and re&stance on the
MJher. the great question of trusts, and
what is to be done with and about
trusts. has dtveloped into an is.sue of
transcendant national importanje. The
d.flirulty of decbling as to the charaoter
cf restraints that may l>e safely and pru
dently imposed is rendered all the greater
by the diffculty of determinin^ the ex
tent of coiiRrcssional authority. and of
locatinp the boundary line that fieparaies
the inherent .iurisdlclion of the States
from the delegated uuthority of the gene?
ral government.
RiAlD'lC.Vlv TtKFORMS PAXGlvROUS.
lt is to be regretted that the considera?
Uon of this far-reaching question Is ap
proached with pass.on and prejuiice by
many of those who complain of exlstinjj
cond-itlons. nnd -with cold-blooded and al
most brutal indifference by many of those
who enjoy the advar.tapes and reap the
benefils of corporate organlzation. How
Jar combinat.ons of capital diminlsh the
<*nst of production and transportatlon; to
what extcnt. und in what direction, they
affect the wages or diminlsh or increase
the demands for labor; whether their
benefils tn tho farmer nnd planter .are
oqual to ihe injur'.es they infik-t, are eco
nomic qtiestions that ought to be lion
ostly, disp&sstonately and patiently inves
tigated. They canimt be Intelligently dis
cussed, or fairly or justly solved, until
their true rolations shall be understood.
Radical reforms, attempted to be iniro
duced while ignorance a::d passion are
ln the ascendency will breed other mifi
etiiefs and probably reiieve none of the
evils of the situation.
JUSTICE A^'D FAIR PUAY.
As we advance in civilization new and
difficull social problems arise. As we im
prove matt-rial conveniences. and change
th? mcthods of production and transpor?
tatlon, new and dillicnlt economic prob?
lems present theniselvos. Steam and
electrlcity have converted Uie old into a.
new world. ln what mamner and to what
vxtent the methods and customs, the
business theories ;ind praetices of the old
on times are to be modlfied or changed
to meet the exiKeneies of the prr-sent wa
are not yet reaGy to determir.e. but falth
ln the sen.se of Justlce and fair play, and
confidence in Uie judgment of th^ con
servative majoriiy. which in ihe <-nil al?
ways usserts Itself, ehcourage the hope
and inspire the beliel that we shall not
fall ultimately '?? reach w:Ise concluslons
and to ehape and lv<-''p Uie new coridltions
in harmony with Uie principles of patriot
i^m. justice and conimon sense.
Since Uie adopUon of tiie Federal Con
siitution each generatlon has- had to meet
and deal ?with issues which. ln the opinion
of the I'aint-heartcd. ttareatened not only
the perpet-uity of the Federal Union, but
the continuance of free Institutlons. The
uiicn and s>edItion 'laws of the elder
Adams led to the adoption of the Ken
turky and Virginia resolotions of lT'JS-'DO,
and opened the eyes of the Amcr.can peo?
ple to the fact that the opinion was then
entertained by some of the'sreatest state.S
men that the union of the States was in
tho nature of a compai-t, und that' the
violation of any of tha terms of that
compact by the general government ah
solved each State from its ob.igations,
and that each .State was the final judge
of the supposed infniction and possc.^scd
the right to detcrminc whether. it should
w-thdraw_from or contiuue a member of
a union which the framcrs of the Con
stitution had'fondiy hoped was to prove
perpctual.
?L/OFISIAXA PURCHASE.
lt was elalmed by those who opposed the
arqulsition of Douislana that the erec
t.oii of new States out of that territory,
and their admi-sslon into the Union with?
out the express consent of every State.
would be in contmventlon of the Federal
compact, would rcduce the reiative im
portance and impair the dignity of the ori
ginal States. and heequivaitnl ln law and
in morals to the dissolution of the Union.
Tlie enactment of ttie protectlve tariff
laws of 1S2S wasHenounced as a gross vio
kitlon of the Constitution and was follow?
ed by the nulliiying statutes of South Car
olina, which would have .led to civil war
but for the firmncss of President Jackson
and. the adoption by Congress of eom?
promise statutes 'gradually reieiving the
hardships against which the agricultural
States most bltterly compla'ned.
The acqulsltion of ICie Territories ceded
by Mexico in iSiS led to questlons touching
the ir.stituTlon of s'.avery that for a time
seemed beyund the possibility of peaceful
seltiement.
That discussion accustomed the mlnds
of the people to the cohtem'platibn of the
Irreprcsslble conllict that culmSnaled ln
the I'ivil War, and was only settled at
last by the destruction of an Jnstitution
for the existence 6f which the peopie
of all ttie States were ulike responsible,
hut tho evlls of which fell with pecullar
weight on those States where the pfo
fitahle character of African sl.avery pre
vented its eradication during the earlier
vears of the republic.
HAS SURVITED.
The Union ha.s not only survived all
these disturbinar issues, but rests on a
iirmer basis to-day than ever before. Xo
one now asks what we shall do witti the
terrltorial issues of the pa-st, but how we
shall meet and dispose of the questions
arising out of the duty we have assumed
of declding the destiny of the people who
?came to us with the territories acquired
by the treaty rcstoring peace between the
khigdom df Spain and the government of
the United SUitc.s.
Are tlie people of the United States to be
henceforth divided into citizens and sub
jects'.' Does the Constitution follcw the
flag. or are its beneiicient ^rovisions con
fiued in their operat'.on to tlie American
States. between whom it constitutes the
bond of union. until the representatives
of those State.s shall extend its provisions
to the r.tranger brousht under our juris
diction by the fate of war or by treaty.
Icaving those representatives free to de
c':de as American interests, American
henor and American magnanimity may
require"?
These are tlie questions that are now be?
ing asked on every hand. The Interest
aroused In every .section or the country
among people of every class encourages the
hope, as-it gives reason for tlie belief. thut
tho ultimate settleme'iiit of these ahs >rb
Ing issues will not i"- inconsistenl with
our theory of government or in confliel
with the practical apPlication of the great
princlple of the Declaration of lndepend
ence.
MDERNCROESUS'
AMERICAN BRIDE
Alliance of Beauty and Millions is
Announced.
OWNS KIMBERLEY MINES.
Alfred Ileit loTVed Mrs. Adolf iLiadeii
burg, Who Believcs Herself
a Widow. luii May
N u ( J5 o.
The marriage of the richest man in the
ivorld and one. ol the most beautiful wo
ancn in the world. ihe latter an American
?nd the possessor ol millions in her own
iright, is theonost mdeenrly announced
]>r>:>a:>illty iu tlie fashionable world. The
tnan Is Alfred Belt, r.-ai head, chiel
owner and admlnistrator of the great
6outh Afriesm dSasnond mlnes. The wo?
man is Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, of Xew
Vork. who beHeves fherseti a widow, and
who may not be a widow, after all.
AUri-d I'.cii. though a naturallzed Brit
ou and a resident of Liondon, is a nutive
<if Haaribarg, where ihis father before him
was nhe dlainond inerehaal ln the days
?when diamonds were raro aad their i>os
t-nssion a wonder. The opening of South
Afri.an commcree saiw young IVit. th.-n
.t recent universiiy graduate. sent to the
now neld of pommercc. He had an extra
wdlnary amount of nativc shrewdness.
and possessed prccfcely tflxose gifts of rie
?tail whloh <*? -ii Rhodes. ihen a now fac
tor 1a lhe Held, lacked.
Adolf IDadenburg. whose death is a
matter of practfcaO oertainty, with just
enough doubt left to jgive the affalr a
f ;>i ?,. <,f romanee, was an invalid?111 as
th<> result ol ovtrwork is his Xew York
offloe. and absolutely precluded from do
Injt business. 11" was compelled to sravel
?:iJ went from place to ntace with a va
let. wiio also acted as his stvretary.
During these tr:;>s Mrs. Ladenburg. not?
ed as one ot lhe most beautiful women
ln Asnerl a. oontinued to live in Xew
"i'ork. and was a Cactor In the gay life
iii: IHSAPI'EAUKl'.
On one .>'.' these *.:ips. Mr. Ladenburg
disappeared during th?* night from the
Htowner on whidh he Was returnla'g f:om
Cuba to Xt-w York. That is all that is
kuowu. The steamer was In the open
sea. and Mr. Ladenburg1 was"never seen
Or h'-arvi \>' aualn. U ir has any trace of
his reniains <>\er been dlseovenvl. This
?was ecvenai years ago, and tlius Mrs. La
deifburg is a widow.
As to Mr. Belu hls life has been al
most the concentration of business ro
iiranco. In South Afrtea ho wa.s the busi?
ness man of Qecil Rhodes. making sure
<n' tho earalnigs of the flrra while its
liead wa<s constructing empires and build?
ing railroad:! and waging w-trs. Indls
pcnsable though he was to ifhodes, the
latter always r-sferred to him as his
"little commerclal man." When Relt ar?
rived in South Africa, the mining excite
jnent had but begun?and new ir.iaea
were being dally discovered and located.
end ilavrsults were being waged for their
poweetrtcm, while shootings and etabbings
were ae tr?Quent as ln the wildest W?st
?ro ?ova mmOm Xaxuous by Bret Harta.
JCEPT IIBAD AN!D CASH.
Boit never lost his head and never lost
his money. Of the latter lie was. from
the first, amply sup'plied by his father's
lirm in Hamburg, whose members had
the most implicil conlidence ln the young
man's judgment lb- went ahead bttying
mining claims, ana contested richis and
the rights of the contentants, and organ
izlng companies and 11 .uig shares and
cxporlin.4 diam mds aiul gold and be
comlng tflie ui >-t. jwxtent factor in South
African business. Ue fought the redoubt
able Barney Barnatb, Uiough the latter
in 'his life-time aUyays managed to hold
his own against tiie redoubtable Rhodese
interest, which seemed able to sway the
nowor ? ?;' empire into its business aifairs.
Rhodes and Belt had their business
headquarters at Kimberley. near the
great De Beers diamond field. ihongh
Uiey wero largely interested in the gold
mines .1: Joliannesburg. Barnato lived
cliiefly a; Uie latter place, where the firm
oi Barnato, Joe! & Co. had magnhlcent
oi'i'i .-.--. Belt and Barnato were ahtithe
ses in person and manners?the former
cultivated, slender and quiet; the latter
ignoraiit, burly and bumptuous.
Barnato detested Beit and Beit des
plsed Barnato. The latter, originally -tn
east-end of London man, a circus jugglcr
and prize-fighter. had been sent to South
Africa by his co-religionists 1.1 J. iu lo-i
as Uie report went, to get rid oi him
Barnato made money as a jmtglor wben
ho ;ir~t reached South Africa, and prompt?
ly began to invest iu gold mins and din
xnonds. He wa.s continua-lly a: war with
Rhodes, and wis the one man whem
Rhodes Ceared. Barnato was always sus
tained by the refugees and renegades, the
rowdies and roughs, of whom iliere was
ev.r a goodiy assemblage in a newly
opeae.2 mining district. They recogriized
in him one of themselves. a man who trav
<?!??: "?':: his niuscle," and an extraordinary
patron of the fruits of the distillery.
BAUXATO'S VNDOIXG.
Tiie habit or arniK mially led to Bar
nato's undolng, 'While on his way from
1 ->?' -i .. lo Cape Town on a steamer, he
suddenly jumped o'verboard near Gibral
tar and was =;en no more. Except that
Ladiaiburg was a psrfectly abstemious
man. ilu-re was considerable slmilarity
between his end ar.d that of Barnato.
While Rhodes and Barnato quarreled,
Beit went on with business^ Wherevcr
ihcre was a mine to be bought. he was on
the ground. If it pleased his he bought
it. price being no object. The extent of
his purchases in the diamond fields became
astonishlng-. Everyiiody wondered?whi!e
every one wondered stili more that the
output ir.creased so slowly.
Here was shown the business wisdom
oi Alfred Beit. He knew that the price
of diamonds depended largely upt>u their
eomparative rarity, and he knew. more
cver, that once they became com.iion, if
ever they did. their value would be g'or.e
forever. So he restrieted, not the output
of the mines, but the quantity placed upon
the mark.-t, meanwhile prcssing to their
fullest li-.nit the output of the gold mines
on the -Rand, which belonged to his com?
pany.
<RH<XDES AXD BEIT.
lt was indeed through the interest of
Rhodes and Beit. with those of their later
assoeiates in the great De Beers and
Souih Africa companies, that the recent
Transvaal war was precipitated. Barnato
had studiously cultivated "Oom Paul"
Kruger. and the gr,at lions in front of the
latter's house at Pretoria were the gifts
of the whilom gold and diamond kir.g now
dead. Kruger belleved, and Barnato. for
some purpose, encouraged him in the be
lief, that Rhodes meant eventually to
seize the Transvaal. and to extend the
British sphere of Government in South
Africa. The Boer President, beset on
?v?rjr faaad by lylnjr advisors. learaed. to
hafc Rhodes and later lo fear him.
Belt always remained In the background.
The. shares of the De Beers Company were
not so profitablc as Investors had been Ied
to expect, while those of tbe Rand gold
companies were by no means remunera
tive. The exactlons of the dynamite syndi
catc, which had a mor.opoly of the sale
of- explosives in the Transvaal, were a
constant source of complaint and griev
ance. Chamberlaln took sldes with the
mine owners, ar.d sought to establish some
adjustment with the Transvaal. Others
assert that he was merely seeking a pre
text for the invasion of the Transvaal.
Barnato was dead. Beit, in the back?
ground, skilfully massed his forces, which
included wealthy, influentlal and aristo
cratic investors in England ar.d potent
mlr.q owners in Africa. it began to be
apparent that something must be done to
save these investments, or at least to
keep the face of the company intact, and
so the train of operatlons which at last
precipitated the Transvaal war was be?
gun.
The history of the Transvaal war, be
yomi its inception. is no part. of this nar
rative, except that Rhodes and Beit both
ied the British to belleve that 10,000 men
could march str.ught to Pretoria. They
evidentlv real.zed that the war once be?
gun was bound to be concluded by the
oocupatlon of the Transvaal by the Brit
ish. Meanwhile Chamberlaln, no match
for Kruger as a diplomatist, made his
terms constantly harder. the ultlmatum
resulted and the rest in history.
Throughout the siege of Kimberley,
Rhodes, vilio is the essence of pluck and
courage, remained at Kimberley. wh-le
ihroughout the war Belt was in Dondon.
The latter -was rarely heard from. ln the
early stages of tha llghting.while ihc BriL
ish were. being defeated, the war was too
unpppular and the connection of South
African mining magnutes witli it too well
knewn to make it weJl for him to be
conspicuous. After the rel.ef of Kimber- >
ley, RhocFcs did go to Dondon, but was [
so" dlsgusted with his reception that iie
returned a.lmost instanUy to South Africa. j
AN AMKUH.'.VX BBAl'TY.
Meanwhile in London, Taris and Berlin,
indeed every where on the confin':nt, there
were resounding praises of the beauty and
v.it, the generosty and grace of Mrs.
Ladenburg. ln Paris, the Ann-rican col
ony fairly worshiped at lier sbrlno. nor
were Emropeans less devoted. Belt, a re- !
tiring man, worth a thousand millions of
dollars, but scarceiy ever seen in public. ,
heard cf this famous American beauty. i
Ho had before that been reported en?
gaged to various women, among them
Mary Moore, a brilliant beauty of Charles
Wyndham's company.
The wooing. if woging it may be termed.
was brief but effeetive. Beit went to Paris
and secured an introduct&m to Mrs. La
denburg. He was soon in love, and those
who -witnessed his nttentions say. that
she -seemed soarcely less so. Happily
there could not be any sordid suspleion .
about the affair, 'for '.Mrs. I^derJburg al?
ready had ro'UHons enough, aad Beit could
add nothing lo her effeetive wealth.
The engagement, nevertheless, savors of
Uie singular romance th.u comes from the
Eaint doubt of ^ir. Ladehhurg's death.
His relatives do nol doubt that he is dead,
nor does any one else conversant with the
facts of the case. Yet it may take a ju
dicJal decree to satls'faclorily establish it,
in the event that the nuptials of- the
couple are to be celebrated in France.
Su'ch a decree. moreover, eoukl not be
rendered by the -French cotirts, Mr. Laden
burg having been a citizen of the United
States. Neither is there any provteion by
which such a decree could be rendered in
England. The laiw there does permit the
judicia! determlnaltian of an absentee's
death for tin- purpose of settiing any es?
tate in England wfliieh would oiherwise
remain undlstribut< d.
lt. may be, therefore, that for the sake
of absolute securlty, Mrs. Liadehburg may
apply to th.- courts of Now York for a
decree establishing the 'fact of her hus
banid's death; or perhaps, what is even
more lik.-iy. she may dispehse with tho
legal formality. and. depending upon ;be
absolute pr babiiities in the case, proceed
to liiarry without more ado.
When she becomes Mrs. Beit, she, with
her husband. will livo in the miagnificent
man.--i.iii in l'.--k Uane, which was begun
y ihc late Barney Barnato. and remained
unfinisheO when the latter died.
Cecil Rfliodes, Who is a. noted woman
hater, has not been heard from. But it is
not likely that his views ori matrimony
will influenee his shrewd and determined
parther.
HOW RUSSIA GRABS TERRITORY.
Fr.-mk G. Carpenter's Aocount of an
Iiistance <>l' Hussia's Diplomacy.
3n the Christmas number of The Sat
urday Evening Post, Frank G. Carpenter,
who has recently spent the better part of
:i year ill Uie East. gives many facts Of
Russia's advance in Asia, and relates the
following incident:
j'ho Powers have practically agreed
that Mancliuria is to be the property of
Russia, and within a short time, in .'ill
probability, all tiie Chinese territory be
yond the Great Wall will belong to the
. zar. Tbe bound'ary line between Siberia
and Mongolia Is being slowly pushed
southward. *
"During a visit to Pekin some years ago
I heard a tradition as to how Russia
once acquired a big slice of China. There
v.as a dispute about the boundary line,
which the Russians had moved out so
as to inciudc a large amount of Manchu
a ??: '?i-???a---. a i soil. A war was im
mincnt, and the Chinese. as usual, want?
ed to settlc matters by compromise. The
Russians consented, and brought forth a
map showing the territory they demand
ed. The Chinese threw up their hands in
horror and said their lives would be en
dangered if they presented such a trea
, ;: ... ?- n: A1 right,' said the
Russians; 'if that is so, we will take less;"
and the'v thereupon showed a second
map. onc-tenth the size of the first. but
in which the latitude and longitude of
the territorv taken wire exactly the
same. The. Chinese loolced. The space
within the red lines on the map was
very much smaller. and they recommend
ed ihe treaty without further dispute.
"Few people realize the enormous ex
tent of Asiatic Russia; lt is about one
and two-thirds the size of Europe, and |
twice as big as the United States with?
out Alaska and our outlying islands. lt
comprises. in fact. more than one-third
of all Asia. Siberia alone being half as
Sl'XDAY-PROOF TO I1IDEN. 4v
big as our country. To this vast terri?
tory is now. to be added Mancliuria, with
a possibility that Mongolia and Ili will
soon come the same way. Mongolia is
fully half and Ili about one-third the size
of the United States, while Mancliuria
is equa! to ten States as big as Ohio.
"The title to Mancliuria. is now prac?
tically conceded to Russia."
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AND n-iti a
Irish Members on the Warpath
Against the Ministry.
ROSEBERY'S CHANCES OF LEADERSHIP.
By HENRY \7. LUCY.
(Tha Celebrated Parliamentary Reporter.)
LOXPGX. Dec. .".?Queen A'ictoria's fif
teenth Parlianu n!t will open to-morrow.
It will be e'haraateris:ea by the biuerest
perscnal eon'troversles and minlsterlal
cwticasm in Lordis and Goarmons-.
The new House ?>:' Conrnious will flnd
t'he Irisih party a different Hactor i:i its
proesedlnigis eompared to th'- experience
o:' its predecess'or. it wlil nomSnally be
under tihe leadershlp of Sir John Red
mohd; its real director will be Mr. William
OiBrien. It is no secret th.it in- has u.n
<].;?:.iken to irny the piper. He is not tlie
klnd of man to forer/o his right Lo call
nhe time. Hi.s determined ;.'a:i is to re
establish, a.s nearly as possible. 'the state
ot thinsB that exisited i:i the hey-day of
Parriell. An esseatial preltminary there
to is the possession of money. It is no
discredit to a majority ot the representa?
tives Of Ireland ln che House of Comwons
to recognize the fact that a regular sub
sidy is esseritial to their existenee. "Pas
d'argertt, pas de Suisse"?was an acknowl
,,!_-. ! condition <: earMer warfare. Xo
money, no discipline'd, rellable Irish mem?
ber, is equally true a? Wesminster to-day.
Amon? other failures qC his leadership,
'Mr. John Redmond could not raise the
wind except i:i a rhetorisal sense. At the
beglnning of last session he Issued a. pom
pous appeal to the friends of Ireland to
help tlie Parliamenitary party. Praeticaily
nhere w.ts no respon.se. and the conse
quencc was seen ln the abstentibn from
attendance at Westmhister oi' a majority
of the party.
HUSBAXD OF AX HFIRKSS.
^ir. WilMam O'Brien is in the position.
rarc for an Irish member, of" haViiur mon?
ey of his own, or rather of his wife's. ln
the strugsle with Mr. Arthur BaUour h<>
lost hls breeehes. btut he gained the hand
of an heiress. Her father was a
banker at Paris, -who al! unconsc5ous|y
ob-Lu;rely s'aved for many years scraning
together a. fortune ultimately destined for
the furfherance df tihe Xa'tfbna! oau-sa in
Iretand. The first fruits of Mr. O'Brien's
devoitioh -of himself and hls wife's- money
to active politics was seen, in ihis rout of
Mr Healy at the g-enerai election. the
effaccuner.it of Mr. John Dillon. and the
haxhessing of 3lr. John Redmond to the
car of the United Iri.-h League. His- P6.1""
sonal' dom-'naition is 'further aoparent-^in
the resolution adopted by the League, its
literary style Ifounded on Mr. Kruser'.s
uliimutum. annou.iK.-ing that the Irish
members will not put in an appearance
durinr the winter session. reserving their
attack tiil February. That is a carefu.lly
thought-out piece of tactics having,
asixonsr otfaer advantages; that of savins
expense. !
IMEAX M1S0HIEF.
liord Salisbury, even wrth hi.s majority
of 130, cannot regard the Irish question
ouherwise than with anxiety. The Irish
members, reebnstructed like her Majesty's
Minlstry. evidently mean mischlef. In the
new session obstruetion will be sj-stetnatl^
caiiy rracticed. Minlsters bent on legis
lation being' dogged at every step. 1-^all
were well w'thin his own camp, Lord Sal?
isbury would regard the prospeo: with
equanimity, espeoially as the fourden will
personaUy fall upon Mr. Arthur Balfour
and other members of the family on the
Treasury Benen, Irish meinibere must not
ihope to iratimidate the Premier by Uireat
ening to make the lives of hls collea^ues
In the House of Oamraons a burden. But ,
I there are deeper and more dangerous fis
surcs. The Ministerial Irish camp is <li
viiied against its. :.. There is the Laad
lord Party. represented by Lord Ardilauh,
who have had their 'triumph in turnirig
iMr. Horace Plunket out >?; South iHibdn
and worrying Mr. Gerald Batfour out of
tihe Irish oilk -. There is the t.-narn
1 farmer section, ??? powerful interest in
Ulster, who have timeously found a
spokesman in Mr. T. \V. Russell.
"AGIX THE UOVEKNME.YT."
Lord Saiisimr.. mdescended to attempt
to buy off Mr. Russell at the expense J.
the State by bestowing on iiim a eom'fort
able poslt. The cx-ParHaimerstary Secre?
tary to the l.ocai Government Board.
reckonihg up thirgs, came to the eonclu
sion that he would do better playing off
his own ba.t. II- has been in ofSc*
more than live years. and. Iivirg
modestly, has probabiy puit away tihe
greater part of his salary. When he
became one of her Majesty's Ministers,
colleague of marquises, clukes, ar.d a'
that. he, resigned unto the heavenly will.
kept on th>- temp< rance hotel in Dublin
which was the foundation of his humbler
fortunes. There is a delightful frankness
in Uie promptitude with which, with the
ch.-i.-k j'or his last quarter's ministerial
salary iu" his pocket, he, reclaiming the
birthrkjht of an Irishman, declares "agin
tiie Government." "I feel a strength I
never felt before,'' be writes to a ten
ants' meeting iu '"ister, "and, with a
united and determined people. Lord Salis
bury's existing eircumstances will soon
be changed." With Mr. T. W. Russell
on one side of the House and Mr. Wil?
liam O'Brien on the other, there will be
wigs ou Westminster Green.
ROSEBKl'.Y RETICENT.
While a section of the Liberal party is
crying aloud' to I.ord Kosebery to come
' back and lead it, and while another see- '
i tion is warning him off. he goes about
| the country dellvering speeches on mis
; cellaneous topics strictly exclusive of the
; one personal to himself which is in most
: men's mouths. Lord Itosebery is not a
man who wears his heart upon his sleeve
, for pass.-rs-by to read its secrets. With
a niaimtr occasionaliy almost boyish in
its frankness, he is a< tually unapproach
ably retieent. I suppose he has his own
views as to the probable issue of the
leadership question. Certainly none oth
; er, even among his most intimate friends.
shares his secret. When certain things
Prevent all uupleasantness of
had teeth, fou'l breath, sore
guras, bv using . ? ?
MI!-LER'SKo.4rnOUTHWASH,
T. A. MILLER, 519 E. Broad,
_Br?"cl) Under Jefferson Hotel.
are talked of Lord Rosebery has a natur?
al gift of Iapsing into sllf-ncr ar.d putting
on a far away look which . bills conver?
sation. That his time will come is ia
evitable, for th.- imperative reason lhat
there is no one else.
WA.NTS A BACK SEAT.
Tt cannot be pleasant for Sir H. Campr
bell-Bannerman t.> overhear incessant
dlscus'sion as to whether Lord Rosebery
is comlng back an.l when. But 1 have
the best reason to know that to none
would be more welcome such eoncluslon j
of the interrcgnnm than to the present
Ieader of the Liberal party in tho House
of Cbmmons. This is no newly born feel
ing. Shortly after Sir Henry assumed ,
the leadership a private dinner party was j
given at the Reform Club, at which Lord
Rosebery was the principal guest. Oth- .
ers were leading members of the 1.:'." ral |
partv in and out of the House. Aftei
dlnner Sir Henry, propqsing a.tonst to J
Lord Rosebery, unconditionally avowed j
his readiness to serve under him if ar.d
when ln-. resumed his old posltion. That
happened in the early spring of last year. ,
Two sessions' experienoe of leading the j
Liberal party in the House of Commons .
is not likely to have modifled tho desire j
to take a liack seat.
IX PUBLIC F.YE.
Meanwhile, Lord Rosebery. designedly j
or not, is keeplng- himself prominently
and favorably in the public eye. Eschew
ing politlcal topics, he makes freciuent
appearancc on public platforms, verbatim !
reports of his addresses formlng the most !
attractive feature in ihe morning papers. .
His address to the students at Glasgow j
University, a lofty, statesmanlike ro- ]
view of the responsibilities of empire, for |
a whole day centred national attention j
upon him. to tiie exclusiou of South Af?
rica, China. and a reconstructed Minis?
try. I wonder if, when he stood up in
the hall, having been sworn in rector of
tbe University. Lord Rosebery remember
ed another Friday just twenty-one years
ago when he faced a similar sceno.
"t was during the Midlothian campaign
that immediately preceded the great Lib
eral trlumph ax the poll in 1SS0. Mr.
Gladstouo ^-as the Lord Rector of the
year, and one day, before turnlng his
face homeward, he delivered his address.
The Dalmeny party proceeded by special
train to Glasgow, Mr. Gladstone's arri
vaf and journey through the streets be?
ing rnade the occasion of the wildest en
thuslasrn. Only second to him was the
reception to Lord Rosebery, who on en
tering the room where the address was
delivered was greeted with a prolonged
shout and cheering. This was renewed
when he, In company with Mr. Gladstone,
received the honor of the degree of doc
tor of laiws.
MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
A great cleal has happened since then.
Twenty-one years form a great gap in
the life ot a man or a nation. The eager
lads?the red-capped Llberals, the blue
capped Tories?have gone out in the
world, many of them now having boys o?
their own at the University. Mr. Glad?
stone sleeps in Westminster Abbey. Lord
Rosebery has for a while succeeded him
in Downing Street, and last Friday stood
in his place as Lord Rector of Glasgow
University. I remember as if it were yes?
terday the turbulent audience mornen
tarily hushed while in slow, solemn tones
Mr. Gladstone spoke his last sentences:
"Get knowledge all you can. The more
you get. the more you breathe upon its
ncarer heights tho inyigoratlng air and
enjoy the widening viows, the more you
will know and feel how small is the ele
vation you have reached in comparison
with the immeasurabie altitudes that yet
remain unscaled. Be thorough in all you
do. and remember that though ignon-.n.-e
often may be innocent, pretension is al?
ways despicable. Quit you like men; be
strong, and the exercise of your strength
to-day will give you more strength to
morrow. Work onwards and work up
wards. and may the blesslng of the Most
HIgh soothe your cares. clear your vis
ion, and crown your labors with reward."
HANDS OF GOLD.
I hear from Berlin on excellent author
ity that before his fllght from Pretoria
Mr Kruger managed to save not only the
arc'hives of both republlcs, but their
treas t, ? ? d l - ? "??' mill ??? ! sti u
ing. This, ? nsi ti g ol - >ld ba rs, i olns,
diamonds, and marketable securitli s, la
said ,., be safe! ? ? d ln lt.il/. Frora
i. , ter to :. intl by the last mail
fv:n Pretoria, t gather that while Oom
paui (the pn sent hero of France) spread
his net thus widely, he did nol neglect
ln the height of his i V'>x
perity ' a church oppostte hia
hous" ->t Pret >rla, and in the exul ?
of wealth he had the hands on thi cl :<.
..- ? tbwi ?? ast ln s did gold. When
the British troops arrived it was ?
cd that the face of the clock was with
??;: hands. On incnilry it was rnade
known that ti:" President. before hia
flight. not forgetful of these little treas
ures, had the hands removed and packei
up in his personal luggage.
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For catalogue and in'ormatlon addreat
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