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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1E99.
Squaring: the Circle.
President McKInley, attended by his
Cabinet, has started on a political stump
ing; tour through Ohio and the West. Such
a movement on the part of an American
Chief Magistrate has but one, and that a
rather mortifying, precedent- Andrew
Johnson, "who entered the Executive Man
sion as a result of thexrlme of John Wilkes
Booth, indulged In a like impropriety, and,
in order to advocate his personal policy
before the masses a policy bitterly op
posed by a two-thirds majority of his own
party in both houses of Congress effected
his pyrotechnic and ridiculous "swing
around the circle."
The indignity of the performance was so
palpable that no President from Johnson
down to McKInley would -or could have
been guilty of repeating it Knowing as
-we do the excellence of our Chief Magis
trate's impulses, we are compelled to con
clude that the pituatlon In Ohio, from an
Administration and Republican viewpoint,
must be desperate indeed to cause him to
throw convention and decorum to the
winds. In order to press the weight of his
personality and high office Into the scales
of the campaign in his home State.
It Is not upon the basis of a mere sur
mise that we are convinced of the serious
ness of the situation In Ohio, as it Is un
doubtedly viewed by the President and
Mr. Hanna. Their intimates and managers
In the Buckeye Commonwealth have sound
ed a wild note of alarm in a circular letter
addressed to postmasters and other Federal
officeholders throughout the Union. It is
In the form of an appeal for contributions
to a corruption fund, issued by the finance
committee of the Ohio Republican State
"Committee, the following local statesmen
being the members: J. B. Zerbe, Chair
man; W. F. Burdell, Treasurer; Julius
"Whiting, jr., Charles P. Taft, and Noah
H. Swayne. The letter reads:
Dear Sir: A Democratic victory In Ohio this
fall would cany with it almost full control of the
political machinery of the State, thus enabling
the opposition to entrench Itself for the Presi
dential campaign of 1900.
A special session of the Legislature, called by
a Democratic Governor, would redistrict the State
for Congressional purposes under the apportion
ment of 1KO, thereby reducing the Republican
representation from ihis State in the lower house
of" Congress, and, perhaps, endangering our ma
jority In that body. These facts, it seems to us,
will forcibly appeal to every Republican.
We hope you 'will be willing to contribute to
the 'legitimate expenses of the State committee,
in its efforts io maintain Republican supremacy.
In this connection we deisire to call your attention
to '"an act to regulate and improve the civil
service of the United States," approved January
IB. lfc6S, as well as the rules promulgated by
the President thereunder. For the benfit of those
who have not the law at Land, we cnclotc here
with an extract therefrom, embodying paragraphs
t.ind 6 cf section .2; and sections 11 to 15 In
clusive; also sections 1, 2, and 3of rule 2 of the
Civil Sen-ice Commission, which bear specifically
en the question of political assessments.
You will objone that the law while not pro
hibiting officer and employes from making vol
untary contributions for political purposes, pro
vides that such contributions shall not be made
to any Federal officer or employe, or to anyone
within a Federal building or establishment. For
this reason, and to avoid violating any of
the provisions of the law, the committee in charge
of the financial branch of the campaign work
i made up of persons in no wise connected
with the Federal service. The members of this
committee arc acting on their own responsibility,
and no one connected with the Federal service
Is in any way concerned, directly or indirectly,
In sending this circular to Federal officers and
employes. In sending us a contribution, you will
in no way violate any provision of the civil
service law. We are aking for loluniary contri
butions to assist in defraying the proper and
lawful expenses of the campaign, and we will be
responsible for the proper distribution of any
funds which may be entrusted to us.
On account, therefore, of the important bearing
the result In Ohio thi year will have upon
t!e greater contest of 1&00, and because of the
fact that the defeat of his party in the Presi
dent's home State would be heralded by the op
position as a rebuke to his Administration, we
Lope you will aid ua in this contest by sending
liberal a contribution as you can afford.
Please send remittances or make checks payable
to the undersigned, who will acknowledge the
tame. Very respectfully
W. F. BURDELL, Treasurer.
Mr. McKInley might readily disavow all
responsibility for this direct demand upon
Government officeholders all over the
United States, that they violate the law
which they are sworn to obey and go
down In their pockets for money with
which to buy the venal floating vote of
Ohk; but, as the President's political con
science is the property of Mark A. Hanna,
ad the circular In question could have been
tamed without that gentleman's consent
&si cadorseaaeat, the country at large per
ienae will aacept It as only another Ex
ecutive step In the direction of a return
to the old corrupt political spoils system.
With all the money Hanna or his friends
fSFbt s
have made out of Spanish war contracts in
coal, wood, and sundries, there certainly
should be a sufficiency of available Repub
lican money In Ohio to pay the "legiti
mate" expenses of a local campaign.
Hanna, himself, may be penurious, but ho
has ways to extract saccharine matter from
trusts, and should not be in need of out
side help to pay for printing, stationery,
postage stamps, and the services of as
many orators as may be required even in
an emergency.
The appeal of the Ohio State committee
will strike the average American voter as
evidence that, in the opinion of the Ad
ministration, not only the election of Judge
I Nash as Governor, but the general result
In 1900. Is Jeopardized and that, regardless
of cost, the "President's home Stato" must
be bought up in November. It is tanta
mount to a confession that the party is
in a bad way everywhere.
In view of the Hanna-McKinley panic
which induces the manipulators of the
combination to insist that public servants
shall commit moral if not technical
crime; and which Is sending the Chief of
State and his official family all over the
Western States like a party of hired spell
binders; the question naturally suggests
itself: What are the real chances for Re
publican success In the States that hold
elections this autumn?
It is too early to answer It with safety.
We can say this, however, and with the
most positive conviction. If the Demo
cratic leaders In Maryland, Ohio, and Ne
braska had possessed the ordinary com
mon sense to leave the expansion question
alone, their opponents would be as cer
tainly snowed under as the sun is certain
to rise tomorrow.
Dewey's Task.
A very considerable number of Ameri
can newspapers seem to think that
Sir. McKInley has tied Admiral Dewey to
his chariot wheel, by the simple process of
making the victor of Manila, to all Intents
and purposes, his principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies.
It -does not strike us as necessary that
anyone should worry over the prospect of
an eclipse, partial or total, for Admiral
Dewey. He is not In a position to be easily
snuffed out. He will do about as he
pleases, think and say what suits him, and
the Administration will probably take his
advice and be glad to get It In any event,
Mr. McKInley will not offend the one man
In America who can have the Presidency
at less trouble than the asking for it
If, as some of our contemporaries conjec
ture, tho whole Philippine problem is to
be turned over to Dewey, that will practi
cally take the question of our policy and
programme over there entirely out of pol
itics. If there is any one thing the Amer
ican people would delight to hear, It would
be an announcement from the White House
that the whole business of expansion and
colonial government had been turned over
to the Admiral as a commission of one, and
with no possibility of appeal from his de
cisions. Under such an arrangement Otis,
Denby, and the smugglers, looters, and
thieves would disappear like Sampson on
the eve of a battle.
President McKInley really could not do
a wiser or more popular thing than to sub
let his Philippine contract to George
Dewey.
The Truth About the Boers,
The "New York World" has been enter
prising enough to start a movement of
long-range philanthropy and hysteria in
behalf of the poor afflicted Boers, and, at
much cost, has apparently secured from
several well-known citizens of the United
States, telegraphic endorsements of a
petition addressed to President McKInley,
urging him to mediate between Great Brit
ain and the two South African republics.
This scheme, like all of its kind, appeals
strongly to a class of Americans who, In
utter Ignorance of what they are doing,
howl dismally whenever the idea of exact
ing justice or decency from any little dic
tatorship or oligarchy which may happen
to be labeled "republic" is suggested. It
is to this hysterico-phllanthroplc class that
the "World" directs its efforts to promote
a scheme of national Interference In a
matter in connection with which, if we
have any duty, it is to give the fullest
moral support to England, as the defender
of modern civilization and human liberty
In South Africa.
With a heavy shower of bathos, the
"World" says: "It is already clear that
America earnestly desires President Mc
KInley to make In its name an effort to
prevent the wiping out of two of our sister
republics." Of course, it Is unnecessary to
remind a constituency of Intelligent reader!
that "America" does not desire anything of
the kind, or that outside of perhaps a few
un-American and chronically obstructive
newspapers, any pretence of such a senti
ment has ever been made.
As an excuse for this "popular" move
ment to embarrass the American "President
and the British Government, the utterly
senseless argument is advanced that the in
terference proposed is within the purview
of the plan of arbitration formulated by
The Hague Peace Conference. The "World"
quotes as follows:
Articles 2 and 3 of this plan say:
"The signatory powers decide that in cases of
serious difference or conflict they will, before ap
pealing to arms, have recourse, so far as circum
stances permit, to the good offices or mediation of
one or several friendly powers.
"The right of offering their good of
fices belongs to powers not connected with the
conflict, even during the course of hostilities,
which act can never be regarded as an unfriendly
act."
Article 9 of the plan says:
"In international disputes involving neither a
country's honor nor essential Interests, and aris
ing from a divergence of opinion on points of
fact, the signatory powers deem it advisable that
parties unable to agree through diplomatic means
shall institute, as far as circumstances will per
mit, an international enquiry, whose duty it shall
be to facilitate the solution of these disputes by
clearing up questions of fact by means of im
partial, conscientious examination."
"Thus the plan adopted by the Peace
Congress makes It the right and the duty
of President McKInley to offer the friendly
services of this nation." It does to the
same extent that it would Justify Mr. Mc
KInley In Interfering between the Mahara
jah of Delhi, the Khedive of Egypt, or the
Khalifa of the Soudan, and the British
Government, and no more. The distin
guished statesmen, diplomatists, and pub
licists who constituted the membership of
The Hague Conference, were certainly not
silly enough deliberately to open the door
for foreign Intermeddling between sover
eign or suzerain states and their depend
encies, and their conclusions and dicta, too
obviously to require discussion, can be ap
plied, only to relations between full-fledged
International states. So much for the law
and fact. Let us enquire Into the alleged
grounds for the sympathy we are solicited
to feel for our dear republican friends, the
Dutch In South Africa.
In the first place, they do not happen to
bo the honest, God-fearing, virtuous, and
amiable people their friends In this coun
try would have us consider them. On the
contrary, they form the most Ignorant,
bigoted, fanatical, cruel, brutal, and gen
erally uncivilized body of Caucasians on
the face of the earth today. They left
Cape Colony not because their own liber
ties were restricted, but because England
sternly told them that they should no lon
ger hold the Kaffirs In slavery. It was to
enjoy the divine right to own, work, lash,
and murder their fellow-men that these
"sister republicans" founded the Transvaal
State. They have a very ardent Christian
faith, which "includes the doctrine that
black men are without souls, and, hence,
are intended only to be beasts of burden
for the Boers.
In Cape Colony and Natal people of Dutch
extraction called Afrikanders have ex
actly the same rights, privileges, and im
munities that are accorded to the British
inhabitants. In the South African Repub
lic only the Boers have rights of any tan
gible kind. The Outlanders, including
four thousand American citizens, are not
allowed any voice In the government of the
state, although they outnumber their
Dutch neighbors. They are not even per
mitted the least share in the municipal
government of the city of Johannesburg,
which they own and inhabft, to the prac
tical exclusion of all other elements of
population. They are denied the right to
carry or own firearms. They are without
the chance of Justice before the courts,
which .are absolutely the creatures cf tho
legislature at Pretoria, which changes any
law it pleases in an hour.'
In this connection it will be remembered
that, In 1S97, President Kruger, by execu
tive order, suspended the Transvaal Su
preme Court, because It refused to take the
mining property and plant of an Ameri
can citizen away from him. These Out
landers, English and American, own three
fourths in value of all the property in tho
country and pay evenrtenths of its reve
nues. In addition to this they are looted
and robbed through the "'dynamite and
other monopolies, which have made
Kruger fworth twenty-five million dollars,
and his family and immediate friends also
enormously rich.
It is highly edifying to note that the
sympathizers who exploit themselves In
support of these Interesting slave-drivers,
oppressors, and thieves, conspicuously in
clude certain Americans who are well
remembered as people who could not be
tortured into any expression of horror
or even objection when the butcher Wey
ler was bisecting Cuban babies before the
eyes of their shrieking mothers, and who
vehemently asserted that the hell of
Spain In the Antilles was no concern of
ours. The names of George F. Edmunds,
J. Sterling Morton, T. De Witt Talmage,
and others will not fail to awaken recol
lections of that sort Edmunds knows
that the proposed petition is nonsense
from the viewpoint of international law.
It is like his intellectual sinuosity to ap
prove of it Spain did ' not have a more
vigorous apologist nor Cuba a more con
temptuous enemy .than Morton before
the Spanish war. Talmage wept for
Greece, and solicited aid for that king
dom, but declined to say a word for the
reconcentrados who were dying daily by
thousands under the starvation order of
Spain's diabolical Captain General. Now
the lot" of them burst into tears because
England says that the common human
rights of English and American residents
must and shall be respected and observed
by the Boers in South Africa.
Our sympathy goes out to the oppressed
but normally blood drinking militia of
Canada, The provincial government would
not permit the Toronto Highlanders to In
vade New York for the Dewey parade.
Now Sir Wilfrid Laurier decrees that the
martial spirit of the colony shall be
crushed again. No Canuck regiment Is to
become easy marks for the Mauser rifles
of the Boers. It is very uncomfortaole
to be a provincial unless one happens to
get office.
The probable occupation today of Ma
juba Hill by the Boers, and the simulta
neous evacuation of New Castle by Major
General Symons, offer an illustration of the
conditions on the Natal frontier. The
British are too weak to attack. By the
time they get strong enough, their enemy
will be so well fortified that offensive
operations will be necessarily ardupus and
bloody. Mr. Chamberlain has had years
In which" to prepare for a struggle which,
all along, he and his colleagues have
known to be Inevitable. Why have they
delayed? Hundreds of soldier lives will be
sacrificed as a consequence of their unreadiness!
Chaplain McQueen relates a story which
shows how the spirit of enterprise is in
tho very air breathed by Otis. He says
that he learned from the books of the Red
Cross Society in California how two pro
gressive young Americans, one a volun
teer officer and the other a Red Cross
agent, stole the supplies of the society,
sold them, and went into business in Ma
nila with" the proceeds. They are now
among, the most prosperous,and respected
merchants of the Philippine capital In
the smuggling line.
We are pleased to know that the White
House Blue Room has been completely
renovated, redecorated, and disinfected.
The Indications are that it will be in great
demand early in November.
"WlioVcre II In I'artnersT
(From the Chicago Journal.)
A few weeks ago Obcrlin M. Carter was said
to have declared he would not go to jail alone.
He meant he would have company in his misery,
and it would be the same company he had in
his crime. Nothing can be more Just. A con
spirator should never be permitted to suffer alone.
The Carter case has attracted wide Attention in
this country because of a certain sinister aspect
it bore, aside from the aspect of simple stealing.
The people were the sufferers through the mis
appropriation of Government money. But they
seemed also to le the sufferers in another way.
The ring of conspirators appeared to have friends
in high places who were ready to protect them
from punishment for their crimes. The long de
lay in the execution of the sentence, the unusual
and apparently excessive precautions against the
possibility of mistake, and the prominence, po
litically, of at least one man interested in the
prisoner, lent strength to the general fear that
political corruption of a peculiarly offensive char
acter was involved in the Carter case.
No Room for Dlxcuanton.
(From the Indianapolis News.)
We are willing to debate with any man the
question of the future government of the Philip
pines. Tiiat is a subject on which men may
differ. But we cannot see that there is any room
for difference or debate on the question of enforc
ing on the rebellious Tagals the acknowledg
ment of our authority, and of the obligation on
our part to present to the world a peaceful gov
ernment in the Philippines. The political party
that should draw back or oppose this would meet
the overwhelming condemnation of the American
people. 9
The Effect on Iliinnn.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Whether the talk about Dewey for President Is
serious or not, it is worth more than the space
it occupies to see the cold shivers run down
Mark Uanna's bck whenever the Admiral's name
is mentioned. Mr. Hanna thinks that Mr. Mc
KInley is the only man who ought to be con
sidered in the Presidential connection. Under the
blinding effect of his arrogance he is not able to
see that he Is hurting McKinley's chances every
day.
THE PL00K IN OHIO.
Iterrcncntntv"e Norton FlgrnrcM Ont
3IcLeni'H Plurality.
Representative Norton, Congressman
from the Thirteenth Ohio district, talked
interestingly about the political situation
in tho Buckeye State to a Times reporter
last night. Hexpressed the belief that
John R. Mcrieni jvould be elected Gover
nor In November! hnd gave definite reasons
for his opinions. Mr. Norton Is one of the
leading Democratic managers in the State,
and stands as close to Mr. McLean as does
any other politician in Ohio. It was he
who placed the Cincinnati editor's name in
nomination before the Zanesville conven
tion. His knowledge of the political situ
ation is Intimate, and he talked with Tho
Times man candidly and unreservedly.
"The present campaign in Ohio is sim
ple enough to be understood by everyone,"
said he. "The election will be purely a
question of mathematics. The State is
normally Republican by about 25,000 l.lu
rallty. By that, I mean that when the
full voting strength of each party is polled,
and thefe is no possible friction anywhere,
our friends, the Republicans, usually elect
their candidates by from 20,000 to 30,000.
I have reason to believe that that plu
rality will not only be wiped out this fall,
but that John It. McLean will be elected
by a substantial margin. I base that opin
ion upon the following reasons: First be
cause of the unity of purpose among
Democrats; second, because of the wide
spread dissensions among Republicans;
and, third, because of the general dissat
isfaction of the people with many features
of the McKInley Administration.
"Now, for all the opposition may say to
the contrary, it is a fact that Ohio Demo
crats are this year harmonious and ani
mated by an earnest desire to elect their
candidates. There is no serious difficulty
anywhere. The supposed hostility of cer
tain Democratic factions has failed to ma
terialize, and I have no doubt that before
the end of the campaign it will die out en
tirely. The rank and file of the party are
lining up enthusiastically in support of
John R. McLean. He has touched the pop
ular impulse throughout the State, and
rallied Democrats everywhere to his stand
ard. There has not been within my recol
lection any campaign, except in a Presi
dential year, when Democrats in Ohio were
more astir or more active or more deter
mined than they arc this fall. Wherever
you go, from Cleveland to Cincinnati, or
from Toledo to Dayton, you will find evi
dences that the great hosts of Democratic
voters are united in support of the Demo
cratic ticket
"Republicans, on the other hand, are be
tween the devil and the deep sea. Conceal
it as they may try to do, It is a fact that
there are no fewer than 50,000 followers of
that party who will not vote for Judge
Nash. I am not criticising Judge Nash on
personal grounds. He Is an elegant gentle
man, a high-toned man, and as honest as
the sun. But as a candidate for public of
fice he has heenindiBcreet and unwise. If
he had sat up nights trying to contrive how
he could stir uptimutiny In the Republican
party he could not have succeeded better.
His attitude toward Governor Bushnell Is
absolutely uncalled for, and wholly un
just. He practically, on two oscasions,
courted an opportunity to insult Governor
Bushnell. There was no reason for his
conduct Governor Bushnell is a clean, fina
man, and his administration, from a Re
publican point of view, has been accepta
ble. Judge Nash gratuitously declared war
on Governor Bushnell, and in such a way
that the Governor could not now be recon
ciled even If he wished to be. But he
doesn't wish, tc'oe. He and his friends
have accepted, the challenge. The upshot
of it will be that' Bushnell will deflect from
Nash at least 15$00 votes.
"In regard to the dissatisfaction with the
McKInley Administration, you have only
to' talk? with Ohio men to -get the feeling
there. In spite of the glorjous victories of
Manila and Santiago there is a. widespread
sentiment throughout the State that the
Republicans have blundered and floundered
and managed to put this country in a
deplorable position in the Philippines. You
may call it anti-imperialism or anti-expansion.
Our people are not in love with
it and especially are they opposed to the
manner in which this Republican Admin
istration Is carrying on the war. I do not
think I exaggerate when I say that that
dissatisfaction will result in keeping at
least 20,000 indifferent or apathetic Re
publican voters at home. In addition to
this defection, 5,000 Republicans will vote
for McLean on account of personal con
siderations. "So thero it Is. Bushnell's following of
15,000, the anti-Administration Republi
cans numbering 20,000, and 5,000 personal
adherents of McLean. That makes a total
reduction of 40,000 in the Republican vote.
When I put it at 40,000 I am estimating
conservatively. I might go on with de
tails and say that Hamilton county will go
for McLean; that the situation in Cuya
hoga county is bad for the Republicans;
that 'Golden Rule' Jones is petering out
and other things which everyone knows.
I might even point to the warm, brotherly
affection with which Senator Foraker's
friends regard the Hanna-DIck regime, but
that also is no secret I might add that
Mr. Hanna's home-coming has not had the
effect of promoting hilarious harmony
among Republicans in Cleveland. But all
those incidents are only sidelights to the
situation. The truth of the whole matter,
is that tho Democrats are bound together
with hooks of steel, while the Republicans
are split up Into half a dozen factions. Our
candidate, McLean, is a brave, honest,
generous man. He is one of the people,
has shown his sympathy with their needs
a thousand times and in a thousand ways,
and he will. In my opinion, be the next
Governor of Ohio."
THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.
The Improved Wnterway About to
Be 'Formally Opened.
BALTIMORE, Oct 5. The old Dismal
Swamp Canal, rehabilitated and enlarged
to meet all the requirements of modern
traffic, will be formally opend at a water
way on Saturday, October 14. President
Walter B. Brooks, Jr., of the Lake Drum
mond Canal and Water Company, which
has acquired the privileges and franchises
of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, has
Issued invitations to the leading merchants
and financiers of Baltimore to witness the
ceremonies incidental to the inauguration
of this new" inland waterway. There will
also be delegations present from Norfolk,
Newport Nws, and other Southern cities.
The United States Government will send
a torpedo ba through the canal on the
opening day. The work of rehabilitating
the Dismal Swamp Canal was undertaken
and carried out by Baltimoreans.
,A Bihle 'PruMt.
(From the Charleston News and Courier.)
It is interesting to learn that a cut-rate war
now being waged among publishers of the Holy
Scriptures threatens to terminate in a Bihle trust.
Certain dogmatic declarations on the part of one
and another uf the' existing religious denomina
tions have sometimes led us to ielieve that each
of them was confident that it had a monopoly
of the truth as it is set forth in the pages of
the Holy Hook, but we had not anticipated that
an effort would be made in any quarter to corner
the outward and visible form of the Word of
God, Since the late Mr. Lptlier began his mem
orable agitation In favor of disseminating the
Scriptures as widely as possible among the com
mon people, efforts to control the publishing
of the Bible have been avoided for the mast part
by persons who valued their peace of mind and
good name.
The Offence of Car Conductors.
(From the New York Tribune.)
The order isM-ed to the employes of the Long
Island Bailroad not to take hold of a pas.-cnger
except where necessary to avoid accident or
when a child or infirm person is evidently in
need of assistance is one that ought to be issued
by all our local traction lines. The street ear
conductor's habit of grabbing women by the
arm, clutching them by the shoulder, pushing
them in the back, and picking them up bodily,
is decidedly offensive to them, and is in most
cages utterly inexcusable. But it is annoyingly
prevalent.
REST FOR THE ADMIRAL.
Devrey SiicnuM a. lutet Day anil Re
ceives Callers.
Admiral Dewey enjoyed himself last
evening by remaining quietly at home
with the members of his staff and receiving
one or two personal friends who tailed.
Just before dinner Brigadier General Hey
wood. of the Marine Corps, with the mem
bers of his staff, called to pay their re
spects. They spent about thirty minutes
with the Admiral. The morning hours of
yesterday were spent by the Admiral in
taking a walk and calling at the Metropoli
tan Club. Another walk in the afternoon
filled out the day's programme.
Though the excitement his presence in
Washington created ha3 about died out,
the Admiral is still being presented with
gifts by his admirers. Yesterday he re
ceived a very handsome cane from Herman
Barghausen, of Washington. It Is made
from a piece of mahogany brought from
Cuba by August G. and John F. Barg
hausen, sons of the donor, who served with
the First District of Columbia Regiment
The cane has a solid gold handle, on which
are carved a dozen microscopic likenesses,
one of the Admiral, one of tho President
and Vice President, and others of promi
nent naval officers who took part in the
Spanish war.
U. S. J. Dunbar, also of Washington,
has offered to Treasurer Roberts a bronze
bust of the Admiral to adorn the new home
to be purchased for Dewey.
Lieutenant Brumby, ' when seen last
night, said tfiat the Admiral was greatly
enjoying his quiet stay in Washington.
He expects to call on the Acting Secretary
of the Navy at 11 o'clock this morning.
There are no plans for the rest of the
Admiral's visit In Washington. The call
on Secretary Allen will be for the purpose
of .meeting members, of the committee
which has in charge the fund for buying
the Admiral a home. The committee has
over $50,000 on hand, and expects about
$5,000 to be added to this sum. When he
meets the committee it is expected that it
will be definitely decided whether a house
will be. bought or one built to suit the
Admiral's taste. Lieutenant Brumby said
he thought the Admiral would not visit
Princeton. N. J., as has been stated, but
that after "his visit to Vermont he would
return to Washington and begin work in
connection with the Philippine Commis
sion. Though the Admiral and his aides
Lieutenant Brumby and Ensign Caldwell
have really been detached from the Ol'ym
pla for the past week, the official order to
that effect was only just posted at the Navy
Department yesterday.
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
The Platform Will Endorse the Ad
ministration's Philippine Policy.
BOSTON, Oct 5. So far as can be
learned the platform to be adopted at tho
Republican convention tomorrow will be
a hearty endorsement of the policy oi the
Administration in the Philippines. It will
be a platform thoroughly satisfactory to
the Senator Lodge faction, but it is under
stood that it will make no direct attack,
upon Senator Hoar, and that It will be
so drawn as to eliminate factional feeling
as far as possible.
The committee on resolutions held a pro
tracted session this afternoon, and it is
understood it was in the main harmonious.
With the exception of the offices of Treas
urer and Auditor, the ticket to be chosen
tomorrow, and, In fact, the entire pro
gramme for the day, has been agreed upon.
Col. Melvin O. Adams will be chairman of
the convention. W. Murray Crane will be
nominated for Governor; John L. Bate3
for Lieutenant Governor, H. L. Knowlton
for Attorney General, and William M. Olin
for Secretary of State, all by acclamation.
There ore two candidates In the field for
Auditor Gen. John W. Kimball, of Fitch
burg, who has held the office since 1891,
and Hon. Henry Turner, of Maiden. Both
men claim it tonight, and it would be hard
to pick the winner.
There are four men in the field for the
Treasurershlp William E. Neall, of Lynn;
Hon. Edward S. Bradford, of Springfield;
John W. Whipple, of Broakton, and George
T. Sleeper, of Wlnthrop. At a late hour
tonight it looks as it the chances were
about In the same order as that in which
their names are given above, though so
many of the delegates are unpledged that
the aspect of the situation is likely to
change materially before the ballot is
taken in the convention.
A SUIT AGAINST MEXICO.
A New Yorlc Man to Prosecute an
Old Claim.
NEW YORK, Oct 5. Summons and
complaint were filed this morning in the
county clerk's office, in a suit brought by
James C. Jewitt, the surviving partner of
the firm of James C. Jewitt &. Co., for
merly of ' 27 William Street, to recover
$5G6,221.C6 and Interest from May 1, 1860,
for breach of contract, from the United
States of Mexico.
According to the papers in tho case,
Jewitt & Co. entered into a contract with
the Mexican Government, in 1859, when
the country was In a state of revolution,
to send ships to the relief of famine
stricken persons in Vera Cruz. The con
sideration was to be, it Is alleged, 2,500
tons of scrap Iron then In that city. Nine
ships were fitted out Including one in
volved in the present action, the Wave,
and proceeded to Vera Cruz, where the
United States cruiser Saratoga was lying.
The Wave was impressed to chase and
capture two insurgent cruisers. When the
revolution was at an end the firm at
tempted to collect, but failed. The Gov
ernment had disposed of all but 200 tons
of the iron to other persons.
As soon as the authority of the Govern
ment was re-established a contract was en
tered into with the Jewitts, whereby the
firm Avas to receive 10 per cent of the
customs of Vera Cruz until the debt and
interest were paid. At the outbreak of the
Civil War the payments on the debt were
discontinued, and no more money has been
received up to the present time. Action
is now brought to recover on propertv held
by the Mexican Government In this "state,
the nature of which Is not revealed in the
complaint
The Hot Springs rtcner-rntlon.
The Superintendent of the Hot Springs
Reservation has submitted his annual re
port, in which he says visitors to the
springs have greatly increased in number.
The receipts for the past year from baths
were $13,066.40, and the total number of
baths, 556,265.
The Purls Tribunal Award.
(From the Ilroklyn Eagle.)
We are free to say that we are glad a larger
portion of South America than waj expected
lias been declarcvl to be British possesion, with
out violation of the suhUance and in harmony
with the spirit of the Monroe doctrine. British
possession is better than Venezuelan possession
for soil or men. V.vn nor. just what is the Gov
emmen.t of Venezuela is unknown to other na
tions. The Venezuelan fiovernment vthieh ap
pointed arbitrators and lawyers to the lim
tribunal has been overthrown by revolution, with
in a month. The new Governme-nt will doubt
less confirm the action of the one which it wiped
out in blood, but frequent revolutions attest the
instability and well nigh the barbarism of Ven
ezuelan institutions and make any people there,
decreed to be under British control, proper sub
jects for the congratulation of mankind.
The Stubborn Boer.
(Trom the Xa-hville Banner.)
The demand of Great Britain is that the Boers
do away withJhc dynamite monopoly and amend
their lawsfso that five years' residence of a
person intending" to rtmain a citizen will entitle
liim to the rights and suffrages of citizenship.
The demand is entirely just and fully in kccohI
with the principles of popular liberty which all
Anglo-Saxon pe pie proles. England claims the
right to interfere because the maltreated L'it
landers are mostly British; because of the prox
imity of British territory to the Transvaal, which
is affected by Boer mismanagement, and be
cause in the compact which allowed the Boer
Government an autonomy Great Britain retain
ed a suzerainty over the Transvaal. The fact is,
tlie Boers arc a stubborn and very provincial
people, who are obdurately and without reason
opposing themselves to all progress in South
Africa.
CARTER'S PRISON HOUSE.
How and "Where the Former Captain
"Will Serve HIm Sentence.
Tho Port Leavenworth penitentiary, to
which, under the judgment of the court
martial, Captain Carter has been ordered,
Is an old Institution originally designed
for the confinement of military prisoners
alone, but more recently transferred from
the custody of the War Department to that
of the Department of Justice, and thrown
open for the reception of prisoners of all
kinds sentenced In United States courts.
It was not Intended originally for a prison
at all, but was built as a group of brick
warehouses for merchandise. It is on the
edge of the military reservation, whose
lines were made to include It when It be
came a military prison. A twenty-foat
wall was thrown around It, and the in-
terlor was gutted, and tiers of iron cages
or cells were substituted for the storage
arrangements on the several stories. The
change from military to civil jurisdiction
required the re-survey of the military res
ervation so as to leave the old prison out
side of It, but provision was made in the
act of transfer that it should continue to
be a place of confinement for persons "con
victed by courts-martial of offences, now
punishable by confinement in a peniten
tiary and sentenced to terms of imprison
ment of more than one year." It was
further provided that the convicts-should
be employed "only in the manufacture of
articles and the production of supplle3 for
said penitentiary, and in the manufacture
of supplies for the Government"
As the present penitentiary ha3 accom
modations for only 850 convicts, but the
neighborhood Is considered most con
venient for a general Federal penitentiary,
the Government decided three years ago to
build another penitentiary, capable of con
taining about 1,200 prisoners, with the un
derstanding that on its completion the old
penitentiary should revert to its original
usest exclusively military. This necessity
is emphasized now by the growth of our
Army to dimensions not then dreamed of.
The site selected for the new penitentiary
is about two miles from the old one. The
building operations have been a godsend
to the prisoners, who have been employed
In them to the exclusion of most free la
bor. The warden, named McClaughry, bears
an excellent reputation at the Department
of Justice. He has made a career of pris
on keeping, and had charge for a number
of years of the penitentiary at Joliet, III.
He has laid oift the work on the new prison
with great care, so as to have the con
victs divided Into groups of brickmakers,
bricklayers, stonecutters, stonemasons,
quarrymen, and the like, each group or
gang being under skilled workmen as
oosses and teachers, and an incentive be
ing held out to the convicts to Improve
In their work so as to pass by promotion
from the lower to the higher grades. The
convicts make and bake their own brick,
take their own stone out of the quarry,
shape it and put It into place. Eacn morn
ing when the weather will permit they are
marched from the, old penitentiary to the
new, military fashion, but under guard,
and are employed at wholesome labor in
the open air and sunshine, with the result
of a very fine average of physical health,
to say nothing of the moral Improvement
resulting from their learning a useful In
dustry. No specific time has been set for
completing the work on the new peniten
tiary, and naturally It proceeds at a slower
rate than if let out in ordinary way to
I contractors. But, on the other hand, as
tne uovernment would nave Deen ODiigeu
to support the convicts anyway, and It gets
their work free, and by their maintenance
In good health saves a very neat sum year
ly in medical supplies, it Is not so partic
ular about the length of time taken in the
building process, provided, of course, that
there be .no needless waste.
A prisoner of Captain Carter's education
would probably not he. put, to manual labor
in the brick kilns or stone yard, when his
acquirements could be turned to more
profitable advantage otherwise. It Is be
lieved that he will have the direction of
a part of the work requiring a knowledge
of engineering, and will thereby save the
Government the expense of at least one
salaried employe. Further than that, noth
ing can be said now, the details as to the
care and assignment of convicts being lef c
entirely with the warden. There are no
privileged classes, however, In the peni
tentiary, and In every respect, apart from
the character of his task, an Army officer
of the highest- grade receives no other
treatment than is accorded to the com
monest malefactor sent in by a civil court
Under the usual rule of commutation for
good behavior. Carter will be entitled to
an allowance of two months in each of the
five years of his sentence. This will be a
total of ten months, reducing the full pe
riod to four years and sixty days.
French Journalism.
(From Harper's Magazine.)
The degradation of politics and of the
army has been equaled by that of the
press. France has never had a journal
unless we except the "Temps" and the
present incarnation of the "Matin" which
an Algo-Saxon public would call a news
paper; but then she does not want one.
She has had journals which supply what
she wants well-considered and elegantly
written essays on the subjects of the day.
Such she still finds in organs like the "Fi
garo" and the "Journal des Debats;" but
in the lower ranks of the press the fatal
Influence of the Dreyfus case has told vile
ly. American papers appear to an En
glishman free-spoken in their attacks on
opponents: but the cheapest rag In New
York would blush for the recklessness,
gullibility, and foulness of the baser French
press. Restraints of good taste and de
cency are quite obsolete. You call your
political opponent "a prodigy of corrup
tion both In public and in private life;
with thirty years of lies, debauchery,
bribery, defamation, and calumny behind
him." The Prime Minister, if you dislike
his policy, you describe as "only half
cleansed of the murder of Carnot, the
butcher of Madagascar, Hanotaux's accom
plice In the extermination of the Arme
nians." You never speak of General de
Gillifet by name, but as "the assassin of
May:" they will know whom you mean.
M. Cavalgnac, being personally irreproach
able, it is well to hark back to his ances
tors, and call him the heir of two genera
tions of murderers. Never say your op
ponent published his opinions; say that he
vomited them. You can hardly go wrong
in describing anything you dislike as or
dure. With foulness go intimidation, ob
tuseness. spiritlessness. During the trial
of Zola many newspapers headed their is
sues for days with the names and addre?ses
of the jurors, accompanied by suitable in
stigations to violence. During the second
court-martial on Dreyfus an ingenious lit
tle paper In Renncs ran a serial, giving
the story of an Alsacian spy in 1S70 named
Deutschfus, who seduced an honest girl
and then returned as an uhlan, shot her,
and kidnaped her child. The credulity of
such newspapers equals their violence, and
they readily gulp down the wildest stories
and clumsiest forgeries. And when an
occasion comes, like the Fashoda crisis, in
which a strong lead might fitly have been
given to the nation, nothing was forth
coming except alternate bluster and pul
ing. An Unpleannnt Picture.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)
Philadelphia, is the headquarters, of election
krsucry in Pennsylvania; in fact, there is no
other city in the country whiih can Ci mpare with
it in tho audacity of crime against the ballot. It
is the shame of the Commonwealth that the
way lias been made emocth for fraud of this char
acter by legislation intended to make it easv
of commission and difficult of detection and
punishment. Our tax laws, registratv n laws, and
election laws are shaped with a view to put the
will of partisan bosses above the will of the
voters. Under such riroumstances the first effort
of honest men of all parties should be bent to
a reform of the abuses which make election
frauds possible. Until fach reforms shall have
been effected the peple of Philadelphia cannot
enjoy self-government. The proposition of the
Municipal Leaguo to undertake a revision of the
padded assessment lists, and later to put watch
era at the polls and detectives at the heels of the
scoundrels who make a busines-s of facilitating
election frauds, is a move which should have
tho aid not only of Mayor Ashbridgc and the
police force, hut of tlie whole body of taxpayers
who do not nuke a business of politics. Above
all. the project should have the untiring and
enthusiastic co-operation of all Democrats.
AN 4XASKA ADVENTURE.
Proxnealora "Eat I) ok". Bat FIhrJIj
Strike It Rich.
CLINTONVILLE, Pa., Oct 5. Frank
Minster, a former well known resident of
Donegal township. Butler county, who has
been in Alaska for nearly two years, Is
visiting his sisters here. In January. ISIS,
Mr. Minster, accompanied by L. F. Fitz
gerald, also of Donegal, left for Alaska,
and has just returned home after a year
and a half in the gold and copper fields.
Minster and Fitzgerald went to Juneau
and then to Skaguay, and with a party of
about 200 others crossed the big glacier to
the Alsace River region. The glacier Is
about sixty miles across and fifty-one days
were required to transport the supplies
over it Each man in the party had a
year's outfit with him, and as only a small
portion of the supplies could be hauled on
a sled at a time, so many back trips had
to be made that, In going the sixty miles,
each man had to travel, according to a
mathematician In the party, about 3,010
miles.
"The trip," said Mr. Minster, "did not
prove profitable, so my partner and I de
cided to go down the river to Yakatak."
They secured a boat and started down the
rapid Alsace River, but when half way to
their destination their boat struck a rock,
was smashed to pieces, and their entire
outfit lost They had a dog with them, and
as soon as they recovered from their bat
tle with the river they started to- walk
200 miles to the nearest settlement After
a couple of days without food, Fitzgerald
suggested that dog meat might relieve the
feelings of their stomachs, but Minster
could not bring himself to agree with this
proposition. They knew, however, that
without food they would never live to
reach a village, so they decided to build
a raft Log3 were dragged to the river
bank, but they had neither nails nor ropes
to bind them together.
Finally It was decided to make the dog
do his share. Thejiide of the animal wa3
cut into strips and" used to bind the logs
together. The raft was launched and the
hungry men, with what was left of the
dog, started down the river. Ther current
was very swift and in three days, they
landed at the settlement, but Mr. Minster
admits that there was not as much of the
dog at the finish as at the start Fortu
nately both men had money, and they soon
bought a new outfit and started out pros
pecting. They went to the Porcupine copper re
gion and located a claim for which $15,000
was recently offered them by a syndicate
which was buying- the copper mines in that
section. As a railroad into a region is
projected they decline to sell. Mr. Minster
describes Juneau and Skaguay as lively and
enterprising towns. He says the stories
of hardships, sufferings, and Overcharges
in the region are very much derdrawn.
At Juneau he purchased a suit of clothes
which he now wears, for ?22. 3fWls can
be secured at Juneau for 25 cents, a glas3
of whisky costs the same, and beer Is
10 cents a glass. Other necessaries of life
cost the same proportionate price. Nlr.
Minster will return to the Porcupine dis
trict in the spring to assist Fitzgerald la
looking after their claim.
A PEN" PICTURE OE DEWEY.
The Man and Hi Characteristic
MooIn.
(Hon. John Barrett, in Harper's Magazine.)
Physically the Admiral Is not an im
pressive man in the sense that some of
our noted military men are, but he has a
poise of body and head when standing?
or sitting that attracts the eye of the
stranger. He has dignity, with absolute
case. He carries himself gracefully for
a man who3e legs are trained to the sea,
and he Is net affected in manner or move
ment His step Is usually light but not
especially quick. He is net tall, and Is
rather under the average height of -naval
men; but in good condition, he has the
appearance of being fairly well rounded.
His bones are small and hi3 fingers long
and slight His hands are often employed
in nervous gestures not In the French, but
In the New England style emphatic and
serious, but not gymnastic.
As he talks he shakes hl3 head to give
emphasis to what he Is saying. If-he is
specially interested his eyes move quick
ly about, watching your own expression
and possibly that of others, looking bright
and cheerful one moment, and severe the
next, according to your answers .pr com
ment. Still, his eyes are not what would
be called shifting. He has a firm, earnest,
controlling look In them when he has or
ders to give or hears reports on Important
matters.
He could not be called handsome, be
cause he Is not sufficiently tall, but he has
a prepossessing, clear-cut. Interesting,
almost classical face that seems equal to
the responsibility of giving expression to
the thoughts that have birth in his active
brain. He is much better looking than the
average photograph or sketch. None of
his pictures brings out the best that Is In
his face, nor the lines which one notices in
his actual presence. The ordinary portrait
that Is seen all over the land gives no con
ception of the real force and strength that
he possesses, and is therefore disappoint
ing to the man who has been accustosced
to seeing him in person. His hair is an
iron-grey tending toward whiteness, which
becomes his composed but earnest visage.
The nose is large, but it indicates his forca
of character, and does not mar the general
effect of his physiognomy. There are res
olution and persistency in the lines of his
mouth, and when his lips are moving In
stating an order or giving an opinion where
he has made up his mind, there Is no d fa
culty in determining whether he Is In ear
nest His complexion has naturally been
sallow much of the time at Manila, for
that condition is superinduced by the cli
mate, but after his long voyage home it is
quite probable that he will have consid
erable color. He always looks clean and
neat, but is not overparticular, and grace
fully accepts the conditions of war and
sailor life even if they do not give him a I
the privileges, comforts, and pleasures of
the club. His wonderful adaptability has
made him as much at home in tie strippel
cabin of the Olympla as he would have
been in a hotel or club In New York or
Washington. In fact, he gave no signs on
the flagship of desiring luxurious surrounJ
lngs, and the simplicity of furniture dat
ing back to the days of fighting, compared
with his simplicity of dress and manner,
seemed to present a harmonious situation
in line with his habits and wishes. There
was no "fuss and feathers" about him or
his environment at Manila.
Extra PolItenCMi.
(From the Detroit Free Tress.)
After the young man had patted hU eye with
cold water for half an hour and then fitted a beef
steak cushion ocr it. he went into the front pare
of the house to find his father.
"Been fightingT ' asked the old gentleman,
sternly, when he recognized his son.
"Xo fight about it. 1 got a poke in the eye
that was good for a four-bagger if l bad been a
baseball. That's all there was ta iU"
"Must have been some p!ac you shouldn't have
been."
"Xot at all," and he winced, as he adjusted the
steak. "I went to the hotel to Ioek for that
friend of yours, just a? jon directed-"
"He didn't strike jout"
"So; but it all came from that infernal code
of etiquette you've been preaching to me. You
insist that one should always tell the truth, and
that any idea of politencs "iccoraistent with that
is a sliam and a mockery." o
"That's right; always" told you so."
"I know jou did. One of" the strangers there
wai telling an experience that sounded a Httla
fUhy. While they were all chaffing him he turned
to me and asked me if I thought he looked like
a man who couldn't tell the truth. I promptly
said that he did. Then he wanted to know if I
meant he had been lying. I remembered your
training, and said that I did. When I began to
take notice again I had thi," and he tenderly
felt the steak.
"Served you right; served you right., I say.
Nobody but a booby has to call a man a liar
in order to be polite."
A JelTcrKUiiian Democrat. -(From
the newton Herald.)
Former Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is
a pretty level-headed sort of a Democrat, and he
believes that the overwhelming sentiment of the
country isfavorab!e to the broadest kind of a na
tional policy which reaches out for commercial
adtantcgei in the direction of the Philippines.