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THE QUIT DAILY NEWSPAPER IH ALABAMA
It is presumption in u» when
The help of heaven we count the act
of men.
—All’s Well That Ends Well.
Escape of Duncan.
A jail delivery moia complete and
Victorious never occurred than that
which Duncan and three associates
conducted to a successful issue early
yesterday morning. They were per
mitted to load themselves with saws
and ropes, and thei^ exit from the
county'3 stronghold beca'me then a
walkover. No watchman, either with
in or without, interfered in any way
With their plans. They could have re
leased apparently all in the jail, but
they did not want to see their col
leagues get out. The quartette was
content to go off by itself. The four
gained several hours upon their cub
todlans. and their recapture is highly
. problematical, especially that of the
wily Duncan.
This jail delivery should be thor
oughly and fully investigated, without
any regard whatever to the shoulders
upon whom the blame may fall. This
much is due the county, and a grand
Jury should take hold of the matter
at once with a desire to probe to the
bottom. The manner In which the
Jail was watched on the night in ques
tion; the manner in which saws and
ropes were conveyed to the four pris
oners, and the ease and certainty of
their escape, should be rigidly and un
compromisingly investigated. ' Any
thing less than a full Investigation
will not suffice. A jail in which four
prisoners can saw away locks and
bars ad libitum is not such a jail as
. _-Jefferson County needs. Investigation
and action are needed in this case,
and must be had. The people will not
Stand less.
Stove Making in This District.
The Wetter Stove Manufacturing
Plant of Memphis was totally de
stroyed by fire last Saturday night.
It was one of the largest stove fac
tories In the South, and this is shown
to be a fact by the insurance, which
was $250,000.
We have no desire to harm or offend
Memphis, but nevertheless the place
for a Southern stove factory is where
foundry Iron Is made at the lowest
possible cosj, and where there will
soon be barge transportation to the
aea. The Wetter factory should be
1 rebuilt In this district, and if the Com
mercial Club would take hold of the
matter very likely it would be rebuilt
here, and not in Memphis. Stoves
can soon be made bere and loaded
Into a barge to be discharged In Mem
phis, for an Open \Varrior and the
Lake Borgne canal will soon afTord
Inland navigation all the way to Mem
phis and beyond. Under such cir
cumstances it would be throwing
money away to rebuild in Memphis,
which has no furnace stack within
two hundred miles, and no fuel within
three hundred miles.
It Is a mistake to count upon Mem
phis river facilities, for all those facil
ities will be Birmingham's as soon an
the Warrior is fuliy opened, which
will goon take place, and the raw ma
terial and fuel can be had here at
exceptionally low prices. All that Is
' 1 now lacking Is water rates to the sea
and the Mississippi valley, and the
present Congress will doubtless bring
that In sight.
Let- the Commercial Club then In
vite the Wetter peof'c to consider this
district before they decide upon the
place and the manner of rebuilding.
The Iron of this district is peculiarly
. adapted for stove making, and a large
stove factory Is needed, and one will
be built by some company. The Wet
ter Company Is prsferred.
Panama and Nicaragua.
The conspiracy against canal legis
lation is prospering finely. The
Walker commission has handed In a
report favoring the selection of the
Panama route under the offer of M.
Lampre, and this will be used to gain,
If possible, another year’s delay. The
railroad combine Is now engaged In
confusing the situation with that ob
ject now in view.
The entire Panama matter Is bogus.
The French Company does not own i
£11 the stock of the Panama Railroad, j
and the course that the old stockhold- j
ere of the Panama Canal would adopt
nd one can foresee. No one thinks a
clear title all around to the Panama
plant can be obtained. And yet the
recent offer can fee utilized to tangle
up canal legislation, and that is what
the slick agents of the combine, in and
out of the Senate, are now engaged in
doing.
The entire game is this—to defeat
the Nicaragua bill by presenting tho
Panama offer, and then to defeat a
Panama canal by refusing to hand
over a clear title to the property. The
Mark Hanna combine does not want
one scheme more than it wants the
other, but at present it finds it neces
sary to push Panama for tho purpose
of crushing the Nicaragua bill.
Until the supplemental report of the
Walker commission is laid before Con- j
gross it will not be known how far
It goes, or exactly what It recom
mends. The belief Is, however, that
it favors an acceptance of the offer
of M. Lampre. It would be a good
Joke upon the transcontinental rail
roads if a Panama bill should be
pushed through before they could re
adjust their campaign; but. it is to be
hoped that this will not be done even
to the confusion of the combine, be
cause the Nicaragua route is so Clear
ly better in every respect. It Is not
only nearer the United States, but tt
shortens the distance between our
ports on the two seas.
Coiton and CotforrSeed.
In the census year the 357 cotton
seed oil mills In the South—there are
none In the North—crushed 63 per
cent of the total product. This leads
to the belief that in the long run the
entire seed crop, less that needed for
reproductive purposes, will be crushed.
Such a result seemed wildly impossi
ble twenty years ago, but it is no
longer so now. In fcome distant and
scattered localities some seed may
be wasted, but when seed is worth
from 20 to 30 cents a bushel not much
of it will be overlooked. •
The average price paid for the 2,
479,386 tons crushed in the census
year was $11.65 a ton, or nearly "20
cents a bushel. The seed used in that
year coBt the mills $28,682,616. This
sum may be said to represent the
amount the planters threw away be
fore the mills were built, although the
seed was to some extent utilized in
i the days when oil mills were un
known, but the extent of its use was
neither great nor valuable. The com
parative loss was certainly ti.i/,000,000
a year, leaving $8,600,000 to represent
the use of the seed in its uncrushed
state.
The mills turned the seed they pur
chased in the census year into prod
ucts worth $42,411,836, which brought
the entire value of the crop of that
year up to $419,208,296. Such an ag
gregate makes any other cash crop
grown in the United States look In
significant.
In Alabama 172,093 tons of seed
were crushed in the census year, for
which the farmers received $2,019,065,
or about $30,000 to the average county.
It is no doubt possible to Increase this
sum to about $50,000, and in fact the
increased price of the present year
may have carried the average total
per county up to about $60,000.
The Southern and Alabama Baptist,
published in Birmingham, coneitts of
sixteen well-filled pages, Including sev
eral handsome illustrations. On the
title page appears an excellent like
ness of Dr. Hawthorne, and each num
ber will contain a like illustration.
The consolidated paper proposes to
carry to the Baptists of both Alabama
and Florida all the denominational
reading and information that they can
reasonably desire. As the pa$er pros
pers so will the service be improved
until it is carried to the point of full
satisfaction.
Water Is becdmlng a national Issue
In the problems relating to national
Irrigation, the ship subsidy, the isth
mian canal, and the Schley incident.
The trusts demand Retaliation In
stead of Reciprocity. They know they
own the Republican party, and can
get whatever they want.
Denmark will hold her job lot of
West India islands until a more pro
pitious time for working them off on
Uncle Sam.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
a pardon record that includes 22 mur
derers, 128 thieves and 323 other crim
inals.
Very few, according to Professor
Lombard, have so much soul that they
become humpbacked.
Plunger Phillips should try some
thing of his size, something diminu
tive, next time.
.
Prince Henry will not write a book,
although his stay will bo limited to
two weeks.
Governor Shaw's pardoning record
U reassuring—to criminals.
President Schwab is coming home
to thluV •
The Neely trial In Havana Is ex
plaining to Cubans the inwardness of
American politics.
In tho list of departures from Monte
Carlo appears the name of our beloved
Schwab.
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Messrs. Neely and Rathbone are
both swearing to their own innocence.
Mr. Nixon is now nursing the Tam
many Tiger back to convalescence.
The national bud is Alice Roosevelt,
with some international variations.
The McKinley memorial fund is not
an exception to the rule. It lags.
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The "400” have retired in order to
bring their German up to grade.
Mexico has quit the revolution, but
not the earthquake, business.
Admiral Prince Henry will try to
avoid a court of inquiry.
They left the Jail behind at any
rate.
It is to be Cuba Libre and fam
ish.
Will Pension Mrs. McKinley.
Washington, January 20.—The Senate
committee on pensions today ordered a
favorable report upon Senator Hanna’s
bill to grant a perjelon of $5000 a year
to Mrs. Ida McKinley, widow of the late
President McKinley.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS N. B.
From President Thomas of Bryn Mawr.
"College women, like other women, are
dependent on men for marriage, and the
college presidents who enjoin upon us to
teach women womanly virtues and edu
cate them to become wives and mothers
should begin by educating their own col
lege men to become husbands."
HIS NAME IS ESTRADA.
From the Washington Post.
"The family name of the new president
<of Cuba Is Estrade, and not Palma," said
a Cuban visitor. "Estrada was his
father’s family name and Palma his
mother’s. Following the Spanish custom
he writes it Estrada Palma, but he
should be addressed as President Estra
! da, and not as President Palma. The old
fashioned way of writing it would be
Tomas Estrada y Palma, hut only the
highest and oldest Spanish aristocracy
and the lowest and most ignorant class
now use the y. The mass of Cubans have
abandoned It, and those who have much
business with Americans arc cither plac
ing their mother's name first, according
to the American custom, or dropping it
entirely. Palma, by the way, Is pro
nounced Pa^-ma, with the 1 sounded."
WAGNER AND COON SONGS.
From the Londbn Dolly Chronicle.
It is Richard Wagner, who fills the
music halls by emptying the opera house
of the man who wants to hear some
thing he can remember and whistle. Mel
ody and simple harmonies he can under
stand and enjoy. The old Italian school
gave him melodies which met hiB case
"from the first part of each it was possi
ble more or less to anticipate the close."
That Is perfectly true; and that is the
sort of melody which drives other men—
the minority—frantic. Now Wagner wrote
very little that the errand boy can whis
tle with self satisfaction, even with an
imagined orchestra to support him; and
therefore he takes Eugene Stratton and
the coon songs for his solace rather than
"Siegfried," as he prefers photographs of
"our little darlings" for the adornment
of his cigarette to the Sistine Madonna.
NO VALUE IN MISSISSIPPI.
From the Vicksburg Herald.
The Supreme Court of the State holds
that a dog is not of pecuniary, value, and
therefore, when he is killed by the rail
road the owner Is not entitled to recover
damages. The case w'hich brought forth
this interesting sta|^ment from the court
was that of W. R. Holiday vs. the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad. Holiday lived at
Prairie Station, on that road, and owned
a dog of uncertain breed which one day
strayed from its home, got on the right
of way of the defendant company and
was run over by a freight train. Holiday
brought suit in the lower court and ob
tained a Judgment against the road in the
sum of $100. The Supreme Court reversed
the case. Justice Calhoun, in delivering
the opinion of tWfc couht, said that a dog
was an agile creature and that it could
get out of the way of a railroad train;
and then the court held, besides, that the
majority of dogs had no pecuniary value
whatever. The court held that dogs could
not be allowed to interfere with the ar
teries of commerce and that the man was
not entitled to recover
"SPOTLESS TOWN” RMIYMES.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Boston—"Reddy’’ Roach, the street car
poet, who wrote the "Spotless Town”
rhymes, Is dead.' News of his demise was
received here from Montreal recently
where he had gone to make a contract
for supplying Canadian advertisers with
rhyme.
The decedent whose full name was
Redtteld M. Roach, was a graduate of
Trinity college, Dublin. At that famous
Institution he won spveral gold medals
and other prises for the composition of
Greek verse. Financial reverses In his
family caused him to abandon the profes
sion of the law which he had just enter
ed and to begin the struggle for existence
as baggageman or porter on a "goods"
train.
As a contributor for poetical periodical
he added somewhat to his slendor means
but finally gave up the struggle In Kng
land and came to this country. Obtaining
a Job as a street car conductor In Provi
dence, he worked along for two years un
til the opportunity for turning to account
his talent for versification presented it
self.
Many advertisers made use of his tal
ents. which brought him a generous In
oome.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
Only to the old 13 youth a precious
Jewel.
Our honor Is something that Is hurt
when wc get found out.
No man can ever make a woman be
lieve he loves her unless he will put his
heaij in her lap some time and tell her It
rests him.
A woman’s Idea of a good photograph
ctf herself is when a friend looks at it
and says, ‘‘.What a beautiful .woman!"
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Practical Men Needed.
"Engineers are scarce, but so are ac
countants as*}or that matter," said the
president of a large and rich corporation
yesterday.
"I employ several mccanical engineers—
first-class men, both In theory and prac
tice—but I have room for more. The
woods are full of so-called engineers, but
the practical ortes are extremely scarce.
"Engineering is like all other profes
sions. Education is the ground work but
both quick insight and rough experience
In engineering are necessary to fit a man
for taking hold of big work.
"As for bookkeeping, I cm besieged
with applicants who have ft smattering
knowledge of accounts but no practical
experience. Because a young man has a
certificate from a business college is no
reason why he should be Installed in the
audit department of a large concern.
Commercial college training Is certainly
no drawback to a youth. On the con
trary It Is a decided help to him. But
after all it Is experience that is needed.
Before a man is capable of handling a set
of complex books he must know princi
ples and he must be at home in balance
sheets. The day when green men or
charlatans could make their way in wide
awake communities such as Birmingham
is past. Only brains, skill and honesty
will accomplish any thing now."
To Hook Unruly Prisoners.
"An experienced mechanic in Birming
ham has invented a process of handling
prisoners which he believes can be sold
to every police department in the coun
try," said a State official-last night.
"It is a long hook, something on the
order of those used for moving cotton
balrs, made of the finest steel and having
a bone handle. With this hook in the
clothes back of an unruly man's neck he
can be forced to "come to” or "move on”
without any trouble.
"The idea was suggested to him Satur
day night while at the city jail. Night
Warden McKnight had a balky prisoner
who refused to come out of the patrol
wagon. It is dangerous to tackle men
In the wagon, as they have every ad
vantage.
"IIow to get him was being discussed
by several persons around the jail, and
some one suggested a cotton hook. The
prisoner came out at once.
"Last night shortly after he went to
work Mr. McKnight was presented with
a most dangerous specimen of hook. It
is a foot long, made of the best steel,
has a villainous-looking claw on it and \
is an all round fighting weapon. He re
gretted very much that last night was so
quiet he did not have an opportunity to
use it, but he will get a hook or two at
some kicking inebriate before long and
demonstrate the real value of the article.
"A proposition will be made to Chief
Austin to furnish the police with similar
articles at a low figure, it being believed
they will become much more dangerous
when having one hooked through their
I belts.
"Practical demonstrations by the in
ventor every evening after 8 o’clock free.
No charge for reserved seats."
Piano and Violin.
"Speaking of music lessons, the violin
is an attractive instrument for a child,
especially for a girl, yet the great ma
jority of youngsters hereabouts take
piano and know nothing of the king of
instruments," said a musician yester
day.
"Ip Europe and in New York and other
large cities of this country it is quite
the fashion for girls to practice the vio
lin. This Is especially the case where a
boy in the family is musical and can
handle the piano. With piano and violin
charming ensemble music may be played.
Beethoven wrote ten sonotas for these
two instruments, and the ten composi
tions referred to stand today among the
greatest classic works known to the mus
ical world. Mozart also wrote gems for
piano and violin; and as for the moderns
nearly all of them composed for violin.
"A violin poorly played is execrable
but a violin played by an amateur who
practices two or three hours a day is
very fine. Ask Guckenberger, Caiman,
Staats, Burmeister, Kubelic, Bloomfleld
Zeisler or Theodore Thomas and any one
of them will speak not only well of the
violin, but will pla«-*c it on a parity with
the piano."
Week of Prayer.
"One of the Institutions of Richmond
and other large Virginia cities was the
Week of Prayer in January, but this
prayer season has been skipped fexr
1902," said a Presbyterian minister of
Alabama,who has recently returned from
a visit to the Old Dominion.
"That week of prayer was a grand in
stitution, and some of the people of Vir
ginia look upon it ns a public misfortune
that It has been abandoned.
"One of the secular papers of Rich
mond discusses prayer in a practical
way.
"Here is an extract from the article I
read: ‘The Week of Prayer is a good
thing for the people of all denominations
to come together in fellowship and unite
In prayer and thanksgiving to God.
Moreover, It is a tribute which every
community owes to the God of the uni
verse. But prayer is not merely a mat
ter of supplication. It is an attitude. It
is an expression of a state of mind and
heart. A public prayer meeting is a pub
lic acknowledgment of our dependence,
as a people, upon God's bounty and
mercy. It Is true that every church serv
ice is a prayer meeting; but a special
week of prayer, in which all the churches
unite, carries wifh it the idea of com
munity and more distinctively character
izes us as a people whose god i3 the
Lord.’ "
Compulsory Education.
"The superintendent of education in
South Carolina has made an appeal to
tho legislature to adopt some method
to secure compulsory education," re
marked a South Carolinian at the Hill
man last night.
"A curious state of affairs exists In
South Carolina, where It Is shown by the
superintendent's report that the negroes
arc more alive to the Importance of edu
cation than tho whites. He says that
Inst year 123,230 white and 157,970 negro
children attended the schools, the num
ber being thus 30,740 In favor of the ne
groes. In three years the attendance of
negro children in the public schools has
Increased 11,000, whtlo the Increase of
whites has been only 4,000. This Is the
report for the public schools. Many white
children, no doubt, attend private schools
which require the payment of tuition.
"Tho ptjgllc schools make the strong
est and roost direct appeal to the peo
ple In general, because they ars sup
ported by the state. The superintendent
says there are thousands of children be
tween the ages of six and sixteen who
are receiving no education. The pay of
teachers for both white and colored
schools Is so small that * an appeal is
made for an Increase In salaries, so as
to secure better teachers.
"The superintendent says to the legls
laturo; 'The time has come for us to
consider the necessity for enacting a
compulsory educational law. The state
cannot afford to permit children to grow
up In Ignorance. If parents are not alive
to their duty, the intelligence and con
science of the state should be equal to
the protection of those unfortunate chil
dren and of the social whole.’ ”
Elegant German,
"I read In the Age-Herald the Spring
field Republican’s favorable criticism of
Mrs. Guckenberger's singing In Massa
chusetts and I read It again In German
In the Courier of this city,” said a mem
ber of the Cadmean Circle.
"The original was In the best of En
glish and the German translation was
quite as good. It was Indeed an elegant
piece of work on the part of the trans
lator. The person who turned It* Into
German was a master, not only of the
Teutonic, but of the English language."
About Persona.
General Superintendent J. A. Dodson
of the Southern Railway system 1b In the
city.
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E. Alan Hay of London, England, Is at
the Hillman.
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L. E. Peacock of Blocton Is at the Me
tropolitan.
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N. A. Sherlock of Buffalo, N. Y., Is at
the Metropolitan.
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F. C. Oakford of New Jersey Is at the
Hillman.
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W. S. DuBose of Columbiana Is at the
Metropolitan.
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R. 8. Sloan of New Orleans Is at the
Hillman.
MOBILE'S CUBAN TRADE.
From tho Washington Times.
"The business men of Mobile plume
themselves on having secured the lion's
share of the trade with Cuba.” said Mr.
Leslie Brooks, a member of the Chamber
of Commerce of that Alabama port, at
the Riggs.
"The Cuban business was formerly
nearly all monopolized by New Orleans,
but Mobile has captured It and will hold
It. Geographically we have much the ad
vantage of New Orleans on account of
the shorter ocean trip from Havana.
During Ihe war with Spain a consider
able number of Cuban refugees made
their homes with us. They were well
pleased and helped to divert to us a traf
fic that is constantly Increasing. Our
business men improved every opportunity
to foster good relations with the ‘Gem of
the Antilles,’ and sent out a vast amount
of llteratur j in the Spanish language, be
sides personal representatives, who
demonstrated that Mobile was the best
situated of all the gulf ports for the com
merce of the West Indies.
"The city Itself is progressing satisfac
torily; old buildings are being torn down
to make place for modern structures and
the streets are being paved with asphalt.
The latest addition to our industries is a
mammoth shipbuilding plant, which was
also won from New Orleans.”
TESTIMONY AS TO SUBSIDY.
From the Boston Herald.
Tjard Schwartz, a German naval con
structor, has Just completed an investi
gation of the character and cost of Bhtp
building In this country, of which he has
made a report in the German empire. He
says In it that the materials for the con
struction of steel ships are cheaper here
than In any other country. He adds that
the American workmen are the best in
the world, and that their wages are from
30 to 60 per cent higher than those re
ceived in Great Britain, and 100 per cent
higher than Germany pays. Herr
Schwartz does not dwell so much upon
the superiority of this labor in lessening
the cost of ship building here as he
might, but he declares that the better
quality of our machinery goes far to
counterbalance the increased wage bills
paid In our foundries. He is sure, what
ever may be the canse, that ships are
built here as cheaply as they are in Eu
rope. and thus affords added evidence of
the wrong in paying those who own our
shipyards a bounty out of the funds of
the nation for ship production.
MUST SUE FOR DAMAGES.
New Phase On the Injunction Case at
Ducktown, Tenn.
Knoxville, Tenn., January 20.—A
new phase was put on the Ducktown
Copper Company Injunction case to
day when an order made by Judge
Allen waB received. He holds that
the remedy of the injured parties is
by action for damages and he will not
allow the injunction heretofore Issued
to stand. This position is taken by
Judge Allen for the reason that about
5000 people are dependent upon their
work as a source of livelihood, while
the complaining interests on the
smoke nuisance represent only a
small part of the community. Judge
Allen's ruling is made under an act
of the last Legislature wherein an ac
tion of this character rests within
the sound discretion of the court when
the work Is one of public utility,
whether be shall abate the nuisance
or not. If it determines not to do so
it is a matter for a jury to determine
the amount of damages.
There are already about seventy
damage suits docketed against the
two companies, which the companies
are willing to settle on a fair basis
or a purchaso of the land at a reason
able figure.
Will Reconstruct Dam.
Austin, Tex., January 20.—At a
meeting of the water and light com
mission of this city tonight it was
decided to reconstruct the 1200-foot
dam. across the river at this point,
which was destroyed by floods about
eighteen months ago. It is estimated
that it will cost $500,000 to reconstruct
the dam and rebuild the power houso
and pumping station.
Young Lawyer Shot.
San Antonio, Tex., January 20.—
Frank Cresswell, a prominent young
member of the San Antonio bar, was
shot at the city hall today and is now
lying in a critical condition at his
home. A pistol with one chamber
discharged was found on the door near
him. City Marshal Van Riper, who
has investigated the case, says Cress
well was shot by. an unknown person.
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Washington
Day by Day
Judiciary Committee Framing Bill
to Check the Growth of Anarchy.
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Washington, January 20.—(Special.)—
Perhaps the moat singular of all phen
omena that pertain solely to general so
cial conditions is the abruptness with
which all the journals sometimes cease,
as if by pre-arranged concert of action,
to give the news of or discuss a great
moral issue of vital concern to society
at large.
We are accustomed even in our day to
the somewhat eccentric condition of so
ciety in the exclusive sense first neglect
ing and finally forgetting the supreme at
tributes and claims of society in the
generic. This is what produces revolu
tions in most instances of such out
bursts. It cost Charles the King his
head, and in the fullness of time cost his
royal successor the New World. Then
the head of Lo is the King fell into the
same basket with the swineherds, pot
boys, and horse leeches of Paris. To
come down to the numerous lajer in
stances of a rule of inalienable right
that was wrung from John the King by
the barons seven centuries ago is not
now needful.
But it remains astonishing that the
journals of the twentieth century, which
are presumed to be omniscient, if not
omnipotent, should suddenly cease to
keep in touch with such a vital issue
of general social welfare as, by way of
example, the suppression of anarchists
in the Republic—not anarchy, as the con
dition is sometimes miscalled; nor an
archism, for a condition of evil mind
cannot be suppressed, though it is quite
possible to repress it.
For the space of three months the
Journals devoted much dally labor to
anarchists and their villanles, although
for years previous they had In large
measure Ignored that class of ruffians;
knew as much about them all the while
as Is known now, yet Ignored them. The
passionate outburst caused by one In
famous and monstrous act resulted In
the Introduction of numerous bills In the
national legislature which sought to ef
fectually curb the accurBed cult of crime.
For some forty days or less these bills
and their purposes were dally discussed
and then—there was silence. The Jour
nals have failed to follow the bills Into
committee, although aware that this na
tion Is ruled by committee. Most aston
ishing, you say. Truly!
As a matter of fact, the statute-making
power of the House of Representatives,
to-wit, has been and is now passing Anx
ious days In the consideration of the leg
islation proposed by the various bills
aimed at the anarchists. >It Is news In
the real sense of that term, that the
labors of the committee are now rapidly
assuming ?hape, and within a few days
a bill will be reported to the House and
most probably passed covering the main
purpose of the people to suppress the
anarchists.
• • •
It Is privately ascertained of absolute
authority that there have been wide dif
ferences of opinion amongst the fnembers
of the Judiciary committee, the most seri
ous of which Is the proposition that
United States courts shall have sole Juris
diction in the trial of all persons who
may attempt to slay the President or
Vice President, or any cabinet officer;
that is to say, any person who Bhall make
or cause to be made an attempt upon
the life of the President or any one In
lawful line of succession to the Presi
dency shall be tried in a United States
court only.
This serves to give new emphasis to the
Irrepressible conflict of views between
those Americans who favor an extension
of the powers of the general government
iiv^he direction of that centralism of
which Alexander Hamilton was the first
American master and against which
Thomas Jefferson was and is the Ideal
opponent. As long as the Republic en
dures In form, and after, centralism and
the broader democracy will be In con
flict.
• • •
Those members of the Judiciary com
mittee who stoutly oppose giving to Uni
ted States courts the sole power to try
persons who commit a crime against the
life of the President or any one of the
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GREAT RABBIT ROUND-UP.
Indians of the Gila Valley Carrol
1200 of the Animals.
Phoenix (Arlz.) Correspondence New
York S^n.
A horde of howling, copper-colored
braves, a dense mass of long-eared, gray
furred rabbits, a dozen nights of arrows,
and then an onslaught with heavy mes
qultewood clubs; an acre of ground cov
ered with heaps of dead rabbits, a feast
on the slain, then the sleep of the glut
ton; such In brief Is the conclusion of the
annual Jack-rabbit hunt of the Pima and
Maricopa allied tribes.
As far back as go the traditions of the
Indian, these rabbit chases have oc
curred. The Indian still disdains to use
modern weapons in his chase of the Jack,
and adheres to the arms which were used
by his forefathers—blunt arrows and
clubs.
On the Glia river reservation, twenty
miles south of Phoenix, the greatest
round-up of rabbits ever known within
the memory of the oldest Indian In the
Gila valley took. place last Tuesday. The
rabbits this year have been particularly
destructive to the Indian crops, and it
was with the hope of driving the Jack
rabbit from the lower valley that the
big round-up was held.
Frorii the Salt river reservation came
nearly 100 bucks, and from all parts of the
reservation along the Gila not fewer than
400 men and boys were present for the
chOBe. Early In the morning the chase
began,
A party of tourists from the east came
from Phoenix to see It, and were guests
of Chief Hrrmo.
From a high butte they watched the
round-up, and then hurriedly mounted
and rode In as the circle narrowed and
came together. It was a motley crowd
that herded the Jacks. The Maricopas are
men of unusual size and height, while the
Plmas are short and sturdy. On the puny
Indian ponies the contrast Is marked.
In an hour the circle had been com
pleted. In a compact formation and with
ear-piercing cries the raiders crove to
gether the frightened rabbits. So eloso
was the line that few rabbits attempted
to escape.
In less than two hours the llne_ had
closed In on ths quarry, and a tumbling,
panic-stricken lot of rabbits tossed about
nine men who are in line of succession
to him are relying more upon experience
than sentiment of anti-centralism to sus
tain their contention. They point to
Gulteau and to Czolgosz. Gultau was
tried before a United 8tates court, and
even the school children are famallar with
the story of that unseemly and disgrace
ful trial. It dragged along for months,
and every day the Journals presented to
the country the sickening spectacle of the
murderer of Garfield ranting and raving
in simulated craziness In a court pre
sumed to be a court of common human #
Justice, mouthing to the last his blasphe
mous gibberish of
"Going to the Lordy, going to the
Lordy. going to the Lordy!"
Gulteau did not intend to shoot Garfield
—he meant to kill Blaine—a fact that his
tory will In time record faithfully enough.
But that Is apart, and we are not at this
moment concerned with It.
Czolgosz was Indicted, tried and con
victed In a local State court for the mur
der of the citizen of Ohio, William Mc
Kinley, at the time of the crime Pres
ident of the United States, and the en
tire proceedings were covered within
three court days, or about a week alto
gether. Had the delay Incident to the
trial of Gulteau prevailed In the case of
Czolgosz, \:e might now be having some
thing like the sickening "Going to the
Lordy" blasphemy served up to us by the
morning Journals at our breakfast ta
bles.
• • •
In part and In effect this Is the argu
ment of the members of the Judiciary
committee who oppose giving to United
States courts Jurisdiction of the possible
cases In review. *
This much you may accept as news,
namely, that the way Is rapidly clearing
for the presentation In Congress of a bill
that will more or less effectually deal
with anarchists. It will cover crimes
against the President and the nine men
who may by law succeed him—the Vice
President and eight cabinet officers—and
offenses against other Individuals and
society at large. The bill, whatever be Its
precise provisions, will not give Jurisdic
tion to United States courts. It cannot
be hoped that the measure will please
everybody, for a multitude of the people
are either Ignorant or forgetful of the
constitutional limitations of Congress. A
crime against the President cannot be
made treason by act of Congress unless
the Supreme Court should kindly oblige;
and the same Is true respecting a penal
colony, and really of legislation forbid
d'ng persons of anarchistic views merely
to enter the country from abroad. This
does not please all the people, and possi
bly It might not please the Supreme
Court; but none can tell.
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Speaking of United States courts. Con
gressman Richardson of Alabama has In
troduced and Is heartily advocating a
bill which would require a United States
Judge to give notice to the opposing side
in civil causes before ordering that such
causes be transferred from a state to a
Federal court. As the law stands, one
party to a cause may appeal to a United
States judge to assume jurisdiction on
the plea of local prejudice, and the judge
may, without notice to the other side, di
rect the state court to transfer the cause
to his own court. Judge Richardson seeks
to require the United States Judge to give
notice of any contemplated transfer of
that character, so as to give the side op
posite to the plaintiff an opportunity to
be heard and to disprove prejudice.
Judge Richardson relates the story of
an Alabama will case in which he was
counsel. This case had resulted In a mis
trial In a state court and the opposite
side appealed to the United States judge
on the plea of prejudice, although It had
been made clear that eight of the twelve
state Jurors were In his favor. The Judge
directed the transfer and Judge Rich
ardson’s client lost. The case was ap
pealed to the United States Supreme
Court, which reversed the decision of the
lower court; but the appeal cost Judgo
Richardson’s client two thousand dol
lars. The bill now sought to be passed
would seem common sense Justice.
LUCIEN JULIBN WALKER.
In the space within It. At a signal from
Chief Antone a volley of arrows flew Into
the center of the circle. Volley followed
volley, and then twoBCore small boys
went Into action. With clubs alone they
completed the slaughter. In less than an
hour the work was completed and the
count began.
More than 1200 rabbits made up the bag,
and the day had broken the tribal record.
Chief Antone explained to the whites that
more than 1000 jacks had never been
killed In a day's hunt before.
In two hours the feast began, and the
boiled meat was hurried Into the stom
achs of hungry hunters. The meat of the
young jacks is much like that of the cot
tontail, the rabbit of the east, while the
flavor of the older meat Is unpleasant to
whites. The Indians, though, make no
distinction, and for two days the feasting
continued.
Part of the meat was dried for winter
use, and the furs made Into blankets.
Discuss 8ugar Duties.
Washington, January 20.—Senators Fos
ter and McEnery, ex-Representatlve
Price, J. D. Mill and Mr. Colcock, all of
Louisiana had a long conference with the
President today concerning the condi
tion of the sugar Industry In their
states. They laid before the President
facts tending to show that disaster would
result In the Industry In the South In
case Cuban sugar Is admitted to this
country! under a low rate of duty. A
large delegation from Louisiana is said
to be coming to Washington to further
present facts to both the President and
Congress.
CARVING A NAME.
By Horatio Alger, Jr.
I wrote my name upon the sand.
And trusted It would stand for aye.
But soon, alas! the refluent sea
Had washed my feeble lines away.
1 carved my name upon the wood,
And, after years, returned again;
I missed the shadow of the tree
T'hat stretched of ojd upon the plain.
To solid marble next, my name
I gave as a perpetual truBt;
An earthquake rent It to Its base.
And now It lies o'erlaid with dust.
All these have failed. In wiser mood
I turn and ask myself, “What thenf
If I would have my name endure,
I'll write It on the hearts of men.
In characters of living light,
Of kindly deeds and actions wrought.
And these beyond the touch of time,
Shall live tbunartal ray thought.