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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1901
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Mr McKinleys Policy
It having been stated repeatedly that
President Roosevelt will adhere strictly
to the policy of his immediate predeces
sor the question of what that policy
was becomes a matter of no Inconsider
able importance to the people of the
United States We do not know to a
certainty everything that Mr McKin
ley had in ii ind when he was laid low
by the bullet of the assassin Upon the
main Questions at issue before the
country his policy was fairly well un
derstood so far as he had been able to
carry it out But his statesmanship
was not of a rigid and unyielding char
acter No man understood better than
he did that national policies must be
adjusted to national conditions and
changed as the conditions changed
His policy with reference to our new
possessions was almost In its initial
stages and It is not impossible that It
might have been considerably modified
before the end of his term had his life
been spared
Nothing can be clearer than that dur
ing recent jears Mr McKinleys views
upon the subject of the tariff had un
dergone a marked change In the be
ginning of his public career he was one
of the most extreme protectionists In
the country and he remained such up
to the time of his first election to the
Presidency In fact his national repu
tation was made as an uncompromising
champion of the tariff But his nego
tiation of numerous reciprocity treaties
showed either that his views had
changed upon the fundamental princi
ples involved or that in his Judgment
the industrial situation had become so
different as to make the old policy a
bad misfit Whichever was the case
he was far in advance of his party upon
the tariff issue His great speech at
Buffalo the day before he received his
death wound makes this perfectly clear
That speech one of the greatest he ever
made was not more remarkable In any
thing than in Its un Hepubllcan utter
ances on the subject of the tariff the
term uu Ttepublican being here used In
Its partlm cm
We cannot always know the full play
of a mans mind by the specific recom
mendations he makes for those are fre
quently dictated by ciicumstances In
urging modifications of the tariff Mr
McKlnley knew that the temper of his
party required him to keep within con
servative limits It would not do for
him to go so far as to put the Repub
lican party in the wrong Hence he
confined himself to a strong plea for
reciprocity But in making this plea he
employed a line of argumentation
which as a close analysis shows
strikes at the very foundations of the
iv hole protective system
Almost at the outset of his remarks
speaking of our trade relations with
other countries Mr McKlnley declared
that though commercial competitors
v0 are commercial enemies we must
not be That Is a just and beautiful
fcentiment but It is sadly out of har
mony iv 1th the creed of the Republican
party which has created the most in
tense commercial enmities In fact It
has left us with scarcely a commercial
friend In the world Then taking up
present conditions and addressing
himself to the problems of today he
Eaid
Our capacity to produce lias developed so
enormously and our products liave so multiplied
that the problem of more markets requires our
urgent and immediate attention Only a broad
and enlghtened policy will keep what we have
jYo other policy will pet more In these times
cf marvelous business energy and gain we ourht
to be looking to the future strengthening th
-weak places in our industrial and commercial
systems that we may be ready lor any storm or
strain By sensible trade arrangements which
will not interrupt our home production e shall
extend the outlets for our increasing surplus a
cystcra which provides a mutual exchange of
commodities A mutual exchange is mamfcstlv
cscntial to the continued and healthful growth
cf ocr expert trade We mut not repose in fan
cied security tat we can forever sell everything
and buy little or nothing If such a thing were
possible it would not be best for us or for tiiose
with whom we deal
Anything more radically opposed to
the pollry of the Republican party than
this It would be difficult to express in
words Especially Is this true of the
statement that we must not repose In
fancied security that we can forever
sell everything and buy little or noth
ing This Is exactly what the Repub
lican leaders have always claimed that
tie could do They have insisted that
foreign nations would not buy any more
from us than they had to and that
what they could not get more advan
tageously elsewhere they would buy
from us anyway no matter what our
commercial policy might be To this
absurd and narrow contention the lan
guage quoted gives an express nega
tl e And It Is clearly right We may
leave sentimental considerations entire
ly out of view and the fact remains
that if other countries are unduly re
stricted In their ability to sell they
will not be able to buy so much what
ever their desires may be
Almost equally suggestive 13 the re
mark that If it were possible for us to
sell without buying it would not be
lest for us or for those with whom we
deal This Is In fiat contradiction of
the Republican dogma that we should
buy nothing that by any possibility we
can make for ourselves Every Individ
ual in the economy of his dally life
finds that there are some things which
be can buy more advantageously than
he can make them The same is true
of nations The productive capacity of
a country is of course more varied
than that of an individual but the
principle stated holds absolutely good
and the late President clearly recog
nized It
The points thus eloquently and force
fully made have been among the basic
contentions of the tariff reformers for
years A person having the slightest
Xemlliailty with economic philosophy
r v
can see at a glance that they reach
away beyond the mere ratification of
the reciprocity treaties which have al
ready been negotiated It Mr McKln
ley was right and he certainly was
many more such treaties should be en
tered into and every unjust restriction
upon our trade with foreign countries
should be removed If a little reciproci
ty is good more of it Is better and unl
versal reciprocity is practically free
trade We must suppose that Mr Mc
Kinley fully understood the significance
ot the arguments he was usirg and it
will therefore be most interesting to
observe how far President Roosevelt
will be willing to travel along the line
of his predecessors thought on the sub
ject of the tariir always an important
one but doubly so now in view of the
manner In which It interweaves itself
with the tiust problem
Tin- Iiixiilnr DeeUlons
It was earnestly hoped that the de
cision of the insular cases by the Su
preme Court would fully determine the
status of our new Territories under the
Constitution So far from having done
so the action of the court has left the
general question more confused and
Irplexlng than It was before The de
cision of a great question of constitu
tional law bv a vote of five to four is
at the best rather unsatisfactory It
would be so even if the reasoning of
the majoilty were clear strong and
consistent for bare majorities are not
always right In the Interest of ordei
their determination must be accepted
as the rule of action until it can be
lawfully changed but viewed In the
light of abstract reasoning four Jus
tices of the Supreme Court are almost
as likely to be right as five When the
argumentation of the four Is thorough
ly harmonious and in line with the
national policy for more than a hundred
ears while of the five constituting the
majority only three agree in their rea
soning the remaining two being out
of accord with each other and with all
of their associates In everything ex
cept the final conclusion it would seem
that logically considered the judgment
of the majority should carry less weight
than that of the minority Evidently
Justice Brown was not satisfied with
the reasoning of Justice White and it
Is certain that the latter regarded the
argumentation of Justice Brown as al
together unsound Practically Justice
Gray concurred in the judgment with
out arguing the questions upon their
merits but It Is quite clear that he was
not prepared to endorse either of the
lines of thought by w hich his colleagues
reached their conclusion
But as before intimated In logic and
matters of opinion mere numbers are
not conclusive There might easily be
a case in which a court would stand
eight to one and the one be right Such
can hardly be though when the one
virtually straddles the Issue and argues
both vvajs And when the decision
turns on the vote of a Justice who oc
cupies so anomalous a position it can
not but strengthen the doubt as to the
correctness of the Judgment
The action of the court however Is
quite as unsatisfactory In Its failure
definitely and comprehensively to set
tle the status of the Islands as It Is by
XVltBUll or 11 - vi l
and contradictory arguments of the
Justices It Is generally claimed by
those who uphold the foreign policy
now In force that the courts action
sustains the doctrine that the Consti
tution does not follow the flag At the
same time it is admitted that some
parts of the Constitution do apply to
the new Territories and that the power
of Congress therein Is not absolute
It is conceded that Congress cannot
pass an ex post facto law relating to the
Philippines or grant a title of noblity
in Porto Rico or In short do anything
else that Is prohibited by the great or
ganic law of our national being The
concession has the effect of complicat
ing the situation for it leaves us in the
gravest doubt as to what Congress can
and cannot do with reference to the
new possessions
The court itself only decided one
point directly and this Is that the
clause of the Constitution requiring du
ties to be uniform does not apply to
those Territories Beyond that all Is
chaos It Is admitted that the islands
are not foreign territory- If they were
Congress would have no civil jurisdic
tion thereat alL That Is clear enough
It Is also denied that the Islands are
American territory In the sense of be
ing an integral portion of the United
States They are given a sort of inter
mediate or dual character foreign for
some purposes domestic for others
Hence we are completely in the dark
as to how the court will decide any
other question that may arise In con
nection with them We know nothing
as to the legal status of the Individual
Porto Rican or Pllfplno whether he Is
an American citizen or not If the court
should ultimately decide this question
In the affirmative nearly all of the po
litical arguments In favor of the de
cision already rendered would fall to
the ground Almost without exception
the doctrine that the Constitution does
not follow the flag Is upheld upon the
theory that the Filipinos are not fit for
American citizenship There Is nothing
In any of the Insular decisions from
wheh it can be gathered that the Porto
Ricans are not to be deemed citizens
while the Philippine case is still unde
termined
The uncertainty as to what the Su
preme Court has settled is well Illus
trated by the court muddle in Hawaii
In those Islands the question arose as
to whether during the period between
the annexation of the islands and the
establishment of a Territorial Govern
ment a person accused of crime could
be lawfully prosecuted without an in
dictment by a grand Jury or be con
victed hy anything less than a full Jury
of twelve Circuit Judge Gear held
that there must be both an Indictment
and a full trial Jury The Supreme
Court of the islands reversed this rul
ing and held that the constitutional
provisions did not apply to Hawaii dur
ing that transition period And now
Judge Estee of the United States Court
at Honolulu has rendered a decision
sustaining the position of Circuit Judge
Gear
When the courts composed presum
ably of able Jurists are thus at sea
how can It be otherwise than that the
great lay public should be deeply per
plexed The purpose of Supreme Court
decisions is to settle mooted questions
and settle them clearly In these cases
however the court seems ex industrla
to have avoided everything but the spe
cific point as to the constitutionality
of the Foraker Payne tariff and even
upon that point the Justices constitut
ing the majority reached their conclu
sion by reasoning which Justice White
In effect declared to bo comillctlng it
THE IttlES WASHINGTON Tlfi AYt SEPTEMBER 24 IjOI
is small wonder therefore that the de
cision should be one of the most un
satisfactory ever rendered by that au
gust irlhunnl and that it la still being
I criticised earnestly and pungently
A Jolnt for sclilj
In his direct examination yesterday
befoie the Court of Enquiry Lieutenant
Commander Heilner who v as navigat
ing officer of the Texas In the sea bat
tle off Santiago stated that in execut
ing the loop the Brooklyn came within
one hundred or one liundicdaiFfifty
yards of the Texas which therefore
was compelled to inverse her engines
to avoid collision On his cross-examination
the same officer wasfahown a
chart which gives the relative posi
tions of the ships during the engage
ment On the strength of this docu
ment Lieutenant Commander Heilner
was forced to make adml nions which
taken in conjunction with the chart It
self would tend to show that the
Brookljn at no time was within twenty-four
hundred feet of the Texas
The important question as to the
omission of any mention of the alleged
slowing down In the log of the Texas
being again raised Lieutenant Com
mander Heilner swore that the matter
was left out on the express order of
Captain afterward rear admiral
Philip who Is dead
Trunin AKiilnxt Trusts
The cotton spinners of Lancashire are
said to be getting alarmed at the pros
pect of American competition and the
news from Liverpool Is that the belief
Is there gaining in commercial circles
that the American invasion can only
be prevented by adopting the trust sjs
tem which prevails in this country
Trusts or no trusts It would seem as
if America should eventually control
the cotton trade and that In this coun
try the textile industry should be cen
tred mainly in the South In order that
the mills may be In close touch with
the supply of raw material The New
England manufacturers have been anx
ious for some time and it is not strange
that those of Lancashire should begin
to feel some concern The cotton situa
tion in that district has been very un
satisfactory ever since the year 1873
when the building of East Indian mills
beran to cut Into Its trade particular
ly In coarse yarns The manufacturers
have at no time felt quite secure and
there has been no end of complaint of
small profits
hen the Industries ot a country or
district are threatened it Is but natural
that there should bo a casting about
for some measure of- protection If En
glish manufacturers think that their
best course is to go into the trust busi
ness In true modern American fashion
nobody on this side of the water has
any rUht to complain On Its face It
seems perfectly legitimate for trust to
be pitted against trust although it
would be out ot harmony with the
trust idea for It would mean competi
tion the very thing the trusts are
formed to destroy If there could be a
general competition between such com
binations the evils -of the trust system
would be considerably mitigated
It Is to be feared though that If
British manufacturers do organize
trusts upon something approaching the
jiiuciiiaii avaic viiij in u Atviot they
are still at a disadvantage The ques
tion of raw material must always be a
serious one with them In competition
with America But beyond this It
must be remembered that the Ameri
can trusts stand behind an impassable
tariff barrier pieventlng all foreign
competition while the British markets
are open to the whole world In order
to control their home market English
manufacturers must sell there more
chepply than othcre can The forma
tion ot trusts does not tend to cheapen
things but to make them dearer That
is the purpose in view The American
trust insured against competition at
home can fix prices here at such fig
ures that it can afford to sell more
cheaply abroad This is the real ad
vantage which the American trust has
In the foreign markets but It Is one
for which the consumers In this coun
try are forced to pay If our British
cousins try the experiment it will not
take them long to learn that a tiust
operating behind a prohibitive tariff
and one doing the same business on a
free trade basis cannot compete on
equal terms
Rear Admiral Sampson has taken his
farewell of the Charlestown Navy Yard
and is coming to Washington to live
He is reported as In greatly Improved
health although his navy friends as
sert that he is still In a very bad way
But probably that only means that they
want to keep him from appearing on the
witness stand in the Court of Enquiry
It looks now- as If he would land there
in spite of the best directed efforts of the
prosecution to keep him away for his
own sake and theirs
President Roosevelt moved Into the
White House yesterday and tho flag on
that historic mansion again Is at full
staff Tho business of the country so
sadly interrupted by the recent national
affliction will be transacted with strenu
ous Industry from now- on The new Ad
ministration promises to be as full of life
and Interest as the one precVfing It
Within a few- weeks Congress will be here
and there is every prospect that the win
ter in Washington will be lively as far
as legislative matters are concerned
Mourning for the late President McKlnley
will render It socially dull but there are
many schemes of legislation afloat which
will serve to keep Capitol Hill far other
wise
The jury in the trial ot the late Presi
dent McKinleys assassin was completed
yesterday and there Is now no npparcnt
reason why the case should not be fin
ished In record time Guilt Is admitted
and no one believes that the defence of
Insanity will be seriously attempted If
all goes well It ought to be possible to
turn the electrical current through tho
wretched murderer within six or seven
weeks at tho outside It Is a great source
of satisfaction to see that no feature of
sensationalism marks or Is likely to mark
the trial
PERSONAL
Queen Christina regent of Spain Is a
collector of playing cards One of her
most recent acquisitions is an ivory pack
hand painted which belonged to Prince
Eugene the colleague of Marlborough in
the campaign against Marshal Vlllars
James J Hill tho railroad magnate
works In a very plain office modestly
furnished He talks In a low soft voice
and cannot bear tho sound of a ticker
in the room
Austin Dobson the poet wanted In
early life to be an engineer and was pre
paring for that profession when his pa
rents persuaded him to enter the civil
service
General Gillespie Chief of Engineers
hab received from Representative Cannon
Chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee a personal letter speaking In
the highest terms of the Improvements
now in progress under the general In
Yellowstone National Park
FOREIGN TOPICS
Advices have recently reached Londoi
as to the w hereabout of1 tne Argo Abys
sinian expedition which eft England in
November 1300 for the Souda n upon a
Government survey to Lnko Hulolf to
delimit the Anglo Abysztnan boundary
betwevn that lake aria the Sobat and to
connect tho survey Jvlth that made by
Colonel Macdonalds expedition in Uganda
in 1S33 which was obliged to return before
completing Its work The expedition was
fitted out at Omdurman and was expected
to bo absent for about a year
It Is now learned that the mission which
Is umUr Major Austin It E formerly one
of the officers under Macdonuld has reach
ed Lake Earlngo after a hazardous Jour
ney during which all the membets of the
expedition suffered considerably and a
good many of the escort were lost for
the most part through hunger Major
Austin who has been ill Is now on his
way home and In tho absence of his re
port it is not Inowrt how far the expedi
tion has been a success Major Brteht of
the lUile Brigade who ha3 succeeded him
In command Is reported to be in good
health As the expedition wis to a con
siderable extent to traverse a porton of
the proposed route of the
line its misfortunes are not considered
encouraging by the projectors of tho
scheme especially as on one of the re
sults of the expedition depended the un
dertaking of Cecil Rhodes- project on a
largo scale
The jewelers of London are devoting
much attention to the preparation of coro
nets to be worn at the coronation next
year There have been many consulta
tions lately between the College of Her
alds and the goldsmiths and silversmiths
companies and tho few doubts as to de
signs which existed until as recently as a
week ago have been cleaned away
Coronets are of various kinds and vary
according to the standing of the peers or
other titled persons empowered to- wear
them Princes of tho United Kingdom
whether sons brothers or uncles of sov
ereigns wear a coronet consisting of a
circle of gold bordered with ermine and
heightened with As many
crosses pattc are added as were allowed
In the grant made by Charles II In the
coronet of a princess strawberry leaves
are added and tho coronet of a duke is
also embellished with eight strawberry
leaves It Is always made of gold or sil
ver or other metal heavily gilt
A marquis wears a coronet with only
four strawberry leaves alternating with
four sliver balls The coronet of an earl
Is easily recognized as it has eight sil
ver balls raised on points with gold
straw berry leaves between the points A
viscounts coronet has sixteen silver balis
and a barons only six
In view of the fact that the billboard
has become a crjlng evil in many Ameri
can cities it may bo interesting to know
how they and those who use them are
regulated in France The law of that
country applies to billposters distributers
sgn tackers and painters It provides
The landlord usufructuary of tenant
in chief has always the right to oppose
any posting on his house and he can take
down all posters placarded without his
permission 1
All placarding done knowingly of
t
posters which do not contain the names
profession and address ot the author and
printer Is punished Ty Imprisonment of
from six days to six months This pun
ishment Is reduced to a fine if the print
ers name be disclosed
If the contents of the poster Incite to
crime or misdemeanor if they be contrary
to morality the distributers printers or
authors will be punished with a fine of
from 16 to 500 francs imprisonment from
one to twelve months and the confisca
tion ot the posters 7
No private individual may placard
posters on public monuments or on places
destined to receive official pesters pen
alty 100 francs Posting Is not allowed on
walls of buildings bearing the legend
Stick no bills
Painted posters have been the object of
VTo iV T - nclal law of
July ISoJ provides that every poster
displayed In a public place on the walls
upon any constructon or even on a band
ot calico or other stuff by means of
painting or any other process shall be
subjected to a tar fixed at 60 centimes
for posters measuring one square metre
thirty nine square inches and a tax of
1 franc for a poster larger than one
square metre
Any person who wlshtj to make use of
this kind of blllposting must first of all
obtain official permission He has to pay
the tax at the registration office of the
district where the oosters are to be
1laccd The tax is levied upon the pre
sentation 01 a ueciaration containing
first the wording of the poster second
names profession and address of those
in whose interest the poster is to be dis
played and of the firm undertaking the
posting third the size of the poster
fourth number of posters to be placarded
fifth a statement of the streets and
places where the posters are to bo dis
played
Germany has a swift and sure method
of dealing with such public nuisances as
pass reasonable toleration and the newly
published ministerial decree forbidding
motor car racing In the public thorough
fares throughout the fatherland Is a case
In point Undoubtedly the race from
Paris to Berlin during which for several
days ovcry living thing along tho road
from men to chickens had an anxious and
occasionally a fatal time weighed with
tho authorities at Berlin France would
be a pleasanter place for a sojourn Just
now if the motor car was limited more
severely in Its speed And in England
there are wayside anxieties so long as
gentlemen in a hurry travel by road from
London to tho recesses of Lincolnshire
in little over three hours The English
roads are not built for such exploits and
until the ways are broadened and
straightened the motor car must conform
to the speed which tho roadmakcrs con
templated
Many of the chief officers connected
with the Japanese expeditionary forces
sent to China during the recent Box
ers rebellion have been rewarded for
their services by receiving the next high
er class of the orders already held by
them Vice Admiral Togo and Lieutenant
Colonel Shlba however are treated excep
tionally being raised two ranks Colonel
Shlba thus becomes holder of the third
class Order of the Rising Sun
and the third class Order of the
Kite It is difficult to arrive at
an accurate estimate of the val
uo of theso decorations Perhaps tho best
comparison is to say that a third class In
Japan corresponds with an Engllh com
panionship a second class with a grand
cross A second class is comparatively
difficult to obtain the theory being that
some specially signal service must be per
formed to establish a title to it
Major General Fukusliimn has been
raised only one step ascending from the
third to pecond of the Rising Sun and
from tho fourth to the third of the Golden
Kite Ho has In fact become possessed
of a K C B In place of a C B though
tho parallel Is not quite accurate since
the Japanese order does not carry any
title of nobility
Talk of a Pan German trade alliance
against tho commercial Interests of the
Americans has resulted in an organiza
tion that may have a widespread influ
ence At a recent meeting of the Gov
ernment department entrusted with the
preparation of commercial treaties a reso
lution was passed declaring that the pro
jected German customs tariff was the
first step toward the union of the central
European producers and the realization of
a convention for their mutual protection
against tho competition of trans oceanic
countries and more particularly ot the
United States on the basis of the general
adoption of high duties It was also rec
ommended that every means be taken by
the Austro HungarHn Government to
come to an understanding with the Ger
man Government on that point
It is pointed out by the promoters of a
pan Germanic combination that as a
minimum tnrlft was only fixed for the
four principal species of grain it Is for
the Austro Hungarian Government to se
cure a differential treatment In favor of
tho dual monarchy In Its treaty with Ger
many In making such an arrangement
both countries would abandon the univer
sal application of the most favored na
tion clause The resolution In question
also adds that an increase of the duties
already proposed by thejAustrian agricul
tural Interests has been rendered neces
sary by the projected German tariff
THE MANILA li3P CHAKSES
Senate Jilllliir Committee to llcjlln
Iiive tltrUnn triilnj
Anvrtrentnts have l ecn completed by
Senator- lT octor Cockrell and Harris of
the Senate Military Committee for the
Investigation t th charges preferred
against Lieut rol H O S HcLitrnd in
connection with the so called Manila
hemp sctnilnj The Investigation will be
begun next Kndaj
Lieutenant Colonel Uelstand now in
San Francisco in connection with the
musterirg cut of volunteers has been or
dered to this city Adjutant General Cor
Mi one e f the witnesses will reach
Washington tonlfcht
Senator Harris has written a letter to
M 1 i E L 1 la wPs who preferred the
original charges against Lieutenant
Colonel Heistand asking him to submit a
sworn statement of the charges to which
Major Hawks replied as fellows
I beg to say that I have preferred
charges against Lieut Col H O S Hels
taid betoro the War Department which
charges arc now presumably to be Inv es
tlgated by it I do not desire to prefer
charges before your committee against
I ieut Col H O S Heistand but stand
ready to obey any summons to go before
ou and am prepared to bring with me
many documents shedding light upon the
subject matter of the Investigation with
which you are charged
Others who have material knowledge
or documents germane to your invcstlgt
tlon who should be called before you
are Col William C Mclntlre
Washington D C Gen W AV
Dudley Washington D
C L T Michener
Washington D C Maj Gen H C Cor
bin U S A Governor Allenlate of Porto
Rieo Judge James E Bold Greensboro
N C Mr G D Mclklejohn late Assist
ant Secretary of War Capt W E
Whorton United States Census and
others
I presume the Secretary of War will
furnish the committee a copy of charges
preferred against Colonel Heistand and
his answer to said charges
THE LATE PRESIDENTS ESTATE
His Personal Affair Ileporlcd Xot
In the Ile nt Condition
Secretary Cortelyou will go to Canton
within a few days for the purpose of at
tending to somo Important matters in
connection with tho late Presidents es
tate When Mr Cortelyou succeeded John
Addison Porter as the Presidents sec
retary he was asked by President Mc
Klnley one day to write some checks for
him to which ho later placed his own sig
nature
This was tho begtrnlng of a participa
tion in Mr McKinleys private affairs
which Mr Cortelyou entered into very
fully within a short time He became the
Presidents business manager so far as
his private affairs were concerned
It became known to many of the Presi
dents petsonal friends somo tlmo ago al
though not through any breach of faith
on the part of Mr Corteljou that Mr
McKinleys personal affairs were in very
bad shape While his devotion to the
business of the nation was such as to
arouse the highest admiration his meth
ods in transacting his personal business
were very easy going It should be said
however that thesis methods did not ap
ply to his obligations to others for he
paid his bills promptly and when he died
he had not a debt In the world His
debtors however were not alwavs so
careful and until Mr Cortelyou became
his assistant many persons had owed
Mr McKinley money for a long time
without ever having been disturbed by a
request to pay
An intimate personal f nend of the Pres
ident In Washington who while having
no active part In the late Presidents af
fa s was In a position to know con
flermed yesterday tho statement that Mrs
McKlnley a income would probably
amount to abou J130OO a year This state
ment assumes that Congress will grant
to Mrs McKlnley a pension of 5000 a
year as it did In the case of President
Garfields widow
PAY FOR TIME EXTENSION
A Decision Justlrrlncr Charges for
Extrn Superintendence
The Comptroller of the Treasury- on Au
gust 20th was requested by Lieut Col
Charles J Allen Corps of Engineers U
S A to give a decision In regard to the
claim of the Central Contracting Com
pany for the refund or remission of cer
tain charges against them for expenses of
superintendence and Inspection The
charge was made under a contract be
tween that company and the United
States for the reconstruction of Pier No
4 of the Aqueduct Bridge at Georgetown
D C
The contract was entered into May 12
ISM and was approved by the Chief of
Engineers May 20 1SS3 Work was to be
commenced under tho contract on or be
fore May 15 and completed on or before
November 10 1SS3 The date for comple
tion has been extended by authority of
the Chief of Engineers as follows
To July 31 1300 to November 30 1S0O to
January 31 1S01 to March 31 1901 to May
31 ISM and to July 15 190L All of thsse
extensions of time were subject to the
provisions of section 33 of the specifica
tions attached to and forming part of the
contract
The contract was completed within the
last period of extension and the company
has been charged by virtue of the above
section with expenses of superintendence
and Inspection between December 1 1S90
and July 15 1901 amounting to J49aDS of
which the sum of J3108 9S has already been
deducted from payments made to the
contractors and the remainder JL5M Is
to be deducted when the final payment is
made The company asks to be relieved
of all the charges for superintendence and
Inspection
L P Mitchell Assistant Comptroller of
the Treasury after a thorough review of
tho points Involved said
There having been no abrogation of
the contract as it originally existed or a
modification ot its terms by a new con
tract because of the extensions of time
given the obligations of the parties to
said original contract remain in force
It must be concluded therefore that
Inasmuch as the contractors failed to
complete the work within tho time speci
fied in the contract they are clearly lia
ble for all damages caused by the delay
after the time specified therein for the
completion of the work Including the expense
and superintendence
pense of the inspection
ence and the amount thereof should be
deducted from the amount otherwise duo
The vouchers transmitted to this office
are returned herewith for modification In
accordance with this decision
POLITICAL COMMENT
The tragic events of the last four years
have proved beyond a doubt that In dan
ger or calamity this nation knows no
divisions illo Times Union
All who overthrow the law are aids of
anarchy The law and anarchy are oppo
sltes and forever at war To ass ill one
Is to assist the other Nashville Banner
It Is to be hoped that the enquiry now
going on as to the conduct of Admiral
Schley before Clenfuegos and Santiago
will go far enough to take the roof from
the ring In the Navy Department Cin
cinnati Enquirer
Mr Rldgely of Illinois the new Comp
troller of the Currency falls heir to a
problem Who got the depositors money
from the Seventh National Bank New
York World
It is expected that It will require some
time for the mills affected by the recent
steel strike to catch up with their orders
and for normal conditions as to dliv cries
and prices to be restored In the mean
time domestic consumers will pay tho
C03t and onr export trade in the mill
products will suffer loss San Antonio
Express
Senator Allison expresses tho opinion
that Congress will take action at Its next
nession on the suppression of anarchy in
the United States and on the protection
of tho President from such assaults as
that from which Mr McKlnley fell a vic
tim it cannot fail to do so Ihc coun
try imperative a mantis no less Phila
delphia Inquiier
4g i - -Ana-iv
AN INVESTIGATION PROBABLE
Arm Ofilcera IHnmril for the Cruah
nt the Cnnltnl
The persistent rumors concerning the
management of the ceremonies attending
the obsequies of the late President Mc
Kinlfy In this city which culminated In
a direct charge of mismanagement
against the army officers who were In
charge of the ceremonies wH result In
an immediate Investigation of tho cir
cumstances Assistant Secretary Sanger
last evening stated that he had called
upon the Interested parties for a detailed
repoit of all that transpired and that this
action would be followed by a formal In
vestigation If It was foand that there was
the neeersltj ot it
It Is stated in Congressional circles and
elsewhere that even this will not close
the Incident and that there will most
probably follow a Congressional investi
gation which will cventuat3 In such leg
islation as will prohibit army officers from
ever again having charge of a public
function at the National Capitol
Tho arrangements would properly have
betn In the hands of Sergeant-at-Arms
Ransdell of the Senate and Major Rich
ard Syiv ester the Chief of Pollco of this
city both of whom are thoroughly experi
enced in the handling of large crowds on
similar occasions and both of whom have
creditably acquitted themselves whenever
they havo been called upon to act in the
present Instance it is claimed that the
members of the army usurped the duties
of theso officers and assumed entire
charge of the arrangements not even
consulting those who to prevent trouble
and out of deference to the memory of
the dead Executive refrained from mak
ing the protest that under ordinary- cir
cumstances they would undoubtedly have
lodged
As a consequence nothing but disorder
seems to have resulted with accompany
ing scenes so disgraceful as to bring the
blush of shame to the cheeks of those ac
quainted with tho circumstances Sena
tors were denied admission to the build
ing in which they are supposed to exer
cise compete control anil were finally
admitted only after Colonel Ransdell
threatened to oust the members of the
army detail should his orders not be re
spected During the ceremonies within
the Rotunda many Senators were com
pelled to stand while petty officers of the
army occupied more than half of the
available seats Similar indignities were
experienced by members of the House and
their families and an attemis was mado
to exclude the families of the Justices of
the Supreme Court who met in the Su
preme Court room and went in a body
to the Rotunda expecting to find scats
reserved for them along with the Jus
tices themselves
In the ceremonies at the Capitol the
army was In complete control ot the ar
rangements and the view Is generally ex
pressed that they maintained their repu
tation for poor management General
Randolph who was In charge of the ar
rangements for his comrades was seen
yesterday and asked for a statement re
garding the trouble He Immediately ex
pressed great indignation and declared
that the publications regarding him and
his management of affairs were scurrilous
and unwarranted He declared that he
would make no statement as he was ac
countable alone to the officers of the War
Depatment and would discuss the matter
with no one else When Informed that a
Congressional Investigation was not an
improbability he calmed down somewhat
but reiterated that he was accountable to
the War Department alone
After tho death of tho
President It was formally announced that
the state funeral In this city would be In
charge of the army General Gillespie
head of the Engineer Corps and at that
time acting Secretary of War being per
sonally in chaige of the ceremony This
official delegated his work to General Ran
dolph who took direct charge ot the ar
rangements at the Capitol The custodian
ot the building Sergeant-at-Arms Rans
dell held himself in readiness to co-operate
with the array In every way In his
power and expected to be called into con
sultation After having arranged the In
auguration plans at the Capitol and hav
ing at his command an experienced force
ot Capitol police Mr Ransdell supposed
that his assistance would be required by
the War Department officials He heard
nothing from them however until Mon
day morning when General Gillespie
General Randolph and the latters aide
Captain Chamberlain called upon him at
his office in the Senate wing of the Capi
tol He was then informed that the offi
cers standing before him were in fuI
charge of the funeral
VIEWS OF AN OHIO DEMOCRAT
J L Trnn er Bcllein McKinleys
Denth Slakes Votes for Nash
J L Trauger of Columbus Ohio who
Is quite a factor In Democratic State poll
tics as the editor of the Westbote the
leading Democratic German paper In that
section of Ohio has been In Washington
for several days returning yesterday to
his home
Democrats and Republicans alike
said Mr Trauger yesterday morning de
plore the sad tragedy which has cost the
nation its President and foremost citizen
and the State of Ohio its favorite son
Ohloans of all political complexion were
proud to claim Mr McKlnley as a native
of Ohio and his loss is keenly felt Fur
ther than that not only Republicans but
Democrats in Ohio had much to be grate
ful to him for In the way of official pre
ferment Hew ill be sorely missed as the
benefactor of numerous fellow Ohloans
One result of the death of Mr McKin
ley has been tho cementing of the politi
cal forces which favor the election of the
Republican candldato for Governor of the
State Mr Nash is the party candidate
and in a measure was President McKin
leys choice Many independent voters
TOhn nmprnl hefnre now belfAvn fhat it
Ma Incumbent upon them to vote for Mr
Nasn ns a compliment to tno wisn or the
dead President
Mr Nash however Is not a statesman
and his opponent Colonel Kllbourne is
much his superior intellectually and in
practical political experience The Dem
ocrats still feel confident of accomplish
ing his election The party could not
have selected a better candidate
Mr Trauger Is considered an authority
on the political affairs of his State He
has been a life long Democrat and his
views on the political situation in Ohio
are worthy of attention at all times
PUBLISHERS OBJECT TO ORDER
Will Contest Exclusion From Second
Class Mnll Irlv Hettes
A number of publishers whose produc
tions will be seriously affected by the ex
clusion from secoad class mail privileges
of all publications offering premiums
called yesterdav on the First and
Third Assistant Postmasters General and
submitted arguments to show that the
rule is unfair and unjustifiable They con
tend that the Postmaster General in
Issuing the rule exceeded the bounds of
his authority and usurped the preroga
tives of Congress The publishers intend
to bring the matter to the attention of
Congress and it Is possible that an In
vestigation will be asked for The order
goes Into effect on October 1
yo EVCUSE lOlt THIS
Thl3 country ought to own Us cmbassy
buildings in the chief European capitals
Its dignity requires no less and that It
should do so is tho more needful because
the salary which its diplomatic represen
tatives receive does not enable them to
rent a building of appropriate magnitude
character and location Unless they are
able and willing to pay the xpense out of
their own pocket they are obliged to es
tablish tneraselves In back streets anl
out-of-the-way nelshborhoods
There is ro necessity and therefore no
excuse for that Wherever the United
States has an Ambassador it should have
an embassy building of Its own Phila
delphia Inquirer
WHO WILL KULIlf
Congress will resume business in Wash
ington in less than three months Not
withstanding tho promise that the death
of President McKlnley Is to make no
change In the public policy there will be
overwhelming curlcslty ns to wletherthe
Administration shall run Congress or
Congress run the Administration It is
by no means an unfortunate condition
under our form of government to have
the executive and legislative departments
of opposite political beliefs That pre
vents either party- from going to aii ex
treme nrd does not obstruct the actual
ne essarj public business Cincinnati En
quirer
jsf Vs t - SiAb - j v
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
After closing their summer home at Su
napee N H the Secretary of Statn and
Mrs Hay were the guests for a few days
prior to their return to Washington of
Mr and Mrs W J Boardman at
Captain end Miiic Vlgnal of tho French
Embassy who have been among the
prominent summer colonists at
are now in France on a
visit to their home
Mr and Mrs Grover Cleveland were
greatly pleased with their first summer
In the Berkshire Hills their young daugh
ters who were there convalescing from
diphtheria having greatly Improved in
health
Mr and Mrs William S Lackey whose
marriage recently occurred here have
taken a house here for the winter Mrs
I ackey was Miss Bertha Boutwell Speed
a niece of cx Gov George S Boutwell of
Massachusetts
The engagement of Mr Carl H Gilbert
of this city to Miss Be3slo Whitney ot
Cincinnati has been announced in that
city
The marriage of Miss Clara Hull daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs R T Hull of Can
onsburg Pa to Mr Harry R Stockwell
of Washington took place Wednesday
morning at the Hotel Anderson Pittsburg
Rev D D Magill of Allegheny offici
ated The brid was given away by her
brother Mr Charles Hull and attended
by Miss Mariana Balnes of Pittsburg as
maid of honor and by her Bister Miss
Agnes Hull as bridesmaid The grooms
brother Mr Max Stockwell acted as his
best man Immediately after the cere
mony Mr and Mr Stockwell left for
their wedding trip which will includo
Buffalo and Niagara Falls
Mr and Mrs A L Roberta have Issued
invitations for the marriage of their
daughter Minnie Augusta to Mr Charles
R- Schmidt Monday evening October 7
at 8 oclock at 73 K Street The couple
will be at homo Wednesdays In November
at 73 K Street
The marriage of Dr Loren Tabcr Bas
com Johnson of this city and Miss Fran
ces M Oliver daughter of Mr and Mrs
James B Oliver of Shields near Pitts
burg will take place Saturday October 5
at noon In the Leetsdale Presbyterian
Church The bridesmaids will be Miss
Edith Oliver a sister of the bride tho
Misses Virginia Oliver Mary Oliver Win
ifred Jones Edith Taber Johnson Mary
Page Madeira and Susan Shields Wil
liams Miss Amelia Neville Oliver will
be maid of honor and the ushers se
lected are Mr Junius R Judson of New
York Mr Alexander Neil Jr ot Hagers
town Md Mr Wallace Donald McLean
Dr William C Gwjnne Hon John Bar
rett of this city and George T Oliver
of Pittsburg Mr Bascom Johnson will be
his brothers best man Ihe church cere
mony will be followed by a breakfast at
the home of the bride In Shields
Wednesday October 9 Is the date fixed
for the wedding of Miss Abble Greene
Aldrlcb daughter of Senator and Mrs
Nelson W Aldrlch of Rhode Islacd to
John Davidson Rockefeller jr son of
the Standard Oil magnate and a million
aire in his own right thrice over
Warwick Neck R L w here the Senator
has a beautifully located residence is tho
place at which tho ceremony will be per
formed and the Rav Dr James G- Vose
of the Beneficent Congregational Church
will tie the nuptial Knot
The wedding will t aa simple and un
ostentatious as It can well be made In
deference to the expressed wbsh of the
bride and the bridegroom-to-be who dis
like all show In their application fora
license which was made Saturday morn
ing to the town cleric ot Warwick at
Apponaug Mr Rockefeller gave his age
as twenty seven years and his residence
New York City while Miss Aldnch gave
ber age as twenty six years and hr resi
dence at Warwick Neck
Mrs Joseph C Breckinridge and fam
ily have returned to their Connecticut
Avenue home General Breckinridge has
just reached Yokohama on his way to
the Philippines His son Is now at Caya
gan
THE PDANS OF SAMPSON
May Xot Come to Washington for a
Month Yet
BOSTON Sept 23 Rear Admiral
Sampson who returned to the navy ard
with Mrs Sampson on Saturday after a
sojourn at Lake Sunapec N H left the
city today for Fort Hamilton N Y for
a visit to Second ti H Scott U
S Army and Mrs Scott the rear admi
rals daughter
The rear admiral has no idea of going to
Washington this week and may not go
there for a month The leave which hi is
enjoyirg at present will be up on Thurs
day but the Navy Department will grant
him an extension if he does not wish
to return to duty on Friday
Sampsons period of duty- as
of the Boston Navy Yard will termi
nate officially No ember 1 unless he re
quests to be detached before that date
It is understood that on November 1
Rear Admiral Mortimer L Johnson com
mandant of the Port Royal Navy Yard
and recently captain of the Boston yard
will be Sampsons relief Meantime Capt
Charles J Barclay captain of the yard
Is acting commandant
Rear Admiral Sampson has purchased
the house in Washington which he occu
pied when he was Chief ot the Bure au
of Ordnance and It is understood to be
Mrs Sampsons intention to move Into It
as soon as the household goods here can
be transported For several days the
work of packing them has been going on
In the commandants house at the yard
and it will probably be finished by Thurs
day when Mrs Sampson expects to leave
The rear admiral is accompanied on his
visit to Fort Hamilton by his sons Ralph
and Harold Yesterday afternoon he was
in Cambridge visiting his daughter tie
wife of Lieut Roy C Smith L S Navy
NO SPECIAL TAX REQUIRED
Ruling of the Internal nevenne Bo
renu Ilcsnrdlnjr Plnjlnif Cards
Robert Williams Jr Acting Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue in answer to
an enquiry from William F Hall 10B F
Street nothwest regarding the special
internal revenue tax on the manufacture
of playing cards holds that no special
tax Is required under the internal revenue
laws for the business of manufacturing
playing cards Mr Williams said
Where a lithographer sends out sheets
of unfinished playing cards to another
person who hnisln3 the cards it Is the
latter and not the lithographer who Is
the manufacturer and who is required to
put up thd cards in packs and 5 iy the
tax of 2 cents on each pack and affix and
cancel the requisite stamp under sections
33 and 39 of the act of August 2S 1SS1 and
who is required to register as a manufac
turer of plaving cards with the collector
of the District under section 40 of this
act
PIlOTECTIJvG THE PUESIDET
From President Roosevelts free move
ments about tho streets and roads of the
Capital it is ev ldent that he holds to the
views he expressed a few days after Mr
McKlnley was shot that personal precau
tions on the part of the President are use
less and unwise In his personal courage
and Impatience of restraint ho disdains
caution and refuses to admit that there is
a distinction between the safety of Theo
dore Roosevelt and the safety of tho Pres
ident He carries to the extreme Mon
taignes theory expressed In the essay
on the modes of rulers In dealing with
plotters In a life ot ambition and
glory says Montalgre it is necessary
to hold a stiff rein upon suspicion fear
and distrust Invite and draw on offence
But whatever Mr Roosevelts views he
ought not to permit them to Interfere
with the reorganization of tho Secret Ser
vice
Alt three of our assasslratcd Presidents
have been assassinated in ways that hold
up tho Secret Service to contempt Is It
surprising that Mr Rooyevelt prefers to
idy up ti his own sharp eyes ard strung
fists New York World

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