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; .THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1899.
FAILED TO HIT.
Bailey's venomed shalt which was aimed
at General Wheeler under a pretended
solicitude for the Constitution failed to
Htrike the mark. The report of the Judi?
ciary Committee declaring that General
Wheeler and three other members of Con?
gress had vacated their Beats by accepting
commissions in the volunteer army, was
called up in the House of Representatives
on the 2nd inst., but the House refused to
consider the report by a vote of 77 ayes
and 146 nays. On a rising vote the
division stood 43 to 87 against considera?
tion. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, then de?
manded a recorded vote of the ayes and
nays and got into a dispute with Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, because he did
not rise and support the demand to help
secure the ayes and naye. Mr. Bailey
may be able to convince some people that
he has acted in a conscientious manner
in the matter, but we do not believe it.
His conduct, we believe, has been actuated
by malice toward General Wheeler, be?
cause the latter has acted as a patriot
rather than a partisan in his support of
Mr. McKinley during our troubles with
Spain. -It looks as if the House of Repre?
sentatives has regarded Bailey's conduct
in the same light, and been guided by that
broad provision of the Constitution which
says: "Each House shall be the judge of
the elections, returns, and qualifications of
its own members."
For the House to have acted differently
and to have sustained Mr. Bailey, would
have been bad policy. Wedonof believe it
was ever the intention of the framers of
the Constitution to provide that officers in
the volunteer service should be disquali?
fied from representing the people in Con?
gress. No such intention is sufficiently
shown by Provision 2, Section VI, Article
I, of the Constitution of the United States.
The very doubt which has been raised as
to the proper construction of that provision
certainly justifies the House in availing
itself of the plain and broad provision
which gives it absolute power to judge of
the qualifications of its own members.
Mr. JBailey, who assumes to be the spe?
cial custodian of the Constitution, was not
sustained in his assault upon General
Wheeler, even by the members of his own
party in the House. On the vote to con?
sider the report,before referred to,44 Dem?
ocrats voted against consideration while
43 voted for the motion. Bailey's venomed
shaft went wide of the mark.
-
GROWING WEAKER.
There is no doubt that the sentiment in
favor of free silver is constantly growing
less. We never read or hear of any man
of prominence who was a gold man in
1896 that has changed nis views on the
money question; but it is no infrequent oc?
currence for former pronounced silver
men. to announce a change in their senti?
ments. It will be remembered that Colo?
rado in 189G gave Mr. Bryan a very heavy
- majority, and the free silver spirit was
stronger in no State in the Union. There
is evidently a decided change taking place
in Colorado. Ex-Governor Grant, of that
State, who has heretofore been a Demo?
crat and who was elected governor by the
Democratic party, has recently renounced
his allegiance to the cause of free silver
and also to the Democratic party. In as
s:gning a reason for a change of faith he
said: "The Republican party is the one to
which, all conservative, industrious and
thrifty people must turn. In the present
days of political disruption and confusion
in Colorado it is hard for a man to say to
which party he belongs, but I must say I
believe the salvation of the State depends
on the reorganization of the Republican
party with the McKinley Republicans as a
nucleus."
Colorado has been enjoying the condi?
tions of prosperity that have come to
eVery section of the country, and is begin?
ning to realize that the free and unlimited
coinage of silver would have done no good;
that its defeat was really a blessing. It
has also become the largest gold-producing
State in the Union, and perhaps in 1900
may array itself on the gold standard side.
RETIRES FROM LEADERSHIP.
Mr. Jawbailey was so much chaiigned
by his failure to drive General Wheeler
out of Congress that he has renounced the
leadership of the Democrats in the House
of Representatives. In an interview he
said: "I want it distinctly understood I
am not actuated by any feeling of pique or
personal disappointment, but I am pro?
ceeding purely on the idea that, as a large
number of Democrats are unwil?
ling to insist on an obedience to a perfectly
plain proposition of the Constitution, they
ought not to be made responsible for the
leadership of a man who believes that the
Constitution is the supreme law -of the J -
land and ought to be obeyed at all times
and by all men."
What a great pity the profaund constitu?
tional lawyer from Texas can't impress his
views upon the stupid Democrats and Re?
publicans who fail to stand with him. it
is awful to have the National Legislature
controlled by men who do not believe the
Constitution is the supreme law of the
land.
Mr. Bailey declares his intention of
raising the same constitutional questions
from the ranks that he has raised as
leader. In other words he intends to con?
tinue to be Jawbailey.
EX-GOVERNOR M'KINNEY.
In our paper last week we published
a brief telegram which announced the
death of Ex-Governor P. W. McKinn/y.
The information of his death was recei/ ed
throughout Virginia with deep regret by
all classes of citizens, for all the peopW re?
spected him. Though a staunch Democrai
he was never a bitter partisan or the ad?
vocate of unclean political measures. As
Governor of Virginia he won the confi?
dence and respect of the people, and hie
administration was one of the cleanest and
most successful the State has ever known,
He did not lend himself to the machine
politicians, but seemed to rise above party
in his discharge of the duties of chief
executive of the Commonwealth. A good
man, a loyal citizen, a Christian gentle?
man has gone to rest.
It is rather amusing to read the gushing
accounts of approval that appear in the
columns of our Democratic exchanges o
the Southwest over the big syndicate thai
lias been formed to control the iron ant
coal business of this section. We refer t(
the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Com
pany. This is the kind of a combine, trus
or syndicate our Democratic brethren o
the press have consumed so much timf
and space in e busing. Why are they s<
much elated over the formation ? of tin
Carter syndicate? Will some of then
please explain?
The Lebanon News grew angry at a re
cent paragraph in this paper in which w<
stated that we did not believe that Gen
eral Walker made any such remarks ai
the NewB attributed to him. The News ir
speaking of us said : "Men of your calibn
would rather believe a lie than the t.Mlh.'
The News is certainly mistaken. If tha
was our disposition we would believi
every word the News says, and thus shov
the most complete faith in liars.
Do you ever hear anybody now talking
about bard times? If you do it is som<
person who is too lazy to work or don';
know how to get work. The man wh<
has any of the products of labor to sell ii
all right.
The people of the country will unani
mously endorse the action of Congress ir
passing a bill creating the rank of admira
in the navy. Of course the position was
created for Dewey and no one will com
plain, as it is his just due.
ICE TREATMENT.
Not a New Method in Dealing With
Pneumonia.
Philadelphia Press. ]
The case recently reported to the Hart?
ford, Conn., Medical Society, of a man in
the last stages of pneumonia being saved
from death by a doctor burying him in
snow, has aroused no particular interest
among medical men in this city.
The ice treatment in pneumonia was in?
troduced here about six years ago by Dr.
Thomas J. Mays, professor of diseases of
the chest, in the Polyclinic Hospital.
Since its introduction it has found favor
with many practitioners, and in cases
where the temperature is very high it is
quite frequently used. Like nearly every?
thing else in medicine, it has its oppo?
nents, who claim that the ice treatment is
extremely dangerous to the life of the
patient.
Dr. Mays, interviewed at his home,
1829 Spruce street, yesterday afternoon,
said:
"I have heard of the case referred to.
There is nothing very new in the use of
snow as a substitute for ice in treating
acute cases of pneumonia. I have known
of it being done in this state, but I have
never witnessed the use of snow in Phila?
delphia for any such purpose. Its effects are
probably beneficial, but I think it has
many disadvantages, such as Boiling the
bed clothes, for instance. Then, too,
wherever snow can be procured, ice can,
and I see no reason for preferring the
former.
"As to the ice application, I consider it
less dangerous than any other form of
treatment. The percentage of recoveries
id greater, the crisis being hastened, and
the disease sometimes aborted by the use
of ice. The first case that I treated this
way in 1892 was entirely successful, and j
since then the results achieved justify the
method of treatment. The effect of ice is
sometimes remarkable. Occasionally
when applied at the crisis it causes an ap?
parently miraclous recovery in just such a
case as occurred recently in Connecticut."
Another very prominent physician ex?
pressed his views on the case in question
as follows:
"The doctor who reported the case to
the Hartford Medical Society was evi?
dently misquoted, otherwise I do not un?
derstand some of the statements made in
the recently published article. For in?
stance, it speaks of the patient being in
the last gasp, dead almost as it were, and
then recovering in forty-five minutes suf?
ficiently to talk with the physician. Such
a thing in pneumonia would be well-nigh
impossible. The lungs in the last stages
of the disease are almost completely filled,
and it would take days and even weeks to
empty them. The ice treatment by many
is considered dangerous. I suppose snow
would serve the purpose if ice was unob?
tainable, but the use of it otherwise would
be so untidy,ice being generally applied in
bags, that it could hardly be defended. j
PERSONAL NOTES.
Senator Hoar is a whist player of no
eninll ability and passionately fond of tne
game, which lie plays nearly every eve?
ning of his life.
Commodore Philip is a great render of
contemporary literature, and subscribes to
nearly every magazine published in Amer?
ica.
Mrs. Deland, the Boston novelist, is a
great foot-ball enthusiast like her hus?
band, the Harvard coach, and is a regular
spectator at all the Cambridge games.
Years ago the general now at the head
of our army was known among the rank
and file as ''Paddy" Miles, a name tc
vvhich lie was said to be partial, consider?
ing it an evidence of alfectiou.
General Marcus P. Miller, in commanc
at lloilo is a great smoker, yet never ha i
a Manila cigar between his lipe until Ik
reached the Philippines. "And then,"
he says, "I don't think it so very much.'
Representative Eddy of Minnesota, wh(
went about Washington on snowshoei
during the blizzard, says he was broughl
up on enowshoes and ekees. The l&ttei
he regards as "furnishing the bestspor'
that exists."
Congress has just passed a special act
placing upon the pension rolls Mrs. Mar)
Forbes Cobb, of New London, Ind., f
Mexican War widow and one of the Wai
1812. Her first husband, Louis H. Bryan
was a great-grandfather of W. J. Bryan.
The Isabella xMine, of Colorado, in whicl
Levi Z. Leiter is deeply interested anc
which is now turning out free gold ore a
ibout $500,000 a ton, was once owned b\
a boy of 19, Robert A. Mooneyham, wh<
gave it to his uucle, Daniel Threlkeld.
Don Lorenzo Perosi, organist ofth(
Sistine Chapel and composer ofsevera
well-kuown oratorios, is spending sonn
time in Paris as the guest of the ex-Queei
of Naples. His "Raising of Lazarus" ii
so be sung in the . French city at an earh
date.
A DEM0CRAIIC BLUNDER.
ll
But It Will Prove to Be No Impediment ii
the Country's Progress.
Brooklyn ''Eagle" (Ind. Dem.).]
When the President comes, at th<
end of his term, to give an account of Iii
stewardship he will find at his disposa
material with which only blunderers wouh
dream of furnishing him. His allusion
to what has been accomplished will be ac
companied by the reminder that he sue
ceeded in the face of Democratic opposi
tion.
And success is sure. Of one contribu
tion made to the record Monday nigh
Democrats have no reason to be asham
ed. It came from General Wheeler, win
declared that as long as soldiers were ii
battle array the only thing the notioi
would consent to was to support them wit!
all the money and blood in the country
Any party, said he, that took any actior
looking like a failure to accept the result!
of war and to deal with them in a manlj
Anglo-Saxon way, would find itself dispar
aged in the eyes of the country and o
mankind. With a feverish clutch upor
the Constitution the caucus went aheac
with its work, blind to the future, facinf
the wrong way, littering the track wit!
obstructions. The resolution was not i
disappointment because nothing bettei
was expected. It is only a part of a lonf
march backward, of opposition futile anc
fatuous, of a determination to be wrong tc
the limit. It is a chapter in keeping with
the rest of the book.
The country is going forward. At the
first opportunity it will pronounce Judge
ment arid the verdict will be for progress,
development, growth. Then the day oi
disparagement in the eyes of the country
at?d of mankind will have come.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
West & Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole?
sale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood andmucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes TO*
men strong, blood pure. 60c, $1. All drugglrs
The Inspiration of New Responsibilities.
Boston "Journal" (Rep.).
Whatever view may be taken of the
problems of expediency and of duty which
now present tbemeelves to the American
I mind, they are at least stimulating to the
[ imagination. They have touched the pop?
ular mind and heart as no narrower issues
j could have done. They have drawn into
discussion many men whose natural tem?
per leads them to keep aloof from public
affaire. They have put temporarily out of
[ mind older and more prosaic questiors,
I and they have broken down old political
associations and created new ones. Pre?
cisely as it is,true of an individual who has
passed through a great crisis that he is al?
ways afterward a different man from the j
I man he would he have been if the
experience had not come to him, so with
a nation. We are not, and we shall not
be, precisely the nation we were. We have
1 a deeper feeling of responsibility;
a sense of world-wide influnce and power;
I a consciousness that the eyes of the .world
! are upon us, and so to acquit ourselves as
j to disappoint our enemies and justify the
confidence of our friends.
The Democratic Policy Hunt.
New York "Times" (Ind Dem.).
The policy of the party in opposition
oughtito be differentiated from that of the
party in power by salient and distinguish?
able features. New votes can never be
got or the confidence of the people re?
gained by such a declaration. Nor is there |
any other way in which the Democrates
can formulate a working policy by attack?
ing the results of the war. The people ac?
cept them as settled. They aie pretty
much agreed about them. Two testimon?
ies to that fact have recently been given j
in this city. The anti-imperialistic meet?
ing held a few weeks ago was distinctly.
Unsuccessful. It disappointed its organi?
zers and was not a representive American
meeting. More recently another attempt J
was made to get up a meeting to express j
i
the eentiment of this community that the
wide departure of the Administration from
the wise principals of Washington's Fare?
well Address ought to be condemned. The
attempt failed utterly. That is the senti?
ment of only a very small part of this com?
munity. There was not enough of tliem
to hold a meeting. Even in Boston, where
the anti-imperialistie. League was born, its
sentiments command no general support,
and the leading newspaper in that city
has recently quit despairing of the Repub?
lic and become well content with things as
they are.
Prosperity In Massachusetts.
Boston -'Advertiser" (Rep.).
The report of the State Bureau of Sta?
tistics, in its latest quarterly review of the
industrial situation, shows the most satis?
factory condition of things noted by the
bureau ?ince the prolonged industrial de?
pression which began in 1892. The state?
ment is made that the current year "wil
witness engaged operations with mon
general and permanent employment, ac
companied with larger disbursement*" it
wages than in any recent year.'' In poinl
of fact, the report shows that the tendenc)
of wages to advance lias already beer
noted by the bureau.
Page's Tribute to Kipling.
Thomas Nelson Page has been moved
by the illness of Mr. Kipling to write f
most glowing eulogy of our eminent visitor
"Should he die," says Mr. Page, "England
and America would lose the one wh<
gives the greatest hope of our time, tht
one who gives promise of being the equa
of the greatest writers of any time. Should
he live, none can tell what he may accom
plish. tie may by the time he is fort}
change as readily as Scott did from poetn
and Thackeray from sketches, and lik(
them give us in a great series of novele ?
world as new and as great as they gave us
There seems no limit to his powers. At
he may be the greatest novelist of tht
coming century so he may be the greatesi
poet. He is one of the writers who mak<
us proud that we are of the same blood.'
And Mr. Page is much impressed by tin
youth of Mr. Kipling. "His fame," tht
article continues, ' is secure already, anc
his passing away at this time would be al
most an apotheosis?a man hardly in bit
thirties crowned with the adoration of twe
nations. His history of letters has hardj)
any paralell. Lord Byron's case seems tc
be nearest it. But Kipling has
the personal devotion as well as the ad
miration for his genius. Almost any hall
dozen of his stories would be enough tt
give fame to a writer?to make him a star,
but he is a heaven full of stars. They al?
most dim each other by their multitude."
This is fervent praise, but none car
doubt its justice.?New York Times.
Where Mistakes Are Made.
Southern Furni Magazine.]
Our young men are taking the long,
doubtful and tedious road to success when
they enter the professions or into mercan?
tile pursuits. These ajfl overcrowded.
We need manufacturing talent, and as
fust as this is developed capital will be
forthcoming. It is easier to raise ?50,000
to engage in a manufacturing enterprise
than to find a man fitted by education,
and natural aptitude to take charge of it.
We want more technical and scientific ed
ducation and ie*s education in the human?
ities. Our young men should be prepared
to enter upon the grand destiny which
awaits the South, and the sooner this fact
is recognized the greater and more quick?
ly will come the fruitage of wealth and in?
fluence to our section, for the upbuilding
of new industries means better markets for
the products of diversified farming.
Tazewell College
Normal Course.
our aim:
To supply schools with well
qualified teachers.
To give thorough and agr
gressive instruction in every
public school branch.
To review Arithmetic,
Geography, Grammar, Phys?
iology, History etc.
To deliver a series of lec?
tures on "Treaty and Prac?
tice of Teaching/' School man?
agement and kindred subjects.
To have regular modern
drill classes.
Students may enter at any
time and will be charged tui?
tion at the regular college rates.
For further information write i
to
Tazewell College,
Tazewell, Va.
0. T. PATTON,
BLACKSMITH
-AND
GENERAL-REPAIRER i
TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA.
(Yost's Old Stand)
T am prepared to execute, at short
notice and on reasonable terms, all
classes-of iron work?horse shoeing, all
kinds of repairing, etc.
There is also connected with my estab?
lishment a WOOD-WORKING Depart?
ment, under the control of J. B. Crawford,
where he is prepared to do everything per?
taining to that branch,
Gentml ? Hotel,
(Near Courthouse Square)
TAZEWELL, - VIRGINIA.
SURFACE & TOHE, ? - Proprietors.
Livery Stable attached, Good Sample
Rooms. Table fare the beet. Nice Bed?
rooms, etc
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
For Commonwealth's Attorney.
' I Iwehf announce myseif a candidate
for the office of Commonwealth's Attorney
for Tazewell county. JKIetlion fourth
Thursday in May.
BaHNKS CiIU.KSl'IK.
For County Treasurer.
To the voters of Tazewell County :
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Treasurer of Tazewell county, electior
May, 180D, and solicit the support of uij
fellow-citizens.
Respectfully,
?. P. Britta is.
For Clerk of County Court.
To the Voters of Tazewell County:
I hereby announce myself a candidati
for Clerk "of the County Court of Tazewel
county, and solicit the support of tin
voters of the county at the election nex
May. Respectfully,
C. W. GlIEEVER.
To the Voters of Tazewell County:
I hereby announce myself a candidati
for re-election to the position of Clerk o
t he County Court of Tazewell County, am
respectfully ask the support of my fellow
citizens. Truly yours,
T. E^Grobqb.
For Clerk of Circuit Court.
To the citizens of Tazewell county:
I hereby announce myself a candidati
for re election to the office of clerk of tin
circuit court of Tazewell county. I an
profoundly grateful to the people fur thei
past friendship and respectfully solicit thei
support again, at the election which take
place on tlw> fourth Thursday in May
1899. Very ronpeet fully,
H, Bane Harm an.
We are requested to announce James R
Witten as a candidate for Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of Tazewell Goosty. Klectioi
on fourth Thursday in May, 1S99.
For Commissioner of Revenue.
To the citizens of Tazewell county:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Jeffer
sonyille District: Election fourth Th?rs
day in May, 1899. Respectfully,
T. H. Uim.espie.
To the citizens of Tazewell County:
I take this met hod of announcing my
self a candidate for re-election to the plact
of Commissioner of Revenue for Cleat
Fork District, and I respectfully soljcil
your support. Respectfully,
(j. A. Sink.
To the voters of Tazewell county:
I take this means of announcing mysell
a candidate for Commissioner of Revenue
for Clear Pork District and ask the voters
of the county to give mi their support at
the election next Mav.
Respectfully,
A. D. fjUjupRfPK.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
Thereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Maiden
Spring District, Tazewell coiiniy, Va., j.nfl
ask your support.
Respectfully,
S. H. Laird.
To the voters of Tazewell county i
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Maiden
Spring District. Tazewell county, Va., and
request f|;e support of the voters of the
county at the oicution noxj. May.
Respectfully,"
W. D. Molloy.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
I hereby announce myeelf a" candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Oleap
Fork District and respectfully ask the sup?
port of the voters of the county,
Phimi> G. Bauch.
To the voters or. Tajteweli County:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the otlice of Commissioner of Revenue
fur Jeffersonville District, and respectfully
solicit the patronage of the voters of said
county, election 4th Thursday in May,
1S00, .
Respectfully,
Joiik W. GfLUBPIB.
Cavitts CreeK,
Tazewell County, Ya.
To the voters of Tazewell county :
I hereby announce myself a candidate
I for re-election as Commissioner of Reve?
nue for Jeirersonvilie District and request
your support at the election in May.
Respectfully,
J. N. Johnson.
I To the voters of Tazewell county :
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Commissioner of Revenue for Qlear
Fork District and respectfully solicit your
support at the election in May.
Yours truly,
IV. W. Wzxts.
1 To the Voters of Tazewell County;
I have declared myself a candidate for |
Commissioner of Revenue for the Maiden
Sprine District, and I do most earnestly
ask the support of the people as I need
the income of the ofliee; and if elected I
will endeavor to discharge my duty.
Respectfully.
John Pack.
Feb. 28th, 1899.
For SserifT,
To the voters of Tazewell county :
I herebv announce myself a candidate |
for the office of Sheriff of Tazewell county,
and earnesfly request the support of my |
fellow-citizens at the election next May.
If elected Mr. John W. Crockett will apt j
as Sheriff of the eastern part of the county.
Respectfully,
James Bandy.
For Supervisor,
To the voters of Maiden Spring District:
'At the solicitation of many friends I
announce myself a candidate for Supervi?
sor of Maiden Spring District and respect?
fully ask the support of the yotprs at the
election next May,
Verv truly,
R. H. McGhaw.
To the Voters of Clear Fork District:
At the request of many friends I have
decided to withdraw as a candidate for
Commissioner of Revenue and become a
candidate for Supervisor of Clear Fork
District. I hereby announce myself a can
didateJbr Supervisor of that District and
ask the support of tiie voters at the
approaching election.
Respectfully,
M. F. Nkbl.
ro the voters of Maiden Spring District:
I respectfully announce myself a candi?
date for re-election as Supervisor of Maid?
en Spring District and ask your support
it the approaching election.
Yours truly,
W. L. C. Bwnr*
? -1
To the voters of Jeffersonville District:
I take this method of announcing my?
self a candidate for Supervisor of Jeffer
sonville district and ask your support at
the approaching election.
Respectfully,
B. J. Fuller.
For Constable.
To the erg of Maiden Spring District:
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for Constable for Maiden Spring District,
and respectfully ask the support of the
voters at the election next May.
Respectfully,
D. C. Lowe.
To the Voters of Jeffersonville District:
1 hereby announce myself a candidate
for Constable of Jeffersonville District, ir
Tazewell county, Va., and ask the eupporl
: of the voters at the coming election.
Respectfully,
J. VV. McFarland.
To the voterE of Jeffersonville District:
B I hereby announce myself a candidate
I for Constable of Jeffersonville District
e Tazewell county, Va., and request th(
t support of the voters at the election ir
.May.
Respectfully,
J. Wilk Witten.
f To the voters of Jeffersonville District:
1 I am no longer a candidate for Commis
. sioner of Revenue. At the request o
many friends I announce myself a candi
date for Constable of Jeffersonville District
: Respectfully,
C. Mitchell.
Justice In France.
Philadelphia Press.]
p "With the bill transferring the Dreyfut
e case from the criminal brauch of th<
> Court of Cassation to the full court passet
r by the French Henatd, the question as tc
8 what will be the final outcome of this fa
, tiious case is of immediate interest. Or
October 6 the criminal branch beiran ils
investigation of the case and it concludec
it? labors on February 7. In the interin
every member of the court, the sixteer
Judges, the counsel and all the official em
ployees were subjected to the most viru
lent abuse by the anti-Dreyfus press, with
innuendo and suggestion that left nothing
uiithought or unsaid that could possibly
injure any and all of them. Despite
;}u's, the Judges went on calmly with theii
woife until they Vfprg aUacked from with?
in by the president of the civ|l section oj
me Cour of Cassation, M. Queenay de
Ueaurcpa who resigned his seat early in
January in order to abuse the criminal
section Judges in the interest of the anti
Dreyfus movement,
Though Beaurepaire soon proved him?
self to be a mountebank, the possibility of
obtaining absolute justice in France was
clouded by the readiness with which his
charges against his fellow-Judges were ac?
cepted. It is true, the report of the in; es.
tigating committee found nothing in these
scatter-brained charges save that the pre?
sident of the criminal section had been po?
lite to the witn?sses? a curious cgmtnep:
tary on French manners ; but, tieverthe
less.the Dupuy Government yielded to the
clamor and introduced the bill soon to be?
come a Ijisy, taking the Dreyfus case out
of the hands of the criminal'section. In
coming to this decision the Government
was supported by M. Mazeati, the first
president, of the Court Cassation, who,
though lie found nothing to impair the
honor of his associates of the criminal
section in the Beaurepaire charges yet fa?
vored tho bill giving Hie full court juris?
diction of the case. As the fuli court ia
composed of forty-nine Judges, as against
the sixteen of the criminal section, it was
believed eariv in February there was small
chance of revision secui in^ a majority, in
view of the state of opinion then existent.
But a change can now be recorded.
Had the court met and decided before
President Faqre djed,, it is quite certain
that if it were possible legally so to do
Dreyfus would have been refused a reopen?
ing of his case. But. though the anti
Dreyfus press is as virulent as ever, the
fact that the enemies of the Republic have
been using the anti-Dreyfus moyempnt as
a cloak for their own schemes is causing a
reaction. It was clearly on the cards for
the irreconcilables after having forced the
Government fo transfer the case to the
whole Court of Cassation to carry on the
same kind of campaign against the full
court as they had against the criminal
branch. But the death of Faure ba?
rather upset their plans. TheDupuy Gov
vernment js committed to a fair judge?
ment of the paep by thp Aill court and it
cannot yield to the mob any further with?
out treason to parliamentary and repub?
lican institutions. Hence, though not so
intended, the bill which seemed to strike
a blow at justice may prove a boomerang.
If fprty-nine members of the highest
[ tribunal in Pranpp. dpcjdp ju favqr qf re?
vision the country cannot but accept the
decision. Nor can such a decision be
viewed as against the best interests of
France in view of thp crajiy anti-national
action of anti-preyfus royalists and other
agitators. Under the circumstances,
therefore, though the Dupuy Government
acted from discreditable motives, the
death of Fame and subsequent events have
helped, accidentally to piake justice in
Fiance undeF orderly tbrrps gtilj possible,
and March 1 sees a different state of things
from those ruling on February 1.
Empire and Sea Power.
The present developernent of world pol?
itics has also revealed to the world with
overpowering force tiie truth that empire
and sea power are henceforth synonymous.
The value of standing armies has marked?
ly depreciated, and Russia might, wifliqut
any danger, signify her readiness to re?
duce her large army, because it i?'roost
likely that the decisive battles of the world
pill bp fought on the ocean. The conse?
quences of this change cannpt be overes.
timated. The nations possessing the qual?
ities of mechanical genius and proficiency
in seamanship will, of course, draw the
advantage from this change. Humanity
pight rejoice if the great' struggle that
shall undoubtly bp necessary could be
fought by machines, by engines of war,
rather tban.by the terrible bapd to hand
contests of vast land forces, with all the
terror and destruction that follow in the
n*ake of an army in war time. The fever?
ish activity of Germany and Russia in
building better-navies shows how fully
;his change in - world affairs is realized by
;b,e great powers?Professor Paul ?,
Seinsph, in "The Arena.'?
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