CHARLOTTE NEWS DECEMBER 18. 1903
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JOS, CHAMBERLAIN
IS THE
MAN
(From the New i'ork World.)
Joseph Chamberlain, the British
"man of the hour," presents sharp con
trasts to the average type of British
politician. In this he is like Disraeli;
it may be an element of his strength;
at least it gives him a notable person
ality. In a land of "flannelled fools at the
wickets" Mr. Chamberlain never takes
exercise. In a land of hereditary fealth
and power he derives neither from his
family. He was bom in London, the son
of a shoe manufacturer who dealt in a
shop which had been in the family
nearly 130 years.,
Gladstone njyi of hen statesmen were
famous 8choHS.'l C4er'lain was a
poor 8tudentT4'TS' ll lansuasen;
hi 4 UHclessne'sJLplafBround made,
him a mediociityyn'Jn.ni versify Collie
Si hool. He has quoted rror. Cook as
H'jyin; of his class: "To attempt to tfet
into our heads the mysteries or algebra
was lifce firing a cannon ball into a
mountain of mud."
ChanriK'iiain was precocious. Me w ent
to work at sixteen. He was then quite
an actor, wrote a one-act farce and act
ed in it as. an amateur, according to Mr.
S. H. Je.ws in his thick volume upon
"M. Chanrh erlain: His Life and Public
Career," which has just appeared. "But
Chamberlain also studied, read, im
proved his iiind.
When he wys eighteen Chamberlain
was sent to Birmingham, where John
Ncttlefold. rela ted by marriage to his
family, wanted .help in using some jiew
American machinery for the making of
weod screws. While still extremely
voung for such' responsibilities. Mr.
Chamberlain improved the position of
the firm by forming a trust, buying out
and combining several small firms
So the man who now plans a retribu
tive tariff war upon America, and uses
thp trusts as an 'argument, made much
of his own great fortune by American
machinery and as a1 trust-maker. He
was once sharply criticised in Parlia
ment for the latter activity, but came
off in the controversy .with flyiog col
ors. Chamberlain is really a Yankee. He
sained political power as a Radical by
introducing the American caucus sys
tem in Birmingham. Sent', by the Radi
cals to Parliament he was for years
hated and ridiculed by members who
had never done a stroke of work.
A typical gentleman of 1 eisure Cham
berlain was not then, is act now; yet
a gentleman he is. He is always scrup
ulously dressed; the orchid in his but
tonhole, the monocle, are .not more
characteristic than his perfect correct
ness of attire and manner.
Chamberlain earned his rirst great
leputation as Mayor of Birmingham
with powers such as no American
mavor ever enjoyed. "Fifty yoars ago."
he "is quoted in Mr. Jeyes"s book as
sayins. "the gas and the water belong
ed to private corporations. The water
was supplied on three nays in me
week; on other days you must either
go without, or you must take advan
tage of the perambulating carts which
supplied water from polluted wells at
10s. ($2.50) the thousand ga31ons. The
annual mortality in Birmingham in
1848 was 30 in the thousand; it is now
20 in the thousand. The only wonder is
that it was not much greater. Scarcely
anything had been done either for the
instruction, or for the health, or for the
recreation, or for the comfort, .or four
the convenience of the artisan, popula
tion." Chamberlain took over the gas and
water franchises, tore down the worst
slum and built the beautiful Corpora
tion street in its stead, and led the way
in thaW policy of municipal activity
which has had such momentous re
sults. Very real was Chamberlain's youth
ful Radicalism. On the fall of Napoleon
the Little he congratulated France
upon having got rid of a system
"founded on murder aid continued in
fraud" which had "perished In corrup
tion." When Chamberlain went into the
Board of Trade his. practical mind was
struck by the fact that over 3,000
British seamen perished at sea yearly.
One in every sixty died in the ships
each year. Chamberlain worked with
Plimsoll to stop overloading and over
innuring. Chamberlain makes frcqnient sensa.
lions in diplomacy by saying what he
means. The late Lord Salisbury's
"amazing indiscretions" indicated a
similar peculiarity; but aristocracy for
gave Salisbury for what in Chamber
lain it condemns. Salisbury was "one of
them." Aristocracy, when it dares, still
repeats Disraeli's famous remark -when
the young Radical made "his first
speech in the House. "From Brumma
gem, is he?" drawled the veteran of
many fights. "Well, he looksVBrura
magem!" Chamberlain is thought of by those
who have not seen him 88 a middle
aged man. Tie is in his soventieth' year.
He -married an American -as his second
wife. She was Miss Endi'oott, daughter
of Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of War.
What the Democrat: Can De.
(From (he Constitution.)
The Democrats in Congress hove
thus far shown more or: wise restraint
mid good ntratgy than -in many years,
especially those years immediately pre
ceding a Presidential election.
The situation politically is one that
is continually brightening at the Dem
ocifltic end. and if the Democrats of
Congress will only cancns closely and
decide carefully upon their policy be
tween now and next Jane, they can do
magnificent work in bringing the par
ty upon the national field In winning
form.
So far as the lomination of Presi
dent Roosevelt by the Republicans is
concerned, the Democrats need not
worry. Let him 1e. nominated. If the
Democracy cannot ljeat him they could
hardly hope to br.it any Republican.
He has saddled and bridled the party
and is riding it ro Ogh and hard. He is
making independer.it voters Republican
every day. So long as he is doing that
the Democrats can. afford to let him
caper and curvet as. he will.
That the great conservative busi
ness interests of th'e country are afraid
of a second trial of Roose-velt is too
plain to bear contradiction. He may go
mildy enough now. while the question
of his nomination and election are
pending, but with these assured and
the ides of March. 19Qo, passed, only
the Omniscient can tell, what Roosevelt
would then do. He is c ut to be elected
President on his own personal account.
He means, if elected, to make a Roose
velt record, that will stand out in Pres
idential annals as one altogether
unique and individual to the end of the
Republic.
It is no -wonder that a man with his i
-nerve, ambitions and headiness should
be. feared fcy those who see the inter
ests of the country standing in jeop
ardy every day with such a man in the
White House. As to Roosevelt, the
Democrats need only to find a wise,
stable and constitutional Democrat of
clean record and unquestioned patri
otism. Betwen the two the choice will
vet be hard for any Democrat, nor for
hundreds of thousands of conservative
Republicans.
Another thing the Democrats can
and should do is to press home upon
the Republicans the manifold frauds
that have been developed in the va
rious departments of the government.
As to them the case today is worse
than in tne days of the Grant regime
of graft and loot. It is the duty of the
Democracy to keep these things before
the peoplfi and not tn be deterred by
the plea that discussion of them will
hampre their prosecution in the courts
of law. They are crimes political as
well as crtmes prohibited by law, and
the party that has produced them
should be f.ndicted anil arraigned be
fore the American people. The com
mon folk want honest government.
They do nol believe in leaden-footed
piosecutions or in statutes of limita
tion loopholes for the escape of public
plunderers. iUnder no circumstances
should the Democrats in Congress fail
to call in every possible form for the
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exposure of the crimes of Republican
officials made possible by the meth
ods of Republican administration.
The Democrats can pursue the Re
publicans upon the issues of tariff re
form. The stand-pat policy of the
Hanna Republican crowd does not
please many thousands of Republican
voters .either in eastern or western
States. The refusal to promise them
a revision of schedules that rob the
people for the profit of the trusts is
making them restless. It is possible
enough of them many vote with the
Democrats for tariff revision to cause
the Republicans the loss of the Presi
dency and the House of Representa
tives in 1904.
The currency cowardice of the Re
publicans is another thing the Demo
crats can properly assail. All the peo
ple want sound money and elastic cur
rency and the Democrats can promise
these without stullification and with
great gain to the party ranks.
Other loose joints in the Republican
harness -are plentiful and it will not
be hard for the united Democracy to
Eal;c strong and deep wounds in that
party if tact and wise judgement are
used in making the campaign.
The Constitution believes the Repub
lican party was never so vulnerable
as it is today. Its sins are many. It
is a growing offense to the wiser men
of the nation. If held to its record
and attacked by a solid Democratic
party, fearless and pledged to the
greatest good to the greatest number,
its power should be broken in 1904 and
it? career of evil speedily brought to
a Ion?, if not perpetual, vacation.
PRESS COMMENTS.
Chattanooga News: David B. Hill has
become so tame that he doesn't even
wince when a newspaper at the head of
the branch reflects to him as a suitable
candidate for president.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: The special
session has not been wholly a failure,
in spite of the fact that the work which
it was called upon to do remains un
done. Reciprocity has been brought
measurably nearer, and the country has
been given still another opportunity to
ponder on the senate's arrogant asser
tion of its dignity and power.
Chattanooga Times: Some wonder
has been expressed as to what has be
come of the Hon. David B. Hill during
all these times of political excitement.
It is given out that he is quietly at
tending to business and that although
he still wears the feather bearing the'
legend 'I am a Democrat' in his head
piece, he has flung away ambition along
with Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cleveland and
will consent to allow the younger set
to try their hands at the organization.
Mr. Hill's day of usefulness as a leader
has terminated.
Springfield Republican: We are in
formed from the highest anthority that
the adjective and noun for our new
bantling of a republic are "Panaman"
and "Panamans." The 'ew York Tri
bune says it is settled. These are the
best of the words proposed. Well, it
matters little. "Americans," therefore
"Panamans." Perhaps in the future it
will be "Panamans," because "Ameri
cans." Yet "Panamino" has a pleasing
sound, it chimes sweetly with "Filli
pinc," and both belong together in the
idyllic harmony of the "Star-Spangled
Banner," as it should presently be re
vised for present use.'
New Orleans Picayune: There is an
other aspect of the case which may
have more merit, and that is the fear
that scarcity of cotton during the com
ing summer may make hard times for
mill operatives. The high range of
prices will not produce a scarcity of
raw material any more than low prices
would insure abundance. The mills will
have to stop when they have spun the
last bale, whether the price be high or
low. There is a decided advantage in
havin? ample warning of probable
scarcity, as the mills as well as their
operatives, ccan prepare for what may
be inevitable. The mills will not close
down as long as there is cotton to spin,
of that operatives can feel assured, and
no amount of manipulation even if it
were' so that such now exists in, the
market, can have any effect upon de
termining the size of the crop.
Print Cloths Advanced.
(By Associated Press.)
Fall River, Mass., Dec. 18. Sales of
print cloths at 2l2 cents were made in
this city. This is an advance of Vs
cent over the last quotation. It is un
derstood that the sales were for deliv
ery up to March of next year. The sales
were not great in amount,. tut taken in
connection with other evidence of in
terest on the part of the Printers and
Converters have lent a ray of hope to
manufacturers in this city. Mill agents
say they are not likely to be free
sellers at the new prices while cotton
rules at 12 cents a pound.
Why Closed Doors?
The hearing in the Wood case con
tinues to develop damaging evidence
against the president's chum. That is,
if the press accounts are correct.
Secretary of War Root makes the
assertion that the newspaper stories
are being "colored" to injure General
Wood's reputation. In a letter to Sena
tor Proctor, acting chairman of the.
committee on military affairs, before
which the hearing is being had, Secre
tary Root encloses a letter from Gen.
Tasker H. Bliss declaring that the
newspapers represented him as testify
ing before the committee to the exact
contrary of that to which he did testi
fy. "At the same time," says the secre
tary, "I wish to call the attention of
the committee to the fact that some
person seems to be persistently furnish
ing to the press false statements of the
testimony taken before you, the per
version of the evidence being in every
case to the prejudice of Gen. Wood. It
cannot be doubted that the newspapers
publishing these reports believe them
to be true. It is evident that some per
son is undertaking to convey to the
press representatives information of
what goes on in the committee and is
taking advantage of the fact that evi
dence is not published to state it false
ly, for the purpose of injuring Gen.
Wood in the public estimation." This
is a most serious charge, coming as it
does from one so high in authority as
the secretary of war. If any one should
be in a position to know the facts in
the case of Gen. Wood it should be the
secretary and he could not afford, even
had he the desire, to make so sweeping
an assertion unless it were true.
Secretary Root is certainly correct in
saying that, the reports of the Wood
hearing whether correct or incorrect
have been detrimental to Gen.
Wood's reputation and there can be no
doubt that they are "injuring General
Wood in the public estimation." But
for the Washington newspaper men or
their informants to deliberately mis
represent the evidence in so important
a case a3 this would be a bolder game
than the protection of Jai Alai in Ha
bana. Upon whom does Secretary Root
charge this base jobbery? The chief
prosecutor of Gen. Wood appears to be
Senator Hanna is it he who is misin
forming th9 papers? Let us have the
whole story, Mr. Secretary. You kindly
absolve the newspapers but are not the
Washington correspondents some of
them, at least too old and experienced
in the business to he duped in such a
way as you intimate? The stories, it
will be noted, all agree.
There is an easy enough way to get
the truth published. It should have
been adopted at the start but it is not
yet too late. Let the investigation be
held in public; admit the reporters.
Why clo&ed doors? The American peo
ple want to know the truth of this
ugly looking business, they want the
whole truth and nothing but the truth,
and whether it hurts one or the other
faction of the Republican party,
whether it injures Roosevelt or Han
na, they are going to have the truth.
Every newspaper in the land should
join in the demand that the military af
fairs committee throw open the doors.
Ex.
MURRAY CRANE FOR CAIRMAN.
The President Would Like to See Him
Chairman if Hanna Will Not Serve.
(By Associated Press.)
U'a shine-ton. Dec. 18. President
Roosevelt entertained at luncheon yes
terday former uovernor Murray tjrane
and Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts
and Secretaires Root and Cortclyou.
The fact that Governor Crane was at
the luncheon In addition to being an
JnvitPil miest at the President's Cabi
net dinner, induced considerable politi-
i
cal comment, it. nas Deen Known lor
mnnv months that it is the desire of
the President that Governor Crane
should be indentified in some intimate
capacity witli the Presidential cam-
paign next year, inaeea, it nas Deen
curcroctpfl that he mieht. hp chairman
cf the Republican National Committee,
should ne agree io accept tne piace,
and in case senator nanna snouia re
tire.
Mr. Hanna has been requested by the
President to retain the position of Na-
;r.nal phnirman. and until h shall
have determined definitely whether or
not he will accept tne cnairmanshlp no
move regarding the matter' will be
made. In any event, it is understood.
Governor Crane will fill an important
place in the campaign management
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Our Grand Old Sport.
The Hon. Grover Cleveland distin
guished himself when he was President
of the United States by writing mes
sages to Congress on the tariff ques
tion. By writing an account of hi3 re
cent ducking trip to Virginia for the
New York World Mr. Cleveland de
monstrates his versatility and proves
conclusively if such proof were neces
sarythat he is a first-class sport and
that he can write about duck shooting
even better than he can write about
tariffs. If he Is open to an engagement
as sporting editor he will doubtless
hear from some of the newspapers. Mr.
skill and convinced that it requires
skil Ito cook a wild duck no less than
to shoot-one. To present a wild duck to
a family where no idea prevails of the
difference between properly cooking a
wild duck and one brought up in a barn
yard Mr. Cleveland believes to be of
questionable advisability. For if these
ducks are cooked, he says, after the
fashion prescribed for the domestic
duck they will be so thoroughly dis
credited in the eating that the recipi
ent of the gift will come near suspect
ing a practical joke and the donor will
be nearly guilty of waste. This is en
tirely true, and it is a truth that needs
telling around New York and New
Jersey, but not in Maryland.
Mr. Cleveland said that he was
moved to write the newspaper article
about his trip because, among other
things, it gave him the opportunity to
contradict two reports one that he
had violated the game laws of Virginia
and had been threatened with arrest,
and the other that his party had killed
500 ducks. He approves the Virginia
game laws and did not violate them,
and he has a sportsman's antipathy for
a man who would slaughter game
wholesale. The stringent game laws
says this good old sportsman, should
be supplemented and aided by an ag
gressive sentiment firmly held among
decent ducking sportsmen, making it
disgraceful to kill duck for the pur
pose of boasting of a big bag or for
the mere sake of killing.
It is with regret that the admirers of
the ex-President find that he is forced
to admit that one day he had his eyes
wiped. He doe3 not specify the number
of times, but owns up to once or twice,
and adds that the sensation of having
your eyes wiped is extremely unpleas
ant. He says it is "a provoking thing
to miss a fair shot; but to have your
companion, after you have had your
chance, knock down the bird by a long,
hard shot makes one feel- somewhat
distressed. This we call wiping the
eye, but I have always thought the sen
sation caused by this operation justifi
ed calling it 'gouging the eye.' "
Although Mr. Cleveland decs not
mention fishing in hi3 story, it is easy
to tell by reading it that he is a fisher
man. Fishermen while engaged in their
favorite -sport have ample time for
thinking and speculating, and Mr.
Cleveland discusses ducking somewhat
after the manner of Izaak Walton, the
fisherman philosopher. He ask3 why a
man is willing to leave a warm bed
morning after morning, long before
light, and go shivering out into the
cold and darkness for the sake of
reaching his blind before daybreak
not to find there warmth and shelter,
but to sit for hours, chilled to the
bone, patiently waiting for the infre
quent shot which reminds him that he
is indulging in sport or healthful recre
ation. Mr. Cleveland answers his own
question in the only possible way:
"The duck hunter is born, not made."
That is the way with the poet.
This hunting expedition confirmed
an opinion that the statesman has long
held, namely, that the decoys should be
to the leeward, and not to the wind
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