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The professed object of a protec
tive tariff is to encourage and foster
American industries and ' protect
American labor. So far so good, in
as far as this may be necessary, but
when it has accomplished the pur
pose for which it was intended and
is no longer necessary its perpetua
tion is a wrong and a fraud tor
which" there is no defence or palli
ation. The advocates of this system
claim that it has resulted in the
building up of our industries until
we are now independent of other
countries for nearly everything we
need.
Without questioning whether this
be due to the protective system, and
assuming that we have manufac
tories enough to supply all the home
needs for manufactures, what fur
ther excuse is there for keeping up
a system which was originally de
signed to encourage the establish
ment of manufacturing industries?
If it isn't necessary it is an impo
sition on the people whom it taxes.
Mj Cleveland said in one of his
messages that "unnecessary taxa
tion was unjust taxation" and he was
right. The only justification for tax
ation is necessity. l?very dollar taken
from the people by Wxation, beyond
what is necessary for the support of
lAirAMimAtit niiAnnmiAallfr mm
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istered, is robbery under cover of
law. If all- this money thus taken
from' the people went into the Treas
ury ol.the Government it
none the less robbery, but w
I bulk of-it-goss into thecoffer3 of the
favored few, and but a fraction of it
into the Treasury of the Government
it is robbery in Ihe worst- and "most
indefensible form.
But the perpetuation of this sys
tem is not only, oppressive on the
many on whom it imposes tribute
for the benefit of the few, but it is
injurious to the industries establish
ed and for whose benefit it is allege d
to b 3 maintained. If it has stimu
lated the establishment. of manufac
turing industries, as alleged, and
which is doubtless true, whether to
the extent alleged or not, until we
have ; more manufactories than are
needed to supply the home market,
and which to survive have become
formidable competitors of each other,
why continue to stimulate them?
According to United States Com
missioner hof Labor, Mr. Carroll,
D. Wright, the manufactories in
the country in 1890 did not produce
more than about 72 per cent, of
their capacity, and we know that we
have a great many more manufac
tories in the country now than we
had then, and a greater relative ca
pacity of production, allowing for
the increase of population. The
New England cotton mills are how
complaining of the competition of
the Southern mills, to which they
attribute the depression with them,
their decreased profits, and the na
cesity of reducing the wages of
their employes. Whythen perpetu
ate a policy which stimulates the
building of moro manufactories, to(
add to the competition and make
the conditions worse? Doesn't this
look as if they were overdoing
business? !
But even if the business wore not
I being overdone, where is the excuse
for taxing the bulk of the people
heavily to put money in the pockets
of the protected and enable them to
survive the competition with each
i other, which is one of the results of
this pampering' system? There were
in 1890 4,712,622 persons engaged
as employers or employes in the
manufacturing industries of this
country, or about one person in
every fifteen of the population,
which means that fourteen persons
re taxed for the benefit of the one.
iut all these 4,712,622 are not
tenefitted by the protective system.
Phe employes as a rule are not pro
jected, for they have to compete
with cheap labor, which imports it-
elf or is directly or indirectly lm-
ported by the proprietors of the
protected industries, who derive
Iwhatever of benefit there may be in
the tribute imposed on the four-
fteen out of the fifteen people who
Lpay it.
I But there are more than these who
Pay tribute for the employes in the
protected industries, who are not, as
VOL. XXIX.
Tre have stated, benefitted, have
to pay their portion of the tribute on
the articles they consume, even those
which they are employed in making. Consul at Cologne has discovered
There is not a leading industry in .that the formula for curing Ger
this country which does not largely man hams is 30 pe- cent, of boracic
employ cheap imported labor, which
uiw wk.ou tne piace to a great extent
of the native labor once employed.
xne ew ingiana ootton mills are
hlled with labor brought in from
Canada, and hundreds of these
Canadians are now leaving the mills
on account of the recent reduction
in wages and are going back to Can
ada. They were never bona fide citi
zens of this country, but were tem
porary sojourners, who came because
they could earn a little more than
they could in their own country.
The coal mines and iron mines oi
the North are filled j with the cheap
est kind of imported laborers many of
whom cannot speak the language
of the country and never will
because they herd together, live as
they had been in -the habit of living,
associate only with each other and
have no occasion to learn to speak
English. The great iron and steel
manufactories of the North are also
filled with this labor which has
driven out native labor by under-
working it. So much for the alleged
protection which the tariff gives the I
American workman.
So, when we simmer it down this
system is not maintained for the
benefit and protection of the 4,712,-
622 engaged in the manufactories
in 1890 who have since become
so engaged, but solely for the bene
fit of those out of this number who
are included as owners and operators
of the industrial plants, embracing
a very small number of the aggre
gate above enumerated. The Ameri
can people pay annually many
millions of dollars to add to the
profits of those few, not because it is
necessary to maintain the industries,
which if they did not overcrowd
each other would be payers of liberal
dividends, but because these favored
few contribute liberally to Republi
can campaign funds and help elect
Republican Congressmen and Re-
blican Presidents.
MINOR MENTION.
Senator Chandler is not the only
Republican statesman who realizes
the straits in which the Republican
arty finds itself, but he is one of
e few who has the nerve and can
dor to admit it, which he does pretty
unreservedly in the interview with a
representative of the Washington
Post, published in The Stab yes
terday. Some time ago he published
a letter in which he declared that
if the Republican party did not de
clare unequivocally for bimetallism,
without waiting for the action of
any other government it was lost,
and he followed this up shortly
afterwards with an interview in
which he represented Mr. McKinley
as a zealous bimetallist who would
push the international conference
matter, and leave nothing undone to
make that a success. But the way
Mr. McKinley flopped over to the
gold standard in his New York
speech, discredited the zealous bi
metallism attributed to him by Sen
ator Chandler, who seems to have
abandoned all hope on the bimetallic
line and' now insists 'on hoodooing
the people with a "vigorous foreign
policy' and utilizing Cuba and
Hawaii to pull the Republican
Dartv out of the mire. This
is about the only card the Re
publican managers have to play now,.
and the probabilities are they will
play it, if they can do some bluffing
and play it without recourse to pow
der and shot; but they wouldn't halt
at that to save the party. Mr. Chan
dler feels sure that "before the Con
gressional elections Mr. McKinley
will give freedom to Cuba-" This is
rather a telltale dove-tailing of the
Congressional elections and the
freedom of Cuba, which justifies the
opinion that freedom is to be given
toCuba to boost the Republicans in
the Congressional elections, which
somewhat mars whatever of honor
or merit there might be in recogniz
ing Cuban independence. It may
be incidentally remarked that, with
out intending to do so, Senator
Chandler has somewhat confirmed
Senor De Lome's diagnosis of Mc
Kinley when he characterized him
as a politician "catering to the
rabble" the Spanish word for the
people, as De Lome sees them.
mm
It wasn't the fear of the San Jose
scale, or any other 'scale, that caused
the interdict against American fruit
in Germany, for there was little if
any San Jdse scale in the fruit ship
ped, and if there was a little, that
Utile didn't reach the rural districts,
but was destroyed with the fruit
consumed. But the San Jose scale,
which now bears a California name,
is really of German origin, and was
brought to California from Germany,
so this interdict looks like going
back on their own bug. Germany
kicked against American pork on ac
count of trichinaB, and now it is
kicking against American hams be
cause boracic acid is used in curing
them. It so happens, however, that
The
there isn't as much boracic acid used
m curing American hams as there is
in
curing German hams, for the
acid, 30 per cent, of nitrate of pot-
asn ana ou per cent, or common
salt. " But perhaps the German Jjam
can stand more boracic acid than
the American ham, and perhaps
German boraic acid isn't as harmful
to the human stomach as American
boracic acid. But the fact is that
all this kicking against American
fruit, pork, &c, is to placate the
people who are affected in a business-
way by these importations.
Germany has made remarkable
progress m commeroe and manu
facturing within the past ten years,
now ranking next to Great Britain,
of which she is becoming-a formid
able competitor. We referred yes
terday to this, and gave some of
the reasons for it, among others the
pare tnai uermany s merchant ma
rine has taken, which is thus noted
by the New York Commercial Amer
ican, which has been making com
mendable efforts to awaken interest
in an American merchant marine.
Cnder the heading of "An Object
Wesson, it say:
'Germany's progress in shipping
has been remarkably striking. Be
tween -1873 and 1895 the traffic of
German ports with other States in
creased 124 per cent. With North
America the gain in over-sea trade
was 128 rer cent. : with Mexico. Cen
tral and South America it was 460 per
J 'al . il TT71 ' A 1 TTT A T 1 f
cent. ; wun tne njosi ana w est xnaies.
480 per cent. ; with Australia, 475 per
cent. ; with Great Britain, 60 per
cent. ; with Northern Europe, 149 per
cent., and with Southern Europe, 60
per cent This great gain has mostly
oeen in later vears. ror the very
nrst time, in l9b, tne tonnage of Uer-
man shipping at Hamburg exceeded
that of English shipping. The result
of this growth in Germany's merchant
marine is that the Germans find it
possible to employ much less foreign
capital than previously in German
foreign trade. The establishment.
moreover, of fjerman over-sea
banks enables a large share in the
profits of international exchange to be
obtained for Germany's benefit. In
other words, Germany finds that her
commercial supremacy has grown im
mensely under German financial and
maritime independence. This is toe
lesson that the united States Congress
and American business men seem slow
to learn."
Some of the Western representa
tives of the farmers are reviving the
question of bounties on exports of
farm products as an offset to what
the farmers have to pay in duties on
protected manufactures. This is
too much, but it is quite as reason
able and logical as the imposition of
duties for the benefit of manufac
turers. The farmer wants a little
protection from that, but or course
he isn't going to get it, for it isn't
the farmer that the Republican
statesman is interested in but in the
fellows who put up for campaign
funds.
The Washington Star Almanac
for 1898, is a most complete and
comprehensive publication, giving a
vast amount of useful information
in brief form and conveniently ar
ranged for ready reference. It con
tains much not found in other al
manacs even of the more elaborate
kind. Its statistics, political, com
mercial, &c, will be found very use
ful and its sketches of men and re
cords of events very interesting and
valuable. Published by The Even-
ing Star, Washington.
' A contemporary assures us that
"better times are coming." They
have been a long time on the way
and have been pretty slow in keep
ing the numerous promises made for
them, but we have the consolation
of knowing that the times that are
coming can't be much worse than
the times we have.
Hungary is pretty well salted, or
there are some pretty salty liars in
that" country. It is said there is a
mass of rock salt there 550 miles
long, 20 miles wide and 250 feet
thick. This lays considerably over
that Kansas "streak, which is said to
contain enough to last the world a
million years.
. A Georgia man is making lots of
money fattening cattle, which he
buys up through the country,
shipping them West. He made a re
cent shipment of 370 head on which
he netted $5,000. The Constitution
says he sells about 1,000 a year and
must clear $10,000 on the transac
tions.
According to a Northern hand
kerchief man, the American people
use annually about 328,500,000
handkerchiefs, although a good
many of them don't use any hand
kerchiefs at all.
Missouri disputes the superiority
of Kansas as a-producer of hair.
Ex-Senator Peffer is knocked out by
a Mr. Larow, of Missouridom, who
totes a beard seven feet long and
still agrowin'. .
It is estimated that the number of .
immigrants to this country for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1898,
will not exceed 150,000, lesa than a
fifth of the number that have come
in some years.
Weekly
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
Almost without exception the
gold-standard newspapers of the
North are bitterlv opposed to any
sort of intervention or any sort of
action by the United States favora
ble to the Cubans. With them, the
dollar is far above national honor
and common humanity.
A bill in the New Jersey Legisla
ture to tax bachelors was getting
along pretty well until a Solon offered
an amendment taxiner old maids
Objection was made to hitching the
old bachelors and old maids in that
way, and that's how the matter
hangs now.
And now a Stove Trust has been
formed with a capital, of $10,000,
000. It will proceed- to make it hot
for the consumers. The Trust has
a pretty suro thing to goon with
the Dingley protection of 45 per
cent, on imported stoves.
A "policastro" is what Mr. de
Lome called Mr. McKinley. There
isn't a precise equivalent for this in
the English language, but it means a
fellow who has a sort of sneaking
way of playing double, with the
View of keeping in the swim
The bug juice industry seems to
be on the decline in Kentucky, if it
be true as stated, that the distillers
tufhed out last year only 6,500,000
gallons, compared with 47,000,000
gallons in 1893. They say it is the
high tax that is doing it.
A German star gazer has discover-"
ed a second moon, which astrono
mers have been hunting for some
I . fTi Oil j
time, it isn t much oi a moon,
however, as it is only about 94 miles
in diameter and weighs only 10,406,-
250,000,000,000,000 tons.
It is said that the fellow who
wrote "The curse of Gold," took ex-
becretary Morton as his model for
the heavy villain. This was a mis
take. Mr. Morton is a light weight,
mostly mouth.
SMALLPOX IN CHARLOTTE.
Report of Marine Hospital Service Expert
Who Examined Cases in the Pest
House There.
Dr. C. P; Wertenbaker, of the Ma
rine Hospital, will return to-day from
Charlotte where he went a few days
since to diagnose an eruptive disease
with whiih several colored people in
the pest house there arc suffering.
After a careful examination he pro
nounced the disease, unqualifiedly,
smallpox and one of the sick men
as having the disease in typical form.
Dr. Wertenbaker made a complete
report before the Board of Aldermen
Friday night, together with some sug
gestions as to the proper steps to be
taken.
A hearty and unanimous vote of
thanks was tendered him by the Board
of Aldermen. He urged vaccination
strongly as being the only quarantine
against the disease, and the Board
ordered that physicians be kept at the
city hall two days to vaccinate the
people free of charge and that those
who did not come voluntarily be
forced to be vaccinated.
According to Dr. Wertenbaker's re
port, the following named persons, all
colored, in the pest house in Charlotte
have smallpox : Sallie Wagner, Oscar
Jackson, Frank Jackson and Harvey
Perkins.
Intense interest was evidently felt
in Charlotte over Dr. Wertenbaker's
decision, as both of tne papers came
out in extra editions at nine o'clock at
night announcing the result of his in
vestigations.
A POLITICAL MOVE.
Russell's Railroad Commission Will Re
duce Passenger Rates.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
Railroad Commission will, it is be
lieved, reduce passenger rates when
it meets on the 17th to 2 and 2 cents
a mile on the following roads : ' Sea
board and Roanoke (20 miles in North
Carolina), North Carolina railroad.
Piedmont railroad ((ireensboro to
Danville), Petersburg railroad (8 miles
in North Carolina), Raleigh and UasL
ton, Wilmington and Weldon (main
fine). Western North Carolina (Salis
bury to Paint Rock), Atlanta and
Charlotte (40 miles in North Carolina).
Once a Citizen of Lanrinburg.
Laurinburg Exchange. News
reached us Monday of the death
Mr. Mike Cronly. Sr., Sunday at his
home in Wilmington, N. C.
Mr. Cronly was well and favorably
. . i . .
Known here among ouroiuesi citizens.
In his honor one of our prettiest
streets taken its name. As a town we
very much regret this death but bow
in humble submission, tendering our
sincerest sympathy to those bound
to him by the tenderest ties of affec
tion. m
The Newbernian says: "We
learn from the best authority that
Governor Russell will not open the
Newbern Fair. As there is consider
able feeling against the Governor in
our city, we are glad that he has de
clined Ihe, honor of opening the Fair."
It is stated that Tom Miller,
the well known colored Republican,
will be a candidate for Sheriff before
the next county convention of his
party. And, in the language of the
poet, "there are others."
Consul General Lee has cabled the
State Department that Mr. Hearst's
yacht, the Buccaneer, left Havana at
6 P. M. Friday.
HRE AT MAXTOrV I
Started in a Stable, and De
stroyed Several Buildings
With Contents.
LOSS $800; INSURANCE $200.
Maxton People the Best Unorganized Fire-
Fighters in This World It is Hoped
They Will Do Still Better id
the Next.
Special Star Telegram.1
Maxton, N. C, February 10. A
fire started in a stable at the rear of
John Leach's store about 6.30 o'clock
to-night and consumed that, together
with the stables of J. T. Pool and M. L.
McRae7 colored. Being in such close
proximity to the business part of the.
town great excitement prevailed, but
by heroic work of the people, white
and colored, the fire was prevented
from taking hold on the large sale
and food stables of A. J. McKinnon,
and from thence to Brick row, which
would have meant the destruction of
the larger of the business houses of
the town.
The loss is about eight hundred
dollars; insurance two hundred dol
lars. Mr. Leach had over two hun
dred bushels of corn burned, besides
forage; Mr. Pool lost feed and a
billiard table, besides his barn.
This fire has added another proof to
the testimony of the past that Maxton
people are among the best unorganized
fire-fighters in this world and it is to
be hoped that they will do still better-
in the next.
The origin of the fire is unknown ;
it was at first seen at the southwest
corner of the barn and shot up so rap
idly as to give rise to the suspicion of
incendiarism, though it was probahjy
the work of a careless smoker.
Died in Duplin
The Star learns with regret of the
death of Mrs: Whitehead, the mother
of Mr. Z. W. Whitehead, editor of the
Southern Milling and Lumber Jour
nal. She passed away yesterday af
ternoon at her home in Duplin coun
ty, near Wallace. Mr. Whitehead left
on the 7.15 train last evening to at
tend the funeral.
Mrs. Whitehead had been suffering
for some time from the effects of a fall
and on recovering from this she was
taken with la grippe, from which she
did not rally.
SUIT AGAINST HANCOCK.
The Action Brought by Mrs. Elizabeth
Abbott Will be Sustained.
Newbern Journal.
Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott has addressed
a note to W. D. Mclver, asking him
to see the other attorneys retained by
her in her suit against Robert Han
cock for $10,000, and state to them that
she wished the case proceeded with.
Mr. Mclver was out of the city yes
terday, but received the word from
Mrs. Abbott upon his return. The
other attorneys, Clark & Guion. and
X). Li. Ward were notified and they
agreed to take up the case again. The
suit is to be proceeded with as it would
have been had no notice of withdrawal
been made.
The clerk of the court, Mr. Watson,
was notified and also the attorneys for
the defence, Simmons, Pou and Ward.
The movement will cause general sur
prise, it is thought, as no such result
has been talked of.
NEWS FROM MAGNOLIA.
Marriage of Two Popular Young People
New Postmaster Judge Adams Sus
tains Commissioners.
A correspondent of the Star writes
as follows from Magnolia:
Miss Ada Elmore and Mr. Jamie
Carlton, a prominent farmer living
near here, were married in the Baptist
Church Wednesday, February 9, at 7
P. M. The ceremony was impressively
performed by Rev. C. G. Wells, of
Warsaw.
Mr. U. W . ttollingsworth has re
ceived his commission as postmaster at
this place and will take charge of the
office on the 15th. Miss Noble, the
present assistant, will be retained for
some tune.
In the license matter, heard before
Judge Adams at Chambers yesterday
(Thursday), his Honor decided that
the action of the County Board of
Commissioners in refusing to grant
license to J. A. Mathes was valid and
refused to issue mandamus. Duplin
now has no licensed saloon, nor is
there one on the W. ct W. R. R. be
tween Wilmington and Goldsboro.
HOMICIDE IN LENOIR.'
Scott
McArthur Beaten to Death
His Brother-in-Law, Prank
Faulkner.
by
Star Correspondence.
Kinston, N. C, February 10.
Scott McArthur. living three miles
from Kinston, was yesterday afternoon
badly beaten by Frank Faulkner, his
brother-in-law and neighbor, from the
effect of which he died last night.
There had been bad blood between
them for several months, and Faulkner
had gone to McArthur s house on busi
ness. Former disputes were revived,
words ensued, Faulkner threw Mc
Arthur to the ground and, it is stated,
struck him on the head with a sack,
Faulkner claims that deceased had an
open knife, and that when he struck
him he was cut in several places; but
an eye-witness states that McArthur
had no knife. It is intimated by some
that Faulkner cut his own clothing
after tne affray, for effect.
Faulkner is now in jail awaiting the
preliminary investigation. - Both were
men oi gooa standing ana prosperous
farmers, and the matter is deeply de
plored. During the week just closed
five marriage licenses were issued at
the Register of Deeds' office. Two
were for white couples and three for
colored.
Star.
1898.
m WM M Hm
Death of One of Wilmiorton's Most
Highly Respected Citizens, After
a Short Illness.
Mr. William M. Hayes, an aged,
well known and hjghly "esteemed
citizen of Wilmington, died at his late
home on Seventh street yesterday at
2.45 P. M. He had been seriously ill
only a few days, having been out
driving only last Tuesday. He was
afflicted with dropsy, and .for several
hours before his death suffered in
tensely.
Tbe deceased was in his 69th year
and had been a resident of Wilming
ton for fully half a century, having
come from Pennsylvania to take a po
sition in the typographical department
of the old Wilmington Journal. How
ever, he was born at Hagerstown, Md.
He continued with the Journal until
it suspended publication. He was later
on connected with the circulation de
partment of the. Stab. For about fif
teen vears he filled efficiently the po
sition of health officer f oi the city of
Wilmington. The poor condition of
his health has the past two years pre
vented his undertaking any work.
A wife and two sons, Mr. W. M.
Hayes, Jr., of this city, and Mr. J. F.
Hayes, of Lumberton, constitute the
immediate family which he leaves to
lament the loss of a tender and faith
ful husband and an affectionate father.
There is also a brother, Mr. Melton
Hayes, in Pittsburg, Pa.
Mr. Hayes was twice married, first
to Miss Julia Tilley and subsequently to
Miss Emma Petteway, both of this
city. The two sons are by his first
wife, who long since preceded him to
the grave.
It has been decided that the funeral
will not take place until some time
Sunday morning. It is probable that
there will be a short service at the
house, going from thence to Fifth
Street M. E. Church, of which the de
ceased was a consistent and useful
member. The remains will be interred
at Oakdale cemetery.
There will be definite announcement
as to the funeral in to-morrow's Star.
The deceased was a member of Cape.
Fear Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F. and the
remains will be buried with Odd Fel
lowship rites.
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Annual Statement of Sheriff Hewlett
of
New Hanover.
An adjourned meeting of New Han
over Uounty Audit Uommittee was
held last night to complete the work
for the past month, they not having
been able to dispatch all the business
Thursday night.
One matter which tended to mul
tiply the month's business was the an
nual settlement with the sheriff, Mr.
E. Hewlett. From the record of this
settlement for taxes of 1897 the fol
lowing interesting facts are gleaned ;
The net taxes collected for the
school fund was $27,834.79: net for
hospital fund, $2,813.87; net for pub
lic road fund, $2,514.27; net for mili
tary fund, $703.47; net for special
sinking fund, $2,411.89, and for the
general fund, $19,930.43..
The sheriff also reports a total of
$23,731.66 in State taxes paid to State
Treasurer Worth. Of this amount
$18,625.93 was for general tax; $2,-
472.34 for pensions; $1,440.85 from
the merchants' tax; $465.43 from
liquor tax, and $670.11 from the tax
on incomes.
VISITING ONSLOW HALL.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. A. Mclntyre and
Party of New York Passed Through
Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mclntyre
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon
on the 5:50 o'clock A. C. L. train
from New York city and left very soon
thereafter on a special train for On
slow Hall, their magnificant winter
home in Onslow county.
They were accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Kushman and' Mrw and
Mrs. William A; Nash who will be
Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre's guests at
Onslow Hall.
A number of servants came up this
morning from the Hall and when the
Mclntyre party arrived had the private
cars in readiness and a sumptuous
supper spread in the dining apartment.
To a Star representative Mr. Mcln
tyre said that he and Mrs. Mclntyre
would spend about a month at Onslow
Hull and during that time they expect
quite a number of guests from the
North as well as other sections of the
country. His family- other than Mrs.
Mclntyre have been at the Hall for
some time.
The party was met yesterday at the
deoot by Mr. C. M. Whitlock and
other Wilmington gentlemen, who
did all in their power to add to the
comfort and pleasure of the visitors.
"WIELDS A GREAT INFLUENCE."
"It Stands on the Chicago Platiforn With
Both Feet"
Webster's Weekly.
The Wilmington Star greeted its
readers on New Year's Day in a brand
new dress. Such an evidence of pros
perity is gratifying indeed to the
friends of that sterling journal. The
Star is the State's oldest daily, having
been founded by its present proprietor,
Mr. W. H. Bernard, over thirty years
ago. It has always been ably edited
and has wielded a great influence in
Democratic councils. It stands on the
Chicago platform with both feet and
is doing valiant service in exposing
Republican h umbuggery on the alt
important financial question. May
its silvery light never be diminished.
NO. 17
"EXPULSION" OF
DUPUY DE LOME.
English Newspapers Unanimous
ly Endorse the Position of
the United States.
CRITICISM OF MR. McKINLEY.
The Government Morally Justified in
.Saying the War Mast End and Cuba
be Given Peace Suppressed
Excitement in Madrid.
Copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press.
London, Feb. 12. -The be Lome in
cident has excited little interest in
England, but the opinions expressed
almost unanimously endorse the post-
tion of the United States. The daily
newspapers, with the exception of the
Morning Poet, have adopted the view
that the administration took the right
course. The Sackville-West incident
naturally has been much quoted ; but
it must be added that it has always
been on the most friendly terms to
ward the United States.
The weekly newspapers express the
opmion that President McKinley
would have done better to ignore
Dupuy De Lome, and the Statist says
mat a man better qualihed to con
duct the foreign affars of the United
States than Mr. Sherman would re
fuse to notice De Lome" andevery one
participating in the affair ; Adding, "a
government based on popular suttrage
las to expect free criticism."
Uontinuing. tne statist says it does
not see why President McKinley.
"who is accustomed to the rough as
well as the smooth of politics," shows
susceptibility and objects to allow
foreigners the freedom he admits in
the case of his fellow citizens."
The Spectator thinks the "practical
expulsion of De Lome will produce
fresh difficulties between Spain and
America, although the incident ought
not
to change the situation in any
way. uontmumg, the Spectator says:
"If President McKinley were wise he
would have promptly declared that he
would not pay any attention whatever
to the purloined private letter, how
ever genuine. President McKinley
should have publicly called on De
Lome and informed him that
he does not need his assu-
tce that the letter was a
orgery, the bad taste and vulanritv
of the language being ample proof of
the fact. If he had had the nerve or
wisdom to do that, he would have im
mensely raised his prestige both
abroad and in his own country. At
the same time, one cannot be sur
prised that the United States failed to
treat the letter with the contempt it
merited. We do not for a moment
suggest that the Executive failed to
ignore it because it was ignorant of
diplomatic usage, or because it was
not sumcientiy good mannered to be
self-restrained under provocation. The
Americans are as good-mannered as
other people, and their politicians and
officials are perfectly aware of how
Lord Salisbury or M. Hanotaux would
have disposed of a similar letter, and
can. guess accurately how President
Lincoln would have treated it. It is
not lack of manners or traditions
which made the United States Gov
ernment take the incident too serious
ly, but rather the want of firmness
and savior cure which has been
shown by the present administration
throughout its term of office."
The Spectator is not sorry the 'mo
ment may be approaching when the
United States will intervene to stop
the agonies of Cuba;" adding: " Their
only hope is m the United States stern
ly declaring that the Spanish troops
must leave, and that the Cubans be al
lowed to settle then own fate. That
the United States will be morally jus
tified in saying the war must end, and
that Cuba be given peace, there is no
doubt for a moment. "
Peeling in Madrid.
Madrid advices show that the De
Lome affair created much suppressed
iv m i
excitement mere, xne puonc com
ments of the diplomats and part of the
press were generally unobjectionable,
but there was an undercurrent of
bitterness on all sides. Even some
days before the incident became known
there had been a particularly nervous
feeling in regard to the relations with
the United States as evidenced by tbe
unusual precaution taken to guard the
residence of the United States minister,
General Stewart L. Woodford.
Any rumor, however absurd, was
taken as gospel in the alarmist
circles, even though a repetition of
news which was staler weeks ago. For
instance, quite a ferment was caused
by a reference to the fact that United
States warships were off the Dry Tor
tugas and it was taken as evidence
that the blockade of Cuba had already
Degun. The advent of the French
cruiser Uubourdciu at Havana was
hailed with delight by the Madrid press,
and much was made of the polite re
mark addressed by the French admiral
to the Government officials upon tbe
occassion of his con)plimentary visit.
These remarks are said to have . been
most flattering in regard to the estab
lishment of a new regime, and were,
itis said, accompanied by hearty wishes
that peace would soon result from the
establishment of autonomy.
COUNTERFEITING COIN.
A Citizen of Gloucester, Va., Arrested
and Sent to the Grand Jury.
By Telegraph to tbe Horning Star.
Richmond, February 12. A special
to the Dispatch from Gloucester
Courthouse, Virginia, says: "J. W.
Price, who has been doing a small
jewelry and watch-cleaning business
near Roanes for about six months, was
arrested night before last on the charge
of counterfeiting coin. Last night
Price was before Justice John Tabbe,
who sent him on to the grand jury.
Price told Mr. Montague, so the fatter
claims, that he made coin and shipped
it to New York. He also -told Mr.
Webb that he was a money coiner.
Price says if he talked to Montague
and Webb, as said, he was drunk and
knew nothing about it.
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FROM WOODFORD.
Spain's Good Faith in the Matter
of Reciprocity and Autono
my Open to Doubt.
POINTS IN DE LOME'S LETTER.
if
Not Disavowed Voluntarily May Be
come tbe Subject of Further Diplo
matic Correspondence That
May Lead to Trouble.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, February 12. The
policy of the administration concern
ing the De Lome incident can be stated
briefly as definitely and on authority
not open to question as follows:
"The President is awaitiug the full
report of United States Minister Wood
ford, who, in the brief report already
made, stated that fuller details will be
forwarded. So far as the personal al
lusions of the late minister to the Pre
sident are concerned the incident is un
doubtedly closed. No demand has
been or will be made according to the
present intentions, for a disavowal of
them, though should it be made it
would be regarded as a graceful act.
But, the inferences in the letter which
bring in question Spain's good
faith on questions of reciprocity
and inferentially autonomy for
Cuba, if not disavowed volun
tarily, may become the subject
of further diplomatic correspondence;
though as to this matter, as has been
stated heretofore, the President will
await Minister Woodford's fuller ad
vices before anything is decided upon.
This feature of the ex-Ministor'stetter
is entirely disassociated from the per
sonal aspect which resulted in his re
tirement It is confidently expected
by the government that Spain will
take early opportunity to disavow the
statements of its late representative
so far as they tend to commit Spain to
a policy which leaves her good faith
open to doubt. It is felt to be more
desirable that this government should
have no doubt as to Spain's real pur
poses and feelings on these vital ques
tions, which have been subjects of ne
gotiation and are likely to become such
in tbe immediate future.
Up to 1.30 o'clock this afternoon Mr.
Woodford had not yet forwarded the
full report of the interview had by
him with the Spanish foreign office.
A point that may become of impor
tance in considering the propriety of
the action of the Spanish Government
in accepting the resignation of the
minister without disclaiming respon
sibility for any of the utterances con
tained in his letter has been broached.
The Spanish Government, it is said,
may not be aware of the contents of
the letter; there is reason to believe
that when it acted upon Mr. DeLome's
resignation, if indeed not up to the
present moment, the Spanish for
eign office did not have be
fore it the full text of the
letter, and may have acted on the as
sumption that the document contained
only personal criticisms upon the
President. In this case the statement
respecting the autonomy and recipro
city measures, which it appears are re
garded as of greater importance than
personal critcisms passed by the minis
ter upon the President, may not have
been known to the Spanish Govern
ment. The fact that Senor Canalejas,
the person addressed by the minister,
who is now in Madrid, is said to have
declared to the government that he
never received the letter, would war- -rant
such an assumption, unless the
cable has been freely used by the
Spanish legation here, tor this govern
ment has not cabled the letter.
At the Spanish legation affairs have
assumed a normal condition.. Senor
Du Bosc is in charge. He did not go
to tne state Department tnis morning.
This afternoon he made calls on the
foreign representatives, thus fulfilling
a social duty by whieh the fact of his
assuming charge of the post is made
known to them.
Senor De Lome is busy winding up
his affairs and preparing f ordeparture.
The time of leaving has not been set.
Mme. De Lome is directing the unex
pectedly hasty work of packing, and
reports of her being prostrated by the
recent occurrence are groundless. ' No
intimation has come to any one at the
legation as to the new 'minister. The
several names mentioned in the news
papers are well known, but all com
ment is purely conjectural.
Representative Lewis, of Washing
ton has prepared a joint resolution
which he will offer in the House on
Monday, expressing it to be the sense
of the House ana Senate that the
President decline to recognize the
resignation of Senor De Lome, the
Spanish Minister, and instead, inform
him that he is persona non grata.
A Cablegram from Woodford.
Washington, February 12. Late
to-night the State Department re
ceived a cablegram from Minister
Woodford. It relates presumably to
the incident created by the publica
tion of Minister DeLome's letter to
Senor Canalejas, although, owing to
the late hour of its receipt, its con
tents will not be known before to
morrow.: The cablegram is in the de
partment cipher, and is between two
and three hundred words long. It
is supposed by the State Depart
ment officials to be in response
to instructions to Minister Woodford
to advise the department concerning
the action taken by the Madrid Gov
ment with reference to the De Lome
incident and to be supplementary to
Minister Woodford's dispatch announ
cing the acceptance by the Spanish
ministry of the resignation of Minister
De Lome. Until the receipt of the
cablegram to-night nothing had been
heard by the State Department from
maana since Minister Woodford An-
ISA I JlmO1. An J J.1 1
wu uum it contains no tning of
ticularly serious import.
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