(i. W. KRAMER, Editor.
M’CRORY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1901.
VOL. I.—NO. 12.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AN1) POLITICAI.
On the 13th Kir Claude MacDonald,
British minister to China, arrived at
San Francisco, on the steamer Hong
Kong Maru, en route to London.
Improvement in Mrs. McKinley’s
condition enables the president to
spend more time in his office. On the
13th he saw quite a number of peo
ple.
Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, the govern
ment leader, answering a questioner
in the. British house of commons, on
the 13th, said there was no foundation
for the rumors afloat of peace nego
tiations with the Boers. The Boer
strength in the field was estimated to
be 17,000 men.
On the 13th Paul W. Linebager, a
well-known Chicago republican, re
ceived notice from Washington, that
he had been appointed a United
States judge to act in the Philippines.
On the 13th C. Arthur Pearson,
owner of about thirty publications in
England, among them being the
Daily Express, of London, arrived at
Kew York on the Oceanic. Mr. Pear
son said that he would visit the Pan
American exposition.
Upon the joint request of the moth
er and widow of Baron Yon Ketteler,
Emperor William has caused a dis
patch to be sent to the German min
ister in Pekin, Dr. Mumm von
Schwartzenstein, directing that the
body of his predecessor lie disinterred
and transported to Berlin for final in
terment, later, on the paternal es
tate.
On the 13th Frank Evans, cf Ser
geant Bluff, Ta., after living ten weeks
with a broken neck, died. Ilis neck
was dislocated while playing ball.
On the 13th President Loubet of
France received Hon. David B. Hen
derson, speaker of the United States
house of representatives, and ltepre
sentative Gillet, of New York,.
On the 13th M. De Aspiroz, Mexican
embassador, and Jose Godoy, arrived
at Buffalo, N. Y„ from Washington.
The Mexican building was dediciated
on the 14th.
Former Gov. Ilazen S. Pingree, of
Michigan, is in London, suffering
from a bad attack of dysentery. In
flammation of the intestines has de
veloped, and there are symptoms of
peritonitis.
On the 14th Senator Hanna an
nounced the appointment of Hon.dohn
Blodgett, of Grand Kapids, Mich., as
a member of the republican national
committee to fill the vacancy in that
body caused by the recent death of
lion. Wm. Elliott, of Michigan.
Hon. William J. Bryan will speak
in Watertown, N. Y., on the 25th, at
the invitation of Lev. H. N. Dunning,
pastor of the Stone Street Presby
terian church and formerly of Lin
coln, Neb.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage,
acting under the recent decisions of
the United States supreme court in
the insular eases, has held that no
drawbacks can be allowed on mer
chandise shipped to the Hawaiian is
lands after July 7, 1898, these islands
having ceased to be a foreign country
within the meaning of the tariff laws
under the joint resolution of congress
annexing the islands to the United
States approved on that date.
On the 14tli an obscure otlicial of
the Russian ministry of the interior
was attacked,but no injured in St. Pe
tersburg, by a man who was not iden
tified. The incident gave rise to a re
port that a Nihilist outrage had been
committed.
On the l?th serious rioting was re
ported at the La Motte and D'Aveil
lan’s mines, in Fiance, owing to the
refusal of the companies to discharge
Italian workmen. Several houses
were sacked and numbers of persons
were injured. A force of infantry and
horse artillery was sent to assist the
local gendarmerie.
On the 14th the Pennsylvania lim
ited, east-bound, was wrecked near
Rochester, Pa., by a rear-end collision
with a freight train. Mrs. Amos Mil
linger, of Dubuque, la., was the only
person hurt. She was slightly cut
and bruised by being thrown against
a mirror.
It. G. 1'un & Co. reported on the
15th: “Failures for the week num
bered 171' in the United States,
against 10* last year, and 23 in Cana
da, against 21 last year.”
On the 14th the battleship Illinois
arrived at the shipyard at Newport
News, Va., after a remarkable run
down the coast, during which she
made an average speed of 16 knots an
hour under natural draught.
t On the night of the 34th the wood
en side-wheeler Northtield, which had
been in the service of the Staten Is
land Ferry Co. for the past 38 years,
was rammed, in North river, by the
steel-hulled propoller Mauch Chunk,
used as a ferry boat by the Central
railroad of New Jersef. In 20 minutes
the Northtield, which was crowded
with hundreds of passengers, went to
the bottom. The loss of life was \a
riously estimated, the highest figure
being 100. but latest reports said that
(guly one pt reon was missing,
A preliminary census volume just
issued gives the population of the five
largest cities of England, exclusive of
London, as follows: Liverpool, 684,
947; Manchester, 543,969; Birming
ham, 522.162; Leeds, 42S.953; Shef
field, 380.717.
On the 14tli, by courtesy of the
navy department, the yacht Indepen
dence was placed in the drydock at
the Boston navy yard, to have her
rudder changed and her hull cleaned
CONDENSED TEI EGRAMS.
On the 16th Lord Kitchener cabled
from Pretoria as follows: ‘‘Near Wcl
mansrust, 20 miles south of Middel
burg, 230 Victorian mounted rifles
from Gen. Beaston’s column were sur
prised in camp at Steenkoolspruit by
a superior force of Boers at 7:30 p.
m., June 12. The enemy crept, up to
within short range and poured a
deadly fire into the camp, killing two
officers and 16 men, and wounding
four officers and 38 men, of whom 28
were slightly wounded. Only two of
ficers and 50 men escaped to Gen.
Beaston’s camp. The remainder were
taken prisoners and released. Two
pompons were captured by the ene
my.”
Colonels Infant and Guivara, repre
sentathes of Gen. Cailles, at Manila,
on the 15th, signed the name of their
principal to an agreement to sur
render. Under the terms of this agree
ment Gen. Cailles is to assemble his
men at Santa Cruz, Laguna province,
as quickly as possible, and there sur
render himself and his command to
the American authorities. The exact
number of his force is uncertain, but
there will probably be more than five
hundred.
At Boswell, N. M., on the 16tli, Ar
thur Kline, a well-known stockman,
shot and killed his wife, Beatrice
Kline, dangerously wounded Marshal
Maddox and probably fatally wound
ed the landlady with whom Mrs. Kline
was living, who attempted to inter
fere, and then committed suicide.
Kline was crazed by jealousy, his wife
having deserted him.
The Mexican government has com
pleted plans for a new post office
edifice in the City of Mexico which
will be built near the School of
Mines, in what is now the center of
the city, 'the building- will be wholly
of steel frame work, and fireproof. A
Chicago firm of architects received
part of the contract.
Gen. William Montgomery Gardner,
a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars, died at Memphis, Tenn., on the
16th, aged 78. Gen. Gardner gradu
ated from the military academy at
West Point in the class of 1846.
The steamer Lucania, the first of
the Cunard vessels to be fitted with
the Marconi system of wireless tele
graphy, made communication with
the shore, on the 16th, when 20 mile*
out from Liverpool.
William Fitzgerald, a farmer, 40
years old, living five miles southwest
of Oshkosh, Wis., was struck by
lightning while standing in the door
of his barn, on the night of the 16th,
and instantly killed. A cow' in the
barn was hit by the bolt and .Tames
Fitzgerald, father of William, en
gaged in milking, was pinned under
the animal when it fell over. lie was
not seriously injured.
A cablegram received at the state
department, on the 17th, from United
States Minister Kyan, at Petropolis,
announced that the Brazilian govern
ment had paid the indemnity request
ed for the destruction by a mob of a
Bajitist chapel in the province of
Nietheroy, maintained by the Ameri
can Baptist mission.
Ambassador Cainbon, of France, left
Washington, on the 17th, for Chicago,
to receive the degree of LL. 1). from
the University of Chicago. This is the
second American university to give
this high degree to the French am
bassador, Harvard having bestowed
the doctorate upon him two years
ago.
Charles Betts, 13 years old, who was
charged with the murder of a farmer
near Winfield, ICas., was put upon the
stand, on the 17th, for cross-exami
nation. The boy was cool and was
not mixed in his answers. His recital
of all the details of the story had a
good effect on the jury.
Asa, eight years old, and Carl, aged
11, sons of Adam lloger, of Laketon,
Ind., were drowned in Eel river on the
16th. They, with several companions,
were bathing, when the younger hoy
got beyond his depth, and in attempt
ing to rescue him the elder was
dragged down.
A. N. Townsend, agent in New York
city for the Hong Kong and Shanghai
banking corporation, received a cable
message, on the 17th, saying that
250,000 Mexican dollars, stolen from
the company on May 24, at Singapore,
had been recovered in Ceylon.
Miss May Hossmer, the actress, and
George Buss Fiske, actor and singer,
were, married in Chicago on the 17th.
Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Fiske, of Salem,
Mass., parents of the groom, came
west to witness the ceremony.
A fishing schooner named the Lady
Clare was lost, on the 17tli. by being
crushed in the ice in the Strait of
•Bene Isle. Forty-seven persons on
1 board were rescued. i
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS,
Arkansas is Sixty-Five Years Old.
On June 15 Arkansas was 65 years
old. The first census of Arkansas was
taken in 1820, and Ihe following ta
ble will show that the state has well
maintained its position in the regu
larity of growth and rank, the rank
in 1820 being twenty-fifth, and in
1000 it was twenty-fifth. No state in
the Union shows such uniformity in
keeping its rank. The following table
explains itself:
Den
Year. Rank. Population. Slaves, sity.
1820 .25th 14,235 3,617 0.3
1830 . 27th 30,388 4,576 0.6
1840 .25th 97,575 19,935 1.8
1850 .26th 209,897 47,100 4.0
1860 .25th 435,450 111,115 8.2
1870 .26th 484,471 9.1
1880 .25th 802,525 15.1
1890 .24th 1.128,179 21.3
1900 . 25th 1,311,564 ....... 24.7
[Arkansas was admitted to the Union
as a state June 15, 1836, when President
Andrew Jackson signed the act which of
ficially appears on page 50 of volume 5
of the United States statutes. The admis
sion as a territory took place 17 years be
fore, on March 2, 1819, by virtue of an act
approved by President James Monroe
and recorded on page 493 of volume 3.
United States statutes. For a period of
seven years Arkansas was not considered
a member of the Union, owing to do
mestic trouble. The legislature, on May
6. 1861, by a joint vote of 69 to 1, passed
an ordinance of secession, but was re
stored to membership June 22, 1868, by
the seating of her members of congress ]
A Bloody Deed at Hamburg:.
At Hamburg, Ashley county, John
Heboid, white, was taken from the
calaboose and lynched. The.sheriff
made an attempt to resist the mob,
but was overpowered. McLoid was
taken to the woods and hanged, and
his body riddled with bullets. A dis
patch sent from Little Rock says Mc
Loid was arrested for being drunk.
The body was found with the head
mashed into a perfect pulp, the
brains being some distance from the
head. It is supposed he was struck
with an ax on the head. His body con
tained 18 bullet holes. No cause
can be assigned for the inhuman deed
except an old grudge held against
him.
Raining; Money lor Prosecution.
Friends of Sol Fluker, one of the
colored men killed at Fine Bluff, a
few days ago, are endeavoring to
raise $5,000, to be used in prosecuting
the Clegg boys, who did the killing.
They will secure the best legal talent
in Arkansas to assist the state. The
Cleggs were bound over to await *!■“
action of the grand jury.
Extended Sixty Days.
flow Davis has reprieved for 60 days
the death sentence of 'Will Bussey,
sentenced to hang at Camden, June
29, the prosecuting witness having
sworn that Bussey did not commit
the crime for which he was con
victed.
Enrekn Springs Visitors.
An excursion from Pittsbug,Galena,
Joplin, Carthage and intermediate
points on the Frisco carried 4,000 peo
ple to Eureka Springs There were
48 coaches in five sections. One sec
tion of 12 cars carried 1,500 people.
Wreck on the Cotton Relt.
A wreck on the Cotton Belt, neat
Fine Bluff, due to spreading rails, de
molished 15 cattle cars, killed six head
of cattle, twenty head of sheep, and
delayed traffic for several hours. No
one was seriously hurt.
Two Killed in Pine UlulT Unci.
Kobert. and Tom Clegg, white, shot
and killed Everett Fluker and his
nephew, Sol Fluker, colored, in a four
cornered duel, at Fine Bluf?. Everett
Fluker was one of the wealthiest ne
groes in the state.
Got n Verdict for $400.
The case of Hartgrove & Clegg v«.
The Southern Cotton Oil Co., at Little
llock, resulted in a \erdict of $400 for
plaintiffs. They sited for $40,000 for
alleged breach of contract in feeding
a lot of cattle.
Sny» He Killed Five Men.
Beedy Vance, a Chinaman, while on
tiial for murder at Little Kook, told
with great pride that he had killed
live men, and laughed at the mention
of hie possible punishment.
Shot From Ambush.
Webb Norris, a leading young man
of New London, Union county, was
shot from ambush, while standing in
the porch at his home, and fatally
wounded.
Society Wedding at Little Rock.
A society wedding was that of
Aaron Frank and Miss Ilattie Loeb
at the Temple lVNai Israel, Little
llock. ltabbi Louis Wolsey officiated.
Violated Sunday Law.
Forty-one tines were assessed at
Little llock, against saloonkeepers,
for violating the Sunday law. There
teems a determination to enforce it.
In Lee t'onnty.
In Lee county the weather has beeu
favorable for the sultivalion of crops.
Cotton and corn are from ten to
twenty days later than usual.
Clegg Brothers Ont on Bond.
Kobcrt and Thomas Clegg, charged
with the killing of Linkers, at Pine
Bluff, not long ago, have been nr
leased on a bond $20,000 bond.
L
Records in the Cases of Filipinos
Convicted by Military Courts
of Atrocious Crimes.
DETAILS OF SEVERAL NOTABLE CASES.
The Filipino Bnnilitu Prove Tbem
■pIvon to lie Cnpnble of the Most
Horrible Crimes, Which Must be
Met With Determined Repressive
Measures.
Washington, June 18.—A Philippine
mail brings to the war department
the records in 11 cases wherein Fili
pinos were tried by military commis
sions on charges including murder,
criminal assault, kidnaping, assault
and battery, burglarj, and violation
of the rules of war.
An Fspeeiully Notable Case.
An especially notable case arose out
of the operations of a famous oath
bound band of Filipinos called the So
ciety of the Sandatahans.” The prin
cipal office of this society, next to a
triumvirate of chiefs, are a chief ex
ecutioner and assistants, and a requi
site number of grave diggers, who
participate in the self-appointed work
of the band. The leaders select their
victim, capture and carry him away
in the night to a secret rendezvous,
on a sandy beach covered with very
tall grass, where the diggers already
have prepared the grave. Here, in the
presence of the assembled band, help
less men and women, from time to
time, have been stabbed to death and
tossed into the graves. The members
of the band then disperse, and trust
to the rise and fall of the nearby wa
ters to hide 1he evidence of their
ghastly work. Ten members of the
band, including two of the chiefs,
were tried before a military commis
sion, and eight of them were sen
tenced to be hanged.
in approving the sentence, Gen.
llacArthur says:
* “To the re> iewing authority it is
evident that there can be no hope of
peace for the Filipino people, nor se
curity for their lives and property,
until they shall learn to unite against
all bands of murderers and assassins,
under whatever name they shall a<
seme, and come to the assistance of
the officers of the law in their de
termination to bring them all to jus
tice.'’
Seven Were MnMnncreil.
In another case an armed band ol
about 25 Filipinos carried away nine
of the inhabitants of the Barrio of
Casantulairan, and by repeated blows
from the butts of their rifles drove
them to the presidencia of Cabaruan.
Here all hands drank freely of vino,
and the prisoners were made drunk.
Then, according to the testimony of
two of the prioners, who escaped, the
other seven were led off in the direc
tion of a grove of trees, where, two
days later,their beheaded oodies were
discovered. The members of the band
who were captured received sentences
of death in some cases, and imprison
ment at hard labor for varying terms
in others.
Trleil on Fonr Chartres.
A native named Miranda was
tried on four charges. A band, under
his leadership, ambushed, robbed and
killed two native brothers. Later the
accused led his band against the coun
try house of a native, set it afire,
looted its contents, and carried off
into the field three daughters of the
owner, robbing them of their jewelry.
Three days later his band attacked
the town residence of the same native
and thoroughly sacked it. His last
crime was the murder of a native
named Abelino, who frequented a
gambling house kept by hisinamorata,
for the sole reason that Abelino had
not paid a gambling debt. Miranda
was sentenced to be hanged.
A Trnitornnii Official.
.Tose Baligod, the president-elect of
pueblo of Tuao, under the system es
tablished by the American govern
ment, while exercising the functions
of his oflice, became cognizant of the
organization of a band in a neighbor
ing barrio for the purpose of attack
ing the small garrison of 19 American
soldiers stationed at Tuao. He trai
torously co-operated with the lead
er of the band, advised him as to the
most auspicious time to make ah at
tack, intercepted a messenger sent to
warn the Americans, and otherwise
treacherously abused the trust of his
oflice. He was sentenced to be con
fined at hard labor for 20 years.
Set Upon liy Natives.
Severino de Guia, vice-president of
Bacoor. while returning in a carro
mata (a native vehicle) from Sanni
colns, Cavite province, was set upon
by a native band. They struck the
coachman senseless, and carried o'f
the vice-presidente and his two young
sons, who were with him at the time.
Home distance off they shot him dead
before the eyes of his children, and
flung his remains on a pile of rocks.
A member of the band, who was cap
tured, was sentenced to be hanged.
MILITARY DESPOTISM,
Ostrnilble Civil Government Renting
I'lion Half Concenle«l llnyonetn
for the Philippines.
Secretary Root, in an interview,
»ets forth clearly anil distinctly the
fact that the president’s reliance for
authority in the Philippines is solely
upon the military power. Secretary
Root’s interview, which may be
copied as the official interpretation of
the president’s present policy in the
Philippines, says:
"In the Philippines the president has an
nounced a distinct policy of governing the
Islands under his power as commander in
chief of the army, with a constant regard
for the rights of the people and with the
determination, as rapidly as conditions
would allow, to diminish the use of mili
tary agencies and increase the employment
of civil representatives of his power. This
policy will be adhered to, and will be ex
tended, as occasion requires, to every
branch of government in the Islands.”
The matter no less than the man
ner of this announcement is startling:.
The president relies upon his military
power—"his” power, not the power
of a constitutional popular govern
ment, nor even the power of congress
as enlarged by Justice Brown's deci
sion—but upon “his” power as a mil
itary dictator. The poor makeshift
of the Spooner amendment, where
by congress attempted to abdicate its
powers, is contemptuously brushed
aside. The president will continue
to rule as the man on horseback,
with the bayonet as his symbol and
the Mauser rifle as his prime min
ister.
Of course, all will be done “with a
constant regard for the rights of
the people,” and “with the determina
tion to diminish the use of military
agencies and increase the employ
ment of civil representatives of his
power.” That goes without saying.
George TIT. never intended to rely
permanently upon the Hessians to
carry out his plans for “the rights
of the people” in the colonies; his
idea also was, as far as feasible, to
“increase the employment of civil
representatives of his power.” In
fact, he did employ the civil repre
sentatives of his power until the peo
ple unreasonably demanded that their
power be recognized, when he was
obliged to resort to the military. It
was the custom of Julius Caesar and
of the Roman emperors, as soon as
they had benevolently assimilated a
conquered nation, to give it some
form of civil government, subject to
the power anil caprice of the Roman
ruler.
There is little to be chosen between
a military despotism, pure and sim
ple, and an ostensible civil govern
ment resting upon half-concealed bay
onets, such as the empire of the third
Nhpoleon, for instance—and, of the
two. the military despotism, plain
and undisguised, is the lionester and
in the end less destructive of liberty.
Could the secretary of war in any
cabinet prior to rresident McKin
ley's have uttered such language as is
attributed to Secretary Root without,
causing an instant investigation by
congress, and, in case the president
sanctioned Ihese words, impeachment
proceedings against the president ns
an intending usurper and subverter
of our form of government? What is
the matter with congress? Has pat
ronage hopelessly corrupted the rep
resentatives of the people? Whither
are we drifting?—Albany Argus.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
-Why do we wish to hold the col
onies for their trade, and then force
the Ding-ley tariffs against them?—In
dianapolis News (Ind.).
-As a matter of fact McKinley has
shown more imperialism than Grant
did, but the country is becoming mifre
accustomed to it, and there is some
delusion in the fact that McKinley is
not a military man. It is very probable
that the republican nomination can be
secured for him.—Indianapolis Senti
nel.
-It is gratifying to find that some
limitations are recognized in connec
tion with the imperial power vested in
the executive. Apparently Mr. Knox
and Mr. Knot shrink from declaring
that Mr. McKinley can levy taxes upon
the American people which only eon
trress is competent to levy. But as for
the poor Filipinos, they hold that he
ran rule them absolutely under the
“military power.” He can even set up
a civil government, so-called, and still
remain absolute dictator by military
power.—Boston Post.
-Mr. Hanna is reported to have
said that he does not expect any great
change to be made in the Dingley tariff
bill by the next congress and the ad
ministration is said to be opposed to
any such change. These expressions
are entirely natural. There is in the
republican party a disposition to
change the tariff laws, and if some op
position is not shown the cut made
might be very deep. Hence, these
words of opposition are merely in the
nature of a move to prevent radicalism
in dealing with the favorite law of the
republican party. The people of this
country will not submit to a law which
results in foreigners being charged
less for American goods than an Amer
ican is charged. And no one knows this
better than the republican party. Its
ear is never a foot from the ground.—
| Dallas (Tex.) News,
TRICKSTERS IN TROUBLE.
Certain Republican* Are Raising »
Row Over McKinley's Re
ciprocity Toy.
Representative Dalzel), who repre
sents the gigantic industrial infants
of Pennsylvania on the ways and
means committee, is badly frightened.
When Mr. McKinley assured him
that the Babcock bill and similar
measures would amount to nothing
he replied: “They will split the re
publican party. They amount to that
much at least.”
Therefore, Mr. Dalzell is urging all
congressmen who look upon tha
Dingley fetich as too sacred to be
touched to meet him in Washington,
that they may take counsel together.
It is safe to say that Mr. McKin
ley himself is not so confident as he
pretends to be. His outgivings for
the past two years and more to tha
effect that, we must seek foreign mar
kets by means of reciprocity treaties
show that he perceives the danger to
the fetich. He sees that something
must be done to pacify such republic
ans as Mr. Babcock, who are able to
see the connection between monopoly
combines and the tariff, and who
think the people can see it and will
make trouble unless something is
done to remove the great bulwark
of the confederated monopolies.
The McKinley plan for saving tha
Dingley tariff is to make a lot of
reciprocity dickers and parade them
before the people as the only thing
to build up the export trade. His
theory is that if the people are
amused with reciprocity treaties and
colonial toys they will think no more
about the tariff-fattened combines
and the Dingley tariff except as it is
touched in spots by the treaties.
But Mr. Dalzell and his like are
no better pleased with reciprocity
treaties than they are with Babcock
bills. They regard both as wicked
devices of the enemy of sacred Ding
leyism. Besides, they perceive that
men like Mr. Babcock are not going
to rest content with the reciprocity
mode of favoritism, because they
know that manufacturers who can
export their products and sell them
under the very noses of their most
formidable rivals do not need protec
tion at all.
The McKinley attempt to substitute
reciprocity treaties of more than
doubtful constitutionality for the re
moval of duties which serve only to
enable their beneficiaries to exact
far more from Americans than they
are glad to get from foreigners will
not work.
It, will not satisfy the Dalzell pro
tectionists. who mean to fight to the
death against reduction of duties in
any degree or manner. It wifi not
satisfy such republicans as Mr. Bab
cock, who do not believe that those
who need no protection should have
a tariff to shield them in robbing
their own countrymen while supply
ing foreigners at competitive prices.
It will not satisfy the victims of the
tariff-buttressed combines — victims
who cannot be kept in ignorance of
the fact that they are forced to pay
from $15 to $20 for an article which
the same American manufacturer
sells to foreigners for ten dollars.
The president’s reciprocity toy will
not satisfy anybody, because it will
not fool anybody. Republicans who
want a tariff for protection stand
face to face with republicans who
want a tariff for robbery only. The
conflict between them is irrepressi
ble.
No reciprocity cl lexers or juggn-i J
of adroit politicians can reconcile
them or avert the impending struggle
for mastery.—Chicago Chronicle.
_What has become of the “home
market” theory? A few years ago we
heard nothing from the g. o. p. spell
binders but frantic appeals to save
the home market from the despoiling
hands of foreigners. “Give 114 the
home market and we care nothing for
the world!” shouted the g. o. p. spell
binder. We hear nothing of the home
market now. It. is all about the
“world’s markets.” The protected in
fants keep up a perpetual cry for pro
tection against foreign competition,
except now and then when they boast
about their competition with foreign
ers. Protection logic is suffering from
curvature of the spine. — Omaha
World-Herald.
_'Phe supreme court has decided
that toward the outlying possessions
of the United States congress stands
in the position of an imperial parlia
ment, with power to impqse its will
upon the inhabitants. The administra
tion goes a step further and assumes
that all powers in this territory are for
the time being vested in the president,
not by act of congress, but by virtue of
his authority as the head of the army.
It is well to have the theory of the ad
ministration thus clearly stated. It is
quite evident why, in adopting thi$
theory, the president did not deem it
advisable to summon congress in Mtr»
session to consider it.—Philadelphia
Times. __
-“President McKinley does net
hanker for an extra session of con
gress, which, weak and pliable as it has
recently been, might be rendered un
ruly by that supreme court decision.—
Albany Argus.