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JOB PRINTING The Job department of the PUBIS lscompleu *d4 iff. rd~ facilities for doing 'he best c.fcss of Pork. PAH 1 1CLI.AH A l'riN i ION PAIOTO Law HINTING. No paper will be discontinued ntil arrear riges are paid, except at the option of tho pub isher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. JOHN <;. LEWIS, colored, who was the other day confirmed by the senate as receiver of public moneys for the Natchitoches district, Louisiana, de clares that be was not an applicant for the position and will not qualify. He states that he is living at peace with the white people of bis section and has no desire to cause any rupture between the races by accepting an office which would be distasteful to the white peo ple. THE buran or snow hurricane of the J'amir, is a meteorologi'.-al phenome non of great interest. Even in mid summer the temperature during a snow buran frequently falls to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, while in the winter of 1 stia-!):: it dropped to degrees below zero at the end of January. The buran tomes with startling suddenness, the atmosphere growing dark with whirl ing snow-flakes where scarcely a min ute before the sky was perfectly clear. Since the death of Inventor lveeley there has been examination of his workshop in Philadelphia, which con firms to some extent the theory of many scientific men that compressed air was really the secret of Keeley's mysterious force. The great spherical reservoir is there and tubing with high pressure joints was found deftly concealed in partitions anil ceilings or t-cattered around as though likely to be called upon at any time for service. TKI TII says: "There is absolutely no foundation whatever for the report which has been going round the papers, both at home and abroad, that a mar riage will take place next year between Princess Victoria of Wales and Prince George of tireece, the governor general of Crete. No such alliance is, or ever lias been, in contemplation, and the whole story is the purest of fictions, a.s also is the talk about Princess Vic toria having wished to become a hos pital nurse. THOMAS SMITH, consul at Moscow, reports that the Russian ministry of the interior is at present considering the qviestion of constructing a net work of electric railways in lliga. The town corporation has taken this mat ter in hand. The ministry has ex pressed its willingness to support the town by allowing a loan for the above purpose OTI profitable conditions. The general cost of constructing the elec- v trie roads in Iliga has been determined at 1,000,000 rubles, or c'soo.ooo. ONE, M. KKVKKDY, recently left ".000 francs to be given to the man who was the father of tho largest family in l'aris. A condition of the legacy was that tlie children should have been properly cared for and brought up by their parents. The Paris municipal council, the trustees named by the tes tator. awarded the 8,000 francs to a shoemaker of the name of Vanden bruck, who if, the father of 14 chil dren. seven sons and seven daughters, the eldest of w bom is JO and the young est _______________ IN the list of artistic, treasures owned by the late Karon Rothschild, just pub lished. mention is made of a "Fitzwil liam clock." This i.s the famous Louis !XIV. clock, which for generations was one >f the most valued heirlooms at Milton hall, near Peterborough. It is said to have been sold to Baron lioth schild by Mr. ii^»nt Spirits. Tlio democratic members of congress are entiiled to no credit l'or acquiescing in the republican policy of ratifying the Paris treaty, for the reason that . past democratic history demonstrates their ti\ed policy to be obstruction, dis sension and reckless opposition to all republican legislation, whenever such antagonism is not clearly seen to be suicidal on the part of the democracy. So fur as liryan's action in the matter is concerned, the same remark applies to bim and to his motive in advising such congressional actiou. If he is to be "credited" with instigating the pol icy of the democratic members, such credit must be limited to the degree of shrewdness shown in discovering the shortest way out of the woods. The whole scheme is a mere trick of party expediency, to be followed by an at tempt at united opposition to tlie re publican policy of national expansion. It is perfectly clear to all observers of the movements of American parties that the democratic opportunists have hit upon the policy of opposing terri torial expansion as the one best adapt ed to their partisan methods and lothe average democratic talent for duping the ignorant and inflaming the baser passions of the turbulent element in our society. The plea w ill consist of a howl against a standing army; an out cry against "ruling colonized popula tions contrary to their wishes or the provisions of the constitution;" a tear ful protest against admitting foreign territories, densely inhabited with ig norant tribes, whose civilization will mean competition with the toiling masses of our own country, and similar democratic rot. All this is held in contemplation as a prospective happy diversion from the discredited silver craze of IS9O, which even Bryan seems anxious to get rid of—if it can be done without causing too much irritation among the popu listic element of his party. It has been one of Unan'i favorite tricks to as sume that republicans have settled on certain abstruse questions and policies, though only the faintest indications of such action may lie his sole ground for the assumption. Subsequent indignant repudiation of the Boy Orator's impu dence is then taken as a backdown on the part of the republicans. This spe cies of trickery is foreshadowed in the anti-expansion movement of the de mocracy under the leadership of the arch demagogue, Bryan. The truth is. republicans have not yet formulated a distinct future policy for the final disposition of the Philip pines. They have prudently postponed such work, pending exhaustive investi gation and debate on the subject. Their attitude to-day is the only philosophical one. The democratic attitude is the shifting and crafty one that has al ways characterized the party—particu larly since its political overthrow in is r,o. The democracy has plunged into the fight against national expansion with its usual haste and effrontery. The question is one of profound depth and unusual importance—one that must en gage the attention and study of our ripest scholars and soundest political thinkers. Vet the democratic leaders, great and small, have tackled it. with the vulgar and blundering temerity of a lot of rural stagers in their first re -1 earsal for a school exhibition. What does the average democratic editor or the Boy Orator know about expansion or "imperialism"—save that the latter expression has a patrician sonorous ness about it that promises to excite the instinctive antagonism of the class wlio call themselves the proletariat? How many of Bryan's followers or lieuten ants have ever heard of the impeach ment of Warren Hastings, or the sig niflcanee of that incident, as a vindica tion of the English expansion policy? How many of the yelling antis are equipped with ancient precedents ahd modern instances, and how many would be qualified to use them if they were as plentiful as agricultural re ports in a western statehouse? —Cin- cinnati Commercial Tribune. POLITICAL DRIFT. Jones, of Arkansas, insists that sil ver is still the paramount issue. If he keeps on he will be looked upon as a humorist of the first water.—Cincinnati I 'ommercial Tribune. in*For a party that has no visible as ■ eis in the way of live issues the democ racy is developing a surprisingly large number of candidates for the receiver ship.—Chicago Times-II era Id. t'Honie of the democratic dema gogues appear to be afraid to trust President McKinley. Well, the people were willing to trust him three years ago. and they will be again next year. —Cleveland Leader. P'One of the daily trials of the Unit d States treasury is to listen to the complaints of people who are paid in IT old. It is the only form of calamity that can be charged to republican rule. -St. Louis Globe-Democrat. CT'Xow that Boss Croker is going into, the compressed-air business, in connec tion with carting, it may be in order for Col. liryan to ask for an injunction on the ground of infringing upon his as an original air-compressor.— 1 ndiauapolis Journal. C'l'he deinr-jratie party Is now a house divided against itself. Bryan and rokcr are at odds, and, if we judge these gentlemen upon their own several -timates of themselves, they are about ill that is left of the party worth pub ic luitiie. —Syracuse Post-Standard. C-"l!ry:.n in the logical nominee for IOOO! That is the sentiment of every lenioeratic possibility for the nomina inn. They'd rather he should have it •'•■ an have it themselves. The average • ."moeratic politician knows when to - and from under.—Petersburg (Va.) \ppeai (Dem.). CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, IS9.J. IMPERIALIST DEMOCRATS. lilutunt An tl-Kxiinnsion lata Should It.i.cl |'|i on I'urtjr II iwtory. At the recent meeting of the Conti nental league—an organization whose object is to j/iotest against "the policy of imperialism and entangling alliances," but many of whose leading members have long been trying to em broil this country in a European war, and would like nothing better than to do so now—Hon. lJourke Cock ran de clared in his most eloquent and impres sive manner that "any person who is a democrat must, by the very elements of his faith, be opposed to the doctrine of imperialism that threatens the foun dation of our country." Yes. That sounds well. But what, in the light of history, does it mean? Was Thomas Jefferson a democrat? He went in for an imperialism com pared with which that of to-day "is as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine." lie annexed territories by the side of which the Philippines are a mere potato patch, without the least regard for congress or the constitution, and he arranged to do so and to govern them without so much as a passing thought of the "consent of the gov erned." Was Andrew Jackson a dem ocrat? He carried on the work of con quest in Florida at a rate far surpassing anything wc shall see in the Philip pines. and lie pledged himself "by the Eternal" to govern South Carolina without the consent of the governed. Was Calhoun a democrat? Kemcmber the Mexican war and the seizure of an empire in the southwest. Was Cass a democrat? Imperialism ran riot at his word in Oregon. Was Buchanan a dem ocrat? He signed the Ostend mani festo. Was Marey a democrat? He wanted to annex Hawaii. There was, down to the time of our civil war, scarcely a democrat of the first rank who was not identified with "imperial ism." What then? Were these men not democrats, after all? Or were they false to the faith? Are we to look upon Bourke Coekran, instead of Thomas Jef ferson, as the founder of the demo cratic party? There was once a noble red man, who under the insidious influence of fire water went astray in the forest and could not make his way back to his wigw am. After he had wandered about a few hours, in a much bedraggled state, he was met by some hunters, who asked him if he was lost. Drawing him self up with all the dignity of a son of a thousand sachems he replied, proud ly: "No! Indian not lost! Wigwam lost! Indian here!"—N. Y. Tribune. DEWEY DROPS A IIINT. Soim'thint; for Anti-KxpnnHionlsts lo Put til Tlielr I'iiws ami Smoke. A letter from Admiral Dewey to a kinsman in this country has been made public, in which tlie admiral says that Aguinaldo's prestige has waned to such an extent that he could be easily dis posed of as ii disturbing factor were it not that lie is buoyed up with the hope that "congress will refuse to ratify the treaty, and that in some way he will personally benefit by the stand he has taken for independent recognition." Those senators who are now engaged in the work of holding up the treaty of peace should take a hint from this let ter. Even a slight reflection upon the statement cf Admiral Dewey may cause them to realize that, if they tire doing nothing more, they are playing directly into the bands of a Filipino demagogue whose only motive is self aggrandizement. Senators Hoar and Hale, particularly, who seem to be the chief obstacles in the way of ratifica tion, might profitably ponder on the Philippine situation as thus revealed by the gallant admiral. There seems to be no doubt that the crisis in the Philippines has been sharp ly accentuated by the dilatory action of senators in the matter of approving the treaty with Spain. The malcontents, under the leadership of such irrational and designing men as Aguinaldo and Agoncillo, have taken advantage of Ihe senatorial hesitation to foment trouble and to arouse the simple-minded na tives to a state of insurrection. A failure to ratify must inevitably in tensify t he threatening sit nation at Ma nila. To permit the crisis to reach a sanguinary culmination would be a na tianal disgrace. Such a misfortune can be easily prevented by a prompt ap; proval of the treaty. After replication t here w ill be time enough for a delib erate discussion of what we shall do with the Philippines. To continue their arbitrary opposi tion, the liold-up senators will be tak ing a grave responsibility upon their shoulders.—Baltimore Herald. Trouble for l'upn. The Kansas populists are not happy. When they held a special eleventh-hour session of the legislature and enacted laws designed to injure the railroad cor porations of the state they fancied they were accomplishing something really smart. But now the power of liov. Leedy to call such a session is ques tioned, and the decision of the courts is very likely to be against him and his fellow pops. In such a ease the legis lators will be called upon to pay back into the state treasury whatever money they have received for salaries and mileage. There is a very amusing feature to the situation, but it is safe to say that the members of the people's party do not see the fun. If the courts continue to overthrow their schemes they may eventually take to the Bryan platform, which favors the overthrow of the courts. It's » poor pop who doesn't want to overthrow something. Troy Times. IWMr. Bryan insists that Dewey is a republican. We would do the same i tiling were we in his place.—l'eoria ' (111.) Herald (Dem.). WAR IS DECLARED Agruinaldo Has Thrown Down the Gauntlet to Undo Sam. (ion. Otis ■'.stimuli'* lliat aiurliii; (la<- Kecfiit ( oHihiilK Around liunlla Hie linrui) >■ I.on*, iv aft al Leant 1,000 tlcn. Manila, !•"«•!». 8. —A Filipino colonel came out Tuesday morning from C'a loocan, under a flag of truce. Several American officers went to meet him, but when the parties met the Filipi nos opened lire. The Filipino apolo gized for the barbarous conduct of lus troops and returned to his lines. The American troops are being promptly furnished with supplies of all kinds, hospital attendance is supplied up to tlie firing line, and all the wants of our troops are met immediately by the dif ferent military OO of their dead and hold ."00 prisoners. Their loss in killed, wounded and prisoners probably 4,000." Another Sloe! 'Crawl. New York, Feb. B.—The Times says: The National steel company is about to be incorporated in New .Jersey with a capitalization of $50,000,000. \Y. I-!. K' is. president of the Shenango Ya!>v Steel Co.. of New Castle, I'a., it is said, will be the National's first president. If the consolidation dues not presarre a fusion "112 all the m.-immoth corpora tions of steel and iron companies, ; t is within the bounds of reason to look for the combination at no distant day of such interests with a financial com ity that will amount to nearly $700,• 000,000. THcLIR WORK FINISHED. War 111 v< if.eporl Kxuiieratci Secretary Alger i.ml < el, mires t.en. Miles. Washington, Feb. 9. —The war inves tigating commission lias completed it labors and its report will be In the hands of the president to-day. Ihe members of the commission will meet to-day at their old offices, sign the re port anil proceed to the executive man sion to inform the president that they have completed their mission and pre sent 1 heir report. The commission then wi.'l cense to exist. The commission's quarters will be vacated immediately and will lie taken possession of by (ien. Kennedy and Maj. Watkins, who hold the newly created offices of advisers to tlie war department 011 colonial affairs. The report of the commission is a document of l."> 0 printed pages. The report makes an important feature of the beef issue and dismisses as a gen eral proposition the charges that have been made against the beef furnished the army, it finds that most of the beef was such as could be properly fur nished as an emergency ration, point ing out that the evidence showed it never was intended to be anything I>lll an emergency ration. It says there were only two witnesses who really testified against the beef, (ien. Miles and Maj. Daly, the chief surgeon who made the report regarded as the most sensational forwarded to the commis sion by lien. Miles. As to the testi mony of these two witnesses, the com mission points out the mass of evidence submitted to the contrary as offsetting this testimony. 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