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The Job department of the Prsss Is compleu aa< affords facilities (or doing the best clans ol Work. PiHTICULiB ATTIKTIOS PAIDTu LAW FMHTIHQ. No paper will be discontinued ntll arrear- Kes are paid, except at the option o( the pub her. Papers sent out ot the county must be palC lor in advance. The United States-military authori ties in Cuba have decided to establish a sanitarium on the Isle of Pines for the care and cure of sick soldiers, ("ol Hecker and a party of staff officers have made a survey of the island and ar ranged for hospital building's'. The Isle of l'ines has several mineral springs with healing qualities and lias long teen regarded as a health resort. ; ■ i-» Joseph H. Choate's appointment as ambassador to England naturally re callsstories of his uncle. Joseph t'hoate. One of them tells how he described fhe indefinite boundary line between Ilhode Island and Massachusetts: "It is like starting- at a bush, thence to a bluejay, thence to a hive of bees in swarming time, thence to 300 foxes with tire brands on their tails." A story comes from Madrid that five Spanish officers haw been rewarded for valiant and successful services as spies in this country during the war. The spies may have done good work, but the mistake that Spain made in the matter was that they were not detailed to learn the weakness of their own na tion before the war rather than the strength of their foes after it was toe late. We feed the world; we finance the whole community; theuniverse pays us tribute. On Uncle Sam's territory the sun may set, but he is safely to be trust ed in the dark. Nothing can shake out position. This nation is the wonder of the world, and yet has only just reached stalwart manhood. The eagle should be excused for screaming now and then, since the bird has really just begun to extend its wings. An impression has become current in America that the Japanese live almost exclusively upon rice. '1 liii* is a mis take. In 1890 Japan produced the lead ing cereals in the following propor tions: IJice, 180.498,855 bushels; wheat 37, 701.11 45 bushels: rye, 24.610.235 bush els; barley, .'i7.42t'>.425 bushels; millet of all varieties. 11,017.030 bushels; rape :i.554,700 bushels. There were also pro duced 3,715.170 bushels of Irish pota toes and 37,948,506 bushels of sweet po tatoes. An editor in Georgia wants the news. He says: "If your wife whips you let us know it, and we will put you right be fore the world. If you have company, tell us —if you are not ashamed of yout visitor. If you have a party or gather ing of any kind, bring around the cake, seven or eight pies and a side of ham— not necessarily to eat. but just to show your friendship and appreciation. You needn't mind inviting us, as it may be toocool for our wardrobe. We wanttlu news—that's all." Gov. "Bob" Taylor, of Tennessee, in formed the people at the inauguration of his successor that lie did not retirf from office "the somnambulist of a shat tered dream, but with all the buds ol hope bursting into bloom and all the bowers of the future ringing with mel ody." Happy "Bob!" "I fly away to the heaven of my native mountains," *aid he. "where I may think and dream in peace, safe from the sickening sting of unjust criticism, safe from the talons of some old political vulture; safe from the slimy kiss and the keen dagger of ingratitude." American agricultural implements are imported into Mexico without coin petition from abroad. Our manufac turers have a clear field and a market to •themselves. In addition the demand for United States agricultural machinery is steadily increasing. In the first place, implements for tilling the soil are bet ter in the United States than those made in any other country. Our man ufacturers have the advantage of quick transportation and moderate freight rates and all agricultural implements chipped into Mexico are entered free of duty at the custom houses. A remarkable story comes from fhe south to the effect that, a Mississippi ,planter by the name of Mangum has been experimenting with monkeys as cotton pickers, and that during the en tire fall of last year he bad ten mon ikeys working in his fields. It is said they were taught to perform the work of picking cotton by a New York ani mal trainer, and that, the same tnan is now training 120 monkeys for Mr. Mangum. Monkeys may yet prove ol some use outside the menagerie and hand organ business, but we have no proofs concerning the cotton pickers. At the last Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans a special car was devoted to the doings of Aeolus, king of winds, but it lias not yet been reported which one ol 11*- 1 arge crop of punilists now floating aroond the country impersonated the iiing. THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY. Demupralli' ( luireeM of ImpcrliiM Are nn 11 y ("oatru ll lO t I'll. The address of President McKinley before the members of the lfome Mar ket club, in Hoston, was in the nature of an unofficial communication to the American people. If it had been a message to congress it would liave con tained some suggestions as to the methods of government for t-hc islands now under control of the United States, but. until the opportunity comes we must, assume that the president is open to suggestions and willing to lie influ enced in right directions. What is best for the islanders \s ill meet his approval. There is in the whole address a spirit of frankness, an evident desire to explain his position before the country. TTetellswby the Philippines were taken and plainly shows that, no other course was feasible, practicable or honest. It vias the United States, or Spain, or anarchy among millions. In the inter ests- of humanity his country assumed tju responsibilities with all the inci dental costs, and the country approves. As- to the future of the Philippines, the president recognizes most devoutly the- great problems, which face the statesmen of this country. "Until congress shall direct other wise." he says,"it will be the duty of the executive to possess and hold the Philippines.giving to the people thereof peace and order and beneficentgovern ment. affording them every opportunity to prosecute their lawful pursuits, en couraging them in thrift and industry, making them feel and know that, we are their friends, not their enemies; that their good is our aim: Ihat their welfare is our welfare. but that neither their aspirations nor ours can be real ized until our authority is acknowl edged and unquestioned. That the in habitants of the Philippines will be benefited by this republic is my un shaken belief; that they will have a kindlier government under our guid ance. and that they will lie aided in every possible way to be self-respecting and self-governing people, is as true as that the American people love liberty and have an abiding faith in their own government and in their own institu -1 ions. "\o imperial design? lurk in.the American mind. They are alien to American sentiment, thought and pur pose. Our priceless principles undergo no change under a tropical sun. They go with the fiat: " 'Why read ye not the chanpeless truth, The free ran conqin r hut to save.' " Tie concludes his address with these eloquent and hopeful words, which will carry weight and influence when they have been placed before the Filipinos: "I have no light or knowledge not common to my countrymen." said the president. "I do not prophesy. TTie present is all-absorbing to me, but 1 cannot bound my vision by the blood stained trenches around Manila, where every reddrop, whether from, the veins of an American soldier or a mistruided Filipino, is anguish to my heart, but by the broad range of future years, when that (jroup of islands, under the im pulse of the year just passed, shall have become the gems and glories of tlie tropical seas, a land of plenty and of increasing possibilities, a- people- re deemed from savage indolence and habits, devoted to the arts of peace, in touch with the commerce and trade of all nations, enjoying the blessings of freedom, of civil and religious liberf v. of education and eif homes, and whose children and children's children shall, for ages hence, bless the American re public because it emancipated and re deemed their fathierland and set tliem in the pathway of the world's best civilization." In this there is no tone of imperial ism. It is humanitarianism in the high est, against which no words of reason can be said. Everything to be done will be in Ihe interest of these, the new wards of the nation. What more can be asked by those who have the inter ests of humanity at-heart? The presi (V»t. is not. an imperialist in that bad sense. lie is a humanitarian, with a kind and gentle heart, that wishes well to all nations and all people. None but those who are blind to reason will say otherwise.—Cincinnati Commercial T ribu ne. Alremly Voted I pun. (01. Hryan wishes the question of the independence of the Philippines sul>- initted to the voters of this country. The hero of Savannah and its hotel life seems to have forgotten that the entire war policy of the administration was submitted to the voters last fall, and that a national congress was elected with a republican and administration and sound money majority in hoth houses, and that to this congress and to the president, without any mention whatever of the Nebraska colonel, was entrusted the disposition of the ques tions which Col. Hryan is now arguing out of court with demands for a resub mission. The colonel should take ada v oIT and study the returns of the last election in his-own state. For a man who himself was once submitted to popular vote Hryan has a confidence in elections that is "childlike and bland." Troy Times. trr According to I try an "our fathers fynght for independence under a ban ner upon which was inscribed the mot to: 'Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute." " Bryan is mixingup the war of 177r,- s 'n with England with j the Franco-American trouble of the X. • - | istration. It was Hi years after the hat- j *1 •' of York town that Pinekney made j this answer, or was alleged to have j made it.to Tallyrand's tools, who asked 1 a bribe from the American eommis- J sioners tr- save American vessels from I French attack. Hryan knows as little j abou' American history as he does j •ibo» .» American sentiment on the'ques- ! •iom of expansion.—St. I.oui.s l.lobe- ! Democrat. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1899 BRYAN'S ARMY TALK. The "Colonel" Keepo I |i lli» Itnckt't— Any Olil TIWIC In GUIKI I l ' n William J. Bryan has delivered sev eral addresses during tlie last, ten days and he i.s billed to deliver several more during' the next fortnight. He cannot keep quiet. He feels that he must ad vertise himself daily or the public will forget him and next year's democratic convention will ignore him. Hence this unwearied activity of his tongue. No body else is blowing Bryan's born lust ily just now, so he is blowingit himself with great, vigor. A year ago this time all his speeches were about free silver. This year he is working up a fresh issue which may ap peal forcibly to persons for whom "six tfen to one'' has no special attractions, The theme on which Bryan is enlarging now is the danger of increasing the reg ular army. By harping on that theme he believes he will retain the support of anarchists, foreign socialists and Debsites. All these individuals arg op posed to the maintenance of a. regular army by the general government or of militia organizations by the states. They prefer to have to deal with weak, defenseless governments. It is so much easier to terrorize such governments and trample on their laws. Xo law-abiding citizen has any more occasion to fenr the regular army than he has the local police force. It is not made up of mercenaries, subject to the exclusive control of military chiefs. It is composed of American citizens who are better acquainted with and have more respect for the laws and in stitutions of their country than the brawling alien socialists who affect to see in a regular army menace to tbeir liberties. The regular army is under ihe control of the president. It is de pendent for its support on biennial con gressional appropriations. Thus that army is not a menace to liberty or to law-abiding citizens. Those who have cause to fear it-are the violent opposers of the enforcement of national laws. "Organized labor" has nothing to fear from the proposed increase of the regular army, though Bryan is endeav oring to make it believe so. More sol diers are needed in order that peace may be established, not in this country, but in the new acquisitions of the I'nited States, < specially in the Philip pine island®. It has been decided th/t shrieks and sneers, and will give tJie baffled dema gogue to understand that this his latest bid for popularity will not be a success. —Chicago Tribune. DRIFT OF OPINION. ITT"Bryan is r.ow a used-to-be without ever having been much of a was.— New Orlenas Picayune (I>cm.). state of Nebraska is to be congratulated upon the fact that all her soldiersi didn't resign togo into pol itics.—Washington Post. E~"JII one speech President McKinlev counteracted the effect of all that the enemies of the administration have done in weeks.—Cleveland Leader. in*"\\ hat does the democratic party most need, just at present?" asks a contemporary. It needs more votes a"bout as badly as anything.—Portland Oregonian. tC?"That "almost unparalleled activity and prosperity" of which the president spoke to the Boston merchants is only another name for "McKinley t'nnes."— Boston Journal. crPresident McKinley has no Philip pine policy to urge in opposition to the will of the people. This may be de scribed as the best possible policy. —St. Loui» (ilobe-Democrat. ICThe speech of President McKinley at Boston, with its serious utterances of statesmanship 11(1011 great questions of public policy, affords a welcome re lief from the catchpenny attempts of a morally degraded and intellectually feeble journalism to agitate the public mind by exaggerating blemishes in the conduct of the war.—N. Y. Sun. ETTlerc is a pointed remark from the president's address at lioston: "Many who were impatient for the conflict a year ago. apparently heedless of its larger results, were the first to cry out against the far-reaching consequences of their own act." Luckily for tin country this class, though perniciously active, is not large enough to spoil thi victory.—St. Louis Globe-Bemoerat. THE UNION REFORM PARTY. National t onfereneeof a New I'olitlra Organization l» Held. Cincinnati, March 2. A new political party is to be organized here this week, The general eiinference begum a session of two t'lays at the Odd Fellows' audi tori urn yesterday. The new national organization is to be called the union reform party and it will seek to unite the silver republicans, populists, tin social labor party and the lilierty par ty. in fact all of tiie minor parties ex cept the prohibitionists. There were 17 states represented in the nationa. conference. I'he following permanent organiza tion was effected: Chairman, It. S, Tliompson, Springfield, <).; secretary, Asa Taylor, Omaha-, X< J b. The com mittee nominated Edward Kvans, ol New Vork, for permanent chairman but he was engaged with the commit tee in drafting- a plan for the perma nent organization of the party. Over $1,0(10 was raised on the floor of the convention for the national executive committee. The platform invites all persons who believe in the principles of liberty and the Declaration of Indejwndence to unite in support of the following: "Di rect legislation under the system known as the 'initiative and referen dum.' " Two reports were presented on plan? for the permanent organization of the union reform party and they were dis cussed during most of the afternoon, Die majority report was finally adopt ed, providing for independent organi zations in all status and districts, so as to protect the party from fusion and maintain the principles of the initiative and referendum and the imperative mandate. This report referred various plans for clubs and local leagues to the executive committee. The- minority report provided for co-operation with the people's party. TWO NEW TRUSTS. Sewer IMpe ami ISakintr Pou'tlcr are Added to the l.iot ol Industrie* ttial Form Combine*. Xew ork. March 2.—The represen tatives of .">1 sewer pipe manufacturers met yesterday to discuss a cnn-olida tion of interests. The secretary of a large sewer pipe company, who was present, reports that it was formally agreed at this meeting to organize the American Sewer l'ipe Co.. which in tends to absorb all of the leading plants in the country. This company will he capitalized at $25,000,000 and will be incorporated under Xew .Terse v laws within two weeks. A prospectus of the new organization is now being prepared. It is proposed to make either Pitts burg or Cleveland the location of the main office. K. 11. (iibbs, of the Sum mit Sewer Pipe Co., of Akron, 0.. said that of the $25,000,000 capital it was proposed to make half cumulative pre ferred stock and half common stock; $20,000,000 of the capital will lie re quired to purchase the plants. Of these plants :)4 are located in Ohio, three in Michigan, three in Indiana, three in Xew York and eight in the Akron district. Subscriptions were received Wednes day by the I'nited States Mortgage and Trust Co. for $10,000,000 »i percent, pre ferred stock of a new baking powder company about, to be organized. This company is being organized by William Zeigler, who has purchased the Royal Ilaking Powder Co., the Cleveland Bak ing Powder Co.. the New York Baking Powder Co., the Price Baking I'owder Co. and others of less note at prices aggregating something over $10,000,000. The new company will be capitalized at $20,000,000. FOR LOVE OF ANOTHER. Hotelier Keeker foiife-our* that He Murdered lli» l»ni«li Premier 41■'I"> OKlce I'roha l>le Kllicl of S|>uill'« lo Kallly II,). Peace Treat). Madrid. March 2. Senor Sagasta has handed the resignation of the ministry to the queen recent. Ttie cabinet cri sis is expected to last for several days, as it will he necessary for the queen repent to consult with the presidents of the chambers and other political leaders. Washington, March 2.—The resigna tion of the Sagasta cabinet, state de partment officials say, docs not neces sarily involve the failure of the peace treaty. They believe that the succeed ing cabinet will find means to forward the treaty 'to the point, of ratification, that the opposition to the govern ment will express itself as content with forcing the cabinet to resign The rea son for this Itclicf is that the Spanish government has much more to lose by the failure of the treaty of Paris than has the United States. It is a question whether our govern ment would not profit by the loss of the treaty, provided this loss could lie charged to the action of the Spanish government, as would be the case if the eortes refused to ratify it. The United Stales would refuse to surrender the Philippines and on the other hand would be relieved from the treaty obli gation to pay the Spanish government $20,000,00(1 on account of the cession of the islands. Cuba would retain her present status and all that would be lacking would be a recognition by the Spanish government of the legality of that status. That lack would not be of serious moment, judging from the fact that the Spanish-American republics managed to get along without trouble for a quarter of a century after the revolutionists therein had driven the last of the Spanish troops out of the country, without the formal admission by Spain that they had achieved their independence. As a legal fiction the two countries would be still at war. This state of affairs, though embarrassing in some respects, would not prevent trade be tween 1 lie United States and Spain. Trade in fact has been resumed al ready and although the United States is under the necessity of paying larger duties upon imports 'into Spain than countries favored with the minimum tariff's, still the Spaniards are glad to buy our wheat, flour and cotton and other great staples and to pay the ad ditional duties. Probably the worst that can happen will be a delay in the exchange of rati fications. These should be exchanged on or before .lune 30. which date is six months from the date of signature of the treaty in Paris. Should the time limit expire through the internal trou bles in Spain without the exchange having been made, it is still possible for the United States and Spain to ar range through the French government, which has been serving all along as an intermediary in their relations, for an exchange on a later date, without dis turbing the articles of the treaty at other points. Should the Spanish government un dertake, however, to reopen the nego tiations in the effort to secure another treaty more favorable in terms, and especially a*, to the cession of the Phil ippines. than the pending treaty, it will be doomed to disappointment, for it is said here that if these existing terms are withdrawn those to follow will be even harder for Spain to bear. RAN ON A ROCK. Tlie Steamer Labrador .Meet# with lllMasler—All oil Koti rd Saved. Montreal. March 2.—A cablegram re ceived last night by the Dominion steamship line agents here announces the total loss of the company's steamer Labrador, from.St, John, X. 8., for Liverpool. The passengers were all saved. The Labrador went on Skerry more rock, on the Irish coast, at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. The Lab rador is a steel steamer of 2,998 tons, hails from Liverpool, and is owned by the Mississippi and Dominion Steam ship Co. She was built at lie 1 fast in Is!)I. She is 401 feet long by 47 feet beam. Halifax, March 2.—The steamer Lab rador arrived here from St. John, X. P., February 20 to complete cargo. Felipe Agoneillo and L. Lopez were among the passengers. There were 50 pas sengers in all, 20 cabin, 16 second class and 20 steerage. The steamer was due on the Irish coast on Tuesday. It was in charge of ('apt. Erskine. It has al ways been employed in the Canadian Atlantic mail service, plying between Liverpool and Montreal in summer and Halifax in winter. ON FOUR COUNTS. Tlie <;ran