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ANTHONY HOWELL
ON MR. MCKINLEY
Rhandlrmwyn to the Front wi.h a
WeUbmio 105 Years Old.
REMEMBERS BATTLE OF WATERLOO
Old "Ese" is Known to Hundred of
the Residents of Lackawanna and
Wyoming ValleysRoman Catholi
cism is Not Gaining Ground in the
Land of Bong and Praise.
American Consul Anthony Howell, of
Cardiff, speaks of American affairs
through the Journals of South Wales,
as follows: It would seem from the
reports of American affairs that, as
soon as the presidential election was
assured, the administrative changes
were already cut and dried by Mr. Mc
Kinley, but an intimate knowledge of
American usages and a personal ac
quaintanceship with his excellency,
dating from the time of his advent
into the political arena some quarter of
a century ago. Justifies my venturing
to assert that statements respecting
his probable appointments, tariff pol
icy, etc., have one and all emanated
from the fertile brains of members of
the fourth estate.
I may be allowed here to state that
Mr. McKinley and myself, although
differing in political creed, have not
been merely neighbors, but personal
friends, and that, in my oninion, no
body as yet knows not even Mr. Mc
Kinley himself who are to form the
personnel of his cabinet, nor whom he
will appoint as minister1 to the court of
St. James. Doubtless, he has in mind
gentlemen qualified to all such posi
tions, but, as is always the case, he
will be called upon to choose between a
number of eligible statesmen, and this
will entail the utmost care and discre
tion, so that a hurried selection Is im
probable; and, moreover, Mr. McKinley
will certainly consult the leaders of his
party before determining upon these
appointments, which could hardly be
made known to the press until two or
three months have elapsed after the
election. It will thus be apparent to
everybody that everything which has
appeared in the newspapers recently
concerning such are entirely unauthor
ised, and, at most, mere guess work.
Mr. McKinley' tariff policy Is well
known, and it is certainly his convic
tion that the United States should pro
duce everything needed bv the Ameri
cans, and that whenever that is ren
dered Impossible without doing so to
give it the necessary protection, even
if the particular commodity affected
would cost more than otherwise to the
consumer, his contention being that It
Is more beneficial to the people at large,
for a much as employment Is assured
to a larger number of people at home,
and thus compensation for the added
.duty is provided by Increasing the
number of consumer and Insuring a
home market, and, to some extent,
making the states independent of all
other countries.
The reverse policy adopted by Mr.
Cleveland recognises that the country
1 benefited to a greater extent by tariff
for revenue only and the purchasing
abroad of all commodities which may
be obtained at a cheaper rate than
they can possibly be produced at home,
and to Import free of duty all raw ma
terial, and, on the other hand, to sell
abroad everything that can be profit
ably exported. European, and espec
ially Britons because of their great
market in the states for all kinds of
manufactured articles have almost
persuaded themselves that Mr. Cleve
land favor this policy solely In the In
terest of the people of Europe, where
4 Mr. McKinley Is- animated by per-
sonal animosity towards the British
people. Neither Is correctly Judged.
Mr. McKinley has no more animosity
than has Mr. Cleveland, who would not
approve a policy beneficial to others at
the expense of the people of the United
States any more than would McKinley,
and while the state policy of one may
incidentally prove more beneficial than
that of the other as far as other nations
are concerned, the primary object of
both Is for the good of the United
States. It 1b true that the American
Protection policy Is distasteful to Eu
ropeans generally, who attribute it to
American selfishness; but I dare say
that of the majority of the people of
Europe believed that Protection would
be preferable to free trade, the former
would again be adopted, regardless of
its effect upon outsiders, for selflsm is
the first law of nature everywhere.
Take the case of the Iron and steel and
tin-plate workers of South Wales. It
Is a rare thing to meet one of the most
rampant and unreasonable advocates
of high protection that I ever came
across were men who had emigrated
from South Wales and had settled in
the Industrial centres of the United
States. With Buch the mere crossing
of the Atlantic is attended with won
derful results. Rumor say that the
first step to be taken by congress will
be to enhance the tariff duties J6 per
cent. Let us examine what Is neces
sary to accomplish that change. First,
the majority of the committee of way
and means, and especially the chair
man, must favor it. (By the way, this
was the post filled by Mr. McKinley
when what Is known as the "McKinley
Tariff Bill" was enacted, and which
made Its name famous In Europe).
Secondly, it is necessary that both con
gress and the senate should possess a
majority in Its favor, and even then the
president may veto the measure, which,
under such circumstances, cannot be
come law unless supported by a ma
jority of two-thirds In both chambers.
The present congress may incline to
wards such a bill, but It would not
pass through the senate, and even if It
should do so President Cleveland would
certainly veto It.
The congress elected on the Sd Inst,
will not be convened until December,
1897, nnd although It may possibly favor
the enactment of a new tariff act, it
is very doubtful that the changes in
the senate will alter Its political com
plexion to such an extent as to make
It accept a high protective tariff. How
ever, it will be impossible to enact a
new tariff measure until 1898, unless
Mr. McKinley should call an extra ses
sion during the coming year a step
which I am positive he will not take
for the purpose in view, as this Is never
done save In the case of a great emer
gency. Again, I may say that, al
though some modifications and slight
changes may possibly be effected, I
feel certain that no radical alteration
will be made In 1897 or for several years
to come, all newspaper prophecies to
the contrary notwithstanding. Such
reports emanate from the same sources
as did the sensational rumors regard
ing the Venezuelan question a year
ago. It Is now recognised that the true
mission of the great majority of the
people of the great republic of the
West Is peace and goodwill towards all
peoples, and an earnest desire for the
settlement of all dispute in a concilia
tory manner and by means of arbitra
tion. A country with a population of
seventy millions, having only some 25,
000 In the standing army, could not be
called a warlike nation, but, should ne
cessity demand the augmentation of Its
forces, this could be done and having
almost unlimited resource she might
become the worthy antagonist of any
nation. But, a Is now evident, an in
ternational treaty for settling disputes
between this country and the United
States will ultimately be ratified, and
the people of both countries will have
reason to thank God that the cloud
of a year ago proved to have such a
silver lining. Possibly, within five
years the moral effect of uch a treaty
upon, European nations generally will
be tremendous, and who knows but
that It may 'usher In a inillenlum, when
"wars and rumors of war shall be no
more."
CATHOLICISM IN WALES.
"Roman Catholicism Is not gaining
ground in Wales," writes a Welsh cor
respondent to the Christian Common
wealth. It has been published often of
late that the scheme of Cardinal
Vaus-han for the conversion of the
Cymry to the Catholic faith is being
crowned with success among the Welsh
people, but this is not correct. It may
not be generally known that there is
not a single Roman Catholic chapel In
Wale with a service in the Welsh lan
guage, and there are In the whole of
Wales not more than fifty Welsh peo
ple who are Roman Catholics. Some of
the members of the Protestant Non
conformist churches are taking a
somewhat serious view of the efforts
which are being made to strengthen
the position of the church of Rome in
the land of John Penry. Several of the
presnyteries or the Calvlnistic Meth
odists and the unions of the Congrega-
tionansts have already arranged for
courses of lectures intended "to coun
teract the exertions of the vicar apos
tolic;" but this will do no harm; the
lectures which are to be delivered dur
ing the winter months, and the pampn-
eis wnicn are to De pubiisnea, will be
the means of making known to the
people the history of Protestantism and
the sufferings of the Puritan fathers.
and will define to the follower of John
Penry, Thomas Charles and Howell
Harris the points of difference between
Protestantism and Roman Catholicism,
and this will not help them Romeward.
The present papal invasion of Wales.
I feel confident, will be as unsuccessful
as to the previous invasions of Cambria
from Rome.
EXPULSION OP PETER WILLIAMS
From a paragraph which aDoeared
in one of the Welsh papers recently It
seems mat mere is quite a stir among
the Hen Oorph, manifesting Itself on
the pages of the London Celt, as to
whether the Rev. T. Charles, of Bala,
was one of those at the association,
held at Llandilo Fawr, about the year
190, who insisted In excommunicating
the Rev. Peter Williams from their so
ciety. We think that the following
parapraph In his biography, which was
published in Caernarvon prior to 1823,
will be conclusive In this matter. We
shall not attempt to translate It, but
will give it as It appeared on page 65:
"Yn ol hyn bu'r drydydd gymmanta,
a'r olaf, yn Llandello Fawr, He con-
demnlwyd ac a lladdwyd y cyflawn.
Penderfynodd el wrthwynebwyr y tro
hwn el ddl-arddel yn gwbl, er eu bod
wedl gwenthur hyny mewn rhan yn
flaenorol. Ond vn awr rhwystrasant
ef l'r Gymdelthas neillduol (society),
attlasant ef 1 gregethu yn euplith.dwyn
ymalth el barch a' I anrhydedd hyd y
gallont, ei golledi yn ei feddlanau, fel
y soniwyd o'r blaen, na fyddal lddo
yn ganu gair yn nghapeiau Calfinaldd
byth mwyach, el gyhoeddl l'r byd yn
gyfelliornwr, canu ffarwel lddo yn
gyflawn, ac am byth. Dywedodd un
gwr am y gymanfa hono fod mwy o
gyflawnder I'w gael ynhffern nagl oedd
yno, am nad oes gyda'r diarllad un
cyflawn yn ael el erlld. Un o flaen-
oriad y cynghor hwn ydoedd T
C o'r B , yr hwn a allesld yn
hawdd el goffhau yn y cymdelthasan
eralll. Ond v mae'r condemniwr dy
wededlg. a'r condemwyr eralll, gan
mwyaf, gwedl ynddangoa o flaen Braw
dle Crist."
LONDON CTMRU FYDD SOCIETY.
It Is not quite certain what the po
litical position of the London Cymru
Fydd society happens to be at the pres
ent moment. It doe not seem to be
affiliated to the general Cymru Fydd
association, and It seems somewhat
diffident in putting forward any prac
tical programme of it own. It has,
however, a number of excellent repre
sentatives of "Young Wales" on Its
committee, and one I Justified In hop
ing that some day they will make their
influence felt not only In Welsh but In
Imperial politics, to the great advan
tage of democratic Liberalism. The
society's, session, which was held very
recently, started well with a conver
sation at the Holborn restaurant. The
guests were received by Sir George
Morgan (president of the society) and
Lady Morgan. An interesting selection
of Welsh songs was given by Miss LIs
zie Tify Davles, a young vocalist, who
Is making her mark at the Royal ac
ademy: Mr. Tom Thomas, of Cefn, and
Mr. Meurlg James, of Swansea.
Violin solos were contributed by Mr.
Philip Lewis and Master Cleaton. Mr.
Merlin Morgan, of Aberdare, played the
pianoforte accompaniments, and ad
dresses Were delivered by the chairman,
the Rev. Machreth Roes, and the Rev.
Abraham Roberts Professor Geddes,
who had been expected to make a
speech, was unable to do so owing to
other engagements. The president call
ed attention to the Welsh national tes
timonial to Mr. Gee, of which Mr. T. H.
W. Idrls, L.C.C., and Mr. Vincent Ev
ans are respectively treasurer and sec
retary for the Metropolitan district.
OSBORNE MORGAN ON WELSH
NATIONALITY.
Sir George Osborne Morgan remarked
that all Welshmen are familiar with
the objects of the Cymru Fydd society.
The principal object was to develop the
sentiment of . nationality amongst
Welshmen.' He compared the national
ity of Wales with that of Greece, and
Palestine, which though small, had
made their mark on the world. The
time had been when an effort was
made to stamp out the Welsh language,
now not only did Welshmen apeak
Welsh, but even distinguished English
men, such a Principal Relchel and
Mr. Darlington, did their utmost to
learn It. Education In Wales had made
Immense strides, the establishment of
the Welsh university being the coping
stone on the structure. The eisteddfod
too, had advanced In popularity, until
now the fear was lest it should degener
ate into a fashionable assembly. Lon
don rejoiced In a severe and learned
Welsh society the Cymrodorlon but
there was also room for Cymru Fydd
association. But they must not go too
far in one direction, and seek Isolation,
however splendid. They must rather
play their part In the Imperial drama
that was played around them: then
there might be some hope of the Celtic
strain leavening the heavy lump of
Saxon character, and conducing to the
success and prosperity of the empire.
AN AGED WELSHMAN.
The Cardiff Mail give a column biog
raphy of a man named Heseklah Her
bert, who resides at Llanwrtyd Wells,
Wales, and Is at present 105 years
old. He was born in the village of
Khandirmywn In the upper parish of
Llanfalr ar y bryn in Carmarthen
shire in 1791, .the parlBh In which Congressman-elect
Morgan B. Williams was
born. He remembers when the battles
of Trafalgar, Austcrlitz and Waterloo
were fought. The first English words
that "Ese" ever heard were spoken by
Veporld and Goyne, two Cornishmen
who came the early part of the century
to reopen the mine that had been oper
ated centuries before by the Romans.
He married for the first time when he
was 37 years of age, and has repeated
the same ceremony twice since. In con
versation with a friend recently he was
very reticent as to whether he would
make a fdurth atompt In the matri
monial circle. He has six children
alive and has burled one. He managed
to shave himself until a year ago.
Copyright, 18M, by Mitchell Miller.
He Ons swallow dotsn't malts A summer.
Shs No, but if copious enough It will bring a fall. Life.
"Ese" ha never been unwell for an
hour. He sleep well and enjoy life
well, and Is a happy and Jovial old man.
Old "Ese" Is known to hundreds of
the residents of Wyoming and Lacka
wanna valleys.
PAN DDEL Y BOREU HEIBIO.
O! foreu gwyn, mae'th wenau byw
Yn deffro tannau 'nghalon,
A newydd sain flyddlondeb Duw
Sydd yn dy ber awelon.
O! foreu glwys, mae'th wyneb glan
Yn gyru'r nos I glllo;
Rhoi tnolawd glan wna'r adar man
Pan ddel y boreu helblo.
O! Foreu teg, mor ami yw rhl '
Dy drugareddau gwynlon,
A delw Nor sydd ynot tl
Ffyddlondeb yw dy foron.
Mae Natur gu yn Hon ei gwedd,
A ser y nos yn gwrldo,
A'r huan golau ar ei sedd
Pan ddel y boreu helbio.
l'r bwthyn gwyn ar ael y bryn,
l'r palas gwydr glanwedd,
Y deul dl fel angel gwyn,
Yn leuanc byth dy agwedd;
Maa cor y llwyn yn cadw gwyl,
Ac ensid dyn yn effro, .
A'r hen allorau yn eu hwyl
Pan ddel y boreu helblo.
Aneirlf lu o flodau blydd
Agorant. eu hamrantau,
A'r tvner wllth fel cerlau vdj
Yn mwyn lrelddio'u gruddlau.
Mae'r 'hedydd bach a'l fron yn dan
Yn entrych nef yn selnlo
Alawon mwyn I'w Grewr Glan
Pan ddel y boreu helbio.
Y boreu mwyn sydd, pan y del,
A'l wawr fel Nef ymwelydd,
A dillau tnelus fel y mel,
Sydd yn el ddwfn ddystawrwyd?
'R wyt tl yn datgan uwch fy mhen
Fod f'elnloes frau yn cillo,
l'r gorwel pell tu ol l'r lien,
Daw'r boreu olaf helblo.
NOTES.
The movement for establishing a me
mortal of the late Daniel Owen has not
been as successful as was hoped. The
committee have as yet received only
about 250, a sum' which can hardly be
supposed to represent the national es
timate of the most popular Welsh novelist.
Miss Eluned Morgan, the daughter
of the Bonwr Lewis Jones, the gov
ernor of the Welsh colony at Patago
nia. South America, now on a visit to
Wales, has been spending the last two
weeks at Bodlwan, Bala, the residence
of Principal Michael D. Jones, one of
the founders of the colony.
As a result of his researches among
the libraries of North Wales carried
out during the year Mr. Uwenogfryn
Evans, M. A., we understand, will have
some startling revelations to divulge,
once the government grants him the
liberty to disclose his discoveries. The
North Wales of yore was somewhat
prolific in plagiarism. We hope they
will not escape Uwenogfryn's caustic
castigatlons.
Owen M. Edwards' much-expected
book. "Story of Wales and Cornwall"
(story of the Nation's series) is now
said to be in press for Immediate use.
We also understand that Mr. Edwards
Is now busily engaged in preparing an
other Interesting book for the same
publishers, Putnam ft Sons, London.
This book Is entitled "John Calvin, the
Hero of the French Protestants."
ORACILAR HORSE HAIRS.
A Cnrlous Experiment to Determine
the Age ol'the Animal.
From the New York Times.
If perchance at any time you see a
man stealthily pull a hair from a
horse's tail by the curbing, you may
know that he has the experimental
stage of the horsehair fad.
The Idea is this: Suspend a gold
ring from a piec of hair over half a
glass of cold water and the ring will
begin to swing to and fro until It hits
the sides of the glass. Furthermore, it
will strike the exact age of the horse,
or If It be a person's hair, of the per
son upon whose head It grew.
Recently a horse stood by the door
of a shop on a side street. A hair
from his tall tied to the gold ring and
duly suspended swung twice only, the
ring striking? out the two clinks audi
bly against the side of the glass. "Ho,
ho!" quoth the skeptic, "that horse Is
11 years old." "Not so," said the own
er of the horse, who was hunted up.
"That's a 2-year-old colt." A hair from
the head of a very Interesting young
lady was abstracted by her from
among its companions. The same ex
periment was made and the ring struck
twenty well, no matter Just how
many but she said: "Well, that's my
very age." Another lady, was agree
able and this time the ring clattered
along until it struck fifty-one. It was
her age.
A horse on a hack was unaware of
the exact moment when a hair was
pulled or of the experiment that rung
out seventeen times on the glass of
time. "That said wrong," said a man
present at the experiment. "That
horse la only seven years old." Going
home to dinner one of the gentlemen
overtook the driver of his horse and
asked him the age of the horse. The
driver laughed and said: "He's most
old enough to vote." "I heard that he
was only seven." "Well, he is twlco
even and three more."
They are all converts to this wonder
ful series of coincidence. The ring
will wlng with strange vigor, and
there is fun In the revival of th old
time mystery.
WANTS INFORMATION.
Specimen Questions of a Modest
Wester Seeker After Light.
Harriet Monroe, In Times-Herald.
Distinction is a target for eplstolarr
cranks to shoot at. but Insignificance
cannot escape the tribute. Each of us
might confess to a list of correspond
ents whose impossible questions pro
voke smiles and tears. How much and
how little Intelligence they show these
unanswerable questions 1 "I write to
ask If you will kindly enlighten me,"
savs a recent seeker after wisdom, "on
a few subjects in which I em Interested
but can And no reading to the point
when I have time to read." Then fol
low six pages of questions like these:
"What le the object and purpose of
rt? . .
What Is the idea or purpcae In Ham
let,' 'Merchant of Venice' and 'The
Tempest'?
"Is the object of the comedy-dramatist
simply to amuse or has he also a
purpose like the tragedy writer?
"What are the chief character of Ho
mer and Shakespeare, and in what do
thev excel each other?
Arc Goethe, Virgil, great artist, and
Eschylu and Book of Job poor?
"I not the element ideal In all art,
but can we say Shakespeare' historical
plays are Ideal and works of art?
"Are St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas
and Bncon considered as great minds
for subtlety and comprehension as Pla
to and Aristotle?
"Why do we call Bacon the greatest
philosopher?
"Which Is the bet philosophy?
"Have Truth, Goodness and Beauty
an objective existence or a subjective
and merely an abstract Idea?
"Where do you put truth above
beauty or below goodness; or Is truth
only existing In the other two; or ar
all thees really found In each other?"
After hurling these and other equally
simple questions at the weary brain of
an humble and not omniscient human
creature the inquisitive gentleman
continues: '
"I hope you will find time to enlight
en me on the most important at least,
and a statement on art, what It is and
what religion Is and their relation;
also one more inquiry" and then an
other page of underlined posers; and
lastly, after the signature, for a part
ing shot, lest a single arrow should re
main In the quiver: "Do Paschal and
Bosbuet equal Cicero In style, and who
Is the greatest master of style in English?"