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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, MARCH !, 3900
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TEN PAGES.
SCHANTON, MAHCH 26, 1900.
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the llcpublluin Klectoii of ronnsjl
xiiiilu:
1 am directed by the Republican state
committee to nnnouuco thnt tho Hepuu
lltans of rcnnsyhanla, by their duly
cliom icpicsentatlvcs, will meet In ion
ontlnn at tho opeia house. In the cltv of
lnrrtburg, on Wednesday, April 25, 19W,
nt 10 ",0 o'clock a. m, for tho purpono of
nominating catulldutts for the following
ulllee!, tc wit:
One person for the cfTlce of auditor gen.
era I.
Tun pel sons for the ofllec of conire?i
imiti-athirgc.
Tlilrtwtwo pet on feitirntlnie) for
M evidential electors, and to choo'u eight
dolrgfiRH and eight alttrnatcs-at-lalge
to the Itcpubtlcan national convention to
be held In riill.idclplila on Tuesday, the
nliioleciitli day of June next, and for tin
lr.ui--.iulc n of sin h other bu-dnces as
may be pi evented
In nicoidanio with the rule nlopled at
the slate contention held In ll.irrlinurK
hi August 2lth. lust, tlm rcpicentnlinn
In the htntr cuiiiriitlnn will be Itii-ed on
the ote polled nt the lat presidential
rWtlmi Urder this rule eoch lesHlati. i
lKtili t Is entitled to one delegate for
fveiv two thouand .otc cit for thfi
pre-ldentlil electors, In i$, and an addi
tional delegate for every fraction of
two thousand ote; polled In rxi es of
one thoi's-ii.il. T:ach dltilct Is entitled
to the frame rumlicr of delegates as rep
resented It In the touventlon of 1S'S
Bv order of the Republican Mate com
mittee. Frank Rerdcr, Ch iliiiiaii.
W. R Andrews, C. I. Vooihees, Sec
ictarles.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
riit nibtrict-THOMAS j. ri:v-
KOI.TiS.
Second Plslilct-JOIIN' SCIIUL'I.I.. JR.
Stiee illation as to the giand jw' te
1'ort Is Intel cstlng, but unceitain. Tho
best proof of the pudding Is In the
taste.
The Kentucky Situation.
I
T IS NOT likely that any milliard
pel son will plan- miuK c i i-cle-iu e
In the pjillsau i)io.-,ecutluii of
the Republiian sen t-t.it y of Htute
of KontuiUy on the chaise of being
aetcssmy to the nun dor ot William
tJoebel. Tho use against Sciielttty
1'oweis, ho fat ah it ban betn lumlc
public, tonMMs of it "confession" bv
one Wild i ton Goldt-n, a notoi louse eh.ir
actei, to tin' effect that I'oweis had
foi uied the pitsencu In Trankfoit of
a number of aimed niuuntaineeis for
the picnieditHted puiposc of killing
doubt 1 and enough Denioei.itli- logls
l.itms to give the Republicans contiol
of tlie gc Dotal assembly, tlolden s.is
Hint Powers openly avoivtd this pui
pose and intimates that Oovcrnor Tai
lor was why to it. The improbabil
ity does not occur to him nor to his
pionipteis that if the Republican offic
ials had plotted a series of assassina
tions, as lie alleges, they would hatdly
have gone about pioclalmlng their In
tentions to men of tho Golden stripe.
Tills piosecution is iory evidently
manufaituied for the puiposo ot keep
ing up nni t j feeling. It Is to be nse-il,
we Mispeit, ah a pretext to excuse the
Democratic i ontestants for declining to
. abide b.v their wiittcu agieement to
take no foicible steps in their piiisuit
of olliec but to temit tho whole lontto
crsy to tlio couitp. .The chief p.ua
Kiaph of this agieement reads ns fol
lows: "Should any patty, after tha
Jln.ll detcriiiluation of the causes by
the court of appeals, deMro a wilt of
i nor to the Supienio couit of the
I'liited Statts to ii'Vlew- such deter
iiiiiiatlon, it Is agreed that such wilt
shall be immediately applied for and
diligently piosecutcd, If scumd, and
that all pai Hi s to said i.iuses will
unite in an appliiatlou to j-.ild fedei.il
Supieme cmut to docket and advance
h.ild eailhcs and glvo them tho (-.illicit
hiaiing and determination iu.ssble."
In spite of this ngi cement, lliie.itn
nie being inailu in tho Domoi intle
newhiiapeis and among the Deniuu.Ulc
Kadeis to lake foicible possession of
the stale house and aichives as soon
as tho packed state eoutU have handed
down their pi o-dctu mined declsloi
against the Republicans; annul men
aie novvlii Fiankfort, it 1 believed for
the express puipose of executing tlieso
lliitat.s; and the tiumped-up piot-ecu-lion
of Sjccictmy'l'pwcis Is being usi d
as a icaJ-MiliMy thonemoeiatlc fol-
lowing wlionlil ""vva'st'e no moio time in
parlejlng with muidereu,," etc., but
hhould proceed tovlndicute their claims
to oflke by force. Tho Republican
leadois hae notified the contestants
!t"f -Irjajye-'-qlso "Informetl tho fedeial
j?"itjilitjc8 at Washington that until
"''tfie rriatt'er 'has' b en' decided by the
Supienio couit of the United States ad-
cLsciy to their claim they will not
yrrldyrrp tho state house; and if trouble
shall ailse because of their refusal to
11 'JJ&W lljoaspotislbilUy for It must iest
"rrrth-those -who precipitate it.
? .fVartliartlie.Jegrslature of Kentucky
". JuiSEtifJoui'iicKr, a call by Qovcruor Tay-
fof n 'ho jiiesident for fcdetal troops
rjo jiuell (Jomestlc violence is a possible
seqitenee'of any attempt by the Demo-
crats 16" enforce mob law; and It Is
-illftteuluto sea-how, should such a cull
r ( bo made, the president could conslsf-
ently.iefuse to honor It.
This afternoon a caucus of Reiuibll.
t- eaii-jignntQrs Is-to be held to determine
'upon aourse of action with reference.
tif.Tuerto Wco, and Its decision should
detlde.' Delay Is tfecomlnir dangeious,
, , i.,erJi'a0's adoption of a bill to au
'ihorjzc the.piesldent to appoint h com
mission of five persons to Investigate
tl'oiuughly tiade conditions and possi
bilities In the riilllpplncs will commend
Itself to all Intelligent believers In ex
pansion. Tho problem demands Hie
best thought that the country can ttlf
to It and the piesldent can be tuisted
to name the light num.
Senator (alter may well teim eon
giess' treatment of Alaska "pathetic."
That tciiltory han tcpald Its cost ten
times over and Is today the abode of
hundicds of thousands of energetic
Amei leans bent upon the development
of Its natuial lesouicoH, and let year
after vear It has knocked In vain at
the door of congiess for legislation to
piovldc It with a modem system of
government. This time Its Just tie
mand should be heeded.
Amending the Bankruptcy Law
THAT Tim, ptesent federal
bankruptcy law Is In ne;d
of mnlcilal amendment In
the direction of greater pro
tection of ri editor" Is appaient to til
who have noticed Its opeiatton. "When
men can ui cumulate a million dollats'
worth of liabilities on Ihe stiength of
assets like one bone lollar button and
get safely tluougli the courts with a
i lean bill of commeiclal character, a
men aie doing evety day, It goes with
out sajing that the law is defective.
It will be giatlfylng to lovers of hon
esty to know that Representative Ray
of the house Judicial y committee, has
intiodueed a bill to conect some of
the lav's more glatlng defects.
This bill maker fK objections to the
dliehaige of a debtor In addition to
those embodied In the piesent law:
Vlrst, obtaining piopeily on credit
upon u materially false statement In
wilting; second, making a prefeienc,
though the bill makes it nccessaiv
that the ci editor lel.vlng upon this
objection shall piovo that the piefer
eme was fraudulent: thlid, tho mak
ing of a fiaudulent tiansfer of prop
erty: fourth, that the bankiuptcy was
niatcilall.v contilbuted to or brought
on bv gambling; fifth, that a dls
chaigo shall be refused to any onj
who has pieviouslv been discharged
within six eats, and sllh, that a dis
charge shall be denied to any one.
who Hfuscs In Hie ionise of the pro
ceeding to answer any questions np
jii nved bv the couit. Tho bill also
piovldes that meieaiitile coipoiatlonsi
may be adjudged oluntaiy hankiupts
after i evolving the lonsent theioto of
a maloiltv of theli stockholders: also,
that a voluntaiy recclvctshlp nfmi
insolvent coiporallon under the stata
laws shall he an act of bankruptcy.
Jt shoilens the time fiom 2 days to
tin das when default is made, and
piovldes for a shoit sfrvlco by pub
lication where the debtor lias ab
sconded. The bill makes the wife a
competent witness, Irrf spectlvo of the
laws of the state.
If -onie of t'.icve imvlslons appear
di.istle It must be lecognlzed thit
s-cveilty is a natuial icactioii fioin
legal laxit.v. The last congiess made
a gioat mistake In opening so wide
a dom to fiaud us It did In the len
iency of Us londitlons precedent to
bankiuptev. It thought It was show
ing debtois gioat favoi. As a matter
of fact It subjected them to the dan
ger of much moic stiingent legisla
tion. Twice now has the Demoeiatie mora
beishlp ot congiess voted almost solid
ly ngalnst the giving back to Puerto
Rico of the $.',000,000 in tariff duties col
lected on Impoits f i om that island
since It came under American control.
And yet the Democracy poses as Puer
to Rico's filend!
South American Possibilities.
FORMAL, acceptance by Mexico
of the Invitation ot the Unit
ed States to hold In the Mexl
lan capital a second Pan
Ameilcan congiess is announced at
Washington, thus Instiling, It is be
lieved, the utilization of this pioject
at an early date. Theie seems to b
moic behind this Idea than at lit st ai -peared
to casual observation.
"The state depaitment," sa3 the
"Washington Post, "has noted with
much concern the malevolent efforts ot
c ei lain Interests to iiuito deep-seated
jealousy of the United States nmonr
the I.atin-Anieiican lepubllcs. It is
known that some of these effnits origi
nated with Kuiopean residents In South
and Central Amei lea, who were de
sirous of ciippllng the tiado ot the
I'nited Slates with that section of tho
woild. They also Infoimed these peo
ple that tlie United States had sinister
des-igns upon their political Independ
ent o. The astonishing fail V that
these effoits actually obtained a con
sldeiablo measiuc of siueess, The flg
mes now in tlie possession of the ofn
clals heie show that, tontiaiv to the
common belief, the expoit tiade of the
United Stales with our Southern neigh
boi? has deci eased onoimously, the
loss In dollats being stated at not less
than 100,000.000 within the lust decade.
Oidlnaiy cnmmeulal factots ate said
to be Insufficient to explain this loss,
which is therefore attiibuted to pollti
i al elements. It Is confidently believed
by Ihe piojectots of this congress that
as one of its icsults much ot this lost
tiade can be iccovered by ciadlcating
tha unfounded suspicions cnlei tallied
bv some ot the South American jepub
lics." How seiious this disaffection is can
not, of couiso, be nscei talned with tic
curacy: but It does not tako a long
examination of the statistics of our
trade with South Ameika to disclose
that something Is wrong. During the
last thiee ears wo have purchased
South American goods to the average
value of about JOi.000.000; during the
same period Ihe annual aveiuge value
of our expoits to South America has
been only about $33,000,000. In other
words, for every dollar that we have
exported to tlie Latin-Amei lean repub
lics we have Impoited neaily three dol
lais. They get tho benellt ot our Mon
joe docttiue, ot our police protection,
of the republican Influences generated
by the United States, and at'the same
time they aro pocketing a cash bal
ance of tiade amounting to nearly CO
per cent, of their enthe commerce with
us.
A situation so anomalous, existing at
a time when In all other directions tho
Aiueilcan commercial expansion move
ment Is piogrcBslng umazlngly, con
stitutes u standing challenge to Amei I-
can istalcsmatishlp. It is unnatural
and not to be endured. Although the
blame Is our own for early neglect,
during which Kngllsh and (let man
trading Influences profited by Ameil
can Indifference and established them
selves so Hi inly that to dislodge them
will be dirtlcult, the time hns come In
the development of Amei lean Influen
ces when the gage of battle must be
accepted nnd the struggle for commer
cial primacy begun with vigor. We
cannot aftoid to ask for any unfair
advantages, but we can at least see to
It that our commercial rivals are not
successful In lying about us.
Eight jeais ago Hetbert H. Vree
Innd was a conductor on a small steam
ralhoad; today he is president of the
company which conttols the surface
railroads of New York. His rise was
due to the fact that the ability which
he exhibited In the smaller position
recommended him for larger trusts.
There Is no better recipe for success.
Kxpoits ot manufactutes for Febru
ary were )34,226,18. In February, one
year ago, they wcie $24,480,860. The
United States Is bound to become the
workshop of the woild.
Mrs. Latigti.v nnd "The Degenerates"
have been bailed out ot Cleveland.
This Is doubtless another result of too
much enthusiasm on the part of the
ellow press agent.
It Is to be hoped that Ball Plaer
Jennings' decision to become a Phila
delphia editor will not be regarded as
the case of a fast man seeking slow
company.
Mr. Bian wants It undei stood once
for all that no Gold Demociats need
appl.v. '
Piierfo Ricans Not
Y?f Prepared for
FMI Citizenship
Washington Letter, Pittsburg lime.
THE DEMOCRATIC position concern
ing om iuvv possesions Is that the
nuistltutioii of the United States
was extended to them ut the mo
incut of theli aciiil-Itlon, and that, tliei"
fuie, the Inhabitants tbeicof hi came tit
once lull-fledged citizens of the United
States, possessing all the lights and pnv-llcRi-s
Incident to smh citizenship. Jt Is
upon this giound that the Demoeiatie
pattv has laltcd such a bowl against tlm
proposition to impose a 15 per cent, duty
upon I'uetto Rlcan products Imported
Into the United States, their rontentton
being that, tho Puerto Ricans being citi
zens as much as ate (lie people of this
country, the placing of any dut upon
their pioducts Is as unconstitutional and
unjust as would be the imposition of a
dutv upon the products ccmlng from ono
state or terrltoiy to another.
o
1'iom a sentimental point of view, this
mav speni all right. Hut the affairs or a
people aro not run exclusively on senti
ment. Government Is a serious business,
and charity begins at home. Out new
possessions were not acquit ed as the re
sult of a national deire for teirlton.il
aggrandizement. The American people
did not enter Into the war with Spain
with the hope or expeitatlon of acquiring
Pueito Rico, tho Philippines or Guam.
Their acquisition was an incident to tliut
war, and not Its purpose. Now that we
have them, whut shall be done concern
ing them Is a question to be settled in
such a way as, securing to the people ot
those Islands gocd government, justli e
and that measuio of prospeilty which Is
possible to bring about by proper legis
lation, shall also not Inflict injustice upon
our own people. The man who finds n,
deserted babe upon his doorstep Is bound
to shelter and protect It, al least for the
time being, but no considerations of Jus
tice or humnnltv can demand that lie
shall disinherit his own children for Its
benefit.
o
Uollnwed to Us legitimate conclusion,
the Demoeiatie contention as to the
status of our new possessions Is that
their peoplo are as much American citi
zens as are those of Pennsjlvanla. It
that Is gi anted It mav bo well to Inquire
what sort of people tliev ic.illv are. In
October, 1W, Piesldent McKinley ap
pointed Henry K. Carioll special com
missioner for the United States to Puerto
Rleo to investig.ito and report the civil.
Industrial, financial, and social conditions
of that Island. Mr. Carroll made two
vlKlts to Puerto Rico, going to tho chief
cities and districts of tho island, and
taking tho ti stimony ot all Insular and
municipal officials, judges, lawyers, doe
tors, bankers, merchants, planters, man
ufacturers, artisans, field laboicrs. In
habitants of tho poor quaiters In cities
persons of all classes and colors. Span
lards, Germans and other foreign resi
dents, eveijone. In fact, who could and
would glvo facts showing actual and ex
isting conditions, and tho reasons why
thev existed. All this testimony, to
gether with Mr. Carroll s conclusions and
iceommcndatlons. aro to bo found In the
voluminous report which ho mado to the
president, nnd fiom that lepnrt the state
ments herein mado are taken.
o
In Hi? the population of Puerto Rico
was mado up of 575.1S7 whites, 211.000
mixed, or miilattoes, and "j.S.'I blacks, or
negroes Only I.S2I weio classed as for
eigners, or whites of other nationalities
than Spaulaids bv bhth or descent. In
statistics of births In 18s; show that
about 5-' per cent, were legitimate and 4S
per cent, wero Illegitimate, children. Mi.
Cairoll, in connection with this rathei
startling state uf affahs, sas: "Tim
blitbs me bv no means, owing to defect
ive laws, fully reported, but complete le.
turns would not probiblv make the show
lug better. Half or more of the children
born aro Illegitimate, and It follows that
a largo proportion of the parents aio
living In lonjugal telatlnns without mui
rlage." Various reasons ate given for
these conditions, some having relation to
1 elisions lcstrletlonx. other to the finan
cial condition of the people. Rut, with
out enteilng Into them In detail. It hard
ly seems unjust to siy that a peoplo
who, for any icusons whatever, are con
tent to llvo under conditions which make
this state of affairs possible, are not cal
culated to make Ideal Amei lean citizens.
o
The, public nhool svstem is charactei
Ized as "decidedly Inferior and insufll
rlent." Little attention was paid to edu
cating the children In the toiintry dis
tricts, in fact, the first ruial school for
girls was established no longer ago than
JsSo. The school popiilntlcn of the island
on November 1, H'tS, wsh la.lM, the
school ago being betwtni five and IS
jeuis. Of this niinibei 27, WS had attend
ed school and SI.7J7 hud nut. Returns In
March, 1W. showed n leglsteied attend
ance of Sti.KS. Including private schools,
and an average attendance ot 18,979. Nut
iirally under such conditions as these.
Illiteracy Is the uile, rather than the ex
ceptlon. The Inst census does not give
the returns on this subject, und those of
UM are tho only ones available. In that
year, when the population was SSJ.Ul,
only Gl.lJO wero literate, while S31.J.JI were
Illiterate. Over SO per cent, weio unable
to read. The estimates of present con
ditions ary; some say that 15, others 18
or 20, per cent, of tho population are nble
to lead and write. Of the population of
Ponce, numbering In 1SS7, between 4S.O00
and 4'M)0, only 11,291 can read, or read
and write. The greatest amount of llllt
eiacy Is. of course, hi tho imal districts,
wheie tho population Is hard to touch
with school facilities
Agriculture Is almost the only source of
Industrial wealth hi the ihind. Thu tux
returns Indicate W,iV rut ill estates nnd
f0 75.1 owners. The crops most generally
raised nre, acecidlng to the census of Pn!,
and In the older of ureas occupied, collie,
121,170 ncies: sugar lane. 00 UI; tobacco,
4 8:2. RcloVi these there Hre minor pro
ducts, Including vcnetahlcs and banana-,
to tho tabling ut which 9-',6'iC acres were
devoted, and oilier crops, Including or
tinges, cocoa nuts, and fruits In genet al,
covering IfS.in acres. The dully wages ot
the ordinary Held laborer range generally
from 33 to CO cents per dav, native money.
A few ot the more skilled get from CO to
75 cents. Young bojs nnd the few wo.
men emplo.ved icielic about 25 or ,W cents
per day. "The house of the laboicrs,"
says Mr. Carroll, "Is very small nnd poor.
In tho rurul districts It Is built usually ot
thatch ot the palm, leaves ot the sugar
ciine, or other vegetables fibers. It Is
placed on four posts, standing from one
to three feet from the ground, The floor
Is vciy uneven nnd far from tight. It
generally has three looms, sometimes
only two. Uortunately no ash Is needed
for tho windows In th it mild climate. Al
most no furniture Is visible. A kettle
serves as a sort of portable range. In
this, with a little chanoal, or splinters of
wood, whatever cooking Is necessary Is
done. Sometimes u scissors bedstead
without mattresses or pillows, and with
a little covering, Is seen: sometimes a
sack or two, suspended from tho joor,
does duty as a hammock. These houses
are often occupied bv families ot live or
more, who dispose themselves for sleep
In the dlffeieut cotters of the -rooms,
often on palm branches. 1'or chilis, 11
box or two must do as substitutes; anil
as for tables, it Is not every man that
can afford one."
The ordinary household utensils, not
numerous, consist of a tin case in which
oil was Imported, with a. bar of wood
neiops It to serve &s a bindle; a lire ket
tle, like a. plumber's; large and small
spoons and cups and ladles, mado ot the
gnuid; washtubs fashioned from the
sheath of the rojnl palm, the ends blng
drnwn together; mills for coffee and corn,
which are circular flat stones, and mor
tals hollowed out of the trunks of trees,
with tho machete to verve as ax. hatchet
and knife, and lingers ns a substitute tor
folks. The, food or the. ruial population
consists pilnclpally of rlie. suit codfish.
jeiked beef, filed plantains and sweet po.
iiuoes, seldom flesh meal. The plan
tain largely takes the place of bread, and
they use coffie. Pew of the laboring
1 lasses are tobust. They aio small, thin
nnd decidedly .anaemic. Moro noui--lulling
fiod inav be said to be the linlvei
sal need, pnd a less destructive drlnlc
thin the native mm, which dots them no
little physical Injur. The clothing of tho
poor Is of the cheapest description pos
sible, nnd Is very mragei. The joung
chlldien geneially go naked. "Those who
have two changes of clothing, usually
thlu ccttou goods, consider themselves
foi innate. Am to shoes, few wear them
at all. A committee of business men of
Ponce made 11 caietul calculation of the
number of shoes lequlred annunlly lor
the people of the island, 'llulr estimate
was ns follows: Ulftv thousand wear
four pairs a teai; '.n.noo wear three pairs
a j eat, and JO.uX wear one pilr a vear.
Accotdlng to this, UiOJiOO ot the r'00'ou in
habitants wear sl.ces legularlv, and BOWK)
Inegularly, having 700,110 us belonging
to the barefoot class."
o
The arllsnns, or meclianli s, of the cities
and towns are bettei educated, have bet.
ter food, and wear better clothes than
do tho lural laborets. Representatives of
eleven labor unions, painters, tinsmiths,
silversmiths, bookbinders, 1 lg,t makers,
prlnteis, masons, carpenteis, bakers,
shoemakers und boat mi n, appeared be
fore the commission Nine of the eleven
were olored men. who seem to monopol
ize the trade?, at least tu the capital.
They weie neatly dtessed, well-appealing,
Intelligent mi 11. The substance of
their complaints was that tin li enilv in
cline was not enough to allow them to
live comfortablj and educate their chil
dren. In most cased their earnings who
from $1 to $l.2i and $1 50 per dajs ot 10 or
It hours. Woik in evety line Is scaice.
The caipenleis and masons suffer be
cause theie Is little building, even In the
cities; the bakers because there are so
mnnv of them; the tnllois and shoemak
ers because o mnnv cheap shoes and
clothes are imported; the prlnteis be-
ause theie Is so little demilid for news
papers. Some of the misons make less
than 75 cents per dav. One of them, In
1 espouse to nn fnr.iiry. said the condi
tions had been bad ever since he could
lememter them
o
Justice to the Puerto Ricans demands
that the conclusions of the connnlssionrr
as to theli (.eneral characterise . should
be fully stated. 'The luinlt of obedient e
is strong anion; them. Their respect ten
luw Is another notable charaeteilstlc.
They are not turbulent 01 violent. Riots
are almost unknown In the Island; so is
organized lesistance, to law; brigandage
flemished onlj foi a shoit time after the
war, and Its object was revenge lathii
than rapine, 'they are not a criminal
people. Tho 111010 violent crime-, ate by
no means common, nuiglary Is nlmiwt
unknown. Thero 111 e ninny eases of
homicide, but the number hi propoitlon
to the population Is not so largo as In
the United States. Thieve r is the most
common offense, and pellv cases make up
a large part of this list. The people as a
whole are a moral, law-abiding class,
mild lu disposition. eas to govern, and
possess the possibilities of developing to
a high tpe of citizenship. The fact that
so many of them enter Into the miiital
relation without the sanction ol state or
church Is, of courfc, a serious reflection
upon their soelil molality. Halt ot moro
of their children uie Illegitimate, rtom
this stigma they cannot escape. But loo
much to their dl'ciedlt ni ly be eisiiy
inferred fiom this scandalous state ot nt
falls. Their appaient defiance of social,
ilvil and ecclesiastical law Is not duo to
Immoial purposes, but to conditions of
long standing, against which they have
deemed It useless to stiuggle. It Is tho
general testlmonv that persons living to.
gether. without tlie ohllcatlons of mai
rlage aio us a rule faithful to each other,
and caie for their e ffsprlng with tiue
paient.il love and devotion "
o
Making evei) possible itllowume foi the
Pueito Ricans, and charging up to condi
tions which they were unable to sui
mouut much lu which they aro defcitlve.
Is still does not seem that thev ate fitted
to become Ameileiu illlzcub In all that
the term Implies from the vciv lime of
the annexation of ihe island. Uven If the
Democratic position be conect, and thu
constitution took them within its full
provisions from the hour that the Span
ish flag was hauled down, It does not
appeal practicable, for llulr best Inter
ests, as well as those of the people of the
United States, to extend to them all the
rights and pilvlleges of citizenship. Ann,
moreover, If the. Democ ratio contention
be right, then the constitution extends to
the Philippines us will as to Pueito Rico,
There are few II. Inking citizens of tho
United Slates who uie willing and iciidy
to accept this view of so grave a matter.
If tho PuHo r. leans nip not fitted to
become citizens fiom tho vtiy Hist, how
much more must It be tiue that the 10
000.000 inhabitants uf the Philippine isl
ands, most of them but little. If nn thing,
moic than miked suvages, me In eveiy
way unfitted fur ellUcnslilp. with lis uti.
essary right to bring theli pioducts flee
Into out home irmikets, theie to compete
with similar pioducts lesultlng fiom the
labor of our own people?
WHAT'S IN A 1-AME?
Theie Is more truth than poelij hi thu
following: Call a a gltl u ihiik mid she
smiles, call a woman a hen nnd she
howls. Cull a oum.' woman a vvltih
and she Is pleased; call an old woman
11 witch am) fhe Is Indignant. Call a
girl a kitten and she rather likes it; call
n woman a cat and she hutes you,
Women are queer. If 5011 call a man it
gay dog. It will flatter I1I111: call htm a
pup, a hound ci- a tur, ami ho will try
to alter the map of jour face. Mu
don't mind being called a bull or a biui,
et he will object to being mentioned
as 11 iiiir or a cub. Men am quiet too
St. Puul CJ lobe.
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I In Woman's Realm I
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Till: KCONOMU'H HKCTION ot the
Green Ridge Woman's club bus Is
sued Invitations to 11 lcceptlon to be
held Thursday afternoon from 4 to (1
o'clock hi honor of Mis. I.lndu Hull
I.iuneil 11 ml Prof, Wlngale. The nceptlun
will be held In the Urecn Ridge library
and will be a Vciy handsome, utfalr. '
t
rllfi New Yiiil, Tilbune of a lecelit
1 (1 lie sijs of Mis. t.ained:
"Mis. Linda Hull Limed, of Svra
cusc, who ha 1 just been elei ted president
of tlm National Household Reunomlc as
sociation, l a club woman who has been
n club wcmaii and 11 new woman to some
purpose.
"She Is the kind of a club woman who
makes the club subseivlent to the hotre.
Indeed, the social clubs of Hrucuso of
which she Is a membei lake little of her
Interest lu eompnrlsnu with tho local Do
mestic Silence association, ot whltli she
Is pie'ldent and which has successfully
established 11 school of domestic science
that has attained a national h potation
"Mrs. Larrcd Is also a writer on home,
hold literature, having been for some
time the editor of a depaitment on this
subject in a well known in igazlne, and
some time since published 11 little cook
bonk called "The Little Hpti-nre," which
she has Just followed up with a more
compiehenslve work upon 'The Hostess
of Todav," which has been publish! d by
the Scrlbnets and Just placed i.pon the
market.
"Till i new publication takes for grant
ed that the hostes of toda. knows how
to ,ronk and how to follow leclpes in all
kinds of cook books, and while this new
book contains some leclpes, it treats only
those which are Included In the menus
given for special enteilnlnments, hreik
fasts, luncherns? dinners, suppeis, the
o'clock leas, chafing dish suppers, either
formal or tnformnl; gives novel Ideas of
artistic menus, decorations and sen lie:
glvec Illustrations of the latest dishes
lor each service, the neccssiry mpcry,
sliver and the way to serve each Item in
anv menu.
"Directions ale given how to lan nnv
function from beginning to end, nil the
nice little details which make everything
pass oft smoothlv and without nnv nerv
ous moments for the hostess. These dl
lections Include the service with a full
retinue of servants or with but one, who
Is combined cook and waitress.
"Tho artistic side obtains the mot
prominence, nnd the woman' of small In
come Is shown Just bow she can enter
tain upon anv allownme she may have
for the puipoe. The average price of
each dish Is given, and every recipe Is
propoitloned foi six people It Is there
fore easv to plan nnv kind of a social
function with this guide."
TUB COMING of Miss Klhel Chase on
Kaster Mondav night under the aits
pices of the Woman's guild of St.
Luke's church Is nn ivent anticipated
with much pleasure by main who know
of this dimming voung woman's nbllitv
In monologue wink. Miss Chase was for
nieilv a i llkcs-B.it ic gill and bus many
friends In this region.
PERSONALITIES.
itieniidl Lew Wallace Is at work upon
another drama, the scene of which Is
said to be laid in Thebes.
Secietary Long has made an Interest
ing collertlon ot the naval flags and sig
nals of nil nations. Muny of these flags
aro the gifts of famous sallois of this
nnd other countries.
Congiessman Chailes B. Laudis, of In.
dlaua, whoso abllltiis as an otator arc
attracting considerable attention, sas of
himself: "I pitched hay as u lud, woiktd
In a giavel-plt lu m .voulh, and attended
college only when I leached manhood."
Hiram Maxim's name Is well known
throughout the world by reason of the
gun which lie Invented, and which beats
his name. It Is said that the Invention
of these guns wns the tesult of his hav
ing his shoulder biulsed by tlie rtcoll in
tiling au old military musket.
George Vndh.un, the British under
sccretaiv of state for win, was lemiuded
In the house ot commons tecently during
the progress of a debate that be Is the
grcatgraudsoii ot nn Irish rebtl His
maternal grandmother wns a daughter of
Lord Fitzgciald, the "rebel" son of the
Duke ot Lelnster.
Sir Chailes Hastings, the famous In
diau soldier, oidered that after his death
his bodv should be wrapped In an thing
that would hold together, bulled lu au
open field, and the soil aioimd him
planted with acorns, so that ho might
lender a last service to his countrv by
nourishing a good Unglish oak.
Professor Uenty Morton, piesldent of
the Stevens Institute of Technology, said
the other dav lhat he thought a scien
tific iilucntlon ot a ceitaln kind nices.
saiv to tvnv mm, not because this Is a
scientific age so much as because It is
pre-eiiiliientiv au age tequliing that ac
curacy, which 11 scientific ti tilling devel
ops. IF I SHOULD DIE TONIGHT.
If I should die toniUit,
And ou should come tu my cold torpsc
nnd say.
Weeping and heartsick o'er my lifeless
clav.
It I should die tonight.
And nu should come lu deepest gilel
and woe
And say, "Here's that ten dollars thai 1
owe,"
I mlMit arise In my l.uge white ciav.it
And say, "What's that."
It I should die tonltht.
And j 011 should come to my cold eotpsu
and kneel.
Clasping my bier to show the gtlef jou
feel-
1 sav, If I should die tonight
And vou Hhould como to me them nutl
then
.lust even bint of paving me that ten.
I might rlso the while.
But I'd ill op dead afcaln.
lieu King
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