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VOL. VI.
M1LF0KI). PIKE COUNTY, PA., Fill DA Y, JANUARY 18, 15)01.
NO. 10.
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SHOULD BEER BE SOLD
IN THE ARMY CANTEEN?
Circumstances now place this ques
tion directly before the American
ieo)Ie.
The lower house of our National
Legislature hns Just passed, hy over
whelming majority, an nniendment
to the Army Reorganization Hill
which reads:
"The sale of or dealing in beer,
wine or intoxicating liquocr by liny
In any post, exchange or canteen, i r
any army transport, or upon any prem
ises used for military purposes by the
1'nited States Is hereby prohibited.
The Secretary of War is hereby di
rected to carry the provisions of this
section into full force and effect."
The Semite I'ommitte on Military
Affairs has reported it to the Senate
with the recommendation that it
pass, words "lcer" and "or any Intox
icating liquors" strickenjout, and the
words "or any distilled spirits" sub
stituted. This would permit the sale of beer
and any fermented liquor except
wine on all premises and transports
used by militury purpose by the
American Army.
If beer drinking helps our soldiers
morally, mentally and physically,
thereby fitting them better to defend
our country and to represent its prin
ciples, then this Senate amendment
should be accepted.
WHAT IS THK NATI'KK OF HKKIl?
Chemical analysis shows that beer
contains from three to five per cent.,
sometimes more, alcohol. It is un
disputed that hlcohol has the power,
taken even in small amounts, to
create an uncontrollable and destruc
tive appetite for more; therefore, beer
is a dangerous drink that invites to
an increased use of alcohol, which
may lead to dru likeness.
The effect of the use of beer is brief
ly stated in the "London Lancet, the
foremost medical journal of the woi Id,
which says, April 1, 1899:
"Any Inei eased consumption of
beer, however good for the brewers
and the national exchequer, will not
conduce to sobriety or to a diminution
of the disease and misery production
of alcohol."
Nearer home testimony from the
"Scientific American" says:
"Beer not only creates an appetite
for something stronger, but its im
mediate influence and effect upon
crime are more dangerous in the com
munity than the stronger liquors, in
this way: The excessive use of strong
er drinks is liable to make men drunk
and helpless, unable to do much,
harm, while beer excites men to nets
of vioit-iiee, desperation and crime.
"The use ot beer has been found to
produce a species of degeneration of
all the organs. In apearaee the
beer drinker may be the picture of
health, but in reality he is most in
capable of resisting disease."
BTIENTIFIC ORMERVF-KH OF ARMY
LIFE.
Men of German extraction in our
Army should be influenced by their
own great authorities. Dr. O. von
Bunge, Professor of Physiological
Chemistry in the University of
Basle, says:
"In connection with the sanitation
of armies thousands of experiments
upon large bodies of men have been
made, and have led to the result
that in peace and war, in every clim
ate, in heat, cold and rain, soldier.:
are better able to endure the fatigues
of the most exhausting man-lies when
they are not allowed any alcohol."
Dr. Adolf Kick, Professor of Phy
siology in the University of Wurtz
burg, says:
"It is quite beyond doubt that ev
ery dose of alceh l, even the most
moderate, diminishes the strength."
In perfect harmony with the tore
going is the testimony of William B.
Koehester, Brigadier-General U. S.
A., (Retired):
"It has been shown over and over
tbat those who endure the greatest
fatigue and exposure are the men
wliu do not drink."
"The Journal of Inebriety, Octob
er, 1899, says:
"Hy order of the Field-Marshal,
Iird Wolseley, Hritif.li commander-in-chief,
careful and exhaustive ex
criiiieiits were made with a view to
ascertaining the relative effects of al
cohol ami of total abstinence upon the
physical endurance ami staying qual
ities of the troops. One regiment
w as deprived of every foi m of alco
holic dunk, while another lielonging
to the same brigade v:is allowed to
puichase, as usual, malt liquor at the
canteen, and another would leceivea
a dully ration of whinkey. In each
instant e the experiment r-how ed that,
vi hcreas, nt the tirt-t, the regiment
which hud received an allowance of
grog isui pas.--d the other in dash and
in impetuosity, and a hick of spirit
and endurance. The same manifes
tations, tho'igh ina minor and nlow
er degiee, were apparent in the regi
ment rest rlcted to mult liquors
wlieitus, the men who hud Uen
kept lioin every foioi of alcoholic
drink iiicreu-ed in slaying pout-r,
alei -i nt s ii nd i e r e e, y day. The
jr-uilf of the-- ex pel imtu'.s e;ul the
British War Department to decide,
not on the ground of principle, but
solely for the sake of iiininlni.iing the
power of endurance of the troops now
engaged in the Soudan campaign, not
to permit ft single drop of alcohol in
camp save for hospital use."
Dr. Edward L. Fox, President of
the British Medical Association, in
his annual address before the sixty-
second annual meeting of that As
sociation, remarked:
"How inijxirtant it is for a nation
to know that an excess in muscular
work, as in the forced marches of an
army is rendered fur more difficult
hv the use of alcohol; that it not only
fails in giving power in the work of
the mustles of the heart, hut acts di
stinctly as a depressant; that it never
enchances the temperatures of the
body: and that in its pure state it is
a food." All this knowledge has been
gained by the observation of medical
men."
I1EF.R IN THE I'll 1 1.1 1'I'l N KS.
It Is n source of honorable satisfac
tion to the citizens of this country that
the late Spanish War was not for
revenge or conquest, but for the re
lief of oppression and for the exten
sion of that liberty for which our na
tion stands. An army of occupation
in the Philippine Islands, until the
people of that country are capable of
self-government, is a sequence of that
war. If the presence and example of
a lieer-drinking army will tend to
hasten the capacity for self govern
ment, then the Senate amendment is
wise. We are not without abundant
evidence on this point. The Presi
dent of the Philippine Commission,
.1. G. Schurman, LL.D., sent by our
Government to those islands for in
formation, has said:
"I regret that the Americans al
lowed the saloon to get a foothold on
the islands. That has hurt the Amer
icans more than anything else, and
the spectacle of Americans drunk
awakens disgust in the Filipinos
We suppressed the cock fights there
and permitted the taverns to flourish.
One emphasised the Filipino fiailty,
and the other the American vice. I
have never seen a Filipino drunkard.
The Filipinos have excellent virtues.
They are exceedingly cleanly and also
exceedingly temperate."
Mr. John Foreman, who was sum
moned to Paris by our Peace Commis
sion, as the foremost authority on
the Philippine question, says:
'Prior to the American occupation
there was little beer used In the is
lands. Within a fortnight after the
capitulation of Manila the drinking
had increased fourfold, .vccording
to the latest advices there are at least
twenty to one existing in the time of
the Spaniards. Drunkenness, with
its consequent evils, is rife all over
the city among the new white popu
lation. The orgies ot the newcomers,
the incessant street bawls, the insults
offered with impunity to natives of
both sexes, were hardly calculated to
arouse in the natives admiration for
their masters."
THE EVIDENCE SrMMF.I) VP.
The testimony of science shows
beer to be by nature a dangerous
drink; that intoxication from beer is
even more demoralizing than from
stronger liquors; that because of Us
inherent characteristics its use can lie
counted on to lower the moral, men
tal and physical force of its users.
The disgraceful results of its use in
our new possessions, which have
made every ti ue American blush for
his-"nation's honor, have been just
such as inevitably follow the drinking
of a lieverage whose inherent charac
teristics are those of beer, and show
the weakness of the claim often ad
vanced thai the isale of beer in the
army canteen will keep the soldier
from the mi loon.
The r.ature of beer is not at all
changed by selling it in the canteen
instead of in the saloon. The argu
ment is most sHvious that it would
lie less temp'ation to the soldier if he
were not ol liged to go to the saloon
outside, b'j could get beer within the
camp where it would Ixi an ever
present invitation to the thiit in
duced by the tropical heat. The
philosophy of the petition, "lead us
not into temptation," is thrown into
contempt by this reasoning, and the
United States is asked to provide the
temptation to drunkenness for the
valiant men who wear ils uniform,
and stand ready to defend its fl ig, if
need be, with life itself.
The suggested Senate amendment
assumes, on the part of the people's
representatives, au ignorance of scien
tific facts alsiut the nature of beer
that ars familiar to school chiitlicn,
or else an liidiileience to the welfare
of our army and to our mission as
.the evangels of lilx rty to the nations
of the eath. Such uu amendment
would liiisrcpiesvut the intelligence
and since, it v of purpose of ihe peo
ple of the I'niled States concerning
the undeveloped races which have
providentially come under our care.
Jl.tiiV 11. Hint.
r jr"Adverli:.e iu the PiO-i-s.
PERSONALS
Miss Li Hie Bui Iwinnn is quite ill.
Win. McKittrick spent Sunday in
Shnhola.
Clins. Schanno docs not material
l.v improve.
Benj. Beardslcy, of the PltEss of
flee. Is confined wiih u cold.
Henry Cnntio Esq. visited relatives
in Yonkers and New York this week.
Henry Kirk, who is now employed
in New Yoik, was in town Tuesday.
W. E Scott, formcly of Port .Tor
vis is now located nt Richmond,
Indiana,
Rev. Thomas Nichols, who has
been ill for several days, is improv
ing in health.
A surprise party was given Miss
Alien Ryman hist Saturdny nignt in
honor of her birthday.
Frank W. Crow is confined with
strong symptom of fgrip at the
home of Dr. H. B. Heed.
Mrs. John T. Van Etten, of Port
Jervis, fell on the ice- last Monday
and severely injured her bend.
l'aul B. mrniquo nnd Fred Kurtz
fished nt Mink's Pond tins week nnd
-aught 103 good sized pickerel.
Mrs. Arthur Roe, of Brnnchville,
vas hero this week called by the ill
ness of father, John C. West brook.
It is expected thnt Rev. Win. Mc
Kensie D. I), of Port Jervis will oo
"ii py the pulpit of the Milford Pres
byterian Church nex. Sabbath Jiinu-
uary 20 th morning and evening.
Winter Tours to California.
The F.iie Railroad is nn important
link in the Great Railway Systems
that connect the Atlantic nnd Pacific
Oceans, nnd the passenger Dojuut-
nient of ibis popular road is up-to-date
in every appointment, havini; all the
luxuries of modern travel to oiler the
thousands who contemplate "crossing
the continent" this winter" to the
land of "Sunshine and Roses." This
being the closing year of a ceiittny
of wonderland and astounding prog
ress, brings to mind the gigan
tic undertaking of joining the two
oceans with bauds of iron; American
history, in its tiiumphs of piogiess.
gives no event of moie thrilling in
terest than the scene on May 10th,
jKliO, which attended the laying of
the last rail that banded tbe conti
m 'lit and welded the gieat oceans.
Over this and the other great trans
continental route since constructed.
the future generations may travel in
I'mpluous palaces to the most perfect
(''iinte in the world, and a state lich
with gold ond precious jewels.
Round ti ip ticket by a gieat va
rietiy of routes, bearing limit of nine
months, with liberal siop over p-Ivi-leges
are available and pi liculni !v
desirable for California travel. For
compleie infoi illation call on or ad
dress the Krie ticket ollice, Port Jer
vis. N. Y.
The Division of Forestry of the
Department of Agi tctilture hns is
sued n bulletin on practical tree plant
ing, the kinds bent adapted for cer
tain localities and show s some of the
requirements towards making it n
success. Dauntless climatic condi
tions are chantrod hy the deforesta
tion which lias been going on for
years, nnd drouths may in a wsy bo
attributed to n lack ot forests.
There is room in this county for the
exercise of tree planting nnd cul
ture, but it will be of ittl.j avail un
til soma method of preventing de
structive fires is originated and car
ried into effect.
Mrs. Lizzie Latimore entertained
a number of her friends one even ins;
this week in honor of the nineteeth
anniversary of her marriage.
The guests were Prof. J. C. Wat
son nnd wife. Win. Angle nnd wife,
John. II. Rvdcr and wife, Sam Ful
ler, Mary Beardsloy, Gertie Watson.
Ln Kline, Anna May and Lucinda
Watson, Paulino Ncherer, Christian
Uehhardt, Louise Schreiber, Frank
Brink nnd Mrs. Rudolph.
Milfoid Hind Laundry.
. The undersigned has opened a
laundry on C-e litre Square Mil ford.
Ph., in the store room formerly oc
cupied by Geo. Daumao, and will do
all kinds of work pertaining to the
business with promptness mid in a
neat careful manner. A share of
the pnliho patronage is respectfully
solicited John L. Golklay.
Dress making in nil branches
Will !') to the house or do the work
t home. Addres M AKY I.l'liWHi,
oppo.-ito S.tWKill Mill, Milford, I'a,.
I O.l eloll' and liuol-unid Ht
G. Mitchells.
W.
Bfnl Estate Trnnsfnr.
George Mann Peck et. nl. to Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, four
tracts West fall, No. 45 Francis Smith
441 ncres, No. 75 John Shoo 400
acres, J-a' No. 71 Rachel Sh ;o 203
ncres, yt No. 44 Rachel Smith 220
acres, consideration $1,144.
Hnwley Doty et. ux. to Peter Do
ff, 103 ncres Delaware, part of Ann
Iln IT. consideration $1100.
Bertha Seitz nnd husband to Fred,
crick F. nnd Lizzie Magdalena Seitz,
his wife, one-half ncro Dingman
township, consideration support
and maintenance of grantors.
Katharine Hiyer executrix etc. to
Chnrles A. Biye-, lots 135 nnd HS
Matainorns, consideration l"00.
Peter W. Hobday et ux. to Ralph
Watrous, 75 acres part of Isaac Jones
Blooming Grove, con. $1511.
J. B. Westbrook, Trens., to Com.
missioners, throe deeds, Jonothnn
Smith 414 acres, John Poor 394 ncrt s,
Deborah Connnrd 204 acres, Diug-
niau township.
Louis H. Smith to Eleanor L. Hil
liard, John Brodhoail, Sr., Dingniju
to .vmhip 402 ,icr. con. $1,500.
Peter Yoost to Eleanor L. Hilliard,
two tracts, Dingrn in, Nicholas Ne
leigh 440 ncres, John Chambers 415
ncres, consideration $3.
J. B. Weithrook, Tres., to Joseph
Garville, 119 acres Dingiiiuu, part
James Cottincer.
Joseph Garville nnd wife to Louis
Stanton, part of James Cottinger,
Dingman, 179 acres, consideration
support and maintenance of grantors.
John Heller, Trens.. to John T.
Cross, lot No. 81, Porter, warrantee
Tuning Lackey 2(i." ncres.
John T. Oosn to Tliuo.loro BovV-
hannn nnd othors assignment of
nhove.
H. W. Buchanan and wife nnd
others to A. 1). Brown nnd B E
Brown, interest in lots Jacob O'Neal
571 ncres, Isaac Joan 413 acres, J no.
Loucti 415 acres, Rnhnrd Horton
410 acres, James Lackey 205 acres,
Porter township, eon. $:i:S3.
Issue Jnym nnd wife to A. D. and
B. E. Btown, 12 ncres James Lack
ey, interest in John Louch, Isaac
Jean, James O'Neal, Richard Hor
ton and James Lackey, con. $C50
OBITUARY.
LEWS BP A NO EN HERO.
On Monlay of last week Lewis
Spangenberg, of Tnfton. left us, to
enter upon the future Mfo.
Ho was a p or, hard working man
with many good qualities. His life
had been a continual .struggle, full
of misfortune nnd affliction, and
with but few pleasures to cheer his
pathway. Still he ws generally of
a happy disposition, and to those
who conid see below tho surface his
heart was in the right place. As
the minister nt his funeral truly
said "There nro ninny men worse
than poor Lew." His trials of this
life are over and we trust, nay we
are sure, that his allwiso Creator
who is loving nnd merciful ns well
as just, will receive him with love
and pity far greater than that of an
earthly father unto bis childron.
He will be missed by mnny of bis
neighbors and acquaintances and
when a man is thus missed lie has
not lived his life in vain. He leaves
a wife nnd four children, whom he
earnestly strove to bring up in the
way they should, go, nnd in his own
poor way tried to du that which is
right.
Temperature Theremometar.
Gas thermometers for high tem
peratures have been a Into subject
of experiment. Porcelain proved
to ho an unsuitable material for con
taining the gas, especially if hydro
gen is used ; hut nitrogen in u con
tainer of platinumirid'nm alloy
gave very trustworthy results. This
nitrogen thermometer is claimed to
measure temperatures up to 1150 do
erees C. with no greater error than
1 degrees C.
Unclaimed Letters
Lj'sI of unclaimed letters remain
ing ii the post ollice at Milford for
week ending Jan. 19, 11)01 :
Gentlemen Burt Doean.
Persons claiming the nhove will
please hay "Advertised" and give
late of this list.
CiiAiiLEb Latti.i;i:k, P. M,
When tho stomach is tired out it
mut have a rest, but we can't live
w ithout food. Kodol dysiiepsia Cure
"digests what you eat" so that you
cm eat aU the good food you want
while it is restoring the digestive!
ortfiins to health. It is the only prep-I
uratiun that dimwits all kinds of total, i
BRIEF MENTION.
Born to Ernest ('. Wood a daugh
ter. FOR SALE Two horse power,
thresher and separator. Enquire of
Wm. Anoi.k.
School attendance is greatly re-
1(1 need, nnd mnny pooplo nro com
plaining with colds.
Certificates of nomination for all
township officers must be filed with
the Commissioners on or before Febl
Tho electoral college of Pennsyl
vnnia met Monday at Hnrrisbnrg
and cast its vote for McKinley nnd
Roosevelt.
The loss suffered by the burning of
his ham has been promptly adjusted
and paid to Robinson Shepherd
through the agency of Ryman A
Wells.
Tho venerable ex-Prothonotary
J. V. Westbrook has been for sev
eral days confined to his bed with n
cold, and his condition does not im
prove Tho directors of 'he First National
Bmk of Milfotd on Monday elected
William Mitchell President, A. D.
Brown Vice President- and Robeit
W. Reid Cashier.
A social "slave sale" will hetriven
nt John D.inmann V. to niirht for the
benefit ol the Scbocopen orenn fund
which Miss Florence Rochofto is en
ergeticnlly urging.
Tho rumor that Dr. Reed had lost
about 200 chickens is only true in
part. It seems during his absence
they wore not properly enred fur and
died. It was supposed they bad
been stolen.
Hon. M. S. Quay was elected U.
S. Senator from Pennsylvania Tues
day for four yeers. His vote in the
Senate was 20 and in tho House
104', n total of 130, or three more
than were necessary, if nil were
present and voting.
Philip F. Steele, who has been
suffering with typhoid fever is re
ported improving, but bis three
boys, Lanty. Peroivtil nnd Archie,
are now afflicted with the same
disease, nnd Mrs. Steele is quite un
well with a severe cold.
Fino pickerel nre being caught at
Silver Lake, in Delaware township.
They nro of largo size and excellent
flavor. This pond wasnlwnvs noted
for the size nnd quality of its fish,
nnd has from time immemorial been
n favorite resort for sportsmon.
Robinson Shepherd, of Edgetnete,
was in town Tuesday and stafed that
he proposed re building bis barn,
which was destroyed by fire recent
ly, nnd would begin nt once. L. II.
Howey will locate n saw mill on bis
lands nnd begin getting out tho lie
cessnry timbers.
!ewis Spangenherg died at his
home, Tafton, i'a., Jan. 7th of pneu
monia. He was horn in Sussex Co.,
N. J., March 11, 1SS1, and has resid
ed at ids late home some HO years.
Ills wife, who was Roselle Williams,
and four children, Theodore, Lucy,
Miranda and Amie, wife of James
Ilazen, of Baoba, survive.
A marriage license was issued Jan.
12th to Daniel K. Van F.tten and Miss
Nellie Latimer, both of Delaware
township, ami they were married
Jan, 15 at the residence of the brides
mother, in Kingman's, by Rev. K.
11. Atwood of the M. K. chinch.
Ai'ier a bi icf tour they will locate in
DutchcssCo., N. Y., where the groom
will lie employed.
The Odd Fellows Insurance Com
pany is reported to be in a bad way
financially. For sometime it hns
not been able to meet the death
claims nnd members have been
heavily assessed which hns caused
n great falling off in membership.
Several here hold policies on which
they mny not realize unless the com
pany should receive large additions.
A Cat-p Mystery.
If is a mystery why women endure
iiackache, Ileaeache, Nervousness
Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting
Dizzy Spells when thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will
quickly cure such troubles. "I suf
fered for years with kidney trou
ble," writes Mrs. Phcbo Cherley, of
Peterson, la., "and u lumo back
pniitcd me so I could not dress my
self, but FJietrte Bitters wholly cur
ed me, and, aishougli 73 years old, I
now Bin able to do all my house
work." It overcomes Constiiation,
improves Appelitito. gives perfect
health. Only 5oo at all drug stores.
DeWitt's little early risers lire
tbtitityht tin p'lls, but thc:y never fail
to cleanse the liver, renioveobMruc
tious and invigorate the system.
New styles mens' combination
foot wear at Armstrong & Co.
THE RAMBLERS PICKINGS,
If yon bear any one sneczo or
cough don't ask them why they
do it because you may do it yonr
self when you get the fashionable
grip.
Warner Bros, have sank n well
near the entrance to their "Model
Farm."
The weather (luring the past week
has been every thing but healthy.
Have you seen the interior of our
court room? If not bettor go nnd
see what a good job has been done
hy painter Ernest Wood.
The present board of county com
missioners seem to be the right men
in the right place.
One of the most successful farm
crs I know of is Lewis S. Merrill
who resides just across tho river
from town. His large dinry of
of cows look like beeves, his
horses look like eolts, bis barns are
filled with gram nnd liny, and dur
ing the past year the nmount of
pork sold amounted to nbout six
hundred dollars. He has a fine
flock of sheep for sale or to trnde
for cattle.
A young lad named Crawn in the
mploy of Jake McCarty, of Montn
rue, while cutting foddor allowed
his band to get caught in tho mn-
chino, lacorating it iu sncli a ninn-
ner that amputation was thought
necessarj'. He is in the Port Jer
vis hospital. Jake is very nufor
tuurte since lie began farming, bis
brother and one of his horses were
killed by lightning, his team and
himself very near drowned, Joe
West, who was in his employ some
time, broko bis leg, his horse and
wagon was stolen, and now this ac
cident.
The music loving people of this
town nhould not forget the date of
the cantata in the M. E. church
Tuesday evening noxt.
A telephone call to our chief of
police from one of our hotels lind
the desired effect.
Daniol Everitt, of Montague, now
rejoices, borne one calls lmn Grand
pa !
The Ii ill near the spoke factory is
in a very icy condition, few horses
make it without slipping.
It is rumored that Arthur Myers,
the present landlord of the Brick
House, will locate over here about
April 1st.
Forestry in the Philippines.
Tho forests of tho Philippines are
thought to contain about COO species
more than 400 being now known.
There tiro 87 species of palms, 22 of
the oak family, including two oaks,
and 9 conifers, with only one true
pine the last named growing in n
dense forest above a height of 4000
feet iu the island of Luzon. At least
5(i species are valuable. One of the
most important is the yang ylung
tree, yielding a much prized oil ;but
othera furnish cocoanuts, gutta-percha,
varuisb, many dye woods, and
soma fine hard woods. A system of
forestry has existed 35 years. Be
tween 20,000,000and 40,000,000 acres
of government lands have been
cared for by about 65 foresters and
100 subordinates, and the regulations
have been on the most scientific
European model With usual Span
ish laxity in administration, howev
er, chief attention lias been given to
collecting licenses and other reve
nues. Analysis of a Smile.
Com positephotographs,oom hining
many pictures so as to get a type
face, were brought out nearly twen
ty years ago by Francis Gallon, F.
R. S. He now advances theopposite
idea, of analytical portraiture, and
aims to record what is individual in
the expression by combining differ
ent photographs of the same face.
Two portraits, for example, show a
man with normal expression and
when lie is smiling. On placing a
positive transparency of one picture
on a negative of the other, details
common to both are obliterated, aud
iho result is that only the smile is
left. The smi'e proves to lie aa act
involving the whole face instead of
a few muscles a discovery that will
doubtless bo followed by others as
this art of analyzing expression de
velopes. - Now is the time when croup and
lung trouliies prove rapidly fatal.
The only harm lee remedy that pro
duces immediate results is one min
ute cough cine. 1 1, is very pletiKiut
to take ami can bo relied epon to
quickly care coughs, colas and al
lung di.-i'ii.ses. It will prevent cord
bumptiou.
i THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Krnm Our Regular Correspondent..)
Washington, D. C, Jas. 14, 1801.
President McKinley hns practical
ly recovered from the attack of the
grip, but Dr. Kixoy will not let him
take any chances of a relapse ; con
sequeiitly ho is, 98 yet, doing very
little work. Being a man of robust
health naturally the forced confine
ment to his room hns been particu
larly hard on the President, and it
required all tho persuasion of Mrs.
McKinley to make him obey the
doctor's orders.
Friends of the army reorganiza
tion bill are disappointed that the
measure has not yet reached a vote
in the Senate, but they find some
consolation in the positive promise
of leading Senators thnt tho bill
will bo passed this week. The de
lay is particnlary aggravating to
Secretary Root, because it keeps nil
his nrrnngoments for bringing the
voluntoers home from the Philip
pines up in the air so to speak.
When the House took up the Riv
er and Harbor bill it was confident
ly expected that it would pass after
about two days debate, but the geti
ernl debate only enme to nn end to
dny. The debate has consisted lar
gely of complaint of the leaving out
of projects in which members are
interested.
Eulogies on deceased members nro
usually of the perfunctory order iu
Congress, but those on the late Sen
ator Davis were not in thnt class.
Mrs. Davis nnd a party of friends
occupied seats in the Executive gal
lery during the delivery of the ora
tions, of which u veteran newspap-
er said : "In recent years in the Sen
ate, no more beautiful, heartfelt and
eloquent eulogies have been pro
nounced upon the memory of any
Senator."
The D. B. Hill boom for 1904
reached Washington forty-eight
bours ago in charge of the Bird S.
Color, Comptroller of the City of
New York. That it is not a secret
boom may be seen from Mr. Color's
very frank reply when asked what
brought him to Washington: "I
hnve been seeing Democratic Sena
tors and Representatives in the in
terest of David B. Hill's nomination
for President. I holiove Mr. Hill
will' be the nominee in 1904. I
tliink he will have the support of
Democrats of every state in the
Union. His friends have taken hold
of this matter in earnest, and are
going to push his claims icr the
nomination with great viiror from
this time on. I have njt heard a
single objection to Hill'f. nomination
and I have talked witn many lending
Democrats from digoaent parts of
the country. On the contrary what
I have heard confirms me in the be
lief that Hill will be the next Demo
cratic nominee for President." The
invasion of the Hill boom seems to
have taken the thick and thin Bry
an Democrats by surprise. Their
private talk indicates that the Hill
Democrats and Bryan Demo-5rats
may indulge in a little figurative
throat cutting before long.
By a vote of 32 to 19, tho Senate
has again put itself on record in
favor of the Philippine policy of
President McKinley. The vote was
on an amendment to the Army Re
organization bill offered by Sountor
Hoar, providing that no further
military force shall be used in the
Philippines, except such as might
be nocessary to keep order in places
already in peaceable possession of
the U. S. The effect of the amend
ment, if it hml been adopted, would
bave been to encourage the Filipino
rebels to gather a big army in any
portion of the islands not actually
garrisoned by our troops, without
fear of molestation ; while supposed
ly in the interest of peace, such an
amendment would actually operate
to prolong hostilities. History has
taught that rebjllior, cannot be put
down by pacific legislation ; that
those who appeal to arms against
the powers that he must bo whip
ped into subjection. That has been
true even iu udvunced civilized na
tions. Any ot her method of ending
the revolt of the semi-barbarous
Filipinos would convince them that
the Americans were afraid of them.
At a single setting the House
passed 170 private pension bills,
which was the largest number dis
posed of in one day since the fllty.
first Congress.