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ARBITRATION FOR ALL INTERNA-
TIONAL DISPUTES.
The New York Herald In a timely line
of argument quotes from the Bering sea
treaty the following: "The United States of
America and her majesty, the queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, being desirous to provide for an ami-
cable settlement of the questions which
have arisen between their respective gov-
ernments concerning the jurisdictional
dghits of the United States in the waters
of Bering sea, have resolved to submit to
arbitration the questions involved." Has
our government submitted to awards under
this treaty? Has it paid the sum adjudged
against the United States by the Paris
arbitration? Is it not a fact that Senator
Morgan's resolution to reopen the settle-
ment approved by Secretary Gresham Is
now pending in congress? If this is true,
then what does Qur agreement to arbitrate
amount to? If we assume authority to go
behind the report and awurd of the fish-
eries commission and to refuse to pay the
judgment found against us, what assur-
ance are we prepared to give to England
or to the world that we will abide by the
settlement of arbitrators in the Venezuelan
matter? It is wise and fair thus to meas-
ure ourselves, or rather to m* inure our re-
puted representatives in congress who have
failed at a critical moment to give just
expression to the good faith and sterling
character of the country. Mr. Cleveland
demands that th>e Venezuelan case of tres-
pass to try title be submitted to arbitration.
He stands ready to make good former
judgments against this nation In the fish-
eries cases, according to the agreement of
Secretary Gresham. In order to prove our
sincerity and trustworthiness it would cer-
tainly seem fair and necessary to do this
first. While approving the president's de-
mand for arbitration in the Venezuelan
controversy, the jingo senators and con-
gressmen proceed to dispute the authority
of the Paris commission and to delay and
indefinitely set aside the award against the
United States This award was in favor of
Great Britain. Would it not be natural and
even logical for Lord Salisbury to use our
failure to su'bmkt promptly and cheerfully
to the award in this case as a reason why
Great Britain and other nations could not
regard without serious misgiving our of-
fers to arbitrate? Who can comprehend
the audacity and guile of the demagogues
in the congress of this country who spend
to-day demanding arbitration and waste to-
morrow disputing und setting at naught
the findings of tribunals to which they
pretend to be eager to submit? It is ques-
tionable whether any civilized country has
* eVfcr had in It a more dangerous army of
demagogues than we now have in the
United States. They appeal to the lowest
instincts of the country and hold Ameri-
cans up to the world as a people essentially
wanting In sense of fairness and justice
and without consistency or strength of
character. The H- raid quotes some en-
couraging doctrine on the subject of arbi-
tration as follows:
, < Her majesty's government will have
great satisfaction in joining with the gov-
ernment of the United States in seeking
by means of arbitration an adjustment of
the international questions which have so
long formed a matter of controversy be-
tween the two govern men ts.—Lord Salis-
bury to Secretary Blaine. . . . Tn mani-
festing the hop' that her majesty's gov-
ernment will lend their cordial co-operation
to the government of 'the United States
upon the basis of this concurrent resolu-
tion of congress, th* house of commons has
afforded a most gratifying proof of the
sentiment of the two nations in favor of
the settlement of international disagree-
ments by honorable resort to impartial ar-
bitration, a mode of adjustment of which
the United States and Great Britain have
by mutual accord given to the world con-
spicuous illustration on several recent oc-
casions.—Secretary Gresham to Sir Julian
Pauneefote. . . . Whereas, differences
have arisen between the government of the
United States and the government of her
Britannic majesty, and still exist, growing
out of the acts committed by the several
vessels, which have given rise to the claims
generally known as the "Alabama claims;"
now, in order to remove and adjust all
x 'complaints and claims on the part of the
United States, the high contracting parties
agree that all the said claims shall be re-
ferred to a tribunal of arbitration.—Treaty
of Washington. . . . There is one thing
that you should appreciate, and that is
that the improvement In guns and in the
material of war, in dynamite and other ex-
plosives, and in breech loading guns, is
rapidly bringing us to a period when war
will be eliminated from history—when w*
can no longer stand up and fight each
other, and when we shall have to resort to
something else. Now, what will that some-
thing tlse be? It will be arbitration.—Gen-
eral Sheridan. . . . Though I have been
trained as a soldier and have participated
in many battles, there never was a time
when, in my opinion, some way could not
have been found of preventing the draw-
ing of the sword. I look forward to an
epoch when a court recognized by all na-
tions will settle international differences,
instead of keeping large standing armies
as they do in Europe.—General Grant.
This is all the sound doctrine of civiliza-
tion and the American people stand ready
to indorse it heartily. This is the way to
adjust disputes. It is unfortunate that the
record made by congress does not conspicu-
ously attest the willingness of the nation
to abide by the treaties to which it is a
party or the awards upon which it, through
its representatives, has agreed.
chivalry asd the bench.
Chief Justice Snodgrass of Tennessee has
not resigned and one of h-la party friends
in aji eloquent tetter to the Nashville Ban-
ner declares that in shooting Lawyer Beas-
ley "the chief justice did exactly right."
"No other man is fit to be on the supreme
bench or hold any other high public trust
in this great republic," says this hero with
a pencil and a pull, "who is not the person-
ification of chivalry and honor, and the
trouble with the country now is that there
are too many cif the white-livered fellows
occupying high positions. The degrading
crusade against the mainihood of the c'utiztn
by the white-livered moral censors since
the war has well nigh degraded our peo-
ple." If "chivalry" and "homor" lead nec-
essarily to perjury and crime then away
with these high and costly qualities. But
fhey do not. There is nothing chivalrous
in violating a law thait one is sworn to de-
al tv and to defend. There is nothing hon-
oraDle in hunting down a political opponent
over a weak criticism or accusation like
that published by Colonel Beasley. There Is
no justification for this ferocious e»tra-ju-
dicial procedure. No semblance of lawful
excuse for it has been found so far even
by the party friends of the great gunner.
The Barrner's correspondent appeals to his-
tory and asks the world to "compare the
men of that chivalric age that gave birth
to our declaration of Independence and our
constitution with the present generation
and behold the difference." Responding to
this wonderful appeal to the past the New
York Evening Post allows that it "Is well
for a degenerate age thus to be reminded
how often George Washington used to
draw hi® revolver on any editor who ven-
tured to criticise him, how frequently
Thomas Jefferson would leave his desk in
the state department in order to call to
account some politician who questioned
the purky of his motives, and what a com-
mon occurrence it was for Chief Justice
Jay, When he left the supreme court room,
to shoot down some upstart of a lawyer
who had expressed doubt as to his being
the greatest jurist in the history of the
world." *
Mr. Theodore Roosevelt's speech of two
weeks ago is still beiing quoted by the
papers, Mr. Roosevelt ^said:
But I am certain that if we are to haive
any reform movement that is worthy of
the name, St haw g'ot to be a movement
based on the elementary principles of our
government; that this government is a
government of la wis, amid not men. . . .
We have got to have (Ummon- sense among
decent men if we are to win; and more
than that, we have got 'to have the cour-
age and willi'nlgness to stand up to the
racket. . . . We have got to have -that,
and to make up our iiwiwds that every man
will stand up and enforce the law, and
•take every kind of opposition and every
kind of abuse au being just so much in the
day's work. If tlhe poliitlicianis are down
on him, well and good; if the press, even
united, turns arou»nd on him, so much the
wrorse for the press. We 'hope to prize
greatly the good will of our fellow citizens,
and we deserve it, but there is cine thing
we prize stftlil more, and that is our self-
resp'ect. If the legislature of thi's estate re-
laxes the Sunday law, we Will s-ee that the
relaxed law Is observed. If it keeps tthe
Sunday law on the books, well and. good.
You will have Co remove us from office or
legislate U3 out of office before yo<u will
see us fail to enforce it. . . . Now,
whether In the future in New York we
cam win or not, I do not kinow. But I do
know that there are prices 'too dear to
pay lor victory; and that owe Qf t'hoise
prices is the price o.f acting In the same
manner becauise of w'hich we threw our
cppctaenti} out of power. We have got to
have a lively conscience. We have got to
have our people understand that the 'hon-
est enforcement of the Inw is worth a great
\ieail moire than the privilege of drinking
a glnu.-. of beet- ait hours prohilM'ted by the
law. We have got to have our citizens
understand tlhait they mus>t t-lhow common
sense. We have igot to consider it a ne-
cessity that our puibllic officiate shall show
n a only honesty and ccmununn .serase, but
alro couralge, and be willing when t'h?y
know Cha't they are in the right to stand
whatever may befall them in the way of
thostl'le attack or hostile criM^H-'m rather
'•than swerve one hand's breadth from the
course 'they have marked out, and whfiich
they know as Jionoirable men they are
bound <to foflltovv.
Prof. Harvey has a secret political or-
ganization, 'but can mot afford to> give the
old parties the shake.
Some of the congressmen of this nation
are attuailly wil'lling to see .tihe country
plunged 'into a war of stupendous cost of
life and treasure to divert attention from
important qu'tis'ti'cinls of domestic poKitics
which t'lu-se congieasmen have shown
themselves too selfish and weak to settle.
Governor Bradley of Kentucky will have
to sing low or he will have the heroes
after him.
A correspondent at Walnut Springs notes
a statement that.in case of War wilth Eng-
land 1,000,000 men could be brought into the
field in two months, and 'inquires: "What
wu'ttld the other 64,l>00,uu0 be dicing while
these 1,000,000 poor devils were doing the
fife'luttng?" This correspondent Signs him-
self "One of -the Poor Devils," and adds
that this "would probably be another rich
man's war and poor man's fight." Such
Is pretty mucih the case with all wars.
The tariff war which we have been wag-
ing against the 'interests of commercial
peace anid liberty in this country and
throughout the world Us no exception. It
is rather one of the most grievous Illustra-
tions of the foot that wars as a general
rule are cunittfjngly devised schemes for
exploiting the courage and brawn of poor
men, condemned to flight with arms or im-
plements of industry, to exalt and enrich
a rapacious few While laying progressive-
ly heavier burdenis on the many.
Chairman Dingley seems to have trimmed
the first caimipaign documents to suit the
man from Maine.
desperate chawc# of war to fuTfher tfhe
petty «nd& of party politics or personal
lust for power. It is monstrous that such
things should be 1a a Christian land, and
In the dying day& of the nineteenth cen-
tury." Some of the most dangerous? pubiic
enamfies of thfls country are great favorites
of the people.
Try the "Grand OKI Man's" prescription
for 1S96.
The Braziiian minister of foreign affairs
has notified the Brazilian congress of the
government's refusal to accept the offer of
Great Britain to submit to arbitration the
question of the ownership of the tteiand
of Trinidad.
The Spanish airmy in Cuba is said to
have forty generals and 250 colonels.
Mr. Cleveland in his message of Decem-
ber 18, 1893, avouched: "The law of nations
founded upon reason and justice, and
the rules of conduct governing individual
relations between citizens or subjects of
a civilized state are equally applicable as
between enlightened nations." In his
letter to the British government, as re-
vised and officiary published, Secretary
Olney affirms: "Today the United 9tatea
is practically sovereign on thils contiinenit,
and itis fiat is law upon the subjects to
which it confines its imterp3s.it!llon>s. Why?
It is not because of the pure friendship
or good will felt for it. It is not siitnuply
by reason of Itls hi'gh character as a civi-
lized state, nor becamse wisdom and jus-
tice and equity are the invariable charac-
teristics of 'the dieaHnsgs of the United
States. It is because its infinite re-
sources, combined with its isolated po-
sition, render It master of the situatfon
and practically invulnerable as against
any or all other powers."
Statesmanship stops these days with
tricky efforts to load the other party down
witlh responsibility and thus get the of-
fices.
The Galveston Tribune issued a very
creditable New Year's edition, detailing
Galveston's achievements of the past year
and calling to the attention of our citi-
zens the bright outlook for 1896. Galveston
accomplished much during 1895 and begins
tlhe new year with a large balance in her
favor, but there is much to be done. As
the Tribune says, immense possibilities are
ours, and they must be improved. By this
kind of work the Tribune will do more
good than by getting up 8. war with Eng-
land.
The nihilists hwe aga^n expressed their
determination <to blow the czar of Russia
initio another world He failed to find for-
eign missions, judgeships and postoffices for
all their men and they have declared him
a public enemy.
The republicans admit, as shown by the
record, that they know of no way of
getting on without jumpiing on the con-
sumer wft'h both feet
mrary
mnet arui
ther has
A negro man was caught stealing two
horse blankets in St. Louis and the citi-
zens gathered In to lynch him. A crowd
of prominent and angry men seized him,
put a rope around hlls neck and strung
him up by a block and tackle. But the
negro broke tlhe cord which bound his
arms, cut the rope, dropped to the ground
and ran like a deer. He was chased and
overtaken by tlhe moib, but he turned with
his big knife and showed such delsperate
light that the crowd halted and wavered,
and the negro escaped up an alley. If the
good people of St. Louis coUld not hang
him, why didn't some of the 'bravest of
them shoot htm in the back?
The Galvesiton Tribune declares the edi-
torial expressions of The News "un-Ameri-
can." Such originality is the very cream
of patriotism. It is poetry!
, lULJlLJJB
SNAP SHOTS.
The distinguished gentlemen of exceed-
ingly sensitive nervous construction and
largely given to fantastic Chivalry on
water who are in charge of the important
yar-ht'Img siervlce of thils nation are main-
taining a stoical silence since Lord Dun-
raven's abrupt return to England. No
faces were slapped. No noses were broken.
No mouths were mashed. But it Is safe to
assert that everything that these fine peo-
ple undertook was accomplished in the
mast elegamt and d'elicate manner.
The Cuban insurgents have burned a
great deal of property in the province of
Matanaas.
"It ia shameful," says the Memphis Com-
mercial-Appeal, referring 'to the apparent
eagerness of demagogues in congress «to
lead the people even unto war for cam-
paign purposes, "that party politics and
personal ambition should be suffered to
play witlh so terrible and dangerous a J
question. There are no doubt men in this |
country 'Who would phintge into a war out
of mere wantonness, and tlhere are evi- '
dently others who are willing to take the 1
Nobody has ever been drowned in a cur-
rent of fun.
The fool is a most dangerous pubii-c en-
emy.
A Chicago judge has sent a lawyer to
jail for contempt of court because he at-
tempted to prosecute an alderman.
When it comes to keeping cool common
sense beats ice.
Unless a boy is brought up in the way he
should go when he gets old he is apt to go
to the penitentiary.
Contrary to expectation—Disappointment.
We have spread our eagle until it is se-
verely stretched.
A great mainy heroes cost more than they
are worth.
Some vain people are too weak for ainy-
thing beater or stronger than flattery.
They may talk lightly of codfish balls,
but fome of them are swell functions.
An exchange refers to "four negroes
found hanging around a South Carolina
town." Explanation is now in order.
VENEZUELAN QUESTION.
A Reader Who Is Dissatisfied With the
Course of The News.
Waters Pierce Oil Company (Southern
Texas Division.)—J, W. Keenan, Assistant
Manager, Galveston, Tex.—Galveston, Tex.,
Dec. 31, 1S95.—'To The News: There will be
due yon to-morrow thirteen days' subscrip-
tion to your paper, which please send down
and get. Stop the paper. For the sake of
the news it contains I have put up with
tlhe strong English leaning of The News
upon the financial question now agitating
the country, giving it the benefit of the
doubt. But its course since the message of
President Cleveland to congress upon the
Venezuelan boundary question has been so
thoroughly un-American, so thoroughly
and openly English, that I, as a plain, self-
respecting American, can no longer give
it my support. Were it only anxious that
wur should be avoided by every legitimate
method consistent with our national honor,
I could heartily support it—for such are
my own sentiments. That war is, beyo-nd
peradventure, a dire calamity, no reason-
able person doubts; but that the loss of
national honor and national self-respect Is
a more dire calamity, each reasonable per-
son equally agrees. The News, however,
not only makes light of American honor,
but brands the utterances of the president
of the United States, upon a policy that
has ever been dear to the heart of the
American people, as, at best, a sudden at-
tack of silliness, If not what is more dis-
honorable, a political trick; albeit it has
hirherto lauded him as a most wise, care-
ful, sturdy, honorable and efficient man
when his utterances were in favor of Eng.
lish interests.
On the other hand, the announcement of
Lord Salisbury that It is silly to attempt
to apply the Monroe doctrine to the Ven-
ezuelan matter Is hailed as the utterance of
a great statesman.
When England lays claim to a large
tract of American soil, her right to which
is disputed by an American public, it Is the
height of presumption upon the part of the
United States to ask of h<*r proofs of her
title before she occupies the soil. When
Venezuela says that England, under a
guileful assertion of boundary line, is at-
tempting to wrest from her by force one-
third cf her territory, she is a spiteful lit-
tle nest of yellow jackets, and utterly un-
worthy of belief.
When England, apparently afraid of her
title, refuses to make proof of the same,
she is seeking to preserve the peace.
When the United States, acting under the
Monroe doctrine, which declares that no
European nation £hall acquire new terri-
tory on the western hemisphere for coloni-
sation or extension of tiheir system of gov-
ernment, sends a commission down to the
disputed territory to determine honestly
where the line is, she willfully and crimi-
nally precipitates a war. Why? Because
if the boundary does not suit. England it is,
beforehand, neither sensible nor honest. It
is no violation of the Monroe doctrine,
under a guileful assertion of boundary, for
England to forcibly wreat territory from a
weak American republic. Why? Because
Lord Salisbury has said so. ulney's and
Cleveland's assertions to
make no differwice. Why?
ha*? a presidential bee in h
can not, therefore, be honest, ».»
bctn suddenly and unexpectedly attacked
w ith silliness. If it were Russia, or Prance,
or Germany who made the claim? Oh, that
would be different. They are not England
and aire not Anglo-Saxons. What propor-
tion of Americans is Anglo-Saxon?
Cleveland may have been wrong in some
things. In this matter Cleveland is right
and voices the sentiment of every true
American. Let the commission make its
finding. If the honest line lieo east of
England's claim, then, beyond a peradvent-
ure, the Monroe doctrine applies to the
country west of the honest line. If Eng-
land pushes over the line, England will
criminally bring on war. actuated solely
by insatiable avarice.
Unlike The News, I do not believe that
the United States commission will willful-
ly find a wrong line for the sake of precipi-
tating a war. England has cried out before
she was hurt, which indicates that she is
fearful.
Unlike The News, I, being an American,
have an abiding faith In American man-
hood 8nd American honor.
You may call me a "bullet-eyed jingo" be-
cause I do not advocate English interests
as against American interests. All right;
X shall not complain. Yours,
CHAS. BAKER.
FATALITIES AT WTEATHERFORD.
Weatherford, Tex., Jan. 1.—Early yester-
day morning J. M. Stewart was -run over
by a wagon and died last evening.
A little after 3 o'clock, while E. Pulman's
float force were moving a safe down stairs
at Bulls Bros., the guy rope broke and
the safe fell on Joe Darby, inflicting Inter-
nal injuries, from which the died this morn-
ing.
About 5 o'clock yesterday the 8-year-
old son of W. R. Turner fell and stuck hia
hand and arm to the elbow into a kettle of
boiling lard. He is badly burned.
THIE HU1M1BLE TRIAL.
WoodvEte, Tex., J<am. 1.—In 'tlhe case of
the state vs. H«unnb>le brothers, on trial, the
.state concluded, its testimony ami the de-
femlTn'.B wul'l cota/cOude about twmorrow
morn'in.?, \Mhen the case wiul be <sulbmitt«vi
to,the jury. Aibout twenty iwltnetfises have
been examined.
TEXAS NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
The Cameron Hena*ld says:
Publie sentiment generally appears to sibs-
ta:m Pref.ient Cleveland On his dietenmGr.a-
tOcm to mtaiiinta'in the M'jnroe doctrine. The
bi>l appropriating $100,000 -to pay the ex-
penses of a -comimiltaalJcin to be appointed <fl»r
the purpose c«f detenmlniiing -the true boun-
dary between Venezuela and Brubiisth Guiana
has passed -boilh houses of congress, and the
Mime hU'3 beem signed by the president.
Governors of a number of states have tele-
graphed to Waisilr'ngtom assurances of theGr
aawcticin of the doctrine enunciated -by the
presidtmt, an! not tune has expressed dls-
pent. Generail John B. Gordon, tin a recent
lecture 'before a Chicago a.udilenoe declared
ifhat in <as»e of war the old rebel yell
would be 'b?ard slicing the Oamtad.'.an toor-
d'ciis, and the declaration was greeted iwiith
tumultuous atpplauiM. It would take but mot-
tle to linitentufy feeitog against 'Enigland in
tihi.s mat'tier, auli lilt is maum'ty because 'of the
beiief that a powerful monarchy is at-
tempting to limpose upon a weak repufolljc.
• • *
The ediitor of the Eaat Texas Pinery re-
minds the young iadtes that hie is open to
proposals next year:
Next yiear lis Leap Year and we want 'the
dear glr'is to remember that, wihilue we may
«iot he 'heart whole and fancy free," we
•wll accept a proposal! from any of thieim
who w!lil agree to support us 'in a life of
luxuriant aaise suoh as we are accustomed
to.
• ♦ •
The Troupe Banner seirves no-titae 'that it
is go'lng to spread oult and keep up with 'the
procession:
In conformity wfith the spirit oif iprogres«
whlicih ban (been the foremost element in the
growth of our city during the year nearly
passed, tihe Banner has made valiuable ad-
ditions to ills plant, and propose® with its
next, tlhe first 'li?sue of the year 1896, to
make a greater (improvement. With that
Issue the Banner mfi beoome an all home
print, thereby greatly enlarging tlhe apace
ifor Cocal new* and giving our advertising1
patnoni* tihe 'benefit of plenty of lellbow room
for -ther displays.
• • •
The Lagrange News I® "of the opinion that
sweet charity -should -begin at home:
Foreign melons wounds very nice, but it
flails flat when you come to sum up the
mulj'^ns that are wpent on unappreolatilve
canifoai.is and heathono, while ttfuere are
widows arid orphans by the thousands iin
the United States w^ho are starving for
something to cat and are growing up In Ig-
norance.
• • •
The Sam Mareca News has been launched
upon the turibulierut waters of Texas journ-
aluiim by Messrs. J. T, Wuiletrt and H. IM.
Church, and the salutatory contains 'the
ftoulowiinig:
The fir sit Issue of this paper iuais been
brought out under many dli^advantfinges. The
set tiling down In new quartern, merging of a
weeklly -into a dalCy, moving and adjusttfuiig
our pliant, the setitfimg of new ads., totrUbu-
tHon of labor •incidental 'to the oitange, es-
talblil&himcnft of agencies, 'trying to oat tin on
to ec'clai 'litems in a new field, -to say notlh-
iimg of the demoralization whildh our force,
in c.vnimo»n with aii people suffer during the
holiiday season, with a "number of other
thongs, have conspired to oawse us -to over-
look a number of interesting items that
should have appeared un 'thus issue.
• • •
The Austin 'Statesman has arrived at tlhe
ocinciuslon that "we are a great people,"
and says:
The Monroe doctrine seems to be the
mnisit popuiar thing that has Peer, sprung
upon the country for some tiime. We have
been fightung about silver until Wlack eyes
are as numerous an the 'iioeuets of Egypt,
and the cry has been "the kml-fle to the
hilt," but 'in a moment, iiai the twi.inkling of
an eye, we are changed from finatrllddial
belligerents to a brotherly oove equal to
that of David and Jonathan. Thie moment
tihe 'Monroe d'octriue is mentioned tree sil-
ver men fail upon the bosom of goid hugia,
and vice versa, weeping wuth patriotic emo-
tion. Oh! we are a great people.
• • *
The Laredo News detects a case of "gift*
bearing Greeks:"
So tie old Russian bear is willing to go
down into his hip pocket for $400,000,000 in
gold to assist our little country in main-
taining a reserve, while we swipe England.
A strange combination, surely. How Rus-
sia does love our republic! Much like tihe
boys who met a hungry panther In the
woods when one of them said to it, "Just
you hold my coat while I lick my brother."
» • •
The Trinity Watchman thinks the legis-
lature did it:
The revenue derived by the state of Tex-
as from whisky licenses for the year 1894-5
was $548,600, as against $589,600 for the year
1893-4, while the revenue from beer licenses
was $78,160, as against $80,700 In the second
instance. The decrease in the amount of
whisky licenses collected is popularly at-
tributed to a spread of local option, where-
as, as a matter of fact, it Is due princi-
pally to the amendments made by the
Twenty-third legislature,
• « •
The Laredo Times moralizes thusly:
If more generosity, moire unselfishness,
benevolence and good will were manifested
on the pu t of those that have toward those
that have not, there would be less robbery
and fewer depredations of all sorts. Kind-
ness and sympathy, when plainly expressed,
never fall to conciliate tlhe wretched.
• • •
The Texas Farm and Ranch believes In
planting trees, as wedl as hogs:
Now that good ruins have fallen In many
pajrts of Texas, this is an excellent time
to plant trees. It Is a mistaken idea to
postpone till late spring the planting of an
orchard. Of course this can not be done
while the ground Is frozen, but now this
ean be (lone, more particularly In the
southern part of the state.
• ft •
"As long as the lamp holds out to burn,"
and so on. The Cuero Truth says:
If the free coinage men in the two old
parties don't soon join the Dopullsts they
will be wandering about, gloomily, hope-
lessly singing: "Fatherless, motherless,
sadly we roam, our nursing bottle stolen,
our reputation gone." The gold bugs will
steal their old party nursing bottle; their
ieputallon will be shattered among the peo-
ple, and they will be without any party at
all. Come and join us, boys, SeroTe the
gold bugs sell tho roof from over your
ILe»ads. Ycu fellows are old enough to be-
gin taking care of yourselves. Let the
nursing bottle and the bosses go to England
If they will.
IS N0TAD00DLESACK.
Scots Defend the Bagpipes—A.Com-
munication From a Mac«
Pherson.
BAGPIPES AND THE DEVIL
Verdict of the Milwaukee German Jury Ridi-
culed and the Foreman Termed
a Degenerate.
Ohioagto Times-iIIeraiM.
Some of the Chicago Scots say 4fhat fh«
German foi-e.main of a Milwaukee jury w*h£dh
decided that the baigptpe is simply a "dee-
iflesaok" and not a musUeatl instrument is a
"Regenerate." Others are equally uncom-
plimentary and less scientific. They say lhe
is crazy; that his address its Wauwatoatu
In support of this theory they point to the
notorious fact that lawyers always try to
place cm a. jury (men who know as Wit tie ae
tfhe law allows.
While Scotchmen soorn the imputation
that the bagptipe does not make the sweet-
est music 1n the world, Germans are by no
means uivilted on the other side. Some
agree with the 'Milwaukee juryman. Oth-
ers are wifihwg to concede that the bag-
pipe, when weUl played, may be a anuslcail
instrument, though of a low order. This
division Of opinion among the Germans
give* to the Scotchmen an advantage. They
say the pipers of Milwaukee are a poor lot.
In order to understand th«is contention *t
is necessary to recall the tacts. William
(Matthaus brought suit against the Wiscon-
sin t'healter company for the loss of hia
'honse, which took fright at a prooessiiooi
'headed by a Scottish piper in full blast.
The plaintiff alleged that tihe diabolical
noise emitted by t'he doodlesack caused ihte
$125 horse to rear and plunge and drop
dead. Hie aliso alleged that a bagpipe was
not a musical instrument, but was invent-
ed by Hig'hbamd cattle thieves for the ex-
press purpose of stampeding the herds
Which 'they desired 'to steal.
The foreman of the jury knew 'his busi-
ness. He told the members that "kein anu-
sick" came from a "dudeOaack;" that "der
erhaibemer Vogner tnaegt no dudelsack."
He Insisted "Zutm Teuflel mi't dudeLsacOce,"
"Zum Teufel unit der Pfeifer!" And the
jury responded "Du hast recht," and forth-
with gave a verdict for the plaintiff dn
these words:
We, the jury, And:
lr That the doodlesaick is not a musical
Iraaitrument.
2. That the said horse, being of a nervous
temperament, was soared to death by an
unearthly noise made iby a band with thie
aiforesaiia doodlesack.
6. That the plaintiff shall recover from
the defendants for said horse the sum of
$125.
"I am not an authority on music," said
Chief Badenocih yesterday, concealing (hiiB
wratih, "but no jury with a Seotcshman on
Kt would ever have brought in such a ver-
dict. It is no uncommon thing for horsies
to be 'so badly frightened that they drop
dead. There was a eat-e rltfht here in Chi-
cago not long ago. The al'leg ed music of a
■band kMled him, but I don't say that was a
German band. It wasn't a Scotch band and
I know it wasn't an IrMi band—no man
ever saw an lrteih band. You ean draw
your own conclusions."
"The man is What the German au'tlh'ority,
Dr. Max Nordau, calls a 'degenerate,'
said D. R. Cameron. "He evidently 'has no
ear for music. Some horses also have no
ear for music. Now, if it had been a mule,
the effect would liave been different. The
imuie is a musical aniimial, viewed in t'he
1'lght of Wagnerian opera, in which many
passages greatly resemble the vocal efforts
of a stroing-l'umged ihybrid. Wagner over-
looked a bet when he did not make <his pill-
grjmifl im 'Tamnlhauser' ride mules and inltro«
duce those animals In tihe chorus with a
^leit-motif' symbolic Of the generally asin-
ine conduct of the hero.
"If this Milwaukee juryman had been
here at the last St. Andrew's banquet I
could have shown him 500 men who thought
the bagpipe a tine musical instrument. I
have heaird twenty-eight bagpipes playing
all at once."
John H. Amberg suggested that if his
business associate, Mr. Cameron, could
hear the playing of twenty-eight pipers at
once and survive, any ordinary horse ought
to be able to endure the effects of one bag-
pig...
F. Kleibacker said the bagpipe waa
certainly not a musical Instrument. "X
am not surprised that the horse fell dead,"
he said. "No one but a Scotchman could
possibly call such a diabolical noltfe music.
It is enougrh to scare any self-respecting
horse into fits."
Robert Beug«r of E. Dreyer & Co. wajj
very much of Mr. Klelbucker's opinion.
"Technically I suppose the bagpipe may be
called a musical Instrument," he said, "but
it is certainly most unmusical. Horse lid-
dies, barrel organs and hurdy-gurdies may
also be called musical instruments as a
matter of courtesy or far technical pur-
poses."
"The Milwaukee man is crazy," said Ed-
itor Jam! 'son of the Western British Amer-
ican. "There is no sweeter music In the
wotrld than the pipes. The bagpipe has won
mare battles for Scotland than her men.
If we go to war with England about Ven-
ezuela w« will enlist a band of bagpipers
from Milwaukee."
Hamy G. Forker, vice president of the St.
Andrew's society, lnxj«>rsed Editor Jamie-
son's sentiments. Neither cared to say,
however, whether the winning of battles by
the pipes was effected by cheering on the
Scotchmen to heroic exertions or by scar-
ing the enemy to rout."
Banker Otto Waemansdarff was much in-
clined to temporize with the question. His
equivocal position Was given rise to a ru-
mor that he means to have a band of bag-
pipes to play promenade inuBlc at the Ger-
man-American charity ball next month.
"As a matter of fact," said a big red-
headed Scot, "the baigplpe is a very old
Instrument. The Roman emperor Nero
was not only a tiddler, but used to make
Rome howl with bagpipe airs, like 'The
Campbells Are Coming.' This is on the
principle that all pipers' tunes are alike.
Furthermore, who has not heard of the
'pipers who played before ifoses?' They
used to be called 'intrlcularil,' but If they
don't play any better than that Milwaukee
chap who scared the horse to death I guess
they deserved It. Oh, tflere were bagpipes
before there were German juries. Wait
till the St. Andrew's society takes tails
up!"
GERMAN VERDICT ON THE BAGPIPE.
There has been a grave suspicion In the
minds of many people for years to the ef-
fect that the Scotch bagpipe Is not a mu-
sical Instrument. No one has had the te-
merity as yet to give audible expression to
this suspicion. Out of respect to the
brawny fallows in plaid kilts who hail
from the boggy firths of Solway and Clyde
we have restrained ourselves from doing
violence to some wayfarer who has per-
sisted in filling the night with curious
sound* pressed from the cavernous Inte-
rior of a mysterious looking bag.
But It has remained for a German Jury
at Milwaukee to settle the question. A
man's horse became frightened at a bag-
pipe in the stieet procession and ran away.
The owner of the horse brought suit for
damages. The jury, which was composed
of men of Teutonic extraction, brought In
the following verdict:
"We, tlhe Jiiry, In the above entitled ac-
tion, find: (1) That the dudelsack (bag-
pipe) Is not a musical instrument. (2) That
the said horse, being of a nervous tempera-
ment, was scared to death by an unseemly
roisn made by a flend with the aforesaid
dudelsack. (3) That the plaintiff shall re-
cover from the defendants for said horse
the sum of (120."
But the wlwezy bagpipe will not be
crushed by this body-blow. It will spur for
second wind, and one of these days a jury
of Scotchmen will hold an Inquest upon the
defunct remains of a wondering German
band.—Chicago Times-Herald Editorial.
A DEFENSE OF THE DUDELSACK.
Ta« Mateter Editor o' The Timew-HoraM:
I hae nae quarrel wi' t'he laddie wha wrote
In your columns what trreuw sons o' Sc<rt-
laind bae said alboot the bagpipes. But,
MaJBter Bdi'tor, can It be true that lives
any man sequent wl' muale or poetry or
history or aplandior <y cooru or v&lar o'
war wba wad presiim® tap dootot the claJms
o- t!he pipes tae be comsktered amank the
makers o gneait music?
. * •
Te ken Maiwlelzone, Malster Editor. I
suppose Maa«d«itzon>e will be aliooed by a'
whose opeemlons are o! worth to be ajie o'
the maasters o' melody. Mandelzone, ae he
has hiiasel written, visited Scotlaind in the
verra Infancy o' his gfjiius; but amaaitf a'
the rxMitpositione he left when death
snaitch«d him wtavt arte matches for dulcet
noblity the Bcoit'h Sumpihony or the 0»w-
ture that, keoit as "Hebrides" or "Fingal's
Cave?" Wha nr. Maisrter KcMtor, did Man-
ileizore get the inspiration o' tlhaiise im-
mortal works? He arrived ait Edintxwo
July 2S, 1829. The next day he an' his com-
panion, _KHn*maii, attended the annual
com pelt IticH! of Highland Pipers ilk the
Theayteir Royal. The next day, sip. he
wrote the tirst sixteen ars bars of the im-
mortal Scntch Sumphony. It was a' most
immediately after tihey went to Flngal's
Cave, an' there he wrote "Auf i'in-er He-
bride," which is the openin' o' the ;is-
toundin' Owerture ower whose marvelous
redaction o' locail color on' tire o' fancy
musicians haema ceased ta» rave. Tae isay
naethin' o' the music the baigpipes hae pre-
sarved for the greait Celtic Sfpts, one V
whose tlhree original in&irumeiKs the piises
are, the Ithar twa bein' the hatrp aji' the
drum—hoo cam any man, Malster Editor,
floot ais "dudelsacks" the Instruments that,
when played gude (vrttich is better English
than well, aMhough archaic mow) had upon
thait Illustrious main whose heavenly
strains will for aye charm the world?
* * *
Ye m£n' that chapter in the "Nooteis,"
-when they a' talk o' the youth o' nations.
O' a' the senseis, says the "Shepherd,"
he.irm' seems to be maist at the mercy o'
memory. Htoo oftein hae same bars o' some
weel keret air ohairmed back the feellnis'
o' depairted years, maktn' us smile or
weep, we ken na why? Many a time Tiae I
dkihted my eem when the sajvg o' some
Janely lassiie HWn' by hersel broch't the
spirit o' aukl times ower ttie dowle holnvcs
o Yarrow and tilled the hall forest wi' a
lament maiir rueful than belonged to the
scenes or sufferin's of this waukln warld.
How true Is that, Malster Editor, but the
application I want to mak lis also true.
Tlie persons wha at Milwaukee mentioned
with disrespect the pipes as dudelsack and
your owdactous leader on the same, mak,
a*s It would seem, a contrast between bag-
pipes and the music o' the future by Mals-
ter Rielhard Wagner. Maister Editor, the
true sdholar tn music will tell ye, wl' bated
brtiath, that Wagner music, which ha-i a'
this unco spirit o' the early warld in its
lungs and soul, is the true ail'tho" late but
comprehensive warkin' oot o' bagpipes.
Ixwk at it. sir. The three instruments that
predominate In Wagner dramas are the
drum, the hairp an' the pi|ies. Noo the
drum and 'the hairp hue remained, only
slightly modified, but the pipe® hae been
mair or less disguised to the een. Let us
see Into this.
. • •
"Drum, ' comes from the Icelandic, to
rattle, to thunder. Trumpet ba is Italian,
aind means tlhe elephant's trunk, and this
gies us also "tube." "Dudel" is, as ony-
ann> kens, the same as "taotel." "Dudel-
sack" Is a sack to toot in, but tube amd
toot, re ken, are also the same thing. Noo
a pipe Is a tube that ye toot In, for "fife"
in auld German Is the same as "pipe." A
"dudelsack," aocordin' to higii authority
'ill German, is a "saichfeife." Thus we hae
what the learned would ca' the genoAis o'
Wusner music; for it Is a' tliiegitlher drum,
pipe and thrummkn'— for was na the fiddle
also a variation o' dudel or diddle, first
pjayed wl' ptckin' o' the tarings? And dlsmia
the hairp enjoy in the Wag-ner music a
renaissance worthy Its proper companion-
ship wi' Its early mate®, the pipes an' the
drum? Ah, Mateter Editor, it la Wagner
hlmsel that has rescued tihe pipes from
•fht'ir too long neglect, so that on many
persons the effect noo o' lUteoln' to a
Wagner concert is what the annual com-
petition of the Hielan' pipers had on peo-
ple wha, unlike MamdeJzone, are Uncanaible
o' appreciatl'n' i't.
...
But, Maister Editor, and to bring these
remarks tj an en', there is an auld legwnd
i' Hie Hlelands uboot tlhe Iva^pipes, It te
that when this warld will hae burned ttwl
oo>t at the socket a great event is to hap-
pen. The Wicked Ane is reported to ivae
declared that he cam «tan' anything «Ue
but that «f the bagpipes aire brwiltt there
he 11 quit the place. That Implies It wad be
cloewi. Thus many wha affect to despise
the bagpipes In this warld may hae reason
to be thankful to them 1" the next
M'PRERSON OSS1AN M'PHERSON.
A NOTE OF WARNING.
No Irish Military Movement in New York
Against the British,
Far The News.
The attempt to persuade many peaceable
Irishmen that an organized expedition
against Ensland is being farmed in New
Yark has met with laughable failure. There
never has been any movement of the kind
in tlhe metropolis, and the Irishmen whose
names hava been used for obtaining
funds fat- a so-called
Liberators' rejiment
denounce the scheme
|as a swindle. Cap-
tain Moran, the best
known Irish-Ameri-
can of military pro-
clivities, denies in to-
to the elaborate sto-
ries sent out from
New York regarding
the barrels of gun-
powder, the guns and
dynamite to be pur-
chased for the cause.
There Is now in cir-
culation a plea to
Irishmen for money
'to drive the snakes
out of Ireland,"
snakes being a quib-
ble for English. This
circular is entlrelv
unauthorised. It Is
well known that irre-
sponsible pnrties in
New York "have col-
lected money for the
home rule cause that
was never heard of
again. An impression
prevails among Irish-
men In New York
that the preposterous
tales of secret expedi-
tions are being sent
™ .XIT, out with a mercenary
01 I 01* IRELAND. jn view. Conse-
quently all should be on their guard and re-
frain from being gulled by sharpers who
have not the countenance of responsible
people. Besides, the Irish military bodies
in New York support themselves und want
no outside help.
CURRENT COMMEXT.
The Chicago Inter Ocean doubt* the abil-
ity of the opponents of the republican party
to prevent the passage of tha house tariff
bill in the senate, and says President Cleve-
land Is the only person that can prevent It
becoming a law, adding:
Tile democratic senators may have a re-
lapse again and be prostrated with an acute
attack of party in the head, but It would
be strange indeed if Urovor Cleveland
should fail to reciprocate the indorsement
of 'Ills foreign policy by a republican con-
gress. He certainly can not afford to put
himself in a position to be suspected of
trying to work up a war scare for the sin-
ister purpose of forcing his financial views
upon an adverse congress.
• • «
The Boston Herald, in noting the sub-
sidence of the war fever, attributes it
largely to the ,'rotetHs of conservative lead-
ers, and1 does not think the people should
support a president unless they believe him
to be right. ]t concludes as follows: *
The true citizen is he who believes that
both national and personal action sihould be
regulated by the law of conscience; that if
a ruler misbehaves himself he should be re-
buked, no matter whether this misbehavior
is practiced toward a citizen or a foreigner,
toward his own country or toward som«
other nation. This quick check of right-
eously directed public sentiment is the safe-
guard of our flreie institutions. In the ab-
sence of it we should become simply pawns
in tthe hands of an elected autocrat. If
war should come it is the cool, intelligent
citizens on whom the safety of the coun-
try would depend. Hut they can not and
they will not give their approval In ad-
vance to what they know to be a pernicious
line of policy by blindly supporting the
president, right or wrong.
• • •
The Kansas City Times is heartily in
favor of the Pan-American conference pro-
posed in the resolution offered by Mr.
Beach in the house last week. It recites
tlhe advantages to flow from such a confer-
ence, and says:
Such a gathering would be so far-reach-
ing in its consequences and so daaaling in
its promise that the mind of man almost
shrinks from the contemplation of its mar-
velous possibilities. . . . By -all means
let us have-the international conference
and then our bright particular stars of
stlaU«manship can lay the foundations for
a new and grander union than Jefferson
ever dreamed of.
♦ • •
The Baltimore American, alluding to the
assertion that the Venezuelan matter has
put an end to the British government's
intercession in Turkey in behalf of the Ar-
menians, says:
There is really no blacker page in Brit-
ish history than the policy pursued toward
the Armenians. This, we think, will be th-»
deliberate judgment of the future. Eng-
land, by her Turkish policy, made herself
responsible for the good government of the
sultan. But for Great Britain, Turkey
as a distinct nation would long since 'have
disappeared from the map, and Turkish
atrocities would have been merely an ugly
remembrance. . . . The other European
powers are, in a measure, responsible for
the foul blot on the civilization of the cen-
tury, but their responsibility doe* not com-
pare with that of England. They wv>uld
have crushed years ago Turkish misrule
and partitioned the sultan's dominions but
for the selfish opposition of Great Britain.
* • *
Tlhe Kansas City Journal claims that the
present tariff and financial bills before
congress are simply emergency legislation,
and not representative of republican policy.
It does not believe there will be any changv>
in the tariff rates as long as Cleveland is
in the white house, and concludes as fol-
lows:
It is a democratic necessity that has
brought about the emergency, and the dem-
ocratic party will have to shoulder the re-
sponsibility of providing money to keep the
treasury from bankruptcy, no matter how
mrch of a fuss they may kick up in tlhe
senate. The republicans can not be held
responsible for legislation as long as it re-
mains necessary to act on democratic lines
or accomplish nothing at all—when some-
thing must be done.
NEWSPAPER RKCRRATION,
THE ASTOR BABY.
No Truth In the Talk of an Attempt to Kid-
nap Millionaires' Children.
For The News.
That was a silly canard wlilch was put
into circulation on the subject of an alleged
attempt to kidnap the babies of certain
New York plutocrats during their outings
in Central park. The conspirators are said
to have had the Astor baby, the Vanderbllt
grandchildren and the Gould tots in view.
But is must be re-,
membered that Cen-^
tral park is always]
very thoroughly ih>
liced, and it would bel
simply impossible tui
carry out any such
monstrous and rl
diculous conspiracy.'
Moreover, our men oi|
millions aire all very!
good papas, and theyj
take adequate pre-l
cautions to insure the!
safety of thefr little!
ones. George Gould.f
in particular, Is om*
Qf the very fondest]
Of fathers. He car-
ries his youngest!}
about in his armsl
duily, and is not ln-|
frequently seen in hlsl
New Jersey homef
wheeling a ambu-
lator. Mr. Astor Is
also a very loving
parent. The little boy
is quite a man, and
talks and laughft with
great intelligence and
enthusiasm. In a
word, the Infant pop-
ulation of tlhe metrop- T.«» ,,nvn
oils is very import- rilK fathpr
: ant, and no efforts to
f haxm it could be made with impunity.
; Whatever else may be said of our million*
: aires, they are eertulnly the be«t of par-
1 ents.
A thorn in the hand makes more diffi-
culty than fifty on the bush.—Somerville
Journal.
• • •
Prospective tenant: "But we wish to
keep a servant."
landlord of flat: "Oh, very well. I will
have an alcove painted on the wall of the
kitchen."—Detroit Tribune.
Miss Nuriche: "Did you know that all
our family plate was stolen?"
MLss Knicfcer Bocker: "Yes; I heard your
grandmother lost her false teeth,"—New
York Herald.
• • ♦
A.: "Tom must have had an awful cold
when he became engaged."
B.: "Why?"
A.: "Because when one has a cold one
has no taste."—Fllegende Blaetter.
• • •
"I don't like very young babies," re-
marked Gruffins.
"I preitr «... lhat way," replied Sinnlck-
er. I'd like to have 'em »>11 stay too young
to say smart things for their fathwrs to
tell."—Washington Star.
* * *
She: "1 don't believe you love me at all."
He: "Why, Ethel, I'd die for you!"
She (petulantly): "That's easy enough to
say; why don't you go and prove It?"—
Harper's Bazar.
• • •
McSwatters: "I always said that Jagson
would come to the f 1*0111."
McSwltters: "What! that worthless fel-
low?"
McSwaitters: "Yep. He's a bellboy in a
hotel now."—Syracuse Post.
• • •
"I wonder who started that slang about
getting it in the neck?" asked the curious
boarder.
"Some man whose wife bought him a
necktie at a bargain sate, likely," said the
Cheerful Idiot.—Indianapolis Journal.
• • •
Details In the life of a farmer's wife? Oet
to bed, get up, get breakfast, get dinner,
get supper, get to bed, get up.—Atchison
Globe.
• » •
"Alters seems to me," said the grocery
oracle, "that after ole Jlin Bllwaljop has
put in Sunday tellin' the Lord that he Is
the orneryest ole cuss on earth, he nuts in
the rest of the week tryin' to see if n* kin
live up to it."—Indianapolis Journal
• * •
He: "Higbee would have run through his
fortune in a year If it hadn't bee® for his
wife."
She: "How did she prevent it?"
He: "She spent it herself."—New York
Dispatch.
• • ♦
It was comparatively easy to put Niagara
in harness, because Its force Is always ex-
ercised In the same direction. It's differ-
ent uhen a mule reverses Its motor and
begins to klok behind."—New York Re-
corder.
* * *
"A good name is the best possession a
man can have," said the proverbial boarder.
"I always was under the impulsion,"
said Asbury Peppers, "that its value was
purely nominal. '—Cincinnati ifinqubrer.
• » ♦
Guest (pushing them away from him); "I
don't like the way you cook eggs at tliis
restaurant."
Walter: "What's the trouble, sir?"
Guest: "You don't cook them soon
enough."—Lewlston Journa).
* • *
Teacher: "What does the relgrn of King
Charles I teach us?"
Totnmle: "Please, sir, ijot to lose our
hftads In moments of ejudteiuent, sir."—
New York Truth.
• • •
"Papa," inquired a small girl at the din-
ner table the other evening, "what's u mill-
ionahnc? Dorothy Smith sa.id to me to-
day, 'Your father's a millionaire.' "
"What did you say."' asked the small
girl's lather.
"Oh, 1 jus' said, 'So's yours.' "—New York
Evening Sun.
• • *
"Yes, I had to give Places his release,"
exclaimed the baseball baron. "He was a
f;ood player, but the drink habit was grow-
ng 011 him and he became unreliable."
"Ah, 1 wee," said the sporting reporter.
"His batting average was too high."—Buf-
falo Express. ^
Honeymojn Over.—She: "1 dtom't believe
yiou ever dlid twiiy lave mie."
He: "-Great Sco-fct, woman*! I mannled
yv>u, didn't l?"
She: "Yes. Thai's <th* '—Oiinc^
(Mlti Jdrujiu'er.
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