MADDEN IN PORTO RICO
Suppressing Newspapers Schley, ,Dwy
. and Miles 11 Have It In for th Ad
. y , - ministration r
Washington; D. C., Dec. 28 Special
Correspondence.) A 1 press censor,
doubtless a friend of'Madden's, is. at
. .:"ork in Porto Rico.. A native pub
lication has been suppressed for con
demning our carpetbagging officials oa
the island and Judge James S. Harlan,
a son of Associate Justice Harlan of
the United States supreme court, sus
tains the censorship. In a military
satrapy, like ours in Porto Rico, any
thing derogatory to the satraps is sup
pressed by them, and there is no way
to'get the real facts before the people,
but the above is a sample of the kind
' I work going on over there, informa
tion of which having leaked out.
Congress is adjourned until Janu
ary 6, and most of the members have
gone home for the holiday vacation.
The Nebraska delegation is an excep
tion to the rule, however, as all of
them are still in the city. Deitrich
and Millard are obliged to keep close
to the pie dispenser on account of the
importunate faithful out in Nebraska.
The changes in the cabinet, present
and to come, were to have been ex
5 pected. The old cabinet was com
posed of men personally congenial to
McKinley. and with such a difference
between the two presidents no one
need feel surprised that part of them
will find it "convenient" to resign
their berths.
Secretary Long's refusal to consider
Schley's protest against the decision
.of-the majority in the court of in
quiry proceedings has effectually re
moved any doubt as to his prejudiw
against the hero of Santiago Bay.
Roosevelt has taken the same posi
tion as Long on the matter. The ad
ministration is laying up lots of trou
ble for itself on these two scores.
Schley and Miles have lots of friends
and are gaining new ones every day,
and they will not remain passive while
the administration visits upon them
its displeasure. Schley and Miles are
Loth democrats, and most everyone
believes that to be the reason for the
administration's displeasure. It is
passing strange that no republican of
ficers are condemned, even though thev
were miles away when the battles were
fought, but right on deck at the dis
tribution of prize monev.
H. W. RISLEY.
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Special "Washington Letter.
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1 8W0rn nt be announced that
lie was going to carry out
the policy of - his illustrious
predecessor. All tho Republicans -with
one accord said, "Good, Teddy!" A
few days after President McKinley's
death it was, given out flat that Roose
velt was gCing to retain McKinley's
cabinet. It appears that Teddy's good
intentions lasted about as long as a
young widow s determination not to
marry again. It Is as plain as the
nose oh your face that he has a policy
of his own and that his policy lacks a
great deal of being McKinley's policy.
And for one I say that he Is not to
blame for having a policy of bis own.
On the other hand, he is rather to be
praised for it. So far as the cabinet is
concerned Smith is already gone, Gage
is going and it is rumored that Long
and Hitchcock are going, and under
circumstances that suggest pressure.
and high pressure at that, for noth
ing except high pressure would make
Long let loose of his teat. I am sorry
that Charles Emory Smith Is going out
of the cabinet. He is the most delight
ful one of them all.
I most heartily congratulate Mr.
Roosevelt and the country on the en
forced retirement of Lyman J. Gage.
He was a Democrat and "ratted" to the
Republicans in 189G for a mess of pot
tage, which he got in the shape of a
portfolio as secretary of the treasury.
Even the Republicans are to be con
gratulated, for in order to appoint him
in the first place McKinley had to pass
by all the veteran statesmen of his own
party. That there will be other shak
ings up there can be no question.
Need Shaking Up.
In the meantime the things that need
the most shaking up are the army and
navy. The American people have been
proud of these two branches of the
public service. They are willing to
maintain them handsomely, but they
are tired of the quarrels, the crimina
tions, the recriminations, the back
bitlngs and backcappings going on be
tween and among the officers of both
branches of the fighting forces of the
United States. The persecution of
Schley Is one of the most disgraceful
chaptexa.iiuAjxierIcan Jjistpryand Jt is
simply the most flagrant of the quar
rels which have demoralized that arm
of the service. ,
. The feud between General Nelson A.
Miles and Generals Corbin and Eagan
renders any effective service by the
United States arms utterly out of the
question. It is safe to say ' that had
we been engaged with a great power
instead of Spain, these cabals in the
army and navy would have brought
disaster to our arms and cost us thou
sands of brave Mives and millions of
dollars. It is the duty of congress to
institute an inquiry to find out where
the difficulty lies and to remedy It at
once. One of the main difficulties is
too much land service for naval offi
cers and too much staff service for ar
my officers. Every officer in the navy
department should be sent to sea at
once. A sniff of salt air would do
him good. Staying here, he becomes
entirely too fresh. No army officer
should remain m staff duty here more
than four years. The staff officer lo
cated here has a vast advantage over
his brother officer far from the capi
tal. He has tiie ear of his superiors
and can push and pull and intrigue for
promotion.., . '
Has The World Slandered Payne?
If Hon. Henry C. Payne, postmaster
general that is to be, is a constant
reader of our esteemed contemporary
the New York World, he must have
had a creepy sensation in the region of
the spinal column when he read the Is
sue of that great paper for Dec. 20. in
which he was represented as being not
what he ought to be. Now. I am not
taking sides for or against Mr. Payne.
It Is not my stew. I am in the blissful
frame of mind in which the old lady
found herself when her husband and
the bear were fighting and when she
exclaimed, with wondrous impartial
ity: "Go it. husband! Go it. bear?"
It Is a maxim of the common law.
full of wisdom, that "a man is Inno
cent till proved guilty." and that is the
way to view the new P. M. G.. but The
World's charges are so startling and
they are given with such circumstan
tiality that Mr. Payne cannot afford to
Ignore them. If they are true, he is ut
' terly unfit for any position of trust or
honor. If they are false, then The
World ousht to be made to sweat blood
for publishing them. Not knowing Mr.
Payne and having no information on
: which to form a belief as to his guilt
I or innocence, I wish that be rmty be
! able to prove that The WTorld has lied.
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A Pig In a Poke.
Old Mother Hubbard.
She went to the "cupboard
j To pet her poor dog a bone,
r 1 But when she got there
The cupboard was bare, .
And so her poor dog got none. , v .
In the case at bar Hon. Thomas Col:
Her Piatt, senator and easy boss. Is the
Old Mother Hubbard!
"I told you so!" . exclaimed the old
lady when she heard that the cow had
eaten the grindstone." I told you .so
recently as to the great victory of "tho
allies" under Seth Low and as to -what
would come of it." On that occasion I
quoted MacauUr to the effect that all
rryv rnj fryf fyiTi
the disgruntled factions In the house
of commons from extreme Radical to
extreme Tory united in the cry of
"Down with Walpole!" and that when
Sir Robert was down within a month
the factions which had pulled him
down were at each other's throat and
that nothing came of their resounding
victory. I predicted that history would
repeat itself in this New York busi
ness, that peace and harmony would
prevail until Mayor Low came to carve
the pork and divide it among the elev
en parties and factions of parties that
supported him, when a regular Kil
kenny cat time wrould ensue. It is al
ready ensuing. Mr. Piatt passed up his
plate for pork, and it came back
empty. The regulars are , not recog
nized. A' lot of half breeds, were
rung In arid counted as Republicans,
to Piatt's disgust and wrath. His
frame of mind is not at all concealed
by his mild language, for he usually
uses language that is bland, if not
childlike. I am willing to go further
now than I went in my recent letter
and to predict that Low's victory will
in the end do the Democrats far more
good than it will the Republicans aye,
more, that it will practically efface the
Republican party in Greater New York
and weaken it immensely throughout
the state, to such an extent, indeed,
that Democrats will have easy sailing
in the state elections next 3Tear.
If Hon. Thomas Collier Piatt carries
out his intention of suing McClure's
Magazine and William Allen White of
Emporia, Kan., for an article written
by the chubby Jayhawker and pub
lished in McClure's, there will be not
music in the spheres, but such a rip
ping up of things and backs and peo
ple and characters and hopes and as
pirations and ambitions as has not
happened for many years, for to prove
exactly what sort of character Piatt
has would involve the history of most
of the prominent men in New York for
the last quarter of a century. That
trial ought to increase the gayeties of
nations to an extent unheard of in our
times.
The rapidity with which the Repub
licans railroaded the crude and ill con
sidered Philippine tariff bill through
the house is indicative of the reckless
ness with which they are forging
ahead, drunk with victory and power.
It is a much worse bill than was the
Porto Rican bill, which came near
wrecking the Republican party. Mc
Call of Massachusetts, an able Repub
lican, who represents the Harvard dis
trict, spoke boldly against it. Little
field of Maine and five other Repub
licans voted with McCall against it.
Rut under the lumbering leadership of
Mr. Chairman Payne the Republicans
carried it through by a beastly ma
jority. A Word For Tillman.
i Anent tho Tillman-McLaurin contro
versy the Philadelphia North Ameri
can sajs:
"Tillman, of course, would rather be
a Democrat than be right or hold the
best chairmanship in the gift of the
senate." No doubt Tillman would rath
er be a Democrat than "hold the best
chairmanship in the senate." but what
warrant has Tho North American,
which is really a great newspaper, for
saying. "Tillman, of course, would
rather be a Democrat than be right?"
None whatever. It is absolutely with
out foundation. It 'was love of right
that put Tillman where he is now and
made him the great and commanding
force he has been in the politics of the
old Palmetto State for the last twelve
years. Northern papers should get
over the bad habit of sneering at all
the prominent Democrats of the south
and slurring them simply because they
are from the south. That is Benjamin
R. Tillman's sin in the eyes of The
North American he is a southern
Democrat who cannot be coaxed,
wheedled, bullied or bought into be
trajing the best Interests of the south.
Tillman is uncouth in manner, but of
dynamic force of character.- He prob
ably would not cut so graceful a figure
in a drawing room as Senator Boise
Penrose or Senator. Matthew Stanley
Quay, but if those two illustrious
Pennsylvanians should both tackle
him at once they would, soon be lustily
calling for quarter and for an ambu
lance. - :
Pennsylvania In Doubtful. Column.
"Hope springs eternal in the human
breast," sang Alexander Pope, and 'tis
well; othorwis0many poor souls would
shuffleioff this mortal coil in sheer des
peration. These thoughts are suggest
ed by a trip through Pennsylvania, in
which I found the Democrats hopeful,
aggressive, combative, while the Re
publicans -"are. timid,' uncertain, doubt
ful. All the, moral effects of victory
at the last election were with the Dem
ocrats. Indeed they stoutly maintain
that the fusionlsts actually carried the
state and were counted out. Anyway,
even by the Republican count the Re
publican majr.rity wps cut down from
two hundred and odd thousand to for
ty odd thousand, and what gives most
joy to the fusionlsts Is that they car
ried a constitutional amendment under
which they think they; can secure a
statute which will guarantee to them
liho great boon or a free ballot and a
air count, Having achieved that, they
ay that Pennsylvania will at once go
nto the doubtful column. They alei
saerrirnte that theiv will elect a leeis.
i n, f2-' I,- - - - - - J. - -' - - " - T
laturo whlcb will retire Senator Boise
Penrose to those shades of private life
which he is so well fitted to adorn, a
consummation ; devoutly to be; wished.
Ad Interim Governor William A.Stone
in his great desire to climb higher on
the political ladder is not only "rip
ping" things official In Pittsburg, but
Is smashing things political in general.
No wonder Pennsylvania Democrats
are In high glee. 1
A Few Personals. v -
In the Hanna-Foraker fight for the
mastery in Ohio all good citizens-
Democratic, i Republican, Populist or
what not will be ready to exclaim fer-
vently and . honestly, fAr plague upon
both your houses!" The chances are
that George B. Cox will compel the
senatorial sluggers and gladiators to
settle their dispute in some way, as a
prolonged fight Over the organization
of the legislature might seriously in
terfere with . some of George's favorite
plans. But Lord Byron said, "Sweet is
revenge!" and he. ought to have knbwn.
Hanna and Foraker p&te each other so
cordially that they . may break away
from Cox to get at each other's throat.
In ; the general shakeup of commit
tees in the senate an illustrious "Mis
sourian in exile," Hon, Stephen B. El
kins of West Virginia, goes to the head
of the interstate commerce committee,
vice Uncle Shelby M. -Cullom of Illi
nois, who becomes chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, vice Cush-
man K. Davis of Minnesota, deceased.
If the public prints are to be credited,
In turning kie interstate chairmanship
over to Stephen Uncle Shelby read
him a severe lecture as to his "affilia
tions" and duties," which no doubt he
needed and which no doubt had about
as much effect upon him as water upon
a duck's back. Stephen is dead sure to
resolve every doubt in favor of his "af
filiations," as Uncle Shelby diplomatic
ally expressed Elkins' connections with
the railroads.
Elkins' history reads like a story from
the "Arabian Nights." A poor young
manj just graduated from Missouri
university, he went to New Mexico to
grow up with the country, and he grew
with a vengeance. He soon began to
make money, and he soon appeared in
Washington as a delegate to congress.
Young, handsome, ambitious, he mar
ried the daughter of Senator Henry G
Davis of West Virginia. Then he set
tled in that state, and wjth his wealth,
coupled with his father - in - law's
wealth, they ' have gone , on piling up
wealth until they do not know how
rich they are. Lucky Stephen! Much
he cares for Uncle Shelby's lectures
It is to be sincerely hoped that the
recent conference betwixt labor and
capital will effect great good to all
concerned. For years it looked like
an irrepressible conflict. Lately, how
ever, several things have happened
which tend toward that.harmony which
is so much desired. r When N. O. Nel
son of St, Louis, a . large manufacturer,
put 'into practice his 'profit sharing
scheme, the first step toyVrd harmony
was taken. " Then 5 the Pennsylvania
Railraad company established a sys
tem of pensions for' its employees in
capacitated by age, accident or dis
ease, which was another, long step in
the right direction and 4 which has
been followed by1, the Illinois Central
and some other roads. Still, the great
problem of bringing what are appar
ently antaf-onistic forces into unison
is far from a general and; permanent
settlement. Questions arise which
would puzzle Folomon himself could he
revisit the glimpses cf the moon with
that wOnderful headpiece which he
carried around in this world while he
tabernacled in the flesh. If the com
missioners appointed act In good faith
and with good sense, they could do
much to solve this vast and vexatious
problem, thereby becoming real bene
factors cf the human race.
Everybody that know? Senator James
II. Berry of Arkansas will profoundly
regret the great calamity which befell
him in his accident of falling on the
ice. Berry is one of the most lovable
men in public life, brave as a lion, sim
ple as a child, true as steel, honest as
the day is long, modest, chaste, pictur
esque. He has no enemies and hosts
of friends. As soldier and statesman
his record Is clear. Scandal has never
reached him, No smell of fire attaches
to his garments. He is a Democrat
without guile or, shadow of turning.
He Is invincible with the people of
Arkansas. I am proud to count him
among my friends. With all good cit
izens I fervently pray for his speedy
recovery. ,
Woman's BaildlnK ot Charleston.
The woman's building at the Charles
ton exposition is unique among struc
tures of this'character. tt is a veritable
old colonial mansion, built years ago,
land for many moons "occupied as a
j home. Within its walls are collections
of silver, china, glass and other relics
of a bygoue past that it, would be hard
to duplicate. These collections, under
the guardianship of Colonial Dames
and Daughters of the American Revo
lution, will to the connoisseur be of
more than passing interest, represent
ing as they ;do the highest grade of
culture among a wealthy and aristo
cratic agricultural people with time and
ample means to indulge those tastes. :
Of course this building was not large
enough to accommodate all the things
of essential feminine Interest, so an an
nex similar In character has been add
ed, divided Into ten rooms for use aa
assembly rooms, a day nursery, a , res
taurant, etc.
MAN THOUSANDS .m.. 'mIkU
Remarkable Cures Hade by Peruna North and South.
MISS
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Miss Blanche Myers, 3120 Penn street, Kansas City, Mo., a society belle of thai;
city writes : - - ' , . 1
During each of the past four seasons I have caught a severe
cold when suddenly chilled after an evening party, and a most un
pleasant catarrh lasting for several weeks would he the-result.
Last winter my brother advised me to try Peruna, as one of
his club friends had been cured of a bad case of catarrh by using it.
He procured me a bottle and I was much pleased to find that one
bottle cured me. I shall not dread colds any more so long as I can
procure Peruna," -MISS BLANCHE MYERS. "
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located, with the same surety and promptness.
There are no substitutes for Peruna. . 4 ;t
1 " Wonderftst.
'Ta that a good palmist across the
street, dean boy?" - f 1
v"Wonderful! - Why. he looked in my
hands and actually knew I smoked clg-
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Miss Hattie Becker, secretary of the
Goethe Club, of Racine, Wis., writes :
"A short time ago I got my feet wet,
and a cold settled on my lungs whiph
nothing seemed to remove. Our family
physician tried extracts, powders and
pills, but I kept getting worse until my
brother advised me to try Peruna and
purchased a bottle for me.
" It acted like a charm and in a week I
was liko my old self once more ; in fact I
felt stronger and had a better appetite
than I have ever had before. Peruna
will have a welcome place in our medi-
cine ohest, as the whole family believes
In it." Hattie Becker. .
Peruna is an internal remedy a
scientific remedy for catarrh. It cures
catarrh wherever located. Itscureslast.
Peruna gives strength by stopping
waste. '
By saving the mucus it enriches the
blood. , 1 ";
By cleansing the mucous membranes
it preserves the vital forces.
A constant drain of mucus from the
system is known as systemic catarrh.
This may occur from any organ o the
body.
Peruna stops this waste by curing
the catarrhal condition of the mucous
membrane, -no matter which organ may
be affected. ' Peruna cures catarrh wher
ever located. " '!'-
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Mrs. Mary Cook, Pitts ford, N. Y., also
says: ", , " .
" I was not very well for six years,
paid many doctor bills, but .never im
proved verymuch. Two years ago I
was attacked with
la grippe, whioh
left me w i t h
a severe liver
trouble. I gave Up
hope of ever re
covering. Peruna
cured me. I feel
young again, and
am gaining in flesh,
as 1 was very I
emaciated. My
own children are
surprised in the great change in me
when they come .to visit me. We have
made your Peruna our. household rem
edy." Mrs. Mary Cook.
Congressman, 1 7. Henry Powers ot
Vermont, writes from Aiorrisvllle, VL:
"Peruna 1 have used in my family
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affections.' II. Henry Powers.
Hon. John II. Gear, United Slates ,
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Mr. O. Fisher, 1861 Lexington avenue.
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" I had catarrh and wa3 troubled with
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I haven't the slightest trouble now of
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catarrh of the nose and threat.
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than she has in years, for all of which I
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blood." 0. Fisher. . j '
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Give Them a Chance
What difference in the final result
would there be between confining the
Cubans in concentration camps to
starve and die as Weyler did and re
fusing them a market for the crops
which they have toiled long to raise.
ind leave merchant, planter and, work
ing man alike to starve, because thpy
jould not exchange the products- o'
their, labor for the things that were
necessary" for their existence? " In
both instances it would be death by
starvation. In commenting, upon
this matter the Springfield Republican
says:
"A man who knows Cuba, pretty
well, Albert G. Robinson, believe
that 'the situation m Cuba today is
tvorse than at any time, in the last
century, out of which came the Cuban
revolts.' He bases this opinion en
tirely upon the Cuban economic situ
ation:
" 'The planters have put in their
sugar crop with borrowed money, on
which they are paying from 12to 20
per cent of its assessed valuation. If
they cannot realize on the crop the
merchants who loaned them the
money and advanced- them supplies
will suffer. Eveu the L-ld hands who
get their -applies this way and de
pend upon the harvested crop for their
pay, will be destitute, and there will
be an immediate outbreak of brigand
i: 1. The real estate of Cuba is mort
gaged up to 65 or 70 per; cent of Its
assessed valuation. If this crop goes
begging the entire economic system
of Cuba disintegrates.' . : .
"The thing to doand it's our plain
dutyis s to give that sugar a fair
chance In the United States market.
The issue is a very simple one. as
Secretary, Root has stated 'it. : Shall we, V ,Two or three pages are -'given
FLORIDA'S EAST COAST
Artistic Illustrated Announcement of
the Resorts at St. Augustine, Or-,
mond, Palm B'each, Miami, and Nas
sauA Beautiful Booklet. j
There can be no doubt that the most
artistic and costly advertisement of re
sort hotels ever Issued int.he United
States has just emanated from the
press of the, Matthews-North rup Works
at Buffalo, N. Y., in the interest of the
Florida East Coast hotels.
In the first place its form is alto
gether new and novel, and we scarcely
know' whether it should ' be ' called a
folder, a booklet Or a brochure, but by
whatever name it may te' known the
fact stands out most prominently that
nothing so attractive in the way of an
advertisement for tourist, hotels has
ever before appeared in this country.
It is a sort of double folder of larg
size (10x6 inches); so arranged as to
open two ways, , both backward ; ani
forward, the leaves being held together
by means of a silken cord introduced
in the most novel way. The illustra
tions, which are of the most beautiful
character, are from photographs "tak
en on the spot," and are therefore en
tirely accurate and represent the local
ities as they actually are. .
There is an admirable exterior pic
ture of that most costly and beautiful
of all resort hotels, the Ponce de Leon
at St. Augustine, together with a view
of its dining room, which is probably
the most elaborately decorated and the
most sumptuously appointed room of
Its kind in the country.
A uotible page view shows the Cor
dova and the Alcazar as seen from the
Ponce de Leon. Several fine views of
handsome winter residences in Sti
Augustine are given, and the golf linnsi
of the Ancient. City are pleasantly pic
tured. ". ' ' . ' - . i:
to Or-;
Halifax river.
The exterior view of the mammoth
Royal Poinciana, at Palm Beach, ia
exceedingly attractive, and it is fol
lowed by several scenes at this famous
resort, all tropical in appearance, and
very beautiful. The Breakers. Mr.
Flagler's second hotel at Palm Beach,
f.ri-orly known as the Inn, is very at
tractively presented in two views, one
of which shows to admirable advantage
the delightful bathing facilities.
1 The Hotel Royal Palm, at Miami, lo
cated .the farthest south or any of tho
Flagler hotels in Florida, has several
illustrations "true to life'! and very
attractive. - .
The new Colonial Hotel at Nassau
as well as the Royal Victoria, both of
which npw belong to the "Flagler
chain," are each given a page in this
beautiful booklet.
The last illustration is that of tha
newest of the Flagler, hotels, nameiy.
the Continental at Atlantic Beach
Fla., a summer resorfwhich came Into
existence last year and was eminently
successful. :
Attractive views of the golf links
at St. Augustine, Ormond, Palm Beach,
Miami and Nassau "are interspersed
throushout the. book, together with
most alluring pictures of "big catches"
of fish, "mammoth palm trees, orange
groves, grape-fruit, pineapples and oth
er tropical growths,' all presented to
the eye invthe most artistic manner.
In years past the ' literary emana
tions of the Florida Hast Coast System
of railways and hotels have been note-1
for their elegance and completeness,
but the production of the season of
1901-2 not only eclipses all previous
efforts of this company, but is, we re
pea1 the most beautiful, the most ar
tistic and the most valuable of its kind,
ever seen in the United States. Na-V
tlonal Hotel Reporter, Chicago, Nov