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The Commoner.
Jan, 9, 1903.
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UNPARALLELED IN MAGNIFICENCE.
Description of IboPomn and'
Pageantry that Mnrkod tho
Entry of Lord Curzon into tho
Cupital of tho Moguls.
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Tho American people have a lively recollec
tion of the appeals made to them at various times
in behalf of the famine-stricken people of India.
It is to the credit of tho American people that
they have never failqd to respond to these or any
other appeals made in behalf of human beings
who were suffering. Enormous contributions of
money and supplies were sent from this country
for the aid of tho people of India who were Brit
ish subjects. Even during the South African war
while Great Britain was spending millions upon
millions of pounds in an effort to subjugate tho
Dutchmen of the Transvaal, British subjects in
India were suffering and tho generosity of tho
world was called upon to provide them with re
lief. The distress in India has been so recently
brought to the attention of tho world that it
would seem that the best energies of the British
agents would now be devoted toward the pre
vention of famine in the future; and yet one is
forced to the impression that tho British agents in
India give the minimum attention to tho condi
tions of the masses in that country and manifest
tho maximum concern for pomp and pageantry on
tho part of British officials.
One of tho most interesting reports that has
ever been made of official proceedings was that
which the Associated press carried from Delhi,
India, under date of December 29. The entire
dispatch is well worth reading. It is as follows:
The , viceroy, Lord Kurzon of Kedleston,
made his state entry into the capital of iho
Moguls today. This constituted the official '
opening of the Durbar held to celebrate the
accession of King Edward as emperor of India.
It was a splendid pageant, probably un
paralleled in its magnificence.
At tho head of the elephant procession
rode Lord and Lady Curzon on the state
familiar names of Thomas Nast, . dam Bierstadt,
Benjamin Constadt, Vilbert and Tissot. The great
world of. industry lost Freiderich Alfred Krupp.
Another name, that of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
stands out clearly upon the scroll of 1902's illus
trious dead.
Every department of the world's work has
suffered a loss, and while 1902 has not wrought
greater havoc than other years, it will be remem
bered because it witnessed the death of men and
women who were recognized leaders and who had
conferred lasting benefits upon human-kind.
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Enforce the Law.
The house has passed a bill appropriating
$500,000 for the purpose of aiding the administra
tion in enforcing the anti-trust law.
The subject was brought to the attention of
the house by an amendment, offered by Mr. Bart-,
lett, a democrat of Georgia, to the executive ap
propriation bill which provided for an appropria
tion of $250,000 for the purpose of enforcing the
Sherman law and at the same time directing tho
attorney general to prosecute all violators of that
law.
Mr. Hepburn, a republican of Iowa, offered a
substitute appropriating $500,000. Mr. Hepburn's
substitute, which was adopted, was as follows:
"That for the enforcement of the provi
sions of the act of July 2, 1890, the sum of
$500,000 Ib hereby appropriated out of any
money in the treasury not heretofore appro
priated, to be expended under the direction
of the attorney general in the employment
"grand tusker," twelve feet high, the largest
elephant in India.
Their howdah was decked with gold and
silver and the elephant itself was almost
hidden beneath a gold-worked saddle cloth.
Surrounding them were footmen in scarlet and
gold liveries and bearing masslvo silver
staves.
Tho Duke of Connaught, who represented
ICing Edward, and tho Duchess of Connaught
followed. Their olephant was equally gorge
ously caparisoned. Then, in order of pre-
cedence, came the Nizam of Hyderabad, tho
Mahajarah of Travancore, and other ruling
chiefs, seventy in all, their hugo elephants
forming a line a quarter of a mile in length.
This glittering procession started from tho
railroad station, preceded by dragoon guards
and artillery, tho viceroy's escort, and by
heralds and trumpeters. Tho route was en
tirely lined by British and native troops.
From the saluting battery, posted at tho fort
commanding the Lahore gate, guns thundered
out a royal salute as the viceroy passed, with
the heralds and trumpeters sounding at inter
vals spirited fanfares.
The cortege passed in front of a lino of
150 elephants carrying the brilliantly dressed
retainers of tho ruling chiefs. The colossal
beasts all saluted by trumpeting and throw
ing their trunks in tho air, presenting a truly
imposing sight, and afterward fell in line be
hind the official procession.
Huge crowds of onlookers witnessed the
spectacle, which, it is asserted, has never
been surpassed in magnificence, oven in this
country of oriental splendor.
The heralds, pursuivants and trumpeters
who followed the escort and immediately pre
ceded the viceregal procession were conspic
uous by the splendor of their attire. They
were followed by tho newly constituted im
perial cadet corps, comprising: their marhar
jaras. The excitement was at fever heat as the
first elephants, with gold and silver how
dahs, of tho staff officers came into view and
commenced to circle around tho mosque.
The finest elephants in Asia passed in
front of tho great Jumma Musjid, tho steps
of which were thronged with distinguished
personages, including tho viceroy's Ameri
can and British guests and tliQ delegates from
tho colonics and from othor parts of the em
pire. The enormous animals shuffled slowly by,
many of the massivo howdah3 of quaint and
rich design being surmounted by magnificent
canopies of gold embroidered and bejowelcd
tapestry. Tho bodie of the animals wero
almost hidden by their trappings of crimson,
purple and gold, bands of gold encircled their
tusks, golden bracelets wero on their ankles,
gold and silver belts were hanging from thelr
neck chains and their heads wero painted and
decorated in overy conceivablo color.
The mahouts wero clad in tho brightest at
tire, as were tho attendant spearmen who
marched by tho elephants' sides.
In tho rear of tho procession rode Gen
eral Lord Kitchener, tho commander-in-chief
of India, surrounded by a brilliant staff and
by three princes with escorts of Indian cav
alry, and tribal leaders from boyond the bor
der line. Down tho main street moved tho
corteges of saluting soldiers and excited, surg
ing, salaming throngs of natives, through
the ancient city with tho balconies and house
tops teeming with life and through tho More
gate into tho open park, boyond. There, after
a four-mile march, tho elephants of tho
viceroy and Duke of Connaught halted side
by side and tho pageant was concluded with
the great princess filing by, their elephants
trumpeting a salute.
The viceroy was in state uniform, Lady
Curzon ..as dressed In gray, the Duke of
Connaught had on a field marshal's uniform,
and tho Duchess of Connaught was attired in
blue. They received a flattering welcomo at
all points.
The viceroy and Duke of Connaught sub
sequently drove to the main camps.
Tho roads, after the passage of the pro
cession, presented a scene of chaos as tho
camels, carriages, mule carts, landaus, bicycles
and bullock carts pressed onward in strange
confusion.
of special counsel and agents of the depart
ment of justice, to conduct proceedings, suits
and prosecutions under said act in tho courts
of the United States; provided that no per
son shall be prosecuted or be subject to any
penalty or forfeitures for or on account of
any transaction, matter or tuing concerning
which he may testify or produce evidence,
documentary or otherwise, in any proceeding,
suit or prosecution under said acts; provided,
further, that no person so testifying shall be
exempt from prosecution or punishment for
perjury committed in so testifying. This ap
propriation shall be immediately available."
Mr. Bartlett asked Mr. Hepburn to incorpor
ate in his amendment a provision directing tho
attorney general to enforce the criminal clause of
tho Sherman law. Mr. Hepburn objected to this
on the ground that it might be interpreted as a
reflection upon the attorney general.
This appropriation will meet with very gen
eral approval. Every possible effort should bo
made to encourage the administration to proceed
against the trusts. When this appropriation is
placed at the administration's disposal, it is to bo
hoped that Mr. Roosevelt will instruct his attor
ney general to enforce the criminal clause of tho
anti-trust law, which is, indeed, the chief feature
of that measure.
4It would seem that Mr. Roosevelt's attorney
general would feel under special obligations to
commence criminal prosecutions because of tho
fact that Mr. Hepburn objected to the Incorpora
tion of a special provision to that effect on the
ground that It might be interpreted as a reflection
on tho attorney general.
Inasmuch as Mr. Knox's party friends In the
house could not object to criminal prosecution of
the trusts and yet were eager to avoid any "re-
flection" upon the attorney general It would seem
that Mr. Knox would deem it necessary to make a
serious effort against the trusts by way of crim
inal prosecution. If ho does not do this, ho
might, at least, explain to the people why he fails
to enforco the chief feature of the anti-trust law.
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A Whole Sermon.
A subscriber, without giving his name, sends
an item from a paper, name not given, and sug
gests that it would form a text It is not-only a
text, but a whole sermon. The argument which it
presents would seem plain enough, and yet,
strange to say, there are many honest and Intelli
gent republicans who seem perfectly ignorant of
the manner in which the syndicates administer tho
finances of the government for their own interest
and profit The item is as follows:
Tho banks run short of money recently
and tho banker who heads the United States
treasury rushes to their assistance with tho
people's money and loans to them without
interest, millions. When the people to whom
this belongs ueed money, do they get it from
their dear, sweet government? Not on your
penny. They can go to the banks and borrow
their own money and pay well for It But tho
bankers understand the art of voting for their
interest, while the masses have no such un-
derstanding. When tho rich need help they,
get it; when ine poor need help they get It
in tho neck, vat an odd arrangement
And the people go blundering along and.
never see a thing.
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