The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • 4

THE I'TASITVTLliE AMERICAN MONDAY MOHmG DECEMBER 18 1899 State Press Observations Southern Press Opinions LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN THREE! PRAYERS Supplication of Dona flit lit Dr Snreael Johnson and ot fite-vrnaon (he Novelist Ths prnyeie ot three great men of letter are atrlklngly Illustrative eay the Independent We acarre need to be told that theaa words cam from the grief-etrb kon heart of Swift writhing In agony over the painful illness and approaching end of gtella: Give her a true conception of the venlly tolly and Insignificance of all human things and strengthen her eo as to beget In her a sincere love ot thee tn the midst ot her sufferings Forgive the Borrow and weukneni of those among who sink under the grief and terror of toalng to dear and Useful friend Accept and pardon our most earnest preyere and wtahea for her longer continuance In thts evil world to do what thou art pleased to call thy scry Ice and la only her bounden duty thatah may still be comfort to us and 11 others who will want the benefit of her ronversatlcn her advice her good office or ber charity In this petition Uttered only few days before he Paced the Arch Bear we gaze deeply Into the great heart of Samuel Johnson: Almighty and moet merciful Father I am now as to human eyes It teems about to Commemorate for the last time the death of thy 8oa Jesus Christ our Savior and Redeemer Have mercy upon me and pardon the multitude of my ofienses Bless my friends: bnvs mercy upon all men Pup-port mo by thy Holy Spirit la the day of weakness and at the hour ot death and receive me at my death to everlasting bap-plnaea tor th sake ot Jotua Christ It Is significant to note that the Jaunty Stevenson "light In ragged luik" really felt his dependence on God as ws teem by perusing hia beautiful "Players written for family use at Vatllma Swift tnd Johnson thought often of death Swift because be looked forward to It as a releas and Johnson because It waa tbe enly thing that shook hia heart In contrast to these powerful and rugged men Stevenson say little of death though fas walked dally lu ila jaws it was life that Interested him and wl naturally find hia prayers tn harmony with hia Ideala le pray not for courage to meet death but for dlvln help In rational living "Prolong our day la peace and be asks give in health food bright weather and light hearts lad ua It does without fear and awake and arise with exultation at the sun lighten the world aa let our loving kindness malts bright this bouse of our habitation" Let us listen revertDtly to this petition: AT MORNING The day return and brings us th petty round of Irritating concerns and dutle Help us to play th man help us to perform them with laughter and kind face let cbeeitul-pees abound with Industry Give to go Dlithrly on our buatneaa all this day bring ua to our resting bed weary and content and nndishonored and grant as In th end tb gilt ot Sleep demption at th Treasury Unlems additional mint facilities are provided and for which tha Director of the Mint aska It will require about five year to coin the $2000009 ounces of sliver bullion now In the Treasury The report shows that elnc 1878 82622376 silver dollars have been coined and there are In circulation 76-000000 of aubsldlary ailver and 78000000 ailver dollars The other silver dollar are hold in the Treasury to redeem note Issued against them STEEL MAKING The significance of the beginning of the manufacture of steel near Birmingham should bs thoroughly appreciated by the people of the South and the country generally for It has a direct bearing upon the industrial South Ten furnaces for steel making havs beep under construction at Ensley near IHrmlnghan and three of them are now making steel and tho other seven will goon follow Birmingham will now be consumer ss well ss a producer of pig Iron It can make pig Iron cheaper believe than any other place In ths world and hence should make steel cheaper This follow It should 'in time bs center for the manufacture of the multitudinous products of steel All tbl moans well for the South all that portion of It at least adjacent to Birmingham Even were Birmingham a competitor to Nashville we should wish It well In It new start and th great future which tl ahead of It by titue of Its natural position but as It is not ws can do no with better grace Pittsburg the great Pennsylvania Iron center does not interfere with Philadelphia Baltimore New York and other business centers In that part' of th country it rather help them- It business gives them business and vice versa Nashville Is located in one of the richest agricultural countrle In the land Its annual death rate la remarkably low Its climate la all that could be asked It has a low ecst of living Its advantages ae a city of residence are many Its educational facilities beln one of the most marked and its advantages ae a city for business opportunity srs equally oii-anot Tbe raw material Is st lie doors In abundance it la now ths largest hardwood market In tha country and la coming to be one of ths great manufacturing center of the South Kashvillo congratulates Birmingham on Its good fortune growth and prosperity and aeee in It a sign of good omen tor th eo-tire South The beginning of steel making tra a large scale in Birmingham la an epoch in th history ol the South end the world Tha manufacture of cotton has come and Is still coming South the manufacture of steel ha begun Those who live In the living present end not in the dead past ace In all this1 such sn abounding future for the South that should they spook their mind plainly It would be said of them that they saw visions and dreamed dreams experiences with ships from Santos has not received much attention In th South except at port cities but tho arrival of ship from Bantos at New Orleans or Mobile with or without cases of plague on board will cause apprehension If not absolute fright especially should health authorities become stampeded Tin: nmRiiuTiooi ok railway pitoms The Chattanooga Tradesman condenses an article from an Eastern dally which show to whom the earnings of railroad go The New York Central and the Metropolitan Street Railway system of New York are used aa Illustrations to eliow that labor gets tbe lion's share of tb earnings of railroad According to the report of th President of this latter eompary labor receive I cents of every 6-teut far taken In by the company which 1 39 per cent of th receipt About seven-eighths of one cent of ths 5 -cent fare goes to tbe stockholder as dhlde-nd About bulf cent goes for material and ths reaidue after dividend material and labor accounts goes to pay taxes nnd Interest Chauncey Depew long President of th? New York Central says th stockholder of ths system received In Jun last 4 per cent In annual dividends Tbe figure of the comptroller show that the labor for the year received dire- tly 25 for each dollar paid to the stockholder The total earnings of the Central system for the year were 3(6181657 81 Of this great sum $17012133 33 was paid to thoe carried on the pay roll Furthermore the amount paid outside labor Ju mining locomotive fuel and In manufacturing supplies and (or labor employed by manufacturers of th materiel needed In tlje repairs of tha road exceeded $4 000 000 so that It Is estimated that tb total sum duectly and indirectly paid to labor amounted to $22000000 ot the $46000000 earned by tb company during th year The clearest Illustration Is found In th fact that $4000000 waa paid to the stockholder and $17042133 to the direct employe who operate tbe road A for the Interest on tha bonded debt the money on which that is paid was nearly all orlgl-ally paid out to laborers who built the road and fashioned the appliances for operating It It 1 well to know these things and to keep such facts In mind If when a politician Inveighed so loudly against railroads the people knew that hi utterance were directed sgalnat the Interest of labor four time where they were directed once against the Interest of tbe capitalist the bloated be would be forced to find some other bobby on wblcb to ride Into office lilt men OHST1XACY On ot the narked features of the war In South Africa Is tbe obstinacy of the British It atteks out clearly and Unmistakably through the crushing defeats which hav been administered them Th Boers have time after time entrenched themselves in sn almost impregnable position and the British hav bravely marched up to It with set faces flags flying and bands playing It 1 Brltlxh obstinacy determined to show 4e th warld kaw British suUtera can fight Tho British Ocm-rala hav scorned strategy Their challenge to tho Boers Is: "Her are Come out and fight us like men and wo will show you how Britons can face lead without But th Boers hav not fancied this sort of warfare and why should they? If the British were fighting more formidable power cannot think they would go at It in this hammer and tonga way They would put Into use sll th art and line points of war But they oorned to resort to anything ot the kind with th Dutch farmers It was ths same story when Bmddock landed in Virginia He would not heed the warning of the commander of the raw Virginia militia Col Washington and Insisted on marching his men in column with their red coats shining and their polished bayonets glistening In th sun making a shining mark for the unseen Indian foe to aim at But It Is a matter of history also that the British have never been strategists They have won In their Innumerable battle the world over because they could stand up the longest Imagine Stonewall Jackson conducting a campaign a the English campaign has been conducted In South Africa Gen Grant on the other hand fought somewhat on th Buller plan He believed in the doctrine of force end number YV Imagine that arter Gen Buller's severe rebuke he will coroo to the conclusion that there la aomethlng In the philosophy of war which he has yet to know immsii sum iik at stake Mr Asquith a leader of tho Liberal par-ty and a former member of the British Cabinet gave a correct diagnosis of the meaning of the outcome fk the war In South Africa when he said- the same time let not underestimate tho gravity or task before us The war ha developed proportions which may make It the turning point In the fortuned of the empire It has become wider and deeper than the question of maintaining our position In South Africa It Is our title to be known ss a world power that Is now upon trial sod tf we fall here the empire cease to be going concern Exactly so If the supremacy of the British Empire Is not maintained In one part Of the world why should not a discontented class question It In another pnrt of the world? Tho empiro Is on trial most assuredly and as Mr Asquith says "If wo fall here tho empire censes to be a going Gold exports have begun ss much aa $25001)00 having been shipped or prepared for shipment from New York British disasters in Boulh Afrloa the unsettli 1 conditions of the London stock markets tha advance la the discount rata by the Bank of England and the sympathetic tone of the New York stork nmtkct sll tended to bring tie price of foreign exchange to the point where the shipment of gold Is cheaper than tbs uso of exchange More millions will undoubtedly be shipped fur the demand In Darla and London for gold Is Increasing and the South African supply la skill cut qff Indications however point to the bryflcf that the London market has ceased to rely upon shipments soon from South Afrks and la preparing to depend upon other means of adjustment urn pnoniK awakumdo ''Tb South is tha great Industrial field of the future llr advantages are getting that recognition dua them and her own people have awakened to her resource and Jatkson Sun COLONIZE TUB For terns reaKJGS would Tery advantageous to dls pos of some million of tbe fiegro population of the Intti-d gtatee by colonizing thwn is the territorial acquisition! of the Untied State and they could do well for themselves if they would work wltb energy and ystiu fa agricultural aud other Induscrlct for the native populaUoa of those countries are extremely Indolent working aa little aa possible and lontxiit with the a imp hat neceetm-rlee live in great frugality Tbe result le that an Industrious and thrifty rare like the Chinese soon berome prosperous and com paratWeljr rich among a people a bo possess but little material stealth If the Ameiiran negroes would go to tha tropical poMsearions of the United States aud i so tbe sarna industry and thrift aa are practiced by tbe Chinese they would toon become a moet prosperous and important element of tbe New Orleans Pknyme IP GOOD WHY LIMIT ITT-tong ago the railroads all betaine practical temperance lecturers by rofutdng to employ men who fnt drunk Now the Southern Railway baa (saurd an order applicable ouly to tbe Routb Carolina division all employes of Uie company must stop using cigarettes or restgq their positions and In Putire no one will be employed who smokee cigarettes' If Ibid Is a good order why confine Its operation to Ben Tillman a Stale? The cigarette deadly and before ft great while the rule put In force South Carolina will be extended to the whole ay stout end other reilioada will fol low suit New and Observer THE TRUST PROBLEM -Everybody irrespective of party denounces the terrible thing tn unmeasured term but nobody Is reedy with a plan of campaign Tbe euiv rabund-ane of inarticulate howling on thla subject would flt the vasty deep What tho country now want a mail who can who can locate tbe Thing in ita lair and ean toll ue how to trap it and then Instruct us as to bow to pronounce Macon Telegraph MAKE AN Tbe Filipinos are no longer engaged In carrying on ft regular war agatnat the United Ft ate They have been divided into marauding bands who murder Dative friendly to the Amciifn troops and live by raiding and looting towns American soldiers are abut like dogs when captured and every crime la the calender is commuted by tbe bandits Borne of tbe Auurlcan officers no tbe islands sre la favor of tbe lsuaoe of a proclamation declaring that all Datives found wltb arms should be punished as criminals Instead of being treatrd aa prisoners of war If an example of this kind could be made of few hundred of the barbartane It would greatly improve the situation in the Little Rock Gazette IY TUB EAST President Expects to Keep It Open In the Philippines The AdmJnlvIrutlon In aaklng from the leading continental powers seeurancc that the open door should he maintained In Thlna ha not been blind to the fact that a counter demand might be made upon the United Thla demand would naturally be that this country should keep the Philippines open upon equal terms to the trade of all nations It Is understood that Inquiry on this subject has not been directly mado but it hag been made reaeonsbly plain by our Government that the policy of the open door" would be adhered to In the Philippines under American aulborlty It would obviously inconsistent and contrary to International comity to demand freedom of trade under the flags of other nations when we refused tt under our own under the similar conditions which prevail is tb PmA that 8b president bat been prepared to put aside bis early protectionist prejudices and to adopt ft policy which would throw down tart tf barriers round our Eastern empire This waa made plain enough whea consent was given to the American peace commissioners including such pro nounced protectionist ae Senator Frye of Maine and Whltrlaw Reid of New York to propose to Spain that Spanleh ships and merchandise should ba admitted to the ports of tha Philippine leisnde on tha mid terms as ships and merchandise of the United States It was thought wise to limit this privilege to ten years In order to guard againat future contingencies but It was Intended at the time In Administration circle that thla privilege should not bo a discrimination In favor ot £patn but should extend to all nations trading with the Islands It is expected that wha the complete reetoratloo of peace permits the opening of all the Philippine porta the fact of entire freedom of trade wilt be announced td all the powers The United State will occupy a strong position in tho East both morally and physicaJly with assurances from th leading power that all the leading trading port in China shall be free to the commerr of the world and with tbe grant of reciprocal freedom by the United States in their own possessions Whatever attitude may be taken by Russia and Franc la becoming of minor Importance in view of the strength of the combination In favor of keeping the ports of the East open to tha world' commerce Germany aecma as ready as Great Britain to stanl by the side of the United States in this programme and the Government of Japan has repeatedly made It aa ckar aa diplomatic usage would permit that tbe sympathise of the rifting young empire which throttled Chin four years ago were decisively on the side ot commercial freedom Whatever purposes the RuaeiBn Government may cherish in jt Inner councils ita present policy does not appear to be directed ageJnet American goods and capital except in respect to retaining certain political lnfiueue la the grant ot fram blare American machinery rails and locomotives have permitted tb rapid construction of the Cbtneeo Eaatrru railway and there aro reports that the Hues! an Government will even Invite the construction of American manufacturing pUuita In Manchuria and Eastern Siberia How far these concessions may be used to strengthen the great empire of the North in tli adoption of a poMry of exclusion afltr the Traus-tiiberiau Railway has bttn completed and strong military posts hav been eetiihllabed along Its route may be a serious problem but for th moment Itnseien polity as pubiUly revealed (1os not ofler mu ground for open criticism by the Ftate Department spatial to New York Journal of Counutiie HHIlfCftT i Ell PUD IH K1UWY The Tennessee Copper Company has given their employes an increase in wages of from 30 to 40 per cent at the London and Burra Mines which per cent added to their former wages will make ihe wages they receive tho highest ever paid In Ducklown As tho Tennessee company has taken the initiative in this regard they dewrve the praise of every one who believe in good wagus being paid to the woiklng man It la said that the gentlemen from tho State of New York wb? are wot king the London Miue are responsible in a certain Icgroe (or the Increase If this be the case we would welcome more such men with Ihe same resulia Ducktown Gaautie KNOWS HOW IT 1 OW 'Datrbk A Obillpa know now how Abner felt when Joab took him inside to speak with him quietly and smote him under the fifth rib Murphy a knifing cost blto Bostons Baltimore American A flOYM-n OF THE I) These things there thought no these and Have proven recreant to every trust Htare where I fancied are only duet And the while pearls the shells before the scan! I marvel not now at the Thusd tth their loat lover In tho gloom and gleam Life tr a phantasm but dream and dr The honey is the birthright of the bees Vvhruforc with sweets of all the rainy spring I tae a tb bitter and the woven rd And white of flowers eay nothing to mv soul God help that the blids do That many hearts sre bleat and comforted Ere life 1ut cnenn hath pf ifle roiL fcf'Uik Lap 'on tekbr GEY ROUKIIT CANYON Statement ol A hell 1 Correspondent Correct! To tb Editor of Th Amrirn In Tho Amertren of Sunday morntn appear th following statement bjr a hlielhy-rlllo correapondrnt In writing a aketth of Gen Robert Cannon: "At the time of th removal of th Indians from Georg! a and Alabama tn IX Dm Cannon waa mada a Brigadier Conor! in th rrcular arm of the I nlted Mate Tht la a niUtake On Cannon never held a commlwlon In th I'nlted Btatra regular army From lxil to 1M4 Inciualve there were but two Brlfrediar Generel in th army and tto-jr war held by th following- Edmund Galne from Manh 9 1X14 to Juno 1M! Winfield fieott from Mareh 1S14 to Jun SI 1X41 Wool from Jun 1641 (when Scott wa promoted Major General) to May IS 1SS During th tlm th Quartermaster General of tb army waa a Brigadier General but tha office waa held by Jessup from May 8 ixifi to June 10 DOT Another wrong statement Immediately fol lows the on rorreotad above lb correspondent says: A hit engaged In this work he waa under orders of Oen Scott then Commander of the United States army Th error In th foregoing is that from May IS 1828 to Jun 25 1841 Gen Alexander Macomb wa th Commander-In-Chief and Gen Scott waa not in command until Gen Maedmb's death June PS 1M1 AM 3 A RoeU-Rtlll Demoerat'a Sentt-nienta To th Edlto- of Th American! In order to perpntunta tha glorious prretlg for bravery and noble deed of patriotism land'd down from our Illustrious ancontry It now til become Americans to censure or attempt to hinder th Government In a final effort to establish fur the United States th brightest page of ita history At tho Inception of th war with Spain our country was really not In a fit condition to enter th contest hut Ccrgrre with unanimity almost unheard of voted money to prepare for th great Impending stmr-ie and urged an Unwilling Preeidmt to prepare foe war Though behaving that lb war could averted through diplomacy President Me-Khilrr yielded to th clamor of th pecpla and their etateamrn and went to work We ry effo-ts gueeeeafut Leg result pek themselves With scent supplies of rm and provtalon th Government totally unprepared for war but a record was to be tnado and was mad within le than two and one-half months Th most glorious vlctorU of which hletory give account were placed to th credit of our gVeat lb greater and leaser Antilles were ours th nation of the world looked with prnfoundret admiration at (ha deed of dnrlng of our aoldlcr and acaraen our Victorian were so rapid and complete that our own people became nr teamed to becom frightened at lh lmptuolty of our defundera and railed th cry of "expansion" Th whole of Europe revered aud honored our soldier for their bravery but Rime of our statesmen who st flret were loud-eat In their declarations for war turnod against tbelr early artloo and declared oppo union to th Government on th ground of expansion No Amcrhan anticipated the glo rtoun success that haa crowned Amohaix valor Every rod of territory acquired wa reached the result of th effort to whip Spain When Dewey's fleet exterminated that of Bpain In Manila Bay and took possession this Government became reopooaJbi to neutisl nations for th property and live of the Inhabitants of those Island Every act of tho I'nlted Rtatea tnc that time ha only bee In keeping with remit gained in the content At th outset majority of tho citizen ot this great republic urged the war to be waged upon fipain and It naturally follow were to bound by the results whether they be In defeat or vhtory It Is too late now to com-' plain and to stab eur soldier tn tho tel when the whole world loxee sod honor them Viin- Aet flag 4a (wily rea'giil- si th emblem ot authority all territory in a tha emblem ot authority over sll territory In dispute then will magnanimous Government legislate favorably to the people who ball have yielded submission to tbe autborlty of tbe Stare and Stripes tb true emblems of equal rights and privileges A 8 REAVES Harivllla Tcnn Dec Councilman Chnrgc To the Editor of Tb Anierii an The card of Councilman Power in yetcr-dny's issue of Th American nttempta to explain th purport of bis charge againat th Water-work Department mada in hi epreih os th floor of th Council Chamber last Thursday night Intention and language may materially differ hut th publln accept th spoken words ss voicing tb motive and those of Councilman Power wr beard by score ot listeners Ouly on couatreitluu can placed upon them and no niter-explanation can modify tbelr sertouanm nor Irecen tbelr efleot Even In bln card of yesterday Councilman Power states "I said that a Chairman of th Special Investigating Committee I bad Information from a reliable authority tbst at least one luiga concern In this city bad sot paid water tax tor ten years to tha city end that the rumor of fact was town To water without paying dor It is a criminal nffuns under the city laws and it continuation for ten year Infer collusion upon the part of some official or employ of ths Water-works Department There are a number of "isrg concerns" within ths corporate limits that use city water and Councilman Power should be required to publicly name the concern surreptitiously obtaining water and thus release others from tha ban ot suspicion Capt Geo Reyer who for the past eighteen years wa Superintendent of the water-works Is sot in the oily but ha hae friends here who will never rest until the charges brought sgalnat the depart-nicnit that wa under bit control sre sifted to ths bottom In Juatlce to himself Councilman Power should aid the board in Its Investigation by producing bit "reliable autborlty" as the charge le too serious to admit of being baaed upon anonymous or irrespon- slble information Ills charges reflect upotx ths Board of Public Woihs who hav supreme coutrol over the departments end bo owes It to them to the heads of the departments designated by him "rotten" and to the public In whose mind hi snaertlon have aroused suspicion of unfaithfulness upon th part of trusted officials There can be no middle ground and Councilman Power cannot longer afford to withhold the sources from which hia Information la derived Tb charges should mada specific aud clearly proven or thoee whose reputations an at stake fully vindicated Nothing can be gained by concealing tbs Identity of the authority" upon which the chargee are tnado nd tb publication will enable the people to form an opinion a to whether the welfare of the rlty or personal feeling waa th Incentive that prompted them Aa tb rn-nwentetlve of a large concern using city water 1 aak space for thla In your columns MANAGER A SEWS PAPER'S Ft flltTIOJIS In spreading knnwlfdge ot good hooka a newspaper comern Itself with on of Its legitimate functions News of book belong a much to tbe day's news as news ot Congress of wars pf rburchis of court trtala of yachting end gulf York Times MAKIMJ GAME OK CHiMllKll Senator Chandlor's humorous protest against the possibility that Uncle Pain'e students may waste tbelr time playing game does not take Into consideration- ths chance of wasting the Batiste's time with ineffectual 4 aahtogton 8tar POINT 111 FOR Tho troub'e with a great many of our public nub la (bat tiny roualdor it bnnenth their dignity to pontine tliemoelvea to question with which tln-y ere 46 aeh-lngton Post i I FA MU "Sweet fain I mine!" he said with happy look "I die innterit: my name will live in thle! And fondly fingering a liltlo bonk lie hunt hia head aud lull on It a kiss A century after one of studious aim Paused where th poet a dust hud lung bs a hid And mused scraping the timers from off hie nantff "I wouder who was and what he Down in Truth The altuttllon la rife with startling possibilities aud it may be regarded a mlrai uloue If Great Britain ehall escape from her South Afriran trouble without becoming involved with one or more of the Jlou powers With her present handicap Great Blrtalit present a more favorable opportunity for attack than tn many years and It need occasion no great surprise If the Inviting circumstance Is not made the moet of It ts a critical extremity to which our "beet friend" bks eorae but should matters progress to a crisis she will not bs caught napping Jackson Sun We regard the candidacy of Mr Carmack for the Senate a a little premature and It la tbe general Impression tbt Mr MtMlllIn can best serve th people for another term ss Deeaturvllle Herald Some of our local colored population allow shark of their own color to swindle them out of their coin with the ex-slave pension schems Such a law will never be enacted by Congress and thee swindler are attempting to ep the bill before Congress tn order that they may rako In a few dime from the poor negroes of th Murfreesboro Home Journal i Ths Snodgrass boom for the United Slate Senate does not teem to aeeume aurb gigantic proportion aa he thought It Dover Record Every on who haa watched Gen Leonard Wood a work aa Military Governor of Santiago Province will congratulate this Administration on making him Governor General of tbe entire Island of Cub -Clarksville Courier see Gen Wood who will succeed Cen Brook as Governor General of Cuba has demon-stratfd his fitness for tbe position He knows the Cubans and they kpow and rcrspect him Sub Ml Ktntey la bow playing tb role ot a freetrader which Is about as amusing aa Mark Hanna' speech and fight on th trust evil Mr McKinley may have his faults but bo one can accuse him of not being a allck political Maury Democrat Internal revenue receipt Increased $190000-0ftO during the last year the tariff I paid by th foreigner Brother McKinley can you tell us Who pays th Internal Leba non Democrat Th President asks that the national bank laws be modified wo ss to produce a larger circulating medium The free coinage ol ai'ver would give thla Increased circulating medium but that would sot auit tbe money lords Ashland City Times Hon 8 candid ry for the Brest 1 grewlng more popular with th people ot th State every day Wo now boiler he will win without Hardeman Free Pres see Africa will be th burial ground of many a poor Englishman who west to conquer a people that are fighting for their Martin MalL After th holiday festivities and fireworks are over then the political circus will open up It Is saf to predict too that there will plenty of clowns In the Adam Democrat honestly believe In th present critical period th very beet thing that eould hav happened for the good of th Democratlo party was th choice of MaJ James Richardson as tbelr leader la ths Parts Foet-luteHIjtenner Nobody has heard Congressman Brownlow nor has anybody heard of Congressman Brownlow saying one word to stir up party strife nor on word ot elf-pralae nor one word against anybody He la attending strictly to hit builnasa aa th Representatlv of tb people sod leaving It with them to Judge who they want as tbelr Congressman Watch the result and listen how plainly ths people will speak when th Urn Greenevlll News Old Kruger 1 preparing accommodations for 30000 British prisoners There Is grim humor In this yhla ts tB price he expects to exact from Great Britain for despoiling his republic The old Kruger lion Is st hey but so tor he has had th best of th Knoxville Sentinel What th New said shout Judge Snodgrass In connection with the Ip was that th politicians around Nashville do not beltev he will be candidate We know nothing about the gentleman's intentions further than what has appeared In th newspaper published at Knoxville and Nashville Our private opinion hs been however that tf Judge Snodgrass really ever Intended to enter the race he would havs so expressed himself to his Chattanooga friends So far aa we are aware down her Judge SnOdgTaas Is not very seriously conalderlng thd Chattanooga News In tbe British empire th sovereign relgna but doe not govern If It were otherwise the aged Quern would not now bo mourning for her soldiers slain in South Africa It is notorious that her dearest wish we to hevt tb eloetng deys of her long and eventful life unmarred by bloodshed Bhe proposed but Jo Chamberlain dlspceid BclmJtor TRIBUTE TO A WORTHY Fl'IlLIC SERVANT Tha Hon Morgan Fitxpatrlrk is making a clear headed energetic Superintendent of Puhlle Instruction He la personally visiting the srhool all over the State and Is Infusing new life and vigor wherever he goes Hu brings to bear th same Indomitable ear-neetneaa and courage wblrh have heretofore characterized all ot hia official sets Aa he Is a mountain boy born and railed on or near the borders of old Putnam this people point to him with prldo and extreme satisfaction and predict for him a record st the finish undlmmed by any predecessor Cookeville Preae NOTHING I IKE Ktri Rif MCE Th Atlanta Constitution vents to know If the Democrats of Kcnturity are any better oil now that their party haa been re ked Well perhaps they are There 1 nothing like a silt! dose of adversity for curing some people of their St Fiouosr Press PIPE I've had the measles an' the mump The a hoc pin' cough an' th naa That bova am pretty apt to have bump an' stings But ey it lain I've ever hnoea From mem ry I cen wipe Ec pt the time wo boy played An' 1 smoked father a pqie 'Teas lots of fun at first I know A putfiu' clouds ot unuke Bnt by an' by 1 sorter felt ldke In uie broke then mv htad went round an' round Al' I felt like Bllipe An' supper dldn tMnpt mmh Fhr 1 amoked fat tor' pipe I'vL had the teacher (larrup me ith all hi nwdht sn' mein An' send me htm to tell the folk Ah' there get lb ked again I've at siq by the had my stomach But three are sunny spots lu life Comrured to father a pipe fattor doesn't htda It now Nor tie It with a string For where he put it there It 1 tom the thlug But if 1 hated any one i Watt till lime we rtpa An' then Invite him to mv bom An' lend him father pip Coruthcr I lihhi Lvr Day in tue Year lean Of THE AMERICAN COMPANY RANKIN Mmrof tflrof Pubhiation--Amrie Building Lor-nrr C)iurtn ana Cherry btrv VBUANHAM Advertising Manager ofk Gibe Ftruiik' loti buiiuiug Room 2S WASH I ION lllHKASJ 1347 Feniuylvani avenue MOORMAN Coi respondent 1 lit AMERICAN TELEPHONES Editorial iloum I1 lietlerM Offlea 03 bLlibClUPTiOX KA1 By Wall In Aavanea Postage Paid felly FdiUon one tear J5 laiij jreut Suduen jjj uiiuev hcmion one year lemi'Ueekly haiuououe ver la City ftuuaortbare rPy Idltion delivered one week le 1 eljyeifvpt Sunday delivered one week 1-C Jail) eeiivered one luonm bumiav oeuvrred one monttw 1 hoee wiehine M'l ne Aniencau" eeut to lUeir eduteeccati UirouirO or or iWUi eard Failure 1 carrier to deltwr ibeuio te reported la the eauue uianoea RamUtnacaa ReantUnoeerouM be made by elmkt an Kh-vlJie New 1 ork banka Ripreae crifT order poeuifllce uoonev order or regie lered letter coniammc oarrrney Cbeoae utAiMown batik cannot be aoceuted The American li la do wtae responsible for the view eotcrUlned or uteineot niade by contributor to Its column No rejected manuscript will be returned no Ice accompanied by atampa and no communication will be printed unite the real came of th writer lu poasessloo of tb editor sfe MONDAY DECEMBER 18 The Boer defeated Methuen Gather and Bul'er What England needs la a General who it something more than a fighter Christmas in Pretoria 111 be a gala day but In London a day of mourning Jos Chamberlain will be lucky if he escapes from Dublin with hia LL and an unbroken scalp Agulnaldo made good hts escape but be will bo beard front as eooa as the Hong Kong Junta furnishes him a copy of tbs Williams resolutions A decisive British victory in South Africa will help the price of cotton English spinners although the American crop is short will not buy much as long ae British reverses continue In th Boer war Lord Roberts of Candahar a fighting little Irishman and a General who has Dover been rattled and bas never underestimated tbs fighting qualities of ths enemy Is to bs sent to South Africa to retrieve the recent severe British disasters Canada and Australia are preparing to come to the help of Britannia and though It Is stated soma of the high officials of the British War Office do not hare a high opinion of colonial volunteera they will make no totitpiainx tblu Brn but will he 14 have sturdy volunteers from the colonies John Morgan la making a fins race and should bs returned to tha Senate He it a credit to Alabama to the South and to the country But he hae a formidable opponent In Gov Johnston and all indications now are that tha race will be a close one Those constituents of Representative In Congress who want to study finance during the long nights of Winter should get copies of ths Congressional Record containing the speeches mads during tha debate last week There are all sorts and conditions of financial wisdom and advice given and ths constituent can take his choice The nows contained In a dispatch from Madison Wis to the Cincinnati Enquirer that the students of Wisconsin University re following the example of Edison and sleeping but four hours a night Is suggestive of poker rather than etudy The Enquirer's correspondent must be In the game The appointment of Allen to the Senate has aroused the Democrat of Nebraska who thought a Democrat and not a Populist should have had the honor Mr Bryan In anticipation of trouble and In order to calm ths troubled waters has given out an Interview In which he says a Democrat will be elected by the fusionists to the Senate when the Legislature meets In 1901 Church street from Spruce to Cherry was not ebon as a freshly swept floor yesterday morning as the people were going to and from church neither were moet of the sidewalks along the way A proper prill a in the appearance of their premises should make property hold era keep them clean and the city should regard It as a duty to keep Its principal thoroughfares presentable While Congress Is being asked to tell Great Britain to let tb Iloe re alone for they are fighting for "liberty" and to notify Russia to ccare depriving the Fins of their liberty and to say to Agulnaldo that he Is a second OeoTge Washington leading his people in a war for liberty why shoul other seekers be overlooked? The Yuqui Indians tre fighting In Mexico for "liberty!" revolutionists In Venezuela and Colombia are fighting for yet no champion has arisen in Congress and offered resolutions of sympathy for them Why make dlstlnctlona? That was a rather clever hit of Mr Carmack lu whlih he told the Republicans that conditions were now Just what the Republicans pn dieted they would be should free coinage of silver pievail namely high prices for all tho nccesaaries of life The llrpubllrnns argued In the campaign of JS'G that an expansive currency would Cheapen money and make dearer products of all kinds lint this condition has been brought ateut without th cuirenry being expanded ty turning into It all the sliver bullion mined However wages havs been rnlstd in many instances to offset this and tmplnyment ha been given to thousands uisin who Were idlo several years The report of the Director of tha Mint fur the lust flwal year shows that during the veur 182fl 707 silver dollars were minted and 9 466 7t in subsidiary coln-uye was tumid out The silver dollars wire coins 3 fiom silver In ths Treasury purshnsid under the set of ISon Ths total purchases under this set amounted to $I6Y-OODOdO of which 9J000000 Ounces have hot been coined end these ailver dollars coined from the bullion are uaed to redeem Treae-uiy notes of 1890 when presented for re INTEREST AND fiEClIUTY While th cry I again heard from Wall which short time ago was determined to take tho Government out of the bonking for relief from th Treaeury It 1 timely to examine and see Just how far th stringency In the money market extend Before th revival of buelneaa had made Its full demand felt In the money market a large ahar of the unemployed bank funds In New York was engaged In th Inflation of th tnduetrlal kites or truet bubbles When legltl-mata business began to draw on the surplus tha withdrawal of th funds from tha trust-booming business began to be severely felt Th speculative booms hav suffered the rtralts ot this Interest havs caused rates for call money to run a high ss 10 sad It per I Mew Ywk and portion though hr no means sll of the water to be squeezed out o' th so-called Industrials The urgent quest of tha speculators for bank credits together with tb large business demand bos also had its effect on commercial loans which are stiff st per cent In New York's well as tn Pittsburg But wbllo these evidences of etrlngenry In speculative mousy and firmness In legitimate business loans are unmistakable th proof ot th opposite condition In th market for Investment of tha rolldlty of Government bonds Is equally be-vond dispute At the time of the last flurry called attention to th fact that United 2 were at pr establishing per cent is the interest ret that security Then bare ths still tnor phenomenal fact that during the present agitation th sam bonds have ruled steadily at 2 per cent premium ehowlng that whll the speculative kites srs tumbling for lack of credit money Is seeking absolutely solid Investments st lee than Pf cent It Is seen therefore that the chief stringency is Imposed on sn Interest which created that trouble by It own bubble-blowing and can claim neither public sympethy nor public -flitance Th Increased rate On buslnes loan i to be regretted: but Government aid for Wall street would only revive' the klte-flylng I he tru relief to buatne I to let the natural course aqusez th Inflation out of th stock market Certainly when Government bond are yielding lea than 2 per cent on th quoted price th need for Government Interference to relieve the money market la not Pittsburg Dltpatch nEMUTIFUL OIRUTvm IfiffUE Th funny fontli Get Out a fpie-ndld Monthly Heretofore the field for magazine hat been unsurpassed by Northern publishers Th need of (lrat-rlnes Southern magazine reflecting th beat literary talent of tha South has long been felt Th Sunny South which for twenty-flv years haa been' th only literary weekly printed In th Southern State has been changed to a monthly magailne It first monthly edition dated December 1 a Christmas number and la a thtrty-tx page book printed la colors aud handsomely Illustrated contain th beginning of new story "The Professor' by Mr Mary Bryan "Uttl a pathetic short atory by Joel Chandler Harrt and many other good things From beginning to end It ts filled with aplcndld original matter Th cover peg carrls a poem from Frank Stanton beautifully Illustrated Th magazine la $1 00 a year NEW COMPLICAT IOM "Why do men slay aay from aak the Indianapolis Journal That's a pretty hard one to answer Dow that th fishing season has tlostd Denver Post POINTED PR $GI(4PI1S Snubbing one of the 400 Is an upper-cut Don Judge a man's bravery by hta convcr-sntion It a short street that ha no turn or th orsinn-grlnd'-r Hope is all right when It form partnership tilth Hustle Many a good map haa worried himself crazy over a Jokh The high-water mark la reached every time th Iceman present Ins bill reqiihes brilliant mind to writ advertisement for Initiation diamonds Tlila la eatd to woman a ago yd women hav little td ay about their age It hard to follow th tout of map's mind when he 1 In Ananital strait Ask aom men how they feel and thev will entertain you for an hour with thdr wo Th lora vou talk th les likely you are to choke It tjuinpelltd to swallow your words If an bolnret man I th noblret work of God It might be policy to keep an eye on tho elf-nvadv man People are now wondering what they are going to get tor a no what it is going to oust them An old bachelor say there I a period la vary woman Ilf when (cratch oul the number In her atioea Chh ago Dally New TWO I931E3 Congress has been In session two weeks and two well defined political Issues for next campaign have been deckled upon deliberately one by Democrats the other by Republicans In the Senate the Republicans with some Democrats by a decisive vote on the resolution in reference to an Investigation as to whether ths Filipino flag waa saluted and recognized refused to consider the resolution It was offered for political purposes this was recognized and was intended to assail the policy of holding on to the Islands In other word the "expansion" policy The vote showed the Republicans In the Senate proposed to stand by th Philippine policy outlined by the President In his message The twenty Senators voting foy tha" resolution wers nearly all Democrat In tho House an lssda along the sam lines was made by Representative Williams of Mississippi representing moot of tbs Democratlo party la the House by ths Introduction of resolutions declaring our troops should at once withdrawn from the Philippine the Filipino Republic recognised upon the payment of 120000000 to the United States and a compact entered Into by ths United State guaranteeing the protection of the United States to the Philippine against the sets of all other power These resolutions were Intended to declare that the Democratic party opposed the policy outlined In the message and offered to the people In Its stead an or as some call it Issue Representative resolutions It Is stated and no doubt correctly were decided upon tnd prepared after consultation with Democratic leader and are to be taken as the deliberate pronouncements ot the men In Congress st least of those who have charga ot the party machinery to be offered at the next national convention and made platform planks LKT WINDOW RtlB A British ship the Wlllowdene la expected dally at New Orleans and having touched at Santos Brazil and obtained a Cargo the health authorities at New Orleans are aomewhat perplexed Bubonic plague exists at Santos not as a scourge however and the artlon of tbe New York health authorities concerning vessels from Bantoa whether thry have plague on board or not caused apprehension in all ports alters vessels from Santo are due Only one vessel from Santoa with plague on board has reached tills country aud no cases hate developed The ship was held In quarantine In New York disinfected and then Bulled away though her cargo of coffee remains an elephant on the hands of the health authorities These authorities becoming frightened derided that cargoes should not bo unloaded from ships arriving from Sin-ton even when there wore no plague case on board This was ahBtird and the authorities becoming convinced that they were wrong modified their order so ai to apply only to vessels with aetual casta of plngua on board Mobile also expects vessels from Santos and as tho health nutlior-illes of Southern ports were disposed at firs) to adoplt the New dfork plan of Ptul exclustoh they now end get rid of their nervouvnes and ohserv the usual quar-intine regulations applied to vessels coaling from Infected porta If New York can admit vessels with clean bill of htnllh from Santos land permit tho landing of cargoes Southern ports after strict quarantine rhould also do so otherwise their own merchants are discriminated against Strict quarantine and enforcement of quarantine and sanitary regulation will keep out the bubonic plague without destroying ths coffee trade of Southern titles with Brazil Now York a i ita giTpwiaiveefffwnwwpiwg.