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A HOLLOW VICTORY
Yale Won the 'Varsity Race
From Harvard.
THE LATTERY STROKE COLLAPSED
Cambridge Crexrs Toole the Fox
Oared and Freshmen Evestt
Tomorrow' Regatta.
NEW LONDON, Conn., June 28. Tale
won the eight-oared 'varsity shell race
race today, beating Harvard hy about six
lengths, with the four-oared and fresh
men races won, and handsomely, too, and
with a lead, -when nearlng the finish in
the big 'varsity event, defeat came to
Harvard in a sudden and unexpected
manner. Harding, the stroke, who had
replaced the disabled Captain Hlgginson,
collapsed before the 3&-mlle flag was
reached, and Harvard finished -with seven
oars, so that Tale won a hollow victory.
The four-oared race, as was expected,
proved rather an easy victory for Har
vard. The crimson substitutes toolf the
lead at the snap of the pistol, and had no
difficulty in keeping it.
The freshmen contest was something of
a disappointment to the New Haven men,
for the Tale youngsters had been picked
as winners. Instead, Harvard showed
them the rudder for two miles, and the
event was something In the nature of a
procession.
The Four-Oared Race.
At 11;45 both shells were in position for
the four-oared race. Tale on the west
side of the course. Harvard on the east.
At 11:45:32 the ' starting shot was fired.
and the two fours were off. Harvard
caught the water first, and in much the
better shipe. With a jump she pulled
away, and, after 10 quick strokes, settled
into a beautiful 36 to the minute. Tale
rowed a stroke one point slower. Not
once during the entire two miles was the
crimson four headed by the boys in blue.
At the quarter-mile Harvard led by a
good length. At the half-mile there was
clear water between the two. The young
men from Cambridge were one and one
half lengths to the good. The water
grew rougher as the race progressed, and
both crews splashed considerably. But
still Harvard pulled away from Tale,
and in the last mile doubled her lead to
three lengths. "With this advantage she
crossed the finish line at the navy-yard,
a winner by 1314 seconds. The strokes
varied but little during the race. Har
vard rowing an average 3-1 and Tale pull
ing a 32. At the finish. Harvard spurted
to 35. while Tale went on without in
creasing her speed. Neither crew was
pumped, and each cheered the other. The
official time was as follows:
Distance. Harvard. Tale.
Half-mile 3:09 3:13
One mile 6:30 6:37
One and one-half miles.. 10:03 10:30
Two miles ..13:22 13:33 2-5
The Freshmen's Race.
The two freshmen crews were in their
shells at the starting point just off the
navy-yard when the fours finished. At
12:16 P. M. the word was given. The
crimson-tipped oars caught the water on
a jump, and fairly lifted the shell for
ward For 10 strokes it was a case of dig
and get away, and when Harvard settled
down to the race she led the Tale crew
by half a length. The lads from Massa
chusetts got the race in hand at the out
set, and rubbed it in at every stroke.
Harvard's first few strokes were at a 40
clip, while Tale deliberately pulled 35.
Once well started. Harvard dropped to 32
and Tale to 33. Open water showed be
tween the two shells before a quarter of
a mile had been traveled. At the half
mile Harvard was two lengths ahead,
with her craft drawing away. A -quarter
of a mile further down the course it be
gin to look like a walkover. With the
race half finished. Harvard spurted to
23, but Tale clung to 32. The crimson
boys entered the line of yachts approach
ing the finish with a rush, and swept down
the course in grand style. Tale was row
ing a beautiful stroke, and gained a trifle
In the next quarter. In "the stretch. Tale
made a desperate effort to pull up, and
did well enough until the Harvard stroke
"caught on.' Then the prospective vic
tors hit it up again, and tore across the
line a winner by 5& lengths. The official
time:
Distance. Harvard. Tale.
Half-mile 2:10 2:16
One mile 5:3S 5:53
One and one-half miles .. 8:50 9:07
Two miles , 12:01 12:19 2-5
The 'Varsity Race.
An hour's delay was caused by the
threat of a thunder storm. It dodged the
course, however, and the river became
as smooth as a pond. At 1:41 the pistol
was fired. For the third time in the day,
Harvard got the water first and the prow
of her boat forged ahead. The start.
however, was an admirable one, and so
little was there to choose between the
two that only those on the official boats
were able to credit Harvard with the ad
vantage which was really,, hers. When
the rush of the start had given way to
the four-mile gait, both crews were pull
ing 2G to the minute.
Down the west bank of the river sped
the shells, with Harvard a fraction of
a length ahead. The oarsmen's shape in
both boats were superb. At the quar
ter. Harvard was 15 feet to the good, but
at th half Tale was creeping up. The
half-mile flag was reached with a rush,
and the official timers had it that Har
vard was then one and three-fifths sec
onds ahead of her rival. Both were row
ing cleanly and strongly at a 32 clip.
Between the half and three-quarters.,
however, there seemed to be trouble with
No. 6 in Harvard's eight. In the dis
tance It looked like a broken slide, but
6 was soon at It again, and with the same
rythmic precision as before. Tale had
gained perceptibly and as the line was
approached, the nose of the New Haven
boat poked itself to the fore. Harvard
was" Teady with a spurt, 'however, and
the boats shot by the mile flags on ex
actly even terms, according to the official
watches.
The racers sped forward In amazing
style, but as they entered upon the second
mile the "Ells" applied a little of their
reserve power. Before Harvard was
aware of It her rival was three-quarters
f a length In front. Harvard still rowed
32 strokes, while Tale had dropped to 31
and had gained in spite of It. Now Tale
spurted again. This was met with re
newed effort by Harvard, but Tale clung
tenaciously to her lead.
At the two miles. Tale, rowing 32. led
Harvard by nearly a length. It began to
look like a Tale victory. Harvard's
stroke. Harding, who took Captain Hlg
glnson's place after the latter's accident
Sunday last, increased the crimson stroke
with a rush which bade fair to take his
colleagues off their nerve. He set a ter
rific clip, and twice the Harvard crew
worked like demons possessed. Tale un
dertook to meet the spurt, but the pace
was too hot. and Tale wisely decided
to husband her strength for later calls.
Inch by Inch Harvard pulled up, then
foot by foot, and at the three-mile flag,
the Harvard shell went to the fore for
the first time since she had lost the lead
at the start. Harvard was leading by
half a lenbth.
Hardlns's Collapse.
Suddenly there came a break in the
crimson eight. Something was wrong
with the Cambridge stroke. His oar
failed at times to strike the water. A
few seconds later the Harvard boat
quivered and trembled. Up went Hard
ing's oar, and over toppled his exhausted
body. Coxswain Wadlelgh pulled his rud
der ropes sharply to one side, and shout
ed to his men who did their best to re
trieve the lopsidedncss of the machine
with its four-to-three oars. The beauti
ful craft swerved wildly to one side and
cries 'of chagrin and disappointment were
raised. Poor Harding, the boy who was
underr'the strain of the responsibility
placed upon his shoulders by the Hlg
ginson mishap, had rowed himself out
In that last heartrending effort to pull
up on the Taie shelL The young Spartan,
disregarding the fact that during the last
three days he had lost five pounds, had
nulled his last ounce and lay a helpless
Ipassenger in the shell. He fell Into the
top of his coxswain, straightened up with
a heroic effort and again grasped his oar
In a pitiful attempt to get into the race
once more.
The Tale eight, magnificently strong
and in grand style, tore on down the
stretch. Every man, trained to the hour
for a four-mile race, was pulling beau
tifully and added lengths to their lead
over their unfortunate rivals.
The Harvard launch now rushed across
the course to the Harvard shell, evident
ly for the purpose of stopping them In
their useless effort. The oarsmen, how
ever, refused to hear of It, and game to
the last, pulled down to the finish. Tale
crossed the line a winner by six good
lengths and 34 5-5 seconds ahead of Har
vard. The official times
Distance. Tale. Harvard.
Half-mile - 2:33 3-5 2:32
One mile .. 6:10 5:10
One and a half miles ... :54 7:57
Two miles .10:21 10:33
Two and one-half mlles..l2:28 12:31
Three miles 1$:? 25:2?
Three and a half mlles.-18:29 18:33
Finish 21:12 4-5 21:37 2-5
William Arklam, who has acted In this
capacity for several years, was the ref
eree of the races today. One of the
most distinguished spectators of the day
was Secretary of War Elihu Root, who
was the guest of William P. Eno. of
Westport. Conn., aboard his yacht, the
Aqulllo, which was acting as tender to
the referees' boat, Helvet.
The sporting men gathered In large
numbers. The professional quotations at
10 o'clock were even money that Tale
would win the freshmen; even money that
Harvard would win the four-oared; $300
to 5350 that Harvard would win the Var
sity: three to one that neither Harvard
nor Tale would take all three. There were
no acceptances of the Harvard bids for
odd8.
Training- for Hudson Regatta.
POTJGHKEEPSrE. N. T.. June 28, Wis
consin's appearance on the river tonight
with her two crews just after the storm
closed caused quite a gathering on the
wharves, and the general consensus of
opinion is that the crews are rowing ex
ceedingly fast and In fine fornu The
stroke Is the snappiest on the river, and
while both freshmen and 'varsity boats
check slightly, the momentum between
checks is very great. Tonight, Wiscon
sin's 'varsity crew is the favorite for
first place.
Naturally the event of tonight was the
drawing for positions by the crew cap
tains. It Is generally conceded by this
time that there Is little or no advantage
In any position on the course, unless it
be that both outside and inside crews are
always more free than those sandwiched
In. The drawings for the three races
were as follows, the courses numbering
from the west shore and extending out
towards midstream:
Freshmen race First. Pennsylvania;
second, Columbia; third, Wisconsin:
fourth, Cornell.
Varsity four First. Columbia; second,
Cornell; third, Pennsylvania.
'Varsity eight First. Cornell: second,
Pennsylvania: third, Georgetown; fourth.
Wisconsin; fifth, Columbia.
The sturdlness and health of the three
Pennsylvania crews Is marked. Columbia
comes next in appearance, and George
town and the Cornell senior eights next.
Georgetown Is a puzzle to the experts
here. They are the youngest crew on tho
river, but did a trial trip splendidly. It
is predicted that Saturday will be hot
without wind In the afternoon. The ex
perts now here confidently assert that
the record for four miles made on this
courso in 1S96 of 19:29 will be broken.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia Shjat Ont for the First
' Time This -Season.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Juno 28. Philadel
phia was shut out today for the first
time this season, in one of the best games
played here. Both pitchers were in fine
fettle, Leeever remarkably so. When two
men were out in the ninth, only 26 batters
had faced Leever. He then hit Frazer
and spoiled tho record he was trying to
make. Frazer's game was first-class also.
The three runs scored were made on a
three-bagger, a wild throw and a batted
hit- Attendance, 2000. The score:
R H El R H E
Pittsburg .... 3 5 0 Philadelphia 0 2 3
Batteries Leever and Zlmmer; Frazer
and McFarland. Umpire EmsUe.
Boston Beat Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. O., June 2S. Willis was
In fine form today, letting the Reds down
with four hits. Phillips gave four bases
on balls and allowed two hits, which,
together with an earned run, netted four
runs In the second. Barret's fielding and
Hamilton's hitting were the features.
Attendance, 2500. The score:
RHE
Cincinnati ... 2 4 2J Boston
Batteries Phillips and Wood;
and Sullivan. Umpire Terry.
RHE
711 0
Willis
The American Leasee.
At Buffalo Buffalo, 3: Indianapolis, 5.
At Cleveland Cleveland. 3; Detroit, 10.
At Mllwaukeee Milwaukee, 3; Kansas
City. 8.
The Montana Leaa-ae.
At Helena Butte. 7; Helena, a
At Anaconda Great Falls, 9;
conda, 5.
Ana-
National Leagme Standing-.
Won. Lost. Per ct.
Brooklyn 35
Philadelphia 32
Pittsburg 29
Boston 27
Chicago 22
New Tork 22
St. Louis 21
Cincinnati 21
17 673
22 592
25 537
25 519
30 423
30 423
29 420
30 412
Stanford Beat Spokane.
"SPOKANE, June 23. Three thousand
people saw the colors of the Spokane
Athletic Club go down In defeat before
the Stanford visitors today. The game
was a singular combination of costly er
rors and brilliant playi. The score:
RHE, RHE
!pokane 9 9 Sjttanford 18 17 5
Batteries Kelly and Loughead; Olson,
Leach and Connor.
Umpire Dodd.
Paris Exposition Snorts.
NEW TORK, June 28. A. G. Spalding,
director of sports at the Paris Exposi
tion, announced the list of American en
tries and the events in which they will
compete In the athletic games at Paris.
Nearly all the record-holders of the pres
ent day are included.
Advance In Tea.
NEW TORK, June 2S. Aside from re
sales of cotton goods purchased for ex
Dort to China, the only pronounced effect
of the troubles in China seems to be an
advance In the prlco of teas, ranging
from 4 cent to 1 cent per pound. Thus
far tho situation In China has not opera
ted in the direction of the hindrance of
any receipts, and the advances are re
garded as sentimental.
Japan teas. In fact, advanced before the
Chinese troubles assumed Importance, and
teas of the Island of Formosa, which is
owned by Japan, and Is a good day's sail
from China, have advanced more than
the green teas of China.
made of choicest materials by the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Ass'n, is the great
food-drink for the feeble and convales
cent, assimilable by the weakest stomach.
For sale by ill druggists.
TWO VIEWS OP
Independent Newspapers Review the Position and Policies of
the Two Parties.
The Oregonlan herewith present two views of the political situation. The
first la from the New York Times, an Independent newspaper, that sup
ported McKInley la 1856, and the Democratic New Tork state ticket in 1B3S.
The second is tho Boston Herald, a very able journal of Democratic tendencies
that opposed Bryan in 1893:
BUILDERS AND DESTROYERS.
New Tork Times.
By what propositions and what argu
ments will the Democrats at Kansas
City attempt to persuade tho American
people that they made a mistake four
years ago which they must now correct?
With what pledges and promises can
they hope to convince the electorate
that the executive power should bo
taken out of the hands of the "man
and tho party that now hold it and
transferred to tho hands of W. J. Bryan
and his fusion forces? The Republi
cans at Philadelphia have put forward
William McKInley and Theodore Roose
velt as their candidates; they have an
nounced their purposes, and have asked
of the people a renewal of trust. How
is the Democracy of Bryan going to
meet their challenge?
Do they find in the present condition
of the country a warrant for their pre
tensions? Can they support the charge
of bad stewardship against the Repub
licans? Can they show evils present
and to come, distress, perils, a misuse
of the Nation's opportunities, and a
wasting of the Nation's substance? Can
they show that things would have gone
much better If they had been in power?
Tho party of Bryan has fallen upon
evil days. It thrives by calamity and
Is fed by ruin and disaster, but In wan
ton sport the fates have set It to fight
Its great battle In a year of overflow
ing prosperity, when the country Is
growing rapidly richer and everybody
is at work. How different were tho
conditions In 1S9S! Then fortune had
quite turned her bock upon the coun
try, but she smiled a broad smllo of
favor upon the Bryan party. Then'bus
lness was stagnant, confidence was lack
ing, few were making money, and
many wero bankrupt. Distress was
widespread, and work was bard to get
and ill-paid.
That was a glorious Bryan year. But
with everything In his favor, Bryan
was beaten. How, then, can he expect
to win in this year of harsh adversity
for all his doctrines, when the bless
ings hd pictured forth as attainable
only through the use of his 16 to 1 nos
trums have come abundantly through
other ministrations and policies the very
reverse of everything he counseled?
In four year we have increased our
export trade from 5S80.000.000 to $1,200,
000,000, and our exports of manufac-
tures, the product of American brains
and American labor, from J22S.000.000 to
J400.000.000. We have $300,000,000 more
money In circulation than we had four
years ago, and tho loans and discounts
of the National banks have Increased by
a like sum, affording a fair measure
of the comparative business activity
of the two periods. A great part of our
debt has been refunded at 2 per cent,
establishing the credit of the United
States as the highest In the world. We
have a large surplus revenue, applica
ble to tho reduction of the debt and to
remission of taxes, yet there is no gen
uine complaint that the taxes are bur
densome. The Increase In the National
wealth during the McKInley Admlnls-
tratlon has been enormous. It Is. in
fact, the great economic fact in the
world's history for that four years. We
have subscribed to an English loan, and
the financial agents of Russia seek
funds In this market. Wages have been
raised all over the country, and the
number of the unemployed Is small.
Tho Presidential canvass dawns upon
a happy, prosperous and contented Na
tion. We have entered upon a new and loft
ier stage of National existence. We
are known, admired, respected through
out all the world, even by powers that
had been altogether Indifferent to us as
a cipher In the politics of the nations
or had despised us as a country of
mere money-getters. We have accom
plished the long-delayed work of put
ting Spain out of this hemisphere. We
have added great Insular possessions to
our territory and 10.000.000 to our pop
ulation. We have made an immense
advance in public policy by proclaim
ing the principle of the open door in
the Philippines and by Insisting on it
In our own behalf in China. We have
taken our place beside and among the
great powers of the world to work out
the problems of commerce and civiliza
tion that await solution. Our new Na
tional greatness Is reflected In a visible
growth of power and Influence.
We have established the gold standard
for our currency, putting an end to
20 years of dangerous agitation and dis
turbance, and this was the direct act
of a Republican Congress and the Re
publican President.
What has W. J. Bryan to propose ex
cept that we shall undo all this? Wo
have no need to recount the articles cf
his political creed. They are equally
known and dreaded. In their essence
they are the negation of the results ac
complished and the progress made dur
ing the Administration of William Mc
KInley. Ho would repeal the gold
standard: he would abandon our new
possessions, repudiate our obligations,
withdraw from tho honorable and re
sponsible position we have taken among
the nations, and retire within our gates
to a life of monastic National seclusion,
where we should feel no movement of
the great current of the world's pro
gress and share neither tho glory nor
the rewards of participation In the cre
ative work going on In the old and new
lands of the earth.
To keep the place we have won and
stand by what we have done that is
the Republican policy. National undo
ing is the policy of Bryanlsm. The peo
ple will not have It. We by no means
assent to the proposition of the par
tisan Republican orators that all that
we have gained in the past four years
we owe wholly to the Republican party.
Wo have not let pass unchallenged the
vicious calumny that the evils that en
compassed us In 1856 were chargeable
to Democratic wickedness and incapac
ity. But in a political campaign the
party that can show In tho sight of all
voters that the times did mend while
It was in power and are vastly more
prosperous than when the opposition
was In power has so much the better
of the argument that the candidate who
In his letter of acceptance must exhibit
convincing reasons for a "change"
must consider himself lucky If He Is
not hooted at. The American people
want no change now. Anybody who
takes observations of their present tem
per can see that.
THE SITUATION.
THE CONVENTION'S WORK.
Boston Herald.
The Republican convention has dona
Its work. The outcome is what was ex
pected, except by the unsophisticated
folk who Imagined that It was to bo a
convention of deliberation, la spite of
the machine. Everything occurred pre
cisely as was Intended and prescribed
beforehand by tho great bosses. From
beginning to end, tho delegates had no
voice or liberty, except In the article of
hurrahing. They wero entertanled by
some set speeches, no better than every
body living In a fairly populous commu
nity will havo an opportunity of hear-,
lng before November. Indeed, they were
rather worse, in point uf honesty and
fairness, than any orator would dare
make before an Intelligent, popular aud
ience In which both parties had repre
sentatives, and there was opportunity
of asking questions.
Tho set speeches of Wolcott and
Lodge, and the resolutions themselves,
are crammed with misleading state
ments, but the speeches are of the kind
these orators were appointed to make,
because It was known that they are
adepts In the rhetorical art known a
suppresslo verl and suggestlo falsi. Tho
resolutions are blinding dust. All tho
proceedings rested on the hypothesis
that it Is easy to delude the simple
minded voters. Perhaps this is a safe
premise. Tho want of a wise and sa
gacious opposition is counted upon to
drive voters to the McKInley standard.
In spite of their personal contempt for
the claims made In his behalf.
It may be thought that the mock con
test over tho Vice-Presidency Is an ex
ception to the other cut-and-drled feat
ures of the convention's proceedings. In
reality, it was strictly in accordanco
with them, and emphasizes them. There
is no question that. In the first place,
the machine wanted Roosevelt. He was
reluctant because he had olher plans
for his ambition, and finally he 'an
nounced, without reservation or proviso,
that he would not be a candidate under
any circumstances. He has said this so
many times that he haddiscredlted his
own refusals. It was apparent that he
himself deemed that his previous noes
were of no account unless he said so
again, and the last one was no more
whole-minded than the former ones.
One of the last ones was spoken public
ly at Caledonia, N. T., less than 10 days
ago, as follows: "I am not a candidate
for Vice-President, and I will not ac
cept tho office If nominated at Phila
delphia next week." Ever since he
reached Philadelphia, early In the week,
he has steadily refused to repeat these
words, and he Is the nominee. Why?
It was because Roosevelt has a con
suming desire for public office, and
doubtless he was given to understand
that he could not continue to be Gov
ernor of New Tork. Then he was ready
to take the office he did not prefer, for
which, as he has said, he has no qual
ifications and no taste, which would
be as uncomfortable as a prison and as
tiresome as a bore. Ho preferred even
tnis hard fate to retirement to private
life. The President and Hanna had
taken Roosevelt at his word, not too
sorrowfully. - Piatt and Quay united
heads and forces to beat Hanna, and
accomplished It. Hanna capitulated with
the best possible grace, but It was a
defeat all the same. It was no fight in
tho convention. It was settled outside
of It, and the convention was gagged
by the machine In this matter as In
every other, t
From beginning to end there was not
a word of vitar discussion of party prin
ciple or policy, only a succession of
bloated panegyrics. It was not intend
ed that any delegate whose fidelity to
boss rule was not assured should have
an opportunity to open his mouth In the
expression of opinion on dangerous
questions. The bosses were afraid of
free debate, and they suppressed every
possibility of the appearance of a differ
ence of opinion.
Tho convention was absolutely har
monious and obsolutely useless as an
indication of public sentiment. No
representative of anti - Administration
sentiment on any subject was given an
opportunity even to get himself hissed
by the subservient lackeys of power.
There was no more Independent free
dom of speech than in an assembly of
Germans, Russians or Turks. Such a
National convention was never beforo
known In America. Twelve years ago
it would have been the death of any
party submitting to It. Perhaps It will
be so now. It may be that there are
yet some sparks of living Independence
in the Republican party, that It is not
a moribund organization composed
wholly of dictators and cravens. There
Is more hope of the Nation's purity and
safety In tho angriest free flght of a
party caucus or convention, such as
Ben Butler and Fred Williams have
given samples of In this vicinity, than
in such a convention as has been held
this week In Philadelphia, having re
gard to the unrelieved acquiescence in
the tyranny of its control, and its emp
tiness of any genuinely popular charac
ter. One other thing this convention has
made clear the unsubstantial quality
of the alleged popularity of William
McKInley. All the fulsome eulogies of
his wise. Intelligent, high-principled
and masterly statesmanship . did not
avail to cover and conceal Its real in
firmity. Insincerity and dependence on
abler minds and stouter wills than his
own. The extent of dissatisfaction and
disrespect prevailing among Republican
politicians, and freely expressed when
they were not talking for publication
or record, was a surprise to the unin
formed. This feeling was the secret
of the willingness of many state dele
gations to serve the ends of Piatt and
Quay rather than those of Hanna in
respect of the Vice-Presidency and in
other matters. Newspaper correspond
ents have noted the not uncommon re
mark of delegates that If Roosevelt
had some time ago announced himself
a -candidate for President he could have
had their vote. This was not because
they loved Roosevelt more, but McKIn
ley less. Persons who have lately trav
eled extensively through the West
bring back surprising reports of the In
difference to McKInley prevalent among
Republicans.
Whether association with Roosevelt
will make the McKInley ticket really
stronger la a matter of grave doubt. It
will please theurrah element of the
party, but that element does not count
for so much since Blaine's candidacy
as it did before.
PORTER'S BIASED WORK
HIS REVISION OF CUBAN TARIFF
MUST ITSELF BE REVISED.
Intimations That He Wai Influenced
tT Considerations Not Altogether
tar the Paella Good.
WASHINGTON, Juno 22. Tho appoint
ment of such men as Robert P. Porter
to perform special work for the Govern
ment Is a double waste of time, and no
better evidence of this fact exists than
his last appointment, when he was desig
nated to revise the Cuban tariff. Porter
went to work and revised the tariff, and
now the Senate committee has got to go
over Porter's work and revise that. At
least, tho committee will make a thor
ough investigation, which will undoubt
edly result In a second revision. Porter's
revision has not met with general ap
proval, but has rather been severely con
demned for its lack of uniformity. In
fact, there are department officials who
have little or no use for Mr. Porter, who
are not at all reluctant about expressing
their views.
Much condemnation has been heaped on
Mr. Porter for his reduction of the 40 per
cent tax on machinery and railway ma
terials and supplies, making that duty
but 10 per cent, when the duty on cotton
goods was left untouched at 30 per cent,
tho duty on linen, flax and hemp goods
advanced BO per cent, and the duties on
provisions and breads tuffs left far above
10 per cent. It was explained at the time
that the great reduction on railway ma
terials and machinery was necessary to
encourage tho building of railroads and
making general progress In the Island,
and that the 40 per cent tariff practically
suspended all such operations and Impor
tations of that class of materials. It has
been shown by department officials, how
ever, that such importations were not
stopped. These same officers point to the
discrepancy In the uneven reduction, and
say that, first of all, under existing con
ditions, if the duty is to be cut material
ly, the greatest necessity should bo tho
first affected, and that breadstuffs and
provisions should be allowed entry from
the United States at the very bottom
duty. They recognize the Importance of
railroads and machinery generally, but
think the necessaries of life take prefer
ence, There Is an element of personal dislike
that enters Into this protest of the de
partment officials, but their complaint is
not altogether without warrant, and It Is
another Instance showing that aa a pub
lic officer Robert P. Porter -is not what
is commonly called "a howling success."
When it comes to an officer to revise a
tariff. It requires a man who is not to be
Influenced In .favor of one class of Im
ports as against another, and one who
considers first of all the Interests of the
people at large, and not the Interests of
any one class of manufacturers and ex
porters in this country.
Democrat- Counting Their Chickens.
The Democratic Congressional commit
tee Is very busy figuring out how the next
House of Representatives will be Demo
cratic, and some of their number have
gone so far as to pick out various dis
tricts now represented by Republicans,
which will be captured by Democrats In
the coming election. They, of courso,
claim almost the entire South, and will
undoubtedly have it, as heretofore, but
their estimates for close doubtful states
are certainly far overdrawn. Further
more, they do not make any allowance
for Republican gains in some close dis
tricts now represented by Democrats, and
their estimate is therefore very unrelia
ble. In tho West they expect to make heavy
gains. The first and seventh California
districts are among those that they say
will flop over to the Democracy, and
Barham and Needham will be superseded
by Democrats. Much hope Is extended to
Washington, although they do not count
Washington as surely Democratic Tho
tenth Texas district, now represented by
Mr. Hawley (Rep.), which was carried
by a small majority. Is claimed for fu
sion. For several Congresses, Represent
ative White, the only colored Representa
tive In Congress, has represented the sec
ond North Carolina district, but his ma
jorities have been decreasing, and the
Democrats now claim control of his dis
trict. The first Maryland district Is not now
represented. Smith, the former occupant
of the seat, having resigned to take the
Governorship. He being a Democrat, will
probably be succeeded by a man of the
same political faith. In the second and
third Maryland districts the vote at the
last election was close, and this leads
the Democrats to count on those two seats
as welL One of the two may be carried
because of factional trouble. Represent
atives Bowersock and Calderhead, repre
senting the second and fifth Kansas dis
tricts, are also slated for defeat, on the
Democratic table of estimates, as Is the
case with Mr. Pugh, of the ninth Ken
tucky district.
There Is, of course, a possibility of the
Democrats carrying some of those dis
tricts In the South, but when they go up
into Michigan and predict that they will
replace such men as Corliss, H. C. Smith
and Gardner, as well as Page Morris. In
Minnesota, they are getting rash. Be
cause the 19th and 21st New Tork districts
went Republican last election by small
majorities, the Democrats now claim
them, as well as all of the close counties
In Ohio. The fourth West Virginia and
second Wisconsin districts complete the
estimate that has been made by the ex
pectant committeemen.
In a word, they have taken all of Cha
districts that went Republican at tie
last election by a small majority, and
placed them In the Democratic column.
But there are about the same number of
small majorities In favor of Democrats
two years ago, and tho Republicans are
at perfect liberty to make a like esti
mate of gains. There Is no denying that
the next House will be close, but thero
Is every reason to believe that such, lib
eral Democratic estimates are rash In tho
extreme-
Beverldgrc Not "Wholly Satisfied.
It Is evident that Senator Beveridge. of
Indiana, feels that he has not been whol
ly a Senatorial success. He probably re
alizes, after reading the various com
ments that havo been made upon his
meteoric career, since he was elected to
the Senate, that he has been a bit pre
vious. He was overheard to remark the
other day In his discussion of various
matters about Congress, that men young
er than he had become prominent In pub
lic life, and Instanced the fact that Sen
ator Carter, who Is now 46 years old,
was but 33 when he was chairman of
the Republican National Committee. Sen
ator Beveridge probably did not stop to
consider that Senator Carter's life had
been much different from his. The Mon
tana man had grown up and made his
own way, receiving the hard knocks
which any man does who undertakes to
live on tho frontier. More than that, a
man ages much faster in one of tho
Western states than he does in a stato
like Indiana.
The tone In which Senator Beveridge
was discussing the matter Indicated that
he believed that one great cause of crit
icism upon him was that ho was a young
mam Such was not the case, however.
There was some resentment felt because
the Senator In his first term had under
taken to do so many Impossible things.
For Instance, he prepared a resolution
which he thought was a settlement of
the Philippine question, and he made a
speech upon It, which he assumed ought
to have settled the question then and
there, so that tho resolution should be
passed without any further considera
tion. The Senate committee on the Phil
ippines promptly Ignored the resolution,
although Senator Beveridge was a mem
ber of that committee, and reported a
resolution of Spooner, who was not a
member of tho committee.
The curious course of Senator Beveridge
in relation to tho Porta Rlcan 'tariff was
also noted. He prepared a speech against
it, finally made a speech on a compro
mise measure, and in the end was paired
in favor of it. On the Quay case he was
not paired either way, and Senators came
to the conclusion that a young man who
was here for. the purpose of reforming
legislation ought at least to have had
some positive convictions. Senator Bev
eridge will realize that It was not hi
youth that was complained of, nor his
youthful appearance, but that he broke
down the traditions of the Senate in the
prominent part ho assumed in legislation
in the very first session of his term.
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Now York Commercial Advertiser, Rep.
As our readers are aware, we have
never had a particle of doubt as to the
best place for Governor Roosevelt in the
approaching campaign. Not only do we
think that as a candidate for re-election
to the Governorship he will add greatly
to the strength of the National ticket,
but we are convinced that the failure
to renominate him, for any reason what
ever, would seriously weaken the Nation
al ticket In this state.
Coffee and Sngar.
NEW TORK, June 28. Coffee options
closed barely steady with prices un
changed to 10 points higher. Sales, 40.
500 bags, Including July, $7 207 S3; Au
gust, $7 437 50; September. 57 507 60; Oc
tober, 57 557 CO; spot, Rio. firm; No. 7
invoice, 8c; mild, steady; Cordova, 9&
13&C.
Sugar Raw, strong; refined, strong.
"Worth Knovrlnp.
January and October of the same year
always begin with the same day. So do
April and July, also September and De
cember. February. March and November
also begin with the same day.
TWO FIGHTS WITH BOERS
ENGLISH ATTACKED NEAR SENE
KAL AND ROODVALSPRUIT.
Each Time the Dutch Were Beaten.
OS Roberts Answers the Hos
pital Complaints.
LONDON-, Juno 29, 3:30 A. M. Lord
Roberts has sent bulletins of two small
fights, occurring June 2S and 27, in which
the Boers wero discomfited. In a dis
patch from.Pretoria, dated yesterday, ho
says:
"A small force of mounted troops with
two guns, ""commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Drelper. was attacked hy tho
enemy under Prefers and Xel on tho
morning -of June 23, seven miles north of
Senekal. They beat off the enemy and
burned their laager. The casualties were
three wounded and 10 killed. Hunter,
temporarily commanding Ian Hamilton's
brigade, made one march yesterday from
Heidelberg toward Frankfort without
Tneetlng any opposition. The enemy at
tacked our Roodvalspruit post on tho
railway yesterday, but were easily beaten
oft by a detachment of Derbyshire Light
Infantry, the West Australian Mounteds,
a. 15-pounder and an armored train.
"Baden-Powell reports the capture of
an Influential Boer, named Ray, who was
endeavoring to raise a commando in the
Rustenburg district. A patriot brought in
over 100 rifles. More than 4000 rifles and
1000 Inferior guns have been taken during
the last few days. He states that 0
Boers haye arrived at Rustenburg going
to their homes from Delarys commando.
They would have left before If they had
seen the proclamation, which was care
fully withheld by the Boer authorities."
Lord Roberts says that Wednesday.
June 27. was a record market day In Pre
toria for Boer farmers selling produce.
Parties of Boers still hang on Bullet's
flanks. F. R. Burnham, the American
scout, is Invalided.
Tho Pretoria correspondent of the Dally
Telegraph, in a dispatch dated yester
day, says:
"Since Sunday General French, on the
left. General Hamilton on the right and
the Eleventh division In the center have
been endeavoring to surround the enemy's
position in the hills 15 miles cast. There
was fighting for three days, but Tues
day night the enemy decamped, going
eastward. The total casualties were un
der 150."
Tho War Office has issued the corre
spondence with Lord Roberts regarding
the charges of Mr. Burdett-Coutts. June
4 his attention was called In brief tele
grams to tho allegations and also to other
complaints of a general breakdown In tho
hospital service. Two days later he re
plied In part as follows:
"The principal medical officer reported
that arrangements at Kroonstad were la
all respects in good order, and Lord
Metiiuen said they were thoroughly satis
factory. Iwas deeply distressed at be
ing unable to make suitable arrangements
for tho sick on our first arrival at Kroon
stad, but it is obvious that a certain
amount of suffering is inseparable from
tho rapid advance of a large army into
an enemy's country."
June 20. the War Office cabled Lord
Roberts that disquieting reports regard
ing tho hospital were accumulating, and
asked him if anything could be done and
particularly how many nurses were need
ed. June 25 Lord Roherts replied, saying
that he did not wish to shirk responsibil
ity or to screen tho shortcomings of the
medical corps, and he suggested a com
mittee of Inquiry. He said there had been
an abnormal number of sick at Bloem
fonteln. due to the exhausting nature of
the march and the terribly unsanitary
condition of the camp at Paardeburg,
where the only water available for drink
ing flowed from the Boer camp, higher
up. where the river was crowded with
decomposing animals, and also a consid
erable number of wounded after the flght
March 10. To Improvise accommodations
at Bloemfonteln for such a number, which
had become 2000 before he left Bloem
fonteln. was no easy task, said Lord Rob
erts. No tents" were carried, and the
public bulldlng3 had to be turned Into
hospitals.
In three months there had been 6369
admissions to the hospitals of patients
suffering from enteric fever, while the
deaths numbered 1370, about 21 per cent
Lord Roberts observed that he did not
know whether this would be an abnormal
rate in civil hospitals in peace times; but
if the rate were abnormal. It was due to
the exhausted state of the men. and not
to the neglect of the medical corps.
READY TO GO HOME.
The British Soldier. Slelc of the Boer
War.
LONDON, June 29. Writing to tho
Morning Post from Wlnburg, Prevost
Battersby frankly declares that the Brit
ish soldier, though Just as ready to "do
or die," is "sick of the whole concern,"
that is to say, of South Africa.
"There are very few men out here,"
writes the war correspondent, "who havo
repented of their pluck, and few who
would hear of turning back until the
'show' Is finished; but there are fewer
still who are not heartily sick of the
whole concern, who do not reckon dally
with a sigh what they are missing It
England the racing and the yachting- and
the cricket, the little meeting and the
little matches and the shooting, it may
be, to follow. The big thing they are
does not appeal to them. The taking of
two countries, each of which might make
a kingdom; the drawing of the scarlet
lino of empire round this rich corner of
the world.
"Mind, they mean going through with
it; they would meet anything short of.
unconditional surrender with voluble dis
gust; they would stop not a step this side
of Pretoria. But they hate it. Their heart
is not in the enterprise, but in the llttlo
ways and plays of settled conditions.
"They would, had it been in their de
cision, have left the cursed place to the
Dutchmen. Since it was not, they starve
and flght and die with the best grace ana"
most excellent courage possible. But tho
change is there, from the spirit of the
men who won tho Indies and made Amer
ica, and set our flag on tho seas."
THE HOSPITAL SCAXDAL.
Balfonr Proposes a Thoronghi
In-
vestlRntlon.
LONDON, June 2S. The exposures re
garding the hospitals led to a number of
questions in the House of Commons to
day. In response, the government leader,
A J. Balfour, made a long statement, dur
ing the course of which he said that so
far as the government was aware not
any of the suffering or sickness was due
to Insufficiency of supplies sent out. Mr.
Balfour then read from correspondence
with Lord Roberts in which the latter
dwelt on the difficulties of transport,
owing to his rapid advance. He could
quite understand the people imperfectly
experienced In these matters were con
cerned at hearing of the hardships tho
sick and wourided soldiers undergo. He
did not wish to shirk from responsibility
and he suggested that a committee o
medical men and persons of sound com
mon sense proceed to South Africa to in
vestigate the charges. Mr. Balfour also
informed the House that the government
agreed to the appointment of an inde
pendent committee, as suggestested by
Lord Roberts and he, tomorrow, would
propose a committee from the army med
ical corps so that the public would havo
an opportunity thoroughly to thresh, out
the matter.
Early History.
"Adam," said Eve, "you can stay at
home evenings now, ana take care of tho
baby. Instead of staying out so late at
the Simian Club."
Then it was that Adam began to raise
Cain. Baltimore American.