Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1893 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. „ Geore K. Marshall, Editor. RENSSELAER * INDIANA

The Brazilian insurgents may be_ said to be “on a spree v for they have already got “Mello.” “Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her trays and be wise. Which, having no guide, overseer or ruler, provideth Vrer meat in the summer end gathereth her food in the harvest." _____ “Blessings in disguise” are not uncommon. They are frequently arriving -iD new- and unexpected masks. All our little misfortunes might well bo classed in the catalogue of “blessings” if we could only tear aside the mask. For instance, a Michigan tTOffisn recently receiveda very old and dingy 25 cent piece in change which bore the date 1827. She thought it worthless, but the next day sold it to a coin collector for S3O. Chicago has a sermon factory in full blast in a room on the sky line of one of its big office buildings. The business is conducted “on the quiet” but is said to be extensive and profitable, nevertheless. The young man who is at the head of the enterprise is a graduate of a theological seminary, and claims to have 250 clergymen on his list, seventy-five of whom he supplies regularly each week with a ready made sermon at fee rate of 50 cents. The remainder are occasional patrons, availing themselves of the services of the Chicago establishment as their needs require. All denominations are supplied. The “factory” makes a specialty of anecdotes suitable for clergymen’s yse, and claims to do a thriving business with Methodist divines in this line. The Nemesis of a tender conscience has been following people with unshrinking vengeance for several years. Numerous acts of i estl tution have been recorded within the past twelve months, one of the most notable being that of a man in California who remitted a considerable sum to a landlord in the east for a rent debt which his mother-in-Jaw contracted some forty years ago. He was thought to have exhausted the possibilities in this line, but now comes one Harry Carner and gives himself up to the authorities at Vincennes with the startling information that he had stolen a mule in Missouri and wanted to suffer the penalty of the law for his appalling crime. The millenium is surely headed iu our direction.

It is a very common belie! that Americans as a people are degenerating physically and that the average length of life in this country has in recent years become materially shortened. Statistics, however, contradict this idea, and the columns of obituary intelligence in leading dailies of the large cities contain notices of the death of a remarkable number of aged persons. One week’s collection of items of this character in the Philadelphia Public Ledger enumerated no less than twenty-two persons who had died at and beyond the age of 80. Ten of the octogenarians were men and twelve women. The ages varied from 80. 8(5, 87, 89. 90, 91, 90. 97 to that of one woman who had reached the 101st milestone of life's journey. However, these remar ka ble years were accumnlated by the staid residents of the peaceful Quaker city, and can hardly be taken as a fair standard for the balance of the country. > A woman has written to the Eastern press that the most important result of the Columbian Exposition has been the elevation of the standard of wheat bread among the people of the West. She is of the opin ion that people who had the good fortune to sample the loaves “furnished by the Vienna and French coolfs at Jackson Park will never be satisfied to exist on the soggy loaves of the past and will “k,ick” till tbgy get something approaching ,th,e article mentioned. The probability is that the good lady is way off her reckoning, and the chances are that the loaves of our cooks will continue to be good, bad and indifferent, ac cording the state of the weather, the heat of the oven and the quality of the yeast and flour. Thb “wild and woolly west’ is progressing in a moral as well as a material wav. Probably no eastern State could duplicate a circumstance that occurred at Wiunemucca, Nev., recently. A jury was impaneled of men whose average age was 27. All were total abstainers, none smoked cigarettes, and not one used tobacco in any form. That jury should and could secure a permanent situation as a museum “freak."

CHARLES DICKENS.

CHARLES DICKENS.

The carol of the poor he sung— The sick, imprisoned, suffering, vile. Found mighty champion in his tongue. Nor sinned beyond his tender smile. “O, faithful voice of Little Nell, O. holy thoughts of Tiny Tim! Ring ever in the Christmas bell. Inspire the universal hymn.” Oh. purity, and truth, and worth, Ono noble spirit sought you long; In bloom of deeds array tho earth. And keep his memory green in song.

To Be In the Fashion.

Chicago Record. ’’Now that wc arc in a position to enter society. Edmund,” said Mme. Newriche. I want you to do me a fa- ' -—— 1 ‘What is it, Maria?" queried Mr. Newriche. “Isn’t your new carriage good enough?" "That’s all right, dear,” replied Mme. Newriche. “But I do wish you’d get me one of those receivers that so many men are having now.”

How Did He Know?

Texas Siflißgs, “Please, sir. give a few cents to a podr blind man.” “Arc vou entirely blind?” “Yes, sir.” “Haven’t got anything for you today.” “I suppose you think because you wear tight pants and have got your hair parted in the middle that you are somebody. You look like that man who was electrocuted last week, you iong-iegged red-headed galoot!”

There Is an olden story, ’Tis a legend, so I’m told. How the flowers gave a banquet In the Ivied days of old; How the posies gave a party onpe That wound up with u ball, How they held It in a valley, Down in “Fiowery Kingdom hall.” The flowers of every clime were there, Of high and low degree. ATI with their petals polished. In sweet aromatio glee, They met down In this woodland In the soft and ambient air, Each in Its lolling loveliness Exhaled a perfume rare An orchestra of Bluebells Sat upon a mossy knoll And pealed forth gentle music That quite captured every soul. The Holly hocked a pistil Just to buy a suit of clothes. And danced with all the flowerets But the modest, blushing Rose. The Morning Glory shining Seemed reflecting all the glow Of dawn, and took a partner— It was young Miss Mistletoe. Miss Maggie No!la from the south Danced with Forget-Me-Not; , Sweet William took Miss Pink in tow 4 And danced a slow gavotte, r Thus everything went swims mingly ’Mongst perfumed belles and beaux, nd every floweret reveled save \ The modest, blushing Rose. Miss Fuschla sat around and told, For floral emulation, fclThat she had actually refused Pj To dance with a Carnation. y The Coxcomb, quite a dandy • there,

A MERRY CHRISTMAS.— Thomas Nast.

THE FLOWERS' BALL

Began to pine and mope. Until he had been Introduced To young Sliss Heliotrope. Sli Cactus took Miss Lily And ho swung her so about She asked Sweet Ppa to Cauliflower And put the Cactus out. Miss Panzy took her Poppy And she waltzed him down the line TUI they ran against Old Sun- - flowerWith Miss Honeysuckle Vine. The others at the party that Went whirling through the mazy Were the Misses Rhodo Dendron, Daffodil and Little Daisy, Miss Petunia, Miss Verbena Violet. And sweet Miss Dahlia 2. Came fashionably late arrayed In very rich regalia. Miss Begonia, sweet Miss Buttercup, Miss Lilac and Miss Clover, Young Dandelion came in late When all the feast was over. ~ The only flower that sent regrets And really couldn’t come," Who lived In the four hundred was The vain Chrysanthemum. One floweret at the table Grew quite ill, we must regret. And every posle wondered, too, Just what Miss Mignonette. Young Tulip chose Miss Orohid From the first, and did not part With her until Miss Mary Gold Fell with a bleeding heart. But ah! Miss Rose Bat pensively Till every young bud passed her. When, just to fill the last quadrille. The little China Aster. Ben Kino.

He Saw Them.

I. Having no stockings to hang up, they stripe their legs.

11. And leave the lamp burning so Santa Clous can see them.

Taking A Vacation.

Texas Siftings. “Hello, Charlie what are you doingmoving?" asked one young man of another whom he met with a big valise in his hand. “I’ve just commenced ray vacation.” “Your vacation?’’ “Yes, I an vacating at the re quest of my landlady.”

Booking to the Future.

Minneapolis Trlbuno. New York has been to the World’s Fair and has gone home fully convinced that Brooklyn must be annexed or Chicago will soon be the biggest city on the American continent. And after Brooklyn has been assimilated Chicago will proceed to walk swiftly away from the combination 1

CLEVELAND AND HAWAII.

The President Submits the Ills Message—The Queen Refuted to Accept the Conditions imposed— A - Curhma Complication. The PresMcnt, on thr, ISth. submitted to Congress his long expected message on the Hawaiian affair. Following Is the text of the document; • To the Senate and House <>f Representatives: In my recent annua! message to Congress! brieiiy referred to our relations with Hawaii, and expressed the. intention of transmitting further information on the subject when additional advices permitted. Though lam not, able now to re- j port a definite change in the actual situa- i tion, l am convinced that the difficulties j lately created both here and in Hawaii, and now standing in the way of a solution. through executive action of the problem presented, rentier it proper and expedient that the matter should be referred to the broader authority and dis-. j crellon of Congress, with a full expliiiTation of the endeavor thus far made, to deal with the. emergency and a statement of the considerations; which have governed my action. 1 supple tiiat right and justice should determine file path to be followed in treating this'subject. If National honesty is to be disregarded, and a desire for territorial extension of dissatisfaction with a form of government not our own, is to regulate our conduct, I have entirely misapprehended the mission and character of our Government: and the behavior which the conscience of our people demands of their public servants. When the present administration entered upon its duties the Senate had under consideration a treaty providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands to tho territory of the United States. Surely under our constitution and laws the enlargement of our limits is a manifestation of the, highest attribute of sovereignty, and, if entered • unon as an executive act. ail things relating to the transactions should be clear and free from suspicion. Additional importance is attached to this peculiar treaty of annexationjbecause it eon- 1 templated a departure from unbroken ■'Amirican tradition in providing for addition id our territory of islands of the sea. move than two thousand miles removed from our nearest coast. These considerations might, not-of themselves call for interference with the completion of a treaty entered upon by a previous administration. But it appeared from the documents accompanying the treaty when submitted to the Senate, that the ownership of Haw aiia i was tendered to us by a provisional government set up to succeed the constitutional ruler of tho islands who had bei n dethroned, and it did not appear that such provisional government had the sanction ofeitherpupalar revo. lution or suffrage. . SOMK V.T. MARK ABLE FACTO. Two other remarkable features of the transaction naturally attracted attention. One was the extraordinary haste—not to say precipitancy—characterizing all the transactions connected with the treaty. It appeared that a so-called committee of safety, ostensibly the source of tho revolt against the constitutional government of Hawaii, was organized on Saturday, the 14th day of January; that on Monday, the 16th, the United States forces were landed at Honolulu from a naval vessel lying in its harbor; that on the 17th the scheme of a provisional government was perfected and a proclamation naming Its officers was on tho same day prepared and read at the government buildings; that immediately, thereupon, the United States minister recognized the provisional government thus created; that two days afterward, on thelffthdayof January, commissioners representing such government sailed for this eountry in a steamer especially chartered for the occasion, arriving in San Francisco on the Kith day of January, and in Washington on the 2d day of February; that neVt day they had their first interview with the Secretary of State and another on the lith, when tho treaty annexing the islands was practically agreed upon, and that on the 14th it was formally concluded, and on the 15th transmitted to the Senate. Thus between the Initiation of the scheme for a provisional goverment in Hawaii, on tho 14th of January, and the submission to tho Senate of the treaty of annexation, concluded with such government, the entire interval was thirty-two days, fifteen of which were spent by the Hawaiian commissioners in their journey to Washington. In the next place, upon the face of the papers submitted with the treaty, it clearly appeared that there was, open and undetermined, an issue of fact of the most vital importance. The message of the President accompanying the treaty declared that “the overthrow of the monarchy was not in any way promoted by this government.” But a protest also accompanied said treaty signed by the Queen and her minis- i ters at the time she made way for tho provisional government which explicitly stated that she yielded to the superior force of the United States troops, whose minister had caused the United States troops to be landed at Honolulu and declared that he would support such provisional government. The truth or falsity of this protest was surely of the first importance. If true, nothing but tho concealment of its truth could induce our Government to negotiate with the semblance of a government thus created, nor could a treaty resulting from the acts stated in the protest have been knowingly deemed worthy of consideration by the Senate. Yet the truth or falsity of the protest had not been Jnvriv'g’ tod.

MR. BLOUNT’S REPORT, I conceived It to bo my duty, therefore, to withdraw the tready from the Senate for examination, and, meanwhile, to muse an accnrato full and impartial investigation to be made of the facts attending the subversion of the constitutional government of Hawaii and the installment in its place of the provisional government. I selected for the work of investigation Hon. .Tames H. Hlount. of Georgia. His report detailing liis action undrlho instructions given to him, and the conclusions derived from his investigation accompany this message. Thcso conclusions co not rest for their acceptance entirely upon Mr. Rount’s honesty and ability as a man, nor upon his acumen and Impartiality as an investigator. They are accompanied by the evidence on which they aro based, which evdence is also herewith transmitted, and from which, It seems to me, no other deductions could possibly bo reachod than those arrived at by the commiasioncr. The report, with its accompanying proofs and such other evidence as is now before Congress, or is herewith submitted, justifies. in my opinion, the statement that when the president was led to submit the treatv to the Senate with the declaration that “the overthrow ot tho monarchy was not in any way promoted by this Government.” and when tho Senate was Induced to receive'and discuss it on that basis, both President and Senate were misled. The attempt will not be made in this communication to touch upon nil tho facts which throw light upon the progress and consummation of this scheme of annexation. A verv brief and imperfect reference to the facts and evidence at hand will exhibit its character and tho cdo t In which It had Its birt ; It Is unnecessary to set forth the reaso, a wliich.in .1 anuary, 1893, led a considerable portion.of American and other foreign merchants and traders at Honolulu to favor the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. It Is sufficient to note the fact and to observe that the project was one which was zealously promoted by the

j minister representing the United States in that country. On the 19ta day ‘of November, 139 T, nearlv two months fcelore thd first overt act lending toward the subversion of the Hawaiian government and the attempted transfer of Hawaiian territory to the United States, he addressed a long letter to the Secretary of State, in which the cause for annexationfwas elaborately arj garni on moral, political and economical ~grw.njpr~TTh refers to tho l oss to fßcTlavatian sugar interests from the operation of the McKinley bill, and the tendency to a still further depreciation of sugar property unless some positive measure of relief is granted. He strongly inveighs against the existing Hawiian government, and emphatically declare for annexation. ; Those declarations certainly show a I disposition and condition of mind which may lie usefully ‘recalled, then interpret- , I ing the significance of the minister’s con- i j ceded acts, or when considering the prob- | abilities of sucli conduct oil his part as i may not be admitted. The President, to snstain his assertion

that Stevens was an annexationist.qnotes a letter from the ox-Minister to Secretary Blaine, in which Mr. Stevens asks for instructions as to-how far he could deviate from established usage, aod shows by other correspondence that on the dav -the letter was written he had issued a proclamation assuming control and protection of the islands. Proceeding the . President includes in his message a detailed account o« the revolution in Hawaii, which is substantially the same that has Already been repeatedly given to the Public, and again asserts that the acts of Minister Stevens were wholly unjustifiable. Continuing the Presjdcatsays: „ _ _ -K- - --- Nevertheless, this wrongful recognition by our Minister placed the government of the Queen in a position of most perilous perplexity. On the one hand,,She iiad possession of the palace, of the ‘barracks and of the police station, and had at iter command at least five hundred fully armed men and several pieces of Artillery. The President refers to to the annexation of Texas and the incidents leading thereto and the delay of President Jackson in recognizing Texas, independence and says: This is in marked contrast with the hasty recognition of government openly and concededly set up for the purpose of tendering 10 us territory annexation. I believe that a candid and thorough examination of tho facts will force the conviction that the provisional government ovyes its existence to an armed invasion by the United States. Fairminded pcopleuvvTth the evidence before them, will hardly claim that the Hawaiian government was overthrown by the people of the islands, or that the provisional government lias ever existed with their consent. Ido not understand that any member of this Government claims that the people would uphold it by their suffrages if they w'erc allowed to vote on the question. While sympathizing with'all efforts to establish a republican form of government, in iha present instance our duty docs not, in my opinion, end with refusing to consummate this questionable transaction. It has been the boast of our Government that it seeks to do justice in all things, without -regard to the strength or w eakness of those with whom it. deals. I mistake tho American people if they favor the odious doctrine that there is no snch thing as international morality. The United .State; can rnn fail to vindicate its honor and its great sense of justice by an earnest effort to make all possible reparation. These principles apply’to the present case with Irresistible force when the the special conditions of the Queen’s surrender of her sovereignty are recalled. She surrendered not to the provisional government, but to the United States. She surrendered, not absolutely and permanently, but temporarily and conditionally. MINISTER WILIJS’S INSTRUCTIONS. Actuated by them desires and purpose, and not unmindful of the inherent perplexities of the situation, nor of the limitations upon my power, I frmtriieted Minister Willis to" advise the Queen and her supporters of my desire to aid in the restoration of the status existing before the lawless landing of tho United States forces at Honolulu, on the 16th of January last, If such restoration could be effected upon terms providing clemency as 'well as justice to all parties concerned. Theso conditions have not proved acceptable to tho Queen, and though she has been informed that they will be insisted upon and that, unless acceded to, tho efforts of the President to aid in the restoration of her government will cease, I have not thus far learned that she is willing to yield and give them her acquiescence. The check which my plans have thus encountered has prevented their presentation to the members of the provisional government, whilo unfortunate public misrepresentations of the situation and exaggerated statements of the rentlmcnts of our people havo obviously injured tho prospectsof successful executive mediation. I therefore submit this communication with its accompanying exhibits. In commending this subject to the extended powers and wide discretion of tho Congress, I desire to add tho assurance that I shall bo mnch gratified to co-oper-ate in any legislative plan which may be devised for the solution of tho problem before the United States which is consistent with American honor, integrity and morality. Grover Cleveland. Executive Mansion, December 18, 1893.

INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIS.

Conditions on Which Lllloukalanl Could Be Restored to Tower. The reception of the message and accompanying documents gave rise to a wranglo in the Senate over tho question of making the correspondence public. At tho same timo Speaker Crisp gave them to the public In tho House. The. first of importance was Secretary Gresbcm’s letter of Introduction to Minister Willis, In which he says: “On your arrival you will Inform the Queen of the President’s position regarding tho reprehensible conduct of the American, minister, and the presence on land of the United States forces. Advise her of tho desire of this Government to do justice and undo wrong. You will, however. at the samo time inform the Queen that the President expects that she will extend amnesty to all who were connected with the provisional government, depriving them of no right or privilege. Having secured the Queen’s agreement to pursue this policy, you will advise the executive of the provisional government and his ministers of the President’s determination of this question, which their action and that of the Queen devolved upon him, and that they areexpected to promptly restore her constitutional authority. Should the Queen decline to pursue the course suggested, or should the provisional government refuse to abide bv the President’s decision, you will report the facts and await further instructions. Mr. Gresham telegraphed to Minister Willis at San Francisco under date of November 2: Tho brevity of yonr telegrams is embarrassing. You will Insist on amnesty and a recognition of the obligations of the provisional government as essential conditions of the restoration. All interests would be protected by prompt action. gresham'b further instructions. Mr. Gresham to Mr. Willis: Department of State, I Washington, D. C.. Dec.. 3, 1803.) Your dispateh. which wig received by steamer on the 25th of November, seems to call for additional insiruettons. Should the Queeo refuse to assent to the written

conditions, yon will at once inform hei that the President wilt cease interposition in her behalf, and while he deems It hit duty to endeavor to restore her, as the sovereign, and the constitutional government of the islands, his further efforts in that direction will depend upon the Queen’s unqualified agreement that all obligations created by the provisional government in a proper course of administration, shall be assumed. The President feels that by ojir original interference and what followed. wo have incurred resposibility to the whole Hawaiian community, and it would not he feist to put one party at the mercy of the other. Should the Queen ask whether if she accedes to the condition. active steps would he taken by the United S tat os to effect restoration or to maintain her authority thereafter, yon will say that the President can npt use force without the authority of Congress. Should tlie Queen accept conditions and the provisional government refuse to surrender von will ho governed by previous instructions. Gresham.

VACCINATION AND SMALLPOX.

Immunity lYom r.hc Disease Hoe Created a False Security. Hamer’? Weakly. If the truth were known, it would probably appear that vaccination has not accomplished all that Jenner hoped lor it. Seeing his discovery so —universally accepted at the. outset, seeing it nip epidemics of smallpox in tho bud, and so vastly reduce the mortality within a few years, he would have been strangely unimaginative, had lie not dreamed of a day when vaccination should so fully have triumphed as to have banished smallpox from the world forever. In theory such a hope found ample warrant. The human body furnishes the only soil, so far as known, on which the germs of this disease can multiply and retain their virulence. Vaceinatkm renders the body no longer habitable for these germs. If, therefore, the entire raeecould be given immunity through vaccination, time being allowed for the destruction of such unproductive germs as had found temporary lodgment elsewhere than in the body, smallpox would cease to exist. Its last germ killed, there is no more reason to suppose that it would ever originate again than there is to expect the reappearance cf the great auk, the mammoth, or the.glyptodon. In theory such an achievement might reqUire but a mohlli or a year, but in reality a century has not. accomplished it. The chief reason, why vaccination has failed of this ultimate ideal achievement is—paradoxical though it sounds—because vaccination has operated so efficiently. So nearly has it banished smallpox that no one no one now fears that disease and a general carelessness now prevails regarding it. No better commentary in this regard could be made, than mention of the fact that two physicians recently contracted the disease in New York from a case which came to a dispensary where they were in attendance. If physicians fail to give themselves immunity, what shall we expect from the public at large? . The other chief factor which cooperates with carelessness to keep smallpox in existence is ignorance. So little is smallpox heard of now that many among the more ignorant classes scarcely know the meaning of vaccination. Health officers find many persons who supposed they are being vaccinated to “cleanse the blood. It does not matter much what they think, perhaps, so long as they submit to the operation. But many decline the boon,’ and these, of course, remain susceptible to the disease. Our laws offer protection to all but force it on no one. Abroad in many places vaccination is compulsory, a fine being imposed if any child is found unvaccinated at a certain age. The result thus aimed at is accomplished in this country in a more pleasant, way by prohibiting unvaccinated children from, attendance upon the public schools. This measure, together with the constant solicitations of health officers, results in the vaccination of a very large proportion of infants.

But vaccination in infancy is not enough. It gives immunity for a time, but with growth the tissues change, and after a few years the body becomes- again susceptible. Revaccination must be practiced when the child is six or seven years old, and again during adolescence. Even this third vaccination docs not always give protection throughout life. Immunity should be tested every few years by repeated vaccinations, and only persons who hare been submitted to this test within a few years past can at any time feel fully assured that they arc insusceptible to smallpox, ignorance of this fact is most potent in giving smallpox a hold upon the community. Not alone the igdorant, but many people of intelligence suppose that so long as the scar of a previous vaccination appears they are immune, and with confidence born of this delusional belief, go about the world almost as susceptible to smallpox as il they had never been vaccinated. For such persons chiefly the present words, with their obvious moral, are intended-

In a Restaurant.

Texas Siftings. Guest —What have you got? Waiter brains, pigs’ feet, v Guest-Hold up there! I don't want a description of your physical peculiarities. What have you got to eat is what I want to know.

Subject to Conditions.

Indianapolis Journal. Mr. Wick wire—Now, you know, my dear, that a man is as old as he feels and a woman is as old a.s she looksMrs. Wickwire—That depends on whether she is at home or on tho street.