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CONGRESS PASSES OUT

Dignified Finale to a Most

Eventful Session

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lu the Senate There Were Some Perilous2Iorucntt When on Extra Sestlon Seemedto Ho Threatened hut the Opposition ofObjectionable Item Finally Coll p ed

VIc Jretldent Ilobart Adtlr Some

Sharp Debates in the Hours

TIM dUh ef Fiftyfifth CBgroe6natural awl uy There were no ex

pftrtw Mrttgdw Crowd In the galleriesWRtetMtd tho qtriat and peaceful derates-MM w li tepoif d mottratra with Itnpas-

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whtclt preceded the fetal stroketo moments oftone ami exciting night Xe onebtvtt intftgiited that there were periodswhen MI extra newton emed unpreveniftMc when innumerable ob tud seeme4 M block the way of ilnal adjustIneRt ef it hundred difficulties Seenhowever WM the case In fact it wasnet until twentyflve to M oclocktNt the Senate of reliefiMeenea the threatening of an

netjeton absolutely AtmoMent Senor Hale haYing

the naval appropriation safely betweenthe Scyita and Charybdls of Tfllman andHotter had the satisfaction of seeing theconference report upon the measurecreed to in the Senate A little laterand the bill might have tailed As it

was harried over to thein that bedy rushed to the enrollingclerks and in ample time laid before theIre ldem who had come to the Capitolwith his In ordor to expediteiMMtHMM the last of the greatappropriation bills to be acted upon andwhen it tad been disposed of the pathwa clear

KpiMMlu of Interesting CharacterGreat events were contrasted with triv-

ial Incidents during the eventful nightThe first were important the latter in-

teresting For instance it wag at leastworth mentioning that at C oclock in themorning May Irwin the actress sauntered into the Senators private gallery under the escort of a prominent WesternSenator Spectacles more ludicrous thandignified were frequent Senator Masonwhen stretched out asleep on the sofahad his head bandaged with a handker-chief by some Jokeloving Senators andSenator Platt of New York spread hisattenuated form on a lounge and slum

peacefully On the wholewas remarkable

order There was not the least evidenceof Insobriety while the of thepromiscuous crowd was remarkably

many serious were at stakeon the floor an unusual

absence of perslrlage and repartee Onlyone instance is recalled Senator Tlllmandesired to question Senator Butler

Does the Senator from North Carolinayield to the Senator from South Caro-

lina asked llr Gallinger who was inthe chair

Does tho Senator know what the Gov-

ernor of North Carolina said to the Gov-

ernor of South Carolina interjected MrWarren

Its a long time between drinks saidMr Butler smiling

Well the Senator from South Carolinaient as dry as the people out In Wyom-ing said Tillman whereat the Senatelaughed at Warren who had made an allnight tight In a vain effort to secure someirrigation for the arid regions of the West

The riicitlc Cable Lout

It was at 5 oclock in the morning af-

ter grinding out a grist of naval nomina-tions at the rate of ten a minute thatthe Senate passed through its Hrst squallAll during the night the Senate had beenreceding from its amendments to variousbills until it had seemed hardly

to have passed any atall When thesundry civil bill showed that the Senatehad again laid down sacrificing in particular a butch of public buildings inwhich Senators Gallinger Clark Pettigrew Pettus Hawley and others wereinterested to say nothing of the abandonment of the Pacific cable the stormbroke

Around the devoted heed of Althe tempest raged It lasted fortwo hours during which the House

was roundly abused for its arrogance andfor every other crime In the calendarand there were covert intimations ofweakness on the part of the Senate con-

feree Senator Clark predicted that theSenate would degenerate into a secondHouse of Lords the most useless legisla-tive body on earth and the senile creatureof the House of Commons There wasother warm and fiery talk ending with aspeech by the Confuciuslike Pettus ofAlabama He agreed to submit this timebut never never never again SenatorAllison listened smilingly to the declara-tion and then proceeded to sacrifice everySenate amendment in dispute Includingthe Padflc cable Senator Stewart whohad threatened to filibuster into an extrasession if this amendment was notadopted emerged from the cloakroom ten

afterward to hind himself tooone of the foolish virgins he

had been asleepOf all the events of the night the defeat

of the cable item is considered the mostimportant It isolates Hawaii from theUnited for the next two years at1 feast

Having a wreck on the sundrycivil bill ran perilously near10 a lce core on the bill In thisa in other measures was anothervictory for tho house Tee Senate aban-doned iu every important contention ineluding the reductkn of the number ofUAiOhip and the provision for a gov-ernment armor plant It secured the

of the S3UO a ton as theItriee for but this was anempty gain o the armor already con-tracted to not affected and the newarmor will not be needed until CongressMeets again There had been a goodef sharp debate over this bill duringcarter morning Senators

and Butler leading theopposition

Senator ought to be in diploNothing could have been

adroit than the smooth and quietway ia which he piloted the naval billthooh the peril that still beset it

UY end tactful rtwlnjc herearguing there uniU at he hati

toe wtwfiiction ol seeing the oppositiontoHapa Bui must Interesting tiotlopmrnt was UM attltud of Mr ChandlerAt t oclock In the morning he

UKd ibttt there should be no Increase inthe navy at oclock he wax wiWJy delisat oa tbe door announcing intentionof for any alt propositions thatwould to an extra at

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Aftur MorNlnp hind ImivnwlWith a xlgh of relief the managers of

the appropriation bills saw the lost ofthe U budgets out of the way and theSMttU took n recess The chamber wasa of dteordrr the Hoar beingHtlr4 with what seemed to be tons ofpaper but a wore f attendants promptlyremoved the debrta The Senators whosedreary eye haggard faces told thettory ef the alinl ht vigil hastened toKt a bite of breakfast or brief napWb n the Senile reconvened the appear

ce of the room wa brightened by theIMftctof of handsome bouquet upon thede rtw of Senators Gorman and Daviswhile the hitherto empty galleries bfganto be Ailed with curious spectators Theserenity of thee visitors wasby the adoption of a motion to go IntocrxMutive offered by Senator Mor-gan to prevent action upon the bill ex-tending the contract labor laws to Ha-waii

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dtecevor that the hand of the Senatecheek had been turned beck test minutes aperformance which has become Menttftdwith the closing of the session Jstt sthe heads of the clock showed 12 andafter Senators Cockrell and Vest hadcared the unanimous adoption of rceolutons thanking Vice President Itobort andPresident tern Frye for their uniformcourtesy Senators hoer and Gorman ap

sirwl in the Senate to Inform their cotthat they bad waited upon the

President and had learned that he hadtut further eominunleatieiw to offer Itwc Mr Gormans last otacial act and uhe stood in the aisle MX mL face be-

traying no emotion he formed the center

Vice lr ent Hobtr A AiltlrrkHolding In his hand a page of

Mr Hobart then read his formaladdress dissolving Ute Senate There wasthe utmost alienee in the chamber as hesaid

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ple say wed fi awre4 that Inure Ceagrenes vlllnest theSe grave q e ioni with wMorn andtrMlon aad aelTe then Kwodljr sad riebteoMiy Toifexbt it ta t 3 bt the tr e American spirit and tolack roaM Bce ia tbe strength of oar palitleal InMitltioac 1 line faith In beth

The hour of adjeorameat Is now at hand For theMfalliae eoarl y and the uBvarylg cordialitywhich have eb raet riied tile attitude of the Senatetoward me its jsretidiag eS eer I an pratoanilly-

ratefal aad I cannot M this opportunity pa witcoat this paWte eifreMtoa of lilY deep apprfrdsUin ofkla4ae i reeelved at the kaad of each member ofthe body sad partlewlarly I eaiaot close thewithout recognition of the eOciwat serrtees of theeOcen and reporters of this body whose effortshave been so faithful and whose duties hare teen so-

cearteooaiy and diligently perforatedthe Senators who rcmala and for the

who retire fron this body I desire to convey aythanks for tbe kindly continents expressed In therrsolattea adopted and It only reaaia for menow In the exercise of the doty devolving span meto declare that the Senate stands adjourned without

dayThe gavel fell The Fiftyfifth Congress so far as the Senate was concerned was at an end There was buzz ofconversation in the chamber and the gal-leries Senators crowded aroundother to say coodby and farewell Theleavetakings of those Senators who arenot to return were in many cases

The bustle of departure did notlast The Senators were too wearyto remain and in half an hour the empti-ness of the historic room was a presageof the long recess which is to come

WAGES ADVANCING-

The General Level of Prosperity Is RisingAll Over tho World

From the Philadelphia PressThe rise of prices and the advance of

prosperity has at length begun to be accompanied by a general advance ofwages

The advance In the stock market con-siderably preceded the rise in the quotations of staples Until late last fallscarcely any advance occurred in the priceof leading staples in raw materials ofmanufacture The average advance of 15

to 18 per cent which has taken place Inthe last year has nearly all of It beenfelt In the past three months and muchof it since the opening of the year ThisIs particularly true of Iron and steel andof cotton goods The advance In coppertin zinc and spelter began earlier in 1888

but the advance has gone on more rapidly in the past two months Wool andwoolens have not advanced The generaladvance In hides and leather has not beenaccompanied by a rise in boots and shoes

Where price has advanced wages haverisen The American TinPlate Companythe Federal Steel Company and a largenumber of iron and steel establishmentshave advanced the wages of their menThe Fall River and Providence cottonmills have made an advance This Improvement in wages in large and conspicuous establishments has been accompanied by many lesser advances andthese have been marked in our news dispatches for many days

Whether this advance will check exportsof manufactures or not no one can yettell A year ago it undoubtedly wouldhave done so and by retaining exports Inthis country would have broken pricesThis may now happen but it is less likely than it was because prices are risingall over the world Copper tin and zincare as dear or dearer abroad than hereIron and steel prices have advancedabroad though the rise is less fast thanhere Cotton goods are rising the worldover and our exports are increasing

The world seems to have again reachedone of those cycles when all prices ad-vance wages with them and the generallevel of prosperity rises in all countriestogether A larger gold production is hav-ing its effect peace Is more secure theworld over and there is apparent a newexpansion in trade like that from 1850 toI860

A AVoiulerlul GrowthFrom the Baltimore American

Bishop Hurst has spoken to the Balti-more Conference in behalf of the Ameri-can University which will be located atWashington Ho said the property therefor the university was now worth one anda quarter million dollars The Methodistsall over the world propose to raise 20-

OW060 before the end of next year to becalled a thankofferins fund for the suc-cess of the church This monpy will beapplied to educational and other needsof the church Touching this subjectBishop Hurst said it has been decidedto ask for FJOWOOCO but it looks now asif It would be nearer 3 009OJO A churchthat can raise this amount of money tobe applied to the uses stated has reasonto congratulate Itself on its great prgness and power

There is a brass tablet on the Mer-chants Club on German street in thiscity which tells of the beginning of thechurch here In the old Lovely Lane Meet-inghouse It wus a very small organiza-tion then The contrast now with a bodypowerful enough to collect JMWOOOj in acomparatively short time Is certainlymost marked

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REVIEW BY GUMMINGS

History in Brief of the Con-

gress Just Ended

PATRIOTIC ATlDACIOUSl EXPENSIVE

The New Yorker Santa Up the Work of theBody Presided Over by Mr SeedPartyLines Tightly Drawn Durlue theClosing Session Ratification of the

Treaty and Great StruggleArmy Keorsauizatlon BIlL

The Fiftyfifth Congress has shuffledItself Into the fennel of the past In manyrespects it was one of the most remarkable that ever assembled at the CapitolIt began by developing an absolute powerin legislation heretofore unknown apower that was felt to the core in bothwings of the Capitol It left behind It atrail r blood that has made a new

in history and opened up a new epochIn the career of the nation This absolutepower has held the Senate in check formonths and made the House the well-spring of legislation It was a powermade absolute by the action of the Houseitself This action was taken thirty min-utes after the election of the SpeakerThe House was then acting under general parliamentary law It adopted untilfurther notice the rules of the lastHouse In vain did Mr Hepburn of Iowaseek to offer an amendment limiting theiroperation to thirty days Mr Hendersondemanded the previdus question and theSpeaker recognized the demand despitethe protest of Hepburn The Iowan madethe point of order that there could beno previous question without a rule andas the House had no rules the right toamend was clear The Speaker overruledthe point of order and Hepburn took noappeal The reason was manifest MrHenderson made these statements before-a vote was taken

1 The probability is that the rules willbe reported before the time suggested bymy colleague

2 I will say to my colleague that therules will probably be reported long be-

fore the thirty days expire3 I have no doubt that the committee

which will have charge of the matter willreport before thirty days

4 I think there Is no doubt that that willbe done That has always been our purpose and the House will have the fullestopportunity to offer amendments to therules that will be presented

Under these promises the House adopt-ed the rules of the last House From thatday through three sessions until the expiration of the Fiftyfifth Congress norules whatever reported from theCommittee on Rules Nor has that com-

mittee ever vouchsafed an excuse for itsncnaction It was this that Inducedmany members of the House to votefur sustaining the appeal from thedecision of the Speaker when heruled that a motion to recommitthe sundry civil appropriation bill withinstructions to add to It the NIcaraguancanal bill was out of order They evi-dently believed that rules imposed uponthe House in this manner were not binding and acted accordingly

This step was followed by a second stepIllustrating the absolute power gained bythe action of the House On the day thathe was elected Speaker Mr Reed appoint-ed the Committee on Rules the Committeeon Ways and Means and the Committee-on Mileage From that day March 15 until July 19 1897 the Speaker made no further committee appointments On July19 after announcing his signature to anenrolled deficiency bill he announced theappointment of the Committee on Enrolled Bills No appointments of theother fiftyfour committees were made un-

til the last day of the special or first ses

sionMeantime the Senate was fully organ-ized all its committees were appointedand its digestive organs were in full playHundreds of bills were ofthem of the most importantsent over to the House There they fellInto the hands of the clerk and could notbe distributed to the House committeesbecause there was none in existenceAmong them was a resolution recognizing-the belligerency of the Cuban insurgentsIf the House had had an opportunity toconsider It such consideration might haveprevented the war with Spain It washeld up at the Speakers desk becausethere was no legislative hopper into which-

it could be droppedThere were murmurs of discontent In

the ranks of the majority but the mal-

contents made no effort to break theirbonds although there was more than oneopportunity for them to do so The Sen-

ate was held at bay It was allowed togive life to legislation originating in theHouse but the House was not allowed togive life to legislation originating in theSenate The refusal of the Speaker toappoint the committees paralyzed independent action on the part of the SenateIn vain did Joseph Bailey David ADe Armond J Hamilton Lewis JerrySimpson Benton McMillin and othersprotest against the anomalous legislativecondition The Speaker stared at themin openmouthed nonchalance and wouldnot make any further appointments Theirprotests instead of awakening popularindignation aroused sarcastic commentthroughout the country Bailey was lampooned and Lewis Simpson Ds Armondand McMillin were accused of trying tousurp the leadership of the minorityJerry got a great deal of amusement outof the squabble and Lewis appeared withgreat eclat in the forum of discussionStrict fealty required the recognition ofMr Bailey he having been Its candidatefor Speaker The session finally closedwith the passage of the Dingley bill theSpeaker holding up all other legislationThe Senate was forced to recognize thenew power in legislation Inaugurated bythe House when It adopted the rules ofIts predecessor

rTBut it was a transcendent Congress ex-

ceptional in work and exceptional in op-

portunity The long session began on6 1697 From first to last the dis-

turbing element was the Cuban questionathough the annexation of Hawaiibrought Johnson of Indiana to the frontand afforded temporary relief All resolu-

tions sent over from the Senate wereburied in the Committee on Foreign Af-

fairs Every effcrt to drag them fromfailed At one time there

were threats of mutiny In thecommittee but the mutineers weak-

ened and never showed their handsMeantime heartrending accounts of Weyhers atrocities In Cuba agitated the country A struggling nation was being de-

liberately exterminated starvation Thewhole nation was aroused Commercialbodies religious convocations womensassociations and philanthropic conven-

tions protested against the inaction ofCongress All civilized nations stood

at the horrors reported from CubaThey exceeded in atrocity those reportedfrom Armenia Yet the Committee enForeign Attains remained quiescent andunder the rules of the last House thepresent House was paralyzed Suddenlythe whole country was thrown into afrenzy The destruction of the

Maine cleared the atmosphere antithe findings of the court of Inquiry brokethe bonds of Congress Absolute power

swept aside by the action of thePresident A magnificent demonstrationof followed Congress unanl-moualy passed a resolution placing J30000erA In the hands of the President to beused for the national defense It wasquickly followed by a resolution declaringthat Cuba wsa and ought to ba free andindependent and virtually instructing thePresident to make her so Then came thedeclaration of war against Spain

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overflowed the House The men whoplumed thouselves In bringing on the warrefused to aid In providing the means tocarry It on unless they were allowed todictate as to how they should be raisedThey opposed any proposition looking tothe of bonds The Chicago platfoimbad frowned upon the issue of bonds 1ntime of peace carrying the clear infer-ence that bonds might be Issued in timeof war Six members of the minoritymaintaining the patriotic stand whichthey bad taken on the fiftymillion propo-sition utter supporting the minorityamendments voted for the final passageof the war revenue bill Tnis action wastaken two days before Deweys magnifi-cent victory at Manila The people sus-

tained the action of these six membersThey came back strongly reenforcedtripled In number If the same proportionof increase had ruled throughout thecountry the Incoming House would havehen strongly Democratic The destruc-tion of the Spanish fleet and the surrend-er of Santiago forced Spain to sue forterms but too late to save Porto Ricoand the Philippines Congress adjournedfive days after the Spanish fleet bad beendriven ashore and nine days before thesurrender of Santiago Tile patrioticfever In the House had checked fourdays before Cervems desperate attempt-to escape and the sky was filled with

buzJiards soaring to and fro inBesrch of nourishment

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Yes it is a monumentalumental in patriotism audacity and ex-

penditure It will be known in history asthe war Congress Its third and last ses-

sion began on December 5 1S3S amid theominous shadows cast upon the countryby the war Investigation The politicalcampaign had ended In a victory forthe administration Party lines becamemore definite and distinct The leaderswere evidently looking for an issue in thenext Presidential campaign There was aquiet fermentation in both houses in De-

cember but it did not attract public attention until the army reorganization billwas brought up in the House and theParis treaty was sent to the Senate Car-negie moved over the land like Peter CieHermit preaching a crusade against theInfidils of annexation He had an able co-

adjutor in that counterpart of 7 oraceGrevley known as George F Hoar Be-

tween them Senator Mason of Illinoisswung his battleax Carl Schurz flungout his gonfalon and the spirit animatingthe oM Hartford convention percolatedNew Englane A voice from New Jerseyindicated that the days of Innocuous des-uetude had passed All urged the defeatof the Paris treaty The Carnegie influence was felt in every section of the country where an agricultural newspaper wasprinted It failed to charm the youngleader of the Western Democracy whowhile opposing annexation openly advo-cated the ratification of the treaty by theSenate Magnificent was the fight and itextended to both houses The assault ofAguinaldo at Manila had a decisive influ-ence

In vain did the man who defeated theforce bill marshal his little host Thestars in their courses were against himand Masons battleax fell on the headsof his friends Instead of the casques ofhis enemies In the House the defeatwas far more signal rhe appropriationof twenty millions to carry out the treatywas made with hardly a protest Joseph-G Cannon engineered Its passage andeven Dockery and Bailey voted for it andall beneath the beady eyes of the Im-perator The bitter fight in both houseswas over the bill increasing the army toa hundred thousand men It was longdrawn out and at times paroxysmal butit developed all the intellectual and par-liamentary icsources of Congressionalveterans

The Fiftysixth Congress will haveproblems to solve fully as intricate asthose that confronted the ThirtyeighthCongress after the surrender at Appomattox A greater man than SchuylerColfax will fill the Speakers chair Im-perator will be no misnomer if the rulesof the last House are adopted WilliamPeter Hepburn and David Bremner Henderson are both members of the newCongress It will require far strongerhypnotic power on the part of the gen-tleman from to control the ac-tion of the gentleman from ClarindaThe rule of the Imperator may end in arevolt of the Pretorians

AMOS J CUMMINGS

SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION

Phenomenal Growth in Popular Favor ofTechnical Schools

From the Ch jo PostThe gift of 750000 to Armour Institute by the

Eeeerous and publicspirited founder of that Institu-tion naturally calls public attention to the

growth In popular favor of technical schoolsThe fact that Mr Armour has increased his bene-

factions ta the institute since the originaluntil they now represent a total investment ot

1000000 Is evidence not only of his Increasing interest In what be regards as the best enterprise of

life but 19 also proof of the fact that the In-

stitute admirably meets the educational needs of thetimes The drift Is unmistakably away from the socalled learned professions which are greatlyovercrowded toward those occupations that call f rskilled handlers combined with a knowledge ofthe physical sciences Een in our public hIpsschools the popular demand for technical knowledgeand training has compelled school boards to supplya larger equipment of scientific apparatus and insome Instances ta supplement it with workshops thatcontain machinery for working in wood and iron

This tendency has derived its greatest Impetusfrom the marvelous electrical development of thepast decade which baa supplied devices that havenot only revolutionized many industries and calledfur millions of dollars of capital but has supplixmany new lad profitable vocations for men of ideatitle or mechanical turn of mind

Young men of selezrtigc taste who possess what Inknows as the mechanical instinct are beginningto realize that electrical engineering IB more itmuneritUe and certainly Just as honorable as tiepractice of law or medicine Ten ago timerssane were impressed with the notion that only theprefetaiens ot law and medicine presented attractivefields fur professional endeavor Today farmersboys are tempted by the engineering vocationswhich net only offer good salaries but tlmoat limitless fields for experimentation and tor In-

ventive ingeaalty The application of electricaleaercr to traction purposes has alone created op-portunities for engineers and inventors that call fortte best brains in toe reentry

Ta supply this demand for liberal scientificedeaUoe has Armour institute and LewislaUltBte both products of publicspirited philan-thropy which ennoble and dignify handeraft andhelp to draw roans men away from the already over-crowded professions

The Domestic WomanFrom the Atchison Globe

The women who live on farms and whowork from 5 in the morning till 8 at nightat milking cooking cleaning sewing andbuttermaking are never described as being thoroughly domestic and dearlyloving their homes It Is the womanwho sees very little of her home and wholets a servant run things who is so de-

scribed The poor farmer wife probablydoesnt love her home any more than aprisoner loves his celL

A utural SuppositionProm the Plttsburc Chronicle

Now I suppose remarked MrsSnaggs that the surgeons of the armyare attached to the Medical Corps

Your supposition does you greatreplied Mr Snaggg sarcasticall-

yIts a wonder you didnt Imagine thatdoctors Joined the army for the purposeof building bridges or going up in

Whore should army surgeons beexcept in the Medical Corps

I thought that they might pos-sibly to the Lancers

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World louse Agents

UARPIES1YIIO EAT AMERICAN CASH

Ambassadors anil Minister JfotOnly Haveto Foot Bills for Entertainment butMust Pay High Prices for Houses TillsGovernment Provide It Sony

ants with Suitable Homes The Woes ofAmbassadorial UuuteIiuuliu

Mr Choates remark just before he sail-ed for England the other day to the erredthat he had not the slightest idea wherehe would live in London and that he didnot anticipate much difficulty In findingsuitable quarters serves to recall to minithe fact that although the United Stateshas ambassadors it ha neglected as yetto provide the latter with embassies Ithas raided the rank of its envoys in theprincipal countries of Europe with a viewto increasing their prestige and consequently the Influence which they exercisefor fhe benefit of their country but ithas failed to furnish them with the sur-roundings and the trappings that are in-

dispensable to achieve this end Not onlye the salaries which it pays to am-

bassadors smaller then those received bythe latters foreign colleagues of the sameofficial grade but it neglects to providethem either with a suitable abode or withthe necessary appointments of the latterThe result Is that the American Ambassadors abroad are forced to contentthemselves with hired residences hiredfurniture in fact hired everything thesmartness and grandeur of which dependentirely upon the amount of money whichthe Ambassador is willing to devote tothe purpose not Irene lila official paywhich is inadequate but from his private fortune

In a word the American Ambassadorabroad Is at the mercy of tne house agentwhose terms are the heavier in view ofthe risk to which he claims he is exposedsince he has no legal means of redressagainst the envoy for unpaid rent Andany of the readers of The Post who havelived abroad will be erady to tear witness-to the fact that all of the harpies abroadwise hunger for the American dollarthere is none more grasping or greedythan the old world house agent

Ambassador Choales first task on ar-riving In England a week ago has beento hunt for a suitable house in Londonand he will have found himself confrontedby conditions in this particular that differgreatly from those in the United StatesIn this country short leases In theof furnished residences are the exceptionrather than the rule In England thecontrary Is the case In fact the ordinaryterms of lease for a furnished house inLondon is not for the year but for theseason and taking It for granted thatAmbassador Choate has the intention ofmaintaining the dignity of his office onthe same footing as his two predecessors-he will be called upon to pay in the neighborhood of 8000 for the rent of a fur-nished mansion for the season that is tosay considerable more than a third ofhis salary and the season it must beborne in mind only lasts three or at themost four months Of course as a for-eign diplomat Mr Chcate is obliged topay more than would be asked from anywealthy Englishman But nevertheless-the average rent of a furnished house forthe season In London in a fashionablequarter ranges from 3000 to 7000 theformer figure being of course for a styleor house that would be Inadequate inevery respect for use as the abode of anAmerican Ambassador

System of short LeaseOwing to the existence of this system

of short leases merely for the LondonStetson far greater readiness Is displayedby people of wealth and position to renttheir mansions to strangers than in thiscountry Thus Lord Wimborne brotherinlaw of the late Duke of Marlborough-is one of the wealthiest members of theBritish peerage and Wimborne HouseIn Arlington street is one of the stateliesttown residences of the English aristo-cracy Yet Lord and Lady Wimborneforeseeing that the season will be dulland having the intention of spending butlittle time in town this summer haverented the house as It stands with furni-ture sliver and everything complete toMrs Goelet of New York for 10000 forthe season The same was paid for a seasons rent for Spencer House to the Earlof Spencer by Mrs Marshall Roberts ofNew York before she married Col RalphVivian and among other great Englishnobles of wealth who have leased theirtown mansians for the season to perfectstrangers have been the Marquis of Lanadowne now Secretary of State for Warthe Earl of Onslow Lord Lonsdale whohas an income today probably of somehalf a million dollars a year the Duke ofAbercorn the Duke of Montrose andLord Jersey

The question will naturally suggest It-

self as to what possible inducement asum of 10000 for Instance can offer to no-

blemen such as Lords WimborneLonsdale and Lansdowne who pos-sess large incomes from their landed property In reply It must bepointed out that while the majority ofEnglish noblemen derive their revenuesfrom ancestral estates the ownership ofland in the old world carries with itheavy financial responsibilities of a moralrather than of a legal character and thatwhereas an American citizen whose Income amounts to half a million dollarswill nave that entire sum at his disposal-to spend in the way that he sees fit theEnglish territorial magnate drawing thesame revenues from his estates will notbe able to have the free and untrameleduse of more than 50000 of the entireamount the balance being swallowed upby charges on the property of one kindand another the obligation to keep ances-tral charities and hereditary institutions-

c The result of this la that when anEnglish peer Is able to rent his townhouse for the season for a few thousanddollars he is glad to avail himself of theopportunity since it enables him to addthereby to his pin money if I may bepermitted to use the expression that Is tosay to that portion of his resources uponwhich there Is no call and which he Isfree to spend us he lists It Is almost in-

credible to what inconveniences nominally very rich people In England will go Inorder to procure pocket money in this j

Great lords end ladies think nothing-of letting their own town mansions forthe season and then leasing a very muchsmaller furnished house for the sameperiod close by delighted to pocket thedifference even when the latter is re-

stricted to a few hundred guineas andpeople have got so much In the habit of j

this that one finds prominent personagesIn the English great world changing theirabode In town not once but several timesbetween New Year and CowesThis being the case it is difficult to understand why so much criticism shouldbe leveled by the English against the

American fondness for hotel lifenbicn destroys so it Is said domesticity-and the family system It appears to me

that the shortternfurnishedhousefortheseason Institution Is very much of thesame thing and every bit as bad

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Ambassador Choate will therefore becompelled to take a furnished house Intown for the coming season probablyfrom some noblsrrtn or other and to dis-

pense hospitality In the name ot theUnited States on and plate bear-ing the heraldic devices of his titled land-

lord and with the portraits ef the Baitersancestors superciliously gazing down

him when he Is at his own table in arranner calculated to Impair any Ameriican digestion There will In fact benothing American about this AmericanEmbassy but the Ambassador his familyand his staff and It will require all this

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Far different is the treatment which thegreat powers of Europe extend to theirAmbassadors With the object of aJdingto the dignity of the latter and to theprestige of the nation which they repre-sent they provide them not only with amansion or palace but also with the fur-

niture of the latter with paintings toadorn the walls and even with superbservices of silverplatc engraved with thenational heraldic devices In Rome forInstance France Great Britain GermanyAustria and Spain have palaces of theirown for the use of their Ambassadorswhich are magnificently appointed andkept in repair by their respective govern-ments without any expense to the Ambassador whereas the American Envoyalthough of the same rank Is obliged tocontent himself with a furnished hat fhe does not happen to have the privatemeans over and above his salary to enshies him to go to the expense of leasing afurnished palace At Vienna again theEnglish German and the Russian gov-ernments own the palaces occupied bytheir Ambassadors In Berlin the Eng-lish the Austrian and the Russian em-bassies are not merely figuratively butactually bits of foreign territory sinceboth the sites and the buildings belong tothe governments of the Ambassadors bywhich they are occupied EnglandFrance Germany and Austria have pal-aces of their own at St Petersburg whileAustria Great Britain and Russia as wellas Germany own the stately mansions InParis that are tenanted by their respec-tive embassies That of Great Britain Isparticularly fine and In grandeur as veilas In magnificence of Its appointments Isbut little Inferior to the Elysee Palaceoccupied by the President of the republicand which is almost next door

The English Embassy at Washingtonwhich was constructed long before themission was raised to Its present rank isa familiar lanJmark in the National Caphal It stands on land purchased by theEnglish government Is furnished and onemight add silverplated by the crown andis in every of the word in keepingwith the dignity of Great Britain antiwith the Importance of the towhich English Ambassador Is ac-credited

Britain PalacesNor Is It only for the Ambassadors that

Great Britain provides and furnishesabodes befitting the greatness of the

At Toklo at Peking at Bangkok-at Teheran at Cairo and at Tangiersthe British Ministers and In some caseseven the Consuls General are housed Inimposing mansions handsomely furniahed and calculated to impress the natives who from the highest to the low etare taught to understand that within theprecincts of the walls or iron railings bywhich the grounds of the legation or con-sulate are surrounded the soil Is Britishterritory In every sense of tho word anenpire therefore within an empire and-a sanctuary to every fugitive to whomthe British representative Is willing toextend his protection To such an extentis this theory carried that when a fouryears ago disturbances were In progressat Constantinople Michael Herbert thencharge daffaires of Great Britain ac-credited to the Porte landed sailors andmarines from the British gunboat lytefcin port replying to the protests of thSultan and of the Ottoman authoritiesthat England had a perfect right oc-cupy her own territory that in toher embassy grounds with her ownarmed forcer It te dlfllcolt to conceivehow the United States envoy could haveadopted tactic of the same kind tacticswhich created a profound impressIonupon the Turks for the American Minis-ter to the Porte at the time made hishome and had established his missionIn threw rooms at one of the hotels atIerau Especially In these Oriental countries does the residence of the EnglishmUllion constitute a permanent reminder-to the natives official and otherwisethe importance and power of Great Brit-ain How I it possible to impress upon theOrIental that a nation reprcienu

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But leaving aside the question of furni-ture and appointments the cost of purchasing a site and of constructing a suitable abode for the Ambassadors and envoys of the United States abroad couMnot strictly be regarded as an expenIt is rather an Investment since the ownership of the land and of the bulWifiwould remain vested In the name of th-Unlted States government and could i

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