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The Wen I her.
The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida to-day are for fair weather
with fresh southerly winds.
A London paper quotes the Queen as
having said recently that her pc-ople need
not he anxious respecting the effect of
the South African situation upon her
health. “I may die,” she is reported to
have said, “but there will lie some other
cause. I don’t propose to let Mr. Kruger
kill me.” And in saying this she. put
especial emphasis upon the "mister.”
The New Jersey Legislature ought to
take proper steps to celebrate the
oldest and one of the most famous
citizens of the slate by setting apart
April 1 and legalizing it as Noah
Raby's birthday. For the last twenty
eight years, or ever since Noah be
came 100 years old, the newspapers of
New York and New Jersey have annually
paid a tribute to his tenacity to lit*, each
one of them winding up with old Noah's
solemn asseveration that he has used to
bacco since he was 6 years of age. P.:,r the
last forty years Noah has been a charge
upon the public.
The possibility of another duel looms up
before Count Boni de Castellane; but, as
in the case of De Roda.vs, Boni may he
able to save himself the necessity of
pinking the other fellow, and at the same
time make anew friend who will use his
influence with the government to have
•ome royal visitor to the exposition sent
to the Castellane house. There is a rumor
In Paris, by the way, that the Castellanos
can have old Menelek, the dusky king of
Abyssinia, if they want him. The Amer
ican countuss would much prefer a guest
of another color, hut since Menelek is of
royal blood it is said she would take him
rather than have no royalty under her
roef.
The American people are beginning to
become curlouß respecting the true in
wardness of Webster Davis’ trip to South
Africa, and what he discovered there.
This desire for information is increased
by the announcement that he is going
to resign his offlee of Assistant Secretary
of the Interior so that he may deliver
lectures on the South African situation.
Dili any one ever hear of a Republican
politician giving up a good cilice solely
for the pleasure of making speeches
about the polities of a foreign country
thousands of miles away? When Mr.
Davis arrived at Lorenzo Marquez the pri
vate car of President Kruger was await
ing him, and he was taken in it arid car
ried to the capital. When young Mr. Hay,
• uccessor to Macrum, went to Pretoria
there was no private car placed at his dis
posal, but he rode in a cattle train; nev
ertheless Mr. Davis represented only him
self, so It Is said, while Mr. Hay was
the representative of tile government and
People of the United Buttes.
WORK OF THE PHILIPPINE COM
MISSION.
There 1s a statement in Gen. Jo
seph Wheeler’s article in the cur
rent number of Leslie’s W* -.kly which
suggests e*ome of the dtfiieuß'c* with
which the Philippine Commission, of
which Judge Taft is chairman, will have
to contend. This statement is that as the
population is made up of tribes having
radically different characteristics and
speaking different languages it may be
necessary to provide for one tribe a gov
ern men quite different from that provided
for another tribe. The tribes not only
differ in the respects mentioned, but it
seems that they are hostile to each other.
Therefore if concessions are made to one
tribe that are denied to another trouble
is likely to arise on that account.
It is evident from this that the work
the commission has to do is not easy by
any means. It is expected that the com
mission will be in the islands two years.
If the difficulties it is likely to encounter
are as great as they are thought to be two
years will not be any too long for it to
accomplish the task to which it has been
assigned.
Gen. Wheeler has a very high opinion
of the Filipinos. In his opinion they can
he governed easily, provided it is made
apparent to them that they are to be
dealt with justly and kindly. Among
some of the tribes there are men of edu
cation and ability. If they can be util
ized in the work of establishing local gov
ernments some of the difficulties now ap
prehended may be easily overcome. Thus
far, however, those who have been placed
in positions of trust have not proven to
be loyal to our # mm-nt. Some have
been caught conspiring with the insurg
ents and others have, resigned with such
little ceremony as to undo much of the
work done by Gen. Otis.
But, if the suggestion of Gen. Wheeler
should be adopted, namely, to divide the
islands Into groups, giving each group a
territorial form of government—a gov
ernment suited to the needs of each par
ticular group— how long would it be be
fore the Americans placed in the higher
positions would begin to agitate the ques
tion of making states out of the groups?
by the announcement that he has re
signed his office of Assistant Secretary
These American officials will be anxious
to become high state officials and sena
tors and representatives in congress. That
is a question, however, that Gen. Wheeler
<-oes not care to discuss at present. But
it is a question that the American peo
ple are thinking about in connection with
that other question, namely, the holding
of the islands as colonies. It is evident
that the islands, if retained permanently,
must be held either as colonies or, when
they have the necessary population, be ad
mitted as states.
In whatever light the Philippine problem
is .viewed its solution presents difficul
ties. It Is these difficulties which make
friends for the proposition that the isl
ands shall be given their independence
under an American protectorate, the pro
tectorate to continue until they are abl6
to take care of themselves.
SCARCITY OF CANDIDATES.
The search for e vice presidential candi
date by the leaders of each of the great
political parties is becoming amusing, for
two reasons. The first is that these
leaders seem to think that the conven
tions of their respective parties have
nothing to do with the matter beyond ap
proving their choice, and the second is
that those who want the position are not
wonted by the leaders, and those who are
wanted by the leaders don't seem to want
the position. Heretofore, as a genera!
thing, the effort has been to find satis
factory presidential candidates. It Is ap
parently settled, however, that Mr. Mc-
Kinley is to be nominated for President
by the Republicans and Mr. Bryan by
the Democrats.
The Republican leaders would like to
have Gov. Roosevelt for Mr. McKinley’s
running mate, and if they cannot get him
they would accept Mr. C. N. Bliss. Gov.
Roosevelt says positively that he would
not accept the nomination if it were of
fered to him. He knows that if he were
to accept a vice presidential nomination
his chances for getting the presidential
nomination at some future time would be
destroyed. He seems to think that the
masses of his party are waiting only for
a favorable opportunity to make him their
candidate for President. It may be that
he has an idea that Mr. McKinley will
lie pushed aside at the last moment, and
that he will be called to lead his party in
the approaching presidential campaign.
But if he should not be called on to lead
this year he feels sure that he will be
his party's standard hearer four years
hence. Therefore he refuses to be shelved
by a vice presidential nomination.
Mr. Bliss tells his admirers that they
need not call on him to open his barrel
ns a vice presidential candidate, beoousn
he does not intend to do anything of the
kind. He has had all of the political hon
ors. outside of the presidency, he cares
for. m Thus far he has refused to give a
favorable response to the appeals of the
leaders of his party. It begins to look
therefore, os if the Republicans would
have to fall back on Lieut. Gov. Wood
ruff, who Is known chiefly as the owner
of innumerable waistcoats. He is a per
sistent but unacceptable applicant for the
nomination. Ho would be dead weight
on the ticket. After all, the leaders max
have to leave the selection of a x-ice
presidential candidate to the convention,
In that event it may be Mr. Long, Sec
retary of the Navy.
The Democratic leaders are not so much
exercised over a vice presidential candi
date for their party as the Republicans,
but they see trouble ahead. The Popu
lists promise to make a demand for that
offlee. Imleed. it is understood Ihat they
ore planning to rapture it. A Populist cn
the ticket would lessen the chances of
the Democrats for winning the election.
The Democrats are therefore trying lo
find a Democrat who would be acceptable
to oil of the elements that will be united
in opposition to the Republicans. Thus
f tr they have not been successful, and It
may lie that the matter will have to be
ieft to the convention. In (hat event
Home one that has not been thought of by
the leaders may lie nominated.
A iioMoflice in Oregon has been nam I
Angora, probably after the breed o' r its
And it is In keeping with the lit- ess of
itiliua that the first postmaster * joins. |-
Tom.
THE MORNING NEW S: TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1900.
the talk of two sex ITORS.
It would be interesting to know wheth
er or not Senators Butler of North Caro
lina and Pettigrew of South Dakota were
reported correctly in El Cubano, a Ha
vana newspaper. Jt will soon be known,
<T course, whether they were or not, be
cause they will be asked about it, If they
have not been already. It is supposed that
I they reach* and Miami on Sunday, cn their
way from Havana, and if they went im
mediately to Washington they have arriv
ed there by this time.
If they were reported correctly they
made some ratlur startling statements in
Havana—statements that will have a ten
d icy to cause trouble in Cuba. We are
inclined to think that they did not ex
press the sentiments attributed to them.
If they had wanted to say that they did
not bel.evb that President McKinley in
tended to act honestly with ihe Cubans—
that it Was his purpose to shape his pol
icy so as to ho and Cuba as a colony of the
United States—they could have done
so with greater effect from their places in
the Senate. They would hardly have gone
to Cuba to say such things. The publica
tion of such sentiments in Havana, as
coming from two United States senators,
Is likely to cause uneasiness among the
Cubans, and perhaps an outb eak of law
lessness. Th.- Cu ans are very suspicious,
and many of them aie still in doubt as to
the inf*ntion of the United States to keep
faith with them. It would not require
much to provoke resistance to our au
thority.
If there were any intention on the
part of the President to act in bad
faith with the Cubans the fact would
be easily discovered. A resolution of
inquiry, introduced into Congress, would
bring the facts. Apparently neither
the Democrats nor any of the Re
publicans in Congress think it is the
purpose of the administration to put
anything in the way of Cuban independ
ence. The understanding is that the steps
being taken now are intended to prepare
tile Cubans to manage their own affairs.
If they were to be given abs lute control
at once It is probable that the island
would become the scene of c vil strife. For
the good of the Cubans the management
of their public affairs is withheld
from them for the present. The
municipal elections that are soon to
be held, however, are for Ihe pur
pose of putting the governments of the
the present. The municipal elections that
are soon to be held, however, are f r the
purpose of putting the governments of the
cities in the hands of the natives. Other
elections are to follow—elections which
will give the Cubans still greater author
ity in public matters. Unless treachery
is premeditated the Cubans will have the
< ntire management cf their affairs just as
soon as they are ready for it. The Re. üb
hcans would not dare to undertake to
withhold independence from them, and
the Democrats would not permit them to
withhold it. There must be some mistake
in the interviews attributed to the two
senators in question.
A MESSAGE FROM THE BOERS.
It is probable that if Secretary
Hitchcock had known that It was the
intention of Assistant Secretary of
the Interior Davis to gather mate
rial for a speech In behalf of the
Boers during his visit to the Transvaal he
would not have given him leave of ab
sence. Mr. Davis would have had to
make his journey as a private citizen.
Mr. Davis is a good deal of a stump
speaker, and it is probable that by the lec
ture he intends to deliver he will arouse
a great deal of sympathy for the. Boers.
No doubt it is his purpose to do that.
h:le he was at Pretoria he had several
interviews with President Kruger, and
it may be that he gave his promise to do
what he could to get this country to take
steps to bring the war to an end.
There is no doubt that the smypaihy of
the American people is with the Doers, but
the question is, to what extent do they
sympathize with them? Are they willing
to engage in a war with Great Britain for
their benefit? If they are not prepared to
go that far of what benefit is American
sympathy likely to be to them, however
great it may be? A war with Great
Britain would be very different from a
war with Spain. We should have need
not only for the Oregon, but also for eve y
other warship we have.
The United States- have already done for
the Boers all it is possible for them to do
without inviting the enmity of Great Brit
ain. Mr. Davis says that he bears a
message from the Boers to the American
people, ami he is going on the lecture plat
form to deliver it. He seems to admit that
what he is about to do will have a ten
dency to get the United States into trouble,
and hence he has resigned his place under
the government. But before the Amer
ican people permit ihmselves to be influ
enced by anything Mr. Davis may say
they ought to make up their minds aF to
what course they would like their govern
ment to pursue in respect to the South
African war. Do they want to lake sides
with the Boers to the extent of giving
them material assistance? If so. they have
no need to have their sympathies further
aroused. They can bring their influence
to bear on the government without the
help of Mr. Davis. If they do not de
sire to render the Boers any more assist
ance than they have already. Mr. Davis
could tlo the Boers ill the service he prom
ised to by giving their message to the pub
lic through the public prints. It looks,
however, as if It were his intention to be
gin an agitation intended to get this gov
ernment to intervene in the South African
war in behalf of the Boers.
It is possible that the white tramp
O'Grady, who was lynched in Virginia the
other day, was of noble birth. He has not
been positively identified, but there are
said lo hr 1 1 axons for thinking thai he was
in the line of succession to an Irish pee -
age. with only one life between him aid
his inheritance. Another story is that he
was the ton of the senior clerk in the o’-
iice of the city clerk of New York.
The Washington correspondent of a R.-.
publl-an newspaper In Cotineeitcut says
that “Senator JToctor has made a repu
tation lor plain speaking which makes
him no longer u welcome adv s-r ot the
While House." isn't that u little queer?
What U nd of ndvlseis do they like at the
White ! louse, tlio-e who ept ak in rldd r-s
and veil their thoughts with diplomatic
language?
Mr. John B. Wight, presi lent of the
Board cf Commissioners of the District
of Columbia, is a Republican and a life
long resident of the capital. Recently the
District Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives was giving attention to the
District appropriation bill. The subject of
police was under ccns deration, an in
creas. and amount for that service having
been asked. During the course of Presi
dent Wight’s statement to the committee
he used this language: “I say it with all
kindness, but J state it as a fact, that
the JOOOO colored pe -pie here are equal
to the criminal conditions in any city.
They regard life as of no value what
ever.” ‘‘But they are not safe-crackers,”
exclaimed Chairman Grout. “They are
worse,” answered President Wight. A
\ery considerable proportion of the col
ored population of Washington is made
up of politicians and office holders from
all sections of the country. Presumably
some of the most advanced men of the
race reside in Washington, the propor
tion of educated to illiterate negroes be
ing larger probably than in any other
city. If under such circumstances the
conditions are as President Wight des
cribed them to the House committee, then
it n,us: be that the education of the black
man has failed of one of its most import
ant functions.
The campaign in Louisiana is growing
particularly hot; so : ot, indeed, that It
was only by ihe intervention of friend
that a personal encounter between Gov.
Foster and Senator Caffery was prevented
last week. The cause of the bad feeling
was a speech made recently by the Sen
ator in which the Governor was unmerci
fully excoriated. Heretofore Gov. Foster
and Senator Caffery, who are related, hav ?
been close personal and political friends,
it was Gov. Foster, indeed, who first
brought Mr. Caffery into prominence, ap
pointing him to the Sfnate to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Sena to-' Gib
son. In the present cami>aign Senator
Caffery’s son, Don Caffery, Jr., is running
for Governor on an independent ticket,
against Gov. Fos-ter, who is the candidate
of the regular Democracy. Shou:d Gov.
Foster be elected, and it is probable that
he will be, he would be a candidate to suc
ceed Senator Caffery. For this reason,
and to assist his son to the governorship,
the Senator is making speeches in Louis
iana. It is believed by many Louisiana
Democrats that the Senator's action in
taking part in a fight against the regular
ticket will put a period to his career at
Washington.
So Representative Grosvenor of Ohio
is going to try to frighten Congress into
the adoption of the ship subsidy bill by
shaking a war scare bogey in its face.
We need a great fleet of vessels, he says
in his report on the bill, as a means of
national aid and national safety in times
of international war or other disturb
ances, “the probability of which is un
happily not small now.” The probability
that is not small must of course be con
siderable. Where is the considerable
probability of a war in which we should
be involved?
Lieut. Caldwell. Admiral Dewey’s sec
retary, says there is no truth in the re
port that Admiral and Mrs. Dewey are
going to Europe for a long trip. It was
reported that they would make such a
trip, and a rumor said it was to be under
taken in order to avoid prospective friction
in the organization of the board of which
the Admiral is to be the heal. Lieut.
Caldwell says there has been no frictim
and will be nones and that the Admiral
and his wife are going to remain at home
and keep their engagements.
PERSONAL.
—The Queen of Rumania (“Carmen Syl
x-a”) has again shown her sympathy with
England by writing a poem pru-ing the
attitude of Great Britain in South Africa.
—Three Pittsburg girls—Misses Mary B.
and Ella G. Maloney and Gertrudp McCaf
fery—were lately accorded an unusual fa
vor by the Pope. They arrived in Rome
after the regular audience at the Vatican
and succeeded in obtaining a private au
dience. They describe the Pope as seem
ingly in perfect health.
—The oldest editor in the country in ac
tive service is ex-Judge Theodore Scoch.
of the Jeffersonian, published at Strouds
burg, Monroe county, Pennsyh ania. He
founded the Jeffersonian in 1810, to sup
port Harrison in the great "Tippecanoe”
campaign of that year, and has continued
its publication for fifty-nine years. He
continues to perform his editorial duties
and enjoys excellent health, with his fac
ulties apparently unabaUd.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The New York Herald says: “The South
is slowly waking up. It has always had
brains, but it has lacked capital. It is
developing a degree of enterprise which
will soon make It a dangerous rival of
the North. It has Iron and coal and water
power and cotton and other raw- mate
rial. and. besides, it has cheap labor. The
manufactories already in operation have
paid good dividends, and their success is
the prophecy of other projects in the near
future. There are cotton and Woolen
mills, the tobacco crop is big, but there
is a lack of railroid facilities and hotel
accommodation. When tne South recog
nizes its resources and makes use of
them, site North will not hax’e, to turn
its head round to so?* Its competitor, for
it will be shoulder to shoulder with it."
•t
The Ix>uisvir.e Courier Journal (I>m.)
soy?: “I* i? stated by an expert arith
metician thett the sea< of Senator Clark
of Montana, cost him $328,000. Without
prejudice to the pending controversy,
ought to be provided that it shall be un
lawful hereafter to pay more than $30.000
for a seat In the Senate. The Senator,
to be sure, has certain perquisites in the
way of mileage, penknives, toothpicks,
bromo-seltzer, anti-bilious pills, manicure
pets, quinine. Indian clubs, printed rnnt
ter and anti-fa-t preparations which may
be sufficient to pay his l>onrd, but still
it seems reasonable to restrict the price
of a sent to the salary for the whole
term. Those who hid more nre cippar*
ently too anxious for the honor of serv
ing <helr country in a millionaires’ club.”
The Now York Journal of Commerce
(Ind), says: “The cause of international
arbitration makes progress slowly. Al
though our country is supposed to l*
strongly in favor of arbitration, a lot of
our statesmen were recently protesting
against the arbitration of our Alaskan
bcundury because w* might possibly lose,
I*ondn pas express great disgust with
the Hwnrd jn the lielngoa Hay case b*-
e ius of H* InsuffU iency, and several of
them speak unfavorably of arbitration.
In litigation, as iu wur, une party loses.”
The German Ainl>nKti<lor’ Wit.
The other day, says the Washington
correspondence of the Chicago Record, the
wife of a senator, who thinks she is u
linguist, but whose friends have doubc,
started a conversation with Herr Von
Holleben, the German ambassador, in his
native tongue. He listened patiently for
a few morrfents, and then gallantly re
marked:
“Madam, you will do me a great favor
If you will speak English. Ido not under
stand German very well.”
Mrs. Senator looked surprised, but took
the hint.
reminn Wit.
The author of “Flowers from a Persian
Garden” gives many examples or Orien
tal wit and humor, some of which are
extremely delicate and pleasing, says the
Youth’s Companion. Among them is a
story of a professional scribe to whom a
man went, asking that a letter might be
written to him. The scribe said he had a
pain in his foot.
“A pain in your foot?” echoed the man.
“I don’t want to send you to any place,
that you should make such an excuse.”
“Very true,” said the scribe, “but when
ever I write a letter to any one I am al
ways sent for to read it, because no one
else can make it out.”
When a man becomes suddenly rich, it
not infrequently follows that he becomes
ns suddenly oblivious to his old friends.
Thus a Persian, having obtained a lucra
tive position at court, a friend of his came
shortly afterward to congratulate him
thereon. *
The new' courtier asked him: “Who are
you and why do you come here?”
The other coolly replied: “Do you not
know me, then? I am your old friend,
and have come to condole w’ith you. hav
ing heard that you have lately lost your
sight?”
Senator Pettigrew’* Opinion*.
A huge bundle of manuscript was in
Senator Pettigrews hands yesterday
when he arose in the Senate, says tho
Washington Post. He wanted the mass of
matter printed for the use of the Senate,
because, he said, it related to the dignity
of labor.
“Is this collection of wise sayings and
aphorisms all by one person or by divers
persons on divers subjects?" asked Sena
tor Hale, with fine sarcasm.
“Let me read one and see if the Sena
tor recognizes it.” replied Mr. Pettigrew',
and he read a quotation regarding the au
thorship of which Mr. Hale expressed pro
found ignorance. “It was written by Lin
coln," triumphantly explained Pettigrew’,
and he added that he had utterances by
Washington and Jefferson on the same
subject.”! collected them myself,” he add
ed proudly.
“The Senator is a busier man than I
took him for,” remarked Mr. Hale.
“What is it ali about?” asked Mr.
Sl> oner.
“It is an omnium gatherum of every
thing under the sun,” replied Mr. Hale,
laughingly.
“You seem to know more about my doc
ument than I do myself,’? said Mr. Petti
grew.
“Sometimes men know' a great deal that
is not so.” remarked Mr. Spooner.
How much longer the Senators might
have engaged in these flippant remarks
Is an unsolved problem. Mr. Sew'ell put a
stop to the conversation by objecring to
Mr. Pettigrew’s* request that the document
be printed.
Snicl the Poet to the Editor.
“Sir,” said the poet to the editor, “I have
a grievance,” and he breathed hard, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“The Grievance Committee is in ses
sion,” said the editor with a wan smile;
“state your point.”
“Well, sir, in my lines to ‘Music’ in
your Sunday edition,” said the poet, hot
ly, “you grossly twisted two of my choic
est lines out of all poetical semblance.”
“Strange I didn’t notice it when I read
the verses,” said the editor. “I thought
they were all right.”
“Thought they were all right!” echoed
(he poet. “Absurd. I made an allusion
to Pan, sir.”
“Who is Paneir?”
“Pan! Pan! the world’s earliest musi
cian.”
“Don’t think I ever met him.”
“Met him! Of eburse you never met
him! He played on a pipe of his own in
vention. Well, sir, I took occasion to say
in my poem that the wind was the first
of all instruments.”
“The wind, eh? Very pretty.”
“Not as your proofreader conspired with
your compositor to render it, sir. No, sir.
I wrote: *The zephyrs, sighing in their
reedy throats, had gently hushed the Pan
like notes.’ ”
“That’s really beautiful.”
“Of course, it is. But how did it ap
pear? Listen: ‘The heifers, sizzling in
their weedy throats, had gently rushed
the can like goats.’ How’s that?”
“Awful, simply awful. I will investigate
it at my earliest convenience.”
“I tell you, sir, it’s enough to make a
man want to give up poetry.”
“So it is, eo it is! Why don’t you.”
'.Vough for Me.
From the Bismarck Tribune.
"Sometimes I think I’ll thrash him, good.
He needs It bad. I'm sure,
An' sometimes—well, I b'Heve I would
'N then I can't endure
T' tech th’ musin' little kid.
For when he smiles, y' see,
He looks jes' like his mother did,
An’ that's enough for me.
I guess a hundred times or more
I’ve taken him inside
Th' bedroom there, art’ closed th’ door
An’ tried an' tried an’ tried
T' bring myself to strike him, onct,
Jes' onct—an' then I see
His mother’s smile on his-wet face,
An’ that's enough for me.
First thing I know I'm sittin’ there
Pettin’ th' little chap.
An' strokin' of his purly hair,
Holdin’ him in my lap.
An' breamin' of her—seein’ her
Jes' as she used to be,
An' somethin' makes my eye t’ blur
An’ me cry silently.
He's got the same brown eyes she had
An’ the same silky hair,
Looks so like her, Lh' lUHe lad.
That—well. I Jes, don' date
To lay a finger rough on him,
'T'd almos' seem as though
I was a’ bein’ harsh, to her
An' so I let him go.
He ain't a bad boy—no. he ain’t,
Jes’ mischievous, that’s all.
In all his make-up th' ain't a taint
O' meanness—an' I call
T' mind when things she used to do
Exactly like he does,
I thought was Jes' th' cutest an'
Th' dearest ever was.
Y' know, sometimes he’ll come t’ me
An’ say to me: “Say, Dad,
Y' ain’t goin' to whip me, now, are ye?
1 tin t been very bad,"
An’ then he'll twist, an’ sort o’ smile,
My eyes get blurred an' dim.
Th' ain't enough gold In th’ world
T' hire me l' lech him.
Folks say I'm spollln' him—may he
I am, but 1 don't dare
To tech him rough—he looks like she
Did, an' so I don't care.
He puts his 111 Iter aim uioun'
My neck, an' 1 can s. c
Her In his eyes, so big an’ brown,
Ah' that though for me."
•—J amea Foley, Jr.
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