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public Men Puzzled on' Disposi
tion of the Philippines.
yEW I2A FACZ3 TEE NATION.
For the golution of the Problem It ¥s Be
. ved Much Will Depend Upon General
;t(,‘l.,.gn s Reperts—Senator Foraker Fa
yors the Retention of the Islands—Sen
ator Hale wants Only a Coaling Station.
yiews of Mr. Benton McMillin and of
Mr. Hilborn of California. .
What shall be doqe with the Phil.ip
pines? Shall the white elephant which
\dmiral Dewey has captured be kept or
cld? If he is to be kept, how is he to
pe carcd for? These are questions which
are receiving much .attentlon among
public men in Wash}ngton, and. they
sre questions which involve the future
‘pulil-v of the republic to a greater ex
tent than any that have arisen since Ap
pomattox. On their solution may depend
the future prosperity of the United
Jl’}hin?:i:}g men—members of the ad
ministration and of congressional com
mittees charged with the administra
tion of affairs affecting the foreign rela
tions of the government-——axe slow in
formulating their opinions. This white
elephant business is new to them._ They
donot pretend to be expert mahouts;
and they want to have time enough to
look the animal over carefully, specu
late a little as to his usefulness and cal
culate the price of his keep before they
commit themselves finally as to what
ought to be done with him.
Not cnly are public.men in Washing
ton unfamiliar with white elephan’s as
a class, but the particular one which
Admiral Dewey has captured was almost
muknown to them. Before the Ist of
May a fow students of past and contem
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BENTON M’MILLIN,
porary history knew something of the
Philippines. To most people, however,
they were a mere geographical abstrac
tion, a group of inconsequential islands
somewhere off the coast of Asia. When
the news of Admiral Dewey’s victory
was received, there was, therefore,
much searching of atlases and encyclo
pedias, and it is now beginning to be
realized that though the elephant may
have an ungainly and neglected appear
ance there are good points about him,
and the belief is growing that he might,
with skillful management and proper
care, be made a tractable and useful ani
mal,
How this shall be done is a question
which fow are prepared to answer. In
the words of a distinguished senator
Who has been considered in time past a
possible presidential candidate: ‘lt is a
question on which a public man ought
Lot to express himself offhand. We are
futering upon a new era—an era of
tommercial expansion, if not territorial
“pansion. 'We will need coaling sta
tions for our commerce and our navy,
and that much we will keep in the Phil
bpines at any rate. What we shall do
Wwith the islands will be determined aft
er the war ig over, when we have had
time to take an inventory of what we
have secured. We can then have the
benefit of the shrewd observation of Ma
3or General Merritt and can form an in
tenlgg:nt opinion of the character and
apabilities of the inhabitants of the is
langs, If we find they are capable of
anaging their own affairs, their future
destiny may bo left largely in their own
hands, and the problem which now
m’:lhfl 8(;] difficult to us may be solved in
St the same manner as Great Brit
-0 has solved the Egyptian question.’’
anslir;at%r Foraker of Ohio, a Republic
relatiox:: er of the committee on foreign
belioye :}’l 18 one of the men w'ho. do not
et at the United States is incapa
of solvi anaging distant possessions or
tion of nti nn): problem that the reten
e o et Philippines might present.
o 0 ot tllxm believe that ‘the Anglo-Sax
less capagl:’es:em l_lem}al?here gk
Which S (éorn;;mtaxmng a polifoy_
Worldwide © development of a
Saxng g 8 Commerce than the A_nglo-
L Great Britain. He said re-
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*“I think we should take all we can
get and keep all we take until the war
is over, when we can better determine
what to do with it. My present impres
sion is to keep permanently all we are
likely to capture, but, however that
may be, nothing should be returned to
Spain in any event.?’
Senator Hale, chairman of the com
mittee on naval affairs, was prompt to
say that he was not for the acquisition
of the Philippines. ‘‘We shall,”’ said
the senator from Maine, ‘““undoubtedly
pulverize Spain and drive her from this
continent, but all we should want in the
Philippines is to get & free port and
coaling station. ”’
‘““The only ground upon which the
Philippines could be held, in my opin
ion,’’ said Senator Burrows of Michi
gan, member of the committee on
finance, ‘‘is that they would make a
nice balance on our side of the ledger in
any settlement hereafter with Spain.
But the war was not andertaken for ter
ritorial acquisition, but for the purposs
of liberating the “~island of Cuba from
the misrule of Spain.”’
Representative Hopkins of Illinois,
just returned from an extended trip
throughout the west, where he was in
touch with the public sentiment on the
questions of the war, said: “‘lt is tco
early yet to say just what ought to be
our policy in regard to the Philippines.
Much may depend on the cost of ths
war. We may have to keep the islands,
in a measure, to reimburse ourselves.”’
Representative Benton McMillin, one
of the leading Democrats of the house
and a prominent member of the ways
and means committee, said: ‘‘Thomas
Jefferson drove it home until the people
of the world accept the saying as fit
with regard to this nation that ‘we
should cultivate peace, commerce and
friendship with all nations and have
entangling alliances with nn’pe. ’ There
has been nothing to take aw¥y from the
force of this saying. Did you ever think
of it? If the preposterous notion could
be realized of annexing the Philippines
as a state, there would be 45 members
of congress from there, including Ma
lays, negritos, sepoys and the like.
There are 8,000,000 people there, and
if we have 350 representatives for
70,000,000 people it would mean about
45 for the Philippines. If we annexed
it, it would take a larger army and na
vy to defend than that needed for the
United States. If we exchanged it to
any European power for possessions in
the West Indies, it would break the bal
ance and produce acute friction among
the great powers. In case of a protecto
rate by the United States, allowing the
people in those islands to have home
rule after the Egyptian fashion, it
tvould result in action unforeseen and
foreign to our form of government. My
conclusion on the whole matter is that
we should do nothing, but let the is
lands remain in statu quo until the war
ends. But I mistake the spirit of the
American people if they are now ready
for annexation in any form of outlying
territory.”’
Representative Hilborn of California,
who by his residence on the Pacific
coast has been led to look into the ques
tion more than most men in congress,
said: ‘‘This is one of the most difficult
problems that the government will have
to solve as a result of the war. It will
be a happy solution if we find that it
will be possible to adopt the policy
which England has found so successful
in Egypt, but we cannot be unmindful
of the fact that conditions in Egypt and
the Philippines are very different. Who
is it in the Philippines to whom you
would turn over the ark of the covenant
of government? Have they the material
there for the formation of a reliable
government that the United States
would be justified in intrusting with
the management of affairs under a gen
eral supervision by the government?
‘‘However this may be we may find
it impossible to haul down our flag
when once it has been raised over the
islands. We are sending out our young
men by the thousands to expel Spain.
Some of our boys will find their graves
in that land. Those who live will,
many of them, stay there and become.
interested in the islands and their wel
fare. Both the living and the dead will
form strong ties, which will make it
difficult for us to sever the islands from
us and turn them over to the govern
ment of strangers.’’—Chicago Times-
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NEW W4R HUMORIST.
MR. DPGOLEY PAYS HIS RESPECTS
TO THE ARMY,
Whin Gin'ral Miles ‘Gits His Now Uni
forms and His Picthers Took, He Wil
Cr-rush th’ Spanish With Wan Biow
Bigger Than th’ Big Wind In Ireland.
“Well,”” Mr. Hennessy asked, “‘how
goes th’ war?”’
‘‘Splendid, thank ye,’’ said Mr. Doo
ley. ‘‘Fine; fine. It makes me hear-rt
throb with pride that I'm a citizen iv
th’ Sixth wa-ard.’! :
‘‘Has th’ ar-rmy started f'r Cuba yet?”’
‘““Wan ar-rmy, says ye? Twinty! Las’
Choosdah an advance ar-rmy iv wan
hundherd an twinty thousand men land
ed fr’'m th’ Gussie, with tin thousand
cannons hurlin projicktyles weighin
eight hundherd pounds sivicteen miles,
Winsdah night a second ar-rmy iv in
jineers, miners, plumbers an lawn ten
nis experts, numberin in all four hun
dherd an eighty thousand men, ar-rmed
with death dealin canned goods, was
hurried to Havana to storm th’ city.
Thursdah mornin three thousand full
rigimints ivr-rough r-riders swum their
hor-rses acrost to Matoonzas, an afther
a spirited rattle captured th’ . Rainy
Christiny golf links, two up arthell to
play, an will hold thim ag’in all com
ers. Th’ same afthernoon th’ reg'lar
cavalry con-sistin iv four hundherd an
eight thousand well mounted men, was
loaded aboard th’ tug Lucy J an depart
ed on their earend iv death amid th’
cheers iv eight millyon sojers left be
hind at Chickamauga. These cavalry ’ll
co-operate with Commodore Schlow, an
whin he desthroys th’ Spanish fleet, as
he does ivry Sundah an holy day except
in Lent, an finds out where they ar-re
an desthroys thim, afther batterin down
th’ forts where they ar-re con-cealed so
that he can’t see thim but thinks they
ar-re on their way f'r to fight Cousin
George Dooley, th’ cavalry will make a
dash back to Tampa, where Gin’ral
Miles is preparin to desthroy th’ Span
ish at wan blow—an he’s th’ boy to
blow. ]
‘“Th’ gin’ral arrived th’ other day
fully prepared f’r th’ bloody wurruk iv
war. He had his intire fam’ly with him.
He r-rode recklessly into camp mounted
on asuperbspecyal ca-ar. Ashimsilf an
Uncle Mike Miles an Cousin Hennery
Miles an Master Miles, aged 8 years,
dismounted fr'm th’ specyal train, they
were received with wild cheers be cight
millyun iv th’ bravest sojers that iver
give up their lives f’r their counthry.
Th’ press cinchorship is so pow’rful
that no news is allowed to go out, but I
Mave it fr’m th’ specyal corryspondint
iv mesilf, Clancy th’ Butcher, Mike
Casey, an th’ city direchtry that Gin’ral
Miles instantly repaired himsilf to th’
hotel, where he made his plans f'r
cr-rushin th’ Spanyards at wan blow.
He will equip th’ ar-rmy with blow
guns at wanst. His uniforms ar-re
comin down in specyal steel protected
bullyon trains fr'm th’ mint, where
they’ve been kept f'r a year. He has or
dhered out th’ gold resarve f’r to equip
his staff, numberin eight thousan’ men,
manny iv whom ar-re clubmen, an as
soon as he can have his picthers took he
will cr-rush th’ Spanish with wan blow.
Th’ purpose iv th’ gin’ral is to permit
no delay. Decisive action is demanded
be th’ people. An whin th’ hot air ma.
cheens has been sint to th’ front Gin’ral
Miles will strike wan blow that’ll be
th’ damdest blow since th’ year iv th’
big wind in Ireland.
“‘lv coorse, they’ze dissinsions in th’
cabinet, but they don’t amount to naw
thin. Th’ sicret’y iv war is in favor
iv sawin th’ Spanish ar-rmy into two
be four joists. The sicret’y iv th’
threcasury has a scheme f'r rooinin
thim be lindin thim money. Th’ sicret’y
iv th’ navy wants to sue thim befure
th’ Mattsachusetts supreme court. I’'ve
heerd that th’ prisidint is arrangin a
knee dhrill with th’ idee iv prayin th’
villyans to th’divvil. But these dif
f'rences don’t count. We're all wan
people an we look to Gin’ral Miles to
desthroy th' Spanish with wan blow.
Whin it comes, threes will be lifted out
be th’ roots. Morro Castle’ll cave in an
th’ air’ll be full iv Spanish whiskers,
A long blow, a sthrong blow an a blow
all together. That’s th’ mottoiv th’ ad
ministhration.”’
“We're a gr-reat people,’’ said Mr.
Hennessy earnestly.
““We ar-re,”’ said Mr. Dooley. “‘Wa
ar-ro that. An th’ best iv it is we know
we ar-re. ’’—Chicago Journal.
STUNG BY A CATFISH.
‘ ——
A Sargical Operation Necessary to 'Relleve
A Florida Man.
Henry Longhurst, proprietor of the
Lem n Bay Hotel, is at Punta Gorda,
Fla,, for treatment by a physician. Mr,
Longstreet, while fishing, was borned in
the hand by a chanoel cat, and after un
dergoing several days’ of delirious suf
fering was relieved by an operation, It
was feared that it would be necessary to
amputate the hand,
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A Wife and Four Small Children sDeserted
: for the War. 9 V&j'«’.’?gj
A woman numed Nellie Baynes ana
four little children, the oldest of which
is seven years wld, arrived in the city
last night Irom Tifton. The woman has
a sad tale, indeed, and is an object of
charity,
She is the wife of William Bavnes,
and has been lefs by him 1n the m st
destitute circumstanes, About a month
ago her husband went to his work one
morning aud some one came to her later
inthe day and informed her that he
had gone to the war. He bad not left
ber and her little children a peuny, and
bad gone away without even saying
good-bye.
Since that time the deserted wite and
her four little childien have gotten along
as best they could, living on the chari
ties of the good people of the communi
ty near Tifton, where she was left.
Last night she came here and brought
with her letiers stating that she was an
object of charity. She is trying to get
to Mcßae, where she says her father
lives. She says if the good people of Al
bany will get her tc Mcßae she will be
cared for by her parents, She says that if
she can get work here she 1s willing to
work until she has earned €nough to
carry her home. -
One of tle little children is sick and
they need help badly. They are now at
Mrs. Hood’s, that good woman having
kindly given them shelter until some
arrangements could be made either to
send them to Mcßae or to get work for
the mother here. Something should be
done for her, and the good people of Al
bany, realizing her dire want, will un
doubtealy raise enough money to send
her to her parents.,—Albany Herald.
A New ¢Biscuit,”
The “‘rum tiscuit’’ is a new and dan
gerous confection which is being sold
in New York to school children by
candy stores near school buildings, I't
is made of cake, jellv and rum and sev
eral of the buscuits are sufficient to
cause intoxication. A small child was
acting queerly on the streets a few
days ago. It was taken to the hospital
where the case was diagnosed alchol
ism, and it was learned that the little
tot had been eating ‘“‘rum biscuit. ”’
Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind., say
that for constipation he has found De-
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They never gripe. Trythem for stomach
and liver troubles.
SALE-DAVIS Drua Co,
Receiver’s Sale.
In pursuance to an order issued by
Terrell superior court will be 2sold on
the first Tuesday In. August, 1898, be
fore the court house door in Dawson,
Terrell county, Georgia, within the
legal hours of sale, to the highest bid
der for cash, the following property,
to-wit: All the notes, accounts, judg
ments and choses in action of the firm
of J. R. Mercer & Co., 17 shares of Co
lumbus Southern railroad stock, two
mules, one buggy, one horse and one
undivided half interest in a §lot ¢of
lumber on the yard of the Dawsoun Va
riety Manufacturing Co., in Dawson,
Ga. All sold as the property of . R.
Mercer & Co. and held by me as receiv
er for said j. R. Mercer & Co. This
July sth, 1898, E. J. HART,
Receiver for J. R. Mercer & Co.
For Administration.-
GEORGIA—TgRReELL County, Ordi
nary’s Office, July 4, 1898. .
It baving been made known to me
that it is necessary to have administra
tion on the estate of Wm. F. Daniel, de
ceased, this is therefore to notify all per
sons concerned to show cause, on or be
fore the first Monday in August next,
why letters ot administration on said es
tate should not be granted to the clerk
of the superior court of said county, or
some other fit and proper person.
Witness my hand and official signature
this 4th day of July, 1808. !
J. W. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
For Dismission.
GEORGIA—TeRrreLL CouNTY—Or
dinary’s Office, July 5, 1898. J. G.
Parks, administrator of the estate of
W. W. Wilkinson, deceased, repre
sents that he bas fully discharged the
duties of his said trust, and prays for
letters of dismission. This is, there
fore, to notify all persons concerned to
show cause, if any they can, on or be
fore vhe first Monday in October next,
why eaid administrator should not be
discharged from said trust.
J.W. ROBERTS, Ordinary.
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