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A Gold Man's Argument for Silver.
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alai m the ettei ecei y < 1 ed to
The London Tim< <byS • iL ■ Gilfvn,
the eminent s:atist:eian and econo
mist, in nnn<is::. o 1 ’■ y-O i.linear
of the gold s lard ir Ind Sir
ert, as ■ ir n ad< rs will r< m< mber, has
been a leading advo- ate of the gold .
stand rd < ‘ of a
century. and s ir.eiHs m f;r.-w
the nos been the chief r< iance of
the tinam r-i-.: his n this coun-
try wh > ?.<• 1 r.o i:n n;s < : th. ir own.
In <:: ct. Sir R< -• Gift’ n says that j
a e>V< : . s'” i w L v. r dfor India. I
He calls campaign, and I
pra s ■■ '’ ’ B ’
pound s:< g • iu d tlu Un t
,.4 :r. ••,:■’.< • tnm-h rti.n.
misery and sa rifice. ■ iere is no n< ;d for
the ndv.Hat s< ■ ■> - : on India.
He do est S ’“i p t it
wiil not be a good t ; Indra, bit
he thinks th.- ■ s- ’ standard in In-
dia would ' iv< d s
bankers and f. lof London; and
he s lys tht in - matt t. he repre- ,
stilts tl ■> bes' . ■ ::: -i of London < : y. ;
whi. h is ly nod ■■ ■ lif ■
stitution has . s’.avd t,;. reason, t
ntinu y. tl: it a s. ■ ; ! ,li: ' 1 " ■ 1 d
P ovo a dist-1 a.-.n . tor bv s. • ti nit up |
a drain on p. >!d r sorv.s of th ( < :ty. ,
\VI at then, is to b< d ne t > mitigatf [
the pres n < =is in India, whi his a
very s rio s math ? Sit Robert indi- I
cates what is to be done, though he
doesn't put it in plain and dire, t t.'. ins. ■
\s the .losing of the Indian mints t > ,
silver was a pt litit al move intondt d to
hast n tile sa. ritlee, of tin' interests of I
peoplt to the golden god [
so i V they at to be re
op n< d to sii'..- again, thus giving In-I
dia and t .■ ■ eof that empir the in
es-imabie < otnnier. ial and agri, ultnral i
advantages which will follow th< ■
renewal of fr-'e ..in;.--- Wha - is the
a < .ti’.'-nt, in favo. o’’ it? "L Ilobert I
pr. s nts it vert- clearly and concisely in
the following pa-agraph:
by tht val ■■ . f ill c; >ed n the debt >r
; ■ • .~v. , ’ r
tl-.. .1. .I'l. 1- t: v. s i t’"> 111'1 ■ v <■:’ is
... . r .. ■ itry is net • : un >n a t ail
' - 1 ■ t things t :
It will be t ere that t
monomt tailists are pi < nipt to adopt the ■
arguments of the bimetallists wh< n oc
casion serves. In tiio paragraph W',
have quoted is to be fonnd a condensa- ,
tioii of the in:.in < on of ti.ose wh > I
voted for Mr. Hrv.-n. Tim onlv dim r- '
ing for the nni'di dr- ;.ded “,-i has s." :
which was said to be too fearful to c m- i
templatf too outrag
considered.
Under a gold standard, a debtor conn- i
prices of < dit at forced d vn
to a level wi’ii. . r i.e.-, r than, pries in !
a creditor < . diver stand
ard, the money of India wiil not be act- ;
ed on at all. but the exports of g..--ds ;
and < omni idir.u s will i ? e i ii.i ikit. d Ia j
line, we may say. that Si. Hoi . t’s at- I
g imt i • is the truth a. nutshell, and
tvery word of ;■ appiiod in :hi> <.>mi ry '
from IST', to .< v . ■ n])jl ag !n _ |
with more forte than < \> r. wh.-n L.dia i
is again p'ae< i on a silver h?.-.- wits, i
open mints to the wi.it. ni.'al, and tim j
food crops of the wore! not < it si:o.t. i
The depression which is now central!
>ver India v. !■ t. ■ i i . trans;.
the United Stai ■•<. ar.d ti.. .voi k . ' .-po.i
ation to the profit, of our dear motii-.T I
country will go merrily on.
Good Words from Dewey.
Rea- \'.m al !< a. ■■ ■ ■■ .mi" . '
lava! h. ro, lut is a ph - :h< i s':
•veil.
In a recent int. : view the rear admiral i
is quoted as follows:
“ The second h -son of this batth
the complete <l. monstration of the value I
of high grade ni"i. ( heap men ar< not;
wanted, are m t m eded. are a loss to the ■
United States navy.
“We shou d lav 1 noi tl > very
best men i < hind :r- s .. it I not do .
io have able olll‘-e;s and poor im n. Th 1
men in their class must be th. equal of j
sh< officers in t heirs, w. mu -t hav < Ihe '
:>est mon filling all the posts on ship- i
Hoard. To main* the atainniea's of the:
affleers valuT",. w. mist have, ns wo,
have in thi- fb-. ’. ! <■ ; m n to carry
out their commands."
This lesson v iiieh th" eminent com- .
mandi •d< ets fr< m the great vict< ry ,
with which his name will ever be as i
’ ■ every
walk of life. It is no long’- "i- multi-i
tudes which v»in. as in times past. 1-ut
skill and inn-Uig".Th ■■ “ch-’ap
aess of mon" was neve.- mor.' pronounc
’d than in this ago of electricity and
e- huologb al ski'd.
The adn goes fartl n v the
jays than < ven legislation of our
country provides for. He clearly shows
that intelligence and skill ar.? not only
required from the officers of the army
and navy, bat that it counts in the ranks
as well. Therefore it is that he says it
I will not do to have "able officers and
poor men."
t The Hawaiian Business.
On the face of it. the Hawaiian annex
ation scheme seems to i.e a war meas
! tire. We trust that this is really its na-
J ture. not only for rhe sake o' those
I democrats wiio voted for it or sym
’ thize with it. but for the sake of the 1
country as well. Theto are some good
arguments. in favor of annexation, and
some just as good against it. Whethe i
is a got d mea sure or a b d d pet d ■
altog.'ther upon the pel.' y t > whit h it
trr.y lead. Whatever that policy may
be it is practically a new one in our
history, and may lead to remarkable re
sults.
But no matter what the policy, or
what the result, the point made by Sen
ator Bacon against annexation by reso-
Imi.m bolds good. Congress may <!• -
ebr. b.y ..’solution that it hereby an- I
r. x. s tlie i rritory and islands known i
as Hawaii, but this territoiy and th -■>
islands “-ill no more be annexed afte
the r< .solution is passed than they >vere
!>■ A very stupid or a very patri-
ot <• .ongr.’ss might go so far ns to
i lat it hereby annexes the Ho
rn "ion i ■’ t'amida; bat. in fact, the :•?- '
olution would be no more operative tl an j
a piece of waste paper. The two <a c cs
are different in degree, bitt not in kind
The resolution would he opera:i e ini
Hawaii merely because certain Ameri an
-Is have political control in those ,
islands; but it would be just as iaw.nl '
and past as sensible if •'Hawaii" were t
str’ ken out and “tlie Dominion if Can-!
ada" .substituted.
\n overwhelming majority o' - the peo- ■
pie of Ireland would be in favor of an
nexatn n t > th.' United States if the snb
.’ ■ t were 11•• 1 or dis.-m-s. d amet'g
i them; but would a r solution by con- ;
i g: ■ -s mak< at'.r- xation complete? In
- -. Bacon i nt out
■ usual, the lawful procedure is by treaty, ;
i ami when the senate passes the holts" |
resolution it establishes a precedent t it
strips i; < f a good d- al of its dignity and :
X’o matte- how forcibly tticso <o::sid-|
erations may strik ’ the denmeratie sen- '
ators who favor annexaticu, they will!
■ no weight with the -mm'd. :
; who are carried forward in 'his busi- .
m s.s by those whose motives have not’
I thus far been revealed.
j \mong ti e arguments wi;?.'a they
i p-.-. ; :t with apparently a sincere i <’- ■
. Il- :' in tlm’.r weigh.tincss. is one to Lie
effect that now we are engaged in war ;
' Hawaii becomes important as a base of
: snupli's. Such tin argiini mt is p-’r
i hai s nate.ral at this tin e. i at it does
’ not strike dtoply. C.m.sidmlng the
ch arm ier of wa-. t condition of 1
i one of the 1. limerents, and the fact th t* ,
; W" already have a coaling and supply’
I station on one of the favmabiy situated |
j isiands of the group, the ne.-ssity ,f a
j m xatrnn by r- -o' "ion (which tl:- text
' <.. ;grc-s may r-t -ail instead of by )■
I tfc.itv is n<" -o tdaiti w appar-nt.
| Hat no matter abm.tt that. Word has I
! gone up and d- v:i the li io and the s m
ate re-ms perfect wi ling t < n owel
• "
1 not one to cum'is about, but w.’ i.ave '
our fear ■' th< annexatit n will .
i t-’.'-n to V, X th’ -n. We trust not. but w
have otr fears. We have never yet
• n d.-moe:tits acting w : th a r publi 'an
majority that they did not < ■ ■ ’ t
pre’ it. This is no.t because the repnb- :
, li?.in ma.i, rity is always wrong mi every
i q .'stion. but b.’. ause it mis a fatal fa
.'Hltv for favoring the s-dtish designs of j
trusts and symlicat s insti ad of pro-j
moting • ' ■ ’■ ■ ■’ 11 th< ■ - I
Th< n " qm tion now is. v ha:
does the repubi:>an anxiety about Hi- ;
i wall mean?
e
Where N’arrow-T.'lindedness Rules.
I It is now said th t President Andrews.
| i•’ I'.rown ’ t- ■ ■ ■ m.. s.:
I perintendent of imblie schools in Cbi-
I cago. H any rate, it is hinted that
1- efore long to ive th
' srit’itimi with which his name has i" 'a ■
| so long I'onm ■■ t. •!. Though he has i -en <
the chi. factor in I lidding up Br<
■ f,.e.md tl'.?. held views diametrically!
! opp. sed to those entertained by th" 1
: nl ney-icmli.ig and iat-" . st-d-a wing ’
' el.;--, .rd taat he was b: oad-mind-d j
. . ■ ■ a gem ous eon c <
i ;he ■ hnia. ’er and <’.ir. -of Robert E
! Lie it was at mice apparent to 'ho:.',
. '.’.h i are familiar with tlm mi" i'- ar: ;
■ selfish views of the monied .lass of the
i east that President \ndrews would I
I :ieiieally find his usefulness gone. A
I ch: ,s tltn' . ompei.s the | iipit to bow
down and wotship the British pound j
-• ling is not likely to tolerab lib< rty !
■ ’ In a coll, ge pr sident.
difficultv witl I‘resi-dent Andrews I
;I . I’m i .■■ is a <l. mm rm :md th. r. :’< '
I bis sympathies are with the common :
. J . ’Tie . lass in tie < Ist which I
1 bitt-riy r. s-- its his boldness in standing
I up f ir tlm truth ha< sympa-hy mi’y for '
! those uho clip coupons and draw inti t - I
ii . i ThmiL'a th. difference was pat. bod |
I up for awhile, ii irro.-.m 'liable, ami!
I s.i. ".i the eml. President And:" .vs w .li ■
i have tn sacrifice his life-work for hl
convietions. The university will not |
i b" helped by -be change; indeed, it |
w ;: eh;, ♦ • ’ it the ( ast won d ro her
■ f its most su<ee ■ ■ institu
■ Tons of learning m.mr?d than to toler- I
; ate a man who dares to speak ami tell |
. t lie truth.
Some’hinn of tlii's . x:-em.. narrowness
; on tlm part of those rep.eser.ting east
ern opit ■ is ; ■ •■ f< tnd in the com
t Os such ! ■ ■ 1 ■ X. ■
Y rk Journal of Commerce on the re- j
cent spi ■ h ’mid..' by Mr. Bryan, in
whi< h he utte -ed what may prove to be I
ly prot< st against -tain proj
,of ann xation in Astatic waters. "If I
Mr. Bryan is a politician.” says the great '
I apostle of gold and gr< ed, "let him take
• fl’ his uniform: if ho is a soldier h’t !
i li::n keep his mouth shut on the proper
! polie.v of t:.r gm.. r:'!m nt." At.d an- |
. • Tl H rd
T ■: ’ emarks that “as the command-
l ing off’uof a regiment of volunteers
in th. s rvice of the United States, he !
I (Mr. Bryan) is disqualified for the dis- I
... . . • ■
I But. really and truly, as tims" cistern ;
< rgams kn v very well, Mr. Bryan’s dis
’ mmlification, so-called, resides in the
j f; ! t ’.iat he is a democrat, a loader of
I the common p-oplc: and the proof that
tl v know it is right at hand. In the
first place, ti ■ regiment which Mr. B:y
--a : to . .!> 'mind had not been um -
ti ed Into th" service of the United
States when his speech was made,
in the set aid place, a colonel of volun-
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teers in or out of the service has as
much right to discuss public questions
as General Wesley Merritt, of the 'eg
ular army, who has taken pains not
> only to say what the policy of the g >v
ernment should be, but to declare tiie
existence of a new national policy.
Yet we hear not a word of warning
or critic sm from these editors, blind
ed by prejudice and self-interest. Th.-
reasqn is plain. General Merritt is
not a man of the people, nor a lead. '• of
the masses. He is a trained instru
ment of the government, and has no op
tio.n of his own but to carry out
will of his superior’:. He has his con
viction.-, doubtless, but they a-e subor
dinate to his actions as a soldier.
Nevertheless, the failure of tho.-o
eastern organs to applj t ■ Gen iral Mer
rill. who has held a commission in the
army for years, and who is n xt to Miles
in rank, th.' criticisms vUi-lch they have
applied to Mr. B van. wiio. as yet. holds
no commmsion under the United States
g< '< rnt tent, is w iri hy of note at this
time.
Who Is To Be Lieutenant General?
There can be no criticism of the recent
action of congress in authorizing tiie
chief executive of the United States to
appoint one of the po sent major gen
era’s to the rank of lieutenant general
whenever tiie time arriv. - ■ ' . wa-d
conspicuous ability on tl:.’ part of the
commanding ellieo-s is paves th”
way toward disposing of what promis’d
I at one t.me to be the must dlirnmlt prob
lem likely re come up in connection
i with the distr’bution of military plums.
Until the recent act ion of < ongr< js it
the s ■ d d i ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
; McKinley to appoint Major Gene’.il
: Mlles to the rani: of 1;< '.(tenant gen al
' in deference to his position as tiie ofll
I cial head of the -landing army of the
United States; but th ?re existed so
I much pronounced opposition t arouahont
th.' country to this course that congress
; felt tailed upon to intervene in the mat
ter. Tiie res..ns upon wha n the ep
: position to th" appointment of M: jor
, G< neral Mi es nas bas l d w<
the opportaniiy had ml arrived fir hi at
to .show whether ar no; he r-.’d th"
I qualifications requisite to the high ra -k
. of lieutenant general, and second, that
: until the opportunity did arriv.■ with
i such results as to justify promo:ion, it
equality of rank \\.Un si. i go it
d i rs of the late war as Grunt, Sher d n
i and Sherman, who won promotion onlj
! upon the piv’uf of sap-rb fitness dem -n
■ strated in the severe -est of tiie ii'id
battle. Gs cours". it is ttnnec ssarv p>
state th-’i th s opp' siti'.in to M::Tr <1 -n
--i eral Mil s has b en wholly <
witl the most co dial ■ t
; splendid pe-sonel tiairs and also
• ■ bility that he might yet d
op the qr.ai fi. Mi-ms whTh would e:: :-
tie him to promo:? n. But war 's stern
in the requiien;- nts which it mak-s un
■ n ofih. : .-'.d ~ M.-ii.. G. m '
Miles ha. urdon’t. <Hy display, d seme o
th ' marked allrimitts of tie’ : sul-
' di-r since coming into his p "s, i • po
siti-'ti. he has be n s h. iled as y.>(. bar
ring ills brief t crl-.'d of .-orvb e in ; ’
• late war. only in tiie mild disc ipline of
the par.;de ground, and it sti'l rema’ns
to e j een wt h » iat gra h t acquits
f in the grim realiti< s of the ac-
' in the case it sterns that congress has
I ■ . wit • eomnv'mtnbl <!: ' ."n tn
bolding :ip mat ers until th" dev- l 'p
ments of the war can • cibl ’ the chb-f
< xecutive with some degree of accmacy
i to determine which or ! h> major gen
erals now in S" vi. eves to he pr >-
mot. d to ;he rank of lieid -nant ym-ral.
(’oner, s has th is phi.- .1 the coveb d
. prize of the supreme command within
the possible reach of any -.ne of the
I r s< nt major g nerals, and it left
for the disi losur.'s of • e near future t >
i reveal whs h or.’ of the brave candid ."”
- i n".- ’■ d . ■ thor ir. < > .■>t-• •. th.
f her own sons;
but she wants it to go to the hero who
I deserves it. regardless of the section
I from which he bails, and site holds 1> ■
self in readiness to shower h« r b< • < die
i tions upon him, whm-ver he may be.
As We Go Along-.
Theon ticaily, the country continues to
be in tin midst of war. Practically, all
tl.< evidet.v- s t) f ,var taat can be so. n
w. ;i i: ...- d t yare I •:.• r.ipi : s of
men in uniforms and the p" -airing
. anxl.-ty of thus., who vant n< cup-
>rs, «
- ami all that can be heard are ' • • ■ ■
and < I..mors < f the editors who p-'otest
a,;.sins; di icy. and w ho want to know
j with fiery and emphatic en- egy way
i Port I am; .i was s.-i. c: d as the point
i 1; ti I i t Campa, with its
i lii-.-oiis: d wharfs and it.- narrow
I conv.nl' iieos. Tiius far. howe-v.-r. the o
iis no rep'y to the clamor. In the old
! times, some grand a::d gloomy states
man. claiming i';■■< or-I'.nation as a par'
<■:’ his own [ articular iy.'U-.vorks ias
, Uncle do! nr.y I; ~-h m d to call it)
I would ari and s ry, “A las! my c< mt ‘y
: men." wj .i ;i, ii-.i more to tie- same cf-
I feet.
B t. somehnw. to a man up a tr< e. or.
i at tit" v. ry lea.--, among the ire. s. these
' erics a ;d . ismor- ha'." small nmanitig;
i they have a vag ami far-away sound.
I Lik th. wiliis-whis’i"’.s, th- y seem
| to i.’ine from nowhere, having neither
i basis n< rbltation. Yet the war is go
ing on somew here, r specially away < ff
' yonder in the Phi ippines. where a young
fellow named Agni:.aldo : s hanim- ■ng
I away at the Spa.:birds, with th. approv
al of that wis ■ man H wey. Y. -. -.nd
i new political issues are coming out of
i ie smoke, am! n ■? quest' ms ar., ari?-
I ing. T;-,.> republican patty. whi-h
.’ dn't want to go to wa- < :: to aid
Cuba, seems now to be drifting into a
•a : of conquest. And Mr. Bry.tn. wh >
w s d< nounr < d up at d do x n not long
ano as a radical and a revolutionist,
i now rises io decla e that we must k . p
: the ship of state in its old and sa:’e har
bor. ar.d to protest auai’ist. a ■■■: . y
which abandons a j.ist res.stance to .'•! i-
:■ n
: :• ’-iii-pii-’i" in order to tnitmle in the
,»v( e and Asia.
ft is signifir ant that a gr< at deal is
I made of Mr. Bryan's utterances on this
1 colonial aggrandizement by some or
; the verj editors who d< tlared two years
ago that he wa 5 a very dangt rous pet -
I son, "whose ideas of national honor
. wa national shame." His 'even:
1 d. ■ durations are approved, in short, by
: the very editors who would oppose him
as a candidate for president ro d support
a repH:>ll"an < ■ n,mitt, dto t p.'i; yo:
retaining cap! <1 t< ■
a part in the dismemberment of China.
Su< h is lif< in our gr< at ’-. t • r Amt
republic, especially in the glorious oast,
where convictions are effusively snrren
d( - ( d to :h< m >st s Ifish inten sts that
the Imagination of man can conceive.
All these things should pot be for-
c gotten even in a time of war. but should
s be brought home to the people who. in
the beginning, as in tl:e end. have to
t , pay the fiddkrs. no matter want sort
-I of music they scrape out. It is a very
' line thing, at such a period a this, when
events go marching on somewhat pro-
< miser.oasly. i-> be able ;o discover a man
whose convictions take no ahem from
■ I the clamors of war ar.d ar.” not <on
’ trolled by the j Ifisl interests of th<
’ i who a'e hov< ring about the edge of tiie
' i turmoil watching an opportunLy to
‘I gather profit out of the sacrifices the
• people have m: de and ar<> making in
behalf of humanity.
And, sneaking of the people, it may
as well be said now. as later, that they
w 11 settle, ( nd sett!" rightly, all these
new issues and brave questions that are
emerging fr-vn the conflie:. They wiil
make up their mind-’ in due time, amt
’ when the proper moment arrives. ti:-\v
! will give a wholesome eh.' k nnd chill
’ to ail schemes and policies that run
count":' to cur destiny as ? republic.
This much may be <!• - ended upon. It
has keen tiie eour:’" of our history, and
will continue to be.
Justice to the Cubans.
' The theory that the Spaniards are to
be cleaned out of U il a in a fortnight
' or such a matter has been exploded
, long ano. Witnessing tiie failure of the
' Dons to conquer tin Unban insurgents.
' wiio p: a- ticaily without arms and
ammunition, it was natural to suppose
that our own army would find it an easy
matter to wipe out the Spaniards; but
the real si:imtion prnmrsi - as hotly con
' test-.1 a campaign as any professional
' soldier i.’ c.ht long for.
’I lie Spaniards are not to be driven
out in c fortnight m>r in many fort
nights. and tiie fact t.-i . - hicontes;ibl"
proof i f the ((ins.mini ; e ability with
which tiie U tban comniand"’.’.-’. direct, d
by grim old Gum have carried on
their campaigns during the past three
y. ars. Outnumbered, and with the
pores: military cq tipmi nts imaginable,
the Cubans ii neier at anv point
I I • : il' aled.
B?. ad-'pting. «ne day the itn iics of
.Mosby, and am," day the meths or
: Forrcsi. Gomez ard his '.’eutenanis have
: managed to defy a f- <•<> it.compa: ti dy
I larger ami bet.er equipped than tl’." ts
■ W. '-nevi r the Sjianla.cs iiave (111111;-
i ed an offensive (-anipaicn.' they have
' been so badly out: 'imraled as to bo
ed ’ ■ into ti f fied
. towns. Wi" ■ "Ver th( Cui ar. ■ 1.:.v
I m- ’ them with anything like equal ad-
■ iI ■ • I "’..1 ■■ '.. . ■ . .:: ■
ably I • en defeated.
\while ago, some of the military
<riU'.-s a";. i. d to ti- newspape s were
w,mder’’:g what had be <mie of ihe in
' : : nts, and so m ft gifted corre
j spondents, writing hundreds of mil<
. away from the se ; - <■-. declared that the
1 Cuban forces consi.-' d of a few negroes
I ard ragamuffins But it is a notewor
thy fa.i't that the C i r.n • have been ah!-”
;■ > ma'<<■ t r (■ p : ■ nee when and
where t’>-.'i wore in st need'.d.
Tak" the < ase of tiie rmr ines who
I w< (■•' land'd on the coast and who row
1 oct C mp M ■ Ila Their ; sit.ion
■ was a v. ;y d -’m cite . ■ S im ■ of the
1 n .1 wcr" kilh d in f" -nl of t’m .• ten’"
I Uta. just in tiie nick : tne, wi - :- n th. :r
: i t ( nban scouts . -I sk rm ■ ’<?(’■ '
. I and l a very
| simpered by the marines, have cleaned ;
'h<!u o r of Lie :mr."dia’e nembl-’i'- I
Th mllit :rv editors no doubt expo t- :
ed to find the insnry-ents d-iiling cp nail .
down on the high s. rs. but. instead, j
they were in the interior of the island.
I - is w< - th n tioi G n
I Shafter had n 1 <1 lb il'y n lirding Gon- !
1 eral Garcia, <nt f G n t’s If ut< iants.
Tn short, the Cu'-in-- -■ em to h -ve th" 1
f'"' of making r (ii'poa am*' Jist ,
when our men w nt :hem. and at the
right place.
-
The Blockade cf Havana.
On account of ti fact that supplies
■ j : i Hav an a wi t
in the past few w, >ks in spite of th.
strict cordon w 1• h wt ha ■ end< avored
to maintain ahi'ii; tae island o; Cuba.
- ne < th< 1i . ■ ean ewspapers whi
;.re rot specially f< ■ c: th. Unit"'!
Si.it. - are raising th- cry that th"
bi' ci'.:.’:" is inei'f' ■ ’ve.
The fai ls in th-.- <■ utterly fall to
warrant this mi.. liven granting
vessels iav< s c
! .11 nr.' ..kad" Mid n
sending Mippli -t" Havana, it does
not follow on thi-s :? lount that the
bi. I. ; d o’’ tiie i.-Jand is ineft’ecl.ve
Under the international rule which gov
erns s:;c;i eases, it is merely r quired
tlm: blc- k ?:. s in to command
recognition must be maintained with
i dange:o:.s for vi-?"l.s to ;indert.(ke to
through the .id. n lines. As
a matter cf fact. th. e has never be-’",
a time in t.e .'.orld's history when any
power has been ah e to m -.’ntafn a bio- k-
I ade in the m st rigid sense of that term
In ■’pite of tiie m- -t ti,.■ :inh vigitam e
a . ii a can :>e • nr ’< t d in lefl'. rt t
prevent vessel’’ f;em stca’Tg through
the forbidden li’ie.:, ;>nd in spite of the
r ■ : 1 y . < whi. h
< i.i i:--i d in ■b ii 1 :'.-es. s -ti I
i wholly impossible to guard effectually
I against the wiles of b’.o< knde runners
1 Under 'lie cloak of d.a kn-'ss it is cam
i paratively easy for swiftly propelled ves
; s- 's of 'he I.ii.’i i’i:;.’i < |-|ss to ■ ' I • t "
. • . lights of the great war ves Is and
' to the gnarled har’iors mid ■
: cted. Instai ces of this
! been fr< quent in the ex rience ’ he
g:e-.t nav. 1 powers as well as in the ex
■ p rience of this country during the late
! 1 vi' war. Consequently tiie into na
i t onal rule which governs such ca.- 's
■ mak. s it sufficient f r bio. kad s to 1"
' maintained wi'h relative thoroughness
! only. \V ih respect io the blockade of
II ivana. it may bo stated that, in spite
of the fact that supplies have o" .’.si-n
--a;ly ri ,:i ':ied Havana within the past fe
v. eks. there has never b en a more
satisfy t ry I ’.n l .id" maintained any
where U’an we hate suc< ceded in main
taining tn t'iM qua t-'r. In compar:?. n
with th ” .:is-.t n’.imi i-r of appetites to be
; fed in Havana, who population num
'b. rs 200.000 souls. . xco'-iv • . ts gar-
I rison. the supplies which have found
| their way int that citadel amount t >
i s. ar.'oly more t'’('.n r bn::’telle: and if
■ U iiana : <!• pern! "it ti'-mii th" s rip
which she gets from bio kad ■ runners,
she will not be able to h ild out much
longer. Information wbh-h com's from
Cuba states thri tiie only possibb loop
hole through whi"’i blockade rimers < an
reach Havana is through th” isle of
Bines. Rumor has it that the supplies
which have late ; y reach'd Havana ti'.m
1 outside sources have first been t iken to
1 the Isle of Pines, from which place they
> have been smuggled in boats to Bata
bano, some thirty miles south of Ha-
1 vana. If there is any truth in this ru
mor, there is no reason why tiie Isle of
Pines should not be put under closer su
pervision. Os course, it is difficult to
guard every exposed point; but if we
have suce. <‘ded in effectually excluding
■ blockade runners from every means of
. access to the island except the one in
1 ' sti'on. it is evident that we have suc
ceeded in the matter much better than
other powers which have adopted the
same tactics.
S'o in spite of the cry which some <>■’
the European newspapers are raising to
■ the effect that the blockade of Cuba is
1 ineffective, it appears that in many re
spects the blockade is the most satis
factory affair of its kind ever known.
Instead of creating so much furor by
attempting to criticize what they do not
I understand, it might he w-dl for them
to study the situation more closely.
The Nicaragua Canal.
The pc'seut war W th Spain, apart
from I'ts other beneficial results, has
s. cved to call attention in the most em-
> phatie manne: to the urgent ' eed of th?
proposed Nicaragua canal. VUithont :e-
I ga.'d either to sectional lines or to par
, ty [1 at forms, it is uni vers;; il.v agre ••<! 01
commercial as well as on strategic
I grounds, tiiat the e should be some di
rect water < miniunieation established
be Aeen the Gulf of Mexico and the Pa- '
cilic ocean.
In the current number of Tiie Man :-
factiirer-s’ Rcord, si veral pointed in
terviews with successful business men
are mibli.-hcd showing tiiat the cons.-n
- 1 of < pinion :.■ over vh< Iminglj in fa
vor cf • cnstriK ting th" pr.iposed '-anal at
■ th. earliest moment possi'de. Mr. .bil.n
L. VI lliam <nt of le dng bankt r» :
of Richmond, Va.. tints the matter in
tiie strongest light; and fur tin benefit
of o ir iders we give the following
summary of his argtiim ut: Hirst, it
will do Lie (ffic’-m y of our navy;
second, ii v ill insure to us Lie d-jmlni m
(if 11." P-. ih C. .Ist (IS well s Os tie
! Atlantic co::.-t: thi-d. it will double the
ell: ney of our mercantile ma’ ine:
fourth, it will make our coast-wise
! navigation safe even in time of war:
fifth, it will give the Atlantic and gulf
s'-t’e.-i Ute ndvant ige of many hun'lri’ds i
of miles In trading with western South :
America, with our own Pacific states and j
v. : t'•? i-’lant!.? o’’ tiie Pacific ma n; .
I sixth, ii will g’ve to the southern states ■
larger markets for their cotton, iron.
i coal and other products: seventh, it |
will make Hie course of trad" from <’'st j
• 1 ,
i salting in tiie creation of immense traf- >
fie < "titer-- at oar .south \tl.nntb and gulf
, . • , jt vill make New Orleans
! one of tit" great settling points of the
g’o; ninth, it will speedily <1 -veiop the
trans-M -inpi area of ■ cont inent: .
I tenth, it will mak” an effectual defers?
for all our ports by the ready concen- 1
trat’on of our sliips. Such, in brief.
I is the arirttni' nt which Mr. Williams
■ mak- s. WI: n he -■•:’.t--s that the con-
I str i-"i..n <•' the- Nicaragua • a:i;:l will
; dual;!" the effievr-.v both of our r.-ivy
I and of • ;r niere’mint marine he m -ana
that it v. ill ~ve our vessels tiie nc< esM-
t. of rounding the continent of South
Amerh a. thits sh irtening the d'ist ■
wh? h they have to travel l.y some t. :-. I
' • V' ■' • I i-l' I
G il: of M.> ard ' " <’• : 'di -in re. ■ • :
| i::;o the: ■ wa ers ’:■■ tributary contribu
1 ns of vaster areas than does the M< 1-
; it.-rrane.an sea. whi'li has I ■.-en for c."t- j
Varies t e great a sin of ie world's
w« Ith; and that nothing is ne* d< d to
... - •’
M x <’.-> and the Uaribbean sea but the ;
. • ’’(L- <.-• Xicaragua coial. When 1
this r< suit s bro >ut Mr. Williams :
I bell .--', that th" trade of ori-ntal as
w s f occidental nations will be s?-
i ( -."d for the southern Mates, and tiiat j
a t ast prot ■ tion will be guar-
anteed to the ent;".” country. In ord- r
to fully meet the strategic needs of th"
?;t':::fi.-n Mr. 'Wiiliams is of the opinion '
tl a strong naval squadron should b■■ ’
stationed at th? gulf entrance to th- i
\ragua . mi 1 1 win r. . ■ mpi. ted so that. ;
whenever ■ ■ ision should ’ ■ it m
instantly [mt ...:t t-i se:i '’or the pitrp< s
os : .-enforcing ei:h<r (he Pacific or th- |
VHan’ie sqmi'ir.ms as the. m .'hi be.
Prom ever; p<>int of view cou
1 the inirnr am e of constructing the Nic- .
aragra eannl lias Im-'', hoxinw so pro- ;
pounced that in spite of th" immense 1
sum of im ney which the work will i.ec- |
(■•?: :i'v equire, there is m: d reason to :
predi. r that it 'Ail! be completed within
the next d cade.
• -
The Volunteer Troops.
General Miles's re] t, s far as it ha 3
been published, comprises warm pra
of tiie :• gular army ; and a .otnp.ir r n
of the K i's. rences in t ■ pr. pan In ss
th.? v.du'.B ■ : s S-ini" .f ti; ' volume r :eg 1
iments, he says, are well equipped, while
others were sent forward without arms,
eq tipment or c:c: I : na. < I mt al M iles is
evid. i.tiy of tl:.? opinion tiiat i r :s the
duty of the states to lur.tct rs
in the United Suites army with arms,
clo.hing and equipments.
tin >his part <:ilar b;anch of the sub
ject, w. can say. without exar .tion.
that if !’ had been the duty of '
: . < it" to arm ami equip the vol- :
untet r r< gin e ts muster d nto th > mili
tary .-. rvict of tiie Unit Stat that ,
d )ty would nave ' " 1 perform. I n a
far nwr >’erf". r man a- tian t.lO war
d ~? i-.'.ent 1 n • • • ' ’n it: .
a. d we ma;’ :’.'d t> it .: ■ given out o1 ,
I ty g. fit ■ that ■ 1 rnl Mik -
I has h: d c casion to protest against the i
singu’mr lapses in tiie wi: dopartmen:. j
'Phis protest is not made n iblic, of 1
c ■•::■=”. and there is no necessity taat it .
should le.
We c.re ant crit’ei nng o ' . .'(Upia-’i-.n.
b'(t sta ng I.mis .ibv i-m - ' ■ ail who
know 11 < con li ims that exist. At
Chickamauga on Friday last fifteen ear
loads of fresh I?’’ had to bo threw.)
away, while the forag” for the horses
nit'-l'” 0.1 - and hav I- without
shelter, vast : b< ing expost d t< i
t. • almost daitv rams. I iiese thii.c :
being true; o’')■■;■ conditions may i e
left to the imagit .'.’ m.
e of the eastern editors, wiio know
ti e fa ts better than we do. have been
denouncing the incapacity displayed in
1 f . w: ■ <i"]-nrtment Mid some of thorn
' ;1 ;. -till . allin't f r a chan ", This - >rt '
'cf tiling v are glad to leave to them.
The i'd-apacit.' of the war department,
. ■ or all ■' is not r<sp< nsible for
t o raw ;. ate of most of the volunteer
: I'.'iim . 1-: no- ate tie stab s responsi
bl". The fault is with congress, which
should have enacted long ago a uniform
1- w covering all th.” d"t-U.ls necessary to
t.e formation and mobilization of a
volunteer force or national gua d when
the necessity arises.
Tiie states will gladly conform their
own militia laws to fit the requirements
of a federal law. When war was de
dared cently the militia of many of
the states was without the neiessary
arms and equipments, and every effort
to place these troops on a war foot.ng
lias demonstrated the necessity of uni
form law.; in the states and a federal law
that will supplement, e mfirm and en
courage tiie building up of that military
sentim-nt which exists among our peo
ple- even in time of peace. Ihe arms
and cQuipments should be the same a.-
those employ'd in actual service, and
these, together with all the necessary
accouterments and ammunition should be
supplied by the general government in
fulfillment of a requirement tiiat in all
particui: rs, tiie troops should be kept
up to the standard cf fitness d -m inded
by actual service.
Tiie eountry would then have a re
s.-tv.’ fo'cc equal in numbers to a larg”
standing army, and quite as well qual
ified for defensive or offensive service
s;s a standing army would b<>. ' r i "
main thing is to keep th" militia of the
states fully up to the standard, physi
cally and otherwise, demanded by actual
To insure 'his. even after the laws
i’lav" been revised, competent office’s
should be detailed to inspect them at
stated intervals.
Textile Education in Georgia.
At the last session of tiie 1--zisi.itur.”
th.” sum of SIO,OOO was appropriated to
the Georgia School of Technology for
tl . id.iing a text <l
ment to tiiat institution; but in order to
make this sum available it was provided
that another like sum should first be
rais' d l y papular s ibs<' ip’ion. making
ill" ton! endowment 5‘20.000.
Sime the action of the legislature in
[Kissing ti;-’ measure ab'-ve indi- (Med. t ie
trustees and sci. nds of th" Georai i
School of Technology have been tireless
in the efforts which they have put forth
to raise the requisite preliminary sum.
Wb.'it measure of success they have real
ized in this undertaking, dcspit. the ad
v-rse circumstances whici- operat -d
ag.’ins' them, was announced i>y l‘re
dent Lyman Hall in bis bacc.alaur''ate
address on last Wednesday morning
when h tat d that th fn ■tm of
slo.non had been rai-ed by popular sub
scription.
This means tiiat the contingent sam
i of SIO,OOO ai'proprinted by the legislature
i list fail wiil be immediately fortheom
! in.-, and that no’hing will now p.even
. the speedy equipment of the proposed
textile department. The Constitution
I t: I ■■>.< this occasion to congratulate th
' Geo ■; a S iiool ■ : Technology most
i heartily on th.” happj’ fruition of th*’
! efforts which have lat >ly b >< n ■ ut f >rth
in its behalf and on th.? prose". ! of in
(ri i S ( ff us< fuln< ss v hjeh lies before that
institution. There < in be no doubt of
the fm't that one of the most urgent ■
needs of the south at this <-; it’cal p'riod |
i of its industrial development is t’m ne d
of tn ' " thorom ’i - icilities for t -xt.l
cd’.ica'icn. If we exi’-’ct to cope success
•’ il y w ith New England in the man i
facture of . ibriqs. we must realize the
parani 'Mit importance of <(iuippiiig men
< ompetent to ake ch trge of otr m Ils
We must not c ntent on -selv es with
sending < ff to other sections for such
•mon. There ks ab indant tab nt at home
if we only e :l ’<> to make it available; and
must tna ke it a valla 1< if w. ■ xpet
> to I.'iltze on- !'■'■ ibtlitlce '••■•Ir. W"
: conirratalate the Georgia School o'
: I’.-chnology on the improved opp >’.tuni
: Los which have l.een eonferr-d upon it
for aid ' r in Une mMoria! upbuilding o:’
Speaker Reed.
; I'he Chicago Int >r-O< an, on< of ti<
I stanchest lepublhan m wspap 'rs of tiie
op i i
that Sp< aker ib ■ d has ceas< d to exercise
any marked influence upon the councils
i of his party, and that ere long his po- |
li'ical star is destined to meet with to
tal e.ii:.'~e.
In immenting upon the re ent action
' oi the repuldiean party in Speaker
I Reed's heme cminty. The Chicago lir.er
i Ore: n di. ('.’• > I .K’t .t means tiiat
: Sp< iker Reed must either change his
I politics or else :.'tire to private life at
the dose of his present term. Tins is
I extraordinary language: but The Chi
, . ocean contends t at sinci
! Spei.ki-' Reed lias always been idol
| ized he etoforo by the republican party
i ■ .... .. (? Hi:’- it S[>. aks in tin’
; most empl -iU.e : ".-ms of ihe disapproba
' tion in which hi? recent course with re
spect to Hawaii is heid ' ■ his former
supporters for the republican party in
iiis home county ti lavish, the most in
t-'tnp' ra'e praise upon tiie administra
tion, and yet utterly ignore his own part
in public affairs If some democratic
paper 'mid < died attention to this glar
?'g omissi.in, there wou'.i b.” milling
spc.-a ly notable in the ornament; but
• . Chicago Inter-<an feels im
p.-l’ed to put the construction which we
have just noted upon '.lie matter, it be
come.- eha 'i"l wit’.: pointed significance.
Says this ne vsj ■: er finth< r:
. ■ , . ls - ii!i o:s r< publican . niven-
• ~,, n,'..!'ic ier- ;w"> Ml e r.li.P’v the
nctiorM ■ l .lmlr’str.<u"n and I- n dent as
the grave bout the stale administration.
f.ir.-. t'; .’ r- ’>uk .an hardl? f.cl I
: t,> I. ■fi I: l’\ MK- I most deeply. Al-
I v . .'.y. ■..)•• !)• has 1.-r i ■:te.t 1". his ... .-
: -• Ana-:. "f p. ■ Lai .) I V? -
b .. ?
I h.. min. . ed, bit for niom’is lie has been
son . trying th patienci of his ft ends,
i and his I- rsistent hostility to the annexa
tion of tl iv-a : o ■ xli ms . d it.
I 't'iie .-pe' .ei. pi.s.'iited hy .Mr. Read i
i ,-t mournf'.l one. Tie impulse :.- to pass
. .; . Ulj as j le. Rut the 1 sson
is too important to b. overlooked. It illus
[ trates too «'l< irly the fate bound to ov< r
:j, , i vho tries to sul irdinat i the
i:.;, , st.- of t I- Amer; an people to th
i-’ -is of ]-. rso’iol ,-pieen.
There can be no doubt of the fact
that Spoiik-’r Reed has put himself in
opnositMu to the wishes of his party on
account o’’ his attitude with respect to
Hawaii, am! I’he Chicago Inter-Ocean
is only one of the many republican news
papers which are engaged in criticising
him.
"O’?' v, hy can't we g-” at Cervera's
ship.-'."’ cries a Boston editor. But he'll
n ver got a; them by yelling in Boston
The sliips are in a Cuban harbor.
•
it is said that, whi." General Miles
has his f::d". he is a very able officer.
Weil, we hope so. The’, said Dewey
was a dandy, and s ire enough he is.
It is said tiiat til" Cuban insurgents
are half-naked. Go back to iiistoiy and
compare that information « tii the c« n
dition of Hie American patriots.
A Boston editor wants to bet a "cooky'
on something or other. Why not bet a
bag of beans?
i
“Songs of the Soil”
By FRANK L. STANTON.
A Song of Trust.
I know not whether the seed shall be
Harvest of tares or Wheat to me—
Harvest of tares
In bitter years:
Over the sowing I may not see.
But Duty is done: M ith a hopeful song
1 follow the furrow the field along,
if tares stay the wheat,
V< t tlh. sowing was sweet. —
Why should 1 sigh for the reaping song?
Tolled not, my neighbor in field and plain,
Missing the sunlight—'reft of ’.he rain.
Sowing the seeds
Os beautiful deeds
And rearing in sorrow the thorns of pain?
Yet the deed was dear, and the seed was
fair.
Thoug.i they flowered not in an answered
And I nt: J' done
Is victory won.
And still in that harvist his heart s:.:t.i
share.
Heart, there are lessons to learn: the years
Cannot hide heaven, for all their tears.
What though 1 weep
Where my d- id hopes sleep?
Still in the t inpist ti ■ star appears.
Ai.d L.'Ve >s living, and life is fed
With I..ne for ver its daily bread;
A.id Love s own I -:ht
Illumes the night
Ove; t. grains nat hide J/Ovc's di :a!
fjun< Kwh.) „ » .
The Farcv. ell.
N< tlm< n > tin Clat
Th- red "f your I ns I see—
tint l.<>v.- is .’i.-,itncr, and what's a k;ns—
Though the bps I-- yours-to me?
Th" war-fir ■ ll.ißt . ind the bullets hiss:
Yle: > ~dl -narc me not with a kiss —Clar-
isse!
No time—no time for a dream, Clarisse.
Though the heav» n f y sur eyes I see;
But Jzore is a dreamer, and what is the
<if a .iyitig. dream to nr "
I an- w. ■ : ■ drums v. ’ n my heart—like
t liis
Ymi s-all snare me not with a dream.
No tlm? for the red <>f y. nr lips. Clarisse,
And your luminous in aven of eyes'.
But ki:-- w th ymir finger-tip-, t'lnrlss'?,
Fan-well t. the dream tiiat dies'.
S. all jour white face haunt me (How
whit., it is!)
in the lig it and the right of the fight,
Clarisse ’.’
The Love Tale.
H. .r tl' .- .-"or? I-;,'. S Os Brown:
i.ov- i in.. iroin the heavens down;
Laid his treasures pleasures sweet,
Jgtvislt, at a woman's feet.
Ar.d the woman wove a crown
For Lili-fori :;ead, Hy, s of Brown.
Such a. crown! .... The story goes,
I Ftoni its stem shi stru< k :he rose;
I (Such away a woman hath!)
Leaving but r.d thorns of wrath.
Tli. s.. shi twined ..n cruel crown
JMr Hive s forehead. Ryes of Brown.
S:ich a crown' Love f It its sting
K. • >!• !• L. 'll .. ■ ding thing
From tn. reptile t’ens of Hate
Wher tiie evil angels wait.
Say, what tnaik you ,?f such < rown
I’.'t- Lov. . forehead, Eyes of Brown?
V t La- dri .m.-d: "The thorns shall be
Sweet, f.n- . r d- ar sake, to me!
S.ve.-t .■: fore!.-.id and at bl • ast
C..uhl ?.j.i so r. cei\ >a. a crown
For jour forehead, Eyes of Brown?
Sue!) the story, truly told:
Hav.- you In id it? is it old?
Would you. lik- that cruel one,
Hav. Lov.. s in-art to tread upon?
I-'ooli-li l.'iv. ■ to wear that crown!
fi.-n't ..i;i think so, Eyxs of Brown?
A Lesson cf the Weather.
The bets don't mind the weather—they're
alius f elin' prime;
They're huntin’ round fer honey, an' buz
z;n’ ad the time!
'Th big fields burn an' blister an’ crackle
•u::h the h< t.
But Mb;-’, in ;h. branches, some bird is
slngin' ,-weet!
It's only you at.d in-., dear, that s sighin’
all day lung,
When Ml :!■.•• bli -sed world around je-t
ov< rrtow’s with ,-ong!
The winter wind- (m y blow too cold—
too hoi th- summ. rs shin- ,
An' ’ ' s a:-: . ’ -ft .'. I
to mine!
We jest w n't larn th- ons that’s meant
ter me an' you;
Tiiat stars of love still shine above, in
stormy skies or blue;
Tiiat Ui s old world in summertime or win
ter's hard to 1., at,
And alius, in the branches, some bird is
smgin' sw et!
A Character.
No m :sic in a r.ver. with w iters goin’
"swish I”
The riv' r mean,' one tiling to me, and that's
summed up in "tish!"
The winds that wave the branches don’t
They’re jest a instltootion whar a feller
cools off-ft ee!
T.e violet l.idis away from me. the lib.—
she turns pale;
And I 11 ks th i sw < est rosi s, ind I puu
'em up fer sale!
And Lve come to the conclusion that this
world, with land and sea.
Means i jest its weight in
solid cash to me!
The Rainy Day.
De rainy d ty
Des rain away
tin. de dry <n thirsty craps:
En 'b- lan' look please.
En <l. vines on tri es—
I'- ? drinks d shiny draps!
Oh. M.-t r Rain,
iln do hill i u de plain-
I or ty f. r yo-i. > a I pray in vain!
En <le Sunflower say. suh.
"Come my way, suit:"
En de Vi'let’s out for a holid ty, suh:
Do rainy day
Des tain away.
LT do dust? .o’nl'lidos blink;
En lt'.< "Howdy-do,”
En "How is you?"
Ez d Rain go tinkle-tink!
Oh, M -tor Rain.
<)n do hill ' ti de plain—
I pr 1 pray bj vt»irx.t
En de Red Rose say. suh;
"Coni'' my Way. suh!"
En de Vi’let’s out fer a holiday, suh!
His Summer Sentiments.
Some ks. tin' - ! kes the summer time
Winn ever’ furrow sbincs.
And ti e wind is l ist and tangled
in tiie honeysuckle vines;
Winn the brown lie' s are a-bragg!n'
'Bout the honey what they made,
But ;t‘s mighty hot fer plowin'
Wiien it’s ninety in the shade!
Um sorter "out" with summer.
Though p< o h. s can't bo beat,
An’ I hankers after melons.
With tit. pink juice drippln' sweet!
But I don’t like heat that br'iles me—
Though the mortgage must be paid,
It’s a zig-zag road a-plowin'
When p's ninety in tiie shade!
