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6 'to feISTITUTrt CLARK HO WELL Editor W. A. HEMPHILL Business Mininger Entered at the Atlanta postofflee ns second-class mail matter November 11,1873 The Weekly Constitution SI.OO Per Annum. Clubs of live, JI.OO each; clubs of ten JI.OO each and a copy to getter-up of club. W E WANT YOU. Tub Constitution wants an agent a» every postoffice in America. Agent's outfit free and good t-mis. If you are not in a club we want you to act as agent at your office. Write us. - liunse of Address. When ordering address of your paper changed a. .ways give the old as well as the new address. Always give postoffice, county nnd state. »f your paper is not received regularly, notify us. If you send us an order for new subscribers plea-e allow us a week to get the names on the list and paper started before you write a complaint, as we are very much crowded now. Ho not forget to make your renewals in time. Watch your direction tug and see when your subscription expires. The next six months will be full cf Interest, and yon should not miss a single copy of The Con atitntimi. Send your orders at least a week in ad vance to make sure. It may not take a week in evary Instance; will get them on as soon as possible. Wilkinson, the Silent. Mr. "Wilkinson, the candidate for con gress in the eleventh district, seems to lie having a particularly hard time. lie is one of those characters who consider themselves to be too good to bo demo crats. lie once claimed to be a demo crat, but that was because democracy was t'n<' fashion of his neighborhood. He continued to be a democrat for some time without knowing the true na ture of democracy. When Cleveland < ame into « !ii<«. Mr. Wilkinson accept ed I Im as the < s-' iice of democracy. Here was something be could see. As Bii Ste.-ri'ii used to say, here was some tiling you could walk around and ex amine with your opera glassi-s. and the yo examined it, the ha rder and colder it became. The result of his examinations and contemplations was that he mistook ('let(dandism for democracy, and this mistake, by a curious combination of eiri an.stances, lias placed him at the head of a negro coalition which threat ens to degrade and disgrace the white people of his district. As late as August of last year, Mr. Wilkinson had not recovered from his worship of t.'leveiandism. In a letter written then he declared that “the ob ject. the one burning desire of the Clii •ago convention was the humiliation of «Ir. Cleveland.” And in the midst of tile panic of 1893, who saved the country but “that brave and honest man, Grover Cleveland?” We mention Mr. Jim Wilkinson’s af fections at this time because they are in the strange contrast to the part he is plat ing in the p i sent, c impaign. As the adopted child of the republican party, he has placed hiniseif under the guardian ship and guidance of Colonel .1. F. Han son, who has taken to republicanism as a duck lakes io water. In chaperoning Air. Jim Wilkinson about the district. Colonel Hanson frequently feels called on to make a few remarks, in the course of which he invariably betrays his re pugnance to Ch velandism. The consequence of this is that Mr. Jim Wilkinson, the 'treat coalitionist and < hampion of Cleveland, is com pelled to sit on tiie platform, and with open mouth and ears, enjoy the sensa tion of hearing ami sc’ing Colonel I! ,n --son spit out his spite against Cleveland. Mr. Jim Wilkinson quit the democratic party because it refused to indorse Cleveland, nnd it must cause him ex <Tib ating agony to bear iii.s chaperon, Col. :i. I Hanson, with great emphasis, deciare that “Cleveland had cost this country more money, more misery and nioto humbiiggery than tiny other man that ev< r lived.” Every w<> I of that is the truth, bn. vo b v<> to d ’liit i hat it caa.-".s Mr. Jim Wilkinson great. pain to hear the truth reiterated every i aie Colonel Hanson • do.- Ci,, floor. \\ ■ are surprised that. b.C remains qiu. t. while Colonel Hanson :>.tta< ks Cleveland. • < are two r< i >ns why Mr. Jim V. Ik.i. on should prot-st. He is a Cleveland man ami a republican. Every charge that Colonel Hanson brings agaius. Cleveland is also a charge against the republican party. Mr. Mc- Kinley was elected to perpetuate Cleve landism so far as the finances of the country are concerned, and he has lived up to cie terms of iiis contract. Out side of the finances, C’evelandism was mid is innocuous. All Tits other views and practices were of no importance or consequent''. If lie cost the country money and misery, it was because he opened the treasury to the bond sharks. If he caused tiie people misery, it was because he defied tiie terms of the law and made g.dd the only money of re demption. If lie was responsible for humbugm y, it was because he and his employers worded the financial plank of the platform of JS’.i? so that it coulct be interpreted 3G5 different ways. Ont ,-ide of the finances of the country, Mr. Cleveland was and is of no importance whatever. This being so, we are surprised that Colonel Hanson should insult .Mr. Jim Wilkinson and attack his own party by denouncing Cleveland and Clevelandism. Cleveland is no longer an issue, and his sole claim to remembrance is that he tried hard to republicanize his party. The main issue in the eleventh district rs the infamous negro coalition which Mr. Jim Wilkinson is backing, ami, by means of which lie hopes to be elected to congress. Why should he care for the results of such n coalition? He will not experience them. Defeated or elected, he will be so placed that he will not. feel the effects of the degrada tion and disgrace which he is seeking to impose on the wives and daughters of the populist voters of the eleventh dis trict. Tiie Springfield Republican accepts, witii surprising equanimity, the state ment that the wages of the cotton oper atives are lower in New England than those of old England; but it continues ter deceive its readers by asserting that the wages of southern operatives are lower than those of New England. -« General Wheeler’s Renomination. Without regard to political affilia tions, the newspapers of the country are warmly congratulating General .losepn Wheeler on the exceedingly compliment ary manner in which he has recently been honored by his constituents of the eighth congressional district, of Ala bama. Certainly the tribute which General Wheeler has received at the hands of his home people is thoroughly unique in character, ami we feel warranted in saying that seldom has anything of the kind ever before occurred in the history of American politics. Often have can didates been chosen for high positions of trust without opposition, lint rarely have they attained to such positions through the combined suffrages of all political parties. In the recent primary election in the eighth congressional dis trict of Alabama, democrats, republicans and populists united in voting for Gen eral Wheeler, and never didthey exercise tiie privileges of tiie ballot with keener enjoyment. On account of his military duties which kept him continually at the front General Wheeler was unable to meet his constituents during the campaign, but the result of (lie recent primary election proves that his constituents were not indifferent to his claims. As the hero of Santiago, General Wheeler endeared himself to the heart of the entire na tion, and there can bo little surprise felt, over the tribute of his unanimous ’enomination in the eighth congression al district. While the tribute is almost without precedent, it is nevertheless richly deserved. General Wheeler made sacrifices for the country’s flag in tiie late war which few others made, while the gallantry with which he fought up on the field of battle was unsurpassed. These considerations amply justify the esteem in which ho is held by the peo ple of the country as well as of his own home district, and they furthermore warrant the prediction that his brave service.’, in the hour of the country’s peril will: long be held in grateful re membrance. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which is one of tiie strongest republican news papers itt the country, declares that with the exception of General Washing ton, who was ihe choice of all political p- riles for tlw- high office of president of the United States, General Wheeler is perhaps the only man who has ever been honored in such manner for any high office in the gift of the people. A Bill of Particulars. Commenting on the' expressions of opinion recently made by the national committeemen of the democratic par ty on the silver question, The Chicago i Evening Post makes I''" following ref j erence to the editor of T7ie Constitution: I Clark Howell, !>• -I known of the con tributors to tin first symposium from members of the democratic national i committee, in The New York II raid, wrii’ s from Atlanta that “events have fully justified tin: democratic position in tiie currency question, and if there was reason to give utterance to the declara tion made al Chicago, there is tip' more reason now to i all for the indors'-ment of the position then t : I<ai." It is hardly necessary to say that Mr. Howell does not stop to tell us the events he alludes to as linving “justified" the free silver doctrine. Many of us -nay. the majority of the American people have somehow missed these great events, though we have all been wide awake. We shall have to ask for a bill of particulars, which, we are afraid, will not be read.ly framed. Would it bp polite for one traveler to seize another by the ear, and remark, “Friend, yonder is a mountain, there is a hill, here is a plain,” when they are going through a country where all these objects tire in plain view? As the events referred to in the foregoing were all in plain view of all the people, it. was not deemed necessary to single them out for observation and descrip j tion; but as our Chicago friend frankly calls for a bill of particulars, we re spond with the alacrity that should be characteristic of those who are called on to give reasons for the faith that is in them. This bill of particulars is not only readily but. cheerfully framed. In the first place, then, let our Chica go friend compare the condition of af fairs now with that which existed prior to 1873, or prior to 1893 we give a wide field for comparison to caper in— and tell us whether Ihe people are as prosperous now ns they were then, or one-half as prosperous; whether trade is as brisk; whether the railroads are as prosperous; whether prices areas high; whether wages are as good; whether there are as many people in profitable employment; whether our industries are as prosperous. We might, pause here, for what we have said covers the whole ground; but a bill of particulars is asked for. Touch ing our own section of the country, we will say that 5-cent cotton seems to be again with ns. Is that a hopeful sign? Since the whole line and volume of southern exchanges are based on the amount of money received for our cot ton, do present, prices, with the throat, that they will go lower, give us such assurance as the farmers had when sil ver was a part, of our standard money? The Constitution said the other day that, the country is in the presence of bet ter times; that there was prospect of a prosperous year. Certainly; better times as compared with those of the past few years, but hard and dreadful times as compared with those of the years of real prosperity; a prosperous year as compared with those just passed, but a. <lii!l and profitless year as com pared with the years when there was plenty of money in circulation, when prices were profitable, when labor was employed, and when wages were high. In the second place, we call the at tention of our Chicago friend to the fact that for the first time in the his tory of the country the wages paid to our working people are on the level of those earned by the pauper labor of Europe. In certain classes of labor the cotton operatives of Now England— wages are in some instances below the pauper labor of Europe. A gold stand ard advocate will either not admit this or he will say that it is not a serious matter; but it is a. very serious matter, indeed. By cutting off a part of our n oney supply we have suffocated de mand in our home markets. To remedy this, we have reduced wages to the European pauper level in order that we may compete with the products of this pauper labor in its own natural markets. Can that which gives the whip-hand to misery, poverty, distress nnd degrada tion in this country be called a great THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION! ATLANTA., GI A., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898. victory for American trade? And yet we see some of our esteemed contem poraries boasting over the remarkable increase in our export trade. As for us, our thoughts and sympathies are with ihcie whose tired and pauper-paid hands have produced the goods which have been sent abroad at such an awful sacrifice to the best interests of the re public. If the gentlemen of the gold party de sire to kill the silver question utterly and bury it beyond the hope of redemp tion, let them place the prosperity of the country where it was before silver was demonetized; let them devise n method for giving the people prosperity prices for their products and prosperity wages for their labor; let them restore real estate to its old values, and make it profitable for property owners to build more houses; let them, in short, pro vide means for putting a sufficient sup ply of money in circulation to enable those who have somewhat to sell to secure their fair snare. Until they do this, let them be pre pared to meet the silver question at every crossing and at every corner. And if they persist in saying that the present conditions are the prosperity the people have been longing for. they will find it a much more important question in 1900 than it was in 1896, when a majority of a million of the white voters of the re public indorsed and approved the de mand for the restoration of silver to our financial system as standard money. The Raising of the Flag. Over the turrets of every public school building in Atlanta the Hag of the nation ripples in beautiful folds to the breeze, reminding the fifteen thou sand children who arc gathered in its shadow that one of the most important lessons which I hoy can learn is the les son of patriotism. With appropriate exercises in which the spirit of the hour found eloquent expression the formality of raising the flag was observed on the grounds of every public school building in Atlanta Friday at noon, ami such enthusiasm as welled up from the hearts of the pub lic school children ol both sexes and races is not often witnessed in Atlanta. In each case the exercises attendant, upon th<' raising of the flag consisted of the rendition of national airs and tiie de livery of fervid apostrophes to the sa cred emblem of liberty. For this pur pose the best talent among the public school children was selected, and there was nothing to mar the symmetry and beauty of the exercises. In addition to the public school children themselves there were also hundreds of others present to witness the impressive spec tacle of the raising of the flag. Every citizen of Atlanta who has the welfare of tin' community a' heart must commend th” display of patriotism ex hibiteel Friday in the raising of the Hag over Hie public school buildings. There is no better place in which to im part the lessons of patriotism than in the .schoolroom, which is ti e trues, nur sery of tiie citizen. Along with the elementary principles of instruction there should here be taught the lesson of fidelity tai •he flag of the nation; and if the seeds of patriotism are thus sown in the minds of the youth of the coun try, there will he no occasion to despair of the republic. I’oo deeply will its strength be rooted in the allegiance of loval hearts for its security < ver to be threatened either by foes from within or by enemies from without. There is something peculiarly oppor tune in the fact that this long-deferred exhibition of patriotism has material; ized just, at this time when fresh glory has been imparted io the folds of the flag by the recent achievements of our soldiers and seamen, and when th” spir it. of Americanism has been given such gallant illustration, both in camp and in conflict. When the air is so full of the aroma of bravo deeds anti noble sac rifices there will be no difficulty in im pressing upon the minds of the public school children of the country the les son of patriotism which abides in the folds of the flag. Long may the beautiful ensign of the nation which floats over the public school buildings of Atlanta inspire the hearts of her embryo citizens to lives of usefulness am! of patriotism. - Professor Angell’s Return. Professor J. B. Angell, who Ims just returned from Constantinople, where he has ably represented this government for the past twelve months, to resume the presidency of the M.chigan univer sity, states that one brief year of resi dence in the capital of the Turks has more than satisfied him. He states that, the I'tirks are not. without some good traits, but that he found them less attractive to him than the vices of the Americans. With respect to the sultan, Professor \ngell avers that he found him to be possessed of great shrewdness, though utterly devoid of sociability. Ho says that while in Constantinople ho endeav ored to cultivate the friendship of the sultan, but that each overture on his part was met with resistance. Unable to make any progress in this direction, he says that he finally abandoned the effort in despair, and proceeded to pack his trunk. With respect to the gov ernment, he avers that this is but an other synonym for the sultan, who is also the fountain-head of religious af fairs and the high priest of the Moham medan religion in the empire. Questioned in regard to the attitude of the Turks toward the United States since the recent, unpleasantness with Spain, Professor Angell observes in the interview from which we quote, that the Turks entertain the best of good will toward the United States. He says that they were both surprised and de lighted with the result of the war; sur prised because they little suspected the prowess of the Americans, and delight ed because they heartily detested the Spaniards. He says that the -Turks have never liked the Spaniards since the time when the latter drove the Moors out of Granada in the fifteenth century. With respect to the status of affairs in Turkey at the present lime. Profes sor Angell states that, signs of prosperity are to be witnessed on every hand, and that, the armv, which is officered by Germans, is in splendid condition and equipment. He does not speak so well for the navy. He says that the navy is made up of antiquated boats of rude mechanism, and that the entire layout could be easily destroyed by any one of our modern battleships. Professor Angell is not disposed to entertain much hope of the peaceable collection of the claims made upon Tur key for the injury of property belonging to Americans during the Armenian mas sacres. He says that similar claims have been made upon 'Turkey by the European powers which the sultan has promptly met by counter claims, but that despite the fact that he has been unable to prefer any counter claims against the United States, he still re fuses to come to any terms of settle ment Professor Angell seems to be of the opinion that if the sultan is ever brought to terms, it. must be accom plished by dispatching battleships to the Dardanelles, thus intimidating him in to submission. He says that the shrewd ness of the sultan is such that he will never yield any point until he finds him self obliged to do so. He says that the sultan is perfectly well aware of the fact that he cannot successfully oppose (he power of combined Europe, but that he knows that the equilibrium which exists between the states of Europe is so delicately adjusted that they cannot proceed in concert against him, and that such knowledge, more than the abso luteism which is born of his religious power, explains the defiant manner in which he has dealt with Europe. But while he has thus played with Europe, Professor Angell states that the United States is not troubled with the necessi ty of maintaining any equilibrium, and that what she ought to do is to dispatch one or two battleships to the neighbor hood of Constantinople with instruc tions to rattle the windows of that cap ital. He believes that this plan of pro cedure will likely enough bring the sultan to terms. If the claims which the United States holds against Turkey cannot be collect ed in any other way. then the advice of Professor Angell ought to be adopted. If we intend to live up to the prestige which we have gained in the late war with Spain, wo must not allow the sul tan to browbeat us. — « Our Interests in the Pacific. Senator Henry M. Toiler, of Colorado, grows eloquent over tiie prospect which the future appears to hold in store for the United States, in consequence of the late war with Spain, but in order to make this prospect good he contends that the United States must not think for on<> moment of relinquishing the Philippines. He takes the position that tiiis country is in duty bound to maintain its suptemacy over the Phil ippines at tiny cost, or else prove utter ly recreant to the demands of its own progress. With its vast. extent of territory stretching from ocean to ocean, he de clares that this country is more dis tinctly favored by nature in the matter of location than any other country on the globe, and that eventually it ought to control the trade of both the Atlan tic and the Pacific. In view ol the fresh life which has recently been in fused into the ompin ■ of the orient. . ng it eviden the growth of these empiri will open the door to rich commercial opportunities, he lays special stress upon the importance of looking carefully after the trade the Pacific. To this end he insists that we must not give up any advantage which we have gained in the f:i” cast. With the Piiilippit.' - in lino with Hawaii and the I.adrones, he mgues that our flag will stream over one magnificent chain of possessions in the Pacific, and that, we will thus be enabl’ d to dispute suc cessfully with Great Br'ta'n or with any other European power for the trade of tlmt ocean. He i- eiar. s that th’' more the situation is . ’led in lib' light of wise statesmanship, the more it. will appear to the inter- -t of the United States to retain the Philippines. Senator 'roller state; that heretofore the Pacific has been regarded as the back door of the continent ami the At lantic the front, door; but in view of the forces of development which have been aroused from the sleep of ages in the far east, lie predicts Ih.it in the course of time th” Pacific will become the front door of the continent ami the ,\tlantic the back d >or. If we are ■ atch fnl of our own interests, he contends that we must not fail under any cir cumstances to bold fast to what we have gained in the far east, and to make use of every legitimat.’- means within our power to strengthen ■ ir foothold in the Pacific. Senator 'l'. Iler gives it as his estimate of the sentime-it of the country that the people of th” United States are overwhelmingly in favor of retaining the Philippines, without the surrender of one single memb> :• of the group. Such is the prononi.’ > d attitude of this distinguished senator toward the problem which is now uppermost in the public mind. Whatever disposition the government may sec fit to make of the 1 ’hilippines there can bo no intelligent or rational difference of opinion in re gard to the argument which Senator 'l'eller makes with r- - poet to the im portance of the obligation which rests upon us to look more carefully after our interests in the Pacific. e Holland’s Queen, in Cupid’s Market. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland seems to be sorely troubled over the matri monial problem which she finds herself called niton to solve. With the cere monies incident, to her recent corona tion at length happily concluded, she must now address herself to the impor tant task of selecting from the number of royal young bachelors in Europe some agreeable partner for life. AVhat renders the situation in which she is placed decidedly unique is that the offer of marriage must come from her and not. from the man upon whom her affections are bestowed. 'Phis is the law of Holland governing such cases of royal courtship, but not the law of Holland alone. Shortly after Queen Victoria ascended the throne of England in 1838 she was confronted with exact ly the same predicament which now con fronts Queen 'Wilhelmina, but she felt no hesitation in choosing Prince Albert of Saxe-t’oburg-Gotha, who subsequent ly became her husband. Under the stimulus of this royal precedent, Queen Wilhelmina will find whatever encour agement she may need to sustain her in the ordeal. Os course there are certain prelimin ary steps which must be taken before the offer of marriage can proceed from the crown, in order to prevent the queen’s offer from being declined and the queen herself from being hold up to public ridicule. Such contingencies are not apt to occur when secure thrones are at stake, but the law concerns itself with possibilities as much as with .prob abilities. Whop everything has been duly arranged in advance through the mediation of mutual friends, then Queen AVilhelmina, with the consent of her parliament, will formally extend the of fer of marriage to the man upon whom she may choose to fix her affections. But while she is thus given the op portunity of selecting her own husband with the moral certainty that her offer of marriage will not be declined, she is also at the same time restricted in the number of available helpmeets from whom she is permitted to choose. She cannot go outside of the reigning house holds of Europe nor outside of the Protestant religion; and consequently her freedom of action in the matter is painfully embarrassed. She is denied the privilege which the humblest girl in her kingdom enjoys. Os the royal young bachelors to whom the queen must restrict her matrimonial glances there are only ten who would be ac ceptable to her parliament; and, if ru mor correctly reports the facts in the case, none of them would be specially acceptable to her. These are Prince Ber nard, of Saxe-Weimar; Prince Harold, of Denmark; Prince Nicholas, of Greece; Prince Alexander, of Tcck; Prince Max, of Baden; Prince Alfred, of Saxe-Co burg-Gotha; Prince Eugene, of Sweden; Prince Frederick, of Prussia; Prince Bernard, of Schaumburg-Lippe, and the duke of Abruzzi.- Either of these royal young bachelors, who are not apt to inherit crowns of their own, would be only too glad of the opportunity to re lieve the solitude of Queen Wilhelm ina. But let us briefly review some of the considerations which are calculated to render Queen Wilhelmina’s offer of mar riage specially attractive. In the first place she receives from the government $400,000 annually. In the next place, her throne is securely established, and she reigns over one of the thriftiest lit tle empires on the globe. Os course her home territory is smalr, but includ ing her colonies, which are well man aged. her scepter extends over 40,000,- 000 subjects. She is handsome, both in form and features, and is endowed with rare amiability of disposition. Every thing taken into account, she is regard ed as decidedly the best catch which has entered the matrimonial market, in Europe since Queen Victoria ascended England’s throne. Os course, the man whom she chooses to be her husband will not become king of Holland by vir tue of that selection, but he will be looked upon as the second most impor tant individuality in the kingdom, and he will share the queen’s income. This is enough to claim any of the royal young bachelors whom we have named. But the queen may settle matters by choosing not. to marry at all, since she is denied the privilege of going beyond the number of fortune hunters men tioned in the foregoing list to marry the man whom she may chance to really love. We cannot resist the inclination to sympathiZ” with Queen Wilhelmina. —.—<_ — The Mistake of Mr. Blake, of Texas. Tiie Galveston News, attracted by tiie “well conceived, strong, able, timely” Labor Day speech delivered in Dallas on the sth instant by Hon. .1. W. Blake, does him the honor of making it the subject of an editorial article. In the course of it.; comments 'flic News makes some extra’ is from the speech, and these carry witii them the unmistakable notes of eloquence and earnestness. They impressed us deeply, so much so that we sought and found the complete re port of Mr. Blake’s strong speech. in reading it, the impression made beeani” deeper, and finally grew into familiarity, for we found ourselves once more, as of old, in the presence of Henry W. Grady. Tiie extracts which a; i meted our attention in Th” Galveston News ar” taken almost bodily from the “Centralization” speech delivered by Mr. Grady before the societies of the Uni versity of Virginia on June 25, 1889. It is a pity that Mr. Blake fell into the mistake of appropriating, without acknowledgment, th” eloquent words of Henry Grady. If the rest of the La ho - Day speech was not appropriated from some other source, it shows that Mr. Blake is capable of making a fine address on his own account that, ho was under no necessity of making this sur prising raid on the ideas and language of Mr. Grady. Mr. Blake, having occasion to refer to the power of speculative capital when used to corner the necessaries of life turns to Mr. Grady’s eloquent excoria tion of the illegitimate use of money, puts in the name of Loiter, and the transformation is complete. When he desires to protest against paternalism he again filches from Mr. Grady. The fact, that a few verbal alterations are made bore and there doos not alter mat ters. The changes do not improve Mr. Grady’s text, nor do t hey give Mr. Blake the right to use it without due acknowl edgment. Wo regret to have to refer to the matter, but this spoliation of Mr Grady's speeches have already attracted the attention of many of his admirers who have his speeches in book form, and th” exposin’” was sure to come. Un der all th” circumstances, it is best that it. should be made in the columns over which Mr. Grady presided; for here it. can bo tempered with that large tolerance and abounding charity which were the keynotes of Mr. Grady’s cba rac.ter. It. is to be hoped tlmt Mr. Blake’s mistake, which is serious enough to throw a shadow over all bis future ef forts. w’ll be a warninsr to those who are sometimes temnted to annronriat” other men’s thoughts and words. If the thoughts and words are of any moment the appronriation is sure to attract at tention. This means exposure, and ex posure means th” contempt of the pub lic. It seems a Imavv ponaltv to pay but. in truth, there is no crim” more contemptible than th” purloining of other people’s thoughts nnd words. To filching it adds imposture. The Dreyfus Case. Recent developments in the Dreyfus ease have led the public to believe tiiat the unfortunate prisoner, who is now in exile on Devil’s island, just off the coast of French Guiana, may soon be given another trial; but such are the preliminary steps which must first be taken in the matter that several weeks wili yet elapse before the question of granting another trial will be decided, and oven then it is more than likely that the unfortunate prisoner will be denied tiie boon which he seeks. What the French government has agreed to do thus far is merely to sub mit. the Dreyfus case to examining com missioners, and this may, or may not, result in the granting of ’another trial. These examining commissioners will in vestigate simply the documents in the case, and since the documents are vol uminous they will probably occupy weeks in reviewing them. As the re sult of the labor spent in reviewing the documents, they may decide to recom mend that another trial be not granted, and, of course, that will end the matler. But even if they decide to recommend that another trial be granted, it is not beyond the pale of things probable that the French government may refuse to grant another trial. Thus the matter stands. Dreyfus may be given another opportunity to vindicate his innocence and then again he may not. Such has been the clamor of popular excitement over the matter in 1 rance that the government must necessarily proceed with great caution, and if an other trial is granted to the unfortunate prisoner, it must be conducted in the light of publicity and not behind closed doors. Complete Reconciliation. Richly suggestive of the complete re conciliation which has been accom plished between the once divided sec tions of the country was the offer of an escort of Grand Army men to the re mains of Miss Winnie Davis, tendered by Commander Chase, of Sedgwick Bost, Wakefield, R. 1., and the acceptance of that offer by Mrs. Jefferson Davis. This exquisitely beautiful demonstra tion of the spirit of brotherhood which has at length blotted out the unpleas ant memories of the past cannot fail to awaken grateful sensations in the heart of the entire country and to unite the north and the south in still closer friendship over the bier of the lamented Daughter of the Confederacy. Happily for the prospects which beck on us on to future achievements we stand together once more united in the bonds of common interests as well ns in the ties of common blood, and there is no power on the globe which can suc cessfully oppose the strength which we possess. The American Navy. As the result of the recent war with Spain, our navy has already commenced to experience the forces of develop ment which are destined within the next few years to make it one of the most powerful aggregations of destructive war machinery on the globe. When the vessels which are now under con struction are finished, our navy will in clude eleven battleships, twenty-four cruisers, fifteen gunboats, sixteen torpe do boats and torpedo boat destroyers and five coast defense vessels. If the Ma ria Teresa and the Cristobal Colon are both recovered, we will have thirteen battleships. We may not. be so fortu nate as to recover the Cristobal Coion, but we are sure of the Maria 'leresa. Os course the rough inventory which we have above given is only a nucleus around which the future American navj will be built. We have no reason to be ashamed of the prowess which th s nucleus has achieved; but within the next few years we will be in condition to dispute with Great Britain for the empire of the seas. War Investigation To Be Thorough From The Chicago Times-Herald. Among those who have been offered ..n who have accepted a place on the com mission to inquire into the conduct of th” quartermaster, commissary and me.l ical departments during the war is tap tain Evan llowail. so long identified with The Atlanta Constitution, and a man who possesses the confidence of the entire south. In accepting appointment on the com mission of inquiry Captain Howell states that ho is convinced the president de sires a thorough Investigation of these army departments, without reference to ■whom it might involve. 'Hie presence of Captain Howell upon such a board of inquiry is a sutlieient guaranty that no ottl’ iil against whom charges of incompetency, dishonesty or neglect of duty may be established Will be. shielded or "whitewashed.” His appointment is evidence that the president desires a non-partisan inquiry, for Captain Howell was one of the stanchest supporters of William J. Brian in tiie democratic national convention, in ills newspaper and tit tiie polls. In the south, where he lives and is known by the great majority of the peo ple. his bare, unsupported word is as good as any man's bond. Certainly, if the president desired that any facts concerning tiie isllegod mis management of the army departments should lie concealed or any official “whlte wash’d” he would not have appointed honest, sturdy Evan Howell as one of the board of Inquiry. The fact is that the president is most anxious for a detailed Inquiry into the conduct of these departments, fust for tiie purpose of fixing individual responsi bility in all eases of mismanagenient that may lie discovered, and in the second place of taking action necessary to guard against a. repetition of it in the future. lie is selecting tiie right sort of men to make tiie inquiry and honestly and fear lessly report their finding. Will Hear the Truth. From The Rome, Ga., Hustler-Commercial. With Captain Evan Howell on th.’ inves tigating board, the country will hear the truth as it can be obtained, when the re port is tiled. Evan Howell knows all about camp life and c impaigning, having been on,’ of tiie bravest leaders in the confed eracy. He is not even on amateur in the whitewash business, being a total stranger to tiie tricks of that trade. The Rome llus tler-Commercial eongratul.il> s the common people of Amerka upon Lv.in I*. Howell's appointment to the board of investigation. He Was a Regular. Front 'Die Chicago Times-Herald. Blair, a regular, said to be of the Seven teenth, was shot througlh tiie groin at El Caney. July Ist. Two wound’d men ”1' tiie Seventy-first New York i’ ll beside him in worse shape than lie. They could not move, lie could a little. A Spanish sharpshooter on their right had tiie. range of them as tlliey lay there, their comrades having puslied on. Although down, tiie i iiree men were Ills target. "Sp and one of the bullets cut a lock of hair from Blair's forehead. "Spill” again, and one of tiie New York ers wineed as his should'r was cut. Blair for a time could not locate Lite fellow, but finally discovered him JoO yards distant up a tree. He was incautious and displayed himself in taking aim. Blair had his' gun beside him, and with one shot brought hm down. Then wound' d in the groin as lie was, ne crawled 'JOO feet to ills enemy to get his of water and 000 feet back, not t W hlng it himself, and poured it down file ii t/iif tin' two’ New York'is. II” liied holding the drink to tiie lips of ..ne of them. His only remark as to his j"'”’ I ,','?-, r«.’’u!ar You fellows have homes." on. of 'he New Yorkers survived to re turn home and tell the story of this hero s end. An Arnold's Tribute to Andre. From 'Die New York World. London. $. plember D. Roses were laid on the tomb of Major Andre in Westminster Abbey, yesterday, witii a card on which was inscribed: I From Mrs. Curran, neo Beatrice Benedict Arnold, of Chicago, descendant of Gen. Benedict Arnold, who detests tiie memory of her I ancestor, but reveres that of tho man w hose deal it he l' encompassed, Major | i Andre. I | This is a token of loving respect. | When the Abbey authorities heard of this inscription it was immediately removed by order of tho dean, who, while willing that Mrs. Curran should honor Andre, consider ed an expression of detestation for an other person inappropriate in a sacred edi fice. “Songs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON. At the End of the Way. I. Here, where the life-ways part— Remembering not the sorrow and th« wrong, There is no word of blame for you, sweet, Heart- Only this rose of song! 11. Only this withering rose. From a sad garden which no spring shal thrill; What thorn the future has for you, God knows— But may God keep you still! 111. Wo walk in darkened ways; Storms hide the stars that fain would light tho night; But may God's angels all your lonely days Guide your dear steps aright. IV. I do not ask for grace: I am resigned to all tho grief to be. So that no shadow darkens your dear face Is Joy enough for me. V. It is enough to know That love is love; that, through the lone ly years, If Peace on you her garlands shall bestow I am content with tears. VI. Love is not less than this. Even when Love leaves us; wo remember yet The first touch of his llps-his first, sweet kiss . . . Would God we could forget! VII. The paths where his dear feet Knew the rare kisses of the summer flowers — Whore, in some hidden garden s red retri a , He led us to iiis bowers. VIII. Fields—mountains—and the streams That knew the pathways where his stops would be, And went witii all the music of his dreams. Sweet-singing to the sea! Shall Love kiss hands and part? Trample all memories in tiie dust below? God’s voice is ringing from tho stars, sweetheart: "Love will not have it. so!" And yet, touch Ups—cla.°p hands! Th” ways part here: I leave the light--’ tho bloom! Back of me all the glory of the lands— Before me, all the gloom! Clasp Bands, and so —goodby! Yet. with a love that only Death can kill. For you ail stars that God can give his sky: For me, whate’er God will! Hard to Please. They say that Spain ain't got enough Os what her folks call “glory; She wants a rockier road and rough— A sequel to tiie story. She’s powerful unsatisfied! Done lost the wihole plantation, Yet ain’t content to know she's chased Clean off the wihole creation! A Song of Manette. Tiie light of the skies in your eyes, Man ette— And the dark of the night In youi In the silken and beautiful curls of Jet That were made for a lover's caresses! The curls that Love leans to and kisses and blesses— Tiie light of your eyes and the night of your tresses! Tiie light of the skies In your eyes, Man ette, And your tresses like midnight above them; And Love with the red lips to kiss them, my pet, And whisper: "I love them! I love tin in!” Tho curls that he leans to and kisses and blesses— Tho light of your eyes and the night of your tresses! But O for the gloom of tho years, Manette— The years lost to tender caresses; Tho years that are weary and desolate yet For tho light of your eyes and your tresses! The curls that Love leans to and kisses and blesses— Tho light of your eyes and the night of your tresses! • • • • • What Bothers Her. I ain’t a-worryin' 'bout Gin'rul Miles, or Shafter, or any one That ever straddled a Georgy mule, or fired a Georgy gun; Never did know, when they fit us so, what all the lightin' was for; But—how mudh, now, will my old man git for the leg shot off in the war? Gin'rul Miles, he may quarrel, an’ jest raise Cain in the eamp x An’ say that this an’ that went Wrong, as the sojers home’ards tramp; Never did know when they lit us so, what all tiie fightin' was for, But what is tlhe price of my old man's leg—the one lie lost in the war? That's what's a-pesterln’ people!—lt ain't what the gin’ruls say, But what'll they do with the privates that wuz slhot in tile war that day? I tell you, good people, I never have know ed what all tiie tightin' wuz for, But 1 want to know the price o’ the has my old man lost in the wart * * * The Red Crosis. (The M'-mory of a Woman.) After the battle, the thunder, the strife. And a kiss for the dear hand that led me to life! A kiss for tiie hand that, where tempests were rife. Brought a message from heaven and led me to life! After tlhe battle! There's light in the skies, And it dawns on the death-kissed and darkening eyes; For the hand of an angel gleams white in the strife, And tenderly touches and leads me to life! After tiie battle! And io! tiie guns cease And Love leads tiie lost to tiie portals of Peace; And 1 kiss the dear hand that, where tempests were rife. Brought a message ftont heaven and led me to life!
