THE SCRANTON TBIBtTNE tsATUBBAY MOEXDJO-, FEBRUARY! IS, 1896.
He May Be Our
Next President.
Possibilities in '
The Event of Wan
ACKER'S
Sketch of the Career of Senator
William B. Allison, of Iowa
Great Britain's Naval Strength
Compared with That of the United States.
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Prom the Chicago Record.
When Abraham Lincoln had become
famous a newspaper man asked him
about his early life. The great presi
dent, with that pathetic smile for which
he was noted, repeated the line from
Gray'8 Elegy: "The short and simple
annals of the poor."
Senator Allison, asked the same ques
tion, might make the same answer. His
beginnings, also, were amid humble
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W. 1). ALLISON.
surrounding. lie, too, was'cradlefl In
tho wilderness, and for him. too, boy
hood and eurly manhood were struggles
with poverty.
Senator Allison's father went from
Pennsylvania, to Ohio, settling near
Ashland. That was in is;:), lie and
his wife labored hard and were happy
When they could call a lug cabin, In a
tittle clearing, their own. In this cabin
the future senator was born, March
1S29.
Of Scotch-Irish 'Ancestry.
The Allisons were IScotch-Irlsh, that
Is Scotchmen from the north of Ireland.
The Bods, from whom came the pres
ent senator's mother, were of the same
blood. They settled In Pennsylvania in
pioneer times. They helped to make
the Keystone state. The second gen
eration rendered a similar service to
Ohio and the generation to which Sena
tor Allison belongs rendered the same
brave service to still another state
Iowa. The Allisons came originally from
Scotland. They went Into the north of
Ireland and helped to build those vast
Industries which afterward aroused the
envy and the resentment ot the English
manufacturers. It was to crush their
industries that the Kngllsh government
passed unjust laws and imposed on
them undue and unendurable taxes.
Because of these burdens began the
great . Scotch-Irish immigration to
America. Before the middle of the
eighteenth century thousands of fami
lies had inude their way to this country
ito make new homes In a new land.
They were for the most part poor, but
they were all sturdy; they were men
and womerf who were willing and had
the physical strength to labor.
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These Immigrants overran the state
it Pennsylvania until the peaceful
Avunkt'i were, piitnumuered by them.
'l ney invuueu every section 01 ine
'smith, and many of them found their
way Into the New England states. They
.were scattered, In fact, throughout the
states, adding everywhere a desirable
leaven to the population. What they
have been to America need not be re
counted here. Not only did they bring
over sturdy bodies and strong hearts,
but they brought with them a religion
which seemed especially fitted to their
hard surroundings In America. They
had been covenanters and Presbyter
ians and they remained covenanters
and Presbyterians In America. They
were of all Protestants the most sturdy.
Of the Allisons there were three
branches In America: one settled In
New Hampshire, another In North
Carolina, and the third, of which Will
iam Boyd Allison Is the most Illustrious
representative at the time present, set
tled In Pennsylvania. John Allison,
who headed the Pennsylvania delega-
. tlon to the convention which nominated
Lincoln and who served afterward as
register of the treasury at Washing
ton, was a descendant of the southern
branch of the family, though he was
born in Pennsylvania. In her interest
ing life of James G. Maine, Gall Humll
ton mentions the Allisons as living In
Chester county, Pennsylvania, sne
, mvi that tho Innd nt "Jumps Allison
and P.lchard" "ran along the old road
and up to Andrew Galbratth's and near
the Donegal meeting house, till in the
second generation the family sold it all
and went west, to be represented in our
dny by Senator Allison." In the same
neighborhood lived the Buchanans,
who gave a president-to the United
States; the Brownlows, who became fa
mous .through Parson Brownlow, and
nvany other families whose sons and
daughters have become noted In State
and national history. The famous Kev.
Zr. Allison, schoolmaster- and scholar
tt the Pennsylvania before the revolu-
Should be
Looked Into.
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
REQUESTED.
A BOLD ASSERTION.
' Ever since Prof. Koch startled the world
By promising to cure consumption with the
Koch lymph snd bis complete failure to do
so, the people have been looking for some
discovery which would prove an absolute,
certain cure for that dread disease. Over
quarter of a century ago Dr. R. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, put in a claim
. for a medicine, which he had discovered
and used, in his extensive practice, that
would c rr nincty-eigln per cent, of all cases
of consumption when taken in all its early
Stages. Time has proved that his assertion
was based on facts gained from experience.
xjim Tj.i.i,h n;... Itt A
many thousand people in all part of the
world, and Dr. Pierce invites all interested
to send to bim for a free book which gives
the names, addresses and photographs of
many prominent people who have willingly
testified to the marvelous curative proper
ties of his Golden Medical Discovery."
He has also written a Book of 160 pages on
"Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 1 'which
treats of all Throat, Bronchial and Ltini
diseases, also Asthma and Catarrh, that will
be mailed by the World's Dispensary Med
ical Association of Buffalo, N.Y., on receipt
of six cents in stamps, to pay postage.
Consumption, as most everybody knows,
Is first maaifested by feeble vitality, loss
wua Buuy ucri n ' iy, ... uiunuil
DTcaining,. or Diccaing iron lungs, waen
. 4nwtitratlrM nmvM that tubercular rl.
hMfta Ihm (iwmm in the ltinff-a. Tr la
: earnestly advised that tue " piscovery " be
ul .-.,1 .1.. 1.,- mim,r-m f 4l.
disease call thereby be easily avoided.
,i fa n,i, mm, mmtm nttm trfrttM mnm
the grip, pneumonia, (" Inns; (ever "), ex
hsusting fevers, and other prostrating dis
eases, it has no equal. It does not make
Xfat like cod liver oil and its nasty com
L I. I 'J . 1. . M
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tlon, was another representative of the
family.
At School In the Woods.
William B. Allison grew up like other
country boys. He was sent to the dis
trict school house in the woods at an
early age, but as soon as ho was old
enough to do even light work on the
farm he waa compelled to work In the
fields during the summer months. How
ever, he made remarkable progress. He
was especially apt in Bpelling and
mathematics. During a recent visit to
his home in Dubuque Senator Allison
showed the writer a precious relic of
his school days, a writing book contain
ing 150 pages, filled with solutions to
problems In the "Western Calculator."
the great text book of pioneer days in
Ohio and other central states.
Young Alllfon was fortunate In hav
ing a gooi," teacher David Klmui uy
who afterward became a bishop in the
Methodist church. This teacher early
detected the latent power In his favor
ite pupil und did everything to encour
uge both the boy and the boy's father
In regard to iU schooling. Klmberly
"boarded around" as wus customary
with school masters In those days, but
he managed to spend most of his Sun
days at the Allison home. To the In
fluence of this thoughtful, earnest and
pious man the future senator owes
much,
Allison in College Life.
Tho boy. ' having made remarkable
progress and giving Indications of fu
ture usefulness, his father sent him, at
the age of. 16, to nn academy at Wooster,
O. He remained In that school two
years, after which he was sent to Alle
gheny college atMeadvlllePa.. through
the Influence of some acquaintances he
had made at Wooster. While at Alle
gheny young Allison and Cyrus K. Hol
llday, still living at Tupeku. Kan., kept
their own house and cooked their own
meals and their year's schooling In con
sequence cost them' but little. Allison
remained in the Meadvllle school one
year. Then he taught school for' one
winter, an experience which proved to
be very helpful to him. He went next
to Hudson. O.. where he attended the
Western Reserve college, remaining
there likewise one year. That ended
his schooling.
Having completed his education, the
young mun turned his attention to the
law. His father had filled the ofllce of
country squire, hearing and deciding
small cases. At these hearings the
boy had often been an interested listen
er. These experiences led him to think
of the law as a profession. He returned
to Wooster and In the ofllce of Hemp
hill & Turner began to read lllaca
stone. At the end of two years he was
admitted to the bur and entered on the
practice ot his profession at Ashland,
Ohio. , '
Accident Took II I in to Dubuque. .
But law cases were neither numerous
nor greut in Ashland, which was a
small place. In 1854, in Bpite of the fact
that he was poor and had apparently
small prospects in life, he married Miss
Anna Carter, the daughter of Daniel
Carter, a man of prominence in that
day. It was this extra responsibility
which soon thereafter turned his
thoughts westward, first to Chicago,
which was then a struggling town of
less than 60,000 people, and then to Iowa,
which he foresaw as one ot tho empires
of the west.
"It was largely accidental," he said
recently ot his coining to Iowa, "but 1
like to think that there Is a Providence
even in accidents." His brother had
preceded him to Dubuque, a city which
was then the terminus of the Illinois
Central railway, and In consequence
the distributing point for a large land
and water traffic. The traffic ot St.
Paul and Minneapolis and the rest of
the northwest was by way of Dubuque.
These, added to the mining interests
of the city, made it the most conspicu
ous among the cities of Iowa, and like
wise the most promising.
It was In this way that the) family
which had been represented in the mak
ing of Pennsylvania and In the making
of Ohio waa to be represented In the
making of still another state, one more
In the westward succession of states,
whose foundations were laid In the
sacrifices of the best men and women
In the nation, and whose superstruc
tures has since stood as a bulwark for
the union and for safe, economic and
patriotic government.
' Allison Was Twice Married.
Senator Allison was twice mnrried,
but his life has Been two long bereave
ments. His first wife was Anna Carter.
He brought her as a bride to his Iowa
home, where she died In 1SC0. He mar
ried Mary Nealley in 1873. As a young
congressman from Iowa he had met
her in the home of Senator Grimes,
which was the social and political cen
ter of the Iowa delegation in Washing
ton. When he rnarried her he was
serving his first term In the United
States senate. She had been carefull:'
reared and finely educated, both at
home and abroad.
Mrs. Allison was practically an In
valid before her marriage, due. It Is be
lieved, to an attack of Roman fever
abroad. Everything that love and skill
could suggtst was done for her, to re
store her to health, but in -rain. In
1881,-. when Senator Allison was offered
a seat In Garfield's cabinet, a neat next
the lamented Blaine's, he declined it.
The politicians said he preferred the
senate. There wa an "Insuperable
personal reason," as he expressed it,
and that was his wife's health. Mrs.
Allison never mended. She died in
August, 183.
A NATIONAL NI-CESSITY.
Professor VVaterhoiise, of St. Louis.
The Nlcarague Canul Is Imperatively
needed as a means of national defense.
I if late the foreign relations of our coun
try have been aehouxly disquieted. Only
a few duvs ago a leading Kuropeun Jour,
nal asserted that tho L'nltud States navy
was too feeble either to vindicate Ameri
can rights or enforce the .Monroe policy,
How long will the richest country on the
face of the earth permit su.rh a reproach
to be deserved, how long will It continue,
the impolicy which leaves our shores
unprotected and exposes our mrirltimo
cities to the gravest peril? A single bom
bardment might destroy values Hreuter
than the entire cost of our coast d.-fenaes.
With Its boundless resources anil with
a sagacity that ought to guard avalnst
even distant dangers, the United Htates
should build forts and fleets that will ef
fectively protect Its frontiers. With no
spirit or aggression, with no omblion fur
conquest, with no desire for arbitrary die
taton, our country should be fully
equipped with the means of maintaining
its rights and Its honor. The power of
self-defense prevents the attnek which
feebleness would Invite. In every land
the sun shines on American citizenship
ought to bean absolute guaranty of safety
to our countrymen. A few years auo. fat
the time of our International difficulties
with Chile, an American battle ship was
unabie to sail from Bun Francisco to Val
paratso without supplies from a foreign
coaling station. If our western sea ports
were assailed, how could our war ships
reach the Pacific coast without the hlp
of states that mlBht perhaps be Indis
iposed to grant it. but an isthmian water
way would enable our men-or-war to
avoid the land detour around South
America, to be Independent of the doubt
ful assistance of foreign states and to
sail quickly to the defense of oor Im
periled seaport.
There are always possibilities of war.
Our recent embroilments with Chile and
Italy and our triple contention with flr-jat
Britain, relative to the seal fisheries, the
Alaska boundaries and the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine In Venexuela, de
mand that our republic should always toe
prepared to redress Its wrongs and vindi
cate its rights. It la the duty of cautious
and - sagacious statesmanship to provide
our country with efficient means of main
taining its rights. The Nicaragua Canal
would grant Invaluable facilities for naval
defense. ,
J3C-UNITED STATES SENATOR ' PHILETUS SAWYER.
From the Chics ;o Times Her.il 1.
(By the Courtesy of H. H. Koblsaat
HIGHER POLITICS.
To Popularize I-'reo Libraries.
There Is a movement In New York In
favor of the formation of small free li
braries In public school buildings. The
legislature Is asked to make an appropria
tion for the purpose, but a fur better plan
Is suggested by a leading newspaper,
which says that If school principals wero
nuthorlzed to receive gifts of books for
library purposes and raise funds by ap
pealing to benevolent cltisens enough
books and money would be obtained to
Introduce the school library as it perma
nent feature In educational life. The need
of counteracting the cheap, sensational
and mischievous literature generally read
by children Is recognlr.ed everywhere, and
legislation vannot deal with 'the evil.
Much good may bo expectel from this hew
filan, and every Rood citizen would doubt
ess take pride In making it a great suc
cess. In this connection the excellent re
sults of the Detroit plan, devised about
six years uko, should not be passed over.
The Idea was to put Into the hands of
school children, by means of the public
library. Instructive and entertaining liter-a-ture.
The books are chahgrd once In
eight weeks, or five times a school year.
The circulation In 1S9. was between 75.li)0
and 100,000. This literature has largely dis
placed the pernicious and semi-criminal
matter. And not only have the children
been benetlted, but the parents of many
of them have been Introduced to good
literature. .
I'nof flolnl Cabinets for Mayors.
There is much public Interest In the
remarkable experiment ot Jotdah Qulncy,
the present Democratic mayor of Boston,
He seeuis desirous of unprovlng every
branch ot the municipal service, and,
meeting with little Intelligent support .In
the common council, he has hit upon the
plan of a private, unofficial cabinet, com
posed of leading business men. This ex
extra municipal cabinet, whose members
have no votes and receive no salaries, Is
oonaolted by the mayor with respect to
all Important questions of municipal ad-'
mlnistratlou and legislation. Borne of the
members are Democrats and some Repub
licans. The associated board of trade se
lect two members, while the Clearing
House association, the Real Estate Ex
change, the Chamber of Commerce and
similar bodies select and send one mom
ber each. It Is said that not one ot these
unofficial advisers of the mayor could be
Induced to serve the city in the common
council or board of aldermen. They de
spise practical politicians and cannot
neglect their lmportnnt private duties.
There Is no doubt that this curious plan
will he tried under the most favorable
conditions, and, if it should prove success
ful, it would doubtless commend itself
to the executives of other cities suffering
from corrupt or ignorant politicians,
-ill.:-
Mississippi Prison Labor System.
A number of states are perplexed over
the prison labor question, and they may
find considerable instruction in the Mis
sissippi plan of employing convicts on
state lands under official control. In ISM,
when the leased system was terminated
by n. constitutional provision, agricul
tural lnhor wa decided upon by the
board of control as tho best employment
for the convicts. Three large tracts of
land were purchased and several hundred
convicts were put to work on them.
Large net profits - have resulted to the
state from the experiment, and the ad
vantages of the system have so Impressed
the board that it has recommended the
purchase of sufficient land to provide nil
of the convicts with employment. Or
ganised labor Is less opposed to this pUn
than to any other, while the farmers will
hardly oblect to the "competition of coq
vlct labor." Mississippi has demonstrated
that the state can employ Its convicts upon
Its own lands without danger of financial
loss, , .
Hill for a Jury of Txpcrts.
The New York State Medical society has.
prepared a bill which It regards as a solu
tion of the dlfllculties encountered under
the present crude way of presenting ex
pert testimony. Without violating the
fundamental principle of trial by Jury,
the bill provides for a special jury of ex
pern before which the court sends the
medical Issue presented, for Instance, In
a polsonliiK case. Just as It sends other
Issues before special Juries. The regular
petit Jury would decide upon the responsi
bility of the accused for the presence of
the poison, while the expert opeclul jury
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would decide whether the existence of the
poison hud been proved, if the defense
Is insanity, the speclul Jury would de
cide the question then and there, and
the rextilar would simply decide upon the
existing of the facts constituting the al
leged offense. This system wluld do away
with the abuses of the present mode cf
presenting expert testimony and with the
farce of hypothetical questions.
Drastic Measure Aimed at Lynchers.
One of the first laws passed by the South
Carolina legislature at the present ses
sion is one directed against lynching. Its
provisions are very stringent, and there Is
reason to hope that 'the lynching evil will
be greatly abated, provided white Juries
do their duty. The county where a lynch
ing occurs is made lluble for damages to
the legal representatives of the victim,
and the officers who failed tW protect the
'prisoner are to be tried for misdemeanor
and, if found guilty, removed from office
and made Ineligible to any position of pub
lic responsibility. Tho enforcement of
this law clearly depends ot the Justice of
the Juries. It is said, however, that the
arrti-lynchlng sentiment has lately gained
much headway In the state. It Is true
that under the new law the heirs of a
criminal may occasionally reap a re
ward from the crime of the lynched per
son, but this fact does not outweigh the
larger considerations necessitating efll
cadous unll-lynching measures.
Plagree Plan Successfully Copied.
The Ptngree plan of employing poor per
sons on vacant city lots' has proved sue.
cessful In Long Island City. The commit
tee's report for the season of 18HS shows
that In ttplte of many untoward circum
stances remarkable results were achieved,
Two hundred and sixty-one persons were
supported on 128 acres, the committee pay
ing the people 8 cents an hour for their
work. At the end of the season there was
a balance on the right side of the ledgor,
and the profits were distributed among
the farmers. The scheme was practically
a farm school. The work was carried on
on the co-operative principle. At first the
scheme was regarded with some distrust,
and applications for land were received
rather slowly; but after the crops begun
10 appear, applications were recelvefl at
the rate of fifty a day. The land was do
nuted by public-spirited citizens.
THE LEADER OF THE SENATE.
John Sherman Not a ttlch Man, Although
He Has Enough Laldby to Keep Ulm Out
of the Poor llouso. .
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, according
to W. K. Curtis, the Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Record, Is
still regarded as the ablest and most
Influential man on the Republican side
JOHN SHERMAN.
of the scnutA The Republican caucus
showed its confidence In Air. Sherman's
ability by placing him at the heud of
the committee on foreign relations,
which Is the most ltn;rfrta 11 1 xl all the
committees of the Semite at the present
session, und the speeches he has deliv
ered thin winter demonstrate very
clearly that he still retains his physical
and intellectual force.
Mr. Sherman is not worth 4,0nO,00Q
or $5,000,000. Like many other public
men, he has been bitterly attacked by
demagogues and others who have not
been as fortunate financially as ho. I
think the same rule prevails universal
ly among humankind. He is worth in
the, neighborhood of $0H),000. and his
money lias been accumulated by care
ful economy and by prudent and Judi
cious investments. If Mr. Sherman
had used the opportunities offered him
to make nmney by the use of his ofllce,
power and knowledge, he might have
been richer than the Vanderbllts, but
those who are familiar with his career
cannot be convinced that he ever took
advantage- of his position as secretary
of the treasury or chairman of the
committee of finance to advance his
own pecuniary interests. . In private
life he has lived unostentatiously and
economically. He has no expensive
habits, and Is generally considered
pretty close. In other words, he appre
ciates the value of money, and has
shown practical as well as theoretical
ability In financial matters.
The greater part of his fortune was
made in real estate speculations in the
city of Washington. Many years ago
he foresaw that the growth of the
city would be toward the northwest
and purchased large tracts of land in
that direction at a very low price. City
lots for which he then pnld at the rate
of 1 and 2 cents a square foot are now
selling at tl.i'iO and i per square foot.
He still retains a considerable portion
of this property, anil the price keeps
advancing. He also made considerable
money in the oil and gns fields of north
western Ohio. Mr. Sherman has been
for twenty-five years a director In the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
railroad and has Interests In banks and
manufacturlngestabllshmentsat Mans
field, where he lives. If reports are
true Mr. Sherman Is not worth as
much money as &r, Glavela
While nobody believes for an Instant
tlmuthe United States and Great Brit
ain will again light each other, the
possibilities of such a conflict, brought
into prominence by recent differences,
are an interesting study. Some Inter
esting facts from official sources fol
low, acknowledgment being made to
the Chicago), Tlmes-l'erald, which. In
reply to the questlonv"If war were de
clared tomorrow, where would the first
gun bo fired?" says the experts-agree
that it would be a sea fight, and they
rgree that the first gun would probably
be- fired in the Caribbean Sea. If it Is
to be a sea tight, how are we prepared
for it? -Mow Is Knglund prepared?
These figures will toll you:
The United States hus in commission
Blxty-four vessels, thus:
Battle ships.,,.'.......; s
Cokst- defeuee versels..,! Hi
Armored cruisers . 1
Vim rmorc'-j cruisers .,
Protected cruisers ..' la
lun vessels. -. ? 8
Torpedo vbSrl 1
Torpedo boats 2
The United States ban under con
struction twenty-live vessels, as fol
lows: " ' -;V, -
Battle ships ; ..., f
Armored const defense vessels 4
Armored cruiser 1
Uuntiouts 8
Torpedo bouts 7
Great Britain has in commission 172
vessels, thus: ,
Battle ships : ,..7.: IS
! irst-oluns cruisers 1.1
Second-class cruisers 12
Third-class cruisers ot
Screw sloops. n
Gunboats 27
Torpedo bouts 19
Coast guard battleships ft
Coast guard cruisers 4
Port guard battle ships ,". 6
Dispatch boats and troop ships 33
Great Britain has under construction
184 vessels, thus:
Battle ships '. 12
First-class cruisers 14
Second-class cruisers ; 30
Third-class cruisers 1ft
Screw sloops , 3
Gunboats 17
Torpedo boat destroyers 17
Coast defense vessels 13
Bpecial service Hblps 3
lockyard reserve... 55
In igland's navy there are 88,850
enlisted men available more than three
times the Btrength of the United States
array. Kngland has at present on fleet
duty 14 flag officers, 8,073 commissioned
officers, E68 subordinate officers, 1,101
warrant officers, 61,995 petty officers and
seamen, 6,194 boys, making in all on
ships with the fleet 61,945. For coast
guard she has available 89 commis
sioned officers, 231 chief officers of sta
tion, 8,880 petty officers and seamen,
making a total ot 4.200. In the royal
marines she has for service, but at pres
ent on shore, 358 commissioned olTlcers,
28 warrant officers, 1,173 sergeants, 602
buglers and musicians, 13,202 rank and
file, making; In all 15,363. In other ser
vice, such as naval cadets, engineer
students, pensioners, boys under train
ing and various other services, there
are 7,342, giving a grand total ot 88,850
men.
;The total strength of the United
States navy iq officers, men and boys
is 13.4C0, of which 1,100 are marines.
Theso comparisons do not look
healthy for the United States. Great
Britain, however, would not put all of
these ships In action in American wat
ers. She occupies the unfortunate po
sition ot being the common foe ot all
nations. She could not leave her re
mote borders unprotected. Possibly
not more than half of her ships could
be sent to the war, while all the United
States vessels could be pressed into
service.
Const Cities in Danger.
The experts say the United States, af
ter the first flurry on the Caribbean,
would assume the defensive. The fight
ing would radiate from the Caribbean
sea. While the contest there wns go
ing on Great Britain would probably at
tack the defenseless coast oitles of New
York, Boston, Charleston and San Fran
cisco. New York and Boston would be
shining marks for British guns, and the
British like a shining mark.
It Is generally conceded that the coast
of the United States would be poorly
defended. No one believes that the 4,
000 miles of American coast line can
be proteated by a navy. Torpedo
plants are useless without batteries to
protect them. Of all the coast cities,
containing many billions of dollars of
accumulated wealth, San Francisco and
New York are alone protected, and their
protection is insufficient and somewhat
unsettled. Some years ago a definite
plan ot defense was adopted for San
Francisco, but It Is not completed. The
work has been half-hearted and the ap
propriations parsimonious. A few mod
ern high-power guns and some rifled
mortars are In position a bare begin
ning of the work required for adequate
defense. For this reason the Golden
Gate, the greatest harbor In the Pacific
coast, would be an early object of at
tack. Puget Sound would be an easy prey,
too. It is an Inland sen, practically.
Olympic. Tacoma and Seattle are of
great commercial importance, and all
are defenseless, and Fort Ludlow, Fort
Madison and Fort Townsend are within
reuch of long-range guns. The North
ern Pacific railroad terminates there.
So do the Oregon and California Coast
line, the Oregon Short line, the Great
Northern and a branch of the Northern
Pacllis. A hostile fleet once In posses
sion of Puget Sound, the control of
these railroads would lie an easy step.
Obsolota nuns on the Pacific.
The Columbia rlver.furnlplilng means
of apprnncli to Astoria and Portland,
Is guarded by guns that are obsolete
and practically harmless to an armored
warHhlp. Sun Diego is unprotected.
There is more than $.',00,000,000 worth
of destructible property along the Pa
cific coast within reach of the batter
ies ot ships of war.
Galveston is unprotected; New Or
leans is unprotected; Mobile is unpro
tected; Key West is unprotected; Sav
annah Is unprotected; Charleston is
unprotected; Wilmington Is unprotect
ed: Washington, Baltimore and Phila
delphia are unprotected, excepting by
obsolete and old-fushloned guns that
could not be expected to suceesfully
resist a single hodei n battle ship, to say
nothing of a fleet.
Recently a modern battery has been
placed on Sandy Hook. There are two
forts one with twelve-Inch disappear
ing guns of the most modprn pattern,
the other w Ith mortars. There are six
teen of the twelve-Inch guns. At each
charge they send a shell weighing 800
pounds a distance of three and one
half miles. They are so accurately
rilled that the shell can be directed with
precision. The Sandy Hook defenses
are superb. Fort Wadsworth and Fort
Hamilton, farther up the bay, have re
cently been equipped with modern
guns. The arrangements for protect
ing New York city, however, are not
considered adequate, arid the plans of
the government are by no means ma
tured. A modern war vessel, like H.
M. 8. Terrible for Instance, could do no
harm to New York until she had passed
Sandy .Hook and the two forts. If a
fleet ever accomplished this there would
be no way in the world of saving lower
New York from destruction unless It
was by means of torpedoes. .
Dritain's Snpply Depots.
In case of a declatlon of war. the
first move would be made toward La
Guayra. In two weeks the British
could assemble Its Atlantic fleet In the
harbor there and, while there are no
battleships In the fleet, the cruisers are
numerous, and good ones at that. No
fflcer ot thrnavy la bold enough to
believe that the United States would
not suffer great losses early In the war.
Kngland has within a few days' sail
of La Guayra several Bupply depots
that arc practically Inexhaustible. At
St. Lucia, In the West Indies, Kngland
has one of the most powerful military
stations this side of Europe. It has a
lund-locked harbor of sufficient depth
for the anchorage of a fleet of the larg
est battleships. It has adequate quar
ters and protection for large bodies of
men, and In case of war would no doubt
develop Into a western Gibraltar. In
two years the British have converted
St. Lucia into a great naval station. It
is Great Britain's strategic point lh the
West Indies. It has a station for the
repair of ships. Three great forts
guard the narrow entranao to Its- har
bor, about two miles from th ocean.
Submarine intneB. topedo outfits and all
the paraphernalia of defense are In
place and ready for immediate action.
Of late the Island has been used as a
station where Insubordinate troops and
those whose services at home have not
been satisfactory have been exiled tor
three or four years.
St. Thomas, until St. Lucia became
Great Britain's station of great Impor
tance in the West Indies, was her main
military point, and carries a garrison
Mill of several thousand well organized
und equipped men.
The United States has no such sta
tion near Venexuela. It has not a
single possesion for the refuge of ships
or supplies or for the mobilisation of
troops, ft has no place In these waters
for the docking of war ships. It is not
In the West Indies alone, however,
that England Is strong and this govern
ment weak. Look at Halifax, Bermu
da, St. Thomas, Kingston and Van
couver. At Vancouver, Kngland has
one of the finest naval stations in the
world. She has the same at Halifax,
Besides all these strategic points Eng
land has on the western hemisphere
today an army as large as the stand
ing army of the United States.
Progress of Incompleted ships.
. Nu,val Constructor Hlchborn has giv
en out the following official statement,
showing the percentage of progress on
the new ships of the navy, 100 per cent,
signifying; completion:
Per cent.
Indiana, at League Island, Philadel
phia 100
Massaohusettes, at Cramp's shipyard,
Philadelphia 16
Brooklyn, at Cramps1 shipyard,. Phil
adelphia 64
Iowa, at Cramps' shipyard, Philadel
phia, ...,.., , 50
Nashville, at Newport News, Va .
Wilmington, at Newport News, Va... 60
Helena, at Newport News, Va 61 .
Oregon, Union Iron works, Ban Fran- 1
Cisco 9414
Monadnock, at Mare Islam!, San
Francisco 97
Puritan, New York navyyard 91
Terror, New York navyyard 97V4
Unadllla, Mare Island, San Francisco 9u
None of these vessels could be mado
ready for service until two or three
montha, while those under 80 per cent,
could not be finished within a year un
der the most favorable conditions.
On the other hand, nearly all the
British ships under construction are
so far along that they could be sent to
aea In six weeks or less. There Is an
engineer on every one of them, and on
the larger ones, at least, a line officer
and a carpenter and enough men to
keep the machinery In order.
Besides, there Is the enormous mer
chant marine ot England. She pos
sesses sonethlng like 12.000 ships, sail
and steam, and many of these would be
fitted out under her flag. The gross
tonnage of these vessels is over 13,000,
000. The United States possesses less
than one-fifth the number that England
has, and their tonnage is proportionate
ly less.
Cbaace for Privateers.
It Is presumed In case of war. that
privateering would receive a great Im
petus, and small craft would be fitted
out at every American port to prey on
England's enormous commerce. The
annual cargoes of British ships landed
in England alone last year were valued
at nearly 600,000,000 and the- exports
from English provinces at f300.000.000.
These were mostly carried In British
ships. The food products carried in
British ships last year were valued at
fllO.000.000. Privateering would be a
profitable business in case of war.
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war with Great Britain Is not feared.
It cuts a small figure In the general
situation. England could approach the
great lakes only by the Welland canal,
and the ability to make that Impass
able Is not open to serious question. The
United States could soon overrun Can
ada with volunteers, the army experts
say, and the big fighting would not be
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