THE ' SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1898." Clje cranfon CriBtme Published Ifelljr. Ktcpt "uixJiiy.br fli Tribune riibllrtilnr Company, at Vlfly cnU Month. The Tribune's telegraphic news is from tltrce to five hours fresher than that of any Philadelphia or New York paper circulated in its field. Those papers go to press at midnight; The Tribune receives news up to 3 a. in. and sometimes later. All the news in The Trib une while it is new. oiFiiFii at Tin: wmmwAi sciianton, I'A., AS tl COHIM'I.AHS MAIL M ATTFIt. TWELVE PAGES. scuiANTON'. rmmtTAiiY -JO. 1S9S. In another jilaco In this- Issue appears riear and comiiiolienidvp tcvlow of th Maine Monster, reproduced from that onlcrnrI,lntftnelvr)l-reUtc'el society Jniirnnl, Town Topic It surnmmls the uiijrct In a manner worthy of. high ndintiutlon. The New Navy Is Site. tlnd the Maine Mow n tip In any other lmtlmr than lln.inn tin re would tin. iloulitrdly lme been an Instant and nrial clamor In this eountiy against fir xp(tidlttirc of mote of the natlon'i ii.nnej. In vtn.ife w.irjdilpi. It h.td been difficult at best to fret winclont au thorlr.itlon fiom publle t-entlnient to enable the naval expeits at Vashlnpr ton to make what little ni ogress they lie made towatd the devi lopment of n mud in nay. Money for the new wai craft had been voted by eonm-ess, ft tn tltrv' to time, (juidKlnKly and with a considerable mlnollty alleglriK In Mit'iiiiutrs fahlon that It was tdmnlv t'nowIiiK money awuy Tie firt-t thought which stiRKested ltef to many of us upon receipt of the jiw of the Maine disaster was that It olKtiiflpfl an nbiupt hilt to further naval ptoreis iloni; present lines. We nie grind that that foiebodlnpr has not bpfii iiitlflPd. a"! we embiace this 'ntlj oppoit unity to confess oui mis take As r'.iptnin .Inlnn, the Kicatcst li Iiik authoilty on usual matter", nid at the time "The disposition tn condemn the battle ship offhand as flphtlnK machine, whether the as sumption be that the Maine perished from Internal causes 01 from external, can pioceed onlv from Ignorance of the fact of battle ship construction in Rener.il anil consequent mistaken Inference as to the results of future naal battles Professional men Knew bcfor that such ships had a narrow mnrrjin in stability, and they knew nlho thnt the nairow margin, quite sulllelent for yafety under ordinary clrcum Ktanees. iniKlit. under unusual condi tions cause what then happened Hut that nariow margin of stability con tltuted a neeersary ilsk Ships of that character sway with easier move ment than those which are stiffor. They nro therefore better gun plat, forms; give better shootlni?. and to shoot straight to the maik Is an end so primary In a strip of wai as to Justify some risk to attain It." Captain Mahan went further. In his address at the banquet of the Sons of Cincinnati at Princeton, N. .!., on "Washingtln's birthday, from which the above quotation is made, ho nl"-o said: 'Consider, howecr. the number of wai ships that are analogous in character If not In paitlcuhir detail to the Maine which aie tiaverslng the ocean and having on board coal and powder year In and year out w Ithout accident, and you will icalize at once how preposter ous It Is to assume that because the. effects of explosion are feaiful the danger of explosion is gieat. I assure jou, s-peaklng as a seaman and as a nmril officer, that any man that rro(s the oiean in a passengei Ftcamer undeitakes In a week giealcr rhk from collIIon than nn seaman on board n ship of wai does from ex plosion In the course of a yeai " The eommon sense embodied In these and slinlliu utterances made an immediate Impression on the publle mind, and wp belpe it is not out of the way to afliini that een should the court of In quiry Into the Maine disaster bring In a. erdlct unieeiedly acquitting Spain anil placing the whole lespon slbillty upon accident then- would be Intelligence enough among the meri lan people successfully to withstand th onMnught of thoso who oppose our navy and want to see Its develop ment ni tested. In that case there would undoubtedly be a demand for the avoidance In future eonsti uction of the weak points disclosed by the Maine, but with this piovlso the com mand from the people would continue to be to go ahead. On the contiary, a finding that the Maine was sent to lui doom by malice oi by the negligence of those not con nee ted with her navigation and man. ngement would make Impciatlxe the tnklng of mtaauies to replace her and incidentally to enrry onward the work of navy building to the limit of our nccestlfs So that in either event It now seems assuicd that the new navy Is -iff. If Cuba Is to bo putchascd at this stage of the game, the buers should lnlst that all tho discounts be al lowed, Come One; Come All. The asrertlons quoted below ate made by tho Wilkes-Harrc News-Dealer, u liaprr reputedly conducted In tho po litical Interest of ex-Congtessmaii Lelrrnrlng: A determined effort will be mado to da feat Congressman Corinell for tho dele gates tn tho Lackawanna districts. W. A. Stone's followers am there, now. They are setting up the local delegates nnd ralslnc the A. 1'. A. und secret so ciety i lifts. Ills Lackawanna opponents Rill havo'ever nsBlStanco rrom outvldo Fources, a number qf candidates bclnz IlkMy to pool with Blone to divide the dflNoitton. Men will be put up for Con nlf, but In reality thoy will bo for Stone It, was stated some months ago in pnp, of thp papeis nt present wo forget which one that Mr, Lclsenrlnjj had rprelveA assurances that ho could car ry Lackawanna county In tho delegate Ieetlons ngalnet Mr, Connell. Tho gentleman from rjppcV Lehigh, In fact. ,.JAU0,f1 t0 t ect, he nddin that ho hud not made up hln mind whether to accept the invitation or not. It Is possible that tho fotegolng excerpt from the NewH-Dealcr, which Is un derstood to be, under Its new inniinno ment, Ills olllclal oigun, was meant to Indicate to tho people of Lackawanna that Mr. l.elsenrlng had decided to go Into tin anti-Council pool. If so, It Is In tho nature of news nnd therefore worth reprinting. While on this subject It inny not be amiss to extend to Mr. Lelscnrltur, Colonel Stone t anybody cite who inny 1lre to content for the delegates In this county a rot dial welcome. They nre welcome singly or In conjunction; In fact, the more the tnorrloi. To de feat a man who has never dcclated his candidacy for governor, who thus far is a candidate wholly by grace of pop ular tumor and newspaper goislp,out?ht iot to b" (lldlcull And then, too, what a famous ictory It would he! How proud It would make tho fi lends of Mi. I.cl.scnilng or Colonel Stone or both to know that t'ielr said rham-plons-ill-aims had hire reeded In putting to i out an enemy which had existed wholly in their own imaginations'. It Is ie-asurltig to know that should the woist come to tho worst, we would lme little to loc In tho way of trade with Spain. Our Imports from that country hate dining the past few .veais averaged only about $4,000,000 nril o,n pxiKutit to her only about V.'. fff.irlii it cur. Thoro Isn't a jit'itr ' of any consequence In Huropo that wc hao had less to do with In a. com meulnl wa. Keep Cool. It were futile to attempt to deny .so palpable a fact as that the war spirit In the United States is Using. Such n denial would meet with contradic tion on every hand and therefore fall unheeded. Hut It tequlres to be under stood that It will take more than meie exi Itement to plunge a sensible people Into war; and nt bottom Americans aie a sensible people. nxaspeiation nt Spain undoubtedly pu vails It Is the outgrowth of much provocation and it will demand satis faction befoie. It shall subside. Hut this by no means necessitates nor Im plies war. Spain must get out of Cubn. That Is ceitaln. Ameilcan opinion, goaded by prolonged and steadily em phasized annoyances atlslng from the rottenness of Spanish rule In Cuba, has determined upon this as Its ultimatum. Still, Spain' exit fiom Cuba need not require tis to go to war. She Is fast starving herself out; a little time nnd the Cuban Insurgents will do the rest. The loss of the Maine, too, must be accounted for; but neither does this require a war. 'the jury Is still out und Ainei leans aie not going to Inter rupt their deliberations. Hut If pre valent suspicions ale combined by Its erdlet. Spain will promptly indemnify us and theie will be no war. Let ceibody, then, keep his thought-hunker cool and avoid spon taneous mentnl combustion. It will be time to explode when ah milder meth ods have failed. The Hlnghamton Leader after a long search makes the announcement that a hat factory at Heading has been obliged to suspend opeiatlons on ac count of hard tlmi'fa brought on by the McKlnley administration. The Democratic organs (Jnd It very dldl cult Just now to secure material nec essary to make any kind of a showing in keeping up the calamity howl. The Wrong End Fin,t. An Intel estlng publication has been Issued by a committee of the national conference recently held In Xcw York citv to consider the subject of purify ing primary elections. It Is in the form of a pamphlet of ISO pages containing a stenographic report of the proceed ings of the conference, with the com plete text of the papeis lead and the addresses made before It. The confer ence numbered among Its attendants a majoilty of the moie prominent Ameri can advocates of clpanpr municipal and state government, and Its minutes therefore cijstalllze the best thought of the day upon this gieat problem. It Is evident from the contents of this pamphlet that theie Is little hope of an caily ugi cement among primary lefni met m upon a specific plan of ac tion All agree that the primaries should be honest and representative, but there are almost as many ways proposed to reach this condition as titer c are primary reformers. This fact, so often true of professional reformers, whoe hold upon publle attention laige ly depends upon their ability to keep public opinion divided, simply rein forces our belief that entirely too much stress has been placed heretofore upon methods of leforin and too little upon the reform of tho man. That present systems of pilmary elections are open to abuse and fiuitful In scandal may teadlly be admitted without It follow ing us n necessary corollary that a change In systems, with no change in the character of the men buck thereof, would bring perceptible nnd pcrmnnent tellef. On tho contraiy, human ex perience no less than physical law teaches that tho fountain cannot ilse higher than Its source. In other words, theie Is no cross-cut to cleanliness in politics, it Is a goal to be reached only by a proper en forcement In political activities of the best character and conscience of the community, divert, In any election dis trict, under any primary system, a majority of men of voting age who aro brave and honest, ou may be suro that you will have clean primaries and good government. Cilven, under the best primary system known to man, an election district In which tho majority Is Indifferent or corrupt, you may Just as certainly expect crooked primaries and bad government. Changing tho system w Ithout bettering tho senti ment Is like clothing the pig in satin. At tho llrst mud-puddlo tho pig will wallow. fiomo of tho New York hanks have recently been tendering gold In pay ment for checks presented at their counters. The explanation given for this proceeding Is the fact that sold has been accumulating eo rapidly In the treasury and the banks during tho past) eighteen months that It Is becotn lug a burden and the officials arc en deaorlng to get rid of n portion by placing It In circulation whenever an opportunity Is offered. This seems to be nn ndvance spike In Hilly Uryan'u 1900 ruii. Uarioiis Phases of the Maine Disaster From Town Topics. n SIU13 from Its terrible features of A death and destruction, the blow ti lng up of tho Mnlnu was nn liul ru dent unique In the nuviil history of nations. No precedent or par allel caoo can bo recalled. In view of tlic-so aspects of the aftulr It well de serves a careful, uiomotlonnl and un biased consideration, free Horn the reck lcs statements, iitfitrd speculations and (.einriil sensationalism which have boon ncconled It In tho dully press. Tho cir cumstances under which tho Malno wns anchored in the harbor of Jlawma were peculiar, lloth the I'nltid States and Spanish governments emphatically pro claimed lnt the battleships visit was a fiiendlv aic. In tho mittno of u social amenity from one nation to another, with which It was nt profound peace; a step lutt mleil to i ubllsh nnd to cement tho existing cordial telatlons. On the other hand, no one Is so stupid ntt to fall to comprehend the Maine s real mission and to appreciate the sentiments toward her entertained by her ostensible hosts. Tho strained relations actually existing be tween the two countries and tho latent hostility between their representatives In Havana and on the Mnlno respectively cannot bo gainsaid, and It rcnttrrtd the fxirclse of extreme tnct on the part ol the superior olllceis on both sides to maintain tho outward appearance or friendship, lender theso conditions Cap tain Slgsbec was compelled to assume his ship ns safe from molestation In Unvani as IT slip were in Soutlnmpton, Cron tmlt, Cherbourg or even Now York, well knowing the while that such was not tho CISC o This r.atrrallv suggests the all-important subject of the precautions that coul 1 and should have been taken to protect his vessel from harm from without. The recognized precautions to be taken by an anchored vessel against the attack ot moving torpedoes aro outlvlug picket boats, torpedo nets surrounding the ship nnd due vigilance on the part ot thoso on board, in tho rase cl the Mnlno It would have been discourteous for her to have surrounded herself with picket boats: such a step would nlso have neg atived the avowals of mutual filendshlp between the two countries, It Is never taken in time of peace, and this was con fessedlv a time of peace. Hero tho point Is to be taken that whatever picketing and patrollng was to be done devolved, by courtesy at least, upon tho Spanish authorities. Just as the sftfety of the Spanish cruiser Vlzcava was Insured lv an rfllclcnt patrol of tho. I'nltPd States and New York city boats Spain was delinquent In this particular although, of course, ilie old comparison of hindsights ami foresights Is heie applicable. Torpedo nets ma be eliminated from the ques tion, ns tli" Malno did not cairy tliem. Thev aro not In use In our navy and uie falling Into disrepute abroad, as thev hampr a vesiPi's movements, and tor pedoes ot recent pattern can pierce them or dive under them, besides being of such great power that their explosion even at tlip net would, In all likelihood, fatally lnjme the vessel within. Kvrn had tho ill-fated pssp1 carried them their uso would not have been Justifiable, for the Bantu reasons applied to the picket-boats. As for the vigilance on board, there is not the slightest evidence that It was re laxed In tho least from the high btaud.vid which characterizes tho American navy. Tho oltlccrs of tho Maine, lrom Captain Slgsbec, who is a man as cupful and alcit as ho Is cool, courageous and dis creet, down to tho Junior otlkers, wero nn unusually c indent and intelligent lot of men. Lieutenant ISIandln, who wns of ficer of tho elck nt the time of the ex plosion. Is recognized for his capability. There were a quartermaster and a sig nalman, as usual, keenly on the lookout nnd everal sentries scanning tho w.atr foi approaching or passing boats, boslds several of the anchor watch lounging about. o Against fixed submarine mines there nro only two precautions drugging or countermining nnd avoidance of tho spots where their prespnee Is suspected. Of course Captain Slgsbeo could not huvo undertaken dragging or countermining, which would havo been a hostile net not to bo tolerated Always remembering tho "friendly visit" aspect ot tho circum stances, he was virtually compelled to moor to one of tho buoys tn the mun-ot-wnr anchorage. This Is tho custom In nil civilized ports und Is generally accompa nied b the designation, bv a port ofllclal, of the buoy to bo used 'i'hlb wns dent in the case of the Maine, and thorn was no plnuslble reason why the buoy point ed out should not have been taken. Nor coulci he have sent divers down to exam ine the anchorage. This would havo been an Impertinent ptvlng into government secrets It will thus lip seen that Cuplaln Slgsbeo cannot bo Justlv charged with neglecting precautions, lie did precisely what he should have done in tho prem ises. In time of wur ho would assure tly have acted dlffciently. It was peace, unit he had to act accoidlngly ewcti though he appreciated fullv his danger, und of this Iip hnd bcpn warned. Hut Sigsbce possesses an Iron nprvo anil dauntless courage. He would have sailed into tho cintor of a volcano In obedience to ci ders. 1 Know tho man. o All familiar with tho Maine, her officers and crow, aree that tho discipline cm bonrd her was admirable nt all times. Her ppoplo could havo been nt qu titers nnd her guns commenced firing in less than two minutes from the sounding of tile call to general o.uaiteis to battle. Tho oaolness of all tho sur Ivors when the explosion had occurred, and the forti tude of thP maimed and dying, testlfe to thp stuff her officers and clew were mi'do of. The explotlou fnine, as tho w or nl Knows, in,o a thunderbolt from a clear sk. Tho incidents' connected with It are matters of record, nnd most of them mo tiitnlllpr o Theie aro a variety of ngents that might have caused the ttagiMlv. If pro duced! by i.csIkii, the roost likely of theso wcrp a submarine mliio of great explo sive ponei, which could havo paused tho pxplosion diicclb, or one of relatively small cxplcslvo force, or a moving tor pedo, or an Infernal machine smuggled on board, any ono of which could have luused It Indirectly by exploding the ves sel's own ammunition. If produced hv accident the number ot agents multiplies. Deterioration nnd chomlial changes in explosives carried on board; spontaneous combustion of paints, lubricants or tuel, Hhort-clrcultlng of electric wire; or the accidental discharge, from shoic. or by tho ship herself In swlnglm, nt lur moorings of rue or more submarine mines beneath her are but a few of the possible causes Their ic lathe probabll Itv is another matter , u Let tis first go upon llio assumption that tho vessel wns blown Up b a sub marine mine ot grpnt power. That such were planted In linvuna harbor Is not to bo denied. The mine could have born ex plodes! by an olectrlc cur rent fiom shore turned on nt will, or elso tiutomnticallv by tho vessel striking tho mine; but tho latter only In rnso tho electric clr'-ult were closed, which could only bo effected from shore. Therefore, In cither event, tho explosion eould not havo been brought about except by a shoro opera tion. Hem Is an Important point. A careless attendant or operator in the mining casemate, or ono Irresponsible, from personal funutlclsm, perhnps ag gravated by drink, could havo done tho deed, Or It might have been brought about by a Bhort-clroultlng, or de-rect In tho electric system plainly ac cidental. If accidental, It Is a striking ..marvel that tho ono mino surum: by the accident should bo tho ono directly be neath the Maine. A Spanish authority has claimed thnt hud a submarine mlno exploded the harbor would hnve been strewn with dead fish, which was not the case. To this 1 may say, an Inter nal explosion of tho force exhibited would have shocked them nearly as much, o 1 he explosion ot a small mlno or n tor. pedo ngutnst tho vessel's hull would, of Itself nlono, not cnuso dnmuge of tho magnitude actually observed. It would merely blow n big bole In tho bottom, causing the vessel to sink nt once, no doubt, but It would not have rent the hull so tremendously as the actual explosion did. Hut it might havo had co-opcratlon from tho vessel's own ammunition, which It might havo exploded. In conslderlns this phase ot tho mnttcr certain proper tl's of gun .cotton, which wns tho high explosive used on the Mnlno. mo to lie lemembered dun-cotton, when rit.v, bums harmlessly In the open nlr, but dcvolops great exp.itislvo foicc wheiv burned In confinement When wet It can not bo Ignited In ordinary wnvs, nml Is ns snro to handlo as so much salt codfish. Ordinary and even epilte severe blows will not discharge II. It can only bo ex ploded by detonation. Accordingly, a high explosive exploding on contact with, or close to, tho Maine's wet gun-cotton would probably explode the1 latter nnd lirlnir about tho disaster. Whether or not there was any gun-cotton stowed well down below torward 's not yet definitely known, so this tlieorv must bo held In abejuncc. Tho explo sion of a tcttcdo could likewise have exploded one of the nmgusslnes; but here again surmise comes In. It is probable that. If any nuignzlno exploded. It was not tho one containing tho 10-Inch ammu nition, for this would havo created oven greater damego than that which oc curred. o Tho same lessoning that applies to the pxplosion ot a torpedo or rmall submar ine mlno itr.ij bo used In tho consldi.i tlon of nn Infeiunl machine, time bomb or something of tho sort Infcldo tho Ves sel. I'liuldcd by tho vessel's own am munition, it could hardly havo vviought tho dcstiuctlon that took place, but, like a torpedo. It might have exploded either tho gun-cotton er a magazine. The spontaneous-combustion theory has about as manj objections to It as recommenda tions. Fires have started spontaneouslv in coal bunkers very often, but thej have hitherto soon been discovered, if a tiro of this naturn should have gained head wav next to the Maine s magazine, tho explosion of the latter would have been likely, notwlthstnndlng the fact that tho charges of powder in tho magazine are kept In tightly sealed separate metallic canlstcts. That such a file, though.should have progressed sufficiently, without dis cover;., to Ignite tho contents of tho mag azine Is difficult of belief livery coal bunker has Its automatic flro alalia, which at once gives notification when the temporaturo ot tho bunker has exceeded n certain degree. Theso devices hae proved satisfactory In tho service, but even If ono should refuse to act, exces sive neae in ine nuiiKei auecicu wuiuu ue i communicated to the adjacent compart ments, tho nlarms in which would give tho slcnnl when tho safety point was passed Again, the vessel wna thorough 1 Inspected .it S p m and nil was found secure. Tho suggestions that short cir cuiting of electilc wires or Ignition of paints nnd oils caused tho disaster aio deserving of llttlu attention; the former, because theio are no wires within tho magazines, the litter, because the paints and oils arc icmoto from the magazines and tlielr Ignition could be quickly discov ered. Ilegarelcd nt this distance, and with tho aid of the limited Information at present available, tho Indications point to the dlschaige ot a submarine mlno ns the most likely cause ot the explosion. This could have been brought about by accident or design. -o The conseejupncps of thp disaster now confront us. If the Investigation of the board of Cnltod Stntcs officers decides that tho calamity was duo to acrlderital Internal causes, Its next step will bo to fix tho blame. Jt It cannot bo attributed to tho incompotenco or negligence of anyone in tho navy, such will bo reported and thp only eoiupquences will be tho adoption of stops to prevent Its recur rence. If anyone Is blamable, a court martial will at onco ensue. In either case, Siialn will be eliminated from tho question. If, however. It be found that tho Maine was blown up, either internal ly or externally, by design, the aspect of the case will be exceedingly grave. The results will depend largely upon the dis covery of tho author or authors of the net. o If the explosion should bo traced to the Spanish government, war fierce and Im mediateIs Inevitable. If It should be shown that tho deed was the act ot an individual, or a few Individuals, the Spanish government could not be lipid strlctlv accountable unless It wpro proved that It countenanced tho aet or did not take reasonable measures to prevent It. It Is to be noted thnt there Is danger here, for, unless Spain promptly pun ished the eulprits to tho fullest extent, a mere dlsivowal and expressions of regret or apology would not satlsfj the I'nlted htntes. If It bo proved that the explo sion was dun to design tho flist act of tho United States government would be to discover tho perpetrators. If this were impossible there would still be grounds for a demand upon Spain to show how such a thine eould bo possible, ns the Maine, on u friendly visit m a Spanish port, was di pendent upon the protection of her host. Spain would have to show that tho disaster was not duo to any lack of vigilance oi other shortcomings on her part, und unless she did so an ampin apology and ample Indemnity could llghtlv bo demanded of her Her refusal to grant these and to punish the of fenders. If located, would be n casus belli Here Is nn Important point. Suppose that It was a submarine mine that exploded, and suppose, that Spain proved that the explosion was due to an accident or to the e-arelessness or crime of an irrespon sible person. Spain would still have to explain why the Maine was guided to a mooring buoy which placed her over the deadl) mine. o It Is not jet time to render a verdict. I'ntil the official Investigators of tho I'nlted States make their report, the ml vlco of level-headeel Captain Slgsbeo to "suspend Judgment" shoulil bo hepiled, despite tho fart tint of all possible causes of the disaster the most proh oblc, from present Indications, is a sub marine mine. If seeh was the case a grave duty devolves upon Spain. If sho Is delinquent, tho deaths of tho cour ageous talented Jenkins, sturdy voung Merrltt and the other brave fellows huiletl unwarned to thPlr awful fute, will tie nvenspd with certainty, celerity and completeness. Havilaod On ana WE ARE CLOSING OUT FOUR OF OUR OPEN aiOCK CHINA PAT I ERNB At Cost II' YOU WANTAVIUNA DIJ.NKR SET NOW IS THE. TIME lO BUY WE ARE TAKING ACCOUNT OF STOCK AND WANT TO CLOSE OUT 'IHKSHFOUH LINES BEFORE FEB. RUARY 1. CLEM0NS, FERBER, WAIILEY CO, 4'.".' 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