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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
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STATE.
Oovtmor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant C5overnor--J. T. S. GOIUN.
Secretary ot Intctn'il Affalrs-JAMKS W.
LATTA.
ffuflo of Surcrlor Court-W. W. l'OK-
TCIl.
Congressmen - nt - Large SAMUKL A.
DAVIi.NTCIlT, OALUSIIA A. GltOW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dist..TAMi:s C. VAL'GIIAN.
House,
ririt DItrlrt-.101IN It 1'ATtR.
rourlh Dlstrlct-.IOHN V. UBYNOLDS.
COLONEL STONE'S PLATEOKM.
It will bo my purpose when elected n
bo conduct mj'f-clf ns tn win tins respect
and pood will of thohe who have opposed
mo n woll in those who have given mo
their suppoit. t shall be the governor
of the whole people of the state Abusfi
hnvo undoubtedly Brown up In the legislature-
which nro neither the fault ot one
party nor the other, but rather tho
growth of rustcm Unnece&saiy Investl
gitlons have been authorized by commlt
t j. rcnltlnij In unneciFVirv expense to
tt.o state It will bo my cate nnd pur
rf'SO to correct these and other evils In t-o
fur as I Invo the power It will he ml
purpose while Rovernni of Pennsylvania,
rts It In been mv purpose In the public
positions tint I have held, with God's
h lp to dlscharpe mv whole dutv Tho
piople nre creator than the parties to
vhlch thev belonc; I am only Jr-aloui of
their favor I --hnll onlv ntlempt to win
their npproval and my experience Ins
tnucht me that Mint can host he done bv
in honest, modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
i
As he vends of Merrltt's work. On
rrM Miles, OnulHlei's wishes that hi',
too. had had a Dewey with him to cut
the cable.
Too Thin.
It Is announced appatently by au
thority that within u hhort time the
Business Men's league will begin an
nctlve and orRanlreil opposition to Sen
ator Quay's candidacy for re-cloctlon,
conducting public meetings and pro
eumahly repeating the bargain-counter
tactics of two years ago, though
probably with Increased dlctetIon. Mr.
WanamaUor, we are told, Is to tesumo
tho stump and visit every county In
tho state. Ills resentment Is repre
sented as Implacable.
The gteat wealth nt Mr. Wnnnmak
cr'a command Insures that If he puts
It In the campaign he can make con
siderable noise. Those who hover about
him with financial expectations, and It
Is generally recognized that his polit
ical staff comprises a number of nrtlsts
In shrewd courtlershlp, will naturally
leave no stono unturned to bring about
n, repetition of former emoluments.
While he does the highly moral part
on the platform they will doubtless
look nfter the political necessities of
the legislative districts, cither by try
ing to alienate nominees friendly to
Quay or by setting up contests calcu
lated to result In the election of Demo
crats. This Is the Wnnamaker style of
"reform" politics.
For our part we question whether
tho satisfaction which the eminent
Phllade'.phlan Is destined to get out of
this kind of a sorehead campaign will
be woith the requisite outlay. The
trouble with W'anamaker Is that his
animus Is too transparent.
It would b a great Joke on the Mug
wump orlglpators of that Saratoga
conference to determine a foreign pol
icy for the United States If 1 should
bo captured by tho "Impeilallsts."
Tlicie is a possibility that It may.
The Administration's Solution of the
Philippine Problem.
The best Information nt hand as to
tho administration's purpose with te
ppect to the Philippines to far as yet
defined and It needs to be understood
that, while tho main principles of Its
policy are fixed, details ate to be held
ubject to revision until tho latest mo
ment, In response to new Information
or new developments In public opin
ionpoints to a demand upon Spain
substantially as follows:
1. The United States to acquire un
restricted title to the city, bay and
harbor of Manila and so much proxi
mate tcrritoiy ns shall finally be
deemed by us sufficient amply to bal
last our foothold and suppott our civil,
military and naval authotlty prob
ably the entire Island of Luzon.
2. Spain to retain sovereignty over
the remainder of the Philippines under
guarantees calculated not only to in
sure honest and benevolent rule over
the natives but also unhampered op
portunities for the development of our
own commerce.
3. Spain to agreo not to dispose of
nny foot of Philippine territory until
we shall have had the first chance to
make a bid.
By this means the administration
hope3 to solve both the commercial and
the moral problems Involved In
Dewey's victories without committing
this government with violent speed to
a radical experiment In distant coloni
zation or Incurring nt one swoop re
sponsibilities not yet comprehended. In
a esoae the programme is a compro
mise, but it is out that enables us to
assart our authority ;ind expand our
dominion at will. While It gives to
Spain the chance to retain some part
of her colonial empire by deserving It,
It also prerldes tha machinery for
ejecting Spain entirely In case she neg
lects to keep faith or falls to Justify
the clemency extended to her.
We gather the' foregoing outline o!
the executive'!) Intentions from n, num
ber of sources and deem It accurate.
In connection with the foregoing we
Invito attention to the appended por
tions of a significant editorial In the
Philadelphia Press, In which It Is easy
to discern tha Inspiration of a cabinet
minister:
"The United States haa certain duties
lind responsibilities which in tho past,
now and In all her history arc more
Important than the mere, acquisition of
territory. If this were the first ob
ject of our policy Cuba would bo an
nexed next wlntpr. llut It li not. Tho
Unltod States 1m not necking emplte
but the creation on tho American hem
isphere, by tho exclusion of Uuropean
militarism, of a jjroup of free, Inde
pendent, autonomous, Kelf-dlreetlng
Btates, whoso peaceful Industrial devel
opment can go on under tho powerful
protection of this country. Under this
policy we took no more from Mexico
than rounded our own continental
boundaries. Wo declined Yucatan when
Its people offered themselves as a ftee
gift half a century ago. We left Haiti
and San Domingo untouched. Wo llm
lied our territorial advance on tho
Isthmus. Torlo Rico Is taken today
not pilmarlly for Its territory hut be
cause Spain linn misgoverned the Is
land and tho United Stales cannot dls
r.hatgo Its duty as the naval piotector
of the Gulf and Catlbbean ea without
an Island for a r'i'o of aims.
"Tho Philippines were attneked as a
part of our duty to stop mlsgovcrn
inrnt on two Anieilcnn Islands, and In
disposing of thm our Ametliun duties
must be first (onsldeied. Russia iin.l
England ate on the edge of war over a
slice of China. It would not pay us to
take nil China ns a gift. Our chief
dutv. In the Philippines Is to secure our
future control of the Tactile and the
ptnteetlon of our commerce there, and
our next duty Is to discharge to the
uttcimost such nun al obligations ns
werp cteated by our victory at Ma
nila, A mere coaling station will not
do this. Such a station would be ex
pensive, Indefensible and cost In peace
and In war moie than It would come to.
The United States needs another Hong
Kong or another Singapore. Such a
city is useless as a commercial center
unless It has tenltory. England, af
ter half a century, has demonstrated
this In the case of Hong Kong and
hacked Its rock Island with a recent
grant of Chinese mainland.
"Our Hong Kong must begin right
Manila Is not enough A meie neck of
land would bo Insufficient. A score of
pretexts would bo found In Spain for
playing the same game of Isolation
which Spain, often In defiance of the
spirit of tieatles, has played at Gib
raltar, so that the place Is commercial
ly of small moment. Manila must not
only be outs but It must ho ours under
conditions which will make It a valu
able, self-supporting, growing posses
sion. Luzon, on which Manila stands,
can no more be divided from Its port
than fiatavla could bo cut off from
Java, Colombo from Ceylon or Ha
vana from Cuba. Island and city go
together. They cannot be separated.
"The duty of the United States to
waid the futuie American trade of the
Pacific not Its own alone can appar
ently, under existing knowledge, best
be discharged by holding Luzon. Rea
sons may exist for holding less and the
decision is not one to bo reached off
hand, but the drift is that way. Hold
ing Luzon, also, the United States does
Its full duty by the insurgents It has
accepted as allies. It is in a position
to enforce guarantees for better admin
istration in the other islands, and,
what Is better than any guaiantees,
by governing Luzon well. It can render
maladministration elsewhere difficult if
not impossible."
While Impulsive public opinion may
at first show disappointment at the
administration's reluctance to take Im
mediate and entire hold of the Philip
pines, the fact that we are to become
tho guiding power there Insures that
the civilization for which wo stand
sponsor, once entrenched, will stead
ily expand. That points conclusively
to one ultimate result the American
ization of the whole archipelago.
Tho new secretory of state, Colonel
Hay, Is a man In every way fitted to
have dltectlon under the president of
our foreign affairs, and fortune has
also been kind enough to him to place
him beyond tho reach of thobe econ
omical considerations which caused
Judge Day to retire and, we suspect,
Kept Charles Emory Smith ftom aspir
ing, as by qualification he well might,
to the succession. Yet good citizens
may well deplore the conditions which
have practically closed to all but very
rich men the door of ambition and
honor In the nation's diplomatic ser
vice. A Cycle of Crimes.
The subsidence of war news has pro
jected Into prominence an unusually
large bunch of sensational crimes
which, In some degree nt leaBt, must be
attributed to war's Inevitable dlsar
rangement of moral checks. Twice
within twenty-four hours New Yotk
teports the murder by a Jealous hus
band of his wife, followed by the mur
derer's suicide; and the Corbett trag
edy at San Francisco completes tho
cycle. Again, in the Dunning case at
Dover we have a peculiar use ot poison
by which the homicidal instinct Is
gratified across a continent's span. In
these and several parallel crimes of
which tho papers Just now ate extra
ordinarily full, we clearly perceive tho
cheapened view of the sanctity of
human life which the legalized blood
shed of war Impaits to the Ignorant
and the vicious and which Is one ot
war's most regrettable concomitants.
The Emellne Reynolds tragedy in
New York probably Is not In any way
attributable to the passions of war, but
there are lessons in it none the les3
worthy ot consldetation. This young
woman, by all accounts gifted with
many graces of mind and person, leaves
a comfortable rural home and doting
parents to seek the fascinations of city
life: Bells her womanhood for Jewels
and finery, and In ono of the orgies of
her downward career Is not only robbed
of tho tnwdiy price of her dishonor but
Is killed In tho bargain. How often
does this logical experience repeat It
self In the annals of the criminal
courts, yet how small Is Its Influence
In enfoiclng tho lesson that tho wages
of sin Is death. 'Meanwhile society re
ceives with welcoming smile the Lo
thatlos who make tho pursuit of femln
ino virtue their continual avocntlon
and only Is it shocked when Borne poor
victim, more unfortunate than the rest,
gets caught with her shame in the
focus of publicity.
To what to ascribe the singular
double suicide chronicled In Philadel
phia, in which two girls, opposed In
their .morbid ambition for histrionic
honors, jump hand In hand Into tho
river must be left to the alienists. The
circumstance to the layman Is merely
one of many that suggest the crying
need on every hand of closer and wiser
parental supervision of tho youtiG a
larger and fuller acceptance than Is
nowadays altogether fashlonablo of
the responsibilities of those who beget
children and then expect them to go
safely through the multiplied tempta
tions and trials of our highly devel
oped modern life with merely perfunc
tory guidance.
Crime as a subject of study Is sel
dom edifying but occasionally It Is Instructive."
At this rate Dowry hides fair to ex
haust his countrymen's, stock of grat
itude. A Trade Opportunity.
It has been decided to hold an Inter
national Mining and Industrial Exhibi
tion In C'oolgardle, the principal city of
the Western Austtallan gold fields, and
suitable buildings are being erected,
ready for March 21st, lS99.The scope
of the Exhibition which was nt first In
tended to be entirely confined to min
ing has been enlarged, and now embra
ces aits, Industries, manufacturers,
Implements, food produt ts, etc., being
In fact thoroughly romprhenslve.
This exhibition oftcrs the opening up
of a trndo on what arc undoubtedly
tho most extensive and the wealthiest
gold fields of the world. It Is under the
pationage of the Western Australian
qovoi ntnent w hlch has granted tho pri
vilege of fre.i railage to the exhibition
and free bond e.xiept where exhibit's
are sold. Tho United States govern
ment will be asked officially to recog
nize the exhibition and to appoint com
missioners to represent our country In
person nt the exhibition.
Wo have as a nation reached the
point tn our foreign commerce where
our exports exceed one hundred mil
lion dollars per month, an aggregate
double that of our Imports a stepping
stone only In the inarch of the United
States to the piomlnent position of the
greatest commercial nation in the
world. The Coolgardle exhibition pre
sents another opportunity not to be ne
glected of pushing our products to the
front, particularly to points on the
Pacific ocean, destined to be the field
of the great commercial contest loom
ing up in the near future, and in the
direction of our newly acquired colon
ies in the Philippine Islands.
It is gratlfjlng news that, In spite ot
tho diversion of Interest caused by
war, the rcc tip's of tho Omaha ex
position have thus far been consider
ably more thin its expenses. The ex
hibition is described on nil sides by
those who have seen It as one ot the
largst, best and most instructive of
Its Jintl ever held In this country,
being exceeded only by the World's
fnlr, and by that rather In magnitude
than In quality. The liberation of the
thoughts of the ptoplo to topics ot
peaco ought to result In a decided ln
ricase In attendance at Omaha. Tho
peace festival to be held during tho
week of Oct. 10, or two days later than
Pennsylvania clay, will particularly
merit the notice of the nation and
stimulate popular interest In the ex
position's success.
The cable dispatch from Ponce, Porto
Iltco, which says that the Ametlcan
tioops .ne powerless In the present cir
cumstances to Interfere with Spanish
soldiers who utlack and massacre na
tive inhabitants in obviously Incorrect.
No tiuco supervenes the high dictates
of humanity and no American wearing
his country's uniform will disgrace It
bv silent acquiescence In prcventlble
outrage. ,
After two or three members of a
faith cure community In York state
had died of typhoid fever the remain
ing members gained sense and called
In regular physicians. Now tho fever
erldcmlc Is under control. Tr-ero nre
some ailments that It pays not to fool
with.
General Augustl was willing that
Admiral Montojo should fight and sink
If necessary In Manila bay, but when
his turn came Augustl preferred to
take advantage of cheap excursion
rates. There Is a suspicion that a good
deal of Blanco's bravery was also of
the ptoxy kind.
Teddy Roosevelt's political rivals will
probably have considerable difficulty
during tho coming campaign In per
suading the voters that the colonel Is
a bounty Jumper, an army sutler and
mule speculator and never smelled
pow der.
In refusing to pay us what ho owes
us the sultan was careful to say h.
had treated all his other creditors tha
sarre way. By and by we will set
them a wholesomo example.
Things are coming John Bull's way.
Even the New York Sun admits that
England's fight In China for equal trado
opportunities and fair play Is substan-
tlall our owi..
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Congressman Dlngley and General
Wheeler simultaneously announce that
they ate expansionists. These are Tom
Reed's lonely dajs.
Captain Carter, of the engineers, has
been convicted of defrauding tho rov
ernment out of millions of dollars, a'ld
he, too, is an Ohio man.
JL Cambon uppcars to havo suited
all paitlcs. He will go down to history
as one of tho most blessed of peace
makers. The German admiral's freshness In
reference to Augustln at all events
srves Uncle E-ani a boatd bill.
The tecent war furnishes an Instance
In which thero has not beccn much
sjmpnthy for tho under dog.
The Impression Is rapidly gaining
ground that Agulnaldo knows a buzz
saw when he sees one.
Whlte-wlnged peace has also extract
ed the fangs from Colonel W. J. Bry
an's military jcord.
BKnco will evidently hava to Erin
and bear it. .
Uniqfo? Contrasts
ShoWn by the War.
Rochester Post-Exprets.
OUCERVKRU of the American pco
plo dutlng tho past six months
must have been struck by the con
trust between their conduct and
that of other people under stmllat
conditions. So marked was this con.
tiast that they must huvo thought
often th.it the Inhabitants ot t lin
United States belong, not to many
ruccs, but to a Blnglo peculiar race. If
they did not think that, they must have
co mo to the conclusion that Anglo-Saxon
Institutions ns duv eloped among them
had produced remarkablo effects. Ccr
tulnly, ns tho aunlltles manifested dur
ing tho w.ir nre passed In review, they
stand out distinct and individual.
o
Other wars havo been undertaken with
purposes said to bo unselfish. The npot
opy trade In behalf of all tho rtllglo'is
wars of the world hns been tho rescue of
tho unbeliever from nil nppalllng fate
the cverlnttlr.g displeasure of tho Al
mighty. It has sometimes happened that
tho Instigators of wars have piotendcd to
desho the dollverimco of some people
from oppression. But wo believe that the
history of civilization will be searched In
vain for a perfect pnrallel with tho Span.
iBh war. Never hetore did a people, ser
ious, hard-headed, nlmost devoid of whit
Is called sentiment, rise and demand as
with one voice the cessation of tho at
rocities that had Icon tor jenrs going en
In Cuba. Tho spectacle was un exhibition
of a romantic Idea cf duly that one would
only expect In an ago of chivalry from a
highly scntlmcntnl people. To assure the
world that tho war for humanity had not
been undertaken, ns so many other wars
under tho samo banner, to glvo play to
barbarous Instincts, a solt-dcnvlng oidln
ancc against spoliation was proclaimed,
and It has been observed.
o
Hardly less rematkablc have been tho
unrivaled energy and skill of the Ameri
can people after they had once decided
upon a struggle for the liberation of
Cuba. Heretofore the rapidity and ef
fectiveness of the Germans In tho war
with Austria, and still later In the war
with Prance, havo cccupled tho foremost
place In tho reccids of military achieve
ment. These movements were. Indeed,
nmost miraculous They were worthy of
tho ndmlratlon bestowed upon them Hut
It should be remembered that Prussia
had been making preparations for them
ever slnco tho closo of tho Nnpoleonlc
wars. She had become almost a nation
of soldiers, trained to quick and concert
ed movement. When tho buglo call to
arms sounded they were ready to throw
themselves at onco upon Austria and
Franco nnd crush them Such, however,
was not the case with the pcoplo ot the
United States. Since the close of h
Civil war, they have given their thought
and energy to the pursuits of peace. It
had como to be a belief with most of
them that they would never have occa
sion again to appeal to tho arbitrament
of nrms. llut hardly had the declaration
of war been Issued before there sprang
Into existence ti navy that was pro
nounced bj experts to he hardly les for
midable than most of tho great navies of
Europe. In tho samo period there were
under colors a quarter of a million men
ready to go to any part of tho world to
fight, and die for tho cause that had ap
pealed so Irresistibly to their sense of
Justice and humanity. It seemed as If
tho wand of somo enchanttess hud been
at work. Within a few weeks, a peace
ful and Industrious nation had been
turned Into a military camp.
There was much sneering at first at
thee "bravo troopers In buckram." Mili
tary critics In tho Old World could hard
ly contain themselves. Tho Idea that
such soldiers could overwhelm In a few
months even a decrepld power like Spain,
with her trained army and navy, was too
comical for serious dltcusslon. While
they might, nnd In all probability, would,
overwhelm th3 Spanish forces In tho end,
tho tusk would not be of tho nature of a
holiday parade. Aside from tho contempt
that military men aro prone to feel for
an Industrial people, tho source of the
error vitiating these views Is to bo found
In tho failure to appreclnte tho mllitnry
valuo of Industrial life. Too often Is It
thought even In the United States thit
tho best soldiers aro tho men that have
given their whole lives to tho training of
soldiers. They alone havo the courage,
tho tenacity, tho steadiness that win bat
tles. Rut vvhero have soldiers exhibited
greater courage, greater tenacity, gren'cr
steadiness than the citizen soldiers that
fought In the battles around Santiago?
Whero havo sallois mado for themselves
a greater name than those that fought
under Dewey and Sampson? Tho achieve
ments of these men havo astonished and
confounded their critics. They have dem
onstrated, as did the achievements ot tho
Dutch during their struggle with Spain,
that tho power of Initiative and self-reliance
that an Industrial life under free
Institutions tends to develop In the high
est degree, does moro to make tho best
soldiers then all the subordination and
storn discipline of prolonged military
drill, which destroy tho spirit nnd elas
ticity of men and convert them Into mero
machines.
o
But the finest trait of the American
peoplo that tho war has brought Into
light Is their fidelity to principle, and
generosity as conquerors. It seemed nt
ono time as If tho wave of military en
thusiasm that swept over the country
would mnko them forget their pledge to
tho world, and that they would claim un.
der specious pleas far more than the
emancipation of Cuba from oppression
and tho tetlrement of Spain from tho
western hemisphere But as the war
comes to an end, the sober second thougnt
has gained tho ascendancy In their minds
nnd hcartB, and the man whom they
placed at tho head of their government
to lead them In battle as well as In peaco
has baldly dono more than to ask the
fulfillment of the terms of the ultimatum
framed before u gun was fired. There
will bo no pillaging of Spain. There will
be no heavy Indemnity that will plungo
tho Spanish peoplo Into deeper depths ot
misery. Deplore, as many of them doubt
less will, tho loss ot tho last remnant of
their Immenso empire In the new world, a
remnant doubly dear to them because ot
tho memories of paBt greatness It re
called, we believe that tho day will soon
como when deliverance from responsibil
ity for rebellious colonies will be regarded
as a piece of great good fortune nnd the
beginning of better days. Instead ot
cursing us, they will bless us.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
From the Detroit Tribune.
But Undo San can't be blamed If tho
Philippines persist In roosting in his
coop.
TOLD BY THE STAItS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchuo,
The Tribune Astiologer.
Astrolabe Cast: 3.13 a. m., for Thursday,
August IS, 1SDS.
"& S&
A child born on this day will notlco
that the Mulberiy street pavn bids fulr
to become one of tho Issues of the com
ing municipal campaign.
We uro always satisfied with the tax
equalization system that squeezes the
other fellow.
If somo of that additional county tax is
used In tho puichase of more bench's
for court liouso squat o no ono will
grumble.
"Mlddlotowr." as the center of attrac.
tton In a military way, has been very
appropriately named.
Since tho battle of Manila bay there
seems to have been a disposition on part
of some one to keep our own Consul Os
car Williams back with tho raw recruits
AJacchus' Advice.
Always remember that the awn of crltl
dim ho Uui most deadly recoil.
GOLBSMI
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Price Ptaed!iiw
Is popular in this store at all times: It's particularly popular just now; the rea
son is an ebbing season. Summer merchandise must move. The harder we pound
prices the quicker the goods change from our possession to yours. Profits don't
worry us it's not profits we're after.
A Wrap at Wrapper!
At a very little cost you can secure a cool, washable morning gown; no seep
ing bother for you, no fitting and basting, all been done for you by trained ex
perts, Figure the goods at retail cost and you have the price of the made-up gar
ments as we shall sell them.
The material is the best Percales, garments perfect fitting, neatly trimmed
Season's price was $1.25. As long as they last you can have them for
iee WSedoWc
Always Bimsy
SUMMER, 1898.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer Footwear Is now on. All our
Russets must go. You need tho Shoes.
We need room.
Lewis, Rely & iavies,
114 AND lit) WYOMING AVKNUE.
THE WAR'S BEST GIFT.
From the Philadelphia Record.
We have taken Cuba, we hold Porto
Blco; the Philippines nro within our
grasp. Wo have learned that wo havo
the best sailors In tho world, and tint
our volunteer soldiers light like veteran.?.
Wo llnd that ship for ship our navy run
not bo equaled, end that our gunners
havo lost none of their fathers' skill.
But, better far than this, tho war has
given us a real union true, unques
tioned and Indestructible. It exists today
us It never has before in our history, not
merely as a cold and calculated compact
between states Jealous of each other, not
as the result of policy or of fear or of
force, but at last as it was Intended In the
beginning by tho fatheis. It exists no
longer merely In tho mind, but In the
heart of each American. McKinley has
had tho glory of seeing the fruition nnd
completion of Lincoln's hopes and alms.
ti
lt Is almost Impossible to conceive how
strong and satisfying to American hearts
tho love of the Union has grown; but the
evidences appear on every hand. The
Southland has supplied its Hobsons, tho
North Its Devveys; and who of us all Is
less proud of the one than of tho other
Pickett's men as tho most natural ex
pression of their feeling brightened the
graves of our veterans with tnc countiy's
flag! Nor have sectional lines alone been
obliterated. Differences of relUlous con
viction havo proved equally Impotent to
divide us. What Catholic wavered In his
loyalty because Spain was wholly Cath
olic, or what Protestant failed to show his
Indignation when Protestant Germany
threatened to meddle?
o
From whatever point wo look the coun
try's solidarity Is the great, tho striking
fact.
THE WAR AND POLITICS.
From tho Philadelphia Press.
"Politics," certain newspapers have
been screaming, would Influence the
choice of thoso tent to conduct tho mili
tary government of Cuba and Porto
Klco. Is there the slightest "politics" In
tho two commissions now sent to begin
this government? Aro not these gener
als and officers nil men lit for their posts
and places? Would any government any
where havo had abler, better or moro
honoiablo men? "Politics" was going to
hinder the war. Instead, we huvo fought
the shortest and most successful war In
modern history, with ono exception, tho
Austro-German wur of 1SC6. When a gov
ernment does Its work In tho swiftest
and most successful way. equaling any
ever known. Is It not nbout tlmo for
Americans to stop this talk about "pol
itics?" Our war from beginning to end
did not have one-half as many political
appointments us an lngllfh campaign
has of appointments due to court and
family Inllucnce KiibIIbIi military nls
tory was and still Is full of dolts and
dunces put In command becauto they
nro related to tho ruling houso or belong
to great families. This is as Immoral cs
any "politics."
m
THE 'CENTRAL FIGURE.
From tho Philadelphia Press.
The capture of Manila Is tho last act
of tho war, ns tho seiiuro and occupation
of Its bay was the first. Admiral Dewey
has the good fortune to close thu war he
opened, and his last success leaves him
Its central flguro and popular hero. No
discussion follows his success an 1 no
complaint. The work Is complete, thor
ough and calls for no question as to vic
tors or victory.
A FANCY.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Possibly the idea has got abroad among
poets that the sea waves are sad because
tho wholo ocean's blue.
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