-EMI OMAHA BB t THUB3PA.Y , 8S , 1H08.
THE OMAHA DAILY PER
K. llOBEWATEIl , Editor.
I'UULISHED EVEtlY MOIlNIKO.
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rial matter should be addressed ! To the Ldltor.
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STATEMENT OK CinCUt ATION.
Btnte of NVbrarkn , Doimlns county , f * ' .
Ocorgi 11. Tzscliurk , secretary of The Doe rnu-
Ilihlnit company , being iluly sworn , snys th.it tne
actual number of full nnd complete coplfi of n.e
Dally. Moinlne. RvenlnB and Sunday Ue prlatrj
durlnir the month of March , 1893 , was ns follows :
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IS 22,2)7 31 J2.IM7
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Jjfti returned and unsold copln 11 , 3
Net totnl rn\n \ fJI.JW
Net dally average \tr
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Sworn to before mp and subocrllxvl In mv pre--
ncc this 1st day of April , 1833. N. I1 , mil. .
( Seat. ) Notary Public.
KKEP IT IIKFORE TUK PEOPLE.
During the progress of HID wnr , ns
heretofore , Tlio Hoe will continue to out
rank nil competitors In telegraphic news.
With the full Associated Press report ,
Biipplcniented by special cable dispatches
from Kin ope nnd nil polntn In the seat oC
war , It will supply Its patrons with the
most complete and reliable war news.
Whenever anything of great Importance
or startling nature occurs , nn extra edi
tion of The Bee , with the most authentic
reports , will bo published. The Bee
will not , however , attempt to create
false alarms by sensational fales , either
on bulletin boards or In extras gotten up
to rllle the pockets of the credulous.
The fleld of fakery and Imposture it will
leave to the papers which subsist by
mien questionable methods.
The way for Governor Holcomb to got
u-ltl of the ltobt > rt K. Lee Ilerdiimn In
cubus Is to prctri him Into the service as
a colonel.
Bj- the time the Nebraska boys get
down to the Gulf of Mexico they will
want to shed their winter uniforms , but
It Is to be hoped the war will be over
before they get that far.
Hawaii will be welcomed as n par
ticipant In the Trnnsmlssl.sslppl Exposi
tion , but it will flhliic much lx tler ns n
foreign nation than ns a territorial
province of the United States.
What will be the political condition of
the "solid south" after the wnr in over ?
Some of the stntra have already broken
nwny from their traditional politics and
others will embrace the flrst excuse for
eo doing.
The next thing we hear of Governor
Holcomb will Hie n demurrer ngnln t the
War department on the ground thnt It Is
not a co-ordinate branch of the stntc
government of Nebraska under the con
stitution.
The retirement of John Sherman from
the State department brings the mnubor
of ex-secrebiries of state living up to
live namely , Sherman , Olney , Bayard ,
Foster and Evnrts. The latter retired
from public life many years ago.
The most serviceable brand of patriot
ism Is that which keeps Its head evwi
In the initial of the greatest excitement.
A patriot who Hies about like a chicken
with his head off at every mention of
Spain will be useless when his services
are needed.
" The obstructionisms of Spain are resorting -
sorting to the petition habit for the an
noyance of the boy king and his sup
porters. But , then , they have no news
paper organs through which they can
juake attacks on the government and
tncldciUully help the enemy.
ts newspapers that have always been
loyal do not have to Haunt the flag In
very column to prove their patriotism.
Ex-copperheads and ex-rebels are natu
rally expected to shout loudest for Old
Glory , wh'.eh they lired bullets Into or
otherwise Insulted when the life of the
nation was In danger.
If the United Staten Wnr department
handled Irs commissary department on
the plan by which Governor ijolcomb
has lot contracts for supplies on bids
given over the telephone there would be
Bovei-.il courts-martial convened to try
charges of Jobbery. But , then , tlu > gov
ernor of Nebraska insists that he In
above both the law nnd the constitution.
A Kamsas newspaper calls attention to
the fact that a man who Is asking for
the congressional nomination at the
hands of tlio popullstn In one of the dv.i
trlas Is on record as having railed out
the lire department In Topeka by trying
to mall n letter in the alarm box. Some
populist * , however , have done equally
foolish things sometimes after they got
to congress.
There Is a diversity of opinion In Call-
ferula as fothe extent of Urn damage
done to the fruit crop of the state by late
frosts , but there Ls no question about
the seriousness of the prolonged drouth
which lias made It Impossible to expec
good gram and grain crops this year It
a large part of the state. However ,
California Is a utate with so many nnd
varied Industries that It will not bo seri
ously crippled by the loss of a part of
the fruit crop for one season or the
necosslty of et-ndlivg the cattle out of the
state for crazing purpose * .
TtlK FIRST toAVAL BATTLE.
Wherever the flint battle between the
fleets of the United Stntca and Spain
shall be fought the entire world awaits
It with Intense Interest , because it la
felt that the result of such a conflict
will go far to determine the still un
settled , question in regard to the real
fighting value of modern wnr ablps.
The few naval battles of recent years
have not afforded an adequate test of
the efficiency of modern devices for
warfare on the sea of 1he complex ma
chinery of the new navies. The battle
between the navies of Chill and 1'cru
nearly twenty years ago , although
the fillips engaged were armor
clnd , furnished no tcs * . The Brit
ish ( reduction of the forts of
Alexandria sixteen years ago was
one-shied and Indecisive. The naval
fighting in Brazil live years ago did not
supply a satisfactory test of the modern
wnr hlp. The nearest approach to a
ttwt of naval lighting appliances was In
the bnttlc of the Yaltt , In the wnr be
tween China nnd Japan , but that was
far from being n satisfactory test , for ,
while the naval machinery of the
Chinese was superior to that of Japan ,
It was Ill-supplied with ammunition and
badly ImmllirJ. Kach Chlnwu ship acted
Independently , while the Japanese
squadron wan directed ns a whole and
operated with coolness nnd skill. The
Chinese navy , many of the seamen In
which were both tnetllctont and cow
ardly , was practically annihilated , yet
Japan did not have a single battleship
or nn armored cruiser of the first class ,
nor any of the latest naval ordnance nnd
gun nppliancea. Japan had no torpedoes
and China made no effective use of hers.
The Japanese victory was won with the
ordinary shot and shell.
Hence the world looks to a great battle
between the navies of Spain nnd the
United States , which contain some of
thu latest nud best of modern wnr ships ,
for an adequate test of the fighting nin-
chlnery of modern warfare on the sea.
The belief among experts Is pretty gen
eral that brains will count for quite as
much as nrnior , while discipline and
accuracy of fire will be Important factors
n a naval battle. A writer on he sub-
ect remarks that the adoption of me-
ihanlcal forces and devices makes a new
lemnnd upon the qualities of men.
They need as much as ever coolness ,
courage and endurance , but impetuous
lash nnd fury nnd the prowess of sheer
ihyslcal vigor nnisit give place to mental
qualities of a higher order than was for-
nerly required. In this respect the navy
of the United States ought to show n
decided advantage over that of Spain.
We think It safe to say that as a whole
the moii lu the American navy are
superior Intellectually nnd quite the
qual of the Spaniard's ' lu discipline and
larlng.
The test which the world anxiously
awaits cannot 'be mudi longer delayed.
Spanish strategy must soon be disclosed
and there can 'be ' no doubt thnt the
Vmerlcan navy Is ready for any cincr-
; oncy. .
8PAKISII VQHUE IN CUBA.
There hns been great dlvorgeivco In es-
Imatea regarding the strength of the
Span'ish ' army In Cuba. It Is safe to
assume that no one outside of the Span-
sh military authorities there and the
war ofilco a > t Madrid Is accurately In
formed ns to the number of troops un
der Blanco , but It Is difficult to under
stand why there should 'be ' such n wide
llfferenco In the estimates of the e who
are understood to have made some in
vestigation of the matter. A variance In
figures from 00,000 , for which General
O Is authority , to four or five times
: hat number , as estimated by Consul
Springer , is pretty 'broad. ' Certainly If
the Spanish In Cuba can raise a , force
of between 250,000 nnd 300,000 soldiers ,
adequately supplied with arms and am
munition , as Consul Springer says they
can , tlio American people may ns well
make up their minds that driving Spain
out of Cuiba Is likely to prove a pretty
hard task.
Undoubtedly , however , General Lee Is
to bo accepted as the better author
ity , especially as ho is sustained by
much other authority. It is probable
that the entire , available Spanish force
In Cuba dors not exceed 100,000 and
While this -would be a very for
inldablc force if composed of flrst rate
material , with the class of soldiers , ac
cording -trustworthy accounts , it for
the moat part embraces Its real fighting
strength Is not above .half what the
figures Indicate. Undoubtedly the Span
lards nnd Cuba will do some fighting ,
but nn army largely made up of hungry
and ragged youths , poorly disciplined ,
cannot bo very formidable.
JAPANKSf , LABOllKItS.
It Is probable that within a few years
opposition to Japanese lalwrers will de
velop on the Pacific coast almost ns
bitter an that directed against the
Chinese laborers In the past. This Is
lyeenui'o the Japanese workmen are
largely taking the place of the Chinese
where prejudice or tlio law has driven
the latter out.
A few days ago It was , rumored that
100.000 Japanese laborers had naked for
past-ports to the United States and that
80,000 had received them. This was de
nied , but the fact cannot be Ignored that
the coming of large numbers of Japa
iu > se laborcm Is nlnmst as great :
menace to Industrial prosperity on ilw
Pacific coast as was the Influx of Chinese
a few years ago. Strenuous efforts art' '
being made to prevent the coming of
Japanese on contracts aivd yet It Is cer
tain thnt many contract laborers n
pant the Immigration officers. That
Japanese laborers are willing lo KI\ \
their.-iolves practically Into slavery for
the sake of getting away from theh
overcrowded island Is shown by th.
fart that there are many thousand coa
tract laborers In Ha mill brought from
Japan , where on one day -this montl
two .stoani'shlpi } brought to Houoluh
1,170 Japanese contract laborers who nr
to go to work on tlw sugar plantations
Japanese laborero are also being sen
in large number * to Mexico and Centra
America under contracts.
The American people , with some show
of reason , have looked upon- the Japanese
as more desirable than the Chinese
Japanese laborers are usually more in
telMgeiit thau the Chinese , and us the/
hare become accustomed to a higher
standard of living In Jnpnn , the Japanese
laborers are unwilling to degrade themselves -
selves with labor at Narration wages ;
but the cootie system la being Intro *
dnccd nmong the Japanese and It Is not
less offensive with them than with any
other class of laborers. The American
people will not tolerate a form of nlavery
with the Japanese laborers any more
than with others.
A WOMEN'S DKMKF
Now that the war spirit has been fully
aroused and patriotism Inspires every
American to make whatever sacrifice
may be necessary to sustain the national
honor , It Is to be hoped that every
agency which can ameliorate the rigors
and hardships of war will be called Into
activity.
The timely suggestion of General Man-
derson that Nebraska take the lead In
rganlzlng a women's relief corps Is
eartlly endorsed by The Bee and should
icct with a ptompt nnd cordial response
rom the noble women of Nebraska.
Vhllo Nebraska's quota In the volunteer
army will not be as large as that of the
nore populous states on the lakes and
Ulantlc seaboard , there is no reason
vhy this state should not Inaugurate the
novement to provide for the sick and
nalmed heroes who have enrolled them-
elves to battle for Cuba's freedom.
During the civil war nothing con-
rlbuted more toward making the life of
he union soldier endurable than did the
arlous relief organizations formed by
he loyal women of the land. In the
amp , In the hospital nnd on the battle
fleld patriotic women ministered to the
vants of the defenders of the union and
cheered them on to renewed effort to
ave the nation. The women of JS08
nre surely as self-sacrificing and patri
otic as the women of 1801 to 1S)5. ( )
Nebraska prides Itself on being one of
he soldier states. The example It will
et In organizing the first women's re-
lef corps will be emulated by the
vomen of every state In the union from
? oxas to Washington.
When the women of Nebraska rally
round the flag by organising for the
vork of soldiers' relief they will en-
ountor no obstacle In procuring abund
ant support from all classes of our cltl-
ens. The nucleus for this movement
s already at hand In the woman's aux-
Hnry of the Grand Army of the Ke-
mblle , the experience of whose mom-
) era will be Invaluable In the present
emergency.
TREATMKNT OF SPANISH SHIPS.
Tlie proclamation of the president , nn-
lounclng the policy of the government
oward Spanish merchant vessels , is
fair and liberal. The existence of war
lates .from April 21 nud any merchnnt
esol of Spain that was in nn American
> ort at that date Is allowed thirty days
or departure , with freedom from danger
of capture if they shall be found to carry
lothing contraband of war. It Is also
irovlded that any vessel that sailed
from a foreign port , prior to the date
at which war was declared to exist , for
a port of the United States , t/iull be pcr-
nlttcd to enter such port anil discharge
ts cargo , departing forthwith without
nolcstatlon and with permission to con-
tlntia her voyage to any port not block
adcd.
It Is the right of a government to dc-
ermlno for I'tself ' the time during which
the merchant vessels of nn enemy may
emaln In Its ports and this him l t-n
nade as short as fifteen days. Consequently
quently this government would have
> een Justified in naming a briefer pi-rlod
: hnn a month for -departure of Span-
sh merchantmen firom American ports ,
but the Interests of our own people per-
.nips required that at least thirty days
be allowed Spanish vessels to take on
cargoes and -sail away. Of course th'.s
privilege does not give them freedom
'rom search. They may still be stopi > l
> y our war vessels and their papers nnd
cargoes examined , but It Is a safeguard
against seizure if they are found to bo
all ( right Tt Is to be presumed that the
Spanish government will observe a like
course toward American merchant ves
sels.
It Is perhaps needless to say that the
existence of war Is the absolute lutor-
ruptlon and Interdiction of all commer
cial Intercourse ibetwcen the belligerent
countries , but the rule of internatlon.il
law to which the president's proclama
tlon con-forms is observed by all mari
time nations.
A contributor calls attention to the
fact thnt while the agitation for a gen
eral cleaning up in preparation for the
exposition has worked noticeable im
provement In many directions , In other
lines there Is an appearance of sad neg
lect that calls for remedy. He refers
more particularly to the minor public
carriers such as omnibuses , express
wagons , freight trucks , retail deliveries ,
United States mall wagons and other
vehicles that detract from the' metro
politan character of our streets. The
complaint that nt present they do not
In this respect compare favorably with
cities of less pretensions than our own
Is well founded and the business nu > n
In their Commercial club would do well i
to take the question up. j
Why cannot Nebraska cmulato the ex
ample of Iowa Intho numbering of regi
ments furn''sliotl for the volunteer serv
ice ? Nebraska furnished two regiments
dnilng the civil war known as the Klrst
and Second Nebraska regiments. Those
regiments have made their history nnd
their war records should be distinguished
from the record to be made by the vol
unteers of 'DS. This can be readily done
by numbering the two regiments about
to be mustered the Third and Fourth
Nebraska.
The butter makers of Iowa have a
right to polint with pride to the fact that
of the 80,000.000 pounds marketed last
year fully 75 per cent was uold In New
York City. This docs not Include the
much larger amount consumed by the
Iowa people themselves , every pound of
wU'.ch was necessarily of excellent qual
ity.
The flrst blood of the war has been
shed. The fighting , however , seems to
have occurred in an Omaha saloon with
the result that the sergcantnt-arius of
the late democratic atute convention
wear * a bulletin hls.arm. It will lie In
order for Gofjprflor llokomb to recog
nize this exhibition of bravery by con-
ferrlng sohllcFj fllrnps upon tlio victim
that will eutlUo him to a colonel's rank
In all future tfcYttftn conventions.
A once fnmouai picture Illustrating T.
Ituclmnan Hcad'si stirring poem , "Sheri
dan's Hide , " iwn knocked down nt nn
auction sale at 'art ' works In Now York
a few days agtt'for § 175. The painting
cost the original' ' owner $12,000. The
poem never cosk anybody that sum nnd
It has been read and admired by ( thou
sands who w'o'iih hardly take a second
glance nt
The county attorney deserves praise
for getting after some of the skin game
gamblers at South Omaha. Several skin
games , however , nre being operated
right along In Omaha with the knowl
edge of the police and under assurance
of police protection. How much longer
nre our reform police authorities to be
permitted to work this graft ?
The railroad earnings for the month of
March show n substantial Improvement
lu bnsiiiesw In spite of war , especially In
the west , 120 prominent roads reporting
Increased earnings of over ? 0,000,000 over
those of the corresponding month of
1897. But there nre still a few popo-
crats who believe the promised pros
perity is all a sham.
When Nccemmrjr.
Inter Ocean.
. The bill declaring war against Spain passed
the house -ii cno minute and forty-one
seconds from the time It was presented ,
which may servo to convince Europe that
the machinery ofa republic works rapidly
and smoothly enough when there Is a ruab
order on hand.
( A. Stroke of
Inillannnolls Journal.
The United States may have lost some
diplomatic points In previous negotiations ,
but It scored an Important victory In vol
untarily relinquishing the right to engage
In prlvate rlng , thus compelling Spain to
cheese between following Jier example and
antagonizing maritime Elurope. This was
a stroke ot real statesmanship on the part
of the CattedElates. .
IniliiHtrlul CoitqiiuntH.
St. IxiulS alobe-Dcmoerati.
In the midst of war preparations It U n
gratifying fact that the demand for our
manufactured articles Is growing In many
directions. Orders have Increased thla
year for American railroad Iron , engines ,
bridges , plows , cultivators , reapers , thrash
ers , hullcrs , cotton-working machines , stamp
mills and steam engines. American elec
trical machinery has control of ( ha wtiolo
field. Not long ago three water wheels of
430-hor30 power each were sent to an elec
tric motor company In Japan. American
machinery lo replacing that of foreign made
In Mtixlco. Hussla'has followed Japan In
ordering new baUlei hlps la our yards.
SprlnsfleM' ( Mnss. ) Hepubllcan.
It will not do td'suppcao that the Ens-
llsh people are unanimously m sympathy
with the UnitedStates these daya. Ttio
Saturday Review ; which loved to-throw bou
quets at our anccatprs whenever they found
themselves In djfllculty , la still doing busl-
nces at the old eland. It frankly avows Its
preference /'Gautlle ' over Connecticut , "
as It says , which Is complimentary to Con
necticut. The Review finally reduces the
whole question'1 to 'one of "manners , " and
of course that Ismail them 1 < 7 to It. It hap
pily aays : "Weareall , disgusted wliti these
taw , vulgar , b'.ataaj. Americans who scour
Europe In search , of their aelf-rcspsct , and
cannot , conduct , a mere legal caco with de
cency. " * - ' -I
A. IVnr Governor Indeed.
Boston Globe.
There can be. no doubt about one thing
Nebraska hep a governor who Is all that the
name Implies. . .
Silas Holcomb thinks he ts more Impor
tant that the supreme court of the state ;
and , thinking so , denies any authority on
the part ot learned judges of that tribunal
to order htm to do anything whatever against
his will. A writ of mandamus baa been Is
sued by the outraged court to compel Gov
ernor Holcomb to carry out the provisions
of a certain law or ehow cause why be
should not. The governor declares that he
will do neither ; that the Judiciary of the
state has not jurisdiction over him and can
not compel him to do anything ho does not
want to , becauoe It is only a co-ordinate
branch of the state government.
To cap the climax , . Governor Holcomb de
clares Uiat If the court com m ltd him for
contempt ho will pardon himself out. Evi
dently a war spirit la awake In Mr. Bryan's
state la good earnest.
Too 3Iony Wonlit-Ilc Colonel * .
Springfield ( Muss. ) Republican.
"Nottilng " can be more- out of place and
positively harmful to the national Interest
than the general disposition to suspend work
and go about shouting and offering to raise
regiments. This la the very worst thing a
man can do for his country at the present
juncture. There may be a call for gratult
ou. ) exhibitions ot patriotic feeling of this
kind later on if the worst sort ot fortune
follows our cause persistently enough , but
for tbo present the government will have
more men offering their services from the
national guard of tbo several states than It
will know well what to do with. It Is , wo
mudt repeat again , not numbers as much as
training , efficiency and armament 'that count
In war today , and Industrial power Is the
basla and support ot all. The great bat'tle-
hlp Massachusetts carries a crew of 600
officers and men"but Its power \a \ Immeas
urably above that of the then mighty Royal
George :
When Kempenfeldt went down.
With twice four hundred men.
It were better , 'then ' , for tbo shoemaker or
even the politician to etiok to bis last , than
to go about offering or attempting to raise
raw regiments for whoso effective use there
Is no prcspect , Immediate or remote. When
tbo government needs such service It will
call for It.
GO WEST FOR TUB SUMJIKll.
Sennonnlile Tip for the Snniiiter Girl
nnd Her Follower * .
Chicago Tlmes-Heralil.
One of tbo results of a naval wnr will be
a dceertlon of toe seaside resorts by thcna
Americans who have formerly lived there
through the hea"tca' ' term. The trend will be
to tlio mountains , and to the western rnoun
tains at that.
It will be a gopiKthlnj tor Donlface of the
northern woodiJand ot the , ) ? m < iny cool
elevations In tie Rockies or the Sierra Nc-
vadaa. It will tfe'-ftoney In the pockets of
pacaenger agentsj of very Interesting stage
drivers , and of guides Innumerable. Out
It will be of far greater advantage to tbo
guests tbenwelvsa They will learn nu en
forced lesBon radv 111 come to love It.
They will nnd beauties they never before
droimed of. They . .will . find distances and
resources and Yffl ty that will vastly en
rich them. And'-thfcy will bo better Ameri
cans for having loa ; tticmselvcn "In continu
ous woods" where now rlvera that were If3i
tbm empty names before.
They may sleep secure la our pleasant
rt orW , and "dream of battlefields no more , "
for no foe shall approach within a thousand
miles. They may nil their lungs with a
new air that waits to beat them , and store
their minds with new marvels from the un-
thumbed volume of tbe west.
Incidentally the men may And opportu
nities for Investment that will bring them
hi thirty and. sixty and one hun
dred fold. And also Incidentally tbo
young women may find beroea for
husbands , prouder ot muscle than
duke * are ot debt , nobler than prlncei
impoverished , and much more loving and
loyal than 'elassea ot fashion and molds o
form , who devote their beet thought to the
ballroom.
Come west , summer eerapbi , and get ac
quainted with your country.
or JOHJT
Chicago Tlracft-Heraldi Mr. Efeerman'a
no mo will. alwty bo an Inspiration to pa
triotism nd ) to lofty endeavor. ! ! take *
wild hkn Into his wcll-earntd retirement
the esteem and the gratitude ot his fellow
countrymen.
Cincinnati Tribune : Pull of year * and
honors , yet still not honored so much as
sued a man dcarrvcd to b , John -Sherman
baa como to tbo end of his career at a
public man. He will take with elm Into bin
retirement a satisfying sense of duty wet !
done , and the tasting esteem and affection
of the people he loves ,
-Milwaukee Sentinel : History will judge
Mr. Sherman as ho la judged today , when
( hero Is no generous spirit who la not eager
to forget the last two years. In * tolch old
ago and III health have broken Mr. Sher
man and kept him from being more thin
the nominal bead of luo State department.
Today wo alt hark back to his days of health
and vlsor , when his opinion always com
manded respect , and when he was able to
do Important service to his party and nls
country.
St. IMul Pioneer Prc&s : Fcrty years of
distinguished public service lie has won the
right to an honorable retirement , and bo
goes out of office crowned with the grateful
plaudits ot the American people tor his long
reccrd ot noble achievements for his coun
try. It Is to bo hoped that ho may bavu
many years yet before him In which to
contemplate tbo national greatness to which
lie has oo largely contributed and to enjoy
the respect and gratitude which his coun
trymen feel they owe htm
Indianapolis News : For mor than forty
years ho lion been one of the masterful
orces In American public life. In the houce ,
n the senate. In the cabinet , ho has always
> cen a leader , not a follower ; an originator ,
lot an Imitator. Tltno after tlnio he was
erlously considered at a presidential can-
ildate. If parties were given to nominating
heir most conspicuous men the men who
iave done most in constructive statemanshlp
and In Intellectual leadership there can bo
10 doubt tbat Mr. Sherman would have been
nominated and elected.
Chicago Inter Ocean : The name of John
Sherman will bo associated In the history
of thU country with great financiers. His
ecrctaryshlp of the treasury from 1S77 to
SSI forever linked his name with refunding
and resumption , In that position he waa Itie
right man In the right place at the right
Imc. Ho is entitled to high boner , and
ho fuct that ho has not Tjeen able to mr-et
.he requirements of the State department
mder President McKloley should not detract
roni the credit due him for Uio record made
under Hayes and In the senate from 1SS1
o 1S3T.
Kansas City Star : John Ftierman's fame
s wholly secure. Ho will always remain a
owcrlng figure In the history of the re
public. Nothing can detract from the gran
deur of his record. .He has been constantly
n public life for nearly half a century , and
name ts associated with tbe most splen
did achievements ot his party. The retlre-
ncnt which he has chosen Is fitting to a
man of his years and his great achleve-
nenta. The best wishes of the American
> eople will attend him to his Oblo home ,
where he will 'bo ' surrounded ! by "honor ,
eve , obedience , troops of friends. "
Loulavlllo Courier-Journal : No more pa-
hcttc Incident has transpired In connection
with the present outbreak of war than the
enforced retirement of John Sherman from
participation In public affairs Ho Is one of
he last of the statesmen that the civil war
irought forth , and the greatest surviving.
Cne ot the ablest of all the secretaries of
he treasury since Hamilton , it was certainly
ib fortune to do tbe most Important work.
The resumption of specie payments and the
funding of the war debt are achievements
suftlclcnt to entitle him to a place among
.he chcsen few who have the genliM of con
structive statesmanship. That such
a long , vigorous and , altogether useful life
should be brought virtually to a close by
mental decay at a period when lesser states
men suffer no loss of mental power Is In
expressibly pathetic. If the art ot govern
ment bo the greatest to which man can de
vote himself. John Sherman has served hla
generation well.
TI1 S O.\ WAIl TOPICS.
With a war tax on gum , every patriotic girl
will chew for her country.
"Ouena Ventura" Is not a lucky name
for a Spanish merchantman.
Senor Polo has concluded to reamln at
Toronto. He will be handy to conduct peace
negotiations.
The patriotism of steam whistles would be
appreciated all the more It they would blow
less about It.
Kentucky offers GOO colonels for the fray.
Other states must furnish the material for
the colonels to work on.
While the United States Is sending can
non balls to Cuba. Gloucester , Mass. , Is
shipping codfish balls to the Cubans.
Governor General Dlanco Is quite an Im
provement on Wcyler. Ho talks louder
without the assistance of a typewriter.
Two thousand Sioux warriora are said to be
anxious for a hand In the fracas. What a
picnic they would have pliylng with Castll-
lan whiskers !
The loyalty of the Chicago Inter Ocean to
; ho country Is a matter of grave doubt , owing
to the fact that It publishes two columns of
war peetry a day.
Tbe Intensely warlike tone of the Chicago
Chronicle Is readily accou'iti'd. Members of
: he staff recently sampled , the con-cut3 of a
bottle of brandy said to bo 97 years o4. !
Captain Zallnskl , the Inventor of the dy
namite eun. Is recovering from a severe
illness. He Is on the retired Hat of the
army , but has asked to bo assigned to duty.
Several paragraimc-rs make the mistake ot
charging Theodore Roosevelt with lack of
experience In tbe .fighting line. They forget
that Teddy served on the New York police
commission , and had fights to give away.
The American gunner who fired the first
shot for Cuban liberty Is named by various
authorities Michael Malta. Terrence O'Mattey
and Patrick Alullln. Either ono maps his
nationality. More power to Malla O'.Malley
Mullln.
Prize -money is sweet to man-of-war Jtck
and his officers. As our government turns
over its share of prize mcuey to the r.aval
pension fund. Jack earns something for him
self and lays up something against his old
age , ( too.
Scores of saloons along the harbor of New
York give free drinks to men-of-warsmen.
The usual saloon sign now roida : "In
God wo trust ; all others pay cash , excepting'
marines , sailors and soldiers serving under
tbe American flag. "
Some more plutocrats are showing their
patriotism "In the enemy's country. " John
Jacob Astor , who last week offered free
transportation for trcops over bis railroads in
Illinois and Ohio , now volunteers to equip a
battery of artillery. Augustls Schermerhorn
of New York has given his yacht to the gov
ernment at a free offering.
The value of a glass of beer , " exclaims
the aesthetic Boston Transcript , "Is largely
in Its life. Without tbo creamy head whloh
should occupy a third of the space. It U un
fit to lubricate a smsltlvo and eJucatol
palate. " Jut/t as soon as the war tax Is
placed on beer the Transcript will doubt
less bo accommodated with "creamy heads , "
aod another head in the morning.
The Royal U the highest grade baling powder
known. Actual tests how it goes ono-
tblrd further than any other br ad.
Absolutely Pure
KOYU. tUIN * rOWCf II CO. , HEW VOKK.
( AS A ! MTAI POWRH.
A OnOb erv tlonn Ilint Oo to ih ;
Paint.
tendon BjiMlwr.
What , then , ono asks , are > the chances
that , lu the event ot war , Spain would bo
able either to avoid a great battle at sea
or to defeat the Americans If such a battle
look placeT We bcllevo the first alterna
tive to bo unlikely. It the Spaniards go to
war at all they must place some reliance on
the fighting power ot their fleet ; they must
know that they cannot hope forever to avoid
a general engagement.
Uut It Is not by the number or the weight
of ships that the first battle or the war
will be decided. Hehlnd the paper lists ot
vessels are the larger questions of the spirit ,
the seamanship , the fighting qualities ot the
contending fleets. But as a whola
American seamen spring from tbo tame
stock as our own , and wo have no evidence
for thinking such evidence as wo have Is
all the other way that they lack the quali
ties which hnvo made Urlthh seamen what
they aro. Now , of Spanish naval history
the world docs know something , and all
that It knows tolls heavily against Spain.
In spite ot hgr situation , In uplto of her
fine ports fifty-six on the Atlantic and
sixty ou < the Mediterranean shores Spain
has never been an effective naval power.
Bven when her power and wealth seemed
Irresistible , when her military reputation
was nt its height , when the world was
strewn with her territories and the ocean
laden with her argosies and fleets , her real
naval power was utterly Incommensurate
with the astonishing pretensions which It
made. As soon as England and Holland
laid a flnger on it her maritime empire
crumUed Into dust. The Armada only ro-i
voaled a fact which English sailors hadjorj
long suspected and the consclousncis of
which explains Drake's sublime contempt
for the mcnaco of Spain the fact that , even
at tbe zenith of their fame , the Spaniards' '
had no mastery of the arts by which tboi
Boa Is held.
Even In the days of her greatest power
at sco Spalu was notoriously dtslelent In
the capacity of her sailors , nnd flnco those
daya she has steadily declined. Today Span
ish gunners nnd Spanish engineers ure con
fessedly among the worst in Europe. It
would bo little short of a miracle If It t'hould
turn out that Spain within the last two
decades had bred a race of seamen capable'
of reversing the unvarying misfortunes of
the past. It la when wo consider the - temper
per and traditions of. the opposing nations ,
far more than when wo stuily their re
sources and thrlr fleets , that we realize
how little probability u war would offer cvrn
of ia transient victory nnd how much there
Is to Justify the American people's expecta
tion that from the very beginning'of the
contest -2icy would sweep the Spaniards
froyi the sea.
WAIl'S VAKlKil PHASES.
'Hoiv ' I. iir Will It I.imtr
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The 125.000 volunteers called out will
hardly see Cuba before the late autumn ,
after the danger of yellow fever Is removed.
They will go Into pleasant and salubrious
camps lo the sauth and be thoroughly trained
In company and battalion , formations. The
war cannot bo ono of heavy marching or
fighting en land. Perhaps there are 00,000
Spanish troops In Cuba , but they ore without
lUics of supply , and It Is needless to waste
strength In assaulting their fortified lines.
A steady pressure and closu blockade will
compel their surrender. To alt appearance
our army In this war will have a com *
paratlvely easy time , rnd will look back upon
It as in the nature of a long encampment.
Pence nt Home.
Daltimin ; Sun.
It would certainly be an unjust reflection
upon Christian ministers , as a body , to biip-
pose for a. moment that they have not
fervently desired -the preservation of peace.
"Give peace In our limp , O , Lord , " Is indeed
the natural prayer of every minister of the
gospel of peace , as It Is the only logical
aspiration of every Christian layman. And
now that wo stand as a - nationa ! the shadow
of war , with all It * cnxletles , burdens and
mlserlia , wo nny take U for granted that
the clergy gonE.illy , without regard to
sectarian divisions , will rejoice to see It
brought to a close , as spon as It can be done
consistently with the honor and Interests
of the nation , because the state of war Is
surely not In Itself the ideal state of any
olvlllzcd nation.
lie Prepared for Delay.
SprlngliolJ ( Mass ) llcpublloan.
ft will be remarkable If the present fever
oJ excitement over the Initial events of the
war Is not followed by a reaction In the
popular mind cs soon as the people begin to
rwllze that final and sweeping victory Is a
question of months rather than weeks.
There ought to be no buoyant expectation
that the Spaniards will bo driven out of Cuba
within a short time ; we should be prepared
for delays which may tax our patience and
should accustom ourselves as soon as possible
to .he Idea that war may last a year.
Should it prove to bo a six weeks' or a three
months' affair the surprise would then bo
agreeable to all. itjnlght bo dreary .
waiting for a people anticipating an easy I
triumph , yet let us bo prepared for It. {
Don't expect everything to happen lu a min j
ute.
The Yellow FnUlrn.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Once a boy who bad been sent to care
for his father's sheep cried out at the top
of his voice one morning. "A wolf ! a wolf ! "
and the neighbors came running across tbe
fields to help him , but the boy only laughed
at the joke he had played upon Idem. Another
day he cried again "A wolf ! a wolf ! " and a
few who did col know the boy's trick ran
to shield him and his flock from the attack
of the wolf. When they came the boyj
grinned at "them " for belnc deceived. A (
few days afterward he was heard to cry , <
again "A wolf ! a wolf ! " but the people all !
around , having been fooled before , heeded
not the cry. A few weeks afterward some
shepherds going through the woodu found
the torn clothing and the bones of the boy ,
who had been killed by the wolves. He had
cried "Wolf ! Wolf ! " when there waa no wolf ;
so when the wolvea came his cry was not
heeded.
Moral : "A liar is not believed when he
tells the truth. " All of which Is respectfully
referred to the red-headed yellow kid , sen
sational journals ot the day.
I'atlence In Patriotism.
X w Ycrk Herald.
The "On to Richmond" blunder impcsed
upon Lincoln by the yellow journalism and
yellow demagogy of 18G1 revived a still-born
revolution. If Lincoln could have resisted |
th * pcrntcloui Inluone * and field hti fetal
until ha WAI ready the outbreak would tiav )
boon iupircMHl | In one wlip , comprchenilr *
campaign. It wan "On to Klehmond" then
as It la "On to HaranA" cow , ( ho err ot
Ignorance ml folly. Wo are In th
war to < the end. The causca are bcjonJ Jo- /I
bate. Every sacrifice will bo a privilege. It \
Is a war of humanity , but at the same Unit
we must crave the favor of that providence
who never dcserr. * u people whows arms are
ready and whoso powder la dry. Wo must
sustain the jirraldcnt. There must be no
word of pause or dlsheartenment , no more of
thla "On -Hlchmond" frenzy , which dlsJ
tressed the soul of Lincoln and would paralyze - * *
lyzo the arm of McKlnloy. We can neither
whirl Into war nor careen toward victory ;
Nor can we expect manna from Heaven , nor
the starting ot the waters under the smiting
wand , nor the falling of the Jericho walls.
Tha suurcnio duty devolves upon us na U _
did upon our fathers. As our fathers did ;
wo must gird ourselves to It as men , pre
pared far any effort and not madly foment-
In : : atrlfc. even as the swlno who rushed
dovll possessed Into the sea ,
CitrliliiK t1i > Corri-NttutulontM.
CMensa Tribune.
The government censor at Key West I *
"doln everything In his power to facilitate
the transmission of news. " Tor that reason
ho him given notice to correspondents who
nio dispatches at that point that they must
not "forcwst the movements of the licet
nnd the army. " They might possibly maks
a correct gucsa and thus give Information
to the enemy. Probably their guesses would ,
b wrong and In that event the censor sees
no reason for burdening the wires with them.
"Theories are forbidden. " This will be harden
on correspondents who feel they must send
something and who are In the habit of [ ailing
, back on theories when they have no ticwa ,
but It will keep down the telegraph tolls and
save the papers unnecessary expense. Thn
censor also announces that "Improper crltl-
cLsnin ot oincers" are not to be allowed. Ho
will bo the judge , of course , ot what Is Im-
prcpor. 1'tobably be will pats every word
of praise and erase every uord of blame1. In
order that these regulations may not bo
evaded , no code or cipher tnctvuKCHlll bo
sent. The correspondents will chafe some
times at being supervised so rigidly , but the
capacity of the cable line from Key West to
the mainland Is limited and It Is just as
' well to restrict its use to the landing ot
nous. Theories and forecasts can bo dispensed
with.
TAUT TK1KM3S.
Chicago ISccord : "Tnero Is a theory that
Iminlm.itc objects have n sense of humor. "
"Of course ; look at the bicycle nnd th
boil. "
Detroit Journal : "l\icro being no marry
ing or giving In marriage In benven , " re
marked the observer of mc n and tilings ,
"what eventual disposition does that tnako
of the person who Is dying1 to marry ? "
Cincinnati I3na.nl ! cr : "There was n
romantic side tj the case of thnt young
man who \\us convicted of setting lire to
'ns store. Ho wanted the money to many
on. "
"Hush ! I have often hoard of fellows who
woultt go through lire nnd water for a sir' ' ,
but 1 never believed It. "
Cleveland Plain I > ; nlcr : "Anil what Is
your expuie this morning. Sir. HlmlorT"
"Sp'en'ld 'FPUse. Mrs. II. Oov'nicnt's go-
ln * to Increash tax on b-l > ecr , nn' I've beer *
layln1 In summer shuppply thas'n all. "
Llvlti ? Skeleton TiJioj- say that
new freak gets live hundred a week. What
is hn ? "
Armless Man He's a deaf and dumb prize
fighter.
Joweltr ? ' Weekly : iMrs. Con Nolfseur
Isn't It raw-thai * rom.ihkable that the cupId *
on nil Iheho vawses ure shown in ttio
clouds ?
Jeweler's Clerk Not at nil , madam. You
see , this Is very high art.
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "Yes , young1 man , "
said the Cornfed Phllo i > 'iier , "It Is a wlsa
plan to be I.ivlsh with your money when ,
wooing a girl. There Is n fascination for
! i3r In the thought that she can curb your
cxtrnvug'.inco after you and she nre mar
ried. "
Chicago Tribune : "Maud , I nm almost
afraid to go and see your father. "
"You needn't be , Harry. When he ask-
you If you cart support me In the style to
w'nlch I have been nccuitomed , tell him you
can support mo n great deal bettor than ha
could ever have done Jf It Imdu't been for
mamma's money. "
Chicago Tribune : Godfrey I wish I knew
o' somp way to break my boy of the habit
of smoking1.
Scorjcl-Mupposp you try-hiving him a few
of thosa cigars you smoke.
Boston Tran crlpt : Fuddy So you wera
at the theater last evening ? What did they
play ?
Duddy 1'lay ? Tney played a m'ehtjr '
mean game en the audience.
Indianapolis Journal.
'TIs now the minor poet gets
As merry as a grig ,
And grinds out Ilttl ; chnnsonettes
On "Berry gedtle Sprig. ' "
Detroit Journal ,
lyuig-h nnd prow f.U ? All right for m iv-
Uut woman ( no , she Isn't vain )
If she perceives she's settingstout ,
Sho'll likely never smile ngiln.
TJIIE KL.AO < JUKS 111' .
It. II. Bennett In Youth's Companion.
Hats oft !
Alonfi- the streets there comes
A blare of bugles , a rullle of drums , ,
A flasYi of color beneath the sky ;
Hats offl
The flag Is passing by.
Blue and crimson and white It shines ,
Over the steel-tipped ordered lines.
Hats oft !
Too colors before us fly ;
Uut more than the flag Is passing by.
Ben fights and land fights , grim and great ,
Foupht to rrmko and to save the Htate ;
Weary mirc'nes and sinking shlpa.
Cheers of victory on dying Ilpa.
Days of plenty nnd dnys of peace ,
March of a strong laml's swift Increase ,
Iviual Justice , right and law ,
Stately honor and fervent awe.
Sign of a nation , great and strong
To ward h > r people from foreign wrongj
Pride and glory and honor , all
Live In the colors to stand or fall.
Hats off !
Along the street there comes
A blare of bug > s , a rufllo of drums ,
And loyal hearts are beating " ' '
lints offl
The Hag Is passing by !
"He who receives a
good turn should
never forget
Let us do you a good turn. That is the underlying sug
gestion of all of our advertising. We want to begin with the
small boy and we want to continue with the young man and
with the father , and then with the grandfather , if we can.
We are ready to do a good turn to each one the generations
of the family. We expect by that means to win them all for
friends and customers.
It is a simple business proposition , but it pays us both. We
undertake to give you a perfect fit and perfect satisfaction. , and
you naturally undertake to give us your trade when you want
good clothing , if we have always pleased you.
S. W. Cor. I0th and Dougw.9t *
