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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. X.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1899..
NO, 40.
THE
GLORIOUS
FIRST
It Leads the Whole Army in the
Fighti at Manila and Driyee
all Before It.
HOW NEBRASKANS CHARGE
A Graphic Account Cabled to tbe
New York Herald and Harp
er's Weekly,
At Kitreme I'olnt Inland.
Tbe best account of tbe engage
ment around Manila yet printed if
from the pen of John F, Bass, tbe spe
cial correspondent of Harper' Week
ly, and tbe New York Herald. Mr.
Dass was on the firing line ell tbe
time and although himself wounded
In tbe firm, wrote out end forwarded
lila cablegram tbe night after tbe
fight. The article, which give tbe
first satisfactory account of tbe whole
engagement, I a follows: ,
Manila, Feb. il. When hostilities
were opened last Saturday the Am
erican army encircled Manila in two
divisions, the First brigade of the
Flrt division being under command
of Brigadier General King, and tbe
Second being commanded by Briga
dier Ueneral Overtblne. Tbe line ex
tended from the tea along the line
c! Bpanbu block bouse to tbe Paslg
river in tiampaloo. Tbe tiecond dlvi
alos, under (Jeneral McArtbur, with
tbe First brigade, by Brigadier Gen
eral Hale, occupied a position to tbe
north of tbe city from the Poalg river
to tbe aea.
Tbe most extreme point inland oc
cupied by American troop wan tbe
camp of tbe Nebroska regiment, at
Santa Meaa, where the tight began
at 8:45 last Saturday. Tbe Nebraska
utpost challenged and tired on an
ineurgent company, Which was ad
vancing into the neutral zone. It wa
rot long before tbe entire Ineurgent
line on tbe north of tbe city began a
heavy fuailade. Tbia charge was con
centrated on the Nebroska camp,
which became untenable. Order
were given for the regiment to open
fire. Bpringflelds flamed la the half
moon all about tbe camp. Tbe en
emy's Maimer gave no flash.
At 4 o'clock Sunday morning with
the ahout, "Viva la republlca," the
Filipino tried to rush across the
bridge over a road leading to tbe wa
ter works opposite the American
camp. One company of Nebraska men
met tbe advancing insurgents at the
bridge and drove them back. Twice
the Filipinos, with indomitable pluck,
charged upon the bridge again, but
tbey were driven back each time.
Lieutenant Webb of battery A, sta
tioned on Mesa bill, prayed for day
light, and when dawn came two guns
of the Utah battery opened fire so
near to the fighting line that two men
wore killed at once.
NKHILAhKA MKN C11A1M1E.
The plan of the Second division was
iv sweep forward and carry a high po
sition held by the enemy north of the
Pnslg river. The Colorado volunteers,
tinder conmsnd of Colonel McCoy,
rushed blockhouses No, 4 and No. A,
end the villages by Ran Juan bridge
were cleared with shrapnel. The Ne
braska men made their way over the
bridge, crouching. In pairs, amid the
binning and pattering of bullet A
On the other side they were met
with a surge of lead from tbe steep
'bill of San Juan, but they were fol
lowed elofely by two Nordenfeldta,
under charire of Lieutenant Oibl. As
these rumbled over the bridge a bat
tsllon of Tenw troops approach
ed and quickly followud serosa In col
urns of four under fire. Colonel
fjmth fell from his horse and died of
apoplexy at the tnomont of the
charge.
I'p the hill the artillery and Infant
rf tersmbled.dlgglng with their band
and feet. Nothing could stand before
them. It wss a grand sight.
At 13 o'clock noon our men took the
reservoir at the top of the hill. Fur
ther to the Vfl, t the heights, wss
lllnandu rhurch. In order ta take this
the AnierU'SU did t have to ad
vane up a steep Incline, but could
make a gradusl ascent oer w
tulles of rough country, lUrbed wire
ttnixNletl their advam?,
HAITI..- AT THK Clll'llttt.
The t'Uh gun M;o. the edan
of the truof strp by sup, to elesr
th way. Tit Third artillery u
along dike through a eul d , with
sswm wa either side, el gat lata
th !, lmtfg wsy-- ,
Two tNiHeri Ik wtut ta the rlM
drr t'sftsl O'lUra, going Ittlo Ike
pe l'k lr, sd drn tkeM
frvi tk I'M rhurek, la tr
U wk re pouring evltlof (Ire
Ik Mant and rlsil4
I-otp. whll ikey were .nlg vw
to kill tkrvvk a eewetery toward
)l!asn,l ekurvh.
Cat rroat, tMMdsr the rVmlh
fokat rawest. awMef tk Wy
ewnftd t lk left M eU1 a I.
ftt rtki, wket IktMy
rt r kl'M. Tke PUk NUii
n4 a Hrt Ik Vv!vitl trvwp
t."k Ik Htd rktirtk,
TV IV ed trrnm k Hf kt14
lie wit er lk kr ae ik Ks
ea , hdi4 by Ik Mstno
troops, and suported by one gun,
moved on Saturday sight along the
Ctticoocuu road. The cutsuiy cnurgud
tlitui six times, vouilug witbiu 100
yuids, but lucy wcie suudiiy puslhcd
imck, until by riuuduy ultfkl tbe Am
erican, lines Uud uavaiiucu turee wile.
Ilius all along the second divisiou
bad little dlriicuity da driving tbe en
emy, who lougbt well -bfblud
trenches, but oucu dislodged tied iu
punic.
Against tbe ilrst divlsioa south of
the city tbe fighting wua tbe hardest.
Tbe insurgents showed wonderful
pluck, under tbe command of Ucucial
Aoviel.
MONADNOCK l'OUNl12D AWAY.
During tiaturduy night everything
wus quiet, but at 7j30ou Sunday mor
ning from artillery knoll -General An
derson's headquarters tbe bixtu artiL
icry opened iiie, and from the bay to
bioek bouse No. 14 where tbe Ameri
can troops entered Manila tbe
ground wus beld by the North lukota
regiment und the Fourteenth, infant
ry . Tbe Monad nock, from ner place,
in the buy, pounded the insurgent
with her big guns.
Captain Murphy, in command of tbe
Fourteenth battalion began fighting
at B o'clock la the morning, tio stub
born was the resistance at this point
that be only succeeded In taking block
bouse No. 14, 400 yards distant, at t
o'clock in the afternoon.
This pluce is called "bloody lane" by
the Spaniards.
Lieutenant Michael fell, crying;
"Never mind tnei (Jo on I"
Lieutenant Miles then took tbe lead.
One bund red yards from the block
house tbe fire was so hot that he
called for volunteers, each with eight
men, be took it, tbe insurgents going
out as bis men went In.
General Ovenshlne was ordered to
dislodge tbe enemy in Murphy's front.
He formed the brigade of tbe Four
teenth .-.entry on the right of Mur
phy's position, with voluntere on tbe
right of the Fourteenth infantry and
troops K, C and I of the Fourth cav.
airy dismounted on the left of Mur
phy's men.
All of the men to the right of Mur
phy's position wheeled to tbe left
across an open field till a thicket was
reached. Then they opened Are and
tbe enemy finally was dislodged, Tbe
engagement was hot, but tbe fire of
our men was irresistible. General
Overitthine, with bis brigade, then pro
ceeded to l'assay, which be entered
without reslrtance.
The line of the first divUion on Sun
day sight extended from the bay at
Fanny to the l'aslg river, at Ban I'edro
and Macatl. Further inland our line
ran along the steam of Triega. Three
miles in front was an open country.
One and a half miles diagonally across
the line Colonel Smith, with three
companies of California troops, one
Washington and four Wyoming com
panies, was ordered to advance to
ward Han I'edro and Macatl. General
King was to move forward a soon as
Colonel Smith came opposite.
. FAt. SHOW Kit OF BULLETS.
The troops waded the stream and
marched Into the open as if they were
on drill. From the stone bouses, Nlpa
huts and earthworks the enemy
poured bullets upon the Americans,
while battery I) of the Sixth artillery,
under Captain Dyers, and Hawthorne's
Montana battery continued to shell
the enemy mugnlflcently over the
heads of the advancing troops. At
San Pedro and Macatl the position of
but Lieutenant Haven of company A,
engineers' corps, forced a way bock
If Insurgenta seemed impregnable,
of the town, and by plucky work made
the position untenable for the enemy.
SWIM UNOEU FIRE.
Washington troops swim the estu
ary under fire, and later the Idaho
troops, with one company of Wash
ington men, awept the Insurgent to
ward the left.
One hundred of the Filloinoa lurorv.
ed Into the l'aslg river, but only twen
ty succeeded in getting across the
stream.
The village was burned on every
side to dUlolg tbe guerrillas. Th
moke of tire and Utile encircled the
city.
An Improvised river gunboat, with
Captain Kandolph of th Third ar
tillery roiiHuanding, riddled Santa An
ita with Its guns, Th Idaho troop
rharged the U.ln.n fort, sud Major
.MclWville wss killed. Th Krupp
guus wer Captured. Hiity-flt dead
insurgent wer found In on heap.
Th rlv field er dotted with dead
and wounded Filipino. Th hospital
con did tumh splendid work for
both friend and eneinv.
CA ITU 111 Ml 'II IK I'kMI.
Oa MoimUv afternoon th ,eWska
UtlalUtn. th Twenty-third Infantry
sud lb Teaneu troop, Ueneral
lisle (HoiiiHMiHlhiff, with four gua tin.
dr Xlajor Young of I'tah, swept th
eoustry ftr four wile la las puinidag
, nun. i opt tnrnM in loaurtfeat
I from hill la Mil, At th fool f he
e,M fci: Ihry foqnd t stripped
j body of Ihr. Vuusf, wt rod Ihrauffc
Ilk Use by wistsk. Hi bar had
be kol h. twvitiv Mttt roler
rsMrMftrs wets fouo.l ht Vis s'd,
! Th Mureu vUfd. ekllr as
Ikey !, sd si I Y!u k mm Mosdar
afternoon Ik tuiMNf ststlo ksl
k tsken, TV eilla.Ur kl Wa
rmtl f Ik lnurgMlst but Ik
work, . sr now U r"-! eondiik,
Oa TwvwUr fUseral AeUe
" k's Wi l lk Uta ),
wkk k wtJfrA, fw r ile
!. f lNrrt j UMUf
I CiUnesaj, stneth f MIU. end ,
VrMsy k IVer4 iWM k !,
Ieerl VleArlktt. tk Kb M
VamIs Imwp im i TkM ertll.
Wry tk Ik id, spl1l4
THE TRUTH TO BE TOLD
Governor PojrnUr Appoints CominUU
and Asks th Lvlsltr to Inrss-
a. '
Long before anything wae said in the
press upon the subjnot, Governor
I'oyuter took measures to preserve the
populist administration against tbe
sluudors that Mr, Lluhty was constantly
putting in circulation. Tbe most disrepu
table newspaper man who were reported
a Nebraska legislature has been for a
year sending to bis papor slander about
tke auditor's offloo. Many times be has
assarted that be obtained bis informa
tion from a clerk In tbe auditor's offioe,
Whuu Mr. Lichty was chargnd with aid
lug and abbattlflg this scamp in his el
lort to destroy tbe populist party, he
always vehemently denied the charge
Within the last fw weeks he grew more
bold and tbe defamatory stories were
clearly traced tobim. Governor Poynter
then resolved in the Interest of truth
and to preserve the good nam of tbe
administration to nave tuemutter silted
to the bottom, II therefore appointed
n committee, consisting of Mr. Wolfe.
Mr, I'orter and Mr. Smytbe to make a
thorough eianiination of the auditor's
offltte and report to Mm.
On Wednesday morning when It was
seeu that Mr. Llohty bud thrown off ail
diwguWeand bad goo to tbe Dee and
State Journal with bis tales, tbe irov-
ernor instantly sent a special message
to the legislature asking both nouses to
appoint an investigating committee.
Ills mi'ssflgs was h follows:
"Executive Chamber, Lincoln, Neb,,
Feb. 1. 1809. Special meswaire to tbe
members of the twenty-sixth session of
of the legislature of Nebraska Gentle
men: 1 would respectfully call your at
tention to most grave and serious
chargHs made in the public prlnte es
pecially to an article appearing In the
Omaha Hee of this date, which Impli
cate the executive department of the
state lu gross irregularities o the man
agement of tbe affairs of tbe auditor'
oflloe. The charge are made In the arti
cles above referred te as to the depart
ment of Insurance iu that ofihse. These
charge are of so serious a character
that I deem it my duty to ak your
cttrmm ana caremi consideration of
them.
They came to my consideration lost
week as rumor, bat of sncb grave im
port, that I considered It necessary to
appoint a committee consisting of lion.
J. F. t'orter, secretary of state. Hon. C.
J. Smyth, attorney general, and lion. J.
V. Wolfe, commissioner of publio lands
aaa Dunning, to investigate and report
tome. What were rumors at that time
have become specific charge now by tbe
publication of the article above referred
to. If these charges are not true a very
great wrong is being done to tbe elated
representative of tbe people In the audit
or's office aud Auditor Cornell should b
given tbe fullit opportunity to vindi
cate bis bonor. If they are true prompt
aotion should betaken to disclose and
stamp out official corruption. In either
event whatever your wwdora may dic
tate, either to supplement the action al
ready taken by me, or to pursue a
special line of Investigation of your own,
in the Interest of good government, I
beg to asHure you that whatever assist
ance this department can render you
will In cheerlully granted."
Tbereeultol this will be that a moat
thorough investigation of th auditor's
oflloe will be made, not by th friends of
tbe auditor, but by his political enemies.
The ludpndeut will defend no guilty
man. Hut It want better evidenced
corruption than th unsupported word
of a discharged employee. As regards
the I 'aim letter, Mr. Cornell ha never
seen it If any eucb letter wa ever
written, b do not know it. Hythe
publication of it, Mr. Liclity acknowl
edge that ba opened, it ad and gav to
the pre, a prlva' letter addremed to
another party. That I a deed so foul
that atiy honest man would blush with
sham to b evea thought guilty of
doing. Notocteould b established ou
the evidence id such a person. Thevl
dene must com from sum on else. A
man with any sense of honor would pr
ferlnipriMiuiueut or death rather than
l guilty i suck rrtine. A servant girl
wut t prison In .New York rntbrr than
glvtrtioo iu a couri of th prtvt
affair of a Until which em to her
k no led through taeeootbteatial rU
liooshs bttrs Mil and put year la
prison. That girl had a ! koeor.
What must b thought ut ma who
would opra a privet ktir ad giv Ike
eoateuU to lk eator tbeeiprvM jmr
o of tnuriug k ui.l.irT lis
should b drivea from lh asMieialloa d
dVrval in.
Tk eommlll ksd by Ik gtvror
kaahwa api-iatl. If lke k b
aay miiwm or t)ia I lk aed
Mor' utM Ik ladtiwa-k-at will h lb
irl lu .o.W, H, tia U wae! oios
vtvdttabki prnM Iwhtr u du m.
A NEW EMANCIPATION
Wka a ssa ki to a Mk go
to a a-ighorisg f iit oerli la mttk
rd II, k as a"lrwa,MariwlMal
Moe Ik law I wtaay lwt, k ban
of HiIxphK tk tij M eiMteM earttn a
aad rtaU Wl ol ta ' toi ivo," asi
! tk sjUteiWHas rll elef that
ol ia-d eawf ikil kkyf
I.Mm mIIU ltltr olkMoea
ktldibatk U alwdaMf mmf ksa
KenHsa itmwiMMi irat
dk4 IM tmkt la wort. T,goi MM
'1UI, M r ' am , ! a.
Ue ka reetesrw la work esMwf Ir
riv is im rit t
twl tke pft'pwi ut fj , asd
m4 i as, a a.k Ika rk t
this property right Is th first and most
sacred right of all." Tbe right to work
I the right to worship. "The secret
place of the most high I la the depth of
human need." I am excited to more
reverence when I stand lu tbe workshop
or factory, watching the work of nieu's
hands, than when 1 stand In the nave of
tbe grandest cathedral. Tbe right to
work! the right to workl this Is the
right that must be established and for
which we need a new Emancipation
Proclamatloa. Mayor Jones.
PROUT KNOCKED OUT
If Is LIUIs Hill to I'rsvsol Fusion la -lirssks
tlseps tli Sleep of Daatli.
' The conspiracy to make fusioa odious
by stealing four seats In congress wae
foiled by a man from Wayne. Senator
Miller of Buffalo county Is small In stat
ure but was too mighty In statesman
ship (or bis bulky antagonist from Gage.
It Is an open secret that theg. o. p,
are sad and sick at heart that they
failed to obtain control of tbe state gov
ernments at the last olection of Minne
sota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kan
sas that tbey might enact laws to pre
vent fusion as they have recently done
in Iowa and Illinois. To their dismay
populist governors In tiitse states and a
hold over senate in Kansas defeats their
cherished hope. It transpired that one
Marcus llauua, viewing ths ugly situa
tion from a distance, decided to make
fusioa odious by stealing tour seats in
congress, If fusion could not be prohib
ited It could at least be made a danger
ous resort.
The four defeated republican candi
dates assembled at Lincoln for th pur
pose of fllingeon tests obedient to tbe big
boss on tbe grounds that a fusion ballot
is a fraud aud a snare and tbe republi
can majority in ths lower bouse of con
gress wes expected to consummate tbe
treasonable conspiracy but an occur
ranee in th senate the day previous
frustrated their well laid plans and tbey
returned bom sadder but wiser men.
Senate file No. I Is tbe Prout bill, to
prevent any further unholy fusion be
tween tbe several opponent of th g. o.
p. Th corpulent member from Gage
nrged th passage of bis measure with
tbe sincerity worthy of a better cause.
Senator Miller of Buffalo county, the
little giaut of tbe minority bad dug
from the mnsty records of the supreme
court tbe sylibus of tbe court's decision
In tbe Crawford-Norris contest case
wbrein th late republican candidate
recited tbe charge that a fusion ballot
was a fraud or misleading himself bar
nig a majority for judge of the district
court on a fusion ballot in wbich tbe re
publicans fused with the unholy pops.
The little senator from the saud hills
wae merciless in exposing the bypocrioy
of the candidate or the party that would
now pronounce unclean what their own
court bad failed to condemn. The effect
of tke Miller bomb was to defeat the
contemplated contest and ths last beard
of ths l'rout bill it was sleeping a re
commitment slumber in the bands of a
committee that had once ordered it be
engroseed for passage.
A republican may be counted upon to
do almost anythiog for his deur old
party but the judge from Wayne failed
to bring bis nerve with him while tbe
other three hesitated over going in part
nership in such a desperate undertaking
with a man who had been guilty of
flirting with Mies Populist.
HANNA AGAINST A SNAG
HI Illg Hubsldr Steal Is Misting With
Vlgoruas Opposltloa Ksry whsrs.
Senator Uanna'a ship subsidy bill,
which baa been introduced into the
house by Mr. l'syne of New York, la
being sharply attacked from two
quarters. In tbe first place the farm
organisations which ludorseI tbe
Luoin resolutions demanding export
bounties fur farmera as a part of the
protective system, are arraigning th
shlppiug Interest for violating the
supposed uuderstaudlug that bounties
for shipping were to be sought only
together with bouulies for Is ruling,
Ibis arraignment, which emanates
form itepublieaa aourcea, appeals
strongly to all repuUUu who b.
lie in th bounty system, but ar
unwilling that farmer should br
th brum of Its burden and receive
lion of Ha benrtlts, Th ether r
ralgnmenl of tk subsidy bill ronie
from th democratic mluorily of th
kaus rout in 1 1 ir oa ttierekaat ma.
rln and nsberhr, and appeal not
only to dntHK-rsi who oppose all
Utatloa of en tUss lo tulwtdU au
other, but lo all peraoea ta bote par.
lie who bUv thai aubsidi, wka
granted, thould be wodrt la
mount and temporary la character.
Tat minority report, prepared by Mr.
Irving ilsndy, k ey eogrMffta
of lk ship building stat of ll
ware, I ef apil srti bettuse l
trt!sle tk provision at tka Mil
lata ffif UtU1glbl ta tk
gsr puUlte, Tk fell, II will h r.
relied, provMe lk Ik svbsidte
shs'l k a amvk per Wa 4 m
imsx p se.a. sad so ua i
ail per kr, tie all f wkU
SHHhtng irpt sifwri. Mr,
Itstxtl's riH vstlioale akst tk
,Kl.lt aiwousl to yr, d
wkl ls will amount l I lk wa-
It vest foe kt.-k Ik ubl4i ar
rrl Tk eoe!le taek.
ar a ftlsi
Tk twijhvv kmtle ar ptt
la lk kill la lk lator f vl"
k wkea Ik rtlkit eslsuUIMa
t wid w 14 lkt Ik ftMriwt
will W aMitaied, Ik evtalral
Itkelf la k lered lata 4vt Ike
rt wlv wtwvlk ! Ikl kilt, le
puy bounties amounting to more than
$16.1,000,000. llhls bounty of $8,250,000
a year does not Include any estimate
for supposed Increase of our merchant
marine due to stimulation incident to
a bounty system. Of this enormous
bounty the lion' share will go to a
single company. The International
Navigation Company will be entitled
to receive, in the aggregate, more than
$87,000,000.
Mr. Hardy closes Ms report y
showing that the subsidy asked would
be greater then the cost of 'building
the ships that receive It, The Outlook,
NO LAW FOH IT.
The present legislature is now con
sidering plan for redisricting the
state for legislative purposes, Doth
filuns proposed will leave S py coua
y without a representative of its own,
being floated on senator with Doug
las and Dodge and oa representative
with Douglas. Doth era republican
meusures, and it is only natural that
democratic Sarpy should be rendered
as near harmlers as possible. But It
is idle to worry about the proposed
change. The legislature is wholly
without authority to make a change,
because a state Census was not taken
in 180S, and consequently there Is
nothing save the 1800 census on which
to base a change. The present dis
tricting of the state is gro-aly unjust
to western Nebraska, but there is no
hope for a change until after 1000. Tbe
republican legislature of 1800 Is re
sponsible for this condition of affairs.
That body did not want to give the
western part of tbe state a fair repre
sentation, well knowing that it would
mean more pop legislators, and so the
body declined to provide for the tak.
fng of a state census that year, ae pro
vided by law. Western Nebraska can
blame the republican, party for it
lack of representation in the legisla
ture. Papilllon Times.
WHITEWASHING ALGER
An Army Officer lays McKlulsjr's flow
mission ws Ptrnitna la Protect
Uouti iMiturs,
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 12.-Surgeon
W. 11. Daly, iu a long atatemeut to
night aueut the war 'board report says
be reported his suspicions of the re
frigerated beef to Commanding Gen
eral Miles iu the early part of August
aud tbe latter at ouce endeavored to
have the army supplied with, fresh
beef and requested tbe war depart
ment to send no more refrigerated
beef. To this latter request no atten
tion was paid.
Ue says: "The commission soon
after appointment revealed to tbe
ct entry that their business was to
protect the contractors and destroy
everyone who called attention to any
Irregularities.
"They studiously refrained from
calling the common soldiers before
tnem, who had eaten of this beef, be.
ciuse nauseated and sickened by it,
and when anyone did appear before
them who gave boneat testimony as
t ii.igulnritles or shortcomings, eith
er ss to unfit beef or other Improper
or insufficient rations, by the over
Crowding of the transports with the
sick and convalescent, or any other
matter trat a wise administration
would be pleased to hear of in order
to remedy and prevent au occurrence.
such witness1 were without exception
oilmen, orow-oeaien, Hectored ana
treatea in me moat brutal manner
generally as a warning to others to
have a cere as to how they called the
attention of thla so-called commission
to anything they were not expected
In any ense to ascertain or discover.
"Hut they called officers of the
eommlsaarv department, who Im.
properly felt that they had been 1m
pttgned aa to dereliction of duty, when
no eueh charge wa either made or
Implied. These men wer sll treated
with the utmost deference by the so.
called commission and apnlsnded foe
their testimony, and even the hesrAeA!
beef which they claimed to be ef ex
cellent onHtv and which no eme
wonld eat wIMInrlv. wss considered by
tbetn th proper thine; for the soldier."
THE UNIVERSITY
A bill pd both kottoltkigl.
latur during th wk Increasing tk
tax tor lb apport ol Ik gniVHrlt.v to
oa mill. Thai laaur Ik hilar ol Ik
institution a a way thai yerj body wka
I proud Ikat Nebraska stand a Ik
slal tkl kea t Ik wkol ltsslk
niost iaMligeat la Ik wkol naioa.
Tk k-gtolatur still otro" all Ik
no? and It will kav ta b eppraurt.
sled Mors II U ipded. Tk ti
sivstslty U lkaly iMtiteliae t Ik
tltkt ka skowa a ou'sd.
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AGAINST GOD AND MAN
An Unholy War of Criminal Aggree
ioo Upon Weak and Help
lee People.
TO FIGHT FOB FBEEDOtl
But now Ordered to Bboot Down
lien who are Fighting for That
Boon for Themielvea.
Aa Vnholy War,
Editor Independent!
A new war ba been Inangorated; For
tbe first time in its history tbe Amorican
K'igl ha been a vulture feeding npon
bnman gore shed in tbe defense of bowse
and hearthstones. Here In America
there Is no acclamations of joy. Ban
ners do not wave, nor canons boom.
Tbe air Itself is laden with a funeral
dlrgs, and tbe Ameclcan citisen who
heretofore was proudly boaetful of tbe
traditions of bis country is sllont and
thoughtful and bis heart is sad, for be
realises that something ba been lost
wbloh can never be restored. Patriotism
hae been defined as "love of country"
but such definition reflects no credit np
on tbe Intellgence and character of the
citisen but leaves bim a worshiper at,
what might be an empty sodrlne, A
better defllnltion would be, "Devotion
to those grand principles of Justice and
quality which makes one's country lov
able." This wae tbe broad foundation
npon which tbe fathers budded. Bat In
an evil hour under tbe promptings of
tbe commercial devil-Deb which hae
turnsd tbe temple ol the people' liberty
into a den of thieves, "Old Glory" ha
become tbe emblem of conquest and op-
tression. rresioent uctuniey nimeell
n bis message last spring characterised
l be course be is now uursumg as "crimi
nal aggression", and truth could not be
truer, It Is criminal In more ways then
one. The American heart bad become
proud ol the fact that our country by Its
universal kindness. Ite lustice end hu
manity. Its fraternal care and protection
of weaker people wae si pressing tbe
grand truths taught by tbe Baylor.
"Th brotherhood of man." Tbl wae
tbe invincible rock of our magnificent
power ana giory. it wee auiviae war
rant and uledg of tbe oerDetnltv of oar
Institutions. But by the advice of mer
cenary councilors the eieontive hae
cast away tbe!Divlne shield and bene-
lortn we exist by tbe force of might and
not of right. Tbe eword and bayonet
must now be oar emblem and resort.
Tbe hundred thousand men which con
gress has Just voted to enlist will melt
away as though they bad never been,
ana give place to aw tbousaud more
who in turn will become tbe food of tbe
mighty molock of commercialism which
Im now forcing this nation to its doom.
This Is a crime against God and human
ity. But still another crime baa beea
committed by the administration. Last
spring volunteers were called for to
carry tbe glad tidings of liberty to tbe
victims of Hpanieh oppression and our
young men bravely fell into line at th
bngai call, and our regulars, who
escutcheon bad never been tarnished by
oppression and unholy war, fully main
tained ths record of American valor.
And the young roan who nlltd to
ecur liberty ar now oroVrwd to shoot
down men who ar fighting for that
prioress boon. Report Ml u bow
thou barbarian - bravely faced the
mrcllea fir of rides, inacbi guos, and
dynamiU with bows and arrows aa
their weapon fought to frtwlbelr homee
aud country from lorelgn control
Our nit'o never enlitd for that pur
immmi. Our army wa aver organised
for thai purpoM. And tbl administra
tion by putting it In such ankoly and
unlawful us kataied th eisruliv
rbalr with ertm, and upoa thi adtnial
I ratios must r-wt th bUotsfor unju.ti
8bl and criminal bloold. Hut th
wkol po.k ar plunged la bam ad
sorrow, hhatiM that loose brvbr
banana, iuatead ol gadlag a frad la
tk l'uttd Mtatea, bev louod amrr-nltw
lo and oppror, ohaiu thai tk
blMxlstaiud and ghastly history ol
HiBik opirto I lo b duilat4
aad rwwrtitea byottr own eoaatry. Tkie
uahuly war akuald esasn at wae a4 oar
araiiM b reea'ted, .Soik koul4 b
etwd aa Ik world ikat tk 1114
Klai ta Ihslutur, a ta lpal, woakl
eoatiatt ta prutvri tk wsak a4 b Ik
ehaatpioa U aassaa riki aad Ik
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