KSEJff.a!iffr,f iaraw wMmm in"M ? 12" "? A Ijhe Commoner. Vol. 2, No. 6 " TV " "" i r-v tit- l.!l.. iYl r. KOOSCVCIIU UUVIBIUll (Continued from Pago 11.) ' tlmn boforo tho loop had begun,' but atill ahoad of any of tho American ves aolB, though further outsldo. . . Tho Brooklyn was ahead of tho other Amorlcan vcflHolg on a courso outsldo of tholra. Sho wap noarly broadsldo on tho Spaniards. Tho Oregon, Iowa and Toxas woro close together and llvoly ongaged throughout this run. Tho Brooklyn and Oregon, followed at some distance by tho Texas, contin ued In tho chaso of the Colon, which wont noarly thirty miles further bo foro sho wont ashore." If, aftor making this loop, tho Brook lyn was still ahoad of tho American vossols and was "nearly broadsldo on tho Spaniards" and If it was aftor tho loop that "tho Brooklyn and tho Orp gon, followed at somo distance by the Toxas, continued in tho chaso of tho Colon, which wont nearly thirty miles further boforo sho wont ashore," it scorns strango that tho president thought tho loop of sufllclont impor tance to call for a sovoro reprimand. It will bo remembered that in tho tes timony boforo tho court of inquiry, It was shown that Admiral Schley and Captain Cook oach mado tho order for this loop. Thoy had not consulted in regard to It, but both appeared to real ize tho importanco of sucii a move ment. Mr. Itoosovolt scorns to have ignored this significant fact altogether. Mr. Roosevelt's statement contains so many contradictions and incon sistencies and so dearly reveals the bias of its author, that it does not commond itself to intelligent men. Tho American pcoplo know as much about tho battlo of Santiago bay as Mr. Roosovelt does; and ovon though tho president has done his best to strlko down tho "figure on tho bridge of tho Brooklyn" it is evident ho .lias mado an ignominious failuro in this re spect so far as public opinion' Is con-corned. There's Yet Time. Tho administration has yet. time to redeem Itself from tho shamo that has attached to its policy of inaction throughout .the Boer war. While no sonsiblo pooplo In this country have advocated American intervention, oil patriotic Americans have believed that wo owed it as a duty to ourselves as well as to tho Boors to at least ex press sympathy. Tho democratic plat form went that far. But tho repub lican platform was sllont and tho re publican administration has looked on with indifferonco at a little people's brave struggle for liberty. Consider ing tho history of this country, its ancient ideals, and tho precedents that wo have established in similar cases with regard to other countries, this courso of inaction is strikingly un Amorican. Houston Post. Inharmonious Statements. While Governor Taft is minimizing tho difficulties of subjugating tho Philippines tho country is hearing the awful story 'of Major Waller's expedi tion, whose command was almost deci mated In making a march of only thirty-five miles. Tho hardships of the march woro duo to the natural diffi culties of tho country and not to at tacks by the natives. If the expedi tion had encountered foes in addition Dr. Mil8srAnti-PainlE" A quick, safo, and suro rollof for sink n . iE,PVa,I8011"1 Baokaol s&'cl, S.5JT to its other troubles, or had no relief party been sent out to' its aid It would have been annihilated. What this country wants is tho whole truth and nothing but tho truth about tho Philip pine islands. Indianapolis News. The Transport General Ferguson. Tho transport Gon'ral Ferguson, she loft tho Golden Gate, With a thousand rookies sweatin in her hold; An' the sergeants drove an' drilled 'em, an' tho sun is nearly killed 'em Till thoy learned to do whatever thoy woro told. Tho transport Gen'ral Ferguson, she lay at Ilonolu' An' tho rookies went ashore an' roughed tho town; fln Mm Hnrcrnnntfl t.hfiv corralled .'em. an' with butt an' barrel quelled 'em An' thoy limped aboard an' set to fryin' brown. Tho transport Gen'ral Ferguson, sho steamed toward the south, An' the rookies sweated mornin', noon an' nisrtit. Till tho lookout sighted land an' thoy cheered each grain o' sand For their blood was boilin' over for a fight. The transport Gen'ral Ferguson, she tied up at tho dock, An' each rookie lugged his gun an' kit ashore; An' a train it come an' took 'em where tho tropic sun could cook 'em An' tho sergeants they could talk to them of war. The transport Gon'ral Ferguson, she had her bottom scraped, For tho first part or her labor it was done; An' the rookies chased the Tagals an' tho Tagals they escaped An' tho rookies set an' sweated in the sun. The transport Gen'ral Ferguson, she loafod around awhile, An' tho rookies they were soldier boys by now; For it don't take long to teach 'em where the Tagal lead can reach 'em All about the which, an' why, an' when, an' how. Tho transport Gen'ral Ferguson, she headed homo acain. With a thousand .heavy coffins in her hold; They wore soldered up an' stenciled, they were numbered an' blue penciled An' the rookies lay inside 'om stiff an' cold. Tho transport Gen'ral Ferguson, she reached the Golden Gate, An' the derrick dumped hor cargo on tho shore; In a pyramid they piled It an' lier manifest thoy filed it In a pigeon-hole with half a hun dred more. 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