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About The Conservative (Nebraska City, Neb.) 1898-1902 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1902)
' ,4' ' * ' ' , ' iv . : . .i. . . * > . * . , . : * ! i The Conservative * Three pages of HIS EXACT fulsome eulogy for MEASUREMENT. ii deceased an archist in another shite ; three lines of cold mention for the foremost citizen of his own shite. A man's character may bo judged by the character of those ho most ad mires. So 1 o n g as the NOT CONVINCED , packers continue to furnish butchers with meat at a cheaper rate than they can buy it on the hoof at present gold-standard prices'those skeptically inclined will continue to doubt that the beef crust is really and truly an octopus , but it may be a venal vam pire or something of that sort. The free selling of HEATHENISH Chinese indemnity MONEY. silver has pounded down the market price until the actual bullion value of a shining dollar is just forty cents. In periods of opulency the silver standard is an unfaithful servant ; in hours of dire extremity , it is a tyran nical master , but the Chinese are not the only people who have not yet discovered those facts. T o w n o emerges NEEDLESS EX from the woods to PLANATION. remark that he is not a candidate for the presidency and lias no well-de fined idea who will be nominated. Nobody has thought of Towne for so long that it is difficult to see why he finds it necessary to defend him self against such an accusation ; and as he has never been accused of resting under the suspicion of being suspected of over having entertained even the pale shadow of a well-de fined idea , the second part of his ex planation is likewise incompetent and immaterial. Preturuat u r a 11 y SAVAGE. good and wise repub lican editors have forced Governor Savage to abdicate. He has been made the victim of some ignorant criticism , more deliberate misrepresentation and vindictive abuse , and still more shallow , dema gogic politics. In penning the announcement of his withdrawal the governor is so evidently sincere in stating that ho has nothing to apologize for in con nection with the pardon of Hartley , that a great many doubters have been convinced by reading it that he thought the pardon justifiable under the circumstances. What one of the clamoring horde of critics has a but ter acquaintance with the circum stances ? James K. Jones' FLIMSY EXCUSES , explanation of his intimate associa tion with the corporation formed for the purpose of promoting the round cotton bale , bears a faint resemblance to the statement of the Nebraska divine who bowled ton-pins and played billiards , justifying his ac tions by asserting that he hated to turn these places of amusement en tirely over to the devil. Jones evi dently went into the trust to reform it , and was compelled to rake off a few dividends , just to avoid suspi cion. Secretary Shaw , in PSHAW ! SHAW , a gushingly confi dential mood , very truly says : "If the door set ajar in the spring of 189(5 ( by the unanimous vote of both houses of congress ever swings wide on its hinges , the United States will police not only the street on which it lives , but the entire western hemisphere , and with it all countries and all islands of the Pacific. " No doubt America will do all of that ; but are there not more pleas ant and remunerative callings than that of a policeman ? From what chapter of history , from what utter ances of great men , by what process of reasoning do we gather the con clusion that it is America's duty to serve as the world's volunteer scav enger , taking her pay in Mauser pro jectiles ? The staff and line SUBMARINE are still quarreling CRAFT. over the introduc tion of the submar ine boat into naval warfare. The staff officer , being a theorist , sees the obvious advantages which the under water torpedo boat possesses over sur face craft , consequently always favors it. The officer of the line , being pre-eminently a fighter , feels a sol dier's natural repugnance to the skulking tactics which a plunger must employ , so always has , and quite probably always will , dislike to be liable for service on this type of vessel. The next international peace conference - ferenco could perform a good work by eliminating this obnoxious craft from the world's navies , thus insur ing honest , open and literally aboveboard - board marine battles. Governor C u m- ANOTHER. mins , of Iowa , an erstwhile protec tionist who has freighted the playful zephyrs of his state with eloquent pleas for tariff-in-the-highest legis lation , has at last struggled to the surface and taken a look about him. Evidence of this may be found in the following : "I have long been a most devoted adherent of the principle of protec tion , and my zeal for it has increased rather than diminished with the pro gress of time. Nevertheless , I be lieve tha4 ; the consumer has a bettor right to competition than the pro ducer has to protection. Competition we will have , that of-our own coun try preferred , but that of the world if necessary. " The very boldness of the sugges tions of this notable apostate may startle the devoted guardians of the infant industries ' for a moment , but if the alarmed ones do not shy too far away from Mr. Cummins' state ment before examining it , the logic of his remark that "the consumer has a better right to competition than the producer has to protection" cannot fail to make an impression , even upon those who worship the tariff , as a Christian worships his God. McKinley , Roosevelt , Grosvenor , Cummins. Next ! The extreme cau- DELICATE tion observed by SITUATION. American commanders - manders in treating with the Mores promises temporarily to avert a threatened war , which is only viewed with contempt by those un familiar with the fanatical character of the inhabitants of Mindanao. Those who have come in contact with the bloody-minded Mussulman ; who know his fierceness and his stubborn ness in warfare , are gratified to learn that there will be no attempt to make Mindanao , like Samar , a "howling wilderness" strewn with the corpses of its obstinate defenders , and obscured by the smoke of burning villages. At present it is probably impossible for the Dattos , whose positions as rulers are none too secure , especially when there is blood in sight , to accede to the American demands ; but , if given time in which to cool the hot blood of their bellicose subjects , they may be able to arrange for the turning over of those who took part in the massacre of a squad of American engineers a few weeks ago. Diplomacy may , without endanger ing American prestige , gradually ac complish results that tons of war muni tions would fail to attain. As to teach ing the Moro a lesson that will last , that is impossible , as , like the American Indian , he remembers punishment as an injury to be avenged , not as a merited chastisement , a repetition of which may be avoided by a proper observance of the laws laid down by his white brother.