Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKAN.
Vou. VI No. 28.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898.
Price 5 Cents.
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irof(.SM)t-.s Flint? ami Caldwell Address
tlio Sludcuts on l'rcsunt Situation.
yAR FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE
TIip lull"'1"1'1" Uonlllot Uiilquo In tliu Ma
lory f the World Two Hpimdir Wor
Milnterly rroililctloilH
j 1, i,-miiih( to it petlton signed l.y
kuimI hundred sludeutH, Professors
1-1 1 1 1 ir i""1 Caldwell liiHt'Pucsdiiy morn
iiijf iiI'Iu'!nim1 the student, body 011 the
iiivKcni 11I11111 crisis.
jt it -nfcto say that never did imy
PUnt i.nim more whlc-Hprcnd Interest
limn tii- (iittt tho ('Impel wiih ho crowd
,(1 tluii there wiih scarcely room for
(1110 IIH'H'.
Prnfi'-fir Fling spoke llrst. on Hie
SlHiiiliriitH'u oT tin atop wo huvo tu
rn." He Niiil ' part:
Tin- present moment Ih u time for
pnijcr mid not npplnuse. Tho die. Iiiih
Ijopii 1:1st mid we huvo crossed tho
Kuliicoii. In yenrH to come ninny n
home throughout this land will com
nipiiiiu.ite tli Ik day as u day of mourn
inp. Ynr is a ton-Hilt! tiling, u tiling
of last resort and it. should be entered
upon with no savage joy.
This war is no common war, al
thoiiBh we have no fear of Spanish ill
usion or loss of territory. It is not
tho thinner to our resources or desire
to mines territory which has lead us
to tnKc this step. The proclamation
of roinjrcss distinctly stated that
point. Hut this step is due to the
realization of the need of justice and
sympathy for humanity. War waged
for that cause is unique in the his
tory of the world. Denioeruey has
iiiiricrtiikcn to sit in judgment, on an
absolute liionaiehy and has found it
lacking.
It is not ilillleult. to see. In tills strug
Kle, the clash of two ideas if there is
a Hash of ideas at nil. It. is a struggle
lietween an absolute monarchy and
that representing the sovereignty of
the people.
We luii recognized that authority
inn nut he divor'cd from res)H)itslbll
ity nail we htie assumed this respon
sibility. Tills fnct inurkcs tho third
Brent cm in the history of our coun
try. I he revolutionary war innrkod
the fitM era. the ulVSl war tho second,
nml tin- present onHls the third, it
it(litl! nit to penetrate the future but
this is only the hcguunlng of great
posnihiliticK I'onpleit with the greatest
dangers.
Ami uhat is IhiH state upon whom
the I'luitii States now sits In judg
ment. It is the wjvck of a once pow
erful monarchy nnd Cuba whom wo
have pi i ii l.ilmed to be Independent Is
nlso tin- w reek of a once powerful col
nnlnl if-i mmI. Cuba vns one. ot the is
land f i ColumbiiH mill yet little o.l
Cohiinliii think Unit thin Island whleh
lie dlM.ncred Wq'uld four hundred
years 1 1 kt cause theulownful of Spain
herself.
Ami what a renmrknble history has
smln hud in thusc last four hundred
.venm. ( hurles V extended tho power
'f Spain and bult up a powerful em
pire hut he lived to see all his plans
'"'I great ideiiK Jilll in their purpose.
Then Philip 11 jylrontoned to extend
lie Spanish domijilon still further but
he grnilu.iiiy loil his possessions and
the decay which started then has gone
"a unchecked flown to the present
line. Sjiain stands today as four hun
dred years ago, fflio representative of
absoluto monarchy ami never willing
to acknowledge Gje sovereignity of the
people, W
The lulled States from its begln
lnK lam given Its attention wholly "u
'Menial affairs and only Ineldently
have we lookedjoutsldo of our couu
,rJ' nml tnkcu an interest in internu-
""mil affairs. Hut a new eni has
'luwned, We have reached tho limits
'Jf our territory. Army and naval au
'horltics do not. hesitate to tell ns to
to tuJ. tills Ih1,ui,1 and that for tho
inirpono of pmtotlon. And then thoro
" tll "lea tlmj, we Hhould extend pro
tw'tion to u10 welter natloiiK of Am
wlcn. Wo have assumed this authorl
v hut never iiut 11 today have wo nc
Knowleded the responsibility that
Bes with it. And this hns brought us
w n war with Spain.
The condition of Cuba Ih miillclcut
to nrouso the deepest feeling, i'or
three years wo have tolerated inhuman
crueltleH until wo have decided that
It Is our duty to Interfere, to put. nn
end to such things. Hut the signifi
cance of all this Is that Spain Is a sov
ereign state. It Is only a question
whether we are jwnvorful
enough to perform this duty.
International law Iiiih nothliur
benrliur on such il ease us this, but
with uh It Is not. conquest Wc do not
desire to annex the Island, but the sole
end Ih to put an end to the abomina
tions lu Cuba and HUbstltute a Htable
government.
Hut. what does tho rest of Kurope
think of this? We muHt realize that
tho states of Kurope are ((training
every nerve to add to their territory.
Meanwhile the United States coiuob
forward and in regard to America It
announces "HandH off.' Hut the
United States Itself IciuIh to expand.
Our inerehnntH push out, Invest their
money and then turn to tho United
States for protection. Tho government
where their money is invested is un
satisfactory to the United States, and
as in Cuba, It is overthrown. Where
Is tills to stop?
At. present we are isolnted unless
tho action taken yesterday destroys
this position, and there are but two
policies for us to follow. First, to re
fuse to expand and add territory but
to say to others, you Cannot annex ter
ritory either. Second, to join with
other states and expand across the
seas.
Hut suppose wo say Kurope can not
interfere In South Amerlen. We can
not tell Kurope she shall not proteet
her InterestH there nnd then not do
It ourselves. The on teniae will be,
America opposed to Kurope. We must
accept the responsibility of the Mon
roe doctrine. Projierly carried out It
would bo a blessing. As it Is now, It
Is a iiieJjiideTd''theworId'filpciioe.
The outcome of the whr can not
be anticipated but it will probably be
a duel with Spain and no other Kuro-
pean nation. Hut after the war comes
the critical time. We are lighting to
give Cuba a government satisfactory
to Its people. When that is done our
troops will bo withdrawn. Hut when
will that be? How do wc know that
the 'JOO.OOO Spaniards there will not
rise lu revolt. And it may be neces
sary to Interfere again and ngnin and
finally solve tho problem by annexa
tion. What is most needed at this
time Is a clairvoyant vision and an al
most superhumnn disinterestedness.
I'rof Caldwell then spoke on Pres
ent conditions and some of tho con
stitutional questions involved," as fol
lows: Never in our history since Lincoln
took the oath of otllee have such inter
ests been at stake as at tho preso'nt
time, and only once in our history of
foreign relations have such conditions
existed before In 1812 when .undlson
sent his war message to congress and
war was declared. In th present crisis
we enter the struggle for humanity's
sake and we enter it with tho sympa
thy of a people whoso power will be
with us If need comes.
The whole history of Spain's rela
tions to the United States has been
one In -which distrust has existed. In
17Sa Hpain was out with tho United
States because, of our secret treaty
of jMnice with Great Hrltain. For a
single moment, in 1795, tho two na
tions were in harmony. Hut again with
tho Louisiana purchase, down to- the
civil war the two nations looked at
each other as they have boon doing
for tho past few months. In the war
of U.'i Spain allowed Kngland to use
Florida as a base of operations for in
vadlpg tho United States. When Flor
ida was purchased it seemed as if rela
tions might remain peaceful. Then
cume, the recognition of the South Am
erican republics and tho Monroe doc
trine and on down tj 1800 strained
relations existed.
Now in regard to Cuba. As early
as 1$23, tho United Stacs began to
long for Cuba. Jefferson sulci Cuba was
the most interesting addition that
could be made to this country. Tills
feeling animated tho American peo
ple from 1823 to 1800. This was modi
ild by the slavery struggle and only
tho south advocated tho idea on ac-
(Continued on page four.)
1
Go Down lleforo tho Omnha Profession
als by tho Scoro of 10 to 8.
QAME WAS UNINTERESTING
Varilty Hoy Hit tlio ll'nll All Ulght Itut
Their lMolcllnK Win Somowlint Itii?Roil
lltitnlU of tho Uame,
Tho University baseball team ran.
up against the first real good team
they have met, this year and were de
feated by the score of 10 to fi. The
team which had tho honor of adminis
tering to us tlio first defeat of the sea
son was the Omaha professional west
ern league team and defeat from such
a team Is no disgrace. However the
University might have put up a great
deal better article of ball and the Oma
ha team likewise had room for Im
provement, i
For the first few innings the game
was Interesting but after that the in
terest lagged and the: contest was dull
nnd listles. The Uiilverslty boys hit
the ball well, and in-fact made more
hits than the opposing team. Wells,
Hllss, Moore, Cowglll, Gordon and
llhea all connected Btifely with the
ball. Hut the fielding of the boys was
not as good as their batting. This to
gether with a lack of enthusiasm on
the pnrt of the players was responsible
for the dullness of the game.
The University boys started out
well. After Omaha had made three
hits and scored one, the 'Varsity team
came to the bat and Dutch Wells Im
mediately lined out his usual three
bagger into right field. Hliss then
made a hit which got through the left
fielder and both Wells and Hllss came
home. Tlio game looked promising
thus far but the Omnha professionals
dispelled nil hopcsXTiy--mnWnj,.Uvn
scores in the second 'inning and kept
up that rate to tho eftd. In only one
inning were the university boys aide
to shut out Omaha. The homo team
had several chances to score but failed
to improve them. Ono of these was in
the seventh inning when with three
men on bases, Kwart struck out and
retired the side. Kwart's work in the
field however was very creditable and
he made several catches of difficult
files. Gordon pitched throughout the
whole game and did fairly well al
though the professionals landed on his
delivery with some frequency. Turner
pitched the first four innings for Oma
ha. Ho Is being tried' by the manage
ment and he playexl like a man con
scious of the fuct that he was playing
for a job. His delivery, or rather the
preliminary contortions of Jus deliv
ery, were something marvelous. He
grasjed tho ball firmly in his left
hand, looked at It twice, gave a tug at
his trousers, lifted his left foot as ...bu
ns possible, at the same time smiling
and raising botn amis around his head
and just as ho threw the ball, both hjs
eyes shot out. of their sockets like a
steer hit with a sledgehammer. Hager
mun who succeeded him was some
what more of a pitcher and less of a
contortionist. However the boys man
aged to hit him for several Bafo ones.
Walter Frlel umpired and his work
was very satisfactory to both parties.
About 400 people attended the game.
WAHOO DEFEATED.
Yesterday afternoon Wahoo came
down to furnish amusement and prac
tice for the University team. They
furnished the amusement, ull right,
but' were hardly near enough .to our
class to furnish practice. When the
game ended a bimetallic score of 10
to 1 had been rolled up in favor of the
university nine.
, None of Wahoo's players need es
pecinl mention, except for the poor
quality of the game they, put up.
However, if Crawfordf their pitcher,
had (received proper support the game
would not have been nearly so one
sided. Wuhoo came to bat first and went
out in the following order:
Cook -struok out; Netherwood out iir
a pop-up to Wells; Knapp changed the
situation with a two-bagger to right;
Iverson out' on a grounder from sec
ond to first, TJie University did bet
ter and scored three runs before being
retired. Wells liecured a single and
UNIVERSITY
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stole second mid third and came homo
on a wild throw; Bliss out cm a
grounder to third; Moore struck out;
Gordon flew to right and Koeder ob
tained four balls. Hoth made the cir
cle on a muff nnd on Cowglll's single.
Jthca out from third to llrst.
In the first half of the. second inn
ing Stoen struck out; Crawford out
on a pop-up to Mel ford and Knowlton
out on a grounder to Hhodes. in tho
second half ltliodes drew a base; Mel
ford struck out, while Wells singled
and went to third on a passed ball;
Hhodes came home on a wild tlnow,
as did Wells a moment later; Hllss
struck out and Moore retired the side
on a grounder to third.
Wahoo started the third by Glbbs
flying out to Wells; Adams struck' out
nnd Cooke went out on a grounder to
Cowglll. 'Phe university did better and
scored one by the following efforts:
Gordon singled to left and got to third
on a pasosd bull, where lie was caught
napping and put out; Heeder drew a
base and stole second and third ana
eiuna home, aided by errors; Hliea
made nrst on an error, but Hhodes re
tired the side by a pop-up to third.
Wahoo then started the fourth with
Netherwood at the bat. Ho went out
on a grounder from third to first;
Knapp struck out, but Iverson drew a
base; Steeu settled things by sawing
the air three times. For the home
team Heeder flew to left and made the
circle on the fielder's error; Cowglll
singled and also went on around, ow
ing to a rank error; llhea flew out to
left, and Hhodes did the same.
Melford, who was hit by a pitched
ball, stole second and then went to
third on a passed ball. He scored im
mediately afterward on Wells' two
bagger; Wells himself came home on
errors; Hllss mnde the first by an er
ror of first baseman and stole second;
Moore struck out.
In. the sixth fpr Wnhoo Cooke struck
out? JuSItf UioKwoocl- mit-.t.iy tjjex
Knapp knocked out a pretty three
bagger, but it amounted to nothing,
as Iverson flew out to Hhen. Gordon
started things for Nebraska by flying
out to second; Heeder made first by
slow fielding on the part of the third
baseman, but was soon enught while
attempting to steal third; Cowgill
singled, but Hhen went out on a
grounder to third.
Steen opened up for Wahoo by
striking out; Crawford out from third
to Hhodes; Knowlton singled to third
and imeindiately Gibbs singled to
right, advancing Knowlton to third;
AdaJus then flew out to lthen. Hhodes
then started out well by knocking a
three-bagger to right; Melford struck
out; Wells received a base on bails
and stole second; Hllss flew out to left
nnd Rhodes came home; Wells then
came in on a passed ball; Moore went
to first on nn error of the catcher;
Gordon obtained a base of balls and
stole second; Heeder then made a sin
gle, scoring Moore; Cowgill singled,
scoring Gordon; Cowgill retired the
side by attempting to steal second.
In the eighth Wahoo made its only
score, Netherwood making his way
around and scoring on nn error by
Wells. Nebraska did not score in this
inning, Hhen, Khodcs and Melford go
ing out in one.two, three order.
Tho visiting team only had three
men at bat in tho first half of the
ninth, Crawford, Knowlton and Gibbs
retiring the side. Tho score:
University 3 2 12 0 4 0 4 x 10
Wahoo 0 0000010 01
Hatteries U. of N., Melford and
Moore. Wahoo Crawford and Knapp.
Hnse hits U. of N., 11; Wahoo, 5.
THE SENIOR PROM.
The Senior Promenade will be held
on Friday evening, April 29 at the Lin
coln' hotel. This promises to be a most
gratifying success. Tho class of '08
has never failed to be foremost in all
its undertakings and this occasion will
only demonstrate that fact. As this
is the last soclnl function of the year
as well as tho last for the class of '98
a large number of Rtudents are pre
paring to tnke advantage of the opor
tunity offered.
Following is the Prom, commltttee:
Chns. Hendy, jr., Miss Jennie Harbei-,
L. J. Helknnp, C. H. Robblns, E. It.
Morrison, Miss Cora Cropsey, Vergil
Barber, II. W. Haggard, Miss Sclma
Noren, Miss Veda Wilson, Miss Juno
Farnluun, and E. G, Wilkinson.
I 10 HI
University Soldiers Hopo Tltoy Will Bo
Among tho First Troops Called Out
COMPANIES ARE RECRUITINO
Ohnncollor MoLonn Thinks Cnteti Have
Hmiill Chiinco of Heeltiff Service Iiut
Meat. BtoUcnborjj more Haiirnlno
The war feeling which is mnnlfpftt
all over the country Is not. lacking in
the Unlverslty.and the principal query
heard around the campus now is, "Do
you think we'll get a chance to go?"
As to tho probability that the cadets
will have an opportunity to volunteer,
there arc various opinions. The opin
ion among the cadets seems to bo that
they will go among tho first, but It
may be that In this ense the wish Is
father to the thought.
One thing which might bo of Influ
ence in deciding some students to go
to war iH the report that all cadets
who volunteer will be allowed to ad
vance In the University without exam
ination in case they return to the uni
versity after tho impending conflict. It
was said that all seniors who volun
teered now would bo graduated, all
juniors would become seniors, nnd so
on. When Chancellor MacLciin wbh
asked to confirm these rumors he said
they were news to hint, nnd he had not
heard of them before" Ho also said
that he did not think the endets would
have a clmneo to go for some time
yet, at least not until the present se
mester o.oHed. He said that while he
commended the patriotism of the ca
dets,' he thought there wns no imme
diate need of their services.
In the military department of tho
University the sentiment seemed to bo
quite different, and Lieutenant Stot
fffjibqrgjB very, sangulno n regard to
the cadets' chances to contract yellSw1
fever and stop Spanish bulletsi The
captains of the six endet companies
have been ordered to recruit up to
sixty-five men and they nro now en
gaged in hustling up the required
number of men who nre desirous of
going to war.
Affairs seemed to tuke a rather se
rious turn when Captain Morrison of
Company D asked for tho signatures
of all the members of tho compnny
who would volunteer. Over one-half
signed their names on the paper which
wns passed around. This response wns
considered very encouraging, as there
are many in the company who are not
of age or who have not obtained their
parents' consent, and the names sign
ed represented only tho number who
wre sure that they could go.
While it is said by many that tho ca
dets are too young for active sen-ice,
the majority of them are ot a suitable,
age for such work. It Is safo to say
that outside of. West Point there, is
hardly a better drilled and, disciplined
body of men than the University ca
dets, and it is known that they- stand
very high in the adjutant general's of
fice. The fact that the Nebraska national
guard numbers only 12,000, and the ap
portionment for Nebraska is 15,000
troops, affords additional comfort to
the cadets who are trying to figure
out how they can go.
Lieutenant Stotsenberg and cadet
majors and captains had a meeting
yesterday to discuss the war question,
but no reports were given out as to
what was done. All officers present,
when aprpoached on the subject, re
fused to tell anything, and they could
not be induced to divulge any of tho
proceedings of the meeting.
FOR EXPOSITION GUARDS.
For several months past Chancellor
MncLean, Lieut. Stotsenberg and
others have been working hard to se
cure tho place as guards at the expo
sition at Omaha for University stu
dents. At last this has been accom
plished and it is now reasonably cer
tain that about Beventy-flvo cadets will
have a chance to work for the exposi
tion, see tho sights and ineldently re
ceive about $4Q per month.
Lieut. Stotsenberg has selected a
number of the olden cadets and those
physically sound to act us guards and
many of those have already undergone
a Btrict physical examination.
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