Nebraska Newspapers

    THE 'NEBRASKAN.
Vol. VI No. 28.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898.
Price 5 Cents.
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lrofoira Fling and Caldwell Address
Hie students on Present Situation.
WAR I5"00 HUMANITY'S SAKE
Tl,eIniictnlliiir Conlllct Unique Intlio IIIh
toryof tin' World Two Spccchcd Wcrci
Mimtiirly TroductloMH
jii i,-nnsi' to 11 petiton signed by
sper.il hundred students, Professors
rilup ""'I Caldwell Inst Tuesday morn
injy ihIiIk'-'imI the student body on the
nitwni ( ulmn crisis.
t is ifeto way thai never did nny
nciif 1 .him' more wide-spread interest
than tl"- ""d the. eliupel was so crowd
ed tli.it ihere wuh senreely room for
(HIP llK'll'.
PiDfiMir Fling spoke first on the
"SljjiiilK'i'iiee of the stp we have in
rti." Hi' said i" part:
'flu' present momunt is a time for
pnijei anil not applause. The die has
been il and we have crossed the
llubii'i'ii- In yenrs to eonie many a
home throughout this land will com
mi'inni.ite this day as u day of mourn
ing. xi'i' is 11 terrible thing, a thing
of last irMH't and it should l)e entered
upon with no savage joy.
Thi war is no eommon war, al
though we have no fear of Spanish in
mimoii or loss of territory. It is not
the (lunger to our resources or desire
to iuiiH' territory which has lead ns
to take this step. The proclamation
of congress 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. Democracy has
undertaken to sit in judgment, on on
absolute monarchy and has found it
lacking. v
It is not difficult to sec in this strug
gle, the chisli of two ideas if there is
a clash of ideas at. all. Tt. is a struggle
between an absolute monarchy and
that representing the sovereignty of
the people.
Yc liue recognized that authority
can not be divorced from responsibil
ity mul we hne assumed this respon
sibility This fuct'murkes the third
prcat era in the history of our coun
try. The revolutionary war marked
the iiiM era, the civil war tlio second,
and the present crisis the third. It
is illlllt ult to penetrate the future but
this is only the begnnning of great
possibilities couplecl with the greatest
danger-.. .
Anil what is this state upon whom
the I mud States now sit in judg
ment. It is the wreck of a once pow
erful luiii.urehy and Cuba whom wc
liau' inhiinied to be independent is
also tin wreck of n once powerful col
onial M mil. Cuba, was one ot the is
lands r 1 Columbus and yet little uJ
Col'unliu- think that this island which
he diM-mered wduld four hundred
years l.itr conse tlie'downfnl of Spain
herself.
Ami what a remarkable history hns
iin luul in these last four hundred
yars. ( hnrlPB V extended tho power
of Spam unit built up a powerful cm-
lure but he lived to see nil his plans
""I gi.Mit Ideas fnl in their purpose.
Then J'hllip 11 threatened 1o extend
the .Spui.iKh domfiilou still further but
li' gradually lost bis possessions and
the ilec.iy which started then has gone
n iiiiflu-fUfil down to the present
time. Spain Htuntift today us four hun
dred years ago, ilie representative of
absolute monarchy and never willing
to acknowledge flje sovereignity of the
people. '"
The t'nited Slates from it begin
ig l-.ih given its attention wholly "to
Internal affairs nnd only incidently
have w. lookedfoutfllde of our coun
ty and taken ufu Interest in interna
tional utValrs. Ilut a new era has
dawned, We have reached tho limits
of our territory. Army and naval au
thorities do not hesitate to tell us to
to take this island and that for the
lmrpose of protection, And then there
" me Idea that we should extend pro
tection to tho weaker nntioiiH of Am
'rien. We ivo assumed this authori
ty but never until today have wo ac
knowledged We responsibility that
k'oes with it. And this has brought ua
to a war with Spain.
The condition of Cuba is suilicicnt
to arouse the deepest feeling. jor
three years we have tolerated Inhuman
cruelties until wo have decided that
It Is our duty to interfere, to put nn
cud to such things. Hut the signifi
cance of nil this Is tlint Spain is n sov
ereign state. It is only a question
whether we are powerful
enough to perform this duty.
International law lias nothing
bearing on such a ease, as this, but
with us it is not conquests We do not
desire to annex the Island, but the sole
end Is to put an end to tho abomina
tions in Cuba and substitute a stable
government.
Hut what does the rest of Europe
think of this? We must, rcnlizo that
the states of Europe arc straining
every nerve to ndd to their territory.
Meanwhile the United States comes
forward and in regard to America it
announces "Hands on". ' Hut the
United States itself tends to expand.
Our merchants push out, invest their
money and then turn to tho United
States for protection. The government
where their money Is invested is un
satisfactory to the United States, and
as in Cuba, it is overthrown. Where
is this to stop?
At. present we are isolated 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 wc say Europe can not
Interfere in South America. Wre can
not tell Europe she shall not protect
her interests thero and then not do
it ourselves. The outcome will be,
America opposed to Europe. We must
accept the responsibility of the Mon
roe doctrine. l'rojK'rly carried out it
would bo a blessing. As it is now, it
Is a mei)iicfcto"thewoiicVs -pence.
The outcome of the whr can not
be anticipated but. it will probably be
a duel with Spain and no other Euro
pean nation. Hut after the war comes
the critical time. We nre fighting to
give Cuba n. government satisfactory
to its people. When that is done our
troops will bo withdrawn, nut when
will that be? How do wc know that
the 200,000 Spaniards there will not
rise in revolt. And it may be neces
sary to interfere again and again and
finally solve the problem by annexa
tion. What is most needed at this
time is a clairvoyant vision and an al
most superhuman disinterestedness.
Prof Caldwell then spoke on Pres
ent conditions and some of tho con
stitutional questions involved," ns fol
lows: Never in our history since Lincoln
took the oath of oillce have such inter
ests been at stake as at tha prese'nt
time, and only once in otir history of
foreign relations hove such conditions
existed before in 1812 when .Madison
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 hn been
one In -which distrust has existed. In
1783 Spain was out with tho United
Statos because of our secret treaty
of jH'aee with Orent Hrltnin. For a
single moment, In 179fi, the two nn
tions were in harmony, nut again with
the Louisiana purchnsc, down to the
civil war the two nations looked at
each other ns they have been doing
for tlio past few months. In the war
of 1-2 Spain allowed England to use
Florida nn a base of operations for in
vading tho United States. When Flor
ida wns purchased it seemed as if rela
tions might remain peaceful. Then
came, the recognition of the South Am
erican republics and tho Monroe doc
trhuj and on down tj I860 strained
rehtQons existed.
Now In regard to Cuba. As early
as laUii, tnc uuucu on.-" h..
long for Cuba. Jefferson said Cuba was
the most interesting addition that
could be made to this country. This
feeling animated tho American peo
ple from 1823 to 1800. This was modi
ild by the Blavery struggle and only
tho south advocated tho idea on ac-
(Contiuucd on patfo four.)
ilUBIIY iEIS DEFEfli
Go Down Bcforo tho Omaha Profession
His by tlio Score of 10 to 8.
GAME WAS UNINTERESTINQ
Varsity Hoy lilt tlio Hall All Ulght Hut
Their molding Wm Somewhat KngRcil
DetalUof the Uiimc
Tho University baseball team ran
up against the first, renl good team
they have met this year and were de
feated by the score of 10 to 8. The
team which had tho honor of adminis
tering to us the first defent 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 nrticlc of ball and the Oma
ha team likewise had room for im
provement, v
For the first few Innings the game
was interesting but after that the in
terest lagged and the contest wbb dull
and listless. The University boys hit
the ball well, and in-fact made more
hits than the opposing team. Wells,
llliss, Moore, Cowgill, Gordon and
llhca all connected snfely with the
ball. Hut the fielding of the boys was
not ns good as their batting. This to
gether with a lack of enthusiasm on
the part of the players was responsible
for the dullness of the game.
The University boys started out
well. After Omaha hud mndc three
hits and scored one, the 'Varsity team
came to the bat nnd Dutch Wells im
mediately lined out his usual three
bagger into right, field. Miss then
made n hit which got through the left
fielder and both Wells and Hllss came
home. The game looked promising
thus far but the Omaha professionals
dispelled nil hopcstSby- making- ..flvn
scores In the second 'inning and kept
up that rate to the end, In only one
inning were the v ntversity boys nble
to shut, out Omaha. The home 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, Ewnrt struck out and
retired the side. Ewart's work in tlio
field however was very Creditable nnd
he made several catches of difllcult
flies. Gordon pitched throughout the
whole game and did fairly well al
though the professionals lunded on his
delivery with some frequency. Turner
pitched the first, four Innings for Oma
ha. He is being tried-by the manage
ment, nnd he plnyed Hire a man con
scious of the fact that ho was xlnyiilg
for a job. His delivery, or rather the
preliminary contortions of Jus deliv
ery, were something marvelous. He
grasped the ball firmly in his left
hand, looked at it twice, gave a tug at
his trousers, lifted his left foot as ...hn
as possible, at the same time smiling
and raising both anus around his head
and just as ho hrcw the ball, both' his
eyes shot out of their sockets like a
steer hit with a sledgehammer, linger
man 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 safe ones.
Walter Frlel umpired and his work
was very satisfactory to both parties.
About 400 people attended the game.
WAHOO DEFEATED.
Yesterday afternoon Wuhoo came
down to furnish umusement 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 n bimetallic score of 10
to 1 had been rolled up in favor of tho
university nine.
, None of Wnhoo's players need cs
peclal mention, except for the poor
quality of the game they put up.
However, if Crawford their pitcher,
had (received proper support the game
would ' not have been nearly bo one
sided. Wuhoo came to bnt flrBt and went
out in the following order:
Cook-.struok out; Netherwood out in
a pop-up to Wells; Knapp changed the
situation with a two-bngger to right;
Iverson out on a grounder from sec
ond to first. The University did bet
ter and scored three runs before being
retired. Wells secured a, single and
stole second and third nnd came home
on a wild throw; Hllss out on a
grounder to third; Moore struck out;
Gordon flew to right nnd llecdcr ob
tained four balls, Roth made the cir
cle on n muff and on Cow-gill's single.
Mien out from third to first.
In tho first half of the second inn
ing St6en struck out; Crawford out
on a pop-up to Mel ford and Knowlton
out on n grounder to Miodes. Jn tho
second half Miotics drew a base; Mel
ford struck out,, while Wells singled
and went to third on n passed ball;
Miotics came home on a wild thiow,
as did Wells a moment later; llliss
struck out and Moore retired the side
on a grounder to third.
Wuhoo started the third by Glbbs
flying out to Wells; Adams struck'out
and Cooke went out on a grounder to
Cowgill. The university did better and
scored one by the following efforts:
Gordon singled to left, and got to thhd
on a posesd ball, where lie wns caught
napping and put out; llecdcr drew a
base and stole second and third una
eum home, aided by errors; Mica
made nrst on nn error, but Miodes re
tired the side by a pop-up to third.
Wuhoo then started the fourth with
Netherwood nt the bnt. He went out
on n grounder from third to first;
Knapp struck out, but. Iverson drew a
base; Stecn settled things by sawing
the air three times. For the home
team llecdcr flew to left and made the
circle on the fielder's error; Cowgill
singled and nlso went on around, ow
ing to a rank error; llhca flew out. to
left, and Miodes did the same.
Melford, who was hit by a pitched
ball, stole second nnd then went to
third on n passed ball. He scored im
mediately afterward on Wells' two
bugger; Wells himself enme liomo on
errors; Hllss made the first by an er
ror of first, bnseman and stole second;
Moore struck out.
In the sixth fpr Wnhoo Cooke struck
iafc;-Mtliorwoocl- ;nut-tn IZJier.
Knnpp knocked out a pretty three
bagger, but it amounted to nothing,
as Iverson flew out to Miea. Gordon
started things for Nebraska by flying
out to second; lleeder made first by
slow fielding on the part of the third
baseman, but was soon caught while
attempting to steal third; Cowgill
singled, but Mien went out on a
grounder to third.
Steen opened up for Wnhoo by
striking out; Crawford out from third
to Miodes; Knowlton singled to third
and imemdlntely Glbbs singled to
right, advancing Knowlton to third;
Adnlus then flew out to Mien. Miodes
then started out well by knocking a
three-bagger to right; Melford struck
out; Wells received a base on balls
ond stole second; Miss flew out to left
nnd Miodes cume home; Wells then
enme in on a passed ball; Moore went
to first on an error of the catcher;
Gordon obtained a base of balls and
stole second; lleeder then made a sin
gle, scoring Moore; Cowgill singled,
scoring Gordon; Cowgill retired the
side by attempting to steal second.
In the eighth Wnhoo made its only
score, Netherwood making his way
around nnd scoring on nn error by
Wells. Nebraska did not score in this
inning, llhca, Rhodes and Melford go
ing out in one.two, three order.
Tho visiting team only had three
men at out in tne nrst. nun oi uio
ninth, Crawford, Knowlton and Glbbs
retiring the side. The score:
University 3 2 12 0 4 0 4 x 10
Wnhoo 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 01
Hntteries U. of N., Melford and
Moore. Wnhoo Crawford and Knapp.
Ruse hits U. of N., 11; Wnhoo, 5.
THE SENIOR PROM.
The Senior Promenade will be held
on Friday evening, April 20 nt tho Lin
coln hotel. This promises to be a most
gratifying success. The class of '98
hns never fulled to be foremost in all
its undertakings and this occasion will
only demonstrate that fact. As this
is the Inst social function of the year
as well as tho last for the class of '08
a largo number of students nre pre
paring to take advantage of the opor
tunlty otrered.
Following is the Prom, commltttee:
Chns. Hendy, jr., Miss Jennie Hurlier,
L. J. Pelknap, C. U. Robblns, E. R.
Morrison, Miss Cora Cropsey, Vergil
Harbor, 11. W. Haggard, Miss Selnia
Naren, Miss Veda WilBon, Miss .lane
Farnhmn, nnd E. Q, Wilkinson.
I !0 ill
Unhcrslly Soldiers Hopo Thoy Will Bo
Among the First Troops CailcU Out.
COMPANIES ARE RECRUITING.
Chancellor McLean Think Catlet nave
Small Chance of Seeing Service Dnt
Limit, 8totncnborK more Sanguine
The wnr feeling which is mnnifest
all over the country is not lacking in
the University.nnd the principal query
heard around the enmpus now Is, "Do
you think we'll get a chance to go?"
As to the probability thnt the cadets
will have an opportunity to volunteer,
there arc various opinions. The opin
ion imong the cadets seems to bo thnt
they will go among the first, but it
may be that In this case the wish Is
father to the thought.
One thing which might be of influ
ence in deciding some students to go
to war is the report thnt nil cadets
who Aoluntccr will be allowed to ad
vance In the University without exam
ination in case they return to the uni
versity nf tcr tho impending conflict. It
was said that all seniors who volun
teered now would be graduated, nil
juniors would become seniors, nnd so
on. When Chancellor MacLcan was
naked to confirm these rumors he said
they were news to hint nnd he had not
heard of them before He nlso said
that he did not think the cadets would
have n chance to go for some time
yet, nt least not until the present se
mester closed. He said thnt while he
commended the patriotism of the ca
dets.' he thought, there was no imme
diate need of their services.
In the military deportment of the
University tho sentiment seemed to bo
quite different, nnd Lieutenant Stot-
senbargis very, sanguine n regard to
xne caoets' ennnces to comraci. yenow
fever nnd stop Spanish bullets. The
captains of tho 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 take a rather se
rious turn when Cnptnln Morrison of
Company D asked for tho signatures
of nil the members of tho company
who would volunteer. Over one-half
signed their nnmes on the paper which
wns passed around. This response was
considered very encouraging, ns thero
are many in the company who are not
of age or who have not obtained their
parents' consent and the nnmes sign
ed represented only the number who
wre sure thnt they could go.
While it is said by many thnt the ca
dets are too young for active service,
the majority of them are at a suitable
age for such work. It is safe 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 cun go.
Lleutenunt Stotsenberg and cadet
majors and captains hnd a meeting
yesterday to discuss the war question,
but no reports were given out ns to
what was done. All officers present,
when aprpoached on the subject, re
fubed to tell anything, and they could
not be induced to divulge any of the
proceedings of the meeting.
FOR EXPOSITION GUARDS.
For several months past Chancellor
MacLean, Lieut. Stotsenberg and
othors have been working hard to se
cure the plnce ns guiirtls nt the expo
sition nt Omaha for University stu
dents. At last this has been accom
plished and it is now reasonably cer
tain that about scventy-fivo cadets will
have a chance to work for the exposi
tion, see tho sights and incidently re
ceive about $40 per month.
Lieut. Stotsenberg hns selected a
number of the older- cadets and those
phyBlcnlly sound to act as guards and
mnuy of those have already undergone
a strict physical examniatlon.
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