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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1898)
-4 '- -y- ,- -y--- - v- VOL. 13. NO. 35. . -; ,; Entered in tiie postoffice at Lincoln as second class matter. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY THE COURIER PRINTIIG AND PUBLISHING GO Office 1132 N Btreet, Up Stairs Telephone 384. SARAH B.HARRIS, Editor Subscription Kates In Advance. Per annum 29 Six months i? Threemonths j One month j Single copies The Coukiek will not be responsi ble for voluntary communications un accompanied by return postage. Communications, to receive atten tion, must be signed by the lull name of the writer, not merely as a guaran tee of good faith, but for publication if advisable. 1 S" g OBSERVATIONS. it i wan nnt for sickness and pain and death, health and no pain would notbeconsideredtheblessingstheyarc. When the boys return from the nos talgic camp our life will be reinforced by regiments of happy men who will go about their former avocations as the paralytic lifted his bed and went on his way rejoicing. House habits are hard to shake off and the rustle of a woman's skirt about a sick man's couch is more healing than medicine or ice or an army surgeon. The boys will bring back a larger patience and be received with the grateful respect due those who have proved theirright to it. Surely after the strenuous ex -, . '.. - - -i.lfr' : ' - '- t v - J Jit 0 w- KBk K r-jr " T - ESTABLISHED LINCOLN. NBBR.. ertion and suffering and discomfort of camp life the lackadaisical Ioating that in many cases preceded enlist ment will have given place to an am bition and industry that will set the volunteer to work for his family and his country. The general conclusion in regard to the greatness of Bismarck's character seems to be that it wasoverestimated. His chef (Voeuvre isEmps-ror William and be is not a monument that will resist the disintegrating effects of democracy. If he should die while the heir is still in his minority the regency would not be able to resist the pressure for more restricted con stitutional limits to the will of the kaiser. Emperor William is a man of tremendous force and industry just as Bismarck was. But neither he. nor Bismarck were able to catch the spirit of the age. They listened only to the old feudal spirit which has nothing to do with democracy. Feudalism is a survival which is losing ground every daj. For deciding to reinstate it and to repress constitutional development, Bismarck and his pupiPhave yielded up the respect of the next generation and a position which greater insight would have .given them in the very short row of truly great men. If the alleys of our own town were in charge of an army officer, what an outcry against military carelessness of life there would be! Exactly why the street commissioner and health officer should not be held responsible for the filthy alleys that bisect Lincoln is one of the curi ous conditions of local politics. The citizens pay these men salaries for investigating infringements of the law and for insisting upon cleanli ness and neatness, especially in the down town section where every block is tilled with occupants. A glance into and a whiff of the downtown alleys reveals a very bad and un healthy condition. The law defines the duties of the street commissioner and the health officer, but the fact that the butcher who kills calves in his cellar or the restaurateur who al lows an offensive swill barrel to poison the air of the block, are voters and have political influence prevents these two street officials from doing the duty for which the office exists. j The Bound Bobin from the Santiago officers is only the beginning of trouble for and criticism of General Alger and the political appointees under him. The war has shown us the conse quences of displacing regular offcers with men who may know how to shoot IN 1886 SATURDAY, AUGUST 27. 1898. but who are untrained in camp sani tation. The boys at Chickamauga who have been consumed with fever caused by the unwise selection of a camp and by unhealthy camp arrangements will soon be at home. When they are mustered out they will he at lib erty to give the private soldiers' view. When the war is definitely over, and Spain cannot profit from any revela tions made by thesoldiers the military policy of America may be improved by listening to the stories of the citizens who were once soldiers. It will be interesting to know, in the first place, why the raw, undisci plined troops were stationed at- Chick amauga, a locality full of malaria, not fed by pure streams of water, and hotter than Cuba, and to which it was difficult and at times impossible to send the necessary supplies. The raw troops might have been drilled in a favorable locality, to which supplies could have been forwarded and the men could learn to sleep out doors without running the risk of malaria. Then the I09S of life by sickness in the camp at Chickamauga was due, in the first place, to tlie selection of an un healthy location; secondly, to the un sanitary camp arrangements which ex aggerated the malarial and typhoid ten dencies of the place, and thirdly, to the inadequate and antiquated ar rangements for the sick. The dead will not have died in vain if the coun try learns the lesson of the sacrifice. j If heroes are proved by deeds Ad miral Dewey has won his title to the first place in the hearts of his country men. He is pre-eminently a man of action and not of words. His laconic reports, first of the victory in Manila harbor and then of the capture of Manila in conjunction with the land forces under General Merritt are characteristic of a man of deeds. When the war is over and the cheap newspaper reputations and those gained by striking an attitude sur rounded by fireworks and limelight, are assorted from the real heroes Admiral Dewey's inherent gift for victory or the successful accomp lishment of whatever he starts to do, wi'l be seen in perfection and place him beside the great naval com manders of the world. The American people are especially grateful to him for not striking an attitude, for not allowing his family to be photographed In the papers, for not showing himself at fifty cents a head to the Manilan ese, the Japanese, or to any of his temporary neighbors. In short for his rejection and scorn of all the vul garities of fame. Admiral Dewey has earned the gratitude of men of all parties in this country, and if he PRICE F1VB CENTS. '4 .5 . should chance to care for the presi dency when McKInley has served hN eight years, he can have it for the asking. He has shown that he can control events as a checker player moves checkers, that he can remove an obstacle to the successful issue of a campaign before events, hisevents, are hindered by it, that no popularclamor, either critical or approving, can pre vent the carrying out of a definite policy. In a' time of peace such a man is wasted on the quarter deck, even if he be placed at the head of the navy, He should be used in-a difficult and most important foreign mission. For he is a diplomat of re source unsounded, with a positively unrivalled genius for gaining bltd less victories and for keeping still about it afterwards. Delegatesto the fourth Biennial of the General Federation of Women's clubs have just received the report of the meeting by the recording secre tary, Mrs. Sarah S. Barnes. Besides the minutes of the business meetings it contains the address of the presi dent. Mrs. Henrotln, reports of the corresponding and recording secre taries, treasurer, badge committee, local committee and departmental reports from the art, civic, industrial and educational sections, home eco nomics and libraries reports, commit tee reports, reports from chairmen of state correspondence, presidents of state federations, and the report or the joint conference of state chair men and state presidents. The pamph let ought to be in the possession of everyone interested in a movement which, like the crusades, the discovery of America, or the Trotestant Revolu tion, is of mysterious origin and ex hibits features of still greater effect upon posterity. The report is neces sarily devoted to the business of the federation as conducted and prepared by the president and ofTicers of the federation. Stripped of all personality as such reports must be, it is still in teresting even to one who was not present at the meeting, as showing the number and strength and aims of the federation. There may be those who still think that the club move ment is a fad undertaken for the pur pose of giving women a larger audi ence before which to exploit her knowledge of this or that science or art. For such a purpose neither a state or general federation is neces sary. The study of literature, art, science or history can be pursued, and summaries delivered, by small groups better than by large ones. The ex penses of the general and state federa tions are increasing and must Increase up to a certain point. Unless the ob-