Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-10

HE city VI IN ~ EItat
fuss over her cruiser namesake, and she is
ship to be proud of, but II will not do to
make too much Of her speed and strength,
or our builders may be encouraged to rest
content with this beginning of navy build
ing and not try to surpass it, The Balti
more has record of 20.l knots an hour,
but the British admiralty Is about to ask
bids for ship that must make twenty-five
knots. This vessel will be three times the
size of the Baltimore. There are several
ships In foreign navies which have beaten
the Baltimore's record, although the con-
ditions of trial are said to have been less
severe, and in long race the American
ship might beat them easily. The Italians
will launch at Venice, in July, u huge bat
tie ship called the Sardogna, which will
have engines of twenty thousand horse
power, and will carry four guns weighing
one hundred and twenty-five tons each.
We are happy over our squadron of evo-
luton, but poor old Spain has just detailed
a squad ron of evolution, consisting OF ono
ironclad, five cruisers, two gunboats and
seven torpedo boats. Five years ago Spain
appropriated forty five million dollars for
a new navy. The activity of foreign ma
tons in utilizing new ideas in war-ship
building, is shown by a report from Stet-
tin, published In the journal deS Debdts,
| to the effect that the German government
| has given orders for tho building of a crui-
ser on the plan of our dynamite thrower,
| Nesuyius. Tho report says that the Xalin-
ski guns have been used in the German
coast defense, but they do not seem To have
| given results altogether satisfactory. Re-
| Gently, however, they have been modified
by an officer of the imperial navy and
adapted to the government service. The
new cruiser will carry three of these guns.
THE New York Tones publishes a letter
from NJ. $. Quay, received by leading
Republican of Detroit. Mr.. Quay an
nounccs that 1t has been discovered that
for months Democrats have been engaged
| in general and secret distribution of anti
| protection literature, and have employed a
| corps of agitators and organizers to travel
among the farmers and working men ;
demands for documents, pertaining to the
tariff, daily reach the Republican ma
tional committee, particularly from
the West, and this is made the
excuse for an appeal for funds
The senator pathctically observes You
know how difficult IL is To raise money foI
campaign purposes, " but adds that a plan
has been adopted which, if vigorously
pushed, cannot fail. Inclosed were mum
ber of handsome certificates, suggestive OF
the most artistic bank paper, decorated
| with a neat ten dollar mark and having "A
coupon attached. The letter refers to them
| and continues: 81 trust you may be able
| at an early day to place them with some of
the Jealous Republicans of your neigh
borhood. Please fill up the coupons
| with full name aud address, cut them OIL
and return them to us with the $40 for
each. All checks, money orders, etc.,
should 30 made payable To L. w. Leach,
assistant secretary, who has charge of this
branch of the work. A record will be kept
of all the subscribers, who will be known
| as registered contributors TO the Ropubli-
| can national committed" The senator con.
| cludes with hattering illusions to the stand.
| ing and influence of the gentleman ad-
dressed. II is evident that tho "Graud
| Old Party" is in Il very bad way that
| Mr.. Quay finds 1t necessary to beg SO hard.
1t Is tho party in power, flushed with vic
tory and arrogant, but this letter shows
that its notorious leader thinks only OF
taking defensive position, and does not
hesitate to represent the Democracy as
dangerously aggressive. The Democratic
party is out of power and relatively poor
but no such appeal is heard from it.
leaders. They are not pressed with franti,
demands for documents pertaining TO tn,
tariii. They do not strive TO find excuse.
for collecting Doodle. Senator Quay is
right about the aggressive position o
the Democrats, but the talk about
general and secret distribution, of anti.
protection literature. and the employment,
of corps of agitators, is bosh and h,
knows itY How could such distribution
| be secret?