The advocate., 1892-02-10

The "Hon." Jerry declares that the presi-
dents message on Chill puts him "in mind
of pettifogging lawyer who sums up his
case before the evidence is heard" Jerry
forgets that the evidence before the Chilian
courts has been already printedin full in
this country, and he fOrgetS, likewise, that
the solemn testimony Of the sailors and
officers and surgeons of the United States
warship Baltimore, has been put on record,
and that all the evidence is in and has been
heard,
he will know to-day that the judgment Of
mighty people, 65,OOO0OO in number, is
that there can be no arbitration Of the in
suit to this nation in the streets of VAL
psrsiso, and that the only thing left for the
Chilian government is to make full repara-
tion or be crushed.
As for Jerry himself, it is doubtful if he
represents any longer the element known
as the Farmers Alliance. The farmers of
this country, and the farmers Of the west
especially, believe in the American flag,
believe in the American uniform, and be-
lieve that an American citizen and an
American sailor and an American soldier
should be free from attack in any port of
any civilized nation on the face Of the
globe.
A metropolitan paper in the Mis-
sissippi valley thus strongly makes the
CASE
The presidents message on the Chilian
correspondence ought to be saved for ref
erence by every American who respects him
self and his country. It is model of every
thing an American state paper ought not to
be. 1t is such paper as q S. lawyer would
write for an argument in justice of the
peace court when on the side of the assail-
ant in an aggravated and inexCusable case
of assault.
Before our readers say this is mere par
tisan expression let them analyze this mes
sage for themselves. The first thingthat
will strike them is that the president has
padded out his message with the editorials
of little eight-by-ten Ohilian papers, select
ing the worst drivel he could find, with the
manifest purpose of inhaming the American
people-not ON the evidence, but on this
stuff that no self-respecting squire at q
country crossroads would admit in evil
dence in a case of common assault or in
any other state whatever.
FINANCIAL PROSPERITY AS A SEQUENCE
OF WAR.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean, which sol
emnly and vigorously Swears by the Nc
Kinley tariff act of October 1, 1890; and
which almost proclaims its belief In the
maxim, "Our country, right or wrong"
gives about column Of space to the
mouthings OF the Wall street Republi-
can quidnuncs on the beauties Of the
majestic and stolid war message of
President Harrison, and here are some
Of the financial and moral nuggets that
dropped from the lips Of that CONNER
clslly pious and devotedly philanthropic
Henry Clews:
If it really comes to war with Chill, my
duties to my fellow men who trade in
stocks and invest for a living will require
that do not 60 to the front, but l will in
duce everybody else to go.
No, no; such precious emblems Of an
'honest dollar currency" very rarely
permit their sacred bodies to become
food for gunpowder. But this mercurial
statesman thus delivers himself on the
beauty, the glory, the incalculable aid to
the public veal Of more, more bonds:
The first effect of a war with Chill will be
70 bring the government into the market as