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and loyalty to the flag. there were even
more impassioned appeals on the other
to the sentiments of humanity and fra.
ternity in behalf of an exalted patriot.
ism.
There is no need now to discuss the
various financial theories which were
thrashed over until they became
weariness 10 the flesh. 1t is quite i'm.
material, SO far as, cause and effect Is
was in all respects right or not. 1t is
enough that it saw ruin on the one
hand and the return of prosperity on
the other. When great merchants and
great manufacturers who have sup
ported the democratic party in the past
declared that their interest could be
safeguarded only by the election Of
republican president the declara.
tion struck home with more force
than all the campaign speeches.
When II was noised about here and
there that such and such a house, op-
pressed by four years of hard times,
was clinging desperately to the hope
thuI 4uSAihiSy hiShl Wius duu stdkiuS
its all on that hope, every man who heard
the rumor felt the chill of impending
failure and the need of long pull,
strong pull, and pull all together.
When affrighted capital told of its
boards of gold that were to be forth
coming when the silver heresy was laid
to rest. of the investments that were to
be made, of the enterprises that were TO
be started, the public jumped at the
promise, for it knew that investment is
by capital, not by silver-tongued ora
tors. When employers Of labor assert.
ed that democratic triumph would
close their factories and keep them
closed and that republican triumph
would mean increased activity and the
renewed employment of thousands of
idle men many wageworker felt that
vote for Mckinley was a vote for home
and family.-Chicago Journal.
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It's q Landslide.

The year 1894 is repeating itself in
1896, only more so. From the forests of
Maine to the utmost border west and
south come tidings of great joy. and
the hearts of the people, not republic
ans alone, are glad with mighty glad
ness which recalls the fall of Rich
mond. Sound money, protection and
prosperity have won a triumph so COM
plete as to render certain such legis-
lation by congress as the wisdom of
craftsmanship shall dictate. Not only
is the whole country filled with re-
joicing, but the civilized world has
heard with infinite relief and satisfac-
tion that the great ship Of state in
what is really the greatest nation on
earth has righted up and is out of dam
ger from the tempest of repudiation-
Our prosperity is thSr prosperity.
Never before did Europe realize as
it has during the past few months the
interdependence of the two continents.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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hess of the last few months shall not
be succeeded by panic, but by an
outburst of industrial activity. The
voters have touched the button and
capital and labor will do the rest.
Had Bryan been elected Wednesday
would have been the first day Of the
worst and longest panic this country
has ever known.
The supreme court has been sus-
tained. The people have voted that it
is not to be packed, so as to be the pill
ant instrument of conspirators against
the peace and honor of the nation.
The doctrine, established on the field
of battle, that the general government
can enforce its own laws within state
has been reailirmed at the ballot box.
and will need no further affirmation.
A decisive verdict has been returned
against Debsism and Altgeldism. Gov
ernment by law Is to remain, and is
not to be replaced by government by
riot. A president is to outrank gov
crnor, even though his name is Altgeld.
The people have voted not to elect
a president who will not protect inter-
state commerce and travel, and the
transportation Of the mails when in
terfered with by mobs or revolutionists.
The latter would have governed with
Bryan in the white house.
The malignant efforts Of despicabIe
agitators to array one section of the
country and one part Of the community
against another have been foiled by
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-11-12
ployers, so that industrial peace might

ployers, so that industrial peace might
depart forever.
Understanding fully these issues, and
how utterly their own fortunes and
those of their posterity depended on
dealing with them rightly. once and for
ever, the American people, at the close
of campaign OF unexampled excite
ment and intensity. have buried Bryan
under an avalanche of electoral and
popular votes. The crimes and follies
he championed will not lift their heads
again.
The east and the west have clasped
hands to sustain the menaced honor of
the republic, and tine south, partially
breaking loose from her old political
mooriEgs, has made common cause
with them.
The American people have preserved
their honesty and their self-respect.
They have defeated Bryan overwhelm-
ingly, and have shown the world that
they are not nation Of cheats and an
archists.
They have voted that they will not
swindle foreigners and will not swindle
one another. They have repudiated the
regulators, and put the ineffaceable
brand of their condemnation on the
brows of Bryan and his accomplices.
The people have stood by the COM
mandment Thou shalt not steal"
which desperate coalition of cranks
and crooks has been endeavoring to re-
peal.
1t has been settled that the savings
bank depositors are not to be robbed of
their earnings, and that the laboring
man is not to be cheated out of half the
reward of his labor.
1t has been determined that the ar
rangements men have made for the sup
port of their families by means OF life
insurance policies shall not be inter-
fered with and those families deprived
of half the provision made for them.
The sanctity of contracts has been
upheld, and the infamous attempt to
put in eject policy which would vio-
late millions of them and destroy bill
lions of credits has been trampled un-
der foot.
The men who would have Mexican
lied the money OF this country, and
given the people, instead of stable
dollar, deprecated and fuctuating
dollar, whose value would have been
fixed in foreign market, have met their
Waterloo.
That wretched currency which would
have cursed the country had Bryan been
elected. would have been succeeded by
an avalanche of inconvertible scrip.
That is another affection the people
have escaped.
The gold standard is to be retained
and the 70.O0O,0O0 people of the United
States will keep monetary company
with the civilized nations Of the earth,
and will not herd with Asiatics and
Greastrs.
The fears of change having been
dispehed by Tuesdays triumphant
vote. prosperity will return to bless the
country. Capital, no longer timid. will
emerge from its hiding places and give
employment to the enger hand OF la
Dor. THE whirling spindles and the
turning wheels" which have been mo-
| t;onIesa 80 long will cease to be still
! The people of the United States have
voted that the partial paralysis Of busi-
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1896-11-12
DECLARES FOR HONESTY.
The American People Repudiate Cheap
Money Doctrine.

The American People Repudiate Cheap
Money Doctrine.
Yesterdays vote was Mckinley,
honest money and good government
landslide. The republican candidate
has 204 sure and probably 307 electoral
votes to 14O for Bryan. He has ma
jorty Of 100000 on the popular vote.
Thus ends a contests the issues in
volved in which probably were OF more
importance and their momentous ma
ture more clearly appreciated, than any
which have confronted the American
people since the Declaration of lnde-
pendence was signed.
The colonists realized clearly what
that declaration meant. They knew
that it signified war with the second
strongest nation in Europe-a power
that could destroy their commerce and
capture their seaports. They were not
certain of getting any foreign aid and
felt they might have to rely exclusively
.on themselves to win their indepen-
.dence and become one of the nations of
the earth.
The day which ranks next in impor-
tancc to July 4, 1776, as far as the gravity
of the issues involved was concerned,
was the day when the presidential cleo
tion of 1860 was held.
But nobody imagined that the sue
cess of Lincoln would be followed by
four years of bloody civil war. The
men who cast their votes for him
thought they were voting simply
against the extension of slavery into
the western territories and possibly
into the free states.
This year the people voted intelli-
gently. Those who voted wrong did SO
deliberately, for the campaign of edu-
cation of the last eight weeks has left
no man in ignorance of the serious ma
ture of the issues involved in the great
struggle in which 14,000,0O0 voters have
participated.
These issues involved the honor, cred
it and perpetuity Of the nation. They
involved the reputation in cold blood
of public and private debts. 1t was pro-
posed deliberately by one party to de-
fraud the holders of the bonds of the
government of half their value. though
they had paiG full value for them, and
to deprive every creditor Of half what
was owing him by private debtors.
That party insisted on the passage
of a law to make all Americans dishon-
est, to break up all contracts they had
made. and to prevent their making
Others in the future unless they were
made payable in debased money. The
right of free contract was to be taken
away from free Americans.
The issues involved were not exclu-
sively financial or moral. The very sta
bility of the government was drawn
into question. The civil war was fought
to destroy the doctrine Of the supreni-
ucy of state. That doctrine raised its
head again in 1896. and it was an
nounced once more that national laws
cannot be enforced without the assent
of state authorities.
Social as well as governmental issues
were involved. An effort was made to
array the farmers against the towns
people. and to split the hitter into two
hostile factions Of employees and en-
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It was sweeping victory for sound
money and an overwhelming defeat
for sound only. The great silver trust
has been given its deathblow by tho
great popular distrust. - Chicago
Times-H Herald.
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A TRIUMPH OF BUSINESS.

The Way Opened for Commercial and In
dustrial Progress.
1t was the triumph of business.
If on the one side strenuous appeals
were made to the sentiments of honor
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1896-02-19
Naib fiir aGatser.

ycr iiber so Sabren fdbDn luurbe
WsrS. Wihsiom's Soothing Sprup
oon Dtillionen bon Mhttern beirl CAB,
nen Der Rinber angewenbet. Birff biz
i'm 50Iafe burd bas 9hreien zines
3inbes geff6rt, bas i'm 3abnen i5t unb
bOr S6mersen reints Wenn 10, lafe
fofort cine 5lafde bon SWfrs. Wins'
Ions SoOibins Syrup" bOlen. Sein
Wertb III nnbe5ablbar. @S Dirb bem
tleinen 2eihenben fofort 2inberuns pers
i6afen. gerlaBt eu@ barauf, Nfiitter,
e8 1T tein 3meifel bariiber. GS betlt
Opienterp unb Oiarrboe, regnliri ben
Magen un6 bie Nieren, beieitigt Wtnbs
3olit, ertueidt ben Gaumen, berbius
bert @ntsilnbung unb Ifdrft bas ganse
Spftent. .Wirs. MinsIoips 9ootbirs
Sprup1 fir 5abnenbe 4inber III anges
nebm lit Gef@mad unb baS Recept
itamnlt BON einem ber befen tpeibliben
4erste in ben Ser. 5taaten. G8 1T Bel
allen Sruggiiiea lit ber gan5eil Welt an
baben. YreiS .25 Gents per Glaf6e.
Rauft ni6ts anberes, alS Nlrs. WinSs
Ions S0ptbingsSprup.
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gs giebt 2eute, bie-Dbne buntle
8rillen au tragen, bod Mliea in pers
bufertem Qi9te erbIiden. 9as finb
bie Snspeptiter. Ni6tS III bel ibnen
1T Orbnans, Ni6ts 1T ibnen re6t.
sd lit lause Sabre on nuuerbauIid
teit unb 2eberbeIdperben. bin aber
babon D6llig befreit, feitbem id SIM
mons 2iuer ReguIator@ nebme. Sd
femme aud 9lnbere, benen ber @ebrou6
bieies MitteIs sroBen gtuben gebra9t
bat". - Sames @omlanb, @arrolton,
WfO.
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Gs TIT teia sSrrtba,ss .

Oie Suuiet Woob GO. tonn
@u9 an gnrem 6oI3 unb 3oblen @eIb
iparen. Sic bat ben gr6Bten 9ors
ratb tn Gan Nntonio unb bat bie aaens
tur fur bie beriibmten MeNaifer Sns
bianer $erritorium 2obIen.
felepbonirt an fe. $eIepbon 81,
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f a + M E c,

bic 3u bauen beabf9tigen, Oermeifen
mir auf BITE SoIaRieberIaseH Der alteu
SSirma Gb. SteDeS g 6 6hne,
6ie 3u raifonablen preiien uertaufen
unb MlleS an 9anb baben. tDas sllr
Musfhbrung irgenb eines 8aues ge'
bort. sic flbren aud groBe 8orrdtbe
BON benz beriibmten 6aif d Gil
sta@eIbrabt, gaIpanifirt obey
fd1tuQra.
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Npti3 an gtemersabler.

Die GteuerIifen fur bas Sobr 1895
befinben lib ieBt in meinen 9dnben
unb ale Staatss uub @ouutp, Steuern
linb iebt in meiner Office 3ablbar.
Sole @afitauo,
5teaer Solicitor, Berar Gpuutn.
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s}obn Sdott's

Bud, unb Sob Oruderet.
Ro. 211 Rorbs Breia 9traBe. Stibrt
ale 8u6s unb SObs Druderei. 9trbeiteu
In beutider unb engIif9er Sprot,s
aus un6 liefert iol6e bon ben biIia.
fen bi8 su ben feinfea.
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Gppleb's Ne8tfter, Ro. % 9llamO
pla3a bat einen 2uf fir gnten altea
@bistep, bic beFten gemiiAten @es
trdnfe, feine Weine un0 ausgeseibnete
importirte un6 eiubeimif1e @igarren
unb tets frii9es Bier. Der gigentbi.
mer. Soc @Oolep, beritebt iein @ei9dft.
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SIM @eri ri6pinben lit bic
W E 1tfii ite Sutlanbs beeriffen. @es
sentpdrtis lit beionbers Die @e9enb BET
6erring bebrobt Sm Sabre 1894 ipur@
ben bort oil 1nan9en Stetlen Stiiden
2an6es bis su 10 Wteter pont Meere
tpesseriHen. @enn bic Branouns bort
bel beftisen Stiirmen bie 9iilte
peitisbt, 3ittert ber 9an3e 8oben INN
oie 9duier, ltno srobe Glide ltitr;en
NIT @efra6 III ben 9bgruno.
Ole me eiiten 8ettler lpeiit
ipobl 6uBlanS altf. gu 9unberttauien<
ben bur9;ieben Die 9trol9e bas 2anb.
Sm Commencement Clarion liegt etn
Oori O2o,nosSlobobsf, baS nia,t bie
yDetteluniperlttdt" rennt. Gs mobnen
bort 8auern, bic ii9 iefbit rMeiI tier"
nennen; iie iiben ibr @eiperbe meiii.
NIT n@elelfen4 aus, bic 5 Bis 8 8ubel
ntonatlid ais @ebalt besieben unb BET
9uten, Gtuoan9e nod beiorbere Gers.
siltung erbalten. G6e elmer Geielie
mirb, ntub er bel ben Wetitern bic
Nnnlf oe8 Seftei1tS 11Drelan9 8elernf
baben. DaS suiammensebettelte @elb
miro ipieoer i6nell ,perprabt.
Na9abm,tngsmertb III einel
0emegung, meld)e bot eini9en
Monateu in 2eipsig ntitaaS. Ole
8emesung ridtet ft6 9egert bic In
oielen 2abeti9ei6dften berri1enbe TIM
iitte, bas sic @ertauferinnel ben san<
SEN Sag iteben mitiien, aud tpenn ite!
nnbeidaftigt iiab. Gs bilbete Ii9 einl
6omtte, ipeldes an 270 Prin3ipale
Settel folgenben 9ubaltS sur Inter
i6rift perididte: Der llntersei9neie
erflart bierSurd, ben bel linn beiddf,
ti9ten 9erfdufetinnen ipdbreno Der
GertebrspauIen oas Sisen seitatten
uno Suglei9 iiir 9eeignete Stsplase
lorsetl gu ponen." Da 5uslei9 ertldrt
puroe, baB bic Namen Der @el9dfts>
iubaber, welbe bieiem @unl6e tiad)e
tdlnen, perDffeutli9t iperben iollen, 10
bate bieies 0orseben ben Grfols, baB.
BON go s3etteln 1870 unterihrieben
iliriiGfamen.
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SIN 9otel yaaiierbof~ gu Berlin
tpurbe Der frhbere 6uiareu.2 .2ieutenant
Baron b. @ebeG perbaftst. Ct mar NIT
ben fduf S@meiiern 8arriion befreuns
bet unb bic s6reunbiGaft" tofete i'm
piel Gelb. gr 1T nun bei1ulbist.
Sumelen. pel@e er auf arebit genom'
men bate, DerieBt 5u babeu.
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s,abeu eie ieu,als

ben @lsttric Yitters aIS Elm 0siImitel
gesen Sbre 2eibsn oeriu6l2 gtsenn
nidt. 10 Iafien Sic fi6 isyi eine SIuibe
tomnen unb Sic DerbeH Grlei6ieruug
iinben. Dieie Msbisin bat lid als
beionhers 9eeisuet ermieien CUR 0ei,
lung aaer Grauenfranfbei;eu. sie
tibt einen erftaunli1en hiref.tn GiIs
iInb aus unA giebt ben 0raauen @s=
innbbeit unD 4roft. WenH Sic an
Nppetitlcfigfeit lsiben, ODER an Der.
fopfuua, aopfmeb, Obumadisanr
fdgeu, ober meun Sic nerp0s TiH6,
lei6t erres bar. meIaudofifd ooer ipenu
sic nidt fdIaftn f0nnen, bGnn 1T
bas glettrie 8iiters serabe bic Mebi.
ain. ueI6e sic brau6eH. &raft unb
@elunbbeit iuerben bur9 ibren Ge.
brauG garontilt. GInfaig @ents Dbet
$1.0O per Glaide in Der apotbefe bon
Gbslpb DreiB.
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= Der 5treif ber Yerliner Gin.
merleute perli:f fiesrei6 fur bieielben.
Die Neiiter baben ben Gorberungen
ibrtr Ineeitellien na9gegeb.n uno
$500 Mann finb al bic Nrbeit surtd.
oefebrt.
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Sm aimenbaus geltorten
lit unlansit in glelp Qapen, Conn.,,
etn friiberer Superintendent eenelben
0or % Sabren mar er ipe9en @raus
iamfeit sesen Die 9niaiien entlaifen
luoroen unb Dor einem Sabre mnBte er
ielblt I'm s(ufnabme in Der Nnitalt
nah5uheu.
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8eriibmter Beiad).

9te8ct San MmtDmiu idbon
sSn bent ferniten @eitem
ltni'rer 8rORen ltaiom
sScblt'S bod mid)t an 01iten!
8eben bier bod, ans nmS ein
9ragcr 9rORer gtamen,
&iei;8 tuirb bic 3abl iuDbl iein,
Ste bicrber ihDit famem.
IScnm id) ein panr iaaen mmf
gSill i'd, idueu iie nennen:
Sasfer, Stnbau, @rant uno B0utb
Seber 1pirb tie femnen!
Mstnnie 9aurf mnS Sarriiun
sfamcn bersciuanoeIt
9lud, ganft 9San.amafer idDom,
Scr TIT @Dien banDelt!
Sfn@ piel 9tnore fanen irob,
soDd5bcriibmte Seuts,
llno Dic gtaSt ber MIantp
g@affte ibnst TremSe!
9aiemalS friiber bod, fiirtuabr
go ptel @r6Ren fanten,
2llS TIT bteiem Sebruar,
61ret nmr pie 9taulen:
Sngsriua, Der SrOke Miami.
0retfiumS 8anmertrG8er
itnb Ser itarfe gulliDam
Metfter alier gHl6aer.
ltnb beS Yapites Nnntins,
$err Satuai beiRt Ct,
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WaS bir aud i'm 2eben mag gei6eb'n,
gines mirft bu fef3ubalteu tuifien:
GaB bein Der, bel beiuem Wort nibt
eb'n,
2aB bel bsiner Shat es ni6t permifeu.
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Sn Stettin lpurbe Der l1uteroifi.
3ier Stealin ipegen HetrutenmiBbanb'
lung an 2 Sabren 6eituna unb Degras
batton berurtbeilt.
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9 rief.stHe.

3 3 abrens 8sder = 50 Brunita6
- Qcuiie SeiImann - Otto aranie - Rarp
Rnauy-Nr 0argofsip-S O Weber-8arrs
8f5rr - Ters 8m papitin - 9ate Rboee -
emma RonsfH - Safob Sddfer - Olga
S&upp - 3 llfer- BsnberIi4 - Bm y
8ite - NrS Muguif Dusner - acuiie va
senfGbr.
Musi6nniidbei
@ecrs 6afieI-S @6rIi$ = Orr. Gin bnraer
--esoIepb R.ebetmeier - Nrs Minnie HpMeten
-GbarIes Ereuier - NgueS Beinede.
N.B.-Der am 9cftf@aIter nat einem be,
cbtsen Brtsfe fraat, tat ausbrii6lid biitjipu'
faeeu, bas bieielben advertised ieieu urs
pam,
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aa.r8 @looer Goct Sbee III Elm
Fidleree Mittel eeeen &opfpeb unb ner.
BE arqrfbeitsn. Aitis beiltio fduea
Sum 0eItaui bel an,tDer & Shu.
dlarb Samss Glauip. 3 3. 5peaefp.
II. Gobn 4 Co.. q. Stein. Central
Orue 5!ore. u. Snmspps.
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9aNaeesYiaette aaer Mr
Naa nur bon Gnropa

SEPT III S;e Reil. 7idets III taufen
unb 0erparbte uuh 8efannte aus ber
alien Qsimatb beriiberfomnlen 81 lafen.
Wegen genauer Sufornation peubs
n,aH lid, au
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%. &. Nonns,

u" y O1
@eneroi- pafaeiers9i0ent bet Wtollosn
Sampfer 2inie.
523 gafi 9ouftnn StroBe. san I'm.
tonic. 3eras
Offisieller Aeent fttr ole europdi.
ihen GonipFsr. 9inien.
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with men of manhood enough to do the
work they did.
Yet there are $40, G1S names on the pen
sion rolls, and l. will take $4,000, 600
of the peoples money to pay their pen
sions during the next year. The total
amount of pensions thus far paid is 3d.
03l, S17,7G0, or nearly us much rs the
greatest public debt the nation ever owed.
These facts are scandalous of course.
They can only mean that hundreds of
thousands of names are on the pension
rolls that ought not to be there; that for po-
litical reasons pension laws, general and
special, have been passed with shameful
indifference to justice and to the rights
of the great body of Industrious people
who must pay.
The supreme court holds that Il pension
once granted is vested right and can
not he withdrawn. But surely Congress
can now refrain from adding to thc pen
sion charge faster than natural causes
reduce tn. Y. World
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-12
MACEO: DEAD OR ALIVE?

Because Antonio Maceo has been re-
ported dead some seven times heretofore
1T does net necessarily follow that the
foundation. On the other hand the
mere fact that the Spanish minister at
Washington has been directed from
Madrid to officially confirm the news
does not necessarily establish its truth
Diplomacy has its strategy no less than
war, and the old definition of an ambas-
sador rs one sent abroad to lie for his
country is not without application to-.
day.
In support of this latest report it's cx-
ceeding circumstantiality is urged. The
body supposed to be that of NIaceo is de.
cribed as clad in silk underwear, with
the generals initials worked in silk.
Near it lay another body, supposed to be
that of the younger Gomez, likewise
CARRIED in purple and fine linen, and
bearing Il revolver known to belong to the
younger patriot. Letters and diaries, said
to have been found, establish the iden.
tity of the slain. Moreover, the story
comes i'll practically identical form from
Madrid and from Key West, and re-
ceived yesterday affirmation from the
Spanish minister of war himself
But in face of all this the scaptcs who
have already read Maceo's obituaries
seven times doubt the story. They
point out first that it comes only through
a Spanish newspaper, LImparcal-
which hasn't been II bit impartial-all
the English and American correspondents
on the ground having been "scooped.' -
They hint that the war like ring of Presi-
dent Cleveland's message and the assem-
bling of n Congress VIGOROUSLY friendly
to the Cubans may have suggested to the
Spaniards the need of II story of triumph
more startling than one of Weyler's type.
writer victories. They laugh ut the story
of the silken raiment and declare that for
months Maceo and Gomez have felt them
selves lucky if they had full suit of
duck-going as ill.clad and as ill.fed as
Mnrion's hand in the time of our own re-
volution. Finally, they assert, and
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students of Aaceo's tactics, that the spot
ut which lie is said to have been killed in
trying to cross the trocha is the very
least likely one lie would have chosen for
the purpose
Conan Doyle might perhaps unravcl
this mystery from the evidence mt hand
or that ingenious editor of the Eatanswil
Gazette, who compiled work on Chinese
metaphysics by reading up on China and
on metaphysics under those titles, might
be able to make Il harmonious whole out
OF the statements of the Spanish war
Office and the Cuban junta. But folk of
ordinary discernment are in the dark
the Journals special dispatch boat not
having reached Cuba. If Maceo he in fact
killed, the incrcdulity with which the
news is received is the price Wcylcr pays
for long fomcnting fasehood and sup
pressing truth
The Journal, i'll common with most of
its readers. hopes the report untrue.
Maceo WAS Il brave man, II true patriot
and a man who deserved to live for his
country's sake as well rs for his own.