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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

PERFECTLY aware OF the state OF Affairs
which exists In the household and deli
cately endeavor to appear unconscious
oft
The early breakfast sees the entire
family gathered about the table Mr.
Schrleher occupies tae chair at the head
ana his wife her place AZ the foot The
son and bis wife and boy and the w.d-
owed daughter are present. Each head
Is bent while the master OF the house
says a few words OF grace, Tho wife
serves the coffee. the husband cafves
the meat. aud the breakfaal proceeds
There Ia conversation; laughter even.
The childrcn relate their experience;
the women discuss their sewing. the
men talk business; but never by aay
chance does a word, a smile or even a
look pass between the two Who preside
over the table After that meal the
men depart for business, as rule. al
though Mr.. schrleber himself frequent
" remains al home now. Mrs Sehrleb-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

r. AND MRS.
John s,hrieber Of
Germantown. Pa.
have been marrlod
so years. yet Tor 30
years they have
not spoken TO each
other They live
la the same house.
occupying separate
rooms butoatlng at
the same table en-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

griddlcs
"Ycs. sorr~
"And you gave him the spoonful
ofsgeet oil ] told you top
''lcs. sorr"
well. | never knew sweet Oh 70
act that way before. Tell me how
you gave Il"
SURE, sorr, an he didn't like Il =
little bit. but Oi med him take Il
Not like sweet oil Why. every.
body takes Il without a murmur.'
i'm
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

rluglcy Tt,o bite Of lunch
With mo-
Slugley ! can't | just had a scrap
18th CorbotI Puck.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

She lhctc lsa wonderful fascin-
ton about The stars, don't You think
o.
Hc-lndood there l..
She-rre forgotten most Of my
stronomy. though That. believe
Venus; but whcrc Is AdonlsP q
'hicago Record.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

Are you an OiIice-holderr said one
man TO another mo work for a liv.
ng."-Pll,sburg chrOnicle-TslegrAph.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23
Trs.h Ar In lhs bedroom.

In the daytime allow plenty OF air,
light and sunshine into your rooms. for
even II Il does injure the furniture an
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

perfectly plain and unusually wide
skirt Is lined throughout with rustllng
scarlet lafieta made with SCI OF foot
RULES The ripple coat Is extremely
short, as are most Of this seasons jack
cts. and Is made up Of the Scotch goods,
with widely Earring revers, showing a
broad vest Of brilliant scarlet broad
cloth, bordered with a band Of tan
eolored canvas. AMI al crossed over
with strips Of sold braid. oNaneated
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23
THEIR LONG SILENCE.
THIS COUPLE HAVEN'T SPOKEN
FOR THIRTY YEARS.

fheir Children IIass urown 10 TO Man
hood aud womanhood and Grand
Children Enlisen the ia Home a
strange story.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-23

. ON. Ann Nm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
4 PIE. for ra,r rlay.

The New York Independent exposes
the Journalistic conspiracy to misrep-
resent and beiittle Mr.. Bryan's candi-
dacy. and warns those engaged In II OF
the danger OF reaction. IL said In It's
last weeks issue: "The fact that we do
not accept Mr.. Bryan's financial
theories and that we repudiate the
platform on which he stands is no rea-
son for not doing him full justice. by
a number OF the leading New YORK
papers he has not been fairly treated
II was evident before he reached New
York that they would discredit him by
fair means and unfair, and they Gre
ated for him predestined failure. Not
half OF those who sought admission
could ret into the hall. The night was
insufferably hot, and Il was nothing
against his ability az speaker that
hundreds or thousands who came from
curiosity went out to make room Tor
vet other. It was disappointment
20 many that he read his speech; but he
could scarcely do anything else. con-
sidering his representative character
and the Importance OF the occasion. oi
course. manuscript read is different
thing from an grafton spoken, but 1t Is
NO novelty. Mr.. Bryan's voice was
clear and strong. easily heard all over
tha immense hall. and II was a pleasure
TO hear II, so admirably was 1t modu-
lated and so excellent was its quality
Thosc who heard Senator Hill read
from manuscript long speech, without
a gesture from beginning to end, OBJ.
served with pleasure how Mr.. Bryan
occasionally put down his notes. es'
neclally toward the end OF his address
ana they could easily believe the stories
~ Ma magnetic power. Those who
have bslittied him as public speaker
On the strength of what they call hi
Failure, in Madison Square Garden ar
speasing for political effect"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

Iowa wants free silver because II will
siye silver prices for the products OF
her farms. Our crop of corn in 1885
vas 2sS. 600 900 bushels. The market
value on a gold basis was s4s. 500 900.
On q silver basis II would bring t9T,-
900. 900. or an increase In the circula-
ton OF Iowa for corn OF sss. 500 900 In
one year.
The total crop product OF Iowa
farms for 1895 Was. gold valuation.
ti6s. 2ss.t20. To measure II on q sill
YER basis Il would bring $685.. $40.
an Increase in the currency circulation
In Iowa for one year OF siss .235. 420.
Perhaps some doubling Thomas may
think free silver would not do this.
Por an answer. point 20 silver conn-
tries. where the price OF farm products
IL practically double ours to-day.
point 10 the circular Of President Ives
Of the Burlington. Cedar Rapids e.
Northern railroad. who admits that
| farm products would rise In price. but
aays railroad charges are fixed by law.
and the company would be paid In sill
yer. and must pay interes, and bonds
In gold. thus losing the difference in
exchange. Suppose the company does
/ suffer the loss Of the exchange. would
not its share Of that siss, 1880, the
silver price. over and above the gold
/ price OF the crop of 1895. more than
I recompense them. Tor the loss In er'
change, and Is the volume OF their bust,
ness regulated by iaw7 II must b
borne Ia mind that Iowa IL an s5rieui'
iural state. and 10 lessen the value o.
her crops Is to cut OF the life-blood o
her commerce.
For 6fty.two weeks In the year low;
merchants are sending money east z
pay for goods. One year would draii
our state Of all our currency, were J
not for the croDs Of Iowa farms. which
return the soney. thus acting as
balance wheel 10 trade. To lessen IN
price OF farm products Ia 10 cut on Z
that extent the golden stream iron
the tills OF Iowas merchants. canslnl
a congestion OF money in the easl
which destroys business In the wee
and in the course OF time reacts O
thc eastern or manufacturing state
also. For this reason free silver
preferable for Iowa 10 protection,
the farmers are really the foundaiio
OF national prosperity. and II were bel
ter for the whole nation to tar manu-
facturcrs and give bounty on eac
buHhei OF crops raised than TO Ia
: the farmers by protection for the bent
Al OF the lesser Industry, mannfactul
ing JOHN CLANCY.
Clinton. Iowa. Sept. !.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

wsrEs4 nlxht Rnd day 10 6errnr3zts
greenbacks. the kind CT money pazx
she soldiers. 50 they c0n1d get more
bonds for their geld and silver whdls
the confederztes were bombzrding cur
front al Atlanta and ether places they
we're firing into cur rear 20 keep the
war going: this meant more bonds for
them Mckinley says In his letter Of
acceptance that silver is legal tender
Prophet Sherman and others say our
Donds are payable in gold ask when
such bonds we're issued Harrison
boasts i'm his speech of the great things
that he and Grover did in paying gold
and Issuing s7s0. eDo. 900 OF bonda Bry-
an says we will use both metals. at
1s TO L This. think, il right Then
the gold standard fellows say this will
drive out gold and make premium
on IL All right; this quits me Tbs
higher the premium is the more our
farmers and manufacturers are pre-
/ teeted, as our great trade In with gold
standard Britain / have always voted
the republican ticket and would like to
vote for Maj. Mckinley, but he is In
the wrong boat I am for Bryan and
honesty, against two kinds Of dollars
one for the rich and one for the poor
man Comrades, come with me and
vote as you shot from 1861 to 1855 and
we will win H A. u
Company z. 1zth Wisconsin volun'
teers. Kilbourn City, Wis
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

The Canton correspondent of one Of
our Republican contemporaries tells a
very pathetic story Of how several hun
bred Ohio laborers who have been
thrown out Of employment by the Dem
ocratio free trade" tariff bill chartered
a special train and journeyed all the
way TO the home OF the Republican
Presidential nominee to pledge him
their support. 1t is quite natural that
unemployed workingmen should EN-
pioy special trains and travel about
the country to exploit their displeas-
ure. Special trains, and especially spe-
cial trains TO Canton, are becoming
everyday occurrences. In the event
OF the election OF Mckinley and Ho-
bart, there will be legislative and ad-
ministrative acts which win force the
taxpayers to foot the bills for all the
special trains and other contributions
the corporations are making to tbs
Republican campaign fund.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

"The American people. from tradition
and interest. are in favor OF bimetal-
llsm and demand both gold and silver
MS standard money" said the republic
an platform OF eight years ago. I'VE
condemn the democratic party in Its ef-
forts to demonetize silver" II said four
years ago. The party is now praising
the anti-silver democracy for what they
did while In power.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
NOHONESTMAN WOULD
MAKE STATEMENTS so DiA-
VERTICALLY OPPOSED.
Jehn NJ. Thurstos. meKisley's Nebraska
Aid In 1898 and In 1896 For Free
Coinage Against Il.


Senator Thurston. OF Nebraska, spoke
tho other night in New York city in
opposition TO Bryan. The substance
and method of his speech we may con-
slider later. says the New York Journal
In commenting thereon. To-day we
ask the people TO consider somewhat
the earlier utterances on the Issues OF
this campaign which Thurston deiiv-
cred with all the eioquence and all the
seeming Interchangeable conviction
which characterized his address OF last
night.
In 1888. for example. when he was
seeking election TO the post he now nils
in the United States senate. he wrote
10 the chairman Of the Nebraska repub-
iican convention q letter in which.
among other things favorable TO sill
yer. he said:
I ADVOCATED THE RESToRA-
TIoN OF FREE COINAGE BEFORE
ANY OF THOSE WHO ARE NOW
! THE sELF-sELECTED CHAMPIONS
OF SILVER IN NEBRASKA HAD
EVER OPENED THEIR LIPS ON
4 THE SUBJECT. WE OF
THE WEST MUST HAVE CHEAP
MONEY. NOT MONEY INrRINSI-
cALLY CHEAP, BUT CHEAP IN IN
TEREST CHARGES FOR IT'S USE.
ASSERT THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND ESPEcT-
ALLY THOSE OF THE WEST. DE
MAND THE FREE AND UNLIMITED
COINAGE OF SILVER,
About the same time Mr.. Thurstor
took 10 writing Letters TO that remark
able economist. Mr.. George Gunton. OF
this city. In one of these communi.
cations, written in July, 1898, he said
! and perhaps II might be well to com.
, pare this utterance with some para
graphs in last nights speech:
HAVE NO DOUBT THE REMoN
, ETfzATIoN OF SILVER IN THE
UNITED STATES WOULD SPEED
lily AND CERTAINLY APPREcI
ATE THE PRICE OF SILVER. NOT
. ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT
THRoU GHoUT THE WHOLE
WORLD. NO NATTER wHA7
OTHER GOVERNMENTS DO. TIKI:
COUNTRY OUGHT NOT Tt
ELIMINATE SILVER FROM U6I
AS A COIN METAL. ANY LEGIs
LATIoN IN THAT DIRECTION
WILL BE LOOKED UPON BY TIL
COMMON PEOPLE AS IN THE IN
/, TEREsT OF THE MONEY POwEl
! FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF
: INCREASING THE PURCHASING
:, POWER OF MONEY AND DECREAs
ING THE SELLING PRICE Of
EVERYTHING PRODUCED BY Hu
MAN TOLL 1T IS A FACT WHICH
!. SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED b
: STATESMEN THAT THE PRICE o.
:. AMERICAN SILVER AND TIL
PRICE OF AMERICAN wHEA'
REACHED LOW WATER MARK o,
!, THE SAME DAY.
!. The journal submits these extract
: from the published writings OF M
= John M. Thurston with entire cont
= dence that Senator John M. Thursto
: can COMPUTE them. A gentleman VIII
: can be at the same time senator OF ii
!, United States and attorney for II
= Union Pacific Railroad company is n,
y likely to be disconnected by little IL
consistencies In his record.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
Bryan In 1898.

You may think that you have buried
the cause OF bimetallism: you may
congratulate yourselves that you have
laid the free coinage of silver away In
sepuicher. newly-madc since the cleo
ton. and before the door rolled the
veto stone. But. sirs. II our cause h
Just, as l believe II Is, your labor has
been In vaini no tomb was ever made
so strong that It could .imprison a
righteous cause. Silver viii lay aside
It's grave clothes and lite shroud. II
will yet rise. and in It's rising and III
reign will bless mankind, I'm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

1t is very significant that few, If any,
of the contributors to the Journals
campaign fund for the democratic
party sign their names to the letters
which accompany the contributions.
This adds some corroborative evidence
to the already convincing proof that
the anti-Bryan forces, including most
of the employers Of labor and most OF
the bankers, have used their power
over mems livelihoods and over mems
finances to suppress free expression OF
conviction. Probably there was never
before a campaign in which terrorism
was so generally employed. The bank
er and the employer join in giving lob.
ject lessons" and the man who dares
speak his mind discovers suddenly that
he has alienated two classes Of men
whose good opinion is necessary to his
well belng.-New York Journal.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
R.,lvay Men charr. coercion.

Ionia. Mich. Spectator three
weeks the railroad shops in this city
have been flooded with gold literature
cent out by railway publication. In
addition to this they have received OFF,
cial circulars emanating from Master
Mechanic Ruperffs ONCE Of the Detroit.
Lansing & Northern. These circulars
advise the men to organize clubs. The
railroad men say they will not be CO.
creed into Joining any club unless 1t IL
actually necessary to hold their Jobs
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

Still another question:
II free silver trfumphs would . man
lose anything IL he borrows 81, 900 to-
day and agrees to pay two years from
date in goldz
Certainly not He could get the gold
far more easily than he can now. This
matter was quite fully explained I'm No.
80. The adoption OF free coinage by
the United States would make gold
cheaper-its exchange value would be
less. It would take smaller quantity
OF other things to procure gold dol
lar. This would be true whether gold
and silver remained at a parity or not.
At the present time our entire demand
for coinage is concentrated upon gold.
II the whole or any portion Of that de-
mand is withdrawn, gold must Of neces-
sity get cheaper.
Even though 1t should all retire
from circulation, leaving us nothing but
silver and paper as currency, this
would still be true. Indeed II we
stopped using gold altogether 1t would
make 1t cheaper than II we only partly
stopped.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

From O farmers point OF view the
position that some OF the writer's take
that q farmer can do nearly as well
now as he could when prices for farm
produce we're higher, say in 1870, on
account OF the supplies he has to buy
being lower, Is very absurd TO say the
least. In order to show the difference
between what a farmer could make In
1870 and now / viii give few figures
~ to the cost and profit OF raising
eighty acres of corn. then and now.
II will require the services OF one man
besides the farmer, and as for tins
amount Of work. a man could do about
the same work then as now. as we
had the riding breaking pillow and
double diamond corn pillow and double
shovel corn pillow in use then. We will
count the farmers wages the same as
the hired mans. The average price
Of corn in 1870 was about 40 cents a
bushel: land then was worth about &4s
an acre, or 50 for rent. II In now held
at bout s75 an acre, or $3.50 for rent
Cost of raising eighty acres of corr
in 1870:
| To rent or interest on Investment. teA
| To two men for SIX months at u -.
To Sssra Of said men and farmers ~
l VIE -*s-+.s.ss. -
4 To keep OF teams and wear and tear
/ on harness and mschinery........-. u
To eighty acres of corn at fifty
| bushels an acre al 20 cents.-..-... l.ss
Net proht-....-...-.-...t..-.. 80
Cost Of raising eighty acres OF corr
In 1895:
Te rent or interest on investment. go
Te two mea six months at SIS .
70 board Of two men and farmers
L WIc .....-...-..---.s..- -s---sr.--....... ~
To keep OF teams and wear and tear
on harness and machinery.......... 10
1 AoAAi -..-++...s.. ..s-.-+..- sca
To eighty acres Of corn at - cents
pusnel ...-..-...+s..+.....s..,-. a.
Net ..-..-...-..4..ss-..-..... III
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

II am clearly Of the opinion that gold
and silver, at the ratios fixed By epn-
gress, constitute the legal standard Of
value in this country, and that neither
congress nor any state has authority
to establish any other standard. or Ia
displace this standard"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
war vsssran. aud silver. y

am an ex-soldier and veteran and
get pension, which deem a badge
Of honor. / am also a laborer, and
Of this am not ashamed. Now. / wish
to relieve these financiers' minds: they
need not worry about our hardships Il
we come to free coinage and iii con-
sequence the free use Of silver. I
recognize In them the same gang that
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

.I have always been in favor Of an
agreement for the restor-
alton OF silver az money metal, and
IL II cannot be had without England's
helm, then we ought to restore silver
without her"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05


We are asked:
What reply would you make 20 .
man who says that money loans fog
lower interest to-day than ever before7
Does it loan for per cent In Eng
Iand7"
The answer would be that It is mot
true except at financial centers, where
money is eongested, and that fact is
conclusive evidence that the aggregate
supply is too small
When the volume Of money Is Insult
Gent for the requirements of trade.
prices always decline With a decline
OF prices, profits Of productive enter
prise either diminish or entirely dis
appear. Then money Ia withdrawn
from such enterprises and floats to the
great cities. where it seeks permanent
investment at low rates. Men having
money would rather lend 1t on gilt
edged security at or per cent than
to invest IL in the operations of fac
tor, mine, or farm, on q falling mar
ket- In short, he win loan 1t at a low
interest rate, where there IL no chance
OF losing it, when he win not ~selr II
at all. That Is, he VIII not buy any
thing with his money. He viii hold II
for the small interest he gets. and the
rise In value Of the principal which Is
returned to him. Plenty OF money il
loaned in England at 4 per cent, Of
less, for the reason given
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

Every 10 per cent that is added to the
purchasing power Of gold is 10 per cent
substracted from tho earning power
Of labor and from the property labor
has already ear~ad.-St. Louis Post
dispatch.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

80" 70 = :" A-3E1AH botIb y w t17~-
thing at any price at this rate. which
is poor way Of stating matters Just as
they are? A good many OF US fool
farmers tanarchists) think the demone-
tization Of silver is partly the cause
Of this state of things.
II. LANDIN.
Auburn, Ill.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
The Grin Of saala.

.nieaso Special. Five assignments
ue made In the county court today.
asy are; The Chicago Iron and Steel
smpany; Harry NJ. Hosick. wool msr-
aan,; Chicago and Western Soap
Bsrtis, ~
"a The Hth inst. three other prom
-. failures occurred in Chicago, and
~ mo business men in Chicago say
must preserve our country's honor
N continue for another four years.
Present prosperous era, by elccting
A'hley TO continue and carry out
ssloent Cleyeland's financial policy.
y. inc people are now thinking for
ssnselyes, and by their ballots In
,oscmhsr will decide they have seen
ssaeh OF the prosperous gold standard
Tnnlni Love nnd Bisnaisi Bancos
y the laboring man was persnniaily
sa instead OF being biennially bum
so BY the politicians, he might BE-
-p0s chicaEy, pispatch.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
rs OWNED BY HANNA.
M'KiNLEY WILL NEVER BE OUR
PRESIDENT.

ne Endorssd Notes for 111sy0eo waite
He was worth $4,000 Osiy-resss-
nony from sis Chasf Organ sa Ssw
York City
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05
THF BIG BOND DEALS.
..s scATHiNo ARRAIoN-
s..snT OF cLEvELANpisM.

.sm,sis,rstioa That Il rev rrais-
Mark Hama and Company
-. Another Ja.s Like fs--Patrisss.
xsss Heed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

II believe gold and silver coin to be
the money OF the. constitution. No
power was conferred on congress to
declare either metal should not be
money. Congress has. IN my Judgment.
no power to demonetixe silver any
more than to denonetize goldsf sls4I
f.a - -----------7-s ~ 80
Democratic Federal ofice-holders
who are dismissed from the service be-
cause Of their loyalty to the partyswill
make fine drawing cards on the stump.
A cause that resorts to the suppression
OF free speech is in desperate straits.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
A Strange Union.

Is it not passing strange that the
Democratic laborers Of the north, hun
dreds of thousands of them exiles from
Ireland, forced from home by British
free trade, should have joined hands
with the Democratic planters and CAPT
talists of the south in this shameless
attempt to compel them to become hew-
ers of wood and drawers of water for
their slaves? 1t came, suppose, from
force Of habit. 1t was Drawn yielding
to brain. The wealth and intelligence,
the political head of the party. was al
ways in the south. The northern wing
was always obedient to its imperious
will As in everything else, SO in this.
Hon. William p. FRYE.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29
The vital Question.

confess TO you that this question Of
wages is TO me the vital question. To
insure our growth in civilization and
wealth we must not only have wages as
high as they are now, but constantly
and steadily increasing. Loud applause
ON the Republican side No applause
for this sentiment notice on the Dem
ocratic side. This desire Of mine for
constantly increasing wages does not
have its origin in love for the individ-
ual, but in love for the whole nation
in that enlightened selfishness which
recognizes the great truth that your fate
and mine, Mr.. Speaker, and the fate of
your descendants and mine are so wrap
ped up in the fate of all others that
whatever contributes to their progress
gives to us all nobler future and a
higher hope. Hon. Thomas b. Reed
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-04-29

In his department entitled 1.-THE Prog
ress of the World" the editor of the
ReUieO Of ReUie1CS makes suggestive
comparison between the Spanish and
American navies of the present day.
As against the five first class battle
ships of the United States now afoat
Ito say nothing of the four in process of
construction, and the six others already
ordered), Spain has but one battle-ship;
while our navy has about twenty YES
seles adapted for port defense, SPANS
has only one; in cruisers also the United
States is far in advance of Spain. Al
of which goes to show that Spaniards
can hardly know what they are talking
about when they assert their preference
for a war with the United States rather
than the acceptance of mediation in the
Cuban trouble, for such war would of
necessity be chiefly on the sea.