Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-04

. pNi'i' ldlIlulduN Iltll last FTludN
evening said "Thc Democratic
party now demands decisive action
upon this Cuban question. 1t has
always sympathized with an op-
pressed people struggling for their
freedom. The Democratic party
knows that our government had its
origin in Colonial revolt against the
mother country.
America does not violate It's treat
les or its neutrality laws. 1t will re-
pudiatc any shifting, hcsitatiug, or
Naciilating policy upon the Cuban
question by this Administrations
Our navy was not built to play the
I role Of police officer to the govern
ment of Spain. Our fOrCiathers, in
their struggle for independence,
welcomed tilibustcring expeditions
to our shores. Spain must rcmcm-
Der that Americans have erected
monuments TO the most illustriouS
tilibuStcrer that the world has pro-
duced and his name is vcncrated nj
every American firesidc. | mean
General Lafayette.
The Democratic party agrees with
John Sherman when he declared i'm
the Senate that we cannot afford to
have an army at our very doors-that
this cruel, barbarous, devastating
war must be closed. We caution
our government not to be Outwitted
or fooled by Spanish diplomacy"
DIR. MCGLNNN, the famous Cath0-
lie priest, speaking at the funeral of
! Henry George, said: "He was sim.
ply SCcr,a prophet, Il forerunnpr
sent by God, and we can say in all
reverence and in the words of the
scriptures that: There was Il man
sent from God whose name was
John. He was sent to bear witness
of the light | believe | am not
guilty of any proclamation of the sa
cred scriptures when say there was
Il man sent from God aud his name
MAS Henry George"
AT Wilkcsharre, Pa, on the 2Sth
ult., the grand jury returned true
bill against Sheriff Martin and his
deputies for the Lattimer shooting.
The true bills included nineteen for
mnrdcr-one for each man killed
and one for the victims considered
collectively. Thirty-siX true bills
were found in the same way for felo-
NOUS wounding against the same de.
PENDANTS.
THE State Board of Public Works,
in assessing for taxation the railroad
property Of the State, decreased the
valuation of said property in the ag-
gr"gatr S3O0,OO0. This result is
little surprising, but then it must he
remembered that the great corpora
ti"ns OF the country have always
found favor in the eyes of our Re-
publican friends.
y DISPATCH from Havana states
that nearly 10000 people, including
men, women and children, have died
of starvation in the cities Of Cuba
during the past year. Such record
as this cries aloud for such action on
the part of this Government as
will bring the cruel and devastating
war in Cuba to 6 speedy close.
--.s.-s-
MIR. NJ c IS INLET'S monetary
c o m IN sion, having accom-
plished nothing, have sailed from
Liverpool and will soon be at home
again. They have been wined and
dincd and have had good time
generally hObnObbing with the ma.
| h"hS of Europe, hut their mission, as
WAS anticipated, has resulted i'm moth.
! ing.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY made a
speech in Cincinnati last Saturday
night. His presence in Ohio at this
| time Is doubtless intended to help
his friend Mark Hanna. From Gin
cinnati he went to Canton to vote.
|
y son was born To the household
! of Grover Cleveland at Princeton.
y. j., at noon on the 2Sth ult. The
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