Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-05-27

DuTueHS OF every Cit1Zeu OF the u.
is, for the avowed purpose of
Swelling the already inordinate
gains of a remorseless monopoly.
These are the performances that
explain populism, and which, if
not restrained, will make anarchy
possible. I"
Diplomacy moves slowly. 1t
was only this week that Sir
Julian Pauncefote was officially
notified by Secretary Sherman
that the senate had rejected the
arbitration treaty, but Sir Julian
Had Heard something of the re-
jectioh before he received that
official communication.
Whether the Cuban speech
made by Senator Billy Mason
was 'exuber;lrit oratory," as Sem
ator Hoar called J it, or was
INTENDED to frighten Mr.. McKin-
ley into bestowing more official
favors upoh MI, Mason's friends,
as Others have said, is largely
matter of opinioil and prejudice;
but if the crowd that filled the
senate galleries while MIR. Mason
was talking was a fairly repre-
sentative one, the almost constant
applause indicated that the most
extreme views advanced were the
most popular. Referring to SEN
ator Wellington's expressed fear
OF war, MIR. Mason said: Afraid
OF Europe? Why Mr.. President,
II we did not have ship in the
world and if every gun was
melted into a ploughshare; if
every bayonet was buried, and
every ship we had sunk into the
middle of the sea, there is no
nation in the world, much less
Spain, that would ever dare strike
our colors or invade American
soil" The concluding words of
the speech were: s'Mr. President,
no one wants war, but if to keep
our promises with Cuba and pro-
tect her means war, let it come.
Ii to protest against the butchery
of women and children means
war, let it come. If to defend
the honest daughters of brave
patriots means an insult to Spain
and war, in the name of God, let
it come, and come quickly, for /
tell you, whether we speak or
not, the civilization of the Naza-
rene. is upon Us; whether you
Isleep bound hand and foot by the
rules OF order, or whether you
shall speak like American brave
men, the march of the Nazarine
is upon us; liberty shall prevail,
and the island of Cuba, under the
providence of God, shall be free. y
| 1t looks like there would have
to be another sugar scandal in
yestigated by the senate, Charges
| have been made as serious as
those which resulted in the last
Investigation, the only tangible
result Of which up to this time is
Imprisonment of broker Chapman
in the Washington Jail, where he
| is living like lord and making
a pretense of undergoing punish
ment. Senator Tillman says if
nobody else offers resolution for
an investigation he will do so,
although he would prefer that
the initiative be taken by some
senator of longer service.
| Senators Foraker, Clark and
Turpie have been designated by
the senate committee on foreign
relations to make a full investiga-
ton of the Alaskan boundary
treaty, which has been held up
because of the claim that the
treaty is SO drawn as to give
Great Britain territory that this
country has no intention of sur
rendering. No limit was set as
to the time the subcommittee
should take to make the investi-
cation, but the impression is that
their report will not be made al
this session of congress.
The senate passed number Of
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