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The evening times., 1898-12-02
A Governors Indictment.

Governor Tanner, of Illinois, seems to
be a typical Republican politician. Sdil,
he is the chief magistrate of the State
and his office is entitled to the respect
OF the people and the courts. That he
should be indicted either as a political
scheme or-to avenge the mine owners
and intimidate him that they may carry
out their conspiracy against the civili-
Zation of Illinois, is an outrage and an
abuse of the functions of the judiciary.
1t does not matter whether he acted in
good faith and from an honest opinion,
or from the hope of making political
capital; no reasonable man doubts that
his action was for the best interests Of
the State. It reveals the alarming in
fiuence of .orga nized capital that 1t
should be able to induce a grand jury
TO find a bill against the governor who
has resisted its selfish and mischievous
design. Governor Tanner is not exactly
the sort of man, perhaps, that would
be expected to represent civilization in
"A conflict with greedy capital, but this
indictment makes him that
The trouble grew out of strike Of
The coal miners at Virden. II is not i'm
portant. but it happens to be fact,
that the striking miners were right and
the operators wrong To ruin the min
ers, these, with the mine owners at Pana
and other places, planned TO import into
the State enough eX-convicts from the
State mines Of Alabama TO displace the
strikers. The fact that the Southern
laborers were black was made use of TO
show that it was race animosity that
opposed their coming, but this is not
true. At any rate, they were ex-con-
victs and most of them confirmed and
incurable criminals and dangerous men.
Their importation meant constant
menace TO the peace, the lives and prop
erty and 10 the very civilization Of the
neighborhoods into which they were to
be placed. The strikers threatened to
oppose their coming by violence and the
operators called on the governor for
protection. Instead he, sent the militia
to prevent the landing of the imported
criminals.
Ii is for this he is indicted. That a
grand jury should be found that would
use its authority in the interests of the
selfish operatives is a disgrace to the
community. 1t is worthy Of note that
it was by a vote Of thirteen to ten that
a bill was presented. OF course, there
will never be any action under il. The
only significance is in the audacity of
the organized capitalists in extending
their pernicious influence even TO the
grand jury room.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
HEROES OF THE WAR
WORKING ON STREETS
soldiers shovel Snow nnd SIush in
the ThOrOug,hfares of New
York City.

New York, Dec. 2.-Forty honorably-
discharged soldiers and sailors of the
United States, all of whom We're in the
service during the war with Spain,
marched over Fifteenth Street into Union
Square early yesterday morning
Every man carried an iron
shovel over his shoulder At
the head of the squad was a foreman
from the department of street cleaning.
He led the men across the square to
Broadway and Seventeenth Street where
the snow and siush We're piled up in great
heaps, and set them at work with their
shovels. The soldier-and-sailor squad
worked slowly down Broadway and
around into Fourteenth Street. Along
the curbstOnes a crowd of people gath
cred. Some soiled blue uniforms and
campaign hats in the shovel squad at
tracted the crowd. One dark-faced tall,
square-shoudered fellow wore the light
blue overcoat and fatigue hat of the
regular soldiers. 1t was worn and soiled
but 1t was still the uniform of a soldier
of the United States. and the man who
wore it looked every inch soldier. Near
him, tramping around in the slush with
his shovel. was a young man wearing
worn-out artillery uniform and the red
chevrons of sergeant. Another man
was in the uniform of a volunteer.
Many of the men wore no uniforms but
had on such clothing as they had been
able to pick up. Two of these men were
honorably discharged sailors. Some were
from California, one was from Louisiana,
two We're Wisconsin men, and most were
New York and New Jersey volunteers.
DR.. A. E. Gallant, in charge of the SOL
diers' employment bureau, who has the
names of hundreds of unemployed SOL
diers and sailors on his list, went TO
Commissioner Mccartney, of the street
cleaning department, yesterday and asked
him if he could employ some of the
men.
Certainly" said the commissioner,
"and I'll give them first show
More men will probably be sent from
the bureau tomorrow, morning to shovel
up the snow. They are paid 81 day.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
NEUTRALITY IN THE
GREAT NORTHERN LAKES
THE BUILDING OF BATTLEsHIps
Favorable Action ON a Plan to Al
fiow England aud Eanada to Build
Cruisers on Inlnnd Sens

AS result of anzfagreement reached
py the subcommitteepof the Anglo-Ameri-
can Commission having the matter in
charge, the building of men-of-war on the
Great Lakes will hereafter be permitted
by both Great Britain and Canada
Without any serious discussion on the
subject the subcommittee accepted prac-
tically all of the recommendations made
by board of naval officers appointed
last August by Secretary Long 10 consid-
er the neutrality of the Great Lakes and
the advisability Of making amendments
to the Rush-Bagot agreement of 1917
1his agreement confined the naval force
to be maintained upon the Great Lakes
by Great Britain and the United States
TO these vessels on each side:
On Lake Ontario to one vessel, not ex-
ceeding 100 tons burden and armor. with
one 1S-pound cannon; on the Upper Lakes,
to two vessels not exceeding like bur-
dens each, and armor with like force
ana on the waters of Lake Champlain to
one vessel, not exceeding like burden
and armed with like force
This Government has diSregarded the
provision of this treaty for many years
py the maintenance on the Great Lakes
OF the iron steamer Michigan OF 6S5 tons
displacement and "a battery of four 30
Founders and three 3-inch breechloadng
howitZers.
The naval board appointed by Secreta-
ry Long. consisting Of Lieut.. /. X. Sey-
mour and Assistant Naval Constructor
K. b. Dashiell. of the navy, and Lieut..
Satterlee, Of the New York Naval Mill
Tia, recommended that not more than
TWO gunboats Of the Marietta class be
maintained on the lakes. These vessels
are of LOCO tons displacement each and
carry six 4-inch rapid-firing guns in their
main batteries. They will be especially
useful for training naval militia organi-
cations.
In connection with the building of war
ships the board recommends, and the
subcommittee adopted the recommends
ton, that the shipbuliders of both Cana
da and the United States be allowed to
construct men-of-war of a not greater
size than would permit their exit to the
ocean through existing waterways. The
vessels are not to be supplied with their
batteries until they reach the seacoast.
Under this provision of the proposed
treaty 1t will be impossible to build very
large vessels of this kind, as there are no
outlets 10 the sea which permit vessels
even of the size of the revenue cutters to
go through unless they are cut in halves.
OF course, as soon as larger canal is
constructed connecting the lakes, the sea-
coast shipbuilderswill find builders of the
Great Lakes serious competitors for con-
tracts for men-of-war
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Musty Spanish Pride.
(From the Philadelphia Item.

Spanish pride is still OF the Improbable and
musty kind. Gen. Blanco, to avoid the humility
of being expelled from Cuba, when the American
troops take possession of the island, is to resign
and get away before. the end comes.
Just how this will benefit either Spain or
Blanco, it is difficult for the Americans to
A firm hand is needed there during the brief time
that Spain remains in control. Yet Spain deber
ately invites disorder by allowing the captain gen.
erai to depart and intrusting its affairs to less
experienced hands
Blancos departure, will save that worthy few
weeks of ANNOYANCE. 1t will enable him 10 say
when he returns home, that he was not forced to
quit Cuba, but the baby play which will mark
his Aparture will ,.conyey to the world another
illustration of Spanish folly and ragged pride.
mo SwGndfsa Spain, inaall Europe, could fnd no
real friend or ally. Spanish methods smack so
of the-zidiSLass tkaS. no other nation wants to
get mixed up in them.
The evening times., 1898-12-02

The shrewd French Panama Cana!
agents are not so shrewd as they imag
inc. II can make no difference to us how
many canals there are between the two
oceans, free to the worlds commerce.
We can manage very well If the cutting
of rates prevents us from making even
the running expenses. OF our canal But
can the French capitalists whose money
is invested in their ditch? The Monroe
doctrine still lives, and all France cannot
maintain a canal open to the warships Of
an enemy of this country in time Of war
The evening times., 1898-12-02

critical in their assertion of humane
motive for the war. 1t is ipconceivable
to them that a government can have
such motive. They are as incapable
of entering mte-the American spirit as
an Italian statesman of the dark ages of
history If he should come 10 life in this
day. That dependency should be ad-
ministered for the benefit of its people
and not exclusively for the advantage
OF the sovereign state, is a proposition
they cannot understand, and, therefore,
when it is made they naturally regard
ii as hypocritical. 1t must be the su-
preme duty of the American people to
see that this pure motive is maintained
and that our dependencies are not made
the prey of self-seeking politicians
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Costa Ricans and the Canal

(From the Chicago Times Herald)
The people OF Costa. Rica and Nicaragua have
great industrial and commercial interests at stake
in the completion OF the canal and it is natural
that they should seek to take advantage OF the
present marked revival of sentiment in this coun-
try in favor of its early construction under gov
ernmental auspices. They have, reason to expect
great boom in trade and agriculture as a result
OF the building of the canal, and they have con-
fdence in the ability OF this Government to carry
the great project through.
Whatever the prospects of the Panama Com
pany may be, our Government must go ahead
with the Nicaragua Canal. II is strategic ne
cessity in war and is demanded by the require
ments Of our commercial expansion. We cannot
afford to depend upon any private company or a
corporation Of foreigners We urgently need an
isthnIisn canal, and it must be built in the near
future and must be controlled by the Government
of the United States. ,,, e, .
The evening times., 1898-12-02
HURDY-GURDY MUSIC
TESTED IN BOSTON
'fEf w 1T blLlL--
barrel Organs and street Pianos
Must he in Tune or Leave the
Sidewalks.

Boston. Dec. 2-Three hundred and fifty
barrel organs and street pianos had
play-out yesterday on North End Park
arranged for by Police Commissioner
Curtis. so that the municipal music COM
missioners might pass judgment on the
tunefulness of the instruments. The COM
mission consists of Thomas j. Baldwin,
the weH-known bandmaster; John A
O'Sheea and Jatnes Mclaughlin, organ
lists, and Carl Zerrllan. the famous con-
ductor and chorister- but the latter was
not present on account of illness.
AT II o'clock Mr.. Mclaughlin shouted
to the men to get their instruments in
line and advance They We're taken as
they stood
Mr.. Mclaughlin stood to the side of the
first instrument. which doled out bar
or two of ION the Banks of the Wabash
Mr.. Baldwin smiled. and Mr.. Mclaughlin
raised his hand; enough of that; try
another" The player changed the tune,
and then ground out few measures OF
a waltz. you got TO get that thing tun-
ed up." said Mr. Mclaughlin to the or
gan man.
The commission looked the second outfit
man at the crank to turn. He did so, and
a few bars of a lively breakdown was the
result. That sounds pretty well,' said
Mr.. Baldwin.
Give us another" said Mr.. o Shea. The
tune was changed and once more the
commission found themselves on THE
Banks of the Wabash The commission
ers shook their heads, and then gave the
man at the crank the same warning they
had given to the man who went before
him.
The next man came up. The commits
sioners listened longer to it. when Mr..
Baldwin said: "All right" and the man
pulled out smiling, and so hurdy-guTdys,
hand-organs and other instruments were
tried out with due solemnity. The COM
mission decided that no licenses shall be
issued till certificates of tuning shall
have been filed. The string orchestra
and German bands will be tried out later
in hall.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
PERRY HEATH IN THE
HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
First Assistant Postmaster General.
however. Denies He Is n Candf-
date for senator Turpie's Seat

There is an increased amount of talk
that First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath will turn oit to be entered in the
Indiana Senatorial race, despite the gem
ueman's neglect to inscribe his name on
the official card. mo, 1 am not a candi-
diate," Mr.. Heath says. when his friends
tell him they hear a great deal about his
chances of winning
The truth seems 10 be that the First
Assistant Postmaster General is in the
hands of his friends, and there has been
a persistent runlor since his return from
his far Western hunting trip a couple of
weeks ago that these friends mean to
push him into the race for Senator Tur-
pies seat
The evening times., 1898-12-02
On thc,Presidfo Hills.

Bare of all save bending grasses,
Fleurs de-lis,
And a wind that lightly passes
From the sea-
oh. today I would be dreaming
Where the lances green are cleaning
Where the lonely mists are lifting,
And the salt, salt winds are drifting
From the sea.
Silent save for bird notes falling
Full and free,
And wind that's ever calling
To the sea.
oh. today l would be resting
Where the meadow lark is nesting
Where the feurs-de-fis are growing.
And the salt, salt winds are blowing
From the sea.
Yes. Pm dreaming of the shining
Fleurs- -de-lis,
And wind that's softly piniDg
For the sea-
OF. the grass in waving motion
On the wild hills by the ocean,
Where the lark its flight is winging,
And the wind is singing, siEgiag,
To the sea.
Overland Week..
The evening times., 1898-12-02

The sending of a professional pratection-
ist like Robert p. Porter to Cuba to ar
range a customs schedule indicates the
Presidents purpose to course the. Cuhans
with a Mckinley tariff. This will de-
prive them of one of the important bene-
fits of the release from Spanish rule.
Cuba needs revenues, but, she also needs
great many other things. the importa-
ton of which under a purely revenue tar
if would make her customs collections
much larger than they will be under a
prohibitory schedule, such as Porter has
been trained TO admire. mans clerk
always eXaggerates the qualities and sem
timents of his chief A protectionist Pres
ident means a prohibition President S
agent. 1t is now, when Cuba. has to be-
gin anew and has no means Of producing
manufactured articles herself that she
most needs policy that viii enable her
TO buy in the cheapest markets A pro-
tective tariff must obstruct her progress
most cruelty. ear ,a err
The evening times., 1898-12-02
The COiOred Races.
lFrom the Mexican Herald. }

ITTOII lIIt NtNIVau HtTaIu.J
That all men are born free and equal is
fine rhetorical flourish which sounds well on days
when orators allowed to please the crowd;
that men are born in bondage to heredity, TO
race tendencies, and enormously unequal is
apparent. The Of generally lower aver
age of intellectual development must submit 10
blend races will result in the degradation of the
higher race, has happened in Egypt and in
Brazil, where intermiXture has produced hybrids
lacking the best qualities OF the original
1t is apparent that sentimentalities will have TO
be put aside in dealing with the question.
and that the superior race must assert its right
to rule, remembering always that while it has
the obligation 10 govern it has also to be just
and 70 be humane.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Negro Troops.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)
With singular ineptitude, the negro regiments
have been quartered almost exclusively in the
South, where it was known that they would be
inefably offensive. That greater trouble has not
ensued is much 10 the credit Of the loyalty and
patience of the Southern people, Yet it will not
do to forget that all patience has its wel-defined
limits, and that blood is thicker than water
II things go on as at present, there will, in the
very near future, be tragedy over this business
that will startle nation and the world: for it
may be taken as absolutely certain, that the
South will not endure negro domination simply
because it is sought to be established By black
men in blue uniforms ~ -
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Day LabOrers.
From the New York Journal)

FTom the New York Journal)
Speaking widely, it is the individual who yet
counts in this republic. The advantages of an
cestry and family are worth little in themselves
to a young man save IN our Oldest communities.
In the newer parts OF the country the day la
borer provided nature has gifted him with brains
and energy, may cherish any ambition. Lin
coin was a day laborer.- Gen. Miles a clerk
in dry goods store. Blaine taught a country
school Garfield drove mules on the towpsth.
Mckinley practiced law ii the insignificant little
town Of Canton, Ohio Many Of our milionaires
began as workmen Other men who are drudg-
ing for wages today will be the millionaires OF
twenty five wears hence.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
- =,
Should Demand N Full Trial.

In entirely private litigation a plea of tech
nicalities may not necessarily imply a confession
OF the charge thus evaded But in this public
case involving the handling OF the people S
money the one important thing to be determined
is whether the facts alleged. public man
so accused would, according to all the old stand
ards, be obliged to insist on full trial of the
facts TO vindicate his reputation. If Senator
Quay, standing before the State as 4 candidate
for reelection, afford TO dodge the trial Of
the facts by pleas like these it implies belief
on his part that the time for even pretense
of integrity in the management of public funds
has gone by.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Rewards in the Navy.

,e- .(From the Boston Traveler.)
We are glad to believe that the day is at hand
when the existing and unjust methods of reward
ing our naval officers for conspicuous services
will be abandoned and more equitable system
for the recognition of gallantry substituted there
for The custom Of advancing especially
meritorious officer several numbers in the line
of promotion is very gratifying to him, for it
materially improves his chances of rising to high
Office fairly early in life; but the injustice to his
fellow-ofRcers is apparent. They are at no fault,
and yet every time an associate is advanced they
are punished. That they themselves are not ad-
vanced also is in the majority of cases, the fault
not of ability or zeal, but of circumstances.
They are less fortunate than their fellows in OPP
portunity.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
The humbug aute,a saaist !. officials, in

Cuba. who never did days work for
the island but simply posed as Blanco's
lieutenants, drew their unearned pay
through the favor OF their boss. while
the impoverished employees OF the fraudu-
lent government were denied a Jenny Of
their wages. This is the last Spanish
highway robbery in Cuba, in spite of the
mourning of Schurz and Company, pro-
moters of the Spanish interests in Amer
ica
The evening times., 1898-12-02
A Brace of Pessimistx.
tFrom the san Francisco Examiner.


Senator Hoar and Andrew Carnegie arc ap-
parently trying 10 which can outdo the other
in Csssandra-like prophecies of evil results that
will follow if the United States shall annex, the
Philippines Other men just as eminent, Just as
wise and with equal powers Of prophesy, have
indulged in similar warnings over every import
ant departure in either foreign domestic policy
that this Government has taken since its birth.
Time has proved how shortsighted was their Wis
ion and how little the eroakingS of their sue
cessors need awaken apprehension. Since the days
Of Washington the American citizen has had no
use for the gloomy pesSimist.
The evening times., 1898-12-02

sponsibility for the wise and pure gov
ernment Of the Philippines. We wrest-
ed them from Spain from the same
lofty motive that inspired the war with
that robber nation. We refused to
consider the suggestion of their indie
pendence, on the ground that having
rescued them from the expressions and
exactions of a selfish monarchy. we
had no right to leave them prey to the
Vaccinations Of corrupt demagogues.
1t is not too early, therefore, to create
public sentiment in favor of securing
to them every advantage of our free in
stitutions without suspicion of official
rottenness. Such a sentiment the Pres
ident and Congress must consider. 1t
must be understood that our honor is
more bound up in giving to them an
honest government than in enjoying it
ourselves. We can better submit to Of
ficial corruption at home than to permit
it there.
The evening times., 1898-12-02

In his latest speech General Shafter
said that thirty-seven years ago. when he
left his fathers farm in Michigan, he
little dreamed he. would ever be. per
mitted to command an American army.
Ii was much later than that when Off
GERS of the army began to dream it.
The evening times., 1898-12-02

The Alger Relief Commmission is stin
listening to the old, old story which has
lost none of its power to inspire the in
dignation of the American people There
are few defenders of the War Depart
ment in these days among the witnesses.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
CURRENT HUMOR.
ElucfuaIinr NnIua
tFrom the Chicago Post.)

The friend of the actress had been looking
through her jewel case.
Am / 10 understand" she asked, that these
jewels worth SlOO. .OOO?''
Not while they are in my possession an
swered the actress frankly. They are only
worth $1,000 or s., 600 now 1t is when NV pres
agent has them stolen that they are worth
SIO0 OO0
The evening times., 1898-12-02

OF course Blanco drew his salary to the
last penny before leaving his office, al
though his soldiers who are in abject
poverty have gone unpaid for a year.
There is a reasonable presumption that
Blanco also took share of all the reve-
nues of which he robbed Cuba, ostensibly
for the Spanish treasury.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
At the Congressman,s Funeral

The Mourner from Michigan-Poor Old Blue
grass! I'm sorry he's gone
The Mourner from MisSissippi-YeS; he'd have
enjoyed this whisky much as any OF Us
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Losing His SIeep

from the Philadelphia North-American.)
Short
'''Think SOP
'fes. l never get any more than fifteen or
twenty minutes sleep 1T service now
The evening times., 1898-12-02

Everybody will enthusiastically indorse
one of General Skaters statements
that 'he' did nothing more than his duty
at Santiago" ANY man who says he did
is talking without information.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Scottish PhiIosopby
(From the New York Tribune.

NTIOII tIt -NtN i VTA IIIUIlIt.T
The lowland Scottish peasant. has an extremely
matter-of-fact way of speaking about her rela-
tives' and friends deaths good woman who
had lost her aunt remarked to a sympathizing
visitor: 'Eh, yes, mem, aunty's deid. But she
was very auld and f1ail She's far better ava
and far happier in glory, and ! got hummer
pounds o legacy
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Up to Date.
n Dralerl

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
my wife that story about the Chinese
Empress sitting up higher the throne than her
son the emperor does
Yes. ?''
''And now she puts the family Bible in her
chair before every blessed meal
The evening times., 1898-12-02
The Factory.

From the Philadelphia North American)
"You don't hear as much oratory in the pulpit
good old time
"No. 81. You've got to so to the prize ring
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Homemade WpuderS

(From the Boston TTanScript)
life. ~.
Duddy-Especially in autobiographies.
The evening times., 1898-12-02
Relieving the Town.

(From the Chicago News
''And so my old friend. Tom Henderson hxs
gone to Utah. What did he go away out thers
for?''
Judging by what I've heard since he left, it
seems to have been for this towns benefit"