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The evening times., 1898-11-12

cause he rejected General Miles plan
presumably that some of his friends
might l roft by contracts with the Gov
ernment-and l<aause the work was
beyond his weak and inexperienced
powers, he did as well as he could. On
the contrary, the spirit of indifference
To the army's welfare that led him to
deprive it of the benefits of General
Miles judgment, must be assumed to
extend To his subsequent operations.
Just as he ignored the commanding
general in this vital matter. so he did
not consider him in selecting an ineffi-
cient and stupid commander for the eN-
pedition. He could not go to the length
of rejecting the campaign plans of Cen
eral Miles which would have been TO
invite defeat; but he exercised his own
poor civilian judgment in appointing
General Shafter to carry them out. The
plans and the heroism of the army and
the fortunate seclusion of General
Shafter, who took no part in the bat
ties. together with TIE Intervention of
General Miles at the moment when
General Shafter was bent On a retreat.
won a glorious victory. 1t is now a
matter of established history that but
fer the timely ar searance of General
Miles, against the desire of the Secre-
tars II War, General Shafter would
have ordered a withdrawal. 1t is prob
able the army would have saved itself
from annihilation by refusing to obey
him. as he vas without the confidence
or respect OF officers and men. But it
was not To the credit of Secretary Algei
that our splendid army was not cut to
pieces by the enemy and so saved from
death and wreck by disease.
In brief. General Miles report shows
that TO the antagonism of the War
Office is due the failure 10 properly
equip the army before general mobili-
Zation; the failure 10 provide all neces-
sary supplies and medical officers and
men and the means to land them and
transport them 10 the front; the failure
20 place a competent general in COM
mand Of the invading army; the failure
To organize sanitary police in Cuba to
prevent infection; the failure to sustain
the army by wholesome food in order
TO make the men less susceptible to dis
ease; the failure to establish a medical
system that would have prevented the
transport horrors. In other words. the
failure To have an experienced military
man, General Miles. direct everything
instead of an incompetent civilian with
| political and personal ends To serve.
With this report before him. no one
need wonder that the Aiger Relief
Commission did not call General Miles
as a witness. 1t was amateur war
making that wrecked our army. and it
was only because the campaign plan Of
General Miles was adopted and because
he interfered that Spain was not vic
torious at Santiago as a result of anna
teur war making.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Too Zealous MOralists.

They have intelligent policemen in
New York, and they have Others not so
intelligent. One of the elattervariety late
ly distinguished himself by arresting
woman who had stopped at corner to
wait for her husband When the husband
came out of shop into which he had
gone to make purchase the Jealous
policeman refused to believe that they
were husband and wife. Now. either
that policeman is conStitutionaily de-
void of common sense, or he has had
very unfortunate experience in life,
which leads him to believe every person
guilty until proved innocent.
After all he is not much worse than
the average man or woman of the COM
munity. A certain type of person, and
everyone has met some individuals of
this type. always knows the weak
points Of his or her acquaintances, and
oftentimes knows weak points which
do not exist. Other folk are so afraid
that they will not be considered sharp
and penetrating that they follow un-
Guestioningly the lead of the gossip and
slanderer, and decent people are ira
duced, and men and women placed un-
der unnecessary and harassing restric-
tions. simply because gossips will not
mind their own business. This is q
state of things which is not civilized.
1t is about as logical as a Central
African witchhunt. for it convicts
without even the form of trial.
1t may as well be admitted, for it is
unquestionably true, that person who
really desires To do wrong can usually
succeed in doing it, and that, too, with
out detection. The determined wrong
doer can exercise forethought and judg-
ment and conceal almost any action
| which does not directly affect other
people. OF course, a murder, bur-
glary. or embezzlement of money can
! not be SO easily hidden. but there are
plenty of cases on record in which per
sons have lived a double life of one sort
| or another for years without being suS-
pected. The weight of the gossip's con-
demnatiOn is quite as likely 10 fall upon
| the innocent person, who has no
| thought of concealing anything as
| upon the guilty. The most curious
thlng about TINS state OF alTalrS Is thdt
many very good people defend it on the
ground that it is necessary to preserve
| public morality. In reality IL does moth
| ing of the kind. When a lot Of arbitrary
rules and regulations are set up which
! must not be interfered with unless one
would be branded as a doubtful char
acter, those independent enough to dis
| regard them for some necessary pur-
| pose often receive the brand. while the
man or woman who is careful to be con-
| yentional has a screen for real wrong
! doing. Like many other things in our
! civilization, this habit of slandering has
! grown up unconsciously. 1t is time that
| right-thinking people set an example of
| another sort, and that we developed a
standard which shall give the greatest
| possible freedom of action to every man
and woman of good character and
worthy motives. Real goodness must
| be from within, not from without, and
| there is no object of real morality which
will be promoted by policemen or others
who put a wrong construction on acts
which are in themselves perfectly inno-
| cent.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Mems Peculiar Ways.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.)
There is one custom pccui:r to New Orleans
said 4 Northern tourist, til. I. always strikes
visitor being very cdd. mean the practice
of so many business men, who drop in at the
confectioners' shops for coffee of selecting some
sort of fancy bread or cake from the showcase
as they pass by 10 table | have frequently
been amused 1t ;ho SIGHT OF an elderly and dig
nified gentleman Jnnly carrying a hot roll or
big doughnut q platH to the rear The other
day a couple OF old boys collded in a
shop infest, ard va.t;i themselves with con-
fusion and oyster pate. At another time a
nervous-looking man get inta araumsn mt at the
doorway. He was carrying three sa,lll cakes ac-
curately balanced in pyramid. and when he
started unconsciousiy to ge.tiouate with the
plate he did an amateur juggling act that would
have made his fortune On The stage. One of
the cakes described neat paralola in the air
and lit in fellows coffee twelve feet away
/ never saw anybody look so astonisfed in my
life There are several places in New York
where you help yourself from large counter,
but everything is hurry-scurry, and the scene
lacks the fine spectacular element that invests
it here
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Indemnity and the Maine.
(From the New York World.)

tFrom the New loFk u ofId.)
By order of the Spanish commandant OF the
port the United State battleship Maine was
moved from her first anchorage in Havana Har-
Dor to an anchorage where the port pilots had
never before placed vessel.
There she was blown up by submarine min,
and 266 Americans were murdered. This mine
could have been exploded only 10y making the
contact the keyboard inside the Notifications.
This contact could have been made only by orders
of the highest Spanish officers at Havana, as the
secret was carefully guarded that no one man
knew al Of it.
These are the facts that constitute what Mr..
Mckinley dismissed in a message To Congress as
.'lamcntable incident" and has never spoken OF
since.
Isn't it about time for Mr.. Mckinley to reach
up TO the darkest of the top shelf and take
down this ''lamentabc incident and brush away
its thick enyelopes of dust and cobwebs?
The evening times., 1898-11-12
4 Good Ritfdurree.

The National De- mocracy has no tears
10 shed over the defeat of Croker. No
man Or his methods.
New York viii have an awful time
with Roosevelt, but if Croker can be in
diced t. return To England the bloviant
Rough Rider will not have charged in
vain.
For ii was Roosevelt who charged
alone at Albany, just as he did at San
Juan. The Republican voters had as
little to do in tfe one case as the Amer
lean army had in the other
The evening times., 1898-11-12

so that school tasks
were not burdensome. They would
leave school with the feeling that they
had only made a beginning in the great
work of acquiring wisdom, and all
through life they would read, with in
terest and gradually developing brain
power, books and articles on their fa-
vorite subjects. Then we should have
real culture, even in our working peo-
Pile. Just at present half-knowledge is
the bane of the American nation.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Peace and War,
From the Boston Globe.)

While the Gar Is crying Tor peace he Is push
ing ON Preparations for war. and the same Is true
OF every other European n@tion
Russia uOw has a standing army. on peace
footing Of $4,000 men, Germany $4,000. France
500 600 Great Britain S6l eO0. Austria Hungary
$50 coo and Italy Is, 600. We fave therefore in
all. 1850, eco peace footing.
The war footing Of these armies Is as follows:
France 4.GG9ON0. Germany 4,GO0, 600, Austria
Hungary 2.5OO.0O0 Italy s.090.O00. and Great
Britain 9l5.G09. the total for all Europe being
over l.. coo 600 men
As disarmament would mean the turning of all
these millions OF men lcose TO seek industrial EN-
plCyment at time when millions already
seeking in vain for something TO do. who can
conceive OF the consequences
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Disconnected.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Blizzard Bill went up to the new parsons house
with an unpleasant errand in view. He meant
to run him out of town.
Three hours later he met Ginger joe.
Ginger looked him over.
Grizzly dynamite?" he softly inquired.
Bill looked at Ginger through his halfshut eyes.
You're a deTned pretty sort o friend, you
are he hoarsely growled. why in merry
thunder didn't YOU tell me tn parson an
army chaplain"
The evening times., 1898-11-12
A Difficult Problem Solved,
(FrOm the DetrOit Free Press \

Nffom the Detroit Free Press
Gen. Leonard Wood, governor of the military
department of Santiago is in a quandary Every
insurgent that ever stole a can of baked beans
is clamoring for Office. The general does not
know what TO do in the matter. For his benefit
and peace of mind it is suggested that he in
stitute a street cleaning department and give
the bronzed warriors of the southern isle the
offices asked for. 1t would lend an air of home
to the island towns to have three or four hun
dred white wings chasing peanut shucks and ba-
mana husks up and down the streets
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Fastidious Senator Hoar.
From the Kansas City Starr

1t is exaggerated distrust which led Senator
Hoar TO with frequency in his late speech
the word vulgar, and thus create an unpleasant
resemblance between his address and the oratosi-
cal efforts OF the subject of his late chastsement
Prof. Norton. Senator Hear is afraid of the s.yul-
gar" people, otherwise Western people, and their
vulgar" public opinions. What he styles clint
perialism'' means, to him, some manifestation of
Vulgarity. vast majority of the people OF the
United States favor expansion, therefore expan-
sion is eYulgar."
The evening times., 1898-11-12
The North Carolina Trouble.
lFrom the Atlanta Jourral.)

North Carolina has for several years been
afflicted with a more disg-aceful misrue than
any other Southern State has endured since the
Gays OF reconstruction. The present dePl0rablc
conditions in the State are hut the logical result
of the combination OF a white element with the
negroes to control the politics OF that State.
Such an affiiotiOn always has worked and always
will work mischief. When successful il invariably
brings about a degradation of politics and 4
prostitution OF government. 1t fires race prejU-
dice and proyokes such Ccaiicts between whites
and blacks as have occurred in North Carolina re-
Gently
The evening times., 1898-11-12

The reports of Havana correspondents
on the death of Colonel Williams and F.
T. Stewart show great indignation among
the Americans over the Governments in
there. Both We're neglected by the Cuban
doctors and nurses after being sent to a
hospital from which no patient ever
einerges alive. There is a panic in the
American colony and a great cry for the
interference of Washington.
The evening times., 1898-11-12

There may be a chance for Roosevelt
To reveal his policy regarding PIatt at
an early stage. 1t is said that Croker
has approached Platt with proposition
10 protect the canal management and the
Tammany police from legislative investi-
gation-to consider their mutual interests
and have no scandals. As Roosevelt is
pledged to both Investigations the situa-
ton is Interesting
The evening times., 1898-11-12

On the basis of the populations growth,
the Democratic majority in the borough
of anhattan-formerly New York city
should have been at least 10000 more than
it was last Tuesday. The absence of that
majority is charged directly to the often
sive prominence of Croker in the cam
paign.
The evening times., 1898-11-12

Croker called on Depew and they had
long conference, after which Depew
called on Platt and Chairman Oden. De-
pew says Croker called to learn about the
time a train left. OF course. Evidently
Croker does not trust to the printed time
tables
The evening times., 1898-11-12

Chauncey Depew, who served as press
agent for Alger's apologetic defense, does
not regard the result of the elections as
vindication of Alger's administration of
the war, but simply "as an udorsement
of the policy of expansion.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Caste.
.rnnr he Chicarn Tribune \

(From the Caicago Tribune)
Your brother soldier didt seem any too glad
to see you.
20, yes. he was glad enough hut it wouldn't
I've good discipline to show it too much. Didn't
YOU notice the stripe up and down the leg of his
pants? It's half inch wider than mine.
The evening times., 1898-11-12

Naturally Adjutant General Corbin, in
his report, objects to any change in the
military staff. To make of it a thorough
ly military institution, with experienced
officers, would be to lose political pick
ings
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Cheerful Soul,

tFrom the indianapolis Journal)
Good gracious, Bridget. | never dreamed that
when ! gave you afternoon off you'd come
back Juggling of the funeral wreatEs.
''0 gOin' to sind ii to me sisters husbands
aunt. poor soul. She has been sick foive weeks,
an 0i think it might cheer her up
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Take 1t out i'm Wanting.
lFrnrn Tit-Rits.A

ttINIII
NO Herbert, | sorry, hut am sure
could not be happy together. You know | always
my own way in everything"
But. my dear girl. YOU could go wanting
it after were married.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
A Sign OF Frost.

From the Cleveland Leader.)
'I'm afraid my wife's affection for nue. is cool
ing
''Why?.'
..When she bade me gocdby this morning she
didn't say: BE to hurry home as early as
possible.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
The Bright Baby.

ltrCm Judge.)
His baby talked when eight months old
And 50 he blew his horn;
And vet the Bible says job cusscd
The day that lie was bonn.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
CURRENT HUMOR.
Pro nnptiy Answered.

IRON tGc Boston .Jouinai-l
SchIoimsster tcn;ering BOYS Observation-Disclosures
are you doing out OF bed this time OF the night
Murphy:
Murphy-oh. sorr. cot UP to tuck myself in
The evening times., 1898-11-12

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The evening times., 1898-11-12
A Double Surprise.
lFTom London Judy.)


I'm surprised John, said an o'd lady. when
she found her butler helping himself 10 some OF
her fncst old port.
80 l. ma'am. the calm reply. Il
thought yOu WAS gone out
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Her TheOrN.

From the Chicago Record.)
What is the matter with Norag
81 secured her from that n.utualheip Office.
and she claims that ought to- do half her work
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Good Reason.

tFrom the Boston Journal.)
Amateur Scieutist-Can YOU explain TO me the
reason why SO many people become insane?
Guyer-The answer ought to suggest itself.
They have reason.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
A Happy Bride.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Brides are usually distinguished for some spe-
cal trait or attraction"
Il believe so"
..It's different with one of the latest of them y
why so?''
She'll be known for her General Merritt
The evening times., 1898-11-12
A ReastIy English Joke.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.}
First English i.ord-Did YOU ever see so lean
girl as that girl BERTHE has married!
Second English Lord-Neyer before. She IS
plainly another oi those anguarAmeriCan alli-
anCes.
The evening times., 1898-11-12
| English as Ie Is.
Y osrolqa epl moIIl

('sMsN oSBo!qo ana MOLD
He-They say that 6,eo0, coo people nov speak
the English ianguage."4
SheII wonder how many of them say she done
it aud I have saw5' -
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Seven sIeepers Identified.

(From the Chicago News.)
Little Albert-Pa who were the seven sleepers?
Pa-They were the first policemen that We have
any record Of"
The evening times., 1898-11-12
How Would 1t Work.

(From the Chicago Record.)
Il have invented something very useful"
what is it?'
.'An alarm-clock letter box which rings when
a man goes by with letter in his pocket to
mail for his wife"
The evening times., 1898-11-12
Striking Things.

From the Chicago News.)
What the most striking things you saw
while you i'll EUrope?''
THE people who always striking me for
The evening times., 1898-11-12

Ex-Secretary John Sherman has related
the events that led to his resignation, and
it is simply another instance of Hanna's
management
The evening times., 1898-11-12

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The evening times., 1898-11-12

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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30
RATHER PECULIAR.
You Have Noticed This Fact Many .
Time and Probably Spoken
About IL.

To publish in this paper an endorse
ton like that which follows without the
end0rser's permission would be fraud. an6
10 publish il without his knowledge q.
sseepd time would be impossible. Both
eentd he done repeatedly If this publica-
tloq we're printed in Kalamazoo. Mich.
tor the chances are . thousand to one
that few people in the western part Of
PsnnsysEania ever SIZE 4 Kalamazoo
paper. Now, hook through the columns
OF this paper at the statements which an
peaf IA the advertisements about medicin-
al preparations. Notice this peculiarify-
every one of them was originally obtain
cd, II obtained at ali, in some distant part
OF the Union, here. there and everywhere,
except your own corner of this state.
head THIS one, and mark the different inn-
preston II makes. Mr.. Geo. b. Lord, Of
~ Elk street, Franklin, Pa, ex-Inspect-
of OF Schools for the county, says: dur
Ing the past three years I have been en-
gnged IN the Insurance business, a calling
which keeps me very busy and necesss-
tates great deal of driving; perhaps not
any more than ] had been doirg for the
nine years previous, during which time
! vas inspector of public schools in this
county. Driving, at 4 yOugh estimate.
5000 miles year, and visiting nearly
500 schools. y II any wonder that should
complain OF weakness Of nv back and
kidneys. / have suffered with aching
pain across my loins for several years.
II not brought on by the jolting Of the
RIG, il undoubtedly aggravated Il. A.
though not severely painfHl 10 lay ms
up. il was enough 10 make me feel mis-
erable. | have very little faith In patent
medicines. but reasoned il Doan's Kid-
ney Pills would only perform half what
they promised, they would help me. -
! got box at drug store. In a short
time the entire pain and trouble had dis
appeared If / ever again have occasion
to use anything Of the kind, Doan's Kid
ney Pills win be the remedy"
Doan's Kidney Pills. for sale bv al
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed ty
Fcster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y. sole
agents for the q. S. Remember the name
~-Doan's-and take no substitute.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

WILL Mr.. Wanamaker be an indie
pendent candidate for Governor? The
HERALD believes that he will be, and
that it was with this object in view that
he announced himself as a candidate.
His letter accepting the call of the
BOurse meeting, which he called for
the purpose of having it call him,
plainly states that he proposes to con-
tinue the fight all summer, with part
OF the winter thrown in. Why this
statement if he proposed to abide by
the decision Of the State convention,
which will be over before the summer
cDmmences? In this same letter he
also practically admits defeat before
the convention, and for his discern
ment in this instance he is entitled TO
some credit, for be certainly has not
the shadow OF a chance Of getting
within gunshot of nomination at the
hands of the State convention.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-03-30

SECRETARY GAGE says the financial
resources of the government are equal
to any drain which war could bring
Tais is the judgment of an able and
conservative man who is in position
t. know what he is talking about. The
pvernment could undoubtedly get,
right here at home, all the money it
would need to carry on the war. The
capital of the outside world, too, would
be at our command. OF course she
would not depend on loans for all the
extra expenditures of war. Increased
taxation would be resorted to at the
outset, though not to anything like the
extent during the war of secession.
This war would be short, and expendi
lures would be made on the gold basis.
Consequently the cost of war would be
far lighter at this time than it was a
third Of century ago.