The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-13
POSTOFFICES AND WAR.
Names of Persons, Ships and Places
Perpetuated on the Depart
ment List

New York, Oct. 13.-One effect of the
war with Spain is the popularity of
names of persons, places, ETC., con-
nected In some manner, near or remote,
with that One-sided struggle. Streets
have been named after victorious COM
manders and after various cities in the
Spanish colonies, bicycle manufacturers
have tried to add to the popularity of
their machines by appealing to patriot
ism, we have the Dewey theater, the
HobSon hat, and similar devices with
out number; but perhaps the greatest
evidence of the familiarity with the war
records and of a desire to perpetuate
certain prominent names is to be found
in the roster of pOstOffices. The latest
department supplement, giving the list
much Information in this line. Those
of offices recently established, furnished
living in the isolated country hamletS
appear to have had their newspap ers
regularly and to have chosen some man
or object which appealed to them, and
have embraced the opportunity offered
by the government to proclaim to the
world their admiration of some officer
either of the navy or the army, or of
some department official; their idea of
the service rendered by some war YES
sci; while others regard the time as
proper for recognition of our con
quests" by borrowing geographical
names.
In the list of new postoff1ces estab-
Hshed in July the presidents cabinet
came in for some recognition. Mr.. Nc
is renem bered in Ala bama, Arkansas,
Illinois and Kentucky; Secretary Gage
has offices in Alabama, Kentucky North
Carolina and Tennessee named after
him; postmaster General Gary has
three compliments, from Alabama,
Florida and West Virginia; and even
ex-Secretary Sherman is remembered
in Brown county, Kansas. Secretary
Long has two, in Alabama and Georgia,
and Secretary Alger evidently has adj
mirers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Oklahoma. The attorney general is re-
membered in Tennessee, and the vice
president in Alabama and Kentucky.
The navy has perhaps Jared the best.
There are DeWeys in Florida, Georgia,
Iowa, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina
and Washington; Sigsbee is found in
Ala ALBANIA, Arkansas S, Missouri and Penn
SylVania; Powell in South Carolina and
Ala bama; Glass in Alabama and North
Carolina, Philip in Georgia, Schley in
Kentucky, Cook in Florida and Cooks
in Maine, Bagley in Minnesota, Samp-
son in North Carolina, Chadwick In
Ohio, Ludlow in New Jersey and Iowa,
Hobson in Virginia. AS for the ships,
the following further show the atten-
ton paid the navy: Helena in !daho'
Tennessee and Wisconsin; Yale in
Georgia and Texas, Maple In Florida
and North Dakota, besides Monterey
Arkansas; Baltimore, Colorado; RAJ
eigh, Florida; Relief, Ohio; Badger
Pennsylvania; Columbia Minnesota;
Dixie, Indiana; Concord, Iowa; Detroit,
Kentucky; Eagle. Wyoming; Mayfiow-
er, Tennessee Only one of the Spanish
ships is remembered-the Colon, which
appears under the Georgia heading.
As the army played part subor-
dinate to that of the navy, so it is found
that few of the officers of the former
have offices named in their honor.
Among them are: Merritt, Alabama;
Blue, Texas; Kent, Kentucky; Chaffee,
Indian Territory; Lee, Iowa, and Fitz-
hugh, Georgia; Anderson, Kansas;
Whitney, Mississippi; Cody, Kentucky;
Young, North Dakota OF the cuban
generals, Garcia, Texas, seems the only
reminder.
Freedom, Utah. is evidently result
of the patriotic war; possibly Republic,
Washington, also. Canton, Florida, and
Canton, Oklahoma, are probably com
pliments to the president. Spanish
Colorado; Cubano, Virginia; Ponce,
Oklahoma and Manila in Kentucky
and in Ohio, show another effect of the
war Prosperity, Florida; Gold Bug,
Missouri and Wallstreet, Colorado, are
on the other hand, reminders of re-
cent presidential campaign. Washing
ton presents a combination-Dole and
Sewall-showing interest in the coun-
try's Hawaiian possessions.
A political color is given to that part
of the list devoted to Wisconsin, PIatt
appearing in Washington county ana
Tioga in Clark county, with a not too
remote neighbOr in Payn, oregon.