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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

reference to the disposition OF the ~.
lands must be regarded rs well nigh
impossible. If n European government
Is seriously concerning itself about the
final disposition of the Philippines II Is
due to nm apprehension that our gov
eminent might turn them over
TO Great Britain. There is no
ground, however, for such fear.
The United States Is no more
likely to transfer the islands to Eng
land than to Germany, or any other
European nation. What policy viii be
pursued is n matter for future deter
mination. 1t is a problem the solution
of which no Il can ~forcsee. But 1t is
safe to predict that IL the United States
does not, as 1t should not, decide to
hold permanent possession of the
Philippines. 1t will not commit the mis-
take of inviting grave trouble for Itself
by turning them over to any European
power.
Apprehension in regard to Germany's
alleged designs does not appear to have
any substantial foundation. Nor is
there any good reason to doubt the en-
tirely friendly disposition of the Ger
man government. despite the fact that
the sympathy of a large number of the
German people is not with us. Ambas-
sador White, whom all intelligent Amer
leans will regard rs excellent authority.
has recently declared that the German
government understands the real i'm
port of our struggle with Spain and the
questions bound up therein and does
from their diplomatic representative the
American people should accept as CON
elusive and dismiss their doubts and APP
prehensions in regard to Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
personal AND OTHER WISE.

1t costs an average of S2,754 to bury a
United States senator, but it pays to do it
sometimes.
Sagasta's government is now in the con
ditlon described in the hymn as "hghtings
without and fears within"
a Boston man announces that he will
stamp at his WI expense any checks
drawn by his debtors to his order within
the next ten days.
Judge John S. Gambler OF Atlanta, who
has Just been appointed colonel Of The Third
Georgia volunteers. lost both OF his feet in
a railroad accident in 1881.
The present war has brought to light the
fact that DR.. A|ntommarchi, who attended
Napoleon during his last illness at st.
Helena, is buried in Santiago de Cuba. where
he gave his services free to the poor for
many years.
According to the London Chronicle, Ad-
miral Camara is half English, his mother
before marriage having been a Miss Liver
more OF Liverpool, Camara is a graduate
of the Naval academy OF san Fernando. He
is an ardent monarchist and was among
those who advocated giving the crown Of
Spain TO Alfonso XII.
A peculiar interest attaches to the cleo
ton OF Count Herbert Bismarck TO the
Reichstag, as he has been returned for the
district OF Jerichow in the Old Mark OF
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
BRAVE, BUT HOPELESS.

Boston Globe: Cervera went on the Maria
Teresa determined to survive or perish
with the main part of his fleet. The act
was as courageous and in keeping with his
commendable spirit of gallantry when Hob
son was his prisoner. The world will never
cease to admire true chivalry, however bad
the cause that becomes its theater.
Minneapolis journal: Gray-haired Admir-
al Cervera, bowed down with grief, yet bear
ing his misfortune with fortitude, exclaimed
when told that the Americans had only lost
one man: God willed it So" And no
American can view the results of Manila
and Santiago without a feeling that the
course OF events is on our side. Tho re-
suits of the two naval battles are so de-
cisire that one is prompted to say of them
as Victor Hugo said of Waterloo: 1T was
Destiny
Philadelphia Press: 1t was an American
naval officer, a survivor OF the Maine. who
uttered the first word of sympathy to the
defeated and downCast Admiral Cervera AS
he stepped on board a United States war shin
a prisoner. Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wright of the Gloucester acted as the part of
an American gentleman when he expressed
admiration for his enemy's daring but disas-
trous feat, and ended by rendering him.
though a prisoner of war, the use of his cab
in and the best that his ship afforded.
Philadelphia Ledger: Admiral Cervera kept
close watch on SIMPSONS fcet-closer. an
parentiy, than Sampson was aware. He
knew that the New Orleans had left the
blockade line, that the New York had gone
to Guantanamo for coal. His only mistake
was that he thought the last vessel was the
Oregon, whereas it was the Newark. He
thousht ne could outrun any other ship, and
II the Oregon were out of the way his
chances for escape were at their best. I'm
fortunately for him, the Oregon was IN
hand, and the capture of the CristobaI
Colon, Cervera's ~feetest ship, was due in
part 10 1t. Under the circumstances the
Spanish admiral's defeat is more glorious
for him than would have been the destruc-
ton of his fleet while lying impotently under
the guns of Santiago.
New York Tribune: The nation that could
produce that man could produce world-con-
querors' Let there be no mistake about
that' lie was our foe. But to our foes as
wei as to our friends it behooves us to
be just, And simple justice requires it to be
said that Admiral Cervera in his sortie from
Santiago bay displayed a heroism of which
the bravest nation in the world might well
be proud. You may say it was madness.
No doubt it was. But it was studied and
methodical madness. and it was magnificent.
There was in it a touch, and something
more than a touch, of the old Spartan spirit
remembered by every one who, as n school
boy, acclaimed the address of Spartacus to
the gladiators: "If we must die, let IL be
under the clear sky, by the bright waters,
in noble, honorable battle" That was Ger
vera's choice.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
GERMANYS ATTLrrnE.

In reference to efforts in Europe look
ing TO the bringing about of peace be-
tween the United States and Spain, a
London dispatch states that the Ger
man government is the only II whose
representations to he Madrid cabinet
have not been marked by unreseryed
urgency. This is ascribcd to Il fear on
the developments in the Philippines
would not be sufficiently advanced if
peace should be concluded now to af-
ford n pTeteXt for the executing of the
designs generally attributed to Germany
in respect to these islands.
This statement would have been more
interesting If ii had indicated what the
designs of Germany are. There has
been n persistent effort to make il APP
pear that the German government has
settled upon a policy which contem-
plates the partitioning of the Philippines
after the war, whether this country
likes il OF not. A few days ago there
was an announcement, quickly followed
by denial, that Russia, France and Ger
many had come to an understanding rs
to how the Philippines should be dis,
posed Of and the later intimation in re,
! gard 10 Germany's designs is very likely
of a piece with the report of Il combina,
ton OF powers 10 dictate the future OF
the Philippines. The probable fact il
that the German government is not seri
Ously concerning itself about the islands
and has no definite policy in regard IL
them. That Germany will at any time
assume to dictate what the United
States shall do with this territory, when
it shall be in Il complete possession, i,
most Improbable. That any combination
OF European powers IA be formed witt
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
SANTIAGO.


Sydney Reid in New York Sun.
The thirst | had was two miles long and
half a mile twas wide,
And red hot desert wastes of sand were
scorching me inside,
And barbed wire and cactus plants they
lifted half my hide
OF uniform | scarcely mad a rag, o.
| wore beside my pClt.
My gun and cartridge belt,
/ thought I'd need them both in San
tiago.
1t was our colonel led us on, our captain
shouted ''Eit!'
And as we scrambled upward there were
dozens of us hit,
For down the MaGSer blizzard swept from
fort and rifle pit
Upon that spot our colonel lost his
nag, o!
Yet he ran on before,
An cyeglassed goa OF war,
Crying, Follow me, brave boys, to
Santiago!'
We burrowed through the thickets, and
the thorns we didn't mind.
The wounded men they cursed because
they had to stay behind,
And when we couldn't see the foe we still
went at him blind
Chasing him from every crest and
Crag, OF
And fifty hours of fight
Went on by day and night,
Before we set a foot in Santiago.
Though Spanish dons, they did their best
to entertain us we'll:
We bore them back before us, with ringing
cheer and rOuSing yell;
At last old Wig-wag IN the sky shook out
his flag 10 tell:
Our admiral has Cervcra in his bag, o!
When you give us the ghost,
Your Children's sons may boast,
Our fathers father fought at San
tia-o!"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

We presumed hhap Mr.. Rosewater will sup
sight.-omaha W~orld-Herald.
This contemplate fling is in keeping
with the policy pursued by the hold-up
organ. NeithsnJ tcsewater o The Bee
has ever asked or received pay for
supporting or opposing any candidate or
issue. In striking contrast with the
World. Herald The Bee has been built
up by honest labor and its income de-
rived exclusively from legitimate
sources. While The Bee has contrib
uted thousands of dollars of its own
money to defray the campaign expenses
of candidates whom it believed to he
worthy, 1t is notorious that few men get
the support Of the World-Herald with
out buying 1t. The paper that o
years ago sold its editorial space for $40
a day to n rotten candidate for gov
ernor whom 1t was pretending TO oppose
and Topped from one side to the other
on the silver question for n cash con
sideration should be thel last to indulge
i'm intimations' that dough Will pur-
chase the favor of The Bee. The paper
whose chief proprietor had n slip III the
drawer of the defaulting city treasurer
representing an advance of stolen pubhc
money and was kept on his legs by the
financial favor of BARLEY cannot re-
store public confidence in his Sell-out
sheet by malicious and baseless IN
nuendoes ~assailing the integrity of The
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
CAPITAL IL WAITING,

A great deal of eastern capital. it is
waiting for the new channels for profit
able employment which are expected to
be opened after the war. 1t is the Opin-
ion that there will be great %opportuni-
ties for American capital in Cuba and
undoubtedly the development of that
island. which it is reasonably expected
will be rapid when Il stable government
shall have Deer established there, will
give employment to II vast amount of
capital. Porto Rico, also, is looked upon
prise. The former American consul to
the island says that it awaits only
American capital and energy to make
it one of the richest tropical islands in
the world. Undoubtedly more or less
American capital will ultimately go to
the Philippines and also to the Ha-
waiian islands. though the latter are not
likely to draw very heavily upon our
financial ~esources.
While opportunities for the profitable
investment of capital will certainly be
afforded in Cuba, Porte Rico and the
Philippines, the probability is great that
enterprise in those quarters will AS
sumo Il speculative character and be-
com so everdone that losses will very
nearly balance gains. 1t is to be borne
in mind that American capital will not
monopoliZe these fields, though it
should have much the larger share in
their development, at least those nearest
to us. We shall undoubtedly, however,
find the competition of European capital
very active and we cannot hope to get
all the best chances that will be offered
Doubtless foreign capitalists are wait,
ing for the opening of these fields ms
fully prepared to enter them as soon
as they are opened. The measure OF
our success will be determined by ou,
ability to meet this competition.
There is now an abundant supply OF
capital in the United States and the
diversion Of Il few hundred millions tc
Cuba and elsewhere would not interfere
with our own steady development. In
deed. if American capital should be Sc
largely drawn away from the country as
to render the supply for home require
ments inadequate the deficiency woult
readily be made up by foreign capital
There is not tn. least danger thai de
velopmCnt of the United States will
ever have to halt because of an inSuf
ficiency OF capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
Splendid work of Ia Regulars.
New York World.

The regular troops of the United States
army nave done so exactly what was con-
idently expected of them that their splendid
performances before Santiago have excited
less comment than have the equally heroic
deeds of the volunteers. We all accepted, as
a matter OF course, that the regulars and
their West Point officers would act up to the
high standard fixed by the history Of their
organization. But matters OF course should
not pass without recognition, All but three
regiments of the army which accompanied
Shafter are regulars, well trained, perfectly
disciplined, hardy. Intelligent American sol
diers, differed by men whose superiors are
not found in the armies of the world. The
work OF the regulars has proved this.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
moRKlNn 4 RrNcn GIVE.

The course which The Bee has pur-
sued with regard TO the exposition from
its inception to the present day has
been honorable, unsclnsh and consist
cnt. It's sole object has been to insure
the success OF the exposition from every
point OF view aud thus make the en-
terprise rebound to the credit of its pro-
i%ectors and promoters and the glory Of
Omaha and the transmississippi coun-
try.
When public sentiment was still way
ering as 10 its practicability The Bee
exertcd all its influence to inspire pop
ular confidence in the colossal under.
taking. When it was in danger of being
wrecked by dishonest employees and
thieving contractors, 1t sounded the
alarm and stopped the perpetrators of
the frauds and jobbery from continuing
their operations. When the exposition
required substantial financial supper II
came to its rescue cordially and vigor.
ously not only by urging others to con
tribute, but by placing at its disposal
both money and credit and Invaluable
space.
While mediocre would-be rivals have
by turns blown hot and cold and have
at every stage sought to cmbarrass the
editor of The Bee in the laborious task
assigned To him MS one of the exposition
managers, their malicious assaults have
not and cannot divert him lfoln the re-
CtlnI1Gt1ln .1ttiNr 90 ,,rnt,tf,A. A. -...
ests of the exposition ana the people
who have generously contributed to it.
support. For this reason The Bee will
not allow itself to be inveigled or driven
into a controversy which would tend to
damage or cripple the exposition.
That the internal affairs of the cxposi-
ton need reforming and reorganization
In some particulars is admitted. but the
demand for Il public investigation comes
from II source everybody knows to be
jnSinccre and hypocritical. If g. NJ.
Hitchcock were an honest friend of the
exposition instead of a sneaking, covert
enemy. he would not perSiStently seek
to array the country press against 1t 10y
false representations nor would he have
attempted to create contention inside OF
the directory over trivial matters when
lis attention is imperatively needed to
devise ways and means for supplement-
ing the efforts of the managers to Sc
cure the largest possible results out Of
the enterprise.
If he really desires an impartial and
searching Investigation into the manaEr
ment of any or all of the departments,
he is in position to institute it through
the board of directors. of which he Is Il
member. 1t is not to he expected, how
ever, that he will do anything of the
kind. because his aim II object is to
force the washing of Soiled exposition
linen in public or try to make it appear
that the structures of The Bee concern
ing complaints made and reforms de
manded are inspired by hostility 20 ii'ei
i'm the executive committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

SClND4LIZING THE REFORM PARTY.
Chairman Edmisten has found at
least one sincere but deluded champion
in the editor OF the Fremont Leader,
who processes to see in the published
report of the s~elf-Styled reform commit
tees convincing proof that the popo-
cratic campaigns in Nebraska ARE con-
Quoted in such an honest, straightfor-
ward manner that they can bear the
closest scrutiny" We are further as
sured that they have been conducted as
a business house would conduct its bust
ness.
This is decidedly refreshing. When a
well-cOnducted business house employs
an agent TO disburSe its funds, he is
not expected or allowed to pocket Il part
of the funds or 10 pay his private debts
out of money that belongs to his EN-
ployers. This is precisely what the re-
port shows was done with the contri-
buttons assessed upon popocratic Office
holders and aspiring statesmen of that
political creed.
AllOlllpI anu lioit ltl poiil
overlooked by our Fremont contem-
porary is the fact that according to the
Edmisten report the reformers have
adopted and pursued the very policy fol
| which they had been denouncing both
Of the old parties. 1t shows that the
| reformers have been scaling salaries
and lcvying forced contributions on of
ficeholders. from Senator Allen down tC
the ianitor in the state house. 1t shows
that ii large part of the money collected
including 500 wrunG out of Bryan, has
been absorbed by Il half dozen political
lceches and boodlers who turned reform
ers after being spewed out by the ole
parties. 1t is this scandalous knocking
down of campaign funds that justly
subjects the reform forces to rebukc.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

people. Just as well might the robber who
steals your purse of gold return the empty
purse hoping thus to gain your confidence
ana secure an opportunity to repeat the
theft. The present is a pretty late day for
the officials who have broken every pledge
made to the people before election to in
augurate a system of reform that will be
effective or vote catching.
Washington Pulse (rep): Candidates for
state office are still springing. up on every
side. There is no dearth of available men.
Ihey are plenty. which is all the more
reason why the right ones should be chosen.
The republican party stands today before
the voters of the state just as the Amer
lean forces stand before the world-fore-
ordained to win, But, like the American
s%oldiery, its leaders should be men of cour-
age and capacity, enjoying the esteem and
confidence of the people. We may succeed
with any old candidates. with the right
ones we must and will. The responsibilities
of the state convention are onerous and i'm
perative. Sift out the old hacks and ring
sters that made the party the prey of spoils-
men and embezzlers and winked the other
eye at rascality. There are black sheep in
every flock and those acts were the mis-
takes OF men, not the faults of the party
they so grossy misrepresented. Its aspiring
aims and lofty principles, like stars in a
cloudy sky, still glow as brightly and I'M
dimmed as If their light. had never been
obscured for a moment by the shadows of
selfishness and personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Sift them out. Sift them all out. There
are true patriots in politics just as there
are in armies. Let it be the duty of the
state convention to find them.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

The board of control which has just
taken c~hargciof the Iowa state institu-
tons has been complimented for gal
lantry in having resolved upon paying
men and women the same wages for
equal services, The compliment in that
form obScures the real merits of the ac-
ton. If the board raised the salaries
of the women employed in state institu-
tlons because Of gallantry the board
Numbered badly, 1t is probable the
new rule was adopted for business rea-
Sons only. The board ought to be com
plimented for business sense and not
for %gallantry.-
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11
4 PLEA For THE G4MRLERs

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1t was in accord with the eternal fit
ness of things for Attorney Ransom,
who represented the gamblers who were
recently prosecuted in the criminal
courts, TO appear before the district
court on behalf of the defunct police
commission under whose protection the
convicted gamblers were operating. 1t
is also in accord with the eternal fitness
OF things for the chief of police who
makes affidavit that Omaha is better
pollced now than ever in its history to
permit the reopcning of n resort whose
keeper only Il few weeks ago came into
court to plead guilty to the charge of
setting up and maintaining gambling
devices. This is done boldly in anticipn-
ton that the courts will permit the
Herdman board to continue its career
of law defiance during the remaining
period of the exposition.
1t is an Open secret that $1,000 Il
month was subscribed by the gamblers
combine on Il guaranty of police protec-
ton. That guaranty can be made good
only by the Herdman police board re-
naming in power for the next three
months, Attorney RanSom's pathetic
plea on behalf of the outlaw police com
mission Is therefore nothing more nor
clients who are anxious for an oppor-
tunity to fleece the visiting strangers at
tracted by the exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

The defunct Herdman police commits
sioners announce their intention to hold
on as long as they possibly can in spite
of the fact that the supreme court has
declared uhconstitutional the law from
which they pretend to draw authority.
But this Is only on n par with their
other exhibitions of lawleSSness. Moth
ing else could be expected from men
who sought their appointments for the
purpose of %feathering their own nests
by the sale of police protection to the
vicious and criminal classes.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

Brandenburg, which his father represented
In the United Diet. OF hrst approach to a
Prussian Parliament, In the year iSi7.
MIR. Philip Sheridan. a member Of the
bar and a nephew Of General shcr-
idan, is on his way to the Klondikc as crown
prosecutor and agent for several companies.
The trm Of Cash 4 Penny. painters and
paper hangers In stratford, Ontario. is dis
solved by the retirement Of MIR. Cash. The
amount Of the commodity which MIR. Cash
has taken with him is not stated. though
we have 1t on excellent authority that n
tolerably pretty Penny remains.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

The Bee reproduces an interesting
sample of the made-to-ordcr war news
inflicted on the public by the sensa-
tional Fakcry. 1t is the detailed de-
scription of an imaginary attack on san
tiaco printed in the Saturday World
Herald, telling how the bombardment
had been begun and the Spanish were
returning Il weak fire. AS Il matter of
fact, no attempt was made Saturday
to lombard Santiago and not even a
gun was fired by army or navy. But of
curse this vas no obstacle in the way
of the Fakery's fiction writer's, who
wanted to make papers sell, who will
continue to practice the same kind of
fraud upon that part of the public gull
bic enough to cough up good money for
such fake sheets.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

There are plenty of strong, clean and
capable republicans to fill every place
OH state, Legislative and county tickets.
No excuse can be offered for loading the
party up this year with played-out ma
chine politicians or with jobbers and
ringsters OF their associates. Every re-
publican candidate for the year 1858
should be able to add strength to the
ticket rather than to discredit II or
wpnkpn II
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

The man who was made chief of police
without n days experience In police
work has called upon members of the
force to testify to the efficiency of the
work don under his direction. The
only responses he was able TO secure.
however, We're from men who either
have had less police experience than
himself, if Such n thing could be, or
whose records are diSgraced with all
sorts of scandal and connivance with
crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-11

Copyright, 1898. by the New York journal
Special to the World-H erald)
Washington, ID. c., July 9.-For SON rea-
son news from the front is being guarded
with great secrecy. Some officials of the
war department deny the story of the bonn
bardment. I and several other correspond
ents got a positive statement. of the bonn
bardment at 1926 from Victor Mason, pri-
vate secretary of Alger.
Another official in the same office said
at ? o'clock that firing at Santiago was be-
coming very heavy.