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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

capture Santiago or the Spanish army for each would be protected by Cerve- ra's guns. What could General Shaf- ter's army do against Cervera's ships, without even field artillery and with no engineers?
 It was contemplated that General Shafter would employ against Cerve- ra's ships siege and mortar guns, and he took them W ith him. Whether they were ever landed do not know. But one thing is certain; there was no transportati ton to bring them to the front General Shafter had no trans portation sufficient to properly feed his army on the heights of San Juan and Fl Caney, and what use was there in talking about bringing up siege guns and mortars? How could such guns be got over San Juan river (which the sol- diers in fording found to be waist and arm-pit deep) without the pontoon bridge, and the pontoons were on the Alamo and Breakwater on the way back to Tampa
 As we know now, with certainty long before the siege and mortar guns could have been put into position General Shafter's army would have been useless through sickness.
 If General Shafter had retreated July 3d he would have saved his army much sickness caused by exposure and insuf- ficient food, and lack of medical help, between July 3d and July 14th, the day of the surrender, but, nevertheless, the retreat would have revealed the disas- trous condition of affairs, and the army ,af aJ 1a pff cix a in long time, nor under General Shaf- ter.
 No wonder that officer had been sick in his tent flor few days with slight malarial fever" He recovered instant ly the news came of Cerveras destruc- tion.
 Captain Clark, of the Oregon, has stated that "Cervera made the mistake
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
ETERYBoDY sATISEIED.

One of the few head men in the army who seem able to get anything done is General Wheeler. He can make medi- cal directors direct and army wagons move. He went into the war with a we'll earned reputation as fighter. He will come out of it with his reputation as fighter increased and his reputa- tion as a manager of men in spite of red tape established Such a man de- serves the honor of his fellow citizens. He has it, and that honor is very con- spicuous now in the congressional dis trict which General Wheeler was rep resenting when his fiery soul heard and answered the call to arms. He will come up for reelection this fall, and he will probably be unanimously elected. His two Democratic oppo- nents withdrew after the brilliant af- fair at Santiago, in which General Wheeler was hero Then the popu- iloI uoEli dllI SIdCCluliy Su66tStG0 ll1dI the election should be made unanimous in favor of the dashing cavalryman. The suggestion seems to have been a wise one, for the announcement now comes from Montgomery that ''the Re- publicans of the Eighth Alabama dis trict, out of regard for the splendid services in war of the present Demo- cratic congressman General Joseph Wheeler, have resolved not to make any nomination in that district, but to cast the solid vote of their party for the renomination of the little gen. eral"
 And every patriot in the country will say Amen!
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
THE FRENCH N4TY.

If France doesn't have a real navy soon it will not be the fault of M. Lock- roy, the Minister of Marine. He is ex- posing the condition of affairs with great anxiety over the situation in the far East, where, he says, French sea power is lamentably inferior to that of England and even of Germany Com- posed of wooden vessels, these divi- sions, in case of war, would, he de- clares, almost inevitably share the fate of the Spanish fleets of Cavite and San tiago. The ships are old and would burn like matches. "A vessel with any wood aboard it is bound to perish" ," declares M. Lockroy. Now the French fleet in the far East consists mainly of vessels of the type of the Bayard and the Vauban, half wood and half iron Their presence, says M. Lockroy, is "a French fleet in the far East, he implies, could not vie in battle with that of Japan. The Atlantic division is com posed of the Dubourdieu, wooden ves- sel notoriously unseaworthy, the D'Es- taing, another wooden cruiser, the Rigault de Genouilly, also wooden, and the Fulton, more wooden still" These are the remnants of the wooden fleet built in 1875 and 1876, the construction of which, according to M Lockroy, was veritable crime. These obsolete ves- sels will be superseded by modern steel cruisers, some of them new. For the Indian Ocean and the Pacific there are no suitable vessels ready. A number of new vessels are, however, in pro- cess of construction. In the Pacific vessels capable of remaining a long time at sea are needed, and in this re- spect the French navy is weak. M. Lockroy hopes to have more efficient vessels in service before the middle of October. The service journals are not particularly enthusiastic over his ac- tivity, which one of them characterizes as the "fussiness of a civilian
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

What do you understand by the line Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink?'" asked the Kentucky major.
 Why, that there wasn't anything but water to be had" replied the Kentucky colonel.-Chicago Evening Poet.
 The widow-Im awfully afraid John wasn't dead, and we buried him alive. Friend of the family-Oh, you needn't worry, Mrs. Greene. If he hadn't been dead, he'd a-laughed right out at some of the nice things that were said by the parson.-Boston Transcript.
 "No," said Senator Sorghum, with emphasis, T can't talk for publication to-day" But, senator, In all the years of our acquaintance this is the first time you ever declined to let me quote you" II don't want you not to quote me. I want you to say decline to be interviewed, This is confidential; I've concluded it's time for me to act as If I'd got to be so important that dasn't talk for fear of giving something big away."-Washingto Star.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
Opposite Postomce

of his life in quitting the harbor,' and that where he was The held the key of the situation"
 This is the literal truth. Study the map of Santiago harbor and consider . that the channel was mined and guarded by torpedo batteries on the shores, and that only one of Sampson's fleet could, even if it got past these diff faculties, be brought into position to fight single handed the whole of Cerve- ra's fleet, and you will see how fool- hardy 1t was for Sampson to try to force entrance into the harbor. We know it was never contemplated as long as Cervera's fleet was there.
 Cervera understood the situation. He had provisions enough and suf1- cient coal He lent his marines and light guns to the Spanish army. He knew that at least until Shafter began to use siege and mortar guns his fleet was safe.
 He has always insisted that he left Santiago, not of his own judgment, but against 1t, and solely because he was ordered to go.
 Here is the explanation of the whole matter: Ramon Blanco, commanding officer of the whole Spanish army and navy in Cuba, as Havana, three to four hundred miles away, probably scared by the fierce, bulldog advance of Shafter's army, took the bits in his own teeth, and by telegraph perempto- rily ordered Cervera to go out and fight for his escape.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
SOME MODERATE mANrs

Those who are looking for signs of the Social Democratic party in Wiscon- sin. The platform of the party is an extensive one, and includes an eight hour working day and an unbroken rest for at least thirty-siX hours for every wage-worker every week; the prohibi- tion of the employment of children un- der sixteen years of age, and the em- ployment of women at night in factories and workshops; compulsory education of all children under sixteen by public assistance in meals, clothing, etc., where necessary; free maintenance of such pupils in higher educational insti- tutions after sixteen years of age as are fitted for further education; books and utensils free in all schools; repeal of all pauper, tramp and conspiracy laws; employment of unemployed labor tion by State of trades unions and farmers alliances; the State to insure farmers property against fire, hail, etc., at cost an efficient employers liability; free administration of the law and free legal assistance to all citizens; compen- sation to persons accused, imprisoned or condemned unjustly; free medical assistance and free supply of remedies to all; a graduated income and prop erty tax to meet all public expenses which are to be met by taxation, the corporations to pay their just share; universal suffrage, without distinction of sex, of adults who can read and write in any language; holding elec- tions on legal day of rest; direct leg islation by the people by means of ini- tiative and the veto, the veto power of the governor to be abolished; the sen- ate to be abolished.
 This isn't much for citizens of this great, free and unconquerable country to demand. They are modest in not de- manding exemption from death and taxes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
CAST.

Composer-Did you hear the torment and despair in my tone poem, "Tanta- lus," that I just played you? Listener No; but I noticed them on the faces of the audience.-F'liegend Blatter
 She-It seems to me that all through this war one party has been jest as patriotic as the other. He-That's all right, Maria but it's gettin' too nigh lection time to admit anything like that.-Puck.
 q suppose there are many problems which Polar explorers seek to solve?'' said the unscientific man. Yes" re- piled the intrepid traveller, "a great many" What is the most important one?" Getting back. ."-Boston Tray eler.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
ADYERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent a Worw each in sertion. Five Gents a Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In, sertion, $1,20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one. week. $3,20; one month. Slo; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse. 10 cents per line Notices of Births Mar riages, Deaths anI Funerals, 30 cents each. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unobjectlonable). and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

Drug stores are decreasing in num- her in the United States, notwithstand- ing the increase in population. That was the conclusion of demonstration
 made by Joseph Feil of Cleveland at the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical association, held in po,t,poore the other day. The decrease varies in different parts of the country, ranging from IS per cent. in Pennsyl-
 vania in the last two years to 24.6 per cent. in Texas. The total number of drug stores in the United States in the years 1896, 1897. and 1898 was shown by the paper presented to be, respectively,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

A correspondent in Porto Rico says that the Spanish government built about 150 miles of military roads which compare favorably with any roads in the United States. All other roads in the island are little better than mud paths. A good part of the coffee crop of Porto Rico is carried to the coast by pack mules, because roads are im- passable for loaded vehicles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07
FASHION NOTES.
With mDeweyn Flounce.

Empire gowns have been pretty thoroughly out of it for some time now
 even for house wear, but this fashion is reappearing. All the new ones are trimmed in such way that they are plainly a freshly advanced lot, and there is little danger of their being confounded with the bygones The art ist pictures here an attractive exam pie of this revival It was In dove gray voile mousselne line with pink. Its skirt was gathered to the short bodice, many yokes of the present fashions, and was trimmed around the bottom with several lace frills In Dewey
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

It would perhaps be cruel to ask Col onel Paty du Clam to commit suicide, as Colonel Henry did, but he really ought to kill his name.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

The word ablegate, says a we'll known Roman Catholic priest, seems to have a weird fascination for the American press; for, though it has been explained hundreds of times that the representative of the Pope in this country is not an ablegate, but an Apostolic Delegate, which is a grade higher at least seven out of ten papers habitually refer to Archbishop Mar tinelli as an ablegate. An ablegate is a temporary representative of the Pope for some special function, while an Apostolic Delegate is his permanent representative in a foreign country. The funniest thing is that some papers use the two words in the same article to describe Archbishop Martinelli. It is as though writer should refer to MT. Mckinley as President and Vice President"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

A good many people cast their bread upon the waters expecting to get milk toast as a result.-Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

An inquisitive Pittsburg man has found 2o5 couples to respond to his in- quiry as to the tempers of married people Of these he found only 46 husbands that could be classed as good -humored, while 52 per cent. of the wives had good tempers. Of the bad tempered men 32 had good-tempered and 22 tempered wives. The ex- treme cases noted showed 23 per cent. of wives who were ''fretful," IS per cent who were violent" and 6 per cent. who were Every masterful."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

DFIlvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 16 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, S8FoR sIx MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

Chicago is as cosmopolitan as New York in spots. The persons who would talk in their native tongue to the people living between Chicago avenue and Superior street and May street and Centre avenue in Chicago must speak fifteen distinct and separate languages. It is the most cosmopolitan block in Chicago Nineteen different nations are represented in it, and it has only 231 people within it's four streets. Their nationality is as follows: Americans. 35; Irish, 9; English, 4; Scotch, 2; Cana dian, 2: German, 83; Danish, 10; Hun garian, | Polish, IA; Bohemian, g. Chi nese 2; French, 2; Hollandish, 8; Ital- ian, 5; Norwegian, 13; Russian, 8; Swedes, (; Swiss, 4; Welsh, 2; of mixed percentage, IS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

THE NPUBL1sHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

As an appropriate way of celebrating the end of the century. the Wesleyan Methodists of England propose to raise tury fund. Of this total $1,5OO,oO0 would be devoted to church extension, s100O,- 900 to education, $50O,0OO each to the Home and Foreign missionary societies and $1,250000 to the erection of @ de- nominational house in London. The Roman Catholic church will probably celebrate the same event by pilgrim ages to holy places, such as Lourdes.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-07

Sugar imports from Porto Rico dur ing the twelvemonth ended June 30 last were 9O.554,414 pounds, or about 100000 pounds more than for the pre- vious government year. The sugar product of the island is largely absorb ed by the United States and the an- nual imports have ranged from 80,000,- 900 to 1000c0,000 pounds with consider able regularity during ten years past. Under American national ownership and control of the island, with no duty to pay, the sugar imports from that quarter should be largely increased.
The representative., 1898-04-27
April 2. 1898.
A Great War Book.

One of the most noticeable books Of
the times is Our Country in War and
Our Relations With Foreign Nations"
by Murat Halstead, the great war cor
respondent and editor. published by the
National Educational Union, Chicago
It Is a graphic review Of our army, navy
and coast defenses, our relations with
Spain, Cuba and all foreign nations. It
compares Spain and the United States,
describes the Spanish army, navy and
coast defenses, and tells Of their strength
and weakness. The author carefully
analyses our relations with all nations
OF the earth and their probable action
In our fight with Spain. The history of
Cuba Is told in vivid and interesting
way. Perhaps no living man could write
book like this so we'll as Murat Hal
stead, whose work as war correspond
ent in Cuba, in the civil war, in the
Franco o-Prussian war; whose friendship
for such men as Bismarck. Won Moltke.
Grant, Sherman, Lee, Mckinley and
scores of other statesmen and generals.
and whose wide experience as journal
list have peculiarly fitted him for this
work. The book Is certainly right up to
date and contains the information the
people now want. IN
The representative., 1898-04-27

We have received several letters Of
late from members Of the Alliance, who
requested the same to be published in
these columns. Owing to the severe
criticisms which our correspondents in
dulged in. and the severity OF the attack
upon L. c. Long for his action in the
Alliance movement recently, we have
thought best to not publish the same,
as it would do no good and result in
a great deal of bad feeling between men,
bers. who. when this matter is all
cleared up. will be found fighting to-
gether against the common foe, instead
OF each other. would therefore ask all
our members not to be hasty and rush
into print, as we may have cause to
regret what we said under excitement
when we get cooled off. Let us take the
advice Of our esteemed National Vice
President. Brother Rahilly, in last
weeks Representative, Ito forbear with
each other and settle our difficulties
among ourselves"
The representative., 1898-04-27
A GENEROUS OFFER
hOU CAN IMPROVE THE BREED OF
YOUR FOWLS AND HELP THE
REPRESENTATIVE,

MIR. Hamlin v. PoOre, Of Bird Island,
A1inn., makes the following liberal
proposition, which every Populst
farmer In the country should take adj
Vantage of and thereby help The
Representatives.
Mr. POOre will supply for 81, &c eggs
of the Barred Plymouth Rocks and
for every setting ordered through the
Representative, Mr. P0Ore will ship
to the one sending the order, 20 eggs.
securely and carefully packed, de-
livering the same at the express ONCE
at Bird Island, aud nfty cents of every
dollar Will be donated to the Repre.
tentative.
Remember that while obtaininx the
eggs Of splendid fowls at much less
than the usual price, you arc helping
the Representative and tho cause Of
reform.
Now IL the time to order. Sand In
your orders ~ once to The Represeu-
tative, ea2 Boston Block, Minneapolis,
0olnn.
The representative., 1898-04-27
THE REPRESENTATIVE WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27 1sga

faith: the only one who can take up tho
warp and woo6 Of torn and discord-
ant party and weave it into q harmon
ious and enthusiastic whole. Let the
Citizens-Democrats take care Of them
selves, but look out for Erwin."-SStt.
Paul Dispatch.
The full houses which greet the
'Tall Pine" are the best evidence Of his
popularity among the Masses When he
Is billed to speak in the neighborhood Of
either Of the other candidates, he emp
ties their halls and packs his own. It
begins to look as though Bill will win
out. He is receiving the active and earn
est support OF nearly all Populists.
]. G. HANLEY.
The representative., 1898-04-27
IN MEMORIAM.

One Of our most steadfast reformers
passed last week into the great be.
yond.
He was staunch supporter Of the
Peoples Party since its formation and
went down fighting for it's flag. Louis
Brownell. Of Aitken, whose pointed let
ters in the Representative our readers
have seen Of late, although 70 years OF
age, has been as active as young man
until last fall. when he was attacked
with serious stomach and bowel trouble.
SO that all winter his hope of recovery
had been sad disappointment. Although
he had been able to do little private
business we received letters from him
with sentences like the following: "The
fusion policy has already milked that
Populist cow too often, and all true Peo-
ple's Party men know that fusion is a
sham and fraud" =" whoever ia
not for the government ownership Of
the railroads must be in favor of the rail-
road ownership OF the government;
there is no middle ground to stand on
in this matter" :" "The issues are
on trial and who Is not for us Is against
us" II have sublime faith that
you will 60 forward in a manly way and
put Peoples Party ticket in the field.
as there is no other ticket that we will
support or can support" ri do
not know a single Populist In this county
who Is not in favor OF straight Peoples
Party nomination without reservation or
qualification of any kind"' "Why, to
nominate or support John Lind because
he is good man but has not courage
or manliness enough to espouse our
principles and stand on our platform is
only repetition Of the Bryan folly.
which has nearly destroyed our party"
Some of our leaders, like
Butler, are ever ready to desert a party
and cause for their own personal gain"
THE success of our principles
and our party at the polls, is all tnat
stands between us and a war to regain
our lost liberty" LET us stand
for principle. and trust the result to
God. Rather than the Democratic party
should go into power as the instrument
Of the robber trusts and combines. l
would. to prevent 1t. even vote to con-
tinue the g. 0. P. in power. for with its
known infamy, 1t will be easier in the
future to root 1t out, than the Demo-
cratic party IL It gets in, without 1t Is
openly for the people. which =. is not
and never will be-"
These were some Of Louis Brownell's
last words, impressive and solemn, not
only because OF the crisis now ON. but
because of those faithful lips now sealed
in death.
Who will say that he Is not happier
The representative., 1898-04-27

hail. little over So cents Of each dollar
paid them by the farmer for expense and
surplus. And by the insurance commits
sionea's report OF 1897, find they col
lected from assessments $4O,172, while
their expenses were as follows: Commits
sions. $6,840; officers salaries and ad-
justing. $5.022: other expenses, S7.971.
making total OF $19,833.
for expenses for transacting business Of
little over $4O,0OOOO.
# this is the economy, F. 8. s. H. Is
parading 50 much before the public, I
for one want no more Of It, But F. s. &
H. tells us this company paid $36. .795 for
losses in 81. True. but to do this they
only took some Of the money that they
kept in those years OF light hail, when
they retained almost so cents on each
dollar, and the fact remains that it cost
them almost 100000 to do about $40, 900
Of business in 1897. And according to F.
8. & H. it has cost them for the four
years just past an average Of almost so
cents on each dollar
hope you will publish this in your
next issue and make 1t as plain as you
possibly can. for the farmers surely ought
to know what they are doing before they
insure their crops. Give us all the light
you can
Yours truly,
J.OLsON.