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The Holly chieftain., 1898-04-01
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| This week a bright aurora flashes over
the town of Thomson, Ga, where the
bronze poll of the Hon. Tom WATSON ways
and CLEANS. Tom has long been the pillar
of the Cracker Populists' hope. This year he
is more than their pillar; he is their tenn
pie and citadel. They hold their State Con-
vention on Wednesday, and they are bound
to nominate Tom for Governor. He is just
as eager not to be nominated as they are to
nominate him. He has sworn by almost
all the holy vows of heaven that he will
not take the nomination. He wants TO
stick to the practice of the law and to be-
come a plutocrat. Yet the rage for battle
is thought to shoulder in his bosom. Bat
tie, and plenty Of it, is the cry of the ir-
reconcilable Middle-of-the. Road Populists
who want to nominate Tom. to jump upon
fusion, and to rush for the scalp of the Hon.
MARION BUTLER. now Chairman Of the
Populist National Committee.
Mr.. BUTLER is the person who tried to
suppress TOMS letter accepting the nom
nation for Vice President. Mr.. BUTLER
is as smooth as honey for a union of all the
sons of silver, Democrats. Republicans,
and Populists. He is a Side.of.thc- Road
IOpullSt. Inc non. LON ATSON mas
hurled many letters and leading articles
at the North Carolina trimmer. Now he
has a rare chance to hurl himself, and he
may be unable to refuse it.
A considerable number of Populists are
weary of fusion with the Democrats. They
were restless under it in 1895, and they
have been growing more restless ever since.
The straight Populist party had a choice
collection of Bedlam notions. Why should
it retire in favor of the Democracy, which
has filched a few of those notions1 The
Middle.of.the-Roa Populists are fervid
and high-ranting fellows. They are tired
Of being choked. They feel an imperious
necessity of expressing themselves, what
ever happens; and they are especially anx-
ious to eject the Hon. MARION BUTLER from
his present site. If they can draft Tom
WATSON, he will make a fight for straight
Populism whereat the whole country will
wonder, and the spirits and voices of all the
Middle-of-the Readers he lifted up.
Mischief may be b%rooding under the
bronze poll of Thomson Tom. He can
scare the Georgia Democrats, widen the
split in the Populist party, and meanwhile
have more h his moneys worth Of legit-
innate amusement.
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Now

From the Executive, from the army, from
the navy, and ut last from the Supreme
Court of the United States, have come in.
dependent warnings to Congress that our
national interests require imperatlvely
that Hawaii shall be annexed.
The treaty of annexation expresses the
Presidents opinion. There is no doubt
about what he thinks. Annexation Is the
policy of this Administration.
Lieut.. Gen. SCHoFIELD and Rear-Admi-
raj BELKNAP, both now upon the retired
list, have urged from the point of view of
their respective professions the necessity
of this measure for the protection Of the
Pacific seacoast and the safeguarding Of
American upon the western
ocean. Their opinion Is powerfully rein
forced by that high authority upon naval
strategy, Capt. MAHAN.
Likewise speaking individually. Mr.. JUS
tice HARLAN Of the Supreme Court de-
clares that it would be folly, almost Grim.
inal, to neglect the opportunity now pre-.
sented for the annexation of Hawaii
In one sense these distinguished gentle.
men speak from different points of view
but in another and n more important sense
their advice is inspired by the same pa
triotic Americanism.
Events in the East are fastening to con-
firm their Judgment. This is no time for
the short.sighted folly that amounts, as
Justice HARLAN says, almost to crime.
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From the Philadelphia Press.
NEW York, March l1.-Early this week one of tho
State Senators. who Is regarded as speaking for
Croker when he pretends to be speaking for himself.
asserted privately to friends in this city that the bill
regulating the newspaper press. ana in effect estaD.
fishing a censorship, would be passed. even II every
newspaper in the State denounced II.
Almost every newspaper did 10 that. because the
belief was general that the bill was the most danger.
GUS assault upon the people of the press-notwith.
standing that under it certain vicious and demoraI!z.
ing publications could he reached and prosecuted and
ended-which has been undertaken for more than u
hundred years. 1t was clear enough that the fate of
this measure rested In the decision OF Gov. Black.
There is no doubt that some OF the leaders OF his
party desired that II ~ adopted, and Croker had pub
licly spoken with favor Of II. To the Governor, di.
rectly. and to the nrmnpss and unanimlty OF tho
newspaper press of the state Is due the fact that the
measure Ia dead.
Gov. plicx. believing that u united press did repre-
sent overwhelming public sentiment. and being also
of the opinion that Tar greater danger lay In the pas
publication OF unworthy newspapers. earnestly, al.
though informally, advised some Of the member OF
the Legislature OF their mistake. and, IL IL understood.
left The Inference In the minds Of these men that IL
the bill came TO him he could not approve It.. There
are some politicians who viii feel HEimosity tow ard
the Governor for lLis act. for they had set their hearts
upon the passage OF this law. HoLI AND.
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for . long time contributed 10 the greatness and the
glory Of the empire. To that greatness and TO that
glory Scotland has freely given her share, and even
more than her share. In treasure. brain and blood"
They proceed to prove "this unjust and
unconstitutional attempt to Anglicisc the
United Kingdom and to make England and
Englishmen the sole representatives Of
British power and of the British name" by
a long list Of transgressors headed by the
Queen herself, in her speeches from the
throne, and including the Marquis OF SAILS
JURY, Earl GRANVILLE, the Marquis o DUF-
FERN, and Lord WoIsEIEY, in their official
capacities, and the Duke Of CoNNAUGHT, in
addressing the Boston Ancient and Honor.
able Artillery, and by quotations from
orders in council and treaties. Even the
monument at Inkermann Is inscribed:
Erected by the British Army, In memory
OF the English, French, and Russians, who
fell In the battle of Inkermann, 9th Novem.
Der, 1854"
The opportunity to reply to the slurs of
the late DR.. JOHNSON, which still rankle in
the Scottish breast, is not lost. The petit
tion says:
This general and continuous use OF the terms
England and English In an imperial sense 10 a
direct aggression on the national honor OF Scotland.
and ia extremely irritating and annoying TO all Scots
men who have regard for the honor OF their country.
For such usage implies that Scotland IA part of. or is
simply n province of England. and the scotsmen are
subjects OF England. It IL insulting also to our PER.
sonAi honor as scotsmen; for Il implies that so long
as we obtain all the material advantages that are the
result of q union between the two countries, we are
OF so mercenary . character that national honor is TO
us n matter Of the greatest Indifference. We need
hardly point out to your Majesty how utterly errone-
Gus is this view Of tho Scottish national character"
The spirit that impelled JENNIE GEDDEs
to hurl the fateful stool at the Bishops
head throbs in this petition, and great
principles are at stake. Queen VICTORIA
will do we'll to heed her Scottish subjects
before THAT feeling of British unity" is
wholly destroyed and mend her own Eng
lish at least, II she cannot interfere with
common everyday speech.
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Thirty Fighting Billions.

The assessed valuation of real and per.
sonai property in the United States at the
time Of the Eleventh census was $25,473,
1T3,41S. This Is an understatement oil
the wealth of the nation in 1890, but the
figures are sufficiently impressive.
Between 1880 and 1890 the total assessed
valuation had increased from S17, 1s0,9O3,.
495 to $25, 473, and the assessed
valuation per capita had increased from
$341.7 10 to $4O7.1S. The most conservative
estimate of the assessed valuation in 1893
will not fall below 500, 600 600, 900. The
present valuation probably exceeds that
sum by two billions Of dollars.
What, then, is the emergency appropria-
ton of $50, 0 900, voted last week for
the national defence, and now available
for use by President MCKINLEY?
1t ia a tax of less than onr-sirfh Of one
per cent. upon the nations resources.
Now, in matters merely of local improve.
ment, not Of national self.protection and
self.preservation, an expenditure and an
Indebtedness up to 10 per cent. of total
valuation are we'll within the limit of pru-
dcnce set by financial experience.
Ten per cent. Of thirty billion dollars is
thr,e thousand million dollars; and three
thousand million dollars make sixty times
the amount of the initial appropriation
voted for defensive purposes last week by n
patriotic Congress. The present interest
bearing national debt is %S47, 600, 900.
That Is to say, Congress might go on ap-
propriating 100000, 900 a week for every
week during the rest Of the year 1898
before it had imposed upon our national
wealth II burden of bonded Indebtedness
corresponding to the limit set by the char
ter of the city Of New York upon bonding
for local improvements.
And after the 10 per cent. limit had been
reachedt We'll, then it might be time to
begin to talk about extraordinary OUTLAWS
anu pccuniary sacrifices for the sake of the
nations safety and honor.
These thirty billions are fighting bill
lions, II fighting there must be; and in any
consideration of the nations capacity to
prosecute and endure war they constitute
q principal factor.
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OUT OF HIS CRAZE AN ELM.
Tradition Says He Was Killed with an Elm
Club. and II Was Buried with Him

SiuD, ana IL was buried Win Hfm.
From the Rochester Onion and Advertiser.
ANGELICA, March 11.-Onc of tho most notice
able things to any one entering the Angelica
Cemetery grounds is an old marble slab head.
stone on which is the following inscription,
IRA Stephens. who died Sept. 20. 1903. aged -
years" Exactly in the centre of the grave is -
huge elm tree which is eighty feet high and
three feet through the trunk, and is as fine a
specimen of an elm tree as can be found. The
roots spread all over the grave and nearly tip
the marble slab. green and mouldy with age,
over on its face. The peculiar position OF tho
tree right in the centre of a grave causes stran'
gers to wonder how It came there;
Those in charge of tho last Allegany county
history, before offering 1t to the publishers. de-
cided to trace. If possible. from old residents
the cause of the tree being in so peculiar a place.
They found out and publish in their history the
following information: The first death in
of Mr.. Gibson, a resident of Angelica. was killed
in a quarrel over cards at Joseph Wilson's inn
present site of the Lightfoot block. and he was
the first ono buried In Angelica Cemetery. lie
was killed by some one unknown, with a huge
elm club. which was buried with him. Directly
which superstitious and credulous people say
grew from the club with which he was killed.
The Union representative talked with an old
gentleman 81 years of age who had been a resi-.
him his opinion on the subject. He said that
the tree had been there ever since he had lived
there. He claimed the only popularity in the
appearance OF the tree was the strange blood
color of the bark, there being at certain times in
the year large blotches of colored bark bearing
not able TO account for the stranRenoss or the
peculiar location of the tree.
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The jealousy of many eminent societies
OF great name will be stirred by the birth in
tho Wisconsin town OF Baraboo OF another
chapter OF the Ancient Exalted Order OF the
Elephant. The Ancient Exalted Order is di-
vided into herds, named from cities OF India,
and the ceremonies are said TO be very impress
sive." The Baraboo chapter is called Calcutta
Herd MOL Baraboo itself is an enchanted and
enchanting term. and is known TO students OF
Wisconsin balladry on account of the affecting
lines:
90. BAraboo. o, Baraboo.
Where tho Elephant jumped with the Kangaroo
The Koran is used in the initiatory work .of
the Ancient Exalted Order of the Elephant. but
1t is reasonably probable that the password Is
the early Circusian formula. Hey. RUBE!"
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What Ships We Need Most.

For several years W. have stopped con-
structing unarmored cruisers. the group of
half a dozen composite gunboats being our
last approximation to the cruising class.
We have been concentrating our efforts on
battleships and torpedo boats, and that fact
shows what we need"to buy now.
Not, indeed. that we have moderated the
value Of unarmored cruisers, for we are
relatively strong in them, and we also
know that we can in one sense, extempo-
rize them, in case of need, out of fast mer.
chantmen, which, when properly armed,
could aid greatly to destroy an enemy's
and protect our own. II we do
not mistake, a recent list showed, as the
result of official examinations, between
thirty and forty such vessels selected for
arming in the case of hostilities.
But an armored ship cannot be extern.
porized out of the mercantile marine, and
hence our first move now should be to Sc
cure battleships and coast defenders. In
buying ships intended for other countries
we may obtain also powerful guns and
mounts, such as we have not now In re-
serve and could not manufacture for n
long time to come. Some of those in
sight as salable are batt!cships of the sec
ond class but we may bc sure that Spain
will not find this an objection. II she wants
to buy them, while we may also be sure
that any good and new battleship or
armored vessel will be of permanent ser
vice to us, whatever its class.
The value of torpedo boats Of all types Is
equally clear. There, perhaps, we may be
helped out from domestic resources. as In
the case OF unarmored cruisers, fast steam
yachts being capable of transformation into
torpedo craft. In the same way powerful
tugs may become useful as rams. But we
ought also 10 gather mp all the foreign
torpedo boats that we can, and deprive
Spain Of them.
This last motive is also to he taken into
account even in the matter of unarmored
cruisers. 1t does not, to be sure. apply to
the cruisers Kasagi ut Philadelphia and
Chitose at a Francisco, because IL seems
clear that Japan would not sell them to
Spain, and In any case we could stop them
and settle the damages later. Still, even
these cruisers might be OF great use to us,
II they could be made ready for sea and
armed within two or three months. The
reputation of their builders Is a guarantee
OF their being good vessels. and they are
distinctly Of the protected cruiser class.
II same consideration would apply still
more strongly to fast foreign built pro-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-14

The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
spoke his piece at Rome. Ga, last week. In in
Producing him, Capt. JOHN J. SEAY, Mayor
elect" complimcnted both tho Italian Rome
and the Georgian. The latter, built on seven
hills. at the confluence Of two magnificent navi-
gable streams. surrounded by rich valleys and
beautiful mountains, lies in a panorama unsur-
passed in natural beauty and grandeur by any
city in the world" Ancient Rome was once
the mistress of the world; to her all nations Of
the earth paid tribute" Why is she no longer
the mistress of the world Why has the pay
ment OF the tribute ceasedl The Curse of Gold (!
The Curse Of Gold! II the Roman republic in its
last days had had a statesman and an economist
like the fearless, eloquent. and sagacious WILL
LIAM J. BRYAN, Latin would be the native
language of Lincoln. Neb., to-day.
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Foreign Notes or ReaI Interest.

Russia Is beginning to honor her Siberian explores
A statue is to be erected at ChaharOwsk. On 10
Amur. OF DeShnew. the Cossack who went by sea IA
thus sailing through Behring Strait for the rr'i
time. and proving that Asia was separated from
America. 1t il proposed. moreover, T. chang" ne
name of the East Cape into Cape peshnew, wh'ch
will probably be- objected to by goograrhers.
Lent has closed all theatres in Russia since tho Ne'
ginning OF Alexander HIS reign. 4 recent nba'e
now permits plays TO be performed during "a" p'p'
tentiai season. with the exception ~ tn" irrl ana
last weeks. A distinction ID made. however, between
grand opera and serious dramas on the one hand ana
comic opera on the other, the latter being siri''F
Forbid n unless given In a foreign Language. l""a'
authorities may prohiblt any performance n they
see NJ
date according TO the Kerue LIrur. rs follows eel"
DGbAclc.' which leads the list, luu.nno 'o,''''
MANA" $4,000; "LOurdcs.' lI5,Uuu "rA-'"i
moiT." 1874, OuO; La Terrc.' I2H.uDt. n'r'
100000; go rminnl' and 81" Rove" $4,000 ca ~,
ia DeIG Humalne," $4,000; Inc Page 4 Aln'Ni
POT Bouille." 40 Doctcur Pascal. e-,nnn "a'.
"L'Arsent." $4,000; AN Bonh"Ur de- !aw''
$4,000; "L'ocuyrC," $1,000; La Joir Il" Nhi'.
ol.OOO; LA Faute de rAbb6 Mourct." i",o" 10
Fortune dies Rougons' and LA CnnquHtr M" VT"
sans $4,000 each. and "Son Excellence iNs."'
Rougon." 10000. No figures are given for NJ ''i',
works; 'Therese Raquier," the "C"ntcs d SIMON
and the "SoiTees do M6dan."
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tected cruisers that can be delivered now
or within q few weeks, and that would be
armed and complete in other respects. and
might otherwise go to Spain. We have
not reserve guns enough for moro than a
few merchant vessels, and besides, with
other things equal, warships originally
built as such are the more useful.
One sure thing Is that every good ship
we may buy, whether battleship, coast
defender. torpedo craft, or unarmored
cruiser, will be Of use to us, sooner or
later. And what is true Of the ships is
true Of guns for them. Whatever we ex-
pend will be no waste, even with no war.
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Tho South and the Flag.


From the Ns,r Orleans Times. Democrat.
Whether for peace or for war. the whole world
will henceforth understand that the people of
the United States are unanimous. No matter
what divisions may exist among US In respect Of
our home policies. no matter how obstinately
We may fight for or against protection OF our
home industries and labor. no matter how wide
ly we may disagree with one another on the i'm.
portant questions affecting measures of value,
whenever IL comes to the point OF facing n for.
eiGn power the Americans arc to be found stand
ing shoulder TO shouldcr-and let no statesman
in any quarter forget 1t. lest he slip.
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The Eastern papers are disposed to jeer at
PiNGREE because ne has summoned an extra session
of the Legislature fsburD bispatch.
The man or paper that Is capable OF jecring at
the Hon. Potato PISGREE is capable of treating
the Chicago platform with irrevercncc. In call.
ing a special session OF the Michigan Legislature
Mr.. PINGREE is full of n holy purpose. He
doesn't expect that the Legislature will do any
thing in his line. but he does expect that
his noble courage in making faces at|the corpo.
rations will endear him TO all tho lodges of the
Brothers of Buncombe. The Michigan Middle
of-the-Road Populists are going to nominate
him for Governor. The called session may give
him new recruits.
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The Hon. JOHN w. LEEDY, the illustri.
ous Populist statesman who is titular Gov.
ernor Of Kansas, is dissatisfied with the
Supreme Court. The Supreme Court de-
cided in the case of the Nebraska Maximum
Freight Rate law that a railroad CORPORATION
has II right to make a living. Whereupon
Governor LEEDY burst out in an address
to the PEOPLE Of Kansas and the universe in
general. Presumably the address was
written by his trainer and private secre-
tary, the Hon.. ED LITTLE. 1t is said to
have been approved by the Hon. FRANK
DosTER. Chief Justice Of the Kansas Su.
preme Court, the man who said that the
tights of the user of property are para
Nonnt to those of the owner. BY whomso-
tver written or approved, it il a noble docu-
hent and will be priced by collectors.
1.-THE opinion has been handed down."
cries L.EEDY, and the dispatches say that
IL is a clean victory for the railroads. On
the contrary, it is M unclean victory in
every aspect of the case, showing that no
matter how carefully the robes of Justice
are folded about the personnel of the SUI
prcmc Court, those robes can no longer con-
ceal the cloven hoof of official malfeasance
and usurpation." LITTLE has written for
LEEDY a maximum freight rate bill, and
LEEDY wants the Kansas Legislature to
pass II. He has offered to call a special
session II a majority of the members will
promise to vote for the bill. Hence the
language about the Supreme Court. The
decision in the Nebraska case came at a
peculiarly unfortunate time for the Kansas
railroad baiters.
"Nnholy hnt , .Ioro - oo.a
LITTLE.LEEDY, twill yield assent to the
hideous distortion of meaning which Judge
HARLAN gives to the word person under
the Fourteenth Amendment, and upon
which he bottoms his infamous decision"
These are mere Populist terms of art,
milder than was to be expected, and want.
Ing that tremendous clangor which we
have been accustomed to find In the public
speeches and documents Of Kansas Popu.
lists. With nc wish to be unjust to men
who have contributed more than their
share to the entertainment of man.
kind, we must say that this address is no
hearty war-whoop, but the whistle of tim.
orous persons struggling through particu.
larry dark woods.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Bulti-
more american, thinks that "such a Gov.
ernor is a dangerous man." Dangerous to
his own vocal apparatus and his strong
right arm, IL he shakes 1t AZ courts and cor
porations too often. Dangerous to nobody
else. Kansas knows him and is sick Of
him. After his little hour of strut and
rave he will have to retire to private life
where he will become as obscure as Lo.
RAINE d. LEwELLING or PETER PAUL
ELDER or most OF the other dervishes of
the kaw. Kansas il too prosperous to pay
much attention to him, but the time for
Governors of his type has gone by.