The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-10

Der Of the cabinet who has public
" expressed 81, opinion is Secre-
tary Long, who said that in his
Judgment the official statement Of
SPAN, through it's charge d'affaires
at Washington, that there were no
mines in Havana harbor, ellminat-
ed the element Of official Spanish
participation in the explosion. An
attempt has been made to make a
great sensation out of this express
ion of opinion, but after all there
are few persons who ever enter
tanned the belief that the Maine
was blown up by orders Of the
Spanish government, so that it
really amounts to nothing. Spain
will be held responsible, if it be
shown that the explosion was on
the outside Of the Maine, no mat
ter who committed the crime.
The democrats in congress, with
the exception of the'sputtering of
the j. Hamilton Lewis stripe, are
not indulging in any criticising of
the president for not showing his
hand in advance of the verdict of
the naval court. On the contrary,
they are keeping very quiet, and
are very much afraid that when
the president does move, he will
move faster than they are willing
to go. In other words, they are
afraid to shout war now lest they
be called upon by their votes to
support the president in making
war.
In adopting a resolution provid-
ing for the erection of a bronze
memorial tablet at the capitol, to
commemorate the officers and sail
ors who lost their lives on the bat
tleship Maine, in Havana harbor,
congress did a just and fitting
thing, for, as Senator Perkins so
aptly said, "When death came in
the awful shape it took in the har-
Dor of Havana, the dead are no
less heroes than if they had fallen
before hostile guns. The living
have shown the heroic mold in
which all were cast If it were
ever fitting to recognize the devo-
ton to the country of brave men,
it is now fitting to erect a tablet in
memory of those who lost their
lives in the destruction of the
Maine."
Representative Dalzelps ar.
raignment of yellow journal SEN
sationalism, which was so through
ly deserved, has been highly com
mended. After briefly referring
to the Cuban situation as it was
up to the blowing up of the Maine
Mr.. Dalzell said: ''In all of this
great excitement there are two
things that have impressed me
with their conspiciousness. One
is matter of pride; the other a
source of reproach. The reproach
to which I refer is toward the SEN
sational and Infamous columns of
much of the press Of this country:
We pay great price indeed for
the liberty of the press. It is not
liberty we pay for, it is license.
Some of the journals we pick up
today may be said to contain moth
ing but what is pri,na facie false
They do not know the truth, of, if
they do, it never, finds a place in
their columns. They have no rela-
tons to the public morals, except
to degrade and debase them. The
pratings of this class of the anar-
chistic press are not intended to
serve public interest, but to excite
the baser feelings of human nat
ure.'' The thing which Mr.. Dal-
zell referred to as matter of pride
is the self-repression and calm
dignity of the Americun people as
a whole since the Maine catastro-
phe, and their absolute confidence
that President Mckinley will do
the ri ht thing at the right time.
Secretary Wilson says the de-
partment of agriculture will 20
right along inspecting meat to be
exported, Notwithstanding the de-
cision of Judge Rogers, at Kansas
City, that the maintenance of sy.
stem Of meat inspection by the fed
eral government is unconstitution.
al. Secretary Wilson said: "The
fact is that Judge Rogers, during
his service in Congress, was known
as an extreme constitutionist in the
matter of States rights, and it is
but fair to presume that he has
carried his states rights senti
! ments to the bench" The attor.
ney general is now studying the
case with view to getting it be-
fore the supreme court, which, there
is every reason to believe,will re-
verse the decision of Judge Rogers
Jerry Simpson got "hurr,
CALI from some of his friends a
home and he at once started for hi!
disttict to try his hand at placat
ing the opposition to his renomi
no iOn without o+o~pinr IN thin