Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-03-31
would simply be mustered into

would simply be mustered into
the u. S. sev1ce.
The war spirit is growing in
congress, instead of 1essening.
Some of the most conservative
men in both senate aud house
have become convinced since
Senator Proctor told what he saw
In Cuba that war was inevitable,
and have concluded that the best
thing to do is to hurry it up, III
order that it can be quickly
fought out; they believe there
would be less damage done to the
material interests of the country
/ by short and victorious war
than by continuation for an in
definite periodllof present condi-
)tions. Senator Proctor's story of
Cuba has been corroborated and
added to by the speeches made
this week by Senator's Gallinger
and Ihurston, who were in Cuba
at the same time he was. And
| the two last were much more
belllgereEt III tone than was Mr..
Proctor, aud all three agree
THAT the right thing to do, and
lthe only thing that will bring a
lasting peace to the deyaitated
island and allow the starving
thousands of non-con1batants to
again earn livlihood for
themselves, is to force the Span
Eish out. Senator Galiinger says
he will so further aud annex
Cuba, if he could have his way;
while Senator Proctor thinks it
would be best to merely allow
Cuba to be independent
Senator Bacon made a speech
| in favor of "a resolution introduced
/ by him, declaring, it TO be the
Ipoliey OF this country to maintain
peace as long as consistent with
honor, but it fell fiat; It was not
iii tune with existing circum-
stances, nor with existing senti-
lment. The war spirit is abroad.
The American Federation OF
Labor has taken up the fight of
the plate printers union against
the extended use of steam presses
in the bureau of engraving and
! printing which has been officially
announced A similar fight
against steam presses was made
by the plate printers, and won,
Eduring the hftieth congress, their
Icontentlon being that the work
turned out by the steam presses
was inferior to that done on the
hand presses. The superintend-
ent Of the bureau of engraving
and printing has already, under
orders from the secretary of the
treasury, placed an order for
fifteen steam presses to be put in
at once.
The bill authorizing an increase
of the army TO 100000 men has
been amended by the house mill
tary committee to restrict enlist
ments until the country is actu-
ally engaged in war.
Among the items of the naval
appropriation bill that may be
considered preparatory, if not ac-
tually warllke, are the provision
lfer the construction of FIVE dry
docks, large enough to accommo-
date our largest vessels; three
battleships of the most fornida-
bic type, one Of them to be named
Maine; six torpedo boats, and
six torpedo boat destroyers.
4 The ordinary government Off
]cial's annual report is olly inter
testing; to a few persons, but the
anntll report Of the patent Office
for 1897, prepared by Hon. A. p.
Greeley, acting commissioner of
patents, is interesting to every
intelligent person; because it
tells, as is told in no other single
! publication, Of the wonderful
progress and greatness Of Ameri-
can industry, which is so closely
associated with the U. S. patent
system---it1fornlation which is in
/ Indispensable to the inventor, pat