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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

How general and widespread is the
disaffection of the American people with
the conduct of the military operations
in our brief war; so far as the war de-
partment at Washington is to be held
responsible, is indicated by the taking
up of the discussion by the most con-
servative newspapers and periodicals.
and the fact that these are ranged on
the side of that strong public instinct
which watched with growing impa-
thence and irritation the progress of the
campaign in Cuba between the landing
of Skaters army and the present time.
Here is the Christian Register. for
example, a religious weekly OF unusual
calmness of spirit and GOODNESS of judg-
ment in the discussion of outside at
fairs. The Register takes up the con-
troversy over the War Department
with a vigor that indicates how well
grounded its view appears to be TO it.
Saws the Register in part:
awe need not press too far the charge that
| spolitics' is to be held responsible for the
| NAL administration of the War Department.
| But there Is enough on the surface OF things,
| openly avowed and even ostentatiously ex'
| hibited, TO show that Secretary Alger takes IL
| for granted that the tactics of an ordinary
| political campaign will be employed In the
| organization and discipline of an army. The
| innocent and unconscious exhibition OF poiit-
| ical motives In the appointment of officers,
| I'm the distribution of favors, In the assign
| ment OF volunteer regiments to duty, shows
| the prepossession of the politician. We need
| not 40 deeper than this fact In order TO dis.
cover the cause OF some of the grievous suf
fcrings inflicted upon our brave soldiers by
the Ignorance and incompetence OF those
| who have commanded them. Some of the
of,,cers I'm command are to be piticd as much
as the men who have suffered under them
when it was too late to gain the necessary
knowledge. they have found themselves con
| frontcd with unexpected difficulties, peril'
from the soil, pcriis from water, perils from
starva alton, pcriis Of disease. and, worst OF all
| periis from the confusion In the department
| of supply and transportation which made
them helpless, when little wholesome foo'
and medicine would have made the differ
| cncc between life and death to the men TO
whom they were responsible.
When we remember that the soldiers. VIII
have had nothing 10 do but to make camp
and prepare for war, have, In some case'
suffered nearly as much as our troops abou
Santiago. a is difficult tn refrain from encl
acfic criticism. Certainly, hfty thousan
men could be so distributed In camps that. y
least, they would have good air to breathe
pure water to drink, and dry earth To slice
upon"
This is strong language. indeed, bu
the painful part Of It is that Il cchoe
the sound sense OF the American peopl
! on the subject. TO satisfy whom no sun
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20
DEATH NOTICES.

pr-RToN-In los Angeles. Cal. Wed
,e.dav Aug. 10. Carl T. Burton, son
of George II. and Helen M. Burton
aged IS years. s months.
cI.AFLIN-In this city. 18th inst,
Jennie L., wife of George Ciaflin.
cor r-In Providence, Nellie r. Cole.
~ late residence, Is Evergreen
street. Friday morning
cuRISTIAN--In this city: the 18TH
inst. George Henry, son of george ana
Mary Christian.
uAI,I.swoRTH--In East Greenwich,
10Th inst. John Hallsworth, In the 10Th
year OF his age.
,topKINs-In this city. Aug. 10.
GEORGE w. Hopkins. aged u years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20

support your outrageous proposition
or IL you hold them to any pledges you
would better release them. leave them
free to act just as though you were an
ordinary citizen without a pulI-for
your own sake and theirs let them
alone to- deal with this question accord
ing to their consciences as reputable
citizens. honest public servants. sworn
to guard the public interests and to
control the business that you want to
engage in after a fashion that shall
not bump any harder than 1t now does
against public sentiment. Even the IL
quor dealers. as a class. have never
sought to break through the public
school boundaries.
It's dirty piece of business, Dorney,
that you are trying to do. Better quit
1t, right off!
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20
Soldiers Relief Association.

The Rhode island Sanitary and Relief A.
sociation ask n generous public for coniribu.
fions Of money to enable them to carry on
their work Of relieving sick and wounded
soisg1cra and sailors. by sending clothing.
medicines and stores that the government
does not supply.
All contributions scnt TO the Daily Sews
viii be acknowledged in that paper.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20

To Judge by the diverse reports of ex-
perts we might be led to conclude that
the way to tell yellow fever Is like that
OF distinguishing toadstools from mush-
rooms. II you eat one and live its a
mushroom. If you die, it's toadstool.
The fever patients who live seem usu-
ally to be accredited with having some
other than the yellow kind of fever.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20

Tom Dorney. Haiti
Don't try to push your LIQUOR saloon
across the line that makes sacred
from tho encroachment of your busi-
ness the territory of the public school!
Don't try 1t. Tom Dorney! you might
succeed. We don't think you will, but
YOU might. The license board as at
present organized with majority not
Of the political sentiment Of the former
board but OF your own political senti-
rnent Is an unknown quantity to the
public. Regardless OF the political tenn
: per that dominated 1t. the unwritten
law that no liquor saloon should be
planted within 200 feet of public
school house was sturdily maintained
IA the former board. Neither political
friend nor political foe could cross the
border line that protected the public
school. Today. politically. you seem to
own q majority of the present board OF
license commissioners And. unfortunate
". the public has no means OF know
Ing. for sure. that you will be turned
down In your aim to open liquor sa-
loon on school house territory. The fact
that your application is given hear
Ing, that you and 1t are not peremptor-
lily kicked out the door. is of itself q
suspicious circumstance and a matter
xor public concern.
But don't try It. Tom Dorney-les
you might succeed. Withdraw that ap
plIcation. Tom Dorney. for the sake o
the license board lest It might be grant
Cd. For II It is granted there will be al
explosion all on your account and yo'
will take tumble yourself. POLITICAL,
ana in the regard OF good part Of YOU
fellow citizens who have had some re
spect for you. and, In coming dowr
you will drag down your friends in tn
license board all in heap together an
. law will be put on the statute book
that win make you quit the business Q
selling liquor under the shadow Of
public school house. Depend upon It this
II you are successful now yoasfnd a
your supporters win be brought Y
with q round turn and made to resr
that you ever committed the hideo'
anront to public sentiment and publ
decency that you have planned.
The story that The News tells on al
other page. Dorney. is true story ar
you know II is true. You are conspirlr
70 commit an act which the people
shIs town WON'T toIerate--not for an Il
stant. Dorney. II you bave fr'shten'
~ .
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-08-20
Splendid Carriage and Bicycle Road
Only TEN MILES from
Providence,

Professional and Business Men buy
season Ticket = Three Months. $500;
Oue Month, o7.00-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
OPPOSED TO FUSION.
Lincoln County Democrats VIII OPP
pose II at EIIenshurg.

Special Dispatch to the post-Intelligencer
SPOKANE. Sept. 4The Lincoln coun-
~ Democrats, who met N convention at
Davenport Friday, aside from nominating
a straight county ticket elected strong
delegation TO the state convention. which
VIII stand oafs against A fusion with the
Populisss first last and all the time While
no public resolution to that effect was
passed by the convention. nevertheless
tacit understanding was had with the DEL
egation thai such action was expected OF
Il by the convention.
The reason that the convention did not
give Ytterance TO resolution opposing fu-
sion was because Of the fact. as told your
correspondent by prominent member Of
the delegation. that many OF the Lincoln
county populists were coming over into
the Democratic ranks. and the convention
did not want 10 take any open action
against fusion for fear Il might stir UP a
bitter tight with she Poptllists and thus
lose the support Of the new converts,
A prominent politician OF the Wilson
forces III Spokane. WIEN asked why II was
that IN The fusion between the Republic
publicaus In Stevens cosirty The Republic
ans did not demand the Soirt senator and
the repr sentative, replied:
eft was better to gesa Ettle thar moth
nx al nj. A. fcr. tae candidates for the
.ss o,hsr s'Iver :. 'sn. it : i the
understanding with them that II elected
they viii 70. SUPPORT PoDEist for Unit
ed States senator"
TIE action OF the Spokane delegation 20
,i7e Democratic state convention, In ad-
vancIng James Hamilton Lewis for Unit
ed States senator and Judge George Rel.
far supreme Judge. hzs created no end Of
friction within tas ranks Of the PoEpulists
and Silver Republicans both % which
wings Gre bitterly oflposs-d "a sslch action.
CONGRESSMAN W. z. Jones friends oppose
IL as beng detrimental To his candidacy.
for ,h. reason that Judge Belt rs his Law
partner ard would make Il APPEAR ina.
not only the firru. bur spokane was irving
- hog ali the ofY4efs- The P0ps2.ss.s
ara noz enthusiasts over Lewis as a sen
atcTsal candidate. ard IN addition they pro
.-ose Ia present ire name % Judge w. f.
Richardson for ms supreme bench. From
present indications the TREE fuSsca wings
TO the SKATE convention from Spokane
county will Tot harmonic 10 any very
iAsge extent
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05

He was forbidden 10 assemble for the
purpose of discussing his wrongs. He
had no newspaper. Now laboring men
are to be found not only In the iegisia-
lures Of states, but even In the British
parliament: and the highest office in
the United States has been held By men
who began life as mechanics and labor
ers and with every disadvantage Of
poverty and want Of education.
In this country Labor has made Won
SerfuI advances. II il only beginning
it's new era of freedom. The working
day il being reduced TO eight hours.
wages are better. Labor Is more tnfiu-
entail, workingmen are educating them
selves and shaping out their own des-
TIMES. Much remains TO be done. The
uberatloneof Labor 10 far from accom-
pllshed, but a revolution lie peaceably
taking place.
The future is full Of encouragement,
and every man who honorabiy fulfils
his daily contract. who enters into q
comprehension OF the true relations be-
tween Capital and Labor. reeoneiiing
their interests and not seeking to an
tagonlze them, Is helping 10 hasten the
day when every man shall have his true
measure OF Justice.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
POPULISTS GET A SCARE.
Promptly Pull Down a Legislative

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
CoLFlLLE, Sept. 4.-There is still much
speculation over the result of the big triple
convention in opposition 70 the Populists,
which took place here yesterday, and wild
stories are afioat as to how il all came
about. From the stories that are going
the rounds. ii Is evident that 1.-THE polti-
cian' Is getting in his deadly work early
in the campaign. instead Of waiting to
spring something fresh as we'll as sensa-
tionai. at the closing scenes Of the con-
test. The manner OF distribution Of the
candidates nominated at the fusion con-
clave is already giving the Populists some
uneasiness. and Il is stated on pretty good
authority that Mr.. Davis, of CaIispel who
was chosen by the Cheweah convention
as candidate for the legisia ture will be
asked to hand in his resignation. and a
man win be chosen from either Northport
or Republic in his place. The reason for
this action is that three Of the candidates
on the Populst ticket come from Calispel
which Will cast not to exceed 200 votes
as against Republic and Northport. where
over 1000 votes will be pollei. Republic
has no representative on the Populist
ticket, and 1t is regarded as a complete
give away Of 400 or more votes TO permit
the fusionists to remain unmolested in that
locality. with Judge Welty on the legis.a-
tive ticket
1t is stated that Mr.. Davis resigned sew
erai days ago, simply because he did not
wan. the place; but that can hardly be,
as nothing was said about IL until the
choice of the fusionists OF a candidate
from Republic revealed q weak spot on
the Populist ticket. There will be n meet
ing Of the Peoples party central commit
tee held here about the 10Th or 18th OF Sep
TENDER TO receive and accept Mr.. Davis
resignation, and select his successor. As
this Is the last chance for a nomination
in the present campaign. save and except
the possibility Of the organization of an
other party, there will be a rush for the
place.
II is stated that either Judge Hardness.
Of Northport or DR. Manly, OF Republic.
Will he given the place. DR.. Manly would
doubtless have been nominated at the
CheweIah convention but for the fact that
an item from Republic appearing in the
Spokane Review On the morning OF the
convention, stated that he had Just been
chosen delegate TO the Free Silver Re-
publican convention For this reason his
proxy al the Chewelah convention Was ig-
rcrsd. but he never showed up at the flu
sion convention either in person or by
ureyv and Il has since been learned that
The doctor has been the victim Of circlEnl-
staurez There are besides the gentlemen
already mentioned, William Day. OF Boss
burg Col l. !. Hughes, o. Meyers Falls;
Robert Hits. OF Hunter, and u. r. PAN
key. Of Mount Corbin. VINO will be on hand
M the appointed time 10 present their
Claims of rrefergnent, and IL Ia limited the
county auditor John L. MetcaMe. might be
tnd1,cesf TO come In. All Of these gentlemen
are old and tried In the faith, and the out
come will he watched with much interest.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
SEATrLE'S FAST GROWING SHIP
PING

II was recently reported that M 10
the present time sll .s0A oo0 in gold had
been received in this country from The
klouaike as the result of this years
cleanup, ''of which ali but s. otFQ 600
was received NJ san Francisco This
statement is known IN us "a b. absurd.
but ifs appearance n the columns II
such reputable newspaper as the Phil
adelphia Times. without correction.
would justify its acceptance In any part
OF th,a country as the truth Such mis-
tle harm. but they certainly 90 Us no
good The oniy institution whose tus.-
ness IL Is to correct sach ;risStatenaer,s
IS the Chamber ~ Commerce. The
nav xpapegs do thelr full Guty in not
only publishing the facts. bur in cali.
'nw attention II TIE false reports rub
iished in other papers
Much nearer horre ya have 10 CON
tsn. arains; "a certain form % r1lsrep-
reSenta:}on whl>h IS not satirc}y fal<..
but IS equally misleading The Cham
be- az Commerce has had It's attention
called "a she subject ana f. now err
aeavcrlns - coanssract the mischief
Il may 90
t-p - within shree or four years the
shipping al Tacoma was considerably
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05

Now will the Canadian Pacific be good?
Evidently Mr.. Hart won't be put or stay
put.
Col Lewis might as we'll wig-wag his
senatorial boom TO come home.
@ O 9
The French cabinet crisis is now playing
Its regular monthly engagement.
g @ 9
Judging from the outlook the delibera-
tons OF the peace conference will have a
decidedly wariike tinge.
Col. Lewis appears TO be bothered con-
s.derably TO restrain Mr.. Harris dancing
dervishes In the Democratic delegation.
We SHALL await with concern the bulie-
tins from Eilensburg TO see if the Seattle
brand OF bifurcated harmony is contagious.
N. Cavaignac is satisfied that Dreyfus is
guilty. because he knows thai the French
cabinet saw TO it that the evidence was
all that could be desired
@ @ .
President Mckinley seems slow to APP
probate the great mistake he made in re-
fusing to turn the managing editorship OF
the war over 10 the yellow journals.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05

one Announces Himself for q West
Side Mnn-Others NOn-Committal.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligeneer.
WHATCOM. Sept. 4.-The Republican
political situation IN the Beiiingham bay
district mas been extended to take in the
Muson and anti-Wilson fight DIR. II. E.
Henderson this morning announces his
candidacy for the state senate. part Of his
PLATFORM being a declaration in favor of
a western Washington senator. Previous
TO today the legislative candidates have
been c. w Dorr, the present state senator.
100 reelection: Jesse A. Frye. of Fair
haven, for representative, and Edward
Fischer, NJ. G. Latta and S. A. Calvert, Of
Whatcom. for representatives. None of
these candidates has publicly expressed his
views on the United States senatorial Ques-
ton. and there has been an effort made
to keep 1t in allegiance till after the legis-
lative ticket IS elected, but it has kept
bobbing up the ar,ti-WiIson people insist
ing that the Wilson manager in the coun-
ty was quietly but effectively in favor Ct
candidates only who would certainly vote
for Mr.. Wilson. The elimination is the
candidacy CT DR.. Henderson. In the other
legiSia tive district, which takes in What
com county except the Beiiingham bay cit
les, there are two representatives to he
elected. r. S. Lambert, of Sumas: j. +.
Loveall. OF Hayn.e: n. A. Galbraith, of
Saxon, and G. s. Johnson. OF Acme, are
candidates. and others are talked OF. The
United States senatorial question has not
taken any prominent Part as yet in the
announcements of candidates in this dis
trict.
In the local field no opponent has APP
peared against the present auditor county
attorney or county surveyor, who are Re
pahtic1rs. There Is a fierce fight for the
nomination for sheriff between the present
incumbent Mr.. a. Il. Estabrook, and
Messrs. w. d. Chandler, of Ten Mile:
George Spence. of Whatcom, and Bart Ed
wards. OF Fairhaven. Z. D. Hardness, Of
Nooksack; Virgil Peringer. of Wbatcom,
and +. L. Olsiager. OF Fairhaven, are cam
ddates for the county cierkship at pres
ent, and A. Hoien, of Lake Whatc0m, is
talked of. Mr.. o. r. Woody is the only
candidate for assessor as yet. For COM
missioner in the Second district. r. T..
Kline rs the candidate and IN the First
T. w. Gillette and j. l.. Easton are TO
come before the convention. For county
superintendent Mr.. r. s. Simpson, of
Whatcom. and J. IL. Kirkpatrick, of Gus
ter are i'm the field.
!, is said by the friends OF Mr.. s. NJ.
Bruce that the Endorsement Of his cand-
dacy for the supreme judgeship Will be
asked OF the county convention. which
meets next Friday and Saturday. Septem-
her and 10.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05

larger than that OF Seattle. Steadily
our tonnage has increased. while that
Of Tacoma has decreased, but the dis
proportion has been concealed BY the
ingenuity with which maritime reports
are complied. A striking instance OF
this was afforded few days ago. when
the City OF Columbia. after taking OF, a
great cargo and a considerable number
Of passengers ct Seattle. went up Sound
and took on a little freight at Tacoma
This made Tacoma her clearing port.
and the reports include the whole OF
her cargo as being exported from Ia
csr1a. This Is frequently the case with
vessels loading wheat and -four here.
There In no bureau having the matter
in charge, and although the newspapers
give the figures and the facts. the Of
fetal reports, upon which all compar!-
sons are based, are still made UP from
the distorted facts.
The statement made by the interstate
commerce commission. published In
Saturdays Post-Intelligeneer. will be
revelation to the people of this coun-
try, but it Is no more than an official
declaration Of the actual conditions.
Traffic across the continent is not now
chiefly to San Francisco. but to Puget
sound. The point upon Puget sound to
which that traffic is directed Is shown
by the reports from Tacoma and Sc
attic. In 1891 twenty-six vessels was
the record for Seattle for the month of
August. For August Of this year the
total was $50 The tonnage In August.
1891. was 1852; for August Of 1888 1t
was 123.4s4
Tacoma issues a report which shows
partures, making 1o4, against our $50.
but even these figures include the City Of
Columbia and several wheat ships which
really loaded at Seattle and only made
a passing cali at Tacoma. OF course
the tonnage for Tacoma is thus swelled
by including the cargoes loaded at Sc
attic. and the same is true of values.
The Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
should provide some means by which
the actual commerce Of the city can be
ascertained. 1t must be gathered from
various sources, and, in order that the
contrast may be made more distinct,
the Tacoma form should be followed,
SO that the comparison between the two
places may be quickly made.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
An INVESTIGATION DESIRABLE.

Many Democrats and Populists. the
some respectable journals are loudly de-
handing investigation by congress into
the conduct of the war department by
Secretary Aiger When congress con-
venes no doubt the agitation Will be
renewed. No good reason exists why
either the president or the secretary Of
war should oppose. II the blunders and
mistakes of the department are the
fault of the system. as they claim, the
result will be their vindication. If they
are due to the incapacity and amateur
methods Of the secretary Of war. the
president ought to know it for the sake
of his administration, and the people
ought to know 1t, because 1t is their
right.
The Post-Inteligencer does not hest
tate to declare its opinion that under
all the circumstances Secretary Alger
has done as we'll as any other could
have done In his place - short of
a great genius, for military organiza-
ton and direction. A widespread dis
position exists to make him a scapegoat
and hold him to personal account for
the hardships imposed on the army, for
alleged personal favoritism in his APP
pontments. for the. choice of unsani-
tary camps. for misunderstanding be-
tween various generals, and for all the
mistakes of the Santiago campaign. A
small dispute between him and Col.
Roosevelt has been made much of and
a controversy with Gen. Miles has been
built into a mighty affair. Ayers crit
les are inclined to compare him unfa-
vorably with Stanton the great war
secretary. forgetful of the fact that
S,anton's differences with army Off
GERS We're constant and often unneces-
sary. and were continual source Of an
noyance to President Lincoln. stanton
and Sherman were personal enemies.
If there has been gigantic jobbery in
contracts. as there was in the civil war.
it is yet TO be disclosed. True, charges
have been made, but from sources
wholly untrustworthy. Il remains to
be seen to what extent the government
has been swindled by rascally jobbers,
If at all.
The magnitude of Secretary Aigcr's
task ought to be better appreciated He
was called upon TO equip and place In
the field 600. 600 men on short notice and
move them 10 various parts Of the c0un-
try. The unpreparedness OF the nation
fer war was due In large part 10 the
very Democrats who are now making
So much noise about the inability and
impotence IF the secretary Of war 10
arm. uniform. provision and mobilize
these men in a day. II was three
months after President IAncoin's cali TO
arms that the first real battle Of the
war was fought. and then IL was lost
| largely through Inadequate prepara-
| ton.
| The truth appears 10 be shat the 81 -
| tenn on which the war department has
| been conducted broke down tn time Of
| war. The curse Of red-tapeism cost
| many lives ard much money. We shan
| zrntx hat fgtrsa--.,s~rA