Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-13

Idle FandS to do, says watts. InlS
is about the only standing offer OF a
job that there is left these days.-ln-
dustrial Advocate.
There is nothing in the report that
General Lee was assassinated in Ha-
vana. Had the rumor been true, the
administration would now probably be
taking steps to hold a post mortem ex-
animation on the remains in order to
ascertain if the fatality could not be
attributed to an dent.-Kern Coun-
ty Californian
"Jubilate Deo!" Loud's villalnous
bill to suppress progressive literature
has been killed by 1862 to 11s. "The an
nouncement was greeted by bursts OF
applause. San Francisco Star.
When a deserving person dies OF
starvation in this land Of plenty, the
crime lies at the door Of somebody.
1t were better to be a dog and bay
the moon" than be the one upon whose
shoulders rests the responsibility OF
such a crime.-Pacific Union Printer.
Senator Hanna says the sinking OF
the Maine was an accident. Most
Americans independent of politics con-
slider Hanna's election calamity. so
misfortune after misfortune strikes us.
San Rafael Sun.
Have we become a nation Of Shy
locks, that national honor can be main
tanned and the righteous wrath OF the
people appeased with Spanish gold?
What a spectacle! the president in case
Spain is found guilty of blowing up
the Maine will demand only millions
Can murder be atoned with filthy
lucre? Honor is worth but little when
it is measured in gold.-Phoenix Ga
zette.
Now that Mckinley is president and
disgraceful war is being carried on
at our front door, innocent people are
being butchered and commerce pros
trated, Mckinley refuses to take any
action to put stop to the war for fear
that 1t may make securities in which
his moneyed saviors are interested.
huctuate. Finally. when the subject Is
thrust upon him in such way that he
can no longer escape it, he suggests
that Cuba be purchased. 1t is money,
money all the time. The United States
under this man who has achieved his
high position with money, feels NO
patriotism, is willing to endure insults
and is not disturbed by having a war
vessel blown up and 253 brave sailors
destroyed. He simply suggests that
Cuba buy Cuba, and the United States
guarantee the payment. If this Is not
the elimination of mendacity AND
pusillanimity, then we should wait foI
the next communication from the white
house to get it.-Cleveland Recorder.
The bondholders and the breadwln-
ners are two separate and distinct
classes of people. The bondholder is
a citizen and patriot. The breadwin-
ner Is also a citizen and patriot. Our
dear, good government, which jails Its
producing classes when it finds them
out of employment and money, has q
very tender regard for the foreign
holder of bonds, who is not citizen
and presumably not an American pa
triot. For the war it takes the lives
of the toiling poor, but not the lives
of the rich; neither does it take ono
cent of their cash. On the contrary
| it borrows from them at an exorbitant
rate of interest. BY what strange
process of civilized reasoning does II
arrive at the conclusion that the dollar
| is greater than the life? Why is Il
! that one class of patriots is drafted TO!
service extremely dangerous to lif,
and limb, while another class of pa
triots may rest in luxury at home
drawing a revenue from an investment
of cold, inert tal?--Coming Nation
five DemnndE.