The sun., 1898-03-19

'll Supreme Court OF Michigan has +,
dclied ringrer, and dccrccd that State ,
convic's may make shirts. The idea, i. J
that this Is as good a cultivating pota- :
toes.
Govt j. Of as much importance in naval
warfare as powder and shot. and in the .
event of war it would seem that spain
would have to bring all her fuel across
tie ocean.
-.-I ANTON u Nv has a regiment Of lts OWN.
But when troops are needed there VIIl
be "A whole army recruited from those
who enjoyed the hospitality Of the Nc. /,
kinlry front luwn
1uE Spanish authorities are not Al ali .
backward in publishing thci. ''conclu, =
siuns' as to What caused the blowing up
of the Maine. They show disposition
to g, ON early with public opinion.
GENERAL WNLrH i reported IT, hc
still boiling v"r with rage. II war j.
t. co'nc let VIEWER be turned Io.,>" uu l.
Us. There are Wh",r regiments ut "our
icIIrr~' Vuo woujd like to have crack
AT him.
WESTERN newspapers are bu-jly Dis
cus>ng the downfall i tine Spanish
+ npjrc |, ha-n reached tha, stage
vet. 1t : only pcrch,l on ,ho uilly
edge waiting t"r some untrlonI.y band
/" give i q p 81,
NoA '.;t \'r. cuur.,- +. kudtrd an,
an.aEr,d M. Peter +. smith j.
apes: rjrat,r, and ti,at IL" ,rurh j, ur
i'll him. Mr.. smith may T.. uIocyd f..
r,uru and ~.r"%' IT, .;!.s -.,c oi rhc
St. y-it there j. anothr' -.,r
Turnr should not have h,.u ul arrest
Of any work Dhj~ Government had om
hand looking to such Interference a.
~oNH r'u-o 't3. way III C',.# ~ account
OF lhc Maine disaster. Now everything
seems t. tr MHLr IT, hing. urt t he. report
I'll the Board OF InluiDy II that -'lS.
'an- tn" accident theory, what are We
going +" do aborr il Shall thorrurI war
- om'
N'r'W Of no mean proportions lIa.
been scored lur the free press by the
withdrawal "i the Ellsworth Press Gag
bill il tho New York senate. This bill
= opposed. among other things, to give
aHI-.u who iancicd himself hbrIIrd
T." li-h' " an injunction against the
""""':ng !"' .r"i"r; j, STRICT cuM>'rlo.
tiou practically prohibited the printing
q p''tnr'> and cartoons in the news.
lHi "r,pr,.,>, and in other WAYS it was a
n,4>Vrr which was very evidently in
i'1drd IT, throttle the free press. NOT to-.
cause any >uch action l. nrcr-sarv. b,.-
cause ilIu~" WHO were back Oi the bill
"'r" anxious to grt back AT tn. news.
I"p'r- for some If the truths viii Il
they have published within the Iu,t few
years Prominent among these persons
wa, Richard troker boss oi lNmmany
Hall, Ex-senator liiIi took a promi-
ncmt stand against the bill, and his in
iiu"nrr figured largely in creating tine
circumstances which brought about it,
withdrawal. Several weeks ago Cover
nor Black, ol Nrw York. announced
that hr would not sign the measure, and
since then it has become evident that il
cpnId not l." passed over a veto. IT.
withdrawal vas accordingly the wisrs
muy" ~ ID, part ni rs - .'i-or. The
newspapers and the public alike are to
be congratulated upon this victory for
their common liberties
job H. jackson, oi the firm uf j Jlck-
son q >uarr Company, has left Tins city
for an EXTENDED tour through Europe
t. Hutchinson, Of Clayton. registered
at til" Merritt House, Thursday.
Ezekiel Fleming. Of Harrington, was a
Wilmington visitor Thursday.