The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-14


cover that 1t shook the confidence of the
| mass of the insurgents. At one OF the
| camps In Pinar del Rio one day black
soldier Of unusual intelligence SAID to me:
| i have q brothes in the United states.
| lie sends mo word that President Me-
| kinley Is my friend And other instIr-
| gents had the same notion. 1t was some
| thlng for them to feel that the preside mt
OF the United states was their friend.
| What they felt In October they feel sure
| of in December. Tho influence of this
| FEELING would be difficult 10 explain TO any
one who has never been among the Gu
| bans. They are almost children in some
| of their traits. Whoever has their con-
| iidence can accomplish wonders with
| them. Whoever lacks 1t Is helpless. They
| may be persuaded into n certain course.
| but they cannot be forced into II. 1t
| would have been possible FOR the United
| states to assume by acts, If not by words.
| that the insurgcnt army was made up OF
| bandits and brgands, and that the dis
| tresscd people had become beSgars by
| Choice. Since the other course has been
| taken the future becomes clearer Trust
| ing the president of the United states, the
| Cubans as a people will moro readily tul-
| low in the paths which he indicates They
| Will not be frcttcd by the American mill
| tary occupation into an antagOnism which
| would be hurtful to both countries.
| have not yet met any on, among the Gu
| bans who was distrustful regarding the
| reservation In the message that complete
| tranquility is to he established before
the experiment OF independent govern
| mcnt is to be tried"
The Manila correspondent OF the sun
| says he Is "in a position to say that for
physical reasons Admiral Dewey ought to
| so home 1t would be ineXaCt TO say
| that he is a sick man, but to those who
| have seen him frequently during MS work
| since May last II is evident that the Ions;
| strain is beginning to tell on him, The
| effect of the worrlment and the high ncrN-
Gus tension to which the admiral Eas
| been subjected throughout the summer
| is becoming apparent. At the same time
| the necessity for keeping him here is
| practically ended When he was sum-
| moned to return to the United States, Il
| few months ago. he informed the govern
mcnt that he thought there was still i'm
portant work here for him to do, and the
| orders for his return were Countcrmln l.
| cd the Washington authorities rGallatng
| that he was the best man To deal with
| any questions that might arise III he
| Philippines. AS the situation develops,
| however, it becomes more ard more ap-
parent that the part of tho work tAat the
| navy has yet to do here will be largely Of
| Il routin" character. and Admiral Dewey.
| feeling that this is So would lie salts
| lied To go home. Al the same tim" ne
| breads the reception which thousands of
| letters he has received assure him awaits
| him on his return. There ~ no question
| that Admiral Dewey iS entitled to nave
! his desires granted. and il is inst as GER
| tain that his desire now u to be ordered
| home with the Olympia through the Suoz
canal
| Great Najoritics" Galushl A. Grow is
| rightly proud of his distinction as the
| champion majority winner i'll American
politics. He writes to the Philadelphia
| Press: "Will YOU please allow me space
| 10 correct n statement in your issue OF
| last Friday? In your article, Tho Official
! Count at Last you say Governor Hast
| ings holds the record as having received
| the largest vote ever cast for a candidate
| for n state office. As Il historic state
| mcnt this is not quite correct. Governor
| Hastings, in 1854, received, as candidate
for governor. 57i7lt votes, being S,12t
more votes than | received for congress
| map-at-large at that election though my
plurality was greater than his. But n
1896 l received 71l,246 votes, being 1875, 81
| votes more than he received in 1891
drop you this line only. as Colonel Benton
| was in thc habit of saying, TO indicate
the truth of history As congressman
| at-largr for the state of Pennsylvania
| nave received the largest vote ever cast
| in any of our state elections, cHccIt the
vote for President Mckinley, and the
largest ma iority ever given III any state
of the Union for any candidate fo" amy
Office"
| Our prospective ambassador to Great
| Britain, Joseph Hodges Choate, who IS Il
nephew of Rufus Choate, the great ltW-
yer and distinguished United States sena-
| tor from MaSSaC ChuSetts, was horn in Sa-
lem, Mass, January a. 1872, entered H&r-
| ward in 1913 and graduated in 1882. went III
once into law and began to practice III
| New York city in 1856. His successful ar
| Eumcnt against the constitutionality ri
the income tax before the United states
| Supreme court in 1896 will be regarded as
Cne of the greatest victories ever won by
an American lawyer Whether at the
bar upon the political platform or al
dinners, Mr. Choatc has few recognized
| rivals. lie married Caroline ID. StelltnE
OF Salem, and the children of the union
are Mabel ChOate and Joseph Hodges
Choate, jr., an underestimate at H'r'
ward.
Miller, the winner of the six days hi'
cycle race ate no meat or solid foods cur
ing the contest His fare consisted en-
tircly of cereals, liquids, fruit and eggs
| Weights and measurements of every pat
ticle of food consumed 10y him were tll;er
lege whose intention it is to make re-
port to the department of agriculture al
| Washington on the relation of food to on
ergy in trials of endurance. Among othci
| things Miller consumed during the slH
days were forty-eight pints Of prepare
| bottled milk and ten quarts of milk an'
four pounds OF beef extract lie took nc
| stimulants and his total sleep amounted
| to nine and One-quarter hours
| Governor Stephens, Of Missouri, has Is
| sued call for a conference to be h6o
in St. Louis on Jan. lC, 1899, to perfect ar
| rangements for holding a worlds fair II
1903 in commemOration of the Louisiana
| purchase. The call is issued on lines S'E'
| gested by committee Of nifty, one dele
gate from each congress district and tW
from the state at large Of cvclN com
monwcalth organized out of lands secured
by the Louisiana purchase. The COVER
nOrs of fourteen states are requested tt
appoint delegates from their respective
jurisdictions.
A contract has been obtained by the
General Electric company to supply eight
electric locomotives and other equipment
for the tunnel of the Paris"Orleans rail
way in Paris. The contract was wor
against the strongest competition from
British and other European companies
the negotiations having extended over tW;
years 1t was not until after the trcncl