The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-31

! rank or lieutenant colonel. The position
and the rank it confers are well worth
coveting. but We. should think that this
gentleman would find complete recon-
pense for his sacrifice in the reflection
that ne has held himself aloof from the
rldicuious cavalcade of the Sons of Some
pody II is evident that the common
sense OF the nation has responded quickly
TO the Journals denunciation of these
Scandalous civil appointments. Nepotism
mas been made unpopular and prompt
check put TO the doctrine that you can
make a soldier out of a dude by clubbing
him major
Chicsgo Dispatch: Tom L. Johnson of
Ohio j; millionaire and he is frank
I enough to tell how he came to be so rich
ne dos not mirlce words, nor does he
spoil a good story for relations sake. He
sa-s: What the world needs is not
charity. but justice l shall refuse the
able institutions and 1 shall not bequeath
money for building churches and librar-
les My family. shall be we'll provided for.
but the balance of my wealth shall serve
and others of my kind from robbing them.
AS Ions as any person IS permitted by
and private ownership of public utilities
TO accumulate wealth that does not be-
long to him. Just so long will people of
my kind be willing to commit such theft.
Kansas City World: The progress of
the war. as far as land operations are
concerned, is not satisfactory TO the peo-
pie of the United States. The delay in the
naval operations has plain cause, and
the people are ready, therefore, to con-
done that delay. The location of the is
land of Cuba is known. however, and it
is not changing. The island should have
been invaded months ago. The invasion
would have brought on a battle with the
Spanish fleet. if anything could bring
the most potent factor in the early COM
pletion of war whose continuance cos.s
this country about s2.5go,OOO a day 1t IS
never too late to mend, and the troops
now massed at Tampa and at Chicka-
manga should he sent into Cuba at once.
That is what they are massed for. and
the delay is incomprehenSibie.
Baltimore Sun: 1t will take time to
send the first installment of 5000 men to
the Philippines. 1t may be hoped that
they will not require a convoy of war
ships owing to the danger of meeting
Spanish warshiDs on the way. II any
be lurking in their path, they. might be
seriously delayed or imperiled. The |
sending of 10000 men to Cuba would. of !
course. be simpler matter, because the /.
distance IS small and fleets are at hand 1
to convoy the transports.
Nashville American: The Cuban capital |
is necessarily the objective point of the l
war. When it is taken by the Americans
the main purpose for which the war was +
BEGUN VIII have been accomplished. Ev- |
erytninS WOulQ seem 10 De ready. tneTe- /
fore for the attack on Havana to begin, /
both by land and sea. All the navy is !
not needed to keep Cervera in Santiago /
harhnr and the troops now in idleness |
at Tampa. Mobile and Chickamauga had !
as wei De Going active service in the |
field
Pittsburg Post: Manila lies nearly 10 |
degrees nearer the equator than Havana, /
but 1t appears TO be generally considered !
that the Philippine expedition from the |
United States has nothing to fear from !
climate and diseases compared with what |
would menace an expedition to Cuba at /
this time. The fact is, however. that |
climatic dangers are quite as threatening
in the one case as in the other. Official |
from the Philippines are not /
wanting to indicate that it is more I'M
healthy for strangers in that quarter at
the present season than in Cuba at the
worst season.