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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
HOW ABOUT SCHLEY -?
Wa shington Post.

Washington Post.
Quite apart from any spirit of cavll'
and speaking in the purest spirit of IN
vestigation. we should like to know
'for certain as our Southern friend
says-whether Commodore w. >. Schl"y
was in this Santiago affair ut all There
is Il general impression that he COM
manded the flying squadron which chas-
ed Cervera into Santiago harbor. 1t is
also n matter of common rumor that,
shortly after he placed his blockade. and
before Acting Admiral Sampson appear
ed upon the scene mt all. Schley intimat-
cd to the Navy Department his desire
to enter the harbor and engage the
Spanish fleet. AS it now turns out he
could have done this quite handily. and.
as we all know, to our sorrow and re-
gret. his achievement would have saved
us IA month of fruitless waste. a thou
sand gallant lives, and an expenditure
which cannot now be accurately com
pnted But Schley was not permitted
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A PALPABlE FRAUD.

Under the terms of the present bond
issue, individuals who subscribe for $500
worth or less get them at par. No in
dividual can receive more than $500
worth at par. This provision was in
serted so as to make the bond issue a
popular one, and place the bonds in the
hands of the people instead of in the
vaults of banks and trust companies.
1t seems now that in some parts of
the country. in order to evade the law,
certain bankers request private citizens
TO lend the use of their names, and buy
$500 worth of bonds for many citizens
who have never seen $500, and who are
not. bona iide purchasers. This is a
palpable fraud aud the Treasury De
partment ought not to wink ut il.
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SIMPSONS BLUNDER.

Sampson is a soldier of approved cour-
age and knowledge, and Of deservedly
high reputation. His telegram has les
sened the public estimate in which he is
held. He wired: ",rhe fleet under my
command offers the nation rs a Fourth
of July present the destruction of the
whole of Cerveras fleet The infer
ence is that the engagement was under
his command, whereas, he was eight
miles away 1t would have added to
SIMPSONS reputation if he had stated
that destruction was made under
Schley while he was in consultation with
Shafter. He was ut his post of duty.
So was Schley. Both are brave. both
are capable. Simpsons telegram
hasn't the generous ring.
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SCHLEY, THE HERO.
Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore Sun.
Every Marylander rcjoices that it was
Schley. who was in command of the fleet,
as it happened through the temporary
absence of Admiral Sampson. when the
time to do the work came. Under his
command no vessel in the fleet made II
false move and nothing went amisS.
And now the question is: What shall
he done unto the man whom the King
delighteth to honor? Let the royal APP
parel be brought, which the King useth
To wear and the horse that the King
rideth upon. and the crown royal which
is set upon his head. and let his APP
parel and horse be delivered to the hand
of one of the Kings most noble princes,
that they may array the man withal
whom the King delighteth to honor, and
hiring him on horseback through the
street of the city and proclaim before
him. Thus shall il be done to the man
whom the King delighteth to honor.
The meaning of it all is that when
promotions to the rank of Rear Admiral
are handed around on a silver waiter It
should first he handed To the hero of
Santiago, the brave Winfield Scott
Schley. of Maryland. and who is rs
modest as he is brave.
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A GOOD EXAMPLE TOR ALL.

Allegheny comes near the top when the
counties are called in State conventions.
Its splendid record for devotion to De
mocracy was broken in 1896 when II
man elected as Democrat betrayed his
constituents. Fractional fights brought
trouble to the party there as it does
whenever they enter.
In another column we print the pro
ceedings of the Allegheny county con
vention in which the harmoniZing of all
factions took place and Il strong ticket
was nominated. Lieutenant Governor
Doughton, speaking Of the nominee for
the State Senate, Mr.. w. G. Fields, said
He. is n Democrat to begin with, will
he q Democrat when he goes to Raleigh
and n Democrat when he gets back
home" He is also n legislator of large
experience, a man Of Judgment, integrity
and sense Mr. Fields has twice repre-
scented his county as State Senator, en-
joying the confidence of the entire State.
1T W III W II It'iutI III tue ltAl Ioldtt Iotl-
ate. His associate in the House IS also
man of excellent judgment and ster-
ling Democracy.
The example of Allegheny is one for
every county in the State. This is Il time
to harmonic factions, nominate the best
men. and present il united front TO the
enemy. There is no hope of success in
any other course
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to do anything. He remained there
rocking idly on Il tropc ocean, a very
picture of inaction. Soon he was super
seeded by Sampson, his junior i'll fact.
but his superior by circumstance, and
the same programme of light comedy
went on. There were bombardments,
loudly heralded an wonders of demoli-
ton, which, in fact. demolished nothing.
There was a spectacle of wig-wagglng
which amazed the gaping natives. But
Cervera stayed i'll the harbor, and when
Shafter made his brilliant but expensive
assault on Ell Caney and San Juan, the
Spanish cruisers were able to NOW his
regiment down with their secure and I'M
moeSted batteries. Saturday night,
General Shafter did not see his way TO
holding the position he had secured NJ
so tragic and appalling expense. lie
teegraphed for help. and the machinery
of relief was in motion when the report
came that Cervera had made Il sorti"
and had been destroyed in the attempt.
again, Schley was on the spot. 1t was
under Schey's direction that our fleet
engaged and wrecked the Spanish squad
ron. As he had followed Cervera to the
gates of Santiago. so was it he who met
Cervera as he made his dash for liberty.
At every important point in the drama
Schley has been the central figure. He
began it and he closed it, He raised and
then dropped the curtain.
STILL Schley is not in evidence any
whore. We mean officially. Two reports
have been sent in to the department -
one from Sampson. who was cruising
seven or eight miles away when the
trouble began, and another from Wat
son. who was not in the affair at all
but Schey does not appear. SO far rs
the record goes. he did nothing. He is
not known in the bulletins. To all in
tents and purpOses-sO far as concerns
the official procdmations. the felicia
tons and the various interchanges Of
mutual Commodore Schley did
not figure in the episode. How does all
this happen. we should like to know
Where was Schley, anyhow, when the
Spanish fleet went out?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

The opinion of the Attorney General
that the Legislature has no power to
tax the salaries of State officers is but
a reiteration Of a former opinion. We do
not propose to question its correctness
from legal standpoint, but we think ii
an injustice upon men in the private
walks of life who have to scuffle for a
salaries easily. 'ro them that hath
shall be given"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07
A PROPHECY THAT MlSCkRRIED. r

When war talk filled all the papers IN
| March the Charleston News and Courier,
| in an elaborate review of the compost
ton of the American Navy, said that if
war should come it would be a naval war
| in which no honor and no glory could
come to the South. 1t pointed out that
| nearly all the commanders were North
ern men. and that the victorys would
make them famous while the South
would only furnish the rank and Tile
upon whose efficiency Northern com
manders would gain glory. That seemed
a correct prophecy, for with the eXcep~
ton of Schlcy and Maynard and Evans,
land they sided with the North in the
Civil war; no Southern man held
prominent position.
The result shows how little we know Of
the future and how mysterious are the
workings of the providence of the GOD
of battle. With the exception of Dewey,
every other naval officer whose name Is
on every tongue and honored in every
home in America. is of Southern birth
and blood.
The first war ship to fire shot in this
war and capture a Spanish vessel was
the Nashville. commanded by Maynard.
of Tennessee.
The first naval officer to fall in bat
tie was Ensign Worth Bagley. of North
Carolina, of whose death Rev. Thomas
Dixon recently said:
Il am proud of him as a North Caro-
linian. | am proud of him as a South
orner | am proud of him as an
American. | thank God that he re-
served for the defeated and poverty
stricken Southland the pain and
glory of the first heroic sacrifice for
the new nation that has entered
upon the achievement of its divine
destiny"
The most thrilling deed OF the war; the
blowing up of the Merrimac, was the
work of Lieutenant Richmond Pearson
Hobson. Of Alabama. whose father and
mother were both born in North Caro-
lima. His name will live forever with
that of Gushing.
The capture of Cervera and the de-
struction of his fleet was accomplished
by Commodore Schley. of Maryland. and
in explanation of a resolution introduced
to '''thank Commodore Schey and the
officers and men under his command for
their heroic and distinguished conduct"
Mr.. Berry, of Kentucky, said:
II propose that the officer to
whom the glory is due shall be rec
ognized. Schley is the real hero of
the incident. He and the brave
band of officers and men under his
immediate direction are the ones
who achieved the victory and all hon
or should be given them. Sampson
commands the feet in those waters.
but Commodore Schley was in com
mand when Cervera and his fleet
made the plucly attempt at escape.
and it was under Schley that every
one of that Spanish fleet met its
destruction Schley and his men
have performed n notable feat that
will go down in history hand in
hand with that daring forcing of
Mduilsl HdTDOT by l1cNty vi olis L..
Congress should be prompt IN rec
ognizing their services. and there
should be no delay in rendering its
thanks and those of the country 10
the real heroes at Santiago"
There is no man in the American
Navy who stands higher than Schley.
and his success ut Santiago was exactly
what the country expected.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the chief corner stone.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

The hearts of all the people of the
country will go out to Secretary Carlisle
in the sorrows that overwhelm him. Less
than II year ago he made his home in
New York, associating his two sons with
him in the practice Of the law. few
months ago his son, Logan, died, and
now his other son, William X, upon
whom he leaned has passed away.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07
THE RIGHT RING--METHOOlST BISHOPS

The men selected to manage the
Methodist Publishing House forfeited
the confidence Of the church and the
people when they sent Il false telegram
with reference to the claim Of the church
then pending in Congress. They have
done nothing to retrieve their reputation
since by their quibbling and shabby
defenses and excuses. In some quar-
ters, because of their previous high stand
ing in the church. there has been an
attempt to defend them and to say that
the church could not afford to repudiate
them. That is a spirit born of narrow
sectarianism, not of true Christianity.
From the first this paper has declared
that the conscience of the Southern
Methodists was aroused against thc
Stahlman and Smith & Bdrbee methods
and mot a cent of the money could be
used without dishonor, after the declara-
ton of the Senators that the. bill was
passed because of Smith & Barbee's
false telegram. We have never doubted
what the church would do when the
time came to act. The Methodist church
in the South is composed of men and
women than whom there are none pu-
rer or more honest More than that: they
prefer honest poverty to wealth that has
the least stain upon it.
The Bishops of the church have re-
ceved statement of the whole affair
from the book committee, and have pub
lished the following signed statement:
I'VE lave had submitted to us the
i. towing papers of Textbook committee,
which we believe TO be a correct and eX.
plicit statement of the facts involved
and as the committee appears to have no
legal authority to take the action pro-
posed below, we, as Bishops Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
make the following statement: While re-
affirming the business Of our claim, pay
ment of which has been sought for TWEEN
ty-ive years. we insist that the church
cannot afford to accept il as a gratuity.
or on conditions that reflect upon its
honor InaSmnch, therefore, as some
Senators have affirmed upon the floor of
the Senate that they were induced TO
support the claim by misleading state
ments on the part of the representatives
Of the church, statements, however
which did not affect the merits Of our
claim. we hereby give this assurance
that If the Senate. by affirmative action
declare that the passage Of Che bill was
due to such misleading statements. we
will take the proner steps to have the
entire amount returned to the govern
mcnt.'
That has the right ring and it will
make every Methodist in America hold
up his head when he reads il.
The Methodist church can afford to he
poor. 1t can afford for the government
TO refuse to pay its just claim, 1t can
afford 10 struggle with debt. It can al
ford these and worse conditions: but if
cannot afford to accept dollar that is
legally due it obtained by 'misleading
statements" And what shows the
proud position Of the church and It's
glory is that its bishops say they will
take steps ''to have the entire amount
returned to the government" if the Sen
ate was deceived by its agents. Upon
that rock Methodism will stand. against
all the floods. within af,l without, that
beat against it!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT.
First District-George III. Brown, Jr.,
of Beaufort.
SECOND District-Henry r. Bryan, OF
Craven.
Fifth Distributions ]. Shaw, OF
Guilford.
Sixth District-Oliver III. Allen, OF
Len0ir.
Seventh District-Thomas A. Mcneil,
of Robson.
Eleventh District-W. A. HOke. OF
Lincoln.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07
CONVENTION DATES.

Second Congressional District, Wilson,
August 31st.
Sixth District, Congressional, VIII
mngton, July 9th.
Third Judicial district, Rocky Mount
July 9th.
1t required 116 votes to nominate. the
total number of delegates being 800. dl
vided as follows: Arson, 81 Bruins
wick. 16: Columbus, %: Mecklenburg
80: New Hanover, A; Fender. %: Rich
mond, 81; Robson, A; Union, 80.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

Charles A. Cook, Of Warren, is won.
dcrng when that 'neXt vacancy" will
occur so he can become Brigadier Gen
eral Is the Warren statesman to have
another fall?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

Push, push" is General Towards ad
vice. The naval victory at Santiago
ought soon TO be followed by the cap
tnre of Havana. When il is in our pos
session the war will cnd-and the pro-
liabilities are that it will not end until
then
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

The first bale of Texas cotton has
been ginned and sent to President Me
KinIoy 10 be made into gun cotton fot
the battleship Texas. The Lone Star
State had some experience fighting men
of Spanish descent once. They know
how to overcome them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

General Fitzhugh Lee is still confined
ut Jacksonville. There has been Il de
liberate purpose to shelve him and pre-
vent his winning glory.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-07

The Charleston News and Courier re-
ports that the volunteers from that
State are mad because they were left
behind mt Chickamauga for lack of guns.
They .lad made every effort without sue
cess to get them. Some one has blum
dered.
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GIVE s,nLEY THE HONOR.

baltimore American.
Schley, the naval hero. Schley, the
brave son of this loyal State, was the
man who found the Spanish fleet and
who destroyed it. The two facts are
beyond all doubt, and Schley takes rank
with Dewey as hero of the war.
admiral Sampson who was jumped
from Captain over Schley. was not in
the fight ut all. and Commodore Watson,
who was given command of the flying
squadron for European service. to the
ignoring Of Schley was coaling his flag
ship Newark at Guantanamo. These are
the commanders who sent the dispatches
to the Navy Department. and although
they did not have the grace to even
mention Schlcy's name, they cannot hide
from the American people the glory Of
Schley's performance.
He was in command He began the
destruction Of the Spanish fleet He
found it and he finished it. He did the
work. Now give him the honors.
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TIE PORCELAIN TUB GENERAL

All congratulations to General Miles
should be addressed to this city. Due
notice of his departure for the front
will he given the public.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-18
Chairman Hancock.

A campaign such as that of 1895 ran
itself. Every man constitutes himself
committeeman and goes to work
without urging. People are anxious to
hear the issues discussed and will turn
out to listen to any speaker who may be
sent them. Men who ordinarily con-
tribute nothing to politics feel that
their interests are at stake, and con-
tribute literally. All this is true of a
campaign such as the one two years
ago. In an off year, however the con-
ditions are entirely reversed, funds are
hard to collect, enthusiasm must be
manufactured where it does not exist,
post-office disturbances must be paci-
fed, and every hamlet must have a
world famed orator or it won't play.
These are the difficulties with which
Mr.. Hancock had to contend. and when
you addsto this the fact that he was
chairman for only the two months prior
to the election some conception may be
had of the task he undertook and its
glorious accomplishment. 1t is not
necessary to particularize as to the
work he did, suffice it to say that he
devoted every energy and neglected no
opportunity to advance the cause. It
will be gratifying to the newspapers of
the state to know that Mr.. Hancock
himself states that the most effective
work of the campaign was done through
means of the republican press. The
state chairman is entitled to his full
share of credit for the victory won and
we believe it will be cheerfully accord
ed him by the working republicans of
the state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-11-18
DIPPING FAILS.
seventeen Head of Cattle Die 1t
Macon, Mo-, After Having Been
Treated at East st. Louis.

st. Louis, Nov. ia special to the
Globe Democrat from Macon, Mo-, says:
Prof. ]. w. Conway, of Columbia univer-
sity, has made a post-mortem examine
ton of eight dead cattle on George
Richardson's farm, near here Rich
ardson purchased 70 head at East St.
Louis, where they were dipped in the
watts Friday. Seventeen head have died
since them and number of others are
expected to die. Richardson thought
the result was caused by the dipping.
Prof. Conway pronounced it Texas
fever, and he thinks the dipping had
no effect, except possibly to make the
disease a little more acute. The cattle
were imported from Victoria county,
Tex. Conway suggests that imported
cattle, after going through the Dip
ping process, should be well sheltered
and given soft feed. He took some
parts of the dead animals with him for
further examination.