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The times., 1898-04-03
A VOICE FROM NEW ENGLAND.
MR., LAWRENCE GARDNER,


Washington, d. C.
My Dear Sir:
Acknowledging receipt of your favor of
the 22d, l regret exceedingly that it will
be impossible for me to attend the ban
quet on April 13. L need not assure you
how great a pleasure it would be to
meet and mingle with loyal Democrats
and hear once more the noble voice of
a noble leader. I should like to be in
Washington on that occasion. In addi-
ton to the pleasures of the banquet there
might be other ways and means of i'm
proving ones time
There might be an opportunity to visit
the Capitol, to look in on the House of
Representatives and see the puppets
strung on the wire of party dis
cipline, dance obedience to Cea-
sar's will Or, perchance, to Wis
it the Senate Chamber and view
the "choice and master spirits of this
age" perhaps to meet the Grand Master
of all, the man who makes Presidents
and hear him utter Ego ct Rex. Mems. -
he, who in lieu of having the impression
of his hat stamped upon the coin of the
realm, has had the impression of the coin
of the realm stamped upon his clothes
But 1t will be impossible for me to at
tend. The enormous revival of busi-
ness in New England since the ''restora-
tion of confidence" on November 3. 1896
will not permit the withdrawal of even
so humble a factor as myself from the
channels of trade. I could not bear to
absent myself from the busy hum and
whirr of looms and spindles and the sight
of happy workmen. plethoric with hon
est dollars and unlimited opportunities
of earning them, all of which has been
brought about by that great party which
rests upon these two props of political
| virtue-irst, that an honest dollar is the
one which is hardest to get, and second
that the greatest benefit that can be con-
ferred upon a man is to tax him.
And then there is the possibility of
war. If Spain should refuse to accept
| our forthcoming apology for blockading
her harbor at Havana with the ruins of
the Maine. and demand a larger indem-
nifty than Wall Street would permit up TO
pay, it might become necessary to defend
the nations honor with the sword. This
would unsettle business through running
the stock market which even now rises
and falls as "grim-visaged war" alter
nately roughs and smooths the wrinkled
front page of the daily press.
This, and the exodus of goId-bug patri-
OTIS to the war would make it necessary
for some one to stay at home and re-
store confidence. No, it viii be impossi-
bic for me to attend. I am sorry but
1 wish you much joy at your feast.
May good digestion wait on appetite
and health on both Very truly yours,
j. PORTER MORSE.
Marlboro Mass, March 8.
The times., 1898-04-03

There WAS a gentleman once who
wanted 10 raise hogs; and the spot he
selected Tor his hog farm was in a part
Of the South where that form Of mon
ey-making was played out. The plant
crs IN thar region told him that it was
no use for him TO keep any kind Of hog
that could not outrun a negro. The
newcomer. however. laid in stock Of
fine, fat Berkshires, Of the kind which
are about the shape Of feather bols-
ter on four short legs. But for the dis
iinguishing features Of nice little
straight nose and nice curled queue, it
would be hard to tell which end Of these
hogs was the head and which was the
The times., 1898-04-03
The Nnvy's Prime Need.

tFTOm the PhlIadtIphla Ilmes)
The one thing in which we find ourselves
most deficient when the war clouds low
er upon our horizon unexpectedly is in a
body of trained seamen, and this fact
gives additional emphasis TO the neces-
sary requirements, and the present indfca-
tiOns are that all our completed war yes
sells will be ready TO go to sea long be-
fore the requisite crews can be secured
to take them to sea. The cause of this
lack of American seamen 1t is not worth
while TO discuss at this time, but the fact
emphasizes the necessity of keeping a
trained body of seamen in service all the
time
The times., 1898-04-03

Senor Moret, the Spanish Minister of
Marine. wants to know how nations
whose civilization is supposedly high can
engage in war which would assuredly
make desolate the homes Of Spain and the
United States. This conscientiousness is
affecting but a literal reader might be a
little in the dark as to it's object. 1t is
not known that two nations whose civil
ization is supposedly high are going to en-
gage in any such war. One nation, a
good big one, is about TO administer pun
ishment to another which is semi bar
barous and corrupt. The inference is,
however, that the things of which Senor
Moret is complaining are the desolated
homes of Spain and the United States.
And this, in the light of recent events,
causes one TO query whether Senor Moret
has been asleep IN a dark closet for the
last few months, perhaps for years, or
what is the matter with him. In prose-
cutting a barbarous, badly managed,
and utterly useless war in the Island
| of Cuba, Spain has wasted the lives
of many thousand plucky youths. hardly
| grown to the stature of manhood, who
might posslpiS' II lieS hdu 0''iu dt hoiiie'
have amounted TO something. She has
| completely and irrevocably ruined the
| homes of hundreds of thousands of Gu
bans, and laid waste a land which nature
| intended to be fair and fruitful home
| for a simple people, so that it has become
a desert and a ruin. And finally, she haa
desolated, without any excuse whatever,
not even the excuse of legitimate war;
fare, the homes of two hundred and six
ty-six American seamen, simply as a
The times., 1898-04-03
SuInerabIc Points.

From the Cleveland Plain DyalerO
Certainly I'm willing TO let vote"
said the cracker-box orator. But they'll vote
anyway. I've changed my mind about women.
There's no field She amt capable Of hllin', YES,
an doin' it, too, better than 4 man could. That's
right Why there's prize fghtin'. Ii women did
the professional boxing you wouldn't hear Of 50
many fatalities IN the ring. ", 81,
lie paused and looked around
''Why not, Uncle Johu.' inquired The G.mble-
ton boy.
'"Causc most Of the fighters who have hesH kiIl-
cd were knocked out by a blow ON the jaw
The times., 1898-04-03
SCENE IL


Alcoholic Ward of Bellevue Hospital
Foussen Stretched upon cot in the
night uniform of the hosDitaD-Is this
the Waldorf Hotel? Please touch that
button and order ne an ounce OF cham
pasne. am dying of thirst
Nurse-Now. young man. you keep
quiet or I'll have TO tie YOU down
Foussen-I must go right out of here.
! am a subject of the emperor, and to-
morrow / shall complain 10 the German
consul. They have treated me outrage
| ously. They have taken away my money
and my clothes, and I cannot get an
ounce of champagne. Is this what You
call free country Never mind, I am
rich. 1 have plenty of money. I viii
have revenge. They promised me an
ounce of champagne and all get is Bit
ter stuff.
Nurse-You are old enough to know
better.
Foussen-I am only ffty-six and young
er than YOU are. In Germany Ne think
nothing of these little things. l must
get out of here. 1 start on a trip around
the world tomorrow. II my friends
We're only here You would soon repent
of having treated me so. Give me back
my money. l had S3f.20-enough TO buy
an ounce of champagne. I am a gen
! tleman. When I get out of here 7 viii
/ sue the hotel. 1t i san outrage. fSIeepS.}
| Dr. White writing in note bookl-Bad
| case. Lucky ne got here when he did,
I been boozing for a week, I should say.
| He'll be all right in Il couple OF days.
| tCurtain-)
The times., 1898-04-03

Germany also has an interest in Cuba.
Our genial and accomplished friend, Herr
Bleichroder, has unearthed a real griev-
ance which will help Mr.. Mckinley out.
He has found that there was fire in
Cuba, in which some German property
was destroyed And Spain never has Of
fered reparation, The kaiser will send a
feet and, while it is operating, it would
be manifestly impolite for US to mix UP
with the muddle. What we want to dc
is TO remain quiet and nurse those Span
ish-Cuban bonds.
The times., 1898-04-03
The How First.
(From the Baltimore American. J

(From the Baltimore American,)
In every war in which this country engaged
fighting began before any formal declaration of
hostilities, except in the war of 1872, when tho
declaration preceded the fighting. And in that
case war was declared only after than ten
years Of wrong and injustice. Uncle Sam is pa
tient. but when he fights he wins.
The times., 1898-04-03
Approaching Civilization.
(From the Atlanta Constitution

tfrom the Atlanta Consttution)
81 use ter be a great fer foreign Missions
said the coIored deacon but in de las two years
change has come over my spcrrit. You all re-
members dem silk beavers we sont to de heathen
ter go ter church in?'
eyes"
''En dem Sunday school good-behavior cards?''
''Yes.'
well, sub. wen de church sent me on as
delicate, ter see how dey wus prosperin' what
does you reckon | seen?'
Dunno
''Well, sub, I'll tell you; ever blessed heather
in de crowd WIS a-settin' on de beavers dies lax
dey wus campstools, en- tryin' ter play poker wild
de rood he haNinr cardsl,,
The times., 1898-04-03

sample of what she could do in the way
of coid-blooded malienftF if we undertook
to interfere with her. Senor Moret's tears
are interesting, but superfuous. They
would seem less peculiar if we had not
already heard of the second hotilla,
which is on the way to Havana. AS it
is, they are suspicious. They cause the
shrewd and unimpassioned American to
deny the allegation and despise the alli-
gatori
The times., 1898-04-03
Loves Tactics.
From the Chicago Post. J

(From the Chicago Post)
"Did you keep him in suspense long when he
asked you to be his wife?"
'Wel pretended to have some difficulty max
ing up my mind. and he had to wait
Hes such an impulsive and quck-tempered
fellow | should think YOU would have been afraid
TO take any such chances"
''Oh, ! running risk. | was careful to
keep between him and the door
There is much more TO the game OF love. it
thus appears, than man usually ever succeeds in
finding out
The times., 1898-04-03
Patience and Dfshonor.

(From the New York World.)
1t is now forty-six days since the Maine was
trescherously blown up and 2GG of her brave
seamen murdered in their sleep. And yet no de-
mand has been made upon Spain or upon the
authorities at Havana for the discovery and
punishment of the miscreants who did the deed,
or for an apology for the unparalleled insult and
reparation for the criminal wrong.
The times., 1898-04-03

An evening Administration organ as
serts that no European government has
yet insisted upon mediation between
America and Spain. This only shows
that the Administration has been dila-
tory about demanding it. Can We sup
pose for a moment that Mark Hanna
and John ]. McCook will allow this
nation to be complicated in disturb
ance with Spain? Perish the thought
The Maine incident is a minor matter.
What we want is the integrity of the
Spanish debt
The times., 1898-04-03

The indications at present are that the
Senate and the House are alike alert
and ready for action. There is an an
cient proverb to the effect that it is vain
TO set n trap in the sight of any bird
and the trap of the Administration has
been perforce constructed in broad day
light. Consequently, the birds are wary.
Senator Allen, who has been fighting for
Cuba for more than year, has had ex-
perience with measures intended to Gre
ate delay. Senator Foraker, being from
Ohio, has had experience with Mr.
Hanna. The Senate, as a whole, has had
experience with the Administration. And
as a consequence, the gentle coaxings
and whistlings of the Executive intended
to entrap the various leaders, Republican
and Democratic, into committing them
selves TO a policy involving further de-
lay. seem to have been quite unavailing.
The Administration has been working for
time. Could the consent of the Senate
| and of the House be obtained. diplomatic
correspondence would have been begun.
and kept up, as long as the impatience
of the people would permit delay. Then
the rainy season in Cuba would have fur
nished excuse for allowing the whole
matter to go over till Autumn, and Con-
gress would have adjourned. But in fol-
lowing out this extremely cautious and
diplomatic policy there are difficulties.
and one of them is that every man, de-
spite Horace Walpole, has not his price.
There are still some true Americans left
| among US.
The times., 1898-04-03

Mr. Mckinley could stand it with his
habitual Christian resignation. 1t will
be remembered that he has never had
one word TO say in respect to the mem
ory of those heroic Americans who
went down to their doom when Spain
blew up the Maine. No national mourn
ing was ordered for them! No official
praise has been meted out to the gal
liant survivors. Dead and living, the
sailors of the Maine have been treated
as persons who have been very blama-
BILE for creating a situation extremely
uncomfortable for MIR. Hanna, and the
Spanish-Cuban bond sharksl 1t is
rather rough thing to say, but the
country is in a state where it is not
worth while for a patriotic newspaper
to point it's periods. Everybody is mad.
We are mad. Nobody is calm and col
lected but the kitchen cabinet of the
White House. They will be found in
church this morning. They will pray
pitifully for peace, and then share in
| the Spanish-Cuban bond deal. Perhaps
their prayers may be answered afTirma-
lively. Nobody can tell what may hap
pen in these stock ticking times of
peace.
Napoleon used to say that Providence
| ions. That was when numbers counted.
Today it looks as if a Hanna could elect
| a President and own him afterwards.
The times., 1898-04-03
In IN AMfuI Ely.

IRON The MchisOp II1bc1
An Atchison man ate radish late last even-
ing and dreamed all night that lie was mans
shirt dancing and waving on q clothes lne- The
aeeInv he sIIffrrd M seeing the Womeu's lingerie
hanging all around him, can be appreciated oy
modest
The times., 1898-04-03

I'm case of war, Mr.. Hanna favors
the issuance Of bonds" That is the
statement made in Washington paper.
All right! Let the Government ask for
a patriotic loan, and issue bonds in thu
denomination of 800 or less, and see how
quickly the people will take them up.
Mr. Gage does not need to go to Wall
Street. He can get thousand millions
in less than a week, from the plain
people" That is the peoples matter, Mr..
Gage. Do not make the mistake of mon
keying with them.
The times., 1898-04-03

From the Atlanta Journal.)
Spains desire to settle the matter peaceably is
marked by the number of warships she is dis
patching to American waters
The times., 1898-04-03

Oh, Lord, this Is pitiful! The Admin
istration is compelled to admit that The
Times, alone among all the newspapers
in America, was right about the Maine
massacre from the first! A senator, close
man will confess himself to the people;
that he Will tell what he has known for
nearly a month = that the Maine was
blown up as an official Spanish act 1t
would have been a great deal better for
William Mckinley If he had acknowl-
edged this two weeks ago.
The times., 1898-04-03

There is good Americanism in the SEN
ate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The committee considers the massacre of
Havana Harbor as a casus beli, How
anybody but an Eastern eunuch could
regard it as anything else is a mystery.
All the same, the silent, peaceful hours
of the Sabbath will be utilized by Tories
and Hessians to invoke the aid of bank
ers and to secure the Intervention of
Europe. Let patriotic legislators know
one thing: We are being betrayed
The times., 1898-04-03
Impressed on the Heart.

(FrOm the Chicago POSt)
"Say!' exclaimed little Willie, suddenly break
ing a long silence and turning to his mother is
there such a thing as Photographic heart?''
''Why, what do you mean, 'Wilhe?'' asked his
mother, lin surprise
well. l heard that man who was here last
night tell sister Sue that her features were pho
tographed on his heart" explained the boy .'and
Judging from the way hc was holding her
should think they ought to have been ="
The times., 1898-04-03

1t was once said that there is nothing
quite so capricious as the logic of events.
No one man can be exactly certain
whether he has the right clew to the
way in which public opinion will swing
in the next week, or the next year, or
even the next forty-eight hours. An in
stance of this is furnished in the behav
ior of the Senate last week Despite
the efforts of the Administration to keep
public sentiment in a cool, or at least a
lukewarm condition, it persists in boiling
over. The fire is too deep to be extin-
guished by any surface measure. 1t is
possible to kill a forest fire, but a vol
cano must be let alone and the only
thing to do with it is to get out of its
way. Mr.. Hanna and his leutenants
seem to have been of the opinion that
they could wet-blanket and sprinkle this
great flame of American patriotism, and
put it out somehow. if they only had
little more time. They have gone on the
principle that the representatives of the
people could be coaxed, bribed. or intim-
idated, no matter what the feelings of
their constituents or their own individ-
ual convictions might chance to be.
They have disregarded the warning puffs
of smoke and the occasional waves of
heat which have reached them, and gone
on arranging their fire department But
the time is coming according TO scien-
tific observation, when there will be an
eruption; and they and their wet blankets
will have no more effect on the face of
the earth. The best thing for them to do
is to get out of the way. This warning
is given in a purely adisinterested and
friendly spirit, and although it win prob
ably not be needed, it is only an act of
ordinary humanity TO tell these people
that when nature allows her righteous
indignation to boil over, it is best to
reach a safe place first and find out
what the matter was afterward.
The times., 1898-04-03
II Does,

(From the New York SUM
II looks as ii Havana harbor would soon be safe
for American ships and American men.
The times., 1898-04-03

The Administration organs are very
much exercised over distress CALI
sent out by Mr.. J. Addison Porter, Sec
retary to the President 1t was a per-
fectly truthful and harmless message.
1t reeited that tho Senate and House OF
Representatives seemed bent upon war
1t suggested 10 our best business in
terests' that they should intervene.
Why should Republican statesmen get
mad about a little thing like that? It
is what they have been preaching for a
year Mr.. Porter is absolutely right in
his position, and nobody with knowl
edge of the facts believes that he would
have taken it without orders from Mr.
Hanna. That makes it official.
The times., 1898-04-03

West calls Policeman William F. O'SuIli-
van. of the West Thirtieth Street Sta
ton, who jumps into the carriage. and
helps hold Foussen DOWN.
The times., 1898-04-03
A Slumbcr Song.


The wind in Executive treetops is sing
ing a little tune
OF drowsy dreamy cadence, soft and
sleepy rune.
The White House is wrapped in silence
in a Canton-fannel way
And the President of the nation is taking
some rest today.
Chorus
Make haste in sacred stiffness the cor
ridOrs TO steep
Hush,
Hush!
The Presidents gone to sleep!
The strain has been simply frightful.
from narrowing day to day.
With Wall Street and the nation each
pulling a different way.
The chief of the Navy Department has
gone away 10 rest
And the President, too, will be quiet; his
doctor thinks il best.
(Chorus)-
He stands like a pensive penguin, inn
mersed in siumber deep
Don't tip him over!
The Presidents gone TO sleep.
The times., 1898-04-03
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

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The times., 1898-04-03

Communications intended for publication in
The Times should be tersely and plainly written,
and must in all cases be accompanied By the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected com
nunications viii not be preserved and only man
uscripts Of obvious importance VIII be returned
20 their authors.
The times., 1898-04-03

SUNDAY. APRIL 3. 1895.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-21
THE CARTER MEMORIAL.
The Legislature Takes a Hand in
the Deal.

In the Senate yesterday Senator
Holstein presented the report of the
Judiciary Committee on the Carter
Memorial Fountain matter, which
reads as follows:
SIN reference to the question sub
mitted by Senator Hooking to the
Minister of the Interior on the 18th
day of April, 1898, touching upon
the authority that caused dedica-
ton OF portion of public domain
known as the Union Square for the
erection OF memorial to deceased
private citiz-n, which question and
answer by said Minister was referred
on the 18th inst. TO the Judiciary
Committee to report thereon, we
beg leave to say that we fail to note
any express authority allowing the
Minister OF the Interior to donate
any of the public domain for the
purpose as contemplated by the
Memorial Committee, but we think,
though, such powers by implication
exist.
"Your committee are aware of
complaints being made as to the de-
STABILITY of placing the memorial
in the spot given, but our jurisdic-
ton in this matter is restricted to
answering the question of aut hority.
1--WE do believe, that other desira-
BILE localities could be procured, but
that lie subject which we leave to
the judgment of the Legislature"
Senator Hooking then presented
the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That the Judiciary
Committee prepare concurrent
resolution, setting forth that it is
the sense Of the Legislature OF this
Republic that the occupation OF a
certain portion of Union Square by
a Memorial Fount ain will be an OBJ
struction to the public use thereof"
The resolution was carried unani-
mously.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-21
Two Kahunas.

Camachero, alias John Gouveira,
plead guilty in the District Court
this morning to charge of practi-
cling surgery without a license, and
was fiued $3.50,
The case has created some noto-
riety through statement that the
man was practicing under some
kind of license from the Queens
Hospital.
j. Q, Wood, the attorney for
Camachero, pleaded for light sent
euce on account of the man being
crippled and violating the law only
through ignorance OF the statutes
relating to the practice of surgery
and medicine. Mr.. j, NJ Vlvas
volunteered statement that the de
fendant enjoyed the utmost con
fience of the Portuguese Colony,
and that he had been successful in
numerous instances, where duly Ii
censed physicians had failed,
He claimed that Camachero had
no intention Of using the name of
the Queens Hospital to further
his practice. lie held numerous
testimonials from people, whom he
had cured, and such testimonials
might have been mistaken for diplo-
mas by ignorant people.
The Marshal held that the very
statement OF Mr.. Vivas proved that
the defendant was dangerous to the
welfare of the ignorant classes, and
that a severe penalty should be ina
posed to deter, in the future, such
medicine men from a course which
eventually would. end disastrously
to some OF his victims. II Mr.. Ca
machero possessed the qualifications
as it was claimed by his counsel and
Mr. Vivas, and he really was superior
to the licensed physicians OF the
country, he would certainly be in a