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beneath the glorious wreaths Of honor and
sacrifice furnished by the people OF all
sections and Of all parties on the flelds CT
Santiago, Guatanamo and Manila and on
the decks Of our warshps during the re-
cent armed conflict.
+ These sectional issues cannot be re- i
r vtved, and believe that the peo- r
r pie are more ready to rebuke than to j
r. accept any Pharasaical claim Of su- +
r per!or patriotism on Che part CT any r
r party or OF any sect.on. Our people r
1. are all patriotic, regardless Of party, +
4. and domestic issues shall not be +
i. clouded, shall not be obscured nor the r
+ people deceived by any appeal to pre- +
i. judice or by any claim Of superior +
4, patriotism on the part Of any party. +
r (Applause) r
A Common Heritage
The glories of the war constitute our
common heritage.
But all was not glory in the conduct Of
the war. There was in the conduct Of the
war much that We cannot call glorious.
More of the gallant sons Of our country
died of neglect in the camps Of peace than
perished on the fields Of battle, including
all the battles of the war and including the
destruction Of the Maine and her gallant
crew. Somebody Is responsible for this.
But We have made no partisan claim based
upon that chapter of negligence and Ia
competency. The Republicans ought to be
very willing, as we permit that scandal Of
the war to remain the common sorrow Of
our whole people, to let the glory of the
war remain the common heritage Of all.
And let me say here I do not know who
was responsible for the neglect Of our SOL
d.ers, and therefore I do not attempt to
place the blame; do not attempt to pass
judgment upon the secretary Of war. But
this do know, that congress-Democrats,
Republicans, Popul.sts. Silver Repub-
leans, without any distinction as to party
made ample appropriations for all the pur-
poses of the war and placed those appro-
pr!ations under the control Of the present
Republican administration. Here let me
say that the statement Of my opponent that
l had voted against any Of such bills Is an
error, based, have no doubt, upon misin-
formation.
1t may be that the fault does not lie with
the secretary of war. He says 1t lies with
the officers below him. They point to each
other In succession, shifting responsibility.
Judge, the leading Republican comic pa
per Of the Union caricatul1ng this shifting
of responsibility in recent issue has a
long line commencing with the secretary
Of war and ending with the army mule all
trying to shift the responsibility and the
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mule stolidly bearing it. daughter and
applause.)
If, then, they claim credit for what the
soldiers and sailors did, not as pertisans
but as Americans, they must accept re-
sponsibihty for what those who neglected
the soldiers have done and left undone. l
do not ask that they accept even the lat
ter but l say to them that they have much
less claim to the former than they have
responsibility for the latter applause }
If the responsibility were placed upon
them for the neglect Of our soldiers and
for their suffering and death, they could
expect, instead of credit and election, only
reputation and utter defeat. applause
But l do not ask that. l ask that they put
the war. its glories and its scandal aside
as matter common TO all the people. re-
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did not make the statement attributed u
me- (Applause.) did not may any sucl
statement nor use any such epithet applied
to him. In explanation Of his statement a
Pomona on Saturday evening last my dis
opponent Is reported a. having
said:
The reporter introducing II says:
mfr. Gage then took up Mr.. Maguire's
congressional record. In a former ad-
dress, Mr.. Gage had said that Mr.. Ma
guire, as q member Of congress- might
have prevented the consideration or
passage of the provision which gave the
Central Pacific a year to decide wheth-
er 1t would pay its Indebtedness to the
government In ten years by means OF
refunding bonds. Mr.. Mcguire denied
1t Friday night, saying II he had OBJ
jected his objection would have tied up
the deficiency appropriation bill, car
rying with 1t money for the army and
navy BILL"
Now, somebody is mistaken about that
1 never had an idea that an objection from
me would have tied up that bill for ten min
utes. It would not. That may be a mis-
take Of the reporter; probably 1t Is.
But Mr.. Gage had more than mere as
sertion last night. He read from the
Congressional Record to show that tho
provision with reference to Pacific
roads was merely an amendment. that
Mr.. Mcguire or any other member
might have objected to 1t and the Of
feet would have been to knock out the
amendment but nothing more. The
amendment had been proposed by Mr..
Barham Of California and the Congress
sional Record has the following:
1.-THE Speaker pro tem.-The clerk
will read the amendment.
1.-The clerk reads as follows: Insert In
line 1S, page %. after the word settle
ment' the following: Provided futher.
that unless the settlement herein au-
thorized be perfected within one year
after tho passage Of this act, the Dresi-
dent Of the United States shall at once
proceed to foreclose all liens now held
by the United States against said radl-
road company and to collect tho In
debtedness herein sought TO be settled:
and nothing in this act contained shah
be held to waive or release any right.
Hen, or cause Of action already held
by the United States
'Mr. Cannon-Now. Mr.. Speaker. In
my judgment that amendment enlarges
the senate provision instead OF limit
ing II. but the gentleman from Califor-
mia thinks It would be q valuable
amendment We cannot vote upon II
at this stage unless there Is consent.
Now. have no objection. II such II
the unanimous wish OF the house. to
modify my motion and move that the
house recede from its disagreement to
the senate amendment and concur with
the amendment which has Just been
read.
''Mr. Barham-I hope the house will
DO that.
THE Speaker pro tem.-The gentle
man from Illinois (Nfr. Cannon) asks
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Republican party to try again to draw sec
tional lines: to wipe out the glorious bene-
fit that came to our country from the ce-
menting Of north and south and east and
west in common bonds Of fratcrnal
patriotism through the minglng indiscrm-
.pately Of the blood of their sons on all the
hattlefields CT the war and the leadership
of our forces for our flag and our country
by gallant soldiers who In the civil war
wore the blue and the gray, and by as gal
liant leaders Ike old Joe Wheelers who in
the civil strife wore the gray (Pro-
longed applause), and 1t seems to
me that my prediction has been
verified. that for partisan purposes
for mere personal advantage. or for tenn
pcrary ends, there are men in our country
who are willing again to draw invid!ous
lines between our people; to revive the old
and buried prejudices and heartburnings
that for more than generation followed
the civil war.
They are all buried: they are all buried
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unanimous consent to withdraw his
motion to recede and concur and make
the motion to concur with the amend
ment which has just been read from
the clerks desk"
us there objection?
There was no objection"
(Mr. Gage. proceeding): ''Nr. Ma
guire was present as shown by the
vote, and he did not object, and yet he
is now trying to make capital by saying
that he was opposed to this proposition
to give the Central Pacific another year
in which to accept the terms of the
government He could have stopped
1t then by simply objecting and
1t would have affected nothing
but this amendment"
The Facts in the Case
Confusion worse confounded. Is It pos
s.ble that the Republican candidate for
governor of California thinks that that
is the funding bill? Uaughter.) The fund
Ing bill to which Mr.. Barham offered the
amendment and which was Incorporated
by the senate in the general deficiency bill,
authorized the commission to offer a set
tlement to the company, but did not limit
the time during which negotiations for that
purpose should proceed. They might pro-
ceed for years. Mr.. Barham offered an
anne endment limiting the time Of negotia-
ton to one year. making the bill so much
better. Instead Of leaving that question
at large and making future legislation nee
essary, Mr.. Barhams amendment pro-
posed to limit the time to one year.
If that had been beaten and the bill had
n,,yI hnv a
paid another dollar to the government,
and he probably never would have permit
ted another act to go through congress
restoring the act Of foreclosure. Why. Of
course. that amendment was consented to-
It made the bill decidedly better; 1t lin
tied the right Of the railroad company
and Of the commission to one year, instead
of leaving 1t at large. But that was not the
funding bin and the defeat Of that amend
ment would have left the funding bill IN a
vastly worse position for the people than It
is now. (Applause.)
Direct Legislation
Another attack made by General Barnes
upon our platforms-upon the Democratic
Popul.st and Silver Republican platforms
IS that they provide for direct legislation.
He says that direct legislation is unwise,
cumbersome. dangerous to capital. dan
gcrcus to property. I answered HIM that
it IL not inexpedient or dangerous. unless
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enrichment and the corresponding oppres-
Majority Must Rule

We have accepted the challenge. We ap-
peal to the masses of the people today to
rise up, not in violent opposit:on-the time
for that passed with the foundation OF
this great republic. (Applause.) II is nc
longer necessary for men In our country
who are oppressed to resort to violence In
order to secure their rights. While they
remain in the minority they have no right
to rule AS soon as their demand for just
ice shall bring to them a majority they
have no need for violence to establish their
rights. (Applause) Gradually and
through the course OF years the oppressed
cried out variously against various
things, which to each seemed to be the
cause of his oppression-of his unhappi-
ness. Discordant voices cried out for
different and often antagonistic reliefs.
Their want of clear knowledge divided
them. At last they were united. They are
uniting and their common cry. the cry that
rallies the forces Of reform today and that
strikes terror into the benefciaries and
supporters of special privilege, is the cry
of the union forces. Give US Justice; We
are men," (Applause)
We want Justice. equal rights. the aboli-
tion, the extirpation Of special privilege
or It's subordination to legal control.
Southern Pacific Barnes
1t has been my custom to proceed to dis
cuss the issues of the campaign affirma-
lively, but as l have spoken here recently
covering many of the issues, perhaps
NAV as well take UP the issues tonight as
they have been ed by our opponents,
replying to their arguments and crit. =
and at the same time presenting affirma-
lively our own position. Until q week
ago last Saturday night We had under.
stood that the keynote for the Republican
campaign had ben given forth in a speech
delivered by my distinguished opponent
In this hall some ten days before. Many
of YOU doubtless heard that speech. We
were answering it as best we could. when.
suddenly a few days ago, we were ad-
ytsed through the leading Republican pa
pers that a new keynote was to be sound
ed. II seems that the old keynote did not
suit.
BY whom was the new keynote to .
Q he sounded? Why, by Gen. W. H. L. .
Q Barnes, a great, able and distin-
Q guished lawyer; a man whom, person.
. ally like and admire. I have no .
Q criticism to pass upon the choice Of .
@ him as the leader of the Republican .
. campaign, If 1t was determined in ad- .
. vance that the campaign was to be .
9 led by an attorney of the Southern
Pacific. (Cheers.) He Is most cer- .
Q tainly the ablest and most eloquent
o of all the regular attorneys of that .
. company. (Applause.)
The first keynote which was sounded
here by my distinguished opponent was
very like G sharp. The new keynote
was very much like E fat. My distin-
guished opponent at Ventura, on Friday
evening, stated that we might wait for
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The Railroad in Politics

palSn.
The Railroad in Politics
Gen. Barnes, who struck the second key
note has been going over the state pooh
poohing the railroad issue in the campaign.
Why shouldn't he? How could he lead a
campaign if he didn't get that issue out of
the way? (Laughter) How could Judge
Carpenter make speeches If the railroad
CUES ton was in issue? Gen. Barnes criti-
c!ses us very severely for dragging the
railroad quest ton into the present contest.
He Is a little unfortunate in having his
position so thoroughly overthrown by
what the railroad company itself has been
doing and declaring
few weeks ago, just after the adoption
Of the Democratic state platform, the
Evening Post of San Francisco, news
paper owned by the Southern Pacific, and
edited by its agents, declared that because
Southern Pacific company would be obliged
to remain IN politics for the present cam
pagn. 1t was too bad that they were not
permitted TO exercise their choice and fol-
low their earnest desire to get out of poll
tics But I fear that If the popular inter-
ests represented by those planks had been
ignored (and they should not have been
ignoredD the Southern Pacific company
would still have been In politics. 1t has
been assuring us for twenty years that it
was out of politics, but il never has been.
In addition to General Barnes, other Re-
publican speakers have been going about
over the state declaring that the Southern
Pacific was not In politics; that the issues
concerning the relations of the railroad
to the people werc dead issues.
Mr. Estee. an honest man. good man, a
personal friend Of mine OF twenty-five
years standing, n man whom I honor as
a man, but whose political Judgment I
doubt very seriously because, notwith-
standing the statements that he unequivo-
cally makes In speech, he remains in the
campaign as a supporter Of the railroad
ticket. Let ,rs see how Estee answers
General Barnes on this question
Estes's Speech Dissected
Mr.. Estee is willing to contend for what
he calls Republican principles, willing to
contend for the election of tho Republican
ticket on other grounds. but he is not will
ing to go over this state saying that the
railroad question Is not a burning issue
He is not willing to go over this state say
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a third keynote, and it came to us this
morning in a speech by Morris NJ. Estee,
the inguished candidate of the Repub-
llcan party for governor in the last cam
Daign.
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A Reporters Blunder

My distinguished opponent, In connec-
ton with this matter, is reported to have
said that in n speech on this question
had called him a fool. That, I want to
say Is an entire mistake and he has been
absolutely misinformed. I never applied
such an epithet to an opponent or to any
body else. did heretofore as have done
tonight. state the situation; nothing more.
Somebody may have drawn an improper
deduction from what said. but certainly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

ton that civilization could afford,
but it was not what they needed.
They caught cold, grippe, pneu-
monia and wasted away. The
troubles that overcame them dem
onstrated again the distinction be-
tween being cold and catching
"cold," as we express It. They
caught cold for very lack of air
with plenty Of snow and ice in it,
and their threats and lungs were
clogged.
1t is a pitiful story of these half
dozen Arctic folk, strangers in our
midst. One remains, a child
whom it is hoped to raise. He
is becoming acclimated, and it is
hoped that he may even be able to
bear the severity of our summer
season..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

Our cousins German are very
clever. When anybody else has
gone to the trouble of getting
something then Germany steps up
and asks for a piece of the pie.
But the circumstances today are
very different froE: those that exis-
ted when Germany successfully
secured Joint action" in the con-
troll of the Samoan Islands, and
the United States will deal with
the Philippines without assistance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15
PORTO RICO.

q Our watchful cousins abroa d,
whether entirely friendly or not,
are unanimous in the opinion that
Porto Rico ought to be seized pre-
liminary to any serious movement
to conquer Cuba for the Cubans.
Carranza, Spain's spy in Can
ada, evidently moved by the con-
siderations of war policy on the
part of an enemy, has expressed
his belief that our government will
take Porto Rico before advancing
on Havana.
All authorities agree that Porto
Rico ought to be taken to remove
the last base Of operations in these
waters from SPANS hold. But
there is another view of the advan-
tage to be gained by its early occu-
patton that military authorities,
putting themselves in our place,
readily grasp. That is, that in
event of a sudden call for peace
the United States may be in actual
possession of Porto Rico rather
than trusting to secur it as in
demnity, for example.
This last is the broader view
since only nominally is Porto Rico
today of any use to Spain as a
base. But at the end Of the war,
with Cuba free, Spain should be
entirely cleared off from this con-
tinent. Her retention of Porto
Rico would be a constant menace
which in time might make neces-
sary another war. To take Porto
Rico at once is thus evidently
pointed by every consideration of
present expediency and the de-
mands of the future.
And perhaps it may be disclosed
that a large part OF the army now
supposed to be bound for Santiago
may really be carried further to
capture San Juan whose sea de-
lenses have already been tested by
ships.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

of disasters may now incline the Span
ish government to ask for the best terms
possible.
For our part, if we could now secure
peace without further fighting il would
wonderfully heighten our triumph. We
should have succeeded in q difficult war
with an astonishingly small loss of life.
Not ten Americans, we believe, have
so far been killed In battle. We have
spent millions and are ready to spend
millions more; we have called over
400, 600 men to arms; we have greatly
strengthened our feet; we now have the
campaign we'll in hand and can push it
to certain victory. But no victory, won
after months of fighting and lavishing
of treasure and life, could possibly be
30 glorious as would bs q peaceful set
Element with Spain without tho firing
of another gun. II she is ready to treat,
we must meet her half way. Our gov
eminent has shown by It's conduct Of
the war that il is both wise and hu-
mane-wise in looking for just such q
breakdown in Spain as we are nov wit
Messing and humane in determining not
to risk M American ship or sailor or
soldier unnecessarily. BY keeping our
unframed levies out of Cuba our au-
thorities have hurt Spain more than
they possibly could have done by send
ing them. But the same wisdom and
humanity that have marked the carry
ing on of the war thus far must surely
lead the president and his advisers to
welcome the first approaches of Spain
with the aim Of peace.-New York
Evening Post.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15
ONE LITTLE tEsoUTmAU.

OF the family Of six Esquimaux
which Explorer Peary brought
back with him from his last Arctic
expedition. but two are alive and
one OF these is to be returned to
his far northern home.
The fate of this interesting
group is pathetic. Born and
thriving in a land so far north
that the Klondike seems like a
tropic country, with constitutions
OF iron, almost insensible to cold.
fatigue and hanger, these little
people from the smallest tribe of
the farthest north OF any in the
world sickened and died in our
land OF January thaws.
They had every care and atten-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

In common with every lover OF
base ball from the rooter on the
bleachers to the season ticket
holder of the grand stand, and
with every admircr of the prestige
of the Providence organization,
The News rejoices that the fortunes
of our team have passed into the
hands Of new management, com
prising solely the men who in the
spirit of good sport and by the ex-
ercise OF their capital, enterprise
and intelligent interest have con
tributed the greater share to the
establishment and upbuilding of
the sport i'll these parts, and the
making of a team of players who
have been unrivaled and are
always capable of putting up a
champion game worth your money
to see, win or lose.
AS has been the painful duty of
The News to point out this season
the interests of base ball in Provi-
dence have been seriously threat
ened by business management too
narrow and timid to make a sue
cess of any business, much less
professional sport, which, to be
put OH a laying basis, requires
peculiar vigor, push and a broad
appeal to public confidence in its
prosecution. That such manage
ment as that evidenced earlier in the
season threatened the dividends of
the stockholders was of no great
interest to the general public, but
that it inevitably tended to de-
moralize the club was of real i'm
portance inasmuch as the public
has been taught to expect good
ball and, by reason of its faith, now
has a right tc demand it.
The character of members of the
reorganized Providence Base Ball
Association guarantees a return to
the vigorous methods that have in
the past made uccess both for the
stockholders and for the game.
Fortunately, so far as the game is
concerned, at least, it is not too
late to recover the ground threat
ened With sacrifice. The club is
in good condition to respond to
vigor and enterprise in its business
management, and the base ball
loving public will be prompt to
give it the tribute of their patron
age and cheer it on to play for the
championship in, the wayt that we
know so well a Providence team
can play when its spirit is up.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

Does he increase too slow
ly in weight
Are you in constant fear
he will be illi
Then give him more flesh.
Give him more power to
resist disease. He certainly
needs a fa~t-forming food.
SCOTS Emulsion is just
that food. 1t will make the
baby plump; increase the
weight; bring color to the
cheeks, and prosperity to the
whole body. Thin children
take to it as naturally as they
do to their milk.
te<. and &. 90. ell druggists
SCOTT . BOVINE. chss~sss. Nee Ysrh.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

DR.. John Blair Gibbs, who gave
up a lucrative practice and about
everything to make life worth liv-
ing, except the JOY that risk and
danger have for certain healthy
spirits, to go into the navy, was the
first volunteer to meet death from
a Spanish bullet.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15

It is recalled that every one of
our wars has created a President
Of the United States from the
army, but It is also recalled that
none Of them began his military
career Al a political general.