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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
COAL AS CoNTRABAND.

The war with Spain will be chiefly
upon the sea, in all probability, and
mainly in American waters. This will
make SPANS base of operations far
removed from the scene of action. TO
operate from the Cape Verde Islands is
practically impossible, while Porto
Rico and Cuba will be in the field of
activity. Should Spain by any chance
so disable our navy as TO practically
cripple it then she could make her base
of operations where she chose. She
must have coal supply to operate her
fleets, but coal will be contraband of
war. 1t is not likely that she has any
considerable supply of coal at Porto
Rico or Havana, and If she has not she
will not be able TO lay in supply at
those points. She will have to go back
home to get coal. In four of her prov
inces-Oviedo Leon, Valencia and Cor
dova-coal is found; but the output is
comparatively small, it having been
1,739.075 tons in 1895, and 1,S30.771 tons
in 1896. This is about three times the
amount that Utah produced in 1897, the
output ndNiHS DeeH o49,O4O IONS.
With a free sea Spain would have no
trouble in procuring COAL but she is
not going TO have a free sea. For the
ships of our navy there will be no
coal question, because their operations
will be, in all likelihood, near our
shores. Deprived of coal, warshlp is
an almost helpless thing, and is abso-
lutely such save for defensive purposes
when stationed in a harbor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
A NOBLE, DISTINGUISHED DEC
LARATION.

The complete disintereStedness of the
United States government in it's pro-
posed intervention in Cuba is evidenced
by the last section of the Cuban indie
pendence resolution, which reads:
Fourth-That the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition or in
tention to exercise sovereignty, juris-
diction or control over. said island, ex-
cept for the pacification thereof. and
asserts its determination, when that is
accomplished, to leave the government
and control OF the island to its peo-
pie.
That is as it should be- Had Cuba
been a peaceful, contented island the
thought of dislodging Spain from it
would never have entered the heads of
the American people; they would have
been satisfied for it to have remained
Spanish. But for a quarter of a CEN
fury it has been in a state of rebellion
and insurgency more or less active,
and all the while greatly disconnected.
All that this government desires is that
peace shall reign upon the island, and
thai its people may engage in the pur
suits of agriculture and commerce; and
that they may have their own govern
ment. So long as Spanish rule shall
continue in the island there cannot
possibly be peace and its ooncomit-
ants While the American people know
the motives that have actuated this
country in its treatment of the Cuban
question, yet it was absolutely neces-
sary that official and formal declara
ton of such motives be made TO the
world: and the Cuban resolution closed
with such a declaration.
No one can say, in the face of that
declaration, that this country has any
sinister motive in the course it is pur-
suing, while it binds it as much as the
other sections of the resolution do to
recognize Cuban independence and ex-
pei Spain. This country has no desire
to possess Cuba, neither has it any
need of it. No country ever made a
nobler or more disinterested, but withal
lofty declaration than the United States
at the close of the Cuban resolution.
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and who subsequently advocated it as
an urgent necessity. Time has vindi-
Gated his judgment in this as in other
respects.
1.-THE Post has uniformly opposed all
propositions looking to the maintenance
of a large standing army, believing it
to be the best possible policy to rely
mainly on volunteers and militia in
times of need. But if we had no ma
tional military school. no educated SOL
diers to teach military tactics, our re-
lance on the citizen soldiery would be
far less secure than it is today The
men from West Point have, as we have
said, performed invaluable service in
the last two months. In the immediate
future, if necessity arises. they and the
men of their commands will fulfill the
confident expectations of their best
friends, and. in so doing, may possibly
shame their maligners."
If in the war with Spain there is any
grand strategy it will be done by West
Pointers just as it was during the civil
war. The country does not have too
many West Pointers; it does not have
enough.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
A PRINTERS LIVELY TONGUE.
Arrested While Intoxicated, Quick
Repartee Frees Him

New York Times: Patrick Moran,
about so years old. who gave a Bowsry
lodging house as his residence, was
charged by Policeman Cavenaugh of the
West Thirtieth street police station in
Jefferson Market court yesterday with
and Broadway on Saturday night, and
with attacking him when he tried to quiet
him.
Moran was exceedingly sorry for CIV
ing the policeman trouble. and said he
would have been the last man in the
world to do so if he had been sober.
You were drunk. then?' asked Magis-
4 was non compos mentis at the time
replied Moran.
Non compos mentls.' Ell" repeated
the magistrate who was IN good hui
NOR. You are d professional man,
Il am a compositor." replied Moran.
DO you live here in this city?" asked
the magistrate.
Il am at present sojourning about the
metropolis"
How long have you been here?"
About month this time. 1 have been
You move frequently from place to
placer" suggested his honor.
Yes. Kind of rapid transit" responded
Moran.
II don't know whether to commit you
to the asylum for care or to the peni-
Tertiary for being a vagrant under the
law. You are sure you are non compos
mentis?"
"Oh. not now. your honor. / was non
compos mentis last night. / am of sound
mind at the present time"
tCant commit you on that score. You
say you are compositor?"
Yes, I'm a compositor, but I'm not
what you call a tramp compositor. 1
have steady work when 1 have it,
We'll. now, if you are compositor, can
you tell me the different fonts?"
"Oh. yes" replied Moran; there is dia-
mond, pearl, agate, nonpareil, bour-
geois''-
Discharged" was the response. and
Moran walked out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
"BLEEDINGn THE GOVERNMENT.

If any one thinks that attempts to
hold up the government by contract
ors and the like will not be made, such
person but deceives himself and dis
plays his ignorance of human nature.
Already some such cases have devel-
oped, and naval officers are very indig-
nant over them. Thus far these at
tempts have been confined to a few
tube making and boiler firms, and
some ammunition and gun making
firms. Their actions will not only make
the naval and military authorities in
dignant, but the whole people as well.
There are people who will not hesitate
to rob the government right and left
if they can but get a chance, and war
times afford these chances but too fire.
quently. They will furnish bad previ
sions, shoddv clothing, and mix sand
with powder to make it weigh. Such
Benedict Arnolds, and they would never
hesitate a moment to betray their
country if they could get the price of
treason; and it would not have to be
very big price, either.
In war times the necessaries of war
will naturally be higher than at any
other time, and it cannot be expected
that supplies of all kinds will keep at
their normal prices. But the individual
or firm that would undertake to
bleed" the government in time of war
or threatened war, is a scoundrel and
traitor at heart.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

A pleasant little incident occurred at
Thistle. yesterday. After the officers
and men Of the Twenty-fourth
had gone on and While Governor Wells
and his party We're waiting for their
train, little child of some three sum-
mers espied General Penrose, who was
in full regimentals, and shouted:
There's Uncle Sam! There's Uncle
Saml' 1t pleased the general and
everyone present. And this little child
of three summers could not have made
a happier choice in choosing repre-
sentative of that same Uncle Sam he
had heard so much about.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
0REGON SHORT LINES


Trains arrive and depart at Salt Lake
lily daily as follows:
Tin Effect March 5. 1881
ARRIVE
rom Chicago. Omaha, ST. LOUIS
hansas City. Denver Park
City and Ogden.... -: $40 On.
From Helena. Butte. Portland.
FER; sermeediats points -...-..-....:.. S:55 an
icy: ogden and intermediats
From Chicago. Omaha. St Louis. -
Kansas City. Denver. and Og-
'From Frisco. Milford and inter.
mediate points. -. -. s:sS an.
pm; sarpete Valley and inter
''Mixed train from Terminus.
rooeie ana Garfield Beach,. 400 I'm.
Fer chicags. omssa. Denver.
k IA as City. St Lofts. Ogden
FOR San Francisco, ogden.
Sacne valley and intermediate
FSS Ogden Denver. kansas ci:r. ~ -
OMana, St Louis. Chicago and
For Ogden, Butts. Helena. PORT: - 49,
Fla lard s end San FrancIscO..;: -. a:4s PIE
Nepbi. Sanpete aVlIey.. -. ESQ an.
For Provo. Nepai. iiilford.
Mixed train fos CARRIED Besc :S '''' ''---
Iooele and Terminus. -. 7:ls an.
Sunday.
Dsily except Sunday.
,yCnI1 TICKET OFFICE Under Masonic
h1I No. 200 West Second South street
Telephone No. go
railroad and Steamship Tickets on sails
70 all parts of the world
Pullman Palace Car tickle. office
=. W. ECCLES. D. q. hurley,
Gen Trr. Mgr Gen. Pass & Tsck'r AT.
W. n. BANCROFT
Vice Pres and Gen Mgr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

"And row it is a naval demonstra-
ton by the powers that is to scare us
into letting go our grip on Spain" says
the New York Journal so thinks
the trusting Popolo Romano, of Rome,
and some of the patriotic peace senators
at Washington are said to be banking
on the same possibility. A European
naval demonstration with England left
out would be an interesting if not
terrifying phenomenon. The idea of
holding up the poor, toothless old con-
cert of Europe, which was just able to
worry little Greece, but could not in
tinidate the sultan of Turkey as
scarecrow before the United States.
furnishes a sorely needed touch of mer-
rimeut to an otherwise solemn situa-
ton. The diplomats are in their element
now, and no kind-hearted American
would wish to check their innocent ac-
tivity''
Without England there will be no
naval demonstration, and England viill
not join in one. Spain would give half
her colonies for such a demonstration,
but it viii never be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
"Richmond. Va. April 1s.


Richmond, Va, April 10.
Hon. w. G. Atkinson. Governor of
West Virginia: The sentiment express
ed in your telegram appreciated. Vir-
ginia would be glad to unite her forces
with her sister state, and surely none
more suitable to command could be
found than Fitzhugh Lee.
(Signed) u. HOGE TYLER,
Governor
This patriotic proposition comes from
the Republican governor of state
that was carved out of the Old Do
minion when she seeded from the
Union and is made to the Democratic
governor of Virginia. The name of Lee
is forever inseparably connected with
that of Virginia, and. the whole coun
try will rejoice to see the troops of the
Old Dominion led by a Lee. 1t would
have been impossible for Governor At
kinson TO have done a more graceful
thing than to have made this propo-
sition to Governor Tyler; it will elate
the Virginia and West Virginia troops
as nothing else could and inspire them
with heroism that will be irresistible.
How could it be otherwise when they
are to be led, if called out, by the man
who is the hero of the hour and who is
every inch a soldier?
Another pleasing incident is the fact
that a grandson of General Grant has
asked to serve on General Lees staff.
This is the son OF Mrs. Sartoris, or Mel
lie Grant, as she is remembered by the
American people. He is an Englishman
by birth. but he in whose veins flows
the blood of General Grant is a good
enough American for Americans What
could be more inspiring sight to the
soldiers of a restored and happy Union
than to see a Lee and a Grant, for such
young Sartoris is, fighting side by side
and for the same glorious cause? And
Fitzhugh Lee would love and care for
that boy as though he were his own
son. War is a terrible thing, yet it
brings out some of mans noblest quail
ties, qualities that would otherwise lie
dormant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
STARVING CALIFORNIA CATTLE.
Ranchmen Indignant at the Criminal
Delay of Cabinet Officer.

San Francisco, April 2O-The stock
and sheepmen who are anxious to get
their starving cattle and sheep out of
as possible, are incensed with the sec
rotary of agriculture's office for its de-
lay in instructing the inspectors at Sac
ramento, Stockton and Fresno to pro-
coed with the inspection of the ami
mails and authorize their shipment to
Utah. Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and
Wyoming.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The Indianapolis News says troops
from the north reach southern points
now much more quickly than they did
in the Cos. And they are much better
treated after they arrive, although
their reception is not so warm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The fact that Spanish subjects in this
country will be under the guardianship
of French and Austrian diplomatic
agents shows how the sympathies of
those two countries run. But Spanish
subjects in the United States will be
as safe as American citizens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

An out-of-town contemporary mis-
quotes Decatur thus:
Our country. In her International re-
Iaticns may she always be right. But,
right or wrong, our country.
The toast is:
Our country. In her intercourse with
foreign nations may she always be in
the right; but our country right or
wrong. $685.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The announcement twelve hours
ahead of the fact by morning con-
temporary that the president had
signed the ultimatum to Spain was a
remarkable bit of enterprise. There is
no enterprise like that of the fakir
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

CAPTAIN John Triplett, of Atlanta,
Ga, says the reason Fitzhugh Lee left
Cuba was because he couldn't bring it
with MIN. But then he may go back
and bring peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The United States and Spain will
both appeal to heaven. But before Civ
ing any decision, heaven will wait to
see which has the biggest guns and the
best marksmen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
WIT AND HUMoR.

Truth: A Observation-Disclosures under
stand that you are engaged to be mar
ried.
Daisy-No; merely engaged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

zine black man can write" says a
Chicago paper. OF course he can; but.
all the same, the boys CT the Twenty
fourth infantry intend to make their
mark on American history.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Assistant Secretary Day pI epared the
ultinatum. Why not make him sec
rotary at once and be done with the
farce of having a secretary of state
who is not secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

To the next edition of his THE Influ
ence of Sea Power in History" Captain
Mahan will have to add new chapter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

And now that the country is about to
enter upon a war, it Will be proper to
say of our gallant soldiers: by their
earthworks we shall know them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The Denver Republican asks:
'sWhere is help" 1t has been and will
continue to be in Cuba for some time.
Isn't the island full of Spanish devils?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Harper's Bazaar: Lester, dear said
Mrs. Giddings anxiously to her husband,
Il don't like that cough OF yours"
I'm sorry replied Giddings, but it
is the best l have"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Indianapolis Journal: A Blessed Relief
How is it that your baby drops asleep
at such regular time? What do you
give hero
Nothing. Her father just stops sing
ing to her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Spain says if we want Cuba to come
and take it, We don't want Cuba, but
we will take it from Spain and hand
it over to the Cubans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

stand by the president. That is
the supreme duty" says the Baltimore
American. Stand by the country! That
is the supreme duty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Alfonso XIII agrees with Job: Man
that is born of woman, his days are
few and full of trouble
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

One of the most pressing duties of
congress is to increase the revenue.
Turn the deficit into a surplus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

No matter what dip or angle politics
may take ordinarily, the drift now is
all towards war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Chicago News: Passing of a Patriot
so poor Cottenham is gomez"
f'Yes; the doctors said only a Spanish
blister could save him, but he wouldn't
have it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Tit-Bits: Poor Jim was always mighty
good to ma sobbed the weeping widow.
with all the beatin's he gimme, he never
hit me where the marks would show so
the neighbors could see en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Senator Tillman will use his pitch
fork to set UP a stable government in
Cuba
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The Boston Herald things that Con-
sui General Lee talks too much. Be
ing a man of action, he has earned the
right TO talk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

New York Evacuation day is Novem-
Der 25. Cuba's will probably be dated
in April.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

What the American people desire for
Cuba is freedom, and not annexation
to the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
COMMENTS BY THE PRESS.

Kansas City Star: Were an Andrew
jackson or Abraham Lincoln president he
would roughly sweep away all the incon-
seuuential features which envelop the re-
lations between this country and Spain.
Having laid bare the concrete PROPOSE
tions to be considered, he would forthwith
plain that war was necessary he would
not hesitate TO recommend a declaration.
A man Of iron ought now be president.
New York World: The Maine disaster
is the main count in our indictment
against Spain. 1t is our supreme justifi-
cation for driving Spain from Cuba 1t is
the high and conclusive reason upon
which the nations expect US to act and
they will justly lose respect for US as we
will lose respect for ourselves, If we do
not act.
Omaha World-Herald: Trust US to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Washington Star: "Hit often happens"
said Uncle Eben, dat er man'l staht in
an wind up by simply complicatin' de
fight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

II Chicago aldermen would only go to
Cuba they would have a fine chance
to steal a march.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Boston Traveller: Giles-It seems dread
fully extravagant to go 10 such an eX
pensive tailor
De Jinks-What could l do? He was
the only one who would trust me.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The pussy willow is receiving a great
many cat calls this season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

In iler dilemma Spain might seize one
of her bulls by the horns.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

= Uncle Sam may take his first base or
balls. but Senior Don Espana is sure tC
strike out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

The army is on the move and the
whole nation is on the qui vive.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

strength. And there is Union in the
United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

There will yet have to be an income
tax to meet the outgo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Spanish bonds are no longer the
bonds of peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Brother Jonathan, get your gun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

St Louis Globe Democrat: Empress
Victoria Of Germany has bestowed the
golden servants cross upon IA German
servant girls, each of whom has lived for
a service of 40 years by one domestic
would embrace short acquaintance with
representative families in all the states
of the union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Spain may try to give Cuba a stable
government after the horse is gone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Glasgow Evening Citizen: Caller Ito
child. whose mother has left the room
for a moment)-Come here tc me, my
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21

Don Carlos is for Spain a upas tree
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o War Ship, waiting for thy doom.
o War Ship, fouled by treacherous
hand,
To hundreds of thy braves tomb
Thy bTaVes-the martyrs of our land
We send lie greeting meath the waves;
We crown our martyrs in their graves
Stephen Henry Thayer, in New York
Mail and Express.