The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

walk nor homes to return 10, may pc
the Spanish idea of repairing an un-
Justice, but It will NOT meet with the
approval of heaven or the appreciation
OF civilized humanity.
Kansas City (Kas.) Tribune (Rep):
or course we haven't any opinion OF
cur own, but IL we had, and dared ex-
press it, we should think and say that
to an unprejudiced observer 1t looks
like a case of too much Hanna.
Topeka Journal (Ind. Rep.): II every
American soldier in the Cuban army OF
occupation were promised an eighty acre
homestead, there would be 5000 600 vol
unteers inside Of twenty-four hours Gu
pidity is a powerful ally to patriotism.
Kansas City CKas.) Tribune (Rep):
OF course the destitute in this country
are in no sense to he compared with the
unhappy reconcentrados, but there were
more people in our own land, last winter,
dependent upon charity, than on the
island OF Cuba, and in spite Of our de-
sire to be loyal to the President we are
unable to see the sense OF taking money
from our national treasury to feed peo-
ple in another land who could easily
take care of themselves II released
Emporia Gazette: sunday is usually
though TO be day of rest. Here Is what
one woman does: Out Of bed at Z
o'clock, gets breakfast, does up the
housework, dresses the children and her
self for Sunday school, where she goes
at $3.50, goes home and gets dinner and
"a
Ciety in the afternoon and attends choir
practice and goes to church IN the even
ing. The poor woman wears herself out,
while her lazy husband Is taking life
easy reading the Sunday papers.
Mankato Advocate (Pop.): 1t is nice
thing for the railroads that the govern
ment Is so thoughtful, In weighing up the
mails to form basis for the price to be
paid for the next four years, as to Sc
lect a time when the mails are unusually
heavy. The malls are just now being
weighed, and those who are handling
the malls say that it Is abnormally heavy
at this time. The war rumors make the
newspaper mail very large, and, In addi-
tion. this Is the season when the malls
are burdened with the spring and sum
mer catalogues Of the large department
houses.
Cottonwood Falls Reveille: We be-
Iieve Chat the only way in which the
public can ever eQualize taxation is for
the government to own all the public
utilities that are now granted to cOrpo-
rations. By doing this the net income
would pay the running expenses OF our
government. We mean national, State
and county. Those favoring leyying all
tax on land values do so because the
land cannot be hid away and thus es-
cape taxation. This method does not
strike us as eQuahzing the burdens,
either. The man who can devise per-
feet tax system will be the greatest ben
efactor Of his race.
Hutchinson Bee One of the excuses
offered for the delay in the recognition
of the Cuban independence Is that 1t
would mean the Endorsement of the dis
integration Of governments. But what
of that? Why NOT indorse the disinte-
grafton OF such governments as that OF
Spain? What is there about such gov
ernments to commend them to anybody ?
Nothing The sooner they disintegrate
and pass away the better, and the Amer
lean people can do no better than to en-
dOrse their downfall and rejoice in dts
consummation. If democracy Is right
in America, 1t Is right in Spain and
everywhere in the world.
Humboldt Union: II the government
had some of those Kansas "airships''
the papers had so much to say about a
year or two ago, she wouldn't need any
other warships. They could drop bombs
on the enemy, who would be powerless
to prevent it. There may be such ships
In the future, and then the battles can
be fought a mile or two above the earth,
where che air is pure and where mines
and submarine boats cannot be used.
OF nnnran q Warshin nnlild secure nHlitp