The herald., 1898-10-18
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1898.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER Is. 1898.
The personal popularity a candidate for office but rarely
the election In general elections his strength
involved with that of the ticket and the
THE TRUE which it represents. 1t is essential,
CAMPAIGN of course, that honest and capable men
METHOD should be nominated. and failure in that
respect, to name weakens
election natural and proper that should
reasonably himself that end but candidate should
realize bound with that of his party and
that party succeeds he will surely be successful 1t
is sometimes that candidate is stronger than his
party but that general when the issues before the people
very important Personality under circumstances
may have influence with of certain class sufficient
carry candidate through when his party is defeated But
the best strategy for all candidates is to labor chiefly to make
their party strong.
The names upon ticket those of good men,
Independent of the they they deserve public
support Yet they should chiefly be voted for
because the views they entertain in regard to public affairs
will surely and in larger promote the common
welfare than those held by their opponents
In the pending this state there are both national
questions be passed upon Representatives in
gess deal exclusively with the first The state legislators also
with national affairs through the election of United
States senators, and the be called to fill
vacancies The and members of the state senate and
assembly the controlling forces in state policies The du
ties of other officers chiefly ministerial and administrative
The interest therefore, deepest regard to the
resenative congress and members Of the legislature
It is wises however to elect to fill offices who in
sympathy with the policy that shall be adopted They
make it effective obsuct its execution. The state
national policies of the party being better than those
of the other sde and the candidates the union ticket
certainly not inferior in respect to their opponents
strongest why they should all be voted
by who oppose monetary schemes OF the national ad
mnsaton and who favor the economies and reforms
posed and supported by the combined Popuist and
Silver Republican parties
Although the Mohegan went down within plain
sight of the English coast there appears be much mystery
about the if she had been lost in
PERILS OF midAtantic, many other steamers
ATLANTIC have been, with word of news.
TRANSIT About the only positive information is
the statement that the steamer several
miles of her How this could be when there
fog land in sight, mystery The ntimaons that the
captain of mental balance only add to the weird pic
of great disaster The bravery the sailors however,
in their efforts to the ghens the dreadful spec
tace little and shows glowing contrast to the cowarde
of the sailors of the La Bourgogne.
There is nothing apparently the loss of the Mohegan that
be pointed to lesson warming unless it shall be
shown that the captain mentally incapable The
went down with her precious of human life and the dis
simply adds to the long list of causuates
has marked steamship transit the Atlantic the
When consider the tonnage constantly vi
bang between the continents only strange
not frequent Each adds largely the number
Of vessels Great speed important factor the
steamship business and fast time aimed at with aarmngy
increased danger
The possibilities of railway accidents known quantity
compared with those incident navigation safeguards
be employed to minimize the accident On the
broad however, there hope other than
of the boat and the capabty of its management And
the growth of passenger travel the Atlantic
in vessels driven at the highest speed every year adds
the peril of those who ego down the in ships
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There growing indications the adjustment of mat
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dissolves in Paris The work Of that CON-
WILL THE mission is preliminary. 1t cannot bind
SENATE either the United States or Spain in the
RATIFYP final settlement of questions a issue. 1t
is dealing with protocol what a business
man would call memorandum of agreement When this pro-
toco elaborated specific detailed contract then
the commission will submit the governments for an
prevail just lawyers would do ordinary matter of ,s
ness.
The question arises in looking forward completion of
the work outlined in the protocol whether treaty when
finally completed will be ratified by the governments II
is already evident that Senator Foraker the colleague of Sen
tor Hanna and representing the presidents state will op
pose the ratification of the treaty He only practically ad
mts this but he expresses the opinion vote to rat
ify such treaty as expected would fail senate
Senator Foraker takes the ground that the proceeding
relative to the protocol and peace commission was mis-
take blunder lie "we should have treaty of
peace at the conclusion of hostiltes again "be diff
Guilty with the commission is that should have
been'
The position taken by Foraker differs radically
from the views expressed by his colleague Mr. Hanna thinks
the U0ed States has obligated to make ian enlightened