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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-04-13
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opportunity to pat an end to the opera
ton Of organized facsioss within the
party .amely surrendered to the faction
alis.s violated plain provision Of the
party consultation and sovised still
greater faotional diffsrencea- The nex'
oonveosiou Of the sooalled Democratic
party should repeal the section OF the
constitution thas vas thought 20 forbid
the somiDation Of factional c2didases,
aud adopt . sew inasraUsus to govern
the confederation OF allied factions Of
sometime Democrats.
The trouble 10 the Citadel Academy
was most unfortunate and reRretable
occurrence. Il vas unfortunate for
the institution and unfortunate for the
students participating in it. Regard.
ing the occurrence from the present
point Of view ne are Of the opinion shat
Cantey precipi.ated the uhole trou-
Bile BY meddliog with shings which did
not concern him. He vas entirely too
oficious aud she cadets were naturally
inceased against him bat they were
most unvise aud reckless 10 the means
adopted to give expression to their con-
demDasion Of cadet Can.ey's coaducs.
They attempted TO puoish him BY mob
Law methods, aud when they came in
direct conHics With the authority OF the
laws they suffered the consequences.
They dedsd the laws Of the 'ostisa'ioO
and rebefled against the authorities
whom they we're 10 duty aud hooor
bsnnd 20 obey and respect. and the
vas their own punishment.
Tie penalty could nos have been
lass than it vas, for the Of.
tense VAS great and fragrant. No one
can fail TO regret the occarrerce or not
to sympsshise with the cadets "ho
broughs this severe punishment upon
!; bos We must admis that
the Board Of Visitors did no more
than the duty that lay before them. and
we commend them for performing that
duty fearlessly aud impartially. Len
ieney would have been great mistake.
aud to have coodoned the cffense Of the
rebeilious cadets would have destroyed
the ussfainess of the institution now
aud 10 fo,ure. II the relatives, friends
and acqaaio,ances Of these ex-caae.s
sbould rise up against sbe citadel aud,
uniting Nth iss long time enemies. de-
s,roy it TO sa.iase feeling of spite. it
will be far better than TO nave lad it
live oa without discipline and without
the respect aud confidence Of the peo-
pie.
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Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has received
the greatest os1tion ever accorded
an American ckzen At every sta
ton between Jacksonville and Wash
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OBJ daatfgnlalt al0 santgro1'.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL IS, 1898.

Fhe Sxater Wasehnsan was founded
50 1850 and the True Southros in 1866.
sirhe Ratcan,an and Sosahron now has
sae combined circulation and influence
both Of the old papers, and is mani
festly she best advertising medium in
Samser
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The Fight is On.

| AO ~
Congress Determined on I'm
mediate, Defutte Action.
Washington, April 12 The Pres
ideos is authorised, directed aud en-
| powered to Intervene at once to restore
peace on the iulaud of Cuba and se-
cure to the people thereof firm. stable
aud indepeodep, government Of their
Own, aud is authorized to use the army
| and naval forces, of sbe United States
81 secure this epd
This substantially is the resolution
agreed upon by the Republican MEM
bers of the foreign affairs comm itee
of the house 30. o.night The meeting
vas held at the residence of one Of the
members aud did not adjourn till .
very late bour.
Before finally deciding upon the
wording of the resolution as given
above, the committee carefully cousid-
cred scveraI other forms. Information
vas conveyed to tbs committee. how.
ever. that the resolution was demand
ed, and several members beaded by Mr..
Smith of Michigan, made the contest
for the resolution that vas fnally
agreed upou. To al! iDsenss aud .psr-
poses it is the resolution offered BY Mr..
Smith, himself.
Il is .he intention Of the Republican
members. nov shs: 40 agreement has
beep reached, to c,lll In the Democratic
members Of the committee tomorrow
morping and to make report to the
house as soon as it convenes at noon.
The single resolution agreed upon by
the Republican members will be intro
duood BY preamble reoising the Coz
ditions existing on she island Of Cuba.
the facts as known concerning the de-
struo,ion of the Maine and briefly
makiug strong indictment against
Spain Cor her conduct of Affairs 90 the
island The preamble will, in an epito-
miz.d form, follow very closely the
lioes of the Presidents message. but
that portion Of it referring 10 the
Maine disaster will take strceger
ground than did the message.
1: was stated late tonight on high
authority that an arrangement has
been practically effected by which the
resolution may pass both bcases to-
morrow 1t is understood that shs for
eigo affairs committee Of the house
apd senate will confer before the as
senb!iog Of congress for the purpose Of
pe:fec,ing an agreement whereby the
Foraker resolu 100 will be submitted
for the other reso ulioos !. will be
modified by the elimination of the Sec
oud paragraph, wttiob recognizes Gu
ban independence and osber slight
changes made to conform to the decis-
ion reached by the committees. To-
nigb. ,be members Of the soosse CON-
mittee believe that the resolution will
pass both houses by a practically unaa-
imcus vote. l, is said that if neces-
sary q oootinuous sitting will be had
in the senate in order to secure final
action durisg the legislative day Of
Wednesday
The Foraker resolution as originally
Introduced. is as follows, the scccad
section, however, is to be omitted:
B. it resolved by the senate and the
house Of representatives Of the United
C..,,o &c ~, ,,,;on.
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Spain Declares War.

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Senate aud House issue address de-
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

how quickly they could furnish officers
and men to take the monitors from
League Island to their respective posts at
Boston, New York and Portland.
The answer of Massachusetts, came first
and was most satisfactory. 1t stated
briefly that the naval militia of Massachu-
setts could furnish officers and men i'm
mediately for the manning of tie
monitors intended for New England
points At noon word word was received
from New York that it would furnish
officers and men to man the monitors.
1t is intended to utilize about three
officers for each monitor, and sufficient
complement of men to operate them with
the assistance of some of the sailors from
the regular navy.
Aside from this reliance on the naval
militia the navy department. is perfecting
plans for detailing officers of the regular
navy service on some OF 9 monitors.
No definite arrangements have been
made by the department. for the calling
of the naval militiamen into service, but
arrangements will be made perhaps be-
fore tomorrow night. 1t is not unlikely
that the naval militia OF New Jersey
also will be called upon to asst in man
ming the old monitors. AS to the ru-
mored likelihood that the naval militia
of Ohio. Illinois and Michigan would
be called into service, navy department.
officials said that no steps to that end
had yet been taken, but the 1ntlmation
was broadly conveyed that they would
be called upon to serve on the monitors
The department is satisfied that not
only the vessels themselves, but also the
crews inexperienced though they may
be, would give good account of them
selves in an emergency.
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It is not to be wondered at that naval
officers ara good deal stirred by the sail
ing of the Spanish torpedo fleet from the
Canaries for Porto Rico. The fiotilla is
said to be one of the most powerful of the
kind afloat and we have nothing in our
navy to match ito AT Porto Rico it will
be in easy striking distance of our feet
at Key West. It is difficult to see how
ever on what grounds we can object to
its presence at Porto Rico. Our govern
ment is talking loudly of armed interyen.
ton in Cuba and speeches are being made
daily in the Senate !. in advocacy of such
policy. We have assembled large feet
at Key West, only hundred miles from
Cuba, and we are making preparations for
war as fast as we can. In view of these
facts Spain could make reply to a repre-
sentation on our part that the presence
of her torpedo feet at Porto Rico would
be a menace to us that the presence of our
fleet at Key West is a menace to her, and
she could ask with perfect fairness as a
condition Of the withdrawal Of her torpe-
do boats the withdrawal of our BATTLE
ships
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Having sold my Interest in the Portland
AGENCY to Mr. G. NJ. barney. it gives me great
pleasure to recommend him to your favorable
consideration. During the long years that l
represented the Travellers Insurance company,
| have ever made the interests of its patrons a
personal matter, and have used my best en-
deayOrs to serve them with the same faithful
ness that have the Company.
Mr. Barney has been associated with the
Travellers as State Agent, and is therefore we'll
yersed In the business and will make every
effort to satisfy all and to continue the work
unOn the same basis as heretofore.
Yours very truly,
GEO. G. CANNELL.
Having purchased the interest of Mr.. Geo. G.
CAMEL In the Portland Agency of the Travel
ers' Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.,, l
shall in the future conduct the Portland bust
ness and the State Agency from this office.
appreciate the liberal and increasing pat
ronage that the Company has enjoyed from the
people of Portland and vicinity continually
during the past thirty years that the office has
been Established here which speaks louder
than words for the Company and the manage
ment in the past. assure you that L shall
make every effort to merit your confidence and
continued patronage.
Yours respectfully,
&. NJ. BARNEY, State Agent.
Portland, Maine, March /, 1898. mar25d3t
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1t was mad quite evident by the testi-
mony at the hearing before thu Governor
and Council that the last fair Of the York
County Agricultural Society was quite
up to the announcement of the advertise
Jnent-''free and easy" 1t is not right
to say, however, that games of chance
were freely INDUCED in, and that part of
the indie tment was an e1orr There was
no chance in these games. The person
who played them, unless he was "capper"
was swindled every time. He had no
chance of winning whatever. But bad as
this fair evidently was, we imagine it was
not much worse than a great many
others, tho ugh it practioed less conceal
ment. The "fakir,' who is generally
swindIer, is quite as much in evidence
nowadays at our agricultural fairs, as the
fat cattle and sheep and swine. The York
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

Senator Thurston's speech on the
Cuban question was altogether the most
ford and dramatic of tho series, but5its
effect will be far less powerful than that
of Senator Proctor's though the galleries
applauded vigorously and there was a
touching scene at the end. 1t is to be
hoped that this is the last speech of the
kind that Will be heard at present. They
are exceedingly embarrassing to the
President who is trying to settle the pend
ing question without war and they are
unnecessarily and uselessly disturbing
to the public. There is no lack of war
feeling in the country, no lack of sympa-
thy with Cuba, no lack of sentiment in
favor of putting an end to the misery and
starvation in the island. If anything
needs cultivation it is calmness and dis
erection and disposition to count the cost
before launching out into war with
Spain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

Washington dispatches that purport to
give outlines of the Presidents policy Ill
regard to Cuba are to be taken with
mucn allowance, for while there may be
and doubtless Is basis of truth for TEEN
the superstructure is likely to be to con-
siderable extent an imaginative creation.
There does seem to be, no viewer, fairly
good authority for the statement that the
President has concluded to succor the
starving people of Cuba by sending TO
them food and clothing provided by the
government and distributed by military
officers of the. United States. These sup
plies are to be distribute throughout the
length and breadth of the island, in the
provinces held by the insurgents as well
as those where the Spanish authorities ex-
ercise sway. They are to be carried to
Cuba in naval vessels, and the Spaniards
are to have nothing to do with their dis
tribltion. In brief, representatives of the
army and navy of the United States are
to invade the island. not with arms in
their hands, but with food for the hungry
and clothing for the naked. While not
an armed intervention, it is an interyen-
ton since the assent of the Spanish gov
eminent is not TO be asked in advance,
though it will be notified of our purpose.
AS the conditions which we are to make
an effort to relieve are the results of milf
tary ode1s of Spanish commanders, orders
adopted as part of the campaign for
subduing the rebels, in way we shall
be- interfering with the military oper-
ations of tho Spanish generals in the
island.
How Spain will take this programme
remains to be seen. Ordinarily nation
would not permit such interference in her
own dominions. Ordinarily such move
ment would be interpreted as essentially
a hostile enc, since its effect must be to
a certain extent to give aid and comfort
to the rebels But Spain will be between
| two fires. Refusal to permit us to distrib-
ute supplies win in all probability bring
on armed intervention by us, in which
case Spain's plight in Cuba would much
worse than if she had permitted US to
carry on relief work. On the other hand
the presence of military and naval offic-
ers of the United States on the island
distributing supplies is likely to prove a
very exasperating spectacle to the Spanish
people and lead to SO loud q protest that
the Spanish government cannot defy 1t
| without bringing on war at homeland a
war with the United States would be
smaller evil than an internal revolution
which might drive the reigning dynasty
| from the throne.
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The attempt of the New York journals
to make it appear that opposition to war
comes chiefly from the trusts and from
rich people, is dishonest attempt to ex
cite prejudice against efforts to settle
the Cuban question without war. 1t
is of piece to arouse opposition to the
gold standard by pointing out that men
Of wealth were generally in favor of it.
It is an effort to stir up the great mass
of the people in favor of war by anssap
peal to class prejudice. 1t is difficult to
conceive of anything more diabolical.
But yellow journalism stops at nothing.
however disreputable it be, that will sell
its papers.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Boston Neighbors. In Town and Out
by Agnes Blake Poor. These stories are
so true 30 New England nature OF a class
not like Miss Wilkens's or Miss Jewett's
but people rather overlooked and snubhed
of late-cultivated people of moderate
means, interested in society as well as
philanthropy, in short neighborly FOLK
chatty and we'll to do folk-that one
might fancy himself in Newton or Rox-
bury or Jamaica Plain, directly ASSOCIATE
ed with the characters of the opening
story, "Our Tolstoi Club" With an as
sumption of entire artlessness and won
derfully child like manner of telling all
Mrs. Blake Poor manages to score not a
few good points, in reversal of the usual
sensational noyelist's way OF putting
things. For instance, scandal posi-
lively refuses to be compacted OF lasting
material, or very modest little gentle
man captures the heart of gallant
colonel or rich man marries because he
thinks certain rather plain young wom-
an may be trusted, or very plain man
of wealth is loved for himself alone-and
SO on. It is rather nice to realize how
much better life is in the main than
highly spiced fiction woul d make it. We
have badly dressed daughter described
as wearing, by her mothers orders, loose
cotton gloves, and mushroom hat down
over her eyes. Finally she took up the
mind cure, and Louie was to keep think
ing all the tilno how perfectly well she
was, which, think, was what made her
80 pale and thin" "Trippet" is certainly
pretty name for a family cat. And
here is phrase applied to an establish
ment OF many women-aunts and
cousins. ''There was no more privacy in
the house than there was in an ant-hill. "
"My mother was celebrated for never
saying anything she would be sorry for
after ward-an admirable trait. but one
which frequently interfered with her
convers ational powers. Altogether
" Boston Neighbors' is, or are, very good
coInpany indeed. New York and Lon
don: G. p. Putnam's Sons; Portland {:
Loring, Short q Harmony
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much affected by young people. There
are soldiers and smugglers and lovers and
duty and religion. The story loses force
where sentiment overbears justice in such
remarks as Respect may die. Love
cannot" and the prohibitionists would
hardly think it's doctrines stiff enough.
But the author means to guide her read
ers to high standards and the book is
nuently written and is very entertaining
in quiet home way for the most part,
though varied by intrigues and tragedies,
as their need arises. (Boston: A. 1.
Bradley & Company; Portland: Loring,
Short g. Harmon.
Unequally Yoked. By Mrs. j. H.
Needell, author OF Noel Chetwynd's Fall.
ILLUSTRATED, is the conduct through mis-
cry to happiness of misalliance between
lished church and bourgeoise damsel
whose mother might serve to represent
the Bowery slums at their worst The
story is sensational and unnatural and
undesirable. Yet it is written so smooth
ly and it is made SO plausible and colour
able that the mind not over strong or dis
eliminating will swallow it bodily, for
this reason, that foundation of trash is
built upon with good deal of skill and
some sound material as we'll as rubbles is
employed in it's construction. (Boston:
A l. Bradley & Company; Portland:
T o.
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WHY NOT OUR NAVAL BRIGADEq

Warrington, March 25.-Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt wrote some days ago
to the heads Of the naval militia in
Massachusetts and New York asking them
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26

Armed intervention in Cuba must
make the situation there worse before it
can make il better. Armed interventio n
also must in all human probability in
voIye the sacrifice of the lives of good
many American citizens before it accom-
plishes it's purpose. When we are con-
eidering the question of armed interveu-
ton in behalf of the Cuban concentrates
we should bear in mind these facts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-26
YALE WON.

Princeton N. j., March 25.-Yale won
the fourth annual intercollegiate debate
between Yale and Princeton this evening.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland was In
the chair. The subject under discussion
was "Resolved, That National Party
Lines Should be Disregarded in the
Choice of Councils and Administrative
Officials of American Cities" Yale took
the affirmative.