Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-13

dustrial Advocate
There is nothing in the report that
General Lee was asselssinated in Ha-
vana Had the rumor been true, the
administration would now probably be
taking steps to hold a post mortem ex-
animation On the remains in order 10
ascertain if the fatality could not be
attributed to an accident.-Kern Coun-
ty Californian.
"Jubllate Deo! Loud's villainous
bill to suppress progressive literature
has been killed by 1862 to 119. The al
nouncement was greeted by bursts OF
applause. San Francisco Star.
When a deserving person dies OF
starvation in this land Of plenty, the
crime lies at the door Of somebody.
1t were better to be dog and bay
the moon" than be the one upon whose
shoulders rests the responsibility OF
such a crime.-Pacifc Union Printer.
Senator Hanna says the sinking OF
the Maine was an accident. MOST
Americans independent of politics con-
slider Hanna's election calamity. SO
misfortune after misfortune strikes US.
San Rafael Sun.
Have we become a. nation Of Shy
locks, that national honor can be main
tanned and the righteous wrath OF the
people appeased with Spanish gold?
What spectacle! the president in case
Spain is found guilty of blowing up
the Maine will demand only millions
Can murder be atoned with filthy
lucre? Honor is worth but little when
it is measured in gold.-Phoenix Ga
zette.
Now that Mckinley is president and
a disgraceful war is being carried On
at our front door, innocent people are
being butchered and commerce pros
trated, Mckinley refuses to take any
action to put stop to the war for fear
that 1t may make securities in which
his moneyed saviors are interested,
fuctuate. Finally, when the subject Is
thrust upon him in such a way that he
can no longer escape it, he suggests
that Cuba be purchased. 1t is money,
| money all the time. The United States
under this man who has achieved his
| high position with money, feels nc
patriotism, is willing to endure insults
and is not disturbed By having wal
vessel blown UP and 253 brave sailor;
destroyed. He simply suggests thai
| Cuba buy Cuba, and the United State:
guarantee the payment. If this is not
the elimination Of nendacity ant
pusillanimity, then We should wait foi
! the next communication from the white
house to get it.-Cleveland Recorder.
The bondholders and the breadwin.
ners are two separate and distinct
classes of people. The bondholder i:
citizen and patriot. The breadWln
ner is also citizen and patriot. Oul
dear, good government, which jails III
producing classes when it finds then
out of employment and money, has
4 very tender regard for the foreigl
holder of bonds, who is not a citizer
and presumably not arl American pa
triot. For the war 1T takes the live:
of the toiling poor, but not the lives
of the rich; neither does 1t take one
| cent of their cash On the contrary
| it borrows from them at an exorbitanf
rate of interest. By what strangs
process of civilized reasoning does i
arrive at the conclusion that the dollar
| is greater than the life? Why is i
| that one class OF patriots is drafted TO
| a service extremely dangerous 10 iif
and limb, while another class Of pa
/ triots may rest in luxury at home
drawing revenue fr1m an inyestmen
| Of cold, inert metal Coming Nation
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