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The Progress., 1898-02-26

os VIC Lbhc up q newspaper 1u4A Oh
social scandal and of cases of divorce,
and we write or talk about q filthy,
scurrilous printing press" But this
morning ask you to consider the i'm
measure BILE and everlasting blessing of
q good newspaper.
l find no difficulty in accounting for
the worlds advance. What has made
the change? Books" you say. No,
sir! The vast majority of citizens do
not read books. Take this audience,
or any other promiscuous assemblage,
and how many histories have they
read? How many treatises on consti-
tutiona1 law, or political economy, or
work of science? How many elaborate
poems or books Of travel? Not many.
In the United States the people would
not average one such book year for
each individual! Whence, then, this
intelligence, this capacity to talk
about all themes, secular and
science and art; this power to appre-
ciate the beautiful and grand? Next
TO the Bible, the newspaper, swift
| winged and everywhere present, flying
over the fence, showed under the door,
tossed into the counting house, laid on
the work bench, hawked through the
cara! All read it-white and black,
German, 1rishman, Swiss, Spaniard,
American, old and young, good and
bad, sick and well, before breakfast
and after tea, Monday morning, Satur-
day night, Sunday and week day.
now declare that I consider the news
paper to be the grand agency by which
the Gospel is to be preached, igno-
sance cast out, oppression dethron-
cd, crime extirpated, the world raised,
Heaven rejoiced, and God glorifed. In
the clanking of the printing press, as
the sheets fly out, hear the voice of
the Lord Almighty proclaiming to all
| the dead nations of the earth: "Laza-
| Yus, come forth" and to the retreating
| surges of darkness, Let there be
light! In many of our city newspa-
pers, protesting no more than secular
| information, there have appeared dur
ing the past 80 years some Of the grand
| est appeals in behalf of religion, and
some Of the most effective interpreta-
| tions of Gods government among the
nations.
There are only two kinds of newspa-
pers-the one good, very good, the
| other bad, very bad. A newspaper
| may be started with an undecided
| character, but after it has been going
| on for years everybody finds out just
what it is; and it is very good or it is
| very bad. The one paper is the em-
bodiment of news, the ally of virtue,
the foe of crime, the delectation of ele-
waited taste, the mightiest agency on
earth for making the world better. The
other paper is a brigand among moral
forces; it is a beslimer of reputation, it
is the right arm of death and hell. it is
the mightiest agency in the universe
for making the world worse and bat
Ting against the cause of God. The
one an angel of intelligence and mercy,
the other fend of dark
meas. Between this Archangel and
this Fury is to be fought the great bat
| tie which is to decide the fate of the
world. If you have any doubt as to
| which is to be victor, ask the
prophecies, ask God; the chief batteries
with which He would vindicate the
! right and thunder down the wrong are
now unlimbered. The great Arranged
| don of the nations is not to be fought
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

ter day, in view of the probable addi.
tions to the territory of the United
States. Senator Hansbrough's opinion
was expressed as follows: "No true
American could array himself against
the unanimous sentiment prevailing in
this country in favor of what you may
term a "red-letter'' fourth Of July cele-
bration. Not only is this true, but it is
the duty of every American, it seems to
me, to favor such an extraordinary cele-
bration as will mark this period of our
wonderful history with the emphatic
declaration that swaddling clothes no
longer are becoming to this nation.
This is a large country of ours, but we
have got to have more room, and we are
going to have it. Hawaii. where the
fourth Of July has been celebrated for
the last forty years, must be ours, and
we are in no danger of being obliged to
ask Germany OF any other foreign
nation to help us let 60 of the Philip
pines or Porto Rico. Truly this is a
good year TO celebrate on a very large
scale, and the American people are 60
ing to do it,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

An act Of legislation which may have
important and ~far.reaching results WAS
the one approved June IS, 1898, author
izlng the appointment of a ''non.part-
isan commission to cOllate information
and consider.and recommend legislation
to meet the problems presented by labor,
agriculture and capital. The commits
sion is to consist of five senators, five rep
resentatives and nine other persons.
The members who are senators are to
be appointed by the vice-president, the
five representatives by the speaker,
and the nine other members, "who shall
fairly represent the different industries
and employment' by the president. with
the advice and consent of the senate.
The commission it to investigate quest
ions pertaining to immigration, labor,
agriculture, manufacturing and bust
ness. and to suggest to congress such
legislation as it may deem best on these
subjects, and furnish such information
and suggest such laws as may be made
Il basis for uniform legislation by the
various states in the union, in order to
harmonic conflicting interests and to
be equitable to the laborer, the employ
err, the producer and the
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

IT is interesting to note the tonnage of
the Spanish navy that has been SO far
destroyed by the American warships.
In the battle of Santiago the Spanish
lost a total tonnage in armored vessels
of 27,S40. The total tonnage of this
class of Spanish vessels before the war
was 1858, so that more than 36 per
cent Of the total armored strength of
the Spanish navy has been sunk. Of
cruisers, the total strength before the
war was a little over 10000 and at
Manila in n morning Dewey sank 2O,-
OG2 tons of cruisers, SO that about 81 per
cent of this class of vessels has been
destroyed. Two torpedo destroyers have
been sunk, a total tonnage of $50 tons,
Or about 33 per cen of the entire ton
mage of the Spanish navy. Thus, in
two naval battles, about one-third Of the
total Spanish navy has been destroyed.
More than this, the vessels destroyed
are the cream of the navy, and many of
those remaining are old and worthless
tubs.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

SUNDAY will be observed through the
United States ais a day of special thanks
giving for the victory Of the American
arms. in pursuance of a proclamation of
the president, who calls upon the people
at the next occasion of divine worship
to offer thanksgiving to Almighty God,
who, in his inscrutable way, now leading
our hosts upon the waters to unscathed
triumph, now guiding them in a strange
land through the dread shadows of
death Of success, even though at a fear
full cost; now bearing them without ac-
cident or loss to far-distant chimes, has
watched over our canse and brought
nearer the success of the right and the
attainment of just and honorable peace.
And, above all, to pray with earnest
%fervor, that He, the dispenser of all
good, may speedily remove from us the
untold Affections of war"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

The last bill signed by President Nc
Kinley on Friday was as to pay and
transportation of volunteers. This dis
poses of several vexed questions raised
by the sudden call for volunteers in
April. In most of the states there was
no fund for payment of troops and the
government paid only from date of mus
ter and assumed the support of troops
from that date. A bill was'introduced
in the house to pay all state troopsfrom
date of enlistment, officers from date of
muster, and to reimburse states for ex-
penditures for transportation and sub
s%istence of volunteers previous to mus
ter. 1t was represented that to pay
officers only from the day of muster
would be not only unfair but a great
hardship. The bill was amended so as
to pay officers as we'll as men from the
day of enlistment, and it passed with
this amendment.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

Spaniards up in the first place: fell the
lot of commanding the vessels that sank
the Spanish cruisers. Admiral Samp-
son was away on business and Com
odore Schley was the ranking officer
when the Spaniards pokcd their noses
out of the harbor in a vain attempt to
to escape. Accordingly the credit must
be given in great measure to Schley,
as we'll as to Sampson, whose untiring
vigilance and care made the final
capture possible. Another demonstra-
ton of the battle was the wonderful
speed Of the cruiser Brooklyn which
overhauled and passed the fast cruiser
Colon and caused her to round to and
receive the shells from the Texas and
Oregon, this ~insuring the capture of the
Spaniards.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

WHEN it is remembered that only
ten weeks ago war was declared, and
that the United States was then with
out an army, or equipments for the re-
cruits called for, and we ponder upon the
accomplishments of the army and navy
since that time, it will be seer that
never before were such decisive results
accomplished in SO short aspace Of time
as have been accomplished in the war
with Spain. Two fleets utterly de-
%stroyed, SPANS naval power swept
from the sea-, the Philippine and La
drone islands taken practically, and the
army investing Santiago SO closely that
its surrender is but a matter of a day or
so. Truly the Americans fight rapidly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

HAWAIIAN annexation has been ac-
complished, the senate having passed
the resolution which now goes to the
president. Mr.. Newlands of Nevada
was the author of the resolutions pro-
viding for the annexation of the islands,
and he introduced it in the house, where
it was favorably acted upon June Is.
Two days later it was reported to the
senate. and an interesting discussion
has been dragging along ever since.
The resolutions ratify an action already
taken by the republic of Hawaii, and
declare the islands annexed as a part of
the territory of the United States. The
president is to appoint five commission
ers, at least two of whom shall be resi-
dents Of the islands, to recommend to
congress as soon as practicable such
legislation as they find desirable for the
government Of the annexed territory.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15
The Ladrone or Mariana islands. of

The Ladrone or Mariana islands, of
which the American cruiser Charleston
took possession on its way to Manila,
have been politically united to the Philip
pines for over two centuries. Guam,
the largest and southermost island of
the group, the residence of the governor
general and the one on which the Amer
lean flag was planted, lies 1000 miles
almost directly east of Luzon, the chief
island Of the Philippine group. There
are seventeen islands in the Ladrone
group, they having an area OF A2O square
miles. The population is 1912. The
island of Gaum is in the direct path of
steamers from Hawaii to Manila, so that
the American fleet did not have to 20
out of its route in order to stop there.
This fact indicates that Guam may pos
sibly make a good point for an Ameri,
a coaling station, provided it has har-
bors that can be rendered satisfactory.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

IT will be good news TO every Amer
lean to know that lIobson and his gal
liant companions of the Merrimac have
been exchanged and are now safe within
the American lines, where no doubt
they are being showered with the con-
gratulations and praise of their COM
panlons in arms. No set of men have
achieved more real fame in the course
of war than the brave little band which
steered the Merrimac between the fires
of the Spanish batteries, past the tor
pedoes in Santiago harbor, and then
coolly swung the vessel about, and sank
her in the harbor with torpedoes that
had been set for the purpose. That all
of the men were not killed is miracul-
Gus. Nothing else was expected, and
that they escaped was a piece Of good
fortune entirely unexpected. The men
went to almost certain death for their
country's sake and their country will
honor them accordingly.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

Tie democrats keep up their record
of being able to see nothing until they
have passed it. The democratic leaders
at Fargo are now bewai!ing the fact
that their convention was called toe
early. They believe they would have
been able to settle matters with a greater
prospect of success if they had waited
until after the republican. convention
But it is idle for them to grieve. II
would have made no difference. They
might have waited until fall or they
might have nominated their ticket last
Christmas and the result would have
been the same. This is a republican
wear.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

and better revenue legislation were so
far p%erceptible that the of the
government were sufficient to meet
its current ordinary expenditures and
promised soon to yield a surplus. When
the session ended all thoughts were
turned to war: more than two hundred
thousand men had been called 10 arms:
the streets of cities and towns echoed
the soldiers martial footsteps: military
camps dotted the land: American SOL
d!crs and sailors were following the
Stars and Stripes to victory and glory
and dcath-in tropical and pestilential
chimes; mothers, wives aud children
were waiting and weeping at home: ar
senals and gun and powder factories
were busy night and day: hundreds of
armed vessels were atloat guarding the
coasts; ~scacoast Notifications were being
built and strengthened on every hand,
and torpcdocs and submarine mines had
been laid in every harbor: the expendi-
lures of the government were exceeding
its revenues at the rate of 81, 100000 a
day, new taxes had been laid on the
people. and millions were being,borrowed
to meet the extraordinary expenses
caused by war. And this great and
startling change had taken place in the
short space of four months.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

Now that the Northern Pacific road
is in prosperous circumstances it has
not forgotten that it's prosperity and
efficiency in a great measure is due to
its employees and notices have been is.
sued by General Manager Kendrick of
st. Paul that wages of employees will be
raised to the schedule in force prior to
1894, when the reduction was made.
This will be good news to the employees
of the road and shows that the North
ern Pacific, as always, is mindful of its
many employees.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

EDITOR KELLOGG of the jamestown
Alert in the following little prose poem
notes the suicide of Il farm hand at Val
ley City a few days age:
y farm hand weary of the mortal
round, departed this life by his own
hand. With less to attract him to the
generous earth than have the birds, or
the animals Of the field, he wandered
into a grove, musical with the notes of
a feathered choir, watered by a peaceful
stream. He fired a bullet into his brain
with elaboration and accuracy, and the
fruitless struggle for contentment with
his lot or success in living, wa over.
The incident was seen by many. Shock
ing as it was it is only a mere incident
easily forgotten, but illustrative of the
hard conditions or the artificial letters
that pervent the motives and warp the
conduct of many in this age.
Asa charter member of the suicide
club. keg is qualified to speak OF this
matter, and from the tenor of his argu.
ment we suspect that the Hon. Dennis
Hannatin is gleeful with anticipation.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

\ LARGE number of democrats and
populists have gathered in Fargo within
the past day or two to nominate a mum.
Der of candidates for state offices. The
nominations are largely a matter of
form and it is to be regretted that the
gentlemen who participated in the con-
vention should have suffered from the
intense heat for no other purpose than
to nominate a ticket which would be
defeated this fall. Still. this will keep
the state campaign from being alto
gether non OnOus.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15
WI understand that the efforts of th

WI understand that the efforts of the
Grand Forks Herald to secure SO large
a representation of editors at the session
of the state editorial association is due
largely to the fact that the following
series of papers will be read:
How I carried the state for Mckinley
Editor Winship.
Me and Mark Hanna-G. B. Winship.
Me and my campaign-G. B. Winship.
1, me and mine-George B. Winship.
My %caucuses, my convention, my del
egation and my candidacy-G. B. Win
ship.
Me, johnson and McKinley-Geo. B.
Winship.
The deliberations will close with the
brief comedy drama, autobiography of
an Oil Inspector.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

Now MAJOR EDWARDS of the Forum
blankly accuses the editor of the Man
dan Pioneer of prevaricating, the
stronger term for this being employed.
Which proves two things, one that
Maje's temper has soured a little be-
cause of the political fight and the
other that futile is away or he would
never dare to throw down the gauntlet
in this summary fashion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15
ED1roR W1SsH1p's literary bureau

EDITOR W1NsH1p's literary bureau is
grinding out rainbows at a rate that is
unequaled ever by the ACHIEVEMENTS OF
the automatic bellows with which oul
own Congressman Johnson initiates him.
self. The esteemed Grand Forks edi.
tor needs but an internal revenue stamp
and a few lines with a blue pencil from
a press censor to be a Mole, st. Nicho.
las, war bulletin, and had these latter
existed in the days of Ananias that
gentleman would have been eminently
truthful by comparison.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

The second session Of the LVth Con-
gress has been an eventful and will al
ways be regarded as a memorable ne.
When it began the country was in q
a state of profound peace: its end finds
the United States engaged in a foreign
war for the first time in half a century,
and for the first time in the history Of
the nation its naval and military expe-
ditions seek its enemy beyond seas and
oceans. When the session began ali the
people were again engaged in peaceful
and gainful occupations after a period
of depression and distress, and the
benefcent influences and effects of new
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

EDITOR EDWARDS Of the Forum apears
very coy and retiring in the matter of
announcing the result of the candidacy
of candidate Edwards. Whatever the
sentiment of the major in this matter,
we are surprised that so eXcellenta news
paperman as the major should not have
forecasted already the probable result as
gathered from the caucuses. But the
major has been mum-very mum.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15
OFFICIAL PAPER BURLE|GH co.

TIE inspiring victory gained by the
American fleet off Santiago should not
blind this country to the teaching OF
the long chase VI the coast after the
Cristobol Colon. That pursuit tcrmin-
atcd g%lorously for our navy, but it vas
exciting enough to make us pause to see
how far we were actually prepared for
such Il dash in competition with a SINH
lar ship properly equipped and skiifully
manned. The Cristobol Colon was a YES
sci armorcd with Ginchcs of steel, carry
ing lO-inch guns and having a speed
OF 20 knots. When she made her
brave run for safety the Brooklyn, the
Oregon and later the New York followed
her. The Brooklyn which has 2l.9knots
speed, was easily able to catch her, but
for a ship with armor varying from 3 to
10 inches and nothing larger than Sinch
guns to face the Cristobol Colon was
reckless-or would have been except in
the case of a Spanish enemy. The
New York, too, with a 2l-knot speed,
could catch her, but here again it was a
case of finch arnlor and S.inch guns.
The Oregon has Is inches of armor and
13-inch guns, but they might have been
useless when 1871 knots speed was pit
ted against the 20 knots of the Colon.
All the other American ships suffered
under the same disadvantage. Those
of equal speed to the Spaniard were in.
feror in strength, while those that could
fight him fairly could not keep up With
him in a race. That race did not result
as it might have done, thanks to .Amcri-
can gunnery, bnt the fact that the
Colon ran between forty-tive and sixty
miles before she was rounded up shows
that her capture was by no means a
foregone conclusion. Undoubtedly Ger
vera was short of coal, and his crew in
bad condition. His ships had been
cooped up in a tropical harbor and were
overgrown with weeds, and the machin-
cry had not had the best Of care. But
lllliSlue lila Sic NOulu uuFc OulSlIlp
if the Colon under these circumstances
could make such a dash, it is easy to
ped US if she gould had been in perfect
form. Then we should have had a first
class vessel, faster than any American
vessel Of equal power, striking along our
Cuban blockade. perhaps running into
Havana, perhaps threatening our own
coast. Fortunately we have nothing OF
the kind now to fear, but we should not
forget hat we did fear just such eX.
ploits keenly two months ago, before the
Cape Verde fleet was bottled up, and we
should be thankful for our good fortune
and not continue to trust fortune in
such cases neXt time. Instead, let us
have some battle ships Of sufficient
speed to cope with such Il situation
as that of Cervera's rush when made by
better kept ships than his. Under
different conditions he might have
turned on our plucky cruisers for their
impudcnce in following him. We need
ships strong enough to meet anything
that can go as fast as they can, and we
do not own them now.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

casioned great surprise, because in the
entire department OF iron and steel
manufacture aud products the superior
ltS OF American work seems to be estab-
lished by commercial results which are
convincing. In competition with all
other nations the United States is
rapidly increasing exports of such pro-
duets, not because supplies are lacking
abroad, bat because American supplies
are superior in quality to those obtain
able elsewhere at the same price. The
London journal already quoted, prints in
Il statement from its Berlin c,rrespon-
dent, the following: The battle of
Santiago Gle Cuba is considered to have
proved the superiority Of American
armor- plating and artillery, and it is be-
lieved that in future European nations
will give larger orders to American MAX
ers for armor, guns and the like" 1t
would not be strarge if exceedingly inn
portant orders for such material should
result from the war, and also vessels of
American build. If any other nation
has built any big vessel able to compare
in speed. endurance and perfectness of
working with the performance of the
Oregon since she left her Pacific dock
the fact has escaped observation. It is
safe to safe to say that, had the quality
OF American ships and seamen been
known to the world as we'll before the
war as it is now, there would have been
no war.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-15

The possession of Hawaii and the
Philippine islands will give the United
States a foothold in eastern commerce
which it has never had before. The
world is just beginning to realize the
immense possibilities of the eastern
trade and the new advantages possessed
by the United States will in a short time
pay all the expenses of the war in the
increased trade with the Orient.