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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

Chicago is having a great holiday. The
newspapers have all suspended publication
and the probability is that none will be
published this morning. although at late
hour last night efforts were being made
to get them. out. If ii had not heen for
the news from Cuba, it might not have
been a bad vacation for Chicago. It
must be strange sensation to live in .
city without a newspaper
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

The parade was a great success so far
a the display was concerned, but great
mistake was made In Tot requiring the
crowd 10 stand on the sidewalks and leave
the roadway open 10 the spectacle The
crowd pressed In so closely to tae line
that II Lost In effectiveness. The police
should have ridden az least four abreast
ana the hands marched In the same order.
That serves 10 keep the Ene open without
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

II begins 10 look as If the war would be
over just in time 10 give the newspapers
some space with which to tell the stories
accompanied by Illustrations in gold. Of
tie wonders of the Klondike. Last year
VIZ only had the E!dorado and Bonanza
creeks to draw from, but now We should
have some good results from Stewart river
and the many other creeks upon which
prospecting has been done.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

nrr>es- When the message cams from
Shaffer asking for forty more surgeons.
Ii looked as II a considerable number could
have been sent b, rail to Tampa and then
hurried forward on steamer TO Santiago
instead Of having them go from Newport.
Two or three days form very long time
when men are dying for want Of at.sn-
ton
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.yprPaSl of n New Word.

A lady went into a Boston book store to
purchase n certain reference book She
wanted copy OF an edition having an ap-
pendix TO it. and said so 10 the salesiaay.
who, after looking over the shelves for A
moment or two. held up 4 copy OF the
book and said to another clerk:
Say. Name have we this book with an
appendicitis to it?"--Harper's Bazaar
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

Who was the pessimist that said our bat
tleships ought TO be faster? The Oregon
chased the cruiser Christobal Colon sixty
miles and caught her. When the Spanish
vessel came within range she had to take
another method of disappearing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

The veterans OF the q. A. r. have not
had such a reception in years as they rot
all along the line of march. In them, the
people paid tribute 10 the patriotism which
they represented fully as r,uch in the days
of their early manhood as that now shown
by the men who are carrying the stars
and Stripes to victory wherever duty has
called them
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

One of the most important bits OF news
to come from the gold field Is that the
Yukon has several more feet Of water
than usual. This will enable the boats
with food 10 go up.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
OFFICES:
4 GUARANTEE.

The POat-Inte1ltgence hereby
kuaransees its advertisers . hons
Hde paid ctreulattOn, Daily, Weekly
and sunday, double that Of any
other Newspaper published fn the
state of Washington. Advertising
Contracts will be made subject to
this guarantee.
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One OF the Compeu ~ Il q n D.

Il is said that the rush 20 Europe which
usually occurs at this season Is not on the
bills this spring. Travel is very light, so
the steamship agents sag. Some OF the mil
lions tina; are annually handed out 10 con-
tinen;al innkeepers. haberdashers. dress
makers etc. will be circulated al home
TIE war has its ccmpensa tons.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

Suppose In some unguardei moment, the
rea! Cupid Of the universe were 20 taxa
revenge upon her destruction Of kis Ike
ness by deftly placing Il dart In her OWE
innocent heart ard another IN that OF SONS
manly sculptor % Cup'ds, What would
Miss Dorothy Naur do then?
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
She Was In It.

He-susle. dear, I enlisted today TO fight
against Spain.
She-Oh, you lovely patriot, Won't
create n sensation at the circle this after
noon when / go in dressed all in black in
honor NJ the occasion. -Philadeiphia
North American
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

Schley persuaded the Spanish badger to
crawl out of his hole. and then blockade1
the hole behind him and began his assault
This is naval strategy Of a high order.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
For the Paris Expositson,
Atlanta Isffrrrs4I

Atlanta Journal
Congress shonid not end It's present $685.
ston without having maze ample provi-
sson for at exhibit a. Psris In ii.ss which
will be worthy OK oar acnisvements and
our ambition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05
A SPA utah Victory.

The Queen Regent-What do you mean
by gazettlng "A victory for us at San Juan ,
Sagasta-Why. your ma esty has surely
observed that We are not completely an
nihila ted.-North American.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

Will 1t be Admiral Schley? Or will the
credit for the great Santiago victory be
given by the president to an officer who
is his inferior in lineaI rank?
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karsas CITY journal
There II hardly enough party politics in
the country now 20 keep "a grass-sei pres
isferfsat hocns alive. And the Country
doesn't sesE 10 De At al worried over the
ohngsAxA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

One very noticeable thing about the
casualties OF the battle Of Santiago is the
great proportion OF officers killed and
wounded.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

1t begins to look as though Sampson had
also been too busy to write"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

II asked the twins how they were and
what do you think they said?'
~ son't know what did they say7''
About the same "Philad~iphia Bull
sSfI
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-05

The Red Cross Society = doing very sfri-
sent work The enormous io~s In 'hs
relghborhooa ~ Santiago has made sx-
aAnsisEAlss AeAyv 6xUAnds spsa -
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SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY

The crew OF the Virgili.us are ayeng,
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difference between cooperation for
spoiIs and m honest candidacy on an
honest platform
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
HANNA ON THE SILVER ISSUE.

Desperate efforts are being made by
the Republican party in Utah, through
press and speakers, to convince the
people of the state that silver is not
an issue this year, that it cuts no figure
The purpose of these efforts is to de-
ceive the people and allay their we'll
founded suspicion of the Republican
party. Nobody is better authority on
the Republican view of what is and
what is not an issue than Mark Hanna
In an interview last Monday with the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Mail and Express, Mr.. Hanna
said:
There is another question also in the
congressional elections, and that is the
financial one. BY the Republican vic
tory in 1896 the country declared that
silver was no longer an issue. But the
Democratic party is still declaring it is
an issue, and in all the state conven-
lions held so far, except Connecticut,
New Jersey and New York, the Chicago
platform has been reafiirmed.
Senator Jones, chairman of the DEM
ocratic national committee, in a speech
at St Lofts in August last, stated that
silver as an issue was not dead, and
would not be until the Democratic
party declared it so. He stated that
the Democratic fight would be made at
this election on this issue, and would
be continued as long as the Democratic
party saw fit. With the official head of
the Democratic committee thus declar-
ing the issue for this campaign, it re-
mains for the people to again show by
their votes whether silver is really an
issue in national affairs or not.
There is no installing that language
or what it means. 1t means that silver
is the great issue of the day; that the
Democratic party is in favor of it, and
that the Republican party is bitterly
hostile to it.
Alma Eldredge, Republican nominee
for representative to congress, is a Re
publican who endorses every policy of
President Mckinley, and now the
presidents chief policy is the strength
ening of the gold standard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
"HoME TO aoosT.

When the Democrats of Utah, in 1895,
denounced the use of religious
meetings and influence for par
tisan purposes the Republican or
gan was shocked. 1t contended
that everything was all right and that
the least suspicion cast upon this peo-
ple," an expression it used constantly
in those days. was IAN outrage" a
BLACK eye to the commonwealth and
ali that
AS matter of fact, the Democratic
party, the membership of which is es-
timated to be 80 per cent Mormon, was
fighting for the good name of the state
| and the people, matters in which they
were certainly as much interested as
the Republican organ ever appeared to
be. But all through that struggle the
organ 'joshed" and told them they were
wrong.
1t said something about the Demo-
Gratis then which flies home to roost in
the Republican coop this fall:
1T was to carry the people of this
territory off their feet by an excite
ment and a bluff; it was to make a
thousand or more eX-Liberals vote the
Democratic ticket; it was to brighten
the Mormon people into the fear that if
the Democracy disbanded, or if this
war was waged with sufficient intensity,
they would lose statehood; more than
that, the machinery was put in motion
to SANDER THIS PEOPLE and to hurt
the good name of this territory"
That was false then, but it very
nearly describes the situation today
with the word Republican" substitute
ed for Democratic. This fight on b.
H. Roberts is waged for the purpose of
trying to carry ex-Liberals' off their
feet, and to hurt the good name of
this people" 1t is made to cover UP
the double-dealing of the Republican
party on silver. and to assist them in
an effort to send McKinleyite to con-
greSS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
ELDREDGE's INTERVIEW.

Hon. Alma Eldredge, Republican can
didate for congress. has an interview
in another column. He evades the
questions and refuses to say whether
or not he approves of the personal
fight being made against his opponent,
g. II. Roberts, by the Republican or
gan
1t would not be unfair to presume
from his Silence upon this matter, in
which the people are greatly interested,
that Mr.. Eldred3e does not object to
such methods. Another logical infer
ence to be drawn from his attitude is
that he desires to avail himself of the
benefits wherever they may accrue and
the privilege of Reputation in private
where the sentiment of the people is
against it.
Mr.. Eldredge stands upon a platform
which appeals to goldftes with it's COM
plete and unequivocaI endorsement of
all of AfcKinley's policies, and to So
called Silver Republicans with its
reference to the platform of 1895. There
FORE III is no wonder if he desires to
take the same position in regard to
polygamy. favoring the principle in
some localities and aequiescing in his
organs opposition to it in others.
Either Mr.. Eldredge lacks sincerity
or he is devoid of courage. AS radical
party man who stood by the ST. Louis
ticket and platform, as a Republican
VINO voted for Mckinley and against
Bryan. there is some extenuation for
his refusal to repudiate the style of
campaign adopted by his party in Utah
But as a fellow citizen and neighbor
of b. H. Roberts, whose whole life and
conduct have been to him an open book,
his willingness to allow a personal war
fare to continue unrebuked shows a
| lack of independence. weakness of
! character, which VIII never be able to
stand against a party caucus or in op-
| position to party mandate of any
kind.
No man viii be able to say Silver
in congress when his party says gold
| if at home, in Utah, he dare not vindi-
cate a brothers name when it is as
sailed in his interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
A USE FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

Professor Van Buren, Denslow lee
tured before the Brooklyn Philosophical
association the other day. The subject
of his lecture was, What Shall We
Make of Our Island Empire?'' Our
island empire" seems to be more in
posse than in esse just at present, but
that does not make the professors sug-
gestion any the less interesting. He
thought he saw in the Philippines a
chance for the more unsuccessful of our
own people, and suggested cplonizing
the islands with those who have be-
come criminals, because of their in
ability to cope with the existing eco
nomic conditions.
Reduced to plain terms, the profess
sor's suggestion is that the Philippines
be utilized as penal colonies They
could not be put to a worse use. Penal
colonies are not a success. Tasmania
and New Caledonia suffer today from
the fact that they were once penal
colonies, founded on the same theory
and for the very purpose advocated by
Professor Denslow. The great curse of
California in ,'49 and the sos was the
influx of criminal colonists from Aus
ltralasia. England was forced to abandon
her penal colony system, and there ism
a student of criminology today who
does not condemn it as bad. If the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
ALE SALT LAKE HE.sA1as SUNDAY, OCTOBER O. 1898

islands are annexed they will be under
the exclusive jurisdiction of the fed
eral government, and the states could
not send convicts to them; it is very
doubtful whether a state has power to
send it's convicts out of it's jurisdiction
for confinement or punishment.
The great argument being urged in
favor of the retention of the Philip
pines is the moral responsibility we are
under to the inhabitants of them; that
to surrender the Filippinos to the
Spanish government would be to in
! flict a great wrong on them and be I'M
true to our responsibilities to civiliza-
ton. To retain the islands and con-
vert them into penal colonies would be
to inflict the greatest possible wrong
upon their inhabitants, and to betray
any trust we may hold to further CIV
iliZation among them. If this govern
ment shall undertake the regeneration
and civilization of the Philippines, the
agents to accomplish this purpose must
come from among the best classes of
the American people-the minister and
the missionary, the school teacher and
the philanthropist, and not the worst.
Professor Denslow's suggestion is
worthy of notice only for the purpose
of condemnation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09

before the war, and the distress and
suffering are the result of the war.
Having undertaken to amend condi-
tons in Cuba and make them better,
to establish there, or rather see that
there is established, a stable govern
ment, is the United States government
not under every moral obligation to
relieve the distress and suffering eX-
listing among the Cubans as the result
of the war? That the distress and suf-
fering were as great or greater before
the war in no way affects the question.
In the forum of morals it would Ger
tainly seem that this obligation rests
upon the government. If the govern
n1ent was justified in resorting to war
to end the terrible conditions existing
in Cuba, then it would surely be JUS
titled in stepping in now to aid the
Cubans and in brushing away any
techniealities growing out of the pro-
tocol and peace negotiations that might
stand in the way of such action. If the
stories of distress from Cuba be true,
this government assuredly has a duty
to perform there, one that admits Of
no delay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
REVIEWS AND MAGAZINES.

The North American Review for Octo-
Der starts off with a discussion by Mayo
w. Hazeltine of the question, What
Shall be Done About the Philippines %
He thinks our government has. Volun-
tarily, made the disposition of the Phil
ippineS a subject for negotiation, and
that it could not, with any show of de-
cency, make a deadlock the pretext for
a recourse to arms. The solution of the
problem, he thinks, might be found in
taking the Mexican cession and the
money subsequently paid as a prece-
dent in the present case. An article
kindred to this is Hon. Mark B. Dun
nelPs Our Policy in China" Clinton
Rogers Woodruff writes about THE
Movement for Municipal Reform" He
is of opinion that the development has
been such as to fill with the Hveliest
hope of an early realization those who
have been laboring, in season and out,
for many years in the cause of the bet
ter government of our American cities -
Rear Admiral l.. A. Beardslee. u. S.
n. discusses Difficulties in Assimilat-
ing Hawaii" He makes 1T very plain
that there are a great many. There is
a second inStallment of j. P. Grund' S
Bismarck and Motley" One is almost
compelled to ask, Where does Bismarck
come in? The number throughout is
nlleQ Wlln OH i've
questions.
The North American Review, 291
Fifth avenue, New ork. Price, so cents.
The October Forum fairly bristles
with articles relating to the war in one
way or another and the questions grow
ing out of it, Thus Major General o.
o. Howard writes about 1.-The Conduct
of the Cubans in the Late War" He
has a good word for them and thinks
the chief cause why many of them
were not used where they were sent
was on account of difference of Ian
guage. A. Maurice Low writes OF
Amateurs in War" The article is one
that can be read with profit by all in
terested in the war from the purely mil
itary point of view. Henry Litchfield
West writes on Our War With Spain
From the Political Point of View" He
concludes that the war and it's conduct
will have a big influence on the fall
elections, and that is the one cloud
that disturbs the outlook for the Re
publicans William Macdonald dis
cusses 1.-The Dangers of Imperialism,
and very ably from the point of view
taken. He does not see how an expan-
sion of territory can aid this govern
ment or this people, as we have nc
political ills to be remedied by foreign
enlargement and no political gains YET
visible commensurate with the risks in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
wouldn't Be His own Patient.

A Detroit friend of DR.. S. Weir Mitchell,
the eminent author and famous medical
specialist of Philadelphia, tells the fol-
lowing story on the doctor which Shit says
he relates himself. whenever the occasion
permits, with the keeneSt relish OF It's
humor and with apparent oversight Of the
fact that ii has a delicious flavor OF van
ity and also involves a professional adVer-
tiSement.
1t appears that some years ago DR..
Mitchell was troubled with u nervous all
ment induced, Ii was thought, by his
unfiagging energy in his two lines OF
work His condition became so serious
that he went abroad. thinking that q
change of scene and a giving up of his
labors might tend TO make a well man
of him. In Paris he suffered an attack
of the old trouble and deemed II Wei
to call upon certain specialist with
whose name he was familiar, as being
that of a man famous on both CONT
nests.
He visited the physician purely as a
patient and did not even give his name.
During the conversation preliminary to
the examination, the Pariesian said: I
see you are an American.
Yes answered DR.. Mitchell. Il am an
(which is your home city," he was
asked. and replied philadelphia
The French physician held up both
hands and exclaimed: What, man
come to me here in Paris to be treated
for a nervous ailment, when his own
the most famous nerve specialist In the
40 whom do you refer?" asked the
aAh- YOU have never heard? Why, to
DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, of course
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09

with delight. Every man or woman in
the state of Utah who supports, in this
campaign, or on election day, the Re
publican ticket, is lending aid and COM
fort to the national Republican organ
ization.
Every speech made for Alma Ed
redge and the Republican ticket in Utah
this year is necessarily an endorsement
of every policy put forth by McKin-
ley" it is an approval of the St. Louis
convention, ratification of the work of
Gage and Sherman and Alger, and all
who have been carrying out the poll
cies of the president.
Every supporter of the Republican
congressional and legislative tickets in
Utah is an aecomplice of the goldbugs.
Every ballot cast for Eldredge in the
coming election will be vote for the
single gold standard.
Mr.. Eldredge was a Mckinley man
west was for Bryan. He voted for the
ST. Louis ticket and stood upon the st.
Louis platform. His nomination by the
Republicans OF the state was a COM
plete surrender to the administration
forces. 1t was a vindication of Ar
publicans had said:
I'VE asked Mr.. Brown for his senti-
ments on free coinage before we elect
ed him to the senate; his answer was
satisfactory; he went to Washington
and stood with the goldbugs; he was
sent to st. Louis as delegate, and he
stood with the goldbugs there; we pre-
tended to be very angry at him, but
we didn't mean it; we have shown our
change of heart by making him chair
man of our state convention; we have
shown our repentance by nominating
for congress a man who stood for Nc
Kinley and the party with Mr.. Brown;
we are back in the regular organiza-
ton now, and we favor any combina-
ton to beat the Democrats
Alma Eldredge is just as much of a
McKinleyite as he ever was, and he
stands upon the platform Arthur
Brown stood upon in 1895, the same
platform Mr.. Brown stood upon in 1896
the same platform Mr.. Brown stands
upon today. And whoever thinks thai
Arthur Brown or Alma Eldredge viii
refuse to abide by a national Republic
can caucus on currency reform, a GOLD
standard, or anything else that the
party wants, doesn't know the men.
The same sentiment that is backing
Eldredge for the house ought to boon
Brown for the senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09
OUR DUTY IN CUBA.

That which brought on the war be-
tween the United States and Spain was
the latter's treatment of the Cubans.
That treatment shocked the whole
world, and was not less inhuman and
brutal than the treatment melted out to
the PeruVians by -Pizarro, and to the
Mexicans by Cortez. The story of their
treatment still shocks and horrifies all
who read it. It was to put stop to
Spanish cruelty in Cuba in the last
decade of the nineteenth century that
the war was undertaken. 1t was soon
carried to glorious and successful is
sue, and while the Spaniards have not
as yet retired from the island, the peace
negotiations are being conducted upon
the basis that Spanish sovereignty over
the island shall forever cease.
There come from Cuba stories Of dis
tress and suffering almost as great as