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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
SUNDAY. MARCH y, 1898
Tho Sff,tatian

Left 10 himself. and to his sense Of
duty to the nation and humanity, the
President would have been a popular
hero by this time 1t is men like
Hanna who have nearly destroyed him
in the estimation Of the American peo-
pie. They are tired Of waiting until
the last hope Of carrying through the
Spauish-Cuban bond deal has been ex-
hausted. For whole month Mr. Nc
Kinley has known that the Maine was
destroyed by Spanish treachery. If it
had not been for the best business
interests the crime would have been
punished within seventy hours from
the time Of its occurrence. If it had
not been for the Rothschilds. Rookie
fellers, ana others Of their kind, Spain's
atrocities in Cuba would have been
stopped q year ago.
As we have remarked, the nation is
sickened and Disguised over the long,
weary waiting. i has placed the
President in q position to go ahead
and accomplish results. 1t is quite
ready 10 pour out its blood and treas
ure in his support. II expects him to
act and demands that he SHALL It VIII
not be suppressed
Who are these satanic individuals
that hover about him, and constantly
endeavor TO make him false to his duty
and his flag? They have been suffered
to the point Of outbreak. They are not
TO be tolerated any more. The great
heart Of America is bursting with the
spirit Of &c.
And the President is getting ready to
lead the natlan,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT From Papa

CFrom the Cleveland Plain DealerD
Miss Wilkins" he said, Il met Your
father at luncheon today, and we had a
long and confidential talk
A glad light came into her big, soulful
eyes, and in low, happy tones she asked
WAS papa in a pleasant mood?
Yes. he spoke very encouragingly TO
me-"
For long time she was silent 1t was
evident that she expected him to go on
But ne only sat there, looking off into
space and Juggling at his mustache.
At last she drew a tremulous sigh and
murmured:
at is strange that papa didn't say any
thing to me about it at tea this evening. -
We'll" Henry Twickenham replied i
suppose it had passed out of his mind. He
is a very busy man, you know.
Still" she said. he wouldn't be likely
to forget a thing that-that so directly
concerned me-.
''Ah. Miss Wilkins" he cried. do you,
too, take an interest in me? I assure you
this is very flattering. Did you read my
plea to the jury i'll the Mundle vs. Blink
ham case? 1t was that upon which your
father especially congratulated me. He
said it undoubtedly presaged bright flu
ture for me-"
Then il suddenly began to grow chilly
Whereabouts, and fifteen minutes later.
when Henry Twickenham had been frozen
out. Gladys Wilkins clapped her soft,
white hands to her temples and eXclaim-
ed:
II wish that fool and his Mundle vs..
Binkham case were in Skaguay!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
intervention vi ct Armis.


CFrom the ST. Paul Dispatch.)
History is replete with instances OF
intervention in the domestic affairs of
states. To settle the disputes of policy
between opposing nations friendly pow
ers have often proffered their good
offices. European annals afford the
most numerous precedents of this pol
lev. which has become topic OF ire
auent discussion by publicists. FROM
the time when the Turkish invasion
was repulsed by the valor IF john
Sobieski. the government of the Otto
man empire has been controlled at
times by the conjoint action of foreign
powers. Where pacific intervention
has failed, force has been threatened,
and usually the desired effect has been
accomplished without resort to actual
hostilitsies.
In recent years the interference OF
Christendom in the affairs of Greece
after its successful revolution is the
most noteworthy case for the present
purpose. Questions of this sort belong
to the domain of politics and eXpedi-
ency rather than TO that of interna-
tionaI law, and are founded upon the
questionable maxim of the moral code
that might makes right" When,
however. Greece had achieved her In
dependence, the three great powers JUS
tilted their pacification of the land OF
the olive and fig tree on the grounds
of commercial interest, the prevention
of anarchy and the property losses OF
the subjects of the intervenors.
Armed intervention is prelude to
war. In our own history the French
alliance with the United States
amounted TO a declaration of war by
the former against Great Britain. An
act of this sort in the case of Cuba
would be deemed a casus belli, if Spain
chose so to regard it, In the interest
of humanity and according to the pub
lie law of civilized nations, non combat
ants are clearly excepted from the APP
peal to force, and when the bullet ana
sword are directed against defenseless
women and children, Christian NATIONS
| demand the cessation of such pracuces
The pacificatory attitude OF the Pres
| ident and his advisers in the present
crisis must command the approval or
| the thoughtful subjects of the young
| king of Spain whose throne Is or more
moment to him at this juncture than
| the retention of the remnant OF his
| Transatlantic possession, however Yalu-
able. 1t needs but a similar spirit on
| the part of SagaSta and his cabinet 10
| save the loss of life and the further
| expenditure of money by both nations.
| But if instances are required 10 justly
armed intervention by the United
| States in Cuban affairs at this Tune,
| thav can he found in abundance.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

In the impending crisis, the SYM
pathy Of all right minded people
should be extended 10 the Queen
Regent of Spain. She has been US
ing all the diplomatic skill she pos
sesses. and she IS considered one of the
cIeverest women in Europe-in trying
to save the throne for her twelve-year-
old boy. In this she is actuated by
perhaps the strongest motive that
could influence human being, and her
disappointment, should her endeavors
fail. Will be far more keen than If only
her own fortunes were at stake. Rent
by internal discussions, impoverished
by the useless war in Cuba, imperiled
by plots and conspracies, Spain is one
Of the shakiest powers in Europe to-
day. Whatever America does, or
fails to do, the queen realizes that
her position and that of her son
are extremely uncertain. Ever since
the death of the late King Alfonzo,
there have been crises on the Iberian
peninsula which demanded all the skill
Of a trained diplomat, and with the as
sistance of cabinets which could not
always be depended upon to stay
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
The Horrors of War.

The Chicago Journal has been in
dulging in little lectures to its readers
in the Hibernian dialect. These lee
lures are supposed to be emanations
from the brain of one Mr. Dooley. and
Mr.. Dooley recently gave his views on
the subject of war. He said:
Win We hear av dhreadn tn horrors
" war, put him down fr a man that'd be undher
the bed with his wfe's clothes on whln tn re-
cruitin sergeant came around. We nver heerd
" Mark Hanna ladin' amy cavalry changes durin
tn war. did ye? Ye niver noticed that Grant
mintioned Hanna in tn dispatches as hmlin' him
self on tn foe? Dvvlc tn hurl. He was at
home studyin' tn patriotic QUESTION iv how to
wurruk man in a salt barge fur wan-twinty
day an make him feel kindly to tn boss Ye
can't tell man that lives in danger iv havin'
pig ~ lead a bod " bricks fall on him amy
moment that has horrors All tn hor-
rors comes to him that has 70 pay fr the frolic
In times " peace tn man with tn long fingers
takes iv'rything. In time " war he b,eeds at
all his pockets.
! The untutored and naive views of
Mr.. Dooley are shared by a good many
/ other people. 1t is all very well to
+ talk of the horrors of war, and most
1 intelligent people realize quite fully
! what they are, but after all, is it any
! worse to be shot to death than to
/ starVe to death? Take the hundreds
and thousands of men who work, day
/ in and day out, in cCal mines, without
a ray of sunlight, without a chance of
! lettering their condition; take the peo-
pie who are crowded into sweat-shops,
| who breathe the th-dealing air of
! ill-ventilated factories, who are kept
labor for years at a time, and then,
when they are worn out, are turned off
to set on as best they may-are they
any better off than they would be in a
state of warfare? In fact, under Ger
tain industrial conditions, the working
man is in a state of warfare, with the
warfare all on one side. He is fighting
/ for his life; the capitalist is fighting for
more money; but the capitalist has all
! the weapons. The factory may be so
/ constructed as to be a deathtrap; the
worhngman has nothing to say about
! that. The work required of the men
may be such as to exhaust their
! strength long before their usefulness
! should be over; there is no pension for
| disabilities incurred in this war. The
worker may be burned to death, blown
up, crushed, drowned, but his wife and
| children have no legal claim on the
capitalist whose orders sent him to his
death. The horrors of war do not, it
is safe to say, make very much i'm
preston on man in this position.
Duty is all right, but somehow duty
to ones country Is rather more inspir-
ing than duty TO a man who is making
a good profit out of ones brains, blood
| and Drawn. And it seems to be the
fact that some of the very men who
are dreading the horrors of war most,
just now. are doing their level best to
perpetuate a state Of industrial slavery
which. for genuine and long drawn out
horror, and effect on future genera
tons: will excel any war that the Unit
ed States is ever likely to have.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Solving "A Problem.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)


This is a straight story" said a
grocery clerk, whose veracity has new
er been impeached. 1T happened in
our store. A little boy came into our
Market Street store on Monday, and
waited for some enc to notice him He
carried a sheet Of writing paper in his
hand, at which he glanced from time
to time One of the idle clerks came 10
him finally, and the boy, reading from
his paper, announced in a sing-SOnS
voice: My mother wants 10 pounds of
rice, 10 pounds of sugar, L pounds Of
oatmeal, 20 pounds Of Hold on
interrupted the clerk. Not so fast.
Suppose you give me that paper and
I'll fill out the order But the boy in
sisted on calling off the articles him
self. Two other clerks We're pressed
into service, and the three men pro-
ceeded to do up the various packages
as the boy called them of. He want
ed all kinds of things. and he asked the
price of each article as they went
along, making a note of il on the paper.
The clerks had the counter stacked
with packages, when the boy wound up
with IS pounds of flour One Of the
clerks called out the price, and the boy
continued. in his sing-song voice, and
how much money does my mother
have TO pay for her groceries, One Of
the clerks counted up the total, and
announced 1t as $1S.73 The boy made
a note Of it and started out. Come
back here, where are you going" cried
the clerks in chorus Why, said the
boy. as he made for the door. that s
lest me 'rithmetic lesson fur Monday.
l have to know it or I'll git licked.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

On the sixteenth day Of February
The Times printed the horrible story Of
the Maine massacre. Long before it
ever reached the public-at midnight
on the night previous. in fact - we
called Mr. Mckinley up by telephone
and told him Of the atrocity. All the
force and power Of the Administration
al once were utilized 10 make il appear
that the tragedy was an "acci-
dent We knew better, and have
never wavered from our original posi-
ton
Two weeks before we learned that the
Maine was anchored over a submarine
mine. On January 81, We warned the
Administration Of the fact. Capt.
Sigsbee knew that he was exposed 10
official Spanish treachery. He begged
permission 10 shift his anchorage It
was refused. Nothing could be allowed
which would tend TO show that we en-
tertained the least suspicion Of Span
fish good faith. So two hundred and
sixty-six gallant American officers
and enlisted men have gone to eter-
nifty
We have too much confidence in the
American patriotism Of the Hon. Will
liam Mckinley TO believe that he will
allow this most awful outrage OF the
century 10 pass without eXacting pun
ishment Hampered as he is by the
sordid advice Of Tories and Hesslans.
he is not the kind Of man 90 let the
guilty escape without castigation. If
he were to do so. he would have
trouble IN his own national household.
He does not want TO. any more than
he would dare to defy the just indigna-
tion Of America.
lie viii do the patriotic and honest
thing, or we are very much mistaken
in the President
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

than they were when she discovered
them. The father of the family needed
an overcoat, his own being threadbare
and thin, and unassisted by any I'M
dercoat; the childrens beds needed
blankets: the carpet which covered the
floor of the humble tenement was thin,
not only in places, but all over; the
windows We're loose, and the clothing of
the house-mother was far from being
as thick as it should be Despite the
cheapness Of comfortable clothes in
these days Of production, this
philanthropic lady failed to obtain any
means of relieving the necessities of
her proteges. Blankets even at one
dollar per pair, were unattainable; the
price of overcoats was far above the
reach of the willing, but impecunious
worker. Finally she brought to the
poor but viTluOus home Of this suffer
ing family a large bundle OF back num-
bers Of the Evening Post She in
structed the mother of the family to
sew several thicFnesses of these pa
pers in the back and front Of her hus-
bands overcoat. replacing them as fast
as they fretted out to interline the
/ thin blankets and coverlids with
! the same heat-producing material;
/ to crumple other copies of the
] blessed news (paper), and jam them
I with a case knife into the cracks of
/ the windows: to take up the carpet
and spread the papers thickly beneath
! it; and, finally, TO wear two or three
( copies as a chest protector for herself.
Also, but only as a last resort, when
the family was absolutely without fuel,
the invaluable paper might be burned
in the stove. Then, amid the blessings
/ and. tears and prayers of the saved
family, the philanthropist took her de-
partule having supplied, by the help
/ of one newspaper all their needs ex-
! cept those Of the appetite. Even the
most rabid economist could hardly adj
/ wise any family to eat the Evening
/ Post
/ Up TO this time it has been a source
+ of mystery to a good many people what
/ the paper in question was doing on this
/ earth. But this scientific discovery,
/ which appears in recent number,
/ solves the whole problem. 1t can be
used to keep poor people warm. In ex-
IRENE cases they can even wear whole
/ suits made Of it. if they are not proud.
/ And besides the good ii will do the poor
people, think of the saving it viii be
to the philanthropists, Instead of lay
ing out their good money on blankets,
and clothes, and fuel. and carpets for
I the deserving poor they can tell all
applicants to call daily for a copy of
i the Evening Post. But while we con-
/ graduate the poor people Of New York
/ on this discovery, it may be as well
TO caution them about one thing. They
should on no account read the paper.
It is not good form TO read ones bed
clothes, and overcoats, and carpets.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Subjects at a Rarbe-s, Clinic.
From The Philadelphia Times-)


There was nothing in his makeup that
differed strikingly from others of his
clan, save that he had a clean shave
and neat hair cut. while a fragrant
odor of bay rum simply radiated about
his tattered person He was a tramp,
and was begging in the neighborhood
OF Ninth and Race Streets yesterday
morning for a few pennies to buy a
drink. A reporter, in q generous mood.
volunteered TO pay for the liquid re-
freshment, provided that the wander
er explained how he came to be in such
fine feather from tonsorial point OF
view. The liquor disposed of, the
tramp guided the newsgatherer to the
fourth floor of a big building, at Ninth
and Arch Streets, and uShered him into
room, over the door of which was the
sign, Philadelphia Barber School
Once inside the first thing that struck
the eye was a string of somewhat seedy
looking men lined up around the wall
At the cry of next" the one at the
head of the line. who looked as If ne
needed hair cut on the face as well as
head. took a seat Just made vacant in
one Of the twelve barber chairs placed
around a large table, extended in the
center of the room. and filed with all
the implements and accessories essen
tial to a well-equipped barber shop.
This proved 10 be the clinic of a college
for BARRIERS, and the operators behind
the chairs were the students. The sub
jects were plenty. and the line of them
never seemed to decrease. Occasional
ly one of them would drop out and step
up to the desk at the head Of the room
This was presided over by the dean Of
the college. who. in exchange for the
sum of cents, would give the appli-
cant a permit emitting him TO take the
head of the line. hence the next chance
Frequently the holder Of the permit
would sell out 10 another for cents
and drop to the rear again The pro-
pTietor of the school. in talking about
the Institution. said. among other
things. that free shaves and hair cuts
were daily afforded to about 200 pupils
who used the sharpest raZOrs and the
best Of bay rum.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
The Tramp.

1t is very nearly time for the rural
towns and small villages of our coun-
try to consider the tramp problem.
That is all that most of them will do,
for this country is so big, and the ia
cilities for getting from one end to the
other are so numerous, that the tramp
cannot be cornered by any one State,
much less any one village. You might
as wen try to dip up the Atlantic
Ocean in a tea cup. In Railway, n. J.,
they found a way to Danish the tramp,
which was both picturesque and effect
i've. They took him and put him to
work in a chain-gang, cleaning the
streets. Tramps soon gave the town of
Railway a wide berth. But that plan
had finally to be abandoned on account
of the fact that there was no law which
would exactly justify it.
The tramp is a unique individual
Sometimes he is a man who is out of
work; and when a man of the me-
chanic or laboring class has been out
of work for six months or a year, after
having come to the end of his resources
anu -tilIS Vel OILOIl no l'B'iif9 III AIltft
days Of over production - you cannot
tell him from member of the regular
fraternity. When a man has been
working for from one to two dollars a
day, to say nothing of a less amount,
and has had TO pay, out Of this sum,
fines rent, board, and possibly the ex-
penses Of a family, he cannot lay up
much for a rainy day when he himself
is laid off He has seldom extra suits
of clothes: and one suit will not last
very long and look respectable when
one is on the tramp without money.
1t seems rather hard to legislate
against a man simply because he can
not get work, and the city will not
offer him any, and he does not want
to starve. But the tramp who really
cannot get work is in the minority.
The beggar, the fakir, and the bully
are in the majority, and they are the
ones with whom the law must deal.
One thing which makes tramps, es-
pecially in those Southern States where
the convict lease system is in force, IS
defective prison accommodations. 1t
should be a truth too patent for dis
cussion that if you herd vicious men,
weak men, and men and boys Of more
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Peace. But There Is No Peace,

Up at the White House the talk is all
| for peace-peace as white as the shin
ing bulls Of the White Squadron. We
! observe that the order has gone forth
to paint the Amtrican warships black
That does not mean peace, but war.
Which is Mr.. Mckinley for? Are we
to trust his assurances to the Peace So
ciety and believe that it is a basket
picnic for the reconcentrados and not
condign punishment for the Maine mas
sacre that he intends?
Peace! Always peace The ghosts OF
those fish-eaten sailors at the bottom Of
Havana harbor! Do they call for peace
or for war? The mute appeal of four
hundred thousand silent lips, gone to
judgment through Spanish devltry! Do
they cry for peace?
1t is not peace, but war, that Presi-
dent Mckinley is called upon TO
wage for the honor of flag and coun-
try. This is not a good time for Quak-
erism 1t is a glorious time for Ameri-
can patriotism and manhood; a splen-
did time for sons to remember the sires
and grandsires who fought at Gettys-
burg, at Cherubusco, at New Orleans
| and Saratoga!
That is the kind Of time this is, Mr..
William Mckinley.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
OFT in the silly Night.

Something is due to the memory Of
the American Presidents. AS portraits,
they toll no. neither do they spin, but
after all. consider how old they would
be if they had lived until this day,
Is il not something OF an infection
upon the patience Of these former Pres
idents 10 find pervading the home which
they once occupied a night-robed fig
ure. which goes pacing up and down,
endeavoring to light his perturbed in
telIect with q hand-lamp, and make up
his mind what he IS to do.
Go 10 bed, William! Sleep the sleep
Of patriotism and innocence and JUS
tice, The country understands the sit
uation-if you do not-and will be be-
hind you, if it is not before you. The
portraits Of your predecessors. as they
look down upon you from the walls,
seem TO say something Of this sort.
They are dignified, sleepy, and a little
impatient. You are keeping them
awake. OF course, they are willing
that you should walk the floor for any
reasonable length Of time, if it makes
you feel any better but why, why, why
should you disturb the well-earned rest
of these respectable old gentlemen in
trying to solve a problem whose solu-
ton is perfectly plain and obvious?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
A SCIENTIFIC Discnver,.

In the midst Of alarms connected with
wars and rumors OF wars. we pause 10
note an important scientific discovery.
II is not one Of those discov-
cries so picturesquely and pic
torially set forth in the pages Of yell
low journalism, averaging two or three
a week, each warranted to revolution
fze the progress Of the human race. 1t
IS sensational, that is true. but only as
the truth is sensational. The soberest
kind Of a newspaper cannot help max
ing a sensation when IL discovers a new
scientific truth.
The New York Evening Post has
found a use for itself
The circumstances under which this
discovery was made were most praise
worthy. woman had been attempt
ing TO assist a poor family throughout
the winter. II seems that she could
not, despite her best efforts, succeed in
making them much more comfortable
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Hussia and England.

After much agitation and many at
tempts to avert the inevitable, China
has at last submitted TO the demands Of
Russia, and the latter has obtained
possession of Port Arthur and Talien-
wan. Remarks in the British parlia-
ment seem 10 show that this will not
be objected 10 and, that being so, there
is no more to be said about it.
But what a humorous thing it is!
It was not many weeks ago that Brit
ish ministers were declaring that if
Russia insisted upon occupying Port
Arthur there would have to be war,
and poor little Japan was melted 10
mobolize her fleet in support Of the
bluff
Now, not only Port Arthur, but Tai
ienwan, has been taken in by Russia
and there is nothing being done about
il. II takes a power Of the size Of Haiti
10 drive England 10 action.