The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-03
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Gen. Blanco's assurance to Madrid that
he does not need the assistance of the feet
is probably intended as hint that il
would be an unhealthy place for the Span
ish navy.
The government receives half the prize
money, but turns it over to the naval pen
sion fund All is thus bestowed on the
sailors, and they deserve it for their vigi
lance and daring.
Privateering is not what it was wher
the wind furnished the motive power
No modern privateer could carry coal
enough to last more than two or three
weeks, and then trouble would begin. The
Alabama was rugged for sails as well al
steam
The fear that his motives may be mis-
construed should not deter William ]
Bryan from enlisting, if he is really anx-
ious to shed Spanish gore. Many PEG
pie have impugned his motives in shout
ing for free silver but he has shown nc
indication of muzzling his mouth on that
account
The Government need not lose time try
ing to Elk" things for men who will not
enlist unless they are given the rank they
covet. There are plenty of the very best
men in the world who only ask the priv
lege of enlisting in any capacity. 1t is fol-
the Government to pick and choose-not
the men.
The memorable remark made by that
remarkable student of economies, VIII
liam Jennings Bryan, to the effect that
the silver dollar and the bushel of wheat
would always be found travelling arm in
arm together, loses nothing of its pi-
quancy when you are given to understand
that Mr. Bryan meant yard arms.-Inater-
Ocean.
The news comes from Kansas that fifty
Populist papers, heretofore strong advo-
Gates of the denomination of William Jen-
nings Bryan to the Presidency, have, dur
ing the past two months, abandoned his
cause The way wheat and silver have
been acting up" precisely different from
the way he had predicted they would, is
regarded by that gentleman as too dis
gushing for anything - Globe Democrat.
Attention has been called to the fact
that April has been a fateful month in
American history and that this year it has
followed the rule To some extent that
is true, but in other respects the month is
unique 1t has made weather record of
its own that for persistent discomfort and
unhealthfulness even the blizzard of March
of ten years ago could not excel. What
is worse, we cannot look forward to COM
pensation, because we had it in advance
when nobody wanted it.
The record of the Republican party re-
garding the public credit full justifies the
readiness which the people of the country
have expressed to come to the aid of the
Government now under its control with
loans
Thirty three years ago the interest bear
ing debt was So, 3S1, $50, 1884, with an an
nual interest charge amounting TO $3.50,
977 677, or 4.29 per capita. At the close
of the Harrison administration the inter
est-bearing debt had been reduced to
$685., 029, $780, and the interest charge had
been reduced to 500, 1913, 1913, a per capita
of "a cents for interest as against 81. 20
per capita in 1865.
Add to this the fact that the money in
circulation to-day is two and half times
as great as it was in 1865, and it is not
surprising that the people of the United
States stand ready with their money to
respond to the call of the Government I'M
der the control of the Republican party.
- Cdmden Telegram.
There is very general hesitation in trade,
and the paralysis is felt to-day through
out all the legitimate channels of energy.
1t is wholly unreasonable, judging from
any standpoint. War naturally more or
less shocks financial and business nerves,