The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
Here, There, Everywhere.

Some idea of the distances to be covered
by the Oregon and Iowa on their cruise to
Manila can be gathered from the United
States charts showing steamer routes. From
New York to Bahia, Brazil where the first
stop is to be made, is 1850 knots. This is
a few knots more than the 4,076 from San
Francisco to Callao, Peru, which was the
Oregon's longest stretch between PORTS After
leaving Bahia there is run Of 2,7G9 knots to
Sandy Point in the Straits of Magellan, and
then the longest stretch of all comes, 4,24
knots, to Tahiti. From Tahiti the journey
can be broken by stopping at Samoa, 1903
knots further on, or at Guam, row an Amer
lean port, which is 5000 knots from Samoa.
After leaving Guam there is a run of some
1,400 knots to Manila. This makes up a total
OF nearly 1900 knots while the Oregon
made little less than 1900 in running fton
San Francisco to Key West.-Philadelphi
Press
Secretary Alger was not newspaper reader
last year and in the early months Of this
year. In his speech the other day at
Chickamauga he declared specifically that he
had not heard about the impending trouble
The Spanish war came upUn u.s. he said,
almost like a bolt from clear sky"
Everybody else in the land knew it was
coming. Even in Clevelands administration
men of judgment and foresight knew a war
with Spain was unavoidable and certain. 1t
was predicted in both the senate and house.
Mr. Cleveland's message of December, 1856,
contained a threat of war with Spain So
did President McKinleys message-Pittsburg
Post.
One brother, as mayor of New York, and
the other, as nominee for governorship, of
the state, illustrate a family capacity for
affairs and a traditional devotion to Damoc-
racy which are not unattractive. Neither
brother has been dependent on the othsr in
the evolution of his career. They have both
grown to high public stature and station
but they have done so by their own strength
and effort. and through the recognition of
their merits and availability by their fellow
citizens. Each brother has afIectionately re-
joiced in the success of the other, but neither
has called the other for aid or influence
at any time. Alike in Democracy and in
public spirit, they are different in manner,
in methods and in temperament, The Van
Wyck, of Manhattan, is impetuOus, insistent
and aggressive. The Van Wyck, of Brooklyn,
is judicial. studious and careful. Yet Robert
made. on the whole. a conservative Judge,
and is making a practical, diligent and eff
cient mayor August has been an excellent
and honorable judge here, and has steadily
grown in the confidence Of the bench, the
bar and the people.-Brooklyn Eagle.
It would seem that the time has come when
the American people must rescue themselves
from their bondage to foreign shipowners. If
they would be a commercial people they must
have ships of their own. They pay every
year s1000G0,O00 to foreign ships to do their
carrying trade. Every bale of American cot
ton that goes abroad is carried in foreign
ships Every bushel of American wheat and
corn sent to Europe is transported in Euro
pean vessels. Every dollars worth of goods i'm
ported into the United States from Europe
comes in foreign bottoms 1t is the prohibit
tive tariff of the Republican party that has
destroyed the American mercantile marine.
1t is claimed that Americans cannot build
steel and iron ships cheaply as can be
done in Europe. If so, then let US buy ships
for the foreign trade in Europe, in the cheap
est markets. The internal and coasting trade
of the country still be done in home
built vessels, as is at present the case. The
American shpbuilders would still have all
they could DO. They furnish no ships for for
eign trade, and they would not suffer a dol
lars worth if we should buy abroad a thou
sand ships for carrying the foreign commerce
of the United States. With the constantly in
creasing trade of the world, there will be an
abundance Of business for canal through the
American isthmus.-New Orleans Picayune