The times., 1898-07-20
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

placed themselves on record as ODDOsed tn
the war" remarked r. NJ. Jackmau. OF
Chicago. to. The Times az the Ralsigh
last night '+They are a curious people
who have thrived by paradihg their own
humility We have a colony of them out
in Illinois. and while more Industrious
set of people never lived. / cannot say
that l think them great advantage to
any community. Their narrow lives be-
gets bigotry that opposes almost every
suggested improvement. and the fru-
gality cultivated by them as an
especial virtue is carried TO excess
sometimes Usury is forbidden by their
faith, but within the law they are by no
means lenient creditors. II was this eye
Tor the pound of flesh that caused the
leaders of the Illinois community to come
out publicly in favor of Mckinley and
the gold standard. although Dunkards do
not usually mix much in politics IL il
well enough for Dunkards to keep out OF
the war. They wouldn't make very good
soldiers. anyway"
81 was in New Orleans wnen IL was oc-
cupied by the enemy-FederaI trOOps-and
1 know just how the people of Santiago
feel declared Presley r. Jett. now Of
Atlanta. Ca. last evening at the Coch-
ran Il had been invalided home from the
Confederate army and was looked upon
by the invading force as a nOn-cOmbat-
ant. The sensation one experiences in
seeing his home turned over 10 an invad-
ing enemy. all its laws suspended and in
dividual rights abrogated IS a peculiar
one. l see by the papers that the people
of Santiago are to retain their civil pre-
negatives i am very glad of il -
mo. I was never in the South in my
life" replied a United States internal
revenue official TO The Times mans query
last evening II work in New York
City"
What is your speciality"
THE location and destruction Of Illicit
stills. mostly" was the reply.
The reporter suggested that that sort OF
work was confined. he thought. 70 South
ern mountain districts
by no means. was the response The
romantic element is lacking in our de-
partment. but as a matter Of fact. We de-
sLr0y ten times as much machinery annu-
ally in the borough Of Manhattan alone
as is TO be found in almost any Southern
| Stata you could name, and there are other
| cities as bad in proportion TO their pOpu-
| lation. A few years ago I assisted in To-
eating vinegar factory in New York
| whOse4 plant was wDrth at least 800 900.
| 1t was-a distillery. pure and simple"
| 'T don't know what To make of the
/ latest news from Santiago at all" re-
I marked Benjamin F. Conant, a pensioner
! with an empty sleeve who practices law
in Detroit when he is at home. At first
was disposed to be very sorry for Gen.
| Toral especially after I had read his pa
thetic appeal 10 Gen Wheeler about be-
| ing overcome by a superior force. But It
seems that ours was not the superior
force. The latest advices indicate that
more than 3O.00O Spanish troops. strongly
fortified, yielded 10 twenty odd thousand
Americans practically in the open Grant
| ing that this is true, ToraTs fears OF a
| court-martia! when he gets back TO Spain
are weII-founded He should be court
martialed and shot"
'I believe that Cuba will become an
! American State within ten years" assert
| ed ". NJ FrankIyn. OF Leeds. England
| TO The Times man last night Mr. Frank
| lyn is a manufacturer and visits America
| once year When asked 70 give his rea~
/ sons he responded:
They are commercial and they are
| grounded on substantially the same cOndi-
! tions Gn futurO) as those which brought
about the strained relations between spain
ana <NIIlEEACct III the ilISl DldCt o De- sure
/ the tragedy of February 10 was the NOV
/ ing cause, but the Maine would never
! have been destroyed had not the two na-
tons been already at daggers' drawn
| America objected 10 the disturbed condi-
| ton in Cuba because 1t crippled her trade
l with the islands In my Judgment, the
| erection OF q republic in Cuba will not
| pacify the islands. II Is evident that the
| leaders are already jealous of each other
and revolutions will follow each other in
| rapid succession when Spain Is finally eX-
/ PEELED The American government, being
| morally responsible for the republic. will
/ finally conclude, I have no doubt, that the
easiest way 70 solve the problem will be to
absorb the island
"A New York paper is responsible for
1 the statement that many Of Col Roose-
/ velt's Rough Riders from the West are
outlaws and man killers. 1t is a vile
/ slander even if 1t was written. as it pur-
ported to be. by a member OF the New
| York 400 who IS himself a Rough Rider. -
| The speaker was Mr.. Oliver H Duff, OF
| Albuquerque New Mexico.
II know a number OF the Rough Riders
/ myself continued Mr. Duff, and while
| they may not possess the polished man
! ners of the East. they are honest. law
| abiding citizens, absolutely fearless and
as big-hearted as they are brave
Col. Jay L. Torrey. of Torrey's Rough
Riders, writes TO a friend in Washington
that his men will certainly do something
dreadful If they don't soon get within
gunshot of the Spaniards. Col Torrey':
cowboys differ from Col Roosevelt:
troopers in two essential particulars
There are no society men among them
and they were recruited in the Northwest
| That they will make good soldiers gOe;
without saying. Col. TOrrey himself i:
best known 10 fame as the author OF n.
| Torrey bankruptcy bill. which has had az
| eventful history in the American Con
gress, and which. slightly modified an,
under another name. recently became 4
! law. His career is an interesting one
He began life as a newsboy in ST. LOUIS
| educated himself studied law and becau
a leading practitioner. He was attoFne-
for the Wholesale GrOcers' Association
first of Missouri and afterwards of tn
national body. which first caused him q
study the subject OF bankruptcy Tel
years ago he bought a ranch in WyO
ming and, his health failing. he went t
live on it. His neighbOrs elected him t
the legislature and he was made speaker
4 few votes more in the Republican eau
Gus would have made him a United State
senator at the same session Col. Tore.
is a bachelor. fOrIy-Odd years old.
Senator F. NJ COckrell, of the Commit
tee on Military Affairs is frequently seer
at the State. War and Navy building
Senator COckrelI is just now engaged IN
the arduous task of having a light bat
terry at Kansas City accepted by the Gov
ernment. MissOuri's quota has aEeady
been enlisted and the Var Department
has not yet seen its way clear TO makine
a place for this battery. Senator Cock
reH himself has a high opinion of tbs