The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-22
Here, There, Everywhere.

mat the war with Spain was a Republican
war; that the Republicans in congress and
lire Republican president alone deserved the
N10uit LOT It's ccn6uct; and to that end the
PoSiCloh or the Democrats in congress and the
Deliocrdtlc party as a whole was wilfully
ana consistently misrepresente5 When the
hilsnanagement of the war department. off,
clalS ana or the sons-of-fathers who held army
commissions under the presidents appoint
nent made the country rise in mighty protest,
the Republican leaders dropped their war "is
sue in hurry, and since then have been
busy trying to scare up something else 10
TAKE It's ptace.-Atlanta Constitution
A leading Jewish paper is authority for
the statement that Sin the continental army
there were As Jewish soldiers; in the war Of
1872 there were A; in the Mexican war So;
In the United States regular army, Sc; in
the United States navy, rs; in the civil war
there were 16 staff officers in the Union army
and "a in the Confederate; II officers in the
confederate navy, and 1884 soldiers in the
Union and Confederate armies The largest
number of Jews enlisted from New York.
where 1896 were enrolled, and went to the
front. Ohio came next, with GOA men, and
Illinois next with 702. Louisiana furnished
tho Confederacy with 224 Jewish soldiers,
which was more than balanced by New Jer-
sey's list of 277 in the Union army" The
number of enlistments of Jewish people in the
Spanish war cannot yet be ascertained.-At-
lanta Constitution
The advance of the United States in tie way
or foreign exports ia evidently waking up our
English cousins, who see the danger which
threatens, and realize that something must
be done to check, to some degree at least
the loss Of trade that they must otherwise
sustain.-Baltimore Herald
We are not proposing to take Cuba, but to
hand the island to its inhabitants II
there is any debt that is just charge against
these inhabitants 1t is for them and not for
the United States to assume 1t. Should the
question OF the annexation of Cuba arise In
the future, any debt which Cuba might owe
would become matter Of negotiation between
Cuba and the United States, as preparatory
to annexation. At present however. our gov
eminent is not concerned about the Cuban
debt, II there Is any Properly so-called. We
have expended a good deal Of money to make
Cuba free and we do not expect to get It
back, but we are under no obligations to pay
debts contracted before our intervention
whether the money was spent for the benefit
or Cuba or Spain.-Louisvilie Courier-Journal.
The navigation bureau finds that "a YES
sells OF 33,4O1 tons were sold to foreigners
curing the last fiscal year. principally be-
cause high insurance premiums on American
ships and their cargoes were demanded at
the beginning of the war with Spain. This
was loss which our merchant marine could
Ill afford to suffer, since the gain to our ship
ping over the preceding year was trifing. II
Is the more to be regretted because it turned
out that there was no valid reason for the
hlgher insurance rdtes.-Buffalo Express.
The very first preliminary to expansion
should be housekeeping We cannot do with
AIgerism in the United States. The proposal
to extend the blessings of Algerism to the
Cubans and the Puerto Ricans and the Fill
pinos is too farcical to be discussed.-New
York Times.
The tariff, the financial and other questions
sink into insignifcance in the presence Of
the oyershadowing issue of keeping the re-
public free from entanglements against which
Washington warned us. Hitherto the Anglo
maniacs and their organs have had the field
to themselves. By noisy demonstrations they
have sought to create the impression that
public opinion favors a British alliance It
is high time to inaugurate the work Of max
ing counter demonstrations-Irish World.
Lieut.. HILL in his testimony before the
presidents commission, said that there was
no wharf at BaiGuiri, but that he had under
stood that they talked of building one on
which to land Gen Shafter.
''Personally?'' he was asked by the coming
sion.
Yes"
Had they no derricks2"
Eyes. but they were not strong enough.~
AS Shafer was ultimately landed in the
absence of derricks. the explanation may be-
found in President McKinley's declaration
that Providence raised up Shafter for the
Santiago campaign. louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
All along the line. the effort is making to
put off the reckoning until after the con-
gressional elections. The burden of the presi-
dents speeches on his Western trip was {
plea that there might be mo dispute or diff.
ference among ourselves" that the peopf
should no make trouble for the government.
just now. Gen. Dodge's whitewashing COM
mission at Washington applies the poultice of
silence to the charges against the war de-
partment. There is a painful anxiety to hush
up the whole matter until after election
Boston Post.
There is 20 be an election fer Congressman
in most of the states on the Sth Of November.
and 1t is desirable that the damaging revela-
ticns (of the war department scandaD shall
not be made until after that date Hence
any policy that interposes delay is likely to
be grateful to the administration. The in
yestigatiOn of camps that are known and
acknowledged not to need investigation is ore
good plan 10 aviod finding out anything that
Is damaging. The junket itself is favor
able to tie same object on account of the
time passed in travelling and sightseeing.
1t can not be denied that If delay is wanted
the commission is pursuing the course best
calculated to accomplish that purpose
Louisville Cour:er-Journal
In Indiana they are circulating a small
flyer bearing the design of en eagle with
this legend: "a mark on the eagle this
time means a vote for your flag and your
On the other side of the flyer
is the following choice specimen of cam
pa:gn hapdoodle to be signed by the recip-
lent:
Believing that the American people should
stand by their government in the war with
Spain, and while it is debating terms Of
peace to the enemy, and that President Nc
Kinley should not be Inundated and weak
ened before the nations Of the earth by the
defas;t at the polls of his victorious admin
istration, and believing in TIE progress of
this republic among the nations of the
world, and in the reign of prosperous times
in the United States, l hereby promise to
use my influence with my friends and neigh
bors until the close of the polls on election
day for the success of the Republican ticket
Indianapolis Sentinel.
TIE effects seen in this country $of the
Dingley law are profound Dissatisfaction wi h
the new and wholly inexcusablc restrictions
in a.,