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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-18

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., June 17.-By the
adoption of the House resolution for
the annexation Of Hawaii the Republi-
can party, at least, stands committed
to the new imperial policy" which has
developed like fungoid growth out Of
the war with Spain. That this resolu-
ton will ultimately pass the Senate
there can be no doubt, for the recent
parliamentary history of that body
shows that filibustering tactics cannot
In the long run defeat any measure for
which there is a majority. Thus at no
distant date the annexation Of Hawaii
will be an accomplished fact, and the
Republican policy of colonial aggres-
sion will be fairly under way. Nor can
it be claimed with any show of SINGER
ity that aggression and territorial ac-
QUESTION will stop with the seizure of
Hawaii, the fact being that the close of
the war, if the present programme of
conquest be carried to its end, will find
us loaded up with lot Of new posses
sions to get rid of which will in all
likelihood be more serious problem
than their COVER -ment as colonies. The
difficulty will be to let them go, and
this difficulty, among our new imperial
lists will justify the extension of our
sovereignty over conquered territory.
BUT THE IMPERIAL POLICY
will not be without strong opposition,
some of 1t coming from Republican
ranks, as the attitude of Speaker Reed
and other witnesses. And nOtWith-
standing some differences of opinion in
Democratic ranks the Democracy will
line up pretty squarely against the new
colonial policy. Mr.. Bryan, in his
Omaha speech, one of the best he has
ever made, has clearly indicated the
grounds upon which this opposition
should rest. The leading Democrats in
the House, like Bailey, McMillin, Dock
cry, Dinsmore and others, have taken
the same position as Mr.. Bryan upon
this new ISSUE Indications are that
the Democratic leaders have made no
mistake In thus aiigning themselves
with the best tradition of the American
Republic. They have taken a high
ground which will rally about them
not c. ly lovers of liberty but believers
in political and national honesty. in
other words, the Democratic position
injects into our national politics a gem
uine moral issue capable of appealing
to the Hottest instincts OF the true
American citizen.
The imperialistc policy. being copied
faithfully, name, purpose and method,
from the foreign policies of England,
Germany France. Italy and even de-
spised Spain herself, has obviously no
place
IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM,
and no title to the name Of American.
There is a curious similarity between
the arguments with which continental
statesmen have bolstered up their cost
ly colonial policies and those which we
now hear from the imperialists on the
floor Of Congr SIS. And yet we hear
this new imperialistic policy heralded
by people who ought to know better as
the true American policy. the manifest
destiny of the republic.
Mr.. Bryan has done well to set his
face against this imported American
ism
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to a certain extent regarded in tn
light of experiments.
IQfiN p IQI / AND

to certain extent regarded in the
light of experiments.
JOHN P. HOLLAND,
inventor Of the submarine boat which
bears his name, was enthusiastic over
the favorable reports received Of the
practical test of the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius. He said:
Now, perhaps, they may <give the
Vesuvius a chance. There always has
BEEN the strongest kind Of prejudice
against her in the navy, JUS as there
is against my boat now. She never
was given any SORT of a real test. and
was utterly condemned by naval Of
ficers for no reason at all. 1t was only
after the hardest kind of a fight that
the government could be induced to
build her, and then she was stepchild
and was blamed with everything. About
four or five years ago the board in
Washington concluded she was useless,
and decided to tear out her dynamite
guns and turn her into little gunboat.
Fortunately they had no money
available with which to dismantle and
refit her and she lay around awaiting
destruction until the war broke out, and
there was such demand for vessels Of
all kinds that she had to be put into
commission. l hear that even after
her arrival at Santiago her commander
had to beg to be allowed to Nave a shot
at the Spaniards, and he was finally
permitted to fire just three shots, one
from each of her guns. The results
seem to have been remarkably success
full. | believe she will create a revolu-
ton in naval warfare, at least with re-
gard to vessels of her size and kind"
Chief Engineer Albert F. Dickson, of
naval auxiliary board, who is now in
the city examining yachts and tugs for
the coast defense fleet, served several
months on the Vesuvius.
Most naval officers" said he, "have
a prejudice against the Vesuvius at
first, but after they have once served
on her
THEY GET TO LIKE HER.
put in four months on her Our duty
was destroying derelicts. She has three
guns or tubes for throwing dynamite.
They are built into the ship, extending
through two decks and coming out at
an angle of thirty degrees. They are
ffty-four feet long, and fifteen feet OF
that length protrudes above deck. The
loading device is peculiar. A section
OF the gun, including about ten feet of
the breech, slips down on a ball and
socket joint, and into this the proiec-
tile, containing 200 pounds of gun cot
ton, is pushed. Then the section IS
raised into position and .le gun is
ready to be fired
The range is obtained by range find
ers, one on each end Of the ship, and
the guns are aimed by pointing the yes
sci in the line of fire. The guns them
selves cannot be moved. The extreme
range is three or four miles, but the
effective range is not more than one
and one-half miles"
Engineer Dickson has no doubt that
the Vesuvius will give a good account
of herself If she is called upon to open
up the channel at Santiago.
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Author of Patty"
AT t h e r e d
Glove" "Maisie
Derrick" "A VIII
full Lover" "Wild
as a Hawk" etc.,
etc.
NJ r S. Katharine
MacQuoid is sim
gularly gifted as a
novelist. She has a
rare faculty OF arous-
ing t h e emotions
and interesting the
most Indifferent. All
may enjoy her sto-
ries and feel bene-
flied by their Pc
rusal. In depicting
love scenes she is
eminently success
full.
In her new story,
"A Ward of the
King" S h c h a S
brought into play all
her varied talents,
and has treated her
subject with vigor,
with touching pa.
thos and fine de-
scrlptlve art.
"A ard Of the
King" will be pub
llshed in
7 The
Daily
beginning within a
few days.
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CHARTER ISSUED.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Charleston, W. Va, June 17.-The
Secretary of State has issued a certifi-
cate of Incorporation to the Jefferson
county Provident BULLYING Association,
OF Charles Town, w. Va, with an au-
thorized capital of 100000. The in
corporators are ]. M. Mason, Jr., D. A.
Hughes H. L. Ronemus, G. T. Knight,
J. w. Russell, VIM. Neill, Robert C.
Rissler, Gerard D. Moore, C. NJ. Hough,
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SHE IS An AWFUL DESTROYER
One BrOadside From the Vesuvius
Enough to Wipe Out a City.

Work of q Single Shell-Dropped
In the Midst Of a Regiment It
Would Destroy the Whole Com
mand-Thrown ON the Deck of
Warship It Would Crush Through
the Arrnor and by Exploding in a
Vital Part Would Skater the
Vessel.
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TIE new IMPERIAL POLICY.
The Republican Party Has lrrevocably
Committed Itself

To the European Idea of Territorial
and Colonial Expansion and to
That Questionable Method Of
Gaining and Maintaining Power
Democracy S ia d 8 Boldly
Against the Whole Unamerican
Scheme, and Will Find Many Re
publicans on the Same Ground.
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the guns Of the Vesuvius the havoc is
awful One of her projectiles dropped
in the midst of regiment would elm
mate it from the war. If any man in
the regiment was not torn to bits he
would not be fit for fighting.
Against a ship the Vesuvius will be
deadly. One of her big shells dropping
on the deck would crush through the
armor and, exploding in vital part,
explodes in the air or in the water
within fifty feet of ship of war it
will crush her side or bottom and sink
her. If one of these shells explodes
within fifty yards of modern man Of
war it will render it useless for fight
ing, for the detonation will throw the
bearings of her engines out of line, dis
locate the shaft or jam the neatly fitted
parts. Thus the ship will become
mere helpless target
Many leading artillerists in the army
are greatly in favor of the use of high
explosives, and in their official COM
munications to the War Department
have advocated its more extensive use.
The only thing that has worried them
is the absence of convenient as we'll
as a fitting means Of firing it. The
great dynamite guns at Fort Hancock
and at the Preside, San Francisco, are
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ss: Of &xzZzzz~
FOR CAMP THOMAS.

A List of Recruits to Leave Fairmont
To-Day to Join the First Regiment.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
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lit Es Finished.

! The Convention has concluded
| its hbors and will adjourn without
day sometime during that which
marks the 18th of May, A. D.
1898.
| Assembled in Difference to the
demands of a dangerous hour in
democratic supremacy" it has
perfected the most striking botch
ever misnamed q constitution, a
botch which will increase the Ills
Of State from which we have suf
fered, and increase their intensity
rs time lapses.
Personal and political ends were
the consideration precedent to ALI
others in the framing Of the abor-
ton, which the Dryades street COR
cern has adopted us .organic law.
Few indeed were the delegates not
influenced by partisan or selfish
consideration, and they were pow
erless to impress the mass with
either wisdom or moderation.
w hile the Commonwealth was
and is in crying need of real re-
form, those things which the Con
vention should have done to secure
it, were left undone, and their time
was largely spent in framing arti-
cles to perpetuate evils and to cre-
ate others, which a future body
must, perforce, undo, or Louisiana
will be undone. Fraud in elections
has been recognized, constitution
ally, and hereafter the only hope
for purity in the ballot, is to at
tend the polls in armed force.
Offices have been created, salaries
fixed and legislation enacted which
would prevent q disturbance Of the
tenure and pay of the hordes Of
Fosterism preying upon the vital
interests of the State.
Well--it is finished; this Demo
cratic Convention, vaunted as en-
bracing, its ''highest intellect, " and
Louisiallians can get their houses
in order for season of political
spoliation, upon both rights and
property, the like Of which no free
people have ever submitted to.
When the citizen gets tired of it
there will be o row--and then, not
till then. will Fosterism be finish
ed. -Dsily Item.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
White supremacy.

So you staid in the Democratic
party against your convictions and
your better Judgment, to get white
supremacy, did you? Well you've
got it, haven't you?
1t was promised you in 1879,
and you got it, didn't you?
Again it was promised you by
every Democratic legislature you
elected, and you got it, didn't you?
Again it was promised you by
the last convention-132 Democrats
out of 1874, and you've got 1t,
haven't you3
Every negro, man, woman and
child in this State will be forced by
this Democratic constitution into
every political convention from
now on until it is repealed--not in
person, its true, but by proxy.
Bossier parish with its 800 or
800 white voters will have as many
hence as much voice in
the conventions as Natchitoches
with its $500 or 5000.
Trust in the Democratic party
some more. Go on and swallow its
for the 47th time, it don't
cost the party any thing to make
them or to break them, and you-
we'll, you be id !
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
"sieaI' Rang es.

The wrought iron hambug has
bit at newspaper quarrel with q
man who owns newspaper. I'm
less they intend to back down
they'd better buy newspaper out
fit. They'll find it much cheaper.
We have to thank them for pub
fishing our article in the Enter
prise, although it was pretty ex-
pensive, for there are a few poor
benighted people who take the En-
terprlse and don't take this paper.
These will get to thinking about
the folly of paying SO dearly to be
humbugged.
We had the article in question
exposing these humbugs, written
for three weeks, but each time it
was crowded oat by late war news,
which would be stale by next is
sue, and as the patent agents are
stale to begin with, we thought
they'd keep, Mr., Shannon thinks,
however-by inference--that we
would not have published the arti-
cFe if he had advertised with us.
AS he offered the advertisement,
if his superintendent consented, he
has but little to boast of along that
line.
But what, pray has the motive
got to do with the facts stated in
the article, i. G. that the stoves will
not last without repairs any longer
upon an average than the cheap |
cast stoves, that they cost from
twice to twelves times as much, |
that they haven't half the pots,
furniture and other conveniences
If the ordinary stove and that the
money is spent with foreigners and
aiken out of the country, impover-
shing it to q great extent.
That they have sold to some
rood people, no one has disputed,
,ut that they sell "only" to people
Who need and are able to buy S13
toves, there are dozens ready to
|ispute.
We heard a reliable man say that
When these humbugs were in here
few years ago, they sold to a
nan on time who had a neat little
arm with some timber ON it and
wo half-grown sons to help him in
is farm. The ''steap' range kept
PC of the boys busy chopping
,ood and other splitting and haul
lg it, and the old man sick half
le time with dyspepsia from cat
lg burnt bread, ETC., and when
le $73 note fell due there was no
bales Of cotton to pay it, the
mber was all gone of the land
nd the place went to pay for
seless stove.
This is but a sample of the ma
Y unfortunate conditions these
lex agents have produced with
leir little speech which they have
arned by rote. Next. =
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
The Judiciary Job.

1t is useless to indulge in "glit.
tering generalities' in speaking Of
the convention. The people do no
comprehend the effects Of demo
cratic guile in placing the ''nlg
ger" in the nominating conven
tions, in the Legislative apportion
ment, etc. They cannot under
stand how their political rights
have been assigned to ring appoint
ed registrars and how self-govern-
ment has been transformed into q
self-perpetuating machine. Our
people are so deaf and blind that
they can understand none of those
things.
But they still comprehend aetu-
al figures which show the increase
of the burdens of taxation. They
do understand the effect of increas-
ing officers and safaries-
Therefore we eal2 attention to
the judiciary system concocted by
Che convention al New Orleans.
It is a palpable job. The number
of districts is increased and conse-
quently the number of judges and
district attorneys. No honest law
yer will contend that more than
twenty district judges are neeessa-
ry in Louisiana. Yet we are treat
ed to thirty! The apportionment
of the districts is the rankest part
of the Job. Some districts have
three parishes and some one. No
attention whatever was paid to
population, business or taxation.
One district consisting of Torre-
homo and Lafourche parishes has
two judges, one for each parish!
These two parishes now constitute
one district and the Judge is not
busy one half bis time. We asked
Ii prominent member of the con-
vontion why two judges were given
To this district. He said, without
hesitation, ''that was u trade. )"
"And Why" we asked, "were st.
VermiIlion, Avoyelles, St.
Landry and some other parishes
each made Il district" s'That was
in the trade"
There are six districts consisting
Of but one parish. There is some
excuse for making Caddo a sepa-
rate district. There is more legal
business in Ouachita than In any
other parish except Caddo. Yet
Duachita is very properly Joined
10 Morehouse and the judge has
plenty Of leisure. We do not
think there is q member Of the ring |
who will attempt to defend or pal |
late making separate district of
VerulilIion or ST.. Mary, for in |
stance. It is a bargain, ajob,
trade" among politicians and of
ice-seekers. I
The people understand this.
Theyalso understand why salaries
ire to be paid justices Of the peace
md constables, why salaries Of
SS, 900 are to be paid commission
srs to compile criminal code and
all sorts of commissioners.
They also understand that the
will have to pay all those
extra salaries concocted and de-
nanded BY the sspurifed and sane
ided and respectable democracy
if Louisiana. The people have
'een very blind and indulgent.
they have said nothing and done
lothing whenever the democrats
houted ssnigger ruIew But we
Ioubt if this sacred slogan will an
wer mach longer now that the
leople know it is simply q cry TO
over up gh-handed robbery
donroe Bulletin. L
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20

You have trusted the Democrat
ic party in Office in this State for
% long years, and its betrayal of
that confidence gets bigger and
more gIaring with each renewal.
Shall we agree with Lord Bacon,
that this world contains many peo-
ple-mostly fools, or is the major
ity dominated by a handful Of slick
swindlersg
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
North Carolina.

The first man killed in the late
civil war was a Confederate, Hen
ry Wyatt Of Edgecombe Co., N,
G. The first American killed in
the present war with Spain, was
Ensign Worth Bagley of Wake
Co., N, C.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20

The new Constitution covers
twenty-six columns of closely
printed matter and every line of it
is perfect and deadly rot. Daily
Item.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
Rest Easy,

ueus liSiiteA Lo" SihSC "o w SoV
new constitution!
A constitution made by 1872 Dem
} ocrats, / Populist and l RepubIi'
can
Didn't you lie awake Of nights
worrying over your poor District
Attorneys and Judges, who had to
work for 5 hours o day for 5 days
in a week, for 2 weeks in a month
and for 6 months in the year for
the pitiful sum of $3.50 month,
or $4,000 a year7
In these 8 parishes of Natchito-
ches, Rapides and AvoyeIles, under
the old Democratic constitution,
we had 2 Judges snd l Dist. Atty.
at salaries amounting to about
$4,000. Under this newer and
Democraticker constitution, we are
to have IN the same territory with
the small parishes of Red River
and Grant added, 3 Judges and 8
Dist. Atty'nies, at 8 total salary
of ahont SIT 00fe
There will be- room for more of
our lawyers who are running the
Democratic party, to get these
$4,000 places and not so much work
to do.
Now, we know you people can
sleep sounder and rest easier. Of
course, your taxes will be lighter,
Your profits in business will be
greater, your crops will grow bet
ter, your wages will be higher and
it will please yon to know that
Judge so-and-so, and Squire what's
his-name, are not having to work(D |
more than 8 hours day, for 4
days in a week, for / week in Il
month for 4 months in q year, at
the same salary of $3.50 for each
of the 12 months that they have
Work--not lived.
Your 5 a. m. to Z p. m. will pass
more lightly when you know that
these poor hard-worked lawyers
can spend 2-thirds of their time ON
Saline Lake gathering saltfor your
freshness, or on Chopin's Lake
other kinds of suckers,
Or to tho Kisatche, where they can
chase the nimble deer us you chase
The feet hope of reward for your
slavery to the Democratic party,
or at Hot Springs where they can
poll out the stains of the old dick
,rs and whitewash for a new pose
IS saints in the army Of Democrat
c reform
We told you in our humble way {
before you voted for them, that !
hese were the things you would ;;
ret from Democratic convention {
# lawyers, and as you went ahead |
n Your wisdom and voted for said !
awyers or staid at home, and let !.
he other fellow do it, Gall the !
anne in Dutch'0 it is certainly the +
cry thing you wanted, and you e
hould be exceedingly happy. Q
AS our merchants open their ,
oors at 6 a. N. to close them at 7 r
!. m., and Saturdays ut 8 p. m. a
on their feet for the ex- P
ilarating period of 13to IL hours, q
ley can think of the ease and com y =.
ort they have provided for their a
lwyer friends, and rejoice. ii
As the carpenter and blacksmith
its bis job at sunrise and devel- u
pes his muscles till dewy eve for = =
he princely sum Of S1.00 to $3.50 d,
er day, he can fill his, soul with it
ladness over the fact that be has u
royided his lawyer friends with a 7:
,ft Job at the modest figure of $40 y
er day. II
While the farmer eats his 'tyan- M
30 chicken" and ''corn dodgern at
i lamp light, and hustles out to sil q
e plow by the first crack of day r. r.
ere to ''gee" the sad-eyed mule pl
II about Ia hours. he can rejoice Idi
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
We have got constitutional cheat
ing in elections now.-Daily Item.

The Convention succeeded in
taxing everybody except the rich.
Daily Item.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20

Mr. Editor PLEASE tell your readers
that the Quaker Valley Manufacturing
CO., Sl9 and S21 South Canal Street,
Chicogo, sell q full line of high-grade
household furniture direct from the fac
tory iat 90 to SO per cent. lower than re-
tail prices, and will send any one q copy
of their catalogue free.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-05-20
Drummer's OutGtted on shore Notice.
List of Jurors

Drawn to serve at the June term
of 10th District Court, Parish of
Natchitoohes: