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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.


number of prominent ladies of the
town have undertaken to get UP an
entertainment Saturday evening for
the benefit of the Utah volunteers; it
will be of a-musical nature and win be
held in the Salt Lake theatre. The
proprietors of the theatre have donated
the use of the place for the occasion,
and all Of the attaches will give their
services; the musicians will also give
their services. as viii all who are work
ing in the good cause, that the receipts
may be met, with no expenses OF any
kind to be deducted.
The enterprise is a most patriotic one
and deserves the patronage of the pub
lie. The volunteers are a brave, gall
liant lot. and the whole state is proud
of them This entertainment is to be
testimonial TO their worth as well as
forYt their pecuniary benefit. 1t should
result in producing fund that will be
a very material help when the boys are
far away from their mountain home.
There should be a much greater de-
mand for tickets to this benefit enter
tainment Saturday night than any
other entertainment ever given in the
town; and there will be if merit of
the object counts for anything.
The ladies who have undertaken the
enterprise are entitled to the highest
praise. as are all who assist in making
it a success.
Give the Utah volunteers a benefit
worthy of the cause for which they go
to fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
1aE SALT LAKE HERALD: THURSDAY, MAY Il, 1888


States is in the nature of destiny: but
we ca-l wait. rs specifically. declared
by CONGRESS, the present war against
Spain is not conducted in q spirit of ac-
ouisitfon; but the. joint resolution
doesn't require us to absolutely throw
away opportunities.
War makes tremendous changes. The
ultra conservatives may be surprised at
an early day, to find Cuba, Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippine Islands terri
tories of the United States. I'm the
course of human events" we are bound
to have a foreign policy which will ad-
vance the country commercially.
Happily these sentiments are not
those of the American people; if they
We're, they would justify what the rabid
American press of Europe has been
saying of Us all through this Cuban
business. 1t has charged, and repeated
the charge, that all our declarations of
sympathy for the Cubans were hypo-
critical, and that the war was not un-
dertaken for the liberation of Cuba and
to confer upon her people independence
and freedom, but for the purpose of an
nexation The charge is false. The peo-
pie of the United States do not want
Cuba, any more than they desire a
continuance Of Spanish rule over it.
Their desire is that Cuba shall be free,
Independent and prosperous, and not
that it shall become part of the United
States The Enquirer's note is harsh
and discordant, and out of harmony
with the general sentiment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
HANNA GETS IN HIS WORK.

While laws are silent in the midst OF
war, yet the politician is by no means
inactive In the midst of alarms he
the quiet times of peace. Then he can
go about his work stealthily, for atten-
ton is directed to other matters.
In the midst of the alarms of the
past few weeks Mark Hanna, who
seemed to have been so quiet and about
whom SO many inquiries have been
made as to his whereabouts. has been
doing little quiet political
work, work looking to the fu-
ture. Mr.. Hanna proposes to
make the bureau of statistics of the
treasury department an adjunct to the
Republican campaign committee. For
this purpose Secretary Gage has re-
ington c. Ford, statistician of the bu-
reau. Mr.. Ford has been at the head
of it for number of years and his
work has been eminently satisfactory,
as all who are acquainted with the re-
ports of the bureau know There are
no charges against MIR. Ford, but SEN
ator Hanna wants the place for a
friend and good party worker, Mr. o.
P. Austin.
1t is said that Mr.. Austin's appoint
ment will be an evasion of the civil
service law, the office of the chief of
the bureau of statistics being within
the classified service. 1t can be filled
in one of three ways: by the transfer
of some other officer to the place; by
the promotion of some one already in
the office, and by examination. Mr..
Austin is to get in by transfer, he hav-
ing been given a position in the treas
ury department, so that it could be
said he was in the government ser
vice.
The removal of Mr.. Ford, for that is
what the call for his resignation means,
is the rankest kind Of violation of the
spirit of civil service reform, to which
the administration is pledged. This
change suggests the question whether
it is expected that the statistics of i'm
ports and exports are to be manipulat-
ed to meet any party exigency that
may arise, for statistics play very
important part in all campaigns. Sec
rotary Gage should not have requested
Mr.. Ford's resignation; by doing so, he
shows himself to be more or less of a
tool of Hanna.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
Won HOIST ON PHILIPPINE AN.
EEXATION.

Professor Won Hoist of the University
of Chicago has been giving his views
on the question of the annexation of
the Philippines. He says, in part: =.
There has been some talk, not only of
annexation. but of trading. That is, this
country, which stands for a govern
ment of the people by the people, pro-
poses to conquer another nation and
swap it off for third, against the will
of both. Now, the congress of Vienna
did this thing, but who would ever
have dreamt that the United States
would do it?
If the United States should annex the
Philippines, would any of the nations on
the continent resist it? / cannot say any
of them would resist it, but am sure
it would unite the nations of continent
tai Europe against this country in SEN
timent. If necessary, would England
assist this country in retaining the
Philippines? ] doubt it, for [ am sus-
picious of this newborn love of Eng
land for America. The cause of it, in
my opinion, is that England has been
now for many years completely isolated
in Europe. She is lonesome and wants
company, but she is not disinterested.
you may be sure.
Is Germany friendly to the Anglo
Saxon? Not to the English. Germany
never. has had any sympathy with
Great Britain, but she has the warmest
sympathy with America. This results
only in small degree from the fact
that there are SO many Germans in the
United States. Germany likes this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
ALGER AND MERRITT.

a San Francisco dispatch says that
General Wesley Merritt will probably
have command of the troops sent to
the Philippine Islands, and be their
first military governor. This is i'm
portant news, for the reason thus far
General Merritt has been unassigned,
and this fact has been universally COM
mented upon, and has given rise to
much gossip as to the cause, and has
revived some old memories in eXplana-
ton of it.
The, relations between Major General
Merritt and Secretary of War Alger
have not been cordial, and this lack of
cOrdiality dates back to the last years
of the civil war. The origin of the
trouble is given by New York ex-
change as follows:
1T viii be recalled that General AL
ger, in 1864, after a couple of years
service, was commanding a Michigan
cavalry regiment in the Shenandoah,
under Sheridan, the regiment being a
part of General Clusters brigade, which
was part of Merritt's division. Ayers
health was bad, owing to wounds or
disease, or both, and he got himself de-
tailed on court-martial duty here in
Washington, to the disgust of his i'm
mediate commanding officer, because, it
is alleged, the detail was procured in
an irregular way. He reported for duty
again, and again absented himself from
his regiment. This angered General
Custer, who was of an impetuous dis
without leave, which was practically
equivalent to reporting him as de-
serter This report was forwarded to
the war department through the regu-
lar military channels, going from Gus
ter to Merritt, who approved it, and
sent it on to Sheridan, who, in tur-..
approved it and sent it to the war de-
left the army under a cloud. Later the
matter was explained to the satisfac-
ton of the Washington authorities,
and in June, 1865, Alger received the
brevets of brigadier general and major
general for his services during the
war. There the matter rested until
Alger became a candidate for the Re-
pQOl1Idn IOuilndA1OL lOI pIcS1Qcnl OC-
fore the Republican convention at Chi
cago, in 1888. Then the story was pub
lished. Alger explained it, and also
asked Merritt to make an explanation
that would support his (Alger's) de-
Tense. This Merritt declined TO do
Alger being politician, it is not to
be wondered at that he should be de-
sirous Of taking his revenge when the
opportunity offered. but if he were a
great big man, the present would have
been his opportunity to have taken
such a noble revenge as De Quincy tells
the story of. Had AIger been a big
man, instead of simply a rich man, he
would have let the past bury the past,
recognized General Merritt's true
worth, and given him an assignment
that would have been commensurate
with his abilities, and would have sat
isfed the popular demand for his proper
recognition. But, as we have said be-
fore, Secretary Alger is not big man;
he is only a very rich man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
THE WARRIORS LAMENT.

c'The Prince of Monaco, who is an Off
Ger in the Spanish navy has addressed
letter to the queen regent, expressing in
warm terms his regret that his private
duties prevent him from discharging his
naval duties. Daily Paper.)
Oh. 2 sailors life is the life for me.
LaAFou by the bounding. sounding sea,
With the blue above and the bilge below.
And general sense of Yo-heave-ho,
But how can ride on the wrathful deep
With private engagements here to keeps
| would. love to lather the open main
Under the yellow and red of Spain;
To WELD communicate a mild Manila
Right in the van of the old ffotilla;
But something tells me I'm not to roam
For piety best begins at home.
Where the young Cana.ies are up in arms;
And l feel the edge OF my keen Toledo,
Sharp as the snout of a trim torpedo
But princes are shackled by rights divine
And one of them is-to draw the line.
Think what Monte-Carloist feels
When Aragon calls and the two Castiles
For the ban is out and the arriere-ban,
And Spain must fight to her last true
man:
But practical duties have to be done,
My heart is away with my own brave
tafs
Possibly handling ropes and spars:
And it would. if it could be be iting warm
Beneath its nautical uniform:
But personal claims are apt to clog
The passionate pulse of this old sea-dog
Here am 1 fettered foot and hand.
TO the numerous needs of my native
land
For under my rigid, sovereign rod
L rule an army of siX-Score odd:
And fiatter myself it would be the deuce
II L were away and the lot broke loose.
Here from my singular sea-girt rock
In manner of speaking. 1 feed my flock;
L guard their ways from the enemy's
wileS
Over surface of eight square miles,
What If 1 went, would be their fate.
Fleeced by the stranger within my gate?
Hungry he comes from East and West.
Welcomed at large (as a paying guest)
OF breaking the source of my hard earned
Where the flower of Monaco grind my
mill,
Toiling and spinning the fretfuI pill.
So it. is OH (once more) for the spanking
Under the yellow and red of Spain,
My heart goes out to her flag affair
But l keep my head for the rouge-et-
noir:
For Duty first is the rule and plan
OF Prince who is also a Family Man
Below my prison that fronts the bav
| notice the glad sea-gulls al play,
One passes Westward Upon my word
| would might follow that beaming Bird
This self-denial a sickly bore;
Still, Duty first, as l said before
London Punch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
Moral Effect of the War.

Washington Star: Two ladies were talk
ing in an avenue car.
one
Indeed it is said the other.
Couldn't be worse
Yes, it would be worse if the Span
iards were treating US as we are treat
"of course; 1 don't mean that. 1 mean
in It's moral effect"
Il hadn't noticed that particularly
Il didn't till yesterday"
In what way?'
"On my husband"
He doesn't want to enlist, does he?"
oh, no, don't mean that. 1t is on him
and my little boy. too.''
Not on an innocent child?"
Yes. You know the little fellow has
been marching around at great rate
with his tin sword and gun, and yester-
day afternoon he informed me, to my
On Spaniards. Think of that will you?
And he a prize Sunday school scholar.
'Horrible,''
Yes, and when his father came home
l told him about it and insisted that he
take Willie and give him a good whip
ping for swearing, and what do you think
he die ?''
Told you to do it yourself as my hus-
band always does"
No, he didn't. either. He told me that
under the circumstances it was not
swearing, and that the boy could say
what he pleased about the d-n Spaniards.
And he's member of the church him
SELF
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country for its principles and its insti-
tutions. Germany has more sincere re-
gard for this. country than England
has.
1t is; perfectly understood by the
American people that this newborn
love of England for America" is not
wholly disinterested; nor is the pleas
IRE Of its recognition by the American
people wholly disinterested, but they be-
lieve they recognize in it a friend in
need, at least a friendliness. No other
nation has evinced any friendliness at
this time, rather have they evinced
hostility. But friendliness between ma
tons of the same blood and tongue
comes much easier than between those
of different blood and tongue.
The American people generally will
not agree with Professor Won Hoist
when he says that Germany has more
sincere regard for this country than
England has.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
THE SPANISH FLEET.

The return of the Spanish fleet from
Cape de Verde to Cadiz seems to puzzle
everybody, and give rise to all sorts Of
cCnjectures. 1t certainly indicates in
decision and change of plan, for it is
impossible that Spain did not have
ST me plan. 1t is conjectured by some
that the return of the fleet to Cadiz is
a move preliminary to sending it
through the Mediterranean sea and
Suez canal to the Pacific ocean, to at
tack Rear Admiral Deweys fleet, and
recapture the Philippine Islands. Of
course, if that were done, our fleet
there would be in real peril, as it would
be unable to cope with such tremen-
deus odds But for Spain to adopt such
a policy would be sheer madness, as it
would leave her home ports open to at
tack by the American fleet, and moth
ing to defend them, save the forts. And
SPANS fleet could not possibly hurry
back to meet one from America. Span
ish cities, such as Cadiz, Malaga and
Barcelona, reduced, it would be an
easy matter for the American fleet to
pursue the route through the Mediter-
ranean and overhaul the Spanish fleet
in the waters of the Pacific. Then the
great naval battle that all expect would
be fought in the Pacific, instead of the
Atlantic ocean; in fact, it would make
that ocean the scene of the war en-
tirely, for decisive battle between the
fleets OF the two nations would mean
the end of the war, that is, if it were
an American victory.
1t is too early to say that the Spanish
fleet will not come to Cuban waters, or
that there will not yet be a big naval
battle though no one can deny that
the movements of the Spanish fleet APP
pear strange, if not inexplicable.
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to the court upon some dry legal oropo-
sition. You know you rather expect a
lawyer to do 1t before a jury in criminal
practice.
We'll. they used TO tell this story on
Hathaway: One day a woman came into
his office to consult with him regarding
the beginning of a suit for divorce from
her husband. She related how she had
been abused. and told a story of suffering.
his handkerchief and wiped his eyes.
His client. who was a sympathetic
nature, sought to stay his arm. and said
Don't cry. Mr.. Hathaway. don't cry
Hathaway was sensitive regarding his
inffrmity, but he always laughed heart
lily when the story was told in his pres
erlce
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

The four Spanish cruisers that have
returned to Cadiz from Cape de Verde
carry crews of nearly 500 each, and
their speed is rated at twenty knots.
Three have II inches of belt armor,
l012 inches on gun positions and three
inches on deck. Their largest guns are
l1-inch, and three are armed with six
torpedo tubes each. The armor of the
fourth cruiser is six inches thick In
capable hands, such a fleet would be a
formidable fighting machine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
TALES OF THE DAY.
She Thought He Was Crying.

Washington Star: 'Over in Illinois,
when l was a boy said congressman
from. the state to Star reporter. there
was lawyer named Hathaway. VINO lived
in my native town, and who had some
thing the matter with his eyes. think
the doctors said his lacnrymal glands
were weak.
ANY way. he was always wiping his
eyes. Sometimes 1t was amusing in court
to see him bring out his big red bandana
and wipe his eyes when he was talking
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Says the Philadelphia Press: 1T IS
a proof of the depth to which Spanish
atrocities in Cuba have stirred the ma
ton that a peaceful people like the
Mormons, and living 1000 miles from
the scene of action, are as earnest in
the cause of Cuban freedom as those
dwelling on the Atlantic coast, and to
whom Spanish cruelties are reality"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
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STATE PRESS COMMENT.

Lehi Banner: Uncle Sam has some of
the bravest men who live on this earth.
and Commodore Dewey is one of them.
In reference to silver Republicans. !"
the Ogden Press +. says: They should
either adhere to Republican principles or
drop the name of Republican. They can
not be Republicans and give aid and COM
fort to the Democratic party"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Mr.. Charles A. Towne of Minnesota
and chairman of the silver Republican
national committee, spoke to a large
crowd in the Salt Lake theatre on
Thursday night on the silver question.
But men may come and men may go,
but there win be no fusion in Utah, y
says the Lehi Banner The Banner is
right; there will be no fusion in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

The war spirit has invaded the COL
leges of the country, even the female
colleges. At Bryn Mawr one of the
professors has resigned, because he en-
listed in the artillery. and had to hurry
to Mt. Gretna.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
GA Wonderful Chanoe

Has bee- produced in the condition o,
my health by a few bottles of Hoods
Sarsaparilla. It has given me a good
appetite and enabled me to sleep better
than I have for years 1t has purified
my blood and ny skin is cleared OF
Tilden ST., East Las Vegas, New
Mexico.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Chicago Inter Ocean: The Spaniard:
now accuse us of firing petroleum bombs
at their ships, which they think was very
unfair, we cannot please the Span.
1ards- Had Dewey shot soap bubbles al
them they would have complained of the
tintS. ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: "Spair
has no chance to win in this fight" sai6
Mr.. Manchester to Mr.. Northside
'Of course not replied Mr.. Northside
"A nation OF mandolin players has nc
business to contend with a nation of ma.
chinists."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Heavy cannonading has been heard
off the Porto Rican coast again. Some
of the people down there either have
remarkably good hearing organs or else
they have ASS ears.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

If Admiral Sampson does not get a
chance TO fight with the Spanish fleet,
he will be more than fighting mad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

The boys at Camp Kent say there is
too much pork in the rations. The
Spaniards also complain of too much
american pig"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Maidens telling a congress of mothers
how to raise children is much like a
small boy trying to teach his grand
mother how to suck eggs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

AS General Miles seems to place so
much reliance on a pull, of course the
country win expect him to pun off
big fight with the Spaniards in Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12
WIT AND HUMoR.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Perry Patettic-
They say guy don't really stop CROWN
till he's 25 years old.
Wayworn Watson-His thirst don't
stop even then
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Detroit Free Press: We'll, how die
you get on with that Boston grip
Not at all; l don't like Emerson, and
she doesn't ride a wheel, so we had moth.
ing to talk aboutn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

For he who fights, and runs away,
May live TO fight another day:
But he who is in battle slain,
Can never rise and fight again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

If Spain should order Blanco to sur
render Cuba to the United States, would
Blanco turn rebel and try to set up as
dictator?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Philadelphia Record: Nell thought
she was going to marry Tom?
Belle-No; Jack.
Why, she. told me Tom was willing tc
die for her"
Yes. but Jack offered to make a good
living for her.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

Maria Christina is having a royal
battle to hold on to her job until Al
fCLso is of age.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

The Philippine Islands are famous for
earthquakes, but the most famous
shaking up in all their history was
that of May l, 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-12

It is quite possible that Dewey's vic
tory will be the only naval one; and
ali for lack of opportunity.
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If the Spaniards are to be expelled
from Cuba, as they are, would it not be
a good thing to expel them from the
United States?