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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

Taking the mass Of the American neo-
pie, II is safe 10 say that ninety-nine per
cent viii be found to he at heart in al
lance with Russia and actively mimi
cal to England The one per cent resi-
dunn represented by Mr. Hanna. J. p
Morgan. and alleged Americans of that
sort, is exactly the other way. for nor
sonal and financial reasons. II was This
powerful one per cent which aided LORD
Salisbury and the unspeakable Grover
Cleveland in their attempt to foist the
sly and villainous arbitration treaty un.
on us. Ii is the same element which
now would sell out our national interests
and coax us into a political alliance. that
British influence over our affairs should
be Strengthened. and British designs
against our future growth and prosperity
be promoted. 1T is the same gang which
is preparing a new outrage upon nation
al dignity and honor in the matter Of
the Spanish-Cuban bond deal a treason
able scheme which is soon to be sprung
upon Congress under the hypocritica!
pretense Of giving TO Cuba the independ-
ence her noble sons have already won bv
force and arms All Americans need Ia
prepare themselves with critical under
standing for this impending infamy
which. we shall be told. is backed by the
moral and military influence Of all wes-
tern Europe
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
Let the Schools Contribute.

To the Editor of The Times:
At this time when the entire nation Is
in sympathy with the movement of
erecting a suitable monument in remem-
brance of the gallant sailors, on our lost
battleship Maine, would it not be good
idea to get the school children interested
and let every child bring or 10 cents
and give it to his teacher, who in return
could turn it over to the proper person
having the matter in charge, or have
someone appointed for each school dis
trict and when enough is secured. put
up a memorial tablet" either in the
Capitol or some other conspicuous place
and have it inscribed: From the public
school children of the District of Column
bia, in loving remembrance of our noble
dead. of the battleship Maine, sunk in
Havana Harbor, February Is 1925?
CONSTANT READER
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

II is known that a summary of the
evidence addrced before the Board OF
Inquiry has been sent daily to the Presi-
cent. and that he is fully in possession
Of the knowledge that the mine which
destroyed the Maine. was a Spanish gov
erEment mine. fired by a Spanish official.
with the fun knowledge and consent If
not by the official order. of the Spanish
the crime before Congress and the peo-
pie. in advance Of committing them ir-
revocably to the scheme of the Spanish
Cuban bond sharks, would simply be TO
permit the Cubans to enjoy the liberty
they have achieved without loading
themselves down with any debt. Rocog-
milton Of Cuban belligerency would fol-
Tow instanter. and that would relieve this
country at once Of further concern in the
matter. Gomez and Garcia would finish
the Spaniards i'm sixty DAYS. and the
handsomest financial speculation of the
century would be sent to the hell where
it belongs. Some if not all Of the bond
couspirators were liberal contributors TO
the election Of Mr.. Mckinley. Their
campaign debt il more sacred than the
blood of our massacred sailors; more no.
ly than the martyrdom of two hundred
thousand helpless wretched victims of
Spain s inhuman starvation.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
FROUDE ON CUBA.
Eminent Historian Admits Rights
of the United States. A.s. "a


If the course of the United States with
regard to Cuba is met with any hostile
sentiment in England, the Administration
is prepared to meet English criticism by
citing the highest British authority in
justification of it's policy. There are some
observations on Cuba by the eminent
English historian, Froude. on the subject
of Cubas government and future, which
within the past few days have been read
with great qualification by the American
officials, confirming. as they do the
righteousness of the Administration
course.
Froude visited Cuba some years ago. In
view OF the present crisis in the relations
between Spain and the United States over
the island, the impressions and opinions
of the great English historian cannot fail
to be of great interest to all Americans
at this time. His predictions as to the
future of the island seem prophetic in
view of the existing situation. 1t will be
gratifying to many Americans to know.
too, that justification for the present
American attitude is found in the testi-
mony of such an eminent English OBJ
server.
In beginning quotations from the Eng
fish historian on the subject of Cuba,
what he had to say about the future of
the island probably will possess the most
interest. He says:
THE opinion i'm Cuba was and is. that
America is the residuary leGatee of all
the islands. Spanish and English equal
ly, and that she will be forced to take
charge of them in the end whether she
likes it or not. Spain governs unjustly
and corruptly; the Cubans will not rest
until they are free from her. and, il once
independent they will throw themselves
on American protection"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
With q Hon. Skin and Jumn

(FrOm the Detroit Free Press.D
Instead Of exhibiting the advantages or
an arbitral tribunal over the force of
arms, Uncle Sam has decided to demon
strate TO the family of nations what il
can do in getting upon war footing with
a hop. skip and jump.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
Secretary Wilson'S Scheme

Grom the Omaha Wolld Herald.)
Because he has been silent n long time
is no sign that Secretary Wilson is idle
Mr.. Wilson is experimenting with a new
breed of cucunbers that will double the
Spaniards into knots and place them hors
du combat without the firing of a gun.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

The approaching elimination of the
Spanish-Cuban bond plot is strongly
forecasted in the columns Of the Spanish
and Administration press today. There is
a suggestion that the President may not
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

The English historian draws a fine
picture of Havana. He says:
Havana figures i'm English naval histo-
ry. Drake tried to take it, and failed.
Penn andSNena bles failed. We stormed
the forts in 1740 and held them, and held
the city until the Seven Years War was
over ! had read descriptions Of the place,
but they had given me no clear cOncep-
ton of what it would be like, certainly
none at all of what IL was like.
Havana is city of palaces, city of
streets and plaZas OF colonnades and tow
ers and churches and monasteries. The
Spaniards built as they built in CASTLE /.
built with the same material the white
limestone which they found in the new
world as in the old. The palaces of the
mobiles in Havana the residence Of the
governor. the converts, the cathedral, are
a reproduction Of Burgos or Nalladolid, as
il. by some Aladdius lamp. "A Castilian
city had been taken IN and set down
again unaltcrcd on the shore of the Ca
ribbean Sea.
And they carried with them their laws.
their habits. their institutions. and their
creed: their religious orders, their bishops
and their inauisition. Even now, in her
day of eclipse, when her genius is clouded
by the modern spirit against which she
fought so long and SO desperately, the
sons of Spain still build as they used TO
build. and the modern squares and market
have risen in and around the ancient city
OF Havana are constructed on the old
massive model and on the same lines.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11


''The political future is dark: the gov
eminent unimaginably corrupt-so corrupt
that change is inevitable. though what
change ii would be idle to prophesy. The
Americans looked at the island which lay
so temDtingly near them, bnt they were
wise In their generation. They reflected
that to introduce into an AnglO-SaNon re-
public so insolube an element as loo 000
Spanish Roman Catholics, alien In blood
and creed with 100000 blacks TO swell the
dusky flood which runs too full among
them already. would be to invite an indi-
Eestion Of serious consequences. few
years since the Cuhans were on the eve
of achieving their independence like their
brothers in Mexico and South America
Perhaps they will yet succeed.
1.-The magnitude of Havana and the
fullness OF life which was going on there
entirely surprised me. I had thought Of
Cuba as a decrepit state. bankrupt. or
finance exhausted by civil wars. and on
the edge Of social dissolution. and l find
Havana now ar least a grand, imposing
city-a city which might compare for
beauty with any in the world. The SAM
tary condition is as bad as negligence can
make it-so bad that a Spanish gentleman
told me that. were it not for the natural
purity Of the air they would have been
all dead like flies long ago. The tide and
hdibOf Is lcul Win the accumulation OF
800 years. The administration Is more
good for nothing than Spain itself.
THE Moro as "A fertilization Is. 7 am
told. indefensible against modern artill ry.
presenting too much surface as a target:
but il is all the grander to look at. 1t is
a fine specimen of the Vaubau period. and
is probably equal to any demands which
will be made upon it. The harbor is some
thing like Port Royal. a deep lagoon with
a narrow entrance and a long natural
breakwater between the lagoon and the
ocean; but what at Port Royal is sand
spit eight miles long is at Havana
rocky peninsula on which the city itself
is built.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Communication intended for publication in
The Times should bs Jgfsoly and plainly written,
and must in ali cases be ACCOMPANIED by the
name and address 81 The writer Rejected COM
muncationS viii not Dc preserved, and only man.
70 then authors
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
48c

Lot of Black Maco Yarn Half Hose.
with silk embroidered vertical stripes
You'll see more Of IL as the season gets
alOng-but it'll be 2pc. We got - dozen
for starter-and offer them as this
Saturdays flyer at,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

in Washington is ours. Buy one here.
there and anywhere, and make COM
parison. Ours have shape and fit as
well as quality. Most as good as the
best Of the quarter ones.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

Lot of White and COlored Merfno
Shirts and Drawers-1jc- value-but
better made and better quality than
usual at that price-sizes are broken
that's why, for Saturday. We say,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11
, pair for 25c.

Everybody has a 10c Collar. But
the only POO Linen Collar for
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

Two mOtives-we
want TO be as good
as our word. that
you shall do ex-
traordinary buying
here Of HaberdaSh-
cry on Saturday,
and there are some
lines that we want
moved. Each cuts
the prices gener-
Ously.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-11

Lot Of Black and White Silk and
Satin Scarfs-new shape puffs and re-
versible OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES soc.
quaHty-Saturday
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
THE LONE STAR OF CUBA.

The Lone Star of Cuba is rising afar,
1t slvers the pillows, it shines o'er the bar;
1t eilds the fair mountains, it mourns or the
plain
All crimson with blood of the patriot slain.
What star glows the brightest in heav'n's broad
sky?
The star that shines down where the true he
rues lie
In hallowed repose meath blood sanctiied
sod,
Where they fought for their honor, their coun-
try ard God.
Oh, Lone Star of Cuba, thy soldiers live yet;
Their deeds are bright jewels in Memory set;
Their strength nerves the arms that are battling
for right;
Their faith dwells in eyes that are turned TO
thy light;
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

firing of the first gun be the signal for stopping
all further c1inirations and recrimnations, po-
ltica and personal bitterness and jealousy, un-
til we have given Spain such thorough thrash
ing that she, as we'll as all the world, will be
taught the lesson that, so long as the United
States of America endures, a repetition OF
Spanish atrocities will never again be tolerated,
even for day. Just now, every loyal citizen,
without regard to race condition, politics or
color, ought to stand at the back of William
Mckinley. His back is weak. 1t needs
strengthening. Impress upon him the fact that
he is not simply the president of a favored few,
but that he is the president of all tine people;
that he is our commander in chief, and as such,
we will loyally stand by him until the last shot
is fired, and the final victory won, and the honor
and good name of our country and the old flag
has been vindicated and Cuba made free"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
McKinley'S Message.

Mckinley is getting it red hot just now.
His message seems to please nobody but Spain
And why should not Spain be pleased when
"Her Majesty the Queen" read the following
passage in the presidents message?
81 have directed that the finding of the court
of inquiry and the views of this government
thereon be communicated to the government of
Her Majesty the queen, and do OF permit
myself to doubt that the sense of justice of the
Spanish nation will dictate course of action
suggested by honor and the friendly relations Of
the two governments"
"Sense of justice of the Spanish nationn'
That sentence is an insult to patriotism and
intelligence of the American people. Talk
about nation that has butchered and starved
hundreds of thousands of defenseless men, wo-
men and children right at our DOORS being pos
sessed of "sense of Justice" No wonder
Spain is pleased! No wonder Spanish bonds
advanced in the Londen market. No wonder
Car Rerd finds it hard to control congress. No
wonder lovers of humanity are indignant over
such sickening rot. How does it compare with
the Republican platform on the Cuban question
in 1906? Had Grover Cleveland been guilty of
like utterance under present conditions, the
Republican party and press would have de-
nounced him from sea to sea. The message is
weak and humiliating. There is not bold,
manly American sentence in it.-Olathe Trib-
une.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Their love is in hearts that are lifted to thee;
Their courage in souls that were born to be
free.
So live they forever, and death cannot mar
The heroes who follow thy guidance, Lone
STAR
Oh, Lone Star of Cuba! bright Star of the
Sea!
The hopes of nation are centered in thee.
Clean out through the darkness pierce storms
with thy light
Thou shinest alone through the gloom of the
night.
Alone thou art knding proud liberty's flame,
While commerce bound nations stand aloof i'll
their shane
Alone thou ait lighting the torch of the free
In that Island of Beauty, the Pea1l of the Sea!
On, Lone Star of Cuba, shine on through the
night!
Shine on, till sad hearts shall grow glad in
thy light
slim fair o'er the mountain, gleam bright
DER the sea;
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
MRS. LEASE ON CUBA.
SHE breaches A STIRRING SERMON.

New YORK, April Airs. Mary Lease, at
the Academy of Music yesterday, delivered
lecture OH ''rhe Signs of the Times" at the
invitation of Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr., who is
about to start on lecture tour of Kansas.
When Mrs. Lease arose to begin her address,
she could not begin for several moments on ac-
count of the applause. AS it died away, she
plunged into her subject by telling how men in
all ages had been able 10 prognosticate the
weather. but could never read the signs of the
WORLDS events. Ii President Mckinley had, a
year ago, taken the action with regard to Cuban
that he is compelled to take now, Cuba would
have been free and tn Maine would never have
been blown up.
"That's SOL" said a man in box, and
That's SOL came from all parts of the theater.
Mrs Lease walked to the extreme edge of
the stage and Shook her finger significantly as
she declared:
"This country needs men to live for her to-
day as much as she needs men to die for her.
Let that never be forgotten. We are suffering
und>1 yoke of human greed that stands in
the way of national honor and common human
ity Until this nation can shake herself free
of the money power, it cannot expect to reach
its hgest possibilities in patriotism and pro-
gress"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
ST. JOHN ON WAR.
SHOULD STAND AT MCKINLEY'S BACK.

"What about the Spanish WARP"
"Nel, hope there will be no war. But for
the cowardly foreign policy of Grover Ceve-
land and William Mckinley, the Cuban ques-
ton would have been settled long ago, and
there would not have beer the slightest excuse
for the political buncombe that sent the battle
sh p Maine to Havana harbor, to be blown up,
and possibly involve us i'll bloody war. War
means harvest for the Shvlocks of the world,
Of billions of dollars of interest bearing bonds,
the payment Of which must eventually be
wrune from the bone and muscle of the toiling
millions. 1t means the tightening of the grip
the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands OF hu-
man lives, and the destruction of an immense
amount of property; but if it comes, let the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

SOME very good men believe, or pretend 10
believe, that the Populsts and Socialists are
opposed to our form of government. Such
men, of course, have not studied the principles
of Populism or Socialism, If this city should
decide, by majority vote of its electors, to
buy or build an electric light plant and tele-
phone system, would that necessarily change
our form of city government?
If majority of the citiz rs of II is state
should elect legislature that would submit all
anie dment to the constitution giving the peo-
pie the right of direct legis alton, and the peo-
pie should adopt the amendment, and thereafter
have the right to initiate movement, by pc
ti,ion, to have any law submitted to a vote OF
the people before it should become effective, the
same as we now do on amendments to the con-
s,itul1on, would that change our form OF state
government? We would still have governor
and full quota of executive. legislative and
judicial officers the same as we now have, with
duties and powers the same as they exercise at
;he present time, except that the acts OF the
legislature would not become effective until rat
ihsd by vote OF the people, where recson-
able per cent should demand vote, would
that change our form OF government? Would
our government be any less democratic or re-
publican in form than at the present time?
c ranly it would, because it would bring the
people in closer touch witt TIE government;
that is the official heads of the departments.
Because Popglists call attention to the pres
ent unjust and unequal conditions that prevail
to-day, some men are ready to hold up their
hands in horror and exclaim the Popuists are
Revolutionary and want TO turn our govern
ment upside down. There is where they ex-
pose their ignorance. Instead of doing away
with government, Populs,s would extend It's
powers and limit the powers of corporations
and individuals who now make use of the priv
il, ges granted to them by special legislation, to
extort tribute from the people.
The most bitter opponents of state control OF
natural monopolies are those who have given
the matter little or no thought. Independent
News, Girard, Kas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Fill with glory the path to the goal of the free
Shine out through the darkness that circles the
earth,
Show to base, sordid nations what honor is
worth.
The Banner of Freedom shall never be fuled
While the Lone Star of Cuba illumines the
world!
M E. ToRRENcE, in The New Time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

IT is proposed to paint the portraits of six
teen dead Kansans of prominence in the dome
of the state house at Topeka. So far, we have
not heard of the selection of woman's por-
trait to adorn the dome. This should not be
so. There should be portraits of women as
we'll as men. There have been intelligent and
heroic women in Kansas whose portraits would
grace the dome of the state house, and they
should be given in equal place with the por-
traits of men, The women of Kansas should
insist on the recognition of their sex in this
matter
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
DIRECT LEGISLATION.
VIEWS OF SOME PROMINENT MEN.

From The New Time.
William Jennings Bryan, in the Omaha
World Herald of April 26, 1896 (editorial):
The principle of the Initiative and Refer
cndum is democratic. 1t will not be opposed
by any Democrat who endorses the declaration
of Jefferson, that the people are capable of
sef-governncni nor will it be opposed by any
Republican who holds to Lincoln's idea that
this should be government of the people, by
the people end for the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

7. B. FORAKER will soon lead the Republican
hosts of Ohio, and possibly of the nation, and
Hanna and Mckinley will be laid away on the
shelf. Mark the prediction.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Mr.. McKINLEY's Maine message is no credit
to the exalted Office that he occupies. From
the tone, it would seem that he wrote it under
the impression that it was to be presented for
the consideration of some kindergarten class.
We have stretched out into two newspaper COL
umns message that had much better been
written in these few words: 81 herewith trans
nit to congress the report of the naval board of
inquiry upon the sinking of the battleship
Maine 1.-The American Philadelphia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

THE golden calf has broken loose and sucked
dry the COW which produces the milk of human
kindness. -. There is nothing more radical
than truth or more harsh than justice.-Flam-
ing Sword, Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Hon. Benz R. Tillman, United States SEN
ator from South Carolina:
The subject of Direct Legislation is very
important one-too important to be treated
lightly or hastily. l am firm believer in the
principle of democracy-go by the
people. In state and municipal affairs, it
would relieve US of many of the evils we now
suffer, because we could thus get rid of the
corrupt influences that control state legislatures
aud city councils.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

CONSERVATISM to-day is simply cautious
.alousy guarding tine interests OF old and cor
rupt institutions. Flaming Sword.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Hon. Robert B. Smith, governor of Montana:
Nearly all our state constitutions provide for
Direct Legislation to greater or less degree,
works satisfactorily, On any matter
of state or national interests, where the veal or
woe of our people is involved, great good can
be accomplished by the method of the Initial
i've and Referendum.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

CUBA LIBRE!