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fearful Romans must have laughed to
hootn when they remembered that
Casar's caput was bald as q billiard
oue-as bald of hair, in fact, as General
Grosvenor's undelivered 9th Of June %
speech ia Of truth.
A Significant Phrase.
But having made that astounding
statement On April 10; A. D. 1898, at
the earnest and not to be declined invi-
tation of The Sun, the general, thor
oughly repentant, wound up his "vol-
untary'' q personal explanation as fol-
lows:
"And now, if it is necessary, Mr.,
Speaker, and I certainly think it is not,
I will say that I believe this war will
be as theoretically waged, both in the
machinery necessary to carry it on and
the response to the call for arms by the
administration, by the Democrats and
by the Populista as by the Republicans,
and especially do ! believe that the re-
Spouse of patriotism will come from
every southern state, from every ex-
Confederate soldier who is capable Of
bearing arms, and will be joined in by
one triumphant echo Of victory among
the people OF the south and by the loyal
men who wore the blue"
Which heart thrilling peroration was
received with that prolonged ap-
plause'' after which the general wal
laundering and which he needed in his
business just then.
In that extract from The Sun there is
one very significant phrase-to wit,
General Grosvenor can do his country
and his administration this great serv-
ice." So the cat is out of the bag at
last; the Senegambian protrudes his
head from the wood pile. Some ungodly
scoffers have from time to time limited
that Senator Hanna was running the
administration, but now comes "The
Sun, which shines for ALL and infer
entially intimates that Mark is not in 1t,
but that ID Charles Henry Grosvenor's
secret.
Change of Heart.
To hear General Grosvenor tell it
now, be, single handed and alone, got up
the war, has carried it on, and conse-
quently he proposes to ~monopolize the
honors principally, allowing Governor
| Dingley aud other Republican lights to
have q small share. I wonder if he re-
members the irregular but tumultuous
| caucuses of Republican kiokers which,
| IL the Washington and New York pa
| pers are to be believed, were frequently
held before the Cuban resolutions were
| formulated and held for the purpose of
| forcing the word ''independent'' into
those resolutionsl The papers gave the
number of the kickers at So and men
| toned many of them by name, among
| others Hon. Andrew jackson Hopkins
| of Aurora, Ills. He was honored with
| the title of "Bellwether. The general
must certainly remember the recalci-
| trants.
The generals newborn zeal in ''the
| cause Of humanity" indicates that a
| wondrous change has come DER the
spirit of his dream since April 90, 1898,
for, according to the New York World,
ON that day, after war had been prac-
tically declared, he wrote the following
astounding letter:
GKsTLEMEN-Your telegram ia received. The
| ways and means committee deems it necessary
| to raise, by internal revenue taxation or by
amendments to the tariff law, at least 100000,
900 per annum additional revenue. Will you
kindly inform me at an early day by letter
how you suggest that revenue be raisedf
So far we have heard vociferous clamor for
/ immediate war, and the president has been
rushed by political agitation into war when,
In the judgment Of very many men, diplomacy
would have settled the whole matter. No pro
test came from the country against the "yel-
/ low'i newspaper literature and the bowling OF
the demagogues and the self seeking politicians,
bat the moment that taxation stared the peo'
| pie in the face and we began to look about US
for Indispensable revenue we have protests
| from every interest that we sought to attach.
They are all patriotic and desire the revenue
to be raised. but they all desire that it should
be raised of somebody other than Themselves.
Now, as to the tax on coffee and tea, ! have
given the best effort ! could put forth to aid
In devising some means of raising a sufficient
revenue without taxing coffee or tea at all
either by tariff taxation on imports or by in
ternal revenue taxation on stock on hand. ]
confess I am disappointed in the outlook. al
though I am not discouraged. II We can raise
500, 0O, 900 per annum and save tho s'breakfas'
table," we shall be delighted to do so, and the
best efforts Of this great committee 1.-THE house
committee on ways and means1 will be giyer
to bring about that result.
We will propose q bono issue Of $500, 000,00 i
necessary, but the interest on the additional
Il 06Db AuuSt b0 paul., II VIZ law ak4O1ug ga
pended nearly 500, 600, 900 Of additional money
by reason Of this war scare. 1t Is q low esti
mate to say that the war will cost 81, 000. 900,
600, and b we are to get out Of it I am IN
able to state, except to appeaEe the clamor 81
the people to whom I have referred.
The World published that letter with
scathing editorial comment on June 6.
The general has never, SO far as I have
been able to ascertain, denied its pater
nifty. If he did write it, his conversion
was as sudden and miraculous as thai
Of Saul of Tarsus on his fateful journey
from Jerusalem down to Damascus.
No wonder he needs ar ocean voyage
to recruit his nervous system after the
violent wrenching to which he has sub
jected it in order to leap from the real
rank of patriotism to its very forefront
Reflection upon the generals case re
minds me of q sow Of which my father
used to tell me when a c~hild-they hat
to pull her ears of to get her to tht
trough and pull her tail off to get hel
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