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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
THE GOD or BiTTIFS.

Every nation when waging n war naturally
and properly invOkcs the aid Of its deity. And
II victory finally crowns the struggle, the vic
tors Just as naturally believe that the victory
was due among other things. TO The goodwill
md help Of their deity. The cynical remark Of
Napoleon that God is on the side of the strong
est battallons is never quoted by religious men
except IN condemnation. So firmly rooted Is
the idea that somehow or other. In spite Of the
stable order Of the universe. the Deity may, and
sometimes does inicrpOse IN the affairs Of NOR
ials Indeed, this thought Of Divine iDtcrposl-
ton IS much older than civilization. 1t Is. In
fact. strongest among simple and primitive PEG
pies: for civilization and intercourse have n
tendency to raise the question how the Divine
Being can answer the prayers Of two nations
warning with each other. not to speak OF the
difficulty Of attributing to Him n victory which.
like that of Turkey over Greece is victory Of
wrong over right. This difficulty s enormously
increased when the two nations ut war not only
worship the same God, but profess the same
creed and observe the same ritual forms of
worship. Medieval Europe which was Cath
Ollie. was i'm n state Of constant internal tur-
moil; each faction believed itself especially IA
vorcd by the God who was equally the God Of
all It's enemies. ana no matter now Hnflgnt-
eous tile war was victory was always marked
by the singing of solemn "'re Deum.'
No such difficulty. however. puzzled the semi
savage Hebrew clans after their escape from
Egypt. They regarded their Jehovah as n
tribal God-one Of many similar deitics-bu
UNNECESSARILY better and stronger than any Of
the others. They liked 10 think Of this Je-
hoyah as literally marching ut the head of their
armies, and they made this belief seem more
real by carrying with them some visible symbol
of His presence. such as the Ark of the Cove
nant If they conquered in the fight the credit
was due TO Jehovah. who was for that reason
especially honorcd by splendid sacrifices. If,
the other hand they We're conquered, ii was
a sign not that Jehovah was weaker than the
other gods, but that for some reason lie was
angry with His people, who therefore. were
called upon by the priests TO make some sort
Of cxpiation TO Him. 1t was not at all n ques
ton Of relative strength, skill endurance; nor
was II even n question of moral worth as we
understand the term. 1t wns not until the age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
4 Jr1F FROM HISTORY.

At the White House one day some gentlen'e"
were present from the West. excited ana troup-
led about the commissions or omissions Oh '"e
Administration The President heard them pa
tlently. and then replied: Gentlemen suppose
all the property you were worth was IN so'u'
and you had put 1t in the hands OF Biohdih 10
carry across the Niagara River on rope "ouiu
you shake the cable or keep shouting out 10 hii''
Blondin. stand up a little straighter; blohuin'
stoop a little more; go a little raster lean
little more to the north; lean little more 10 inc
south" No. you would hold your breath as
well as your tongue. and keep your hahds OH
until he was safe over. The Government are
carrying an immense weight. Untold treasures
are In their hands They are doing the very
hest they can Don't badger them. Keep 81
lence and well get you safe across -' ray
mond's Life OF Abraham Lincoln page 'o-'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

Of the Prophets that the moral basis OF religion
was clearly understood. Religion with the
primitive worshipper Of the tribal God was a
matter of loyalty and devotion to the tribal
God. which loyalty and devotion were best
manifested by sacrifices and burnt offerings
at the proper times and places.
But. it may be asked what does Christianity
to-day have TO say about war: Does IT bid the
American followers of Christ to 90 to their
churches this morning and pray that our sol
diers shall be assisted by God to compass the
death of many Spanish soldiers in case Of war
between this country and Spain: Or. to look
at tho question from the other side. does Chris-
tiani.y authorize the bishops and priests OF the
Spanish Church this morning to pray for the
death Of many Yankee soldiers in case OF war:
For that Is what the euphonious verblagc OF
all such prayers really amounts to. Though
the religious formularies are different, the same
God Is worshipped In the United States and in
Spain In case OF war. both peoples will pray
~ this God for victory. and when we con-
oucr. as we will. American Christians will
thank Him for His help. This Is the univer-
sal practice Of Christian lands And from the
pont Of view OF each nation it is right. Pur-
blind creatures of day that we are, we can
not see far beyond our own Immediate inter
csts. Only Omnscience can sit on the Hood
gates of eternity and pronounce the everlast-
ing yea and nay Of unchanging right. 1t IS
enough for us that we our duty In those
divinely ordered relations of family and colIn-
try which for every son Of man make up the
sum Of social life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

carry ont the will Of the people suggests the
encouraging reflection that the people when
they are sufficiently in earnest always nave
their way The very act under which the Com
mission is working bears testimony to this
truth 1t was not passed without difficulty,
and Governor Flower for time was confident
ly expected to veto it. But the popular demand.
based upon wclngh universal recognition of
the popular necessity. was n compelling force
which could not be resisted Within recent
years the power of public opinion has been re-
pcatedy revealed in n still more impressive
manner. It brought the Doodle Aldermen 70
trial and conviction. it has saved the parks from
spoation score of times, it secured the re-
peal OF the act giving Tammany license to de
molish the City Hall even after plans for Il
monstroslty TO take its place had been submit
ted. Similarly there is not the slightest doubt
that public opinion need only find adequate OK
preston in the matter of rapid transit to re-
ducc an obstinatcly hostile administration to
doclty.
And there is every reason why such m e1-
preston should be delivered. The demand ex-
lists. 1t was overwhelmingly recorded IN tho
vote of 1894 and every subsequent day has
made more imperative the necessity which was
then obvious to a great majority of the tax
payers Momentous interests OF another sort
engross public attention for the time being but
this indispensable requirement Of the people Of
New-York will not long occupy a subordinate
place in their thoughts. 1t only remains for
them 10 declare their will in the tone that IS
invariably understood the moment IL Is heard
by public functionaries Before n mandate Of
that sor official opposition would swiftly van
ish. And we believe that the people will speak
after that fashion when they have once become
convinced that the occasion has arrived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
THE AUTONOMIST PLEA.

One of the latest pleas put forth by Span
iards for delay is that the Autonomist Govern
mcnt in Cuba ought TO be consulted. That plea
cannot be well taken. Spain may consult that
so-called Government all she plcascs She has
already had ample time to do so. This coun-
try cannot be expected to do II. It's diplomatic
dealings arc with Spain. and with Spain alone.
1t sends no Minister TO Havana and receives
none from that capital II can take no cogni-
zance Of the wishes Of the Autonomist Govern
ment save such as II obtains through its Min
lister ut Madrid or through the Spanish Minis
ter Mt Washington.
Nor. indeed, apart from such consideration,
can the Autonomist Government command serl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
able to bear arms does not draw all Invalid pen
sion except by fraud

The Spanish torpedo boats were at Las Paimas
on March 80 and reached the Cape Verd ISL
ands on April .. Time. ten days. Distance
100 miles. Rate. 10 miles a day. From the
Cape Verd Islands to Porto Rico is 2.'oo miles,
and from Porto Rico to Havana. Lou miles.
The boats may, therefore, barring accidents ana
opposition. he expected TO reach Porto Rico
about April 20 or - and Havana about May
or s. A good many things may happen be-
fore then materially altering the aspect OF their
errand and the circumstances Of their reception
The sober patriotic sense Of the American
people Is iinprcssvely represented In the deciara-
tons of confidence and approval when are
going to the President from ORGANIZATIONS vi
every sort in every part Of the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
NO DIGEST MADE IN QUIGGS ABSESch

John Sabine Smith. Abraham Gruper Nha'n ~.
Murray Charles a. Hess ana JULIUS M 'i"y .,., 70
,,,,.. -, machine Republicans appointed ~
prepare digest OF the new Primary Elec,'YG@ oun,y
met in the headquarters OF the Republican rnDared
t,omrmittae Yesterday afternoon and comp,,,ss
notes President Qulgg OF the County III work,
had expected TO meet them and revise ~, ne abseno0
hWt he remained In Washington. In ms ~ lime
no digest was adopted for publication ana ,w COM
for calling the next meeting OF the Cou""
mitteo was fixed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

Tho President is bearing tremendous burden
with admirable moral fortitude. and thus far
with few signs OF physical WEAKNESS. There Is
every reason to believe that his tranquility will
continue TO be proof against the malice OF n
few turbulent dctractOrs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

sions to veterans who again enlist for service
suggests the thought that unsound person
who draws an invalid pension is not well
adapted for q soldier. and that q sound man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

There must be a monumental liar somewhere
Whether he Is at Porto Rico or the Cape Verd
Islands. or both. II Is difficult TO say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

The Spanish torpedo-boats wherever they are.
are where At present they have n right to 10.
though the rash advocates OF prcclpitate action
choose to ignore that fact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
Business Noilces


Announcement.
Mrs Canes q, tho Lafayette Place Russian ana
Turkish Daths takes this opportunity 81 thanking nei
ratons FOR TIE fcaly favor this establ shet an
It's predecessor ith during he past thirty Nea's
10 e,nress I've hone That under her renewed lFf'nai
sure-visior 1: will maintain it's position rs the best
equipped and its kind Chniit and conneu ny
this country or IN Europe
the assistance of the prescn' active man
age who has been associated with tie Lafayette race
Tats for TIE pnst twenty and expense or ero
will Re spared maintain It's acknowledged hSh annard
arI supcrovitv The CORDS q attendants IS com
Yceed accomplished masseurs most or wnon nave ~.
Their positions with Lafayette Place Baths Tor more
than fifteen years. ,.., ,....
The hoic department q the Baths Is conducted upon
tho hes, approved 81 the day with kestaurant
CAFE. and supcrbly appointed rooms for geHtemen on
N-rv reasonable terms DAY week. In all celoT
,ner;s every courtesy and attention VIII he extended 10
securc ard maintain the approval u nc patrons
Mrs. a. cAPES. Proprietor.
NJ q FRANK TERWILILGAE Manasor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03
1t wa. nearly half a century ago that Ten

nyson wrote:

We drink TO thee across the flood
We know thee and love thee best,
For art thou not OF British blood
But the lines appear to be just as true now
as then.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19
To Abolish a Nu,sanc.

A few days ago the Editorial association
or the state Of New York appointed COM
mittee to confer with the governor in re-
cara 10 measures to end the Illegal use OF
street and other cars for advertising purposes
which, 1t Is truly remarkable, is but one Of
the branches of great evil The associa-
tlon further says and with perfect accuracy
that the whole business of advertising by
printed posters. defacing not merely the street
cars but our towns and villages, and the face
OF nature miscellaneously-vulga the
taste OF the community and making all our
puphc places hideous-is a direct diversion
oI legitimate business from the newspapers
ana magazines" 1t is added that in Franco
ana Italy large sum Is derived from a stanD
TAX on poster advertising, and that congress
maze mistake by not including such a
tax IN the war revenue bill. All Of which
IS quite correct. The newspaper men of New
YORK will unite to put an end to a fragrant
imposition On the public, and an aggressive
RAID upon legitimate business. Every Oh
server knows that the nuisance has grown
OF recent years, and that 1t is a constant in
yasion of public and private rights.-St Louia
Globe-Democrat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19
What Sort of a Man Is Hee

What sort Of a secretary Of war have we,
any way? Here is Col. Roosevelt asked by a
reporter If Secretary Alger suppressed por-
lions Of a private correspondence which he
gave to the press, and the colonel replied:
ION that l have nothing to say-nothing."
The reporter, not having been chased out
of camp, goes on: els it true that at any
time during the campaign the correspondence
made public by him with which you were
concerned was garbled?"
And again the impetuous colonel merely
replied REALLY, on that, too, have moth
ing to say
Just imagine the reception a reporter would
get who should ask one of the subordinates
chief had been giving out garbled CORE
spondence Type would not hold the ind!gna-
ton Of the reply.
The whole world knows that Secretary
Alger is an intellectual featherweight. Presi-
dent Mckinley knew it when he put him into
the place where he thought the Michigan man
could do the least harm. But when one of
the officers who has had dealings with him
declines to vouch for him In a matter in
avoidable inference Is one which makes any
straightforward American blush. There seems
but one question remaining to be asked of
Secretary Alger 1t is suggested by the
famous one put to the French Col. Hen
ry: ION your honor as a soldier did Won
garble the Miles and the Roosevelt letters for
the sake OF putting those men in a hole?''-
Brooklyn Eagle (Dem)
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The Presidency.

From the Brooklyn Eagle Oem.).
Washington, Jackson, the first and second
Harrison, Pierce, Grant, Hayes, Garfield and
Mckinley, soldiers ALL have become presi-
dents Of the United States. War has indeed
been a busy feeder of the presidency. The
suggestion of Dewey for the office in 1900 is
novel only because he is the first naval COM
mandant that, we think, has ever been pro-
posed by any party for the presidency al
though Commodore Robert F. Stockton Of
New Jersey, received, or desired to receive
we forget which, the nomination of one Of
the minor parties for that office in 1855. None
of the soldiers whom we have named, who
have filled the presidency, a graduate Of
the military academy, with the exception Of
Grant. None OF the unsuccessful candidates
for the presidency was graduate of that
academy, except Gen. Hancock and Gen. Nc
Clellan that we recall. No graduate Of the
naval academy, except George Dewey, has
ever been, we think, proposed for the presi-
dency, and he has only been proposed for it
in the popular and casual manner already
noticed.
1t has been taken for granted that Dewey
is a Democrat. Probably his thorough way
Of doing things accounts for the assumption.
We do not know whether he is a Democrat, a
Republican or politically anything. A naval
officer rarely has any politics and hardly
ever votes. We do know that Grant was a
Democrat so far as voting went in 1856, for
in his memoirs he says he voted for Bu-
chanan then. We believe he did not vote at
all in 1860, and he was in the field in 1864
There is no record of his political bias at
that time. After Mr. Lincoln's death, he first
favored Andrew Johnson's policy of recon
structon. but when it went further than he
approved, when he became entangled in
quarrel with the president, and when the Re-
publicans made him, by law, check upon
the power of the president in his office, the
drift of Grant to Republcanism was sufh-
cient to make him available to that party.
We believe that it is an open secret that
Montgomery Blair, for the Democrats, was
coquetting with Grant to take the nomination
of that party in 1858, when Thurlow Weed
was doing the same thing for the Republi-
cans. Weed, in language unknown then, but
now al too familiar, "won OUT
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19

god and money is all that talks with them.
A Republican legislator must be bought If q
bill is passed and many of the members have
TO buy their way to the legislature. A candi-
GATE for most any Office must throw money to
the right and to the left IL he wants the NOM
nation. The question is never asked now.
Is he fit for the positionP" but "How much
money will he put in to win?"
The people, and II you sound them, you
will have to admit it. are weary of politics
as exemplifed by the Republican party Of
Minnesota. They realize that they are pow
erless to improve the conditions as long as
they blindly follow the beaten paths as pro-
vided by the leaders Of several years past
They are willing to risk turning over the
state for two years to the opposition, to rid
the state Of these leeches, these corruption
lists, these mammon worshipers, believing
that In so doing they are performing an act
which will ultimately rebound to the beneiit
of every self-respecting man in Minnesota.
They do not believe it is possible to dis
solve the letters now holding a deathlike
grip upon the politics of the state, unless that
grip is loosened by burying them so deeply
by an avalanche OF votes that those who know
them now will know them no more forever.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19
Facts in Large Figures.

Alphonse Daudet received more money for
his "Sappho" than was ever paid any other
writer for single work. His publisher
handed him $500, 900.
D. l.. Moody, the evangelist, has earned
more on royalties than any writer Of modern
times. He has up to date received 81, go, coo
from the publishers of his hymns.
Rudyard Kipling has been paid as high as
so cents word for 10, 000-word story.
1t costs Great Britain about $275 per year
to maintain each man in It's regular army.
1t Is figured that the cost in the United States
is approximately $1,000 per man per year.
Spain was originally formed from fourteen
kingdoms. 1t has an area of 96,17S square
miles and a population of II, O0O COO.
Already the missionaries have gotten to
work at Santiago. The American Bible So
ciety says that $500 Spanish New Testaments
have been sent there.
The gold and silver plate used for table
service at Windsor castle is valued at e., $780,
nm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19

be reasonable or unreasonable. It's
scope is so broad that no step in the
direction of terminating railroad wars
Is legal. So far as the law Is con-
cerned, the existence Of controversies
over rates is not recognized. Every
railroad must fix its rates without
agreement or understanding with any
other, and the very idea of arbitration
is absurd. Were arbitrator to recon-
mend any agreement concerning differ
entails, it would be Illegal for the rail-
roads to accept their decision, and 1t
would be encouraging the violation Of
law for the arbitrator to render it.
While this is technically true, it must
be said that the consequences of this
unfortunate decision are so absurd as
practically to nullify it's force.
The appeal Of the great railroads
to this commission in the Canadian
Pacific case is very significant. 1t was
practically a submission Of the ques-
ton to arbitration, and it may be
doubted if the commerce commission
can be of more service in any other
capacity than in that of a board of
arbitrators. If they accept this office
anu uIScHdISe II Wen, the railroads
will resort to them, and will be driven
by public opinion to accept their
awards. 1t is true that their awards
will have no legal validity, but neither
do the agreements Of the railroads
have any legal validity. AS such
agreements are made and will continue
to be made, in spite of laws prohibit
ing them, there seems no impropriety in
submitting questions arising under
them to a tribunal whose mandates
have no legal sanction"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-19
Dewey mt Mobile.

John E. Frost, of Newton, Mass, tells
this story, which gives an insight into the
character of Admiral Dewey
After the Civil war Dewey was visiting his
cousin, the wife of Postmaster Field, of Han
over, N. H. Several men were discussing the
battle of Mobile in village store one day.
when Dewey, who was passing, was called in
and asked if he could give an account of it.
Mr.. Frost says he happened to be sitting in
the store at the time, and listened with in
tent interest to the narrative which was forth
coming Dewey gave detailed and delightful
description of the battle, from start to finish.
as graphically and with as much detail as
though he were reading 1t from history. His
listeners greatly enjoyed the recital, which
occupied nearly half an hour. Then, looking
at his watch, he said pleasantly: 81 must be
going" and departed. Mr.. Frost asked, who
is this young MANI" why, he is a naval
officer, and cousin Of the postmaster's wife,"
was the response But how does he know
so much about the battle of MobiIe?" pur-
sued the questioner. He was on the ship
that was blown up" was the answer.