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1t appears that the crank aggfesGs
uious OF Colorado can't READ their tick
cts and so they are told to vote for the
dove, the eagle. The rooster, tue pig
pen, etc. The way they QuaIuel. like a
let OF children, over the possession Of
these various kindergarten pictures, is
amusing to intelligent outsidYfs.
II the citizens of Laramie were asked
ito name the man who otau others has
done most to build up our schools, u
university. our fire department, and to
keep our most Important industry go
ing and furnishing employment for the
laboring man, they would all reply,
Otto Gramm." And yet, though he is
not a candidate fer amy office. but be-
cause he h a republican, he is made the
target fer all the mud batteries of the
fus,onist organ in this campaign. There
is rot a respectable democrat in the
county who is not ashamed Of it.
, 1898-10-31

Senator Thurstun said, in his
in Cheyenne. "the only political d
THE fus.onasts have in this campa1
miasma. microbes and malaria."&
, 1898-10-31
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, 1898-10-31
POLITICAL POINTERS

If the citizens of Albany CT
dorse, by their votes. the
sued in this campaign by tE(
rang, we shall be very much 81
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The %fusDonists would drive
honorable. public spSrnUed, enter
m]an cut OF the community and
cry industry in tine City IT,.
means, they could make a
their party. The course pursued
ranIty organ fully jmsuiftes this<
ton.
The emily arguments OF the fus2
in this campaign NM chandler, Y
ticn and abuse, and their onl
is a calamity howl.
The fusic1lists point TO !
have done for the country
and puCmAlse nnJhing for theV
, 1898-10-31
THROUGH CAR Y

O. CLARK. AsMG
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GRANTS TACTICS

When General Grant was in Germany
en- his trip around the world, military
officer was detailed by the German gov
crnment to accompany him on his visit
to the various strong Notifications of that
country. The officer was instructed to
notice particularly General Grants re-
marks touching each military defensive
work, and to report the same to the en-
peror.
At Metz, on the French border, which
place was provided with very extensive
and costly works, Grant was asked his
opinion about them. His reply was that
the Notifications were exceedingly strong,
and almost invulnerable, but, said he
If l were in command of the French
forces in a war against Germany, I
would not stop to reduce this place; 1
would detail small force to engage
the attention of this garrison. and,
with my army, would enter Germany
above or below here, where there are
no defensive works.
This opinion was quite surprise tc
the German government, who had prided
themselves immensely on the strength Of
Metz.
II seems to us that If Grant were in
command of our forces against Spain. h.
would not have run up, as his first move
mcnt, against the Spaniards' strongest
post. at Santiago, but would have landed
a force at some point where there was
no fertilization.
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The policing Of the islands will

mander. The policing Of the islands will
be the least formidable problem to con-
front him, since success in that direction
will depend rather upon the size Of the
military arm than upon extraordinary
executive ability. With sufficient force,
any ordinarily prudent commander may
achieve that result without great diff
Guilty. But to provide a civil govern
ment that shall be nicely adjusted to the
needs of eight millions of people gathered
from the four corners of the world-a
government that shall appeal to their
sense of justice and fairness-a govern
ment that shall not rest upon their
shoulders as yoke-a government that
shall reflect the intelligence and the en-
lightenment and the progressive spirit of
the American nation, and win friends for
1t and the principles upon which it is
based-that is task calling for the high
est order of craftsmanship, an education
which West Point is not generally sup
posed to impart.
And yet it is only by and through such
a government that we may expect salts
factorily to rule an alien people. Hold
ing them in subsection at the point of the
bayonet, as Spain has abortively at
tempted to do, is obnoxious to the best
American instinct, and is not to be
thought Of. 1t will in time reduce the
United States in the scale of civiliza-
ton to the level of decadent Spain.
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CONDITIONS CONFRONTING
GOMEZ

Gomez is confronted with rather dis
Spanish ministry, through Blanco, has
lately proposed absolute Independence,
conditioned upon his refusal of that ar
ticle at the hands of the United States.
an uncertain quantity. If he has reason
to question the sincerity of his traditional
prosecutors, it must be confessed he has
some cause for experimenting that the
alternative proposition may be coupled
with conditions quite as insufferable.
The strength of the bond party in the
United States, and it's influence with the
administration, is known to Gomez, as it
contention that the stable government
to be instituted on the island must be
saddled with the debt which the Span
iards have incurred in prosecuting the
war. A horde of American spectators
are already organizing schemes for the
absorption of all the valuable franchises
in Cuba. 1t is already limited that thu
government at Washington is preparing
to assume control Of the railways and
other transportation facilities, to con-
struct extensive sewerage systems in
Havana and other cities, and generally to
place itself in a position to dictate terms
to the Cubans when their hands shall be
freed. All in all, it looks as if what Gomez
and his people have so long been fighting
for is more remote than ever.
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THE CAPTAINS GIG

If you pull an oar in the captains gig,
You must mind how you behave;
You must shift to your cleanest white or
blue,
And you mustn't want for shave.
For you're under the Old mans eye,
And the ladies watch you, too;
So put on your Sunday morning face
And your cleanest suit Of blue.
Oh. the lads that pull in the captains gig,
They must mind their ps and as:
They've got to 60 light on juicy quid
And mind that they black their shoes.
They must watch their stroke like racing
crew.
And keep their eyes on the boat:
They must do their mile in the proper style
From the ship to the government float.
Oh the lads who pull In the captains gig.
They hears a lot of talk:
They learn what the officers say to the
girls
That they meets on the yacht club walk.
They must wait all day In the broiling sun
While the old man goes ashore.
They takes a cargo Of calico out
And then goes back for more.
James Barnes, In June McClure's.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Mr.. Orchardson, r. A., has been commits
stoned to paint a group containing four gen.
eratons of Icngand's royal family, the
queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke OF
iork and Prince Edward of York.
Two of the most famous living Scotchmen
are cripples-Lord Kelvin who is the great
est living Scottish scientist, and DR.. James
MacGregor of Edinburgh. who is said to
be the greatest living Scottish preacher
1t is said that Mrs Frances Hodgson Bur-
nett, who was divorced recently, is soon to
marry Stephen Townsend, an Englishman,
who has been her private secretary for
some time. He is ten years older than she.
DR.. Hamilton Kingake, who died al Taun-
ton, England the other day, was for many
years a tower of strength to the Liberal
party at Taunton, and in West Somerset
SHIRE He was a politician of the same
school as his distinguished brother, the au-
thor of "Eothen."
The Countess de Casa Valencia who start
ed a Spanish relief fund In London collect
ed about $4,000. Among the Spanish SYM
pathizers that subscribed were Count and
Countess de Zorro Diaz Countess Heeren,
Duchess Of Cleveland, Duchess of Somer-
set, Blanche, Countess of Mayo; Miss Wind
sor Give. Mr.. and Mrs. John Bryce.
commentary On the present craze for
military trapp.ngs for the purpose of fem
mime adornment may be found in the reply
of young soldier at Chickamauga, whose
sister wanted to make UP box for the boys
at the front. and asked him what she should
send. Dear sister," he wrote, "send me
safety pins. I've just met fifteen new girls"
Whitelaw Reid has just completed. al his
summer home in the heart of the Adiron-
dacks, tennis court which cost $40 900. The
Sreat expense was incurred largely in clear
ing, blowing and otherwise preparing for
est patch. the sodding for which was
brought from place number of miles
away. To make grass grow in the heart Of
the Adirondacks is almost triumph over
nature. soft moss carpeting the forest there
abouts.
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entire energies to aiding the arms of
their country. Their patriotism has
overridden all considerations Of partisan
issues and advantages. Scarcely, If ever.
has there been a case in all history in
which political self-abnegation has so
completely characterized the elements
which constitute the opposition to the
party in power.
The war is rapidly nearing close, and
the end cannot long be postponed, ex-
cept through Encouragement of the au-
thorities which have its direction in
hand. Spain is practically exhausted; in
fact she never had much to exhaust, and
arrange terms of peace. There are ships
enough and troops enough to complete
whatever is required, so far as naval and
military operations are concerned, and
that is to wrest Cuba, Porto Rico and
the Philippines from the clutch of Spain.
The war already has ceased to be an
absorbing subject, except in the anxiety
to obtain news as to the operations of
the troops and the fleets in finishing the
work in hand.
In view of this it is timely for the peo-
pie to begin to think of questions relat-
ing to internal policies, both of the nation
and state, for the problems connected
with such policies are to be solved, and
the solutions must be declared in less than
one hundred and fifty days. 1t is the
patriotic duty of all the people to stand
by and aid the country in war, but not
less so than to give solicitous attention to
internal affairs.
The Herald will sustain the government
in war through thick and thin, but it will
also press upon the people the i'm
portance of giving earnest attention to
internal questions. The results of the
influence of internal policies will be felt
for long years to come. If the people are
so thrown off their balance by the tocsin
of war that other matters are neglected
it will be a fatal mistake, and the conse-
quences will be lasting. 1t Is not inimical
to the country to differ with the party in
power on questions of economics. taxa
ton, and reforms generally. On the
contrary, to act on them independently
and intelligently is the highest service
that can be rendered the nation, and
the cause Of popular government, both
in war and in peace.
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SHIFTING THE RESPONSIBILITY

Our Washington special Of yesterday
conveyed the surprising information that
"President Mckinley is not in position
just now to prosecute the war as vigor-
ously as he would like to do" because
the treasury is running low" That
would be positively humorous, were it not
intended for an entirely different purpose.
The fact is, and everybody is perfectly
well aware of it, that every appeal to
congress, since it so frenziedly placed
fifty millions of dollars in his hands with
out question or condition, has been met
with a response unexampled in par
liamentary history. Emergency bills, to
cover every expense entailed by the war.
have been passed through both houses
without the slightest delay, and the
grand budget, carrying provisions for
revenues aggregating seven hundred mil
lions of dollars, will be in the hands of
the executive for signature within six
weeks of the declaration Of war. 1t would
have been there two weeks ago but for
the insistence of the friends of Che admin
istration upon amending its almost every
paragraph.
There has been some divergence of
opinion regarding the methods to be en-
ployed in raising the money, but no voice
has been heard against the proportions
of the demands, against the frequency
of the demands, against the urgency of
the demands.
Making every allowance for the pecu-
liar system of bookkeeping employed in
the treasury department, txere was avail
able. on Monday last, eighty millions of
cash, sum sufficient to meet both the or
binary and extraordinary expenses of the,
government until autumn, without touch
ing the so-called hundred million reserve.
The idea that the president has been
hampered by the want of funds is too
preposterous for the slightest considera-
ton. That he has been hampered in other
directions may not be doubted, but pat
riotic congress has given him vastly
more money than he has been disposed to
use, and it has stood ready to advance
even more
A war that might have been carried to
a successful conclusion in six weeks Is
likely to be prolonged over as many
months by the hating and undecisve poll
icy OF the president, and the attempt to
transfer the responsibility to congress or
to the people is entirely gratuitous.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER

The Rev. Myron Reed is probably one
of the greatest men in the American
pulpit. He is not only an eminent divine.
but his history shows that he was and is
a great fighter as well. When but youth
in Wisconsin upon the breaking out of the
civil war he enlisted in the ranks and
rose to the grade of colonel Every step
from the chevron to the eagle was marked
by more than one bloody battlefield.
Some years after the close of the war he
entered the ministry, and for nearly ten
years was the pastor of the Presbyterian
church in Indianapolis, where General
Harrison late president was one OF the
deacons. Mr.. Reed for several years
has had charge of one of the largest
churches in Denver. Last Sunday night
week ago in sermon he used the fol-
lowing language:
There are several things that make
me weary. Here is a son of General
Grant bobbing sereney UP as an in
spector-general. Now. deliver me
from the children of great men!
Young Logan-he is inspector-general
1 had not heard of Russell Harrison
for several years. He is Inspector
general That fellow does not know a
rifle from a washboard. He has been
in thirteen kinds of business and failed
in all of them. and caused others to
fail. He is inspector of the army
His father always seemed to me to
be ashamed of the chump. His record
in Montana is known to the police. Is
this American to put these degenerates
in Office above men who have served
the United States for nearly forty
years?
There are gray-headed lieutenants in
the regular army. Men who have
fought Confederates and Indians.
Here is little squirt son of good man
and good president promoted over
them. This young Logan. who has re-
ceved an appointment, is the creature
who appeared in st. Petersburg with all
the medals of his father pinned on his
coat.
And still I have hope. Mr.. Russell
Harrison has no pleasant job. inspect
ing men who have been in service for
forty years. They can make his work
very unpleasant for him. I have seen
fellows like that tossed in blanket.
There is not anything volunteer will
not do if he takes a notion.
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Give Them a Show

We believe that the men who have enlisted
for this war will make a record worthy of
the character and the fame of the Ameri-
can soldier. They are commanded by ex-
perienced and able officers of the higher
ranks, in whom they will have confidence.
They are actuated by high motives. They
feel that the honor Of their country Is in
their keeping, that upon them devolves the
duty of giving new luster to the flag. They
are prepared for any danger and for any
sacrifice. But let us not expect too much
from them at the beginning. Omaha Bee.
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SHALL WAR ALTOGETHER SUP
PLANT POLITICS.

Strictly there is no par excellence war
party. The war. however. in great meas
ure has for time retired politics. The
press of the country and the recognize q
leaders of political parties have let all
questions rest except those that more es-
pecially relate to war. Thus there is
disclosed to the world the appearance
that, In America, there is but one mind
and one voice when the country is in
volved in foreign war The opponents
Of the party in power have devoted thei,
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Increasing the Army

1t is beginning to be plain that this war
with Spain marks the beginning of new
military epoch for the United States. 1t is
reasonable to believe that for garrison pur-
poses alone we shall need not less than So
700 men. Viewing the situation in this as
pect, it is freely predicted that the peace
establishment of the army will hereafter be
not less than what 1t has been made for
this war-about 10000 men. This increase
will be consistent with the history of the
army. which shows that every war since the
revolution has left the nation with larger
rmy.-Minneapolis Journal.
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Southern Men in the Navy

Southerners must win their spurs on
land, having no representation in the
navy-Los Angeles Herald.
What is the matter with The Herald?
Where is Commodore Schley (of Maryland),
Captain Bob Evans (of Virginia., who COM
mands the New York, which is Admiral
SIMPSONS flagship, Capt. Folger of the New
Orleans? And there was Lieutenant Bag
ley of Cardenas the first victim Of the
war. Why, the navy is full of southerners,
and the last one of them is ready to make the
same sacrifice. If necessary that Ensign
Bagley did for the flag of his country
Cotton Chronicle.
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Monarchs Viewing With Alarm

1t Is evident that several gentlemen In
the king business in Europe are considera-
bly, disturbed. The probability of the speedy
extinction of another monarchy over there
and the great stimulus that would thus be
given the already powerful elements of dis
content in the countries of continental Eu-
rope are ample causes for royal uneasiness.
And all this because these plain democratic
people of America have served notice on
the word that monarchical oppression and
must cease in the western
hemisphere Times.
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Priyateering Merely Piracy

If it is true. as indicated by discussion
in the Spanish senate, that Spain seriously
medltates recourse to privateering in the
near future, no better evidence could be
given of the hopeless nature of the Spanish
situation. Privateering is regarded in these
days as no better than licensed piracy, and
the privateer Is not treated with the con-
sideration of a regular navy vessel. If
Spain really contemplates resorting to-
1t might as well go step
farther and hoist the black flag at once.
There would be no sailing under false
colors then.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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More War for the Philippines

The Philippines are already doomed to the
horrors of the Dingley bill. 1t is to be en-
forced there as in this country. and the
treasury department has already begun the
of regulations and a scheme of
customs tariffs which will be collected by
the military authorities and then turned
into the treasury of the United States as a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sem
tinel. iA..lift,x 4
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Pale but Tough City Chaps

We trust that in their rigid examination
of the volunteers the United States sur
geons won't be too hard on the puny fei-
lows from the towns. In the civil war the
men to endure and fight on were not so
often the towering offspring Of the Maine
backwoods or the breezy plains as the
slender, cadaverous and weak little fellows
who went into camp from their cramped
and stuffy offices.-New York Sun.
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All Ready

Colonel-Have yot got rations ready for
thirty days?
Commissary-Yes, sir. Here are pork and
beans enough to last twice that long.
Colonel-Well, we can economize in space
by dispensing with the pork. These troops
are from Boston, you know.-Philadelphi
North American.
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Cervera Should Write a Book

Everything works for good ultimately.
When this cruel war is over, for instance,
Admiral Cervera should be fitted to pre-
pare most exhaustive work on the West
Indian seas. giving full information about
all the secret harbors and "hiding holes'
to be found there.-San Francisco Bulletin.
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The Notifications at Santiago de Cuba
have been silenced by SIMPSONS fleet,
rible accuracy of the American gunncrs
fire. American troops have been landed
on Cuban soil. The beginning of the end
is at hand
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The Seventh regiment again elves in
hopes" of being sent to Manila. General
Merritt will display the judgment for
which he has such an enviable reputation
should he give the Southern California
boys sailing orders.
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The Philippine expedition has enjoyed
the hospitality of the Honolulans, and is
now well on its way to Manila. Two
weeks moro and Uncle Sans regulars will
be running the town and the Spaniards
will be running out of town.
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To Be Turned to Best Account

The Importance Of the Philippine islands
does not diminish by passing from Spain's
control to the American control, and they
will be turned to account as may best suit
tho policy and serve the purposes of the
American nment.-Washingto Star.
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More soldiers, en- route from the east
to San Francisco, will pass through thia
city tomorrow afternoon. The patriotic
women of Los Angeles will doubtless seq
that the boys are given hearty reception
with something good to eat on the side.
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General Merritt, commenting upon the
shameful delay in fitting out the trans
ports for the second Manila expedition,
says he is not criticising the war de-
partment but merely making statement
mat, as well as great soldier; isn't he,
Secretary Alger?
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Wiring Out Sectional and Color Lines

The tendency of the war has been to wipe
out old sectional jealousies and animosities
land unite the nation as 1t was never united
before. And If in addition to this 1t also
obliterates the color line at the south, or
at least reduces its tension, 1t will have ac-
|complished in few months what might
mot have been done in many generations of
Epeace.-Denver News.
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MERRITT's MISSION

If the United States proposes to re-
tain possession Of the Philippines, Gen
eral Merritt will have one of the most
delicate as well as most important mis-
sions ever entrusted to civilian COM
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The eyewitness accounts of the battle
at Manila only add fresh laurels to the
credit of Dewey ana his gallant tars.
Read DR.. Kindleberger's story in this
mornings Herald.
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General Wolseley thinks the United
States able to whip any other nation "in
the long rum" And so the president
adopts that plan.