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The times., 1898-11-25
A FORMIDABLE WAR ENGINE.
Description of the Wisconsin, Soon
to he Launched.

According to information received a the
Navy Department, the new battleship
Wisconsin will be launched at San Fran
cisco at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning. A.
though the President and his Cabinet re-
ceived invitations to be present more than
a week ago, they Were unable to accept,
as the launching is to take place but a
few DAYS before Congress convenes, which
is the busiest time in the official year
The new battleship will be very similar
20 the Alabama and Illinois. The Wis
consin differs in the matter OF armor with
the battIeships Kearsarge and Kentucky.
but is similar to them in hull and ma
chinery.
The Wisconsin is officially described a.
follows:
Length. 3sS feet; breadth. y feet ) IL
inches; draught, % feet inches; displaee-
ment, Il. SOS tons: speed. l6 knots; horse
mower. 1Oooo; coal bunker capacity. l 2e0
tons: batteries (main). four 1s-inch- four
teen 6-inch: secondary battery sixteen
six-uounders. four ons-pounders. one Colt
gun, two field guns; torpedo tubss. s"ur
| Whitehead; armor tsides). top. 16 IL
inches; bottom. 91-2 inches; water line.
| Is 81 inches; turrets, II inches, II inches
barbettes. 10 inches. 10 inches; protective
deck. slopes, forward, inches: aft
inches; flat 3-i inches; water line p o.
lection. cocoa or cornpith; cubic feet.
r. l64; complement-officers. 70; men. tl9;
contract price, hull and machinery
! S2.67i. so.
The ls-inch rifles of the Visions n
class will be mounted in couples in Hich-
| born overbalanced turrets placed in tie
center line of the vessel, with an arc OF
fire of 1s5 degrees on each side Of the
| center line. These. with the unusually
| large battery of 6-inch rapid-fire guns in
| the broadside. each with an arc Of so de-
grees. and those on the upper deck bang
| capable of direct fire ahead and asteIn.
| will make the Wisconsin as formidable
! a fighter as any ship of her speed and en-
| durance afloat in the world. Her heavy
! armor belt extends from the bow beyond
| the after turret, and maintains It's maxi
! mum thickness amidShips. between the
| turrets and over the entire spaces occu-
pied by the engines and boilers The
| sides of the vessel above the belt armor
| form a casemate of > 1-2 inches OF steel.
| protecting the 6-inch gun positions, and
| along the entire water line there IS q
belt of iire-proof corn-pith celIuloSe
! three feet deep. to prevent the insress OF
| water in the wake of an enectiNe pfoJec-
| tile from the enemy.
The greath height above the water line
| of both main and secondary batteries will
enable the Wisconsin to be fought in any
weather: a quality always sought for. but
| obtainabie only IN vessels OF good size
She is also provided with biige keeis,
placed before and abaft the midship body
only, so as not TO interfere with docking
her These keels have maximum depth
of three feet. and Will largely tend to les
sen her motion in a seaway. and So con-
tribute to her steadiness as gun plat.
form
The times., 1898-11-25

ii was entirely proper for the President
to suspend public business in the White
House yesterday and to retire into the
privacy of his own little home circle, like
a good old-fashioned American citizen.
tivity of the bird, which is said to have
come from Rhode Island; but no matter
for that. All turkeys if fat and toothsome
are expansionists. and as such never fail
to excite patriotic emotions. May the ef-
feet of the feast be to strengthen and sus-
tain Mr. Mckinley in his determination
on Christmas to offer the country the
Philippine present so neatly taken in out
of the damp by Admiral Dewey.
The times., 1898-11-25
anced studies connected with these sub

vanced studies connected with these sub
jects.
Il have given the subject of the re-
moyal of the War College a great deal of
careful thought, and have conferred with
number of officers who have the best
interests Of the service at heart. and these
officers have assured me that in their
Judgment this plan is the best for ena-
bling the college TO do its finest work
Thus about $500 men in addition would
be required should any exigency arise re-
quiring the complete manning of these
ships. But 1t will be several years before
all the battleships are completed, so that
it would be fair to say that at the pres
ent time provision should be made for
one-half the number. or 40o0 men.
These 400 naval reserve men could be
enrolled in this way. 1t is expected that
at least 1850 will be enrolled from men
who saw service during the Spanish war
as members of the naval militia Q4,216
naval militia men were enlisted in the
regular service). The 2,500 additional men
required for the first year. it Is expected.
will be enrolled from the seafaring class
yachtsmen. merchant marine, fishermen
and others-to many of whom the amount
OF pay during service. the transportation
to and from their practice stations. ana
the uniforms furnished will be a sufficien;
inducement- Indeed. from letters and
communications on file in this office IL Is
believed that very much larger number
than required for the present needs OF
the service will be enrolled in such naval
reserve the first three months.
The cost of such service to the Gov
ernment may be approximated thus:
1000 men, suits of uniform, at sII S4tOOo
400 men, transportation 10 and from
their homes TO practiceship. s5..-....... 2Oo1)
f,vt me ffF
TWO weeks, O--.-..------...----.---.-- 9"ci
Total. on
This will leave 500 balance from an
appropriation OF $4,000. allowing oppor-
tunities for supplying books and necessary
equipments, and providing for a further
period OF drill. if in the judgment of th.-
department il seems expedient-
Bearing upon this particular subject l
have had the honor of handing you the
draft of bill enbodyins the views cf
many officers of large experience as well
as the opinion of this office as to the
organization of a National Naval Reserve
for your consideration. and for trans
mission to Congress, if il meets with
your approval
Coming to this office without technical
experience in the work required and at
a time of great activity in the department
il would have been almost an impossiU..Ity
to carry on the duties with any measure
of success without the generous assis-
tance which was freely accorded by every
officer with whom / came in contact, and
whatever measure of credit is due the
office must be shared by the bureaus
whose kindly cooperation and loyal as
I sistance made pleasant duty of what.
without such help. would have been diff
cult in the extreme"
The times., 1898-11-25

If peace should come with an undertake
ing on the part of the United States to as
sumo Responsibility for the claims of its
citizefis against Spain, it is pleasant to
reflect that newindustry will be added
to the business activities of Washington.
The Spanish claim business would at once
attract the patriotic attention of many
energetic friends of the Republican ma
tional committee and some of the usu-
fruct would no doubt become available
for Mr. Hanna's educational purposes in
1861. News if not money promises to be
plenty in this capital for many a day to
come.
The times., 1898-11-25

Ii appears that Mr.. Mckinley is not the
only potentate who has recently issued a
Thanksgiving proclamation. Don Carlos
has sent one into the Basque provinces.
thanking them and himself that he is still
in the push. He. has been also good
enough to forward lot Of Mauser rifles
for use in killing the kind of game dear
to the heart of carlists. Happenings
like these lead 10 the agreeable thought
that if Sagasta does not hurry up his
peac. arrangements he may be speedily
relieved of all concern for things outside
| of his own peninsula. II the truth were
told it would probably be made evident
that the Spanish government is good
deal more anxious about treaty of peace
with the pretender just now than with
Uncle. Sam.
The times., 1898-11-25
Lots of Time Wasted.
fFrom the Galveston News. J

1t must be apparent to every apostle OF COM
mon sense that members of the Peace Commits
sion have wasted time and money in efforts tc
prove themselves great diplomatists in matter
afording no opportunity or room for such high
priced foolishness. An ultimatum, brief and un
conditional, presented to the representative
OF Spain at the first session of the Commission
ers, would have settled matters without danger
ous delay, just as they going to be settled il
the eud. As rule diplomacy is merely cost
IL means OF winning for some ambitious trickstel
great repntation.
The times., 1898-11-25

The thing that New York was particu-
larly thankful for yesterday was that
Honest John Kelly declared the bets
off. II was not mentioned publicly in the
churches or around the family hearth.
neither in the smoking rooms of the
clubs; but it is asserted that general
air of relief pervaded the metropolis, and
that reople generally who had exploded
I. twenty-dollar bill apiece for reserved
seat were religiously and thankfully reti-
cent about the fact
The times., 1898-11-25

An exasperating rumor comes 10 us
from Matanzas. It is that the Spaniards'
on evacuating the island propose to dis
inter and carry away the bones of that
mule. We could stand the loss of the
Columbus skeleton, because 1t was not
genuine, but when it comes to losing the
solitary evidence of Sampson's service In
the Antilles. patriotism, not to mention
human nature, revolts. We call upon
Long at once 10 dispatch a war vessel 10
prevent the intended outrage.
The times., 1898-11-25

In Philadelphia most excellent move
ment has been inaugurated BY leaders OF
the towns intelligence and high society.
It is in support of scheme to secure
more sleep for the citizens of the Quaker
City. The idea Is as noble as it will prove
difficult of fruition; but it furnishes Sen
ator Quay with the opportunity OF his
life If he will lobby a bill through Con-
rress making the Philadelphia day forty
eight hours long, what is now chronology
ically impossible would become at oace
feasible. And he would be a hero in the
eyes of his constituents, in promoting the
accomplishment of their highest ambi-
lion
The times., 1898-11-25

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The times., 1898-11-25
The Kaiser's Error.

tFIom Inc minneapolis Tribune.)
The Emperor William, of Germany, is strong
ly condemned by of the leading European
publications for fraternizing with the sultan of
Turkey, who is proven by official reports to be
the most cruel and bloody murderer of modern
times Tie emperor has certainly lowered him
sell in general public estimation By accepting
the hospitality of the ''Unspeakable Turk
The times., 1898-11-25
Those Premature Jubilees
CFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

The President has been very optimistic in his
views as to the outcome of the Paris confer
encc, and has never allowed a suspicion that
everything was not going exactly as he had
planned. Now he puts doubt on the wires and
squirts cold water a peace jubilee
There is material in this for some chilling re-
Elections by the too previous" people.
The times., 1898-11-25
a Suggestion to the Car.

CFrom the Chicago Record1
Speaker Reed should not be content to go into
the coming session of Congress without having
his powerful binocular quorum put in per-
tecr condition. with the obiect-lens focused to
magnify any required number of diameters.
The times., 1898-11-25
DccluatiOuS.

(Fron the Birmingham Age Herald.)
The non-expansionists are becoming lonesome
Senator Hawiey. Of Connecticut, and President
Low, OF Columbia College, are among the latest
desertions. Tie party bids fair to be reduced to
the Hon Carl Schun, Senator Hoar and the New
York Evening Post.
The times., 1898-11-25
Where She Made a Miss.

tFrom the 81. Louis Star.)
Tie Maria Teresa achieved a great victory for
the Spanish navy when she captured Cat Island
She could. however have saved this country at
least the expense of an annoying investigation by
going to the bottom when released from cap
tivity.
The times., 1898-11-25
Did Not Like the Company
(From the Omaha worid.Iicrald.

Benjamin Harrisons seluctance to accept a
senatorship from Indiana is credit to him.
being elassed with men Of the Hanna type And
Hanna will be the Senate after March 4, 1899.
The times., 1898-11-25

Representative Tawney of Minnesota.
who is strong advocate of the policy Of
expansion, said yesterday that the argu-
ments of the anti-annexationsts today
were almost identical with the arguments
advanced against the acquisition of Lou
isiana early in the beginning of the pres
ent century. For instance" Mr.. Taw-
ney said, ''on January IA. 1911, Josiah
Quincy, of Massachusetts, speaking in
the House OF Representatives in opposi-
ton to the Louisiana purchase, said:
"I am compelled to declare ii as my
deliberate opinion that if this bill passes
the bonds of this Union are virtually dis
solved; that the States which compose it
are free from their moral obligations,
and that, as it will be the right of ALL
SO 1t will be the duty of some, to prepare
definitely for separation. amicably If
they can, violently if they must
Further on Mr.. Quincy said in this
same speech concerning the effect upon
the Constitution and the rights of the
people Hereunder:
..'This Constitution never was and
never can be strained TO lap over all the
| wilderness of the West without affecting
| both the rights and the convenience of
| the real proprietors. 1t was never con-
structed to form cover for the inhabi-
tants of the Missouri and the Red River
| country, and whenever it is attempted to
| be stretched over them it will rend asun-
| der
Mr.. Quincy also spoke of the residents
of those sections in the same way that
the opponents of permanent occupation
of the Philippines are now talking of the
inhabitants of these Spanish colonies /
maintain that if this territory is perma-
nently occupied by us our experience in
| the future will demonstrate as complete
| ly the fallacy of the arguments made
| against the acquisition as our eNperienca
| in the past has proven the absolute falsi-
| ty of the predictions made as to the effec;
of the annexation of Louisiana-and all
the other territory we have acquired
The Hon. John Sherman may not be
dead politically after ALL Senator Hanna
felicitating themselves over the fact that
they had succeeded in placing the veteran
| Ohio statesman in his political coffin and
| had screwed the top down tight. The
latter, however, apparently refuses to
stay dead According to the latest ad:
| vices from the Buckeye State Mr.. Sher-
| man is being groOmed for governor OF
| Ohio 1t is said that he has placed him.
| self ''in the hands of his friends" and
| they promise 10 nUnlinate' him for, gov.
ernor on the first ballot in the State con-
vention next year. Judge Day has alse
| been mentioned as an aspirant for guber.
material honors In Ohio. 1t would be !
kind OF poetic justice if Mr.. Sherman
should now step in and knock out Day
the man who is probably responsible fol-
his (Sherman's) being forced out of the
| Cabinet
The times., 1898-11-25
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The circulation of THE TIMES for the
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The times., 1898-11-25

That Col. Roosevelt is taking himself
seriously as a Presidential possibility
hardly admits OF a doubt. In an interview
he states that he is closing up his pri-
vate business. finishing several magazine
articles which he has on hand and getting
ready to devote himself for the next two
years exclusively to running the office OF
governor Of New York. He is going to
try and make a record that will force the
leaders of his party to take him up and
nominate him for President. Col Roose-
velt's confidence in himself. Is absolute;
it is proof against all attacks Those
who know him best say that ne has no
notion of waiting. until 1891 before he
makes a grand stand play for the Presi-
dency He will he due. to appear on the
scene they think, in 1880.
The times., 1898-11-25

Senator Pfatt Of New York has vein
of grim humor in his makeup. He gave
an exhibition of it at the Roosevelt din
ner in New York this week. In his ca
pacity as POSTMASTER he. took occasion
to refer to the contest over Senator Muir
phys seat. Four of the leading candt-
dates for the place were seated around
the table-Odell, the chairman of the Re
publican State Committee: Chauncey NJ
Depew, Eiihu Root and Joseph II. Choate.
My colleague said Mr.. Plat. must be
a talker / am only "A worker and IT is
necessary that I should have as an asso-
ciate a man who can talk" Mr.. Odell
promptly said that that let him out, as
he could not make a speech If his life de-
pended on it. Mr.. Platt looked quizzi-
cally at Depew Root and Choate. Each
one has reputation of being able to
talk and each one apparently thought
that Platt meant him. After rather
long pause Mr.. Platt said: Gentlemen. |
propose a toast to Chauncey NJ. Depew."
Derew's senatorial stock went UP rapidly.
His friends Immediately jumped to the
conclusion that the old man" had Sc
lected him to be his colleague When the
time comes to elect Il senator in New
York. however. Mr.. Platts pleasantly
may be found to haye no significance.
The times., 1898-11-25

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1t is by means certain that Senator Han
ma will be able To keep the Roosevelt
boom bottled up in New York. There are
indications that II has already spread over
into New England. 1t will be recalled that
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Of Massa-
chusetts is one of Roosevcit's most IN
innate personal and political friends.
Roosevelt owed his appointment as AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy more to
Lodge than to any other man. Seantor
Platt did not lift his finger to help Roose-
welt get the position. As matter OF
fact. II required considerable fine diplo-
macy to keep the New York senator from
opposing Roosevelt's appointment. Sen
ator Lodge aspires to be the dictator oil
the Republican organization In the old
Bay State. He has already side-tfacked
his venerable colleague, George Frlspie
Hoar, and in 1900 he expects to controi
the Massachusetts delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention. Senator
Lodge was Reed man AT St Louis IN
1886. but that fact has never been heid
up against him by MIR. Mckinley. III is
said. however that Lodge was not con-
suited about the appointment OF John ID.
Long as Secretary of the Navy, in the
Mckinley Cabinet. combination pc
tween Roosevelt, Lodge, and Reed mighi
prevent the election OF many Mckinney
delegates in 1900 from either New YORK
or New England
The times., 1898-11-25
GENERAL POLITICAL GOSSIP.


Senator Marcus a. Hanna is expected
in Washington In a few. days. He has
been in New York for the past week. He
was present at the Roosevelt dinner at
the millionaires club on Tuesday evening
and heard the govenor-elect of the En-
pire State exclaim, while pounding the
table to give added emphasis to his words:
~ want a united party behind me dur
ing my administration, and l demand a
united party In the fight for the election
of Republican President in 19OO'
Between the lines Senator Hanna, 1t Is
understood, thought he perceived in the
observation just quoted an intimation
that Col Roosevelt expects to be In the
field for the Presidency himself two
years hence. As the custodian of the
Mckinley Presidential boom, the Ohio
senator is naturally on the lookout for
possible rivals He has succeeded in keep
ing the track reasonably clear up to date,
but this man Roosevelt promises to give
him some trouble. He will probably give
the case of Col. Roosevelt serious atten-
tion from this time on. His efforts, 1t
is said, will be directed chiefly to coniinins
the Roosevelt Presidential boom to the
State of New York, knowing that 1t VIII
not be dangerous unless 1t spreads outside
of the State. When Mr.. Hanna gets to
Washington he will start his machinery
in motion and "A rigid political quarantine
will be maintained around the Empire
State for the next two years.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02
windsor ConntY,s Choice.

The latest candidate to be drought
out for the office of secretary of state
is Hon. Victor |. Spear of Braintree
and really the suggestion is worthy OF
a second thought Mr.. Spear is man
who has given evidence of qualifica-
tons fitting to the position. He has
been connected with the state board of
agriculture for some years past as sec
rotary. and has done voluntarily much
special work which is of real and last
ing benefit to the agricultural interests
of the state, notable portion of that
work being the collection and publica-
ton of large amount of reliable and
important statistics bearing upon the
subject. Along another line he has
within the same period accomplished a
great deal to make known the many
attractions of the state for 'ssummer
visitors and to demonstrate to out
siders the advantages of Vermont
farms and water privileges as business
Investments. He has done this with
unsparing work, and accomplished
admirable results. Since the coming
of the tuberculin test to Vermont he has
been most prominently identified with
the effort of the state to rid its dairy
herds of tuberculosis, and his thorough
work in that connection is almost a
matter of history. Mr.. Spear is not an
office-holder of the purely ornamental
sort; he is a worker. anu he has capa-
bilities which bring success out of his
efforts. The Standard believes that
if a change is to be made in this office
at the next election, no more fortunate
selection could be made for that place
than the Hon. Victor |. Spear of Brain
tree Woodstock Standard.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-06-02

There is a strong sentiment in favor
of new set OF state officers from gov
ernor down. If a change is 70 be
made we would suggest the following
For governor, Edward c. Smith of St.
Adams; for acknowledgements; DIR.
II. ID. Holton of Brattleboro for secre-
tary of state, Victor |. Spear of Brain
tree; for state treasurer, ID. III. Lewis
of Nergennes for state auditor. o. NJ.
Barber of Arlington. The foregoing
gentlemen would make strong COM
bination. Bristol Herald.