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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-02
LIGHTS AND SHADES

The attitude Of the Porto Ricans tow
ard the United States furnishes strik-
ing contrast with that assumed by the
Cubans, to secure liberty for whom we
claim to have engaged in costly war.
To the latter we have pledged about
everything, while demanding nothing but
that they behave themselves, and await
patiently for the coming sunshine of
truth and redemption. Whatever their
grievances, it is inconceivable that they
are justified in sulking at this time, or
in practically withdrawing from an al
lance into which they eagerly entered
few months ago, fulsome in their pledges
of fealty.
To the Porto Ricans we breathed no
word of promise to the ear. They were
themselves upon the eve Of revolt
against Spanish tyranny, and without
asking their lief we invaded their land.
and are daily extending our domination
over it. Without so much as inquiring
what we propose to do with it or Them
they welcome our marines and our SOL
diers with hearty acclaim, they shout
with unconcealed Joy over the substitu-
ton of Old Glory for the flag under
which they have lived for four hundred
years, invite our boys to help themselves
to what they see and to ask for what is
not in sight, banquet the officers of our
ships and drive cattle into the towns for
the subsistence Of our hungry men.
About the only request they have made
Is for American flags with which to
decorate their homes and places of bust
ness! The first requisition Of General
Miles upon the war department includes
"any national colors that can be spared.
to be given to the different authorities"
He volunteers the information that
"four-fifths of the people are overjoyed
at the arrival of the army" They have
begun to date their letters "U. S. A."
1t is inconceivable that all Of this en-
thusiasm over the arrival Of the Yam
KEGS is simulated. 1t is probably genu-
inc. The mayor of Ponce, just prior to
the event, was sent to Jail for singing
yankee Doodle" in the public streets!
That must be regarded as difficult
undertaking for a real Latin, under any
possible combination of circumstances
in his instance it was dangerous as well,
for Spaniards have been drawn and quar-
tered for less reasonable demonstra-
tions. And this was done while yet the
town was garrisoned with Spanish
troops, while yet the flag of Spain float
ed over the citadel, before the coming Of
the Americans had been heralded, for
it was not known by our own war officials
that Ponce had been decided upon as
the objective point of the Miles expedi-
ton.
How constant the Porto Ricans may
be in their fealty to American flag
and institutions remains to be seen. 1t
is perhaps too early to base any definite
calculations upon it-"Spaniard mighty
onsartin''-but the welcome accorded
our advance agents in blue comprehends
the most pleasing episode of the war
thus far
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THE MOTHER OF OLD GLORY

When you sing of 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner,"
OF our colors, 1.-The Red White and Blue"
And you Rally around the flag, boys"
To honor our heroes so true,
Don't forget to give three hearty cheers,
boys,
And lift OFF your hats for a toss,
In high honor of "Old Glory's" mother
Colonial dame, Betsy Ross.
Twas her fingers so deft and so clever
That General Washington sought,
When he wanted the first flag of freedom
BY the best of needle-work wrought.
She had hemmed all the fine linen ruffles
That on his shirt bosom he wore,
And he knew that her work would do honor
To the banner our new nation bore.
Her sharp scissors cut out the star pattern;
She measured the stripes on her lap,
AS she sat in the splint-bottomed rocker
In her clean starched kerchief and cap.
With most careful precision she basted
Thirteen pure, white stars on the blue,
Then felled them all down with such
stitches
AS proved to be lasting and true.
General Washington smiled with approval
When the work was finished, and there
Was unfurled the first flag of our nation
From the needle-skilled DANES sewing
chair.
But in the long march that bright constel-
lation
Has grown larger and brighter with stars,
Which shine with glory Respondent
All over its red and white bars.
Our world-honored flag! Let 1t rise, let It
rise,
All over our country today,
While this great republic in reverence
bends
To the God of our nation, to pray
That He will give power and wisdom
To the brave, who follow it's lead
That the chain of oppression be broken.
A long-suffering people be freed
Susan Teall Perry in Stockbridge (Mass. J
Evangelist.
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!: The San FRANCISCO PRESS :
Aruinaldo's Folly

AguinaIdo is now threatening the Amer
lean troops, all Of which goes to show that
he is a misfit leader as well as an migrate.
The chance he has In the Philippines was
given him by the United States, and this
country. II It should choose to withdraw
Its physical support. would take that
chance away. Undoubtedly If the Ameri-
cans were to leave the archipelago to
Spain the latter would occupy them with
the army withdrawn from the West In
dies, subdue an island at time and give
the tasseled Aguinaldo short shritt. he
risks everything and gains nothing by
turning against the United estate. whlch
is all that stands in the way OF his early
Embellishments.
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THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT

The disposition Of the Philippines is
to be left open for future consideration.
How prudent this shall be remains to
be demonstrated. The wisdom of it may
be questioned by those who best under
stand Spanish character, and who are
warranted in apprehending trickery and
deceit in the exploitation of Spanish dip
lomatic finesse. But it is certain that
our government is yet in doubt as to
what is best to do, and what is best to
demand. And 1t begins to be apparent
that the problem vexes the
Spaniard quite as much as the
Yankee, for in any contingency
there are ten millions Of people
to be reckoned with. Just now they ap-
pear to be quite alarmingly assertive.
General Merritt lost NO time in advising
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Mills and Mcguire

William H. Mills of the Southern Pacific
company does not like Representative
James G. Mcguire, and that is natural, but
not to Mr.. Maguire's discredit. Mr.. Mills
owns a.. curious taste in argument, and
when he has called Mr.. Mcguire Judas
he appears to think he has settled the
whole thing. Mr.. Mcguire, 1t seems,
played Judas in what Mr.. Mills calls an
unconscious mood but he is not good
enough to explain what sort of psychology
ical phenomenon that may be. unless Mr..
Mcguire is somnambulist or has been
hypnotized by Mr.. Mills.-Examiner.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-02
The Time for Fitzhugh Leo

Some friends Of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee are
represented to be chatting because ne Is held
in camp with his corps at Jacksonville,
while other generals go to Santiago and
Porto Rico. They are not wise friends.
Havana has not yet been attacked. Perhaps
there will be no need to go against Its 80
miles of defenses. The surrender of the
island may come without. But even II there
Is no active campaign against Havana, no
fighting for the possession Of the chief city,
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will probably be called
upon to perform a most important part.
Everybody now sees that the establishment,
of a new government in Cuba is going TO
be more serious matter than the expulsion
of the Spaniards. The president will need
wise representatives in Cuba on the day
after the flag comes down at Havana. Then
will be wanted strong Americans who can
command the confidence Of the residents
Of the island, the Cuban patriot and the
intransigente, the autonomist and the vol
unteer. If there is going to be possible a
reconstruction Of government for that I'M
happy country, short Of absolute military
dictatorship, If representative government
in Cuba is to be practicable, the result must
come through the hold on the leaders of
chosen to act for the president in the solu-
ton Of the problem are able to exercise
Fitzhugh Lee will be in a position to rem
der his own country and Cuba a service
with which the winning of a battle is not
to be Washington Telegram to
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Future Veteran Reunions

Henceforth there should be no more
separate reunions of the Grand Army or
OF the Confederate veterans, but there
should be an annual reunion of the veter-
ans of the blue and the gray in fraternaI
brotherhood to keep alive the memories
of the matchless heroism of the American
people. Santiago has effaced all lines be-
tween the soldiers Of the north and the
south, and the survivors Of our civil war,
whose number must now rapidly diminish.
should meet together in annual reunions
to commemorate the grandeur of the
noblest republic in the world-Philadel-
phia Times.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-02
SNAP SHOTS FROM
THE WAR NEWS
The "Army" Beggar

The army beggar has arrived. A man
who is probably the forerunner of a new
type Of mendicant which will soon infest
this city was doing a large business
through the street just north of city hall
yesterday. He wears tattered army uni
form. the trousers frayed and muddy,
while he carries his right arm in a sling
His face Is adorned by a weeks growth of
stubble.
He touches his felt hat torn apparently
by Mauser bullets, and says: Friend,
was wounded at Santiago and sent across
to the hospital at Key West. This coat
was torn by the barbed wire trocha as
my regiment charged UP the hill at Ell
Caney, and 1 fell in the second ditch. As
soon as 1 could walk I started from Key
West with 1920 for my h cme in Northamp-
ton, and have worked my way as far as
here. I need only 81 more to get home 10
my wife. Can't you help me little?"
This usually appeals to the sympathy Of
the nearer. The battle SCARED veteran en-
tered a well-known saloon near the GRIM
inal courts, in Center street, about
o'clock yesterday, and collected $110. AS
he was preparing to leave, with tears of
gratitude trickling down his cheeks, the
proprietor offered him drink, and while
he was standing at the bar noticed that
there was no emblem of service on his
hat This aroused the proprietors sus-
picion, and he asked abruptly: my good
man, where's your emblem of service?"
The man replied in confused manner:
IT lost my hat when fell, and this was
given me at Key West"
what regiment did you belong to?" con-
tinued the questioncr.
1.-THE Nineteenth Massachusetts," said
The man in uniform.
"How long ago were you wounded?"
asked the proprietor.
The reply was: about six weeks"
A few more questions exposed the fact
that the imposter had not only not been
in Cuba, but knew less of the fighting
about Santiago than could be gathered
from an occasional intelligent perusal Of
the bulletin boards on Park row. The
proprietor of the saloon was too good ma
tured to have the man arrested and he es-
capped with his money.
An inquiry revealed the fact that an old
clothes dealer in Water street has begun
the business Of furnishing these disrepu-
table army uniforms at a very low f1s-
ure, and in few days they may be ex-
pected to appear throughout the city,
New York Sun.
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ment who were overseers of these ships did
not fancy giving Spain good cruisers as
much as they fancied putting money in
their purses. An ex-officer of Spain's army
tells me that to move two regiments of in
fantry 100 miles in his country means THEW
ing from the government of enough money
to equip another regiment. No one compa-
tent has yet had time to inspect Cervera'y
vessels, but the impression is that, in addi-
ton to God and the gunners, we were as.
sisted by the corruptness of Spanish off,
cial Notwithstanding Letter to the New
York Post.
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the war department that he should need
all of the troops assigned to him. An
authority estimates that he will need
1906 men to conquer the islands. We
have the ships, the guns. the men and the
money. But the sober second thought Of
the administration, as it will later be Of
the people, questions the wisdom of en-
ploying our equipment for that pur-
pose. To Spain, on the other hand, the
problem is full of perplexities, for she
will emerge from the war utterly in
capable of coping with it. She has the
men only. She is destitute of bottoms in
which to transfer them to the islands.
She is bankrupt in purse, and her credi-
tors in all parts Of the world will seriously
object to her entering at once upon a
costly campaign against the Philippine
insurgents. Already a new light begins
to dawn upon her befuddled statesmen.
A London News Madrid special says:
Some of the leading members of the
conservative party question the utility
of preserving the Philippines, because
of the enormous expense that sup
preston Of the insurgents would entail
When the full significance Of Spain's
position is realized, as it must soon
come to be, it is likely that the Conserva-
tive party will embrace the best minds
of the nation. and that conservative poll
cies will dominate its affairs.
Independence for the Philippines is
manifest destiny. And the sooner Spain
and the United States recognize the fact
the better 1t will be for both countries.
The sooner they Join in proclaiming it.
the sooner will the peace Of each be in
sured.
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Making a War Record

Major Dufick is making a great war
record isn't hep
''Td like to know how you make that out.
He's still here"
II know. But he is making all the flag
presentation speeches as the various COM
panies are being sent to the front."-Chi-
cago News.
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Enough Cripples of Our Own

Attorney General Griggs has decided that
transportation companies must not bring
into the country aliens suffering from
loathsome diseases. 1t was time to put up
this particular bar. Counting the lepers
of Hawaii and the fever-stricken residents
of Santiago. we have contagious enough
Of our own. 1t is one thing for the country
to be haven for the oppressed. but 1t
would be quite another for 1t to be made a
sanitarium for the diseased Of all nations.
-PhiIadslphia Record.
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Santa Clara Insanity

S. A. Moulton, Santa Clara orchardist
is to be examined as to his sanity, one of the
principal reasons advanced by his neigh
bors in support of their claim that he is
mentally unbalanced being the fact that
Mr.. Moulton has hung sign in front of
his packing house which bears the inscrip-
ton: "Tramps are welcome here" This
is an Interpretation of the Golden Rule
which apparently strikes the average San
ia Clara resident as being entirely too real
istic.-Post.
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did Spanish Corruption Help Usp

AS matter of fact the Almirante Oquen-
do and the Infanta Maria Teresa seem to
have been poorly constructed. If they have
a belt of Harveyized steel II inches thick, as
naval registers declare, it is not easily dis
covered-but there are shot holes, some
made by pinch guns, all over their port
sides. Probably the officers Of thu govern
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Profitable Patience

An Illinois regiment is in danger of being
mustered out of the service because OF the
row 1t is making over not being sent to the
front. The men in that regiment have their
first lesson in military duty to learn. Sol
diers camped in San Francisco for many
weeks have been just as eager to be sent
but all the time have realized that they
were soldiers.1Call.
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Well Enough to- Fight,

The chaplain of the Texas was too Ill to
conduct services that memorable Sunday,
but when the ball was opened he hoped
out of bed and took gun. Now this Is all
wrong. The chaplain was there to preach,
and, as good officer, he should have
preached, no matter how he felt. And yet,
somehow, we rather like that fellow
ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
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The sleuthhounds Of Santa Monica
have actually discovered nickel-in-the-
slot machine hard by shooting gallery,
but their eyes are still conveniently blind
to the various and nefarious gambling
devices that infest this delightful summer
resort.
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The honors heaped upon General Miles
at the queens jubilee fade into insignifi-
canoe compared with the compliments
contained in the proclamation Of the
alcalde of Yauco. They are easily worth
a trip to Porto Rico.
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structions from the president. This all
reads very funny. Mr.. Mckinley isn't
likely either to reverse or censure him
self. Garcia will have his trouble for
his pains. If he doesn't look out, he may
get freedom when he is least looking for
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Inasmuch as Spain was determined
not to sue for peace until Spanish honor
was satisfied, a curious public would like
to know just when and where the de-
sired satisfaction was secured. A bill
of particulars would serve to clear up the
mystery.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-02

Henri Brisson, the new premier Of
France, declares that the course of the
United States throughout has been no.
BILE, and "a revelation to Europe" The
declaration is important in that 1t doubt
lass foreshadows prompt acceptance of
our terms of peace by Spain. 1t is pleas
ing, in that it will cause Frenchmen
everywhere to revise their opinions of
the Yankee pigs.
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Although fighting is his regular busi-
ness, an early peace is much coveted by
General Alger. He wants time in which
to renew his acquaintance with the col
ored gentlemen who will represent the
Republican party Of the south In the
next national convention Of the party.
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What bothers Spain most, in view OF
the certain loss Of colonial revenues de-
pended upon for payment, is what to do
with $500, 100000 Cuban treasury notes
and $40, 900, 900 Philippine treasury notes
It looks as If she would have to put up
a sign bearing the legend: Closed for
repairs"
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Under No Obligation to Cervera

Cervera has behaved himself like gem
tleman. and he ought therefore to be
treated like one. But there Is no excuse
for trying to convey the impression that
the American public Is much obliged to
washington Star.
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Father Chadwick said ut would be all
the better for the church If its own people
learned to contribute to its support"
That is the way, General Miles told the
priest, we do in America. The Jesuit
a thousand churches in Porto
Rico that have been drawing sustenance
from the public treasury, now cut off.
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A China cable says: 1.-THE American
mission school in the Haiphonk district
has been burned by the natives" Judge
Day will doubtless demand an apology.
The kaiser would doubtless demand a
province.
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Miss Schley got in none too early with
her peace proposals. Had she taken the
precaution to secure credentials and a
passport from her own government, she
might at least have shared honors with
NJ. Cambon.
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They Probably Were

Charley" said young Mrs. Torkins. ''you
have heard Of castles in Spain?"
Eyes"
Ibid you ever see one?'
mo. Why did you ask?"
II was just wondering whether they
aren't built Of those gold bricks you read
about 10 much" ~ WAshin9ton Star.
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Hope is expressed that after treaty
of peace Is duly signed by both powers.
Blanco will give up Havana and chal-
lenge the winner
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Pests in Switzerland

Switzerland is thinking seriously of or
dering Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender,
out of her territory. The little republic also
objects to our San Jose scale, but it is not
explained which insect she regards as the
more dangerous pest.-Bulletin.
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Playing the Part

Johnny, after coaxing your little brother
to play Spaniard, you should not have been
so unfair as to assault him violently
Eyes. NAV, but he played 1t too good. He
went to calling me pig. '-Indianapolis
Journal
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If Spain doesn't really want peace, We
can accommodate her with more of the
other thing.
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Now that peace is in sight, let US hope
Boston will permit the Montreal cadets
with their guns, to visit the city.
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Peace negotiations appear to be pro-
crossing fairly well without the aid of
the powers.
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No danger need be apprehended from
Steve Elkins. A few Cuban franchises
will pacify him.
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General Lee, who was to lead the at
tack on Havana, begins to realize that
he drew a blank.
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The people of this country will never
elect to the presidency man who was
contaminated for desertion from the
army.
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Hanna has declared for Mckinley in
1900. This is better than we expected.
We feared he would declare for Hanna.
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The Cuban government is preparing
an appeal to- President Mckinley from
the acts Of General ehafter. under in
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Eulate Said to Be Growing insane


Captain Eulate of the vizcaya, who is In
captivity here, has been acting strangely
and those who have observed his closely
say he is losing his mind.
Eulate keeps to himself and has little
to say to his fellow officers. Vagaries of
his speech and action are looked upon by
his captors as indications of disodered
mind.
The weeks of suspense prior to the fate
full day when Cervera's fleet tried to break
through the American line of ships had
depressing effect upon Eulate, and the
destruction of his ship was terrible blow
to him.
Eulate is credited with acting the part
of tyrant on board his ship. It Is said
that when his vessel engaged the Amer
lean war vessels the captain of the Viz
caya shot forty of his men because they
refused to man the guns.
A majority of the Spanish officers are in
state of mind that is pitiable, and many
Of them have expressed fears for their
personal safety when they return to SPAIN
Admiral Cervera is happy today, for he
has received the full-dress uniform which
he wore in the battle of Santiago. 1t was
brought to him by one of the officers who
arrived on the Harvard.-Annapolis tele-
gram to the Chicago Tribune.
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Independence Lake
A Charming Spot to
This Summer

This Summer
Boats free to guests. Fine fishing Excellent
tables clean beds and careful attention to pat.
rons. Climate perfect Sixteen miles from
Truckee in the heart of the Sierra, and sur.
rounded BY magnificent trees Of an unbroksn
is clean. No poison oak, no pests, but pure ali
and pure water. Now open to the public.
Independence Lake. QoA