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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

was given out that the schurman peace
commission offered Aguinaldo 5000 a year
and local self government for his people II
he would induce them TO quit fighting. and
that the offer was refused, the rebel chief
standing out for complete independence for
the Philippines. Neither. evidently. had
Mr.. McCutchcon heard OF our treaty With
the sultan Of Sulu. under which that vassai
receives an annual subsidy and IL secured
in certain domestic privileges.
Had the correspondent been in possession
OF this later intelligence and communicated
It to Ii Hung Chang, the latter would
doubtless have given his hearty approval to
these efforts in behalf OF peace. In his view
they would seem as morally commendable
as they are practically judicious In the
view OF western statesmen. That is tn,
difference between the semi barbarous and
the civilized mind. We may do Chinese
things, but we do not permit ourselves to
become blas-eyed when passing upon thc!t
ethical quality. Though circumstances may
render 1t expedient to resort to bribery and
to tolerate for a season polygamy and elav-
cry In a portion OF the Aslatic territory over
which the stars and stripes float, we do moi
corrupt ourselves by saying. as Ii Huns
Chang would. that these things are right
We are moral, and deplore the necessity
which compels us to do evil that good may
core, The eminent Chinaman would thinl
1t mere hypocrisy to pretend to be shocked
by the moral complexion OF his own deedi
OF craftsmanship.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
HE MERELY DIDN'T THINK.

s.. E. Kiser in Chicago Times-Herald.
Used to let his poor old mother go and
She was just a %packhorse fer him. but he
never understood;
Never thought of bringin' water from the
spring down by the lane
Or of helpin' her to gether in the clos
Let. her keep a-waitin' on him. though
-. her back was achin' So.
'Twasn't cause he didn't love her-he
just didn't think, you know.
Then he went away and married-left her
Twin there alone
she had people of her own
And he carried in the kindlin' and he
built the fires, too.
there was he didn't do
Had to hustle now, ] tell you! Got to
49, thinkin'; too, at last
That he might of been a little mite more
thoughtful in the past.
After while the weary mother put her
And We went and heard the preacher
praise the poor old soul one day,
And I stood and looked down at her when
Poor old hands! l didn't wonder that her
boy set there and cried
Just as If he. couldn't bear it-just as IL
his heart'd break
He had kind of got to seem What she'd
suffered fer his sake.
There's a lot of kinds OF sinnin' that
the good book tells about
Sins concernin' which a body needn't ever
be in doubt,
a man who doesn't think
Will be held TO strict account fer when
he goes acrost the brink
Fer the wrong that's done a person by
another's want of thought
Hurts as much as though the injured
was the victim of a plot!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
A HEATHEN VIEW.
Ii Hung Chang Makes a Few Remarks
on American Expansion.
PhiIadelphla Norm american lrepl

Philadelphia North American (rep.)
Ii Hung Chang, though not a glitteTing
success as the savior OF China from either
the japanese or the Europeans. considers
himself competent to c~riticise the govern
ment of the United States and offer 1t ad-
vice. In an interview with John T. Nc
Cutcheon, the we'll known correspondent OF
the Chicago Record, he said hat We have
cast aside our traditional policy OF honor,
riches and safety and entered upon the
same land-grabbing plan as England, Ger
many and Russia" Moreover, our war
president actually impresses this distant
Oriental as a weak and uncertain man. -
The interview is very amusing, not only In
its queer judgments OF policies and men, but
in its heathenish morality. Mr.. McCutcheon
illustrates:
sis Aguinaldo not a man Of ability and
patriotism? ?" asked the distinguished states
man.
"Aguinaldo," ] replied. sold out to Spain
once. and possibly is waiting for the chance
to sell out again"
Then why not buy him off?" asked his
excellency.
Because" I said, at would be against
American policy"
you have already begun buying islands"
he retorted. you paid $50, 900, 900 TO Spain
after the war had ceased. Would II not be
a good idea to pay a little more TO complete
the bargain and prevent further loss Of
American life and an endless pension roll? p
Mr.. Accutcheon wrote before the news
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
ROASTING.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier, chiefly upon the attitude of
Canada toward the United States and
his appeals to the people are character
lied by a kind of boast,ng which, while
it may be effective politically, is GER
tainly not statesmanlike. In a recent
speech the premier professed to desire
to be on the best of terms with the
American people, but, he said, 1--WE
can live without them; we can prosper
without them" and if the price of bet
ter relations Is to be "the sacrifice of
Canadian honor, we will have none of
that price and we will continue to do
as we are doing now, padding our own
canoe" Sir Wilfrid said in regard to
the Alaskan boundary that it was be-
cause the Canadians stood by their
rights that they have o obtained the
success which they might have eX
pected.
Doubtless Canada can live without
but it may be doubted whether that
country could prosper If the market il
has here for its products should be cut
off. 1t is true that Canada imports
from the United States much more than
she exports TO this country, but the lat.
ter, amounting last year to over $685..
100000, is a quite important contribu'
ton to the prosperity Of her people,
which they could i'll afford to lose. MOI
would the Canadians probably live sc
well without what they buy from the
United States. Much of what they i'm
port from this country they could not
obtain elsewhere and such things as
| they could buy in other markets they
would probably have to pay more for.
The talk of Premier Laurier about
sacrificing Canadian honor" as the
| price Of better relations with the United
States Is quite absurd. There is nc
honor in the conduct of Canada regard
ing the Alaskan boundary issue. The
assumptions of that government, its de
mands for the concession of American
territory and its perverse and obstinate
obstruction Of negotiations relating to
the boundary question, have been any
| thing but honorable. What honor was
there in Canada refusing to permit any
of the issues with the United States
to be adjusted unless this country
should yield to the extraordinary con
cessions in Alaska that were demanded
There are mutual interests which
both countries should seek by all fail
and honorable means to conserve. The
United States has shown a desire and
willingness to do this. Canada's course
on the contrary, has been dictated by
utter selfishness.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

After an absence OF fifty years Senator
Nelson Of Minnesota is visiting Norway, his
native country.
Five generations Of one family attended
the services in the Methodist church in
Bloomingsburg, o., on a recent Sunday.
They were all ii the female line.
Some practical jokers in New York gave
a sleeping man a "naphtha shampoo" and
then woke him up suddenly to light a
cigarette. He was burned to death.
The late Ex-Governor Flower put his own
property into other securities than those he
was booming on the stock exchange. The
so-called Flower specialties were most valu-
able stocks-for others to buy.
A fruit grower in Mendocino county, Cali
fornia, shipped SO, 6S3 pounds of Bartlett
pears, which were raised on four and one
half acres of ground, and he received SO per
ton for them under a contract made early in
the season.
A big department store in New York has
offered Dreyfus 1000, 900 francs for his story
OF his famous case, to be published in book
form. This is 5000, 900 and may seem a very
big price unless the advertising value OF the
offer Is included in the estimate.
Martin Dooley's parting words to a noston
interviewer were good. He borrowed lie
uN5aaS Va NAS w Va :. III ~.
Guerin, who when addressing the c lief of
the Paris police from the housetco cried
Have your will, minion, but doa't iare 10
make me ridiculous"
Ten-year old Carrie S. shubrick, who
will christen the torpedo boat Shubrlck,
lives at Rocky Mount, N. c., and is the
granddaughter of Lieutenant Edmond T.
Shubrick, whose father was the famous
commander. She Is also the great-grand-
niece of Rear Admiral William B. Shubrick.
Brewers are interested in the claim that
liquid air may be used instead of Ice in the
manufacture OF beer and that one gallor OF
1t, costing 1 cent, will do the work OF eighty
five pounds Of ice. Consumers OF the bever-
age are concerned lest with such a process
the froth will be greater than ever.
THE boys who fought at home" being
members OF the First Pennsylvania re-
serves, who were engaged on Little Round
top during the battle in July, 1863. held a
reunion at Gettysburg on Monday. septem-
Der II. The homes OF many of these SOL
diers were in plain view from the spot
where they fought.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

cut a memorial in which is pointed
out the disastrous effect on tobacco
growing and it's allied industries in this
country that will inevitably result from
allowing free trade with u new pos
sessions. The status of Porto Rico and
the Philippines is the question of i'm
mediate interest to the New England
tobacco growers, but their objection to
annexing those islands, or establishing
free trade with them, applies with equal
or greater force to Cuba. To annex
that island and allow its tobacco to
come into free competition in our mar
ket with that produced in the United
States would undoubtedly be very dam
aging If not disastrous to the American
interest and this country would derive
no ~compensating advantage. The de-
struction of the home industry would
result wholly TO the advantage of the
Cuban planters and at the same time
the government would lose revenue.
There is another American interest
which is very much concerned In the
question of Cuban annexation. 1t is
the sugar industry. A free American
market for Cuban sugar, which would
inevitably ensue from annexation, would
be as certainly disastrous to our sugar
industry as would free tobacco to that
American interest. 1t would give a
tremendous impetus to the develop
ment of sugar production in Cuba and
as this is carried on with much cheaper
labor thai here 1t could not fail to he
destructive Of the home industry. Here
also there would be sacrificed an i'm
portant interest of great promise with
out any c~ompensating advantage to WI
people. Only the Cuban planters would
be benefited, while the national treas
ury would lose venue.
These very practical considerations,
it seems to us, weigh strongly against
Cuban annexation, If inGeed they be not
conclusive objections to it. AS to the
statement that everything is tending
toward annexation, we doubt whether
it is true, though there is unquestiol-
ably a large and influential element In
Cuba favorable to it. But if it is true
this government would not be justified
in giving it any c|ountenance or encour
agement, as suggested by our eastern
contemporary.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

CUBAN

An eastern paper expresses the opin-
ion that the welfare of Cuba lies in an
nexation and suggests II It would not
be wise, before trying to establish a
government there, to permit the author
lied voters to determine whether or not
they would prefer annexation. 1t says:
Everything is tending toward annexa
ton and our proper course, 1t seems
to us, is TO found local governments
throughout the island and so establish
the prosperity Of Cuba under our di-
reciion that the desire will be general
for the joining together of the two
countries" There can be no doubt that
the welfare of Cuba would be promoted
'oy annexation, but what would be the
effect on American interests with which
those of Cuba compete?
The New England association OF to-
bacco growers has addressed TO the
United States senators from Connecti-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
THE TRANsvAAL QUARREL.

If one were to Judge solely by the
warlike preparations the conclusion
must be that hostilitles between Great
Britain and the Boer republic are in
evitable, but there are conditions which
make it possible that wal will be
! averted, though it must be admitted
that the chances are small for an annie
able settlement of the controversy. This
is so for the reason that as to the
really vital point neither party is will
ing to give way.
On the part of Great Britain there Is
the claim of general sovereignty in the
Transvaal. The Transvaul republic, on
the other hand, claims to be an inter-
national sovereign state. Referring TO
these claims in his recent address to his
constituents Sir William Vernon Har-
court, former liberal leader in the
House of Commons, said that both sides
have made allegations which cannot be
maintained by either. Another distin-
guished British statesman, Mr.. Morley,
said in n recent address that suzer-
ainty is not sovereignty and that under
the conventions of 1881 and 1854 the
British government recognized the COM
plete independence and autonomy of the
South African republic, subject only to
the restriction that that republic should
have no power to enter into any treaties
without the consent Of Great Britain.
There is reason to believe that If the
British government should now adopt
this view and surrender its claim of a
right to interfere in the internal affairs
of. the Transvual it could secure the re-
forms that are asked. but according to
the latest advices Mr.. Chamberlain is
unwilling to do this, which would be
an acknowledgment that he had COM
mitted an error, and 1t seems that the
other members of the cabinet are dis
posed TO sustain him, though undoubt-
eddy Salisbury desires to avoid var
There is n very strong sentiment in
England favorable to an aggressive pol
Icy and this may prevail, but the oppo.
sition to war Is by no means insignifi-
IA 1t is led by some Of the most in
tiuential men in the country. The pres
sure for war comes chiefly from the
Outlanders in the T1ansvaal and from
British interests in South Africa which
expect to profit from hostilities, should
the result be the overthrow of the
South African republic and the appro-
priation Of the country by Great Brit
ain.
Meanwhile there Is a strong express
Beers, this being especially marked in
Germany, whose interests in South
Africa, it is urged, might be jeopardized
by war. 1t is not probable, however,
that these expressions will exert any
influence with the British government.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
Veterans Entitled to Lead.

CnlCdSO NEWS.
Young men who fought in the recent war
can step aside and doff their caps while the
grizzled veterans celebrate the anniversary
of Ch~ickamauga's two days battle. There
were more men killed at Chickamauga than
fell in all the battles and skirmishes from
Manila to Santiago; there were more men
wounded in "the great battle of the west"
than there were engaged under Skaters
flag, and there were about as many men in
the Chickamauga fray as Spain sent TO Cuba
during the whole of the long rebellion. San
tiago's winning fight, great as it was to the
youths who charged up San Juan hill, would
have seemed but trifing to the followers of
Rosecrans and Bragg on September 20, 1868.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

j. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
On Thursday, August 81, 1899, the old set
tiers in the county south OF Otoe gathered
at Nemaha City for a picnic and a general
interchange Of experiences and reminis-
cences. Governor Robert Furnas, who was
a principal figure on the occasion, estimated
the number present at between 1000 and
5000.
They were a stalwart folk. They were
joyous and exuberant in health and pros
perity. Instead of arriving at the grounds
In OK wagons as they would have done
thirty-fve or forty years ago, they came in
pretty surveys, nice buggies and comfortable
carriages.
The pleasure vehicles in attendance num-
bered so many that good Judges estimated
them to have cost more than $50. 900. Poor
farmers! How plutocratic tyranny rides
themi
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
LESSONS IN WELL DOING.
Nebraska Preacher Cited ms "A Modern
Example.

Chicago Times-IIerald.
Rev. A. w. Hobson OF Lyons, Neb., Is CIV
ing a lesson in we'll doing that deserves vide
publication. Lyons is neither n large nor a
wealthy town, and MIR. Hobson's congrega-
ton is not made up OF people who could
AFFORD to pay much for salvation even II they
were inclined to do so. Few II any OF them
can rent pews; they have no money to con-
tribute TO the maintenance of a handsome
residence for the pastor, and they do not
even find 1t possible to pay him a salary for
the pearls Of wisdom that fall from his lips
and the CLEANS OF hope that radiate from
him.
These little shortcomings do not serve.
however, TO keep the good man from preach.
ing Just as earnestly or praying just as
fervently for the salvation of the souls of
his hearers as If they were all millionaires
and he were the recipient of a salary OF $50,
900 a year. And in addition to preaching for
nothing Rev. Mr.. Hobson rings the church
bell himself, provides the fuel that is neces-
sary to keep the edlnce warm. sweeps the
sanctuary on sweeping days and sincerely
cries aloud: whatsoever will may come"
The example he furnishes is a beautiful
one, He Is giving an exhibition OF earn
estness that should be an inspiration to peo-
pie who are disposed TO seek shelter from
the storms OF unbelief and of skeptic'sm
that blow around the world today. He teaches
US that there are Father Damiens yet.
Such earnestness as is shown by Rev. Mr.
Hobson OF Nebraska and by the English
clergyman who recently donned blouse and
o~yeralls and painted his church. because his
congregation could not AFFORD to pay a
painter. confounds the pessimists who cry
that religion is only for women and that the
preaching OF the gospel has become but .
trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
Chaplain Mailley is being taken to

Chaplain Mailley is being taken to
task by popocratic organs for speaking
in the republican state convention in
favor OF the republican candidate as
against Candidate Holeomb, who. as
governor, appointed him to be chaplain
OF the Nebraska militia. Instead of
berating Mailley for going back on
Holcomb, the ~popocratic fault finders
should berate Holcomb for taking up a
fight against President Mckinley whom
he pretended to be so anxious to sup
port when the call to arms was sounded
a year and a half age
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS

OMAHA, Sept. 22.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: AS it is soon time for the
city republican convention to select
five candidates for school board would
it not be we'll to pledge all candt-
dates in advance to a policy OF retrenchment
and economy; also TO a revision Of the rules
of the board touching the selection of
teachers? The present rules give the SUI
perintendent autocratic power, and in the
interest of justice and fair play they should
be changed.
The candidates should pledge themselves
In advance that the schools should not cost
the community more than $3.50 900 per an
mum. ", BURWELL.
These are timely and pertinent sug-
| gestions. The call for retrenchment and
economy in the management Of our pub
lie schools is timely and voices the senti-
ment of taxpayers, who have a right to
demand that the Board of Education
shall turn over a new leaf and stop
time maintain the standard of the
schools. Whether the limit of eX-
/ penditure should be fixed at $500 0
would depend upon the legitimate de-
mands made upon the board by reason
of increased attendance and additional
| cost entailed by the enlargement of old
school buildings and the erection of new
ones.
AS to the autocratic powers of the
superintendent there may be a diver
gence of opinion. If the superintendent
is competent and impartial he should be
. clothed with authority to select his sub
ordinates and enforce the rules govern
ing the schools. If he is not competent
he should be paid a bonus to vacate in
favor of a man who is.
In any event, however, an expression
Of public sentiment through the press
and an exchange of views as to the re-
form needed and the pledges to be
exacted for candidates are in order.
If The Bee interprets the consensus Of
opinion rightly there is a general agree
ment on n point, and that is that
there is room for improvement in the
membership Of the school board. 1t is
also regarded as a foregone conclusion
that a majority of the outgoing mem
bers lack the essential elements of p
la~rity-namely, public confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

Three years ago it was the British
gold standard that Bryan tried TO use
as a bugaboo TO frighten people into
voting for him. Now he is reading
newspaper clippings to show that the
British are enthusiastic over American
expansion and British Imperialism is
TO do scarecrow service. But the Brit
ish income tax, TO which Bryan is SO
deyotedly committed, has no terrOrs
whatever any more than the British
free trade for which he was so y~ocifer-
ously clamoring when in congress. The
British red flag is intended only for the
Irish bull.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

of any part of the country. The devel-
opment of its resources, which awaits
only the necessary capital, will startle
the world with the quality and guam
tity of the outuut when the work is
well under way. For decades The Bee
has pointed to the Black Hills as the
most promising mining district any
where because of its varied and illimit-
able resources. Its wealth in coal, iron,
petroleum and mineral oils is scarcely
second to its gold, silver, and more
precious metals and It will not lie idle
as now many years longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

In the florescent language of the spe-
cial Bryan press agent who is trailing
the great orator over the Nebraska
prairies the stage at Grand Island
twas beautifully decorated with flags
and bunting and the likenesses of those
greatest of modern democrats, Abra-
ham Lincoln and w. J. Bryan" We
have not been surprised to have
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
held up as Bryan democrats, or even
to have the shade of George Washing
ton brought out to c~onjure up a re-
semblance to the Nebraska colonel. In
the campaign Of 1896 Lincoln was freely
quoted and initiated by the silver cham
pion, but the republicanism OF Lincoln
vas never questioned. To label a por-
trait of Abraham Lincoln with the sign
board of democracy Is an imputation of
the honesty and sincerity of the mar
tyred president. If Lincoln was a dem
ocrat what were Douglas, Breckenridge
and all the others who ranged them
selves against him in the political con-
tests of his day?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25
The republican county

The republican county convention
nominated b. f. Thomas for the posi-
ton of police judge. The fusion city
convention nominated s. 1. Gordon for
that position. Now, IL the name of Mr..
Thomas is inserted in the county ticket
and the name of Gordon in the city
ticket we are sure to elect two police
judges and the question would rhen be
who is who and which is which.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-25

Friends Of the Transvaal meeting In
Berlin have asked Emperor William to
employ his good offices to prevent
Great Britain from making war upon
the South African republic. Put 1T
down that In case Of conflict with Great
Britain practically every n in Ger
many will be counted among the friends
OF the Transvaal.