Evening journal., 1899-02-07

knew that Il would not be sent to the
front. How do the members OF the
First Delaware Regiment like this
If Ralph De Soto hau known that the
First Delaware Regiment would not
be sent % the front. the Flnt Della
ware Regiment would nave been the
regiment Of the towards choice, for if
he was hunting for any regiment at
all, It was one when would not be
sent to the front. But he had no such
assurance, and preferred to keep out
Of It altogether rather than run the
risk Of being sent to the front.
The Coward's Advocate says that
Ralph De Soto went 70 New York.
saw one Of the head officials Of the
Cuban junta, and was by him advised
to remain at home where he could
do more good. Now, what could he
do at home? The pink teas and ba-
zaars were over; the war talk was
over; the ridiculous mysterious move
ments Of the local Cuban Junta We're
over; the rumOrs OF local flibuster-
Ing expeditions were over; the Civ
ing out Of ambiguous stories 10 the
press was over. Then, what could
Ralph De Soto do at home, but sit and
suck his fingers, while men who had
less call to take up arms went to the
front to do his fighting for him. II
Ralph De Soto had had any desire to
go to the front he would have gone
to a recruiting office instead Of to the
headquarters Of the Cuban junta in
New York. He had no desire to go
to the front. He was hunting for an
excuse to stay at home. He found It,,
and so did his brothers, and so did his
friends and familiars. Tn pink teas
and Cuban bazaars they had seen
enough Of the horrors or war If the
nation would let them drape It's bunt-
ing, roll its ice cream rreezers, ar
range its tables, dish ite cream and
wash It's spoons and saucers in the
great struggle, they cared not who
Fought It's battles, and shea their
blood, and lost their lives at Ha-
vasa, at El Caney, at Santiago, at Ma
Mia and at Cavite. With them the
spoon was mightier than the sword,
and when they had assisted women
70 wash II and it's accompanying sau-
Ger, their duty to their country and to
STRUGGLING Cuba had been discharged.
They were conducting a lady-cake and
ice cream campaign against Spain, and
1t was separate and distinct from that
OF General Miles, General shafter,
General Wilson. Generai Merritt, Ad-
miral Dewey, Admiral Sampson and
Admiral schley. They shoveled cream
and sang Home, Sweet Homel" with
an energy which was quite discourag-
ing to the Spanish forces, and the
Cowards Advocate devoted columns
10 description of the military ma
neuvers OF this local Cuban junta. Its
owner constituted himself the histor-
IAN OF this distinguished company OF
friends Of Cuban liberty, and IL he
does his work fairly ana impartially
the book viii have emb!azoned upon
It's cover a spoon, saucer and two
categorical figures representing Dys-
pepsia and Congestion OF the stomach
Upon the ly-leaf OF the volume shoult
be the words, Dedicated to Cowardl
by a Coward" and beneath this in
scriptlon there should appear thai
good Old adage that ''He who ighti
and runs away, win live to fight an.
other day."
One OF these De sotos waited unit
the war was over and then went d,
Santiago to deal in bricks. Another
who neither volunteered nor voted
has gone to the port Of Havana to rep
resent the United States in the custom
house, his work being light and hi
pay heavy. The people OF the city d'
not regret their departure, but the.
DO resent the appointment OF a poNrool
and coward like Ralph De Soto TO
position OF honor and trust in the Fed
eral service. They know that there ar
five hundred volunteers IN Delawar
who are not only capable Of ho.dinl
that office, but who would be only to-
g,ad to receive H. They know tha
lDe Soto neither fought nor voted. Tina
he performed none CT the duties O
American citizenship and that Presi
dent Mckinley, the victim OF decer
lion. has appointed him instead Of on
Of them. 1t has become an 81.
sue. and the Regular Republicans q
the state recognize it as such. Col1
mel Henry A. DUPONT has repudiate
the appointment. He says that h
knew nothing Of it until he saw
!, published it in the newspapers. Ii
his business to ascertain who had TIL
man appointed; to demonstrate
7 President Mckinley how grossly b
has been deceived; to demand and OF
? tain his rn-ar ona a., -,,,,-sr,cr - 3D.