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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-05
TIRE soNG OF THE cur.

I am that great old Silver Cup
That's caused such friendly strife
Between John Bull and Uncle Sam
During my checkered life.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
In it's issue of the 18th, Th

In it's issue of the 18th, The
Argus charges our representa-
tives in the Legislature with
having violated their pledges
made to the people before cleo
ton. It says they promised to
do nothing to disturb or amend
the election laws of the terri
tory. We are authorized by
Messrs. Wolff and Parr, to say
that such a statement is wholly
untrue. Thep people in the south
ern part of the county are so
very much afraid that Winslow
will load that two-story court
house on to a hand car and move
it west about thirty miles, that
they asked and obtained a prom
ise from our representatives that
they would make no effort to
change the law in regard to the
removal of county seats. This
promise they have and will keep.
A bill was introduced in the as
sembly repeating the two-third
clause to majority vote. Mr..
Parr opposed, voted against and
the bill was killed. THE MAIL
has repeatedly made the state
ment that the county seat had
been settled by the people of
the county, and that the resi-
dents of Winslow are democrat
ic enough to bow to the will of
the majority.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

peaceful walks of life, 125,OOO now re-
main, and we hope soon we shall have
an army bill such as is fitting for this
mighty country, that we can relieve
these volunteers and put men in their
places willing to serve as soldiers. If
this is denied us, want to pledge
to you that the men in the field,
though their time may be up,
will NEVER be released
There you have it in language
emphatic, clear cut and unmis-
taxable. Though their time
may be up," 125,000 men are to
be held in restraint, at the pleas
ure of William I. Yet it is our
boast that this is 'The land of
the free and the home of the
brave,7 a government s'of the
people, by the people, for the
people,
Senator German said on the
floor of the United States Sen
ate, in speaking to this bill, that
the army was not wanted for
Cuba, Porto Rico or the Phillip
pine Island, but for police duty
right here at home. That it is
the purpose of the Hanna-Mc-
Kinley administration to use the
army to further their ends, be-
comes more apparent every day.
They are so determined to have
a standing army large enough
for their purpose, that it is set
tied there will be an extra ses-
sion for this especial purpose,
unless they can bulldose the
present congress into passing
Hull bill.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
NO. s

liberty and property without
due process of law. The islands
will be governed as a crown
colony. and the president will
be king of the Philippines.
How long, then, will it be be-
fore that immortal ode-Alex-
ander's feast-will cease to be
simply an imaginary picture in
a scene of a long buried past?
''But those who rely on the
authority of Mr.. Webster have
failed to heed his prophesy Of
OF woe in a speech against ex-
pansion and imperialism deliv-
cred shortly before the one
quoted. He said:
Arbitrary governments may
have territories and distant pos
sessions, because arbitrary gov
ernments may rule them by diff
ferent laws and different sys-
TENS. Russia may rule in the
Ukraine and the provinces of
the Caucasus and Kamtchatka
by different codes, ordinances
or ukases. We can do no such
thing. They must be of us,
part of us or else strangers.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
The Los Angeles Herald saws:

The Los Angeles Herald says:
Young Henry George is "chip
of the old block. He was in
vited by the Mayor of Brook
lyn, president of the borough,
they now call it, to act on a
committee to arrange for the
Maine memorial service. He de-
clined, stating that he did not
wish to participate in any pub
lie ceremony that shall even re-
motely seem to approve OF the
policy of the administration at
Washington" And his letter of
declination ended with this in
Cisive sentence: "The freedom
that is given under military
despotism must be as rotten as
the horrible meat that was given
to our citizen soldiers in the re
cent C4ban war
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
To suppress the will of tn

To suppress the will of the
people by the force of arms, the
republican party, today the pli-
ant tool of plutocracy, stands
ready to provide the
classes with a trained army
against the people, an army
under the direction of the ad-
minis alton which itself is the
creature of the classes, says the
Denver Post. The bill has
passed the house; it may not
pass the present senate, but it
surely will the next, for through
the lamentable Incidence of the
people a sufficiently large ma
jority III the service of the plu-
tocracy will be found in both
houses of the next congress to
carry out the demand of the
classes and to smother the pro-
test of the people.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Miles Threatens Suit.

Because the presidents white
washing commission was not an
official or legal body, Major
General Miles is said to be con-
templating a suit for damages
against certain of it's members.
He will have his chance before
the court of inquiry which has
been ordered. If he substanti-
ates his charges, as in effect
he would be compelled to do
before civil tribunal, he will
accomplish undoubtedly all that
he desires. His reputation will
be cleared from the reflections
of the presidents commission
and his enemies will be con-
founded and put to fight. 1t is
not civil damages that he wants
but a determination officially
that "embalmed beef" was
furnished the army in Cuba
and Porto Rico. Gaining this,
General Miles victory will Ee
complete.
The beef scandal is destined
TO play no unimportant part in
the history of President McKin-
ley's administration. The coun-
try is inclined to believe in the
truth of General Miles charges.
The administration in it's efforts
to sustain an efficient and pos
sibly corrupt conduct of = the
war Office is attempting to deny
their truth. Every step in the
matter, from the day General
Miles first made the charges to
the present, has served to con-
vince the country that an at
tempt is being made to cover up
the truth, in order to save the
reputation of Secretary Alger.
But the truth cannot be con-
cealed, and sooner or later is
bound to come out. IF the court
of inquiry develops it, well and
good. What the people ask is
the plain, unvarnished truth,
and all of it.-Rocky Mountain
News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

above the age of ten years, to
absent themselves from Sunday
school and morning and evening
services at some orthodox place
of worship on Sunday, the pen
atty to be a fifty dollar fine or
fifty days in the county jail.
The introducers of these bills
are about twenty years ahead of
the times. Arizona, it is true.
is not as wild and woollv" as
it has been, but it is not yet ripe
for the introduction of any of
the blue laws of New England.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

Secretary Alger, was proba-
bly, in his cups and said more
than he intended, but not more
than he meant, when addressing
the Brooklyn Union League
Club, on the 14th instant. The
plain meaning of his utterances
are, tina whether congress pass
es the army reOrganiza ton bill
or not, it is the intention of the
administration to maintain an
army of 100, 600 men or more. 1t
is rather a bold speech to make,
but it is fair warning to the peO-
pie and their representatives in
congress, that the administra-
ton proposes to carry out its
programme whether the people
or congress like it or not. 1t is
virtually proclaiming William
Mckinley dictator with power
to do as he pleases. After try
ing to apologize for the many
blunders of the Cuban cam
paign, he said:
"Of that $4,000 men, who came in
May and June, 125,000 have returned to
their homes and are now pursuing the
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

Any unprejudiced person who
kept track of the evidence sub
mitted to the commission ap-
pointed to investigate the Com
missary Departments manage
ment during the Cuban cam
paign, cannot help but arrive at
the conclusion that whitewash
was lavishly applied.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate court of Navajo coun-
ty. Arizona Territory in the matter
of the estate of Robert Casbeer, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the es-
tate of Robert Casbeer, deceased, to
the creditors of, and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased
to exhibit them with the neces-
sary vouchers, within ten months after
the first publication of this notice to
the said administrator at his Office, the
same being the place for the transac-
tion of the business of said estate in
Winslow, Navajo county, Territory of
Arizona. w. FL. BURBAGE,
Administrator
Dated Nov. 23d, 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

Gen. Mics threatens to bring
suit against the commission that
investigated the canned meat
scandal. We are for General
Miles. There has been devel-
oped SO much ground for his
charges, that the matter should
be thoroughly sifted and the
bottom facts brought out.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
The monopoly papers, owned

The monopoly papers, owned,
controlled and run in the inter
ests of monopolists and money
bags, call it nonprogression to
refuse to exempt from taxation,
enterprises in which capitalists
can see their way clear to invest
thousands and thousands of dol
lars. It may be progression to
foster these enterprises by sub
sidizing them in an indirect way;
but it is progression in the wrong
direction. It is progressing
along the lines that is rapidly
undermining the very founda-
tion of our government. It is
special legislation. 1t is for the
benefit of the few, to the detri-
ment of the many. 1t is of that
class of legislation which has
created so many multo-million-
aires during the past thirty
years. It is not democratic.
Monied men are not in the habit
of investing in any enterprise,
unless they can see a fair profit
on their investment.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

There is nothing small about
Mark Hanna. If he can get his
scheme for subsidizing the mer-
chant marine service through
congress, his rake off will be
about $40, 900, 900 a year. Mar
Gus did not buy his way into the
United States Senate for glory
alone.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
There appears to be a consiC

There appears to be a consid-
erable element of effete moss
backs from the east in the pres
ent legislature. Bills have been
introduced tosuppress gambling
to close saloons on Sunday, to
prohibit the employment of fe-
male musicians in saloons, to
raise liquor licenses so high that
only few can engage in the
business, thereby creating mo-
nopoly. We respectfully sug-
gest to these puritanical law
makers they go step further,
and make it a misdemeanor for
any person, male or female,
black, white or copper colored,
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Expansion Explained.

John S. Mosby of San Fran
cisco fully explains the expan-
sion policy of the present ad-
ministration in the following
forceful manner:
1.-The speeches of Senators
Plat of Connecticut and Foraker
of Ohio unwittingly reveal the
abyss into which they ask the
country to plunge with them.
They. no doubt, reflect the SEN
timents of all who wish to
launch on an unknown sea of
adventure. When the objection
is made to Incorporating Ash
atics into our body polite be-
cause our national constitution
was made for European races,
and particularly the Anglo-Sax-
on, and is not fit for the govern
ment of peoples who have no
tradition of freedom, their ans
wer is that congress has abso-
lutte plenary power over terri
tories and is subject to no con-
stitutional restrictions in gov
ing them-in other words the
government of a territory is en-
tirely Ontside the constitution.
The only practical way by
which congress can exercise
such power is by transferring
it to the president. 1t is true,
they say, that in anOrganic act,
congress usually extends the
constitution and laws of the
United States over a territory,
but that the constitution does
not proprio vigore extend itself
there, as it does over a state.
Consequently, if after adopting
the constitution for a territory,
congress should pass an act in
conflict with it, to that extent
it repeals the constitution.
'HThese declarations should be
taken gs notice that ir the Phil
ippinas are annexed they will
be governed without regard to
limitations. The.
of this policy do not
seem to be conscious in making
this avowal that they furnish
an overwhelming argument
against holding Asiatic posses
sions where, from necessity, |
congress must invest the presi
dent with a trinity of power
executive, legislative and judiC- |
al-which is the very essence OF
lespotism. It means the crea-
ton of a great oriental mon
archy, and an attempt to es
5ablish at Washington the en-
pire of the Caliphs at Bagdad.
It is not much comfort to be,
-old that our president will be
another HarOn- l-Rachid.
Congress can establish a re-
igion, extend the polygamy act
% the archipelago or grant an
Indulgence to the Mussulmans /
md let them follow the example
il Mahomet; it can enact bills
If attainder and ex-postfacto
avs and deprive men OF life,
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25


A female Sam Jones is stir
ring up the state of Missouri.
Recently in a sermon she said.
.'There is a man is this audi
ence who is untrue to his wife;
I am going to throw this hymn
book at him. - She raised the
book for the throw and every
man in the house but one duck
ed to avoid the book. Then
she blistered the dodgers and
lauded the one true man. It
was afterward learned that he
was deaf and mb.-Ex.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Gen. Eaean lost nothing b7

Gen. Eagan lost nothing by
the decision of the court of in
quiry. He has simply been re-
lieved from all duties, draws full
pay, and at the end of six years
will be honorably retired on half
pay. The powers that be stick
to each other like twin brothers.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

1t is only a question of a short
time until every industry in the
United States will be controlled
by trust. An average of a
trust a day has been organized
since the Inauguration of the
Hanna Mckinley administra-
ton.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

The Los Angeles Herald says:
The latest public expression of
ex-President Cleveland on ma
tional affairs is decidedly
gloomy. He says that if any
thing can arrest the thought of
our people lin their mad rush
to yawning diaster, it is more
likely to be the earnest, we'll
informed warnings of the de-
cent and patriotic press than
anything else And Colonel
Bryan says, more hopefully: II
have confidence that the Amer
lean people, when they have a
chance to speak, will reject i'm
perialism and mititarism, and
remain true to the doctrine of
self-government. But the
truble is that this administra-
tion is likely to steer us into
the yawning disaster before the
people get a ceance to catch
the reins. -
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
he military authorities

The military authorities at
Washington are busy as IAN old
hen with one chick. " They have
appointed committees to inves-
tigate almost every branch of
the department, but-the mem
bers have been carefully Sc
1o~+nI
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

While the legislature has it's
hand in exempting enterprises
from taxation, why not exempt
all newspaper plants. They
have done, and are doing, as
much, if not more, to develop
the territory than any other le-
gitimate calling.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
It looks rather strange that a

set of representative men will
exempt wealthy corporations
from taxation, and turn right
around and undertake to tax a
legitimate business out of eXis-
tenCe.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

It takes two to make quar-
rel, unless one of them is wo-
man.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25

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VOL 6.
The times., 1899-04-09
Ebb-Tide.

sodden reach OF wild and wind-swept lea.
sky OF shattered steel that pals the sight
And one long shaft of sun that seems TO write
Vast letters slowly slate of sea:
The dreary vail OF gulls that skim the crest
OF sullen breakers sliding into land.
world grown empty, full OF vague unrest.
And shadow-shapes that stride across the
The gray beach widens Foot by foot appear
Strange forms of wreckage creeping from the
waves,
Like ghosts that steal in silence from their
To watch beside the deatli-bed Of the year;
Poor shattered shapes Of ships that once stood
Full-freighted 10 the far horizons sweep
To music of the cheery siiIor-shout
OF men who sought the wonders OF the deep!
Poor shattered ships. Their gallant cruising DER
Their cargoes coral-crusted leagues below,
They rise, unnamed, unnumbered, from the
slow
Recession of the ebb along the shore.
The ickle tide that bore them brayely then
Betrays their shame and nakedness to be
Mute witnesses to the littlencss OF men
Who battle with the sovereignty Of the sea.
For me, as WELL alone upon the dune.
There sinks tide that strips the beaches bare,
And leaves but grim unsightly wrcckage
where
The brooding skies make mockery of noon
All, dear, that hopes, like tides, should ebb
away,
Unmasking on the naked shore OF love
Flotsam and jetsam OF i happier day.
Dreams wrecked, and all the emptiness
Guy Wetmore carryl. in Harper's Magazine.
The times., 1899-04-09

When these sketches are written by VIII te
men they are apt to be either unrelieved
tragedy or broad farce; witness Bras
Coupe" and Uncle Toms CABIN" on the
one hand. and the work of Page. Eds ards.
and Harris on the other Mr.. Pages ne
gro characters are never unhappy, appar-
emily, except Wien the masters family is
in trouble.
This particular delineation of plantation
life has the endorsement of South Caro-
lima critic who says that Mr.. Chestnut is a
close rival of Uncle Remus" in the accu-
racy and finish of his work, and tha. hs
stories possess "a unique quality of min
gled humor, pathos and mysticism abo 1T
them which makes them singularly isN
pressive." In short, this book is one more
proof that the truest and most delightful
pictures of the life of a race are ways
drawn by member of that race. Mr..
Chestnut is a colored man, and that is one
reason why his stories are so good. The
other reason is that he knows how to M Ike
literature tBoston: Houghton, Miffiin
& Co. s1.25.)
The times., 1899-04-09
The Truth About II.

''spring," sang the poet. ''buddins SPRING"
Alas, the boughs were bare;
He was himself the one green thing,
For ice lay everywhere.
Hail, Spring. with breezes soft and sweet"
The spring returned his hail;
There came a shower OF snow and slcet
Upon wintry gale.
"sing. merry birds. in bush and tree
He read the almanac;
The birds were wiser far than he
And did not hurry back.
''spring, gentle--' here he ceased 70 sing.
Let the sad truth. be told;
The while he sang of balmy spring,
lie caught awful cold.
Anonymous
The times., 1899-04-09
The Retter Part.

Long fed on Loundless hopes, o race of men,
How angrily thou spurnst all simpler fare,
Christ some one says, was human as we
are,
No judge eyes US from heaven, our sin to scan.
Eve live no more when we have done our span.'
.'Well, then. for Christ thou answercst, ''who
can care?
From sin which heaven records not, why for
bear?
Live we like butes our life without a plan?''
So answerest thou; but why not rather say
'Hath second life? Pitch this one high,
Sits there judge in heaven sin TO see
More strictly, then, the inward judge obeyi''
Was Christ 4 man like us9 All. let US try
If we. then, too, can be such men hel
Matthew Arnold.
The times., 1899-04-09
To Frederick Locker.

] meet thee not by yonder lea.
Where fruited fields are waving:
But Mincing Lane and BatterSca
Have meanings fresh and sweet TO thee,
Thou poet Of the paving!
A grass blade from the gardeners plot,
crannied wall-fower peepinG.
Are more to thee than meadoWS shot
With daisies white and clover spot,
And wild brooks in their leaping.
'Tis London with its eager pace
That never rests nor tires.
The deep heart Of its commonplace
Touched into tenderness and grace,
That most thy muse inspires.
And that great world, too off bore,
Despite the Joys that wreathe it,
In thy melodious. dainty lore
Bespeaks the ancient charm it wore,
The good that's underneath it.
Edward F. Hayward.
The times., 1899-04-09
A Trnnsformation Scene.

oh, have seen the splendid light that gilds the
mountains snowy crest
And ! have seen the shafts that gleam upon the
oceans throbbing breast,
oh, have seen the mellow rays that food the
Towering fields with light.
And / have the uddy strelks that come
when morning wooes the night.
stepped upon the sidewalk. where it had been
smoothed by human feet,
Twas covered by coating of exceptionally
slippery sleet:
The rays that gid the mountains crest, the
shafts that CLEAN upon thes sea,
And all those other giints and things were wit
messed in a bunch by me-
-Chicago News.
The times., 1899-04-09
The World. Triumph..

So far as ! conceive the worlds rebukc
To him addressed who would reeast her new.
Not from herself her fame of strength she took
But from their weakness who would work her
Behold" she cries, $50 many RACES IulIed,
So many fiery spirits quite cooled down;
Look how so many valors. long undulled.
After short commerce with me, fear my irown,
Thou, too, when thou against my crimes wouldst
cry,
Let thy foreboded homage check thy tongue!'
The world speaks well. yet might her foe reply:
''Are wills so weak? Then let not mine wait
long.
"fIsst thou so rare a poison? Let me be
Keener to slay thee, lest thou poison met
Matthew Arnold
The times., 1899-04-09

general tone of the book. 1t is not all as
thoroughly permeated with the spirit OF
hero worship as this, but that trouble is
rather common in histories OF medieval
heroes, and perhaps there was more excuse
for it in the case of Saladin than in
some others, since we are assured that he
inspired even in the Crusaders strong ad-
miration for his generosity, chivalry, and
high character New York: G. p. Put
nam's Sons Sl.50)
The times., 1899-04-09
A Famou. sarncen.

'saladin. and the Fall of the Kingdom of
Jerusalem" by Stanley Lane-Pooie. NJ A.
is book which will be OF interest to stu
dents OF the history of the crusades The
name OF saladin awakens thrill OF remi-
niscent delight TO those who read and en-
joyed The Tslisman." for the figure of
the knigktly and generous saracen is at