Mesa free press., 1899-01-13

senate soon after the holidays. Mr..
Merriam Is now in Washington and
has had several interviews with the
president, but declines to confirm or
deny the report.
Ex-Queen Liluokalani's claim to the
crown lands of Hawaii is a comical
one. Her title was through the crown
and in the crown, never in herself
save as the representative of the gov
ernment. Her claim is precisely such
a one as would be President McKin-
ley's or ex-President Cleveland to the
fee Of the White House and grounds.
We think our government ought to-
provide enough for the ex-Queen to
keep her in beer and cheese, but the
crown lands-sho! calculates the Salt
Lake Tribune.
A magnificent memorial hall in
honor of the veterans of the civil war
was dedicated in the new public IL
brary on Michigan, avenue, Chicago.
Over 5000 people were present includ-
ing many of the state, county and
city officials, and judges of the SUI
preme and superior courts. General
John G. Black, commander of the de-
partment of Illinois, G. A. r., made
the formal dedicatory address. Mayor
Harrison, Judge Kirk Halves and Col.
James r. Sexton, Chief
of the G. A. r. also spoke.
Women are rarely to be found him
dering the march of progress, but it
is hardly probable that they will i'm
mediately adopted the suggestion of
Rev. c. F. Goss regarding the removal
OF their hats during church services,
says the Pittsburg News. The argu-
ment of Mr.. Goss, as stated in Gin
cinnati paper, is that since women re-
move their hats in theaters, equal
consideration should be shown for the
men who attend church. 1t is to be
hoped that the Ohio clergyman's the
ology is better than his logic.
A dispatch from London says: The
Morning Post, commenting on the lat
est news from the Philippines says:
Sooner or later the whole question of
the possession of the islands
will have to be faced. The
United States will find themselves
obliged to assert their authority by
force, for they have destroyed the
only government which existed They
cannot leave the islands to anarchy"
The Daily Mail says: "To leave the
Philippines to anarchy would be in
consistent with the spirit of their
declarations and the obligations
which the United States have in
Cured"
eff the French government really
intends to make an attempt to hold
the United States responsible for the
payment or guarantee of Cuban bonds
held by Frenchmen what under the
sun does it think it will accomplish
in this direction?" asks the New York
Press. 1T is true, perhaps, that the
reputation of the bonds is the result
of the Spanish treaty which the VIC
torious nation imposed on Spain, just
as it is true that the loss of Spain's
colonies is the result of this same
Spanish treaty, and Frenchmen may
make all the solemn declarations to
this effect that they please. But 1t
will be a long time before the United
States redeems or guarantees worth
less bonds, the proceeds of which
have been scattered to the winds by
the Spanish spendthrifts and wreck
erS."
The Herald's correspondent at CAL
lao telegraphs that the arrival Of the
battleships Oregon and Iowa at that
port has caused the greatest excite
ment and enthusiasm. They entered
the harbor at 7 o'clock in the morning
and great crowds went out to see
them during the day. Delegations
representing the Cuban residents of
Peru went to Callao to meet the, war
ships. They presented to each gold
plate. With the name changed, each
bore the inscription: Cali honor to
the commander, the officers and the
crew of the United States warship
Oregon, victorious in the naval COM
bat off Santiago de Cuba on the third
day of July, 1898. This plate is given
as a testimony of the patriotic graft
tude of all Cuban citizens of Peru"
An American who has just returned
from Porto Rico says: There are
thirty newspapers published in Porto
Rico in Spanish. There is one at HUI
macao, one at Yanco, one at San Ger
main, one at Aguidalla, six at Maya
guez, six at Ponce, and San Juan en-
joys no less than fourteen. On No
vember 9th the first American News
paper was published in Porto Rico. It
is called the San Juan News, and is a
queer little sheet, four pages, sixteen
columns. The News is already. a sue
cess, and the men who have hold of it
are putting genuine American push
into it, A newspaper man from Spo-
kane, a lawyer from my town, and a
former secretary of the English consul
at San Juan. make up the staff. In
addition to these the paper employs
a native reporter, an American as
foreman of the composing room, and
two negro typesetters from st. Thom-
as The shop as whole, is decidedly
unique"