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ARE OUR SOLDIER BOYS LIARS?

lille 1t is pleasant to receive cheerful daily
assurances from Republican newspapers that the
average Democratic editor is a traitor" conner
head and an 'auntie," whatever the latter term may
signify, it is, indeed, rather annoying and rasping
especially i'll hot weather, hear soldiers of the
United States army, rusticating in the water.
soaked trenches of Luzon denounced as Glars"
This is harsh, uncomplmentary language to apply
to any man outside Of politics in New Hampshire
Certainly it must seem undeserved 10y the boys in
the philippines, who are doing the best they can to
Qold out until the arrival of reinforcements
But it so happens that whenever one of them
chances to write letter he is Immediately hailed
Witha dose Of bngsgate. Hepaints his home friends
word picture of scenes and incidents as they appear
to the men on the firing line Occasionally the home
friend publishes the letter. Then fly editorial hot
shot His assailants in the editorial trenches
halass him with fire in the that is often
times, decidedly too for publication albeit it
) published and fed to our home people, who are
Dusty engaged paying the taxes. Having as
sailed his reputation for truth and yeracity de-
nounced his patriotism and jeered at his syntax he
is classified a baby" and 'milksop" and dis
missed, ridded with and shattered in reputa
ton. Great Scott! What do they know about the
trend Of events in the Philippines? Is not MI Nc
Kinley in receipt of daily cabegram from Gen Otis?
Has he not a distinguished peace commission at
Manila endeavOrng to work "con" game on Aguin
aldo! In short has not the president-and Corbin-
the whole matter well in hand? Are they not ready
TO wind the thing up a few minutes after it quits
raining? Certainly. The private letters of private
soldiers are frauds. Take no stock in them. Wait
for the big show at Washington.
But even the will turn The United States
soldier is spring chicken. He fears not Repub
lican editors the dum-dum bullet Classified
with these prevaricating purveyors of Philippine
pabulum is Nicholas HauSes, of Company A
Thirteenth Minnesota he has taken his pen In
hand to administer the following blisterng retort to
the whole partisan press of the United States:
-. Some Of the expansion papers have intmated that
he Ho4nteers might ike to stay until the fighting
OF he are ent G5 wish piles from the
tensely beigerent newspaper men could be organized
one that wouIG eRang es safp opn
Ion IN less than twenty-f3ur hours-and the country
knaves They talk about .sodierly honor as #
they had ever been under Are; about Shedding glory
phrases they willing to support most jealousy
drop Of their own W booG own mouths but not by one
1t is undoubtedly true that the editors of i'm
periaistic newspapers not chatting with anxiety
to get over to the Philippines Somehow their sense
OF duty does not appear to urge them to assume the
heroic part of the dying comrade when the sun
went down." Not theirs to gather to their breasts
the spears of the enemy and cry make way for
comfortable and tranquizing to sit at home during
the reign Of Mckinley l., and denominate the rank
and file of United States troops as unconscOnabl bic
liars and skilfu jugglers with the truth The soft
dulcet ping of Mauser bullet is no music to their
ears. They know enough to stay home when it rains
in Manila. 1t is theirs to yell for patriotism and
Filipino gore not to actively participate in the she'd
ding Of it, Until there is draft they are safe Be
sides that is there not paramount demand on their
10 rnfU to c+I,o
GUS falsifcatiOnS Of boys in the field to their
friends in American homes? Has the administration
no claim on them to take up arms against a sea of
troubles? While there remains a single Democratic
traitor and Shiny "cOpperhead" on American soil
their place is here to fend him off to keep Linn from
''hauling down the American flag" and cutting it up
into bicycle suit to retute the lies the American
soldiers and kick away snags from the roadway of
the imperial car of juggernaut