The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-20
NEWS HND COMMENT

| SNboh ny some youths Oh INC lONll' bllV
| When the good people woke up I'm the
morning there, to their astonishment It
| was hoating where the union Jack ought
| 70 hoat, That day some ladies of Lord
| Charles' acquaintance chaffed him about
| the insult" to the British flag and lok-
| ,nEly asked him why he did not resent it,
| lie said he would. That night, with some
| or his companions, he went TO the Amer
| lcan legation and tore down the American
| coat arms which surmounted the gate
| way and carried IL aboard the Clio. Tho
| american, minister TO Hawaii at that
| ume was DIR. James Mcbride, OF Oregon,
| VINO Is described as a man Of strong
| character, lacking In polish, but very de
! tcrinlned. 1t was Just about the time or
| the fall OF Richmond. Feeling among the
AMERICANS was strong over the Mason
ana Sudell affair. II became noisod
| about that IL was men from the Clio who
| had committed what was called an out
rage, and political significance was given
! 10 IL IN the minds of tho Americans. DR..
| Mcbride at once sent a peremptOry mes
| sage TO the British minister, i. c. Wylic,
| nut evidently his calmcr Judgment lit
| tie later recognized that 1t was merely a
| DoNish prank, for the same day he fol-
| lowed his message with note in which
| nc said that, after thinking the matter
| over, he had concluded that If the men
| responsible for the act should be lc-
| quircd publicly TO replace the sign he
| ter. Otherwise" he added, II must con-
| slider II my duty to submit the matter,
! with all its consequences. to the immc-
| dlate action Of my government" The
| conditions were courteously complied
| with, for when IL became known on board
| me Clio that serious consequences might
| follow Lord Charles Immediately in
| formed Captain Tournour that he was
| responsible. At 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, April %, 1865, the hour appoint.
ed by Minister Mcbride, Lord Charles
| with the others who had engaged with
MIN in the prank, in the presence of quite
crowd replaced the sign over the gaze.
Although congress is usually very gen
crous in granting pensions and has often
bestowed them where they are not de-
served, sometimes the most deserving
cases are attended with the greatest op-
position and delay. We have an i1lustrl-
tion of that just now, writes w. l.. Cur
| us, in connection with a bill to pension
the widow of the late Admiral Wordcn,
| who commanded the Monitor in it's his
toric engagement with the Merrimac and
was one Of the great heroes of the war
Admiral Worden died about year ago
| totally blind. When he was taken from
the turret of the Monitor after the bat
tie it was found that his eye sight was
badly injured and he never fully reCOv-
cred It, During the last years OF his life
|
| ognize his friends, and suffered intensely
not only from his eyes but from Other
wounds received In that battle. lie was
never free from suffering. a number Of
admiring friends presented him with a
moedst home. and his retired pay made
him comfortable during the last years OF
his life, but he left nothing to his widow
except the house, and her only income
| now Is the rent she receives from IL.
while she lives in a boarding house. About
a year ago a bill granting her a pension
Of $50 month was passed by the house
| of representative The senate increased
the amount to 500, the house cut it down
again, and it has since been Kicked back
and forth between the two branches Of
congress without much prospect of pass
! age.
One paragraph in the presidents Boston
! speech has been greatly admired by the
rhetOricians, who claim that it is one Of
tho finest bits Of English ever spoken. II
is this: II have no light or knowledge not
common to my cOuntrymcn. | do not
| prOphesy; the present is all absorbing to
me, but | cannot bound my vision by the
! DluOdStaiNCd trenches around Manila
where every red drop, whether from the
veins of an American soldier or mis-
| luld"d Filipino, is anguish to my heart,
but by the board range Of future years
| when that group of islands under the
| Impulse OF lnG year just passed small
| have become the gems and ElCrirS of
those tropical seas, a land OF plenty ana
| OF increasing possibilities, a people "c-
| deemed from savage Incidence ana hab-
| its, devoted to the arts of peace, in touch
| with the commerce and trade Of all ma
| tiOns enjoying the blessings of freedom
| of civil and religious liberty, Of cduCdti IN
and of homes and whose children and
| Children's children shall for ages hence
! bless the American republic because II
u emancipated and redeemed their father
land and set them in the pathway of the
worlds best civilization"
Bishop Fowler is a full-nedged expan-
sionist. THE civilization of the Filipino
and the establishment of law and ord ar
on the islands is tedious process, but IT
is worth doing" says he. "It is too bad
that 1t was necessary to kill some Of
them, but they brought it upon them
selves, and besides it is part of the sys-
TEN. The islands will pay for our civiliz-
| ing intluence-on the same principle that
a school teacher is reimbursed for his
pedagogical services If the inhabitants
prove unit to govern themselves it will
| take but a generation to make the newly
acquired territory Anglo. Saxon. Then
let the Filipino keep up or go under
just as suits his Caliber and inclination
This hue and cry against imperialism Is
all bosh. 1t is nothing more nor less than
a party howl. The attitude of some OF
the party leaders eXemplihes the homely
saying that ones afraid and the other
dassnt.' My opinion is that the Philip,
pines should be governed from Washing,
ton until such time as the natives are
able to take care of themselves--if ever
that time arrives. Then leave 1t to on.
grandchildren to take the islands into tho
Union if they see fit"
The presidents remarks in the Massa,
Chusetts state house last week were briel
but effective. Said he: 81 am glad to Lt
on this historic ground. 1t reviVcs mem
ories sacred in American life. 1t recalls
the struggles of the founders Of Massa
| ChusettS for liberty and independence
Their unseltsh sacrifices, their dauntlaS'
| courage are the inspiration OF all lOVcrs
Of freedom everywhere, Their lives ant
words creep into every American home
In the beginning Of our national exist
| enCe, and even before, this was the home
and fountain of liberty 1t is the HON,
OF liberty now, and l am sure that wha
| these great men of the past secured fo
us they would have US transmit not only
to our descendants, but carry TO cp
pressed people whose interests ana wei
| fare, By the fortunes OF war, are com
mitted 10 us. We may regard the situa
| ton before us as a burden or rs an op
portunity; but, whether the one or tn,
other, it is here, ard conscience and civ
iizatiOn require us 10 meet it bravely
Desertion OF duty IS not an American
| quality. 1t was not the custom of tn
fathers and will not be the practice O
their sons"
A young woman from England who wa
visiting the Liebig family at Munich re
| Gently was stricken with typhoid fever
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