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The National tribune., 1900-06-28
PERSONAL.

As usual, our old tcomrade, Capt. Bow
man III. McCalla, managed to get into tn,
thick of things out there in China. III.
was second in command of the interna
tional brigade of maeines sent I'D toward
Pekin, a-
Rear-Admiral Schley left with hi.
friends before sailing. the most positive
declination to have his name considered
by the Democratic Convention as a Vice
Presidential candidate.
Col. A. Il. Bliss, Past Commander. De
partment of Michigan, is q strong candi
date for the Republican nomination TO,
Governor of Michigan. Comrade Bliss
has an enthusiastic following among the
veterans, and they will do ali they can to
make him win.
Comrade Major A. NJ. Van Dyke, Re
corder of the Ohio Commandery OF the
Loyal Legion, who has been Instructor in
English Literature at the Woodward
High School of Cincinnati for many years
has recently been promoted to be Princi
pal of that Institution and sailed for Eu
rope Yesterday on well-earned vacation
The best wishes of The NATIONAL TRIR.
UNE so with him.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
ANsMERs oF THE POSTS.

We publish this week the second in
stallment of the Posts which have voted
on our suggestion to make an expression
to the President whether or not they ap-
proved of Mr.. Evans's administration of
the Pension Bureau, and desired his con-
tinuance in Office. The number so far is
surprisingly large, when we consider that
at this season meetings are held far
apart, and very many Posts have sus-
pended their meetings for the Summer.
Very singularly, we have not yet received
information of a single Post which ap-
proves of Evans and desires his continu-
eral Posts which have been prevented
from taking action By office-holders, who
are afraid of the political effect of con-
demning Evans. This is very short-sight-
ed in them. Evans is today the greatest
obstacle in the country to Republican sue
cess. He sustains the same position to-
ward the Republican party at large that
he did to that portion in Tennessee, where
he was disturber and an obstacle to
party success, and the National Conven-
ton so pronounced him in refusing to en-
tertain his contest, or allow him and his
malcontents admission to the Convention.
If the Posts will act as decsively toward
him as the Convention did, we shall get
rid of him, and remove a great obstacle
to Republican success. No extreme ac-
ton is desired-merely an expression or
the part Of each Post whether his admin
istration is satisfactory and his continu-
ance in Office is desired. Everybody
should be willing to have this. If Mr..
Evans has been doing what he claims to
have done, he should welcome such an
expression by the comrades. He would
have nothing to fear from it. THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE certainly desires it. Let
US hear from every Post in the country,
and at its next regular meeting, and so
bring the controversy TO an issue.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

mountain there. and knock your cavalry
seven ways for Sunday. That don't look
like we were runnin' much"
20, that's some o yo' cavalry that's cut
off, and tryin' ter git out this away. They
'uns probably struck some o Joe Browns
sorry reserve cavalry, that amt wuti,
shucks. They can't do nothin' but run an
yell an steal. Monty sorry passel, oil
them pets o. Gov. Joe Brown
II was high noon by the time they
reached the big road. where the cavalry
men had left their horses tied near the
gum spring.
~ declar' 1 don't know what ter do
with yo' ALL" said the Lieutenant, with a
puzzled look. II must git shet o yo' all
immejitly, fer 7 must jine the rijimint to-
night sho'. An I've done got fer kivver
at least 20 miles ter do hit. Yo'uns can't
march, that's n fack. I'd like awfully ter
take yo'uns in an turn yo' over ter the
even if I pressed hosses fer yo' yo' could
mt ride, the way we'uns'll have ter hump
Even If yo' could ride, I mis-.
doubt that I could git any hosses thatd
90 the gait. Only scrubs air left, an they
have grass-bellies. / hate wuss'n pizen
ter turn yo' over ter Sol Tucker. o the
reserve cavalry. who's over thar at Tuck
ahoe, fer he'll claim that he captured yo',
an never git done biowin' bout hit, an
what the reserve cavalry's doin'.'
"Why not just let us go, then?' 81
boldly suggested. "You kin see for your
self that we're in no shape to De of any
use in the field. and the Lord knows when
we will be- I'm sure il we WIZ back in
our camp any Surgeon would discharge us
at once as incapable Of further service
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THE Administration is acting witt
commendable energy in meeting the Chi
nese situation. We are gathering a very
strong force in China, and showing dis
position to add to it Indefinitely, if occa
sion should call. This will have good
effect in every direction. 1t will help i'm
E1ess upon the Chinese Government the
necessity of doing its duty, and aid it in
this; it will deter Russia from executing
her scheme to grab the country, and it
will enormously highten our influence
Rpon the Celestials. Like ali barbarians
and semi-barbarians, they pay the highest
respect TO force and the willingness to
use it. If peace were restored tomorrow,
the influence of the American interven-
fion would be felt for all time TO come in
a most wholesome increase of respect for
America and Americans.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
THE VETERANS PLANK.

Naturally, while the veterans had
deep interest in every declaration of thu
policy of the Republican Convention a
Philadelphia upon all great public ques
tions, they waited with most anxiety fol
the expression concerning them. 1t came
in these words:
"The Nation owes a debt of profound
| gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who
have fought its battles. and it is the Gov.
ernment's duty to provide for the survi
vors and for the widows and orphans OF
those who have fallen in the country S
wars. The pension laws, founded on this
just sentiment. should be liberal and
| should be literally administered, and pref
erence should be given wherever practical
bic with respect to employment in the pub
| lie service to soldiers and sailors and to
their widows and orphans"
As ''glittering generality" this is very
says it well. But as Capt. Cutie would
say, 1.-The merit of that observation lies
in the application on it." What does it
really mean. and how far will those whom
the Republican party have nominated be
governed by it?
There is room for the assumption that
it calls for marked change from the
present policy of the Pension Bureau. The
present Commissioner of Pensions was at
the Convention, seeking admission as n
member, and also an Endorsement of his
policy. He got neither. Are we to as
sumo that the silence of the Convention in
regard to him is virtual condemnation?
OF course, it could not be expected that
a Republican Convention would go to the
appointed and retained by the President,
who was renominated. At the same time,
Mr.. Evans has become so much an issue
in the minds of very large proportion
of the Republican voters that the Conven-
ton was virtually and strongly called
upon to make some utterarce in regard to
him. If it approved him it would have
certainly said so. Its failure to do this
was very significant.
On the other hand, it says that ''it is
the Governments duty to provide for the
SuiNNolS, anu ioE inc "iuONS anu VI
phans of those who have fallen in the
country's wars" This is precisely THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE's attitude 1t is pre-
cisely the views that Mr.. Evans has re-
jected. The resolution goes on to say that
the pension laws should be literally adj
ministered." This is most emphatically
what Mr.. Evans has not done, and it is
so notorious that he has not done so, that
if this language means anything it is a
strong rebuke to him. The resolution is
careful not to say that the pension laws
have been literally administered, but that
they should be. What can this mean. |
taken in connection with the widespread
discomfort with Mr.. Evans's administra
ton. which is everywhere seeking a voice, |
but which was denied fuller expression in |
the Convention by party policy?
The same remarks are applicable to the |
language in reference TO the preference |
in Government employment of veterans,
their widows and orphans.
The interest now centers upon the |
practical application of this utterance by |
the Administration which is seeking re-
election.
The next thing will be what the Con
vention at Kansas City will say and
promise.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
Z 81 k'ls!99
M ~ NS q
wv Veteran
The Boys Landed in a County jail.
Copyrighted 1890 by the publishers of THE NATIONAL
tribune

81 sat up, and while the rest were being
awakened, let his mind glide from the
pinnacle of hope upon which it rested
of dark despair. His mind was tumult
of bitterness. that prompted him to some
deed of desperation, rs he looked into the
triumphant face of the Lieutenant in com.
mand of the squad, saw the brutal rough
ness with which they handled the boys,
and heard their jeers and curses. For a
moment he felt that he would much rather
die than be taken back to AndersOnville
and its horrors, and thought of engaging
in handto-hand struggle with the Lieu
tenant, ana trying to wrest his revolver
from him. The Lieutenant was of about
the same age as Si, but would have been
no match for him if the latter was in
good condition. But, apart from his weak
ness ana soreness, 81 saw that there was
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

AN analysis of the testimony of Mayor
Van Wyck, in the Ice Trust proceedings,
shows clearly how literally these conspir-
acies can bribe those whom they desire
to purchase. He was given stock of the
par value of S5O0,O00, for which he was
TO pay S250,000. A dividend of 10 per
cent, or $4,000 year, was assured him.
He borrowed the s25O,000 to pay for the
stock from trust company, paying per
cent. interest, or $4,000 a year, which
would leave him clean profit of $4,000
year. This makes all previous stories
of official bribery seem rather picayune af-
fairs.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

FOE many years certain alaTmists have
been writing articles on what will happen
when China Awakens" The idea OF
these is that there being more people in
China than in the whole of Europe, they
will some day awaken to a sense of their
military power, just as the common peo,
pie OF France and Germany once awokc
when they discovered that the soldier was
merely a peasant in uniform, with =
gum" and that when they had guns in
their hands they were as good men as
any that could be led against them. II
the Chinese should awaken to this fact
with some Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick
the Great, Cromwell, Washington or Ma.
poleon to lead them, they would simply
move resi5tlessly over the whole world.
The difficulty about this hypothesis is that
the French and Germans were originally
and naturally fighters, and had only for
short time, historically speaking, been
deprived by the ruling classes of the priyi-
lege Of bearing arms. The Chinese COM
mon people have never, as far as can be
learned, borne arms of any kind. Only
very select class have been allowed
arms, and they have never been at all
prominent. The Chinaman has no sort
of taste for arms-bearing or fighting. This
is entirely different from Japan, where
weapon carrying and fighting have always
been highly esteemed, though restricted to
the nobility and their immediate retain,
ers. 1t will take an utter revolution In
the Chinaman's character to make SOL
dier cat Of him, and the Chinese are the
most set in their peculiarities of any peo-
pie on earth.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

AS USUAL in the worlds history, the
troubles in China were started by agri
cultural distress. In several of the larg
est Provinces there has been an unpre.
eedented drouth, which has lasted for nine
months, bringing the farmers and the peo
pie there to the verge of famine. Dema-
gogs-largely men who have either
failed to pass the examinations for Off,
cial employment, or, having passed them,
failed to get employment-have taken ad-
vantage Of the peoples distress to infame
them with the idea that the drouth was
due to the presence of foreigners in the
country, and their influence upon the Gov.
crnment, which brought down the wrath
OF Heaven upon the land. History makes
itself in China very much as elsewhere.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

IT IS rank nonsense to connect our pres
ent troubles in China in any way with oul
would have come precisely in the same
way if we had never gone to the Philip
pines. Only then we should have beer
stand helplessly by and see our people
murdered, and the Empire disintegrated
because we were too far away to do any,
thing in time. The possession of the
Philippines enables us to do something of
moment, and at once.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

ONE great presumption against this be-
Ing an uprising of the whole Chinese peo-
pie is found in the heterogeneous charac-
ter of the Empire. While they all have
the same written language and institu.
tons, the spoken language differs quite as
much, if not more, than the languages of
Europe. The people of the different
Provinces are more dissimilar, and have
less in common than those of Germany,
France and Spain. The people of one
part have no idea OF or interest in what
is going on in another part. Yet in the
territory Immediately around Pekin, in an
area no larger than that lying between
the Alleghanies and the Mississippi, and
between the Tennessee River and the
Lakes, there are about twice as many
people as in the whole United States, as
the following table will show:
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THERE will be more danger to the
health of our troops in China than in any
other country to which they have been
sent. In the intense economy which per.
vades the thickly-settled portions of China
they save every particle Of night-soil and
use it for fertilizer. The ground is sat
urated with it, and the water everywhere,
in consequence, absolutely undrinkable.
The Chinese avoid being swept off by
cholera, typhoid fever, and other bowel
diseases by boiling every drop OF, water
that they drink Our troops can only avoid
death by doing the same thing.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

MEMORIAL DAY was celebrated at
Honolulu in great shape, under the aus
pices of Geo. w. De Long Post Busi-
ness was entirely suspended, and the peo.
pie joined with the troops and the mill
tary companies in the procession to the
cemetery. COmrade w. L. Eaton, Post
Commander, presided; Lorrin Andrews
read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and
III. M. Sewall delivered an eloquent ora
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

The ringing resolutions unanimously
adopted by the Department Of Iowa, G.
A. r., which we publish elsewhere, were
written by committee consisting of Com
rades Geo. II. Van Houten, Secretary of
the State Agricultural Society; J. c. Mil
linan, the one-armed Lieutenant Gov
ernor Of the State and John Lindt, n
prominent attorney of Council Bluffs.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

EXPERIENCE supports the Sultan OF
Turkey in his calm reliance that Allah
viii always turn up something to help him
out of any scrape. Now. it is the Chinese
Boxers who are saving him from our writ
Of replevin executed by a war vessel.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

DEPARTMENT Encampments are re-
quested to forward certified copies of their
resolutions indorsing the Pension Court of
Appeals bill TO Geo. II. Patrick, Special
"A. D. c., 1920 New York avenue, Wash
ington, d. G.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

The veterans should gratefully appre-
ciate the services to them in the last ses-
sion of Representative John J. Lentz, of
Ohio. He stood up manfully and actively
for everything the G. A. r. wanted, with
drew all objections, and did his best to
further all kinds of pension legislation.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
ONCE: $50 Pennsylvania Avenue N. W.
NATIONAL TRIBUNE HEADQUARTERS

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Headquar-
fers at Chicago during the National En-
campment will be in Parlor X, Palmer
House, and all comrades, their wives and
families are cordially invited to call and
make themselves at home. They can
make appointments to meet their friends
there, and have their mail sent to that room
in our care.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

TIE men who will be in the front at
Kansas City may not be so well known
as Senators Hanna, Platt, Quay, etc, but
we may be sure there will be more bare
knucltle work, and a much larger show of
clean knock-outs.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
(1'o be continued.)

IT Is very fortunate that the Admins
tration did not have what it is represented
to have wanted-the nomination of Sec
retary Long. Gov. Long is most cs-
timable man, but there is about as much
interest and enthusiasm about him as lass
years birds nest,
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
NO PARTITION OF CHINA.

After a week of great turmoil and sick.
ening uncertainty in regard to China, dur,
ing which American troops have been
fired on, four killed and seven wounded,
it seems to us that ray of light dawns.
Finally awakened to the danger of for
eign troops upon its soil, the Chinese Gov
ernment promises to exert itself to restore
order, protect foreign citizens, and fulfill
its treaty obligations. If it does this, then
the problem will be solved. All that will
be necessary will be to assist it in doing
| its duty. This will be very different from
entering upon a scene of anarchy, and re-
| storing order by conquest. Our policy
should be. and in all probability will be-
to uphold the Chinese Governments au-
thority in all directions, insist upon the
integrity of the Empire being preserved,
and rcsolutely oppose all attempts at par
tition. AS we shall be cordially supported
policy can be enforced without serious
trouble. We must do this for commercial
reasons. The market of the 100000
people in China is of immense value, and
we can rightfully look forward to having
large share of it, if the Chinese Gov
ernment is sustained and peace main
tanned. If, however, the country is al
lowed to be divided, there will be no end
to the troubles and wars, and those por-
tions which Russia, Japan, Germany,
France and other Nations succeed in seiz-
ing will be shut against our merchants and
manufacturers. We remember how
France, when she seized Madagascar,
turned our people out remorseiy and ex-
cluded everything but French goods.
1t seems today that, with our assist
ance and that of Great Britain and Japan,
the Chinese Government can maintain it
self and restore order. If it does so, then
we can dictate such reforms as seem de-
sirable, and all will be well. The Chi
ncse Government has received very
sharp lesson in the past week in the readi-
ness and willingness of the great Powers
Of the World to employ overwhelming
force III the Empire, ana 1t understands
as never before that it must cease to be
law unto itself, but must, if it hopes to
exist. conform itself more closely to the
spirit of the age. The time has gone by
for it to entertain the fiction that all other
peoples can exist by virtue of its merciful
tolerance, and whatever it chooses to do |
must seem right in their eyes. For more |
than a week it has trembled on the verge !
of annihiation, which was so imminent |
that the stupidest Mandarin of them all |
could not fail to see it. If the Govern,
ment continues to live at all, it is because
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan will it so. They alone can save
the country from Russia, with France and |
Germany behind her, looking for their
shares in her ACKNOWLEDGMENT. This has
come upon the members of the Chinese
Cove e.nment like a revelation by fash of
lightning, and they are apparently acting
upon it. To do it is their only salvation.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

TIE Southern Delegate doubtless ia
vOrs Constitutional amendment prohibit
ing any candidate having sure cinch on
the nomination. lie lost profitable mar
ket for his vote, for the first time since
the war;
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

CERTAINLY, we should be glad to have
the Beers migrate to this country. They
will make much superior citizens to a
large portion of the immigrants who are
now arriving at Castle Garden.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

Tom REED was never anything Of a
quitter when he was in politics, but when
he said he would quit politics he seems
to have meant il
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

WE CAN rest assured that Great Brit
ain will not pay the Beers a bonus of S2O,-
000,000 after she has licked them.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THE nomination of Roosevelt is another
evidence how well the American people
love man with red blood in his veins.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THE Department of Texas, G. A. R.,
earnestly fayors the establishment of a
Soldiers Home at Corpus Christi, Tex.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THAT open door in China begins to look
like a crevasse in levee.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

THE remarkable development Of the
Baptist and Methodist Churches in the
South is attracting attention. No matter
what may be the condition of the churches
elsewhere, and of other denominations,
these are more than holding their own.
The regular Baptist Church in the South
is the third largest denomination in the
country. The Roman Catholic Church
represents a membership of S,464,474 The
Methodist Episcopal Church North
comes next with .2G9S,S1O, while the
Southern Baptist Church comes third
with. 1,G47, ,52l, while the Southern Col
ored Baptists are fourth in size, with
1884, 500 members. The Methodist Epis-
copal Church (South) claims the fifth
rank, with 1,4G0,272. Therefore, the
Methodists and Baptists-white and col
ored-in the South number altogether
4,b92,1 113, outnumberipg all the other de-
nominations put together several times
over. The religious writer's are seeking
reason for this, without much success. II
cannot be doctrine. The Methodists are
Arminian, the same as the Methodists
North, and the. Episcopalians. The latter
do not seem TO flourish anywhere but In
Virginia. The Baptists are thoroughly
calvinistic. Neither Of the denominations
depend much upon coilege-bred preachers.
They seem to care more for personal force
and zeal in their ministers than knowledge
Of Greek and Latin, and this may account
foi. it.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28

EVANS managed to get his picture in
the Philadelphia papers. But this was all
that he got out of the Convention. !.
The National tribune., 1900-06-28
LET rs HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION.

A strong effort is being made to have
the larger part Of one day at Chicago de-
voted to an exhaustive consideration of
the pension question. 1t is proposed to
have the report of the Pension Committee
printed with the Commander-in-C Chief S
Address, the Adjutant Generals report,
and other papers, which are usually pre-
sented to the Delegates when they enter
the hall the first day. Then to arrange
the order of business so that the consid-
Grafton of the Pension Committees re-
port shall be the first business of the Ma
tonai Encampment, after hearing the
Commander-in-C Chiefs Address, and the
accompanying reports, and that no other
business be transacted that day, except,
possibly, speeches nominating officers, and
the next place of meeting. If this pro-
we have not had for several years-a free
and satisfactory consideration of the pen
sion question by the full Encampment,
and decisive determination of every
prominent feature of the present centro-
yersy. This is certainly due the veterans
all over the country and their widows, and
we can not better serve them than by Civ
ing all the time necessary to most ex-
haustive consideration of their rights and
interests. 1t is our duty to do this, and
no one should begrudge the time necessary;
ID6ppd or,1n Job,
would undoubtedly take less than the time
usually given to this important question,
prcipitated as not infrequently it is, when
no one is ready for it. The pension diff
ference should be decided by full En-
campment that is neither hurried nor tired.