The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-06-13
Ligh, horse and company Of drsgoous

Light horse and eompsny Of dragons
coming In sight Of . Johsnnesbcrg pa
troll. consisting Of a dozen young fellows
who were auxisus TO distlreuish them.
selves. In spite Of orders 10 retreat,
these boys lay eo'csalsd In . ravine and
waited for the advance guard TO dis
mount A boy named Oliver opened the
skirmish by taking aim st o dragooH
who sat under tree removing the wrap.
per from = stick Of chocolate. The nrst
shot knocked the chosolate iato pieces
and the secoud fatally wounded the drA-
goos. The alarm being given his COIN
rades came on In Considerable numbers
asd galleping up the ravins called out.
"hasds ap or we'll kill you oil " In at.
tempting to escape two OF the Boers
were shGt dswn and a third captured.
Oliver scrambled up the raviue bed and
leaped on hoIss. With bullets zirpinv
all around him no was rapidly draw ipg
away when hc happened on . fellow
Boer shot through tho back. The man
impsorsd 10 be taken along and rather
than see him fall into the hands Of the
EuElisb, the Boy gave up what seemed
like Q last hold on life. While he Was
lifting the wounded ROer On his horse
four bHlle,s tore through bis eva, and
before they rsachsa safety three more
holes wero bored through his garments
fortunately neither Of the riders wers
touched. such 10 tho spirit that dwslls
In the younger generation Of Bsers. asd
old Paul Kruger knew when hs cAai-
lencsd the hssts OF Great Britain, that
In the children OF the burghers he own.
cd a resource which wealth or might
could never deprive him. II would
seem that II the United States were JUS
'insd In . war for humanity against
Spain that she would be equally justified
In assisting the cause OF the Transysai
burglars Wsre II sot for the rather
awkward pssitioR which We now occu.
Ny with references to the Pbiilipiuas We
might have done something for ,h. Bo-
ers.
Oav supreme court has recently held
that the Constitution does not follow
the nag and then when the provisl.n
that all duties shall he uniform through
out the Usited States was wri,,rm In the
constitution that Il referred only 10 the
states and that the trainers Of the con.
stitut'ou had No thought Of ITS applics-
ti"n To the Territoris, possessions. That
this rule ef uniformity was made pri.
msrily for the states uaited In forming
the natisn. not for the Territoriss then
held or 10 be acquired and that the con :
siitutiOnal requirements are satisfied II
the duties on imports are uniformly i'm
posed ut all porte throughout the United
States. The advantage OF this uniform
Nv may bs extended to territories and
possessions not statss and not menbers
OF tho American snios. but that is for
congrsss TO determine under the suthor.
ity Of tho constitution.
, This nation whatever ita sovereign
, rights may be, ought not To enter upon
policy foreign TO i,s traditions. fereigu
to the spirits Of It's institstions snd for
eign to the spirit which snimatss th,
American people as indjviduals-a poll
, cv which would threaiea to dsvelo,
among us change Of the scope aud pur
, poses OF government In home matters
A prosiasnt writer has said. The sp
, parent unwilliugness of Cosgress On,
, the standardization 10 consider the Phil
lipiscs and Porto Rico an integral par
Of the Usitsd States. subject 10 the ceu
:. stitutisn and the laws made In pursu
sacs thereof for oil the people. psiu,
out tho anxiety to rule the PHILIPPINE
free from constitutional res,ric,ioas !
sven more marked snoaG the peopl
4 than the unwillingnsss 10 consider thsr
4 ss part Of the United statss."
10 Il right for the United States 10 ow
q the Phillipihss. maize them subject /
our will but not entitled TO all the priv
lsges guaranteed 10 our people under ,h
- ConstitutiosY
q II we hold them they should have th
a same rights and privileges which yo
= snd have. but the danger is Mantle,
when We consider the effect that four O
ave Filipino states would exert upon 4
at homo when their senators and repre-
sents,ivss we're seated st Washington
= II must ccvtsinly be conceded ,ha. ge
, graphically the l'hilliplns Islands d