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battle of the Nile, one of the greatest
naval victories in the history of the
human race, but nevertheless Moran
and Thackeray's minds seem to have
been running in the same channel. Mo-
rams paragraph is likely to be widely
quoted, as it deserves to be. No man
at any time or pace or under any cir
cumstances ever performed more
heroic action than did Conductor Hey
wood. If Andrew Carnegie fails to
give him a hero's reward, he will miss
a golden opportunity to prove that he
knows a genuine hero when he sees
one.
They're of.
Mr.. Vice President Charles Warren
Fairbanks would do well to look to his
laurels as the corraller of the colored
vote. Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
OF Ohio is after it hotfoot. The papers
have been telling us that the v. p. has
a cinch on the colored man and brother
for 1908, but he will be able to learn
something to his advantage in this
crisis Of his fate by perusing John
Sherman's book carefully and prayer
fully, in which there is pathetic story
as to how John after rounding up the
colored delegates to the Republican
national convention Of 1883 was cruel
~ hornswaggled out Of them by Gen.
eral Russell A. Alger Of Michigan, sub.
sequently secretary Of war and now a
senator of the United States. Joseph
Benson Is using strategy and language
to win the colored man and brother
from the ". P, but If John Is to be
believed General Russell used more
powerful, If more vulgar, persuader.
True. John and Russell A. were mem.
bers subsequently Of the same McKin.
ley cabinet, but he never did retract
the statement as to how he was "cir.
cumwented" by the plutocratic Mich.
igander. AS before stated in these let
tiers, Senator Foraker introduced res
olution Of inquiry in the senate ask
ing Mr.. Secretary Of War William H.
Taft, whom he loves as old Montague
, loved old Capulet, to give the facts
touching the unceremonious dismissal
OF certain colored soldiers. 1t will be
remembered also that for some occult
reason Senator Boies Penrose intro
duced resolution Of inquiry touching
the same subject matter, his resolution
asking the president for information
The president took his pen In hand and
: furnished that pair Of inquisitive sen
ators with lots Of information In about
as vigorous English as has ever been
used in state paper 1ustifying him.
self and his war secretary. Thereupon
Senator Foraker took the floor and I'M
dertook In fiery style to answer the
president and the secretary of war.
He did not mince words, but used lam
guage calculated to provoke a breach
of the peace-in fact, many breaches.
! Evidently the war is on, and it is to
] be a war to the knife and the knife to
the hilt. 1t may be that up to the time
when the president fred the colored
troops aforementioned Vice President
Fairbanks had the colored voters cor
rallied. Ii so, the chances are ten to one
that Foraker's trumpet blast will cause
them to break through that corral and
to range themselves under his defiant
banner. The V. P. will have to get
hustle on himself or be Will be in as
woeful plight as was ]. S. at Chicago.
Foraker denies the presidents facts,
denies his construction Of his constitu-
uenal right and runs amuck generally.
Joseph Benson Is playing for big
stakes and, whatever else may be said
of his performance, he is playing his
band boldly above the table and for
all its worth. "
In the meantime poor Penrose seems
to have been lost in the shuttle. and #
10 well.