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The Spectator., 1915-06-11
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The Spectator., 1915-06-11
LOCAL MENTION

Greenwood this week. Have you tried the Golden Gate flour at Edgin Bros? adv MT, and Mrs. Ed Garner were in Ozark Wednesday. B!ackberries for sale. adv. D. Jefers. Rev. J. J. Galloway is attend ing the League Convention at Cabot this week.
 Horse shoeing and general blacksmithing R. Protheroe.
 adv. Jacob Johnston left yesterday for Gore, Okla. where he will visit relatives.
 Miss Lillian Parrish, of Clarks- vile is visiting Miss Mary Dow ell. Mrs. R. M. Wildman went to Van Buren this morning for a few days visit with relatives. Money to loan on improved farms. Easy terms. adv. l.. M. Guthrie. Mir. and Mrs. John Carter Me- llrov will occupy the Bill cottage on Fifth and Main streets.
 Geo, w. Barham was in Ft. Smith and present at the Me Laughlin hearing today.
 Horse shoeing and general blacksmithing. k. R. Protheroe adv. Benham Carter came Wednes- day night from Conway where he has been a student at Hen drix College.
 Mrs. Mary Holland and son, Winburne, and sister, Lura, were in Ft. Smith shopping We'd nesday.
 c. s. Burge and wife, of Rock run, Ala. arrived yesterday and will visit Mir. and Mrs. w. L. Haskew for few weeks.
 Fred Barnes, of Sulphur Springs left this afternoon for Poteau, Okla. where he will visit relatives for three weeks. There will be a meeting of the Commercial Club Monday night, June, 14th at 7:30 at the Court House.
 Miss Flossie Mcclellan left this afternoon for Cleveland, Okla. where she will visit Mrs. May Tompkins.
 For Sale-A partly improved 80 acre farm. Very reasonable. Joe Lewis, Owner, Mulberry, Ark. adv. McHarley Smith left last Fri day night for St. Louis for try out with a prominent baseball team of that city.
 Sid White and wife, of Paris will move to Ozark Monday and will occupy the Jacobs cottage on north third street.
 Miss Babb McGraw, of Altus is at home from the University, and received a certificate in pianoforte.
 Good old country ham and eggs 25 cts. at the Sanitary Bakery.
 adv. Miss Gelene Nichols is at home from the State University. She was awarded a Vcertificate in Licntiale of Instruction.
 The Ben Edgin home was struck by lightning and slightly damaged. just before noon today Miss Rosa Edgin was sitting at the piano within a few feet of the corner where the lightning entered the house, but was not injured. The cornice was torn loose and the paper scorched.
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closer To the scene Of activities he was
deep in the throes Of scheme OF pre-
paredness. One after the other was
discarded as being either too prepos-
ferrous or too shop worn. All. ha! an
inspiration. His mirror told him he
wss pale almost TO the point OF being
peaked. From this nucleus Carl builds
O masterpiece Of fiction which goes on
to tell how he was delayed at the
ONCE the evening before with some
extra work, how he arrived home too
late for dinner and had to eat some
cold cuts from the delicatessen. how
the meat must have been tainted, how
he suffered agonies with ptomaino
poisoning and was barely able to drag
himself down this morning
Whether the boss believes this line
Of defence or merely regards 1t ms
corking good story Carl will never
know. However that may be. he gets
away with It. And in every subway
train, elevated and surface car are
other Carls and Carries spinning pre-
paredness yarns for other bosses. For,
sad to say, the tango parlors and trot-
teries are not yet accepted as sufiicient
excuse for holding out on the time
clock.
Observe the wife who needs piece
OF winter weight jewelry, or thinks she
does, making ready for conquest. With
her own hands she prepares her lord
and masters favorite dishes fer dinner
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opin'on resaru'"s .he n'o|ene".
among ."r ooDe'' ''a''res 20 eS.
,res'oeht Me"oSal,' e~fies'ue"' 'o''
/" xuel Ho1. ee'u u,
~ NJ. oeno,o ''a' ~
aHp'res 70 reoee',on "nu W. no'
Heve pec"use he pu,o'. .,,
eH'.ion III "ir SouH"', ""o" 20 e,'
w io'"'a'No "'a.o' "ea"s .e,o'u
."n' IL wn1 'or sna. .easo" .na'
'"oush 'a''"h s"'"e". w
commune III Power' ~ou'o "o' 40 'o'
~ "ou" 70 o,'o, ioI any o,'.
e~e 70 a'.eNp' ~ Noe1''o" ""u'u
"el" reNo'ul""
ouen M u''eIanee "o"i a." eAr.s
oenn OF tne Iepupnc Seems cnh','ous
e""S". pu' ,h0 N"' p'ossou w
'he ne.uuo uo C~ou y, a'u"e, VI.
Country 'eaui's n"eta' oisan, Nhea
ana inspired oy Gen orestes ferrara'
opeaker o, .ne Iiouse anu most po"eF.
'ui VI Nuoas po,'''ca' posses' .et
'horo Fep.e'e WIN 'he'aoe 10 NuDa
peace' inc "o,u'"o eonSuues ree,ec-
t!oh 70 mean the winning Oh the e'ec-
uons oy 'he conservatives twice IN
succeshon' wheuher Win the same
canTAte or another' In recent edi-
tor.nl the heTdIdo SAID
we nave SAID and we snail continue
to relterate that the triumph OF the
Liberals is necessary to the salvation
or ihe country; the coming Liberal
camoaign--if the reelection intentions
Of certain elements among the Con-
servatives shall prevails bound seri-
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e Results if Defeated but
Menocal Are Unconcerned

had found but lukewarm support
among the members Of his own Cow
ernment. whom no had not permitted
10 Dip their hands into tho public
treasury. II was made plain to him
that tho public revenues are part OF
the spoils Of party victory and that
the creed Of the politicians 10 the
greatest good to tho greatest number
Vt themselves.
Thus enlightened, President Memo
cal has not only won the general ap-
proval Of his own follOwsrs, but has
kept many Of tho opposition leaders
pacified by giving them sinecures for
themselves and for distribution among
a limited number OF their henchmen.
This Of course has not been consist
ent with the retrenchment promised
by the Conservatives. but II has
served to keep the peace and has
moreover kept the Liberals hopeleesly
split. those enjoying President Memo
calls bounty resisting any plan OF
Liberal unification save such a. would
place them in the position Of distrib.
uting the spoils. In such cases are
Zayas and Gen. Pine Guerra, hero-in-
chief Of the August revolution.
President Menocal's administration
has cost the country more annually
than did that OF President Gomez,
and the country has less to show for
1t. There have been no important
public works undertaken or carried
out during these last three years.
The new Capitol at Havana, after
the expenditure Of some hundreds Of
thousands of dollars. remains In the
unfinished condition In which II was
when President Corners term expired
D. rotting skeleton disfguring the sky
line. The new institute has not pro-
gressed beyond the cornerstone laid
by President Gomez. No work has
been done on the great road system
planned and begun by Magoon. every
dollar invested In which would be a
great dividend paying asset to Cuba
for all time to come. The Maine mon.
ument. for which the United States
donated three years ago the after tur.
ret and guns Of tho ship whose mar.
tyrdom meant so much to Cuba, has
not even been begun. There has bsen
no money TOR any Of these things, al
though the Government has been
spending moro than $4,000. 900
annually. Yet President AaDnocal
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Conservatives Under

has not enriched himself. and his Ad-
least ~ honest a. Cuban conditions
("lA realidad CubAnA") would allow
IL to b. Menocal has merely kept
the public peace and strengthened tho
party organisation by permitting the
department heads and minor sxecu-
t.ves to distribute the country's rev.
enuss among tho hungry faithful and
the dissidents Of the opposition. There
are more contented -patriotE' under
the Menocal regime than there ever
were before. and nothing can he more
conducive to stable government In
Cuba than that. Menocal has de-
served we'll Of his country because he
has given her the best government
she is capable Of enjoying and he will
therefore probably be reelected II he
consents to run.
Among the Conservatives the Pres
idential possibilities are Menocal.
Nunez. Hevia Varona and Lanuza.
OF these the only one who can COM
mand the support of the whole Con-
servative electorate Is Menocal. and
he IL therefore the probable nominee
While any one Of the Conservative
possibilities mentioned stands ready to
accept the nomination Of any Of tho
others and work tooth and nail for
his election tho situation In the Lib
eral party Is different. The Liberal
asplrants are Gomez, Zayas. Machado,
Asbert. Hernandez. Guerra, Mendieta
and few others too insignificant to
mention. OF these Gomez Is the only
one who can unity the badly split Lib
eral party and no Is therefore tho
most probable nominee.
OF the Conservative possibilities,
none Of whom with the possible excep-
ton Of Nunez Is boosting himself for
the Presidency. all are persons OF
category" categoria, az they say in
Spanish. Gen Emilio Nunez. at pres
ent Secretary OF Agriculture, rendered
his country great service In bringing
ever filibustering expeditions with the
invaluable assistance OF Capt. Dyna-
mite Johnny O'Brien during Cuha's
war Of Independence and for years
was the honest and efficient Governor
Of Havana province.
Aurelio Hevia, now Secretary Of
Government. rose TO the rank Of Colo.
nsi In tho war Of independence and
has ever since enjoyed tho highest
respect OF his fellow citisens.
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CUBA THREATENS APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Jose Narona, at present Vice-Presi-
dent OF the republic. is looked upon as
one OF the country's foremost scholars
and thinkers.
Jose Gonzales Lanuza Is the Con-
servative leader Of the House and uni
versally admitted one OF Cuba's ablest
lawyers.
OF tho Liberal candidates Jose Mig
uel Gomez was selected to the Presi-
dency in 1908 on "a platform to restore
the national sport of cockfighting. sup
| pressed by the First Intervention. and
establish a national lottery to replace
tho MADRID lottery. excluded from
Cuba by the same harsh power. The
| emblem on tho party ballot was a
gamecock rampant on IA plough cou-
| chant. conveying to the mind OF the
voter that every day d he sunday n
he elected Jose Miguel Gomez And
Gomez kept the promises of his plat
form. except to the negroes, who. find-
Ing themselves denied AZ large a share
| o. tho Jobs as they thought their due,
started little revolution OF their own,
which was suppressed by Gomez.
During the Gomez administration
| not only were the promised cockfght-
Ing and lottery restored, but every
form Of gambling was permitted in
fragrant violation OF the law, and II
was owing to his endeavor to correct
this condition that Gen. Riva, chief
| OF police. was shot to death in broad
| daylight on the Prado by the Governor
| Of the province and Congressman n
after he had ra!ded gambling house
| maintained in the Governors party
headquarters.
Zayas, x-Nice-President, to borrow
what some one said about Mr.. Bryan
the other day. "is the most d.stln-
yuished advocate of himself, for HIM
self and by himself of his general ion"
ana further resembles Mr.. Bryan in
persisting in Presidential aspirations
despite the disapproval OF his fellow
citizens and In being much addicted
to oratory, He has trained mind and
a generous equipment OF learning and.
though always in demand az an orator
and lecturer, unlike Bryan he never
speaks for money. Nor is he in politics
for money, apparently.
Gen. Pine Guerra, at present n
cripple from the lead pumped into
him IN tho shadow OF the palace when
President Gomez had become alarmed
AT his too great popularity with tho
army, of which he was then COM
mander. Is Cuua's most enthusiastic
| cock fighter. draws a major sc eneral's
fun pay In retirement and Is reputed,
moreover. to receive a generous allow
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Full PREPAREDNESS HATH ALSO ITS VICTORIES

to keep Spike from quitting the posi-
ton Of fullback on the spot. After
the game he establishes a record in
quick change and with uniform spic
and span hurries forth prepared to
meet Ruthie and be lust adored" !"
His surrender is complete and uncon-
ditional. There Is one General against
whom no amount Of preparedness will
nrevail. His name Is Daniel Cupid.
Gifts are q great factor In peaceful
preparedness. In seeking the capitu-
lation Of an enemy It is always well
20 distract his attention with some sort
Of a burnt offering. When his graft
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| the OAfe dc Brie with congenial
crowd, including Gertie. the girl who
| invented tho fox trot. When the hands
On Carl's watch move past the mid
night mark he begins to prepare to
make his exit.
"Just one more dance" pleads
Gertie. Lets ask them to play 'Lovin
Babe coulG die dancing to that"
But have to be down 20 the ONCE
at 8 o'clock in the morning. got
lots to do tomorrow" protests Carl.
"On.y this one. then we'll 90 sure"
"All right. but this u the last. I
got to be down"
Syncopated strains interrupt prep-
arat.ons for the morrow and Carl and
0ertie are OF for q quarter mile trot
around the paved floor. n Carl had to
trot that far at the ONCE he would
howl like q hound.
The music stops. Carl acts like .
man about 70 depart thence.
"Oh. look. Carlo" squeals Gertie.
They are going TO play that divine
| .ame duck we do 40 well together. I
simply must have It with you. Ia
never be happy again II you ran out
! before We lame duck together"
Along about daybreak Carl feels a
rough shoulder on his arm and the
subway guard tells him he'd better
beat 1t in a hurry; this is his station.
At s o'clock. after an hours hard
| labor. u dutiful member Of his family
succeeds In prying him loose from bed.
When he hears the hour ne willis.
Here 10 where he begins TO work on
his preparedness programme. What
can ne get ready 20 hand to the boss
In the way OF an alibi?
As he opens the Office door with all
the caution Of a burglar on an impor-
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Liberals Predict Dire Re

dent Msnocal u able and willing to
continue to g1vs Cuba such . govern
msnA II says:
"Meuocal reelection paper continues
70 rise on the market. and this rise IL
due to tho faot that Conservatives tn
sttnctAveiy realise that the country
would not permit any other policy than
that pursued by Gen. Menocal and
that MsnooA u the only candidate that
can command the support Of the whole
or nearly the whole Conservative
party, Msuocal represents q policy Of
reasonable compromise with Cuban
conditions ia realidad Cubana'); he
yields to this reality remembering
that because he did not Yield to It
President Palma saw the republic
shiver to fragments in his too rigid
hands.
Such q policy Of compromising with
Manmon Ia what Is liked here and
what Is required. Varona OF Lanuza
would be too prone to forget this i'm
placable reality Of things and attempt
a policy Of infexible honesty. repellent
here to all parties alike. as evidenced
In the overthrow of Don Tomas" (Es-
trada Palma).
El Mundo goes on to say that unless
Cubans are convinced that the country
has outgrown the possibility Of revo-
lutions a strong military leader Ia
needed In the Presidency. Cubas one
experiment with a civilian President
having ended In disaster.
Whatever may be thought Of Presi
dent Menocal as a statesma his
administration has been marked by no
constructive or beneficent legislation
Of any kind--he has proved himself
the shrewdest Of politicians. unerringly
selecting the surest and the easiest
way OF maintaining public peace and
perpet etuating himself In power. He
was not slow to realize after his in
staliat!on that his party's promises of
honesty and economy In the public ad =
ministration had not teen given or
aiken seriously by tho party leaders or
the party voters.
He was reminded that the parsl
mony Of President Palma. which hal
restricted public expenditures to pull
lie purposes. had plunged the country
into revolution ana all but lost in ita
independence: that when tho Liberals,
VINO fon four long years had been ex-
ciuded from the emoluments Of office,
had risen In arms. President Paama
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Prepared to conquer.

iude ls awakened It acts as oil on the
troubled waters OF wrath.
Many an errant husband will attest
to the success OF the gift plan OF
defence. In a few cases It has been
known to fail. but only when tho Sc
lection Of the gift was most unhappy
one.
"WhatH do7" whimpered one hus-
band who had fingered overlong TO
toy with the grape. "Therell be the
deuce OF row at home. n I'd rather
face who,e trenchfl soldiers than tn
wife"
Why don't you buy n nice bunch OF
roses and take them home to herr"
suggested a husband wise in the ways
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r 7 was interesting and also iIstruc-
tive for foreign observers in Cuba
i at the time to note the wistful
ness with which Cubans watched
the successful development Of the rev.
olution in Mexico. When that move
ment eliminated in the overthrow Of
The Diaz Government and the eleva-
lion to power OF its standard bearer,
Madero. the Cuban press. voicing the
popular sentiment, bitterly assailed
The Platt amendment. lacking which
Mexico was free to ruin herself un-
checked. while Cuba, bound by its
cruel" restrictions. was deprived of
the liberty to revolt. The exponents
OF public opinion did not neglect the
opportunity to contrast the complais-
ance OF the "YanQui" Government to-
ward big Mexico and Its harshness to
little Cuba.
Tho mental attitude thus indicated
is one OF the elements which will de-
termine the result of the next Presi-
dental election In Cuba. At the time
Diaz Was overthrown there was still
fresh in the minds OF Cubans the
memory OF the promptness with which
the bullying Colossus Of the North
tad intervened to stop the last rpris-
ing ito vindicate the Constitution" In
1905. and of President Roosevelt's SOL
emn admonition that It must be their
last. lest they be adjudged unfit for
self-government and lose their inds-
pendcnce. There Is an impression
among some Cubans that the policy
of the United States toward Cuba IL
not the same now as It was In 1906
and that there is less cause to be
apprehensive about the consequences
of n revolution.
The Liberals, who are the "outs,'
rs they were in 1906. are threatening
20 revolt, as they did in 1908. unless
they are permitted to take their turn
in power, and their threats might dis.
suade the Conservatives from perpet.
uating themselves in power did they
believe that another revolution would
endanger Cuba's independence. Presi.
dent Menocal has perfect confidencs
IN his ability to cope with revOlu
lion II let alone. but he Is too patri.
QUO 10 leopard the life OF his countr,
IN pursuit OF his own personal ad
vantage. His acceptance or rejection
~ denomination may therefore depent
an what he thinks will be the out
come OF the next election In the Jynitet
states With the Republicans bacI
N power revolution might seem .,
nm to entail too great a danger Z,
=. cuba Libre.
some time ago, on being asked hi
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ance from the Administration {
Keeping the Liberal party split ut
maintaining his own Presidential car
didacy. He was commander In ciae'
In the revolution which overthrovei
the Palma Government in 1905
Gen. Asbert has been called Culss
most respected homicide" har...
been sentenced by the supreme CcIr
to twelve years in the pen!teH'S
for the murder OF Chief Of Police Rv
After serving a year or so ne pHs go
leased by virtue OF cousrcss''nf 4,
amnesty $50 called after Preside
Menocal had resisted tremeudon'
pressure exertcd upon him 20 rran
him q pardon. Asbert was genera
In the revolution OF 1905
Hernandez is Cuba's inott .u.neH
gynecologist, Mendeta IL a congress
man, II Pythias to FerrRras l'smo"
and IL acting editor Of Fcrrars@ paper
Ell Herdldo de cuba. during FerrsTh'
absence. He was genera IL N'
revolution OF 1905.
As Will be seen, every one ~ ne
Liberals now Offering himself fr h.S
ovar,brou, hts o,,,,,,.,.', r.,..-.-,,sn,
IN 1oos
nus noNe' Se'
., W srr"s,n p''"''' ,...
nu seiN"''Ne pn''I'S
"ua anna was "'S' '' .....
."' "N'l'',' VI ''o H'"'''''
'ne"' VI t"e TITS lH'''
was "o''p'c" ny '"' '".""
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But let the husband who tested the
plan tell about Il:
When arrived home" he says,
two Jumps behind the milkman. and
negotiated the front stoop. l placed
my finger on the bell and left It there,
After n century or 30 the door opened
and thrus. the roses right in front
of me. learned later they consisted
Of some battered stems topped by few
withered petals that had refused to
succumb to harsh treatment. The
florist assures me when left for the
front that the roses were In the pink
OF condition. II I hadn't given them
such q battle on the way up they
might have knocked the wife dead, but
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as that Of President Menoca u to be
imposed by q conservative camarilla.
The same methods will be employed.
for the same preparatory methods are
already being adopted.
According to reports entitled to our
entire credence prosecutions OF Lib.
erals In the country ars already be-
ginning: threatening the rural inhab,-
tant Is tho order Of the day. Once
moro the attempt II to be made to
keep Liberals away from tho polls.
that only Conservatives may vote. as
aforetlme they sndeavored and sue
cessfully. to permit only Moderates to
go to the polls. BY such means they
would impose upon the people the re-
election Of Gen. Menocal, or by such
means they will impose the reelection
Of any other Conservative candidate
whom they may nominate. The thing
that the Government shall win; the
identity Of the candidate is Of little i'm.
portance The same methods to as
sure the continuance in power OF those
now holding It will be employed to
elect Menocal or another.
There Is but one efYicacious means
by which the country may escape the
awful danger menaclng It and that Is
the definite union Of the Liberals. Be-
fore the overwhelming force Of the
enormous majority Of the voters the
Government will not dare to employ
the electoral resorts of intimidation
and trickery which It has prepared to
assure its triumph. II will have TO
submit to the will of the majority Of
the citizens. who are not Conserva-
tives as they were not Moderates. The
guarantee Of victory lies In the union
OF the Liberals, ard In Liberal victory,
as we have said before. lies the only
salvation OF the country"
FL Mundo OF Havana, a Newspaper
which has achieved the marvellous
feat of remaining independent In the
midst of Cuba's seething politics and
which has always regarded Cuba q
playing at self government with an In
dulGent smile. pinning ks faith to the
sovereign virtue Of the Plat amend
ment rather than to the patriotism or
wisdom Of Cuba's sons, does not a..
corn 20 clearly that Cuha's only hops
Of salvation Hes In the return Of the
Liberals to power, FL Mundo believes
that any Government tfa& u reason.
ably benevolent toward grafting ID
good enough for Cuba and that Presi.
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OF preparedness. "women'll always
fail for that sentiment stuff"
Great 1T idea" dubbed the raped
one. And away he weaved to purchase
bunch Of preparedness.
There is no doubt that the sugges-
tion Of roses in and Of itself was val
liable. The great fault was that az
q line Of defence II was imperfectly
worked out. What the inventor did
not stop to figure was that for the
grape grappler there are hundreds Of
hazards between the florists and home.
None Of these hazards are conducive
to the health ana beauty Of roses.
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earnings Of the evening are two 80
bills and the wife gets one Of them.
The thing to do then II you want to
linger around and tease your luck 10
10 be prepared TO divide with the wife
tfty-fifty.
AAother familiar form Of prepared
netA n that employed by the folks who
have 10 hurry home from the all night
restaurants and trotteries in time TO
get ready To report at the office In the
morning Those who are constantly
practising it declare II Is one OF the
mos. d!ficult forms extant. a. well az
the most hazardous.
Carl. who works for . big concern
down town, IL sitting around a table in