Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 23 September 1898 — Page 6

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1898.

WHAT has become of Hobson?

JArAN has a contract with Illinois steel works for 4,000 tons of steel rails this fall.

PKINCE EDWARD ISLAND has bought for delivery next year 5,000 tons of American steel rails.

THE Utah Democratic convention condemns tho Republican party for not declaring war sooner, and for terminating it so abruptly.

IT is likely that the military authorities will court-martial preacher Carstcnsen for lying and the church militant should follow suit.

THE increase of our exports during the last fiscal year was in manufactured articles and food products. Good for the farm and the factorv.

ONE railroad in Mexico is now contracting for 24,000 tons of steel rails with manufacturers in the United States, contract to run three years.

SOJIK people are declaring against the building of the Nicaraugua canal. Wait until the Republican party gets through with the question this winter.

CHAPLAIN CARSTENSEN and Editor Morse evidently drank from the Bame canteen and the red liquor in that canteen is6adly infected with the microbes of iprevarication.

IN the 6ix months ending June 30th, _1S9S, the exports of hardware and cutlery from England to the United

States fell oft' from 5540,475 to $199,245, a loss of $347,230.

THE great council of Red Men has decided against excluding saloon-keep-ers from the order. The Uig Chief knows what a good thing it is to have a supply of fire-water.

THE Czar and the Kaiser might, as an evidence of good faith, try that peace proposal on Argentina, Chili. Peru and Bolivia, all of whom are on the ragged edge of a mix-up.

VESUVIUS has evidently become jealous of her namesake in the American navy, and by her wonderful eruption last week is just letting the world know that she's still a lively old "crater."

THE gold surplus BOW in the United States treasury is S-40,000,000. "Coward gold always hides in time of war" and about as safe a hiding place as it can find is in the treasury vaults of Uncle Sam.

SECRETARY LONG is preparing his annual report on the navy department. 11 is possible that he will recommend that congress again create the rank of Vice Admiral, in order that it may be conferred upon Rear Admiral Dewey,

IF the French expedition under Major Marchand, backed l»y an Abyssinian army of 10,000 fierce fighters, undertakes to hold Fashoda on the White Nile against Kitchener's advance from Khartoum, the killing will not be confined to the Dervishes.

GENERAL WHEELER expresses the opinion that the Cubans and Porto Ilicans are tractable and easily governed. They ought to be by this time, but if an appeal to reason is not suflicient the United States authorities will soon fiud some way to control them, Uncle Sam is strong on reason and logic, and when these fail he is just as resourceful in other directions.

'fHE Rev. Carstensen, the sensational Indianapolis preacher, who simply tore bis clothes off in securing the appointment of chaplain in the 1.08th Indiana regiment, didn't like it at Chickamauga and denounces everything so harshly that he not only makes himself ridiculous but places himself and his cause in a very bad light. He abuses the medical corps and coolly declares that "there were not enough surgical instrument* on the ground to open a boil." This is, of course, a lie,and the good people of Indiana know that a man who will lie about one thing will lie about'several. Thus hie whole bugaboo story is discredited and he stands before the public in the light of a buinmy little falsifier. Caretensen's case suggests a saw often repeated by that venerable tramp, Colonel Hargitt: "When God gives a man a lower case brain, He always makes jip for it by giving him a display type mouth."

A GOODLY SHOWING. The following official statement, showing the course of the imports and exports of the United States for the first eight -months of the calendar year, will show the extent to which this country has recently strengthened its financial position from its commercial operations with other countries:

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The exports of merchandise have exceeded the imports by 8352,000,000, while for the same months of 1897 the surplus was $95,400,000, and in 1896, 3109,700,000. The creditor balance of this year has been set oil by net gold imports amounting to $92,400,000, leaving a net creditor balance, on the commercial account, of $259,800,000, or at the rate of $346,400,000 per annum.

As an indication of the money strength of the United States government, the following statement is presented, showing the official count of cash in the treasury at the close of business on September 13th, 1898: Gold coin and bullion.— 1239,379,230 liver dollars and bullion 8,233,833 United States notes ... 50,622.126 Other assets in excess of demand liabilities 16,081,793

Available cash balance including gold reserve 5316,316.982 It has rarely, if ever, been the good fortune of a government to close a costly war with $316,000,000 of cash, and 70 per cent, of it in gold, in its treasury.

THAT LYING II API.A IN INDIANAPOLIS News-. Chaplain Carstensen, in his interview in the Sentinel yesterday, said a good many hard things about Chickamatiga, and he may be justified in some of his criticisms But those that saw the ISS'.h regiment march through the st.ret-ls of Indianapolis could hardly help feelingthat the men had been really benefited by their summer's experience. Certainly they presented a fine appearance. No doubt they were helped by their brief stay at Knoxville, but if, as Mr. Carstensen says, they h&d been "weakened, debilitated and invalided for life all on account of the criminal incompetence of certain brigade and division quartermasters and co nmissaries," it is hardly probable that they could have recovered so quickly. It seems to us that the best answer to the wholesale charges that have been made is the superb appearance of Colonel Smith's regiment. Mr. Carstensen admits that there was plenty of food, and it is known that the regiment lost only four men by death. It is clear enough that, if the other regiments at Chickamauga had had as careful and efficient oflicers as those in command of the 15Sib the troops at Chickamauga would have fared very well.

A CONTRAST.

General George B. McClellau. after he retired from command, stated tho following: "I assumed command of the army of the United States July 2(5, 1

SO 1, one day after the battle of Hull Run. There were about 50,000 volunteers in and about Washington. I at ouce commenced the organization of an army of 150,000 men, and it required until mid-winter to organize and equip the infantry. The artillery was not ready for the field until spring—requiring the greater part of one year."

In the war with Spain just closing, the declaration of war was on May 25th. In ninety days the war department reported 2GS.000 men 8s enlisted, organised, equipped and in the field.

On what basis do the critics who make complaint against the war department's methods find a rule of comparison which justifies fault-finding?

THE Washington Posl 6u( gest6 an experience in chicken-raising will enable Mr. Cleveland to distinguish the difference between an incubator and a duck blind. We would like the Post to inform us, if possible, whether an experience in chicken-raising will enable Mr. Cleveland to distinguish the difference between the Democratic rooster and the American'eagle.

THE New York World calls on the people to trust McKinley. The people have been doing that in the broadcase sense since the fourth day of March, ls97, and the consensus of public opinion to-day warrants the Baying that they will continue not only to trust,' but to uphold President McKinley.

THE Texas Democratic convention pledged the Democracy of Texas to support William Jennings Bryan in 1900. In the same platform they endorsed the colonial platform of President McKinley, which includes Porto Rico, and possibly Cuba. The last public utterance of William J. Bryan before going to the field with his regiment was, that be was unaltarably opposed to all colonial expansion. It will be necessary for the Democrats of Texas to either modify their declaration concerning colonial expansion or withdraw their endorsement of Colone Bryan.

THERE is apparent a unifying of factions and races of the island in behalf of an independent Cuban republic, and under the voluntary pledges made by the Washington government at the beginning of the war with Spain, this country cannot logically or honorably object to the experiment of a Cuba Libre. In the long run, however, the Cuban republic will find peace, prosperity and stable government where the republic of Texas found them.

THAT mobbing of Gen. Toral upon his return to Spain was the thoroughly characteristic act of a fanatical aud degenerate people. Toral put up at Santiago the only creditable fight made on land or water by the forceBof Spain in the entire course of the late war, and the final surrender was all that saved the remnant of his starved and helpless army from total destruction.

COMPANY is most cordially welcomed home and it is hoped that while the boy6 are now on a furlough that they will be called in regimental meet again only for the purpose of being muBtered out. If, however, active service is required of them the boys of Crawfordsviile will be found to a man ready for duty.

A PETITION is bjiug circulated by the Sons of Veterans asking the secretary of the navy to name one of the new battleships Lincoln. The suggestion comes from a good source and will meet with universal approval.

FAYERWEATHER ESTATE.

Trusteea or Colleges Restrained Trom 1'hlng the Hequests,

A JN'ew York dispatch says: "Judge Lacotnbe has signed an order restraining the trustees of Amherst, Boudoin, Dartmouth, Hamilton, Williams, Adalbert, Park, Lafayette, Marysville, Marietta, Wabash, Yale, Columbia, the University of Rochester, Union Theological Seminary, '.lie University of Virginia, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institution and Wesl:?yan University from disposing of any money paid to them from the "alleged secret trust in, or concerning the residuary estate of" Darnel 1! Fayerwealher until the final hearing of the suit brought against them, and the executors of the will, Emma is. l-'ayur-weather ai Mary W. Achter. The colleges received $120,000 each from the estate. The action is brought to obtain possession of one-half of the estate of $6,000,000 Judge Laeombe's order ties up $2,995,000." ,,,

Rcxults of American Occupation In Cuba American occupation of Cuba, either permanent or of sufficient length to insure the establishment of a stable and responsible government there, will yield two conditions of incalculable value to the United States. The first •will be the minimizing, if not the absolute extinction, of the causes of yellow fever, by means of the sanitary agencies that have rescued Memphis, New Orleans, and other southern cities from periodic epidemics. The fever that ran its course in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas last year was not due to original local conditions, but was brought from Cuban ports.

Anti-ex pa ni"U of territory the Democratic p.irry fried to monopolize, us a campaign ifsuo. but. there was a t'right1 ul diflt-rence of opinion among the leaders. Tin could not conic together, there'ore tlicy pounced upon milinrv hospitals and 1 he commissary depart, ment for stuck in trade. With the assistance of pipe-dreams and misrepresentations as to soldiers' sufferings, UM party is revelling in hope of duiug great deal for itseif and Hi tie for tho country.

Tiie i'aHadelphia Press which came very near tailing oil' its perch in hv.-s-terin ov..st descriptions ut' sick a ess and Kiift'erit-S i11 CMmas,•'reaching it from correspondents, commends the sur'.conat Camp ior their faithfulh-. ss to duty, it says: "They iiavo fought disease stubbornly, faithfully, and, in a good many caocs, have beaten death iiself."

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1 SENSIBLE YIEW.

The Cincinnati Enquirer Discusses the War and Its Consequences In a Spirit of Fairness.

It is hardly necessary to explain that the Cincinnati Enquirer is a Democratic newspaper. It has always been antagonistic to the Republican party, bnt it does not indorse the course of sensational yellow journals that have hyenalike seized upon pitiful yet inevitable misfortunes of war in the hope of making political capital and forwarding partisan purposes. The Enquirer recently published a double-leaded editorial with reference to the war and its management, and its observations are so conservative, so timely and pointed as to deserve tho deliberate consideration and hearty indorsement of every intelligent American. "Under the strong tension of patriotism," says The Enquirer, "everything is forgotten bnt the nation's needs. Up with the flag

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danger being past, the reaction comes. The spirit of exaltation gradually yields aud the spirit of criticism and faultfinding comes forward, as if to make up for lost time. "These reflections are naturally suggested by the sudden change in the nation's frame of mind within the last two or three weeks. What room was there for any uncomfortable thought in any American's miud when the news came of the prodigious exploit of Dewey aud his men at Manila? Who thought of doubting the perfection of the administration of army and navy during the three weeks of the Santiago campaign, resulting in the destruction of the Spanish fleet, the capture of the city and army, and the cry of 'enough' from the insolent foe? All, those were glorious days. It is true Shafter had been rash so was Grant at Fort Donelson. The great commander tells us in his memoirs that the final victory there belonged to whichever side should make the boldest push forward, and that he won the victory by passing the word through the camp while the soldiers were as yet only stirring for the day that it had already been won. So it was at Santiago. Shaffer fought his own doubts and 'from the nettle danger plucked the flower of safety,' because he possessed the genius of courage. In the presence of American valor on land the Spanish fleet preferred the chances of escape by running the gauntlet under American battleship? to remaining under the lire of the American artillery, which was growling from the hills surrounding Santiago. "What nation over gained equal prestige within three months? The whole world has waited anxiously to see whether the modern battleship, now on trial for the first time, would be more destructive to the enemy or to itself. Our gunners at Manila aud at Santiago sent their projectiles with as unerring aim as that of our crack mark.-.meii when shooting the necks from bottles thrown into the air. Our soldiers, less than 25,000 in number, attacking an equal number of the enemy in ther entrenchments and fortifications, laughing at. the deadly fire from ambush which met them on the way. The reader will say: 'Wo knew ail this before why this recital?' The answer is that these glorious achievements ought to be constantly kept in view to restrain the spirit of pessimism now so rife in the country. It is true that our soldiers have suffered aud are suffering in hospital camps that the vast machinery of transportation has not worked without a great deal of friction that the surgeon general has been unable to attain perfection throughout his vast department, and that sanitary skill has not in any camp reached the desired state of perfection. But. who shall presume to determine how much of this could have bfien,averted by human agencies, and how much of it is due, as the legal phrase goes, to the hand of God? "Then, as tohuman fallibility in camp and field, who can justly apportion the responsibility between chiefs and subordinates? Does any man believe that tho president or the secretary cf war has been indifferent at any time to the needs of the soldiers? If a single commissary 1-ergeant neglects his duty, how can this instantly be known at Washington? Tiie army is a great machine. The commissary general tries to have it led the quartermaster generl tries to have it clothed, and the surgeon general tiies to look after its health but through what numberless agencies do these men act? What human power can compel faiililaiues.saiid promptness through all these subordinates? Faithless men should be removed, but their misconduct must tirsr be established. Tiie army is governed by articles of war enacted by congress. The president, the secretary of war and his chief" of bureaus, the generals of corps, tiie generals of divisions, the generals of brigades, the field officers of regimen fa aud the oiiicers oi companies, all have their duties to pertorm. What housewife gets perfect service from her handful of servants? What father secures absolute obedience from his minor children when they are out of his sight? And how is it possible that a great army should move like clockwork aud always have at hand just what is needed and at the exact hour? If there have been any unusual disasters in our armies, aud if they have resulted from criminal negligence, there will be a time for the truth to be known, and lawful and reasonable methods for findingit out. But it must be evident to every rational man that just judgments cannot be pronounced upon government officials by mere circulation of ex parte statements, many of which originate in unreliable sources, and most of which carry with them no direct information as to where the blame should rest. "Would it not be well if the public mind could now be turned to more 111 teresting themes than either the acci-

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dents or the faults of army administration, and the world be permitted to see the American people a little better reconciled to their own government than some of our newspapers have represented them to be during the last fortnight?"

OPPORTUNITIES IN EGYPT.

Kitcin'ncr's Victory Will Open Way Also For Amcs'ic'ttci Commerce. The recent victory of Sir Herbert Kitcheucr in tho Sudan means something more thac a mere triumph for British arms. It has wider and deeper significance than is conveyed by tho statement that the murder of General Gordon has been avenged. England's greatest desert fighter did not plan one of tho most successful military expeditions in history merely to avengo the death of Gordon. The capture of Omdurman and Khartum means the ultimate completion of an unbroken chain of British possessions from Cape Colony to the Mediterranean. Tho captured cities are to be way stations in one of the richest valleys in the world, which, under British control, will be thrown open to tho commerce of all nations.

The American producers and manufacturers will have equal opportunities with the peoplo of all nations in the development of the Nile valley. It is true that tho British policy is to follow tho flag with British commerce, but it is also their policy to open the doors to all nations. This region is destined to be another India, with a rich and constantly growing market for all the products of civilization. In this land of matchless fertility aud undeveloped re sources the American producer is presented with opportunities equal to those that are offered by the orient.—Chicago Times-Herald.

COLONEL HAY ON ALLIANCE.

r« oi-s He hi: tons but r«naal Treaty With 13upland. Before leaving England Embassador John Hay took occasion to say to friends that he is absolutely opposed to any formal alliance between ibe United States and Great Britain. Mr. Hay is deeply impressed with tho importance of cultivating close and friendly relations with Great Britain, bnt he has made no secret of his unalterablo opposition to anything in the nature of an actual Anglo-American alliance).

This will be a great disappointment to tho British foreign office, which entertained strong hopos that as secretary of stiite he would be favorablo to a specific arrangement between the United States and Great Britain in treating the Chinese question. Mr. Hay, however, will oppose it. He recognizes that the interests of the two countries regarding China am identical, but ho believes they shcc !:1 a^t sej\ n.te!y.

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