Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 September 1899 — Page 10
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1M9.
POOR BOSTON ia now known aa the lair of Atkinaldo.
HARD times croaking in Kanaas fills pretty flat in consideration of the immense corn crop.
MB. BRYAN'S pen ia a pretty good substitute for his voice still that does not lceep him from talking.
MB. BANNA, having accomplished the ruin of Europe, Africa end the Orient, is now consulting astronomers for othftr worlds to smaBh.
THE Saratoga conference of anti- '&> 'Bryan people is destined to accentuate the divisions in the Democratic ranks, even though it fails to accomplish the reBult aimed at by its projectors,
MB. BRYAN willgo to the next national Democratic convention aB a delegate, but it is not believed that Mr. McKinley will follow his example. He does not have to aB hiB nomination is aseured-
THE voice of ex-eenator Dubois peals out shrilly from the tomb to the effect that the silver Republicans must maintain their organization. But Fred Dubois has been politically dead, lo! theee |many years.
THE plan on foot to extend throughout the country the registered letter ^service to private residences by having ^he letter carriers attend to the work, 'will prove a boon to the public and fcdd to the popularity of the postal Service.
THE attempt on the pavt of certain •Traders of the Democracy to create :M6w issues and minimize the silver talk, is disturbing to the free silver element in Colorado, the only "sure thing" of the northern states for the
Democracy.
THE reported attempt to form a new political party in New York as the basis of recent labor troubles and de--ZQinds, will come to nothing. Labor is not to be deluded in any such way.
Its interests cannot be separated from the general interests.
PERHAPS the anti-expansionists can explain why, in the face of a largely increased demand for labor of all kinds, with advance of wages, there iB still an unprecedented rush of volunteers for the army, In a service that iB not specially attractive.
A PBOTECTIVE tariff being responsible for the formation of all trusts, so that to eliminate the trusts It becomes first necessary to kill the tariff, how does it happen that free trade Eogland has 186 trusts, including one engineering concern capitalized at 856,000,000?
THE importations of woolen manufactures in the
laBt
year of the Wilson
law were $49,162,992, while in the fiscal year just ended, under the Dingley law they were but $13,831,967. The difference of 336,000,000 worth of these products was made by Americans.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY, when he was consulted by the representatives of the citizens of the District of Columbia regarding the arrangements for the reception to Admiral Dewey in Wash ington in October, emphatically
Baid
"Gentlemen, burn plenty of red fire." As a result, there will be more red lightB burning during the celebration than ever before In the history of the capital city.
IF anybody thinks there is harmony in the Democratic host let him try to arrange a scrap book collection of the many columns of newspaper arguments of prominent national and local politicians, in favor of silver without expansion, of expansion without sil' ver, of anti-trust and anti-expansion minus silver, of Bryan and antl-truBt and silver, but mlnuB expansion, and •bout fourteen and one other combinations—all within the harmoniouB Democratioparty.
BTHB Democratic Washington Times, which supports Bryan in toto, refers to President McKinley's exemption from civil service of a comparatively amall number of special positions, as the Republicans' "return to the infamous civil spoils system." The Times probably romembers that the Chicago platform, which stands for Mr. Bryan advocates the absolute return to the spoils system as practiced by Andrew Jackson and the throwing open of all offices to a victorious candidate.
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SECRETARY ROOT is giving1 the country a striking-exhibition of what can be accomplished by hustling, even in the month of August, which has got to be so generally recognized in official circles as vacation time. He haB caused everything connected with the •ending of volunteers to the Phillippinea to be advanced considerably from the first estimates, and it is now practically certain that the last of the first ten regiments will be landed at Manila not later than October, and crrangementa have already been made by which the other mi regiments, the order for the enlisting of which was only issued several days ago, will reach Manila within a week, before or after, of December l. No troops ever took the field anywhere better equipped than these men will be or better provided In every respect for campaigning in the tropics. They will all be armed with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, of which the war department now has a fnll supply, and amply supplied with smokeless ammunition. When all the troops get over there will be more than 60,000 men in the Philippines. It ia not believed that so many men will be needed to do the fighting, but Secretary Root intends to have them there so that every town taken from the Filipinos can be held, instead of abandoned, as in the last campaign. If there is as much hustling at the other end as there has been in Washington, the campaign will be short and decisive.
As FAB aB Mr. Thomas Tsggart is concerned we would only Bay that in consenting, while swearing he would ne'er consent, he has made of himself a far more pitiful spectacle than Donna Julia ever presented. Men incapable of resisting political impression 'are dangerous. Mr. Taggart emphatically declared that poor health and the peculiar claims of his family on his time and devotion would absolutely prevent him from accepting the nomination. No one conversant with the distressing family history of Mr. Taggart for the last few months can doubt the genuineness of these family claims or the sincerity of the mayor's determination to place them before party claims. When the pressure was applied, however, he allowed partisan considerations to stand before the considerations of family and health and the question now is, would he not allow the same political influence to come between him and the honest administration of his office in case of his election? A man who is weak where his family and
hiB
health are concerned
is very likely to be weak where honest government is concerned. When the voice of the ward politician is more potential with a man than the voice of duty to family that man
needB
the
earnest aid of the voters to keep him out of office.
IN his address at the Catholic Summer School grounds, Cham plain, N. President McKinley expressed the following sentiments which are worthy the study of every American: "We may differ in our political and religious beliefs but we are united for country. Loyalty to the government is our national creed. We follow, all of us, one flag. It symbolizes our purposes, our aspirations it represents what we believe and what we mean to maintain, and wherever it floats it is the flag of the free and the hope of the oppressed, and wherever It is assailed, at any sacrifice it will be carried to a triumphant peace. Rebellion may delay, but it can never defeat its blessed mission of liberty and humanity."
OUB returning volunteers from the Philippines have had many handsome things said of them, but the words of the Japan Herald—"They have shown us that gentlemen can be fighters, and have proven now that fighters can be gentlemen"—on the occasion of the visit of the soldiers to Tokio on their way home, makes every American's breast swell with pride.
AMEBICAN manufacturers made thair best record in the fiscal year juBt ended. For the second time in the history of our foreign commerce, the exports exceeded the imports of manufactures. As the only other time occurred in the year 1898, the McKinley administration is a record maker aa well as a record breaker.
THE determination on the part of India to adopt the gold atandard will deprive Mr. Bryan of one of his stock arguments, and likewise raake'cl£ar to the Republican party itB duty in this matter. A straightforward delaration In favor of the gold standard Is expected from the.next congress.
THE appearance of Mr. Bryan and Mr. Henry Watterson on the stump in Kentncky in the same cause is apt to make many mean people rake up memories of the campaign of 1896, and show what these gentlemen thought of each other under different circumstances.
THE advent of ex-speaker Reed into the business life of New York City, is looked forward to with much antlcipa tion. Republicans refuse to believe that this great brainy man—a leader of men—has permanently retired from public life. He is sure to be heard from again in the future.
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As WAS the eaae two years ago, "there iB talk of atrong opposition to Congressman Landis" in the Republican nominating convention. THE JOURNAL doea not believe that such opposition will or ahould materialize. Mr. Landis ia honeat, capable, aggressive and growing and THE JOUBNAL is at a loss to know why there ahonld even be talk of hia aneeeaalon by another. It is a well known fact that the men who are the most aueeeaaful in congress are those who serve for many terms, and the wayfaring man, though a fool, knowa that the district that ia constantly changing representatives is never represented at all. .It ia, trne that there are other good Republicans beaidea Mr. Landis among us,but as THE JOURNAL understands It, the people do not send a man to congress ae a reward of merit or a recognition of his ability, but to represent the district. Mr. Landia is certainly the peer in every way of any other man anggeated and hia tiongrecslonal experience rendera him the preferable candidate.
From Charley Gtlkcj.
Will S. Heath haa received the following letter from Charley Gilkey: MANILLA, P. I., July 10, 1899. MB. WILL HEATH—Old Oomrade:
On thia dreary, dismal rainy day I thought I would write you a ahort letter, aa I have nothing elae to do. We are having horrible weather here now and won't be any better for three months. I Buppose you people are threshing wheat about now. Well, I seem to stand this plaee pretty well, considering everything. I don't think the climate is as hot as it was where we were last summer, we have a sea breeze every evening, and it is always warm when it rains. The natives all live in bamboo huts roofed overhead with royal palm leaves. Theie are thousands
of
Chinese here in Manila.
The Chinese marry Filipino women. All the children go naked until they are 7 or 8 years old that wouldn't do in the state?, would it? There is considerable small-pox here. We had one man in our company to die from it, the doctors vaccinate the men about every two months. There are several men out of our county over here, La.no, Mitchell, Staten, Lucas, Patterson, Dorsey and HartmaD,the last three are in the 14th Infantry. You remember Caplinger, from New Market, well he is in the 6th Artillery, in the Sandwich Islands. I suppose you are having a good time at home this bummer for myself, I am having a very good time, five months of active service is pretty hard on a man. I weigh just the Bame an I did the day I enlisted on the 8th of December, 187 pounds. The rain is falling in torrents just now and the wind is blowing a perfect gale. We had a fine voyage ever here. We were just 52 dayB on the water. I wish you had been along. I will tell you, Will, field service is not what it is cracked up to be, when we have an active enemy to go against. It will put the fear of God in any man's heart to hear the Mauser and Remington bullets fly
paBt
you and see strong hearty men fall on all siaeB of you. Their dying screams are heartrending. Go to them they will ask you to write the news home and tell the people that he died fighting for his country. It is almost more than I can bear sometimes. And the people at home will say that thiti- war doesn't amount to much. You should be glad that you never went to Cuba during hostilities last summer. I was on guard one night when we first got here. We had been here for about two weeks and as I was walking my post the insurgents opened up on us at about 2,000 yards. All at once the bullets began to fly around about ue. It had been going on for about a minute when I heard a' Remington bullet strike a bamboo out in front of me. Well, I heard it copaing and I felt that it was coming right at me. I dropped on my knees and just as my knees touched the ground the bullet struck my rifle just back of my neck at the balance of the stock to the back sight and glanced off in the ground. I tell you right then I was scared. 1 didn't know whether to run or not, but finally 1 got on my feet and began walkiDg my post. I believe if I hadn't dropped on my knees I would have been shot. Well, this is all, good bye.
CHABI.ES F. GILKEY,
Manila, Philippine Island,
Co., L, 4th U. S. Infantry. P- S —If you ever hear anybody say anything against the soldiers out here will you please pound the sap out of them, and tell them you done it in my behalf. Ycu will have to ex case me for not writing Booner,' but have been bothered BO much that couldn't do it. If ever get home I will have lots to tell you. From your affectionate comrade. Write aa soon AB you get this.
c.
F. G.
DURING the civil war, as well as in our late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of the most troublesome diseases the army had to contend with. In many instances it became chronic and the old soldiers atlll suffer from it. Mr. David Taylor, of Wind Ridge, Greene county, Pa., is one of these. He uses Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and says he never found anything that would give him such quick relief. It is for sale by Nye & Booe, druggists.
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From the Philippine*.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamee Michaels have received the following letters from their eon Floyd at Manila:
MANILA, P. I., June 13, 189»—Dear Home Folks:—I will try and write yon a few linea to let yon hear from me. I am all right with the exception of the dysentery and that seems to bother most of the aoldiera here. Our regiment was out on a fighting expedition and we are just in. We were out for six dfcys climbing over mountains and shooting negrotos. Yon don't know how we have to live. Yon have, heard the old soldjfere tell how they had to' live. We have to live the eame way. We were .for two daye without anything to eat exempt what we eould get as we marched along. There area few chickena here and a fellow ean manage to get one once in a while, but did not have time to eook it eo we ate them raw. I'll tell you that raw ehieken tasted pretty well. That wae the first time that ever I ate raw ehieken. Wei had plenty of atuff on the wagons but could not fret to it. We were away up in the mouhtaine. I will tell you I never walked over dead and dying men before, but I did thia time. I gueee we are going out again next Thureday. never ehot a man before and the firat one I ehot yon don't know how I felt Jeme Rush le all right he ie as fat as a hog. Charley Gilkey ie in the hoapltal. I don't know what ia the matter with him, something like diphtheria. Tell Willie Pickett I would like to be there to plow corn for him but I am down here shooting black skunks (aa we call them). I and three other fellows* had our pictures taken yesterday and when they are finished I will send you one. We get three apiece. Mother, if you can I would like for you to send me THE JOUBNAL once in awhile. I would like to read the news around home..
Your son, FLOYD. SECOND LETTEB.
DEAR MOTHER:—I will try and answer your kind and loving letter which I received the other day. Well, mother, I was in a pretty hard fight the other day. The first battalion went out to locate the negroes and we went too far. The first thing we knew we were surrounded and had to fight our way back. There were twenty-seven men killed and wounded out of our battalion and seven killed and wound ed in my company. We only had one hundred rounds of ammunition and nearly every one of us ran ot't. We had one piece of artillery with us and that was all that saved our lives. We fought about four hours until we got more help. I read in the papers from the states and I can read nothing but peace in the Philippine Island. If they were here they would see whether it was peace or not. Yes, mother, you are rlgh't, there ie no one like a mother. When I get home I will never leave my mother again. How is Mattie by thiB time? I hope she is well enough to write mo that crackerjack letter. No, Jim Rush did not die with the measles. He is with me. We call him Swift. It tains here every day and we wade In mud and water up to our knees. You have heard the old soldiers tell about sleeping in mud and water that Is the way we have to do. Many a night I have slept in the mud and water. If I could get some brush or poles I would sleep on them. I have just finished my dinner and will tell you what we ate We had bean soup, coffee and hard tack. How would you like that? I suppose you arg eating garden stuff. I wish I W&B there io help you eat it. Well, it is pretty hot here. A person's clothes are never dry. If they are not w*t with sweat they are with rain. Well. I will close for this time. Love to all. Good-bye. Your son,
FLOYD.
Brakuuin Hurt.
A Big Four brakeman had his foot crushed last Friday afternoon ear the freight depot. Dr. Ensminger was called and decided that amputation was not necessary.
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