Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1897 — Page 4

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THURSDAY, JUNE 3. Goon morning General Prosperity. You are not looking very scriimptnous this morning. How’s your confidence. Johnson the bank wrecker, was given ten years for misplaced confidence. The republican party was given four years in for the same offense. That’s all. Compliments on the typographical and newsy appearance of the Democrat, come by mail, which shows that it is appreciated abroad as well as at home. Now’s the time to advertise. The Logansport bank wrecker and forger is now doing time in the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary, where he has been sentenced for ten years. The law saw the great crimes committed without winking very hard. We desire every reader to carefully peruse the article on “Cuban Independence,” this week. After much persuasion kindly consented to give his views and ideas on the important subject, and we consider it as being a production that goes direct to the spot. THis»city is now busily engaged in entertaining the district convention of the Epworth League, The session began Tuesday evening at the Methodist, church, there being present at tlie opening quite a large representation ot Epworthians from ■ every local chapter in the district. Toe organizition is a flourishing one and shows a large following of young people actively engaged in the Christian work. The yisitqrs in the city are thrice welcome and may your visit here be a pleasant and happy one. William J. Bryan appeared before an Indianapolis audience that was so large that it completely packed ihe large Tomlinson hall. The audience fairly went wild over the ringing utterances of this magic statesman, who is the hvliest presidential possibility in the political arena today

Many of the friends of County Superintendent John F. Snow, will read his announcement in this issue, with regret. He declines to permit his name to go before the members of the board of education, to be considered by them in any way in their selection of county superintendent. Mr. Snow has been a valuable worker in education for a long number of years, and for six termhas filled the office of county superintendent in Adams county. During that time he has been ever faithful to the educational interests of those who sought his advice and teachings- "

... -■ - — - t The house of representatives- pre- t sents an object lesson to the world r shoeing how easily a supposedly j free branch of a supposed popular t government can be muzzled. Three- < fourths of the merpbers of the house ( would like to vote for the Morgan ; ? resolution, adopted by the senate > last week, for the recognition of the i belligerency of the Cubans, but thev i are not allowed to dp.so. Mr. Me | > Kinley says the adoption of that j resolution by the house would inter- < sere with the mysterious Cuban i policy that he is engaged in hatch- i ingout, by compelling him to show bis hand, .as it is a joint resolution which would have to be either signed or vetoed, and not a concurrent reso lution, like the one adopted by the last congress and pigeon holed by Mr. Cleveland; the sugar trust says the resolution must not be adopted, and Czar Reed says it shall not be, 1 and there you are. The democrats kick to the full extent of their power, but the republican members of the house swallow thmr cbnvictidnst and vote against the wdl of their constituents because they are afraid to offend Mr. McKinley and Mr. Reed, lest they should Tail to land an office or two or to get the committe assignments ( they want, and the farce of calling the house a legislative body goes on, like the butcheries in Cuba.

CUBAN INniII’IINHKNCK. The Gulf of Mexico is the largest, the greitest gulf on eirih. Ill's large, more than one thoir-and miles from east to west ' '1 m.irlj on ■ thousand miles from north l<> south at its widest part. IJmindcd rm the n «rth and east by the great repubi lie, and on the west and souHi In I the republic of Mexico, it is a gnat deep waterway ot conum ret 1 among millions ot pcple. It hm* more than three thousand miles of shore line. We call it the Gulf of M. xi co; but in fact it is a great inland deep water sea. The entrance is on the east side between Florida and Yucatan in Mexico. Ihe passage into the gulf, it not obstructed, would be ab'i.ut one hundred and sixty miles wide, and here, right in the waterway between Florida and Yucatan, lies the island of Cuba, more than six hundred miles long. The island is long east and west and nairow about one hundred miles wide in its widest part. The west part of the island is south ot F londa. The east half of the island projects more than three hundred miles east of Florida into the Atlantic ocean. It is the natural, physical and military key to the great Gulf of Mexico." Look at the geography of it, on the east and north four great states and Texas, the state ot state-; on the west the republic of Mexico; on the south Central America and its republics; the Caribbean sea and South America with the republics of the United States of Columbia, Venezuela and Brazil all on the Atlantic shore. On the north, the west, the south and the southeast the island of Cuba for a thousand miles in every direction is surrounded by republics; by nations and states now and tor generations past, enjoying republican forms of 'government. And yet the form of the Cuban government is a monarchy, a despotism, and it is not only in form but in fact, a hard and cruel despotism. Cuba is a foothold, a fortress of monarchy arid despotism in the very heart ot America and commands the gateway to the great gult. It is the natural military key to the gult and all the American republics north, westand south. The strength, the power of a monarchy is in its standing army, the regiments ot infantry and the batteries of cannon. There is no monarchy, no despotism on earth which rests its power of endurance and strength for defense upon the love of the people tor that form of government. It is patent that the patriotism of every monarchy is of military mold. The power of every republic is in the love of liberty and that broad patriotism which seeks the good of the whole people. But will the love ot liberty and the bravest patriotism avail against and overcome the regiments and the cannon We must take and fortify and defend our natural military positions. The republics have been conquering Cuba by sentiment tor a hundred years and Cuba is for liberty. Her people have mide a great and glorious struggle against despotism. We can understand why men from love of the largest liberty, consistent with natural rights and patriotism, should take arms and go to war and justify their action; but war and al l its horrors to support a monarchy, a despotism, is the most weeful crime of'which mankind is guilty. War to support a despotism ”18 the sum of all crimes. A despotism has no right and natural reason for its ex istence. The great body of all the

people of the United States, of Mexico, of the Central American states and of the South American republics are patriotic. They love their country and their form of government. The power of sentiment is truly great; "it is our greatest force. Great as it is, it will be greater yet when supported by regi meuts and batteries. The govern ynentof Spain is a despotism. What use has she for Cuba in the gateway of the gulf? Is her occuption of Cuba a civil occupation, and by the arts of peace giving that people peaceful homes,'prosperous lives, a reasonableand enlightened government, under which men can enjoy their-natural rights? We all know it is not and has not been so for a century. Cuba is simply the .great military stronghold of a military despotism held by a foreign power in the very centre of the American republics; and more, it is the most infamous despotism now tolerated among civilized nations. The jsland is of no value to Spun. Spanish pride and the vanity of the possession induces Spain to carry on the war. No doubt she has de rived a, large revenue from Cuba, perhaps enough to pay tile costs of all the war in the island. No doubt , the Cubans have been made to pay ; all the costs of all the wars they have waged for liberty. The island has long been a sort of training ground for Spanish military oppression’ and misrule; and that under the eyes and in the very heart of the American republics. The poor island has been object lesson to all who love liberty and hate desI potism but it is a cruel, bitter

history for Cuba. What a war is carried on against that people. A war of extermination. By tlie.lml let, the bayonet, 'he sword, the cannon and the coiral, t>\ famine and by pestilence Covralitig the people in great camps under guardami forcing them to famine. It i* »asn r to guard unarmed men, w 'men and children and starve them than 11 is to fight armed men and not so dangerous. ]>■ c mquvr <’n is not to conquer lilnit). Spam has conquered t üba before but th spirit ot her people wa- not and will not he broken and she never can and never will subdue die island, she could liberate it but never can subdue it. The tide of feeling, sentiment and every civilized tone Americanizes Cuba and crowds 11 e Spainiard. out of the island. It is a natural growth, a natural process and the Spaniard must go out of Cuba or stay there with liberty. The old despotism must disappear from the island. Why not now? It has been already baptized with American blood. Stripped of all the old traditions and dress by which this conflict is now surrounded, by diplomacy and the laws of nations, it resolves itself into this: The liberty loving people of Cuba, unable to endure the insufferable despotism of Spain, armed with patriotism and a splendid courge have made every effort and every sacrifice due for liberty, from any great body and patriotic people, have established a formal government and maintained their side of tl;e contest through n ur eat—a long —and a frightful contest against great power and unsparing cruelty. Despotism on the the other side has brought every power to bear to prevent a brave and intelligent people from having and enjoying a government of their own making and after then own choice. Cervantes is regarded by his own countrymen with a smile of contempt. This war shows that thi opainjard has developed his old original barbarism. It is not especially Gen. Wevlerto blame for Cuban oppression. It is the nation. There is neither right nor fairness in charging the Cuban cruelties and infamies to any one man. One short glance at the Spanish wars show that they are all alike; they all, ancient and modern, were marked cold, cruel, infamous, more so than any other wars of any other nat.ons. It is the flower of the ' old fedual and military Spanish barbarism, reblossomed, in the gateway <>f the Guif ot Mexico a«id in the centre and heart of all the republics of America. When one looks upon the situation they ar. astonished. Every American itouched with either shame or anger when he thinks of it and if outraged humanity should reach out suddenly a strong and powerful hand and suppress, destroy and sweep away.troni the island of Cuba every vestige of Spanish power and crueltry, every liberty loving soul would rejoice. If despotism has not the good sense and judgement to remove from the very heart of the area of Arnericai republics this last darkest, bloo*diest, and most terrible stronghold of desp >tism, rapine and oppression, which would not be tolerated one day in Europe then let America remove it, and regenerate the island and makt it the abode of liberty and prosper ilv, peace and progress for ail wh" care to live there and enjoy it. If those who oppress Cuba will not listen to reason and refuse to regard enlightened sentiment then let. them hear the footfalls of the march of he regiments and the voice of th<Ctnuon. McOwen.

Senator Jones of Nevada, wh<> was inferentially charged by Sena’O' Aldrich with having given out the sugar schedule before the tariff bill was reported to the senate, is chair man of the committee on contingeni expenses, to which Senator Tillman - resolution for a sugar investigation by a committee of five senators was referred, and he says the committee will report the resolution favorably. That makes it reasonably certain tb^’ 1 the resolution will be adopted?i>»'cause a number cf senators who would like to vote against it will not dare to d„o so. It wdl all depend. upon the formation of the investigating commit’ee whether it will mean business or a farce, Senator Tillman will be chairman of the committee. If he be given four col leagues as fearless as hi inself,the guiltV senators, if there be any such, will be brought to book, and the sugar trust, the head of which got cleared on that other indictment will also be shown up; but if he be given colleagues who are afraid of their shadows, nothing will come ol the investigation. Notwithstanding the continued hard times and poor outlook for business and the laboring class, the stock owned by the sugar .trust' ad vances in price and value. Ihe republican party, of course, are not favorable to trusts and this coincident can in no wise be construed that the present administration are taking care of the sugar trust. The money they spent in the campaign was to educate the poor man.

LOCKWOOD'S NEWS BUDGET GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SERVED IN ENTERTAINING WAY. lixlinmi Member. Almont I'rom the Ciipl-t-1 lliek Bright Ila-'-mull Respect. I'nr Carp Turk'Bifzz.ard Mistaken I'nr the tuiceieiin Mngle Colonel Holloway's -la'lic; Powers nail Reinlniscmieos. Other Choice rarngiiiphs. From Our Special Correspondent. | Washington, June 2.—Washington Ims been pretty well deserted by Indiana members of the lower house during the past few days. Mi*. Zener is dwelling for the time being beneath the shadow of the old state capitol and the Hoosier charter oak at Corydon. Mr. Miers has also been looking after his fences for some (Jays. Representatives Royse, Henry and Robinson spent Deeorj ation day at Nashville with a congres- ; sional party, which left for the exposi- ■ tion last week. Mr. Henienway has [ been entertaining his Populist competitor for congress in the First district, during the last campaign, Rev. Josephus Lee of Oakland City. Major Steele is busy this week with the meeting of the board of managers of national soldiers’ homes, of which he is a member. The sundry civil bill, to which the ! president will probably attach his signature this week, provides for a new soldiers’ home at Danville, Ills., the opening of which, it is expected, will relieve i the strain on the home at Marion, and also accommodate many Indiana soldiers now unable togain admittance.' —»** — Colonel Dick Bright, the genial ser-geant-as-arms of the senate, has not forgotten a taste, for fishing acquired on the lakes and streams of Indiana, and his fish stories grow with age. In ; speaking of the German carp, with which Indiana streams have been stocked in recent years to the detriment of gamier and better fish. Colonel Bright said the other day that Colonel ■ Bairn, formerly fish commissioner, was I responsible for the general propogation lof these “river scavengers,” as the InI diana fisherman calls them. In Europe [ they have-marine water plants- upon : which to feed, but in this country they live on refuse and are unfit to eat. “It was a pet hobby of Colonel Baird's,” said Colonel Bright, “to make fish so plentiful that they would furnish sufficient food for the entire.population. and this he thought could be ac-' complished through the carp, on account of the rapidity with which these fish propogate. We were talking about it one dav, and I insisted that he should have cultivated the black bass. He protested that it took 10 times as much food for a bass as it did for a carp. ‘True enough,’ said I, ‘but -a pound of black bass is worth a whole ton of carp. Baird never forgave that remark, but he doubtless thought I was right when the results of his misdirected efforts, became fully apparent. ” —»*» — The story which came from Indianapolis some time ago about ex-President Harrison’s investment in a checked bicycle suit has created some comment at Washington, where the appearance of tfie Indiana statesman in such a garb during his residence at the white house would have created the most profound astonishment. Washington cyclists are wondering, however, why General Harrison left Washington without acquiring the habit, if the spirit was really in him, for the' national capital, with its miles upon miles of smooth asphaltum, is the paradise of wheelmen. -***- The members of the postal congress who passed through Indiana over the Pennsylvania line by special train on Saturday, en route to St. Louis, will again traverse the state next week on the return trip from the Nashville exposition, with Chicago as the objective point. Reading Clerk Robert Hatcher of Lafayette is the invaluable member of the party on these excursions, which seem to constitute the principal object of flic postal congress, he being the only American connected with the congress that can express himself satisfactorily in French: Mr. Hatcher did a most unromantic thing during the pilgrimage of the delegates to Mount Vernon. One of the French members' had glued his eye on a huge bird which was soaring above the home of Washington as the party approached the famous estate and was enthusiastically proclaiming the fact that by a'most opportune coincidence here was the American eagle, the proud bird of freedom, soaring in the heavens above the tomb of the father of his country. Mr. Hatcher has seen, turkey buzzards before and told the enthusiastic foreigner as much. -***- Indiana never turned out a more enterprising individual than Harvey D. LaFollette, former superintendent of public instruction in the Hoosier commonwealth. Mr. LaFollette’s New York complications in connection with the purchase of the New York Mercury, and then his groat southern investment scheme were two of the big deals engineered by the smooth Indianian, and rather badly engineered apparently, for both ended in disaster. But Mr. LaFollette came smiling out of the rains and went to work building more aircastles. A very ■promising bit of architecture went to pieces last week when Land Commissioner Hermann broke in the foundation with a decision in the McKee script case, which directly reversed that made by his predecesor, My. LamorepX, in favor of Mr. LaFollhtte’s pretension to 1(18 acres of Chicago lake front real estate. Mr. LaFollette’s comfpany is the owner of a wildcat claim which disputes the validity of a patent granted in 1821, when the territory in dispute was hardly worth as many dollars as it is millions of dollars now. Mr. LaFollette, who has been in Washington for some months pushing his big case, looks as tranquil as ever, claiming that he expected this decision, but that he hopes to win with the secretary of the interior or before the supreme court. At any rate, Mr. LaFollette has come nearer winning his ease than any other one of the numerous claimants who

fin and Cool. al suits for the warm weathSummer weight worsteds up without lining. They ik just as neat and dressy as the hot and uncomfortable kind. They’re called skeleton suits, probably because wearing one is just like sitting around in your bones. Then there’s the washable LINEN CRASH, about as sensible a thing as a man can buy; light, cool,clean lexpensive. Or we can sell thin coat and vest of Alsilk or brilliantine. All of things here to help a hrough the hot days. - H ART, 80HAFFNER & MARX. GUARANTEED CLOTHING. , Pete ftolthobee 8c Go., Men’s Outfitters.

have bqen amusing themselves during the past few years by alleging ownership of every townsite of importance in the United States. What Mr. LaFollette will try when bis present claim is decided no one can tell, but it is certain to bwsomething of magnificent proportions, and for the sake of old associations Indianians will h< pc that the exprofessor will not have to wait as long as Mulberry Sellers for the realization of some of his plans. -***- At the funeral of Senator Voorhees in Washington several weeks ago there was no more sincere mourner than Mrs. Mary Bradley, whose trial as Miss Mary Ilittris for the murder of A. J. Burroughs attracted national interest 30 years ago. This case was one of those which gave to Daniel Voorhees his reputation as the greatest criminal lawyer of his time and it was ids eloquent plea in the concluding hours of this celebrated trial, which gave to Mary Harris her freedom on a verdict of temporary insanity. The story of Miss Harris’ life was of a character calculated to arouse all the chivalric instincts of the young congressman from Indiana, and he loitered into the cause with a fervor which won its way against all obstacles. She was a shopgirl and her closest friend from childhood had been the man who finally proved unworthy of her confidence. Burroughs was a clerk in the treasury who finally tired of his friendship for Miss Harris and in order to frame an excuse for marrying a woman higher in the social scale, lie made a dastardly attempt to blacken her reputation. In a fit of temporary insanity she entered the treasury department, where Burroughs was ememployed, and shot him dead. Five of the leading lawyers of the nation, led by Congressman Voorhees, offered their services free in her defense, and the verdict rendered by the jury within five minutes of its retirement was in accord with popular sentiment when the case was closed. Through the influence of Mr. Voorhees, she was given a place in one of the . departments, but broke down under the strain of bitter memories, and was taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital for the insane, where she was confined for 12 years. Mrs. Bradley has in her possesion an eloquent letter of consolation, unmistakably the work of Senator Voorhees, "which expresses the confidence of her counsel in her innocence and their deep sympathy for Miss Hams in her "pathetic misfortune. a * —* * — If staying powers count for anything, Colonel W. R. Holloway is certain to secure recognition at the hands of the administration. -This is his 14th week at Washington, and he wears the same old smile, and tells his friends that when consulships begin to go over the counter he will be hi at the distribution. Some of the colonel’s friends are saying that if he stays much longer he will lose his residence in Indiana and will have.to be appointed as a residen t of the District of Columbia. The colonel is as full of reminiscences as he is of expectation, and on account of his intimate relations with Governor Morton and, through him, with the Lincoln administration, he has much to say that is interesting. In a recent interview in the Washington Post Colonel Holloway tells how closely Indiana camp to securing the services of Geneffil Grant during the late-war. Captain Grant, he says, came into Governor Morton’s office with Ins old friend, John Fishback, one afternoon early in June, 1861. Grant was on his way from Columbus, O.,where he had gone to offer his services to Gov-

ernor Dennison. Being refused, ho was then en route to Springfield, Ills, where he to secure hn appointment front Governor Yates. Governor Morton told the modest captain that the quota of Indiana troops, then only 10,000 men, was already officered, but that if Grant did not succeed in securing appointment from Governor Yates he would be glad to secure his assistance in fitting regiments, provided a call was made for more troops. Captain Grant went on to Springfield, accepted a clerkship in Adjutant General Mather’s office, and later was appoint d a colonel. During the war Grant and Morton became fast friends, and during Grant's administration Morton was his righthand man in the-senate. When it was decided to press the Alabama claims against England, President Grant tendered Governor Morton the appointment of minister to England. Senator Morton declined to consider the offer until after the approaching fall elections in Indiana were over. The Democrats carried the legislature, and as his acceptI ance of the mission would have made | possible the election of a Democratic successor, Governor Morton declined. Colonel Holloway says that he was present at all interview between Morton and Grant, in which the Indiana statesman suggested to the president the settleriient of the Alabama claims by a court . of arbitration. The suggestion was favorably received, and out’ of it came the peaceful adjudication of a question which was full of the menace of war. ■if- , * * Colonel Holloway also claims to have perpetrated one of the greatest newspaper “scoops” of modern times in printing in the Indianapolis Journal the news I of Sherman’s intention to march to the I sea. He derived the information from j officers who had arrived at Indianapolis on sick leave. General Grant was both astonished and angry at the publication, through which the confederates received their first information of Sherman s plans. It is said that even the war department was ignorant of the proposed coup until The Journal printed the news, ■ the campaign having been arranged by | correspondence between’Grant and Sherman. -***- There are to be a large number of desirable appointments in the new congressional library, which will bo made by the joint Committee on library, presumably bn the recommendation of the librarian of congress.. As congress does not dispose of its own patronage on the civil service plan, there are hundreds of applications oh file for these places, quite a number -through Indiana congressmen. Uncertainty is added to the situation by the doubt which exists as to the retention of Mr. Spofford as librarian. Mi-. Spofford is the most remarkable en-Mopa-dia of literary information ever issued, but is said to be lacking in executive ability which is necessary in the management of a modern library. He will certainly be retained in an advisory capacity, for his knowledge, regarding the library is invaluable. George B. Lockwood. A new telephone line is being put in from Berne to Buena Vista. Chas. N.Spencer and Martin Mylott of this city are doing the work. WANTED-r-White Ash Heading Bolts, ent fifty-five inches long from seven inches upward in size, delivered at my factory for which I will pay $3 a cord. Also all the other customary timber bought. 9-6 m J. W. Vail.