Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1895 — PVLSE of the PRESS [ARTICLE]

PVLSE of the PRESS

Children’s Laureate. The death of Eugene Field is a ios» to journalism and to literature.—New York Tribune. Mr. Field was a man of talent and unique character, and he will be missed in the circle where he made himself so distinct a place.—lndianapolis Journal. As it is, he was a man loved, aud by whom the great public was led to see aright. More can be said of no one and of most others less.—Philadelphia Press. His satirical articles on the pretensions of literary and social life iu his adopted city made Chicago alternately laugh and wince and delighted the rest of the country.—New York Herald. The death of Eugene Field removes from the sphere of earthly activity one of the brightest newspaper men in the country and a poet and humorist of much promise.—Minneapolis Tribune. His life was a short one, but he had lived every day of it and crowded into it much of happiness for himself and others. He will be missed longer than most men. —Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. He had a wonderful power in touching the fountains of smiles and tears, and his books, iu which he published many exquisite verses on incidents in childhood, were full of wit and pathos.—Boston Herald. He had an enormous capacity for work, and while most of his writings was of an ephemeral character, he has left behind him many articles in prose and verse which are a decided contribution to American literature. —Philadelphia Ledger. He was a Western product, if not entirely by education, at least, by association and development, and perhaps it is not too much to say that he was the brightest of the writers whom the Middle West has claimed. —Buffalo Express. His death was a loss to every fireside where the music of childhood has been heard. He had a strangely natural genius, flickering between a smile and a tear, and he wrote himself into the affections of millions by his verses and. his prose.—Baltimore American.

Wonderful indeed was the versatility of this gentle writer, and (hose who are hopefully interested in the growth of a Western American literature will sincerely mourn the early death of one who has done so much to win for that literature an honored place.—Minneapolis Times. Notice to Great Britain. The United States will never consent that England shall be allowed to settle her rights to Yenezuelean territory in accordance with her own uncontrolled “grab-and-hold" policy.—New York Evening World. The United States is not, therefore, making any departure from common diplomatic practice when it asserts the Monroe doctrine, and no European power can afford to take the ground that we have no business in South America.— Buffalo Express. If Great Britain is allowed to bulldoze and terrorize governments which are under the wing of this country and which we are in a measure hound to protect, or at least see that they have justice in their dealings with other powers, this country will lose a great deal of prestige.—Providence Telegram. To stand pledged before the world tomaintain that doctrine and suffer a British tory minister to kick it about as a foot-ball subjects us to the derision of the whole world. We must either openly renounce the Monroe doctrine for all time to come or enforce it in tile Venezuela case.—Des Moines News. When the protest of the United Slates against European aggression against the weakest republic on this continent is unheeded, we are the veriest poltroons if we do not follow it up by deeds commensurate with the dignity of the leading republic of the earth. Otherwise we shall become a scoff and a byword and unworthy of the respect of any people in the world.—Nebraska State Journal. England has robbed and plundered this defenseless continent long enough. Her greed has taken possession of the Orinoco River and lands contiuguous. She is driving tho owners of the soil from iheir possessions and raising the union jack over territory that does not belong to her. Her bullying may be done among the savage hordes of Africa, but not on this continent. She should be made to take her hand from the throats of those people and respect the sentiments and policy of this government.—MemphisHerald. Durrant’a Doom Is Just. The verdict of guilty in the Durrant case was a foregone conclusion. Any other outcome would have been jtjiiversally regarded as an inexcusable’ miscarriage of justice.—Kansas City Journal. Durrant pronounced guilty on the first ballot. It has been a remarkable trial and a remarkable case, but those whohave read the reports of the trial will not question the justice of the verdict.— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

A special providence could not have more surely provided that the guilt of the murderer (Durrant) should find him out. Infliction of the prescribed punishment will be a fitting close to one of the most sensational cases ever tried in this or any other country.—Detroit Free Press. There is hanging in California. It is restful to feel that having been fairly convicted of murder in the first , degree and subjected to the penalty provided by law, there will be no danger of Durrant's being turned loose by “executive ‘ clemency” to prey upon the community.— Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Durrant case will go into history as a cause celebre. The crime was remarkable not only in its atrocity, but in the deftness which the perpetrator employed to hide his identity, and the conviction of Durrant must stand as a great triumph. Durrant offered what can only be termed a strong defense under the circumstances. The man’s demeanor during his long ordeal stamped him a most extraordinary murderer. —Detroit Tribune. The, conviction of Durrant is due as much to the weakness of his defense as to the strength of the evidence against him. The conduct of his case has indicated a fear on his part to tell his story lest any evidence he might attempt to bring forward should serve only to lay bare new facts for the people. This is good reason to believe that the conviction is just, and it certainly accords with the judgment of the public.—Buffalo Express. Gospel of Wealth. John D. Rockefeller gives a million with the ease and grace that a man ordinarily bestows a quarter.—Minneapolis Times. Mr. Rockefeller is certainly making a record as a philanthropist, so far as the Chicago University is concerned.—Cincinnati Tribune-