Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Tom h. Johnson of Ohio is a millionaire, and he is frank enough to tell how he came to be so rich . I He does not mince words, nor does he spoil a good story :or relations sake. He says: ‘ What the world ne-ds is not charity, but justice. I shall '•efuse the same as eyer to is- ; rae checks for charitable rust .stations, an ' I shall not bet* qneath money for building churches and libra ies “My family shall be well provided for. out the loal nice of my wealth shall serV'-.to tea h the peonle how to me md ‘■tilers of my kind from robbing Ihem. *\As long as any person is )ei m i tied by the monopol iza - ( *ion of natural resources and i oriv.ite ownership of fublic utilities to accumulate wealth ‘ hat does not belong to him, , ust so long will people of my kind be willing to commit such theft.” Unto Tun L. Johnson has been granted the privilege of seeing himself as others see him, and Avith an honesty of expression quite unexampled he confesses judgment. But with this confession ther a comes the following iecla ration: It is my task to open the eyes of the pe* pie to the process whereby they foolish 1 ' ly permit themselves to be roi bed and to point out to them the way to abolish a system whivh enriches me and in poverishes themselves.” There is a sort of Robin Hood sense of justice in this that it will appeal to ilie peo • pie and, in a certain degree, mitig ite their condemnation o ! the robber.

ON T T INGLE THEM UP

“There.is a vast deal of s g nificanoe,” says the (’hica g Dispatch, “in the messag? sent by Captn in Clark, of the Oreg n, to the board of strategy. This message should be painted in letters a foot long on the wall f the room in wnich the famous do-nothing board meets, ft is alleged that Captain Clark se it the following telegram to the strategists at Washington: “ ‘Don’t tangle me up with instructions. I am * not afraid of the whole Spanish fleet.’ ” “Dewey was not ‘tangled up with instructions,’ and he sent Montejo’s fleet to the bottom of Manila bay. Could he have done this splendid deed if he had been in close touch with the timid souls who have ta* - gied up bampson and SchJ ey and. held two strong Abets inactive for a month on the Atlantic coast? “Caution is a good thing, but the strategic board is giv mg this country too much of a gcod thing, foreign nations are beginning on e more to criti isw t ie Americ an navy.—They are talking about ‘lack of discipline’ and an ‘incapacity on the part of American admirals.’ Dewey en ed that kin } of talk for awhile by his brilliant victory, but the masterly inactivity of the strategic board has caused the criticism to revive. “Give Sampson and Schley a chance.] Let them get after the enemy with instructions to destroy his fleets and his forts, and above all, ‘don’t tangle them up with instructions.’ ”

K JEEP COOL AND WAIT.” “It would be ini eresting to know tlie name of the man who is responsible for the blundering conduct of the war,” says the Chicago Dispatch, “Of course, primal ily, William McKinley must bear the blame, liiii, William McKinley is not iorcefui enough to make a policy and to follow it out consistently. Before the wa r was declared he was on all sides of the question, one day hot for war, the next day roar-' ing foi peace. “Perhaps Alger is to blame. His record as an aggressive lighter is not good. His experiences in the civil war w r brief and unhappy. dre ‘■Perhaps Miles is tc ~ He is said to advoc r , caution, and to \ none bn *. e anxious to « ,toiereto „„ "eil teamed Briers to. an advance on "Ip may bafWt the board of strategy is gPfall this muddle. Bu/* e « & an dn prp .• H blame to bejfejj'oJa, somewhere t^er"tpubt. In all pr<J9 j he explanation of J I®ys and the blunders und in application 0$ the old prothat 100 many cooks the broth. What is wkhted is a man. One man who is a leader of men. The progress of the war will develop the man. In the meantime, it will be necessary to revive the old cry of “Keep OUol#lsl wait!” j