Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

With wheat at 09 cents a bushel the fanners who have hogs might profitably dispose of it as foed, while waiting for the MoKinley wave of prosperity. Buffalo Bill may find it more difficult than he anticipate s to close a contract with McKinley’s oaWnet to make it a pact of his show. “Bab,” the organ, squeals like mad over wgat he terms the per gojal journalism of the Journal He should so live that personal journalism would have no eff< ct whatever upon his nervous system * * * Knotts is a candidate for joint represent, tive for Lake and Jasper counties, and, acoord ing to his own statements, he will father a bill in the Legislature, in the event of his election; wlrch will in a me sure lie nse the pooling teature of horse racing. “The . race track men,.” hi said, “are willing to pay a fee of $250 a day into the city or county f unds, provided, ot course, they aie protected from arrests With such a law the debt of the city of Hammond could be wiped out in a sho.ttim®, and, in a manner, it would i e great ly beneficial to the people of Hammond and Lake county, Reforms can not be enforced in advance cf an unanimous public sentime t, aud the usual s ock nonsense of similar character * * [lndianapolis News London (England) Times: ‘The continuance of the present gold standard in the United States . T s necessary to the supremacy of England’s commercial dominion o/er the world.’ Admiral Sampson, Sampson’s returning to Wash- “ Victory.” ington as the con' quering hero ofjf Santiago, was much surprised to discover that somehow or other Admiral Schley was popularly supposed to be en titled to.the honor of ainking Oer*» vera’s ships, Offic ally, Admiral Sampson was in command of the American fleet, and though personally absent from the fight he claimed the victory as his, and Admiral Schley was too good a sailor anc. too perfect iq discipline to deny Sampson’s claim But the great, good-natureu, prac tical, common-sense and capable public gave Sciiley the honor and something had to be done. In this emergency Sampson ordered an investigation, and the board appointed for /hat purpose has just made its report. It sums up as f Jlows: 1. The battle was fought and won upon plans prepared by Sampson. 2. Any directing of the movements of ships done by Schley during the battle wa3 incousidera*, .e. 3. The New York had no active part in the light. £ 4 fixe Brooklyn was not engaged at so close quarters as has been represented by the first report. o. The brunt of the fight was borne by the Oregon, Texas and lowa. 6. The New York was over nine miles from the Colon when that ship surrencerej, and betweeh four and fiye miles from the neare t of her sister skips engaged (from which signal distance is taken). 7 The average range of the ships most engaged was about a mils andc half. 3. No American ship at any time during the battle w, s within a mile of an unsurrendered Spanish ship. There is absolutely not a single fact in the summing up that is rot well known to the public, und while administration newsoapers [are cackling over the “Tiudication cf Sampson, the public goes right on worshiping schley and giving him the credit for Cervera’s destruce tion.

It will be observed that para graph 3 ot the report says: “Tne New Yoak bad no active part in the fight.” That settles Samp* son’s status. This effort of Sampson’s to turn the tidj ot popular honor in his direction will result as did the lawyer’s argument addressed to Proctor Knott. A distinguished jurist eloquently urged upon Proc* tor Knott the arguments in favor of Sampson. When he concluded the former governor of Kentucky said: "When 1 was a young man 1 ■went rabbit hunting with a boy. — Between us we chased a rabbit in* to a hole. I toldj the boy to stav right by that hole and if the rab* bit cacao out to kill it. Then 1 went away to get sotn} material to smoke the rabbit out When 1 ieturned i foun < th 3 boy hud caught i the rabbit J look the rabbit away j from the bov, claiming it as mine because I had told him to '-ill it My conscience has bothered me for fifty years over thnt affair, but your argument convinces me that J. vas right”