Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1902 — THE FLAG OF ENCLAND. [ARTICLE]

THE FLAG OF ENCLAND.

[ Where is the Flag of England? Henry Labouchere, one of England's famous men. asks "Where is the flag of England?” and answers as follows:] And the winds of the world made anstt’er, North, south, east and west; "Wherever there’s wealth to covet, Or land that can be possess'd ; Wherever are savage races, To cozen, coerce and scarce, Ye shall find the vaunted ensign ; For the English flag istiiere! "Ay, it waves o'erthe blazing hovels Whence African victims fly, To be shot by explosive bullets. Or to wretchedly starve and die! And w.ere the beachcomber harries Isles of the southern sea, At the peak of his hellish vessel 'Tis the English flag flies free, "The Maorta full oft hath cursed it, ' With his bitterest dying breath; And the Arab has hissed his hatred As he spits a|t its folds in death. The haples fellah has feared it On Tel-el-Kebir’s parched plain, And the Zulu's blood has stained it With a deep, igdelible stain, "It has floated o'er scei es of pillage, It has flaunted o'er deeds of shame. It has waved o’er the fell marauder As he ravished with sword and flame. It has looked upon ruthless slaughter. And massacre dire and grim; It has heard the shrieks of the victims Drown even the Jingo hymn. # "Where is the flag of England? Seek the land where the natives rot; Where decay and assured extinction Must soon be the people's lot. Go! search for the once glad islands. Where disease and death are rife, And the greed of a callous commerce Now battens on human life! "Where is the flag*of England? Go sail where rich galleous come With shoddy and 'loaded' cottons, And beer and bibles and rum; Go, too, where brute force has triumphed. And hypocrisy makes its lair; And your question will find its answer, For the flag of England is there!”

The democrats of the First district will present the name of Senator William E. Stilwell, a rising young attorneyof Princeton, for attorney-general at the state convention, June 4.

Morocco Courier: We would give a dollar to know why farmers cannot build a railroad, own it, operate it and enjoy the profits therefrom, just as well as to donate about one half the cost of a road and then turn it over to a company of diamond-pinned “booze histers” who in turn will work the farmer to a fareyouwell every time he shiiis a carload cf stock or grain. /

It is with no little enjoyment that the democrats view the present discomfiture of their opponents. The republicans are facing a serious division of opinion in their own ranks and which faction will win no one can definitely predict. The opponents of Cuban reciprocity are determined that the isthmian canal bill shall take precedence over the former measure when the Philippine bill is disposed of. Senator Platt, manager of the Cuban bill, is not yet sufficiently sure of the support which a straight reciprocity bill would secure in the Senate to urge its immediate consideration and he appreciates that if he reports the bill as passed by the House, while it will receive the unanimous support of the democrats, the friendship of the Sugar Trust would be forfeited. The only way out of the dilemma would be adjournment as soon as the Philippine bill and the two remaining appropriation bills are passed but the obstacle to that course, which is being considered, is the publicly announced intention of the President to call an extra session in case Congress adjourns without acting on the Cuban bill. Viewed from any standpoint it is a serious dilemma and the republicans are facing it with a bad grace. If the president will yield almost immediate adjournment will follow. If a sufficient number of “beet sugar Senators” can be whipped into line the Cuban bill will be passed and there will be no canal legislation, but the fear is that the canal bill will have to be taken up and that would mean the postponement of adjournment for many weeks.—Washington Dispatch.