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Major \\ . V. Itlurharl Crtrßlb < «|»t. John Ya)|or i;i«hth I»r. J. F. I r It'll tun Ninth t'. K. I(riii»lirrs I'kirnFot.t.iMJ rui.tin i%\*. Tonight th" It ;i'.»M|i'an.i will hoi! their laily and th- v. i,*--ns of b* attle will have an opportunity to r impare Muyor Hume* hi '.t ■ • 'tu l un equlvwal • ;*r-«i• i t»,• -hat. pre varication of ti !'"| .; *t ■ audi late f..r DlHvnr Mr Hutm « \\ 111 be rendy to mrrt l is i ij 1 f ll- w citizens, who lu.v • > dm, hi an upright ami f'T many years, and <>f »i: it w ;■ often said thut h« v h n the b«*nrh he nevei knew m t • \u nd I a favor. Mi. li t: i- .► it ' nt »ban* -1 hm na ture h«' l« the same upright, f* arle*s «nd incorruptible man he has proved himself to be un.b r far r. r.> trying < Ir cumntanees than those whu h confront him now fir will t >nfr r.t him in the futui*v Th» people of this city hase rnor# confidence in the truthfulness and frankness of Muvr llamtK than they < an have In a man who. alth ugh In the sheriffs ffJ.e, pr-' nd* tb.it 1 does not know thai gambling has* been permitted in 11:♦ ity of S.-attN- and do. s nt kn«w what course he wl'.l t.-ih. If h* should S<e <•!• ct< <1 Mr t'sldeih -« i ii" »1 ibt r- : 1 the platf rm of the 1' it , < '> wl * va* a lopted >n February IT. and if br did not know t. f i tb> nb> did at that time i-arn that gam?- «*« ■ g or and tha* the 1 pullst.a » ro d- * <ui: Ing the ltepubo. an j art> f r i t put ting a sr. i t * tt N w. If Sh'-riff M r. h « <h! f deputy S C C-»Kt v . i« i . VMf) man or affl I I t ft; la! why M 1 he rit try t I dMW the p ; he was both by prompt \y acting on the jn' :it atl. lb *• .1 de ilatv h> I ' • atftM I ' • i. * d I) The public *.s. as a rv. fur and hon crab?**, and It w .11 f- rm Its own .;»!! mate of the shift) ten#** of ig"'r*ni - wUh which t aheriiT ami fci* <'hi f d •; at: 1 ! v pro— tuning >tter)t) a. ! ?..» Maf : nty atl pretrr.d t 1 at t? d I n >t kn * the l.t'* *»< k \ la 1 f* «: g i mi » *i- » • *r can on \ pr» * i , -:•{<?• *wp- J r • 1 t i'. w « ; » are »i p * -d t»* a rat; rail'.* !i »te4lirsg with nl " al afa- ". and try to wrig« c.it of ih' r r> *; n» :,\y, «»t k >u ti * rat \«. tit Congre*a a< « 5 w!«- >• tn the m«*!» :re Intr da-- b> Br web. ' «>hi for the purp * .i. , a: . I;.. J- » h4- ah';»» and th r »-■* . .». • ♦.* '« K crnn.Tit 1* a<*t?!-c \ »ry f-.t •; and thery- t* no > ca»! nta r, r ; , a wild Th# h»a« f ?v» wiii be f v ■ i - v" ti' : * : t "? •' • ft i , v ate now t •*«„• ?•*»•. >. r a • !■ v a* *i!v t » add:Svg « »'y t » r atren«th > t « |« f », tferra'o Mr f.tw in <oaas*riaon ■ Spain u to mislead the people. Our navy cught to be much stronger than It is in order to enable us to cope wtth • much more powerful fleet than that of Spain. bat as between that nation and ours we have no reason to be alarmed According 1 to a conservative author ity of Britlih origin thia country n -w has five completed b*ttl<»ships. which are rated an first class; that is. ships not less than €,OOO tons In measurement and not more than twelve years old. with a sp*ed not under thirteen knots an hour. Sr*ain i* credited by the same authority with only one ship of that grade. Th<- Spanish navy comes nearer the str*n*r:h of the American navy in first-class cruisers than in any other department, having eight such vessels against five for the United States. Our vessels sre rated as being more ef fective. as th<*y are not only faster, but are more modern in make and are better armed. According to the British classification, everywhere recognized as a safe standard, this country has thir teen second-rate cruisers, while Spain is given only six, and these are not nearly »o efff-ctive as the American ves sels in this class. In third-rate cruisers, una.stored gunboats, torpedo boats, sloops and other small war craft, Spain outnumbers such vessels in the Ameri can navy, but a considerable propor tion of the Spanish boats are anti quated and one of our first-class bat tleships ought to be more than a match fur a considerable number of them In turn. Both the navy department and Gen. Miles are devoting particular attention to coast defenses, and in this respect wo are probably not so badly off as we would b© if wo had a more for midable power to deal with than Spain. We have nineteen coast defense vessels, whiie Spain has only one. Our de fenders include the monitors, which, although not available at sea, would give food account of themselves in an encounter with an enemy in smooth water. It may be an expensive lesson to learn, but if we are not able to meet a nation like Spain in naval battle we have spent a d»-al nf money to little purpose. This contidence In our strength should not delude us into the belief that we are more than a match tor any jwer on earth. We are not; aiid huw far from being so we are can i<• gathered from the doubt which is expressed as to our capacity to over come Spain. Kxcept for effective naval reserve*, the navy of the United States should probably be put at lifth, while Spain is • 'iily entitled to rank as tenth, the order being tir> at Britain, France. Russia, Italy, United States, Japan, Austria, Turkey, Germany and Spain. TOO M.%\r IIIIMMtVI. A Dt riKjoratlc member of the house of r» p:t .sentatlvfs IT.is b-t-n casting around f'-r nome means by which he can get his nam* into the impors and has de rided that the easiest way is to intro duce a bill making a national holiday of the birthday of Th mas Jefferson If congress adheres to Its usual good pol tey it will refuse to d'» this. Not even the Fourth of July is a national holi day 1 nd-pen b*n« «» day is observed In the lustrii t tf Columbia, and congress attempted to cr< ate a national holiday by making Lal- r day a holiday within th- sani* Jurisdiction. The number of legal holidays has in et Mj-.-d very rapidly within the j 4 st few years Kvcry state observes Christ ina).. I' mrtto «>r July and Thanksgiving day, altlu igh Kansas. Nevada and pi have no statutes on the sub s ct. Nearly all of the states have made lrg.»l holidays f New Year's. Washington's birthday and May 30, or > nie oth. r day, a-* Memorial day. La !» r da> is the most popular, thirty \.n st it - s and territories having .-at. titled It by legislative authority. Altog»»!het th» re are twenty-eight days in th year set apart a.s l*p»»i holl d-i s by stat" iavt , but even in the Koutn. although Florida and tleorgia serve J: "fcr* >n Pa vis* tdrthday, no s ! at«* has ever sugvested the propriety of thus h >n>>ring the birthday of the a\ll h r f the l>eeUratlon .f Inde -1 end en* e. Thlru n states have de :ar« I iri favor of Arbor day a.s a lpg*! h lUlay. an. 1 . s<\ n ha*, e thus recof ni. i L.■; !r. s I irthdii v, shi> fl\« t,ava trade I. > s birth'.ay a I-<al holiday, "here !*; < tl < caal->ns kept in : i.--T r\ b'• d.!T- *. t Star s. The armi *' t * a' «* -f Nt w Orleans * ' ! at- S ,n I. • . islana. the anniver sary of th. tnbi-endenv* of Teias. Vardi <lras in Alabama nnd part of I -uis.ana. Inaug :ra'lon day In the l>ls t t fC 1 umbla. Patrt -s' lay In Mas -1 etts. anniversary rf the s gr.lr.g -f t Mev k'-nburg declaration of Jn . ; rd«-tt- e In North Carolina, I*l.- ■er*- day tn t tah. Bennington battle ",s ~i V• rr <nt. Admissl n da> in f n a a:.d Nevada, and aU; jt the cnly t *.•«• f the an. Sent church holidays. e\ ept Chr*;*tr as ,}*y, it to be found . 1 .ssiana w h.-re they* eelehra'e A! 1 Paints* day and C. d Friday; and in Alaba:-a. Mar>iar.d, ivnnsylvama and T> nne*««••' w» »re they #t;il observe ti *>l Fn-.lay Pennsj tarda b.»ds the list with eleven f i h->.i ia>« w h;, h is tw.,» more *" a '* "'••'* a' <« I's-'.f ani in a 1 .ft r\ « > Saturday lh*re is a -♦at:! TV haf h *sy Sa; j-day aft rv-.-n is a legal holiday in New • • N 2 -■ , 1, \'u%.r.»a THE SEATTLE PO6T-INTELLIGENCER. WEDNESDAY. MABCH 1. 1898. and the District of Columbia and the citi'-e of New Orleans and Wilmington, D«1 , in Louisiana and Missouri in cities of 100.00© or over; in Ohio in cities of 50.000 and over: and in Denver, Colo., from June 1 to September 30. Fix ept for Christmas we have as a nation abandoned all the old holidays. Good Friday is barely recognized, and Twelfth day. Candlemas, Lady day. Midsummer day, Lammas day, Michaelmas. Allballous, Martinmas, to say nothing of Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday, are barely re- except in connection with churches. We have enough holidays now with out dragging in Thomas Jefferson. If we get him in, the next thing will be a movement to canonize Andrew Ja k son, and Garfield, and to even things up St. Patrick's day may have to be male a statutory holiday. Already the peo ple are beginning to disregard these holidays, and it is Just as well; it is much more sensible for the admirers of Jefferson to meet in the evening and have a banquet and make speeches whose object, is to roast the Repub licans, than to make us all give up an other day. What we do need in the way of holidays is to close up early on Saturday afternoon during tha sum mer months, and not interfere with church-going on Sundays. Sheriff Moyer appear a at last to have boiled over into a statement of his plans. He tells t\e Chehalis correspondent of the Post-Intelligencer that after election he proposes to take a hand In the matter of regulating the morals of the city. This Is ths same Moyer that yesterday morning proclaimed to the world that the Gibral tar of his igncrance as to the existence of gambling In Seattle was impregnable to ail assaults of enlightenment and in formation. This is the same Sheriff Moyer that proclaimed that his attitude before election on the morality Question would suffer no charge after election. This is the same Sheriff Moyer whose apologists have been writing reams and tomes In jus tification of his course of non-interference in strict city affairs, lie lays bare the whola Populist campaign of deception of the respectable portion of the community and coercion of the sporting element. But Moyer w: 1 i do nothing after election, as he did nothing before. Ho is afraid. There was too much circus business about th« preparation far the government relief expedition. The whole project came In for .1 larsce share of ridicule be cause of the spectacular reindeer feature. The government repeatedly advised against the employment of these animals, but. while time was pressing, sent away to Norway for th< :n. If practical meth ods had been us< d, the whole ou tit cou.d have been started in less than a month after the appropriation was allowed by congress. But the interminable deia> s thai ensued caused loss of public confi d- nee; and. assuming that private enter prise will now endeavor to supply the peo ple of Dawson and along the Yukon with the supplies they unquestionably need, no on.- will bo <f rry he government has abandoned its project. The public lias not yet been educated up to tJji? point where It can rn*ke a proper distlru tion between Candidate Caiderhead, who?" moral ,<enaibilitits are no unsp«ak- ably fch-x-ked that g iml llng and the social evil should he sviffered in Seattle, and Deputy Sheriff Calderhead, whose mental equipment is» so awry that he is still un able to concede that it la. or ever was, hla duty to arrest the gamblers. What assurance have we that Mayor Calder head will have clearer conception of hi* July taan Chbf i> pu;y Sheriff Calder head? Of course w-- have none, and there is no ix,• ■ t ion in any quarter that he w..l in any respect amend his ptescnt attitude. There is only o«ie thing to say about JucU 1 Hume* sr. 1 Cedar river water. He has declared that h.s will do ail In his pnwrer as mayor, as he has U"ne during the past sewral months, to aid the scheme. Jutiv* Hu:n« s op;>o:-- d the froject when the city finano s were at their low e«t el»t>. The has changed, the c»ty ha;t tie- Med t > l-<ue bonda and the mavor *ll <!>» i s full duty in the prem- T. » pt/ a.-ks r.ij m r , ! aus •It kn..w< ti; it. his word on e g.vcn, the mayor w.'.l keep it. The fi 1 •: 1 aders h.*\ •• r. t »tu \*d rat urai h!»* ry w N it ; r St. The ten-a' med •quid has a tri k. when he in danger. f en.t; :.r a \ .«• <jt: n::-y of lr.ky ?. 1 t v »t bU"ds th *m\- to hss whereabouts. ; ar.d he eistly r k s his *«-ape. The fu st •• «' - * -t ■ w t • w«r,g \ <«» q-'.ant *.♦•» i -.*pla; and, while ;:e foe is ti • ■>* t tvl -■ t ' » to a!e them. th«y hope to ; slip away and into ofT.-e. We »hall «ee Jst h w 'sr :*'!•• .-i-h tables are lafluen t.il tn S p " : -s. One very i®; rtant factor In the in r -vd j r - ri'.y <' t « *• ite •. that :t has «"*aj»ed *>"> he % ■ • <'.m«r merely an.l « • » -i ;• r s i At ! i«t T- "»»' - j «6 a year, which used to be **nt out of t « ite f - f -i .i i 1 -y j.; •.« . t row circulates w ;h.ri OH b-rd-rs. With the d r.ar.d made bjr Aiaaka the quantity ct produce wl" N» corre*p»3nd «:g*y creater. When the state berom«« * n »i; ".r pr *p*r.'> wsil h« here per manmtly. I ahor h s w r. a cr»-*t v tory Worm ; s e T*r. s-rrr-Trse QI :r? That srt upS ;d» the c. astUut.oca'lty of the uw in I"- vh #o far as St affect# * --kT« in mr-tl'f s ar ! m! n the or.'r c a* o-i a ;d :n tf * T v » ->jrt * }!<♦<• ret t i«s u >.n -ocatitu t ir.alt'v f the e:fSit-fwwr law gen-raby; r"> «■> -M t- -au*e r v at I- t *:pc.-n the t nr>* each yate con . it re .g .»« however, tha I I »•' • « Ittna |« Law* §m UM protection of t&a ttrea, health or morality of a community, and there eta bo bo doubt of the peculiar unhealthfufoesa of work in mines and smelters. This is a step In the rlgbt direction. Although money would be better spent in the improvement of rivers and harbors than in war, the conditions are such that there is apparently do choice. C has put off until tha short session ad consideration of appropriation* for har* bors an* rivers and by that time it will be known whether there will be any money to appropriate for that purpose. Judge Humes will make his first speech at the Armory tonight. There is a deal of natural interest in what he has to say; and. as the Judge has a habit of speak lng straight from the shoulder and to the point, no doubt public expectation will be fully satisfied. China now haa a money order system. The work of civilisation goea on very slow ly, but the experience of other nations is that commerce forged anead rapidly after adoption of a system by which money oouid be transmitted cheaply and safely. The Moyer attitude yesterday and tha Moyer attitude today are reconcilable on the reasonable hypothesis that ha thinks it is the sheriff, and not tha sher iff's office, that is running for mayor. SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY. The great Calderhaad morality campaign shows a great many signs of wobbling. The Popullat divers are still divided &a to wiiat caused the large cavity In the fusion hull. Mr. Way is now inclined to caution Mr. ( alderhead against the disastrous conse quences of tipping his hand. -n. The public has figured It out that the great morality campaign la long on plat forms and short on principles. -7% Sheriff Moyer is not the dlaooverer of the great official truth that a little In formation le a dangerous thing. Mr. Calderhead continues to think that Dr. Jordan's pernicioua activity Is most unbecoming In a political corpse. Even Mr. Calderhead will admit that It is a trifle perplexing for a man with only two legs to stand on three platforms. A final view of the situation discloses Mr. Way vainly attempting to flag Mr. t'<ldtrheud away from the 1 o'clock clos ltig torpedo. -n. We can account for Judge Winsor's brilliant flashes of silence only on the ground that some member of the family is sitting on his safety valve. -7*. *. Mr. Way has coached Mr. ('alderhead up to the point where he begins to under stand that he cannot open the municipal jackpot with less than a pair of knaves. OIK KHIKM)*, THE POPL LISTS. All the Populists should be built cross eyed in ordtr to natch their allies. A poker chip cannot be made flat money this year, because Calderhead can't get there. -W. -7*. The dark and gloomy cloud of discon tent hanging over Seattle the past year or so Is being dispelled by the gentle rays of prosperity. -??. -T%. If hi-mrtali;*m b* one of the Populist ten commandments, what about trl metal!l.«m? Shall we have polytheism, In metals, for worship? -=*. A trustworthy, undoubted hypocrite is tho fellow who asks the laboring man to vote a Populist ticket, after that party has destroyed labor's Hen law. -?f. With the state printer's office turned Into a corporation, and our arid lands ditt», a few more denunciations of grind ing corporations by the Pop.-guns Is now In order. If the Populists have put the state printer's office Into a private monopoly, an? gonistic to labor, do they not aim to rl th» same thing with the mayor's office, if they can? -r* JJ* It appear? that a grand Jury, railed to ferret out crime. can find none except the m'«'ak»*s of on» Smith. What a liw *;r g. peaceable community King coun ty is rijjht now; The m e is on; at the quarter pole Pro«- peritv 1« ahead a full length. Discontent is lit>oring under Calderhead, h!s rid*r. Vo' r. with year ap;-» val IMsr ntebt can be distanced. -•?*. -n. Where Imbecility |* wid» and the chan :el de> ;> It * «»*>- for stupidity to sail u If It is rr.<i» perjury to "g-M e lnfor matl'Ts" to one's wife. (See Populist laws I*? 7, p. 234 s *'>S ) J !®k In this content it is evident that the I'jj ulifU have built their f rtlflcat: >&s on the wrong aid* of the breaftworks. from wh. h it la dangerous to advance and ruin to retnar: her.-v the two-column iefensive howl o' the Populist organ. -h. m. •"». *T r\t to.thV*» old hag" Th» Rev A-rl-p«vl:« is evidently short In allegory and gentility, but long In scurrfTlty and \;rsd tivenesa The average demagogue wears a thin veneering of religion to cover h s envy and egotism. I'rrmlMlhlr K.eeenfrlelly. Chicago Record -S-e' Mr.s' wife is going to make him go in for geoi-irf " "What's 'hat for"*' ' S*-.* can't make him keep h mself tidy a' 5 « * thinks if he is scientific it won't be noticed." « PttrUflr Wr»lr«. Oi'veiton N'*w» N»»r York d*T;*', who l"<t •' '• w for 1 filcni tt* <vf *n »r:T+*u » v .ould «M» ■* - ' '• *> '!-.*» Mftl' -r*. T'r~. sjss- **«» family * ptrifton. The labor. D*'r •'» F"r*f Prw> I 'TVs v a -rr" *to *»» *b!* • • th*t h*'r**« yov n-.»rry her**' > "Y«*«. I can tbcr *il r»®V what j tr.H.h m« i* bow to mu.ic her rria -1 Um ' STATE PKKM AID TM MAIMB. Walla Walla Stateman: A war with Spain, no mattter of how short duration, would be iaaoentable and such fa even; sa not to be d**ired, but there are times when a wound IM too deep to be healed by even a heavy indemnity. Whatcom Blade: For many sound rea sons the utmost patience and deliberation is neceaaary to determine whether or not vengeance la deserve 1 against Spain to? the loas o T the Maine and strong American Uvea. But a Nemesis of terrible passloas and fearful strength is watching toe Golden Agricultural: If an unjust sus picion fai<s now upon Spain the fault is her own. A fading monarchy, rotten to the core, living on the traditions of a giory half forgotten, the memory of a strength wnich once set afloat the Arm ada, sne has watched with bitterness and en\y her possessions falling off and new people springing to greatness in lands where she once held way. Whatcom Reveille: This is no newspa per war. A battleship Mows up. more than iSO American sailors are killed, a nation that is known to be hostile is sus pected of this crime of the moat serious degree, not that the Spanish premier gave the order but that the Spanish pub lic sentiment was behind the Incendiary who sent the electric spark. There may be no war but every day and every new scintillation of evidence makes it more probable. t < Yakima Herald: There is a studied conviction fastening .itself upon the minds of the people that it was not accident that is responsible for the terrible catastrophe but the direct result of Spanish treach ery and design. The investigation now being made is not at this time complete enough to warrant drastic measures, but if that conviction should be in any wise confirmed. Spain as a government should cease to exist. Kelso Journal: The president says he will take the initiative In war "when the provocation shall create a necessity for action (feat will command the support of the civilised world." The people will be satisfied with this fleclaration while the investigation is going on, and will, in a measure eliminate from their minds the Maine disaster. But If the work of destroying the Maine Is found to be by ' Spanish treachery nothing will twtisfy i the American people but the turning loose of the dogs of war. Ellensburg Dawn: The United States senate has also decided to Investigate the cause of the battleship Maine disas ter. The divers find th« magazine In tact and the people who are in a position to know think it a dastardly pisce of work on the part of the Spanish. Every American should demand a searching and thorough Investigation and see that the matter Is properly settled, and If it was Spanish treachery. Spain should severely suffer for her crimes. Auburn Argus: Let there be a fait Investigation Into the facts which caused the destruction of the Maine. If the Spaniards did any underhanded work in that instance, and it is ao determined by tho committee making the investigation, then It will be the duty of Uncle S.im to wipe the diminutive but treacherous Span iards off the face of the earth. The Re publican administration, we feel certain, will not tolerate any skulduggery on the part of Spain or any other nation. W Inlock Pilot: The blowing up of the battleship Maine, in Havana harbor, while it may have been an accident, and while we sincerely hope It was. has not that appearance. It looks more like tho dev ilish Ingenuity of some dastardly Span iard. the hatred of whose nation to this country, has been so apparent of late. If this should prove the case grim war is sure to follow, and even at the cost of thousands of Uvea and millions of proper ty. Spain will be taught a lesson «he will never forget. I,et us hope that the acci dent theory, while improbable, will prove the right one. THE DEAD VINDICATED. Friend of ( npt. Lenin nnd Engineer Re«»d SpraL*. Portland Oregonian. It 13 extremely doubtful that the acci dentwas caused by boiler explosion, Last week I had occasion to make an investi gation relating to this casualty. From this'investigation I learn that the boilers of the Clara Nevada (formerly Hasvler) were only about five years old The time during which they were in active op~ra t. :n would not exceerl thre#» yuarsi Th* boiler, wer» drilled and tested. and some Might repairs were made, and the pres sure was set at seventy pounds. Yet the of- the plate entitled her to nine ty pounds of steam, and as ninety pounds of steam Is all that the engin. a could u-w it will be readily n th4t no explosion <*ould take place through overloading of the safety wive. are therefore thrown as a last resource to uocount for an ex plosion on the theory that the engineer 1 wis either tare less or a fool. Sotno men take a social delight In rtanderlng the dead. The dead of the Clara Nevada hive suffered In this repjw-ot. Newspaper clip pings before me at this writing make me f'"' 1 'hat I Should like to use H cowhide « on the detectable scribblers who slander ''apt- <*. H Lewis and Engineer Re«d. H-ith men w«re known to ma. the one as a sailor, n ?eam.in, a navigator, and a pilot of Ala-kan waters; the other as an engimer that und-r«tood his business as such, and as a mechanic that kr.fw h..w to build an engine as w*ll as to handle one Th-s« brave m»-n have b«en accused ! of drunkenness, and it has Ven hinted in more than one quarter that this was the cm- of the a oldent. Yet. let me state that a r mkr of causes <y, u u tv> assigned j f r the IOSS of the ve».«sl without resort ing to sUnlerlng the dead or accusing the living in b.irg dere'ict in their duty or to the gr- it trust confl led to them Of one thing w« may he sure, and that Is If the boiler-* of the <"iira Nevada are found exploded. th<n they exploded after the vessel ran ash >re >n Kid red r k and that is not probable. We must therefore wait until we have more light on the subject and when w» learn more of the disaster I confident the t oil name of the brave men who ire s r.e will he vin dicated. 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