The commonwealth., August 12, 1897, Image 4

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THE COMMONWEALTH,
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IT TNI lOMONWUtTI Pttl. CO.
trriCIAl »MAN OF 1CFL0RI COUNTY.
ORrXNWlNlll. MISS II ATlif »T lise
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Bualaesa Notice.
Please make your remit I a nee for
subscript Ion nr other Indebtedness to
thl* office by pn»|n|Ttce order, cheek
en tlreenwisid hank« or In -mue other
(neens which will save lis I In- en»l of
eolleel Ion. I 'lieeks on
hy
<«f
exchange
hank» oilier than the Greci
s.d
do
tank* coat from 10 to 1.'. écrit** to col
lect t Ilf Til.
Our pat roils who arc ind«M«d to
no will aim» rotifer a '•iilMant iai fa
by settling at oner. Wc need the
money due 11 *. rieuse let us hear
from you.
If
I
t
in
ey
ha
Tttr •'omwonw kai.tii I'i n r<
Thf N<'M*lhlf |>rr«on who will d« , llh
iirK'inirnt
?r»t ely enter Into a
a fml has le«« «elf-rr»[>cel Ilian a
villi
In
ass.
.lark»mi, Miss, received her llr»l
halt-nf eolto
classed as strict middling and --old
for écrit».
t tie nth lilt
ll I« sxld that Hie iip|mlllt nient of
r. W. Collins to the ...
for the soiilhern district of Mississip
pi Is a victory for the I,'
lar-lial
»ay
ell fuel loll.
Cap). II. N. K vaux liai «"'HuiiH'fl ('»II
tnrlBl control of tlio flulfport Suiitli
ward. ('Apt. Evan* Is a mau « »f laryc
tiprrIfnri* In nowApapcr work : lie i* a
wrltrrof poll*h and forn*. and withal
t ? fry rlfvfr youiiK yuiit lumaii. Tim
('oiumonwfrtltli wInIi»**» f«*r him k(mmI
lurk, glory und rash,
do
one
If Senator McHenry, of Louisiana.
Is a democrat, we are In favor of reor
ganizing the party, changing the signs,
putting new men at the helm and
then abandoning the ship. If lie Isa
democrat Thomas Jefferson
tlie large list nf Imperishable heroes
who led tlie party In days gone by
were frauds, and the plalfurinnfprln
etplea upon wlileti she Inis stood for
the past hundred years Is a sham
a batch of Falsehoods designed to d,
reive,'mislead and hr I ray.
tilg
of
der
by
As
ord
lisa liar.
d
and
d,
A young mutt In Jackson a few days
ago showed one of Ills sweethearts a
letter from aunt her »'seel heart. The
mother of one of tlie girls went after
the gay deceiver, whereupon lie went
to the sweetheart to whom lie had
given the letter anil demanded It.
The girl refused to surrender the let
ter, wtirrrnpnn the gallant young
•entlrinaii (?) drew Ills big gun si tick
It In Iter face and threatened to blow
tier bead off and tier soul Into eternity
If she did not deliver. The Jackson
paper does not state whether or not
»lie handed over the letter, but the
brave young man was arrested, Hned
• ton and given sixty days In Jail. The
punishment was exceedingly moder
at*.
a
There Is a factory In Atlanta, Ga.,
where the owners attempted to work
white women and negroes löget lier.
Tlie white women quit, and out of
•empathy all the white men, numlu-r
lu ring stsmt ton, walked out,and the
factory stopped. The action of the
white operatives was very proper. It
was a damnable shamr and disgrace
that «he owners of the factory should
hare asked or worse, attempted to
coerce these white women to work
along side hy side with a lot of high
ly perfumed, vlrtiieles» nigger prosti
tutes. It Is a shame and disgrace,
and but evidences the absolute disre
gard and contempt witli winch the
average purse-proud, rock-hearted,
money-worshipping capitalist holds
the tailoring man or woman. He
rares no more for them than lie d<s-s
for a hra»t of burden. They are to
him hut a machine hy w hich hr grind»
out untold wealth, adds told»already
ru Inoiis fort ti nr, w h i le I hey a rr pressed
Into the du»l of poverty, and their
souls are sent to hell for want of
It.
a
of
We
< bread, and clothe« to cover their nak
edness. The man with millions, sin
rounded by all the gisst things that
i»
(lie
money cell huy, thinks of hut little,
and care« less for the unspeakable
wretchedness, the »oui • destroying
sqvaNur, the pinching poverty which
cloud Hie live« of that class of men
and women who form the great sub
stratum of society. He I« unable to
dliert tils thoughts even fora moment
from Ills vulgar hoarding, to consider
the effect of tils treatment of the la
boring people upon the future of the
republic, lie falls to comprehend, or
éoai prehendlog, disregards the fact
Nbat patriotism and pinching poverty
are as Irreconcilable a» darkness and
light—That the man wholalsirs with
out remuneration becomes an enemy
to society. He tintes the bands that
plunder him and despises tlie govern
ment that shields Hie plunderer. But
all of these question» have no weight
with the average man w hose only am
bltlonls to grow richer, and whose on
ly «Rut Is gain. We sincerely hope that
the Atlanta factory owners may Hud
out by this experiment that then' Is
attll a little pluck left In the white
laborers of the south, and that they
arc not yet ready to deliver themselves
They* 1 *!!* nnd tl ^lMi*?ha? you'oanT
mix nlggersand white folks that way.
will
the
the
silver not
DEAD YET.
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It
HK recent decline in the price of «ilvcr and the rise in the
price of wheat ha» caus'd »nine of our goldhllg friends to
I wear an a Ir of »ii|ierci linns omniscience and to look down witli patronizing pity
upon the licnlglited follower» of the "sixteen to one" iffiiiut Oiluut. They say
• that tlic rl«e in tie' prici of wheat and the fall in the price of »Hier prove»
clusliely that t lie rlcmunctlzat Ion of silver had no effect whatever upon
tin- of cnrniiiMlit|<*s; .1 im! that Its n niMH-ti/.atIon would 1** a vain art."
Tin* alHiirdltv » »f -u< li a ^tat-fnirnt H
patent I liât one feels that it would
»en »c In undertake In discuss the question witli one
itut there are limes lu the affairs of men when one
!»• an nffi i
e to i'll mill"
»11 profoundly Ignorant
will I»- pardoned for alleuipting In reason even with a goldhllg. Now here
I» the solutl
headed in • .1 r1 1 » 1 and < 'leu-land, favor I he rcnioncl i/.al Ion of silver if done
The republican parly and the "McKinley Aid Society,
hy t hr rat Ion » *f t lif* h arilnt? roriuiirrflal natlofiHof thf worin. Tbrri*
piil»lh*an party ha- mmiI to Kuropo thr«r gent knifh as tin* rf*prPM*ntatIvrs of
thf tfovrf um« nt of WashiriKton, and Is paying their pipciHf* for tin* purjwKf
<«f ur^ifu; iifton t tu Kuropt ;
ancient function as a money metal,
f w|)\t f in |h::j /lift not affert disastrously the Industrial affairs of this
and Indeed all other countries, why #o to tills eipense and trouble?
lowers thf* imjiortancc of restoring .silver to it*
If if is not neffsHary If the striking
do
eountr>
If we have plenty of money If the prices of com mod It 1rs. the wage** labor,
of mankind I» not In lie promoted and Improved hy the relia
nt »liver, we a»k again, In the name of common sense, why thi»
I lie liapplne
Will »ouïe »aplcnt, »oulftll '-sound mon
Now. as lot lie fall
Our auriferous friends
will lie
f com
t bis I rouble and anxiety a Is ail It ?
Idle, of the single standard answer that question?
in the price of »liver and rl»c In the price of wheat.'
• hardly gotten to that »tage of mental rhgeneraey where they
llllng to admit tlint supply and demand do not affect the prices
Tin n. If they recognize I lie existence and potency nf thill law the
ey
ha
rood It I« 1 '
füll in tin* nrln* *«f **11 v«*r and rlw* in the pri« 1 « 1 « *f wheat can very readily tie
l-nr the the former, the demand has lieen limjtcd hy le^iHla*
accounted for.
lion and Ibe supply has not been reduced, and therefore a surplus is the re
For the latter, the demand lias Increased and the
-■]iK'(itly the price of wheat advanced and silver de
purely a question of supply and demand.
There Is another feature of the question which we desire toe,ill attention to:
monel i/ed with tin- present demand and supply for wheat.
In our goldhllg friends-contend that il would not he worth a great deal more
We Imrdlv IhInk they do. However profoundly nilsln
II, I hlsgreal quest Ion I hey would nut he guilty of siielt a
mid scarcely he astonished at anything a goldhllg would
They are only persistently consistent In being
•asm, in spots, and scalier In delivery. From Carlisle
I on I lie si reel corner, we have never read of or heard
till
the
of
for
the
of
also
the
but
by
suit, and prices go di
supply Is limited er I
ellned. That is all I here Is to II
If silver
a»
t
Ilian II I» Indav?
formed I lie
soleel
»ay on t he money quest Ion
They
lo {lie mile sliu
ma v tie >
i. Itut we
iucomd'dcnt
do
one talk thirty minutes who did not either refute hi» own arguments or con
vict himself nf Idlnc.v. No, Hie silver question Is not dead. Il I» Just as
II has been at any time since l»nl, and it will rontlntie tollve
a money metal. It I»
ls-lleve that In the end right universally triumphs.
ullvc today a
until it mIijiII he restored to Its pristine function as
right, and
w SI'F« I Al, from Washington a few days since »ayu "A
lugger matt Ilian old Grant " was an expression made fa
■* * mous by one Fitzlingli. Another man has, by a
BIGGER THAN
GRANT.
decision, w ritten himself bigger than congress.
Sergeant-at-Amis of the Senate Itiehard llrlglit is in command of the
tilg building called I he Capitol of the Foiled States. The sergeant-nt-arms
•s of congress and the architect of the capllol, under the law,
const It ut e a commit t ee with p<
capllol. The areliiteel,
sergeant-at-arms are nut nf the city, leaving Col. llrlglit In full command,
Just done what both houses in I lie Klly-fonrtli congress could not
that is. put a stop to the sale of liquor in the senate and house restau
He lias issued an order to the clerk In charge of the restaurants that
hereafter no more liquor shall he sold there. Accompanied yesterday hy the
captain of the police force, lie Issued Ibis order to Mr. Lewis, the proprietor
of the house restaurant, and Inst meted the police captain to see that tlie or
der Is enforced.
Thus, by virtue of tits position, Col. llrlglit lias at last ended the sale of
liquor In the United States eapll >1. If congress does not rescind the order
by special legislation, no liquor w ill hereafter he sold in the capitol building.
As Speaker Heed Is from a prohibition state It Is not likely lie willgn on rec
ord for the sale of liquor In the United States eapltiil."
H Is to Is- Imped that congress will not revoke this order. There Is no
necessity for ll and there are a great many reasons why IRpinr should not be
sold In the eapltul. Some people contend that it Is often needed there for
medicinal purpose there Is nothing in that view of t he matter. It would Ik 1
d both In
er to make rules for the management of the
Im Is chairman of this committee, anil the house
and he iia
d,
rants.
In
to
a very easy matter to supply the wants from other parts of the city should
whisky be needed for suddei
his
to
ly
Let II lie taken outhy all means the
sentiment "f the times demands It. and the extremes to which the drinking
habit leads make It vitally necessary.
sickness.
HOW TO TREAT CRIMINALS
A GREAT PROBLEM.
HEN the world heroines rational and
man realizes the Influence of heredity
and environment . . mes fa miliar with the foibles which l>e»ct humanity,
and I» capable of tracing the cause from the effect,then the problem,llow to
treat criminals, will lie settled. But not until then. That old vulgar mid
villainous Idea which clogged the brain and made monsters of our forefath
ers, that every man ran he Just, upright and virtuous, Ims caused more suf
fering and excused more crimes, than can lie described hy the English lun
At one time In the history of our race when a man commit ted a
ly
gunge
crime or did any extraordinary nr abnormal aet he was at once charged with
being In copartnership with the devil and was accordingly given litll, The
good, law-abiding and virtuous people never dreamed for one moment that
If
this |»s,r unfortunate mortal was Inlmrlng under some hallucination or suf
fering with some mental disorder, for which he wus In nowise personally re
They failed to comprehend the fact that pmlmhly the unlawful
if hatred
sponsible.
deeds which dlsturlied society and made this pmir devil an object
and execration were hut the fruition of seeds sown hy some Indiscreet and
thoughtless ancestor away hack In the dim and dusky past, ll was hut the
effect of a cause that lie (Ilie criminal) could not understand. Just how to
deal with this class of people is one of the great problems of the hour. It
will require the co-operation of the kindest heart and the liest brain to solve
It. It Involves a multitude of questions which muât be considered in con
nection with each other in order to understand it And the statesman
who shall he able to discover the solution shall Hml his name written in Inef
façable lines upon tlie human heart and Ills fame will live until man perishes
from the earth. We publish elsewhere In this number of The Commonwealth
a paper hy Norman Itoblnson on - The Segregation and Permanent Isolation
of Criminals, "which contains many valuable thoughts ami wise suggestions.
We rommendlt lo the perusal of our readers.
I N t lie appointment "f the committees, Czar Heed honored Hon. John
Sharp Williams almve the other Mississippi memtiers. Mr. Williams
i» the ranking democrat on the committees on foreign affairs and agricult
ure, A distinguished honor for «o young 11 man and memticr. Greenville
IVmncrut.
John Sharp Williams lui» received no favor from Speaker Heed that lie
docs not deserve, lie I« unquestionably one of the most Intellectual men in
(lie democratic parly In eongrers lie I« one of the most efficient representa
tives Mississippi hu« ever had. We predict that should Mr. William« re
main In congress in years he "ill lie one of the great democratic leader*.
ms
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Improving all the time." Tills will lie gisst news to the senator's friends,
who have been greatly alarmed of late about tils health.
HE death of the Spanish premier, Uanovas, I« but a slight Indication of
the bitterness of feeling existing against the Spanish government on
account of Its course toward Cuba. While we do not bcllavo that this art
will help the cause of the Cuban Insurgents, yet If It should, the two lives
the dead man and tlic assassin, who will hr' killed will lie well spent.
T
HE apisiintiiient of a negro to the office of Internal revenue collector for
tlic southern district of Georgia has caused all the white democratic
deputy collectors to resign. That, of course, is what would lie expected. A
white mt.n who would act otherwise under similar circumstances deserves
the contempt of all self-respecting people.
t'AUD from W. U. George, son of Senator George, was received bv The
4'oinmonweallh yesterday In which he stated that tils father "Is
ft
TNI worn
At IT IS.
UK Popular Science Monthly for August contain» the foi
low! ntt most Interestingedltorlal:—
In these bright summer day«, when most of 11 » ttct glimpse» of rural
»■• 1 'iicry and not a few are privileged to enjoy It for day» and week» together,
It would lie flttlng If we wen: rrcaslonally to reflect how wonderfully till»
world which we lind »o Isautiful ha» tiecomc adapted to 11 » and we to it. Me
; too much accustomed to take the world a» it actually exist» for granted
We are apt to
arf
as something I hat al way » ha» ls*en and that always will be.
forget that the whole human period I» but a» a narrow fringe upon the vast
space of geologic time, and that the world before the advent of man was
We t al k of the e verlast I ng
.1
t liai in w hich wc live.
very different world fn
hills and of the primeval forest, hut to the geologist the hill» are riot ever
lasting and the fori »t is hut a creation of yesterday. The poet Tennyson
ilogic standpoint in the following line verses of
•In
has raucht the* truc M
Memoriam :
Tl,t r«' roll» Hi«' 'l*'P wlur« 1 irrt w tin- tr<
>u hast »«•<•»
o Karîii, w fuit «■liaiiK«'» tin
Tlit r«-. wlwr«* t lu- I
Tin* »Mihi«*
f 1 «'«•ntr.il »uh.
s. aiifl t huy How
, «t ii<I Ho! liifilT »!illiil-:
»llilfl'i
Tin* hills a
fo
fo
If
•it Ilk«* rnl»t. Hu- »olid land».
■! vu» iiiul tin.
They
Lik« 1 « Iifuda th«*y »tuiiH* thci
■ find today bright with varied lines, vocal witli In
jrli in fruits and fragrant with odors, lay for an almost
The earth, which
numerable sounds, re
Incalculable period of lime destitute, or all but destitute, of color, soundless
dive for the noise of wave and tempest, and with no promise as yet of the
rich profusion of vegetable anti animal forms that now diversify its surface
and lill It witli tlic thrill and manifold activities of life.
"tlie air of all I lie age», " but not often, piohably; do we pause to re
We often speak of
man a»
all/.e the significance of tin word,
any due effort to gtasp the plenitude and grandeur of the thought. These
senses of which we have the use. and ear'll of which brings a different world
Wc talk of evolution, hut seldom make
It seems so natural to see; It seems so
smell, to taste, that we forget through what
Incalculable number of slight accretions and deli
wonderful channels of knowledge and sensation have
We go hack I lirough the ages and we come to a sightless,
For a period probably as long as all the rest of geological
ere protozoa. Sight was developed among the
of the Silurian period, but as yet there were no or
gans of hearing. The lirsl stridulation of an Insect wing was heard (If it was
heard) In the devonian age, the birth epoch of the first vertebrates, fishes;
hut long ages had to pass la-fore the first, bee hummed over a (lower or the
first butterfly fluttered Its wings In the sunshine. There were no flowers In
the devonian age imr yot in t he ensuing Carboniferous, though in both there
was a mighty vegetation.
The earliest birds belong to the Cretaceous period the classic age of
reptiles. They were not songsters, however far from It'nor were they
beautiful to look upon, for they had strong points of affinity with the reptile
tribe from which there is reason to bel levé they were developed. It was not
till well into the Tertiary period that birds as we know them began to trill
and twitter in the woods. It was in the some period that the mammals lie
gari to take masterful possession of the earth. The earliest mammalian
forms were not the perfect organisms as regards form or activity with which
the modern world is familiar, and many of them had buta comparatively
short existence. In the Tertiary period, however, there was a vast outbreak
of insect, bird, and niamtualian life, and now began in earnest, the struggle
for existence that struggle which lias carried existing forms of life to
high a point of pcrleetIon.
In the Quarlernary period appears man. Whence? How? These arc
questions which il is Impossible not to ask. hut for satisfactory answers to
which wc may have to wait a long time. All analogy leads usto believe that
man was developed from some humbler form of life. Upon him was bestowed
the great and unique gift of a superior thinking faculty, the material organ
of which Is undoubtedly Ills brain. Man "looks before and after," and If lie
also "sighs for what Is not," that too Is a notable mark of tils superiority.
Other animals' learn from experience, but to man It Is given to sometimes
anticipate experience, lie sees things in their relations, and a relation be
comes to him as real as the thing itself. His thought Is therefore compared
with the thought—If we may so characterize It—of the nearest to him of the
lower animals, like a higher algebra compared with the processes of
elementary arithmetic. His senses are not in general keener than those of
the lower animals, The latter, Indeed, often surpass him In tills respect,
but what he secs or hears is for practical purposes Increased a hundredfold
by what he Is able to Infer therefrom, lie knows what to look for over a
wide range of possible phenomena, and separate the significant from the in
significant.
within our ken, whence are they?
natural to hear, to touch, t
slow processes, hy what :
cate niodltieut Ion» i lies
been made for u».
voiceless world,
t i me I he only forms of life
wonderful Crustacea
so
a very
So equipped, the human race has entered upon a world already prepared
In a wonderful manner for its habitation,
to endure in the early ages; hut i
Many were the struggles It had
'Icty was formed, and man, by the aid of
his fellowman, triumphed over all his foes—triumphed, at least, sufficiently
to perpetuate Ids race and hand down from generation to generation a slow
ly liottering inheritance. And now in these latter days, the human Indi
vidual In a civilized land can look forth
on scenes of peace and plenty and
beauty. In this advanced stage of the physical world the song of the bird,
the hum of the bee, the gleam of the Hrcfly, the colors and odors of flowers,
the golden ripple of the cornfields, the tints and flavors of the autumn fruits,
are Ills richly to enjoy. He gazes at the clouds, at the stars, at the brim
ming tide of the ocean, with thoughts that have lieen widened and strength
ened by the montai efforts of a thousand burled generations.
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If there Is any
duty, therefore, that is Inemnlieiit on the man of today it Is to know some
thing hy his own efforts of the wonderful and beautiful world in which he
has so great an Inheritance. Not without feelings of love should lie gaze
the landscapes which the labors of his forefathers have helped to make beau
tiful; and not without feelings of reverent Interest should he regard the dal
ly play of the natural forces in the world around him.
on
We should all la? stu
dents in our way; It may not In' much that wc can do, but some little plot
corner of the Held of knowledge we should religiously till, that
If not a sheaf, at least a blade to the harvests which the
log In.
or
wc may add.
workers are bring-.
Who can reflect, however, on the beauties and harmonics ^"Nature
without remembering that human society is far as ye* fnmi having reached
Its perfect harmony! If there Is a natural land lS( . apc ttlcrc a|MI a human
landscape; and here the blots are many. a„ many that It Is difficult not to be
discouraged at times, even when, waking full allowance for all the good that
society has realized and '•»presents.
The man of strenuous mind will not.
however, 1 k> discouraged. He will acknowledge the existing evil, and will
pat!ent|y seek out remedies In the storehouse of natural knowledge,
duly Interrogated will supply the remedy. For the world apart from
she has established the lieneflcent law of natural selection; for man also she
has established that law, hut In the heart of the human Mug she has im
planted, as an adjunct to It. the law of Justice. The full scope of that law
has never yet been adequately understood by human society; and fmir-flftbs
of the legislative tinkering that is done by our politicians springs from a
simple Ignoring of It. We wish most strongly that every man of science. In
stead of turning away from politics as something most alien to his studies,
would make a duty of asking himself this question: What light doe« my
studies throw upon the questions, or some one or otherof the questions, that
are now most debated In the political world?
Nature
man
surrender or compromise Its right« In the premises even for the purpose of
harmony.
, , 11 m "- v lK that thc Parth-uln™
facts with which a given man of science deals may have no visible bearin Jed
op any question of thc day; hut what almut thc scientific methods he pur|"
sues have they no bearing? We are convinced that light must eante sont/ 11
day from the direction of science. It in for tlic men of science to sec tbnf 1
they do not fall in their duty In this most Important respect ' - ^
1SCUSKING the question of building a capitol, thccstccmed Biloxi
Herald lias this say: "The present legislature has frittered away
two opportunities with reference to building a new capitol, at a cost of not
less than ».Vt.iHHl to the taxpayers, and there Is no assurance that a third
would he list'd to hotter advantage. In the face of these facts It would be
sinning against knowledge and trilling with the Interests of the people for
the governor to create a new demand upon a depleted treasury by Inviting
the legislature to unhoson Itself for the third time on the rapltol question.
The matter should lie allowed to rest until a new legislature Is elected,
which will lie fresh from the people, and doubtless many of Its niemhvrs will
have positive Instructions concerning this question. In thc meantime let
the state do as Individuals do under similar circumstances—If Its house leaks
let It cither patch tlie roof or put on a new one. as theemergenry demands. "
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Under the peculiar circumstances the alaive Is not devoid of wisdom.
There Is one tiling certain the legislative department of the state will
not
CUBA ISOLATED.
Spanish Officials Suddenly Shut off Cable Com.
munication. Killing of Canovas Believed
Have Precipitated a Crisis. •
UNTIL HAVANA CAN It RRORERLY- MFBMB.
to
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NEWS «UMREMEI
Ahumada Sick and Weyler In Camp In the Interior. State Be*
partment Prepared for Startling Newa.
■ -1
■
'
of Spaalah Authority Belteved to Be Immlwewt laanr» *
Ploar dot Rlo,.Hava«a, Mqtaa*
litter Collapse
goats Likely to Reoccupy
aad Saato Clara Provlaces at Oaco.
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Sptwial DUpatch the OloiH-Ik*nioop»l.
/AsiuTtflTON, I). C. Aug. Communication between the Unit- •'
f cd States arid Cuba was practically suspended today. A cable"-*
{ connects Key West with Havana. It might as well have been
eut in mid-gulf for the purpose it served. The time from Havana to Key
TVest hy l»oat Is only live hours, but this was not sailing day. • The Cuban
end of the cable was in possession of Spanish officers. ' Ominous silence pre
vailed.
Spanish authority maintains a rigid censorship over the cable at all
times. Immediately following the news of the Canovas assassination, Cuba
isolated from the rest of the world. All the messages to be sent oiU.of
must lie taken to the palace and passed upon by regularly detailed
Iiefote the cable company dares handle them. If they are stamped
If not stamped they are waste paper. It Is presumed ,
that the stamping was suspended as soon as the news from Spalo.was.rc-„
eelved. ■■ ...
was
Havana
censors
"censored" they k ( >.
Siam after the state department was opened fur business today a brief
cipher message was sent to Consul General Lee, giving .him .official .Informa- ^
tion of the assassination. Nothing had come from him in reply up.to a.lAty!, '
thought at the state department that the Spanish authorities.
hour. It was
at Havana were trying to suppress the news until trtsips could be. conejn-.
trated und provision could be made for the defense of Havana.
The situation In Cuba Is doubly critical now. Ahumada, second inçtjtp., ...
mand, is sick. Weyler is In camp in the interior. A few days ago he went
by coast steamer from Havana to Matanzas and thence out into »he country
to Agucate, In Havana province,
between Matanzas and Havana,
railroad, however, has been blown up. and there arc strong bodies of Insur
gents lietween Aguaeate and the Havana terminus. It would tie most mau
ml for the officials to try to suppress the information of the assassination
M
Agucate Is a large town am' the- 'railroad
It is within sixty miles of Havana. The,
until Weyler could reach Havana.
The state department Is prepared for most startling news- from Cuba.,,
Diplomacy prevents utterance for publication, but privately «ht leading ufc„, n
délais at the department express the opinion that the end of the war Is near.
Canovas was not only the personal friend of Weyler,, but lie was UienifllnsJay. v ,. (
of the Spanish loyalist party In Cuba. His removal means so muclf tlHrt.it., ,
would not surprise the state department to see an utter collapse of Spanish w ,
authority on the island. The prediction is made that there will be no mow
aggressive campaigns by Weyler and that the Spanish troops will tic concen
trated rapidly at the seaports.
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If the Insurgents arc sufficiently supplied with ammunition, it is-thirnght,, -^,
they will at once take the Held and rapidly possess thcmselvcsof the interior *"<s
of the Island, rcoccupying the provinces of Dinar del Rio, Havana, Matvtan, «
and Santa Clara, as they now hold Puerto Principe and Santiago.
■«♦•"''S
zas
ENATOR MORGAG of Alabama is a mostfxtrç
ordinary man. Willie he has probably pas«jl. ^
his three score years and ten, lie lias all tlie vigor of body and virility of .In- :t
tcllcct that distinguished him twenty years ago. He Is fully abreast wjtty ^,
the spirit of the times and his opinions on all public questions, and especial- q
ly international questions command the.highest re's[icct. Touching the as
sassination of the Spanish premier, Canovas, and its effect ttpffn Spantsh-Xf
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SENATOR MORGAN'S C
VIEW OF THE MAT TER. >
fairs, etc., he says;
"This affair Is going to create a complete revulsion throughout the wühl*''
of Spain. That country is now in a very shaky condition. It is without' "
doubt that today's assassin was an anarchist, but the act is represchtatlvd'hf 1 '"!
a feeling that exists all over the country, . A republican _ party has already
attained great strength, though, of course, Its oppratfons have to W largely*
concealed. Then the universal testimony is that the bulk of the Spanish -
army in Cuba Is made up of young men. This has broken up families all
over the land, and their dispatch to the island, to be led by NVeyler, liastlfe
vcloped a powerful sentiment In Spain.
"Why arc the veterans kept at home? Look at this powerful rcpijblie- , ^
an element that has grown up, the effect of denuding the country of Its A
young men, and the personal antagonism engendered, the proximity,of Spain .
to the broad liberal Influence of the French republic, vyherc there are ties of
mutual affection and tha government exerts itself to help its citizens. The
aet does not mean a personal prejudice against Canovqs, but agiilnst his prs "
lltical stand and the extreme element lie represents. It was the wcll-de- (J
vcloped system of the most decpscated antagonism to the creed of the Cano
vas party. The Barcelona incident gave evidence of the trêméidmis' an
ti-administration operations, and the stricken premier's Indprsenient of ,
Weyler, putting him In command of Barcelona after tlmt.affair, grpatjy add-,
ed to Canovas' unpopularity. The Indications point to thc.assassin as a rip-,
tlm of that Barcelona incident.
"The sueeessorshlp of Canovas is problematical. *1'believe, howefefi' *
that the administration will realize the overwhelming influence of theoflpo* ; '«
sition, and, having seen Canovas gotten out of the way, will try some jpe,,*
with Cuban views a degree removed from those of Caodvas in a liliehtl direr-. „
tlon. It is not Improbable and It Is quite llkelv Nenor Sagas ta. thcdl»
tlngiiished liberal statesman,niH.j^uicceaJ (ranôvmi iisfrt'ràtcf. Mlgastals T# '*
years old. and Was tnlnlstor i,f the Interior under tlie provisionalguvernmenf 1
ofJNflH, president of the cortes In 1871 and has occupied the post of premier. ,,,
4»! the Spanish government a number of times. « .
•■I believe that the Cuban conflict will be ended at the close of thé pr<*-'
ent rainy season. This 1 have frequently contended, Und now' atu confident '
of It."
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W HAT better bill will our free silver friends offer than the pending '
bill.—Hattiesburg citizen.
Go slow, brother Hall, go slow.
If you dnn J t Jim Vardaman,' U«b^
Stowest, Pink Smith, Frank Burkltt, or some other member of the f»MI»f«1 '*
will rear back upon his pastern Joints and swear by the Great Horn Spr** 1
that you have turned to be a measly gold bug. What's the matter with yod'
anyhow, Robert?—Jackson News.
They can call us gold bug "republicans,
nigger" or most any thing
else, but when they call ns or accuse us of advocating populltc doctrine,. W
mean to tear .something up If only our free silver exchange«.—Hattiesburg
Citizen.
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Jjjpin News, advises an unnecessary '
Our esteemed contemporary, the .lac
supplies. The inventor expects I water.
ganize a company, and place his
Î ncs at all cycle resorts.
/ -ratlin: u ooo uegrecs
Fahrenheit balow zero. An hi coho I
thermometer thrust into it will be in
stantly frozen. An ounce of whisky,
though continuing to emit its usual
odor, will become frozen like a stone
When a tables;,oouful of liquid air is
poured over it. A handkerchief dipped
in this liquid will dry utmost as slowly
ns if soaked in water. When dry the
fabric "ill be found so charred as to
'Tg.itTT
Womnn Invent* a Tire.
J oung , vumun ot i!roohl lu;s ,
Jed a new bicycle tire which she
ls presents less surface friction
11 tlu ' onl 'U"ry tire, it Is especially
nu,nBeousi " ase, ' uJin P 6,et 'Pgrades,
llot collapse, it is composed
you please hut for tlie good of
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111.
.tic partv, to
allegiance do not fly blow its p|* ^ not ,-a, t a ballot for the min'
nominated by that convention. aWTihesimc time blast with thc breath *
of slander and detraction the platWm of principle which they represent"
r ^ V* a , nU,n <1 " ln,r h ' S Wn thlnkln <? «nd when hi« conclusions' aw
formed, fearlessly expressing them,
bird that befouled Its
rich we all owe
But we have always looked upon the
. , " wn nc,t with » '«nsc of profound disfavor. Aa<
those democratic papers of the gold bug persuasion, who liavye accordfd fhe^
(Tilcago platform nominal support, while at thc same time they puUMjP
î ,f ' •«> «"e candidate «f '
by SnTnn m .. aI C °" ferred " faV(,r "P"" democratic p«S
ïtefrf L Mh t,nK w 1 and th,> re|,ubllcan PMU- That is the chi» »
that lfrïlï J m"* lmVe CXPrCWWl ,,Ur op,nlon prett y '
We cln v hu u ? ,,iat S "" U,(I nnt •" the dcm.rratlc
standard f ( ' itiîcn ' t "" t i, believes In tb. P# •*
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will always support the nomW*