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nxHvx am unit COLONICS
Tho prospects for federation in AS
trnjl u wo nro told nro no brighter roy
Ihnn for kevurnl ytara past ttltlioilBt tlta
nroiiiotera of Bttrh n movonient nra rort
tlnually worltlnir for lta oecnniptlslimcut
Matty IcaclliiK politicians far vitrlotia r n
EOns chiofly ecl0sh ones nra opposltiK tho
ftOrrnllou Itlca nmt dtp illfforent colonics
nro llkoly to rock nlonjr ntt now for somO
tlntB yet
But ono flno day In tho fntUrj wo nro
uoInB to sco vlrtttitly a now nntloa barn
down ttntlor tho Southern ctoas vllb prnc
tlcolly n rcpubllcnn form of sovonmont
ttlihovgh ticlinottltilgltiit ntlCR nnro to tlto
mother ronnlry nrolhrr Canndn with
nrcat projects potltlcnlly ami connner
Hilly The unloii of tho Austrnllnn coloulcj
vlll mean urowUi rnJ power for them
fiqlves nmt added Btrenjth to IJiiglntid
AVhat a ennttnst l presented In tills ro
Blhlllty between the rollcy punuoil by
Orcat Hrltaln towards Ite Ungllsh tpeaklnB
coJoKlea nnd tho eourso ndnpled by othnr
Rtlroprnn nations Inwards their outlying
npjoeBslnns oven Whero nubstantlally peo
nled by colonists from the mother eotntryl
The explanation In found In tho proRrfs
nlvo cbarnctor of tho AngloSaxon and his
supnlor capnclty for government nnd for
learning from experience Kngland was tint
rlapoied to ho too liberal towards Us cot
orlen up tn tho time of our revolution Sri >
applied the policy of Intntlon without rep
resrntatlon nnd was disposed to niaVo her
money out of hor tuibjocta abroad by rx
tortonntn revenues rather titan by an en
tovment nf rolonlnl conitncrce Tim Amm
lenn revolution was all that was rerpilred
however to rpach tho prncttrot good sonsn
of Iho nrltlsh peopln and riieli Micn llmt
tho best policy wnn to grnnt ho fullest rl i
Kree of ntttonnmy to their colonlru ctin
rtitcnt with Hngllsh to rciKnty In re
tnlnlns npparontly the shadow only or au-
thority trey tcnlly drow these limned os
tnbllshmentu of their power Ibo eloacr In
tho old country nnd now find loyal mrt
crowing young giants utirh n Camida nd
Attiitmiln upon whom lhy can depend
Itli eonrtdruco In tho Uinr of nctil
In India Irent llrllnln of course Jinn
enrae In coulnct with nu alien rnrc Ignor
nt siipeifitltlous nnd weighted down by
enato It hnn beep Decenary to purmio nn
othor policy tiKro to reinln Irr power
if wo can tActiso icr rotiran In India there
1r still however one blot moro upon hor
treatment of a cniuntorid tcrrltoryhr
opprcasbn of Ireland It Is nlntt nr lint
the good Benso and liberality that Imvj
hrougbt such satisfactory results In Av
tralla and CnnRda nnd In Cape Ckilony Inve
not beun exercised toward Ireland Tho
lajtor is entitled to as full n dfgreo of
bomorulo as Ungland onjsys and by Iti
tree nnd cordlnt grapt the IlriltHh p npla
woUW not only strengthen tlictiiHeivea In
tbe Ilrlljeli teles but In nil Italian Moiu
leg countries
With n strong and populous federation
in Australia and another in atmUi nnd In
tho South nf Afrlra ami Irolnnd locona I d
through homo rule Oreal lirltjtn would
indeed be Invincible Hut moreJo do
jusijey towards Irriaud
would go a lorg
way In securing that greit AnKoAmcr
leap alilqnco wlch h becoming tho dream
of English > > pukDK stiUMiiieiil Then tin
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ihcreforo a nof to lia woedcred nt ur
matctir dlplomtits havo been bMiton at
tjx ry turn nnd Spain has held uh ort whllu
fcfcp hits gone on with livr bloody work In
Cubs First danovns cpt the Cleveland
administration o let and tho work ho tie
can Sagnata hns continued with cqtnl nklll
With corRiimmatn art It has heen nndo to
nnpear to Htiropc that wt h vo been hound-
ing Spain and seeking catite for an npcil
rupturo while sho has been making ovcry
conccrelbn consistent with her honor to
avoid a quarrel When It had necomo ap-
parent that Weyler was a fnlluro ho wna
Tcralletl na If In deforenco to American
sentiment when It was an open necret that
tho Maine had been destroyed through foill
nlay n selcntlflc report was ready with
which to crcato In Uiiropo tho Impression
I hat wo wero Becking to ftcn on Spttn
n crlmo in order to further hiring her
when we threaten to Intervene on grounds
of humanity a dccrcoMs promulgated to
yoking tha rcconceiitrallon ordcra
Such weaklings an McKinley nnd his ob
scuro Canton attorney Day In illplomaey
nnd statecraft are but easy marks for n
man lllto Snga Jn It Is tlliio that Spain
has wnntel above everything clso but
money and sho hen lircn able to get It
It Is n deep ganw that thu Spanish
nremlcrs havo been plnylng and they havo
tilnycd It with adroitness Todayi W ro It
not for tho aroused popular feeling In
America that will brook no further trifling
XreKlnlcy and Day would continue to bo
but putty In Sagaslns hnndn
And while ho Ppaniaids arn atlll con-
tending that they aro not thinking of wnr
hey aro bending cveiy energy to prcparo
for n confllet ahould thl government nt
irmpt Jo drop diplomacy nnd try force No
Intelligent man in this country unless tt bo
tho gitlllblo MoKlnlry himself believes Hint
Spain will < iil Culm at any nntlonB rom
mand without n fight To presume other-
wise In bheer folly If therefore there
Ib any purpoao whatovtr to Intervfiio in
behalf of Cuba to longer dilly dnlly with
Ihu Spanish gavernmnut In to Increase tho
otttncteH tlileh we will havo to nvoteomo
When hostilities begin Tho ir ldcut In
Litt aiding Spain to got ready
It may novcr yet havo otetirred to tho
man at tho helm Hint his ship la being
led toward tho breakers hut 11 Is becom-
ing very apparent to the onlooklng public
The time lina come to quit the lerflng and
humiliating gnmo of diplomacy and rcnort
to other methods nf making our leiirosenta
tloim and strength felt So long as Ate
Klnloy continues lo incnnuro Intellects with
Sa asta the Cuban situation will never bo
Improved when American manhood mills
In contact with Spanish forces tho Cuban
horrors will cense
HTIIfi ADtHMfYt THIJ IllllDlIX
That was n humiliating as well as dis-
couraging stoty In tho dispatches from
WoshlnKlou published yesterday morning
tolling us that there had been n net In
crca6o of nearly 11001 names on tha pon
slon rolls within tho pant six months and
announcing tho request by tho department
tor JSOOOnoo to mukn up n deficiency In
pension raymcnls for tho current fiscal
year
Tho people Will have to tnke hold of their
eungtossinen nnd SfimtotH to stop tho
growth of thin pension outrage these lingo
pension steals All senslblo men not draw-
ing a pension know thit to nee our rolls
growing at the rate of 2S000 names a year
thlityIIMo years lifter tho dose of tho
war Is to wellness the perpetration of groas
and Handalous frauds A burden o JIRO
000000 per unnum on aceount of pensions
Is simply monslroti Ungland nor tier
many nor Kranre with their thousand
yearn of wnrfl have hnlt sucli i charge
upon them
Tho trouble has been that the public at
Itrge linvo not corrcelly located the bouiee
of tho outrage It Is not the fraud t thcin
nelvrn who apply for pensions who nra no
much lo blnnio as coiigrcis The demo
goguen In that body havo continued to
court the soldier olo by adding to thu
pension statutes until almofct any one
whose uncle or cousin or aunt smelt
powder nr nw a blue mat between 1S01 and
1K05 Is entitled to a grab In tho pension
ling Thousands of claims are annually al-
lowed by congrcsn that huvo besn rejected
by the department and tbnt worn carried to
uiiigrtm beeuuso rtjeeted by the depart-
ment Thcso steals are ituhed through at
tho rato of a hundred an hour sometimes
In both Bonnto and house nnd not n soli-
tary member lias tho rourase to speak up
In opposition Often theio Is mi quorum
piwent nt Trlday night ersslnns where
bumlrcflK of these bllln are passed A point
of order would stop the nbtiso for tho time
at least lull uo man has the decency or
patriotism to make Out paint of ordcrl
The Southern congressmen nnd senator
nie as deep m the mud ns the Northern
mnnbera nro In tho iplre Can not South
m constituencies stop this kind of con-
duct If the Northern and Western enn
Kicsjinen aro too cowardly to InnugtirMo u
reform can not tho Southern people teach u
Iftson or two to their rfpregcutatiyes Hint
will make this lasua nn extremely lively
nnd Interesting one ti futuro elections n
Hie South and elsewhere Is tha South to
to on forever pajlng tuxes to support this
tojrlhlc Bteal rar fully 100000000 of tho
J1W000000 annually paW out for pjiislons
la n clear fraud
Lift Texas constituencies nnd I tttslaiia
constltnenelea and other Southern eonstlt
uenclci find out why it Is thtl thpjr mem-
bers nro pot up In nrpis mtnltist thtj out
rage Tho Southern refple will bove to
start tho demand for reform nmt tho sooner
UVii < 3 o th AOOH5P Will wo bu abo to
obtain those appropriations necessary for
four ttefenso and for nir commercial de
velopment
fnwti ottji mvmuvi
In pno nenso this Nation Ir tnaMps U
BelfjrltUeulouB In the eye p Kurope by Its
etude and Jhastlly uipro > hed war prrp
srailons Our slio ml wealth poptratird
wtUho sltoand woalt h q our 105 IMs
nfaeQiis render pur wllil and hor lpl
Pnixtsr
vc r n PiT dfferso only the moa
1 0 Wtyf Jf t < muilnKdrspto tho
MrioutD fs cf tho affair
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HOUSTON DAILY POST SATURDAY AlORNING APRIL 21898
ward off an attack by the pUmyi lnstrnd
of tho latter anticipating ravaged < oj 1
and nunken fleets It U tho big fellow that
appears to bo shaking In thin day of mot
rrn fighting machines on tho
modem great gilrw on mpdern forlinca
llous wo find tho government at Wain
lngton reduced to tho apparent necessity
of buying up nil sorts of Junk shop crnft
to bo
o sixteen knota
> achts of fourteen
turned Into torpedo boats nnd deslroyer1
when Iho modern types of these vcbscIs
mnko from twentyfive to thirtytwo
knotsold tugs to bo rjgged out as gun
vcsstlspinclng smooth hero guns on ol 1
monitors on guard at great cities scouring
Ktiropo for ships and Ammunition nnd de-
pending on green crown to handle tho
fleets nnd green recrulta to man tho forisi
And for what To fight mighty England
or powerful lrnnco No but to kocp poor
old thlid rnlo Spain off of us
Whnt a record of neglected duty In iho
naat does this condition of tilings dlBtsioio
What a reflection Upon the Intelligence of
congress and of tho people Tho Uiilte1
States ought to havo been so protected aud
armed on sen nnd land for nhy cmarginoy
that the nations of the world of eiual
ertatnets would havo hesitated to attack
ttsj In a crisis like this wo ought to bj
absolutely Unruffled In our confidence
Tho ordinary Intelligence Hint puts a lo k
on a door for tho protection of tt house-
hold or pnya 1 per cent insurance against
a Ioks ought to havo long cro this had us
on such n defensive nnd offensive footing
that Spain would novcr have dreanud of
resisting us by force
When tho uninsured dwelling goes up In
smoke liowovor Hb former owner goit
ornlly admits tho value of a small outlay
for ndequato protection nnd ho Is inrely
caught at a disadvantage a snood time by
such n dlsuter When we spend some
1500000000 possibly on a wnr nnd HtilTor
other losses both of men and money nnd n
ccrtitln degree of humiliation wo may coti
clttdo to slop choesopnrlni policies for tho
nubile dafensol When wo relloct that to
havo spent ouoIlftb of nuch n sum within
the past three yearn above what wo have
spent during that time for Hhlps uud forts
and guns would havo prtseived the pcao
and demonstrated oven to Spain tint sh3
would bo ommittltig harikari to fight us
then wo may slop Biivlng at tho a Igot
while leaving tho bung open
Of course wo nro the greatest show on
enrlh In a Nntlonnl way nnd wiidom will
tile with mi from thu standpoint of tin
stump orator but as a matter of fart what
we havent learned yet would iniUu a re
markably largo and Interesting volunto
tbout this time hownvcr we aro studying
the Hist chapter Intently Suppose It were
Franco or Hnglund v > ltli whom wo wcra
about to go to war In a > ear In thui
event wo would learn a practical loiton
Hint would prove valuable to us until tha
mlllenlum Certainly wo can whip Spiln
but fceo what nn extraordinary lush and
hullabaloo havo beun necessary to plaeo us
In even a half way defensive shape
It fcconis that Stieot Commissioner JacK
Kennedy 1b to huvo
opposition nnd tint nu
attempt ut somii kind of eomblnutlon of nu
tiigonlbtlc elements will be made to defeat
him No silfrcopeetlng demount cnu afford
to Join in such a movement against Juck
Kennedy Ho wmt before the primaries ntiulo
a fair and strong light nnd was renominated
mid Is therefore entitled to every demo
< rnllc into thut will bo tvet In tlin election
Tho Post with till other < on mntivo and
fairminded ilemaeints cm only drpieeata
uiiy scheme to lend pnrty men nwny from
their plain duty In this ease or any othci
blmllnr to It Tho demo rats should glvo Mr
Kennedy the rail paity nte both lieciiuso ho
Is tho nomliico ami lb In eeiy way worthy
personally nf popular suppoit
Mr JIcKluley Is now anxiously hoping that
night or Sngncln would conio to his relief 1
The feint o rehiring tho reeoneenlratlon
eiders and feeding the tntlng comrs Trom
Spain too tale Wo know how shn Mould re-
turn these poor wtetehes to their Iniidsln
pipe boxeSI
Tho second mouth of spilng his nrrltrd
and tho sanitary obligations restlug upon us
continue lo loom up with mure dlhtliiclncss
Bun Kranelsen had Its llrot serlniiil enrth
quake Thurbdny for years past Tho whole
western const uf thn Aiuerleils Is subject to
selsuilo dlsturbniiers nnd It would not l > o a
mutter for surprise to hear some day of
grcnt destruction fr m this source at Sun
lrnnclsco
Tho Texns Volunteer lunrd limy get to
spend Hip summer upon tho coast nnd havo
no end of Ashing nnd gunning
If i > rmnny attempts to selie Liberia we
may expect to see the > uir spirit strike Now
KtiKland after nil Tito Hales nnd lloiitclles
do not ro intirh on Culm but they will come
out sttong for tlulr iiigrn pioleges on the
West African coast
Tho people ef thn Danish West Indies will
pray that Vneo Sam and Denmark v ll not
swap horses In thn nilddlo of tho troubles at
any rate
t Is snld that there l one county up in
Pennsylvania where n majority of the voters
both in town nmt country regularly watt for
tho highest bidder In primaries and flections
Hut Isnt thern Somo mistake here only nao
lountyj
The cdunlry Is now breathlessly filling to
see ihb administration ent Jump And It
cant hold Its biculb too long either without
danger of an explosion
Of couruV tho people wilt not forget that
up to tho commencement of hostilities the re-
publican party had failed to accomplish a
sliiKlo tiling for tho relief of tho country or-
t redeem a HiiRle pledgo of their St Louis
platform J
Mr JleKlpleAnt lean owfs It to the country
to ma up hisV l < > > Hmo o got lTHough
Iep nwny from ibii HiiMtna mob Wo cant
nffoid to lose CcWeial Uq In tho prcllmlniiiy
fparrlns 1
When the batllesVdp Kentucky gets into the
light aud wins crlse Jt win always be it
nnullrel lyid NatlonsY Issue whether it was
Ihe bctto of water on the prow or the Ken-
tucky Itontlxjp on tho iftv M thut did the work
for per
Wo niKy now expect the Idbug orsan tn
raise U cryhif Jlnga nguJp t Mr Bryan
for dajlpc tn jillmato that theuimo has come
to stcj tnt fiphnlsh BOVCrntucMt om malting
inenkcys out clAMtksrs McKlnley oid Day
Spain he the wo tongest srmfr V n of
fenflvo ncetsrirtored cruitorb and fpeda
hosts Our brilliant nsyaj ronttrua irs aro
Just now learning hat thorn IS nothing wo
need so much ns these These gentlemen havo
been so taken up with battleships for the
pnel flVq years they could think of nothing 1
else and hero we are caught In a grave pro
dleamentf
Tho war situation has monopolized public
attention all over the Wnltf1 States Thn
pencenlanyprlco eltlien Is found now and
then but bo Is wonderfully nnd fearfully
lflResoinct
MlWiWi fV TIIK l Mll I3AKT
livening Wlsennsln China Is bavlng tha
ttnlqilo experience of being tho Htakcs tn
an Intcriinllonnl jackpot
Iloston Olobef lttissln appears to havo
got nil sho asked of China Now listen lo
tho growl of the other powers
Detroit Kteo Press Japon simply In-
timated to Ittissla that It would bo health-
ful for he latter to descend expeditiously
from her perch on Chlneio toll
Ilosion Journal China has been forced
to yield o nil tho demands of Russia Neil
will < i > mo necessary compliance with thn
exactions of Kranco After that aotninnv
will want froth concessions as comiensa
tlou for what tlie others havo go1 lut
whcio Is ISnglnnd nil this time
Scrdntaii Tiutll There Is n rush nf Var
rlotids In China England has assumed a
wnrllko front In Hong Kpng nnd has
sued orders io her warships to hold them
Selven In Imiuddlate readlnrSB to gi to brn
Tho pro pects of a great conflict n lhat
1 art of the world continue to grow sorlcus
Indianapolis Journal Tho prospect if
war between nnglaml nnd Ittissln seciiis
oulte as threatening no botWeen tho Ullled
Slntt3 ond Spain Their antagonizing in-
terests nnd policies In China have brougut
the two ntiropcnn pownm to a point whoro
unless ono or ho other backs down a
tolllslon neons Inevitable
Washington Times China has conceded
nil of the llusslan demands Port Arthur
nnd Tallon Wan nro to ho occupied by the
czar and Jnpnn lma withdrawn hor objec-
tions Tbrn wVal will Orcat Britain do
Why submit of rourso In nil tho ttrltlsh
press yesterday there was not a suggestion
that thn government of Lord Salisbury
would do p thing but surrender That
lenves Cubit nn tho only scene of probable
hostilities on tho whole faco of tho earth
this morning
MW1J POSTSCtUlTS
Opium Is considered thrco times as dead-
ly as alcohol
A Kaffirs religion consists mostly in
singing nnd dancing
Honey will turn to wax If loft untouched
for some time
In India there Is a fly which attacks and
devours largo spiders
The mnxlmum temperature of the Gulf
stream is SO degrees
A recent shipment of mnlt from Mil-
waukee amounted to 1 iOOOOO pounds anJ
tilled 100 cars
Meerschaum Is slllcnto of magnesia and
Is to bo found chiefly In Asia Minor
Onecc and Madrid
Having been surprised by tho police
Montreal burglar jumped forty feet fiom
a window Into n snowbank
Tho population of Palestine Is Increas-
Ing rapidly Ten year ago thero were
only in000 residents In JafTa today tncro
aio nearly C0Q00
If all the eparrows In Britain woro ex
trimlnatcd tomoirow cxcipt one icilr in
about thltty years the country would pos-
sess as many spinows us over
It Is under contemplation lo attach
phonograph department to the Drltlsli mu-
seum In which would bu stared In cylinder
fotm tho voices of great people
In a recent test of speed at Olbrallar
tho Ilrltlsh channel squadron succeeded in-
putting In fcOOO tons of coal and getting
icaily for sea In fortyeight houri
POINTS AIIOIIT IKOtln
Tho great French actor Tnlllnrd Is about
to have a monument In his lioltor
Itev Father A A Lambing lectured in
Chicago Humbly on tho Taxation of
Churches and combated the idea
Onro when Mr idison was Uaiteil upon
by thu committee of a church to gel his
opinion ns to the desirability of protecting
the building with lightning roils ho bald to
them Ily nil means put nu the lode
You knew Prntldcnco is some times nbscnt
minded
Maltro Lcblols who llguied so prominent-
ly its a witness nt tho Zola trial nnd iho
was a gieal filcnd and nuppotlcr of Colonel
Plcquiirt has been summoned beforo Ihe
council of the Older of lUrrlsters nnd af-
ter some illueusdlnn suspended from legil
practice for six months
John C Kunllis who Is now the rro
piletor of a III cry stable at Applelon Wis
waa Dlsinarcks cetubuiau twentyHo
years ago llo was paid > o per luonth
with board oud livery In addition to whlen
ho received friquent and liberal tips At
tho tlnio of bis nnlvnl In this country ho
hud tiul up qulto a snug hum
Prof J 11 Ilevls the widely known
iivithomntlclnn nnd a3tronomeivjfijcrloiii
ly ill In Fulrmoiint lud lie la Ip desti-
tute circumstances Pint llevls Is the au-
thor of Eociiil books on mathematics
which are used ns text books In tho schools
Aiming them aio CoiKretu Geometry
Theory of Hxponentb and College Alge-
bra
ik wah ts iirtAttii
AV K Villiileilillt In Present tlte
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New York Atull 1 Tho Herald says
William K Vnndorbllt It was tcpoitcd
has decided In tho oont of war wlth
Siuiln to picsept to tlw Hnltsd States n
goternment warship to cost 5000000 Thh
Interratlng Information came from n r >
spoislblo source with the explanation Hint
Vandeihlit linpretwd with thu Justice of
the Nations nttltudo In Iho present cr sis
believed this to bo tha most dlrct ami
practical manner in which he could bj of
tervlee to his country
Vnndorbllt It his dectslon Is as rrr
ttcntcd has rcsnlted to follow in tlio foit
steps of his grandfather Commodnro Ccr
nellus Vanderblll who durlnit the civil
war presented tn the Fodntal government
tho largo steamship Vauderhllt which was
nluid at 1000000
OUIUHKt UXDEIl AllSfS
KcihmIs ItliliH to jlnreli ut nn ttmira
Notlif
Corpus Ohrlstl Texas April 1 Orders
wcro received In this city ycsteulny In-
structing the Kenedy RlflcS to ba In resdj
ncss to mnr U within nu hours call This
news rauvd t nmt what of n surpilbp
among ttp uuinbfia ot ho eompnny but
novcrthelow they ore rrady to stand as n
unit In dffctuo rf their country nnd flag
Tr rempauy is ready to ba on the marei
Insido pf an bours notice end all that Is
now awaited U nn order to inarch forward
Artillery fur tin Const
Tott Worth Texas n l car load
of nmultlens of war ennio tn yesterday over
the Itoek lslnnd fiom Fort Dl Ueno o T-
en rcuto to Fort Moiean Ala Tae e r
wns loiiVd with war supplies suctt as tiiti
and nwmunltlpn two HotthkUs guns wag
ops ftr tho bamo npd other warllko mate-
rial
Tl a company to which the equipment Le
longs win rocu fellow Tht > rnoveroent is
occuioned by ihq general concentration cf
United States r < 8uUr near thu Atlautic
and Oulf cratts for tho purpose uf furmsu
Inx tHstter protection jn case of war wlib
THE NAVAL BILL PASSED
Several Hours of Debate on the
Many Amendments
10 INCREASE HIE TORPEDO HILL
An Aililltlon of ifultooiini in lie oris
iniil lllll fussed tleftiilto the
ltiilist nf Ciniiiiiii
Washington April 1 After nn exceed
ingly turbulent session of six hours tho
housd passed tho naval appropriation bill
hnd then adjourned tittllt Monday The
war fplrlt was manifested In nil speeches
nml overrode tho naval commltloq Itself by
Increasing tho numbtr ot torpedo beats
and torpedo boat destroyers to twenty
four the bill as reported providing for but
twelve Tho amendment of Mr Cahnon
chairman of tho appropriation committee
lo icduco tho number ot battlcsJilps to one
was burled under an overwhelming major-
ity The provision relating to armor plate
which In ordinary limes would havo pre-
cipitated a debate of several days was dis-
posed of In ten minutes a proposition to
decrease tho prleo agreed to from 400 to
300 being dowucd in perfect chorus ot
noesMr
Mr Cannon dm Ing tho courro ot the day
announced the belief of tho majority of
membets that wnr would bo on us within it
week ami Mr Do Armond of Missouri
made a notable tpecch declaring that If
hostilities wcro to coma It was our duty
to strike tho first blow
Washington April 1 Packed galleries
are the regular accompaniment of tho ses-
sions ot tho house lit these exciting days
and today nu hour bcoie the ssslon con-
vened etery Inch of available upaco was
taken and hundreds besieged tha doors
uuablc lo gain admission
Mr Doutellc chairman ot the naval com-
mittee doblred to go abend with thu naval
appropriation bill despite tho fact that un-
der tho lilies this was private bill day lie
explained briefly the urgent necessity of
getting the bill through nt once A very
significant Incident occurred while nn at-
tempt was being inudo to effeut an nr
langemciit to postpone private bill day un-
til Tuesday Tho speaker hliiualt seemed
to hesitate about asking tho consent ot the
homo whereupon Mr Uromwcll Hop
Ohio asked If Tuesday was set apart tor
private bills whether It would luterft o
with a icpoit from the foreign affairs com-
mittee
It ceitnlnly would readied tho speaker
promptly
Then I object shouted Mr I romwcll
Sibrequertly bo withdrew his objection
with tho und rstan ling that Tiusdiy
should be pnvat bill day providld tho Inr
elgn afTali3 committee had no reporl to
make Th < bxti1 bill was then taken up
Mr Kng Dcm Utah made a point ot
cider against thtf provision for new biittla
thlps and torpedo boats If was overruled
by the chair
Mr Cannon chairman of tho appropria
tions committee offered a substitute for
fcr one battleship to cost 3000i01 exclu
slve of arinimont twelio torpedo boat do
stroyers nml twelve torpedo boats to cost
not exceeding innDcw
Mr Cannon supported tho amendment In-
n brtef npeoch arguing that In enso nf ntv
cesslty thn torpedo boats and the trrndo
boat destroyers would ho much moro val-
uable than a battleship because they would
bs quickly built
Mr Cannon appealed to members with
cool heads and without passion to ast as
wise mon should act
What objection biM Mr Morton
Dem Ohio have you to leaving Ihu
tree battleships In the bill and Increas-
ing the number of torpedo boats to the
number provided In this amendment
Tremendous applauso in tho gnllirips
Most ijifltlomen believe said Mr Can-
non that within a week wo will bo at
war with one of tho countries of the earth
That will mean additional taxation nnd au-
thorizations to borrow 500000000 It
means that these burdens shall bo put upon
the people Let lib double the tuuttiou If
nrccsary but let us not aillliurUe n blnglo
dollnr Unit is nol necessary to meet the
emorgency put In froit of us Long be-
fore thcso butlcship can bo luiiuuhul the
war will be oer and I fotr thoso battle-
ships will be obsolete Applauso on tho
floor
Mr Houtcllo In a rpeotii declared that
the history of naval watfaro allowed that
the great naval battles of tho world lnvo
hem won by the ships of the battlo line
Mr Cummlngs Dem N Y declared
that the value of tho battleship had been
demonstrated nt the battle of tho Yalu and
that the subsequent action of Japai and
China In organizing rhlps not to si > nalc of
the fact that Germany Franco Knglaud
mil ltu aii were building Immpiisi ships
of the navy fighting type was conclusive
of their vuluo
Mr Icntce Itop Mo offered nn niuend
lltiit n Increase the number of tiirtedo
boats aud torpedo boat destroyers ubthnr
ired by Hie bill to twelve each nut lu ln
ctcaso thn appropriation from 2300UliO to
JlfiOOOOO llo quiii d n high nnvtl olflcsr
ns slntlng that thcso torpedo traft wcre
otroluty otenllal to the protection ot
battleships of the nivv It was little short
of criminal ho contended lo subject n fleet
to dangers from a torpdo boat
Mr Betttelle tnld the committee wns per-
fectly willing to accept tho Penrco amend-
ment hut ho pointed nut Hint under tho
WorBMicv apptoprlatlon the > administra-
tion wss buying and building torpedn nnd
other boats of the mosquito fleet for tho
protection of our fighting ships
Tho 1earco amendment was adopted
ir > 7 to 07 v
Mr Steele H > pr Ind mi 51 lo d
rreaso thi > utimbsv ot bntticshlpb pin
vldd for from thrco lo two
Mr DeArmond Dem Mo tbn
tho llonr with n soeooh tlul nttra td muh
attention He called upon th aJTlnstra
tlon to lake the aggressive Tho Maine he
sold had t pen blown up In a harbor pftp
pesod to bo friendly Thero wns gr t dai
irer now he declared In rusting in dlpli
nuev wthcr than to our otons arm Tho
preat ttettlou now ho sId was tn sp
fo hostile Pcot ponroachlng nur chore
If wa T er i danrndlng upon dplia it
would iroyo a broken rod Thi bs no
tectlon lui rnhl wait ncgeiviin rpt to
wait Idly retltier u on hopes bo bod o
foundation He declared wo should Mrlkn
vhllo wr had the advantage War blwo n
nations vai not PVn n cont t bowemi
eqinllv matched elMllators The vldnrv
helonged in war to the rntmtrv thst h t-
end Orst nrepscd for It and seeing f rli
n Into < futnpi stnitk < let whern tin
bc wrntd nAvn mct ruVctvi
It US neflteet MiHfhM contul Nl
Mr r > Arnirrt Uv tritln < r hsfqre vs ni
trtekn Aaiise if rs ro wlf n
bin vstte too nnn I lino vrnnr mr <
niYi of > r nn fori end tlit rh
T rPTVirr vs llri r tn v rvy y T
v HI n 0 n v0
wflr M r n nvs1 s tn o
v iViH vrs
ih w lr
Of Ntv or oon mav > nv < t rllrptjv sfljv
ri > rji re lt cr d f strlop n jr8
r mcd to ma that It is hardly wis > fcr
Hill government when tho limp for im
mediuto nctlou with reforenoj to tho pres-
ent emergency dxlsts to provide for a m
Hnct tuturo whtn porhaja provisions will
hb needless Ir war shodld odour It wHJ
eoou be demonstrated what tho vauo 61
tho modern battleship 13 No man ooUbts
no man can doubt tho valuo of tno modern
Ogent of destruction knbwit ns tho torpedo
boat and the torpedo boat destroyer SI
cntly and nwlttly In Iho wntches of ths
night ot r still waters the > ts Bwift boats
proctcd upon their crrnnd of dostiucton
arjj wliljo Inslgnincnnl in themselves ytt
they tarry sUeh agency of destruction that
tha proudtBt battleship that over totUd
13 a wcro paper box when assailed 1 theni
H Is pimply a mngnlllcelit grave beneath
water for thosa who Unfortunately happen
to Ito attacked by a destroyer striker nit
nlso abovo all tho ncsotlollons let nu
ngalfi endeavor to Improta upm the ho 83
that tho danger to bo provided against la
iho danger which menaces us now Hvcry
IjoUr and every mlnUlo across the wa ors
of tho Atlantic Is taming thst dnngor
ntcry hour nnd every minute it N clocr
to us find ovory hour and every nilnuto wo
less secure In consequence of It I
are
hopo thoso who have Inflitcncs that tboss
Who havo tho ear of tho agencies now di-
recting nnd controlling the government
largely to tho exclusion of tha tcgUlnllvo
brnncb may exert that lnfluonc Hint it
that can bo dono which ought to bi dono
for our protection It may bo dono without
further doliiy Applause
After several houis of wrangling dur-
ing which nil ecru of amendments wero
offered and Voted down and many speeclun
wero made tho vote was taken upon tho
Cuban substitute to reduce ths number of
battleships to ono and to lncreao tho tor
redo boatB and torpedo boat destroyers to
twelve each It was defeated 73 to 12
Mr Underwood Dem Ala offered an
amendment appropriating 1000000 fo r
tho establishment of a government armor
nlnto factory He did not think It proper
with a wnr cloud over tho country to
criticise tho prlco paid for armor Dattle
bhlps authorized In tho bill convicted the
government could save the cxtirljon to
which it wns now subjected Ho went inlo
ths > Investigation Into the cost of man-
ufacturing armor plate Tho amendment
was ruled out on a point of order
An amendment to rcdireo thi cost of
armor plain to J100 ner ton was dofeated
This completed tho bill and It was reported
to the house nnd passd
Then nt G p m tho housa adlourned
until Monday
SPAINS liKliBAT CCHTAIX
Scnor Oeiinro AIiin Opinion n to tho
Hesuit of ii AVnr
Special to tho GlobcDcmncrat
New York March 30 Senor Genaro
Alas who is conbldered In Spain tobo tho
llrat Spanish military writer published
tho following nrtiolo In La Dpocha ot
Madrid on March 11 about ths results cf
a war between his country and the United
atates
Will It be a duel In French style or
until tLo first Wood Is shed or a light to
the dtatU In my opinion neither ouo nor
the other If wo are defeated quickly we
siall lose Cuba and probaby albo Iorto
ltito and it Is vtry likely that wo shall
hao a otrouger revolt In tho Ihlllpplnoj
and serious troubles at home Hut sup
ioso that at tho beginning of the war wu
sink the whole Yankee fleet and even bjm
baid with succebS two or threo Yankee
uorts will nil end thero Oh no Tho
Americans will not stand It and the Nuttoii
that trom liUl to 1SG3 put tn arms more
than 2000000 soldiers inised powerful
lltets spent 000000UOO and loU nearly
the sniita amount will mako such efforts
the paragraph providing for llireo bitlle j ti n that lu spllo ot all my tcspjct fur
bhlps six torpedo boats and alx torpedo Spanish patriotism I can not b luto ttat
boat destroyers Tho substitute provided bpain will be able to stand ngalnsl it
If theio aio those who tclloto lu inter
vention by European lowers in faor of
Spain I dont
A nghl to the ilJath it will not be
either because thu Americans can not
conquer us with so many m les of ocean
between the two countroi We may lo o
our coloiili3 but Spain will lemaln Proa
ibly that lobs though Immediate dlsts
ttoiiK would be a benefit to our sons
Now cm any man of senso believe thit
wo can do to tho United States what the
Americans can not do to us Is It not a
nonsensical dream to think ot a cnqiest
of AukmIcui tenliory I am not doubing
tln lourago of tho Spaniards but I believe
that nil nations of Huiopo together nro not
sttong enough to sever a foot of land fiom
the United Stntcs
In brief the United States will not comn
to lonquor us here nor shall iic go to con-
quer thorn there Tha whole w < ir will bo
reduced to this Tho Yankees will irovilo
tho insurgents with arms and nmmunlion
blockedo tho ports of Cuba and aaiva to
teath our armv thoie that subdatj nov
exclusively on lnuorted foed
What will bo tho role of our navy To
brpuk the bloclndj In ordrr to piovhlon
our army and In order togct roal for Itself
became I supposo that our shins will not
come back to coal In Spain
That will bo nil At the start tho Yan-
kees may destroy our wholo navy or we
may destroy theirs but lu Iho Ion run
they will get the advantage All other
tblncs will be mere episodes of the wir
The privateers on either sldi will ntii < Mint
to nothing In deciding where victory thnll
lost
WONT ACC13PT MEDIATION
McKinley 1VI1I Nut Permit riiroiierui
Intcrfiiriiiii
Now York April 1 The Heralds Wash
lngton special says President MKlnluy
will not accept nitdlntlon ot a Huropoan
tower to bottle the quebtlons lenillng be-
tween tho United Smte3 and Spla If
iumpo thinks thero bhould to lnediallan
let her nndlato between Spain and culm
i his fctalemont madu by a high offic ul of
tho administration may ba ug rdJd as
nn answer to intimations conveys to thia
government by representatives of fo elgu
powcra of tho wllllngnors of their govern-
ments to cxcrelso their good outlets to s t
tlo tho Cuban complleatloin oxliUns to
tw en the United Slates and Spilu Furii
erinore hosaid tho administration hni
l uson to believe that pressuio lud h oi
owted upon Spain to havo her pr pjio
to this government to ueeept the meiilaton
of a thlnl power and fnillns ti obtrlt
acqutojccueo to this propv3ltlou to anply
to ono or two Duiopenn nations whl h
would subsequently mako ropreaintatloiia
to President McKinley Franoj an Grsat
IJrltalii havo nlnady officially exprtbpsil to
tno state department the desp roneorn they
feel over the prospect of war between t a
country and Smln and tho cjll ot Hi
Austrian minister today upon Assistant
Secretary of State Day gave rhti to fo
report that ho had come to tinder ths
good ofIiec3 of his government
Thero Is reason to btflcva the Auetrlio
diplomat questioned Mr Day its to tlm
present rondltlon of Ciibsn affairs Just
ns the French ambassador M Cam en
during his visit to the itafo drpTimn
on Mondiy talked over the sltunau m h
tho assistant tecrctary but there Is Ilka
wIbd reason to believe that Just as M
Camden failed to elicit any Important In
fcrroallon tu0 Austrian minister nlro was
uinurccrsful u resident McKinley wrs
willing to nccopt French iridniaoi th s
diplomat assured mo Frsneo would < o co
Spain to penult lis oxerclro by sma y
drawing tight tho strings of her mfcnoy
bags
In ease of mediation tha doison which
would probably be roschfd bv Fr < tini
would he cxnlalned cho C ba th ind
rndenee ross sed by AustrnlM and
while tlo Fmnlfb flag would nllio o
wavo over ths said It wouH lisn pn
more to dq with JUp huurp of Cubins
than ths British ilae has to da with tho
course pursuod by tha Australians
v
WEST INDIES PURi
Senate Puts In tfc Tlmeitj
Secret Session on
WILL NOT BUY HIE ISLANDS
Tliry Arc Flrioeii
ftnnilrca j
Atrnr nml Wrt llnvc A
clther
Xor JiiUd to
Forllry Thei j
M
Washington April lTho Eensu5ip
trtt session apent almost tho entlre ii
OlBCuralon of iho resolution rcporta
lerday from the committee on forehjL
tlous for tho pureharo of tht > Weal
islands owned by JJcnmark ami the i
web closed by tho prictlcal wlthdrK
iho resolution by Sonntor Lodge Itsiil
He etatcd that tho debate had dtnsl
such a wido difference of oplnlon hf
etnafe vhero thero lmd hcrctoforV
auch unanimity that ho would notfi
oress tho matter at tho tlmo w htlv
oresldcirr needed tho support ot all >
of all parties
m
This action on tho part of Senatar tS
was preceded by nn ntilmatcd de
which many rsharp words wcro cxca
over tho policy ot bringing about a
Hon llnblo to dlvido tho sonuto atJ
Wihai unanimity was especially destn
aud when all parlies had Bbown a ailij
Hon lo give their uttermost supportS
administration lu v
preparing for th
which olmcet all the senators cob
rrobable Many speeches were mid
this line
and went so far as to inu
that advantage had beeu taken ofthY
uatlou to press a proposition which
considered questlonabl Willi the hops
tho stcnate in Ita desiro to support
uiceldent at a critical time would
sinti tho matter favorably now
i would no do so lu times of quia
Senators ilorman
mid Pettlgrcw >
among thoso who tqolc this position
Mr Gorman referred to the unaai
action of congicss In entrusting tlie
sum of r > O00000u to tho presidentrfot
cxpcndlturo In maintaining Ihe dlgnlij
tho country and said that since tne
of Washington no such confidence luj
liiiposul in it chief txecutlve of tlie
Hon but that whllo It was a greattr
It carried with It a preat rcaponsibf
So far the executlvu branch ot the
cuinvcrt had been united in suppoit
tho piesldent it was evidently thetj
tentlon to preserve this unanimity til
considered this an Inopportune tn5e
nicsent this resolution The islands
ho said fully 1500 miles Ironi our
coast itnd to attempt to acquire then i
would be in violation o our poltcycl
annexing territory which is not contlpi
He said Senator Lodgo had a report
favcr of the policy now undertaltJ
lis desk for a year and that the fi
of the measure sought to get It Jt
now under tho stress of war prc63urt
there was going to be war tho Iji
States could secure ail tho coaling stl
oh the Island of Cuba and that if there
no war none would bo needed
Senator Lodge replied briefly t
admitting bis long advocacy of the
Hon of the Danish possession and
Ing his efforts to secure action at tiJ
cut time lie said ho had called upw
mesident with referenco lo tho purd
cf the islands and that not only he bw
naval officials had concurred In that
Ion that their possession would baJ e
estimable valuo in cao ot hostllitta
tho West Indies
Senator Bacon Ga spoko asahw
resolution saying for present or nmtS
would btr nselrtf
war purposes they
that they could bo acquired It waon
tomo futuro time The ncquisltlonjift
iltory In his opinion should be by to
and not by legislative act He sal
would take a year to fortify cither ofi
West Indies so as to make them aval
for any purpose
At present wo have not guns nw
to complete tho work of fortifying anf
Hon of tho islands
shxativs oimv mssioS
OluiliitleiN Itosoliilliii Cnlllni
CoiimiiIiii HejiortK lteferred
Washington April 1 In the opfj
slon ot tho senate today Mr ChaadlS
Now Hnmpshlro called up the rest
ho iutroduccl yesterday requcstloj
president to send the Cuban consult
rcspnndenco lo the senate nnd it wl
fcrred lo tho committee on forclga
tlons fa
After the passago of a few bills l
ale went Into secret cKecutlve sessl
proceedings occupying tho greater If
the afternoon nnd being dovotcd
russlon of the wisdom of puichasltS
Danish West Indies tjlnnds
Mr Iiaeon of Georgia offered t
Hon which was adopted requestwr
ieciCiary of war to Inform tho senaU
provisions had boon made to protw
sea const cities of Georgia and wit
of tho emergency appropriation of J
000 bad been allotted for the deit
Georgias sea coast
Adjourned until Monday
FuurtliniiMM PostinriKterjbl
1
Washington April 1 Special
class for Texas appol
rostiuasters
day James T Honda HamW
county Calvin V Dorscy Dhv
llockwall county John C WtIso
Drown county Charles Albert BnSrS
tounty Charles W Alnslty La g
ertsop county John W Miles NW
cunt Lewis 19 Balrd Ora Aff
county VM
x > w iixiih iosi < i rn K
Washington April 1 SpeclalJJ
posttfllcca have boon established as
Elm Karneb county Samuel T fj
poBlmastert Heard Galyoston tounil
Burko
postmaster
AIMEaT TO AfCTOttlA
j
The QuiMii Heroin MllKeM n Vojfj
tempi to ssccuru 3Ie ll 0
Iioudop April 1 Tho queen t <
Spain has sent an autograph lctleS
queen of Knglnnd tho New Y ° Ka
correspondent learns from a hlsht
Imploflns help Queen Maria Ch
bfgs Queen Victoria to use herJ l
upon tho British government to g
Austria and Franco In an uttempt jj
Eurnpean mediation A
This extraordinary stop has MW
by the queen regent because < > Jp
rocoptlon accorded py the UrllsUi
ment to tho rtipreseatatlons of the JJ
ambassodop rwpsctlng mediation tjji
TJit Worlds lnfotmsnt adttMVtjjj
Vlqiorla btmply forv rded a CP
queen regents letter to liOrrt i
Whose policy will not W > wafi
not
fected by It Jliiglarid >
any policy of bolstering up Sp
In Cuba The opinion prevails Is
jBovernrobnt wilt tip pressed tromij
ernl benches of the house of coaf
of
recognise tno Independence
toon as tho United States doe H
il
n
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