Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 28, 1897, Page 4

| "Grand ‘HRepies eras tResiew Published Every Saturday. By E. C. KILEY. . —_— ADVANCE .50c TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN Six Months ..... $1.00 | Three Months..... €ntered in the postoMce at Grand Rapids Minnesota. as second-class matter. Caen ee UE EEIE EE EaREEEEl Wnrar’s coming over that man aton of the Buffalo Journal? He’s saying some mighty strange things for a Republican editor and ex-state senator. Read the following; it is from his pen and paper: ‘‘We notice that some of our county papers are already figuring on the next Re- publican county and legislative ticket. It is all right to begin figur- ing early, our prediction is that the next Republican county conventions will be composed mainly of post mast- ers, fish wardens, wil inspectors, grain inspectors and ex-office holders and that the whole shootin’ match will be run by the machine. The people won’t be in it except to do the voting for the bosses. It has been that way for some time back and will so continue.” Ez A PUSILLANIMOUS PRESIDENT imes is a sort of ally. On the finan- cial question it i zzler—endors- i 10 plan of any party. In its con- sideration of some other subjects it is equally erratic; but withal it hasa mighty interesting editorial page and editorial writer is by far the ablest now typing ideas through the Twin City press. The Times is in- dependent in the true’ sense.-It is not afraid to speakgout with refresh- ing frankness, without ‘any consider- ation of the prominence of persons under diseussion. Its estimation of MeKinley in the following is wonder- fully correct: ‘‘Four-fifths of the re- publican papers of this country savagely denounced President Cleve- land for his unfeeling and un- American attitude toward Cuba, and assured us that as soon as McKinley should be fairly seated, Weyler and Weylerism would beabated, and the debt which this country owes to civilization would be paid. But has anyone observed any discontinuance of Weyler barbarities? Have not Spanish soldiers murdered inoffensive osand reported the feat a victory over the insurgents? Have not American citizens been arrested on false charges, held incommunica- do, in direct violation of our treaty rights; murdered in their cells, and this government defied? Have not young Cuban girls been sold at auc- tion to the highest bidder? Has not the island been devastated and the unfortunate people herded in the for- tified towns to starve? Is there not acultured and educated young wo- man at this moment under sentence by Weyler to twenty years penal servitude at the Spanish penal colony of Ceuta, where no woman has ever hefore been sent? Has the “Chris- tian” president of this great nation manifested the first throb of sym- pathy or pity for this poor defenseless 18-year-old girl? Does any individual in this whole country really expect this time-serving, pusillanimous ex- ecutiye to manifest the slightest in- terest in this or any other monstrous outrage? “Cleveland was bad enovgh, but he did not hesitate to lay down the law to John Bull, but McKinley hides be- hind that perpetual, self-satisfied smirk of fis, and never moves a finger to abate the Spanish crimes against ci ation, to say nothing of the ‘Christianity’? of which he poses as the Shining examplar. A deep ani broad disgust for this monumental pharisee is creeping over the country. A president who had the courage to represent Americ- an sentiment would have had every prisoner “out of Spanish dungeons within forty-eight hours of their jm- prisonment, and would have com- pelled Weyter to observe the rules of civilized warfare (if any warfare can be said to be civilized,) or he would have blown Moro castle into the sea. For all the promises made by the republican press for McKinley, not one has been realized. Twenty- four hours of James G. Blaine would be worth a life time of McKinley,” The Minneapol nondescript polit “CALAMITY HOWLERS.” We read a great deal about a class of people who are denominated ‘‘ca- lamity bowlers” in the administraton organs bese days. ‘They keep on dee nouncing this class because of its al- leged disinclination to concede that there has an improvement taken place in business, But, as a matterof fact, there is nosych class, and the railings of the organg\is simply a transparent ruse to keep up party spirit and min- ister to the destestable sentiment of partisan distryst and malignant hat- red of political opponents bred in our elections. There may be a few of the voters qho did not cast there ballots for the successful ticket in ‘the fiational elec- tion of last year who would prefer to have the business depression-continue in order that the Republican party might be discredited to having prosp- perity return to thecountry,but there are not enough of these to constitute a party, or any considerable clement in aparty. Certainly no large share of the voters who supported Bryan for the presidency desire to see. the na- tion involved in disaster for the mere sake of party advantage. On the whole, the party that was defeated in the election of last year accepted its discomfiture gracefully. When con- gress was convened in extra session to frame a tariff in accordance with the views of the Republicans, the opposi- tion threw no obstacles in the way of its enactment. A Republican senator warmly complimented the opposition while the bill was before that branch of congress, for its abstentivun from the employment of delatory tactics to delay passage of the tariff pill. The opposition press, without an excep- tion that we can recall, urged that there should be no attempt to retard action on the measure made by the silver representatives in congress. The bill was passed, but before it be- came a law the turn for the better had come, through the effect on the public mind of the certainty that we were going to harvest an im- mense crop this year and that the shortage abroad was going to enable us to secure a good price for an un- usually large prospective surplus. All rejoiced that the prosperity which the political yawpers promised was to come to the country if they were put in control of its affairs was at hand, being produéed by causes over which these ‘medicine men” had and could exercise no control whatever. And yet the organs keep up their discord- ant whine about the “calamity howl- ers,” furnishing the only raspipg note in the grand chorus of rejoicing that goes up from the people because of the prospect that better times are about to return to the land. Those same organs were persistent “calamity howlers” themselves dur- ing the last administration of Presi- dent Cleveland, and their malignant misrepresentations and unceasing en- deavor to create distrust and fear among the -people had much to do with creating the conditions that produced and continued the business depression that existed during that administration. It is paltry work these organs are engaged in, but most of then are con- ducted by men who have no capacity for useful work, and litle desire to be anything but promoters of ill feeling and dissension among the people.— Marquette Mining Journal. Wealthy Class UsuallWrong. Bryce, in his American Common- welth states the fullowing deductions from observed. facts (Page 252): “Nearly all great political and social causes has made there way first among the middle or humbler classes. The original impulse which has set the cause in motion, the inspiring ideas that have drawn men to it, have come from lofty and piercing minds, and minds generally belooging to the cul- tivated class. But the principles and precepts these minds have deliv- ered have waxed strong because the common people received them gladly while the wealthy and educated classes have frowned on or persecuted then. The most striking instance of all is to be found in the early history of Christianity. And again he says: ‘The chief dit- ference between the so-called upper, or wealthier, and the humbler strata of society is, that the former are less influenced by notions, often erroneous of there own interest. Having some- thing to lose, they imagine dangers to their property or their class ascend- ency. Moving ina more artifical so- iety, their sympathies are less read- ly excited, and they more frequently indulge the tendency to conicism natural to those who lead a life full of noreality and conventionalisms. Prolific Hawthorne. Julian Hawthorne is said to have three novels in process of manufac- ture and the skeletons of two more put together, showing that he lacks neither industry nor inspiration. It is a wonder that he has never visited the Northwest for material for some of his books. Along the line of the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad he would tind rugged character affording a rich mine, and scenery such as would warm the cockles of his heart. The many features along the Duluth Short Line, as it is generally termed, have tended to make it a very popular one with all classes of the traveling pub- lic passing to and between St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, West Superior and other points, which are reached by fast, modern trains, and where close connections are made with boats and trains going in all directions. Always take the Duluth Short Line and go with the people. Ticket agents are always glad to .furnish maps, circulars and general informa- al or they may be had by writing . Stone, General Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn, A WORD OF WARNING. Starvation and Death Awaits Many Who ~ Enter Klondyke. The following should be read by those who have become. “‘Klondyke.” Itis a report sent'from SanFransisco: “In the mad rush for Klondyke gold men are already starving to death. Of the thousands now hastening to Alaska many will never return. Their bones will bleach under the snows of the deadly passes. Gold there is plenty. But it is not easily obtained, and this is not all. Starvation, disease, treachercus In- dians, desperadoes who will commit murder for a biscuit, frightful storms and all the perils of an unknowa, in- hospitable and barren country await the inexperienced. Men who are abandoning their homes to join the mad scramble for the new El Dorado “should remember that once they have passed over the ging plank of the Alaskan steamer there is no way of getting back unless they turn about immediately while they have money for transportation andstrength to clamber into the boat. Over the entrances to White and Chilkoot passes there might well be strung the legend, ‘Who enters here leaves hope behind,” for itis the sheerest luck if a fair percentage of those guing will ever return to civil- ization or live to see fruition of their wild hopes. One of the clearest accounts of the situation at Dyea and Skagaway, where several thousand prospectors are now camped waiting tu get over the divide, was given by George L. Fish, a prominent grocer of Oak- land, who made the trip in order to see whether there was «ny chance for rushing supplies into the Klondike this fall. He found the outlook hope- less. Hesaid: “If you want todo a service to humanity advise men and women to stay away from Dyea and Skagaway. ‘The day 1 left Dyea there were three funerals. Two were thoseof young men who attempted to cross Dyea river. The last funeral was that of a young man who had reached the summit of Chilkoot Pass. He was entirely out of provisions, and, goaded to desperation by starvation, he stole a side of bacon. He was de- tected by two of the party from whose outfit he stole, and was shot to death. Aninquest was held and the verdict was justifiable homicide. At least 5,000 people are camped at Dyea and Skagaway, and the majority will re-], main there through the _ winter. Starvation and death will stalk among them. There are many law- less adventurers in the two little towns on the bleak coast; men and women of a stripe who will not hesit- ate at the commission of any crime when money and food become scarce. I was ashore for nearly three days, during which time I made close observations. People who had ar- rived at Dyea two weeks before had been unable to move owing to lack of transportation. There were 1,500 people between Dyea and the sum- mit, and this included’many women. Toere were about 3,500 from Skaga- way road to Dawson through White Pass and down to Lake Bennett. It is impossible to get through the pass and there is aswamp of seven or eight miles to cross before reaching Lake Bennett.” He said afew of the prospectors had the courage to advance, and many had no money to return. The two starting points, Dyea and Skagaway, are seperated by four miles of salt water. The Dyea trail goes over the Chilkovt pass and involves a climb of 3,500 feet, while the other, which is not completed, has a 2,650- foot climb over the White pass, and, besides being six miles longer, is bog- gy in places. The Indians, who are the sole packers, all pack over the Chilkoot pass from Dyea. Nearly 500 pack animals are now en route, and on.arrival will be pressed into regular pack trains, which will remove the chief obstacle. for the transportation of supplies over the 35 miles of land is much more formid- able than that over the 560 miles of water on the other side of the pass. Aug. 7a miner was drowned while packing his goods over a footlog about armile and a half from Skagaway. A teamster charged $10 for bringing the corps into town, and this so enraged the people that he was ordered to leave town at once He was offered $2,000 for his wagon and team before he left Juneau. We heard a gentleman remark that he heard Talmage at Clear Lake, last Sunday morning, and then went to Garner and in the evening listened to equally as good a s2rmon by our Rey. Paul. Yet, as he said, the one man got as much for his single sermon as the other receves for a half year’s work. Yes, that is the way of the world, even in democratic America. Almost any country editor writes better articles every week then one that Ex-President Harrison received. $10,000 for from one of the leading magazines, but they could not sell them for ten cents a piace, —Clariop (Iowa) Democrat, Minnesota Stece Fair. Via St. Paul & Duluth R. R. Ex- cursion tickets to St. Paul and Min- neapolis on sale September 4th to 11th inclusive, at the rate of $4.80 for the round trip. Includes ticket of ad- mission to fair grounds. Tickets good returning September 13th. Purchare them via St. Paul & Duluth R. B., the shortest and quickest, and the only line running three daily trains, leaving Duluth Union Depot 9a. m.; limited, 1:55 p. m., and 11:15 p. m. Frocure tickets from yout home home agent or at the Union Depot or at the City Ticket Office, 332 West Superior St., Providence building, Duluth. F. B. ROSS, Agt. TORONTO AND BETURN. Low Fare Excursions via D. S. S. & A. Railway. All rail via S. Ste Marie and North Bay . - -$20.00 Via S. Ste Marie, C. P. steamers and Owen Sound.............. 23.50 Via St. Ignace and M. C. R. R. 23.90 Via St. Ignace, Detroit & Cleve- land steamers and Detroit 22.10 On sale July 1210 14 inclusive. Re- turn limit July 26, with extension un- til August 15 by depositing ticket with agent of terminal line at-Toron- to before July 25. T. H. LARKE, Com’) Agent, 426 Spalding House Block, Duluth Minn. Rainy Lake Gold Fields via Port Ar- thur and Rat Portage. The route to Rainy Lake and Seine River is now open via Port Arthur and Rat Portage. 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