Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-06-19
W'ashingtua Staudard
He Gives Finn II Ftp az to His For
eigu Policy.

tiit ItNcl L! HOW. HOW tilo Nu-
ban play >tackin up? The sight
OF them war boats at Staten Island
drives me nuttv. an 50 | chaSeS
me>elf over for the frigid facts"
Did yousc take in the fleet,
Tim" said Cleveland.
Ne an Cleveland'S that chummy
that we always deals a groundhoor
game wid each other. He says
Tim an | SAYS Grove; Just
like that. There's no frills; no
holdouts goes bechuxt old runnin'
mates like me an Cleveland. Par
teller when there's cold bot to
sacrifice an we finds ourselfS alone.
Did | hit tue fleet ~ | saws, re-
pcatin' his query. Well. should
chatter. Ne an Rob Evans
Fightin' Bob You know-we goes
all through the fleet with lantern.
She's corker, that fleet. Fightin'
Bob says to me, Tim, if Grove and
Obey i'll ever paint up for war an
cut me ropes an let me take this
outfit, an lam loose at Havana wild
it once, III make a mauve -colored
monkey Of Weyler.'
80 Right youse be, Bobby, l says,
at the time, but Bunce is the boss
of the fleet, amt hep
"' Buncey is boss nominal says
Fightin' Bob, but if we ever lays
for Havana an he gets the bows of
his flagship ahead of mine, his
gauges III show more steam than l
ever knows Buncey to carry. No,
Tim goes on Fightin' Bob, when
we jumps on to Spain, as, mark me
words, we will, Bobley Evans is
goin' to be the star of the piece.
lie sinks his boat or grabs the CEN
ter of the stage right there
docs Bob Evans shoot off bis
mouth like that?" asks Cleveland,
an cloud shades his mug like an
umbreller.
HE d." 1 remarks, joltin' new
bot on the pint of the jaw, an
sendin' the cork, bling! into an oil
picture of Tom Jefferson, who's
bendin' his lamps unto US from the
wall; he do" I repeats, "an' I
holds it's dead patriotic CUFF"
Never mind the patriotic" says
Cleveland. "I'm afraid Bob let's
his mouth work too much over
time. At a crisis like this he
ought to take tumble to himself
an give his lip a lay-off. I'll have
Thurber write him letter an put
him onto it that he's too gabby."
"All the same," goes on, tell
me about your little scheme wild
Cuba. I'm perishin' for uews."
"Of course l takes the bride off
wild youse, Tim," says Cleveland,
"because what imparts don't 60
in more'n one paper. Now, here's
me game all scheduled. The fleets
meant for Havana. We won't as
a first bluff, declare ourselfs in on
this Cuban racket, cause most
likely we won't have our hand
forced that far"
"How did youse get in your
stack then ?" asks.
Restrain your troublesome vi
vacity, Tim," retorts Cleveland,
"an' III fill your Jugs wild me plan.
Spain can't do for Cuba, an it's
ashes to apples Spain'll be down to
her last chip inside of two months.
Now, as way to quit. Spain'll
pull off muss wild US, see! OF
course, we can lose her in a walk,
but it saves her repoote at home
an abroad. She can say he was
too dead heavy for her, an she was
up ag'inst it. Moreover, Tim, she
fggers we'll give her bundle of
doubloons, say $lOO,OOO,OOO, to dry
her tears wild at the finish"
"But," says 1, "S'pose youse is of
your trolley about Spain givin' us a
push in the face when she finds she
can't do Cuba? What's our lead
then?"
1--WE waits till july" says Cleveland
con the theory she will. If she dom,
scratch be that time, an if Congress
has chased itself, I'll up an send the
fleet down to mash in her hat meself
We then takes the initiative, Tim
It's easy deal, for she's got lot Of
'Mericans penned up, which goes fol-
an excuse, an I'll order her to thrun
'em loose. Then when she don't, as
will be the case, I'll up an paste hel
one in the map an she'll have to
scrap, see?"
whats Congress got to do wild itY
l asks. "You speaks like them mark:
was in your way"
"They be-" says Cleveland, "an I'm
goin' to lay dead till they's gone
You see, Tim, there's politics in this
Mebby for me, mebby the party
mebby both. Pm not goin' to make
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