, 1898-08-26
WHY THE REPUBLICANS WILL
SUCCEED.

The present attitude of the yellow
journals will insure the success of the
republican ticket in other states as well
az In Wyoming. The whole pack of
yellow curs have, during the last two
weeks, broken out again in full chorus
against the administration for it's con-
duct Of the a Fortunately President
Mckinley paid no attention to them
Cuba and again when they raised the
cry Of "On to Havana at a time when
We were without drilled and seasoned
troops. 1t is at this time plain to every
body that President McKinley's curse
was wisdom and that of the yellow
Journals, folly. The whole country O
devoutly thanks God that We had a
man in the presidential chair who, re-
~gardless Of the yellow journals, acted
the part Of a noble, patriotic and wise
executive who conducted the wal sue
cessfully, winning the admiration, not
only Of his W countrymen, but of the
civilized world. He hesitated to expose
American soldiers to the ravages of
Cuban fevers. The yellow journals
sneered at conducting the war on hui
manitarfan lines and in their wisdom
claimed that loss of life was always a
necessary result Of a The plan OF
the administration was to blockade and
Qharass Cuban ports and not send our
troops into the tropics until after the
last Of October, to encounter disease,
which was ten times as fatal as Span
ish bullets. This plan was Denounced
in vigorous terms, but the president
held to his promise until the Spanish
feet entered Santiago. when the neces-
sity for its complete destruction
then and there. and a land force was
needed. Cervera vas kept in the har-
Dor twenty-five days, while an army
was made ready and sent to invade
Cuban soil. General Shafter landed
his forces at Baiquiri and in quick sue
ceasion he fought the battle at that
place, captured Sevilla, and on the LIST
and End OF July fought the battles of
Ell Caney and San Juan. On the 3rd the
days later Santiago capitulated and
Spain sued for peace. The o of hui
man life to the American army was
200 killed, 1927 deaths from yellow fever
and 1,4OO wounded. Our loss was great,
it rs true, but in comparison TO that OF
the enemy. 1t was almost nothing.
The success of the war has never been
paralleled in history. The Herculean
task Of raising and equipping our arm
les has w been equalled by any
nation in the world. The president, re,
gardless of politics, made his appoint
ments Of generals to command the vol
unteer forces and treated all sections
and parties alike and the result has
been that patriotic men from the south
as we'll as from the north. regardless
of party, approve of the conduct of the
war. This was illustrated when a peak
headed gentleman named Hawkins,
from New York, who attended the ma
tioal conference at Saratoga a few days
ego. made an attack on the admins
tration and spoke of the purchase of
auxiliary craft for the navy as vicious
expenditures" Mr.. Bacon of Georgia
no sooner heard this slur that he sprang
to his feet and said: Il fought in the
Rebel army, and I " scratched the
democratic ticket in my life, but l
would feel that I had been a coward
and afraid OF my duty if I failed to re-
sent that imputation against the ad-
ministration of President McKin-
ley" and going on further he
said: Although I was a rebel and am
a democrat I want to express my entire
satisfaction with the courageous and
just and sensible manner in which
President Mckinley has conducted this
war, End I want to add that it is not
only my personal convictions but the