The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-07-22
OUTING NO. 5

8 good teacher. The same may be
said OF war. Six months ago,
wen among people of average intslli-
yence, comparatively few knew tie ex-
tent OF the navy of the United States,
aud how it compared with the navies Of
the other nations OF the earth in the
number aud efficiency OF itawa vessels
of different kinds.- Now they not only
know its rank as naval power, but they
can tell the number aud names Of the
first class battle ships and can explain
the difference between q hastle-ship and |
q cruiser. Captain, Commodore and
Rear admiral are familiar terms.
The war has also been good teacher
Of geography aud has created quite de-
mand for ALIASES. Fewer persons now
than a few weeks alter the. breaking out
Of the war ask where the Canary, the
Cape verd, the Philippines, the Caroline
and the Ladrone islands, and even Porto
Rico and Cuba are located. Frequent
reference to their aliases have rendered
the majority of intelligent readers famil-
lar with the location OF places mention
ed in the war news of the day, and they
can see in their own minds eye the ex-
act locality of the scene of any naval or
land battle reported in the papers. Few
now need to ask where Manila, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba and DaiquiIi are.
Many have learned more about Spain
and her island possessions in the last six
months than in all the rest OF tbsir lives
The war to them has been an education
but not 20 to all. There are stili soms
who do not know where the philip
plans" live and have the impression thai
they are inhabitants Of Cuba. They ats
either too tired or do not have the Tins
70 inform, themselves in regard TO mat
ters pertaining to the war and seem to b
perfectly satisfied with what little inform
alton they can gam on the street corner
or at the bulletin boards. Then the,
talk very learnedly about the latest new
! and very often expose their ignorance
Twill give an Illustration. A crowd 10 8
} bulletin board. A dispatch has jus
: been received. Some one asks what th
> distance is from San Francisco to Manila
81 One Of the know-all class tells the exac
distance to q mile; bus if the O,egol
, boys had stopped at the end Of tle.spec
a6ed distance they would have bee
, mo,e than 1900 miles .from their des
D tinatiou. There is also another class
i men tonLd in Sodaviiie, Albany an
Ievery town from the Atlantic to the Pa
:. eifc and from the Canadian boundar
Y 70 The bordets OF Mexico. 10 whom th
A war IL not and cannot be an educator
d rbu reason lie. that shey are the peopl
and wisdom will die with them. Th
2roiundity OF their knowledge OF nav
and military Tactics 10 amazing, aston
,shiBg, astounding. all the genera
:, Ia the army are igno. anuses IN com
psrison witb themselves. 1t they hs
0sen in CON maud OF the Amy and nay
VI the United States Of America, the
would have been in possession OF tt
y Philippine islands, Porto Rico. Cub
tue Lsdrone and Caroline islands, in lei
: than 4 month alter the blowing up !
'e the Maine, and the whole of the SPANS
navF would now be submarine 1t i
therefore, great Pity that PresidsI
Mckinley did not sppoint some OF tnel
generals and admirals instead OF shasse
: Milss. Dewey, Scnisy, and sampson an
other incompetants. II he had done 9
there would have been great saving
U Senatorial thunder and no need Of il
II suing bonds to carry on the var. LII
Philippine islands, Cuba and Porto Ris
g would now be independent republiet
$ and the United States OF America wou
II now have the glory of undertaking al
u 6Eishing the frst really altimistie vi
4 in the history CT the world. Every OF
of those renowned generals and admira
q would have had the degree sf L. L. ]
conferred upon them by some Univsr
y ity, and an unlimited supply OF mate
;. lal would have been furnished for
'i sprsad-eagle. Fourth-of-July orators q
n down the ages. The government I
= Spain would have been knocked into
!. cooked hat" or blotted from existene
o and the United States would now be IL
: greatest military and naval power oo Il
8 globe
!. CAELEBs.