The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-29
NEW ERA IN POLITICS.
Present War Will Bring a New
Crop of Men to the Front.
SOLDIERS WILL DE REWARDED


Regarding Our Military strength = A
Prediction CONCERNING the Navy-Com-
ing Test Of Naval Architecture.
WASHINGTON. April 29.-ISpecial. J.
"There is one thing the war with Spain Is
going TO do which most people have not
stopped to think OF, )" said a veteran sena-
tor today. at Is going to bring out
new crop of men in this country. The
men who go to the front now and are
lucky enough to win distinction are the
ones who will stand the best chance to win
the political honors of the future. be-
lieye there is as much patriotism In the
United States as in any other country in
the world and as many men who are will
ing to go to war because they want to
serve the nation in its hour Of need. AT
the same time it is only human nature to
think of the consequences to oneself, Ill
or good. A man has to stop to consider
whether or not he is going to be shot or Is
going TO lose his life from yellow fever.
Then he must consider the opportunity
that will be given him to earn distinction
In the field and what that may mean after
his return home.
broadly speaking, the successful men
of this war will be the successful politicians
of the future. The American people have
always rewarded their soldiers with polite
al preferment, and they always will. Evil
dence of this is found in the large number
of soldiers of the war between the states,
Confederate or ex- Confederate, who are
now in the senate and house of representa-
tiyes though that war came to an end
third of a century ago. The civil war pro-
duced SO great an effect that for many
years after it was over men who had not
been to the front stood small chance in
political rivalry with those who had been
to the front. The war with Spain may not
prove so effective in opening the doors or
popular favor, but unless miss my guess
many a man now successful in politics
will soon find himself crowded out by the
hero who comes back from the war and
enjoys larger measure of the publics
admiration
, The Soldiers Reward.
"This is as 1t should be- concluded the
, old senator. "The laborer is worthy of his
hire and the soldier of his reward The
men who fight the countrys battles should
, be pushed to the front when it comes to
passing around the honors which the PEG.
pie have to bestow. No matter bow peace
full may be our policy, there will always be
} more or less danger Of friction with for
eign powers and a nation without fight
ing men and the fighting spirit is poor in
:, deed. The way to have fighting men is to
reward them, not with pensions, unless
they are hurt, but with the admiration,
: the respect and the honors az bhe commu-
5 nifty
J. The war with Spain is young yet, but
the world has had pretty good opportu-
: nifty already to see what capacity for naval
!. and military organization the American
:, republic has. The world has been aston
J. ished at the rapidity with which we have
% put our navy and our army in fighting
y trim All over Europe they have had a
% rather poor idea of the military power OF
o the United States. They have vastly un-
derestimated what this country can do
when it is reused. The principal cause OF
their erroneous estimate is. found In the
: fact that we keep such small standing
y army. In Europe the/standing armies are
y numbered by the. Hundreds of thousands
It and naturally, therefore, the Europeans
y have fallen Into the habit of sneering at
IS the military power of the American re-
at public, where the regular army in times
ar of peace consists of but 20, 600 men.
1t is literally true that throughout Eu.
rope an idea has grown up, amid all
10 classes save those which are best informed,
re that the United States could be easily
10 whipped. There was no exaggeration in
lg the story which represented Spanish OH
ct GERS at Havana threatening to land troops
at in Florida and to march straight on tc
al New York, capturing Washington ant
:, other cities en- route. The Spanish really
Q believed they could do 1t. Our friends
o. the enemy as well as most Europeans
ls would be unable to appreciate the humol
r, as well as the truth of the reply which al
ut American Is said to have made to th'
e. Spanish threat to march an army from
Key West to Manhattan:
ed "Yes, you might do it If the police didn'
an stop you."
% Result Of the War.
=. A certain result of the war is going :,
:" be the building Of really great American
~ navy. Ten years hence, it is predicted b!
lls we'll informed men here, the navy Of tn
Of United States will be nearly equal to tina
of France and rank third among the ma
vies of the world. After the object lessor
which we have just had in the value Of
big navy when 1t Is really needed Their
'Ao can be little doubt that congress will max
al more liberal appropriations In tho future
go Nothing Is truer than the old saying tha
n when man wants gun he wants
Iys quick, and SO II is with nation and
lis navy. Because Of our unpreparedness tn
nj. United States had to rush into the mark'
,ed with our $50,OoO,0O0 buying everythin
49,. that could be had ut sellers prices and
o course In this way good deal OF none
ny was squandered.
The objection is made by good mar
be people that q great navy costs too mut
money not only to build 1t, but to keep
the going. The argument IL advanced tn
sed all this money may be thrown away.
T., our chances to use warships come abo
a.. twice or thrice In century, but even
'ne wars do not como and the ships are n
'aii needed there Is compensation In the ia
nos a. vx,opov fa epaut aunonQ OV