The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-15
a Notable Victory.

NOtable Victory.
First blood for the Yellow KID He has
just won a brilliant victory in Cuba,
through the fundamentally of Smith.
Everybody will understand, of course, that
Smith revels in the prefix of William AL
den, and the suffix. Congressman, and that
he halls from the bailiwick of Grand Ra-
pids, IN the state of Michigan. He is sup
posed to represent the Third Congression-
al district in the House at Washington
but az present he Is ia Cuba for the pur-
pose Of permitting his sensibilities to be
shocked by the sufferings of the reconcen-
trados, in order that he may describe the
sensation for the glory and profit of the
yellow Kid. The kid, incidentally, is pay~
ing Smiths expenses, and presumably is
making other acknowledgements to him
in return for the use of his congress-
ional weight and influence. Meantime
Smith is drawing his salary from the gov
eminent just as II he were in his seat
and looking out for the interests of his
country at this most critical juncture in
American affairs.
But to return 10 the story of the Yellow
Kids victory through Smith: Smith went
out to visit the starving reconceutrados
the other day attired In "a high silk hat
and an immaculate black frock overcoat"
This is the kids own description. The
sight Of Smith must have been very fill
ing to the hungry Cubans. They were
feastlng their eyes upon him, and he was
per-selling horror by them, when there
was an interruption to the delightful
proceeding, which would have been
good for half a page of poster type
across the front of the yellow Kids news
paper Five Spanish soldiers arrived up
Smith, or this story would never have
been told; they would have been paralized
with awe and admiration Not recognize
ing him, the soldiers came close enough
TO brush against his immaculate black
frock overcoat" That was enough to rile
front to the dignity of the United States
Congress to have vile spaniard rub up
against a Congressman's immaculate
black frock overcoat? Had not the pride
Of Grand Rapids been assaulted? Was it
not an insult to the glorious Yellow Kid
himself that his representative should
have been touched by miscreants in Span
ish uniform?
But Smith was equal TO the occasion
There were five Spaniards, and only one
Smith. The Spaniards We're armed with
the regular equipments of their kind
while Smith had only his umbrella, tight
ly rolled and in oiled silk casing. But
what Of that? Is not one American armed
with only an umbrella better than FIVE
Spanish soldiers armed with rifles, revolt
vors and machetes? Every true disciple
Of the yellow Kid knows that to be fact;
and Smith was not only disciple but an
exemplar of yellow kidism. Hastily form
proceeded to surround the five Spanish
soldiers. So quickly and neatly did he
execute the maneuver that the Spaniards
were taken completely by surprise and
before they could recover their wits Smith
was striking them like five hundred over
the heads and shoulders with his tightly
rolled umbrella. BY a desperate dash
however, the Spaniards broke through the
imprisoning square and beat an ignomln-
ious retreat. Meantime, Smiths high silk
hat had not even been tilted from the per-
pendicular, and his immaculate black
frock overcoat' showed never a speck of
dust. When the Spanish soldiers had
poured oil into each others wounds. they
inquired who the wonderful stranger was.
They were told; and they came straight
way TO him and tendered>an AFFECT apol-
ogy, which Smith magnanimously ac-
cepted; warning them. however, that five