The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-05-11
DEWEY'S
Victory has Caused McKin.
ley to Awake From
His Trance.

"
ley to Awake From
His Trance.
REPRESENTATIVE
Clark in q Vigorous Speech Defends
the Democratic Party as Not Re-
sponsible for Cleveland's
Misndministration.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1898.--Mr.
McKinley's fighting blood has been
aroused by the great victory won by
our Asiatic squadron under Com
modore Dewey. 1t would have been
strange, indeed, IL 1t has not been,
for nothing more daring In the an
nails Of naval warfare has been re-
corded than Dewey's action in TAX
ing his ships into an enemy's harbor,
supposed to be heavily mined, for
the purpose of attacking fleet near
ly his equali in strength which was
supported by heavy land batteries,
and succeeding in destroying the
Spanish fleet, silencing the batteries
and planting the American flag on
the Philippine Islands. 1t was an
achievement worthy of the Ameri-
can navy, and one that every Ameri-
can commodore is anxious to try to
duplicates. They are apparently go
| ing to be given opportunities, to. In
fact, the orders have been issued
that will give the rest of our navy an
opportunity to share in avenging the
Maine by doing some fighting. Porto
Rico is to be taken. Our soldiers also
are to be allowed to do some fighting.
The air of hesitation, which was so
aggravating, has entirely disappear
cd, and everything Is now apparent
ly bent on fighting. Admiral Dewey's
official report has been received and
he cannot possibly be prouder of it
than is every American who reads
it. Millions of Americans yet un-
born will thrill with pride and pa.
triotism when they read of the vic
tory won by the daring and gallant
Dewey, whe is made admiral and
who received vote Of thanks from
Congress.
Congress has authorized the en-.
listment of 10000 yellow fever inn
munes in the south, for service in
Cuba, in addition to the 125,000 vol
unteers.
1t is always more or less dangerous
|, TO interrupt Representative Champ
Clark when he is making speech,
hut 70 i've of
had to get sQuelched before he would
believe it. Mr.. Clark was making q
vigorous talk against the six demo-
. Gratis who voted for the republican
war revenue bill, which authorizes
an addition of 5000, O,OOO,OOO to the
country's interest bearing debt, and
incidently against the democratic
party being held responsible for the
acts of the Cleveland administration
which he declared were democratic
Z only III name, when he said there
, were only two worse names in his
tory than that Of Grover Cleveland
I the namesa of Judas IscariOt and
Benedict Arnold. Just then he was
. interrupted by Mr.. Lacey, who ask
ed il Judas Iscariot Was not the orig.
, inal silver man. Mr.. Clark turned
upon him and retortpd: 1.-THE first
silver speech ever made in the
! American Congress was by William
, b. Allison, whom you all worship
Now, some of the rest of you ask me
! questions. The challenge was not
!. taken up. In the same speech Mr.
q Clark ridiculed the claim of some o.
the republicans that they were re-
D sponsible for the war with Spain
= and addressing the republican side
he said: I'VE took you by the scruf
Of the neck and dragged you into it
j. It's our war;" Mr.. Clark closed with
n a glowing and patriotic reference tc
), modore Dewey, in Manila harbor.
!, The. administration is not allowin,
=, the war to cause it to forget the nee(
the republicans have for help in tn
II Congressional campaign. The pat
ronage of the Government Printing
Office is to be turned over to the re
publican candidates for Congress, b,
% an order declaring that establish
r. ment never to have been legal,
under the civil service rulds. Itwil
y ee remembered that an opinion de
> claring that the placing OF the G. p
~ o. under civil service rules was II
y legal was prepared by an official o
It the Department Of Justice last year
v but was never adopted by At,orne.
:. General McKenna as his own ant
~ was never made public. Attorne,
n Gederal Griggs, doubtless unde
"a pressure from the Republican Con
gressional Committee, has agreed t
Is the PRONUNCIATION Of that opinion a
d his own, and democrats in the g. T
80 o. who are wife are on the lookou
. for other Jobs.
y Mr.. Mckinley deserves credit TO
n standing out against the enormou
!. pressure brought to bear upon hiI
VI by politicians of his party in favor G
vi incompetent applicants for general
=. commissions in the volunteer army
He has sent the nominations {
oi eleven major generals and twenty
five brigadier generals TO the Senate
Thirty-two of them are officers {
u the regular army and the other foul
y all major generals, are ex-officeri
m equally divided between the blu
and the gray, Fitz Lee and Jo
10 Wheeler representing the gray, an
n, Senator Sewell, of N. j., and GeneI
,. al James III. Wilson, of Delawar,
representing the blue.
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