The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-22


the Hartford, in Mobile bay. excIaim-
ing. Damn the torpedoes, Steam
aheadi" is a picture of dash, daring
and patriotism fitted to thrill and en-
thuse any campaign. yet his Wonder
full deeds of daring never won for him
one buzz of "a presidential bee I'm his
bonnet. No! as the merchant said.
Dewey Is all right" No doubt con-
gress will vote him not only it's thanks,
but a golden sword. The president will
make him an admiral. His praises will
be sung all over the country. but even
If the war ended now with his marvel
Gus victory at Manila, Mckinley is the
man to whom its great honors would
go, and it's chief political rewards. too.
/ met Colonel Henry Watterson i'm
New York last week. and found him
as charming and as interesting as ever.
"Massa Henry" as his warm admirers
and intimate friends call him thinks
h war with Spain will result grandly
for this country. In the first place"
said he. lit will end all sectionalism.
There Is no longer any distrust Of the
south. for the people of that portion
OF the union are proving daily that
they are as loyal and devoted to the
stars and stripes as any YANKEE that
ever drew breath within sight of Bun
ker Hill. IL will greatly increase the
respect of the world for the power and
prowess of the United States. IL will
do away with many of the issues of
last campaign, and IL will compel
h consideration of new ones. which
VIII cause our people to accept new
alignments I'm politics. IL has already
taught As the inexpressible value Of
a navy. and before ten years have
passed we will have one which will
be able to cope with the most power
full i'm the world. Where the flag floats
follows, and our flag will
float in every trading harbor in the
world.
THE war Will raise us in dignity and
standing as a nation and make us
greater and more prosperous than ever.
But its chief value will be i'm the in
crease IL will make in our moral stat
ure. We were beginning To get too
luxurious, and. IL l may hint at IL. i'm
our large cities. too much like the Ro-
mans when that empire VAS about To
decline. There a n tendency almost
toward effiminacy i'm the ranks of GER
tain of our well-to-do young men. and
a Discrimination among them Ia be
known as Americans. Many of them
thus tainted were afflicted with the
idea that some European countries
We're preferable to our own In many
respects. They will now learn that. i'm
the language of the street gamin, We
are the people and ! venture the as
sertion that hereafter there will be
very little aping of foreign dress and
manners among u wealthy classes
and more genuine A-mericanism among
our swells than there ever was before.
AT the worst, IL was merely an affecta-
tion. and IL needed onIy "A few hard
knocks to dispel IL altogether
While swinging around "A Southern
circle" with President Hayes in 1877 I
asked Gen. Wade Hampton when in
his estimation the American people
would be willing TO accept a man from
the southern states for their president.
He answered: Never in my lifetime. I
fear. You may live to see the time.
but i won't-unless." he added. IA for
eign war should occur which would
give the South an opportunity to fight
side by sid with the North against a
common enemy" That war is now ON.
and | nominate Henry Watterson for
vice president in 1900. In doing this I
hereby file my claim to be the orig
NAL Watterson an."-Philadelphia
Times.