The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-12

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Nashville American: When the debates
| prior to the war were on the game of
politics was played for all it was worth in
| both houses. Adams. of Pennsylvania
/ declared that it was to be a Republican
! war. and that we (the Republican party
would settle it in our own time and in
our own way But this is somewhat
offset by the vigorous if inelegant state
ment of Champ Clark of Missouri who
asserted that the Republicans. men who
! preferred peace TO war, had to be taken
1 by the 'scruff of the neck and dragged
/ into war
| Pittsburg Dispatch: The latest report
/ from Manila gives evidence that the pos
] sibility indicated by the Dispatch several
| days ago, that the activity of Acuinaldo.
the leader # the Philinnine insrrgn0ts.
J might give him powerful position there
[ before the Uniteo States ttools aIaisr
I is assuming definite form. Acuinaldo,
while very peculiar person by the
Anslo-SaSon standards, seems to have
one quality in common with Dewey and
that is of getting down to business with
out loss of time.
Boston Post: The two most notable in
stances OF personal bravery which this
war has produced have for their hero in
each case a southern man. II was p dar-
ing, we may almost say a needlessly reck-
less, order which sent the Winslow
against superior force to undertake an
impossible feat; and Bagley paid for it
WIN MS ne III the performance OF duty.
His was the first blood of AN American
sailor shed in the war with Spain. Lieu
tenant Hobson's marvellous exploit.
planned and executed by him. is today
/ heralded through all the world and will
have page to itself in history He too.
is southern man.
Louisville Dispatch: Bonds for the
capitalists. tariff for the trusts. protec-
ton for the nonopolies. immunity from
! taxation for the incomes of the rich. war
prices for bread ard meat and clothing
peace prices for the products of the farm
What beautiful system of government
Why not give the empire general boost
row. and grab the West India isles the
Philippines and Hawaii; form an alliance
with England, invade the Orient and give
the people great army. q great navy
and foreign wars until they lose sight
OF the evils in their home government?
This IS the new goidbug policy. VIII it
work?
Kansas City Times.-In less than so
days after his conference with Aqulnaldo.
Admiral Dewey tells his government that
the insurgents have won several vic
tories and taken prisoners about 1850
men and 90 officers Of the Spanish troops -
And then he modestly informs his gov
eminent that he is fixing up quarters at
Cavite for the accommodation of the
American troops when they shall arrive
In all the wars for Cuban Independence
put together the insurgents did not cap
ture as many of the enemy or achieve
such victories as the Philippine Insurgents
nave in less than one month under the
direction of Admiral Dewey But aside
from Dewey's accomplished mind for
planning and executing. his marvellous
success by water and by land is due to the
one fact that he is isolated from the hest
tating and vacillating powers at Wash
Irgton-the nearest telegraph alton
some of the spirit brains and general
snip OF ''DeWeyiSm' is needed at Tampa