The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-07-29

a campaign document. Lumber, salt,
iron, copper and wool are dealt with
In the speech, and 1t is regarded by
political managers as a superior pro-
tective tariff campaign argument.
Major George II. Hopkins, military
aide-de-camp to Secretary Alger has
been selected to go to San Juan as
the personal representative of the sec
rotary of war in Porto Rico. 1t is ru-
mored that he is to be made military
governor Of that island after its capt
ure.
Judge Bostwick of Ionia county was
here recently. He said: II am very
much interested in war news. have
read carefully all official d.spatchs and
/ find that Admiral SIMPSONS fleet in
two months of bombarding has only
killed mule at Matanzas."
"Remember the Maine"
When Admiral Dewey, regardless of
contact and other mines supposed to
be in Manila harbor, started in a
straight line for the doomed fleet of
Montejo, he ran up he signal ''Remem-
Der the Maine" Every throat on every
American ship responded to that bat
tlecry. Throughout the navy it was the
call that nerved officers and men to
acts, the audacity of which has aston
ished the world and caused Bnglishmen
to boast of their kinship with the Amer
leans. That we should remember the
beautiful ship that was treacherously
sunk while its gallant men were
asleep in apparent safety in the har-
Dor Of a friendly power, was not an
idle threat In Manila bay lay the
Tn "a otrto
Reina Maria Christina, Don Antonio
del Ulloa, Isla de Minanao and Mar
quez del Duero, the two gunboats Gen.
eral Leo and Isla de Cuba, and cruis-
er and other boats Of less Importance,
having in battle a total complement Of
$500 men, with a modern armament in
case Of the principal ships. In little
more than an hour they were all as
useless as the Maine.
Smashing of Cervera's Fleet.
When Admiral Cervera left the Cape
de Verde islands the people of Spain
were assured by their government that
he had gone to teach the American
something about war. The squadron
was soon bottled up in the harbor of
Santiago, and when it attempted to es-
cape II was reduced to the condition Of
the remembered Maine. The Spanish
ships consisted Of the armored cruisers
Almirante Oquendo, Infanta Maria
Teresa, Vizcaya and Cristobal Colon,
all Of the Maine class, and two torpedo
boat destroyers. The entire compile
ment was 1000 men and the armament
Of the principal ships was virtually
that Of the Maine.
Spain, in it's unofficial capacity, was
quite willing we should hold her re-
sponsible for the atrocity of the Names
destruction. Our navy has remembered
until the navy Of Spain consists Of
squadron now somewhere on it's way
from the Suez canal, and certainly
doomed to the fate of the squadrons
Of MonteJo and Cervera. The account
now stands: For loss Of the Maine,
with 266 lives, Spain has paid with the
loss Of ten cruisers and nineteen other
ships, some two thousand lives and
more than 1000 prisoners. Long ago
the United States established a good
name for the the payment of its debts.
1t is now in fair way to prove that
1t collects what is due to 1t from others
Agitation in Schley's Name.
Commodore Schley has been in no
In his name over the honors Of the sea
fight at Santiago. The commodore has
now formally assured the navy depart
ment Of this fact. 1t must have morti-
fled him intensely to find himself rep
resented as the sparrow in the nursery
rhyme shrilly insisting that he killed
"Cock Robin" with his bow and arrow.
He awaits the official report of his SUI,
AriA Wit ANTI ra
He is not wearing out any shoe leather
on his quarter deck worrying over the
matter Of his personal fame. His fame
as II relates to that fight is secure.
But the agitation in his name, Often
sive as 1t is to him, will go on. His dis
avowal Of any sympathy with it will
not affect II at all. At bottom, in some
quarters, 1t is intended less to benefit
him than to injure Acting Admiral
Sampson. It's violence and vulgarity
show that. And 1t will fail. Such man.
euvers always do fail. The honors in
the way of promotions will be rewarded
without any regard whatever to this
clamor, though, unfortunately, it will
not be In the power Of the authorities
to relieve Commodore Schley Of the en-
barrassment into which he has been
plunged Dy IOOl IT1eHus OF MS, acting III
cooperation with enemies Of Acting
Admiral Sampson.
Enemies Of General Miles.
Apparently the army is to get the
next dose of this stuff. The enemies
Of General Miles have It in for him."
They have been swapping at his heels
ever since the war began. He has been
described as a sybarite with shoulder
straps; as a handsome poseur; as a
general on paper" Backstairs title
tattle and small insinuations have been
industriously gathered and put in cir
culation. He is now at the front, and
his time has come. 1t Is Of small con-
sequence to his enemies and detractors
In the rear what he may do or leave un-
done. He Is certain not to take the
right course. II he is not accused Of
an effort to assassinate General Shaft
er he will be lucky man. But every
other rod Is already in pickle for him.
Fortunately, efforts to give subsist-
ence to jealousness and enmities such
az these unusually fail. They are al
most invariably overdone. The real OBJ
ject in view is exposed, and that always
shows the littleness of both the per-