Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

pedreu udTh anu gloomy al uTSt out
soon it disappeared and the sun of
peace again showed his smiling face.
he tramp Of the American soldier
awakened the echoes of the orient and
his blood has consecrated to liberty
the tryranny-cursed soil Of the West
Indies. The thunders of our victorious
fleets nave been heard in the two hemi-
spheres, and the banner of the stars
and stripes has been unfurled to the
!, gaze of men who have never before
known anything but oppression.
The Hawaiian Islands have become a
part Of our republic and are happily
resting under thes HELD OF American
sovereignty, and they will furnish
homes for thousands of our people who
are seeking new fields for American
enterprise, thrift and energy. They
will also provide a coaling station and
a safe refkuge for our ships of COM
merce as well as our ships of war. In
!, deed, they will be a safe guard to our
western coast apd will enable us to
control absolutely the future commerce
: OF the Pacific ocean, which is destined
, 10 be the greatest In the world. These,
} together with thee ontrol and owner
, ship Of Porto Rico and the Ladrones,
and the guardianship of Cuba, to say
nothing Of the Philippine Islands, will
open up wondrous new chapter in the
story OF ourn ational policy. And it
will require great courage and wisdom
t as well as the purest patriotism to
solve the gerat problems that they will
r bring up for solution.
Our noble president can be relied up
on to do his duty in the promises and
t our country's interests will not be i'm
| p~erilled by any act Of his, but it is of
. the supremest Importance that he shall
have the hearty support of the con-
t gress of the United States. For how
! can his policy be effective, or what will
t his efforts avail if one or both houses
= Of then ext congress shall be against
! him? But if both houses Of congress
a dlN III Aul Liobg 4 NhC III
tLen the national administration will
l have a fair chance to make a record
l for itself and will then be held respon-
So sible by the American people, who will
~rCpudiate 1t at the first opportunity il
! II should fail to meet the requirements
J., Of tie age, and should prove unworthy
= Of the trust and confidence Of a pro-
gressive and liberty loving citizenship
Should the next congress be %antagonis-
tic to our president, Il country would
@ again be in turmoil and confusion. Our
ing so rapidly a depleted treasury
would Immediately be disturbed. The
spectres of free silver and free trade
e would again stalk abroad in our land
8 and in the shadows OF their train sill.
ent mills and factories, dust covered
d Icons and shuttles ands pindles would
appear, while thes orrow and misery
n of idle and starving people would pre-,
d vail upon every hand.
- DASSuSSASLh ~ L.
We have a right to Judge the future
u by the past Then the same kind o
n opposition may be reasonably expected
g from democratic congressman in TIT
next congress that was seen in the las
congress. Some of our democrati,
8 friends are so unfair as to declare tina
the democratic congressman in the las
congress compelled us to declare wa.
h against Spain and hence they are re
snonsible for all the glory that haI
come out Of It's successful termination
And what are the facts? Simply Thu
and nothing more: That every wa,
measure following the voting OF $50,
q var purposes, either met with demo
cratic opposition or with passive AM
unwilling support. Their ecord show
s that Mr.. Hay, a democratic membe
n from Virginia and am ember of tn
committee on Military Affairs, on on
n occasion, when aw ar measure wa
pending and objected to by democrats
said: 1T does seen to me to be a cur
q ious fact that no bill can be reporte,
here which looks to the real purpose O
# defeating the foe with whom we ar
contending without adverse criticism
II being made, and in my humble judg
u,ent that sort of criticisms whic
ought to have no weight with the mem
# bers Of the house" And the followin
editorial appearing in the Times, tn
% leading demrocatic paper in Washing
ton, and a free silver paper, unde
If date of June %, last, says: "Since tn
N outbreak Of the Spanish war the demo
Gratis in the house have committe
# about every error possible. Givin
,e grudging support 10 the various impel