The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-26
COMMENTS OF TEE PRESS.

Chicago Dispatch: Great opportunities
have been frittered away by the incapa-
! bles at Washington. Havana might have
been taken weeks ago a a much less cost
of life and treasure than it will require
! TO capture il now. The Spanish fleet has
been allowed tofre-enforce Blanco. the
Havana gunners have been given time To
learn how to aim their guns and every
I thing has been done to help the Spanish
and nothing to conquer them. Spain was
ripe for revolution after Deweys vic
tory. and had the imbecile strategic board
| kept hands off. or had President Nc
! Kinley paid less attention 10 making
generals out of rich mems sons and more
attention to capturing Havana, the war
might have been over by this time.
Baltimore American: This government
did not enter into this war with Spain
, without counting the cost. The outlay
! that would be made necessary may not
I have been figured up in dollars and cents,
but those whose duty it is TO look after
make study of this feature of the ques-
I ton 1t was never made a point that
this nation could not afford TO go 70 war.
and such Il point would be both UNI
/ American and unpatriotic. This country
| is rich rich in its resources. rich in all
that contributes TO the prosperity of a
| great nation. 1t went in this war to right
the wrongs of an oppressed people. to Sc
! cure justice and fair dealing for its own
subjects and fair dealing in disinter-
ested attempt to put an end TO a
government in this hemisphere which
could be tolerated no longer.
Denver Republic: One month ago today
war was formally declared between Spain
and the United States, after Spain had
been given IS hours TO withdraw its
forces from CUBA and had refused to do
| so. The Spanish troops are still in Cuba
not one pound of the promised relief to
| the suffering Cubans has been landed and
thousands of the miserable sufferers from
Butcher WeyIer's barbarous orders
| have succumbed to starvation.
Nashville American: OF course. the war.
| If it lasts long enough. viii be the
means of political promotion for scores of
men. Some gallant captain. major
colonel. brigadier or major general now
arTayed in the blue uniform of Uncle
Samuel may sit in the place now occupied
the ranks of the war of the revolution
there came two presidents, Lieutenant
GeneEal George Washington and Captain
James Monroe; from the ranks of the war
of 1872 three men went to the highest
place IN the land Major General Andrew
Jackson. Major General William Henry
Harrison and Captain John Tyler. The
Mexican conflict resulted in the elevation
of TWO of its soldiers to the presidency.
Major General Zachariah Taylor tmaJor
in 1870, and Brigadier General Franklin
Pierce. Six survivors of the civil war
have sat in the Office of chief magistrate.
General [. S. Grant Brevet Major Cen
eral Rutherford B. Hayes. Major General
Chester 4. Arthur, Brevet Brigadier Cen
eral Benjamin Harrison and Major Nc
Kinley. Who VIII be the political bene-
ficiaries of the Spanish war? Already
there is talk of running Major General
FitZhugh Lee. of Virginia. and Rear Adj
miral George Dewey. of Vermont for the
highest Offices in the gift of the people.
Before the struggle is over and for years
to come after it is over how many more
will be heard from?
Boston Post: The Spanish have so far
won the tricks OF strategy and maneuver
ing. They won the advantage at Manila.
so far as position was concerned. But
then came American holiness and Ameri-
can skill and bravery. and won the fight.
The performance of Admiral Cervera in
bringing his fleet into Santiago de Cuba
is applauded as brilliant piece of
strategy and will undoubtedly be regard
ed by the Spanish a trick in their
favor. Our fleet was in truth outwitted.
But unless prudence impels him to run
away again after hurriedly taking on
coal, it would seem. possible TO make the
sequel of this performance the same as
that at Manila Admiral Dewey was per-
haps fortunate In being out of reach of
the instructions OF any boapdxof strategy.
He went ahead at his own s4scretion II
all the cables TO the West Indies were
cut, we might find another Dewey among
the commanders of our Atlantic squad
rOnS.