The true northerner., 1898-07-27

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In the speech. and II Is regarded by
political managers as a superior pro-
tecttve tariff campaign argument
Major George III. Hopkins. military
aide camp TO Secretary Alger. has
been selected to go to San Juan as
the personal representative of the sec
| retary OF war in Porto Rico. IL is ru-
mored that he is 10 be made military
governor of that island after its capt
ure.
Judge Bostwick of Ionia county was
| here recently. He said: Il am very
| much interested in war news. / have
read carefully all official dispatchs and
/ find that Admiral SIMPSONS fleet in
two months OF bombarding has only
killed a mule at Matanzas."
"T,emsmbsr 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-
ber the Maine" Every throat on every
American ship responded to that bat
tecry 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 Englishmen
TO boast Of their knship 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-
hor Of a friendly power, was not an
idle threat In Manila bay lay the
cruisers Don Juan de Austria. Castillo
Reina Maria Christina Don Antonio
del Ulloa, Isla de Minanao and Mar
quez del Duero. the two gunboats Cen
eral Lezo and Isla de Cuba. and a cruis-
er and other boats OF less Importance
having in battle a total complement Of
$500 men, with 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. Tie squadron
was soon bottled up i'm the harbor Of
Santiago. and when il attempted TO es-
cape it was reduced 10 the condition Of
the remembered Maine. The Spanish
ships consisted Of the armored cruisers
Almirante Oquendo. Infanta Maria
Teresa. Nizcaya and Cristobal Colon,
all Of the Maine class, and two torpedo
boat destrOyers. The entire compile
ment was 1900 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 a
| squadron now somewhere on its 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.
IT is now in a fair way To prove that
ii collects what is due to it from others.
Agitation i'm >chIey's Name.
Commodore Schley has been in no
sympathy with the outcry being made
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-
fed him intensely TO find himself rep
resented as the sparrow in the nursery
rhyme shrlly insisting that he killed
Cock Robin" with his bow and arrow
He awaits the official report of his SUI
perior officer with entire composure
He is not wearing out any shoe leather
on his quarter deck worrying over the
matter Of his personal fame. His fame
as it relates TO that fight is secure.
But the agitation in his name. often
sive as il is to him, will go on. His dis
avowal Of any sympathy with it will
not affect it at all. At bottom. in some
quarters it is intended less to benefit
| him than to injure Acting Admiral
Sampson Its violence and vugarity
show that. And it 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. il will
not be i'm the power Of the authorities
to relieve Commodore Schley Of the en-
barrassment into which he has been
| plunged by fool friends Of his. acting in
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 il in for him"
They have been swapping at his heels
ever since the war began He has been
! described as sybarite with shoulder
straps; as a handsome poseur; as a
general on paper" Backstairs title
tattle and small insinuatious have been
industriously gathered and put in cir
culation. He is now al the front. and
his time has come. IT is Of small con-
sequence TO his enemies and detractors
in the rear what he may Go 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 "A lucky man But every
other rod is already in pickle for him
Fortunately efforts TO give subsst-
ence to jealousness and enmities such
as 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-