The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-08-25
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We must extend Angio-Saxon civiliZa-
ton in the far East.-Evening Wisconsin.
! Hooley now says he has not named all
r the people that bled him. Hool he accuse
D next ?-Boston Herald.
$ Admiral Simpsons report has at least
2 recalled the Importance of the little word
] if."-Washington Post.
Judging by the prices HooIey paid, Eng
land may be right in holding its House
of Lords dear.-Philadelph Times.
By pulling off a quintuple lynching Ar
kansas has made the Porto Rico cam
paign very tame affair.-Washingto
Post.
We wouldn't advise Gen. Weyler to,
come over here on the strength of the re-
ceptiOn that has been accorded Ceryera.-
Boston Globe
As soon as the American ham sandwich
was mustard into the Santiago campaign
the Cubans were happy.-Johnson City
(Tenn.) Comet
Destiny seems to be thrusting the Phil
ippines upon the United States as fairly
earned trophy of the war.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
1t was expected Havana would not
tumble till the autumn; but results show
even Spanish pride goes before a fall
Philadelphia Times
| The capture of Manila before it was
possible to stay the hands of Dewey and
Merritt was piece of unmiXed good for
tune.-Philadelphia Record.
The lion is doing some heavy growing,
but the bear keeps ominously quiet. He
may intend to rush the grOwler when
least expected.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t was war without a single repulse to.
our arms, and the most serious cOnse-
quences of which were the result of bad
management in our camps.-BOston Her.
aid.
The fall of Manila by arms, instead of
its surrender by cartel, materially i'm
proves the position of the United States
in the negotiation at Paris.-Philadelph
Press.
There is one way to divide up the San
tiago sea fight, and that is to give Samp-
son credit for the blockade and Schley
| credit for the fght.-Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal.
| So far as the comments of the American
press on the subject, during q period of
four weeks, indicate anything, the pur--
| chase of patent incubator by the Hon.
Grover Cleveland is without political sig.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Our Pacific Possessions.
Possession is nine points of law.-Bos--
ton Globe.
1t is definitely settled that they must
not be returned to Spain.-New York
Journal.
There is every reason to demand that
| the Philippines should not be given uD
| or divided.-Tacoma Ledger.
There is a constantly increasing scnti-
ment throughout the country in favor of
the retention of the Philippine islands,
Nebraska State Journal.
The spectacle of Dewey alone at Manila,
but in control in spite of everything, is a
solemn protest against giving back the
hilippines.-COncordE Evening Monitor
American blood has been spilled upon
the soil of the Philippines. 1t is time to
stop the talk of the surrender of the isl
and to Spain.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
There is no longer the slightest appar--
to our assuming the full ownership and
responsibility for the Philippines.-De--
troit Tribune
| Give up the Philippines? Oh. no; not
this year! We want them for commerce
and civilization, and we also want them
| for strategic reasons quite as much.-As-
bury Park Journal.
| There is no Disgusting the temper of the
American people. The people of the Unit
ed States want the Government ut Wash
ingtOn to secure the full control rf the
Philippine Islands.-Peoria JonurnaI.
What, Give up Manial By no means.
| Let the agitators call it imperialism if
they will, but the true American spirit
will demand that we shall not surrender
one inch of territory upon which We have
so gallantly fought.-PhiIadelph In
quirer.
There is no determination yet as to-
what we shall do with those islands, but
the people are just as firmly resolved that
Spain shall never have them again as
they are that she shall relinquish all clainrB
to Cuba and Porto Rico.-Richmond Va.)
Times.
We presume there were people who talk
Jefferson bought Louisiana, and, later on,
when Secretary Seward purchased Alas
ka. There is no Imperialism in the pres
ent policy of the American Government
No reason obtains why a republic should
not have colonies as well as an empire or
monarchy.-KingstonD Daily Freeman.
Hobson and His Kiss,
Now that the girls have begun kissing
Hobson, it is high time for him to hurry
to the front.-Boston Globe.
Beware, take care, Hobson! There is
more peril in promiscuous kissing than
there is in dynamite, and it's victims are
| more numerous.-Boston Herald.
Having shown an admiring world how
| he could handle anything nautical from a
collier to q cruiser, Hobson has now dem
| onstrated how gallantly he can handle a
''smack''-whether it be nautical or mere
| " naughty.-Philadelph Record.
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