Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-07-06

eight thousand miles from San Francisco, his
nearest home port What was he 20 dor where 90
tain supplies for suhsistence Where obtain coal,
which was an Indispensable necessity
So he looked over his sailing chart He knew that
little ways 70 the south lay the Philippine islands
the sat OF Spanish power In Asiatic waters he
knew that In the harbor Of Manila Spanish
fleet. He knew OF the batteries on Cavte point that
would protect this hoet. He knew that the entrance
70 Manila harbor mined with deadly torpedoes
He knew he face to face with crisis and he met
u. oyercame IT, conquered his countrys foe without
the loss OF man. and the reserberations OF MS guns
we're hsard around the world carrying with them
hope and CONSERVATION. Hope TO the humble, the
weak, the struggling, ard CONSERVATION and dismay
10 all their oppressors.
Our soldiers and sailors fought ON two continents
Cuba was invaded and our men from the temperate
zone went into the tropics and combating the COM
hned forces OF the enemy, the climate and disease,
they triumphed-but with the rejoicing OF victory
mingled the anguish Of sorrow for our fallen
dead They sAiceumbed TO disease-lingered and died
in rude camp hospitals in foreign land. They tei
in the heat of glorious strife at FL Caney: the Icy
hand OF death laid upon their brows while they
were charging TO the music OF the cannon and the
rattle of musketry up the flame-swept hill OF San
Juan. The remembrance OF their deeds shall not
perish the people Of Cuba will cherish their mem.
ories throughout all the centuries harbngers OF
liberty; their grateful countrymcn will honor the
living and reverently remember the dead-children
will be taught heroic lessons from their achievements
and sacrifices Their lives will be perennial inspr-
| ation-in death they sublime
After San Juan quickly followed the tidings Of the
crushing defeat OF Cervera by our nyineble navy of
from Santiago. Amid the din OF battle STRIFE the
crashing Of great guns, reribution for centuries Of
wrong was administered and the sovereignty OF Spain
vanished forever from the western hemisphere.
Peace came. Porto Rico willingly accepted Amer.
lean sovereignty, and the flag of America waves in
| Cuba guarantee 81 stable government until the
Cubans can organize republic fashioned after our
1 own.
| In the far away Philippines an unfortunate conflict
still goes on. The Fiipnos, long the victims OF
| spanish oppression unable to fathom the object
and purpose OF government which is not aetuated
by motives of extortien and oppression. There l. a
wide divergence Of opinion in this country TO the
proper policy to be used in dealing with the Ftlpi
uos, and would not mar this occasion by giving ox
preston to partisan views However we may differ
this question: In the presence of conflict the Re
publican, the Populist and the Democrat united
into that higher character than the partisan The
patrot-and the first hope Of all is that victory may
| be with American arms.
| Our Idaho troops are at Manila Heart-string'
of idaho wives and mothers have been torn and lac
Grated because some OF our brave boys gone for
finding graves in that far-oh land or sleeping
beneath the bounding pillows of the deep.
There is another side to the picture They made
the desperate charge OF the entire at Santa
Ana, putting to fight many times their number, and
capturing the deadly artillery of the enemy, losing
their gallant commander Edward MoConvile, whc
ourneye ed from the field Of battle to "the perpetua
summerland OF unfading renown. BY their splendi'
heroism and matchess yalor they added chapter Q
| imperishable glory To tie history OF the common
wealth from which they hailed, rendering all citizen
of Idaho their debtors forever, and inspiring one
| our mountain poets to sing;