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The Man and the Issue.


be ooviated by the application OF a thin
coating OF logic and judgment OBJ
viously, II IS row the purpose OF the Dem
ocr1tic leaders % make nomination for
the Vice Presidency that will in a meas
uro Offset the glsmor and glory popularity
supposed 20 cluster about the Roosevelt
candidacy Several suggestions have been
made, including one from Ohio. waich
names Buffalo Bill as the one man who
can add lUster 10 the Kansas City ticket
and 81 the same time put the dynamo 81
the opposition cut Of business. Mr. Cody
Is an excellent specimtn Of American
courage ana valcT, ard would make a
picturesque Yics Presidential candidate.
", have no doubt that he would attract
fully as much attention as Mr.. Roosevelt.
but he has a very profitable show Of his
own at the present, and it is not at all
likely that he would care to close up hts
business in the middle OF his season 10
Join AIr Bryan's aggregation.
But the Democrats have G hero within
their ranks who, unlike Buffalo BIZ and
Nr. Roosevelt. is Cisergaged, He is a
private citizen pursuing the even tenor OF
his chosen profession. but We are conf
dent that II his party calls upon him in
the proper Kramer he will make the sac
rlGce and respond. We refer to Mr.. Jane.
Creolman. journalist soldier, and, as
things 20 these days, We might add
statesman in NIT CrCclman the Demo
cratic PARTY would have the satisfaction
Of pointing to a Vice Presidential candi
date who had participated in three dis
tiact wars-the ChiEese-Japancsc. tn,
Spanish-American, and The conflict in The
PHILIPPINES. In fact. Mr. Croelman's wal
record is limited only ~ the opportuni.
ties he experienced.
Fat il is u Mr Creelnan's participation
in the war IN Cuba We desire particularly
to speak Here IT was the zenith Of hi,
military career was reached. Here it was
Creelman. realizing the desperate natur,
Of the situation, cast official red tape tC
the dogs, and conceived, planned, and ex,
ecuted the movement which resulted IL
the undoing CT the Sraniaris and The
complete victory. of the American forces
1t Is needless to state we refer 10 thai
brilliant charge and capture Of San JuaT
Hill II was the intrepid bravery OF
Crcelman that inspired the American
forces to follow him into the vortex 81
Mauser bullets. II was Creelman's dogset
persistency that finally carried the day
and forced the evacuation Of the enemy
Creelman was the only leader of tn,
American forces 20 feel the sting of Span
ish lead. but, unmiudful of pain and thC
loss Of blood, he continued to lead The
way until the Spanish cc.ors on the block
house had been replaced by those of lh'
United States.
While at this particular point it is vel
TO bear In mind the fact that there il
bound 10 be considerable controversy con
corning the battle Of san Juan Hill. FoTme
Col Frederick Hopper, OF the Seventy-firs
New York Regiment. and former Lie.t
Clinton II. Smith. Of the same command
have assumed to question the Roosevelt
theory Of that battle. Both these gentle
men aver that the Republican Vice PTesi
Dental nominee and his entire command
charged up Kettle Hill instead of SAL
Juan Hill, and that there were but fifu
Spaniards on Kettle Hill instead Of hi
thousands pictured in Mr.. Roosevelt,
thrilling work which some ribalI person
has called alone in Cuba" Moreover
the officia! report Of Gen. TOral on III,
engagement in question places the carnag
at two killed and seven wounded. Thu
| ii will be seen that there will be more O
| less contention concerning Col. Roo e
velts bloody work at san Juan Hill
This doubt and disagreement canro
/ enter into the record Of Mr.. Creclman
| He was there, and the proof may be foun
in the files of the New York Journal. Iii
account Of the battle was every bit a
| thrilling as his conduct on that m moTdbl
| occasion While the surgeons dressed j.
| wounded hand. he held his notebook firm
Iy in his uninjured member, and with hi
own mouth also uninjured) the gailan
! Creelman dictated the story Of the day
not forgetting 10 mention his own par
in the engagement. Is it any wonder tina
when Gen. To-al witnessed this rare ex
| hibition Of bravery and self-Eossession h
! stra.ehtway wired 10 his superior, Gel
/ Rlanco, these significant words, "Wha.'
I the useT' American valor had carried tn
day, and the backbone OF the SPANS
army was broken.
Here is an opportunity for the Dem1
| cratic party TO go 10 the country with
piece Of undIsputed heroism. Mr. Cree
man is nOJ going about the country wit
SLOUGH hat on his head and h 5 ha
mussed. lie is conducting himself in
| modest manner and has not vociierousl
declined something that has not been o
fered him. But there he stands, and
the Democratic party VIII but lay asit
its carnival OF misunderstanding the tick
will he Bryan and Creelman, and when Il
Republican campaign managers obsegy
the practical working Of such a com5ia.
ton they viii borrow from the vocabular
Of Gen. Toral and exclaim, what's Il
use?"