The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-07
.soME LEADING EDITORIALS.
ENclANDs LESSON AND OURS

Ensd 10 1riaoeaaaouf ooerfion q craft Of varying
speeds. sFes and TYPES The starking feet inurh
nnalier, was swift and bosoceneouk BY sudden
srok half dcaeu e The defenders cruisers put st
Left w1thous eyes the taitestirf could DO
fgthinr bl bndy III, srole The noldle
saan selected ter tire and place for attacks and n
last they caught eight bseshpt with Twelve The rssut Of
tbe fight the end Of The defending feet elective
fcrue Ergland lay the feet OF the enemy
AID tbs naval experts Of Great Britain recog aae the
meaning Of this lesson 1t is THE old ofeu an
sisted upon by the journal.
speed
Mobility
These the qualities enabled feet nseo1 II
numbers 10 crush superior eheg detail and sttn
ming victory Admiral Wilson carried practice
ssy what the Journal had said and aeain would
be done by the commander Of swift squaaron when be
found himself opposed to one larger and slower.
I'm regard 70 The BATTLE Of shs Lizard, the s.
James Gazette correspondent attributes The success Of
the * Heea the speed and hcdnogeney O. its ships
Mr. H. w. Wilson the author Of -Ironrlads 10 Action
discussing the Graphs dwt the
power Of speed oonrer1 inferior superior fotre
in modern fleets that aspire the command o The
he widely scattered greatly superior naval
attacking for instance would 10 blockade al lei st
the FORTS Boston Chesapeake That would leave
hs 4aadron sub5er separate 10y united force
eHs they oe1ld avoid long enough concentrate
They could avoid action they faster than bS
if they slower In the latter could scaap
them M d time
And so II the case reversed and the
weaker enerny.
Suppose the Spanish navy 5n 1893 had been good
reality Suppose Cerrers had been phi ir
conard 81 the arm0reo cruisers each OF twenty
aots speed which Spain supposed possess and had
been hee make trouble with his feet properly
equipped. ofhcered and manned
He would have foppd Tire Of Cuba bioekaded
number Of points by small cruisers gunboats and converted
ercbsutme1 mostly ranging from twelve eighteen inct
aeea.
He would have found only armored vessels in or
Navy fast osn and neither Of would
have been rnsich any OF his seven.
He could have played with batleships and monitors
which from three knots slower than hiss ships
He could have saiied around Cuba rsk5ng the
clean Of horAsding squadrons the way
He could have intercepted and sunk the Oregon ard
when he through should have had nothing left
Atauic bu three slow atlehip and four slow
which would have had hudd together lake buffalo bals
beleagnered by wolves
After that Cerrera could have gone through sues
carl destroyed Deweys squadron and range
cur coasts. ignoring our helpless bartlesbips
That what might have happened and would hap
pened if SPANS management had been good he1 ships
STE had vessels could REDUCED absolute i'm
potence If she had known how them
We MOI count meeting Spanish official methods
re7- um Al the great naval powers Of the world are train
their officers and get f1 Of their
ships il CT those powers ship rated Al twenty
knots he that vail knot faster than one
Of orrs rated al Dineteen
We can never expect 10 see again the spectacle Of six
'eeanot American baesbP like the Oregon passing three
t~snfy-iaot armore3 cruisers 81 the enemy.
Speed ~in be speed hereafter And speed viii win.
BRYANlSM
From the Nashville News
Our esteemed contemporary. the American IS sometimes
given singing the praises OF Us democracy hle
chants the beauties Of Independence But always
takes indirect fling Nj B-yans views. Senator
Elaine told story OF hrntnp party which he vas
one be complaints and had language shoueed
the unfortunate who happened be cook such
THAI last wonld iii that position The difficulty
finally settled by agreeing that the future first
member ~ the party who complained the cooking should
take the cooks place The morning Nj Blaine who
then artng cook served Up the breakfast member
81 the parry bit biscuit When got tech free
he began oi ai the miserable disgusting attempts max
bread this the worst Iust then be caught The tx
Of JOY Mr. Baine eye and finished has sentence
But like IL like II want fellows understand
that not complaining !
So IS with the American Of all the combinations Of
socialism and anarchy and pouis the Bryan democracy
The bat when catches eye the Tennessee
democracy winds up Bat like We are democrats
uocTacy. The American IS alone in TINS Daily the
democratic is told Of wallow and come
hack Qnto the clean eesopan ground Senator Vest mas
'aen 70 specify wherein the last platforms departed
from The democratic faith Nj Cleveland failed So
have Senators Morgan and Harris Daniel and Turp
and Es Nov, We know there be something which
constitutes Organism and the following o. which caused the
defeat % the party IN elections because the Anercsn
and olheT similar papers say As they never explain
however what they mean by Organism, and country is
LETT struggling in darkness W the American Tor The benefit
OF the democracy Of the State the following qaes
ii0ns; =
Have Mr. Bryan and the democracy abandoned any demo
cratic principle. and If which one;
aa' policy IS advocated in the platform 1890 or tina,
Of 1900 which Is opposed 70 democratic doctrine?
Name democratic leader, before Mr. Cleveland Who
opposed the free coinage Of silver any leader Of National
prominence who did advocate that measure If he e.
pressed himself on the subject ali.
he Dali New sh -E.. |
me being lad the SILVER one side and TIA, ~
7ny interest il has purely theoretical one t, -
IRE anHions 70 know wherein the party should break sy
rom the views and policies with which the American 80
NJ. RIgsn has JED Ibe parry aeieat and n- ~. -.