The Sunday globe., 1901-08-04

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him in all affairs since couldn't do
anything 1t is generally believed
that had Mckinley had the backbone
to carry out his original intentions the
Senate and House would have stood
with him and Spain been driven out
of the islands without bloodshed and
at one-tenth Of the expense of the
Spanish-American War. Mckinley has
never been leader, and never will be.
He simply follows stands off as Samp.
son did at Santiago, and then claims
all the credit if the action is a sue
cess, and if a failure the other fellow
has to suffer The Senate spoke their
sentiments upon the Csban matter but
Speaker Reed held back the House at
the instigation, it Is said, Of Mr. Nc
kinley At last Providence interviewed,
"the Maine was blown up;' then the
people spoke for the first time, and
demanded retribution. Mckinley was
frightened, and getting behind a big
screen, whispered out, War is ter
rible,' but "Alger, you get together
100000 soldiers, and Abner, you get a
big transport fleet, and Long you and
Teddy must buy ak the warships that
are for sale at any price. Send BaW-
man over to scOur Europe, and get all
the ships and ammunition you cam
Congress had been ready for a year
to appropriate the money to give Spain
a good drubbing. so the money flew
and the Old Man was on his feet, The
inside Of that whole farce, played so
as to blind the eyes Of the American
people, was enacted TO the queens
taste. If the inside of this comedy OF
errors is ever written by an expert
like Maclay or some one familiar with
the circumstances, It will show up the
grossest mismanagement ever known
in the history of our sountry. Not
only the war, but the results that have
followed in its wake. A good reading
book would be "Alger against Miles"
Mckinley on the fence, and Shafter
tanning himself seven miles from San
tiagO." Another good book would be
Long aginst Schley." Sampson ten
miles away, taking tea on board the
great battleship, the New York" An
other would be the "Three Great He
roes Of the Santiago Campaign-Cor-
bin. Crowninshield and Heistand," We
do not intend to include the material
which will go with these books in this
article, but we will simply give the
titles and allude to some of the stand
ing features Of the table OF contents
See the first; Alger, a small man in
a great place, hating with an inborn
hatred, Miles, the head Of the Army
He was allowed by his Royal Weak
ness" to show this venom on every oc-
casion. His mutual friend and mill
tary adviser to the President, Corbin,
was placed in such d position that he
could at every turn humiliate Miles,
and so the merry war went on" A
strong man like Harrison or Cleve-
, land would have stopped such nom
| sence in one moment. But the weak
and oily Mckinley let it go on until
| the American people demanded the
| dismissal of Alger, and then the poor
weak Master of Ceremonies at the
White House couldn't muster up cour-
age enough to ask Alger to get out.
He had to have a dying man, vice
President Hobart, to do his dirty work.
| In the matter Of Long and Schley, the
oily william has shut both eyes and
| allowed the underlings in the Navy
/ Department to throw mud at him ever
| since he destroyed Cervera's fleet at
/ Santiago The character Of men that
win the confidence Of the President
are men like Corbin, Sampson, Heath,
Dawes, Vauderlip, and the othe, con
fidence men Of that stamp, of whom
there are many in Washington He
could have stopped that whole non
sense iu Just Two moments, but. no,
his goodness knows no bounds Miles
and Schley are not gentlemen they
can't talk nice, and they don't drink
tea" like the dudes of the Administra-
| tion, Messrs. Corbin, Crowninshield
and Heistand, who enjoy the full con-
| fidence Of the President and have a
free hand to do as they please and say
| as mean things as thep please about
| their superiors. How long would such
| a man as Harrison stand this arrant
/ nonsence? A weak man will always
/ have weak men around him. Mckinley
| is not, and never was an admirer OF
| strong men; he prefers men of his
own kind. Sappy, weakened posing
gentlemen" like the Darkie pastor;
anyone. i'm fact that says dat de Pres
/ ident is de mos pe'fect ge'tleman
/ eber saw" That catches Mckinley,
and such men can always get Job.
| Mckinley was always parading his
| love for Republicans, but we could give
| the names of more Copperheads in big
/ places to-day than ever before. We
| will only mention two. Cortelyou, his
confidential man, and Allies, cOnhden-
/ tial man to Gage. We might think of
| a lot mere, but these two will suffice.
/ There is not in the great Republican
party one man that knows enough,
| that is good enough, to be secretary to
/ the President He must take Cortel-
/ you, and Mr.. Cleveland says that Nc.
| Kinley is wise in doing it. Cortelyou
| knows enough not to have a mind
| about anything. He is simply mum.
| Mckinley don't want a secretary that
| has a mind. He don't want anyone
near him that knows a thing or two
/ We mention these few things because
| the campaigns in Ohio and New York
are to be fought on the stale plank of
| McKinleyism. We accept the issue
and predict that when the votes are
counted Mr. Mckinley will find that
| $4,000 good Republicans have voted for
an honest man. and his name is Kill
/ bourne Mckinley has fooled the old
/ soldiers time and again, but they have
put on the war paint and will teach
/ him a lesson. Colonel Hanna, General
/ Dick, and Gen. Pardon-Broker Gros.
venor may be able to continue posing
and inviting the boys to a love feast,
| but the boys will not forget that hun
| dreds have lost their places because
they thought Evans ought TO go.
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