Arizona republican., 1901-10-06
LITTLE JAMES
(Conceining the Ingloriousness of the
 Santiago Victory.)

Santiago Victory)
 Tn Amurican Navy'd "a been good Better of fer it's Effishuncy if tn Spainyards had Licked it at san ;iaso. They cud a done it Jist es
 Easy if they'd a Rhode as much as
 Everybody Knoes now sence tn Cou.
 of Incury has been on tn Nest.
 It turns out at tn Amurican Fleet
 was not as well organized as a Secon'
 Rate Base Ball club. They had Sines
 an Signles an Coads jist like they ,io
 In Base Ball. but evry Captin had a Sine of his own which Nobody cuddent
 understand exceptin Hisself an Ad-
 niirle Sly didn't have no Coad a Tall.
 When tn Fite begun they all Got Rat
 tied, an fun tn Testimony in tn
 Court of Incury they cuddent tell tn
 Teller of tn Spainish flag fun tn Red,
 Wbite an Blew of or Glory. The Texus
 she sez to tn Brooklyn. sez she. Hole
 on, no Crowdin' Now" An tn Brook
 lyn. she sez, Its tn Spainyards ats
 Crowdin'. This ain't no fair Fite.
 They're Clinchin'." F tn Spainyards
 d a Saled in then an ksp' on a mixin'
 1t they mightn't a come out victoryus.
 but they'd a Made a Draw of it at tin
 Bottum- of tn Sea. Accordin' to tn
 testimony of tn Court of Incury. tn Massachusetts was jist as likely to
 blow tn Iowy out of tn Wotter as she
 was to sink tn Spainish Botes. Tn only vessle in that Part of tn World at would "a been Safe was tn Moo
 York, with Admirle Sampson Seven
 Miles off fyin' tn Red Crost Flag
 In two hoItcs tn Moo York'd a been
 on the Seen of tn Late Navle Riot an they wouldn't "a been no Sine of It except here an there a Pieces of Armor or 12 inch Gun a fioatin' on tn Plasii Wotters of tn Bay. But tn Spainyarls made a Error: they lowed themselves to git Strung Out. Tn Amuricans re- covered Conshusnous an was 70 Sprized to see tn Spainish Navy in Full Elite fer no Cause. at they most had anuther Fit. Confidents was Re stored in our Fleet an tn Rest of tn Battel was jist like shootin' quails oe receivin' registered mail fun Home.
 Wun O tn Things tn Court O In- cury is askin' about is Who was tn Boss that day an who was to Blame fer tn Accident which Destroyed Ser veria's Fleet an Umbled tn Pride o Spain. They all sez Sampson was tn only Hed we had"
 Tn Court O Incury sez: "Oh, yoL can't put 1t onto him. He can Prove Alloy. Sampson is as inherent Of that Disaster as tn New Born Babe. Tn Testimony shows at Sampson was Absent fer the Purpose of Arrangin' with Generl Shafter to bring tn, Battei about by Strategy instid of a Acci- dent" Sez tn Court: We Find tn Record of the Navle Apartments on this Pint was as follers: Shafter. he sent word to Admirle Sampson to go into the Harlow an 'Nihilate tn Spanish Fleet. which was Interferin with tn Land OpeIashuns. Shafter cay hA at.'f tolx
 tiago so long as that Dam Fleet of Serveria's is Layin' there Pumpin' Shells into us.' Sampson, he Replide: Yer Seggestyun ain't Practicable. Our Ships can't git apast tn Colon, wua of tn Spainish vessles. which is Layin' in tn Outer Harbow like a Dog in tn Manager. It won't go inside Itself an i won't let us Git in.' Charge tn Colon sn' Sink it, Replize Shafter. That wouldn't be Strategy. sez Sampson. Then, sez Shafter. 'Frenly Relashuns between tn Amurican Navy an tn A.nurican Army is Broke off,
 Then" sez tn Court O Incury, tn Record Continues as Follers: 'On tn Afternoon of July I Sampson put on a ] Clean Shirt an sez he Gesses he'll go , down an see Shafter an see if they | ain't no way fer tn Navy an tn Army to Coperate. Sez he: I may be Away Over Mite if it looks like rain. Sly ! CT some O you Kind O Look after i things while I'm Gone. Don't do any. I thing to Pervoke a Breech of tn Peece i with tn Spainyards. When Sampson 7 an Shafter met, Sampson sez: I been thinkin' over your Proposishun to go l into tn Harlow an theys Severl Rec ! suns why it don't look like a Good Move to me. It's true tn Colon ain't in tn way now; she's gone inside now, ! but Hobson has sunk a s500. 900 Sh.o in tn Channle an we'll have Har.i - Work Gittin' By 'Wotinell did he do that fer?' asts Shafter: you mus be takin' Precaushuns to Keep Out of . Fitc. Fixin' it so's you can't get at tn nor Them at You. Oh, we can git in. I Cess sez Sampson, but tn Har5ow's too small fer two Fleets. r we'd git in with them Spain yards in their Present Temper they'-' ' bs a Dissracefie Scrimniidge. Wot want to do is to Bring on a Sientifc | Navle Engagement. I've come to Pro-