The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-07-10

is repulsive to the great body of the peo-
pie and is dreaded by them, in the realm
world. so .. e.
ANOTHER GREAT CHAPTER
of Republican history remains to be told.
When President Mckinley entered upon
the duties of his high Office, the oppressed
and downtrodden people Of Cuba had been
for many years, with varying success.
struggling to shake the yoke of Spain anu
to secure their indeL endence. Cleveland's
administration had turned a deaf ear to
their appeals for assistance and had given
them no material or moral aid. But
President Mckinley. faithfully represent
ing the feeling and sympathy of the
American people for the poor Cubans.
without delay proceeded, through dipio-
matte channels, to .energetically intervene
in behalf of their Independence, and L
have no doubt but what such intervention
would ultimately have been successf IL
without war had not the sad and revolt
occurred in Havana harbor in February.
1898 That cruel and unprovoked act.
with irresistible force, brought on t!e
Spanish war. for which we were but poor
ly prepared.
But the patriotism of our people and Inc
energy and resources of our government
We're such that In a Few weeks 1a we We're s
in full battle array, both on lana and or.
sea.
And the war, begun at Manila on the LIST
day Of May, was ended at SANTIAGO 1lns on the
and most decisive. Spain relinquished her
rights to Cuba and coded to us the Philip
pine islands and Porto Rico. The people
Spanish bondage, tyranny and oppression.
More than two years ago we estab-
lished free and stable legislative GOV
people Of the island the blessings of a
free government akin to our own. and
such as they had never enjoyed or
and open to ali, bringing speedy Justice
within the easy reach Of all have been
established and are in operation, A sys-
tenn of free schools with school houses
ganized and established all over the ISL
an1s. Roads have been graded and built
in the interior and remote portions of the
ahs ex wasre rhs peope hae
covered from the effects Of the tornado
and storms which devastated their island
in 1899, and under q. good government,
tered upon an era of prosperity most
promising and encouraging for both
them and ourselves. A million of peo-
have been regenerated and born to new
life under the Stars and Stripes. The
very thought of it fills every patriotic
American heart with thankfulness and
! And what have we not done for poor,
bleedin9 Cuba. The ten-year insCrrec-
ton had been suppressed with treachery
and blood. A calm, born of despair. had
goaded beyond endurance, the poor peo-
pie had again taken uD arms for their
independence and had bravely struggled
against great odds with but slight pros
poets of success. And it was then that
our nation came to their relief and smote
their oppressor, a blow swift, sure and
decisive, which forever extinguished the
rule of Spain in the Western Hemisphere.
But the people Of Cuba stood in great
need of our further assistance before
they could fairly come to their own be-
fore theycould secure al stable government
and all the blessings which, flow from it.
with most intelligent and generous
hand They had not means, no stable
government, or law or order. Their lands
and their farms were devastated. dis
mantled and waste, and their cities
mere reeking with poverty, filth and
spestilence. The mass of the people were
pauperized, helpless, aimless and many
Of them mourners for the dead Of their