The evening world., 1911-11-27

No. a5.-Texa and the Besinnines of War.
- oRIzzLED 0d man-zachary Tayor-who had been farms
backwoodsman. soldier. indian fighter and pioneer. al seiecteo
~ by Washington politicians in IA5 as a catspaw in the war
- game Should he succeed, theirs would be the glory Snoor
he fall his would be the disgrace. 49,
It was a clever plan. But IT had Just M naw-ths politician.
picked out the wrong ma for the job The simple old fellow 10 cn0ss
had more shrewd sense than all of them put together. He was too e1p"r
snced an Indian fighter to walk bindly into a trap And the scneme =.
last resulted in its trainers own loss of political power and the election Of
the grizzed "catspaw" to the Presidency OF the United states. 10" |"
the story:
We had annexed Texas Mexico had protested and had threatened to
hold the disputed territory BY force: President Polk sent Zachary Taylor o
Texas to uphold u power there. and sent a feet o the Mexican coast
claimed q: boundary !: :, !: a. north tn a. the N.,s:' River and that r''''
Now. tn unsss State. a. been divided in opnlon as TO- TO- as.'; a.,.- T,': a;
=. opposition .isaea, osss,sa ssese:. rssa a: "a STAT. ,sms, .s,.yss
and tina. it va . b. vsssa sasay in slavery: interest, ..,,,. ,u. ., ,.,.,
jz1r:s1s.S; DISPUTE %ss.: n; E. Two S. Ss..s,, ', ar. .ms ss.:: : .%. .s sss. =:
Va SSsssSa ia .ss ,'s' r ss.', Ss. Jus . p ,aso: nd a r. a %hs his. n political sna sa'. !.
r.er.d i'd &c. wan oiOrcoa al improper va uon he nation Nr. IN the other
n assS,s ss' they m@ s'n s :S 'Ss. :" Ta Ssssy t s,' IA n' " %Sss s" "s. ' .n. a to " rs.a. a WITH
III, h, idea ss,o o. , .n.n him s shoulder sens AMY " aDsaonn rn ,n', snay,a '0n i. 0 .ns" % non o.
Mexican soil and should the move be unpopular tn Administration '0u'a dis
5.yles. we've , or, all Mi nj. .s orr n's ugh ;%, "a :. TOO sm,D1:,, to be sI s:as
BY refusing to move forward until he should receive definite public instruction,
River into tn. doubtful territory between the s.0 AM the ~ Grand. and
n January. s To- push ? to the rio era Grand. , ,",s r, 4. s Ms, 50 and s. s,.ss
, there attacked 4s%s:, . . pa.s s OF , A%ss,s," , ssy n.y:. s. sa s %. w" sS. .. ', Tx. sv. si
PORK announced to the nation that Mexico had invaded thu United States.
an. and had .; q, she, ;Ssx A%srs rS. 'S %s,s ,'S %n A% "rIsa. . sns a. sss h, s, va. "a 'n ns s1S sssa
brought o. b deliberate aggression upon the part % Of , s. ARM n: Sasas ed. BY -, tn:
Whole" am.ir He called It al ,mDudsns aOsurdny" TIT. conflict eve in tn.
Congress voted 100000 for IT IND called for 500 volunteer. Two hundred
housand men responded to the cali. In New England oMy Uhs cradle of
Amsrtcan liberty, as here a lack of ready enlistment
~~1 lag than had been expected. the Administrators
o ropuar.y{ Meantims. Zachary Taylor vas piousmns his way
straight int the very hear Of Mexico; routing every arm
the Mexicans emit AGAINST him; stormins and sizns every stronghold and for.
tilted city that lay in his path. At Zach recount Of his victories that reached
the United States the pOpulace wen wild with delight Almost AWAY: the
Mexican forces hat opposed him were much larger thar his own And always
no IA victorious Taylor ws fast becoming a natonu hero. Tho fame OF
Taylor, the Wing general wa overwhelming that of Polk. the Democrat PsesL
dent, which was exactly what the Administration ddn not want '
To check this tide Of popularity and to- turn public applause back to where
Polk thought 1t belonged. the Government hit upon a plan whose announcement
spread amazemen and Indignation throughout h land; me which seemed 10
ma ~ people to risk the loss Of all 70 had thus far gained in the Mexican wr