Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1898 — CUT THE CABLE. [ARTICLE]

CUT THE CABLE.

If report be true, Admiral Cervera has outwitted tne brilliant strategic board at Washington and and has found a have o. safety for his deot in the harbor of Saniano de Cuba. ' Blanco will ow be given sup pl.es and i eiuforc' merits, while the Spanish fleet h..s secured a splendid base of operations. Rear Admiral Sampson lias r - turned to Key W«-st, where be has ‘effected a junction with the flying squadron. President McKinley now has a fine opportunity to send Sampson a duplicate of his di si atch forwarded o Dewey, with the added instruction that ths Me be cut so that he board of strategy shall not interfere with the naval operations.

The e is a menace to effective work on the part of the navy in the report that the “strategy board is working on new plans meet the emergency.’' If the new plans are no better than the old plans the result will oe more mortification for the people of this country. Turn the fleet oose Gve the admiral absolute command. Sti p makin - plans based*< n guesses as to what tne Spanish are going to do a d a-lowthe men wLo know their business and who are anxious to perform it an opportunity to accomplish something. The beard of strategy h s proved itself a meddlesome nuisance. Give Admiral Sampson authority, and cut tlio cable.

The Army ana Navy Journal ed itorially says: “If W. T. .Sampson and W infield Scott Scblev are not competent to command let them 'be relieved without further delay a td other officers • ssigred to command their fleetb. If theo are competent they should be gixen full liberty of i.o tion wit boat interference from war p nerstratogists. I£ the gdutlemen who assume direction fiom Washington are more competent pat them in command of the fleets and Dlace the responsibility on them. Admiral Dewey has shown what can be accomplished by bold and independent action. Does any one believe that he conld have accomplished what he has if he had been at the end of a wire rousing into the navy department?

Democratic County Convention Saturday ofinext -w/.ek. Democratic Congi-ession 4 Convection in this City June 18tb. Democ -at c State Convention at ludianapohs June 22d‘ Programme tor Decoration Day will be published next week. Judge Healy’s is the place for shoes —Genes', Ladies’ and Children's. Don’t forget it. 11. S. Duiggins has returned to Rensselae -and wil: make this city his permanent home. He has opened a law office and will devote his entire time to the practice of his prof s&ion He quit the practice about fifteen years ago on account of his health which is now fully recovered. See his card in anotner column. %