Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The populists of Nebrajka ~ave the 1 emocrats and Silver Leans each one candidate on tiin the state tick ;t—all they deserved. Dewey and Schley are near the popular heart as naval heroes... Each have displayed the greatest skill apd courage in' the destruc** tion oHSpanish fleets, the former at Manila aud (he latter at Snr tiago. Schley has been strategic n his movements. By a strategic move ha lured Cervera into Santiago harbor, then appl ed the cork to the bottle and remaked that that fleet would never 6ee Spain again. He displayed another piece of sue* f essful strategy when hp uDCoikrd the bottle to an extent whichl led Oervera to attempt to ejeape aud" resulted in the destruction of his fleet: Sampson has not pioveduear so “Schley.”

Two years ago the Demociats o J asper county ca3t for Mr. Bryan 1391 votes; the pops gave hm 217 votes, it is thus seen that tb 0 democratic vote was six time greater than that of the populists Notwithstanding this great dispars ity in strength the populists de manded and were given lour if not five of the places onthedemoe ntic county ticket. Trey werv ''n hand to demand the corgrep?i<>r:al candidate, but the demoo. atic r n timent and integrity of the <iistrict & uld not be tampered n tb. The demand fov the < Dly pa l ase in the hands of a couple of trustees, tor the support and en couragement of a pa: er uotten up in vhe intei ests of populism and to advocate political mongrelis: ard detrimental to the principles and gro vth of the democratic party in Jasper county has been complied with.

Administration papers have been doing considerable slobbering over' the rich you: g men who volun* teered to fight against Spain. One administration organ in Chicago has gone so far as|to say: “It was not the toil-hardened but the soft skinned whoai swered the president’s call.” These statements are unjust and untrue, and are made by papers printed in the interests o p pluto crats.

The rank and file of the volun** te rs is made up of workingmen.. artisans, farmer lads, soldiers of the war between the states, clerk? an'' cowboys, who are after all the real fighters. On the other hand t a “sottekinned” sous i f plutocrat - fill of* fi ial positions by appointment of the president. They figure in the paymasters and commissary departments, and in most cases display magnificent iucomprtency.

Pateiotism, liepnblican editors NOT and orato s; avenot Politics. hesitated to slaudei the democratic party by saying that it is unpatriotic, Of course, this coursp is taken for the purpose of making politic cal oap’tal out of the war, and equally of course the assertions are basely malicious and false As proof of the mendacity of tht accusations against democracy the following resolution taken from the state democratic platform adopted at Springfield is adduced: “That we rejoice in the glorious deeds of valor of cur oldiers and sailors, and greatly deplore the fatalities and injuries that have so resulted, and we favor the adoption of the most liberal policy toward the sick and wounded and the families of the elam.” It would be i work of supererogation to refer to;this matter at all were it not for the utterances of such men as Grosvenor, echoed by th venal administration press. As a matter of fact the crats forced the administration into the war with Spam. Mark Hanna, Steve Elkins and the bondholders interested in Spanish securities moveil heaven and earth to prevent the war. But democratic patriots, moved by the destruction of the Maine, the murder of 266 American sailors and the cruelties practiced on the Cubans by Spain, demanded war. □Since the confliotgbegau democrats have done all in their power to aid the government, and have spared no word of encouragement and no deed of daring to bring about American victory., t Chicago Li-patch. Bob Evans’ Some very good Pbayebs people have taken it upon themselves to criticise Bob E ana because 1 e did not follow Oapt. Philip’s ex*» ample and return thanks to God for the victory at Santiago. Indeed, an editorial drawing a contrast between Evans and Phil* ip, lauding the latter and condemn-