Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Curiously coincident is the fac* tha 1 when admiral Dewey stopped work the Ma fia cable began to to work. Colonel “Teddy” Uoosovelt for tk republicans, Genial Joseph Wheeler,General Fith gh Lee and Colonel William Jennings Bryun for the demotrats. .is the political forensic menu desired to be served to the Chicago ;ub ic by way of opening the fall campaign. Dingley says thot “the war taxes a some of them, vill probably be ermauent.'’ The Dingley tariff ingloriously fails, to the extent of about one hundred millions of dol* lars per annum, as a levenue producer, and hence war tax s must continue in «ime of peace. Great is the Dingley bill. Senator Thurston, of Nebraska., don’t want the; Philippine Islands annexed to the United States... Like Senator Hanna, of Ohio, he waLts them ha did back to Spam. Germ ny is ready to pay Spain 1200,000,000 in cold cash for them. See. Tnen if Spam receives that mo mt Hanna et al will ,r sejur in any bond! they or • ir friends may hold,

The grandeur or the United Suites realized vhen Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines ire a irwxed. God has chosen tie United St.tes 10 give the people of those countries their freedom and ■od given rights Valparaiso Messenger. Once American citizenship, laws md good government prevail in those island*, they will te on tli e highway of prosperity. '

Up to the com* We Want mencement of ’9B the Russia had exPhilippines. pended within a fraction of $2 0,000,000 on her gre t Siberian railway. Between this an 1 1900 an expenditure of another sloo‘ooo,ooo is expected, when the road will be in running order, with through trains from St Petersbu g, Russia, to the Pa cific Ocean, opening one of the most important channels in the world and a new and spacious page in Russian political and commer* cial histdty. Russia is reaching out for China, and its dismember* ment and absorption by Russia, Germaoy and France is only a question of time. Only an alliance between England and the United States can prevent it. The Philippine Islands must become the property of this country Our navy must be enlargod to meet this crisis.- Valparaiso Messenger

Admiral Sampson and General Butler two of the Caban coinmis* si ners, called upop Resistant geo* retarv of sfeaU; Moore, Washing* ton, Tuesday morning Unlike Schley, Evans, Clark and Philip, Sampson is not suffering from any nervous strain He is quite well, and does notjlook as if he had Passed through any severe ordeal. Sampson's part in the war ha been nothing but a pleasure trip, while Schley and the rest did the fighting.

Koleased from«the tre* Schley, mendous nervous strain Clark and from the awful and the awful physical trial Evans, of endurance caused by their service in the war, three of the great heroes in the Amerioan navy are now suffering from the reaction and are incapacitated for duty. Captain Clark has been relieveu of his c >iiimand on the Oregon and is endeavoring to recover his shattered health. Captain Evans of the lowa has fallen ill and has been sent to a hospital, and Admiral Schley is denied all visitors be* cause of weakness brought cn by over Rnd is resting at his daughter’s house in Westport, Connecticut It is alleged that none of thei e Irave sailois is dangerously ill, but the people of this nation will not rest easy until news is yeoerv* ed of i apid convalescence, Eve?y sailor and soldier of the United States has a permanent place fn the affections of the Amei* ican people. While Schley and Clark and Evans aqd ail of the great captains known by name, and consequently secure personal recognition, the men behind the guns, the brave fellows in the engine room, the soldiers wrtfcout shoal ie'/ straps, are also remembered with ch ep affect on It is fervently hoped that the joy of victory may not be dimmed by sorrow over the untimely loss of any of those wh<* have eontaib* so loyally to the gaining t f that triumph. Fx*Gov3rnor Matthews, at the close of his address to large gath-? ot old m Montgomery county, wep stricken with paralysis, which, it is feared will prove fatal.