Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1898 — CURRENT COMMENT [ARTICLE]

CURRENT COMMENT

Sampson solves the problem: The way to open the Santiago bottle is to smash it. —Philadelphia Ledger. “I suppose there is no danger of Cervera breaking out?” “Not unless he gets the measles."—Cleveland Pluin Dealer. Apparently by the time Santiago. San Juan and other places fall, obstinate Madrid may tumble.—Philadelphia Times. The Americans were generous enough tn sink one of their own ships when they found Spain couldn’t do it.—St. Paul Dispatch. Acting Admiral Sampson’s opinion of the management of those Cuba-bound troops is probably wholly unfit for publication.- Boston Globe. 7 If Cervera sinks that fleet that is soon to ’ •econie ours we will place it on the expense account when we come to settle up. —St. Paul Dispatch. Cbme to think of it, Dewey is a name to conjure with.—Philadelphia Press. This country’s floating population was never larger than it is now, but it will be still larger when the next expedition starts.—Boston Herald. It is not true that the troops at Tampa are waiting for the gulf of Mexico to freeze over, so that they can cross to Cuba on the ice.—Boston Globe. The Government has been urged to adopt worsted as the material for uniforms, but in battle our troops must not be worsted.—Boston Globe.