Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1898 — What a Patriotic and Well Educated Minister Thinks. [ARTICLE]

What a Patriotic and Well Educated Minister Thinks.

Editor. Republican: All the household of this scribe send greeting. They regard the Republican as one of the best of local papers, and hailing, as it does, from Rensselaer, they bid its semi-weekly visits a three-times welcome. They commend the Republican also because of its attitude on the Hawaiian question and public issues generally. The outcry against "territorial expansion,” "imperialism,” and other spooks, so alarming to the unco timid, cannot stay the progress of events. The Hawaiian islands are surely coming our way; [Already got here] and what a shoal of Spanish colonies are rapidly drifting into Uncle Sam’s net! The catch promises to be much larger than he had anticipated, but. according to the best information accessible, he is shedding no tears over his evident good fortune. E\4ry day it is becoming more apparen t that America cannot much longer live unto herself. She must take her place among the leading powers of the earth, and share with them the responsibility of settling all the great questions affecting the welfare of the world. ....The morning papers are at hand. The Senate has voted, and Old Glory will again float over Honolulu, never again to come down.. ?.. Of course everybody is rejoicing over the victories won by the army and navy. The brilliant achievements of the navy have thrilled the civilized world. “All honor to Dewey, Sampson, Schley, and all the rest. The man on the street corner has well said, “The Dons ought to be convinced by this time that the ‘Yankee pigs’ are pretty good rooters.” With kindest regards to all Rensselaer friends. R. D. Utter. Crown Point, Ind., July 7.