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Show 0 THE BEE Tim message of tin one was tho Wo have mot tho message of tho other. enemy and they are ours.' Then is something in the,so glorious victories toawnjvun patriotism, to till a citizen of this young republic with national pride. Tho standard vA lakes. THE KiiU lol til tin IuMoftW at Salt I.uUrlily. for IruuoiuUtetoii imitl r. through the mull, an Nate Any part of the United jear. puhitiku ptl'l .Hubncrlptlon State, Catimla or Mexico, ouo t . - set by Paul Jones has been maintained by successive generations of American sea-men. It was none too high for Commodore Dewey, whose characteristic pluck and daring won for him a victory the liko of which history does not record. It seems almost incredible that he forced a passago at night through a channel lined and mined with explosives, entered tho trap of an enemy, engaged a Hoot under tho guns of hostile forts, receiving incessant tires from threo directions, hut maneuvering to render it all harmless: to do all this, to.sink cloven hostilo destroy harbor defense boats, reduce tho fortifications on shore, and kill and injure moro than six hundred of tins enemy without the loss of ono mail or ship seems like a fairy tale. It is an event of a great deal more than ordinary importance. Ten days after tho "JLASMANX of the Standard is running declaration of war, for tho prosecution of a smooth game with tho assistance of which wo are so illy prepared, the only John D. Murphy and a few others, mostly Spanish licet within reach of American McKinley Republicans. Ho is shrewd, warships was defeated and totally destroyvindictive, fertile and unscrupulous, and ed under tin spitoful guns of protecting forts. It is important because it will give when ho gets it in for a man he never rests until he breaks it oif, or dies in the attempt. foreign powers something to think about. It will cause them to wonder what this He has succeeded in gathering around him, under a independent free silver country might he able to do with a little banner, every shade of Republican who is preparation. It will inspire foreign resafter Frank Cannons scalp, and many pect, for whatever may ho said of tho others who are not, but who want the American ships and men at Manila bay, defeated at any cost. Bill is considering the place, the preparation, the Democracy numbers against which ho had to contend making tho play of his life to even up the and all the circumstances, the odds were old grudges ho has held against Frank for several years past, even going so far as to decidedly against Commodore Dewey. And the result of that battle should teach renounce his cherished scheme of repreUtah in congress. Of course to Spain a lesson, show her the hopelessness senting those of his followers who are friendly to of her present struggle, unnerve her leadMr. Cannon ho says nothing against him, ers, bring them to terms and end the war. but speaks in praise of him, and tells how ho met the senator on his last visit east, . fcl.txj Hnand, Prance, Germany, mil all cmiutri uilrnr! ia Universal IWul Uui, otui jour, tiiaj:i jt.iM 2W Naw Subicrlptlom may comimncaut any timailuriiii; tin yar. the I'apcr ii not luiroI buvmt I tlio dato miljrill for tho oiiltliiilior aliould Im no r i (I ' I by letter, two weak or moro Imfore the term expiri. Difcontlnuancr that tho iiubli-bo- r min-- t Ik noli fld by letter uhott a euhicribjr wishes hi pajK?r tujMl. All arrear must 1m paid- - COURAGE OF THE SPANISH. Tho Spanish soldiers are not lacking in physical courage, but they an superstitious, impulsive, excitable and uncertain. Americans light with deliberation: Span- iards tight with desperation. Americans watcli for tho color of an enemys eyo, take careful aim and shoot to kill ; Spaniards work themselves into a frenzy, expend their energy in unnecessary ways, shut their eyes and shoot, imploring the blessed virgin to seo that their bullets hit the mark. Tho courage of the Spanish soldier is not supported by intelligence: it is inllamed by fanaticism. Nothing could demonstrate tho difference between tho men of the two nations better than did that battlo of Manila Bay. For with all tho courage that ho showed in a corner tho Spaniard refused to fight in tho open and took refuge under the guns of the forts. Tho Spanish soldier may ho bravo as an individual, in tho army, en masso, thoy are not. Bound together by ties of superstition, actuated by religous fervor, Spaniards are too impressionable, too liable to a stroke of panic, to make a showing as a body. They appear to a better advantage singly than collectively. . . Commodore Deweys undertaking was more dangerous than difficult. It required vigilanco rather than exertion to best the owners of the Philippines. It was a battle of the Present with the Past. The superiority of numbers,' the advantage of location, preparation and possessioh were with the Spaniards. But the guns, the ships, the forts, the men, tho motives, all belonged to a barbarous Past. Without a fort, or mine, or a friendly foot of soil within five thousand miles, with fewer men and ships, the representatives of modern civilization triumphed. The day of the savage is over. Ho will have to hurry along to date or get off the earth. There is no room for treacherous tribes who prey upon the blood of men and the honor of women. Population is crowding the habitable portions. The fittest must THE HERO OF MANILA. American valor is not diminishing. American manhood is not degenerate. Hearts . thrill today over the brilliant achievement of Dewey as years ago they thrilled upon hearing from Perry on tho ' publican primary or convention, many of them have expressed their sympathy with tin movement, and their friendship for Mr. Cannon, and have pledged him their iniluenco and thoir votes. This is true of such men as Whipple, Bagley, Corey, Condon and many erstwhilo red-ho- t McKinley it es. There are others, however, who claim that if Mr. Cannons election deponds on tin Republican vote of Weber county his political careor is already ended. But it d ms not. And take it all in all .the straight Democracy of Weber county is in a tight placo right now, and it will assuredly require some very shrewd manipulation to pull it out whole. Of course, such a thing as political harmony in Ogden, in any party, has never been known, and, in all human probability, novor will he; and it inav he this fact that renders tho Demo-crat- s unconscious of thoir danger. When such men as Weber, Kiosel, Smurthwaito, Islaub and Bigelow throw up their hands it is time for a now deal. men-of-wa- r, 9 non-fusio- Gben Hetter. sane person can doubt that the fusion movement is catching on in Weber county, and that every day sees new desertions from the ranks of the Democracy to tho Cannon hosts. I say the Cannon hosts advisedly, because the fusion leaders here no longer seek to conceal the fact that the movement is first, last and all the time for the sole purpose of returning Mr. Cannon to the senate, and only incidentally for the good of the silver cause. The fact that the state committee has finally declined the invitation of the fusionists to fuse has had, so far, very little weight, though there will be enough of the old file leaders left to make a good fight, if they should ever wake up to the fact that there is going to be a fight before it is all over, which just now looks doubtful. who have all along been opposed to Mr. Cannon and fusion are now beginning to see the light, and while they will not go into any Silver Re- - jOCAL Republicans n, and how Mr. Cannon commended the campaign he is making and helped him outline Bill did see the Standards policy. Mr. Cannon, but not a word of politics passed between them, and they were not alone together for one minute. But Bill will be heard from. ' has been doing some QUILL Nebeker quiet but effeptive work in this neigh- borhood on his own behalf, and there are a lot of all kinds of people here who, if it came to a second choice, would work hard for him in the next legislature. We publish this week the picture of Mr. .11. F. McGarvie, the erstwhile manager of the Grand, who has recently come into possession of a fortune. Mr. McGarvie has successfully conducted the carnival at St. Joe, Missouri. His forte is affairs of this kind as our own carnival of last July will attest. Subscribe for The Bee. Telephone 651 P. 0, Box 630. |