Show DEWEY DAY j This is May day and Dewey day We I all remember the thrill that swept the souls of men iwo years ago when the j marvelous news of what the American let had done In Manila bay was I flashed 10 us That was a gr ai day I for the Republic I moved up to the forefront of nations the world outside j was dwarfed by the tremendous result I The flag took on new splendors on that j day the llames of Montljos ships on lire added to Us glory and through tho Orient 1re ran a thrill that a new power il a new land and sea power a new worlds power had suddenly cleared Its i decks and was standing mallclad and Invincible before tho worlds astonished II aston-ished eyes I was a revelation to all the world and even Americans while before they had felt their strength had I never before realised that the training I of the pioneer and of the free school had culminated In a race that was I equal to any call upon it and before which the worlds foremost nations stood In awe while contemplating that I spectacle In Manila bay Then the flag I of the free was exalted then the thrones of the Old World tottered on their ancient rotten fundatlons then I manhood counted as It had not before since Farraguts wooden ships swept over the torpedoes Into Mobile bay I since the Cumberland with guns roaring went down to her ocean grave I should be a holiday It should be I kept as one of the Nations sacred days and II is apity that some friend J cannot whisper to Admiral Dewey that it would be a crime almost after lhat day to permit his name to be made the butt of a political campaign |